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along with the mother, who had been killed, this is very interesting and we will be watching this closely. he is a defense witness, bill. they think he will be helpful to their case. >> bill: he is there to -- maggie is 52 and she is dead. son paul age 22 is dead. buster age 26 is now on the stand. we'll see how it goes over the coming hours to come. in the meantime a new hour begins for us right now. >> dana: growing tensions as the u.s. sends a stern warning to china against helping china in ukraine and beijing said the u.s. is fueling the fire. it would cross a red line causing serious problems. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. feels like it is coming together, doesn't it? maybe not for the best. but we'll see how it goes.
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diplomatic ultimatum for china and u.s. resolve to enforce it. they move to tighten ties with russia happening as russia's president putin makes new threats against the west and china's top diplomat arrives in moscow after biden's trip to kiev yesterday and today in warsaw. putin today suspending a nuclear treaty with the u.s. while pinning responsibility for the war on ukraine and its western allies. >> i want to repeat it is they who started the war. we have used and are using force to stop it. >> dana: full coverage on fox former national security advisor robert o'brien joins us in a moment. first foreign correspondent trey yengst is live in kiev, ukraine. good morning, trey. >> good morning. today russian president vladimir putin made his state of the nation address. putin's threats against the west gained the most attention and his comments an announcement that russia is suspending its
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participation in the new start nuclear weapons treaty. inspections of nuclear facilities under the arms control agreement have been halted since 2020. now this is a further fracture between russia and the west. his speech was more than an hour and a half and filled with falsehoods. >> responsibility for formeanting the ukrainian conflict and increasing number of victims license tirely with the western elites and current regime in kiev where the ukrainian people are essentially strangers. >> it was russia that invaded ukraine under false pretenses. his remarks come 24 hours after biden visited kiev. curing his trip biden announced a 450 million military add page are for ukraine that is anti-tank missiles and ammunition. more details are expected today
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as russian troops continue their push into ukraine. we returned from the southern front line. troops are shelling villages and towns. and trying to capture the city of bakhmut. as ukraine awaits more western support there is an american congressional delegation in kiev led by michael mccaul. this group is expected to advocate for sending long-rang missiles and fighter jets to ukraine. back to you. >> dana: thank you so much. a pretty day there although in a war torn country. joining us for more on growing concerns that china may provide lethal aid to russia robert o'brien. great to have you. want to play sound from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> we also have to be clear that if there are any thoughts and efforts by the chinese and others to provide lethal support to the russians in their brutal attack against ukraine, that's
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unacceptable. again, that would be a red line. >> dana: that is linda thomas-greenfield. but robert, the use of the word or phrase red line. that conjures up the obama administration and isis and you think back to what happened then. is this language necessary right now? is it the appropriate tone? >> we never use the word red line in the trump administration for that very reason. folks knew where we stood. if they violated our principles we would react and do so strongly. i'm not sure setting up a red line is useful. asme owe glad to see there is some backbone coming out of the administration on china now. we just had a chinese spy balloon cross the united states and linger over the nuclear sites and air bases and missile silos in montana.
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serious. what were the consequences for china? none. tony blinken met with their representative. that was the only consequence. tiktok is here, the chinese communist battery land is coming. land purchased. no consequences for the chinese. little wonder they think they can send lethal aid to russia without some sort of penalty. >> bill: it seems like the area where you don't want to go is greater escalation. i think today is -- doesn't feel like a tipping point but feels like all these events are coming together and all the players are coming together. dana and i read this letter from the lindsey group that comes out every morning. i want to read the last sentence of the letter today. it says in any fight, the inevitable testosterone build-up often blinds the combatants to
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longer term consequences. to you. how dangerous is the point we've come to now? >> look, it's bane dangerous point for some time with china and russia its unlimited partner. we have to stand by our ukrainian friends. i applaud president biden for going there. it is the peace for strength situation. the ukrainians are fienth for their own freedom against conquest against a neighbor because they can because they are bigger. they aren't asking for u.s. troops just for us to be the arsenal of democracy. our historic role. as we supply them with the material and weapons systems they need they can fight the tyrants in beijing and russia but sending a message to china you can't do this to taiwan which is coming. we have to make sure that we show resolve with ukraine to deter china from invading taiwan. dangerous and important situation. we can't give up peace through
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strength principles or blackmailed by dictators. we have to be willing to stand with our allies and friends and stand up for freedom in the world. we have a way of life to protect and not turn it over to china and its bullying. >> dana: interesting you bring up taiwan. the chinese foreign minister said, we urge certain countries to immediately stop fueling the fire, stop shifting blame to china and stop touting ukraine today, taiwan tomorrow. what message do you think the biden administration takes away terre the foreign minister of china saying that? >> the chinese have been saying that ever since xi has become a new dictator for life. they were going to take taiwan. it's geo politically critical. the navy would run wild from california to the allusions and
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australia and zeal and. they build 90% of the chips used in the world that our economy relies on. for china to take that and control the pacific and control the supply of chips needless to say destroy democracy would be untenable for america. biden has said we'll fight. he said it four times. it has been walked back by his staff four times. wouldn't have worked out very well with my former boss. i don't think that would have gone well. time to let biden be biden when it comes to taiwan. >> bill: when you consider all this, how do you think the biden team is doing? >> look, i think they've been good if they get a b plus on ukraine but i think the john kerry's and others in the administration where we turned a blind eye to china and their expansion and human rights
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abuses is a problem. we need to go back to peace through strength. ronald reagan had it right. we need to show through our actions not words that we are prepared to stand by our friends and allies. building up the navy and army and show the chinese we won't stand by if they intend to bully us. we can't allow that to happen. >> dana: you helped bring clarity. thank you for being with us this morning. >> great to be with you. >> bill: thank you. >> dana: more to come on this as the president continues his trip. >> bill: we think that speech was scheduled for 11:30. maybe 12 noon, 30 minutes behind. we'll bring it to you from warsaw, poland. this back at home from northeastern ohio. watch. >> you saw president joe biden over in ukraine. did that make you feel slighted in any way? >> absolutely. it was the biggest slap in the face and tells you he doesn't care about us.
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>> bill: east palestine, ohio mayor not mincing words. it upended his town. the head of the epa visiting along with the governor. drinking tap water to show that it is safe to do so. lucas tomlinson is back live at his post in east palestine with the latest on where we are now. hello. >> hello, bill. we're two hours in the free medical clinic opening up behind us set up by the state of ohio and hhs. as you mentioned, the epa chief is on the ground here now. notable this medical clinic is being set up by appointment only likely to avoid large crowds and large queues from forming. >> norfolk southern is committed to helping this town recover. we aren't going anywhere and do
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everything we can to assist in that recovery. >> now we have some new video of president biden's epa chief michael regan returning to east palestine ahead of a press conference at 12:30. he is drinking the tap water along with the ohio governor. the epa says the water is safe to drink. regan says he is trusting the science and joining michael dewine. pennsylvania governor on the border here and finally congressman bill johnson who represents this area and joining regan for the press conference one day ahead of former president donald trump coming here as cleanup efforts continue more than two weeks after the derailment. some in the town want to press on and the schools reopened and the water and air tests, others don't trust what the government is telling them. we spoke to local residents still feeling frustrated. chad and tiffany describe their
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symptoms. >> my lungs felt irritated and my eyes. after i went home, i had a persistent headache for 3 or 4 hours after that. >> i have had a bloody nose since then. when i blow my nose it is blood that comes out and have had it a week and a half now. >> while residents say nobody has died here as a result of the derailment they say what they are most worried about is 5, 10, 20 years down the line. >> lucas tomlinson with the latest from east palestine today. >> dana: we're looking at the breaking news on today's testimony in the alex murdaugh murder trial. his son is now on the stand and we'll have more on that throughout the day. meanwhile as new york city forks over millions to house migrants in hotels, local stores are losing business and workers are losing their jobs as customers keep away. >> bill: can't make it up. migrant apprehensions reaching record highs along the northern
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>> bill: police in california making an arrest in the murder of a catholic bishop. a man was taken into custody yesterday charging with killing this man found shot to death inside his home on saturday. he had done handyman work at the bishop's home and married to o'connell's housekeeper. tipster said to tell police the
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suspect made comments about the bishop owing him money, end quote. >> dana: new york city business owners and staff are sounding off on the impact of the migrant crisis as they should saying sales are down and many jobs lost since city hall began housing migrants in hotels. we're live in new york city with the latest. madison, this was not going to be a consequence-free decision by the city. >> that's what we're hearing from the businesses in this area. it is because things like this are happening. this used to be the tallest holiday inn in the world. now as you can see tarps cover their signs. it has been transformed into a migrant shelter. all 50 floors that were used for tourists are rented out with taxpayer dollars for shelter. small family businesses say it is destroying livelihood. without the tourists from the hotel and decreasing foot traffic business is down. the shelter has only been if place for a few weeks.
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the businesses fear what months will do and how it will impact them. >> as soon as it closed, we felt a drop. the area got quieter, even locals avoiding the area. trouble, stuff like that. we don't know what is going to be the immediate ultimate result with this but usually it is not good. >> chris told us he projects sales are down 25%. across the street at this cafe the manager says we probably lost at least 50% of what we were bringing in. at the same time the city, meaning taxpayers, are shelling out big bucks for migrant care. the rooms in the holiday inn are renting out for $190 a day. a total of $1 hundred thousand a day for just this hotel which contracts run until april of 2024. the city is projecting the migrant crisis will cost us
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$4.2 billion by june. as you just heard, these businesses say it is costing them their viability and a real concern for places that have been in the area for years. >> dana: it's a good story. glad you did it, madison, thank you. >> bill: in the meantime frigid temperatures unable to slow the migrant surge. they are avoiding the south and coming in through the u.s./canadian border. new area now. vermont seeing an 846% jump compared to this time last year. sean walshe local president for the local border patrol council. thank you for taking time to be with us. intriguing. don't know how it is happening but wanted to have you give us answers. this year in january you had 367 encounters and apprehensions. the last 12 januarys combined you only had 344. how do they get to your border,
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sean? >> well, for the last two years, agents have been deployed from the northern border to the southern border or virtually processing illegals down there and this has led to large parts of the border being unsecured, unguarded. and to see that, it is scary to see how the cartels were able to exploit the borders because of the policies that are in place. the lack of manpower is a large part of why these cartels were able to start to use the northern border the way that they are using it now. >> bill: i get it in mexico. the cartels run that country, right? you can fly in from anywhere in the world to monterey, mexico and meet with the cartels, pay the money and work your way to the texas border. where are they flying into in canada? how are the cartels getting there? how do they get to your border? what is trudeau saying?
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what is ottawa saying about this? >> really nothing, bill. they aren't saying anything. they are allowing it to happen. the visas in place they are allowed to travel a lot easier. they fly into montreal, ontario and across canada. the cartels are making money hand over fist and despite the freezing temperatures, despite the weather conditions, they are bringing these people across. there is no one in the field to apprehend them. >> bill: i don't know what the laws are in canada off the top of my head. i don't know if they require a visa to get out of the airport. maybe they do or don't. i'll check it out. where are they housed, sean? once they come in contact with
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you, where do you put them and what happens next? >> it's very similar to the southern border where the majority of them are being released into the country. some of them are being held. that's one of the issues that we're having is we already have a low amount of agents in the field and when we arrest and apprehend somebody, these agents are going back to the office and processing these individuals, leaving the border unsecured again. we really don't even know what's coming through our borders because we don't have the agents in the field. we don't have the resources. >> bill: sean, you have a chance to tell washington what you need. i imagine it's similar to the southern border. what is it? >> we need more manpower. we need resources. we need better policies in place to deter these organizations and cartels from exploiting our
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borders. >> bill: start with the policy. sean walshe, thank you for your time and we'll stay in touch with you in vermont and see where it goes. thank you. >> thank you. >> dana: tragedy piling up as another earthquake hits turkey as emergency teams respond to the first one. details on that next. plus the supreme court is taking up a high stakes case putting new scrutiny on big tech and video violence. how the opinion could be a game changer for google and twitter. . with the money we saved, we tried electric unicycles. i think i've got it! doggy-paddle! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calculations guaranteed. managing your diabetes
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46,000 people. today's quake interrupting rescue efforts from the previous one and the impact felt as far away as egypt. >> bill: staggering. from turkey, here at home the supreme court about the hear oral arguments in a potentially groundbreaking case pending the outcome, the nature of the internet could change forever. the story. the families of victims killed by isis claim that big tech algorithms played a role in the death of their loved ones. david spunt as the story and on the case in washington. >> arguments began 30 minutes ago. one important issue, legal immunity for big tech companies. justices hear two cases, one today, one tomorrow dealing with the overarching theme of big tech and liability. the court will review section 230 of the communication decency
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act in effect since 1996. it gives social media companies and other digital platforms liability protection from some criminal and civil claims. the case today involving google, aka owns youtube from a lawsuit vochlg a 23-year-old killed in 2015 in paris as part of an isis attack of the her family sued google, facebook and twitter arguing all three allowed extremist content from isis-related groups. they appealed to the security and argued an algorithm was not protected by section 230. in congress, members from both sides of the aisle have complained about the scope of section 230. when it was written in 1996 the online landscape was vastly
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different. they want it changed for different reasons. >> we need to be blunt from the beginning. we know what right the central truth. big tech has relentlessly, ruthlessly pumped up profits by exploiting kids' and parents' pain. >> if they have protection. >> a decision expected by late june in both cases. back to you. >> bill: david spunt on the story in d.c. >> dana: also the tragic story we remember of reporter alison parker. she and her cameraman were killed during a live tv interview in 2015. the video of that horrific event was posted on social media platforms. her father wrote a piece about this in the british newspapers the independent and her dad joins us now. call for number one. let's put up what you wrote. victims and their families are
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required to do the policeings, reliving their worst moments over and over to curb the proliferation of these videos. the platforms fail to adhere to their own requirements that they be removed. how does your quest to try to get this done, to do right by alison and other parents who have gone through the same thing affected by today's supreme court? >> well, dana, thanks for having me. great to be with you as always. you know, i'm kind of surprised it made it this far to the supreme court thanks to section 230 i'm glad it did. with any luck their decision in june will force someone, ie congress, to act. i've been dealing with this for seven years. there have been endless senate hearings and testimony.
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i participated in one in particular with the senate judiciary committee and it just seems like it is non-stop hearings but then nothing gets done. so hopefully with this supreme court hearing, they will give congress a nudge or do it themselves to rectify this situation. >> dana: one of the things the plaintiffs are arguing today is that the algorithm is designed by the companies and that is what is pushing people to look at videos in your case about alison and their case about their daughter who was killed by isis. do you want to see section 230 just amended or eliminated all together? >> i think it can be amended and i cite, there is a law professor at the university of virginia, her name is danielle and she proposes what she calls a duty of care where platforms would
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have -- would enjoy immunity only if they can prove that they took reasonable steps to address the abuse that persists on these platforms. that way if -- they would provide them a legal incentive to design content moderation practices. if they don't, then they end up in court and really that's i think with me, with the gonzalez family and countless others, that's what we want to see. the algorithms and behavior of social media companies changed. they can do it, they have the tools to do it and the technology to do it but they don't. as francis haugen, the facebook whistleblower testified a year and a half ago said they profit from it. she validated what i have been saying for seven years. >> dana: why the companies don't do something on their own, why it has to be taken to court to get done. give you the final word here.
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>> well, you know, they -- it is -- whether it's social media or car companies that wouldn't put seat belts in, unless they are mandated to do something they won't do it. they'll take the path of least resistance and i will say that in one of those hearings that the hearings that i participated in, after my testimony, senator cruz said you know, back in the day if blockbuster had sent you a video of alison's murder you could sue them for everything they're worth. my response was yes, senator, help me do that. i would add if senator cruz is watching this program, i throw out the challenge again help me. because the ftc hasn't done anything with the complaints we filed, legitimate complaints. we are going to keep fighting this thing until justice is served. >> dana: i know you will and on behalf of alison, your beautiful daughter, we can see her picture on the wall.
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andy parker, thank you. >> thank you, dana. >> bill: breaking news out of south carolina watching this a moment ago. the surviving son of alex murdaugh has taken the stand if his father's defense. we're watching this and bring you updates as we get them out of south carolina. ron desantis making a series of stops in democratic-run cities this week. what is his law and order message? does it work for 2024? >> the reason why you have crime that is spiraling out of control in so many of these different areas is because you have politicians putting woke ideology ahead of public safety. soul of north alabama, here on our family farm. then we partner with family owned mills from maine to mississippi to manufacture our cotton into quality american made fabrics that become our heirloom inspired bedding, towels, blankets and apparel. experience our 100% american made luxury linens for yourself.
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>> dana: florida governor ron desantis visiting democrat-run cities on a pro-police tour amid growing speculation he will announce a run for the white house. keeping an eye on that. mike emmanuel has the story from washington. hi, mike. >> perhaps a test run before what many experts expect will be a run for the white house for florida governor ron desantis. he told an audience in illinois his state should have a new nickname where woke goes to die. he noted in some major cities they have been defunding or attacking police and in florida they support law enforcement. >> their agenda is they don't
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like the criminal justice system. there are a lot of laws they personally don't like. they take it upon themselves to pick and choose which laws should be enforced, and which laws should be ignored. >> desantis did not receive a warm welcome from the governor of illinois and the mayor of chicago lori lightfoot. he wrote his agenda has no place in illinois. banning books, playing politics with people's lives and censoring history are not who we are. every candidate hoping to hold public office in the land of lincoln should condemn this event. desantis did law enforcement events in for the washington, pennsylvania and started a tour on staten island and made reference to a tram >> we just saw a temp.
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i think if somebody murders a police officer they should get the death penalty for murdering a police officer. >> his team has not been shy noting the migration from places like new york city to florida and part of that pitch is noting a strong partnership in florida with law enforcement. dana. >> dana: we'll be paying attention. >> bill: let's bring in the crew, co-host of the five jessica tarlov and retired inspector paul morrow. nyc, philadelphia, chicago. how is the tour going? >> sticking to his speaking points. obviously this is a presidential toe in the water hitting cities in the soft underbelly. bail reform, rising crime in new york city he went to staten island where he knows he will get a friendly reception. the question becomes, i think, political. how effective is it going to be for him and what does he hope to achieve in a presidential run by
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going to these very blue cities in areas that he is probably not going to win the state anyway? perhaps pennsylvania. so i think obviously he is looking at a larger canvas here, the national canvas. what he is trying to do is opposed to focusing on individual states, that's the meme of the coverage, i think he is trying to raise his national stature. i think he is trying to become a champion of certain specific points. >> dana: do you know a lot of retired nypd who moved to florida and gotten jobs there. >> i do and non-retired. they find the atmosphere attractive. the feeling in new york is that the -- it is not going well. we're not at the levels we were in 1993, it is a little bit analogy i use is saying well, you know, you were clinically obese and lost 100 pounds. i put back 50 and still ahead of the game. not really a great metric. >> bill: let me bring in jessica
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here. i think the reason he is going there are democratic cities and the policies and why the conditions for crime are the way they are and cashless bail. listen what he said about repeat offenders with police. >> so here you are in uniform, having to risk your life to go in these situations. you apprehend a criminal, bring him in and then they just release him so you have to risk your life again two weeks later to arrest the same guy all over again. how does that make any sense? >> bill: how does it? >> it doesn't. liberals think that, too. he hit on for new york city, staten island, red territory, he has hit on issues that liberals and independents are frustrated with. no one things people who commit crimes should be back out on the street. if you go to the upper west side, the most liberal place in
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manhattan you won't find a fan of alvin bragg. that's not happening. the tide is turning. it happened in philadelphia as well. a very liberal d.a. san francisco. the country is ripe for that kind of conversation. the question will be how can he balance that kind of stance, generally palatable to everybody with other things that are more extreme. pictures of classrooms in florida where teachers have books removed. >> dana: call for three. mayor adams welcoming the governor yesterday saying welcome to new york city. a place where we don't ban books, discriminate against lgbtq plus neighbors use asylum seekers as props or let the government stand between woman and healthcare. we're happy to teach you values while you're here. sharp talk from the mayor who recently has been trying to get the biden administration to change stance on the southern border because of the migrant crisis. he is -- >> it is interesting.
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i think that desantis drew him in here a little bit. the mayor here in new york city ran on a criminal justice reform platform. it was his main issue. a lot of us are waiting to see the results of that or at least a little bit more of an aggressive stance toward that. desantis put him on notice with this and drew it in. i don't think the reaction from democratic mayor and governor out west has really been maybe what you would like. i think he kind of tweaked them a little bit and a little overreaction saying is a banning books. he is drawing them in and got what he wanted here, i think that they played his game. >> bill: one last point out of time speaking of books. he has a book out coming out next week live with us to talk about it here. the first week of march they go into legislative session in tall has see. they have a super imagine or
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majority in the state house. >> if he will launch a presidential campaign is write a book, and get things done. he can go around the country and say i'm the guy who accomplishes things. i don't sit around playing games and calling this person or that names. no nicknames for everyone. rich people came from illinois and new york he is up her testing the message and his dollars to see what kind of donors he can pick up. lee zeldin did remarkably well in a blue state. can he take that infrastructure? >> dana: that's very smart. >> bill: great to see you both. >> dana: a new study giving a boost to natural immunity following infection with covid-19. what we learn about coast infection protection compared to getting the vaccine. we'll be right back. the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how.
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began his invasion of ukraine. russia and china have exploded over just the past 96 hours. plus governor desantis may be previewing his white house bid with a pro-police tour of blue cities. the throwdown with new york city mayor eric adams. and the left eva's attacks on nikki haley's age and race are non-stop since she announced her white house bid. ambassador nikki haley joins me. pete hegseth and tammy bruce. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bill: meanwhile new study finds immunity from a prior covid-19 infection offers at least the same protection as two doses of mrna vaccines and finds people infected with the virus may be protected from reinfection for 40 weeks or longer. hum. for more on this dr. marc siegel has a look at it. the doctor is with me now. good morning to you. you like the study. tell us why and tell us what it
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means. >> it's out of the university of washington, bill. health metrics and evaluation, a prestigious group looked at 65 studies in 19 countries and put together and crunched the math and found if you had covid, you have ten months where your risk of severe infection is markedly reduced similar to vaccines. so this is something we've been saying for a long time and europe and israel have been saying for a long time. the united states government has been very slow to see this. here is the headline. ten months is a lot longer than i thought. the other headline here is it doesn't have to be an either/or situation. i think maybe it has always been the vaccine versus natural immunity. i think both work. the issue is how much immunity you have on board against covid. we get to the point in the united states where there is a lot of immunity around. one way they can work together, bill. there is a study out of the journal of the american college
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of cardiology after you have covid if you get the vaccine, your risk of a heart attack or stroke is markedly reduced. that's hybrid immunity and both working together. we don't want to deliberately get infected. if they do that they get protected. >> you have a patient comes to your office and have had covid. do you give them a vaccine or not? is there a timeline? >> not right away. i wait awhile. after this study i will wait longer. that's the message. what group are they in? how old are they? all of that i factor in. after this i might wait longer. >> bill: but how long would it be in your judgment -- six months, a year, or does it depend on the patient? >> i was waiting three months. i won't wait ten months. depends on the patient. somewhere in the window in between. i might wait 3 or 4 months.
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i ask the patient. i bring them this information now. i ask them what they want to do. >> bill: based on this study last question here. does this argue against the vaccine in your view? >> no, absolutely not. i think it argues against ignoring natural immunity which is what we've done in the u.s. i've been against it for two years now. we need to factor this in. we don't want you to have the virus. it has more side effects than the vaccine. most people think so. if you got sick we have to factor that in. almost any virus if you get it, it will protect you against reinfection for a while. this study shows it is longer than they thought. it is not either/or especially among the elderly. you probably need a combination of both. >> bill: hybrid immunity. nice to see you, marc siegel today. thank you for running through the study. >> dana: before we go you have to see this. watch before we go. so there are these tourists on
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this sailing excursion in the bah ham answer and surprised when they saw a hammer head shark and really surprised when this he saw a dog jump in the water to go head-to-head and thrash around for a while before the shark swam off and the dog p paddled back. here is harris faulkner. >> harris: fox news alert. president biden steps away from the war zone he left yesterday. at this hour he is in warsaw, poland expected to speak on the war in ukraine a year later. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the news reverberating around the world. the presence of the american commander-in-chief was impressive and

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