>> good to know the albany legislature can do something right. okay, remember if you have your own hit or miss, tweet it to us at jer on fnc. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panelists and all of you for watching. i am paul gigot, hope to see you here next week. ♪ >> fox news alert, we expect an update any moment from federal and local officials on the response to the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio more than three weeks ago. it comes as president biden faces backlash over his administration's response to the disaster. hello, welcome to fox news live, i am arthel neville. eric: thank you for joining us

fox news live, i am eric shawn. president biden said he has no plans to visit east palestine for now. he does say the administration is on top of the situation. transportation pete buttigieg visited the site for the first time thursday after weeks of scrutiny. ohio governor mike dewine says officials from fema say it's safe for the residents to return to their homes but many people have not come back because they have health concerns. we spoke to some residents during our last hour here at fox news live, they say they don't know when there lives will return to normal. >> how has this changed your daily life and routine? >> changed everything for our lives. essentially our home doesn't feel like that safe space anymore. >> my thing is if they don't have answers, i'm okay with them saying that, it's just don't dance around it to pretend like you do it, like you don't.

eric: monitoring the fema news conference when it begins but let's go to mike tobin live in east palestine with the latest. >> i can tell you that high-profile activist aaron brockovich has been in town hall last night and made-for-tv moment with ohio governor and michael reagan where they drink tap water making the statement but it's safe to drink. he said the water may be testing fine now but the real test is long-term when contaminants have had time to leak through the soil and buildup in the body. >> we've got companies that poor maintenance, they put all of us at risk and continue to think once we poison our community, just imagine they go away. >> researchers from texas say the epa's own data determined they are indeed nine pollutants

at elevated levels that could raise long-term health concerns so they are known to cause cancers and others can cause headaches and other symptoms, the things local people have been talking about. this is what crews need to focus on as the cleanup is underway. >> it's not clear what the source of these things in the air are, it could be from water or soil evaporating into the air so that's another thing that would need to be investigated. >> the president said he will not join the list of high-profile people who have come to east palestine. he gave a videoconference to the people here in the president dispatched teams on the ground to go door to door to people in the affected areas and find out their concerns and get them to the right agency. eric: all right, thank you. we will bring you the updates from that news conference, you can see it happening as soon as

they have new developments. not yet though. arthel. ♪ arthel: thank you. customs and border protection sources telling fox news agents have encountered more than 1 million migrants at the southern border since the fiscal year began october 1. meantime cbp reporting multiple deaths and injuries after a car crash in texas early this morning. matt finn is live along the border in mission texas with the latest. >> arthel, we are monitoring to developing emergency situations along the border. first, 3:40 a.m. border patrol agents were involved in a failure to yield incident near rio bravo, texas that resulted in a single car crash with multiple deaths and injuries

that crashes under investigation this afternoon. border patrol is not clarifying to us if any of its own agents were killed in the incident. we will update you as we can confirm more. in a separate incident outside of eagle pass, border patrol confirms to fox news agents were involved in the use of force incident this morning, one person injured, are owned one enforcement and border patrol sources say an agent or agents lives might have been threatened via female in a dramatic incident. one agent might have opened fire on that female. we will keep you updated as we can confirm more in that situation. we don't seek border patrol agents using their weapons too often. we do however see human smuggler's leading deputies on high speed chases, some end up in crashes as well this week on an suv flipped here along the southern border. we have video southwest of san antonio, texas dps their pulling over afford 150 off texas state highway 85 when the truck comes to a stop, for illegal immigrants bailed out and started running. texas dps rest of the driver and charged him with human smuggling for illegal immigrants were turned over to u.s. border patrol and knew this afternoon,

illegal chinese immigrants surrendering to the u.s. our crews were embedded with texas dps today near la joya, texas outside of mcallen when these chinese migrants turned themselves in to the united states. it goes to show is not just mexicans or people from south america trying to illegally or do illegally cross into the united states. arthel. arthel: live in mission, texas, thank you, matt. eric: east palestine right now for the news conference is ongoing at the moment. federal and local officials holding the conference in the recovery efforts from the toxic train derailment. officials say in the water and air are fine. >> thursday march 26:00 p.m. at the high school. i want to address reports you may have been seeing regarding disposal of contaminated waste. yesterday instructed norfolk's

southern to pause, shouldn't waste off-site. until february 24, until yesterday norfolk's southern had been solely responsible for the disposal of waste generated by east palestine train derailment. the company supplied ohio epa with their list of selected and utilized disposal facilities february 23. moving forward, waste disposal plans including disposal location and transportation routes for contaminated waste will be subject to federal epa review and approval. epa will ensure always disposed of in safe and lawful manner, epa facilities to prevent further release of hazardous substances and impacts to communities. i've been able to visit east palestine will double times since the derailment. i've had a chance to meet with

mayor conaway and to talk to other residents. one thing that smith made clear to me is everyone wants this contamination gone from this community. they don't want the worry and they don't want the smell. we owe it to the people of east palestine to move it out of the community as quickly as pos possible. at epa we have decades of experience dealing with hazardous waste both from cleaning up contaminated sites to regulating landfills where it's disposed of. we know it's far better to have it safely stored . arthel: we've been listening to epa administrator deborah sure addressing waste disposal which is very concerning there were reports earlier that some of the waste would be transported from their east palace scene two

areas like texas kamala harris county which incorporates houston, the most populated county in texas. harris county there. she's just clarifying saying let me be clear that this waste will not be transported to those areas at this time so that's a concern for residents and east palestine, they want the contamination gone. epa is on site addressing that and we will keep you posted because this is a big part of the story of the cleanup and where the contamination will be transported. ♪ arthel: testimony this week during day two of alex cross examination. not yesterday. another disgrace facing it discussions over his whereabouts the night his wife and son were shot to death and admitted he lied about a key part of his alibi. charles watson live with more on this fascinating disturbing c

case. >> fascinating indeed. prosecution took his time in cross-examining alex murdaugh who struggled to explain in detail his whereabouts in the moments before and after his wife maggie and son paul were shot and killed on the families property. alec admitted to lying to police about not being down at the gym with his family that might have a hard time explaining what exactly he was doing after he's left his wife and son and drove back to the home on a golf cart. forensic evidence tracked his movements and show he retrieved this phone not long after the murders and took more than 280 steps during the time he told investigators he was napping. he could not specifically tell the prosecutor what he was doing at the time and later on when questioned about his call to 911 after he discovered the bodies of his wife and son, he denied he touched their bodies despite telling 911 operator the opposite.

>> i don't want you to touch in case they can get evidence. >> i already touched my i'm trying to get, to see if they were breathing. >> law enforcement i can tell you this, i pulled up and saw papa, i jumped out of that car and i went back to my car and called 911 as quickly as i co could. >> in his own defense, he testified he lied to police about his whereabouts because he was skeptical of law enfor enforcement, particularly years of opioid use caused paranoid thinking throughout the trial and on the stand. he's maintained that he did not and would not kill his wife and son, that's the line he's using and we expect trial to begin again monday. eric: thanks so much. arthel: meantime, lead

prosecutor focusing most of his attention on his credibility after the accused killer and disgraced attorney admitted lying to authorities and stealing money from clients even as he denied killing his wife and son. >> once i told a lie, i told my family, i had to keep lying. i did like to them. i wasn't thinking clearly and i lied about being down there. i am so sorry that i did. arthel: the spring and criminal defense attorney johnna, i want to ask you, did alec murdoch help or hurt his case with his testimony? >> my goodness, alec single-handedly changed his case in his favor with his testimony. let me say this, i think it's a shame that he squandered his

life and career because if you want to learn the fine art of being an unbreakable witness, that man could teach it. what his testimony did in essence, this is pivotal, his testimony basically gave the jury permission to believe him that's so important because as we heard in that clip, alec murdoch is a liar, a thief, a cheat, that came out through dozens of witnesses but now the jury has permission to believe he's not a murderer despite all of his past misdeeds. incredible to watch. arthel: was it risky? when you answer that, with his testimony prompt defense or prosecution to change witness their witness roster going forward? >> i do think alec murdaugh testimony will be the thing that makes or breaks this case. right now i think it's making

the case for alec murdaugh. if the jury does believe him, if they can say to the selves i don't care what he did in the past, i don't care about the financial misdeeds, i don't care about his opioid addiction, if they believe him, the numerous times he said i did not kill my wife and son, it's a not guilty verdict. they won't care about the gps, they won't care about any of that since we are in the defense case now, we are going to get more witnesses obviously in the next day or two, i'm not sure where the defense will go but i will tell you where i would go, i want to know more about the gardeners dna under maggie myrtles fingertips because part of the defense in addition to his testimony as you got the wrong guy and you never looked for the right guy so if there's dna under her fingertips

from the gardener, why didn't they look there? another element the caput reasonable doubt in the jury's head. arthel: you only need one juror to have reasonable doubt, correct? >> only one to have reasonable doubt but you need all of them to agree if you are going to get to an actual acquittal and personally i think alec murdaugh has a good chance especially after the days he spent on the stand of getting an acquittal. that motion to me was genuine and the jury will have to say can you guilty and not be guilty? alec murdaugh gave them two days of testimony to answer that question, you can look bad but not be guilty of murder. thus the question they will grapple with ultimately. arthel: so you fell for it, he felt like this man was being honest and truthful? >> you could put it that way that i fell for it, i listened to a lot of liars in my career, this i don't know, this touched me. plus, i think what happened is he garnered sympathy.

alec murdaugh looked sympathetic when he was retelling his story where the prosecutor to me looked plain old pathetic. he is looking for a fight, beating a dead horse. once somebody says i did it, i'm sorry, he's referring to past crimes, the fight is over and the apology -. arthel: in this case he saying you want everybody in the courtroom to believe you lied all these times about all these things and all of a sudden this one most important thing this case is hanging on we are to believe you didn't lie the one time? >> that's exactly the prosecution is doing and what the jury has to believe is why can we believe him now? we can believe him now because he's sober and sorry and it might work. if i fell for it, those people

might fall for it, too. arthel: if you are on the ball so i'm surprised you're falling for it but i hear you, your always -- you are a smart cookie. good to see you. by the way, did you see the netflix special on alex murdaugh? if you didn't, it's three-part. the second part mr. sean and williams have a cameo in it. check it out. >> i will tune into that. arthel: you got it. thank you, jonah. nice to see you. we will continue to take a deep look at this riveting trial because it is riveting. check nancy grace's take, that will be interesting, to on the trial and her special, the murdaugh murders tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel. mr. sean. >> i will check that out after i watch what nancy does at 10:00 p.m. thank you. the world is marking one year since russia launched its horrible invasion of ukraine. continuing on the eastern front, it appears to be no end in

sight. we are live in caves with the latest and we will hear from the president of the group for ukraine about the supporting troops, a rally in washington d.c. held at the mall about that. they need the help more than ever. ukraine, next on fox news live.

with the war in ukraine now in its second year, solemn ceremonies marking your one car over and the fighting continues with ukrainian forces trying to stop a new russian offensive in the east. trey yingst live in ukraine's capitol of kyiv with the latest. >> good afternoon, fighting continues and so do the attacks. schools across ukraine are holding remote classes this week worried about more russian missile strikes. last week we went to a school outside the city of dnieper where we spoke with parents and students about their experiences amid the war. >> a bunch of drones are flying and soldiers shoot them down. 10-year-old anastasia explains. the young ukrainian and her classmates make drawings to send soldiers on the front lines.

this is for the wires she adds. to end the war sooner. outside of the beat dnieper, they continue with lessons unfazed by the daily sirens and occasional attacks. principal says she's doing everything possible to have her school running amid the war. the hardest part? keeping both parents and students. we explained that ukraine is it going through difficult times but the victory is won 100% ours and everyone is holding their front. principal explains. our friends is studying. >> outside of dnieper of the school converted bomb shelters to classrooms. they are doing everything they can to continue education for young ukrainians as the war crimes on. in this maze of concrete they put desks and chalkboards trying to ensure ukraine's next generation will receive an

education. big and small, these children are millions of ukrainians directly affected by the ongoing conflict. ♪ yet still they danced, smiled and paint. they are innocent bystanders to a bloodied unnecessary invasion those killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians. those who fled their town after it was occupied by russian soldiers. i have three children he says. they still don't understand what happened. they don't understand why we left. one girl at the school drew above to symbolize peace. there's hope for ukraine's next generation but faced difficult days ahead. arthel: we remain hopeful very much. trey yingst, thank you very much live in kyiv. [chanting]

"god bless america"! [chanting] eric: blue colors adorning a huge rally in washington d.c. held at the lincoln memorial. there to support and call on congress to continue sending military and financial aid to face the barbaric aggression from vladimir putin. many protesters now at the mall as you can see, gathering perhaps to have a march in washington d.c. cheering and supporting the side of democracy and western values as the world remains inspired by the spirit and determination of the ukrainians. one of the ukrainian american activists at the rally joins us from washington, cofounder and president of raz on for ukraine, a nonprofit supporting ukrainian troops since 2014. maria, welcome back. you've been on with us in the past several times. now it's one year of this war.

what is the message of the rally today and your message to vladimir putin? >> thank you, eric. it's a great pleasure being part of your show and i wanted to thank you for being so supportive of ukraine. the message we have to putin today is that we are here. we are not occupied by russia and we never will. it's time to go home but really, the second part of the mission of the rally is gratitude, and absolute gratitude to the american people. if not the support of the american people, i don't know what would happen to my father lives in kyiv. today i called him and he told me he went to theater and i was happy to hear that. he's trying to resume his normal life and said there was only one air siren for 30 minutes and

they were able to go back and see. there are many examples of brave americans now in ukraine. one group in particular i would like to highlight and think personally is american veterans. these are the people who understand what ukraine is going through more than anyone else, the people in ukraine volunteering and making sure we win this war. another group. eric: i was going to ask as you show the gratitude of the u.s. and americans, there are some on capitol hill and have been to perhaps cut the funding, people wondering why we're spending so much money, taxpayer money for ukraine. what are your concerns, what would you tell those people who question that support? >> i would say it's a great question. i am an american citizen, i live

in new jersey, a state that is most taxed state in the whole united states. i want to know where my money is going, i want to know how money is spent in ukraine. i will want oversight and i am grateful congress implements a $42 million for the oversight programs. i also wanted to tell you every single person in ukraine is watching every single dollar given to ukrainian government and humanitarian aid. every dollar lost means of life lost. this is no longer just a question of corruption, is a question of life and death. we have western countries led by united states willing to sacrifice and give to ukraine and to have crane fight for all of us and destroy this evil. we will make sure every single

dollar is accounted for. ♪ eric: what were your thoughts on scene president biden in kyiv walking alongside president zelenskyy, going to shops while he was there meeting people, talking to people and your thoughts about the president support as well as your thoughts about average americans sitting at home right now sharing this fight with you? >> it was a wonderful morning monday when president biden in kyiv, not just in poland. i was extremely proud to see that support of united states and not aspect. i think it is born for us to know the end is near. everyone is asking the question, when will the war end? it will end when every single person will do at least something to bring us closer to

victory. where a pin that has ukrainian flag. it's important for people to keep that in mind the what is happening, talk to your representatives, tell them you support ukraine and don't be timid. there's nothing to be timid about. it's important to know the war is still happening and when we come together, it will and faster. eric: attended the huge rally that is ongoing and continues in washington d.c. thank you for coming on, thank you for your activism on behalf of the ukrainian people, what they fight for and what they faced that will continue for many say they will win. we'll be right back with more(ps news in a moment.

president biden acknowledging there is still work to be done on inflation which spiked again last month according to new commerce department numbers. this after the president promised even more aid to ukraine during his historic visit to the cost war zone in kyiv to mark one year since russia's invasion. lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest. >> ceo jamie diamond things the fed lost control over inflation. the democratic congressman from joe biden's hometown of scranton responded earlier on fox. >> i wouldn't go that far but what i will say is i think they got a late start, i think they should have started taking interest rates up a little earlier, maybe six months earlier than they did. >> new economic data shows inflation is getting worse. the personal consumption expenditures price index, the fed's preferred gauge of

inflation rose .6% in january. the annual inflation rate rose to 5.4% the first increase since it peaked in june. making some wonder if the fed is behind president biden reacting to the economic news and a statement that reads in part, annual inflation january is down from the summer while unemployment rate remained at or near 50 year low and take-home pay has gone up. friday marking the one-year anniversary of russia's war on ukraine, white house announced they would send $2 billion in additional weapons and ammunition to ukraine, not on the list -- fighter jets. yesterday peter doocy asked the president what some call proxy war if it could be potentially expanding. >> army russia, what are you going to do? [inaudible] >> a new fox news poll asked americans says they are about evenly split on whether age two

ukraine should have an expiration date. arthel. arthel: lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you, lucas. ♪ eric: a fight for money in florida where governor ron desantis and former president trump were having duly fundraisers have a potential showdown between the the 2024 republic and presidential nomination. alexander off has the latest from washington. >> zero he's nomination has not been made it official tug-of-war over palm beach money donors kicked off on thursday from a president trump is making his third straight run for office hosted the first major fundraiser for inc. mar-a-lago. the event described as an intimate gathering a few miles away at the four seasons palm beach ron desantis is holding retreat with roughly 150 top

donors. he's not expected to make a decision on rumor presidential run until sometime this spring. in an interview airing on life liberty and live in tomorrow the governor talked about the media criticism he's received. >> hard for them to keep up with you when you're constantly doing new things and leaving on different issues. we've pretty much kept that case going throughout my entire tenure as governor and people see out there, they see you are active but makes it more difficult for these narratives to take hold when they come to shoot at you. >> from a president trump holding back shots. a post earlier this week he used a nickname and wrote this, florida was doing great long before wrong this sanctus got there. people fleeing from new york to florida and other places because of high taxes and out-of-control crime that because of governor, thank you president trump sanctimonious as he calls him. only two other republicans declared candidacy so far. biotech entrepreneur and former un ambassador nikki haley.

she attended a conference of top donors in austin alongside other potential presidential contenders. speakers include former vice president mike pence, senator ted scott, former governor chris christie. eric: thanks. arthel. arthel: eric, national polls on the 2024 republican primary race suggest it's a two-person contest with former president trump meeting governor desantis who of course has not yet entered the race but gop voters are hinting there may be, th ovs as well. joining us now, susan, national political correspondent for the washington times. susan, how much room is therefore gop candidates and how many is too many? >> as many as want to jump in the race. then it will fill up as they head from the early states into the rest of the u.s. who can get the 270 delegates to become the nominee. president trump is leading in

most polls leading all candidates, former president, he won the primary twice and he's a leader and now we have ron desantis, popular florida governor and polls, is leading all other trump alternatives and some polls leading trump as w well. he's a top candidate not only for national name recognition which is really important if you are going to be a non- trump candidate running in the primary but also donors the previous package you were talking about donors and trump and desantis, he's got a lot of mega donors behind him. they were behind him during his race for governor, he raised to $17 million, more than 70 million left over he can use in super pack if he wants. he's sitting ready right now in terms of trump alternative candidates with polls suggesting he can win potentially and also the money to do it. arthel: but he's not in yet

officially. once he gets in, what are the focal points? not just desantis but everybody who gets in, what are focal points of the primary? how does it shift in the general and how different are those general platforms? >> of course the primary the candidates, the base turns out during the primary, you tend to get candidates you more toward the base and the argument goes well, those of the voters, candidates who may have a harder time in the general election so the talk about desantis trump fight, some people think desantis would do better in the general election than trump but trump may have an advantage with primary voters because of the people who show up. now enter . arthel: but hang on for me, what i'm trying to get at -- we are just talking about base and numbers but what is the platform? was going to get them to get from the primary into the primary and also the general?

>> you can already see what desantis may do, soft lunch he's already done already touring the country talking probe law enforcement issues and big blue cities. he's almost every day having a press conference with the big announcement about his unfolding legislative agenda for 2023 where he goes after things he thinks are popular with voters, with republican voters, anti- woke, anti- esg, all these things that are rebelling against. governor desantis taking it on in the state of florida and can do it easily, he's got gop super majority in the state legislature so he's passing all these things he can take on the road and tout that the economy is great in florida, employment rate is low and he didn't shut the state down and force mandates on people. he can run on a strong agenda. you heard him say on the preview of his interview with living

he's talking about the pace of what he's done. he's really been do something governor, he's been out there passing legislation, conservatives rocksolid conservative legislation and popular. that's what he can run on. the president, former president what he accomplished during the first term which was quite a bit. i think where he may stumble and weave talked about this a million times, if he relitigate's 2020 when he makes his campaign about, i think it weakens him, you may have a base between him and desantis. he's still the leader, no question about that. you see desantis breaking through and now that we have other candidates getting involved in voters are interested in them as well, potentially mike pence, nikki haley and others, that could break up the non- trump field and make it harder for desantis. arthel: nikki haley, she's strong on foreign policy. see how the others can hold up to that.

susan, thank you so much. we'll be right back. take care.

shocking video from florida showing a student allegedly attacking a high school teachers eight after she took away his video game counsel during class. we want to warn you some viewers may find the footage in the story disturbing. here is christina joining us with details on the story. what more can you tell us? >> local media is reporting the 17-year-old who attacked the teachers eight is considered a student with special needs. want to warn you the video you are about to see is graphic and disturbing. tuesday in palm coast florida, the 6-foot six 1270 pounds student is caught on camera charging at a teacher's aide. authorities say he told them he was upset because she took away his nintendo switch during cl class.

>> she left the classroom, he chased after her into the hallway and violently pushed her to the ground so hard that it completely knocked her unconscious. >> deputies say the teacher's aide remained unconscious the rest of the attack. the student was pulled back by bystanders and was turned over to the department of juvenile justice charged with felony aggravated battery with bodily harm. deputies say they cannot confirm if the team is a student with special needs because of the family educational rights and privacy act. you can hear the teenager speak after he was taken into custody. >> for how long? >> i don't make that determination. >> the teacher's aide was taken to the hospital with severe injuries. she is believed to have suffered broken ribs and bruising. authorities have not released details on her current condition. a very tragic situation. arthel: it's so tragic on

multiple levels, disturbing. thank you. eric: in washington house republicans calling out china's alleged spying right here on our soil. aging using so-called police stations to harass and blackmail people they say. speaking out against the chinese communist party. that stunning story next.

the chairman of the new house select committee on china wisconsin republican mike gallagher bipartisan group of lawmakers to manhattan's china town today. they held a rally at a billing the fbi reportedly rated last month. being used to secretly gather intel on chinese students, bryan llenas in the newsroom with the latest. >> china reportedly operating over 100 authorized secret police stations around the world set up to harass, surveilled,

blackmail and control chinese nationals and dissidents who dare criticize chairman xi jinping and the communist party. this morning at a rally outside of one of those suspected chinese police stations and manhattan's china town bipartisan congressional members of the house select committee on the communist party rally alongside chinese dissidents and condemning the ccp's refresh efforts. >> they buy off politicians, multinational organizations, companies and in some cases, law enforcement. they use muscle and threats instead of persuasion and like the mafia, they aren't afraid to make people disappear. >> it's striking fear in the hearts of critics of the ccp. >> the fbi reportedly rated chinese secret police station in new york city last fall but friday mike gallagher wrote a letter to fbi director christopher wray saying in part, i remain concerned other stations may exist. i am troubled by the fact that the fbi appears to have been to the game. gallagher said the could be at least two more secret police stations in the u.s. the nonprofit safeguard defenders released a report last

fall finding that since 2016 china established over 100 secret police service centers and 53 countries across five continents. at least 14 countries are investigating police stations part of an ongoing effort to involuntarily force it does use of chinese nationals to go back to mainland china. eric: troubling happening here. good to see you. let's go back live now in washington d.c., a major rally being held to support ukraine and americans and u.s. congress for the support for ukrainian people against barbaric aggression of vladimir putin and russia. they are marching through the nation's capitol as you can see with blue and yellow colors. arthel: absolutely, blue and yellow proud. we support ukraine, it's allg about democracy. we are back tomorrow noon eastern. hope you can join us thej.gann e big saturday show --

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hello everyone. along with nicole saphier, guy benson, and gianno caldwell. welcome to "the big saturday show". the big story tonight, president biden's possible 2024 reelection bid. first lady jill biden now says her husband is quote pretty much ready to announce his reelection campaign, watch. >> is there any reason for any of us to think he is not running