we do not want people waiting in line, we want you back in your seats. >> raining threes, not pees. set your dvr and gutfeld takes it from here. >> we begin with a fox news alert, three police officers hospitalized in los angeles after a stand off that lasted for hours last night. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, filling in for carley shimkus. police had to you have move in and the suspect opened fire. >> everyday the men and women of the los angeles police department put themselves in harm's way. tonight is a reminder the danger

is very real. we must do more to protect our officers and communities. >> todd: brooke singman has the breaking details. >> brooke: all three l.a. police officers are in stable condition after last night's shooting following an hour's long standoff. >> this started about 3:50 this afternoon, shows a level of patience and officers trying to take their time to resolve this peacefully. behavior of this individual did not result in that. a deadly situation. we are grateful the officerslet be okay. >> brooke: the officers were shot three hours after the understand s standoff began. the officers' families are with them. none of the dogs were injured in last night's shooting. l.a. issued a tactical alert in

response. the suspect, who wassa on parole, is dead. he started firing at the officers. canine, bean bags and gas were used to detain him. the swat team broke his barricade and moved in on the suspect. the shooter was a felony drug suspect. police have not confirmed his identity. fraternal order of police reacting saying how many more of us need to be shot and die before the safety and protection of law enforcement is a priority. los angeles mayor karen bass visited the officers at the hospital last night and says all three were concerned about the well being of colleagues. >> ashley: scary, thank you. mcconnell is hospitalized after tripping and falling at a washington, d.c. hotel.

>> todd: doug luzader has more. >> douglas: this mapped in d.c., it was serious enough for mcconnell to be hospitalized. here is what his office is telling us this evening. leader mcconnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. he is receiving treatment. mcconnell is 81 years old, les than a year older than president biden, the longest serving senate leader in history. he was elected in 1984. he's had a number of issues in his life. he had polio at two. 20 years ago, he had bypass shoulder. he fractured a shoulder in 2019 and had bruising around hand and mouth in 20between the. this incident happened last

night. we're waiting to learn more about the senator's condition, it is not clear how long he'll be away from the senate. ashley. >> ashley: thank you. mcconnell, critic of president biden budget proposal. he is planning to unveil series much major tax hikes on billionaires, investors and those making above $400,000 a year. would double the capital gains tax rate and increase top tax rate for americans earning $400,000 from 37% to 40%. senate majority leader says it will not happen. >> massive tax increases or spending, all of which the american people can thank the republican house for will not see the light of day. >> ashley: the package is unlikely to pass, many see it as

a message going into the 2024 election. >> todd: accusing dr. fauci of covering up the theory covid originated in a lab. fauci cut redfield out of meetings for not going along. >> there is one point of view we will put out there, anyone who doesn't agree will be sidelined. i was only the cdc director and i was sidelined. they squashed any debate. there were infections back in september. this narrative was they were going to say it came from the wet market to negate discussion about the possibility it came from a lab. >> todd: there is the answer, right? it is pretty clear. shocking revelation leading republicaning to question how taxpayer money went to gain of function research in china, that

could have created the virus. global threats from china and drug cartels. house intel committee will continue hearings on in fbi director christopher wray and other officials days after two tourists were killed in mexico. more threats from china expected after admiral haynes called china the most consequential threat to the united states. testifying before the new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government after the committee released report saying ftc weaponized authority after elon musk took over. and questioning norfolk southern about the threat to east palestine following the toxic train derailment next month. >> ashley: this cartel leader is

wanted in connection with the hostage situation that left two americans dead just 30 minutes south of texas. >> todd: marianne has the latest, marianne. >> marianne: a manhunt is underway. jose garcia is wanted for the shooting death of two americans. mexico announced a $2.5 million bounty on garcia. he has been operating in matamoros since 2014. four people were kidnapped on friday, broub and woodward were found dead. ge's family describing her family's shock. >> did that worry you? >> it did not worry me, i'm thinking everything should be okay. >> marianne: this brazen, broad

daylight shooting of americans has lawmakers calling for increased border security. rick scott says biden's botched border policy have criminalized cartels over american safety. bad guys around the world know biden is a weak appeaser with open border policies. a senate bill will designate cartels as terrorists, a move the biden administration is not supporting. >> would not grant this, does not have authority we have at this time. the united states has powerful sanctions and authorities designate to combat narcotics trafficking organizations we don't believe this will grant additional authority. >> marianne: this comes days before spring break begins

around the country. travelers should avoid six states, including where the americans were held hostage. >> todd: seems like good advice. 35 miles separating the cartel site and the city of brownsville, texas. >> ashley: debbie douglas has a ranch located on the border andin jos us now. good morning, you captured video showing what you are saying are illegal immigrants attempting to break into your home, which are just miles from your home. that led you to do $13,000 in increases for security measures. >> yes, absolutely. >> todd: how chilling to hear of this kidnapping and killing so close to where you live? look at the video, that was 3 blocks from the border with the united states and presumably that shack located about 35

miles from where you are, how chilling was it to you to hear this happening so close? >> well, first of all, everything is escalating. things are getting worse as time goes on and if biden does not do something, this will come more to our country. even if the cartel man was arrested, we know what happened to the last head of cartel that was arrested, they basically created a war. they will skr to release him because they are afraid. the government of mexico is afraid of the cartel. >> ashley: this happened 35 to 50 miles from your home in brownsville, right across the border, this is close to home to you. what is the community saying about this? >> you know, most people honestly do not realize the

danger that is being put on us. i don't believe the people that were killed really took it to heart and really knew that the danger was that great. >> todd: that is why it is so important the state department issue warnings specific with regard to spring breakers. if i had a college student, you would not be allowed to go to mexico, find place in daytona beach or some place to go. you do fear it is a matter of time before cartels begin regularly committing actses of violence, whether kidnapping or killing on american soil basically working with. >> i do, i do believe it is a matter of time. they are coming in and will be taking over our attempting to take over border towns of texas and unless we do something, everybody you better get ready. >> todd: and hurry doing it with

drugs. direct way of doing it. >> ashley: i mean, the white house has said the number of encounters is down and they will be working with the mexican government to look at the situation with the four victims, the two that were killed and two are back in the states now. when you hear that the biden administration will be working with mexico government, is that he are assuring to you? >> that is a joke. number know wo, the mexican government is either partially paid off by the cartel or fear the cartel, so the fact that biden is saying he will work with them is absolutely a joke. and an insult to the american people. >> todd: to make matters worse, the white house shooting down calls to designate cartels as a terrorist organization. how much more terror do the cartels need to do before the

individuals designated accordingly. >> todd, our administration will never wake up, the current administration does not care about the american people or this country. he's a puppet and he's been protected in this country and with him not protecting the people of this country he basically is a traitor in my opinion. >> ashley: there is a bill in the u.s. for the u.s. military to be sent to the border, would that make you feel more secure or like a solution at work? >> that would help, yes, that's a great start. >> todd: debi, traitor is a strong accusation, why do you think the president refuses to do the things that everybody knows that he should do? >> i think he's a very weak individual. he is wanting illegals to come

into this country to better increase the chance of the democratic party staying in control because they will say they can vote, even though they are illegal. >> ashley: i know you think that sisolution to this is shutting down the border and i don't think anybody would disagree with you. do you think it is too far gone? >> we've got a real problem. if the border was shut down today, we have an extreme problem with the illegals that are already in this country. they are a lot of criminals, child molesters, murderers. he's allowed these people to come into this country and it will take the fbi, cia, ice, everybody to shut the border and let's get deport them all.

>> todd: in light of this latest incidents, are you doing anything different to protect yourself? you have been on the show to demonstrate the measures you are taking. are you ramping up? >> todd, i'm leaving for the ranch on sunday and i have to be honest, with all the stuff taking place and getting more aggressive, i will be more vigilant than i have been in the past and i've always been vigilant, since illegals have been pouring in. i do fear more for my family than i do myself. every time they go out there or someone, my son and granddaughter and his wife go out, i do fear. >> todd: we are praying for you. >> stay armed and protected. >> todd: stay safe out there. debi douglas, thank you.

new controversy in america, new report exposing 60's00 u.s. schools for hiding student identities from their own parents. >> ashley: in pennsylvania, democrats want to force parents to sit through education session before their kids are exempt from passing. is one mom okay with the left lecturing her? that is next. ♪ ♪ to all the chevy silverado owners out there. the adventurers and the doers. to everyone that works hard and plays hard. whether it's your first silverado or your tenth. thank you for making chevy silverado

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>> ashley: nearly 6000 public schools are prohibiting teachers from telling parents which gender their kids identify as in the classroom. 168 school districts hide the gender of three million public school students across the country and it could be even more. the president of parents defending education says the list only scratches the surface of what is taking place in american schools. living in red states doesn't mean families are shielded from the issue.

things looking different in arkansas, governor sarah huckabee sanders sweeping reform bill, the learns act bans tea teaching sexual identity before fourth grade and students and children to the school of their choice by the 2025 school year. sanders tells fox it is bigger than tackling school choice, it is taking a comprehensive approach in arkansas. i am tired of seeing our state at the bottom when it comes to our performance. >> todd: pennsylvania democrats want to force parents to take educational session that teaches them about vaccines before allowing their kids to opt out of vaccines. scientifically accepted information would be presented by department of health about immunization and will need to be certified by a medical professional.

a parent from pennsylvania joins me now. democrats in your state are proposing a bill to require parents to take a class before the parents can exercise their god-given parental rights, is that correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> todd: something like that. >> i think it is an attack on parental attacks, religious freedom and attacks we are seeing in schools across the country. there is no reason that any person should have to give an explanation or attend education session to explain religious decision on behalf of their children, it is crazy. >> todd: the focus of this is covid, covid made certain parts of our society control hungry and you hate to use the word insane, but insane. why are pennsylvania democrats pushing this when we know vaccine mandates and the vaccine itself is not fully protecting

people from getting covid and kids are least vulnerable to covid? >> i think that democrats really like control. i saw that in my own local county, our democrat officials made every employee at the county get the vaccine or lose their job. there is a push right now in pennsylvania, across this country from democrats to control our children and to control the decisions we make for our children. >> todd: you heard in ashley's story and mentioned here, why are democrats in pennsylvania and nationally so committed to getting that control and trying to basically take parental power away from parents and put in the government's hands? >> i think this is how dictators in communist countriesun are, they go for children, they want to control children. if you control the next generation, then you control everything temperature is our job to be involved in our

communities, local government and push back when we see an effort to control our kids. >> todd: the state senator says the following, we can maintain tradition of respect for religious beliefs and moral conviction by making sure parents receive accurate medical information before granting exemptions. your response, megan. >> our constitution protectses religious freedom. we have a large amish community in pennsylvania. it is different from how a lot of people live, but they have a right to live that way. this is attacking religious freedom of parents and communities like the amish and everyone has the right to make whatever decision for their bodies. i do not believe this protects everyone, this is about control. in august of 2021, governor wolf

issued illegal mask mandate for kids in california and it was overturned because it was a control grab. that is what this is, as well. >> todd: we've had vaccines for generations, why did covid change this to opt out of vaccine when you neverhad to do that for any vaccine before? >> i mean, the reality, there was state by state push to remove religious sections, california, new york and even new jersey in january of 2020, the story of ed durr who beat the incumbent state senate president in new jersey, people talk about that story, they don't necessarily know steve sweeney in january 2020 tried to remove -- from parents, told parents he was going to war over

religious exemptions and inner pas remembered and year and a half later they made sure he was not re-elected. parents want to make decisions for their children based on re religious beliefs. >> todd: great point and great connection to the new jersey race. i just see the use of this is phrase, get your parents educated as going into communist territory, i don't like the way that sounds and glad you are highlighting it. thank you. we've shown video of a man trying to stab a flight attendant and open a door on the flight to boston. >> i will kill every man on this plane. where are they? where is homeland security? where are they? >> todd: the head of air marshal council came on this show warning this exact thing would

happen when joe biden deployed air marshals to the border instead. we brought her back. >> ashley: and veterans testify about failures they witnessed during withdrawal from afghanistan, including one that could have cost 13 american lives. >> we asked him for permission to shoot. the battalion commander said, i don't know. he disappeared, we believe he was the suicide bomber. >> ashley: we will bring you more of the testimony next.

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sentences for violent offenders when crime is soaring. slamming the white house for siding with the opposition. >> todd: federal judge dealing major blow to biden administration ruling against catch and release border policy. a florida lawsuit argues the administration mass release of migrants is unlawful. a judge saying the white house has turned the southwest border into more than speed bump for aliens flooding the country by prioritizing over detention and releasing aliens into the country. cbp says 13,000 migrants from cuba and haiti have set sail since january 1. new york city mayor eric adams taking to the podium to criticize vice president kamala harris over his city's migrant

crisis. watch. >> it's been an individual who is dedicated to do the decompression strategy for the federal government. we should be looking at the role of the vp, too much in her portfolio to focus on decompression strategy. >> todd: criticism marks first time adams explicitly blamed the border czar, kamala harris. cost $5 million a day to house and feed migrants in the big apple and june of 2024, the city will have spent 4 billion taxpayer dollars to cope with the migrant crisis. ash. >> ashley: passenger on boston-brown flight launches into tirade threatening the lives of everyone onboard, watch this. >> i will kill every man on thissen pla, where are they? where is homeland security.

hold the gun. where are they? why are you scared? -- wherever it is, there is going to be a blood bath. >> ashley: he allegedly attempted to stab a flight attendant and open a door midflight. passengers say they were terrified. it is sparking safety on planes, including whether or not air marshals were on board. transportation security administration says for security reasons tsa will not confirm agents on flights. director of air marshal national council joins us live. i need your response to the tsa there. >> good morning, your eyes don't lie. did you see an air marshal or intervention from law enforcement when this individual

had basically homemade shafrng trying to stab a flight aant? >> why is the tsa not confirming it? >> because they know they should have had air marshals on that flight. >> ashley: is it more important to have the air marshals on the flights? they are only on the -- whatever considered high-risk flights, what makes a high-risk flight? all flights are high-risk right now. >> this was high risk flight. look at capacity, east coast to west coast, large aircraft, a regular flight we would have air marshals covering, this would be priority one flight and should have been covered. >> ashley: right now what is percentage of air marshals in airports and on planes right now? >> there is not really many on the plane, the percentage in

airport about 90, maybe 10% onnen plas, which is backwards. we're calling on the agency to make changes, we will be working with congress soon. if somebody doesn't do anything, this is a wake-up call, how much wake-up calls will we have before we're talking about this for those on the planes and on the ground. >> ashley: what changes do you want to see made? >> federal air marshals need to be removed from tsa, they are not doing what they need to do to protect the american people and be reassigned as law enforcement group, not pretend to provide security. >> ashley: what about the air marshals at the border, what are they doing down there? >> fortunately, we were successful removing air marshals from the border to put them back in the transportation domain, but tsa is not putting them on

the aircraft, that is a question to follow up with them, why they do not have federal air marshals flying innen pla -- planes. >> ashley: you have been on the program and said before, it was a matter of time before we would see something like this and we are starting to see it. does it worry you that now this situation has been put out in the public, it is in the open, it will embolden more people who want to hurt america and americans? >> i am very concerned, infuriated. this is the job we trained to do, specifically that type of situation that you saw on the video, where the man went into the laboratory and made a homemade shan can, he was preparing to do a criminal act. it scares me to death. i cannot stand when i see video like that and there is no one

other than good samaritans and the flight crew trying to defend everyone on the plane. we are professionals, this is the job we're supposed to be doing, we are not being allowed to do our job? >> ashley: who is not allowing you to do your job? >> the director, federal air marshal director stevenson is not allowing us to do our job. the tsa administrator is not allowing air marshals to be air marshals. our primary mission is ensure another 9/11 does not happen and i don't want to be back on this program, i love visiting with you, but us talking about a critical incident. >> ashley: it is not a good situation and terrifies anyone who flies. the list going on and on. what would have happened, what

would this story be today if there was an air marshal on that flight? what would have happened? the situation, i imagine, would be totally different. >> we would have had that situation contained within 15 seconds. when someone takes an aggressive stance, you know in november there was a gentleman on a flight with a razorblade to a lady's throat, the incidents are increasing. in 2022, while we were down on the border, faa said that was the most violent attacks on irkas they have had. it would have been over in 15 seconds or less. >> ashley: such scary stuff when we saw this yesterday. it was terrifying, no other way of putting it. sonya hightower-be laosco, thank you for being with us, hope

people heed your warning 678 >> todd: 90% of marshals not in the air? >> ashley: you know that is not what they want to do, that is not on them, that is on their boss. >> todd: you heard her say that, they want to protect americans. >> ashley: frightening. >> todd: 10% of air marshals in the air, that is infuriating. you fly a lot, i fly. >> ashley: everybody flies. another national security threat, fbi director christopher wray issuing this serious warning about tiktok. >> this is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the chinese government and to me it screams out with national security concern. >> ashley: former special agent john than gilliam is here next. >> todd: first lady jill biden celebrating international women of courage by presenting women of courage award to a biological

man. nobody better to address that than this guy right there, he is still a guy. jimmy failla will share his thoughts on that one coming up.

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>> todd: russia launching 81 missiles overnight in ukraine. drone footage showing the extent of that destruction, officials say four civilians are dead and they expect the death toll to rise. energy agency say shelling disconnected the nuclear power plant from the energy source. and nato chief says the city in eastern ukraine could fall in the coming days, thousands of russian soldiers have cut off ukrainian sources in that area. military says russia need to take the city to earn symbolic victory to boost moral at home. service members testifying about the devastating impact of the

biden administration botched withdrawal from afghanistan, calling it a american failure. a soldier breaking down into tears, recalling the attack that took the lives of 13 service members. >> we asked if we could shoot. our battalion commander said, and i quote, i don't know. the individual disappeared, to this day, we believe it was him. i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious around me. >> todd: tough, this was first hearing into the biden administration handling of the withdrawal. bring in former fbi special agent and navy seal jonathan gilliam. our hearts felt for that marine, as he told that story. we can't understand what he went through, but someone like you in life and death situations, what

was your reaction when you heard that? >> jonathan: just aggravating. it is aggravating to know these individuals died and many afghanistan citizens died who were trying to escape what was coming because it was a hasty retreat. this was our longest war we've ever been in and the way we left is as if we had no control over anything. i mean, be super power or not a super power, when it comes to leaving a war zone because the war is not doing anything for you anymore, you have to tactically leave that war zone the same way that you get in it. you get into a are wa, think your way through and pick proper tactics techniques and proo seedures to defeat the enemy. if you withdraw, do the same

thing. whether the biden administration that got us out of this or george bush who got us into it, the long-term plan and short-term plan never added up, they did not add up. that is a problem, we see in everything that goes on with the united states government, whether handling virus, which is slowest moving enemy in the world, or whether withdrawing from something we've been in for 20 years, they do not have plans of action that add up on short term or long-term, they do not and it is failure every time. >> ashley: he said his boss said, i don't know when asked if he can engage the possible suspect, where is discretion? who is in charge? that is concerning. fbi director christopher wray laid out why tiktok owned by chinese company is national

security threat. listen. >> to conduct all sorts of big data operation, control of recommendation algorithm allow them to conduct influence operation, control of software which allows them to have access to millions of devices. this tool is within the control of the chinese government and to me it screams with national security concern. >> ashley: i feel like we may be getting closer and closer to a ban of some sort from tiktok. you have the white house and the fbi director doubling down, do you think we are getting close to that? >> once again, failure for fbi and politicians in washington, d.c., who doesn't know that tiktok is a threat? this is not anything new. christopher wray is getting up there and telling everybody the same information being told during the trump administration, which didn't do anything about

tiktok either. passing the buck of national security issues is repetitive problem and i think the biden administration is more worried about it because the fact that they can influence people and they can influence people using either propaganda or because people have more of a voice on there. people that get on there and have a strong voice and are conservative go against what the biden administration has. that is one reason they are talking about this so much, not that they are concerned about national security, but they are not able to control it, just like they are not able to control twitter like they used to. >> todd: the ccp is infiltrating this country, will they pass the buck to future administration as china postures against us? >> jonathan: i think china lasted us, just like the taliban

and the islamic fundamentalist laughed at us in 1993, they said they would get the twin towers and knock them down and they came back and did it in 2021. china laughs at us and looks at the political fight that we're in constantly with ourselves and they just take full advantage of that to maneuver and do things. just like the air marshal issue you talked about earlier, the same thing. >> todd: great insight. thank you. >> ashley: thank you, fox news alert. three officers shot overnight triggering city-wide tactical alert. >> todd: and the hunt is on for the cartel boss, taking action to confirm the cartel threat. breaking details here on "fox and friends first." >> having the mexican government -- doing to protect,

having our military, if you will, this is a war, it truly has become a war.

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>> todd: a fox news alert, three police officers in los angeles hospitalized after being shot by felony drug suspect following standoff that lasted hours last night. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. it happened in a small neighborhood north of los angeles, officers were investigating a barricade in an apartment and refused to surrender. the suspect opened fire. >> todd: brooke singman has details. >> brooke: all three lapd are in stable condition at a hospital after last night's shooting following the standoff. >> it started 3:50 this afternoon, it shows th