u.s. remains the gold standard when it comes to aviation safety >> laura: shortly after>> s filming this, pete was spotted playing with trucks and tiny airplanes in a sandbox in georgetown. that is it for us tonight.eorg thank you for watching. it is america now and forever. greg gutfeld and all the gain, they take it from here. we will see you on instagram later. ♪ ♪ >> todd: a fox news alert, the intersect was intentional, that is how the pentagon to scrapping the moments before russia downed a u.s. drone as russia vessels reach the site where it crashed in the black sea. you are watching "fox & friends first" on a thursday morning i'm todd todd. speed to the military equipment as moscow strengthens alliances with adversaries. russian president vladimir putin pleading with syrian president bashar al-assad with chinese president xi shipping next week.

life in washington this morning. >> good morning, ashley and todd, the warships scouring the plexi unlikely to find anything according to top -- i don't know if we can recover or not, but we will certainly have to do that and have to deal with it. the u.s. top officer said not sure if there fighter bit to make jet meant to call her life crushing down into the sea 30,000 feet about 75 miles southwest of crimea. >> it went over and landed in the black sea. it is probably 4,000 feet of water. to that depth. but there is a little bit more aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know the aggressive behavior was intentional and we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. >> general milley said he has evidence of the collision that is not yet been released. many downplay the incident

saying it needs to be investigated and move on. russians and best are not as diplomatic saying, "a diverted attack on russian aircraft in u.s. airspace to make space not just a crime and international low but declaration of war against the largest nuclear power. is the capital willing to put american citizens and the international committee and a full-scale nuclear war?" tom cotton wants to see more from the commander in chief. >> president biden needs to come out and forcefully make it clear that we will not tolerate this kind of provocative action. if we don't stop this russian aggression in europe, it will only invite more aggression in the future. >> caught wants to see biden on ukraine inside russia with the war and officials admit it was a stalemate with massive casualties on both sides. the front lines have not changed in this war. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson, thank you. fox news contributor ari fleischer says the u.s.

needs to send a clear message to the kremlin. listen to this. >> if we verify that it was over international waters and these things are verifiable. we have satellites and we can verify, we need to splash a rational drone. there was no question about it. you cannot live an adversary do this to us. and we just accept it. if you do that, they will continue. they will do another one and another one. it is a sober reminder of jimmy carter. it was an excuse for america's weakness. it was wrong for americans to stand up for itself. ronald reagan comes in and roronald reagan just tossed in russia back down. it is time to remember those lessons. so yeah, the drone, verify where it was, but don't accept it and don't do what general milley did and i'm ready to move beyond it. i'm not ready to move beyond it. spoon former fbi's patient and navy seal jonathan, do you agree with ari to take down a russian drone in response? >> i think we should go beyond

what ari fleischer is saying and attack on american drone is an attack on americans forces. any time a drone is up there now, we know the area where it was flying if you look on the map, it is approaching where the ukraine is and crimea which rusa has annexed. if they attack that drone or they go after that drone, there should be u.s. forces in the vicinity so that they can watch over our assets. i think they should take the russian planes out here and look, this is reality, turkey took a russian plane out for several years ago. russia talked tough but nothing ever happened. russia right now is not in a position to get into a fight with the united states, that is for sure. but if we have talk like millie and biden continues to spew soml over us and they have proven it over and from afghanistan to the

way that they handle the beginning and even before the ukrainian war started to now. the biden administration, general milley and the dod continue to play patty-cake with people who are wanting to go to war. that will never work out in our favor. we have to show them that we mean business. >> ashley: jonathan i want to talk about general milley for a second. are you confident enough in him when he said there is probably not a lot to recover, frankly, when it comes to russia retreatment into black sea? >> it really depends. we recovered, you know, for instance with the chinese balloon that we shot down, there is intelligence to retreat from this type of stuff even when it is mangled to some extent. if russia was able to get there, they might be able to get intelligence off of it, but the reality is these drones, these q9 reaper drones, we've had several shut down over afghanistan in a couple of other

places. i'm sure that the technology to some extent is out there but it is still, it goes to the same point i was making before, why isn't the united states rushing there to get there and to get potential technology back? why do they have to make it sound like it's no big deal or it's destroyed? i find that unacceptable. >> todd: as you mention the more aggressive ru kits with rhetoric and quite frankly their actions, the biden administration from the top on down becomes in their rhetoric going forward. concerning is that to you not just with russia like you mentioned in the first answer but the message that we send to the entire world community? >> well come i think after afghanistan the failed evacuation of our troops there and american citizens and those loyal to us, you saw a complete turnaround in the way not just our allies or enemies

but also where our allies deal with us because they know they can't expect us to have her back in many ways. i think china, russia, iran, all of these different groups is they see us acting and reacting in the way that we do come as you put it in a fashion, they will push further and further. in certain cases like with the balloons over the united states, they will actually come over our territories and start pushing to see what our responses will be. it is very dangerous for the united states. >> ashley: let's switch gears to china. another concern a report from the head of u.s. air force don't make space, conduct advanced communications surveillance and recognizance, satellites and chs over 700 satellites in orbit. in 347 are people's liberation

army, isr platforms running up the goal, radar and radio frequency capabilities, which track the joint force worldwide. jonathan, what in the world are they preparing for? >> we have much of the same thing up there. a lot of the intelligence gathering that you used to see from sr 71 and high-flying aircraft, it is now done from satellites. whether it is human collection where we are actually listening to conversations from satellites or whether it is looking down and trying to find -- or even looking at other satellites that may be out there. this is where the game has gone. i cannot understand is if russia is preparing to shoot down other satellites because if you shoot a satellite in space, it is going to cause a tremendous amount of debris, which will knock out even there satellites and potentially harm all of the communications around the

world. i do think what we should be concentrating on is their ability to belong to error satellites from space. that is something that is very dangerous for us because our military has become so dependent on satellite technology. >> todd: so well chinese ramping up, no doubt response to milquetoast response to russia and other bad actors on the world stage. the u.s. air force going on a woke hiring spree, hiring people top jobs focusing on di diversity, equity, and inclusio. how is this preparing the military for war, john dimmick jonathan? >> i will put it in terms that you understand, todd. when we look at news, look at fox news versus msnbc. msnbc is what the united states military has become. it is all about smoke and mirrors and make-believe, right fake news over msnbc where fox gives detailed unbiased news.

the reality is with the military, what they have become our becoming is smoke and mirrors. you see this all across the border, whether it is military, law enforcement, nypd, they just lowered standards so they can get more females into the recruits. you see it with the airline industry where american airlines and all these other airlines where they have put diversity, inclusion above skills and proficiency. antimilitary is falling right along that path. and nothing, and i mean nothing good comes out of that for the defense of our national security, which should be the main objective. the only objective, really, for our dod. >> todd: $180,000 per year for supervisor dea accessibility officer role in virginia. methinks when used sign up to fight and die for our country, you don't get near $180,000, jonathan gilliam, thank you,

sir. >> you got it. >> todd: north korea watching intercontinental blissful missile between south korea and japan. the first test by the rogue regime in a month in thirds weapon test this week, south korea's military revealing that the missile was fired towards waters off the east coast of korea. and it comes with ongoing joint military drills between the u.s. and south korean forces. military aggression by north korea expected to be discussed when south korea's president meets with japan's prime minister in tokyo today. that is the first trip to japan by south korean leader in 12 years. >> ashley: now to another fox news alert come at home from a train carrying has a diverse material has derailed right near the california-nevada border. so far no reports of spills but several agencies are investigating. it is causing major delays for several amtrak routes in that area. it comes on the heels of several

other derailments across the country including toxic p roma in east palestine last month. >> todd: an officer held as a hero for rescuing a unconscious drive will in a burning vehicle with seconds to spare, the patrick with rushing towards the burning car. please save the driver of red ford speeding and ran a red light hitting the car you were looking at when it burst into flames.

trapping both drivers. by standards using clothing and fire extinguisher to help the victim once he was out of the car. he is in stable condition to dimmick this morning. mccormick honored with the southfield fire as he should be pureed now to this a stunning rebuke of president biden's border policy from his border patrol chief. >> does ths have operational control? >> no, sir, based upon the condition you have, no. >> todd: that is exhibit 1a, democrats were not there to hear that word drop dimmick jaw-dropping testimony on the migrant surge. we have a full recap for them next. >> ashley: >> ashley: did you see this? [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [screaming] that was kamala harris receiving

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>> todd: a second group of 2,000 suspected gang members move to el salvador's notorious mega prison and another massive round appeared a chilling video the city tightly together as the country releasing new images of the suspected gang members who can be held without trial actually sleep. that is tough. you can see it there come a four-story sheet, no blankets, no mattresses, prisoners leaving themselves for legal hearings by videoconference or to be punished in isolation cells appear the country's president himself labeling the facility, "the most criticized prison in the world over brutal conditions." it was built to hold 65,000 gang members on war related crime. the border construction giving terrifying testimony after border field hearing and telling congress the u.s. absolutely no

control of the chaos with migrants around the world. >> ashley: marianne rafferty with the details, marianne. >> startling testimony by the border chief. yesterday the field hearing in mcallen, texas, saying the u.s. does not have control of the border. >> does ths have operational control of the entire border? >> no, sir. >> todd: you heard this senator operational control andt is the definition of operation control. >> we don't have operational control. >> no, sir. >> despite homeland security alejandro mayorkas saying just the opposite in april of last year. >> the security fence act says what? the secretary of homeland security shall take all actions the secretary that is necessary to maintain operational control of the entire international maritime borders. will you testify under oath do we have operational control, yes or no question rick >> yes, we

do. >> we have operational control at the borders? >> yes we do. absent from the house field hearing on wednesday after we boycotted it. >> now, this was supposed to be a full committee, but as you can see, the democrats are not here. they decided to not show, why question rick >> well, they said coming here was just a political stunt. >> the thing i'm most distraught about is not a democrat here. this is an american issue. it is appalling that the democrats didn't show up at america's under attack. >> so far entered 9,000 migrants from 147 different countries have been caught in 2023 with the most coming from mexico followed by cuba, nicaragua, colombia and guatemala. border chief sagging a wall may have prevented the influx. >> perfectly infrastructure system in some areas that we should have left alone. a perfect example of that.

>> for our administration 200 plus wall appropriated and the president of the united states, president biden shut that down. do you disagree with his decision to shut down the construction? yes, sir. >> in addition approximately 385,000 known got a ways have been recorded this fiscal year, todd, ashley. >> ashley: marianne rafferty thank you. former i.c.e. director jonathan fahey. jonathan, thank you for being with us and obviously i'm going to go to that big bombshell of the border chief saying the u.s. does not have operational control of the border. what did you make of that? >> what is really startling dimmick startling about it is not that he said it or the effect of what he said because everyone knows that is true but what is startling about it this is the first time anyone from ts administration has told the trur anything close to the truth on this issue what i think he was able to go down there and say it

because this administration has been lying and being pathological because everybody knows the border is total chaos appear that the drug cartels have more control than we do over the border. everyone knows this administration has been consistently lying about this. who knows what the reason is. maybe they just don't want to face the issue and the easiest thing is to live. but what makes it most startling is, again, the fact that he told the truth yesterday. that should be a good thing. >> ashley: you know, i want to talk about that because ortiz directly contradicted his boss, alejandro mayorkas who constantly said they have control on the border. so what does that say about alejandro mayorkas? >> well i think it says what we all know about alejandro mayorkas is they have been deliberately lying, misleading the public not just on this issue but every issue. because they will be say these are asylum-seekers. they want people to come even though they know 90 plus percent

are not legitimate asylum-seekers. they are always pushing these false narratives. he is lying about his own agents, which border patrol chief also mentioned on the instant on horseback the whipping. so i think there is no confidence in new york from ortiz down. it is because he simply isn't doing his job, not following the law. he desecrates his own on a daily basis and makes a mockery of the agencies. it is really no respect. >> ashley: i will get to the whipping accusations in a minute. but i do have to talk about the root democrats on this field hearing. they had plane tickets ready to go and the travel was set up but the republicans are traveling to the border to attack the administration and try to score political opponents with extreme rhetoric despite having voted against the resources border personnel needed. what are they talking about there question rick is that a

fair assessment? >> that is a ridiculous assessment. they say they are trying to score political points but we have the executive branch refusing to enforce the law. they should make this a political issue because the reason the border is open is because the biden administration made a political calculus and campaigned on it to have an open border. so really, it is laughable and when we talk about resources for the border, the issue, again isn't really the resources because the biden administration isn't going to enforce the law. it doesn't matter what the resources are when they say come on into the country in which you are here, even if you commit the most serious crimes. the resources are only a small part of the issue. the issue is a refusal to enforce the law and refusal of alejandro mayorkas to take it seriously following any respect. >> ashley: as you mentioned, jonathan the border patrol chief

did back his agents falsely accused by president biden and top democrats of leaking migrants. listen to this. >> i can attest how vital horse patrol units are in harsher occasions. last year's mass migration event was chaotic. we had over 20,000 people show up in one place in a short period of time. even so, we were able to provide food, water, and medical care without a single loss of life. >> ashley: your reaction, jonathan. >> it is pretty amazing to me because it is like when you talk about politicizing the issue, the administration made a calculated decision last year when this was going on to make this an issue and try to make it a racial issue and they accuse these agents of whipping the migrants for racial purposes. and they knew it wasn't true and particularly the department of homeland security.

alejandro mayorkas knew it wasn't true and perpetuated that life and run the careers of the agents involved. he was also willing to put the lives of other agents in danger by saying these agents are racist. and the law is racist. this is one of the most disgraceful things ever done by a leader of an agency the way these agents but trade it. it is so bad. they lied about it and they knew it was false but they didn't care because they wanted to distract from the border issue to try to make this a racial issue and get the democrats to jump on board and instead of focusing on the true issue, a national security issue, public safety issue, public health issue and they don't want to deal with it because it is not their political narrative. >> ashley: jonathan, it's always good to talk to you this morning about this. we appreciate it. have a good day. >> thank you. >> ashley: it is a total mess on wall street and around the world the silk on valley bank

collapse. to answer tough questions about the integrity of america's banks, financial expert mitch michelle had money in svb. he is live to get his first-hand account of the chaos and tell us what to expect when the market opens in a few hours. >> todd: aaron rodgers accused of playing next season and wants to do it with the new york jets. i think he done messed up. we have the details on the decision that has shaken up the sports world. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> ashley: treasury secretary janet yellen to face scrutiny from lawmakers during senate finance committee this morning on the integrity of the banking system. >> todd: brooke singman with more. >> hey, guys the senate finance

hearing came after chaotic day of trading in the stock market. the dow and s&p 500 down .7% with the dell finishing 280 points below tuesday's closing figure. the nasdaq closed flat despite spending most of yesterday well below tuesday's clothes. this week's market volatility driven by recent banking troubles at home and abroad. in europe the switzerland-based credit suisse watched shares plunge 14% yesterday. saudi arabia's national bank said yesterday would not put more money into credit suites with $54 billion bailout from switzerland national bank here the saudi bank wants to avoid regulations that kick in with the stake above 10%. on sunday signature bank collapse after silicon valley bank went under. new york's division of financial services took control of the bank which faced money laundering investigation prior to its collapse. but this all started on friday with silicon valley's stunning

collapse which prompted a bank run at its california banks. figural nomadic federal regulators took control of the bank to reimburse clients with uninsured deposits. guys, the democrats are now calling for federal reserve chair powell to recuse himself from the silicon valley investigation because may not have used its power to prevent the collapse, listen. >> it is important examining what went wrong at that chair powell take a step back and let michael barr who is the new vice chair, who was not there during all of this, let him conduct an independent investigation. >> you can't do this analysis without putting the fed under the microscope, too. do they have regulatory power that they didn't use, the connection between interest rate increases and bond evaluation? that has to be analyzed. >> the s&p downgraded first credit rating sending its shares down 21% and sparking even less

confidence in the integrity of the banks. ashley, taught. >> todd: all right, brooke, thank you very much. they director of madison ventures plus first-hand experience of silicon valley bank. he's got money there! the bank want you to keep your money they are nco said your portfolio companies to move funds in the past week, please consider moving some of them back as part of secure deposit diversification strategy. are you moving your money back, mitch? >> heck no. i will clear that up for you, todd. probably more viscerally reacting at the time. here is the backstory, i was involved in a deal and that company bank with boston private bank, very, very safe bank back in july 2021. they were acquired by silicon valley bank. we had assets sold last week. the money went into silicon valley bank by way of

boston private bank. when we tried to wire the money out thursday, we had no problem. when we tried to wire friday, we had problems. and this weekend, on monday the money didn't come out. on tuesday, some of it came out. the balance came out yesterday morning. all we got was bombarded with emails from the bank stating, "please return the money. we are 100% safe." no way, not going back. >> todd: besides being a big problem, this appears to be a big problem for all of us in the sense that this could taint the overall economy. what we are not hearing about in the media and newspapers, no one is walking us through exactly what should be an isolated incident is having implications from literally every single person. so you have the floor. walk us through. >> let's talk about why it happened. this may be the only time that i somewhat agree with elizabeth warren. but the fed going back to the

financial crisis is making money easy, pumping up the money supply so the economy was washed with liquidity. then, when they tried to deal with the dragon inflation, they started tightening the money supply. and they recently took cash out of the system. when you want to go to a bank and pull out your cash, the bank may not have it because the bank has less cash to oversimplify it. that's what happened silicon bank and happen signature bank peer that is what people fear it is happening first republic. for mainstream, there are legitimate concerns what happens if i go to my bank to withdraw money and have more than $250,000 there which is uninsured? will the government step in or fdic's step in when i need to pull my money out? >> todd: okay, the big question becomes now, what can the fed do to keep this from spiraling out of control? i switch that question around,

mitch. is it too late for the fed to do anything to keep this from spiraling out of control and impacting every american? >> i think the fed is torn and sort of playing whack a mole. that game where pop up but they were chasing inflation is the only mole popping up. all of a sudden, they are chasing this new thing, which i will call contagion. what is the risk the failure of these banks in the united states spread? mo wore a floor when you are having that around the world, wd ourselves quickly in a global recession. so what can they do? they are on this path to continue to raise interest rates. we don't know what the impact of that has been. so why not just pause? next week, don't raise interest rates and let's see if we can fix one problem at a time. >> todd: i didn't like that the big stocks in the big banks went down, that was scary. ordering chinese tiktok to

divest chairs or face potential ban in the u.s. if that is correct, what is the point of biden's demand in the first place? basically, will this lead to any change? >> probably not. first of all, the trust index when it comes for policies from china, in my view, is very, very low. the previous administration had a plan, which is to get all of the servers for u.s. tiktok in the united states coming back door to look at our information. i think, the simple thing is cut off the demand side of the equation. stop using tiktok. that is the only way that we can the risk ourselves from information from china. spin with you will upset teenagers but you know what you will upset teenagers the matter what you do. you will have to move on for the security and safety of our country and those teenagers. mitch, thank you very much. >> your bed, good to see you,

todd. >> ashley: vice president kamala harris giving us her latest word salad. >> was there any discussion in the white house about the blowback would be for approving the willow oil project because people have gotten quite upset about it. there were protesters outside right now. >> welcome i think the concerns are based what we should all be concerned about some of the solutions have to be and include what we are doing in terms of investment. >> ashley: what question marks me when that time is now. >> ashley: that confusing answer not good enough for the claimant protesters outside of the new york city studio. watch this. [screaming] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] >> ashley: not exactly the reception you but expect a democrat vice president kamala harris to get in the big apple, which is a very, very

deep blue city. >> todd: now to a warmer new york city. quarterback aaron rodgers with the green bay packers said his decision is clear he will continue his playing career and tends to do so for the jets. >> at this point, i think since friday, i made it clear my intention is to play. my intention is to play for the new york jets. at this point, the packers would like to move on. they have let me know that in so many words. i would like to play and work. it is just a matter of getting that done at this point. >> todd: four time mvp said he's 90% sure he would retire before entering the dirt this. he went to -- that changed when intention to use george and love

and all fired up in the game. "the new york post" is doubting him but the potential top gun with today's cover writing, jet set. joe wants aaron rodgers to wear his iconic retire number 12 jersey. once the deal is in place, rogers is open to having that topic but only when the time is right. i love busting all the jets fans on the staff here. look how clean the giants off-season has been. we have done everything by the book. and you guys are dealing with the quarterback when inside for four days. >> ashley: you get one story about football and this is what happens. >> todd: producers. >> ashley: and you can hardly walk around portland without seeing mayhem like this. it is about to get a lot worse. >> todd: the portland d.a. doesn't have enough public defenders because hundreds of criminal craze has dropped completely. we talk with to portland residents to expose the insanity

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national lawyers guild at the university of denver tweeting, "administrators and denver police department occupying the building to make it safer racist. it says everything the administration's response to students rising up for antiracism to fill the building with cops. schapiro backed into a baseless claim an exclusive interview with fox. listen. >> if not near a disagreement but saying those opposed those ideas aren't even bound. they are threatening, indeed, racist or discriminatory in some way. just shouting epithets that will not cut it in the real world. you will not be a professional. >> todd: also why does the lawyers need a guild? the attempt to shut it down ultimately failed. charlie kirk claiming radicalization of college campus on antifa law to shut down his event at the university of california at davis on tuesday. >> the core issue is these college campuses, we know they

have become radical peer they are no longer a place of free speech, but a speaker on american college campus if you want to come and talk about free speech american values it should not be a danger to fellow students or to the speaker. over 100 police officers were there last night and that mop was there to try to do violence. >> todd: one police officer injured by the mob and two protesters arrested appear they have been charged with vandalism and her her is to resisting arrest with threats to a police officer. despite this, uc davis maintains the event went on. ashley. >> ashley: a public defender shortage and because of that, more than 300 cases have been totally dismissed in portland alone. some of them include fill a need for theft, burglary, stolen vehicle, charges of reckless driving. angela todd join us now. thank you to both of you for getting up with us early this morning. angela come i want to start with the first. i want your reaction to this news.

>> i want to say that it is just i'm so surprised. it is the only problem here and i wish it was. we are paying these public defenders slowly and we are paying them badly and they don't want to work for the state. the state controls this. they are using this as an excuse because they are so many problems in our justice system. our fishes, continuous catch and release program for example is horrendous. we arrest people. we release them, they have a warrant, and it just keeps going and going and going. i would literally give you a list of 100 examples. it is disgusting. >> ashley: damien you highlighted the homeless crisis and talk to you both of you about plaguing your city, let's take a look at this. >> the neighbor here is for facilitating a group of homeless people to live on our block. >> all of these children go up

and down this road. i'm the only person, we are the only people speaking up about this and saying something about this. i am compassionate! i do care. i do want everyone to be in a safe situation. i do want everyone to be in a place where they have a roof over their head. >> ashley: so commit is very obvious that you are a very compassionate about this. you are very fired up as you should be. this is your city. damien, the same question to you, what do you think of this news especially talking about the safety aspect of your city? >> well, you know, we don't have a homeless issue here in portland. what we have is a drug issue in portland. the city of portland by way of the state of oregon, it continues to facilitate measure 110, providing free needles and drug paraphernalia. we have created and when i say we, the people before i got here have created an asylum for

people who are seeking refuge to live this way of life. it is having horrible consequences. unfortunately we have an active list d.a. that is created and help facilitate this problem himself. >> ashley: damien what will some of the consequences be? because right now in oregon, only 76 of 800 people are behind bars waiting for a public defender. so, what is going to happen to the safety aspect of portland and oregon, the whole state, if they let alleged criminals out on the street? >> well, the short answer is right now you are seeing multiple businesses out of the portland area. everything from starbucks to walmart taking their business across the border to washington or into neighboring counties. what is going to happen is the need for people who are addicted

to drugs to facilitate those drugs if those stores aren't there. the only natural thing for them to do is to go into the house to make housing. the people living in these areas, unfortunately, in my neighborhood as well, we will see a rise in home break-ins, car theft, vandalism, petty crime. it will become much more dangerous for the people who lived here. >> ashley: angela, you won that social media account and you see a ton of things on a daily basis. what has the chatter been on social media? do they know about this happening yet? >> we are growing very fast as damian has highlighted the issues beautifully. the public is very aware. they are very aware of the crime emergency service are very slow to come out because of this drug addiction overdoses, emergency behavior and high-risk behavior behavior off of the streets is

eating up our public safety. and damian said they have a lot of business owners who have had break-ins, six, seven and a few month period. it is very scary. we just had a couple the homeless was broken into. >> ashley: angela come i don't mean to cut you off but we do have to let you go. we will get cut off in a second. but i do want to say oregon is short under 1,300 public defenders, which is scary for the whole community. angela, todd, damian thank you so much for your time. now to a fox news alert, intentional, that is how the pentagon describing russia's downing of a u.s. drone over the black sea. >> todd: in the meantime, at the white house, pete is playing video games and you are paying for it. senator joni ernst is calling out the absurd priorities. she has here with congressman bruce westerman all joining us

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>> todd: a fox news alert, russia downed a u.s. drone as russian vessels reach the site where it crashed into the black sea. you are watching "fox & friends first" on a very busy morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. racing t