>> 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 to recover military

strengthens alliances with adversaries. vladimir putin meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad and a planned meeting with chinese president xi shipping next week. lucas tomlinson life in washington, good morning, lucas. >> good morning ashley and todd the russian warships may be spending hours looking for peace is at that $32 million rack andy will find much according to the u.s. military top brass. the russian seem to agree saying, "i don't know if we can recover it or not, but we will certainly have to do that. we will have to deal with it." still not sure if the russian fighter jet meant to collide with the american drones and crashing down into the sea 75 miles south southwest of crimea. >> we know it landed in the plexi. probably 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the recovery efforts would be difficult at that depth. there is a pattern with aggressive actions being

conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know that aggressive behavior was intentional. we know it was unprofessional and very unsafe. >> general milley says there is video the question has not been released. many downplay the incident saying it needed to be investigated and "move on" appear the investor to the u.s. not as diplomatic responding to senator lindsey graham. a deliberate attack on russian aircraft and neutral airspace is not just a crime under international law the open declaration of war against the largest nuclear power here it is the capital willing to put american citizens and international community at risk of full-scale nuclear war? senator tom cotton wants to see more of the commander-in-chief stand up to russia. >> 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 we will only invite aggression in the

future. >> tom cotton wants u.s. warships back to the black sea on with long-range weapons for a strike inside russian territory, guys. >> todd: lucas, thank you former trump advisor steve said countries like russia emboldened by the biden white house. >> the whole world is a tinderbox right now. since the day joe biden came into office, every single country in the world is been engaging in the world destabling and provocative behavior. you see it in iran, you see it with russia, you see it with china, you see it all over the world and of course the cartels in the backyard. our adversaries are on the march on those who threaten american safety, american freedom, do not respect joe biden. at the same time, what is joe biden's focused on? pushing executive orders to require every federal agency to put race and gender, not confidence, qualification or capabilities at the center of

all decision-making. joe biden is doing to america but the executives at silicon valley bank did to that institution. and just like svb, he will drive this country right into the ground. ♪ ♪ >> ashley: now to a fox news alert, north korean test lawn with intern for mystic gnomic inter-ballistic missile between south korea and japan with rare footage of l long-range missiley japanese fighter. it is the first icbm test in a month and third weapons test this week. the white house is condemning the test, which comes as the u.s. holds joint military with south korea. a topic of discussion with south koreans president and japan's prime minister meet today. the first trip to japan by south korean leader in over a decade. >> todd: and other fox news alert, a train carrying hazardous and it has derailed in arizona right near the california-nevada border.

so far, no reports of any smells but several agencies are investigating. it is causing major delays for several amtrak routes in the area. this all coming on the heels of other derailments across the country including toxic derailment and east palestine ohio last month. putting pressure on president joe biden on the origins of covid-19. ohio congressman buck turner says the public should see all of the evidence first hand. it is important for this information to become public so we are not dealing with competing for people who have seen intel. the american people are smart. they need to be able to read the intelligence themselves. turner is urging the president to sign the bill into law since he has a bipartisan backing of the house and the senate. >> ashley: americas fish and wildlife services now funding eco-grief training to help federal employees work through the stress and trauma of climate change. >> todd: this might be the best story of the day, the best

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>> ashley: good morning, everyone. that is thursday. we have a lot happening at the weather department. cold air across the west come across the east as well in the wake of nor'easter. we have freeze advisories for parts of the southeast this morning where it will be below freezing. you can see the next storm system developing over the southwest coming into the plane states giving us the potential for heavy rainfall, hail, damaging winds and tornadoes today. you see the area shaded in maroon pier the darker shade of red very likely. we see the potential for some damaging storms, including dallas up towards little rock down to the houston area. tomorrow a greater risk for the houston area. there is the flash flood threat today through friday. that system moves eastward to the panhandle to the southeast friday. the heavy rainfall and potential for severe weather really from houston all the way to

panama city and there is the flood alerts. the potential for a couple of inches and a short period of time. the severe storm threat on friday really from new orleans towards panama city and then up towards the southeast as well. northern side of the storm system, we will see heavy snow across the great lakes, winter weather advisory posted from about nebraska all the way up towards the western great lakes in towards michigan. there is your future tracks, several inches of snow in several cases a foot or more in some of these areas, so there is marquette, michigan, your snow forecast 12-18 inches of snow. that is the bull's-eye for thursday and friday. there is your st. patrick's day forecast for tomorrow. i know the big parade here in new york city, but we will see mainly clear skies in the morning and then rain in the afternoon. the eastern third of the country if you have st. patrick's day parades, it will be a little bit of a wet one. look at that lucky

st. patrick's, the clover celebration shamrock, rainbow, emerald pier that is a st. paddy's day map. >> todd: i want to get the heck out of here. fico it is my husband's favorite parade because fdny. >> todd: it is a great parade. >> i get it, see you soon. >> todd: house republicans telling federal fish and wildlife to put an end of my two woke ego brief classes or face a full investigation. the training on helping employees overcome stress and related to climate change. at $4,000 a pop to you the u.s. taxpayer, bruce westerman leading the charge against the training and joins me now. congressman, thank you for being here, baseline question to start, what the heck is eco-grief training? >> good morning, todd. that is a good question. you can say economic grief by the biden administration is

causing but in the context of u.s. fish and wildlife come echo grief due to climate change. they are forking out taxpayer dollars to get people counseling for echo grief. >> todd: when i hear something like this fish and wildlife service focusing on outside the realm of fish and wild. there is no more work to be done on saving endangered species and to focus on stuff like this, right? >> you know, the mission of fish and wildlife is they are supposed to work together to conserve, protect, enhance fish, wildlife and enhance the habitats to the benefit of the american people. so, i'm not sure what eco-grief counseling sessions have to do without. but they do need to get back to work. you know, teddy roosevelt one of the greatest conservation, the father of conservation by way of republican. he said to complain without a solution is simply whining. and to quit whining, they need

to go out and fix the problem supposedly causing this eco-grief. and they need to quit wasting taxpayer dollars. there are some good folks, some patriotic hardworking americans that work for the federal government. i know this is a smaller subset, but this is not acceptable. we can't be funding this when we have budget problems and we have got species, endangered species list like hotel california. you go on and never go off. these people need to go out and get to work addressing the problems that are causing grief and try to change something instead of whining about it. >> todd: what is your plan to get this organization to focus on why it is they were in the first place? >> well, congress duty is to have oversight. the reason i sent the letter is to get information. we will have rigorous oversight of fish and wildlife and all of the department of the interior in this kind of woke action is rampant throughout the

administration. we have to have a firm hand in oversight. we need to shine a light on it and have transparency. at the end of the day, the real tool that congress has is the power of the purse. if they can't quit wasting taxpayer dollars, we need to restrict how many taxpayer dollars i get. >> todd: if i watch this at all and i'm struggling to put food on the table and i hear this, i am pretty ticked because i can use that $400,000. it does seem like the left creates phrases like eco-grief to waste taxpayer dollars on solving a problem that doesn't exist in the first place. congressman westerman thank you for attention to this issue, saving $400,000 may not seem like a lot but the principle of it and we appreciate it. a brand-new look inside of el salvador major prison housing thousands of the most dangerous gang members and the world. wait until you see more images. >> ashley: and rescinding reviews of president biden's border policy from border patrol chief. >> we don't have operational

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crime." >> ashley: the g.o.p. porterfield hearing in texas and startling testimony from patrol chief ortiz. >> the dhs have operational control of our entire border? you heard the secretary, he said we had operational control. that is the definition of control? >> no, we don't. >> we don't have operational control. we tore down infrastructure in some areas we should have left alone. a perfect example of that. >> ashley: former i.c.e. director tom homan joins me now. obviously, i want your reaction to the first time since someone has said that there is no operational control at the border. >> well, look, certainly a bad day for the administration. a good day for me because the patrol agent double down on everything i have been saying on his network for two years.

number one, we don't have operational control at the border and the secretary has said that under oath in front of congress and he has lied to the american people numerous times about it. he also said when they stopped building the wall, that was a huge mistake taking down infrastructure that resulted in decreasing immigration and decreasing drug flow. he also, the talking points on the fentanyl comes from the point of entry. the chief said yesterday the fast increase of fentanyl being smuggled between the points of entry. a bad day for the administration. >> ashley: where does this lead alejandro mayorkas because you heard ortiz say before that there was operational control. so what does that mean for him? >> look, i have been calling for his impeachment for a year and a half. he lied to the american people repeatedly. he lied under oath in congress. he slandered the horse patrol

and two days before he went on white house -- black migrants, he was briefed that didn't happen. he not only ignored but violated the law. i testified for the state of texas and the supreme court in houston, texas, on ice priorities. not only ignored but instructed ice about the law. there were a number of reasons to be impeached. they impeach president trump over a phone call but they can impeach alejandro mayorkas for everything he's done. >> ashley: the border patrol chief defendant agents whipping migrants and 2021, listen to this. >> i can attest how vital horse patrol to responding to remote and harsh locations. the mass location 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: following up on what he just said, i don't like to do this but i want to play with the democrats had to say about the incident in 2021. listen to this and we will talk on the other side. >> the entire nation so horrifying who do not reflect what we are. >> what we witnessed is worse than what we witnessed in slavery. >> it invoked images of some of the worst moments of our history. >> to treat it like they did, horses running over people being strapped. it is outrageous. >> ashley: your reaction of what you heard, tom. >> it angers me because not only the president that secretary of homeland security stood at the white house podium and slander of those folks, knowing that it didn't happen. look, i appreciate what chief ortiz did yesterday, but he should have done it year and half ago. you sell the same video i saw. he was the mike should have

spoke up and save the families from national embarrassment. they were bullied and their careers will never be the same. i appreciate what he said yesterday. i wish he would have said it a year and a half ago because these men went through. they are still not back to normal and their curlers though my careers will not be the same. >> ashley: what are they doing? >> they are facing discipline for maybe they used a bad word, but when you are gs 12 border agent, frontline agent, you go home that night and you were called out for being racist by the president of the united states and the secretary of homeland security. in your families got to go to church, school with that kind of allegation out there. when no one comes to your defense whether or not on fox news, that is very bad for the future careers as men and women. men and women in uniform, they were patriots, heroes and they

put their life on the line every day. look, we've had 17 suicides of agents. i'm not saying it's out of control. but whatever internal problems they were having, that was created on purpose to destroy the most secure border we ever had. it certainly weighed on whatever strongholds they had. so these agents, the find patriots and americans deserve better. >> ashley: it is hard to hear that there have been 17 suicides. it shows you how difficult of a job it is for them to do. tom homan, thank you very much, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. america is facing a series of foreign policy threats and the air force is on hiring spree. looking to fill its ranks of equity officers. just wait until you hear how much they will get paid, plus... >> why are they so angry, they live in the greatest nation of the world.

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antifa mob that tried to shut down his event at the university of the event on tuesday. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! blaming the mob violence on radicalization of college campuses. >> the core issue is college campuses, we know they have become radical. we no longer a free place have speech purity speaker on the college campus if you want to talk about the speech and american values it should not be a danger to fellow students or a speaker. over 100 police officers were there last night and the mob was there to try to do violence. >> ashley: one police officer injured by the mob and two protesters have been charged with vandalism and resisting arrest and one charged with threats to a police officer. despite this, maintains the event went on as planned. >> todd: 14 school districts in california orange county alone now carry the overdose

reversing drug narcan. the officers elementary, middle high schools. these schools stockpiling the life-saving drugs as surge and country with record high year-over-year. the california mom joins me now. roxanne, thank you for being here. i think we can all support having as much access to a drug that can save lives like narcan is possible. that is not the issue here. the issue, the bigger question, why have we allowed drugs like fentanyl to just take over our country in the first place? >> that is an excellent question. and it actually dovetails perfectly well with what you were talking about earlier. why is our southern border completely open to people who are bringing in drugs and dangerous narcotics and stuff that looks like candy that ends up in the hands of children? >> todd: so, you agree so much of this could be avoided but

would not be in existence if joe biden and the democrats close the border in the first place? >> absolutely. it is definitely all of the above problem. why are our kids so hurting and so empty inside that make them to feel they have to turn to self-medication? that is another question. but absolutely the border should be closed. it is a nonpartisan bill that assemblyman patterson brought forward to say, hey, every school district in california should have narcan on hand. >> todd: died from opioids in four years ago that number just above 1,400. but focusing on the children for a moment, why do you think that our kids are so emotionally raw with angst leading to drugs like this in the first place? >> it is a huge problem. it starts off with them being told, by the way, the last three

years, you are useless, you are a vector of disease, and school isn't necessary. you are a grandma killer. but even before that, that article of the american mind uncovered what was happening in colleges. it was happening in elementary and high schools, also superior to kids were being encouraged to marinate in anxiety and stress. all of the things that make you feel like you are weird or you don't belong. that is normal. well, they were told to medicalize that and to know him in some way. >> todd: apologies, how much of this emotional lead do you pin on social media? >> definitely that is part of it. but let's not forget that we let social media and devices into schools. apple, especially, a big fanfare they were giving ipads to everyone. as a parent, i can tell you when your kid comes home with the device and that is where their

homework is peer that is where games are. how do you tell the difference? >> todd: we just talked about the border, the white house not taking the border as seriously as you and i think that it should. but does this white house take the problem of fentanyl, fentanyl overdoses, which is really a poisoning, do they take that seriously? >> i have a hard time seeing that they take anything seriously. i am in agreement myself and it is greatly offensive to me that border and sovereignty isn't the number one issue in this country. yes, you are right, it is poisoning pair that is why the narcan is in schools because someone giving mouth to mouth is collapsed and has touched fentanyl can themselves be impacted. so, it all starts at the border. yes, the white house has a huge responsibility here. >> todd: i am so glad you mentioned that last point. it doesn't have to be people seeking out drugs for emotional stability.

it could be an elementary school kid who thinks this is candy on the ground and picks it up and puts it in his or her mouth. that is a poisoning. roxanne, what is your solution? how do we solve this problem? >> well, we get back to basics. we remember that family and community are the building blocks of america. america has always meant high trust society, and it would be really great if we could get back to that. >> todd: i couldn't agree more. roxanne, a really had a tough discussion with my 2-year-old this week and about what you do if you see a pill on the ground. something i never thought i would have a discussion that i thought they would ever have to have. i decided it was important because i want to save her life. it is important to me. roxanne, thank you for your time. >> thank you appearance going to see this kamala harris receiving not so warm welcome during the stop in the big apple for the colbert show.

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's >> todd: for the air force getting ready to spend but not combating threats from chinese spy craft or russian drones. instead of from six figures for top positions focusing on equity. >> ashley: cheryl casone firm fox business news here with us, good morning. >> i have been hearing rumblings from some military personnel about the inclusion, diversity initiatives the military has been taking on. this one takes the cake when it comes to they are for spirit went up at the pentagon to pay $180,000 and some of the jobs the basis again for diversity and inclusion will be $80,000 plus per year. so, here are a couple of examples. these are job postings available

right now. diversity and inclusion manager in maryland that the pay could be $122,000 per year. pei and accessibility officer in virginia and that pays $180,000. anyway former fbi special agent and navy seal jonathan gilliam responding to all of the spirits because the reality is with our military, but they have become or becoming is smoke and mirrors. they have put diversity and inclusion above skills and proficiency. and the military 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. >> well, look, i'm all for people getting jobs and making money and building up 401(k),

but obviously russia and china and other international threats, the warrant ukraine, et cetera around the world. and is this the time to be focusing on wokeness and inclusion in the military? >> ashley: not only that but vladimir putin gave a speech and the witness of the left so this is not the time to be doing this. to your point. >> todd: that is definitely the main focus but i look at this through the lens of the rank-and-file. i asked jonathan, when you signed up to buy the mcfly [boos] die and fight for a country as a navy seal, did you get $180,000 a year question marks me he laughed. >> ashley: these guys get paid nothing to do but the woke teacher gets -- >> we have to move on but a finer point how many military personnel are on the poverty line and living on food assistance. we have talked about that. >> the vice president kamala harris giving the answers over the future of the willow

project. >> okay, so, yes. [laughter] >> todd: coin a phrase. >> here she goes again is what i'm going to say. vice president kamala harris. listen to this. >> was there any discussion in the white house what the blowback would be for approving the willow oil project because people have gotten quite upset about it. there were some protesters outside right now. >> i think the concerns are based on what we should all be concerned about spirit about the solutions have to be and include what we are doing in terms of investments. >> todd: that time. >> okay, let's hear from the protesters and i will respond after. >> [screaming] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep]

>> lock her up, that was my favorite one. let's talk about the willow project. let's look at the facts. phillips has been pushing that project for years and years and president biden did approve it, but conoco did not get everything they wanted. they got three instead of five. there are multiple, multiple groups in alaska for this project is. not new york city, alaska! they want the job spirit they want the income, the state needs the revenue and some of the local communities there they are poor communities. they want the revenue. and one more find point year, we are not going to live off of wind and solar 100% by tomorrow. it takes time to change fuel sourcing. >> ashley: that is where the confusion lies with the group. speak with the protesters. >> ashley: they don't understand where it works. >> i find they will scream and yell but don't educate themselves on their reality. and as a business person i will

say we still need coal to produce electricity in this country. many cars and took a cab to get to the coal in new york city. a lot of us don't use castling. heating oil. gas spirit but they probably went back to their comfy little apartments in new york city. spin with the people pushing this in alaska by and large are democrats. joe biden with all over the place energy policies, mostly against oil and gas has really put himself in a tough spot. he didn't have to. he could be energy independent, and tell these people to go pound sand and our country would be in a better situation. >> let's just say that president biden, i think it was the right decision, and again, the project has been underway for a long time in alaska. it is going to be -- he does not want to destroy it and destroy it end. that is not what ceo

conocophillips wants to see happen. i know we have to go. i will be back tomorrow. >> todd: thanks parents be to a total mess on wall street and around the world the fallout from silicon valley bank collapse and janet yellen heads to the hill to answer tough questions about the integrity of americans banks. senator joni ernst here with her response to the bank collapse. >> todd: first brian kilmeade what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> great show as usual and everybody talk about iowa 2024. so we will talk about that the radio later. but later on the show customs border patrol was honest. the dhs does not have operational control at the border. that is big news because joe biden didn't want him to say that. i am sure. democrats skip that meeting. nick malaga did not and they will react. mr. wonderful, no, not talk about myself but the guy from shark tank, kevin did business with svb bank before the

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flat despite spending well below tuesday's close. this week's market volatility driven by recent banking troubles at home and abroad. in europe the switzerland bank credit suisse watched stocks plunge 17% yesterday. the saudi bank said it would not put more money into credit suisse prompting $54 billion bailout from switzerland's national bank. the saudi bank wants to avoid regulations that quick in. and on sunday signature bank also collapsed shortly after silicon valley bank went under. new york's division of financial services took control of the bank which faced a money laundering investigation prior to its collapse. all started with silicone valley collapse bank run on california banks. federal regulators took control of the bank and currently working to reimburse clients with uninsured deposits.

guys, calling for jerome powell to recuse himselfed from the silicon valley investigation they say the fed may not have used its power to prevent the collapse. listener to this. >> it's important while we are examining what went wrong 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. did they have regulatory power that they didn't use the connection between the interest rate increases and the bond devaluations that's got to be analyzed. >> the s&p first downgraded first republic's credit rating to junk sending chairs down shares down to 21% and sparking less confidence in america's banks. >> todd: it's a mess, thank you. let's bring in iowa senator joni ernst. senator, thanks for being here. is it too late for janet yellen

to calm fears and unwind a crisis that she is partially for and the bidenomic policies are partially responsible for? >> yes. that's a great point. janet she needs to speak on how this can be corrected in the future. we need to be able to calm people's fears i pray she can do that but, you are right. she is part of the failures that we have seen across the board. >> todd: meantime, senator, breaking right now, we are getting our first look at new video showing the moment a russian jet dumps fuel and collides with a u.s. drone over

the black sea. you can see it right there. you can see the fuel trail being dumped by the russian jet. you can see it impacting our drone. propellers starting to slow there on the drone and pretty in short order i'm being told we will go color bars showing the drone itself has been incapacitated. we are watching this all together for the first time. what's your reaction when you see that? >> right, correct. this was over international airspace. and so the russians have gotten very aggressive. and, you know what? we need to really take very firm action in this we need to make sure that we are continuing to dominate airspace in international airspace. i think that's incredibly important. we shouldn't cower as the russians are doing this. it is very aggressive action on their part and, again, it was international airspace. we have every right to be there.

this administration needs to step up to the bar and push back very firmly. i don't care whether it's russia, whether it's china, whether it's iran, we have got to have an administration that is willing to lead and show america's might and stop this aggressive action. >> ashley: when you say that america needs to push back firmly, how firmly are you talking? >> well, and we're not talking about any level of human intervention, you know, aggressive military action, anything like that. but we need to show that we're not going to let the russians push us in or out of international airspace. so we need to get right back out there. we need to have a presence in that region. that is absolutely clear. but, again, we need to lead on this front and not cower in the face of adversity when we have iran, when we have russia, when we have china growing in strength all around us in every

single domain. >> todd: ari fleischer on our air last night said we need to take down a russian drone in response. would you go that far, senator? >> a like response? yes. that is something that i could be very supportive of. and it doesn't need to be a random act. i think we do have to act very carefully. but a like response, you can see in this video it is quite clear that it was intentional. intentional. international airspace. we need to push back on the russians. they should not be allowed to get away with this. >> ashley: are they just testing the united states and testing really the lack of aggression we have seen by this administration? >> well, of course they are. wwe see this with every adversay around the globe whether it's china, whether it's iran, whether it's north korea and most certainly in this example,

russia. we have very weak leadership here in the united states of america. i firmly believe in reagan's peace through strength when we show that we are strong, we won't have adversaries that are poking us in the eye. joe biden has allowed there to hand fhappen from day one. we saw it with the fall of afghanistan and saw it when he started pulling back in ukraine. instead of strengthening the ukrainian people. we see this certainly as china is eyeballing taiwan. we have very, very weak leadership right now in the white house. >> todd: very fortuitous that we have a senator like yourself the senate armed services committee on the moment we get this into the newsroom. as for the drone general milley did not seem concerned that the russians will be able to take much away from it when they recover the pieces. do you agree? >> i do agree. i think the drone is probably highly damaged, if they can reclaim any of that. but, we need to continue pushing

the russians. and maintaining our presence in this area. again, we have every right to be there. it is in our national security interest. i don't think the russians will be able to recover much, if anything, but we need to continue. >> todd: senator joni ernst thank you so very much as the breaking news come in. "fox & friends" takes it from here. >> does ths have operable control? >> no, sir. >> ortiz speaking to the homeland security committee. >> stark contrast to claims by mayorkas. >> we have effectively managed. >> mayorkas has refused to follow his oath. >> a total mess on wall street fallout from the silicon valley collapse. >> yellen needs to head to the hill to answer questions. >> they have all said this is transitory so they can keep spending more money. >> russian warships scouring the black sea unlikely to find anything. >>