♪ ♪ >> chinese president xi arriving in moscow. >> undoubtedly seeking support. trying to frame this trip as diplomatic. >> china is probably the only country that can change the complexion of this war. >> this is a politically motivated prosecution. >> steve: alvin bragg of weaponizing his local office. >> trump says he will be indicted tomorrow. >> a two-tier system of justice continues. >> we don't ask for spring break in our city. >> under a curfew in the wake of a bloody weekend with the two

separate shooting incidents. >> banks making big moves to ease the fallout after silicon valley banks collapse. more than $3 billion. new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank at $2.7 billion. >> at the free throw line. walker comes in. and he scores! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> steve: good morning, syracuse, new york. it is 8:00 in the east. you got 30 degrees for a daytime high of 50. by the way, today is the first full day -- rather the first day of spring. it eventually arrives the vernal equinox doesn't 5:24 this afternoon. welcome aboard. our number three for this monday

march 20th 2023 in ainsley's place today, we've got rachel. it's great to have you. >> rachel: it doesn't feel like spring. >> steve: it is 30 degrees. >> brian: grab your tank tops, your muscle starts. put on your tight pants. >> rachel: is this your wardrobe at home? >> brian: when it is spring, i have no choice. >> rachel: he is from long island. >> brian: let's get to it. i was told to hurry up. president donald trump believes he will be criminally charged tomorrow in a case brought by manhattan's district attorney. speak to a grand jury will hear testimony from the former legal advisor to michael cohen. >> steve: alexandra hoff is in our nation's capital following developments and there are plenty. pico michael cohen serves as a witness for the d.a.'s office al advisor bob costello was called on by trump's legal team according to

"the new york times," costello would testify with the goal of undermining his credibility. we'll be up to the grand jury to decide if they will indeed hear from him. the former president called costello the most important witness to go before the new york city grand jury. that the information he will present will supposedly be conclusive and irrefutable. the grand jury is weighing an indictment of the former president of an alleged $130,000 payment to adult actress stormy daniels. michael cohen says a friend of the money and was reimbursed by trump as a means to quiet the affair. here is the former president's attorney. speak up if anyone elsewhere in the situation with the set of facts, what they be prosecuted? the answer by all accounts is 100% now. this is a politically motivated prosecution. this is the thing that is happening in this country know where we are using the justice system as a weapon. it is weaponization or prosecutor's office to get a political opponent. >> declined to provide comment about the expectation is that

the district attorney alvin bragg will charge trump with falsifying business records by framing it as an effort to conceal another crime. former vice president mike pence also weighed in. >> there is a time when there was a crime wave in new york city that the fact that the manhattan d.a. thinks that indicting president trump is his top priority, i think, just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country. if you like a politically charged prosecution here. >> authorities in new york are on high alert after trump called on supporters to "take our nation back." steve, rachel, brian. >> steve: thank you very much. let's bring in somebody who knows a lot about the legal system. he has a lawyer. a republican senator from the great state of louisiana, john kennedy a member of the senate judiciary committee. good morning to you. i know that a lot of people are suggesting that this is politically motivated. but it is at its very core,

there is a problem. that is the statute of limitations on this ran out after two years. five years if it is felony. this is way past that. >> well, for what it is worth, steve, here is the way i see it. america's institutions should not be be perceived to be political. look at the damage that former fbi director did to the fbi. in this particular case, it is hard to know where the justice begins and the pol politics end. the manhattan district attorney, we are not exactly talking about oliver wendell scalia. he is not a neutral arbiter. he is more of an activist then an impartial prosecutor.

he believes cops are bigger problem than criminals who refused to prosecute many crimes. he is the one who tried to prosecute mr. jose albo, though bodega proprietary when he was -- when he had to stab a robber to save his own life. and i would -- i don't know what mr. bragg has as evidence. maybe he has the complete goods. but he can do a lot of damage here to a very important institution if he is not careful. i would say the same thing if president trump were a democrat or at this issue were on the other foot. >> brian: do you look at the other cases as bigger threats to the travel team because of what is happening in atlanta? they've got to prosecute what is happening in the mar-a-lago investigation, that january 6th. do you look at all those and think they also are political? do you see more substance in them? >> here is what i think.

i think prosecutors ought to keep their mouths shut. i think prosecutors ought to let the facts and the evidence do the talking. i don't think prosecutors ought to be politicians. i don't want to have to worry if i am accused of a crime whether the prosecutor is a republican or democrat or crypto socialist like mr. bragg. that is not the way our system is supposed to work. >> rachel: i agree this could do great damage to the institutions in our country and trust in our judicial system. can we talk about the politics where a second? do you see if this happens, if donald trump has a mug shot -- go and he has fingerprinted, does this hurt donald trump or does it rally support? because elon musk, even that babylon bee had an interesting tweet. they all said this is going to help donald trump. >> i don't know.

i can't predict the future. i'm going to have to wait on it like everybody else. i have said this about the presidential race. my prediction is the experts would be wrong. the people that hate president trump will probably applaud. the people that just love president trump will probably get angry. but those who look at the larger issue, allowing american institutions to appear to be politicized whether they are or not undermines our judicial system which is one of the -- our judicial system is one of the reasons america became the most extraordinary country and all of human history. it is why so many others want to come here and so many business people want to invest here. you turn -- sorry. go ahead. >> brian: i just wanted to ask one time a little question to wrap this up. >> steve: after he announced on truth social that he supposes

he is going to be arrested tomorrow, donald trump said people should protest, protest, protest. mccarthy came out and said don't protest. where you come down on this? >> in america, you are free to protest. you are not really free if you can express yourself. but do it peacefully. don't be a knucklehead and riot. do it peacefully. >> brian: all right, senator kennedy, thank you so much. actually, we do have one more question for you. we know at this hour, president xi is meeting with vladimir putin to reaffirm their relationships. the 40th time they are meeting good what is at stake here? he's going to call zelenskyy later on in the week. >> xi from china and putin are two hard men. they are collaborators.

each would unplug the life support of the other to recharge his cell phone if he thought it was in his best interest. here is what i think putin is saying to xi. he saying, xi, i am getting my rear end cake. send me some weapons. xi is saying, putin, i believed you. you said you would roll through ukraine like that are on a summer night. if i give you weapons, you better get in a position to settle this war. it is not just hurting russia, it's hurting my reputation here in china and abroad. and that is what i think is going on. and we have had to drag president biden kicking and screaming into doing the right thing. but so far, i think it is pay dividends. >> steve: senator, thank you very much for joining us on this monday. >> you bet. >> steve: have a good week. all right, it is 8:10 here in the east and actually joins us

with some other headlines from around the world. >> democratic congressman jared golden and then slamming the biden administration for its eco-regulations that are crashing lobster in maine. "they see a small business lobster fishery up in maine that is not politically important to them and they tried to crush it just approved for the environmental groups that they are actively trying to protect their right whales. he says biden is ignoring real climate issues like offshore wind developers." -- winter weather causing a semi truck to slide into a highway patrol cruiser in south dakota. thanking god for his survival. listen to this. >> what god did, he saved my life in that moment. i was laying on that stretcher. everything started coming out. i could be dying. i could have internal injuries. i remember looking up at the gray sky full because of the snow. the sun started to shine just prior to getting an ambulance.

it was at that moment, i realized god had a message. that message was he was with me. speak to the trooper was responding to another crash when he was it. michigan state pulls out a close 69-60 victory over to seed market. a new ncaa record for most tournament wins as the worst seeded team. the win sets up a sweet 16 match up against the recede kansas state to beat kentucky yesterday 75-69. creighton pulling out their own upset against 3 seed baylor. 85-76. his dog and squeaked out victory against tcu >> the bounce pass year. time taking away. extra point. >> florida atlantic ins fairleigh dickinson's historic run 78-70. those are your headlines, guys. back to you. >> steve: thank you. you lived in new jersey. that's too bad.

i still have kansas state. >> rachel: princeton. he didn't get back that degree. he gave that -- he plays basketball for them. then he keeps it for the ivy league and he keeps the degree. he has standards. mayhem in miami beach, the city's mayor implementing a state of emergency has spring breakers wreak havoc. a live report as the curfew is lifted in florida. >> brian: a story of sacrifice on survival. benjamin hall will join us to discuss his miraculous recovery one year after an attack on him in ukraine. >> about doing more, just getting better. fault throughout this entire process. he is one of the most resilient individuals i have ever met. beat your moment of calm find your potential then own it support your immune system

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♪ ♪ >> steve: well, this is spring break. spring breakers it with her curfew in miami beach last night after two fatal shootings this weekend. speak to the police are saying they are struggling to maintain order there in miami during spring break. they want -- >> brian: they don't think miami is built for spring break. he is live in miami. hey, phil. >> state of emergency in effect this morning. deadly shootings here on miami on miami's iconic ocean drive which after dark turns into a parade of people. but this weekend, there has been the scene of two deadly shootings in two nights. 3:30 a.m. sunday morning surveillance video we have seen shows two groups of people walking on the sidewalk towards each other and one pulls a gun and shoots another guy who drops to the round and is shot.

one suspect grounds offer the city says that suspect was caught and is detained. that home video because it is extremely violent. it appears to not be random, but targeted. a pretest into her had to stop on the sideline. firefighters could spray the blood out of the way. the city has imposed a curfew yet again for south beach. third year in a row. last night, people were jumping on cars parked in the street, cleared out ocean drive in the south beach district. no one is allowed outside now from midnight to 6:00 a.m. that is made mayor issue to this statement sunday. >> as is the case with most serious crime in our city, both shootings were between visitors to miami beach and did not involve residents. in both cases, police were literally seconds away from the incidents and arrests were made within minutes.

>> we watch saturday is police on bikes innervate on people rolling joints, smoking pot, and drinking from a bottle of hard liquor and 4:00 in the afternoon for a couple shootings led to a midnight curfew as well in the year before, similar violence led to an 8:00 p.m. curfew. obviously, it is -- although spring breakers are likely sleeping right now. the mayor did add that since the beginning of march, the beginning of the spring break season down here, police have confiscated more than 70 guns. >> brian: i don't know if it is possible to quantify this. first person account, are a lot of people there because they have pulled out of mexico and thought it was too dangerous to go? is that why the city is surprised by the size of the crowds? >> i don't think the city is surprised at all. this has been a repeat occurrence year after year. people think in america, hey,

miami is awesome for spring break where the weather is going to be great. saturday we were here, sunny, 8. it was awesome. i have heard that some people are opting not to go to cancun just because of finances as well as the risk. >> steve: you mentioned at the conclusion of your report that they have seized 70 guns so far this spring break. if these spring breakers are flying to south florida, they don't have a gun in their bag. the guns must come from a local source or locals. >> yeah. over the years, most of the arrests during the spring break month of march have been miami-dade county residents. these are people that are driving over here, joining the party, and sometimes causing trouble. >> rachel: absolutely. spring break has changed since the up most of the 90s. boyd. defense in all, guns. >> steve: it used to be a keg.

>> brian: those are the good old days. meanwhile, early voting is about to begin in chicago. that mayoral runoff. does either candidate have what it takes to clean up the windy city? we are going to ask democratic aldermen soon. >> rachel: we are going to spring into fitness. the workout tips to get your summer body ready. this is for you, brian. >> brian: it looks like this guy is getting ready for football. where is his shirt? ♪ ♪ what the? good morning hallow makes it easy to build a daily habit of prayer and meditation want to start with a five minute daily gospel? sure. take a deep breath and focus your attention on god in the name of the father, and and of the son and of the holy spirit. amen.

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♪ ♪ >> steve: well, early voting begins today and chicagoans mayoral runoff election. recent polling puts paul who is endorsed by the chicago fraternal order of police in the lead over brandon johnson who once said it was a political goal to defund the cops. to do either candidate's have what it takes to clean up the windy city? last talk to chicago alderman raymond lopez. it's good to have you. before we get into these two who will it replace lori lightfoot, one of the two well. why did she lose?

>> to be perfectly honest, i think you lost because she was living in a different reality than the 86% of the voters who chose someone else other than her. she kept trying to say that crime was down and everything was great. no harm, no foul and chicago. clearly that wasn't the case in 80% of the voters felt otherwise. >> steve: when it comes to the issue of crime, who do chicagoans like better? do they like valles or johnston? >> come and since people who understand that you have to hold criminals i, support paul vallas as to why in this race. brandon johnson is a paid teachers union lobbyist who likes to promote defunding the police and supports policies that are very much pro-criminal. we have seen that failure -- where that failure in leadership has taken us. we are not looking for 2.0. we need someone who understand that you have to hold animals accountable. you have to uplift communities by making them safe. you have to protect our children.

that is paul vallas. >> steve: speaking out children, i know he was the ceo of chicago schools. mr. johnson also who is involved in the educational system there. i think he was a middle and high school teacher. >> brandon johnson w was a teacr for about 4 years and switched over to the union for the last 11. unfortunately, he gets to claim 15 years of teaching credit even though he is only spent one-third of that time in the classroom. paul vallas knows the city's budget. he knows the public school system. he knows what it's going to take to bring all departments together to actually produce results for residents once ag again. >> steve: raymond, i'm looking at a local news story out there. it says mr. johnson has attacked mr. vallas who you support as a republican in disguise. noting that vallas has made comments about being more of a republican than a democrat as he accepted the endorsement of the fraternal order of police. do you feel that way? >> no, i think brandon johnson

has used race, he used gaslighting of the republican party and tried to project all of that on paul vallas because he knows his resume is weak. the fact of the matter is that paul vallas has worked continuously to bring people together to bring a multicultural coalition and is endorsed by the flp and our environment. a dozen trades as well as two dozen elected officials. who are overwhelmingly african american and latino. how do you call that person racist? it is beyond me and insulting to the voters of chicago who want someone is going to focus on issues and stop gaslighting them on things that are nonsensical at this point. >> steve: the runoff is on. let's see who wins. raymond lopez, thank you for joining us today. >> always a pleasure, steve. >> steve: rescue and recovery. i'm next, benjamin hall joins us live in the studio one year after he was saved from ukraine. >> he says, benji, do you want

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♪ ♪ >> sasha, myself, and pierre in the back, we thought we were going 5 minutes around the corner to film these band of villages. there was a bombed out gas station from that from a little bit. we were filming outside of one building that had hit by hard shelling in the background. that sounded about i would say 20 miles away. it wasn't in the vicinity. just as we approached the first barrier, the first shell landed. >> steve: and we know what happened. that was the scene from the new special sacrifice and survival where fox news correspondent benjamin hall describes the moment his team was struck by incoming fire on the outskirts

of give just one years ago. >> he tells more of his incredible story in his new book "saved, a war reporter's mission to make it home. >> brian: it is locked up number one spot in the country. great to see you again. great to see you over the last few weeks and studio. what was it like for you watching the documentary last night? i know you have seen it before. >> every time i see yet, it reminds me what a roller coaster this past year has been. the documentary is for the ups and the downs. it started off with a horrific attack. it tells the story of the incredible people who came to help me and build me back. and i hope that is what the story conveys. it was hard watching that last night. every time i see it, it reminds me of pierre and sasha and how important the job we do really is. >> going back to that time, there were after it happened, there were rumors that you did not make it. we all heard that, and thankfully things turned out this way which is great.

when you watched the special and watch those images of you in the rehab, do you ever watching, do you think, that is really interesting. wait, that's me. >> i am amazed at what we can all get through when you have to get through things. i was surrounded by so many people out there who have no other choice. when you are up against it, you have to move forward or not move forward at all. there was a moment where no one knew was alive and new and died. my wife went through quite a few hours like that. all she knew was that we were missing. and so i think of her rather than myself in those moments thinking that i was gone. but no, i am amazed that we are a year end. i'm back with the fox family and doing really well. >> rachel: i kept thinking about your family as this was going through. thinking about you and we were all praying for you. can't tell us about the moment that you actually saw wife and your daughters. what was that like? >> i think every single day

including when i was the moment that we were attacked, i thought about going home. that is what i thought about. and so were a good six months, i hadn't seen my children. i hadn't seen my wife. i hadn't seen my children. i remember breaking down at that point just tugging them and realizing that no matter what else you are worried about, all the little things that we worry about life, nothing else really matters. that one hug. >> rachel: six months, they must have missed you so much. >> children are resilient. instead of feeling how hard it was, it is about how happy this is. >> brian: part of this whole story was your rehab. you have all the footage from the actual attack. everything else was just amazing how much you are able to see. it is as good of a documentary as i have ever seen especially with your family. here's a clip in case you did not see the documentary last night. talking about you being transferred four years surgeries which you still have more surgeries to go. watch. >> there was a decision made to

send him to brooke army medical center which has a very good burn unit, the best in the military. ♪ ♪ >> be very careful. he is in a lot of pain. >> strayed onto the plane. look at me then and there and basically send, we don't plan for you. don't worry, we are here. >> brian: what were you thinking at that moment? >> i remember as soon as we landed in san antonio and i was on the c17, the team came on and had a look at me. the first thing the doctor said, it's not that bad. i thought this was going to be fine. you look at the big injuries in the front lost in the leg lost. those aren't the worst injuries. as the burn and the shrapnel and the i which caused more problems and have caused more problems for me. i was so focused on walking again. the doctors we are focused on other surgeries that have to take place. i was amazed at just how amazing

the brooke army medical center is. military medicine is incredible. people who come together with one soul purpose. 20 years after the start of the iraq war, there are so many people out there who are still affected from that war who have injuries to recover from. we have got to talk about them. that is what military medicine did for me. it is what military medicine is done for them. >> steve: speaking of people being affected, your family here at fox showed up. not that there is free food. they actually wanted to be here to see you in person before you head home. a round of applause for this guy. [applause] we still have some more questions for you. when you were here the other day, we didn't have enough time. one thing i wanted to ask you was about god. when you are laying in that bed, and i know you were raised catholic. and you went to church and school, monastery. and like a lot of people come at

certain times in your life, you wondered about the existence of god. when you are in that bed, you probably had a couple of conversations with him. >> add a conversation with him right after the attack as well. all of the little things that you sometimes say i'm going to pray for in the past, may life be better. may this happen at work. none of that -- all that went out the window. i remember just praying to get home. every day, i just prayed to get home back to the family. i was at st. peter's this weekend as well. that is exactly what i said as well. about the other people who have been injured. it's about family. nothing else matters. >> steve: you are saying thank you. >> i say thank you every single day to everyone who has helped me. both in heaven and here on earth. i am so grateful. >> rachel: it is incredible way to reprioritize your life. it's a lesson for all of us really. you talk about your fox family. it must -- your wife getting the call from our ceos saying you are injured. you know, but we all wear, you

know, praying so hard for you. i hope you felt that bear those prayers as well from all of us. i want to play a clip here because he this is you discovering the recovery he went through. >> the first day i got a leg, i took one or two steps on it. i loved it. every day was about doing more. just getting better. it just feels like a corner has been turned. i reach a point that to be honest at some point i wasn't sure we would make it. >> some days where more challenging than others. benji would routinely look at me and say okay, doxed, one of you got this may be a bad day but i will have a good day tomorrow. >> brian: that was unbelievable. the other thing i thought was unbelievable about the documentary in particular, it wasn't all reflection. it was -- your wife is seeing you for the first time. your kids seeing you. describe your daughters. one would let go. one was kind of wary.

>> i had spoken to another number of patients that had lost limbs. it was quite a few that said when they went home that children were afraid of them. if you had slightly older children who in the young teens and they saw the lost limb, some of that found that really difficult. some people said it took them weeks if not some months before they finally connected again with her children. when i walk on that day, i wasn't sure how my children were going to really react. two of them ran up and grab me straightaway. one of them was actually quite nervous and did stay back. she was in the corner of the room for a while. but she just inched her way forward. she knew it was me. she looked at me. a hand out, she touched me once and before we knew it, we were hugging again. there was a moment where i thought i was prepared for the worst year. it will take time. in the end, that was -- >> brian: what do you tell your kids before you sell them? >> i remember a few months before i came home and i told him that i had lost a leg. that took a while.

and i remember telling them that dad had a robot leg. i thought it was the coolest thing they have ever heard. i was really worried about it. we told them life is going to be different. it will be different every day. there will be different schedules. you might see something that you haven't seen before. that happened a few times in the first few weeks. they came in while i was changing. they saw my injuries and the dressings on them. they have seen something they would've had to see at this point. we had some conversations with them that we wouldn't have had for a number of years. we have decided to be totally open with them and talk with them about what i'm going through and what the reality is. they have been amazing. >> steve: in writing the book which is undoubtedly going to be a big "new york times" best seller, you will find out about that in a day or so. wasn't something that because you had so many things to say that it felt good to tell the story just so that everybody knows what happened that day? >> within a day of this happening, that is what i wanted

to do. i knew i needed to keep recording what was happening around me. record everyone who came to talk to me. a lot of them but he was in the documentary as well. it does help. there are two ways of doing it. one is to keep it inside and not talk about it. the other is to let it all loose. filming the documentary to be really cathartic. i would say to anyone out there who is having a difficult time, let it out. tell someone if you are having a tricky time. i said early on if i was having a difficulty in hospital, tell the first person you saw, people would walk in the door. guys, this is a really tough d day. i'm in a lot of pain. i can't see it through. very quickly, that fear leaves you. i would have been stiff upper lip before. >> rachel: that's not very british of you. >> i am totally in favor of sharing how you feel. >> brian: it's called "saved, a war reporter's mission to make it home." it's on sale right now. everyone seems to know that. an extended version of sacrifice and survival.

a story from the frontline available in everyone's favorite app, fox nation. >> steve: benjamin, thank you very much for joining us. >> rachel: we are glad you made it home. [applause] >> come on over here. [applause] ♪hit it!♪ ♪it takes two to make a thing go right♪ ♪ ♪it takes two to make it outta sight♪ ♪one, two, get loose now! it takes two to make a-♪ stay two nights and get 8,000 bonus points. book now at bestwestern.com

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in las vegas, the 6-year-old brett shepard named -- getting the win almost exactly three years after the life-threatening incident. despite suffering multiple stab wounds at least want to the throat. he made a full recovery. he proved he is tough but after the canine trials, he is officially the toughest. those are your headlines. over to you, rachel. >> rachel: thank you, ashley. let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for approximately her workouts. >> let's take a look at it because spring officially arrives. 5:24:00 p.m. it isn't feel like spring right now. three hours and 33 minutes officially until winter withdrawals. 34 right now in new york. 30 in chicago. 27 in memphis, 28 in atlanta. we have raised advisory's upper million votes along the gulf coast up towards the southeast because it is well buffalo reason. we have our next big storm system moving into the west. that's going to bring heavy coastal rain and mountain snow

moving in towards the southwest and that's going to be our next weather maker thursday and friday. i could bring the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms. here is the good news. look at this. we had extreme to exceptional drought and parts of california wiped off the map. even though we are dealing with letting obviously, rock slides, mudslides, the good news is it is wiping out the drought in california. we will end with that. rachel, that is an excellent news story in terms of weather. foxweather.com for all of your latest details. >> thank you, janice. we are going to go over to dana perino to see what is coming up on "america's new room." >> good morning morning. trump indictment wants. a witness defending the former president to testify in front of the grand jury today in manhattan. andy mccarthy will explain what we know progress and china's leaders meet today in moscow. the banks aren't out of the

woods yet and charles payne will join us to tell her what lies beneath people check in on your march madness bracket. don't worry, rachel. i've got you covered on all things sports. >> rachel: both of us. what a mess. okay. it's hollywood's latest weight loss sensation. doctors are warning of serious side effects of this diabetes drug. world-renowned personal trainer jillian michaels is against using the drug is a quick fix. she is warning of an "dangerous rebound" effect. she joins us now. >> good morning. so great to have you. we are gonna talk a little later. i am a shed and shred girlfriend i was excited to get this interview with you. first let's talk about ozempic. you are very honest about fitness. you've taken a lot of heat for that for health and fitness. why is this so bad for you, ozempic? >> well, okay. if you go to ozempic.com and look at the potential side effects, it's going to tell you

everything from thyroid cancer, kidney failure, pancreatitis, vision loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, heart palpitations. it's all in the website. anecdotally, we are hearing in the medical community that people are experiencing accelerated aging in their face and muscle loss. you know, i don't know. it sounds like a pretty risky proposition to me. and it is not a miracle weight loss. all it does is facilitate you eating less. so over the course of 68 weeks which is almost 1.5 years, you can lose up to a maximum of 15% of your body weight which sounds amazing. if you are 175-pound woman, that's about 25 pounds and 1.5 years. if we make some very small changes in your activity level and your calories, we could do 25 pounds.33 of that time with no side effects.

>> rachel: and you're not injecting your stomach with this thing getting those side effects. is the aging part, jilian, just from losing weight? is that my people look like they are getting older? >> i looked into this. you can't really locate a "mechanism," something that explains it. i don't believe it has anything to do with a lessening of body fat simply because i have kind of low body fat. i don't have accelerated aging in my face. i've taken a lot of weight off of many people for decades. so i think that this is probably doing something else to the body that is creating that effect in skin or the facia underneath the skin. when we do look at this argument that people are losing muscle, i think there's definitely more to it. i can't tell you what it is. >> rachel: let's talk about a way to get fit, lose weight, and keep muscle which ozempic doesn't do. you have the answers to that. tell us what are the best tips for getting in shape this

spring? >> to be honest, i could keep this really simple. eating a little bit less, using common sense with your food choices. and losing a little bit more. that's going to make a massive difference. if i was to keep this so completely, like, bulletproof, i would tell people, give me a step goal daily. i want you to start with 5,000 steps a day in which really is about 2.5 miles. you will notice you get pretty darn close to that sitting all day long. work towards 10,000 steps a day which means you're going to do things like take the stairs and on your phone calls. if we can remove let's say sugary drinks. we are going to cut or add a deficit of probably 500 calories a day. that's good to be a pound a week. ideally, what i love for you to be going to the gym, doing resistance training, of course, i would. if people are going to turn to ozempic, i'm gonna say, you know, if you are feeling that

overwhelmed, i completely understand. this is simple. it doesn't make it easy. let's start with easy things we can do that will have a huge impact. no negative side effects. >> rachel: i love your classes. i have never been in better shape than i was in your classes. i've got to go back to these classes. you have a virtual workout class. it is on your app. tell us about the app really quick before we go. >> the idea behind the app -- >> rachel: ten seconds. >> okay. custom fitness personalized nutrition, meditation. community support all in one. >> rachel: we will be right back. thank you, jilian. you are the best.

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>> rachel, thank you very much for helping us today. >> great being here. what a great time. >> are you going to come tomorrow? >> no, you're on your own. >> run to the radio. >> we'll be there. >> dana: a new era taking shape on the world stage. president xi is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow today. their first sit-down since russia's invasion of ukraine highlighting the growing cooperation between the two countries and beijing's efforts to replace the united states as the world's dominant power. we have much more on this throughout the show. first is an indictment imminent in former president trump claiming authorities will arrest him tomorrow. the first former president in history to face criminal charges. i'm dana perino. bill has time off.

good morning,