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mike: president biden approving mississippi disaster declaration earlier today after tornadoes tour through the state friday killing more than two dozen people carving path of destruction more than 100 miles long.

>> play for these teams so a tough pill to swallow. we heard from the superintendent from schools who says that the schools will be closed for at least a few days now because there's some damage to some of the schools down here and there's a lack of water and power but, mike, i can tell you that we have seen utility crews out here all morning long, in fact, some here behind us working on utility pole and they are beginning the process. we spoke to one of the city workers this morning who tells us that half of the town is at least with power now, so plenty of progress going on here, mike.

mike: charles, have they given you context of how bad this is compared to previous storms? charles: yeah, i've spoken to a lot of people who live in this particular town and a lot of them say they've never seen anything quite like this because wind tornadoes hit in this specific region of mississippi, they say it normally skips over the town of amory and maybe goes to smithville or other areas, so folks here were pretty startled by all of the damage and that a tornado hit here in the first place. it's been nice to see folks out here in good spirits and just trying to help each other. a lot helpful away with lives. >> do you see federal help to help folks pick up?

charles: i haven't been able to identify. clearly identify any federal resources but we have seen the salvation army here as well as the red cross. they've been out in the neighborhoods trying to, you know, connect with folks and make sure that they have shelter and the appropriate things that they need in the coming days and weeks but we have heard from president biden and fema director who is in mississippi today and deploy some of the federal assets to help some of the folks, mike. mike: charles watson starting us live from the disaster zone. many thanks. the national weather service giving rolling fork e4, this chance as more severe weather threatens parts of the southeast once again. meteorologist adam klotz has more on the fox weather center. adam: talking about the strength of the tornado, really kind of a rarity this is.

it's not something that you see, ef4 plus tornadoes over the last several years and this one, it's been 3 years prior to this only 1% of the tornadoes ever reach the caliber of strength getting up to ef5 is even rare, a decade since that. these are big powerful storms that we don't typically see. not a lot of folks are going to be prepared for when you see something this strong because it happens so rarely. this is what we are currently looking at because we are talking about another day of possibly severe weather across the southeast. heavy rain stretching across georgia back into atlanta, excuse me, back into alabama but tornadoes are going to be a threat. across the entire region as sta--stationary, southern and cl alabama, louisiana. where does this compare to the storms we have seen? this is further south but there's a decent potential for some maybe ef2's or strong tore

fire up again. so even if it's maybe not in those locations, these storms do pop up, we could be talking about moving resources when they are already needed further to the north. this is showing where all the tornado reports are from friday and early saturday morning so, again, rolling fork, the biggest threat now is going to be settling a little further south for sunday afternoon and evening and overnight hours, again, it's right there on the borderline so the storms can tick up to the north and you can see rounds of severe weather in hard-hit areas once again. we do expect to intensify as we get into the heat of the day, the afternoon, the evening hours. ly get this on the move and you can pay attention in the corner. specifically by the time you get to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 p.m., the rounds of explosive cells will move across the regions that have been hard hit. so that is something we will

have to pay attention to, mike, as we are going to be seeing likely more severe weather moving across the southeast today. of course, we will be watching it. folks out there stay weather aware as this makes its move. mike: great advice, adam klotz, thanks so much. for more on the response of destructive tornadoes i'm joined by mississippi mayor whose town is located from the immediate destruction, george flag, jr., sending aid and assistance to rolling fork, mr. mayor, thank you for your time. >> well, thank you. mike: what are you seeing, sir, give us context in terms of how bad the devastation is compared to a lifetime of severe weather? >> well, i've seen more devastation than i've ever seen in my lifetime. i've been in politics for 33 years. i see more collaboration from the federal and state government like never before and i'm watching now the u.s. senators and i'm watching the secretary of homeland security and the secretary of fema and i have the

state director of fema, the governor, speaker, everybody has been on the site. mike: you folks there in mississippi are used to severe weather this time of year, is that why communities are coming together because you all know it could have been your community if it wasn't theirs? >> we collaborate when it's necessary and when it's emergency, we collaborate with one another. the mayor of rolling fork is my best friend and i've been knowing him for the longest and we have come together and the night he called me, we started mobilizing police unit, ambulance and everything else we had to give to that night. but i'm going to say that i'm on the ground, i'm right here in the middle of it. it's like a war zone. and my -- i think there's help on the way for those that are watching because of the fact i

know that victim today but can be heros tomorrow but i want you to know that our hearts go out, our prayers go out. the faith-base community of the state is praying for you. mike: what are the hardest hit area? >> in the heart of it and that's rolling fork. out of 23 deaths you had 13 in rolling fork and what we need now is to make certain that the declaration -- i think the president signed last night and you have homeland security secretary and secretary of fema and the state fema and the governor is walking around right now in this state and i've never felt so good about how quick they mobilized this information. mike: mr. mayor, do you worry about the possibility of more severe weather today? >> well, i'm told that it may be

coming in this afternoon but it may not be as severe but we still -- it's going to impede the process of prying to rescue -- search and rescue and clean up this area, but at the same time it's god's business, it's god's work and we have to work and work around with god. mike: amen. george flaggs, mayor, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. mike: we are expecting a news conference from federal and state officials from mississippi. we plan to bring you there at the appropriate time. that's a live look at the scene where we expect federal and state authorities to step up in a matter of moments to give us an update on what they are seeing and what the response is to the hardest-hit areas. serious foreign ministry is now condemning u.s. strikes on its territory after the u.s. launched a series of retaliatory

attacks following death of contractor. president biden reaffirmed the united states will respond forcefully to protect americans. lucas tomlinson live on the north lawn of the white house with the latest, hello, lucas. lucas: mike, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee says president biden was right to launch retaliatory strikes to avenge the death of the american contractor and six other americans who were wounded. >> the strikes that the administration took that took out and caused casualties amongst some of the iranian-backed groups i think was appropriate and if they continue we ought to up the anti in terms of the strikes that we send back. lucas: u.s. officials have continued today. f15 strike eagles scrambled late thursday to destroy sites in eastern syria used by iran revolutionary guard corps. 19 iranian fighters were

reportedly killed and 900 u.s. troops and syria are meant to keep isis from coming back, 40,000 remain in prison in northeast syria right now. the white house has tried to pivot away from the middle east to deal with china and russia. the u.s. has retaliated 4 times. now in recent weeks china has moved into the middle east brokering a deal for saudi arabia and iran to resume relations and letter to congress by why he ordered retaliatory strikes president biden said, quote, to deter the islamic republic of iran and iranian militia groups from inciting further attacks to u.s.

facilities. mike: lucas tomlinson, thanks. that is just ahead, stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> mike: these are not live images from our southern border, so as we learn new details -- there they are. as we learn the details of incident friday where two migrants were found dead in train car and several others were left critically ill, this is the united states and canada reach a deal on asylum seekers at the northern border. hello, alexis. >> hi, mike, the night that the migrants were found dead inside of train car in south texas it was about 100 degrees here and when that all happened the president was at the northern border talking about immigration

in canada and people who live here want to know why he is at the northern border when the southern border has so much going on on a daily basis. take a look at your screen, here is what we are talking about with the smuggling incident on friday, deadly one after someone called 911 saying that several migrants were trapped inside. the shipping container you're looking at. the pictures that show some migrants. two migrants died and others needed medical treatment. sources telling fox news that the train to be smuggled and try and prevent more deaths which could have been possible there. last summer that 50 migrants died in smuggling incident near san antonio, texas left in semitruck. the cartels run the border and the administration isn't doing enough to stop the chaos. >> this continues all over south texas. i mean, it happens in del rio,

it happens in bracketville and eagle pass and down toward simlaredo and we are up in the northern border. how many lives have to be lost? alex: every day just like this earlier this morning we saw migrants processed and loaded onto this bus in la joya, texas, most of the activity does happen in the early morning hours or in the middle of the night. live here in texas. border patrol telling fox news 33,000 migrants apprehended at the southern border and that does not include the 15,000 migrants they were not able to stop once they crossed into the united states. so the need out here and what the border patrol is trying to do is just a massive amount of work on a daily basis, mike. mike: great context there alexis mcadams in mission, texas, thanks very much. any minute now, we are expecting to hear an update from federal

and state officials in mississippi, fema administrator dan chriswell, homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas and governor, latest in response to devastating storms.po we will be rightrt back. ♪ ♪ ♪ supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger. we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready. then we deliver to your new home - across town or across the country. pods, your personal moving and storage team. the new chase ink business premier card is made for people like sam who make...? ...everyday products... ...designed smarter. like a smart coffee grinder - that orders fresh beans for you. oh, genius! for more breakthroughs like that... ...i need a breakthrough card...

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>> well, i just want to thank everyone for being here today. i want to begin by thanking particularly our federal delegation for being with us today. homeland security director, our administrator chriswell from fema and i personally want to thank president biden for signing the emergency declaration that we sent up yesterday. obviously the resources of the people here in rolling fork and throughout mississippi need, the help is on the way and i think that's critically important. i want to take the opportunity to personally thank all of the volunteers that are here. what we have seen over the last 36 hours in mississippi, on the one hand heartbreaking the loss and devastation of the

communities but on the other hand has been inspiring and gives me great reason for optimism and quite frankly makes me damn proud to be a mississippian because mississippians have done what mississippians do in time of crisis, they stand up and show up and they are here to help themselves and help their neighbors and as we talk to individuals throughout the devastation back here behind us, first yesterday morning and then again today, what you see is that we've got a lot of good people that live in the great state and i'm proud of they will and i'm proud to represent them and i'm proud to take this opportunity to get as many resources here as we possibly can. as you know, and secretary mayorkas will mention this and i'm sure our fema director will as well, but in our emergency declaration, we started with the four counties that were hardest hit, clearly, and the president approved both public assistance and individual assistance for

the individuals in those communities and we appreciate that. in addition to that, we are going to continue working. we've got mema and fema joint teams on the ground here but joint teams that are doing their thing from our emergency operation center in every region and we appreciate them. when we have these natural disasters, we have more than we care to think about. we appreciate our federal partners and them showing up. finally before i turn it over to the secretary, i just want to personally thank mayor walker here of the town of rolling fork who just walked us through and had -- let us -- and led the delegation through and had the opportunity to see an awful large number of individuals that are hurting right now. he-- hear the stories about whee people are and where they are saying, who they are saying with and more than anything what i heard and i hope everyone else behind me heard, is the people who have been displaced whether

they are staying with their son in greenville or with someone in clinton, every one of them said, aye lived in the community for 30, 40, 50 years, i want to continue to live in the community and i can assure you we are going to do everything that we can through housing and other means to get those people back in this community as quickly as we possibly can. and so that, again, i want to reiterate my thanks to sect ray mayorkas and his working with the president to expedite our emergency request, thank him for being here on the ground in mississippi. it matters to these people. it matters when their federal partners are here, it matters when their local representatives are here. secretary mayorkas, thank you for being here. >> thank you. thank you very much, governor, i want to echo the sentiments that the governor expressed and i

want to echo two words, heart broker and inspiration. we walked down the street of this town, seeing devastation on both sides of the road. and congressman thompson and i spoke to an individual that traveled to help the people in this town and he said something i thought was very appropriate and very powerful that one can see photographs of the devastation but there's no substitute for actually seeing in person. and that is, indeed, what we've come to do. we've come to see it in person to communicate to the people of mississippi that we are here, not just today but for the long haul. it is heartbreaking to hear of the loss of life, to see the devastation firsthand. it is also as the governor expressed inspiring to see the

people of mississippi come together and not just the people of mississippi but the people of this country to come to assist those in such dire need. it is inspiring to see the first responders, the disaster response officials, the volunteers, even individuals who themselves have survived the disaster come rise and help their fellow mississippian in a time of such great need. the president has directed us to be here to assist the people of mississippi to be here on an enduring basis, not just through the response but through the recovery as well. we are mindful of the fact that that will take time but we are here for the time it will take. we see extreme weather events increasing, only increasing in gravity, severity and in

frequency. and we have to build our communities to be best prepared for them to prepare, to be able to quickly respond and recover and to prove ourselves resilient. we cannot do that alone. we need one another and that is what we are here to communicate, that the federal government under president biden's leadership is here to support mississippi, support the governor, to support the senators, to support the members of congress, to support the local officials, mayor walker, we are here for the people and it's my honor to introduce the great administrator of the federal emergency management administration diane cristwell. >> thank you, secretary, i'm

appreciative you joining us on the ground because as he said it makes such a difference to be able to see firsthand the impact that is the communities have faced. governor reeves, thank you for your partnership. we are going to be here throughout the duration of this and mayor walker, so inspired by how you have led your community, how your community continues to come to you, true leadership in action and it's going to be really important in the days and the weeks ahead. and also just want to thank the entire congressional delegation. they are here to make sure that we are bringing everything we can to support this community. as you've heard president biden did declare and approve the governor's request for a major disaster declaration. he did that yesterday and what that means is that includes public assistance which means to help with the debris removal from the communities like this and to pay the overtime costs for carol , monroe and saharkey

counties and assures that we can bring the right resources now to help start the recovery process and support any of the ongoing response actions that may be needed in these communities, when i spoke to the president and gave him an update yesterday on what i was hearing on the ground, he's very clear to me all of the time, make sure that the entire federal family does whatever they can for these communities and that's what we are here today. if you are in carol, monroe or sharkey, you can contact insurance company, first line of defense and begin process with fema and you can do that by

going to adisasterassistance.gov or call 18006216322 to apply for assistance and you can use the fema app and we have people on the ground that will be in fema shirts. they are called disaster survivor assistance teams and have ipads with them and they can also assist in registering you for assistance. these are just the first counties as the governor said. we are going to work with the team with the state team here to assess additional counties to see if any more need to be added to this declaration. we know that this is is going to be a long-term recovery event and we can see just where we are standing here that one of the major issues that we are going to face is housing and how do we help the individuals that have been impacted by this horrific event. i know that our partners from the american red cross are already on the ground and providing shelter that those that need it and i think as you heard the governor say, so many

family members, extended family members, neighbors helping neighbors are already supporting some of that initial temporary sheltering solutions to help people stay safe right now but we are going to continue to work with our state partners to find the right solution for individuals in this community because we know that every individual has a unique need. every family has a different situation and so we want to make sure that we understand what the needs are and what the best tools are going to be to come in and support this community as quickly as possible. i will give a little bit of an update on some of the things that we are doing on the ground right now. our region 4 administrator grasha check she's been with here today, she's been in constant communication with the director and the governor since before the incident happened, when we were monitoring the threats of what was going to happened and coordinator updated, any additional needs or gaps identified, we would have

been able to bring those in and support as needed. we've sent an incident management assistance team. they are right now at the state emergency operation center. they are embedded there and they will work side by side with our state partners to support them in helping to make sure that the right federal resources that are available are here in supporting these communities. and then yesterday as i mentioned already, i directed our disaster survivor assistance teams to come in and start going door to door into these communities, helping people register for assistance. i would say right now our number one concerns is still life safety, as you look around here and you look at the debris, i just really encourage everybody to remain vigilant, stay cautious, there is a lot of hazards within this debris and unfortunately there's been so much loss of life which is just heartbreaking but we often see additional injuries and additional loss of life after a

disaster because of the type of hazard. listen to your local officials. if the roads are closed, please don't go around them. that means there's a hazard. and as you're going through your home and looking for belongs, employees take the extra care to make sure that you're keeping yourself and your families safe. with that, i would just say that fema is here, we remain committed to the people of mississippi. we will be here for you now. we will be here for you next week, we will be here long after these cameras are gone to make sure that we are assisting you with all of your recovery needs. governor, you have my commitment that we will be here throughout the duration of this recovery effort and so with that, i would now like to turn it over to senator wicker for his comments. >> thank you, thank you, madame administrator and i'm joined with congressman thompson, congressman come on up here and senator come on up here.

i want us to stand together because i want you to know that this delegation is shoulder to shoulder for mississippi in this regard. we got a letter together both of our senators, all four members of the house of representatives yesterday afternoon, got it up to the president of the united states. i want to thank the president for calling each of us individually. [applause] >> i want to thank for sending member of his cabinet here. we don't always get cabinet members but we thank you mr. secretary and madame administrator, and we are also in it with you for the long haul. we -- we appreciate mayor walker and the state officials that are here, the law enforcement that have come in and we realize this is going to be a long process. let me say this before i turn it over to senator hidesmith and

representative thompson. we are about to spend some local and state money on this. we are going to do it in coordination with one of the best state emergency management teams in the country. we are good because we experienced, but the governor has put a good team together and we have been visiting with them yesterday and today. madame administrationor and mr. secretary, we are going to spend some money. we are going to get the best guidance we can from jackson and washington, d.c. we want cooperation when we ask for reimbursement. we've had problems in the past. i don't anticipate any problems in the future because we are going to work with you, we are going to spend the money the right way according to the statute and -- and we want a smooth transition of those

funds. i too am impressed with the spirit of can do, there's no victimhood in this community today and we are there with you, we will be back again and we are with you for the long haul. senator -- >> mike: that's mississippi senator, you have been listening to state and federal officials following devastating tornadoes in mississippi this week. alejandro mayorkas on the ground with the fema administrator sending message that washington will be there through the very difficult process. let's bring in today's political panel, with me south carolina republican congressman nancy mace, member of the arms services oversight and veterans affairs committees and florida democratic congressman. welcome to both of you. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you for having us.

>> congressman, in florida you get different types of severe weather, a lot of hurricanes, what's your reaction of scenes in mississippi and the response so far? >> the images are heartbreaking. the response seems to be going as it should. the president signed the declaration. you have the fema administrator and homeland secretary there which is different usually the homeland secretary doesn't come so that does show that the administration is giving us the priority they need. i mean, listen, if i were those local elected officials i would be asking for 100% reimburse meant for the next 60 days. you know, i would be asking fema to start with the housing mission. fema needs to get better at housing mission. sometimes they start a little late. i would ask fema to start the housing mission immediately. this is a major public assistance individual assistance sort of program. the people are going to need federal dollars. major debris mission, that's

going to cost significant money. they might need help of corps engineer. they have a great emergency management team. they have greisha check local administrator there. it looks like everything is going according to plan and take a long period to recover. mike: obviously south carolina has natural disasters as well, your reaction and the response so far? >> the images you have shown on the program today is horrific. it's devastating to see the community destroyed in this manner. our thoughts for everyone outside of mississippi are with the 26 individuals and their families who were killed in the tornado last night and the other thing that i want to add here is that it's very important and i want to thank the president of the united states, i want to thank fema, the governor, the delegation, the mayor, everybody coming together in the aftermath of this devastating situation

and storm. we ought to do this every time this happens and i think it's heart warming for the american people to see it unfold to quickly and so well and we hope that those communities who have been devastating, their families, their property, everybody get the reimbursements that they are going to need in order to continue and survive this devastation. mike: well, we wanted to get to the breaking news of the hour. we thank both of you for reacting to that. let's talk 2024 politics since you are elected officials. president trump back on the stump let's play it. >> the weaponization of our justice system is not as some have called it a political spectacle. this is the central issue of our time. i think it's one of the biggest issues. mike: congressman mskowitz, your reaction and manhattan da? >> well, listen, it was all fun and games for a couple of years he went around the country and

got 60,000 people to chant lock her up and now it's not so funny, in fact, it's terrible for the country that the country has to go through this. it's not good for the country that a president of the united states might be indicted. obviously people who break the law need to be held accountable but it's still not good for the country but, i mean, listen what we saw yesterday in waco was a circus. ted nugen and very strange what the president of the united states is doing right now. he thinks there's political advantage and he's using that. look, it's very serious for the country. we are at a perilous time. a president being indicted is new territory and i'm worried about that. mike: you have a couple of folks from florida looking to run for president, perhaps a couple of south carolina as well, nikki haley is in but perhaps tim scott as well.

how do you see the republican race at this point and any reaction to your colleague? >> well, i certainly be writing the political obituary, but what we saw this week was distracting and destructive to our country. we need to be focused on as a party, we need to be like a bird dog, the spaniel, we need to be like a bird dog pointing to inflation, pointing to the harm that interest rates have done to the country and pointing to the families that are living paycheck to paycheck and cannot pay their bills. talking about the immigration issues, talking about -- i haven't heard it yet but i want to hear about what republicans are going to do to support women in the aftermath of roe v. wade. i don't want to be talking about paying off porn stars. as a conservative that's not an issue that i can be supportive of. i don't want to see drama and political bs on the party when

we have to focus in the message. we have to fight to keep the majority let alone trying to win the white house back. we've got to be talking about kitchen-table issues. we have to be talking about how we are going to get independents to vote for us, we have to be talking about the important things that matter. i don't want to be talking about the new york da, you know, he's got to focus on violent crime in new york city. these are the things that he should be focused right now as well. mike: thank you so much for your time today, i hope that you will come back. >> thank you. >> thank you. mike: back to our top stories, more than two dozen are dead and many others hurt after powerful tornadoes tore through the state of mississippi friday night flattens homes and battering buildings, search and recovery crews are now digging through the destruction. fox weather katie burn on the ground where many are calling ground zero for devastating storms, hello, katie. reporter: people are calling this town a war zone.

we know 25 people lost their lives across the state of mississippi. 13 of those lives lost were in this town of rolling fork. and you're talking about search crews still out. take a look at this. crews this morning, he tells us that there aren't any missing persons reports at the moment and as people start to lock and hear in relatives, cell service was an issue. this is just one community, one street that you're looking at that's just completely flattened and we have met a few people here who have been coming here this morning taking oarlock at what is left. very, very heartbreaking. many have lost someone who has lived in the neighborhood. i met a woman named alma whose cousin lived here. sadly passed away.

>> it's sad that a lot of people lost their lives here. repreporter: and you knew some f the people? >> even the people that worked behind chucks. reporter: so heartbreaking. the aerials of what this all looks like, it really paints a picture it's not one-block damage, it's widespread damage. several streets completely gone. the mayor even said his city, his town is gone because of this, neighborhoods are just destroyed. this is a close tight-knit community, only 1900 people live in this area so everyone that i've met this morning has told me they all know each other, they know somebody who lost their life because of this. we know that the president has declared a disaster declaration in four counties where people

have lost their lives in mississippi including this one and that's going to open federal funding for people who really need it. this morning i met people who say they don't have water, they don't have electricity, they don't have power and they don't have something to eat, they don't have somewhere to stay. they need that help. mike: fox weather katie burn, katie, thanks very much. the united states and iran-backed militias exchanging air strikes in syria, we will hear expert analysis on the escalating tensions, that after the basic.ay e ♪ ♪ very♪

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mike: here are the military bases there. why are we there, sir? >> that's a good question because right now i'm trying to figure that as well. four years ago we were talking ago in the administration why should we keep our troops in syria because initially when we defeated isis and we defeated isis, brought down the caliphate, we can reset and move away from syria. this camp is important because this is really a sensor-base war, this is a road that comes out of baghdad, iraq into syria but the whole area right here. when you look at it up here that's where the primary of troops are at and the military wanted us to be there. when you look at erdogan in turkey, they were controlling with the pkk and the curds out there and also we became just targets and the question we all had why should we keep our force there is if we become targets. when you switch over, what actually happened iranian

surrogates that have attacked u.s. forces, well over 70 attacks and only replied four times. this is part of the problem i have with this, we pulled out the joint comprehensive plan of action, the nuclear deal, they want today restart it which i think does quite a large mistake. we have kind of gone back and said, well, we really have to work with iran, it's really important. no, we don't. i think we have to -- when you look at an adversary you have to ensure that they know that you are going to do something hard to them if they do something bad. we haven't done that with them. what i think we need to do and we did in the last administration, if we need to we are going to super escalate. we did that with salamani and when they attacked the embassy we decided to go high in the escalation ladder and we told the iranians quite clearly that

if you attack another american the supreme leader is a target. just a few days after the attack the iranians shot down out of tehran ukrainian airliner. we picked up -- >> mike: appreciate you. russian president vladimir putin making new threats tied to nuclear weaponry as the war in ukraine rages on, we are live in kyiv next. ♪ ♪ ♪ lasses. yeah, it happens. that's why visionworks gives you 100 days to change your mind. it's simple. anything else i can help you with? like what? visionworks. see the difference. >> tech: when you have auto glass damage, trust safelite. we'll replace your windshield, and recalibrate your advanced safety system. so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly.

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mike: russian president vladimir putin is now saying russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring belarus, however, u.s. government officials say there are no signs moscow plans to use its nuclear weapons. senior correspondent mike tobin has the story from kyiv, hello, mike. mike: hey, mike, let me start you out with a development, we are keeping an eye on up. explosion south of moscow that deepens tensions here. russian task news agency which is government controlled, explosion caused by ukrainian 141, the crater left behind by the explosion is 50 feet wide, 15 feet deep, 3 people are

reportedly injured. the location is 110 miles south of moscow, 180 miles east from ukrainian border. ukraine denies that they did it. less than a week ago ukraine did claim responsibility for a drone attack in russian-controlled crimea, in that case ukraine said they hit shipment of russian cruise missiles, to counter nuclear blackmail, that follows vladimir putin's announcement that russia will deploy nuclear weapons in belarus. the weapons controlled by russia based in belarus and putin used announcement that they are supplying with uranium rounds as political support for the move. the depleted uranium is armor piercing round and not neurological weapon.

>> why do the americans deploy nuclear weapons to allies and we agree that we will do the same without violating our obligations. i emphasize with without violating our international obligations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. mike: ground war is concentrated in the east of ukraine. the focal point is small town called bakhmut and all the little towns around that and despite reports that russia was going to redeploy resources. mike, back to you. mike: mike tobin live in kyiv, thank you very much. fox news sunday with shannon bream is next. i'm mike emanuel. thank you for watching. have an awesome day. ♪ ♪ ♪ to keep the people that have been here taking care of us.

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