>> todd: a fox news alert, a massive emergency response right now near fort campbell in kentucky, the army reporting several casualties after two black hawk helicopter crash during a training mission overnight. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with everything we need to know right now, good morning. >> lucas: 101st airborne division says two black hawk helicopter crashed last night resulting in several casualties. the army did not specify house minority leader. the apparent collision took place in kentucky. black hawk helicopter are

primary transport helicopter, they are also used in special operations. the two black hawk helicopter were conducting training exercise 10 p.m. last night when the crashes occur. status of all crew members is unknown at this time. the crash is under investigation. emergency medical personnel have responded to the crash site, including east golden pond fire department. the crash is between bobby light and lan caster road. kentucky governor releasing the following statement on twitter. we have tough news out of fort campbell with early reports of helicopter crash and fatalities. officials are responding and we'll share more information when available. please pray for all those affected. press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m.

>> todd: lucas tomlinson live this morning, thank you. >> ashley: we know the covenant school shooter manifesto will be made public, it is just a matter of when. police are combing through it and other evidence surround ing audrey hale. yesterday hundreds of mourners gathered in downtown for a vigil honoring the victims. ♪ >> just two days ago was our city's worst day. >> our police officers have cried and are crying with national and the world. we gather strength and the will to carry on and protection of our city. >> todd: meantime, the white house continues to push for stricter gun control measures in the wake of the tragedy.

>> it is an epidemic, it is not okay to have weapons of war in our schools, that are in our communities, in our churches, in our places of worship, that is not what is supposed to be. congress needs to take action. >> todd: celebration of life scheduled tomorrow for nine-year-old victim evelyn dieckhaus, who is being hailed a hero for attempting to pull the fire alarm during the attack to save her classmates. look at that face. tim burrchet will join us live. and russian news agency report evan was taken into custody 1000 miles east of moscow. saying the man is suspected of espionage in the interest of the american government adding he

collected information constituting state secret about one enterprise of the russian military industrial politics. he has been covering russia's invasion of ukraine, russia's economy is starting to come undone, was published on tuesday. >> ashley: major hearing today, witnesses accuse white house of running a speech censorship operation. we have preview of what we can expect to hear today. >> great lineup tap. tap. o tap. .

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>> janice: good morning, it is opening day, get to the weather to talk about the forecast in just a second. potential for stronger storms. it is cold in the northeast, the cold front moved through and we have potential for large hail, damaging winds, tornados, not only today, but friday. this area of low pressure comes out of the rockies and

associated cold front moves in to warm, unstable air. friday's look, multi day threat for states, isolated storms bringing strong storms to oklahoma and texas and stretching to the great lakes. here is the bullseye, significant threat in pink shaded areas, the red shaded spots are where we think the ingredients come together including life-threatening tornados. this is friday, know what to do if you get a watch or warning. we have devastating tornados over the weekend, some same areas could get hit. be prepared. another storm system develops on sunday, monday, tuesday, affecting the same areas, heavy rain could cause issues. mlb opening day, pick your place here. we have atlanta, everyone looks

good on this map except it is cold in the northeast. then looking at minnesota, kansas city, colorado, south dakota looks like we could see some shower activity. the rest of the forecast looks pretty good. i think i covered everyone, i'm not sure. >> todd: i will not confirm or deny it is everybody, when you play baseball in the cold and the ball hits your glove or the bat makes contact, that stings, you feel it in your hands. >> janice: i'm not feeling bad for those multi million dollar players, cold could do them good. >> todd: i remember march practice, i love the game. i was making millions, as will you for that tremendous forecast. >> janice: happy opening day. >> todd: that was fun, this is less fun. china sending a stark warning to

the u.s. if taiwan president meets with kevin mike mccarthy during her upcoming business, ccp says it will violate one china principle. we are opposed to this and will take measures to resolutely fight back. then house speaker nancy pelosi trip to taiwan resulted in china firing missiles near the island. former navy intel officer robert charles joins me now. how serious a threat is this from china? >> i think honestly, todd and ashley, i think china is looking for a fight here. ask yourself this question, since when does communist china dictate who we will meet with and when and where. there is no basis for that. actually president of taiwan has been to the united states since 2016, seven or eight times and presidents of taiwan have

visited here 29 or 30 times, so the end game is they are trying to provoke a fight. is this a surprise? it is not. communist china is belligerent anti-freedom, anti-woman, anti-religion, anti-western country, they are showing their colors when they try to block a meeting with a country we have had interaction with since 1979. we sell fighter jets to taiwan. this is showing their colors, belligerent country. >> todd: here is john kirby, listen. >> there is no reason to react harshly, this is a common occurrence, the president has done it six times before. united states and china have differences when it comes to taiwan, we have managed those

differences for 40 years. >> todd: robert, how should mike mccarthy respond, he is the one making the visit. >> i look forward to a future visit to taiwan myself as my predecessor did. >> todd: understood, he needs to stand strong on this one, the biden administration shows enough weakness, can't have kevin mccarthy doing it, as well. -- avoid unless absolutely necessary. your reaction first to head-scratching commands. >> you know, i would tell you, todd, to hear that, it is clear violation of 18 usc 1507, if

people looks that up, it makes clear, you cannot intimidate or protest on the lawn or near a home of a judge or justice. when that draft of the dobbs opinion, which reversed roe came out, the groups were in front of the justices homes, there was attempt on the life of one conservative justice. it reveals that the attorney general was delinquent in not directing himself to protect the justices. i see it as fitting into a pattern. this is a justice department which needs a deep dive and perhaps this attorney general's tenure needs to be examed. they intimidate and arrest pro-life protesters, they did not deploy people to affirmatively arrest protesters

there. they have fbi memos that they consider catholic churches a source of extremism. it is anti-conservative bias in this justice department, that is to say the justice department has been politicized, is that a basis for oversight? you bet it is. you have to be able to prosecute the prosecutors if they step off the reservation. >> todd: the ag seems surprised when grilled on this. take a listen. >> as you can see on the slide behind me, the marshals were told to avoid criminal enforcement action involving the protester. >> i've never seen those slides before, first and principle job is to protect lives and property of the members of the court. >> it is clear the marshals were given a different directive and i ask you to look into that, please. >> clear conservative bias.

is this a cover-up by the ag or per that discussion, does the ag not know what is going on in his own department? >> you have asked a pointed question, i ran the house oversight committee and we had jurisdiction overthe justice department. the follow-up is mr. attorney general, we know where your politics are, you were examined as potential supreme court justice, we know what you said previously and anti-conservative bias. did you know about this or did you not? if you didn't, it looks to be issue of competence. if you did, why are you telling us you didn't? in the end, this is one of a dozen situations where this attorney general is more motivated by politics than fair administration of law, which is what he has been sworn to do,

act as attorney general without political bias. >> todd: seems like this job would be easier if you focused on the law and not all the political stuff swirling in the breeze. they didn't do that and that is why we have problems they do. appreciate it. new york police department being forced to cover 500 square miles with just 13 officers on patrol. the police chief is here next. >> ashley: and senators put forth a new bill to label cartels as terrorist organizations. keep it here on "fox and friends first." >> direct link coming out of china, make cartels foreign terrorist organizations. i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪

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>> todd: six gop senators want to classify cartel as terrorist organizations. senator lindsey graham spearheading the act blaming china for fuelling the crisis at america's southern border. >> china is helping drug cartels in mexico, china is not a friend. chinese espionage, china providing drug precursor to make drugs in mexico killing americans. >> todd: proposal follows weeks of back and forth between the mexican president obrador over who is to blame for the fentanyl coming into the united states. >> todd: announcing bid for l.a. da against his boss george gascon. >> george gascon is trying to divide you, trying to divide all

of you by using politics. don't be duped into that. this race here has nothing to do with politics, it has everything to do with doing the right thing. >> todd: best known for convicting child killers. he said the victims feel like they are abandoned, like george gascon feels more for the kribl and his actions say that. >> ashley: sheriff's department critically unstaffed. the sheriff says he has had difficulty with recruitment and retention and took to facebook to ensure residents 911 calls will be priority even though deputies are stretched too thin. the sheriff joins us now. thank you for being with us.

>> before we get going, can i commend the national police for response on monday, what they did is reflection of what we do and the training, after uvalde disaster last year this exemplifies the best of law enforcement and i want to shout out to them and prayers and thoughts to the victim's families, these officers saved innumerable lives, we don't know house minority leader. >> ashley: they did and were swift about it. going back to what you are dealing with in new york, i have to clarify something, it said you have 13 deputies covering 500 square miles, is that 13 deputies at every shift or just all you have in your department? >> we have 20 on the road patrol side, 120 employees, 20 on road patrol, down to 13. we have continued to lose people who are getting recruited by larger agencies who have better

pay and benefits and this is happening across the country. a lot is based on the last three years of the defund the police movement, changes, battering by many in the media and politicians who are woke and the defund movements and things like that. it is taking a toll across the board. it is making it not as desirable as in the past. in the rural areas we never have a problem recruiting people. it is just retaining them and i frankly think the federal government should do more in the line of funding local law enforcement so we have more funds available. >> ashley: i have a question, what are your deputies saying about this? obviously they are overworked, what do they say about the situation? >> we've got -- three people on shift where we used to have

five. we had an incident where an officer while arresting a felon from texas and a civilian stop. deputies are going into negotiation and i can't talk about that, this is example of shortages across the board, correction, dispatchers and law enforcement has been bombarded with the negative and not the positive and that is hurting, the benefit and private sector are far outweighing public sector that used to be a pension in things. my deputies are pullings their weight, working their day off, working vacation days, many have done extra detail, we have a handful of deputies that come to fill in. when you have 33,000 people, it is a stretch thin. >> ashley: that is a lot, a ton. what did the community say? this was a facebook post. were they concerned? >> the facebook post has gotten

over 25,000 views, which is a lot for a county our size. the public is supportive and thinks the sheriff department and they think deputies make as much as troopers, which is not true. we have good working relationship with other departments that help us. they see deputies out. again, it is not just road deputies, it is dispatch and across the board, everyone is feeling the crunch. we have to do something to get the respect back and honor of serving without threat. >> ashley: it will take more than your community, our community here across the nation, it will take a nationwide efrt effort to get people who want to do the job. no one wants to do it. sheriff, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you, ashley. >> ashley: of course.

arkansas is now suing tiktok and meta for exposing children to damaging content. >> todd: attorney general tim griffin here to layout his case. (vo) some people say the metaverse will only be virtual. but firefighters entering a burning house... will one day save time when lives are on the line. visualizing a patient's most recent scan... will help speed up decision making in the er. and while the woolly mammoth is still extinct... that doesn't mean students can't take field trips to visit them. the metaverse may be virtual, but the impact will be real.

>> todd: today the house weaponization committee will hear from three attorneys general on your findings of the censorship on the lab leak theory and hunter biden laptop story.

>> ashley: brooke singman joins us now. >> brooke: former missouri attorney general now senator eric schmitt preparing to testify on what he calls largest operation to censure speech in recent history led by the biden administration. eric schmitt will testify before the ag of missouri, the three witnesses will discuss findings of the censorship lawsuit against the biden administration. i received eric schmitt's prepared testimony. he is prepared to say collusion with nongovernmental organizations to censure speech was far more pervasive and destructive than ever known. louisiana ag jeff landry will say they uncovered censorship enterprise. some agents being the white house itself, the cdc, the fbi, cyber security and

infrastructure and the national institutes of health. censuring information on the covid lab leak, hunter biden scandal and more, they have gathered depositions from officials like dr. fauci questioning him on the lab leak theory, efficacy of masks, vaccines and more and want to know why social media companies flagged posts questioning these topics. an fbi agent was deposed on the hunter biden laptop story and big tech in the presidential election. ag john sour is expected to explain why they want to get to the bottom of this. censorship inflicts lasting harm by impeding quest for truth in free marketplace of ideas. the subcommittee will meet on missouri versus biden at 9 a.m.

eastern time today. >> ashley: arkansas launching lawsuits against meta and tiktok for exploiting children. governor sarah huckabee sanders says it is time to hold social media companies accountable. we have seen our depression, our anxiety, our isolation numbers skyrocket over the last several years due to the number of kids that are engaged on social media. we can't count on joe biden and his buddies in silicon valley to get accountable. we are taking action into our own hands in arkansas. >> todd: attorney general tim griffin joins us now, what is the crux of your suits? >> the unifying theme of the three lawsuits, we have one lawsuit against meta and two against tiktok and bytedance. one unifying theme is deception. ultimately parents have the

responsibility for their children and what their children are viewing, but the problem here is you have meta and tiktok producing, developing algorithms and products and being appalling about what the products do and what their intent is. the suit about meta is about the algorithms, addictive algorithms that they utilize. they have denied they do that. they have denied they intentionally develop these, they told congress they did not. we believe and the lawsuit makes it clear this is deception, they know just the opposite and we are seeing the impact of these apps on our young people as governor sanders mentioned. we have two lawsuits against tiktok and bytedance. one is about the fact that

tiktok represents that their product does not expose our young children, 13 year olds, for example, to inappropriate content, sexual content, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, the fact is it does and you can access it pretty much regardless of age. that is deception again and thirdly on the china connection tiktok has made clear that china, that the chinese government cannot have access to the data, arkansas data, your data, but the truth is just the opposite and so deception is really the key of all three of these lawsuits. >> ashley: you know, what are you hoping to gain from this lawsuit? what does accountability look like? is it as far as getting it

banned, what is it? >> well, there are several different forms of relief we're seeking here. we're certainly seeking monetary damages and we're also seeking an an injuncturion. end of the day and we have arkansas appalling trade practices act that we use in many different areas to protect consumers, but ultimately, this is about a company in the market telling the truth as opposed to deceiving consumers as to the effects of the product. a parent can't do what they ought to do regarding a product if the company is telling them something that is false about that product. >> todd: meta global head of

safety releasing a statement, we want to reassure every parent we have their interest at heart in the work we are doing to provide teens with safe experiences online. these are complex issues, but we will continue working with parents, experts and regulators such as state attorneys general to develop new policies that meet needs of teens and their families. i feel like we have seen that statement coming from companies like meta for a while now and nothing is done. do you think your suit will pressure meta and other social media companies to change? >> well, yes, i do, actually. the lawsuit against meta is the first of its kind by a state in the country and at the end of the day, words are well and good. you could have drafted that statement yourself based on what you think they might say without ever asking them.

but the end of the day, the difference between political rhetoric and the courtroom is we will get to the facts and at the end of the day, ultimately that is what we all need to get facts out there and demonstrate the deception that has been ongoing from the companies. >> ashley: a lot of firsts when it comes to tiktok lately. ag griffin, thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> ashley: of course, turning to breaking news we've been following all morning long. the army confirming casualties after two black hawk helicopter crash overnight. >> todd: in kentucky, we are expecting a press conference this morning, a live report from the scene next. i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did.

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>> ashley: kentucky senator rand paul says he is against banning tiktok, clashing with members of his own party. >> todd: cheryl casone is here. >> cheryl: things got heated yesterday. rand paul's point, let's honor the first amendment, free speech is more important than banning tiktok.

interesting take, he said, if you ban tiktok, maybe that is too much power for the government in general and potentially does this lead to more government power and do you go after other technologies? let's listen to the heated exchange between rand paul and josh hawley yesterday. >> there are two main reasons why we might not want to do this. one is first amendment to the institution, speech is protected, whether you like it or not. we should be aware of those who use fear to regulate and limit our first amendment rights. >> would the senator from kentucky entertain a question? >> i object. >> i have never before heard on this floor a defense of the right to spy. i didn't realize that the first amendment contained a right to espionage. >> cheryl: maybe they could both be right, i think rand paul does make interesting points about

free speech, this could lead to government overreach. josh hawley is saying, look, they are spying on us, which i will say, they are. tiktok denies that, we are not fooled by that. >> ashley: he went like this, he's been saying this all week. >> todd: i've been saying what rand paul was saying this week. last week i was saying what josh hawley. both make valid points. >> cheryl: it has been found tiktok is gathering data and has spied on journalists. >> ashley: maybe they can meet in the middle, the fda is approving over the counter na narcan, which proves how bad this situation is. >> cheryl: this comes from emergent biosolutions to treat heroin overdoses, fentanyl,

oxycodone. 100,000 deaths from drug overdose last year. not sure if insurance will pay for that. i am not sure how that would work out. >> ashley: they said there would be co-pay option. >> cheryl: house minority leader places will carry it, more questions. the total drug overdose death of those ages 15-24, 2021, 7500, 2020, 7000, 2019, look how the numbers jump. you talk to derek maltz, d.e.a. guy, he talked about the dangers of the drug problem in this country right now. it is sending a false sense of security to kids. they could go out and carry narcan and take the drugs and everything is fine. it shows america how big this crisis is and how much it has been ignored. i'm all in favor.

it will not address the real issue we're dealing with. that is monumental supply, tsunami of deadly pills and fentanyl entering the country everyday. >> you both have interviewed several parents of kids that have lost their lives to fentanyl poisoning, sometimes accidental overdoses. this could have saved lives. i understand the point, i think there needs to be solutions on both sides, this could save lives. >> ashley: fox news alert, two black hawk helicopter crash in kentucky during a training mission. >> todd: live from the scene in kentucky with the latest. sydney. >> yeah, good morning, we know that two black hawk helicopter crashed in a field not too far

away. law enforcement has massive setup while they investigate what is happening. just to map out where we are for this guy here, this is kentucky and it is about an hour and 20 minutes northwest of nashville. fort campbell is where the helicopters are from, that is 40 miles from here. wkdz, a local radio station is reporting multiple deaths involved, we're still working to confirm exactly house minority leader from the military. you can see in the video, there is debris left of the two black hawk helicopter. all of this took place during a routine training mission, now kentucky state police tell us they crashed in a nearby field. no other people and residents were hit. still working to figure out what is happening. this morning, we've been seeing military vehicles, law

enforcement and search and rescue vehicles coming in and out of this road behind me here, fort campbell says they are expected to hold a press conference and we are expected to get more information then. we'll keep you updated, that is what it is like. sydney snow, now back to you. >> todd: we are awaiting release of the manifesto left behind by the nashville school shooter. tennessee congressman tim burchett is here next. >> ashley: check in with brian kilmeade. >> brian: we are following that story and breaking news out of ken tuck you canny, we will be live on the scene in a matter of moments and china's nuclear expansion revealing most disturbing thing he has seen in his 50 year career and more about china, too. jack keane live to react and talk about ukraine. biggest names in tech want to

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they exacerbates the situation. >> tale of two cities. washington officials offer different opinions about crime in our nation's capitol and whether progressive policies are to blame. >> look at this, the same moment that hearing was going on a carjacking was happening less than a mile away. >> todd: look at that. tim burchett who was at the hearing, you saw him in the video. he joins us now. first to that statement by the councilman what city is he living in if he doesn't see a crime crisis? >> obviously not d.c. while we are having a hearing the carjacking was going on and told possibly a shooting had occurred at the very same time. i think he has kind of got his head in the sand. interesting he said all of that when sex abuse is up 110% in the past year. motor vehicle thefts rose 108%. arson rose a whopping 400 percent. and we heard about -- you all heard about philip todd my good

friend rand paul's assistant who was stabbed brutally in the head last week. it's beyond me. and, you know, and to beat it all, if you saw the folks who were testifying, it was four white men and, obviously, the black community in d.c. was not being represented by this group. and it was oddly enough picked by the democrats. they were their witnesses. to me it was just a mystery. the whole thing was. >> ashley: you were talking about the stats, homicide is up 19%. auto theft 108 %. all crime is up 22%. these are increases from now from last year. so, why do they keep -- it's like they won't admit that there's a problem but, at this point, it's going to start affecting everyone. it already is effecting everyone. >> yes, ma'am. i think you are seeing it in these so-called blue run counties or states and communities where this is happening. they are just in total denied,

he think it's just going to go away or maybe the press will quit covering it. but it's constant and rampant. the first solution is to admit you have got a problem. they obviously don't admit they have a problem. my heart goes out to the people of d.c. the hard-working folks who have lived here. a lot of them have lived here their whole lives. you see the very brave members of the police community that put their life on the line every dadgum day. it seems like they have no backing in their union. he was at complete odds. you could read the body language in the room, he was not happy with those folks, and he shouldn't be. i know many of the metro police officers and they're some of the finest people i have ever met and they deserve better. >> todd: the fact that anyone can sit there with a straight face and say soft on crime policies do not it exacerbate crime is mind numbing and that's why you had the contrast in that hearing.

>> you are pushing for the release the of the nashville shooter's manifesto. we are told it is going to be made public a matter of when. are you okay with this delay? >> no, i'm not. i believe in transtransparency. the shooter is dead. the families need to know what was going on in the mindset of this person and frankly the country it does. a young lady transitioning, if you will, becoming transgendered. there is a mental issue there. i think that feeds a lot into how she was able to obtain firearms, if she was, in fact, mentally ill. i met with some democrats yesterday about the issue to see if we could find some common ground. and i hope we can; that this will never be repeated. as i stated in this country we are a sick nation. we are a sick nation. we need to repent and we need --

honestly, we need revival. it's made a lot of people mad that i have said that but it really is. there is no other answer for it. >> ashley: why is it making people mad? >> i think, you know, they come back to me and say burchett, look what your prayers have done for us the people doing the praying aren't ones doing the shooting, ma'am. it's a very unfortunate situation. i don't -- there is no easy answers. i don't know. you know, repenting of your sins and having some sort of reform in this country seems to me to be the way we're going to have to turn this thing around because we have some very sick, easel people doing some very vile things and revival seems to be the way go for me. i realize hatred towards me and my beliefs. and that's fine. it's america. we're allowed to do it but i do believe revival is the answer and i pray for it every day.

>> todd: we're in the crisis of the heart right now in our country. and i don't know how it's resolved. your advice on revival seems likes a good as an idea as any. tim burchett, thanks for coming on. we know your state is grieving and we appreciate your efforts coming on this morning. >> thank you some. >> todd: with that, "fox & friends" begins right now. have a great thursday, everybody. [siren] >> todd: emergency response near fort campbell in kentucky. >> black hawk helicopters conducting a routine exercise which when these crashes occurred. >> we don't have any information on the condition of the crew. >> vigil in nashville as the community mourns. >> investigators are still working to piece together a motive. they have not yet released the manifesto. >> our police officers have cried with nashville. >> the united states and china have differences when it comes to taiwan. we have managed those differences. >> taiwan's president is set to meet wit