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not yet released a manifesto. >> two days ago was the city's worst day. the expansion. >> china vowing to fight back and taiwan's president meets with mccarthy. >> no reason why we can't visit taiwan. >> the change of thursday night football. >> it jeopardizes their safety. >> very clear. ♪ ♪ >> brian: all right, here we go fox news alert, buckle up multiple deaths being reported after two u.s. army helicopters blackhawks crashed in kentucky. the apparent collision happened during a training mission northwest of fort c fort campbe. >> steve: emergency crew said to evan 10:00 last night. the blackhawks crashing in a field. no homes or buildings damaged. the particular military helicopters used to transport soldiers to the battlefield.

a performance might affect essentially and also deployed for special props. speed to the governor of kentucky releasing a statement and early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities expected. we will share more information is available. please pray for those affected. in a news on the tragedy this morning 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >> steve: meanwhile 2 minutes after the top of the work another fox news alert, this one a train derailment again. a train carrying ethanol and corn syrup has derailed in minnesota early this morning and burst into flames and forced local residents to evacuate. this is a live scene about 100 miles to the west of minneapolis. >> ainsley: multiple fire departments racing to put out the fire while town officials set up emergency shelter for displaced residents. >> brian: secretary

pete buttigieg after bn fs train carrying -- leading to evacuation of the area in minnesota and no injuries or fatalities reported. we are tracking closely as more details emerged and will be involved in the investigation. >> steve: we know pete buttigieg was faulted for not commenting on east palestine train derailment promptly enough. now, here even as the flames continue, as you can can see ripped through those cars in raymond, minnesota at the transportation secretary is trying to make us know that they have got it under control. >> ainsley: ethanol can lead to coughing, dizziness, unconsciousness and a lot of people did evacuate a nearby highway. >> brian: think he last time, the decision to detonate the train and that is what many people say was a dicey decision.

don't worry about an explosion and not having control over it and detonated on purpose. and that is a lot of people said got in and poisoned east palestine. this one is burning on its own and looks like it's burning itself out. >> ainsley: we are all paying attention to this after two months ago and east palestine. we have another fox news alert "the wall street journal" confirming one of the reporters detained in russia accused of spying on behalf of the united states. ed powell caught from london with the details. >> this is disturbing news we have been getting and tracking the last couple of hours, a colleague of ours our sister newspaper "the wall street journal" has been arrested by the fsb in russia, that is the successor intelligence agency to the old kgb from the old war days. the charge being made against him is that he was gathering

state secrets about a military industrial complex agency. he was doing it at the behest of the united states. we have a statement from "the wall street journal." they say in part, "the wall street journal preeminently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, evan. we stand in solidarity with his family." and a lot of tensions between russia and the united states concerning the war in ukraine. this is just one more sign of that. if he is, in fact, fact, convicted of espionage charges and that is what they are putting against him, he could face 20 years in prison and according to reports, the first

time an american reporter has been arrested on espionage charges in russia since the cold war. i don't know him personally, but he is well-regarded at the newspaper. in fact, i did read the latest story early this week and it was a pretty strong blistering story how the russian economy is now finally taking some real hits from their invasion in ukraine and the sanctions that are being put on russia by the world. so, that is reading that the kremlin folks, including perhaps president putin would not like to see in a leading global newspaper like "the wall street journal." so, concerns about his condition. no word when the arrest happened. just a call from "the wall street journal" to please, for the sake of the reporter and for his family, get him released. they are denying everything.

>> brian: i read that story. they have this thing called vax in it about the facts of the economy. and this year with prices going down, oil and gas, beginning to pay a huge toll in will russia. they didn't like the facts of the story just like they held the basketball player because she evidently needed ten years in prison. >> that is the thing, if you have an investigative reporter and he is digging up facts, doesn't accept what is handed to him by the foreign ministry and actually kind of digs around and talks to people within the industrial sphere, he is coming up with the information russia doesn't want to admit. sure, russia can call those facts state secrets and secrets they don't want let out, even though they are hard news, guys. >> steve: greg, you mentioned the first american who has been arrested by russia journalist sense, you said the end of the

cold war. i remember, i was in washington in 1986 and it was rick, rather nick and he was held by the russians for two weeks. in it was, the assumption was it was retaliation because at one point, couple of russians were detained by the u.s. so retaliation out against the reporter, but against america. >> there had been questions the russian state television operation, russia today in the u.k. have a presence in the u.s. there are some questions by the u.s. and/or allied nations about exactly what they are putting out. so, there could be tipped for tat on this. i think it is mostly due to as brian mentioned, mostly the kind of reporting he is doing, especially in this article. i urge everyone to take a look

and finally, vladimir putin beginning to pay the economic price for invasion of ukraine. >> steve: that would send a chill down every reporters spine in russia telling the truth might end up in jail. greg, keep monitoring the situation. >> i will. >> brian: let's talk about what is going on by the way, think about this what came out two days ago and those hearings. senator tom cotton asked, it turns out, "we have changed trajectory of fight paths of our drone, even in international skies over international waters because russia illegally took down our drone costing us tens of millions of dollars. "so these weaknesses we show, russia takes advantage of it. we think it shows an understanding immaturity but they look at it differently as

weakness. time and time again we see that. >> ainsley: they don't like a story so they grabbed one of the reporters and say espionage because they don't like the negative press they are receiving. that is what happens when they control what the journalists say, what is printed, what is on television. we see that in china and china has gone to fight back. if the speaker of our house kevin mccarthy meets with the president of taiwan doing a trip through the americas, we go to new york city on march 30th and we go down to argentina, excuse me guatemalan and baileys, and l.a. peer that is where set to meet with kevin mccarthy and something done time and time again. six or eight times. >> brian: on top of that kevin mccarthy was going to go there. why don't i come to you? that is what should be allowed to do. and kirby sang apologize but why are you apologizing?

you are allowed to meet with other world leaders that we recognize over the last 40 years. >> steve: over to taiwan last year and a core saber rattling. but there was somebody who rallied a lot of people's wherewithal of what is going on with china right now. kendall is the air force secretary and a he has been in the military business for 40 years. he is looking at china's nuclear buildup. for decades, they have had maybe 200 atomic warheads. right now they have 400. within ten years, they could have close to 1500. this is a big problem. here is his testimony tuesday at capitol hill. >> i don't think i've seen anything more disturbing and the chinese expansion, ongoing expansion. for decades they were quite comfortable and arsenal with weapons.

and a second strike capability. and that huge expansion that they are undertaking it like never before. and essentially, -- >> brian: we have no trade agreement, nuclear agreement with russia because russia announced yesterday, we will be doing nuclear tests and we will not tell you. we will not tell you either. what they try to do is get china involved in the nuclear talks. rush is cheating and we have to get you involved. they were emerging power and no constraints, so holding us from keeping pace with them let alone refurbishing. so now, we are in a situation according to general jack keane we deal with two nuclear forces appear that is what we will be judged against. let's listen. >> not only are the chinese going to achieve peril with us but likely passed us and the nuclear weapons. they already have more ballistic silos that they haven't put

nuclear weapons and yet. but they already established out in western china. here is the real issue, we have never faced this before. china and russia are having a strategic partnership, which they define as limitless. we will be facing strategic adversaries who doubled the amount of nuclear weapons we have here that is something we have never been -- we had a parity with the russians for 45 years during the cold war. we are not going to have parity with a combination of russia and china together opposing the united states with a nuclear arsenal. >> steve: i was talking to somebody at the pentagon right now after they saw a report on this an hour ago and said, "this is a 1930s nazi germany like military buildup by china." but china is not hiding it here they are very public about the buildup because they want to be number one. >> ainsley: the white house is saying when it comes to the

taiwanese president, kevin mccarthy, china don't overreact. this is something consistent with the one china policy. they are saying it is a provocation. we firmly oppose this and measures to resolutely fight back. >> brian: don't tell somebody to not over act that is totally overreacting. it is too late. can we act with strength once and get taiwan the arms we promised them that they paid for? and for 18 months have been delayed? we should be able to do that and general keane said exercise south korea, japan, south korea and taiwan to understand how to combat would be impatient. >> ainsley: prepare. >> brian: if not prepared, they will do it. >> steve: let's see if china does anything when the president of taiwan meets with kevin mccarthy because kevin mccarthy will not back down. >> ainsley: let's see how our country response and the administration. >> steve: a quarter after the top of the hour and ashley from nashville. >> a fox news alert we know the school shooters manifesto will

be made public but just a matter of when. nashville police and the fbi coming through it in evidence surrounding audrey hale with monday's tragedy. three 9-year-old students and three adults lost their lives. the city came together for a vigil to honor those victims. a celebration of life scheduled tomorrow for one of the child victims. you can see is for evelyn dieckhaus. los angeles county d.a. announcing a bid for district attorney and tommy says he is determined to end the tenure of soft on crime policy. listen. >> george gascon is trying to divide you and divide all of you like constantly using politics. this race here has nothing to do with politics. it has everything to do with doing the right thing. >> tommy best known for prosecuting high-profile cases and convicting child killers. potential legal battle looms over the board that oversees disney's world government

services. in february, members from the district quietly held a vote and port officials say effectively used the new board handpicked by governor ron desantis powerless possibly for decades. disney insists "all agreements between disney and the district where appropriate and discussed and approved." a florida official calling the move a dispersion of the will of the voters. actor mark wahlberg opening up why hollywood for vegas -- watch. >> the best of both worlds and i know a lot of people think las vegas they think this trip. but there was a whole lot other amazing areas and all about family, community and a chance to thrive. >> the actor said the beggar's move gives the whole family plenty of opportunities. he's hoping to mill factories for his shoe business and apparel line in sin city. those are your headlines, guys. >> brian: he is a machine.

unbelievable. >> ainsley: those kids play a lot of sports. >> steve: he gets up at 2:00 in the morning and he's probably watching, good morning. >> brian: he has great abs. [laughs] we will go to break. >> know we have plenty of time. >> ainsley: we are tossing to abby here. >> steve: because it is opening tape baseball, a brand-new season, teeing off today for the first time since 1968 he read all 30 baseball teams will play their first games on the same day. it is not staggering. >> brian: having breakfast with friends and still in houston with the world champion astros. abby. >> hey, guys might think i will need some new eardrums after this. we are having so much fun here. as you can see, some shooting

stars, rob schneider, the whole crew here. what do you think the excitement level is going to be later? >> the rodeo, the final four, the astros, will go to my show instead of. but there is a lot of good opportunities for people to have a great time in houston. max max betting on my show. >> how much money do you have on his show? >> $10,000. >> $10,000 is the payout. we will see if that happens, guys. >> brian: okay, it is good to see rob betting again. fantastic. >> ainsley: glad to know he will show up for his show. >> brian: he always makes it better when a star shows up. >> ainsley: of course. the only person that people come to see. no show joe's, remember george jones would not show up for his concert? >> brian: i didn't know that. >> ainsley: the biden administration rolling back key trump victory used to hold federal affairs employees lan

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♪ ♪ speak with the exercise of section 714 was not helping us necessarily manage our workflows as much as getting in front of federal judges and in front of administrative bodies. so, we just want to make sure we are exercising the authorities that we do have and we can exercise those transparently. >> brian: really veteran affairs defending the department's decision to roll back the va accountability and whistle-blower protection act creating more obstacles and the key tromped policy used too quickly discipline and fire employees for the first time. >> steve: here with reaction and i have a feel pete hegseth

"fox & friends," pete, that was allowed with discipline to fire people quickly. you know what, we don't need that. we have other stuff we can do. we don't need to fire people who do things incorrectly at the va. >> yeah, but what denis mcdonough said is bunk. what the left wanted to do from the beginning. you remember the panic scandal of 2014. hidden on secret list with the amount of weight time and they died on this list. thankfully donald trump signed va accountability act, my group fought hard for that bill. simply said you are an employee that does wrong at the va like hide a secret list you can be fired like any other employee in the private sector. unions hated it because it would set a precedent across other departments. people who love that said, this is exactly what we need. we cleaned house and put the right people in place and used

properly under the tromped administration. the minute the biden folks took office, they took aim at this bill. they took aim at the mission act signed in 2019, also signed by donald trump, which gave its choice. they are trying to stifled veterans choice as well. accountability and choice were centerpiece to changing the way fats get health care so they are honored and treated like heroes, not like numbers. this administration is trying to walk back every aspect of it. >> ainsley: people are concerned about, obviously, the military and national security, inflation, and also the crimetht story. a 14-year-old steals a toyota 4runner and head on crash kills someone you know, pete, the driver was sergeant jonathan keech. he has served our country and i know you were at the platoon leader in new york. tell us what you know and we are so sorry for your loss, pete. >> sergeant jonathan was a great

american and served with me in guantanamo bay. that is us at a reunion a couple of years ago and he is on the right side. a patriot, a hard work to my coworker, quirky, funny guy, people loved him. if there was action he would be there and a great soldier, eve 5, fourth squad first would tune second of the 113th and honor of serving with him for a year in guantanamo bay. one of those forgotten men and women who put on the line for all of us here then a couple of mornings, he is driving to work 6:30 in the morning. he is a mechanic for a local fire station, for a company that makes fire equipment. he has a mechanic. he's hit in a head-on collision by 14-year-old criminal. you know these criminal gangs in new york, new jersey, they used juveniles because they will get a slap on the wrist and be let go. the 14-year-old comes out unscathed and the sergeant was

killed on impact. and there is a memorial today. i have been in touch with all of the guys. he is beloved. this is rampant criminality and consequences of the 14-year-old dirtbag from a criminal who ends the life of an honorable, hardworking patriot just going to work. this is the consequence of lawlessness. i give my best to sergeant and his family and all the platoon and any vet who does the right thing for this country and is never honored. >> brian: just wandered to his side of the road and nothing he could have done. unbelievable. >> ainsley: he was young, 39 years old, right? >> 39 years old, beloved. rest in peace, sergeant. >> ainsley: thanks, pete purity fox news alert, two black hawk helicopters killing service members and we are live on the scene. plus new polling spells trouble for president biden as majority

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deaths reported after two u.s. army helicopters crashed overnight in kentucky. >> brian: the apparent collision in a training mission west fort campbell. >> ainsley: the correspondent stevie cotton live for us, steve e. >> good morning the beautiful sunrise is a stark contrast to the hearts people are waking up with this morning here in kentucky as we learn more about the military helicopters which crashed near fort campbell. details are coming in but at this point, we have learned this crash has sadly claimed the lives of some members of the 101st airborne division. as i mentioned, there is still a lot to learn but 10:00 p.m. last night, kentucky tennessee border, two helicopters crashed. they are make confirming on social media there are several casualties adding the focus is on the families. we still don't know how many service members died but the army did say the crash occurred

during a routine training mission as the cruise flew, the 2hh60 blackhawk and multiple counties responded to the crash site. reportedly those who live in this area heard loud booms the time of the crash. the governor took to twitter after midnight to ask for prayer. this crash comes a little more than a month after two national guard members were killed in a blackhawk crash in huntsville, alabama. the cause of that incident still under investigation. we don't know how last night's tragedy occurred, but we are hoping to learn more at 10:00 a.m. local time, brian, steve, ainsley. >> steve: thank you, ainsley. 27 minutes before the top of the hour plan your day ahead weather-wise, janice dean on the streets of new york. >> don't put away your winter gear because it is called the northern tier of the country as well as northeast. temperatures are ten, 28 chicago, 32 new york.

we have our next storm system ramping up out of the rockies. the low pressures in the plane states and another severe weather outbreak friday. you see that storm developing, oh, by the way a lot of snow across the mountains stretching to the northern plains and great lakes. a couple of systems we are watching, the one for tomorrow widespread severe weather including tornadoes. we need you to pay attention where you will get watches and warnings and parks weather.com will keep you up-to-date. the threat, against a significant threat for the memphis area paducah to the with gnomic western portion of chicago and east of des moines. the deadly tornadoes in mississippi towards alabama on the weekend and some of those areas could get hit again with severe weather. that is a big deal already a busy season in terms of severe weather this spring. we have a lot of weeks to go so we will keep you up to date, steve, ainsley, brian, over to

you. >> ainsley: thank you, janice. brand-new box both shows majority of democrats want somebody else besides president biden to run for oval office in 2024. >> steve: it comes donald trump double-digit lead republican field in the primary. it will be thicker as the poll has 54% ahead of ron desantis at 24%. >> brian: joining us now senator john kennedy, senator, first off on president trump doubling the number 2 spot, ron desantis, how do you assess that? what do you think it is? >> i think part of it having seen the poll, but part of it, the shenanigans in new york. many people with the attempted prosecution of the president is political. but look, brian, anybody who tells you polls don't magner is

looking at a poll they don't like, okay? but it is very early. it is very early. and i wouldn't sell -- i wouldn't sell my wedding ring and bet on the fact that the field is set on either side, republican or democrat. president biden's numbers among democrats about 55% of the people think -- they are not quite sure he is up to the job of being president or finishing his sentence for that matter. he could draw a position. i think gavin newsom would like to run. governor newsom, he's got pretty hair. [laughter] and i think he would like to run. and i am sure there are others. >> ainsley: pretty hair but ugly policies in california. i heard joe rogan talking about president biden putting the sentence together. what do you think of the nominee polls?

44% said they want to keep joe biden. >> those are not numbers for president biden. having said that, he is not going to announce that he will not run for reelection. he may run for reelection and for all i know he sure is acting like it. i would expect him to act like it. he doesn't want to become a lame duck any sooner than he has to. >> steve: you are absolutely right but the problem, senator, part of the fox news poll, 90% of those respondents say they are extremely or very concerned about inflation and higher prices. that is followed by crime at almost 90% as well. here is the thing, every time -- every day that the white house is not talking about inflation is a good day for them because it impacts everybody. >> well, most americans aren't really rich and they are not really poor.

they were in the middle. but they are unhappy. i don't blame them. they look around and see too many people at the top getting bailouts. too many undeserving people at the bottom getting handouts. and they are getting the bill. they are very worried about as they should be about their job in the economy. the president keeps telling them, "look, the economy is just fine," but it has not gone unnoticed amongst most americans. they have to sell blood to go to the grocery store. the 401(k)s are crashing and they are worried about their kids. they are worried some schools they are teaching the kids all white people are racist and all black people are oppressed and all women are victims. most american victims look at people individually and they are just not happy with the direction that america is going. and they are not sure if their future will be better than they

are present or past. >> brian: senator, have you decided if you will endorse anybody? >> i don't know, like i said, it is still very, very early. i will say it again, i would not sell my wedding band and that the field is set on either side. >> steve: but you would probably be endorsing the republican and not joe biden. >> oh, yes, you got that right. just a wild guess. >> ainsley: don't sell your wedding band. you would have a lot of explaining to do. >> i would, but you know, you can get a cheap one on the internet. >> brian: may be a couple hundred dollars. >> but it won't turn your finger green if you buy on the internet. >> brian: indeed, have a great day and thank you for dropping by. i love that guy. >> steve: coming up minnesota vikings wide receiver kj osborn will join us with a change to thursday night football and what it means for

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until the season started. our next guest said this will pose a challenge and his fellow players, they actually pause the talks until may. minnesota wide receiver kj osborn joins us now. kj, most of us watching will now play on thursday or sunday but tell us from the play were perspective what is so challenging? >> right, i appreciate you for having me on, first of all. but come out to a sunday game and back around to play on a thursday can come obviously, we play a very physical, you know i'm a hard game. to be able to turn that quick and get your body turned over and take the punches and the game plan. to have to play two games in a short period of time, tough from player safety trying to recover. we don't practice much those weeks. we play thursday night games and like trying to get your body right. and such intensity that we play, not getting that time to recover

in between is obviously pretty tough. and it is a thursday night game, prime time game and a chance for your team to be on the national stage in looking at it like that and everything from a player, definitely tough to turn over. >> brian: this next season, playing so good and such an attraction that emma amazon once to put you want but now a thursday game. so you love the days off but the turnaround twice is tough. kj writes this, games from sunday to thursday is a terrible idea for two reasons. player safety and also player safety is a priority. number two people spending hard-earned money to see the teams play. who is paying to change their plans? your thoughts. >> absolutely right. i think he is absolutely right. the things i touched on with player safety. it is hard to turn turn over that fast. i'm not getting hit all the time

as a receiver, hopefully but the linebackers, those linebackers, that is really, really physical, really taxing. and not getting a chance to recover all the way, that can put players in harm's way. and exactly what j.j. said, we pay money and that message telling me which games to play, people's birthdays and these are planned out like months in advance. so definitely puts our fans in a tough position and our fans are everything. >> brian: kj, have bad news, aaron rodgers will not be in your division and 39 years old and the packers. how does that make you feel? do you feel he has a lot of football left and the jets will eventually get him? >> hopefully. i'm hoping that he can get out in the division. obviously a tremendous player, hall of famer. i think he can play as long as he wants to.

two times a year and hopefully, they can finalize that. but i think he has a lot of good ahead of him and definitely hall of famer in my opinion. i'm not holding back. >> brian: okay, 39 years old, finally take over it seems. kj, thank you for your time. >> appreciate you. thank you. >> brian: straight-ahead commit is opening day major league baseball and live in houston, houston, texas, abby with friends having the time of her life. back with predictions next. also a big dancer, bill hemmer will not be allowed to dance but sits by the desk for two hours at least on his great show. bill, what you have planned? >> a football game. >> brian: ncaa. >> brian, good morning to you and play ball. a lot of breaking news to get to to, two helicopters went down last night and waiting for news from kentucky. waiting on the so-called manifesto from the national killer.

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♪ ♪ >> steve: it is opening day and for the first time since 1968, every team in major league baseball is going to play today. >> ainsley: opening day. we are swinging into the season with breakfast with friends in houston, texas. >> brian: abby is all over it a.k.a. the largest in history winning $75 million after the astros world series victory last year. take it away, abby. >> that is right but first let's talk to a couple of members of the shooting stars appear they will be at the game later today. what is the energy like when you are in the park? >> it is rambling and you can feel the crowd shaking cheering on the astros. get out there and get in it. it is amazing. >> what is the best thing about astros games? speak with the energy and tonight 6:08 pitch but get thert 3:00. that is when the doors open at

all the fun starts. >> 3:00, you heard it here, we move onto mattress map, you guys know this guy. [cheers and applause] thank you for being with us this morning. >> glad to be here, abby. first of all, wealth astros win this year? >> without a doubt. >> last year you won $10 million and then $75 million? >> paid it back to the customers but we made a lot of money. ♪ ♪ >> hopefully you make a lot of money this year and that means the astros would win. you have won a lot of money but you have given a lot. you help the victims of hurricane harvey when power outage and used them but what is your next cause and what are you focusing on? >> mississippi and the astros had a drive getting displaced to mississippi next week. helping the people there with the tornadoes last week. >> that is incredible and shows

your character. [cheers and applause] let's give it up for mattress smack and it shows your character. i know you have faith in god, family, country. can you talk to me about that? >> god, family, country, the astros brings the entire community together all races, colors, creeds, ages and the astros bring us together as a community and unifying force over the last several years. >> i have to ask you why the houston astros? >> because they win so much and they are good guys. [cheers and applause] >> that is right. so, for anyone who is watching today, which what are you looking forward? how good the houston astros are my friend will pitch. i never forget last year he came and bought furniture from us you were we said we would deliver it tonight and he said, no come on picking it up and jumped back in the truck and loaded the furniture himself and drove off with it. >> that is incredible. thank you for coming and good

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blowing there. it is cold. currently it is freezing, 32 degrees going for a daytime high of 46. >> cold. >> they have a flag. >> stay within yourself. >> bye, everyone, see you tomorrow. >> bill: good morning. awaiting details on an army training accident in southern kentucky. two blackhawk helicopters crashed last night resulting in multiple casualties. a news conference is in one hour. good morning at home. i'm bill hemmer. dana has time off this week. jacque heinrich is in today. you picked a busy day to be here. nice to have you >> thank you for that. happy to be with you this morning. this is "america's newsroom." this crash happened last night during what is described as a