your brother in an amazinghis partner on this project. check itk it out on fox nation. thank you, sir, great to see you. it is family-friendly. ithat is it tonight pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. "the life of jesus part 2" and think you were watching the special edition of "the ingraham angle," greg gutfeld. >> todd: a fox news alert, hours away from former president donald trump's arraignment in new york city. it is the first time in our country's history that a former president faces criminal charges and coverage will be in the courtroom before the hearing begins. you are watching "fox & friends first" on a tuesday morning. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i am ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the day of the dawn ahead of proceedings and it calls a big apple circus. we have team coverage with brooke singman live and former new york district attorney

richard who will give his legal analysis but first we go live to laura ingle, fox senior correspondent who is live in front of the courthouse in lower manhattan, laura, good morning. >> good morning to you guys. we have tight security here. we have a line of people that have been queued up here they started yesterday afternoon just to be in line to get a space inside of the courthouse for this historic arraignment this morning a former president donald trump. now, mr. trump arriving at trump tower yesterday and waving at his supporters. you see the tape. he is expected to arrive at manhattan court sometime around 1:00 this afternoon. we learned last night that trump's arraignment not be televised. only photos will be permitted to appear this after the defense argued it will create a circus light atmosphere with security concerns inconsistent with

president trump's presumption of innocence. law enforcement including nypd and fbi working to make this process as smooth and safe as possible. the secret service will accompany trump at all-time and that includes processing, fingerprinting and that booking photo we have been talked about. he is not expected to be handcuffed. lining the streets outside of trump tower yesterday when the former president is right now after arriving from mar-a-lago. new york city mayor eric adams urging everyone to keep it peaceful today. >> new york city is always ready and there may be some rabble-rousers thinking about coming to our city tomorrow. error messages clear and simple, control yourselves. new york city is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger. >> and we still don't know what these charges are. although the exact charges are under seal, president trump's

legal team will file a motion to dismiss the case. trump will turn himself into manhattan district attorney. alvin bragg facing 30 criminal charges, one expected to be a felony. trump's daughter-in-law lara trump last night. >> this must have cost the taxpayers in new york tens of millions of dollars. the security coverage for the situation and you said that over what? $130,000 completely local nondisclosure agreement payment? the sad part alvin bragg, the district attorney there in manhattan is supposed to be locking up criminals, supposed to be keeping the streets of new york safe. >> while it is relatively quiet right now, i can tell you behind the cameras is another penned area appear that is expected to be the same of a pro-trump rally hosted by marjorie taylor greene to protest against unprecedented

abuse of justice system and that will happen in a matter of ho hours. very active scene lower manhattan, back to you. >> brooke singman has more what will happen inside of the courtroom -- >> hey, good morning todd, ashley. former president donald trump will not be put in handcuffs at his arraignment later today. he reportedly will not have a mug shot but trump is facing 30 felony charges from alvin bragg's office. those charges will be revealed when unsealed at the arraignment today and joe detailing what we can expect. >> the courtroom three or four rooms back and that is what is extraordinary. it is so real it is shocking. but look we don't know what will be leaving more likely not guilty and we will go from there. >> trump to arrive at lower manhattan courthouse at 11

today. expected to close around 1:00 p.m. a little more than an hour before the arraignment is set to begin. trump can finish up in the courtroom as early as 2:30 p.m. the president hired an additional defense attorney ahead of today's arraignment in new york city. todd blanche successfully defend a former trump campaign chairman paul manafort joined trumps criminal defense team yesterday. he successfully defended man a fort from fraud indictment. meanwhile, trump is accusing alvin bragg of illegally leaking details about his leaking to the press. alvin bragg should do the honorable thing and indict him so. and stepped up security at trump tower and lower manhattan courthouse to prepare for today's indictment, ashley, todd. >> todd: 321 thank you very much. new york county sheriff who previously served as the county's d.a. richard, great to have you here.

hornbrook did a good job setting the table for us. do you anticipate surprises today? >> well there's a lot of rumors there is only one felony. but very quick proceeding to read them of his rights, and people answering they are ready for trial and the defense will weigh what we call former indictment. so not every trial will be read. the judge will do 1-2-5 this and that. how do you plead? and then a plea of not guilty. it will be a circus. i don't think we seen anything like this since o.j. simpson. it will be a combination of that. >> ashley: when you say a circus, lay it out for us. what do you mean? >> on all sides, first of all alvin bragg is the wrong person to be bringing the spirit he ran on a platform to get trump and

bragged no pun intended, he bragged about the cases aimed at the attorney general's office they brought one case against trump, attorney general james. in that case, let off holes in it. a lot of the text by motions. the circus atmosphere, i blame president trump for some of it, although people have a right to protest from a first amendment right. i think it sets a lot of individuals up for fail because they will show up to peacefully protest. if a few people start, then you could have a few people arrested to show up to support the president or oppose the president. and swept up in a rest. but nypd i'm sure he's taken all precautions. >> todd: let's drill down on the bragg thing you mention,

shane who represented trump in the impeachment, the trump needs to file three motions: one motion to dismiss, obviously you do that every single case in law. is the first issue take. a motion to recuse the judge and then three, motion to disqualify alvin bragg because, like you mentioned, he ran getting trump appear that literally was his campaign platform purity would agree with that strategy? >> what is excellent. what will happen for the set of motion schedule and trial date probably because of high profile case. and bragg, they have so many grounds to attack him on legally insane it is prosecution and he's got dirty hands going into it. listen, chuck schumer said something interesting in 2017 when trump laughter cia and fbi. chuck schumer's warned him publicly seven ways to sunday to get you. this is kind of what they have been investigating trump

nonstop. if you like trump rethink his policies are good, you will pose this and second its purity if you are a supporter of bragg or you believe he is the most eviln in the world, then you will rejoice in his indictment. but what will happen is there will be no change of venue. one thing they mentioned, they will not allow that to happen. trump making all the statements he makes and say, "i can't get a fair trial there." he's adding to the chaos so that's not a good strategy. they will not release in new york state city, also municipality state police are not allowed to release a booking photo and less on purpose. so this photo will be released by trump or it will be released unlawfully by somebody who leaks and out. we have already heard a number of leaks have gone into the media.

so again, this will be very much like o.j. simpson's 24/7, the attacks, the best attack they have is on the factual and legal basis of the indictment. remember the feds have passed on indicting him and the federal election did not make any referrals on these actions the statue of limitations issues are here because what they are trying to do is man strapped the fellow by taking a bunch of misdemeanors and keeping him on top of it. interesting from a legal standpoint. >> ashley: obviously, we will find out or today or at least what we know right now. richard giardino, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> ashley: of course, i fox news alert $4 a gallon following the news opec is cutting production. the surprise announcement of plans to cut more than 1 millioe u.s. oil prices soar to $80 per barrel. the timing of the move is setting off alarm bells as we head into the summer driving

season in the u.s. when retail gas prices are higher anyway. larry kudlow says opec is cashing on the turmoil in the u.s. listen to this. >> the american economy, line the pockets of the russians and the saudis and each pledging to cut production by 500,000 barrels in the latest announcement yesterday. they just lined their pockets and damage the american economy. you think alvin bragg left-wing progressive friends have considered that? do you think they ever consider and they were baloney sandwich? the former attorney bill barr called the epitome of prosecutorial abuse pathetically weak and crossing of the rubicon only to invite republican retaliation, but internationally makes the u.s. look like a weak kneed banana republic. >> ashley: the biden administration says it was given a heads up about opec's decision to slash output until

saudi arabia grade with the move. you may remember opec cut production in october, one month before midterms despite president biden to postpone that decision until politically convenient time. >> todd: all right, stores is the center of the world, uconn huskies the national champs once again after dominating san diego state aztecs last night's title game. >> ashley: jackie ibanez joins us with the epic march madness, good morning. >> hi, i know you are a big fan and must be happy. capturing the fifth national title in last night's ncaa men's championship game. take a look. >> this is becoming a family dynasty, if you will. tand the huskies have they were come true! >> their dreams coming true. they came in houston but hundreds of students back in

connecticut celebrating, you can bet that, causing quite a bit of chaos on campus. >> oh, my god! [screaming] >> so one rowdy group managed to take down a light pole, of course, using as a battering ram to smash the doors of a campus building. other students tore down a stop sign and flipped cars. the huskies had one of the most dominant rents in ncaa history winning a game by double digits. and closing the season with 76-59 win over san diego state. head coach continuing the family's generation of long basketball legacy said he could not have done it without the support of his loved ones, listen. >> we talked about all of the people in your life that got you to this moment. did you tell us about that? so many people in my life, my wife, andrea, my boys, my data, my brother, my mom, jersey city,

jersey city, jersey city, new jersey! >> the win particularly sweet for uconn's jordan hawkins and lsu angel reese. the cousins are both national champions. the lac leading tigers with first national title sunday 102-82 win over iowa. controversy with the window surrounding if the game officiated fairly. angel reese's sportsmanship is being called into question. a commentator keith olbermann calling her an idiot pointing to her ring finger taunting and iowa star. shaquille o'neal came to the l.a. stores defense slamming over men, leave angel alone. first lady joe biden suggesting both women's teams should be invited to the white house. reese laughing it off as a joke. with that march madness, my

friends is officially over. i'm so sorry, todd, what will you do with your time? >> i don't know but let's get to that jill biden thing. but you heard that quote that you played from dan herling. like he lives in connecticut and from new jersey celebrating all of this. this is -- let's make it about -- why do you have to ruin stores. rent the beautiful uconn campus. you won, you should be celebrating. don't break things. [laughter] jackie, uconn super fan, jackie ibanez. >> ashley: thanks, jackie. >> todd: from this earth to outer space, artemis 2 mission during last night's big game and appearance came hours after nasa announced a four person team set to be the first astronauts to take america back to the moon in more than half of

the century. >> ladies and gentlemen, your artemis ii crew! >> todd: they will be joined by canadian space agency's jeremy hansen and part of the mission back to the moon currently set for november 2024. interesting, there is nothing else happening november 2024. oh, wait the biggest presidential election. >> ashley: we are switching gears. if your parents and want to hear the story, one mother says 13-year-old son will never be the same again after laced with fentanyl. the family story as a warning for others. >> todd: plus, the white house downplays the reports that china was able to collect intel from u.s. military sites for for the spy flight was shot down. that is not what they told the american people. former dod official will be here live.

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in the meantime the north can expect a brutal snowstorm that could break snow records for the month of april. so far, delayed 5,000 flights and canceled over 800 others. this comes after more than 20,000 flights delayed yesterday and the tornado tore through mississippi, arkansas, alabama. 2024 presidential candidate nikki haley making a trip to the southern border sounding alarm on the lack of security and president biden's billing policies, watch. >> what i say to president biden is shame on you, shame on you because you are putting every single american at risk. this is a national security threat and allowing illegal immigrants to come across the border and putting weight on our law enforcement and hurting our family spirit they are going into our hospitals. shame on you, president biden president biden. this is your job, to protect the american people and you are not doing it. you don't deserve to be president. >> todd: the white house hopeful such that during the

border should be top priority for anyone running for president in 2024. cdp reported 1 million migrant encounters at the southern border. >> ashley: and out to a heartbreaking story out of georgia where a 13-year-old boy was in a coma for nearly three weeks back in january after school bullies forced him to smoke a fentanyl laced pen. the doctor say the young teens had a stroke and his mother says he will never be the same. her son, zach, thank you so much for being with us this morning to tell the story. linda, tell us what happen to your son. how did you find him? >> his sister is the one who found him passed out in the recliner. and she thought he was joking around at first because sometimes he will joke around with her. and she will try to wake him up and he won't wake up.

then she tickles him, then he will wake up. he will jump up and scare her. but this time he didn't. and she was in there to play a game and she told me, "he's not waking up." that is when i went in there and i tried to wake him up and i knew something was wrong. i called 911. the ambulance came in to the house to get him. and on the way when they were carrying him out, they dropped him twice going up the stairs. then when we got him in the ambulance, i rode up there with him. when they got him to the hospital, he flatlined. they had to bring him back. we couldn't figure out what happened to him or what was wrong with him. then the doctors started cutting his clothes off. that is when they found the vape inside of his underwear. >> ashley: it wasn't sure if it was fentanyl or something else until the doctor found it,

tested it and did blood work but how did they figure out it was fentanyl? >> they tested it and did blood work. >> ashley: doctors told you what they put him in a coma. he went into a coma. they said he may never come out of it, but he did. what were your feelings and what was going through your head when you got the news that he came out of the coma? >> when he came out of the coma, i was happy, crying at the same time and excited. it was like he was saying his first words again. >> ashley: what were his first words? >> his first words were, "i love you." and then he talked to this nurse and he told the nurse that she was a pretty girl. >> ashley: go on. >> after that, he started

talking, and he was talking at first. then he realized he was paralyzed on his left side. >> ashley: so let's talk about his recovery. linda, let's talk about his recovery. how is that going, how has that changed his everyday life for all of you? >> it has changed a lot. and he is starting to try to walk again. but he still has no movement in his left arm. they don't even think he will get the movement back in his left arm. his left arm is still paralyzed and he has to hold his arm up. but we are still going through therapy and we are hopeful in his arm start moving again. but it will take a lot of therapy. we still have a long road ahead of us. >> ashley: you said he was a straight-a student and obviously this is not something you

thought would happen to your son or family. what warning for other parents watching this right now? >> if your child comes to you and tells you they are being bullied, you need to take it seriously and do something about it. because this bowling has got to stop. i mean, it is going to far in athens ever being done about it. >> ashley: i have a question about that, you said apparently he got the vape at school. you send your kids to school thinking they are going to be safe. do you have any idea who these kids were and where they got it? >> we do know who the kids are and he told me some of the names, but he's trying to remember the rest of the kids were. and i just don't understand it. like i have talked to the school

and i asked the school, "look, why are y'all letting vape os and the school? "and they were also giving out pills and oxycodone. >> ashley: scary. mccoy said, guns and the school, why are you letting vape since the school? >> ashley: that is a good question and where they getting it? that is the thing they are 13, 14 years old and to bring it into school, lynda, i'm so sorry this happened to your family, and obviously my heart goes out to zach. we are praying for his recovery, praying for a full recovery for him. god bless you guys and good luck, lynda. >> and he lost his sight in his right i also do to the brain injury. >> ashley: awful, absolutely terrible. lynda, good luck to you. >> todd: what a world. the fact you can do this to

another human for bullying. >> ashley: bullying purposes at school. where you send your kids to be safe. republicans want to know if fbi agents to suppress the hunter biden probe. one former agent's girlfriend may have inside information. we will explain next. >> todd: americas two favorite ladies nancy pelosi and hillary clinton sitting down to discuss it, you guessed it 2016 election and ashley strohmier. >> interference and our democracy by vladimir putin will cost hillary clinton who fears most of the lack of in russia. we when we look at joe concha's take on that. keep it right here on "fox & friends first" first. bile has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life

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speed to the white house downplaying reports the chinese spy with sensitive military sites before shutdown in february. contradicting previous reassurance that they did not collect data. >> todd: alexandria hoff joins us with the details from alexandria. >> good morning todd, ashley the white house to respond after nbc news china said the sensitive sites was able to send back information to beijing in real time. senator josh hawley reacted to the report, "that is not what the biden administration told congress" they were confident no intel had been collected. utter incompetence. those spy flight was across the continental u.s. and the biden administration set a place to block information from being gathered. the white house drunk or be pushed back on the report yesterday. >> we are still exploiting and looking out and analyzing the material from this bible and we pulled off of the ocean. i don't want to get ahead of

that analysis. we did while that flew over the country, we exploded and analyzed it and we are confident because we knew where it was going. we were confident that didn't discover anything additive to what they could have gotten from other intelligence sources. >> at the pentagon added whatever intelligence gathered by china by the spy flight journey had little added value. but montana democrat jon tester once accountability writing this, "we knew all along china's invasion of the airspace was no accident. there is nothing more important than keeping america safe and i will hold the biden administration accountable to ensure freedom and privacy are protected. the pentagon added yesterday they believe the chinese spy craft was not able to gain much more information than satellites can already collect, ashley, todd appearance bill alexandra thank you. former director of national

intelligence john director says botched the spy flight from the beginning. listen. what they did in afghanistan, they deny and deflect and then when all else fails, they tried to blame someone else. they tried to say we didn't shoot it down because of safety reasons. that wasn't true. and they said the chinese weren't getting anything and we were able to block information. that wasn't true and then the trump administration, too and clearly did not. so, they were intentionally dishonest as they often have been, unfortunately when it comes to national security issues. it is cover up to one failure after another. >> ashley: robert spalding served as a strategist for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and joins us live now. you know what stood out to me, oh, well didn't gather anything surveillance wouldn't have already gotten peer that is not

going to make us feel safer. that begs the question are we saved from homeland security standpoint? >> we are absolutely not. a lot of people are focused on the southern border. but the balloon should we have problems in the northern border as well. essentially he failed to invest and protect a home that we spent a lot of money on employing military but when it comes to border security and understanding error airspace and comes to understanding the area around the united states, we have done a poor job in investing in that. we need to over the next 5-10 years invest more. >> todd: let's go back to don kirby said in february because it is concerning on a number of levels. listen. >> no specific reason to suspect they were conducting surveillance of any kind. no overarching concern for the american people the skies are full of attack balloons. speak with the leading

intelligence community says for benign purposes whether commercial or scientific research. >> todd: i mean, look, he's either lying or john kirby referenced is an apt, it? >> the head of nor come came to congress and said, look you guys haven't given us the money to protect our northern borders. and the balloon clearly shows that we have problems in detecting these things. that is why we had to adjust the raiders to be able to have more information about it but still that is not enough. we need to invest to fix the systems to understand what is coming. the balloon can do a lot of things in terms of telling for chinese the ability to defend ourselves and know what coming is. >> ashley: you made the point the u.s. spent all of this money fighting the wars overseas and not paying attention to the homeland and what is going on in america. so what do you think with everything we know right now and

all the information coming out right now, some things but not as much as like i said earlier with surveillance already gather, what should we be focusing on right now? what is most important? >> well, as we invest in infrastructure in the united states after having not done so for 30 years, we need to think about the infrastructure that supports not only our overall homeland defense, but how do we ensure that our grid doesn't go down? how do we ensure our intelligence doesn't go down? and not just these approaches but the digital things we depend on as a nation. those are also extremely vulnerable as we have seen them being a tech time and time again. if there is a war over taiwan, i think one of the things we will see is chinese attacking the homeland in various ways to go after the infrastructure. >> todd: tomorrow house speaker kevin mccarthy will

meet in california with the taiwanese president. your take on this meeting and do you think china will retaliate? >> oh, they will absolutely retaliate but with that being said, mccarthy needs to meet with the president of taiwan. to think china will do what china is going to do with regard to taiwan appear there is no way to influence them not to attack back. what we can influence is their decision in terms of what they think about the u.s. response to that will be peer that starts now. we can't wait until something happens. i think it is important that mccarthy -- with that being said, that will not dictate whether china invades peer they have already decided they want to do that. it is about when that time happens. >> todd: brigadier general robert spalding, we appreciate your time, thank you very much. "the wall street journal" editor in chief is condemning the detainment of american reporter evan gershkovich but believes he

is not being mistreated, watch. >> we are reassured by the officials that he is okay, eating, and not mistreated. soak until such time when we have our own confirmation, obviously we are worried. it is assault on the freedom of the press and something we should be concerned about. >> ashley: evan gershkovich arrested on espionage charges and held in russia was notorious prison according to russia's state media. he is filing an appeal against his arrest. >> ashley: matt matt demands the girlfriend of -- preserve her records after tweet suggesting she had in insider information about hunter biden's laptop. melissa morgan grandsons deleted account and she knew about whistle-blowers that claimed the fbi agents shut down the case surrounding the president's on. some of those tweets include the anonymous whistle-blowers are lying and you will find out soon

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>> ashley: the doomsday mom changing hair from blonde to brown hair and the jury selection of her trial. she and her husband are charged with conspiracy and murder in the deaths of her two children, 7-year-old j.j. and 16-year-old peer at the prosecutors say they

preach doomsday messages to further allege plan to kill their kids to collect social security and survivor benefits. both have maintained their innocence. if convicted, they face life in prison. the san francisco mayor slam for seeking federal aid to curb the city's crime and homeless crisis after long time advocate for you guessed it defining the police. the san francisco police association calling out london breed's, stop eating what you need. obviously no one else is going to go and deal with this problem, but the police you have thrown everything on a so you know what sacrifice, to stop trying to break us down because you need us to deal with it. the mayor's plea for federal assistance as skyrocketed in the city over 100 external overdoses between january and february of this year. >> todd: unreal. los angeles d.a. george gascon

has begun providing shuttle services for his staff to and from their cars for their own safety. reaction to the search and public transportation went up 24% and the internal memo says "secure incidents with confrontations initiated by members of the public have occurred to the employees assigned to specific center area while walking between vehicles or transportation area and the office. los angeles d.a. joints may now. how dangerous has it gotten for d.a.s like you to go to work? >> los angeles county has just gotten extremely dangerous and crime is on the rise and it's like the wild, wild west out here. george gascon's policies working so well, he has to have the d.a. investigators provide transportation from parking to the train station to half-mile to the hall of justice. so, we need protection and transportation just to get to

work to do our job. >> todd: i know this area well. i used to hang out and go to philippe's for a sandwich. to think this entire area is so unsafe that the d.a. shows george gascon cannot protect its own people. how can he protect the entire city of l.a.? 585 robberies and 1,300 aggravated assaults and it's not getting better. i want to switch gears, l.a. county backtracking on so-called deep perspiration effort that would be released criminals would bail $50,000 or less but the crimes that are actually being waived off or would have been waived off under the proposal are shocking. we are talking child molestation, battery, assault with a deadly weapon. who proposes something like t this? >> that was the question i had when i first heard about it. on friday, supervisor tried to

slip in and sneak by a proposal by the board of supervisors that would release criminals onto the streets. it is no secret we are dealing with a crime wave right now. he would think it is a good idea to release violent offenders onto the streets immediately with no review of prior criminal history of the charges, the actual facts of the case? like you said from the beginning commit the d.a.s cannot walk through the civic center to get to work. now they want to release violent criminals onto the streets? it is mind-blowing. >> todd: from your perspective as a d.a. end up with these people in jail, what goes through your mind when someone is trying to put them out of jail and quite frankly, let's face it back on the street to commit more crimes? the research says the rate of people released for these crimes is going to be way, way higher than you would expect. >> yes, it is extremely

frustrating for the d.a.'s office and law enforcement when catching and releasing people and you see the same people coming in and out like a revolving door. one of the charges as organized retail theft, smash and grab robberies. those individuals are being released into custody under this new policy that is put forward. child molestation, people distributing child pornography, sexual assault, battery. we don't want these people on the street. the board of supervisors has one job and that is to protect the public pier they were so busy protecting criminals and enabling criminals that they forget about the victims peer of the district of mercy's law the california constitution, and tried to couch the policy as a humanitarian crisis. the really humanitarian crisis is people are not safe nla here they are fling like refugees to other states and counties to

protect them. we are trying to do our job and people need to recognize their own constituents and start protecting them and out the criminals that prey upon these individuals. >> todd: she is referring the matter back to her office to reevaluate to see if it is a good idea. maybe she got the message her approach is horrible and won't work and will make l.a. a lot safer. appreciate it, shea sanna. now a fox news alert if you are waking up with us this morning we are hours away from former president donald trump's arraignment right here in new york city. >> ashley: we will ask joe concha about the late-night decision on cameras in the courtroom. plus tomi lahren will tell us how she sees this playing in the 2024 election. we have a jam-packed 5:00 hour on deck. don't miss a minute. ♪ ♪

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president trump's arraignment in new york city, it is the first time in our country's history a former president faces criminal charges and cameras will be in the courtroom before the hearing begins. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier. the day of the dawn ahead of the proceedings being called the big circus. brooke singman has more. >> brooke: former president trump will not be put in handcuffs at his arraignment later today. he is facing charges from alvin bragg's office, the charges will be revealed at the arraignment later today. one attorney joe tacopina detailing what we can expect. listen. >> joe: he'll be in the courtroom about three or four rows back, what is extraordinary is that tomorrow is actually