records. not accusing her of anything, you know what this is about, calls for ethics rules involving the supreme court. the left hopes it is their way to move the supreme court to the left, because they have to take down every institution left in america. set your dvr, stay connected with us. thank you for watching. >> todd: a fox news alert, house oversight committee subpoenaing the fbi for a document a whistleblower says describes a criminal scheme involving then vice president joe biden. you're watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. the president accused of taking money from a foreign national in exchange for policy decisions, while he was serving as president obama's second in command. >> todd: a decision coming down in the federal criminal

investigation of hunter biden. >> the proverbial walls are closing in and it is incredible he would create this drama in arkansas when you have the delaware criminal investigation into him looking to be coming to a head this week. you've got his father now being accused by a new whistleblower. you have the oklahoma oversight committee is closing in on a lot of the financial records. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has more from washington. lucas. >> lucas: good morning. who doesn't involve a little controversy. there is new information from a whistleblower involving then vice president biden in a pay to play scheme. we have credible information

that this possible criminal activity took place and i can't verify whether or not it is really a criminal activity, but i do have faith in it is whistleblowers that bring it to me that this document exists. >> lucas: in a letter, grassley and comer say the whistleblower "describes alleged criminal scheme involving then vice president biden and a foreign national relating to exchange of money for policy decisions," and alleged the document includes description of how the criminal scheme was employed and its purpose. the white house responding to the allegations, "for going on five years, republicans have been lobbying unfounded, unproven attacks against the president and his family without offering evidence of decisions influenced by anything other than personal interest. take a look, he offered

unprecedented level of transparency releasing 25 years of tax returns to the american public. here is senator josh hawley and ted cruz. >> there needs to be no hiding, the whole public, the mensh people, need to see this document and what the allegations are, what the evidence is and what the truth is and get it right now. >> i think the biden department of justice will indict hunter. if they indict him for the gun crime or tax crime, they will try to explain he's a troubled soul with substance abuse issues. that will be the tell if they focus on individual crimes to hunter and make this a public concern, which is the connection to joe biden. >> lucas: grassley and comer have not said when this took place or what country was

involved. >> todd: let us bring in former u.s. defense intel officer rebekah koffler, are the walls closing in on president biden? >> rebekah: i believe they are and will present the evidence that president biden is compromised. i mean issue the whistleblower's allegations are consistent with the behavior of president biden and his family, specifically hunter biden, described in miranda devine's book. it is very clear what was going on, it is pedalling influence to foreign governments. remember 10% for the big guys? the only way the democrats are saying there is no evidence, but the only way to actually uncover specific evidence is to investigate and the doj and fbi

are not investigating the matter. if that were the other side, the republicans implicating the investigation would immediately happen. >> ashley: talk about federal agencies for a second. there is a lot we don't know. republicans want to know what the doj has done with this information, if they acted on it or not or if they looked into it. you served on u.s. intelligence and said the government agencies have changed over course of time. elaborate on that. >> rebekah: i was on the russia and putin target and saw politicization of intelligence. what do i mean by that? the intelligence community and law enforcement community like the fbi and doj, they are supposed to serve the american people, uphold justice and investigate. what i have seen is that what happens is the threats of

politicized, right? i warned for years intelligence community about putin's plans and wrote "putin's play book, russia secret plan to defeat america." obama wanted to do a reset with putin, be friends with him and therefore the warnings were ignored and now we're caught blind-sided and unprepared for this. and we are wasting billions of dollars. another thing that happens, remember the 51 senior intelligence officials who said, lying knowingly to the american pe people, that the hunter biden story was russian disinformation and it wasn't, that was a lie. the terrible, maligant nant, like cancer. there are a lot of good people,

but management and higher ups are compromised. >> todd: it was said a decision to bury a document like this, from the world, had to come from one of two people. christopher wray or merrick garland, once joe biden took office. when you hear things like that, as you have studied putin and the kgb and soviet style use of apparatus to benefit the elite, is that what is happening in our intel world right now? cia, fbi, to benefit the ruling class? >> rebekah: 100%. they have become the american version of the kgb, just like the kgb serves the interest of putin and the putin regime and back in the soviet union union, serves communist party and not the russian people, that is what we see today. the stifling the voices, the

whistleblower, who disclosed these potential schemes, but when it comes to the whistleblower who alleged that president trump had some sort of improper dealings or put pressure on zelenskyy, he was celebrated. they jumped on that, but in this case, they are trying to bury the story. yes, they have become a u.s. version of the kgb, intelligence agencies and law enforcement. the upper echelon, there are honorable people, but they are mismanaged by corrupt officials, particularly in the biden administration. >> todd: it is important to make one clarification, we've been talking about influence pedalling with the biden administration for years. influence pedalling, let's call it not nice, when you call it bribery, bribery is a crime and that is what was alleged in this whistleblower document and why

this has been elevated from that is not good to that is criminal. ash. >> ashley: obviously ukraine and russia, ukraine and veals denying russia allegations that ukraine tried to kill putin with a drone attack on wednesday. watch this. >> we don't attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory. we're defending our cities. >> ashley: your thoughts, rebekah? >> rebekah: there are three possible scenarios. the most likely one, this is a false flag operation orchestrated by the russians. what do i mean by that? the russians have staged this whole thing to justify a massive escalation in the ukraine war. right? scenario number two, yes, i don't rule out the possibility that the ukrainian did attempt a

strike on the kremlin issue but that is not likely because that would be suicidal. that would give putin the justification to just unleash a massive strike on kyiv, targeting residents of zelenskyy. the timing is suspicious, few days from may 9, victory day from the russians in world war ii, they call the great patriotic war and a sacred day for the russians. it would be very convenient for putin to just stage something like that to demonstrate to the russian people that look, you are under attack. russia is attacked and it is not just ukraine, but the wests, that is the narrative putin is trying to propagate and that would galvanize the people who are anti-war. small russian population is

still anti-war and third scenario by a third party, more investigation needed, but we may never find out exactly what happened and whether anything did happen because we're talking russia. not like it will allow western investigators to do forensic analysis. >> ashley: there is a phrase, the timing is suspicious and i think calculated, that is my opinion. rebekah, thank you for your time, we appreciate it. to a fox news alert, suspect accuse of opening fire in atlanta hospital waiting room is in custody. police are searching for a motive for the attack that leaves one woman dead and four still fighting for their lives this morning. >> todd: brooke singmanin jos us live. the suspect's mother blames his medications. >> brooke: atlanta police captured dion patterson. it began before noon yesterday, when the suspected shooter

became belligerent while waiting for an appointment at northside hospital, when he pulled out a handgun spraying the waiting room with bullets and fled on foot, before hijacking a truck. and patterson was found hiding just outside atlanta and with the help of uniformed officers took him into custody without incident. >> not only did law enforcement bring this man into custody, they kept our community safe during an eshg normously tense afternoon and evening. he had an appointment at the facility and again, why he did what he did, all that is still under investigation. >> brooke: learning more about patterson, including discharge from coast guard in january after five years of service. it is still unclear whether it was honorable. his mother claims he was at the

hospital because he was unhappy with the care he had been receives from department of veteran affairs and says the va gave him mesed up medication and all he wanted was atavan. our deepest sympathy are with the families, coast guard is working with local authorities in the investigation. all five victims were women, they have not been identified and police say the four surviving victims are in critical, but stable condition. >> ashley: such a horrible story, thank you for that report. united states navy is turning to drag queens to attract new recruits. watch this. ♪ >> [indiscernible] -- ♪

>> ashley: joshua kelly is an active duty navy member who doubled as a drag queen. kelly, whose stage name is harvey daniel, is the face of the recruitment drive despite his social media platforms claims he is not endorsed by the department of defense or navy. last year the navy barely met quota of new active duty sailors and only managed to recruit 982 new reserve officers well short of goal of 1400. former navy seal who helped kill osama bin laden is outraged by the woke campaign. the u.s. navy is using enlisted soldier drag queen as recruiter. i'm done. china is going to destroy this. you have this navy, i can't believe i fought for this

expletive. >> matthew lomer says the agenda alienates majority of recruits. listen to this. >> i have to wonder who it is they think they are appealing to in recruiting process by hiring drag queen as digital ambassador, they are not incentivizing men and women to stick around if they believe in the western nuclear family, as we often refer to it. they don't want their kids around this stuff or participate in this stuff. it is not true it is helping recruiting efforts. what is surprising, not that it is taking place, we knew this was taking place more and more. what is surprising, senior military leaders continue to push an agenda like this, despite it is hurting recruiting efforts and retention and can't

help our readiness. >> ashley: later this morning, we'll be joined by andrew rose, who was released for refusing to comply with the covid mandates. >> todd: florida legislature passes bill making it crime for trans people to use restrooms that go with their gender identity. those who violate the new bill could be charged with a second-degree misdemeanor. it is on governor desantis's desk and expected to be signed into law. led to 14 protesters being arrested yesterday as they protested the bill and slew of others they say target drag shows and the lgbtq community. they chanted and refused to leave until the governor agreed to a sit down. >> move.

move. [chanting] >> todd: protesters were charged with misdemeanor trespassing. and they said it wasn't going to happen, but it has. new york becoming the first state in the nation to pass law banning gas stove and fossil fuel in new buildings, legislature approving $229 billion state budget which prohibits gas hook-ups in new construction, include houses. new buildings must be fully electric by 2026. city and county do not have the authority to overrun the ban, the fossil fuel industry will challenge this in court. >> ashley: if you renovate your old home? i have a question about that. >> todd: do you want a home in new york? that is a good question, how far do you go in the renovation to institute new construction? great question.

also, i thought the left said that the right is getting fired up about this for no reason, this would never happen. what did i just read? this happened and nordstrom joining businesses shuttering locations due to ramp in crime. we have the scathing message from the mall to city leadership. >> ashley: listen to this. >> the mental confusion of this boy is in jeopardy by allowing mentally confused men to use women spaces. why are we comfortable with this? >> ashley: kids are standing up and fighting back against woke school policy allowing biological males to use women's restrooms. wait until you hear the rest of this story. ♪

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>> todd: manhattan da bragg investigating the death of a homeless man that had been acting erratically. a marine veteran put him in a headlock and other passengers

stepped in to restrain him. he passed out and ems workers were unable to revive him. "none of us who were there thought he was in danger of dying, we thought he passed out or ran out of air," and the marine was taken into custody, but released without charges. the "new york post" saying his behavior likely stemmed from the recent murder of his mother by his step-father. and soros-backed gardener caught pursuing a nursing career. she refused to prosecute violent criminals. she is taking classes because she knows the end of her prosecuting career is near. we have evidence she is not doing her job and doing something else instead. she needs to vacate the office and resign immediately, she

should have months ago, clearly she has no interest in discharging her obligation. the case against gardnere will move to willful negligent. >> ashley: and nordstrom is shutting both stores citing outbreak of crime. it is the 20th retailer closing. westfield maul explained the drastic move saying a growing number of retailers and businesses are leaving the area due to unsafe condition for customers, retailers and employees coupled with the fact these significant issues are preventing economic recovery of the area. jenny feldman, a residents, joins me now. you said that you remember this area as being beautiful. what do you think of it now? >> yeah, it is really unfortunate, downtown san francisco is chaotic and

dangerous. there are open-air drug scenes. the police are not arresting people for public use and sale of deadly drugs like fentanyl. >> ashley: what do you think caused this? >> well, i think that the big picture thing is proposition 47, a law that decriminalized smaller amounts of illegal narcotics from felony to misdemeanor and i think that it is hard for the police to motivate, to do an arrest for misdemeanor drug possession when in the past that would have been a felony and i think the police have been hampered by our police commission, which ties them up with paperwork and regulation and keeps them off the street and doing paperwork for every arrest they do. >> ashley: that is a common theme, the police's hands are tied and hard to do anything when leadership makes rules and no other way to put it, the

police can't do anything. you said what you think caused it. what fixes it? >> three things we could do now. the mayor can absolutely dispatch or command the police department to dispatch additional officers to the downtown area and start making arrests, even if just misdemeanor. a misdemeanor arrest would tie up a drug dealer for a couple hours and be a huge hassle, he would lose his drug supply and money and the message would go out that san francisco issic taking drug possession seriously. the police commission needs to be reformed. board of supervisor need to look at radical anti-police people on the commission and pull them out and put on people who are more supportive and understanding of the difficult job our officers are in right now. and then i think, third of all,

we need to take a look at revoking sanctuary protection for fentanyl dealers. we do not require it for other felons and fentanyl should be in that category. >> ashley: that is what i was going to ask about now. a new poll shows people in san francisco revoke fentanyl dealers with 70% of likely voters say they want to strip sanctuary rights to felony fentanyl dealers. were you shocked it was only 70% considering what happened lately? >> yes, i think people understand fentanyl is a different deal than any drug in the past. it is deadly, addictive, users need to buy a new supply every couple hours because length of time their high lasts so they are out on the street doing things to get that next supply

of drugs. it is a massive problem and we understand thatter hoo. i am disappointed the board of supervisor is not -- supervisor, matt dorsey saying we need to revoke sanctuary protection for fentanyl dealers. >> ashley: that is my follow-up, if this is what the vast majority of voters want or it would happen considering the leadership and it is concerning that only one jumped onboard with that. thank you if are your time this morning, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, ashley. >> ashley: you're welcome. this unbelievable video of virginia police officer nearly being crushed by a speeding teen driver. now luckily the officer was able to walk off from this. the chief is here with a message for everyone before getting behind the wheel. >> todd: listen to this, 13% of america's eighth grade students are up to speed in u.s. history.

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>> todd: new court document obtained by "wall street journal" reveal financier jeffrey jeffrey epstein private calendar and meetings with several powerful figures. larry summers, who served under bill clinton asked jeffrey epstein for help securing million dollar donation to fund online poetry project his wife was working on and the schedule included meetings with woody allen and former israelis prime

minister at his residence and jeffrey epstein met with linkedin founder hofman and leon black. jackson mahomes, brother of patrick mahomes was arrested yesterday for an incident at a kansas restaurant. a judge barred mahomes and his attorney from speaking publicly about the charges, but the two deny the accusations in march. the 22-year-old was released on bond and will appear in court next thursday. >> ashley: a california high school student taking a stand against her school board for allowing biological male to use the women's locker room after altercation between the female classmate and trans student who has history of violent and

erratic behavior. >> hello, ladies and gentlemen, why are we affirming mental confusion of this boy and putting the safety of women in jeopardy by allowing mentally confused men to use women's spaces. what about the girls who are female down to our d.n.a., why do we not get a say whether we are comfortable with this, the truth is we aren't. >> ashley: the school board says the transgender student has been expelled. >> todd: 13% of eighth grade students ranked proficient in u.s. history last year, lowest level on record. >> ashley: jane hampton cook, historian and contributor at the hill, thanks for getting up with us this morning. we've seen this in reading and math across the country, especially recently. this was startling, u.s. and

american history. what are the chances it has anything to do with the past three, 3-1/2 years, the kids have seen statues of columbus being dragged down. >> it has a lot to do with that. our culture is not affirming american history proficiency. it is really sad, but not surprising we would see such a drop in proficiency. there are ways to fix that. i have a book called "the submarine and the spy" for eighth graders and up and can be taught as literature, it is the hero's journey and can be taught in american history because if is about the american revolution. be creative and combine subjects to combine subjects at once and bring up proficiency levels. >> todd: test scores reveal

largest drop in math scores, specifically with reading scores, look at that, dropping 5 and 8 points in math and 3 and 3 points in reading. jean, i would argue that not only is the approach that education is taking wasting time on things that don't matter like renaming schools and i argue that what is being taught in schools when it comes to histories anti-american, basically saying america is a bad place with bad history and we do bad things, instead of building up the excitement and all it means to be american. how can we reveterans both trends? >> i think we have to adopt new curriculum. i'm in north carolina right now, about to attend a conference with classical conversations, largest home school group in america. they teach writing by using stories from history. it is really story that captures emotion and telect and sometimes

students get bored with history when it is fact, fact and date, date. when you engage them in stories that help them remember, that develops intellect. take a look at how can we, parents are going to school board meetings, look at curriculum, if it is anti-american, challenge that. are you prioritizing u.s. citizenship or global citizenship? i've seen that in my school district. there are ways to do it. it is time for parents to step forward and make a difference in that way. >> ashley: we have seen parents be villainized when they step forward. there are several of them and even kids step up and speak their mind. jane, youed homeschooling. what do you think of the future of school and going to school and getting on the school bus? do you think parents will see numbers and say, i'm not going

to send my kid to school, i will homeschool them, do you think that is something they will see in the future? >> the homeschool movement is growing. i used to send my kid to public school, now i switched to homeschooling, he is a special needs kid, it works better for him. we have seen increase in homeschooling and you can tailor curriculum and pick it and figure out what is best for your kid and how your child learns the best. we'll see emphasis in that. in 2000 26, america will celebrate 250th birthday and i'm trying to get books out to help with american history literacy so we can better understand our nation's history when we reach 2026 and like to see that number of 13% go away and get higher for eighth graders. >> todd: histories awesome, i want to read and watch history

because i think it is fascinating. a comedian has a joke, middle age dads are preparing for a big final exam because in spare time all guys middle age watch like world war ii history programs, it is fun, hope kids get that message. jane hampton cook, thank you. chicago one of the most dangerous cities in america, guess what they are using police stations for? a hints, nothing to do with the crime crisis, everything to do with the border crisis. >> ashley: speaking of the border, looks like vice president harris is switching gears for a task she can actually handle. could she become america's new ai czar? oh, no. we'll explain next.

>> ashley: democratic white house hopeful robert f kennedy jr. is putting chaos at the border on the biden

administration's policies. border officials say the suspected shooter was deported at least five times before the attack. kennedy taking to twitter, it is possible to be pro-immigration and pro-closing the border? yes. america should be haven of prosperity open to migrants who will contribute to society. we have chaos at the border, trafficking. it is inhumane and a nightmare. president biden says he will deploy 1500 agents to the border only to help with paperwork as title 42 is set to expire next week. texas governor greg abbott hitting back on claims from new york city mayor eric adams. >> governor abbott sent asylum seekers to new york, black mayor, to washington, black mayor, to houston, black mayor. i cannot ignore the fact that

governor abbott sent higrants only to cities with black mayors and it is undermining our cities. >> new york and chicago are self-declared sanctuary cities, you would think they would be asking for me to bus migrants to their cities. laura, there are more people coming across the border every single day than migrants that are in chicago or new york. and this is not a texas problem. this is a united states problem. and it is the responsibility of new york and chicago and the entire country to deal with the problem caused by joe biden and joe biden's open border policies. >> ashley: more than 53,000 migrants have entered the city shelter system over the last year to compare that, over 73,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border just in the last 10 days. over in chicago, police stations are reportedly becoming

overwhelmed, doubling as migrant shelters. sources say migrants are sleeping in the lobby of at least two police stations and migrants who do not have adequate showers and bathrooms are sick and vomiting, leaving officers to clean up the mess. one source from chicago police department tells fox, there was an 11 year old girl sitting on the floor by themselves. i explained to them not to go outside, my station is in a bad neighborhood. if the young girls walk out there, they will be targeted. another outraged cpd source calling out the city policy saying this is a dangerous situation that arose from ridiculous sanctuary city policy. they clearly do not have a plan to deal with it and placing the cops in undue risk. everyone is at risk. >> todd: sanctuary city policy supposed to help migrants, unreal. vice president kamala harris set

to meet with top tech ceos to address concerns over ai as part of rebranding process for the vice president. is our embattled border czar about to become the new ai czar? jake denton, research associate at heritage foundation joins me now. kamala harris does not appear to be a tech expert, so why is she being used for this task? >> i think you nailed, this is a pr stunt. everyone's eyes are on this issue, this is emerging policy frontier and they are attempting to elevate her. this is high-stakes issue for us to be rolling dice on a pr effort. there are a ton of things to consider with electoral consequences and daily news coverage. it will have dramatic impact on society and it is a concern it will be under her policy

portfolio. >> todd: the vice president netting 43% approval rating according to fox news polling. i think you hit the nail on the head, the white house handlers in the white house believe by giving her something they believe she has a better chance of succeeding on like ai versus the borders, she will brandish her image and do a better job. could this backfire in light of the fact ai is complicated and i will put this delicately, she hasn't demonstrated aptitude for complex, much less for simple, school buses and basic sentence structure. >> absolutely correct. this is no easy issue, this is tech technical. there is lack of talent and understanding in washington in general, to think she will come in with unique perspective is probably unwise. this will have a very

complicated regulatory process. we're going to have to go through debate about -- what does safety mean in this space. we have already basically passed conversations, so looking out ahead, it is important to critique this policy portfolio just like we critique the board issue. there is no going back, we set the foundation and this will be our path for the foreseeable future. >> todd: i worry this approach is unserious and that is scary in light of what i'm about to read. one expert warn about the danger of bad actors in i ia, microsoft chief economist mike schwartz says we should worry about ai being used by bad actors to cause damage. jake, i fear he is right. do you agree? >> yes, also the job loss thing i don't think is paranoia, ibm

said 7000 jobs could be aught mated away. look at twitter and under almost every video you see debate on the media file. people are concerned over whether or not people are duplicating or creating false imagery for news coverage. whether deep takes, telephone scams, all these technologies amplify that ability to deceive public perception. there are threats from jobs to deceiving people. huge consequences here, big for people to take on. >> todd: top of her policy portfolios, good luck humanity. jake denton, appreciate your time. a whistleblower says there is proof joe biden was part of a criminal scheme involving a foreign national and the fbi and doj have known about it.

we'll tell you what comes next. >> ashley: pay for play scheme allegedly happened when biden was barack obama's vp, which makes this lecture from the former president pretty ironic. >> it also means creating an information environment that reinforces, rather than erodes democracy, one in which truth matters. >> ashley: we'll tell you what else obama has to say. keep it right here on "fox and friends first." * *

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>> todd: a fox news alert, house oversight committee subpoenaing for a document that a whistleblower says describes a criminal scheme involving then vice president joe biden. you're watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning, i'm todd piro.

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