lawrence it's 8:00 on the east coast, monday, february 24, this is "fox and friends." french president macron meeting with president trump today on the third anniversary of the russia war in ukraine. >> the negotiations are happening as we speak. we have been all hands on deck. >> brian: plus, germany election results catching attention. we are taking note in the united states, the president did. we'll tell you why you should care. start your engines. indy car, first season on fox, making a pit stop on fox square. final hour of "fox and friends" starts now, you have something to say, brian. >> brian: adam should know we took a wide shot and know he's not driving. looks easier to get in than the other one. >> lawrence: you almost ripped

your pants. "fox and friends" starts now. happening today president trump hosting french president macron hoping to advance peace talks between russia and ukraine. >> brian: alex is live in kyiv. alex. >> the three-year mark. memorials are underway and group of european leaders and dignitaries have arrived in kyiv for that. zelenskyy said this, writing three years of resistance, three years of gratitude and heroism of ukrainians. i'm proud of ukraine, everyone defends and supports it. this weekend he told reporters he would step down if it means peace ornato membership. he will not sign a deal that will crush future generations.

u.s. envoy witkoffs this deal could be signed this week. >> president trump: we'll get our money back. it's not fair, just not fair. we will see. i think we're pretty close to a deal and better be close to a deal. that has been a horrible situation. >> across the country millions are living with consequences of this war. we visited a group of wounded ukrainian soldiers recovering from battle injuries. some say talk of ceasefire and giving up land they fought to protect feels cruel. >> makes me very angry. i don't know a lot of people fighting, getting injured, fighting and saying that i can stop it in moment right on, i don't understand it. >> french president emmanuel

macron is visiting white house today and british prime minister keir starmer will visit on thursday, floating idea of sending british peace-keeping troops evera a ceasefire. u.s. secretary of defense pete hegseth said, something we've heard and reiterating the message the u.s. will not seen troops to ukraine. back to you. >> brian: i guess you cannot bury the fact how well ukraine has fought. they shocked everyone. three years later, russians can't move, they have five times population, if not more and lost 800,000, close to a million, half of which are dead because the ukrainians know how to fight. >> absolutely, great point. speaks to the strengths of the soldiers. the soldiers we talked with were quite young, a lot of soldiers

were in high school when they enlisted. one of the men, yan, lost his arm, he was 19 and a year later lost his arm. he said he wants to go back and serve again. that is testament to what ukrainian president zelenskyy is thanking soldiers for today on this milestone. >> ainsley: thank you so much. they're tough individuals fighting for their land, not appreciating what putin did. on the rare mineral deal, it will keep americans close to ukraine. it will bring in a lot of money for ukraine in order to rebuild. you were interviewing michael waltz earlier in our show and he talked about minerals over there and what we can use them for. they are used in everything we build. there is enough aluminum for u.s. import in america for entire year.

>> lawrence: here is national security advisor. >> frustrations are high, frankly. the united states stepped forward in histofic and tremendous way. we are heading today into the three-year anniversary of this war and we expect the ukrainians to realize the opportunity this is and president zelenskyy to realize the opportunity it is to be coinvested with the united states of america. let's grow together in an economic partnership and the u.s. will protect our assets for which we are invested in. this could mean trillions for the ukrainian people and for us and stability for the region. that economic investment is one of the best security guarantees ukraine can hope for. >> lawrence: go ahead. >> brian: go ahead. >> lawrence: i was anying to say, it's a win/win for everybody. ukraine wants security.

america wants repayment for all we've contributed to the war. you have us guarding our interest, as well and the president wants the dying and killing to stop. russia, you are right, brian, they have fought incredibly well when it comes to the ukrainian people. you are dealing with regime that does not value human life. russia is willing, vladamir putin is willing to lose more and more soldiers unlike ukrainians that don't have as much men and they value the lives of their people. >> brian: ukrainian 25 million population. some have left for safety reasons. then the russians have 156 million, they lost about a million in massive brain drain, they left and being hunted down. they lost on the battle field. they are recruiting yemenis.

north koreans are being killed. nay will leave in caskets or body backs, north koreans. now looking at a russ ian fighting force, inadequate, untrained and without great equipment, they are getting from iran. they are having trouble getting them from iran because they lost the port of syria. we've given 256 billion. we modernized our arsenal. when you look at partnership with rare earth, it helps us and them. one note, yeah, rest of the world gathered to the help us, we paid them back with natural resources. today canadian prime minister, spain, estonia, finland, denmark, nor way, are in kyiv to say, we've got your back and added to nations to nato.

now message from nato, s start fending for yourself. there is g-7 meeting which president is part of it. there is coming together against russia who would not be in saudi arabia if they were not hollowed out by this conflict. >> lawrence: pressure has to be on russia in sense of we have ukrainian's back. pressure cannot pressure the president to do a different type of deal. that is issue they have to worry about. zelenskyy is making fatal moves trying to negotiate in public. i understand he was asked a question, putting nato conversation back out there does not help his negotiation. >> ainsley: russia will never go for ukraine joining nato and zelenskyy will probably have to give up territory occupied by 80% of russians. we'll see where this goes. elon musk telling federal employees they have until

midnight tonight to reply from an e-mail from doge to explain what they accomplished at work last week or risk getting fired. >> lawrence: peter doocy has details. >> peter: elon musk wants five bullet points sent back to him describing what they did on the job last week. they have until midnight tonight to reply. some federal workers are being told, don't say anything back. elon musk posted this. consistent with president trump's instructions, all federal employees will receive an e-mail requesting to say what they did last week. failure to respond is taken as resignation. kash patel told everybody working at the fbi, when and if further information is required, we will coordinate responses. for now, please pause.

and pete hegseth said please pause. elon musks large number of good responses have been received already, these are people who should be considered for a promotion. doge win means usaid can be put on leave afterall 6789 instagram says all usaid personnel with exception of mission-critical functions, core leadership and/or specially designated programs will be placed on administrationive leave globally. the remote work option is done. people who did not take the buyout and positions are not eliminated, are due at their desk in an hour or so. this could be the biggest day for area starbucks in years. back to you. >> ainsley: did they make any exception? did they allow somebody that

might not have child care or moved away, to still work at home? >> peter: there are some exceptions being considered, but blanket rule is for majority of everybody to be back at their desk this morning. they want this upon remote work option that became a culture of washington, d.c. that led to a lot of empty buildings that are expensive to heat and cool, led to downtown d.c., a lot of businesses closing. they want to bring d.c. back and that is big part of the reason. >> brian: i sense you are resenting the traffic. >> peter: i try to come in early enough, too early for the traffic. >> brian: on the way home, all bets off. >> peter: i will be back, traffic on the 8th, 10 minutes from now i'll be back and update you. >> ainsley: thank you. >> brian: doge did come out.

rick grenellsaid elon musk came out with remarks and he said it is opposite, they have worked against that. there is pushback on elon musk. i don't think there is anything wrong with that, when kash patel says fbi does not have to comply. >> ainsley: i like them to all work together. >> brian: right, you can't go along with it, you are kash patel, i can't fire someone that does not give me a description, i have a division to run. somebody reminded me, if you are in sales, everyday unitedhyou're accountable. how many stops did you make? what was your response? how many lunches did you have? if you are a talent agent, they want you to go to lunch three or four times pweek.

some people don't like it, you know that is jour job, especially in sales community or anyone asks you. one person wrote me, i'm a teacher and i have to do that two weeks per year, go into detail every 15 minutes of two weeks about how i'm using my time. not unusual elon musk asked. >> lawrence: one person getting high praise is tom homan. you saw the president saying tom homan is killing it. part of the reason -- >> lawrence: killing in a good way. sometimes i use young people speak, i should use more diverse language. >> ainsley: you calling him old? >> lawrence: not yet. middle aged. >> ainsley: just average. >> lawrence: getting high remarks from the president, he thinks he is doing a good job. tom homan is upset because some

cities are not abiding by federal law. boston is one of them. look at this guy, ice arrested him and he's smiling. gang member from brazil, knwant and not taken it seriously. helet when he's in guantanamo bay. >> ainsley: convicted in september, sentenced to one year and released after three months because city is ignoring ice immigration detainer and police commissioner is not cooperating with ice. >> brian: here is president trump touting crackdown on immigration. he wants more criminals picked up, he's happy with ceiling of the border and the crackdown across the country. >> president trump: fraudsters, liars, choose globalists and bureaucrats are being sent back and illegal alien criminals are being sent home, we're draining the swamp and soring government

by the people for the people. liberating communities like aurora and springfield, ohio, occupied by illegal alien criminals from all over the world. americans whose jobs have been stolen and wages robbed and whose way of life has been absolutely destroyed. i have to clean up the mess. i'm cleaning up the mess and it's a mess on the border with infl inflation. every single thing he touched turned to -- okay. everything. [cheering] >> lawrence: it's colorful and true. if you look at major cities, these people are aiding the cartel and criminal enterprise. you have gang members and criminal aliens that are in apar apartments or homes and ice show up with the feds they are on bullhorns letting them know they

are here. if a drug dealer did this on the south side and was a call-out boy, they would be jammed up and charged with accessory, helping and aiding with them. tom homan is saying, look, i'm contacting pam bondi at the department of justice to see where the line is and we'll jam up activists. they are saying it is free speech. your free speech is aiding criminals. >> brian: when you are speeding someone flashes their headlights for you to slow down. this is more serious. tom homan was fired up and talked about struggles he's having with blue-run cities where a lot of illegals call home, especially boston. listen. >> i'm coming to boston and bringing hell with me. nine child rapists in jail in massachusetts were not honoring

ice detainer released them back into the street. you are not a police commissioner, take that badge off your chest, put it in the drawer, you became a politician, not a cop. >> lawrence: can the commissioner explain why you let child predators on the street instead of turning over to ice? makes no sense. >> brian: we're in the process, judge in new york city, i don't know about boston, makes these serious crimes misdemeanors and let's them out with the no cash bail law. after a while, they go, what am i bothering for or why do i want to do the job? susan dirkin said i understand tom homan is in border patrol and ice, that is world away from policing in major city. he is not in community policing. >> lawrence: he used to be a beat cop.

>> ainsley: message to susan and those who support sanctuary city rules, these are child rapists, that is evil. you will be punished by god one day because of that, evil and wrong, to defend them and let them out early to do again, they ruin lives, heinous, evil crimes. how can a city council person defend or this commissioner can defend these criminals. >> brian: i know. it happens in new york everyday. 18 after theure hour. >> ainsley: new york city roosevelt hotel will soon be migrant free, that is according to mayor eric adams who says the change will happen in coming months, calling impending closure a milestone for our city, the converted hotel will stop operating as migrant shelter by june. flight diverted to rome after a

bomb threat made. italian fighter jets had to ess court the plane and the crew members and passengers on board making way to rome. >> captain came on and said diversion due to security issue and that we would be diverting to rome. >> ainsley: passengers say the pilot made that announcement three hires prior. threat found to be noncredible. new study showing parents do play favorites. factors like gender, birth order and temperament can serve. >> you love me more than you love her. >> does she really think that? >> can you blame her? >> i don't know, we may have favored you, you were a medical

marvel. >> ainsley: we asked you what you think and amanda says she has three kids and they are all her favorites in different ways and different days. lawrence says parents have to love their children, they don't have to like them. >> brian: that is terrible. >> ainsley: five boys and one girl, daughter is favorite because she checks on him three times a week. my boys don't check in often, i have to call them. >> brian: interesting. >> lawrence: i have a little bit of immunity here. i don't have any kids, i can speak honestly about this. my future kids will find the comments and say, dad, who is the favorite? right now, i can say parents have favorites. >> brian: they will say, what is cable television, dad? i asked my children, two of which got back to me.

here we go. kirstens your favorite rotates and brian says katie. >> ainsley: and katie is not responding. >> lawrence: only the favorite will respond. >> brian: all week long. >> ainsley: i have one child, she was my favorite, soon i will have two step-children, hayden needs me more than the older ones, they are in their 20s. >> lawrence: feel left out sometimes. i was late to the show, y'all have been together longer. sometimes i gets -- i don't feel as important. >> ainsley: you are just as important. >> brian: chris, hug him in the morning to make him feel better. >> ainsley: i'll text you three days a week. >> brian: and sean will ring your neck. >> ainsley: lawrence might be

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>> lawrence: american israeli soldier is speaking out as hundreds of citizens rallied in central park calling for a mosque to return all of their hostages. >> we lost our homes. but hamas is still holding on to h him. lies have been placed on hold just like us. >> lawrence: homer's parents join us now. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> lawrence: you know, yeah. we continue to pray for your family as you guys ask for the return of your son. ronen, tell me about what the

administration has been telling you what they have been working behind the scenes? when will bodies of hostages be returned? >> as far as we know, the agreement as it was set has multiple stages, phases and we're just completing phase eight, first phase of the agreement and the second phase has not been agreed on. and our son, hero that rushed to border and defending israel as first responder together with his tank and whole team was taken hostage is still in gaza. we were told after 422 days that his body is still there and he was killed. we as family want to be reunited with our son and get some closure. we are waiting to hear how do we

reach the second stage and hoping to see decisive, short and compelling stage that will bring our loved ones right. the living hostages or names of few dozen hostages that are -- among them. >> lawrence: i apologize, we're having a little bit of delay. what do you make of hamas, they parade the bodies as if it were nothing, they parade bodies in front of people and celebrate. they are making new demands, as well. >> there is no doubt that we're dealing with heinous terrorist group. this past weekend we saw release of an 84-year-old great grandfather, two babies and a

woman. initially they sent a different body, replacement for that woman. who does that? heinous terrorist organization and it is clear to us they have been holding on to a lot of hostages that must come out, holding on to our son's body for 17 months now. against any humanitarian law or religion. even the un, last week, stated the way they are parading deceased and defiling the bodies is unacceptable and inhumane. and it does not allow us families to finally finish this chapter. there are so many families that are still waiting for their family members to come back and continue with their lives and us also, the families of deceased. our lives are on hold, we cannot

grieve properly without bringing our loved ones for a proper burial. >> lawrence: yeah, there is no closure. they are evil people, sick people. thank you so much for joining this program this morning. we appreciate it and we continue to pray for you and your family. >> thank you, we're thankful to the trump admin stistration for leadership he's showing here and we know president trump want to see living and deceased hostages coming back and we trust will that happen in the short term. >> lawrence: he will not rest until the hostages are back. we'll be right back, more "fox and friends" straight ahead. you know what's on our hearts. you know where we struggle. you know where we need to be pushed. help us give it all to you. the good, the bad. help us turn to you in everything. amen.

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>> brian: president trump celebrating after germany

conservative party finished firsz in their election with right-wing apartment alternative coming in second best after best results ever. trump posting people of germany got tired of no nonsense of no common sense agenda on energy and immigration that has prevailed many years. this is great day for germany and united states of america. ned ryan joins us now. why should americans care about this? >> well, i think if you look at germany, you can see what our future would have looked like if we had not pivoted out with donald trump winning. afd got second and made it clear they wanted to leave paris climate accord and euro currency and they are for mass deportation. germany is in more crisis than

people know. negative birth rate, entire lack of manufacturing innovation, increasing dependence on china and dependence on foreign supplies for energy because of whole host of idiotic decision germany made including shutting down 22 nuclear plants since 2011 and spending billions on a failed green energy project. and then on top of that, brian, germany has been importing 15 m million immigrants, 20% of population and german people are making it clear we have to have common sense on leadership and have to tell you despite gain of afd, i don't think you will see a lot of things change in trajectory because of how it is going to work with cdu, refusing to work spd to create coalition. i don't see much changing in short term on the trajectory.

>> brian: 16% of german population is illegal immigrants now. almost 20. that affected german society they felt if they spoke up about their concerns they were o ostracized under merkle and schulz. should people read that election? >> i would hope so. i hope you would see more morale leadership with the cdu. i don't think you will. reason we've come to this place, or afd, there is a lot of embrace for afd, with socialist economic policy. they are called far right because of immigration issue. >> brian: don't they have affinity for russia? >> i think they are realists. angela merkle and acted as ru russiaa pimp on energy for rest

of europe. i don't think cdu is in place of morale standing to lecture the afd where it gets energy or what it wants to do in regard to energy. it is time for germany to grow up. i think the woke mind virus as it infected that country lead to weakness on host of fronts and adolescent behavior. they refuse to confront reality on immigration, refuse to confront reality on energy. germany is in for a few more rough years. >> brian: we'll see, they do not want to deal with the afd, they will try to put together a government without them, which could make them more popular, they would be free of making impact on decision and look like good guys on outside and nowhere few years ago. fascinating time. thank you so much. >> brian: fox news alert, pope

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>> brian: fox news alert. vatican says pope francis is awake and resting after early kidney failure detected in the

pontiff. this happened yesterday. >> ainsley: lauren green is in rome with the latest for us. good morning. >> good morning, ainsley. it is raining heavily here in rome. the pope is still in critical condition, they don't know his future. last update is the pope rested well, he's feeding himself and responding to treatment, he is not taking artificial liquid nutrition, but still receiving oxygen. he is showing signs of early kidney insu ffficiency. his prognosis is guarded. last night special prayer at a mass in rome. several hundred people came to pray, including two young people from notre dame university studying abroad in rome. >> i pray he continues to be

that beacon of god's light that he has been. as long as he lives and i pray he heals and lives longer, his legacy after. >> doctors continue to aggressively treat pope for double pneumonia saying his condition is touch and go because of age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease. main threat facing the pontiff is sepsis, complication of pneumonia. in new york cardinal dolan prayed for the pope's recovery and spoke about gravity of what catholic church is facing. pope francis is buoyed by the show of support and affection. he said, thank you for closeness and prayers are comfort i've received from all over the worl. tonight rosary vigil in honor and for pope francis.

>> brian: that is latest on his condition. last pope stepped aside, was not feeling well. maybe this one will realize he needs a younger man to keep the schedule. turning to headlines today. deadline for handful of federal employees to return to the office for work. workers who did not take the buyout will have to at their desks. elon musk posted, those who ignore president trump executive order to return to work have received month warning. this week those who fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave. also today, vivek ramaswamy expected to launch bid for governor of ohio. he is set to kickoff campaign in hometown of cincinnati, shared by bill hemmer. aiming to replace mike dewine

who is term limited. last month john husted dropped out to take a senate appointment. ramaswamy bid after leaving doge and suspended bid for the white house. president trump naming former secret service nypd officer dan bongino. president congratulating dan bongino saying great news for law enforcement and american justice, dan bongino, has just been named next deputy director of the fbi and dan bongino himself reacting this morning saying there are dedicated people in the fbi who take their oath seriously and deserve leadership that will back them up. those are your headlines. >> ainsley: we apologize to dan, i think you called him dianne. >> brian: did i?

>> ainsley: dianne bongino. >> brian: dan bongino. >> lawrence: happy for the country. does have to go through nomination process and people forget he has a career in law enforcement, career in the feds and if you look at the old obama photos, you see dan bongino protecting him. even though he disagreed with his politics. loved the family. >> brian: we've been talking, racing this morning and talking indy racing, indy racing coming to fox squares. >> ainsley: check in with bill hemmer and dana perino for what is coming up. >> dana: no fun on "america's news newsroom". >> bill: good morning, name five things you will get done at work is challenge musk laid down over the weekend. >> dana: and pardon czar, meet the woman in charge.

>> bill: sean duffy is bringing in space x to make the agency better. >> dana: and potomac will help us understand what is at stake with ukraine. >> bill: transgender sports in maine coming to a head, a guest will tell us about that. a new week begins anew in minutes top of the hour.

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>> brian: start your engines. indycar racing is coming to fox. it kicks off this weekend with the grand prix of st. petersburg on sunday. >> ainsley: it's making a pit stop on fox square. >> lawrence: here is indycar drivers to tell us more. thank you, gentlemen, for joining the program. tell us about this ride. you were explaining the difference of the wheels of our cars versus your cars. >> it's fast and lean. built for speed. that's what we love doing. we love goinging 240 miles-per-hour around the indianapolis motor speedway. that's what we're doing. there are wings all over. you have to look at it as if it's an upside down airplane. if you are doing 140 miles-per-hour it can go straight up and down. the down force is greater than the weight of the car.

it is very intricate and fast. fastest racing on earth and we're proud to say that. >> ainsley: how -- >> 240 miles-per-hour seems absurd. i don't think words can describe it. >> ainsley: how did you get in there? >> unbelievable. >> easier without a jacket. >> such a small vehicle. >> ainsley: does it take a while to get used to that? it looks very claustro phobic. >> you only feel that when you get stop and it gets very hot. >> brian: first time we have the series. race this weekend and 100 days to the indy 500. what do you think fox viewers will be seeing. >> a lot of action. we're so proud to be the drivers

and do what we do and bring it to the people. fox has done that for us. a wonderful partner for us thus far. you've seen it the super bowl. daytona 500 last week. any sporting event on fox you've seen us in one of our commercials. we're excited. a grit new partnership. network on all our races. not only the indy 500 but a lot of other races coming up and we're racing here this weekend. >> ainsley: you are one of the drivers in indy racing and your dad was a racer. you grew up in this family, brian is his name. what was it like growing up under him and training with your dad? >> it made my decision and career path very easy. i wanted to do what my dad did. all through my life i wanted to do this. i tell you what, i'm fortunate and thankful to be able to do what i do and it's a blessing to be able to do this as a job. it doesn't feel like a job. >> lawrence: what's the hardest thing about racing?

>> good question. everything. the focus, the adrenalin. we're racing for an hour and a half and we're probably going to burn about 2,000 calories. and so it's a work-out in that thing, man. >> not just pushing pedals and turning wheels. no power steering and hitting the pedals. >> ainsley: do you have to take a break in bed the next day? >> you're sore and pulling upwards of 5gs on some of the corners. it is a hard car to drive. >> brian: kickoff st. petersburg, this sunday, march 2nd begins at 12:00. 100 days until the indy 500. >> bill: good morning. we're off to have races. jam-packed week at the white