be signed this week zelenskyy is pushing back and called for a meeting with president trump. >> what else does ukraine need to see in order to accept this deal? >> sure. we cannot agree a deal where we become debtors for things given to us. we are ready to make new investments and equal partners. we need to meet and talk it over. the meeting should be fair before trump meets with putin. >> minerals deal is far from on the minds of troops who are on the front lines or those recovering from battle wounds. we visited a group of soldiers in physical rehab. many of them enlisted after high school. he lost part of his right arm. it is painful to think of these politicians this week talking about striking a peace deal that would give up the land that so many of them were wounded fighting for. >> bill: not going to be easy.

nice to have you back there, alex hogan in kiev. bret has an interview with president macron and you will see that tonight only on special report. stand by for that and more coming up here. >> dana: securing or borders is a top priority for the white house. border safety is getting a major boost today inside the d.c. beltway. the trump administration is putting a greater focus on the immigration crisis. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning to you. new week is here. we're seeing a sea change. efforts to crack down on illegal immigration reached full powers. u.s. border patrol taking over the headquarters for usaid when hundreds of officials with the state department, i.r.s. and department of justice are being redeployed for the border crisis. >> president trump: on our first day in office we declared a national emergency at our

southern border. after years of politicians using our military to defend foreign borders while leaving our country defenseless, helpless, we deployed a group of people, active duty troops to defend our border and repel the invasion of our countries. now we have the best numbers we've ever had. never had numbers like this. we've done it all in four weeks. >> bill: that was from this weekend. griff jenkins reports today and picks it up from there in d.c. hello to you. >> good morning, bill. i think when you said it was a sea change a great way to put it. we're seeing a shift in priorities with this administration now placing a higher focus on immigration over foreign aid. clear sign of that cbp will move into the former usaid headquarters coming after similar moves with noem deputizing up to 600 department department officials as new

immigration officers and d.o.j. law enforcement picking up duties as well. the results in 30 days stands in stark contrast from the previous administration. >> in less than a month illegal crossings down 95%. ice has arrested over 21,000 people in the nation. [cheers and applause] gotaways under president biden, the gotaways 2.2 million people crossed the border. we had 1800 a day in 2023. you know how many yesterday? 48. [cheers and applause] you are talking about 2,000 miles of border and only 48 people escaped. that's 48 too many. i'm not going to be happy until the number is zero. >> border patrol says illegal crossings are down but interior arrests are up 135% or more

compared to last year. aliens with criminal histories specifically. those arrests are up 99%. secretary noem was morale and recruitment is making a major comeback. >> i'm proud of the job they're doing. recruitment for border patrol is through the roof in the last 30 days. people want to be border patrol agents now. that's a complete change under this administration. >> one thing to watch, homan has put many of the sanctuary cities on notice, bill saying he is ready for a fight if they won't cooperate. >> bill: a lot to follow there. thank you. nice to see you in washington, d.c. griff jenkins. >> i'm coming to boston and bringing hell with me. [cheers and applause] nine child rapists that were in jail in massachusetts but rather than honoring an ice detainer released back into the street. you are not a police commissioner. take that badge off your chest and put it in a desk drawer.

you became a politician and you forgot what it is like to be a cop. >> dana: a very stern warning for boston as city leaders double down on sanctuary policies refusing to help ice agents that protects dangerous criminals. boston city councilwoman said this. laughable that someone who spent career policing a town smaller than a fenway park crowd thinks they can lecture boston on public safety. tom homan should know we don't scare easy. >> you look at what is happening under massachusetts state care. the lack of outrage from the progressive wing particularly on that. a lot of crime and vulnerable migrants are the victims of crimes because of the disorderly policies we have on immigration at the border under the biden administration and now in massachusetts. but it will be a tricky fight in

massachusetts. per a 2017 the court found that massachusetts court officials don't have the authority to hold people based solely on ice detainers. the pressure needs to be on the massachusetts state legislator, left leaning with a law that says in these cases with severe crimes we need to do something. >> bill: some of the headlines migrant girl allegedly raped in mid-december. why wasn't an arrest made? mid-january you talk about a shelter cover-up. what did they hide details of the serious incident in the shelter? a lot of reports are made public and blacked out. i don't know how much you can or can't see. they said they would be a transparent administration. have they lived up to that? >> certainly not. a fight to get the records . it took months. when we got them they were heavily redacted. taxpayers are paying over a

billion dollars for these shelters and deserve to know what's going on in them and deserve to know law enforcement is doing their job and what is happening in their communities. they popped up in days online in communities happening under the biden administration. when you look at these reports i was a whistleblower shared a report that was totally unredacted and you can see the details that were left out. domestic dispute with biting, hitting, strangulation. the types of things that we don't know even with the released records that are going on in facilities. >> dana: when they're doing the redactions in their minds, who are they protecting? >> they are saying protecting migrants' privacy and the line over and over again. through the months of saying that these are the crimes that were happening to migrants in realtime. and massachusetts residents. >> bill: new york same thing. a lot of migrant tents that have been set up on randall's island we have no access inside. some of the reports we get say they are not good things happen

inside. boston a brazilian gang member convicted of assault and battery. smiling for the cameras, his moment. michelle wooh is the mayor of boston and testify before a house committee later this month or the month after. that will be must-see tv because then you really will have a chance to compare and contrast the vision and ideas that each side has. >> right. look, in december the boston city council doubled down on sanctuary status while all of this disorder is going on. michelle woo has been a progressive voice for immigration. intentions are good. they want to help vulnerable migrants, they say. the roll-out has been terrible. you have vulnerable migrants facing victimization by people not properly vetted by the biden administration that are committing crimes that are not being arrested in a timely manner and so they need -- the progressive outrage over immigration needs to be channeled more towards immigration reform.

if you want people to come here and have a better life they need to do it in an orderly manner and vet people and give them that opportunity in an easier way instead of letting everyone in without knowing who is here. everyone suffers from that. >> dana: great to have you on. you are a very fair minded person and also you care a lot about boston and the city deserves better. >> it does. >> dana: thanks for being here. >> bill: want to get back to d.c. >> dana: the justice department reportedly investigating medicare fraud in the u.s. as doge is digging into the issue also. fox business grady trimble live in washington with more. >> the d.o.j. is looking into unite ed healthcare and its billing practices related to medicare advantage. the justice department launched a civil fraud investigation into the company. uhc is calling the report misinformation and adding any suggestion that our practices

are fraudulent is outrageous and false. separately as you noted elon musk says doge is going to tackle social security and medical waste and fraud suggesting americans could receive more money and better healthcare as a result of doge's work. democrats claim president trump wants to cut medicaid. >> what he is doing is cutting with a chain saw important services that benefit every american to make room for those tax cuts for the very rich. and so they want to cut things like medicaid, medicare. >> trump, though, has said publicly and told house republicans behind closed doors that cuts to medicare should not be on the table or medicaid, i should say. speaker mike johnson says the budget is aimed at waste, fraud and abuse within that program. >> we will look to find that. we're not looking to make cuts to medicaid but certainly work

requirements are something are common sense. >> by the way these medicaid and medicare fraud cases that republicans are talking about are not just hype that calls. last week in massachusetts a businessman was charged in a $30 million medicare fraud scheme using that money to buy luxury cars and watches. republicans say there is a lot more of this fraud going on in addition to these cases that are already geting prosecuted. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: so here is breaking news. a moment ago another courtroom. another judge blocking doge access to some education department records. from what we understand the lawsuit was brought by the american federation of teachers and other labor unions just about 20 minutes ago and blocks doge from records containing personal information on americans that might include financial data that relates to some federal student loans given out being used for education. this is an on again, off again issue.

it will be fought until you find the right judge in the right courtroom to put a pause on it and see what comes of it. that's crossing a moment ago here in the newsroom. >> dana: series of plane crashes raising concerns about airline safety. transportation secretary sean duffy what his department is doing to make americans feel safe. plus this. [cheers and applause] >> bill: they had elections on sunday in germany. a lot of people watching the results to figure out which direction europe would go. the center right conservatives celebrating an election victory fueled by the issue of immigration. so what does that mean now for europe's political realignment? we'll see. >> dana: israel delaying its latest prisoner release. what prompted the decision and what the trump administration is saying against next steps. >> 29 hostages are alive and reunited with their families because the whole world listened when president trump said there will be all hell to pay.

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>> dana: a changing of the guard in germany. mainstream conservatives win the national election. voters turning more to the right rejecting the left wing thanks in large part to the issue of immigration. stephanie bennett is following this story for us in london. good morning. >> 69-year-old friedrich merz wants to build a coalition by the-out going chancellor scholz's democratic party. >> so it's going to be a challenge to keep this coalition together but the pressure is so high from outside that i would expect this coalition to be

rather stable. >> after experiencing its worst election result ever the electorate signaled it is not in favor of the social democratic party. 16% of the vote so far shoals said it was a great grate honor to serve. president trump celebrated the conservative party win saying the people of germany got tired of the no common sense agenda especially on energy and immigration that prevailed for so many years saying this is a great day for germany and for the united states of america. but mr. merz took aim at donald trump saying his administration has shown itself to be largely indifferent to the fate of europe and top priority is strengthen europe to achieve independence from the usa. top priorities are foreign and security policy, migration and economy. meanwhile the far right alternative for germany party scored its best ever result.

she received a phone call from elon musk. >> we are the second strongest party in germany and on the rise. >> chancellor scholz remain in place as a caretaker until the new government can be formed. >> bill: breaking news amoment ago now. transportation department head has now weighed in sean duffy is telling employees they should respond to elon musk and request to tell us what you did last week. sean duffy is here now, transportation secretary. good morning to you. others have said not so fast. why did you tell your employees to respond? >> every department is different. if you are a seal team six or c.i.a. or f.b.i. agent saying it's not appropriate to respond to that email. at d.o.t. i have no problem with the employees here saying what did you do last week?

if you can't come up with five things that you did maybe you shouldn't be employed here. again this is an easy task. happens in the private sector all the time. i wanted our employees to engage and talk about what they did. i think this whole movement will say i will come to work earlier and stay later and look at what donald trump wants me to accomplish because he won the election and work to make sure i help him accomplish that. i am a public servant. i don't work for a party, union or think-tank. i work for the president and again i think it goes to that point. >> bill: we looked up today is the 24th. as of today this is what you filed. five things i did last week. terminated the new york city anti-worker congestion pricing number one. number three save $10 million a year. toured burbank california traffic control tower. i put in a chatgpt and gave me a

great answer when i did it. i felt okay with that. i want to show you the incidents, aviation disasters so far this year. look at january 29th, january 31st, february 6th, february 10th and then february 17th delta regional jet flips, the one in toronto. question for you, mr. secretary. some say it is not a time to cut employees given the safety factors that are concerned. what do you say to that? >> bill, there is fat everywhere in government and d.o.d. as well. be clear. at faa we cut 352 people out of 46,000 people. .8% of the workforce. these were probationary workers employed for less than a year. they weren't the old school engrained employees of the d.o.t. not only that we kept all the critical safety positions and hired more positions in the critical safety like air traffic controllers. hired more inspectors for things

like pipelines and for aircraft. so again we have a safety mission. for people to say because we cut 352 people out of 46,000 that's a risk to safety, give me a break. that's playing politics as opposed to saying let's cut the fat. >> bill: the end of january. "new york times" headline here we go on screen call for number one. air traffic control facilities are under staffed. persistent staff shortages raised safety concerns at many facility. staffing so low a quarter of the workforce is missing. your reaction. >> it is a problem. we need to surge air traffic controllers. i am going out to the main academy in oklahoma city. it takes time to train them up through the academy and in the towers and expand how many people get through the school. not just air traffic controllers but the technology. a lot of these centers they are

using floppy disks. this is really old technology. the communication system with the internet is not well served. so that doesn't go to air safety but goes to the technology that we use. government takes eight, ten, 15 years to upgrade systems. the enemy of progress. we'll look at a year, year and a half time frame and do massive upgrades. improve systems. help air traffic controllers, keep skies safer and time is the enemy. we'll do it quick. elon musk's team have given their advice and other smart people. we bring in america's best, brightest. advisors on technology to make sure we have the greatest safest system in the whole world. >> bill: i read that about spacex engineers. see what difference they can make. >> bill: the floppy disks are

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i've spoken to president putin and i think that thing is going to end. i'm dealing with president zelenskyy. i'm dealing with president putin. >> bill: president trump this weekend on the search for peace between russia and ukraine. elusive. the third anniversary of the beginning of that war today. ukrainian president zelenskyy speaking with world leaders in keavon going. we believe as of now the french president macron is still at the white house for a meeting that has gone on for hours and they will have a press conference later today. a lot going on on this issue. former secretary of state mike pompeo pleased to have him in studio today. thank you for coming back here. here is something that zelenskyy put on the table in the last 24 hours about how he sees possibility for peace. his suggestion. >> if it's about peace in ukraine and you really want me to leave my position, i am ready to do that. secondly, i can exchange it for nato if there is such an

opportunity. i will do it immediately without a long conversation about it. >> bill: i don't think nato will be on the table based oh than what we're hearing. can you give our audience a sense of what is happening? u.s. and russian officials meet in saudi arabia. the europeans, ukrainians are not involved in that. and the u.s. president calls zelenskyy a dictator and says you started the war and on and on it goes. then over the weekend we're told about rare earth minerals deal, all this part of the negotiation. i don't know if it concludes in a month or year. help us understand what's happening as you see it behind the scenes. >> i think this is really a pretty transparent in one sense. each of the parties have interests. i think the united states has deep interests here as well to deter vladimir putin is an important outcome for the united states of america. they are searching for what is everybody else's red line. what can they get and get the

peace that everybody wants? maybe except for vladimir putin. there is no evidence yet he is looking for peace. but to find a solution that delivers on all that has been sacrificed so much, the thousands of ukrainians lives including many, many tens of thousands civilian lives. and trying to figure out what are the economic outcomes and security parameters. what does the post war sanctions regime look like to deliver a model we don't have to worry about this happening for ten or 25 years. that for the united states has to be the primary objective. how do you make sure this is not perceived as a win for vladimir putin and we get a security outcome, architecture inside or outside of nato, security architecture that deters vladimir putin for an extended period of time or his successor. >> dana: no matter what it seems how this end make the europeans step up a little more.

i wonder what you think about the rare earth and minerals agreement as part of this because in some ways that gets america more tied in. >> undoubtedly it does. look, these will be private sector investments made into these rare earth mines. huge costs for the extraction. not an easy solution. i think if you get u.s. companies that is a security situation to permit them to go in and have capital at risk is a good thing for ukraine and europe but for the united states of america as well. a good outcome if we can get that. >> bill: do you see this winding down? do you see that as a possibility? >> i do. i think president trump being the ringmaster for this multi-faceted negotiation that is taking place, the leader who can impose the deterrents we had for four years, i think it gives us a shot at getting it to wind down. it may take many more months but hopeful it can be achieved. the europeans have to step up.

this is a 35, 40 year long problem that they failed to deal with. >> dana: quickly on your screen macron is leaving the white house. it was one of the things trump said to him. you guys want peace? i'm here to help you but help me help you. >> having been in the meetings i'm very confident that was communicated with utter clarity. >> bill: so let's put that to the side and talk about the middle east. the exchange of hostages has been for many down right disgusting and israel now wants to put an end to this and they have frozen the release of hundreds of palestinians prisoners who were part of this deal. israelis agreed to it and put it on pause until hamas accepts the fact they cannot defame the people they have held hostage for more than a year. who makes the next move? do you see this as being an issue? >> seems reasonable for the israelis to do that. watch what took place with that handover.

watch the young children in gaza cheering the handover of these prisoners, to watch them put someone out there and watch their fellow prisoners move across. it is disgusting at breaking and hard for anybody to watch. the israelis are reasonable if there are further hostage handovers, i'm confident hamas has broken the cease-fire agreement to receive that simple human requirement. seems pretty reasonable. i hope the cease-fire stays in place. in the end the most important thing is you can see this no hamas warrior can be anywhere near any governing authority in that place ever again. israelis can't with stand it. united states shouldn't permit it and the gulf states don't want that, either. >> dana: possible topics for lecture as you join columbia university at the -- teach

diplomacy at the institute of global politics. anyone thinking of interrupting your class with this kind of nonsense would probably not be welcome. >> that's right. we know that's right. as good conservatives we're all about peaceful protests, lots of voices, good exchange of ideas, but about ideas and hope to go to columbia to share my ideas and how it works, the nuts and bolts like you saw when you were the spokesperson. >> dana: they are fortunate to have you. >> it will be a lot of fun. >> bill: you are in for an interesting ride. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> dana: i think you will enjoy it and you will want to watch tonight. bret baier has an interview with the french president tonight on special report. that airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. >> what do we do now? but we know exactly what to do because we have done it before.

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>> while we have no illusions about what we're up against in this chapter in our american story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office, nor by the wealthiest among us. the american story will be written by you. written by us, by we the people. >> dana: former vice president harris with her first high profile appearance since leaving the white house and speaking at the naacp image awards with a dig at president trump. this as democrats continue to

search for direction and leadership. we're excited to have hugh hewitt. her comments and then also this one from former biden senior advisor mike donlon and what he thinks happened after the trump/biden debate. >> lots of people have terrible debates. usually the party doesn't lose its mind. but that's what happened here. it just melted down. >> dana: david axelrod, who of course worked for obama and biden said that is delusional. how do you see it? >> i think it's right. there wasn't anyone else on the panel with mr. donlon. anyone with sanity would say hold on a second, mike. that was the worst performance by a presidential candidate in

debate history going back to 1960. i hope the vice president keeps talking. i hope she runs for governor and i think rick green el or steve hilton or a number of people could beat her until the democrats unburden themselves of the donlon's and kamala harris's and move to chris coons or others. that doesn't speak to the people who play between the 40s in american politics. >> dana: that reminds me of something i said on "the five" last week. as i was thinking about what the democrats are doing and they can't find footing. maybe the best thing that happened to them was that kamala harris did not win. now they can have a couple of years, rethink things and then try again. >> in the meantime, people like jd vance, tom cotton, glenn youngkin are shining in different places. the vice president in europe and

cpac. senator cotton with his book and intel committee. glen young kin doing well in -- they have to move on like shapiro or the democrats went back to vice presidential nominee from 1980 walter mondale and blown out again and a third time. it took bill clinton in 1992. it will happen again unless they throw that stuff away. >> dana: the frustrated democrats urge leaders to show more fight against trump. you mentioned shapiro of pennsylvania. he is growing exacerbated with congressional democrats restrained approach and get to this. jane fonda is still out there making news, 87 years old and what she thinks about woke. >> make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke.

by the way, woke just means you give a [bleep] about other people. a whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening, what is coming our way. and even if they are of a different political persuasion we'll need a big tent to resist successfully what is coming at us. >> dana: what do you make of that? >> well, i've been honored to know commander alvarez, a prisoner of the north vietnam east for eight years and seven months when jane fonda went to vietnam and said there was no torture going on. there was widespread torture. these days we see people pushing back against the apologists for the war criminal putin and pushing back on apologists for the tortures in hamas. the fact that she shows her face at sag. i think it is an embarrassment for them. she should be burdened by what

she did. never apologized for it. in 50 years rehabilitate the people who thought hamas was just fine on 10/7. she is a disgrace. >> dana: we love having you on "america's newsroom." hope to have you back often. thank you. >> thank you. >> dana: take care. ♪ it's up to you new york, new york ♪ >> bill: we did this for hugh. a big baseball fan. so we'll stop spreading the news. frank s -- yankee stadium will stop playing the song after the team loses. breaking a longstanding tradition of airing it out after the final out whether you win or lose. now a new rotation of songs. most recently in spring training they played after a loss they played that's life.

[laughter] i think it's great. that's life, hey, that's what all the people say. you are riding high in april, shot down in may. >> dana: they'll stick with frank sinatra and use different songs. >> they can do a variety of songs. it will only be during victories in the bronx. >> dana: for all those times i go to the game. >> bill: a good talker on "the five." >> dana: i'll advise the producers. >> bill: i bet harold could talk about this for 15 minutes. >> dana: greg would lose his mind. we'll get you to this. >> you have double pneumonia in an 88 year old man who has 75% of lung capacity and struggling with arthritis and a bunch of stuff. it is not looking good. i admire his grit and praying with him or for him. >> dana: doctors are trying to stabilize his condition while treating him for double pneumonia. we'll be right back.

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right here in louisiana before doge was even official. plus a pastor joins me with insights on pope francis as we're keeping a very close eye on his health. gianno caldwell also in "focus." see you at the top of the hour. >> bill: looking forward to that. on that topic the vatican says the pope is resting, continues treatment but still in the hospital and condition is listed as critical. chief religion correspondent lauren greene is live outside the hospital for an update on his condition now. hello. >> critical means he is not out of the woods yet. still receiving oxygen. blood levels are improving because of transfusion but kidney insufficiency. his prognosis is guarded. prayers are being offered around the world for the 88-year-old

bishop of rome including argentina as well as philippines and kenya. this morning crowds gathered in st. peter's square to pray for the pope and bring a show of support. >> want him to be healthy. i would rather him be healing. >> he has good doctors and yes, we read the newspapers and hear, yeah, about him, yes, we are interested. >> bill: doctors continue to aggressively treat the pope for double pneumonia saying his condition is touch and go because of his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease and warn the main threat facing him is sepsis, a serious infection of the blood that can occur as a complication of pneumonia. back in the states cardinal dolan prayed for the pope's recovery. a grave time for the catholic church as the pope's health is fragile and nearing the end.

there will be a vigil to pray for pope francis. >> dana: glad she is there for us. apple announced its biggest investment. the price tag topping $5 hundred billion. susan lee has more from the newsroom. >> 50% more than what they spent during the biden administration. this $5 hundred billion is over four years, not five years like they typically do. the spending is much higher, 20,000 new jobs. an a.i. factory. detroit academy doubling research and development fund. rolling out massive u.s. investment plans every few years. this was the biggest one yet. also 50% more than what they spent in the first trump term. president trump thanking apple and what the white house is

doing and apple ceo tim cook says we're bullish on the future of american innovation. some of this higher spending can also be attributed to the ongoing a.i. arm's race where apple has to spend in order to keep up with every other tech company. apple is facing higher china tariffs of 10% that trump imposed this month. apple got a waiver last time in the last term and this time you heard trump say as great a negotiator as tim cook is apple may not be as lucky to get those exceptions this time. >> dana: we'll check it out. thank you. >> bill: we have a minute. let's go ahead and roll this before we go. i haven't seen it. if you have, okay, hang on. a big adventure for a small dog. oh my. look out. that's a chihuahua, ran for miles along a busy freeway in san diego. the story had a happy ending with this eventual rescue.

>> this whole highway stopped trying to save this dog. everyone keeps stopping trying to get him. they can't get him. >> you got him. yeah. don't let him go. >> bill: henry did not want to be taken in. but safe and sound with his owner and stopped the whole freeway for a time there in san diego. >> dana: he almost got as far as the white bronco. if you know, you know. the other thing is great reception for this new book i have coming out. i wish someone had told me. pre-order it at fox news books.come. a great compilation, one stop shopping for great advice. become friends with the country music singer and i asked him dealing with rejection and people get a lot of it. brian kilmeade writes about that too. there is a way to get over it. "the faulkner focus" is next. here she is. >> harris: and we're live righ