common sense and i think that is the left is going to be waging war against common sense and i think american people are done with this. they want to return to common sense and want leadership that advocate on all issues, including this issue of two genders >> laura: this is insane, no one better to talk about this. teasing you. thanks so much. i won't do that again, ned. that's it for us tonight, i'll be back on wednesday. i'm getting on a plane with defense secretary pete hegseth to get an inside look of gitmo, where they are housing illegals before they are deported back to their home country, including an interview. america now and forever. jesse is next. >> todd: house republicans on virg of first major legislative

victory for president trump with expected vote planned for today on that big, beautiful, budget bill. democrats are getting ready to obstruct it. white house hoping to secure peace in europe as washington and kyiv close in on major deal for ukraine rare earth minerals, which trump hopes will happen this week. new baseball tradition to honor america's heroes, how one college team is paying respects. the coach who started that special tribute will join us live. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. carley shimkus has the day off. go to madeleine rivera with more from capitol hill and how democrats are planning to protest. maddy. >> madeleine: house democrats plan to stay unite said, house minority leader hakeem jeffries is asking all members of house democratic caucus to be at t capitol at noon today pushing

republicans to vote no on this budget blueprint. hakeem jeffries saying we must enhance our opportunity to stop the gop tax scam in its tracks. it is not clear if republicans can smooth and advance this framework which calls for spending cuts and four trillion in tax cuts. buchette and massie say they are voting no. house speaker mike johnson is optimistic republicans can push this resolution through this week. >> this is prayer request, pray this through for us. it is very high-stakes and everybody knows that. small business owner, this is a challenging time, you don't know what to expect, markets don't know what to expects, bond market does not know what to expect. putting clarity in is critical.

do that with one big beautiful bill. my calendar has us passing this first week of april and getting to senate to do work on it. >> republicans can only afford to lose one vote in the house along party lines. >> todd: concern is there are a few nos in the house on the republican side, we'll see what happens. thank you. acting head of irs is expected to announce his retirement in the middle of tax season. the trump administration has slashed thousands of jobs in the agency. president trump nominated billy long to permanently run the agency. department of health and human services with a warning for employees, telling them in a letter, if you reply to elon musk letter asking you to your work, assume it was read by

maligned foreign actors and telling employees they will not be impacted if they don't reply. elon musk doubling down writing on x fail ure to respond a secod time will result in termination. president trump announcing he is doubling down on the planned tariffs on mexico and canada. >> president trump: the tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule. this is abuse that took place for many years and i'm not even blaming the other countries, i blame our leadership for allowing it to happen. >> todd: tariffs were delayed a month, that expires next week. both mexico and canada will each face a sweeping 25% tariff on all other imports. did you hear this? former presidential candidate and doge co-founder vivek

ramaswamy announced run for ohio governor. >> i'm honored to announce that i am running to be the next governor of a great state at the heart of the greatest nation known to mankind, the state i was born and raised. i will lead ohio to be top state in the country where patriots flock to, i will lead ohio to be the state of excellence in america. i just got -- i will put it on. >> todd: vivek ramaswamy promising to win with coalition of republicans and independents, he told sean hannity top priority is education. >> one area we have not talked about enough is education al excellence in our public schools. i want to make ohio first state in country where we implement

merit-based pay. educ educational excellence is core theme as relates to achievement of kids. >> todd: vivek ramaswamy has been backed by president trump and elon musk with trump writing, i know him well, competed against him and he is something special, young, strong and smart, vivek ramaswamy is a good person who truly loves our country. don't forget to seat dvr 5 a.m. eastern every morning and do not miss a minute of "fox and friends first." we love being with you, even not during the hours of 5 to 6:00. the pope has slightly improved, but remains in critical condition. we are live in rome with the very latest next.

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>> pope francis in critical condition in the hospital this morning for 11th day battling double pneumonia. lauren green is in rome with the latest. lauren. >> hi, todd. news out of the vatican is more good than bad. the pope slept well last night and is watching tv a little bit. doctors are cautious about giving a prognosis, say being the holy father's condition shows slight improvement, no episode of respiratory crisis have occurred today and some laboratory tests have improved. ♪ >> it seems prayers are being answered around the world and for hundreds who came to st.

peters square to pray for health of the pope. young people, families, priests and nuns meditating on mystery of christian faith that has often brought the miracle of healing. >> it is public manifestation of the respect of what michelle wie for what he does for us, whether here in rome or connected can pray and unite for his health and his ministry. >> even at the hospital, doctors and nurses offer prayers there. the pope is being treated for mu mu no onia, and the kidney insu f insufish iency seems to be improving. this is longest stay the pope has had and doctors are taking a

wait and see position on his condition. the pope thanks all the people who have prayed for his health. >> todd: lauren green, thank you. president trump leading with optimism that the ukraine war will end soon after meeting with french president emmanuel macron at the white house. >> i think the war could end soon, within weeks. troops may go into ukraine as peacemakers, when the agreement is done, they can watch that everything is followed properly. it is to the benefit of russia to make a deal, that is what you have to do. i believe he wants to make a deal. >> todd: brent sadler, with the heritage foundation, who has extremely impresive military career and knows this stuff and joins us now. as you listen to the president there, are you as optimistic he

is that the ukraine war will end in just a few weeks? >> thanks for having me on. there is a lot of reason for optimism that this war will come to an end. hard to see a path that gets us there in next few weeks because negotiations have not officially started yet and that the probably take weeks in and of itself. i caution there is a lot of fight left in ukrainian and russian armed forces and several months before the weather turn and military offenses get stymied by bad weather height of summer. >> todd: the president is finalizing that agreement with ukraine for rare earth minerals. listen to what he said about that. >> president trump: i will be meeting with president zelenskyy, he may come in this week or next week to sign the agreement. the agreement is being worked on now, they are close to final

deal, deal with rare earth and various other things and he would like to come here to sign it and that would be great with me. >> todd: we would get minerals and ukraine get economic partner whose mere presence in ukraine would serve as deterrent to russia, that is the thinking. what is the hold-up? seems like ukraine should have signed weeks ago. >> the detail that matters significantly, where that line of control will be drawn, territorial question. and putin annexed five ukraine southern states, where that line is drawn will determine how sustainable with peacekeepers this peace will be, however it is negotiated in the coming months. it is important to note that france and other allies are stepping up to put skin in the

game and enforce that peace coming in the near future. >> todd: pete hegseth said no u.s. boots on the ground in ukraine. now you have europe saying to your point, stepping up and saying we'll put troops in and around the area and use that as deterrent against putin. do you believe them? part of me is skeptical, when push comes to shove, they will back away like they cut their nato funding when president trump disappeared from office. i don't trust europe, do you? >> i am guardedly optimistic. the message to our european allies is peace is only possible through strength and i think you saw that in the german elections that occurred over weekend. realism is back and

understanding there are bad people that want to do bad harm to us. i'm guardedly optimistic, it is not enough by itself of course. line of control is important how sustainable this is and this presence of european military forces in ukraine is one of those security assurances that zelenskyy and kyiv is looking for. that economic deal is another way of getting deep investment in the united states and future and security of ukraine, as well. >> todd: president's middle east envoy steve witkoff hoping to travel there tomorrow before the ceasefire ends. here is what phase two will include, declaration of sustainable calm, full withdrawal of troops from gaza strip and hamas freeing remains male hostages for prisoners.

not to put the cart before the horse, are you confident we will get to phase two? do you expect israel to say hamas is really flouting the terms of the deal and we'll bomb them out of existence on is the? >> it is important to restate that end objective here, this is american interest and israeli, even our middle eastern partners is that hamas cannot continue in any form of influence or authority to exist in gaza. it is the only way given nature of that regime, that terroristic organization's proven track record. that is the only way forward. phase two is significantly higher bar to meet and i am nonot optimistic it will be met or sustained in any enduring way, even in phase one there were violations on part of hamas.

>> todd: your book "u.s. naval power in the 21st century," and you will be testifying on global emerging threats. we took care of two of them, what is happening in middle east and europe, i'm sure china, when it comes to emerging threats will be front and center on your list, if considered emerging anymore. thank you so much for your time. meteorologist adam klotz is here with the fox weather forecast. this is nonseciter, you have t telemuk, they make the best ice cream. >> great for dairy and cheese, as well. rain for the dairy cows. >> todd: will the rain impact dairy-producing abilities? >> perhaps, it is soggy, the cows will not be excited about the forecast and not happy with the winds.

there is our border, close to 70 to 75 mile per hour winds. high wind warning seeing rounds of heavy rain. snow for a lot of areas. what you are experiencing is mild temperatures early this morning, mid-40s, 40 degrees. highs climbing up and 250 million people are looking at temperatures above average on the day. it is a real warm-up compared to a week ago. >> todd: today is first day i walked into the building and wow, i can take a breath without bone-chilling -- >> maybe the beginning of the end. >> todd: makes your former office mate happy. the weaponization of the doj under the microscope and highlighting how trump

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>> todd: dhs secretary kristi noem announcing number of illegal migrants caught crossing the southern border dropped to new lows. on saturday just 200 aliens at u.s. southern border, lowest apprehension day in 15 years. kristi noem reacting to the numbers on sean hannity last night. >> under biden administration on our worst day we saw 15 to 16,000 encounters, to have that

kind of drop is because of change of policy and telling the world to stay away. if you want to stay illegally, you will be stopped because america comes first and because of president trump, he is so firm and confident and wants to uphold the low and follows through with consequences if he does. >> todd: today house lawmakers putting biden-harris administration under microscope. several examples lawmakers are expected to highlight of american citizens and political opponents be ing targeted. including russia collusion, fisa warrants and delaying and shutting down an investigation into the biden family. jonathan fahey will be testifying today and joins me

now. what will you tell the members of congress? >> two biggest points i want to get across, with this weaponization of the doj during the last administration and democratic party, not only how the people, the attention was taken from far more important issues like violent crime. violent crime went up dramatically while biden administration focused on these political issues. weaponization is harmful, there were other harms, as well. as federal prosecutor, what you had to do, intake cases and decide between one case and another case, not one case or nothing at all. that is the biggest harm. we suffered in terms of public safety and public confidence because of this weaponization. >> todd: i know focus is

regaining that trust going forward and making sure doj does what it is supposed to do. can anything done to hold wrongdoers from previous administration accountable? >> it needs to be looked into and people were doing something wrong in terms of violating the law, should be held accountable. moving forward, how do we move forward with this and what do we need to do? starts in many respects, bottom up approach, what is going on and focus on crimes most impactful in people's lives. we see pam bondi and kash patel focused on issues like violent crime, fentanyl overdoses, gang crime and things like that. if people did something wrong, they should be held accountable, moving forward on public safety is most important thing this doj and fbi can do.

>> todd: anti-ice activists are posting photos, names and phone numbers of agents across southern california. this is so wrong and dangerous. department of homeland security writing pathetic activists are putting targets on the back of law enforcement, as they shield tr tren de aragua, ms-13, these individuals will be held accountable for obstructing law and justice, this should not be controversial. as a former prosecutor, how do you go after activists who are literally putting lives of brave men and women who do this work at risk? >> identify who they are, what else they are doing, who they are coordinating with and look at obstruction of justice,

threats to agents. i hope democratic party is held to account. a lot of what was put out there on posters is same thing democrats have been saying for years, equating ice agents to terrorists. kamala harris compared them to kkk, when she was in the senate. a lot of themes are themes of the democratic party. you have pro-illegal immigration, pro-open borders wing of the democratic party. ice agents are simply trying to enforce the law and make the community safer have now additional target on the back to the target they wear as law enforcement agents when they encounter dangerous people. it is truly disgusting, i hope they are held to account and done so in a public way to deter

this. i hope every politician gets out there and condemns this in strongest possible terms. >> todd: jonathan fahey, good luck and thank you for waking up with us, we appreciate it. federal workers are suing elon musk and doge over work productivity e-mail asking employees to report what they accomplished in the past week. doge chief is coming back saying americans support it. former federal prosecutor joins me now. elon musk posting, subject to discretion of the president, they will be given another chance, failure to respond a second time will result in termination. katie, nobody loves the idea more than me of making federal wo workers account for money we pay them as taxpayers and i think their entitlement to say why do i have to account to you, i

don't need to tell you, is astouning, that said, can they be fired for not responding? >> i absolutely agree with you, this is most fundamental question, what are you doing with this taxpayer money and jobs some people seem to think they are entitled to without accountability. i worked many years in the federal government and this is something i would want to know as head of the executive department. big picture, president trump will prevail on much of the doge lawsuits. there are questions that may make their way up to the supreme court to explain executive power. much of this falls within discretion of the executive branch and president trump promised to cut down on waste in the federal government. >> todd: i think the court will have to decide look, what is the

official request for this information, is it e-mail from opm, or the tweet from elon musk? i don't think a tweet is legally binding, see what the courts see. here is more from donald trump defending elon musk. >> president trump: we are trying to find out if people are working, please tell us what you did last week. if people don't respond, it is possible there is no such person or they are not working. >> todd: i think this is the b brilliance of this move, a bot will not be able to respond that i'm a real job. all no-show jobs could be flagged and gotten rid of. your thoughts? >> that is the point here, it is important as basic level to ensure people are doing their job and being productive. there are may be examples people can cite about how long it takes to get answers from federal

employees. not to say there are not great people that work for the government, they should show why they are vital to continue. there is big question about necessity for jobs to continue if people are doing them in the first place. >> todd: a federal judge in washington saying doge may be unconstitutional writing based on limited record before me, i have concern about constitutionality of the structure and operation. i understand she has caveat there about limited record. if the president hired a consulting firm to do the same thing that doge is doing, wouldn't that be okay because that consulting firm, that outside group would be under executive control. >> well, that is exactly right and we can't overlook hypocrisy here. same critics claiming they are trying to protect the

constitution or argue jack smith's appointment was constit constitutional. and as we saw in the florida case and justice thomas suggested his appointment was in violation of appointment clause, elon musk works at the pleasure of the president and the executive does have the authority and responsibility to make sure that these agencies issue doing what we're paying them to do and dollar is a lot of yairj agencies and individuals that do not deserve this money. >> todd: would you see the same uproar and pushback if this were mackenzie, or a big consulting group and not somebody who has i of the libs? we have to leave it there. thank you. playing with wokeness, the ceo

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eggs continues to soar and consumers face an egg shortage. one breweder has been getting 100 messages per day about bu buying eggs. there is a company rent-the-chicken, provides necessary supplies say inquiries have risen since last week. cost of eggs surged in february as bird flu continue to weigh on u.s. egg supply. i would love to rent a chicken and introduce into the household with the girls and see what my wife thinks about that. >> cheryl: apparently having your own chicken is not that hard to do. >> todd: dr. nicole sapphire does it.

>> todd: first major legislative victory for president trump possibly voting on the big, beautiful budget bill, that is top priority for gop lawmakers. cheryl casone from fox business here with details. >> cheryl: that is the plan for now, get the vote done. a lot of back and forth with speaker johnson. what is interesting, the 2017 tax cuts are set to expire this year. they want to move it up, if you vote later this year, you do two bills and it wouldn't filter into american wallets until end of last year or stay the same. here is speaker johns on on why he wants to do it sooner. >> reason we are putting extension of tax cuts and job acts, achievement, first trump administration, that is in

reconciliation, those tax cuts will expire end of this year. we do it early in the process and not wait until this year or later, everybody need to see effect of that asap. >> cheryl: house ways and means committee jason smiths he put out data and you will see 22% increase for average taxpayer if tax cuts expire. 40 million families see tax child credit cut in half. small business would see 43.4% top tax rate and family farms, talking about chickens farms have death tax exempt and slashed in half. there is good reason why tax cuts should be extented, it is how we get there will be inter interesting part in this. >> todd: i yell salt and you walk away from me, appropriate response.

>> cheryl: true. >> todd: there is a deadline, they got to get this done first half of the year otherwise 2026s will be bad when it comes into effect in 2027. >> cheryl: ceos have a sense of humor. this is ryan cohen, ceo of gamestop, the meme stop, the whole thing. ceo ryan cohen wrote e-mail if you are interested in buying gamestop canada or micromania france, high taxes, liberalism and progressivism and -- wokeness and dei included at no addit additional cost if you buy today. they have closed 700 locations since 2020, gamers are

downloading and not going into stores as much. they still have 2000 small stores throughout the united states. this is really happening with a lot of retail location. brick and mortar is not dying, we have seen retrenchment of business people. people shop online. gamers are downloading, not going in and buying anymore. >> todd: change like this, you want to shop local, there is a mom and pop shop you want to support and be a good community member. basically everything else, you can get online and it is easier. we've had this discussion for years, you click on a button and it goes. >> cheryl: it is way it is going. get this. macy's, kohl's, party city, big lots, closing locations, joann's.

>> todd: thank you, cheryl, we have to go to mornings with maria, see you soon. somebody else we are never getting rid of, our friend, the man, steve doocy, will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." good to see you. >> steve: i remember joann fabric and poof, it is gone, where do i get my gingham? >> todd: how do you micromet? >> i will go to michael's, that is still open, right? we kickoff "fox and friends" on busy tuesday, president trump hopeful ukraine and russia war will end after meeting with french president macron. tammy bruce is coming up, state department spokesperson now and protesters putting up posters with ice agents photos and personal information in l.a. chris swecker, will tell us more coming up and small business

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one of its secretive pl planes n orbit. secret. that's an awesome picture. sharing the photo x 37 b. first ever image shown to the public from this mission. the space force sharing that this plane executed a first of its kind maneuver known as arrow breaking to safely change orbit using minimal fuel leading to a pretty cool shot. tiger tradition is warning hearts across america. the clemson university baseball team having the team's reserve players going to the hands to shake hands and thank veterans between innings. head coach eric back kitchen is the man behind the patriotic idea and joins me now. this is awesome, how did this idea come about? appreciate you having me on. it's an honor. i love your show. the honor was introduced to us introduction game sauna bananas

they do so much crowd participation and fan engagement. we got to do this with them back in november in the exhibition game and we thought, you know what? we have to do this in our games this season it. aligns with school and patriotic core values, we always practiced how we stand for the national anthem protect our freedom deeper level of gratitude. >> todd: you actually practice in the fall when you are doing fall ball how they stand at attention with their feet, with their bodies. what's the reaction from the players when you do that? >> it's awesome. i mean, they all understand what a privilege it is to get to play baseball in a free country. so for two minutes of that song, how we stand and how we show that gratitude, it's something that, you know, being a part of other coaches and mentors back to when i was i was an assistant coach ativan der built we did it

with tim corbin. it's been part of our program for, you know, the last 20 years. and it's just such a great way to teach those life lessons and make it, you know, more about god and country as much as it is about playing sports. >> todd: let's get into the why. you just alluded to it. why do you feel it is so important to show this level of patriotism, especially at a time, coach, when you know so many colleges and universities across the country shy away from patriotism and and in fact oea document policies many would consider it anti-patriotic. >> we run right towards it. i'm the son of a vietnam veteran. the grandson of a real world veteran. the flag means an awfully lot to me personally. our players just understand they get to play baseball in a free country and that wouldn't be possible that wouldn't be possible without those men and women who protect that freedom

made the ultimate sacrifice laying down their life. for two minutes to be able to show that appreciation and gratitude and respect, there's just not a better way to do it at a sporting event than that. >> todd: thank you to your relatives for their service. what's the reaction from the veterans to this tradition? >> i think they love it. they stand up with pride, as they should. and our players get a chance to go through the crowd and shake their hand. i think there's been some tier jerking moments for some of them. especially those who maybe haven't always received the warmest welcome but to know that in our program and at our games, they are going to be recognized like they should. >> that is absolutely beautiful, coach. there is also the baseball aspect of, you know, your job and your life. you have got a pretty good team down there at clemson, just cracked the top 10 yesterday in the coaches poll released. you are 6 in one on the year. a game 4:00 p.m.

thank you for getting up early with us. it's tough when you have 12 hours of work ahead of you, to what do you attribute this year's success? >> the credit goes to the players. it always does. they are the ones out there competing. and we have a great group of guys and evidenced by their willingness to go into the crowd during a game which, you know, many players would -- might not want to do. but our guys have jumped forward with it. and they do it with a lot of enthusiasm, the humility and character traits behind just the baseball skills is a huge driver of that success. >> i'm excited to do basic segment where i don't yell at the screen for how bad my yankees are doing or injured they are. it frustrates me when we talk baseball. this is uplifting story because you are doing something so important and so valued by so many. coach erik bakich thank you for what you are doing. good luck today and the reps of the season. thanks for watching our show. that's awesome. we appreciate that too, coach.

>> yes, sir. i love your show. thanks again. >> todd: from basic to football nfl fans provided including producer anthony and i who literally yelled at each other during the commercial break about this. green bay packers submitted a turn push play. play become a specialty for the philadelphia eagles involve players lining up beyond the qb lung forward. gives unfair advantage risk injuries. teams should figure out ways to stop it. the issue will be argued. the annual league meeting next month and speaking of the eagles team reportedly denying rumors it did not want to visit the white house to visit president trump. source telling outkick the team would be honored to visit and celebrate their super bowl victory. they just needed invite from the white house first. so we will be watching that we thank you for watching us here on a tuesday morning. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪