e a narrow. >> he's spoken various times about this. he's saying -- [inaudible] it's really important in a world where there's a kind of cult -- [inaudible] for youth where. here in the church we say, no, there is a mission which god gives you which is for life. >> reporter: doctors say the pope's prognosis is still guarded, that that he is till not out of danger. shannon? shannon: lauren, thank you very much for the update. my new episode of living the bream drops today, i talk with joel rosenberg about a his latest book. check it out wherever you like to get your podcasts, and don't forget, potential coverage of the president's joint address to congress on tuesday. have a wonderful week. we'll see you next "fox news sunday." ♪ jon: people in north and south carolina forced how of of their homes as wildfires threaten hair

neighborhoods. all south carolina now under a state of emergency. good afternoon, i'm jon scott, and this is "the fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: that story in a a moment. but, first, two other big stories we're following. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy meeting with european if leaders in london coming up with a framework for a peace deal after certificate eleven -- zelenskyy's oval office visit with trump went off the a rails. and investigators in the case of gene hackman ahe might have been dead more than a week before his body was discovered. first up, tiffany bennett is live -- stephanie bennett is live in london with a peace plan that dealers -- i'm sorry, leaders want to present to purpose. but but let's begin with lucas tomlinson live in west palm beach, florida. he's traveling with the president.

lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, jon. at that oval office meeting, after it went sideways on friday, trump's director of national intelligence on "fox news sunday" said ukraine and the united states are not on the same page right now. >> president zelenskyy has a different aims in mind. he has said that he wants to end this war, but he will only accept an end, or or apparently, that that leads to what he views as ukraine's victory even if it comes at an incred bill high cost of potentially world war iii or even a nuclear war. >> reporter: also on "fox news sunday," democratic senator if chris van hollen says he regrets his support for marco rubio as trump's secretary of state. >> i did vet for senator rubio to be -- vote for senator rubio to be secretary of state. i regret that though because as a member of the senate, secretary rubio stood up for american values, american principles, he acknowledged that russia was the aggressor against

ukraine. he realized that it wasn't zelenskyy who was the dictator, and now he's simply taking his directions at the state department from elon musk. >> reporter: house speaker mike johnson says zelenskyy might have to step down. >> for him to act as he did was rather shocking to everyone. i mean, president zelenskyy, instead of showing gratitude, he interrupted and berated his hosts at a very perilous time for his country. >> reporter: and after a sticking a tee in the ground at trump international golf club, the president likely preparing for his big address, the joint -- the big congressional speech on tuesday night, the joint session is of congress. that's it, jon. jon: always difficult to to remember when it's not a state of the union address, and this one officially is not. >> reporter: correct. jon: lucas tomlinson, thank you. reaction pouring in from

european leaders after that fiery exchange between presidents trump and zelenskyy in the oval office. the ukrainian leader meeting with european counterparts today in london. that's where stephanie bennett if is standing by live with the latest for us. >> reporter: hey, jon. it's been a busy weekend for president zelenskyy, wrapping up with meeting the king at sandringham this afternoon after that crucial defense summit hosted by the prime minister. zelenskyy flew via helicopter the meet king charles iii. the pair chatted briefly before heading inside marking the end of a difficult week. european heads of state continue the rally around a zelenskyy. on saturday he was greeted with cheers outside 10 downing street and a warm hug from prime minister sir keir starmer. the two sign -- a awe greed to a further 2 billion to supply air a missiles announced this afternoon. dozens of leaders gathered for the prime minister's major

defense summit aimed at securing lasting and enforced peace in ukraine and beefing up defense spending across the continent. he a said we have to learn from the mistakes of the past and can't accept a weak deal that russia can break. all european countries need to step up their own hair of this burden. he also outlined a plan continuing the flow of aid keeping economic pressure on russia and that ukraine must be at the negotiating table. in a bbc interview, sir ceer farmer said watching the -- in the oval office said nobody wants to see that especially after his and macron's meetings were so productive. the p.m. made an urgent round of calls the try and bridge this and will create a coalition of the willing to to defend and enforce any peace deal. for now, u.k., france and possibly others will work on a plan and present that to the u.s. >> we are at a crossroads many history today. this is not a moment for more talk, it's time the act, time to

step up and lead and to unite around a new plan for a just and enduring peace. >> reporter: and president donald trump will also meet the king at system point after last week sir keir starmer presented an invitation for an unprecedented second state visit. jon? jon stephanie benefit in london, thank you. for more on europe's reaction to the trump-zelenskyy meeting, let's bring in hugo gurdon, editor-in-chief of the washington examiner. it seems like volodymyr zelenskyy is getting along a bit better with the european leaders than he did in the oval office the over other day, hugo? do you agree? >> that's certainly true. he's getting on very well, and there's an aspect of the this which is, i think, intriguing but not very pleasant, and that is quite a few people in europe along with the sort of international left wants to try and score some points off the

united states and off trump. i think that -- president trump has agreed, cheerily, with that -- clearly, with the british prime minister and french president should put together some kind of an end-of-war deal, agreement, which he will then look at a, and i think the crucial part of that is going to be, as ever, as it always has been, the extent to which there is a security backup by the united states which is the crucial difference of opinion. but, you know, this is the beginning of the repair job from the absolutely excruciating meeting at the oval office. and i do think there's one point i'd really like to make here, and that is at this time, which is incredibly dangerous, there's a lot of cheap shots being taken, frankly, by the democrats. we heard one or two in the material you played just now. you have people like susan rice,, one of obama's inner circle, calling the oval office a thing a setup and other democrats calling it an ambush.

this is a false, a mischaracterization of what happened in the oval office. it was, in fact, vice president vance was answering a reporter's question and backing up the u.s. diplomatic approach, and president zelenskyy took the opportunity to interject and almost mock america's approach, the current approach. and, you know, it went downhill from there. and there were, you know, i think the fact president trump tried to kind of calm things down until he finally lost his temper when it seemed a in that zelenskyy was saying, look, we just wont another $100 billion and no questions asked. jon: you seem to suggest that there's a little bit of blame to go around, that that zelenskyy didn't exactly handle it right and, to obviously, president trump got upset with the way he was handling everything. >> yeah. absolutely. all a three men if stand to blame, should take some blame. i suppose, ultimately, since

president trump was the man in charge, he ultimately needs to take the blame. but it's being mischaracterized through cheap point-scoring by the democrats. you know, president zelenskyy met with congressman chris murphy before -- it seems there is a certain degree of push from the democrats for him to push back against trump. and what they're looking for is continuation of angry denunciations of president putin, but saying putin started it, putin started it although that's the truth, it doesn't get you anywhere. what president trump seems to be doing, in my interpretation, is putting himself sort of neutrally in between ukraine and russia and trying to bring them to to -- and saying both sides are going to have to make concessions. and for this, the people who want primarily to attack trump just say, oh, he's op on russia's side. jon: he is going to have a big opportunity to, well, you know, just put out his agenda and put out his vision of the world when he addresses that joint meeting

of congress on tuesday. give us a preview of what you think the president is likely to say. >> well, the president is bound to endorse the approach that he has taken towards ukraine. that's certainly the case, so ukraine will be one of the things that he talks about and forcefully. but he's issued a hundred executive orders on all sorts of things. he's going to be able to claim that within a month he has essentially solved the border crisis. there's record few illegal immigrants being intercept ised at the border. he's going to defend and support elon musk in the move to try and find waste, fraud and abuse. a hot of what he's saying and what he's doing right now is exceedingly popular with the public, so i think he's going to have a pretty good performance on tuesday. the democrats are really at sea. they're trying to find a way of countering trump and, obviously,

this fiasco in the to oval office just on friday is part of their way of doing it. but they're rather at a loss, and i think that, you know with, president trump has got enormous if amount of momentum going into his first speech to congress. jon scrn it's going to be one to watch. hugo gurdon, thanks. >> thank you. jon: and be sure to tune in tuesday night, 99 p.m. eastern time right here on fox, for president trump's first joint address to congress since returning to the oval office. full coverage gips right then. begins right then. well, the blame game intensifies on capitol hill as a possible government shutdown looms again. lawmakers still at odds over the federal budget and the debate over critical funding taking center stage. madeleine rivera has the latest. >> reporter: the federal government runs out of money on march 14th, and as that deadline quickly approaches, lawmakerses on capitol hill say they're leaning toward a short-term spending bill the keep the the

government open. democrats though have one key demand, they want assurances that president trump won't i move to uniharmly cut cash flowh nows by congress -- flows by congress. house speaker johnson says he is open to not incorporating the cuts doge has made into this funding bill ad aing that -- adding that is an issue they can address later on. here is johnson on "sunday morning futures." >> we're going to pass a clean c.r. and, maria, the exciting thing is fy-26, the budgeting, where we will actually be able to change the way this is done and incorporate all the extraordinary savings that doge is uncovering through fraud, waste and abuse. >> reporter: some republicans will likely be frustrated at the thought of passing a clean c.r. saying they don't want to fund programs doge has a already slashed. we'll see how democrats respond to johnson, but some of them say the onus is on republicans to pass a bill considering they have a government truck backed

up. >> last i heard, the republicans control the white house, the house and the senate, and i hope they present if us with a budget that works for working people, not just for the billionaires. >> reporter: in washington, madeleine rivera, fox news. jon: elon musk's doge is doubling down with a few wave of accountability e-mails for the federal work force. but as the agency stands firm in its push for greater government efficiency, a rising tide of legal hurdles is challenging those efforts. let's bring in jay town, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama, appointed under the first trump administration. jay with, so -- jay, so elon musk wants members of the federal work force to submit, you know, five points about what i did last week. is that legal? >> it is -- of course it's legal. and remember, elon musk is

deriving his authority from the delegated powers coming from president trump. article i -- or, i'm sorry, article ii of the constitution vests all the executive power in one president. so when elon musk is having opm send these e-mails, it's at the direction of the president of the united states. he is the only person elected nationwide that is in charge of a single branch of our three-branch government, the executive branch. and so whether it is the secretary of state ordering state department employees to do as elon has suggested or work pm -- or opm, it's all done at the direction of the president of the united states. of course it's perfectly legal. this is -- the personnel that are filing these lawsuits, they're not doing it because they did ten things last week. they kid it -- did it because they don't want anyone checking their work, and they've been working from home for the last four and a half years on their

couch in their sweat pants watching "the view." jon: there are more than 20 lawsuits existence elon musk and his doge orders. do they stand a chance of succeeding? >> it's a constitutional absurdity to think that they will. the tros, these temporary restraining orders, these lawsuits are saying stop doing whatever you're doing, it involves either personnel or involves spending. , there's some humphreys exto haves, a 1935 -- executors that said there are just a few guardrails for the president to terminate individual, but there's a case more recently, 2020 the -- not 90 years ago -- that suggests the president has great authority the dismiss personnel. so any challenge that rises up to the supreme court of the united states of these tros or ultimate injunctions, it's going to lose. it's going to fail because

article ii is very clear. and if you think about what doge has done, and i wrote it down, jon, just so i got it right, according to doge.gov, they've saved us over $70 billion already. they canceled 3,000 unnecessary contracts. and it's just not elon musk. the secretary of the v.a., doug collins, cut $2 billion in unnecessary contracts in his first couple of weeks. they had15,000 software -- 115,000 software subscriptions that nobody was using that we were paying for. imagine if if that gym membership every month and you get billed $20 and you forget to cancel it, well, maybe it's no big deal. imagine if it cost $70 million. that's what we're talking about here. so none of the orders involving the temporary restraining orders, they're at best loosely tied to an article ii analysis. most of them address immediate harm, they don't address that they're going to be successful on the merits which is really

the ultimate way you win some sort of an enjoin isment. -- enjoinment. jon: it's my understanding that elon musk put something into effect at twitter when he came in, and that helped him win know down the work formts here's what a he had to say, he says,, the e-mail request was utterly triy'all -- trivial. urged on in some cases by their managers. have you ever witnessed such incompetence and contempt for how your taxes are being spent? does he have a point? >> he has an excellent point. we have 2.3 million civilian employees. that doesn't include law enforcement or members of the military. it costs us around a $300 billion a year to pay those people to work for the federal government. that's like 5% of our total federal budget. and so to ask them what did you do for the american taxpayer

last week, just name five thing, when i was at the department of justice, i would have asked, okay, what do you want me to name that i did after 10:00 on monday morning because i'm through the five things already. most government workers should be able to do that very ease lu. it's those that don't -- easily. it's those that don't want to do it because they can't do it that is the most concerning. and you cannot trim back the cost of government without trimming back personnel. 5% of the budget is just civilian personnel, so it can't just be doge contracts and grants alone are. we have to trim some fat, and that fat if's been sitting on the couch for the last four and a half years. jon: so in a word, if the president wants to cut back funding for drag queen story hour in ireland, he ought to be able to do that. >> yes, sir. i think that's well said, jon. jon: all right. jay with town, good to see you. thanks -- jay town. >> thanks. jon: evacuations underway mt. carolinas as a dry conditions and strong winds are pushing

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jon: a state of emergency declared and evacuations orders after hundreds of wildfires -- ordered, fire fighters working to contain the flames that have burned nearly 5,000 acres across north and south carolina. christina coleman joins us with more. >> reporter: hi, jon. crews are busy fighting a number of wildfires that broke out this weekend prompting evacuations. as of this morning, a fire in the carolina forest doubled in size to roughly 1200 acres causing evacuations. this is just one of many fires burning on the east coast that broke out this weekend amid dangerous wildfire conditions. wildfires have been reported in multiple locations including the delmarva peninsula, georgia and the carolinas. the fox weather center says a combination of low humidity, gusty winds and dry vegetation increased the danger of the fires spreading out of control. city, county and state leaders issuing warnings to residents.

south carolina governor henry mcmaster issued a state of emergency, also shared this message on x saying a statewide burning ban is now in effect due to dangerous wildfire conditions. that means you can and will go to jail for starting a fire outdoors in south carolina, period. our first responders and firefighters are risking their lives to contain many fires across south carolina. residents, of course, are urged to pay close attention and follow guidance from their official emergency sources as crews work around the clock to get these fires under control. more dry conditions are expected for this even oohing, but there is some good news. the winds have calmed down since yesterday with. the fox forecast center is tracking a storm system moving across the eastern half of the country from tuesday to wednesday of this week delivering about 1-2 inches of rain which could limit the fire danger, jon, so some good news there. jon: yeah. a little rain would help a lot. christina coleman, thanks.

the mayor of boston is getting criticized for her comments and her prior ties -- priorities after police say a guy tried the stab two people in a restaurant and was shot and killed by an off a-police officer there. police say the officer fired after telling the man to to drop his weapon. nobody else was hurt. the officer a was taken to the hospital as a precaution. but listen to mayor michelle wu offer her condolences to the alleged attacker before addressing the officer. >> my condolences and and all of our thoughts are with the family of the individual whose life has been lost, and i'm also thinking of all the people when were impacted -- who were impacted here today in one of the busier parts of the city with this tragedy. i'm glad that the officer is safe and very grateful for a quick response from all a of our

first responders here. jon: wow. boston's police commissioner also expressed similar condolences to the alleged attacker. no word yet on why the guy was trying to stab those two people. ♪ jon: as hollywood plans to honor gene hackman at the academy awards ceremonies tonight, the world is still wondering how and and he and his wife guyed in their home -- died in their home. matt finn live at the scene in santa fe, new mexico. matt. >> reporter: in this community loved gene hackman and his wife betsy, but now they've usenly and mysteriously -- suddenly and mysteriously departed. more on the investigation from new mexico. ♪

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♪ jon: hollywood plans to honor the late oscar-winning actor gene hackman tonight at the academy awards. investigators or are investigating the likelihood that he died more than a week before he, his wife and one of their dogs were found dead. matt finn is live9 with the latest on that investigation -- live with the latest on that investigation. >> reporter: gene hackman and his wife betsy lived in a massive estate inside of a gated community up the road here. we're told by locals here that they really valued their privacy, and they had a large wooden gate in front of their home.

so it was very clear that they wanted to be secluded. the sheriff here has ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning citing his information from the a pathologist. so we're now aware of at least who to other major focal points in this investigation. first, gene hackman's pacemaker. the sheriff says it registered his last event on february 17th indicating gene's probable if last day of life. that pacemaker could provide much more critical heart data to doctors and investigators. dr. michael baden, based off available information, theirizes that gene hack thatman died of natural causes or a heart attack and his wife betsy then rushed to the bathroom where scattered medications were found. >> she may have if struck her head on the way down and have some internal injury to the brain that doesn't show up on the outside or bleeding on the inside of the brain.

>> reporter: there are a lot of theories floating around, that is dr. baden's. police took a lot of evidence from the home here in santa fe including two green cell phones. it's not clear what type of phones they are, but in other death investigations law enforcement nationwide has had problems getting access into people's phones. if investigators get into gene hackman and his wife betsy's cell phones, that that could them -- tell them whether either of them attempted to place emergency calls or text messages could piece this mystery together. tonight costar morgan freeman is expected to to touch on hackman's sudden isen passing at the academy awards in los angeles, and freeman says that it was a highlight of his life to work with gene hackman. jon? jon: all right. matt finn reporting from santa fe, thank you. for more on this, let's bring in former fbi investigator bill daley. bill, good to have you here.

>> good to see you, jon. jon: autopsy reports, the full toxicology reports aren't in yet to police as far as we know, so what do they do in the meantime? >> jon, certainly this is a story right now that seems to be kind of ripped from a hollywood script in a way, a mystery, not knowing exactly what happened. certainly, there are theories, and there's some information if coming about through examination about the pacemaker that may give us some indication. right now, i imagine if police are looking at a number of things. i would probably say those cell phones that matt finn touched on, if they're not locked and they can be opened by authorities, they can lead to understanding last movements of the phone. that's been pretty helpful in some past cases' investigations, death cases, homicide cases where with they need to see what the movements of the phone were and when they stopped transmitting any cell information that was done in the background. so it may tell you a bit more about the time of debilitation

and/or death. likewise, as matt touched, you know, looking at any information that may come about either on the phones through text messages or computers where there may have been nefarious contact. nothing suggesting that right now, but police have to look at all as aspects. you don't want to say it's going to turn out to be something from the pathology or the toxicology reports later on. they need to look further about that. and also they'll probably want to know if there were other cell phone pings in and around the residence perhaps just before the debilitation or the death of mr. and and mrs. hackman. it may give them indication as to any people who came around afterwards, the immediate area around the home, and that could possibly help them. one other thing -- yeah, jon, go ahead. jon: one of the oddities here, and i think it raises a lot of eyebrows among the casual observer, is that that police got a search warrant to look into the home, right? so, i mean, if it's a normal

death investigation, you know, normal death without criminal intent or something, why do they need a search warrant? >> well, the search warrant is really used to gather those pieces of personal, those personal items that are in the home. so in order to do it legally, to make sure they have true chain of custody should it ever be used later on, they need to make sure it's done in the appropriate way. as much as some people may read into it that there's some kind of of criminal element to to this, it really is just a protocol police need to take in order to gather that information, that evidence that they may need. you know, jon, they also need to use that same type of warrant to get other medical information. we're only aware that mr. hackman had the a pacemaker, but we don't know the condition of his wife. and so is there any underlying medical conditions that may have led to, you know, her collapsing in the bathroom, her perhaps

being, as dr. baden suggested in your piece, being overcome by motion, running to the bathroom and perhaps suffering some type of medical emergency and collapsing. so they need to be kind of looking at all these aspects as well as was there anything with regard to -- and it was ruled out that it was from the toxicology of carbon monoxide poisoning, but was there anything they ingested. i'd probably suggest to an investigators, i'd want to see what was in the trashings in the refrigerator, was there anything they may have ingested that may have led to them becoming severely ill, collapsing and causing these medical conditions to occur. i think there's a number of things police probably are doing in the background as they wait for those full reports to to come through. jon: but, you know, another thing that, i guess, raises eyebrows is that police said the front door was ajar when they arrived, but the maintenance workers who arrived at the house initially and apparently made that first phone call to police said that the door was locked or at least closed.

what's a -- why the disparity? >> yeah, jon, those are great points. and, you know, without myself having a chance to rook at the documentation, there are some inconsistencies here. we have the maintenance worker saying the door was locked, couldn't get in, yet he found them inside. were there other doors that were laughed but unlocked, and did he leave through the front door. the police say when they showed up that the door was ajarred -- ajar because it was left by the maintenance worker who perhaps left quickly from the home. it's also regarding the dogs as well. we know in some of the reports there was one dog that was in, first they said a closet, later on a kennel or a crate that the dog was in who had also expiredded, you know, and there were two other dogs on the property and one came into the home while the police was there. was there a doggy door, were they able to eat and drink water to be able to survive those number of days without the

hackmans being around to tend them whereas that other poor dog in the crate either dehydrated or suffered malnutrition and perished there. a lot of questions perhaps have some real explanation, but i think they need to dig into these facts so they can rule out, again, anything nefarious. jon: yeah. let's hope we get some answers on this soon. bill daley, thanks. well, talks between israel and that hamas ifs are at a critical juncture. israel cuts off all aid to gaza after phase one of the ceasefire expires. what they are fighting about and how the u.s. is getting involved, that's next. your to-do list can be...a lot. ♪♪ super helpful. ♪♪ [ cheering ] what are invoices? progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money

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the entry of all humanitarian aid into gaza. it comes as hamas rejects a u.s. man to extend phase one of the ceasefire if deal. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has those details live from tel aviv. greg. >> reporter: jon, it is a tricky and a dangerous time here , that israeli-hamas if ceasefire as fragile as ever. all humanitarian aid to the desperate people of gaza has been cut off. aid a agencies are warning about catastrophic consequences. this comes after israel offered hamas an extension for the just-ended phase one of that ceasefire agreement which would include the release of more hostages but no real giveback from israel like the removal of its military from gaza. hamas has as rejected the plan calling it blackmail and a war crime. in fact, israel is also warning of more consequences if hamas doesn't sign on. for the past several days, it's

been readying its troops if and around gaza. israeli prime minister netanyahu claims the extension is the idea of mideast envoy steve witkoff with the support of the trump administration as new talks begin again in cairo about a modified version of that extension and maybe a crucial phase two of this agreement. as a reminder of the suffering here, the remains of the oldest hostage held by hamas, 8 an 87-year-old returned last week, was brought to his final resting place today. the funeral route was lined with people, and a yule i have, israeli -- eulogy, president herzog apologized to the family for not being able to save their loved one. passover is next month. many are praying there will be peace around for that period along with gains towards a resolution of the conflict. that's a tall order.

back to you. jon: tall order, indeed. let's hope. greg palkot in tel aviv, thank you. ♪ ♪ jon: homeland security secretary kristi noem says illegal border crossings last month were the lowest ever recorded. the trump administration says it's because of the president's crackdown on border security, and it's not resting on those laurels. the pentagon ordering up to 3,000 more troops to help secure the southern border. our c.b. cotton is live with more on that. c.b. >> reporter: hi, jon. yeah, during the biden administration it was widely reported border patrol agents would sometimes arrest 10,000 people in a single ca day for illegally crossing the border. immigration then became a key issue for voters during the 2024 election, and now the trump administration is announcing there were only 8300 people caught illegally crossing for

the entire month of february. dh, secretary kristi noem writing today on, and, quote, february was the lowest month in recorded history for encounters at our border. the world is hearing our message. do not come the our country illegally. if you do, we will find you, arrest you and send you back. president trump has taken a series of executive actions on the border since returning to the white house to include sending military troops the i cyst border security and shutting down the asylum-seeking process at the border. which immigrants' rights advocate groups have are sued the administration if over. when the aclu announced a lawsuit last month, it said lives were being put at risk. but u.s. border patrol chief michael banks says border operations now are actually safer. >> if you encourage through things like cbp-1 apps and through open border policies mass migration to happen in between the ports of entry, you going to see the deaths go up,

the drowning. we're back to an enforcement posture which also decreases the number of deaths dramatically. >> reporter: so the record low number of migrant arrests during the month of february, as you mentioned, also comes when the pentagon has just ordered up to 3,000 more troops to secure the southern or border. defense secretary pete hegseth writing on x over the weekend, quote, 100% operational control will be had at the southern border. jon. jon: c.b. cotton, thanks. well, positive signs from the vatican today on pope francis' condition. our chief religion correspondent, lauren green, is live in rome. lauren. >> reporter: hey. well, pope francis continues to to make progress, slow progress towards healing, but the vatican says his prognosis is still guarded. i am in rome, and i will have the latest coming up.

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jon: the9 vatican says pope francis remains in stable condition today reporting he is resting and in prayer. he released a written statement who to two days after suffering an episode of rest pri if story distress. lauren green is live from rome where the pope is recovering. lauren. >> reporter: hey, jon. well, you know, the latest news, the latest updates out of the vatican continue to be encouraging. as you said, the pope is stable. what's even better news is there are no ill effects from friday's respiratory crisis, but the vatican says however, you know, the pope's condition is presenting a complex condition, and so there is no telling when he will be out of danger. doctors at gemelli hospital continue to treat the8-year-old pope for double pneumonia. today he continued on oxygen

therapy but did not immediate the more intense -- need the more intense ventilation. he is in good spirits and able to walk with some assistance the. he had no fever, and blood levels are stable. the pope attended mass today at the 10th floor chapel and is carrying on vatican business. received -- he received visits from two top officials, but even though francis appears very much at the helm of the catholic church, it hasn't stopped the rumor mill speculating about his possible retirement. one papal historian rejects that idea. >> he's spoken various times about this. he's saying for him the papacy is for life x it's really important where there's a cult of health and youth that here in the church we say, no, there is a mission which god gives you which is for life. >> reporter: well, today marks the third sunday that the pope has not delivered his prayer in person. he released it in writing earlier today thanking the faithful for their prayers while

he's healing. he said, i feel in my heart the blessing that is hidden within frailty, because it is precisely in these moments that we learn even more to trust in thed lord. in the lord. a few miles from the hospital, thousands come to st. peter's square where there is a constant stream of the faithful with the pope in spirit. >> translator: we still feel him here. it's not the same thing because the presence is missing, and you can feel it. but we still feel him here. we feel him and we know he's here. he's in our thoughts, if in our prayers, in our souls. he's here. >> reporter: now, as the pope's condition continues to be precarious, the vatican has made alternate plans for ash wednesday. the pope will not be presiding over ash wednesday service which is, of course, marks the beginning of the lenten season, the most solemn period in the christian calendar. jon, back to you. jon: lauren green in rome, thank

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returning to europe for help after the heated white house bat which in president trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy. i am jon scott this is a brand-new hour of the fox report. ♪ our top stories this hour, zelenskyy is working with the uk and france now to develop a peace plan as fallout continues from his showdown with president trump in the oval office. it's al qaeda doubling in size threatening to scorch homes and businesses, even in myrtle beach. the governor declaring a state of emergency more than 170 fires burned across the palmetto state. israel cutting off aid to gaza on the latest pressure campaign to accepting a peace deal. prime minister netanyahu a further consequences for the terror group if phase 1 of the cease fire is not extended. with fox and team coverage but stephanie bend is live in london

following president zelenskyy. lucas tomlinson is alive and beach florida with president trump as america continues to grapple with the aftermath of the tents oval office meeting. let's go first to lucas. >> that is right, good afternoon. after many consider the most contentious meeting in the oval office ever caught on camera, trumps director of national intelligence a toll seat gabbard said this is where things stand now between the united states and ukraine. >> this has created a huge rift in the relationship. there is going to have to be a re- building of any kind of interest in good faith negotiations before president trump is going to be willing to reengage on this. >> and many democrats say they now regret their support for their vote for marco rubio as trumps secretary of state. cook snow, it was a mistake. it was a mistake. a lot of us thought marco rubio was going to stand up to donald trump on an issue like this.

>> here is what national security adviser mike walton set about what went wrong in the oval office meeting. >> you know, it was not clear to us that president zelenskyy was ready to negotiate in good faith towards an end to this war. coming to the oval office with the body language, the shaking of head, the arms are crossed, we found it incredibly disrespectful. collect after some golf this morning at his club at trump international we saw some video of that earlier. the president likely putting the finishing touches on his address to the joint address to con congress. jon: we will come lucas tomlinson with the present west palm beach, thank you. ♪ the united kingdom, france and

ukraine say they are working on a cease-fire plan to present to the united states. this as ukraine or president meets with several top officials in europe today including king charles. stephanie bennett as a live in london with more on those meetings. >> a president zelenskyy wrapping up his worl whirlwind a weekend bite meeting that king. this came after the crucial defense summit hosted by the prime minister. now zelenskyy flew via helicopter up to norfolk to meet king charles iii for the pair chatted briefly before heading inside. working to the end of a difficult work. european heads of states continued to rally round zelenskyy brent saturday he was greeted with cheers outside of 10 downing street a warm hug from perdition prime minister. the parasite $2.8 billion loan agreement for the 2 billion to supply 5000 air defense missiles. dozens of leaders and gathered at lancaster house for the prime minister's major defense summit.

aimed at securing peace and ukraine beefing up defense spending across the continent. he said all european countries seem to step up their own share of the burden. the outline a plan considering the flow of aid keeping economic pressure on russia and ukraine must be at the negotiating table. that pm said he made an agreement for an urgent round of calls to trump, zelenskyy and macron to try to bridge this print will create a coalition of the willing to any pc up at uk, france, possibly others will work upon ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting and presented to the u.s. >> in eeurope must do the heavy lifting. but, to support peace in our continent and to succeed, this effort must have strong u.s. backing. >> the prime minister also hand-delivered an invitation to president trump from the king inviting him for an unprecedented second state visit.

jon: stephanie bennett in london, thanks. so that now famous and blow up between president trump and zelenskyy the unsigned mineral deal leaving questions over what happens next in the diplomacy between the united states and ukraine. what about the p still? vermont democratic senator peter welch joins me now. give us your assessment of what happened there in the oval office, senator? >> the reality is much more about the fact trump has made a decision that he will align with putin and that not with zelenskyy and ukraine. that's really what happened. trying to parse the manners of who said what, really reflect the a deeply internalized position on the part of president trump. he is making clear for very long time for he thanks putin is a winner here. he thanks if with respect to ukraine, it's up to europe. i strongly disagree with that. but i think that as we saw on display clear decision by the

president that he is for russia on this effort and not ukraine. jon: he did say they've lost a million and a half people on both sides and that it is time for the bloodshed to end. it was not necessarily pro- russian position was it? >> i think it really was. all of us are heartsick about the loss of life. and saying that does not suggest there is a plan that includes any commitment on the part of putin to stop killing innocent people. he did invade, trump suggested was ukraine invade and that is absurd. you cannot have a capitulation on the part of ukraine without having some sense of security guarantees. so i think with the signal that he ought to just hang on and wear down ukraine. i think it's a really big

setback for peace not a step forward. jon: senator james lankford said the situation could wind up looking a lot like the border between north and south korea. listen. >> the challenge is now we are at a stalemate and we need to get these 2 folks at the table. get to some kind of a resolution to something that made it look like north and south korea for a long time and have a line where people are looking at each other but not an active work. jon: what about that? i guess the korean war still is officially on there is not an official peace deal signed. would you be okay with the situation like that and ukraine? >> ukraine is going to have to make a decision. senator lankford may be right, who knows we will end up. but right now you have full scale or ongoing. putin getting north korea on his side bringing in soldiers. so, we are talking about speculation what could be a

diplomatic resolution. but the way president trump is talking about it, ukraine is not even at the table. that he convened a meeting with russia and excluded ukraine from that meeting. so, that does not suggest to me that they are serious negotiation. that suggests to meet the president has made a decision. make a europe would be the ones who do not us. but europe is saying they cannot do without us and making it clear to putin he's got largely with what the unites hits of unf america will do. jon: list turn our attention to tthe arcthat are transient units in the tariffs are supposed to kick in on tuesday with mexico and canada as well. those 2 countries did offer some carrots i guess when the tariff deadline was coming up a month ago. do you see any more forthcoming from them before tuesday? >> i do have a clue's going on

in the negotiations. what i do know it's going to hammer vermonters and hammers we get our energy, electricity, we get her home heating fuel we get petra from canada. so we could see a 20% increase in home heating costs, and electricity and that's tough on everyday people are farmers look at 25% increase in feed cost for it we discuss that with farmers. one of them by the way it voted for trump but this is going to hammer them really, really ba badly. it is a bazaar to us in all candor this action is justified from president trump as quote emergency under national security. we don't have a lot of combat forces on the border with ca canada. in fact our kids played hockey over in canada and come back. we have a library half of it is in derby vermont and half of itt is in canada, stanfield so we get along okay it's not a

national emergency so i hope president trump is listening and croat can relax a little bit about that. jon: you think cooler heads might prevail? >> is in our interest economically for this is high risk for the president he is asserting tariffs are going to be paid by the other countries and we know that is not true. i think he is playing with fire here because a lot of people didn't vote for him are going to wonder what is going on question requires the implementing policies and make my electricity go? jon: senator peter welch thank you. jon: is to say president trump will address a joint session of congress. fox news will have a live coverage from washington all day leading up to the president's remarks at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. wild fires are raging up and down the east coast this weekend but some of the largest fires burning north and south carolina they've got all of the forest for a wild fire near myrtle beach doubled in size overnight

with officials ordering some residents to flee their homes. christina coleman joins us live with the latest on that. >> i jon, crews are busy fighting a number of wildfires on the eastern seaboard that broke out this weekend prompting evacuations. as of this morning a fire in the carolina forest doubled in size to roughly 1200-acre fire causing evacuations. this is 1 of many fires burning on the east coast that broke out this week and a monk dangerous fire conditions wildfires have been reported in multiple places like losing newton new jersey, the peninsular georgia in the carolinas. "fox weather" centers has a combination of low humidity, gusty winds and dry vegetation increase the danger of the fire spreading out of control. city county state leaders issuing warnings to residents but south dakota governor henry mcmaster issued a state of emergency he also assured this message on x sank statewide burning ban is now in effect due to dangerous wildfire conditions parade that means you can and

will go to jail for starting a fire outdoors in south carolina. our first responders and firefighters are risking their lives to contain many fires across south carolina. residents of course are urged to pay attention follow guidance from their official emergency sources. morton dry conditions are expected for the evening but there is some good news. the winds have calmed down since yesterday fox forecast center is tracking a storm system moving across the eastern half of the country from tuesday until wednesday of this week. which is expected to deliver 1 -- 2 inches of rain. which could limit the fire danger so some good news there. jon: that is good news for christina coleman joining us, thank you. ♪. jon: 2 theories are emerging in the deaths of gene hackman and his wife. ted william joins next on the

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jon: it is oscar zide and hollywood troopers are pouring in for the late gene hackman meantime in new mexico investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the deaths of the legendary actor and his wife. investigators say no foul play is suspected as they wait for

the autopsy results. matt finn is aliv a live in san, new mexico with more. cook's jon, gene hackman and his wife betsy lived a very large estate inside an exclusive gated neighborhood up the road here. once you get inside of that gated community, they had a very tall wooden gate at the edge of their property it was very clear they wanted peace and quiet. and they wanted to live away from the hustle and bustle of downtown santa fe. so, the sheriff here has ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning. so what's next in this investigation? from what we have gathered there are 2 crucial focal points first gene hackman pacemaker the sheriff said registered at the last event february 17 indicating probable last day of life. could provide critical heart data to doctors and the investigators but also police took a lot of evidence from the

home here in santa fe including 2 green cell phones. it's not clear what type of cell phones that work for other death investigations law enforcement has had problems getting access into people's homes. if investigators get into gene hackman and his wife betsy cell phones that tells whether of them to place any emergency calls or pictures or text messages could piece this mystery together. because i think if they can get into those phones they may be able to determine who died first. because that seems to do everyone is asking right now. for all we know it she could have been the 1 to have the initial heart attack and he was running to help her and fell. we do not know that yet. >> tonight hollywood legend friefranand costar morgan freems expected to touch on passing at the academy awards in los angeles. freeman says working with gene hackman was a personal highlight of his life.

jon: matt finn reporting, matt thank you. for more on this tragic mystery it let's bring in ted williams former washington d.c. police detective. he is also a fox news contributor. so, like all of us you're kind of on the outside looking in here. but, what crosses your mind? what do you want to know if you are investigating this case as an active crime scene investigator, we do not note the crime scene. what would you be looking for? >> well you know, my investigation right now if i was investigating this, with the center specifically around be betsy, the wife of gene hackman. and the rationale is that we know that she was in close proximity to the dog that either died of dehydration were starving i believe. also there were a great deal of pills that were found out aboutd

around her body. now, the question is could she have ingested those pills or a certain amount of them, that all will come out clearly in the autopsy. but, we know where gene hackman was found. he was found in a mud room off the kitchen. it appears as though he'd theory it mamay will have fallen. we also know there was no signs of foul play. the autopsies have now been performed on both of them as well as i believe the animal. jon: wan 1 of the theories exprd yesterday on the fox report is that may be gene hackman walks into the mudroom, has a heart attack or some kind of an event spirit falls to the floor and collapses. his wife then sees this, run to the bathroom to grab his heart medication and sheet trips and

falls or may be under the stress she had some kind of heart attack or episode that ultimately killed her. does that make sense to you? >> well, i spoke to michael this morning. the famed forensic pathologist who is a friend of the show. i think what he has suggested here is quite plausible. i would have to believe that at this stage the investigators who were actually investigating this case they have a pretty good idea of what took place. i think what they are waiting for right now are the toxicology reports those reports can be weeks off for months off to be very candid with you. hopefully they will get them to us a lot sooner. jon: is seemed like in a case like this you'd want to get those answers a lot faster than months from now. cook's will you are absolutely right speed toxicology reports

unfortunately do take a time and they have to process those reports. but it would show the autopsy itself taking place which show the contents of their stomach which should be very important pas part of the investigation. also there's something called postmortem lividity. that means that when a person dies especially when they're lying down all of the blood contents will go to the lower part of their body. that is significant to show if in fact the bodies themselves had been moved to some stage or another. jon: how unusual is this? this is a high profile guy obviously. his wife had a lot of connections as well. if they were lying there dead for more than a week, and that's with the authority seem to think happened, isn't that unusual? >> oh well, it is unusual for some individuals. but, from what we have been told

both of these individuals were very private individuals. it could very well be they were in fact they were lying there for at least, we know 9 days because on february 17, gene hackman's pacemaker stopped working. so the authorities have been able to show that would have been when he would have died. we do not know when she would have died. we don't know if his wife died before or after him. but they are all sorts of signs. when you look at the decomposition of a body for instance, the medical examiner would be able to at this stage know when and who died first. and who died last under the circumstances. >> are ted williams, ted think of your expertise. >> my pleasure my friend.

jon: the vatican says the pope's condition is heading in the right direction as catholics are on the road pay for the pontiff and the beginning of lent. plus, the cease-fire between israel and hamas now on the verge of collapse. how that u.s. and arab nations are scrambling to save the truce for the fighting resumes. ♪ huh, noom has glp-1 meds now? yes, noom combines medications with healthy habits so you can lose the weight and keep it off. yeah, glp-1s starting at $149. that's noom smart.

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ego retailer near you. jon: israel's block of the entry of all humanitarian aid into gaza wording of quote additional consequences as hamas rejects u.s. proposal to extend phase 1 of the cease-fire deal their senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the details live. >> it is a dangerous time here with that is really hamas cease-fire agreement looking as shaky as ever but all humanitarian aid to the desperate people of gaza has been cut off. aid agencies are warning about

severe consequences for this comes after israel offered hamas and extension with the just ended phase 1 of the cease-fire agreement which would include the release of more hostages. no real gives back from israel at the removal of its military from gaza. hamas rejected the plan calling a black male and a war crime. in fact israel's also warning of more consequences if hamas does not sign on. for the past several days is been readying its troops in and around gaza. israeli prime minister netanyahu exclaims the fermented extension is that steve witkoff with the support of the trump administration as few he talkse set to begin again in cairo about modifying the extension or a crcrucial phase 2 of the agreement. as a reminder of all this suffering the remains of the oldest hostage held by hamas. returns last week's final

resting place today. apologize to the family for not being able to save their loved 1. jon, the muslim holy month of ramadan has now begun. a major jewish holloway of passover is next month. many here are praying for peace in this. and also hoping for getting a little closer to a resolution of this conflict. there's a lot of praying to do. back to you. jon: there is indeed, greg thank you. it ♪ ♪ >> pretty absurd for anyone in the media or democrats to somehow proclaim president trump, the white house and republicans in congress are important side. it is a joke. we understand is a dangerous adversary he is the 1 who provoked the war. i like to see pooch and defeated frankly but he is an adversary to the united states. but, in this conflict we've got

to bring them into t this warts and everybody's interest. because russian president putin remains a wild card in any kind of ukrainian peace deal. the uk, france and ukraine are saying they're working on the proposal to share with president trump. he repeatedly is called for an end to the war in ukraine despite his falling out with president zelenskyy as exhibited in the oval office the other day but it is not clear whether pollutant will accept a cease-fire. rebecca is a former defense intelligence agency officer author of putin's playbook. so rebecca, let's dive into the situation right now. a lot of people have suggested president trump is sort of putting his thumb on the scales in putin's favor and trying to resolve this conflict. do you see it that way? >> absolutely not too. what president trump is trying to do, he is trying to stop the unwinnable war. he is a realist there's no military path to victory for ukraine. i've been single for 3 years.

president trump wants to stop the bleeding of ukrainians and of the u.s. weapons arsenal. we have depleted our own military hardware stockpile to very dangerous levels on some critical systems and it is going to take 5 -- 80 years to replace depending upon the system. president trump just wants to end this and bring peace ukraine. jon: what up putin's position? his economy is in tatters. he has lost 3 quarters of a million of his military aged men. he cannot beat feeling good he lost most of his a black sea fleet to a country that is not even have a navy. he cannot be feeling good about his prospects kenny? >> so let me grounded this in reality, jon. feels pretty good. he lost all of these people,

close to a million. but, this is how the russians fight. they fight the war of attrition. dates throughout men into the meat grinder. his economy is not in tatters by the way. his military-industrial complex which putin transition on a wartime footing prior to the invasion is feeling the russian economy. putin does not have to negotiate. in my intelligence assessment, he is not going to go for cease-fire. because he does not want to give what's called the strategic pause to ukraine comment to nato and to the united states. because russia right now is pumping out more missiles in 1 month than the entire nato alliance those of 1 year. this is secretary general of nato acknowledge himself. and look at during the obama

administration i was served as an intelligence officer, nato in 2013 just prior to months of putin's invasion of crimea i explained at the classified level putin's plans of intention. russia's war fighting strategy and yet nobody bothered. neither pentagon nor at nato, nobody bothered to beef up and to develop a counter strategy to putin's playbook. that is why putin is going to proceed, destroying ukraine and president trump recognizes it. he just wants to force it piece by any possible means. he does not deserve that criticism. zelenskyy is that miniature pollution. he's a bad actor to pretty took us to the cleaners. knowing the source unwinnable. >> if ukraine comment some peace deal and i am sort of making this out. i for peace deal required to give up and let russia keep the

territory that they have already invaded, would you see that as an acceptable end to this conflict? >> putin is going to insist on every single requirement that he has put out there. he kept saying ukraine membership in nato is a red line. they already captured. there's nothing to give up there it's impossible for the ukrainian military to take it up. putin is going to insist on 3 other things which president trump pretty much is given to him but not because he wants to hand victory to the russian dictator who has a way to the bloodiest war in europe since world war ii. but because he is being a realist. he promised putin note nato membership and he promised putin to keep those territories. but putin also is going to insist on lifting the sanctions.

he's also going to insist on having the west to recognize crimea on that area as russian. the west is unlikely to go for that so the 2 positions are mutually irreconcilable i applaud president trump for drug trying to solve it. but it is unlikely putin is going to go for and less every single requirement there's a whole list of requirements that putin has. he believes he can play the hardball while he's getting all of the pr by appearing next to the leader of the free world, president trump. trump and that is theposition ta administration and i'm sorry the biden administration placed president trump in. trump inherited untenable situation he is trying to solve it. jon: it be hard to see vladimir putin gain territory and effectively win after the blood

he invasion he launched. we'll see what happens. rebecca thank you. >> thank you. jon: vatican says of pope francis truman's in stable condition today resting and in prayer released a written statement from his normal hospital room just 2 days after suffering an episode of respiratory distress or chief religion correspondent lauren greene is a lie from a room with an update. >> hey jon. pope francis in stable condition is a really great news of the vatican. but what is even better news there's no ill effects from friday's respiratory crisis. however the vatican continues to say there is a complexity to the pope's condition for there's no telling when he will be out of danger. doctors at the hospital here in rome continue to treat the 88-year-old pope for double pneumonia. today he continued on oxygen therapy but did not need a more intensive mechanical ventilation for the vatican sources say the pope is in good spirits, eating

solid food and able to walk with some assistance. he has no fever and his blood levels are stable. the pope attended mass today at the tenth floor chapel in his caring on vatican businesses. he received visits from 2 top vatican officials going over routine church operations. today marks the third sunday at ththepope has not delivered his prayer in person. he released it in writing earlier today thanking the faithful for their prayers while he is healing. also set i feel in my heart the blessing that is hidden within frailty because it is precisely in these moments we learn even more to trust in the lord. a few miles away from the hospital, thousands come to st. peter's square there is a constant stream of the faithful feeling the pope's absence. >> i am also a doctor. it is emotional knowing pope francis is in the hospital and worrying this happened.

but we are confident because gemelli is on the best hospitals in the world. i say this is a former student and is the wife of a gemelli doctor. >> as the pope's condition remains precarious the vatican is made alternate plans for ash wednesday. the pope will not preside over the service that marks the start of the lenten season which is of course the holiest time, the holy spirit of the christian calendar that leads up to easter. jon: lauren green reporting from rome, thank you. at the southern border migrant encounters hitting a record low. just a little over a month into president trump's second term for a closer look at how the administration is working to try nextwe. i didn't have the millions of dollars to put towards marketing, and that was the hardest thing. when i posted on tiktok that went from maybe a few hundred people

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the government open. democrats have won key demands up or they want assurances of president trump won't move to unilaterally cut cash flows appropriate by congress which they say is against the law. republicans have both at that but house speaker mike johnson suggests he's open to not incorporate in the cuts has made into the funding bill. adding as an issue they can address later on. here's johnson speaking to maria on "sunday morning futures." >> we are going to pass a clean cr to get us past fy 25 and the exciting thing is fy 26th. the budgeting, what will actually be able to change the way this is done and incorporate all the extraordinary savings that doge is uncovering through fraud waste and abuse request the thought of plastic clean continuing resolution they do not want to fund programs that doge has/will see how democrats respond to johnson. some of them say the onus is on republicans to pass a bill considering they have a

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hitting the five been reasonably see the booking windows extend further and further out as well so we see people book more than 100 days out and then that way they can sort of gauge where is the dollar going to go further and really look forward not just the best rate but also the best available hotel rooms in the suites that they want, the experiences that date on. >> expect the biggest crowds, the hottest weathering traffic during july and august and would have the best espresso working to get away from the crowds, working to get away from the heat in the summer and so, we see this mediterranean islanders be a really popular going back to the white notice for a moment, sicily continues to be incredibly popular off of the back of that show sent for prices and availability, virtual said that the time to book your summer travel is now coming in chicago, kelly zuberi, fox a business. >> i would like to go all of them.

president trump will address a joint session of congress this coming tuesday and of course "fox news" channel will be life from washington throughout the night leading up to the president's speech and his remarks are said to begin at 9:00 p.m. eastern time and is kind of like a state of the union but you only do that after you been in office for a full year. so is a joint address. that's how fox reports, this sunday march 2nd, 2025, i am jon scott and think you very much for watching and we will see you again next weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪