vladmir putin is factoring that in. but understandably until the situation is intoirly resolved we're going to have to keep trying different things to see if we can get a better outcome. what i do know is that we will not be able to succeed unless we maintain the strong trans atlantic solidarity that's been the hallmark of our national security throughout the last 70 years and i'm confident that i've got a great partner in angela in maintaining that. thank you very much, everybody. >> all right. so we have been watching this for the better part of 35 40 minutes, president obama and german chancellor angela merkel as they've talked about a host of issues but really keying in on the crisis in ukraine right now and those pro russian rebels that are fighting now in eastern ukraine and i was reading this morning, let's bring it back out to the couch really what is at stake here. i heard angela merkel put it into words. peaceful environment of all of europe is in danger as russia in her words violates the principle of territo

vladmir putin condemned nemtsov's killing and offered the family his condoedances. he launched an investigation into the murder and said it bears all the haul marks of a contract killing, aimed at provoking unrest. this is a friend of nemtsov, he was one of the first at the scene of the murder and criticizes russia's president. i don't know who pulled intrigger, he tells me. but i strongly believe it's russia's government and vladmir putin who are responsible for it. vladmir putin is responsible for creating the atmosphere of hatred in our country. they've incited hatred. nemtsov was said to take part in a opposition rally criticizing russia's role in the ukraine conflict this sunday. instead there will be a march of mourning for one of russia's most opposition voices. >> it was last year that nemtsov was featured in a episode of cnn's "anthony bourdain: parts unknown" unknown". he said he was aware of what happens to critics of president putin. >> we were supposed to be dining at another restaurant when they heard you were going to be joining me we were uninvited.

kim juning un -- kim jung un is coming. >> vladmir putin can't do anything. his army is really terribly weak. he's pretty much expended all his top tier forces in eastern ukraine, an act of war really? a asymmetric response? i don't think knowings. what vladmir putin is trying to do is literally get away with aggression and not pay a high price for it and the president, the administration are simply up to this point at least willing to go along with that. jenna: house of representatives recently introduced legislation authorizing a billion dollars in military aid to ukraine through 2017. that's where some of the money perhaps for the weapons could come from. we'll see what we end up doing now so many months into this conflict. good to see you. appreciate it very much. >> go ahead to be here. jon: some republican presidential hopefuls are seizing on the income in equality theme. why one political analyst calls that a losingish up. he'll be here to explain. let the buyer beware of pick pocketing in the digital age. how thieves can steal your credit card when yo

i think that you're right merkel is the go between with russian president vladmir putin. the negotiations have continued but apparently germany and france have given vladmir putin until wednesday to come up with a blueprint or an overall strategy how the fighting ends in the ukraine. and if he doesn't do that they've threatened to step up economic sanction which is a big deal for europe to agree to do that considering all the ties to russia and the economy going forward. as for lethal aid, that's really where the pushback is and merkel is against providing that to the ukrainians. the president has been considering it. we'll see what comes out of the joint meeting whether they go forward with that moving forward. >> the president is taking heavy criticism from people like john mccain and lindsey graham who say you can't fight russian tanks which is what the so-called russian separatists have. some of them may be russian -- actual russian soldiers but we don't know that for sure saying that you can't fight those russian tanks with blankets. how much pressure is the presiden

>>> one of russian president vladmir putin's top opposition men murdered. she was he was shot in the back under the body bag. you see the domes of the cremlin. this according to russia state news agency. tonight president obama speaking out condemning the brutal murder. the white house calling for the russian government to conduct a prompt and impartial investigation. fred is out front from moscow. there are many who will look at that word impartial and roll their eyes. what you hearing about the shooting? >> reporter: it was a brazen attack. it didn't only happen right close to the cremlin. it happened in an area that's frequented by people at that point in time. it leads away from the cremlin to the main river. a man hunt under way. here in moscow searching for the possible assailants. they describe this as a woman who had recently come here to visit him from ukraine. she's being questioned. >> what are people saying about. you're talking about a man hunt. they are moving forward with an investigation. does anyone believe such an investigation would be ab

. >> could vladmir putin have a serious neurological disorder? a pentagon report surfacing and what it reveal abouts the russian leader. "fox & friends first" continues right now. >> welcome back. i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> we are going to begin with a fox news alert. who was she doing on those tracks, a young mother of three now identified as the driver whose suv was plowed by that train killing her and five passengers. 49-year-old ellen brody was on her way to visit a friend after she got off work. she drove across the tracks when the gate hit the back of the car she got out to look and got back in and was trying to drive forward despite another driver telling her to back up. >> she looked a little confused gets back in the car and pulls forward and she was probably 15 feet from the tracks -- the front of the car was right at the track line but when she pulled forward she pulled right in front of the train. >> the train was traveling at 58 miles per hour. it slammed into her suv. her gas tank exploded igniting both her

as far as vladmir putin he is concerned, he is old kgb agent posing as president of russia.e only understands strength. the old soviet leaders understood during the kennedy nixon or reagan administration. you know what? strength worked. but here is what is interesting about the, what just happened with those russian bombers getting very close to great britain. before, we're now learning before those bombers went very close to the british airspace they came very close, 26 miles off the coast of iceland, another charter member of nato. i spoke to a very senior icelandic official. let me tell you, they're very concerned. this is not the first time it has happened there, particularly since nato pulled out our military nato base out of iceland a few years ago. cheryl: this begs the question. you have u.k. warning that the baltics could be putins next target. a group of former soviet countries this is lithuania estonia, latvia. michael fallon says putin poses real and present danger to the baltics. nato has to be ready for any aggression from russia what form it takes. those are h

russian president vladmir putin said yesterday kiev should allow its soldiers to give up.f not, he warned a bloodshed. he knew about that. ironically now that vladmir putin and his proxies have gotten what they wanted there might be a chance the cease fire will hold together. the shock from the deadly loss might trigger more troubles. new reports of fighting in other parts of the region. back to you. jenna: big story to continue to watch. thank you very much. jon: prosecutors are presenting new evidence in the aaron hernandez murder trial. a video shows the former new england patriot dismantling his cell phone and using a second phone to make a call just hours after the victim's body was found shot dead in a massachusetts industrial park. prosecutors argue hernandez used the phone to call his alleged accomplice. joining us now, phillip holloway and also peter a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. he apparently is seen after he had talked to the police, he goes out in the police station parking lot, sits in a car with his daughter tears apart his own cell phone

jon: very hard to believe anything that vladmir putin says.reg palkot, greg, thank you. >> the white house intervening in a labor dispute. key meetings taking place after ports along the west coast were shut down, making it impossible for ships to unload cargo and domestic cargo to be shipped overseas. we'll have the very latest next. you don't know "aarp." the aarp fraud watch network the nyet ♪ jon: happening now, a desperate search for3-year-old april foster. she was seen thursday morning leaving a karaoke bar with a man she met hours earlier. they called police when she didn't show up for work. investigators spoken with the man as well as foster's estranged husband. both have been cooperative. so far they say there is no evidence of foul play. we'll keep an eye on this developing story. >> new information on a major work stoppage in this country. the u.s. labor secretary is meeting with both sides after an ongoing labor dispute shut down operations at major west coast ports. ships have been forced to wait offshore unable to load cargo. you

we must add as we always do vladmir putin says he has no russian troops, no russian armaments and noan plans inside of eastern ukraine. that is what he has been saying. >> emphasis on saying. greg, great to see you as always. thank you. jon: right now, high stakes talks underway in greece as that country once again teeters on the brink of financial default. european creditors want to extend the current bailout to keep the country running until they can hammer out a new deal but athens won't accept an extension, arguing the cuts will push greece's economy further into crisis. the world is watching these talks because failure could put greece's membership in the e.u. and currency in jeopardy and could risk extending the crisis other troubled european economies. jenna: definitely a story to watch. also watching this story. unions are known for backing democrats at the polls but private unions are expressing different points of view from the democratic party which may impact the democratic contenders in 2016. shannon bream is taking a look at this live from washington. >> reporter: gener

the german chancellor and french president both set to sit down with vladmir putin to find a way to stop the bloodshed in eastern ukraine. as former commander of nato warns the kremlin could be eyeing other baltic states coming up next. all of this as we expect the administration today to lay out the president's strategy for our own national security. >> interesting to hear details on that. live fox team coverage amy powell in london. conor powell has the latest in jordan on the fight against isis. conor? >> reporter: jenna we saw large crowds turn out across the country, particularly in amman, jordan the capital, the people came out in support of king abdullah and the families of the jordanian pilot. muath al-kasaesbeh the pilot killed by isis. they were pro-government. they were very very anti-isis. there is collective belief in this country real unity that isis is the enemy. they need to be defeated. there is real sense of unity in this country to do just that. we're hearing that jordanian response is on going. more than a dozen or so jordanian planes launched attacks in syria in the

and of course, that is going to have some impact in the way we deal with vladmir putin. it should.white question of these foreign policy issues. >> when you're a sovereign country and getting invaded by another country for no legitimate reason and it's taking your territory from you, that is black and white. and again, this is an issue not just conservatives. it's the center left. you have the most respected policies on the left in this country a week or two ago saying it's no brainer that we should be arming the ukrainians so they can try to resist this threat themselves and again -- >> but you were suggesting we react to what's going on there without concerning ourselves with how it impacts the iran nuclear program. >> you're saying we should let russia run over ukraine to get an appeasement deal with the iranians? >> of course not but the president has to take all of these. >> that's why -- >> you know what? i think this discussion is at the heart of the matter in almost everything we just talked about from iran to syria to russia and into the isis question as well in many ways.

you are right. >> so you think vladmir putin is a rational actor on the international states?the kremlin was that we actually can expect him to behave more rationally than say how iran has behaved since '79? >> look i disagree with just about everything vladmir putin is doing. i think he is rational. he will respond to pressure. he will respond to strength. that's what i think president obama and chancellor merkel need to do is push back a little. i'm not saying push back with our military force. make it difficult for him. you were right when you said the oil price drop has really hurt him. so the leverage we got is not so much on the military side. it's on the economic side. prime minister cameron gave a speech yesterday in parliament in britain. he said we need to spike up the sanctions. i think he's right. >> i'm not sure i completely embrace the concept of putin being rational. someone who is is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you said his speech is ill considered on all side. would you advise at this point the trip is canceled or is the damage done? >> you know

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russian president vladmir putin, will sit opposite leaders from france and germany as they try to bringnd to 10-month conflict. ukraine officials say they are ready to defend their country. over to china where president xi xinping is preparing for the first state trip to the u.s. that is after president obama gave him a call, and invited him to come visit in september. the two leaders have been working on matters to do with global security and also pollution. >>> no need to wipe your tears away any longer. a group of farmers has created an onion that won't make you cry. i love this. it also won't give you bad breath. how is that possible? it is amazing. joining me, managing director of bedford shire growers. along with his farmer. thanks to both of you for joining us. alistair. start with you. >> thanks melissa. >> how is this possible? talk to me about this onion. >> well, a long time ago i was tasting, red onions and discovered one which had got a fabulous flavor. really enjoyed it. lovely sweetness and, juicy. and, low pungency. so i determined i would try to reproduce that 100%. eve

being floated through the press to see what if any, reaction there will be from russian president vladmir putin. today a hospital was hit by heavy shelling leaving up to 10 people dead. ukraine blames russian backed rebels for the escalation. just last night a bipartisan group of lawmakers on capitol hill including top democrats, issued the following letter to president obama urging he send lethal aid to the ukraine military. quote, we urge the u.s. and nato to rapidly increase military assistance to ukraine to allow it to defend its sovereign borders. the aggression must not be allowed to succeed. the state department nor others would confirm he's bringing a promise of lethal weapons. jon: jennifer thank you. jenna: the latest brutal act of isis, no reaction stronger than in the streets of aman, jordan. shepard smith just arrived there and he joins us live with the latest. >> it is a very quiet night, just past 6:00 here in aman. the sort of demonstrations that we saw yesterday after the killing of the jordanian hero have subsided and really just appears to be a city and a nation very mu

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poroshenko spoke on the phone today with vladmir putin leaders of germany and france. all still claim they want to go forward with this peace deal. still, we are getting reports of fighting elsewhere and both sides still say no to that heavy weapon pullback which was supposed to start this week. in the next few days, jon, we'll see if as the dust settles from this latest fight, could a cease-fire go forward or is this just a warm-up for more trouble. back to you. jon: greg palkot, keeping an eye on a very dangerous situation from kiev. thank you, greg. >> back here at home some new information now on a big story. the labor dispute that snarled shipping at more than two dozen ports on the west coast and choked off billions of dollars in international trade. as cargo companies just snubbed the union by going straight to the dock workers with their quote, last, best, and final offer. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live from the port of los angeles in california with more on this jonathan? >> reporter: jenna, those employers are still involved in direct face-to-face

he was one of the most vocal critics of vladmir putin. prime minister of russia was supposed to take part in a march to protest russia's involvement in ukraine. flowers adorn the bridge where he was gunned down. mourners continue to pay their respects. the when you say calls this a brutal murder and demanding a transparent investigation into it. we will continue following the story. >>> up next, what does all the chaos in the house mean for president obama. we'll go live to the white house to find out. >>> if seeing this dress change color is causing you to yell at your tv you will want to stay tuned for the next hour. if a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. [ sizzling ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you want to hear how

me ask another question that's more about national security strategy global strategy and that is vladmir putin. what do you think his end game is? >> i think he has a broader agenda first to destabilize ukraine to the point that he can impose regime change in kiev and dominate ukraine and prevent it from associating itself with the european union and moving in the direction of the west. i think he fundamentally lee jects the post cold war security order in europe. and i think it's taken a while for a lot of our friends in europe to recognize this. i think some of them are still in a bit of denial about it. they still seem to hope that there's some way to negotiate a limit with him on ukraine. but i think this is just the beginning. after ukraine he's going to be pursuing this in moldova and i think we're likely to see efforts to create problems and drive wedges between the united states and its allies and particularly its battlic allies. >> would you agree that if nato doesn't live up to its obligations in latvia that would be the end of nato? >> absolutely. >> i don't disagree with anyt

>> reporter: like many analysts out there, many of the people we have been speaking to think that vladmir putin made out best in this deal. one person on the street confiding to me, he can't be trusted. back to you, jenna. >> good point, fair point to raise, one we'll continue to explore throughout the show. greg, thank you. jon: in a crowded field of potential republican presidential candidates one person is getting a lot of attention these days. according to "the wall street journal" the financial industry is warming up to wisconsin governor scott walker. and he is set to attend a series of fund raisers with big dollar donors when he visits new york city next week. let's talk about his prospects with a national reporter for "the washington post." and daniel hall per, online editor for "the weekly standard." things for being here on this friday. >> thank you. jon: that "wall street journal" article was pretty glowing colby, about his fund-raising potential. wall street likes him and wall street is apparently not alone right now. >> yeah, you know "the washington post" called i am the it

vladmir putin's victory lap, a cease-fire reached in ukraine but is the imf's $17 billion that russia is really after? >>> sony chief amy pascal at it again. what she said about the hacks that took down her company and calls hollywood stars, quote bottomless pits of need. so nice. >>> he is the face of hbo hit series "entourage.." adrian grenier is going behind the camera. he will join us exclusively this hour, we promise. we promise. even when they say it's not it is always about money. deirdre: the economy versus your wallet. "fox news poll" reveals that americans believe things are getting better, just not when it comes to their own home. the number of people saying the country is still in recession is down more than 20% from 2010. but however, nearly half of respondents are just able to pay their own bills. let's bring in today's panel. taking a seat as we speak, fox business's own charlie gasparino. tons of time, tons of time. you are so early. everybody hear him walking in? >> couldn't have timed that better. >> perfect. >> blame neil cavuto. don't blame me. managing editor. mel

russian president vladmir putin in a state television interview yesterday saying and i quote, it is unlikelyt there will be an all-out war between ukraine and russia but he went on to say, and i quote here too, ukrainian officials should return their country to its normal life. but he would say that wouldn't he? jenna: point well taken. thank you. jon: let's get back to breaking news on the west coast. the derailment of a commuter train in oxnard, california. apparently a truck was stalled or maybe stopped on the tracks. commuter train smashed into three cars. they're overturned lying on their side. the fourth derailed. scott johnson is a spokesman in california. last we heard, there were 30 known injuries but no fatalities reported. is that still accurate? >> that is still accurate and i think the local fox affiliate is doing a good job locally. our train departing the station, there was a truck that for some reason had come to a stop a rest on the intersection. the driver of the vehicle had vacated and fled the scene but our engineer even though he saw the track was not able to come to a c

the blame among the people that we spoke to today for the past year of trouble, russian president vladmir putin. it wouldn't have been easy without him this past year but perhaps the mood would be a little bit more upbeat and the crowd gathering behind me and we're seeing them there right now in maidan square. back to you jenna. jenna: greg palkot in kiev. thank you. jon: from america's election headquarters new jersey governor chris christie might be losing ground in the crowded field of potential republican presidential candidates. many donors in his home state apparently are defecting to jeb bush. bush has been quite aggressive in locking up big bucks for a possible campaign. let's talk about it with guy benson, political editor for townhall.com and a fox news contributor. richard fowler is a democratic strategist around radio talk show host. guy, to you first. we are more than, well, almost two years away from electing our next president. chris christie apparently feels that if he is going to get into this race he can to it on his own time and his own terms he doesn't need to be about

vladmir putin. all coming from russia. that is where the arctic blasts are coming from.ou, very much. by the way, negative 18 in syracuse was real. not feels like temperature. liz: not the fake windchill. how good is your memory? well, stuart varney put three-time u.s. memory test with 10 random words. how did he do? part of our fox business rewind. >> climate. timbuktu, terrorism, sue per few with us. radiator, cheeseburger, allegory , jubilee, grandiose, and nouakchott. >> what was last one? >> nuokchutte. >> got it. okay. all right. starting at beginning, climate, timbuktu, terrorism, superfluous, radiator, cheeseburger, allegory, i'm going to skip next one, come back to it. grand i did i owes, and noukchotte is that right. >> yes. >> only missed one. >> i'm give you, find the last word but let's continue i will figure it out along the way. >> that is the capital of mahre taken yaw. you are three-time usa memory champion. >> can you make any money out of this? >> you know, i've made it my living. i give speeches. i teach people how to improve their memories. so in a s

vladmir putin taking over eastern ukraine.ut china'sing a expression. these are not normal times. i think the american electorate. voters do. i think viewers of this network understand that they would like a candidate who is able to project competence. that competence at the highest level of world affairs. this is not a normal election. you are not just going to be able to walk in off the street and become president. and my concern with the republican process so far is that when people say i like scott walker or i like rand paw, they're giving impression, if they put this one person in the oval office he will have this magic cape and solve all the world's problems. the speeches we're getting so far at the cpac conference are not suggesting to me, at least, any kind of a level of substantive, competence and interest in what is going on in the world, that would allow these people to step up to the task at hand. martha: very interesting. i want to pull up another quote from your piece. so that i can share it with our viewers at h

russian leader vladmir putin making the announcement. but as it turns out the fighting continues.does not take into effect until sunday. unclear if it will hold up. a previous cease-fire in september fell apart very quickly. putin notes every issue in his opinion is far from resolved. >>> president obama asking congress for authorization to fight a war against isis, laying out a limited military strategy including a three-year time period under which this agreement would take effect. welcome to brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. landing on capitol hill with a thud, drawing fire from both democrats and republicans. senate armed services committee chairman john mccain telling us in the last hour unless the administration can lay out a convincing strategy, this request is going nowhere. >> kind of cast i can obama telling everybody and our enemies what we're not going to do. no articulation of a strategy. this was a study in obama inco herren sy. we're glad to know they will be defeated. i tell you ugly truth, ob

the german chancellor and french president both set to sit down with vladmir putin to find a way to stop former commander of nato warns the kremlin could be eyeing other

reporter: opinion we got from a lot of people on the street echo what a lot of analysts are saying, that vladmir putin made out in this deal. there is no time frame for pullout of russian troops which he claims are not there anyway. pro-russian rebels run the russia-ukraine border for foreseeable future. pro-russian separatist its get broad autonomy in the breakaway areas. we finally talked to hose people, heather off the square. one year ago this month this was a bloody battlefield with the people here rising up against a corrupt regime and eventually toppling that edge game. that made russia very angry. we're seeing results now. >> we remember that quite well. greg palkot, thank you. gregg: more violence in ukraine. lawmakers throwing punches at each other in parliament. [shouting] well fighting kept on going and going until security finally stepped in broke it up. the fighting began over a controversial bill that would divide land as restitution to communities affected by the fighting. the fighting -- >> wow. one accident at a military base in southern california sending nearly two dozen mari

. >>> one of leading critics of vladmir putin shot dead on a moscow street. who did it?o out front.

a long time critic of vladmir pew fit, shot in the back while walking across a bridge yards from theey witness to the crime and told another opposition leader there were several men in the car containing the gunman. we are in moscow so fred was he supposed to give an address on ukrainian crisis? in fact this weekend? >> reporter: yeah absolutely. there's several interesting factors to that. on the one hand he was to attend a rally tomorrow here in moscow where the main feature of that rally was going to be russia's policies in ukraine, and another thing he apparently said that he had some new information on what exactly was going on in ukraine. we gather this from opposition sources, however, it's unclear what that information was supposed to be. now, after what happened of course what's going on now, and it was at the rally to take place tomorrow is going to be a morning rally instead. what happens is there's a march of mourners that's going to go through central moscow mourning the death of boris, and so things have changed, but one of the things that i want to hit on as well fredr