gillian? >> gillian: jeff paul in houston tonight. thank you. ♪ more major developments in the controversy surrounding coronavirus restrictions. we are getting new data points about the unintended consequences of pandemic lockdowns it turns out they had little impacts in terms of preventing covid-19 deaths. though they have had significant long-term negative effects on school children. meanwhile, mass mandates for students are set to take center stage tomorrow in a virginia courtroom. we have got fox team coverage lydia hu is in new york. students denied inperson learning. mark meredith in washington with the virginia mask fight. but we begin with jonathan serrie in atlanta with how covid lockdowns have reportedly done very little to prevent coronavirus fatalities, hi, jonathan. >> good evening, gillian. during the early days of the pandemic, you had countries around the globe and even states here in the u.s. imposing a series of restrictions. they included closures of schools and businesses, bans on international travel and both volu

just a look around. >> gillian: gillian here in d.c. that continues much longer, all the mask mandates will be off before they leave. here in the states, many states are dumping the mask mandates. rick scott, four democratically led states in recent states and now looks like new york today taking off most of the mandates. new york will continue to make the kids in school wear masks. states are ignoring c.d.c. guidelines, ignoring official white house policy. senator, what do you think is going on? science has not changed but the political winds are certainly blowing a different direction. >> i guess they are following the politics rather than the c.d.c. supposed science. first off, you have to appreciate those canadian truckers that are showing up and saying this is our country, we want freedom, we don't need the governor telling us what to do. i love my mom, i don't like being told what to do. that's american making our own choices. the biden administration, government run everything, c.d.c. knows best, they can tell us everything. i h

gillian, back to you. >> gillian: steve harrigan live from kyiv, thank you.n. >> john: let's bring in general dave pretorius the former cia director, it's good to see you and thank you for being with us. i have on the touch screen beside me here the positions of russian forces. i don't know if you can see this or not, but they are aligned down here in the crimea and the western part of russia also into baylor bruce, as the cia director, part of your job was to get inside putin's head and know what he is thinking, what do you think in this moment he is thinking. >> i think he is thinking that he has positioned forces properly and has taken the first step. he has gotten the parliamentary authorization and not a surprise as he controls parliament. he has pushed forces into the portion of the two areas of donbas and donetsk in the southeastern part of the country, does he push further there and launch the a full-scale invasion on the cyberattacks until the all-out invasion that everyone has been hearing which the forces our position, having been a part of an inva

kaled have to and gillian, national traternal order of police demanding an apology.hot and killed in georgetown. >> just a few blocks from where i am. locked the front door and hunkered down. for a long time after that person was shot and killed. i will just point out the context is important to trey's point about how americans feel about crime and the threat of violent crime right now, latest fox news poll show americans are concerned to very concerned, that is not something you can dismiss with sarcasm, humor, anything else. >> and inflation, serious issues to put work on in the white house. just ahead canadian prime minister trudea shares thoughts on recent protest comparing black lives matter and pushback on his covid mask mandate. he says one expresses hateful rhetoric and violence, we'll tell you which one next. ♪ ♪ >> it is trudea verse estruckers in battle over canada covid vaccine mandate. trudea is condemning drivers blocking traffic to and from u.s. in protest of the mandate and refusing to meet with them blaming his rhetoric, he says he prefers black live

>> gillian: i would say this, emily.front here, we are nine days out from the state of the union. about nine months, if my math serves me correct. which it probably doesn't. nine months from the midterm. this is why we have seen all the political strategist, now predict that the politicians going to start loosening covert related restrictions in schools. we are going to start to see a turning of the tides here. so that politicians can gain the benefit of all of that goodwill, going into their reelection battles. partially that is what we are seeing here with this one school, the politicization of education. it is not something to by the way, that is being sort of ginned up by republicans and thrusts in the political spotlight. the reason that education has become the center of great contention in this country of the past year or so, is because education policies relating to covert and relating to actual curriculums and crtv, have become so wildly out of step with what the majority of americans want to see. when we hear c

gillian? >> good one.as now frozen. is he going to look into giving half of that to about 47 families long overdue for these patients. s loser for me is meta the company formerly known as facebook lost $250 billion in valuation one day a week ago the biggest devaluation in a 24-hour period in stock market history. >> bret: i don't don't use usually do this because it's not candidate casino, around the horn i want a winner for the super bowl and a score. matthew? >> bengals over rams, 31-28. >> all right. jeff? >> i have no idea. >> come on. >> i will go with the bengals but i'm not going to give you a score. >> bret: okay. no score. all right, gillian? >> bret, is football the one with the round ball or the one that's like. [laughter] i don't know anything. i'm not going to lie to you guys. >> bret: you are just going to go with the color of the uniforms what are you going to go. >> can i go with tom brady? >> bret: he is not playing. just say the bengals. >> bengals, there you go. >> bret: you it's friday

fox news correspondent gillian turner and then they have seed bret baier. for the states set to end their mask mandates in school with connecticut, new jersey command even the president's home state of delaware among them. amy weingarten, the president of the american federation of teachers, seems to be on board. >> i think we have to be talking about the off-ramp for masks. we asked for that conversation based on science instead of politics back in november before them a crown. nobody wants masks in the schools. not teachers, not students. but it's time and this covid pandemic to actually do a little bit of planning based on science as opposed to just announcement. >> the white house is still pushing for masking in schools. >> d.c. is still rub recommending masks and schools. >> and that is our recommendation. >> are you pleased with the new jersey governor's decision? >> are advised to every school district is to abide by public health guidelines. the cdc is still advising that masks can delay reduced transmission. >> masks for the kids but not for the wh

i am gillian turner. "the story" starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york where the masks in this state are starting to come off. >> we had a mask or vax requirement for businesses. at this time we say it's the right decision to lift this mandate for indoor businesses. >> but not in the schools. that in a moment. an interesting thing is happening. governors from blue states are leap frogging the white house to get on the side of the american public as the american season looms large for them.

lets talk to gillian evans _ the 21st of march. lets talk to gillian evans who _ the 21st of march.s grampian in scotland. thank you forjoining us. first of all, your response to the first minister. i us. first of all, your response to the first minister.— the first minister. i think where enterin: the first minister. i think where entering a _ the first minister. i think where entering a different _ the first minister. i think where entering a different phase i the first minister. i think where entering a different phase of. the first minister. i think where | entering a different phase of the pandemic. a calmer phase is one i've read a lot in the scottish government's framework out today and it is rightly so. we are entering this phase with more stable case rates, infection levels remaining fairly stable. more positively, the continued benefit in terms of impact in hospitals and immortality. all of those things signalling a much better place to be and of course, as we approached the spring and summer months, then you can expect to see a calmer phase of the pandemic perhaps tiptoei

. >> dana: that is it for us special all right is up gillian, save me. >> gillian: i hate to interrupteaking tonight america's crime crisis is precipitating a war on the nation's police and first responders. the funeral was held today in houston for a deputy constable. he was fatally shot 10 days ago. the attack on charles galloway you been in a series of recent assaults on law enforcement. correspondent jeff paul starts us off tonight from houston. hi, jeff. >> yeah, jillian, it was a tough day, not only for the houston community, but for are all the brave men and women who wear the

gillian, thank you very much.sador william taylor, former united states ambassador to ukraine is in "focus" now. thank you for being with me. i want to start with just if we could a propensity for war crimes. i talked with congressman mccaul who we saw moments ago in gillian's reporting but also former secretary of state under trump mike pompeo about the war crimes that are on display now. hospitals being hit, apartment buildings, that sort of thing. to not knowing how far he would go really matters right now. >> it absolutely does. and you are absolutely right and others are exactly right about the war criminality that we're seeing there. so president putin has a date with the international criminal court in the hague. he is going to be pulled before the i.c.c. and prosecuted as a war criminal. there is no doubt about that. ukrainian people are under his gun and they are fighting and the ukrainian military is fighting but you are right about the culpability of the russians and in particular the russian president.

gillian told the inquiry today she didn't know where to turn.ght about graham, and i knew i'd got to return and face whatever they was going to find. a court summons arrived for gillian on the day of her daughter's wedding. we were all robbed of that wedding day. robbed. each day of this public inquiry will bring equally devastating stories to light, of thousands of lives ruined by the post office's decision to blame their staff rather than question their software. coletta smith, bbc news. an amber weather warning is in place across parts of scotland, northen ireland, and the north of england, as storm dudley is set to bring heavy rain and winds. gusts of between 70 and 80 miles an hour are expected in some places. many rail services in scotland have finished early, because of safety concerns. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, is bathgate in west lothian for us this evening. this is the fourth storm to hit scotland injust this is the fourth storm to hit scotland in just three this is the fourth storm to hit scotland injust three m

hi, gillian. >> gillian: senior officials are ringing alarm bells, a stark change in his public behaviorde and his decisions. >> i met with him many times and this is a different putin. he seems erratic, there is an ever-deepening delusional rendering of history so he's descending into something i have not personally seen before. >> gillian: the concern is not just from bush officials, take a look at the ambassador for russia, when dictators rule for decades, they come away from reality and overreach. this is what happened to putin. lawmakers on capitol hill are calling him delusional. >> to hear him put the nuclear forces on high alert, i'm really starting to question the competency, mental fitness. >> gillian: perception among foreign leaders, his heavy has deteriorated very rapidly very recently. the president of finland has kept up a regular dialogue with putin for years, but after a recent call noted a change in his behavior. and macron from france said after meeting face-to-face with putin, seemed more rigid and isolated. a source tells me putin does not use a personal cell phone o

so gillian, i spoke earlier with national security advisor jake sullivan and one of the things that wepartnership that has been announced on the world stage at the beijing olympics between president xi and vladimir putin, so are they upping the stakes in what they would like to see as a changing world order? >> they are, martha. and china and russia have announced what they e calling a no limits partnership. that's the term they used. it might sound a little absurd and rather juvenile, but the reality is it poses a threat to the united states. they have now said going for they're going to work together on taiwan, they are going to work together on ukraine, the two biggest issues to those countries, but they're also going to partner on this whole host of other issues, from work and defense in space to artificial intelligence comment internet security. jake sullivan, the national security advisor tried to push back on you and said nowhere in this 5,000 page document does it call this partnership and alliance. again, the reality is that this means whatever russia and china want it to mean

gillian is live to follow this as the games are underway, good morning, gillia >> gillian: it is gameommittee has become a political tool for the chinese communist party at the state department. there is diplomatic boycott underway. their main concern is that the ioc stayed silent about china's ongoing genocide. lawmakers on capitol hill are speaking out. michael waltz says "the ioc rot runs deep," take a listen to speaker nancy pelosi yesterday. >> now the ioc turns blind eye with 2022 winter olympics, just to bolster their bottom line. >> gillian: u.s. corporate sponsors and broadcasters are largest contributors to this year's game. nbc universal in the middle $7.75 billion contract for broadcast rights and coca-cola facing backlash from government watch dog group, they say coke is staying silent about chinese detention camps. women and young girls are often raped, watch dog group calls coke hypocritical since they revoked georgia over human rights concerns. take a listen to the ioc president, he says they are trying to stay above the fray. >> we are taking a political standpoint an

health minister gillian keegan has apologised for continuing with a meeting yesterday, despite havingted positive for covid. half—term holiday headaches. rules are eased this week for travellers coming back into the uk, but things aren't so simple in lots of popular destinations. we'll be attempting to explain what the different travel restrictions are, and how they'll affect your holiday plans — at 9.40 here on bbc news, so do get in touch with all your questions. you can tweet me @annitabbc and use the the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. crowd boos booing on the pitch for footballer kurt zouma, as police confirm they are investigating footage of him kicking his pet cat. and disappointment for team gb at the winter olympics, as world champion charlotte bankes is eliminated at the quarter—final stage of the women's snowboard—cross. hello and welcome to bbc news this morning. a cross—party group of mps says the uk's exit from the european union has so far only led to increased costs, paperwork and border problems for businesses. a report from parliament's spending watchdog, the public accou

thanks for watching "special report" i'm gillian turner washington. jesse watters prime starts right now. >> thank you so much, gillian. excellent handoff. you are getting really good at this. >> gillian: tell your mom i said hi. >> jesse: will do. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: every good parent knows the value of punishment. you don't want to discipline your kids, but sometimes you just have to. they will get upset and you feel bad about it. but you know it's the right thing to do. because you have to set boundaries and create consequences to change behavior. it's better for them in the long run if they learn what they did was wrong. and it takes a pretty strong parent to really hammer home a message. >> it occurs to me that since i paid the allowance bought those records in the first place, that money is mine. [laughter] >> it occurs to me that possession is 9/10th s of the law. >> keep up with the smart mouth and my foot will be 9/10th s of the way up your ass. >> jesse: punishment gives. don't like losing freedoms and privileges, don't put gum in your sister's ha

troops in europe reportedly extended, gillian turner returns live with more.g. >> good morning the biden administration overnight laser focused on responding to vladimir putin's elevation of the countries nuclear readiness posture. that is the major threat with leaders across the world say they are alarmed. so far, the ukrainian president's team repeatedly claimed they are not being taken by surprise by any of putin's military moves. take a listen. >> this is a pattern from president putin through the course of the conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. >> on capitol hill, lawmakers have their own priorities and high on the list, at least republicans is american energy independence. >> what gives vladimir putin and cronies leverage? they have oil and nuclear weapons. >> we need to be prioritizing energy security and we need to change our energy policy. >> the white house insisting the only way to get there is to focus long-term on green energy and renewables. >> the keystone pipeline was not processing

gillian, thank you. >> ainsley: thanks, gillian. former european leader whose homeland was invaded by russia wishes the west that we all have listened to him. >> pete: former georgian president says he, quote: warned all my western friends about russia becoming more dangerous and drawing more red lines. and they looked at me like i was nuts. now lots of people believe the same. here to react texas gubernatorial candidate retired army colonel allen west. you heard what we have just talked about with gillian turner. our response so far has been no red lines with increased incremental sanctions and putin has blown right through all of them. where are we today? >> well, where we are today is that we are in a complete reactionary mode where when we should have been more proactive. we have to understand that despots, dictators and autocrats only understand two things stress and might. takes you back to what ronald reagan said peace through strength. you see a it many different aspects of weakness and failure. they see we are not protectin

. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus live on the ground with gillian turner standing by with washington. putin's new year escalation. >> todd: and a massive russian convoy closes in, steve, what are you seeing? they coy small explosive just behind me a few minutes ago. it appeared to be a rush and drown taken out by ukrainian defenses. as you imagine, the peace talks about to get underway on the border between belarus and ukraine. the ukrainian delegation arriving by a polish helicopter. the president of ukraine not taking part in those talks. he is staying in kyiv with pretty low expectations. the main goal of those talks on ukraine side would be immediate cease-fire. people coming out of their houses for the first time in several days. the curfew has been lifted appeared some lines 50, 100 deep and people being stuck in curfew. the fighting overnight continues. more shelling of the capital city. fighting in the second largest city and russian forces going in but unable to take control. this on fox, no major objectives achieved by the russian forces. and finally, president putin forces

mountains started shows that the region has about 37 percent more ice than scientists had anticipated. gillian wolf has the story. these mountain glaciers contained less fresh water than originally thought. and that doesn't just mean a loss of natural beauty. it puts the fresh water supply for millions of people at risk. it's easy to just focus on the impacts. oh, i love song torrison because those are was in the west will basic russia systems as a leisure activity. but actually people who live around them and actually downstream from the more important it depend upon them as a buffer. the amounts also enters the river systems from which they irrigate that crops and drink high resolution satellite images have allowed scientists to more accurately calculate how fast the glacier is moving. the foster and moves the thinner it is and the less water it contains. that might mean the world sea levels might not rise by quite as much as originally thought. what you have to keep in mind is that our student does not include the greenland and the undocked guys, shit. who in the long term will be the major

a warning that gillian wolf's report does contain some flash photography, o an emotional rescue ending in heart greek, 5 year old ray and had been trapped inside this well for days. a massive but delicate operation was launched to free him. i can't describe how i feel that my cousin is gone. what can i say when i my heart is aching too much for him. he's my nephew. my god, been with him, just like how god stood with this crowd had gathered in support. but as news of the young boy's death spread condolences for his family. pouring in rescue teams had been working around the clock, hoping to answer the collective prayers of a nation. the hashtags a ryan trending on social media throughout the arab world. here a camera lowered into the well days earlier showing 5 year old ryan alive, but unable to move rescue teams had provided him food and water through pipes, fossil tomato. i managed to communicate with the child and asked if he could hear lou. there was a response. i waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen. so oxy him to rescue teams say they couldn't widen the well

gillian, let me start with you.talk about the sanctions, should they have been pulled off swift, the financial system, it all comes down to what the european nations could agree to. >> and how long it would take them to get there. the common theme among pretty much everyone on both sides of the atlantic today, except if you work at the white house, is that this tranche of sanctions yesterday's tranche of sanctions would have been a lot more effective had they arrived weeks ago so that they could have served as a deterrent. ukraine's foreign minister sat here two nights ago, told you, bret, that very same thing democrat adam schiff said today that the president needs to go further. remember, at this hour, putin is still insisting this is not an ininsisting he sent in peace keeping troops, insisting he is not planning to occupy ukraine really all can you say to that if you believe him then i guess i'm santa claus. >> bret: communication on talking about sanctions and what they are meant to do and how they have been ta

and as gillian wolf reports, tens of thousands of his citizens are coming to terms with the trail of devastation left in its path cycling. but the rate slammed into madagascar eastern coastline with heavy rains and wind speeds of a 165 kilometers per hour. flooding roads and leaving several houses completely submerged. tens of thousands of people have been displaced in alaska. while i'm marrying a vision, wilma thought it was early morning were still sleeping. our landlord came to tell us that water was rising, who got up to move furniture all while the war continued tries. the house started cracking. some of our furniture was still upstairs and the crack started to get worse on margaret. some far belongings have been destroyed. margaret as she slipped the residents use tree branches to measure the depth of the floods. the damage compounded by the destruction left by another cyclone, 2 weeks earlier, which killed dozens and displaced a 130000 people were shorter. not de monte lucia. hi, i don't think the damage is big. the wind was very strong. and even if people took care to protect

gillian, it was at a successful to new york for the president?iden administration counts it as a success absolutely for they are facing a midterm or violent crime is going to determine a lot of the races in various regions across the country. this is their best shot to team up some very tough on crime. but is also embraced president biden personally and directly. adams is called himself the biden of brooklyn i think he said pres also boasted he isn't president biden's favorite mayor in america. that all is fine. but i would agree that the biden administration has more eggs in this basket than they are adams. they are desperate to put some credentials behind the new slogan which is we are getting tough on crime. >> is gun-control a likely way to go here? is there too much focus on guns and not enough on the overall violence picture? >> of course there is. think is indicative of the larger problem in the progressive movement talking about crime in general. the reason this is a huge liability for the biden ministration is because democrats and frank

recently suffered drought, another country hit by extreme weather as a result of climate change. gillian wolf al jazeera. at least 10 people have been injured by sudanese security forces who fire to tear gas at demonstrators marching towards the presidential palace in cartoon, thousands of staged weekly rallies to denounce the military takeover in october. at least 79 people have been killed by security forces since then pro democracy groups have refused to negotiate with the army until there is a civilian lead administration. if morgan has worn out from captain, despite a ban on gatherings in the central part of saddam's capital, by the same security processes against military rule on monday, once against the street, making their way to the presidential palace to voice the anger against the military rule. which is now in the 4th month processes are demanding that the military return to the barrack. but they also having other demands which include accountability for the processes who have been killed since the military power. in late october last year. he's solving a government. they're

>> gillian turner at the state department. thanks, gillian.next, breaking news, a decision in the fight over mask mandates in virginia schools. first, beyond our borders tonight. canada's prime minister is running out of patience he says with the week long trucker blockade in downtown out what the nation's capitol. but justin trudeau says he will not send in the military to end protests against covid restrictions. the truck caravan hit the streets last week and signaling it may be heading next to toronto. canada's financial hub and most populist city. jeff bezos may know how to get to the edge of space but his new mega million dollars yacht. the vessel is so big that a bridge in netherlands would have to be dismantled temporarily to launch it. they are threatening to belt the yacht with rotten eggs if that hans. no permit has been sought or granted. this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight. britain's queen elizabeth the second prepares to mark her 70 year reign as a royal monarch, the longest in british history. eliz

>> bret: gillian turner at the state department.ep that we are doing in alignment and in coordination with the europeans just sends a clear message about the strength of the opposition it the actions by president putin and the directions in his russian military. >> russia can still access the swift system and can still get money out. on top of that russia can still sell oil apparently. it is not -- the country and we have not shut down their ability to sell oil. >> bret: and there lies the issue according to many experts you just heard one of them. "the washington post" our friend marc thiessen writes putin gambled that biden was not willing to sanction energy exports and thus driving up energy price force u.s. consumers just months before the midterm elections. the bet paid off this failure of deterrence shows the folly of biden's war on fossil fuels he inherited a nation that was an energy super power. biden's war on fossil fuels has weakened america and strengthened russia. that point of view there in that opinion article. let's

we learned it will take place early in the week next week. >> martha: thanks, gillian. let's go to trey yingst reporting live live from kiev with the very latest on the ground. hi, trey. >> good afternoon. leaders in separateest controlled territory in eastern ukraine are evacuating civilians. ukrainian officials immediately pushed back against this saying that this was ludicrous and this there's no such offensive planned. they're worried this is what analysts are warning about part of a russian plan to launch a false flag operation. it was also warned that russia has placed land mines in donbas. fighting today continues in the eastern part of ukraine. one officer tells fox news that his soldiers are responding to shelling. both russian and ukrainian forces continue high level drills today and video released by the ukrainian defense ministry shows tanks and helicopters conducting the exercises. president vladimir putin will reportedly observe ballistic and cruise missile drills saturday. the total number of russian backed forces tops 190,000 soldiers. as for the develop

fox news, gillian turner picks up our team coverage now from the state department.s a pariah on the world stage. friends are no. putin does have a key ally in chinese president xi jinping, the two joining forces to form a new axis of authoritarianism. the two governments now so tight chinese leaders refused to condemn russia's assault on ukraine. and refused in recent weeks to help the biden administration ward off an invasion, reportedly sharing us intelligence with the kremlin. the state department confirms they lobbied multiple countries to pressure putin behind the scenes, a senior state department official told fox news quote. just as we started ringing the alarm bells publicly in november. we did this privately late last year to every responsible country should have used that influence to indicate to putin that this kind of aggression will be met with a swift and severe response, china's foreign ministry took a bold step, further blaming the invasion on the u. s. those who follow the us lead in fanning up flames and then shifting the blame onto others are trul

health minister gillian keegan apologises for continuing with a meeting yesterday, despite having testedfor covid. booing on the pitch for footballer kurt zouma, as police confirm they are investigating footage of him kicking his pet cat. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a cross—party group of british mps says the uk's exit from the european union has so far only led to increased costs, paperwork and border problems for businesses. a report from parliament's spending watchdog, the public accounts committee, found costs for businesses had risen and trade had fallen as a result of leaving the eu. the report also warned there could be further disruption to cross—border trade this year, when new import controls come in. the mps say more must be done to improve border arrangements for businesses. they say that brexit has led to increased costs for exporters, more paperwork for businesses, and more border delays. the british government says it is continuing to offer help to uk businesses to trade effectively. here's our global trade correspondent, chris morr

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>> bret: gillian, thank you.nati has agreed with the biden administration allowing continued federal funding for family planning clinics to make abortion referrals. the order is temporary while the case continues to be litigated. 12 states led by ohio had sought to block the family planning title ix funding program. the biden administration had reinstated federal rules from the biden administration that were reversed by then president trump giving family planning clinics the ability to refer their patients to abortion providers. up next, america's crime crisis. guy benson, mollie hemingway and jeff mason discuss whether the biden administration is too soft on crime how they. following a lighter than expected prison sentence for a black lives matter protester and arsonist. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why the

>> bret: gillian, thank you. up next we go live to ukraine's capital as russia and nato intensify military movements in the area ahead of a possible invasion. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 10 in phoenix as authorities look for a suspect who opened fire on tribal police officers critically injuring one of them the shooting happened last night on a native american reservation in north central arizona. residents have been told to stay inside of their homes. fox 11 in los angeles with mandatory evacuation orders for residents in laguna beach after a brush fire fueled by strong winds there erupted above the emerald bay community this morning. authorities say they belief they can contain that fire by the end of the day. and this is a live look at new york. bunch the big stories there from our affiliate fox 5, the commissioner of major league baseball says he believes an agreement with players can be reached before regular season games are lost. media ford sa

>> bret: gillian, thank you. form south carolina governor and ambassador to the united nations nikki him ally. thanks for being here. >> thanks so much. great to be with you. >> bret: start with russia what you see on the glrd and how you think this president and administration is handling this moment obviously with the german chancellor today. >> it's an important day. none of this would be happening if afghanistan wouldn't have been the crisis it was. what you are seeing is russia and all the dictators are seeing an opportunity that this is the weakest president that america has ever had. so if they were ever going to invade ukraine to do it. what russia is really trying to do is to get us to not allow ukraine into nato. we have to remember that if you start to give in to russia's threats. there will be another one right behind it the other one that makes the u.s. russia issue so important is that china is watching this how this plays out will dictate whether china thinks they can go ahead with taiwan. all of t

gillian, thank you very much. gillian, obviously, outside the white house. let's go to congressman pat bell, the texas republican congressman who sits on the house armed services committee. congressman, very nice to have you to take the time. this whole issue with cyber attacks, i would imagine it becomes heightened now in this environment. we know russia can pull them off. we know a lot of russian entities have no trouble pulling them off, so i would think that's a legitimate threatment. >> -- threat. >> oh, neil, there's no doubt. that's something i've been worried about for the last few months. we saw what happened when the cyber attacks hit jbs and the colonial pipeline. colonial pipeline was responsible for providing energy to 50 million americans. it's something that we have to be on almost def con 1 right now because if we do pull russia off the swift, as you were talking about before, then i think that putin -- just knowing how we react and his ego and his narcissism -- i think he'll order an attack, and we better be ready for it. neil: what do you m

>> john: gillian turner here in washington. such a tragedy, thank you.he company that owns facebook, instagram and what's app. saw its stock plunge today shares in meta dropped after heavy spending on metaverse project. meta shares fell 22.6% to $249.90 in an hours trading. if the drop holds until the market opens again on thursday, the company's market capitalization, its overall value is on track to fall by nearly $2 billion. that's getting close to real money. broadly, another strong day on wall street. the dow gained 224. the s&p 500 was up 43. the nasdaq finished ahead 72. >> up next, massive confusion at the white house as the taliban moved on kabul after the u.s. withdrawal. first though, here is what some our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 6 in milwaukee where a fight began with the social media post escalates to a shooting outside of a high school basketball game. five females, most of them teenagers, were injured tuesday night when an adult male opened fire on the group. fox 5 in baltimore where a memorial service i

>> shannon: gillian turner, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ first up come in tonight's where in the world, popeness for the way he handled clergy sex abuse cases, but denying wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases. an unusually long drought in the horn of africa threatening millions of people there. unicef said more than 6 million people in ethiopia alone are expected to meet urgent aid by mid-march, with one somali ngo segment drought could be the worst in 40 years. crowds protesting new zealand's strict covid-19 rules and vaccine mandates caravan into the capital, inspired by the canadian truckers, and gathering at that country's parliament building as the prime minister delivered her first address of the year. and in peru, a huge colorful mural spending a whole hillside of buildings transforming the city's once great shantytown. the muralist said he wanted to change the neighborhoods social stigma through art, and that is a beautiful sight. dramatic surge in carjackings in chicago, why democratic mayor lori lightfoot is suggesting the increase could be co

gillian turner has more on the developments here from washington.>> the president says they're making a 11th hour plea to russia to consider diplomacy. the secretary of state and the president spent the last two days trying to impress on our counter parts that that avenue is still open. you just heard the president say there's about 150,000 troops encircling ukraine as we speak. we were told a few hours from the state department that despite putin's claims that he was withdrawing troops from the front line along the border, that was not the case. they told us, which is not something the president referenced here, they told us that it's their belief that those troops are actually being pushed forward closer to the front line. we're expecting to hear the president provide some clarity there. he did not address that point at all. that was surprising. we also heard a few moments ago from another state department official says they're working with ukraine to counter the cyber attacks. nobody from the white house to state department to the military has co

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a warning, the gillian bull's report does contain some flash photography. ah, an emotional rescue ending in heartbreak, 5 year old ray and had been trapped inside this well for days. a massive but delicate operation was launched to free him. ha ha! so i can't describe how i feel that my cousin is gone. what can i say on this now? and you can tell me my heart is aching too much for him. he's my nephew. my god, been with him. just like how god stood with this crowd had gathered in support. but as news of the young boy's death spread condolences for his family pouring in rescue teams had been working round the clock, hoping to answer the collective prayers of a nation. the hashtags a ryan training on social media throughout the arab world. here a camera lowered into the well days earlier showing 5 year old ryan alive, but unable to move rescue teams had provided him food and water through pipes. also some up. i managed to communicate with the child and asked if he could hear lou. there was a response. i waited for a minute and saw the gun using the oxygen to o

situation and reports of human rights abuses, putting unusual pressure on olympic sponsors foxes gillianner has more on what the state department is calling a quote genocide. today at the opening ceremony in beijing, the chinese government had a wigger cross country skier serve as torchbearer this amidst china's ongoing human rights abuses against wingers in xinjiang province, which the state department calls a genocide. today house speaker nancy pelosi warned american athletes to stay silent, do not risk. incurring the anger of the chinese government because they are ruthless, but republican marsha blackburn says that's bad advice . this is disgusting to tell our athletes don't tell us what you're seeing. just keep your mouth shot. there is a lot of hypocrisy. one weaker refugee who escaped the communist party agrees. i'm afraid. this olympics. it will be another tool for the chinese government to use to justify their actions . us intelligence shows millions of weaker is forced into slave labor and women and girls raped and sterilized. some survivors described the situation as modern da

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economic power is concentrated in the hands of a few people that when they dictate local policy warner, gillian domino gail up when he took a look at it. in franklin martini's quarry, the marble block has finally been cut out from the mountain. and now it has to be lowered down. ideally in one piece. only now, is he getting an idea of its value? ah, the quarry owner doesn't like talking about his turnover, but he does reveal the price of this $30.00 ton block. a vulgar we're right down. i'll take a closer look at it, but it seems to be a high quality block. we won't know exactly until it's cut to size, but this kind of block is worth about 50000 euros block. he cuts out several blocks like this one each day. and quarry owners enjoy a lot of extra leeway since they bring business and jobs. this sometimes results in poor safety standards. there have been 11 deaths in a little over 10 year. but at $3000.00 euros a month, the salaries are quite high for the region. and a significant portion is paid under the table. so when it comes to illegal drilling or waste in the mountains, no one complains. bu

ah, when i get the one i pin, then that was why with the 9 gillian gallon may have a different type of contract and that's it. that's a back guys, financial survival guide. housing bubble. oh, you mean is a downside? artificial mortgage right? don't get carried away. what kind of report ah, the kremlin says ukraine is refusing to negotiate and the military operation will continue while an advisor to you kinds president says, care is not satisfied with the conditions. russia is offering for peace talks. the you have decided to disconnect some russian banks from swift system as well as freeze assets of the russian central bank. the source in russia's defense ministry rejects allegations that the military hit, a residential tower block and ukraine's capital with both sides blaming each other . meanwhile, artillery and gunfire is reported in the city this kindergarten in one of the next districts is just one of the places that was shelled on a saturday morning. our correspondent report.