griff. griff: anita, for more on u.s. businesses hit hard by the slowdown in trade between the two nations, garrett tenney joins us live from detroit. hi, garrett. >> hey, griff. good to be with you. the auto industry has been the hardest hit by this blackcade -- blockade. it's ceptionly crippled the supply chain, more than $300 million of goods crosses this bridge and we're on day six of it being empty. forced ford, gm, honda, stallantis, to shut down, due to deliveries of parts not coming through on schedule. that means fewer cars off the assembly lines and higher prices for cars dealers have on hand especially how hard the industry has been hit from the other supply chain crisis due to the pandemic. folks are expected the bridge to be back hope to ease some of those things. so far the police have not made arrests on the other side and a lot of the crowd has left on their own, last night, a handful of the protesters said they will not be leaving voluntarily. >> we're here to hold the line.

unbelievable, griff, over to you. >> griff: unbelievable indeed, carley.in the big easy 100 plaintiffs and orlan suing the mayor and health directors over the city's mask and mask mandates. mardi gras, the risk to a new orleans resident or visitor of injury in an automobile or being the victim of violent crime is greater than the risk of serious illness from the omicron variant. here with more on that, katie green from biden mama bears an attorney. ladies, thank you for being here. let's start with you, why the pushback and why are you fighting them mask and vaccine mandates? i have for cochildren personally and i have seen the effects this has had on the kids physically and emotionally and their friends. at first, it made sense, and now it just doesn't make sense anymore with all the mandates. >> griff: katie, whatever happened to -- it looks like it will be a different mardi gras. but adults, you have these rules and if we can show them to you effective now starting february 1st indoor dining fitness boot facilities with large outdoor events all affected

griff. griff: and it's interesting president biden hasn't been seen. vladimir putin has been seen personallying things over and amy keg lon-- kellogg has the latest. >> all eyes are on moscow. the world is waiting to see what president putin is going to do next. nobody claims to know what i on his mind. and comments that president biden made that he believes that president putin has played up his mind to go to war. russia holding high powered exercises said to have been pre-planned, but only just announced yesterday. they believe ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles in a veritable show of force. putin oversaw this in a situation room with his friend now, the belarus president. and they're doing exercises on ukraine's borders. i spoke to a former diplomate, someone who closely followed and still follows events here. he was the translator for late president gorbachev, and hopes it can be preserved for all mankind. all of the legacy we had from the period when president reagan ended the co

griff? >> griff: one more follow-up. are we starting to see any patterns in the last 24 hours as you take notice of what you are hearing and seeing around there in terms of the attack because we are hearing from you is officials, steve, that perhaps things aren't going as quickly as they thought. >> i'm really hesitant to make predictions. we've heard so many in this crisis about when the attack is going to come, where it's going to come and how effective it's going to be and a lot of people are saying the russians are bogged down. that worries me pair the russians are holding back considerable amounts of force. which most people hope they continue to hold that back. we don't want to see buildings rumbled here in zelenskyy but it might come that that, griff. >> griff: stay safe, give it posted. steve harrigan live for us in zelenskyy. thank you. here in the u.s., stepping up security aide as ukraine desperately tries to battle against the russian invasion. let's turn a senior national correspondent live at the pentagon.

>> good morning, griff.breaks when i have patience coming in with us old, black eyes, with facial fractures and lacerations. and many tell me i don't know, i was attacked from behind without any reason at all. it is so important to get to the bottom of this and figure out what is going on. yes, we deal with gangs, illegal guns and drugs. one of the huge issues that has been a unaddressed for so long is the aspect of mental illness. here in new york city, we have over 300,000 new yorkers with mental illness. up to 20% of the inmates either have schizophrenia or bipolar disease or severe depression. so it is so important to tackle these issues. it is not the gun that kills people. it is the person behind the gun pulling the trigger. so we really need to look at the bottom line and figure out why it says crime happening? figuring out ways to improve. i do like the fact here in new york city, they would have more funding allocated to mental health resources, access and availability. we will see more hospital-bas

jacqui: griff. griff: now back to our top story, as fears grow of a possible invasion of ukraine, a member of the house financial services committee, ted bud. thank you for taking time. you may have heard lucas tomlinson's report from kiev, a lot of tension on the ukrainian border. what are your thoughts this morning. >> this never would have occurred under a strong president like president trump. this has gone back to american weakness put on full display by president biden. the report before this which was afghanistan and it really put our-- those that would be against us whether it's china, iran, north carolina, russia, it puts them on notice that america will not step up and that's not who america is. the world needs to know that we're strong not just good for america, but it's good for the re of the world so we need to be strong again and certainly not going to happen under president biden. griff: congressman, you wrote a letter to secretary of state blinken in recent days. what is it that you'

griff: i'm griff jenkins. great to be in the same studio with you. jacqui: it is. griff: and n.a.t.o. is looking at all options, including massive sanctions. kicking it off from kiev, ukraine, hi, lucas.

griff. >> griff: tanks roll into eastern ukraine, president biden announce first sanctions targeting financial institutions and warning it could impact americans, as well. >> president biden: this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine, i will begin to impose sanctions and response far beyond the steps we and our allies implemented in 2014 f. if russia goes further, we will go further. >> griff: full-scale invasion of ukraine, preparing. >> why do you think sanctions will stop putin if his goal is to redraw the map so it looks like it did 70 or 80 years ago? >> press sect. psaki: sanctions can be a powerful tool, they have been throughout history. what happens to sanctions, they work over time. >> griff: republican criticism has been strong and swift saying the president's response doesn't go far enough. >> we should do more than freeze bank accounts of oligarchs and businesses, hit them where it hurts. key can make that painful for russia and ought to support them in that. >> griff: senator saas says it is too little too late and senator lindsey graham saying this is crit

griff jenkins live with the details. griff. >> griff: president biden saying the prayers of the world are with the people of ukraine, condemning russia's unprovoezed attack, adding, president putin has chosen war that will bring catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. the united states and allies will respond in united and decisive way, the world will hold russia accountable. biden spoke with president zelenskyy vowing assistant to their people. president biden will speak with the leaders of the other g7 nations later today to hold putin accountable as european union announces they are planning the strongest package of sanctions ever considerd and it comes after the un security council held an unsuccessful emergency meeting to dissuade putin from attacking. secretary of state blinken tweeting this, saying secretary of defense and i spoke with the general to discuss the attack and discuss the coordinated response. we are responding to the eastern flank. president zelenskyy declare og social media martial law on the

griff jenkins is live with details. >> griff: good morning, highest level exit from the biden administration today and raising questions over why the white house did not fire him, but rather allowed him to resign after initially defending him in his post. the president's top science advisor, eric lander, who advised on mask mandates out after the internal internal let showing he mistreated colleagues. the resignation flies in the face of the president's day one pledge of zero tolerance policy toward exactly this sort of behavior lander engaged in. remember this? >> president biden: if you ever working with me and i hear you treat a colleague with respect, talk down to someone, i promise, i will fire you on the spot. >> griff: growing group of blue state governors including delaware, announcing they have had enough of mask mandates. they are saying they will soon lift them. >> because of the dramatic decline in our covid numbers effective monday, march 7, statewide mask mandate will be lifted. this is huge step back to normalcy. >> we want to end the statewide mask mandate, we've earned it. >

griff. >> griff: russian tanks rolling into ukraine, first sanctions targeting russian elite and financial institutions and warning it could impact americans, as well. >> president biden: this is beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine, i will impose sanctions in response far beyond the steps we and our allies implemented in 2014. if russia goes furgder with the invasion, we plan to go further. >> griff: only time will tell if sanctions will deter putin's full-sail invasion of ukraine. >> why do you think sanctions are going to stop putin if his goal ultimately is to redraw the match so it looks like it did upon 70 or 80 years ago? >> press sect. psaki: sanctions can be a powerful tool, they have been throughout history. what happens to sanctions, they work over time. >> griff: republican criticism has been swift saying the president's response doesn't go far enough. >> we should do more than just freeze bank accounts of russian oligarchs and accidents. we can make that financially and economically painful for russia and ought to support them in that. >> this senator says it is too la

following praking news, congressman michael waltz joins us in moments and griff jenkins is in washington where president biden is set to speak this morning. >> todd: we turn to steve harrigan, live on the ground in kyiv, steve, what is the latest? >> steve: todd, we just --! large explosion two miles behind me. black smoke coming up. any idea what that was? probably a missile. we've heard reports that russia says they are using precision guided missiles. we've heard large number of strikes in the predawn hours for the last hour or so, it has been quieter. can you come show the smoke, the gray smoke coming up. bear with us, this is live tv and we're trying to move a camera. thanks. you can see in the distance, you will see black smoke coming up. we don't know what was hit, it is assumed these are russia missiles targeting command and control centers in ukraine and air defenses in ukraine. russia is saying at this point, they have completely taken down ukraine's air defenses, we can't verify that. the fact shelling is still going on throws doubt on that. we've seen probably 20 explosions p

griff jenkins is live in washington with details. this is the first time a lot of people are hearing eric lander's name and it is not in a positive light. >> griff: that is right. it is raising eyebrows. good morning. this is highest level exit from the administration to date, the president's top science advisor, dr. eric lander who talked about masks and mandates. he is out after it was shown he mistreated and bullied staff. landers wrote this, i am devastated a caused hurt by the way i have spoken to them. resignation raises question over why the white house didn't fire him on the spot after the president's day one pledge of zero tolerance policy toward bullying. >> president biden: if you ever work with me and i hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, i promise you, i will fire you on the spot. >> griff: a growing group of blue state governors have had enough of school mask mandates. new jersey phil mufr and ned lamont announcing they will soon lift them. >> because of the dramatic decline in our co

griff jenkins is live in washington ark waiting new sanctions from the white house. >> griff: last night u.s. ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield denouncing president putin's actions. watch. >> he calls them peace keepers, this is nonsense, we know what they are, it is attack on ukraine's status as un member state, it violates basic principle of international law and defys our charter. >> griff: across the tiktok, british prime minister johnson echoing greenfield's condemnation. >> russia is recognizing the breakaway republics of against and this is plainly in breach of international law, flagrant violation of integrity of ukraine. >> griff: this as president biden imposes sanctions on the two straightist region putin denied russia chance to profit from international law. we are continuing to closely consult with allys and partners, including ukraine, on next steps. the sanctions stop short of direct penalty on russia. white house press secretary jen psaki says these orders are separate and in addition to swift measures we've been prepare nothing coordination with allys and part

griff jenkins has more on what to expect from the white house. first we turn to steve harrigan live in kyiv. steve. >> steve: todd, russians military is moving quickly to solidify two breakaway areas in eastern ukraine one day after president putin recognized them as independent. next move is likely rubber stamp approval by lawmakers in russia. will russians forces move deeper into ukraine beyond the current boundary? judging by putin's speech last night, that is possibility. he implied ukraine is not a real country, simply a creation of the communist soviet union. he said the biggest error was letting ukraine go with breakup of the union. here is putin. >> to give the republic right to seicide from a single state without conditions, first glance this is incomprehensible, some kind of madness. >> griff: as far as ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy, there are concerned about his personal safety. u.s. says russia has a list of ukrainian politicians they intend to capture or kill. zelenskyy says he will not go anywhere and ukraine will defend its

griff. >> griff: president biden addressed nation with a frank admission, they never expected sanctionstop putin's ark gregz, adding new ones will take time to have an impact. >> president biden: no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening, this could take time and we have to show resolve, so he knows what is coming. the people of russia know what he's brought on them. that is what this is all about. >> griff: new round of sane block assets of russia's four largest banks, imposes at needs and sanctions oligarchs and their families and target military institutions of belarus who aided russia in the invasion. after the president's address, he faced tough questions from our peter doocy. >> peter: did you underestimate putin and would you describe him the way you did in the summer as a worthy adversary? >> president biden: at the time, he was, i made it clear as an adversary and said he was worthy, i didn't underestimate him. he has larger ambitions that ukraine, he wants to reestablish the former soviet union. >> republicans are hammering biden for letting putin -- >>

griff jenkins has the latest. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd. we'll soon find out whether zelenskyy's warn suggest serious. he is a former comedian. his country is bracing for the worst after he made this announcement. watch. >> we are told that february 16th will be the day of attack. we will make it a union day. the decree has been signed. that afternoon we will hang national flags, put on blue-yellow ribbons and show unity. >> griff: russian troops swell. it comes as u.s. troops head to europe. putin could move with little to no warning. >> this is not going to go well for mr. putin, should he decide to invade again. what he's see suggest more unified west, more unified nato. >> griff: the state department says the window for diplomacy remains open and talks with the kremlin continue. they are closing the embassy in kie v. and secretary blinken is pushing for $1 billion in international support for ukraine and guaranteed load. this as jake sullivan briefed lawmakers yesterday behind closed doors with criticism of the handling of the crisis ge

griff. >> griff: this new home curfew program run by ice would put immigrantos streets instid of detention center, focusing on single adults normally detained and will target the pilot program, baltimore and houston, releasing 100 to 200 single adult migrants with ankle devices costs $6 to $8 per day. they must be home from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., it is unclear how ice plans to enforce the program. one official telling reuters, we don't have the capacity, we will not detain our way out of the border crisis. ice confirmed they will not seek to deport the illegal immigrant who allegedly drew swastikas despite him beings deported four times. no sign of things slowing down on the southern border after record 2021 that 2 million apprehension with 400,000 released in el paso this week. 132 migrants nabbed and crammed in that truck and agents encountered this woman. watch. >> [screaming] >> calm down. calm down. >> not sure what is go og there, one lawmaker matt rosendale has a bill preventing ukraine support until our southern border is safe. it is hypocritical if someone in the u.s. congress issues f

griff jenkins is live with the latest developments. >> griff: tensions rise in eastern europe. lloyd austin, secretary of defense, arriving at a meet nothing poland. you see him with his polish counterpart, they will discuss invasion of russia into ukraine. there are troops stationed there ready to respond. this comes after yesterday the president tried to strike a lighter note during a stop in ohio. watch. >> president biden: i've got to head out, i have a little thing going on in europe right now. so -- >> griff: earlier in the day, his tone was very different as he warned russia is laying the groundwork for an attack. >> how high is the threat of a russian invasion right now? >> president biden: very high. they have not moved any troops out, they have moved more troops in, number one. number two, we have reason to believe that they are engaged in a operation to have an excuse to go in. >> griff: secretary of state anthony blinken en route to munich made emergency trip yesterday to un security council warning of the false flag event russia may stage to justify an invasion. >>

griff jenkins has details. >> griff: good morning ashley and todd. so much for central american root causes, entire planet is coming. border chief in del rio tweet thanksgiving picture from migrants all over the world, pakistan, syria, china, sudan, tazchekstan and uzbekistan. this has been happening since october 1. >> this is not just an issue with central america, it is people all over the world know the border is open and doing what they can to get in. the remain in mexico order, they are slow walking. >> griff: one country being cut from the welcome list. venezuelans expelled. then candidate joe biden tweeted this, not only does president trump refuse to grant temporary status to venezuela, he used stealthy -- no regard for the suffering of the venezuela venezuelian people. well, now biden is being blasted by members of his own party. bob menendez says removing venezuelians through third country is disturbing. turns his back on immigrants who need our protection most. chief ortiz met with lawmakers yesterday in the wake of video we saw of him be

griff jenkins joins us live from washington with the latest. >> griff: frightening stuff, ukrainians are bracing for the worst, their president said russia will invade tomorrow. watch. >> we are told that february 16th will be the day of attack. we will make it a union day, the decree has been signed. that afternoon, we will hang national flags, put on blue, yellow ribbons and show the world our unity. >> griff: whether serious is subject of debate. it comes as russian troops swelling well past 130,000, all along the ukrainian border and as u.s. sends more troops overseas to europe to bolster nato forces with pentagon warning putin could move with little to no warning. >> this is not going to go well for mr. putin, should he decide to invade again. what he's see suggest more unified west, more unified nato. >> the state department says window does remain open with talks continuing with the kremlin. they are closing the embassy in kiev and warning americans to get out of ukraine and neighboring countries like belarus and maldova. blinken pushing for international support for ukraine.

griff jenkins joins us with the new details. >> griff: good morning, despite covid-19 cases dropping, the white house says now is not the time to ease up on the spending asking congress for an additional $30 pillion. >> we have sufficient funds to respond to the current omicron surge, our goal is to ensure we're well prepared to stay ahead of the virus. we've been in ongoing conversations about what the needs look like. >> griff: according to the ap $18 billion would go to vaccine and treatment and $5 billion for testing, $3 billion to cover the uninsured and $4 billion for future variants. battle over mask mandate drives wedge within the democratic party with several blue states bucking cdc guidance and other democratic officials ignore their own rules. >> you know, you have seen a lot of recently democrats, officials in settings where they are not wearing masks, a lot of young kids around. should be up to parents and guardians about whether or not toddlers have to wear masks. it shouldn't be up to the biden mask police. >> griff: this as more and more democrats look at them. kathlee

griff jenkins joins us live in the nation's capital with the latest details. >> griff: despite covid cases plummeting issue the white house says more pandemic spending please, asking congress for an additional $30 billion. >> we have sufficient fundss for the current omicron surge, our goal has been to ensure we are well prepared to stay ahead of the virus. we've been in conversations about what those needs might look like. >> griff: according to ap $18 billion would go to vaccine and treatment, 5 billion for testing, 3 billion for uninsured and the rest for future variants. the request comes as battle over mask mandates divide the country. democratic officials are enforcing mandates and ignore their own rules. >> you have seen a lot of at least recently, democrats, officials in settings where they are not wearing masks, with young kids around. should be up to parents and guardians about whether toddlers have to wear masks, it shouldn't be up to the biden mask police. >> griff: more and more democrats head for the door. kathleen rice becoming the 30th democrat to bow out. rice saying

griff jenkins. >> griff: good morning, todd and carley. presidents claim they pay no attention to the polls, when you slump into the 30s, they are taking note. the latest average shows 39% approval, harsh pill to swallow compared to the last three presidents at the same time. trump, obama and bush are all above 40% and comes as biden struggles with ukrainian conflict, pandemic and how to control crime and crisis at the southern border. republican critics are calling for a cognitive test. >> it is on full display for everybody in the country and world to see. president biden does not have cognitive to get the job done. i remind everybody, we did this with president trump. >> griff: another problem plague thanksgiving white house president's stalled agenda is big ticket items like build back better when press secretary jen psaki says needs rebranding. >> press sect. psaki: our objective is working with democrats, republicans if they decide they are for lowering the cost of prescription drugs to determine how much build back better agenda can

griff: it's day five in fighting. as we heard from our reporters not a major ukrainian city has fall to the russians. the attack is the same as it was the last five straight days. attacks from the air, land and sea. coming in from the north, east and south. specifically if you look here, this is the eastern done bass region. donetsk can. if russian forces are able to keep pushing up here, that makes the supply routes' more difficult. that's the concern. the clock is running on those. you can see from the attacks, they are doing it. we heard that putin is going to get belarusan military assistance. that's basically annexing belarus. belarus is bordering poland. that means you are looking eye to eye with nato states as well as the baltic states up here. you can see the areas where they are fighting for, this is kharkiv, that we heard so much about, the second largest city in ukraine. 2 million people. we were worried that would fall. but the tenacity of the ukrainian military holding out in kharkiv. and down here in ode

. >> todd: griff jenkins has details. >> griff: good morning todd and carley, no sign of slowing downt daily images roll nothing. the image showed 70 migrants arrested here. two toddlers aging one and four traveling without parents or guardians and more criminals nabbed, a convicted murderer and child sex offender, part of crisis yuma, arizona's mayor blame on the administration. >> they say that have been invited, president biden invited them and has money waiting for them. this is messaging i talked to the secretary about, the messaging has to change. >> griff: senator ron johnson sends a strong letter to mayorkis demantding to know the number apprehended, number paroled and number with criminal record and number of known and unknown got-aways. we are learning the price tag of the clandestine migrant flights $340 million in the first nine months of 2021, according to data obtained by breitbart news. and governor gooden wants to deny montow anyone for -- to operate illegal immigration network that spans from south america to every community in the united states. it is time to put a s

griff jenkins joins us with the latest. good morning. >> griff: good morning todd and carley. all presidents claim they pay no attention to the polls, the folks at 1600 pennsylvania avenue are taking note. clear politics average, you see the president's approval rating slumping into the 30s for the first time. hard pill to swallow, the last three presidents, trump, obama and george w. bush were above 40%. it comes as biden struggles with the yaushgian conflict, inflation, out of control crime and crisis at the southern border. republican critics are calling for a cognitive test. >> it is on full display for everyone to see right now, president biden does not have the cognitive ability to do right now. he had a physical exam done, there was no mention of cognitive testing. we did this with president trump. >> another problem plague thanksgiving white house, the president's stalled aupon genda on big-ticket items like build back better which press secretary jen psaki says needs rebranding. >> our objective is working with democrats, republicans if they decide they are for loweri

. >> todd: griff jenkins has that and more. good morning. >> griff: it looks like vice president harris may have to start studying root causes, entire plan set coming. del rio tweeting this picture of migrants from places like pakistan, syria, china, aritrea, sudan and uzbekistan and the chief says they apprehended migrants from 84 different countries in the last three months. one country is not welcome, venezuela. venezuela ans will be expelled to colombia. then candidate biden tweeted this, president trump refuses to grant temporary status to venezuelans and used stealth deportation to send them back. he has no regard for the suffering of the venezuela people. biden being blasted by members of his own party. bob menendez saying the recent reports removing venezuelas is disturbing. this administration is turning backos immigrants who need protection the most. border patrol ortiz met yesterday in wake of being confronted by his a. >> we continue to do the job we signed up for, we all signed up for, we all raised our hand. >> it

griff jenkins joins us live. >> griff: the president putting his sales hat on and hitting the road with renewed sales pitch for build back better agenda. the american people are not buying what he's selling. take a look at the new quinnipiac poll. biden approval 35%. 55% disapproving in the top issue, driving america is inflation follow by the pandemic. the president takes to twitter ahead of ohio's swing tweeting this. my build back better agenda includes largest invest toment combat climate change, create good-paying jobs and lower energy costs for americans. let's get it done. inflation continues to rise and americans are feeling more pain at the pump, in their pocketbooks and republicans are turning up criticism. watch. >> joe biden is the president of high prices and one of the defining failures of the prez dense seinflation. >> our families have to eat. it is real. it is hurting families. the president still tries to spin it as the economy is doing good? mississippians are not buying that. >> griff: fox news release power rankings for midterm giving republicans edge to take back t

griff: i'm griff jenkins. great to be in the same studio with you. jacqui: it is.ng it off from kiev,

griff jenkins is joining us. >> griff: the president will hit the road today hoping to sell that stalled spending agenda. the american people are not buying it. a quinnipiac poll, biden's ark proval is 35% with 55% disapproving in the top issue driving americans dark mood, you guessed it, inflation followed by immigration and the pandemic, as the president takes to twitter ahead of today's trip putting positive spin on things. build pack better will combat climate change and help meet the moment on climates, create good-paying jobs and lower energy cost for americans. let's get it done. inflation continues to rise and americans are feeling more pain at the pump, republicans are cranking up the criticism. >> joe biden is the president of high prices. one of the defining failures of the biden presidency is inflation. >> our families have to eat. it is real and it is hurting families and the president still tries to spin it as the economy is doing good? mississippians are not buying that. >> griff: fox news releasing power rankings for midterms giving republicans edge to take back the senat

griff griff and change coming to you guys there in new york.governor kathy hochul expected to lift indoor mask mandates today on businesses. but not schools. at least not yet. she saying she is still deciding mandate in new york schools expires in two weeks. we will see what happens there by the way according to the "new york times" who were briefed on apparently these plans, can you leave that covid vax card at home now when to a new york business. >> steve: big changes come. griff, she is apparently going to wait until after the winter break to see how many kids get sick. griff, it was subtle, but it sounded like jen psaki was walking back something she had said on monday. on monday she said the white house view is all kids should mask up. on tuesday it's like well, every state should be able to decide by themselves. >> griff: that's exactly what we witnessed during the span of 24 hours. spokeswoman at the white house changed course, which was in direct opposition to those states, all democrat states led by democratic governors who are choosi

as griff jenkins reports.shooting brings back the trauma of the 2000 and seven mass shooting on the virginia tech campus set killed 32 people. tragedy striking in blacksburg, one person was killed four others injured, including virginia tech student after shots rang out at a bar in blacksburg just before midnight at the bar's name was melody hookah lounge. it's just a short distance from campus police calling this an active homicide investigation. no word on the extent of the injuries. students nearby reacted to the gunfire. we were downtown tonight at the top of the stairs when we first got the first alert that there were shots heard at the 7 11 here we contemplated whether we should stay or go, but we figured it was probably safest for us to actually stay at the bar until we heard more. the campus was placed on lockdown until just before dawn. police not releasing any details about suspects or motives or active threats to the community, and the victims have not been identified. virginia text president tim sa

griff jenkins, fox news.adian province of ontario today declaring a state of emergency due to the bridge blockade. the situation is having a greater economic impact both in canada and the us the ambassador bridge connecting ontario to detroit handles a quarter of all trade between the us and canada with 7000 trucks in $323 million worth of goods crossing every day. the so called freedom convoy has been going on for five days now. it's been hurting us in michigan from day one every minute. this goes on is lost wages. it's damage to our businesses. they're michiganders , who are hardworking, simply want to show up to their job, and they're out of work right now. this afternoon, a judge ordered protesters at the ambassador bridge to end the blockade. if they were fused, they could be arrested and face up to a year in prison and $1000 fine. despite that possibility tonight, some of the protesters say they are not going anywhere. idea. of him not living when he should be. is excruciating. that woman still reeling

. >> griff: russia has faced widespread global condemnation including demonstrations across russia. sanction russian president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov. sanctioning a foreign leader is usually saved for censuring leaders like bashar al-assad. russia's former military and politicalconsequend sweden if they attempt to try to join nato. there are 30 nato countries. ukraine is not part of nato. another party not part of nato is georgia. russia invaded georgia in 2008 and still remains in parts of that country. back to you. >> fascinating geopolitical dynamics they are. thank you. walking through some of the latest movements on the ground in ukraine. >> all these red dots are air strikes or fires, possibly cruise missiles from the russians or bombs dropped by russian planes as well as on the ground fighting. all of that fighting is centering in on kyiv. some marines landing in the port here. others coming from primera anotherarmored mechanized groupm belarus where they were trading and had a big price here. all of it is circling around kyiv, the capital city and

griff jenkins has all the details. good morning. >> griff: this pilot program would put more single adult illegal immigrants on the streets, instead of detention centers. reuters says targeting baltimore and houston to release migrants with ankle monitors or tracking devices, costing roughly $sic to $8 more migrant per day. they must be home from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., unclear how ice intends to enforce this program. one saying we don't have capacity, we will not detain our way out of the border crisis, after ice confirms to fox news, they will not deport the immigrant who drew swastikas on union station in d.c. it is blurred out for the viewers. there is lack of enforcement. no sign of things slowing down at our border as agents encounter this bizarre woman. watch. [growling] >> calm down. calm down. calm down. >> todd: that is not all they are finding in el paso agents apprehend 132 migrants jamed into a cargo trailer in human smuggling operation after a record 2021 that saw two million apprehensions across the border wit

griff jenkins is live with the latest developments. >> griff:

. >> ashley: in washington with the latest, good morning, griff. >> good morning ashley and todd. me give you a startling statistic 45% of illegal immigrants were from countries other than northern triangle of el salvador and guatemala. last week in the rio grande valley, five men were apprehended. and a number of criminal migrants also increasing overnight, the chief putting in this picture of child sex offender napped with two ms-13 gang members. yuma county sheriff blaming it on the biden administration's policies. >> from a community standpoint, it is a mess. he will not prosecute anybody that enters the country illegally. >> this as president biden faced questions over the crisis at the border like asia who pushed the president how to meet the challenges. >> one of the fundamental things you have to do in addition to some of the changes we will make we are looking into today is that if we can figure out why they are leaving in the first place. >> meanwhile, lawmakers on capitol hill outraged over claim death and flights taken into their own hands. introducing legislation barr

griff jenkins, what is this all about? >> that's right, todd and carley. good morning. he is opting to spend his week in wilmington as russian troops close in on ukraine's capital. he will take a call with vice president harris and his national security team around 10:00 this morning and that's about all we know. it is unclear if we will hear anything new from the president. there are no public events on his schedule. this is russia's assault on ukraine intensifies. washington, d.c., speakers nancy pelosi saying, "i think it's really important for people to understand the brilliance with which president biden is conducting this. this is a man who served decades as chair of the foreign affairs committee. he has the arena, he knows the personalities." however, not everyone agrees with that assessment. fox news contributor tom homan talking to you guys in the last hour had this to say. >> this would never happen, in my opinion, in the trump presidency. i think president trump and mike pompeo projected strength across the world. i think putin and other world leaders are agg

griff, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, good morning, neil.le plan has been the same after three days. we've heard or three axis, an attack from the northst -- north, the east and the south. by the way, coming land, air and sea. but this is that russian-backed separatist area, the donbas renal. it's been heavy fighting there and they're trying to take particularly this town here to strengthen what was already russian control, to push it even further in car -- kharkiv, a city of about 2 million. they're fighting hard in that area. now let's go south, you see a very strong attack coming off the sea, going after odesa. now, what would that do, neil? that strategically for putin and the russian forces would cut off access to the black sea, very, very strategic battle there. now, we've all been hearing about the battle of forces, russian forces coming out of belarus and out of russia pushing and closing in on kyiv. we understand that the bulk of his forces may be ant 20 miles north -- about 20 miles north outside, i'll talk more about that in a sec

griff jenkins, ktvu, fox two news.ia counties have lifted indoor face mask mandates. this means if you're vaccinated against covid, you're allowed to take off your mask in most indoor settings, every bay area county, with the exception of santa clara county is following the states revised rules on masking santa clara county has about 930 new covid cases a day that's down from 1400 last week . still, santa clara county health officials say while they're covid numbers are improving, they're still not good enough for the county to lift mask mandates. the county is bordered by san mateo and alameda counties where mask mandates have been lifted. some say that could push people to shop or dine outside of santa clara county. it will depend upon how in honey i am. if i'm in a reality, i will go to the left side that i don't need a mask. and if i have diamond, if i'm just doing a casual shopping, then i will go. with the mosque. santa clara county health experts say there is still not ready to lift the mandate, saying another s

griff jenkins, ktvu fox two news.extension into san jose could be delayed by four years, meaning it could take until june of 2034 to be complete. that's according to a new analysis by federal transit officials obtained by the bay area news group. in the report, the federal transit officials expressed concerns about the valley transit authority's ability to deliver the extension. on time and on budget . the report describes the veritas cost and schedule projections as being overly optimistic. the vita had estimated completion date of 2030. the chinese getting your parade is one of the most spectacular in the world, in large part because of the creative floats that wind their way through the city. ktvu christian captain has a sneak peek behind the scenes at all the hard work that goes into taking those floats from an idea to reality. mhm behind these doors. a team of artists worked for months to make the parade pop with color and come alive. truckloads of lumber hundreds of yards of led lights and a quarter ton of glitt

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it has to stop and yes, griff. i think come november, the democrats are going to feel the implications of this. >> carley: border agents are frustrated and speaking out and a lot of american people are as well. laura, thank you for joining us this morning, happy friday. >> thanks, guys. >> carley: with that griff, it was great to see you. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> griff: president biden using guns to blame for the violence. >> politicians have stopped enforcing the gun laws. joe biden's own son violated federal firearms law. >> the problem congress is not acting. >> vice president kamala harris is dismissing her role as border czar yet another high ranking member of her team is calling it quits. >> you are there to compete. do not risk incurring the anger of the chinese government. >> that breaks my heart. athletes, i feel like need use their platform awareness of what is going on. >> officials say the kremlin has active plans to fake an attack on russians in ukraine in order to start a war. >> this

actually gone in the long run over a period of time, the recent falls don't seem so much the oldest tool, griff, a bad market. we over egging the issues. well, by definition a band market is when market retrace is 10 percent from its recent high. so if you look at the us indices, the answer key, the down the sag. in fact, the nasdaq is more than 10 percent from its recent high. so yes, we are in a bad market with respect, but if you look at the markets, quite question for the last number of days, we didn't we, we close back some of those losses. but today, traders are still very much trying to digest the new message which came out from the federal reserve. and bit of a surprise in that particular message is that now the federal reserve is not only going to increase interest. right? and let me say that actually this is going to be an aggressive interest rate high, but they're also going to shrink the balance sheet. and that is a once again has triggered the risk of trade and possibly pushing the markets further deep in the bare territory. what about talk of a stock market bubble that's about to

groups all the retreated where the russian army gotten, you know, the georgia and troops were radiate. griff, you know, the smallest safety and minority, but they were not prepared to please the russian army. so if the real stops now, i think the main goal will be to provoke the russian army to get involved. and then mr. biden will be vindicate. and because he is prediction will come through and that's why i think we're now facing one of the most dangerous moments in this absurd. what? because this is a war between people speaking almost the same language. watch the same television, most of their lives were gone to the same schools who basically the same 1st and 2nd leave. this is that the most terrible civil war that they can imagine had been . boy, if there is another clara, now it will get graded. these needs to be avoided, i think the last sure, the wide rational and here not to start. you know that there, there. right now, it will be a brian to start that. that right? okay. well, let's hope that very much that, that does not happen. dmitri really nice tool to that was a moscow base poli

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griff jenkins has more on this story. >> tragedy striking, one person was killed and four others injuredirginia tech student after shots rang out at a bar just before midnight the bars name was a hookah lounge, a short distance from tempest. police can't and an active homicide investigation. no word on the extent of the injuries. students nearby reacted to the gunfire. >> we were downtown tonight. we got the first alert at the 711 here. we contemplated whether we should stay or go and probably figured it was safer to stay at the bar. >> the campus was placed on lockdown until just before dawn. police releasing no details about the suspects or motives or active threats to the community. the victims have not been identified virginia tech's president is issuing a statement saying our condolences go out to the family and the deceased and we extent our support to those who were injured. our community is strong in our strength is from the care and concern from one another. the shooting brings back memories nearly 15 years ago when virginia tech was a site of a deadly shoe school shooting. and