. >> todd: breaking news, alexandria hoff. >> good morning in a few short hours president biden willt with andre, and deliver remarks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the fresh war on ukraine. the president zelenskyy with a surprise visit to war-torn country the most important in the whole history of ukraine u.s. relations. >> this was a historic visit by the president to an active war zone where the u.s. military presence for the president to go to kyiv and meet with him to see the first lady and firsthand briefing from zelenskyy's team. they had an opportunity to discuss the lenski military planning, secure what the u.s. has provided and other types of economic and energy assistance that we have given. >> during the president president biden announced $500 million in additional security assistance to the country and said, russian president vladimir putin was plain wrong to think he could outlast ukraine peer of the present share of those, "president zelenskyy entered ukrainians remind what courage is and freedom is priceless and worth fighting for as long as it takes." presiden

mike: alexandria hoff in washington, thanks very much. all eyes on surf side beach, south carolina with the suspected spy balloon push it is small coastal town into the national spotlight. charles watson live in the ground on myrtle beach. hello, charles. charles: hey, good afternoon, mike. myrtle beach, south carolina is a tourist town and when folks come they are expecting to have fun and expecting to have fun in many restaurants here. no one was expecting to have front row seats to a national defense operation playing out just a few miles off the carolina coast but that is what folks, this area beared witness to on saturday. military -- the u.s. military sending f22 fighter jet to bring the suspected chinese spy balloon down. it eventually hit the balloon with single missile before it came crashing down in the atlantic ocean. thousands of folks who live and vacation in the area got to see with own two eyes and quite the spectacle and came out into the balconies an streets and snap pictures of what they were seeing out in the ocean. we

arthel: alexandria hoff, thank you alexandria. eric. some of our second takedown lesson a week raising lots of questions about the security and sovereignty of her nations airspace. with a snout retired u.s. navy captain you flew a lot of missions what, almost 1000 landings on carriers. chuck we are not being told exactly what this is it is the size of a car. could it be a new type of stealth spy craft from trying it may be considering it was not detected when it first violated our airspace, what are your thoughts on this? >> it could be some kind of a surveillance craft or something. calling it an object, there are some questions i would have reporters next time they get to address jon kirby or anyone in the briefing room. that is okay, when you shot it and the missile hits, what happened next? did it float out of the sky or did it fall out of the sky? the other thing is show me the pictures you took preview fly those types of missions you always take cameras with you so that you can record the intercept. so they have pictures of it and

washington alexandria hoff fox news. she felt small carolina beach town became the center of attention after they shut down the foreign aircraft happening for the first time world war ii. this all playing out let's refine charles watson. what is everyone talking about and saying today? >> frankly, arthel, people are saying they are surprises even happened in this area. just about everyone you talk to hear mention of the suspected spy blooming shot down just off the carolina coast on saturday. what is even more shocking for folks who live in vacation in this area is the fact they had a front row seat to a national defense operation a few people knew was actually going to happen. fox news was on top of it though, our cameras caught the f52 fighter jet expected to bring the spy balloon down for a single missile was fired striking the bully which eventually went crashing into the atlantic ocean. not something you see every day in an area best known for its tourist attractions. and folks who live in vacation here were underst

arthel: alexandria hoff in washington, thank you very much.ric: right now the recovery continues on balloon number one opposite south carolina military teams they hope for better weather as they try to recover the remains of the chinese spy craft that was shot off the coast last weekend choppy seas forcing them to put a hold on efforts, brian llenas is live and myrtle beach south carolina with the very latest and what they are digging up of the chinese balloon from the ocean floor. >> we are told the majority of the chinese spy airship is still underwater 50 feet below, there has been a break in the weather obviously myrtle beach is beautiful right now but the forecast calls for hazardous marine conditions 5 - 8-foot seas last we were told the salvage operation has been suspended until at least tomorrow, the big question what technology will be recovered defense officials say that china's spy airship was maneuverable but did not present technical gathering abilities outside of what really exists from the chinese, they know through high-resolut

arthel. >> alexandria hoff in washington. brian. brian: two south carolina beach towns were the center of attention when the u.s. military shot down a foreign aircraft nearby since the first time since world war ii and all happened in the skies other myrtle beach and surf side beach and charles watson is in myrtle beach for us. charles, what are people there saying? reporter: they're saying a lot, brian. we'll get to that in just a second but you come to the myrtle beach south carolina area and often see people coming out behind me and this is what the restaurants say behind me and tourist town fund and a front row seat and defense playing out a few miles off the coast and they plead witness to on saturday and the u.s. military sent an f22 fighter jet into bringing expected spy balloon down and it was sent crashing into the atlantic ocean and thousands of fo folks that lived vacation in the area got to see with this their own two eyes and quite the spectacle and folks pulled over on the side ovthe road and take pictures and snap vid

mike: alexandria hoff in dc, many danks. alicia.alicia: efforts under way to recover payload of chinese spy shot down. bryan llenas live in myrtle beach, south carolina with the latest, hi, bryan. >> efforts to recover is temporarily suspended due to rough water conditions. there's a gayle warning in effect this weekend with wind casts forecast 50 miles an hour, it's the kind of weather that could complicate a salvage operation 50 feet below under water -- under the atlantic ocean. listen. >> rough water is going to elevate all those energies and waves and currents and the potential for those stronger currents to remobilize and move things and may make it harder to find a second time. you found it the first time and stirred up in a storm and might get buried. reporter: fox news can confirm that the navy has located but not yet recovered a portion of the payload that was attached to the spy balloon. it's the size of a bus and mostly intact. the payload is vital and that is where the on board electronics are. the balloon entire payloa

alexandria hoff with more on the story. >> for the debut the fox news pool for the presidential seasonlican primary voters read a list of 15 names mostly potential contenders at this point with that former president trump easily topped the list with 43% governor ron desantis is the choice for 28% 7% went to un ambassador nikki haley and mike pence and greg abbott former congresswoman liz cheney in support of 2% trump and haley are only among who have announced iran. haley weighed in on "sunday morning futures". >> i think d.c. is broken there spending like drunken sailors and they need to go on a diet we need to build things in america again. i took south carolina invaded the beast of the south. >> one of those picked other possible candidates including virginia governor glenn youngkin and south carolina senator tim scott here's how they both answered the lingering question today. >> my focus is still on the mission of making sure every single american believes that the american dream is achievable for them. >> i continue to be very humbled when this question is asked of me and i conti

alexandria hoff at the latest. >> michael ro khanna will make his third trip to east palestine with theccording to the white house the surpassing of goals. >> the epa conducted 578 home and continues air monitoring's 15 stations within the community. >> to engage and drop off layers to 190 residents bringing the total number of engagements to 543. >> that call was 400 according to the white house but east palestine white house satisfied with the federal response hope our? he said yes and no. >> i know there are definitely questions about the rashes and the illnesses. we are working with the federal agency, the epa, the department of health to get those answers. i think there are a lot of unanswered questions. our residents are getting frustrated. but we are working as fast as we can to get the answers. >> ashley: those questions by local health care workers are saying unusual symptoms including those in line with the form of chemical bronchitis. the local station, if you are leaving your house and symptoms improve, go back and it comes back and not thinking is allergies and not thinking

. >> todd: alexandria hoff joins us with the latest, alex. >> todd, ashley, good morning. the payload where the evidence was found, the fbi official says that remains underwater. what has been recovered at this point the wiring and small electronics. the u.s. officials believe the u.s. surveillance within tan is the intercept and listen in on american conversations. according to the pentagon for we know the people's republic of china gives these balloons for surveillance. high-resolution imagery the fly altitude balloons with intelligence operations. senates briefing, jon tester pushed for answers from the biden administration. >> i want to know if we knew what the chinese were trying to collect with that balloon come up with that reconnaissance ballooned. >> senator, thank you for the question. what we can probably get into details and a classified setting. >> you can say yes or no. you don't have to get into specifics, do we know if they are trying to collect? we think we know that they are trying to collect but we don't know. that scares the hell out of me. >> most amer

alexandria hoff joins us with more, good morning, i, alex. >> president biden is expected with job creationout policy priorities that will not fly the new republican-controlled house at the same time his address will be seen as a kick off point for the 2024 campaign season. according to a new nbc "washington post" poll it will be a hard sell for the president. 58% of democratic voters want someone else to run. 31% like him seeking reelection. secretary pete buttigieg was presented with these numbers and came to the swift defense of his boss. >> do i want him to run again? a large number of democrats say they don't want him to run ag again. he is an absolutely historically successful president. and i want to see that continue. >> let's take a look back fiscal year 2023. almost 718,000 migrant encounters at the border, $13.1 trillion spending under the president and seven days of vacation but 22 press conferences. in the dirt tim scott does not expect to hear about any of that tomorrow night. >> i think you will hear a lot of glossing over the real issues that people are through. and it would

power was affected and no spills or injuries were reported look, ashley, griff. >> griff: alexandria hoff are sharing disturbing symptoms. >> i wake up every day and this morning i woke up with my eyes swelled. >> my kids, we were running in to grab something and going back to grandma's house because they keep breaking out in rashes. >> the kids do? >> yeah. >> i work at the rail track and i have experienced headaches. >> i try not to go outside because every time i go outside, my throat get scratchy. i have sore throat, headaches and my husband still gets headaches. >> ashley: dr. janette nesheiwat is a emergency medical doctor in fox news medical contributor. she joins us now. these symptoms of headaches, rashes would be the least of my worries because you see all of these tests done and you see this was tested on xyz animal and this is the long-term effects and short-term effects, but here we have these chemicals that spilled and we have for the world to see now, this critical animal testing and what it did to the animals. it killed them quick. are you worried that will be the situatio

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griff: alexandria hoff, on the ground, alex, thank you very much. jacqui, i have to ask you because you spend so much time at the white house and as you heard from alex's report, things are being shout-out of the sky, we don't know what they are. now the search called off and the american people are wondering what the heck, how much pressure do you perceive as inside the west wing, inside the white house to get an answer or are they going to be able to get a pass and move on? jacqui: i don't know that we will ever get real answers on the 3 objects shot down because they are looking at fizzling out those searches. they haven't been successful. there's been tough terrain and tough weather meaning we may not get a concrete idea of whether or not the biden administration overreacted when it shot the other 3 objects out of the sky. we heard the bottle cap balloon brigade that the balloon went missing the same one that the fighter jet shot one down. we might not hear those answers and because the new parameters are going to be classified people might cont

mike: alexandria hoff, thanks very much. more on security risk posed by flying objects i'm joined by charles marino, homeland department, charles, welcome. >> good afternoon, mike. mike: it's been busy stretch over skies of united states of america. week ago, saturday a shootdown and we heard the senate majority leader use the term balloons, your thoughts on what we have seen? >> yeah, well, obviously the latest sightings and actions taken by the military are concerning and the pentagon rightfully is being tight lip right now. what i say is this, if we go back to the initial incursion into our air space by the spy balloon from china we failed to prevent that from entering our sovereign air space and as a result we were tested and now the world stage knows that we failed. that the president and the administration did not have the political will to take action to prevent this from coming over our country and spending a long amount of time. now as a result intelligence officials are scrambling to find every possible component o

just that radar capabilities have increased, ashley, todd. >> todd: alexandria hoff, thank you at noe story has michael's arts and crafts will be a key player in everything we are doing. biden's statement, he said nothing. he could have said nothing we can a half ago. so that is p 1 but part 2, the fact that we don't know is beyond concerning. how can we the greatest country in the world still not know what the heck we shot down? what is going on in this white house? what is going on the top brass of our military they can't figure this out? you heard biden say, we have increased our radar. but i thought we would be in a constant state of alert 24/7, 365. land, sea, sky. if not, where is that $800 billion annually to our defense department going? what is he doing? >> ashley: what was it $400,000, $500,000 used to shoot this -- what they call it, party style balloon belonging to a hobby club. this is embarrassing. honestly, my notes i could have written one word: embarrassing! that is exactly what this is. but i said this earlier this is the most biden administration move ever. they le

let's go to alexandria hoff. >> good to be with you.hey want to assure the american public that the air space is under lock especially after the spy craft incident and revelations after air space breaches. and roger wicker says he's glad it was shot down before traversing the continental u.s. as the spy craft did before it was taken down over the atlanta a week ago. >> the officials were patting themselves on the back for the professional and studied way that they had handled the situation, letting it go, the length of alaska, but back into the continental united states and all the way to the atlantic. so i'm glad that it's clear that they're not going to use this sort of procedure again. >> senator wicker is ranking member on senate armed services committee which democratic senator tim kaine is on as well. he weighed in and said the recent pushed securing air force security to the forefront. >> you can be sure both in foreign relations and armed service the committee as we shape the defense bill throughout the spring, incidents like th

arthel: a lot going on alexandria hoff live at the white house. thank you. >> alan shaw the ceo of the embattled railroad norfolk southern has met with officials and community members in ohio today. this of course more than two weeks after wendy southard norfolk rails freight trains derailed in that small town causing an enormous spill of toxic chemicals in the massive fire. residents of the ohio pennsylvania border continued to say they are afraid of the long-term effects of exposure to the hazardous chemicals and the plume of smoke. this state and federal officials are trying to reassure residents the water supply system and the air there are safe. republican congressman bill johnson does represent the east palace scene area said is reassured by the government actions. >> i can say they are making progress. and i do believe the epa both the federal and the state this community that is routinely tested. it does not get water source from the creek you are showing the chemicals now reside. >> a lot of people still have questions. his life at the co

griff: alexandria hoff love live for us in washington, thank you. jacqui: next let's bring in house member from kentucky andy barr as we try to show the latest on the balloon that it just transited north carolina, griff, is that right. griff: the images are over north carolina. jacqui: you can see there's a plane making its way across the screen. this is just a short while ago and we're working to get a live video of this balloon to keep an eye on it as we interview the congressman. congressman barr is a member of the house foreign affairs and also financial services committees and big focus on the new select committee on china. congressman, thank you so much for joining us on this saturday. appreciate your time. >> good to be with you, jacqui. >> so this surveillance balloon really shows that china is not just a threat to taiwan, to east asia, but this is, you know, we've been calling it a form of aggression from the pentagon, from the state department, and we haven't heard a lot from the white house, but what does this spy balloon tell you about t

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thank you for that, alexandria hoff in washington at the white house, as you could see.ne of the things we have learned right now is that this whole incident that china started with the balloon in the first placing well, they're the ones that are angry at, yeah, us. they're hanging up on the defense secretary of the united states and foreclosing any possibility of even meeting our secretary of state, antony blinken. here's the killer though, china's equivalent of the secretary of state's counterpart there, they're both in germany, they're both at this munich conference. so you could argue they're only yards apart. they have yet to meet. what because our former secretary of state, mike pompeo, think of that? we'll ask him. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. with voya, considering all your financial choices together can help you make smarter decisions. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. (woman 1) i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it's just right for my little business. unlimited premium data. unlimited hotspot data. (woman 2)

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. >> todd: alexandria hoff joins us with more. >> alexandria: the president's goal will be to ensure the american people their lives are better off under his leadership. according to the white house, president biden will show the american people his plan to build on the deficit reduction his leadership has already delivered by having corporations pay their fair share and lower prescription prices. here is brian dies. >> i think the president is hoping to do two things with the economy and the state of the union. first is to put the progress we have made economically back into the broader frame that really compelled him to run for president in the first place. >> alexandria: dies is among key staff soon leaving the administration, the president is seeking a new chief of staff while dealing with the debt ceiling. kevin mccarthy says he is looking to compromise on that if there is agreement to cut spending. >> mr. president, it's time to get to work. sure we are messengers both agree that the national debt is too high. surely we both agree that inflation hurts american families. surely

alexandria hoff has the latest. >> alexandria: this is likely a kickoff point for the 2024 election season. this will not fly under republican-controlled house, biden will be working to win over his own party. according to abc washington news poll, democrats want someone else to run, just 31% support the president. buttigieg was presented with numbers and offered this. >> the poll, large number of democrats say they don't want him to run again. he is an absolutely historically successful president and i want to see that continue. >> alexandria: take a look back. this is important. we'll go over fiscal year 2023 alone, 718,000 migrant encounters, 207 days of vacation. tim scott doesn't expect to hear about any of that tomorrow night. >> i think you will hear a lot of glossing over the real issues that the american people are suffering through. if we were going to hear something authentic from president biden, it would be, american people, i apologize for record breaking inflation and border crossings. >> alexandria: might be hearing sarah huckabee sanders. >> griff: thank you. hardest speec

alexandria hoff is live with the latest. >> good morning, ashley, todd.ring calling it a political stunt. republicans say it sends a message of disrespect. >> democrats have called this a stunt. i would argue it's a stunt. it's disappointing that they are not here. democrats dismissed the experiences of these real people that we have had a chance to visit with the last 24 hours. people affected by the biden-border crisis. democrats maybe we would have a chance at ending this crisis and actually securing our southern border. >> ashley: ahead of this hearing congressman jim jordan and a dozen other republicans were given a tour of the yuma section. they got to see a section of the border wall that cuts off into nothingness. there were more than 310,000 illegal crossings last year. the highest number ever reported in the sector. almost triple that than 2021. looking at the arizona as the a whole, 571,000 migrant encounters in fiscal year 2022. to date this year, almost 186,000. yesterday, house republicans also met with the only local hospital in yuma, they

. >> todd: alexandria hoff has more. >> alexandria: the president will be with president duda and make an address. president zelenskyy called yesterday's surprise visit the most important in the whole history of ukraine-u.s. relations. >> this was a historic visit by the president to an active war zone, where we don't have a u.s. military presence. it was important for the president to go to kyiv and get a first-hand briefing from zelenskyy's team and discuss zelenskyy's military planning, security assistance ukraine has asked for that the u.s. is providing and energy assistance that we've given. >> alexandria: president biden announced additional -- to think he could outlast ukraine and the president shared this, president zelenskyy and ukrainians remind the world everyday what freedom is, freedom is priceless and worth fighting for for as long as it takes. china's top diplomat was in russia, pushing back on claims that the country is considering providing lethal support to russia to further their invasion. a spokesperson says the united states is in no position to make demands tchina

alexandria hoff live from washington with more, alexandria. >> todd, ashley glenn youngkin of virginia said now is the time for strong leadership and the more appropriate backdrop for the president to talk about community health is elsewhere. >> joe biden has been to ukraine and now coming to virginia. he has yet to go to ohio. he wants to talk about health care? why doesn't he go to a place where people have health concerns that are driving them to worry about not just the day-to-day impacts of this horrific train crash, but the long-term impacts with cancer threats et cetera. speed to the latest fox news poll shows 33% of registered vos approve of president biden's handling of the fiery february 3rd derailment. the impacts are still being felt among the hazardous chemicals released to carcinogens and known -- and "the new york post" since the toxic explosion, his voice sounded like he inhaled helium. doctors say i definitely have chemicals in me, but no one in town and around the toxicological test to find out which ones they are. my voice sounds like mickey mouse. my normal voice is

. >> ashley: alexandria hoff has more, good morning. >> alexandria: there is no plan for the president to visit east palestine. the trip to virginia, glenn youngkin says it is time for leaders to lead and his state does not need the appearance. >> joe biden has been to ukraine and now virginia, he has yet to go to ohio. go where people have health concerns driving them to worry about not just the day-to-day impact of this horrific train issue c, but the long-term impact with cancer threats, etcetera. >> alexandria: latest poll shows 33% of voters approve of president biden's handling of the derailment. the impact is still being felt. hazardous chemicals were released and one man told a strange, heartbreaking story. he says since the explosion, his voice sounds like he inhaled helium. there is no one in town to run toxicology to find out which they are, my voice sounds like mickey mouse. my chest hurts so much at night, i feel like i'm drowning. i lost my job because the doctor won't release me to go to work. residents with start scheduling appointments at a new health clinic and starti

for more, alexandria hoff with the breakdown of all the candidates. hey, alex. >> reporter: hey, eric. yeah, trump's lead is a strong one right now. with this debut fox news poll of this primary season, republican primary leaders were led a -- read a list of 15 names, most of those just potential contenders at this point. former president trump easily topping the list with 43%. governor ron desantis is the choice for 28%. 7% went to former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, and former vice president mike pence. texas governor greg abbott and former congresswoman liz cheney earned the support of 2%. trump and haley are the only among that group who have announced a run so far. 1 or less picked other possible candidates including virginia governor glenn youngkin and south carolina senator tim scott. here's thousand hay -- how they both answered the lingering question today. >> my focus is still on the mission of making sure that every single american believes that the american dream is achievable for them. >> i continue to be very humbled when this question i

. >> todd: alexandria hoff joins us with more, alexandria. >> the video has 400,000 views and led theorities picked up by smugglers but then bring them deeper into the u.s. the county sheriff in cleveland told the u.s., bragging on social media and one of the agent saw it and recognize the area and allowed us to come to this area 5 miles north of sanderson. this is that video in question. you see it, being ushered out of a brushy area into the wavy vehicle of the human trafficker. once the authorities hold that spot, that lay above their own peer the agents that went to the same exact location posed as smugglers, that is what you are seeing here honking the horn and the migrants ran out of the bushes into the vehicle thinking it was a human smugglers. the arrests were made that day. that was a tiny dent in this migrant crisis at the border. p aguilar a democrat with the bidens administration, degraded it. >> there is plenty to do. we know it is an issue down to o the border. >> a fox news sunday arizona governor katie hobbs said the border crisis is so severe that she's continuing wit

bruce vander hoff, is that even at very, very, very low levels, some of these chemicals are things thathe human body can detect, even if they are not necessarily unsafe. so i think what we arrived at is just, state officials cannot put their finger on anything that is wrong or bad, but the people that are living there are saying the proof is in the pudding. like, i feel this right now. my eyes are burning, it smells strange. what do you want me to tell you, kind of thing. nicole: let's look at the facts here. what you are saying is that there can be something in the air that is not necessarily harmful to the human body. what do the on-site tests tell us? nick: what we have heard at least is that the air is clear. we have seen that the water in one of the closest nearby streams is contaminated, but state officials believe that they have it contained right now. there are major concerns, however, that what has been released already could leach into the groundwater. right now, the first issue is surface water stuff, but once it gets into the ground, does it enter the water table, and if it

alexandria hoff has the details live from washington good morning alexandria. >> good morning the secondappear to be heading into the united states right now. the original one cruising above the midwest perhaps beyond with weather models predicting it could reach the carolinas as early as today. it is flying at 60000 feet that's higher than most u.s. warplanes can fly for the pentagon believes the spike tools doing more than just floating aimlessly. >> it is the chinese government controlling the movement of the balloon or is it just floating with air streams? >> we know this is a chinese balloon and that it has the ability to maneuver. i will leave it at that. >> once it's over body of water we shoot down? >> right now are monitoring closely reviewing options to be on that i will not have any additional information. >> defense officials briefed president biden on tuesday citing to vermont's handset let it's being publicly confirmed thursday. now the president has yet to answer questions on the matter. >> went and how will you let us know mr. president? [background noises] quickly worrie

police responded to the scene around 10:50 last night on 680 north south of hoff steader road.hey found one person unconscious but was later declared dead. two vehicles were at the scene with major damage, one sedan and a truck. as of now, all lanes are open. >>> elsewhere on 680 near highway 4, a live look at conditions courtesy of shannon our photo journalist who is cruising around in mobile 5. thank you for that. traffic on highway 4 near that 680 connector is looking good. it's not the case though at the bay bridge. we are seeing a little bit fog. look at the live shot at the toll plaza. it is looking a little murky. do plan for that. visibility can an. dublin inte getting a little crowded. and we are tracking brake lights out of tracy as you get on 580. traffic is starting to slow for the super commuter shot. 205 at 580, it is bumper to bumper in some spots with a 43 minute travel time 205 to 680. highway 4, 26 minutes. san mateo bridge looks good, off to a great start between 880 and 101. >>> ahead, a gospel celebration of black history month from oakland. hear from the c

. >> reporter: alexandria hoff joins us with this story. >> reporter: the boat crash happened four years over the social media craze about the accident. >> the people that were involved had anything to do with that but i can tell you at that time, as i sit here today, i believe that boat wreck is the reason they were killed. >> reporter: it is alec murdagh who admitted he lied about his alibi on the day his wife and son were shot dead. he claimed he was not at the kennels where the murders took place. on thursday murdagh came clean that he was, he was pressed on that yesterday. >> i did not and would not hurt my wife and my child. so i know for a fact that i never, ever, ever created an alibi. i was cooperative in every aspect of this investigation. >> the most important fact of all was you were at the murder scene with the victims just minutes before they died. >> i did not tell them that i went to the kennel. >> reporter: they use that as evidence murdagh lied the minute they arrived at the scene though he had testified, it was drawn up hours later at the advice of colleagues. here is

griff: alexandria hoff, alex, thank you. as alex mentioned tomorrow on live, liberty and levin, mark levin sits down with governor desantis. you can catch it tomorrow 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. aishah. aishah: busy week on the border, held a field hearing on the on going crisis at the southern border. live report and hear from a border town mayor right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to 60% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. aishah: total migrant encounters in southwest border have exceeded the 1 million mark reaching the grip milestone at unprecedented pace t

alexandria hoff keeping track of the latest development. she joins me in studio.: debut fox news poll for presidential primary season, just under a year away from votes being cast and with that former president trump easily topped the list with 43% of republican primary voters reporting him as their top pick. governor ron desantis was next with 28%. now 7% backed former un ambassador nikki haley and former vice president mike pence. texas governor greg abbott and former congresswoman liz cheney 2%. aside from trump hailey is the only other candidate that has announced a run. >> i think dc is broken. they are spending like drunken sailers, they need to go on a diet and we need to start building things in america. we need to start doing that to get the supply chain where we are and we need to get education back on track for our kids. alex: the other possible candidates in fox news poll earned 1% or less, there's still time. neither senator tim scott or glenn youngkin confirmed that they'll run. >> my focus is still on the mission of miking sure that every single ame

local photographer travis hoff stetler said he apsaw what appeared to have a missile strike from the i came out to get photo and videos of it and didn't realize they were going to shoot it down until right before it happened. you can see the rocket or whatever it was they shot from the plane. you can see it start to separate from the plane, and it was like, man, this is happening right now. as soon as it hit the balloon, you could hear a pop. i couldn't get it on video. i didn't catch it actually hitting it. but you just seen the balloon just kind of explode, you know, it just popped. above it it was like confetti. just looked like confetti, and the rest collapsed and just started floating down. i'm not sure how fast it went, but it looked like it was falling pretty slow, honestly. zb >> divers from the u.s. anyway are working to recovery the debris from the suspected spy balloon from the atlantic. sources telling cnn it will then be taken to the fbi lab in quantico for analysis. cnn's tom forearm with more on what they will be doing. >> this is the portion investigators want to get

. >> ashley: alexandria hoff from washington, alexandria, good morning. >> good morning, ashley, toddformation conveyed to them and learning more reports from tp than the biden administration directly. so today's focus will be on the three objects so far unidentified over alaska, canada, lake huron friday. february 4th takedown and the spy craft beer that majority leader chuck schumer. >> china is deploying these balloons is brazen. i bring this up to emphasize this issue is bigger than any one administration and should be free from partisan sniping. >> what about the american public? the white house was asked about that. >> because it is so unprecedented, should the public be hearing from the president directly on this? >> we have been come i think as transparent as we can be. i won't speak for the president's personal speaking schedule, but i know he has been deeply engaged in every one of these decisions. speak with a colleague fox news lucas thomas and said in a tweet yesterday writing the f-16s that shot down the unknown objer lake huron mist on its first attempt and not clear wh

this happened along 680 north south of the hoff steader road.hey found one person uncon cuss but was later declared dead. two vehicles were at the scene with major damage. one sedan and a truck. as of now, all lanes are open but we'll keep an eye on that. we are keeping an eye on our current commute. look at the bay bridge, all the fog hovering over the span. looks a little spooky. but limited visibility can be an issue as you work into san francisco. give yourself some extra time there. >>> i am feeling wonderful. andy reid got what you deserved, finally beat the birds. >> eagles are a great team. we snuck one out of them. we'll take it. >> it couldn't have gone better for chiefs fans. kansas city is on top to hoist the vince lombardi for the second time since 2020. there were a lot of fun story lines leading into the game and then it was a great game. >> reporter: that's right. there were so many story lines before the game. anticipation around rihanna's after time show and the game and the show did not disappntfans and music fans. kansas city

get right to alexandria hoff live in washington with all the details. alexandria?ing to a senior u.s. official president biden was presented with the option to shoot this thing down and while the white house has not ruled that out we are told such action will not happen as long as there is risk to the heavy equipment. it was last spotted over montana. that is significant because it is home to air force base. the pentagon says there is no active threat. >> the united states government has detected and tracking high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental united states right now. the u.s. government to include norad continues to stack and monitor it closely. the balloon is currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic and does not present a military or physical threat to people on the ground. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy did demand yesterday that congressional leaders, the gang of eight be briefed on this. again, we have learned that that briefing did take place yesterday. meanwhile, president biden, well, he ignored a rep

. >> alexandria hoff has all the details from washington good morning alexander pick. >> the reason u.sals are giving right now is this objects threaten the safety of civilian airplanes due to its altitude around 40000 feet. about 20000 feet lower than what the balloon was. what exactly this object was no? that is still unclear. >> are calling this an object because that is the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it. whether it is state owned or corporate owned or privately owned, we just do not know. >> defense officials say this object was about the size of a car was first spotted thursday night was shot and bite f-22 over northern alaska at 1:45 p.m. yesterday put alaska senator dan sullivan describes the landscape and the significance. >> this actually came over into alaska airspace in the area of nome with the bering straits. it was shot down invention of a dead. we talk about alaska remote, that's bay it's one of the most important energy areas in america. taken place into the arctic ocean. remember that is frozen to find the pieces. >> unlike the suspected

joey: alexandria hoff has details from washington. >> reporter: this object posed a reasonable threatsafety of civilian flights due to its at altitude around 40,000 feet, and thus it was shot down. it is still uncheer with -- unclear. >> we're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it, whether it's state owned or corporate owned or privately owned, we just don't know. >> reporter: defense officials being tight-lipped there. the white house says this object, which was about the size of a car, was first spotted thursday night. it was shot down over northern alaska around 1:45 p.m. yesterday. alaska senator dan sullivan describes the landscape and the significance here. >> this actually came over into alaska air space in the area of nome which is western alaska. it was shot down eventually over kid horse and, by the way, we -- dead horse. that's proved hoe -- priewld hoe bay, one of the most important energy areas in america. right now the recovery operations are taking place about 8 miles into the arctic ocean, but that's fr