. >> outgoing maryland governor larry hogan gave his farewell address from the capitol in an applet, referenced president george washington's own farewell address and warned about partisan politics damaging us democracy. democratic governor elect was more will become the state's first black governor. this is about 10 minutes. >> this is the final time that i will have the privilege of addressing the people of this great state as your governor. 240 years ago, right here in this old senate chamber, of our historic statehouse, general george washington relinquished command of the continental forces, fulfilling what he called an indispensable duty to formally hand over power and commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of almighty god. it was here in this very chamber that the revolutionary war ended with the ratification of the treaty of paris, making this very statehouse our nation's first peacetime capital. next week, we will add yet another important chapter to our state's history with the inauguration of maryland's first black governor and first indian-ameri

that's a pretty nice outcome if you're francis hogan. twitter whistleblower peters that go had a similar experience known as much that go was a highly respected hacker who eventually found his way to employment at darpa. that's the defense department, super secret defense advanced research projects agency. from there he went to twitter as the director of information security, but he was forced out of the company in early 2022 after only 2 years on the job. it was 8 months later that much went to congress to complain that twitter was deficient in its handling of user information and spam bots. he added that twitter made false representations to billionaire elan musk, who at the time was in the process of trying to buy the company. much received a buyout from twitter that paid him $7000000.00. a gag order was attached to the settlement except where it concern congressional testimony. so everybody's happy, much gets to make his revelations, he gets to keep his $7000000.00. and twitter says they've already implemented his recommendations. they get to call him a disgruntled ex employee. how d

i'm john curiosity if you're watching the whistleblowers, the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 for instance, hogan was a facebook data engineer and scientist. she appeared 1st on the american news program, 60 minutes, and then before a congressional committee on capital hill to say that facebook misled investors on how they handled heat speech misinformation teenage mental health and violent content. why did she go public with her revelations? huggins said that she quote, wanted to make facebook the best company. it can be unquote. senator richard blumenthal, a democrat from connecticut, said that hoggett quote wants to fix facebook not burnett to the ground on quote hogan, got a handsome book deal after her testimony and billionaire pier ahmed, you are the founder of ebay, offered her the free services of his public relations firm, that's a pretty nice outcome if you're francis hogan. twitter whistleblower peters that go had a similar experience known as much that go with a highly respected hacker who eventually found his way to employment at darpa. that's the defense department, super secret defense

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archives of the lutheran missionary society. shortly after completing his theology studies, pastor hogan, i was sent to africa. the german colonial period and east africa was already a thing of the past. with the end of the 1st world war in 1918, the victorious allies were mandated by the league of nations to administer the german overseas territories. most of the german missionaries were forced to leave. but 10 years later, the envoys of the berlin based bethel mission returned among them. otto ha, gonna in jesus service as a 1927 film put it souvenirs from africa. arnold's corona's only link with tanzania. she has fond memories of her parents talking about africa on the landscape. the people the simple life guns i take her he did, they told us about everyday life in africa yet. and i for instance, they had a boy who helped them in the kitchen. and as i, unlike in europe, even fetching water, another aarons took much more time than in a gym and household me aside financial and we always listened with great interest. if 5 out omby missouri inch, we'll see it so good. on the day before, s

they wanted africans to learn the suppose and german virtues of diligence and discipline. hogan noted, i was pleasantly surprised by the cheerful competition with which the boys went about this. not so easy task of pounding the clay in 2 hour sessions over just 5 afternoons. we were able to produce more than 800 bricks and the school is still standing soon came further because his, who he do this with that's where i had the my primary education it was seeking visually. he oh, this is not that's exactly the picture. we have a father with this with this. it was it does. yeah. he but he always said i'm everything that i have in terms of knowledge, skills or talent is not for me. this is alice me. i have the obligation to pass it on to others. yeah. and i love i ted. so gabe. oh, that's what her father called sewing the seed of god's word. schoolwork was an important instrument of evangelization for the missionaries. hug and i campaigned with his superiors and the lutheran missionary society to set up a complete christian school system in the region. we cannot limit ourselves to teaching,

entire family, the members of my cabinet, our governor's office staff and every single member of the hogan rutherford administration for their eight years of dedication and for their incredible contributions and accomplishments. most of all i am grateful to all of you, the people of maryland for your heartfelt support and in times of personal challenges for your countless prayers. the honor of serving as your governor is second only to the honor of being your fellow maryland or and i can tell you that there has not been a single day, good or bad, when i was not grateful for the privilege and i'm so proud of all that we have accomplished together in our mission to change maryland for the better. we face the daunting task of turning our economy completely around, putting people back to work and making our state open for business again and that's exactly what we did. we change the entire mission of state government to be unabashedly pro jobs and pro-business did we eliminated or rewrote thousands of job-killing regulations. we cut taxes eight years in a row by $4.7 billion, putting all of tha

. >> at maryland governing -- governor larry hogan gave his address after serving eight years in office peered the governor referenced president march washington's own feral address and partisan politics damaging u.s. democracy. wes moore will be sworn in on january 18 becoming the states were -- first black governor. >> my fellow marylanders. this is the final time that i will have the privilege of addressing the people of this great state as your governor. 240 years ago, right here in this senate chamber, general george washington relinquished command of the continental forces aired fulfilling what he called an indispensable duty to formally hand over power. and commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of almighty god. it was here in this chamber that the revolutionary war ended. with the ratification of the treaty of paris. making this statehouse our nation's first peacetime capitol. next week, we will add another important chapter to our state's history. with the inauguration of maryland's first black governor. and to the first indian american lieutenant gov

hogan can still get along but only with the help of a cane. until the last few years. president biden answering no when asked if he intends to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. this after official says they were optimistic they would get the powerful jets from the u.s. after biden send 31 abraham battle tanks. john kirby saying last week he, quote: can't blame ukrainians for wanting more and more systems. now to this. the london school of economics in u.k. is ditching christian terms in academic calendar according to school. better ref. quote international character despite using those terms on its calendar since its founding in 1895. the school is banning terms like christmas, lent and easter from the calendar and those are just some of your headlines, back to you. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. meanwhile, 16 minutes before the top of the hour. she is outside with the big umbrella where it is raining. >> that's a really big workout. yes it is raining here in the northeast. we do have an ice storm unfolding across portions of the s

that's a pretty nice outcome if you're francis hogan. twitter whistleblower peter zacko had a similar experience known as much that go was a highly respected hacker who eventually found his way to employment at darpa. that's the defense department, super secret defense advanced research projects agency. from there he went to twitter as the director of information security, but he was forced out of the company in early 2022 after only 2 years on the job. it was 8 months later that much went to congress to complain that twitter was deficient in its handling of user information and spam bots. he added the twitter made false representations to billionaire ilan musk, who at the time was in the process of trying to buy the company. much received a buyout from twitter that paid him $7000000.00. a gag order was attached to the settlement except where it concerned congressional testimony. so everybody's happy, much gets to make his revelations, he gets to keep his $7000000.00. and twitter says they've already implemented his recommendations. they get to call him a disgruntled ex employee. how

thank you for joining us but joining me now hogan gidley former trump white house press secretary, alsooining is mike davis founder and president of the article three project. mike i'm going to start with you. you say it's a shame that more republicans didn't, in the end, join this 20. why do you think they didn't. >> i think there was a lot of pressure on them. i think this was a missed opportunity for conservatives. we had a chance here, this is the only body that republicans control in washington, house of representatives. we need a bold conservative leader, principled conservative leader who can draw a sharp contrast with president biden and democrats so we can start winning elections. we keep underperforming in these elections and we keep electing the same people. and hopefully the republicans will elect harmeet dhillon as the rnc chair but we need bold leadership. and if kevin mccarthy gets speakership tonight he's going to be on a short leash. i want him to succeed because i want our country to succeed. so i hope he can draw sharp contrasts over the next two years, hold biden acc

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alex hogan, ktvu fox two news. actor jeremy renner says he's out of the hospital after being treated for serious injuries from a snowplow accident in response to a twitter post monday about his tv series mayor of kingstown tweeted that other than the brain fog that remains he is very excited to watch the next episode with his family at home . authorities in nevada say renter suffered serious chest injuries when he was run over by his own snowplow while helping free a relative's car on a road near lake tahoe on new year's day. the 52 year old oscar nominee also plays hawkeye in marvel's avengers movies. authorities are still searching for at least two people who shot and killed a family at a central california home. the local sheriff calls it a horrific massacre related to drugs and gangs to larry county officials released the names of the six victims. they're all related and range in age from 10 months to 72 years old and included 16 year old mother. investigators say the young mother was running for her life with

[applause] two governor hogan. kindness you and your team have shown through this transition. . thank you for eight years to a state that we both love. [applause] to my dear friend oprah winfrey, a maryland girl at heart, thank you for your incredibly kind and gracious introduction. it is honored to be with you today and always. thank you for being in my corner. [applause] to your new first lady -- [applause] my amazing wife dawn and to the nurse -- new first baby. [laughter] man james -- me and james. you are my heart, you are my soul, you are my everything, and i love you. [applause] as we stand here today, looking out over lawyer small, and you can see at the memorial to justice thurgood marshall. it is impossible to not think about our past and our path. we are blocks away from the annapolis docks. were so many enslaved people arrived against her will and standing in front of a capital that was built by their hands. we made uneven and unimaginable progress since then, and it is a history created by generations

fox news alex hogan has more now from heart. kiev, ukraine.after months of major setbacks on the battlefield, russia is making a big adjustment to its military structure. the announcement on tuesday was light on details but signaled a significant expansion of the russian military starting this year. officials are promising quote major changes, including a big new recruitment push in areas of ukraine, currently under moscow's control particular attention should be paid to increase the number of training grounds on the new russian territories in line with the increased needs of the military. the announcement follows a weekend of heavy rain. russian airstrikes on mostly critical infrastructure, but also hitting civilian targets, including killing dozens of ukrainians. we took an exclusive tour of the hard hit frontline city of kharkiv, just 25 miles from the russian border. the devastation here is widespread. there are destroyed homes and businesses on practically every single one of these streets, many reduced to little more than rubble and debr

alex hogan, ktvu fox two news.has just adopted some of the most restrictive smoking laws in the world. starting this week, smoking is banned in all public spaces, including hotels, parks and beaches. the new rules also make it illegal for businesses to promote advertiser sponsored tobacco products, including putting them on display. there are similar restrictions for e cigarettes and vaping. ireland greece, malta in hungary have similar brands already in place . the house oversight and accountability committee will hold a hearing on february 1st to learn how much government aid was lost to scams or mismanagement. during the pandemic. the new republican led committees first hearing will investigate widespread abuse and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars in covid relief programs . the washington post reported as much as $163 billion in fraudulent or mistaken payment was giving out during the pandemic. a new sub variant of the coronavirus is now blamed for more virus cases here in california, the cdc says the highly co

labels" as national co-chair with former senator joseph lieberman, and former maryland governor larry hogani'm happy to serve as the co-chair of no labels. host: do you think the political divide in the country has made that racial divide worse in the last few years? guest: absolutely. i think the political divide feeds the racial divide and the economic divide, feeds the social divide. there are so many divides in our nation, bill, but one of the things that dr. martin luther king, jr. preached was the love for our community where we start having love and mutual respect for one another. you need that now. host: i mentioned you began your career in 1963 as dr. king's statewide youth coordinator for the leadership conference. , north carolina the southern christian leadership conference. how old were you and you started that position? guest: in 1963, i was 14 and i was learning how to drive. i was driving a car at 14, and 1963 is the year that dr. king gave his famous "i have a dream" speech in august of 1963. the important thing about what we learn from those years, bill, one year later in

alex hogan has more from kyiv.peaker of russia's parliament is warning the west if washington and nato supply ukraine with more military equipment that is used to attack its territories, that would trigger retaliation. all of this as russia continues to announce that it has claimed more small towns in ukraine's eastern part of the country. now today in paris french president emanuel macron welcomed german chancellor olaf sholtz. germany has not signed on sending leopards to ukraine nor u.s. sending abrams. according to british government, these aircraft will be used specifically for search and rescue and today former british prime minister boris johnson is here in ukraine meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenksyy and took time to visit outskirts of the city that were hard hit and severely damage at the start of the war. >> i can tell you that the uk will be sticking by ukraine for as long as it takes. >> you are going to win and get all the russians out of your country but we will be there for the long t

supply side respond much more quickly to any kind of a search in demand that was economist robert hogan toronto. the sticking with the cost of living, the cost of living crisis risks undermining the fight against climate change. according to the world economic forum ahead of this year's summit and doubles the organization, says tackling short term challenges like inflation could come at the expense of dealing with longer term global threats. the cost of living crisis is the biggest risk to the globe over the next 2 years. that's according to the latest survey by the world economic forum. perhaps for many consumers, the reports findings come as no surprise. prices for everything, keep rising rushes, invasion of agricultural power house ukraine, caused food and energy costs to skyrocket. supply constrains caused by the pandemic, and subsequent locked downs, contributed to already high prices. these immediate problems are overshadowing the biggest long term challenges, like climate change. it's no surprise such generally the are all stuck in a crisis mindset and said leads to short term de

our own alex hogan is there and has this report. >> good evening.ning today saying a washington and nato continue supplying ukraine with weapons use to attack its territories that could trigger a retaliation. today in ukraine officials are thanking the united kingdom for the arrival of military helicopters. the aircraft would be used for search and rescue us. former british prime minister boris johnson made a trip here meeting with ukrainian president. johnson visiting the town's outside of the capital. both of which were severely damaged at the start of the war. last night after a funeral here to mourn the lives of 14 people that died in a helicopter crash. addressing the consistent death across the country and the loss of his residents continue to face. [speaking in native tongue] >> every day we lose people who we will always remember and regret we cannot bring back. ukrainians, patriots, professional people people that are simply loyal to themselves and to the state cannot be brought back. >> more than 300 politicians from france and germany mee

foxes alex hogan has more from keith. the fate of the eastern ukrainian salt mining town of soledad are remains unclear. private russian military group wagner claims to have taken the town and killed nearly 500. ukrainian soldiers giving russia its first major battlefield win after a string of recent losses. ukraine however, maintains that the battle is ongoing. fighting continues the donetsk direction is holding out. and we without a break, even for one day, do everything to strengthen the ukrainian defense fight for solid or has become one of the costliest and deadliest since russia invaded ukraine nearly 11 months ago, russian forces repeatedly sending waves of soldiers to attack on the ground , also bombarding the city from the air with rockets and mortars. intense fighting comes as russian and ukrainian human rights commissioners met in turkey and agreed to swap more than 40 military prisoners. turkey also agreed to take in wounded soldiers from both sides . this is our humanitarian duty . our duty of conscience come

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hogan, you were at the whiten ac house podium. you can appreciate someoneiate m who can spin issues pretty well. so the best dem spin i heard i want you tfrom the courtesy of congressman roe . kind of watch this. i want yout. to react. s >> we don't expect our leaders to be perfect. we do expectour our leaderslead to have character and integrity. obviously, people made mistakesn a pr . documents should not be ine a private residence. resideor outside the agencies.es bu.t the point is thatint is the presiden tt is showing character. and i think people will look ath this and say, look, this is why we elected him. hogan, this is rich withholdingd informatioinn from the american exactly scre people right before an election doesn't exactly scream integritdoesn't?y, does it? ridc >> absolutely not. this whole thing is ridiculous. on its face. the wor look, i want to caution everyone. we don't use the word hypocrisy here because that impliesess be sameness between the joetw biden situation and the donald trump situation. e, and mattas th

look, i'll write in another republican, that's what larry hogan has done twice, will you say i'm not going to spot him no matter what? >> i want to see what the alternatives are. it's premature, jonathan, to what might happen in 2024, that issue will come up but i want to see everything i can do to make sure that there's the alternative and that donald trump is not the nominee of the party, that's the first thing. >> let me ask you, there's been talk that the republican national committee may say to be in a presidential debate for 2024, to even be on the stage, you must commit to supporting the eventual nominee, do you think that would be a mistake? it would tie everyone on that stage to trump if he wins? >> well, i think it would be a mistake to do that, you know there's, i mean, i think it's obvious that you got a divided party in a sense you have a base of loyal trump supporters but you got what to me is even a larger majority of those who say we want to go a different direction so let's not put up obstacles to, one, unifying the party, but secondly, given every chance that anothe

alex hogan is live in kiev with the latest. do they know what happened? is just an awful site here as authorities carry the bodies out of this kindergarten after it was hit by a helicopter earlier this morning engulfing this area in flames. look at the footage we have from earlier this morning. this emergency service helicopter, part of it crashing into the roof of this kindergarten. what is now believed at this point to be a pilot error and potential mechanical issue in this morning's fog. at least nine people who were on that helicopter including ukraine's interior minister, first deputy and state security have died. more than a dozen are dead including children. at least 20 people are hospitalized, including 11 children. residents who live here tell me they heard the explosion this morning. it was incredibly traumatic. they assumed the school and apartments were under attack. i visited the hard hit areas of eastern kharkiv with the city's mayor that says 118 kindergarten buildings used as civilian gatherings points have been destroyed in the war so far

griff: alex hogan live for us in kyiv. thank you very much. so will those bradley fighting vehicles make a difference? coming up in the next hour, i will sit down with the advisor to the ukrainian minister, will stay live on the set. you don't want to miss that, molly. molly: the new chilling details that we're learning about the case against the suspect arrested for the brutal murders of four college students in idaho next. age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv i just always thought, “dog food is dog food” i didn't really piece together that dogs eat food. as soon as we brought the farmer's dog in, her skin was better, she was more active. if i can invest in her health and be proactive, i think it's worth it. visit betterforthem.com my active psoriatic arthritis can slow me down. now, skyrizi helps me get going by treating my skin and

>> bret: alex hogan in kyiv.e pompeo is taking criticism for a reference in his new book to murdered saudi columnist khashoggi. pompeo writes khashoggi was more of an activist than a journalist and the relationship with saudi arabia for the u.s. was too important to step away from. "the washington post" calls pompeo's remark about khashoggi a vile falsehood and ally no sell books that from ceo and publisher ted ryan today. i talked with secretary pompeo about it on my podcast. >> i didn't write that to sell books. i wrote that to explain how we were thinking about keeping the american people safe. we were very clear the murder of jamal khashoggi was heinous. and we sanctioned 13 saudis for what they did there. we also knew that the life of mr. khashoggi or nor of any individual is more important than saving lots of american lives that includes our soldiers, sailors airmen and marines hard decision to make. someone was murdered. no, no one is going to say that's okay. we didn't say that was okay. we were never nai

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is there a possibility upton or hogan could save the day? >> fred upton's name has been circulating in the twitter world, but this is really just interesting thinking. this is a west wing episode. this will not happen. at that point, if mccarthy is unable to get the boat see needs, the republic and's will just try for another candidate. they're not going to strike a deal with the democrats. that is a hail mary, and honestly, it is just a dream world. it would not happen. ask what's mccarthy's dream world? let's redux it. who does he call this morning? >> is the same. the republicans are going to have a virtual conference this morning were mccarthy and his leadership team will go through the new rules. this is the same concession we've already spoken about. the biggest one being that one individual can have this motion to vacate, and they may need more freedom caucus members to be on the very important rules committee. i spoke to aid to one of these dissenters who said the devil is in the details, when they become public. if mccarthy was able

alex hogan lie in kyiv, ukraine thank you.c: as the world reacts that despicable strike of the apartment building and it dnipro ukrainian soldiers are arriving at oklahoma this week to begin training on the patriot air defense to defend ukraine against missile spirit was sick alive look at the regional airport. this is where about 100 so ukrainian soldiers will arrive when they start to get training to operate the advanced weaponry that's capable of shooting down multiple targets at once. this comes as the united kingdom today announced they will be sending 14 tanks ukraine. more could be coming from other european countries. as for us, national security council spokesman john kirby said the u.s. could follow. >> we have been i think very effective at providing security assistance that involves with the way the war has evolved. and now, it two weeks ago we were chocolate patriots and air defense and today we are trying my armored vehicles and tanks. >> so, what will it take for ukraine to finally win? army veteran blackhawk he

alex hogan live in kiev.> dana: american on vacation in mexico kidnapped, shot and killed along with his fiance, sister and cousin. their bodies buried in a shallow grave in a van riddled with bullets. welcome to a new hour of

race hogan the former republican governor is testing the waters right here. governors looking at it whether donald trump is or not. they feel they can get the money and feel this is a chance for them to make in roads. we shall see. a special guest tomorrow. that will do it here. "the five" is right now. >> ♪ ♪ >> hello. i am dana perino with judge jeanine. jesse watters and growth. -- greg gutfeld. it's 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." super bowl 57 is set and jesse watters is amped up. the philadelphia eagles will face off against the kansas city chiefs on february 12th on fox. viewers notice

alex hogan live in kyiv for us. the biden administration is clearing a massive security package for the military $2.5 billion, most notably the delivery falls short of providing the long range missiles and the tanks that the ukrainian army has been requesting for months. and joining me, thank you for taking time with us this afternoon, let's start with this, there's this shift of rhetoric here in washington from the bide administration this week. they're now openly talking about crimea, essentially, endorsing an offensive move by the ukrainian army should they choose to make one. take a listen to defense official sabrina singh and. >> crimea is part of ukraine, we've made that clear from the beginning and if they conduct an operation in crimea, they're within their bounds. that was sovereign part of their country illegally invaded in 2014. they have every right to take that back. gillian: what do you read that as a shift, the public shift. >> yes, crimea is equal part as the kyiv region or donetsk region and that's

jon: alex hogan reporting from kyiv. thank you.ines from around the globe. in iran two men were executed allegedly for killing a military volunteer during a protest. the executions are drawing international condemnation. iran has executed at least four people since protests began last september over the death of a young woman in the custody of iran's morality police. >>> in france kurdish groups marked 10 years since three activists were killed in paris. they're calling for greater protections after three other kurds were killed in the city last month. >>> in the mediterranean sea, officials say more than 70 people including 16 unaccompanied children were rescued from an unstable boat off the coast of libya. >>> in india, hundreds are evacuating to shelters of after officials say sinking land led to the collapse of a temple and caused cracks in more than 600 homes. officials blame a faulty drainage system for the sinking. >>> in several nations, orthodox can christians celebrated christmas day. this is a look at celebratory mass in

governor larry hogan, governor martin o'malley. and as charles said, numerous members of congress, county officials, i saw the howard county executive, the baltimore county executive and here is your new governor wes moore in the first lady dawn moore. [applause] >> stuart pittman will be the emcee for the outdoor ceremony. what a beautiful day today. this is mid 50's and sunny and a beautiful day to be outside. charles: during the last one with larry hogan in the middle that process but this today is one of those. it is apropos that his two kids are there. we have not had kids in the governor's mansion in years. as you said earlier, they struck a deal. we are going to get a puppy. i don't know what the name of the puppy or what kind of puppy but let's put it this way, they better hurry up and get the dog in the house. >> i'm sure there's going to be a lot of planning. he leaves little to chance. he is a planner in the long-term and short-term. we have not talked about his political future but this is day one of his career as an el

>> bret: alex hogan in kyiv. cities consider reparations for descendants of slaves here in the u.s.nto who may qualify and how much money they could get if it all comes to pass. first, beyond our borders tonight, the church of england says it will allow blessings for same sex marriages. they have been legal in england since 2013 but the church had not changed its teaching officially. same sex couples are still not allowed to mary in churches. three former executives of tokyo power company are found not guilty negligence over the 2011 fukushima nuclear melt downs. more than 40 people died in the aftermath. dozens of residents rallied outside the court in protest of the acquittals. the japanese high court upheld a 2019 lower court decision which noted the tsunami of that magnitude was unforeseeable. and the new head of taiwan's ruling party vows to uphold the island's democracy amid both political and military pressure from china. beijing refuses to acknowledge taiwan's government. leaders from both sides have not had formal contact since 2016. just some of the other stories beyond ou

>> bret: alex hogan live in kyiv, thank you. ♪ there is growing pressure on president biden to take stepsgainst mexican drug cartels importanting deadly fentanyl into the u.s. across the southern border. correspondent matt finn has the latest tonight from eagle pass, texas. >> the fact of the matter is there is a war at our southern border and we are losing it. >> house republicans are calling on the president to do more to upset the jalisco and sinaloa cartels and claiming the administration's misplaced priorities are costing the war on cartels and fuentas at the southern border. >> mexican drug cartels have control of our southern border and with that control they move lethal drugs, tariff human cargo and commit crimes wherever and whatever they are. >> the d.e.a. says the two cartels are the leading importers of fentanyl into the united states. the sinaloa cartel is considered among the most powerful international organized crime organizations specializing in drugs and money laundering. and it's in a growing war with the jalisco cartel considered the newer generation. the two cartels a

first to alex hogan reporting live from kyiv. hi, alex. >> hi, martha. joe biden said that the u.s. worked in partnership with coming to this decision with germany, which is encouraging other countries around the world to follow suit sending in their own tanks as well. olaf schultz praised the u.s. and german relationship. germany will receive 14 leopard tanks. the goal is to send in 88 tanks. germany's defense minister hopefully the german tanks could be there in a matter of a few months. there's no such timeline just yet from the white house on when the u.s.'s 31 abrams tanks will be operational here in ukraine. what is different this time around, ukrainian forces at this point, they have a knowledge base of u.s. equipment meaning right now it's more of the technical skills that they will need most. ukrainian officials say this is such a turning point. it's a major victory for them. president biden explained the significance of this earlier today. >> these tanks are further evidence of our unflighting commitment to ukraine and our confidence and skill of the ukrainian forces. >> r