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let's check in with lucas tomlinson live in delaware were present biden is spending his weekend. > good evening. we learned a short time ago that attorney general merrick garland is receiving updates on the situation at the synagogue outside dallas. white house closely monitoring the situation, present biden leaving mass a short time ago did not speak to the press or press secretary jen psaki without the following statement over twitter. potus has been briefed about the situation. he will continue to receive updates from his senior team as the situation develops. senior members of the national security team are in touch with federal law enforcement leadership. we are hearing from other senior members from the administration, the u.s. ambassador to israel saying i'm closely monitoring reports of the hostage situation in texas, the communities gather for services, immediate and safe and. we are hearing from world leaders as well including israeli prime minister bennet saying i'm closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place in congregation in texas, we pray for the safety of

han -- shannon: lucas tomlinson, thank you.w, former secretary of state mike pom mike pompeo, now a fox news contributor. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good morning. great to be with you, shannon. shannon: let's start with the u.k. and its telling us that russia is trying to put a russian-backed or russian-sympathetic individual as the new leader in kiev. the is state -- the you ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, we stand with our partners in ukraine. a number of russian officials calling this misinformation, saying this: we are resolutely calling on london to stop the stupid rhetorical provocations that contribute to the genuine diplomatic efforts aimed at insuring reliable guarantees of european security. given word of this potential plot which could be done short of force, how does it play out? where are we this morning? >> yeah. it doesn't surprise me, i assume that the u.k. reporting isal. vladimir putin has wanted to put russian-friendly leaders many control of the country for

jobs are quick lucas tomlinson live at the white house, lucas thank you.'s bring it north carolina republican congressman ted is a member of the house financial services. this is an ominous situation developing along the russia ukraine border. the presence of that which answer questions about that. you think that is appropriate congressman? >> no, what he needs to do this project american strength. he really began to fail back during august with the failed withdrawal from afghanistan. but that did is it telegraphed to china, russia, iran right now is return but russia invading potentially invading the ukraine comment signals to them we are not going to stand up and it is just a total display of american weakness. we cannot allow that to happen. i am concerned not only for allies including the ukraine, i am concerned for eastern europe and i am concern for israel and i am concerned for taiwan and the south china sea. >> is part of a larger set of issues. >> the president said a my minor incursion would be one thing at a major invasion something else. i'm no

lucas tomlinson, fox news israel's military says it launched strikes against military targets in therip. this comes a day after rockets were fired at israel from the hamas ruled territory. video shot in southern gaza showed three huge explosions. fighter jets could be heard flying overhead. there's no immediate word on possible casualties or what was hit. the strike comes after rockets were fired from gaza landed in the mediterranean sea. of central israel. she is considered a visionary trail blazer and a pillar of the community. pastor earnestine cleveland. reems was both founder and pastor emeritus of center of hope community church in east oakland. she's also the founder of e. c. reams international woman's ministries . dreams died december 29th at the age of 92. east bay. congresswoman barbara lee says reems was a spiritual leader. too many people and call the church she founded a sacred space. congressman lee released a statement about reams today saying she truly embodied the principles of her faith. her legacy will be the lights she lit. outshining the darkness, bishop reams d

justice sotomayor faces criticism for her misstatements about omicron during the oral arguments, lucas tomlinsonlive in the white house with the very latest, hello, lucas. lucas: appearing on fox news sunday rochelle walensky says it's safe for teachers and students to be in school right now, very law risk. one of the things she talked about was that the mortality is -- >> fall of this year we had a delta surge and we were able to safely keep our children in school before we had pediatric vaccination, fast-forward to now. we have pediatric vaccination. >> two supreme court justices offered their takes very different takes about vaccine efficacy. >> we know that the best way to prevent spread is for people to get vaccinated. >> as i remember in the filings that the 18 to -- that the younger workers, the 20-year-olds who are unvaccinated are actually safer than the older workers who are vaccinated. so there are obviously some differences. lucas: mike, you pensioned you mentionedsotomayor, the mars giving her pinochios for making the quote, she went off the rails an later called he's estimate wildl

arthel: lucas tomlinson at the white house, thank you. eric. eric: classes canceled again for tomorrow. that's a third school day the talks between teacher union and city officials appears to be going nowhere. some teachers are refusing to go back to go to in-person learning. mayor lightfoot said city has spent more than $100 million on covid protocols. charles watson. charles: chicago teachers union is offering to send members back to classrooms monday but it won't be for in-person instruction, the newest offer proposes teachers show up to help students sign-up for covid-19 testing and handout laptops for remote learning which would begin on wednesday, according to data from chicago public schools, covid infections are surging across the district if case numbers slowdown, the union's proposal would allow in-person learning as early as the 18 and this would include weekly random school testing that allows student to opt out. in a press conference with reverend jesse jackson, the union says this is the best way going forward. >> i know that's be

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lucas tomlinson live in wilmington, delaware with more. hello, lucas. lucas: good afternoon, mike, that's right. president biden praising the efforts of the fbi and local law enforcement in the assault force that stormed the synagogue to rescue the hostage. the president spoke short time ago in philadelphia. >> with regard to texas, the synagogue, i spoke this morning with the attorney general and we had a rundown. he said that it was overwhelming cooperation with the local authorities and fbi and they did one hell of a job. that was an act of terror. lucas: virginia's new governor spoke, his first interview since being sworn yesterday. >> we have seen animosity and hatred toward the jewish community. we will not stand for it in virginia or in this country. lucas: looking back at last week, week from hell, talks failed from russia, vaccine mandate for large companies was illegal. the president's trips to georgia and capitol hill failed to get voting rights act and no changes to the filibuster despite the president's best efforts. biden poll numbers the

deadliest year in a quarter of a century was 797 homicides, an incredible number were joined by lucas tomlinsonmore from washington. >> is not just chicago violent crime is up nationwide 16 cities across america from portland, oregon to jackson mississippi to philadelphia all experiencing vacuum record number of homicides newark's new mayor outlined his plan to fight crime. >> would get a take down the larger gangs in our city we will reinstitute an anti-gun unit and 0 and. >> where adams appears the support of police. >> figure bringing a fresh perspective within policing and it will help us fight this battle that is going on right now with the increase of crime. >> the homicide rate 17% higher than the previous year, 2020 voting to increase police funding murder in the nation's capital sword last year to levels not seen in more than a decade reflecting the trends nationwide homicides rose for a fourth consecutive year, and the county outside of d.c. there was more killings then anytime this past four years you mentioned off the top here's the windy city top cop his own officers face on the st

jonathan is standing by with his legal expertise and lucas tomlinson has elitist from the white housen just a few minutes. meantime schools in chicago will remain closed monday as a standoff continues between that city's teachers union and district officials. the issue whether schools should be in person learning during the latest covid search. charles watson joins us live with that debate. >> it appears both sides have their heels duggan as remote learning is a center of issue that is were negotiation began for the chicago teachers union the union proposing to resume virtually and transition back into the classroom once that happens the teachers union newest offer for a list of mitigation efforts is says will make schools safer including optional random weekly school-based testing programs and stricter metrics in regards to when school should turn to remote classes and the number of infections in students and staff increasing were then tenfold in the last two weeks. the teachers union says its plan is the best option moving forward. >> it would give parents the clarity that we would

lucas tomlinson in washington. steve care began live in kiev. amy kellogg in moscow. molly line is in plymouth massachusetts on the aftermath of that wild nor'easter. hey, molly. reporter: eric it's a cold day today here in plymouth about 20 degrees. what a wallop this storm was. several feet of snow hitting a multitude of communities across the state. in boston they tied for the single day snow record, 23.6-inches there. some one hundred thousand people were without power much of the brunt of this storm. they're working hard to get the lights back on. utility workers from all over the country trying to make that happen. still tens of thousands of people without power across massachusetts. mostly along the south shore and cape islands. those community hit particularly hard. here is the lieutenant governor karen polito. >> many restorations have been made, thanks to the utilities. prestaging, having crews available, made the difference to turn on power where they could. reporter: those big wind gusts and the flooding hitting hard here across massachusetts. you can look

we are told the white house is monitoring the situation but let's go to lucas tomlinson he is live inden spending the weekend, lucas. rex arthel, we're told the white house is closely monitoring the situation. president biden receiving regular updates from law enforcement and his aides. let's talk about this purported hostage taker but he is purportedly the brother known al qaeda ties currently serving 86 years and presents prison sentence for attempted murder of american soldiers in eastern afghanistan 2008. again this hostage situation taking place the synagogue outside dallas. as a pakistani neuroscientists but women being jailed in the united states for the last 86 years reportedly it is her brother holding these men hostage. he might not be taken alive. we are monitoring the situation. >> hostage negotiator. >> go ahead lucas. >> we also receiving word is rarely a prime minister tweeting i am closely monitoring the situation taking place at the and texas, we pray for the safety of the hostages and the rescuers. >> indeed we do. lucas thank you very much. eric. >> joining us now i

but first let's turn to lucas tomlinson at the white house on the administration's response to the virus >> bret, any day now we await those two decisions by the supreme court on vaccine mandates. during oral arguments friday, the justices took different takes on the value of vaccines. >> we know that the best way to prevent spread of his for people to get vaccinated. >> as i remember in the filings, the younger workers, the 20-year-olds who are unvaccinated, are actually safer than the older workers who aren't vexed -- are vaccinated. so there obviously some differences. >> last week, a record number of covid cases, more than 1 million in a single day, despite a majority of americans fully vaccinated. the ocean mandate requiring all companies with 100 or more employees to either be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask if unvaccinated was supposed to begin monday. enforcement wouldn't go into effect until february 9th. economists worry the surgeon cases could stunt job growth in the coming months. >> president biden: america is back to work. and there are more historical

jon: lucas tomlinson, thanks.l, chicago public schools will not open on monday unless the district and teachers union can reach a deal this weekend on enhanced covid health and safety protocols. today the union announced a new proposal to hold remote classes most of next week and return to in-person classes the following tuesday. the plan still includes an opt-out program to increase student participation and virus screening but drops a call that all students be tested before in-person classes resume. classes were canceled for a third straight day friday, and is here's what one parent told fox news today. >> it's terrible. you know, our children, we're waking them up early in the morning, my wife and i, we run a small business. we're trying to keep the kids going, so we're waking them up very early in the morning to have them realize to us, a writing -- can read to us, a writing assignment. they're sick of it. i have high schooler9 -- high schools, some of their friends are just going to drop out. jon: the distric

let's turn out to lucas tomlinson at the white house. ig diplomatic challenge, one of the biggest the president has faced, lucas buried him >> one of the alleged plotters named by the government, victor, was sanctioned by the u.s. treasury department last week. the white house calling the plot deeply concerning, and issued a fresh warning to moscow. >> of russia further invades ukraine, the unit states will impose swift and severe consequent says. comes between talks between -- failed to come to an agreement. >> this is not a negotiation but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. >> the state department working on a written response to russian demands, something anthony blink and said he would not do just a few days ago. the secretary of state hinting another biden-putin summit could be in the offering. the u.s. embassy in ukraine announcing the arrival of the first shipment of ammunition order by president biden. u.s. say antimissiles are expected to arrive. missiles, tanks, and fighter jets deploying to belarus, which officials say no

lucas tomlinson takes a look. on fox news sunday .ret bear as the cdc director , dr rachelle wolinski about the comments made by supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, who claims that 100,000 children are in hospitals, many on ventilators. comparatively the risk of death is small, but of course you know children are supposed to die. so you know if we have a child who's been who is sick with covid 19? we want to make sure that they we want to protect them. other supreme court justices also so weighed in on the vaccines. we know that the best way to prevent spread is for people to get vaccinated. remember in the filings? that the 18 to that the younger workers, the 20 year olds who are on vaccinated are actually safer than the older workers who are vaccinated. so they're obviously some differences. washington post fact checker gave justice sotomayor for pinocchio says the highest on the scale, saying she quote went off the rails with her claim and also called it wildly inaccurate. wolinski acknowledged the correct answer is fewer than 3

the data set for the state of the union and a disappointing december job's report is released lucas tomlinson the president in las vegas attending harry reid's funeral and things will get better despite record setting in the nation nearly two years into the pandemic. >> no, i don't think covid is here to stay. having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay but covid as we are dealing with now is not here to stay, the new normal doesn't have to be we have so many more tools that we are developing and continue to develop that could con tape conn covid. lucas: of course, that's not we heard on the 2020 election. >> ly shut down the virus and not the economy. ly not shut the country but i will shut down the virus. lucas: earlier this tweet the u.s. recorded 1 million new covid cases in a single days shattering the previous record and comes amid the shortage, working toward the president's goal for curing half a billion. when a majority of american adults are vaccinated, quote, i feel fairly certain you're not going to see the kind of surges we have seen in the past

lucas tomlinson is live with what the white house is doing to try to stop latimer putin met u.s.icials say the good from a soon as monday with the state department about evacuation some family members and personnel in ukraine ordering them out of the country. the secretary of state tony blinking met with russian counterparts to outline the next steps. >> i will this process to continue and i told him following complications in the coming days with allies and partners, we anticipate to share with russia, our concerns and ideas detail in writing next week. >> a few days ago he said there would be no written response. the state department says no official order has been given to families in addition to the shipment arrived, u.s. officials say if i take missiles in u.s. literary stockpiles arrived early next week as well. antiaircraft missiles are being sent from field. trump administration in early december doesn't biden ruled out to ukraine. russian forces in belarus ukraine's officials here are concerned ukraine's capitol city is in the crosshairs. accurate white house president b

first, lucas tomlinson live with more on president biden's new strategy and missing service. >> someical experts think the silver lining to the new omicron violent immunity boost, president biden says things will get better despite record number of cases nationwide. >> i don't think covid is here to stay but having covid in the environment here and in the world is here to stay but public as we are dealing with it now is not here to stay, the new normal doesn't have to be, we have so many more tools we are developing continue to develop to contain covid and other strains. >> that's not what we heard in the campaign trail leading up to the 2020 election. >> i'm going to shut down the virus i'll shut down the virus, not the economy. i'm not going to shut down the country but i'm going to shut down the virus. >> earlier this week u.s. report over 1 million new covid cases in a single bank shattering previous records amid a testing shortage. the white house assigned to contracts with industry to boost test working toward the goal of procuring half a billion. on the economics fund, u.s. ad

lucas tomlinson has those stories from washington. >> speaking from a shopping mall beijing new year'se communist leader xi jinping says his country is on the way to becoming the global leader by 2049, 100 anniversary of the people's republic of china and made this dubious claim about taiwan. >> the complete reunification of our plan shared by the people on the taiwan strike. >> taiwan's president disagrees and warns beijing gets any military accenture is on. china launched 150 warplanes near taiwan has two aircraft carriers ronald reagan and karl vincent sailed together with british japanese carriers in the western pacific which beijing viewed as provocative. china launched five bombers after five american congressman visited taiwan. friday china warned warmer against removing products, region the u.s. government accuses china of running labor camps in the country's northwest. home to millions of muslim minorities. beijing said to take down all products from a region without valid reason highs an ulterior motive, reveals stupidity and shortsightedness and surely will have its own bad

lucas tomlinson joins us live with the latest from wilmington, delaware where the president is spending the weekend, hi, lucas. lucas: good afternoon, anita. it's been a disaster. >> there's a lot of talk about disappointments and things that we haven't gotten done. we will get a lot of them done, i might add. lucas: this week u.s. inflation hitting pastest pace in nearly 4 decades. prices for household goods have seen 7% spike including 50% increase in gas prices and americans feeling at the pump and 20% jump at the grocery store from meat, egg and at the white house jen psaki says nobody saw this coming. >> we are getting out of a pandemic at a rate that anybody thought it would happen. lucas: talks with russia, failing to stop tensions at the border. speech in georgia fail today give voting rights passed and biden comparing opponents as segregationists and third week by the president failed to persuade lawmakers to eliminate filibuster and approval rating falling 33% america. and after withdrawal of afghanistan. half of the country blames the president not for the pandemic but -- not

we have fox team coverage with greg palkot in ukraine and lucas tomlinson here in washington. lucas, let's start with you, what are the top brass saying about a possible invasion? >> good afternoon, in a press conference in the pentagon, the first time we've heard from the top officer and defense secretary, general mark milley says he's seen the largest buildup of russian forces since anytime. and as you mentioned president biden said he ordered some american troops to pack their bags and he didn't give a number when he stepped off the plane, but he says it's not going to be a lot, the quote was not a lot, but the general said a potential russian invasion could happen at anytime and between now and late january, the ground is frozen and february is here. and this could happen anytime and analysts said that they could start with lightning air strikes, rocket attacks, missile strikes and of course, you have russian troops amassed on ukraine's border and in belarus and the border is 60 miles per hour from the capital. and forces are concentrated to the east following the separatis

griff: lucas tomlinson is tracking the administration's reactions to the movements along the ukrainiand be leaving ukraine as early as monday. >> that's right, griff. u.s. officials tell fox the state department is expected to announce early next week that some family members of u.s. embassy personnel in the ukraine are beginning or expected to leave the country beginning next week. now, in geneva, secretary of state tony blinken met with his russian counterpart. >> this is not negotiation, but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. i made clear to minister lavrov there are fundamental principles that the united states and our allies are going to defend. >> in addition to the weapons shipments that greg mentioned last night u.s. officials tell that javelin anti-tank missiles from the u.s. military stock pile will begin to arrive in ukraine next week as well. and stinger missiles, u.s. supplied javelin's and use to destroy soviet armor, expected to be used during a russian invasion. and the president ruled out deploying any u.s. troops to ukraine. back here at the white house, preside

lucas tomlinson in delaware today. dan springer live in colleyville, texas, where it all went down on saturday night. good morning, dan. >> good morning, bill. f.b.i. said they believe the hostage taken acted alone and he very well may have here in the u.s. but late last night word came out of the u.k. that they arrested in manchester two teenagers connected to the case. arrested them and questioning them right now. we don't know exactly where it will go but part of this investigation. the ordeal lasted 11 years, gunman took over the congregation beth israel synagogue during the saturday service and held four people hostage including the rabbi. halfway through he let one hostage go. hours later the other three ran out unhurt. the f.b.i. hostage rescue team went in. gunfire and suspect was killed. he was 44-year-old malik faisal akram a citizen of britain. he spent his first night in a homeless shelter. bought a gun on the street according to president biden. during his anti-u.s. rant synag release of aafia siddiqui ser

lucas tomlinson in wilmington, delaware where the president has been spending the weekend except for ng out to philly for his volunteering this afternoon. hi, lucas. lucas: good afternoon, eric. on fox news sunday a position researcher at brown university says the biden administration needs to stop all of the confusing guidance when it comes to covid. >> the white house needs to get its messaging discipline together. needs to make sure that people are speaking from the same page. my sense it's not happening consistently and enormously helpful to the american people if the messaging was more consistent. >> to recap what some are calling the week from hell, talks failed with russia, the supreme court said the vaccine mandate for large companies was illegal. the biden's trip to georgia and capitol hill failed to get voting rights passes and no changes to the filibuster despite the president's best efforts. poll numbers the lowest since last year. now 33% going underwater for the first time following the withdrawal from afghanistan paving the way for the taliban to take over for the first

lucas tomlinson joins us live from washington.nding, quote, not a lot of troops to eastern europe, nato's secretary genre it rated no nay -- nato forces would be sent to ukraine. >> we're not aggressive to anyone, but if somebody make aggression against ukraine, we have to defend our country. >> reporter: russian air a defense units have arrived in belarus by rail putting russian forces just 60 miles from ukraine's capital. the white house has vowed to unleash crippling sanctions if russia invades, but the "wall street journal" reports off the table for now sanctions or russian -- on russian oil and natural gas exports. congressman mike if turner thinks the biden administration if should have acted sooner to ward off this potential invasion. >> they should have been giving lethal weapons to ukraine so they can defend themselves. just now they're talking about moving troops into the nato countries that are in the area. >> reporter: british prime minister boris johnson says his forces are being sent across eastern europe but not ukr

. >> lucas tomlinson in washington, thank you. bring in our political panel to break it all down were joined by criminal defense attorney doug burns and constitutional law attorney william thank you for joining me. let's start with you you heard lucas is reporting the city of houston among others saw homicide rates up 17 you're on your 21 compared to 2020. but this is all happening despite the fact the city is increased police funding, that counters the narrative. >> does counter the narrative. crime and law enforcement is always a hot button issue going to any election cycle obviously you have law and order rhetoric. again were seen desktops play out and the other side of it we have to solve other crimes and then the next statistic wait a minute it was up in the toxic dialogue symptoms are little bit tedious to follow along with. but having said that i do think that the republicans going into 2022 are going to make headway politically with the rising spike in crime. gillian: william what you pick is behind the surge and particula

lucas tomlinson with more on this. >> that's right.d beginning the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan and the suicide attack that killed 13 american troops. the administration said it evacuated people u.s. officials investigating the withdrawal say thousands of afghan commandos who fought side-by-side with our troops against the taliban have been left behind and now abandoned and hunted down by the taliban. critics say when the u.s. military abandoned the bag gram air base leaving the keys to the taliban it contributed to the decline of the afghan forces leading to the fall of kabul. many critics taking a shot at dr. anthony fauci for making the following prediction about the coronavirus in june. given the country as the whole the fact we have 50% of adults fully vaccinated, 62% of adults having received at least one dose as a nation i feel fairly certain you won't see the kind of surges we've seen in the past. senator rand paul hit back on dr. fauci saying he has been wrong in just about everything including testing. >> if you test eve

lucas tomlinson live at the lighthouse with more than increasing tensions between the president, the administration and vladimir putin, lucas. >> good afternoon eric. u.s. officials tell fox the announcement is expected to company state department as early as monday ordering some families of u.s. diplomats at the u.s. embassy to begin a vacuum in the country it could begin as soon monday. now, over the weekend in geneva secretary of state tony blinked and met with his russian counterparts. >> this is not negotiations but a candid exchange of concerns and ideas. i made clear to the administer they are certain issues and fundamental principles that the united states and our partners and allies are committed to defend. >> the state department says no official order has been given yet for families to take part in addition to the weapons shipped into greg mentioned arrive less than kyiv. u.s. officials tell fox, javelin antitank admission of our nato allies and u.s. military stockpiles will begin arriving early next week as well. the defense minister saying has portable stingray antiaircra

bret: lucas tomlinson, thank you. joining us now, cdc director dr.me back to "fox news sunday." good morning. >> good morning, b are ret, good to be with you. bret: we just heard about the u.s. supreme court. in the questioning, justice sonya sonia sotomayor made this statement. >> we have over 100,000, which we've never had before, in serious condition and many on ventilators. bret: now, documents we can find from friday suggests there are fewer than 3500 current pediatric hospitalizations from covid-19. is that true? >> yeah. but, you know, here's what i can tell you about our pediatric hospitalizations now. first of all, the vast majority of children who are in the hospital are unvaccinated. and for those children who are not eligible for vaccination, we do know that they are most likely to get sick with covid if their family members aren't vaccinated. so the most important thing we can do for those children to keep them out of the hospital is to vaccinate them and their family members around them -- brent breath understand. but it's roughly 3500

jon: lucas tomlinson from wilmington, delaware.dent biden had a bad week as you just heard he dealt with setbacks on everything from vaccine mandates to voting rights, however, the biggest issue facing his presidency might be the economy particularly inflation. from december 2022 december 21 overall price 7%. gas prices have skyrocketed 50% in staples like meats, fish and eggs are of 12 and half percent and the president turn the ship around to take charge of economic let's bring engineering the member of the armed services in environment and public works and agriculture businesses in entrepreneurship committee. thank you for joining us. >> it's great to be with you. >> i have a friend that got over covid looking for chicken soup today could not find chicken noodle soup anywhere. what is going on can you blame the opposite biden? >> i would rather blame on president biden then somebody else because this falls squarely on his shoulders we have supply-chain difficulties and raging covid even though he said he would put that want to r

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more on all of this. >> reporter: hi, eric.rts think the silver lining to this omicron variant is that it could be an immunity boost. president biden thinks good news is on the way, despite a record-setting number of cases nation wild. >> no, i don't think -- nationwide. no, i don't think covid is here to stay, but having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay. but covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to be -- we have so many nutalls that we're developing -- new disease tools that can contain covid. >> reporter: of course, that's not what we heard in the runup to the 2020 election. >> i'm going to shut down the virus. i'll shut down the virus, not the economy. i'm not going to shut down the country, but i am going to shut down the virus. >> reporter: earlier this week the u.s. recorded over one million new covid cases in a single day, shattering the previous record amid a testing shortage. the white house has signed two contracts with the industry t

lucas tomlinson is live with the president in wilmington, delaware, with more information. delaware, jackie. that's right, the white house closely monitoring the hostage situation at the synagogue in texas. press secretary jen psaki tweeting a short time ago, quote: potus has been briefed about the developing hostage situation in the dallas area. he will continue to receive updates from his senior team at the -- as the situation develops, senior members of the national security team are also in touch with federal law enforcement leadership. we're also hearing from other senior members of the biden administration, the u.s. bother to israel. quote: i am closely monitoring reports of the hostage situation at congregation beth israel in texas where the community is gathered for shabbat services praying for an immediate and safe end. we're also hearing from israeli prime minister-and-a-half tally bennett, quote: i am closely monitoring the hostage situation taking place at beth israel in colleyville, texas. we pray for the safety of the hostages and rescuers. president biden is

have fox team coverage with steve harrigan and lucas tomlinson here in washington look at the start with. >> and mike naito might not be deploying forces to ukraine but they have a big presence with the salt chips it's than fleet. the top spokesman said that at the u.s. military's attention. >> we been nothing but clear and transparent about our concerns here in the pentagon over this rapid buildup over the last few months around the border with ukraine and belarus. not to mention maritime activity. >> the atlantic is fiber-optic cable. intel assessments have these russian warships heading to the black sea a possible ramming force for russian invasion. or perhaps a decoy for the russian warships will sail past the kerry truman stryker currently engage in large-scale maneuvers in the mediterranean. back in 1994 russia pledged to respect borders if it gave up nuclear stockpile which it did. today president biden's ambassador to the united nations warned the west not to be fooled again ahead of security council meetings tomorrow. >> we are not going to be distracted by the propaganda were g

lucas tomlinson is live as the white house shifts the burden of the omicron surge to the states. orter: good morning, guys. the supreme court scheduled to hear the arguments this friday against the vaccine mandate, the case brought up by trade associations and trucking, other businesses. recalling president biden's message to governors last week. >> look, there is no federal solution. this gets solved at the state level. ultimately gets down to where the rober meets the road. reporter: critics say if covid policies best left to the states there should be no federal mandate for the vaccine. >> the government was created to work, 50 individual states, each creating their own solutions so that if one makes a mistake we don't make a national mistake. we make a state mistake but the biden administration has want ad one size fits all, make everybody do the same thing, force it, mandate it from top down. reporter: in june 50% of american adults were fully vaccinated, dr. fauci predicted there would not be quote the kind of surges we've seen in the past. today there are a record breaking

and as lucas tomlinson reports, it is a big blemish on president biden's first year in office. >> thisaldo administration. no one can be found. no one wants to take responsibility. >> the biden administration facing mounting criticism on the president's domestic and foreign policy agendas. breaking records on the southern border over encounters with illegal migrants. and to the number of coronavirus cases nationwide. on top of the highest levels of inflation felt in nearly 40 years. it's been over four months since the u.s. left afghanistan. while the u.s. military helped rescue over 120,000 afghans, officials say more than 20,000 afghan commandos have been left behind. >> the administration just wants this to go away. they just want to turn the page. it's one of the most heartless things i have ever encountered. >> no jobs have been lost over what many sees a a botched evacuation. >> i think a lot of people should have been fired over the handling of afghanistan and not just in this administration. >> scott mann is a former green beret who founded task force pineapple. a group of vete

lucas tomlinson has the latest. >> reporter: good evening, jon. the u.s.argest buildup of russian forces since the cold war. over 100,000 now massed on ukraine's border. president biden says he's ordered some american troops to pack their bags. >> i'll be moving troops to eastern europe and the nato countries near term. not a lot. >> reporter: general milley says a russian invasion could half anytime. >> there's a potential they could launch on very, very little warning. that's possible. and if there's a wide scale of options that are available to russian leadership. >> reporter: russian defense ministry showing air defense units arriving in belarus by rail following reports the railroad had been hacked. thousands of russian troops and dozens of strike aircraft now in belarus, just 60 miles from ukraine's capital city. congressman mike turner thinks the white house should have moved quicker. >> they should have been giving lethal weapons to yaw crane so they can defend themselves -- ukraine. just now they're talking about mauve moving troops into the air.

for that, we go to lucas tomlinson in washington. >> reporter: good morning, neil.ome medical experts think the silver lining with omicron variant is an immunity boost. president biden insists things will get better despite a record-setting number of cases almost two years into the pandemic. >> no, i don't think covid is here to stay, but having covid in the environment and in the world is here to stay. covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to be -- we have so many more tools we're developing and continue to develop that will contain covid and other strains of covid. >> reporter: earlier this week the u.s. recorded over one million new covid cases in a single day, neil, shattering the previous record. it comes amid a testing shortage. the true number of cases might be even higher. the white house has signed two contracts to boost the number of tests. the cdc director has come under increasing scrutiny with critics mocking the credibility of her agency. >> we're in an unprecedented time with the speed of omicron cases ris

let's go to lucas tomlinson in wilmington, delaware, with the president. lucas?reporter: that's right. good morning, edward, from wilmington where president biden arrived last night from washington, and even his strongest supporters admit this week has been a disaster. >> there's a lot of talk about disappointments of things we haven't gotten done. we're going to get a lot of them done, i might add. reporter: this week u.s. inflation hitting its fastest pace in nearyly four decades -- nearly four decades. an almost 50% increase in gas prices as americans across the country have noticed at the pump and a 12.5% jump in grocery store prices including meat, fish and eggs. at the white house, jen psaki claims nobody saw this coming. >> we are getting out of a pandemic, and the economic downturn tied to it at a rate that is faster than anyone would have thought would have happened. >> reporter: talks with russia failing to stop tensions at the border with ukraine, the situation now even more tense. a speech in georgia failed to get voting rights pass ld, biden comparin

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lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with the very latest. hi, lucas.ter: david, we just learned that secretary of state antony blinken will speak to his russian counterpart tomorrow morning. this as senator bob menendez predict the senate is getting ready to release the mother of all sanctions on russia later this week. >> there are some sanctions that could really take place up front because of what russia has already done. cyberattacks on ukraine. false flag operations. the efforts to undermine the ukrainian government internally. reporter: russian warships currently engaged in manuevers in the black sea. russia amphibious assault ships are heading there soon. they're in the med, david, not far from the uss harry s. truman is leading nato war games. president biden was sending quote not a lot of troops to eastern europe this soon. on "fox news sunday" pentagon press secretary warn john kirby on releasing sanctions too early. >> thing on sanctions once you trip that. if he does another invasion in ukraine that is exactly what they will get. reporter:

lucas tomlinson is following all of it from the white house. >> good morning david u.s.fficials tell fox the state department has ordered the families u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine to begin evacuated the country as soon as monday. this is to counter the russian threat, arms shipments are pouring into ukraine right now. >> the deliveries are ongoing including today, more deliveries. coming. in addition to to enter traditional security assistance initiative the president has authorized authority to expedite legal aid and emergency defense team. >> late last night the u.s. and busy in ukraine and also for shipment of ammunition has arrived and directed by president biden u.s. officials say ammunition constitution the bulk of the 20000 pounds of the state department calling diesel aid needed by ukrainian soldiers on front lines. u.s. officials tell fox javelin antitank missiles are expected to arrive next week from the baltics and u.s. russian fighter jet had been arriving in belarus bordering ukraine at the north. they are concerned that ukraine's capital is in the cros

lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with the very latest on this. d. good afternoon, senator ron johnson spoke to bill and dana earlier today. he did not come empty handed accusing the secret service of a cover-up. >> they're hiding something. here is an example. we finally, after little years of going back and forth with them, we finally got 259 pages of documents. this is what we got. so i don't have x-ray vision. i can't read through the black ink. reporter: in a letter to the head of the secret service, senator johnson, iowa center chuck grassley wrote these inappropriate redactions impede our office's ability to understand the full scope of the interactions between hunter biden, his associates and the u.s. secret service. for example, in applying the redactions the u.s. secret service hid names and other information contained in e-mail conversations regarding hunter biden. the two republican senators accused the secret service of redacting hundreds of pages relating to hundred's overseas travels in 2014 when joe biden was the vice president of c

lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest. >> case set off a political firestorm nationwideissued the following warning to america. >> i suggest you listen to me loud and clear. pay attention to what has happened here in loudon because it is coming to your community next. >> it became a viral sensation, a father fighting for what he said was injustice for the school failing to investigate a sexual assault against his daughter and backlash in the community against lou down county to put policies in place to allow students to use the bathroom of their choice. the suspect transferred to another high school where he carried out another sexual assault. scott smith wants the governor elect to take action. >> swearing in is this weekend. and we hope and pray that the three of them are going to come to town and take care of business. i will hold them to that. >> during the sentencing the judge said the 15-year-old male suspect scared her and put on the sexual offender registry for life and placing him in a treatment program. >> bill: an arsonist in baltimore convicted of setting his

let's go to lucas tomlinson in wilmington, delaware, with the president. lucas?

lucas tomlinson joins us live in washington. ent biden has ordered some american troops to pack their bags. >> have you decided how soon you would be moving u.s. troops to eastern europe? >> i'll be moving troops into nato countries in the near term. >> there's a potential that they could launch on very, very little warning. that's possible. and there's a wide scale of options that are available to russian leadership. >> reporter: the russian defense minister releasing this video showing air defense units arriving in belarus by rail following reports the railroad had been hacked. thousands of troops and dozens of strike aircraft now on the ground in belarus just 60 miles from the capital city. russia now with enough firepower to launch a full scale invasion of the country, ukraine's president says he's not sounding the alarm. >> the mass media creates is that we have troops on the roads, we have mobilization, people are leaving for places. that's not the case. we don't need this panic. >> reporter: the white house has drawn up a