lucas tomlinson live in the north lawn of the white house, luck's. lucas: in addition to blaming the trump administration, also says evacuation should have started much sooner this as chinese forces launched 71 fighter jets and bombers to conduct a simulated attack earlier. lawmakers reacted on your show. >> the biden administration doctrine of appeasement, it's time we move beyond that, it's that we move to a place where we are exhibiting the strength. >> our national security drives much of our economic security these days. i'm concerned about the russia-china discussions that we are seeing and i think we have to be very careful to not make inflammatory staples that in any way put on fire. >> third division head in japan, 370 miles away from taiwan, the recent years the marines have been gaming how they would respond in invasion of taiwan with antiship missiles to sink warships. the u.s. was hitting 90 targets and in a war with china officials say you're looking at a thousand targets a day. china's president ordered forces to be ready to invade taiw

let's get more on that that with lucas tomlinson. lucas. >> reporter: well, neil, the white house nor the president himself has said much. here's our colleague, peter doocy, on the south lawn yesterday. >> reporter: mr. president, do you think that the charges against trump are politically motivated? >> no comment. >> reporter: and here's presidential historian douglas brinkly on your show yesterday, neil. >> it's going to be the spring of indictments. it looks like it's going to the rain indictments on donald trump. but he are will raise money concern he will raise money, he's going to go up in the polls. >> reporter: while donald trump is the first president or ex-president to be indicted, of course, warren harding was heading that way stemming from the famous teapot dome bribely scandal, also known as the oil reserve scandal, neil. the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of state and the interior. harding died in office before he could be charged. of course, richard nixon was pardoned by gerry ford before nixon

lucas tomlinson. , thank you. nicole parker.lways enjoy having you on because i was learning a lot. are you complicit if you are one of the people that this information was shared, any of these so-called gamers at this site that he was apparently sharing this information, if they release it, are they culpable, as well? >> you know, this is a very serious case, dealing with classified defense information. is a former special agent with the fbi, i was granted top-secret security clearance with the united states government. there's three different levels with a classification marking. you have the top-secret clearance, which could cause exceptionally grave damage to national security for the united states, at the highest level. then you have a secret security clearance, which could cause serious damage to national security for the united states, and then you have confidential. so, it's all very, very serious. individual employee of the federal government, when you sign on, you know and understand the rules you are abiding by. there

lucas tomlinson, fox news. it was a busy weekend for the republican presidential candidates.ormer vice president mike pence, was among the speakers at the iowa faith and freedom coalition. spring kickoff. the iowa caucuses still nine months away, but already a crowded field of candidates is shaping up. nikki haley has reportedly visited iowa 17 times since announcing her run mike pence and senator tim scott are expected to announce their white house bids in the coming weeks. if you believe like i do. that america should celebrate our founding fathers and not cancel them. let me hear you say amen. stop bending the need of god, you're going to bend the need to something. that is what's going on in our country right now. former president trump addressed the crowd. virtually his campaign received pro life backlash for not endorsing the federal limit for abortions. button you see nbc news poll shows that even with an indictment, two thirds of republican primary voters say they do support former president trump us military forces conducted a special operation to evacuate american d

. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson has the latest. >> lucas: he tells the "washington post" he knows the man who goes by the name og, here is how he describes him. he is not a ukrainian operative, not a russian operative. and any claim he is, is false. he is not interested in helping foreign agencies with their attack on the u.s. or other country. >> lucas: now more documents discovered from "new york times" showing in-fighting between russia federal security service accusing of obfiskating deaths in ukraine. john kirby says there is a small embassy presence in kyiv to keep track of the weapons. >> there is a small u.s. military presence at the embassy in conjunction with the defense office to help us work on accountability of the material going in and out of ukraine. the united states will not have troops fighting the war in ukraine. >> lucas: american authorities are closer to catching the person, this should be the tooption. >> stop wasting resources on investigating documents and start finding people in the pentagon compromising america's national security. there is a priority imbalance

griff: lucas tomlinson live for us on the north lawn, lucas, thank you very much.or more on this we are joined by republican congressman from florida and member of the homeland security and armed services committees carlos jimÉnez and serves on house select committee. thank you for being here today. i want to pick up where lucas left off reporting and get your reaction to the latest in this leak. >> well, look, we have to investigate how it happened. it may be -- probably too many people access to this information and as we just can't tolerate this. it hurts our credibility not only here at home but around the world and so we need to find out, get to the bottom of it and put a stop to it. >> you're on the homeland security committee, do you anticipate bringing people from the pentagon, others to hearings to sort of try and unpack how this could have happened? >> i think it's probably more a jurisdiction of the armed services committee. so i anticipate that our chair will have some hearings around the world and make sure that our military is kept secret and our adve

jon: lucas tomlinson at live at white house, lucas thanks for the update.to a commonly used u.s. abortion pill is in limbo after conflicting court rulings on the legality of that medication. a texas federal judge decided friday to suspend the fda's approval with in hours, a separate court ruling in washington state restricted the fda's authority to pull the drug from the market. it has been widely used in the u.s. for more than two decades. former ncaa smart riley again said she was hit in the face by a group of trans- activists. this dramatic video shows the ambush what happened after the swimmer spoke at san francisco state university about fairness in women's sports. alexandria hoff has that report. >> rightly gained as a 12 time ncaa all-american swimmer and says she is going to be pursuing legal action against activists who she said forced her to become barricaded in a room. you can see in the video gains being rushed to safety as a screaming crowd attempted to surround her while chanting races like transit rights or human rights and trans women are wo

lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the latest on that, lucas pickwick strawn, "fox news sunday" congresswoman nancy mace said she wants to see someone held accountable for these leaks. >> of the end of the date ultimately will be dod and the pentagon who will be to blame for this but the other question his leadership on the ground that this young man at work for. how dhec was he able to take classified documents it sounds like out of a skiff, take pictures of them. take them home, take pictures of and put them on discord. >> now an exclusive from colleagues at the wall street journal retiring at also a head spread out the leak top documents on a pro- kremlin media account supporting russia's war in ukraine. the accused name, sarah bills as you can see here for the general says in the interview at her home in oak harbor, washington she admitted to being an administrator of this progression site. said she is one of 15 people around the world involved in running it. no other leaks at document show how taiwan is to a chinese attack and potential invasion. only about half of taiwan'

ana and i can't lucas tomlinson is there, lucas. >> neil, those chinese fighter jacks include nuclear bombers. here at the white house to jon kirby try to calm things down before leaving for the easter weekend. but the light of communication remain open. we have communicated to china privately, certainly have done it publicly here with you all that there is no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it is not uncommon for these entrances to happen. they are private, they are unofficial we would urge china it's not to overreact. >> talking about the visit from the lawmakers of course there. the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan that dominated the press briefing thursday after the white house released a 12 page summary report largely blaming the trump administration for the debacle. u.s. officials say 19000 afghans are still waiting for visas to enter the united states. many languishing and refugee camps after helping u.s. military for years. some democratic lawmakers including a marine combat veteran are joining republicans insane part of the blame for the chaotic withdrawal belo

mike tobin in kyiv ukraine and lucas tomlinson in the north lawn. lucas: despite billions of dollars in the biden administration weapons and ammunition to the ukrainians the front lines have not changed in months. russia occupies 20% of ukraine. here is the good news, the front lines are continuing to hold. >> this administration has provided to lethal aid with very unexpected to russia, i think russia thought they would, you know, first off be met by the ukrainian people by a surrender and second thing is i don't think they have -- expected they have the congressional push that's occurred with this administration or this administration. lucas: u.s. military's top military milley they will win this year. ukraine's casualties are not far behind. today british intelligence says there's been, quote, russian casualties due to alcohol consumption, mike, among hundreds of russians inside of ukraine. without long-range precision missiles it would be hard for ukraine to win the war. general milley the u.s. will not be providing for shortage in the arsenal. a

suite eight lucas tomlinson at the white house, lucas thanks. with billions of u.s.being sent to ukraine in its fight against russia did by demonstration claims measures are in place to account for how the monies being spent. the republicans insist that those are not adequate. let's bring again republican congressman claudia tenney a member the house ways and means committee and house committee on science, space, and technology. congresswoman, what questions do you have about our aid to ukraine? >> well, were recently passed another bill perry passed one last term and this term asking for accountability is because this process on ukraine. americans have a right to be concerned but look i a very, very large ukrainian diaspora number people from ukraine living in my district for this is a tragedy. we all know that. shut under putin has committed a terrible crime and coming in and trying to destroy this country. but we seem to be a bottomless pit as american taxpayers to be like to see more accountability. we feel the pain of the ukrainians we know this is not looking g

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with more, lucas. >> jon, good evening.ig night in washington last night at the white house correspondents dinner in addition to the junction mention present biden also joking about speaking to the press. >> a lot of weight this sums up my first year in office. a prop for 10 minutes, take zero questions and cheerfully walk away. some say not a joke. fox news full choke biden does not have the support from nearly one in three in his own party. rfk junior making news yesterday saying he is again some biological males participating in women's sports. this position is at odds with the white house "fox news sunday" sender chris van hollen said he is not concerned about the president's age. >> i think people should judge a president on their performance in the record. not on their age. the president has a great record i talked about some of the economic factors. he has also been where the most productive presidents in recent history when it comes to legislative record. >> now, let's take a look at the recent fox news poll showing

arthel: lucas tomlinson live at the white house, thank you lu lucas. >> some of these republicans get into office and they are like potted plants. they do not do anything. some of them don't like making decisions because as a leader in time you make a decision there's going to be people who like it then there's going to some people that don't. what a way not to alienate anyone is to just not to do anything but that is not leadership. >> four to ron desantis of course speaking today in utah given what sounded like a white house campaign speech. though it's not yet officially enter the race. so far six gop candidates have officially declared for the 2024 republican nomination. but that soon will change more big names are poorly set to join the race starting next week. jon and bussey editor fox news congener joins us now. let's start the trump/desantis battle. the wall street journal, your paper is a new poll the former president almost double digits or double over desantis. you think that will hold ores are just too early to handicap the race? >> it is too early i think. desantis has no

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest on this one, lucas. >> arthel, the reportot only play the trumpet administration for that hasty withdrawal from afghanistan, but also made the admission the evacuation should have started much sooner burnett earlier, lawmakers waited. >> and by the administration again should focus on a new doctrine's or doctorate of chaos and appeasement they have enacted all of the world. its weakness on the global stage is high time we change the way we are addressing these issues across the world. >> i believe the way it happened and 13 soldiers lives were lost was one of the saddest moments for me of his administration. he was the commander-in-chief then a pulse he begin under previous administration. parts approval running sunk after the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan and has not recovered since. as you can see critics say it was a mistake for the u.s. military to abandon the airbase and the dead of night and early july 2021 when the taliban took over that base a month later they freed a known isis prisoner who carried out the deadly

lucas tomlinson live at the white house and lucas so it seems americans dongt want president biden or president trump to run for reelection. what more can you tell us? >> may present a problem in november of 2024 arthel now president biden is here at the white house ahead of the cor spoans dinner back to the banking crisis you mention and republicans are playing it up and in thes appear to be down playing it. >> fdic -- those reserves are about one and a quarter percent of the deposits so there's no way to keep doing this. we're seeing that come to fruition as whole thing shakes out it shows the fragility of our economy. >> banking system is not anywhere anywhere collapse firee way it was back if 2008 and under stress so silicon valley they are less than 1% of the u.s. gdp they could be completely annihilated in our economy would not crash. >> a new fox news poll shows eight in ten americans believe the economy is in fair or poor shape right now arthel a number that is not changed much over the past five months this sluggish economy grew 1.1 and fearing recession could be coming the s

lucas tomlinson is live from the white house with more, lucas. >> present by an expected to announce his reelection on tuesday be a prerecorded video. despite the lagging poll numbers many democrats say it still way too early. >> i am not worried at all. you are murmuring here talking to i'm someone who does not believe in polls there are a snapshot in time. i told all of you in 2016 i thought donald trump could win in donald trump was going to win and even on election night i was debating whether he was going to win. i headlined it and i was right for. >> let's take a look at the pole again, 73% of americans do not the oldest president of the u.s. to run again that includes the majority of democrats. biden would be 86 at the end of a potential term. and it nbc poll shows 41% said a definite probably vote for biden versus 47% who state they vote for the eventual publican nominee. other polls show four -- 10 americans are exhausted trump versus biden rematch there's a looming debt ceiling by the speaker and has had earlier attended morning features present by does not negotiate with r

lucas tomlinson is back. good to see you, luke. >> good to see you, david. it's hard to compete with that sound, but the house passed a debt ceiling bill earlier this week and considered house speaker kevin mccarthy's biggest win to date. he spoke about what's in it. >> we save money by being smart. what we do is that money, and billions of dollars sitting out there that covid never spent, just sitting there, claw that back limiting the amount that we spend. we curve inflation that makes people stronger. >> now the big question, will president biden negotiate with mccarthy? here is our colleague jacqui heinrich. >> happy to meet with mccarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. that's not negotiable. >> now let's see what's in the bill. it raises the debt ceiling 1.5 trillion and cuts discretionary spending 3.2 trillion over 10 years, but as the wall street journal editorial page, that's out of 60 trillion in expected spending, hardly austerity measures eliminates nearly 80 billion for the irs and funding for 87,000 agents and democrats

lucas tomlinson is live with more. >> the announcement from president biden is not inspected in personut a prerecorded video on tuesday. despite his lagging poll numbers remember 2016. >> i am someone that does not believe in polls they are snapshot in time. i told all of you in 2016 that i thought donald trump could win. and then that donald trump was going to win and even on election night i was debating whether he was going to win. headline tonight is i was right. >> embassy pulse 41% of registered voters said they will definitely or probably both provided in the general election. but 47% said they planned to vote for the republican nominee. that is not good news for democrats and jon, half of those who think biden should not run for reelection site his age as a quote major factor. he'll be 86 at the end of a potential second term you mentioned the debt ceiling fight house speaker kevin mccarthy was on "sunday morning futures" today he said the house is ready to pass is $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill he accuse the president of not negotiating. >> will hold a vote this week we will

with lucas tomlinson, good afternoon, lucas. lucas: mike, this announcement has been months in the making. officials say president biden is expected to announce reelection campaign on tuesday with video message. now despite some of his lagging poll numbers, many democrats say it's way too early including congresswoman debbi dingell from michigan. >> in the midwest people think that joe biden understands their challenges. they think he's one that scares and when we are in midst of a campaign you will see strong enthusiasm and passion for the outcome of the election next year. lucas: let's take of lagging polls, 73% of america don't want the oldest president to do this again, that includes majority of democrats, biden would be 86 at the end of potential second term. new nbc poll shows 41% of registered voters say they will definitely or probably vote for biden in the general that's 47% who say they'd vote eventual nominee. and then there's the looming debt ceiling fight, the speaker of the house said earlier on sunday morning futu

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the very latest, lucas. >> arthel, that is the question right now. how did someone so junior in rank a member of the massachusetts air national guard have access to the briefings given to the u.s. military officer by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. general jacket king spoke earlier on "fox news sunday" about this very topic. >> i don't think it's about does he need have a need to know? on the surface of it doesn't seemed like he has a need to know for. >> part of the classified documents many bring top-secret marking posted by the 21 year old guardsmen show how vulnerable taiwan is to a chinese attack a potential invasion. general keane admitted there's no way taiwan can defend itself against china. he also said the war in ukraine has exposing dire situation with the industrial base which he said is not ready to go to war with china right now. as ordered his forces to be ready to invade taiwan for years from now, arthel by the public and chairman house foreign affairs committee said china might be able to conquer think considers

lucas tomlinson on the streets of washington for that and more. lucas, good morning. >> good morning, bill. officials say fewer cops on the street has led to an increase in crime. that's the story here in the nation's capital and elsewhere. we spoke to the head of d.c.'s police union and offered the stats. >> beginning in 2020 we've lost almost 1200 police officers. 45 percent per of those who left have resigned and turned in their badge and walked away. almost impossible to hire people. the police department has been hiring academy classes in single digits, 7, 8, 9, 10 people. you mention off the top d.c. police force the smallest in 50 years. officers leaving faster than they can be replaced. d.c. police chief says he could lose 200 more by the end of the year. the mayor says she wants more cops on the street, that would be a big challenge. let's look at the d.c. crime stats as of this morning. homicides up 27%. sex abuse up 47%. motor vehicle theft doubled. total crime here in the nation's capital up 25%. keep in mind, bill, this rise in killing

molly: lucas tomlinson from the white house. griff: just after house speaker kevin mccarthy met with taiwan's president china kicked off military exercises in the area. this as a bipartisan group of lawmakers visited the island amid increasing threats from china. we find aishah hasnie live in taipei with the latest. >> hey there, griff. people here in taipei are eating, drinking, shopping, really completely unfazed by what is happening just less than 100 miles away from this island. they have become all too familiar with china flexing its military muscle, only this time, griff, it's on a whole different level. and we have brand new video coming in of china launching military drills across the taiwan strait. go ahead and take a look at this, a stunning 71 chinese army jets and nine navy ships have entered the taiwan straight as china's people's liberation army launches three days of military drills, about 45 of these jets, griff, are crossing the median line and going into taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone. i

lucas tomlinson is staying on top of this for us outside of the white house. >> that's right, getting ready to seize another bank, the first republic bank, that means another bailout could be coming. >> it's a tough piece of medicine to take because the bankers fell asleep at the switch, the regulators did. >> a new fox news pole shows about 8 in 10 american believe the economy is in fair or poor shape, a number that's not changed much in the past five months. the economy's sluggish, 1.1% growth have many fearing recession is coming. the state of the economy, inflation, and the questions about president's age, oldest in u.s. history and believe that the approval has sunk, and a low key video, not a rally that he'll run for reelection in 2024. gallup shows that his job approval lowest since the presidency and 59% of americans disapprove the job he's done as commander-in-chief and looming debt ceiling and with house speaker mccarthy. here is ro khanna. >> he should meet and it's patriotic to pay our bills. when we incur expenses, we pay our bills and then a conversation about how to red

you heard from lucas tomlinson earlier he will announce on tuesday in a video.nk the fact that trump is running and trump is doing so well is the glue holding lots of factions of the democratic party behind joe biden. i think you have to understand that for people that disapprove of both president trump and president biden, it is according to a wall street journal poll this week. they prefebiden. they would vote for him if that the alternative. >> karl is shaking his head. >> i think age is a big factor for the people you have been talking about that say this guy would be pretty old if he is elected president. i just think back because i'm an old guy, i think back to ronald reagan and people saying he was the wise old man if is morning in america again and what happened? he won in a landslide. >> and he was in his 60s, not his 80s. there is deep concern about joe biden's ability to handle another four years. 27% of democrats said they preferred him to run. 73% not. monmouth said that 44 have no preference. those are the polite people that say i don't want him to

lucas tomlinson in downtown d.c.a. >> sandra: portland, the newest fast food restaurant is already a victim of crime there before it's even opened. headline after headline, shake shack debut in portland, the mayor setting -- having a ribbon cutting ceremony on monday but vandals striking days before the grand opening. already a boarded up window after someone smashed right through it. sadly, folks won't get their burgers, john. >> john: and just down the street, outdoor retailer rei announcing that it is packing up and leaving downtown portland after 20 years after struggling with rising crime. in a statement to local outlets, says last year rei portland had the highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades, despite actions to provide extra security. >> sandra: really something to see what is happening in the once great american cities. chicago police bracing for a potential repeat of last weekend's violence. businesses there terrorized last weekend, they are fearful of what may be to come. downtown millenniu

lucas tomlinson on that.remember -- mccall were a low level ranking authorities who had this access. some took advantage of that and stole some of that access be it as it may it does have a habit of repeating itself with a million americans under set they were nabbed here, you have to wonder where we go from here. john ratcliff is a former director of national intelligence joining us this morning is a common theme with these revelations sometimes low ranking early in their 20 officials. this particular case we had now at least understand wasn't this type of security clearance. when he was 19 years old, what you think of that? >> neil, this is really before 911 intelligence community on a need to know basis and after 911 and the failure to communicate we shifted to need to share approach. in providing more clearances and sharing more information broadly we ultimately ended up with the kinds of abuses we saw with edward snowden and bradley manning using wiki leaks. at that i will say the biden ministration impl

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with the latest. llo, lucas. >> so, mike, we could have a situation at the same time hunter biden's lawyers are meeting with doj, his father, president biden announces he's running for reelection. the white house doesn't want to talk about any of this. >> i'm not going to talk about what 2024 is going to look like, i'm not going to talk about that from here. as a government employee, federal law prohibits me from discussing campaigning related topics from this podium. >> who will be able to address questions about 2024? >> well, you know don't have anything to say about 2024. >> now, a new poll from the associated press says most people don't want the oldest president in u.s. history to run again, he would be 82 at the beginning of a potential second term. now, 73% of all adults don't want biden to run again, that's about three out of four people, no character later needed and more than half, 52% of democrats don't want biden to run either. although 41% of democrats say if pressed they will definitely

if i've lucas tomlinson at the white house. thank you lucas. detective trump is put back in for the republican nomination i think probably biden will win. i hate to think out of this entire beautiful wonderful country those are our top two choices for books i don't think trouble when i don't bite into unnecessarily either. i just don't want this face-off to happen in general just because the disgusting part is the division both of those people have brought, mostly trout. so for this about her son fox news digital they don't have much of an appetite for a replay of the 2020 election and the prospect of the biden/trump magic. this biden's full steam ahead on his push for a second term in the white house in 2024 this is for president trump, he remains a front writer for the republicans. so, what we see? samantha reported with the washington examiner joins us now. samantha, welcome. what do you think their prospects are that there will be a rematch? and slap it back on. i really think there's a growing a possibility that trump could be the front ru

>> mike: lucas tomlinson on the north lawn. thanks. comes from switzerland and spending a whole lot of his money on american politics. first beyond our borders tonight. the american journalist being held in russia on spying charges was formally charged today and get an appeal hearing april 18th. "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich was arrested by the russian government's federal security service on charges of espionage on behalf of the u.s. the publication has vehemently denied the charges. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight. production begins on the new 10-pound bank notes featuring the portrait of king charles iii. the bank of england says the new notes should enter circulation by the middle of next year. just some of the story beyond our border tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ and we'll never be royal ♪ royal ♪ ♪ giving you more control of your business. we call this enterprise intelligence. from the network america relies on. ♪ choosing miracle-ear was a great decision. like when i de

lucas tomlinson is live at the white house following the fourth, lucas. >> molly, despite giving ukrainiansillions of dollars in weapons and ammunition the front lines have not changed in months. have to go all it back to the fall, russia still occupies about 20% in ukraine. the goodness is linked. with what you are hearing is a success is on the battlefield in ukraine are real. the support we are providing this instrumental as we look at what really is the battling for democracy. also, continuing to ramp up to provide tanks ukraine are going to make a real difference in the battlefield. what's the general mark milley said that's unlikely ukraine will win this year end push only russian forces out of the country russia has suffered enormous casualties on the battlefield, some 200,000 killed and wounded. u.s. officials say the ukrainians and casualties are not far behind. there are still hundreds of thousands of russian troops inside ukraine. the former head of u.s. army europe said was out long-range precision missions would be much more challenging for ukraine to win. don't millie said the

and, lucas tomlinson from the pentagon just sent a message to my watch.ce's decision not to vaccinate the migrants. remember that? so we all had to get shots but they didn't. and they were coming in illegally. >> brian: one of the things susan rice said to paraphrase one was told well, they are all coming here because they are coming from bad situations she basically said they are coming here because we are being too nice. providing all these accommodations that's why they are coming here. hard to believe we are talking about susan rice being to a degree a voice of reason. and now she is gone. all right. 1 minutes after the hour still ahead. a fox news alert. the taliban killing the isis terrorist who masterminded the attack on kabul that killed 13 u.s. troops. retired brigadier general antoni tata afghanistan. >> ainsley: crop the case against transient who bashed the expire commissioner with that crowbar forcing him into skull surgery. the outrageous claim that this attack was self-defense. ♪ your bug spray should take out bugs, not keep out people. unl

lucas tomlinson, ktvu fox two news. former president trump indicted by a grand jury what is next politically as the legal process unfolds in manhattan and leading a housing revolution? this women's history month we revisit that group of mothers from oakland moms fighting for housing equality plus california moves forward with its effort to get gas powered cars off the road, the green light the state received today. clear the way fo will charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, caroline charlie tells us the former president is set to be arraigned on tuesday in new york city. security preparations are underway in new york city is former president donald trump prepares to turn himself into authorities next tuesday. he was shocked, you know, because we really were i was shocked. former president trump's attorney describing the reaction to his clients. indictment by a new york grand jury. exact charges against trump are under seal. but the investigation by manhattan district attorney alv

shannon: lucas tomlinson reporting live in the white house, lucas thank you. starting to sound south carolina congressman nancy mace. welcome to "fox news sunday". >> good morning. shannon: list of the lake one of your colleagues on the health of this may be a congressional investigation. it may fall to armed services. you sit on that committee. what role does congress have to play on this committee? >> we should be asking ourselves who was keeping watch? here's that young kid a 21-year-old who had access to classified information. may be largest classified leak in recent history. what was the leadership? i support an investigation on house armed services or house oversight. both committees i sit on today to get more information on how this happened. and i want to know like every other american, who was in charge? each side right now once i was calling him a traitor one side is calling him a hero neither side has the information or they dated to be able to make that decision yet because there's been no investigation. we have not even had our first classified b

foxes lucas tomlinson has more from washington. ai is going to help us in many ways.ligence is exploding in almost every industry, and now congress is moving closer to regulating it. legislation is expected in the coming weeks from senate majority leader chuck schumer that he says will develop safeguards which will also adapt to the technology. and on wednesday, lawmakers on the senate armed services committee hearing from industry experts on the best ways to integrate ai to america's national defense without creating cybersecurity risks. we recognize the opportunity that ai represents to radically influence how diode fights. defends and operates, but they're also acknowledging the danger i poses to the pentagon, including from countries like china and russia , sharing access to advanced technology with beijing, claiming they're on a course to lead the world in a i by the end of the decade technologies lack conventional intelligence signatures that distinguish benign from malicious use. and although the united states is currently the global leader in a i, both china a

lucas tomlinson, fox news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. they don't feel safe.heir car in the community and walking to church. nor visiting the businesses so this is very serious oakland residents just afraid to live their lives. the city has experienced a violent week with multiple victims, including four people killed and a toddler wounded. just today, the latest homicide this one in chinatown. good evening, everyone i'm mike mibach julie julie haener crime reporter henry lee live now with what city leaders, community officials and police have to say henry. mike and julie seems like not a day can go by an oakland without another horrific tragedy . oakland police say they're working to solve these recent crimes that they're asking for the public's help. another life lost to violence in oakland, this time in chinatown, homeless man found dead from blunt force trauma in a doorway near 10th and harrison at about 7 30 wednesday morning, susan sue works across the street and believes the victims the same man she's looked after when it got cold, soggy him over there,

fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson has that story.ern response from senator #### durbin after chief justice john roberts declined a request to testify and ethical standards hearing next week. durban writing in a statement, quote, make no mistake. supreme court ethics reform must happen whether the court participates in the process or not, and roberts writing quote testimony before the senate judiciary committee by the chief justice of the united states is exceedingly rare as one might expect in light of separation of powers, concerns and the importance preserving judicial independence. accompanying roberts has letter to durban was a statement on ethics principles and practices signed by all nine justices describing the rules they follow regarding travel gives an outside income renewed cry for ethics reform on the nation's core comes after a close relationship between justice clarence thomas and conservative texas billionaire donor harlan crow has come to light. crow treated the justice to lavish trips over the years. 2014 real estate

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson with more. lucas. >> lucas: the republican chairman just arrived in taiwan. here is more from chairman michael mccaul. >> being here sends a signal to the chinese communist party that the united states supports taiwan. we will help taiwan and want them to think twice about invading taiwan. >> lucas: chinese government is outraged by the visit to taiwan's leader to meet house speaker kevin mccarthy. china could never tell us what to do, as speaker of the house, i will meet with whoever i want from whatever country. we need to speedup weapons to taiwan, deter ability of china to enter taiwan. we need to foster greater democracy and freedom, work together economically from the chip manufacturing and others. >> lucas: at tleeft three occasions, president biden pledged to support taiwan against a chinese invasion. karine jean-pierre did not appear to want to say anything more in her exchange with peter doocy. >> is president biden still committed to putting u.s. boots on the ground in taiwan? >> we've

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has more. >> lucas: violating subpoenas to turn over sensitive cable. the state department firing back saying secretary blinken continue to make clear his and the state department's commitment to working to provide relevant information and upholding responsibility to protect the integrity of the party's dissent. the cable was sent a month before the chaotic withdrawal from 23 diplomats in kabul warning biden administration afghan government was at risk of collapse. the inspector general of afghanistan took offense and took aim at the state department. >> the lack of corporation by the state, the department of state and usaid is unprecedented. due to refusal to fully cooperate, a significant portion of cigars work, including the five reports we did for this committee have been hindered and delayed. >> lucas: he said the u.s. could still be funding the taliban over a year and a half since the u.s. pulled out. >> i cannot assure this committee or the american taxpayer we are not currently funding the taliban, nor can i assure you that the taliban are not d

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has more. s. >> lucas: many are calling for president biden to take responsibility for the withdrawal from afghanistan. the president said it would not look like this. in a memo crafted by the white house, it laid blame on former president donald trump. >> the outgoing administration provided no plans for how to conduct theifiable withdrawal or how to some who served are speaking out. there is a big portion of america who is hurting, there are still people to get out and washington has forgotten. they said the withdrawal from afghanistan was not chaotic, pointing to the death of 13 servicemembers and 170 av gabs were killed in the blast. the white house secretary said this yesterday. >> when it comes to women not working at the un, we have talked about and are concerned about another horrific taliban action. women are central to humanitarian operations around the world. >> lucas: top republican on the armed services committee said this was one of our most shameful abandon means. >> ashley: elon

. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson has the latest. >> lucas: that whistleblower said she viewed first handophisticated child smuggling at the border. she called on congress to crack down on u.s. immigration policy. the number of unaccompanied children has swelled from 33,000 to 150,000 last year. so far this year, 70,000 encounters. here are key moments from that hearing on capitol hill. >> we are trafficking slaves to this country? >> no doubt. we have created a pool. they abuse children as a commodity, we, they see us as the middle man, we are paying the plight to the end user, the trafficker. >> and here is congressman chip roy. >> 356,665 unaccompanied children have crossed the southern border to be exploited by cartel, put into the sex trafficking trade and the slave labor trade, to be sexually abused, to dry on ranches in south texas, to die in the rio grande, do you think this is a system we should be proud of? >> i believe we should provide protection. >> lucas: things got heated over the accusation that eric swalwell engaged in a relationship with a chinese spy. >> he's got a chec

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson has breaking details. >> lucas: u.s. officials say the isis leader was killed by the taliban earlier this month and the u.s. had nothing to do with it. the white house has not provided any evidence or given the name of who orchestrated this in afghanistan. the pentagon saying in a statement, the department of defense can confirm the senior isis-k plotter responsible for planning the august 26 2021 on abby gate was killed in afghanistan by the taliban in early april. the united states was not involved in this operation. the department, alongside other components of the u.s. government is dedicated. -- frustrated by the lack of information and no name given to the isis leader killed or details. to me, ittel foos like a victory lap for the administration that the afghanistan debacle is over and done with, bull crap, that doesn't sit well with me. want the state department to share what it knows, the action review dated march 2022, is document are redactions despite having been completed for over a year. this document has ye

. >> ainsley: lucas tomlinson has more. >> lucas: good morning.he whistleblower wants to expose a cover-up in the biden administration, he has been investigating hunter biden for three years ands to both parties that federal prosecutors are preventing tax charges being brought against the president's son. detailed preferential treatment affecting protocol normally followed by career law enforcement professionals in similar circumstances if the subject were not politically connected. here is the whistleblower's attorney last night. >> to him, the truth is one truth and he wants to come forward with it. he's ready to be questioned about what he knows and experienced under the proper legal protection. >> lucas: chairman of the oversight committee spoke to sean hannity last night. >> this was a family enterprise, what were they doing? why were they getting this much money? it points back to joe biden and we'll continue until we get the truth to the american people. the walls are closing in on the biden family. >> lucas: hunter biden last seen tlfling

lucas tomlinson has the latest. good morning. >> lucas: good morning, ashley and todd. u.s. officials say a leading theory is that the leaks came from a disgruntled contractor similar to snowden. the timeline, 53 documents posted online many between february 23rd and march 1, some date back to january. secret arms deal between egypt and russia and the docs come from cia and nsa, and e-mails about evidence dropping on south korea and israel and reveal ukraine will run out of air defense missiles by the end of may. here is john kirby. >> we are all working at this very, very hard and trying to get answers to find out where this breach occurred. i don't know and it would be foolish to determine how long that will take. >> lucas: in taiwan, china launched aircraft to carry out simulated attacks and beijing says piwant president has become a pawn of the u.s., saying tsai ing-wen sided with the united states, pushing taiwan to stormy seas. senator marco rubio reacted. >> if there is capability gap, we have to close. we have not invested in things we need to, we are focused on the

. >> todd: lucas tomlinson is here. morning, china has three aircraft carriers in their entire fleet. there are three, that is all of them. bipartisan delegation arrived in taiwan, the island china considers renegade provence. here is michael mccaul. >> being here sends a signal the united states helps taiwan and we will harden taiwan and we want them to think twice about invading taiwan. >> lucas: list of the official party joining michael mccaul includes two democrats. outraged over visit by taiwan's leader in california to meet house speaker kevin mccarthy. >> china can never tell us what to do, as speaker of the house, we will meet with whoever we want with whatever country. we need to speedup weapon sales to taiwan. let them defend themselves, deter ability of china to enter taiwan. we need to foster greater democracy and freedom and work together economically from chip manufacturing and others. >> lucas: three separate occasions, president biden pledged to defend taiwan in case of invasion. karine jean-pierre did n

. >> rachel: lucas tomlinson is live with breaking developments. >> lucas: second deadly collision in month, this latest helicopter crash involved two army apache attack helicopters flying over alaska. it took place between anchorage and fairbanks. here is a look at apaches taken near the area in recent weeks. the pilot sits behind the co-pilot. this is an incredible loss for soldier families, fellow soldiers and for the division. the f wainwright is a tight community. i spoke to a cobra pilot who says mid-air collisions are the result of pilot error and he wants to see more spent on defense. rachel. >> rachel: the united states confirming two americans are dead in sudan as america pushes for an extended ceasefire while thousands remain stuck in the war-torn country. over 450 people killed and 4000 wounded since fighting began in april. marine veteran and founder of mighty oaks, joins us now. thank you for joining us this morning. give us your asesment of the u.s. response to the crisis in sudan? >> yeah, we have 16,000 americans in sudan registered with the u.s. state department. in

. >> ashley: lucas tomlinson joins us with the latest. morning. >> lucas: the leading theory is the leaks came from a disgruntled security clearance similar to snowden. leaked to small chat group instant messaging platform popular with the gaming community. it is unclear who sent the documents of crumpled up paper and slides of intel briefings, most documents came from february and march. that month more documents posted to a chat focused on minecraft. pro-russian accounts reposted and officials say some documents have been doctored, we don't know how many are authentic. on thursday, the pentagon announced an investigation, that is when lloyd austin said he was aware of them. here is white house spokesman john kirby. we are working hard and would like answers as quickly as we can to find out where this breach occurred. i don't know, it will be foolish to guess how long that will take. >> lucas: turning to taiwan, china launched simulated attacks on the island. a spokesman in beijing says tsai brought danger to the united states. marco rub

lucas tomlinson from washington with more. > lucas: good morning, on capitol hill, republicans want president biden to take full responsibility for the chaotic withdrawal. >> the administration denial and downplaying of what happened is insult to servicemembers sitting here and throughout the united states of america. when the commander-in-chief makes a decision, is that their decision or previous administration's decision? >> sir when t commander-in-chie makes a decision, it is his decision. >> lucas: some americans who served in afghanistan are speaking out. there is a big portion of america hurting about this and trying to get people out, so much work going on that washington has forgotten about. john kirby says the with deteriorate drawal from afghanistan was not chaotic, others say that is -- the white house press secretary focused on the following yesterday. >> when it comes to women not being able to work at the un, that is something we've talked about and said we are extremely concerned with another taliban action. wome

lucas tomlinson joins us live in washington with the details. yesterday was going to be busy and today we would be the post game show so you kick things off. okay? >> sounds good. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. all the charges relate to alleged be hush mone

lucas tomlinson has more. as: the man behind the leaks which has deeply embarrassed the united states goes by initials og. a person who claimed to be his online friend spoke about this. >> he claiany claim he is pro-russian is false, he is not interested in helping any foreign agency with attack on the u.s. or other countries. >> lucas: more documents have been discovered, this time showing in-fighting between russia federal security service accusing obhave you skating in ukraine. after lawmakers called for more accountability for billions of american weapons and ammunitions that poured into ukraine, john kirby acknowledged the following. >> there is a small u.s. military presence at the embassy in conjunction with the defense office to help us work on accountability of the material going in and out of ukraine. united states will not have troops fighting this war in ukraine. >> lucas: american authorities appear closer to catching this person. hewitt says this should be the top issue. >> the fbi should stop was