joining us now from senate judiciary, senator marsha blackburn.to have you back on, senator. what was your reaction when you heard the story the campaign was also accused of funding ransacking of data out of computers in trump's apartment building in new york city to try trump to russia? >> liz, i tell you it shows how desperate they were to win this election. they knew they couldn't win it on their own. then they were furious when they lost. so they decided they had to cook up this slop and find something to go with trump to ruin his press inden sy and i think it is to point out the trump campaign was run out of trump tower and then the transition was run there. so those of us like me, people like me, that worked on the campaign, that vice-chaired the transition, what of our data did they hack, did they gather, did they hold? where is that data now? who has this? i think those are some of the questions that as you see general durham working through this investigation he now has a chain of events. he has this alleged spying. it is still at this po

we have marsha blackburn on it.tions say one way to get vladimir putin's kick russia out of swift. the inspiration of the ukrainian people, amazing to behold. arthel: we are with them all the way. we will see you at 4:00 pm eastern. arthel enter good afternoon everyone. with the special coverage of the story right now. report this hour from an advisor to ukraine's president zelensky that the russian attack on kyiv is not advancing on this hour despite explosions and air raid sirens that have been here as the night falls and the capitol.

joining us now senator marsha blackburn from, excuse me from senate judiciary.ator, great to have you on. reports of this transparency mechanism where russia can verify the absence of tomahawk cruise missiles capable of reaching russia at nato anti-missile shield bases in bulgaria, vice versa for the pentagon, inspecting two missile launching bases in russian territory. that is deescalation, that the white house is talking about reportedly. your reaction to this story? >> the white house is coming to this whole entire issue just a little bit too late. we know russia, china, iran, north korea, that is your new axis of evil and we know that russian adventurism has been an olympic sport for putin. he loves to go in around the olympics. he did the in georgia in 2008. did it in the ukraine in 2014. and liz, what we have to realize is they're nibbling around the edges. what they should done is what i recommended back in november, sanctions beginning sales of lethal assistance to ukraine, having a unified diplomatic message that said, we are not going to tolerate this

. >> florida governor ron desantis and tennessee senator marsha blackburn and north carolina lieutenant governor mark robinson at the conservative political action conference in orlando, florida. this runs about an hour.

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join the revolution. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator marsha blackburn.y to be back and to see all this year. i have to say you're off to a roaring start, aren't you? the democrats, they have not had a very good year this year. you know, covid, or economic policy, the border, it's all a disaster. therefore and policy is now a war zone, and oh, how we pray for ukraine and for the people of ukraine. also, they've got a little bit of problem with parents. parents across the country are in revolt. crt, ask mandates, lockdowns. what we see happening in the classrooms. they are tired of welcome policies. they're tired of of transgender girls competing against biological girls in our high schools and our colleges. some of their moves are so over-the-top that there are times i absolutely have to double check things to make sure this is not a joke being put out by babylon be. this month the democrats decided they're going to try to get out crack pipes with taxpayer dollars, and we put in the end to that here and at the same time homeland security sent out a memo s

. >> florida governor ron desantis and tennessee senator marsha blackburn and north carolina lieutenant governor mark robinson at the conservative political action conference in orlando, florida. this runs about an hour. >> hello, florida. how does freedom feel? i have two questions for you and everybody watching, are you woke? are you finally awake? >> yes. >> we are excited to be here in florida. this is what we call our weekend with our favorite patriots so thank you for being here. it will be a great event and remember, for those who cannot be with us here in person, you are missing the biggest conservative party of the year. remember to go to conservative.org, live streaming this event. we have a list of speakers. this is the time we need to come together to make sure that we save america, protect our children, our freedom and the time is now. >> are you done? i'm wound up. >> never done, ok? >> you know the story. not every republican does the right thing at all times. we come from the swamp, where we have governors in maryland said it would kill people if we had cpac. and i looke

. >> now florida govern of ron desantis, tennessee senator marsha blackburn and tennessee

. >> harris: marsha blackburn, republican senator from tennessee is in focus now. he previously had called for a full boycott of the games and now we are starting to see why you did. first of all, tell us exactly this moment for us in time in history. >> you have to look at the way we have nancy pelosi responding. this is disgusting to tell our athletes don't tell us what you're seeing, just keep your mouth shut, we are very concerned for the safety and security of these athletes. we are also very concerned about the human rights abuses that the chinese communist party is carrying out and you have articulated those well. we know there is a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to the u.n. leadership when it comes to the biden administration, pelosi's comments, the way they are treating these games allowing the u.s. broadcast network to be there broadcasting these games and the chinese communist party has said they are conducting extreme censorship so they have to approve everything that is going to go out about china. and to be kowtowing to this for pelosi to say what she

well joining us now to discuss is senator marsha blackburn.eat to see you tonight. >> good to see you, brian. brian: the president has, let's say a very tough speech to give tomorrow night. we can talk about what you think he will say but let's start here. senator, what does president biden need to say to america and the world at this present moment? >> president biden should come out as a strong resolute freedom fighter. that is not his nature. what he should do stand there we'll focus on energy independence, the way putin is financing his war against ukraine, is because you have people buying oil and gas from russia. russia is basically a big ol' gas depot, oil depot and they have got an army and what we need to do is cut that revenue stream. biden would do well to say we're not going to import 600,000 barrels of oil per day from russia. we're going to stop it, we're going to become energy independent, independent, once again like we were when president donald trump left office. so, that would be a good starting spot. another thing would be

center stage on the world stage and tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn says human rights abuses aren't the only concern that with virus. there still is not >> an acknowledgment from the chinese communist party about of or participation. in this case, a function research. the state department says if athletes speak out, china should not retaliate. us athletes are entitled to express themselves freely in line with the spirit and charter of the olympics, which includes advancing human rights in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the forty-niners maybe adding a new face to their coaching staff will not need to head coach kyle shanahan. several outlets are reporting that former chargers coach anthony lynn has verbally committed to joining the niners lynn plane running back for the denver broncos under mike shanahan. kyle shanahan's father from 1997 to 99. it truly is a family affair here. lynn was recently dismissed from his role as lions offensive coordinator. he's expected to be named an assistant head coach for the forty-niners with a focus on the run gam

tennessee senator marsha blackburn will be joining us in a moment. >> john: lucas on the ground in kyiv. >> good evening, john. the press conference between french president macron and ukrainian president zelensky has ended in kyiv. far from resolved. >> situation has worsed on the border with the deployment of troops, heightened tension, process of back and forth with nato and russia and the united states, question of nato. >> earlier today, three russian amphibious war ships entered the black sea. some fear it could be another invasion force, targeting odessa, third largest city in ukraine and a tourist destination. some are worried it's buying time for putin to build his forces on ukraine's border, some 140,000 strong factor in ground and naval forces. some two hours north in belarus. they say they will depart belarus in two months when the joint exercises end. a journalist said a tougher response is needed. an miscalculated in a way, he can't even have a weaker response of the nato countries, the western countries, so it's not as weak as russians have expected, but it's not strong e

tennessee republican marsha blackburn calling it extremely inappropriate for him to make this announcement during the invasion of ukraine. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> a south bay law professor calls judge jackson a friend saying that she is an exceptionally qualified nominee. the santa clara university professor says her record speaks for itself. kron four's catherine heenan has more on his reaction to all this, catherine. yeah, well, their friends, but now he's joking about whether or not she'll have time to take his calls. a professor bradley june death. >> he says he had the chance to work with her about a year while she was clerking for the supreme court. he says he that she will be a distinct voice and a lot of ways that includes her record as a public defender. >> well, she's going to be the first nominee to the supreme court has been a public those who are are tasked with the the job of defending criminal defendants who represent don't have the funds to represent to hire a representation. so she'll bring a distinct voice to the court it's never had before,

and tennessee senator marsha blackburn use the biden agenda to rally the crowd not only to vote. >> but also get involved in the elections. it is imperative that we got people. >> that pay and twenty-twenty in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> 4.22 his time. coming up next, caught on camera. a group of thieves breaking into an oakland cannabis dispensary. we're going hear from the manager about how much damage they're facing after the break. for 25 the time. some new video you'll see only on kron 4. a group of thieves caught on surveillance cameras breaking into an oakland dispensary early wednesday morning. and you'll see in previous footage, burglars used an suv to break down the front doors of ivy hill, cannabis on park boulevard. the general manager says that the burglary cost them upwards of $75,000 in damage and stolen inventory proper. taylor sacking has the story. >> we need something because it's were being targeted and we could be nothing and >> i don't i don't know how. >> much longer. we cannot rely ivy hill. cannabis located in oakland's old parkway feeder is the latest disp

tennessee republican marsha blackburn says it's up to the ftc and doj to lead the fight against fraud. it's absolutely essential that the federal government hork with our state partners to crack down on bad actors. we work tirelessly to review thousands of complaints submitted to a central database. cmu levine, director of the bureau of consumer protection at the ftc says the biggest problem is with social media companies. this battle remains uphill so long as digital platforms continue to wash their hands of responsibility for the fraud. they're facilitating. levine says a 2021 supreme court decision strip. the ftc of the power they need to crack down. blumenthal says his measure would give that power back in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> coming up next on kron, 4 news at 5. a new covid testing site opening in san mateo. you can get your next test without making an appointment. >> also, tesla recalling thousands of cars. why the company says the cars are un sect. >> and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle weighing in on president biden's supreme court nominee. who will it be? w

connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal along with tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn introduced legislation which requires online platforms to provide tools to limit screen time, protect data and address mental health issues. we have realized. >> it is imperative that it too, wants people together that will allow in addressing these harms. the bill also creates an obligation for companies to prevent the promotion of self-harm eating disorders, bullying. >> and abuse of children. that's why there is a standard of responsibility, legal responsibility. >> enforceable both blumenthal and blackburn believe social media companies need to be forced to make these changes. we have realized it. >> even as we've asked over the past many years, our social media to take some responsibility that they did not step up and do that. they've been in denial. >> the problems that they have created blumenthal is hopeful that will bring this legislation to the senate floor before the summer reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> thank you, basil. it is 4.11 and coming up on the kron 4

we've got marco rubio as well as marsha blackburn, saying, oh, yes, the biden administration is puttingave hundreds of thousands of followers on facebook and twitter who are repeating this information and then it's getting amplified, but also, these are elected officials. you can't go after them the same way that you can a newspaper. what's the danger in having elected officials who just want to out and out lie on a regular basis and don't face any consequences from their own constituents? >> it gives credibility to the kookarie that's going out there. it's mainstreamed it. marco rubio, of all people, should be ashamed of himself because of how far he's fallen and what he's been willing to say and do to debase himself in order to ingratiate himself with the trump voters that he needs because he's running for re-election, so he's capitalizing on this wave of conservative media attention so that he can get the primary voters out to vote for him in the upcoming election this year in florida. but he knows better. now, marsha blackburn, on the other hand, you know, she was -- she's always be

here to react, tennessee senator marsha blackburn and jason chafetz. i will hand it over to you.ke of what we have learned in the past 24 hours? >> steve, what we have to realize that shows just how desperate they were to win and how serious they were when they lost. i think it's also important to remember that the donald trump for president campaign was headquartered at trump tower. they are infiltrating the servers and to get the information during the campaign and then moving it forward to the white house. i served as vice chair of president trumps transition. when you think about this, think of all of the individuals whose information was swept up into because they were desperate they cannot win this on their own they desperately wanted a third term of barack obama. they were not going to get it they cannot accept that hillary lost they still can't accept that hillary clinton lost the race in 2016 snow you see how they try to carry this out. they are the ones who have ties to russia, not donald trump. steve: then they carry it forward to the white house. just a quick follow u

a member of tennessee and armed services and committee, marsha blackburn. >> good to be with you. jacqui: senator blackburn, you heard the president of ukraine say if they're sure, hit them with the sanctions right now and sanctions used to deter. where we get to the point it hasn't worked, what is stopping us? >> i can't imagine why president biden will not step forward and take an action. it appears that he is waiting for things to escalate, for lives to be lost, property to be damaged, but we do know that sanctions work and one of the things he could have done was to move in and remove, have russia removed from the swiss international banking system, hitting those banks, would be the appropriate thing to do, but jacqui, we have to realize that putin's number one request of the u.s. was a five-year extension of the new start treaty. president trump was not willing to do that, he was going to give him a one-year with conditions. biden gave him five years, no conditions. then he did not want sanctions on nord stream two, that was his number two request. so biden gives him that wit

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator marsha blackburn. am so happy to bo see you all this year. i have to say, you are off to a roaring start. this is a great forum. and the democrats have not had a very good year this year. there economic policy, covid, the border, it is all a disaster. the foreign policy is now a war zone and how we pray for ukraine. also, they have a little bit of the problem with parents. parents across the country, mask mandates, crt. what we see happening in the classroom, they are tired of woke politics. they are tired of transgender girls competing against biological roles in our high schools and our colleges. some of their measures are so over-the-top there are times i have to double check things to make sure this is not a joke. this month, the democrats decided they were going to track to give out crack pipes with taxpayer dollars. and we put an end to that. we make security send out a memo saying, if you hear anybody speaking against the covid policy, education policy, report them to the authorities. it was a s

tennessee senator marcia marsha blackburn and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. >> steve, we haverealize, this shows how desperate they were to win, and how furious they were when they lost, it is important to remember that donald trump for president campaign was headquartered at trump tower. they are infiltrating the servers and getting that information spying on that campaign during the campaign, and then, moving it forward, to the white house. now nose of us, i serve advice chairman of president trump's transition. when you think about this, think about all of the individuals whose information got swept up into this. and i have previously written doj to say, was i surveilled, i have never gotten an answer, it shows you economy tent -- the extent to which they were willing to g they were desperate, they wanted a third term of barack obama, they could not get it they could not accept that heldry lost, they -- hillly lost, they still can't accept it. you see how they fry to carry this out, they are the ones with ties to russia not donald trump. >> just a quick follow-up on sulliva

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. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator marsha blackburn.o happy to be back and to see all this year. i have to say you're off to a roaring start, aren't you? the democrats, they have not had a very good year this year. you know, covid, or economic policy, the border, it's all a disaster. therefore and policy is now a war zone, and oh, how we pray for ukraine and for the people of ukraine. also, they've got a little bit of problem with parents. parents across the country are in revolt. crt, ask mandates, lockdowns. what we see happening in the classrooms. they are tired of welcome policies. they're tired of of transgender girls competing against biological girls in our high schools and our colleges. some of their moves are so over-the-top that there are times i absolutely have to double check things to make sure this is not a joke being put out by babylon be. this month the democrats decided they're going to try to get out crack pipes with taxpayer dollars, and we put in the end to that here and at the same time homeland security sent out a

i spoke with marsha blackburn the other day. said to me look she is expecting her bill along with richard blumenthal to come to the from for a vote to actually make social media accountable for some of the things that are out there. for example, real simple, all of these crazy challenges that you see. a challenge to swallow laundry detergent? a challenge to jump out of your car while your vehicle is moving to land on your feet and dance? a challenge to see how tight you can put a belt around your neck? these things are still out there and they're all over social media. so we are zeroing in on and also zeroing in on social media's role in the open border. and there you have got drug cartels using tiktok to lure in teenagers. they are basically saying here is $1,000 a head. be the get away car. no matter that these kids don't have driver's license. that's why they're basically jamming 10, 12, 13 people in a car so they can make 13 grand and then falling over and tipping over in a ditch and people are dying as a result. so there is

marsha blackburn from tennessee demanded some answers saying government funded drug paraphernalia iscommunities and first responders fighting drugs flowing into the country from the southern border. >> every single day reality calls and the biden administration just hangs up. i don't think when moms and dads lie down at night in america and can't sleep they are worried about clean injection sites and sterile crack pipes. you want to hit the addiction problem in america a hard lick? seal the border right now. >> harris: so richard the other tie-in in this, they're saying it's for racial equality. how is giving away drug paraphernalia going to help racial equity in america? >> a couple things here. whoever released this particular statement or released this grant application from the federal government or hhs get a mulligan from me. when you read into what the grant does here is what it does. something we've seen work in many places. we saw vice president mike pence then governor of indiana institute a similar program in a county in indiana with a large outbreak of hiv/aids because of

. >> harris: senator marsha blackburn said you actually give them a gift by sending our athletes and our athletes. spending all of his time getting ready to go, i totally get that, we need to deliver a different vehicle and system for our young athletes. a lot of things were in place for 100 years and they changed. >> emily: such great insight. >> caitlyn: i agree with that, but it's going to be difficult. it's honestly very difficult right now to change what's happening in this country, the wrong people are in power and the ioc is the same way, the wrong people are in power and to be honest with you, i feel we have to pick better candidates here in the united states to run to change things and i think is the same thing with the ioc. we have to pick different people to be in those positions of power that are interested in doing what's right for the athletes, for the olympic games and that what's right for them in the host country. >> emily: perfectly said. moving on, 16 swimmers the university of pennsylvania are speaking out against their teammate arguing she should not be allowed t

senator marsha blackburn with harsh words. >> cartels making more money than many of our major corporations's not grams or ounces, it is pounds. it is coming over the southern border. every town is a border town. every state is a border state because joe biden and kamala harris cannot get their act together and secure that southern border. people are sick of this. >> harris: the "new york post" calls enforcement on the southern border a total farce. a quote from that op-ed reading the only white house strategy seems to be keeping the flow going flying migrants around the country to spread out the impact and trusting the media not to report on it and pretend nothing is really happening. didn't the left once claim to be the reality-based side of our politics? brandon judd, national border patrol council president, in "focus" now. welcome. when i hear you say the words that you'll just be good to get 5% of what's out there what are you telling us is really out there? >> first off i don't say it lightly. i do it based upon information that we have. intelligence that has been gathered. we know d

senator marsha blackburn says no one should be told not to speak out. >> allowing a u.s.rk to be there broadcasting these games, and the chinese communist party has said they are conducting extreme censorship, but they have to approve everything that is going to go out about china. >> nbc universal is paying $7.75 billion to the games. corporations have been called to pull their sponsorships of the games. coca-cola, procter & gamble, and others have deals. >> shannon: we will see you again in just a few minutes. thank you so much. let's talk about the real world impact of these headlines, foreign and domestic. tonight's "bream-team panel." great to have both of you with us tonight. what is -- some of the information we have gotten from experts monitoring the russian military movements customer to hear the bullet points we have picked up. putin is 70% of military forces he needs for a full invasion already in place. the window of attack is expected to be between february 15th and the end of march. missiles, artillery, aircraft, warships, and submarines in place. the estima

center stage on the world stage and tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn says human rights abusesn't the only concern that with virus. there still is not an acknowledgment from the chinese communist party. >> about of or participation. in this case, a functional research. the state department says if athletes speak out, china should not retaliate. us athletes are entitled to express themselves freely in line with the spirit and charter of the olympics, which includes advancing human rights in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back now to our forecast as we take a live look outside here in downtown san francisco. >> hazy out there and our meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has details on the warm weather and also the tahoe forecast. hi, marissa. hey, they're just seen tgif. it is friday. let's take a look at your forecast because we are going to notice dry conditions and even mild weather heading your way. >> my biggest concern for this year will be the rapid snow melt. remember yesterday it was 89% of normal. and it is dropped 2% since then. so no 87% of average and the warm dry weathe

senator marsha blackburn says vladimir putin wants nothing more than to return to the days of the oldunion and made it clear he will attack the national security of the west and our partners to make it happen. there are some democrats who seem to agree. >> we see the biden administration impose sanctions on anyone doing business or involved with these breakaway regions. but we need to go further. >> germany now says that after yesterday they are not going to let putin pump oil directly to europe via the nord stream 2 pipeline. a move they've been talking about. some in washington wondering when the u.s. will do something that hurts putin that badly. >> germany is learning the lesson. unfortunately president biden hasn't so far. stopping nord stream 2 is excellent and exactly what germany needed to do. >> a senior administration official pours cold water on a putin/biden meeting. if russia won't take military action when it looks like they will. the white house gave putin a choice over the weekend. have a meeting with president biden or get aggressive with ukraine. it seems that he has

center stage on the world stage and tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn says human rights abusesren't the only concern that with virus. there still is not an acknowledgment from the chinese communist party. >> about of or participation. in this case, a function research. the state department says if athletes speak out, china should not retaliate. us athletes are entitled to express themselves freely in line with the spirit and charter of the olympics, which includes advancing human rights in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. time now for our 4 zone forecast. as we give you a live look at the richmond, richmond, the san mateo. >> hayward bridge and celebrate the fact and that it's friday and our energy and our concentration level is starting to fade. are all ready for the weekend. rebecca strom is here to tell us what to expect weather-wise, rebecca. well, it's going to be a perfect weekend to head outdoors and enjoy it. if you like a mild temperatures, even some warm ones on the board and a lot of sunshine. >> this weekend's going to be perfect for you outside right now. a nice sho

senate marsha blackburn vowing to hold up the funding until it's clear that taxpayers aren't shellingime for those crack pipes. >> let me say this about miss psaki. she ought to be jana king employee of the year. she has to clean up three messes every single day. here is what i do know. the biden administration has taken $30 million from their emergency covid bill and they are using it to facilitate the smoking of crack cocaine and crystal meth. they say they can make it safer. and i say there is no way to make smoking crack cocaine or meth safer. it is like trying to put a filter on a cigarette. they ought to take this $30 million which they said they would use for covid. they ought to use it to secure the border, to stop the drugs coming in and use it to get those folks into addiction programs and they ought to talk straight to the american people and explain look, you are right. we got caught trying to help people make it easier for people to smoke crack and it was dumb thing to do and we reversed course. >> harris: you know they aren't going to do that. they will never admit that

so to marsha black bush. -- marsha blackburn.three pulitzers he's won, to me, it suggests biden is winning. what say you? >> stuart, we would not be in this situation right now if biden had shown some strength early on. last fall if he had put sanctions in place, if he had started to sell lethal assistance to the ukrainian army, if he had been firm when he went to nato and would have said we all have to stand against russia in this, we have to stand with ukraine, but joe biden didn't do that. so now it is bush -- pushed up to the brink. but, you knowing as bob gates told us, joe biden has been wrong on every foreign policy issue for 40 years. and indeed, he's a little bit late to the game. glad that he is showing some force, that he is stepping up now, but he is not making putin blink. putin has been in charge of this this situation because he views joe biden as being weak, as being rudderless, as being very timid when it comes to making decisions. stuart: got it. i'm going to change the subject for a second, senator. >> sure. st

senator marsha blackburn is giving hhs until march 1st to answer whether or not the biden administrationraphernalia. hhs is pushing back, calling the report "blatant misinformation" while not especially denying its claims. that is where we start tonight, a legal conversation with a host of the talking fed podcast from a former u.s. attorney harry litman. host of nothing but the truth podcast, criminal defense attorney david bruno. welcome back. >> thanks shannon. >> shannon: . >> shannon: "the washington free beacon" says this: hhs aims to reduce the risk of infection when smoking substances with glass pipes. applicants for the grants are prioritized if they treat a majority of underserved communities, as established under joe biden's executive order establishing racial equity. there's a lot to unpack but this is about supplying materials that will make people safer and also prioritize for the grant of your providing these things to very specific populations. what do you make of it? >> yeah, well, the pipes got to go. they've got to go because it is illegal on the local level and the sta

from democratic senators elizabeth warren and debbie stabenow and republicans steve daines and marsha blackburneople i would not have put together on my own. it not only bans trading in congress but prevents politicians from owning stocks at all. >> when elected you're here to serve the people, not the elite. and this i think is a step forward, important step forward to restore the faith and trust of the american people in this institution. >> reporter: another idea gaining momentum comes from democratic senator jon ossoff. he wants lawmakers to put their assets in a blind trust or forfeit their calories ossoff is part of a working group in the senate that's trying to come up with a unified approach he said he hopes to have bill text ready soon. >> the bottom line is we have come a long way in a month from this being called a fool's errand to now being at the top of the legislative agenda and we should be able to hammer this out without spending too much time agonizing over it this is not a highly complex area of law. >> reporter: one open question, whether any new rules would apply not just to

we have marsha blackburn on it. other nations say one way to get vladimir putin's kick russia out of swift. the inspiration of the ukrainian people, amazing to behold. arthel: we are with them all the way. we will see you at 4:00 pm eastern. arthel enter good afternoon everyone. with the special coverage of the story right now. report this hour from an advisor to ukraine's president zelensky that the russian attack on kyiv is not advancing on this hour despite explosions and air raid sirens that have been here as the night falls and the capitol. an american defense official now says a 50% of the assembled russian combat forces are now inside the borders. we have watched all of the positions all around the country of kyiv. at 50% of those actually inside the country. and circling kyiv as well cities in the northeast and the south of ukraine. but we have just seen the most incredible fortitude from ukrainian citizens and a russia is apparently very frustrated with the pushback they are getting from the resistance in u

connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal along with tennessee republican senator marsha blackburnion which requires online platforms to provide tools to limit screen time, protect data and address mental health issues. we have realized. >> is imperative that it too, wants people together that will allow in addressing these harms. the bill also creates an obligation for companies to prevent the promotion of self-harm eating disorders, bullying and abuse of children. that's why there is a standard of responsibility, legal responsibility. >> enforceable both blumenthal and blackburn believe social media companies need to be forced to make these changes. we have realized it. >> even as we've asked over the past many years, our social media to take some responsibility that they did not step up and do that. they've been in denial. >> the problems that they have created blumenthal is hopeful that will bring this legislation to the senate floor before the summer reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> 8.46, right now. temperature, weather and know, every morning i park right next to

lawmakers keen on holding big tech accountable like tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn andicut democratic senator richard blumenthal are targeting the mobile app store market. the mobile market is broken there. bipartisan legislation would change how users download and pay for the apps through apple and google. right now those companies can impose up to a 30% fee on app developers. consumers pay it. >> competitors can't compete because they are denied access fairly women fallen blackburn want to remove apple and google as middlemen saving money, time and effort and energy for consumers. >> and opening up if innovative environment for a lot of bright minds, these big tech companies say their systems are necessary to protect user security. >> and some lawmakers like california senator alex padilla worry that without changes this legislation could make consumers more vulnerable. if consumers want to side of apps from a browser. >> they should be allowed to, but they should do so knowing what that means. fellow california democrat senator dianne feinstein also questioned why th

. >> republican marsha blackburn says that's bad advice. >> this is disgusting to tell our athletes don'tl us what you are seeing, just keep your mouth shut there is a lot of hypocrisy. >> one uyghur refugee who escaped the communist party agrees. >> it this olympics will be another tool tort china's government to use to justify their actions. >> u.s. intelligence shows millions of uyghurs forced into slave labor and women and girls raped and sterilized. some survivors describe the situation as modern day concentration camps. >> this is all going to blow up on the chinese. >> it's not just former olympians speaking out. young athletes accuse corporate sponsors of. >> they care about money and business and going on. >> u.s. corporate sponsors of the international olympic committee include airbnb bridge bridgestone, coke, campbell and visa. $7.75 billion contract for broadcast rights. none are pulling their support for the ioc whose president denies any responsibility. >> if we are taking a political standpoint, then we are putting the games at risk. >> here at the state department a diplom

and tennessee senator marsha blackburn use the biden agenda to rally the crowd not only to vote. >> buto get involved in the elections. it is imperative that we got people. >> that paint ball and 28 when a j. >> in washington, i'm jessi tenure. >> alarming new details tonight about the mental state of easton crumbley. the teenager accused of killing 4 students at a high school in michigan last november. prosecutors say crumbley's parents laughed when their son told them he was seeing demons and hearing voices. they claim the parents told the team to it up. a judge ordered james and jennifer crumbley to stand trial today on involuntary manslaughter charges. ethan crumbley is charged as an adult with first-degree murder assault with intent to murder terrorism and gun charges in a highly controversial move. texas governor greg abbott is going after the parents. >> of transgender minors and he's asking for the public's help abbott to issued a directive calling on everyone to report the parents to authorities. if there kids are getting gender affirming medical care. that includes ginger chan

tennessee republican marsha blackburn says it's up to the ftc and doj to lead the fight against fraudbsolutely essential that the federal government work with our state partners to crack down on bad actors. we work tirelessly to review thousands of complaints submitted to a central database. cmu levine, director of the bureau of consumer protection at the ftc says the biggest problem is with social media companies. this battle remains uphill so long as digital platforms continue to wash their hands of responsibility for the fraud. they're facilitating. levine says a 2021 supreme court decision strip. the ftc of the power they need to crack down. blumenthal says his measure would give that power back in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. >> well, americans have long struggled with mental health issues and drug addiction. medical experts are saying the pandemic made both of those issues much worse. the american academy of pediatrics says the pandemic created a mental health emergency for kids and teens as a disrupted young people's routines and increase their social isolation. some lawmake

connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal along with tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn introduced legislation which requires online platforms to provide tools to limit screen time, protect data and address mental health issues. we have realized. >> it is imperative that it too, wants people together that will allow in addressing these harms. the bill also creates an obligation for companies to prevent the promotion of self-harm eating disorders, bullying. >> and abuse of children. that's why there is a standard of responsibility, legal responsibility. >> enforceable both blumenthal and blackburn believe social media companies need to be forced to make these changes. we have realized that. >> even as we've asked over the past many years, our social media to take some responsibility that they did not step up and do that. they've been in denial. >> the problems that they have created blumenthal is hopeful that will bring this legislation to the senate floor before the summer reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> after 2 years online celebrations pride is back in per

tennessee republican marsha blackburn calling it extremely inappropriate for him to make this announcement during the invasion of ukraine. we're now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> thank you, raquel. still to come, the cost of war castigating economic consequences being felt now across the globe. and florida has passed a law that's being called the don't say bill will explain how it works and why explain how it works and why people are criticizing it. oh, wow, barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. but i just... so thanks, but, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that

incurring the anger of the chinese government because they are ruthless, but republican marsha blackburns that's bad advice . this is disgusting to tell our athletes don't tell us what you're seeing. just keep your mouth shot. there is a lot of hypocrisy. one weaker refugee who escaped the communist party agrees. i'm afraid. this olympics. it will be another tool for the chinese government to use to justify their actions . us intelligence shows millions of weaker is forced into slave labor and women and girls raped and sterilized. some survivors described the situation as modern day concentration camps. this is all going to blow up on the chinese. it's not just former olympians speaking out, young athletes accused corporate sponsors of complicity. they care too much about their money and business and endorsement is going on us corporate sponsors of the international olympic committee include airbnb, bridgestone, coca cola, intel, procter and gamble and visa. nbcuniversal has a $7.75 billion contract for broadcast rights. none are pulling their support for the ioc, whose president denies

marsha blackburn and a growing number of republicans are saying because this is national security problem getting secret service protection, flying hundreds of flights overseas to do overseas business dealings in russia, china, with companies backed by those governments military intelligence and national security services? also kazakhstan, romania. "the new york times" is suing the state department to get information about hunter's emails in romania. should there be a special counsel on this, what do you think? >> i'm opposed to counsels and go in different directions stay around to find something even if there is something there, this is case needs to be done. we'll see what the justice department does in a few days what that is going to be. you have to have pressure. i don't think it will happen after the november elections. they will try to stonewall this thing, very telling, liz, "the new york times" is on it as well. the other shoes, a ton of shoes are about to drop. elizabeth: just the news is reporting about this email. by the way george kent already testified to congress what hunt

good marsha blackburn for leading the charge. i hope something can get passed. she thinks the legislation will move forward and go for a vote. there was one youtube video that was how to slit your wrists. i didn't want to bring it up because it's so disgusting. but it's important to shine a spotlight on these things. jump in here, patrice. patrice: yeah. absolutely. i mean, i think it's concerning as a parent and as an organization of women, many of whom are moms, worried about the kind of content their kids are consuming. but to play devil's advocate a little bit, when we talk about content moderation and congress' role in regulating it, are we at all worried about those who might be regulating it, you know, being -- using it as an opportunity to silence certain types of speech or content that we want to see more of, rather than going after the negative harmful content that we see. how do we ensure that there's a good balance when it comes to content moderation and regulation? maria: what do you think, cara? >> i think there has to be strict limiting principles

tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn told me yesterday on "fox news live" that we still cannott relationship. >> we know that xi jinping who heads the chinese communist party has recently met with putin. that will give us an indication of how closely tied these two are. i really look at russia, china, iran, north korea as the new axis of evil. >> the diplomacy to permit senior advisor george w. bush administration joins us now. christian, despite it seems at least at the un, china has had a second thought. they abstained from the vote the other day. do you think they can persuade putin to back off? >> and no i don't think so but i'm not sure they will even try to do that that is par for course throughout most of its modern history, china has abstained on major issues of contention at the un security council except during times were chinese equities are directly on the way in which case will often veto things that things are adverse. china is very invested and very happy that it is being drawn closer to putin, to russia are more likely the west is pushed russia towards china the