martha: indeed. thanks very much, neil. great to have you with us. >> neil: same here, martha. >> martha: president biden wants to turn around the poll numbers where the economy is concerned. he wants people to go in good shape, he wants them to have enough money to buy things. so today he has to deal with a tough report. that data that came out and talk to americans about the fact that the cost of everything is going up and up. then he's also got to address vladimir putin and what is the impact on all of that, the war in europe as it continues to grind on and putin pledges that he will carry out this special operation to its "full completion." we expect the president to address these issues when he's at this event. general jack keane and trey yingst who is live in kyiv when our breaking coverage continues. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for whatchya... line? need. liberty biberty— cut. liberty... are we married to mutual? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ can a company make the planet a better place? what if it's a company that's pursuing 100% renewable energy

martha? >> martha: peter, thank you. we'll watch as the briefing gets underway and the questions are laid out for jen psaki that will happen in a little bit. here's marc thiessen, the former chief speechwriter for former president bush. good to have you here today. >> good afternoon, martha. >> martha: it's tough to listen to this back and forth about semantics. i understand there's sort of official definitions of things like genocide when you talk about war crimes and the world court. but it's pretty daunting to look at to face the images that we're seeing coming outs of ukraine today. everybody can see what is going on here. >> yeah, you look at it, you know it and you see it. we've seen the images of bodies in the streets with bullet holes in the back of their hands, women that burned to death after being raped in front of their children. mass graves with bodies sticking out. genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes. whatever you want to call it, they are atrocities and they're prosecutable. the problem is that the u.n. is completely incapable of addressing these atrocities for one simple reason. 40% of the voting members are actively engaged in genocide and crimes against humanity. in china, the one veto wielding member, they have over a million uighurs in conce

martha maccallum. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum at fox head quarters in north. president biden in battleground north carolina at this hour. a state he lost by one point to president trump back in 2020. big republican senate primary going on there. that will happen in mid may. everybody is starting to watch this mid-term movement here. so the former president's pick is leading the pack in north carolina. this is to replace senator burr, who is retiring. the pick by president trump is getting leverage there. here's. biden's new numbers at record lows today. approval according to quinnipiac at 33%. that is not a good number according to gallup. he is leading support from a reliable voting block less than seven months to go to the mid-terms here. young voters definitely losing the luster with regard to the president. down 20 points in both of the millennial group and the gen z group. something to turn around. let's bring in marc thiessen, fox news contributor and mark penn, former clinton adviser and chairman and ceo. great to have you with us. i hear that election m

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we appreciate it. >> martha: thank you, martha. >> martha: so any minute now, another situation that we're keeping one eye on here as johnny depp has been testifying today. he will be back on the stand in this legal face-off with ex-wife amber heard and we'll take you there live. he is suing her for $50 million after she wrote a newspaper column calling herself a public figure representing domestic abuse. he denies abusing her. he says she attacked him. brian claypool is here. first, to david spunt live from the courthouse in fairfax, virginia. interesting day there, david. >> very interesting day. only going to get more interesting today and tomorrow. the reason this is in fairfax, virginia is because amber heard wrote that op-ed that is published here in fairfax, virginia. johnny depp took the stand at 2:00 p.m. court goes until 5:00 p.m. he's being questioned with what some may call favorable questions by his team. took will be the to you questions, the cross examination from ex-wife amber heard's attorneys. we have the live look of the actor, johnny depp, sitting down right now. h

we're paying for that. >> martha: apparently there is. >> governor hochul is waving everybody in. >> thanks very much, rob astorino. >> thanks, martha. >> marthae ninth precinct in manhattan where we expect to see frank james, the suspect in the new york subway attack. watching this with us is joe concha, fox news contributor. we understand they're processing him there, joe and potentially it will be taken somewhere else for further interrogation. one aspect of this potentially. your thoughts on what we saw here today. >> amazing that here we are almost 24 hours later. when you first heard about this story, and all of those subways and we've all ridden them, all of those subways that this suspect could have escaped on and never seen him again. there wasn't a lot of hope that we would have an apprehension so quickly in this case. kudos to the nypd and the crimestoppers, people on the ground, citizens that you played earliter sound bites of those that tipped off cops to find this guy and bring him to justice. it's just great. again, we need a surge of law enforcement in terms of undercover police officers, uniform police officers, cameras that w

martha. >> martha: good afternoon, everyone. i'm martha maccallum. right now the attorney general garland admitting really what we have been reporting here for weeks on what is about to happen at our southern border. >> do you consider the border in a state of crisis? >> i think as you rightly pointed out, there's going to be a lot of intelligence suggested that there will be a lot more people migrating to the border. >> martha: a lot more people. that's when title 42 is lifted. the polls point to big trouble across the board for the democrats based on inflation, rising crime and that open border issue towards mexico. it could be that the courts might provide a bit of relief for the biden white house in some ways. a judge's decision keeps title 42 in lays for now. that came late yesterday. that could change next month. the supreme court is currently picking up the remain in mexico policy to question whether or not it is supported by our federal laws. we'll break this down for you in just a moment with the arizona attorney general. bill melugin is stan

martha: yes. obviously once inflation digs in, it's very hard to shake it out. >> neil: absolutely. >> martha: it's like getting sand in your shoes. you think you shook it out but it's still there months later. enjoy your pasta this weekend, neil. pasta is still reasonable. it's always a good choice. >> neil: it's always fine. only when it hits $50 a box, that's when i stop. it's not that yet. right now that's the worry. >> martha: thank god. neil, thank you. great to see you. >> neil: thank you, martha. >> martha: so what we're learning right now, getting new information about these reported air strikes in russia on an oil depot. the ukrainian counter offensive against putin's forces. you know, both sides are blaming the other for what happened here. we don't know whether or not ukrainians attacked something inside russia. that would be a huge problem. general david petraeus says clearly perilous teams are ahead. no one deserves the american dream of homeownership more than veterans. with the newday zero down home purchase loan, you can buy a home with no down payment. and they're still holding rates in the 3s. already own a home and need cash? the newday100 loan can get you up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments by $615 a month. take ten minutes right now and make the call. because no one knows veterans like newday usa. my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c

martha: great for catholic schools. are you on the fence? >> we're public school for now. they do a great job. our school system produced martha maccallum. >> marthamy school system. i don't have faith in my governor if this is what he is going to bat for. >> martha: two years ago -- >> 15 years. >> martha: it's changed a little bit. thanks, joe. great to see you. shifting gears here to talk about the horrific situation that sun folding in ukraine today and every day on day 46 of this war. dead residents carpet the streets of mariupol. that is what the mayor there is telling people as he's had a chance to walk and see what has happened there. they now believe more than 10,000 civilians have been killed by russian forces in mariupol. some of them may have died of starvation or cold because they had no heat or food. the number is likely to go higher. t double best western rewards points on every stay. and with rewards points that never expire, you get free nights fast! book now at bestwestern.com. ancestry made it really easy to learn about my family's history. finding military information, newspaper articles, how many people were living in the hous

and we've seen that as well with the russian flagship, which seems with sunk, martha, martha, that the, it's only really through the work of, of critical russian journalists who have been digging into this, that they're trying to find out whether there has been a casualties on that ship because the russian official side at least is, is keeping that quiet for the moment. really thank you very much, shar correspond, emily, sherwin sketch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world. today, at least 6 people have been killed in explosions near a school in the afghan capital cobble. oh security official says the blasts were caused by hand grenades. no perpetrators yet been identified with the school is in a mostly shiite muslim neighborhood, which has previously been a target of the so called islamic state. israel says it's war. planes have struck the gaza strip after the israeli military intercepted a missile fired from the palestinian territory. hamas which controls garza claimed israel hit empty sites. the incident follows a weekend of israeli palestinian violence i

martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum at fox news headquarters here in new york city. here's the story right now. we're moments away from the white house press briefing. it's been delayed about an hour from the original schedule. that as there are a lot of questions on everyone's mind. look at this image of this woman on her knees in ukraine. we heard from her yesterday talking about the buried family members that were found and pleading with the world to pay attention to what was going on in her town. ukraine is fighting to stop the killings by murder, by burnings we're learning now, likely far vaccination in mariupol going on, men, women and children. all affected. a haunting image of someone who was burned, had a swastika burned into their skin. so the u.s. today, the biggest move right now is to sanction russia's largest financial institution and largest private bank. >> responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable and together with our allies and our partners, we'll keep

martha maccallum starts now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. here's the story. we're waiting to get some brand new reaction from the pentagon. also from the white house to the absolutely horrifying images that we are all witnessing coming out of ukraine. we warn you that these are very hard to see. but they are the reality in the towns surrounding kyiv in this brutal war that has been waged on ukraine by russia. this i'm admonish is from bucca ukraine out site of kyiv, this important shot by russian soldiers and left on the street according to the residents that live there. also, a person shot while riding their bicycle down the streets. there they were left and there they lie. the dog's leash still on. residents say their mayor, her husband and her little boy were murdered and that potentially other mayors in other places and their families suffered the same fate. execution style, thrown into a pit. russia calls all of this staged managed anti-russian provocation. president zelensky calls it gen

martha maccallum is here for a news duel with me. brian: time now forth fox news duel. let's bring in martha maccallum. martha, are you ready? ha: i am ready. brian: put on the music. forget the clock, we know about cracker jacks. but do you know about cracker jill? they are rolling out a new twist to take me out to the ballgame and they are ending with this new ballgame. are you for cracker jill? martha: i think cracker jill is cute. i like whrerng about the cracker jack company. it was a german founder. he might have been canceled if he hadn't made the package red, white and blue. generally they don't last very long. brian: get the women involved, i like being politically correct here. >> beer for less. this is the fourth year in a row. he drinks only beer, water and a vitamin. beer only for lent. brian: it does not get the stamp of approval from the medical communities. martha: the cdc saidf in case you are wondering this is not a healthy way to lose weight. we would not have known that if not for the cdc. brian: a married woman wants to get out of a serious shooting trial. this perhaps is the most unique. let's listen to

martha. >> martha: great stuff. jacqui, thanks very much. border officials dealing with around 6,000 apprehensions at the border. that's the average on a daily basis. that is expected to triple, a situation that the former dhs secretary under president obama, jay johnson, says is not sustainable was his word. here we are. bill melugin live in mission, texas where preparations for this influx are underway ahead of the lifting of title 42 in a few weeks. hi, bill. >> hi, martha. good afternoon to you. dhs is projecting that when title 42 draws, we could see 18,000 illegal crossings a day. that would be anarchy here at the border. we'll pull up this video. they started running drills with the national guard, how they would respond to a mass migration event. they've had soldiers in riot gear and simulating if a large migrant caravan showed up may 23 or if there was a surge on top of a surge as being predicted an a bunch of people made a run on the border. this was made by governor abbott saying he will involve the use of the texas military. you see here the soldiers in the riot gear forming skirmish lines and drilling on how they would respond to what we've seen in mexico with the migrant caravans where the mexican military has been pushed up on and pushed through by migrants down there. we'll show you other video as we embed it with troopers. troopers were hunting for runners this morning as we were linked up with them. they don't want to be caught. they're n

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martha? >> martha: thanks, mark. let's bring in retired general jack keane, chairman of the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst. general, always good to have you with us. your reaction first of all to this icbm russian test and vladimir putin's contention that it will protect them from external threats. >> certainly a scheduled test. we knew it was going to take place. these are fairly standard procedures to test the equipment that we have and certainly test new modernized equipment as well. russia has a strong strategic deterrence as of the united states. made up of icbms, bombers and submarine launched missiles. they've been modernizing theirs the last ten years. we have not been. ours are atrophying. there's a down payment in this budget to put us on the right track. a lot more is needed to do to get our system where they should be. >> martha: do you agree with president zelensky that says if they had received all of the weaponry that they asked for, they could have been done with this war by now? >> yeah, i don't know if that's a fact. i don't think the president knows either in due respect to him. i do know this. absolutely one of the major lessons learned here, we should have given him the emergency supply of equipment when the russians showed up on his door in march. when you look at this and what putin has said about ukraine going back to the security conference that was held in munich in 2007 when he was expressing with his objectives and goals were in terms of a new security arrangement and everybody at the meeting blew him off and he's been unequivocal about his intent dealing with ukraine. multiple presidents going all the way back to president bush, obama, trump, also need to answer why didn't we give them lethal aid right from the beginning when we saw what putin's intent was and we could probably have provided

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martha, are still insisting on having a vote to extend this covid policy. they must get their way if mayorkas can't sell this plan to democrats. martha? >> aishah, thank you very much. texas senator john cornyn is here. first to bryan llenas in eagle pass, texas. hi, bryan. >> hi, martha. we're starting to see a trend here in eagle pass where mexican authorities have stepped up security, it appears. at least their presence on the other side of the border. it appears to have some effect on the number of migrants crossing here in eagle pass. today for the first time, mexican authorities flew a helicopter up and down the rio grande valley here in eagle pass. there was marines as an increased presence. this show of force comes after texas governor greg abbott cut a deal wit mexican governors to ease up on vehicle inspections coming into texas in exchange for more cooperation on the immigration front. today we also saw handful of immigrants, four adults that said they're from cuba and traveled months to come here. we saw two young boys and four children and parents. last night we rode with texas highway patrol. at about 1:30 a.m., we were in an eight-mile high-speed chase. there were seven mexican nationals inside. the driver of that minivan was just 13 years old. a juveni

martha. >> martha: good afternoon, everyone. i'm martha maccallum. n reporting here for weeks on what is about to happen at our southern border. >> do you consider the border in a state of crisis? >> i think as you rightly pointed out, there's going to be a lot of intelligence suggested that there will be a lot more people migrating to the border. >> martha: a lot more people. that's when title 42 is lifted. the polls point to

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martha maccallum. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum at fox head quarters in north.one point to president trump back in 2020. big republican senate primary going on there. that will happen in mid may. everybody is starting to watch this mid-term movement here. so the former president's pick is leading the pack in north carolina. this is to replace senator burr, who is

martha raddatz tonight, and martha, we saw that russian video showing the damage in mariupol. the blockade around the steel factory. ukrainians inside that james just mentioned. i'm curious tonight, what can these weapons, what can these new ghost drones accomplish? >> reporter: david, the pentagon is sending this brand new kind of drone just out of development, they say will work well in eastern ukraine. it is called the phoenix ghost and is similar to the switchblade drone, that kamikaze-like drone that can be carried in a backpack, launched from anywhere. they are laden with explosives and guided to their targets remotely. the pentagon says the phoenix ghost is designed to deliver a punch. david? >> martha raddatz with us live from washington tonight. martha, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we turn now to the pandemic. and tonight, with millions of americans now traveling on planes and most public transportation without masks after a federal judge in florida struck down the travel mask mandate, we've seen the joy from so many, and still concern from others over the health of their loved ones, children, with new covid cases jumping across 30 states. so tonight here, what the justice department now appealing this ruling, what does this mean? could the rules change again and could this confusion have been avoided? dr. ashish jha, now at his new post in the biden administration, we pressed him late today on the confusion and on what they're seeing right now with new cases jumping across most of the country. dr. jha, of course, now the white house covid-19 response coordinator, dr. jha, thanks for being here tonight. you've seen the confusion all over the country. you saw the relief, the joy

martha raddatz with us now. and martha, i know prosecutors believe these men were able to dupe members of the secret service. what do we know about these suspects, their funding, their motive? >> reporter: david, that's the big mystery. this was clearly well-funded, despite the fact the men said they couldn't afford an attorney. one saying today he had no money. so, we don't know yet whether someone else or some other country was behind this, nor do we know what they may have been after. david? >> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the pandemic. new cases rising in half the country. the omicron subvariant now the dominant strain. 72% of all cases nationwide. and tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi has tested positive for the virus. her office saying the 82-year-old house speaker got her second booster weeks ago and remains asymptomatic tonight. but this evening, questions also about the president. the speaker was with president biden several times this week. there's also news tonight that senator susan collins has tested positive, too, in fact, several big names in washington. so, let's bring in our senior white house correspondent mary bruce. mary, i know the white house has been pressed on whether or not the president was, in fact, a close contact with speaker pelosi and if they're taking any extra steps to protect him. >> reporter: well, david, the white house says the president tested negative again overnight, but we did see him with

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martha, thank you for 'oinin: watched out for. martha, thank you forjoining us. _ watched out for. marthatha bill live here on outside source. in a few minutes' time, we will talk about what's happening in china, big cues at checkouts in beijing, people worry that they said he could be next for a covid lockdown. cases their rise. scientists are trying to discover more about why volcanoes erupt. to do so, a team of international scientists have headed off the coast of mexico to explore a remote chain of mexico to explore a remote chain of islands, researching tectonic plates on the cause of tsunamis, they hope to find evidence that could support early warning system. they are amongst the most awe—inspiring, the most powerful and the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth. understanding why and when volcanoes erupt could save lives. scientists have come here to one of the most remote places on earth for possible answers. translation: the question that volcanologists always have - is when will the next eruption take place. for that, we need monitoring, and the reality is that volcanoes ar

martha raddatz with us live from washington tonight. and martha, the u.s. military, this is interesting, has been training ukrainian soldiers who had been here in the u.s. before this invasion began on how to use these drones? >> reporter: exactly, david. these drones do require training, but there are ukrainians already in the u.s. on a foreign military exchange program, so they can go back to ukraine and operate those drones or train others. and this is exactly the kind of equipment, plus those javelins and stingers, that the administration believes is truly making a difference. david? >> all right, martha raddatz in washington. our thanks to you, martha, and to james. our coverage of the war in ukraine for tonight. >>> in the meantime, we turn the news back here at home and to this deadly tornado outbreak across several states in the south at this hour. this system on the move tonight. already killing two. one person in texas, another in georgia. 49 tornadoes reported across five states, including four ef-2s across south carolina, mississippi, and texas. look at this tornado taking shape near allendale, south carolina. barrelling across the landscape there. in ellabelle, georgia, a suspected tornado ripping buildings apart there, sending debris flying. and the devastating aftermath seen right here of a tornado plowing through pembroke, georgia. that system on the move at this hour. the northeast will get heavy rain from this system, again from washington, d.c. to new york city, right up into new england. abc's steve osunsami tonight in decatur, georgia. >> reporter: the tornado watches

>> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the pandemic. new cases rising in half the country. the omicron subvariant now the dominant strain. 72% of all cases nationwide. and tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi has tested positive for the virus. her office saying the 82-year-old house speaker got her second booster weeks ago and remains asymptomatic tonight. but this evening, questions also about the president. the speaker was with president biden several times this week. there's also news tonight that senator susan collins has tested positive, too, in fact, several big names in washington. so, let's bring in our senior white house correspondent mary bruce. mary, i know the what happens has been pressed on whether or not the president was, in fact, a close contact with speaker pelosi and if they're taking any extra steps to protect him. > reporter: well, david, the white house says the president tested negative again overnight, but we did see him with the speaker right by his side at

>> martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, our thanks to you and james. >>> in the meantime, back here at home this monday evening and news of an arrest in the worst mass shooting in sacramento history. six people killed, 12 injured. there is still an urgent manhunt under way tonight. abc's zohreen shah n sacramento. >> reporter: tonight, at least one suspect is in custody after a mass shooting that left six dead and another 12 wounded in downtown sacramento. police arresting 26-year-old dandre martin on charges of assault and illegal firearm possession. >> we are certainly looking into his role in this shooting and his involvement, as well. we are searching for multiple suspects and that is our priority. >> reporter: the police chief telling me they've recovered over 100 expended shell casings and at least one stolen handgun from the scene. a second handgun retrieved at a residence overnight. just after 2:00 sunday morning, police say multiple shooters opened fire after a large fight near a row of nightclubs. officers on dut

martha: david, do you agree? >> i agree. there has to be such significant costs to russia that he would never consider doing it again. >> martha: quickly, ari, there's a report that there will be a new general assigned to basically overseeing the delivery of these weapons from the united states. is that sort of ceding the point that we have not done the best job from the people on the ground there at getting all of this equipment where it needs to go? >> that's why i made the point, all the weaponry should have been delivered prior to the russian attack. you know the roads will get jammed, going to have military problems getting weaponry in to ukraine once it's a country in the state of war. much of this should have been done well in advance if we wanted to be tougher. i don't think there's anything wrong with the pointing of general now to deal with this. every time i hear there's an arms package, my thoughts go how and when and where will it be delivered given the fact there's a war on the ground. >> martha stuff off. >> martha: sounds like there's perhaps a new plan coming that we're about to hear about. john kirby is at the podium. david, thanks to see you. thanks, ari. john kirby ready to speak to the press and explain this. let's listen in. >> equipment from dod inventories from ukraine since august of 2021. capabilities include and you can see it up there, 72 155 millimeter howitzers and 144,000 rounds. 72 tactical vehicles, which are designed to tow the howitzers. more than 120 phoenix ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems and field equipment and additional spare parts. this commitment together with the 18 howitzers that announced on april 13 provide enough artillery now to equip five be a italians for ukraine for potential use in the donbas. i want to stress again that what we're providing is done in full consultation with the ukrainians and that they believe that these systems will be helpful to them in the fight in the donbas. where and when they employ them is up to them. the

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martha maccallum starts now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm marthahe story. we're waiting to get some brand new reaction from the pentagon. also from the white house to the absolutely horrifying images that we are all witnessing coming out of ukraine. we warn you that these are very hard to see. but they are the reality in the towns surrounding kyiv in this brutal war that has been waged on ukraine by russia. this i'm admonish is from

martha raddatz. and martha u.s. officials are saying these weapons are key for this next phase of the war. >> reporter: they really are, whit. the pentagon believes the next few weeks in ukraine are critical as russia tries to take the donbas region. that is why they are rushing in those weapons. you heard james mention howitzers and drones. those howitzers, more than 70 of them on the way, are long-range artillery weapons that hurl a 100-pound round of steel and explosives up to 40 miles in some cases, and that is a key weapon in the wide-open flat train of the donbas. as for the drones, this new shipment includes what is called the phoenix ghost drones. they are much like the switchblade drones the u.s. has sent before. they're small, kamikaze-like drones packed with explosives, can be launched from anywhere and guided to their targets remotely. the hope is that with the addition of these weapons and more defensive weapons ukraine can stop the russian advance in the donbas from afar while providing some protection to ukrainian forces. michael? >> all right, thank you so much. martha> we'll turn now to the state of emergency in arizona. the fast-growing tunnel fire that has scorched more than 20,000 acres forcing hundreds to leave their homes. kaylee hartung is on the scene in flagstaff, arizona, with the latest. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. the damage this fire has done, we are talking about an area larger than manhattan. look at the hillside behind me. you can see the smoke behind me, flames stirred up overknight. the fire moving closer and closer to more and more homes in this neighborhood. this morning as winds pick up across the southwest, fear wildfires could push into more neighborhoods. the tunnel fire in arizona destroying over 30 homes. and with the dry conditions, wind will fuel the flames of this massive wildfire that's engulfed over 20,000 acres. smoke smothering the region. thousands forced to evacuate. lance and heather mckay lost everything. heather rushing to get her newborn and toddler to safety as flames moved q

martha raddatz joins us now with how this unfolded, especially with tensions running so high over the war in ukraine. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, robin. exactly, whether it was because of tensions with russia or in spite of them, this morning a joyful reunion. trevor reed is on u.s. soil in san antonio reunited with his texas family after a long journey home. this morning, after 985 days, former u.s. marine trevor reed a free man after being imprisoned in russia for nearly three years. the 30-year-old reed released by the russians as part of a top secret international prisoner swap carried out wednesday on a tarmac in turkey. this video broadcast by russian state tv showing reed on the left walking straight past the man for whom he was traded, convicted russian drug smuggler konstantin yaroshenko. reed not looking back even once as he boarded a plane to safety. reed's father saying his son described the swap as something straight out of a spy movie. but his parents also expressing concern over trevor's appearance, telling "world news tonight" anchor david muir -- >> he looked horrible. >> it looked to me like he had two black eyes. a doctor here said that's a symptom of malnourishment so it's -- he just looks terrible to us. >> reporter: senior biden administration officials say discussions with the russians intensified over recent weeks as reed fell ill, his health deteriorating with fears he may have contracted tuberculosis. >> our overriding priority here was the safe return of trevor reed knowing that his health condition required urgent treatment. he's going to be not only reunited with his family but receive the treatment he needed from the united states. >> reporter: reed was visiting his girlfriend in moscow in 2019 when he was arrested after a night of heavy drinking. the russians allege he started a fight and assaulted a police officer. but reed and the u.s. government denied those claims calling them fabricated and video evidence show the incident as described by the russians never happened. reed was sentenced to nine years in prison. the u.s. government believed he was being used as a political bargaining chip. >> congress, my president, anyone in the united states state department, secretary of state, anyone who believes that they have an ability to help me, i'm asking for help now. >> reporter: last summer reed was transferred to a remote prison colony where he spent months in solitary confinement, waging a hunger strike in protest. reed's parents, joey and paula, relentless in their quest to bring him home, joey spending a year in russia trying to appeal trevor's sentence. and last month, the couple meeting with prsident biden in the oval office after demonstrating outside of the in exchange for reed the u.s decision to free konstantin yaroshenko. president biden saying in a statement, the negotiations that allowed us to bring trevor home required difficult decisions that i do not take lightly. yaroshenko, a russian pilot who was arrested 12 years ago for a drug sting, shown here on russian state tv boarding the plane after the swap. he had been sentenced to 20 years in a federal prison in connecticut. moscow lobbying to free him ever since, raising questions if yaroshenko had ties to russian intelligence, which has never been proven. >> it shows that when russia wants something, when it deems something in their interests, they will make a deal. that's it. >> reporter: the reeds believe that trevor's deteriorating health was one reason he was released. trevor will be treated at the u.s. military facility in san antonio where he will hopefully make a full recovery. the reed family says their joy is tempered by the fact that paul whelan and brittney griner remain imprisoned in russia. t.j.? >> yeah, everybody happy that trevor reed is home. marthaank you so much. want to bring in chief white house correspondent cecilia vega with more on what happened inside the white house surrounding these negotiations. cecilia, the president said difficult decisions. can only imagine here. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, t.j. we now know these negotiations took months but really ended up heating up in recent weeks as concerns were intensified over trevor reed's health. officials say that even as u.s./russia relations are at an all-time low and the war is raging in ukraine, these negotiations centered around one thing, and one thing only, getting reed freed. the president signaled it was a very difficult decision. he did not take releasing this russian prisoner lightly but in the end, t.j., you know, the determination was that yaroshenko had served a majority of his sentence already so that made this move a little bit easier. >> cecilia, of course, everyone could be happy for the family of trevor reed. he's home and hopefully going to be okay and

martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i'm martha new york city. here's the story right now. we're moments away from the white house press briefing. it's been delayed about an hour from the original schedule. that as there are a lot of questions on everyone's mind. look at this image of this woman on her knees in ukraine. we heard from her yesterday talking about the buried family members that were found and pleading with the world to pay attention to what was going on in her town. ukraine is fighting to stop the killings by murder, by burnings we're learning now, likely far vaccination in mariupol

we will see you tomorrow when it is >> martha: thank you very much. good afternoon. i'm marthaere's the story at this hour. three urgent crises in front of president biden right now. the "long slog ahead" in putin's war in ukraine and growing u.s. involvement with the transfer of weapons and training that's going on in poland right now. also, the covid comeback on capitol hill as nancy pelosi tests positive and why the white house has decided right now is

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> all right, still more questions. thanks, martha. >>> turning to the weather, a georgia family is describing how they survived after their home was hit by a tornado. the twister packing winds up to 165 miles per hour roared through their neighborhood near savannah. the family says the home came off its foundation and flipped over three times. >> we felt the home lift up and my wife started screaming, we're flipping, we're flipping. we all walked out with bumps, bruises. i had messed up my shoulder pretty bad, but it's okay and other than that we were blessed. >> unfortunately, their 66-year-old neighbor was killed in the storm. more than 40 tornadoes have been confirmed this week from texas to south carolina. >>> and with that it's time to look at your friday forecast. >>> plumes of smoke are rising in oklahoma as several large wildfires burn, drought conditions and high winds are fueling the flames. so far no major damage is reported. on the radar this morning snow around the great lakes with rain elsewhere in the midwest and a new

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martha raddatz who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. martha, this visit of secretary of state blinken, secretary of defense austin seems like a big deal. what -- why is it happening now and what will be the significance of seeing them on the ground in ukraine? >> that's exactly right, jon. it is a very big deal. when you have two secretaries, two u.s. cabinet members travel into a conflict zone, that means a lot, not only to president zelenskyy, but to all ukrainians that they would take the risk that they will listen and that's exactly what that visit will do. they would listen. they would want to know what president zelenskyy is feeling, what more he needs, as you said this morning. they've sent $800 million more in heavy weapons on the way to ukraine. they'll want to know how those are used, what more they can do. you just can't replace that face-to-face as you know, jon. >> zelenskyy just said they shouldn't come with empty hands. we've seen biden announce the big new weapon shipments. are they getting to those ukrainian troops that need them? >> well, you know, i've been there a couple of times in the last couple of months, and it was remarkable to me how quickly that equipment was getting to the front lines. it is very difficult. it obviously has to go over land and in the middle of a conflict zone, but they are getting it there quickly. i think president zelenskyy when he talks about don't come with empty hands, i think they always want more and more, but he seems satisfied at this point what they are getting and how it is getting there. but i would assume that secretaries austin and blinken will want to make sure it's getting there as quickly as possible to make a real difference in these critical, critical next few weeks. >> for sure, and overnight we saw the apparent russian missile strike in odesa killing eight people as they were preparing to celebrate orthodox easter. remind us why odesa is so strategically important. >> look, this is right on the black sea. this is very key. they haven't made much progress, the russians, in trying to take odesa. they would like to take all those cities along the seaport and own that seaport and own that waterway, hasn't happened yet. they certainly don't want it to happen in ukraine. >> thank you, martha. tune in later this morning for "this week" following president biden's announcement of new military aid for ukraine. martha goes one-on-one with a key ally of president zelenskyy and the former nato ambassador doug lute and michael osterholm discusses mask mandates and new variants as covid restrictions continue to be lifted across the nation. >>> well, now to an election the world is watching. french president emmanuel macron facing off against far right politician marine le pen. now, some french citizens casting their ballots saturday in los angeles. polls are now open on french soil, and our mary bruce joins us now from paris with more. mary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eva. yeah, the polls are now open here. french voters now deciding between two drastically different visions for the future of this country as the world is watching closely and anxiously. this morning, the future of france is on the ballot. voters faced with re-electing embattled centrist president emm

martha maccallum as "the story" starts right now. >> martha: good afternoon, everybody. breaking now, very big news from this man, the new leadership at twitter which as john roberts was just saying is a social upheaval as much as it is an enormous business transaction which is going to be felt in many ways. we'll have more on that in a moment. unique perspective from victor davis hanson what he thinks it says about social media and the conversation in america. also breaking right now, republican house members live at the border about to speak out. that after stunning news as the body of 22-year-old texas army national guard specialist bishop evans was carried out of the rio grande after he drown there. his colleagues saluting him, a horrific, terrible story that unfolded over the weekend. he lost his life working at the rio grande on the southern border, he was trying to save two migrants on the river on friday, he jumped in to do just that. the texas military says the migrants were involved in drug trafficking and you see the hearse there in texas, it's a sad story, this young man's life lost and no reaction at all so far from the white house, but we expect there will be a question about this. we would anticipate at the white house moments away, so listen to that as well. they are getting ready to lift title 42 and as you know, the projection is that could send as many as 18,000 more people across that border on a daily basis, according to the numbers that come to us from the department of homeland security. so -- a tough situation politically for the white house and now you have this young man losing his life, trying to protect people crossing the border illegally. congressman michael mccall from texas, all of this close to him and his own experience in his home state. he's standing by. begin with bill who joins us live at the border in eagle pass, texas. he covered the story and gave us the first pictures of bishop evans over the weekend. bill, good afternoon to you. >> martha, good afternoon to you. keep in mind, about 8:30 a.m. friday morning when specialist bishop evans first went into the water and was not seen again. he was found a couple hundred yards from where we are right now upriver earlier this morning. his body finally found and can finally confirm he did indeed die presumably in a drowning. a flag draped over him as he was saluted by texas national guardsmen and troopers as his body was removed from the river. he is now the first texas national guardsman to die in the rio grande river since operation lone star was first launched in march of last year. take a listen to what texas congressman tony gonzalez had to say. >> eagle pass is not an easy place to get so, but it's important. it's the epicenter of everything, it's about those that live here, about those that serve here, about those that work here, it's about bishop evans who was found today, it's about his family, it's about po that were working, suspending the construction of the wall and