but the justice department cannot do it alone. the responsibility to bring an end to violence and threats of violence against those that serve is public is one that all americans share. such conduct disrupts the peace of our public spaces and undermines our democracy. we are all americans. we must protect each other. the obligation to keep americans and american democracy safe is part of the historical inheritance of this department. as i noted several times before, a founding purpose of the justice department was to battle violent extremist attacks on our democratic institutions. in the midst of reconstruction following the civil war, the department's first principle task was secure the civil rights promised by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. this meant protecting black americans seeking to exercise their right to vote from acts and threats of violence by white supremacists. the framers of the civil war recognized that access to the ballot is a fundamental access of citizenship and self-government. the voting rights act of 19

state department says families of u.s. diplomats at the embassy in kyiv need to leave now and other americans in the country should go as well. the u.s. military sending nearly 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to ukraine over the weekend and fox news confirming president biden has been given options for u.s. troop deployment in support of nato allies in eastern europe. >> sandra: comes as the russian troop build-up continues. 137,000 russian troops are posted at a dozen points along the border. a former state department spokesperson will join us. >> john: greg palkot has a view from the ground there. >> we are in the capital of kyiv, and it is on edge. looking at the russian troops around the borders, and neighboring belarus, less than 50 miles from where we are, big numbers of russian soldiers along with tanks, artillery, and threatening invasion, and prompting the u.s. to do a lot of things. president biden is considering sending as many as 5,000 u.s. troops to nato countries near the border with russia, as a possible deterr

the state department says no official order has been given to families in addition to the shipment arrived, u.s. officials say if i take missiles in u.s. literary stockpiles arrived early next week as well. antiaircraft missiles are being sent from field. trump administration in early december doesn't biden ruled out to ukraine. russian forces in belarus ukraine's officials here are concerned ukraine's capitol city is in the crosshairs. accurate white house president biden refused to answer questions about russia camp david where he will huddle with his team this weekend to discuss the situation ukraine. >> the reason we won't have time for questions, these guys have to get quickly on the plane into a major announcement in ohio. >> this week marcellus president biden's first year in office would be marked by more evacuation overseas. eric: all right, thank you. arthel: officials from both u.s. and russia so folding talks to try to resolve ukraine crisis. the kremlin continues to build up its military presence officials in russia have about 127,000 armed along ukraine's for to the south and

so what is the state department saying? we'll have the latest. >> charles: as crime surges, children are getting caught in the cross fire. in chicago, 8-year-old melissa ortega was killed over the weekend after being hit by a stray bullet. my next guest says the city leaders are not doing enough. new beginnings church pastor talks to me now. we reached out to mayor lori lightfoot. she was unavailable. pastor, thanks for joining us. you know, chicago, the murders, we've been talking about this well over a decade. the story, seems to get worse every year. you're in the heart of it. what is going on there? >> well, we continue to see rampant unhearted and wickedness and criminals taking possession of everything that they can. seems like everything is out of control in our city. it's unfortunate. we have a beautiful city. i want to bring as much attention to the violence of chicago until we do something about it. it all starts with leadership. we have to do a better job. >> charles: what would you like to see from leadership? >

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the department has authorized the voluntary departure of u.s. employees from the embassy of kyiv in order the departure of eligible family members from the embassy. meantime the kremlin denies a bombshell british report claiming russian president waterman putin is trying to install programs to government in ukraine ahead of the possible invasion, more russian forces are headed to the border as diplomatic talks with the u.s. stall. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy call log is live in moscow. >> while i am here i think i should point out tonight there is a noticeable focus on one scene on russian tv and that is how the west is an unreliable partner particularly the united states prone to chaos around the world including government spokespeople here and also prone to pulling out of deals that it made in the past whether the paris climate record or the ironically or deal or even honor what's been described as verbal assurances that back historically in the day in the '90s that the west would never fail to take into consideration russia secur

greg abbott tweeting texas department of public safety at the scene of the intense hostage situation and colleyville, texas working with local and federal teams to achieve the best outcome. i continue to monitor the situation. about 8000 people reportedly watching the live stream which happens every saturday 10:00 a.m. at the congregation at israel synagogue. as the hostage situations unfolding. the lifestream didn't show much of what was happening inside but there was audio of what witnesses say was a faint voice of a man before the lifestream was interrupted and cut off before 2:00 p.m. local time. reported the man repeatedly mentioned his sister, he said a few times he didn't want anyone hurt and he mentioned his children. he said repeatedly that he believes he's going to die. abc news is reporting the hostage takers claiming to be the brother of a pakistani neuroscientist serving 86 year sentence for trying to kill american soldiers. she was convicted in new york in 2010 and reportedly transferred to the federal medical center in carswell. i was in the fort worth area. we have no

unclear if and when he'll depart here. of course the big snowstorm here but he's continuing to monitor the situation and the fbi is on scene and hostage negotiation team and s.w.a.t. team b1 the snow is flying or at least it was there in colleyville. we've seen that footage as well. lucas tomlinson, thank you. if anything, change in regard to this situation, we will certainly break into our programming and let you know. that's how fox reports on this saturday january 15 of 2022. i am jon scott. thank you for joining us. see you tomorrow. "watters' world" is next. ♪♪ .. [♪♪♪] jesse: welcome to "watters' world." i'm jesse watters. the end of an era. monday fox announced i will be hosting the 7:00 p.m. hour called "jesse watters primetime." i am extremely grateful to get this shot. i will still be hosting -- hosting the 50s, but

we have seen the department of justice politicized. we have seen the defense department politicized and now public health has been politicized. dr. fauci, the performance today was just below the expectations we have of a nonpartisan civil servant. if he wants to run for office he should file and run for office. >> bret: hugh, harold mentioned china very quickly. getting ready for the olympic games yet they are locking down cities in china. >> it's crazy. it's crazy to go to the olympics. not only is genocide underway in china. 62 miles to 114 million person city that's been locked down now. sending our athletes there when china routinely lies about every aspect of this virus from the time it came upon us until the moment of yesterday, is just nuts. the games should be postponed. >> bret: up next, president biden makes a push for voting rights reform. ♪ ♪ nd's got his moves back. an alternative to pills, voltaren is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel for powerful arthritis pain relief. voltaren, the joy of movement. (vo) america

interest in having individuals join our department. i know that's going on around the country as well. this will continue to increase, this lack of wanting to get involved in law enforcement. there's a really good sole reason for this happening. it's called reformed prosecutors. that's what we're seeing in the st. louis metropolitan area and around the country. >> trace: we hear that again and again. i point not just to this war on cops, the targeting of police officers, buts will respect level. i point things out during a vigil for officers jason rivera and wilbert mora who died in the line of duty, during that vigil, six police cruisers had their tires slashed. it's a lack of respect that we're seeing a cross the country. >> that's true. in st. louis, our two officers that were shot in the line of duty happened in ferguson. my office is outside the door with the shooting happened. really this started in ferguson. a lot of this started in ferguson. as you remember, the michael brown situation. i'll have to tell you the situation has n

the state department ordering u.s. diplomats and some embassy staff to evacuate from ukraine as the russian attack on its neighbor could be imminent. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> and i am todd piro and that decision as deploying thousands of u.s. troops to the baltic state to support our nato allies. steve harrigan life on the ground, steve what is the lates? >> time for family members of u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine has in order to get out now for additional personnel there being authorized to leave. the state department really raising the alarm if you are an american in ukraine, it is time to get out now. if there is a russian impatient, there won't be an opportunity to air lift people out. in the meantime, president biden with a range of options including deploying 3,000 to 5,000 in eastern europe. this is a real shift in posture from just economic sanctions. here in ukraine the second shipment of american ammunition and weapons arrived. ukrainian officia

here is the department of defense. we know we have a moral obligation. >> harris: i didn't hear an answer to the question. are we still working with the taliban? >> this isn't about relying or working with the taliban. >> harris: why i ask that. ukraine's leadership put out a notice yesterday that it is concerned that kiev is no more dangerous for american citizens than some of our own crime-ridden -- their words. crime-ridden cities where americans live today. that you can leave those americans there. now, might there also be a back drop to that potentially that they know what happens when we . the stories are horrific of the people who got left behind who helped us out. so looking across the world, ukraine which was watching, too, could there be a measure of concern that once the americans pull out we'll look like that country does, afghanistan? your thoughts on that. >> nobody is talking at this point of pulling out of ukraine. they are a partner and we're absolutely trying to help them defend themselves. it would b

he says that us department of labor approved the payment. we specifically asked if we could pay them in cash of any denomination and us department of later -- labors labor stated on record they did not care how he paid him. there were -- that is a lot more than we were legally obligated to give him. >> shannon, first of all the weight they get it was ridiculous. these are oily coins dunked in a yard. they did pay him, he determined that the department of labor has a wide range of authority that they can look at. they can make sure that an hour spoke worked at overtime was paid. of what occurred here plus an employer instead of being smart and paying the employee exactly what it was open to hadn't opened up a whole investigation that of us have turned into a $40,000 nightmare. so looking at this the retaliation was one factor, but they're also looking at the hours, the record-keeping, and they have open themselves up. this is kind of like getting in an argument with an irs agent that is investigating or auditing you. things never go well when

>> shannon: benjamin hall at the state department. thanks, benjamin. president biden has sent a letter to the speaker of the house and president of the senate, designating qatar's amir in the oval office. own air chop shops and burned out cars litter the street of one city that cut police funding. first, beyond our borders tonight. police and officials in ottawa asked truck drivers blocking the streets of the canadian capital to leave. protesting vaccine mandate for people in their industry. also tonight, canadian prime minister justin trudeau feeling find and working after testing positive for covid. boris johnson apologizing for holding parties 10 downing street when the country was in lockdown. he is insisted that he and his government can be trusted. earlier in the day the new report says the gatherings represent a serious firewall standards expected of government. this is a live look at london, one of the big stories there tonight, the danish soccer player who says he was essentially dead for five minutes after collapsing during a game last year s

. >> gillian: the new york city health department says it will consider race as a risk factor now in prioritizing treatment for covid. correspondent lauren green has the details tonight from new york city. good evening. >> good evening, gillian. the battle against covid has proven to be an uphill fight as new york's health department is prioritizing treatment for those at higher risk and will consider race a risk factor. if medical treatments and drugs become limited, the department of health s issued guidelines for who should step to the front of the line. along with the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, race will also be considered. nonwhite race or hispanic latino ethnicity should be considered a risk factor as long-standing systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from covid-19. so far there's no indication of the new guidance has increased secluded anyone from getting treatment but critics accuse state officials of playing racial politics with the public of austria's health. meanwhile, the new year a

underfunding from police departments and their need for additional resources. something the president has advocating for consistently through the course of his career. >> getting a little bit closer to admitting finally that defunding the police was causing a crime crisis in america's cities. >> carley: that admission comes as 2021 marked as second deadliest year in a decade. five officers already shot in shot in new york city alone this year. tomi lahren is fox nation host and she joins us now. i would love for you to address jen psaki's comments there maybe funding police departments is a good idea. what a novel concept that is. >> yeah, i any all americans are starting to realize and many of us did that defunding the police was a bad idea. frustrates me when i hear jen psaki talk about how the president is committed to refunding police departments and spending more money on police departments and hiring more police officers. it's not enough just to hire more police officers. let's not forget that the white house, the democrats and much of the media has spent

the department of race. my next guest a professor at the school has been one of the few brave enough to stand up against the same that it promotes privileges and interpretations of history contemporary social institutions events externals the university predicated on an ideology as much as the subject matter. >> my argument is that a department should not be oriented around this. i think studying race is a valid and useful thing to do but i would want to see the department inviting speakers like glenn lowry. they would consider hiring somebody like a range of opinions and that is the ideal way to study race at a university like the university of chicago. >> i want to remind viewers that you have been a target of mob outrage. they canceled a lecture that you were supposed to get back in october on climate science? because of the opposition of diversity equity and inclusion agenda. >> it was a lecture on which planet might be able to have life on it based on climate. you are correct. >> you didn't think this w

the former commissioner of the fire department of the city of new york. he served the city during the 9/11 crisis. it has got to be the worst in the city since 9/11. >> the shame of it is there was not that much fire it's one apartment fire and the smoke spread throughout the building because somebody doors were left open and stairwells in the ground floor and the apartment. it's just unfortunate so many people had to be injured and fatally injured when a fire was not that extreme. jon: it sounds like people panicked and ran out into the halls if they stayed in their units and put a wet towel under the doors to keep the smoke out, there would've been a better chance of survival. >> there is no question, people get really scared and they overreact and you just don't know how many victims and there was a serious condition in their apartment and they felt the best thing to do. normally the stairwell but not in this building and the two stairwells were like chimneys and that's why so many people were overcome if you're on the top of the stairway on the upper

said no official order has been given for families to depart yet. in addition to the weapon shipment that arrived last night that greg mentioned, u.s. officials tell fox javelin antitank missiles from the baltic states and u.s. military stockpiles will begin arriving in ukraine early next week as well for the defense minister said he is sending a portable stinger antiaircraft missiles to u.s. supplied javelins have been shipped to the crate and the pastor and the trump administration. back in early december president biden rolled out deploying any u.s. troops ukraine pre-present obama's former assistant secretary of defense for sector and shown you might remove from the book said in a recent "washington post" op-ed that present by his decision to rule out ground troops was a green light for putin. not russian forces in belarus, officials here are concerned ukraine's capitol city is now in the crosshairs but here at the white house president biden refused to answer questions about russia before leaving for camp david or he is huddling his national se

that is where department exists. it is on economic development and the ways that good infrastructure creates jobs. it is not equity in the knowledge that we can either do harm or do enormous good in terms of who gets the opportunity we create and where they go. it is about climate. recognizing that every transportation decision aids a climate decision whether we acknowledge that or not. >> tucker: i couldn't understand everything he said because for some reason he had a mask on his face. maybe he was robbing a train. not clear, we've got a reporter getting to the bottom of that. but we think he heard him say that his job is to work on climate. it's funny, when the country applauded 1.2 trillion going to fixing the roads, bridges, and buildings, a lot of us were dumb enough to think that that's what might actually happen. brian kilmeade as host of "fox & friends" bid we are always grateful to have him on. great to see you. we are not going to fix any of the things we need to be fixed. the george washington bridge whic

the state department is ordering families with embassy personnel to start leaving ukraine as soon as monday. hello welcome to "fox news live" i am arthel neville, hi eric. sue had trent. eric: . thank you for joining us i am eric shawn. we'll have more on the aggression is a been reporting to you sadly one of new york's finest killed in that line of duty. a sea of blue lights could be seen in the city streets last night as a police procession filed an ambulance carrying one of those officers to the hospital. investigators now say the suspect shot and killed a police officer jason rivera who was only 22 years old. a rookie cop he joined the force in 2020. his partner 27-year-old officer wilbert remains in critical condition right now. a third officer was not injured and he shot the suspect. he's also told he's in the hospital fighting for his life. and mama will hear from former city police commissioner ray kelly on the shooting which many say is a reaction to progressive policies and being blamed for creating a city under siege. but first we fox news team coverage for you, alexandria

as future prospects for police departments look bleak many of the u.s. cities that are reporting the highest per capital percentage of violent crimes are also dealing with staffing issues with their police departments. according to the police executive research forum, a survey of almost 200 police departments indicated that retirements were up 45% and resignations had climbed 18%, from april of 2020 to april 2021, when compared with the previous 12 months. while also noting a 5% decrease in the hiring rate during the same time period. according to a september 2021 analysis, by the detroit news of f.b.i. data places like st. louis, memphis, tennessee, and south bend, indiana were among the top five u.s. cities with the highest violent crime rates last year. and, you guessed it, police departments in those three cities reporting staff shortages over the last several months. shannon? >> shannon: laura, thank you very much. from white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany sat down on wednesday with the january 6 committee investigating the capital riot. kay

underfunding police departments. we have issues that are bound and we need to address them and our leaders today aren't doing so. mike: in new york city here is the new mayor, a former cop on crime in the big apple. >> we are going to go after the underlying reasons you are seeing crime in our city. this is a sea of crime that's being fed by many rivers and we have to dam each one of the rivers. we have to go after the laws that are not realistic and understanding what's happening on the ground. mike: mike, is it time for cities across america to swing back and get tougher on crime? >> it depends how we define that. if that means stop and frisk, no i don't think so. there's excellent reporting on the fox news site, ethan bart is the journalist, he takes a comprehensive look at the dc murder rate in washington, d.c. a lot of this crime is going on in two specific precincts, very specifically contained and it is often crews -- not organized street gangs but crews. the vast majority of the crime is happening perhaps not

with all that, state department correspondent benjamin hall has the latest live from the state department. good evening, benjamin. >> good evening, bret. certainly that's far more definitive than we have heard so far about nord stream 2 ned price saying that if russia invades ukraine that will not go ahead. and we don't know if it has to do with the discussions that germany have been involved in. but certainly a big move. particularly at a time when the administration is trying to also focus on the diplomatic part. as russia continues its apparent march to war and as weapons continue to arrive in ukraine, the u.s. is doing everything it can to keep diplomacy alive. today delivering written responses to russia's concern. >> we hope and expect that russia will have the same view and will take our proposal seriously. >> delivery of a document had been agreed when secretary blinken met russian foreign minister lavrov last week and laid out where the u.s. hopes agreement can be reached. limits on military exercises. force posture in ukraine. arms control and missile deployment. off the table h

. >> good morning, the inspector general's department was given to the department of defense in january of 2021. it says the afghanistan air force would collapse if u.s. troops were pulled from the country. president biden decided to pull troops from the country and take a listen to what he said specifically about the afghanistan air force. listen here. >> is taliban takeover of afghanistan inevitable? >> it is not. the afghanistan troops have 300,000 and an air force against something like 75,000 taliban. it is not inevitable. do i trust the taliban? no. but i trust the capacity of the afghanistan military, who is better trained, better equipped. >> carley: so there is the president saying that the taliban takeover is not inevitable, touting the strength of the afghanistan air force and seven months earlier the department of defense was given a report that said the air force was so weak that it would collapse without our help. is the president lying there or was he just given bad information? >> no, he was absolutely lying to the american people, just like he lied about the fact that a

no city voted to defund its police department. the authorities didn't let mobs torched courthouses or assault the white house. no one in charge announced we needed to fight injustice by destroying the nuclear family in nineteen sixty eight crazies that year was all of that would have been considered insane and it's still insane and destructive. oi but now our leaders are doing it. so yes, as a historical matter ,the accidental death of a violent criminal george floyd turned out to be more significant in the murder of a legitimate civil rights leader, martin luther kinga and that's one measure of where we've come in 50 years. so a billionaire donor to the democratic party , an nbaud owner just admitted out loud that the of weakness in china interest him not even a tiny bit. it's beneath his concern, as he said on tape. what's good for you nba player and his cancer freedom is here to respond to that straight ahead, special edition of tuckercarlson ocide. join as we uncover some indication of america confrontation. the progressive le

i'll let the state department speak to that. there's no military role in that at this time. >> martha: there's movement of some materials, support for ukraine, troops that could be in other countries what is evident in that is that it doesn't necessarily deter vladimir putin from entering ukraine. the only thing that he would face would be potential economic sanctions if he does it. >> martha: he will face the ukrainian armed forces that did not exist in 2014. we're continuing to flow security assistance to them, arms and ammunition. we had a couple over the course of the weekend, which arrived in ukraine just from the united states aloin, not to mention the security assistance that the ukrainians are getting from other nato partners and allies in europe. so they're a more capable force. look, the economic consequences are not to be shrugged off. this will just further isolate rush. >> martha: some people are looking at the deterrents out there. perhaps the suggestion that we would move missiles away from the russian border in t

they're doing it despite the state department and defense department with very little help from their own government. they're not going to give up, i'm not going to give up. i'll really thrilled to see that they're great floridians opening their hearts and homes. >> imagine what we could accomplish if these great veterans groups could work in tandem with the state department, leaning on each other when it comes to this money going over there to help people. i know you feel strongly that they will do a better job. you're hoping for a path past to citizenship, right? >> he was a blackhawk pilot. many of these pilots want to join the u.s. military. if they're willing to step up yet again and serve with us, they shouldn't be at the bottom of the pile when it comes to citizenship. i'll be introducing that this year. you're right. the state department should be in a public private partnership with the veterans groups working with them and giving them hundreds of millions of aid not working against them. >> martha: congressman, thanks so much. good to see you. mikes waltz from florida. wire

not only the justice department involved in the plan but the education department. it's a miscarriage of governance and we the parents are not going to shut up. >> the white house tells me they did not also coordinate on this letter or solicit it. they echoed the department of education on that, and attorney general merrick garland said he did not rely on the letter when he directed the fbi to investigate the threats, john. >> john: jacqui, thank you so much for the update, and ari fleischer. a little more from miguel cardona, he was on cbs this morning, and in that interview denying that he had anything to do with solicitation of that letter from the school board association. listen to what he said here. >> can he didn't ask for that letter, we didn't -- i think the real focus, how do we authentically engage parents. but no, with the letter we had no -- we didn't request that, there was no involvement in that. >> john: what he said there puts him directly at odds with christie sweat, the secretary/treasurer, jacqui pointed out the letter was sent to president biden

psaki: gun violence is a huge reason for surging of crime, underfunding police departments, something the president has advocated for in the course of his career. fighting for funding of police departments for local communities to reduce crime. >> jackie: there is that, as the white house insists president biden has taken action to reduce violence, deadly crime has surged, particularly in cities that defunded the police. 797 homicides in chicago, most since 1996. philadelphia ended with 559 last year, more than any year since 1960. and 485 homicide necessary new york city, los angeles had 397 and minneapolis reported 96 homicides, just one shy of a record set in 1995. 2021 was second deadliest year for police. 51 cops were killed in the line of duty in more than 20 states. black lives matter chapter in washington, d.c. tweeting frustration as police officers being treated as heroes. let's not jump to conclusion, wait until we have information, isn't that what y'all tell us oh, yeah and that he had a gun because cops carry a gun. the tide may be turning, totted and carley, last year in

we're waiting for an update from the state department. you can see the podium there poised for action and questions that will be coming about the americans, how do we get our folks out, is it too premature and what about questions about oil and what could be changed with regard to the oil policy that has worked to vladimir putin's benefit. mike pompeo standing by on the big picture as well. you know, with china and russia having more and more connection and alliance between them against the united states, are they able to create a new world order where the united states takes a back seat and how worrisome is this new omicron variant? the u.s. averages more covid deaths per day than it has in nearly a year. where are the treatments? where are the pills that we've been talking about? our doctor breaks it down. what you need, and we gotta do it fast. [limu emu squawks] woo! thirty-four miles per hour! new personal record, limu! [limu emu squawks] he'll be back. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. ♪ [♪♪]

we know the fbi is on scene as well as the texas department of public safety. jackie? >> bryan, obviously, the situation's very fluid. my understanding is that the residents in the immediate area are also being advantage -- evacuatedded, and the conversations with the hostage negotiators are ongoing. obviously, want to try to keep everybody safe, you know, if you can evacuate people from the building that aren't in the immediate vicinity of where this gentleman is, you know, how are people on the ground trying to defuse it? >> reporter: that's a great question. we do know earlien on, around 11 a.m. central time, that tweet came out from colleyville police department that swath9 teams were going in to -- s.w.a.t teams were going in to evacuate the area. the police department has said there is no threat to the general public which means there is no threat that they believe for the people living in and around that synagogue. but we do know that there have been reports that this person inside the synagogue is threatening they have placed bombs somewhere. again, fox news ca

i don't have the words for -- for how we are feeling right now as a community, and as a department. >> sandra: officials say none of the four smoke detectors in that building was in working order. just an absolute tragedy, seven children dead, 13 total, john. our hearts go out to all the families affected by the horrible. >> john: absolutely tragic, no question about that. roll on here, criticism flowing after winter weather brought traffic to a standstill for hours, 24 of them, on virginia's i-95. some people are pointing the finger of blame at the wrong elected official. and just wait until you hear who the governor of that state is blaming. >> sandra: manhattan's new d.a. is coming under fire for his lenient prosecution plans as new york city sees a rise in violent crime. will the d.a.'s approach make matters worse for that violent city? brian will join us next. >> he was elected to prosecute crimes not changing the law, this is stupid. my advice to the people of the city of new york, start a recall election right now. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release

particularly in this department of treating people better. he is failing, yet again, to live up to his own promises to the country. and that's why his approval rating is struggling the way that it is. >> bret: okay. let's turn to who is in control. the "new york post" editorial says who is really in charge? who really have in charge at the white house? it sure doesn't look to be president biden. the latest evidence came last week when chief of staff ron klain delivered a behind the scenes message to democratic allies and staff just hours after biden's disastrous news conference. the president had failed to mention that his next build back better bill would fund child and elder care but claimants insisted it. we claims real message, don't worry, we staff will make sure biden does what we say. trey? >> i think it's a little broader than that, bret. i thinklights of politicians overread election rules. they think they have a mandate whether they just have a request to return to normalcy. i also think the democrats are going to do what republican

also tonight the department of justice is establishing a domestic terror unit. >> this group group of dedicate attorneys will focus on that domestic terrorism threat hopin to ensure they cases are handle properly and effectively coordinated across the department of justice in the country. >> the federal government that finds domestic terrorism as criminal acts that dangerous to human life that appeared to be intended to intimidate or coerc civilians or the policy of a government. >> iowa republican senator recently asked if the justice department is investigating whe many american cities were burne and looted. >> house of the number of domestic terrorism investigations opened as a result of the twentytwenty riot grown or changed since june of that year? we have opened that about slightly more than 800 cases so yes, more with your last 40 in our arrest in those cases are a little bit north of it 250. still making progress on those cases it's been about the attorney general says there has been an increase in violence an threats against a school board members, teachers and other official

it's a very, very sad day for this fire department. we have had a tremendous outpouring of support from our mutual aid partners, also helping to staff fire houses as we bring our personnel in for peer support and grieve counseling. >> what's the message -- >> my message to our firefighters today is to be strong, my heart breaks with you, but we will get through this. we want to thank the media for coming and for further updates, posted on the stockton police department facebook page. i'll be available for questions after the press conference. thank you. >> sandra: tragic day in stockton, california, firefighters just shared their stories about a man lost, captain fortuna, 47 years old. he was responding to a fire on scene and was shot while doing so, that was an update from stockton. 5:00 a.m. this morning, aurora street south and washington street, just under highway 4, receiving an update before the news conference we knew he was transferred to an area hospital but we know he did not make it. they do have the suspect in custody, they

the justice department claims he was inside the capitol building on january 6th. he insisted emphatically he was not. at some point a jury will decide who was lying, the rest of us are free to ponder a bigger question, is he a sedition is to? is he an enemy of this nation? on january 6th it was thomas caldwell trying to overthrow the u.s. government by force? that's a pretty hard case to make. his indictment paints him as a dangerous militia leader who was planning a d-day invasion on the banks of the potomac. the real thomas caldwell does not fit that description. he's a senior citizen who walks with a cane, he's a devout christian. try to picture thomas caldwell leading a bloodthirsty band of insurgents -- you can't because he didn't. like every protester that day, he arrived at the event of an armed and likely majority, he committed no acts of violence. the justice department claims he sought to overthrow the american system of that is hard to believe. in fact he spent most of his life in honorable government service including 20 years as a naval officer, he re

state department correspondent benjamin hall has the latest tonight. good evening, benjamin. >> good evening, bret. yes, the state department and the rest of the administration say they are ready for any eventuality whether that is for diplomacy or russian military escalation. everything we have seen and heard today suggest the latter is increasingly likely. russian troops ready, and the stage is set. all putin needs now is the excuse. he could have that very soon. >> russia is already working actively to create a pretext for potential invasion. >> u.s. officials say intelligence indicate russian operatives feigned urban war ferrari and using explosives are already in eastern ukraine ready to carry out acts of sabotage and may be planning operations against russia's own forces. >> we have information that they prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag operation. >> russia is also preparing its own people for a invasion. russian media reports online rhetoric 200 percent since november accusing ukrainian leaders of increase

fire department he says the position is stressed the department to the point where it can't respond to fire pit is one of the only people brave enough to come on camera and talk about this and we are grateful to have mike engels join us now. mr. ingles, they give so much for coming on. clearly this is not a career enhancer for you to come on and say this on the air tonight peered why are you doing it? >> i've got to speak out. somebody has to stand up and say no. we've had to put up with so much over these past several months ever since the mandate. over the threat of the mandate was there. and frankly, it is ridiculous that people that are vaccinated and unvaccinated are both catching and spreading covid, yet they only want to fire those who were unvaccinated. >> tucker: what you think that's about it? do you have any sense of the motive here since there is no science behind this whatsoever? this is not an epidemic, that's a lie, it is provably alive. and now we know because everybody knows -- why are they to push this? >> add to this point it comes down to ego. that is the only thing

. >> martha: so what would you say to the department of education? they've been quiet on this issue of making sure that kids are proficient before they move on or making sure that we work now. it's january on a summer school program for this summer. why aren't we hearing specifics about that? as a psychologist, what would you say to the department of education on what they could do? >> we have to bring in academic programs to help children to catch up and then after that, staying proficient in these grades. also as part of that, martha, they have to look at bringing in mental health services and integrating them every single day in to the programs that these kids have. it's not just the laws and academics as you pointed out but also the loss of the social skills that you address. schools are not just about reading, writing and arithmetic. they're about finding a safe place to find who they are and be able to develop their personalities and individualization. much of that has been lost. so the department of education and schools across the country are

alexis and mcadams live from the new york news department 32d precinct. there is a growing memorial to mike, alexis. >> trace good evening. a growing memorial lots of sadness for the entire city of new york into the officers behind me in front of the present for the officer was shot and killed work for the cognizant ambushed burlesque it to where we know about this right away but this is a video from last night harlem neighborhood the shooting happened around 6:00 p.m. last night buried three nypd officers responding to annoyed one call from a woman fighting with her adult son to officers try to speak with them and inside the apartment. that's when they say he open for the ambush left one officer dead and another critical condition. nypd identify the officer 22-year-old is a rookie officer. joint department november 2020 is more than a police officer he was a husband, a friend and a son. police say this is the gunman we see on your screen. mcneil was on probation for felony drug charge this guy had quite a rap sheet arrested half dozen times in other stat

the state department is hoping putin takes that route. >> we hope people see here a real opportunity for a legacy of security and arms control rather than -- >> one major reason putin might use diplomacy, the nordstream 2 pipeline. the state department's warning of russia invades ukraine, it would turn the pipeline into a hunk of metal at the bottom of the ocean. our very own jennifer griffin question defense department secretary john kirby today about the resources being sent. she says ukraine's president has requested certain defense items that have yet to be delivered, asking kirby where the urgency is all it seems the crisis is in its 11th hour. >> i take issue with the idea that this is an 11th hour mary pass throwing stuff. >> if there are senior leaders here in the president has called a russian invasion eminence. >> that fact is possible that is imminent does not mean that we have woke up to the fact that they need forces. we've been talking about this for a couple of months but we've been seeing on the ground. >> now the state department says the ball is in russia's court as

the state department can read this. they understand and they are working on a solution. this week two wrote a piece on the "wall street journal" calling on the party to support hillary clinton for president in 2024. she's the best positioned candidate to win a national election. she's also, they noted, younger than joe biden. former president bill clinton agrees with this or says he does, anyway. he told "people" magazine that his wife "the most qualified person to run for office in my lifetime, including me." in fact, failing to elect hillary in 2016 was, in bill clinton's estimation, a historic national tragedy. "one of the most profound mistakes we've ever made." unforgivable, really. the good news is, we now have a chance to correct that mistake and you don't get those very often in life. typically when you do something rash or stupid you have to live with the consequences. it's probably happened to you. one night you're listening to born to run and the next thing you know you've got bruce springsteen's face tattooed on your lower back. it's embarrassing and also per

. ♪ ♪ >> carley: senate republicans launching an investigation into the education department and the doj over the national school board association letter comparing parents to domestic terrorists. the republicans writing in a letter to education secretary miguel cardona, "action by attorney general garland has created chilling effect on parents throughout the country and deployment of federal law enforcement" the letter was requested from the nsba. the organization apologized for sending the letter in the first place. griff, over to you. >> griff: carley, michigan democrats are feeling heat over recently deleted facebook post. joining us is a professional and republican candidate for michigan governor, thank you for taking time and quickly show our viewers now deleted post so they have idea of what the michigan democratic party posted. they said this, "the purpose of public education in school is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught issue but what society needs them to know," and continues going on to say essentially that the public school is not the parent but

>> bret: david spunt at the justice department. david, thank you. in moments former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham will meet with the house select committee investigating the january 6th riot. grisham says the committee has yet to ask her for any specific documentation. grisham resigned on january 6th of last year in the wake of that riot. stocks were off today after a tech-lead sell off. the dow lost big 393. the s&p 500 dipped 793. the nasdaq plummeted today 523. fears that the fed moves are going to effect everything. new york city's new district attorney says he will stop seeking prison sentences for a number of offenses ranging from certain robberies, weapons, possession charges and drug dealing offenses. that announcement comes while new york city's new mayor, eric adams, pledges to take a tough stance on crime. senior correspondent eric shawn shows us tonight from new york. >> you can do the crime and now not get the time. critics say that's the message from the new progressive manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. in

unfortunately under joe biden we've seen an incredibly partisan department of justice. both the justice department and fbi have an arrogance, they are unaccountable to anyone, they can stonewall. it should be very easy for the fbi to say no, no federal agents participated in violent crime. no, no federal agent pluralists actively incited and encouraged others to commit federal crimes. if they were doing their jobs, that would be very easy questions to answer. they refused to answer those. there is an element of arrogance. we've got to watch this in light of the last five years where we know the department of justice and the fbi was deeply politicized, it went after donald trump with all of its might, right down to an assistant general counsel at the fbi fabricating a counterfeit document submitted to a federal court to try to target and take out president trump and given that history of deep, deep politicization that has undermined the integrity of these noble institutions, i think both the fbi, department of justice have an obligation to be candid and to come clean and

officials tell state department expect u.s. embassy personnel in ukraine to begin departing as next week. after meeting russian counterpart tony blinken outlined next steps. >> foreign minister larvov agree that it's important for diplomatic process to continue. following the consultations that will have in the coming days with allies and partners we anticipate that we will be able to share with russia our concerns and ideas in more detail and in writing next week. lucas: just a few days ago blinken said there would be no written response to russian demands. no official orders has been given for families to depart ukraine in addition to weapon shipment that is arrived last night that greg mentioned, antitank missiles from the baltic states, 3 nato allies and u.s. maillot river stockpiles will begin arriving early next week as well to fortify ukrainian defenses. the defense minister of latvia says he's sending antiaircraft missiles as well. u.s. supplied challenge have been shipped in the past during trump administration back in

police department to discuss the problem. l.a. also seeing wave of deadly attacks over the last week. >> griff: ucla student stabbed to death while working alone at a high-end furniture store while a 70-year-old nurse dies after being attacked at a bus stop. elizabeth, your reaction to this tragic news? >> it is devastating how crime continues to increase in our communities. every high concentration of crime is in places where democrats control most, if not all the levels of power and how long will we continue to give the dangerous and radical policies before we stand up for the average american, victim of violence and crime we saw. >> todd: i had trouble going to bed last night thinking of the father of the slain ucla girl. i had trouble thinking about it, it hurt me, i'm thinking about my little girl and god forbid something like that happen, my world would be shattered. the father had an interesting analysis of what happened. he wrote, crime is spiking, a lot of criminals shouldn't be out. we can't afford to have the good const

so we've obtained exclusive body camhe footage fromt the police department in westchester county. istnew york .eg the footage showsal about a hundred apparently illegal immigrants, mostly teenagers getting off a chartergh flighte in the middle of the night in west chester. the migrants and get on busses . someone on the tape describese how quote dhs wants this ondo the low down, in other words secret so you won't know about it despite the fact you'ret a u.s. citizen was paying for it. they're hiding it from you. they're doing this withoute do y your consent. speaking of an attack on democracy in footage, westchester police expressed tionr frustration with what's happening. >> try to figure out what the yeah. we've>> been having you know, you're on a secure facility here and we don't really know anything. we're in charge of security. so that's where we're at a problem. and soms hanging out here on the tarmac is that i don't know anybody pick up a basketball 100% and very easily, you know, people could just go that way. so i'm here to see oh yeah. it's slowly coming together but the

will they be investigated by your department of justice in the brand-new unit on domestic terrorism? or is that unit only for parent protesting school boards? they are very dangerous and breaking tonight, the education secretary is now facing calls t resign after reports that he requested an official letter from the national school board association comparing those parents that care about their kids and go to school board meetings which have to be borin to terrorists. or will a domestic terror unit will be squarely focused on those that participated in the january 6 riots. by the way, there were riots in the summer of 2020, what about groups that chant what we want, dead cops, wind we want them? now. we investigate them? today senator ted cruz asked th fbi very important questions about that day, their answers o lack thereof are very telling take a look. >> how many fbi agents are confidential informants activel participated in the events of january 6? >> sir, i'm sure you can appreciate that i can't go into the specifics of sources and methods. >> did any fbi agents or a confidentia