0 do you have another minute? >> i think it was hopeful to be able to see this legislation finally pass. >> wait a second, is he at the gift shop? is that shannon brean's book behind, he wantos camera. don't forget freedom matters gear. >> todd: dire warning from ukrainian that ammo could explode at the chernobyl nuclear site. they are demanding russia withdraw its troops. workers say invaders kicked up radioactive dust on their way in that is likely to kill them. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. washington being asked to fix another comment from the president. mark meridith has details. griff jenkins is live on the ground in lviv. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd. dire warning from chernobyl coming from ukraine's prime minister, she wants the un to demand demilitarization around chernobyl as the un's nuclear watchdog has a mission on the ground in ukraine at this hour. concern about places like chernobyl, as well as depresia in the southern region as the fighting is now entering the fifth week with just a glimmer of hope that there could be progress the negotiations, but as far as the notion russia will reduce their assault in the can i have kyiv area, nobody is buying it. president zelenskyy urging caution about that saying he's not dropping his defenses any time soon and white house communication director kate bedingfield saying nobody should be fooled this is a pullback by any means and john kirby warning about a new threat that could evolve against the capital. >> nobody should be fooling ourselves by the kremlin's claim it will reduce military attacks near kyiv or any reports it will withdraw all its forces. we should all be prepared to watch for major offensive against other areas of ukraine. it does not mean the threat to kyiv is over. >> griff: meanwhile, the no signs of peace in the southern region of mykolaiv. you can see they are being hammered. a rocket hitting regional government administration building, reportedly killing 12 and injuries 33 others. another rocket landing near a playground and apartment complex shattering windows and buildings. as far as the fight back, the counter offensive is gaining steam, as well. we're hearing north of kyiv, there is a lot of ground being taken back as well as out to the east, ukrainian forces pushing back territories there, meanwhile, russian media reporting they had to evacuate two border towns due to ukraine firing missiles into russian territory. that is significant, first we've seen of ukraine taking the fight to motherland russia. remember that ukrainian soldier who told a russian warship where to go? ukraine officials awarding that soldier a medal of merit for his honor and bravery. todd and carley. >> carley: it was amazing to see who he was and put a face that to incredible story. i want to ask about that missile that struck military base inside russia. this is first time we're hearing of something like this and regional governor said no casualties are reported, but four russian soldiers were injured upon. this is coming from russian state, so it has to be confirmed to believe it is true f. confirmed, could we see more of this? this is first time we've heard of ukraine going on the offense in this capacity. >> griff: that's a great question and you rightly point out, we have no confirmation this happened. earlier overnight, i interviewed a member of the ukrainian parliament who said we're seeing stages of counter offensives that began with just being able to withstand the initial invasion to taking areas back. he could not confirm the strikes into the belgrade, russia area where russia media reported they had to evacuate the border town. if that happened, it is the third stage of offensive, giving strength in what is now day 35 of fighting as the ukraines try to gain more and more ground. >> todd: griff jenkins live in lviv, thank you. we will bring in a ukrainian member of parliament, who is nine months pregnant, she is also in austin, texas. your journey through washington, d.c. is fascinating. how did you get here? >> good morning, everybody. well, i accidentally came a week, 10 days before the war started and the first day of war, i was standing in texas, in austin at the rally and i realized i have to be now in washington lobbying and asking for help for my country to put give us more support and arm, stronger sanctions against russia. i took first flight to dc and stay there until my nine months, last moment i could go back to texas. >> carley: we are hearing yesterday's peace talks, is that true, if so, layout your terms. >> our terms are the same, we need our territories and our people back. aleksandra ustinova. they have to go into sxourt they have to be face responsibility for everything that has been done to ukraine. so far we see negotiations are moving, we see russians are pulling out troops from kyiv and other regions in ukraine. to be honest, they were surrounded there. this is way for putin to keep his faith and get the troops out not to be totally destroyed. they were encircled by the ukrainian army already. now he needs a break, take his army out, not to get additional 17,000 soldiers dead as he already have. it is convenient to hold peace talks and negotiations now and we need to get our people from occupied city, mariupol, we have 100,000 people hiding there in bomb shelters in the basement, some of the people, children. 2000 children were moved and we cannot calculate the exact number of children moved to russia and how to get them back. we are holding negotiations to get something out of it, a partial cease-fire. we'll see how it goes. >> todd: when do you thank you war end? >> unfortunately, this war can end only when ukraine gets everything we have lost within the last eight years before. let's be honest, in 2014, when putin invaded ukraine, we had no intention for nato. nothing about nato. european integration or when i keep hearing now it was about demilitarization or we have to refuse to go to back nato, it was not on the table whe when p partially invited ukraine. for us, this is survival of our in the world.ght for democracy we will fight until the last town or village to go back to the ukrainian territory and we need reparations. it is billions of dollars the losses that ukraine has already has is billions of dollars. you know probably more than 10 million of ukrainians, which is one-fourth of the population, every fourth ukrainian was forced to move out of their home. i can give you my own example, my staffer, a very good friend of mine issue has no place to live now, she lived in suburb of kyiv, she is help and volunteering in the eastern area, which was shelled already. she has no place to go and come back and thousands and millions of people have no home to come back. we need houses, we need reparations and need rubbing to pay back for every loss and damage done to our country. >> todd: thank you for your time and best of luck with your baby about to be born any day now. thank you very much. today an american -- returning to earth onboard a russian space capsule. he is set to land in kazakhstan with two russian cosnauts, this as tensions rise between russia and the u.s. over invasion of ukraine by vladamir putin. there was a video that suggested he would be left behind in space, russia denying that speculation and nasa reiterating operations would continue as normal. >> carley: -- trying to clean up his comments overseas with yet another gaffe at home, if you can believe it. >> todd: the president seemed to reveal the u.s. is training troops. >> never a dull moment. the biden administration says it is sending weapons into ukraine on daily basis and the administration trying to clean up remarks the president made after he suggested on monday that u.s. troops are training ukrainian forces in poland. pentagon officials are characterizing these efforts as liaisons. some lawmakers and reporters are jumping all over this, asking if the commander-in-chief let something slip. >> apologize, we didn't have the sound byte. the white house asked if this slipped. they said no, this is routine interaction and more liaison as opposed to training. bipartisan group of senators are sending letterss to jake sullivan demanding. the u.s. mission to ukraine must go beyond ensuring the country has means to defend itself against russian aggression to counter advance. ukraine can win this fight if we help them win this fight. lawmakers in the house and senate will get a better idea where things stand with the war and looking to see if lawmakers have new reaction after they learn what is happening on the ground in kyiv and beyond. >> carley: mark meridith. thank you. remember when president biden said this weeks before his inauguration last year. >> president biden: you heard me say in different context, the words of a president matter. >> todd: republican congressman james coshg dlt /* /* -- coshgmerjoins us. it is a daily gaff-a-thon. how long can the country withstand the now daily gaffe from the president? >> it is taking a toll on foreign policy. these gaffes put american at risk. he accidently detailed classified information. this puts americans at risk, american troop necessary poland and with cyber attacks. i worry this emboldens the deep state to make decisions without consult withing joe biden. many in congress are concerned about who makes important decisions on day-to-day basis in the biden administration and this puts that at risk. this is something the president will continue to do. i know that everyone in the administration tried to encourage him to speak just from the teleprompter, he continues to put americans at risk. >> carley: you mention the teleprompter, this picture went viral that showed he was reading off note cards when responding to reporter questions and he said why he called for vladamir putin to step down, he said exactly what the note cards said, listen to this moment. >> president biden: i want to make it clear, i wasn't then nor am i now expressing policy change. >> you do feel vladamir putin should removed from power, is that what you are say something >> i was expressing what i said, moral outrage i felt toward that man, not articulating policy change. >> carley: i know you are not the press secretary, you are in washington, is it common for a president to read off notecards? >> it is a problem, this is something we've had concerns about from day one, his competency level, the fact he continues to make gaffes is one thing. if you detail classified information, it is a big problem. i know his communication team is trying to solve this problem. but the fact we have a problem is a problem. joe bidenville to go back to a lot of what he did in the campaign and make limited appearances. this putss america at a shaky position on the world stage especially at time of major conflict, not just in ukraine, in taiwan and iran, and it is very unfortunate. >> carley: i want to ask about the latest situation the president got into, where he said the u.s. is training ukrainian troops in poland. there is a question on whether or not that was classified information. do you think it was and if so, could that put our troops and national security at risk? >> it was classified. this is something we're not supposed to do, something i think that the ukrainians are expecting, the world is expecting. we have the best trained military in the world. russia is an enemy. ukraine is being slaughtered now through no fault of their own. the fact joe biden said this put american troops at risk. russia probably knows where the troops are being trained now. this gives russia propaganda to motivate their troops, who are facing low moral and puts our american troops at risk of retaliation from russian missiles and spys and attacks. >> todd: it is frightening. an investigation by house republicans, including yourself, revealing joe biden cdc bypassed official guidance on the reopening of schools. is there any reason other than the money joe biden would choose the union over our kid? >> no, no reason at all. i don't have a problem with union advocating for better pay and working conditions for teachers. when this comes at the expense of our children, that is unacceptable. this is joe biden ark bandoning the science in the form of trying to receive political donation from base of his, teachers union. unacceptable. >> carley: thank you for doing that investigation and hopping on with us, we got to leave it there, thank you so much. >> todd: three -- high-speed chase that stretched across the city. officers tried to pull a car over and it took off. police say the suspects inside the car opened fire on police, all three officers who are hit are expected to recover. two suspects were arrested once the pursuit ended. >> carley: contents of hunter biden entered into the congressional record. matt gates requested the move after the fbi cyber division assistant director admitted he had no idea what the agency did with the laptop or where it is. chuck grassley and ron johnson put forward a receipt shows what they say is evidence hunter used joe biden's position to enrich himself. >> topic of this poster shows $100,000 from what is effectively an arm of the communist chinese government direct to hunter biden. >> carley: they say the payment was made in 2017 to hunter biden's firm. florida governor ron desantis hitting back against attacks from gavin newsom about covid leadership and progressive ideology. >> first i would say how many people are moving from his state flee to mine for freedom vice versa, i guarantee we win in migration. people are leaving california in numbers i've never seen because of failed policies. >> carley: explosive data obtained shows republican voters in florida outnumber democrats by 100,000 for the first time in state history. >> todd: you could say -- will smith's oscar is on the line after he slipped chris rock for making a joke about his wife's head. jada smith breaks her silence, this is season for healing and i'm here for it. and actor jim carey tearing into the crowd over the infamous slap. listen to this. >> i was sickened by the standing ovation, hollywood is spineless on mass and it just really felt like this is a really clear indication that we're not the cool club anymore. >> todd: carey said he would have sued smith for $200 million. there you have it from ace ventura. two weeks ago, we spoke to this mother. >> it makes me angry, he didn't did anything wrong, he was trying to live a life with his wife there and help others with his teaching skills. >> todd: now tyler is free and reunited with his wife and daughter and will join us for an exclusive interview to talk about his 10 days in custody. >> carley: and brandon judd will talk about the migranting crossing the border and tomi lahren coming up on this busy wednesday morning. stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. the brand i trust is qunol. why do nearly one million businesses choose stamps.com to mail and ship? 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