0 it is so frustrating the media goes on with it. we are out of time. i know you have a strong view but the media are so corrupt. thank you for watching. never miss a show and we will see you next sunday when "the across ukraine >> set to meet with his security cancel days after the humiliating explosion that shut down a strategic bridge linking russia to its annexed territory. calling it an act of terrorism. >> russian born former u.s. defense intel officer and she joins us now. quite a morning to have you on the program. did you expect this level of retaliation following the explosion of that bridge? >> 100% i expected it. based on the attacks in russian territory to be met with forceful retaliation. just because the rest of the world does not acknowledge crimea as russian the putin regime do consider it russian territory and the same with the four annexed territories. and so he will not stop to hear, he will only escalate and our own president joe biden she has recently warned us about the possibility of nuclear armageddon which is where we are heading right now. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy said this, they are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. there are missiles hitting it, unfortunately are wounded and dead. do not leave shelters, take care of yourselves and loved ones. let's hold on and be strong. does it shock you at all that the security council was supposed to meet with putin a couple of hours after this was supposed to happen. that's what was supposed to happen. but you have the top propagandist with the kremlin, he was demanding a show force. but breaking their plans and striking unexpected blows and directions were the enemy is not expecting them, that seems to be exactly what happened this morning. >> carley: this is exactly biden's playbook. what biden has done is a diversion. the narrative about the security council meeting later in the day is a classic deception to achieve tactical surprise. this retaliation should have been expected, including by president biden and president zelenskyy. we do pray for ukrainian people. they need to brace. but what i want to mention here is that the washington establishment does not explain to the american people why it is that putin is fighting so hard. ukraine is part of the security perimeter for russia even though we don't recognize it. but it's the same thing as our monroe doctrine. imagine if russia or china try to approach canada or mexico, no sane military commander, at this point many people question his sanity, we would not allow such things to happen and so neither does putin. it's an existential battle for him. going to do everything possible, going to switch to a different strategy coming forward to make sure that ukraine does not enter the western orbit of influence and especially nato, which he warned us many times. it's a redline for and he's not bluffing. >telling us this morning the russians are aiming at civilian targets in ukraine. that's why officials are stressing the need for more air defense systems. this attack is significant. the first time they've hit the city center of kyiv for a long time. they did little in the outskirts, they've gone for the heart of kyiv but we know this bridge was not only a link to transporting troops and surprise, this is beyond embarrassing because this was believed to be a pet project of his. so taking all this into account and also adding to the fact that he's getting, putin that is, a lot of pressure from russian hard-liners, how much do you attribute to the hard-liner pressure, how much do you attribute to what you call putin's doctrine here? >> it's not just the hardlines, todd. the entire putin's establishment, his regime is behind it. remember, he spends two decades planning this. it's not just putin come he can't do it himself. the entire doctrine was developed by the general staff and my intelligence assessment is that putin is stretching strategies to what is called the new generation warfare where he's going to target exactly what he's targeting right now, the civilian infrastructure with cyberattacks, state warfare operations. underwater strikes. just like what we saw with the nord stream. we have a piece on fox digital, it's called space armageddon. so things unfolded exactly how putin has planned and unfortunately our security apparatus, misdirected resources when they should have been paying to the russian threat. they were doing an investigation after investigation of former president trump. they themselves concocted instead of taking seriously in developing the a deterrent strategy and a de-escalation strategy. president biden at this point has no de-escalation strategy and that is very dangerous. potentially being dragged into another experimental project like we just had in afghanistan. but we don't have 20 years because putin has nuclear weapons and he olds advantage advantage in tactical nuclear weapons 10-1. we have 200, the russians have 2,000 and he has practiced many times and how to use it. >> speaking of biden, putin, this whole idea of nuclear war, president biden ward of nuclear armageddon, putin not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons, biological, chemical weapons. i do not think there's any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. when people heard this people started thinking this could be a possibility with what happened this morning. what do you make of those comments? >> president biden is 100% correct. he has finally acknowledged that he has brought us on the brink of nuclear armageddon. but i want to clarify the nuclear strikes are not expected on u.s. homeland. he does not tell need to scare theamerican peopl. that would be reckless. there are several steps right now with what the russians have developed, the escalation dominance. the escalation ladder. as you mentioned, nonkinetic strikes, cyber intrusions, they are expected including on the homeland. but it depends on what we do. if we decide to de-escalate, sit down at the table, and actually make sure that zelenskyy does talk to putin about how to end this conflict, end the suffering of the ukrainian people, and how to avoid putting american and european civilians structures into the crosshairs of putin, there is a possibility to the escalade but there is going to be an adult in the room right now, just like we had one back during the cuban missile crisis who's going to tell everyone to knock it off, get to the table and stop this war. >> be sure to read rebecca's book, important now more than ever. rebecca koffler, thank you very much. president biden facing a lot of backlash for that nuclear army armageddon comment. mike pompeo urging to take the comment more seriously. >> they demonstrate one of the greatest foreign policy failures, the failure to deter vladimir putin the way the trump administration did. as a random thought, that is a terrible risk to the american people if he truly believes that you've got to be out talking to us in a serious way. >> biden allies defending biden's right to raise the risk of nuclear conflict, msnbc coordinator john kirby said it's not based on any new intel on putin's plan. >> overreacting that the stakes are very high right now. comments are not based on new or fresh intelligence or new indications that mr. putin has made a decision to use nuclear weapons. quite frankly we don't have any indication that he has. >> todd: added that the u.s. is not seen anything from the kremlin that would prompt a change to our own posture. >> carley: let's get to another fox news alert. national gas average sitting at $6.91 per gallon with no relief in sight as the energy administration predicts prices will continue to go up. >> that didn't stop president biden taking a weekend getaway. members of his own party are calling for new blood ahead of the midterms. alexandria hoff has more on that live. >> right before the president left the area this week and hugh pointed finger at saudi arabia and opec for slashing oil production. the state fired back saying that american refinery production is to blame or lack thereof at $3.91 per gallon, 60% higher now than when president biden took office. while the chief officer for alliance told "face the nation" predicts that it'll come down to 8% as the price consumer indexes released this week. core inflation is likely on the rise. it'll all be coming up to push members of the media into moments like this. listen. >> i think the economic headwinds are so tough and biden doesn't have the umph, he can't really make his case, i do not think the democrats are in any better place. >> odinga -- >> while i think inflation is a worldwide phenomenon, i'm open to the fact that we have to make decisions here in the united states. democrats are in power, in the house and senate. i have been very vocal including my own leadership in the house that we need a new generation, we need new blood period. i think the country has been saying that. >> republican congressman tom emmer feels the country has been prioritizing issues that simple democrats have simply not. >> crime is a huge issue. cost of living huge issue. every voter they are trying to tell, look at this other issue, they won't address the most important issues, the economy, crime, the border, those are the issues that matter. >> republican still have to convince voters they are the ones to solve those issues. the midterms are 28 weeks away. >> thanks, alexandria. mark levin says democrats are pushing voters to their breaking point. listen to this. >> what's going on here fundamentally, the democrat policies are working. this is what they want. they want a poor america, they want a degrowth movement, they are anticapitalism, they are pro-economic socialism and they have been for about half a century. they are centralizing decision-making in their own hands. but politically it's a nonstarter. so they have to lie about it. rather than celebrating it, they have to lie about it. they will blame you, big oil, they'll blame whatever they have to blame. they'll talk about price gouging when there isn't price gouging. they create the very scenario that they are criticizing. >> fox news poll found foreign policy better than the democrats. >> the grieving mother of that man right there, you can see him in red, speaking out this morning, didn't learn of her father's death from police. a neighbor who spoke to reporters, telling the new york press "they failed us." he has no criminal record. he worked. this is why mayor adams needs to get there blank whips. you just don't treat us like that. the man who allegedly murdered charles moore being held without ball on murder charges. congressman lee zeldin says that the crime crisis is literally at his doorstep following a broad daylight shooting. >> joins us with more and police say two men were shot on the long island home of gubernatorial nominee lee lee zeldin. his two 16-year-old daughters home alone doing their homework when they heard gunfire outside their front door. the bullets landing 30 feet away as the girls locked themselves in the bathroom and called 911. >> it's really close to home when it shows up on your front doorstep. i'm so grateful that my daughters responded as quickly, as swiftly as they did. >> authorities say three teenagers were walking down the street where someone in an suv opened fire. two of them shot before taken fire under lee zeldin's front porch. vocal on new york soft on crime policies saying they are contributing to the spiral crime crisis, but he says that it's past the point of politics. listen. >> as far as standing here talking about politics, i didn't... i'm surprised that you or someone else might even look at it that way. at what point are we supposed to talk about the crime on our own streets? i'm standing in front of crime scene tape it for my own house but can give me more outraged then now. >> as we wait more details, i'm relieved to hear the lee zeldin family is safe and grateful for law enforcement officers and their quick response. this is the second high-profile incidence of violent crime to impact as eldon attacked giving a speechin upst. authorities believe the incident outside his home to be a gang-related and unrelated to the residents of the house. >> regardless connected or not it shows that crime knows no boundaries. and house g.o.p. conference chair elise stefanik also reacting to the shooting outside lee zeldin's home. listen to this. >> lee and his wonderful wife marching in a columbus day parade in the bronx away from home in the two girls doing their homework on the first floor. we are glad the family is safe. but it is a crime crisis in new york state and shows up on your doorstep literally in the case of our republican gubernatorial candidate which is why we need to vote to turn out in the save new york by electing lee zeldin this november. >> we'll be joining "fox & friends" live 7:00 a.m. >> can't wait to hear that. >> is columbus day and statues are once again the target of protesters claiming columbus does not represent a racial justice. so many statues are covered in tarps and boxes stop protesters from defiling them any further and philadelphia, has been inside more of a box for two years as courts fight whether or not to remove it completely. in the spirit of italian-american heritage, the city adding green, red, white paint and signs underscoring his contribution to america. >> we are a month away from the midterms and democrats are hanging their hopes on a radical abortion agenda. >> is a fallacy we know exactly when a pregnancy starts. at its core, it's about freedom and liberty. >> if an arizona voter were to conclude from your previous answer that you do not favor any sort of week limit on abortion, would they be correct? >> is this a winning strategy or a last ditch effort? live report next. >> high school football team some say it is divisive and racist. we talked to a parent of one of the players forced to silence his pro police message one of very busy "fox & friends first" rolls along.