roger wicker, the republican mississippi senator and what hey has to look forward to. each senator has a chance to read but one at a time. let's say you're looking at 20 minute force each of them to read it multiplied times 100, 2,000 minutes, 30 plus hours. kristin fisher with more. >> yeah, neil, things are moving so fast here. we're hearing that senators could get their hands on that fbi report as early as this afternoon. whatever is inside could make or break the judge's confirmation hearing so could what president trump said at that rally last night. all three of the critical republican swing votes, flake, collins and murkowski, all three of them have come out and spoke out strongly against those remarks. here's two of them. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> there's no time and no place for remarks like that. to discuss something this sensitive in a political rally is just not right is. it's not right. i wish he didn't do. just -- it's appalling. >> so as all of capitol hill waits for this fbi report to be released, there's tremendous tension a

wicker, the republican senator from mississippi, he's in charge of getting republicans elected to the senate. it's a very tough year for republicans in the senate. he said i feel better today than i did earlier. james corpsman, the republican whip, he said we're going to have to work on immigration reform and there's a way to soften that rhetoric. so republicans are trying to figure out a way to get on board with donald trump. >> so you got to wonder then, is the bush family next? all of them have expressed sincere doubts about donald trump. none of them even want to vote for him. i asked him, what about your old boss? >> no, i did not. i got great love and affection for the entire family, particularly 41. and i'll be talking to them all, i'm sure, relatively soon. but, look, donald trump is going to be the nominee of the republican party, i've been a republican all my life, i was a republican vice president, so of course i'm going to support the nominee of our party and i think others will begin to step up and support him as well. some may not at the very end, i can understand that,

eastern time as we look ahead to the big game and what's at stake, mississippi republican senator roger wicker and then the city attorney of san francisco's doing his own school district because wait a minute, kids matter more than teachers, why can't we all get on the same page and open things up? he's suing to make the point. tomorrow, we will see you then. here comes "the five." ♪ ♪ >> jesse: hello everybody, i'm jesse watters along with juan williams, dagen mcdowell, greg gutfeld and martha maccallum. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." it's another day and yet another example of hypocrisy from democrats. joe biden and his white house have preached endlessly about how we have to follow the science and listen to the experts. and they promised that they always will, you may remember this. >> i think it's important to follow the science, listen to

to republican senator roger wicker who serves on the armed services committee. senator, we don't know a lot of what transpired in that phone call. we do know that vladimir putin still has the 100,000 plus russian troops on the border. do you think he will hold off? >> i hope he does. two schools of thought on this. one is that it's a ruse, he doesn't have any intention of going in instead of using it as a bargaining chip. a lot of other people think that an invasion could take place and could take place within weeks. i'll just say this. vladimir putin has surprised the west twice. once in 2008 in georgia invading a sovereign nation and then in 2014 with ukraine. he could surprise us again. i hope although there was no finger wagging in the conversation from the president today, i hope there was a show of resolve that we think this would be a game changer for free europe and it's something that the united states and our allies cannot tolerate. >> neil: senator, some of your republican colleagues think we should have troops in the region. they didn't delineate how

senator roger wicker with him. thanks for taking the time here. that's been your argument all along. in prior interviews, you said i'm open to infrastructure but better just be infrastructure, right? >> well, we've been advocating infrastructure for four years as members of the epw committee and the commerce committee and republican conference. you know, senator gillibrand got ridicule yesterday for tweeting that paid leave is infrastructure. child care is infrastructure. actually it's president biden that really deserves a good bit of the raspberries on that. it's actually his bill. it's $2 trillion, maybe $2.3 trillion. only about 30% of it by any stretch of the imagination could be called infrastructure. so i think -- i heard what roy blunt said sunday. i like it very much. we have a problem with the president when we ask him to compromise on the rescue bill. he offered 1.9 trillion. we offered $600 billion. then he said it was up to us to make yet another counter offer. that's usually not the way compromise works. >> neil: so where is this goi

and now roger wicker, the senator from from mississippi has persuaded the senate commerce committee to postpone her hearinghe her vote was supposed to be yesterday. there are actually going to be have a new hearing, a second hearing for her next week and we're going to hear everything, including this whole sordid tale of her involvement in a nonprofit called locust, which was l essentially setss. and what it did was it siphoned some people, let's say stole broadcast signals from major broadcast companies, us included. nbc put i into essentially t the internet and allowed people and this was their basicallyhi and they were nonprofit alloweo people to see that programing at a high quality p. if you didn't if you can't afford cable, it sounds like a noble idea. the broadcast company sued the judge sided with a broadcast company saying low caste and mison. she's on the boardrdco. lokesh, you owe thirty million dollars and then lo behold, ee some documents camek out last week i wrote about in the a new york post i wrote about fox businessbo where it showed that low caste only paidd seven hu

, america deserves better than roger wicker it's to say. repeat vax one another. both parties the same stupid talking point do they know how reality this is? >> unfortunately it doesn't appear to be the case, and this is just points to their ineptness their lack of capability to really clearly see what the consequences are, of their rhetoric. what -- the actions and this isn't just there are consequences to leaders in our country, influential people in our country to throwing things out like a first use nuclear attack is on the table. this directly undermines our national security. it directly puts the american people and our country and the world at risk, tucker. and what are we trying to accomplish here? because that would be the result. >> tucker: this is much longer conversation but in a minute, why eastern ukraine? i mean you could think of lots of parts of the world that are critical to our national interest. the shipping lanes in the south china sea or lots of things you could argue we have to defend this but ukraine? we have been ta

wicker of mississippi. that's what they're doing in your name. are they defending you, standing up for your country? no, they voted for pete buttigieg's fake infrastructure bill. that's it for us. a new book. it's a pretty good book called "the long slide." order it from tuckercarlson capsoff.com. have a great evening. >> sean: the reckless spending on capitol hill, it continues, yeah, though rino republicans that you just heard. information skyrocketing. we are stealing money from our own children. republicans are helping to enable it. the $1 trillion down payment on the green new deal just passed the senate with republican support. senator john kennedy said the bill was full of stupid stuff. keep in mind the 1 trillion is in addition to the 600 billion already spent on top of

those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our coverage this hour now with mike emanuel who is live on capitol hill and there is a lot we can report now that we could not several hours ago. what do we have now. >> that's right, bill. we can tell you the man's name is kenneth curtis, he is from tupelo, mississippi. the arrest made we understand this evening unclear whether charges will be filed tonight or tomorrow and where they will be filed you better believe federal law enforcement and prosecutorial people talking about exactly how to proceed from this point. we know that these letters addressed to president obama and senator roger

senator roger wicker testing positive for ricin. letter never made it to capitol hill or lawmaker's office. the letter was intercepted as an off-site testing facility in maryland of them learned about the poisonous letter about the boston marathon bombing. at this point there is no word of a suspect or motive. we are told there is nothing to indicate the letter that was addressed to senator wicker is connected to the deadly bombings in boston. stay with fox news for more information on this developing story out of washington tonight. o'reilly factor will be joining us after the break. do not go away. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is a stunning work of technology. ♪ this is the 2013 lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and the first-ever es hybrid. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. rify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecti

. >> that was republican senator roger wicker today questioning the chairman of the joint chiefs. the senator quoting a new column that calls the president out for ignoring the advice of his generals including general dempsey who said the u.s. should keep troop in iraq. now the president is reportedly ignoring their advice again in the fight against isis. mark thiessen is the author of the column referenced. he's also the former chief speech writer to president george w. bush. what a moment today hearing your own column quoted to the chairman of the joint chiefs and he backed you up, mark. >> he did, absolutely. he said that all the generals, all the military leaders thought that we should have left troops in iraq, they gave that advice to president obama, he rejected it. the result is the rise of isis. he confirmed that general austin has requested before and advised the president that we needed special operations troops on the ground to fight isis and that that request was denied as well. so the president -- you have to feel for general austin. here's a guy, a great general who

meanwhile 3 more senators who tested positive for covid 19 despite being vaccinated, roger wicker and john hickenlooper announcing their breakthrough infections one day after health officials announced plans to offer booster shots to all americans. it is recommended people get their third shot eight month after the second one. now back to the ingraham angle. logon to foxnews.com. >> you got new york, la and the city of new orleans is under a vaccine mandate. the mandate is hitting local businesses. raymond arroyo went to new orleans for this report. >> reporter: this is the epicenter of tourism in the heart of new orleans's economy but mayor latoya cantrell's vaccine mandate requires anyone going into a bar or restaurant or concert venue to show proof of vaccination. mayor cantrell says this is not a burden, she's done it herself. >> we found ourselves leaders in the united states of america, look for your vaccination card and be prepared to show it. i tested this out myself on saturday. no problem. i was proud, had my car laminated, pulled it out and my friend i was with had her la w

republican senators johnny isakson mike enzi and roger wicker all announced late today they will vote no against the use of force. one republican who supports military action talked about what's critical to win g.o.p. support. >> maybe to satisfy some the democrats he wants to show it's a limited attack, but, if he expects republicans to come on board, we don't want just to have a factor the sake of an attack. has to show there is a comprehensive plan and strategy. >> democrat senators joe manchin and heidi hide camp have offered an alternative to military strike. manchin explained the proposal. off the shelf away from any human being being subjected to that again. next of all we said to president obama. president obama your administration in 45 days give us a plan what look like after if we do strike and what it might look like if we don't strike. >> tomorrow, president obama will visit capitol hill to have lunch with republican senators seeking support. shep? >> shepard: mike, the president is set to making his case to it even more republican lawmakers tomorrow. the senate minority

looking whether online feud senator roger wicker and another local attorney or i should say judge. the feds dropped their charges against the impersonator. i thought they said rice, i don't even eat rice. he said he would come to belows with online at least another man north mississippi one time candidate for the state house of representatives. well, today, teams searched through a retail space where neighbors said that second man once owned a martial arts studio. that was one day after the fbi searched his house. he didn't send any of those poison letters, for now the fbi has not charged him with any crime. there is a new warning now. bird flu and it's serious. the experts say it's one of the most lethal forms they have ever seen. they tell us the virus is on the move. we'll get details from atlanta. plus, the feds say budget cuts that sidelined thousands of air traffic controllers this week are not effecting airline safety. and one official claims the hundreds and hundreds of flight delays haven't actually been so bad. meantime, the blame game continues in d.c. with passengers ca

and to the mississippi senator roger wicker. today prosecutors dropped all charges all of them against the initial suspect. is he free tonight just one hour ago. paul kevin curtis, that's his name. had some very nice words to say to his attorneys. divine intervention led this beautiful blue eyed angel to my jail cell through my daughter and a connection with her friend i see have always said my daughter has a direct link to jesus he lifnsz to her prayers. she felt chills, she knew she had to do something to. my rescue she came and for the first time in 13 years i have had real representation from an attorney at law. >> shepard: his 20th attorney in 13 years. at first he thought investigators were saying rice. not ricin. he added i don't even eat rice. remember the feds had arrested curtis last week in his corinth, mississippi. they accused of him of mailing letters tainted with ricin to president obama and senator wicker. the investigation -- the charges are gone but investigation ♪. life changing day for that guy. >> >> life

those letters addressed to president obama and mississippi republican senator roger wicker. we have learned the suspect is a man from tupelo, mississippi, a man with a long history of sending letters to lawmakers in washington. investigators say that early tests on those letters were positive. that mail never came close to the president or the senator for that matter. they set off alarms though in postal screening facilities away from the white house and away from chill. i want to start our coverage this hour now with mike emanuel who is live on

roger wicker's bill, this is the life line that we need to get through to keep everyone employed, to get our suppliers paid and rent paid and get to the other side of this. >> dana: well-deserved. this is not no one's fault. this was imposed on you. tom, thanks for being on the show. we'll stay on top of that. hopefully with better news. thank you. next, democrats slamming president trump for down playing the pandemic. even though they did the same thing. follow us on instagram at "the daily briefing." we're tracking the biggest headlines. check the top banner to stay up to date. i'm not hungry! you're having one more bite! no! one more bite! ♪ kraft. for the win win. whether we see them or not, we need to know that they're always there. for the past 25 years, masimo has been monitoring patients in hospitals around the world so that doctors and nurses can make sure you feel safe. as new challenges have arisen, we've grown to bring that same safety and support to the place that you want to be most. if we've learned nothing else, it's that when challenges arise, there's only one way

wicker. mcdonyell who tried to unseat thad cochran recounts and audio tapes. it was such a mess. the race was such a second tack hrar race. mcdaniel is back for more. he is opposing the guy. trump didn't just endorse wicker. he endorsed wicker the night before mcdaniels expected announcement. he came in right before mcdaniels did it. he said, i don't care. i'm doing it. for republicans, this is another example of what earthly point is there to doing this? steve bannon, call your office. >> dana: could be he wants his name out there in case there's another opening. we go to florida. another poll talking about the possible senate race between bill nelson and rick scott. this is showing bill nelson at a 46/42 and harry enson our friend tweeted this. this q pack florida state poll looks like the other nelson advantage. clear sign that scott is at or near the apex of his popularity in florida. >> even though harry works at cnn, he's still right. ah, no. this race is going to be one of the hottest

roger wicker. the investigation turned to another man in mississippi he. james everett dutschke, he's a one-time republican candidate for state office. he reportedly had an email feud and long running one with the former suspect, the man whom authorities released yesterday. at the same time the fbi and law enforcement agencies searched the new guy's home and took items with them. he claims he didn't send those letters. >> my family knows i don't have anything to do with this. the people that actually know me know i don't have anything to do with this. quite frankly the people that don't know that this is just crazy. >> shepard: james everett dutschke, his attorney tells fox news agents are searching his tae kwon do studio but still no arrest. with us, david katz from the fbi academy and special agent with the dea and founder of global security group. this is all very weird. first you have this elvis impersonator who is mentally off, according to the family, who is in this feud with this guy, who used to be a republican candidate in mississippi and i don't

wicker. the mail set off alarms at a screening facility. never came close to the white house or capitol hill. but a season source is telling fox news the substance in the letters is absolutely, unequivocally, ricin. police and neighbors describing the guy as a paranoid loner who thought the government was out to get him, trying to ruin his reputation. as for the body part conspiracy there was word he was deeply disturbed from his time working in a hospital. both letters saying, quote to see a wrong and not disclose is it is to become a partner to its continuance. it ended, i am kc and i approve this message. john roberts is live in mississippi. what can we say about this now today, john? >> we're learning all kinds of things about this fella and the possibility as well learned in court, overhearing conversation between the u.s. attorney and the judge there may be -- not confirmed -- a fourth letter out there some one. kevin kurtis had the appears, official charges, threatening the life of the

wicker. today the white house press secretary jay carney asked about this, said investigators are now conducting more advanced testing on the content of these letters. here is carney. >> the f.b.i. has a lead for determine building a suspicious powder is a dangerous substance, such as risin. those take place at accredited facilities and they take a certain amount of time as the f.b.i. has indicated. these procedures are in place. the procedures are effective and in operation now and we are in the midst of that process which the f.b.i. is undertaking at this time. >> bill: what we do know, both letters said to be postmarked in memphis, tennessee. mike emmanuel is live on capitol hill for a very busy day. what more do we know about the letters there, mike? >> bill, fox news has obtained an f.b.i. operations bull finish that ties these two letters together. it says it was determined they were related based on their u.s. government targets, the postmarks and identical language in them. both maile

senate budget committee republican roger wicker says smarter cuts are fine but is skeptical of the predictions. >> not only would it not go to those jobs but also it's not going to happen. if there's one thing that we're committed to, we're committed to keeping the overall budget savings that were negotiated in the budget control act. and to lose that would be to lose everything we worked for. >> reporter: critics note this is the same cbo that predicted president obama's 2009 stimulus package would produce three million jobs and fell short. ahead of the budget office release, leading democrats talked about the effect of the sequester. >> the sequester was an economic punch to the cut for transportation, housing and development programs. >> reporter: while the cuts have had an impact on people in terms of furloughs and some reduced benefits, experts say they have not led to the predicted massive breakdowns in critical services. though democratic senator patty murray held out hope that congress will stop the cuts. >> the impacts of sequestration, like the furloughs of 650,000 defense workers no

mississippi republican roger wicker is a budget conferree. >> i'm thinking about the end of the week we'll have a deal that gets us some sequestration relief and we'll there to pay for it. if it is just like the sale of spectrum, that won't be much of a victory. with were going to do -- we were going to do that any way. >> democrats have been hoping to restore funding for medical research and education. the pressure is on patty murray and republican congressman paul ryan to finalize a deal to fund the government beyond january 15th. a new push from democrats in recent days has been a $25 billion unemployment extension which is due to run sought december 28th. >> right now more than 1 million of americans are poses to lose a vital lifeline, a few days after christmas, if congress doesn't do something about it. >> unemployment benefits have been extended five times at a price tag of $226 billion and some conservatives argue more extensions are not acceptable. >> they are causing them to become a perpetual part of the unemployed in our economy and while it seems good, it does a disservi

a man who always does well is senator roger wicker. roger, he's been a great friend of mine from the beginning. and representative greg harper. thanks, greg. [applause] this is really an incredible time for our nation. we are respected again. we are respected again, like we haven't been respected in many, many decades. we have the best economy and our history. the stock market today just hit another record high. that is -- i think 103 times since i've been president that we've hit a new high. and hopefully next year at this time we will hit many more. but that's not a bad number, right? up to 103, and if i'm off just a little bit, like 102, it will be headlines. trump exaggerated. that's why i always say, i think. with republican congress, we got 4 million new jobs since election day and lifted 4 million americans off of food stamps. those are tremendous numbers. [applause] jobless claims are at a 50 year low, and the stock market as i just said is at an all-time high today. african-american, hispanic-american and asian american unempl

the mississippi senator roger wicker telling "the hill" newspaper, "cleveland is the last place republicans in tough races want to be," especially if there's going to be what he calls a brouhaha over the nominee. and senator john mccain apparently agrees. the 2008 presidential nominee says no thanks, not me. i'll be somewhere else. not at that convention. for the first time in years. house speaker paul ryan is pushing his colleagues the other way. he's like, show up. it's your party. you should be here. come to cleveland. cleveland is lovely in the middle of the summer -- oh, wait, that's not his argument. speaker ryan will be the convention chairman. so he'll have to oversee the whole thing. jeb bush says he won't be there either. let's bring in shelby holliday, video reporter for the "wall street journal." there are divisions all over this party, and now there's divisions over whether people inside the party sheen come to the party party. >> should even show up. there's a major conflict of interest here. on one hand you have speaker paul ryan saying this is our party, you've got to be her

>> harris: let's bring in more on this, roger wicker, good to see you on the program. thank you. >> glad to be here, thanks for having me. >> harris: you are watching history be made, the first woman in your state to ascend to where she is now, just a response first today. >> cindy hyde-smith has been a good senator, she was a great statewide official and a state legislator. i think mississippi knows her and they know she's going to be in the mainstream of conservative action here in the united states senate. it gets us to 53-47 which gives us a little cushion, a little leeway. all in all a good victory and glad to have the entire two year behind us. >> harris: no doubt in the last couple of weeks, it's been tough for her, tougher the stage, people of color in the state who felt like her comments were made were not inclusive of everybody, how do you see her going forward now? does she need to address that in any way? >> i think she probably will, let me just say, there's been a lot of mock outrage about this statement she made. there was nothing at all racial about it.

sheldon whitehouse of rhode island and roger wicker, republican of mississippi. we have seen this. and now the vice president -- who is the president of the senate, as we know -- is going to wrap up saying a ceremony or traditional process at this point. we may or may not get back in if there is something for us to see and hear. right now they are just kind of doing some housekeeping things. >> melissa: which is fun to watch! >> harris: i love watching it, i'm a geek. i can't force my geek hood on the world here. the producers are saying to wrap it up. >> leslie: they might do a mic check! >> harris: the house leadership vote is next. when we come back, we watch a parade this is democracy. we hired these people, people. >> mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. if you're a veteran homeowner and need money for your family, call newday usa. a newday va home loan lets you refinance your home and take out 54,000 dollars or more to pay credit card debt, or just put money in the bank. it even lowers your payments by over 600 dollars a month. as a veteran, you've earned the powerful va home

however, what critics are saying when it comes to biden and this isn't just roger wicker who's of course a republican come about you having tim kaine the democratic senator saying when you take any kind of armed effort and troop movement off the table, then what are we talking about here, it doesn't really speak to the power that we might have. again, we are trying to avoid a hot war, but strategically ukraine truly is important. howard: molly, this is a national view jim garrity what he called a word of praise for president biden. tucker carlson as we just heard it said some conservatives here and elsewhere are trying to push biden into a senseless war with russia. when you say some people have not thought it through do you think they really want this military action or is it just sort of television bluster? >> does seem we in this country have had a portion of our foreign policy establishment that seeks intervention and when we get out of one conflict they are looking for another. they should think through the consequences. one of the problems we had in the previous intervention is we

they were with mailed to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. there is no information that that case or any other so far could be connected to the bloomberg case. this is all right now at this moment under investigation, jenna. jenna: we'll continue to watch for developments, thank you. jon: jury selection begins next week for notorious gangster james white thee bulger's trial. preparations underway for what some are calling the great american mop trial. we are hearing from a arizona mother of seven jailed in mexico right now on drug smuggling charges. her words next. ♪ bonjour ♪ je t'adore ♪ c'est aujourd'hui ♪ ♪ et toujours ♪ me amour ♪ how about me? [ male announcer ] here's to a life less routine. ♪ and it's un, deux, trois, quatre ♪ ♪ give me some more of that [ male announcer ] the more connected, athletic, seductive lexus rx. ♪ je t'adore, je t'adore, je t'adore ♪ ♪ ♪ s'il vous plait [ male announcer ] this is the pursuit of perfection. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to

senator roger wicker and a local mississippi judge, said did i holland. in a court hearing hearing yesterday for dutschke an fbi agent testified a dust mask like a carpenter might use had his dna on it. they were watching dutschke when they saw him remove items from a martial arts studio he used to own. he watched him walk down the street and throw the items away in the trashcan. the dust mask was one of the those items there is proof that dutschke made three separate online purchases of castor beans. you can't make ricin without castor beans. you may remember elvis impersonator, paul kevin curtis was the first person charged with sending letters and he claimed he was framed. he fingered dutschke as someone who might have framed him. still no word on a motive, arthel. the local magistrate says there is enough probable cause to send the case to a grand jury. not clear when that will happen. meantime james dutschke sits in jail. arthel: bottom line, scary stuff. rick, thank you very much. jon: well, the video doesn't lie and reese witherspoon is apologizing

wicker, steve scalise, kevin mccarthy, deb fisher, they have all signed on. 's donald trump, is the party establishment warming to donald trump? >> there is a process of coming together and it shouldn't be unexpected. i think trump handled the meeting well yesterday, the tone was exactly right, it was one of confidence, i am the presumptive nominee and we have work to do to bring the party together and that is exactly the right tone to hit. i appreciate joe's comments about 41 and 43 not attending the republican national convention but they didn't attend it in 2012 lose the last republican national convention george hw bush who is now 91 years old attended was in 2004. both parties are being disrupted this year. both parties are going to have difficulty uniting. both front runners, both presumptive nominees are taking steps yesterday to unite their parties. you saw it with trump making a visit to washington and letting people get to know him which is an important thing. you saw the democrats with hillary clinton adopting a bernie sanders provision basically u

was dutschke actually threatening the live of the president and senator roger wicker and a judge in tupelo or this an a elaborate plot to set up somebody as part of a long running feud. his attorney, curtis's feud, look at this guy dutschke, he has a long running feud with our client and may be trying to frame him. that is the rode the fbi and u.s. attorney's office is going down. the complaint, affidavit against him has been sealed. we hope it will be unsealed today and we find out exactly what they have dutschke on. jenna: you have yourself a story, john. >> reporter: we do. jenna: we'll continue to watch the story. jon: a lot of twists and turns in that case. to the hot button issue of immigration reform. florida senator, marco rubio, one of the bipartisan "gang of eight" who crafted a overhaul off the legislation is opening a new page on the his website called, help us improve the bill. it invites not only lawmakers but ordinary citizens to make suggestions. more than a thousand have poured into this point with a big chunk taking a critical and mostly negative view. joining us now, byr

senator roger wicker of mississippi. another u.s. senator also the target of a suspected letter although it has not been confirmed that second senate letter contained ricin. continuing our discussion with former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton. ambassador bolton, there have been concerns over the years, you know, that some of these states that don't necessarily see eye-to-eye with the united states, countries like iran and or north korea, might try some of these relatively crude methods to sow the seeds of disruption in this country to cause chaos and panic. do you see any indications this kind of thing is happening in this case? >> i don't think we have any evidence of that here but for many, many years, biological and chemical warfare has been called the poor man's nuclear weapon. it's not nearly as expensive to put together these programs. there are more states that have chemical or biological weapons perhaps than have nuclear programs. of course the risk is the perfect storm, putting one of these weapons of mass destruct

the other senate race we have chris mcdaniel challenging roger wicker. what i would love to see is we are not going to have a messy primary. i'm going to appoint daniel to cochran's seat and avoid what we saw in alabama, a very messy fight between conservatives and establishment. - would be my hope but based on some reports, chris mcdaniels is on the list as the potential replacement. i was a smooth run, let's not have a messy primary, give democrats another alabama. >> to keep another boy more situation out of this. thank you for your time. 19 minutes after the hour. refusing to give her own deputies rifle resistant vests. putting illegal immigrants ahead of her own department. >> what i got the invitation i couldn't resist. >> did somebody say resist? jillian: moving her way onto the runway, nancy pelosi's big debut. ♪ so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehotels.com". who glows? just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com bp is taking safety to new heights. using drones and robots off

. >> west one of those where roger wicker should win that overwhelmingly. another state where donald trump did really well. the democrats had to put a good candidate even though runoff was tomorrow. rob: we skipped south carolina. rob: i missed south carolina. >> donald trump endorsing henry mcmaster and folks were nervous because he didn't get the majority of the vote, wound up being a runoff but he has the ultimate republican endorsement today and the president henry mcmaster down at south carolina, he will dominate media coverage. jillian: lots to look out for, thank you so much for joining us. rob: 18 minutes after the hour, terror threats reaching fever pitch in the uk right ahead of visit from president trump, high-tech security measures that are being put in place to keep the president safe. jillian: maybe you can handle the truth but can you afford it, how much "the new york times" says you're willing to shell out for this t-shirt, we will be right back. jillian: good morning to you, welcome to "fox & friends first". restaurant owner who kicked sara

roger wicker of mississippi said this hasn't taken place in 233 year history of the supreme court. >> the person within the supreme court's close circle who leak to this improperly will we found out eventually and this person will be barred, perhaps the celebrity in the left-wing circles will be disbarred. >> mark warner also said no supreme court justices should be threatened. >> i think anyone will your supreme court justice under threat of whether you're the people, senators who voted for impeachment of mr. trump whose lives are put in threats, i think that action is outrageous. >> more protest taking place tonight near justices homes. nonprofits called it pulling. anita: lucas tomlinson, thank you very much. catholic churches across the country are bracing for the possibility of pro-choice protests at mother's day services tomorrow in response to the draft opinion to overturn roe v. wade. a church in colorado was vandalized earlier this week. electric mcadams is live with more on this. what are we expecting tomorrow? >> we are waiting to find out how many people could show up on m

senator roger wicker, thank you so much for your thoughts there. really appreciate it, sir. >> thank you. anita: and for the other side of the aisle we will bring in massachusetts democratic congressman and member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee. i want to ask you first about the action of the supreme court on abortion, and on this topic you tweeted this, reproductive health care is a human right, congress must protect abortion access because for the final ruling we know that scotus, the supreme court, can't be relied upon to uphold roe. what would congress be able to do to protect abortion rights if roe versus wade is overturned? >> thanks for having me on. my republican colleagues seem desperate to talk about anything, but the headline issue here, the first time in living memory, the supreme court is taking away rather than granting a right. by two to one margin americans disagree with them because reproductive care is a right. and the supreme court needs to codify roe. chuck schumer has called for a floor vote to see whe

eric: senator roger wicker is just back from ukraine. he will tell us what he saw in just a moment. and we'll also be joined by the british ambassador to the united states, karen pearce is here, to outline how washington, london and our nato allies can confront putin. but first, greg palkot is in the ukrainian capital of kiev, amy kellogg in moscow, alexandria hoff in washington with the latest from our nation's capitol. >> reporter: the president has declared if russia further invades ukraine, the u.s. alongside allies and partners are ready to impose consequences. the statement was made this weekend after president biden met with his national security team at camp david to discuss what they call continued russia aggressive action towards ukraine. in geneva, top diplomats once again failed to come to agreement over the brewing crisis. secretary of state anthony d antiincentive blinken said in this today. >> we've given russia two paths, one i engaged in just last weekend in geneva, but there's also a path of renewed aggression and massive consequences that we have been building mow

he's going to talk to us about the issues facing the lame duck congress, we will talk with roger wicker coming up. we are going to speak with t.j. rogers, the ceo of cypress semi conductor. i said to him is silicone valley as vibrant as everyone says? he said no. he's going to talk about where the jobs are in terms of technology and what he's seeing, similar to what i was just mentioning moments ago and what he would like to see republicans do in this two-year period that they have this window in order to actually move the needle and get things done. so that will be in the next ten minutes. >> fascinating stuff. we will walls, as always. >> thank you very much. >> and don't miss maria. she's on the fox business network. to find out the channel in your area, go to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >> her show starts in 12 minutes. >>> coming up here on the show, we've always heard dogs are man's best friend. this picture proves it. the incredible story behind the photo and the bond between this dog and his owner. >>> and is your car ready for winter? we have the five things you need to do

wicker's capitol hill office. it was field tested for ricin twice. those sometimes are unreliable. further tests are underway. it was found off-site at a mailing if as ifacility and nevr reached the hill. the comblier gi mayor giuliani can't distinguish. >> is something being triggered here is something going on? may turnout not to be so but it is worth investigating. >> there was no return address but it had a tennessee postmarp. officials say they have a suspect in the case. >>> oh to other news. thousands gathering at st. paul's cathedral in london for the funeral of margaret thatcher. the body is on the way to the cathedral and leaders from all over the world are in attendance. queen elizabeth is set to arrive any moment now. security there is extremely tight. more than 4,000 police are patrol that go area. n nearby subway stations have been shut down. margaret thatcher died last week she was 87 years old. >> less than a month after the deadly atrack in benghazi that left four americans dead we learn changes p

>> well, i'm talking to you from hattiesburg, mississippi and our senator, senator roger wicker took the lead on this thing back in may and introduced the restaurants act congressman bliewrm hour in the house introduced the house version, it passed. the senate version had 53 people on on both sides of the aisle. when you got chuck schumer on one side and lindsey graham on the other side. dick durbin, john poorman, 53 senators signed on but we didn't get it in this new legislation. holding out little hope that when congress comes back this next congress in january the restaurants act will be a part of that. because what people don't understand 500,000 independent restaurants in the america. number two industry right behind healthcare. you have got is 1 million people who work in independent restaurants. also 5 million people in ancillary businesses like farmers, fishermen, people like that that are just, you know, desperate right now. it's rough out here. brian: and i agree with you 100 percent. robert, so this thing happens. it hits in the winter. they tell to you suck i through the

wicker, and a local judge. he's been leased. charges against kevin curtis dropped after prosecutors failed to produce a lick of evidence linking him to the ricin letters. >> divine intervention led this amazing, beautiful, blond, blue eyed angel to my jail cell and i'll be honest, i haven't had a lot of faith in attorneys. i went through 20 or so in the last 13 years and i will never let you go. when you've been charged with something, you never heard of ricin or whatever, i thought they said rice, so i said, i don't even eat rice. >> steve: curtis claims he was framed, leading police to search his neighbor's home. we'll keep you posted. >> gretchen: school district rolling out a new line of defense against potential gun gunmen. >> gretchen: that is a bullet proof white board. they weigh only a few pounds and can be used to shield students in the classroom in the convenient of a shooting. >> the shield is the most unbelievable product in school safety i have ever seen in my life. >> gretchen: about 200 boards w

wicker and a mississippi official. curtis was arrested at his home in mississippi. fortunately both letters sent to the president and senator wicker were intercepted before they ever reached anyone. that case, at least there's been progress made with regard to what happened there in washington. >>steve: back to our top news story on this thursday morning, and it is a fox news alert, we continue to keep a close watch on the explosion in texas. casey steagall is standing by. how many people do we know confirmed dead? how many hurt? we understand that whole region around the plant, this looks like a nuke went off. >> it looks a little bit more like a war zone. in fact, a representative with the texas department of public safety came out of there earlier and said it really looked like something you would see perhaps on the streets of baghdad or in kabul, afghanistan. it is difficult to get your mind around what has happened there because when the explosion happened just right before 8:00 local time last night, the sun was

senator roger wicker. that test came back positive for risin poison and we don't know a whole lot at this point about the letter. we know that it was postmarked memphis, tennessee. had no return address. but otherwise, did not look suspicious. the f.b.i. is saying that initial testing was inconsistent. so an accredited lab is working to confirm the presence of risin and those results should be in within 24 to 48 hours. in the meantime, we know risin can be deadly and we know there is no antidote. so senators were briefed on the latest details last night. >> not just members concerned, it rarely gets to a member before it gets to a lot of staff. that's a big concern obviously for all of us. we're very anxious to get more details. >> democratic senator claire mccaskill from missouri says investigators suspect a man who sends a lot of letters to lawmakers may be behind this. the law maker whose name is on this particular suspicious envelope says this matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the united st

wicker said it cannot be overstated and how troubling this incident is. many who follow notable figures on twitter believe the posts they see from these figures are legitimate. that trust has been violated for monetary gain of the hacker. how bad does this hurt twitter and what should it do now? >> the thing twitter can do is be open and transparent with the american public. that is the greatest constituency, trust is what matters and will keep people coming back to these platforms. we've seen a shift and a lot of conservatives going to parlors, people will seek their own sources of information if they can't trust twitter with their data security and privacy. what stands out to be his this could have been much worse for twitter. the hackers could have done something that had implications on a global level like in 2013 when the associated press twitter feed was hacked and $132 billion, they said the white house -- etc.. it might still be worse but twitter has got to be open and transparent. they got to communicate to the american people when they figure ou

mississippi senator roger wicker says it was a good discussion but a lot of faith separates both party interests. >> he has a hard sell on raising the corporate tax rate. if we scale it back we may be able to. jillian: lawmakers agree on needing an infrastructure bill but it would boil down to the definition of what is infrastructure. congressman garrett graves will join us in the next hour to discuss. the biden administration strikes a temporary deal with mexico, guatemala and honduras to deploy 20,000 troops to their borders as the president has chris magnus to lead cvp, the trump administration's order on undocumented immigrants, the president also nominating us citizenship and immigration services, call for positing cvp funding under trump. tucker carlson says middle-class americans become less powerful every year in mass immigration only makes it worse. >> this is what it looks like when an entire native population, black-and-white, every one of the men american is disenfranchised. middle-class americans become less powerful every year, less economic power and thanks to mass immig

he has asked lindsey graham and lamar alexander and roger wicker to get involved and come up with some way to address these issues. nancy pelosi says i'm thinking about bringing the house back to handle mass shootings and gun violence. that's what we are looking at. last week one of the big stories when it comes to law enforcement and you can't say enough about the law enforcement, by the way they acted in dayton and el paso. especially in dayton to neutralize that killer before he killed more. ainsley: 20 seconds. brian: the way you see our nypd was humiliated by being hit with buckets of water and kept walking five separate incident not only were you ticked off but so was the governor. steve: of new york. he blames mayor de blasio and the new york city police department for once these guys got splashed with water, not doing anything. just quietly walking to their car. here is the governor on the radio yesterday wamc. >> the video of the cops getting doused with water and walking away was one of the most disturbing, embarrassing situations that i have seen i don't blame those officers