0 >> what would your reaction be if the da decides against bringing any charges? >> i will be sad if nothing happens. this was too much. too much information, too much of my time. there was too much for this to just be, okay, we're good, bye. >> if just a perjury charge, he will be happy if something happens. >> see. >> todd: breaking right now, multiple explosions rocking -- the "wall street journal" reporting chinese president xi jinping is preparing to visit russia for a summit with putin very soon. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, in for carley shimkus. an act of defiance against the west and there are serious concerns relationships could deteriorate further after russia decision to suspend participation in the last arms control agreement between the world's two largest nuclear-armed powers. lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest. good morning, lucas. >> lucas: the last treaty between the u.s. and russia limitting number of deployed nuclear warheads to 1550 and putting minimum number of launchers between both nations. here is president biden in poland to putin. >> president biden: never be able to ease people's love of liberty. brutality will never grind down the will of the free and uk ukraine, ukraine will never be a victory for russia much >> lucas: here is russia's president speaking on the same day, part of a two-hour address to his nation. >> what's important is that our relations have degraded, responsibility for that is fully on the united states. they can't be silly people, they want to deliver strategic defeat. regarding this, i have to say russia suspends its participation in the new start treaty. >> lucas: the republican chairman of the house rememberas committee saying all options must be on the table, including deploying nuclear forces, must accelerate efforts to modernize our nuclear system, some date back to the '50s. deploy nuclear weapons in the land, air and sea and u.s. deploys 70% aboard ballistic missile submaen radios. china foreign minister says we do not -- the u.s. should seriously reflect on what it has done, stop fanning the flames and stay true to promoting peace talks as china has been doing. here is donald trump former defense chief, chris miller. >> with russia focused on u.k. to the west right now, i got to think the chinese communist party is licking their lips going, we couldn't ask for better. you know they have serious limitation on natural resources and it all lies to the north. it is a little bit of an off-the-wall answer, i think the chinese are playing the long game. >> lucas: china was never party to the treaty, u.s. has no arms treaty with china right now, who are expected to double nuclear stockpile in the next decade. >> ashley: thank you, lucas. larry kudlow says president biden's lack of strength on the world stage is a threat to global security. listen to this. >> one key lesson we learned from great ronald raying knowa, my former boss, peace through strength. right now we have neither peace, nor strength. to be sure, after joe biden's catastrophic withdrawal from afghanistan, biden has not launched any new shooting wars, but he bringing the u.s. deeper into the ush radio-ukraine war. he's spent roughly $113 billion in the last year and more on the way, if he has his way. during the reagan tax cutting economy, the economy was growing 5% annually for seven years. today the bidens who favor redistribution, satisfied with economy barely growing above 1%. reagan boom doomed soviet communism. the biden slump encourages our enemies, russia and china. that is why i say that today we have neither peace nor strength. >> todd: let's bring in foreign policy expert and editor-in-chief at the foreign desk. lisa, great to have you. this "wall street journal" article is concerning and unsurprising. china's xi jinping planning russia visit as putin wages war in ukraine, that is the headline. in case there was any question about the russia-china alliance, the fact the two countries are coming together, xi will meet with putin. he says his goal, in quotes, calls nuclear weapons not be used, but what is the real goal of this meeting, lisa? >> it is no surprise, they are growing much closer together and add iran's regime to the list, as well. these are our enemies, growing closer and finding new alliances, trying to evade u.s. sanctions, particularly after biden's trip over to ukraine. from the perspective of putin, he's a grand dictator. this is putin's world, we all just live in it. he's watching the united states grow deeper into their commitment to the ukraine war, billions of dollars and then the u.s. decided to send tanks and train ukraine's military and this, going over there and calling this provocation. he will pull out of the start treaty and say there will be more in the future. and of course, meeting with china, the achilles heel of the united states. if we're sanctioning russia, why were they allowed to buy weapons from iran or get weapons or other parts from north korea, or grow closer to china. we're isolated our enemies, but not to the point we're diminishing them, we are allowing them to grow with our other enemies. >> ashley: the white house is condemning putin's decision to pull out of the start treaty you were talking about. take a listen and we'll talk on the other side. >> the announcement by russia it is suspending participation in the start is deeply unfortunate and irresponsible. we'll of course make sure we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies. >> ashley: without this peace treaty between the world's two largest nuclear arms powers, how much could this destabilize the entire world? >> yeah, the world just became a much dangerous place in the last 24 hours, for sure. russia came back on pulling out of the treaty and said, this doesn't mean we're going after this part of the treaty, meaning we're not going to throw away the entire treaty, we will abide by some of it. there has to be consequences to our actions. when biden goes to ukraine, this is action putin decides will be the one-up on biden's trip over there. of course, he knows the united states now scramble, as we are and to call this unfortunate and irresponsible, doesn't really cut it. the united states will scramble to get back into the treaty, he knows the biden administration is all about treaties. he's read them well and it shows what a grand leader and dictator putin is, he knows the weaknesses of the biden administration is playing them out nicely. >> todd: in summary, president biden says nato is stronger than ever. is that true, lisa? seems you have number of nato countries that are not paying their fair share, after trump got them to pay their fair share, it doesn't seem to me stronger than ever, what do you say? >> no, it is not stronger than ever. like you said, for decades, countries have not been paying their fair share or believing in nato or its role on the global stage. right now, you have a divided map for many reasons. how to curb russia, curb china, curb iran's regime. you have european union not wanting to curb or get involved in a lot of global crisis. you have the biden administration getting involved and basically waking up the beast, but not being able to curb these enemies in a way that is meaningful and really curbs them. president biden had the opportunity to sit with xi jinping a few months ago, they had a three-hour meeting, none of this was brought up. biden left there giving them a pat on the back, saying they are not going to invade taiwan. is that true? it is growing more heated. now they are becoming closer to china. these nations know what they are doing, they are not afraid of nato or biden. in the united states, we do not want war in ukraine, we are rooting for the biden administration and want them to stand tall on the global stage, that reflects our nation. the same time, the optics, we can't control our own borders, look at our southern border and biden is trying to control ukraine's border. it looks a little silly and putin is picking up on these weaknesses of the biden administration. we have a huge hazmat crisis in the country and biden hasn't addressed the issue. yet again he's with zelenskyy visiting ukraine and walking through the damage in his country. putin is exactly picking up all these weaknesses, pointing them out and trying to make a pariah out of him. >> todd: turning to this, documented gang member wanted in el salvador, deported for the third time. he was flown back to el salvador and turned over to local authorities last week. he has illegal lee crossed into the u.s., been apprehended and deported two times before and expelled under the trump era title 42 policy. title 42 could be ending soon, biden is announcing new policy to limit asylum at the border, making migrants automatically ineligible for asylum. governor greg abbott is warning migrants, don't mess with texas. >> we're sending a message today, if you're thinking about crossing the border into the state of texas, you're picking the wrong state. >> todd: cbp reported 156,000 migrants crossed the border into the u.s., most ever in u.s. history. >> ashley: and vivek ramaswamy launches his claim for president, the woke ceo announcing his candidacy on tucker carlson last night. >> we have celebrated diversity for so long, we forgot the ways we are the same as americans, bound by a common set of ideals that set this nation into motion 250 years ago. i'm proud to say tonight, i'm running for united states president to revive those ideals in this country. >> ashley: the third republican candidate to throw his hat in the ring for 2024, alongside former president trump and former south carolina governor nikki haley. vivek ramaswamy will join "fox and friends first" later this morning. less than a week from the chicago mayoral election and lightfoot is doing major damage control over this comment. >> any vote, any vote coming on the south side, for somebody not named lightfoot is vote for garcia. if you want them controlling your fate and your destiny, then stay home. don't vote. >> ashley: she said, don't vote, that is not all. wait until you hear about her latest scandal involving chicago pd. >> todd: and there is this. >> takes our entire community to combat good violence in our city, especially when it involves children. we have to find a way as a community to reclaim our young people. >> todd: a georgia mayor taking a stand against youth violence, after nine children, including a five-year-old boy, are shot at a local gas station. that mayor joins us next.