to call him 50 cents, i will call him 50. i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. breaking news overseas, president biden is in london, set to meet britain s prime minister moments from now. the president will also meet king charles. todd: jacqui heinrich live in windsor, good morning to you. jackie: good morning. president biden made a point of stopping here to discuss with the king climate finance, ways to get the private sector off the sideline. the president will justify his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine. the u.k. announced opposition and the president drew criticism also for this. president biden: the ukrainians are running out of ammunition, this war is relating to munitions. they are running out of ammunition and we re low on it. critics blasted the president for saying we are low on the shells. the white house told fox digital, the military has specific requirements for number of ammunition in our reserve in case of military conflict. eve
place down near the situation room down below. the west executive entrance is closer to the situation room. it is also next to west executive drive, where for example, the vice president s vehicle was parked. ashley: we will bring the administration s latest excuse for dodging reporter questions. carley: did you hear this, brittney spears said she was backhanded by a security guard while trying to talk to wendy. how both are reacting this morning. you are watching fox and friends first s, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. after haul nothing 35 million for second quarter fundraising. carley: white house hopeful ron desantis raking in $20 million as gop candidates look to gain momentum. alexandria is live with more. alexandria: in council bluff, iowa, this is the largest crowd he has seen. will take a hit from agricultural policy. here is what the trump campaign released. they said desantis has problematic policy position that hurt farmers and demon
washington with more. good morning. alexandria: good morning, the financials are different and desantis campaign is hoping record-breaking influx of cash they received will signal growing strength to voters on the campaign trail. in the 24 hours following his announcement, ron desantis raised 8.2 million. this historic fundraising shows grassroots republicans are reuniting behind governor desantis comeback. he sets off to key primary states to kickoff this campaign in des moines, iowa, on the 30th and president trump will arrive in des moines the following day and desantis will travel to new hampshire and south carolina. desantis has work to do. former president trump holds 3-1 advantage with 62% of americans signalling they would pick the former president as their nominee. similar margin, different implication on the other side. latest cnn poll shows 20% of primary voters opted for robert f. kennedy over biden. here is kennedy. we are living at a time when americans feel
talks and he is confident they will come to a bitart san agreement before it is too late. todd: alexandria hoff live in washington. alexandria: president biden did receive a briefing this morning, the president s team informed him steady progress is being made and the president directed his team to keep pushing forward for bipartisan agreement. on wednesday, they introduced procedural resolution that would allow members to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling. president biden is in japan. hakeem jeffries wrote to colleagues, given the impending june 1 deadline, it is important all legislative options be pursued in the event no agreement is reached. for a forced vote to be successful, all democrats, plus five republicans would have to join the effort. here is house speaker kevin mccarthy. i do not think it is going anywhere, for one, it seems that would be playing into a biden default. i think america public is tired of those political games. freedom caucus members u
washington. doug. doug: warning about a tidal wave and chaos at the border and numbers keep climbing. we are in excess of 10,000 immigrants per day crossing the border illegally. the surge is already underway and fox learned the administration has organized mass release of immigrants into communitieses once shelters are overcapacity. president biden is bracing for what we are likely to see ahead. president biden: we ve had chaos at the border for years. we are making real immigration more streamlined and the direction people know there is a legal way to get here and not a legal way. doug: the secretary of homeland security continues to claim the border is closed and secure. we are taking this approach within the constraints of a broken immigration system that congress has not fixed for more than two decades. when we release individuals, we release them on conditions. the vast majority will be addressed in our border patrol facilities and our ice detention facilities.