[laughs] [applause] greg: stupid. before we get to the nitty-gritty president joe biden has a special message for us, it s a day late cut him some slack. happy valentines make no mistake. i mean it. [laughs] come on man it s a true story. [applause] greg: yes. all right. well said. i, like that i just ate a bag of expired medications, but at least his heart is in the right place. wow, how lucky for him that every day is valentine s day and it certainly is for his wife dr. jill. talk about an oral examination. maybe she forgot her tongue depressor. then again, she is a doctor, but what is it with jill biden and other people spouses? they don t just keep it in the family to keep it in the second family. oh stop it. save your clapping from when it matters. back to the matter at hand, the latest joe biden scandal and it s not about hunter or his junk, it is about joe s brother jimbo and i hope to god it is nothing to do with his junk, i ve seen enough of the joe
todd: hurricane ian plowing through western cuba yesterday knocking out power to the entire country and devastating the most important tobacco farms in the country used to produce cuba s iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus, our reporters are live across florida this morning, we begin with senior meteorologist, janice dean who is tracking it from our studio. janice: they just upped the winds, that is a strong category four storm, the pressure has dropped by 10 millibars. it is strengthen as it approaches the coast, we r expecting landfall this afternoon. heightened awareness to the storm surge and for hours it will batter the coast and interior sections of florida. rain and wind and storm surge will impact coast of florida and inland will flood two-story homes at the coast. you don t have time, you can hide from the wind, you have to run from the storm surge. wind gusts in excess of 100 mile per hour for dura
sandra: begin with house speaker nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan, it happened a short time ago for her trip there, raising concerns of how china could, and could still respond. and already beijing issuing a series of threats. hello, welcome, everyone. john, great to be with you. john: happy tuesday to you, i m john roberts in new york. chinese fighter jets flew nearby, the speaker arriving safely but the u.s. and taiwan remain on high alert, as four u.s. warships have been repositioned east of taiwan in an effort to deter chinese action. sandra: chinese state media is reporting beijing will conduct live fire military exercises surrounding taiwan over the next few days, and is warning of severe punishment to the united states. congressional correspondent. china is coming out with really strong words, they are calling this trip by speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan a serious violation of the one china principle, and they are saying it infringes on china s sovereignty, and t
Well, we dont have a platform. We recognize that, historically in the Republican Party, all kinds of people have had different views on all kinds of important issues. But, there have been certain principles that are broader than particular issues where every republican disagreed and they dont anymore. This has been turned on its head. Just to give you one example, americas involvement in the world, peace through strength, we had a majority of republican members of the House Of Representatives who voted against aid to ukraine. In the very near future, no republican would have voted against aid to ukraine, i mean, we tried isolationism in the 1930s and it didnt work out very well. Now, republicans are saying, in essence, okay, Vladimir Putin, take it. You want ukraine, it is yours. Trump has said he would invite Vladimir Putin to invade nato countries. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan saying that . We have gone from mikael gorbachev, tear down this wall to Vladimir Putin, have at it. It is
Secretary of state Antony Blinken making that big announcement from israel. He announced that President Biden is coming to israel on wednesday. He said this which itself could be a very big deal. The United States and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable aid from multilateral organizations to reach civilians in gaza and them alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harms way. To have the u. S. President heading there himself and then to have what Secretary Blinken just announced. The u. S. Government announcing they have a plan with israel to get aid into gaza. These are very big developments. Well be talking going what this could mean for the course of this war. For israel, for hamas, for civilians in gaza who have been put in such an impossible situation. Well be talking about the potential riskiness of the president s Mission Abroad and what his mission might be able to change. Might be able to shake loose in terms of diplomat