wall street journal, was detained in a small town just east of moscow. the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter. the kremlin says he was quote caught red handed, but refuses to provide any more details. its track record on this sort of thing. does not inspire confidence ahead. we will have the latest from russia plus overnight, the army says. several people have now been killed this after two blackhawk helicopters crashed near fort campbell will be on the ground there in kentucky. also right now homes are evacuated in raymond, minnesota, after a train carrying ethanol derailed early this morning. we ve got new details for you on that. we re also keeping an eye on the vatican as pope francis is in the hospital undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection ahead. we ll have an update on his condition. but we begin this morning with that alarming headline out of russia . american journalist herskovitz is right now in russian custody after the wall street jour
show our dear leader and the best possible light. here you have joe biden going right there to the border to see what is going on, so i give them a lot of credit for that. visiting the border making sure the conservatives in that area know that he really is listening to their concerns about border security. he does seem to be working directly on this issue. he is very aware of what is going on in the border, coming down and seeing it has really made a big difference. laura: made a big difference, who needs comedy with these clowns? but he did do a heck of chatting up salvation army volunteers, or were they from the secret service? same difference. here we have so happy to see you, so happy to see you. laura: okay, now if you are a democrat, you re still waving off concerns about joe s age and declining cognition, then you are just in denial, or maybe you know that although biden is one fall away from the senior center lunchroom, he is still the sharpest kni
at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. mr. putin, don t misunderstand what i m saying. ukraine s president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin s move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration s response but we begin tonight with correspondent trey yingst from kyiv with vladimir putin s threats and allegations. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. the war entered a new dangerous chapter today as russian president putin annexed occupied ukrainian territory. under the guise of legitimacy and the kind of pageantry needed to convince people he is winning the war. vladimir putin signs decrees making four ukrainian regions part of russia. putin was joined by the four appointed leader
files last november at the biden penn think-tank. we don t know where they were found. what they contain. bill: one thing is for sure it is not good for merrick garland. he has a special counsel investigation into president trump s handling of classified dock also. dana: will it force garland to open an investigation into biden? republicans say that s the only option. it can t be we have two tears of justice. we have to have a special prosecutor for trump according to garland. we need one for biden, the same thing. it is worse for biden as you say, he could declassify. whatever else we know is true he didn t have the power at vp to declassify the documents. democrats say they are all for equity. what s equitable here is that there be a special counsel. dana: karl rove has reaction. let s go to mark meredith at the white house. the president will be talking in the next hour expected to give remarks on the economy. reporters will be in the room i would bet all the mon
economy while railing against the republicans. watch. when it comes to doing something about inflation, republicans said no. i don t want to hear from republicans. they blew up the definite it is. 10 million jobs have been created since i was been president. guess what? gas prices are down $1.30 a gallon. republicans hammering red hot inflation at the roll-out of their commitment to america agenda, which they say they will carry out should ney take back the house. can i afford to fill up my tank? can i afford the food, the milk? whether you go to the grocery store, whether you re bucketing for the home heating bills that are sky rocketing this winter. far left policies have left to record spending. republicans are trying to restrict abortion. it s a fair statement when you look at the republicans commitment to america plan. they don t lay out a precise remedy to solve inflation. so you know, it s topic number 1. wouldn t you think they would have one? yes. but the