putin s plan to mobilize thousands more troops for his war in ukraine. and a historic election in italy where the most far-right ruling coalition since mussolini looks set to tak e power. and we begin this hour with tropical storm ian that s churning in the caribbean and gaining strengthen as it moves towards cuba. now it s expected to rapidly intensify before hitting western cuba with strong winds and dangerous storm surges. now, ian is expected to turn into a major hurricane tuesday and forecast to hit florida midweek. people in florida are already preparing for the storm, filling sandbags trying to prevent flooding. here s more now from the mayor. of course there s a high degree of worry whenever we have a named storm that we are in the trajectory or in the path of that storm. but we are preparing. you know, we like to rehearse and practice for these, but we certainly don t want it be on the main stage of ian. now, floridians are stocking up on emergency essentials
governors for relocating those migrants to sanctuary areas. the president is accusing republicans of using those asylum seekers as political props. florida governor ron desantis is responding now by calling the president a hypocrite. biden would fly people in the middle of the night, dump them all across this country. there was no warning on any of this. the minute even a small fraction of what those border towns deal with every day is brought to their front door, they all of a sudden go their virtual signaling is a fraud. bill: the white house is talking about taking legal action. california governor gavin newsom takes it a step further and considering he is asking the department of justice to consider kidnapping charges. got it all covered. we action from tom cotton. let s start at the white house with alexandria hoff. good morning, alex. this morning a meeting is reportedly taking place for possible litigation against governors will be discussed. the white house
all those visits despite the president s claim. the new york post. the business partner called joe biden the big guy in a panicked message to hunter after the bombshell lap taupe story broke. ted cruz says enough is enough. this guy, how many films has he made of himself committing multiple felonies? i have to sai, jesse, if you put out a film with you with a pile of crack and prostitutes, somebody would come knocking on your door and they would prosecute you. but if daddy lives at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, apparently the criminal laws do not apply and it is deeply corrosive to our system of justice. griff jenkins is live in washington good morning, dagen. top news for hunter biden on multiple fronts. the new york post headline you referenced appearing to finally put to rest speculation around the identity of the big guy. the subject of much speculation as part of the ongoing grand jury probe into hunter biden s business dealings. but even more telling, dagen, fox n
get out the dictionary. we ll define recession for you. here is the bottom line. the biden economy is shrinking as the fed unleashes rapid fire rate hikes to stave off the highest inflation in 40 years. let s get right to it. maria bartiromo joins us now. go ahead and give us the news because they projected .5% on the positive side. the number was a negative .9. we are now in recession and we can confirm that because it is two quarters straight of contraction. the economy shrank in the second quarter by 9/10 percent on top of shrinking in the first quarter by 1.6%. now so far all of the commentary that i m hearing is talking about a shrinking of the economy but the good news for the economy is that job growth has stayed strong. that was why some people were questioning well maybe it is different this time. it is hard to believe that job growth can be up to 300,000 in one month when you are in a recession. what s different this time is that we have an inventory build-up. a l
All right . You cannot see my deltoids. Ainsley and you do not wrestle alligators. Brian not yet unless you needed me to jump in. What a show we have for you today. 6 00 a. M. On the east coast, april 25th. It is fox friends. Fox news alert coast to coast. Antiisrael protest rage at top schools across america. [chanting pig goes home] [no more money for israels crime] [chanting] [shouting] put your hands up. [chanting we cant hear you] ainsley plus, it is new york vs. Trump continued. And we are also hearing the Supreme Court case where justices will weigh in on president ial immunity. Gregg jarrett in just a few moments with that analysis. Hey, greg. Charlie lawrence is talking to voters that 2024 president ial race. Bucks county most influential in 2020. Brian we asked him to go and he showed up. We have a lot to talk about. Friends starts right now. Remember mornings are better with friends. Ainsley this is a fox news alert. Two major stories today antiisrael protests spreading to m