completely embarrassing to this administration and embarrassing to the democratic party. republicans getting new documents of the hunter biden financial dealings. comer says he has discovered another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence peddling. no denying it now with the bank records. we will keep following the money. davis. there it is. 3 for the win. it is no good, ball put back, no good and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. steve: now i m hungry again. good morning, capitol hill. if you were in that building walk out the door 33 degrees feels like 21 on this 15th day of march. that s right. beware the ides of march. remember what happened to julia caesar. he was warned. ainsley: saint patrick s day falls on a friday this year. so the pubs in boston and new york packed. brian: people show great responsibility during the work day and leave early. they got work or school the next day. ainsley: wear green. gentlemen wear gr
it remains free. it remains independent. putin s first objective was to erase ukraine from the map, erase its identity. that has failed and will never succeed. secretary of state antony blinken weighing in one year since russia invaded ukraine. remarkable to see what they were doing a year ago, where they are now, what their assessment is and what s next. good morning. undaunted and undefeated ukraine still standing a year after russia invaded. ukrainian president zelenskyy is making a bold vow this morning telling his forces that 2023 will be, quote, the year of victory. the big boost, ukrainian troops are getting on the battlefield. also this hour kaitlin s sitdown with defense secretary lloyd austin. will china supply russia with weapons? how worried is the u.s.? here is a question for you. how did you sleep last night and the night before? the answer to those questions could provide a clue to your heart health. it s serious questions there. sanjay gupta will explain
drone. welcome to the program, big two hours. i ll bill hemmer, hello, partner. dana: you set that up, i m dana perino. russia downed the drone in the water. russia says the drone was flying too close but it was in international waters. pissed off, the report coming out of our government, this was unprofessional act and environmentally unsound. they shot down a united states warplane, they took it out of action and that is the response we get back? yeah, not very happy about it. bill: from washington, dc with jennifer griffin, 32 million for the reaper drone, the same price of the russian jet, two of which were flying around that drone. we had reaction from john kirby earlier today on cnn, roll the clip that happened an hour ago. they need to be more careful flying in international sparespace near u.s. assets flying in completely legal ways in support of national security interest. they need to be more careful. the black sea doesn t belong to russia, it belongs to many
wrote, i purchase a horse, that s inaccurate. that s a lie maybe, but there s no crime there because this filing was not for the purpose of influencing an election it wasn t something hidden there was no obligation to disclose this to an election campaign committee at all. the lawyer representing donald trumpin the stormy daniels hush money case presenting a defense for why the former president did not break campaign finance laws that payment. we re going to have much more from this heated interview straight ahead meanwhile ron desantis is facing criticism from some members of his own party after he called russia s invasion of ukraine a territorial dispute. and that comes as russia makes an aggressive move with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ll break down what happened and the possible fallout good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 15th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning on capitol hil
bills. bringing down household costs and fighting the climate crisis. what they are doing right now trying to win a couple votes at the margin not going to help anyone. bouncing ball to third. picked by brickman. the astros have a world series no-hitter. iit. [cheers and applause] steve: as you look live at our studio audience another broken egg cafe in gilbert, arizona, happy to be on america s number one cable morning news show fox & friends for this very special thursday before the tuesday when they start counting the votes. finally. welcome aboard, folks. ainsley: on the thursday before the tuesday. a few more days is everyone ledy for this election to be over? brian: i will tell you what, the subplot to all of this is the democrats bet so-called unelectable candidates for republicans in the primary easier time in the general, kari lake, don bolduc, tudor dixon and guess what they all have in common. they all have written risen to the top ahead or within st