defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. well, they did day after day after day. how many lawsuits? ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the entertainment industry. this is a big one. it is a big one, willie. i mean, got a lot to talk about today. obviously, the strike. also, ray epps, that s incredible, what s happened to him. tragic what s happened to him and his wife. but also, the christopher wray testimony yesterday, if you want to look at how perverse trumpism is and what it s done to my former party, look no further than the disrespect they show to the fbi, talking about defunding the fbi, lying about the fbi, making up conspiracy t
about that grandchild you don t claim, he broke royal protocol. he does something wrong. he is allowed to get mad. sandra: america reports kicks off hour two with that. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: i m chuckling, reminiscent of the last president who woke up every day to bad news. the report on biden goes on to soften the blow of biden s outbursts with an ex claimer, seeing screaming is a sign of respect. sandra: and cbs news biden s grandfatherly appeal may be absent overseas at nato summit. 68% of americans say they are concerned about biden s age. is the m ed why spinning for the president? john: the president does have a full plate overseas, including a high stakes meeting with volodymyr zelenskyy. he wants into nato, but they say not yet. and kurt volker knows what s at stake better than almost anyone. he joins us this hour. but first. sandra: this developing story. when is enough enough? gender transition surgery is potent
sighted last night. gusts of winds reaching 114 miles per hour. when you stand for our value, you come under assault. florida governor ron desantis speaking out and sparring with disney over parental rights. you have woke ideology taking over so many institutions. a group of grannies giving rihanna a run for her money, they are shining bright like a diamond, some critics say they outperformed rihanna. griff: good morning, new orleans, it s 7 a.m. central time zone, 8 a.m. in new york city and it is monday, february 27, year of our lord 2023. we re glad you re here for this final hour of monday edition. joined as always, ainsley earhardt, today we have a surprise, griff jenkins. griff: you did the date and i just realized it is my niece sofie garcia s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday niece. most uncle don t know their niece s birthday. griff: she just had her first child, cooper. brian: better than me, i tell you that. ainsley: we re glad you are here.
continued financial support, 67 bill billion euros we mobilize so far. second with increased military support, we aim to train 30,000 ukrainian soldiers. and our member states are delivering military equipment. and we will continue to deliver urgent military supplies for ukraine equally important is to work with our defense industry to ramp up production of ammunition and other equipment needed by ukrainian forces, but also to replenish our own stocks. you rightly brought this to the last european council and we are taking action. finally, this is not just about winning on the battlefield, ukrainians are choosing their own future and they have already chosen. they have chosen the european un union. they have chosen the unity of principles. the ukrainian soldiers fighting in the trenches of bakhmut are defending this unity of principles. and in these dark times, the hearts of ukrainian people are warmed by the confidence that ukraine will join the european union one day. this
it is making preparations to close its 800-mile-long border with russia. i will talk with the finnish foreign minister about what he thinks putin s next move will be. but first here s my take. ron desantis was on media the other day. our country is currently facing a great threat, he began. i assume with inflation soaring, gas prices so sky-high, and the economy in danger of slowing down he would hit hard on those themes, but these bread-and-butter issues were not mentioned anywhere in the email. a new enemy has emerged from the shadows, he continued, that seeks to destroy and intichl date their way to transform state and country that you and i would hardly recognize. as you might by now have guessed, this enemy is the radical vigilante woke mob. some of this is a clever affront by desantis to tap into the base of the republican party and outflank donald trump on the kinds of issues that propelled trump into the republican nomination in 2016. and the recent new hampshire poll