that the necessary security would hinder recovery efforts on the ground. lucas tomlinson s live at the white house with the latest. hello, lucas. reporter: that s right, president biden and the first lady set to arrive any moment now, they ll be going to hive oak located halfway between tallahassee and jacksonville. as you mentioned, governor desantis will not be there to greet him. president biden spoke to reporters on the ramp before departing from andrews. [inaudible conversations] i don t think he s going to be there. reporter: do you have a message for him in. we re going to the take care of florida. reporter: a spokesman for governor desantis office says the governor will be in dixie county today which includes horseshoe beach, one of the hardest hit areas, about an hour south of where biden will be. a spokesman said, quote, we don t have any plans for the governor to meet with the president today. in these rural communities, the security preparations, as mik
today on inside politics, crafty or cowardly? donald trump says he s smart to skip this week s main event and maybe every other republican debate on the calendar. a 2024 rival says he s afraid. plus, the time, the place, the mug shots. the fulton county jail serves as the setting for history whenever donald trump and his 18 co-defendants decide to show up and surrender. right now president biden is flying to hawaii to offer a shoulder to a community ravaged by destructive and deadly fires. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, donald trump picks the path of no resistance as says no to this week s milwaukee republican debate. the former president put an end to the will he, won t he drama last night on truth social. his poll numbers are, in his words, legendary, so to him his course of action is obvious. i will, therefore, not be doing the debates. that was a quote. trump is betting that ceding the stage won t hurt him and putti
pete: it is the 7 a.m. hour of fox & friends on the east coast, and we are live from south carolina, and we re glad to be here. we start with this, former president trump cruising to an easy big w in the palmetto state last night if ending his lone remaining i juan even say rival, just opponent, nikki haley, to home state defeat. an even bigger win than we anticipated [cheers and applause] and i was just informed that we got double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of south carolina. [cheers and applause] rachel: this as voters reveal that immigration is now the top issue driving their vote. finish. will: and one heck of a view. why a texas county is declaring a state of emergency ahead of april s total solar eclipse. the second hour of fox & friends weekend starts right now. hey, carolina somewhere greener, somewhere warmer. up mt. mountains, down by the ocean where it don t matter pete: the sun is rising over south caro
if you want to save america, south carolina tomorrow, you must go out and vote. nice to see us get back to where we were with of the economy and border security. in a general election you re given a choice. in a primary, you make your choice. seems the most sensible, the most informed. john: live look at south carolina where primary voters are casting ballots in the state republican contest with 50 delegates at stake. voters will decide between her former governor or their former president. a big choice. john robert in columbia, south carolina. sandra: welcome, every one. this is a special edition of america reports. nikki haley voting in her home state a short time ago after weeks of campaigning on the ground. that s different from what we ve seen from her rival, donald trump. he has only made a few campaign stops while looking ahead to the general election. john: one of those was in rock hill, south carolina over the border from north carolina and it was huge. mayb
meanwhile the kremlin saying wagner soldiers who did not take part in the uprising will be allowed to join the russian military. now, putin s top officials are meeting with allies like china and north korea as the world waits to see what happens next. hello everyone and welcome to fox news live i am arthel neville hi eric. eric: hello everyone thank you for joining us. clock is finally taking on the life and rule of vladimir putin for this a brazen setting rebuke by his longtime ally and vicious wagner leader surprising and shaking moscow in international capitals. raising after 23 years in power, putin s demonic grip is directly challenge and may soon begin to unravel. take a look at the new york post front page this morning. war comes to putin s door. the paper predicting the end is near for putin. can that be? we are covering a story from every angle coming up tennessee republican senator marsha blackburn, general jackie are here with what it all means and what comes n