trump s disgusting lies about january 6th, which really looked like this, with death and destruction in the halls of the u.s. capitol. it was all part of a disastrous and embarrassing maga town hall hosted by cnn. which made only a half hearted effort to fact check him. and trump quite likely dug himself a deeper hole in the investigations he s facing. plus, breaking news. with the announcement late today of criminal charges in the choke hold death of jordan neely on the floor of a new york city subway train earlier this month. but we begin with donald trump, who by now you know was handed an opportunity to speak to his fans at a national audience last night on cnn. and it went about as well as you would expect because trump was who we already know he is, a liar, a narcissist, and a fascist. so it was an unmitigated disast in every way and a reckless insult to our democracy. it s completely fair to say we didn t need a town hall to find out what candidate trump thinks,
blunder. hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from u.s. classrooms. so where did they go? we re on the stories throughout the hour. but first watch here. president biden: i thought it was critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support for ukraine in their war against the brutal attack by russia. the sacrifices have been far too gr great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war. dana: president biden vowing solidarity with ukraine as he makes a dramatic visit to kiev meeting with president zelensky in a major show of support for the fight against russia. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. hope you had a good weekend. dana: not bad. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning. to today s unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desant
welcome to cnn tonight. is it possible the u.s. shot down a hobby balloon or that the u.s. new something and said nothing. plus trains have become less safe. tonight we ll talk about the rollback of regulations that allow them to carry more hazardous material through all of our neighborhoods, just as they did through east palatine, ohio, causing that toxic spill. very hard to believe there is a particular path that can cause harm small community. and with smart home technology, are you the boss of your home, or is your home the boss of you? tonight i ll speak to one man whose smart home locked him inside without the code to get out. you might think you control your own heat and lights and ring cameras, but think again. we have natasha alford, l.v. granderson, josh barrow, and thanks so much for spending friday night with me. great to have you guys here. okay. let s start. the northern illinois bottle cap balloon brigade is missing a balloon tonight. it is missing
pete: this is not just a race,st the an event. st the an extravaganza. that s the apopka high school band performing life here at the daytona the national speedway i ahead of the daytona 500 tomorrow on fox. thanks for joining us here on fox & friends weekend, pete hegseth, will cain, rachel campos duffy and a very cool graphic that makes us look awesome, because we re at an amazing event, the great american race. it s great on the back here with the both of you. rachel:st the been an incredible couple das i days here. the food that the mche mothers are doing pat: thankfully, we haven t seen any of it yet. will: it ll be the 75th running pete: 75th or year of nascar, 65th will: thank you for that correction. i m a little off. i have a bud canty that just said, are you headed to bible study? [laughter] or maybe a parent-teacher conference? [laughter] with my sweater on, he also said you might be headed to bushwood country club. [laughter] pete: okay. rachel: di
it s symbolic how we as a nation have been doing as a nation under joe biden. take, for example, the middle east. iran has always been the worst problem at least in my lifetime. but now we show weakness by begging them to get back into that terrible nuclear deal. now watch as israel takes things into their own hands. in fact it s already happened. afghanistan always challenging. not a terror lifen. joe left the taliban a country. now we left them weapons to defend their terror ways. as we forecasted, russia invaded one year ago ukraine. a nation we neglected to arm. they are world class fighters and russia showed to be world class barbarians. and biden too slow to get the ukrainians the weapons they need to win. china is clearly a rival, an enemy. confrontation is no longer hypothetical, try inevitable. it s forcing many to shift their focus from look abroad to say hey, why not keep it in our own backyards. 10 migrants snoip martha s vineyard and they go crazy. but here in