right now. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning, i m ashley he strohmier, in for todd piro. jillian: i m jillian mele. the u.s. carries out air strikes. ashley: lauren blanchard joins us live from washington with the latest this morning. reporter: good morning. the air strikes carried out in the middle of the night at three locations near the border of syria and iraq. the u.s. targeting iran backed militia. we re told these were operational and weapons storage facilities that engaged in uav attacks against u.s. assets in iraq. pentagon press secretary john kirby called the strikes necessary and appropriately limited in scope. quote, the united states took necessary appropriate and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation but also send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message. president biden did not comment on the strikes, as he and the first lady returned to the white house last night after a weekend at camp david. this is the sec
have established a commission to investigate the insurrection on capitol hill. only six republicans sided with democrats in friday s vote. it shows how much of a grip former president donald trump has on the party. democrats are thinking about launching a probe of their own. cnn s ryan nobles has the latest on where things may stand. reporter: it may have taken a little bit longer than expected. three-fifths of senators chose to not vote in the affir affirmative. the motion is not agreed to. reporter: republicans successfully blocking an attempt to form an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection. the final vote? 54-35. 60 votes were needed to move the measure forward. but out of fear or fieldity to donald trump the republican minority prevented the american people from getting the truth about january 6th. reporter: six republicans voted yesterday. among them is susan collins who maintained to bring changes to the bill to bring her fellow r
and a leading democracy. at every point along the way, we re going to make it clear that the united states is back and democracies of the world are standing together to tackle the toughest challenges and the issues that matter most to our future. the focus for biden, a big focus is zeroing in on re-establishing the international community s respect. particularly in the wake of former president trump s go it alone america first approach. but the president s biggest meeting will not come until next week. that s when he sits down face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin. president biden already sending a clear message that his relationship with the russian leader will be very different from his predecessors. this as putin delivers a message of his own. there s clearly a lot to get to. our team is following all of the developments, unfolding overseas. let s begin with chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny in falmouth, england. president biden meets with p
weekend. fox and friends first continues right now. todd: two beautiful shots of new york city followed by a beautiful shot of san diego, shania twain in the background as we look at your memorial weekend friday. ashley: very appropriate for kicking off memorial day. todd: even though she is from canada. janice dean and a little bit. you are watching fox and friends first friday morning. ashley: today president biden will unveil his massive $6 trillion budget proposal. todd: this will include the largest increase in federal spending since world war ii. griff jenkins joins us with the breakdown. reporter: going big, the president wants congress to bust open the checkbooks, the gap between his proposal and the gop s a mile wide, $5 trillion to be exact. listen to what is in the president s plan, a major boost for everything from infrastructure, jobs, education, transportation, combating climate change, healthcare to the tune of $6 trillion, the president making the cas
here we are in the united states of america experiencing something that s not experienced anywhere else in the world. there is a sameness and numbness is something we re all feeling but begs the damn question what the hell is going on in the united states of america? is wrong with us? dan simon joins us from the scene. dan, what do we know? reporter: anderson, as usual, the main question is why? what would cause the shooter to go across the street, target his own co-workers, shoot and kill them? authorities have not established a clear cut motive. authorities did recover multiple weapons at the scene. they haven t said the make and model of the weapons but seems clear he wanted to inflict as much carnage as possible before taking his own life. at 6:34 a.m. the calls started. deputies responded and received information there are multiple shots fired calls. reporter: just as workers at the maintenance yard were beginning their shift. deputies and running officers re