defending mr. biden s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the hard but necessary choice amounted to this. if we didn t do it, if we don t do it, then they will run out of ammunition. if they run outof ammunition, they will be defenseless. every ally said they understand why we re doing this, when we re doing it. my conversation this morning with nato s secretary-general, one day after he successfully worked with turkey and sweden s leader to alleviate concerns and pave the way for sweden to join nato. sweden will become a member of the alliance. that s good for sweden. it s good for turkey. it s good for whole of nato. with both in the alliance, the whole task of protecting the baltic area becomes so much easier for this alliance. this is important for the whole nato, but in particular this region. good day. i m andrea mitchell in lithuania. we begin with the scene moments ago. president zelenskyy at a concert here at nato just hours after he
alliance, and it s good for sweden and turkey and all of nato and the baltic region. but the big topic of discussion at this high stakes summit is the war in ukraine. ukraine wants a path to nato membership, but the u.s. and other countries are reluctant to do so while the war is still raging. looking at this is josh letterman, and also joining us, jim townsend, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for nato. and a former deputy assistant second of defense. how did this happen? well, josé, according to the countries that are involved in this, nato and the u.s., and of course, turkey, they were able to move past long-standing concerns that turkey had about arms exports and terrorism within sweden and finland, the country that joined nato back in april. but behind the scenes there was a lot of wrangling by the turkish government trying to extract concessions on key issues, including trying to get the u.s. to sell f-16s to turkey, and we started to hear from presiden
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because i ll never let them silence you. in the end they aren t after me, they re after you. i just happen to be standing in their way. bill: that from iowa. booted from the ballot. the state of colorado ruled he is disqualified from holding office and not on the ballot in that state pending appeal. this was a whopper. it continues today. i m bill hemmer good morning. dana: that s how it will turn out, too. the u.s. supreme court will say it s a whopper and shut it down. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. a four-judge majority on the colorado supreme court ruled he is disqualified from appearing on the state s presidential ballot despite charged never being charged or convicted of the events of january 6th. he is vowing to appeal. bill: democrat party leaders are in a state of paranoia over the growing dominant lead president you trump has in the polls. they have lost faith in the failed biden presidency and doing everything they can to stop the american
have gone out and arrested and deported him. this administration doesn t care because they want this border open and they are committed to open borders at all cost at this point. todd: you re watching fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. ashley: the case against francisco oropesa, he will be forced to answer for the deaths of this innocent family. brooke singman has breaking details. brooke: the illegal migrant accused of killing five was found hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. agents from border patrol captured 38-year-old francisco oropesa, who faces five murder counts and being held on $5 million bond. jimmy paul, in charge of the case, says a tip led to yesterday s arrest. listen. the tip came in from the fbi tip line and we just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the suspect s location. ashley: on top of that tip, oropesa s wife suspect had help in hiding. u.s. customs and border patrol troy miller releasing this