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during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
around the world by the time we are done. if there is an announcement, that will come at the appropriate time. if anyone is telling you they know this or that, that is inaccurate, there has not been a decision made. todd: you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier. governor desantis is trailing donald trump, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy in single digits and on the other side, r.f.k. is claiming 19% of democratic primary voters this stage of the race. republican candidate vivek ramaswamy is here in new york this morning and will be talking about the state of the race and top issues at hand. todd: we begin with brooke singman has who has more on all of it. brooke: ron desantis talked about the lawsuit die disney accusing him of government retaliation, listen to this. governor desantis: that arrangement was not good for the state of florida. we did not think that is continue and brought accountability. the idea being pro-bus
show boats and philadelphia star. brings us together from so many different background and that s what i love. ainsley: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. air national guard members accused of sharing intelligence secrets is set to appear in court today. steve: that s right. the fbi as you can see right there leading jack teixeira out of massachusetts home at gunpoint yesterday as fallout from one of america s most security breaches deepens. brian: alexandria hoff has the latest. alex? good morning. according to the pelc this was a deliberate criminal act but what motivated teixeira, that is still a mystery as is why a junior air guardsman was able to gain access to such secret military planning. the 21-year-old was based in cape cod and served as tech especiallyist for the air national guard. he was taken into custody outside his family s home. today the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira alleged retention of classified national defense in
move that could change the trajectory of the war. let s bring in retired four-star general jack keane. he s chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news senior strategic analyst. general keane, welcome. so let s, we ve got a year into the war. what lessons have we learned, and what to do they tell us about what comes next? well, certainly we all welcome success that ukraine has had, and i think the center of gravity for that success has been the iron will of its soldiers and its people. and certainly the u.s.-led western coalition has been providing all the arms and ammunitions. but also while that is commendable in terms of the support provided, we have actually handcuffed the success of the ukrainian forces because we slow-rolled so much of weapons that they needed. we sent them in their piecemeal, and they arrived mainly after the fact. as an example, the ukrainians began an offensive in july after russia s offensive had talled in thalled in the east. an