Transcripts For FOXNEWS The Journal Editorial Report 2024070

Transcripts For FOXNEWS The Journal Editorial Report 20240708

Underway. And new details from the pentagon on the isisk bombing at the Kabul Airport that killed 13 american soldiers and at least 170 afghan civilians in august. Arthel Alexandria Hoff is at the white house, Christina Coleman is in los angeles on the olympic outcry, but first, Lucas Tomlinson live in the ukrainian capital of kiev. Lucas. Reporter Russian Forces have fully assembled all their personnel to launch a full scale invasion if russian President Putin gives the order. This as Secretary Of State tony blinken hosts his polish counterpart as nearly 2,000 paratroopers arrived in poland. [inaudible conversations] but if it does not, we are fully prepared for the alternative. Reporter keep in mind when Russian Forces invaded georgia in 2008, they used half the number of troops they now have massed this evening. These forces are much more modern and capable. Jennifer griffin reports 70 of russias forces are now in place to launch that invasion, likely to cost thousands of casualtieses here in ukraine, up to 25,000 ukrainian soldiers could be killed, 4,000 Russian Troops and up to 50,000 civilians. And, rich, 5 Million People could become refugees. Forces are not just coming from belarus to the north, but crimea from the south if Vladimir Putin were to give that order. Joint training between russia and belarusian forces this week, you see fighter jets, tanks ask assault forces. Fox news has gained rare access to attend training of Ukrainian Forces up north for ambush, sniper fire, advanced fire fighting. I spoke to ukraines Defense Minister two hours north outside chernobyl, he didnt appear worried. The city was abandoned during the chernobyl disaster. Ukrainian goreses are forces are using this dense terrain to prepare for invasion not far there where were standing. If Russian Forces invade ukraine, theyre going to be taking Armed Personnel Carriers like this, thats why forces are training to stop them. Im very, very, very sure that Ukrainian Arm ad forces are ready armed forces are ready. Ukrainian people are ready and keep calm. Reporter the commanding general of the 82nd airborne division, chris donahue, is now on the ground in to poland along with hundreds of paratroopers, and he was the last American General to leave afghanistan a. He led are, of course, the evacuation, the last american soldier to leave the ground. While many ukrainian officials, civilians we talked to on the streets of kiev say theyre not worried about invasion, back home at washington, a very different story. Many people very concerned about what they call an invasion that could happen at any time. Arthel yeah. Our Jennifer Griffin is in touch with experts monitoring Russian Military movements. Lucas tomlinson in ukraine, thank you so much. Rich . Rich arthel, the beijing Winter Olympics officially opened yesterday amid ongoing outcry and boycott calls over chinas abysmal human rights record. Some of the backlash is aimed at House Speaker nancy pelosi after she warned u. S. Into athletes against criticizing china while in the country. I would say to our athletes, youre there to compete. Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese Government, because they are ruthless. Rich Live In Los Angeles with more. Christina a. Reporter hi, rich are. The california democrat got swift backlash for making that statement. Take a listen. I respectfully disagree. With the speaker here, and i usually am supportive of her because you cannot normalize what theyre doing in china. And to go there and act like all is well is no normalize is to normalize the very brutal behavior. This is disgusting, to tell our athletes dont tell us what youre seeing, just keep your mouth shut . We know that there is a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to the u. N. Leadership, when it comes to the Biden Administration pelosis comments. Reporter the u. S. , the u. K. , qanta and australia are a handful of countries taking part in the boycott against china by not sending dignitaries to the winter games over concerns of chinas dismal human rights record, the ongoing abuses against uighurs. Nba star enes kanter is calling out corporate sponsors backing the olympicings. When you see whats happening with the brutality, torture, mass executions, labor camps, religious repression, genocide period, you know, but, you know, theyre going to lose so much money. Its disgusting. If. Reporter and yesterday this video went viral, chinese officials trying to end a live broadcast of a Dutch Television reporter at the olympics. The news outlet said he was able to finish husband report a few minutes his report a few minutes later. It still led to criticism of how the Chinese Government operates. Human rights activists are staging a sitin outside of nbcs headquarters in new york today calling on nbc to cancel their broadcast of the of the limb picks. Rich . Rich Christina Coleman if, thank you. Arthel this. Arthel a single Suicide Bomber killed 13 u. S. Service members at an airport in afghanistan last august. Not the complex attack first reported, that is according to a report the pentagon released yesterday. The explosion if at the airport in kabul also killed over 107 70 afghan civilians. Alexandria hoff is live at the white house with more. Reporter arthel, originally and initially military officials believed in the middle of this chaos at the Kabul Airport that gunfire was likely exchanged during this. The investigation has revealed, they say, that this was not the case. The investigation found that a single Explosive Device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 3 u. S. Service members 13 u. S. Service members by explosively directing Ball Bearings through a packed crowd and into our men and women at abbey gate. Reporter now, why questioned when Service Members were not ordered to retreat, military officials said to do so would have put them at greater risk. This investigation also revealed acts of true heroism. It came out in the briefing the bravery, the compassion, the skill that our troops showed in the moment, a a moment when they are losing their comrades and trying to rescue those who were wounded. The u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan is a clear tarnish on pride if ps presidency, but signs of economic recovery has given the white house something to tout. The latest jobs report showed 467,000 jobs were added last month. Heres the president on the better than expected growth. Americas job machine is going stronger than ever. Its really a strong recovery and opportunity for hard working women and men all across this great country. America is back to work. Reporter wages grew 5. 7 in january, they have been more than canceled out by rising costs. Inflation remains at historic setback, President Biden vowed yesterday to get a handle on food ask gas prices. But you know, arthel, the largest gains were seen in the hospitality and Leisure Industry showing americans are out and about despite the ongoing pandemic. Arthel Alexandria Hoff live at the white house, thanks. Rich the stunning about face by embattled Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg after create critics a accused him of being soft on crime. Hes now walking back some of his more controversial policies. Crime continues to surge as new mayor eric add also finds himself this trouble. Bryan llenas is live with more. Reporter mayor eric adams is just the second black mayor in this new york city history, and hes also a former nypd captain who leaned into his Police Experience while championing a tough on crime message. Having said that, yesterday the New York Daily News released a video showing adams a making a racist slur about his experience with white Police Officers. The video was taken in 2019 at a private Harlem Business Alliance meeting. Heres his comment from then followed by his apology now. Definitely apologize. Inappropriate, inappropriate comments, should not have been used. Someone asking me a question using that comment and playing on that word, i responded in that comment. Reporter these comments come at a time where there is a hyperfocus on crime in the city. Overall crime in new york city was up 38 in january compared to the same month if last year. Transit crime on the citys subways up 70 , shooting incidents up 32 and car thefts up 33 . Critics say soft on Crime Policies pushed by the Manhattan District Attorney, alvin bragg, essentially have amounted to a get out of jail free card for criminals, and bragg has been heavily criticized for his day one memo to prosecutors laying out lenient policies like Gun Possession would not be punishable with jail time and resisting arrest would not be prosecuted. Facing this intense backlash, bragg toughened up on these policies. He now says Armed Robbery will be prosecuted as a felony, gun cases including Gun Possession will be treated as felonies, and resisting arrest will be prosecuted. Pressure on bragg is unlikely to let up, rich. There was a propolice rally outside his office just yesterday. Rich . Rich thanks a lot, bryan. Bryan llenas from new york. Arthel as weve been reporting, politics Disasterring A Shadow over the olympics after a show of unity by chinese president xi and russian President Putin ahead of the games opening ceremonies. What does their closer ties mean for the u. S. And expert gordon chang up with expert analysis, next. Isnt that right limu . Limu . Sorry, one sec. Doug blows a whistle. [a vulture squawks. ] oh boy. Only pay for what you need. Liberty, liberty, liberty, Liberty Living with diabetes . Glucerna protein smart has your number with 30 grams of protein. Scientifically designed with carbsteady to help you manage your blood sugar. And more protein to keep you moving with diabetes. Glucerna live every moment arthel Breaking News on a shooting in wisconsin about 20 minutes north of milwaukee. Police in brown deer say someone opened fire today from the coney of an apartment balcony of an apartment, killing two people and wounding two more, one of hem critically, were told. The shooter initially fired at officers, but no officers were hurt. At this time police say the suspect is in custody and that there is no danger to the public. Details, of course, are still coming in, and we will bring them to you as we get them. Rich . If. Rich arthel, one person is dead and four others wounded including a Virginia Tech student after a shooting near the university. It happened late last night at a Hookah Lounge in Downtown Blacksburg less than a mile from campus. The four wounded were taken to the hospital, no details on their condition. Prison have not confirmed if anyone is in custody, but the school lifted its lockdown about four hours after the shooting. Any with information is asked to call the Blacksburg Police department. Arthel The Beijing Winter Games underway amid ifst claims of Human Rights Abuses by china. The uighur a uighur athlete helped light to lumbar pick cauldron to help end yesterdays opening ceremony, and meanwhile, beijing and moscow yesterday pushed back at the pressure. They announced theyre further aligning their forces with a joint statement saying quote in part or russia and china stands against attempts by external forces to undermine security and stability in their common adjacent regions and tend to counter outside forces under any precinct text, oppose if Colors Revolution and will increase cooperation if the aer in the aforementioned areas. Lets bring in gordon chang, senior fellow at the gatestone institute, author of the coming collapse of china, and the great u. S. China tech war. So, gordon, right off the bat, what kind of global threat does this russiachina threat pose . Global threat . The global threat is that you could have conflicts at both ends of the Eurasian Land Mass and maybe even Northern Africa as china, russia and their proxies take advantage of chaos. Im not saying this is going to happen, but the risk of it is exceedingly high. China could go after india, japan, philippines if, taiwan. This could be global conflict. Arthel that risk that theyre playing on, its creating Chaos Ask Fear and uncertainty. Yeah. So the one thing that people, i think, should focus on from yesterdays joint statement is that china and russia are going to be engaged in more of these gas sales from russia to china. This supports the russian economy, and when President Biden threatens severe economic sanctions on russia should it invade ukraine, china could backfill as the State Department warned against on thursday. The State Department warned china not to backfill those sanctions, in other words, to support russia as the u. S. Imposes measures. So we could have china and russia cooperating and supporting each other at a very perilous time. Arthel yeah. And they tend to ignore whatever sanctions are placed on them and whatever warnings they get. Let me ask you this going back to the top, what statement is chinese president Xi Jinping Making With The Uighur Torch Bearer . What hes saying to the world is we are proud of our crimes against humanity, and what are you going to do about it, you know . Clearly theres not just genocide, but theres also governmentsanctioned killings, executions, governmentsanctioned rape, forced organ harvesting. The Government Organization of slavery which slavery is provided to western companies, so, you know, this is obvious. Its blatant. And beijing is saying, look, were very proud of what were doing. Arthel i want to read her from that joint statement from russia and china right now. Quote some actors representing, but the minority on the International Scale continue to advocate unilateral approaches to addressing International Issues and resort to force they interfere in the Internal Affairs of other states infringing their legitimate rights and incite differences and confrontation, thus hampering the development and progress of man kind against the opposition from the international community. So President Putin and xi, theyre posing this as democratic nations are the aggressors, gordon, and oppressors. But russia and china, as you mentioned, do business with these nations. I mean, how do we get out of this potentially explosive conundrum . Well, you know, that statement just shows blatant hypocrisy, because its not the United States that is interfering in the affairs of ukraine, of course, its russia. And its russia that is threatening force against the ukraine nation. So really what china and russia are saying is, look, were going to do what we want, were proud of these acts of aggression. And the other explanation is they believe ukraine is part of russia so that russia can do whatever it wants. I dont know exactly whats going through putins mind, but this is the ultimate test of peace and stability across the world. Arthel i dont want to be hyperbolic or alarmist, are we on the edge of war . And if we are, how do we pull back from it . Well, it certainly looks like were on edge of war when you have about 127,000 Russian Troops on the ukraine border. The question is deterrence and how do you deter this, and i think part of it is going to be, clearly, imposing these sanctions on russia before an invasion to show that we have the will to do it. Putin, unfortunately, says, oh, you know, the u. S. Might say this and threaten this, but theyre not going to do anything. And thats why i think that President Biden has to show some resolve on this. If he does that, i think he can force the russians to pull back. Arthel let me get a quick question, short answer. You mentioned President Biden. Do our internal problems here

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