Clear message to President Biden. Fox friends first starts right now. Youre watching Fox Friends first on this friday morning. Im ashley strohmier. Im carley shimkus. Were going to get straight to a Fox News you alert as President Biden leaves for vacation in telling wear, the u. S. Sends 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. Theyre going to help evacuate the u. S. Embassy as the taliban takes over of three more afghan cities. Jackie ibanez joins us with the latest. Reporter the taliban captured two major afghan cities, the second and third largest after kabul. The Provincial Capital is reportrd to have fallen. This comes as part of a weeklong blitz. The Talibans Growth shown on the map, you can see it in the red. Theyve captured 13 of afghanistans 34 Provincial Capitals. While Kabul Isnt directly under threat yet, the military is not wasting time sending 3,000 troops into kabul to help Embassy Personnel and other americans evacuate the country and an additional 3500 troops out of Fort Bra
July. I know kat did. [laughing]. Greg shes fine. Its kat. The 4th celebrates our independence from some toothless weirdos. 250 years later, we can listen to this. Are you proud to be an american . No. I feel embarrassed to be an american every day. I think a lot of things about this country are embarrassing just like mean racist history and what is going on with politics and the cops. Not really in this climate. I am a black person so obviously i experienced a lot there is like a pressure that comes with that. Not most of the time. I think its a little embarrassing. Thats a complicated question for me. I think most of the time, no. Over the past 4 years its been tricky to love to be an american. Partly. Because on certain topics that are controversial like, i dont know. Our economy just cares about money. Greg oh, gee like she said like 433 times. I cant wait until she enters the real world and takes my order at arbys. All of these people are embarrassed by america. Do they have any a
returning to the witness stand. it comes after a day that focused entirely on law enforcement witnesses. three officers from the minneapolis police department testifying in great detail about how they train officers to de-escalate a situation, detain a suspect and provide medical support including a lieutenant who trained chauvin. officers are supposed to use the least amount of force possible. is this an mpd-authorized restraint technique? knee on the neck would be something that does happen in use of force and isn t unauthorized. say, for example, the subject was under control and handcuffed, would this be authorized? i would say no. i want to begin this morning with shaq brewster in minneapolis. shaq, thank you for being there. what are you expecting today? stephanie, at least initially we expect the prosecution to continue use of force and the progress of the minneapolis police department. we expect this witness we hear from this morning will be the last witne
closings that came with the big surge in cases, that didn t even start until mid-december meaning we probably won t see the real impact until next month s report. that said, the economy right now is as fluid and unpredictable as it has been in decades. we learned earlier this week that a record 4.5 million americans quit or changed jobs in the month of december, part of the so-called great resignation. and it makes sense. if you can take advantage of high demand from employers, either get a better job or start your own business, great, but if you can t you can be falling behind. for lots of people, though, the real problem is inflation and even the wages have been up and they were up again in december, lots of those gains get completely wiped out when everything costs more. in fact, despite all of the positive news about the economy, only a fraction of workers say they came out ahead in 2021. so let s discuss. i want to bring in cnbc s senior economics reporter steve liesman,
hide your strength and bide your time. the hiding and biding are over. the iron rule of xi jinping. strong man, authoritarian dictator that he has become. he s the most powerful man in the world today. he s created a personality cult around himself. his vast ambition the chinese military has grown dramatically over the course of the last few years. we deserve this, we want this and we re going to take this. the threat to america. you want to man handle china? no. none of that is acceptable to the chinese government. controlling the chinese people. east, west, north, south, the party must control all. hundreds of millions of surveillance cameras and drones. big brother is always watching. there is the freedom to get rich. lamborghinis and ferraris. a lot of people were getting very, very rich. but get too rich, and you 3450i9 might disappear. where is jack ma? publicly criticizes the chinese authorities. you can t do that in china. fight the