and what one of the nation s top humanitarian foundations is attempting to do to fix it. that s ahead. welcome to meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden is on his way trying to continue trips to battleground states. today, the important battleground state is new hampshire. he s there to sell the bipartisan infrastructure bill, an official visit, not a political visit, but it s very similar. iowa, north carolina last week, new hampshire this week. but the focus on his struggling domestic agenda comes as he continues to address the brutal war abroad. the russians have regrouped and rearmed, the second wave of attacks has begun, and it appears to be as brutal as many feared it would be. this morning the president held a video call with allies to discuss continued support for ukraine as russia officially began its new offensive concentrating on the eastern part of the country, all while hammering major cities throughout the country, targeting what russia claims
to homemade firearms and untraceable weapons. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, april 12th. i m jonathan lemire. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is condemning statements about arussian separatist leader calling for the use of chemical weapons against ukrainian troops defending the besieged city of mariupol, in the nightly address zelenskyy had concerns about the reports and says the government takes threats like these very seriously. take a listen. ike these very seriously. take a listen. according to the new york times, zelenskyy s comments come after a russian separatist leader said on russian television that moscow should bring quote chemical forces to use in mariupol and smoke out the moles, referring to ukrainian forces. meanwhile, an ultra nationalist part of ukraine s national guard, is alleging that a drone dropped a quote poisonous substance of unknown origin in mariupol. now, nbc news has not been able to independently veri
martha: with that, there s a new head of the atf as the president talk about a plan to go against ghost guns manufacturing. with that, good afternoon. i m martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. here s the story unfolding right now. on the move, ukraine and russian forces are now scrambling. those little boxes there, that is the new moving convoy of russian troops as they pour reinforcements in to eastern ukraine. they re preparing for the wall street journal is called the largest battle of this war. they are positioning themselves to fight that in the donbas region. so that is a look at the images. a russian convoy eight miles long according to intelligence, heading to operation. we have seen that from mariupol to kiev and all over bucha, all of these regions. the retired major general has advised ukrainian soldiers over the years. he joins us in just a moment. first to mark meredith live at the pentagon with the back story on putin s new war chief. hi, m
militants. the pentagon says this is just the beginning of our response to the iran-backed drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers as they slept at remote if outposts in jordan. hello, everyone, and welcome to fox news live, i m arkansas a them neville. eric: thank you for joining us, i m eric shawn. those strikes used long range b1 bombers that flew from the u.s. and hit 85 targets across several locations in iraq and syria all in about 30 minutes. president biden says the reprisal as were a success and will continue, he says, at a time and place of our choosing. yesterday he and the first lady joined the families of those fallen service members for a dignified transfer at dover air force base. the president called them patriots in the highest sense and promised that their sacrifice would not be forgotten. but somed today are saying the u.s. response was too little, too late. we should have gone after these guys a long time ago. to stop the loss of
disapprove of the decision. as republican 2024 candidates line up today at a d.c. forum to court evangelical conservatives with their anti-abortion credentials. the battle for life is far from over. we have not come to the end of our cause. we have simply come to the end of the beginning. we have to start with tomorrow s anniversary and thank god almighty for the dobbs decision. absolutely. also, a navy sonar heard the catastrophic implosion of the oceangate submersible less than two hours into its dive. experts say it must have immediately killed all five people on board, but the navy says it had to continue the search for four more days until they had visual sighting of the debris just to be sure. as families mourn, what is the future of deep sea exploration? and was safety compromise it by the daring mission? and hunter biden days after agreeing to a misdemeanor plea deal joining his family at the gala state dinner only hours after house republicans released testimon