the united states. you re watching fox & friends first on this thursday morning. i am carley shimkus. todd: the latest response on these very important issues but first we turn to get reaction with president biden just a support department to repeal that ruling and the federal transportation may ask mandate appearance be to the trouble getting its message straight ahead of the impending legal battle. lucas tomlinson live from washington, lucas. this could be an impact after the judge struck down the cdc mandate on public transportation and justice says they will appeal cdc has asked to proceed with an appeal. it is cdc s contained assessment that at this time in order to require masking and indoor transportation core door remains necessary for the public health. cdc believes this is a lawful order well within cdc s legal authority to protect public health. the president said america should have the right to choose whether or not to wear a face mask in public. mr.
putin says the show is a warning to moscow enemies to stop and think before they act. todd: and beijing reportedly telling the u.s. taiwan is part of china and any suggestion otherwise could put a strain on the relationship with the united states. carley: the latest response from the white house on both important issues. we begin with the latest in washington, president biden justice department expected to end the mask mandate. administration having trouble getting straight. lucas joins us live from washington with the latest. good morning, guys. russian missile test came few days after the pentagon scrapped its own test after worrying about inflaming relationships. cdc down, the cdc saying late yesterday it wants masks back on while flying or riding a train. cdc asked to proceed with an appeal, it is cdc s ark sessment, at this time, masks remain necessary for the public health. cdc believes this is within cdc to protect public health. president biden thinks american
result. nothing less than everything. the cdc is asking the biden doj appeal the transportation mask mandate. they think that public opinion is on their side. hi, neither one of you have got seat belt on. i will have to issue you tickets. oh, no. all right. all right. i won t issue you the ticket. swing, batter, batter swing swing batter, batter swing. right, first off, if you want to get out of a ticket. it s great to be cut. those two are very cute. that is nashville. and it looks like everyone went to sleep about 10 minutes ago because they have a big night ahead of them. and i look forward talking to the guy singing right now trace adkins. he is tall. he knows the oil business and he is a very good musician. steve: he is indeed. ainsley: he came on our show, remember? and his album was called the roman numeral. brian: 10. you tell us about your new album x. brian: and he called me a moron. steve: country western sicker a lot of guys write songs a
intercontinental missile which putin says will make others think twice before issuing a threat. it was a success, they say and because it uses domestic policy sanctions and supply chain issues won t affect further production. russia says it did notify the u.s. about the launch due to treaty negotiations and it was not a threat to u.s. or the allies. the u.s. cancelled a missile test last month out of concern it would be seen by russia as a provocation during the war. the russia missile launch fed into a growing concern inside the biden administration that russia is now so isolated from the rest of the world that mr. putin sees little downside to provocative actions. putin is now ordering his sources not to store the last ukrainian strong hold in the besieged city of mariupol and instead continue blocking it so that not even a quote fly could pass through. this just happened, putin held a public event just a few minutes ago, we re seeing it here, with his defense minister. his
expecting that putin was about to start a big war and invade ukraine and there is brazil s president hopping into putin s proverbial lap, goes to moscow and does a three-day official trip to moscow, a big meeting, a big photo op with putin and denied that putin would launch a war in ukraine for good measure and explained how brazil was closer than ever to russia. don t worry, world. putin s great. he s not going to do anything bad. he s my guy. and putin invaded ukraine. which was awkward for the brazilian president. but now today, brazil s president has decided that he will handle that very embarrassing turn of events the way i m sure we all wish we could. he has decided he will dump it down the memory hole and close the door on it. jair bolsonaro today decreed that all public records concerning that very bad timing, three day official trip he took to moscow, right before putin launched his war, all public records of that will now be sealed for at least five years. so even t