carley: you are watching fox & friends first, i m carley carly shimkus. . we have more on the federal response expected from the white house. carley: we begin with caroline shibley live on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. good morning. what are you seeing this morning? just terrible you, ashley and carley. this looks like a movie set. it doesn t seem real. you re seeing a sliver of the devastation behind us. this building collapsed on the truck. you can see a bike behind me. that scene goes on for blocks and blocks, for miles and miles, the city of mayfield, kentucky, absolutely decimated, of course at the epicenter of this, the candle factory that was working an overnight shift, 110 people in there, bodies are in there. the governor is worried the death toll in the site could top 100. one tornado was on the ground, i ve got towns that are gone, that are just, i mean, gone. reporter: some of the tornadoes originated in arkansas and that s where we re hearing stories
gone, that are just i mean, gone. i can t describe how seeing my town has just devastated us all. ashley: you re watching fox & friends first. i m ashley strohmier. carley: i m carley shimkus. caroline shibley is live on the ground in mayfield, kentucky. ashley: we begin with alexandria hoff in d.c. with more on the federal response expected from the white house. good morning. reporter: good morning. president biden has issued a major disaster declaration for kentucky and said he is willing to do the same for any of the other states impacted if their governors so request it. what that does it accelerate accept to federal aid. yesterday, alejandro mayorkas and a fema s administrator traveled to kentucky and toured communities that have been brought to their knees. they were briefed on what was needed in this very early stage of recovery, prioritizing housing, water, power and fuel. the situation remains urgent but fema s head is looking at the long term. this is goin
this building. so far no sign of jussie smollett or his attorney. yesterday, the judge told the attorneys that when a verdict come in, he would like them back in courthouse in a matter of about 30 minutes. so it looks like smollett and his team is passed that 30 minute mark. we will keep you updated on that front. in all deliberated about 9 hours total. seven two hours yesterday, seven hours today. we did not get word of the jury asking any questions or any difficulties. it was a very quiet day here in the courthouse. yesterday, before going home, the jury asked for one thing. they asked for a copy of a prosecution exhibit of a calendar that had red x marks on it indicating important dates in this trial. jussie smollett and his family walked into this courthouse every day locked in arms. jussie smollett was often assisting his elderly mother. is he charged with six low level felony counts of lying to police. police and the six counts represent each time they feel jussie smoll
from the east and west coast to the midwest, to the south there has been a disturbing rise in violent crime this year. and that s putting liberal policies under the microscope. watch republican congressman dan crenshaw. there is a direct line between death and decay and liberal policies. they are deliberately doing this. they want pros koouts who won t prosecute and let criminals out. the criminals laugh in the back of a police car because they know they ll be out the next day back to committing crimes. this is a problem for people who actually pay taxes and live there and they are ruining america s greatest cities. harris: let s take a quick look at philadelphia where the numbers are horrific. 524 homicides so far this year. that s up 13% from last year. the city of brotherly love as it is called now has the second highest number of homicides for any american cities. chicago has the most. and despite all those numbers, despite the reality of all of that violence, the lib
if completely embarrassing to the democratic party and the biden administration. comer says he has discovered one of another one of biden s family members may be involved in influence peddling. no denying it with the bank records. we will keep following the money. there it is. for the win. it is no good. no good. and pittsburgh advances in the ncaa tournament. steve: we start with a fox news alert on this wednesday morning. hoosegow and washington, d.c. engage in a tense war of words after a russian fighter jet downed a u.s. reaper drone at 35,000 feet above the black sea. brian: the pentagon calling out the kremlin s unsafe action as russia s ambassador demands the u.s. put an end to hostile flights in international waters, mind you. ainsley: lucas tomlinson is live in washington with the latest. good morning. the reaper drone went down southwest of crimea near ukraine after a russian fighter jet complied with it. the kremlin says the will on its own. pot