. i ran into the flight attendant, and i asked her where is my grandson? he was handed over to you in philadelphia. she said i have no kids with me. he said mom, i don't see you. i got off the

plane. >> it's a holiday nightmare when a 6 year old in florida gets put on the wrong plane. merry christmas, everyone. hey, julie. >> julie: that's worse than a real-life home alone. >> brian: yeah. >> julie: that's scary stuff. i can't believe it. so spirit is offering to reimburse the family. but they could just be asking for answers. that's what the family really wants. we are live in new york. how did this happen. >> reporter: we're scratching our heads,b and this reminds us of the classic home alone. a grandmother says her 6 year old grand son was scheduled to fly from fortmyers, florida, and when she got there, he was

nowhere to be found. listen to this. >> i ran over to the plane, and i said where is my grandson. he was scheduled to leave from philadelphia. she said i have no kids with me. >> now, shortly after, she said her grandson casper called and said he landed, but three hours away in orlando where she picked him up. and spirit airlines offered to reimburse her for the drive. but she wanted to know how the confusion began. >> my stomach was tighted and heart was pounding. i wanted to know why my grandson ended up in orlando. >> we reached out but haven't heard back from spirit airlines. the child was with a spirit staffer but was incorrectly boarded on a flight to orlando. an investigation is underway. children 5 to 14

can travel with an unaccompanied minor. in those instances, those who take the child to the airport are to get a gate pass, go with the child to the gate and wait until 15 minutes after the flight takes off. so it is some unanswered questions about how this scary situation happened. back to you. >> julie: all right. thank you so much brian, this is, like, a parent's worst nightmare. you will soon find out. first of all, i will never put my kid on a plane. imagine me putting them on plane without a guardian and a stranger. >> bryan: no, you would not do that. i was thinking you would own the airline because you would be calling them to ask for every reimbursement and booking flight. and you would get it. >> julie: free flight, how about free lifetimes of

flights, and once owned the company, i would change the color. what the heck were they thinking with bright yellow? ts it's actually really obnoxious. that would be the end. >> brian: absolutely. >> julie: i would never do this to my children. julie: all right. moving on. lawmakers are set to have a long to do list when they return from the holidays. among top concerns is to secure our border. chad is live in washington with the details. merry christmas, chad. >> chad: merry christmas, julie. they engaged late in the talks and now discussions are on pause until wednesday. that means if they are able to get a deal, congress will not wrestle with this until well into january. >> and the problem is that chuck schumer in the senate refuses to do entering anything

on their side. they could have passed a bill, and then we could have had a discussion and reckon side the differences. it wasn't until ukraine funding that they wanted to maybe start conversations. >> some proposed securing ground on border security because parole is posing a problem, grappling with people who crossed the border illegally. >> this is a real challenge. the justice department operates the immigration courts with immigration judges, and they are essential to a fair and efficient immigration system. >> chad: and there are some whether he happens are resistant to any border security pact at all. that's why it's a challenge to forge a deal. the figures of illegal migrants crossing into the country are staggering. >> we're getting numb to the numbers. you laid out the case quite well in your opening, but

6 million people since the start of the biden administration have come into this country illegally, and we don't know where they are. we've detected them, but we have no idea who they are. >> even if it's a border deal, it will take weeks to process in the senate, and it's unclear what the house can stomach. there's concern about finishing before a government funding in january. a government shutdown could sidetrack everything. julie. >> julie: i wonder how much more voters can stomach. i guess we'll have to find out in november. chad, thank you very much. >> chad: thank you. brian: iran ramping up its rhetoric against israel and the u.s., threatening to shut down overseas in gaza. the rebels continue to launch drone strikes in the middle east and particularly in the red sea. let's bring in mike, retired

navy seal. mike, thank you for spending your christmas day with us. >> mike: absolutely. merry christmas. >> brian: let's start off with this. the japanese chemical tanker was struck yesterday. this is the seasoningth iranian attack. and meanwhile you've got over a dozen that's been attacked by the iran rebels. what do you make so far by the biden's administration response to these attacks? >> mike: i don't think you can argue any way that the biden's administration response has been remarkably inadequate. now, now, i understand the need not to escalate this into the a wider conflict, but definitely you could undermine stability more through your action and especially emboldening with iran through these recent

statements. >> brian: let's place a soundbyte here by bill who was asked about this yesterday. listen. >> as soon as joe biden came into office, they stopped enforcing the sanctions and billions of dollars began to flow. they overestimated themselves by billions of dollars with oil sells, and it continues, just because the biden administration wants to appease the regime. we need to come back and send a clear diplomatic message. >> brian: mike, are economic sanctions enough here? >> mike: no, they're not. this requires the u.s. to take the lead in the international community and follow suit. iran doesn't have any access, direct access to the mediterranean nor have any naval assets in the area, so it is laughable, and it shows their statements, which are not in line with their kipability or position, it shows rhetoric

or grassive thereof on reality. surprisingly, i don't think iran has thought about the implications on these threats. and not only do they grapple with the european union, but they isolate themselves more internationally. these threats are idle unactionable threats from desperate states who don't have the capability to fall through on them. and the u.s. must take every single lane it can to put pressure on iran and remove them and their influence on hamas conflicts as much as possible. >> what does that look like? do we go on three strikes in syria where we hit weapons dep oats? >> mike: now that we're allowing our otroops to be cannon throttle or taking on

iran shows we're not taking this seriously. we're hitting american taxpayers in their wallets. this has major implications on what should have been dealt with weeks ago. >> brian: yeah. we're showing what passes through the redsea. it's about 30% of shipment containers. you're talking 7 out of the top 10 trying to redirect their ships. this could have a huge consequence in terms of supply chain in the united states. i want to ask you about the guardian. this is the multinational effort being led by the united states with 40 other nations essentially. what does that look like from your experience, and do you think that will be enough to keep the rebels at bay and open up the red sea again? >> mike:p brian, in my opinion

no. you're stillope otonight attacks and strike s from the rebels. the more you try to avoid a conflict, you actually potentially make the conflict worse. you allow your aggressors to plan and prepare and arm themselves to do something more egregious. so i applaud the fact that we have this joint task force, but at the end of the day, you're dealing with the symptoms and not treating the disease. >> brian: it's certainly something we will continue to keep our eye on here. but it looks like as of now, the response is that multination rebel force. we'll see if they back down, but right now they keep pounding their chest. thank you for spending christmas with us. merry christmas. >> mike: merry christmas. >> brian: julie. julie: a shocking new report about the biden

administration's initial response to the chinese spy craft. remember that spy balloon we watched hovering over the united states? it was hovering over the united states? well, the chief of security is here on that. you're going to want to hear what he has to say next.

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. julie: a new report from nbc news claims the biden administration tried to hide the fact that a chinese spy craft was floating above the united states. remember that? let's bring in the flight craft for the center of security and served as the chief of staff for the national security. thank you so much for joining us. biden administration told us that it did not squleckt transmitidate. remember that? but now a phone call paints a much different picture of them

hiding information about the balloon. so if they tried to hide the balloon altogether, then what's to say the biden administration didn't lie to us about what information it collected while hovering above? >> good to be here. merry christmas. i was a cia analyst for over 19 years. and it was apparent at the time the administration was lying about this. the only reason we found out about this balloon is because a reporter in montana spotted it with his naked eye and rushed it out and took a photo. it was clear the administration was going to let this balloon fly across the entire united states. balloons are useful in this century because they are subtle and can go over several targets, and the biden administration said at the time it was no evidence that the package on this balloon transmitted

information. i didn't believe that at the time and neither did any of my former intelligence colleagues who are learning that it was multiple lies told about this because the biden's administration priority was to get a meeting, and they didn't want this to interfere with that meeting. >> julie: i remember when the press secretary held press conferences about this because everyone was asking what the heck is this balloon? should we be afraid, and they blew it off like it was a hot air balloon. and maybe taking pictures, maybe not. what do you think is happening here, and is the u.s. doing enough to deal with the threat from china? >> well, the administration, they called it a balloon. and the american people wouldn't be worried about it. like, maybe it's a weather balloon. it's the size of three school buses. it was a huge surveillance device. the administration knew that. it was tracking it

before it came over u.s. territory. and i just think that when instances like this come up, the administration's tendencies is not to tell the truth, is to mislead the american people, mislead the press. and the press did not do enough checking to find out what this balloon really was. >> julie: okay. so do we teel still know the answers? you just talked about how huge this thing was and how much technology was on there. eventually it was brought down, but do we actually know what information was gathered? >> i think we know a lot about what was gathered. i mean, we shot the aballoon down. it was recovered, but i don't know what the report was. i mean, obviously it was classified. whatever analysis we did, it was shot down over water. it was recovered. i hope it was a very extensive, classified briefing to congress on what was in this balloon. i think the american people need to know, and i think it has to be

some kind of a law when this happens, the u.s. government has to tell limits there. >> julie: yeah. it's, like, entering our airspace without giving a heads-up. it seems to be against international law, and why did it take so long to shoot it down in the first place. china is not exactly our best friend. and so if we had done this in china, do you know how quickly our spy balloon would have been shot down? immediately. >> that's right. >> julie: it wouldn't have even made it into its airspace. that's the difference here. that's the problem. >> and really, it was a very bold move by china to do this. this was obviously a violation of the american airspace. it was obviously a provocation. china thought it could either get away with it or if the biden administration found out, they thought biden was so weak,

they didn't think dheeld anything about it, and he didn't after he surveilled american bases. they turned out cameras in some of these bases, but you can gather an allot of intelligence, telephone calls and other things that are not classified to find out what's going on in these locations. >> fred flights, we appreciate you coming and on thank you for joining us on christmas. merry christmas to you. >> fred: merry christmas. >> julie: brian. brian: the former president is asking to throwt out previous charges. but does it hold weight? we'll discuss next with guy lewis next.

i just want to wish happy holidays to my family, my mom, my dad and my sister. merry christmas. >> julie: former president donald trump is now asking a federal appeals court to dismiss the election submersion charges brought by jack smith. the former president says he's immune from the charges. former attorney guy lewis is here to discuss. let's ego to

david in washington first hi, david. >> david: hi, julie. he says the charges should be dropped because he's covered by didn't mean immunity because he was president at the time of the alleged crimes. on page 79, it says trump has absolutely immunity from his officialaths as president, so it must be dismissed. the former attorney general gave his thoughts on this claim that trump is protected by immunity, watch. >> if you're performing in an official function, the president has absolute immunity. and i think that has to be protected. i support that. the question is was he doing these things after the election? and the government's position is that he was a candidate, he was actingases a candidate and not really as president.

>> david: the appeal comes to the supreme court after the denial on friday to jump the line and hear arguments on whether or not the former president is indeed immune. the president may hear arguments, but that will be after the appeals court rules. they will hear arguments on january 9th. this is a delay for jack smith, but it doesn't mean his game is over by any means. it means the march trial will be pushed back. he hopes to begin on march 4th, but the hearing in january means things could easily get pushed back especially since the supreme court will likely hear arguments later this spring. julie, back to you. >> julie: right. that decision going to the appellate court, obviously a victory for the trump campaign. they want this thing to spill over into the election. that would be perfect for them. thank you very much. >> thank you. brian: with that, let's

bring in guy lewis. thank you for being here. merry christmas. happy holidays. i appreciate the time. >> guy: merry christmas. thank you. >> brian: the former president's lawyer is saying that look. he was acting, you know, on behalf of the nation rather than himself. this was part of his official duties as president, which was to question and to claim that there was widespread fraud during the 2020 election. what do you make of this arg i'm, and do you think it has a chance with the d.c. circuit apeals? >> guy: so i think the president's brief, having studied it is a very strong brief, and certainly he's filing it on the heels of a huge loss, a huge loss to the special counsel who had come in and said hey. this thing is critical. this thing is of national importance. we've got to accelerate this thing. we've got to put it on the fast

track. well, the supreme court said no, no, no, no incident. no dedescent said no. let's go back and that plays into president trump's hand, which is to delay this thing until this fall. >> brian: the former president said he was doing his duty as a president to expose and further investigation the ring of a rigged lection. obviously we know it was not rigged and not stolen. does that matter here? >> guy: that's the question. here's what makes this so hard. this is why this is a star trek, three level chess game that's being played out here. on one hand, you have presidential immunity, which i think should be brought. it should be basically almost,

almost anything the president does in that's consistent with his duties until he hands over the keys to the next president coming in, in this case, president biden, but he's got no case. there's nothing that answered this question equivically. and in fact, the cases being cited, nixon and some of the other, they don't answer this question. so right now,t it's up in the air. >> but going to bill's point and david's piece, what was the actual duty because bill says he was acting as a candidate when he was spreading these lies and acting as a candidate and not on behalf of the american people, right? >> guy: well, maybe, maybe not, and that's why i don't think either case is going to win it 100% hands down. it may be

that this case goes back and the court of appeals says wait an sec. let's have a hearing. let's have evidence and look at exactly what the president was doing at the time. in other words, he's calling and reaching out and saying that a safe, fair, forthright election is ongoing. hey. i think that's part of his official duties. but the other hand, if the evidence shows he's on the backroom conspiring. i don't think it's going to, by the way, but if the evidence shows he's in the backroom conspiring with his other coconspirters, that's another matter. >> brian: what happens next year if they come out with their appeal? will this go back to the supreme court, and what do you make that does to the timing of this case? >> guy: so bet the house, guys,

that this thing is going to wind up in supreme court. bet the house that we're going to get more and more delayed, that this thing is not going to get heard or decided anytime soon. the president has a lot of different and legal positioning that he can do in terms of asking for a full court of appeals and the supreme court to review it and back to dc. >> brian: what chance do you have, guy? sorry. sorry. do you think this gets done before the election at this point? >> guy: i don't. i don't. i think this thing continues to be delayed. i think there's a lot of pressure on these judges and the special counsel i think is overplaying his hand right now. >> brian: and what do you make of jack smith's other case, the documented case that's happening in florida. does this case affect the timing of that case and the former president is going to run out the clock with the classified

documents case as well? >> guy: another great question as well. he's got a ring leader judge here in south florida. they're going to have discovery disputes and classified documents, having tried classified document cases, they take forever, guys. so i think that case is definitely on the back burner, and the one in dc is what's going to be litigateed first. >> brian: so basically, the former president's strategy of delaying is winning right now? >> you bet. the longer he keeps putting this off and off, the closer we get to the election. and if he gets elected, then look out. he can fire the special counsel. he can get a new attorney general. it's a whole new ball game. >> brian: that will make for a busy next four years, no doubt. guy lewis, thank you. merry christmas. appreciate it. >> guy: you got it. merry christmas to everybody.

>> brian: julie. julie: all right. new year, lower prices? a girl can dream. are we set for much lower prices in 2024? steve moore has the expectations for inflation you won't want to miss next.

. julie: a possible return to normal come the new year? say it ain't so and inflation expected to level out believe it or not. but they are still

pessimistic about the economy. let's bring in steve, a former advisor. sounds like you're having fun in the background. as we ready for the new year, what's in your crystal ball for us? >> steve: well, merry christmas to you. there's good news, no question about it. if you look at where we were last year, remember how horrific the economy was and inflation swallowing. so people apparently in a better mood, and the economy better, no question about it. so there's things to really celebrate. i still think though that a lot of middle class americans are suffering right now. if you look at, for example, the average family, they lost about 2,000 dollars in purchaseing power if you look at economic inflation. biden's inflation

is rough, about 6,000 dollars more than under trump. and the gas price is good that it has come down from 5 dollars a gallon to about 3.30 dollars a gallon. but that's still about a dollar or 1.25 dollars than it was a year ago. >> julie: he says it will be normal, whatever that means. you have a poinsettia on your shoulder, and i'm sure it cost big bucks. they used to be 10, 15 dollars and now like 20 dollars. i see you spent a pretty penny on that one? >> steve: i actually just bought that one, but you're right. they say prices are falling. no. they're falling. they're still really high. it's just the rate of increase.

instead of prices rising by 9%. now they're only rising by 3 to 4%. but that 20% increase in prices is now baked in the cake. everything you buy is more expensive. by the way, my wife pulled me to the grocery store and saying steve, you're coming with me because you don't know what these things really cost. 4 or 5 dollars for a box of coco crispy. everything is really expensive. >> julie: i just love your poinsettia on your shoulder. it's amazing. i just want to know what can we expect in 2024? if inflation is more around the world, is the united states going to follow suit, and are we going to see prices at the pump come down and prices in our grocery a stores come down because that's really what's hurting americans most? >> steve: well, let me correct you on one thing. you've almost got it right. the

inflation fall everywhere follows the united states. almost every country is directly or indirectly tailored to the dollar right now. look, it's hard to predict. here's the thing that worries me most. the economy is better off today, but come on, we've got a 33.5 trillion dollars debt, and they're adding 1 and a half trillion dollars every year. biden came in with 1 trillion dollars in spending. that is the reason we've had this shaky economy. and don't mention, you mentioned a key point, when you talk to working-class americans, they're not feeling the love right now. still 70 to 75% say they're worse off today than they were four years ago. >> julie: yeah. that's something they will remember when heading to the polls in

november. we have interesting comment to what they feel about biden-nomics. listen, and then we'll react. >> the average american is not benefiting economically. >> i think the economy is in better shape than people seem to realize. >> money has been a little bit tighter. honestly, it's been quite the hole in the wall type of situation. i would say that things have gotten an allot expensive, more expensive. >> everything is going up so much, so it's kind of reduced my spending amount this year. >> julie: steve, i say bah-humbug to biden-nomicss. that's my find word. >> steve: yeah, i do too. and those people on the street you were interviewing, those are real americans. they're not the top 1%. people are doing well under biden. it's real, class, working-income, mainstream americans that are really working. biden says the economy is so great. yeah, if

you live in washington d.c., it's so great. if you go to michigan or wisconsin, they're not feeling it. but i want to end this on a good, you know, a happy note. things are better today than they were a year ago, and i hope 2024, you know, continues that trend. but, look, i'm a trump guy. i'd love to see him back in office because i think this economy would roor. >> julie: all right. thank you so much for ending it on a high note because nobody wants to hear from a debbie downer on christmas, steve. >> steve: and i wish i could give you this plant. i wish i was in the studio. >> julie: it's huge. i only see a quarter of it, and it's literally bigger than you are. i can only imagine it looks like a second christmas tree. thank you, steve e. i'll take it. holy cow, that's huge. >> steve: have a merry christmas. >> julie: brian. brian: the jail official

has been missing for more than two weeks, but has his team been able to find him? we'll have the details after this. >> i just want to do a christmas shoutout to my wife and unborn child kaylee over in virginia, along with my brother and sister and parents. merry to duckduckgo on all your devie

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back in scandals. >> it never seems to be a shortage of scandalous headlines, and 2023 is no different. the prince is lobbying a host of accusations in the tell-all including that his brother prince william attacked him during an argument in 2019. despite this, prince harry made the trip across the pond in may for the coroination. >>er charges dropped against alec baldwin following the fatal shooting in his movie rush. but they're attempting to cite him again citing new facts which killed the cinematographer. >> danny was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after being convicted of raping two women.

>> and ashton and mila feeling the fallout and calling for support after his sentencing. >> lizzo known for his message in body positivity, facing a lawsuit from three of her former dancers for sexual harassment and creating a hostile environment. and jimmy fallon has work allegations and accusing fallon of being drunk at work and exhibiting erratic behavior which affected employees' mental health. >> the country star not backing

down over his song try that in a small town. the musician accused of promoting gun violence in his lyrics and said it included footage of black lives matter had racist undertones. despite that, it soared to the top of the charts. >> many blindsided this year when the former nfl player filed a lawsuit against a family claiming that they didn't share any of the profits in the movie the blindside about his story. it shows he was paid more than 138,000 dollars. >> on capitol hill, george santos expelled from congress in wake of a scandal of a committee report. he allegedly lied about his background to get elected and misuse of

campaign funds. >> she is reporting this year for her 11-year sentence. found guilty of frauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars, making false claims that her company would be able to diagnose health conditions with just a pin prick of blood. >> he eis found guilty of stealing at least 10 billion dollars. >> sam bankman perpetrated one of the biggest frauds in american history. >> bankman says he never committed fraud or meant to cheat customers. he faces up to 110 years in prison with sentencing expected in march. >> questionable actions bind the scenes for the football team. they're accused of in-person scouting against oopponents. jim denied any wrongdoing except for the

three-game suspension. the team is set to play for the national championship on new year's day. >> 2024 is sure to bring its own scandalous stories, and fox news will be here to cover them all. in new york, fox news. brian: yeah, we will be here to cover them all. i have to say in this year, in terms of scandals, george santos sticks out the most. >> julie: same. brian: and i would say lizzo. everybody loved her, and i think this lawsuit saying she's a bully and sexual harassment, i think it's so against her brand. george santos, we'll see when it's all said and done, but he definitely wins the case this year. >> julie: yeah. if you learned

anything from those packages, it's don't be a scammer or fraud. unfortunately, it's stupid people who don't learn that message. we will have people next year to be entertained by. >> brian: i was going to say keep us entertained and employed. and yeah, we shall see. i think that's all we've got for now. we might get ourselves in trouble if we keep talking, julie, because we are besties. >> julie: i don't know anything about a scandal. brian: coming up next, they say the migrant surge in the past few weeks has become too much to bear. how crucial will support from democrats by and the push to get the crisis

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