to stay on top. either way, we have never seen this kind of impact from a nonathlete like we have with taylor swift as far as her impact on the league. as far as ratings, as far as travis kelce, jersey sales. it's been a positive impact for the most part as far as the nhl is concerned. the problem is travis kelce and the chiefs aren't playing as well as they have in the past. they have played at such a high level it's impossible to expect them to continue to play at that level. by the way, we still have some weeks left in the season. they are probably going to win the division but go to the playoffs. let's see what happens from there. todd. >> todd: i hate to disagree with the colleagues under the fox corporate umbrella outkick and fox sports it has to do with the fact that the chief's receivers look like morons. look completely off the same page as patrick mahomes. that's a problem they need to fix. joe, thank you. "fox & friends" right now. ♪

♪ good morning and welcome to the couch. you are looking at saint paul, minnesota. one of the two twin cities and to do my best steve doocy looks like 31 degrees there and mostly clear. a good morning for this time of year and so are we, carley. >> carley: it's nippy in saint paul. >> joey: is that what you call it? >> carley: a little nippy. >> are their mountains in minnesota? >> carley: one. is he going to quiz me on pooing toography? i draw a blank. joey jerry i don't know if there are a lot of mountains in the midwest. giant lakes. >> griff: i have been there and seen lakes i haven't seen the mountains. >> carley: it's 43 degrees here. so it is 12 degrees warmer here

and very warm because i just turned on the space heater underneath this desk. sorry, joey, he hates when i do that. >> joe: he gets it so hot here my feet are burning up. >> griff: is that because you want caribbean temperature? >> carley: why would we talking about the caribbean. someone will be experiencing caribbean temperatures. >> griff: president biden heading to saint croix to escape the crises. the u.s. troops being attacked in the middle east. southern border on fire. and, of course, possible impeachment as the house looks like they are moving forward on the inquiry. and, to be fair to the president, he has gone for many years to the saint croix to ring in the new year. it's just -- it's that age old question and other presidents have faced it. when is the situation for the country dire enough cases you shouldn't be seen a wad look to be on a beach in the caribbean,

a luxury that many americans and us right now can't afford while these things are happening? particularly the border and overseas in the middle east? >> joey: yeah, i don't mind somebody going on vacation. taking the time they need. at his age he needs more time. that's not a hit against him. that's true. he needs to rest. over 400 days or close to 400 days vacation so far in this term that far surpasses president trump his entire first term it. surpasses president obama in both of his terms. so if you are going to take a vacation, maybe make sure the house isn't burning before you leave it. >> carley: he has already spent 411 days on vacation. former president trump spent 381 days his entire first term. obama even less, only 328 days over two terms. i say only, that's a lot of vacation for just four years. we certainly don't get that and that's the thing. this is a great time of year. the week between christmas and the new year's is such an

awesome time. most people just get to hang out. the president isn't most people. this happens every single year where there is some major event that takes place and then the president is off to vacation. he did the same thing last year there was a big snow storm and he got all the negative headlines for it. i was speaking to one woman. she was israeli american citizen. a and she said this a couple weeks ago. she doesn't think the president should take vacation until every single american hostage is returned home. i thought that that was a great idea i'm going to work for these american citizens i won't sleep until they are back home. >> well, i think is he going to sleep. i think is he going to rest and spend time in the caribbean. i guess he needs to worry about what comes next when he gets back from vacation. >> griff: is he facing impeachment. >> joey: impeachment inquiry that now republicans in congress are starting to talk about impeachment itself. take people back here.

what republicans have not done a great job of explain something impeachment inquiry really their messaging has been this is their investigative tool regardless of whether they want to impeach him or not if they want to get the answers they seem to need the justice department seems to have fallen flat on. start this inquiry to move those levers and have that mechanism. one of the ones leading the charge representative james comer had this to say about what may come next. >> i think most americans real lines that something stinks here. most americans real lines that we provided bank statements as hard evidence, statements that show the bidens have received well over $20 million from our enemies around the world. and they can't answer a simple question. what did you do to receive the money? they also know that joe biden stated during the campaign he never met with any of these people who sent his family money and that he had a wall between the government and his family's shady business schemes. we know he communicated with every single person that he said he never met with. that sent his family millions

and millions of dollars around the world. so the american people know something stinks here. that's going to be a problem for joe biden moving forward. not only are his policies are a disaster, but the american people think he is a crook. >> joey: those are pretty direct words there. in other words, what he is saying is as they get information here, he believes that the american people are going to see that our president has taken money in either unlawful or unethical way. i think that's something to lets sit and think about that. as a leading member of congress. somebody who is partisan leading an important effort saying listen, i think this president is so corrupt that we're going to be able to prove it and it's going to be a big deal. >> there has been calls that this is a fools errand. right? critics say this is just tit-for-tat because trump was impeached now the republicans are going after him. what comer is laying out there he is the chairman of the oversight committee. they subpoenaed. they called hunter biden up there. they didn't do depositions. he held a press conference. in that press conference he said

a lot of things which a lot of defense lawyers say he shouldn't have said. the one thing you didn't hear from hunter biden and what james comer keeps hitting on you didn't hear hunter say my dad didn't benefit. and americans have grown frustrated with this pay-for-play scheme it appears that this families, led by joe biden, has been doing for years. and that is why they consistently say and move forward on it. it's not his policy on the border or his policy in the middle east or any other policy for that matter. it's really the focus on really what this family has done and have they benefited politically as a result? >> carley: all of that is going to play out in 2024. ' then you have donald trump on the other side, of course, with his 91 federal indictments. it will be dueling court cases involving the biden family and donald trump. back to president biden being on vacation starting today, again, i understand that, you know, people all go on vacation.

this is always the criticism that takes place. but there is a lot that is going on this week. and right now where the president could have said maybe now is not the time, especially when it comes to like you were just talking about foreign policy. iran nuclear weapons is a big headline this morning. iran just tripled its production of nearly weapons grade uranium. they are at 60% purity right now. 90% is weapons grade. and to put that into perspective, the iran nuclear deal 2015 capped uranium enrichment at 3.67%. maybe that's another reason why the president should stay home. even if it's just optics. they always say you could work when you were on vacation. just optically it would be better, right now, for the president to stay in the white house. >> griff: if i were the president's adviser i would walk in there and say mr. president, you are the commander-in-chief. you have an american critically wounded. if he dies or any other in these repeated attacks, that's the red line. of a dead american has always been the red line.

>> carley: one in critical condition right now. >> griff: one in critical condition that's why you don't get on a plane and head to the caribbean when you have a critically injured american with an increase -- look. you know this better than anybody. the -- those that do us harm, in this case the houthis that keep unleashing 100 plus attacks, they are not listening to what america says. they are watching what america does. >> carley: um-huh. >> griff: nothing we have done has deterred it. with increasing attacks coming and with an american critically injured, this is why you don't get on that airplane. pause this can change and escalate fairly quickly. >> joey: what you guys are talking about are optics looks bad. what is being seen here not talking about. if he is going on vacation. that means there is not work for him to do on these topics which is probably much worse than if he doesn't care. >> joey: there is a whole lot of work to care. >> carley: shock and sadness as a pregnant teen savannah soto missing since friday found dead

in texas. a live report on what the police chief is calling a pro-perplexing crime scene. >> joey: biden officials head to mexico as tens of thousands of migrants poor across the border over the weekend. brandon judd weighs in. >> end of an era. tommy cut lets devito short lived but epic starting career that's next. cutlets. that's good. ♪ follow me, everything is all right. ♪ i'll be the one who tuck you in at night ♪ and if you want to leave ♪ i can guarantee ♪ you won't find nobody ♪ else like met... ♪ so, toast? yeah. everything is so expensive these days. hey, chevy gets it. that's why they're keeping prices down to earth. like on the most affordable ev in america. ♪ a super strong and capable chevy truck. ♪ and a high-tech chevy suv.

♪ why is chevy making affordable vehicles, connected by onstar? so together we can do more. my a1c was up here; now, it's down with rybelsus®. his a1c? it's down with rybelsus®. my doctor told me rybelsus® lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill and that people taking rybelsus® lost more weight. i got to my a1c goal and lost some weight too. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. gallbladder problems may occur. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking rybelsus® with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration,

which may worsen kidney problems. need to get your a1c down? you may pay as little as $10 per prescription. hi, i'm ben and i've lost 60 pounds on golo. (guitar music) i've struggled with weight my whole life. i'm sure you're like me and you've tried diet after diet. if you want to stop the insanity, try golo.

only sleep number smart beds let you each choose your individual firmness and comfort. your sleep number setting. and actively cools and warms up to 13 degrees on either side. the queen sleep number® c2 smart bed is now only $990. plus, no interest until january 2027. ends monday. only at sleep number.

you're probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. but what if we told you it's possible that comcast business mobile can save you up to 75% a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers? did we peak your interest? you can get two unlimited lines for just $30 each a month. there are no term contracts or line activation fees. and you can bring your own device. oh, and all on the most reliable 5g mobile network nationwide. wireless that works for you. it's not just possible, it's happening.

>> joey: we're back with a developing story out of san antonio, texas. police believe they found the bodies of missing teenager and her boyfriend. david spunt joins us with the details. david? >> very sad story. the 18-year-old pregnant mother and her boyfriend are believed to be dead after authorities found two bodies in a car outside an apartment complex in san antonio. her name is is a van noe soto nine weeks pregnant and week past due date according to family. the families did not specifically confirm the identities of t the deceased.

families confirm the identities to our affiliate in san antonio. she disappeared before she was scheduled to be induced. here is her grand mother. >> she was a good girl. she didn't deserve to go this way, especially with her baby. he was an innocent child. nobody deserved this. >> according to our affiliate soto's boyfriend matthew was on a probation for assaulting her last christmas, 2022. court records show he could have contact with her as long as it wasn't in any harmful manner. he was due in court january 9th. according to local police, the bodies were believed to be there for several days in the car. >> what we are looking at right now is a very, very perplexing crime scene. and detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder. and but we don't know for sure. so, again, because of the complexity, the complex crime scene, we can't say for sure.

>> and the search for soto and boyfriend went on for days. the family became concerned after she passed her delivery date and missed an important doctor's appointment. she was supposed to be induced over the weekend according to local reports. local police continue to look for more information to solve this terrible crime. any information, can you reach out to the s san antonio police department remain anonymous. authorities just want the information. back to you. >> carley: so sad, happening at a time when she and her family should be the most happy because of the delivery of her child which never ended up happening. david, live for news washington, d.c., thank you so much. we have more headlines to get. to say a man from indiana is recovering after he was trapped in his wrecked car for six days. state political science say he crashed his car last week and ended up near the water by the interstate which no way, no way to reach his cell phone or call for help. two men scouting fishing locations off the highway came across the wreck yesterday. and found that man alive. >> it looked like he was really fighting to be there, to stay

around. he didn't want to go. >> for me it was the first time going there. so, like it was just -- we were put there for a research. >> carley: state police say he had it to drink rainwater to survive. wow. a group of pro-palestinian doctors are apologizing after scheduling a, quote: call for action. at the united states holocaust museum in washington, d.c. doctors against genocide canceled the event after receiving backlash on social media. the group responding to criticism saying, quote: the goal of our event was to visit a holocaust museum to express our empathy for the horrors of that genocide. the group claims they were inspired by the holocaust museum's initiative to prevent genocide. and even tommy devito's dad says he was quote a little perplexed that his son was benched during the giant's christmas day loss to the eagles. the coach putting tommy cutless on the sideline at halftime after the team only had three points on the board. the quarterback says there is no hard feelings. >> constant reminder it's a

business. i mean, they are always going to try to find someone to replace you. at the same time it's a business. it's your job. i respect it. there is no like feelings one way or another like listen, i was hoping ty was going to go out there and ball and win the game. >> d devito was being called the italian hero after leading new york a series of victories. the giants will try to get back to winning ways when they play the los angeles rams on new year's eve. coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern time only on fox. those are the headlines, griff. over to you. >> griff: win or lose he is still going to get the chicken cutlets. >> carley: he is the italian hero in my book always. >> griff: secretary of state blinken and dhs secretary mayorkas heading to mexico for a high stakes meeting with mexico's president obrador. a record christmas by the way at the border with more than 35,000 migrants crossing illegally over the four day holiday weekend and more than 730,000 since october 1st. our next guest says biden's

policies are to blame. national border patrol council president brandon judd joining us. brandon, let's go right to this meeting. now, it's going to be blinken, mayorkas, and the white house's sort of border national security adviser liz sherwood randal. but, if you were there, what would you say to obrador? what would be y your inyour insight? >> you used a phrase fools errand earlier. this is exactly what this is going to be. we are setting ourselves up for failure because we are expecting another country to fix our problems. they are never going to do it. it all comes down to inventive. dolls the mexican government have incentive to stop this illegal immigration taking place and they don't because they are generating billions of dollars for their own economy. so, if i were there, i would look at, you know, what is it that they could do to help us and why would they want to? but, my fear right now is that they are going to try to extract

concessions from us. whether that's monetary, whether that's easing sanctions on venezuela. there's a lot of the different things that the mexican government wants us to do. so they are going to try to extract those concessions for them to be true border security farther necessary. that doesn't help us. we have got to look at what the solutions are right here in the united states. we have those solutions. this administration just doesn't want to exercise their authority to stop this. >> griff: you know, brandon, it's interesting the leader of this caravan you are looking at luis we groff. he said to a reporter that's following it that this meeting, talking about blinken, mayorkas and obrador meeting will quote be between fools and fools who want to use women and children as trading pieces. we are not trading pieces. what mexico wants is money. and that's essentially what you are saying. >> yeah. and that's exactly what they want. they do want money. the mexican government wants to generate profit. they want their comeefl to succeed. if you look at the cartels. >> the cartels are generating

billions of dollars for the mexican economy so all of this chaos that we see that's hurting our country is helping the mexican government. and so that's the reason why they are not going to become true border security partners. i have to go back to the trump administration and look at what is it that they did right? and what they did was threatened tariffs that were greater than the amount of money that these cartels were able to bring in. and that's why mexico during the trump era was willing to actually step to the plate and do what was necessary to stop all of this illegal immigration through their own country. but, unless we're willing to give them something, they are not going to do anything. or unless we come from a position of power and that's what i don't think that blinken and mayorkas is going to do. i do not believe they are going to come with a big stick and tell them if you don't do something, we're going to start using our power to go back and force you to become true border security partners. there is no incentive for the mexican government to do

anything. >> griff: that's such an important point, brandon. the big stick is bringing back remain in mexico which migration don't like and that's why they stopped come and economic consequences on mexico for not doing anything about it. but, if the administration, if mayorkas and blinken are not willing to bring that big stick, what's the point of this meeting? >> there is no point. but, so, let me take that back. the point is the optics here in the united states. and the mainstream media. the mainstream media is always going to give them a pass as long as they show that they are trying to do something. but, in reality, again, let's go back to that phrase. it's a fools errand. this administration knows that by sending them down there, they are going to get the mainstream media to say look, they are doing something. they are doing something. when in reality nothing is going to change unless we force them to become true border security partners or unless this administration uses the authority that they have right now to secure the border on our

side of the border. >> griff: national border patrol council president brandon judd always great insight. we will see if this meeting does anything to knock down this unprecedented surge that we have never seen at our border. brandon, thank you very much. >> thank you, griff. >> griff: and a fox news alert. escalation in the middle east, the navy shooting down antiship ballistic missiles launched by the houthis in the red sea. it was the first time the navy has ever done this in battle. plus, it false reports calling police officers off their patrols to instead rushed armed to lawmakers homes. we break down the latest dangers behind the swatting pranks, next. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms

after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling in ra and psa. relieve fatigue for some... and stop joint damage. and in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin; heart attack, stroke, and gi tears occurred. people 50 and older with a heart disease risk factor have an increased risk of death. serious allergic reactions can occur. tell your doctor if you are or may become pregnant. done settling? ask your rheumatologist for rinvoq. and take back what's yours. abbvie could help you save.

it's been said that when someone you love has parkinson's, you have parkinson's. if you have questions, the parkinson's foundation has answers. to learn more, please go to parkinson.org or call 1-800-4pd-info. while i am a paid actor, and this is not a real company, there is no way to fake how upwork can help your business. upwork is half the cost of our old recruiter and they have top-tier talent and everything from pr to project management because this is how we work now. consider car coming up live today on the fox news channel. first at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. president biden leaves for a week long vacation. the president and first lady

jill biden will be ringing in the new year from the caribbean island of st. croix. then at 10:00 a.m. eastern time vivek ramaswamy holds a town hall in rapid rock -- in rock rapids, iowa after he reportedly had halted tv ad spending. plus today secretary of state anthony blinken and secretary mayorkas visit mexico city as a massive surge at the border continues. >> we will bring you live coverage of these events all morning long on the fox news channel. joey, over to you. >> joey: thanks, carley. we have a fox news alert. there are growing tensions for u.s. forces in the middle east as the navy uses antiship ballistic missiles to battle iran-backed houthis in the red sea. more than 100 u.s. bases have been targeted by iran since october. including a christmas day attack in iraq that injured three of our service members. there are roughly 2500 u.s. service members in iraq despite both presidents george w. bush and obama each declaring an end to the war during their terms.

our next guest, retired air force brigadier general rob spalding led the security coordination during the 2007 iraq surge. he joins us now. general, thank you for being here with us. i look at this. i look at what is happening. we are talking 103 attacks. i think we in the intro talked about 100 bases being targeted in iraq, syria, and other places. are we at war? is the united states at war? we're having to shoot down antiship missiles. we have three service members. one is critically injured. seems to me we are at war whether we want to be or not. >> we really are and i think that's the -- you have to look at the service members that were recently injured by the attacks and realize that everybody that's in the region now, including whether on the ground or in the sea are coming under fire and you have to, you know, do the things that are needed to protect the folks that are there. i think the problem is we're not

going after the real issue here, which is iran. iran's leaders have started this war. and unfortunately we haven't acknowledged it and done anything about it to dissuade it. we will see acts continue. >> joey: general, we took all of our service members out of afghanistan. we did if a very odd way and really tragic way when you look at the lives lost. our president believed we didn't need service members, troops in afghanistan. why do we need 2500 service members in iraq? what is the mission there? why is that necessary? >> well, i guess, you know, witt the defense department would say they needed to be there to prevent any continuing attacks coming out of that region. unfortunately though, if we are not going to do the things that are needed to protect those service members, then we ought to bring them home. >> joey: you say they are there to prevent attacks. if they're the ones being attacked they are really there to be attacked unless we show there is some sort of recourse. what can we do? if iran is the problem. we have, you know, our second topic here, they are escalating

what they're doing with their weapons grade uranium. to them down a little bit. you have to take your uranium and it 235 to 90%. they are up to 60%. they are like 20% before this nuclear deal was -- the first jcpoa was introduced. 60%. 60 to 90 be that's a short leap. that's what iran we know they're doing that increase the rate from 3 dill low grams to 9 over the last six months i guess. so they are creating uranium potentially to be used for a nuclear weapon. that's the big problem, that's the big scare. they are also backing groups that are attacking u.s. service members. take nuclear weapons off the table. they are trying to kill us right now. what can we do as the american -- the department of defense or our administration, state department, what can we do to stop this? >> well, if you remember, back during the reagan administration, the libyans were

being provocative in much the same way. and, essentially, reagan sent aircraft into strike targets within libya and all of that went away. if you go back to during the trump administration, and the attack on general soleimani, iran quieted down pretty quickly. so you have to show them that you are serious and they have to feel threatened. i mean, the iranian leaders have to feel threatened. i think the other thing we have to consider if this uranium enrichment continues we are likely to see an attack from israel if not the united states. >> joey: it leaves me wondering what is stopping us from taking a larger action in iran if it's the trilateral relationship with russia and china, i don't think they would want them to have nuclear wednesday either it. leaves a lot of americans puzzled. that's for sure. brigadier general, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> joey: all right. coming up, a potentially game changing comment for the millions of americans living

with high blood pressure. dr. janette nesheiwat joins us live with what you need to know about the revolutionary procedure. but, first, christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes and sent a pause with a new four legged pal for you. of the top trick and tips for training this new puppy. look at that ♪ that's my dog ♪ that's my dog ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ that's my dog ♪ na na na na na na na na that ♪ that's my dog ♪ video game] emergen-c crystals.

is $14.63, please. $14 girl, what is you doing? but making smoothies is such a hassle. not with blendjet. what's going on? shhhh. hold that thought. just pour in some milk, throw in some frozen fruit, and in 20 seconds you've got yourself a nutritiou and delicious smoothie. mmm! tastes just like the ones they sell here. and for a whole lot less. i'm ruined. awww. kick your expensive smoothie bar habit to the curb. order yours now at blendjet.com.

>> carley: almost half of american adults suffer from high blood pressure and for more than 30 million of them the condition is resistant to most traditional medical treatments. doctors are calling a new minimally invasive procedure a game changer for people with resistant hypertension. so will this be the future for all americans who suffer from high blood pressure? fox news medical contributor dr. janette nesheiwat joins us now. >> dr. nesheiwat, this sounds like really good news. tell us about this procedure. >> this is great news especially kicking offer the new year. carley, yes, about 120 million

americans suffer from elevated blood pressure. many of them are already on blood pressure medicines, maybe two or three blood pressure medicines. and sometimes it's just not enough or they forget to take their blood pressure medicines. so about 30 to 40% of patients aren't taking as doctors prescribe. so this new procedure called reasonable de, the nirves and kidneys being calmed down. what the doctors do is they go into the reasonable arteries and the arteries into your kidneys a and sort of zap and calm down the overactive nerves. when they zap those nerves overreactive that are responsible in part for the high blood pressure, then it can lead to a drop in blood pressure. now, it's not for everyone. so you have to make sure you are healthy, got good healthy kidney as and healthy blood vessels first. you have to obviously speak to your doctor to see what is best for you. >> carley: talk to your doctor first. what are there any side effect. >> potentially. one thing that could happen -- and it's rare -- you could have

damage to the blood vessels as you are doing this procedure. doctor also usually go in through the wrist through the blood vessels into the wrist or the groin. the purpose is because high blood pressure or what we call hypertension is known as the silent killer for many, many years you may not feel anything. and it's one of the issues, one of the medical complications that could lead to heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, those sorts of things. even kidney failure. so that's why it's so important that we try our best to get it under control. >> carley: so this is for people like you said with resistant hypertension. so people who have done a bunch of other things to get their blood pressure down and just can't. for people who may be able to get their blood pressure down in a less invasive way, what should those folk does? >> that's a good question. i'm all about conservative measures first. for most people, it's take your medicine as your doctor prescribes, again, many people, about 25% have uncontrolled or their blood pressure is under controlled. everyone else there is a little

bit extra that we can do. so i always tell my patients when they come in and i see -- i look on the wall and see that blood pressure is elevated i say hey, we need to watch our salt intake. make sure you are not smoking or vaping. make sure you are not drinking too much alcohol. then i talk to them about activity and very important, also, their stress levels. all these things together can raise your blood pressure. if you can make these minor changes, then can you drop your blood pressure and maybe not need to be on any blood pressure medicines at all. >> carley: i do like what you said this could be good for people who forget to take their medication. if you have high blood pressure and older person who struggles to remember to take the medicine this sounds like a possible solution for them. >> this is possible. also remember it is meant to be an add on and adjunct. not necessarily you do this procedure and you won't have to take any other blood pressure medicines. it's possible for some people. it is still new. it is still in experimental phases even though it was recently fda approved. they just did it for the first time here in a local hospital

which was very successful. so it's exciting to see once it's used more how it will impact the lives of americans. >> carley: you can't get the surgery now but this is certainly something to watch because it was just fda approved talk to your doctor about. >> it you got it. >> carley: doctor, thank you so much for joining us. griff over to you. >> carley, thanks. turning now to your headlines. a man who was threatened by the suspect accused of stabbing two tourist teens at grand central station on christmas morning said he should have been locked up for a prior incident. steve hutcherson allegedly threatened the man while attacking a woman outside a freight truck depot in the bronx two weeks ago. the man telling the "new york post," quote: they shouldn't have let him out of jail. i don't believe it. he pulled a gun on thee me and said i don't care what kind of green card you have, i'm going to shoot you right now. after that incident, hutcherson was released on conditional discharge. he is now charged with attempted murder, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child for the

christmas day stabbing. lawmakers in florida are posing a new bill that promises to curb illi squatting after two females damaged a home. the damage costing the victim nearly $40,000. the new bill would abolish squatter's rights across the sunshine state in an attempt to protect homeowners. and to vegas. get ready to hear wedding bells in las vegas. the city is expecting its busiest wedding day of the year on new year's eve. many couples are looking to get the lucky date of 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. how about that in the newlyweds beat the previous record of 4492 weddings that was set on july 7th, 2007. no insight on whether it might be taylor swift and travis kelce. no, i'm not going to put that out there. those your headlines. >> carley: you already did put it out there. griff, come over here, we have

something we need to talk about. it is this growing trend i had not heard of before a couple weeks ago. it was initially, joey, targeting mostly i was reading up on it jewish owned businesses, especially in new york city. now it has spread to targeting politicians. that he was the mayor of boston. it's called swatting. she just was a victim of a swatting. what happens is unidentified person calls the police station and they say that something bad happened. a bomb threat, a shooting, so there is this huge police force that comes to your home or a swat team comes to your home, hence the name, and i think will there are several reasons why people do this. although it's kind of unclear. i think it's supposed to scare you. supposed to drain police resources. so michelle woo was the latest victim. there was also marjorie taylor greene this happened to her on christmas for the eighth time. imagine the police resources drained there also congressman brandon williams as well.

>> joey: this has been happening for years. it's a tactic because it's taking advantage of our emergency response system. you can call 911 and say hey, there is a shooting or active shooter or someone has been stabbed or there is someone that's broken into this house sand holding them hostage. they call 911 anonymously. give address and say an emergency is happening there that involves a violent act or actor. when police show up they are in offer posture not a defensive posture. they don't show up making sure they protect themselves and see what is happening. they somehow up, guns at the ready, looking for potentially an active shooter or someone that's holding people hostage. and so what makes this violent is when police are already in that state of mind, they believe someone is there to do harm, you know, i was saying kind of jokingly but it's true. i will put a gun, a rifle on my kitchen table to mount a scope on it. and what if the police showed up and surrounded my house and all they see is a gun in my hand. i might be shot before i have a chance to tell them who i am or

what i'm too long. when do you this to an innocent people. when you call basically like a prank call it's called swatted. you are sending a swat team there to save lives and take out bad guys to an innocent person's house. it's happened for years in different ways. but now starting to be targeted toward political folks. >> griff: it happened on christmas day. a member of congress, brandon williams speaking out about what happened to him. listen here. >> i got a call that i didn't recognize the number and it went to voice mail. and just reflexively i looked at it and said it's the sheriff. their office, we're on our way to your house for a shooting incident. and i called them back and i said hey, everything is cool here. but i stepped outside to greet them outside. just think of it through the eyes of a police officer you see on the screen of them coming into heavy in noah high house. ththey don't know what they're facing.

i tried to make it easy for them. i gathered of my family in one room, show your hands and be respectful. which they would do any way. you to de-escalate that it's not fair for law enforcement, much less it's very violating of my family. >> griff: you have to de-escalate it is what he is saying. sort of what you are speaking to which is whoever is doing these pranks clearly want a catastrophic end result to happen puts not only targets but loved ones. >> carley: keep happening at the same location over and over wonder if it becomes a boy who cried wolf situation. >> griff: marjorie taylor 8 times? >> carley: i'm sure police would say that will never happen because we will take every single call seriously and that's what police do and we love them so much. this is a crazy trend. it has targeted of a lot of jewish owned businesses.

and religious centers. i was talking to two jewish owned business owners who are saying that they have gotten several calls of this nature and there was one day in california where i think there were like 900 swatting calls after octobe. >> you know, congressional represent tifsz, especially, they don't live in major metropolitans. they use in major. some only have one asset to handle a call. they are over here handling a prank and something real hans somewhere else. 'it puts the entire community and innocent lives at risk. the worst part about it is how do you trace them back? not a great way to find out who is doing it right away and hold them accountable and prevent them from doing it. >> carley: growing trend, something to watch. but a trend that should end for sure to say the least. now to a fox weather alert. >> a winter storm that hit the plains killing one woman in kansas after she crashed on a snowy highway on christmas. >> griff: that storm now heading to the northeast ahead of new year's eve with rain expected between washington and

connecticut. >> joey: let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam? >> adam: good morning, guys. things are still really pleasant out here on fox square early this morning. we are tracking yes a couple of systems. you alluded to them there. we can dive into it. one was a giant blizzard beating up the middle of the country. still seeing light snow. this is winding down a little bit now. the windy conditions are still somewhat out there. wind gusts were up to 60, 70 miles per hour. currently looking at wind gusts closer to 30 miles per hour. snow on the ground. breezy conditions. can you still see some snow drifts forming because of all of this. then we are looking at all of this energy more and more running up along the east coast. heavy rain stretching from the carolinas back across the midwest. and the mid-atlantic. getting up into new york state now and eventually new england. because of that rain, -- and this is not an absolute downpour but it's going to be stuck with us a little while. on wednesday and thursday looking at a possible flood threat there includes major

areas from d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, new york. if you are going to be out in this area, definitely want the umbrella here for about the next 48 hours. those are the weather headlines for now. tossing it back inside to all of you. >> carley: a.m. dam, thank you so much. christmas gifts come in all gift and sizes. if santa paws came into town with a four legged friend you may be wondering where to start? >> griff: heather gilley hand is here with tips and tricks for training your pup. >> joey: tell us what we need to know to start the next generation of puppies off right. >> three big words i like to bring out especially for puppies true for every dog, relationship being number one. most important thing is to build a strong bond and relationship with your dog one using positive reinforce. >> training, second, socialization especially for

puppies. one of the important things to do. puppies have a critical socialization window from about three weeks of age to 12 or 14, 16 weeks of age. and we have puppy preschool classes that will really help you build that socialization, that's really critical. not only now but it is actually time that you can't ever get back. so it's a one and done. so that's really important. >> carley: okay. so you say that rev and settle is a good place to start. >> do you wish you had an off switch for your puppy and everybody always says yes. you can. but you have to have an on switch. i will show you rev and settle. >> carley: this little guy's name is lincoln. >> this is lincoln. so i'm going to have this matt on the floor here and you are going to see, hopefully,. >> joey: birdie was so excited to meet me she laid down and went to sleep. >> first part of rev and settle really good go to your map. here is the on switch.

get get get get. come on. you can get it. come on. get that toy. get it, get it, get it, get it. yeah. thank you. >> carley: rev the dog up and then settle down. >> he settles himself down. >> next step is called middle, what is that? >> smiddle a great boundary stay for puppies or dogs alike, come here. can you get around? lincoln, when the matt is down, he only has eyes for the mat. that's it. i can talk to you. is he not moving. great, great, exercise. >> carley: who are these beautiful dogs? next to coconut. that's right. >> carley: these are two of your clients. >> they are. >> joey: i have a frenchie and lack mix. i have always been told little dogs are hard to train they don't listen the same. it's because we pick them up and move them rather than make them go with us. are easy dogs just as easy to train if you put the same work.

>> absolutely. 100 percent. we have 62 across the country with 50 more on the way. excellent training at zoomer. so help you do that is he a little guy. i have him up right now because cameras and et cetera. but he was most his life on the ground so you are right. >> joey: me too. i fall down all the time. when birdie fell down i was like i know exactly why he is doing that. >> carley: so sweet. thank you so much. i'm sure you helped a ton of people. can you visit where can we go zoom room.com. you have 60 locations across the country. >> absolutely. >> carley: in a state or city near you. >> or coming soon. absolutely. >> carley: thank you so much for being with us and bringing beautiful dogs with you. we appreciate it. georgia poised to be the president biden's toughest re-election state in a tough matchup. we will talk to voters on the ground to explain. that's next.

hi, i'll have the avocado toast...

minus the avocado. so, toast? yeah. everything is so expensive these days. hey, chevy gets it. that's why they're keeping prices down to earth. like on the most affordable ev in america. ♪ a super strong and capable chevy truck. ♪ and a high-tech chevy suv. ♪ why is chevy making affordable vehicles, connected by onstar? so together we can do more. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪

[bell ringing] and doug says, “you can customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? with this guy? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache! oh, look! a bibu. [limu emu squawks.] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪