rider, the gender thing doesn't bother me. i'm just a bull rider. >> carley: you are cool, talented, success sxfl driven and i'm sure you have incredible future ahead. congratulations on your success. i'm sure you will have continued success in the future. have a great day. pbr is coming up january 5-7. thank you. third hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> joey: we begin this hour with fox news alert. secretary of state keeping former secretary trump's name on the primary ballot despite efforts to keep him off. >> griff: and the trump team is fighting back after maine removed him from the 2024 ballot. alexandria hoff joins us live with the latest. >> alexandria: this is first time an election official has

taken action to remove president trump from the ballot. secretary of state belllows ruled he is ineligible to run if they have engaged in insurrection. >> the events of january 6 2021, unprecedented, tragic, were unsurrectorion. mr. trump engaged in insurrection and therefore disqualified. upon >> alexandria: like colorado state supreme court belllows based her ruling off the ruling used once in 1919. >> make no mistake, this is assault on democracy.

biden does not trust voters for a free and fair election. this is being pursued in 13 other states. in colorado, trump's name will appear unless the supreme court affirms the decision to remove him. here is the chair weighing in. >> it is an act of desperation, they are afraid donald trump will win against joe biden. i'm afraid other states will follow suit if the supreme court does not step in. >> alexandria: penning appeal by the trump team. right now her ruling is stayed until we get a ruling on that appeal from the state supreme court in maine. >> carley: alexandria hoff, thank you. bring in maine gop state

representative john andrews, who filed motion to impeach. i don't think before this, many people outside of maine knew who sheena bellows was. >> in maine people do not elect the secretary of state, attorney gen general, they are chosen. it makes the position political and bellows should know that. maine voters. are citizens and not subjects of

bellows, this is nothing new, they did it with abraham lincoln and in the jim crow south. >> griff: you used keyword there, disenfranchisement. if you look back to twitter post, x post from bellows, she said fundamental right of any citizen to vote freely and fairly and have their vote counted is the premise of our democracy, constitution and bill of rights are not values to be compromised away. yet she is not giving voters the right to vote for their candidate, it appears mr. trump is the front-runner in her state. is she consumed, drunk with power in her office or some way to connect those opposing

statements. >> they cited 14th amendment section three and under her new standard, you could argue president biden be barred due to section three with the statement of giving aid or comfort to enemies thereof and releasing and selling oil reserve to chinese interest qualify that if no conviction required under her new rules. that is why this is a dangerous game she created. >> joey: i spend time in northern maine, i know the state pretty well, there are a lot of conservative americans in the state of maine. your state house is broken down and favors democrats. senate wider margin there. you have a democratic governor. what are repercussions if secretary of state goes through and it is not settled legally, what do voters in maine think

about it? >> she opened the door to election chaos. i don't think we can have anybody partisan go ing she is n the wrong and trump should be on the ballot, that is the right move and sheena is trying to jockey herself for the democratic primary. i am sure this will be a fundraising e-mail in years to come, is put money on this. >> carley: this is getting criticism from democrats and republicans. what are the people of maine saying? >> i was up until 1:00 last night answering every phone call i got. we have a real shot at a republican, get out and vote

republican. i like ramaswamy, i think everybody in maine is aboard the trump train. >> joey: the area i frequent are certainly on the trump train. >> griff: thank you, keep us posted on the latest developments and get some sleep. >> thank you, happy new year. >> carley: happy new year, good to hear from you. grafk fasc >> griff: fascinating to watch this play out. she challenged susan collins and got crushed and she was head of t aclu in the state and now she is going out there to make a mark. i'm the one that knocked trump off the ballot, even if it gets knocked down. >> carley: there are pictures with obama and biden smiling,

that will come back to bite her. it reads political and it is. >> joey: look at colorado and maine, democratic governor favors democrats with elected officials. the state itself, divide in politics is seen in states like colorado and maine. you live in a city metropolis with a different feel and way of life and interaction with government is different or you live on a farm, ranch, not just in a rural area, but working the ground and area. maine and colorado is so vastly different, the parties have gotten their stronghold like my four-year-old said last night, this city is a different planet than back at home. it is true, many states talk about the partisan divide like we get on social media, it is

how you live your life. states like maine and colorado look more purple, that makes you wonder how candidates appeal. maybe president trump is only one when we talk about headway he is making among young people and minority voters as opposed to maine. nobody is farming in maine right now, they are probably under snow. >> carley: a lot going on in maine. head south and stay in new england and talk about harvard university. headline about claudine gay, the president, she is face allegations of antisemitism for her testimony and failure to call genocide of jews hate speech and facing criticism of

plagiarism. this op ed talks about that and focuses on why this matters. he says claudine gay politicization jeopardize the universities. >> griff: this professor cares deeply about what harvard is. the prestige of one of the most elite universities on planet earth. he is upset to see the president of harvard as completely politically driven person. . in appointing ms. gay, noting ms. gay is right leader

to address societal issues and harvard's mission is no longer advancing knowledge, constructive discourse. academic honesty seems to matter less than progressive values and refusal to disclose underlying data is permissible and preferred narrative in the piece he's calling for a reset for harvard. hit the reset button, get rid of her and get her on the page of caring more about academia and less about the preferred narrative. >> joey: he quotes the board, more important to address societal issues than maybe she's honest or qualified. if you work there as a professor, that is a seminole moment for you.

do i want to work somewhere that doesn't value what i bring to the table, academic integrity because this person can represent other areas. >> griff: think of kids, i have a daughter about to go to college, think of kids who graduate, does it cheapen their degree? you have a president that cares more about pronouns -- >> carley: than your political position. looking at ivy league different, there are state schools, university of michigan great education that may not do this as much. this also happens at other colleges, too, it is somewhat across the board. >> joey: it is. we had a segment earlier from a christian universities, what are other options, where do you send your kid to get education no

matter how it falls rather than indoctrination, if you are an employer, you have a right to say, what skill sets do you bring? what mindset to you bring? >> griff: as a parent, my wife and i have to decide where to help our daughter go to college. harvard was a no-brainer 10 years ago, that kid could graduate and write their ticket. now with employers, who knows what side of the fence they will fall on and they will spend less time honing their academic skill and more being indoctrinated. being instilled progressive values that clearly claudine gay wants to make the top priority. >> joey: it starts much before college in middle school. >> carley: we have headlines, the man accused of stabbing two

teens in new york city on christmas morning slashed an inmate yesterday at the jail on reicher's island. the inmate has cuts across the face and head. hutcherson is being kept away from other inmates. wow. to chaos at southern border. cbp says this month marks highest total of migrant encounters on record. more than 276,000 encounters since december, thousands more than upon other months. it follows crowds of migrant like this one spotted on top of cargo trains heading toward the united states.

live look of time square, court e essy of earth cam. a new study shows average american spends seven hours per day looking at the screen and earlier we asked what your new year's resolutions are. amy says she will read the bible in a year and podcast and pray everyday. sandra says her goal is to stay off facebook and study her bible more. love those answers. elizabeth will spend more time in her kitchen. her husband got my cookbook for christmas and she wants to try all the recipes. if you write your address, i'll send you an autographed copy. both you guys have recipes in the book. what are you proud of?

>> griff: surfer black bean burritos, the winner is ribs. >> carley: you eat on christmas. >> carley: we have spent a lot of time together, three amigos. >> griff: coming up, high cost and crime rate taking a bite out of business, next guest says v violence was so bad, he did not think twice to renew his lease. >> joey: the full story is here ahead.

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>> griff: high cost and surging crime pushing 52 restaurants to close their doors in washington, d.c. this year, including our next dpeft who closed one restaurant in december because he is tired of his staff and customers getting robbed, stabbed and carjacked. he joins us now. he has some of the best restaurants in d.c. i have been. i am pleased we have a chance to talk to you today because d.c.

restaurateurs are feeling the pain, not just high cost of inflation, crime is having an impact. explain. >> yeah, no, you can pull these numbers up on mpd and nribs suggests and numbers are staggering and it is amazing to me that we're -- not more people are talking about it. this has been going on for a year. we're talking about marked police cruisers getting carjacked, ambulances, an american red cross van that was supposed to feed the homeless got carjacked. it is out of control. we decided not to renew our

lease because it did not make sense from an investment standpoint here. what is the long game for mayors of like d.c. and new york? >> griff: great point and mayor bo bowser, the numbers are astounding, motor vehicle theft up 84%, robbery 68%, violent crime 39%, homicide 36% and the list goes on and on. i want to hear from you how it is affecting customers and employees who have to worry about being robbed or carjacked. >> we're going across the river to virginia.

it's a 15-minute drive, you have a better, safer experience. employees are safer, customers don't have to deal with what they have to walk around and deal with. walk around the arena, walk around in penn quarter and tell me what your experience is like. you are not just getting heckled by panhandlers, it is aggressive and uncomfortable. you are going to take your kids or family to a game to see a show, to go to one of our restaurants, why would you? it doesn't make sense, it is dangerous. >> griff: the washington, d.c. wizards and capitols are doing that and going across the river

for this very reason. i guess i want to ask because you have had fantastic restaurants in d.c. and virginia, have you ever seen it this bad? >> no, in 2000 naeb, we were crush crushing it in d.c. by not letting the police do their job essentially, which esh is afraid to do their job, nobody enforcing the law anymore, that played a toll. 2019 was a great year and we went through it is pandemic and came out and didn't recover. i'm not the only one, i could have renewed for another five years, that wasn't a problem for us. we made a decision not to do it,

we just made a decision. >> griff: you are right, you are not alone, for the great nation's capital, we hate to lose restaurants, but understand this problem. still ahead, wild video showing massive waves pounding the california coastline. close is tracking that storm system next. will governor dewine sign a bill banning gender reassignment surgery? today is the deadline. tyrus on what is at stake next.

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county. it swept away that pickup truck, eight people hurt in a similar situation in northern california. [sound of storms] >> griff: look at that, high surf flooding a restaurant patio in santa cruz and causing damage along the coastline. meteorologist adam klotz is here. big waves. >> adam: big waves and conditions may not be over. big waves running across portions of the west coast. parts of pacific northwest, that is driving big waves, a lot of wr wind, as well. the coast has high surf warning or advisory, waves up to 20 to

25 feet. right now waves are around 10 feet and getting to seven feet in southern california but larger waves are on the way. everything in pink is 15 foot and maybe up to 25-foot waves, still to come friday night into early saturday morning. still time to be careful if you live on the west coast. carley, to you. >> carley: thank you. today in ohio, governor dewine will decide if to ban a bill banning gender treatment for minors, it would stop doctors from performing treatments and bans trans women from participating >> female sports leagues. former wrestler, tyrus joins me now. great to see you. merry christmas, happy new year.

>> tyrus: happy new year. >> thank you. >> tyrus: i wish we were talking about something more lighter. >> carley: you are right, the governor is facing a huge decision today, what do you think he is going to do? what do you think he should do? >> tyrus: what bothers me is drag it out decision, i am sure his mind is made up. i wear a lot of hats, i try to put my parent hat on and i have six kids and one struggles with questioning their sexuality. i feel look the rush to do something to a child's body when their mind is developing is crazy as a parent. i don't see the need for it. if you use their owni ideology,

they say it is a woman and science doesn't have anything to do with it. why morph and change the body. how they start now is not necessarily how they will be when they grow up. my daughters, when we me, we grab snacks, they are carauty assassins, just because my daughter plays with me as a tom boy, we have to get her transitioned, that is crazy to me. >> carley: the surgery is irreversible in many cases. when you are 18 and 19 and can no longer have children, the greatest kid is stripped from you because of a decision you made when i were a child and

grown-ups supported that. 13-15 percent of children identify as trans and only .5% of adults do. this is a growing trend. >> tyrus: especially when you have one situation, a woman who has two children with these issues and needs to get it done right away. that sounds like tparent. in a lot of cases, we are seeing parents pushing it, you see the video where the parent is going on and on and the child lookings uncomfortable. be careful, we are seeing new trendings and behaviors, especially with this extreme progressive mindset where parents are pushing it.

a kid can't buy cigarettes or vote, there is a reason for this. there is a reason movie is restricted, parent guidance suggested, if we need parent gu guidance to watch a movie, they should not be involved with changing their body. parents need to take responsibility. no reason to physically change your child. they can be gay, straight, identify as little boy or girl, whatever they want, that is beautiful thing about this country, you can be whatever you want, they need to be allowed to mature that process. as a father, i would not think about that. my father comes to me at 18 or 20 and says, i want to do this to make me happy, then we would go to therapy together and see if this is the right thing fchl that is what they want to do, i would be the first one waiting for them when they come out of the room in the hospital.

>> carley: great dad, you can watch tyrus new year's eve 10 p.m. eastern time, i'll be on the couch watching at 10:00 p.m. with chinese food, maybe a glas or bottle of wine. great to see you. happy new year. coming up, senator rick scott's home swatted while he was out to dinner with his wife. the full story coming up next. plus singer lauren daigle has a special performance. she is amazing, you will not want to miss this. still ahead.

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>> joey: welcome back. emergency response teams descending on the home of another gop lawmaker. florida senator rick scott had his home swatted, that is when someone calls 911 to falsely report a major crime at someone else's address. this happened later in the evening, you and your wife were at dinner. someone calls and naples police had to pick it up. what happened? >> fortunately, we were not

there. in this job, as senator, you are on edge anyway. you get death threats and there is evil people that want to do things to you. what happens, they make this call and in our case, thank god naples police knew how to get ahold of us. if you are sitting there and someone breaking in, what do you do, defend yourself. these are democrats doing this, they want something bad to happen to somebody, they are targeting republicans, jewish organizations, targeting trump supporters, israel supporters, number one is something bad is going to happen if this continues. thank god for law enforcement, putting them at risk. we are wasting resources. what if somebody wanted to do a terrorist attack, they get law

enforcement focused on this instead of something bad going to happen, such as a terrorist attack. it is wrong, i feel sorry for everybody going through this. there are over 200 jewish institutions targeted. we are thankful we were not there. thank god for law enforcement that worries about everybody's safety. >> joey: looks like primarily republicans getting this done against them. my state representative marjorie taylor greene and yesterday we had on kevin miller, he said he felt it was because he supported a bill on swatting. does the federal government need to step in in any way? >> i will make sure federal law

and state laws are there to prosecute these people temperature is difficult to prosecute somebody. i hope the fbi will figure out who is doing this. you have to make sure whoever can get prosecuted. this is evil, they want something bad to happen, a person to be killed, law enforcement to be killed, this is evil intent and it has to stop. >> joey: i agree. the police department felt they may have used ai to code their voice. where is ai on this with ability to track this down and figure out who is doing it? >> i spoke to the naples police department, right now they are not optimistic. capitol police are looking into this, with technology capitol police and fbi have on this,

we'll find out who is doing this. i will make sure we have tough laws to prosecute these people. they want something bad to happen, jewish institution, a politician, they want something bad to happen. >> joey: these are cowardess acts. there is great thing that can come from technology, to do this is a bad one. thank you. up next, two-time grammy award winning singer lauren daigle performs "little drummer boy." don't miss it. that was fast. mucinex. available on doordash. it's comeback season. we're traveling all across america talking to people about their hearts. - how's the heart? - good. - you sure? - i think so. how do you know? let me show you something. put two fingers right on those pads.

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>> griff: starting with a fox news alert, massive demonstration in yemen wrapping up 20 minutes ago, yemen is home to houthi rebels who aligned themselves with israel. just one day after a warship shot down a houthi missile, the group's 27 attempted attack since october 19th. and tiktok blaming a software bug for pop-up that asks iphone users to access the app.

it impacted a small number of people, meanwhile, google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit. and attempting to be the first female bull rider, she joined us earlier, watch. >> you and them dancing together and waiting to dance with the bull. >> griff: the teen finishing in the top three in her region this year, wow. >> carley: she was born cooler than i ever will be. all-american christmas concert series comes to an end. steve doocy caught up with superstar lauren daigle, take a

look. >> griff: she is breaking music records and this smash hit inspired by her faith that launched her into stardom. ♪ ♪ ♪ and i believe ♪ >> all right, joining us now in the studio two-time grammy award winner and christian music star lauren daigle, her self-titled album is out now. great to have you here in the winter wonderland. >> we're stuck in a snow globe. >> i find it fascinating you weren't drawn to music in the

beginning but wound up like a lot of kids with mono, got sick for a while and then started thinking about music. >> yes. so when i was a little girl i played a camel in the church play. i remember telling my mom when i get up stage it makes me feel alive. i want to sing one day. i ended up getting sick and then went on homebound for two years. because of that my mom -- two years, my mom put me in voice lessons. that's when it all began. >> your foundation, you have raised so much money and you just distribute it around the world. >> it is a thing that i'm so -- i get excited about, right? the thing that makes me come alive. i tell people singing is the beginning, the small vehicle to get to where we're going. i want to help change legislature for children. we've been working with kids all

over the world and the country. >> steve: why does it come from? >> my family, my faith. >> steve: 'tis the season for christmas music. what will you do today? >> we'll do "little drummer boy," one of my favorites. >> steve: great to have you, merry christmas. ♪ ♪ come they told me ♪ ♪ a newborn king to see ♪ ♪ our finest gifts we bring ♪ ♪ to lay before the king ♪ ♪

♪ so to honor him ♪ ♪ when we come ♪ ♪ little baby ♪ ♪ i am a poor boy, too ♪ ♪ i have no gift to bring ♪ ♪ that's fit to give a king ♪ ♪

♪ shall i play for you ♪ ♪ on my drum ♪ ♪ ♪ mary nodded ♪

♪ the ox and lamb kept time ♪ ♪ i played my drum for him ♪ ♪ i played my best for him ♪ ♪ then he smiled at me ♪ ♪ me and my drum ♪

>> carley: that was a beautiful version of little drummer boy. so successful and for good reason. that voice. she has the voice of an angel. >> that's my favorite christmas song. what about you? >> carley: silent night. you can't beat that. mary, did you know? >> the theme music to christmas vacation. it puts me in the christmas mood. it's christmas vacation time. >> i want to spend more time with my family. i have a job that wants me to travel and travel for amazing things. >> carley: mine seems stupid. i'm bad at remembering people's names. i want to get better at it. that's my resolution every year. >> spend more time with my dog and go surfing more often. >> carley: have a great day. happy new year, love you, bye. >> mike: the crisis at the southern border setting more records as the