changed. now, i'll stick with miami. i'll be in boca. >> i'm -- in one minute i am on the road back to virginia, i'm out of here and going to sleep, hopefully not with my 1-year-old baby, don't have a cat, my husband will be there, happy new year to us. >> tomi wins, she's partying with stars in nashville. >> i'll be home, if you have not made your way to nashville, i highly recommend it. >> it is all the rage these days. >> red neck, there you go. >> julie. >> i am going to be home hosting a party, that's what i do, i like to spend it with my kids, i stay home and invite the drinks to me, the people. >> good plan. >> it is. i do it every single year. >> i know where you are going to be, i won't be there. >> thank you to everyone, don't forget to dvr the show. here is "america reports."

>> former president donald trump's name is taken off the ballot in a second state this. time in maine where the unprecedented decision is now threatening the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. hello, everyone, i'm anita vogel in los angeles and bryan, as john roberts likes to say, happy friday to you. >> bryan: i'm in new york, sandra and john are off today. 34-page ruling, maine's secretary of state says her unilateral decision to remove trump from the primary ballot is because he engaged in an insurrection. the trump campaign firing back with plans to appeal and calling it "a hostile assault on american democracy." >> anita: the decision follows colorado's historic ruling last week and similar cases are playing out in more than a dozen states across the country. joe concha is standing by with reaction on this.

>> bryan: lucas tomlinson is travelling with the president in st. croix. lucas, any reaction from the white house? >> bryan, no reaction from the white house nor president biden's election campaign. let's read from the ruling from maine's secretary of state who writes in part "mr. trump over the course of several months culminating on january 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the capital to prevent certification of the 2020 election. the trump campaign was quick to respond writing "we are it witnessing in realtime the attempted theft of election and disenfranchisement of the american voter. democrats in blue states are suspending the civil rights of american voters by attempting to remove president trump's name from the ballot." here is the maine secretary of state why she ruled the way she did.

>> i reviewed section 3 of the 14th amendment very carefully, and i determined that section 3 of the 14th amendment does not say conviction, it says engage. >> you have different states taking different approaches to what the 14th amendment means, huge significance for the democracy, for the rights of voters, tailor made for the united states supreme court and i fully expect they will take the case up in the next week or two. >> it's notable maine secretary of state bellows has suspended the ruling until the top courts can rule on the appeal. >> anita: joe concha, columnist for the messenger and fox news contributor. joe, great to see you today. i'm sure you have a lot to say about this. the name shana bellows, maine secretary of state, the first election official to remove donald trump from the ballot.

she certainly was not a household name before. now she's making headlines. she's doing the rounds on all the cable shows and she's been in all the morning shows. how much do you think is this about making a name for herself in the fight against donald trump as the first secretary of state to take this action? >> i would say 50% of it probably is that anita, and 50% obviously is taking down donald trump. we have seen the sentiment she shared about trump on social media in the past. and apparently in politics stupidity is not a handicap. outside of blind partisans, most sane and sober and objective voters see the tactics for what they are, attack on democracy while claiming democracy. it's an utter disdain for new process and almost every credible legal analyst is coming to the same conclusion, she has no legal basis for the decision.

thankfully it is subject to judicial review before maine judges who will follow migrant's lead and reject this. democrats are desperate. joe biden, not only trailing donald trump in georgia, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan, but disapproving of the job he's doing than approving, in states i hope you are sitting down, california, new york, illinois, and new jersey, so these moves in maine and colorado are desperation. it is desperation based on the writing on the wall that we are seeing regarding the democratic nominee, or likely democratic nominee. >> anita: i hear you, joe. her argument is trump participated in an insurrection on january 6th and therefore that disqualifies him under section 3 of the 14th amendment. take a look at what she said, this is call for number 2, says the weight of the evidence makes clear that mr. trump was aware

of the tinder laid by his multi-month effort to delegitimize a democratic election and then chose to light a match. of course, the president was not charged with that crime, he was not convicted of that crime, not in jail of that crime. do you think fair-minded americans will look at this, fair-minded people who respect the rule of law, what do you think they think about this? >> well, as you've said, and this is the most key part, she does not get to decide that donald trump was guilty of insurrection. he's never been charged to your point. without a charge is where the thing completely falls apart from a legal perspective. and you look at all the numbers before all these legal battles began, as far as trump and his standing among republicans. he was at 47% in the rear clear politics average a year ago today, now he's above 60% among

gop voters. and republicans don't like this one bit, and democrats who live in a world of common sense are not fans of donald trump but think this is wrong and they would prefer to beat him at the ballot box instead of having the secretary of states in certain states or the courts decide the next election. leave it in the hands of the people, let them vote, 310 days from now, i did look that up, anita. >> anita: 310 days, can't believe it. one of maine's representatives, jared golden has come out with a statement against it. and also trump's republican rivals on the campaign trail, people who are not fans of his whatsoever are not in favor of this. let's take a listen to what chris christie has to say. >> should be decided by voters of the united states, not by courts. and the fact is while there may

be people may think there is justification for doing this, it's not good for our democracy. >> anita: as you know, no love loss between chris and donald trump, but he is not in favor of this. >> certainly, not only my former governor in new jersey, but current governor in california, newsom is defending trump and thinks he should be on and there is an initiative to take him off. i think it's going to have a boomerang effect, people will say it's not what the country is all about and by the way, we have more serious problems in terms of inflation and prices for things like food way too high still, obviously crime in major american cities on the screens on a daily basis. the world seems like it's on fire, two wars going on, the border is wide open, education test scores are at 30-year lows, there are so many more important

things the american people are being impacted on than things like this and i think in the end this will only provide jet fuel for the trump campaign, anita. >> anita: we know the trump campaign will be appealing all of these rulings so we'll wait to see what the supreme court has to say. possibly next week. joe concha, thank you very much. always great to see you, joe. >> the pleasure is always on this side of the table to join you in what is the final "america reports" of the year, we are now a trivia question, congratulations. >> anita: it is indeed. goodness, thank you, joe. bryan. >> bryan: the crisis at the southern border just keeps getting worse. so far this month, cbp officers have recorded 276,000 migrant encounters, the highest single month total ever. and more on the way as part of a massive caravan making its way through mexico. some migrants at the border say they are headed for chicago, that's why garrett is standing by with more. garrett.

>> and bryan, some of the migrants will be surprised when they are not dropped off in the windy city. instead, most busses are dropping migrants off in the suburbs and having them then take the train into the city. that is in order to avoid the new fines and penalties that mayor johnson has enacted for busses that do not comply with the new rules where and when migrants can be dropped off but the suburbs have seen what chicago is dealing with, thanks to the sanctuary city policies and don't want anything to do with it. towns up to 60 miles away are taking steps. >> when they show up at our station, fine, let's get them on the train, let get them downtown. we don't have a place to shelter them, don't have a way to feed them to make sure that they are taken care of. >> officials in grundy county,

60 miles southwest of the city have put up signs along the highway saying no migrant busses to try to deter busses from dropping migrants off in the pretty rural area. the sheriff there says chicago's mayor johnson is creating chaos for small towns like theirs, echoing what greg abbott says, and johnson is encouraging dozens of suburbs to crack down on busses as well in order to control the flow of migrants coming in to his sanctuary city. bryan. >> bryan: and the problem persists. garrett, thank you. anita, in new york, mayor adams signed an executive order trying to limit those busses as well. they have to give 32-hour notice, can only arrive monday through friday between 8:30 a.m. and noon, already the day after he did that, six busses arrived overnight and broke the rule. they are trying, but it doesn't really matter, does it. >> anita: no, and we talked about this yesterday, the fact

that the shelters in new york city and all over the nation are just bursting with people, and mayor adams, he is still trying to have a conversation with the president about this. but can't seem to get on his calendar. >> 160,000 migrants have come into new york city since last year, 70,000 still in the city's care, numbers of mind boggling. we will continue following. anita. >> anita: absolutely, all right. moving on now, the suspect in the christmas stabbing of two teenagers in new york's grand central station now accused of slashing a detainee in jail. the details and the charges he's facing in court today coming up. >> bryan: minimum wage increase in 22 states, it may help wages keep up with inflation, but could it hurt small businesses? marks group president gene marks is up next and whether it will cost workers their jobs.

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$1 increase to the minimum wage, so it will be $14 an hour. but that is not even among the highest wages around the country. as of next week, washington and california will be in the $16 an hour range, connecticut, new jersey and new year, $15 or more. the federal minimum wage has not changed since 2009 and remains 7.25. for people like ross nyguard, owner after shop outside of chicago, it could affect the quality of their product. >> they either -- see the increases in costs and have to pass it along to have some profit, even if it is a small profit margin, or if you don't hire then you have the problem of not having the service necessary to be given to generate product quick enough to make people happy as they come and go. >> the other hand, supporters of

the hike say it will help businesses hire and retain employees, saying they help workers put food on the table and roof overhead and boost the consumer spending. it helps retain employees and deliver reliable customer service that leads to repeat customers instead of lost customers. in california, two pizza hut franchises will lay off drivers as a result of raising fast food wages to $20, and new york city, uber, grubhub dollars, paid $18 an hour. many workers see a raise in pay, businesses could be hit with the bottom line. >> anita: thank you for the report. good to see you. >> bryan: gene, thank you for being here, happy new year. i know you run a consulting firm for small and medium size businesses, when you heard the

report, we have the national employment law project says seven states and 55 cities and counties will have a minimum wage that exceeds $15. sounds good on paper for workers. what is your assessment how this affects small businesses? >> bryan, if you and i were sitting here 20 years ago having the same conversation, people would be up in the air, universities of studies, university of washington, berkeley, says it does not hurt small businesses and in fact it helps the economy and there are conflicting studies that say the opposite. i've studied this for so long and basically thrown up my hands and said no economist really seems to know but i can tell you what i see feet on the ground and as an accountant, when my clients are facing higher cost and significantly higher costs, they have to do something about that. and when people talk about something, there is only three things they are doing. either raising prices, they are

cutting costs somewhere, and it could mean workers or investing in ways to minimize the number of workers in their business, mostly through technology. >> bryan: what do you make in the way in which wage increases as opposed to the rate of inflation this year, you know, wages are up 5.2%, but core inflation was up 4%. you know, so that's what, 1.2% increase of wages. what are you going into 2024, where do you see that? >> the wage increases that you are showing has a lot to do with hourly wage increases. salary workers are getting higher, like adp and pay chex, businesses that i talk to, they are capping them out at this point. they are struggling with higher inflation, they are struggling with higher costs on the core materials and overhead, so wages

are the first thing they are looking to pull back just a little bit so typical wage, what should my pay increases about he for my employees, generally 4 to 5% what most of the businesses i'm talking to are doing, i think is well above what inflation is, and a good thing for workers. >> let's go back to the small businesses part. you heard the pizza hut franchise in california laying people off. they are laying off over 1,000 people and jobs. you know, i'm just wondering, is it really business by business and the u.c. berkeley study says reality is it's about keeping workers, and it could mean low vacancy. >> the berkeley study says it's about the workers, and pizza hut

is laying off. it really not working. the hourly workers are wage increase, but the restaurant and the retail industry, they get hit the hardest. >> you wrote an op-ed in the guardian, and talk about 2024 is about consumer spending going down. red alert here, can you explain that? >> the economy has been held up, supported on the backs of american consumers. we had a 5% increase in gdp in the last reported quarter, 70% of that was consumer spending or build up of inventories for consumers. my concern is when that starts being pulled back, that it's going to have a dramatic increase, you know, impact on the economy and on small businesses. and bryan, there are warning signs that i am seeing about a pull-back in consumer spending. i'm seeing low consumer confidence, small business confidence at 15 year lows, according to the national federation of independent businesses. auto loan delinquency at 30 year highs, credit card delinquency up as well, and just watch, some

of the major ceos at major retailers and banks have been warning us they are seeing a little bit of a fault in consumers, a weakening in consumer demand and activity. if consumer spending doesn't stay as high as it's been, if it has not been supporting, i think it's going to have significant reverberations. >> and your clients are preparing. >> my clients are, i'm talking to them. i hope they are. >> gene marks, you could not think of anybody better to speak about this. happy new year. appreciate you being here. >> thanks, take care. >> bryan: anita. >> oh, my god! what the [bleep] >> anita: looks like a scene out of a movie, but officials telling residents to get out, it's real, folks. catastrophic waves pummelling california beach towns. at least eight were hospitalized. what locals can expect as the

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>> i don't think the leadership knew where it was and what was in it and it was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. it's not a major breach. >> with beijing, the balloon incident is over. water under the bridge? >> we have -- we did what we needed to do to protect our interests. that chapter should be closed. >> bryan: president biden and his administration downplaying

the threat posed by the chinese spy flight earlier this year. now a disturbing new report from nbc news reveals that u.s. intelligence officials have determined it used a u.s. internet service provider to send and receive communications with china. bring in retired rear admiral mark montgomery, thanks for being here, appreciate it. start off with the nbc news report, it says this spy craft was connected to an unnamed in the report u.s. internet service provider, communicating in realtime, what do you make of this new report and what does this tell us about the capability of that spycraft? >> so i think this is a good news/bad news thing. bad news is clearly they were probably able to communicate data that they detected and received during their overflight of nearly a week around the united states, you know, the united states and clearly they flew over significantly, you know, strategic bases.

and so that should concern us. on the good news side, i would hope that we took full advantage of this to exploit their communications, take a look at what they were transmitting back, and get an idea first what they were trying to collect. and second, how they, you know, methodology for controlling the balloon, what they were searching for, what they saw when we were trying to cover things up. so probably a good counter intelligence value from this, but the major fact that the chinese were doing a dedicated spying mission over us for more than a week and unlike what the president said, the chinese knew where the balloon was at all times. >> bryan: and i wanted to know about your concern connecting to a u.s. internet company, what does it say for actors like china connecting to the internet. what kind of concern do you see in that. >> i'll combine with the recent reporting of china placing malware in our telecommunication

systems, electrical power grids, water, oil and natural gas, both in guam, and also in the continental united states. what that tells me is they are doing what's called operational preparation of the environment. that's where they are taking a look at the cyber battlefield and integrated in a way to use it. the spy balloon took advantage of the ability to integrate into the networks but probably even more concerning are these reports of malicious software in there. that can help them during a crisis or contingency, impact u.s. critical infrastructure. >> bryan: what about these reports about the fact you have u.s. intelligence officials -- backtrack. now that we know this and we now know that nbc news report the administration wanted to keep this secret from the american people, and they applied for an fisa order to get information from the spycraft, we don't know if it was approved. what does it tell you that the

administration was reportedly trying to keep this completely secret, knowing what we know now, particularly about the internet service provider and despite the fact the administration says there was no added value the spacecraft took from us. >> two things. one, i would say there probably is legitimate desire for the chinese not to know everything we know. i'll give the administration a little credit for that. when you are doing counter intelligence, that's a value. but i think also the administration was trying to hide that we had a major intelligence failure and not understanding where this balloon was headed, when it was still approaching alaska, and what its intentions were and the northern, u.s. northern commander, norad commander at the time admitted as such, a significant intelligence failure. and biden administration does not like to talk about their failures. >> bryan: and general van herk,

he has warned we do not have the capability of seeing the spycraft beyond our u.s. territory. he would like our ability to do that, to be better. rear admiral mark montgomery. thank you for being here. >> anita: a massive migrant caravan on the way to the southern border as encounters in december have already set an all-time monthly record. what has to be done to stop this crisis. >> bryan: plus a new california law aims to shake up the way traffic stops go down. but will it tie the officer's hands behind their backs and put them in more danger? civil rights attorney leo terrell is up next.

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>> anita: it's a question many people never want to hear from a police officer. do you know why i pulled you over? well, california drivers won't need to hear that anymore. a new law set to go into effect in the new year will force officers to tell you outright right away why they stopped you. supporters of the law say it's to help prevent tense interactions between police and civilians from potentially escalating. joining me now is civil rights attorney and fox news contributor leo terrell. thank you for joining us today. first of all, i want to look at what the law will actually do. this is call for number one. it will require officers to state the purpose of the interaction before asking other questions. you can no longer, the police officer can no longer open a conversation by asking do you know why i pulled you over.

and the author of the law says he created it to promote equity and accountability in communities. as a civil rights attorney for the past 30 years i'm sure you have dealt with a lot of these issues before. how does this do that, how does it change the current situation? >> leo: absolutely nothing. the new law is offensive and insulting to every law enforcement officer in california. why? because it makes an assumption that they are making a pretextual stop on racial profiling. we are not living in 1955. look at the california law enforcement officer, black, white, brown, gay, women. so the assumption that this law is going to stop racial profiling does not exist. it is going to be a deterrent for officers to stop anyone and you are basically creating a solution for a problem that does not exist. the law enforcement community is diverse. federal officers don't have to do this and the question, do you

know why i pulled you over, here is my answer, no. and then explanation. i have practiced law over 30 years and i have sued law enforcement officers. not one of my clients has ever told me they fell discriminated against or treated unfairly because the officer asked do you know why i pulled you over. it's a very insulting law, anita. >> anita: seems the question gives the driver the opportunity to answer the question, i've been pulled over in california a few times myself, minor infractions, and it gives you an opportunity to open a conversation with a police officer. why do you think they made the change? >> leo: because we have a woke progressive democratic super majority in california. you mentioned those three points and you saw the author of this bill say equity. equity? i'll translate that as a civil rights attorney. they want to make sure there is a message being sent to officers

that if people of color are stopped for legitimate reason they are not to be harassed or -- that's the assumption they are making. again, i cannot stress the point. we are living in 2023. officers of all colors, ethnicity, religion, gender, are working as law enforcement officers and this is insulting. officers are not going to stop anyone, they don't want the harassment. >> anita: definitely mixed reaction from police officers and people who consider themselves to be pro police activists. take a listen to what people have to say. >> it lets people understand kind of where you are coming from and kind of why i'm stopping you and giving you an opportunity to explain why you committed the violation. >> it's another law that's a gray area. a consequence, ok, i'm being fined, penalized, i can't do this. then what -- it's your word

versus my word. >> anita: ok, leo, the final 15 seconds here, final thoughts. >> leo: thank you. full disclosure, i have a sister in law enforcement 15 years, my sister. officers will not stop individuals who may have committed a crime because they don't want the backlash of being accused of being a racist. it's offensive and insulting to law enforcement officers. >> anita: the law goes into effect january 1st and affects all branches of police, local police, the sheriff's department and the highway patrol. see how it plays out. leo terrell, thank you for your time, happy new year to you. >> leo: happy new year, anita. thank you for having me. >> bryan: the idf now targeting the area where hamas terrorists launched their october 7th massacre. also, reports that an israeli airstrike has reportedly taken

out 11 high ranking members in the iranian revolutionary guard core. matt is live with the latest. matt. >> the airstrike happened in syria, raising concerns about this war broadening. as you mentioned, the idf is now attacking the exact kibbutz or town in gaza where so many of the hamas militants were living before they launched that deadly october 7th terror attack. israel says it's intensifying the southern gaza operations named oz and nir in honor of the israeli kibbutz that was savagely attacked. idf says it has gotten tunnels and from rocket launch positions. and tens of thousands are seeking shelter in the overwhelmed town of rafah in southern gaza. now displaced estimated 85% of

gaza's 2.3 million people. more than 21,000 people have been killed and a quarter of gaza is left starving. hamas delegation is reportedly considering egypt's peace plan, a three-stage proposal, ceasefire, hostage swaps and for hamas to relinquish power in gaza. however, one leader says it's no deal until israel stops its attacks. >> there will be no prisoner swap, deal or no negotiationsnal the israeli aggression ends. meanwhile, we see that we are open to any initiative that can end this israeli genocidal war. >> and it now has been confirmed a second american hostage has died and there are believed to be six other americans still being held hostage by hamas. bryan. >> bryan: live in the london bureau, matt, thank you.

>> anita: hundreds of pro-palestinian protestors shutting down the entrance to the world trade center in a massive demonstration. now the nypd is bracing for the potential protests that might unfold at the new year's eve ball drop. we will take that up with our panel in the next hour. >> bryan: plus folks in the southeast can expect a chilly start to the new year. how frigid conditions in places like new orleans may end up being colder than regions in the northeast. a live report on the polar plunge next. ♪♪ ♪ it's cold outside ♪

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>> bryan: the southeast part of the u.s. will be taking a walk on the chilly side heading into 2024. cold temperatures are expected from texas to florida this weekend. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in georgia where it is a cool 40°. robert. >> yeah, bryan, good afternoon to you. and almost happy new year to you and everyone watching from alpharetta, georgia, suburb of atlanta, a mix of rain and some flakes, nothing to speak of that says sticky, so that's a good thing. but you know, we are headed into a very cold weekend. those lows around 30° and that's just not really the norm for the south. and they are expected to be like that for the next few days. and guys, take a look at new orleans, which thousands of people from around the globe always congregate on new year's weekend, except they are in for

a surprise. it's really cold down there. they are in the 30s. good news, up to the 50s during the day and sunny skies unlike so many parts of the south and the swath of this cold from texas all the way to florida is just unbelievable. we could see flakes flying up in music city, nashville, another popular place for new year's eve. other places across the south could see it. ultimately, you know, what we are gonna experience for the next week, cold temps, though nothing significant as far as winter weather. but you know, people down here are not used to the cold. so make sure you have gloves and anything else as we head into the new year's weekend and bryan, i have to tell you, fox weather beast behind me, not only does this bad boy take us into hurricanes and tornadoes, but you know, it also protects us from the cold. so, if you will, happy new year and i'm going to pop back in and warm myself up a little bit. >> bryan: i was going to say, the car is amazing. robert, before you go, real

quick, how many days have you been on the road this year, you've always been on the road. how many days? >> all right, i'll get out, i have to explain this. i flew back from new orleans last night to atlanta, and that was 198 nights on the road, and 93 separate airline flights across america. so, it has not been a record year for sleeping in hotels, but it's been a record year for me for flying. so, all is well, 2024, gonna be a good one. >> bryan: unbelievable, thank you for all you to and the fox weather team, live in alpharetta. >> anita: maine becoming the second state to remove donald trump from its primary presidential ballot. outrage is pouring in as over a dozen other states may follow suit. jason chaffetz here on the impact on our democracy. >> full power and liftoff.

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>> anita: spacex launching massive falcon heavy rocket last night with a secret military spacecraft on board. sparking a lot of speculation. live in miami with the latest on this. dana marie.

>> anita, the military x37b is a mystery for space enthusiasts because right now they are not sharing information on exactly where it's going or even how long it's going to be in space, but it did have a successful launch on the third attempt. it did hitch a ride on the falcon heavy spacex most powerful rocket which means it's going deeper into space and staying longer than it has on any previous mystery mission. >> 3, 2, 1, full power, and liftoff. >> the 7th flight made by the orbital test vehicle. they say this will help the u.s. military carry out cutting edge research. the nasa experiment on board will expose plant seeds to the harsh radiation environment of a long space flight.

learning how to grow food could help sustain astronauts on deep space missions. >> three falcon 9 payloads, to the moon and mars as well. >> great breakdown of the spacecraft, you can see the individual components of the rocket, the side boosters, and they returned to earth and safely touched down and the last trip to space for x37b lasted just over 900 days, we have to wait and see how long this mission will last. anita. >> anita: yeah, exciting stuff. dana marie mcnickol, thank you very much. >> i want to have been very clear, the borders are not open. >> the border is not open. >> people come to the border and try to get in withou