>> steve: good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, january 3, 2024 and we start final hour of folks with this. you can see screen left, president biden returning from big vacation last night with a lot on his plate including the growing crisis at the southern border. >> brian: biden is blaming

congress for failing to pass a spending bill. >> ainsley: peter doocy is live with the latest, hi, peter. >> peter: his face was so red, like he was embarrassed or likely at some point forgot to put on sun screen. the first policy he was asked about in the new year was immigration. [indiscernible] -- >> president biden: they have to give me the money i need to protect the border. >> peter: he plans to reopen four points of entry, two in texas, one in california and one in arizona. cbp has been overwhelmed by the

302,000 migrants showing up in december. the white house wants supreme court to allow feds to take down the razor wire set up by texas governor abbott. today republicans will show up at the border today. speaker johnson is continuing to block president biden's proposed funding to hire agents and invest? cutting-edge technology that is to stop people from flowing into the country. jim jordan is part of the delegation. >> he changed what was working, no more building the wall, no more remain in mexico whchl we get you, you will be released no detaining individuals or returning them to their nat of country. the magnitude of this country, even democratic mayor says in

chicago and new york understand how serious this problem is. >> peter: if donald trump wins the election, george santos is saying he wants to be ice director, that could happen. that requires senate confirmation and santos has only been expelled by the house, not the senate. >> steve: and he is on ice. popped up on marine one, lobster red, super sunburn just nine months after he had a skin cancer removed from his chest. do you anticipate the white house physician will say, mr. president, you got to stay out of the sun. >> peter: probably, which is easy to do in january in washington, d.c. they keep such a close eye on his health and he did have a

skin cancer leesion removed. it is part of the physical from early in 2023, last time he had a full workup done. surprising choice for the 81-year-old to skip the sunscreen at some point on his strip. >> ainsley: i love the first lady walking off with plastic water bottle with flowers in it. maybe the grandkids gave them to her. >> steve: investigate where the flowers came from. >> peter: i will. >> ainsley: thanks, peter. >> brian: the resignation of claudine gay as president of harvard, shortest tenure in history of that institution. >> ainsley: in 400 years, right? >> brian: she did not last a year because of comments with elise stefanik and investigation

by rufo and others that talk about the rash of plagiarism in her background and then look and examine what she was saying prior to this and leadership prior to this and she had no answers and donors start backing outs, it was hit from all sides. elise stefanik said she needed to resign because she backed 30 student groups that wrote a letter saying this is israel's fault for october 7. she stood by those 30 groups, that is why she went to congress. >> steve: we're about to play the sound bite that cost her her job and the answer from the upenn president magill, cost her job. some republicans are saying two down, one to go, sally still at

mit, she was there when claudine gay gave this awful sound bite. so the answer is yes, calling for genocide violates harvard code of conduct, correct? >> it depends on the context. >> it does not, the answer is yes and this is why you should resign. >> brian: columbia did not show up. they feel the same way as the other institutions. >> lawrence: especially with the climate change summit. replaying that moment over and over again, there is no other group of people that you could justify genocide and say it depends on the context and you could get away with this. that did not force her to resign, it was the fact she plagiarized, not that comment. >> ainsley: you said earlier, we want equal playing field,

african americans do, women do. what if a group of men said we want genocide for all women or black people, she would look differently. when it is israelis, they do not admit that is antisemitism. that goes against everything our country represents. >> brian: she said she was over-lawyered. >> steve: she said something dug and people started digging and found plagiarism. they are going, why did she get this job? they wrote in "new york times," she had a thin scholarly record, she has not written a book, published 11 journal articles in 26 years, why did she get the job? >> lawrence: after all that, you would think there would be an aapology. she said this has been -- two

bedrock values fundamental to who i am and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks fuelled by racialan mus. >> steve: so racial? >> brian: nothing has changed, she keeps her salary, moves over to faculty. anything changing in the school? did they re-examine our curriculum and institution to make sure we understand how students could believe antisemitism behavior is something that represents what harvard is. >> ainsley: the interim prosecute said our goal is to ensure our community is safe and secure and the first statement did not succeed in that regard. sounds like he is being fair to jewish students there on campus, they said this should have

happened sooner. >> steve: at cambridge, pete hegseth went to college and joins us. going forward, now she keeps 900,000 dollar job on faculty, does harvard change? >> pete: no, steve, i disassociate from that backdrop of yours. i did go there, wish i hadn't. no one should go. claudine gay did a terrible job at her testimony and plagiarizing for years and people caught up to it. she will still be a professor making $900,000. why did she get the job with a then resume? because harvard is epicenter of dei and identity politics, it is why i mailed by degree back and

wrote critical theory university. ering they do is seen through the lens of the identity of someone. she was a black female in academia at university that wanted to have another first. not to say there are not other black qualified females, there are. swan would be capable. it wasn't claudine gay. here is the thing, she put on hyper-drive dei, woke, critical theory curriculum. any department, any degree, any graduate school and critical theory is lens through which students are taught. donors should stop giving and students should stop going. early admissions down. they will not improve. americans realize harvard is no

longer prestigious place, it is place to go to conform think and get dumber and they will be worse employees for you. i don't think they will change. >> brian: we heard rumblings wall street saying you were protesting for hamas, don't apply here for internship or a job. how many times harvard resumes going to the top of the pile, maybe they go to the bottom in a lot of places. >> pete: i think so. you already saw it from some law firms when it comes to yale and harvard law with radical law fair that emanates from students. if you try to win cases and get law students talking about pronouns and oppressor and oppressed, that is impediment to doing your job. i think the same will take place across any number of different

professions. i remember employers used to flock for the best, i probably said it, too. they are coming to see us, we are so great. i think that will stop especially in middle america who recognize how much deprogramming they will need and that will be a good thing. >> lawrence: larger point, though, she said quiet part out loud and 150 other professors endorsed her point of view. this has been on college campuses across the country. do you feel like there should be some type of evaluation of higher education institutions? cut head of the snake off, they will put someone else there, right? >> pete: we need our own institution, these institutions are mostly too far gone. you are referring to antisemitism, which is embedded

into the way history of middle east and religious studies are taught. a ton of foreign money comes in, showing only one side is the oppressed. if the matrix hits, one group can say what they want about another group and can't be seen as hatred or offensive and this happened as pertains to jews, zionists, it is baked in. >> steve: i have an idea, you have a bunch of kids, home school college. >> ainsley: pete has a list where he will pay for them to go and harvard is not on the list. >> pete: you can go wherever you want, you are paying for it yourself, if you want me to help, the list is this long and talk to jeshg n about home school and college thing. she would have to be the head

master. >> brian: correction, you said you mailed back your diploma, you burned your diploma, am i correct? do i have to correct pete hegseth? >> pete: i scribbled on it with a sharpie and sent to harvard and mailed it back. >> steve: you know so much, you should probably write a book, it would be "new york times" number one best seller. thanks very much. >> brian: fox news alert, ironian state media say -- former top commander soleimani. people gather to mark four years since soleimani was killed. unclear what called the explosion, iran is calling it a terrorist attack. and moving on.

nikki haley doubling her standing. her campaign raked in money in october, november and december. and kristi noem is heading to iowa campaigning on behalf of former president donald trump ahead of the iowa caucuses. kristi noem saying, i felt like people in iowa were my people, too, we all have same value and background and midwest culture. in colorado, it is tradition to keep christmas lights on until the end of january, is that too long? dave says he will keep up his american flag and cross decorations all year around. ed says his lights stay up for a few more days, but now baltimore headline is up for.

look at that, they took them down. >> lawrence: i feel trapped, dave trapped me. i say to keep them up past january is trashy. he said, i have the american flag up. then he said the cross, i like the cross, keep that up as much as you want to. maybe i amend what i said. >> ainsley: you just said christmas lights. >> lawrence: he put american flag and cross with christmas lights and boxed me in. >> steve: looks like americans have different rules for how they roll with lights. >> lawrence: flexible. >> brian: funny. >> ainsley: when somebody keep them up forever, it is hilarious. a woman decorates and let people go through it. my mother said, your manger

scene is on your stove, how do you cook? i move it around. >> brian: dangerous with straw in the manger. don't you think? >> ainsley: maybe on the stove. >> brian: by the manger is a fire extinguisher. gold bars, luxury watches and foreign countries, more bribery allegations against senator menendez in new jersey. that story next. >> steve: new york city gone without snow for 700 days, that could change, adam klotz is tracking the weather for us. >> ainsley: get the shovel out. also dave -- he made a million dollars on michigan winning, he didn't care, he was excited for

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>> steve: back with a developing story. new jersey's current senator bob menendez facing new corruption allegations. >> brian: accused of helping

qatari government in returns for lavish gifts. >> ainsley: latchish! todd piro joins us with more. get the original to do it. >> brian: lavish gifts. >> todd: good morning, new jersey's bob menendez accused of taking lavish gifts. new indictment revealing statements made menendez made praising qatari over a real state deal with fred davies who received gifts like cash and gold bars. davies offering to buy menendez a watch worth $24,000. menendez pleading not guilties after he was accused for working with egypt government, charged with bribery and extortion.

fellow democrats call for expulsion. john fetterman posting on x, now accused of selling his honor and our nation for $24,000, accused of a foreign agent for two nationses, how much more before we expel senator menendez. his lawyers say the government does not have proof to back up the allegations. menendez stepped down as chairman of foreign relations committee, rejected calls to resign from the senate. the trial expected to start in may. >> ainsley: santos had to resign, he was voted out and was innocent until proven guilty. menendez is staying on. >> steve: five years ago there

were corruption allegations against him and i believe rolex talk then, as well. he is still there. >> todd: it could have to do with new jersey senate race and goal of governor phil murphy to make sure nothing distracts from his wife tammy murphy becoming senator. how the logics work, i don't know. you can walk and chew gum same time, another example of democrats circling the wagon. >> brian: where is cory booker on this. >> steve: his wife is running. >> todd: it looks weird if you appoint your wife, that is why menendez will run as an independent. this discounts the fact new jersey is getting more red by the day. if you split this vote between murph and he menendez, a

republican could win a seat in new jersey. >> brian: an issue now is illegal dem kragz, buses are dropping people in new jersey. >> todd: caucus train station used to be where you go when you want to go to met life stadium, that is why it exists. now much different. >> steve: point of new jersey turning more red, keep in mind, same year glenn youngkin won, jack, came a couple points away from phil murphy. >> brian: todd, did you think you would be off this whole segment? >> todd: high honor, thank you. >> brian: were you surprised he stuck around? >> lawrence: a little bit. >> ainsley: going too long and you are too lavish. >> todd: if you like this or regardless, if you didn't like,

guess who is coming back? lavish todd piro. >> ainsley: all right, thanks, todd. coming up, missing foreign exchange student rescued from a snowy mountain side after case of cyber kidnapping. we'll explain. >> lawrence: uhaul releases list of most popular states to move to. we'll break it down straight ahead. >> steve: i'm guessing it is on that map. >> lawrence: yep. are made in america and come fresh from the family farm. and produced under the most sustainable farming techniques. from our sheets to our blankets and quilts this is a product that can be passed on. it could be a family heirloom. go to red land cotton dot com and receive 20% off your order with code fox 20.

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southeast working into new england and mid-atlantic. area from d.c. to new york where you could see rain and you could see snow. this is really going to play out over next couple of days. this is current model, you see everything in the blue color looking like moderate rain snowfall, less snow there. it has been nearly 700 days since seeing snowfall in new york city. >> steve: you say the most snow in 700 snow, we haven't had any. >> adam: that is a long time. >> ainsley: and most kids go back to school on monday, stayed longer after christmas. >> brian: find out it mayor de

blasio sold the plows on the way out. >> lawrence: i've been praying for this. >> ainsley: we didn't have it, it is fun. >> steve: i grew up with it, let's go 900 days. >> brian: other time it snowed in texas was super bowl and it did not go well. >> lawrence: is this payback talking about new york? >> steve: good news about texas. coming up, two things to talk about, your 401(k), if you had million dollars in your 401(k), where would it go furthest and if you retire, where would you move? start with where would one million in 401(k) last the least? the answer is hawaii. it would last like 10 years. keep in mind, it was much more a

little while ago. >> brian: is that going out to dinner? >> ainsley: is hawaii expensive? >> steve: retirees spend $96,000 a year and in mississippi, where it goes longest, you only spend 44,000. >> lawrence: and new york it will last for 14 years. >> brian: better time your death well, or back time it. look to '98 and see how long to put on passport savings. >> ainsley: alabama, oklahoma or mississippi, will last 22 years. >> brian: mark zuckerberg is building an underground world, how much does that cost to live there? >> steve: i don't think he is worried about 401(k), he has 1201 (k). >> ainsley: properties were more

affordable before he built that area and now it is outrageously expensive. >> steve: texas, the company you rent a u-haul to move. who rented a u-haul -- >> brian: and didn't give it back. >> steve: they made it one way. most u-hauls to texas, followed by florida and north and south carolina and tennessee. think about five states issue what do three have in common? >> ainsley: no taxes in tennessee and florida. >> lawrence: there are a shortage of u-hauls because they don't return them, california. then massachusetts, illinois, new jersey and michigan. those states have something in common.

>> ainsley: all democratic states. >> brian: and california upping their taxes, they committed to give illegal aliens healthcare while being 64 million in debt. >> ainsley: everyone is worried, it you move down there, why leave your state? taxes are too high, you don't like policy and crime. don't vote the way you used to vote, those states will turn blue and have more crime and more illegal -- >> lawrence: i made that comment earlier and brian didn't like that. he said, where are you sitting right now? new york. >> steve: i have seen a change in tenure in florida, it was pretty red and now purple. >> ainsley: this is where god called him to be, we need a texan in new york. >> brian: i did not know god was

involved with this. asking about a u-haul, they are great, don't fill it up and lose the keys, that is what i did and i had to empty the u-haul out. >> ainsley: how does dawn live with you? >> brian: not easy. >> ainsley: you rented an rv, scrapeds it going through the toll booth and locked himself in the rv and his son had to go through the window. >> brian: that is true, you don't forget anything. >> ainsley: does dawn and kids say, just dad. >> brian: my girls defend me. my son has given up on me, not sure about dawn. iranian state tv -- this is huge news, soleimani. trey yingst has a live report

next. >> ainsley: 1st claudine gay going away, resigning after stunning capitol hill testimony on antisemitism. dave portnoy vowed to never donate to her school again and he is next.

>> brian: fox news alert. iran is saying 70 people dead and many hurt in explosion honoring the life of soleimani, the so-called shadow general was killed four years ago. trey yingst has the latest. what can you tell us? >> trey: good morning, we are following this breaking news out of southeast iran. pair of explosions rocked a ceremony marking the death of soleimani. iranian state media says 70 are dead and 170 injured in what they are calling a terrorist attack. they are not blaming anyone or any country specifically, it comes amid tension of the celebration. just hours ahead of expected speech by the leader of hezbollah in lebanon. it comes just hours after

israeli drone strike in lebanon just south of beirut killed deputy commander of hamas and comes amid tension following developments on the ground here, day 89 inside the war on gaza. latest information, pair of explosions in southeastern iran left 70 dead this morning in what iranian officials are calling a terrorist attack. back to you. >> brian: thanks so much to this, claudine gay officially out as president of harvard, condemned of plagiarism and condemned for not condemning antisemitism. here is what the ceo of barstool said. >> you can't apologize, refusing to condemn genocide is one of those things, especially when you are dean or president of a school. they have to step down, no apology for this.

only way is action, whether companies and we are a sports entertainment company. company leaders have to say, we don't stand for it. alumni have to raise hell. >> brian: he did, how does he feel now that she resigned? will dave portnoy hire harvard graduates? let's ask him. first things first, you sought out resignation, can harvard kids now apply for barstool? >> i think there is still huge, large issues with corporation and this apology was held at gunpoints, she should have done it a long time ago temperature is a first step, a good step. i am glad she is gone, we will now entertain applications from harvard again. >> brian: do you think anything will change at the school? she is staying on faculty.

>> it is similar to what they did at upenn it is to save face, rather than you are fired. whatever. still a victory. i think there is still major problems, this corporation or whatever they call it. they are under intense strut nee. bill ackman is ruthless, he spear-headed getting rid of her temperature is a victory. >> brian: he said next mit, you feel the same way, right? >> yes, two of the three are gone, mit has skated under the radar, you have not heard much, but she has to go, too. >> brian: isn't michigan known as one of the most woke

institutions out there? >> let's talk football. michigan is an interesting state, but new president of the school is great. things to happen in the past, who knows, it can be pretty woke. >> brian: fun stuff, you want michigan to win, you are alum, and a fan. you put a million dollars on michigan. michigan wins in overtime, beats alabama, here is dave portnoy at that moment. finally a big ten team stickings it to the big fat bully. we ain't done. i'm a million richer, i don't care, this is about the natty. >> brian: you bet on washington and they won. you won $1.5 million. is that a deal? >> that's a huge deal, ton of money.

nothing beats free money. it stinks when you lose it, it is more fun to snap your finger again. biggest bet i've ever placed in my life. i thought alabama's time was up. it was a perfect day. >> brian: washington and mitch comban, where is the money? what are you going to do? >> michigan is five-point favorite against washington. i think washington is most disrespected, they are underdogs every week. they scare me. truth serum, i'm scared of washington. coin flip, i will not bet the game. i will go as a michigan man and enjoy it. for you people whining in columbus that michigan runs country football, shut up and root for michigan and big ten. they won't, they are jealous and hate us and you whiners in

columbus, you had it coming, michigan is back. >> brian: you are off to a pretty good start, president of harvard change, washington wins, michigan wins, 2024 is the best. unbelievable. >> off and running this year. >> brian: see you. see if harbaugh's are having a better year. thanks, great to see you. congratulations on winning $1 5 million dollars. janice dean is on mount washington, that is next. that is janice. check in with dana perino. >> dana: i'll let janice do that one. big show shaping up for you. plagiarism finally brings down harvard president, but she keeps a faculty job and nearly million dollar salary, who gets a deal

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>> steve: police are released this footage of the moment a missing foreign exchange student from china was rescued from a mountain in utah. >> ainsley: they say the 17-year-old is the victim of a growing threat called cyber kidnapping. >> lawrence: we're here to explain what happened. >> police found 17-year-old shivering inside a tent in the snow earlier this week. he and his family in the china where the victims of a cyber kidnapping. they found several phones they think were used to orchestrate the crime. the 17-year-old was being controlled by the kidnappers as early as december 20th. they ordered the teen to stay away from loved ones or his family in china would be harmed. the teen was reported missing last week after his parents in china say they received a ran

some note claiming he had been abducted. his parents wired $80,000 to bank accounts in china. cyber kidnapping is a growing threat that preys on young foreign exchange students. the teen was found cold and scared but did not suffer any serious injuries. more details we hope to learn in the coming days. another bizarre story. >> ainsley: glad they got their son back but hope they get their $80,000 back. >> steve: on top of the highest mountain in the northeastern united states a team works 24/seven to better understand our climate and weather. >> ainsley: janice dean son her way to mount washington observatory. >> brian: she joins us now with the transportation coordinator john powers. janice. >> good morning, everybody. we're so excited. john, thank you for being here. how long have you been doing this kind of work? >> started driving in 207 20 17 operating the snow cat. >> what will it take to get me

to the summit? >> we'll start out in our truck and van. both 4-wheel drive and chains and we'll go up to tree line where the snow cat is parked and from tree line up to the summit we'll use a snow cat to get you on top. >> because of the not much snow cover it is hindering our travel. >> we usually go from our gambling. the snow cat is warm, we'll go right from the base to the summit. given the snow pack unfortunately we can't do that today. we'll be modifying a little bit and just our season is extended this year. >> they say it's the worst weather in the country. >> we've been up in winds over 100 miles-an-hour. it is usually visibility that makes a big difference for us as far as whether or not we make it to the summit or turn around and come down. it comes to a safety decision on the snow cat operator. >> you are a fireman. what do you do this? >> i love it. the firehouse is awesome but

this is a pretty impressive second job. love it. >> what can you tell me that i'm going to experience when i get up there? >> when we get up if you've never been up before the building itself is a cool building to be at. new hampshire state park op operates. it is cozy, visit the weather room and see what the living conditions are for a week on and hopefully a good time for you. >> we have a good weather day for traveling. >> it should be a good day. winds are in the high 20s i think. temperatures in the teens. a comfortable day? >> we're going up to the top of mount washington. this is my 20th anniversary with fox news. a bucket list trip happening right now, woo-hoo. you'll come with me. i need a step stool. >> brian: i guess you aren't getting one. >> steve: isn't that one of the

coldest spots in america? >> yes, it's one of the worst weather spots. the highest peak in the northeast. they've experienced windchills of negative 100 degrees but we're going up there and negative ten. i have to sit in the seat. it will take 2 1/2 hours. >> steve: she will tape the report and we'll watch it tomorrow. >> love you guys. >> steve: so long, janice. >> ainsley: bye, buddy. >> steve: they have the chains on the vehicle. >> brian: she was so much warmer when she was a d.j. in candidate. governor sununu ran a ski resort before he was governor. >> ainsley: that truck is cool. there she goes. >> brian: i would roll up the window. >> ainsley: see you tomorrow.