>> former president trump and president biden exchanging

attacks on the campaign trail yesterday with one week to go until the iowa caucuses. in the first campaign speech of 2024 biden saying trump is a threat to democracy with trump firing back that biden is the true threat. here we go, buckle up. welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins. hey alicia. >> i'm alicia acuna. the supreme court will decide whether former president trump will be allowed on the ballot in colorado. bill melugin has more from the campaign trail. >> it's crunch time for the candidates, less than 10 days to go before the iowa caucuses and they're on a full on blitz of the state today. they've got events all day long out here. now, it's getting testy out there on the campaign trail and some of them sniping at each other. nikki haley finished speaking, where she attacked donald trump. when it comes to trump, he can

call me anything i never raised attack. but why don't we ask him-- oh, that's right, he won't get on a debate stage. [laughter]. >> meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis also out here in iowa and he's going all in on the state. he recently finished visiting all 99 counties on the state shaking hands and holding different town halls and doing the old-fashioned boots on the ground campaigning out here which he feels is the way to do it. he says, look, he's got a track record of doing what he says he will do and that trump is running for himself and haley is running for her donors and he promises voters, he's running for them. >> i'm running for your issues, your family's issue and the issues of the country, that's my sole focus and i have a record of delivering on 100% of promises in florida and taking on the left and beating the

left. >> former president trump in iowa and watched president biden's speech where he attacked him and said he's a threat to democracy. he responded that biden was a stuttering mess and a disaster as a president and if trump gets into office he'll reverse the damage that biden has caused. >> we have the worst president in history, we have a president that can't put two sentences together. >> now, we have a president who's a great danger to democracy. he really is. >> and guys, one thing to keep an eye on for the caucuses the night of the 15th is going to be the weather. early forecast showing the night of the iowa caucuses, a high of 7 degrees and a low of negative 9. voters will be out there casting their ballots in that weather so we'll see if it has any kind of impact. we'll send it back to you. >> bill melugin, thanks from

iowa. griff: president biden spending the afternoon in delaware, after the first campaign speech, on the anniversary of the january 6th riots. he called trump a threat to democracy. and criticism grows of his handling over the southern border. lucas tomlinson is live from a chilly delaware with the latest. >> griff, president biden launched a broadside against former president trump, mentioning him 44 times in his first campaign address of this year, not too subtle message and invoking the memory of the january 6th capitol riot three years ago. >> trump is running as the denier in chief, the election denier in chief. once again, he's saying he won't honor the results of the election if he loses. trump says he doesn't understand. well, he still doesn't understand the basic truth, that is you can't love your

country only when you win. >> now, griff, biden made no mention about his record the past three years, including the situation on the southern border, this is the list of migrant encounters over the past 10 decembers. and including biden's dhs chief refused to use the word in a recent interview with bret baier, and john fetterman had no problem using it yesterday. >> but you think it's a crisis now? >> bret, it's a challenge that we've been addressing vigorously with all the of the tools and resources we've been provided. >> there's a crisis at the border and i don't know how anybody could pretend that there isn't. and with the latest figures from december, over 200,000 people, to put that in

perspective here in our state, that's more than the population of pittsburgh and pittsburgh is our second largest city. >> it actually over 300,000 migrant encounters on the southern border. i spoke to senator fetterman right before president biden's speech outside of valley forge and the president has been here to the keystone state more times than any state since becoming president, outside of his home state of delaware where i am today, griff. griff: lucas tomlinson live for us. alicia. >> the supreme court announced their plans to hear the battle ban case. joining us is never back down, erin and kristen. and good to see you. griff is going to look at the legal aspects and we're going to talk about the political implications. beginning with you. >> there are a couple of

political implications early, one, should this decision by the supreme court go in favor of president trump and allow him the ballot access he is seeking there's a large concern already beginning on the right in conservative circles that democrats will go and use this to try and discredit the supreme court and use it to say this is not a legitimate institution anymore and they need to pack the supreme court. so the political implications are very big about what may happen should the court decide to rule in president trump's favor. >> kristin, you want to respond? >> yeah, i think that the political implications are big either way. so i would agree and i would also say that, jerry goldman said it best, we're a nation of laws and he doesn't believe that president trump should be the next president of the united states, until he's found guilty he should be on the ballot. either way the supreme court goes there will be political

implications in a court where there shouldn't be political implications. >> let's discuss the speech that president biden gave yesterday at valley forge. five people died as a result of the events of january 6th, 2021. and yesterday in his speech, president biden laid those deaths at the feet of the former president. listen. >> because of donald trump's lies, they died because these lies brought a mob to washington. he promised he would be wild and it was. he told the crowd to fight like hell, and all hell was unleashed. and as usual, he left the dirty work to others. he retreated to the white house. as america was attacked from within. >> okay, so let's put up this poll. this usa today-suffolk poll, biden trailing trump in 2024 by two points. my question to you is this shows that the president needs

to change some minds. how does language like this help? >> i think you know, january 6th and our democracy, it's very personal to me, i live in washington d.c. and i had friends who are calling and asking me because i live on capitol hill to get them out. and i think this is something that this language he feels deeply about. words matter and he knows that and i think he's very calculated and in a good way about what he's saying, and trying to communicate that the democracy is at stake here. and i'm a very moderate person, kind of sit in the middle between republicans and democrats, but you know, this is the first time he's come out and really addressed what happened on january 6th and i think it's responsibility to do so and he did it. >> and erin, does the president have a point here that he replaced a man who was an agent of chaos, that's how he campaigned. do you think he's going to have the ability to bring voters back to that mindset of january, 2021?

>> that's the big question. we've seen democrats use this emotional style playbook, and relative to charlottesville running in '20, in '22 democrats used this january 6th playbook to outperform in the midterms and again dipping into the well. you see that poll. joe biden approval ratings are lowest of any modern president going into election year and donald trump is only ahead by a couple of points, that should be a warning sign to republicans that while many americans disagree with the president and he's clearly not aiming to run on his record as of this point, he's trying to drum up emotion to fire people up to show up for him that may not be that successful republicans need to see this is a weak president and a weak candidate in joe biden. they should be light years ahead and if we don't have a better message to sell the people about safety, security, and the economy and the country, then you're going to see an incredibly tight race when it should be a home run for a republican candidate.

>> you know, rines prevus did weigh in. >> i don't buy the threats to democracy case that the democrats are making. there's no chance in the world that if they actually believe that, that it would actually-- that they'd be sitting there with joe biden. >> kristin, i'll give you a chance first to answer. >> we're talking about feelings and people vote, i mean, i've run a number of campaigns, you vote on feelings, whether it's health care, democracy, a woman's right to choose so i do believe it's coming from a-- i don't understand what reince is saying, when he's saying that the democrats don't believe this, i don't think he's in the mind of democrats, but they do, we do, that trump is a threat to democracy and i'm here saying it's not true what he's saying.

>> erin only seconds left. >> i think it's that democrats are keeping a concerted effort to keep their political opposition off the ballots in a lot of states and that's what reince is talking about. a lot of republicans saying that joe biden doesn't have much credibility when it comes to protecting democracy platform he's trying to run on and because people don't support biden's policy he's trying to play on emotions. we have 10 months, we'll see if it works. >> it's going to a long 10 months. thank you, ladies, griff. griff: great discussion. and beth bare and martha mccallum will have town halls leading up to the caucuses. and nikki haley on monday, governor desantis on tuesday, and former president donald trump on wednesday. all three special will feature questions from iowa voters.

meanwhile, the supreme court now set to hear oral arguments in president trump's appeal barring him from colorado's primary ballot. we're joined by attorney andrew saltman, we were here to talk about epstein, but the first question, whether trump is be on the colorado ballot. the high court there and now the supreme court will decide in the oral argument february 8th. what do you anticipate we'll hear in the oral arguments? >> look, i think this is a relatively frivolous legal challenge and i have a feeling -- not by trump, but with respect what colorado did. i think the supreme court will knock this down. there are requirements who can and can't run for the president of the united states, that's

according to the constitution. he hasn't been convicted of insurrectionist activities. i think that trump is going to prevail on this. griff: it's interesting they're looking at, i'm not a lawyer, you are. section three of the 14th amendment no one can hold office who engaged in insurrection. and something that form president trump has not been charged with, and colorado is first, but there are more than 30 separate pieces of the section three litigation, if you will. do you anticipate that whatever the supreme court decides and determines in the colorado case, will have legal implications for all of the remaining states and pieces of litigation therefore? >> yeah, griff, i think that's it. whatever the supreme court decides in the colorado action, i think that's going to decide all the other issues and all of the other challenges. are there differences in the other challenges? of course, but what the supreme court holds in the colorado

case will likely put an end to all of this nonsense by the democrats. griff: andrew, how important is it that this decision by the high court be relatively unanimous? for those of us, like you and i old enough to remember bush v gore, that was 5-4 decision, chief rehnquist divided that court a little bit with that decided that the florida supreme court could not be the writer of election law and in that case, under count of the ballots not to take people too far back. but in this case, it's going possibly be divisive, if there's a more unanimous decision perhaps there's an impact. >> i hope for the good of the country that it's a unanimous decision, there's so much politicalization of the supreme court right now. and democrats are going to see it the way they see it and the republican sees it the way they see it. whoever wins i hope it's

unanimous, it's not good to have an independent body like the supreme court and everybody throwing darts at it and saying it's a political body. it's not good for our country. griff: let me switch gears before i run out of time because the batches, i believe there have been three or four batches of documents in the jeffrey epstein case. what do you make of it? what's your read on what we're seeing? >> look, some way it's the best disinfectant. and had to be release today the public. my $64,000 question, we know that epstein is a bad guy. who are the charges for everybody else in the documents laid out as sex with underage girls, not just epstein, there have to be other people. griff: who would the other people be, by the way, mention to our viewers, you've got

prince andrew, attorney alan dershowitz and president clinton's name 50 times. ayn clinton not indicted in the charges, and where is that forth coming. >> i can't answer that question, we don't have all the documents and the investigative report and a lot to get our hands on. how come the department of justice, the state of florida isn't actively investigating this, if they are, where are the charges? because there are a whole lot of people that have been alleged to do some really nefarious things with underage girls and i can't figure out why nobody else besides epstein has been charged in this case. griff: that is the most important question and we shall find out. there's likely a lot more coming, a lot more documents, certainly, will be coming fairly soon. as always, thank you very much. have a great weekend. >> thank you, griff, you, too. griff: alicia.

>> terrifying moments aboard a brand new alaska airlines boeing 737 after a depressurization sucked a shirt off and cell phones out of the plane. >> very disturbing, alicia. we got information, alaska airlines, it temporarily grounded the boeing 7737 aircraft after that, after the incident a quarter of the fleet has been returned to service after inspections were completed with no concerning findings. so, some good news there. now, a deactivated emergency cabin door used as a regular cabin window on this plane blew wide open at 16,000 feet in the air. take a listen to the flight crew reporting this terrifying incident to traffic control. >> yes, we are in emergency. we are depressurized.

we do need to return back-- we have 177 passengers. >> photos show the section of the plane that blew open. the alaska airlines flight had been in the sky less than an hour when this occurred. it deported portland around 4:40 p.m. back on the ground around 5:30 after the emergency. 161 passengers and six crew members were on board headed to california. fortunately, no one was hurt. now, that door that blew wide open caused depressurization in the cabin. one passenger said the strong force of air that immediately rushed into the aircraft ripped a boy's shirt off. he also described the size of the gaping hole that passengers stared through while this plane was in the sky. >> it was as wide as a refrigerator and high as two-thirds of a refrigerator in height and there was a kid in that row his shirt was sucked off him and out of the plane, and his mother was holding onto

him to make sure he didn't go with it. >> a passenger also posted video to tik tok of the incident and you can see it there. imagine riding in a plane with a gaping hole like that. this boeing 737 had gone through service, and rolling off the assembly line a couple months ago. the seats next to the blownout window had not been occupied. it's unclear what caused this to happen. alaska airlines was able to rebook passengers on that flight. that left from portland, they were able to do that later this evening. yesterday evening and both the national safety transportation board and alaska airlines are investigating this terrifying incident. >> absolutely terrifying. my god, those images. christina coleman from los angeles, griff. griff: frightening indeed. meantime, as the migrant crisis at the southern border reaches record levels, one state is now offering free health insurance to all undocumented immigrants. you heard that correctly. that's next.

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>> the migrant crisis intensifying after a record breaking number of encounters at the southern border in december. casey stegall joins me now with

more from eagle pass, texas. >> griff, good to see you. the bulk of illegal crossings in this community, as you well know, happened right in this spot where, you too, have spent much time under the international crossing bridges here in eagle pass, texas, between eagle pass and in mexico. a new hot spot emerged a little north of here. we want to get you the video by fox news cameras, 100 migrants taken custody near an exclusive neighborhood near high end homes and this area butts up to part of the rio grande river and has become another area where migrants are being taken into custody in larger numbers. now, we also caught up on friday with democratic congressman don davis of north carolina, who made the trip down here to eagle pass to see this crisis for himself and meet with stake holders as the talks between lawmakers and the white house continue over that supplemental spending agreement

where president biden has requested $14 billion for additional border funding. congressman davis tells me they must act fast as this ongoing crisis is simply not sustainable. >> one of the take-aways from that visit is just listening to the enormous volume of resources that they're having to commit locally from the community, to deal with the situations taking place here at the border in their community. >> in the meantime, border patrol agents in el paso this week arresting a man from el salvador who had been convicted of murder and another found guilty in a 2015 homicide from colombia. the chief of border patrol says since october 1st when the new fiscal year began, 10 different migrants with murder or homicide convictions have been found in this country and arrested. of course, that highlights the importance of border patrol

agents to be out here in the field actually patrolling and not bogged down with processing and administrative duties, so much paper work that often comes and is often required processing large groups of mass migrant events. griff: such a great point. casey stegall live for us in eagle pass. alicia: california ringing in the new year with free health care for 700,000 migrants in a program expected to cost $2.6 billion annually. jim desmond joins me now to discuss more. thank you for being here. before we begin, a quick bit of background on this. this started 10 years ago when democrats began the pushed to extend medi-cal, your state's medicaid. and 26 to 49 were added. and the thing is, the program started when california had a budget surplus and as now the state is facing a record

deficit. your thoughts on this? >> well, you know, this is like a slow boil. it did happen where children and minors were allowed to get m medi-cal and you mentioned california's version of medicaid and then seniors, 55 and older or whatever the number was. the central group and everybody in between the minors are allowed, between the minors and seniors, now will get this free medi-cal. and you know, people in california who can't get insurance because their income might be a little too high or maybe they're entrepreneurs or own businesses, they can't get insurance so they have to pay for insurance and yet, the people that just walk across the border now are qualified for insurance in california. we're already one of the most heavily taxed states. we're going to have a deficit, a budget deficit of over $60 billion this year. and this tacking on another 2 1/2 to, 3 billion dollars for

health care for migrants which we're looking at this problem from the wrong end. what we should be doing is only allowing the number of people into our country through the border that we can have the capacity for and can manage. we're being inundated and chaos by insuring everybody here, i don't want people walking around sick, but we shouldn't be allowing hundreds of thousands of people across the border every day, san diego county the last three months we've had over 70,000 people dropped off in san diego county that came across the border illegally. alicia: you mentioned not wanting to see people walking around sick and to bring up that number again, you can see the costs expected to hit california every year. the people who are proponents of this 2.7 billion, people proponents of this kind of said what you said, you don't want people walking around sick and when you have people who don't have health care when it's needed they end up in the

emergency system and in turn cost the state. is there a point there? >> there's an interpo for sure, what is the problem? what is the core problem here? the core problem we're letting in too many people, more than we can handle and more than managed inundating our e.r.'s, our local resources. we at the county are spending over a million and a half dollars a month basically becoming a travel agent for all of the migrants that are being dropped off here in san diego county. so it's putting a strain on our row sources and absolutely, we want people to have health care, but we need to stop as many people coming across the border as there are today. it's chaos and we just-- the communities can't handle it or can't manage it and we're being stuck with the bill, which is what's really hurting not just san diego county, but the entire country as you hear from other mayors across the united states. alicia: well, yeah, and with regard to other mayors, let's talk about other states and

cities, seeing arrivals, denver. the mayor says the largest recipient in the country per capita. a democratic mayor and pushing the federal government to do more, including the biden administration to shorten the timeline for worker permits. listen. >> there's nothing more un-american than having someone arrive in your city and beg me every day for the chance to work and us to say, no, no, we won't let you work, we instead want you to be here without working. these are people that are in industrious, and we have calls, why can't i put them to work. >> do the work permits need to be sped up so people can work to get people off the streets? >> well, again, we're looking at the back end of a problem. the problem is the border. and we're trying to fix all of the symptoms. and, yes, if they're going to be here, better to have them

working and earning a living instead of becoming homeless, but the whole thing is, we've got to look back at the border. it's not just more money that we need. what we need, we need the department of homeland security to allow border patrol agents to stop people before they come across, to have a number that we'd say, only this many people can come across because that's what we can manage and handle. our cities and communities are overrun and we're looking at fixing the symptoms instead of the problem of an immigration process, a program that actually works, instead of just having people walk across the border, on january 1st, i went down to the border and witnessed people being dropped off on the other side of the border, coming across the border, border patrol agents couldn't do anything about it, they were there waiting for them to come to the encampment area where they're processed and brought into san diego county where we pick up the bill. the issue is not the symptoms, it's the border. alicia: san diego county

supervisor jim desmond. so good to see you. thank you so much. >> thanks alicia. griff: alicia, americans from georgia to maine are bundling up under winter weather alert, as the first winter storm of the season on the east coast takes shape. that's next. here's to... one year bolder. ♪ ♪boost♪ nutrition for now. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works.

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far. this reading just over an inch so we'll have to wait and see later in the day we could have several inches maybe up to eight inches of snow in this area. now, i also want to note, some counties, at least three, including where we are in washington county, are actually under a winter-- excuse me a snow emergency. and that means, drivers in that area must have snow tires or chains on their tires and they must also not park on any highway designated as snow emergency routes or you will be towed. the good side of this, this area, this county, they haven't had snow at all this winter. last winter, they only had a trace of it so many people excited to see the snow, come to town. here is what one guy had to say about it. >> i am thrilled, okay? my children are very young and i feel like my youngest hasn't even experienced a real snow in the past couple of years, you know, growing up here, you know, we had massive

snowstorms. i remember jumping off like the first floor, you know, roof of my kitchen and into this giant mound of snow and i'm excited for my kids to experience a decent snow. >> all right. that's exactly what they're getting today. maybe not enough to jump into it, but it will continue to accumulate and unfortunately at a cost of that, the roads are going to become dangerous so plow drivers and those with public works, they're telling me they're hoping that people do stay off the roads, stay home, and stay safe. so, stick with us, we'll be live all day on fox weather as well reporting on the winter storm and remember that fox weather is your winter storm hq. you can stream us on any connected device, always on, always free. back to you alicia. alicia: thank you so much, brandy. great safety trips and i love that dad embracing the charm of it all. brandy campbell with fox weather. griff. griff: alicia, head coach

billionaire bill ackman who has been outspoken against harvard, and his wife was accused of plagiarizing, and there were acknowledged errors with certain paragraphs. for more on college campus, anti-semitism and the representation of ms. gay, we're talking with adam, and thank you for being here and braving the snow. i think it's important for viewers, you know, i want to get claudeine gay. how prevident is this on the college campuses. thank you for having me and for the discussion, the issue is pervasive and shocking. since october 7th at hill

international we have received reports from jewish students of 800 instances of anti-semitism and that's on hundreds of college campuses across north america and when i talk about 800 incidents, these are not simply graffiti and hate speech although that's very common. we tracked 41 physical assaults, it's really unprecedented. griff: wow, so claudine gay's problems, beginning on campus, but during the hearing, when they were questioned, the three presidents, here is a little of that exchange. >> so the answer is yes, that calling for the genocide of jews, violates harvard's code of context, correct? >> it depends on the context.

>> it does not depend on the context. >> she could not bring herself to calling the genocide of jews was against harvard's code of conduct. and protecting jews on the campus, with the situation at harvard, does it go deeper than just claudine gay? she defended herself accusing critics of racial stereotypes and the like, but some suggested that harvard's corporation board should step down for allowing it to happen that it's larger. >> it's absolutely systemic in terms of issues at harvard and at so many of the universities. we do hope with the change in leadership, that new leadership takes the issue more seriously, but when you look at what's not being done, that's where we see opportunity. number one, universities -- and this is true at harvard and

elsewhere -- they need to discipline students, faculty and staff who are crossing lines and engaging in harassment and intimidation or outright assault. that should be easy and it's not happening. the discipline is not taking place and it's not taking place in a speedy way. number two, we need universities to engage in education. that's what they're about and so many students don't understand contemporary anti-semitism and the basic dem monization of israel plays into anti-semitic tropes and behavior. and finally asserting control over campuses. there's no rule in the universe that the university needs to allow the quad, the library, the dorm, the classroom to be 24/7 places for protests and protests that can evolve into mob-like behavior. they have the ability to respect time, place and man her

protests happen so the students continue to be educated and feel safe and secure. griff: it's fascinating, i think you're onto something there with the education part. you're seeing people like billionaire bill ackman and others, questioning the dei, diversity, equity, inclusion part of this. do you see a connection there? what are your thoughts on that. >> well, we certainly want to support efforts to address discrimination against any minority on campus, but i would say that dei frameworks largely failed jewish students in 80% of students that we surveyed, this is just last month, who had dei programs and initiatives on their campus, that educated students about discrimination, 80% of their students said there was nothing involving anti-semitism, no education. we also know from jewish students across so many campuses, that if they go to a dei office to report an issue, they're literally told in many

cases, that's not part of what we do. griff: wow. >> even though hate crimes and hate speech against jews is the highest level of incidents on a percentage basis of population of any minority. so-- >> that's unacceptable. >> totally unacceptable. and again, this is where on the positive side this isn't that hard. if universities are going to invest millions of dollars into addressing discrimination, let's make sure you incorporate anti-semitism in that. griff: we've got to leave it there, adam. great discussion and i hope the universities will take your recommendations, simple, straightforward and important. adam lehman. alicia: thanks, griff. the flu season is intensifying in certain regions of the country. that's next.

>> the c.d.c. now projecting flu cases to surge this winter, especially in the southeast and west. this, as more than 6,000 flu

related deaths have been reported since october. madison is live with the latest. hi, madison. >> hi, alicia. doctors say that influenza is back with a vengeance and that's after covid really was the dominant respiratory illness over the last three years. now, more than 10 million flu cases so far this season, according to the c.d.c. >> that the moment flu is so dominant, that there are more patients with influenza, milder infections that can go home, but also people that need hospitalization right now. so i would say right this moment, flu is causing more severe disease than covid. >> after families spent time together for the holidays, flu cases are spiking coast to coast, with the heaviest concentration, are like you said, alicia, here in the southeast and out west. more than 110,000 flu

hospitalizations since october and medical experts expect influenza to be around well into february. the c.d.c. recommends that everyone six months or older gets the flu vaccine. nearly 44% of adults have received the season shot. >> we've seen a drop-off on our traditional rates of flu vaccine which are not where we would want them to be normally. >> now, there are anti-viral treatments for patients, but it's best to get those right when symptoms begin to be fully effective. alicia. alicia: get those flu shots. madison, thank you so much, good to see you. griff: alicia millions of east coasters are wondering, where will this weekend's winter storm be the most intense? we have answers. that's next. and wake up ready to go. how could you? ( ♪ ) wake up to a new you. with mucinex nightshift, it's not cold & flu season, it's always comeback season. ♪ ♪

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>> several inches of snow likely to fall across swaths of the interior northeast and new england with impactful snow totals on the northern interstate 95 corridor. meteorologist adam klotz has your forecast. >> we're tracking snow across the country. snow for some and rain for others. and interestingly enough on the southern end of the system we could be talking about isolated tornados and severe weather and i'll start with that moving across florida as we speak. big thunderstorms moving across

the sunshine state and yes, there's a possibility and likely of seeing some severe weather here before the day is all over. here is what it looks like running up into the northeast and you're looking at all of that rain and snow mix kind of drifting that direction, certainly heavy snow for some of the interior places. if you live right along the coast and you'll notice it here, maybe not as much in the way of winter weather, but winter storm alerts are in place for all of those interior communities across new england and mid atlantic as that continues to stretch further to the north. here is the timing. if you haven't seen it move into your area yet, it's lingering through new england most of the day on sunday. so this is really going to take up a bulk ever the weekend as this big weather system slowly moves off shore. who is ultimately going to see snow? that's the question that everybody has. well, this is what we're looking at, areas in the pink is where the heavy snowfall is. from d.c. up to baltimore, up to philadelphia, very unlikely that you'll see much in the way of snow, but further inland and upstate areas where you're going to see that snow and i'm

going to leave you with this one, alicia, and what folks in new york city will see, and that is likely less than an inch of snow. so more of a rain event for those folks. alicia: we know we'll be watching. thanks, adam. griff: the push to impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas is coming up next week. that's coming up as fox news continues. here we go. woo hoo! ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals. and a new fiber blend with a prebiotic. (♪) ♪ [typing] you were made to act spontaneously. we were made to help plan accordingly. ♪

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