he was once red sox p.m. and patriots quarterback tom brady getting nine votes. one more than president obama who got eight. wow. you never know. i'm sandra smith. have a good weekend. noon on the west coast, 3:00 in new york city where the president-elect's cabinet is starting to come together, and not without controversy. donald trump making some key picks, going with conservatives and knocking back the doubt wloers question his commitment -- doubters who question his commitment to the gop. ahead, nature more on his national security adviser and attorney general. the president-elect meeting with some of his former rivals. we're talking mo ing mitt romne cruz, nikki haley. comg up, getting one-time enemies on board for team trump. plus, inside the security plan to protect donald trump in the heart of new york city. the mayor and police chief giving new information this afternoon. let's get to it.

first from the fox news desk, at lealast it's friday. president-elect trump scheduled to leave for new jersey to meet with former republican nominee mitt romney tomorrow. this after the president-elect today tapped through conservatives for top positions in his administration. jeff sessions, retired general michael flynn for national security adviser, and the kansas republican congressman mike pompeo to head up the cia. all three have slammed president obama's counterterrorism and national security policies. they also have long careers in public service. senator sessions was one of the president-elect's earliest supporters during the campaign. he's been in congress nearly two decades. he serves on the senate judiciary committee and other panels. senator sessions has also faced quite a bit of controversy. former president ronald reagan nominate him to be a federal judge in the 1980s when he was a

u.s. attorney in alabama. the senate rejected now-senator sessions after people who worked with him accused him of being a blatant racist. one african-american assistant u.s. attorney testified that sessions called him "boy" and said sessions thought that kkk members were " ookay" until he learned they smoked marijuana. a trump adviser said the transition team does not anticipate that being a problem this time around. retired lieutenant general michael flynn does not need senate confirmation to be a national security adviser. the general was another of trump's most loyal supporters during the campaign. general flynn spent more than three decades in the military. he's a registered democrat and serves as director of defense intelligence agency under president obama. the retired general stepped down from that position in 2014 or was forced out. he says obama administration officials forced him out because he disagreed with their approach to fighting terrorism. critics claimed he mismanaged that agency. they also accuse him of

insummiting muslims repeated -- insulting muslims repeatedly. he tweeted, "fear of muslims is rational. please forward this to others. the truth fears no questions." the tweet included a link to a youtube video about radical islam. congressman mike pompeo will face a senate confirmation process to become cia director. the kansas republican joined the house in 2011. analysts call him one of the most conservative members of the freshman class. he serves on intelligence, energy, and commerce committees and the house select committee on benghazi. the former cia and nsa director, michael hayden, calls congressman pompeo a serious man and says he is heartened at the selection to be america's spy chief. analysts say the latest selections may show president-elect trump is good on his campaign promise to be a conservative commander in chief. you may remember before the election, some republicans accused donald trump of not being a true conservative. his old gop rival, ted cruz, called him a rich new york liberal and compared him to

hillary clinton. doug mckelway at trump tower where trump will be hitting the road in a minute. doug? >> reporter: hi, and given some of nation sessions' remarks from long ago and given mike pompeo's remarks and tea party affiliation, democrats who were so badly wound ed on election night not happy with the confirmation process. we're hearing that will be the case. the soon-to-be minority leader chuck schumer said in statement today, i'm quoting now, "i know senator sessions, and we have worked out in the gym. the fact that he is a senator does not absolve flim answering tough questions in the confirmation process. given some of his past statements and thoughts on immigration reform, i am very concerned about what he would do with the civil rights division at the justice department." senator majority leader mitch mcconnell is standing by his man and issued a statement following up saying, "when it was collaborating with senator

durbin to address sentencing disparities or keeping up with ted kennedy to combat sexual assault in prison, jeff has always looked out for the safety, security, and freedoms of his constituents and the nation." now to the cattle call. senator tomc cotton of arkansas is seen as a potential candidate for secretary of defense. form governor mike huckabee of arkansas also here. considered to be a candidate for any number of potential cabinet positions. also here today, our boss, rupert murdoch. i ran for the truck when i saw that. >> it's always best. doug, good to see you. thank you. chris wallace, anchor of "fox news sunday" live from the capitol hill newsroom. let's go through these starting with senator sessions. he has detractors. >> oh, absolutely. a couple of things. first of all, there is the 1986 of -- he was a u.s. attorney as you mentioned, he was named to the federal court, the district court by ronald reagan in 1986.

he had to go for senate confirmation, and the senate refus refused. it was almost entirely about this issue of civil rights. he had made a number of statements at the time. he had said he believed the naacp was un-american. the aclu un-american, and he also brought up voter fraud against some civil rights workers who had registered a lot of african-americans. now this was 30 years ago. you can be sure that democrats in the senate are -- i did an interview with chuck schumer, democratic leader. he made it clear there's not going to be the senate boys club here. they're going to be tough on him both on a civil rights record and also much more recently in terms of immigration. he's been one of the leading spokesmen against immigration reform in the senate. so i'm not sure that they're going to be able to block him, but they're going to make things tough for sessions during his

confirmation hearing. >> then there's general michael flynn. and frankly, chris, people on both sides of the aisle are expressing -- not everyone, but a lot of people on both sides of the aisle are expressing deep concern. >> well, look, he very much mirrors donald trump. and he was the first major general national security official support trump and trump and he were very much in tune on foreign policy. on two main issues -- first of all, a very hard line against islam, and a somewhat softer line -- when i say islam, i should say radical islamic terrorism. he as he said in the tweet that you showed, has raised questions about islam saying it's natural to fear islam. that's going to raise eyebrows. also he's been softer as has trump when it comes to russia. in fact over for a big gala

celebrating r.t., it the russian sponsored run television network, english language television network in moscow this year and performance seat alongside vladimir putin. they get along on that. that job is not subject to senate confirmation. that's a white house staff job. people can grumble all they want. that's who donald trump wants at his right hand. >> speaking outside the golden elevators. let's listen -- >> what our meeting was about, it really should come from him. what's that? [ inaudible ] >> concerned with it? >> you know, i feel like i'm going to serve my country when i'm not inside or outside of government. and i'm going to be loyal to donald trump because i believed in him as a candidate. i stood by him throughout. i'm not looking -- i didn't come here looking for a job and did not campaign for him because, you know, i was needing work.

>> any reaction -- >> lots of people going to visit trump. he's going to be on the road in a minute. they're moving this chat-a-thon going on that will go on through the weekend, moving it to new jersey to the trump national golf club, on 600 acres. i think the secret service will be happy. it's almost impossible to secure trump tower because it has retail stores on the bottom floor and then the police saying whenever he comes to visit trump tower once he is president, they'll have to sunset down everything from 5 1 st. street o 67th -- you're loving at me again. i don't like it. mike pompeo -- i haven't heard a lot of whining about him. mike pomp yeo as cia director seems to be going over well. >> he's conservative. >> okay. >> as barack obama said, i won,

and elections have consequences, to republicans when he became president. that's what donald trump can say. he's very conservative, was a member of house intelligence botch was a member of the house benghazi committee and one of the tougher questioners of hillary clinton during that 11-hour marathon hearing. but solid credentials. and i suspect he'll have very little trouble getting through as the cia director. let me quickly say, you talk about the fact that he's going to be spending the weekend at his golf club in bed minister, new jersey, a place i've never been fortunate enough to be. and a big meeting with mitt romney. these guys said terrible things about each other during the primary campaign. stow very least, it shows trump's not nursing a grudge, that he wants to have inclusiveness among republicans and democrats. there's talk about him as a potential secretary of state. i frankly doubt it. not just because of the things they've said about each other, but also because trump and romney have very different views

on foreign policy, especially when it comes to russia. romney much harder line. so look, stranger things have happened, i'd be surprised if he's secretary of state. >> stranger things but not recently. the last time you were here was a week ago, tuesday, election day. do you remember that? roll it -- >> i dropped my chipstick. should i at least on the floor for someone else to pick up? >> well, i don't know. you could wait until the break. >> i need it. it's chapstick. >> you have a little chapstick fetish, don't you? >> fetish? no. >> i think you -- >> dune what you that means? >> what? chapstick? yes, it's a lip balm. i think you're a little ocd. you like your lipstick. >> you're not a nice man. guess what came in the mail today? >> must be happy with that chapstick fetish. you must be like a pig in slop. >> google the word and realize that is not what i have. the fine people at pfizer were apparently watching --

>> do you think anybody -- do you think any normal person would be that excited about getting chapstick? >> should i ask someone else to pick this up? should the big anchor have an underling or do it myself? >> no, you could have wait until we're off the air. why are you excited about getting the chipsti -- the chapstick? like 29 cents. >> i can't suck up properly without the chapstick. >> here's the question, since i mentioned chapstick on the air, why do you get all the loot and i get nothing? >> you have to ask pfizer. i assume because i'm me and you're you, as i said in the e-mail. >> i'm not going to touch the e-mail exchange. >> rebels at vanderbilt this weekend. ten-point favorites. what do you think? >> i don't know. you guys are shaky. although you had a win -- didn't you beat texas a&m last saturday? >> two words, two words, though they're a complete team and wonderful people, shea and patterson. two words to get to know. shea parent son. watch him on scc net.

freshm freshman phenom. proud to have you in red and blue. >> i don't think that's in the cards. i don't think that's going to happen. as you're sitting there -- as you're watching that game with all your chapstick, i hope you have a heck of a good weekend. >> well, you make it sound fetish-y, and that's weird. we have one minute remaining, and you can't have it. i'll watch you this weekend on the "fox news sunday." chris talks with the head of the trump transition team. and then senate minority leader chuck schumer. then there's football in the afternoon, chris wallace in the morning. enjoy it. bring chapstick. nobody would ever call donald trump shy, no one i know. the former adviser he most keeps a point of making a low profile. what is it about his son-in-law, ivanka's husband, that has the president-elect keeping him by his side? that's coming up on this friday

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kushner was behind demoting chris christie in the transition chairman and kicking his allies off the team. the campaign denies that. there's good reason to believe it. we have more on this. trace, kushner and christie, they have a bit of a history. >> reporter: they do. in 2004 while he was the u.s. attorney for new jersey, chris christie prosecuted the case against jared kushner's father, charles, for tax evasion, witness tampering. charles kushner, a prominent democratic donor, was convicted and sentenced to two years. the case made huge headlines and helped launch chris christie into the republican elite. the trump team flatly denies that jared kushner was behind the perjurying of christie and his -- purging of christie and his allies from the transition team. >> couldn't be further from the truth. jared did a fantastic job with the campaign. obviously the president-elect respects his counsel very much.

and a number of people who he's had the opportunity to work with during the campaign. >> reporter: the transition team says lobbyists are the only ones being kicked off and that's to make good on a trump campaign promise. >> jared kushner's getting a lot of attention for a guy who doesn't like the spotlight at all. >> kushner is calm, composed, and camera shy. the president-elect says his son-in-law is very good at politics, despite the fact that he has zero political experience. and really had no official position with the trump campaign. but kushner is making his own mark in business. he owns a skyscraper on 5th avenue in man a few blocks from trump you toer it. ten years ago at 25 years old, jared kushner bought "new york observer newspaper." the orthodox jew even used the editorial section to defend donald trump against accusations of anti-semitism. it's unclear what advisory role if any jared kushner will take on during the trump

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airlines? how about trump university? then there's "trump" magazine and trump vodka and trump steaks and trump mortgage. a business genius, he is not. >> why don't you all come over. let's talk about working together. weird, right? what a difference a few months can make. former rivals getting facetime with president-elect trump. this week it was lyin' ted, the senator who ran against trump during the primaries. also the south carolina governor, nikki haley, trump called her an embarrassment to her own state after she spoke out against him. up next, the former massachusetts governor mitt romney, somehow those two are going to meet tomorrow. during the campaign among other things, romney -- excuse me, romney called trump a fraud and a phony among other things. trump called romney a stone-cold loser. a trump spokesman says the president-elect is looking to hire the best people from any political party, stone-cold losers or not, when they

supported him or not. let's bring in erin zitner, national politics editor for the "washington journal." the video doesn't get erased. i mean, they're aware we were watching, right? >> boy, to be a fly on the wall when mitt romney meets donald trump or maybe a caddy in the clubhouse because they'll meet at bedminister, the golf club in new jersey. they're not rivals, they're not adversari adversaries. mitt romney and trump are political enemies, if you spin back to when mitt romney stepped up and done what many in the party thought that the other -- the other candidates for the nomination should do and said, do not nominate this guy. called him ay and a fraudy and . at a time when the primaries were rolling. that's a -- it's a lot of bread to break, to resolve that conflict. >> yeah. you've said that it's possible

if not floobl some of of this is -- probable that some of this is show. >> that's right y. do you have a range of people come in? you want to show if you're the president-elect that you're being judicious, you're considering all kinds of people. that you're casting a wide net. to some degree, that you're mending rifts in the party. you bring in ted cruz and nikki haley and mitt romney. it will be interesting to see if any of them do get swept -- selected for a trump is administration, and that would be contrary to the early signs we're seeing so far from the kinds of people he's selected. >> we hear about that for secretary of state and see rudy giuliani for secretary of state. giuliani, no matter what you think about rudy giuliani, he backed him from word one, from jump in this campaign. if you were to select mitt romney over rudy giuliani, that -- that unweird, wouldn't it? >> well, it does seem unlikely. and -- so far, we haven't really got a serious contender for any job with mike pompeo for cia being the lone exception.

he endorsed marco rubio in the primaries. we haven't seen a jeb bush brought into the administration and certainly not any democrat. remember barack obama brought in ray lahood. >> yeah. >> a republican congressman, to be transportation secretary. a show of some bipartisanship. we're not there yet with donald trump. >> wait, it looks like david petraeus is running for secretary of state, doesn't it? >> that's right. and that would be interesting, too. so look, so far, as you've heard in your show so far, the biographies of these gentleman. they've either been with donald trump from the beginning, as mr. flynn and mr. bannon and jeff sessions have been, or they're very ideologically attuned to the sharper ideological edges of trump's policy ideas. they're either sharply against iran or very eager to fight what they call islamic fundamentalist terrorism. >> yeah. david zitner from the "wall street journal," national politics editor. great to see you, thank you.

while we wait for donald trump's departure to new jersey, he was supposed to step out of the golden elevators like 30 minutes ago. you know, he's about the. a warning for -- he's busy. a warning for the millions traveling for thanksgiving. a top security official warns the terror threat for air travellers is still very real. mike, why do you tell us -- how does that help me? i mean -- we'll tell you what he's telling congress ahead. first, a group of brawling guys finally stop throwing punches, but there is not the way to break up a fight. the rest of the video presently.

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got a call from my friend, bill ford, chairman of ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the lincoln plant in kentucky. no mexico." he continued, "i worked hard with bill ford to keep the lincoln plant in kentucky. i owed it to the great state of kentucky for their confidence in me." associated press and others report, that auto giant was never going to transfer. it was actually going to transfer production of one vehicle, the lincoln mkc, so it could boost production of more popular models, the ford escape. company representatives apparently said there were no plans to cut even one single u.s. job. in an e-mail to the a.p., a ford spokeswoman would not con firm that executive -- when executives made the decision or when president-elect trump influenced the decision. she wrote, "we are encouraged that president-elect trump and the new congress will pursue policies that will improve u.s. competitiveness to make it possible to keep production of this vehicle here in the united states." john busse is the associate editor for the "wall street journal" and here with us on the

deck. he didn't actually do what he said he did. >> yeah. john stool and christina rogers of our detroit bureau have a great sort of play by play of what actually happened. it's in our website. and you're right, the number of jobs that that plant employs before and after this announcement are unchanged. as you point out, all they were going do is that they had already announced to the uaw they were going to move production of the lincoln crossover suv to mexico so they could boost production of the ford escape which is also made at that plant. that's all that was going to happen. no jobs were going to be lost. no jobs were going to be gained. the plant was going operate as usual. but the language that -- that donald trump is using is, hey, i already have -- i'm already showing you, i'm keeping jobs in the united states. from ford's side of this, in is their way of tossing him an easy way. he can claim they kept the

lincoln production in the united states. as far as that affecting jobs, no effect. >> it's similar to kind of things that happened during the campaign. we seem to be in a world where where you can say whatever you want because you can. >> it's weird. >> yeah, this twisting of the truth or twisting it to my advantage or telling an untruth entirely, that was a problem in the campaign. either he misunderstood what was happeninga this -- >> possible -- >> completely possible, but the notion we're keep think plant in kentucky, you know, is just like a way overstatement. ford is moving ahead with everything it's plan, to build a $1.6 billion plant in mexico to make the ford focus. that's being made in michigan now, a money loser. they'll make a small car in mexico. what they've said to workers, we're going to move in suv

production, won't have job loss. you have a new model. but the uaw's concerned because when gas prices go up, people stop buying suvs, and they beat smaller cars. they're worried for the potential of job losses there. they say, look, why don't you keep -- boost the suv production and build a plant in the united states. ford says it's way too expensive. >> workers are too expensive. >> workers are too expensive, taxes are too expensive. that's why the statement from ford coming on the heels of tossing a bone to the trump administration. donald trump hit on ford for hard for building a plant in mexico during the campaign. they come back and say we're happy that the trump administration's going to look for a way for us to be more competitive in the u.s. >> all right. nice to see you, john. >> a pleasure. the nypd and the secret service are working together to make sure donald trump's tower is safe while the splek living and working -- president-elect

is living and working there. it's causing real problems. according to the mayor, bill de blasio, they've ramped up security. they want to make sure that new yorkers can continue living their lives without frustration. so far folks say that is not the case. images in our slide show to show you this afternoon. which is starting in the wrong place because i'm not good at this. here's a look at some of the crowds around trump tower. now, trump tower, remember, in the main level, the lobby level, there's -- there's retail space, a gucci, there's a bunch of other stuff. those places are hurting. up and down 5th avenue, there's all kinds of pricey clothing stores, and they're like largely empty from my experience. this is the building with police, people standing out front. we actually know someone real well who works here, who lives in this -- in this building. and it's nightmarish getting in and out of there now. this next one, this is number two, the entrance to the building. that would be your entrance to your apartment building. that's an apartment building. that would be horrible. here, a worker claims that windows, sign above telling

people outside it is open to the public. and it still is, but they've added a scanning machine for your bags. so if you're coming in from the dwayne reed or, you know, down the street or whatever, everything's got to be scanned. rick leventhal's at the tower a few blocks from us here at fox world headquarters corner. what else did they say they're doing for security there, ricky? >> reporter: well, authorities say there's a lot they can't tell us about what they're doing out here. but the police commissioner says of course trump tower is now a target for terrorists. and that all the security precautions you see on 5th avenue will remain until the president-elect moves into the white house in january. they point out that this is the first time in decades that a resident of new york city has been elected president, and he happens to live one block south of one of the busiest intersections in america. so traffic will no doubt be affected and continue to be affected. two lanes will remain closed here on 5th avenue. a metal barricade, concrete b e

barricades remain in place. 56th street will be closesed for several blocks. trump traffic is being diverted from the area. tleecht at least 50 officers have been added for traffic control for traffic control. there are many other tactical deployments, as well. listen -- >> we'll have our explosive detection k-9s, critical response command and strategic response group as well as plain-clothes officers and countersurveillance teams working nelson mandela hand with our intelligence bureau and partners in the federal government, specifically the secret service. >> reporter: the police commissioner says new yorkers are the most resilient people on the planet. they'll deal with this but it's going to be a nightmare and a headache for a long time. >> it looks like businesses up and down 5th avenue are hurting, rick. >> reporter: yeah, and some reporting business is down 20% to 50%, even more in some cases. listen, it's been tough to move through this part of town. it's tougher now. even pedestrian traffic on this stretch of 5th avenue has skyrocketed from 400 an hour to,

by some estimates, 10,000 to 12,000 people an hour. many are just out taking pictures. they're not apparently going into the restaurants and coming into the businesses. they're avoiding them. it's a problem. peep can't get through the security barricades. they're having a real issue here. and there is really no relief in sight, at least not in the near term. the city says it understands the concerns of business owners and doing what it can to help. they admit that the current setup will remain for at least the next 65 days. >> we understand the number-one imperative here is safety and security. we owe that to the president-elect, his family and his team. and that is important for all new yorkers. that will be the most important consideration. we believe we can balance that with a number of measures. >> reporter: the mayor also says the city will be asking the federal government for reimbursement for the security costs, especially for the police overtime. >> all right, rick leventhal. thank you. the homeland security department warning that the

thanksgiving could mean more opportunity for terror attacks. thanks for that. what am i supposed to do now? words. the department reports there's no specific threat at all. yet they told us that. they put it in a bulletin warning terrorists could target public buildings and big gatherings. that is always true. the tsa is also getting ready for holiday travel. it is -- down there laughing -- >> i know. i'm not laughing. >> birthdgive me something constructive like don't go on eastern flight 31. yeah. >> it's always very tough. especially with the lone wolf or lone actor attacks. i mean perks you -- i mean, you know because you've been covering this. it's hard to insinuate yourself into plots to disrupt them. it's a tough television. putting out information or being in the nothing at all basket, you are, perhaps. >> if you have something specific that will help me and my family make decision business our activities, great. if it's, oh, they might hit the building, i knew that.

thanks. >> yeah. do you want to talk about the tsa? >> would you, please? >> okay. what they told us in our interview yesterday is, as you would expect, the thanksgiving weekend is really shaping up to be a record for air travelers. they're looking at about three million a day beginning on wednesday with the peak being wednesday, thursday, and sunday. the threat information suggests that these nonmetallic devices still continue to be a risk, and so travelers are reminded ton bring liquids this their bags because as we know that slows down the screening process. >> look for things like liquids that you might have forgotten are in a bag cherks the bottom of your backpack, purse, your briefcase, a lot of people go, holy cow, i forgot i had that. >> after the brussels attack where 32 were killed and injured dozens of others, law enforcement has been working to expand the security perimeter at

airports, especially in the pickup and drop-off areas. he told they're working on technology that would allow on-board flights' passengers to keep their slews on. each the pilot projects for the technology is probably at least 18 months away. >> all right. gets you clear check or whatever it is. thank you, thank you, appreciate it. >> you are welcome. president obama leaving europe today for the next leg of his final major trip, announced or planned major trip. even in another hemisphere, the shadow of donald trump seems to be following him wherever he goes. that's coming up. we're continuing to watch golden elevators, the president-elect is set to come out of the golden elevators at some point and go to new jersey, because why not? i don't want to live with

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a fantastic thing has happened. i've never said this before -- mystery foam alert. not even kidding. santa clara, california, i can't explain you this, but it's so good that i have to show you. there is mystery foam consuming part of an airport. i mean, come on. where are the llamas? it appears that the foam is -- is emerging from this moving building. and as you can see, it is taking up much of the land mass, another name for mississippi. this is -- look at the stop sign. it's foam to here. i think i've been to this club, you know? but i don't know -- i mean, could i speculate? i could, but that's either worthless, except i will. look, it's undulating. it's undulating mystery foam. i do not know. but this is an airport hangar, and there -- you see the little people all around it. and it's actually coming out of

two sides. it's going to be a white christmas in san francisco. i don't know. mystery foam. look at it blowing here. apparently this is -- uh-oh. changing colors. it's taking flight now. there's a malfunction. the official word on this is that there's a malfunction. you think? we don't know what the malfunction is, but you can see it. here -- you get a whole new crop of it now. and i don't know what it does. is it -- could it be like the kind of foam that you use to foam down a runway when a jet has a problem? i suppose it could be. since i don't know, i can't tell you that because i'm the news guy. that would -- just wouldn't be appropriate. you never know. kids might be in there with -- with fire extinguishers or something. i don't know. you see it is tall. it is -- it is taller than -- oh, my god. apparently the photographer is on a boat. but it's taller than some people in some areas. you saw it at the stop sign there.

we have mystery foam. i mean, you know the election's over when we start doing these stories again. look at that. my dad was a cotton merchant back in the day, and like he -- they would get the samples from the farms before selling it to the mill. he and a bunch of guys would be in the back of the shop for hollywood square. and this -- the cotton would be everywhere. it would get all over your clothes, my brother hated it. it looked like this sometimes. it did not undulate in this way, though. that's some freaky stuff right there. mystery foam at the airport. this is santa clara, thanks to fox 2, ktvu, not fox 2, channel 2, ktvu, we own them and love them, and we thank them for the foam. they sent a chopper -- there's a reporter on the ground. is she still there? i want to see the woman whose assignment to see cover the mystery foam. there's photogs from other channels. it's big news in san francisco bay area. mystery foam, undulating and on

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greg brady is apparently doing his laundry. it's coming on in large, large quantities now. and it -- look at this. it understand late, and it's clearly become windy in santa clara. and there's fear, there's widespread panic across america that this could really swallow all of san francisco. and while we have a lot of moon, to feeds coming in, we've been

waiting to see if -- if president-elect trump makes his move to new jersey. we've had -- look at this >> we can't let this moment pass. greg -- oh, my god. oh, yeah. that's not right. >> that's the trump rump. and you know, jonathan glenn behind me here, one of your producer doesn't think that's

the original naked cowboys. >> how do you know? >> he's wearing a different kind of underwear. i don't know. he wasn't wearing cals before. >> if creatures with costumes approach you in times square, don't do it. walk away for they are exam artists. >> they want your $20 bills. >> it's not for charity. it's scam artists and the city's trying to get rid of them. >> is that a mink coat he's wearing? >> it is a furry cover of some sort. please, keep the -- >> there's symmetry here between the left screen and right screen. >> it's the greatest days since llamas. >> the left screen with all that foam, reminds me the time i poured the entire box of laundry

soap in the washing machine. i don't do laundry much. >> it will create something like this. i just hope nobody's in there looking for the door. >> this is as good as the llamas. >> the llamas did more than undulate. they seemed to have a design. >> there's something going on. >> i doubt neil cavuto is able to go -- we'll be back in a minute. hi, juice universe? one large rutabaga, with eggplant... done! that's not fair. glad i had a v8. the original way to fuel your day.

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because you got to give him that level of protection. the back story is he's going to his trump golf course down in new jersey where he has trump national golf course on 600 acres there. it's supposed to be quite a place and that's where he's going to meet with a number of people including mitt romney tomorrow and over the weekend. the cowboy is still in front of the golden elevators and there's foam as well. these are the things i have for you as we approach mercifully the end of an hour and on this day, ding, ding, ding, and on this day -- there it is. you have to put the words up there. i need the words. i can't read foam. the computer's loading. hello, everyone. maybe i'll read it from the blue paper. there we go. on this day in 1913 an american

pilot did a loop to loop for the first time. historians say lincoln beachy was one of the first great stunts pilots. he pulled off his new trick near san diego after telling the "the new york times" didn't know how he did it. the loop-to loop became the common stunt. 103 years ago today. we've come a long way since then. we really have. now we have naked cowboys in front of golden elevators and foam. it is now coming out of the very pores of the building. what will they do with it? how far will it stretch? will all of the san francisco bay area be consumed with foam? we do not know. it's one of the many reasons television news is here for you. should the naked cowboy do anything of note or the foam do anything of interest, you can count on us.

america's choice for news and information on cable and foam. neil cavuto doesn't do foam. bubble bath, maybe. i don't really know, but as far as i know foam's out in cavuto land. here he is. don't knock it. welcome everybody. i'm neil cavuto and this is your world and man what a day, what a week, what ten days since the election that shook the world and now the president-elect leaving the big island of manhattan heading out to new jersey and his golf club and of course one of the more iconic moments that will likely be recorded tomorrow. that one on one meeting with mitt romney. how they bury the hatchet and move on from there, whether a cabinet position is offered there is anyone's guess but first, to rick leventhal on what's going on right now. hey rick. >> they ju