>> scientists predicting the chocolate supply will melt away boo 2050 and they are blaming global warming. rob: not a chance. a passenger let's itself out of the emergency exit. another man claims he was having asthma attack. had to get off. bye. >> white house meeting with congressional leaders too discuss bunt caps and other policy new year. >> president wants to have immigration reform. we heap to be able to meet with members of congress to get that done. >> why do the left want so many illegal immigrants and amnesty. let's be honest they want their votes. >> north korean dictator. president trump quoting i too have a nuclear bu button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his. >> california is now a sanctuary state. >> california better hold on tight. if the politicians in california don't want to protect their community then ice will. >> senator orrin hatch, the

longest serving republican in the senate and a former boxer is throwing in the towel. >> i brought that fighting spirit with me to washington. every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. >> what is gangsters paradise lost. >> you said gangsters instead of gangsta on that song by coolio so we take '200 away from you so you are now in second place. ♪ run away, run away ♪ you better get away, get away steve: live from new york city, it's mostly cloudy, it is 17 degrees and, according to my device, it feels like 11 degrees. brian: right. how does your device know how you feel? that's the crazy thing. steve: hold on that's another, swipe right. brian: that's a different app. ainsley: everywhere i go people ask me why are you wearing sleeveless when it's

winter. brian: we work indoors. ainsley: exactly. i don't want to wear long sleeves every single day. brian: i have long been a proponent of deltoid exposure. steve: is that the airline? brian: exactly. ainsley: clearly you are a fan of deltoid exposure. brian: i have to dress like a guy. steve: can't find a saddle long enough. ainsley: i will wear a jacket. steve: a wednesday that feels like a tuesday. kim jong un says i have built a bomb that can blow up the united states of america. nuclear button is always on my desk. the u.s. can never fight a war against me and our state. that's what he said on monday. and you know it was going to lead to a show down with the president. ainsley: our president tweeted. he said korean leader kim jong un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times.

will someone from his depleted and food stanksd havregime tell him i have a nuclear button, but it is much bigger and more powerful than his and my button works. brian: his policy has been 100 percent correct. i was watching a couple other channels last night listen this is as close as we have gotten in north korea because the status quo was not acceptable. i thought the second half of the president's tweet is so telling. that army is starving to death. there are reports that these guys are allowed to leave their post to go out and hunt for food. we know the handful of defectors that have come forward and gotten across the line have been not only mal-nourished but riddled with bacteria. ainsley: we saw what happened to otto warm beer. we saw the officer trying to get across the line shooting at him. he got shot a few times he made it over to south korea. they are not allowed to

escape. they are not allowed to watch tv. they don't know what the rest of the world thinks of them because he controls everything. steve: he hypotheticalsed that the sanctions that the united nations and world committee have imposed are actually taking a toll. what he said was that the economy encountered, quote, unprecedented impediments in 2017. now, if there is a silver lining, it could be the fact that apparently yesterday north korea picked up this phone that has been not used for the last year or so and talked to south korea and said, hey, you know what? we would like to talk to you about coming to the winter olympics and they said you know what? we he would like to talk to you. that really is the rub. the united states cannot now take any sort of unilateral action against north korea if they are in talks even if they are about the winter olympics. ainsley: with south korea. brian: tactical move for them. ainsley: thatting me is going to take place next

tuesday. our sanctions are working. now he wants to work with south korea because they are feeling it. steve: right, at the same time, you cannot look at what north korea said townhouse about we can blow up the united states. that's a threat. we have got to take that serious. ainsley: absolutely. brian: if north korea wants to watch, that's one thing. if they want to play they are not allowed. together they have anyone skis. that's not going to qualify you for the winter olympics. steve: is that true nine skis? brian: maybe 11. i'm not sure that gets threw. i'm not sure if north going to see south korea they do participate and lindsey graham weighed in yesterday. if north korea goes, we are not going in my view. nine minutes after the top of the hour. fascinating developments four cities in iran as we see unrest happening. what's the main difference between the 2009 uprising and 2017? according to iranian experts this starts almost all young, this starts almost all rural. and believe it or not it was the leak of a document that

spurred this unrest that showed the top secret budget proposed by their president are rowhanihow much was going t, syria and iraq that got the population outraged where most of the young under 25 are unemployed. four out of every 10 don't have a job. steve: absolutely. the sanctions against iran are working as well. you look at what is going on over there. they don't like the president, even though they kind of like him, don't like him really, but they really hate the ayatollah. keep in mind one of the things sarah huckabee sanders said yesterday people of iran must be given human basic rights. there was a guest on robert bartlett retired staff sergeant injured by iranian bomb. what he depicts over the last number of years how many people united states citizens have been injured by iran. watch this.

>> you know, when they got the blood of 500 americans just in the last few years on their hands, you know, they have been killing americans since the 1970s, we just haven't done a whole lot really about it. billions of dollars and money to go over that obviously is not going to the people under a are seeing the protests now. ainsley: thousands of americans' blood on their hands. they support hezbollah. they hate israel. our president is now saying he supports these protesters. and in two weeks he has the opportunity -- the sanctions were lifted in 2015 with the iran nuclear deal. he has to -- every 120 days the president of the united states has to go back through and decide whether or not he wants to continue those sanctions to be lifted. so he has a major decision to make in the next few weeks. brian: what they have to do and i'm sure the president -- very few presidents are better at this than our current president. working one-on-one with other leaders. maybe merkel and he still

have some friction. but he can work with theresa may. he can work with mccrone. he can work with the italian leader and get everybody on the same page to say if the crack down continues with 21 dead already, if the crack down continues where you shut down social media, we're going to begin to put creep sanctions back. in not just from the u.s. but from the european leaders. the president has got to work the phones to make that happen. steve: let's see if they do because they have taken down instagram, telegram. the people who want to know what's going on don't know but the united states has made it very clear fix it. ainsley: all these iranians just want freedom. steve: why wouldn't they? ainsley: from this ayatollah, and some of these i was reading one article. one woman stood up and saying this ayatollah needs to be taken down. and she is risking her own life. she is risking her family's life to do. this whoever started these protesters and movement are very brave. brain brian that's one way in which if you have a burqa to cover your face it works

to your advantage. steve: through social media sanctioned smart phones they have been able to take a look at what freedom looks like it looks like this. it doesn't look like what they have over there. we will see what happens. yesterday we told you as of january 1st, california became sanctuary state. jerry brown, the democratic governor out there said okay, i'm going to sign it and you know what going forward, what that means, of course, is state officials, law enforcement and whatnot will not cooperate with ice when it comes to federal immigration issues and also you can't ask somebody who is detained in california hey, are you in the country legally? can't do that. brian: it's unbelievable. ainsley: it is. brian: give them hypotheticals. i'm amazed at this. tom homan on, director of actuary of ice. he was on neil cavuto. instead of saying good luck

california. they're not going to be going to texas or mexico they will be going with you. i will be standing there with my men and women looking to stop the flow but they are going to be coming. listen. >> street cops, they do not like this legislation. they are totally against it the street cops understand what we are trying to do. we want to take public safety threats out of the communities. and so this comes to -- this is a political decision. sonoma county didn't honorable a detainer. what happened? two weeks later he dhald girl. now two young daughters without a mother. state of california better hang on tight. they better hold these politicians personally accountable. more citizens are going to die because of these policies and these politicians can't make these decisions and be held unaccountable for people dying. we need to hold these politicians accountable for their actions. ainsley: went on to say they knowingly putting law enforcement at risk and

politics in front of public safety. brian: homeless situation that they have people choosing to be homeless who are 21 to 28. i have never seen anything like it. now basicfully california saying illegals are more important than the citizens of california. no matter what other city you are in they are more important than you are because that's where the money is going. steve: he hit it right on the money he said it was a political calculation essentially to do that. rank and file cops don't like it. what do you think about the people who live in that city. do you think they like it? ainsley: what about kate steinle's family that guy is going to be sentenced on friday. steve: there he is right there and there she is. very busy wednesday. jillian joins us in studio. jillian: it is busy. good morning to you. get you caught up at home as well. honoring a california deputy days after died after attack on new year's eve. lining up and saluting aces

had casey county left the hospital. san bernardino detective said 70-year-old larry was beaten unconscious by another driver after a car crash. he was off duty at the time. the suspect is in custody. he served the department for 36 years. he was the oldest deputy on the force. an american hero killed in the line of duty in afghanistan on new year's day. four other service men's are hurt following a combat engagement in an area where the u.s. has been fighting isis and the taliban. new jersey senator corey booker identifying the fallen soldier as sergeant first class senile here in 2009. he immigrated from latvia 13 years ago and wanted to serve his new country immediately. he leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter to. extreme weather now a monster winter storm taking part down south now. freezes over in georgia and soutsouth carolina where temperatures are about 30 degrees below average.

snow flurries falling in florida. out whenout conditions causing deadly pileup near buffalo, new york. >> look at that this is freaking bonkers. >> you can't see a gosh darn thing in front of you. everything blurry. complete whiteout. can't tell. i still can't feel my finger tips from walking not even a quarter mile from my vehicle. jillian: janice dean will keep us updated on the weather, guys. ainsley: you know that song i can't feel my face when i was walking with you. yesterday when i was walking i was like i can't feel my face. that's what the song is about. brian: song dedicated to the wind. steve: one of the promises that put president trump in the white house. >> we are going to drain the swamp. [cheers] steve: just now learning how deep that swamp is we have the hard numbers. they will shock you coming up next. brian: remember the professor who wanted a white genocide for christmas?

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comments. but now exactly how deep is the swamp and how is it spending your taxpayer dime? now thanks to our next guest you can find out open the books founder andrew created a new tool breaking down the 136 billion-dollar federal payroll by zip code. all you got to do adam is just know your zip code and you can figure out what? >> well, we want to invite everybody to plate game, steve, at the fox opinion section right now my editorial is published up there. and it links through to this widget where we literally map the swamp. the 2 million federal civil service employees by zip code so everyone watching the program can you click a pin your zip code or any zip code across the country and see your little piece of the swamp anywhere. anywhere across america. it's expensive. it's a million dollars a minute. it's a half billion dollars a day. and we found 30,000 federal employees that are every governor of the 50 states.

steve: unbelievable. federal employees bureaucrats making more than members of congress. there is at least one guy making more than the vice president of the united states. adam, we have got over here on the big wall swamp by the numbers. 407,000 federal elmly n employs are making over $100,000 a year. 400,000 make more than $190,000. and one more graphic as well. 165% increase in federal employees making 2 over $200,000 from 2010 to 2016. they are lawyers they should be adequately compensated, shouldn't they? >> well, and you are exactly right. out of the top 25 bonuses last year and the bonus bucket was expensive to taxpayers. it was $1.5 billion on the year. we found in the top 25

bonuses 12 of them were general attorneys, scientists, doctors. we did find other federal workers like at the presaidio trust san francisco in california small federal agent the top bonus in the entire federal system last year went to a human resource manager. it was $141,000. at the presidio land managesment society. they are not attorneys or doctors. realtor for 80 grand and program manager for 57,000. steve: it is an eye opener. adam, thank you very much. folks can go to our website friends@foxnews.com and look for op-ed and go ahead and play with the widget. thank you for joining us today from chicago. >> thanks for your interest in our work, steve. steve: interesting stuff. all right. we are in your home. isis terrorist posting a chilling selfie with that message outside a major new

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champion to the hangover? ♪ i can feel it council in the air of night. steve: guess what's coming from mike tyson? pot rancher. boxer turned actor now breaking ground on 40-acre future tyson ranch in california. the farm will include a marijuana cultivation school supply store and campground. and speaking of pot, ainsley. ainsley: thank you, steve. california is the eighth and most populist state where marijuana is legal. brian: dr. marc siegel is here. ever since colorado passed it on their own inspite of federal law we have been trying to study what legalizing would do. what are you finding? >> first finding, of course, colorado. talk about them since 2013

recreational marijuana has been legal, brian, raised half a billion dollars with doing that with fax taxes and fees. here's the problem fatal car accidents involving pot has doubled over that period of time that doesn't mean that pot's the cause but they are finding that people who die in car wrecks twice as many as before have some marijuana in their system. ainsley: san francisco police department saying one in every four drivers, one in every four that they are pulling over is stoned this was before it was even legalized it. >> in a way it's worse than alcohol because it stays in your system for days and days it impairs judgment. that's what you need when driving. where you perceive the next car being. brian: talk about pregnancies. you know it leads to more birth weight the fact that it's more acceptable will make people do it more. >> i'm worried about morning sickness. ainsley knows this when you are pregnant and have morning sickness it can be a

really awful symptom. i tell my patients don't take anything maybe mylanta not marijuana. there is a study in california where it's being legalized recreational already before recreational pot was legalized already before 7% of pregnant women were using pot and 20% under the age of 24. do you know what that leads to? it leads to children that have blaferl problems, that can't focus that have memory problems. that don't do as well in school. it rides to low birth weight infants, preterm labor. this is very bad for pregnancy. brian: have that faux medical marijuana where anyone could walk in with a prescription get it. >> no one monitoring it. ainsley: if you do this, it's going to kill your brain cells. is that a myth. >> no. it actually does kill your brain cells. it effects your lung and heart. you do not perform as well on tests. do you not do as well in the workplace it effects

relationships. so long-term use and we are talking about once a week. we're not talking about somebody who uses it once or twice. regular use of pot definitely impacts relationships. steve: yo ainsley: you have probably seen that. >> we see it in the office all the time. ainsley: there were a lot of people in my asal high school i thought were so smart and they would do that and go down the wrong path. >> huge increase of alcohol use among people also using pot. brian: you talk about that being a gateway drug and poisoning. >> gateway drug per bishop allen talked to you yesterday completely agree gateway drug to other drugs. poisonings increases among teens. colorado three times as many teens end up in the emergency room. they don't die from it but end up with rapid heart rate paranoia, anxiety. brian: you are against this. other thing not on the card is edibles. >> that's where the poisons

are coming from have it in candy and drinks. no stop sign on there at least when you are smoking it you know how much you are getting. you don't know how much you are getting when you are eating it leads to emergency room visits, paranoia psychosis. ainsley: we had the bishop on. he was saying he was addicted to drugs and he would smoke marijuana and he wouldn't get a high off of it and would have to smoke another one and another one and smoke four in one sitting i think he said something like that. that would lead to another drug he wanted to try because you don't get high if you continue to do it. >> when i debated the bishop he said it led to opioid use and had to be shocked out of it by being in prison. i believe in a therapeutic approach to that i think we have to start with pot and marijuana. making it harder for her teens to get. three times as many people using pout are also drinking alcohol. the combination medically of alcohol and marijuana on the system, it put you at big

risk of car accidents of doing a lot of things you are going to regret. brian: counter point it's out there anyway. at least you would be able to regulate it and get tax dollars for it should study 8 states and see if the federal government is going to start suing. >> it's a big problem for these states. you lose control medically that's what i'm concerned about. good to see you. brian: great to see you. utah senator orrin hatch says i'm done, i'm finisheddism i'm through. will mitt romney make a run for the senate seat. he just dropped a big hint. jason chaffetz who knows mitt romney. fought for mitt romney will weigh in about mitt romney. ainsley: i will take getting a bad rap for 200, alex >> our judges have reevaluated one of your response as few moments ago and take 3200 away from you ainsley: the jeopardy moment going viral this morning we will show it to you.

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♪ >> when the president visited utah last month, he said i was a fighter. i have always been a fighter. but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves and for me, that time is soon approaching. steve: with that orrin hatch has announced he will be hanging up the gloves at the end of his term. is he from utah and so is former congressman jason chaffetz. >> good morning. steve: everybody is looking at the tea leaves obviously

this now means mitt romney changed location on facebook from massachusetts to utah he is running. >> i checked my magic 8 ball and i think the answer is certainly yes. i don't know why. i think we need to ask mitt romney and he needs to tell the voters of utah why he wants to do this. if he runs, he is one of the most beloved figures. he has a home in hollywood utah. holiday utah. set presidential nominee. is he going to win i think he will be actually a really good senator. the relationship with donald trump is going to be fun to watch. brian: ambassador huntsman in russia they have a little rivalry we understand in utah. how would that be? will there be huntsman supporters that will push back against romney and try to find another? >> the state's largest newspaper the tribune is owned by jon huntsman jr.'s father. that creates an interesting dynamic. the most beloved political figure in utah is mitt

romney. he will be the next senator if he decides to run. ainsley: what's the real reason why is orrin hatch stepping down. >> he was elected in 1976. he is in his 80's and he has served the country well. ainsley: when he says is he stepping down when a fighter knows when to get out of the ring there was a problem but maybe there wasn't. >> no he said in last election he wasn't going to run again and is he living up to that word. brian: most important question for republicans if mitt romney gets elected will he be like ben sasse,' respected by the republicans but ben sasse does not like the president. will mitt romney be that? would he be the thorn in the -- republican thorn that jeff flake is in the president's side? >> i don't think mitt romney will ever make it personal. i think he wants a high level of discussion where he agrees with the president. he will say and do as much. i don't think he has a personal animus towards the president. remember, he was inches away

from becoming secretary of state. i think that was very real. i think the president and mitt romney will get along on certain parts. if mitt romney disagrees. ainsley: maybe that was part of the conversation when they were sharing that dinner in columbus circle. not secretary of state but maybe you should run? >> i don't know. i think he needs to answer the question why. he would be one of the oldest senators ever elected. steve: stay tuned. today is going to be a big day. devon nunes has subpoenaed a bunch of records from the department of justice. we will find out exactly how many of them show up and how many of them are blacked out. john solomon has had good reporting over at the hill where they revealed yesterday that there is evidence. there is written evidence that apparently the fbi believed that laws were broken regarding the hillary clinton email scandal. and it looks like that it guy covered things up when he even though they were subpoenaing the email records, he went and bleach bit it or whatever he did to it. >> there was hammers and

bleach bidding. when you listen to james comey back in july of 2016, you really thought that she was gel to get indicted. this is a closed case. there is no reason why the department of justice should hold back any documents from. steve: why are they? >> the key you need to listen for today i guarantee you the department of justice will tout how many documents they are turning over. >> the question that trey gowdy always asks which is the right one is what percentage of the documents. you want 100 percent of the truth on a closed case, then turn over all the documents. but i don't think they're going to do that. they have been asking for these documents under subpoena since august. and they still haven't gotten it. steve: it is the deep state. >> it is the deep state. i was skeptical what that means having lived through it is very real. brian: let's talk about fusion gps. they wrote editorial overall rebuke to the republicans who they say are not being transparent about fusion gps. fusion gps answered back in today's "new york times." in their editorial they come

out and you know where they are coming from where they exap compare this whole conversation production point of view to richard nixon. they come out and say they have a whole bunch of information about the president that the republicans don't want out there. they also say that there is a wide range of russian involvement with the president. that they don't want out there. they said that they never went out to get the president. that christopher steele was so overwhelmed by the information he was able to get he went directly to the fbi. rather than to their client, which walls the dnc and hillary clinton. and they explained it unwinded. lengthy rebuke to what republicans have been saying about them. you looked at this as chairman of oversight. what did you take? >> when i read, this it's chalked full of holes. political spin at its best courtesy of the "new york times." nevertheless. brian: not courtesy of the "new york times" it's their word. >> they gave them the space in the paper, which is fine. here's the reality of it. you have got to go back and look at the fact that the hillary clinton campaign, the dnc, mark allies is the

name people are going to get to know over the course of time are paying millions of dollars to get somebody overseas which is against the law by the way to go provide this information. what is not talked about in that editorial is bruce ohr, one of the senior most people at the fbi, his wife is involved and engaged. you don't see her name in this. steve: she worked for fusion. >> she worked for fusion gps. was that document choked full of holes use you had as a document to go to the fisa court to spy on the trump campaign. brian: couple things stand out to me. christopher steele says we never told christopher steele who he was working for. christopher steele is writing down information on donald trump. who do you think is he working for there is political election. brian: gives $10 million doesn't give the information to fusion. i have got to go right to the fbi who they say corroborated in information corroborated with what the fbi found out.

really? james clapper and james comey said this salacious uncorroborated information in this dossier when he was presidents elect trump. so this stuff does not add up it really is almost come mick call if fusion gps halls nothing to hide give it to the congressional investigators something they have not been willing to do. an organization with 15 people they get millions of dollars oh by the way one of our employees works her husband works for the fbi and is in charge of this hillary clinton investigation. what a coincidence. steve: pretty cozy. thank you for dropping by the couch. happy new year. >> happy new year. steve: meanwhile it's cold outside exstream weather south is artic blast northern portions of florida. brian: this pond in south carolina is frozen solid. why did you let that happen

ainsley. ainsley: now a police department wants to nab the person behind the cold snap issuing an arrest warrant for queen elsa from the movie frozen. ♪ let it go ♪ let it go ♪ i am one with the wind. steve: those images from america's most wanted right there talk it over with janice dean who has the latest on what could be a major winter storm. problem with a big storm, cold temperatures, trees knock out power. >> someone is going to get this storm along the east coast. then we will see some of the coldest air that we have seen in years. if your power is knocked out. and have you below zero temperatures. have you got to know what you are going to do once this storm passes. current temperatures right now, you can see it's cold enough for snow in north florida. florida panhandle and that's exactly what's happening right now in florida, north florida, georgia. in towards south carolina. this is epic because they don't typically dewinter-type weather in this area.

people are urged to stay indoors. stay off the roads. very slippery and, of course, school closings will be imminent here. here is our future radar. i have to tell you this is one of the hardest storms we have ever had to predict. i would rather people overprepare and think okay, three inches, i think that's conservative, especially if you live along the coast from new york city up towards boston. boston could see a foot. blizzard conditions, long island could be buried starting tomorrow morning. stay tuned we will keep you posted and check in with your forecast a lot today. back to you. brian: or ask us in the hall. ainsley: all those schools in south carolina and charleston. janice: they will get several inches of snow. ainsley: call it the trump effect, business owners investing in america again. what does that mean for you and your family? stuart varney says big things. they are going to be huge. ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all

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ainsley: good morning and welcome back. we have a fox news alert. quote, we are in your home. isis terrorist posting this chilling selfie in front of new york city met museum. picture comes after the terror group calls for more knife bomb and pressure cooker attacks. the nypd beefing up security on some of the busiest streets in the world. installing over 1,000 barriers that you see right there in the city. the plan follows two deadly vehicle attacks in manhattan last year. and the liberal college professor tweeted he wanted white genocide for christmas has a new job. george ciccariello says he a visiting scholar at new york university. he was bull idea by the media for his posts on

social media. among them saying he was going to get sick over a men giving up his airplane seat for a soldier and also blaming the las vegas massacre on, quote, white victimization. a look at your headlines. steve? steve: all right, jillian. thank you. it's being called the trump effect. american business owners jumping into 2018 investing in new plants and factory upgrades feeling optimistic about the surging economy with less regulation. brian: here to weigh in is the host of varney and company. has he changed? is he still the same stuart we used to know. >> same accent. ainsley: good morning. brian: are you excited there are changes to the economic forecast for individuals even though it's a corporate tax rate. >> yes. this is extraordinary good thing. look, let's be honest here. business got just about everything it wanted. it got a whopping great big tax cut. it got deregulation. and it got the promise of no new regulations still to come. business actually is kind of on trial here. they have got to perform.

you got what you wanted, now perform for america. they have got to invest. they have got to hire. they have got to grow. they have got to put all the money that's coming their way to work for america. and so far it's very good news. this morning we just got word that american airlines is going to give $1,000 bonus to its employees. ainsley: and southwest. >> giving about $130 million. as you say southwest is doing exactly the same thing. thousand dollar bonuses to all their employees. already see tat $1,000 bonuses. boeing. it's a long, long list of the money going directly to employ years. ainsley: why are they doing it just to say to them thank you so much we don't want you to leave our company? >> i think there is a political reason in the background. steve: i think you are right. >> business has to perform. if they don't put that money to work in america, the democrats, led by bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are going to say see, it was just a give away to the big corporations and to the

rich. they are not doing their duty putting the money to work in america. >> you know, stuart,ing when they put the money in the pocket of their employees they will spend it at local pizza parlor. going straight to the economy. >> i think the economy is going to expand close to 4% rate by the end of this year. that's very big news. because that's pretty much close to double the rate of expansion that we have had over the last decade. that's good. brian: real quick. we see mark meadows going to push to make the individual rates permanent. do you think that's going to work? have you heard they are getting much momentum. >> i don't know whether that will work or not. that might interrupt the politics of the situation. i don't know whether it will work or not. as of now, everybody who pays federal income tax will get a bigger paycheck because that rate is going down. brian: varney and company fbn 920 noon be there. filling the blitz online for

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♪ ainsley: well, you know her as a record breaking race car driver, but did you know danica patrick is also an expert at maintaining a very healthy lifestyle. brian: i didn't know but i will pretend i didn't know. danica has a 90 day program to scunt your body calm your mind and achieve your greatest goals. steve: here to cook up one of the delicious new recipes from her book race car driver danica patrick. >> good morning, how are you. i feel like you need breakfast here because it's a little early. steve: what are you going to

make. >> potato crusted egg bake. it's really simple. all there is potato, eggs, kale. just some odds and ends. steve: this is what it winds up looking like. brian: give away the ending. >> all do you is take so there is some melted ghee. ainsley: where do you buy the ghee. >> the book is paleo style eating. butter without the dairy. you mix this up. ainsley: i thought those look like carrots. >> sweet potatoes. get your food processor out. preheat oven to 400. mix the ghee in with the potato. don't do anything with the, you know, whatever you cook in whether it's a skillet or this. and so just spread it out. have something kind of flat so you can pack it down and that's all do you is pack it down so it makes a nice steve: how did you learn. >> i lived alone in england when i was 16.

i have been cooking for a long time. brian: british aren't know for eating out. >> i had to do it myself. you pack it down and over here you have your eggs and we have got a dozen eggs. brian: a lot of eggs. >> this is like breakfast all week. this would be perfect for you guys because you leave so early in the morning. steve: come in every morning and cook for us? >> sure i would. brian: now that you are heading towards retirement have you thought about not watching the weight? >> i think i can watch it each more because yowf to worry about having the energy to do four hour races on sundays. although i have two more next year. ainsley: have you daytona and indy and then you are done. >> that's right. i am done. steve: is that kale? >> this is kale. i am really excited. i am nervous about indy because i haven't done any since 2011. mix the kale. that's it. super easy. tut it in there. steve: ainsley put a couple toe natos on top. add cheese. >> i say pat dry out

tomatoes because they are moist and it takes the water out of the top. that's it. top it with cheese. steve: recipe on foxandfriends.com. ainsley: pretty i didn't know tense. >> that was pretty intense cooking session. brian: i want you to come on more now that you are going to be retired soon all right? >> all right. toothpaste. ♪ you can feel safe for only $49.00. that includes security panel, keypad, key fob, entry and motion sensors and for a limited time, get a camera included and installed at no additional cost.

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why do they want amnesty? let's be honest they want their votes. >> how deep is the swamp and how is it spending your taxpayer dime. >> we found 30,000 federal employees that ordered every governor of the 50 state. >> donald trump loathes the media and tweeted this quote i will be announcing the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year. >> the president will have his work cut out for him this weekend trying to narrow down that list. ♪ holding me back ♪ this' nothing holding us back. brian: only thing holding us back was a few commercials. steve: we love the commercials. they pay our salveries. ainsley: miami where it's warm. we need to go to miami. steve: i have got news for you it was snowing in northern florida today. ainsley: northern florida. we need to go a little south. steve: i was in south florida a couple days ago it's chilly down there.

ainsley: seriously i don't mind the cold weather because you get to layer and wear fun clothes and boots. steve: that's what brian said. i love the warm weather for the fun boots. brian: exactly what i said during the break i didn't want to say on the show top secret. steve: another reason to love the commercial. brian: exactly. never mind. if it was 1998 i would have said it. ainsley: don't say it you will get in trouble. north korea our president is hitting back at kim jong un. he said during that press conference the other day that he has this nuclear but button on his table the entire u.s. is in striking range. the u.s. can never start a war against me. our president is firing back with this tweet. steve: is he a number of characters at the time the president stated kim jong un stated the nuclear button on his desk at all times will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him i too have

a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. there you have got the president of the united states taking a shot at little rocket man as the president refers to him. brian: as everyone is focusing on these tweets they being are provocative and different. i look what else is going on. he called 00 the russians and he called out out the chinese about what they're doing to violate the sanctions. he talked about the transfer of oil. i also look for the fact that we have had a couple of defectors who are basically starving to death who are riddled with bacteria and then there is a report today out that the north korean army is allowed to go out in shifts and leave their post to scrounge for food along with proof from satellite photos that the gas lines are getting longhorns and locker and the prices are going up. that's going to be the most effective way to bring north korea to their knees. that will be a slow strangulation and if you cannot adhere to those

sanctions i love the fact that the president called out the chinese and the russians. ainsley: that's why iranians are protesting what's happening in their country. you have the leader in venezuela. have you the leader in iran who are starving their people and they're getting sick of it. that's what freedom looks like it. hasn't happened yet in north korea. at least this dictator in north korea kim jong un is willing to negotiate or work with south korea. he has now said and our president is saying it's because of all these sanctions. the north korean leader is now saying i want to meet with south korea. we are actually going to do that next tuesday to talk about the winter olympics because we want to take part he is saying. steve: so for them to actually pick up the phone to call them, that's big. you combine that with as brian mentioned they are having trouble putting food on the table. the gas lines are getting longer and longer. so clearly something is working with the sanctions. regarding the president's tweets, look, how many presidents over the last 20 years have tried to do something about north korea to no effect? i mean, how many times has

north korea lied to us saying yeah we don't have any nuclear program. they were building it in the back room the whole time. this president has unconventional way of dealing with things because just as the way he got elected he is a disrupter. and he is disrupting north korea. ainsley: nothing has worked in the past so he has to do something different. brian: huge connection between iranians and north korea ans and russians. now they have icbm technology. they are being helped. a lot of people believe the iranians have temporarily exported their nuclear program. gismg igiven it to north korea d give it back when this deal evaporates in 10 years that's by the way by treaty. i was fascinated to find out how these 40-plus uprisings have happened cities began to rise against government. turns out there was leaked document. we see this every day. they don't see it the part of the budget that created so much ire and angst was the fact is that in that

budget they published the top secret stuff. the amount of billions that go to the clerical elite, the amount of billions that go to revolutionary guard, hamas, hezbollah, houthi rebels. wait a second, you are cutting back on our entitlements, we have 40% entitlements, 40% unemployment to those under 25 years old. the 7% growth that we're seeing economically with the sanction relief, none of it is going to us. that's how it started. young people in rural cities now it's in major cities for the most part that's what is scaring this leadership to death. they don't know thousand control this. steve: look at the young people that you are talking about, brian. there are people who are engineering degrees. there are doctors. they don't have any jobs. because the sanctions over there are working as well. there is something else that they don't have there. human rights. basic human rights. yesterday sarah huckabee sanders said we would support them and we will do everything we can so that they have basic human

rights. we want them to open up the internet social media so that instagram and telegraph are back on so people can talk about what's going on in their own nation. right now they don't know. and the other thing she added and this is what it is all about for us, iran is still a state respons sponsor of terror. they support hezbollah and hate israel. robert bartlett retired staff sergeant. this guy has been there he was injured by iranian bomb. he was actually injured in iraq but he has been in that area and tells us what is happening in iran. listen to this. >> there is plenty of good people in the world and in every country. the problem is bad regimes. we had a bad regime in iraq. we have had bad regimes in afghanistan and we have had a bad regime for a along time in iran. you know, when they got the blood of 500 americans just in the past few years on their hands, they have been

killing americans since the 1970s, we just have really haven't done a whole lot really about it. billions of dollars. and money to go over. that obviously is not going to the people. and you are seeing the protests now. ainsley: blood of thousands of american soldiers on the hands of the iranians. he was in iraq and injured by iranian bomb. brian: europeans who help us out here. start putting sanctions on them. a lot more trade than we do. stop threatening them to stop cutting off the social media. i'm sure google and company and amazon whoever works these apps has a way town block them. some of these students have already figured out ways to overcome what the government is doing so they can communicate. i hope people realize there is a window here of opportunity. steve: then have you got the media in this country. take a look at the headline from "newsweek." remember them, the once grand weekly trump who blocked americans on twitter tells iran to unblock social media during protests. what's that talking about?

well, as we were telling you, over in iran they have turned off instagram, facebook you, telegram, things like that so people can't communicate. whereas donald trump, now famously is being sued because there are a number of people bad mouthing him on twitter and he blocked them. they say that infringes on first amendment right. listen, for "newsweek" to say that having someone block you on twitter is the same as a regime turning off the internet that's crazy. ainsley: they are comparing blocking one or two people or dozen people to whatever it is to blocking the entire country. like you said unbelievable. you want to hear something else unbelievable? listen to what joy behar said on "the view." >> it's not apples and apples. it's not equal. but we are on a very slippery slope in this country towards throwing item casey out the window every single day. >> we have to defend the freedom of the press and civil rights here. >> we do not being stoned in the street for being gay. they are completely. >> thought yet.

steve: there at the end. meghan mccain said we do. but you are not being stoned in the street for being gay and joy behar said not yet. not yet. ainsley: what she doesn't understand is the president is supporting the protesters in iran. why are they protesting? they are protesting against genocide. they are protesting against being killed for being gay. the president is supporting them. steve: it's all about freedom. brian: i feel bad for meghan mccain. did you see the look on her face? that's what happens when you go over there. you can't believe what they're saying. she exsass per rate offed by it feef. steve: what do you make of "newsweek" -- friends@foxnews.com or tweet us at our twitter still working right now or facebook. brian: i love when people telling the president he should be quiet. we tried being quiet. how did it go last time. the regime cracked down and killed 80 people. arrested 5,000. steve: it is 7:11 in new

york. ainsley: jillian has headlines for us. jillian: good morning to you and to you at home as well. passengers on board international flight forced to make a u-turn not once but twice. first, the london bound plane making emergency landing in atlanta after pilots heard a strange noise. the plane turned around about an hour into the flight over north carolina. those passengers then put on another plane that took off hours later but get, this it was forced to turn around over north carolina again. no word on why it turned around a 60 time. frustrating newly released taliban hostage under arrest expected in court today facing 15 charges. joshua boil's offenses include death threat, sexual assault and misleading police. he and his american rife were abducted by terrorists backpacking in afghanistan. prior to his current rife, he was briefly married to the sister of a former gitmo detainee. in just a few hours doug

jones will be sworn into office tina smith will also be sworn in to the senate replacing disgraced democrat al franken this as former representative michele bachmann eyes a run for franken's seat. she says if she is called she will run. dad i'm going to the olympics not me i'm not that talented. awesome father son moment caught on camera when a hockey player tells his father is he representing the red, white, and blue. [cheers] >> that's bobby butler of the milwaukee admirals and nhl affiliate team. obviously his dad loving every second of it congrats to both of them. right? that's awesome. steve: fantastic. ainsley: is he going to the olympics. that's wonderful. brian: not going this year. ainsley: i don't think a lot of them are. brian: i don't think they are allowed to. steve: changed the rules

again. brian: 12 minutes after the actor. tom homan sending word to california after it officially becomes a sanctuary state. >> california better hold on tight. if the politicians in california don't want to protect their communities, then ice will. brian: this man was killed by illegal immigrant in california in 2010, now his father has a message for everyone who lives in that state. plus,. ainsley: plus, more than 20 years after ma that infamous attack on nancy kerrigan her rival, tonya harding has a stunning admission. ♪ ♪ your one a day is showing. save up to $8 on one a day. see sunday's paper.

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♪ brian: president trump making his message clear brutal foreign regimes have been bothering us for decades stressing his support for prefers in iran while putting north korea on notice and pakistan on notice. so how does this strategy work today? will it be effective? fox news contributor michael waltz retired green beret author of warrior diplomat worked for dick cheney and breaks it all down for us. first off the initial challenge goes out to iran.

we have another window of opportunity. this starts with young people in rural areas rising up because their life isn't great and it could be a lot better and they blame the government. do you like what the president is doing diving right in directly? >> hey, brian. yeah. i do like what is he doing. and you know, president obama missed a huge opportunities in 2009 as we have discussed. these protesters need to know that we have their back. that the united states is going to lead and the united states is going to engage and not just leave them hanging for this murderous regime to suppress and you know we have seen this work time and time again, this strategy of supporting dissent and opposing dictators, going back to reagan who supported folks across eastern europe and supported folks fighting against the soviet union. brian: colonel, we have got to get our european allies involved. president one of his

greatest assets is the personal relationship that's builds and the respect he seems to get. now it's time to work the phones starting now, right? >> that's right. well, you know, the europeans are putting in a little bit of a pickle here because on the one hand they are dying to do business with iran. on the other hand, they can't be now seen as we have essentially culled out the regime and these brave protesters are calling out the regime for what they are. more broadly, brian, president trump stands the basic premise that obama never got and that's that you have to stand up to bullies. i mean, every kid in the school yard understands that if you punch them in the nose and you stand up to them, they are going to back down. that's exactly what he is doing around the world. brian: a lot of the people going crazy last night about the president's provocative tweet to kim jong un i have a nuclear button on my desk i have got one and it actually works and is bigger and more powerful. could yodo you have a problem wh that? wouldn't be something that necessarily dick cheney or

george bush or bill clinton or certainly barack obama would do. >> it's not necessarily the way i would do it, brian, on the other hand, he is making the point that nuclear deterrence is in effect. we will match power for power and, you know, one of the things about president trump is he is not doing, you know, kind of following the same old same old protocol whether it's call out pakistan, whether it's calling out iran or whether it's standing up to north korea, you know, these problems were dumped into his lap. kicked down the road year after year. now he has to deal with them and dealing with them in a very different way. i like the fact that he is opposing strength with strength. the united states is the most powerful nation in the world. we have the most powerful military. but, if our enemies don't believe that we'll use it. brian: gotcha. >> then what good is it? brian: tip of the spear. next wave of demand diplomacy and fire power. colonel, thanks so much.

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♪ brian: all right. time for news by the numbers. first number 5 billion. that's how many items amazon shipped to prime customers in 2017. 5 billion. company also said that more customers paid for those prime benefits which included free shipping than ever before. so good for them. meanwhile, next up $967,000. that's how much a court in taiwan is ordering a dentist to pay back his mother for raising him and putting him through school that he

apparently signed a contract 20 years ago where the doctor agreed to pay her 60% of his income. go figure. and finally, the year 2050. that's what scientists say the world's chocolate supply will melt away. what? why was this not the lead story? scientists say climate change is threatening to shrink rain forests where cocoa beans grow and that's where chocolate melts. ainsley: california is now a sanctuary state and the acting ice director tom homan says people who live there better hold on tight. >> at least 50% being he a leased back into the public reoffend the first year. 75% reoffend within five years. this is a victimization of the american community. this isn't mercury grew up. in we have got take these sanctuary cities on and take them to court and start charging some of these politicians with crimes.

ainsley: here to reacts is a man whose son was killed by illegal immigrants in 2010. thank you so much, don, for joining us. for folks at home not familiar with your son's story. what happened to drew. >> ainsley, first, thank you so much for having me. drew was on his way home. he was in law school on his way home one evening when row better te'o toe gallow made a last second turn. instead of stopping he drove back and forth over him three times killing him trying to flee. ainsley: what about roberto gallow, did he have a long rap sheet. >> actually did he not. he had been in the country 11 years illegally. he did go to trial. although the charge was reduced from a felony hit and run to a vehicular manslaughter. he was convicted. cis refused to deport him. took me about 8 months i finally got him deported and as far as i know now he is

back in honduras. >> ainsley: what did you think what was your reaction when your governor, the golden state governor said to the 2.3 million illegal immigrants that live in california you know what? it doesn't matter what your crimes are, you can stay, you are illegal, we will let you stay here. what's your reaction to that? >> i mean, this has been going on for years. >> it certainly wasn't unexpected on my part. i'm furious. i'm waiting now for the justice department to go after these guys. it's not just outrageous what they are doing. it's illegal. he made a comment when he designed the bill that this was a balance of public safety versus reducing the fear of those here illegally. well, first of all, there is no balance between criminals and public safety. ainsley: what about reducing the fear of all the moms and dads in the state of california that fear. that's a parent's biggest nightmare, biggest fear is what you are going through. >> absolutely.

look, to even to this day, the phone rings at an off hour, or if, you know, neither of my kids are in the house anymore. one is in college and one has graduated but they don't connect back to us. we send them a text or something. it's aimmediate fear of what is happening. everybody should be fearful. as a matter of fact, those people that are here illegally and haven't committed other crimes should be fearful, too. because they weren't in a target to be deported but now they are going to be if these people aren't turned over in jails and are set free and ice has to go after them. ainsley: don, i know you have been in touch with the isis director sanctuary cities. if the president is watching this morning or if the governor of california swatching and up pretty early, what's your message to them? >> my message is pretty simple. we have laws and that's what made this country a great country. those laws have to be

followed, particularly when they are so deadly. there are over 52,000 in 2016. over 52,000 illegal aliens in prison and collectively they committed about 400,000 crimes. not all in 2016. that's a mainly, major problem and they need something they need to do something about it i'm working with other people and we hope to file an initiative by later this week that would repeal the sanctuary state law and add in some legislation or some verbiage to actually require law enforcement to cooperates with ice. and if anybody is interested. they can go fight sanctuary state.com we need people's help the public is supportive of us. fight sanctuary state.com and we welcome help from all over the country because whatever starts in

california ends up going across the nation. so if we can defeat it here, it will be a lot harder for it to take hold somewhere else. ainsley: there is your son who was a law-abiding citizen in law school had so much to contribute to our great country and he is no longer. i'm really sorry for your loss. >> thanks so much. he was a great kid and we miss him every 60. ainsley: i am sure. god bless your family. >> thank you. ainsley: still ahead, eagle star quarterback carson wentz feeling blitz online just for posting a picture of his hunting dog? this morning is he firing back. i will take getting a bad rap for 200 alex. that's coming up. the jeopardy moment going viral this morning. >> what is gangster's paradise lost. >> our judges have reevaluated win of your responses and we take 3200 away from you. ♪ ech: ...every minute counts.

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steve: everybody is talking about the weather and it is extreme on this wednesday morning. a monster winter storm taking shape down south right now with millions. watching right now there is a real good possibility you are in its path. ainsley: that's in savannah, georgia. fountains are freezing over. we showed a picture earlier where a fountain freezing over in greenville, south carolina. temperatures are 30 degrees below average. this isn't something that you see every day. those are snow flurries falling down in florida. brian: in buffalo they laugh at this. it's a whiteout though conditions and it was a deadly pileup. but these people actually drive in the winter. >> bonkers. >> you couldn't see a gosh darn thing in front of you. everything was blurry. complete whiteout right now. i still can't feel my finger tips from walking. not even a quarter from my vehicle. >> one person dead, several others injured. steve: go over to janice

dean tracking this great big storm. currently down south. by the time it moves up. janice, it's going to be a nor'easter. >> absolutely. one of the most powerful nor'easters we have seen in years. i must mention we are getting breaking news out of tallahassee i 10. a stretch of i 1040 myles long is shut down because of freezing rain and ice. and this is the situation that is unfolding over parts of florida as well as the carolinas. charlotte, might get 4 to 6 inches of snow. they actually might get records of you how much snow they are going to see. this one is hard to forecast. i'm not going to lie. if you live anywhere along the east coast. checking in with your forecasters several times today. if this storms shifts a little bit more towards the west that's going to be the between a couple of inches to a foot of snow. they are going to have a blizzard on our hands tomorrow afternoon especially for new england. i'm world about long island. i'm worried about coastal new england. i'm also worried for areas

that don't at thi typically see snow and don't quite know how to handle it on the roadway. listen to your local officials. there are going to be school closures. people are not going to be able to would to work today. we will watch this thing develop. we talk about bam bow genesis. where the pressure drops 24 millibars in 24 hours. this one is going to double that this is going to be almost like a hurricane, a coastal hurricane offshore with hurricane force winds certainly blizzard conditions. and i need you to overprepare for this because some of the snow totals could be conservative. again, a wobble 50 miles could be a big deal during the rush hour. steve: talking about cold weather anyway. whether you have hurricane, you are talking about 75 mile-per-hour winds on top of that. what would the wind chill be with that? >> here's the thing i'm worried about. there are going to be power outages especially in new england. as we get into the weekend, there are going to be temperatures below zero. if we have power outages for a couple of days, people are

going to deal with life threatening conditions. you need to know what you are going to do if you don't have power and the temperature is below zero. brian: if you can afford it go get a generator. especially the ones we demonstrated the other day the generators with battery. janice: have a plan, have a plan, have a plan. steve: no kidding. j.d. thank you for the warning. it's needed. ainsley: hand it over to jillian that has more headlines. brian: that's our plan. jillian: stunning admission for from tonya harding for the first time in near 24reu 4 years. former figure skater revealing what she knew about the infamous attack on rival nancy kerrigan. >> i knew that something was up. you never said to jeff let's do this? >> no. i did, however, overhear them talking about stuff well maybe we should take somebody out so we can make sure she gets on the team i go what the hell are you talking about? >> harding opening up about the incident to abc news.

kerrigan was clubbed in the knee before 194 skating practice by harding's ex-husband and friend. harding was banned from skating for life. alaska airlines forced to cancel a flight after a rat jumped into the plane. all of the passengers were taken off the plane in oakland, california as crews searched for the four legged stow away. the plane will remain out of service until it is declared rodent free by exterminator days after delta plane turned around midnight after a bird was spotted in the cockpit. chip and joanna gains will soon be fixing up a nursery. >> she is not pregnant but we are actively trying. i'm just saying. everything is okay on the home front. >> that's the couple on "fox & friends" a few months back now the hgtv fixer-upper star announcing they are expecting fifth child together by posting this hilarious picture on instagram. congrats to them. ainsley: look how funny that is. jillian: they are hilarious. that's really funny. brian: i guess their

marriage is fine. >> i guess so. ainsley: they said it was. they said those were all rumors. five kids u how fun would that be. steve: i know it jillian, thank you very much. now let's do a little kind of sports story you know philadelphia eagles quarterback carson wentz. well, he actually a couple days ago posted that image right there about his dog. it says happy birthday to momma henley, that's the name of his dog. we have been through a lot in five years. best dog and hunting buddy i could ask for. as you can see right there. if you notice, right there, on the left side of the screen, that shows some of the birds that apparently was part of the -- they got that day out hunting. and somebody didn't like that. ainsley: someone wrote you hunt makes you feel tough? now i don't give a darn i'm not going to say word because i don't -- kids are out there watching. i don't give a darn that the eagles are a one seed and with no quarterback, #karma. steve: right. also there was somebody else

on social media who said you might want to take down that image because some people would find dead birds offensive. brian: and he wrote appreciate that but offensive and controversial two of the main things i tweet about are jesus and hunting. that's what i'm passionate about. that won't ever change. when you love something, you talk about it stay convicted about it and don't worry what other people think. >> that's because he is mature and he has learned in his age or through his trials and different experiences to be himself. you have to be genuine. you have to be true to yourself. within reason. have you to be a good person. he cares about jesus and cares about hunting. both of those are legal. you are allowed to do that it's the united states of america. many people like the fact that he is hunting and he loves jesus. steve: it's a picture of his dog. his hunting dog. what's the matter with that? brian: right. steve: what's the matter with that? ainsley: someone is offended. steve: okay. folks at home, do you find that picture offensive? some do.

ainsley: faithful dog on the left who loves his owner. going hunting look how cute the dog is on the right. that's when he was just a puppy. she was. steve: what do you think friends@foxnews.com tweet us or facebook us. meanwhile, the city of baltimore down in maryland setting a new record with 343 murders the past year. some people are blaming the spike in violence on the police. former baltimore police officer on next. brian: you saw senator orrin hatch after 42 years will retire. will mitt romney make his run for the senate seat? former presidential candidate just dropped a big hint ♪ poker face ♪ achoo! (snap) achoo! (snap) achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap,

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steve: baltimore, maryland setting a new record as you can see there 343 murders last year making it the most per capita in that city's history. and get, this some people there are now blaming the violence on a reduced police presence. >> distance themselves and it can distance themselves even further. as a result of this, we don't see the police -- level of policing we need in our community to keep the crime down in these cities that we are seeing bleed to death. >> somebody who knows all about this is former baltimore police officer kneel franklin who joins us now with radicalization. officer, thank you very much. is he seeing the reduce you had police presence has resulted in a hire murder rate. well, why exactly is there a reduced police presence? >> well, i don't know what you mean by reduced police presence. steve: that's what he was referring to. >> oh, i guess he is talking about the lack of engagement. but you have to understand baltimore city just went through a department of

justice investigation and from that investigation, yeah, we discovered there have a lot of improprieties that there were a lot of unconstitutional policing but that's a leadership issue. that's a management issue. let's stop blaming the street cops. do they have their problems? yes, but this is a management issue with the leadership issue. let's stop dumping on the cops for what is truly lay societal failure many factors that come into play here such as jobs, healthcare, education, housing, a whole laundry list of things. if you want to dump on one segment of society, let's different on our political leaders who had the power to change things at the societal level here. steve: ultimately, neill the beat cop feels threatened. you look at freddie gray, we have seen this all across the country after ferguson as well. there are so many police officers who are reluctant

to be proactive because they are worried they are going to wind up on the 6:00 news. >> that's true. think back to 2005, we made 108,000 arrests in baltimore city. where we have a population of about 600,000 people. yeah. that was over policing. that was a big problem. but what were the police doing? they were doing what they were directed to do. the police will do what you tell them to do, what their leadership has them to do why need strong leadership at the political level to direct those police officers to teach them how tone gauge the public with respect and dignity. do it assertively, not aggressively. steve: sure. neill you were talking a little while ago how societal preciouses. one of thospreciouses --

pressures. importance of the family. in many cases the family structure has broken down. >> it has. again, there are plenty of reasons for this. and this didn't happen overnight. we are talking decades of decay in cities like baltimore where you don't have the support mechanisms for these families that truly need it. at the end of the day, they become incapable of raises children under or a moral foundation our criminal justice snl. again, who is responsible leadership. steve: you are saying don't blame the cops, blame the city and unhealthy community essentially. >> oh, absolutely. we got to dig deep to find out how these communities got to where they are with this decay and the disintegration of the family unit. if we do that put forth a long-term plan for fixing it, not a two-year or four-year plan in line with the next election.

it's got to be generational plan, 10, 15 years at least. steve: all right. tall order. neill franklin former baltimore police officer. thank you for joining us live today. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. president trump quick to stand with iran amiddays of violent protests there. where was president obama when there were similar protests in 2009? was he too worried about messing up that iran nuclear deal? we're going to talk about that. and remember when vanity fair offered new year's resolutions for hillary clinton? >> take up a new hobby in the new year. volunteer work. knitting, improv comedy. literally anything that will keep from you running again. steve: well, turns out hillary's team still bitter about that video and they are taking it out on mitt romney. carley shimkus is here with the big trending stories for this wednesday. you're watching "fox & friends" live from new york

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♪ ainsley: utah senator orrin hatch is retiring. so will mitt romney rub for hirun forhis seat now. getting lots of buzz after changing twitter location from the state of massachusetts. brian: where he was governor. ainsley: now he is living back in utah. steve: you can see it right there. social media reaction coming from all sides including a bitter team hillary. here to break it down 24/7 reporter carley shimkus. vow mitt and hillary in the same report.

carley: yes, hillary clinton is now part of the conversation over mitt romney's potential senate run in utah. how does that happen? steve: yeah. carley: i will tell you. vanity fair magazine recently received a little bit of backlash. steve: a little? carley: hillary clinton take up knitting during 2018 to distract her from potentially running for office again. a lot of people didn't like like including a lot of people who used to work for hillary clinton. check out some of this reaction tying these two stories together. brian, who was hillary clinton's former spokesman tweeted mitt romney may run for senate. i thought failed presidential candidates were only allowed to take up knitting. these not all. nic morrow who was clinton's former press secretary chimed in saying strange how losing failed candidate mitt romney is being immediately discussed as replacement for orrin hatch's senate seat

and isn't being told to take up knitting. a campaign aid chiming in saying political romney lost and media begging him to run for office. hillary clinton won the popular vote and they told her to take up knitting. sexism at work. brian: how mitt romney and al gore handled their loss they went away. thee didn't handle it that way. that's why she got criticism. that's it. carley: completely different races. mitt romney is extremely popular in utah. different narrative right there. steve: meanwhile like 10 days ago we heard about all these big companies giving out bonuses now the news is apparently southwest airlines and american thousand dollar bonuses. >> do you remember what nancy pelosi said about the tax reform bill last month? take a listen. >> healthcare, the debate on healthcare is like death. this is armageddon.

[laughter] carley: like you said american airlines and southwest are giving their employees thousand dollar bonuses. steve: armageddon. carley: james says it doesn't sound like armageddon. when will the slaughter end? dana loesch also said when i was told tax reform would make thousands die and another twitter says horrible news charitable donations we're all going to die, of course, all sarcastic there. brian: do we have time for jeopardy? carley: we got to get to jeopardy. brian: let's listen to the mistake first. actually no jeopardy it was all about gangster. ster. ainsley: tweet out the video watch it there. >> he said er instead of a and he lost. ainsley: being played in the next hour. that's a tease. steve: good thing about having a three hour show. brian: until i hear it i don't believe it. carley shimkus might be coming back president trump is not mincing words for north korea. is his tough talk for the

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>> the situation intensifying between north korea and the u.s. has president trump fires back at kim jong-un. >> will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him that i too have a nuclear button. brian: 40 cities throughout iran as we see unrest happening. >> those protesters need to know that we have their back. that the united states is going to lead and the united states is going to engage. ainsley: california is now a sanctuary state. >> it's not just outrageous what they're doing, it's illegal. and i'm waiting now for the justice department to go av these guys. steve: it's being called the trump effect. american business owners feeling optimistic about the surging economy. >> this is an extraordinary good thing. business got just about

everything it wanted. they got it before. steve: he will be hanging up the gloves at the end of his term. now looking and going obviously this means mitt romney, he's running. >> i checked my magic eight ball, and i think the answer is certainly yes. ♪ ♪ in your. brian: there you go. this is us still. third hour. ainsley: third hour on wednesday. it's 8:00. 8:01 to be exact here on the east coast. it's been a short workweek. steve: thank you so much for starting 2018 with all of us here at fox. brian: summer conscious series. what band do we have to this week? steve: go do that thing on the flagpole like in the movie. holly cow. it is chilly here and there's

big storm coming. so good thing for you to do today would be sit back, relax, and let us tell you about the news. ainsley: they closed school in south carolina and said they closed school. brian: how rare is that, by the way? ainsley: very rare. when i lived in south carolina, we prayed for snow storms. they came along once in a blue moon because you wanted to slow down the street. , well, it happened at the beach. very, very rare. steve: and janice will be by shortly to tell us all about that. brian: we know the president was a little bit surprised on january 1st or might have been new year's eve when kim jong-un came out of the western style outfit, by the way. i thought that was significant. he came out with a normal suit, and he addressed everybody. but tweeted this out first. he came out and says, hey, i have a nuclear button. it's on my desk, and i can hit any major city in america. so a day went by, and we didn't hear much from the

president and then the day yesterday came by, and we heard a tweet. earlier kim jong-un stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food-starved regime please inform him that i have a nuclear button, and it is a much bigger and powerful one than his. and my button works. steve: i have news for the president. he does not actually have a button on his desk. he has a guy with a football as we know and then it's kind of complicated, thankfully, to start a nuclear war. then the guy with the football gives the thing. there's codes inside, there's a business can you tell. it is complicated. there is no button. but the president is making -- you know, he's raddling a saber saying come on, buddy. we have a bigger arsenal than you, and we're more accurate. ainsley: yeah, the president is also saying these sanctions that we have against north korea, they're working because now north korea is picking up the phone, as you would say, steve, calling

south korea saying let's meet. steve: about the olympics. ainsley: about the winter olympics because north korea wants to participate. south korea saying, hey, let's talk. we haven't done this in forever. let's do this. let's talk. and it's getting a lot of attention. now, also, there is some analysts saying that they believe there could be some missile tests. north korea could launch some more missiles and test more missiles in the next week or so. steve: on the 70th anniversary. brian: which would be september. ainsley: but then maybe other analysts saying while he's having talks with south korea, maybe sanctions that america has put on north korea, maybe they are working and those talks will prevent any more missile tests. brian: but i will give you the flip side of that. this liberal leader of south korea who got elected by saying i want to talk to the north and then nothing but threatened. then he wanted to put the sad missile test in and then allowed presence to build up, allowed the missile system to be installed. now all of a sudden this

liberal leader says might be vulnerable. i'll have a dam and begin the divide and try to separate america from the south korean ally. that's what ambassador haley addressed yesterday and said, by the way, you're never going to separate us. steve: i love the fact that north korea picked up the phone and said, hey, we would like to come to the olympics. that's the first step. clearly what's going on regarding the earlier threat that kim jong-un put out on new year's day where he said, you know, i could hit any place in the united states with my big bomb. a real threat like that has to be taken seriously and clearly the president is doing so. ainsley: yeah, and nothing has worked in the past so the president is saying i'm going to go against this dictator, tell him what we think of him. that we're stronger than he is. and also doing that in iran. saying that these protesters are happening. people are furious with this. he's starving his people, very similar to what kim jong-un is doing. isanctions. ainsley: so, yeah, he's putting sanctions on iran or

threatening that and has the choice to do that over the next two weeks, and he has the option to renew them in two weeks because the president has to renew sanction waivers every 120 days. brian: right. already kicked to congress saying evaluate this because it did not get the majority of votes in the senate. when president obama pushed it through unless two-thirds vote it down, it got passed. so a lot of people like senator schumer and ben did not vote for it so wanted to kick it back to congress and say you decide what's going to happen in terms of reupping this. but this riot. these uprisings have caught everybody by surprise. even experts. because the experts were saying we were talking to the wrong people. we never thought the uprising would happen in rural areas among purely young people. not politically-oriented whose lifestyle is curtailed and hurt because entitlements have been cut back. because jobs have dissipated, gas lines are growing, yet the

economy supposedly by numbers is flourishing. and they published this budget and it shows billions going to clerical elites, which we know, terror groups islamic jihad as well as hewitty rebels over in yemen and all the money they created in iraq and syria. and, by the way, syria has a billion-dollar line of credit from the iranians. steve: but this is exactly what's supposed to happen when we levy sanctions against a company. just like in north korea the soldiers are taking off for the woods looking for berries and nuts to eat in the country in iran now. there are people who simply are fed up. why am i poor? why do i have a doctorate degree? i cannot find a job. and you go back to 2009 had barack obama -- then president of the united states and, in fact, eli is going to be talking about this. had barack obama done something last time rather than look the other way so that the iran nuke deal went

through, he may not be having what's going on there right now. you know who's standing with the protesters? the president of the united states and lieutenant colonel michael walsh says that's the thing to do. >> president obama missed a huge opportunity in 2009 as we discussed. these protesters need to know that we have their back. that the united states is going to lead and the united states is going to engage and not just leave them hanging for this murderous regime to suppress. brian: so he was happy. he was happy with the president's stance on pakistan holding back the money. he's happy with iran. happy with north korea. happy with the palestinian authority. saying why am i giving hundreds of millions of dollars with the palestinian authority we gave hundreds of millions and dollars and now won't even engage in talks. so now dealing with all problems all at the same time. ainsley: that's what he meant about making america great again. caring for america and putting america first. other countries have been doing it. why aren't we doing it? all of your tax dollars are

going to all of these countries that support terrorist organizations. that aren't willing to talk and have the peace process. why are we going to continue to fund you if you don't have america's best interest. steve: meanwhile, here in the united states of america on january 1st, california became a sanctuary state. in other words, state and a local law enforcement that can't ask somebody if they stop them in a traffic thing whether or not you're in this country legally, they won't cooperate with ice on waiver detainers and things like that. tom who is the current acting ice director think so what's going on on our west coast is awful. >> the street cops, they do not like this legislation. they're totally against it. the street cops understand what we're trying to do. we want to take public safety threats out of the communities. and so this comes -- this is a political decision. sonoma county didn't honor a detainer. what happened? two weeks later he killed that

girl. now has two young daughters without a mother. the state of california needs to hold on tight. the other thing they need to do is hold these politicians personally accountable. more people are going to die and these policies can't make these decisions and be held, your honor, being thible for people dying. we need to hold these politicians accountable for their actions. brian: and a california state assemblyman travis allen said wait a second. we're not allowed to do this as a state and critic the federal government and make a sanctuary state. he's urging the federal government to sue california to get their act together. and, by the way, you're basically saying if you are a legislature in california with a governor or a small state senator, you're saying the illegals are more important than the california citizens because that's where the tax dollars are going. they're going to fund these illegals who are taking over that state. steve: well, there are certain states' rights, and we would love to see the states do that. but at the same time, everybody's got, you know, everybody looks to the rule of law. and it simply does not seem to apply to california.

ainsley: well, and think about all of the parents that we've interviewed on this show that have lost their children to illegal immigrants. and many of them have long rap sheets. look at kate steinle in that situation. that guy's going to be sentenced at the end of the week, by the way. steve: so anyway. ainsley: jillian has headlines for you. >> let's begin with this. a massive procession overnight honoring a california deputy who died days after a violent attack on new year's eve. dozens of fellow law enforcement lining up the streets for miles as his casket left the hospital. san bernardino detective 70-year-old larry was beaten unconscious by another driver after a car crash. he was off duty at the time. the suspect is in custody. served the department for 36 years. he was the oldest deputy on the force. overnight, passengers onboard an international flight forced to make a u-turn not once but twice. first, the london-bound plane making an emergency landing back in atlanta after a pilot heard a strange noise. the plane turned around about

an hour into the flight over north carolina. those passengers were put on another plane that took off hours later but that plane was forced to turn around over north carolina again. no word on why it turned around the second time. millions of dollars still up for grabs after no winner drew the megamillions jackpot overnight. the prize now surging to 418 million bucks. your next chance to win is friday. but tonight's powerball jackpot is $440 million. the combined total $858 million is the biggest in history. look at your headlines. i don't play the lottery. i don't play it ever. but i just tweeted, hey, if you win, can you share? steve: jillian, it's a dollar. or it's $2, actually. >> i just won't. i don't know. ainsley: what if we did a work thing. we all put in money. if you won, would you come back to work? brian: i don't play lottery either. i don't believe it's right. steve: there's a story how a

couple of waitresses split one and won $300,000 and one of the waitresses is missing in action right now. ainsley: with the money? >> yeah. brian: so my dad gets a tips a scratch off ticket. the guy wins $10,000. the person who gave it to him sues. they spend ten years in court. they end up with, like, $500 each. that's why i'm bitter. amid days of violent protest in iran. but where was president obama when protesters broke out in 2009? our next guest says he was too worried about his iranian nuclear deal that we all hate. ainsley: the trump administration could make drug tests a law. former drug czar is here to weigh in on that. coming up parodontax, the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey

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lake joins us live right now from dc. what do you think? >> well, i think right now we don't know whether the regime will fall tomorrow, and it probably won't. but there needs to be a process where those of us in the west show solidarity with a movement that's making it crystal clear all over iran today and the last week that they are tired of knowledge ruled over by a clearly tyranny. steve: well, and the president of the united states has made it clear that he's standing with the people of iran. but go back to 2009, we really didn't hear much from president obama back then and now people are saying, well, maybe it's because he had the grand plans for this iran deal the whole time and didn't. the to screw it up. >> well, you know, obama did eventually speak out. he was late in my view. steve: he was really late. >> yeah. more importantly, though, he never said what the 2009 protesters were asking to say, which is to acknowledge that the election was stolen.

and that, you know, to this day, the leaders known as the green movement remain under house arrest or in worse conditions in prison in tehran. and there was the opportunity to use the process in the obama years to also get the iranians to treat their process better and respect human rights. but he ended up going for a narrow nuclear agreement that didn't address any of those things. steve: sure. >> now there's an opportunity for those of us in the west to say iran, if you want to be treated like a normal, you need to free your lawyers and students from jails that you've been arresting for decades now. steve: and i know that in your column yesterday you suggested that even though he's retired, now would be a good time to president obama to actually come out and support the people who are standing in the streets. >> right. and i think that what we're seeing in some ways is a people power movement in

iran. it's different than in 2009 because it's largely leaderless it appears and there's a violent element to it. but barack obama who began as a community activist in a lot of ways knows a lot about this process. and it's a very powerful process. and he has this unique experience. steve: right. >> i think he would be an excellent kind of spokesman for the western solidarity movement to support but not lead the kind of new iranian campaign for freedom. steve: well, let's see what he does. all right. eli lake from bloomberg view. thank you very much and happy new year. >> thank you. steve: let's know about that e-mail, let me know. also president trump rolling out the red carpet for #fakenews. also former hillary clinton campaign manager says democrats need to end their obsession with russia, russia, russia. >> the investigation is a winning message. steve: really? is he right? a debate. next. - [narrator] imagine a shirt that actually makes

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ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you. president trump announcing an awards show for one of his favorite topics. >> trust me it's all fake news. it's phony stuff. fake news. fake news. ainsley: as promised, the president tweeting he's going to award the dishonest and corrupt media on monday. last week, the rnc and trump campaign released a poll asking supporters to rate the fakeness of three big stories. abc corruptive report on michael flynn's fbi testimony, cnn's reporting that don jr.

had early access to wikileaks documents, and the times report that the president removed a martin luther king jr. bust from the oval office. and more american workers are cashing in, thanks to president trump's tax plan. both american and southwest airline employees are going to get $1,000 bonus checks. so far, 26 companies have pledged to give bonuses or increased wages in the wake of the overhaul. brian. brian: thanks, ainsley. hey, democrats can't stop obsessing over russia. i don't know if you've noticed. but hillary clinton's former campaign manager says that is not going to do them any good at the midterm elections later this year. >> i don't think the russia investigation is a winning message, you know? voters are seeking -- they watch, and they look to see what your priorities seem to be. this is actually why the republicans are looking to have a fight over immigration. they want to send a signal to voters the democrats are not focused on the voters. brian: right. so is the evidence the democrats only about politics,

is that something that's going to be a winning strategy? here to debate it. former campaign manager and chief of staff senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. and campaign director for the senate for american progress action fund emily is here. emily, do you buy what robbie said on another channel? russia is not a winning strategy? >> well, i think there's some issues that are just above politics. and a foreign power influencing the u.s. election. that should be above politics. that should be bipartisan. i think the fact that republicans aren't looking into this and aren't taking it more seriously will actually have consequences against the republican party. not just against trump because people are going to see that the party was putting party and partisanship over the democracy. when it comes to the midterm elections, there are plenty of issues for democrats to run on, including the tax bill. but i think there's plenty there. but they're two separate issues. brian: well, we were just talking about campaign strategy. should russia be a1,

exhibit 1? how do you feel about that, josh? >> well, look, if anyone can speak with absolute authority about what a campaign message sounds like, it's the campaign manager for hillary clinton's campaign. i mean, of course this is a bad message for democrats. but if you step back for a second, and you look at a couple of things that emily just said. the tax bill for one, the discussion about health reform, the discussion of ultimate implementation of regulatory rollbacks that have helped fuel the incredible economy that we see today. democrats have chosen not to participate in it. and the reality is all they're left with is russia and that's why they're talking about him all the time. ainsley: i know but the polls to emily's point do say that the american people want to find out what happened. but, emily, don't if you think there's a sincere look of trying to get into the bottom of this, we would have john podesta's tony podesta, he was running the whole agency. the agency that wasn't registered at the time. that he has since disbanded to further any turmoil in his

life. don't you think it would be good to get both sides on the page? >> look, everybody wants the truth to come out. unfortunately, the congressional investigations that have been looking into the collusion with russia and the hacking are turning up to be pretty partisan. the republicans are running both sides and are not really working out very well. so it really does leave it up to the mueller investigation to actually be holding the administration's feet to the fire. the information we have in public that we've seen already is that there was collusion between the trump campaign. brian: wow that is just ridiculous. there's absolutely no evidence of that. >> there absolutely is. and if there wasn't, then why would flynn keep lying about their contacts with the russians? why would everyone keep lying about it? >> what we found out -- brian: let josh answer. >> what we found out from these investigations is there's absolutely no evidence of collusion. none whatsoever. we found out that there's a couple of people who have gotten in trouble of what they said to investigators about a investigation. we have found out no --

absolutely no evidence of collusion. brian: and then we -- if people want to get to the bottom of it, they can't be hardened by the story in the new york post today that says one of the people that was fast to testify in front of this grand jury, they describe the jury as the people that would appear at a bernie sanders rally. so it's not even emblematic of something that might be demographically pursuing justice. but emily, i want to end with this. right now democrats are in a very good spot moment and historically. do you think they should play ball when it comes to immigration? do you think they should play ball when it comes to infrastructure? play ball when it comes to any type of major issue leading up in this election year? >> i think democrats need to hold a hard line and stand for principles that they believe in. when it comes to immigration and infrastructure. brian: would you compromise? >> well, i think that there should be some deals made if that's what they get to. but not -- they shouldn't compromise so much to lose their own principles. if a infrastructure deal looks

like giving away to private business and wall street like the tax bill does, if that's not real infrastructure building. and the same with immigration. if we're going to try to protect dreamers at the expense of all other immigrants of the country slowing down the current immigration process, democrats should not deal on that. that's not a real deal. brian: josh, do you expect something to get done reason quick? >> if they're going to want something done with daca, they have to deal with border security. whether it's chain migration issues or this ridiculous visa program we have. so far they refuse to do so and a little bit bipartisanship would do them very good right now. brian: yeah, i'm hopeful because while everyone was talking taxes, they had been meeting about this spending bill and immigration. so maybe something will get done even though it's election year. josh and emily, thanks. >> thank you. brian: after days of protest, the left has a very different view. >> we're on a very slippery slope in this country toward throwing democracy out the

window. >> not being thrown in the street for being gay. brian: former education secretary bill bennett will try to make sense of that show. and i'll try to take a bad rap for 200 going viral this morning. >> what is gangster's lost. >> our judged have reevaluated one of your responses a moment ago. may we take 3200 away from you. ing so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

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under president reagan and former drug czar. also a fox news contributor, and he joins us right now. bill, happy new year to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good to be here, guys. steve: what did you make of the conversation on the view yesterday? >> the look on megan mccain's face is what i was thinking. gosh, when does this end? is this believable? try running the view in iran and saying things about the leaders of iran that are said on that show about our leaders. it's just ridiculous. by the way, are they arguing with the democratic results in the state of alabama or virginia or new jersey? democracy is alive and well in america. the problem is they just don't like the results of the last election. ainsley: it doesn't even make sense because the president is supporting the protesters in iran. the protesters in iran are saying we don't want you to kill gay people in the streets. we want freedom there. the president is standing up with them but joy is acting like our president is against

gay people. >> yeah. this is very good and very strong of president trump. the ambivalence at best of barack obama was very harmful that he did not give the support at that time. it could have been crucial, that support. verbal and otherwise. things can be done. i was interested in your conversation with eli lake. but these folks coming from a rural area in iran is surprised how it started. but they do need help. they could use communications help you he. they could use help in networking obviously since they're trying to shut them down from networking, and we need to get state of the europeans. look, you're with us on this or you're with the iranians. make up your mind. we have a great opportunity here thanks to the brave people in iran, let's not let them down again. brian: right and we don't know. we don't want to make ourselves a target there but the president is not backing down on that. it would be great in the big picture for people at home not to give president trump's

critics something to go on when samantha power and tommy theodore of the previous administration and susan rice weigh in to ridicule our own president before the people of iran even responded. that makes us seem fractured at home. there is no code here. >> yeah. no, there isn't. there's no code of honor. there's no honorable behavior here. but let's remember how much blood is on iran's hands. the blood of many service men. and we know the influence they have. and this could be a very key moment and, again, i'm very proud of the president. steve: and he's standing with the people of iran and that they got to restore basic civil rights as well. yesterday orrin hatch made it clear he's going to call it a career at the end of his term now that he's in utah, which is one of the places where mitt romney has a house and because yesterday mitt romney changed the location on his

facebook from massachusetts to utah, people are saying. okay. he's in. if he does run, what kind of senator do you think he would make given the dynamic he's had with this president? >> yeah. well, i was afraid you were going to ask me about this. i was a romney guy when he was running. but when he said about trump is unforgive ab. said he was a phony. it's worth as much as a degree from trump university, which is a fraud and then sought the endorsement from president trump when he was running for president. i don't know what kind of senator he would be. i am trying to find it in my heart to forgive him. i suppose i will follow the example of our leader and if donald trump can forgive him for what he said about him, i can too. so i'll fall in line if necessary. ainsley: we also wanted to ask you about another topic since you were the former drug czar

under hw bush, president bush. we wanted to ask you about the drug testing for unemployment pay because congress killed it last year. the president is now saying he is considering bringing it back. where in order to get unemployment check, you have to get drug tested first. what do you think? >> well, you know we have a terribly-serious drug problem in this country. this opioid crisis and other things. it's just awful. it's worse than the cocaine epidemic there in the late '80s. if someone has a serious drug problem, let's make it common sensual and you give them a check, what do you think they're going to spend their money on? i mean, this is what happens. brian: but is it dehumanizing to have the humiliation of having to get an unemployment check in some cases and then say okay. get a drug test first? >> no. it's not dehumanizing. what's dehumanizing is the use of drugs because it destroys the soul and hinders the mind.

that's the real dehumanizing thing. saying there are -- remember what welfare is for and unemployment was for. the subsistence and food and housing for people who were in desperate circumstances and in this case don't have jobs. can't we require one condition at least since we know that if they get those funds and they have a serious drug problem, that's where the money's going to go. no, i think the president's right to push this. he feels very strongly about this. his own experience in his life with his brother really has moved him on this. and i think his instincts are absolutely right. steve: well, we've had a wide-ranging conversation this morning. bill, thank you very much for joining us in the new year. ainsley: thank you so much. >> happy new year. good to see you guys. brian: too bad you couldn't be here. you would be able to ride the mechanical bull. steve: five minutes in the cold weather we'll be getting thrown off the mechanical bull. brian: i never get thrown off. the mechanical bull has never been able to throw me off.

ainsley: we're cranking it up today. brian: i'm just telling you it's not possible. >> is the bull heated? brian: i was studying john travolta today. ainsley: one-handed? brian: sometimes not. >> we're going to stay tuned and find out. we do have a fox news alert, guys, so let's get to this breaking news right now. we are in your home. an isis terrorist posting this chilling selfie in front of new york city's museum. the picture comes after the terror group calls for more lone wolf style bomb and pressure cooker attacks. the nypd now beefing up security on some of the busiest streets in the world installing over 1,000 barriers that you see right there on your screen throughout the city. the plan follows two deadly vehicle attacks in manhattan last year. the liberal college professor who tweeted that he wanted white genocide for christmas has a new job. he's now a visiting scholar at new york university. he resigned last week saying he was harassed by the media for his post online. among them saying he was going to get sick over a man giving

up his airport seat for a soldier and blaming the las vegas massacre on quote white victimization. this jeopardy contestant should have paid more attention at the school of hard knocks. >> a song by cool i don't from dangerous minds goes back in time to become a 1667 john milton classic. nick. >> what is gangster's paradise lost. >> yes. our judges have reevaluated one of your responses a few moments ago, nick. you said gangsters instead of gangstas on that song by cool i don't. so we take 3200 from you. despite that set back, he still won the game and cool i don't told tmz saying he should have been given credit. everybody knows it's gangstas. ainsley: he said gangster invest gangsta. steve: that will do it. >> i love that's a question on jeopardy. the smartest guys.

brian: what were the bowery boys? were they gangsters? steve: i think that's just a gang of young men. brian: so that would have been fine. steve: meanwhile, janice dean is outside where it is really cold. >> it is cold. very cold, and we're expecting a blizzard here in the northeast, and we have snow here in florida are my friends are from. where are you from? >> we're from florida near the space center. >> and what are you doing in new york isn't. >> freezing. >> oh, yeah, and you guys. >> we're from port angels, washington. >> i'm going to be doing some bull riding. will you be my stunt double? >> no. listen, excellent. we are dealing with cold temperatures. we are dealing with the potential nor'easter coming up. we will be covering it here on fox and friends so stay with us back inside. more bull riding to come. steve: plenty of that. all right. jd, thank you. meanwhile, something the democrats have called for since president trump's election. >> i will fight every day until he is impeached.

impeach 45. steve: but our next guest who voted for president obama says this narrative only helps republicans. ♪ when you have a cold, stuff happens. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels.

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michael, happy new year. >> thank you, steve. you too. >> so given the fact that republicans are going to run on we gave you the tax cut, we gave you gorsuch, we gave you, you know, a better economy, democrats really don't have much message except. >> impeach, impeach, impeach. look, as a strategy, i don't think it's a very smart one. i think it's empty. it's just a version of what hillary clinton tried in 2016. you think i'm bad, look at the other guy. steve: right. >> there's no hope in it. there's just anger. and i think it's all about trying to recover through impeachment what they lost at the ballot box. and i don't think the public is going to respond to that unless there's some real meat on the bones. i mean, the people who are out there beating this drum now, they have nothing to point to other than they don't like donald trump. they don't think he should be president. and they don't think he's fit to be president. but he won the election fair and square and trying to overturn it through impeachment i think opens the

door to hell. steve: but because so many democrats have said that for so long. although, not the management of the democratic party since they realize it's a loser. it's getting to the stage where it's kind of a dial tone, isn't it? >> absolutely. look, you look at the polls. i mean, there was one recently. 83% of democrats nationwide poll. 87% of democrats thought trump should resign over the sexual allegations against him. more -- i mean, overall, about half the country. so this is a real movement out there. but i think ultimately, when you get into a presidential election and people come out to vote, you've got to have something to vote for. steve: in your column you wrote i never thought the democrats would go down such a low road. >> well, look, when trump first took off; right? after the election there was all of this shock among democrats and there was a lot of rage demonstrations everywhere.

and i really believe at some point that would peter out. that people would get tired of it and the democrats would get down to work, try to legislate, do what they could, prepare for 2018. but that's never happened. the movement to oust trump has really just continued. it has grown. and now i think the democratic leadership as you're saying has essentially bought into it because it's either get on the wagon or get run over by the wagon. and i think chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, they haven't voiced that support yet. but they're not exactly proposing alternative legislative answers either. steve: i guess stay tuned. all right. michael, thank you very much. >> my pleasure, steve. steve: all right. coming up next, we're going to take the bull by the horns. world champion -- >> no. no. no. steve: will show us how it's done and janice will show us how it's not done. but first, check in with bill hemmer. you have ten minutes. come on down. you're next. >> those gears are going to freeze today, steve. many put on notice pakistan

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steve: he became the youngest world champion in professional bull riding history at the age of 20. and this morning he's going to show us how it's done right here on the plaza. brian: joining us right now jeff lockwood who's going to be at madison square guarden. what's going to happen there? >> going to be the top 35 bull riders in the world and this is a s going to be something you're going to want to see. brian: want to be successful on the mechanical bull.

>> is it better to be high? >> yeah. stay up and stick your chest out and squeeze with your legs. brian: and action. >> go, ainsley. brian: let's go. >> there you go. >> electricity. >> go with the flow; right? >> yeah. you just want to follow what he does. >> you want to keep that hand up. >> six seconds. congratulations. >> you're up. >> don't stop. go ahead. steve: oh, am i going next? >> oh, for goodness sakes. i can't get on this darn thing. ainsley: here we go. kick your leg over. steve: and action. >> women rule. women rule. no falling, janice. brian's up next. brian. >> two years old and this is

what i wanted to do and that's when it all started. steve: janice, you made eight seconds. hop on. brian: how long do you think i'm going to last? >> ten seconds. brian: ten seconds. >> whatever feels comfortable. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. oh. he's the king of the world. steve: down went brian. steve: thank you so much. thank you. you do all this research

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>> what a good sport? if you want to watch pro goes january 5-7 to madison square garden, right, jeff? >> bye, everybody. >> bill: good morning, everybody. breaking news from overnight. a possible sign in easing tension in korea? north korea opening a communication line with the south. they're speaking to each other to a degree for the first two years officially as president trump issues a new warning to pyongyang. the team is back together live in new york city. i know you worked yesterday. >> sandra: good to be back together this morning. the whole team is here, happy new year to you. >> bill: welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra: kim jong-un wanting to open the phone line with the south. president trump tweeting north korea leader kim jong-un