apartment building, left the damaged machine but did not get any money or snacks out of it and finally, the ugly, parachute gets car in fence in miami, the sky diver's parachute getting stuck after being blown off course, thankfully he's okay, this wraps the hour of "fox & friends first", have a great day, bye bye. jillian: monday november 19th, republican rick scott now newly elected senator of florida as democrat bill nelson finally concedes. rob: but he's not the only one headed for the door, nelson that is, embattled election chief brenda snipes from broward county also on her way out. >> well, i took that over president obama flight two chairs, we sat and talked and he said by far that's the biggest problem that the country has. rob: the president opening about advice he got before taking the

reins at the white house. jillian: what was it. >> the christmas spirit, walking amongst us. jillian: shoppers stunned by good-will gesture. rob: how christmas came early all thanks to a mysteryman. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ rob: oh, yeah, get you out on monday morning.

good morning, kind of warm outside. we will take that all day. "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, i'm rob schmitt. jillian: and i'm jillian mele, thanks for starting the day was battle now over senator bill nelson concede to go republican rick scott in the race for florida senate. rob: overnight election officials overseeing recount in broward county reportedly resign, griff jenkins with the latest this morning, hey, griff. griff: good morning, rob and jillian, he lost 2,000 ballots, missed deadline by 2 minutes and fail today report election night numbers, brenda snipes has resigned according to newspaper, take effect january 2nd and governor elect ron desantis will have an opportunity to appoint someone new, she was put there in 2003 by then governor jeb bush, reign coming to an end, on

the heels of big news, after 18 years in the senate, bill nelson conceding in a video statement after losing by 10,033 votes to rick scott. take a listen. >> i was not victorious in this race but i still wish to strongly reaffirm the cause for which we fought, public office is a public trust. griff: the public trust now going to senator electric scott who pinned an op-ed for foxnews.com now said now the voters of florida have spoken and i'm honored to serve as senator and campaign season behind us it's time for leaders to come together, roll up sleeves and get something done for families across america, it's time to make washington work finally democrats didn't come up empty, they won big statewide election in commission for agriculture.

jillian: a lot to unpack there, thank you, griff. fox news alert, at least 80 people are dead and more than 1200 still missing in california's devastating wild fires. a candle light vigil held in northern california to honor 77 victims of the campfire and pope francis sending a special prayer to everyone affected by the fires burning around the state. heavy rain in week's forecast could bring some relief but new risk of flooding and mud slides and already devastated areas. rob: hunters told to be on the lookout for clues about a missing teenager, jamie vanished a month ago on the night that her parents were murdered in their wisconsin home. local sheriff's deputies want neighbors to alert them of anything suspicious like clothes or weapon as hunting season gets underway there. investigators previously said that jamie is still alive. there's a 50,000-dollar reward for information leading to her rescue in this mystery.

jillian: today saudi arabia's king salman will give first address since the killing of jamal khashoggi, it's unclear whether he will talk about the washington post columnist, jamal khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in install bull last month, president trump says he won't listen to recording of the brutal killing. >> it's a suffering tape, it's a terrible tape. i've been fully briefed on it. there's no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, they said you shouldn't, i know exactly -- jillian: the cia concluded that the saudi crown prince ordered jamal khashoggi's death something the saudi kingdom denies. rob: democratic leader adam schiff publicly denouncing attorney general. >> i think the appointment is unconstitutional. they lose that case when they go to supreme court. rob: whitaker's appointments needs senate confirmation, he vows to fight this temporary

appointment calling whitaker a threat to mueller investigation, the president is defending his choice. house democrats already preparing to launch a long list of investigations when power shift in their favor in january but maria bartiromo host of mornings with maria here on the fox business network says there are still several positives about a republican controlled senate. >> keeping with that idea of the majority in the senate, the other positive about that is the president is going to be able to get all of the confirmations through. he's got the majority in the senate. he's going to get a new ag, he's going to get new cabinet members and they will breeze through the senate, i think, if they have merit because of the republican majority there. so that's the good news there. the bad news is that all you're hearing, steve, on the other side is investigation after investigation after investigation. >> right. maria: i think the good news it's that's all going to happen, infrastructure, big policy mistake could be if the president looks and tries to

scramble to look on something agree on and i think we need an infrastructure plan, however, have to really watch the costs and taking on too much debt, we are already at 21 trillion as you already know. rob: president trump will test new agenda against new congress when members take office this january. >> week two of the el chapo trial begins in new york city today and according to court documents the president of méxico is expected to be accused of taking bribes from the infamous drug lord. one of el chapo's cartel will testify enrique peña nieto took hush money, he has denied the claims. rob: president trump and first lady melania will receive national christmas tree, near 20-foot tall chosen from farm in north carolina. jillian: scheduled to arrive at the white house around

1:00 o'clock eastern time but won't be lit up until next wednesday. and the holidays are upon us but a bitter cold blast could snarl some thanksgiving travel plans. rob: janice dean tracking the threat that is we all need to know about. janice: it's here, finally, we do have a couple of things to take note of, not any huge systems that are going to plague the whole country but we are watching for cold air across the northeast and system to move into the west. so right now rob mentioned a little warm, feels relatively warmer in new york than id did last week, past 24 hours, we do have lake-effect snow happening, interior northeast sessions, that's where we could see snowflakes and scattered showers across texas. the west coast would be a little concerned for heavy rainfall, so, yes, a good news story because they need to rain across california but bad news because it's going to bring the potential for flooding

especially over the burned areas, all of this water has nowhere to go so it's going to just continue to potentially inundate some of the areas and bring the potential for flash flooding, there's your forecast today and just a quick look at your travel forecast as we head into wednesday, no major huge systems to watch for much of the country is pretty quiet with the exception to maybe new england, the great lakes and then we will watch the system for the west coast, of course. rob: hopefully real quick end to fire season. janice: good news, bad news, you need the moisture but potential for flooding and mud slides. jillian: chicago bears picking up huge division win on sunday night football. >> rolling that way, throws a little low and it is anthony miller. jillian: look at that. the bears' defense hold minnesota vikings. rob: really scary sight in

washington, alex smith off the field with a badly broken leg. he is done for the season, maybe longer. the redskins lose 23-21 in houston. jillian: this i don't know what happened. the defending super bowl champs down the toilet, really, stomped by the saints 48-7, rob, i woke up and i checked the score and i was like whoa, good thing i wake up early because i couldn't watch it. foles is backup. rob: tensions boiling over tijuana, hundreds of residents taking to the streets protesting the massive migrant caravan. brand-new warning from the president. jillian: the president dropping the major hint on the russia probe. >> we gave very, very complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldn't have been

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chris: whitaker decides in any way to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that? >> look, it's going to be up to him. i think he's very well aware politically, i think he's astute politically, she's a very smart person. i really believe he will do what's right. rob: that's going to get a lot of attention from if media, president trump defending whitaker as democrats demand recusal from the bob mueller probe. jillian: our next guest argues that there's no evidence to support the left's call, senior fellow at heritage foundation joins us now to explain. guess, why do you make that argument?

>> well, if you look at the actual regulations that govern conflicts of interest mat whitaker doesn't have one. he's being criticized because when he was a private citizen, before he went to work at doj he said that there was no obstruction of justice charge to be had here. that's actually true, remember, it's doj's long-held position that a sitting president cannot be criminally indicted or charged, all he did was relate what the policy is of the justice department. he's also been criticized for waying, well, he saw evidence that there had -- scarce evidence that there was collusion, frankly that's correct, mueller has turned up no evidence of any kind of any collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. so there's no -- there's no conflict here. rob: yeah, this maybe a witch hunt as the president says, you're right, that they haven't

turned audiotape a lot of evidence and hasn't been going out from the probe, nothing has been leaking out which is surprising, why go around rod rosenstein for ag if he's the deputy, isn't he is next in line, that's concerning for everybody that believes in the investigation? >> yeah, look, there's nothing that unusual about a president making appointment like this, don't forget, remember, tat beginning of the trump campaign when they came in they didn't trust the obama appointees like sally yates and i don't think anybody questioned at the time that the fact that they went down into the attorney's office to put appointment in.

jillian: once it happens, do you think this will be over at some point shortly thereafter? >> i think so, when they are investigating large operation, is they stop with the -- they start with the employees down at the lowest levels. they take that information and then they use it to question people middle management basically rolling up the organization until they get to the ceo at the top. the fact that they've now gotten to the president that's head of campaign and gotten answers from him to me indicates that they probably talked to all of the witnesses they were intended to talk to in their investigation and they're now going to do either simply write a report on what their findings were or whatever finally indictments they have will come out. rob: let's go now to hillary clinton investigation and we have james comey, loretta lynch, remember the tarmac meeting and all of the, you know, a lot of scrutiny on all of that that

happened leading up to 2016 election, let's actually read a james comey tweet here which was from friday, house republicans can ask me anything they want but i want the american people to watch, so let's have a public hearing, truth is best served by transparency, let me know when it's convenient. the republican don't want this thing to be public, right? >> well, i don't know, i would have a problem with it being public because comey can explained why he made a fundamental legal mistake, what i would consider malpractice when he said there wasn't sufficient evidence to put out an indictment for hillary clinton for the mishandling of classified information. he's just wrong. any prosecutor would have concluded that there was enough evidence for that and he's got to explain why he made that decision. it looks like a partisan political decision not one based on the facts and the law.

rob: okay, hans, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. jillian: 18 minutes after the hour, putting crime over politics, democrats taking aim at amazon over its move to new york city, but apparently they just can't keep their hands off the deals, how online retail giant is making money off its biggest critics. [laughter] rob: from head of the state of department to head coach of the cleveland browns, i cannot figure this out, what condoleezza rice is saying about a potential new gig with the nfl, stay tune. - meet the ninja foodi, the pressure cooker that crisps, with the best of pressure cooking and air frying all in one. with our tendercrisp technology, you can quickly cook food, juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. go from fresh to deliciously done in half the time. which means it may become the only thing you use in your kitchen. (tapping) for cooking, at least.

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jillian: good morning and welcome back, walgreens and cvs being seussed over opioid

crisis, failing to stop, quote, suspicious opioid orders, they are being added to previous lawsuit to previous makers of oxycodone and says the lawsuit is without merit, walgreens says it doesn't comment on pending litigation. rob: experimental new treatment, gave kids drug made with small amount made of peanut proteins and increased that amount over a few months building up that immunity and by tend 2 of 3 kids could eat peanuts without any allergic reaction, researchers hope to get approval next year, more than a million kids in the united states have peanut allergies. they don't want them on the plane. jillian: who doesn't, snow rob: tracee carrasco with a bit of

hypocrisy. tracee: politicians like senator kristin gillibrand and alexandra ocasio-cortez, use amazon to order thousands of dollars to order supplies, her campaign spent $10,000 in supplies in amazon, had amazon wish list while senator gillibrand $2,000 to buy supplies on amazon. a spokesperson for ocasio-cortez told the post that it isn't inconsistent for her to be amazon customer while opposing the, quote, corporate warfare -- welfare, rather. jillian: interesting. christmas coming a little early for a lot of folks. tracee: thanks to falling oil prices and gas prices that

americans could be spending a little extra money this holiday season because they have will extra money, americans will save somewhere 2 to $3 billion, that works out to 20 to $40 per household, the big question is how long will oil gas prices last, it comes at good time when people are traveling, gas prices may be lower and also extra money for holiday shopping. rob: 250 a gallon. tracee: not in new york city. rob: out in jersey but pretty good. fox news alert border backlash the people of tijuana taking to the streets protesting this migrant caravan and the thousands of people in it. the tensions boiling over in the brand-new warning from the president. >> i went against president obama, oprah winfrey, michelle

obama. jillian: president trump taking victory lap in key swing states, is this a preview of what to expect in 2020? gop strategists says the president may have just found his stride, she has a lot to talk about it next.

rob: fox news alert, get out. that is the message from many people living in tijuana, méxico as they battle with the migrant caravan that's arriving by the hundreds and soon to be the thousands. president trump now responding to the anger in northern méxico. jillian: todd piro with the message to illegals. >> a heated weekend and rhetoric end in reality. [shouting] >> you can hear the tensions boiling over, hundreds of residents in border city of tijuana protesting arrival of

migrants who they worry will linger in their city for months as they try to claim asylum in the u.s. >> they don't need to be here. the united states closed the doors, the country has to be aware of the people because they have people, they have bad people. so you have to support and close the door. >> all this as thousands of migrants try to use american asylum walls to get into the country. he tweets, quote, catch and release is an obsolete term. it is now catch and detain. illegal immigrants trying to come into the usa often proudly flying flag of their nation as they ask for u.s. asylum will be detained or turned away, dems must approve border security and wall now with the president

adding that he's not oppose today legal immigration. >> we have millions of people online that get into the country legally and those people have preference, they have to have preference, they've been waiting for a long time. >> the mayor of tijuana letting displeasure with the migrants be known calling it invasion saying his city is ill prepared to handle it and guessing that the backlog at the border could be six months, right now close to 6,000 u.s. troops deployed to southern border spread out across california, arizona and texas. rob and jillian, back to you. >> thank you, todd, we now know what president obama told president trump in first meeting in 2016 and the advice proves to be credible. >> toughest decision you've had to make as president? >> well, i think north korea has been very tough, we were very close, when i took over, president obama right in the two chairs, we sat and talked and said that's by far the biggest

problem that the country has. jillian: president trump has made significant progress toward denuclearizing north korea since taking office right now american officials are working towards a second summit with kim jong un. democrats stacy abrams bitter about election defeat in georgia, the failed gubernatorial refusing to call brian kemp legitimate governor elect. >> the law as it stands says that he received an adequate number of votes to become the governor of georgia. >> is he the legitimate governor elect of georgia? >> he is the person who won an adequate number -- jillian: abrams says the election was tainted and says democracy failed in the state. moments ago a fresh load of supplies arriving at international space station, the supply ship bringing more than 3 tons of cargo including science gear, space-walk equipment and even ice cream and here is a live look at the

rocket, space station crew will unload the cargo ship and repack it with trash before releasing it in february. >> all right, president trump taking a midterm victory lap as democratic candidates finally concede in florida's most closely watched races. and it comes on the heels of another republican win just to the north in georgia. >> i went against president obama and oprah winfrey and michelle obama in a great state called georgia for the governor and it was all stacked against brian and i was the one that went for brian and brian won. look at florida, i went down to florida, rick scott won, and he won by a lot. rob: all right, so what did the president learned from 2018 that he can apply to 2020 campaign, here to weigh in on that gop strategists liz, thanks for coming on this morning.

in florida he has a point, georgia was a red state, should that have been that difficult to win the governor seat? >> well, i think the president was smart in going into the state specifically in georgia, he rolled out what we think we are going to see for 2020 -- i'm sorry, his reelection campaign and the most important thing is that when our president goes to these states he speaks directly to the voters and they love it. they love what he has to say, they love that he's here and you can see repeated across the country for reelection and even in the senate, you know, the president was able to help bring in a few more republican seats in the senate, you spoke about florida, that was a tough fight, that was a really tough fight even for several votes, we came out ahead. rob: chris wallace did the interview yesterday with the president on fox news sunday and in one of the points he really try today push home was that voters love what the administration is doing, they have issues with the president's rhetoric and his behavior. there was some -- there was a lot of things that he should

have learned from the midterms, i think, he lost a lot of support in the suburbs it appears and a lot of places that probably should be red are now blue, do you think he learned any lessons? >> well, i think that the most important lesson that they took away that there was a blue splash, blocked by red wall in the rural areas. he still has, you know, very strong support in the rural areas and that's what counts when we need to get to 270 votes, electoral votes to make sure that we win. rob: but that's not all that counts. like at orange county, california. look how tight in texas, the race in texas with ted cruz was tight. that should make him nervous i would think. >> well, i think it makes us pay attention. i'm not quite certain it should make nervous. beto o'rourke was not able to win in texas, we expected to be increase in blue in coastal cities, that's not anything that's new, it's been trending that way for several years now,

what the president needs to focus on is supporters, you know, the issues that are very important, of course, immigration which also have to think about, consumer confidence is up, the economy is doing well, there are more jobs in this country that they were before he took office and those are the things that will drive the voters to the polls. rob: the economy was certainly a big boost for the republicans absolutely. let's talk about the florida election, the mishaps that we saw in broward and palm beach counties, brenda snipes leaving her post after the election and says that she believes that racism was probably some type of a factor in the attacks against her regarding her handling of broward county in this election, what do you think about that? >> i think democrats leave to talk about identity politics instead of focusing on the administration, thousand handle the electoral process and the issues at hand here that when things don't go their way, when they lose they throw that term

out far too frequently. rob: yeah, it's interesting, there's been a lot of criticism of her through the years with numerous elections. all right, thank you so much, liz, we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. jillian: and it's just about 37 minutes after the hour, president trump just weighed in on his white house report card. >> where do you rank yourself in the pantheon of great presidents? >> i think i'm doing a great job, we have the best economy we've ever have. rob: all right, does he make your grade, carley shimkus live with social media reaction to this. good morning, carley. got directions to the nightclub here. and if you get lost, just hit me on the old horn. man: tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's a $10 cover? oh, okay. didn't see that on the website. he's been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritchard.

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jillian: good morning, welcome back, president trump patting himself on the back when asked about his performance as president in fox news sunday exclusive interview, take a look at this.

>> i think i'm doing a great job, we have the best economy we've ever had, i hate to do it but i will do it, i will give myself an a plus, is that snuff? can i go higher than that? rob: would you expect anything else? carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7, siriusxm 115 here with online reaction on that grade for the president to himself. carley: during rule to give himself a minus, not the president, there are many people who would disagree with that as his approval rating is at around 47%, but still there are a whole bunch of folks who are all in on trump 2020 like this slate of twitter users right here, let's see if we can get to some reaction, all right, good, jt says, what an excellent interview, mr. president, you are the best president in history, sir, so very high praise from that twitter user, ken also says, he has done in 2

years what some presidents can't in two terms and lastly another twitter user writing in saying a plus from me, so the president has consistently given himself high approval ratings when asked to rate himself like you said, rob, no surprise there. rob: you know, i'm so confused by the next story i would assume to be head coach of football team you would have had to have been in football for some amount of time. >> espn reported yesterday that the cleveland browns are considering former secretary of state condoleezza rice to be their head coach but both rice and the browns now batting down those rumors, rice taking to facebook saying, i love my browns and i know they will hire an experienced coach to take us to the next level, do i hope that the nfl will start to bring women into the coaching profession. i'm not ready to coach but i would like to call a play or two next season if the browns need ideas. the browns also weighing in on rice saying she's a great

leader, possesses highest possible highest character but we are in list of composing candidates and secretary rice has not been discussed. both debunking the rumor, everybody, rob, like you said agree that is you do need coaching experience to become the head coach of an nfl team but collin on twitter said in defense of the cleveland browns has hiring actual football coaches gotten them in the last 50 years, another twitter user saying paula saying, this would be the most brown thing the browns would do and chris on twitter writing, i have a pretty stelar madden record, maybe i can apply. jillian: anybody can do better than hugh jackson. rob: i bet i could do worse. [laughter] jillian: no coach rice for now. rob: nancy pelosi gaining support from unlikely source, that of president trump. >> if she needs any votes, if

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steve: hello, everybody, i'm steve doocy, we have a bunch of great guests to talk about the news today, ron desantis live, also rick scott, the governor of florida currently who is the senator elect will be talking about the state of the race down there after bill nelson has finally conceded. also trey gowdy, member of congress has got -- he is cosponsor of a bill that would actually honor men that were killed in benghazi with medals of honor and allen west will be

joining to talk about the latest of the caravan. busy 3 hours that kicks off rob 13 minutes right here where everybody trusts on morning news. rob: thank you so much. congressman elect and former navy seal crenshaw silences political panel, listen to what he said about the president's attacks on the press. >> that was not an attack on the president. >> it's literally -- >> i've literally been attacked so i would choose words carefully. if you want to criticize style, i'm with you, but to say attack on press, that's a bold statement. rob: blue lives matter is calling out democratic mayor bill de blasio and cuomo of new york, a decision not to honor

first nypd officer killed in iraq, community board rejected street naming for staff sergeant who was shot and killed by sniper in baghdad in 2005, online petition supporting the renaming has over 5400 signatures. jillian. jillian: nancy pelosi is facing challenge from help members of her own party but getting support from unlikely source, president trump. >> i like nancy pelosi, i mean, she's tough and she's smart but she deserves to be speaker and now they are playing games with her, nobody else to be speaker, if she needs any votes, if she asked me, i would give her the votes to put her over the top. jillian: democrats won't be voting until after thanksgiving, does the timing spell trouble for pelosi, here to debate rochelle richie and sean del summer.

what do you make of what you heard from president trump? >> i have to wonder exactly why the president is supporting pelosi and i wonder what is in it for the president, i mean, this doesn't really seem like someone he would want supporting, she's a power house as a speaker and she's a power house for the democratic party as well as as far as raising funds but i will say that there's some risk obviously with ousting pelosi. i mean, she has the experience, she has the ability like i said to raise money but i think that she does not recognize who her supporters are and when you think about this black women have been the base, backbone of the democratic party and yet we have not had a seat at the leadership table ever, 1789, that's how long, it's never happened for african-american women since 1789, so i think it's time for democrats to stop using the votes of black people while ignoring our voice. julie: so far about 20 democrats oppose nancy pelosi, you know what happens as this draws

closer, what do you make of it. >> good morning, jillian, i think that what you have right now a little bit of a coupe but not enough to overtake pelosi. they would need about 28 votes to overturn the speakership and have it go to someone else. right now there's been a challenger marsha fudge from ohio who is a black woman, who is challenging nancy pelosi but it's probably just an attempt to obtain better committee assignment or some time of concessions from nancy pelosi and political favors being what they are. jillian: rochelle, do you think part of the problem is there's no real clear front runner to go against her? >> i think that's true, we don't have a strong contender that we are seeing come out but after thanksgiving a lot of people, members will make decision on whether or not they will run and marsha fudge is one of them as well as jeffress who is running for chair as well.

look, i think pelosi is a power house in the democratic party but the president supporting her just makes me wonder why, what is in it for him, he seems like he's supporting her to get her out because, you know, the president is not very popular obviously with democrats especially the new comers that came in, him supporting her is a way to push her out which could ultimately hurt party in 2020. jillian: none of us know what the president is thinking. i want to ask both of you this question, shantel i want to start with you, i wonder, just a question if having nancy pelosi as front runner, speaker of the house will put more of a rift in the democratic party, a lot of people do oppose her, a lot of people don't want her in the role and because there's nobody else could that cause potentially more problems? >> i think that the risk in the democratic party is not only the

gender rift and the black women in the democratic party wanting somebody else, it's generational, she's 72 year's old, so there's a generational rift and the fact that they all ran, all the new members to have house ran on this idea of change, they represent sort of the establishment, just like the republicans had the same issue last week with the election of kevin mccarthy and jim jordan's challenge to kevin mccarthy, you the same thing going on in the democratic party. it would be short-sided for the democratic party to ignore the fact that nancy pelosi has been in power for she's long, she's part of the reason that they're in power now. for president trump to support her tells me that he wants another poster child for the next election to say this is what you're getting, he would rather have maxine waters speaker of the house but nancy pelosi is a nice second choice.

jillian: we have to run, i want to give rochelle a couple seconds, if democrats can't come together on this, do you think it'll cause more problems? >> i think it could cause more problems, they have to unify, if pelosi has the votes, they have to get behind her, i don't think causing more division is good for them in 2020. jillian: thank you both for your time, appreciate it. we are coming right back. ♪ [upbeat music]

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jillian: passengers fear for their lives when an elevator drops 48 floors in chicago's iconic hancock skyscraper. >> in the beginning i believed we were going to die we were falling down. >> it was a very long ride until we stopped. jillian: that's scary. it took three hours for rescue crews to break through a brick wall and get the six passengers out safely. officials blame the incident on a broken hoist rope. rob: that's about as scary as it gets. this is also scary. a race car driver loses control soaring through the air and slamming into a barrier at 170 miles per hour. check this out. that looked like a bullet, unbelievable video there driver sophia crashing on

course in china. the german teenager fractured her spine. she will be okay. five other people were hurt. unbelievable. jillian: all right. time now for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good a secret santa spreads holiday chair. anonymous man paying off every order in layaway in vermont. one woman says it will go along way for her family. >> i get goose bumps thinking that is the true magic of christmas. the christmas spirit walking amongst us. jillian: what a kind person. store officials wouldn't say how much the man spent. rob: burned man's luggage. cawght bag on fire. he kicked security guards trying to put out the flames. it's unclear he was arrested. the airline says it's forgiving and forgetting this incident. okay. jillian: the ugly. a pregnant wombat knocked

down a door to get in the next room sleepy burrows wombat sanctuary. she gets very demanding when she is carrying a joey. rob: what just happened? see you later. [laughter] >> it is official republican rick scott the new senator of florida as democrat bill nelson finally concedes. >> now, according to the sun sental newspaper dr. brenda snipes has resigned. >> at least 80 people are dead and more than 1200 still missing in california's devastating wildfires. >> when president trump came here to malibu yesterday, this is literally what he saw. house after house burned to the ground. >> hundreds of residents in the border city of tijuana protesting the arrival of central american migrants. >> when you live in a house you have walls and doors. we don't let just everybody go into our house. i consider this count