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 country our house. >> democratic freedoms have

been under attack. >> what democratic freedoms have been undermined. power in the house, democracy is at work. people are voting in record numbers. >> his first ever championship joey lie lulu lugao wins ♪ can't stop the feeling ♪ dance, dance, dance steve: can't stop the feeling it's going to be a short week. just saying. thanksgiving is thursday. if you are lucky, you only have to work three days. ainsley: short week. so funny playing this song i went to do a fox nation shoot and some of the folks that helped build the houses think were talking about how wonderful it is to be grandparents and their granddaughter loves this movie. and i say every time we play this song brian and steve their kids are older they don't even know this is part of trolls. do you know that movie

trolls? brian: not yet. i'm focused on creed 2. this does remind me of last night i was dancing to this song. steve: he was over at studio 54. it was crazy. want to see the pictures go to page 6.com. [laughter] steve: thank you for joining us on this monday of a short holiday week. weave start with a fox news alert. big news. the ballot chaos now over as broward county election supervisor reportedly resigns overnight. ainsley: comes hours after senator bill nelson conceded to republican rick scott in florida senate race. brian: griff, why would she resign? i thought it was going so well. griff: good morning, she lost 2040 ballots. she missed deadlines and failed to accurately report numbers on election night and now according to the sun sentinel newspaper headed to the door effective january 2nd. yesterday i asked her pointedly i said are you worried the governor elect ron desantis will remove

you? here is what she had to say. >> no. i haven't heard anything about that so, no, my attorney says i should not -- >> thank you very much. >> thank you alleluia. >> now governor desantis will have an opportunity to replace her officially. meanwhile, the big news, guys, after 18 years in office, bill nelson in the senate is conceding after losing by 10033 votes to rick scott center elect scott writing an op-ed for fox news saying now the voters have florida have spoken and i'm honored to serve as our state's next senator and share florida's success with the entire nation. in that other race, the governor ron desantis winning not having to go to a hand recount over tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. yesterday a tweet from governor elect desantis saying this was a hard fought election. now it is time to bring florida together. so, finally, i guess i can't stop the feeling of relief, guys, that the madness in south florida has officially ended.

brian: wait a second, griff jenkins can disembark? [laughter] brian: you can go home. griff: finally headed home so we think. nothing is ever official. brian: i have seen that shirt four straight days, griff. ainsley: you are the hardest worker in television hurricanes and elections. the caravan. thanks, griff. steve: i was talking to peter doocy last night he is in tallahassee covering this, and he said that later today he may be able to go back to his apartment for the first time in seven weeks. he has not opened the door to his apartment. brian: wow. ainsley: this is peter? steve: peter doocy. ainsley: another one hard-working. steve: the writing was on the wall two days ago counting all the ballots. we are coming up with the wrong number. oh, we're running the ag commissioner. we are supposed to do the senator. the other thing was when she said we're missing 2,000 ballots. they are here in the building somewhere. where else would they be? we'll find them.

they never did. brian: they sent out sample ballots for the 2018 election. the problem is they didn't resemble the actual ballots from the 2018 election. she destroyed 6,000 ballots after they were counted but a judge ordered them to be preserved in 2016. that's a big oops. she kept the job for 2018. maybe there is hope in broward county for 2020. there is no excuse now. we know the counties that are a problem. we know how vital the state is for outcome to elections. get it together. a little bit later governor elect ron desantis will be joining us live. he got the concession. he didn't need the hand count. rick scott in order to beat senator bill nelson needed the hand count. he accepted the concession yesterday. rick scott, good friend to the president. they have been friends for a long time. he will be an ally in most cases. ainsley: they build so many houses in the state of florida because of rick scott. they say rick scott has secured so much money for that organization, millions of dollars helping our

veterans. steve: indeed. all right. meanwhile, go to the other side of the country out in tijuana south of san diego, california. remember we told you that the president of the united states had referred to the oncoming caravan as an invasion? do you know who agrees with the president? some mexicans who are looking at this caravan as an invasion. watch this video montage and you will see what i'm talking about. >> they are coming. they are gangs. they are bad people. ♪ [chanting] >> our government has not taken control of these what we call invasions. if you live in a house, you have walls, you have doors, you have gates. we do that because we don't want to just let anybody go into our house, and i consider this country my house on a larger scale. and we should control our borders.

[speaking foreign language] ainsley: what donald trump said is true that that man shouted. arrived in tijuana the border town underneath san diego in mexico. the residents are shouting we don't want you here. the mayor says they will probably thereby six months while they file for asylum. many people are sympathetic to these individuals. but the residents there, they don't want them in their town. they are worried that their taxes are going to be used to pay for the migrants. shouting insults and throwing rocks and some threw punches. brian: how the caravan forced their way into mexico throwing rocks and bottles at the mexican border guards or troops. and they ended up just letting them in. they also know the mexican government at separate times provide buses for groups of them. that doesn't make them happy. and if you have a town in a city and you have acquired some of a influence in your life you don't know why there is maybe 5,000 sitting in a soccer stadium by you

or laying in a lawn by you or laying all over the beaches by you. they know that more are coming behind. so, in mexico, they are calling it an invasion. how could you be on president trump saying it's the wrong word. their destination is america. steve: local shelters in tijuana are equipped to house 700. they have 3,000. they are expecting 10,000. the president of the united states tweeted this out yesterday. the mayor of tee yuanna, mexico, just said that the city is ill prepared to handle this many migrants. the backlog could last six months. likewise, the u.s. is ill-prepared for this invasion and will not stand for it. they are causing crime and big problems in mexico. and the president says simply to the migrants go home. ainsley: you mentioned the shelters being full. a lot of the women and the kids are in the shelters and the men are sleeping outside. they had to open up a city sports complex. you had people sleeping on the fields like the baseball fields under neath the bleachers and churche churches e

bringing in portable showers and bathrooms so that the folk could say have some water and be able to clean themselves. brian: if you don't like the term invasion don't worry about it the mayor of tijuana has other term avalanche or tsunami of people. for people to think it's hyperbole people using it for the election. he was pointing out something for the election he tweeted about it last night. he didn't forget about it. now all the sudden you have the mexican city mayor's complaining about it. steve: remember when this caravan was coming up through honduras, mexican towns. we saw the images of the mexican people presenting them with food and water and clothe and everything they needed. enough to they are where they were going to in mexico last stop before the united states they are not so welcome. ainsley: they knew they were going in and going out. then when they reached tijuana, there is nowhere else to go. the mayor there says the federal government says they are expecting it to swell to

10,000 people and u.s. border inspectors are only able to process about hundred asylum petition at that crossing. brian: huge delay, catch and detain, not catch and release. steve: that's the very latest from florida and california and now the rest of the news from around the world. here is jillian. brian: she will skip the eagles game i'm sure. jillian: oh, my gosh, what happened? i woke this up morning angry because of that. ainsley: you didn't have to watch it. jillian: i'm glad i was asleep for that get you caught up on news starting with a fox news alert now. at least 80 people are dead and more than 1200 missing in california's devastating wildfires. a candlelight vigil held in northern california to honor the 77 victims of the camp fire. and pope francis seconding a special prayer to everyone affected by the fires. heavy rain in this week's forecast could bring some relief, but there is a new risk of flooding and mud

slideinalready devastated areas. it is sentencing day for the man who admits to killing pregnant wife and two little girls. chris watts could expected the rest of his life behind bars after taking a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in colorado. he was arrested in august days after going on tv to beg for the safe return of his family claiming they were missing. bodiethe bodies found days later oil field where he worked. bob barker is in the hospital for the second time in less than a month. 94-year-old price is right host rushed to the emergency room in los angeles with severe back pain. his manager tells entertainment tonight that he is quote, awake, alert and improving but is he up and down. barker was hospitalized with back page at the end of october. president trump and first lady melania will receive the national christmas tree at the white house today. the nearly 20-foot tall 800-pound frazier fir chosen

from a firm in north carolina. it is scheduled to arrive at the white house around 1:00 eastern time, but it won't be lit up until next wednesday, so you have to wait to see that. steve: indeed. thank you very much, jillian. brian: have the guys put the stand on in the woods because you don't want to do that at your house. steve: this is the people's house. the way they look for a tree that will fit exactly so it just -- we have all been there for years, it will just touch the roof of the white house, it will stand 20 feet. ainsley: they put it in a bucket, right? put it in a bucket and cover it. steve: the park service probably has some special white house special christmas tree stand it's gigantic. brian: i'm so proud of myself when he i go to the christmas tree place and i bring my stand from the previous year i get a pro-to put it on and i know it's going to be straight. ainsley: you are one of those who keeps the stand. i don't live because i live in a small apartment. no place to store it i would

rather buy a new one every year. brian: i keep the stand. ainsley: have you an attic, a house. steve: slide it under the bed. we now have an electric, artificial tree that comes with a stand. so much easier. we keep it in peter's bedroom in the closet. all right. meanwhile, 6:13 in new york city. "new york times" asking the big question about who will lead house democrats. if not pelosi, whom? lisa booth is here with the answer and she is coming up next. ainsley: could peanut allergies soon be a thing of the past? possible game changer: peter doocy don't try to hang your clothes up, no room ♪ my way ♪

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brian: this morning the "new york times" asking the big questions about the future of the democratic leadership quote if not pelosi who? adding what if house democrats tried to stage a coup and nobody showed up to take power. that is the predicament facing democrats as quiet rebellion simmers in their ranks to block representative nancy pelosi to from being speaker. >> hi, brian. brian: they ran not supporting nancy pelosi for speaker. but, is this going to go

anywhere? >> you also had 17 people sign on to a letter saying that they are not going to support nancy pelosi even on the house floor. and that's where her biggest challenge lies because she is ultimately likely going to get the behind the scenes votes on november 28th. it's the january 3rd vote where she has to get to 218, which is potentially an issue for her. i think if it's this hard for her to wrangle her conference, i think it's a sign of what's to come for her. going to have a difficult time. she apparently had meeting with centrist democrats and had names house freedom caucus we don't want to have that kind of problem next congress. she is acutely aware this is going to be an issue for her. you have a growing progressive wing of the party. i think there is around 90 members in the progressive caucus. that's going to be a challenge. brian: people ran as almost like republicans in republican districts and won as democrats. thin yothen you have many left o

the san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi. >> right. brian: new york congresswoman don't expect anyone to emerge until it's clear nancy pelosi doesn't have the votes. is marcia fudge emerging? lisa: she has put her name out there at th tepidly saying what sort of support she could get. i think nancy pelosi is ultimately going to get the speaker's gavel. tim ryan ran against her the last leadership go around. got about 63 votes. that's the largest defection she has seen in her leadership fight that she has ever seen. i think nearly a third of the caucus voted against her. so you might see some defectors, potentially. i think ultimately, she is going to end up being the speaker. brian: what's behind the president saying if nancy pelosi needs the votes i will supply republicans? >> i don't know if is he controlling her. i have been thinking about this a lot.

i don't know if is controlling her and kind of putting it out there and, you know, sort of being, you know a little bit miss chiefous or if he sees her as a more viable option as speaker of the house, potentially sees her as more willing to work with him than maybe someone had is even more progressive as nancy pelosi. one thing i would point out i was at the nrc in 2010. a lot of ads using nancy pelosi's face against the democratic incumbents. allen boyd a democrat outgoing who lost that elections cycle said she was a face that defeated us. i think with democrats in power again in the house, that is ultimately going to be an issue for them in 2020. brian: get elected i'm not going to support nancy pelosi and first thing you do is support nancy pelosi that could be a problem in two years. >> sometimes that happens, too. brian: lisa booth, thank you very much. she by the way is very cold but didn't complain the entire segment. brian: ron desantis running for governor again. now time to join the state governor.

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temtemper to help keep order during emergencies. that's only happened twice both times after terror attacks. steve: heated florida raves have been declared over and ron desantis has been elected governor again. brian: come back story joining us to discuss this victory is governor ron desantis. governor, anything but easy. were there any doubts in the interim from election day to today that you would be at this moment governor elect of florida? >> no. i mean, look only thing being elected governor of florida something elected twice in two weeks. we had a margin on election night. it was a close race but definitive i had won. even with some of the votes that turned up in broward, i mean, my margin was significant enough. weave knew the machine recount was not going to change it and it didn't. i had confidence that governor scott would end up winning the recount. both manual and machine recount there. so, i think that's great

that it happened and we are moving on now. obviously we have to address some of the problems with the election administration in places like broward and palm beach county. i think it's good that brenda snipes has submitted her resignation. there was no way as governor that i was going to let her preside over another election down there after all the problems that they had. so we had 65 counties do a good job. we had two that dropped the ball. we want to make sure all 67 counties do these elections in a fair way. ainsley: what happens next? you will appoint someone to take over for dr. snipes? >> it depends on when her resignation is effective. i heard it was going to be effective sometime in early january, about the time i'm being sworn in, so, yeah, that will fall to me to appoint her replacement if she has resigned immediately then governor scott would have a window to appoint it before he leaves office. brian: mr. desantis, what do you make of the fact that these races not only senate but governor and ag commissioner were so close?

what does that say about florida that the state is pretty much split right down the middle 50/50 or the state is bad at counting? >> no, look. it's always been a come at thcompetitive state. that's the nature of the beach. donald trump won florida by a couple points. barack obama in 2012 i think it was a half a percent. that's just how florida elections are the democrats turned out way more voters than they did in 2014. i think what we did on the republican side is made sure we turned out our voters. so there kind of was a blue wave we just were able to overcome it. brian: andrew gillum was called by the president of the united states a force to be reckoned with. no one doubts his charisma on the stump. what was he like to compete against. >> he was a very formidable opponent. i said that from the beginning. nobody thought he could win the democratic primary. if you watched him he outdebated all those people. only one who inspired anybody with enthusiasm. i think the fact that he was their nominee, he was really

responsible for driving a lot of these democrats to vote who don't normally vote in midterm elections. so it was tough. it was a tough fight. ainsley: what's on the agenda for you? do you plan on doing when you are sworn in. >> the first thing we have to do is baby proof the governor's mansion because i have a 2-year-old daughter and 8 month old son, so we want to make sure that, you know, there is all kind of florida history in there and i don't want my daughter bring that crashing down. we have a lot to economic development and education reform. i will appoint three supreme court justices, basically as soon as i take office. we're going to have to look and make sure our elections are run well. so there is a whole host of things we are going to be able to do. it's going to be an exciting time in florida. steve: i saw your ad that showed your child in it and you were reading them art of the deal. how much did the president help you get over the finish line? >> well, he did two big

rallies in florida down the stretch. one in southwest florida and one in northwest florida. and i think if you look at the type of turnout we were able to generate, i think a lot of his voters, he was able to activate and bring them out. and so i think that he played a very, very important role in this. and you look throughout the country, these races where he was campaigning, missouri, north dakota, these places. all those candidates won. and so, you know, i think donald trump has a very good base of support in the state of florida and in some of these other states where he was able to help engineer these victories. brian: no doubt about it in florida a huge impact in the senate and governor's race. governor elect ron decan sis. ainsley: congratulations. brian: what a story, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, guys. steve: you heard the left claim president trump is undermining democracy. now congressman elect and navy seal dan crenshaw has just one question. >> democratic freedoms have been undermined. we just had an election

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following this former secret service officer and author of spy gate. president trump is being accused of trumping you up this story for the midterm election and using terms like invasion and some people like jim acosta were offended by that word. maybe he should take that question to the mayor of tijuana. he is causin calling the invasia tsunami that has hit his city. >> yeah, brian. i don't think the liberal media and open border advocates around the globe understand now badly this story is "boston globing" up in thei"boston -- blowing up in. a lot of people in the audience, illegal immigration, especially an incident like this en masse and going to be absolutely impossible to glol orderly fashion. illegal immigration is almost always discussed in terms of how it effects the person coming here illegally or a migrant. it's almost never discussed how it effects the american

citizen and residents of the city like tijuana. now that you are starting to see people finally object and say hey, you can claim asylum there is a way to do it this isn't it. finally seeing coverage and backlash on it this isn't going well for liberals and open borders. ainsley: catch and detain. illegal migrants trying to come in the u.s.a. often proudly flying the 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. does this prove what we are seeing down there that we need to be tougher and tighter on our border security? >> yeah, there is no question catch and release was a disaster. ainsley, it's a matter of very simple math. if you have 100 or 1,000 people enter the country illegally they are caught the first part of catch and release but then released into the population with a court date and massive numbers of them don't return, it's not an effective deterrent. the border is not meant to

be a suggestion, ainsley. it's meant to be an actual border. like there is a process -- i don't even like the term imlegal immigration. there is immigration process and then law-breaking. if you come in here the wrong way, you chose the latter. steve: there you go. dan, let's talk a little bit about this, it's been clear from the get-go that a lot of members from the mainstream media do not like donald trump. listen to this montage of members of the media talking about how the president is attacking the press. watch, and our freedom. >> what we are witnessing right now is just this erosion of our freedoms in terms of covering the president of the united states. >> our democracy is in crisis. what we have seen in the last month in so many ways is degrading the rule of law, delegit eyeing our elections. >> house engage in critical oversight of an administration that is undermining a lot of critical freedoms for folks in our country. steve: that is what we have heard a lot in the last

couple of months until yesterday down in texas they have elected congressman dan crenshaw. he is that navy seal who lost his eye. he was on face the nation yesterday. he was asked about how the president is undermining democracy with his attacks on the press. he had heard enough of it. and he said this, dan bongino. >> i always ask a question like, what? like what is the undermining exactly? what democratic freedoms have been undermined? we just had an election where we switched power in the house. democracy is at work. people are voting in record numbers. i always ask for examples and we can hit those examples one by one. if it's worth criticizing it's worth criticizing. just this broad brush criticism that the president is somehow undermining our democracy, i always wonder like what exactly we are talking about. steve: he went on to say -- somebody said well the president is attacking the press. he goes wait a minute, i have actually been attacked, be careful about the words you use.

>> i have got to say i'm really starting to love this dan crenshaw. this guy is great. he is asked the question i have been begging everyone to ask forever. how? how is the president undermining democracy? do you understand how foolish that makes you look when you say it and you produce examples that are the opposite of what you are suggesting? think about it. steve, right, he is undermining, what, your economic democracy? how, by giving you back more of your money in a tax cut? how idiotic is that? he is undermining press democracy or freedom of the press? how? guy, the guy gives press conferences when he is in the bathroom. this guy is answering more questions than you guys have asked in, what, 20 years in the media? he can't stop answering questions. and is he undermining the free press? well, he threw out jim across attachment he threw out acosta who is now right back in the process because they went through the court and what did trump say about it, okay, final, we'll institute some rules. wait, what more? oh he is undermining

democracy, how? by not forcing you to buy obamacare and dumping the individual mandate? this is the most democratic president we have seen in decades. this is so dumb. you are making yourself look silly by saying it and a big round of applause to dan crenshaw for finally calling people out on it. brian: all right. >> you got me going on that. [laughter] brian: hollhole holy cow who needs coffee. >> i haven't even had one yet. brian: it has put him in the spotlight and i think he is really shining. >> oh, incredible. is he really wonderful that was a great line. he ha asked a common sense question every american should ask how is donald trump -- ainsley: he shares your name. thank you dan bongino for being with us. >> it's a great name. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has more headlines for us. jillian: whoever killed an american teacher in mexico

will pay. a mexican governor vowing revenge on the cartel drug trafficker accused of murdering patrick braxton andrew. the remains recovered after he disappeared on a hiking trip last month. unclear how he was murdered or what evidence officials have against the cartel. a race car driver loses control, flies through the air and slams into a barrier at 170 miles per hour. stop what you're doing and watch this. jillian: that is frightening. that is driver sophia florence crashing on the formula 3 course in china. the german between who fractured her spine tweet i just wanted to let everybody know that i am fine but five other people were hurt. researchers in the u.s. and u.k. gave kids made with a

small amount of peanut proteins that increase the amount over a few months. by the end, two of three children could eat peanuts without any reaction. researchers hope to get f.d.a. approval next year. condoleezza rice shutting down reports her beloved cleveland browns wanted her to coach. the former secretary of state writing on facebook, quote: i love my browns and i know they will hire an experienced coach to take us to the next level end quote. i do hope that the nfl will start to bring women into the coaching profession. rice also saying she would like to call a play or two next season. the browns say she is not in the running for the job. a look at your headlines a lot of people talking about that one this morning. will. brian: adam shepler said that and he is almost never wrong. how can that possibly be. jillian: anyone can do better than hugh jackson won three games out of 40.

brian: he for got to win last year. ainsley: could be wrong this time. brian: almost never wrong. but her dad was a coach. steve: thank you very much. janice dean the weather machine is going to join us outside to tell us that rain and snow is coming here. janice: not too bad, actually. today is really nice. where are you from? >> san antonio texas. janice: what are your names. >> reuben and rose guerrra. janice: what do you think of the weather here so far. >> awesome. janice: what are you doing today? >> we're going over to the 9/11 memorial and also over to the brooklyn bridge. japan january you are on "fox & friends" right now. >> awesome. janice: fantastic. take a look at our weather for the san antonio folks. 45 across the great lakes interior northeast sections. that's where we will get a little bit of the rain/snow mix. here along the coast we are okay. the good news is as we head into this busy travel week, we have a fairly quiet weather pattern. we are going to potentially see a little bit of moisture sneaking up across the ohio valley in towards the great

lakes and northeast. we have a system moving in toward the west coast we are going to watch as well. going to bring much needed moisture to folks in california. there is our thanksgiving day forecast. not too bad. 27 in new york city. want to say hi to steve, ainsley and brian in the studio. >> hi, guys. good to see you. ainsley: we love san antonio. steve: thank you very much. and the alamo. brian: and the alamo. steve: check out fox nation very soon. brian: 27th. president trump says the answers are finished for special counsel robert mueller. >> we gave very, very complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldn't have even been asked. brian: but law professor jonathan turley says there is nothing easy about the russia probe. he is here to explain. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge

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brian: week 11 in the nfl is marked by a scary site. we will ♪ show you the actual hit. a brutal leg break carted off the field done for the year maybe his career. redskins insult to injury they lose to houston 23-21 won seven in a row. chicago pick up a huge division win over the minnesota vikings. the champion eagles throttle 48-7 i think the best team in football the new orleans saints. now to race car driving. nascar joey lieu began know li e playoffs last season beating out the big 3 martin truex jr., kyle busch and kevin harvick. now to steve to talk to somebody very smart. steve: thank you very much. indeed, brian. after saying he very easily answered the mueller questionnaire, president trump explains what he meant with chris wallace on "fox news sunday" yesterday. >> we gave very, very

complete answers to a lot of questions that i shouldn't have even been asked. and i think that should solve the problem. i hope it solves the problem. it wasn't a big deal. they make it like i had meetings for many, many hours. i got the questions. i responded. we wrote them out. i read them once. i read them a second time. we made some changes. that's it. very simple. do you know why? i did nothing wrong. steve: but is it that simple? here with reaction as you can see right there on your screen constitutional law professor school of law jonathan turley. good morning to you. >> thank you, steve. steve: you think it's either a good thing or a bad thing the president said i answered them very easily. >> well, nothing is easy in the mueller investigation those people that were indicted by mueller found it very easy to charge them on statements that they made that were found to be inaccurate or conflicting with other evidence.

i mean, for the most part, when it comes to u.s. defendants, these charges come closer to missteps than malfeasance. they are largely false statements made to investigators as opposed to core crimes. steve: right. >> so that's obviously the greatest concern for attorneys representing the president. steve: so, it seems to be all about the russia collusion thing. no obstruction of justice stuff. >> right. now that leaves us in an intriguing position. once these answers are put in, mueller could go ahead and issue a report just on collusion. steve: right. >> hold the rest of the stuff for a second report. and that would allow the house of representatives under democratic control to start to move forward. now, obviously, a lot of democrats have a type of agatha christie sort of strategy here. they are hoping that the final scene, mueller is going to reveal all of the critical evidence that he kept from the readers up to this point. but, so far, the narrative

that is in all these previous filings really have one conspicuous omission. that is a direct connection, not just trump, but trump officials in a true collusion conspiracy. steve: finally, exit question. this could all be leading up to, still, he could have in his pocket, ladies and gentlemen, a subpoena. mr. president, cop on down. >> yeah. that is the most intriguing possibility that because the white house said we really don't want obstructions answers we have objections to them that he could have waited until the last stage and then he could hit him with a subpoena. they this could go into a different place very quickly. steve: after the midterms. robert mueller's next move. we will see what happens. jonathan turley thank you very much. >> thanks, steve. steve: meanwhile the number is stunning. household deck hitting a record $13.5 trillion. how can you get out from under that? it's not all on one person's shoulders, it's across all

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♪ ainsley: the booming economy apparently isn't helping some americans who are deep any debt. the federal reserve bank of new york reporting the total household debt increased 219 billion to record high 13.5 trillion in a third quarter of 2018. joining me now with how you can get out of that debt is personal finance expert with ramsey solutions and author of everyday millionaires chris hogan.

hey, chris. thanks for joining us. >> absolutely. it's a pleasure to be with you. ainsley: it's always a pleasure to have you on. i was shocked by. this the economy is doing well but we are seeing record high debt. why is that? >> when you look at debt and start dealing with it, ainsley, it's less about income and more about lifestyle. americans have appetite for debt. it's actually alarming. to say take it a step further, 5% of all debt is in some form of delinquency. that means we are not only taking on more debt we are also falling behind. ainsley: are people just not caring that they are in debt anymore? >> well, people have become numb to debt. it's become a way of life. it's normal. you know, the average credit card debt is hovering around 16,000 per household. so it's scary. and when people have this appetite for debt, they just keep spending and spending. and let's be honest, this holiday season, this isn't when people catch up on their debt or pay it down. this is typically when peopled a to it because they are buying with money they don't have. and this is alarming.

ainsley: chris, how do we get out of debt? >> we first have to make a decision. understanding that debt is not your friend. it's a threat to now as well as your future. so let's get out of the debt. let's attack it. so list your debt smallest to biggest. we call it the debt snow ball. write it down smallest to biggest. make minimum payments on all the other debts except for the little one. i want you to attack it, ainsley. i want people to sell some stuff, take on an extra job, attack that debt. and this is all debt except for your mart damage. if you do, this you will take back control and eventually when you pay off the debt you will give yourself a raise because you get to keep more of your money with you. ainsley: yeah. good a advice. especially four christmas time because we are all spending more money. >> we really do. and we need to spend with cash. remember, not all gifts need to require you to go into debt. set a budget, spend cash, and give a gift. ainsley: thank you so much, chris. good to see you. >> thank you. al al recount is done but fallout is far from over.

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steve: big news, the ballot chaos in florida now over. >> the only thing better than being elected governor of florida something elected twice in two weeks. i think it's good that brenda snipes has submitted her resignation. there was no way as governor i was going to let her preside over another election. >> at least 80 people are dead. more than 1200 still missing in california's devastating wildfires. >> hundreds of residents in the border city of tijuana protesting the arrival of central american migrants. >> if you live in a house, you have walls, you have doors, because we don't want to let just anybody go into our house. >> the liberal media and the open borders advocates around the globe understand just how badly this story is blowing up in their face. >> president trump and first lady melania will receive

the national christmas tree at the white house today. 800-pound frazier fir scheduled to arrive around 1:00 eastern time. ♪ ♪ what's y'all trying to do ♪ brian: dance scene hard core country with dancing. ainsley: it's thanksgiving and shorter workweek so we're dancing. steve: something to dance to. thank you for joining us on this very busy monday. we start in florida. ainsley: it is a fox news alert. the ballot chaos in florida, it is now over as the embattled broward county election supervisor, there she is, reportedly resigning overnight. brian: i wonder why? it comes hours after senator bill nelson conceded to republican rick scott in florida's senate race. steve: well, griff jenkins is live in fort lauderdale with the very latest update.

griff, i read that she is leaving to spend more time with her family. griff: well, we will find out, guys. i have called and texted her. i have her cell phone. she hasn't responded. who knows? here's the deal brenda snipes lost 2,000 ballots, missed deadlines and failed to report accurate numbers on election night, and now according to the sun sentinel she has submitted her resignation effective january 2nd. about those missing ballots i asked her on camera yesterday where they were and here is what she had to say. >> i have never thought the ballots were missing. that's a word we like ballots. the ballots are intermingled with the other page 1s. >> intermingled. we will see if we can find out more. big news after the weekend 18 years in the senate bill nelson conceding to rick scott. senator elect scott writing an op-ed on foxnews.com saying with the heated campaign season behind us, it's time for our leaders to come together, roll up their sleeves, and get something done for families across

america it's time to make washington work. speaking of concessions also over the weekend tallahassee mayor andrew gillum conceding to now governor elect ron decan sis, guys, back to you. steve: speaking of ron desantis, he was on our program a little while ago, he said if brenda snipes was in her position when he takes the governorship, this would happen. >> obviously we are going to have to address some of the problems with the election administration in places like broward and palm beach county. i think it's good that brenda snipes has submitted her resignation. there was no way as governor that i was going to let her preside over another election down there after all the problems that they had. so, we had 65 counties do a good job. we had two that dropped the ball. we want to make sure all 67 counties do these elections in a fair way. ainsley: he will most likely choose her replacement because she is reportedly resigning now. but it takes effect at the beginning of january and that's when he will become

governor. brian: by the way, give gillum credit. give nelson credit. they both are in tough races. a bunch of recounts. they were very gracious not the case in georgia where stacey abrams basically won't admit she lost. only admits that the other guy had more votes. bizarre. steve: down in florida, so republicans took the governorship, they also took the senate race. however, democrats did win the other big one. that's the commissioner of agriculture nikki freed beat republican matt caldwell. the final margin was 6,000 votes. we will talk to the current governor soon to be senator, is he a senator elect rick scott live on this program. 25 minutes from right now right here on fox. brian: one of the reasons why the ag commissioner is important for the people in florida it has a lot to do with guns. have a lot to do presiding over where we are going over with guns in florida. ainsley: big issue after the school shooting. let's go down to the border,

tijuana, mexico, a lot of residents there really mad that this caravan has hunkered down in their city. 3,000 migrants, mostly hondurans have reached the tijuana border which is right below san diego. they are there and seeking asylum. they have to wait there. the residents are protesting. brian: by the way, the mayor of tijuana juan manuel says no city is in the world is prepared to receive. this if i'm allowed, this avalanche to happen, it is a tsunami. so the president gets ridiculed for saying invasion. these si synonyms. let's listen to protesters speaking out. >> they are coming. they are gangs. they are bad people. [chanting] >> our government has not taken control of these what we call invasions. if you live in a house, you

have walls, you have doors. you have gates. we do that because we don't want to just let anybody go into our house. i consider this country my house on a larger scale. we should control our borders. [speaking spanish] steve: you there you got it donald trump was right this is an invasion. that was from one of the people who lives in mexico. it was just a couple weeks ago where we saw as the migrant caravan was moving through mexico. we saw so many mexicans reaching out with food and water and clothes and help. and now that they are, it looks like some of them could be camped in tijuana for five, six, seven, eight months. some of the people in tijuana say wait a minute, we don't like this idea. ainsley: stark contrast. before they were helping them along the way. church groups and local residents because they were helping them. brian: move. ainsley: move north, right. now they are hunkered down

in one city. now local residents are scared tax dollars used to pay for the migrants. throwing insults and rocks. some were punching each other. shelters are full. they are sleeping out on the streets. you had a sports complex in that area where the city said you can sleep here, so they're sleeping on the dirt basic fields. they are sleeping underneath the bleachers. brian: they consider that better than honduras. donald trump tweeted this out the mayor of tijuana said the city is ill prepared to handle this many migrants. the backlog could last six months. likewise the u.s. is ill-prepared for this invasion and will not stand for it they are causing crime and big problems in mexico. go home. the new rules put out designed to funnel these would be illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to official ports of entry at which time there is a huge bag log and huge wait. they will sign in and hunker down there. steve: the wait, the waiting list was already 3,000 before the migrant caravan arrived. dan bongino had this observation about what we're seeing at our southern

border. >> illegal immigration is almost always discussed in terms of how it effects the person coming here illegally or a migrant. it's almost never discussed how it effects the american citizens and the residents of the city like tijuana. now that you are starting to see people finally object and say, hey, you can claim asylum but there is a way to do it and this isn't it. now you are finally seeing some coverage and backlash. the border is not meant to be a suggestion. it's meant to be an actual border. steve: okay. so that's his suggestion. let's see what happens going forward. right now it looks like the folks in tijuana wasn't exactly what they had bargained on. brian: this is thanksgiving week, which means a lot of times for people to get together with their families and discuss how their lives are going. and then suddenly realizing the midterms were just two weeks ago, somehow that conversation might segway into politics. and if it happens, it might turn out that you are one of these families that might be

on different places on the political spectrum. steve: they are not talking about 2018, they are talking about 2016 still. the "new york times" has essentially a little helpful thing, an angry uncle bot. it says this. it says many of us aren't accuss tommed to socializing with people who think differently from us. especially about politics. our political attitudes and beliefs are intertwined with our most basic lifestyle and things like that. what they do is we are going to play this a smart phone down in the control room. you choose whether you are a liberal, where you would chat with a conservative uncle bot or if you are conservative and you would chat with a liberal. ainsley: trains you and prepares you at the thanksgiving table. steve: go on down a little further. let's do the i'm more liberal. first one. uncle bot. all right. brian: so the question is. if you are somebody that says i'm more liberal than your -- more liberal than you're conservative family

member, your response should be great. well, let me tell you something. steve: here's how it goes. look at the economy it's booming. all right? so which of those three would you say is the correct answer? let's say the last one so how are you doing financially? >> and karen, who is the arbiter of your answer says that's a good choice, the goal is at this point to start a conversation. the easiest way to do that is by asking questions. ones that are nonthreatening, open-ended, and non-leading. the worry is that you give an answer that is confrontational and next thing you know you are throwing potatoes at somebody. ainsley: so funny, we have been in this profession for a long time and every thanksgiving year, every thanksgiving week every year we have this discussion of how do you talk politics at the dinner table if it comes up? and it's funny because with your family, you have to go to thanksgiving. but, you know, if it's your friend you don't have to be friends with someone who might think differently, i

encourage you to have, a wide range of friends. but, if you don't want to talk politics, you don't have. to say you have to go to the thanksgiving table with your family. you don't have a choice. steve: they are showing you how to do a line of questioning and responding so that it's not confrontational. the problem is if people have been drinking, they're going to forget. brian: right. ainsley: ains do you do y'all talk politics at your thanksgiving table though. steve: sure. ainsley: do you all agree? steve: no. brian: as a family we can no longer handle this ourselves. we have to go to artificial intelligence. steve: a bot. brian: coach us through thanksgiving. the pilgrims didn't have this. steve: why do you think they call it a smart phone? brian: hold on a second, let me find out how my phone would handle that question aunt sally. ainsley: don't just talk politics. brian: you can't not talk politics. you have to talk substance.

steve: the "new york times" is trying to help people who might be at a table with people of different political viewpoints. what do you think? is is that a good idea in email or facebook us. brian: leave an empty chair for the bot. go to the bot when there is trouble. ainsley: read the article online it's a turkey crying. >> need a botto bot to talk to family members maybe there is something going on there. this story out of california we have been following now. at least 80 people are dead and more than 1200 missing in california's devastating wildfires. a candlelight vigil held in northern california to honor the 77 victims of the camp fire. pope francis sending a special prayer to everyone affected by the fires. heavy rain in this week's forecast could bring some relief but there is a new risk of flooding and mud slides in already devastated areas. week two of the el chapo trial begins in new york city today. according to court documents the president of mexico will be accused of taking bribes

from the infamous drug lord. one of el chapo's former cartel associates saying taken $6 million in hush money. he has denied those claims. president trump needs your help in deciding which turkey to save from the dinner table. the white house tweeting, quote: the pardoning of the national thanksgiving turkey is almost upon us. and our two gob bling candidates have arrived. get ready to vote on which bird president trump should pardon this week. submit your email on the white house website to find out when voting opens. this year's tucke year turkeys h dakota are trained not to jump off tables. steve: i will make a prediction he will pardon both. jillian: i think you are right. brian: you have so many sources. steve: they do it every year. ainsley: democrats gained control of the house and republicans kept control of the senate. will anything get done in the new congress? our next guest has a sure fire plan to get both sides working together. brian: one guy gets caught stealing a vending machine.

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steve: new congress is set to get working in january, with democrats in charge of the house and republicans in charge of the senate, will anybody be able to get anything done? next guest has a new plan arguing in an op-ed, quote: there is one sure fire way to get the do nothing congress to do something. lawmakers need to break the excess power of the extreme wings, that too often block congressional action. here with the explanation is the author of that, mark penn, a former senior advisor to the clintons. mark, good morning. >> good morning. steve: this idea is to allow bills with widespread bipartisan support to reach the floor despite the fact that the leadership of the house or the senate might not want to take a vote. >> sure, right now congress has about a 20% approval, not because of what it does but because it what it doesn't do, which is solve problems. and so, a group of problem-solvers, democrats and republicans, have had a rules change idea for quite

some time now. the 290 signers on any bill should be able to get it to the floor. and what that means is whether you're the tea party caucus, when the republican control it or the progressive caucus as the democrats control it, broad, bipartisan supported legislation get voted on and passed and we can break the gridlock. steve: now, there was something like this that went through your town, washington, d.c., back in the 120s, right? >> well, that's right. you see the constitution requires that the speaker of the house get a majority vote of the congress and so in 1923, progressive republicans withheld their vote until they got rules changes. now, moderate democrats are saying, whoa, we may not vote for the speaker until we get these rules changes. i hope nancy pelosi says yes to those, that would be courageous because it, in fact, reduces some of the power of the leadership. steve: right.

>> if she does that she is saying it's more important we get things done. steve: she is being asked that by this group championing this idea. such a hard fought midterm, mark, is that realistic? isn't everybody still so super dug? >> well, you see, there are nine who supported that in write in a letter that they sent her. and there is another 17, i believe, or about that who say they won't vote for her. she may need those votes. if she needs those votes, she may say well, okay, let's do this rules change and by the way, amendments with 20 member supporting from democrats and republicans would also get voted on. remember, it's not what does get voted on that is the problem in congress, it's that splinter groups can stop legislation from even being voted on. and that's why we don't get anything done in congress. it's time to change that. steve: a lot of frustration. people like to see more done in that building behind you. mark penn, thank you very much. >> thank you.

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circle until january 23rd. and finally, 16,500, that is how many ornaments volunteers just packed for wounded service members and their families. the semper fi fund in virginia has been doing this for 10 years. what a great organization. brian, over to you. i did a great job with the walk, right? better than you. brian: even though i invested it. ainsley: but you are not good at it. brian: 25 minutes after the hour. tensions growing in tijuana thousands of migrants arriving in that caravan. many calling it an invasion, as did the president. what should president trump do about it? here to weigh in former g.o.p. congressman allen west and author of a brand new book which we're going to get to shortly. meanwhile, let's talk about what's happening with the immigration status and the first thing is let's do the immigration first. what do you say to the tijuana mayor who is saying the same thing as the president about the

caravaners? >> well, good morning and happy thanksgiving, brian. that's the point. when you are looking at people that have truly invaded, they have stormed the southern border of mexico and they are coming and traversing through. now we hear the people in tijuana saying the exact same things that we have had other people in america say. that they there are gang members. that they are concerned about wages being depressed. they are concerned about other crimes and nefarious activities being taken. they are not looking for these people to stay there and just squat in tijuana. the interesting thing is that this caravan aimed toward tijuana, why? because california is a sanctuary state. for illegal immigration. and i'm sure that's where they're looking to cross into. brian: they are. going to see if catch and detain works right now while we wait for a wall and wait for comprehensive immigration reform. the people of texas in particular, i know it's not a clear number that want a wall. but most of them concerned about border security? >> >> you are absolutely concerned about border security when you look at

the incredible border that we have here and crossings occurring in broad daylight. you have seen that on fox news. that's why we have to have a tougher stance. this is one of the reasons why we need to vat military down there along the border. not to be on the front line against some of the migrants or some of the illegal immigrants but to start building b better facilities down there so we don't release people into the society. we need people down there to backfill our border patrol agents get their resources and capability right up front to stem this flow. we do need to have a border security system which would include a wall so that these respective avenues of approach that people are coming into, we can funnel people into better areas we can control. brian: colonel, your book is so appropriate now. many republicans get worried about texas. is it turning blue after your book comes out. hold texas, hold the nation. victory or death. and that's william travis said before losing his life in the alamo along with

everybody else. would you believe that baited toe o'rourke strong candidate -- for where texas is heading? >> i absolutely do. if you recall when governor rick perry was here, he was traveling around the country and going to many blue states and talking about moving to texas because of the economic environment. the conservative policies here have allowed for, you know, the incredible economic growth, the vibrancy. but what is interesting is that as these individuals and these corporations are leaving places like california, illinois, new york, new jersey, you have it, they are bringing the same failed ideology with them. that is what you see that's very disconcerting, there was a democratic congressional candidate by the name of pam keith in florida who sent out a twitter post on the 14th of november saying to blue state democrats to move into red states and flip those states. now, that, to me, is absolutely absurd. why would you want to move into a state that is economically successful and turn it into the same failed state that you are

departing. brian: california is going belly up. businesses are being attracted to california. excuse me, to texas. and that supposedly is going to help texas economically. they are bringing the same mind set and political calculus to texas, changing it. i asked the brain room to give me the numbers, since 2012. over 60,000 people, 62 in 2012, 69 in 2016 have moved from california to texas. so, and they are changing texas. look out for 2020. >> yeah. the demographic shift is leading to ideological shift. and just about two and a half months ago there was a poll taken into san francisco. 46% of the people in san francisco said that they wanted to leave. they wanted to go to two places. one was idaho. the other is texas. what you are seeing happening with the corporate headquarters of toyota that left california came here. they are not talking to the employees, those corporate leaders. they need to talk to the employees. brian: lastly we know broward county is where you tried to keep your seat. it didn't happen.

you pointed out there was a problem with brenda snipes in the past. affected your re-election. the governor rick scott at the time didn't do anything about it. it almost came back to bite him. she has just resigned essentially. buff she has claimed this on the way out. brenda snipes racism probably a factor in attacks against me. is racism a factor in attacks on brenda snipes? >> no. of course not. there was no calls for racism when we found nefarious voter fraud activities in my congressional re-election. this is what the left is always going to fall back on, racism, sexism, zeno phobia. islamophobia. any phobia or ism that they can when they don't get what they want. brenda snipes was a corrupt individual. she was not competent in that position. susan bucher in palm beach county and walker are also going to need to resign or we will find the exact same things happening in 2020 in florida. brian: congratulations on the book and so he apropos

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steve: we are back with a fox news alert. republican rick scott will be florida's next senator. ainsley: scott unseating democrat bill nelson who has conceded that race. the final days of recount. brian: recount officially over. scott taking the win one day before official election results are certified. steve: let's bring in rick

scott, republican senator elect to the great state of florida. good morning to you, sir. congratulations. >> thank you. it's going to be exciting to go to washington. i'm a business guy. i'm going to bring an outsider perspective like i did to tallahassee and do everything i can to make sure federal government starts working for you and me. steve: congratulations did you at any point, we heard so many operatives say. they might find a bunch of ballots in a back room somewhere and the other guy who has a job is going to keep it. >> it was very frustrating. when i announced that tuesday night we were up 57,000 votes, and they just kept finding ballots. that's why, you know, i am thankful for a lot of people that brought light to this, to make sure we stopped this we got to do everything we can to make sure elections are free and fair. i'm excited to win and and

go to d.c. i have a very specific 10-point plan starts with term limits. raising the -- super majority to raise taxes. you shouldn't be getting paid if you don't pass a budget. simple things like thatment to make sure this starts working for florida citizens and american citizens. ainsley: i know you are well-loved by a lot of people in florida. building homes for heroes. credit to you for giving them millions of dollars to build houses for our veterans severely wounded and you helped out the hurricane victims. the president tweeted about you yesterday. he said from day one, rick scott never wavered. he was a great governor and will be even a greater senator in representing the people of florida. congratulations to rick on having waged such courageous and successful campaign. what's your reaction to that? >> well, i'm very appreciative of the president. we have gotten a lot of good things done the last two years ago. we couldn't get barack obama money lake okeechobee to stop the algae. i have gotten that out of the president.

that was a big win. we stopped offshore drilling that was a big win. i look forward to working with the president to get things done for our state. i'm excited about being up there. i have learned a lot as governor. i have learned that if you start looking at how do you get a return on every dollar spent, a lot of good things can happen. brian: what -- excuse me, governor. ainsley: think about it before you stay. brian: what committee russ going to be gunning for. >> next week i'm supposed to give them my list or maybe this week. things important to me keep this economy going. we have added 1.6 million jobs in florida. we have got to keep this economy going. we have to have a strong military. i want to continue to focus on the military. i had the opportunity to serve in the navy. my dad in the army. so i want to continual to make sure we have a strong military piggest thing is we have got to keep this economy going. walch how our money is spent and help our military. those are big things for me. steve: yeah. i know that senator nelson did concede yesterday. did he reach out to you and what was tenor and tone of

that conversation? >> he called me just before he sent out some release yesterday. i think it was. and he was -- he was gracious. he congratulated me for the win. i told him if he -- told him if he has any ideas of how far to do my job better, don't hesitate to call me. i represent everybody in my state. we have 21 million people. i want to continue to make sure florida beats texas in job creation every month. i'm excited that ron desantis is the new governor. i think he going to continue our policy of focusing on job creation. he was gracious are in calling and saying congratulations. ainsley: he says he have to baby proof. 2-year-old and 8 month old. so he has two little ones. what's your advice to him? >> well, we have grand kids. we had to do some of the same things but they didn't -- our grand kids didn't live there. he is going to live being governor. it's a great job. if you care about people, which he does, you can go do some good things for people. it's going to be fun. he will have a good time.

he and casey will have a good time. brian: looking back, you see the mess in georgia. they are trying to delegitimize the whole outcome even though 50,000 votes separating them. also, you see the mess in palm county and see the mess in broward. -- palm beach county. i'm just wondering what responsibility do you feel you had over the last 8 years, could have you done things to make sure that this didn't happen again? >> you know, we passed a lot of legislation. we passed historic legislation to try to make sure there wasn't any fraud. make sure people had the right to vote but make sure we didn't have fraud. what's frustrating these supervised elections didn't comply with the law. they are separately elected. you know, they are supported by the citizens in their county. so have you got to go through this process. they don't report to me. so, have you got to go through this process. but, what my understanding is brenda snipes has resigned. we'll see when that is effective whether ron desantis appoints a replacement or i do because i haven't received it yet.

steve: all right. governor rick scott, senator elect rick scott, sir, thank you very much and good luck on your trip to d.c. >> it's going to be fun. brian: hopefully he gets a vacation somewhere in between there to refuel. steve: he lives in florida. every day is a vacation. hello. ainsley: hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: good morning. hope you are having a good day so far. dan crenshaw silences a political panel. listen to what he says about the discussion on the president's quote attacks on the press. >> how is that an attack on the press though? >> because it's literally an attack on the press. >> i have literally been attacked so choose the words carefully. >> style is one thing. if you want to criticize style, i'm with you. to say it's an attack on the freedom of the press. that is a very bold statement. >> the texas republican lost his eye from an ied blast while serving in afghanistan. now, take a look at this. a crook take as vending emergency for a ride in an

elevator. look at the surveillance video showing this would be thief struggling as he pushes the machine into an elevator in a miami apartment building. he actually moves the damaged machine from the flirs to the eighth floor but did not get away with any money or snacks. all right. to week 11 in the nfl now. chicago bears pick up a huge division win on sunday night football. >> rolling that -- eyes down field. throws a little low and it is anthony miller in the end zone. jillian: look at that quarterback mitch and the bears hold off the vikings 25-20. alex smith carted off the field with a badly broken leg. is he done for the year. the redskins lose 23-21 to houston. carolina panthers fall short in detroit after cam newton miss as 2 point conversion. lions take that one 20-19. we all know what happened to the eagles.

brian: sorry about that. steve: just to recap for a moment the story before that, why did the guy put the vending machine in the elevator and take it upstairs? ainsley: trying to steal it. jillian: assuming. so too big and not worth it and left it on the floor upstairs. steve: do you think he lived on that floor. jillian: and wanted it close by. steve: maybe. if is he watching, call us. ainsley: he didn't know he was on tv. steve: janice is joining us. janice, some inclement weather and a dog is headed our way. look at this sweet dog murphy. murphy's human mindy is with us. tell us about murphy real quick. >> mur city spreading christmas cheer in new york. came all the way from las vegas just to come see you guys. janice: how are you doing, murphy? murphy was talking before the break, actually. look at murphy. how great is this? are you guys excited for the thanksgiving season here. >> yeah. janice: look at all these beautiful faces came down to

48th and sixth. we have the potential for showers, maybe snow showers in the area across the northeast. we're not dealing with big storm systems this week, which is great news. but if you are traveling around the great lakes, interior northeast that's where we could see a little bit inclement weather. dealing with potential for heavy rain across california. otherwise a pretty good looking forecast. all right, murphy, thank you so much for coming. do i get a kiss? kisses? kisses? more interested in the camera which i totally agree with wave, everybody. happy thanksgiving. yahoo. steve: everybody is waving except murphy. meanwhile, how does president trump think he is doing so far? brian: what do you think? >> where do you rank yourself in the pant i don't know opantheon ofgreat presiden? >> i think i'm doing a great job. we have the best economy we have ever had. steve: you will hear his letter grade in a live

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jillian: good monday morning, welcome back. headlines, plain crazy edition. angry airline passenger gets so upset he burns his luggage. video showing him lighting clothes on fire after his flight was cancelled in pakistan. he then kicks security guards trying to put the flames out. airlines says it's forgiving and forgetting the incident. a man is suing british airways claiming he suffered back injuries after sitting next to an obese man on 13 hour flight. he says flight attendants wouldn't let him switch seats and he wants more than $17,000 in damages. the airline has denied the claim. brian? brian: thanks jillian in exclusive fox news interview. president trump opening up about his work in the white house and giving himself the highest reviews possible. steve: kevin corke is live at the white house with the

review of the chris wallace interview. hey, kevin. >> hey, guys, good to be with you. the president begins holiday week with a very important conversation with vice president mike pence as you know he is just returning from that extended trip to asia. as you also pointed out the president is talking about his job approval and quite frankly feels like his administration is doing a very good job for the american people. in an exclusive fox news interview with mike wallace over the weekend, the president talked about a number of issues. a wide ranging interview. he noted an incredibly strong economy, better trade deals and a virtual job explosion. he says things are looking up for america. >> i think i'm doing a great job. we have the best economy we have ever had. look, i hate to do it, but i will do it. i would give myself an a plus. is that enough? can i go higher than that? >> also in that conversation the president was asked about the ongoing mueller russia probe. as you all know at home, that's net add number of

convictions and indictments. to this date still no collusion. he cold chris he answered written questions from the mueller team and he predicted the probe would end soon. >> the questions were asked. and answered. it wasn't a big deal. i got the questions. i responded. we wrote them out. i read them once. i read them a second time. we made some changes. that's it. i think that should solve the problem. i hope it solves the problem. but probably this is the end. >> also new this morning, axios is reporting this morning that cnn is expected back in court trying to make sure that jim acosta will maintain his access here to the white house. as you know, he lost his privileges for a while, got them back late last week and, of course, we will keep an eye on that story. by the way, we also expect the national christmas tree to make its way here to the north poritco over my shoulder that's this afternoon. we have details but for now back to you. brian: i thought it was significant the president did not commit to sticking with john kelly his chief of

staff or kirstjen nielsen his homeland security secretary. steve: he said he wish she were tougher about certain things and regarding john kelly is he really good at some things and some things are not his strength he will move on. brian: right. eventually but when is eventually. democrats laying out first target when they take over the house. they are going to raise your taxes. how they plan to do that coming up. ainsley: what does brenda snipes blame for all the backlash in the florida recount? racism. lawrence jones says she is taking the easy way out and she is live next. steve: hey, lawrence. ♪ don't blame it on me ♪ don't blame it on me ♪ don't blame it on me ♪ - [narrator] meet the ninja foodi, the pressure cooker that crisps. it's the best of pressure cooking

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lawrence, what do you think about this? >> it's an easy card to play, but when you're incompetent at your job and both parties agree, i'm not sure race is the problem. missing ballots, counting unlawful votes, not paying attention to the sunshine law, missing deadlines, this is all incompetence. so both parties agree that she hasn't been doing her job. the question is, why has she been there so long? i know she just resigned yesterday but she should have been gone a long time ago. it's not just her. it's the entire office. her predecessor was fired for the same exact thing, incompetence. ainsley: if you look back at some of the controversies that have surrounded her, 2004, general election ballots

mysteriously vanished and she blamed the u.s. postal service for losing 58,000 absentee ballots. in march of 2017, last year, a candidate sued her and won for illegally destroying 2016 ballots too soon and then this past august, august of 2018, a judge ruled against her and her staff for opening absentee ballots in private before the board decided on their validity. so she has a long list of things -- >> this is fraud, this is corruption. look, it's known that she's a democrat but this is not even partisan. you have democrats that talk about the russians all day and protecting our elections. it doesn't seem like a lot of democrats are calling into question how she is essentially throwing away elections by opening up ballots. it's important those ballots stay secured. just because -- many of those, you don't have to open them sometimes because they are absentee ballots, so what happened is she's mixing them all up into one pot, she's counting unlawful votes and this is why this process took so long

in florida. ainsley: when people go to the polls, they take time to go to the polls, their voices should count, their voices should be heard, and when you see a system fail like this, you don't have trust in the system and you should as a voter. >> she's been there for over 15 years. look, alan was just on a couple minutes ago and he believes she affected the outcome of many more elections. so the question is, what are we going to do about it? i know she's resigned but again, her predecessor had the same problem. this new person that will be taking this position, are we going to make sure they're qualified to take this position? ainsley: got to be someone who is not biased. >> and someone who can count, apparently, too. ainsley: thank you so much. you will be outnumbered today. we will be watching you at noon today. thanks, lawrence. house republicans will subpoena fired fbi director james comey over the russia investigation and comey says bring it on. house judiciary chairman trey gowdy is here to respond, coming up next. and one school is battling bullying by banning designer

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house. people are voting in record numbers. >> big round of applause for dan crenshaw for finally calling people out on it. >> his first ever cup series championship, joey logano wins! steve: here on the mezzanine level, mezzanine monday. ainsley: thanksgiving week. steve knows how to make a good turkey. steve: we were all in florida this weekend. a lot of people came out and will make that turkey we made on friday here on the show. brian: thanks to everybody who came out. we truly appreciate it. the support in florida, it was great to get out of the cold for a little while. now we're back in normal wintery conditions in november.

ainsley: so hard to pack, because you leave new york with a winter coat, you get on the airplane, you step off, it's like 80 degrees. brian: that's why i have tear-away pants. steve: that's an image we don't need to think about. brian: here in new york city, what have we been talking about? florida. ballot chaos in florida, over as the embattled broward county elections supervisor reportedly resigns overnight, although the governor says i haven't gotten any paperwork from her yet. steve: it comes hours after senator bill nelson finally conceded to republican rick scott in florida's super-tight senate race. ainsley: we are live in fort lauderdale with an update. hey, chris. reporter: hey, guys. we know the election results and now we know, according to the "sun-sentinel" that dr. brenda snipes has resigned effective

january 2nd. what we don't know is where those ballots are. remember she lost 2,040 of them along with missing some deadlines and inaccurately reporting results. i asked her yesterday about those ballots. here's what she had to say. >> i have never thought the ballots were missing. the ballots are intermingled with the other page ones. reporter: not sure how they intermingle, yet are still missing. nevertheless, we reached out to her on her cell phone, by text and phone call, haven't heard back. meanwhile, big news over the weekend, the concession, bill nelson after 18 years in the senate conceding in a video statement to now senator-electric scott. guys? steve: just to recount, so to speak, initially, when they filed their report, broward county, on election night, they filed it early but then on the machinery count they filed it two minutes late and when it came to the hand counting yesterday, were they early or late again?

reporter: they were 52 minutes early getting in their numbers to tallahassee, but just to complicate it and show you how broward works, the hand recount with the first set of numbers, the second set of numbers have the 2,000 missing ballots, was two minutes late so they had to revert to the original number. hopefully they will straighten that out when governor-elect desantis appoints somebody. steve: one final question. what about the missing 2,000 ballots? are they going to look for it or is it like we can't find them, it's done? reporter: for all we know, they are in davey jones' locker in the ocean behind me. ainsley: how do you lose 2,000 ballots? rick scott was the governor, he's now the senator-elect.

he was on our show earlier and talked about how frustrating the election process has been to watch. listen. >> it was very frustrating. when i announced we had won that tuesday night, we were up 57,000 votes, and they just kept finding ballots, so that's why, you know, i'm thankful for a lot of people that brought light to this to make sure we stop this. we are going to do everything we can to make sure these elections are free and fair. we passed historic legislation to try to make sure there wasn't any fraud, make sure people had the right to vote but make sure we didn't have fraud. what's frustrating is the supervisor of elections just didn't comply with the law. brian: and that's why perhaps she decided she was going to start spending more time with her family. ron desantis, the governor-elect -- steve: she was spending time elsewhere doing everything. brian: ron desantis was with us and said it's probably a good thing she called it quits.

>> obviously we are going to have to address some of the problems with the election administration in places like broward and palm beach county. i think it's good that brenda snipes has submitted her resignation. there was no way as governor that i was going to let her preside over another election down there after all the problems that they had. so we had 65 counties do a good job. we had two that dropped the ball. we want to make sure all 67 counties do these elections in a fair way. steve: i think we all want that. brian: eventually florida will get there. they have 65 who did it fair. we just got to get to 67. here's hoping next time we got it. ainsley: it's one thing to have all these problems one year, but then to keep having these problems in that same area, they have to get it right this time. steve: i was reading this morning there was something like a dozen different instances of problems with the broward county election. ainsley: it's just not fair to the voters. steve: meanwhile, a lot of voters went to the polls

concerned about immigration and as you remember, in the runup to the midterms, there was that caravan that was making its way from honduras and guatemala up through mexico. well, now, as you can see, thousands have amassed in tijuana, mexico just south of san diego and as it turns out, there are a lot of protesters who are mexicans who do not like this what at least one person referred to as an invasion. >> they are coming. >> our government has not taken control of these what we call invasion. if you live in a house, you have walls, you have doors, you have gates. we do that because we don't want to let just anybody go into your house. i consider this country my house on a larger scale and we should control our borders.

ainsley: he's yelling what donald trump said is true, this is an invasion. those are the residents that live there that are upset. brian: the mayor of tijuana said the city is ill, and i have it memorized, this from the president's tweet, they -- i need the prompter to move forward. the mayor of mexico saying the city is ill-prepared to handle this many migrants. the backlog could last six months. likewise, the u.s. is ill-prepared for the invasion and will not stand for it. they are causing crime and big problems with mexico. go home. some of those clustered in there to help out are american lawyers volunteering. they showed up there to say listen, these are your rights, this is what you can do. what they are finding out is the president's new move of pushing everyone to a port of entry is making them sign in and get in line. it's a huge line. the hope is word will get out you're not getting in so we can do an orderly process. ainsley: 3,000 mostly hondurans

there right now and some in the government say they expect it to swell up to 10,000. our u.s. border inspectors are processing about 100 asylum claims a day. they are anticipating that those folks are going to be in tijuana for months, some are saying six months, some saying longer. steve: if they are waiting for asylum. to brian's point, talking about the lawyers, these volunteers who are just south of the border talking to the migrants, they are telling them how exactly to effectively apply for asylum. meanwhile, brian was interviewing lieutenant colonel alan west a little while ago, and the colonel had this observation. the reason they went from guatemala and honduras way out to the west coast of mexico is because of california's sanctuary status. listen to this. >> the interesting thing is that this caravan aimed toward tijuana because why? california is a sanctuary state for illegal immigration and i'm

sure that's where they're looking to cross into. this is one of the reasons why we need to have the military down there along the border, not to be on the front line against some of the migrants or some of the illegal immigrants, but to start building better facilities down there so we don't have to release people into this society. we need to have them down there to backfield our united states border patrol agents so we can get those resources and their capability right up front to stem this flow. steve: didn't the president say it's not catch and release now, it's catch and detain? that's the facility he's talking about it. if you catch somebody, keep them there so you don't have to release them into the population of the united states until they get their adjudication. ainsley: shelters are full down there. some people have opened up the city sports complex and are letting people, migrants, live there and sleep on the baseball fields and underneath the bleachers. brian: for those people saying president trump is looking to do well in midterm elections, he's trying to make the car haven'avg deal and use terms like invasion, that's what they're

using in tijuana and that's just a fraction or percentage of the caravan coming this way. they might be great people, it's just a way to get into this country. meanwhile, we have gotten to know dan crenshaw since "snl" made him a punching bag and then apologized the following week. this week he was invited on one of the sunday shows. steve: he was. he listened to what the panel was talking about, about how the president trump is undermining democracy with his attacks on the press, and the key word there, attack. this is what dan crenshaw had in response. >> i was asked a question like what, you know, what is he undermining exactly, what democratic freedoms have been undermined. we just had an election where we switched power in the house, democracy is at work, but just kind of this broad-brush criticism that the president is somehow undermining our democracy, i always wonder what exactly we're talking about.

>> because it's literally an attack on the press. >> i have literally been attacked. choose our words carefully. steve: this guy lost his eye in an attack, an ied explosion, and said don't call it an attack. be careful about the words. he said if you have a problem with the president's style, i can understand that, but attack, be careful. ainsley: he said you are saying the president's attacking, the president's undermining. he said no, you just have a disagreement with the policy. that's a completely different thing. brian: meanwhile, 12 minutes after the hour, congressman elijah cummings, soon to be chairman, perhaps, will soon take over the house oversight committee. his first priority, make the special counsel's findings public? trey gowdy is live here to react. plus -- ainsley: willie robertson will join us right here on the curvy couch. coming up next. steve: he's got a new book. it's a great american story. starts with him selling gum.

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steve: glad you're up. democrats will take control of the house come january and their first order of business, raise your taxes?

but it's already causing some in-fighting among house democrats. our next guest says this is just a preview of some problems for presumed speaker nancy pelosi. joining us is senior fellow at the national taxpayers union. mattie, first off, they want to make it harder to increase your taxes, is that what they are trying to undo what the republicans did to make it harder to increase your taxes? >> well, at the core of the debate here are the house rules. normally these are just technical changes that govern how the house does business, but the majority party gets to set those rules, so house republicans made it more difficult to raise all taxes, and the question now for democrats is whether or not they repeal that rule, or they replace it with a rule that allows them to raise taxes on wealthy earners. i think this really indicates one thing. when democrats say they want to raise taxes on the rich they don't mean it. they mean they want to raise taxes on everyone, because right now, nancy pelosi is saying she has the politically salient idea to change that rule so just taxes could be raised on upper

income earners. the progressive wing of her party is saying that simply isn't enough. they want full-sail repeal of that rule so they can raise taxes on everyone. brian: some of the democrats who maybe won in orange county, california or in texas, last thing they want to do, they ran as moderates, is, say, go and raise taxes. she might have a mini freedom caucus issue on her hands. >> i think this absolutely indicates the challenges that presumptive speaker pelosi has in front of her. she's had years of experience making democrats walk the plank on politically toxic votes but when it comes to tax increases, democrats typically have really decided to campaign on raising taxes rather than voting to actually raise taxes. now, for months, pelosi has said she wants to repeal tax cuts that were passed into law last year. what this indicates moving forward is that progressive democrats in that party now really want to hold her feet to the fire and force her to make good on that promise. that will create problems for democrats who typically talk a big game on taxes but are refusing to follow them up with real votes.

brian: what's kind of interesting, we saw that big announcement last week about a crime bill that could be taken up in the lame duck session, there's pressure to do it. i said to myself could we have a year in which they try to do something together and then in 2019, separate because they have to go win in 2020? are you saying that it's going to be -- do your sources say friction right away, nothing on immigration? >> right. i think the next few weeks are crucial. they will indicate whether or not democrats are actually willing to govern. we have a couple big fights coming ahead of us. the house rules are just one of them. of course, a big funding fight with funding expiring the first week in december. if democrats decide to actually put ideas forward to allow for this country to move forward, maybe there will be opportunity for compromise. there certainly are opportunities for that. democrats are the ones who hold the keys and need to indicate they are serious about that. brian: the president said he might shut down the government if he doesn't get the wall. lot of the problems are with republicans. mitch mcconnell is not really into the wall. >> republicans have typically had a lot of leverage in spending fights. they need to work together in order to accomplish the

prerogatives americans want them -- that sent them to congress to accomplish. there's a lot of space left in the year for them to have those negotiations. but i really think it's important for republicans to unite on their priorities to force democrats to really start to take a hard look at what they are going to do when they take control of the chamber next year. brian: absolutely. thanks so much. great insight. coming up, we have south carolina congressman, he will be retiring soon, trey gowdy. what's he doing next and what's he here for? i can't wait to tell you. one school is battling bullying by banning designer coats. willie robertson joins us on the couch to talk about coats, gum, entrepreneurs, duck calls. that's his book. that's willie. hello. ♪ ♪

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good morning and welcome back. at least 80 people are dead and nearly 1,000 still missing in california's devastating wildfires. a candlelight vigil held in northern california to honor the 77 victims of the camp fire. rain in the forecast could help get the flames under control. but there's new fears of mudslides. we will have a live report on the ground in malibu in just a few minutes. passengers feared for their lives when an elevator plunges 84 floors, the car dropping from the 95th to the 11th floor in chicago's iconic hancock skyscraper. >> at the beginning, i didn't believe we were falling down. >> it was a very long ride until we stopped. >> wow. frightening. it took three hours for rescue crews to break through a brick wall and get the six passengers out safely. officials reportedly blamed the incident on a broken hoist rope.

a fresh load of supplies just arriving at the international space station. the supply ship bringing more than three tons of cargo including science gear, space walk equipment and even ice cream. the space station crew will unload the cargo ship and repack it with trash before releasing it in february. don't leave any ice cream behind. ainsley? ainsley: well, one school is battling bullying by banning pricey designer coats to prevent the poorer students from feeling bad. steve: our next guest knows all about signature coats. him and his "duck dynasty" family. if he argues if kids want something bad enough, they are going to work for it. here to explain is former "duck dynasty" star turned great person, author of -- >> i wasn't a good person before? steve: got to stick to the prompter. "american entrepreneur" is out today. it is awesome. it gives people a template for how you got your business

instin instinct. what do you do when the person next to you is richer than you and has nicer clothes than you? do you make them dress down? >> no. that's the dumbest idea i ever heard of. we grew up really poor. so it gave us something to push for. that's why i started my businesses early. selling my gum and singing. i was trying to make money. i was trying to make some money -- for me it was tennis shoes. it wasn't fancy coats. brian: you didn't understand the mindset of stop making kids feel bad. >> when does that stop? everything has a price tag. if you don't want to wear the nice fancy coat, wear something less. although we always had down coats. we had old army jackets. our uncle would give them to us. it had our name on it. ainsley: these coats mean -- some of them are $1,000. you think kids should have that kind of thing? remember when we were growing up, expensive jeans were 50 bucks and now they're $300? every kid has them? >> we didn't grow up that way. my mom wouldn't even buy me the nice parachute pants.

i had like the cheap version that looked like a garbage bag, the zippers didn't work. steve: so you come from very modest means, and before you had the bubble gum, because famously, your dad, we know, came up with the duck call and that changed everybody's life. but when you were 5, you were trading, selling all sorts of stuff. you say in fifth grade i was constantly selling and trading stuff. we were so poor i didn't have an allowance, i had a pretty productive worm farm and sold bait worms. >> were you ever in the worm business? it's a real good business but it's labor intensive. it takes forever to check out because each worm has to be grabbed. so selling the bubble gum, i ended up with this case of bubble gum and selling that for 50 cents apiece was a way better business. i was rolling. i was making hundreds of dollars and the principal shut me down. brian: also, you were a human jukebox on the bus. >> i was. stick a quarter in, i would get up and sing. brian: let's see what that's

like? >> boom. ♪ standing in the rain with his head hung low couldn't get a ticket it was a sold out show ♪ brian: great. steve: wish i had change. ainsley: tell us about your book. why did you write it? >> i wanted to collect really all the stories or a lot of the stories in america about people who did these great things with business, and look at their backgrounds and it was interesting to me, some were rich, some were poor. we would go all the way back to when america started, bring it up to now and lot of them made mistakes. i'm hoping people, not that it's just interesting, but i hope people are inspired and say i need to jump in there and do what i always wanted to do. that's probably the most questions i have been asked, i'm starting this business, how did y'all do it. brian: there are so many people out there watching right now, they have a great idea but

somehow, it doesn't translate into working. >> the main trait that they have was they were hard workers and had a great work ethic. i run into a lot of people today, they want it now, just like our business, they're like how was it to be an overnight success? i'm like dad started in 1972. it took about 40 years. you know. there was a lot of contentment, we had to be patient. ainsley: what was the big break for you? >> he just kept going. actually, when we got in walmart stores, because we put our phone number on the back of it, it shipped all over the country and people started calling us for more products. it was like, that was our whole marketing and we started getting calls from when i was 10 years old answering the phone. we would take the orders, write them down, but really, that spread us out across the nation. brian: this could be inspirational for people and don't get so caught up in the end game. stick with it, have an idea, follow it through and understand there's a lost successful people. the first idea didn't

necessarily hit. sometimes you got to keep on -- >> lot of times it didn't hit. these guys went to, you know, went bankrupt and of course, some went to debtor's prison. thank goodness that's not there. bad business move. we chronicle all these things. some of the stories are just incredible. frederick tudor selling ice. he shipped ice from boston to india and it stayed ice. isn't that amazing? every time i think about that, how big that is, how they got loans and how they just kept going. even at older ages, they came in in their 50s and 60s and 70s, some, and started great businesses. brian: read all about it. "american entrepreneur." willie robertson, excellent. good to see you. talk to you on radio in a little while. >> let's do it. ainsley: congressman elijah cummings will soon take over the house overnight committee. his first priority, make the special counsel findings public. current house oversight chair trey gowdy is here to react to that, coming up next. steve: and from head of the state department to head coach

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steve: the new congress is coming in in january. will they be able to work out america's problems? let's bring in republican congressman currently, trey gowdy, chairman of the house oversight committee, member of the judiciary committee on the house as well. ainsley: from the great state of south carolina. steve: congressman, good morning to you. what do you make of the news congressman elijah cummings of

the great state of maryland, who is expected to chair what you're doing right now, the house oversight and government reform committee, he has suggested that when mueller's findings come out, they don't necessarily have to become public, however, he would do everything he could to make sure that does happen. what do you think about that? >> well, i don't know what he means by everything. does that mean divulge classified information or grand jury material? i hope not. i also find it ironic, i spent two years battling with elijah, who wanted to keep lots of things secret and i spent two years battling with adam schiff, who didn't want anyone to know about the dossier or fusion gps or the fisa process. if they have this newfound embrace of transparency, that's good, but it would be newfound. brian: how do you feel about mark whitaker acting direct or - matt whitaker, how do you feel about that? do you feel that's constitutional? most democrats have a huge problem with it.

>> it's an open legal question. there are good arguments on both sides but he is the acting attorney general up to and including the time the supreme court says otherwise. i'm a lot more interested in who the next real attorney general is going to be and whether that woman or man can do the very difficult task of advancing the president's policy and legislative initiatives while working for a blindfolded, [ inaudible ]. ainsley: house republicans are saying they will subpoena james comey and loretta lynch. comey said house republicans can ask me anything they want, but i want the american people to watch. let's have a public hearing. truth is best served by transparency. let me know when is convenient. your thoughts? >> jim comey really said truth is best served by transparency? did he interview hillary clinton in public? did he interview george

papadopolous in public? did he interview michael flynn in public? did he interview houma abedin? has the fbi ever convicted an interview in public, an interview where you are limited to five minutes, which is what happens in congressional hearings? the last time i saw jim comey in a public congressional hearing, almost 100 times he said i can't answer in this setting. so why in the world would he want to go back to a setting where he knows he can't answer all the questions? i'm sure he only wants me to have five minutes. i'm sure of that. but i need more than five minutes. i have 37 pages of questions for rod rosenstein. so imagine how many questions i have for jim comey and i can't do it in five minutes. steve: why wasn't james comey subpoenaed earlier, because now it looks like he's just waiting for the democrats to take over. how supportive has kevin mccarthy been of the whole process? >> kevin mccarthy? steve: kevin mccarthy.

>> fantastically supportive. chairman goodlatte is chairman, kevin mccarthy has been fantastic. so has paul ryan. paul has rolled up his sleeves and gotten involved with the department of justice when they tried to prevent us from getting informati information, that natural chronology of investigations is you interview everyone up to a certain point, then you save the jim comeys and loretta lynch and sally yates until the end. that's how you naturally work investigations. well, we are at the end because the democrats aren't going to do anything in 2019 and quite frankly, we are also at the end. we have interviewed a lot of witnesses between house intel and judiciary and it's time to bring in comey and lynch, but it is not time to do it in a carnival freak show atmosphere, where my colleagues, some of whom can't question their way out of a one-story parking garage. i got colleagues that just aren't good at asking questions. so why would we do that setting,

where comey's going to say you can't answer and all you get is five minutes. the fbi doesn't do that. why should congress do it? brian: what's going to happen? is he coming in? you doing this in lame duck session? >> oh, he's coming. whether he wants to or not. and bob goodlatte will set the terms, not jim comey. i got his tweet. he wants to do it in public. he wants to sell more books. he wants to be more famous. but congress is going to decide how we can best advance the fact-finding and the truth and that is not in five-minute increments and it is not in a setting where he can answer, i can't answer in this setting like he's done almost 100 times. steve: congressman, i know you are a co-sponsor of a bill to posthumously award the congressional gold medal to the benghazi heroes, the four men who died that day a couple years

ago. chris stephens, sean smith, glen dougherty and tyrone woods. why is this important to you now? >> everything we discussed this morning, reasonable minds can differ and do differ, but on the heroism and patriotism and service and sacrifice of those four men, congress is unified. we can debate the decisions made in washington on september 11th and 12th of 2012, but the actions taken in libya were heroic and they deserve to be recognized with congress's highest award, and that's bipartisan and apolitical which is why you have elijah cummings and i agreeing full force these four men ought to be recognized by our country. ainsley: that will definitely happen. >> i hope so. there's no reason for it not to. i don't know of anyone opposed to it. we just need to make it a priority. brian: i understand you are going to be unemployed soon, on your own. you are going to be retired. would you accept the attorney

general's job if the president asked? would you interview it if he calls it, interview for it if he calls you? >> those are two separate questions. i would love to talk to the president about the qualities i think are important in the next attorney general. i'm really excited about what i'm going to do next and it's in south carolina, but i would love the chance to advocate for someone like john radcliffe or susan brooks or someone who can do that very difficult task of advancing the president's legislative initiatives while maintaining the independence of the department of justice. respect for the rule of law is the foundation of our country. if we need a department of justice that is both respected and worthy of respect, and it needs to be depoliticized and there are certain people that can do it. i have actually never met or talked to the president. i would love for that to change. on the issue of who best to represent that department, i don't think it's me, but i would love to weigh in on who i think

it could be. brian: dick cheney said the same thing, ended up vice president. >> i don't think it will happen twice. he can do better than me and i'm really excited about the folks i'm going to be working for come january. steve: trey gowdy, who has never met the president and now has got a whole new chapter ahead of him. congressman, thank you very much for joining us. ainsley: thank you so much. >> thank you all. ainsley: let's hand it over to jillian for more headlines. reporter: a story we are following with insane video. a driver loses control, flying through the air and then slamming into a barrier at 170 miles per hour. stop what you're doing and watch this. isn't that scary? that is crashing on the formula three course in china. the german teen fractured her spine tweeting in part, just wanted to let everybody know that i am fine.

five other people were hurt. an nfl team is in need of a new quarterback, but for now, there's no sign that colin kaepernick is under consideration. many wondered if he would be the washington redskins -- on the washington redskins' radar after alex smith broke his leg on sunday. but "usa today" reports the former 49er may not even want to play again. nbc sports is reporting that kaepernick has been working out in hopes of returning to the field. condoleezza rice shutting down reports her beloved cleveland browns want her to coach. the former secretary of state writing on facebook i love my browns and i know they will hire an experienced coach to take us to the next level. and quote, i do hope that the nfl will start to bring women into the coaching profession. rice also saying she would like to call a play or two next season. the browns say she is not in the running for the job. brian: why not bring in

kissinger? thanks, jillian. straight ahead, the pictures are startling. the wildfires in california heavily damaged malibu. we are live on the ground, before and after. look at that. bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $1299. plus 24-month financing on all beds. ends sunday.

steve: back on this monday morning with a fox news alert. at least 80 people are dead and 1,000 are missing in california's raging wildfires. brian: take a look at this. it's a sligatellite image of mau before the fires. now, check it out, after the fires, showing the catastrophic damage. jonathan hunt is live in malibu with a look at this devastation. as the sun comes up out there in the west, jonathan, it becomes visible and crystal clear that it is just a disaster. reporter: yeah, those images you were just looking at are amazing when you look at it before the fires hit and after. but let's start with the camp fire up north. the grim search for bodies still

continuing there, and it is now a race against time. obviously everything was reduced to just piles of ash, so finding remnants of human remains is very difficult indeed, and it will only become more difficult this week if the predicted rains come down. that's why rescuers are working so hard up there to identify as many of the dead as they can, as quickly as they can. also, near paradise, california, the town that was destroyed, there was a vigil last night. a lot of survivors showing up just because they wanted to be in the presence of others who had gone through what they have been through. listen here. >> just know that god's comforting us. i look around at all the kindness. >> my wife needs to be around other people that have gone through the same thing that we have.

it helps with the grieving process. reporter: here in malibu, residents are now being allowed back in, many of them finding there's pretty much nothing to come home to. steve and brian? steve: awful. thank you very much. live from malibu. brian: they say one of the challenges, it will rain which is great but it's raining so hard, so quick, makes it harder. mudslides. steve: meanwhile, the last time he was on "fox & friends" this little boy made an emotional appeal to our viewers and to president trump. he needed help getting his father the kidney transplant he desperately needed. both of them are back with a big update you want to hear, next. steve: first, let's see what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> the number of missing in california, staggering. the latest from there. another week to try and work through that in northern california. we will get on that story. also, kellyanne conway live from the white house. there's a ton to talk about. we have a winner in florida. how that outcome could affect

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with then 8-year-old ford putnam, who was determined to get his father the kidney transplanted he desperately needed. they join us now with an update. good morning, guys. thanks very much for joining us today from charlotte. >> thanks for having us. steve: so ford, you read that letter to the president. coming up last year, and now, we have an update, don't we? tell us about what you have been through over the last couple of months. >> well, i'm still sick for awhile but last month, i got a kidney. feeling better every day since. steve: amazing. of course, ford, you wrote that letter and the president of the united states responded. do you remember the day the president's letter came to your house? >> yes. steve: tell me about it. >> when i first got the letter, my grandma called us over and she said that you got a letter from the president.

and i thought she was joking. steve: yeah, of course. part of the letter reads this. i can tell you are a brave young man with a big heart. i admire your determination to make sure your dad has the support and resources he kneads to feel better. i hope you know how much joy and encouragement you already bring him. mrs. trump and i will keep you and your dad in our thoughts and prayers. so you have now had the kidney transplant, trey. this in part thanks to the generosity of "fox & friends" viewers because there was a go fund me page set up with a goal of $50,000. as of yesterday, it was at $48,000. i know you wanted to say thanks today, didn't you? >> yeah. i mean, we couldn't have done this without the support of the american public and "fox & friends" watchers. steve: yeah. but trey, what about your son as well? just the fact that that boy -- >> he did a lot. steve: he did. he saved your life. >> pretty awesome feeling, you

think about it, a parent saving the kid but you don't hear many kids saving their parents. that's what he did. he saved me. steve: well, he did. how do you feel? your dad had the kidney transplant, he's getting better every day. >> i'm happy, because he will be able to go outside and play footba football. steve: that's what it's about. being able to play with your dad out in the yard. that's great. all right. once again, you're really close to your ultimate goal, close to 1,000 people donated over the last seven months. if viewers would like to give back, go to the website. there will be a link to the go fund me page. fellows, thank you very much. trey, we are so delighted you are doing better. god bless you. >> appreciate it. god bless you. steve: good letter. see you soon. we'll be right back. so a tree falls on your brand-new car and totals it. and as if that wasn't bad enough, now your insurance won't replace it outright

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