and went everywhere in my bathroom. it cut my foot when i walked back. in chards of glass. there is a story for the day. happy new year. jillian: true story. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ so wake me up when it's over ♪ when i'm wiser and i'm older ♪ all this time i was finding myself. ainsley: oh, yeah, we woke up this morning with an alarm clock. the first time in about a week and a half. steve: it kind of hurt, too. welcome, everybody, it a wednesday. it's going to feel like a monday to you. it is january 2nd. y 2 k plus 19. brian: 2019 should be a good year for everybody. i believe we will have an opportunity to bring breaking news along with fascinating features throughout the broadcast. steve: we hope. so. ainsley: sounds like a plug for fox nation.

brian: which we also are in support of. ainsley: this is shorter workweek next week is when it all starts. 2001 really starts, right? steve: we will talk about how the president has invited democrats and republicans over but we would like to remind you if you took some great pictures from your new year's eve party, send them to us at friends@foxnews.com. we will sprinkle them throughout the show to show folks how america kicked off w 2 k plus 19. brian: day 12 of the shutdown and looks as though the president was in the white house basically alone in washington, d.c. as congressional leaders all went home and wondered when this was going to end. and so far the proposals on the board don't give many people encouragement this is going to end quickly. a meeting is scheduled for today. we know this,ing if you are going to smithsonian there are 19 smithsonians shut down. national zoo is close to the public. little by little people are going to realize the paychecks aren't coming in to a certain degree the pay period that ended december 22nd, you will get paid for that after that there is going to be some

trouble. steve: really, has anybody really felt the government shutdown? brian: not yet. steve: i went through the airport a couple times since the government shutdown i didn't notice it. ainsley: the essentials aren't shut down. i have a family member who works for the government. if the shutdown continues through christmas you have to stay and work. some people are being forced to work more. steve: if you are an essential employee and you hope you are. here's the thing you don't get paid. if you are furloughed you don't get paid unless when they eventually fund the part of the government that's shut down they approve that nonetheless, today, the president has invited republicans and democrats to top four on each side of the house and the tha senate to come to the white house officially for a department homeland security board of security meeting. at this point the white house does not know if the democrats are going to show up. why wouldn't nancy and chuck show up? either they don't want to deal or they don't want to get essentially surprised by the president who calls inth cameras and does some more on camera negotiation.

ainsley: last full day of the 115th congress. nancy pelosi will be elected speaker of the house tomorrow. whether or not they will show up yet to be determined. the president was tweeting out he is ready to negotiate. he said border security and the wall thing, the shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her ten you're as speaker. let's make a deal. brian: we will see. because nancy pelosi keeps saying over and over again there is going to be no wall funding. she has two bills and two options. one that would extend the government pay until february 8th and the other until september 30th. it's a nonstarter. has no wall money at all. this is pirnlt not for the people. steve: see, of those two bills, of the one that funds the government through september is everything but the department of homeland security. and the department of homeland security thing was just funded for about another month. to allow the blood pressure to go down washington, d.c. it's a nonstarter. ainsley: democrats keep saying we keep giving the republicans several different plans.

we have given them two plans. but those aren't the plans that republicans want. democrats say they are not taking our plan. republicans are saying because it's not a good deal for the country. brian: doesn't involve the building of the wall. it's a political pledge the president made and that's how he got elected and that's the last thing democrats want to do who are already running for 2020 is give him an advantage. sarah sanders responded back to this plan to the pelosi plan to reopen the government. the pelosi plan is a nonstarter it does not fund our homeland security, or keep american families safe from human trafficking, drugs and crime. steve: right. so these are the political dynamics at work in washington, d.c. right now. nancy pelosi, as you said tomorrow, set to be speaker. she doesn't want to cave. brian: absolutely. steve: and give the president any of the money that he wants. at the same time, the president who has been hold up at the white house, not going down to mar-a-lago, i probably would imagine he is emboldened. okay.

we have had this partial government shutdown for now 12 days. if they are not going to give me wall money. bring it on. so, charlie hurt had this to say about the president and politics. >> in a lot of ways, donald trump couldn't be happier where he is going. he is going in to this with a fight on immigration and border security which is a strong suit of his. and even if you get into basic democratic voters choose between border wall versus sanctuary cities, abolishing ice, to oversimplify both sides a little bit, people are going to choose border security. brian: what i think is important is you could say that honestly say that the democrats are taking a stand against the president because they don't want a wall built because he pledged on though. they don't want to give him that victory. can you no longer say the president is playing politics even if you thought that begin with because it was a midterm election push to get republicans motivated because what's happening on our border.

our border is in chaos. the caravans are just ganging up at the border. they are not moving. and the violence continues. look at what they had to do with the border in san diego. they had to send tear gas over the barrier to actually quiet down 150 plus people who were storming the border. ainsley: this happened new year's eve about 2:00 in the morning where they probably thought there aren't going to be as many agents out there working because some people celebrating. we had so many agents there getting pelted with rocks. they were wearing helmets and face masks. the dhs spokesperson said this mob of 150 migrants were standing up on this hill on the mexican side. and they were pushing the women and the minors up to the fence and pushing them up to force them to climb over and pushing even the children. the minors up into the wire. steve: razor wire was on the american side that's when they intervened. what's interesting is the

pepper gas and tear gas they used this time, they did not aim it at the women and children at the border. they simply aimed it at the people who were throwing the rocks. now, here's a good argument for the president and his wall. that particular stretch of the wall, apparently, is part of the old wall, and apparently a number of the people were trying to burrow under it because it is -- it doesn't go down it's apparently on the surface, 25 were arrested ultimately and most of them were trying to burrow under. that's when the melee happened. there was one person at border patrol who said that the migrants appeared to be trying to stage a photo op. in front of what they refer to as conveniently invited news media. brian: here is how the news media covered it one way against us as usual. "u.s.a. today" u.s. border agents shoot tear gas at migrants. "u.s.a. today" most likely got free and stayed in hotel last night. border patrol agents fired tear gas into mexico as migrants attempt to cross into the u.s.

it sounds so peaceful as they are approaching it "u.s.a. today" u.s. border agents shoot tear gas to stop migrants. it's amazing the way the headlines and articles expand on the story with a pro-illegal immigrant stance. ainsley: this is standard border policy. this is what think do. this is the same thing that the obama administration dba dozen times, too. brian: they should have. steve: meanwhile, here is the chief border patrol agent for the san diego area. he refers to the fact that the reason there were tear gas shells fired was because the members on the american side were attacked by the guys with the rocks. >> the care van showed its propensity for violence once again. they decided to assault border patrol agents with a hail of rocks. our agents responded with the least amount of force they possibly could to protect themselves on the border. steve: here is the good news. amnesty international has

condemned the border patrol's handling of this and demanded an investigation. brian: thank goodness we have a international organization condemning our border patrol. that makes sense. andrew cuomo is going to be governor of new york for a third time. this time he is going to have a democratic legislator. he is going to make this the most progressive state in the union. which means it's going to cost so much to live here. steve: no wonder why people don't. brian: people live in new york than any other state, yeah, i believe so. steve: i think it's in the top four. brian: joe, would you take a look at that? ainsley: a lot of people live here. brian: a lot of people leaving. steve: yesterday, ellis island where millions of immigrants came into this country legally, he was taking a shot at the current president of the united states and his battle with immigration as well. >> new york will move forward, not by building a wall, my friends.

but by building new bridges. let new york say that the federal government may shut itself down but it will never extinguish the statue of liberty's torch. it will never erase the words of her poem. they will never close our harbor. they will never close our hearts. they will never close this hall of dreamers. steve: in addition to making that speech, he also apparently granted clemency to 29 different people including 22 immigrants who were facing deportation related to drug charges. he also granted clemency to seven others, including four convicted murderers and three others who were convicted of armed robbery. he said all 29 of them had been rehabbed. ainsley: he also remembered his dad. his dad died on inauguration day four years ago. he said i can hear his voice and can i imagine his pain

and anger if he could see his beloved country today. brian: really? ainsley: he says he is not running for president though. brian: certainly sounded like it. a five minute highlight speech of him and a lot of soaring rhetoric that looked at the country's issues more than new york's issues. we will see where it goes. we know a lot of people are scared off because elizabeth warren says it looks like she is going to get in. why even try to run. steve: wonder if she was drinking beer right now. brian: looked so authentic. can i have a beer, please, on instagram? steve: first time this year we say good morning to jillian miller. jillian: i haven't seen you in forever. welcome back. ainsley: thank you. jillian: happy new year. ainsley: happy new year to you. >> suspected cop killer and illegal immigrant will face a judge today. accused of shooting corporal ronil singh the morning after christmas. with help from you, the tunnel to towers foundation has raised more than

$175,000 for singh's wife and 5-month-old son. to donate you can head to friends@foxnews.com. a terrorism investigation leads to a raid in manchester, england. authorities searching this home for clues after three people, including a police officer, were wounded in a new year's eve knife attack. a suspect taken into custody shouting allahu akbar. [shouting] jillian: unidentified suspect being held on attempted murder. two of the victims are seriously injured. new acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan hits the ground running. he arrived at the pentagon just moments ago. in a memo he said in part quote under the direction of president trump, the department of defense remains focused on safe-guarding our nation. i now look forward to working with president trump to carry out his vision alongside strong leaders. shanahan took over for james mattis on new year's day.

ohio state sends head coach urban meyer out with a rose bowl win. the buckeyes beating washington 28-23 in the final game for meyer who is retiring: 40-32. in the sugar bowl texas beats georgia 28-21. before the game the longhorn's 1800-pound mascot charging the bulldog look at that after breaking out of his pin. his handlers literally grabbing him by the horn. brian: good instincts on the bulldog to get away. jillian: a little pregame activity there. ainsley: as if the football game is not competitive enough they have to bring out the bull. steve: that's why the mascot with the make heads are so effective. brian: they don't talk and not a career builder but they are safer. 13 minutes after the hour. steve: coming up, mitt romney may have failed to be

president. taking on the current president saying he has not risen to the mantel of the office. david bossie coming up next. brian: kanye west jumping back into politics. finally. it was a week. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org. you may have gum disease and could be on a journey to much worse.

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♪ brian: incoming senator mitt romney hasn't taken office yet last night around 8:00 took shots at the president. in a "the washington post"

op-ed his conduct over the last two years particularly his actions this month is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantel of the office. trump's words and actions have caused dismay around the world. here to react is trump former campaign manager david bossie. >> good morning. brian: mitt romney taking shots at the president is not new but utley it has has been. in january thanked him for his endorsement. january 1 he take as shot why. >> this is for relevancy. this is a guy who comes to washington and instead of trying to help this president, instead of trying to help the republican party i want to attack this president and undo and be the center of attention. he wants to talk about character. let's talk about jealousy. let's talk about how shallow this person is i'm sick and tired of mitt romney wanting donald trump's help on one

hand grob bling trying to be the secretary of state in the transition. let's note forget that pathetic attempt by mitt romney. i'm sick and tired of people trying to come to washington and be part of the solution and they are part of the problem. donald trump got elected to be a change agent. and he has been successful in changing this broken status quo and guys like mitt romney and outgoing his former partner paul ryan didn't agree with this president and if you look at the success this president has had over the last two years. it's insurmountable if you look at past presidents. and i got to just say i'm so disappointed in mitt romney. i'm not surprised but i'm disappointed. brian: here it is. you say, too. that jeff flake and john mccain they ended up being republican enemies of the president. you say mitt romney can be a much greater enemy than both of them, why? >> this is a guy who is used to the national stage.

he has run for president and if he wasn't so incompetent he would have won that campaign to be candid beating barack obama in 2012. he should have. mitt romney failed in that campaign and he failed the american people who have made him the nominee. he ran a terrible general election campaign. but, let me just say this. because he has his own political machine, his own media operation and he is used to the national stage, he comes to washington as somebody who looks like, to me, you know, the flake/mccain/corker all in one guy. he is going to be the guy standing in the breach. i will tell you i want mitt romney to be part of the solution not part of the problem. brian: david bossie thanks so much. he does have a lot of skills. international business could be a very big asset on trade. we will see what it means. >> unfortunately he is an open border guy. that's the problem. brian: david bossie, thanks so much. >> thanks. brian: this american and exmarine is being detained in russia on spying charges.

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brian: got here just in time time for headlines. anyone under 21 years old banned from buying what are being called semiautomatic assault rifles. this happens in washington state. the voter approved law is part of a gun anyone under 21 years old now banned from buying what are being called semiautomatic assault rifles in washington. i kind of repeated myself there the voter approved laws -- this is going to keep going on and on. any under 21. -- i'm dying to go to the next story if i can. i will read anything or just tell you what's on my mind.

and, gender neutral birth certificates are now available in new york city. instead of choosing male or female. people can choose their gender to be x. parents can also choose x for their newborn babies. in california, oregon, washington, also allow the gender neutral options on birth certificates. it's going to be tough ordering 1-800-flowers to commemorate the birthday of x but we will see how it goes. steve: 6:25 in new york city. we are hearing more about the american detained in russia accused of being a spy. paul wheelie, that man right there, an exmarine was arrested in moscow on friday for participating in what russia says was a spying mission. his family says he was only visiting the area for a wedding. ainsley: now that family is demanding answers. joining us now is david wheeland. he is his brother. tell us more about why your brother was over there because it seems very odd,

very strange for america to continuously go to russia. you say he is not a spy. tell us what you know. >> paul is a person who likes to travel the world. and he is a kind and a generous person. and when a friend of his, a former marine asked him to help with a wedding ceremony that he was going to be having in moscow, paul agreed to help because paul had already been to russia a number of times. knew where the sights were and how to get around the town. was able to help this friend and his family to have a better experience paul flew into moscow on the 21st of december to be part of that wedding party. steve: russia is accusing your brother of being a spy. what kind of line of work was he in and did that work take him to russia? is that why he had been there some times? >> his work did take him to russia. is he in what is called corporate security. i'm a librarian. that's not familiar territory to me.

my understanding from the stories he told me is that he would visit physical plants for his company plants either operated by the company or subsidiaries. and just check the physical security. broken windows. ability of people to get access to the building. that sort of thing. he traveled to many countries around the world in addition to his personal travel company says he wasn't there for business. he was they're to the wedding u. ainsley: you learned your brother was missing by watching the media. >> yes, as a librarian, we go looking for information. we hadn't heard from paul on friday night. he is extremely close to his family. my parents are elderly and he dotes on our family dog. so, we expected to have heard through them that he had, you know, been successful in russia and, you know, was having a good time, sending pictures or whatever and hadn't heard from him. over the weekend we realized

that he must be missing. he was just out of communication. it was monday morning when did i a google search and found that the russian ministry had announced that it had arrested him as a potential spy. steve: our u.s. state department has put out a statement and says this: we are aware of the detention of a u.s. citizen. under the convention require them to provide con sue larr access and expect them to provide it w. we will see if that happens. what are the circumstances of him leaving the marines? >> i learned yesterday that he left under -- i think it's the bad conduct discharge. that was news to me. but i think all of us have things in our past that maybe detract from our betterselves and that's, perhaps, why i didn't know about it. steve: apparently according to our pentagon producers apparently he had been court martialled back in 2008,

something regarding larceny. as you just said you know nothing about it. are you sure and i'm sure everybody is asking you. david, are you sure your brother is not a spy? paul's background is in law enforcement. is he in corporate security. is he one of the people i would say knows very well about risks when traveling or being in foreign countries or income any kind of situation. i just can't imagine him getting sideways of the law in russia or doing anything anywhere close to breaking an espionage act. ainsley: why do you think they detained him? >> i don't really have an answer for that. ainsley: we are praying for him. we wish your family the best. i can't imagine what your parents are going through. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, ainsley. thanks, steve. steve: you bet. thank you. ainsley: it coming up, talking about high crimes.

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♪ everywhere we go you are the star of the show. steve: happy new year's from the doocy's. we all got together in florida. peter doocy got a big hat for christmas. there we are celebrating as well on christmas eve having some of cathy's lasagna. and sally and are are golfing there on new year's. ainsley: was it hard to come home sunny florida? steve: it was. one of the gifts i got for christmas, golf lessons because i need them.

ainsley: new socks. you wear these fun polka dot striped socks. today they are solid gray. i love them. steve: what's this, ainsley. ainsley: that was at my friend lori's house in connecticut. her son and mother-in-law huge fox news fan. hayden in her arms. we had a casual fun, lots of our friends all of the kids. it was a great time. we were, i did face time on new year's eve special at 8:30. with carley and griff. brian: i didn't know we would be christmas eligible. i have christmas not new year's eve pictures. a few sketch artists there. i will be able to get some in the next hour when people start waking up in my neighborhood. steve: charles, how did you spend new year's eve? >> at a restaurant with the family. my son was in he left yesterday. went to london. going to school college there low key but wonderful to have the family. we spent the last couple days doing a film retrospective in my house. i was sharing the movies

that moved me as a child with my kids. colley high. cornbread early and me and yesterday we watched that hog any. i wanted them to understand what motivated me and touched me as a kid. ainsley: your son is going to school in london. >> it's his third year there. brian: we wanted to do that at my house tune in to 55 odd couple marathon. >> i love the odd couple. brian: how great is that. let's talk about where the economy left off and where it's heading. first off the good news. the president says it's not a coincidence, gas prices going down. >> no, it's not. this is the fracking miracle in america. it's just we are the number one oil producer in the world right now. and we are only going to get better. it means lower prices and there is an equation out there that says for every penny gasoline prices come down 1 billion purchasing power to u.s. households. if it keeps coming down it

offsets other things that could occur. steve: i read over-the-holiday. i can't remember the fest or exact venue of it because as you can see we were partying heavily, but, i saw a story that apparently there is such a supply of things like natural gas. in some cases they have to give it away. >> give it away, burn it off. sometimes they turn it back and use it in the fracking process. that's why we must bring our liquid natural gas up to snuff. the world is spending so much money. 14, $15 per unit in asia. 10, 12 in europe. there is so much opportunity out there for us to take this natural resource and be a global supplier. ainsley: if you look at some of the newspapers this morning, there are these pictures of the brazilian president, being -- he is becoming the new president with his wife and it got my attention this morning. the president was congratulating him. saying the u.s.a. is with you. what's your response to this? why is that oimportant. >> i will tell you why it's important for a couple of reasons. why president trump is

taking hits and op-eds in "the washington post" by people who couldn't achieve what he achieved. steve: mitt romney. >> around the world we are seeing a global movement, a push back against the elites that we have never seen before, i don't think, in the history in the world in the most latest example of that is brazil. this is a shocking victory. we are talking about a guy who had no money. he was almost fatally stabbed on the campaign trail. his party almost was nonexistent. they never won. this is the first time his party of ever won an election down there. what did he run on? anticrime, anticorruption. he also talked about pushing out socialism. he talked about fake news. he loves donald trump. he idolizes donald trump. i think, you know, you couple this with what we saw in europe and italy the brexit. what we are seeing in other places there is uprising against global elites who are talked down to us for so long and never delivered. brian: no one ever linked him to any corruption number one. number two is he against socialism as you mentioned. he is cracking down on the border. sees what's happening in central and south america.

he says we cannot have millions of people streaming into our country when we are on our backs with social programs. he also is pushing back against china. and their investment. which turns out to be extortion because once they invest and build your infrastructure, they want to affect your policy. in brazil they are pushing back on that. >> they should push back. the new colonialization. the president of malaysia went to china, 95-year-old guy went to china and said no thank you to $25 billion. he said you guys are colonizing the world. i don't want your money. other countries have taken the money. cons exceptly they are taking over parts of africa, parts of asia and south america. they are taking them over. it's predatory lending. if your country has a net g.d.p. of 600 million and i lend you $2 billion, i know you can never pay that back. eventually i will own your country. brian: that's what's happening in pakistan. >> that's what's happening there. weak economies around the world are pressuring our markets early this morning. steve: that means the number is going to be down. >> great news other the last

four or five trading sessions we have been able to climb off the canvas. we need to see this market be tested like this and show some resolve. i'm so pumped. brian: charles, jillian is behind you unless have you anything else to say i would like you to toss to her, is that okay? >> charles: i do have something else to say can't be more important than what jillian has to say. jillian: thank you for that permission, charles. jillian: we are following this scary story out of florida. a toddler was rushed to the hospital after falling into a rhino exhibit at the zoo. officials say the 2-year-old fell through a barrier no melbourne, florida. the rhino tapped the tout before her mother pulled her out. a shoe left behind in the enclosure. a child's father says she is doing well. thieves take their high crimes to the next level. watch, as they crash a pickup truck in reverse through the wall of a detroit pot dispensary. raiding the store causing

$20,000 worth of damage. they also stole a few thousand dollars worth of marijuana edibles and a computer in just three minutes. elizabeth warren is heading to iowa this weekend as she eyes a potential 2020 white house run. the democratic senator will visit four cities in the early caucus state since launching her 2020 exploratory committee on monday. her announcement will allow her to raise campaign money. maybe kanye west's new year's resolution was to get back into politics. rapper posting a series of tweets on new year's day. trump all day. one of my favorite of many things about what the trump hat represents to me is that people can't tell me what to do because i'm black. so i guess in 2019 we will expect to hear more from kanye west. steve: we have already. ainsley: if hains when he said i'm getting out of politics. brian: he did the rogan podcast already that's huge news. steve: the cap is back on.

brian: i didn't know he took it off. steve: did he for a minute. he was in the georgetown store he jumped up in the apple store he jumped up, he had a different colored hat on and people went where's the red. such detail. i could be wrong though. 19 minutes before the top of the hour. janice dean the weather machine joins us for the first time in 2019. janice: happy new year my friends. look who is here to join me. you are from florida what are your names? >> sharon and. >> troy. >> happy new year nice to see you from louisiana what are your names. >> melanie. >> and. >> barbara shop. >> and you, sir. >> [inaudible] >> from? >> from long island. >> let's take a look at the maps. okay, louisiana, i want you to watch this, we have a storm system across the southwest that is going to bring heavy snow across new mexico, west texas and icy mix for areas of central texas up towards oklahoma. this is going to be a mess

for travel and it's going to move eastward. it's a slow-moving system and it is cold. we will see icy mix. winter weather advisories posted for all of these areas. be real careful as you travel towards the mississippi river valley. wave inside. say hi to steve, ainsley and brian. merry christmas, happy new year. brian: ainsley has a question to you. >> the lady behind you did she say barbara shop. >> barbara? >> no, the lady behind her. >> right here barbara. what's your last name? >> barbara shop. >> she said her name. we is her name very similar to barbershop. janice: barbershop. >> i get that a lot. [cheers] ainsley: was she born with that name or married. >> do you have a husband with the last name shop'. >> i do.

janice: what's his name. >> for rest shop. janice: congratulations shop family. let's go shopping. brian: we wanted to make sure she wasn't putting us on and she was not. ainsley: thank you. brian: good journalistic instincts. 17 minutes before the top of the hour. president trump wishing happy new year to everyone including some of his haters. some of those haters are leaving washington. what about the trump haters coming in? steve: jane curtin under fire for new year's resolution about killing republicans. does the left really think this is okay? >> my new year's resolution is to make sure that the republican party dies.

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tweeted happy new year to everyone, in all caps. including the haters and the fake news media. 2019 will be a fantastic year for those not suffering from trump derangement syndrome. just calm down and enjoy the ride. great things are happening for our country. with a new congress taking session, what can we expect in the year ahead. john mclaughlin trump campaign polster and president and partner of mclaughlin and associates. good morning to you. >> good morning. great to be with you. steve: we have a new congress coming. in the president had a couple of senators who were not helpful to him he had senator jeff flake and bob corker. they are both gone and we have a couple of new people, rick scott and also we have got josh hawley from the great state of missouri coming. >> in right. those are really good changes for the president because the one thing about the republican party it's the party of donald trump. millions of voters agree with the president. he crushed it when he ran -- when we were doing his primary campaign he crushed it. he was winning primary after

primary. people responded responded to his message about trade and immigration. now he has ha list in over two years over 200 accomplishments. when you think about the changes where jeff flake was trying to hold this up right until the end of the shutdown he was trying to protect robert mueller who after two years we have a national poll in december after two years only 32% think there is anything to that investigation. and when you look at josh hawley, he replaced clair mccaskill she never gave us a vote on tax. didn't support us on the supreme court. the kavanaugh effect really helped. we had deny super pac work in florida to help rick scott and in missouri to help josh hawley. they will make a big difference for the president. >> this morning, i think it's this morning or this afternoon the president is going to be meeting with republicans and democrats. although we don't know whether or not any democrats are going to show up to talk about border security. >> right. steve: ultimately the wall fund something going to come up. >> right. steve: is this a winner for

the president? he made it clear i ran on building the wall. i can't walk away without some wall dough. >> it's not just about the wall. it's about illegal immigration system and borders. the democrats are really running to the radical left where they want open borders. think about it we took a survey in september we found that 65% to like 25%, they prefer the legal system to open borders. what they are doing with this suretydown is they are aiding and abetting people coming here for jobs. that's what they say they are coming here for. and what they are doing is jumping the line on people who are here legally every year we take in a million people legally. they wait and hope for it now these people are just coming up to the border and getting. in it's wrong and the president knows it. steve: let's see what happens in that meeting. john, happy new year. >> happy new year. great to see you back. steve: thank you. good to be back. former "saturday night live" star jane curtin under fire after she said this: >> my new year's resolution

is to make sure that the republican party dies. steve: comedian michael loftis has some observation about those comments. is he going to join us live next. texas congressman elect dan crenshaw and newt gingrich. it's a busy wednesday.

>> my new year's resolution is to make sure that the republican party dies. ainsley: remember her from snl that was comedian and snl alum that was her message for the republican party on the new year. steve: the question is does the tolerant left in hollywood think that's okay

or was it simply a joke? brian: did some find it inspiring let's ask comedian michael loftus. is he on a tour of his own and been willing to analyze comedy. do you think can you stop yourself from laughing from that hysterical line to comment on what it means for comedy? >> that was absolutely terrifying. really terrifying to makes sure the republican party dies. she meant it that wasn't a joke. that wasn't a joke. that makes you glad that there is a 3-day waiting period on guns. jane curtin has lost it she is completely not funny. this is what the left has been thinking for a long, long time. it would be so much easier if there was no opposition they have no message and can't win a debate. it would be easier if all the republicans were dead and gone. it's terrifying. steve: in other words, she is just being honest. that's what she wants.

>> i think trump has them so frustrated the mask is off. it would be so much easier for the left if all the republicans could just get out of the way they could take over and we would be venezuela by the morning. jane curtin has made a living playing cold mean calculating women. turns out she wasn't playing a part. she is a cold, mean, calculating women. ainsley: what do you think about actors giving political opinion? do you think they should do that? >> well, they can. if you want to give your opinion go for it i'm not going to hang out at any parties with these guys? seriously, they want me dead. if i'm at holiday party and jane curtin hands me an owe dorf i will say pass and get to my car. brian: 2018 coming out party someone who admitted they voted for president trump. that took a lot of courage. how do you plan on building

on that? >> i didn't know how bad the problem was and how angry the left really was. i'm getting ready to go on a 15-city nationwide tour. the deplorable show.com it's going to be myself, terrence williams, the deplorable choir steve that grew and brian hainor. 15 cities. particulars go presale on the 10th. it's going to be huge. i'm going to be. ainsley: i'm interested. >> i'm going to try to be the ice breaker. the website? we have the loftus party.com and deplorable party.com. someone has to try to turn the tide. someone has to i'm throwing myself out there. the show is great. we are going to entertain people. and not wish death upon

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i'm going to get me a beer. >> in the sugar bowl, texas beats georgia. before the game, the longhorn's 1800-pound mascot bivo charging georgia's bulldog. look at that ♪ under the moon ♪ the emotion that i get from you ♪ you got the kind of loving. steve: live from new york city in washington, d.c. and points all around the globe, it's "fox & friends" for a wednesday that feels like a monday. it is january 2, 2019. ainsley: it's going to be a great year. it's going to be a wonderful year. i'm claiming right t. right now. steve: going to be a great year if all goes as many celebrated the new year's eve. we would like to see how you rung in 2019. and we have got some of your pictures. ainsley: you were in florida, right? steve: i was down in florida. brian: this is bernadette. this in from her and her trip celebrating new year's eve in tampa, florida, which is beautiful this time of

year. ainsley: close to you, steve. steve: same state. ainsley: check out sherri celebrating new year's eve and 55th wedding anniversary with her family. congratulations. steve: take a look at andrew's dog olive all decked out as he rang in 2019. ainsley: how cute is that? steve: very, very cute. keep your pictures coming. friends@foxnews.com. we will be showing them all morning long and we post on on social media. ainsley: you put something on your dog's head and quick take the picture. steve: because the dog goes like this. brian: dogs don't want to be embarrassed either. talk more on what embarrassing dogs a little bit later. what ticks americans off, democrats and republicans, to see the chaos at the border on new year's eve. that's exactly what was happening. they say about 150 plus would-be illegal immigrants, if they had their way, were trying to storm across the border when border guards were, again, forced to act and shoot tear gas in their direction while avoiding rocks.

steve: well, the reason -- exactly, the reason they did launch the tear gas and the pepper spray was because a number of the migrants part of the caravan by the way were throwing rocks, and then they were pushing women and children toward the front of the group. apparently they were forcing, according to some news reporting, forcing children to climb over the razor wire and lowering people down on the razor wire along the u.s. side of the fence. that's you when the border patrol intervened to make sure nobody got hurt. the pepper gas and tear gas was aimed at the rock throwers. not the people who were trying to burrow under that part of the old dilapidated fence. ainsley: one of the witnesses that was down there was standing in front of on the u.s. side of the fence. on the mexican side there was a big mound. you can kind of see it there he said that that's where everyone was standing. and that they were throwing, hurling rocks over the fence

onto the american side. and hitting our officers or our patrol -- our border patrol agents in the face with rocks. they were wearing shields thank goodness and had their helmets on, too. brian: democrats and republicans few issues unify us. this should be avoided. this should be condemned what's happening on our southern border and our border guards should be backed up. that includes a barrier. that includes, in some cases, a wall. that includes some virtual fencing. bottom line is, while washington doddles and get back to back instead of face to face there is chaos on our border. katie waldman dhs spokesperson, knows as much as anybody at homeland security put out this statement: the agencies voflgd should be a34r5uded for the handling of this situation with no reported injuries to the attackers. unfortunately congress continues to ignore the professional advice from men and women of the border patrol who have told them that walls work.

congress needs to fully fund the border wall. steve: that is exactly what the president has called for. but, as you know, we are now up to day 12, i believe. of the partial government shutdown. and it's all because the democrats will not give the president $5 billion. he would like $25 billion to build the wall. now, he has called in top republicans and democrats to the white house later today, according to the white house, it is unknown whether or not any democrats are actually going to show up. this is supposed to be a briefing on border security. and all they would have to do is play the video we just showed you and say, look, we have got a problem with the wall. that wall in that spot is dilapidated. people are able to crawl under it also they are able to climb over it we have got to do something about it nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have made it very clear they don't want to give the president a single nickel. president, on the other hand, has made it very clear he will keep the government shut down unless he gets some money.

ainsley: he is ready to negotiate. he tweeted this out. he said border security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. let's make a deal. nancy is going to be elected as the speaker tomorrow. today is the last day of the 115th congress. brian: some wanted to bolster up definition. sometimes they wants to bolster social programs. they give and take. parity of the reason the president wanted so much for the president to build the military he needed to give in to democrats for social programs. number one program is infrastructure. so now that we are in the new year and nancy pelosi and a couple days will become the official speaker, do they sit down the same way, even though it's -- you have to suspend logic to think that it's not a democratic and republican issue. if border patrol means if border security means a lot to republicans. and not democrats, and democrats want infrastructure. do we do the deal in that way? you offer this program for that program. steve: but, infrastructure is not on the table. the democrats have made it very clear they are going to

put out two bills tomorrow. one would fund most of the government through september. the other bill would fund department of homeland security at current levels. ainsley: 1.3 billion for global security. steve: through february. there is no grand deal here. and, we're not even sure that the democrats are going to show up. and i have heard that one of the bills has scores of pet projects for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle which is traditional washington. i heard from somebody at the white house yesterday they think that there is a proposal from some democrats to actually put foreign funding, to foreign governments into this bill, while, at the same time, no money to protect. brian: that could be central and south america. the guatemala, ecuador, el salvador where these people are coming from. some with bad intentions, some with not intentions. some are desperate and some are being promised a rose

garden when one doesn't exist. the question is, too. if you are coming to washington to see the smithsonian, 19 smithsonian museums are coming. if you are going to washington zoo no reason to hippos and tigers you can't get into there. i was in st. augustine a few days ago and wanted to go to that ancient settlement in america shut down no. one was allowed. in a lot of the people plan their vacations around that already people being inconvenienced and wonder if that will ramp up the pain and improve the process for negotiation. ainsley: it is an inconvenience, yes. most of the people are good people there are bad apples in the group. even though it is inconvenience. he is saying that your safety and security as an american, you deserve to be able to go to sleep at night and not have to worry about being killed by illegal immigrant and we have seen that' harassment we have seen there are so many moms and dads that we have interviewed that say, yes, it's very rare that this is going to happen. it can happen. it happened to my child.

they are saying i want to prevent other families from going through the loss. you have this police officer in california suspected, this driver of driving intoxicated so he pulls him over. and the guy pulls out a gun and shoots him. there's the police officer. steve: ronil singh shot at routine traffic stop. ainsley: has a baby. steve: the person who is accused of murdering him is gastavo, 33, being held without bail. he will be arraigned later today. the suspect is a known criminal alien and is he a gang member and after the shooting he led officers on days' long manhunt. 8 people are in jail regarding. this is he charged with murder. seven others are charged with actually trying to help him while he was on the run. brian: all right. sheriff adam christianson did an op-ed and put in the hill. here is an excerpt from it.

end political vitriol. solve immigration to honor officer singh. law enforcement over some ill conceived perception that we target this undocumented population. they have also created sanctuary for criminals. they are protecting from accountability and consequence. these predators who victimize and exploit others all while silencing crime victims. this isn't a platform at the rnc or dnc. this is a person who is out there fighting crime illegal immigration and see what is sanctuary cities is not helping, it is hurting. steve: sanctuary state. it's california. ainsley: they put their life on the lines. they don't make a lot of money. when this happens, the family left behind is stuck with financial burden. this wonderful organization, tunnel 2 towers you know this organization developed after 9/11. his brother ran through the tunnel to help folks in the towers. they are raising money, this organization, to pay off her

mortgage now. steve: that's right. brian: singh joined the force in 2011. he has a 5-month-old son and survived as you see by his wife. they are going to need some help. steve: so far apparently tunnel 2 towers has raised $204,000 to pay off his mortgage. if you would like to help there is the address right there tunnel 2 towers.org. brian: jillian is following other stories for us. jillian: we have a fox news alert. jay endsley is running for president. that's according to the atlantic. the democrat is jumping into what is expected to be a crowded field. endsley a frequent trump critic and focus on climate change. served more than 10 years in congress before being governor in 2012. the family of a retired marine in russia espionage fears for his safety. paul whelan was in russia for a wedding when he was taken into custody accused of spying.

his brother joined us earlier saying is he innocent. >> paul is a person who likes to travel the world. is he a kind and generous person. when a friend of his, a former marine asked him to help with a wedding ceremony that he was going to be having in moscow. paul agreed to help because paul had already been to russia a number of times. jillian: american diplomats have not yet been able to meet with him. president trump says he is open to a second summit with north korean leader kim jong un. the president tweeting in part, quote: i also look forward to meeting with chairman kim who realizes so well that north korea great economic potential. he said he hopes for another meeting. kim also warned that new sanctions could slow the denuclearization process. and how about this? one lucky person ringing in the new year a whole lot richer. one winning mega millions ticket sold at auto repair shop on long island, new york. i wonder if it was brian. the prizes a whopping $425 million.

smaller prizes are also possible. check your tickets. winning numbers are: do you have anything you want to tell us, brian? brian: i don't play the lottery. i'm against it i believe you should earn things. you shouldn't win things. steve: $2. you are not willing to gamble $2 for 425 million? brian: i don't wait for ping-pong balls and i don't scratch anything off. steve: are we talking about the lottery? ainsley: not sure what that means. i understand scratch off but ping-pong. brian: i don't wait for them to pop up. steve: many people do play and somebody could be very rich. 7:13 in new york city. a fox news alert. police raiding an suspected tarls house overnight after a knife attack on new year's eve. next terrorist said there is no end in sight for lone wolf attacks. ainsley: after those think

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games. steve: a fox news alert. united kingdom police raiding the home of a 25-year-old suspected

terrorist accused of stabbing three, including a police officer while shrieking allahu akbar. there is no end in sight. aaron cohen served in israel's special ops counter-terrorism unit and now manufactures terror-readiness products for law enforcement. as you can see he joining us now from l.a. apparently the guy yelled allahu akbar as he was put into the back of a police van after the stabbing. and long live the caliphate. >> well, the first thing that comes to m mind is that he was unapologetic. he went to a specific place to do a specific thing for a specific reason. this wasn't a hate crime. this wasn't a dare that he was -- that someone bet him to do. this is somebody who deeply is in belief of the caliphate as it's related to isis. and it's very reminiscent of

the westminster attack that happened last march in 2017 when a gentleman by the name khalid mass siewl driving into 40 or 50 pedestrians and stabbing a police officer to death. it's more of the same thing over and over again. the commitment with these lone wolves that's creating a pattern here which is the lone wolf epidemic is very closely knit across europe and to me that's concerning. steve: police could not confirm whether or not he had been previously known to them. not known if he was a lone wolf, i'm sure we will find that out shortly. aaron, you just mentioned, it's a problem across europe. it happens with some regulator. what's going on over there? >> well, steve it's a good question. it's the epitome of a failed immigration policy. i don't know how else to put this other than the fact if you let a million

nonconforming immigrants into your country, and grant them citizenship and there so diametrically opposed to the way you live, to the values that you believe in and have absolutely zero background capability to be able to vet these immigrants and what they were up to in these prior countries such as syria and iraq, iran, and i'm talking about some of the nastier pockets in the world involving terrorism against the united states. you let them n n. a failed attempt to bring them over these borders. what you have is pockets of sympathizers growing and spreading their tentacles like no mads across europe. that's what we're looking at. failed immigration policy. steve: sounds like he had been in the country 19 years so we don't know his circumstances exactly. aaron cohen joining us today from l.a. aaron, happy new year. thank you very much for joining us. >> happy new year to you guys. steve: 7:20 in new york city. new york governor andrew

cuomo giving a gift to immigrants accused of convicting crimes of deportation. he will let them stay in america. our next guest's son killed by illegal immigrant. she is here with a message for the governor next.

steve: now it's time for news by the numbers. as you can see right there. first number, 20 cents. that's how much michigan just raised its hourly minimum wage rate. workers will now make at least $9.45 an hour. 20 states have minimum wage hikes this year. next. $5 million. that's how much reigning nfl mvp missed out in bonus this year. the quarterback failing to earn performance incentives

in several categories including passing yards and touchdown so he loses $5 million. and finally, 122 years old, that's how old this woman, the record holder for oldest living person said she was. but it turns out that might not be accurate. researchers think stole her mother's identity to avoid paying taxes and that she was really only 99 when she died back in 1997. some of the news, ainsley, brian. ainsley: thank you so much, steve. new york's governor andrew cuomo granting 29 new year's clemenss those off the hook include 22 immigrants who, because of convictions, mostly related to drug crimes could have been deported. brian: the governor taking a shot at president trump over border security saying in a statement while president trump shuts down the federal government over his on sessions with keeping immigrants out. new york stands strong in

our support for immigrant communities. these action also help keep immigrant families together. what they're missing is the illegal part. ainsley: maureen malone's son matthew killed by illegal i will grant in 2011 and she joins us now to react. thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning. ainsley: first of all, good morning, tell us for folks at home that don't know your story, what happened with your son? >> so my son matt knew janie's was 22 years old. just graduated from college. he was coming home on his motorcycle in a residential area where he was hit by a truck driven by illegal alien. matthew survived the collision. but the illegal alien fled. ran matthew over and dragged him a quarter of a mile to his death. brian: wow, andrew equipment mow sits down there thank you, new york for my third term. look at the statue of liberty. we are a nation of immigrants. what he is missing the is the illegal immigrant part of this. how does that make you feel?

>> it's very upsetting. he pardons criminals. arrested for new crimes that they committed. ilights noticed in your intro he stead these actions would help keep immigrant families together. building a wall and securing our border will help keep american families together by preventing illegal aliens from killing thousands of innocent americans each year. ainsley: what is your message to governor cuomo this morning when you know that he pardons these illegal immigrants? >> >> you know, he is pandering to the illegal aliens. he is spouting rhetoric. he is instilling fear in legal immigrants in the community. is he misleading his constituents and just pandering for votes for his 2020 presidential run. his job is to keep americans safe. that should be his priority along with chuck schumer and

nancy pelosi, elizabeth warren. their job is to keep americans safe. they need to secure our border and protect americans. keep american families together. brian: maureen, it's such an insult when people say anti-or pro-immigrant. no one is anti-immigrant. there is a process to getting here. most clear-thinking americans understand. this this should not be political. it wasn't until recently why now? >> i don't know why it is now. we allow over 1 million legal immigrants to enter our country every single year. we are a nation that welcomes legal immigrants. it is the illegal immigrants that we have an issue with. they are coming across our border. they are not vetted. we don't know what diseases they are bringing. not fair to those doing the process legally and paying the fees and waiting for their turn to come here. ainsley: it's interesting. because i heard you say keep american families together. governor cuomo says these actions will help keep immigrant families together. thank you, maureen for being

here. we're sorry for your loss. >> thank you very much. brian: all right, maureen. 28 minutes after the hour. ainsley: still ahead terrifying moments at the zoo a 2-year-old little girl falls into the rhino exhibit. we are live outside of the hospital coming up. brian: there is no anchorman sequel that really happened. failed presidential candidate mitt romney current president. says his character falls short. dan bongino says mitt romney is a disgrace. he hasn't even gotten the job yet. he's next. and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today.

♪ ainsley: your new year's eve pictures are pouring in. this one is from john and his family. they are ringing in the new year in amsterdam. steve: wow. brian: this is karen celebrating with new year's eve with best friends overlooking the pittsburgh skyline. steve: what a nice spot to be.

check out our friend and next guest dan bongino ringing in the new year with his wife and children. as you can see, they are taking a selfie down in florida. ainsley: now we see what his wife looks like. we always hear, dan, that she is sleeping in the room next door when you are on with us. brian: wake her up, and see if she wants to come out. >> i married up. i was a little hesitant to give your producers that photo. because i know i'm going to get emails now like gosh, she is such a beautiful woman why marry bongino. i definitely married up. she is a 10 out of 10. brian: dan, you also as a secret service service, author, you wrote the attempted sabotage of donald j. trump. before we talk about that, i was stunned about 8:00 last night out comes a "the washington post" op-ed from mitt romney, a senator-to-be, about to take over. maybe play a major role in some different issues.

is he taking direct shots at the president. why? >> because he is a sell-out. is he a fraud. he is a phony. he is a fake. this is the kind of guy who is absolutely disseminated the republican party. you know, brian, when there is a museum left to the remnant of the swamp g.o.p. and we're all walking through this museum in 20 or 30 years when there used to be the gop. exhibit 1 will be mitt romney followed closely by jeff flake. you know, jeff flake had to pass the baton of g.o.p. sell-outs. the race isn't even over yet. romney doesn't even swear in, i believe, until thursday. they couldn't even wait to pass the baton. what's even more disgraceful about this romney op-ed, and, listen, i spoke positively about mitt romney for a very long time. he we ran in the same election cycle. this is a disgusting move. this is the same guy who went up to bedminster, donald trump gave him a chance even after romney shah lacked him,

unnecessarily so. trump gave him a chance. he gave him another chance having dinner with him in manhattan, the president, that is. and interviewed him for jobs. and do you know what? he endorsed romney, the president. you want to talk about character, you big phony fraud fake. you know what? you should have never taken that endorsement if this is how you felt. this guy is a disgrace. is he an embarrassment. i'm embarrassed for him, the people of utah and anyone who supported this fraud. what a fake. steve: i will tell you what, daniel. a portion of the op-ed in the "the washington post" roads this: his conduct, talking about the president's, over the last two years, particularly his actions this month is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantel of the office. trump's words and actions have caused dismay around the world. he was very forthcoming though in the beginning of it, donald trump was not my choice during the election cycle. then when he became the nominee i hoped he would change but he has not. at least he was honest in

the beginning. >> honest about what though, steve, this is my problem with this. donald trump has been crystal clear from the start. i know he has a difference of opinion. i respect that i know a lot of smart people do as well. he has been crystal clear about his policy about what he felt about our interventions overseas. he had a disagreement with a very well respected man in jim mattis. mattis respectfully resigns and trump let's him go. what's the character problem here in the character problem is this phony fraud hoaxer, mitt romney pretending to be a conservative who, again, accepted proudly and bragged about it on twitter the endorsement of donald trump after he screwed trump over multiple times. trump does the right thing. steps up, endorses the republican. and what does he do? he then turns around and doesn't even swear in yet and writes this op-ed filleting donald trump for character issues? what, for sticking to his campaign promises.

maybe if romney had been a real conservative and not a phony, maybe we wouldn't have had to deal with two terms of barack obama but we couldn't because he lost. ainsley: americans are scratching their heads this morning like you said, they meet together, they have dinner together. they are shaking hands. they seem to be friends. semi friends or at least able to get along. and do you know what? these democrats are so good at being loyal to one another. republicans, the party it's so interesting that the party doesn't -- the party, shouldn't that -- if you are a republican, shouldn't you support the party no matter who is in office or do you support what mitt romney is doing if you don't agree with the president then write an op-ed? >> here's the problem we have, ainsley. what are our other options? democrats want to destroy the country immediately. the swamp rat republicans are the manage recliners. we will manage the decline of the country while we keep our bow ties on and eat our flawflaw gras launches. it's all about gray, never

about black and white. the problem is we had a vote for someone like romney. the real fight is in the primaries when we have got to get rid of guys like this. you asked me what's going on? here's what's going on. there is still a big class of donors and interests out there that cannot let go of the fact that donald trump does not care about the old ways of doing business. you may not like it. you may think he is a little rough around the edges. final. have your opinion. he is not interested in the old ways of doing it i mean, what else do you need to hear? he has already done things that the swamp has told him not to do because he made those campaign promises. romney is the guy representing those muddied interests. i'm telling you right now, he is setting someone up to either run himself in 2020 or to back some swamp rat to run against trump. he's going to be the guy to marches the effort. brian: even if he feels that way i don't get the tactics. >> i don't either. brian: some preserve not to see stormy daniels and horse face and tweets that make no

sense. why is to advantage to eviscerate the president where he becomes the president from utah. it doesn't make sense. >> it's not. it's just a really dumb decision. is he a sell-out. he sold us out. steve: ladies and gentlemen, you just saw a preview of coming attractions. this revved up. dan bongino is going to be hosting "the five" later today. >> don't miss it. ainsley: you are in florida. you are taking a flight right after this? >> listen, i work i never stop. this is my home studio. i'm jumping on a flight in a half an hour i'm hopping up to you guys. brian: maybe you can borrow jesse watters plane? >> i don't think he would lend it to me if he did. [laughter] steve: happy new year. >> happy new year. steve: jillian joins us with news from the centers for disease control. >> a lot of people still haven't gotten flu shot.

the cdc is warning significant flu. the agency recommending people get vaccinated now as cases of the flu spike around the country. they say it takes two weeks for the flu shot to kick in. so far 11 kids have died from the flu this season record breaking 80,000 people died from the flu last season. you still have time to get the flu shot. mark zuckerberg slammed over end of the year message. we fundamentally altered our d.n.a. to focus more on preventing harm in all our services and we've systematically shifted a large portion of our company to work on preventing harm. tone deaf after several privacy scandals last year. krispy kreme is consoling a police department after a delivery truck goes up in flames. the company offering to send treats to officers in lexington, kentucky, tweet went viral. department posting pictures

of crying officers in front of the krispy kreme truck with the caption, no words. no one was hurt in the fire. so they were able to have a little fun with it. it's nice that krispy kreme is doing their part make the officers feel better. brian: somebody who never has to feel better. she is always in a good mood. janice dean is outside. janice: look at this and my beautiful crowd for 2019 is here. all right. okay. what's your names? >> joy. >> and you're from sanford, north carolina? >> yes. >> what's your name. >> jay. >> and you are from sanford, florida. >> yes. >> you are together? >> yes. >> but you are not married? >> no. janice: i'm confused what's your name. >> barbara, atlanta, georgia. >> you are a teacher. >> i am first grade. >> you love my lunch box jokes on stain gram. >> i scale them and tell them myself and ask act like they are mine. janice: if you like lunch box jokes go to janice dean fnc. it is so cold across

portions of the southwest that we had snow in parts of arizona and new mexico. that is on the move over texas, louisiana. we're going to have a messy, messy day across the southwest. freezing rain, sleet, ice across portions of dallas, texan anglo. winter weather advisories. watching this storm system the next couple days. thanks for coming y'all. say hi to steve, ainsley and brian. >> hi. ainsley: we will be out there in a little while to say hey to you. steve: in about five minutes. thanks, j.d. elizabeth warren the senator from massachusetts is recovering from announcing her 2020 white house bid on instagram live. now she is heading to iowa this weekend. but our next guest says her run will sink the democratic party. ainsley: we are grabbing the bull by the horns, literally. we are learning how to ride a mechanical bull live on the fox square. steve: it's not hard to ride it's just hard to hold on ♪ there's nothing holding me back

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within reach. steve: there were some terrifying mommy's at the zoterrify -- moments at the zoo after a toddler fell into a rhino exhibit. ainsley: can you imagine if you were a exhibit. amanda is live at the orlando hospital where that little girl is recovering. good morning, amanda, tell us what happened. >> good morning. yes, a very scary way to start the new year for one family when their 2-year-old daughter had to be air lifted to the hospital here in orlando. after tripping and falling backwards into a rhino play area at brevard zoo. the zoo director thinks one rhino touched the child with her snout. two parents jumping in to get her out of there. can you see in this photo from twitter by one of the zoo guests that you see a small shoe left behind in that enclosure. that shoe is believed to belong to that injured toddler. now, the zoo director says she was crying and had a

small injury to her face. but says those injuries are from the fall and not from the rhino. now, the viewing area and the enclosure are both on ground level. so this child did not fall from an elevated point. now, the girl's father says she is still here at the hospital recovering. and the mother who jumped in to save her was also injured but has been treated and released for a minor injury to her arm. for now, that rhino encounter is closed indefinitely. until they can figure out how to prevent something like this from ever happening again. steve and ainsley? steve: indeed. ainsley: you saw them with the measuring tape. they are probably trying to see how many mosts they need to put up in between. thank you so much. steve: all right, brian. brian: 13 minutes before the top of the hour. elizabeth warren heading to iowa this weekend. first trip to the caucus state days after taking a step towards a 2020 run for president. >> i have made big

announcement today. i'm really excited. we have donations from all 50 states. 5 bucks here and 10 bucks here and did you go girl. hold on a sec. i'm going to get me, um, a beer. >> enjoy your beer. >> i want to start 2019 in this fight. brian: our next guest shows this style while warren will sink the democrats and ultimately fail in a run for the office. tom rogan joins us now. tom, what was the point of the beer? >> well, i think it was to show, brian, a sense of contemporary reality in terms of, look, i'm just a normal american. but, the rigid nature in which she had to disappear off camera. you would think that someone doing a casual instagram post would have the beer next to them if they were being genuine. this is the problem for elizabeth warren that she is both too distant from most of the electorate in terms

of her personal demeanor, but, also too unaware of that distance. she senses it's something not that important. in that duality she is not predisposed towards winning the presidency. brian: even her announcement of an exploratory committee. it was trafficky. she didn't want to answer any questions. everything was so generic. she didn't go out and just rip president trump what she does regularly. what do you think that tactic is about? >> well, i don't know what the tactic is about. i don't know a lot of what the thought process is behind her political campaigning because it doesn't seem terribly conducive to herbert interests. i do think one of the big systemic challenges that she faces beyond any sort of personality issues in terms of absent charisma is the fact when she does articulate her policy provisions and we have seen this on foreign policy and banking regulations for example, there is a reliance on sort of simple one-line

sailable things designed to appeal to a particular part of the democratic party. but the actual policy formulation lacks a sort of either a simplicity of purpose, or a kind of unifying agenda. something that -- for example, the wall is identified with president trump. or barack obama. hope and change. narratives that have appeal are not ones that find their way to her. brian: tom, real quick answer, is she top tier or not? is she top 5. >> no, i don't think she is. the major reason for that is she has destroyed her brand with the identity base of the democratic party which is very important because of the native american blood test. brian: right. 23 and me not good. thanks tom rogan. good to see you. >> you too. brian: coming up, a real beef on the college football field. the texas mascot go goes after the georgia bulldog. he the georgia bulldog walked away. did he make the ride move?

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♪ steve: he was 2018's professional bull rider of the year. before he competes in the toughest sport on dirt this weekend is he here on fox square to teach us how to ride a mechanical bull and ride a cowboy hat. ainsley: even when he falls off he lands on his feet professional bull rider keyshawn. congratulations. >> thank you i appreciate it. ainsley: how long have you been doing. this since i was 5. quite some time. steve: how does a 5-year-old start? >> you see it on tv rides sheep, rides cavs. brian: what's the most important part to train to

get ready to be successful on that. is it your core? >> two things legs and your core. legs are foundation squeeze to keep you on. core helps you stay balanced. ainsley: what about your hand? you have to grip and hold on. >> you have to hold on. that's like if you really get out of position. steve: you are leaving out the screaming part that's where janice dean comes. in. steve: in an hour one of us is going to do this. you are going to give us tips through january anything, right? >> yeah, yeah. janice: hold on tight? >> yeah, hold on tight. squeeze your legs. janice: what's my form like? take your legs and squeeze? >> squeeze the bull with your legs so it keeps you in the middle, keep both legs on both sides, if one goes on the other side that means you are bucking off. steve: what about hanging onto the horns? >> that's not recommended? ainsley: that will make them real mad. brian: try to get janice dizzy or throw her off? what are you trying to do. >> i think dizzy would be fine. i don't want to throw her off. she is too pretty to throw

off. [awe] steve: trick riding standing up. >> she is better at it than i am. ainsley: very tame bull. ainsley: for now. steve: you will be back in a little while. get your tickets to the monster energy buck-off at the garden january 4th and 6th at pbr.com. brian: and buck off. ainsley: i'm glad you clarified because it might have sounded like something else. brian: we will do this again next hour. janice, did you very good. you made it look so easy. ainsley: good job. it looks like it's going faster and faster. steve: texas congressman going to be joining us and newt gingrich both here live on fox square. giddy up, janice. [cheers] ♪ i'm loving on country girls ♪ i'm living in the country ♪ delivers the news around here. ♪

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congressional leaders to the white hoist to make a deal on immigration. >> it is not just about the wall. it is about illegal immigration system versus open borders. >> the caravan kicks off 2019 by storming the southern border once again. brian: incoming senator mid romney hasn't even taken office yet took shot at the president. >> this guy is a disgrace, fraud, phony. >> move forward by not building a wall but building new bridges. >> he said the actions will kept keep immigrant families together. building a wall will help keeping american families together by preventing illegal aliens from killing -- >> ringing in new year with politically charged tweet. simply writing trump all day. ♪ brian: how do you like me now? i wonder if the president asks

chuck and nancy that if they do show up at the white house later today. live from new york city, it is the first day after the first of january. so january 2nd but feels like a monday but it is actually a wednesday. ainsley: shorter work week. everyone is in a good mood. everyone is gone for a week. you are refreshed. got some sleep. no alarm clocks. now we're all back. brian: i felt pretty good. i got rid of my tree. pick it up today or tomorrow, so we stripped it or put it out. ainsley: we were going to do that i was going to do that last night. ran out of time. brian: turn the page for 2019. we asked you for new year's pictures. that message got me at 4:30 in the morning. in effort to wake my family, got that picture. sent to my brothers in florida. prior to new year's eve, we were, that is not it. that is steve.

steve: couple hundred miles south where the kilmeades were standing, doocy's toasting the new year. ainsley: i saw that very cute. looked like you were having a lot of fun. looked like you were on the beach. >> we were. brian: new year's eve picture not on the beach. ainsley: there is with one of my really good friends, lori, there is her son in the green and his mom is next to her. she is is the best chef. she is italian. she cooked so much food for us. we had a blast. casual night at lori's house in connecticut. we had a great time. steve: love to see more of your pictures, email them, foxandfriends.com. we'll show the balance in the last of the hour. chuck and nancy, other top democrats were invited to the white house. the president invited all the congressional leaders over for a department of homeland security

border security briefing. it is going to, if they show up, it will center around, will you give me the money. that would be the president saying that. they will say absolutely not. let's talk about something else because they made it very clear where each side stands. they are super dug in. ainsley: the president said, go ahead. brian: go-go ahead. ainsley: the president says he wants to negotiate it. call it whatever you want. call it a fence. i want to negotiate. this is what he tweeted out, border security and wall thing is shutdown is not where nancy pelosi started tenure as speaker. let's make a deal. brian: not about them. it is about us. most people in this country need border security and we need slats and steel slats. that is the president giving in. i want a steel wall. i see different needs. i get it. we need to see through, we need it lower or need it higher. i've changed. i amended my view, what i ran on.

a steel wall duty not work everywhere in 2,000-mile border. but democrats don't see it like that. suddenly a barrier most of them voted for is ineffective or medieval. it is not mid eval. it is working constantly. works in your neighborhood and your house and works in other countries. democrats pretend it won't work here and they won't give in. no one is worse off than the american people in this whole battle. a battle about personal animosity. it is not a battle against us. ainsley: democrats keep saying, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, say we have given the president two different plans. he is not agreeing to those plans. we have done our part. president is saying it is not what i asked for. it is not a negotiation. she wants to fund through september, the spending bills. fund the department of homeland security at current levels through february 8th. the current level is 1.3 billion in border security.

that is why -- brian: not even a wall. not even for a barrier. for border security in general. ainsley: technology, drones. steve: 1.3 is not wall money. why sarah sanders put this out. the pelosi plan is a nonstarter, it does not fund our homeland security or keep american families safe from human trafficking, drugs and crime. people at the white house, we saw from one of our producers, matt leech, apparently unclear whether or not the democrats will even show up at this meeting. you have to wonder why. if they don't show up, does that mean they don't want a deal? obviously they don't want to negotiate on the eve of nancy pelosi becoming speaker. she doesn't want to be seen as caving to the republican president, giving him any money for that wall, which as we have heard from a number of democrats over last week, it is not just ineffective, it is not just expensive, it is immoral. ainsley: you make a good point.

the president extended a invitation. steve: to negotiate. ainsley: whether or not they will show up. >> he made it very clear. how many tweets did woe say him, i'm holed up at the white house trying to open up the government. nancy pelosi as we heard from news reports was off at a hawaiian vacation. brian: they will go that is your problem, republicans because you voted in the past. to be honest. republicans didn't do a good job prior passing to 5 point something billion late last week before they left on break. all of suddennen they woke up to the fact that the president wasn't giving in. they should have woke up to the fact a year ago, when president said i won't sign any bill like that. at 8:30, 24 minutes, newt gingrich will be here. he has been through a lot of tough negotiations and partisan battles. maybe give us an idea how this will work out. ainsley: the president has

talked to parents because after child, illegal i am my grant is here, drunk driving accidents. if you look at video what happened new year's eve 2:00 in the morning, a mob of 250 migrants, standing on mexico side, right by one of the fences. look at this. this is what was happening. our border agents had to fire off tear gas at the individuals because they were pelting our border agents with rocks. hitting them in the face and head. thankfully they were wearing face masks. steve: border patrol, that migrants were trying to stage a photo-op in front of conveniently-invited media. these images are clear what was going on. as you see volleys of tear gas and pepper spray. they did not aim them at women and children rushing the wall. instead those were going out at people who were throwing the rocks. ainsley: what steve is talking about, if you read the reports from the department of homeland

security, the spokesperson said the men were pushing the women and the minors up towards the fence trying to push them over into the razor wire. brian: even the border patrol couldn't grab the kids because they were getting pelted with rocks. border patrol chief, one weighed in, talked about what the agents were being attacked by caravan members. now there is a bunch of caravans, not just one. here is what he said about what was needed, what he saw. >> the caravan showed its propensity for violence once again. they decided to assault border patrol agents with a hail of rocks. our agents responded with the least amount of force they possibly could to protect themselves on the border. steve: was just mentioned, some of those migrants were presumed to be part of the caravan. meanwhile new york governor andrew cuomo was sworn in as third term as governor

yesterday, on ellis island, as you know historically millions of immigrants came into this country legally, all right? president trump is all about legal immigration policies and yet, that is what andrew cuomo took a shot at yesterday. >> new york will move forward, not by building a wall, my friends but by building new bridges. let new york say, that the federal government may shut itself down but it will never extinguish the statue of liberty's torch. it will never erase the words of her poem, they will never close our harbor. they will never close our hearts. they will never close this hall of dreamers. brian: right. at ellis island. ainsley: sounds like running for president. brian: big difference referring to statue of liberty and

ellis island, legal immigrants came here to sign in, to see if they could get in. doing it the legal way. his whole analogy is wrong because nobody is anti-immigrant that i know of. they're anti-illegal immigrant. the whole question is without sincerity. andrew cuomo said he is not running for president, i swear. he will make this the most progressive state in the union. fantastic. steve: pardoned 22 immigrants facing deportation because of drug convictions. seven others he pardoned, four convicted murders three others convicted of armed robbery. he said they are rehabilitated. they can be free. ainsley: he said quote these actions will help keep immigrant families together. we interviewed an angel mom. she said she wants the wall. she wants the president to get the funding. she said she wants to keep american families together

because she lost her son. brian: they have to do comprehensive. quicker way to become citizens in this country. quicker way to expedite the green card process. quicker way for working visas. it is all needed. they can fix it. everyone is too dug in, running for election or president to get something done. it is unbelievable what is happening. steve: unified government with republicans in charge in the senate, house and white house. they couldn't do anything. now we have divided government. brian: the president shouldn't have walked away from 25 billion in the wall and in exchange for daca. you take that deal in a seek. steve: he made it clear he wanted four pillars and other things. chuck schumer said no. that's why we're here. brian: we have no pillars. jillian: we continue to follow the news we brought you this last hour. fox news alert, washington governor jay ends lee running

for president. he is coming into a expected crowded field. he is trump critic. he served 10 years in congress before being elected governor in 2012. an american accused of spying in russia. >> we made clear to the russians our expectations that detention is not appropriate. we will demand his speedy return. jillian: whelan was charged in russia for espionage. >> i'm sure my brother is not a spy. i can't imagine him getting sideways of the law in russia or getting anywhere close to breaking espionage act. jillian: he was in russia for a wedding. athletic referee, jumps into

action, a stray balloon floating offer field. people on twitter praising him for very fine moves. the ohio state buckeyes were the real winners. beating washington huskies, 28- 23. bevo charging ugga after breaking out of its pen. that is scary situation. brian: knew to run from a bigger animal. steve: dogs raised in the wild? brian: bulldogses find them across the prairie. ] [brazier] ainsley: i love bulldogs, they are like pugs. they snore at note. brian: they have no noses. ainsley: they have noses, brian. brian: big nostrils. no nose.

steve: we'll shift gears. what will congressman elect and former navy seal dan crenshaw do to get tougher border security? ainsley: a woman pulled from a car sinking down in the mud with seconds to save her life. >> this is our contract with our military. that when you go to serve your country, when you give your kid as kiss good-bye, and you do not come home, we are going to give them a mortgage-free home. >> there are 7,000 servicemembers killed protecting our country since 9/11.

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ainsley: today president trump inviting leaders from both parties for an 11th hour border briefing. this as a violent mob of migrants kick off 2019 by storming the southern border once again. brian: what needs to happen to fix the crisis at the border i ask? former navy seal texas congressman elect, takes office this week. dan, you're in a border state. is a wall medieval or effective? >> it is crucial part of border security. i spent a whole career infiltrating places, when we come up on a wall it matters. we have to plan around it. it is mitigating factor when you want to cross from point a to point b. that typical argument we hear from democrats, doesn't make sense, too expensive, mead -- medieval, like to hear reasoning behind that.

.1% of our entire federal budget. .1%, that is what five billion dollars. it is not about the money for them. we know the president and mike pence, they offered about 2 1/2 billion as well, so they're trying to meet halfway. democrats are refusing to budge on this for them it is about semantics, they hate the word wall. they just hate it, right? for some reason don't value this idea of border security. don't value the sanctity of our borders. that is really problematic especially for ard bother state like texas. we're on the front lines out there. ainsley: the president tweeted out, let's make a deal. he invited both sides to come to the white house. he wants to negotiate. do you think democrats will budge at all? what do you anticipate the future will look like? >> it is hard to say at this point honestly. again, i don't know what their reasoning is. i hope they do. we showed willingness to negotiate on this, but again we always have to question, what is the underlying reason here? i think what they want to do is score points against the president. they made a campaign promise and

score points against him by destroying that campaign promise, but at the expense of our security. we saw the my grant caravan last night. you know what stopped them? a wall. not even a good wall. once somebody crosses that border, this is about 400,000 people a year being apprehended. 400,000. that is not a low number. so that many people is inundating our education system is, our health care system, our law and courts. you need a physical barrier in certain areas. brian: you sure you want to do this? this is all politics, not effective. you're used of getting to a mission and getting it done. it is out of your control. you set out resolutions you put out. we want you to expand that, unfortunately the wall dominated this segment. ainsley: bo to twitter page, to read his resolutions in the new year. god bless you. thanks for serving our country.

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♪ brian: i'm reading quick headlines. hopefully they will be different stories. utah has the strictest dui law in the country. no one has been arrested. this week the state officially lowered drinking limit of alcohol content to .0.5. did i read that right? .05. previous limit was .08. instead of choosing male and female in new york city, they can choose gender x.

chan choose x for newborn babies. california, oregon, washington, you can do this. gender neutral option on birth certificates. that's great. meanwhile, now to you two. ainsley: thank you, one man. president trump making moves to overhaul the nation's food stamp program by tightening work requirements for recipients. >> millions of able-bodied working age adults continue to collect food stamps without working or even looking for work. our goal is to move the americans from dependence to independence and into a good-paying job and rewarding career. steve: but some critics in the media say this is punishing the poor, making it harder for poorest americans to buy food. even saying trump's white male supporters may lose their food stamps. here to weigh in founder, president of center for urban renewal and education, our friend star parker. happy new year to you. >> happy new year. steve: to go what is the

administration doing by cracking down on number of people who get these snap cards? >> opening up excitement what is happening in our economy to those on the lower end. what we're asking for, able-bodied, no dependents to participate. this is a great economy. i know it is in vogue for everyone to hate the president but he is is doing some amazing things for the poor and this is one of those things to say, hey, we'll give you a little nudge, a little help. let's open up the economy in your own life so you can prosper. ainsley: what are the changes exactly? >> well the changes are since congress didn't have the backbone to put in work requirements into the farm bill, the president is now using the agriculture department to say why shouldn't we allow for states to put these, these opportunities in place for those that are receiving food stamps? what is happening right now the states are asking for waivers so those that are not participating or just getting food stamps, not

working, the states are opting out of what should be occurring here in america. so what trump administration is saying in, let's have them participate states. the economy is good in your states. stop pretending we don't have a problem with people just not participating. the crisis is not the poor. let me make this point. the crisis is not the poor. the crisis here are able-bodied, non-working, mostly males, because they're disconnected from family and we're rewarding this behavior. so the trump administration is trying to correct that, so everybody participates. ainsley: so they're saying if you, if you're able to work, we'll give you food stamps or snap program for three months. then you have to go get a job, right? >> you could say it like that. yes, you may already be on the food stamp program. you have three months to go out to try to participate in the workforce. not that work is not available in these various states. steve: star, explain the dynamic? during the obama years the

number of people on this kind of assistance was substantially higher than it is now i'm given to believe. why have some people, why are so many people no longer on the program? >> because economy is doing well. remember, that what happened with the snap program, if you go back, even to the bush administration, prior to president bush, there were like food stamps. they had the stigma about them, so people wouldn't want to be on even if they qualify. now like ebt swipe card, it's a debit card. take the shame. next thing you know you have economic crash. during the time of obama there were many, many more americans. remember, most of our safety net programs are for you to get back on your feet. steve: short term. >> short term. not generational. what the trump administration saying, come on guys, the economy is doing good. why are you sitting around? ai has done extensive study they're calling them are watchers. they're not working.

they're not working the watching porn, watching tv, but they're not working this. is what this initiative is attempting to do, so they can get back into their own lives to prosper. ainsley: not hurt them. make themselves sufficient to make them help society and help themselves. >> help themselves. >> thank you, star. happy new year. >> we will here in washington, d.c. ainsley: yes, you will. steve: speaking of washington, president trump tweeted moments ago about mitt romney after the incoming snort -- senator slammed the president in an op-ed. ainsley: get ready for a west reboot. kanye west is back into politics. hugging him at 12:56? ♪

♪ brian: i have to explain. we showed pictures of everybody's new yeast eve and vacation. this is where you spent my new year's eve. a year ago that house was burned to the ground. in one year they were able to get the whole house rebuilt. i've known mike and debbie since 8th grade. we'll do that. we'll host a new year's eve party. ainsley: how did the house burn down? brian: one of the things happened. caught fire in the garage. everything was gone. they redid it. steve knows he can do that too. steve: i can't build a house. ainsley: who is next to you on the end? steve: in new york. brian: that is in new york. he is right behind the guy in the red. that is mike. ainsley: guy in the red, very back? brian: very back. behind joe. he is in the red. ainsley: girl in front of him

looks like mary doocy. was she at party? brian: debbie is had is wife in front. ainsley: god bless them. steve: asked for your photos. celebrated new year's eve with a onesie's theme party. ainsley: everyone participated except one on the right. that is cute. andy, alex, ended the year saying i do. best wishes to you. steve: keep sending pictures. we post them online. newt gingrich joins us from washington, d.c. area. where were you on d.c.? >> in key biscayne with our children and grandchildren. it was terrific. about 80 degrees. we suffered through being on the ocean like that. ainsley: suffered through. that is a great picture. that is your beautiful life calista. >> the ambassador. brian: do you call her that? >> she was in a non-ambassadorial role. great fun. steve: talk about what is going

on. we'll talk about the shutdown. moments ago the president tweeted this out regarding mitt romney. he wrote, here we go with mitt romney, but so fast. question, is, will he be a flake? i hope not. would much prefer that mitt focus on border security, so many other things where he can be helpful. i won big and he didn't. he should be happy for all republicans and be a team player and win. what he is talking about, there was an op-ed in the washington post where mitt romney said donald trump was not his choice for president. hoped he would change if he got the nomination. he did not. that he has not risen to the occasion of being president. what say you about what is going on between these top republicans? >> well, well, mitt romney is freshman senator. i'm not sure, only top republican because he was once the nominee and lost. 80 or 85% of the party supports trump. i'm not sure where mitt romney is trying to accomplish.

it is kind of sad. as a freshman he could have come in, written as former governor of massachusetts his views on elizabeth warren, running for office. he could have written about the shutdown and offered an idea such as combining help for the dreamers with building the wall and securing the border. he could have written about things he knows a great deal about. why he would pick his very first venture to be an attack on the republican president, you would have to ask romney. i can't figure out what he thought strategically, why he thought that was helpful to him. makes him as the president pointed out, makes him like he wants to rush into being minority of the republican party. ainsley: what is happening between those two? you have a lot of friends in washington. you probably hear things we don't all necessarily hear? what is happening? they're eating dinner and shaking hands? >> first of all, look, first of all i competed with mitt and lost in 2012. i give him a lot of credit.

he ran, he was a very, very competitive guy. i think romney has always wanted to be president. i would think he would like to be president now. stylistically they're so different that i suspect every morning romney gets up he gets angry just because trump is so different than he is. from romney's own standpoint i don't understand strategically why you would try to carve out being the anti-trump before you even are sworn in as a freshman? i think it is important for romney and he will learn this in the senate, the senate doesn't care who you used to be. the senators are not going to go, we owe you a lot of extra room because you were once the republican nominee. he is a freshman senator. he needs to learn how the senate works. ideally because he is a very smart guy he will focus on actually solving problems, not just getting involved in a game with trump. he will just plain lose. you can't take trump on inside his own possible. not possible. brian: newt, another area you're

expertise has, somehow healing idealogical rifts. you have to somehow come to a deal here. this is unique impasse. of the republicans signed something. president pushed back. they reconfigured, rejiggered. democrats have two ideas. republicans have a different idea. how does day 12 of this shutdown showdown end? >> well, look it, my advice to republicans is really simple. buy ads in every single spanish language media in the country, pointing out the president and republicans are trying to get a deal that includes legality for the dreamers and that the democrats care more about hating trump than they care about helping 700,000 young people who deserve a chance, who came here as very, very young children. the country overwhelmingly wants to help them. i think it would be hard for nancy pelosi to stand up for very long if the republicans would be aggressive in pushing

this issue. it is a very sound compromise to say, give us security on the southern border, take care of legalizing the dreamers, it is a win-win proposition. i know lindsey graham has been working very hard on it. and i think, somewhere around there you can get to a deal. but if pelosi wants to prove how tough she is keeping the government closed for six, eight, 10 weeks, she has the power to do that. it will be interesting to see whether or not they really live that up. the democrats are not naturally party of closing the government because they're naturally the party of government unions. they're very cross pressured. steve: we heard apparently the president's invitation to the leaders, the meeting will take place in the white house in the situation room. and it sounds as if everybody who goes in has to surrender the cell phone, that is the situation room. and will anything happen? will the democrats even show up? we'll know tomorrow. newt, thank you very much for joining us live today.

>> thank you, good to be with you. brian: but horror show on our border bolsters the president's case through no effort of his own. look what is happening at border, they know the president is not with hyperbole. we need action. >> maybe they show it from the situation room. they can dial up satellites and drones and video from yesterday, rather new year's eve. stay tuned. brian: or just watch netflix. we're not sure. steve: they could. doubt it. jillian: good morning a suspected cop killer and illegal immigrant will face a judge today. gustavo perez arriaga is accused of shooting corporal singh. with help from you the tunnels for towers raised $200,000 for singh's wife and son. airport water fountains are shut down as passengers get sick

on board a frontier airlines plane. six people treated by medical staff after landing in tampa, florida. they were not traveling together. the cause of the sudden illness is unknown. water fountains at cleveland hopkins airport where the plane took off are shut down as a precaution. "fox business alert." fox futures are plunging as wall street prepares for first trading day of the year. investors are concerned about economic weakness in china. stocks closed higher on monday after a wild month of trading. 2018 was the worst year for u.s. stocks in a decade. two deputies save a woman's sinking car with seconds to spare. >> at the time they pulled me out the water was like right here. i was terrified. i want to say thank you, because without them, i wouldn't be here right now. i don't think i would have lasted another 30 seconds. >> the woman says another driver ran her off the road into a water-filled ditch in tampa. she found a pocket of air in the

car, called 911. amazingly as you can see she was not seriously hurt. isn't that incredible. steve: so lucky to find a pocket of air. ainsley: how scary that might be. brian: anyone know where janice dean is? ainsley: there she is. steve: getting ready for bull riding. janice: number two, getting ready to ride the bull by the horns. how are you guys doing? happy 2019, where are you from. >> i graduated from pepperdine university in malibu. came all the way from california to freeze here in new york city. janice: you do the weather? >> i've been the weather girl. take it away. put the maps up. >> storm across the southwest. >> currently rainstorms and little little bit of ice moving across texas heading into the south. you can expect some amounts of flooding, definitely be prepared to carry your umbrella with you at all times you never know when this rainstorm will be starting to hit you. janice: amazing. you never know what will happen

on "fox & friends" when you come up to 48th and 6th avenue. would you want to ride a bull? >> i would love to ride a bull. no guarranty i will stay on the bull. more than happy to try it. janice: fantastic. steve: graduate from pepperdine. very nice. ainsley: she is so cute. was out there earlier. brian: say pepperdine is one of the most magnificent campuses in the country. steve: where my wife went to college. brian: she back me up on that? steve: 100%. ainsley: i wanted to go there so badly. i had family, act scores, instead of sat. i had to take the sats, have it sent. there it was too far away. mom and dad said no. steve: they say there is no crying over spilled milk but what happens when a doughnut truck catches fire. the police photos going viral. how krispy kreme coming to the rescue in a very sweet way. ainsley: learning how to ride a

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♪ >> welcome back. hope you're having a good morning so far. some quick headlines. forget the new year diet, oreo is introducing a brand new flavor. chocolate cream in between two chocolate cookies. oreo, said this will be permanent offering not for a limitedded time. make something for yourself. united airlines is launching a new cookbook, recipes for in-flight men use for business class customers because plane food is always best. steve: when you can't get enough of it. after saying he was taking a break, kanye west making a new year's resolution to get back into politics of the rapper posted a series of tweets on new

year's day, starting with quote, trump all day. brian: i guess he is in? her with reaction, lighting up social media, woman lights up our show, fox news 24/7, we paid a quick rental fee. we borrowed you. can you talk about kanye? i thought he was out of politics. now he is back in, i'm confused. >> couple months ago he said he would distance himself from politics. new year, new start, i guess because he said he is back on the trump train in that tweet you just read. he went on to explain specifically why he likes the trump hat. he says, one of my favorite of many things about what the trump hat represents to me is that people can't tell me what to do because i'm black. this kind of echoes things that he said before about freedom of thought and all that. so i guess he is back into president trump and republican party and, he may be running for president again because he said 2024. brian: that is the key. >> i wanted to get some reaction

to this. this is one of the top stories on social media. a neat that on facebook says, i appreciate kanye's opinion out of entertainment norm. he risks being ridiculed and harassed just like those that support our current administration. clinton on facebook, i don't think hillary would be the person's first name, never have been a kanye fan. not just my taste in music. do i support kanye taking a stand? i think for myself and i choose what to believe in, not someone telling me what to do. brian: one of the things he said was in 90% of the black community votes for one party, how is that freedom? >> that is what he said. steve: from kanye to krispy kreme. there was some sort of a trucking accident where a krispy kreme truck in the background caught on fire. those police officers from lexington police posted it on social media, pretending they were all verklemtt over it. >> look at caption.

mourning the loss of krispy kreme truck, with caption, no word. a couple police departments responded saying we doughnut what to say to you. we morn your loss. krispy kreme responded we're thinking of you at this difficult time. more doughnuts are on the way. delivering doughnuts to the lexington police department. congratulations. >> isn't that cute. brian: a great moment for pr and marketing. >> man, that doughnut truck got scorched. brian: have a great new year's eve? >> i had so much fun. steve: time to grab the bull by the horns. we're riding a mechanical bull. somebody is. you are? it is todd. hi, todd. brian: but first, check in with sandra smith what is coming up on her show. hey, sandra. >> happy new year to brian, good to see you all. happy new year to ainsley as well. the president as well after he

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♪ steve: the toughest sport on dirt is heading to new york city this weekend and we're taking the bull by the horns. 2018 professional bull rider rookie of the year keyshawn whitehorse to coach us from the sidelines. this weekend is the super bowl of bull riding in madison square garden. >> we're coming in here to the big apple, ready to ride. >> are you excited? >> very excited. brian: what do you see when you see a show for people that never see it before. >> there is lot of action.

fireworks, flames, best bulls, best riders. good rides. maybe some wrecks. ainsley: training goes into this. >> you see a lot of working out, weight lifting, yoga, stretching. steve: you see a lot of professionals, you don't see this. brian, get on the horse. ainsley go first. ainsley: you should go. if we run out of time i will -- [laughter] steve: so far so good. ainsley: good job, brian. >> there you to. steve: and action. how many seconds do you have to hold on? >> for eight seconds. steve: two hands on the horn. >> just like that. >> oh. [laughter] steve: ainsley. look at that.

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>> the newest addition to the fox family. he arrived on new year's eve just in time for the tax exemption. bye, everyone. >> sandra: happy new year, president trump saying he is looking to negotiate as we await a meeting at the white house with congressional leaders from both parties on border security as the shutdown continues. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. >> jon: i'm jon scott in for bill hemmer. the president inviting eight lawmakers for a briefing in the white house situation room one day before democrats take control of the house. they are expected to pass a bill to reopen the government without any funding for the wall. which the white house calls a non-starter. >> sandra: president trump tweeting border security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. let's make a deal. all this amid escalating tensions