highway. rob: finally the ugly. man washed away by a monster wave in california. see him disappear off the rock into the water thankfully not seriously hurt. jillian: whenever we do this we talk really fast to get through everything. we have a couple seconds. bye. ♪ ♪ ♪ dance, dance, dance ♪ keeping up on you ♪ just dance, dance, dance. ainsley: the we are all back. the team is back together. watched yesterday morning. team did a wonderful job holding down the fort. brian: this is the perfect song because our show is synonymous with dancing. ainsley: did you think this is the big election year? steve: we have so much to go. now we will start with what will be the first soundbite in the year ender at the conclusion of this year. so allow me to say welcome to 2020. ainsley: the roaring 20's are back. i always wanted to live in

that era. brian: i hope we don't get hit by the not so roaring 30's which followed right after. meanwhile, the news has not stopped because we were not here. if you have been following some of the develops taking place over in iraq, keep in mind, it's in iraq, but really about iran. and you saw the sear rice ever events that took place really beginning on friday. our response followed a couple of days later. and then the protests that took place outside of our embassy. steve: looking at some of the protests outside of the embassy. before that you saw some of the troops on wednesday. now 750 have arrived in kuwait. the pentagon ordered a full battalion. the u.s. army's 82nd airborne division is the alert brigade has been issued. orders to deploy rapidly to kuwait. there could be up to 4,000 u.s. troops over in that neck of the woods before it's all done. ainsley: we are ready to go in. americans are safe. you have the protesters that

have been killed over there, some of them. media still paints this as trump benghazi. look at the headline trump tries to avoid his own benghazi. steve: then the subtitle to that says defense secretary mark esper announced he was sending additional forces to support our personnel at the embassy in benghazi. the same forces created in the wake of benghazi do you see parallels between what happened in benghazi and what happened in iraq? well, let's watch some of the channels. >> >> you have got them stoking anti-americanism, potentially giving an advantage to iran. >> this goes back to really strategic decision that the president made to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement. that put the heart hardliners in iran in charge. >> engaging in a war of words which is certainly not helpful between the president and the iranian regime. >> playing a very dangerous game of chicken with iran. >> the government has a

cartoon image of what is happening in that part of the world. >> one worries whether the administration has the sort of horsepower and brain power to deal with them. brian: christopher hill is one of the mistakes. he as an ambassador there was really out of his league. he was really more from the eastern asian era. ainsley: ambassador appointed by obama that was him commenting just there. meanwhile i think donald trump jr. put it best when he tweeted out this. it's a sad day when you can hear it in the media's voice how upset they are the embassy attack hasn't turned into a disaster like benghazi because his administration had the guts to actually take action and defend americans. at least we know whose side they are on. one thing to point out they did get into the vestibule. if you seen a lot of these pictures they burned a lot of these things. did not get to the inner sanctum. obviously our ambassador is safe. obviously nobody was hurt. we do have a problem with the local forces guarding the perimeter of our embassy because they basically said

hey, i recognize you guys, you can go inside if you want until we had our forces stop it. ainsley: steve and brian, when you listen to the other media outlets talk about this they are basically blaming president trump for this. they are saying the withdrawal from the nuclear deal the iran nuclear deal. maybe it is. a lot of people went to vote for him for that very reason to believe. the sanctions are tightening their government as well. steve: once again, starting where we started politico's headline is trump tries to avoid his own benghazi. the trump war room, which is twitter account for the campaign, they looked at that and they said this. benghazi? no lies about a video no. lies about who was responsible for the attack. no unanswered calls for help, no dead americans. there will be no benghazis on president trump's watch. so, when you think about what happened in benghazi, and the u.s. response to what iran-backed forces did in iraq, do you really see

parallels? we will talk to john teague taking began. tiegen, he will be joining us an hour from now. ainsley: are the out, they they are. brian: great move for the president of the united states to respond to our contractors and base getting rocketed by iranian backed militia forces to go ahead and bomb a series of installations killing 25 of their guys. we have to let people know we will defend our forces in theater or else there is going to be more american blood spilled. meanwhile talking about 2020 ainsley, you opened up talking about 2020 and the elections. two impressive numbers come in for two in particular. ainsley: pete buttigieg, he is the mayor from south south b, indiana. he raised a lot of money in

the fourth quarter. he raised nearly $25 million. and 98% of those donations less than $200. steve: then you take a look at bernie sanders and his fourth quarter fund raise something jaw-dropping, close to $35 million. ainsley: he actually beats pete buttigieg by about 10 million. steve: the interesting thing about pete buttigieg for the fourth quarter in all he has raised $76 million from 730,000 individuals and, of course, in the last month or so, he has gotten a lot of publicity when he clashed with elizabeth warren over her comment about billionaires in wine caves. that came back to haunt her. ainsley: funny you bring up elizabeth warren, if you look at the top 4 contenders she is the one that fell. she is down 30%. in the fourth quarter she raised 17 million. if you look at the quarter before that she raised 25 million. brian: right. steve: whole reason we are taking a look at the horse race now. keep in mind at the end of

this month, we will be cueing up iowa and new hampshire and then we are off. karl rove in yesterday's -- i think it was posted last night. official today in the "wall street journal." here is his prediction for what's going to happen. karl rove says pete buttigieg wins iowa but no democrat arrives at the convention with the majority. that's what we thought. the nomination requires delegates switching sides after the initial first vote or second vote where super delegates are permitted to participate. i predict joe biden to win but i would take the field if i could. the smart money seems to be on joe biden. he is way ahead. maybe not with contributions. but he certainly is in the polls. and the democrat elders feel that he is the one that can beat donald trump. ainsley: did you see he was reading something off of his phone and his daughter is texting him. sally, hold on wait until the commercial break and answer the question. steve: she wrote hi dad, do you know where the hang tag is for the car?

steve: sally, do you know where we keep the car keys? i put the new one in with the car keys right there. oh, wait, or it's -- it could be -- i got it a month ago it. ocould be in the console. brian: if anyone in my family is watching. it's garbage day. have you two hours to get up and put something out. i just imagine people doing horse trading. could you imagine if elizabeth warren and bernie sanders got together. they like each other, socialist against the capitalist. steve: they can't win. they could team up but they still can't win. brian: that's what mic said to rocky after he lost to mr. t. the first time. rocky proved him right. steve: are you having a flashback to rocky? ainsley: i think about your dogs. rocky and apollo. ainsley: we have less than a month. what's' today's date? is the 2nd? we have a month. steve: in the meantime we have some other news. we have a fox news alert.

very disturbing. two women under arrest accused of anti-semitic hate attacks here in new york city. brian: a hate crime suspect is in custody. look at this, for the third time in one week because of this new bail reforms, we rolled out new bail reforms, really working well for us. we have been talking about this the last few days. this rabbi was attacked by a machete. doctors saying is he paralyzed. brain damaged. speech airport for the rest of his life. todd piro with the disturbing wave of violence. >> good morning, the latest attack happening on new year's day yesterday in brooklyn. surveillance video showing the two men grabbing the man's cell phone and punching him in the throat. they yelled anti-semitic comments. the victim actually took this video. is he in stable condition right now. officers catching up with the suspects, taking them into custody a short time later. just the late nest a string of anti-semitic attacks in new york. meantime, a hate crime

suspect is in custody after being arrested for the third time in five days. tiffany harris first arrested for assaulting three judicial women last week. she was released under new criminal justice reforms in new york. only to be arrested the next day for another assault. a judge ordering a mandatory psychiatric evaluation after harris punched a social worker on new year's eve. harris' lawyer insists her client is mentally sound and denies all these accusations. mayor de blasio defending the new bail reform laws earlier this week. >> if the only reason someone is held, in the judge does not believe that they present an immediate threat, the only reason they are held in is they don't have enough money to make bail that is not helping anyone. that is putting a lot more people in our jail system. that's not good for ending mass incarceration. that's not good for the taxpayer. >> de blasio adding there will be enhanced police presence in new york's jewish communities. steve, ainsley, and brian, back to you. steve: all right. the city is on edge.

todd, thank you very much. 6:10 here now in new york city. jillian, nice to talk to you for the first time in 2020. jillian: happy new year to you guys. good to he so you. we are following a number of stories. we begin with this. a week-long state of emergency is underway in australia as deadly wildfires rage. just listen to that look at that you can hear the roaring fire as first responders drive by the flames to rescue people. at least 18 people have died. 17 are missing and nearly 1200 homes have been destroyed. the search for a sunken crab ship is called off overnight. the coast guard find nothing signs of the five missing crew members of the scandies rose. the 130-foot ship sank off the alaskan coast late tuesday night. two crew members found in a raft about 10 miles from the boat's last known location. they are in stable condition. the exfiance of whitney

houston's daughter dies in a drug overdose. sources tell nic gordon passed away after a series of heart attacks in florida. three years ago gordon was found libel in the death of christina brown in a bathtub in the home they shared in 2015. mother also died in a bathtub in 2012. big bowl games and we start with the citrus bowl. backup quarterback matt jones three touchdown passes helping alabama roll michigan 35-16. in the outback poll minnesota upsets auburn 31-24. in the rose bowl justin herbert three rushing touchdowns helped oregon beat wisconsin 28-27. and georgia taking down baylor 26-14 in the sugar bowl. a look at your headlines. i will second it back to you. steve: next big game, super bowl. jillian: we're all going. brian: college national

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♪ steve: we are back with a fox news alert. 6:15 in new york city. the iran backed hezbollah militants withdraw from the u.s. embassy area in baghdad after two days of clashes and the deployment of troops to the middle east. but in a new op-ed, our next guest argues the u.s. has no choice but to take military action against iran in response. security studies president jim hanson served in the u.s. army special forces. he joins us from d.c. happy 2020 to you, jim. >> good to be with you, steve. steve: why should the united states attack iran in response to what they did? >> they attacked us. i think this question is can we play tit-for-tat or can we actually do something that will show them it's going to hurt them to do things like this? they attacked us in iraq. we responded. president trump strongly and hit bases of theirs in iraq and syria. the problem is those are

proxies. those are iraqs in syrians who iran has conscripted. next they took u.s. territory. they invaded the united states sovereign soil. now the question is how do we hit them in a i think that doesn't turn the iraqis and syrians against them and show we mean business? i think there are ways to do that. steve: all right. like what? >> that when they did their string of tanker attacks across all of 2019, we never hit any of their bases. we planned one and president trump ended up calling it off because of the fact that there were going to be a lot of casualties. well, i think the time has come if they are going to attack united states, that we should take some of their dangerous toys out of commission. and stop their ability to attack tankers and show them that iran has skin in the game and not the iranian people but the irgc and their elements terror attacks. steve: sure. ultimately, isn't what is behind as we looked at some of the protests over the

weekend -- over the last couple of days, seems like the weekend, the people at the u.s. embassy isn't that really iran trying to push the united states out of iraq? >> 100 percent that was an iranian influenced operated and conducted operation. and there's a difference we should make. a distinction between the iraqi protesters, many of whom believe that the iran is a maligned influence in their country. and the iranian militias who are often made of iraqis but are paid by iran and often are in allegiance to them who conducted the attack on our embassy. we want to support the people who are there and president trump tweeted that he told them if you're sick of iranian influence in your country, this is your time. i think that's a great statement. a strong response by sending troops to reinforce our embassy. and make sure that our troops are safe and our diplomats are safe. steve: jim, we ran the political headline trump tries to avoid his own

benghazi. do you see any parallels between benghazi and what happened in baghdad? >> only parallel is that bad guys attacked a u.s. embassy. 100 percent difference in the response. obama and hillary clinton cringed and hid and did not reinforce our people. president trump sent marines and the 82nd airborne and said don't you dare. that's the correct way to deal with a provocation like that. steve: message sent. all right. >> let's see if it's received. steve: indeed. jim hanson, thank you very much for joining us, happy new year to you. >> same to you, steve. steve: straight ahead on this thursday morning, is there something else out there? one of the democratic presidential candidates just made an out of this world campaign promise. you are going to want to hear it. do you want more sleep in the new year? everybody does. dr. mike is here with how you can actually make this happen. on the other side of brief time-out. don't snooze. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ hey, saved you a seat.

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brian: quick headlines right now. hope you are dressed. surf's up for tulsi gabbard the hawaiian congresswoman presidential hopeful as you know braving the frigid atlantic ocean in new hampshire. the democrat is hoping to make waives, get it, on her own in the state's primary next month. she is in a wet suit but her head was exposed. and from the sea to space. senator amy klobuchar believes the truth is out there. the 2020 hopeful suggest she would release details about ufo sightings if she is elected president. this would put me over the top. klobuchar tells the conway daily sun in new hampshire. quote, i don't think we know enough so, why can't you see -- why can't you see if

you can let some of that out for the public? all right. senator. provocative. steve: she would open the x file. the truth is out there somewhere. ainsley: first day we are back in the new year. it's resolution time. are you looking for one that you can stick to this year? brian: yeah. ainsley: do you need to get more sleep? steve: who doesn't. a new study shows lack of sleeping can trigger 30% rise in wright is level. best way to relax could lie in some quality shut eye. how do you get it dr. mike tells us how to do it first thing you write don't do a morning show. [laughter] what's number two. >> pay attention to our sleep habits. too often we write them off it's not a big deal i'm getting four hours, five hours and can i still function well. matthew walker one of the leading researchers at uc berkeley when it comes to sleep said very well if you rounded the whole number the percentage of individuals who can sleep less than six hours a night and function

opt tim mali is zero. steve: saw a story who are chronically sleep deprived equivalent to getting liquored up the night before. >> i have suffered with this before when i was in my residency training days, you don't sleep enough. you work a 24-hour shift. we need to talk about this. because not only are we talking about drowsy driving. it stems from our entire health. we need to talk about alzheimer's disease. anxiety levels. cancer rate. obesity. it's all related. ainsley: think about it 6:26 on the east coast. california even earlier than that a lot of insomniacs that watch our show and shift workers that watch our show. shift work disorder. >> those who work night shift, healthcare community, reporters, we actually have higher rates of certain illnesses because of the way we sleep. ainsley: what can we do? we still have to make a living. >> three tips i give to people you have to get the

right number of hours of sleep which is 7 to 9 for an adult. you want to get that sleep consecutively. some people will get less during the week and catch up on the weekend that's not ideal. as close as can you to our natural si circadian rhythms as possible. brian: sleeping 7 to 9 we got to cut the 10 to 5. >> my patients will say that all the time. you actually become more productive and more creative. perform better at work when you get those seven hours. people think well i get an extra hour in the office but you are actually going to be less productive and more distracted. ainsley: that sounds great. of course that sounds wonderful. everyone wants more sleep but when you are trying to put your kids down and they don't go to bed until 9:00 because they want more milk or whatever they want. then have you an hour or two by yourself. have to get up at 3:00 or 4:00 whatever hour most people watching this hour have to get up. >> all of those things.

there is a lot of things this that are out of our control that you just mentioned. weave can't control those things. however there are things that we're doing that are actually harming our sleep habits that we can control. like getting the cell phones away from bed. that's a good first start. get the cell phones away from bed. keep it far away. steve: what if it's your alarm. >> keep it far away. people get on their phones before bed. steve: blue light. >> see their significant others doing something fun. anxiety. brian: don't get the four hours in a row or seven to nine hours in a row. does it help to get a nap in between? >> yeah. there is some benefit in getting a nap in the middle of the day. ideally keeping the nap shorter around 30 minutes. that shows the best evidence. it doesn't replace it one-to-one. steve: all right. so a good new year's resolution. try to get 7 to 8 hours consecutive sleep. keep the bedroom cool. go to bed at the same time. don't have a drink. avoid coffee after 1:00 in the afternoon? >> that was really good. i couldn't have said it better myself. brian: do you look

well-rested. >> i have got it lead by example. steve: absolutely. >> happy new year. ainsley: thanks dr. mike. brian: i will take it from here turns out my name is in the tease a group of fishermen make the catch of a lifetime. >> like seeing a unicorn. we will all blown away. brian: that was the shortest soundbite we will hear this year. they will need a bigger boat. ainsley: the stock market endings 201 2019 with huge gains that's great for your pocketbook. what's to come in 2020? stuart varney predicting more records and he joins us next ♪ ♪ come on come on ♪

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♪ we are family. steve: where have we been the last two weeks celebrating christmas. doocys all fess tune for christmas. people ask where i got that plaid jacket.

peter has one too. stein mart. it was 50 bucks. there we are in our town, tradition. we go outside and we carol and sing to the entire town comes together. and then just between new year's and christmas we always have the doocy golf classic and this year for the first time ever, i actually beat the young man. ainsley: you are going to have an addition to the family next year because your daughter is getting married. steve: she is indeed. speaking of daughters. ainsley: my cousin earnest gave hayden a tea set. it's in that basket. she was so happy. this is hayden new year's eve living it up. my friend on the left side of your screen and hunter dermatologist in florence if you are looking for a skin doctor. brian: i have met her. she really has a thriving practice. i need to take more pictures. let's be honest. ainsley: where are you?

brian: i went to a stranger can you take a picture of us because we all want to be in it? so far away. i need the hubble to be able to identify us. and this is family. no one posed. i kind of like a candid shot. steve: shah that is brilliant. now can you write off that meal you showed it on tv. brian: at my house in florida. i already gave my christmas pictures in. i didn't know you could give the christmas pictures in again. that's us on the road eating candidly with my brother's family as well. ainsley: isn't that so fun? that's where all the action happens around the kitchen table. brian: absolutely. >> joining us now stuart varney host of varney and company. i hope you had a lovely christmas holiday. >> i had a spectacular christmas and new year's. upstate in new york for christmas and naples, florida for new year. ainsley: we were all down in florida for new year's. steve: because they have the nice weather. >> the frozen tundra in new york state. steve: no kidding.

coming up three hours from right now. wall street is going to open as you look at 2020, you know, 2019 was a great year for the stock market. what's on tap? >> on this morning, this thursday morning, the roaring 20's come back. because we will set new record highs for stocks, individual stocks, and for indicators like the dow and the s&p will set new records right from the get-go. this is going to be a nice, strong rally on this, the first day of trading in 2020. brian: here's the biggest question. why do you think? >> why do i think? you have got an expanding economy. strong profits. low interest rates. china and nafta trade deals done. no inflation. and have you got all kinds of people on wall street saying, yeah, we are going to have a another very, very good year. i would give you one caveat though. after a run-up like we have had and it's been going on for 11 years. you always have some kind of sell-off. you don't know when it's going to come and how bad it's going to be.

you always get some kind of downturn. so bear that in mind when you are looking at the roaring 20's. brian: impeachment, could that be one of those. >> biggest threat to the markets and economy is the democrats. it's the elections. if itlikes like the left is going to take this election, then you can say goodbye to the stock market rally and the economy's expansion. ainsley: bill de blasio was in the race. he is in th is the mayor in new. times square is about a block away from us. domino's pizza was selling $30 pizzas to the crowd out there. answered tweeted. this jacking up your prices on people trying to celebrate the holidays, classy, dominoes, to the thousands who came to times square to ring in 2020 i'm sorry this corporate chain exploited you. stick it to them by patronizing one of our fantastic pizzerias. >> this chain exploited you. the man is really a socialist. he doesn't like big business. he says because they raised the price of a pizza,

domino's pizza, jewels in the times square area where people were pinned in by the thousands for new year's eve. that, he says, is price gouging. steve: stuart, that's supply and demand. >> supply and demand. hotels, bars do exactly the same thing. steve: airlines. ainsley: you have a choice you don't have to buy it if you think it's too expensive. >> do you remember the last time mayor took off after a big chain? boycott them they're bad people. there was a line around the block and it's still there. brian: this is one thing i don't mind the mayor saying it and i don't mind domino's doing it. the mayor is aloud to speak his time. and where are your corporate bonuses. i gave you tax cut. corporations do that here de blasio going why are you charging 30 bucks and those people say i will pay it. ainsley: one guy on twitter did say de blasio, really? this is what you are worried about. >> one guy on twitter. ainsley: i read it, i promise. steve: here in new york city they sell pizza $4 a slice. there are 8 slices.

that is $32. they actually sold those pizzas $2 cheapers. >> all those pizzerias in new york gouging people by charging $4 a slice. ainsley: i get it if there is a thunderstorm or people are trying to get gas and there is the gas gouging. this is new year's eve. i don't think anyone in new york city. people know when they come to new york it's expensive. no one cares. >> it's the roaring 20's. brian: why would you stand in the pen 12 hours unable to go to the bathroom or have a beer in a pen and pay $30 for domino's pizza. ladies and gentlemen, it's not fun to be locked in bike racks in manhattan. steve: i used to work times square with dick clark those people come from all over the world they have the time of their life. brian: you had a great time because you were with dick clark. they don't get to see dick clark. steve: a reason people come every year it's fun to watch this ball drop. >> i feel left out.

brian: gronkkowski seemed to have the best time on new year's eve. he spiked a steve harvey bust of legos. steve: stuart varney back to you. brian: i forgot to talk to you. [laughter] steve: now it's time once again jillian joins us. she is right over there with more news. jillian: i just want some pizza now. brian: 30 bucks. ainsley: line will be around the block like stuart said. jillian: probably will. you guys can continue to talk about that. we will go on with other news we are following. a woman is safe after being kidnapped, beat within a tire iron and held against her will by knife point in a van. dramatic rescue video was just released. look at this. unbelievable. can you see police in brook side, alabama pulling the woman to safety. they were tipped off by a neighbor who heard her screaming help, is he going to kill me. police say sean sanders admits to kidnapping the woman and attempting to run over an officer before his

arrest. they found chains and wire cages in the van. the sheriff go to jail to protect second amendment sanctuaries. kentucky congressman massey thinks some law enforcement leaders in his state would rather be behind bars than enforce gun control laws. he tells "the washington examiner," quote: somebody is going to jail and it's probably going to be a public official. and god bless the public officials who are willing to do this so their constituents don't have to. now to this story as hundreds line up in illinois on the state's first day of legal recreational pot sales. this excited woman was first in line in chicago. >> how does it feel to be the first buyer? >> it's better than christmas and when i got my barbie dream house. it's great. this is really exciting. this is wonderful. >> state's lieutenant governor also made some pot purchases. >> are you going to partake? >> well, i might try one. it's legal in illinois.

>> recreational marijuana is now legal in 11 states and d.c. new year, new catch. fishermen in florida reeling in a 14-foot great white shark off the coast of fort lauderdale, florida. they say the shark is of mythic proportions. >> we didn't know. like seeing a unicorn we were blown away. jillian: epic catch took an hour to reel in. tationd the 1,000-pound predator and let it go. i would not want to be in that boat. steve: a reason to stay out of water. thank you very much. brian: this year i'm not going to be afraid of sharks. i'm not going to comment on sharks. ainsley: that's your resolution? brian: i just commented so i just broke my resolution. ainsley: new smyrna beach capital dare to you jump in the water down there. brian: look at the glass half full look at how many people go swimming don't get bit by sharks.

steve: over christmas how about you? janice: i can show you pictures right now, actually. here is my mom. we are are going to say hi to these folks in a second. my mom. have you ever done the spoon trick. whole family can do this. there are the kidsed in the background. grandma is a goat. incredible. unbelievable. greatest of all time. there is my kids on the sleigh. toronto, canada no snow on the ground. ice skating. every canadian boy and girl knows how to ice skate. so my kids were out there. those are the family pictures from new year's eve. the kids for the first time stayed up for the ball drop. we had lots of fun. we were very grumpy the next day and there were in new year's resolution. where are you from? >> we are from florida. >> hi i'm deanna. >> halle jo. >> alexander. janice: thank you for waking up with "fox & friends" on january 2nd and being with us. take a look at the maps. it's going to be kind of warm in new york city.

which we will take. 50 degrees and sunshine. a storm moving across the mississippi and tennessee river valley. large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes for parts of louisiana and mississippi. the west looks pretty good. we have a new system moving in towards the northwest. any new year's resolutions here? >> diet. >> no? >> just diet, that's it. >> no way, man. let's keep it together. >> try to slim down a little bit. janice: oh mid int my goodness d yourself? >> voting for trump in 2020. janice: and watching "fox & friends." say hi to steve, ainsley and brian. happy new year. brian: you watch that crowd grow throughout the morning. meanwhile, straight ahead. bail reform now law in new york. the first test case a hate crime suspect arrested and released twice for two days is it working? i answer rhetorically but you can answer at home. ainsley: president trump on prison reform. the photos you haven't seen from inside the oval office.

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brian: here we go with the new year comes new law. new york's bail reform. eliminates cash bail for the so-called nonviolent crime. tiffany harris was the first arrested for assaulting three jewish women. that was last week. she was released under the new law for no money only to be arrested the next day for another assault. harris was then arrested a third time on new year's eve. joining us now to discuss this is new york assemblyman michael petrie. mike. you see this happen. we know criminal justice reform is something that has reached the white house. this obviously didn't work in this case. do you think this is going to be more of the same? >> this is going to be a huge problem root know now for new york in 2020. this is exactly why i'm running for congress is because we have to restore common sense. you are not seeing it here at all. you are posing a danger to the community. tiffany harris is just one example. christmas eve you had a hit and run of a mother of three who was killed. you had an nypd officer who

was sucker punched all these criminals being released back out onto the streets and communities. that's a huge problem. brian: here is what the law now reads bail eliminated for most misdemeanors, nonviolent felony crimes. exceptions sex crime, witness intimidation and domestic violence. poor people can't make bail rich people can. >> gross overreach by the legislature into the judiciary. ryu judges can determine on a case by cases basis whether or not the defendant was a serious offender. flight risk, all of that taken into consideration on a case by cases basis. now there is no more. what happened when the legislature, overreached its authority. that's a huge issue. also on top of it they say nonviolent felonies and misdemeanors. we are talking criminally negligent homicide. riot one, possessing,

promoting child pornography. animal cruelty, those are all bail -- no bail. bailless. that's a problem. that's not exactly what you are posing. a whole different narrative that's not exactly true under the conformance. brian: let alone something ungovern being. the mind set knowing if i'm arrested i can get out because i know that there is no bail that's going to keep me there. i know if i commit a crime the bail is not going to stop me i will have my day in court later on. >> no common sense. criminals will say to police officers give me my ticket. you can't arrest me for this. you can't take me away. give me my ticket. what happens on top of it add insult to injury. the courts now have to give them two days of grace period if they don't show up to their appearance. brian: the problem is, as you know, in here in california and chicago. there is only one party rule. there is no counter. there is no compromise. it's whatever democrats want in new york. >> that's why you have to start remembering the law abiding middle class residents standing up for

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ainsley: well, 2020 is here. how will the new year affect your wallet? steve: here to break down big ticket items that will be getting cheaper or could be getting more expensive regina conway slick deals.net. >> good morning.

steve: happy new year. >> thanks. steve: we will give you a category of things you will tell us whether they will be cheaper or more expensive we will guess. >> financial resolutions are the top resolutions expeer i don't know did a survey about 50% of americans want to save more money this year. here are some of the items that they can and tips on others that might be more expensive where can you still save some money. steve: let's start with cars. >> cars. so what's the guess? ainsley: think think they will be cheaper more manufacturing jobs. steve: more expensive. brian: saying more expensive. >> the two of are you right. more expensive. isn't a new phenomenon no, ma'am. yeacars more expensive. more standard technology. consumers are choosing suvs and trucks much more than choosing compact options. overall the base averages cost is going up for what consumers are spending. steve: all right. major appliances like washing machines and refrigerators, cheaper or more expensive? i'm going to say cheaper.

[laughter] >> you all got it right. so they are going to be cheaper there was a lot of discussion about the tariffs. lg and samsung combated that with opening manufacturing plants in the u.s. so washing machines are being produced here now. it's expected that more and more appliances will start to be produced here and so overall it's not a significant savings savings reridge rarts $12 for the average price to go down it. is cheaper. one of the best things to do is chop around holiday weekends. brian: smart watches cheaper or more expensive? steve: cheaper. >> do you have a guess on that one? ainsley: cheaper. >> yes, they are. steve: technology. >> well, there are more options. it's not just the premium brands. even the premium brands like apple watch we saw significant discounts around black friday. normally apple hasn't been big on discounting those were some of the top deals that performed around that time period. a lot of competitors coming into the marketplace. 86 million units will ship. 4.5% savings on average. you can also find those

fantastic deals. brian: smart watch telling me to breathe and stand up too much. steve: watch is smarter than you. brian: absolutely. ainsley: what about prescription drugs? >> guesses? ainsley: i'm thinking more expensive. >> any guesses? brian: i'm going to say cheaper pass something out of the house. >> that remains to be seen. so, but overall, the expectation is that it will be about 4.5% more expensive and the thing that you can do there is really shop around. you know, a lot of people go to whatever pharmacy they send their prescription. to say can you actually shop around for prescription medications and find cheaper costs for those. brian: do you think we will get more prolific efficient. still having stick answers. >> i like the panels for that. ainsley: thank you. go to her site slick deals.net. >> thank you. brian: or if you see her ask her. steve: happy new year. still two busy hours ahead on this program. rnc chair ronna mcdaniel.

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♪ good time. steve: still picking up the confetti here in times square after the good times. brian: are they really? steve: absolutely. ainsley: ticker tape. steve: i drove through times square. brian: really? still picking up. ainsley: sit down. brian: i forgot i wasn't sitting. 122020. roaring 20's are back. steve: really without looking what is today? today is our first day back. kind of seems like a monday but again then tomorrow is

friday so it's thursday. it is thursday kind of the middle of the week so it's a wednesday. brian: who is the band we have right now on the concert series the summer? [buzzer] ainsley: slow down a little. this is the month to breathe. have you taken down your christmas tree yet? brian: yes. took it out. wrapped it up. the hardest thing is they give you the tree bag. they give you the tree bag can we tell the people who make the tree bag that i have a stand. so i have to have a team of people, you have the bag under need the stand. steve: have to unpsychiatry this i need a team. steve: are you kidding. brian: i have to unscrew the bottom while they hold and try to secure the tree uptop lift the tree up and pull out the stand full of water and then i have to go get the big pull it apart it's unbelieve. steve: i have done that all by myself all these years. i will say to my wife is that straight up? is it level? she goal no that way. brian: take it out in the

bag. ainsley: so stressful. how is family time? steve: it was great. ainsley: sometimes very stressful. sometimes it involves the tree and the decorations and taking it down. all the pine needles everywhere. steve: anyway we hope you had a great christmas. ainsley: i have got to do my today. steve: moving on to 2020. and we start with this. and it is a fox news alert. 750 troops, there you see there being deployed yesterday have arrived in kuwait. the pentagon ordered a full battalion up to 4,000 from the u.s. army's 82nd airborne division. the alert brigade to deploy rapidly to kuwait amid the problems that we have seen over the last couple of days at the u.s. embassy in baghdad where, as you saw, there were a number of protesters who were upset with the fact that after iran-backed rebels killed a u.s. contractor, in iran, rather, iraq, then we responded. and we took out a couple dozen of their militia

fighters. brian: steve, not only did we get hid hit on friday they threw 3 30 at us. we responded and hit a series of can a tab hezbollah sites who are iranian militia. not iraqis. iranian militia and we killed 25 of their guys in response. so then they protested and breached our perimeter and burned out some of the reception area. ainsley: when i was watching this and saw the protesters and some of the wall -- they were catching the wall on fire. you see these images. you think benghazi. lord, i pray that these americans -- it's an embassy. ainsley: i pray these americans are safe they actually are. the only people who died in this were those protesters. if you watched other media outlets. some of them are saying one worries whether or not the administration has the horsepower and brain power to deal with them. calling it a game of chicken. that it's not helpful. the reason for this is because president trump

withdrew from the iran nuclear agreement. politico, this is their headline. trump tries to avoid his own benghazi. defense secretary mark esper announced he was sending additional forces to support our personnel at the embassy in baghdad. same forces created in the wake of benghazi. steve: you know, after that on the heels of that. and we did play some soundbites an hour ago that showed that a number of people were trying to blame president trump for this, we talked to just one hour ago jim hanson, special operator back in the day with special forces. he's also security expert. does he see any parallels between what happened at the embassy in benghazi, where four americans died, and what happened over the last couple of days in baghdad? and this is what jim hanson says. >> the only parallel is that bad guys attacked a u.s. embassy. 100 percent difference in the response. obama and hillary clinton cringed and hid and did not reinforce our people. president trump sent marines

and the 82nd airborne and said don't you dare. that's the correct way to deal with the provocation like that. brian: couple things to keep in mind. a lot of people at home doing a million things and say. steve: taking down their tree. brian: trying to get the stand out of a live tree while using the tree bag -- there is a couple things to keep in mind. the iraqi government was really picked by the iranian general. and the iraqi people do not want to be iranian. even the shiias don't want to be iranian. think were protesting around the country, 500 have lost their lives protesting since october about the iranian influence in iraq. the iraqis aren't there throwing rocks at our people. these are she a iranian-backed militia. hezbollah, most of which from lebanon causes the chaos. the iraqis might be in different or there might be some negative to us. but the iraqis have seen our presence as a plus. the iranian-backed militia don't. so, that's where we are at

right now. these are organized people in camouflage trying to breach our security zone. these weren't normal every day iraqis. ainsley: people new year's celebration the president and melania were talking amongst the reporters in mar-a-lago or florida. one of the reporters said do you think we are going do war said i hope not. steve: seen iran's desire to push the united states out of iraq. they want us out. and we saw that gigantic display of manpower from the marines and the protesters, so-called protesters. over the last couple of days. meanwhile, remember rod blagojevich, he was once upon a time the governor of the great state of illinois but then he got in trouble because he allegedly tried to sell off barack obama's senate seat. well, he is currently serving 14 years in prison on corruption. but, that did not stop him

over the last couple of days from publishing in news max an op-ed where he took aim at the democrats and how they have treated this president. ainsley: he wrote an op-ed behind bars for news max and it says can't you see how a speaker pelosi and many of today's house democrats would call for special counsel to investigate lincoln for con ted gear rat collusion and bring impeachment charges for abuse of power to offering the top military command to a guy who would go on to become the top military commanders of the other side? no president is safe if a majority of hyper partisan house members from the opposition party are willing to abuse the constitution and vote to impeach. brian: keep in mind too rod blagojevich was on deck circle to be pardoned by the president in. steve: in august. brian: i'm not sure it's not still going to happen. his points is well-taken. when you are a leader of a country, you can't think that every decision you make can get you impeached by a

party didn't want you to win an election. ainsley: in augers the president said is he seriously considering commuting his jail sentence. the exgovernor has been treated unbelievably, unfairly by the exfbi director james comey and his gang. steve: so what do you think about the blago op-ed? email us. in the meantime we were talking about 20 minutes ago with stuart varney about this. on thief here in times square in new york city close to a million people were reveling you can see right there at the crossroads of the world. dominoes is a local franchise 8th avenue and broadway was selling, i think they sold up to 50 or 60 pizzas. the price was 30 bucks for a box of pizza. an entire box. well, mayor bill de blasio did not like that because he felt it should be cheaper. and he tweeted this out. ainsley: he said jacking up your prices on people trying to celebrate the holidays, classy, dominoes. to the thousands who came to

times square last night to ring in 2020. i'm sorry this corporate chain exploited you. stick it to them by patronizing one of our fantastic local pizza ar pizzer. brian: if the mayor feels as though the tourists are being taken advantage of i have no problem with him speaking out. steve: brian, is he flat out wrong. brian: in what way? >> the man is a socialist. he really does not like big business. and he says that because they raise the price of a pizza, a domino's pizza, just in the times square area where people were pinned in by the thousands for new year's eve. that, he he is is, price gouging. supply and demand. hotels, bars. airlines do the same thing. do you remember the last time the mayor took off after a big chain, chick-fil-a he? said boycott them. they are bad people. there was a line around the block and it's still there. brian: a little bit of a difference. he was mad at chick-fil-a about some of their

political stands. not about the prices of the chick-fil-a. ainsley: when you are in times square and starving and stands there for eight hours. can't go to the bathroom. a hot pizza would be great. most people would pay 30 bucks in that moment for that normally no, but when you are here in new york. you are having fun. it's a once in a lifetime opportunity and people are passing out pizzas. it's easy. no change involved. just give them three tens. steve: think about the fact that around new year's eve, all the hotels in times square, do you think they would charge the same amount to those million people as they would on may 15th? ainsley: if you don't at this point in time you don't have to buy it. steve: don't you think they jack up the price. ainsley: yeah. steve: look at the price of airline tickets from here to florida during the new year's and stuff like that. cheaper now than later in the year? no, it's more expensive now because this is -- ainsley: there are other things that he needs to worry about. steve: 100 percent. brian: fish to fry in new york than how much dominoes is selling their pizza for

one night. brian: watch two things. odd couple and rockie movies. steve: anything from this millennium? brian: remember one guy had extra sandwiches this guy had to charge a lot of money joel for the sandwiches because they were stuck there. of course the mayor at the time probably might have been upset by that. but he charged more and got more money because they were stuck in the subway and only guy with food. that's the way it works. steve: story about food. >> food, subways and jacking up prices when you are the only game in town. steve: so there you go. ainsley: other thing you watch rocky. jillian has never seen rocky yet. then someone sent her the dvd. steve: we bought her the dvds. but then she said she didn't have a dvd player. ainsley: one of the viewers. jillian: mailed me a dvd player. it's in my office. i have not yet taken it out of the box. steve: you will. jillian: but i will. brian: i would love to watch it for you. jillian: check ride share companies when it's raining

or snowing. steve: pricing. jillian: i make my case. they will continue to talk about this. following a number of stories. ththe actor and actress accuse of being a rile life villain. charged in the mother of her murder. found stabbed to death inside her home two weeks ago. molly is behind bars. she had a small role in the captain america movie. a state of emergency underway in australia as deadly wildfires continue to rage. scwil jill you can hear the roaring fire as rescue e respond. 17 people missing and nearly 1200 homes have been destroyed. the trump administration wants to pump the brakes on controversial green light laws as more states allow illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses. acting homeland security secretary chad wolf is ordering a study to look at

how the laws impact enforcement efforts on immigration. 13 states and d.c. have green light laws. legendary yankees pitcher don larson has died. he pitched seven teams. he post perfect game. game five of the 1956 series against the brooklyn dodgers. the yankees won the series. team tweeted this: he will be missed and extending condolences to family and friends. don lar larsen. steve: he threat only threw they perfect game. ainsley: for the love of the game. he threw a perfect game. brian: to kevin costner. ainsley: detroit lions. steve: we covered a lot of

territory. ainsley: who said when you come to the fork in the road, take it. steve: yogi berra. that was easy. ainsley: 13 minutes after the top of the hour. republican women are in crisis. that is a "new york times" headline is that really true? we are going to ask rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. brian: actually you are, ainsley. look up, the asteroid the size of a bus is coming at you, yeah you on earth. i know how are ♪ ♪ it's the end of the world as we know it ♪ it's the end ♪ of the world as we know it ♪ and i feel fine ♪ whoa! and vaporize it. ahhhhh! shhhhh! nyquil severe with vicks vapocool. the vaporizing nighttime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine.

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♪ >> you have got them stoking anti-americanism. potentially giving an advantage to iran. >> this goes back to really strategic decision that the president made. >> engaged in a war of words, which is certainly not helpful. >> tough times and one worries whether the administration has the sort of horsepower and brain power to deal with them. brian: what an insult. meanwhile the media calling out the president's response in baghdad. going as far as as paint it as trump's benghazi? our next guest was on the rapid response team during the 2012 benghazi terror attack that killed our ambassador. john joins us right now. and better known as t.g.i.

thanks for joining us. you were there in benghazi. other similarities? >> you know, to me, i don't think -- the only similarities it was attacked. that was probably -- only thing that's similar. you had a local -- the local country is supposed to be in charge of the local security left them vulnerable. to me that's the only similarities at all. to sit there and say it was like benghazi. there was no consulate technically personnel at all because they all got evacuated prior tout protesters getting there. and that's a big difference between this administration and the last administration. this one took a stance before it actually was -- they saw it coming and took away the personnel, which

allow you had the security team to not have to worry about protecting people who pretty much didn't know how to really defend themselves. it's no real -- i mean it's not really similar at all. it wasn't another benghazi. it's not trump's benghazi. i think this is the second or third trump's benghazi since he has been president. you know, there is no comparison. it's like comparing hockey to curling in my opinion. brian: they did get inside the walls and burn the reception area. everyone seemed to have gotten away. >> yeah. brian: should we have known that the iraqi forces were going to allow the she a militia to get in there? should we have known that ahead of time? >> i would not have expected it. but, again, i think it's more -- that part is more a slap in the face to the iraqis in my opinion. that they pretty much -- they just abandoned their duty. their job. but, it's -- i think it kind

of opened our eyes as well for -- i think we need to be prepared for it to happen again. because now this is the second time that local nationals have abandoned us in need when we are proximate cause attacked or protested. and it was their job to protect us, they took off and abandoned us. we need to be more prepared and pretty much almost be expected it's going to happen again. i hope it doesn't. but this is twice and but, again, i don't think this is another benghazi. to me, it wasn't even close to benghazi. i kind of laughed. this is trump's benghazi. no, it's not. because again, all the nonessential personnel were evacuated. there is no ambassador there to be killed like they had left the ambassador benghazi. brian: much different and it's to a guy like you almost insulting to compare the two. >> it was. brian: tig, thanks so much, appreciate it? >> thank you guys. brian: coming up straight

a"new york times" claims 2019 was the darkest because of president trump. isn't that fair and balanced? joe concha says they are wrong. expanding on why they saying they are wrong. he usually does when we ask him. theraflu dissolves in seconds, so it's ready to work before your first sip, and absorbs quickly to target and attack 8 cold and flu symptoms fast. try theraflu.

♪ ainsley: back with news by the numbers. first, more than 18,000 miles per hour. that is the speed of a bus -- a bus sized as destroyed passing by the earth right now. at its closest pointed the asteroid will be a million miles from earth. next, $1 million that's how much a man from maine on new year's eve. larson became the first winner special drawing. he will take mommy more than $700,000 after taxes. good for him.

finally, $2,020 how much a waitress and single mom tipped on $23 bill. this happened in michigan. customers writing on the check happy new year 2020 tip challenge. love those stories. good for her. steve, down to you. steve: it was more than $20.20. just saying. thanks, ainsley. the "new york times" on monday claimed in an article that 2019 was the darkest year yet in journalists in the trump era. going on to say that quote: mr. trump's vilification of the news media is the hallmark of his tenure and jagged break from the norm of predecessors. the presidency has become an inspiration to autocrats and dictators who ate mr. trump's cry of fake news. here with reaction joe concha media reporter for the hill and radio talk show host. happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you.

steve: 2019 the worst year yet. >> i would disagree with that. there was pretty dark times for journalists then, too. steve: i remember that got as our mr. rosen. >> formerly of this network spied upon. his parents were spied upon. the obama administration, steve, rejected more foia requests. freedom of information requests than any other administration. they seized hundreds of phone records from individual journalists at the associated press. i don't remember the "new york times" talking about how that was a dark time for journalists because they agreed with the administration that was in power at that time. the obama administration. quite frankly they have not endorsed a republican for president in more than 60 years. steve: you know, joe, when you think about the press. you always want access to the president. >> yeah. steve: name a president who has been on tv or, you know, if there is a camera over there at mar-a-lago and a microphone. is going to walk up to it and talk to whoever is going to ask him questions. until they are done asking questions.

>> we always hear how president trump is a big threat to journalists and reporters. i have never seen more books written about one president more successful books and to your point, a more accessible president than donald trump in terms of he has taken more questions directly from reporters than obama, bush, clinton, bush senior, reagan, go back through the broadcast era. he has taken more questions there for how is he a threat therefore if you are speaking right to the man himself? steve: well, according to the "new york times," mr. trump used the term fake news, 273 times. that could be a political thing. it could be spin, but then again, how many times have stories turned out not to be true? >> every study and i poor over these things. research, nonpartisans places like pugh. this president has been covered at 92% negative. 93% negative. when he criticizes them back, they are not used to that from presidents, he is exercising his first amendment right to criticize those who are it's not just

that the reporting is negative. it's become obviously hostile. with the mueller report. it was always for two years based on the assumption that president trump is guilty until proven innocent instead of the other way around. he has every right to criticize the press. steve: back in journalism days when i went to journalism schools. there is a lot of opinions in news stories. not opinions from somebody who is a source. it's opinion of the writer. >> right. more like a dear diary type of things. here are the facts how i feel about it as well, i don't know if you remember the movie broadcast news 1987. steve: i do. >> at one point have you an anchor on there saying i think we are all going to be okay now curmudgeon of a director in the control room saying who the hell cares what you think? i don't care what you think i want to note facts. how hundreds of iraqi mourners tried to storm the

u.s. embassy. mourners, really? steve: the people who lit the place on fire. >> yeah. i believe they are supportive of hezbollah. hezbollah is a terrorist organization. call them for what they are. when we see calling these people who tried to attack a u.s. embassy mourners, that's why there is distrust in the media. that's not the word i would use. i would say tears or pro-iranian militants, steve. steve: all right. joe concha. good to see you. >> 2020, wow, that was fast. steve: no kidding. meanwhile lead story here in new york. two women arrested and accused of anti-semitic attacks here in new york city. just the latest in the waive of hate crimes here. what is behind it. there are so many of them now. we have a live report coming up. heart-stopping video shows the moment the doctor saves the life of a dog that was about to be strangled by an elevator. ♪ force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out

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steve: straight to a fox news alert. two women are under arrest

accused of anti-semitic attacks in new york city. brian: yup, and a hate crime suspect is in custody for the third time. yeah, look at the spot channel. in one week by the way. new york rolls out new bail reforms. ainsley: todd piro is live with the disturbing wave of violence. >> happening new year's day in look britain. two women grabbing a man's cell phone and then punching him in the throat. police say they also yelled anti-semitic comments at him. that victim took the video you are looking at right now. stable condition right now. officers catching up with those suspects taking them into custody a short time later. just the latest in a string of an anti-semitic attacks in new york. meantime a hate crime suspect in custody after being arrested for the third time in five days. tiffany harris first arrested for assaulting three jewish women last week. she was released under new criminal justice reforms in new york. only to be arrested the next day for, yet, another

assault. a judge ordering a mandatory psychiatric evaluation after harris pinched a social worker on new year's eve. harris' lawyer though insists her client is mentally sound and denies these accusations. mayor bill de blasio defending the new bail reform laws earlier this week. >> if the only reason someone is held in, the judge does not believe that they present an immediate threat. the only reason they are held in is they don't have enough money to make bail. that's not helping anyone. that's putting a lot more people in our jail system. that's not good for ending mass incarceration. that's not good for the taxpayer. >> de blasio adding there will bee be enhanced police presence in jewish communities. look at this on new year's day yesterday. over 90,000 jewish men and women filled metlife jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire -- an event that drew heavy security during the recent anti-semitic attacks. ainsley: it is so scary. thank you so much, todd.

came to new york and passed by a synagogue. had police outside barricades. i was at lunch the other day with three of my jewish friends and they were all talking about these attacks in new york. there was a rabbi you probably heard about this last few days celebrating hanukkah with his family and friends a grandfather. he has a great grandchild. they walk in and this guy walks in with an 18-inch machete. so deep in his head it hit his brain. unresponsive definitely have brain damage if he even comes out of unconscious state. brian: couple of my friends said i'm going to go pursue a conceal carry they want to be able to protect themselves. people walking by themselves getting hit in the street. steve: i know it. there have been 13 hate crime assaults on jewish new yorkers since december 24th. meanwhile, regarding the woman who we showed just a moment ago, tiffany harris, who was -- wound up being arrested three times.

the state's criminal justice overhaul prohibits bail for most misdemeanors. her earlier infractions were misdemeanors as well as select felonies. brian, you talked to new york assemblyman who said this about the rule of law. >> talking about they say nonviolent felonies, misdemeanors. what we are talking about here is criminally negligent homicide. riot one, possessing, promoting child pornography. animal cruelty. those are all bail -- no bail. criminals are going to say to police officers give me my ticket. you can't arrest me for this. give me my ticket. you can't take me away. give me my ticket. what happens with this add insult to injury court has to give them two days of grace period if they don't show up for sentence. pete: is he running for peter king's seat running in long island congressman from new york. the theory, the flip side of it is they thought bail if

you are a criminal, and have you known you can get out. if you don't have money, you can't make the bail why is that fair? that's the theory with de blasio and other people that passed this. obviously putting the people at risk. it takes the discretion away from the judges. the judges go i can't even stop you. looking at you watching your lack reef form seeing the smugness on your face. knowing in my gut you are going to commit another crime. let did you go there is no bail. took it away from judges. steve: it's the way they figured that criminal justice reform 2020s. 2020s.what do you think? email us at friends@foxnews.com. jillian: mother of two missing kids in idaho now linked to a recent murder attempt. one of daybell's relatives says someone shot at him outlines of his arizona

home. he believes a doomsday cult is behind that incident. and disappearance of tylee and ryan. >> not talking. if i could say anything to them, i would just say tell the truth, you know. jillian: police think the children are in danger and that lori and chad daybell know what happened to them. chad is believed to be the leader of the cult. marvel universe will soon introduce a transgender character. >> we owe this to everyone who is not in the firm to try. >> marvel studios confirms there will be a transgender character in unspecified film that is shooting right now. marvel is working to become more diverse and inclusive of the licking countial lgbtq community. a home tumbles off a bluff and falls into the waves of lake michigan. take a look at this. the home still partially intact in white river township. the owner tried to save the house but the beach erosion was too insentence i looked

up and groan pulling away from the foundation and big boom. >> i don't want to blame anybody but myself. i tried everything i could. jillian: luckily nobody was inside the house when it fell. other homes are in danger of falling. then take a look at this. a quick-thinking doctor saves a dog from being strangled in elevator. see the leach. the doctor dropping everything in his hands to save the dog. >> within seconds the dog was launched up into the air. i jumped up, i tried to break the collar initially, it wasn't working out. and then i tried one more time and i tried -- with all my might and luckily i got it the last time. close call happening at apartment complex in tampa, florida. of this is the second incident that we have reported in the last few weeks where this exact thing has happened. >> the doors close, the dog is stuck. holy cow. quick-thinking. ainsley: you are a dog owner and love dogs. in new york i think about that all the time. i have little sassy and sax. we would get in the elevator

and my gosh going a million miles a minute. ainsley: your heart is racing. that's almost almost to me before. steve: the dog runs in because they know that's way home up to the apartment. brian: if you have a dog, use the stairs, that's what i'm getting from it. ainsley: 16 flights of stairs. steve: it's great that that doctor was right there to save the day. meanwhile, janice dean is out on fox square with a bunch of folks. janice: look at all the people who came to see me. happy new year. what's your name my friend. >> kay anyone. janice: where are you from. >> long island. >> is this your first trip to new york? >> no. steve. janice: like to do bull riding. >> no. janice: me neither. yes we will be doing bull riding in the 8:00 a.m. hour. 34 here in new york city. that's not too bad for this time of year. i have to tell you. storm system across the gulf coast is going to bring the potential for heavy rain,

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jillian: good morning, welcome back. quick headlines now. highway sign slices through a corvette. look at that just driving down the highway. the man behind the wheel was shocked but not seriously hurt. police say the sign somehow fell onto the road. another car crashed into it which launched it into the air. it landed in the backseat of the corvette. my goodness. and a man is accused driving drunk in a car missing two tires. british police say the driver was five times over the legal limit when they pulled him over on new year's day. the driver is under arrest. ainsley? ainsley: thank you, jillian. republican women in crisis? op-ed in the "new york times" thinks somplet dr. nancy cohen writing. this g.o.p. women at both the national and state levels are on the brink of extension but are they really? let's ask rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel, what do you think? >> i think this is great news. he lease stefanik great

response to this. the house has recruited 181 women to run for congress in 2020. it's a record. why are republican women lining up to unrun for congress? we have a message across this country delay president trump's policies have worked for them. doubling the child tax credit. federal leave we have seen for workers. over half the new jobs. over 4 million jobs gone to women and record low unemployment. while they keep burning this narrative. they always ignore women that are leading the way in the republican party like a kellyanne conway, like a ivanka trump, like elan chao, gina haspel, me being only the second woman ever to chair the rnc raising record money. i think that's a false headline and women all over this country recognize that president trump's policies are working for them. ainsley: she said suburban college educated white women once republicans fleeing the party in droves. talks about how only the only women who support the g.o.p. now are conservative women who go to church or

evangelicals. do you agree? >> i happen to be a suburban college educated woman who supports this president and i absolutely disagree. especially when you talk to women about what democrats are proposing. things like taking away your private health insurance which we are seeing many of the candace on the stage talk about. women do not want to see their doctor-patient relationship severed. they don't want to lose their pediatrician that they have gone to for their children. women already recognize that our economy is booming. it's lifting all boats. they're not going to go against the grain with an bernie sanders or elizabeth warren or joe biden who are talking about raising taxes and ending this economic growth cycle that we are seeing under president trump. ainsley: ronna, what's your message to the woman out there who is an independent deciding what they are going to do in the next election. if you look at the numbers, there are more women that are democrats serving in the house or in the senate. there are 13 republican women in the house 88

democratic women. in. what is your message to the woman out there that is democrat that is thinking about voting as a conservative? >> i am glad we have recruited so many women to run for congress. i do want to see more women in the house and the senate. we are half of the electorate. what i would say to any woman looking at this election, the results matter. when you see wages'. when you see 7 million new jobs. when you see our economy humming. when you see everybody doing well under this president because of tax cuts, because of deregulation. these are the things that matter to a family. it gives you more money to spend on your children. more opportunities for college, for your family members, a better job for yourself. these are the things that the republican party stands for. and that's why we need to reelect this president. ainsley: okay, ronna. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. happy new year. would you rather save $5,000 or lose 5 pounds this year? that's a tough one. the resolution most people

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♪ steve: right now, the start of the new year, the perfect time to make some changes. especially when it comes to thinking about money. brian: yup. an online survey found that 84% of people would rather save $5,000 than shed 5 pounds in 2020. ainsley: here with tips for the new year is financial expert at ramsey solutions and author of "every day millionaires" chris hogan. hey, chris. >> hello, you guys. good to be with you. ainsley: good to be with you too. if you could permanently lose the 5 pounds, would you take the money or would you

rather lose the weight? that's a tough one, isn't it? >> here is the reality, you guys. it just shows that money and health are the top two areas that people are always setting resolutions on. so this doesn't surprise me. you know, we have got 80% of people living paycheck to paycheck. steve: that's right. >> that means if one check doesn't show up. they have a financial crisis it. goes to show that people want both. they want to get healthier. but they also need help in their finances. and we are going to show them how with these five tips. steve: tip number one is don't be afraid but take a look at how much debt you have got. >> yes. in reality, we need to understand how much we own, how much we owe, where do we owe it and how much is it? so sit down and write this out. if you don't know where to look or you are unsure, you can get a free copy of your credit frort expeerian, transunion and equifax. you need to see this and understand exactly where your money is going. brian: all right. so now you have this other tip called get out of debt with the debt snowball.

>> yes. now, listen, once you understand what you owe, now we have got to get your money back. we need to understand we have got a lot of money that goes out to credit cards, car loans and student loans. i want americans to get your money back. so attack this debt. don't let it hang around. debt is a thief it. steals away from your peace of mind as well as your joy. here is how i have been showing people for years how to attack debt. list debt out smallest to biggest. i don't care about the interest rate. just smallest to biggest. attack the little one first. you guys when you start to get out of debt. it's about building momentum as well as your confidence. the debt snowball works. ainsley: it absolutely does. have you helped me with that, chris. i remember when i was in debt. it is free. freedom when you can get out of debt. you say revisit your budget or make one today. >> yeah. we have got to understand where our money is going. you know, ainsley, when part-time are bringing in money and they're working hard for it to come in but they don't know where it's going. when you sit down and do a budget, you actually become a money boss. you are telling money where

to go and when it is allowed to leave. but here's the thing. a lot of people think that budgets are constrictive. that's not true. a budget empowers you to do more of the things you want to do but it gives you control. steve: final tip, review your retirement accounts and that's important because sometimes people leave a job and they might actually have an account at a previous employer. >> that's exactly right, steve. we have got to look at our 401(k)s and understand where we are. if you leave a job, i want you to roll that 401(k) into an ira. brian: okay. set yourself up with new goals, correct? >> yes. we have an opportunity with each new year to set out new goals to get out of debt and to build wealth. we have an opportunity to do it. people can go to my website chris hogan 360.com for more guidance. ainsley: i love your website. how much you want to make how many years you work and how much to save. you say pay off the smallest debt first and continue to pay off. chip it away. >> that's exactly right, you

guys. people can do it. i believe in them. brian: ainsley believes new. so i'm going to believe new too. ainsley: i had to pay a lot each month but it worked. steve: all right, chris. thank you very much. happy new year. steve: we'll be right back. brian: i bet you we will. before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? with pronamel repair toothpaste, we can help actively repair enamel in its weakened state. it's innovative. my go to toothpaste is going to be pronamel repair. ♪ ♪ beautiful dreamer ♪ wake unto me ♪ beautiful dreamer awake unto me ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ brian: how great is this, before sporting event you get your game on, are you ready to play? i watched some of it. i feel bad because those kids that have to have off get to play football. steve: welcome to 2020, i'm hugh downs. brian: no you're not. steve 2 hours go and i was reading something, you said your

daughter texted you, she wanted to know where the 2020 hang tang for the parking, where is it? brien: my watch gets smarter every day without asking me, it's telling me to stand up and breathe and giving me headlines. steve: you're doing a tv show, concentrate. ainsley: then it looks like you're being rude, when is steve going to be finished with the conversation. steve: my daughter was asking for hang tag and i told her where it was and she found it. it was the first place. ainsley: sally is getting married this year. brian: i had no idea steve was ready to announce that. steve: we mentioned it. [laughter] ainsley: what's the news? steve: lead story is fox news alert, you've been watching this for the last couple of days tensions still high as iran

militia withdraws from embassy, that's good news. ainsley: yeah, hundreds of troops deployed in the middle east after 2 days of the clashes. brian: soldiers arrive in the middle east, kitty. >> good morning, yes, the protestors pulled back from the embassy yesterday after the iraqi government and shiite militia leaders persuaded them to leave, there are 750 additional u.s. troops on the way to the region as a precaution but also in response to the standoff and count hear is perceived increased threat against u.s. interest in the region, this, of course, one of the most serious attacks against the u.s. diplomatic facility in recent times, the entrance of the compound is badly damaged, protestors smashed windows and tore up paving stones and used those as ammunition as they

storm embassy compound. u.s. marines guarding the embassy firing teargas but protestors were well organized, iranian-backed militia men angered by u.s. air strikes which killed fighters, air strikes were in response to an attack from this group that killed an american contractor, so for now the protestors claim they have achieved the aim, tensions between iran and the u.s. remain extremely high and although standoff is over for now, americans are being warned not to go anywhere near the embassy area and services in baghdad are suspended, back to you, guys. brian: appreciate it. they achieved their goals, now they want the iranian-backed parliament to vote on expelling the u.s. forces so they feel they will let political process take place whether that's a

thumbs up or thumbs down we are not leaving, we built embassy there for a reason which is than most cities and we don't move, there could be more -- ainsley: retaliation because of the nuclear deal or because of sanctions? >> retaliation -- that's always been iran's goals. when they rocketed our base which is the kurdish area, hit 30 rockets and killed one of our contractest and injured others, we responded with hitting them in multiple locations, the shiite militia group, hezbollah, we killed at least 25 of their guys and this is is video you're seeing in response to that. steve: right, exactly, because it is an embassy, there have been a number of media outlets that have seen a parallel between baghdad and benghazi, in fact, if you were looking at politico online, trump tries to

avoid his own benghazi. we have a lied, we will show you it to you, esper sending additional forces in baghdad, same forces created in the wake of benghazi and when you watch some of the media coverage a lot of people are blaming president trump for the response after they attacked us, watch. >> advantage to iran. >> this goes back to strategic decision that the president made to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement, that puts hard hardliners in iran in charge. >> we are playing a very dangerous game of chicken with iran. >> the u.s. government has a cartoon image of what is happening in that part of the world and one worries whether the administration has the sort of horsepower and brain power to

deal with them. ainsley: the only similarity between this and benghazi is it was embassy. in benghazi the ambassador was killed, americans were killed. in this case the ambassador -- steve: how about the lies to have video tape? brian: just amazing to me the chinese can jail putting concentration camps a million muslims from leaked documents in china and no protests around the world, not even the muslim community, bad video done by an american producer which people blamed for an uprising in libya, john tigan was there at the time in benghazi, he was a former response team member, private contractor and said this about those who want to conflate the two incidents. >> i don't think it was close to benghazi, i kind of laughed, it

was not similar at all, this is the second or third trump's benghazi since he's been president, there's no comparison, it's like comparing hockey to curling. brian: iraqi people and shiite militia different, secretary of state mike pompeo who called off trip to ukraine decimated the same thing, they are being held hostage by iranian influence and the money that they threw in there when president obama pulled out and said i don't want to be part of iraq, some cheered and some still do cheer even on the right. but the iraqi people are tired of the iranian influence and rising up since october in huge numbers across the country to give the iranians out. don't get distracted. steve: also no unanswered calls for help and no dead americans,

we will be talking about that with congressman michael waltz, green beret. >> one of the reporters asked him on new year's does he consider going to war with iran, he says i hope it doesn't get to that point. let's talk about 2020, the numbers are in, last year's fundraising efforts, if you look at the candidates for 2020, democrats, pete buttigieg, he's a mayor from south bend,. indiana. he raised a lot of money in the fourth quarter, $24 million. steve: i don't think he's any longer the mayor of south bend, they sworn a new guy, former mayor pete and while the number is jaw dropping, take a look at the number of contributions and

money that bernie sanders was able to raise. almost $35 million in the fourth quarter. now we don't have all the numbers for all of the candidates because they are simply required by the end of this month, january to submit the fourth-quarter numbers, obviously pete buttigieg wanted to get the numbers because they are gigantic. ainsley: pete buttigieg didn't have name recognition before this, bernie sanders did. if you look at elizabeth warren, top four contenders, she fell fourth quarter, down 30%, she has to be thinking this is a problem. brian: she never thought pete would look at her plans when she had a plan, looked at the plan and said that's miserable. ainsley: doesn't like capitalism and doesn't like people who make a lot of money. brian: biden is still first but

struggling with money numbers in comparison to the rest, sanders still doing well nationally, surprises me, he's at 19%, pete buttigieg has 8, makes you wonder, does he just stop after the first two. steve: we have seen people who won in 2016 in iowa on the republican side, it was ted cruz. ainsley: ted cruz won and you know how that ended up. steve: the thinking in the wall street journal today is karl rove talks if pete buttigieg wins in iowa and maybe does very well in new hampshire, you could wind up going into the convention this summer with no clear winner. looks at polls and has observation of where we are. >> if biden is the one leading

in all the polls, why is it that mayor pete and sanders are leading in all of the money? senator sanders are leading with individual donors and mayor pete with big donors as well as small donors, who is joe biden, who are his donors and why is he not leading? i question those polls, i really think it's going to come out, let's see what happens in iowa to see who the true front runner because i think we are mistaken just like in 2016 with polls. ainsley: even though pete buttigieg might have raised a lot, we don't have biden numbers yet. brian: bernie has 40,000 different donors. 11 minutes after the hour, jillian you have been following the other news story. jillian: good morning, let's take a look at video. deadly wild fires rage with no signs of stopping.

you can hear the roaring fires, 18 people have died, 17 are missing, nearly 1200 homes have been destroyed. 13-year-old boy charged in college student's murder is due in court today, he claims his friend slashed tessa majors, police released the other two suspects after questioning them last month. search for sunken crab ship, 20-hour search, the 130-foot ship sank off the alaska coast tuesday night, two crew members were found in a raft about 10 miles from the boat's last location, they are in stable condition. and jeopardy host alex trabek is

sharing the moment he learned about pancreatic cancer diagnosis, listen. >> as the doctor came back and mentioned the pancreas i said, oh, oh, it's going to be cancer. i just look at it as it's part of life, does that mean i'm courageous because i'm dealing with it, no, i could be scared to death because i'm dealing with it but i'm not scared to death. >> he's very brave. ainsley: yes, he is. brian: looks great. ainsley: californians fleeing the state for greener pastures, 86,000 moving down to the state of texas, what could this mean for the presidential race. brian: this wasn't the first time he was stuck on the same

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steve: fox news alert, more troops deployed to middle east as the iran-backed hezbollah militants have retreated from u.s. embassy in baghdad after 2 days of clashes, our next guest calls protests attack against america and says we must strike back at iran. florida republican congressman

and former green beret commander, he joins us right now to explain. congressman, colonel, good morning to you. >> hey, good morning. happy new year. steve: indeed. the president has reacted swiftly to what essentially iran did through their proxies in iraq but you say he has to do more. >> well, i think the president made the right move here that the iranians through militias and iraq thought they could hit us without response, the president responded strongly, what's the iranian regime respects, this was their counter move to get militias to stage protests but at the end of the day this isn't keeping with iranian regime's behavior, they will continue to stoke the international crisis to get us to back down, that's what previous administrations have done, but they're using their proxies and their proxies act as buffer. we need to hold iran directly accountable, whether that's through cyber or through

sanctions or through even more direct means but iran will not back down until, you know, it's like a bully and until it's faced with force, it'll continue to do this. steve: well, i think i saw one of the clips of the iatola and he was referring to the president and he said, he can't do anything to us. >> yeah, what the regime wants to do is create a crisis that does a couple of things, one diverts own population away from its crumbling economy, our maximum pressure campaign is working and the regime wants to create a crisis to divert them and number 2, wants to get the international community and folks here in washington, the democrats especially to buy into this narrative that this is all president trump's fault, at the end of the day, this is iran doing what it always does which is stoking crisis across the middle east through its proxies and it has to be met with force, that's the only way that it is

going to stop, is through that kind of a deterrent. steve: colonel, you mentioned a moment ago some of the sound bites where media has portrayed this as trump's fault, the reaction to what we have seen over at embassy in baghdad, others suggested, politico headline tries to avoid own benghazi, do you see parallels between what happened in baghdad over the last 48 hours and benghazi? >> no, i don't, actually, the only parallel is that it's an embassy, there are parallels, i think, with what iran has traditionally tried to do in 1979 when it stormed our embassy in tehran, what did we do, we were feckless back then and we didn't meet it with strength, we met it with strength this time and iran has backed down and proxies have backed down. what they are going to try to do is work through iraqi parliament to get us removed from iraq,

that's their ultimate goal, at the end of the day, they want to dominate the region. the regime is president, the maximum pressure campaign is working, stay strong, at the end of the day the regime will either have to come back to the negotiating table from a position of weakness or it will face internal economic collapse, so what we are doing overall strategically is working and this is how they are going lash out. steve: all right, let's see what happens next. thank you very much. >> thanks so much, steve. steve: 8:21 in new york city, a good guy with a gun prevented tragedy in texas church, new op-epicals -- op-ed terrifying narrative, you'll hear that from hear coming up next from texas.

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>> this week a texas parishioner has been hailed a hero for stopping a gunman who opened fire during services last sunday but apparently not everyone sees it that way. ainsley: new usa today op-ed, unfortunately the split-second heroism has been turned into pr tool by advocates but we know nothing 6 parishioners who drew handguns and that's terrifying. brian: really? dana loesch. i've never seen someone look at an incident like that and see something negative of people being able to defend themselves. >> yeah, no, and happy roaring 20's to you all, new decade, it's insane that this column is -- it's 2020, we have columns like this being published. i read this piece last night and

i was mystified as to how anybody could think that law-abiding people simply protecting themselves could be terrifying, i think it's terrifying that looks like it's another attempt by legacy media to try to find out information about individuals and it's none of their business, look, the fact that you had in the video that we unfortunately have due to the fact that the church was life streaming their services at the time that this awfulness took place, the fact that you had all of the other individuals, what was it like 5 to 7 other people who were lawfully carrying arms and who drew their arms in anticipation of having to neutralize a threat that no one else fired, everyone else held their ground and all acted as they should have, demonstrates some level of skill and training, perhaps they were trained by the hero jack harris himself but that completely was not even mentioned in this column and they say it's a pr stunt, no, further evidence of fact that gun saved lives and if we are going to have a

meaningful discussion about lives and saving lives and you cannot omit the fact that -- brian: dana, how many other attacks won't happen if people know you're armed inside, that's the point of arming teachers, you don't know what teacher is armed, perhaps i will pick another school, that's the school, maybe i'm not going to go into that church in texas because the law passed last year allowing people to carry a gun into congregations. >> right, i will tell you something else, by the way, the second time that a mass casualty incident that lives have been saved because someone acted, i spoke with steven and everybody remembers him, hero who stopped worst massacre in texas history, southerland springs, i spoke with steven on the radio show and mentioned that during the course of the investigation that

this particular murderer had looked at going to another church but that there were armed ' re parishioners or hired security at this church and that was a deterrence to this particular criminal, to the murder, look, no one is sitting here saying go arm every man, women and child because that ignores the law of the matter and that comes into play but what we are seeing is that there's a real reason why people in houses of faith feel the need to defend themselves, if it's not jewish people, it's christian people, people of faith are under attack and we have every right to defend ourselves by the way without the media casting dispersions on our character. i find it terrifying that someone would think it's bad that other lives are worth defending by good people with the skill set to do so. >> what's the alternative, what would they prefer? a church that we have all been there before and the choirs is up there singing and the preacher preaching and somebody

pulls a gun, i want somebody in there to defend all of us that are innocent. >> amen to that, ainsley, and thankfully in texas we have the ability to do so because the state affirms our right and recently -- ainsley: no wonder so many people are moving there. >> exactly, i carry in my church and we have a plan in place in my church and any my area so god bless texas. brian: policemen especially license today carry guns and volunteering to be ushers, filling holy water, do security without letting anybody know, you don't know they are there but they know they are there. dana, thanks so much. >> that's right. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: pot is now legal in the state of illinois and people waiting in the cold just to get their hands on it. brian: among the first in line

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steve: with 2020 new laws on the book. brian: good flews for the people of illinois, perhaps, recreational marijuana is now for sale in the state. ainsley: hundreds of people as you can see waited outside when it's cold at the dispensaries across the state as the drug became legal on new year's day. steve: all right, live outside pot dispensary in chicago where people are lining up to light up, it's not just regular folks, high officials have been getting some pot there as well legally now. >> as close as you can get to the top of the state, illinois became 11th state in the nation to legalize pot, people of chicago showed that there's no problems with demand when its comes to legal marijuana, people started camping out on new year's eve, they waited hours and hours in line, the line stretched around city block, many dispensaries had trouble meeting demand, limited purchases closed early.

one of the people first in line as you mentioned lieutenant government of illinois, juliana straten. as the laws went into effect governor dismissed some 11,000 cases in illinois. >> the war on cannabis has destroyed families, it has filled jails and prisons with nonviolent offenders, it has disproportionately affected black and brown communities. >> big motivator is revenue, there's a prediction that legal pot can generate $500 million for state that cannot balance budget of pension obligation for the people waiting in line the weed they compared it yesterday to end of prohibition. >> how does it feel to be the first buyer? >> it's better than christmas when i got my barbie dream house. this is really exciting, this is

wonderful. >> and still illegal to take your pot across state lines, people who drove from wisconsin to light up, you still can't take it back into wisconsin but, of course, always illegal to drive your pot into wisconsin, back to new york. >> do they actually check to make sure -- oh, you live in madison, we will not sell you any? >> no, they weren't and i think that they want to encourage some marijuana tourism so they get people from out of state, the idea is that they'll be here to buy hotel rooms, stuff to eat as they do and that's the idea, generate revenue. steve: all right, mike tobin live in chicago where legal to buy recreational pot at dispensaries. brian: where it's always cold in the winter, not like us, we got a breather today. ainsley: i think it's 40-degrees here today. let's stand it over to jillian. jillian: good morning to you, to

you at home as well, let's begin with the story, surveillance showing the women grabbing cell phone and punching him in the throat, they yelled antisemitic comments. the victim is in stable condition. more than 90,000 jewish men and women filled metlife stadium in new jersey on new year's day to celebrate the reading of the entire, heavy security amid the recent attacks. cameron douglas opens about struggle with addiction after several arrests and jail time. >> the moment where i started to change direction was when i was given my second sentence i was in solitary confinement and i really -- i felt something cracking or breaking inside of me. >> douglas says his addiction started as young teen because he

felt pressured to live up to the legacy of his father and grandfather, actress michael douglas and kirk douglas. look at this dramatic video showing a trooper working to free the man tangled in parachute lines, hoisted both of them to the top of the mountain in arizona, the jumper thankfully was not hurt. state trooper saves the day for a little boy who thought his favorite toy was gone forever. >> there you go, buddy. you're welcome. jillian: the trooper saw the boy's mom looking for the toy on the side of an ohio highway after the 3-year-old dropped it out of car window, he found toy within half an hour and returned it. so sweet. steve: beyond the call of duty but saved the family a lot of

tears. ainsley: 40-degrees, brian corrected me, it's not. janice: 50-degrees, i hear we are doing bull riding you and i. ainsley: we are. [laughter] janice: what's your name, my friend? >> ryan. janice: where you're from? >> virginia. janice: is this your first trip to new york? >> yeah. >> happy sweet sixteen. temperatures in the 30's, 50-degrees, for january 2nd, that's pretty awesome, we are dealing with potential for showers, thunderstorms maybe some severe storms along the gulf coast, watch for the threat for large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornadoes for parts of louisiana and mississippi, for the rest of the country you know pretty warm, we love it, look at

you in chicago and kansas city in the 50's, new storm system that will move to northwest but otherwise not too shabby, we will watch system move up, so if you have travel plans tomorrow make sure you're keeping a close eye on what's going on with the airlines, wave, everybody, look at amazing crowd that has come to see bull riding, does anybody want to go bull riding? [cheers and applause] >> all right, we don't have to do that. ainsley: they will take our spot. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. steve: if you're heading to new york city she's out there 2, 3 times out there per program. ainsley: the crowds have just grown. they want to jug janice. people -- hug janice. people are leaving by the thousands, our next guest says it can have a big impact on the 2020 election, we will tell you

why.

jillian: good morning and welcome back, kim kardashian west showing new photos of july trip to the white house, kardashian and daughter north and granada mother in the oval office, this one shares sharing a kiss. and celebrity celebrates the year by leaving 2,020-dollar tip, 78-dollar receipt writing, quote, donnie starting 2020 off like the amazing man he is. wow, brian. brian: nice. we change gears, according to census data, 86,000 california residents have moved to texas in just the year 2018 and as the

2020 race heats up the question is how could this impact presidential election by the new residents bringing the politics with them and could texas potentially turn into a swing state or there i say a blue state, here to react tom, tom, why are they leaving and are the democrats or republicans leaving texas? >> brian, great to see you and hope you had a happy new year. listen, california 7 year's in a row had 7 people leave than move in, california is becoming a place for public employee unions, the rich and the poor, but the middle class is getting especially high school -- hollowed out and californians are leaving for 2 reasons, i speak about this in my book, red state--blue state divide, the

republicans are leaving the state because frankly they are tired of the politics of it, it used to be they went from la to riverside, now they keep going to arizona and to texas, you mentioned 86,000, a lot of my republican friends left included former state republican party chairman, so what's the impact on texas, well, keep this in mind, in 2016 president trump beat hillary clinton 52-43 but you remember 2018 beto o'rourke, that race ted cruz just got over 50% and beto got 48, the democrats want texas so bad because somehow they got texas, they might not lose the white house again. brian: the bigger question, so conservatives say there's no place for me here, i can't get my voice heard, in new york you have people going to florida, they wonder who are the people who are leaving, i heard in texas, they always say we lost, republicans say we lost austin,

we haven't lost the state, what do you hear? >> yeah, that's the way it is, you know, the big cities all over the country except for san diego are all democrat, they want us all in cities so they control it, they want to get rid of electorate college so cities can vote them in. texas is a different story, a lot of republicans go there, it's still a mix bag but they are pouring money, the democrats are into the state and republicans need to keep an eye on this, the democrats are better at the business of elections than republicans, republicans talk policy, democrats talk policy and voter registration, so texas will be in play over the next 15 to 2 years and if the democrats take that away from the republicans, then the republicans will have an awful time trying to win the white house. brian: very good point. tom, we will see how that looks, a lot of people say it has a lot to do with ted cruz and less to do -- >> could be. >> less to do how texas is changing a you see beto o'rourke did not have any national

momentum, he just had a lot of money. tom, thanks so much for your time, appreciate it. >> see you soon. brian: 13 minutes before the top of the hour, next professional bull rider showing us some tricks of their trade on something that isn't quite likable but looks like one but first with the power vested in me i like to check in with sandra to find out what's coming up on her show, not bull riding, correct? >> not exactly, brian, ainsley, steve, welcome back to all of you, happy new year, tensions are rising in the middle east, iranian-backed protestors withdrawing from embassy compound in baghdad, a story we have been following for days, 2 days after 2 days of clashes, hundreds of troops have been deployed there, how will the u.s. respond from here, what is the white house strategy? secretary of defense mark esper will be our guest this morning, join us live one hour from now, that and more breaking news on thursday morning, the first day of the new year, join us live

from america's news room top of a brand-new hour, see you then.

steve: welcome back, we are outside of fox plaza, it is cold, bull riding kicking off 2020 season at madison square garden in new york, before that, some some of the young stars are here to show us how it's all done with a mechanical bull. >> go, todd. ainsley: professional bull riders, thank you, guys, for being with us, where are you from originally? [inaudible conversations] >> you are from new york, right?

you taught yourself how to do this watching youtube videos? >> yes, ma'am. it made sense to look it up on youtube and learn from there and a lot of people helped -- >> what's the hardest part that people might not know? >> i kind of feel like it's a mental game, mental game that people don't know. after you learn how to ride bulls you know what you're supposed to do and find the courage and other things like that. [laughter] steve: what's going on with that technique? [laughter] steve: tell us about -- ainsley: what do i need to do?

[cheers and applause] ainsley: okay. you hold onto this? [laughter] steve: let her rip, come on, ainsley, 8 second. [cheers and applause] [laughter] >> 5, 4 -- >> hand up. [laughter] steve: there you go. very nicely done, ainsley. big show is coming to madison square garden, how cool is that? >> one of the biggest venues of the world and to have our sport

show case it's great to be honest. steve: first appearance? >> i'm not nervous, it's pretty cool that i'm from new york and start the season here. steve: you have to be nervous but it'll be packed, thousands of people there but also a real bull that wants to get you off his back? >> yeah, this is our job, this is what we love to do and we have to go out and do it. jillian: what's the energy like? [cheers and applause] >> something that we can't explain and something that you have to be in our shoes to fill. it's a whole different experience. when you hear the crowd and the energy of the animal, it's just unreal.

steve: let's see how long they go. [cheers and applause] [laughter] ♪ ♪

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>> live from new york city, all those folks are happy to be on live. if you would like to be in our next live show, it's going to be january 24th. if you'd like to sign up, go to fox & friends.com and you can be part of it. do you want to be part of the action and be on the live show? [cheers and applause] meanwhile, he still over there. one more time, we've got this. started up! why does it grovel when it starts up come on! come on, you bull! >> every single year, 2020!

>> are you okay? are you sure? >> that's going to do it for today. say "so long," everybody! 366 days to go. >> sandra: tensions running high in the iraqi capital of baghdad. irani-backed militia members have withdrawn after attacking and breaching the compound in protest of u.s. air strikes. good morning, i'm sandra smith. >> nice to be with you, i believe in vineyard and for bill hemmer. this is printing the pentagon to send hundreds of additional troops to the region. this is some of the action in baghdad, secretary pompeo delaying a trip to deal with the crisis. speed coming up, mark esper will be joining us live on it update with how the u.s. plans to respond. let's begin with trey yingst, following all of this for us from jordan this morning.