we begin with a fox news alert. tensions escalating between the u.s. and iran after the death of qasem soleimani. >> thousands of american troops, 82nd airborne are on the way to the region. >> trey yingst is live in jordan, following the latest developments. >> reporter: thousands of people are in the streets of iraq, conducting a funeral for fallen iranian general, qasem soleimani, soleimani's body will be flown to tehran after the procession is complete. we're getting reports about new reaction from the iranian as iran's ambassador to the u.s. said the air strikes were

equivalent to declaring war on iran. the say toayatollah and and thet of iran did respond. the united states is preparing for retaliation. president trump ordering 3,000 more u.s. troops to deploy to a base in kuwait. president trump did not respond to the iranians when they shot down an american drone last year, he didn't respond after they targeted a western linked saw city oil field. it took the killing of an american citizen at the end of last month for the be president to he respond. this was the red line for president trump and what we have seen now is a proxy war between the west and iran turn into a larger consisten conflict with e possibility of a direct confrontation between the united states and iran. >> trey, thank you. we'll get back to you. interesting because linde you siglindseygraham was saying last that soleimani was not killed in

revenge for the thousands of americans killed over the year by the vicious terrorist but because we were trying to stop him from lawn offing more terror -- launching more terror attacks. >> he kept using the phrase decisive defensive action. it answers the 40-year-old question for our president, which is this a regime of terror, a cause or a country. the president answered that question, it is not a country. >> he said we took action to stop a war, not start a war. he continued talking about the reason why he ordered the strike. listen. >> soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him. under my leadership, america's policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harmonharm any american.

we will find you, we will eliminate you, we will always protect our diplomats, service members, all americans and oural lies. >> it's something trey mentioned i think is incredibly important here. the president showed great restraint for a long time. he wasn't looking for this fight. he was looking for reasons to say, hey, iran, if you want to come back to the table, that's fine. we put maximum pressure on you. you're lashing out elsewhere. when you take an american life, we take 25 of yours. you storm our embassy, you're crossing the line. we can't tolerate. now the l ball is in your court. if you want to rel tal -- retal, go ahead and try. iran knows what a bad situation they're ultimately in. >> he stood down after the drone strike. for those that said this act escalated things, it's iran that has been escalating things r, finalizing with the death of a u.s. contrac contractor last we. >> why are they escalating.

general jack keane said iran is spooked right now because of the large protests we've seen in large and small cities, not necessarily focused on america, death to america, the chants we've heard for so many years. now the anger among the protesters is directed to the regime itself. secretary of state mike pompeo pointing out that among the provocations that soleimani was in the middle of plotting not just one attack, but sounded like the intelligence was showing multiple attacks in multiple cities in the mideast. watch. >> they were aiming to take down significant amounts of americans that would have undoubtedly killed locals too, iraqis, lebanese, syrians, programs, people all throughout the region. suffice it to say, the american people with know the decision president trump made to qasem soleimani saved -- made to take

qasem soleimani down saved american lives. >> it wasn't just americans killed by this terrorist but lebanese, syrians, iraqi as well. this is a broader picture of a whole series of terrorists. >> what president trump inherited, an isis caliphate that he committed to defeating. moments like this are worth stepping back for a second. let's look at the last five months and the terrorists that have been taken off the battlefield by the trump administration, more specifically by special operators who are working to he defend us around the globe. the first one, remember the killing of bin laden and his son was supposed to be his heir apparent. in september of 2019 it was confirmed that hamza bin laden was dead. he declared he wanted revenge for his father's killing. he was the next inal di al-qaid.

he was the next one. abu bakr al-baghdadi was killed in 2019, th the notorious leade, on the terrorist most wanted list. he ultimately killed himself in a tunnel as american special forces were on his case and a hero dog you might remember in that particular wake. abualmahari, he was baghdadi's number two. because of actionable intelligence we got on that one, he was killed the next day. so a possible big-time name that was number two in isis never had a chance to take the helm. he was killed as a part of the intelligence from that first raid. this name, been in the news the last kim days, qasem soleimani, he was the leader of the quds force, 17% of all deaths in iraq are at the hands of him.

the intelligence was that he wanted to kill additional americans. another name as a number two, part of that operation that you might not know, abu mahandi, he was in charge of hezbollah. he was the one who inches gaited thinstigatedrye jots at the embd to us taking additional strikes and us killing soleimani. he is no longer on the map because of the desigh sieve decn of president trump. you look back five months. if you're isis, al-qaida, the iranian regime, you're looking for new leaders because the president has been laser focused on putting you in the grave. >> when you add all those pieces up, seems like this is a great day for america, a great few days, a great few months in terms of all the terrorists taken off the battlefield. i get that it's a political year

but it's been nothing but knit picking and -- nitpicking and negativity when it should be a moment of celebration. >> we've seen the war being fought by economic sanctions, right now president trump erased that blurred line between what should have been a republican anything's that this was -- recognition that this was a terrorist group to begin with. the celebration it's not just this country, lebanon, syrian, iraq, iran, there are plenty of people that have been brew l l tallized at -- brutalized at the hands of the quds force. >> i don't like the yes but. they always pivot to what's the bigger strategy. looks like they just wanted to take him off the field. if you look at the chess pieces, there's a reason why in april of 2019 this administration designated the quds force as an international terrorist organization.

maybe they knew something we didn't. maybe the maximum pressure campaign meant maximum pressure, not just economic sanctions, wire not going to -- we're not going to tolerate ex pour station of tear -- exportation of terrorism around the globe. pressure at home, pressure abroad, maybe they can't maintain both at the same time and now it starts to diminish. the haters will look at the reasons why it's a bad idea, maybe for once you can step back and say hey, good job. >> that partisanship used to stop at the water's edge. there was plenty of partisanship in the obama years as well. when president obama took osama bin laden off the battlefield, there was bipartisan celebration, there was it's great for america. the person that was at obama's side was yo joe biden. he argued against going in for the bin laden raid. on the campaign trail, with

peter doocy, tried to claim he did want to take you out bin laden. >> watch. >> if you were handed a piece of intelligence that said you could stop an imminent attack on americans but you have to use an air strike to take out a terror leader, would you pull the trigger? >> well, we did. the guy's name is osama bin laden. >> weren't you -- didn't you tell president obama not to go after bin laden. >> no, i didn't. i didn't. >> he said he didn't. >> that happened yesterday. there's a pesky thing called videotape from january of 2012. maybe when the moment was more fresh for uncle joe. here's what he said then. >> for about four weeks, only six of us knew the possibility of where bin laden was. we had to make a decision. the president, he went around the table with all the seen r i don't remember peopl -- senior e including the chiefs of staff and he said i have to make a decision. what is your opinion. mr. president, my suggestion is don't go. we have to do two more things to

see if he's there. >> he said don't go. that was heading into the waffle re-election where the -- 2012 re-election. now he's trying to flip the script, saying i was by his side. i wanted to go in. that's not what he said before. >> he's never going to support the decision because it has something to do with donald trump. there's an inability to acknowledge that the moment deserves celebration and acknowledgement that this saved lives. >> e-mail us, friends d.o.t friendsatfoxnews.com. is joe biden being deceptive or does he not even know it's saturday. >> a woman that was thought to be missing has been found dead. she was found 15 miles from the bar she last seen at two weeks ago. a he coworker said she sent a

text after leaving with two men, saying she did not know where she was. the cause of death has not been released. police have not announced any arrests. the use l trailan prime minister -- australian prime minister calling for help as wildfires ravage that country. thousands of troops and water bombing planes have been called in to battle about 200 different wildfires burning right now. firefighters from america also heading to use a trail y austrap out. hundreds of people stranded on beaches have been rescued by the australian navy. 23 deaths confirmed so far, along with an estimated half a billion animals. unreal. anna coyman will have an update live from sydney, australia in a few moments. police rushing to a florida home when a neighbor thought she heard a woman screaming only to find out it was something completely different. watch this. >> i'll bring out the screamer

to you. >> hello. >> hi. >> hi. a talking parrot apparently. security cameras show the man introducing his bird, ram he bow--rambo to officers. he said the parrot sometimes yells help, let me out, when he wants to get out of his cage. >> that poor parrot. >> the poor neighbors that have to listen to that. forget about the parrot. all day someone screaming help, let me get out. >> free the parrot. [ laughter ] >> you should free the parrot. >> remember when former national security advisor susan rice went on sunday morning shows, blaming a video, an internet video, for the benghazi attack. now she of all people is questioning president trump on soleimani's death? >> do you trust what you're hearing from the trump administration right now. >> i wish i could. >> a member of the a annexed sey

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sports package and low mileage? nice. within minutes, you'll have a true cash offer, and you can head to a dealership and get paid, today, right now. >> former national security advisor susan rice famously went on sunday morning talk shows, blaming an internet video for the be benghazi a attack. now she says she can't trust the trump administration about what happened to iran terror leader, qasem soleimani. >> do you trust what you're hearing from the trump administration right now, the initial information about the intelligence assessments? >> wolf, i wish i could. this administration, sadly, tragically, has a record of almost daily misrepresenting the facts, telling falsehoods about issues big and very small. so it's hard to hav confidence n the face at their

representations. >> joining us now to react, mark gise, a member of the team that bravely fought in benghazi. she says misrepresenting the facts, tellin falsehoods on issg and very small. might that be how we characterize her going on the sunday shows and talking about what happened, the event you were a part of. >> yeah, i mean, you know, she pretty much has zero integrity in my book. but it's typical tactics from the democrats. they're going to bring out their standard bear who is going to come out like they did in benghazi, she's going to come you out and say what they want to say. which goes against her credibility completely. just completely. >> after that happened, when you're looking at the coverage and you hear that susan -- you've been through a gunfight to he defend your men, you lost men, you saved lives and you see the national security advisor go out and say it was just spontaneous and it was because of an internet video, your

reaction in that moment and how it colors your frustration of the fact she now charges the trump administration with lying. >> first off, i mean, when is a protest ever occurred at night and when do they typically -- most protests they don't typically bring ak-47s, bell fed machine guns and rpgs. that's someone planning an attack and they knew it. she knew it when she went on the speaking circuit on sunday. instead of telling the truth, she wanted to tell lies. >> why was she never held to account for that. some shows like this and others covered it but she skated. >> wolf blitzer putting her on to talk about something to do with integrity is letting her skate one more time instead of asking the questions they should. the benghazi thing, there's a people out there, hillary

clinton included that have skated on being health held accountable. >> as you reflect on what president trump did in baghdad with our embassy there, could it have been any different from what you experienced? >> you know, if president trump would have been in office at the time of benghazi, we wouldn't have lost four americans. one, i think we would have had -- well, i know for a fact security at the consolate would have been a whole lot better. we would have also had a whole lot more support that would have gotten to us, a good example is what he did here. within an hour, he had 100 marines heading in that direction. they had 750 marines coming up from yo kuwait and 82nd airborne on alert. >> reports were saying not fast enough, i need them there faster whichs is what you want from your commander in chief. thanthank you for your clarity d your courage on the battlefield. >> thank you very much. >> the media's big focus after

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and nonstarter. president trump and the rnc raising plenty of dough during the impeachment battle, heading into 2020 with nearly $200 million in cash on hand. in 2019 the campaign and rnc raked in nearly half a billion dollars. the campaign manager tweeting that the team is quote, unquote, an unstoppable juggernaut. >> that's what they say about "fox & friends weekend." a fox news alert. the australian prime minister calling for help as wildfires ravage the country. >> thousands of troops and water bombing planes have been called in to battle about 200 wildfires burning right now. >> former "fox & friends weekend" co-host, anna kooiman, she lives in australia. she joins us live now from sydney. anna, obviously our hearts go out to you and everyone there battling this. give us an idea of the devastation. >> i'm going to give you an idea of the numbers. 23 people are dead, dozens more are missing and a half a billion, billion with a b,

animals have parished. these are unique animals from unique ecosystem. more than 1 you thousand homes have been -- 1 you thousand home1,000 homes havebeen destro. this is going on as multiple infernos are coming together, merging and forming even larger fires. this is -- i can't even explain how massive this is. bush fires, as they're called here, in australia, have burned more than 10 million acres. that's an area twice the size of massachusetts. thousands of people have abandoned homes and businesses in an effort to escape the flames. some had to evacuate and spend the night on the beach to seek refuge. military boats have been helping out with evacuations. these are some of those evacuees. >> we were about eight adults and nine kids. we came down here because the place we were staying at burned down this morning so we came down to the beach to evacuate

and get closer to some clean air and sitting here happily for a few hours, winds suddenly dropped, couldn't see a thing. >> it was very scary. >> we thought it's not worth -- you just get out while we can. >> reporter: congested highways clogged the locals and new year's vacationers from trying to get home or seek refuge somewhere, trying to keep from getting swallowed up by the flames. extensive lines to fill up with gas and supplies running low at grocery stores. fire conditions are worsening. here's the prime minister. >> we've seen this disaster escalate to an entirely new level. this length of season is of course in many senses unprecedented. the absence of dousing rains that would normally bring a season like this under greater control is nowhere in sight. >> the united states is helping out by sending dozens of

wildfire personnel and the u.s. agency that is handling this, they say this is a great example of the partnership between them and alway australia. this happened in the past where new zealand and australia sent firefighters to the u.s. they sent 138 firefighters in 2018 and now we're doing the same here. an all-out effort to battle the flames and help the fire ravaged communities. >> thank you so much for that. is there any estimation when the 200 plus wildfires might be contained or in any way manageable? >> well, about 70 of them is what i heard on a local media report are still burning out-of-control right now. as i mentioned, the conditions are just terrible right now. we've been dealing with drought for so long, the wildfires for so long and temperatures were reaching record numbers today. we're dealing with a southerly

-- the wind is changing the direction. the weather pattern once it moves through in the next couple days, there's supposed to be a bit of relief but fire crews are saying you know what, you need to remain vigilant because on the other side it's about to get windy again and there's no substantial rainfall forecasted in the near future. we've got a big problem on our hands here. >> anna kooiman, stay safe. keep us updated. thank you for your coverage of this. we thing of your friends and family. a revered figure. >> it's difficult to convey how revered he is, the troops love him. >> a revered terrorist, this despite the fact that he had the blood of hundreds of americans on his hands. our next guest is calling out the media bias. >> here's something you don't see every day, a hammer flying down a highway.

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killing of yet another terrorist, taken off the battlefield. let's bring in radio talk show host. much different approach from some we saw in the mainstream media who seemed to be some how celebrating his military leadership and his l still, watch. >> sole man pie soleimani, anc military leader. >> it's difficult to convey how re-veered he is. the troops love him. >> a brilliant man. he was the cardinal,. >> many of soleimani's enemies admitted he was a military genius. >> let's assume for a minute that he was at the baghdad airport and deserved this, okay. just stipulate that. let's just say maybe it was the right decision to take him out. but you have in that case right

decision, wrong commander in chief. >> oh, boy. take it away. joe, it's almost like the truth came out at the end there, which is they don't want the president to be the president. >> right. i wonder in a parallel universe, guys, if this strike was ordered by let's say president obama, if we would see that sort of analysis in terms of the tear's lif-- terrorist's life and the mannedder in chief who called on the decision to take him out. we're seeing obituaries for terrorists when one is killed, remember whena when al baghdadis killed a couple months ago and the washington post ran an owe obituary and the mocker ian sue ensued from there. like jeffrey epstein, finance ff -- they set him up for mockery

and it's deserved. >> if it was hillary clinton or barack obama, the articles would read about all the blood on the hands of this leader and how necessary it was to take him off the battlefield. instead, someone like farid zararia, almost singing his praises. >> i remember when ca cay qadds taken out and it was l celebrated. it's a different tone. and we see from the new york times, there was a reporter named fernaz fassisi, she put out a video and she says this, quoting this on twitter, rare personal video of general soleimani reciting poetry shared by a source in iran about friends departing and him being left behind. then, just a couple hours later, she says there's unconfirmed reports of ballistic missiles

hitting the u.s. military in iraq, massive explosions. the irgc telegram channels, whatever that is, and that turned out to be completely not true. is she going to be re-pri -- reprimanded? did she apologize? of course not. that never happens in these situations. there's sympathy for terrorists being put out and it needs to stop. >> we saw thed media covering the commander in chief, as the air strikes were happening, they're mocking and saying that president trump dined on ice cream as news of the air strike broke. >> this was a cnn tweet. what do you think of that. >> i couldn't believe that, when i saw it. the fact that cnn is obsessed for some reason with the president and ice cream, they did a report when he first took office about how he got two scoops of ice cream at presidential white house dinners and a everybody else got one. they did a full report on the number of diet cokes he drinks

in a day. now you have this. it's supposed to mock the president, like don't take this guy seriously, he's eating mint chocolate chip while air strikes are going on. everybody is condemning cnn for not being a serious news organization. you worked there before. this is not the same network you worked at or not the network of bernard you sha shaw from 2003 e they covered bombs going off in baghdad. it's not the same network anymore. they want to be late night mockery and satire and it's not funny anymore because it's sad. >> i didn't know soleimani was a poet. that's important to know. >> i'm a poet and i didn't know it. >> you are a poet. thank you very much. appreciate your time. i love the idea that ou the pre, the commander in chief, ordering air strikes and isn't panicked.

he made the call, i'm confident in it, now i'm going to enjoy ice cream while a terrorist dies. >> a grand jury indicted a man accused of a violent machete attack at a hanukkah celebration. he's facing six counts of attempted murder. if convicted he could face up to 25 years in prison. police are looking at a possible connection to a separate stabbing of an orthodox jewish man in november. and the so-called after affa teen will not be sent to jail for violating probation. he tested positive for thc. it could have been triggered by legal use of cbd oils. he killed four people in a drunk driving crash. he received probation after his attorney claimed he didn't know right from wrong because of his

wealthy upbringing of. >> frightening dashcam video reveals the moment a hammer smashes into someone's window on a highway. watch as the hammer comes loose from another car, bouncing off the road and flying into a tesla model 3 in canada. luckily, the windshield was only cracked. and the driver kept going. that held up better than the tesla humvee they introduced the other day. jeopardy set to hold the first ever greatest of all time turnment. the event begins tuesday featuring the top three champs. jennings calling rudder the favorite to win instead of holee holhauser, that's you ho jeopary champs trash talk.

>> no trash talking on rick. in we did jeopardy on this show, who do you think comes out on top. >> the three of us? >> all of us present. >> there's only one right answer. >> emily. >> she does know a lot of things. she was using words i didn't know in the break. >> exactly. >> she's like super smart. >> i would say it's not you or me. that's my best answer. all right. very cold up across parts of canada. that cold air is still there but it's getting a little cooler and we see a little bit of that coming into the far northern plains later on this many coming week. right here is where the cold front is, feels like 34 in memphis, feels like 57 in atlanta and there's a lot of rain out here. it's been a rainy last couple of days, storm moving to the east, strong storms across parts of north florida with some thunder. look at how much rain out here. we have it across the eastern part of the country. not going to be a washout of your day but spotty showers on

and off, gets a little better tomorrow. we have you new storms coming in across the pacific northwest with rain and mountain snow. >> thank you so much. >> why are you crumb martin luthecrumpling paperwhile we'ree president eating ice cream. >> that was my visual hand-wringing. >> it was a physical demonstration. we use all mediums here. >> just four days since new york's criminal justice reform took effect, mayor bill de blasio admits that the new law is flawed. oh, really. his bail reform backtrack, next. >> forget gatorade, ohio douses its coach in french fries following their big win in the idaho potato bowl and the coach wastes no time taking a bite. that's a weisman.

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are stalking and sex crimes with a minor. how is there any type of -- how does this reconcile, if at all? >> there are heinous crimes, violent crimes, serious crimes. any type of drug dealing, except for heavy trafficking, criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter, we have serious crimes here that are going under the radar and people need to go to my website, i list them there. people are surprised to see crimes like strangulation, crimes like -- just so many different things that that you would be really -- you have the sheet up there, domestic violence, if you are someone who is stalked and strangled and the perpetrator is released, what are they going to do? they're going to come back and essentially kill you. we saw someone released in albany whos was charged with second degree man yo manslaughto was released because of the laws

that andrew cuomo passed in new york. >> prior to january 1st we had judges release 25 you thousand defendants because they said around the corner this law is going to take effect so we might as well release you now. that's the second issue, is that it removes the judge's discretion. unlike new you jersey which has a similar set of laws but maintains judge's discretion, in new york the judge is unable to say look, i know this defendant is a danger to society. for example, in the anti-semetic attacks, we had a h repeat offer there, she was on the streets and did it again. >> we've seen a number of instances like that in the past 10 days. what's interesting is even someone with an extensive criminal history, an individual with 24 prior arrests, punched a police officer in brooklyn was released back onto the streets. we saw an inlea inlegal i'm -- n illegal immigrant, hit and killed a mother of three, was released back on the street, after he left the scene of the

accident was caught. it's unbelievable what local law enforcement has to put up with. thankfully for president trump he was apprehended by immigration enforcement and will be deported. local law enforcement has their hands tied. it's come call to see people like bill de blasio who was offering gift cards to incentiveize people to get to court, he led his support for this law. max rose, up until recently, said he supported this law. now they're a backtracking. we need governor cuomo to backtrack too. i ask people to go to my petition. we have 11,000 new yorkers that have signed. we have to get this law changed. we go to session next week and i think we have a good opportunity. even the senate leader said she's open to amending it. >> thank you so much. >> the power of prayer, there's a push to kick off the

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our faith is needed now more than ever. we will not back down. we are standing tall for the values that we hold dear and everybody in this room feels the same way. >> president trump promising to defend christian values while speaking at a evangelicals for trump event. >> pastor robert jeffers led the closing prayer at that

rally. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> i think even the powerful symbolism of one of the largest hispanic churches in the country is where he launches it. talk to us about the significance of the entire event. >> this event came on the heels of the christianity today op ed a couple weeks ago that was calling for the president's removal. the left has been salivating over the possibility there's a division among evangelicals over president trump. nothing could be further from the truth. overall, his approval rating in the country is 51%. among evidenc evangelicals it i. 99% of gop evangelicals absolutely owe pose the impeachment of -- oppose the impeachment of the president. you look at his record in the pro life area, supporting israel, conservative judicial picks, you understand why conservative evidence a evidencs support him.

i believe he will win the 2020 evangelical vote by a larger margin than the historic margin he won by in 2016, 81%. his support is solid among evangelicals. >> pass r tore pastor, so wite the launch of evangelicals for trump. what will their to-do list like like in the months leading up to the election. >> the number one priority is going to be to register voters. there's a whole group of evangelical voters, perhaps as many as 25 million, who didn't vote in the last election. so it's going to be a case of mobilizing those voters. i think it's going to be easy to do. in 2016, the president was running on promises. he's now running on accomplishments and they're solid accomplishments that i think will motivate evangelicals. >> that's interesting, 25 million evidenc evangelicalsn the sidelines. we were showing the video of the laying of the hands and leaders

like yourself and you see the photo there, praying with the president. i see people on social media on the left mocking this photo, mocking that prayer. what's your message to them this morning? >> well, you know, it's interesting. the left has a way of absolutely distorting and being unable to tell the difference between good and evil, to mock something like prayer. you see that by the way in the killing of soleimani, the president talked about that yesterday and in my prayer i thanked god for a president like president trump who is willing to confront and eliminate evil. you know, the bible says woe to those who call good evil and evil good. the left is too blinded by hatred for president trump to see the difference between booed and good. >> still ahead, lou holtz joins us, steve scalise and dan bongino all here, coming up.

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airport earlier this week were equivalent to declaring war on iran. the ayatollah ali khameni and rohani vowed to respond. he said america will not only face consequences today but for years to come. a top iranian general today saying that iran has targets set in the middle east on 35 different american locations and also the city of tel aviv in israel. the united states is preparing for retaliation as president trump ordered 3,000 more u.s. troops to deploy to a base in kuwait. president trump did not respond when the iranians shot down an american drone last year. he did not respond the iranians fired on the saudi oil field that is western linked last year. he only responded after the iranians used a proxy to target an iraqi base that had american civilians and troops at it, injuring four u.s. service members and killings an american contractor. back to you. >> thank you, trey. and he's getting at something right there with his reporting

as well that's very important which is the balance that it appears president trump is trying to strike, which let's not forget he ran as a candidate who wanted to make sure we did not have more endless wars. there's a balance of protecting this country, preventing more terror attacks, taking down terror leaders when you have a chance to do it while also making sure we're not being dragged in tens of thousands of more boots on the ground, american blood and treasure spilled for what. that's what a lot of people are wondering about iraq and after began ' began stan. it's -- afghanistan. it's a debate we'll have more many years to come. in this case, you have intelligence telling you can take a clear shot, not just one, but several terrorists who killed hundreds, maybe thousands of americans, it's a shot the president took. >> we've been fighting it using economic sanctions and precision attacks with proxies. now no longer. the escalation was on the iranian side.

the escalation has been in the past months leading up to the death of a u.s. contractor and attack on a u.s. embassy. this was a desig decisive defene aca shuaction and what choice de have, especially factoring in the intelligence. >> it's in stark contrast to the approach president obama had to the middle east. general jack keane had great insights. >> this trump administration looked at the appeasement strategy that president obama exercised for eight years, he thought by appeasing the iranians, the nuclear deal was the centerpiece of it, that they would act responsibly and join the community of responsible nations and what did we get? we got $130 billion put in their hands, fueling the civil wars in syria and yemen, hundreds of thousands of rockets in lebanon. the middle east was put on fire and as a result of it, this administration came in and

fundamentally rejected that strategy. >> that's what you see is the application here. i heard a lot of foreign policy intelligence types, democrats saying we don't know if this is good. this is the most consequential move any president meamade since triggering the iraq war. if the iraq war unleashed a series of things we didn't like, effectively iran being able to take control over baghdad which happened over a decade as we fought isis which obama unleashed as well, then this might be the most consequential thing in trying to reverse that -- the growth of iran and expansion of their power in that region. you start with economic sanctions that put on maximum pressure and then you say the quds force, the jerusalem force, has a view of controlling the middle east. you've been expanding your power l. soleimani is key to that. if you have a chance to kill him when he tries to kill americans, maybe they've over-extended

themselves and the iranian reach is further than they're capable of extending, so this could be more significant and strategic than people imagine and try to start putting the iraq war genie back in the bottle a little bit. you can take a he totally different a approach. >> the president said he took the action to stop a war, not start a war. >> the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago, a lot of lives would have been saved. just recently, soleimani led the brutal repression of protesters in iran where more than 1,000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. we took action last night to stop a war. we did not take action to start a war. >> a president in the middle of an impeachment battle over the phone call with the ukraine, if he had this intelligence suggesting there could be not

just one, but we're hearing from secretary pompeo, multiple terror attacks in the mideast, that soleimani was about to unleash, if he had that intelligence and in the middle of an impeachment battle sat on it and looked ham strung and did not act, was not decisive and god forbid we lost hundreds or thousands of americans, you could see a whole other impeachment battle. why didn't the president listen to the intelligence community. he ignored them on russian l collusion, he ignored them on this, did this on ukraine and now all these americans were killed, they would have been going after him on that. instead he took decisive action and the media is doing the opposite. they're trying to put a human face on the terrorist. watch. >> soleimani, an iconic military leader. >> a revered figure. >> soleimani it's difficult to convey how revered he is. he's regarded as brave, the troops love him. >> a brilliant man, he was the

-- >> many of soleimani's enemies admitted he was a military genius. >> let's assume for a minute that he was at the baghdadi -- at the baghdad airport and deserved this. okay. just stipulate that. let's just say that maybe it was the right decision to take him out. but you have in that case, right decision wrong commander in cheese. >> he killed thousands of americans but his troops loved him. thank you. that last statement was about as honest as you're going to hear. wrong commander -- right action, wrong commander in chief. what would you prefer, the right chancedder in chief with the wrong action? you got what you believe to be the wrong commander in chief who is making all the right calls. i have an honest question for you, ed. we've needled each other about journalism. i be monemoan the fact that it s like patriotism is largely dead

among the journalism corps. taking a moment to cheer when america kills a an enemy on the battledfield, it doesn't feel like that anymore. >> i think when there's a clear, decisive moment where a terrorist who has l killed americans is taken off the battlefield, let's just cheer it. i don't want to get into people's motives. i generally don't know why people can't just say we took a terrorist off the battlefield, this is a great moment, even if they disagree with the president an a whole bunch of other stuff. it should be celebrated. i was at the white house covering president obama when we took out osama bin laden, there were a bunch of people who didn't like president obama's policies and they were celebrating when we took down a terrorist. they're praising terrorists when we should be celebrating the president. watch.

>> this is a disturbing pattern that we're seeing now with owe obituaries for terrorists when one is killed remember when al baghdadi was killed a couple months ago and the washington post ran an owe wearily that called him -- obituary that called him an austere religious scholar. sympathy for terrorists being put out, it needs to stop. >> another thing that bothers me about the messengers that are orchestrating falseities, they're questioning the intelligence that led to this action. they're questioning the intelligence community. but only when it serves them. because for example, in the impeachment situation, in the mueller report, the intelligence community was infallible. but all of a sudden now we have media, we have democratic candidates and we have those literally on the hill who are saying we don't believe that. we don't believe president trump. why now? why now when our intelligence

community has for years now remained one step ahead of iran. >> speaking of infallibility, a lot of media thought the obama adadministration was infallible. you covered them and there's detail that came out in this process that pertains to the time you covered them. >> this is a briefing at the white house in 2011. then iraqi leader mallki brought his transportation minister, you see him with obama, that was the transportation minister. >> meeting with obama. >> the man on the right is a terrorist who allegedly killed all kinds of people a few years earlier and has now reemerged this past week as being part of one of the iran backed militias. why was this terrorist at the white house? >> when the prime minister was here this week there's reports that a former commander of the iranian revolutionary guard u

which u.s. officials say played a role in a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 u.s. servicemen, he was here at the white house with the prime minister because he's a transportation minister, who reported that. >> i believe the washington times reported that, i believe others as well. >> i'll take that question. >> you can answer it later, why he was here and whether a background check had been done. >> i'll check on it for you. >> okay, thanks. >> who was that young buck. >> consummate professional. >> i did not hear back. >> you did not. that's my next question. >> i think he was trying to demean the fact that the washington times was seen as a conservative newspaper. it was an honest question then and now. i get if maliki was the leader, where was the white house vetting it and saying hang on a second, this guy's a terrorist. >> can you imagine if a terrorist was allowed in the white house now, what would be going on at the white house. >> forget about it.

>> thank you for bringing that to us. >> turning to other headlines, i.c.e. capturing an illegal immigrant who was released from police custody despite admitting to a fatal hit and run on christmas eve. police say he admitted to leaving the scene in new york state because he didn't have a license. he was released under the state's new bail reform laws. he is now awaiting deportation. agunman arrested after holding a woman hostage for six hours. police say the man entered an illinois credit union and demanded everyone leave the building. the female employee was unable to get out. the man eventually surrendered. no one seriously hurt. it's unclear exactly what charges that gunman will face. and the ohio bobcats celebrated the potato bowl win by dousing their head coach with french fries instead of gatorade. the coach seemed enjoy the

foreigfrench fry bath so much he started stacking on them. they then hoisted the trophy, which is a bowl of potatoes. ohio beat nevada, 30-21. those are your headlines. i didn't see any ketchup. those aren't going to keep in the trophy case very well. >> democrats erupting over president trump's takedown on terror. it wasn't too long ago when president obama was touting his own strikes. >> the united states has taken lethal, targeted action. simply put, these strikes have saved lives. more heover, america's actions are legal. >> what did democrats in congress say then? nothing. >> congressman michael wall calls out the double standard, that's coming up next.

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>> the president is in violation of the war powers act. it is an assassination. >> if the administration has a broader strategy, they have yet to articulate it, yet to explain to the congress. >> the congress needs answers from this ad medicine strayings, -- administration immediately. >> democrats slamming president trump for ordering the strike to take down terror leader soleimani without consulting congress. here with his take is republican congressman, michael waltz. thanks for being here this morning. the president makes a tough call against an enemy on the battlefield. >> right. >> yet democrats take to the house floor and the news media and say he didn't have the authority. what say you? >> let's just walk through what they're going to say, what they're saying now and what they're going to say as we come

back into session. number one, he didn't have the authority. he abs lieutenantl absolutely d. any president, any soldier on the battlefield has a right to self defend. this was a responsive action and he prevented additional american deaths and from an oversight standpoint on the armed services committee, had i found out six months from now or a year from now that we had actionable intel, more americans died and we didn't do anything i would be screaming from the roof dings tops. the other things you're going to hear, this is as a assassinatio, absolutely not. soleimani was a terrorist and a military target. this was a response to iran's escalation. you're going to hear he's pushing us towards war as though we're loading a million american troops for a d-day style invasion of tehran. absolutely not the case. this was a targeted strike of a single individual. that was perpetrating more

attacks on the united states. so all of those things are just absolutely wrong and i wish for a moment washington could put politics aside and recognize this for the american victory that it is and a yo a rieu man s -- human rights victory that it is which you think democrats would be celebrating. >> we'll have to keep wishing for that. the white house and the state department designated the irgc a terrorist organization in april, it opened up an entire new menu. i want to get to the presidency of barack obama. he launched thousands of drone strikes, some of which people considered unauthorized, including against an american citizen i yemen. where were the democrats and media crying as a as as assassin during the obama administration. >> joe biden in 1996 after iran bombed towers, killing 19,

wounding 500, called it an act of war on behalf of iran. so you're right, this is just hihiphypocrisy, politics at its worst. i want to recognize the 600 american familiar who do not have their -- families who do not have their loved ones them over the past holiday, it's justice for them. it was long overdue. i'm glad the president took this decisive action and prevented more american deaths going forward. >> it's frustrating, there's no reciprocity. whosyou can't seem to get the support of the president because it's donald trump. last word, real quick. >> well, you know, so what's next. i'm glad the president put on the table that we will hold iran directly accountable with targets in iran. their economic infrastructure, the maximum pressure campaign is working and now we have them afraid of what we're going to

do, not us afraid of what they're going to do. >> that's where the fear should be. >> absolutely. >> well said, congressman. thank you very much. the economy is booming but 2020 democrats say not for the middle class. our next guest has a different view. we bring that to you. (man sneezes) what's the time? device: a dime is ten cents. severe cold or flu? take control with theraflu. powerful, soothing relief to defeat your worst cold and flu symptoms fast. device: (sneezes) theraflu. the power is in your hands.

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cowboys led the league, averages 90,000 fans per game. and finally, $5,000, that's how much a florida woman is selling this chicken tender shaped like a manatee. in her sales pitch on facebook, she says it's in new condition, adding that you must see it to appreciate it. and i think someone might buy it. >> if you listen to the 2020 democrats, today's roaring economy is nothing but a bust somehow for the middle class. >> america's middle class is being hollowed out. >> the middle class is getting killed. the middle class is getting crushed. and working class has no way up. >> we have a president who has sold out the working families of this country. >> there is not one county in the united states of america where someone working full-time at the minimum wage can afford a two bedroom apartment.

>> our next guest has a reality check, writing in a fox business headline, quote, don't believe biden, bernie, but buttigieg or others, america's middle class never had it so good. >> joining us now, steve morgan, good morning, steve. >> hi, guys, good morning. >> when cnn had the poll recently, it was almost hard to believe that cnn was putting it out there that 76% of americans were saying that the economy is good right now. how can the democrats run against that? >> yeah, the reason that 76% of americans are saying that,ed, is because the economy is good or great, by the way. people rate the economy good or great because of the surplus jobs we have, large wage gains, we have wage gains actually that have been higher for the middle class and lower income people than people at the top. that hasn't happened in a long time. i'll throw out one statistic that undermines everything mayor pete and biden and bernie

sanders have been saying which is that the average middle class income in the united states in just the last three years, since donald trump took office, is up about 5 a thousan -- $5,000. that's $100 extra income a week. i'm not talking about people like bill gates and warren buffet and lebron james. i'm talking about middle class people seeing a nice gain in their income. by the way, in no small part because of the trump tax cuts. >> steven, tell us how are these democratic candidates getting it so wrong then with their messaging and how do they think that it's going to resonate against an incumbent with a thriving economy, how are they so wrong? >> well, you know, when i worked on the campaign for donald trump in 2016 with my buddy larry kudlow, we used to debate liberal economists all the time, people from the washington post, new york times, people like paul krugman who has a nobel prize,

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>> soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on american diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him. under my leadership, america's policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harm any american. we will find you, we will eliminate you. >> the president issuing a strong warning to terrorists all around the world. do not mess with the u.s., he suggested. this following his authorization to kill iranian terror leader qasem soleimani. democrats now slamming the president for his quick ac shun but wasn't he just enforcing his america first promise, going back to the campaign. here to discuss, dr. kunta a amad. and senior fellow at the hudson

institute, rebecca hinerik. what's your thoughts as you see some democrats who don't seem to want to celebrate the fact that a major terrorist was taken off the battlefield? >> completely morally bankrupt and craven, their response. i have been speaking to all of my friends and contacts in iraq, where soleimani had a tremendous grip through his leadership and plans with the pms and they're celebrating, they're exchanging cakes with each other, congratulating each other, to see the united states criticizing the president for this emphatic long overdue, much indicated rebuke is disgraceful and it makes you question what their interests really are. soleimani was the mastermind of iranian hedgemany over the region, responsible for hundreds, thousands of deaths in many nations. there's no criticism that's legitimate for this targeting. >> as an iranian journalist,

what are your thoughts about this? >> look, i have been in touch with many iranians. and i have to say that a lot of iranians do not see qasem soleimani as a hero. i'm very shocked when i see the western media calling him a hero. for what? for killing the syrian children, iraqi children or killing iranian people in iran protests, recently, 1500 people got killed and the revolutionary guard is in charge. they didn't even allow the family of the victim to mourn, to have a public service, and right now this is hypocrisy. the government calls for a public service for three days and the parents of those people who got killed by revolutionary guard right now are in prison. my brother got arrested by the revolutionary guard in front of his small children and this is

the reason that iranian people, the victims, are very happy. >> wow. rebecca, i notice a tweet from you yesterday, i. heather:it caught my eye.it saio believe flushing soleimani with cash that he used to slaughter americans and others that was more stabilizing than eliminating him. >> the previous administration, the obama administration centered the middle eastern policy on the iran deal which would have flushed the regime with cash. you had senior obama administration officials that recognize that some of the money, because of the iran deal, would go towards terrorism activities funded by and supported by the iranian regime. so soleimani would have had all of this cash to conduct all of these terrorist activities. that was not required that they stop that before the iran deal would have gone -- go go through. the trump administration said no, the source of instability throughout the middle east is iran. soleimani was designated a

terrorist, the un security counsel p sill forbid his -- council forbid his travel to other countries. americans were at risk. the president had the presence of mind and the will to take him out and it was the right call. >> look into the future, a lot of people predicting doom and gloom, what do you see in the region. >> in this is a pivotal moment for iraq, more so than when osama bisaddam hussein was remo. half of iraq's shia are anti-iran. soleimani was planning another repeat of the iranian hostage situation that we saw 40 years ago, that's what he was planning and possibly a potential coup of iraqi power into iranian hands. >> how is your brother, first of all? >> i have no news from him. this is the two face of iranian government and revolutionary guard. he is not allowed to have his own lawyer. and, look, it's 7,000 people got

arrested in recent protests. it's not only my brother. >> wow. we certainly wish him well. general jack keane and a others have been saying a key element now is the iranian regime is scared because of all these protests. >> well, i think this was necessary, not just to protect american lives, imminently and also to retaliate against attacks that took an american life, the life of an american contractor but also sends a message very clearly that the iranian regime should not consider president trump's prudence in not responding with military force against the attack by the iranians of taking down our unmanned aerial system and attacks on the saudi oil fields, he's been very clear, do not kill americans, don't threaten us or you'll be made to row geregret it. i think it's important to make that message clear. >> we want to thank you for your insights this morning. thank you for coming in. >> turning to your headlines,

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she dives into the border crisis at one of the cities linked to human trafficking. the united methodist church is no longer united. they will split in two over a decades long disagreement on gay marriage and clergy. the proposal is expected to be voted on by church leaders later this year and if approved the separating and more traditional group would get $25 million in church funding. the royal family is ringing in the new decade with a new family portrait. queen elizabeth posing with her three heirs. the royal palace says the only other official portrait of the four together was taken in 2016. and those are your headlines. >> all right. let's get it out. it's an arise trough aristocrag photo. >> let's send it out to fox square.

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there's always risks, cyber attacks, iranians have a deep and complex cyber capability to be sure. know that we've certainly considered that risk. your point about risk in the united states is real too. qasem soleimani orchestrated an attack in washington, d.c. not too long ago. >> secretary of state pompeo right here on "fox & friends"

yesterday, iran threatening to retaliate after the u.s. killed terror leader qasem soleimani in an air strike. experts are concerned that retaliation could come in the form of cyber war fare. >> her here now, morgan wrigh. i nosy better attacks -- i know cyber attacks are a real thing. should we cower in the corner because iranians have computers. suddenly everyone in the media is saying how afraid we should be about cyber attacks because we took down their general go we've been tracking iran. pete, you understand this more than a lot of people do. never underestimate your enemy. we don't underestimate. however, iran should be worried without about a couple things. number one, we do have capability. u.s. cyber command, the rules of engagement have been relaxed and we demonstrated that when we sent drones and we have

retaliated. anybody who can build nuclear weapons is smart enough to conduct cyber operations. we need to be on our guard. trump sent a warning when we took out soleimani, we can take you out in cyberspace. >> you mentioned we should be on our guard. what weaknesses do you see that we have that are vulnerable to that kind of exploitation. >> it was an israeli air force general that said you go after power and water. i'm highly concerned about the electrical grid, concerned about the things we haven't done. the one benefit, it's fragmented. the bad thing, it's fragmented. they took out a power transformer that went down in ohio a few years ago and you lost a ton of you power in new york city. so these things are interdependent. they have gone after dams before. i'm concerned about especially our electrical grid i think is one of the primary targets. >> what about israel's role in all of this? >> we work with dutch intelligence and israel. the story came out to plant the

flame virus. i think they're a target of this. at the same time, i think they have a mutual reason to want to work with us to take down is shaliranian cyber structure. i think we should partner with them. i don't know if we are. i would be very shocked if we were not right at this time working collaboratively with israel to launch a cyber attack should something happen. >> briefly, do we have superior cyber technology to iran and do our rules of engagement give us the opportunity to preempt. >> we are superior in that defensively. we've got a lot of work to do but we have superior offensive weapons. , look, we should the same way president trump used a preemptive strike on sole machiney, we should if we think something is going to happen repreempt this. we shouldn't wait for something bad to happen to react. >> steve scalise is coming in, congresswoman elise stefanik and

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ed: beginning and we begin with a fox news alert. tensions rise with u.s. and iran. pete: another round of airstrikes in iraq. thousands of american troops are on their way to the region. emily: trey yingst is live in jordan with us following the latest developments. trey? >> emily, pete, good morning, thousands of people marched in the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession of qassem soleimani. the man killed in the strike outside of baghdad's international airport thursday night. many of those demonstrators who took to the streets today calling for a strong reaction from the iranian regime towards the united

states. after this procession completes, soleimani's body will be flown to tehran for a separate funeral tomorrow. ambassador to the u.n. says strikes outside of the baghdad were equivalent to declaring war on iran. new video from cctv footage does show the moment of impact on that drone strike. they have vowed a strong response against the united states. rouhani did visit the home of soleimani's family today in tehran saying america will not only face consequences today but for years to come. take a listen to what he had to say. >> well, they thought that they would go out of trouble if he is martyred. they made a mistake. i mean, that is exactly a strategic mistake they have made. they will see that more difficult days are awaiting them. >> president trump is preparing for the possibility of an iranian retaliation, sending 3,000 additional troops to an american military base in

kuwait. remember how all of this started last year, the tensions between the united states and iran following president trump's decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement. you saw almost a full year of iranian provocative action against western targets. many u.s. allies in the region including israel fear those provocations could continue. back to you. emily, ed, pete. emily: thank you so much. trey hit the nail on the head a year of escalating actions. escalating not only in the aggressive nature, the assertiveness of it but also in loss of life. i had he ha a foreign terrorist was killed. it's been escalating. we had an opportunity to take him out. pete: cnn news alert. we are just now learning that iran hates us and wishes us dead and has been trying to provoke us for years. just because the obama administration turned a blind eye to it and chose to try to accommodate them and appease them through a nuclear deal that was highly flawed, doesn't mean iran doesn't still seek nuclear bombs and to wipe america

and israel off the map. so the trump administration took a different approach putting maximum pressure back on in sanctions and then what does iran do? like they typically would, they lash out. they want to kill or strike schlarb or our allies or israel or us. in this case ed, they went a little bit too far. ed: the president needs to listen to the intelligence community. guess what? the president got from the intelligence community according to his secretary of state actionable intelligence and the president yesterday told the american people he moved forward and took out the terrorists. watch. >> soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act and terminated him. under my leadership, america's policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harmony american. we will find you, we will eliminate you, we will always protect our diplomats, service members,

all americans and our allies. ed: do you know what's important to underline as well? we have been so focused on what happened before the terrorists was taken out. the attack on the american embassy in baghdad. and that was a serious provocation, of course. but, so then you wonder oh, was this just a tea terror attack he is talking about in iraq potentially being plotted. not secretary of state told sean hannity last night in an interview there were maybe multiple attacks. not just americans being targeted but might have been attacks in syria where syrians could have been killed. lebanese, iraq as i mentioned. the region that there were multiple attacks being planned. and so just think about what would have happened if the president got that intelligence and did not take out the terrorist and then god forbid americans and others around the world are killed. we would have had the same critics in congress say why didn't the president listen to the intelligence? pete: great point. all the credit giving to soleimani. what a genius: if that's

how they think of him, soleimani knew precisely what he was doing attacking the american embassy in baghdad when or committees straghts that and then deciding to arrive himself in baghdad at a critical moment whe it was already escalating. ed: supposed to our ally helping us and instead this iranian tears is out in the open at the airport coming in and plotting attacks. it's unbelievable. pete: did he hear the whistle south before he went into the ground? i hope he heard it a little bit, probably not though. emily: the president kept the congress in the dark about it, we had nancy pelosi saying the airstrike risk provoking further dangerous escalation of violence this action was taken without the consultation of the congress. ed: very interesting, because a few years ago in the obama administration when president obama moved forward on a drone strike that took out actually an

american citizen anwar al lackey you mentioned earlier in the program, she didn't seem to care. she was asked about whether or not the public should hear about this, 2013 she told the huffington post, maybe, it just depends. people just want to be protected. you can see the story online. she goes on in more detail about, you know, we went through this with surveillance in the bush administration. yes, it's controversial, she said. but ultimately we learned the american people want to be protected. she used that word multiple times. so fast forward to now. so when barack obama takes out an american in that case, who i'm not defending that american. pete: a terrorist, i'm glad he is gob. ed: he was radicalized. president obama made a tough call. the public doesn't necessarily need to know the details. congress doesn't have to have a heads up. by the way the most important thing to do is to protect the american people. nancy pelosi 2013. now, president trump, fast forward, takes out a terrorist who has killed hundreds, maybe thousands of americans. pete: without dispute. ed: and we take him out, and we are not celebrating it.

somehow protecting the the american people is not the most important thing. under barack obama it was. somehow nancy pelosi different rules under president trump. >> i don't understand why there is such a failure for those on the left to even -- to say that out loud. why can't we embrace that common sense approach that americans need to be protected? why can't there be an appreciation for the intelligence community gained intelligence that led to this action that required this action? why can't there be -- ed: democrats in the intel community when it's attacked. pete: they threw that out the window. point a finger at someone that ruined the bipartisan intelligence process. hand it to adam schiff. are you going to hand it to adam schiff that requires absolute security make sure it goes properly you? can't -- you can't guarantee he won't run to the closest reporter he can find and make sure they know that something imminent is coming. so they broke it. not president trump. ed: so joe biden, of course, was in the middle of the bin laden situation. remember, he has already been on record for years now that he initially suggested

to president obama don't go forward because there was still questions about where bin laden. pete: actually widely known. when bob gates says he has been wrong on every major foreign policy he also cites the fact that he was a no on the bin laden raid. will. ed: peter doocy is out on the campaign trail and says to the former vice president, put yourself in donald trump's shoes, what about what you said on bin laden and he seemed to fudge a little bit, watch. >> if you were ever handed a piece of intelligence that said you can stop an imminent attack on americans but you have to use an airstrike to take out a terror leader. would you pull the trigger? >> well, we did. the guy's name was usama bin laden. >> didn't you tell president obama not to go after bin laden. >> no, i didn't. i didn't. pete: no, i didn't. well, back in january of 2012, when uncle joe's brain was a little fresher, here's what he said about the bin laden raid. >> for about four weeks,

only six of us knew the possibility where bin laden was. we had to make a decision. the president, he went around the table with all the senior people, including the chiefs of staff. and he said i have to make this decision, what is your opinion? mr. president, my suggestion is don't go. we have to do two more things to see if he is there. ed: think about it, 2012. he was selling the re-election of barack obama. hey this guy has guts. even i said i don't know, mr. president. fast forward to today, he wants to sell something different. i'm joe, i'm tough. forget about what i said before. rob o'neill by the way, who actually shot bin laden he had a tweet that caught my eye. if blowing him up was wrong, i don't want to be right. [laughter] ed: gene on facebook saying he was caught red handed, biden, the tape doesn't lie. emily: ronni on facebook says joe is so wishy washy he is not fit to run this country. pete: you might say. joe biden sure does love his flip-flops. remember when they had those

for john kerry. maybe there is a joh joe biden version of them. maybe there isn't. i don't know. there will be a variation. there will be something special that emerges. right now it's sleepy creepy: we turn now to other headlines this morning. a woman who texted she might be in trouble before going missing, bad news, has been unfortunately found dead. peyton's body was found in a shallow urge alabama home not far from the bar two weeks ago. sent a text after leaving with two men saying she didn't know where she was. cause of death has not been released. the police have not announced any arrest. australia i can't believe prime minister now calling for help as wildfires ravaged the country. thousands of troops and water bombing planes have been called in to battle about 200 wildfires still burning at this moment. firefighters from the u.s. also headed toes australia

to help. hundreds stranded on beaches have been rescued by the australian navy. 23 deaths have been confirmed. along with an estimated half a billion animals. former "fox & friends" co-host anna kooiman will have an update for us from sydney in just a few moments. and, yet, another anti-semitic attack in new york. the nypd looking for a man in this video who is accused of spitting on a jewish mother as she sat in a car. another hate crime suspect tiffany harris could soon be back on the streets despite three arrests in the past week. thanks to bail reform laws. new york congressional candidate nicole slammed leaders like bill de blasio for supporting these laws. >> local law enforcement has their hands tied and it's comical to see people like bill de blasio who was offering free mets tickets, gift cards to incentivize people to return to court. he lent his support for this

law. pete: de blasio has now admitted that bail reform laws must change. captain obvious finally arrived. president trump promising to bring prayer to public schools if reelected. the president making that announcement while firing up a crowd of evangelize supporters in florida yesterday. pastor robert jeffress weighed in earlier. >> you look at his record in the pro-life area, supporting israel, conservative judicial picks. you understand why conservative evangelicals support him. i love it. will ripped out of the school as long time ago. time to reconsider that the president launching a new evangelize coalition after editorial in christianity today called tore his removal and those are your headlines. ed: emily asked a great question about moving forward for 2020. how many evangelicals are still in the mix and what did he say? over 25 million evangelicals did not show up in 2016 that the president's allies are now trying to target. that's a big number. emily: the highest priority

for that evangelical coalition for trump is to register those 25 million sidelined evangelicals. ed: producer wants to bring that to the pitch meeting today. just saying. meanwhile, inside the mission to kill ruthless terror leader soleimani. mq 9 reaper drone weighing nearly 9 pounds was used to carry out the attack. drone warrior used to track soleimani. he says puts evil in every corner of the world on notice. emily: "new york times" says republican women are in crisis and on the brink of extinction. are they? we asked elise stefanik. ♪ ♪

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ed: a drone operated by american forces killing iran's top military leader are near silent mq 9 reaper drone firing the missiles that took out qassem soleimani. drone expert bre brett velicovich once tracked soleimani's movements as a terror leader target targeted u.s. diplomats. he joins us live to tell us what it takes to execute a strike like this. i'm fascinated by the drone itself. what does it take for an operation like this big picture? >> first, let me say that that drone strike on soleimani was a forceful reminder that the iranians can no longer attack americans with impunity and that the u.s. government can

retaliate with a wide variety of options that are both devastating actions that are short of war. and thanks to president trump's decisive action, we are able to use one of the tools within that -- the government's arsenal to strike and to strike soleimani with precision. the mq 9 reaper is an advanced version of what's known as the predator drone, which a lot of people know is the drone to strike carbon monoxide, which has since been retired. the reaper itself is one of the most advanced drones in the arsenal as we speak. and basically, it's used by special operations personnel for surveillance to strike and it's very sought after drone. incredible pay load. has laser guided missiles on it. hell fire missiles, all designed to give targetters like myself the ability to strike with extreme precision and with a target like soleimani he is priority number one. all about precision. you only get one shout. if the targeting team going after him makes a mistake well we are going to be talking about a bigger problem afterwards.

ed: that is fascinating. getting into some of the details in terms of precision. it can fly at altitudes 50,000 feet. has a swing span of 66 feet. and the other aspect of it that struck me is that it can travel at roughly 230 miles per hour? >> yeah. it's incredible tool within the u.s. government's arsenal. you know, in a place like baghdad, for instance, where soleimani was hit, you know, that's a great environment to be able to fly a drone. take an mq 9, for instance, and say you are flying in a location lie soleimani or yemen you have to fly at extremely high altitudes, the target you are looking at may be able to see it. not a lot of commercial air traffic out there they could look up in the air and see that restrict the possibility for the targetter to be able to see the enemy as well. in a place like bawlgd it's like lax. a lot of commercial traffic. no one is going to know the difference between drone flying and airliner. the sound from the drone is

muffled. able to fly it very, very low. able to open up sight picture and give the individual the ability to see more than likely exactly where soleimani was located within that vehicle. they may have even been able to see the clothing he was wearing or that he walked with a certain limp or something like that. all designed to give them the ability that are authorizing the strike more confidence that it is the individual they say it is. and baghdad in particular a strike there is extremely rare. i mean, this is a different level. that's because we typically have military forces throughout that are able to conduct these capture or kill operations. when you are talking about an irgc quds force member, there has been a lot of controversy in the past of these individuals being capture you had. the iraqi government treated them like they had diplomatic immunity. we could have captured soleimani easily but this was a deliberate action on the president to say we're not -- we are going to throw that option off the table and take this guy out. ed: we appreciate your insight this morning. thank you. >> thank you. ed: next, a fox news alert.

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emily: welcome back. we have quick headlines for you. hundreds of delta airlines employees say their uniforms are making them sick. they are suing the uniform maker lands end claiming chemicals and materials have caused skin irritation, breathing difficulties and headaches. pete: i don't like the new purple uniforms, i will be honest. emily: i love them. i think it looks really cool. and a nobel prize winning scientist admitting she did a bad job on a recent study on enzymes. call tech engineer francis arnold retracting the study

because the results weren't reproducible. the study was not the work that won the nobel prize, however or the national medal of science from president obama in 2013. ed: very interesting. all right. let's get to a fox news alert. the australian prime minister now calling for more help as the wildfires ravage the nation. pete: thousands of troops in water bottle planes have been called in to battle wildfires burning right now. emily: former "fox & friends" co-host anna kooiman joins us from now from australia. >> good evening or good day. it's actually 12:55 in the morning here. i'm not sure if you can hear the wind coming by. we have been experiencing very high winds, not a friendly environment for these firefighters. several of out-of-control fires are actually crossing state lines and merging together to cause even larger infernos. we are in the new of new south wales where the premier has declared a week long state of emergency. 23 people are dead.

dozens more are missing. and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. all this comes as thousands of people have abandoned their homes and their businesses. all in an effort to try to escape these flames. now, among the dead, two men recently found in a burned out car. a well-known bush pilot and his son in dang radio island. the prime minister has just announced several thousand defense reservists are being called in to help fire victims for the first time. military boats are helping with the evacuations and some large charter boats are turning into makeshift shelters, ready to head to sea if the flames creep too close. congested highways, extensive lines to fill up on gas and supplies running low at grocery stores. here's the prime minister. >> we have seen this disaster escalate to an entirely new level. this length of season is, of course, in many senses unprecedented but the ferocity and absence of

dousing rains that would bring a season like this under greater control is nowhere in sight. >> and the bush fires as they are called here has burned more than 12 million acres. smoke is taking its toll on air quality in communities in australia that aren't even burning. more than half a billion animals are perished and these, of course are unique animals, many not found anywhere else in the world. dire situation. united states has been sending in emily, pete and ed dozens of wildfire personnel to help out. inner agency handling all of this says this is a perfect example of australia and the u.s. and this partnership and them being able to lend expertise to one another. back in 2018, australia and new zealand sent some 138 wildfire personnel to help with the northern california fires. ed: americans want to help all around the world. we see that outpouring. what was the build-up to this? it seems to me -- maybe i

wasn't following it closely enough. you are there on the ground. were there enough warnings? it just feels like from here that it snuck up on some people? how did all of this play out? >> it's been going on for ages. there have been wildfires burning for months. it's been going on and on and on. conditions are really ripe for, this ed, because the drought has been going on. so severe. the land is so parched. we reached record high temperatures which you can't help it if that's going to happen, of course. the evacuation orders have been absolutely loud and clear from the fire service here. for the most part people have been heeding those warnings. of course there are people who try to try to stay behind and defend their homes with a garden hose and being found in burned out cars it's tragic. pete: anna kim thank you so much for the reporting and bringing that to us. god bless. stay safe. emily: angel mom is fighting back after heir son was her sons killed by illegal immigrant

in california. she wants her governor out. residents are trying stop the recall effort. pete: next guest applause the decision to take out soleimani saying the era of leading from behind, that's over. congresswoman elise stefanik joins us live on that after the break. ♪ fire burning out of control ♪ ♪ $12.99 all you can eat now with boneless wings. only at applebee's.

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>> under my leadership america's policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harmony american. what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. a lot of lives would have been saved. pete: that was the president yesterday in palm beach talking about the strike in baghdad that killed an iranian general. let's bring in representative elise stefanik house intelligence committee and house armed services committee. elise, thank you so much for being here this morning. ed: good morning. pete: the president makes this bold call, right? while the media then kicks into overdrive. here is a couple things that caught our eye. first, a tweet from "the washington post." this is how they framed it initially. breaking news, airstrike at baghdad airport kills iran's most revered military leader qassem soleimani. iraqi state television reports. well, not to be outdone. here is how the rest of the media framed this attack. watch. >> soleimani an iconic

military leader. >> a revered figure. >> soleimani is difficult to convey how revered he is he is regarded as personally and credibly brave. the troops loved him. >> think of somebody thinking of degal. >> brilliant man. cardinal. he was the machiavelli. >> even many of soleimani's enemies admitted he was a military genius. >> let's assume for a minute that he was at the baghdad airport and deserved this, okay. just stipulate that. let's just say that it was the right decision to take him out, but you have, in that case, right decision, wrong commander-in-chief. pete: all right. elise. it's one think to respect your enemy. whole other thing to revere them as we see. >> this is an absolute embarrassment. it is clear soleimani is one of the bloodiest terrorists. he has exported global terrorism and he has blood of american troops on his hands. he has killed hundreds of american troops. i represent fort drum tenth

mountain division army since 9/11. those troops have risked their lives and were targeted by soleimani and his quds forces this is a terrorist exported through proxies whether hezbollah, hamas, and has sow disorder in the middle east syria, yemen and iraq. he should not revered in the "the washington post" and should apologize and retract that statement. emily: we heard at the end of that montage. right action, wrong commander-in-chief. how is that reconciled with you sitting on the house intelligence committee with those on the left and those in the media decrying the intelligence and saying that the information needs to be called into question and that there could not have been and there were no reports of this escalation and imminent threats on behalf of the iranian and the general? >> we should be praising u.s. troops and our intelligence community. this was a success. this was the right decision made by the right

commander-in-chief. we have seen iran's belligerence in the region, not only targeting americans but shedding american blood in the past month. we have seen the terrorist attacks on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. and this was a proportional effective response. this is about deterring iranian aggression in the middle east but most importantly it's about protecting u.s. troops. which our commander-in-chief always should do. ed: congresswoman interesting, this obviously happened in the context of the 2020 elections coming up. you have all of these democrats running for president and falling all over themselves to criticize the president. you know, elizabeth warren putting out two different statements. and all of that and it's interesting. because the "new york times" had a story about republican women who may be critical in this election in terms of whether they stick with the president. here is their version. republican women, they claim, are in crisis. in the past 10 years, they have become endangered species on the political stage. you are a republican woman. the last i checked at the house intelligence

committee, your voice was being heard. how do you react to that? >> yeah. my voice was heard loud and clearly. not only in my district but across the country. but that editorial in the "new york times" ignores the facts. we have a historic number of republican women who are running for office. over 181. i have worked to help recruited those women and to support those women. we have effective conservative republican women running in new york, california, kansas, texas. and most importantly in the seats that will determine the house majority. as you can see, democratic numbers are tanking because of their obsession with impeachment. and it's very sad to watch democratic candidates for president running for the commander-in-chief job, refusing to call soleimani a terrorist. the fact that elizabeth warren had to retract that statement shows where the democratic party is going, which is further and further to the left. and out of touch with the american people and voters who will determine the next president, and i believe that next president will be president trump. pete representative, because you are a republican, to the

elite media, don't you count a little bit less as a women's advocate? that's how they see it, right? >> the elite media and establishment media loves to attack republican women. i have experienced that firsthand. but the good news is republican women are fighting back. they are raising their hand to run for office. and as i said, we have a historic number of republican women who are already on the ballot. 181 are running for congress across the country. that's more than ever before. and i think we are going to run on issues like strong national security, a booming economy, stronger border security, and standing up for constitutional liberties. those are values that will attract republican women voters and attract women voters across the country. ed: you know better than us, congresswoman, when you stood up and had your voice heard you became a target. what did that feel like? >> i did become a target. i was smeared by the hollywood left. people like rosie o'donnell and chelsea handler.

every day of the week i choose the north country of new york over hollywood liberals. and i choose my district over people like george conway who are just vile, anti-trumpers. and my job is to focus on the constitutional issues and focus on representing my district, which is exactly what i did in the intelligence hearings and i led the charge in fighting back against schiff's partisan shah raids. if you want to support me donate to fight schiff.com to help us fight back against the hollywood liberals who have smeared me. pete: fight schiff.com. emily: thank you for joining us this morning. elise stefanik. thank you. >> thank you. ed: let's turn to other headlines as pete goes to his phone. democrats cold feet as they hold on to articles of impeachment against the president. >> they have done enough damage. it's the senate's turn now. ed: it's the senate's turn, as he blasted the house

speaker nancy pelosi and her attempt to shape the senate's trial by withholding the articles. he called it a fantasy and a nonstarter. a grand jury meanwhile has indicted the man accused of a violent machete attack at a hanukkah celebration. grafton thomas now facing six counts of attempted murder. political science say he stormed that rabbi's home in new york with the intent of killing jews. if convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison. police are also looking at a possible connection to a separate stabbing of an orthodox jewish man in november. and take a look at this shocking video. a mailman man handling a package full of computer equipment. you see him throwing and kicking it across the street after the handle rips off. now the mail carrier then picks up one end of the box and drags it up a fly of stairs. it's unclear where the video was shot it's gone viral after upset customer posted it online. they say the mailman has

been reported. pete: not happy with his job. kicking it around. jeopardy set to hold a first ever greatest of all time tournament. the event begins tuesday. features the top three champs. james holzhauer, brad rudder, and ken jennings who holds the record, you will remember for most consecutive wins. >> what is 550. >> that's it david letterman. >> numerals for 800. >> ken. >> what is 400. >> cd charles darwin. >> jennings is calling rudder to favorite to win instead of holzhauer melting setting expectations the most recent champ of the three. the first contestant to win three matches will get $1 million. sort of like trash talking among brainiacs. you are going to win. pete: ed, you are smarter than me definitely going to be you. emily: i don't think we should jeopardy but some type of "family feud." wouldn't that be fun? pete: we would because we only have one weekend left because ed is leaving us. let's not talk about this.

i did look at fight schiff.com. thankfully for you can give up to $2,800. ed: i'm a journalist i don't do that. pete: yeah but you know you want to. ed: rick is out on fox square. rick: congratulations on graduation. >> thank you. rick: i thought this was maybe for one of you guys. >> no, it's for me. rick: what did you do. >> i went back to graduate school to become a high school science teacher. rick: greatest thing i have ever heard. congratulations. >> thank you. rick: we need more science teachers out there without a doubt. science is how we understand all of this that's going on across the weather. areas across canada and artic. we like it to see it there this time of year. see a few bouts of that come across the far northern plains over the next week. that said, no sustained cold coming anywhere across the lower 48 for any long period of time. today we see a few showers moving across the east coast. once that's out of here we will clear up and really sunny skies across the central part of the country

all weekend long. all right, guys. back to you inside. pete: i use so much hyperbole i have to monitor it. best she got her degree best best thing you ever heard? rick: okay. you caught me. it's very, very good. it's not the best thing i have ever heard. emily: it's wonderful. ed: good thing she can't hear pete. pete: super cool. congratulations but ever heard. ed: back pedaling. pete: we love you, rick. ed: virginia's governor set lean on taxpayers crack down on gun owners. pete: next guest gun rights activist calls this a new low: ♪ brought to you courtesy of the red, white, and blue ♪ ♪ i'm really into this car,

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pete: welcome back. virginia's battle over gun control heating up as state legislators prepare there to vote on sweeping gun restrictions. residents of governor north northam's state proposed laws some are threatening to create sanctuary against the policies. here to react attorney and gun rights activist colien. what's happening in virginia. there is threat of proposed new gun laws and certain counties are saying we are not playing. >> what's happening in virginia people are tired. and it's not really only in virginia. it's nationwide. and i think you are going to start to see this pattern take effect across the country. because i for the life of me can't understand why anyone would try to pass this tyrannical type gun laws in a state where the flag literally depicts a woman standing over a defeated enemy with a sword and spear in her hand latin phrase this is what we do to

tyrants and surprise when you see sanctuary states pop up all over your state. pete: have you leftists take control of the legislature beholden to far left base who thinks you shouldn't have the right to defend yourself. are we reaching a friction point where the majority of the state does believe what you said that ultimately individual freedom is premised on the ability to defend yourself but elites in the capital say not anymore. >> no. and to be honest with you we have been dealing with this in the national level for years now. and like you said, you are starting to see it come to a head in virginia. because, the democrats have been pushing and pushing and pushing and pushing. and after a while people are like, look, this is a fundamental right. this is what i use to protect myself. you may have armed security to go with you everywhere you go to protect you but all i have is my second amendment right. pete: do you expect certain sheriffs in more counties to step up and say confiscation of weapons if it comes to that we are not going to play ball. >> i absolutely think that's

going to happen it. will continue to happen in virginia. it's going to happen across the country. in all of the states the more and more they keep pushing and pushing and pushing. i think the points of reasonable discussion about this is long gone. pete: absolutely right. colion, thank you. >> thank you. pete: her son was killed by illegal immigrant in 2002. alice fighting back pushing to recall the state's governor. fellow residents are trying to block the effort. that angel mom reacting next coming up next. ♪ when you shop for your home at wayfair,

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ed: well, her son was murdered by illegal immigrant gang member in california back in 2002. you've seen her before. our next guest, an angel

mom, is fighting back. pushing to recall the california governor, gavin newsom, a democrat, while also announcing a run for congress. joining us now with more on her fight is that republican candidate for congress and angel mom agnes gibboney. we certainly wish her a happy new year. there you are. we always grieve your loss when we talk to you but we wish you a happy new year and we want to talk to you about why are you running for congress? >> i am running for congress because i'm taking my oath of citizenship very seriously. the democrats are trying to destroy this country. they are talking about socialism, open borders, giving illegal aliens all the protection and sanctuary. i'm fighting for securing our borders ending this illegal immigration nonsense and besides that i want to stand up with my president and help him and hopefully bring some integrity to the halls of congress and some honesty and not be afraid of

speaking up for the truth with american citizens really want. ed: you are running in california's 31st district. tell us little bit about the campaign. the democrat you hope to face. and whether you hope that the president will get involved and give you some support. >> i sure hope president trump will support me. the 31st district is ran by -- is now by pete, a democrat. he favors daca. he favors open borders. illegal immigration. and i am completely against it. as a legal immigrant, i find this offensive. and not only that, we got to really realize that illegal immigration harms the the legals that are here. they are being victim nighted by the criminals. we need to stop that we need to regain our state and turn our state and hopefully my county into red, into

republican. ed: agnes waging another battle at the same time at the same time. trying to recall the democratic governor gavin newsom as i mentioned at the top. as i understand it, there are some people trying to stop your effort. what's happening on the ground in california? >> i am not sure. i just heard about it late last night. that the register's office are not accepting or not recording the signatures. i am not surprised. there was so much corruption. this all needs to end. we need to regain. we need to take back our country. ed: and i remember, for our viewers who don't recall, some years ago the democratic governor grey davis actually was recalled in california. this can happen. what's your case against gavin newsom? >> gavin newsom needs to end sb 54. he needs to stop harboring illegal criminal aliens. he needs to back up law enforcement that he has pretty much backed away from. and he needs to listener to what the constituents in our state wants. we do not want free healthcare for illegal

aliens. why at the expense of us taxpayers? that's not right. ed: agnes, if people want to know more about your campaign, where do they find it. >> they can go to my web page, www agnes begi gibboney.com. sign up and volunteer and hopefully donate. let's help president trump get reelected in 2020. ed: agnes inviting your opponent on in the days ahead. you made your case today. we certainly wish you and your family well in the days ahead. >> thank you. ed: in the meantime, tensions rising with iran after u.s. airstrike kills one of its know tore yus generals. house minority leader steve scalise is coming up to talk about that along with tammy bruce, dan bongino, all here live all coming up next hour. hey google, is it gonna snow in park city this weekend? [google assistant] yes, snow is expected on saturday. nice! good job. download the booking.com app, book by january 5th and get a free google nest mini

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♪ ♪ every little boy need to chance once in a while ♪ >> on a moment we are celebrating freedom. >> we are a little closer to freedom every time a notorious terrorist is dead. >> there are people around the world celebrating even though it seems headlines seem to acknowledge this person who was exterminated really is cause to celebrate. >> we are celebrating the fact that ed henry is still with us. we have some good stuff in store for you. a great final hour here and it has always been a huge week. >> the president we can see saying this is all about taking out a terrorist who not only has killed thousands of americans previously and others all around the world but was plotting new

terror attacks. this comes just days after that attack on the us embassy in baghdad led by that man and other iranian's who backed these melissas. >> the cover of the new york post says donald trump, the head of the state, retook action to stop a war, not start a war, that is the point the president made time and time again. when he was involved yesterday explaining the rationale he said that and other things. >> what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago. a lot of lives would have been saved. just yesterday qasem soleimani led the brutal repression of protesters in iran where more than 1000 innocent civilians were tortured and killed by their own government. we took action last night to stop a war.

we did not take action to start a war. >> the president elected on america first. his first response was twitter account, big, bold american flag. those of us who understand america first says this is a president who's killing terrorist because americans and american interests are threatened and if that is your barometer that is very different than piles of cash and appeasement of the obama administration and i am sick of the hallucinating of the left and haters of this president in this country when they say but the iranian's will start to pack, look out. they have been our enemies for decades now and wanted to kill us for decades. killing their general doesn't make them more capable of hurting us. it makes them less. count me as not afraid. if it is a cybertech, throw computers at us. i don't mean to minimize their

cyberability, we are the top dog. they are number 2, number 3 general should be thinking the next drone flying in the sky, they have capabilities we don't have, they need to be on the lookout, they are on notice because donald trump, measured in the way he approached said enough, kids, that is enough. >> the representative from new york agrees with you, the president made the right move in taking out qasem soleimani. >> it is clear qasem soleimani is one of the bloodiest terrorists, he exported global terrorism it has blood of american troops on his hands. we should be praising the troops and our intelligence community, this was a success. this was a decision made by the right commander in chief. we have seen belligerent in the region targeting americans, shedding american blood in the past month. we have seen the terrorist attacks on the us embassy in

baghdad and this was proportional, effective response. >> flip the script, the president of the united states had intel suggesting multiple terror attacks, not just one on iraq about one around lebanon, syria, and mike pompeo sat on that information and did nothing. month of democrats and listen to the intelligence committee. when the intelligence community says something that doesn't fit the president's narrative the president was all about the intelligence committee, the intelligence community does the great work they do and says we have a chance to take out this terrorists. if you flip the script that he had not acted you would hear the same voices on the left saying the president failed, doesn't know what he is doing as commander-in-chief. he took decisive action and if you look at the big picture it is not just one terrorist but a whole series. >> the president inherited a bad iran deal, needed to take that out and this is the first of many terrorists taken off the

map. sometimes in these moments you think about the immediate, when usama bin laden was killed it was a great day for all americans. in september of this year his son was confirmed to have been killed, we don't know when he was killed, between 2017-2019, the era parents to his father bin laden, wanted to exact revenge, there is a county on his head. we confirmed he is dead. al qaeda's number 2 not have a chance to take charge. we remember this name, abu bakr al-baghdadi, killed in a daring raid in syria where he. himself up after leading a caliphate, one of the most ruthless the world has seen because of bold action by american operators. here is a name you might not remember, mouhari was killed

the day after abu bakr al-baghdadi and was supposed to be the replacement for abu bakr al-baghdadi. because of intelligence we got on the first raid, you get more information and go down the chain of command. he's not around anymore. this name we have been talking about for 48 hours, killed on january 3rd, iran's revolutionary guard responsible for hundreds of american deaths, thousands of americans wounded in wars around the world, reportedly as we hear was about to conduct more attacks against america and america's interests. he is gone in the world is a better place ford but one more name you may not have heard of but also very important, muhandis was killed, he felt that hezbollah which fired rockets on americans, killing

one brave american and staged the riots outside the embassy that led to the killing of qasem soleimani was a close associate not around anymore. when you think about keeping america safe and the leaders of terrorist organizations it is more difficult to operate, cutting the head off the snake doesn't mean you have solved the problem but it is more difficult for your enemies to operate and you have to give the president credit. >> iran's economy is in shambles because of us sanctions strangling them and the oil production well down and add to that the protests the iranian regime is facing because of the economy and other factors, not just small cities as well. they are on defense, even more

pressure from this president. all of this are ringing that this could lash out, this could cause war, iran is on defense and that is a good thing for the world. >> we are in criticism from democrats, we have a montage of democrats, not obtaining authorization, take a look. >> the president in violation, none of us can sit here and opine whether this was necessary. >> i will file a resolution pursuant to the war powers act of 1974. >> the administration either has a broader strategy to articulate, explain to the congress. >> taking out a bad guy is not a good idea unless you are ready for what comes next. >> this was an enormous escalation that follows a string of dubious actions donald trump has taken. his actions now put us on the path to another war.

>> when i seem so intractable you might have an opportunity you don't see. pressure at home and way overextended. israel has been striking them in syria. >> don't know what is coming next. >> biden said this is a new war, no it is not. it is another chapter an ongoing one and you said this president inherited that. we have been living with for over 40 years now. >> democrats now saying the president has to go to congress first. what were they saying during the obama administration in terms of going against syria and iraq, the obama administration, 1458 strikes in iraq, 1433 strikes in syria meaning they were airstrikes, drone strikes without congressional approval.

bernie sanders or joe biden, complaining about that then. been roads was saying congress needs to have a robust debate, fine, they need congressional authorization. guy benson pointed out hang on a second. you move forward on the iran nuclear deal after bipartisan consensus in congress that they didn't like this. you move forward anyway and unilaterally pushed through the iran nuclear deal, a lot of it done in darkness in terms of the cash that later came out and you are going to lecture the trump administration about transparency, getting congressional approval. >> not to mention what they do in libya against qaddafi. those strikes, april of 2015 killed terror but it was while isis was gathering. it was strategically ineffectual, then trump crushes

isis, then uses strength effectively. that is might be how we want to do it. >> earlier, representative calling out the hypocrisy of these democrats, take a look here. >> joe biden and senator biden in 1996 after iran killed 19, wounded 500 when american servicemen and women called it an act of war on behalf of iran. this is hypocrisy and politics at its worst and i want to take a moment to recognize those 600 american families who do not have their loved ones with them over the past holiday. this is a victory for them, justice for them. it was long overdue and i'm glad the president took this decisive action. >> turning to your headlines. a week after a shooting in texas the fort worth police chief is

asking officers to attend religious services in uniform. the chief says it will help reassure worshipers they will be safe. the gunman was taken out by an armed member of the voluntary security team. the prime minister calling for help as wildfires ravaged the country, thousands of troops and water bombing planes have been called into battle 200 wildfires burning right now. firefighters from the us heading to australia to help hundreds of people stranded on beaches have been rescued by the australian navy. 23 deaths have been confirmed in those fires along with an estimated half 1,000,000 animals. for "fox and friends":most will have an update from sydney in a few minutes. >> got to ring the bell to his treatment.

>> battling this for three years and yesterday he walked out of the hospital in ohio cancer free surrounded by family. those are your headlines, get to end on a positive note. meantime congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz used to run the dnc, questioning donald trump's motives to take out iran's top generals calling it distraction from impeachment. steve scalise has fought on that. pressing for prison, the plot of a will ferrell kevin hart movie. >> you expect me to help you, teach you what? >> lori laughlin taking a page from that playbook getting ready for the slammer. we explain coming up.

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>> donald trump impeach the weekend a half ago. we need to get to the bottom of how and who helped him carry out this illegal cover up to allow him to withhold aid to help him politically and personally. this action was taken in donald trump's self-interest rather than national interests. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz accusing donald trump of taking down qasem soleimani as a distraction for impeachment. >> steve scalise, good morning. >> good to be with you. >> there was a time not long ago

when president obama took out a terror leader and even republicans like yourself said this is a good day for america. how is it this is a distraction in the wrong thing to do in the president of the united states has actionable intelligence? >> it goes to show some people in washington are so concerned about their own political agenda, their own political power that they will criticize a move that is good for america and good for freedom around the world. think about qasem soleimani. the people of iran who want freedom. as long as iran is tied to terrorists like qasem soleimani, they will never have the opportunity every other country has. they are holding the country back right now. the fact that donald trump took decisive action to protect americans, what do they tell those americans whose lives are at risk in the next terror attack little on the previous terror attacks where hundreds of americans were killed by qasem soleimani, thousands around the world. were they okay with that, with him still walking the earth?

>> we can forgive debbie wasserman schultz, she is rendering susan rice when she misrepresented the reason for the been guys the attack. is there anything you have seen behind-the-scenes, there wasn't this intelligence the trump administration is talking about? >> there are more briefings next weekend mike pence spoke about this yesterday. they expect a brief even deeper but the intelligence has been out there for a long time on qasem soleimani. the obama administration deemed him a terrorist. now question how dangerous this person was or the fact that he was planning other attacks, not only responsible for attacks in the last few weeks against americans that killed an american but was planning future attacks against america and we had a chance to take him out. anyone would have done the same thing, donald trump is the one who did and i am glad the

president had the fortitude to say we will put america first, protect america and our allies around the world by doing this. of somebody wants to criticize him they have to look at whose side are you on? something that makes america safer. >> switching topics briefly, what about nancy pelosi's bid to shape the senate impeachment trial? >> nancy pelosi is not a senator. the house did their action, i think the house was wrong in impeaching the president, there was no proof. every one of their star witnesses to naming impeachable offense, asked if there was any bribery, they moved forward. >> you say go tigers come are you referring to lsu or clemson? >> lsu. gea you ask is how you spell it.

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shortfall, programs aimed at former captains and majors qualified for specific aircraft. the military cutting access to t tiktok which has been flagged as a potential national security threat over its ties to china. other branches band the apps and your kid might use it too. brian: donald from making his pitch to evangelical supporters out of miami, taking aim at pete buttigieg accusing the democratic candidate of using his religion to court voters. >> extreme left in america is trying to replace religion with government and replace god with socialism. i see alfred e newman is very religious. you know who that is? buttigieg. you say.

and go and edge. they call him mayor peter. >> here to react, radio talkshow host katz. good to see you. you are in indiana. you know mayor pete well. he has been picking fight with mike pence and others over there christianity. where are we in this? >> we are in first former mayor pete as of the new year and this has been his modus operandi. he proclaims faith and makes the claim people like mike pence, the vice president aren't properly utilizing their faith. when the president goes in front of the evangelicals where he was the other day and says he has been talking about religious fervor for two weeks, it is about the idea, using this as a political prop. i can't tell you with pete buttigieg is truly devout. i don't question that but his

constant attacks on mike pence and donald trump, cheering on the porn star presidency and all that hasn't helped him in the poll numbers. the fundraising has been great. you look at south carolina, nevada, there is a false positive in new hampshire. he has iowa within his site and has a long road ahead to get to supertuesday. >> when you talk about evangelical voters we had pastor jeffress out there, there was a step like 25,000,000 evangelicals who stayed home in 2016 and his case was some of these evangelicals were unsure of donald trump the businessman, seeing accomplishments, judicial appointments and the rest. are there more evangelical

voters in 2020? >> you can take that question and expand it out. we talked about this on my radio show. when people take a look at the results of donald trump that is what they will look at with the polling place. if you are somebody looking at 2020, donald trump against name your democrat, actual judges on the bench who are engaged in adjudication and activism. taking a stance on china, dealing with the southern border properly, reducing regulations. and you recognize the threat of iran. that might move to i'm going with this. >> i will be hosting america's newsroom on january 20th from 9 to noon eastern. and a radio program, we are

going to preach him every now and again. happy new year. >> i was going to bring on pete but we can do that. >> forget about pete. the plot of a will ferrell kevin hart movie. >> you expect me to help you? teach you what? >> lori laughlin taking a page from the movie playbook. we will explain. she gets ready for prison coming up. susan wright went on the sunday talk shows, the video for the benghazi attack. she of all people questioning the president for taking out a terrorist. >> do you trust what you are hearing from the trump administration right now? >> i wish i could. >> susan rice and the issue of trust next.

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>> if you were ever had a piece of intelligence that said you can stop in an amendment attack on america but have to use an airstrike to take out a terror leader would you pull the trigger? >> we did. the guy's name was usama bin laden.

>> did you tell president obama not to go after him? >> i did. >> front runner joe biden denied he ever opposed president obama's raid to take out usama bin laden but he must have forgotten he did. >> he went around the table with all the senior people including chiefs of staff and said i have to make a decision. what is your opinion is my suggestion is don't go. >> here to react is dan bongino. what are your thoughts? >> he is at a loss for words. >> i don't need to help you. biden just helped himself. i listened to the guy. this is a serially dishonest human being. this is the problem i have with biden. this whole lunch bucket joe

image, i am the workingman, the every day guy, understand the plight of the middle class is total complete garbage. and trying to portray himself to the electorate, i am in it for you and the working guy, and joe biden has been on the wrong side of every foreign-policy prominent issue in the last few decades but he cannot tell the truth. he is on tape twice now. we have him on tape demanding they fire the prosecutor investigating the company his son works for. does he not know about youtube? it is on tape. go to youtube. it is there. now he is on tape saying the opposite of what he told peter doocy. you don't have to quote me, just

quote him. he said don't do it. he says i didn't say that, that is you. it is not a clone. it is on tape. look at the tape. it is really gross. >> we will see if he gets pressed by anyone else about the contradiction. that is the thing. there is no follow-up. >> peter will follow up and you will follow up. on this network we do this thing called journalism but no one else will do that because they do activism, not journalism. >> susan rice, around benghazi, trump's benghazi, it has been debunked pretty quickly once the president said the forces in and made sure there were no loss of life. susan rice decided to come into the president taking out a terrorist. listen to this. >> i'm doubtful about doing the right thing.

>> do you trust what you hear from the trump administration right now about information about the intelligence assessments? >> i wish i could. this administration has a record of almost daily misrepresenting the facts, about issues big and small. it is hard to have confidence on the face of her presentation. >> what about lying from susan rice? >> remember comic books, bizarro superman where everything was backwards? we living in an alternative universe here? this is the same woman, susan rice, who went on national television multiple times and claimed the benghazi attack was due to a video, factually's leland: hundred% new that narrative was false. we have a photo, i love this return. i can see this. it is on the screen. i see what you see. i couldn't always do that.

she is telling people a video caused the benghazi attack but don't forget round 2. there is always a backup with susan rice, the person who sent an email to herself after barack obama was ready to leave office saying the spygate debacle was not by the book, was by the book, no one sends themselves an email about something being by the book when it is not by the book. >> another one, she said bo bergdahl served with honor and distinction. >> there is three. >> you always have -- >> the gavel is out. >> when kids hear themselves or see themselves in a mirror for the first time, you saw yourself on tv. >> the greatest thing ever. i get to see with the audience,

the photo arrangement is great. >> he is a kid at heart. you are a kid at heart but she literally tried to pass it off as a spontaneous protest based on a youtube video almost no one had seen it happened to bring a machine gun but she was -- >> the national security adviser, not the white house librarian. >> questioning the president now. appreciate you coming up, have a good weekend. turning to your headlines, actress lori laughlin preparing for a possible lockup with a prison coach. if it sounds like a hollywood script it kind of was. >> better luck on handling your self. >> don't leave. i could use your help. >> 30,$000.

>> done. >> okay. >> the movie get hard coming to life. according to radar online she is learning martial arts and prison lingo, facing 45 years in prison after pleading not guilty in the college admissions scandal. >> part of it was don't make eye contact right away. >> ice capturing an illegal immigrant, released from police custody after a fatal hit and run. prosecutors say jorge florez fled the scene because he did not have a license. the mexican national was released under the state's new bail reform laws. he is now waiting for deportation. a woman suing a pet food company claiming their suppose it healthier products made her dog fat. she says her lab beagle mix got diabetes after switching to blue

buffalo's blue wilderness rocky mountain recipe. the suit claims the percentage of carbs is not clearly labeled lose the company did not immediately respond to requests for comment. i wonder what they will say. all right. police rushed to a florida home in a neighbor thought she heard a woman screaming only she found out something completely different. watch what happens. >> bring out a screamer. >> hello. >> people in the neighborhood were worried but it was a talking parrot, not a screaming woman. security camera shows the main introducing his bird rambo to officers. he says the parrot sometimes yields help, let me out when it went out of its cage. >> i love that the bird's name

is rambo but sounds like a screaming woman. >> that is a good point. creepy and scarily like a human. >> i am not going to touch that one. i saw exactly where you were going with that. >> we have worked together too long. >> look what the sky looks like on top of the buildings, that indicates the eastern part of the country today, tomorrow does get better, the storm moves out, the cold air to the north. a little bit of it is coming down, feels like 17 in kansas. the warm air along the eastern seaboard and parts of florida, some record-breaking high temperatures feeling way more like may than january this week. the line of storms moving across north florida and eventually cut out across parts of the east and

we turn to the west coast for more precipitation. >> that is the greatest weather report i ever heard. the single most amazing -- earlier rick heard something. >> he will reign it in. speaking of 2020, the trump campaign raking in the dough ahead of 2020, a massive fundraising number just released. ♪ people can't pick it off the street ♪ because they never know when the world they are going to beat ♪ when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before

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headlines, the injuries at sidelines a baseball star for the entire season was caused by wild poor. the new york post reports the outfielder crashed his ankle, the injury could cost him as much as 30,000,000,000 dollars. in this economy. and nba player gets injected 90 seconds into a game. >> what is this? ejected? >> still two. >> isaiah thomas of the washington wizards kicked out for making contact with a referee. >> had a fight with a fan. donald trump and the irc making

it in 2020, they raised half 1,000,000,$000 for his reelection. kevin cork is live with the message the president now has for his supporters, look at the beautiful scene you have there. >> that is the message from trump campaign officials, they argue the president's supporters are set up and fired up over what they perceive as a really unfair impeachment led by the democrats, responding to a plea for help. the numbers are quite impressive when you consider the bootstrap operation, compared to what we are seeing in 2020 with prospective fundraising and it is something else. 463,600,$000 raised by trump and the rnc, 194.8, the cash on hand in 2020.

more numbers you will appreciate, 154,000,$000 raised by the trump campaign, that 154,000,$000 compares favorably to bernie sanders in q4, 34,500,000, mayor pete 24.7, joe biden 22.7, elizabeth warren not far off, 21.2, how is this coming together. rhonda mcdaniel says democrats basis impeachment charade has only made support for donald trump stronger, or so it would seem. we have seen big fundraising numbers like in 2016, doesn't necessarily equal victory but when you consider where they were in 2016 compared to where they are this is a quite impressive hall for the president as he looks forward to his reelection bid.

>> 500,000,000 dollars. hollywood hyping up talks of war after the trump administration killed a terror leader. tammy bruce is here, she's no hollywood star, she is our friends. ♪

>> hollywood slamming donald

trump's order to take out iranian general qasem soleimani. >> the promising saying trump is a national security threat. alec baldwin, start a war to eclipse and impeachment. off to war, god help us. >> you to react, host of get tammy bruce on fox nation. secretary of state alec baldwin. why do we care what he things? >> we don't. it is interestingly now the usual suspects. this is a virus that is not spread. you are not hearing from as many as you usually do. the american people see these are individuals that are troubled to some degree but the real dynamic is a reflection of the left, always saying they are champions for the people and champions for women in the me too movement. if it is a mass murdering terrorist, in the middle east the majority of the victims are

muslims and people in that region who aren't incidents, which include women, people who are christians, perhaps gays, young people, what freedom really is. those are the people who go missing and are murdered, and relied on the international market defending a man, a murderous death squad in europe. here in america in all likelihood, this kind of rhetoric goes worldwide because of twitter etc. encourages the tyrants, they are used like useful idiots to show people america is also bad. donald trump is the enabler about the worst people in the world, one last point about the tweet, trying to hide get away from impeachment, why would the

president do that. the impeachment has highlighted for americans the mess of the democratic party and the benefit he represents which is pushing the sludge out of washington. the last thing the president wants to do is hide what the democrats are doing. >> can't add to that. one shot, one killed. >> happy new year. ♪ having to live with bad teeth for so long was extremely depressing. now, i know how happy i am. there was all the feeling good about myself that i missed and all of the feeling bad about myself that was unnecessary. at aspen dental, we're all about yes. like yes to free exams and x-rays for new patients without insurance. yes to flexible hours and payment options. and yes, whenever you're ready to get started, we are too.

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