♪. ed: anchors playing d.j., they asked me early this morning to pick a song. i picked that one for pete. my last show here before i move to 9:00 a.m. we always had a lot of fun. try to keep it together. emily, always great to be with you as always. emily: you're the best. pete: ambush us out of the gate with that. i love this guy. he may not know we have few

surprises for him up our sleeve. ed: pete doesn't know we have surprise. pete: you canning judge of which surprise is better. competing till the end. ed: i have one up my sleeve as well. meantime a lot of breaking news all weekend long. this fox news alert. president warning iran that america will not back down. pete: iran threatens the retaliation of for the death of qassem suleimani. emily: trey yingst in jordan what could happen next. reporter: good morning. another funeral procession is underway for iranian general of qassem suleimani. many of those participate points calling for the strong response. iranian and iraqi parliaments are heading meetings today.

iraqis will begin deliberation whether or not to allow to continual howing u.s. troops operating in iraqi territory. two rockets occurred landing close to u.s. bases. no u.s. forces were injured in the assault. president trump said he is willing to hit 52 iranian linked sites if there is more provocation in a series of tweets, quote, let this serve as a warning if americans do hit, are hit in the region the united states will respond. president trump's warning comes as the iranian said they have 35 different american sites ready to target. listen to what a senior iranian general had to say towards the united states earlier today. >> as the supreme leader in his message god willing we will take harsh revenge on the resist sans battlefields and children of iranian nation, criminal enemy, imperialism and criminal america.

reporter: the drone strike against soleimani outside of baghdad's international airport a proxy war between the west and iranian linked groups in the region. important to note, petes as you know well having been in region reporting a number of iranian linked in iraq and lebanon and united states. united states and troops and allies such as israel remain on high alert. ed: you're absolutely right, hezbollah, lebanon and hamas. that was a great point we grazed over a little bit. is iran a cause or a country. this islamic republic exported terrorism around the region and the globe from the very beginning using proxies like hezbollah and amass. some wanting to touch the united states as they could. treating them like a regular country you don't have same

political calculation. emily: this blow to the regime by killing qassem suleimani. it puts an end to the that the iran they are not a country and they have not been for the past decade. ed: it is all about terror as you both suggested. people familiar with how this played out taking out soleimani. the president was briefed that soleimani typically traveled in and out of baghdad airport, international airports, with a large jet, loaded it with innocent people. pete: so classy. ed: he might have staff, might have family, friends. if the u.s. took that plane down, it would be a propaganda victory for the iranians where they would say, the americans killed 100 people. americans killed 200 innocent people whatever the number may be. in this case the president was briefed on the fact they had a narrow window they know where he would be in the convoy, soleimani, so they could take

him out. i'm told the president was on the phone with a military leader as it played out. as they counted down the window closing to take out soleimani and other terror leaders, it wasn't just soleimani. the president gave the go signal. the military said it is done sir. pete: to the very end, based on your reporting. robert row brian, national security advisor involved in the conversations as well. he was on quote justice" last night. here is what he said. >> we've seen threats from iran and coming from the region, threats made to americans, president takes threats made to the united states and threats against american citizens, our soldiers airmen, marines, diplomats very seriously and i think the president is trying to make it clear to the iranians this is a very bad path for him to go down. we caught soleimani in the act of planning and plotting to kill americans in the region.

he was eliminated in a precise operation carried out by the u.s. military. we have said hey, that is the end of it. if the iranians decide to retaliate or escalate, that would be a very, very bad path for them. pete: very bad path for them as the president pointed out on twitter last night. 252 sites, that represent 52 hostages. iran will think twice whether or not they have the capability to hit is where it hurts considering what we could do to them. emily: we already heard a lot of backlash especially from democrats on the hill. with those jumping to conclusions this in retaliation and revenge, these are war crimes, jumping to assumptions against the president he called off after the drone strike because there would have collateral airstrikes he demonstrated restraint multiple times. the notion he is running around half cobbed is real did i doing disservice to the intelligence

community and. it is not just one person. ed: rather than focusing taking out the terror leaders, the democrats have largely been focused on process issues and whether or not we're going to war. very important question. pete: jumping to that conclusion. ed: look what elizabeth warren on campaign trail is jumping to. you are threatening to commit war crimes. we are not at war with iraq. american people do not want war are iran. you do not get to start a war with iran and your threats put our troops and diplomats at greater risk, stop. they have to deal with impeachment. they have been spending a awful lot of time on that. maybe they focus on some of these very serious issues but to suggest iran may now target u.s. diplomats, they have been targeting u.s. diplomats. that is where this started. all the run-up to.

ships they have been going after number one. number two, the u.s. embassy in baghdad basically under siege. we had to send troops there to protect it to make sure it was not another benghazi. i'm not sure where the democrats are coming from here. emily: this was as secretary of state pompeo said this was decisive defensive action. the escalation, responsibility for the escalation was iran. this was the response to it. this was not escalation. pete: eric swalwell another democrat tried to run for president and failed. legal justification for action without proper congressional authorization for military force, strategic rationale for a concrete plan for dealing with its inevitable consequences. a lot of word salad. president he says is not showing justification even though they delivered to congress. ed: i got some of that. i will take this one. number one they just attacked our embassy. war powers resolution.

is there. disrupt systemic escalation against us. know that attacks will be met with consequences. pretty simple. pete: war powers resolution gives commander-in-chief a lot of latitude to strike. 48 hours to report to congress which the white house done. 60 days if you commit forces. talk about the aumf. we have aufm covers iraq, theater, afghanistan dating post-9/11. just so happens soleimani was in baghdad in that theater of operations. you know what is worse? talk about speaker pelosi, a lot of people accused squad and cortez and others being real speaker. elizabeth warren says, it is almost a war crime. cortez tweeted, this is a war crime. this is a war crime to tweet that there are 52 sites we will sit if you continue to threaten america. now tweets and threats are war crimes, saying you're going to kill families, women, children.

the foolishness where the left goes how much they hate this president. don't think of history. we'll get a chance later in the show to break down all the ways iran since its founding in '79 as a cause has exported terrorism. this is a terrorist regime that runs a country that exports it around the globe. this is their top terror general. thank goodness we finally is have a commander-in-chief to willing to take him on. emily: turning to headlines. starting with fox news alert. responsibility for attack on a u.s. base in kenya. al shabaab taking credit for ambush that destroyed an american aircraft and vehicles. there are no reported deaths of american oar kenyan troops. at least four attackers were killed. five others have been arrested. also breaking right know, thousands of australian military reserves deployed to battle the country's massive wildfires. australia's prime minister now defending his leadership as he toured a navy base. scott morrison saying there is no time to place blame on others

he accused taking too long to respond to the fires. at least 24 people have been killed. thousands of homes have been destroyed. australian singer keith urban and wife nicole kidman donated $500,000 to help. we know 500 million animals have been killed as pete knows very well. police wrapping up a manhunt for two escaped inmates in mississippi. david may and dylan williams on the run since friday. one locked up for life sentence. the other for 40 years. both for aggravated assault. authorities believe they are driving a stolen black truck like this one with plate that says cotton on the front bummer. pete: take it from here if i may. wild card weekend in the nfl. titans pull off shocking 20-13 upset of the defending super bowl champion patriots.

new england quarterback tom brady asked about retirement after the game. >> i would say it is pretty unlikely. pete: give it another go. brady is not under contract for next year. mean while the texans rally from 16-0 deficit when i turned it off, stunning the bills, 22-19 in overtime. j.j. watt inspirational comeback in that game. today the minnesota vikings square off against the new orleans saints. my vikings on fox, the underdogs. certainly don't miss it on fox. one day, one day only. ed henry cheering for the vikings. ed: i will root for the vikings. seahawks against the eagles on another network. straight ahead, a whistleblower's complaint prompting president trump's impeachment. a former whistleblower is calling those claims out as a partisan ploy. that is next. pete: number of ufo sightings triple in the last year. people are seeing things.

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somewhere. now iran will have to consider mr. trump will strike back. clearly, emily, a message sent by commander-in-chief. emily: that is probably why those that said we were talking earlier about the legality of this strike. part of the argument under article 2 it is clearly a defensive action. the argument from the left, what about if the escalation was predictable? what if the conflagration of war is so predictable, so out of the ordinary makes an exception to the post-74 strikes that we've seen? well the answer is, that the entity responsible for the escalation was terror regime iran. the entity responsible for that this cause, not country, duped and bullied the rest of the world treating them like a country playing by the same rules, when those are not the rules they have been playing by. pete: my experience nothing in war can be predictable. you talked about the fact that washington must debate about war

with iran. president made the it clear, i made decisions because i don't want to go to war with iran. being strong how you prevent war. what is clear, iran over time has been at war with us. we'll break down the attacks. we'll do it right now. come along with me. you have a front row seat, enjoy. this is small lisps you can go on and on. major terror attacks connected to the iran since the founding of that country, go back to april 1983, bombing of u.s. embassy in bay beauty. 17 americans killed. hezbollah responsible. hezbollah translates to the party of god. october 1983, bombing of u.s. marine barracks in beirut. never forget this moment, 241 marines killed. directly iran, hezbollah. 1984 truck bomb, u.s. embassy annex in beirut. hezbollah once again. july 1984. air france, they they switched

tactic to hijacking july of that year. june 1985, twa air plight. american killed in that. targeting americans. 1988, kuwait air flight. hijacked. hezbollah responsible again. they trained their view on israel when they can as well. march of find two, bombing of israeli embassy in buenos aires. not just the middle east but around the world. khobar towers in saudi arabia. 19 is air force personnel killed. was it hezbollah or was it al qaeda? does it matter? they work together when they need to. july of 2012, bombing in bulgaria. this is a short list. this doesn't include soleimani owes direct involvement in afghanistan and syria. american of soldiers killed by the fps and carried out. ed: saying iran might do

something. your broader point they have been not just something, killing americans for years and years and years. mark meadows, the republican leader, close to the president, said on justice last night, look what is the price of not doing anything. they want to talk about retaliation all day. we let iran to continue to do this. pete: president said, 52 targets, talking about the 52 hostages held for 440 days under jimmy carter, released on inauguration day of ronald reagan. the belief if you don't send a clear signal to iran you will be tough and more and take more and more. the world is more dangerous place when they do. about time we stood up to soleimani. emily: the point was well-taken, it is clear they have been at war with us. at what point was a president going to do something about it, be a mid-dole for the rest of the world. pete: you can't let them get a bomb. ed: a lot of stories still ahead. new poll has michael bloomberg and elizabeth warren next and

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♪. emily: welcome back. i have a few quick headlines for you. dhs demanding more protection for house of worship. a new memo reads right to practice religion free of interference or fear is one of our nation's most fundamental an indelible rights. it talks about a report about preventing violence against the faith community which came out days before deadly shooting at a texas church. they are demanding money to beef

up security begins anti-semitic attacks. they are working to push funding through congress as soon as possible. the airstrike against soleimani sparking some debate with education scholars that president violated international law. ed: may remember former u.n. ambassador nikki haley warning iran about such attempt. >> we hold the iranian regime fully accountable for proxy attacks on u.s. facilities an personnel in iraq. we will not hesitate to vigorously defend american lives ed: was the u.s. justified using force against a regime that regularly breaks international laws. we have joe kent and iraq war vet gop strategist and chris nawin. host of dear america, podcast, army veteran gram alan. appreciate you being here today.

>> good to be with you, he had. ed: joe, start with you. was the u.s. justified moving forward with the strike. >> jay abs ought sri. qassem soleimani has lots of american blood on his hands. he was undoubtedly planning attacks on the u.s. embassy. look no further than what happened couple days prior when he killed an american service member up in one of our bases in kirkuk. he attacks against the u.s. embassy the day before. soleimani has a long, long record that you guys ran down previously. sew was in iraq to facilitate more attacks against u.s. forces. so, defend our embassy and defend our personnel we were more than justified taking him out. ed: chris, you saw democrats almost immediately as the attack played out before this airstrike against soleimani, they were basically saying, that this was going to be a what they called trump's benghazi. what was your reaction when you first heard that? >> kind of ridiculous, ed. everything the democrats have been doing, making this

political. they will do that president trump can turn a dove antiwar democrat into warmonger overnight if they disagree with him. at the end of the day it is justified. supreme court precedent going back to the civil war and the price cases validate this type of action, necessary action by president trump and he is doing what he campaigned on which was going over there to knock these guys out but trying to limit endless, endless foot rent that all servicemembers joe and i served with by iranian proxies over there. that was a good development. ed: graham, certainly sole mauney had a lot of blood on his hands. >> we hear from aoc and others that president committed act of war. trying to take over u.s. embassy by force is act of war. sending precision strike into baghdad to deter future acts of aggression and just so happening to take out iran's number two guy, that is not an act of war.

that is nice shot. the president did nothing wrong. the president actually did his job, defending americans. september 11th, 2001, we as americans united together against terror. how far we have fallen, january 5th, 2020, arguing whether or not the president was justified taking out a terrorist. ed: strong words. insightful words this morning from folks who know a lot about this important subject. we appreciate your insight. >> thank you, ed. ed: thank you, gentleman a jaw-dropping image. the magazine sent this disgusting christmas card to lawmakers showing the assassination of president trump. congressman mike johnson received one of those cards. he sounds off on "fox & friends" coming up.

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maternity leave. we love having you. she will be back couple weeks. she had a message she wanted to share with you. here is jedediah. >> oh, man, ed, i am so sad i'm not there on the couch with you today. i know last day as "fox & friends" co-host. makes me so sad i can't tell you there in person it has been so amazing to work with you, every single weekend. i promise you two things. in your absence on the couch, you better come visit us, i promise to trigger pete hegseth as much as i possibly can, even more so than before. i also promise to kick his butt in a lot of those competitions take home a lot of trophies. ed, wish you best of everything. you are my friend. you are my family. you are part of this "fox & friends" family forever. i'm so excited for you, buddy. ed: so sweet. when i had surgery, jed was one of the people literally every day texting me. you have got to come back. be safe. don't come back too soon.

like my mom and i we'll beat you up. we're italian. we're from staten island. i love you as well, jed. we miss you on the couch. i will come back to visit. pete: see about the competitions. i will compete on your behalf. i want to do a roast of ed henry, that paygo off the rails. i thought a owed to ed henry. ed co-host for better part of two years on saturday and sunday mornings, i can't help feel like i'm losing trusty partner. we started out rocky. we've been working together incredibly well. we're sending them into newsier pastures of "america's newsroom," into the capable hands of sandra smith. i feel like i need to make sure she understands what an asset she has stolen from "fox & friends" this my owed to ed henry, if you know ed, you know above all he is a serious newsman, right, dave. >> real newsman, ed.

pete: newsman. a true journalist. now nothing but the facts, only the facts for ed. >> look at that. >> chicken dance. pete: spin for me, danceed. give them what they want. say cheese, brother. ed: cheese. pete: there it is. only the facts right down the middle. a direct shot. if you know ed henry he would never put ever put fellow co-hosts in tough or awkward situation. ultimate team player. team first. ed: thank you, pete, you are my friend and my nemesis. pete: we have fun on the weekends. ed: we didn't start out as friends. pete: we weren't enemies. ed: pete doesn't want everybody to know. it was his birthday yesterday.

happy birthday to you. pete: good fun, if there is ever a bus and ed can find it, he will throw me underneath. not sure how the tape got in there. ed henry would like fun but never mess with words. being on tv is about being proper and precise newsman with your words. things like, word plays and puns these are things of children. he would never do that. ed: this is secret recipe. we'll not spill the beans. what is funny about the grill, normally cook alligator on a crock pot. pete: there you go. there is 1000 of those. ed never stops. puns coming your way. ed is formidable competitor. he is tough to beat. that said past two years my wins over him are legendary. almost become too easy.

yes, yes, sir. ed: watch it, pete. that is the winner. yes. >> ed for the win. pete: i've been sabotaged. definitely wrong tape they just played. thank you for being here. rick has been a part of it all as well. when i think about it, of those tapes were wrong and right. we love to poke fun at ed. you make fun of people you love the most. ed, you are a true newsman. you know how to deliver it. come on a show where where wees spouse opinions. we think you're one of the very best in the business, truly. you're a patriot. you love this country. it shows every single day what you do. we have a ton of fun. we'll miss the heck out of you. still have 3 1/2 more hours. i have a whole monologue. i can't read the prompter

anymore. we'll have more to talk later on. we'll make ed cry. you have a big heart. he really does. anybody who has been here. we'll keep having fun. you have to come back. maybe, maybe you will invite us to "america's newsroom." probably not. ed: thinking about it. thinking about it. this has been so amazing. four or five years ago, lauren patterson, try you on the couch. i didn't know what she was talking about. she had eye for pairing me up with you, really, pete? we weren't really friends. this guy is loud. he has these opinions. i want straight news. over time we just developed this great bond. i'm going to miss you. been great. >> you've been working seven taste a week for the last four years. why can't you do that show and this show. ed: thought about it. when i got up at 3:00, 3: 15, i think i will work five days. i love five days. emily: someone who came here under your wings, you are

consummate professional. so grateful for everything. you out of anyone in the network leads by example. in all ways you are incredible. i'm grateful for your leadership. ed: great to work with you. so many people in the control room i will thank later in the show. talked to them yesterday with producers when we had meeting. daily saturday deal. i have a lot of young people coming up in the business. they work so hard. they're here. we talk about getting up at 3:00. they're getting up midnight coming here to make us all look good. >> stay 4:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. pete: they work hard. we sit here. we may get a chance to do a competition. there needs to be a final. ed: i might have something to say about pete later. i have a surprise. not just a tease. stay until the end of the show. i spent serious time on a little surprise for pete. now we have some weather. great working with you. pete: competition might be outside. so we need to know what the

weather is like. >> not bad. let me go to the wall. there you go. cold airway up towards the north. down towards parts of south. mostly across the far northern plains. overall thinks looking good. 24 feels like in atlanta. that storm moving on through. yesterday we had all the rain. now dry conditions except parts of northeast. a little bit of rain and snow as storm exits parts of the east coast. more moisture across parts of the west. that is the pattern next couple days. things pretty calm across the southwest an central plains. temps not that bad until we get towards tuesday into wednesday. finally cold air coming in briefly across the northern plains. winter does not want to come in a big way which is fine by me earnings let's get back to headlines. fbi raiding a home. agents serving for evidence in

idaho home of joshua vallo and ryan's stepfather. they're looking at death of dabell's previous right. she died nearly a month after the kids vanished. he married their mom laurie vallo a week later. demolition after the hotel with part of a deadly collapse. the building is still too dangerous. three workers killed when the hotel partially collapsed in october. dozens of others were injured. out of this world tourists apparently tripled visits to new york city this year. according to the national ufo reporting center, 35 ufo sightings were reported in the big apple, compared to just 12 in 2018. that sighting, those sightings from silver sig car shaped object, to bright green orbs.

emily: are they cuban. ed: how many times did pete wall those in. pete: could that correlate with the legalization of marijuana? ed: best time of year for people to find a date. >> maybe he did call and i didn't get the message. or maybe he lost my number or is out of town or got hit by a cab or his grandma decide. >> maybe he didn't call because he has no interest in seeing you again. ed: that is possibility. today millions of singles expected to log into dating apps as they vow to date more in the new year. match.com predicting 300% increase in app sign ups today, tinder expects to see a peek tonight. emily: on a sunday? what? ed: be forewarned. pete: friday night, saturday. emily: still ahead a whistleblower's complaint that prompted democrats to impeach president trump. a former whistle-blower calling

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emily: welcome back. i have some quick 2020 headlines for you. former new york mayor michael bloomberg surging in a new national poll. bloomberg, now tied for third nationwide with senator elizabeth warren according to hill "harris poll." joe biden still leads the field. pete buttigieg is second. and biden's feud with bernie sanders heating up over for -- foreign policy. >> question your judgment about iraq. bernie sanders among them today, talking how he was right, you were wrong. what is your response to that? >> i don't respond to bernie. not going to get me in a fight with bernie. emily: sanders recently accused biden having too much baggage. all right,. pete: pete see where that goes. emily, thank you. democrats in the house are

committed to, they said they wanted to impeach the president before the holidays and they did. now the entire impeachment probe came out because after whistleblower they say, so-called whistleblower. former cia whistleblower himself calling the complaint a cowardly crock. fred fleitz wrote that op-ed. former national security council chief of staff and cia analyst. thanks for being here. congress back in session. the senate has to consider, whether or how to conduct a trial. this so-called whistleblower is been front and center in all of this. you have been a whistleblower. you wrote this op-ed. what's your argument? >> well, pete, so-called whistleblower is important distinction because this person didn't complain about a intelligence matter and didn't have first-hand information. i did. i got two attorneys, i raised serious complaints against the

clinton white house and cia officials. i signed my come paint. i was prepared to be questioned about it by democrat and republican staffers of the senate intelligence committee. i think a matter of this importance you have to stand behind it. you have to put your name forward. you have to take responsibility n this instance, this particular whistleblower refused to meet with republican members of congress. you may remember, briefly, adam schiff house intelligence committee was going to make him available to the whole committee but with a process to hid his identity. schiff withdrew the idea came it whistleblower first met only with democratic staffers of the committee, that he probably collaborated with the committee to write his complaint. then should have suddenly said we don't have to see the whistleblower. this guy started the complaint. he is the main witness. the fact he is not being made available says to me he is political hack. he is not a whistleblower.

pete: you called it a cowardly crock. that entire impeachment would be premised on someone saying they're blowing the whistle looks like has partisan intentions won't come forward. what do you think the real reason is why this so-called whistleblower, leaker, whatever you want, won't put their name to it or won't come forward and answer questions? >> it is very clear to me that this whistleblower does not want to be questioned on why he filed this complaint. how was the complaint written? did he collaborate with adam schiff and attorneys on the house intelligence committee? because because after allegations of that came out. democrats no longer had any interest in speaking with him. this is such a serious matter. at least in a closed congressional session either on the senate side or house side. this person has to be questioned so we can find out where this complain came from. pete: fred,ly when it comes to

the senate. you are firm believer whether private or in public the whistleblower needs to be part of the process? >> as witnesses he needs to be the first witness. this impeachment matter is such a sham i would prefer that mitch mcconnell tear up the impeachment documents as soon as they reach the senate. i think it should be dismissed immediately. there is nothing here. pete: ultimately dismissal itself. fred fleitz thanks for service to the country and thanks for being here. >> you got it. pete: a jaw-dropping image. congressman sent a disgusting christmas card showing assassination of president trump. the congressman that got his card delivered to his office reacts to that. now with boneless wings. only at applebee's.

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♪. ed: lawmakers in washington were delivered a disgusting christmas card. it depicted president trump's assassination. emily: joining us now is one of the lawmakers who got the card, louisiana congressman mike johnson. good morning, thank you so much for joining us. tell us what happened when you received that card? >> well i had a young staffer open the card on thursday, going through a stack of holiday mail that had not been opened. i don't know if you put the image on the screen, but this was a disgusting violent depiction of the president's assassination. there are lines over which we should not cross. this was alarming to us. we brought it to the attention of the secret service. i think they ought to investigate it. pete: this was sent out by "hustler" magazine of the course barely matters. totally unacceptable either way. something you pointed out, worth noting, imagine if a conservative publication or someone else sent a similar image about a democrat or

liberal where the media would be on this. but we live in alternate universe here. >> we really do. there is a lot of hyperbole in politics today. but there is a thick line i think between hyperbole, violent depiction, graphic depiction of someone's violent death, talk about the president, there is criminal law, criminal stout that prohibits making threats against the president. there ought to be guardrails in society. there should be basic standards of decency we all respect. even if you don't agree with a president, doesn't mean you should celebrate or indicate or imply that they ought to be assassinated. i mean, this is really getting pretty ugly. ed: real quick, beyond the publication, regardless which publication publishes it, why are there not more lawmakers on the other side of the aisle speaking out, look i might disagree with the president on policy but this is disgusting? >> it is interesting, isn't it?

imagine if this had been done about president obama or any previous president, there would be outrage, there would be, you know, cries for censorship all the rest. i believe in free speech. we all do. i used to defend it in the occurs for 20 years. again there are certain lines we shouldn't cross. i think politics is the vitriol is, needs to be turned down a little bit. this is getting pretty out of hand. emily: congressman, thank you so much for joining us. pete: thank you, sir. be quicker opening christmas mail. you gave us a good story. thank you, sir. >> we get overwhelmed. ed: still ahead, stuart varney, mike huckabee, general jack keane and maria bartiromo, all here, all live, all coming up. ♪. it's time to sell or trade in your car.

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♪ ♪ if you would like to talk for hours, just go ahead now -- [laughter] ed: i usually just sit back -- [laughter] air guitar. >> ed, we're definitely going to miss that. pete: you're going to be itching for some musical pitch. invite him to come back and play dj for us. this song played a couple of weeks ago. we're going to keep going, if it's cool. [laughter]

ed: later in the program -- pete: the politboro have not played my kanye pick yet. we've got three more hours of this big guy. ed: i will miss you teasing the producers as well, even though they've been up all night preparing a wonderful show for you. pete: politboro! ed: i've got your back. pete: he does, today. president trump warning iran that america will not back down. emily: the president's statement coming as iran threatens retaliation for the death of qassem soleimani whose funeral is underway now in iran. ed: trey yingst is joining us live now from jordan. trey? >> reporter: ed, pete, emily, good morning. another funeral is underway for iranian general qassem soleimani in the city in the southern part of iran. his body is being taken all across the country as hundreds of thousands of iranians have

taken to the streets as part of this procession. many of them calling for a direct response toward the americans in the middle east. this as the iranian and iraqi parliaments are meeting today. we're getting reports now that the iraqi parliament is at a stalemate about whether or not to start the vote to remove u.s. troops from iraq. there's more than 5,000 u.s. forces there helping in the fight against isis. those deliberations expected to continue throughout the day. overnight two rockets were fired towards u.s. bases in iraq, this as president trump has said he is willing to strike iranian-linked strikes if there is a major response against u.s. forces or americans in the region. he said in this a series of tweets saying, quote: let this serve as a warning, that warning about americans being targeted in the ream. the president's -- in the region. the president's warning comes after a threat from the iranians saying they have 35 american sites ready to target. take a listen to what an iranian general had to say. >> translator: as the supreme

leader has stated in his message, god willing, we will take harsh revenge by the children of the iranian nation of the criminal enemy, imperialism and criminal america. >> reporter: the tension in the region has steadily continued to rise since a number of attacks were carried out against western-linked oil infrastructure and other targets by the iranians over the past year, but the killing of sulemani last week outside of baghdad's international airport ratcheted everything up a notch. it's something we expect to be talking about for weeks to come as these military operations do continue. ed, good luck next week at the start of "america's newsroom," i imagine this is going to be a major story. ed: look forward to having you on, and thank you for your reporting. there's a lot happening still. pete: yeah, there really is. you talk about both sides vowing retaliation, but when this president, what our president has said is i did this because i want -- i don't want a war.

i want to send a crystal clear message, as clear as can be sent to islamists. remember, it's not a normal government where they're making rational decisions. this is an islamic ideological revolutionary country seeking to export terror around the region. they've been involved in terrorism for the 40 years they've existed as an islamic republic. it's what they do. so you have to scare them so straight that they're saying we know that our very existence is threatened by this because they already have protests at home. economically they're being hurt. they're expanded around the region. so that's why it's such a clear message from the president, i believe, is so powerful -- has to be so strong to be received. emily: and the message from the secretary of state was clear as well, this was a defensive, decisive action in response to the escalating aggressive threats and attacks culminating in murders of american citizens by iran, by the terror regime of iran. and, you know, he noted that his conversations with world leaders all over the globe -- asia,

europe, the middle east, africa -- who agreed this was an appropriate response on our part to that escalating aggression from iran. ed: did some reporting overnight, and i've got some new information about how it plaid out. but first, give everybody an idea of the context of what the president is saying. he tweeted the united states just spent $2 trillion on military equipment. we are the biggest and by far the best in the world. if iran attacks any american, we will be sending some that brand new, beautiful equipment their way and without hesitation. and that part without hesitation, my reporting shows people familiar with how this played out with the takedown of sulemani and the other terrorists in that convoy is that the president was told sulemani travels typically in a very large jet. why? he did that, i should say -- [laughter] to try to protect himself. he would bring innocent people, his staff, maybe there'd be friends, relatives -- pete: so human shields.

ed: not a small plane, because if the u.s. took out a shale plane, it would be a decisive strike. if there was a large plane, there'd be all kinds of collateral damage, and it could be a problem began da victory for iran. i'm told the president was briefed by military leaders, we have this window of him in this convoy, and they started counting down for the president, you know, two minutes before he gets to the airport, two minutes before he gets here, a minute and a half, etc. and i'm told after the president decisively said go, take him out as well as the hezbollah leader was there and others, military officials told the president this was happening over the phone, it's done, sir. that's how precise this is and how it played out. so when people are carping about why would the president -- he's there, he's on the telephone with a military leader who's saying we can take out this terror leader, a military general who's killed so many americans and others, by the way. not just americans. all around the world. pete: yep. ed: innocent iraqis, people all

throughout the region. the president got that intelligence and acted on it. emily: yet another example too where he exercised restraint and an unwillingness to have collateral damage occur. remember after the u.s. drone was hit by iran that he didn't take, he didn't take that response then because once he learned there would be collateral damage, he called it off. ed: right. emily: there are those two calling this an outlandish response and escalation -- ed: great point. in this case the president knew there wasn't going to be collateral damage. he knew the u.s. military could take them out. pete: we're also going to talking about democrats in congress yelling about the aumf, did he have the authorization first, why didn't he tell adam schiff first so he could hold on to it and hold it in his secret vault and tell nobody about it. he took the counsel of his military advisers and has since notified members of congress as is part of the war powers resolution, and it is within the

sphere of influence of the authorization of military force allows which is iraq, afghanistan, syria. and, oh, by the way, barack obama dropped thousands of drone bombs on people without authorization. now, vice president mike pence, who has been supportive of this president in this action and others throughout the administration, is taking criticism this morning because in a tweet he talked about how sulemani as the leader of the quds force helped facilitate travel of some of the 9/11 attackers as intelligence understands it before their attack occurred. so tying those two together. the media, ed, as you could predict, didn't like it. ed: pence falsely links iranian general to 9/11 attack, "vanity fair," no one knows where mike pence got his sulemani facts from. well, a spokeswoman hit back. emily: some reporters are making excuses for terrorists who are murderers in order to diminish

the incredible ea chee.s of president trump. pete: and i think the larger point the vice president was trying to make, just like we made on this program by simply pointing out history, is sulemani didn't just show up and disease to get involved in what -- decide to get involved in what's going on in iraq. this guy for the past 30 years has been front and center in facilitating terror to include helping sunni members of al-qaeda travel through a certain country to conduct an attack even though shia iran are about enemies. but they share a common enemy in the great satan of the united states of america and and israel. so they work together when it comes to trying to kill us. otherwise they continue to fight each other. so the vice president's making the point that a lot of people need to make, you need to have a big lens on iran and iranian aggression and terrorism to understand how big and important the death of general soleimani is and how we should be cheering our military -- ed: what do you think about some

of the criticism is of the president? we've seen it play day after day, friends@foxnews.com. emily: all right, turning now to your headlines. two men are charged in a robbery that turns deadly. they're accused of stealing a laptop at a starbucks in oakland, california. the victim chased after them. he was hit and killed as the thieves drove away. the sister of one of the suspects maintains his innocence claims he was baby sitting at the time of the robbery. harvey weinstein's criminal trial is set to begin tomorrow. the disgraced hollywood producer has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, which he denies. the new york trial could be just the beginning for weinstein as the l.a. district attorney's office is reportedly considering its own criminal charges. several off-duty marines can now carry guns to defend themselves on base. the marines will allow qualified military police and law enforcement personnel to carry even when they're off duty. the updated policy coming after

the attacks at pensacola and pearl harbor naval bases, excuse me. several service members say they were defenseless because the military doesn't allow them to carry personal firearms on base. this coffee man is cold hearted. -- hockey fan. they were shown on the kiss cam. with all eyes on him, he stands the up, steps into the aisle, goes down on one knee and ties his shoe. [laughter] pete: oh! emily: but don't worry, his brother revealed on social media the couple planned the fake proposal. allegedly. all right -- ed: i was, like -- emily: oh, gosh. pete: they better have planned that thing together. emily: at least she was in on it, we hope. pete: two puns in ten seconds. emily: nailing it. pete: now you understand what we've been dealing with for the last couple years. all right, nearly a week after a

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all officers who attend church to do so in uniform. ed: the fort worth police department tweeting, quote: this simple act will help reassure copping regants as well as serve as a deterrent for anyone intending harm. emily: that fort worth police chief joins us now with more. ed: good morning, sir is. emily: thank you for joining us. what are your thoughts on this? >> twenty years ago we, in fort worth, had our own church shooting when a gunman entered the wedgewood baptist church. he killed seven individuals and wounded seven others. we just went through that anniversary. it's fresh on our minds. and then to have this other church shooting just outside our city last week, we felt we needed to do something differently. pete: chief, how will your officers respond to in? a lot of -- many of which, i'm sure, do go to church with their families. they probably don't normally wear their uniform. do they want to be that symbol?

>> so we have approximately 1700 officers in fort worth, a large number of them do attend worship services. the response i've gotten so far has been extremely positive from the officers. it will be their choice whether they choose to wear their uniform or choose to go in plain clothes. ed: talk about the broader debate, because as soon as this all plaid out in the most recent shooting, you had some on the left saying we need gun control, we don't need more guns in churches, and yet, obviously, there were a lot of people holding up that congregant as a hero for standing up and taking out the killer and making sure that the shooter was taken out. and the idea that having armed people will actually protect the church. >> i tell you, pastor farmer there at the west freeway church of christ did an incredible job of getting that security team together and putting them in place with the proper equipment, training to take on that threat when it finally did emerge. they did an amazing job. had they not acted in the manner

they had, instead of going to one funeral this week and another funeral this coming week, we would have been going to funerals every day. emily: chief, quick last question. how does this play into the legality of authority of these officers if they're in uniform at worship services, but they're not technically on duty? how -- what does that mean for them in terms of should they act, you know, how does that play into legality? >> so if they were called upon to act in a policemanner, then they would be -- police manner, then they would be placed back on duty that moment. emily: and that happens automatically, you're saying. >> absolutely. pete: real briefly, chief, when it comes to -- folks on the left will say, you know, i think i'm more dangerous when there are plain clothes not just police officer, but civilians, lots of people carrying concealed, that makes me nervous. as a law enforcement officer who your guys are armed and trained, do you share those concerns, or do you feel more secure as a citizen as well when other

lawfully armed people are in your midst? >> personally, i feel more secure when i know that people who have gone through a background check that are carrying and have been, gone through some training to carry that weapon and are prepared to act. in the case of the west freeway church of christ, those individuals on that security team went through a great deal of training. pete: yes. ed: chief krause, we certainly appreciate your insights. emily: and your service. thank you, sir. >> thank you. ed: still ahead, america took down a terrorist, but anthem kneeler quarterback colin kaepernick says america was somehow in the wrong. pete: plus, a judge just ruled vegans fall under the same protection class as religion? ed: really? pete: stuart varney, i would think he's vegan. ed: he does like meat. pete: he sounds off on that and other important topics coming up. ♪ ♪

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contains a wall of guns and a vine-themed staircase. who knew? finally, $4 million, that's how much this mustang driven by steve mcqueen could fetch at auction. the owner says his father bought the car for just $3500 after the movie came out in '68, refused to sell it to anyone, including the queen herself. you're a car buff. emily: i want that car to be driven though. and many might disagree with me and want it to be in a museum, but i feel like those cars were meant to be driven. so for me, whoever pays that $4 million, i'll see you on the driving range. pete: well said. just days after the white house ordered an airstrike that killed a terror leader, anthem kneeler colin kaepernick is calling out, quote, american imperialism, tweeting this: there's nothing new about american terrorist attacks against black and brown people for the expansion of

american imperialism. emily: our next guest, an army veteran, says the former nfl player's comments are a slap in the face to all americans killed under the terror leader's reign. ed: joining us now, dr. darren porcher. good morning. >> thanks for having me. ed: in particular when he says something like that, that we just took out a terror leader, why can't he celebrate the fact that america took a terrorist off the battlefield. >> this is click bait for him to stay relevant. he clearly took another route. but when we go back to what president trump did, he was in accordance with article ii in connection with the bombing of the general in iraq. because this is someone who has committed horrific acts of terrorism for years on end when we look at the proxy war. iraq -- excuse me, iran, is the number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world, and president trump just took action. pete: it might be click bait, but when you say, when you call

it american terrorist attacks, you're using the talking points of the other pseudo. you're i spewing the -- other side. you're spewing the view of our enemy. he's saying our attacks on soleimani and others are terror awe taxes. where does that mindset come from? >> it's ridiculous. when you look at the chants of death to america that have been echoed by iran, it's not african-american, it's not white, it's americans in total. so when you look at the terrorist acts that have been committed by groups like hamas in these places overseas, it's clearly something that's being driven towards us, and it doesn't have a color barrier. so when we look at what colin capper fake's stance, this is more hyperbole primarily to keep him afloat. emily: what is your perspective on his comments that america has a history of terrorism against black and brown people to further our imperialist needs, as he says? what's your perspective on that? >> as a former army veteran, can

attest to this as well. we've seen african-americans, latinos, caucasians lose their lives on the battlefield. these casualties, these fatalities have no vision on race x. so he's just seeing this from a very different lens. the primary cause, excuse me, us as americans, we go and we protect this nation, and fortunately, we have a president that's stood by us as a result. we had an embassy that was attacked. we go back to the '70s, this is something where nothing was done under the carter administration. as soon as ronald reagan came into office, the first thing the iranians did was they released the hostagings. donald trump understood this. when you look at him state the 52 hostages that were held in captivity, he has 52 targets, this is something that we need as americans and, therefore, we need to coalesce behind the president and focus on the protection of us as americans. pete: when you talk about black and brown bodies, you look at the middle east, north africa, the violence brought by someone

like soleimani, he's killed more black and brown people, fellow muslims, than he has anyone in the west. so to make it a racial thing is to put his own layer on top of it that has no connection to the actual facts of how many people soleimani has killed, not just americans. >> absolutely. soleimani has killed more muslims than we've ever killed. we are a nation that doesn't want war, and the president specifically stated, look, i'm not looking for a war, nor am i looking for a regime change. but by the same toking, i'm -- token, i'm here to respect and protect the americans that are serving abroad. and a lot of the people that he's cowardly attacking are people in embassies, family members of embassy members abroad. these are people that don't have the ability to protect themselves. pete: that's a great point. as ed points out, he surrounds himself with human shields at the same time. ed: thanks for your service. >> thanks for having us. pete: all right. we all know bernie sanders loves to promise free stuff to voters. >> we can make public colleges

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>> we can make public colleges and universities tuition-free. three months paid family and medical leave. all student debt would be canceled in six months. health care is a right of all people, not a privilege. tuition-free. free. free. free. pete: he's conducting an orchestra. [laughter] on the free stuff. let's bring in stuart varney, host of "varney & company" on fox business. we've heard him talk about all the free stuff. the price tag has been bantered about as around $30-40 trillion. "the washington post" has an article where they asked a question of bernie sanders, and here's how he talked about it. do we have it? there we go. i can't quite read that. i don't give a number and i'll tell you why, it's such a huge

number and it's so complicated that if i gave a number, you and 50 other people would go through it and say, oh. and he said his voice was trailing off. [laughter] >> in his first interview with that gentleman, robert costa, he said, yeah, $30-40 trillion that's the cost for medicare for all. a few weeks later same interviewer, same question, i'm not going to give a number. he walks away from the $30-40 trillion price tag. i'm not surprised because when elizabeth warren came out and said $32 trillion for medicare for all or thereabouts, she immediately faded because, quite obviously, $30 trillion price tag is unsurmountable. ed: it's actually not 32, it was like $52 trillion. >> yes. anytime you're talking $30-4 trillion for a new government program, you know you've got a problem. so bernie's backing away from the $30-40 trillion price tag because elizabeth warren faded

in the polls, and i think he would too. this is not the first time that bernie has retreated from a big number. do you remember how he used to rout about millionaires and then billionaires or those millionaires and billionaires, as he would say? no longer says that. now it's just billionaires that he goes after because he himself is a millionaire. emily: take a listen to when he used to be all about it. ed: back in july. >> how much would it cost? >> somewhere between $30-40 trillion over a ten-year period which is much less expensive -- let's talk about cost. what the most serious economists tell us, that if we do nothing to fundamentally change the health care system, which is what joe is talking about keeping it as it is, we'll be spending something like $50 trillion over a ten-year period. ed: wait, wait, wait. >> there is a huge difference between spending money on health care over a ten-year period and raising new money to pay for

everybody to have medicare for all. there's a huge difference between those two. if you really are serious about medicare for all and you impose it on the american people, you are imposing a vast tax bill on america's middle class. which is politically a non starter and economically a disaster. pete: is that why he's walking away from the price tag now? he realizes he can't defend this? >> i think so, yes. with a price tag like that, you just cannot pay for it. emily: you pointed out he stopped using the word millionaire. he's really shifted his approach thinking is and crafting to try to be precise -- >> he's responding to the news, and the news is he's a millionaire. emily: right. pete: our entire federal budget is like $4 trillion. >> yes. pete: so you're talking about adding 30-40 trillion over ten years? that is our entire budget. >> that's true. it's incredible, isn't it? pete: government health insurance. emily: why is it impossible for

them to point out where we can stop spending? why is it impossible to point out all the hemorrhaging we're doing in the federal government to somehow account for so we'd have something to pay for that new program? >> that's a very good question. if you go back to the beginning of all of this, or obamacare, for example, the objective was surely to get the cost of health care down. that's what, that is the major problem here. why is it so expensive in america? you've got to get it down. obamacare did not address that, and bernie sanders does not address that, and elizabeth warren does not address that. you don't lower the cost of health care by putting the government in charge. ed: let's get manager we do want to -- something we do want to address. the u.k. labour court has now ruled that vegans are a protected class in the u.k. they can't fire you. >> okay. there's an ethical vegan, he calls himself. he went to court because his employer fired him. he says he was fired because he

was an ethical vegan. the court then ruled vegans are now a protected class, somewhat similar to a religion, for example. a protected class. think this through. let's pose that i'm a vegan, let's just suppose -- pete: you'd be an unethical vegan. >> not gonna happen. i work for a financial company. let's just suppose i do. i walk in the door and say immediately, wait a minute, you're not going to invest in cattle farming, you're not going to invest in farming, i object. that person cannot be fired, cannot be sidelined, must be listened to and must make it all the way true to chief -- through to the chief executive to file their complaint. isn't this institutionalizing disruption? isn't this allowing people to walk into any company they like and disrupt its business on the grounds that i am a vegan and i am a protected class? pete: and you might -- emily: most protected classes are immutable characteristics. being vegan is a choice. how do courts rationalize

someone's choice who tomorrow might decide to go back to bacon? [laughter] >> the gentleman in charge of the labor court which heard the case, he found veganism to be important and worthy of regard in a democratic society. he said i am satisfied overwhelmingly that ethical veganism does constitute a philosophical belief. emily: oh. finish. >> the brits have got a problem, you know? [laughter] ed: like this every single day. pete: that's a sign of things to come. >> and we lose complete control, yes, sir. ed: "varney & company" on fox business weekdays 9 a.m. which means come january 20th, you and i will go mano a mano. >> i will miss you on the weekends. you're a good man. emily: we love and support you both. ed: turning to your headlines, starting with this serious fox news alert, at least 53 others rushed to the hospital after a fiery crash on the pennsylvania turnpike near pittsburgh.

a tour bus, semi trucks and several cars reportedly involved. stay with us as we update this story that's just come in. meanwhile, a pilot is dead after a home-built plane crashed near a highway in southern california. witnesses looking on as smoke filled the sky in santa clarita. why in the world would you do a homemade one? some say they feared the plane would hit them. officials say the single engine plane was just 5 miles from the airport. it's unclear what caused the crash. the nfl will reportedly punish the patriots later in the month after the team admitted to recording the bengals' sideline. this happened a few weeks back. the team claims the reporting, taken a week before the two teams played, was just for an online web series they were working on. others said they were trying to get some information. it's unclear though what the punishment will be. the patriots now knocked out of the playoffs, so there you go. when something goes wrong around the house, sometimes all you can do is pray.

>> could you, please, if you make this water come down, i will -- [inaudible] ed: get this, two in five adults say when they have a basic problem in their home, they have to google how to fix it. a survey found almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds cannot unclog a drain, patch drywall or stop a running toilet without using the internet. and those are your headlines. okay. emily: i can't decide whether that's a good thing. it's good that they're seeking out and not trying to do it themselves, but it's odd they don't know -- ed: did you ever call someone and say is your refrigerator running? when they say, yeah, you say go chase it? pete: that was bad. ed's leaving the network?

no, ed is not leaving the network. ed is going to "america's newsroom" monday through friday9-12, so we're going to miss him on the weekend. he knows how to do drywall, he knows how to unclog toilets -- ed: so does rick. rick: i don't believe it's only 2 out of 5. pete: you think it's higher. rick: of course it is. tough changes sometimes. like plumbing, not everybody's going to know that. like unclog your toilet, yeah, but stop it from running? pete: the old trusty, you know? i mean, that's been around for a while. rick: no doubt, but to stop it from running, the water running. ed: if you want to take the plunge, you can do that. rick: i don't know. all right, let's talk a little weather, guys. we've got pretty calm weather conditions overall across most of the country after the big storm moved through yesterday. take a look at the map, show you what i'm talking about. much cooler temps all the way, in fact, down across florida. 50 in tampa, 43 in new orleans, right at freezing in atlanta.

we'll see a little bit of lake effect snow today and a little bit of the clipper system kind of drops down tomorrow, so a little bit more snow coming in, but nothing that bad. down across the southeast, tons of sunshine but cold temperatures all the way across oklahoma, into texas, in across the central plains plenty of sunshine, temps well above average. out across the west, the only storm in the pacific north. more rain and snow. back to you inside. emily: this week people were lining up to light up as illinois became the 11th state to legalize pot recreationally. pete: they all saw ufos. our next guest breaks down the pros and cons of legalized marijuana. ed: is the state going up in smoke? that coming up. [laughter] ♪ ♪ >> man: what's my safelite story?

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♪ ♪ emily: welcome back. with the start of new year, recreational marijuana use is now legal in 11 states and washington, d.c., and more states are expected to follow. is this a good idea, and how likely is federal legalization? pete: luke niparato with smart approaches to marijuana, which is a nonpartisan group opposed to marijuana legalization. luke, thank you for being here this morning. so you're opposed to legalization, yet it looks like the trend across america is legalization at the state level, possibly federal. what's the result in your mind of more states making it legal? >> well, look, i mean, i think the results are in. we're actually seeing now more states than ever rejecting legalization. just this year -- excuse me, last year, new york, new jersey, connecticut and a dozen other states rejected the legalization of marijuana. and here's why. we're seeing for the first time in this nation's history, i think, a national

marijuana-related public health crisis, and that is the vaping crisis. so not a lot of people know that the 50 plus deaths so far and over 2,000 people developing lung illness, 80% of those cases are marijuana-related. in other words, the marijuana vaping oils. and a lot of people think this is black market, but this is actually the legal marijuana industry in many cases is selling these deadly vapes. that's a huge concern that we're seeing. another thing we're seeing is the united states surgeon general issued a historic advisory just about four months ago saying that for the first time ever we're seeing unprecedented levels of pregnant mothers and youth now using marijuana. and he also said that this is a more dangerous drug than it's ever been before, because back in the '80s if '90s the average potency of marijuana was 2 or 3%. now it's 99% potency, and it's coming in the shaven of gummies, candies, ice creams, all target

at our younger demographic. so we're very concerned about those outcomes, and i think the other thing we're seeing is this is really big tobacco 2.0. just at the beginning of this year altria, phillip morse, one of the biggest -- philip morris, invested a billion dollars into this industry. pete: we've got to leave it right there. certainly, there is another side to this issue as well, and on the program we'll bring that up, but we appreciate you representing yours. thank you very much. >> great. thank you so much. pete: all right. up next, it's an organization near and dear to emily's heart. we'll show you operation coming home gives away its 19th home to a very deserving veteran. and emily, who should be talking not me, but i am, was lucky enough to be part of it. stick around. that's coming up next. ♪ ♪ keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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♪ ♪ ed: it's making a difference for veterans in north carolina, providing custom hero homes for those injured in combat. emily: operation coming home just gave away their 19th home to a purple heart recipient, and i was on hand. it was such an honor for that very special day. take a look. [applause] emily: tommy just became the 19th recipient of a brand new house in north carolina, courtesy of the u.s. veterans corps. >> operation coming home builds houses for troops injured in operation. not only do we highlight the vendors, we also highlight the wounded warrior. emily: tommy was sent to iraq just three days before the war started as part of a long-range surveillance team. >> we would just call in airstrikes, identify those targets and just sit and watch. we basically had front row seats

to the war. emily: in december 2003, tommy was seriously injured. >> we were ambushed. i used my body as a shield to protect my gunner. we got hit with three ieds, three rpg and gunfire. i got shot in the arm, the chest, took 11 pieces of shrapnel throughout my body. emily: his heroic actions caught the attention of president bush. >> he has earned the respect and the gratitude of our entire country. [applause] emily: but despite the highs, all tommy felt was low. >> i was so lost inside. i was to torn up. i just fell down and ready to check out. emily: after he hit rock bottom, tommy fought his way to recovery. >> i'm excited about the future and what this house will be able to provide. emily: a house and recipient deserving of fanfare. ♪ ♪

>> tommy, landon, ellie, we're simply thanking you. emily: you guys ready to see your new home? welcome home. [bleep] >> oh, my god. >> by the way, we forgot to tell you we furnished it. [laughter] ♪ ♪ >> did you see this? it's incredible. it's surreal. >> this is the master bedroom. >> whoa. it's like a hotel. it doesn't stop. >> ooh, nice. >> absolutely amazing. [laughter] >> oh, i love that.

>> you look around and the personal touches behind everything, like, i don't feel like i deserve this, but i'm extremely grateful. >> the amount of people that put so much hard work into this house just for us, that's awesome. >> i just feel like this new house is a new start for all of us, and i just can't be more thankful. ♪ ed: terrific work. pete: soup cool. emily: that -- super cool. emily: that organization is really incredible. tommy rehman and his family, i can think of no more deserving families. but they are continuing to build homes for these veterans. so if you want to nominate a deserving veteran or find out how you can get involved, go to operation coming home.com. they can take all the support that you can give. pete: well done. all right. well, till ahead on this program, ed henry for two more hours --

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more of yourself? you each help to define yourself in that way. you know, like you're more ed around pete and you're more pete around ed. ed: it took a smart attorney to come here and explain that to us us. i've been trying to figure it i tell you, on for years. pete: what do they call that? she's done mediation before. emily: meeting in the middle. pete: we're glad you're here. emily: so glad to be part of the final show as you move on. ed: moving to 9 a.m., starting on january 20th. pete: to the newsroom from the kirby co.ch ed: seems like no compromise over the situation in iran, democrats attacking the president again and again so we begin with this fox news alert. the president now warning iran that america will simply not back down. pete: the president's standing firm as iran threatens retaliation for the death of islamic terrorist qassem soleimani. emily: trey yingst is live in jordan with more on the rising tension in the middle east. hello, trey. >> emily, ed, pete, good morning morning. another funeral procession is underway for iranian general

qassem soleimani in a city called aquz, iran, this is in the southern part of the country as many of these denominators and participants in the procession are demanding a response towards american forces forces. top leadership in iran today from the ayatollah cho manny to qassem soleimani vowing to respond to american forces in the region. both the president and iranian parliament considering what to do. they are considering asking u.s. forces to leave iraq. overnight two rockets occurred near u.s. bases as president trump said that he would be willing to hit up to 52 iranian- iranian-linked sites. he said this in a series of tweets saying, quote, "let this serve as a warning that if americans are hit ultimately the united states will respond." the president's warning comes after the iranians threatened americans again yesterday saying they have 35 american sites ready to target. now, today there are still american forces headed to an american base in kuwait.

these troops coming from the 82 82nd airborne division at fort bragg, north carolina, going to be arriving in the next 24 hours as the administration prepares for the possibility of proxy attacks. these have been promised by the iranian regime. the big question now is what is next. you're going to hear a lot of politicians today and tomorrow talk about what the president decided to do in targeting soleimani outside of baghdad's international airport and what it means for the region. we do not know what it means for the region and moving forward. really anything is possible when it comes to a potential iranian response. ed: i got a little nugget of reporting i got overnight from some people familiar with how this mission went down. they're telling me the president was told by military leaders that soleimani traveled typically on a large jet and he did that because he's a coward, basically bring innocent people on these large planes so that the u.s., if they targeted that plane and brought it down, there might be a hundred, 200 people -- pete: so he traveled with human

shie.ds ed: right. then it would be a propaganda victory that there was all this collateral damage so military officials told the president that they had this window of time where soleimani would be in that convoy where he met his ultimate fate. and i'm told that one military leader on the phone with the president in the final moments before the strike was basically counting down. this is the window we have. we've got about two minutes, we've got about 90 seconds before -- 'cause they were in the airport area, not actually on the plane, they were in the convoy. and in the end, i'm told, that this military leader said to the president "do i have your final authority?" the president said "yes" and then the president was told " "it's done, sir." just those few words there to make it clear how this all went down. so it gives you an idea how all these folks out there in congress and on the campaign trail carping on the president, here he is in real time to take out not just any terrorist, but a terror leader, a military general from iran who's killed so many americans, so many iraqis, some innocent people all

around the world particularly obviously in the middle east, president had that actionable intelligence and obviously acted on it. emily: it also speaks to that collaboration. so while the president is the commander-in-chief he obviously has that final authority and the direction but it was the result as you said of actionable intelligence, the boots on the ground who were seeing -- there were a ton of different components and moving forwards that led to this ability -- ed: using drones to zero in on it. emily: exactly. not one person. pete: the president was the first one to acknowledge that, that our military, which has been fine-tuned and finally funded properly under the trump administration made that final execution of it. we had a military panel on the program earlier. ed spoke to them and they've got experience with threats like this. here's what they had to say. >> trying to take over a u.s. embassy by force is an act of war. sending a precision strike into baghdad to deter future acts of aggression and just so happening to take out iran's number 2 guy, that is not an act of war. that's a nice shot.

>> qassem soleimani has lots of american blood on his hands. to defend our embassy and defend our personnel we were more than justified to take him out. >> it's a necessary action by president trump and he's doing what he campaigned on, which was going over there to knock these guys out but trying to limit our endless, endless footprint from all members that joe and others and i have served with that have been injured by frankly iranian proxies over there so i think this was a good development. pete: a lot of common sense from a lot of guys that have been there and seen it. when trey yingst was doing his reporting, there were some great visuals of the 82nd airborne getting ready and i think our government has done a better job of pushing imagery out there of our strengths. remember how people were taken aback by isis when they were rising and all the propaganda videos where they'd increase the size of their people. we don't have to increase the size. that's all straightforward, these are our heroes from america going over there to defend us and now the ball truly is in iran. there's some of the imagery there and i give a hat tip to the pentagon for doing a better job of pushing information like this out there sooner and faster

for the world to see. ed: and not propaganda. emily: it's not propaganda. ed: -- like what isis does, but this is the facts. this is what we're doing. pete: this is who we are. this is what we do. no sugarcoating on it at all. and i think the ball is in iran iran's court and we're going to find out, what is their risk tolerance? what are their capabilities? we hear all about this cyber attack. what's it going to be? they talk about 35 targets. and when you talk to members of the military, they're not cowering. no one's looking over their shoulder, what's going to happen iran coming next? it is iran putting their heads together as they're mourning which is actually code for " "planning" if you've been to the middle east, if they're considering something else, man, that's going on in their head, we know the americans have more capabilities, we know what -- that they can see us, that look at the act on us, we can pinprick touch them if we want to but will we risk a president whose bite has been as big as his bark when you've got the previous deposition obama they get get away with anything, not the case. ed: the red line was not enforced.

emily: i think it's important to note that obviously we're responding because of the threat and the actual death to americans that have occurred throughout these years. but people all over the world are celebrating it. that iranian terrorist regime affected and killed people all over the globe. there are people celebrating right now in lebanon, yemen, syria. so the notion that it's just americans or from the democrats it appears that it's just the republicans celebrating, it's such a farce and it's so false and i think it does a disservice to the fact that we're all humans at our base and it's humans that really suffered at the hands of the terrorist leader. ed: and there will be and should be a robust debate in congress, a legal debate about exactly where the parameters here, making sure we don't get into another endless war as the president has promised the american people he will not do. even republican andy biggs who supports the president told me yesterday that he is concerned about the authorization of use of military force, the aumf that you mentioned earlier in the program that was passed after 9/11, not just democrats, it's republicans like indiana biggs,

a leader in congress saying this is old, this is almost 20 years old. we should sit down and figure this out so that's a fair debate debate. but my broader point is you have democrats complaining about the president taking out a terrorist you know, not congratulating america, not cheering this on. one democrat after another. elizabeth warren out on the trail "you are threatening," she said in response to the president's tweets, "to commit war crimes," she says. war crimes. "we are not at war with iran. the american people do not want a war with iran. this is a democracy. you do not get to start a war with iran and your threats put our troops and diplomats at greater risk. stop." first our diplomats were already at risk; right? pete: and have been for deca.es emily: iran was at war with us even if we weren't at war with iran as you pointed out earl.er ed: about 48 hours ago, i'm not trying to start a war, i'm not trying to prevent a war. they were going to launch, the iranians, terror attacks against u.s. and other interests in the middle east, maybe in multiple cities. we stopped that by taking out

soleimani. he says he's not trying to start a war. he's trying to protect the united states and its interests around world. pete: yeah, that tweet from elizabeth warren came after the president tweeted last night " "we've got 52 targets, we've got military equipment that's brand-new, we are prepared to use it." he's not calling it a red line, but he said if you attack american interests or american personnel we will act and yet she preemptively comes out and says you're threatening to commit war crimes? i mean, comrade cortez said this is a war crime. what a new threshold. you're a junior member of congress, you know nothing about the military and national security, yet you accuse the commander-in-chief of a war crime because he tweeted that you better not killed americans or we've got targets? i mean, think about the lunacy of the left today. emily: and i have to point out for viewers, too, that there's such a valid argument, aumf aside there's such a valid argument that it's an article 2 defensive action. ed: from the constitution. emily: correct. and the deitiable aspect in there that people are arguing is

whether there's a foreseeable conflagration that happened afterward. but that remains to be seen because as you keep pointing out the secretary of's messaging is, if you stop, we will stop. ed: you had the secretary of state mike pompeo say for days now, and he will be on fox news sunday, laying it out, being transparent about what the u.s. has done is doing now and planning do and you have robert o'brien the president's national security adviser, he was on justice last night talking about keeping congress in the loop. watch. >> when there is a sensitive operation of this nature that depends on close timing and sensitive intelligence and covert efforts, those things take place, congress was -- we started notifying congress and congressional leaders very shortly after the strike took place. the president made a war powers notification to congress. the commander-in-chief, it's well accepted that the president has the inherent authority to defend american troops when they're subject to attack.

there's no dispute here that soleimani had been recently, was involved in plotting against american troops. pete: let's see if the members of congress, democrats especially go read the intelligence that this was premised upon and what they have to say about it. the constitution was mentioned earlier. thankfully ilhan omar cited the constitution in her tweet as well #25thatm which is the removal of the president. so when it comes to killing terrorists we've got to get rid of the president. emily: starting with a fox news alert. at least five people are dead and at least 53 others have been rushed to the hospital after a fiery crash on the pennsylvania turnpike near pittsburgh. these are live pictures in mount pleasant. local media reporting dangerous road conditions during the crash due to light snow and freezing temperatures. stay with us for updates. and to extreme, well. severe storms leaving a trail of damage across central florida, storms ripping off the roof vfw

in dellans knockingov power for 1400 people. the storm an hour away in leesburg tearing down trees and power lines, authorities say based on a tornado. the national weather service is yet to confirm. in the nfl the titans pull off a 20-13 upset to the patriots. new england quarterback tom brady asked about retirement after the game. >> i would say it's pretty un unlikely, but -- hopefully unlikely. emily: he is not under contract for next year. meanwhile, the texans rally from a 16-nothing deficit sending the bills 20-19 in overtime. today pete's vikings square off with the saints on fox and the seahawks battle the eagles. those are your headlines. pete: i'm going to church beforehand and trying to be selfish while there.

a new -- our next guest is a former member of the u.s. army special forces about qassem soleimani says this is a long time coming. that's next. need with liberty m. only pay for what you need with liberty mutual. con liberty mutual solo pagas lo que necesitas. only pay for what you need... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

pete: welcome back. as democrats accuse the president of inciting, quote, war crimes in his threats against iran, a new op-ed argues this was a long time coming as justice has been served for soleimani. a portion of the op-ed reads " "for a generation iranian major general qassem soleimani bethe video the middle east spreading terror and death. president trump's decision to order the general's death via drone attack in baghdad is a great boon for the region. also belated justice for the hundreds of americans who soleimani had a hand in killing.

iran is promising retribution but now iran will have to consider that mr. trump will strike back." our next guest led counterterror operations for the military jim hanson joins us now. i think often what's missing in the back and forth in the media of the killing of this terrorist is how long iran's been at war with us whether we like it or not. >> 40 years. that's pretty long in my book. and there's been attack after attack after attack and there's been some prohibition against us retaliating which is ridiculous and now we've got the media, when we finally do retaliate for an attack on our embassy and preempt further attacks by someone who was planning them, they want to celebrate the terrorist and act as if we have done something provocative in protecting our interests overseas. it's absurd. pete: well, yeah, jim. take it to the next extent. afterwards the president now clearly laying out, hey, if you harm american interests or personnel, we've got 52 targets,

a clear allusion to the number of hostages of ours that were held for 444 days. yet presidential candidates, members of congress, all democrats saying this in and of itself is a war crime? >> you know, they're acting and trying to push a narrative that trump's starting world war iii. well, it's absurd. i mean the media is helping them in full force. the new york times actually attacked secretary pompeo who i just saw in your greenroom here for a tweet he had showing iraqis celebrating the death of soleimani. and they're like we have witnesses who said it wasn't that big a deal. so between the media and the democrats they are acting as if president trump did the wrong thing and the united states did the wrong thing. the people in the region disagree. they're happy soleimani is gone because he was their tormentor for decades. pete: jim, do you have fear and trembling of iran's retaliation? we never should have done this, we poked the beast. >> look. anyone who doesn't fear what iran is potentially able to do

in killing people, killing innocents is wrong. of course they can do bad things things. that's their specialty. what they can't do is take on the united states in a force-on- force-on-force contest. president trump had a great tweet late last night where he said, "i just spent $2 trillion reoutfitting the u.s. military. we have a ton of dangerous toys. don't make me drop 'em on you." and i think that's something to say. pete: at the same time they're being squeezed at home, they're facing protests at home and now their leader abroad is dead. they're not in a good spot. jim hanson, thank you for your time and expertise. deadly wildfires tearing through australia as thousands of the country's military are deployed. live on the ground there coming up next. and prepping for prison. it's the plot of a will ferrell, kevin hart movie. >> you expect me to help you? i'm supposed to teach you what?

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ed: our correspondent jeff paul joins us live from new south wales, australia, with more details on the response efforts. jeff? >> yeah, ed, a bit of relief finally here in australia in terms of the weather, the temperatures out here have cooled off significantly. it rained a few hours ago.

there's more rain in the forecast. the fire service here in new south wales saying that that shift in weather has helped firefighters gain the upper hand on several fires but many are still burning out of control, those firefighters warning that this shift in weather likely won't be enough to extinguish the massive threat from these ongoing fires. now, 24 people have been killed since the fires started back in september. close to 2,000 homes destroyed and more than 1021 million acres burned so far. australia's prime minister has faced some criticism over what some are calling a late response to the fires, but he's pledged 3,000 reservists to help in the efforts and says his focus right now isn't on the commentary but in how people can be helped. >> this is the largest single call-out ever of defense force reservists working together with our full-time defense forces to provide a support which this country has never seen before.

>> now help is coming from all over including from the united states. we're hearing about some firefighters from southern california who are heading to australia and celebrities like singer pink, keith urban, and actress nicole kidman have all spent money. if you've spent time on social media some of your friends and family are helping out and we've seen that on the internet as well. ed: so many of our friends and colleagues have been battling them. we have a lot of experience but it's good they're helping us in australia. thank you for reporting on the ground, jeff paul. emily: you've seen the movie " "get hard," a rich person preparing a prison coach to prepare them for life in the slammer. >> good luck on surveil, sir. better luck on handling yourself yourself. >> wait, don't leave. don't leave, please. i could use your help. i could pay you whatever it takes. >> i need $30,000. >> done. >> okay.

emily: lori loughlin reporting following suit, allegedly hiring a prison coach as she prepares for trial. the full house actress facing up to 45 years in prison for her role in the prison scandal. federal prison control expert justin tourney joins us. thank you. >> happy new year. emily: happy new year. tell us about the advice that you would be giving lori loughlin. >> if she goes to prison i'd remind her that she's stepping into an environment where women have lived in some cases for ten 20 years. before she seeks to manipulate that environment to her advantage it'd be wise to lay low, to study, and to be very careful about the friendships she forms because her ultimate goal of course is to get out of there as quickly as possible and that only comes with preparations. emily: and justin it's my understanding after you served 18 months for conspiracy to commit fraud, that you started this business coaching others in california. tell me about your business and how successful is it, how many people come to you, and also i

understand that one of your lessons is called "the number 1 mistake i made in federal prison prison." can you share with us what that mistake was? >> i think the number 1 mistake people make in federal prison is not recognizing this is harder on loved ones. it's easy to sit in prison lamenting the your life, the blaming the judge, the prosecutor, and everyone but yourself and when you approach it that way a day in prison can feel like a year. so i didn't want to spend my time in prison that way. our celebrity clients or any federal prison consulting client we've had a thousand over the last ten years, on average ten people a day reach out to white-collar advice to learn more so we have to understand it's harder on those that love and support us. you have to create a routine that will make those who love you proud and also find some perspective. let's not forget in the totality of our life a little snippet in a minimum security camp does not have to define our life and we help our clients understand that that. emily: right. and you've obviously built this business on giving advice for those transitioning. what advice do you have for friends and family members or

just regular citizens for them on the outside who have either kind of a stigma associated with those convicted felons or who have loved ones inside, what would be your messaging for them them? >> look. life inside a minimum security camp can be party time for some, sleeping all day, a lot of tv. if you have a loved one in prison, you have to hold them accountable, like my family held me accountable. when my family visited with me, they asked me what do you do, how do you spend your time, how are you preparing for the inevitable obstacles that await a convicted felon? so those are the same questions we ask our clients who want white-collar advice and we come up with a plan, because if you're not ready to come home, forget about life in a minimum security plan, it can amount to a life sentence which of course is something we ensure doesn't happen by the plan we create. emily: justin, i'm an attorney and was a criminal attorney for many years. i'm very grateful for the work that you've done. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. emily: president just took out

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ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an american and badly wounded many others, not to mention all the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of iranian protesters." >>the president adding, "he was already attacking our embassy and preparing for additional hits in other locations. iran has been nothing but problems for many years. let this serve as a warning that if iran strikes any americans or american assets." pete: the president warning we have targeted 52 iranian sites representing the 52 american hostages taken by iran many years ago, some at a very high level and important to iran and the iranian culture. those targets and iran itself will be hit very fast, very hard hard. the usa wants no more threats. so that's the president. let's bring in mike huckabee, fox news contributor, former governor of arkansas, former gop presidential candidate. happy sunday. good morning, sir. >> good morn.ng ed: react to what the president is sawing. he's got a lot of critics out there. how does he balance what he promised in the 2016 campaign? protecting america but not

getting us in another endless war. >> well, one of the things people seem to forget is the president hasn't said we're going to send troops in, we're going to try to rebuild a country, we're not going to try to do nation building or regime change. what we're trying to do is to take out the people who have murdered americans. this goon killed over 600 americans directly responsible for tens of thousands, if not millions of deaths of iranians and other people across the world. and for the democrats and the media to be just mourning his death like he's some kind of hero, i mean, this guy makes charles manson look like a franciscan monk for heavens's sakes. and what was he doing in iraq driving around in a car near the airport? was he cruising around to get a sonic burger? no, he was continuing what he had already started, to attack the u.s. embassy. the president ought to be applauded. and i can't imagine what's wrong with people if they want a country to be a loser country, a patsy, a country that always apologizes for being strong,

then vote for these democrats. but i'm just beyond offended for the simple reason that when barack obama took out osama bin laden, we all celebrated it, republican, democrat, it was an american celebration to get rid of this guy that launched 9/11. why can't the left appreciate what this president has done? it's beyond me. pete: well, they can't. far from a celebration, instead, as you've mentioned, governor, it's been a condemnation. here's a tweet from senator elizabeth warren, can barely believe it. said "you're threatening to commit war crimes. we are not twa with iran. the american people do not want a war with iran. this is a democracy" -- which we're not. "i do not get to start a war with iran and your threats put us at greater risk. stop." so apparently now tweeting that you have targets, that you will defend your interests and your people is committing a war crime crime? >> well, she's just told us what kind of president she would be, god forbid should she ever become president and any

american who would vote for someone who says "i will never do anything to protect america or americans." you know, bob levinson has been stuck there as a hostage in iran for years. this is a president who has done more to try to get american hostages out of countries, be it north korea, iran, turkey, than anybody has ever done. and he puts skin in the game to get that happening. elizabeth warren apparently thinks iran is just a wonderful group of government people. she forgets that her -- the people of iran have tried to un unshackle themselves from this oppressive government, and every time they do, they get murdered and put in mass graves. if she defends that, she has no business being president of the united states. she has no business being president of the local rotary club, for heaven's sakes. emily: governor, can you spell briefly to the notion of congressional -- speak grief to the idea of congressional authority and congressional notification. >> well, nancy pelosi and all the democrats were whining because they didn't get notified notified. can you see telling adam schiff

in advance? he would have held a press conference and even given the coordinates of where the attack was going to take place. these people aren't trustworthy. but more than that, he did notify them in the 48 hours that was required. and i just want to mention that they would not have been happy even had he brought them into the situation room at the white house and let them see it all live, they would have said, "well, the video quality wasn't as good as the last cartoon we saw. these people are crazy. i'm sorry. but they're crazy. they've lost their minds. they cannot accept anything the president does, even when it is in their and the americans' best interests. pete: exactly right. governor, thank you so much. appreciate your insights this morning. >> you bet. have a great day, guys. pete: turning now to some more headlines starting with an update now on the breaking news we've been following all morning long. at least five people are dead and now at least 60 hurt in this massive crash on the pennsylvania turnpike. these are live pictures in mount pleasant just outside of

pittsburgh. crash involved a tour bus and multiple semi-trucks. local media reports say that snow and freezing temperatures create dangerous road conditions conditions. stay with us for more details. too bad. and a serial killer confessing to three more murders after more than 50 years. new jersey prosecutors say richard cottingham admitted to strangling three women in a park in the late 1960s. he was known as the torso killer serving life sentences for murders in the seventies and eighties. unclear if these confessions will affect his eligibility for parole in 2025. lawmakers reacting after getting this disgusting christmas card depicting president trump's assassination. congressman mike johnson weighs in. >> we ought to have standards of and that's we all respect and even if you don't agree with a

president it doesn't mean that you should celebrate or indicate or imply that they ought to be assassinated. pete: johnson is urging the secret service to investigate. and a woman is taking trip adviser to court after she fell off a camel. the new jersey woman accusing the company of negligence for not ensuring that camel tour company it recommended in morocco was operating safely. the woman says she broke her arm after riding the camel in morocco and when it ran off, had to wait over an hour for an ambulance to be called. trip adviser hasn't commented on the case. so now trip advisor is responsibility for the safety maintenance of the camel in moro.co emily: people who make poor decisions always try to find someone else to be held accountable for it. maybe she should not ride camel. ed: i think the problem is that camel trip was is hump day.

pete: really getting bad around here. ed: only have a couple more hours. rick, how are you? >> hawaii dare trip adviser. pete: how dare they recommend a trip on a camel and not know what the camel should do. maybe they should get out of the business altogether. >> all right, guys, talk about the weather. not bad out here, not bad really anywhere in the country. colder certainly than it was yesterday. but overall things looking pretty good, all that cold air bottled up across parts of northern canada. across the lower 48 it's certainly cooler, feels like 16 right now in chicago, feels like 25 in atlanta, feels like 58 in miami. so obviously the colder air has moved in behind that storm that brought a lot of rain, mostly rain, though, not snow anywhere across the u.s. look at this. things down across the southeast incredibly dry behind that system. a little bit of lake effect snow today and that little bit of snow you see across parts of minnesota that's a clipper system that's going to drop down overnight bring more enhanced snow across upstate new york, western new york, and into pennsylvania.

across the west more rain, more mountain snow across the pacific northwest. that's about it. temperature-wise the next few days, i tell you what, not looking bad until tuesday. you see that pink there across parts of far northern tier, a little bit of cold air but even that doesn't last. can't get winter to take hold in january. emily: thank you. ed: new york's new bail reform law so controversial, it's only been in effect for five days, so bad even some democrats are now wanting to walk it back. emily: plus, hollywood hoping to save the planet by going vegan. pete: they'll do it this time. the stunt hollywood is pulling at tonight's golden globe awards that you won't watch and neither will i. ♪ great balls of fire

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emily: welcome back. i have some quick headlines for you. an employee behind a $48,000 harry potter merchandise highest in the u.k. is heading to prison prison. authorities say he stole wands, ties, and badges from the warner brothers studio tour and sold them on ebay. and the new disney themed instagram filter takes a hilarious turn when robin williams' daughter finds out her character. >> ha! ha! emily: zelda williams ironically lands on the genie from a alatitude in. her late father did the character in the 1992 movie. new york's bail reform legislation went into effect this week. it's coming under fire. ed: even new york city's mayor is calling for a string of anti-semitic attacks right here in the city. on thursday the mayor said quote

where i think there is real agreement is that the bail reform law needs to be amended. i believe that stroll. here new york city councilman joe burrow. i want to get to the mayor. i interviewed him last sunday. he's now saying there are problems here. what do you see as the biggest problem as something that was supposed to be a reform of bail laws and is letting criminals -- >> other states have implemented bail reform but they've kept some discretion in the hands of judges to remand people who pose a threat to the public. democrats, frankly, lie to us here in the state. they said this was not going to affect people who were violent criminals, and yet here we are on day 5 seeing basically a greatest hits album of every day of people being released under this law who are still a threat to the public. ed: we have a graphic. let's put that up before i get to the mayor in he remembers it of this bail reform law. we've got that list; right? so these are criminal offenses that no longer require bail in new york state. third degree assault, criminally negligent, and the bail is eliminated from most

misdemeanors, nonviolent felony offenses. the offenses with sex crimes, witness intimidation, domestic violence. so the point is they were supposed to sayoc, if this was a relatively minor crime people shouldn't be held in jail endlessly, give them a fair chance to go through the justice system but if it's a sex crime something very serious they should be held in jail. what was happening over the last week or so as it was implemented it it wasn't really working right because there was that one woman in particular who had allegedly beaten up three jewish women here in new york city and they let her out. >> and you're going to see a hundred thousand people marching here in brooklyn here in new york city against hate crimes. at the same time the city government and the state government and the judicial system are letting people out like this particular woman, tiffany harris, who assaulted three jewish women, was released assaulted more people, was jailed again and released again. and she again just one of the many that we've read about since january 1st since this went into effect. this should be a warning to people around the country that this is what can happen if

progressive democrats take power in the state. ed: my understanding is the way the law is crafted if you allegedly assault someone but there's not really an injury so i push you against the wall, you accuse me of assault, i'm brought in, but technically you didn't break your arm or something; so in this case the jewish women involved that tiffany harris assaulted were not injured so somehow she was let out. >> correct. that's just one example. we've had people arrested for domestic violence, assault, been rearrested on new charges, and the judge can't even consider their previous violent charges in attempt to keep them remanded remanded. so it's a problem. ed: last sunday an exclusive interview with the new york city mayor bill de blasio i asked him what we are talking about and he insisted to me this law was all good. watch. >> this is exactly the same system that has existed for years and years. the only reason they're held is they don't have enough money it make bail. that is not helping anyone. we're not going to jail our way out of the problem. we need tough consequences. ed: so he's right we can't jail ourselves out of these crises if

it's a minor crime but i presented tommy again and again the case of tiffany harris who had beaten up these three jewish women and he kept telling me, no no, and on thursday, the mayor backpedaled and said there need to be some changes. what changed? >> we've seen great work from local journalists in the tabloids and tv producers putting out information of who's getting out. we've seen bank robbers, arsonists, assaultists, all these people getting out of jail jail. that is putting a tremendous amount of pressure on people like bill de blasio and people in the state legislature to walk it back. it's going to be a problem, though, because the far left is so entrenched in our state legislatures. ed: the question is whether this will spread around the country. joe burrow, we appreciate you bringing some facts. in the meantime, where's the beef in apparently not at the golden globes. the awards show going vegan to combat climate change and they want you to do the same. our next guest calls out hypocrisy. we should send pete out there.

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go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. pete: well, the golden globes are going meatless tonight. organizers of the ceremony announcing a vegan menu featuring this mushroomeries otoe topped with fake scallops also made with mushrooms for the awards ceremony, all to raise awareness for -- you guessed it -- climate change. our next guest says this is just another example of hollywood's hypocrisy. joining me now executive editor

of climatedepot.com mark morano. i'm going to quote my cohost here emily compagno in the break who said "hypocrisy is live and well with where they like to virtue signal." i would imagine you agree. >> yes when they give out the award for the most meaningless virtue signaling in hollywood the golden globes should award themselves. this is just more hollywood -- here's what happens. hollywood by a ucla study was found to be one of the most environmentally destructive industries, worse than multiple industries combined in terms of travel, hollywood set destruction, just the way they burn through products. and now the hollywood celebrities live high flying lives. so now they're going to have a vegan meal with expensive champagne and all sorts organic feet from the most shishi places spending thousands of dollars consuming their special campaign for the event. pete: all to reduce their

footprint. because the golden globes are put on by the hollywood foreign press, i wouldn't imagine they'll be talking a lot about the big climate footprint of china or india or other countries that are, you know, massively emitting. probably not though; right? >> that's the thing. the american meat industry actually the cattlemen's association came out upset at this. we're the most -- they're the most responsible industry in terms of emissions compared to other countries. so what hollywood's doing here they're trying to demonize meat. it's part of a whole message. actresses like nicole kidman have come out eating bugs for vanity fair on live video, live bugs to show you there's alternatives to eating meat but at the u.n. summit in madrid, the climate summit u.n. activists lined up at burger king there eating real whoppers. so u.n. delegates don't walk the talk and hollywood celebrities don't but they look like they do and that's what make-believe is all about. pete: they're trying to demonize meat and trying to demonize america. you also wrote the book "the politically incorrect guide to climate change." mark, thanks for being here this

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♪ ♪ ed: [inaudible] pete: is that your pick? ed: doesn't sound like my pick. i'm more from the 50s. pete: not frank sinatra. ed: we've been doing news, keeping it focused on the task at hand. emily: you're professional. ed: i'm not leaving. pete: in fact, you're going to get even more of him, 9-12, monday through friday, but he's going to have to come back and make special -- ed: you can call my agent, we'll

try and work it out. emily: or for competitions, he needs to come back -- ed: they won't tell me anything about what's happening -- pete: there might be --ed i have a surprise for pete. not a joke, i have a real surprise. i'm going to unveil it in actually about a half hour. pete: really? ed: you're going to like it. pete: both of us have no idea what's happening the next hour. so as a result, you should stick around. ed absolutely. pete: we begin with this fox news alert, president trump now is warning iran that america will never back down. emily: the president standing firm as iran threatens retaliation for the death of qassem soleimani. ed: trey yingst is live in jordan as tensions continue to rise in the mideast. trey? >> reporter: ed, pete, emily, good morning. we do have some breaking news for you. the u.s. coalition against isis has released a statement saying they are suspending operations when it comes to training iraqi forces and supporting their operation against the islamic

state currently in iraq. they said in that statement they're going to be shifting the focus to protecting u.s. forces who are currently stationed at iraqi bases. there's more than 5,000 american troops currently in iraq to assist in the fight against isis. this as a second funeral got underway today for qassem soleimani in tehran. this funeral taking place in the southern part of the country. his body is being moved across the country as processions continue. there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of iran today as part of the funeral. many calling for a harsh response towards the united states. both the iranian and iraqi parliaments met today. the iraqis have begun deliberation on whether or not to allow u.s. troops to continue operating in iraqi territory. we are getting information at this hour also that the foreign affairs ministry within iraq is summoning is u.s. ambassador to release a statement on behalf of the iraqi government about disappointment for the operation that was carried out on thursday night outside of baghdad's international airport, approved by president trump to take out sulemani.

also today iran said they are going to likely break a fifth term the of the nuclear agreement. before we get to that, though, the threats as you mentioned do continue. overnight president trump tweeting out that he would be willing to hit up to 52 iranian-linked sites around the region if the iranians make good on their promise to target americans. i do want you to listen to what the nuclear adviser had to a say from the iranian regime, making new threats about continuous violations of the 2015 nuclear agreement that the regime in tehran says they will now make as a result of the death. take a listen. >> translator: as far as i'm aware, in light of the current developments, if i'm not mistaken, an important meeting will be held tonight to discuss the fifth step. and i think this meeting will, to some extent, overshadow the previously-designed steps considering the new developments. >> reporter: a top adviser to iran's supreme leader said that iran will hit 300 targets if the

u.s. ultimately responds to the iranian response. so we're getting a lot of rhetoric out of the region, and like we talked about earlier, you're going to have a lot of politicians in washington over the next few days talking about what happens next. the reality is we do not know. both the iranians and americans say they will respond to any further military action in the region, and both sides have said they are prepared for any possibility. back to you. ed: absolutely. a lot of speculation around the world. trey i didn't think so, appreciate you coming in -- i didn't think so, appreciate you coming in. one thing is the iranian nuclear adviser obviously appears to be trying to use the u.s. taking out a terror leader, which was the president says, clearly, justified. to say, oh, we're pulling further out of, you know, the terms of the obama nuclear deal. they were already not complying with whole chunks of that, so democrats are going to continue to say it's the president's fault, he pulled out of the obama deal. the president campaigned on the idea that it was a disaster. we were sending, you know, boatloads of cash over to the

iranians -- pete: and opening up their economy to enrich themselves while we knew they were probably going to cheat anyway, because we never had the oversight we should have. that is, to me, the most significant portion of how this plays out. as we've talked about the nature of this iranian regime, a regime based on terror, based on hating israel, hating america, they cannot be tolerated to give the capability of a nuclear bomb and the about to deliver it -- ability to deliver it. if they use this as a justification which, again, you point out so well they're doing it anyway, you can't tolerate that happening. and maybe all of this also is part of serving notice to them. we know where your targets are, we know where your sites are, us and israel will never allow you to get that bomb because we can't live in a world where iran has that kind of blackmail capability based on what they want to do. emily: right, the fallacy is it's based on a memory of -- [inaudible] earlier you discussed through the decades the terror regime, all of the depths that have occurred9 -- deaths that have occurred at the hands of

hezbollah -- pete: we're going to do that again in a second. emily: looking forward to it, because it's astounding why we haven't stepped up to the plate earlier. for 40 years we've been duped by this terrorist regime into tricking them like a country. they have not deserved it. americans have been killed, and it was finally time for our president to stand up -- ed: when the prime president tot osama bin laden, you had people waving american flags outside the white house, around the country, around the world, but mike huckabee was pointing out you had dozens and dozens, hundreds and hundreds of drone strikes by president obama, ordered by president obama, taking out terrorists, and democrats largely looked the other way. they had some concerns about the transparency, but they said, hey, it's great to take these terrorists off the battlefield. president trump takes a major terrorist off the battlefield, and democrats -- here's huckabee. >> the president ought to be applauded, and i can't imagine what's wrong with people if they want a country to be a loser

country, a patsy, a country that always apologizes for being strong. then vote for these democrats. but i'm just beyond offended for the simple reason that when barack obama took out osama bin ladennen, we all celebrated it, republican, democrat. it was an american celebration to get rid of this guy that launch. ed everyone in. why can't -- launched 9/11. why can't the left appreciate what in the president has done? it's beyond me. ed: this op-ed in "the wall street journal," justice arrives for sulemani. trump acted against a terrorist who killed hundreds of americans. you can read it for yourself online, pointing out for a generation, as emily pointed out, for decades sulemani in particular had been at the forefront of killing innocent americans and iraqis, innocent people around the world with these terror attacks, and the president finally said enough. emily: he was the architect of a foreign policy that was focused

on terror and killing americans and others. pete: bingo. let's break it down. so we don't have a memory of five seconds, we have a long memory. we're going to break down the history of terror from the iranian regime. the 52 targets the president's talking about? that's the 52 hostages. just a short bit of what they've done, april 1983, bombing of the u.s. embassy in beirut by hezbollah, the party of god. they were in lebanon but now across the region. 17 americans killed. october 1983, bombing of the u.s. marine barracks in beirut. we all remember this event. 241 u.s. marines killed. we actually left after that, learning a tough lesson. september 1984, bombing of the u.s. embassy annex in beirut, also hezbollah. now, in july of 1984 they changed tactics a bit, going after -- hijacking aircraft, air france flight hijacked.

and then in june of a oh 85,, the wa -- twa flight, a navy diver was killed in that particularly jacking. and then you've got april 5th of 1988, kuwait air flight hijacked, it goes on and on including in '92, the bombing of the israeli embassy in bay nose arrows. -- buenos ire raise. june of 1996, kobar taurus, the housing complex bombing in saudi arabia, was it hezbollah, was it al-qaeda? either of them responsible, 19 u.s. airmen killed in that attack. and then finally, the bombing in bulgaria july of 2012, and that's also not in the middle east. what i'll say, guys, is those attacks, big ones since the founding of the islamic republic, don't even include what's gone on in the iran and iraq war throughout the 1980s, and all the conflicts in

afghanistan where iran has happily dabbled, inserted their technology like efps to kill as many americans as they can. they have been at war with us since the foundation of their country. at this moment president trump's saying, well, if you're going to do that, we're going to kill one of your top dogs, and you're never going to get a nuclear bomb, and i think that makes for a safer world. emily: it's not just americans that are celebrating his death. there are people in syria, lebanon, yemen, iraq, people all over the globe are celebrating the fact that the architect of death -- pete: everyone except for democrats. ed: and some in the media. james hanson said why do you have various figurings in the u.s. media calling sole mapny, - sulemani the last de gaulle, if you will. he called it out last hour. here he is. >> and now when we've got the media, when we finally do retaliate for an attack op our embassy and preempt further attacks, they want to celebrate the terrorist and act as if we

have done something provocative in protecting our interests overseas. it's absurd. is so between the media and the democrats, they are acting as if president trump did the wrong thing and the united states did the wrong thing. the people in the region disagree. they're happy he's gone because he was their tormenter for decades. ed: yeah. and he was a coward because -- here's how i know that. based on talking with people familiar with some of the president's briefings, they tell me the president was told that sulemani, the target was there because he was near the airport. he typically flies in a large airplane so he'd have innocent civilians with him whether it be staff, relatives, friends so if the americans targeted the plane, they'd bring down hundreds of people, there'd be collateral damage. this time instead the u.s. targeted the convoy that was just a small group of terrorists, and that's why the president moved. this was no hero, obviously. pete: well said. emily: turning now to your headlines, an attack on a u.s. base in kenya, officials say the situation is now under control

after the al-qaeda-linked terror group al-shabaab claimed responsibility. an american aircraft and -- [inaudible] were destroyed but no troops were injured. at least four of the attackers were killed. after a texas church shooting, a nearby police chief is encouraging officers to wear their uniform to church services. he suggests it would provide a feeling of comfort and safety after two people were killed at a church in white settlement last week. mischief ed krause joined us earlier to explain his call to action. >> the response i've gotten so far has been extremely positive from the officers. it will be their choice whether they choose to wear their uniform or choose to go in main clothes. emily: the church that came under attack last week plans to resume normal services today. and a cold-hearted hockey fan was at a new york islanders game with his girlfriend when they were shown on the kiss cam. he steps into the aisle, goes down on one knee and ties his shoe. his brother later said that the

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ed: here's a fox news alert, reuters reporting the hezbollah leader, nasrallah, is saying america has started a new war. that's just coming in from reuters. here to weigh in, retired four-star general, fox news

senior strategic analyst, general jack keane. general keane, good to have you this morning. >> good to be here. ed: pete just laid out this idea that for years, for decades now iran and its proxies like hezbollah have been, essentially, waging war on america, launching terror attacks against americans and innocents around the world. this notion now that a hezbollah leader in the last few moments is saying that we've started a new war, how do you react to that? >> yeah, that's nonsense. the layout there, it was very good and incomplete. there's other things that they have done, as we all know. the islamic republic of iran, when they took over in 1980, declared war against the united states, said they are a satan, they're our strategic enemy. they want to dominate and control the middle east. there's two objectives that they publicly stated, and they reinforce it every year. to be able to gain control of the middle east, drive the americans out of the middle east by force, and number two, they

have to destroy the state of israel. these guys have been dead serious, you know, for 40 years. ed: yeah. and other news this morning now an iranian nuclear adviser is claiming their going to pull out of a fifth element of the original obama nuclear deal from the 205 which, obviously, president trump has already pulled out of, is essentially null and void. are the iranians just essentially trying to use the taking out of their general as cover for further pulling away from a nuclear deal they never really had any notion of following through on? >> well, that's absolutely a fact. i mean, as we know, they are very desperate because of the huge civil unrest they have in their country which also is being manifested in the two governments that they prop up in iraq and lebanon, same kind of civil unrest. this monolith they've created, authoritarian rule and no concern for the people in terms of their quality of life experience, are blowing up if in their face literally.

so, yes, that's what's going on here. they're trying to create a crisis to put pressure on the united states to back off the sanctions because no other tool against them in 40 years has been so successful. ed: all right. we'll all be watching for their next move, for president trump's next move. general jack keane, we appreciate your insight this morning, thank you. >> okay, thank you. ed: coming up, 2020 democrats michael bloomberg and elizabeth warren now neck and neck in the latest national poll, so is warren's look on billionaire strategy working? coming up. whoa, this is awful, try it. oh no, that looks gross what is that? you gotta try it, it's terrible. i don't wanna tray it if it's terrible. it's like mango chutney and burnt hair. no thank you, i have a very sensitive palate. just try it! hey guys, i think we should hurry up.

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ed: we are back with a fox news alert. thousands of australian military reserves now deployed to battle the country's massive wildfires. our correspondent, jeff paul, joins us from new south wales, australia, with more on those response efforts. jeff? >> reporter: yeah, ed, and the death toll is now rising to 24 people as the devastating fires continue to burn throughout australia. this is just one of many areas impacted by those flames as firefighters continue to try to contain these several bush fires that are happening around the country and save as many lives and homes as possible. now so far more than 12 million acres have burned since the bush fires started back in september, close to 2,000 homes destroyed. and the fires are greatly impacting wildlife. experts estimate half a billion animals have been killed. thousands and thousands have already been forced to evacuate, and some are now facing the tough reality that if they don't go, they might not be able to get out.

>> the smoke's still gotten inside the windows, through the door, all through the gaps, i all through the roof. it was just, yeah, unbearable. had to get out of there. >> reporter: now, a bit of relief finally here in australia as the weather takes a turn. temperatures have cooled off significantly. it rained a fair amount a few hours ago, and we're expecting more later today here in new south wales. a shift in weather has helped some firefighters gain the upper hand on several fires, but many are still burning uncontained. fire officials warn just because the weather has shifted does not mean it'll be enough to extinguish the massive threat from these ongoing bush fires. now, facing widespread criticism for a delay in response to this, the prime minister here in australia has pledged 3,000 reservists. we're also hearing that help is coming from the united states. firefighters from southern california who are no strangers to fighting fires, they're going to be heading here from southern

california to australia. and we're also hearing about celebrities, people like nicole kid match, keith urban -- kidman, even singer pink are pledging money to help in a relief effort. ed: jeff paul, thank you for that report. pete in. pete: thanks, ed. well, with just under a month until the iowa caucuses, democrat hopeful elizabeth warren pushing a familiar message, blasting billionaires as. >> she campaigns across the state this weekend. >> i was going to do this by building a grassroots movement, and i don't spend my time sucking up to millionaires and billionaires. i spend my time with you. i'm not running a campaign that's been shaped by a bunch of consultants. i do not have a bunch of proposals that are carefully designed not to offend billionaires. pete: that was just yesterday in iowa, but it turns out this message may be backfiring as a new national poll shows warren tied with billionaire michael bloomberg, the very same billionaire she rages against.

emily: here to weigh is in radio talk show hoat howie carr. good morning. >> good morning. i don't think her decline and bloomberg's rise have that much connection. he is spending money like a drunken sailor, as they say, $155 million since he got into the race, $36 million alone on tv just last week. if you're in one of the super tuesday states that are holding their primaries after the initial round, yeah, you're -- if you watch the nfc playoffs today, you're going to show multiple bloomberg spots. i think her problem is that, you know, bernie sanders is eating her lunch. the whole aftermath of the soleimani strike is a good example. she puts out a tweet that's fairly reasonable at least in the beginning. she says soleimani was a murderer, he killed thousands of people, hundreds of americans, all of which is indisputably

true. so what happens, pete? you know what happens -- pete: yep. >> the left-wing twittersphere goes crazy. they call her a warmonger. [laughter] they say she's parroting the lines of the terrible donald trump. and so, of course, she begins back pedaling abruptly. you plaid, you showed one of the tweets today. she's now saying that the president is guilty of a war crime. bernie, you know, has this visceral bond with the far left. his statement was nothing about, you know, i'm glad this guy is dead, he was of a mass murderer, genocidal terrorist. he just says this is a dangerous escalation -- pete: you're exactly right. this is why tweets from folks like ilhan omar, why they matter, because other democrats look at them, and they cower at the utter leftism, and then they cave. if you can't call soleimani a dangerous, terrible person, then we're in a bizarre world. >> but, you know, kamala harris, when she dropped out in the

postmortems of her campaign, her staffers said, you know, one of our big errors was paying too much attention to these -- i'll call 'em nuts -- pete: yeah. >> -- that are just tweeting out nonsense around the chock. and i think elizabeth warren is making the same mistake here, you know? she can't out-bernie bernie, and she never will be able to. pete: and billions of dollars does have an effect. so far bloomberg, at least in this poll, has bought 11%. we appreciate your time. thank you. emily: thank you. >> thanks. pete: still ahead, we are giving ed henry a grand sendoff as he heads to ""america's newsroom." " we're taking a look back at some of our favorite moments with him. ♪ ♪ the tempur-pedic breeze™ makes sleep feel cool.

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♪ ♪ ed: emily picked this one. pete: 28 more minutes. you're stuck with me no matter what. because of this show, our offices are just two down from each other. ed: that's true. pete: you can't move away from

me. ed: came up to me recently and said i'm not good at good-byes, so we're stuck together. emily: that's a good thing. [laughter] pete: there always is. emily: all right. let's take a look at some of ed's best moments here on "fox & friends." ed: could be worst. [laughter] >> want to thank the great ed henry, joining us on the couch. ed: good to see you. ♪ pete: eddie from the swamp. [laughter] ♪ ♪ >> the point at which every time i would turn the tv on, i would see ed's face. >> i'm at home in the background, there's ed. pete: anchor of the channel. ed henry joins us live. the talk here in hanoi is about giving peace a chance. we wanted to get some trump voters and get the pulse of the

people. >> this goes miles up the mountain over here. ed: i'm going to make sure i bring this home for pete. make helsinki great again. pete: ed brought his french shoes. [laughter] ed: i got this specifically because it was red white and blue. holy cow, i have not seen these, i have no idea -- ed: they're brand new! >> and they're beautiful. ed: i went for it, all in. >> oh, it's the trumpy bear. [laughter] pete: it's also national waffle iron day which did i want give you a waffle iron? ed: a used waffle iron. pete: it was used, but i still think that kind of makes this our anniversary. [laughter] i saw one, and i said i gotta have it, and i gotta wear it the whole show. ed: pete decided to write on them. pete: yeah, i did.

ed: did you see mine? it says press. pete: i'm not a newsman. my favorite newsman right here. [laughter] triple skim latte with coconut milk, no sugar, no whip. [laughter] ed: he calls it a witch hunt. pete: not your best analogy. ed: i think pete wants to go into space after what happened to his minnesota twins. [laughter] i packed it knowing i'd be on. ♪ start spreading the news, i'm leaving today ♪ pete: ed and i are like an old married couple. jedediah: guess who's jumping out of a mane? ed: you were texting me to go along with you. i raised my hand to do it. pete, it appears, is a little chicken. ♪ ♪ ed: i want to apologize for the toxic masculinity on this side of the couch. because clearly, on the other side --

>> it's all right. ed: jesse watters was on the five saying he was trying to decide who he would pick to be on survivor with him. >> i always watch "fox & friends" weekend, and ed henry beats pete hegseth. pete: who have we got in the contest, me or ed? >> ed! ed: sorry, the better man won. pete: do i have to make this? all right. ed: watch it, pete. pete: i predict with 95% certainty that ed henry will be in the water -- >> oh! ♪ ♪ [laughter] jedediah: oh, ed for the win. ed: this is what we do best on the weekends. we have a little bit of fun, but there's also some serious news. i'm going to donate part of my liver on tuesday --

pete: your sister colleen has a liver disorder, and you have decided to step up and donate. she's on the a national list. ed: it takes a long time, and we don't know. i just gotta try to help. jedediah: we have ed on the phone. are you there? ed: we succeeded in victory, i think, in winning our goal which is to get my sister healthy. it's an absolute miracle. i want to say thank you to so many people, and the two of you were here for me every -- i can't even begin to thank you. i'm so happy to be back. last year was skydiving, this year was surgery, next year's going to be crazy. pete: the last two years hosting with ed henry. now, this weekend is his last weekend. ed: time with you guys. pete: we love you, ed. and we do. ed: glad we ended on some fun stuff. it's hard to talk about family stuff. moving to 9 a.m., it's like a neighbor. family friends, i'm not leaving. my family had a crisis,

everybody on this couch, in the control room, pete, you were there for me, and i will thank you -- i can never thank you enough. i don't want to talk about myself, i want to say something about pete. when i was going through all the tests to help my sister, i wasn't 100%, and he started beating me at a bunch of competitions. and i wanted to be like, guys, can we stop doing it, because i'm going to the doctor and doing a blood test, but i didn't want to use that as an excuse x. this is a true story, and i think we have the video. we did this thing where we were climbing some stupid bouncy thing, and i didn't want get all the way up. -- i didn't get all the way up. i was halfway there. and pete came down and helped me, he gave me his hand and said i want to help you out, man, i didn't want you to lose that bad. he'd won fair and square. here's my point. it's like i eventually told pete, he was one of a handful of people i told, but he did not know at that moment. so if he knew that i wasn't 100% and said i better help him, that would be really cool.

but he didn't know that i wasn't 100 -- he just was my friend and said i don't want you to be embarrassed on t you didn't make it up the mountain. and, obviously, so i don't want to make this a cry fest. so yesterday i spent some time giving you a surprise. we the people -- [laughter] this will be my mark for you -- pete: thanks, ed. ed: you're probably the only person i would do this for. pete: wow. ed: here we are -- pete: beauty. no, i do love you. he's a good man right here. ed: you've always been there for me as well. you're terrific. and everyone in the control room, i can thank everyone all day long from the top, suzanne scott and jay walsh, everyone's been very supportive of my family. i wanted to tell a story about you, because we started out where we were coming from different angles, like i said, we were put together and said i think you guys would be a good team. i think we turned out to be a very good team because we've become very good friends.

pete: yeah. ed: so when i needed help, you were there for me. i love that the videotape wasn't about scoops and news, which is what i'm going to focus on now, it's about friendship, it's about family. that's what this show is about. of course we do the news, we have fun, we analyze, we go back and forth, but this is a team. and, you know, it gets very -- when people say, oh, it's like a family. it is. when my family needed people, the people at work weren't, oh, i don't know what to do about this, they were like how can we help. it started right here on this couch. so thank you. and i've left out, and i shouldn't have, the audience. because the prayers my sister and i felt, we got this stack of letters that i brought here. my sister's now writing thank you notes to everyone, and she's doing fabulous. and it's because of the power of prayer, people lifting us up, and a couple of days ago the show starts on january 20th with sandra smith, my sister told me two days ago she's going back to work on january 20th. pete: no way? ed: and that was no manned. -- not planned.

if you don't think there's a higher purpose and somebody helping us, it happens to be on january 20th we're both starting new adventures. i love you, colleen, and i love are everyone here. pete: when i see you in the hall, i'm channeling you to a push-up -- challenge you. you came here as eddie from the swamp, and you left with a we the people tattoo. emily: myself included, we love you, ed. thank you for everything. pete: a great broadcaster and a great guy, so glad you found a home. ed: i can't believe i did this. it may or may not be permanent, we'll see. pete: i'm going to be checking. [laughter] we've got maria bartiromo, who we also love, coming up next on the couch. don't go away. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for members like kate.

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pete: we are back with a fox news alet and an update on the breaking news we've been following all morning. a highway official says at least five people are dead and at least 60 hurt in this massive crash on the pennsylvania turnpike near pittsburgh. crash involved a tour bus and multiple semi trucks. dangerous winter road conditions were reported at the time of the crash. and police ramping up a manhunt for two escaped inmates in mississippi. david may and dylan williams have been on the run since friday. one locked up on a life sentence, the other for 40 years both for aggravated assault. authorities believe they're driving a stolen black gmc truck with a plate that says cotton. they education caped from one of -- escaped from one of the state prisons rocked by violence in the past week leaving five inmates dead. ed: and another fox news alert, the iraqi parliament came out, they're now calling for, in the wake of the killing of

soleimani, the iranian general, the iraqi parliament is calling for the expulsion of all u.s. troops from iraq. so this story continues to play out. maria bartiromo is here, she'll be on at the top of the hour live with secretary of state mike pompeo among other guests. this story still developing. >> it really is, and i just interviewed mike pompeo a minute ago, and he actually confirmed that military bases are being threatened. so we're going to talk about that coming up in the program. you'll hear directly from the secretary of state. in fact, where the threat is right now and what we need to be doing to protect our interests overseas. this was a multiple-city threat, a multiple-city attack that the intelligence showed which triggered the killing of soleimani. so we talk about that with secretary of state mike pompeo in the next hour. and we also talk about the relationship between iran and china. this is a very important situation which i don't think a lot of people are talking about

this morning. secretary of state pompeo's going to be on a lot of news programs, but we focused on the military issues as well as china. just last month china, russia and iran held joint travel -- joint naval drills, rather, in the gulf of oman. so there is a renewed, strengthening relationship between iran and china. this is very important because this is a moment in time where all three nations -- iran, china, russia -- are pressuring and challenging the united states. pete: absolutely. i've got to believe you had a chance to ask him about the democrats coming out and saying this wasn't a legal action, we need more evidence. did he stand behind the intelligence? >> of course he did. that's absolutely right, pete. you've got nancy pelosi saying she wanted to be told in advance to colin kaepernick making comments as well as alexandria ocasio-cortez calling it war crimes. i mean, he answered that directly, and we're going to bring that to you coming up. basically saying the specifics in terms of the threat. imagine if it became known later that president trump had information that there were american lives at risk and did

nothing about it. i mean, that's really one to think about. and don't forget, we go back now to work tomorrow, congress gets back into session. and at a moment where the knives are out for president trump. so come out, we're going to caulk can congressman john ratcliffe, widely expectinged to be one with of -- expected to be one of the people representing president trump. pete: maria, thank you so much. emily: and coming up next, some friendly competition between pete and ed after the break. stay with us. ♪

♪ ♪ pete: ed's going to shoot, i'm going to shoot. yes, sir! it's no secret that ed and i enjoy a little friendly competition every now and then. so in honor of ed's last minutes, i thought we'd go toe to toe one more time. so we put together a little quiz to determine once and for all the rightful "fox & friends" champion. ed: i don't know -- emily: rick, come on in. pete: oh. rick, come on out. he's got a table. ed: does he have a buzzer? pete: ed had no idea. rick: there's buzzers and a table and a atrophy my. emily: on your marks -- pete: give mihm -- give him the blue button for the democrats. ed: oh! pete: you guys are playing tom shillue for this one. rick: this is four questions.

[inaudible conversations] then we arm wrestle. emily: you are competing for that trophy, the final "fox & friends" champion trophy. all right. we're going to start out. here we go. number one, which one of these shortstops did not play with the yankees -- [laughter] b alvaro espinosa, c rob beacham, or 4, i mean d -- pete: did not play for the yankees? emily: in the '80s. ed: rafael -- pete: rob meacham. emily: wrong, try again. it's speed. rick: no, it's -- emily: oh, that's right. [laughter] pete: are all the questions about -- rick: number two, in the 1985 season, which yankee had 35 home

runs and 145 rbis, a, ricky henderson, b, don mattingly,c, dave winfield or d, don baylor? ed: i'm going to say b, mattingly. [cheers and applause] emily: nice! yep. number three, here we go. how many american league are pennants did the yankees win during the 1980s? a, 2. b, none. c, 3 or d, 1. pete: b -- d, 1. emily: ed, do you want to weigh in? ed: '80 and '81. rick: pete, you got it. final question. for the 1984 battle title, who did don mattingly battle, a,

wade position, b, rod carew -- [inaudible] ed: d. inning are. rick: yeah! emily: ed's the champion! [laughter] ed: i want to thank a lot of people. [laughter] the steinbrenner family, and i want to thank the minnesota twins to lose to us every year, and guess what, red sox and astros? we're coming for you this year. emily: thank you, ed. we love you, ed henry. [laughter] rick: more "fox & friends" coming right up. ♪ ♪ it was a life changing moment for me. i had no idea that my grandfather was a federal judge in guatemala. he was an advocate for the people...

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♪. pete: winning the final contest. >> not rigged. ed: i retire. thank you so much. >> put so much on here. f and f farewell. pete: couple exists for you. you are such a good gift giver. ed: oh, pure silk. is this pocket swear? oh, it is next tie. pete: now you have the tie. we the people tie. >> that is wonderful. pete: get the next one. ed: i can't wear maga hat because i'm a journalist but it says, calm down, it is just a hat. normally wear blue hat for the

yankees. thank you everyone. sabrina. sean, kelly, i all the team. see you 9:00 a.m. ♪. maria: good sunday morning, everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm maria bartiromo. straight ahead on "sunday morning futures." the united states has fours forces overseas on alert. iran is vowing to retaliate for the killing of a top military commander. secretary of state mike pompeo where we stand with 4,000 troops deployed to the reason. senator lindsey graham looking ahead to likely impeachment trial. before that can happen the nancy pelosi needs to send the two articles of impeachment to the senate. congressman doug collins