todd: hopefully in new york here we will start distributing that vaccine. >> come down to florida we will get you to one of the publix. todd: i will get a pecan will danish rings. jillian: great to see you. >> thank you. jillian: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you will pay. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth transition of power. >> i believe the president should not hold office one day longer. >> remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. >> capitol police officer hurt in wednesday's riots have died. >> police say he returned to his office and collapsed. there is now a homicide investigation. >> no one can tell me if there had been a group of black lives matter protesters they wouldn't have been. >> welcome to the law and order side. we hold people accountable for lawlessness. >> i facebook says it will

president trump's account indefinitely. >> they are extending the block until the transition of power is complete. >> d.c. mayor be solution result in two new democratic senators. >> we must get understood on the president's desk within the first 100 days. ♪ >> we start with a fox news alert. president trump addresses the nation, condemning the violent riots on will capital hill. lawmakers on poet sides of the aisle are calling for his removal from office. brian: we learn a capitol police officer passed away after being hurt in the unrest. steve: apparently he got hit in the head with a fire extinguisher. a man hunt underway for dozens of reuters. rich edson live in washington, d.c. with the latest. rich, one of the things about looking for the troublemakers is for the most part a lot of them were not wearing masks and with the facial recognition technology, we got some pretty

good pictures of them. >> there is plenty of video and wanted posters here steve, ainsley and brian. the u.s. capitol police say that officer brian sick nic died last night injured wednesday engaging with the mob on capitol hill. there is a homicide investigation. more than 24 hours after the riot the national guard was still installing a 7-foot fence around the capitol. the department chief and other congressional security officials are resigning after wednesday's massive breach. federal prosecutors say they have filed 55 cases and the fbi has released wanted posters of dozens who entered the capitol, vandalized it and threatened the legislature of the united states government. last evening, the president finally spoke. >> like all americans i'm outraged why the violence lawlessness and mayhem. to those who broke the law, you will pay. my focus now had turns to ensuring a smooth orderly transition of power. this moment calls for healing

and reconciliation. >> democrats and even some republicans are calling are to the president's immediately removal for up citing the violence. the house speaker says congress may try again to imbeach him. >> if the vice president and the cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. >> education secretary betsy devos resigned last night joining the transportation secretary elaine chao top administration and white house officials. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. ainsley: thank you so much. there are 75 million people that voted for president trump. and they are scared. they are worried about what the future of this country looks like. steve: they are confused. ainsley: they are confused and heart broken that their candidate didn't win and they don't want to be forgotten. tucker carlson hit home with this last night. listen. >> >> what happened yesterday telling us wasn't simply a political protest got out of hand after the president

recklessly encouraged it that is what happened. that's not what they are saying. instead they are calling it domestic teenager. cnn insurrection. chuck schumer likened to to pearl harbor it was our generation 9/11 and white supremacy. two weeks from tonight trump will not have control of our arsenal or federal agency or most likely even his own twitter account. as much as all of that may upset you, it is nevertheless the true. we cannot change it. the rest of us, and this is the key, will still be here. we have nowhere to go. we don't have foreign passports. we are staying until the end. so what is life going to be like for us on january 21st? not many people seem to be thinking about that up to and including the people we pay to think about it our political leaders. donald trump thinks almost exclusively about donald trump but so does almost every single democrat in the congress as well as every single republican. all of them, every one of them is trumping obsessed.

who has your concerns top of mind? who wakes up in the middle of the night worried about your family? as far as we can tell, no one. and that's the main thing we need to change. it won't be easy, but the themes are pretty clear and here are the basics. the point of the republican party is not to protect the personal reputation of its leaders. that cannot be the priority. the point of the republican party is to protect its voters. in practice, that means protecting the bill of rights, our most basic freedoms. those are the bedrock promises of american life. without them you wouldn't want to live here. those freedoms are incalculablably more important than any single politician. donald trump could become immorality and win the next had 0 and his daughter the next 40 after that. if america becomes a place where you have to violate your own conscience to hold a job where you are not allowed to protect your family from mob violence or your children can't afford to get married and raise your grandchildren because employers don't like their skin color, then what's the point of all of

it? ainsley: he is right. i heard one lawmaker this morning and she said when i was at the capitol on wednesday, she said i sent my kids home on a plane because they are on zoom for school. i sent my kids home on monday. and she said i did that because i was worried that there could be violence. there could be rioting outside. because people are so divided right now. and she said i'm so glad i did that because they would be in washington. she said we shouldn't have to live like this. she is right. tucker is right. we need to remember the voter here on both sides of the aisle. we are looking to joe biden to unite all of us and heal our country. i hope that he can do that we are praying that he can do that. we don't want to worry about our children walking outside and being hit with a molotov cocktail or worried about rioting. people left this city when there were so many riots and they were burning down stores. and we need to heal as a country. and we are looking to our leaders now to do that. brian: couple of things. the president -- that would be great, ainsley, and i was so hopeful a couple of days ago that we may have leadership on both sides willing to turn the

page and understood we have no choice but to start coming together. but i'm not as optimistic here on friday morning because of the ridiculous move in washington to invoke the 25th amendment because 12 days with donald trump is something we can't tolerate. when you obviously look at the constitution, see the legal maneuverings that's happened. most of these men and women are lawyers. they know that you can't possibly even get rid of a president in two weeks and the vice president is not on board. and the cabinet secretaries are not on poured. and what good is it? number two, you are not going to get impeachment done it went so well the first time. if you thought i'm going to bring the country together, the last thing you would probably do is what they did yesterday. because 75 million people voted for the president. yes, some are disappointed and say i wish i didn't. some say oh my goodness i cannot belief joe biden it wasn't i wish i did. having said that the move on the 25th amendment and impeachment is nothing but political partisanship that benefits no

one. i guess their base, maybe they are going to earn some more money. nancy pelosi barely has a majority, chuck schumer doesn't. they are going to have to negotiate with each other. that's not the way to do it. ainsley: the vice president would have to work with the cabinet. the president's cabinet to okay that. brian: who by the way is very mad at the president according to jim inhofe, they had a long conversation. he said he has never seen mike pence so angry in his life. steve: over the -- brian: after everything i have done for trump. i will add. this the riots were condemned on both sides. and the reason why the riots were condemned on both sides because it's abhorrent to us as and the world. number two this was a security failure. i was stunned to see the union fire joe biden who has done a good job not going after donald trump as he wrestled with losing this election go out of his way to say race was involved in the terrible security that we witnessed that resulted in 55

arrests and the resignation of a higher ups. i was stunned to see him go right to race in the press conference. will. steve: let's watch. >> >> no one can tell me that if it had been a group of black lives matter protesting yesterday there wouldn't have been -- they wouldn't have been treated very, very differently. and the mob of thugs that stormed the capitol. we all know that's true. and it is unacceptable. totally unacceptable. >> we witnessed two systems of justice. when we saw one that let extremists storm the united states capitol and another that released tear gas on peaceful protesters last summer. we know this is unacceptable. will. steve: okay. but keep in mind,ible there is a

double standard here. tear gas, pepper balls, flash bangs were all used at the capitol as well. also, ultimately, five people died in what happened a couple of days ago. will will boris coop from her project 21 co-chair there had this observation about the incoming president and vice president what they said yesterday. last night on fox news at night. >> i say to the vice president and the president-elect welcome to the law and order side of things. i've advocated all this summer and even prior to that that we hold people accountable who use the pretext of protests for lawlessness for engaging in rioting. but, at no point, at no point should we give a free pass to people on the basis of their race. and it appears that that's the

signal that is being sent now and the signal that was being sent then. steve: okay. so, is that a preview of coming attractions? we will just have to say. ainsley: oh, this desk is falling over. brian: i will fix that. ainsley: there is a hole right there will britain brian or the bad cart in the shopping market. brian: why is this one all alone. ainsley: sorry, i lost my train of thought. you are right. the same equipment was used this past weapons as it was last summer. but when you hear kamala harris saying that, she was one of the ones pushing that fund to release the bail funds to release some of those people involved in the rioting last summer. and, in fact, there was -- i read one article that said it's called the minnesota freedom fund. and remember they had all the fires in minnesota. 2018 according to tax records they had $100,000. last summer because of kamala harris and other leaders that were tweeting out to give to this fund, it raised

$35 million. brian: all right. there is a lot going on, too. you read dave ignatius in the "the washington post" say he did research and they were assured by the washington capitol police that they had enough police to secure with -- they had enough police to secure the perimeter there. also the african-american mayor of washington, d.c. had a huge lead-up, at least two weeks to know how many tens of thousands would be coming to the capitol because the president, i know it's hard for them to believe, actually has supporters and they also looked at the track record of the fact that the trump crowds aren't the reporter. the problerioters: theywere cae they were not ready or they thought there was going to be 20,000. there was more like 50,000 and race did not play a role in that, i can assure you if you talk to the security professionals. they were unprepared. that is a security issue not a

race issue. steve: but, brian, you know what? also in the "the washington post" today, they go through what went wrong. and yesterday we were talking a little bit about how obviously, you know, the police officer just standing there with his shield, his plastic shield there had been set up by bad planning from the bureaucrat and his bosses. ultimately, before this event the other day, the capitol police said that they had a robust plan, which sound great. but here's the thing. here's what it comes down to, they were ready for a demonstration, they were not ready for a riot. and unlike every other major political event down in washington, d.c. like an inauguration or things like that, are where they have frozen zones and they have those 8 or s around it, they didn't have any of that, because they thought it was going to be very simple. also, i was reading of the chief

of police down in houston said, you know, maybe the mentality was they had seen the trump crowd before and they are always waiving the blue lives matter flags and things like that, i don't think we have to worry about that. will but at the same time when you look at the response to, for instance, george floyd during the summer, there were officers in riot gear, and that time that there was the burning of the church, the president's church that's across the way from the white house, and the attorney general actually was at the command center overseeing things. there was criticism about the overreaction. but, ultimately, they did it right in planning for everything. they followed key police precepts. they created a security zone and a hard line whereas if somebody crossed that line, they were going to get arrested. brian: they also gave up the police station. in minneapolis they gave up the police station.

steve: i'm talking about washington, d.c. and the reaction some people had to how the police came after the black lives matter protesters in that particular case. so, they were ready then. they were not ready a couple days ago and already a bunch of head are rolling. ainsley: you know josh hawley was the first republican to really push to the objection on wednesday. and he has written a book and the title of the book is, i think we have the title right here. "the tyranny of big tech." he signed a deal with simon and shuster. they announced yesterday that they were going to drop his book because they don't support what he was doing. they said we didn't come to this decision lightly. and they go on to say as a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints. at the same time, we take seriously our larger public responsibility as citizens and cannot support senator hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat. he is upset about that brian.

will. brian: unbelievable. here's a statement. this could not be more orwelli orwellian. canceling my contract because i was representing my constituent leading a debate on the floor on the senate floor voter integrity which they have now decided to redefine as sedition. direct assault on the first amendment only prove now speech can be published. this the is left looking to cancel everyone they don't approve of. i will fight this cancel culture with everything i i have. we will see new court. by the way, he is now going to sell a million books. i can 23409 wait to see. steve: who is going to publish it? brian: there is a lot of people that would plush it. there is random house that should plush it. i think the president of the united states is probably going to get $100 million in advance for his book. they will probably still profit off of it. ainsley: in a way you are saying it's helping him. brian: josh hawley will now have people understand the threat of big tech and the threat of being canceled yourself and you will see the book will be great. he is an upand coming star. if you are up and come star like

tom cotton, mike pompeo, perhaps. if you have think you are going to run for president like josh halfly or governor desantis. look out. they are going to look, big tech, to i can that you down. what they did to the president yesterday is so stunning and it's so crazy that it could -- it's in risk of being burialied because of all the news. facebook has banned trump to the end of his term and maybe forever. shop aphi is taking down the trump organization campaign stores offline. let me see you can't buy trump stuff, really? facebook, twitter, spotify, snapchat, and as i mentioned shopify have all said trump is essentially canceled. how dare you cancel the president of the @. do you really think that's a danger? do you really think with everything on twitter he is the only threat to anybody at any time with all the other people that you allow go? and by the way, this is just the beginning. the people should be outraged at this. listen. steve: we have talked about this

for the last couple of years. they are private businesses. they can do whatever they want to. the president of the united states. brian: for now. steve: the president of the @has had four years to get rid of section 230. he could have done that in concert. joe biden isn't a big fan of that either. result 3459ly, you know, and you have got to wonder, with donald trump going forward, you know, how many times have we heard him sail look i go to twitter to get past the mainstream media and all these filters and stuff like that. if and it's, you know, they are private businesses they can do whatever they want. for now, they are not going to be private businesses? brian: for now. they are going to have regulation come down on them and if donald trump had won four more years they never would have done this. steve: brian, donald trump and the congress. brian: if it was this bad in year one with all the priority that were up there and with the pandemic ravaging this world, 230 still made headlines because they just now start freezing his

account. ainsley: the danger in this though we are seeing it with the media only reporting certain stories. seeing it with facebook and social media. big tech is giving all that money to jon ossoff to win that campaign in georgia. they are excited about this. they want to shut down the right. private companies saying not going to sign a contract with you. we gave you our world and we are taking it back. give advance money back. says taking it to court. another plusing house is going to grab him. brian: they should. ainsley: donald trump will tweet about it. brian: use parler. ainsley: buy this book of josh hawley. brian: dan bongino is leaving twitter and facebook going to parler. don't let twitter and facebook corner the market if it's not too late. somebody has got to step up. steve: all right. we're going to step up with some news now. and here is jillian. jillian: good morning. let's begin your headlines with this. the pentagon deploys more b-52

bombers to the middle east in a powerful message to iran. two bombers flew a fourth nonstop mission to the u.s. and arabian gulf being and back. comes as president trump warps of revenge of thas -- a secret d location along the gulf. portland mayor ted wheeler harassed by protesters while out at dinner. the confrontation was caught on camera. watch this. >> you have drop nothing [inaudible] to your face you are a [inaudible] going to be made to feel like the scum you are. [bleep] you. shame on you. >> police say one protester punched wheeler on shoulder. it was not captured on video and he was not hurt. his office released a statement quote it's not unusual for people to confront the mayor and other elected officials in public. it's part of the job. overnight spacex kicks off 2021 with his first rocket launch of

the new year. >> 3, 2, 1, 0, ignition and liftoff. jillian: the falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered a turkish communication satellite to improve tv and internet services across africa, europe and middle east. comes as elon musk is named the world's richest person. he surpassed amazon founder jeff bezos his net worth is 185 billion-dollar. that's 10 billion more than bezos. i wouldn't even know what 10 billion is like or 1 billion, steve. steve: seems like real money, doesn't it? all right. thank you very much. we have a fox news alert. bad news. terrible news, a capitol hill police officer by the name of brian sicknic whk 12 we're 12 yf the force died from injuries. i understand from a member of congress he was hit in the head

with a fire extinguisher. this as the department chief has resigned. randy sutton is retired las vegas police lieutenant 33 officers in career. founder of wounded blue and he joins us now from las vegas. randy, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: no doubt about it. everybody says it was a failure. at the very beginning ultimately the responsibility has got to land on the shoulders of the bosses who, according to the "the washington post," they thought it would be a demonstration, they did not prepare for a riot, which is what it was. >> well, this was an epic fail of leadership. planning 101 for an event where there is going to be thousand and thousands of people, whether it's a protest for the government, against the government. it doesn't really matter. all this contingency plans need to be put in place.

those contingency plans include working with other agencies like the metro d.c. police, having national guard on stand by. there should have been buses ready to make mass arrest he is. and when i watched what was taking place, my heart sank because i saw that the officers on the line had been let down by their leadership. steve: exactly. >> because of the lack of planning. steve: you know, apparently, the capitol police and we should point out there are 2,000 police officers there to guard that single complex. so, you know, a lot of towns in america don't have 2,000 police. >> right. steve: that's a lot of people. ultimately, they saw everybody coming and apparently the chief was at the command center down the street. he wasn't even there. there was a commanding officer on scene. but ultimately didn't understand the scope of what was about to happen. and they did not call for help

apparently where they -- where they would call for the metro d.c. police until the building was actually surrounded. they didn't have the contingency plan. will they were new york knocking on the door and the leader of the congress were in the secure rooms that they, the leader, got on their phones and begged officers from virginia and maryland to come and help save them. >> this is -- this is maddening. for me as a law enforcement professional to see this happening is maddening. but, what is not being talked about enough here is that upwards of 50, 50 law enforcement officers were injured in this mess, in this debacle is the only thing i'm going to call it. and an officer lost his life as a result of it. and here's the tragedy. you know, my organization, the

wounded blue, we need to reach out to every one of those officers and right now i'm saying it publicly. if you are an officer who has been injured in the line of duty, contact the wounded blue.org. we exist just for you and then i see unfortunately, i see some politicians trying to exploit this for their own political gain. the death of a law enforcement officer. he's the fourth officer who die just this year so far. steve: you know, randy, the capitol is one of the most secure buildings, i always thought, on the planet. i figured if there was ever -- you know, incoming, somebody in the command center would push a button and great big bullet proof panels or something like that would come up and there would be a dome or something like that. apparently i'm living in a fantasy world because ultimately we saw that one guy break the window with a plastic police shield. lindsey graham said yesterday

apparently, you know, they could have blown up the building, they could have killed all of us. something has got to change. >> what's happened here, you know, law enforcement has been cowed by the media, by politicians, by leaders, including the mayor in washington, d.c., they have all been highly critical of when law enforcement officers actually use. now what's happening is if the officers use enough force they get criticized. they get ridiculed. they get accused of racism and excessive force. so now what happens if you don't use enough force then you are watching what happens when police are not allowed to use the force. you know, law enforcement combat is one of the most misunderstood topics in law enforcement itself on -- by the media and by the

public. but, the reality is that when you are in close combat, your life is on the line. i'm surprised we didn't lose more than one officer considering what i saw in this debacle. steve: the good news is they put up a 9-foot steel fence. the bad news is they did it after the riot. it will randy, nobody knows more about this than you. thank you for getting up so early in las vegas today. >> i appreciate that so much. if people want to help those injured officers and injured officers across the united states the wounded blue.org. i urge you to contact us. steve: thank you, randy. thank you, sir. coming up on this friday big tech accused of going into full suppression mode as facebook blocks president trump indefinitely. have they gone too far or is that something they can do in joe is next. for veteran families,

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for the hill joe cop be that. hey, joe. >> good morning, ainsley. ainsley: good morning. they want to cancel the president of the @. >> it appears so. so here you have silicon valley, ainsley, deciding who can speak on their very powerful platforms. the numbers are astounding. i don't think people realize how many people are on facebook. 1.7 billion daily users. twitter 330 million daily users. instagram 1 presidential momly users. these are -- the types of platforms where 70% of american adults, for example, get their news from social media. it's an astounding thing. here you have now these people in silicon valley who clearly are to the left. look at campaign donations now deciding who and cannot be on their particular platforms. how do you justify, say, for instance, the leader of iran saying that israel should be wiped off the map? that tweet gets to stay up. or the chinese government saying that the u.s. army invent and weaponized coronavirus those tweets get to stay up. and then i looked because i

wanted to say all right they are saying because the president trump helped them insigh incitet darkest day in history. maxine waters look if you see anybody from that cabinet, trump's cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push pack on them. and you tell them they are not welcome anywhere anymore. that video gets to stay up. so, unless you do this consistently, it stunt look like you are enforcing the rules of your platforms, it looks like you have a political agenda and clearly, again, based on all the donations to joe biden and all the people that went to go work for joe biden for silicon valley it looks like they have an agenda, ainsley. ainsley: right, to silence the right. reporter at msnbc, alli, and this reporter was covering in minnesota all of the burning and riots there and cover it as

peaceful. listen to. >>this i want to be clear how i characterize this. this is a protest. it is not generally speaking unruly but fires have been started. ainsley: it's like torched in the background generally unruly. that's a stark contrast to what he tweeted out yesterday. trump incites mob is the headline of this morning's "new york times." any journalist language or normalizes what has happened today isn't doing their job. our job is to bear witness and tell the truth. trump is attempting a coup and inciting violence. your thoughts? >> there is a movie called 3:00 high where they have a great line that says pain is temporary film is forever. you saw the film. this is a mostly peaceful protest while an inferno is going on behind him and alli velshi wasn't the only reporter over the summer in atlanta, seattle, new york, chicago you were seeing on television screens literally with burning buildings that's not really

happening. it's 93% peace: the 7% not peaceful. because obviously the good outweighs the bad or the will even ha cnn anchor comparing antifa to allied troops storming normandy on d-day. you had an msnbc host once say that people get mad. people get sick of it. people are risking covid to make the point we're fed up and we're not going to take it anymore. so over the summer because the cause was something that aligned with their ideology, that was okay. but obviously what happened at the capitol which no one is excusing and deserves all the criticism it gets and every single person involved there should be pookd to the extent of the law allows. you have got to be consistent once again. i think that's our theme here ainsley consistency. ainsley: i know you have got to go. let me guess, yoga? kids aren't home, you are going to make a cocktail and enjoy the empty house or go find your stolen car? what is it today? >> yeah. 2020 was a great year. ainsley, look, i'm like you i go eggs and kegs and since it's friday of this horrible week,

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brian: fox news alert. jeff murphy sounding the alarm after reporter ransacked his office inside the capitol wednesday. steve: the senator says it appears somebody made off with his laptop. do you know what was on that laptop apparently sensitive information. how sensitive? and did they get it and who has got it? those are a lot of questions. ainsley: todd piro joins us live from the newsroom with more.

todd? >> the oregon democrat sits on high profile senate committees farm relations and appropriations. there is real concerns what may have been on his laptop. in a video posted to twitter. senator merkley takes us inside his office following the riot showing what the group did on wednesday. >> these hooligans who attacked the capitol smashed the door virtually off its hinges tore things off the wall, including this chinese scroll that a very good friend of mine had made by renounce artist. left a flag. the trump flag here to mark their presence. stole the laptop that was sitting on the table next to the telephone. todd: merkley has not confirmed what may have been on his laptop or whether it was able to be remotely wiped. his office was not the only one targeted. rioters causing damage to speaker nancy pelosi's office one even posing for a picture behind her desk. the washington, d.c. police

department along with the fbi are asking for help identifying the suspects. they are offering up to a $1,000 reward for tips that lead to an indictment. back to you. brian brine thanks, todd, i'm sure there are other stories like that we will be hearing about. meanwhile, 18 minutes before the top of the hour. let's bring in sean duffy, fox news contributor, used to work in that very building, congressman, we have so much to talk about. this was the headline that got buried because all the other news yesterday. listen to the mayor of d.c. and what she is calling for. >> we must get statehood on the president's desk within the first 100 days of that 117th congress. congress must immediately transfer command of the district of columbia national guard from the president of the united states and put it squarely under the command and control of the mayor of the district of columbia. the congress must create a nonpartisan commission to understand the catastrophic

security failures that happened at the capitol on january 6th, 2021. both to hold people accountable and to ensure that it never happens again. brian: well, that didn't take long. not a single department head has been confirmed. not hearings taking place, and already one of the fears in the warning signs of losing the senate in georgia and control, perhaps, even though it's 50/50. they are already calling for understood. could that happen or don't you think two thirds of the senate? >> listen, i think it's a simple majority and you are going to see a push by democrats to making. brian: simple majority? >> the reason, brian, is that donald trump got 5% of the vote in d.c. joe biden got 9% of the vote. this is a guaranteed two senators for the democrat party. this is about consolidating power. this isn't anything new, either. democrats have been talking about d.c. understood for years because they know this is their

pathway to power. what conservatives me about this if you have been to d.c. a lot of protests organized and of the city and they march to the capitol. pro-life on the right side. they will march to the capitol. if only the term complex and white house are controlled by the federal government and the rest of the city by mayor becauser, how do conservatives actually organize in the city and march to the capitol or march to the white house? they will be excluded where liberals will be allowed to protest and petition their government. steve: you know, congressman, i think it was just last may or june the house actually passed d.c. understood in the congress. it's not surprising that something that's within on their wish list for a long time. when i lived in washington, d.c. and i lived there for a long time, you know, the d.c. understood thick was statehood . the 7,000 people who lived there and for people who are

interested in equality, you know, they are not represented in congress. you know, and for a while they had on their license plate, you know, tax sakes without representatiotaxation withoutre. >> they do have a congresswoman. steve: who is their senator? >> they don't have a senator, you are right. buff they have a house member. so they do have representation. they do get to vote in committees. they do get to speak on the house floor. they do get to have their voice heard. but, again, this is a unique place. this is the capital of the united states of america. it belongs to all of us. and to think that we could have political control in far left wing political control, controlling the city where we all come to petition or government i think is frightening. we want to preserve this zone that is in essence nonpartisan that we can all come to. you look at the way both sides are treated, mayor bowser was happy to write black lives matter on streets by the white house and declare the square

outside the white house a black lives matter plaza, right? but she was unwilling to protected rand paul and other republican members of congress as they left the president's acceptance speech from the white house as they were threatened, they were pushed, they were spit on. there is different treatment for both sides of the aisle. we can't have that continue. we want to make sure every american whether you are left or right or in the center has equal treatment when you come to the capitol to petition your government. ainsley: you used to be in the capitol when you were a congressman there and i'm sure a lot of your friends were affected by what happened on wednesday. what was your reaction? >> listen, i was horrified. ainsley, when i went to the capitol for the first time i was a congressman elect. i had never been there. i never went there in eighth grade. right? so when i came in and i was allowed to go on the house floor, i was brought to tears. i was so honored that i would have the ability to step on to that great floor into that great chamber. and to see the thugs storm our capitol with such disrespect made me so angry.

but i also think it's important to recognize that that was one part of the protesters. there were a lot of peaceful protesters there as i watched what's happened back in wisconsin which is great to have the fox news studio right here in wausau, wisconsin, to get the real perspective of america. people aren't leaving the president. they are so frustrated and angry. you just talked to joe concha about facebook censoring the president. they see the different treatment of conservatives vs. liberals. they haven't left him. they still love him. disowrmingd and disappointed by those who raided the capitol but still love the president. and i think what democrats want is conservatives back on their heels retreating so this leftist marxist movement can advance in america. and i'm telling you what, in the middle of america, it's not happening. they are still with the president and this movement for putting america first and supporting our great american principles. brian: right. the president yesterday started on that path, i thought, by

conceding. and we want to have a peaceful transfer of power. and i think the further we can get away from yesterday, excuse me, wednesday, the better it's going to be for everyone. but the u gov just did a survey and asked republicans what do you think? do you support what happened at the capitol? and 45% approved of the riots in the capitol. that, to me, is scary. 43% opposed. but that's how frustrated they are. buff no one can ever approve that act, ever. meanwhile. >> no. mine mine congressman, thank you so much. >> thank you, have a great morning. brian: janice dean is are posed to if i have us the nonpartisan weather. janice: only areas of blue and red on the map low pressure and high pressure. steve: very nice. janice: i have been working on it. you know what? we have some southern snow across the appalachians, parts of north and south carolina. that's a pretty big deal and quite a bit of snow moving in.

the storm system is going to be with us for the next several hours. it will finally exit the coast tomorrow. but for now we are going to be dealing with some pretty nasty travel weather. especially where you have got the snow and ice mixed. keep that in mind. there is the model forecast. so rain mixed with wintry weather. that's not a great combination especially for our friends across the south and mid-atlantic and southeast. here is the forecast today. we will watch that storm exit off the atlantic coast. west coast you are in line for more weather over the next several days. storm system after storm system bringing heavy rain along the coast and snow over the mountains again this weekend. all right. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. ainsley: it is friday. happy friday, janice. thank you. still ahead, florida's governor using the power of the private sector to distribute the vaccines while the rest of the nation is lagging behind. dr. nicole saphier on why more states should follow his lead coming up next.

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♪ brian: nationwide the coronavirus vaccine distribution is lagging. florida governor ron desantis partnering with publix supermarkets to administer vaccinations. this is big. should other states model this partnership or continue to send

it to hospitals. let's ask fox news contributor are dr. nicole saphier. are you for this move? >> well, good morning, brian. it's hard to say. if you want to compare florida to new york, ultimately they both have vaccinated or given out about 31% of the doses they have received. however, one of the moves that florida is doing that i do support is they are really cutting that red tape. they are being less restrictive on where they are sending the vaccines to. who is able to administer it and who is actually able to receive it. that's why you are seeing people lined up to get this vaccine as opposed to some other states such as new york where you are only seeing certain healthcare systems receive the vaccine. when you know about 20 to 30% of healthcare workers are refusing the vaccine, all of a sudden you have the supply but not the demand. the doses are sitting on the shelf. they need to cut back the red tape and opening up and more of a targeted approach and need to make sure that every dose sitting on the shelf is being put into the arm of someone who wants it. so it should not be so

restrictive on who is able to get it. by the way, these pop-up centers that governor cuomo keeps talking about, are why aren't they open yet? he said he has identified over 1,000 site for these pop-up centers. i don't understand. we have had over a month to prepare for this. they should all be open. it shouldn't be a plan at this point. they need to be open and they need to be open now. brian: wait a second his time for him to blame somebody else or fine hospitals $100,000 for not issuing the vaccine quick enough. let me ask you, in the medical community, does it work to fine people? >> of course not, brian. positive reinforcement is always better than negative reinforcement and ultimately, brian, we are under staffed. we have a lot of staff that are out with covid-19 because we are treating patient with covid-19. so unless he wants to lessen the restrictions and allow more people to administer the vaccine and not just nurses then of course we are not going to get out as apples possible. you see hospitals all across the state and doctors and nurses and medical assistants. everyone volunteering their time

free of charge trying to get vaccines in people but ultimately physicians and other healthcare workers are burnt out and overworked and a lot of them are sick right now. brian: dentistst in california are being asked to help out they know how to do it. maybe time to go to cvs and walgreen's. give the ages out. they will show up. it's worked in the past. dr. saphier, thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: all right, coming up straight ahead over the next two hours. geraldo is going to be here lye. general jack keane on the threats america is facing in the midst of all of this turmoil. rob smith will be here the man making it work with vaccine west virginia governor jim justice. you should meditate. eat crunchy foods. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. are you kidding me?!

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♪ >> the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. you da not represent our country. >> if the vice president and cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. >> it's been nancy pelosi's fantasy to impeach and tried this over and over again and now they feel like they have had their moment. steve: a capital hill police officer has died from injuries he sustained during the breach at the capitol. the department chief has resigned. >> this was an epic fail of leadership. >> we must get statehood on the president's desk within the first 100 days. >> this is a guaranteed two senators for the democrat party. this is about consolidating power. brian: all right. we will start with a fox news alert. you recognize that noise,

president trump aaddressing the nation, condemning the violent riot on capital hill. several lawmakers calling for his removal from office with just two weeks remaining in his term. steve: this as we learn a capitol police officer has died after being hurt in the unrest. ainsley: a manhunt is now underway for dozens of those rioters. rich edson is live in washington with the latest. good morning, rich. >> good morning, police say the officer brian sicknick died last night, injured wednesday engaging with the mob on capitol hill. there is now a homicide investigation. more than 24 hours after the riot the national guard was still installing a 7-foot fence around a now largely quiet capitol building. the department chief and other congressional security officials are resigning after wednesday's massive breach. federal prosecutors say they filed 55 cases, the fbi has released wanted posters of dozens who entered the capitol. vandalized it and threatened the

legislature of the u.s. government. and last nit the president spoke. >> like all americans, i'm outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem. to those who broke the law, you will pay. my focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seemless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. >> democrats and even some republicans are calling for the president's immediate removal for inciting the violence. the house speaker said congress may try again to impeach him. >> if the vice president and cabinet do not act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. >> education secretary betsy devos resigned last night. she joins transportation secretary elaine chao among several other top white house and administration officials. steve, ainsley, and brian back to you. brian: thanks so much. appreciate it. it's so unbelievable that they would be wasting our time a day

after they called for unity chuck schumer and nancy pelosi we have to enact the 25th amendment getting the vice president to do it. by the way, if you don't do it, mike pence who i understand is a little bit angry at the president maybe for the first time in four years, five. he says we will impeach him. right we know how well that went last time. we know how long this takes. can we just look at the calendar flint firefighters union got two weeks. at a time when you stood there and told everybody it's time to come together. chuck schumer said the same thing. mitch mcconnell took on his own president in saying the same thing. after these horrendous riots, you want to bring the country together by saying let's oust the president two weeks early. that has no use. there is no possibility for it. and for those cabinet secretaries or those officials in the trump team who can't take it anymore after 13 days, this is public service. finish your job. don't make america is susceptible because all of a sudden you have this moral awakening that you can't work for a president who has been unorthodox and different to begin with.

we all condemn the act. finish your job and which is right now to watch our backs and help the next administration adapt. here is katie pavlich. >> it's been the democrat and nancy pelosi' fantasy to impeach and remove president trump since he was elected in november of 2016. one thing that we have seen over and over again not just through the past year but in the last 24 hours is the left completely ignoring the fact that they have been responsible for tearing down a number of norms and institutions in this country for years. it was four years ago that joe biden had that oval office meeting with president trump and suggested that the logan act be used against michael flynn. and they act like just because there wasn't an outwardly view of what was going on that there was a peaceful transfer of power between the obama administration and the trump administration. there was not. steve: there was not, she said.

you know, brian, you mentioned a moment ago a number of white house officials are leaving. and you said they should just stick it out. but there are a lot of people who are so horrified by what happened the other day, they are people of principle and they say look, we can't stand by what happened. and so we are going to leave. i completely get that. brian: i disagree because they are there for public service. finish your job. what is best for the country? you will i'm going to go. i'm so angry i'm going to go. if you are upset by the president? have you met him? did you speak to him. do you know how upset he has been since november 3rd. nobody reinforced his actions on november 'rd until today i think that was wrong. i leave 13 days early and supposed to respect that move? you are not helping america. steve: if they are leaving the white house service and it is public service and one of my kids is in public service. but if public service has called you to that and you just draw the line in the sand and say that was a step too far, i

completely get that. brian: two weeks. steve: listen, when you talk about nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, both saying, you know, let's hey make pence get rid of him through the 25th amendment and mike pence has said no, let's not do that. dupe who else has said no, let's not do that? yesterday at his press availability joe biden came in to talk about merrick garland and some appointment he is going to make and he looked right down at peter doocy and he said i know you want to talk about the 25th amendment, we are not going to talk about that today. because this is not the time. so obviously joe is giving the president of the united states a pass on that. he wants to change the topic and he wants to turn the page. as we all do. in the meantime, when you look at what happened at the capitol the other day, it was terrible. from start to finish. one of the things that shocked us was we thought the u.s.

capitol was will, you know, a fortress, but, as you look at the broken glass and the broken doors and everything that was looted as the capitol you realize wait a minute, it's not impenetrable. it's something that can be damaged and obviously they were not prepared. but, randy sutton of the founder of the wounded blue says essentially don't blame the 2,000 capitol police officers blame their bosses and blame bureaucracy because they are the ones who did the planning and they did a really bad job. here is randy. >> this was an epic fail of leadership. you know, planning 101 for an event where there is going to be thousands and thousands of people. whether it's a protest for the government, against the government. it doesn't really matter. all those contingency plans need to be put in place. those contingency plans include

working with other agencies like the metro d.c. police, having national guard on stand by. will because of the lack of planning. steve: apparently they were ready for a demonstration. they didn't think it was going to get violent. so they plan for a demonstration, not a riot. and ultimately, because of the bad planning, a police officer, 12-year vet by the name of brian sicknick is dead. apparently i was told by somebody in congress that he was hit in the head, somebody threw a fire extinguisher and ultimately it killed him and that is a tragedy. ainsley: it's horrible. brian, when you talk about they want to impeach the president with a few more weeks left, people at home do not want that.

steve: we're exhausted. ainsley: we are so over this. we are ready to bring our country back together as maya angelou says we are more alike than different. we need to many do together. everyone needs to condemn the rioting and violence and goings into the capitol and burning someone's business that you don't even know that depends on that money to feed their kids. we're all sick of this. and we're ready to get together as a country. i think joe biden missed an opportunity yesterday when he went up there and he said this would be different if they were black lives matter. that's not helping this cause. let's listen to the black lives matter platform. let's talk about police reform. that's what they were rioting about this last summer. let's listen to those people down on the ground in front of the capitol that were rioting on wednesday. let's find out what their concerns are. their concerns with election integrity. they are worried about progressive thought seeping into our country and changing our country to be socialists. and most people are in the middle. we have extremes on both sides. most of us agree on we don't want that extreme and we don't

want that extreme. let's come together and let's talk about this as a country because the way it is going now is not working. we need to come together. steve: do you think? ainsley: you have joe biden saying black lives matter protests would have been different if -- they would have been treated differently if they had been at the capitol on wednesday. kamala harris said use gassed on protester. once wednesday they let extremists storm the capitol. they didn't have enough officers there. they didn't let them. they were trying to push them back. in fact, a woman died because of it. five people died because of it. and then you have -- there is a reporter for town hall.com julia who said this is simply false and dangerous when you hear kamala harris say that because it's not true. he said i covered both of these riots and he said the narrative is simply false. on wednesday tear gas was used. pepper balls were used. pepper spray was used flash balls were used they were all used like they were in the riots of 2020. rioting is not okay. you can't go and vandalize. if you don't belief me, the media even down played all the riots last summer.

watch this. >> that ain't a riot what we are seeing right now in minneapolis. what we are seeing right there is frustration. >> do not get it twisted and think that oh, this is something that has not never happened before before and this is so terrible. >> be done by a commission city council not a mob in the middle of the night throwing it into the harbor. >> people do what they do. >> that's a myth. , show me where it says that protests are supposed toable polite and peaceful. >> they are not going to let up and they should not. >> mostly a protest. it is not -- it is not generally speakings unruly but fires have been started. ainsley: you heard kamala harris say they are not going to let up nor should they? she was the one pushing that bail -- it was called she was tweeting out about a bail fund for all those rioters. if you rioted back then and stormed into businesses and set them on fire they raised $35 million to get them out of prison and many people who were opt streets in minneapolis, in

portland, we interviewed a lot of them said they are getting out of prison and then they are coming back and doing it again. brian: right. the thing is there is enough things with race involved in our country, race is not involved. ainsley: this is not helping. brian: this is what "the washington post" said. dave ignatius called everybody. why were you so under prepped prepared he said the fbi under estimated the number of protesters they predicted 20,000. it turns out there were closer to 50. i think actually more than that the capitol police didn't stand their ground at the pressroom term of the capitol itself. they went and protected the lawmakers. the mayor was slow to request additional troops from the d.c. national guard. the acting attorney general was similarly tardy in ordering elite fbi units into the capitol. and the pentagon brass worried more about the appearance of the military being politicized by being there. so they acknowledged the inadequate response, the capitol police chief has resigned. the a.p. is reporting the capitol police had turned down offers of additional support from the national guard and the fbi before the disastrous

invasion. they weren't ready pause one thing that probably came into play is the -- in the past, there has not been violence at the trump events. and the protests. the clash was have been when other groups clashed with trump people. but, that's no excuse when 50,000 people are coming and they're angry and by the way the itinerary was there 11:00 the event starts. 1:00 the president speaks. 1:30 they march to the capitol right when they were voting on the electoral college. you actually had the whole format there. it seems to me from a law enforcement they dropped the ball in a series of ways. steve: but in history when was the last time there was ever a demonstration, tens of thousands of people who marched on the capitol the day that they certified the electoral college. brian: i don't think ever. steve: no. it's never happened before. they planned for a demonstration but a riot happened and their bofses did the planning and they are the ones responsible.

brian: they thought 8,000, 6 to thousand law enforcement officers would be enough to handle the problem. they were wrong. steve: they only had 2,000. they only used the capitol police, a force of 2,000 and then when they were surrounded they called the metropolitan police and essentially of the calvary came and helped them out. ainsley: the chief and sergeant of arms both resigned. steve: yeah. i got the feeling that's just the beginning. all right. it is 7:1 in new york city. jillian joins us with news from the pentagon. jillian: that's right. good morning. the pentagon deploys more b 52 bombers to the middle east in a powerful message to iran. two bombers flew a fourth nonstop mission to the arabian gulf and back. this as iran warnings of revenge over the killing of top general will kassem soleimani. reveal a under ground missile place undisclosed location along the gulf. portland mayor ted wheeler

harassed by protesters while out at dinner and the confrontation was caught on camera. watch. >> you have done nothing in the city [bleep] to your face you are [bleep] are going to be made to feel like the scum you are. [bleep] you. shame on you. jillian: place say one protester punched wheeler in the shoulder. that was not captured on video and wheeler was not hurt. his office released a statement saying quote, it is not unusual for people to confront the mayor and other elected officials in public. it's part of the job. today stimulus payments will be deposited in the correct accounts. turbo tax reportedly sent an email to customers saying most payments should be available. it comes after the company said an irs error caused millions of payments to be deposited in the wrong accounts. meanwhile, 8 million stimulus payments are being mailed in the form of prepaid debit cards. they will come in an envelope with a treasury seal after americans tossed out first

relief payment thinking it was junk mail. tonight the final episode of jeopardy featuring al alex trebek will air. it was the last one recorded before alex trebek passed away. it will include a special message from him. he died in november after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. he hosted the quiz show for 37 seasons. a look at your headlines. brian: i think he is the most respected person in america. i don't know anybody that thought he was anything but a great person and an unbelievable host. steve: legendary. ainsley: thanks, jillian. coming up democrats facing backlash as critics accuse them of immediately playing politics with the d.c. riots. charlie hurt says we need unity more than ever now and he's next. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving.

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meanwhile, president-elect joe biden rounding out his nominees for top roles in the justice department tapping attorney kristin clarke to head up the department of justice's civil rights division despite her calls to partially defund the police. in a "newsweek" op-ed this past summer clark wrote, quote i advocate for defunding policing operations that have made african-americans more vulnerable to police violence. we must invest less in police and more in social workers. here to react former federal prosecutor and are attorney for utah brett tollman. bret, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what do you make of the nomination of kristin clarke for that particular post at doj. >> well, i think this was a direct reaction to probable anticipated criticism of the maker garland appointment. not to suggest that judge garland isn't capable and certainly qualified for the position of attorney general, he

is. but he has a different track record. he's a hard core prosecutor. even advocated for the death penalty in federal cases. i think joe biden probably anticipated that that wasn't going to be seen or appreciated by some in the progressive side of his party and so i think the nominations below him are an attempt to appease that movement. steve: so, in other words, he is still giving a nominee that the left want but at the same time the larger job the attorney general some on the left are disappointed oh, you know, he is not as far to the left as we would like him. >> yeah, absolutely. there may be some strategy there think about the fact that the left does not want to see a moderate put into the supreme court. so, by placing him as attorney general, that certainly takes him out of consideration. and keeps open the opportunity to put someone far left on the supreme court if there is an

opening. steve: merrick garland did appear in delaware yesterday alongside joe biden and here is some of what he had to say. watch. >> guaranteeing the independence of the department from partisan influence in law enforcement investigations. if confirmed my mission as attorney general will be to reaffirm those policies as the principles upon which the department operates. steve: do you like the idea of merrick garland? i know the "wall street journal" today says that this is a pretty good choice. >> yeah. he's been in the trenches as a federal prosecutor. i think the department of justice is going to respect that people will respect his hard work, his work ethic, his moderate politics. and the fact that he has already come out and said he is going to be independent, you know, we all are hoping, for example, that the hunter biden investigation goes forward and is not deterred by politics. so, that is, i think, what everyone has their eye on is

what is going to happen with those investigations. steve: as soon as as a lot of people saw yesterday that joe biden was nominating merrick garland they are thinking oh, that's the guy the democrats wanted as on the supreme court at the conclusion of the obama administration. mitch mcconnell said nope, we are not going to vote on it this time. had he been confirmed then would have been the same guy. doesn't sound like he would have been that bad? >> no. i think he is qualified. i think he is an incredibly talented lawyer. his ethics is as high as it comes as an attorney. he is respected. look, that was a strategic pick by obama. thinking that it might be more easy to confirm him under the, you know, republican controlled senate at the time. steve: ultimately, it sounds like joe biden with this particular pick he doesn't want to -- he stunt want to fight with the senate. >> yeah. i don't think he wants to fight but, remember, at his heart, joe biden is pretty hard core when it comes to the criminal justice

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♪ the violence and chaos on capitol hill. highlighting america's deep divide, but our next guess says democrats pointing the blame too soon does nothing to unite the country. here to explain fox news contributor "washington times" opinion editor charlie hurt. charlie, i was the one weapons said do things have to hit rock bottom ton before they get better and look for compromise how naive do i feel now when watching yesterday what happened with the impeachment 25th amendment. both are not going to happen but just further divide the country. >> no. it's incredible. these politicians will never

change their stripes. it was amazing scene on the house floor and in the senate floor on wednesday night where coming came back into session and they said look, we are not going to be intimidated and cowed by. this we are going to carry on with our business. it it was a beautiful scene. house speaker nancy pelosi handled it beautifully and literally within seconds of turning the microphone open on the floor, the -- this was exclusively democrats. immediately ban got right back to the partisan recriminations starting accusing the republicans of treason and sedition and encouraging all of this stuff. every ounce of hope that we had that okay well maybe this will be a unifying moment and we can come out of this stronger just completely went out the window. it was absolutely disgusting. and then you have this business yesterday of president-elect joe biden and kamala harris basically accusing the capitol hill police of being racist and that's why they didn't stop the trump supporters? it's insane and it's going to

get so much worse. obviously what we wept through the other day is not the moment where we hit rock bottom as you just pointed out. brian: senator chris coons come out. some people label him moderate. i find him reasonable most times. he came out and said josh hawley and ted cruz should resign. republicans to their credit and obviously they condemned everything going on in the capitol. they couldn't believe it. a lot of these people are their supporters. all right? but keep in mind the law and order democrats were mia in the spring and summer, case in point. where was the outrage when maxine waters was trying to bring the temperature down, i say sarcastically in june of 201? listen. >> if you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. brian: did that settle things down? >> yeah.

you literally could spend an entire week running nothing but examples of that kind of hypocrisy. and the other thing that i kind of -- i think is kind of interesting is not only are republicans condemning everything that happened, but they are also trying to sort of look inward and you have people who have been very supportive of the president trying to take stock of how much the president is responsible for all of this. there is none of that going on on the other side of the aisle. and the problem here is -- and i get this rush to want to blame everything on president trump. well, everything that is going on right now has been in the making for years and decades. and politicians on capitol hill have been part of this for years and decades. and the last thing that they want to do is actually stop and take stock of themselves and try to figure out okay, what have i done to make this worse or to create this situation? and you take somebody like senator coons who is a perfect example he seems like a reasonable guy most of the time.

but they get caught up in their own mob. he is a lawmaker. they get caught up in their own mob mentality and all trying to outdo one another on twitter who see who can make the most outrageous charge or make the most outrageous demand of the other side. and nothing is ever going to get healed if that's your approach. you have to approach this from the standpoint of, okay, what can i do to had fix this situation? what have i done to maybe inadvertently create this situation and then go from there. but there is no indication from democrats on capitol hill that any one of them has any intention of doing that and certainly not from joe biden or kamala harris. which is, you know, it's a terrible day for our country. brian: i mean, joe biden has gone out of his way not to go directly at the president for the most part until yesterday when he talked about the race. -- talk about race being an issue. i thought that was totally unnecessary. he has got to find a way to get some buy in from the 75 million

that voted for trump. i thought he. >> exactly. brian: i thought he understood that it doesn't seem he does. charlie, we will talk to you again. >> sound good, thanks, brian. brian: all right. come up straight ahead, senator josh hawley is going to talk about his book warning big tech suppression. he just gets canceled. "fox & friends weekend" co-host you have got jed, pete, and will weighing in on this new cancel culture. ♪ pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser-drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. tylenol rapid release gels.

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after his role in what became a dangerous threat. and, ainsley, they are talking all about what happened on wednesday. ainsley: that's right. let's bring in "fox & friends weekend" co-host will cain, jedediah bil bila and pete hegs. >> good morning. >> hi. pete: good morning. ainsley: this could not be more orwellian, it's a direct assault on the first amendment. only approved speech can now be published. this is the left looking to cancel everyone that they don't approve of. i will fight this cancel culture with everything i have. we will see you in court. jedediah, your reaction? jedediah: yeah, so i disagree with him a little bit here. and here's why. first of all the first amendment involves the government prohibiting speech. this is not a first amendment issue. this is a private company. steve: that's right. jedediah: simon and shuster whether you agree with the decision or not simon and shuster is a private company. they can decide at any point if they want to stop and not go through. for example, ainsley, if i were in the midst of a deal and i had

a plusing deal and i got on tv sewed today and said something outrageous, racist, whatever it may be, a plusing company can give me a call and contract turleyly say we don't want to put money and blood, sweat and tears into your book. recall that's well within their right. i also think that i know that the impulse is to say this is orwellian but for me it's actually the opposite. it's orwellian to think that anyone would be able to tell a private company that they need to publish your book or it's a first amendment violation. so i think he has this wrong. i'm taking a side what i believe was atrocious behavior on his part with regard to the election. this isn't about your opinion, my opinion or anyone's opinion. this is about protecting the rights of these public companies to make these decisions book to book because the last thing you want is to them to not be able to make these decisions and to bcited as first amendment violations that's the early ridiculous. his statement to me made absolutely no sense. steve: will? will: you know, steve, i think

jedediah is right when it comes to the technical aspects of this analysis. it's not a first amendment issue. it is a private company making its own decision; however, i think it is orwellian it's not a stand alone story it's part of a you will can turley movement going on for decades. steve: his book is about the topic. will: i'm sorry? steve: his book is about this topic his thesis is proving this point. will: exactly. we are going to become a one party country. what we have become over the last 0 years or more is one point of view country. whether or not that's in academia, in the corporate hr culture, in big tech in the media industrial entertainment complex. you are really only allow to toe the line of one point of view. right before we came on i saw this tweet from abigail schrier you know her she wrote the "wall street journal." she wrote a book about transgenderism that came out you are not entitled to a book contract can quickly become united doesn't have to let you on its planes.

marriott doesn't have to let you at it hotels or visa stunt have to let you use those cars. of course those wouldn't be technical first amendment issues as well. what they show is a growing trend in this country. by the way, there is a lot of anger out there about this that we are becoming a one point of view you country. brian: well said, and pete, let's just expand. this he we can talk about the senator. can we also talk about the president? the president might be banned for life from facebook, from twitter, from a bunch of shopping sites that might sell his stuff because they don't like the way he act. is wednesday terrible? yeah. did you agree with his speech? most didn't. and the march that ended up breaching the walls, no. but big tech can cancel you? how soon until tom cotton starts getting on a roll and starts saying something they don't like. steve: thrown out of the "new york times." brian: yeah. pete: listen, this whole thing is the textbook definition of orwellian because if you read george orwell 1984, animal farm,

whatever you want. it's not just government authoritarianism, this is corporate authoritarianism. this is technological. he didn't see the internet coming or social media he previewed exactly what that meant. this is moral authoritarianism which is the idea of being woke you can only have one particular point of view. this is entirely orwellian. george orwell had it completely right. it's worse when it isn't just the government. there is a group think from one point of view. listen, my first book was with simon and shuster. it was with threshold a. they made grobs of money for simon and shuster. yet everyone at simon and shuster hates them because they are conservative. even though they make the company tons of money they are effectively canceled within the company. and the person that led that branch was eventually pushed out because you just can't have conservatives in our midst. george or well did see this stuff coming. it is orwellian. it is dystopian and that's why donald trump was right to fight on section 230.

because if you are allowed to be canceled online, if you are allowed for authoritarianism to erase you, erase you, unpersoning also something from george or well's 1984 and also a ministry in truth in 1984 which is what our media tries to do spin every moment as if everything is trump's fault. everything are right of center folks fault. it's all there. this for josh hawley is a preview of exactly what will said where will it stop when platforms decide you are not acceptable. you are canceled. steve: maybe he should have written book. ainsley: simon and shuster was lovely to meet when i wrote my children's book. is he going to go to another plusing house and make a lot more money because we are all talking about it. pete: he will. ainsley: will, what's coming up on your show this weekend? brian: will's show? really i didn't know that. ainsley: we can get brian to say y'all. on y'all's show? will: you know we have a big show. we have jason chaffetz on this

weekend. the nfl playoff kickoff. the nhl can invite fans back into the stands. i would expect the three of us do get into the event of this week on the show this he could would. steve: all right. and, listen, you have plenty to talk about. believe us. all right, jed, and will, and pete, thank you very much for joining us. ainsley: thank you we will be watching. steve: it's a friday. what's the weekend going to look like. janice dean shows us there is a lot of blue, chilly temperatures across much of the land. janice: yes, 15 to 20 to 25 degrees employee average across portions of the southeast where they're getting some southern snow. something that they, you know, don't see a whole lot of across the carolinas. let's take a look at it. yep, temperatures certainly cold enough for snow over north carolina and there's the radar, so you can see where we have got the rain, unfortunately a mixture of rain and ice and snow as this system moves offshore within the next 1 hours. but we're going to definitely see some measurable snow,

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student at garage town university helping free him. the bills running back jones gifting him a pair of tickets. that's great. send it back to you guys. >> steve: all right. thank you very much, jillian. meanwhile, yesterday, the mayor of washington, d.c. the district of columbia, muriel bowser in talking about what happened on wednesday, among other things aside from talking about the national guard and some other things as well, she brought up something that infuriates a lot of republicans. and that is the possibility of the district of columbia actually becoming the state of washington. republicans don't like it because they feel that because it is largely gone democratic for decades, it would be a deep blue state forever. here is the mayor making the case. it's time for statehood now. >> we must ge statehood on the president's desk within the first 100 days of that 117th

congress. congress must immediately transfer command of the district of columbia national guard from the president of the united states and put it squarely under the command and control of the mayor of the district of columbia. the congress must create a nonpartisan commission to understand the catastrophic security failures that happen at the capitol on january 6th, 2021. both to hold people accountable and to ensure that it never happens again. steve: so she went through the list of failures on wednesday. but then also snuck in the thing about d.c. statehood when they, you know, back 30 years ago when i lived in washington, d.c., that was one of the big things they had on the license plates taxation without representation is tyranny. politically, brian and ainsley, i get why the republicans don't want the state of washington strict of columbia.

ainsley: democrat. steve: absolutely a deep blue state for a very long time. ainsley: would you say the percentage. steve: at the same time when i lived there my vote did not count in the u.s. senate. they have a delegate eleanor holmes norton they don't have representation in congress. brian: they were never supposed to. steve: if you lived in washington wouldn't you want that if you are paying taxes. ainsley: that goes with the territory you are right. 50 states that's not a state so you don't get a senator. she went on to say she wants this to happen in the first 100 days when the president is inaugurated and she also wants remember when president trump said i sent out the national guard to the capitol to help? she wants that power. she said in every state the governor gets that power. i don't have that power in d.c. it's up to the president. here is what sean duffy on our show earlier. here is what he had to say. >> you have been to d.c. there is a lot of protests and protests that get organized around the city and then they march to the capitol.

the pro-life march is a good one on the right side. they organize and march to the capitol. if only the capitol complex and the white house are controlled by the federal government and the reps of the city by mayor bowser, how do conservatives actually organ i orgz in the cid march to the capitol this is the capitol of the united states of america. it belongs to all of us, and to think that we can have political control and far left wing political control controlling the city where we all come to petition our government i think is frightening. brian: washington was picked between all these states not to become a state for a reason. so all welcome all sides. i would feel the same way if it was bright red as it currently is bright blue. puerto rico is a different thing. can you debate it to be a state. but washington should not be a state. i don't think it's a simple majority. i think you need two thirds unless they get rid of the filibuster. and also on the actual security in the capitol, yesterday the jennifer griffin's reporting that the capitol police were offered national guard troops

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>> to those who engage in acts of violence and distraction you will pay. my focus turns to ensuring a smooth transition of power. >> the president should not hold office one day longer. >> remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment. >> every ounce of hope that this would be a unifying moment we come out of stronger went out the window. >> capital police officer hurting wednesday's right has died. >> he returned to his office and collapsed. a homicide investigation. >> bill diblasio blasts governor andrew cuomo for squashing plans to make 25,000 nypd officers eligible to receive the covid-19 vaccine. >> nature every dose is put in the arms of someone who wants it now.

>> donald trump addresses the nation condemning the violent riots on capitol hill. >> like all-americans i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. to those who broke the law you will pay. my focus turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation. brian: moments ago they assistant house speaker telling cnn they are moving forward with senator chuck schumer and nancy pelosi's call to remove the president from office. the assistant house speaker says they are planning and impeachment vote next week if vice president mike pence does not invoke the 20 fifth amendment. he said he would not do that. we learned capital police officer has died after confronting rioters on capitol hill. he apparently was hit in the

head during the melee with a fire extinguisher. he was able to make it back to headquarters but died later. a motorcade honoring him outside the capital last night where he worked for 12 years, officers held a moment of silence. >> $1,000 reward if you know who stormed the capital. there is the wanted poster that has been hanging up, the fbi's in conducting a manhunt for dozens of riot suspects. let's bring in geraldo rivera. how are you? it has been a really hard week for our country. >> terrible. ainsley: what are your thoughts? >> the speech the president made, i was he made it tuesday night before he inspired and incited that mob to storm the capital. there is no doubt the president bears responsibility and hearing the capital police officer has succumbed to his

injuries it is inexcusable, a dark stain on american history. i want the trump term to end as soon as possible on january 20th, these efforts, the local newspaper, trump's term could come to a end early like every newspaper in the country, all suggesting this is now, this issue is on the table. i do not want that to happen. i think the president should finish his term, what happened, history will judge him and it is something grotesquely disappointing to me what happened and i tell you i blame senator josh howley as much as i blame the president because those are two brilliant men, stanford and yale, ted cruz, princeton and harvard,

brilliant lawyers, they knew there was no constitutional, judicial or legislative path to overturn the election and they went along with that phony - steve: why did they do it? >> i will tell you why they did it. they did it because both of them are in competition to inherit the donald trump constituency. they wanted to inherit that superb group of working-class americans the president has forged into a new republican party, they wanted to take that mantle in 2024, their own, cool, hungry ambition that drove them. so dismayed by their behavior. brian: you don't know that. let me finish. you don't know what their intention was to inherit anything.

ted cruz the play-by-play is up there. he talked to senator kennedy, what can we do because there are problems in these states. if we want to elect oral reform, a series of debates had nothing to do with the riots, had no idea what was happening, he didn't incite the riots. >> you are so wrong. you are wrong because these are very clever people. they knew the impact of their words and they knew by holding out the possibility the election could be overturned, and absurd possibility but these two smart clever senators siding with the president - >> nothing to do with the riots. >> a legal argument which they are allowed to do. it is built into the constitution and whether you like it or not that is one thing but to blame them for the deaths of five people and for

the riots - ainsley: i did read and article saying if you blame the president or josh howley for rioters who do the wrong thing to you blame bernie sanders for the shootings of the crazy guy who shot at scalise? it is a great arguments, you don't. >> i don't recall the facts of the bernie sanders situation. >> he was a bernie sanders supporter. >> anyone who listens to the president's harangue to that mob on wednesday knows that they were, in their mind they thought they were doing the president's bidding. they thought the president wanted them to storm the capital.

he said go down there and don junior was even worse and rudy giuliani, what did they expect that crowd to do once it got to the united states capital? set up picnic chairs? what were they going to do? peacefully march back and forth? they were filled with rage. there was this possibility the election could be overturned which was absolutely false. they were counting the electoral votes. you cannot say they broke the legal issue. >> now you settle this in a 10 day - >> they are not responsible for the riots. >> don't let the propaganda for you. they knew there was no chance, 0 chance. pennsylvania and georgia.

brian: there was no chance that was going to happen. you mentioned you liked donald trump's twitter speech where he kind of conceded. the curious thing, what he said yesterday at the very end he said our incredible journey is only just beginning. there are 74 million americans who voted for him wondering what that means, it is just beginning? is he going to run again or try to influence people? i could see him saying that on his last day but after the week he has had, what do you think this great beginning is? >> is trying to restart, undo what he did. he had a magnificent legacy. if you stopped history on monday you had a president who was the father of the vaccine, the ones that got the vaccines

ready to save the world in record time. he got those peace treaties in the middle east, he got the economy going that elevated black and brown americans among others, so much going for him. he could have easily run for 2024. i had the conversation with the president when he called me four times in this house, friday, the thirteenth of november, 10 days after the election, he was much more calm. he was redesigned which he said he was a realist. he said he would do the right thing. then he became more militant as the days progressed digging in his heels saying he would not accept the word of the american voter and the results is tragic and has tarnished his legacy in a terrible way. brian: a final question. given there are 50, 60, 70 million people who voted for

him, after his this week so many people are confused. what do you say to people who are confused? >> let me address the speaker of the house, pelosi and the new majority leader in the senate, schumer from new york and say what you are doing is reopening the wound. the tension and the division. shame on you. you are as grandstanding as howley and ted cruz. this -- i condemn what they are doing. we need what the president did last night. calm us, unite us. apologize for the loss of the cop and others who died. maybe mistakes were made. i didn't mean. i love you, america, let's go forward, we are getting the vaccines, we will get this plague behind us and have better days.

i want the president to remind people why we loved him, remind people 70 million, what inspired them to leave the comfort of their home to go to washington? because he is beloved by 70 million americans but to tarnish his legacy, to crap all over it, this is something that is a tragedy of shakespearean proportions because now donald trump is not going to be the shining star. >> we should be focused on the vaccine, the transition. it ainsley: maxine waters said getting people's faces. every side, no matter what group, if they are violent they need to be condemned. doesn't matter if you vote with them or not. people don't need to get in people's faces and restaurants. >> i always agree with you. keep in mind the law and order

democrats were invisible in the spring and summer when cities were being destroyed and there are 220 days of riots in portland and they took over locks in seattle and in new york. brian: thank you for holding us to the flame and showing you have home delivery. i don't need to change anything. ainsley: see you next friday. let's begin with this. stock futures taking higher as investors await the december jobs report. economists are predicting 71,000 jobs added last month as unemployment claims remain four times higher than a pretend that make average showing many employers have jobs amid tightening coronavirus restrictions. space x kicks off 2021 with its first rocket launch of the year.

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of the capital which horrified people and surprised people that such a thing could take place. as the mayor said, a catastrophic security failure, we've got to get to the bottom of it and it is going to get solved and the capital has to get hardened. the fact that you can break glass in the office buildings in the capital is absurd. the white house is bulletproof glass, the pentagon is bulletproof glass. this building has to get hardened. in terms of it is overstated, enemies taking advantage of the situation in terms of the

security breach if so, what they are doing, china, iran, russia and venezuela are exploiting the situation because they know full well the united states is the oldest a marker see in the world and the united states is the symbol of democracy around the world and countries aspire to be like the united states so they are attacking us for this breach of security as an attack on america's democracy, that information campaign will last for a while but it will be short-lived, the horrific pictures will be out there, it will be a major issue people will be persuaded the united states is not a beacon of democracy, no longer stand up for liberty and freedom. todd: china was a look at hong kong.

the analogy and russia saying it is our fault because we have an archaic voting system, we find it discouraging but we have to take it for now. i have to say this. the army secretary brian mccarthy said he talked to the capital police. he knew this was going to happen. it was essentially turned it down. they didn't want to the military present, the look. >> the performance by the leadership of the capital police is outrageous and ear responsible. and investigation will reveal all of that. the reason people coming to washington dc, not so much coming to the rally but a joint session of congress to ratify the electoral college vote.

they were coming, and in washington took place, it is obvious to people it was going to be violence, there would be people in among the protesters that would attempt to penetrate the capital and create mayhem and chaos. that was all over the internet and well-known to intelligence circles and capital police could not have a tone deaf ear to what was taking place. there should have been comprehensive planning. pre-position deployment of the washington dc metropolitan police which are the most experienced in dealing with crowds. hundreds of thousands of people in a way no other city in the united states could handle and

do it effectively. they should have been on the front line. capital police, don't think even let the people when you know it will be prone to violence on the capitol grounds, demonstrate on the mall next to the capitol grounds. brian: iran is warning propaganda reasons. iraq ordered the arrest warrant for donald trump for general soleimani who killed so many americans and the pentagon deployed his fourth b-52 mission to the middle east and the uss nimitz stays in the persian gulf. can you tell us what this is about? >> it has been reported that iranian military units are on alert, this is being moved into iraq from iran and they are giving to iranian backed militia groups, and iraqi security forces.

i don't believe the iranian's will conduct a military operation prior to the inauguration because they don't have to deal with mister trump and they know his response would be very significant if they kill americans. than the biden administration coming in, she will negotiate with the biden administration coming into full compliance with the criteria of the nuclear deal. and that puts the biden administration in a different place as pertains to the iranian's are military escalation, not negotiations. it is remote. i can't blame that part of defense for reacting to visible signs of military alertness that has taken place, they are doing the right thing.

they are taking precautionary measures. steve: they say there's not enough cooperation between incoming and outgoing administrations but you have a different report. >> that is the transition, jared kushner, talking to the biden team about the peace deals in the middle east and remains on the table. the defense department was dragging their heels, intelligence agencies are involved in this. there is a transition taking place and i would like to see the president of the united states invite the president-elect and his wife to the white house and go through a normal transition, but all of this acrimony aside, show the world that the united states is making another peaceful transition of power since they did from the beginning of the formation of the nation.

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>> to those hearing trees violence and distraction use in our present our country. to those who broke the law, you will pay. we have just been through an intense election and emotions are high but now tempers must be cooled and calm restored. we must get on with the business of america. ainsley: donald from for peace after the chaos and capitol hill. brian: what you saw from the capital with the latest example of what our next guest calls the decline of america. the host of rob smith is problematic, mister rob smith. explained that. how is this depiction of the decline of america and if it is

when did it start? >> my theory is the decline of america started with how intense our conversations are on social media. it's time for everybody to take a step back, calm down and think about the things we are saying. we don't realize social media has only been here for the past 10 to 15 years and made everything so intense, so divided. look what happened in dc the other day, it was not a good moment for america. a very bad moment for america but there were so many people so used to getting messages from prominent figures on social media, this is your time to overturn the election, you have to stand up, rise up, all of these things were not based in reality because they were so separate from the real conversation which is a valid conversation about election

integrity but when you have these platforms, this following, this opportunity to reach people you have to be careful what you say. this goes for people on the right and left. ainsley: people are blaming donald trump for what happened at the capital for what was set on that stage and then look what happened a year ago when maxine waters was saying impeach the president and she got on stage and said this. >> if you see anybody from that cabinet, restaurant, in a department store, gasoline station you, you get out and crowds. ainsley: we are watching people sitting in a restaurant with their family being attacked because people don't agree with them politically, their words do matter. what is your reaction? >> look what happened to ted wheeler, assaulted him in a

restaurant, what happened at senator howley's house when people banged on the door, everybody needs to bring the temperature down. there's a lot of division in the country. a lot of people have a lot to say, but we cannot breach this barrier when we are making it normal to have riots, to attack politicians when they are dining or at their home. this is unacceptable and it is on all of us to turn the temperature down. steve: this rights which no one supports and everyone condemns, they say this is race related and if they were black rioters, would have been thousands of national guard members, security officers, wouldn't have happened, joe biden and kirsten gillibrand said that it would have been totally different. does race play a role in the way protesters are treated? >> it doesn't play the role the left wants to play.

i cannot take seriously anybody's ideas of what happened on capitol hill the other day if they did not forcefully condemn the riots and the cities burning, it is opportunism and doesn't make any sense and the left always goes to race and when you're dealing with something is charged as race with african-americans, shouldn't be used for political points which is what president-elect biden and kamala harris are doing and this is something we will be seeing a lot more. brian: rob smith, host of rob smith's podcast, thank you very much. 25 minutes before the top of the hour. december jare released,

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to secure the barricades to the house more on the nations capital. retired navy rear admiral, former white house physician and freshman congressman from texas doctor ronnie jackson. doctor, admiral? >> thanks for having me. >> we showed images where the plainclothes men in the house chambers had their guns drawn. you were not far from there. tell us the story how you took some furniture, this group of four freshman congressman, broke the legs off, you were ready if somebody came in, to use it as a weapon. >> we had no choice. people said why would you do that? when it was happening it was just basically fight or flight. we were looking around and there was nowhere to run or know where to go so we opted to fight. we were on the floor, doing what we planned to do for weeks

and all of a sudden earlier in the day there were bomb threats so we were getting out on email what was going on but we were in their debating and capital police came into the chamber and shut the doors and you could hear the doors locking and they posted, armed on the inside. a couple of my colleagues said there must be a bomb threat but i knew there wasn't a bomb threat because they wouldn't launches in the chamber with a bomb threat. right away i knew there must be something that is not supposed to be. as we sit their leadership talking to capital police trying to figure out what is going on, remain calm and we started hearing boom boom boom, get your gas mask out, deploying teargas in the house and may have to evacuate, it

was more than one person and things were deteriorating. we got the gas masks out, "no one donned them but we were ready to go and at that time we heard a lot of come motion, people banging on the doors, but it quickly escalated, the doors were buckling. a couple plainclothes, police officers, and mark wayne mullen, we were in the back in that area so we started grabbing big pieces of furniture. the doors were buckling, about to break through the doors and around that time we decided to find a way to defend ourselves, broke legs and stuck off the furniture to make makeshift

weapons was our goal was to stand our ground, encourage them to turn around or fight back or make a pathway out of their. at that time i bent down to break a piece of wood off, the stick i was in, and projectile started coming through the glass, shots fired so we hit the ground, it was in our best interest to take the risk of leading the house chamber, taking chances of running into an evacuation route, pretty obvious they were about to breach the chamber, moved out the back to work secure area but it was an insane day. i can't imagine that would happen on the us capital. ainsley: to hear you as we were watching them give us better ground on what was happening

that adore and a piece of furniture, they were protected with their weapons but that crowd is huge in the hallway trying to get in, the furniture and a few guys with guns. we got to fix this, when is the next time you are meeting? sorry to interrupt but as kids we've been to the capital or museums, looks like airport security, the we will be able to do this. >> we were supposed to come back on inauguration, that nancy pelosi may bring people back for impeachment hearings, that's not the solution to what is happening right now. we need to come together on both sides of the aisle, figure out what happened and how to fix it and make sure it never happens again.

you are right. it is inconceivable that could happen in this country. last time i felt that way i was in iraq and afghanistan. this should not happen in the united states of america in washington dc. steve: the world is watching and it is beyond embarrassing. they are talking about moving forward with impeachment, laughing this country needs with two weeks left. what would you recommend? what would you recommend the president do over the next two weeks? general keen said would love to see the president reach out to the bidens and start making more peaceful transitions. what would you advise? >> it will be up to the president whether he takes the extra step and he's doing what needs to be done, telling people be calm. we will have a peaceful transition. we are moving on. vice president biden is president-elect biden, we will have a peaceful transition to the next administration, that needs to happen and donald trump can continue the

movement, donald trump's presidency was a movement in this country and it can and will continue but we need the peaceful transition to start with. >> 80% of trump voters believe joe biden is not the legitimate winner of the 2020 election. >> we did our best to prove voter fraud. i ink there was significant problems i don't think -- this was done now. vice president biden is president-elect biden. we have to look at this election cycle, we need to fix it so we have 100% confidence on both sides of the aisle. >> hopefully democrats agree. thank you very much. >> great job you've got. helping a family-owned restaurant, stable in their community for decades helps

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that. donald from calling for healing while democrats call for his removal from office. rachel campos duffy will join us on that and a look at the incoming administration with stuart varney. he joins us with a look at how far left biden may go with some of his policies, more coming up from america's newsroom. see you top of the hour. steve: dave for annoy's parcel fund helping struggling small businesses to stay afloat. small businesses like this one. >> my name is rachel mcnamara and these are my parents. the proud owners of jack's café. it has become harder to keep these doors open. they don't deserve to go out like that. no one does.

steve: thanks to dave portnoy and the barstool fund. jack's café is one of 92 businesses across the uk getting help that they need to. joining us now, jack of jack's in corona, new jersey and marianne mcnamara, the owner of jack's café and their daughter, rachel mcnamara, good morning to all of you. >> good morning, how are you? brian: we are doing great, great show. your family restaurant means so much to you, when we saw that video you were even emotional about your family -- you don't want to see it go under. >> i take a lot of pride in it. seeing it grow over the years, it means so much, people that

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all my life and it was my dream. i always wanted my own restaurant and that is what we did, my wife and i started and my kids started it. my lovely daughter rachel here and throughout this we have been praying, and thanks to the community, my family, my employees and i would like to thank dave for considering us and trying to help us out. it means the world to us and my son couldn't be here but he is right on board with what i am saying. brian: too bad the government

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>> thank you for watching us today. set your dvr for 6:00 a.m. eastern every morning to never miss a minute. have a great weekend. it's been a tough week. we'll see you monday. >> sandra: fox news alert. a capitol police officer injured in wednesday's riot has died. u.s. capitol police identifying the officer as brian sicknick a 12 year veteran of the force. the department released a statement saying he was hurt while physically engaging with protestors. police motorcade escorted his body through the streets of washington, d.c. last night. the fifth person to die in wednesday's violence. more on that developing story in moments. another fox news alert this morning. president trump last night condemning wednesday's attack on our nation's capitol and calling for healing. in his