night it [cheering] >> i'm in hollywood, florida. thank all of you, this enthusiastic crowd for being with us until the very end. god bless you and the patriots out there. remember, it is america, now and forever. greg gutfeld and the gang take it from here, good night from florida. ♪ ♪ living in america. >> from the mouth of great james brown to carley shimkus and the lesser todd piro, good morning from hollywood, florida, live from the seminole hard rock hotel and casino. the fourth annual patriot awards last night, you are watching

"fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. we pay tribute to the real american heroes, watch a bit of it. >> all you patriots out there, this night is for you, welcome to the fourth annual fox nation patriot awards. ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave. >> so many kids in middle east growing up anti-semitic and anti-america because of hate speech, we can change that. this is bigger than basketball, bigger than myself and bigger than n.b.a. >> for you brave patriots and people that sacrifice so much, this night is for all of you. >> everyday we put on this uniform with the hopes that we're going to come home. jimmy, congratulations on

winning the prestigious fox news patriot award, and promoting you to rank of staff you lieutenant. >> i'm honored to receive service to veteran award, i know where my freedom comes from and i'm a grateful american. >> looking to history of your family that contribute to world war ii, but don't forget korea, don't forget vietnam and the patriots that have fought recently. we can't forget our veterans. >> we paid off their mortgages, they do not know, they never have to worry about their mortgages again. give them a round of applause. [cheering] >> because of them that i survived, because of them that i'm here and doing so well and

because of them i'm moving forward. >> i mean, it was just the most wonderful patriotic, unifying evening i've experienced in my life. fox does such a great job putting this together and the seminole hard rock hotel and casino does a great job. the moments that stood out, the woman who sang the national anthem, a police officer, she is pretty, has an incredible voice, all that in one package. and the freedom speech, it was amazing, he won an award last night and spoke out against turkey and hasn't spoken to his family in eight years, his prayer is to see his family, his mother, he is close to his mom.

he said it has been a lonely eight months since he spoke out against china. none of his player friends speak to him because they are afraid of losing endorsement dealing, he got two, three standing ovations, incredible evening to see it unfold. >> todd: you go into an event saying, i have to hold it together and i don't want to be crying. >> carley: i cried. >> todd: where i lost it was ben. we showed a bit there. >> carley: he won the courage award. >> todd: he said what got him through were his three little girls. i have two and you go to what you would do in that situation, put yourself in ben's situation. he basically got out of that vehicle, as he said, after it was hit the first time, he said, i need to do this for my little girls. for him to say that, deliver it

so pointedly makes you realize there was divine intervention that kept ben with us and that was probably the moment that knocked me off my chair a bit. also, trooper tony shuck and carley and i were taking notes during this thing, we were not being rude, we wanted to capture the moments. >> carley: the two frontir cha chairs, we had great seats and are grateful for that. i want to remember things people said like pete hegseth said the forgotten men and women are forgotten no more and i wanted to write that down in my phone and bring to you, i thought that line was so beautiful. we were writing notes going, i hope nobody thinks we're being rude. >> todd: we were taking notes. >> carley: go ahead. >> todd: what stood out to me, trooper tony shuck, you may not know who she is if you didn't

watch last night and there is a reason you don't know who she is, the story she is a part of wasn't a big story because of her efforts and what she did. there was a drunk driver going 100 miles per hour into a race where runners were completely vulnerable, she put her patrol vehicle in the way of that 100-mile-per-hour speeding car and crashed it, sacrificed potentially her life. she lived and she's doing great. if she did not do that, we would have talked about a much different story where potentially tens if not hundreds would have been killed by the driver. >> carley: forgotten men and women are forgotten no more, the theme of the evening, beautiful evening. we have an award recipient coming on, colonel don patten received the ultimate patriot award. he is a veteran and has done

more to keep history on top of mind for americans and keep it alive, world war ii history, than anybody in history, he holds history round tables and without him, stories of fallen veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice would be forgotten, he is carrying their legacy along with them. >> todd: you mentioned key lines, pete hegseth's line, and gary, lieutenant dan actor from forest gump, does so much to help troops. he said i know where my freedom comes from, looking at that am radio, you realize you know where your freedom comes from, from the brave men and women in that room and the forgotten men and women who do the job keeping us safe every single day. >> carley: so many people that are part of our fox family that will be on set with us this morning, we're grateful that -- >> todd: look at it.

>> carley: they are able to wake up in time to be part of our show. i saw jimmy failla in the wings right now. >> todd: he was who i was worried about. >> carley: jason rance, joe concha, fun two houring. >> todd: there is news, north korea firing ballistic missile with potential to deliver nuclear weapon anywhere in the u.s., the u.s. is south korean flying f-35 during a joint air force drill in response. this is north korea second missile strike this month, one day after pyongyang warned of retaliation for ramped up military presence in the region. >> carley: major news, house republicans poised to chair committee in the new congress investigating biden family business dealing is a top priority. >> todd: kevin has the latest.

>> kevin: good morning, some have suggested an investigation into the biden family and hunter biden's laptop is nothing more than political revenge and congressional oversight run amuck, but for republicans on capitol, investigations are about national security, the rule of law and answering a pivotal question. is the president of the united states compromised? if the answer is yes, they argue the big guy, as joe biden is referred to in several e-mails on that laptop, he needs to be impeached. as far as what they are talking about and looking at, there are a number of issues related to hunter biden that the gop is said to be lookingal. here are a few that stand out. hunter's foreign deals involving 50 countries, a lot of cash if that is the case. they insist their bank accounts

were co-mingled. really? the white house spending quarter million to deflect damaging stories? know ares say part of the problem frankly in this whole mess lies at the feet of investigators at the doj. >> if the fbi and justice department stayed out and let we the people decide who should represent and lead us, that is supposed to be how america works. >> our investigation is about joe biden and we have evidence that would point joe biden was involved with hunter biden. >> kevin: you'll recall the president said he had nothing to do and didn't know about hunter biden business dealings and the white house say republicans top priority is to go after president biden with politically motivated attacks chalked full of long, debunked conspiracy theories, president biden is not going to let political attacks

distract him from focusing on american priority and hope congressional republicans will join us in being taeling them instead of wasting time and resources on political revenge. still the investigations will continue, but don't count on the fbi director to lean into a probe involving the bidens. have you read senator grassley and my report on hunter biden corruption issued in september of 2000 twenty, have you read the reports? >> i have had a chance to look at it. >> do you see any sign of russian disinformation in the reports? >> that would be a hard question for me to answer. >> kevin: well, there's that. speaking of hard questions to answer, what will nancy pelosi do now that she is no longer speaker of the house?

some suggested vatican ambassadorship and others say retirement, but for now, the speaker has other plans. >> i will not seek re-election to democratic rership, for me the hour come for new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect. >> kevin: so no leadership posed for nancy pelosi, no resignation or retirement for the 82-year-olds lawmaker. back to you. >> todd: kevin, thank you, with that, bring in james comer, you saw ranking member of the house oversight committee. congressman, you have been on our show for better part of a year detailing and outlining charges against hunter biden, connection to the biden family and joe biden, the claims in kevin's piece of next level, extremely damming, do they lead to impeachment of joe biden?

>> james: we're going to continue to investigate and go where the investigation take us. joe biden lied to the american people about having any knowledge of hunter's shady business dealings and we were actively engaged in setting up meetings, taking phone calls and agreeing to be an equity partner in shady business deals, so joe biden has been dishonest with the american peep and he will we need to realize whether or not this administration is compromised because of hunter biden's shady business dealings. the purpose of the investigation is to determine whether or not joe biden is in fact compromised because of his family's shady business dealings, his family's influence pedalling with adversaries over the past decade. >> carley: whether it is compromised or selfish choices to make money, we don't know. one thing you are focusing on is

the biden family and their dealings with the energy sector. think about all that president biden has done to hamstring fossil fuel in this country and you highlighted in your investigation a lot on the fact that president biden a few years ago and through his son hunter were working with chinese communist party have a greater stranglehold on american energy, think about that. >> james: to me, yesterday the biggest bombshell allegation was the evidence we provided that showed that hunter biden had a powerpoint presentation, a map of the united states of all the major natural gas distributors across the united states, the map was in chinese and it was a presentation his company, hudson west was making to cefc on a plan for china to be able to go in and start purchasing american

liquified natural gas and start taking ownership in drillers for natural gas in the united states. think about this, time americans are suffering from high energy prices because of joe biden's terrible energy policies, we learn that he was actively engaged with his shiekster son and trying to help the china start taking over the american energy industry. people are outraged about china buying land in the dakotas and we fine out the president of it is united states was trying to help china take ownership of american energy, this should outrage every american and this is why we are investigating joe biden. >> carley: this week he was meeting with xi jinping. >> todd: one individual in the country who should not be facilitating is the president of the united states, to the extent the claims are proven true it

will be damming and consequences massive. speaker nancy pelosi says she is standing down as leader of the house democrat and says a new generation of leadership is needed for her party, but listen to her going away statement, i think something is missing, listen. >> i have enjoyed working with three presidents achieving historic investment in clean energy with president george bush, transform healthcare reform with president barack obama and forging the future from infrastructure to healthcare to climate action with president joe biden. >> todd: granted carley and i are pretty tired, i'm sure neither of us heard donald trump in there. will he continue to live rent free in nancy pelosi's head even though she is no longer leading

the democrats? >> james: democrats are obsessed with donald trump and investigated him entire four years and two years later they are still investigating him. i did not shet tears with that speech yesterday that nancy pelosi gave, i wish her well, but i think her policies will go down as being damaging to the american people, especially with the spending and the amount of debt we piled up. i wish her well in her retirement as speaker of the house. >> carley: what is your reaction to hakeem jeffreys stepping up? >> james: the democratic party in kentucky is almost nonexistence, their leaders get further and further to the left and labor ruinions are coming to the republican party, traditional blue-collar groups

in america are fed up with the liberal social policy of the democratic party and this is further truth the democratic party has been taken over by the far left. >> carley: congressman comer, thank you, we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. >> carley: an elite fbi unit is joining the investigation into killing of four university of idaho students as the community mourns their loss. coroner confirming the four kids were stabbed to death and one victim's father says there were signs his daughter put up a fight. >> todd: ashley strohmier has the latest. >> ashley: one of the victim's fathers are shedding light on the night. he says his daughter, 20 years old, had bruises, torn by the knife adding she's a tough kid, whatever she wanted to do, she could do it. you have to go around the house

because of the number code, they either knew that or went around and found the slider door open. police had indicated there was no sign of forced entry when they initially responded and said two roommates were inside the home at the time, but were not hurt. local authorities say the roommates will be key to finding out what happened that night. no information about the suspect, murder weapon or leads in thes case, forensic pathologist says forensic evidence will hopefully move the investigation forward. >> the other two persons in the house may have been unawear of what was going on, which may mean perhaps the deaths didn't occur at the same time. this many stab wounds and a lot of blood, blood is very slippery and sometimes the perpetrator is cut by the slippage of the knife

and some blood at the scene can belong to the perpetrator, d.n.a. will be able to evaluate that. >> ashley: hundreds gathering at the boise state university campus for a vigil to honor the four victims, among the mourners, was the vigil organizer who knew the students through her daughter. she described the students as vibrant and wild, care-free and loving. we know the bright stars they were on earths, they are up there looking down on us, every single one of them are the most amazing kids i've met in my life. i know she would want us to remember the good times, santa, i know you are listening, i love you, always have and always will. one attendee who did not know the victims said it was

important for the community to come together. >> we are one community, their presence is felt here tonight, we all come together when we need each other and tonight we need each other. >> ashley: elite fbi unit joined the search for the suspect, as of right now, no person of interest identified and police are not ruling out an ongoing threat to the communities, hope to get answers pretty quick. back to you, guys. >> todd: thank you. elon musk issuing ultimatum to twitter employees, prepare to work hard core or find a new job. >> carley: jimmy failla is in town and will join us and reflect on last night's patriot award. >> todd: i can't believe he made it. >> carley: still got the shades on. ♪

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>> todd: twitter new ceo elon musk is ruffling feathers at work after issuing this ultimatum. >> carley: we will need to be extremely hard core, working long hours at high intensity to

constitute a passing grade. >> todd: jimmy failla has yet to go to sleep and joined us now, he is wearing the same out fit he wore last night. jiemsz /* jiems >> i can confirm, wild night at the patriot awards, this whole event, can we acknowledge, was a zoo, what i mean, not that it was crowded and crazy, it was a zoo, we let people in and they fed us and had a wild time and i enjoyed the zoo attention and stuck with the out fit. >> todd: we will get to more patriot awards in a second. >> jim: i got you. >> todd: musk triggers the left, do you think this e-mail is a

little much or are you on board with it? >> he had to get in there and read them the right acts, paid for lunch and wine on tap, i know i don't look like a guy that would be guy on tap, if you are trying to run a company, you have to get rid of the swing set and sandbox and make them act like adults, that is what we're learning here, the reacton from elon gets more drastic and things were that ridiculous, how can you begrudge him that? >> carley: he sent an e-mail to all twitter employees and said if he is going to sign on to the new hard-core twitter, you are not playing ping-pong and going to the lounge, legitimate things at old twitter, click yes, if you do not, you will get a

three-month severance. reporter steven greenhouse says musk is turning twitter into a hell scape for users, and others said it might be thedweebbest way. no job is worth misery, maybe he is just telling you to work. >> you are not five, you can't bring your whoopi to office. get going here and i love the guy who thinks he will make elon look bad by using the term "dw "dweebbiest." >> carley: you worked so hard you have not gone to bed yet. half work, half play, a lot of work for you. >> jimmy failla, i do tv, radio,

making paninis on the second floor, i trim geraldo's mustache, park the bentley. >> todd: click the hard core button. tim allen, comedian, you know and admire upset people after his new movie says merry christmas is problematic, you k know -- he knew this would trigger the left. santa had the red hat and we ignored it. why do party poopers continue to die on this anti-christmas hill? >> there is some type of validation from the other losers who are like, take the fight to christmas, it is exhausting at this points, no one takes this seriously, my biggest concern is

we are down to eight reindeers, they didn't get the va x, presents will take a while, supply chain problem. >> carley: you were the opening act like night, killed it, nailed it, hilarious, listen to a little bit of it. >> you don't have this. honor to be here at the patriot awards, oscars if everyone wore camouflage, amazing. since oscars went down, dude, are you scared of someone running on stage and pulling a will smith? dude, i'm on fox news radio host, 99% of my fans are armed, baby. [laughter] >> carley: serious. >> 7000 people, laughs were like waves, i appreciate you not showing the gutfeld joke, the little general is the greatest.

it was once in a lifetime experience, the one moment in time, one outfit on time, i might wear this on laura ingraham. >> carley: love the jacket. >> i look like a stripper who let himself go during the lockdown, i'm affordable and ready to go. >> carley: you will be here through laura ingraham through tonight. >> todd: cut that last line for jimmy failla. thank you so much. >> carley: go take a nap after you park that car. >> coming, sean. >> todd: employees in king county washington are not allowed to display, what they are allowed to display, jason

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>> carley: alexandria ocasio-cortez is saying something, urging sad fans to take action against the ticket giant. ticketmaster monopoly got you down? the way to get tickets resale at market between $10,000 and $22,000, how do you think taylor swift feels about this? >> todd: she is a woman of the people, i'm told. a candidate lost to republicans in the midterm and fuming at his party blaming demes for flipping his seat red. kirk shrader says they were leaving the center wide open. jason rantz joins us, for the talk of candidate quality on the right, not like the left has

their house in order, is it? >> jason: i think that is exactly right. what we saw with republican candidates, we saw with the democrat here in mccloud, someone who was very, very far to the left, a district that has been with trader, been moderate district that has been redrawn slightly, gotten more competitive and make it so a republican had a shop and i don't think laurie chavez would have won there, they voted for the far to the left candidate and this is the result and democrats pulled a lot of money out of the race in the last couple weeks and that told us the fate. >> todd: interesting, is 2024 the year both parties move back to the center or is that a

pipedream? >> jason: it is probably a pipedream, you need to see a wave, if you don't, you will not send a message to people in charge to shift gears, are if the most part we have republican candidates and democrats have bigger problem than republicans shifting far to one side. >> todd: interesting. king county washington employees can display lgbtq or pride items but not christmas chanukah items. i want to focus on one part of this, the left is regulating "what you don't know" we can have in our homes? >> jason: this is insane, people are working remotely and taking advantage of the covid rules.

if you're on a web cam in your office and have a menorah or christmas tree in the background, you are not allowed to show it, remove it or turn off your web cam. this is government overreach in the name of keeping people from being offended. nobody is offended by this, for some it earns them -- pushing back against church, government, sprapgz from church, the people are insane and will not stop because we keep giving them the power to implement policy like this. >> todd: peside besides honoring the men and women, the message was fight back against the

left's shen an begans, it is vital every person who believes it is okay to have a menorah or mafrjer scene fights back, if not they take inch, mile and yard and it goes on and on and on. >> jason: absolutely, people who are working for king county should push back. the problem is you get bullied when you do. i am one of 17 conservatives that live in seattle, for you to take that stand, i get why someone might be reluctant to do that. policies like these, this is a test to purge conservatives from working in this government agency. they are saying if you are not one of us, and are offended by the rules, go somewhere else. we saw a lot of that with the covid mandates, intent is to

push people out of jobs. i hope we don't give in. >> todd: they are moving to florida, people are tired of the shenanigans. jason rantz, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> carley: one of the biggest winners is colonel don patten, ultimate patriot award for bringing american military history to life. >> look into your family and the history of your family that contributed to world war ii. we can't forget our veterans. ♪ >> todd: the ultimate patriot is here live, don't go anywhere. good to see you, don.

>> todd: one cbp agent is dead and one wounded off the coast of

puerto rico. one suspect was killed in the shoot out and the other arrested. >> carley: one day after telling house lawmakers that the southern border is secure, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas told senators something different >> the entire hemmis sphere is suff suffering a crisis, seeing people from country to country, not restricted to the southern border. >> carley: drones show 250 migrant crossings eagle pass. 1400 crossings in del rio in a 24-hour span and more than 69,000 since october 1. >> todd: that video is remarkable. veteran don patton getting honored for decades of

dedication for preserving the history of our military. >> i'm encouraging all of you in the audience to look into your family and look into the history of your family that contributed to world war ii, but don't forget korea and vietnam and patriots that have fought recently. >> carley: wise words. we have the honor of being joined by that ultimate patriot, colonel don patton. how are you feeling after last night? incredible job and you were awarded the ultimate patriot award. >> i think it was well received, got lots of hugs and some people -- the point i made is so many people have not asked their families what did they do in

world war ii and korea and vietnam, and sadly because of controversy of the vietnam war, so many veterans haven't told their story. even the thing that is a sad thing for me is how many world war ii veterans haven't had their story told and that is what we try to do with our round table. >> todd: don, why are you, what is specific about you and your ability to get veterans to tell the stories after many bury them to their families for years and decades? >> exactly. well, we've developed a certain amount of credibility and this will sound sexist here, a lot of veterans won't tell the story to wives or daughters, they will tell it to a son, especially to

a veteran son. it is kind of the shared experience, what we go through and again, i was never fired with hostile fire. i was kind of a tweenner with my military service, even though i served years. we've developed a certain amount of credibility and i appreciated jim mcdougle, who was interviewed by fox. >> todd: look what a good-looking young man and you see him telling the stories and the key line you hear from many veterans, i wish i could have done more. >> carley: he is 100. don, one thing and it may have been jim who said this, in the piece leading up to you

receiving the award. you received it, this person said your legacy will be the amount of history and stories that would not have been told if not for you. you are keeping people who no one would know about on top of mind for a lot of people. you are a humble man, how does it make you feel to be honored that way? >> maybe it is part of age, i'm just starting to appreciate what we've done over 36 years and starting to plan year 37 right now. the sad thing and can't point a finger who it is, there is celebrity worship, sports, rock stars, and we forget that 99% of

the things that make the world go round are just good common american. freedom is so important. >> todd: you are telling the stories and that is why pete hegseth promoted you from colonel don patton to general don patton. great moment sharing with you this morning, thank you for doing what you do, it is important. >> keep moving forward. >> carley: thank you for your service and your son, who served, as well, thank you both for joining us. live from hollywood, florida, with an all-star lineup. >> cheryl casone, joe concha and tomi lahren, live from the seminole hard rock hotel and casino from the great state of florida, don't go anywhere.

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♪ >> carley: good morning from hollywood, florida, live at the seminole hard rock hotel and casino, where we celebrated the fourth annual patriot awards last night and what a celebration it was. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro, it was a star-studded event, we pay tribute to the real american