eric: major investigations now underway in multiple killings anything two states. in colorado, a mass shooting has left 5 people dead and injured 25 others, and in idaho still no arrests at this hour in the brutal murders of four college students who were in bed in their off-campus home a week agod today. hello, everyone, and is welcome to another hour of "fox news live," i'm eric shawn. arthel: i'm arkansas shell neville. officials in idaho are expected to give an update at 6 p.m. eastern tonight on their

investigation into the killing of those four university of idaho students. of course, we will bring that to you live right here on fox news. and meantime, we spoke with one of the victims' parents and the county prosecutor. you're going to hear from them in just a moment. eric: meantime, in colorado 5 people were killed at midnight, 25 hurt last night in a mass shooting at that lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs. the suspect at this hour hospitalized under police protection. he has injuries of his own as authorities there are woman working to determine if this was, indeed, a hate crime. arthel: senior correspondent alicia acuna is standing by with the latest from colorado. former fbi agent maureen o'connell and former homicide detective ted williams are here, but first to chris even that coleman who is live in moscow, idaho. christina. >> reporter: hi. well, these senseless murders that happened here have absolutely rocked this

tight-knit community. right now volunteers are walking around town passing out these flyers basically saying that this has devastated the families of the victims and the community. they're asking for help, they have a tipline for people to call just hoping that this can help out with the investigation. and as you mentioned, arthel, yes, we have talked to the parents of one of victims, the parents of kaylee goncalves. she was on the show last night lawrence jones' "cross country." hay mentioned her longtime best friend, madison logan. two of the pour students who were murdered -- four students who were murdered in that off-campus home. they describe haley as a lovely young woman who made the deep's to list three times -- dean's list. there's a lot of questions about

kaylee's ex-boyfriend, a young man named jack. kaylee and her roommate reportedly called jack several times shortly before 3 a.m. kaylee's parents say she talked to jack all the time. they love him, and they do not suspect him of having anything to do with crime. >> jack is just as distraught as we are. jack is our family. jack is 100%, 2,000% our family, and jack is with us, and we stand behind him 100%, we are supporting him, and we know in our hearts, in our minds, in our souls, in the depth9 of our souls jack is hurting, and he -- and kaylee and jack would have eventually been married. >> reporter: moscow police released new details on this case a last night. they say detectives did investigate the person who drove kayand madison back to the

off-campus house after they sopped by a food truck, and officers do not believe that this driver is involved with the crime. police also released this map, there are asking the public for surveillance video of this area. her looking at cell phone tower data, social media videos, anything that can help. the smallest detail can help with this investigation right now. police also revealed last night that the 911 call that was placed hours after students were killed was made from the phone of one of the surviving roommates. two other students were in this three-story, six-bedroom house at the time of the murder. those student as are cooperating with police according to investigators. police say the victims were likely sleeping when they were stabbed multiple times and that they were located on the second and third floors of the house. officers believe this was a targeted attack and, again, the killer has not been caught can yet, and the murder weapon has not been recovered. kaylee's parents say they were told this is going to have a lot of evidence of, this

investigation, a lot of forensic evidence considering that the officers are dealing with a quadruple homicide. >> they're telling us that there's so much evidence that it's going to take a lot of time to process it all. this one, like, a pinpoint crime. this person was sloppy. he did whatever -- i want to say he, obviously, you can't say that. that's just me. but he made a mess, and there's a mess there. >> reporter: the county's lead prosecuting attorney, bill thompson, says law enforcement is trying to expedite everything that could possibly lead to a suspect. he came here to this crime scene with investigators yesterday, and he appeared very emotional when he left. i saw him leave this house, and i could just see the pain on his face. he just walked out of a very traumatic crime scene, the aftermath of four young students who were stabbed to death. >> it's difficult for everybody. anytime there's a loss of life

like this, particularly young people like this it's horrible. and it's going to affect the community, it's going to affect the officers, it's going to affect people in my office. it's going to affect all of you. >> you seem -- a little chocked up. -- choked up. with us asking questions. >> reporter: and, again, so many in in this community right now are on 'em, and they are desperate for answers -- on edge and desperate for answers to understand why someone would do this to these innocent young students. law enforcement is going to be having a press conference in just a few hours, 6 p.m. eastern time, and were going to carry that live and, hope in any, get more details on this ongoing investigation. back to you. eric: all right, christina, less than two hours from now. christina coleman live in idaho, thank you. arthel? arthel: and former d.c. police detective ted the williams also in moscow, idaho. he's joining us now, attorney and fox news contributor. ted, or what are you learning on

the ground and your thoughts when you first arrived and saw the house and the surroundings? >> well, good afternoon, arthel. in the last few hours, family members have been here to what we define as the crime scene, and they passed out a flier, and her going door to door with this flier -- they are going door to door trying to seek help from the members of the community. now, when you look over my shoulder here, you see the home where these four victims died. this in and of itself is a crime scene. and so when you look at it, let me describe the first floor there -- well, the top floor, should i say. already two bedrooms up there. one bedroom you have an m. it can very well have been maddie's bedroom. we don't really know that. but down below is a second

bedroom. and there is where, from what we've been told, some of the victims were either this third the floor bedroom or the second floor. but as we go about, back of the home here, i want to point out something to you with, arthel. if you look around here, you'll see that already a lot of leaves. and i can tell you the way these leaves are as we see them, they have not been moved. under normal circumstances when you're looking for a killer and especially a killer who may very well have been armed and was armed with a knife and you're trying to find the weapon itself that could very well have been thrown about, you would have thought that law enforcement would have done what we defined as a grid search back here. meaning that they would have brought law enforcement officers and they would have had rakes and that they would have cleaned

this entire area here and cleared it to try to determine if, in fact, the person threw the weapon back here. now, as we move to the back of this home, there are only two entrances. there's the front entrance and then there is a sliding glass door entrance here to the back of the home. and it could very well be that if the perpetrator or perpetrators didn't come out the front door, that they would have come out the back door here, this sliding glass entrance. now, something that has been pointed out here is that there was a great deal of blood throughout this home. as pointed out by the medical examiner, there was a lot of blood. so whoever took the lives of these four victims would very well have been covered in blood.

and that's significant. and it's also significant, arthel, that there was defensive wounds about some of these individuals' bodies meaning simply that these individuals fought. and if they fought with the perpetrator or perpetrators, it's more likely than not that there was some dna contact. arthel: fascinating insight there, ted williams, live in moscow, idaho. thank you very much, ted. eric? eric: arthel and ted, local and tate law enforcement joined by the fbi. you know, the bureau is famous for its ability to profile suspects. with us now, former fbi agent maureen to o'connell. welcome -- o'connell. from the facts that we know of, the four sleeping there on the first floor, others upstairs, the parents, kaylee's totally backing the former boyfriend, jack. what fbi profilers, what do they look for with these type of,

sets of circumstances? >> well, they're going to look very carefully at the attacks that took place on these four victims. for example, the if one of the victims received a significant higher number of stab wounds, that person could, in fact, have been the intended target the versus the other ones who may have been, you know, in the way, so to speak, of the killer. i do believe that whoever this person is, that they knew enough about the house to know where the girls lived, but they didn't know the number of bedrooms that were in there, because they only went to three, it sounds, out of the six bedrooms that were there. eric: also police say it does not seem any signs of forced entry, so would you suspect or think that, obviously, perhaps the victims may have known the killer, or is that too much of a leap to make? >> well, certainly they could have known to fender.

and also -- offender. and also the sliding door could have been left open. when you live in a house with six other people, you're not as concerned as you would be if you lived by yourself. that's just normal. and the other thing that's normal is, you know, i grew up in a huge family, and in my house if people were up in the middle of the night, i never thought anything of it if i heard people stomping around. but if i'm by myself and hear that, then, you know, i'm going to sound the alarms, and it's going to raise the flag. so being in a house with all those people, it's not -- it wouldn't be that odd on a saturday night for people to be making noise, and you may not, you know, really understand, obviously, the gravity of what was going on. eric: and then you take the fact that he had to go up the stairs to the bedrooms upstairs, and the kids sleeping there, they were untouched. >> yes. well, it was interesting when the gentleman that was just on showed the m in the window of that back bedroom. it's -- the behavioral profilers are going to say that this guy

probably checked this place out one or two times in the past. he could have come across them in any innocuous way but then just thought he'd, huh, go check it out and see if i know where they are, where they live, whatever. and he still could have been somewhere near that food truck and saw them get into that car and potentially follow at a distance from the vehicle that drop doctored them off. -- dropped them off. eric: there's certainly murderers that do that. they follow people from restaurants and break in, i know of cases like that. let's take a look at the timeline for a second, maureen, if we can. we'll put it up on the board. the two girls were at that corner bar from 10 p.m. to 1:30 in the morning, kaylee and madison, then they're driven home by the ride-share car, driver, who police, we're told, has been cleared. not a suspect. the attack happening between 3-4 am. they say that a because look at the cell phone calls. both kaylee and madison, kaylee

made if seven cell phone calls to her former longtime boyfriend identified as jack. they had broken up temporarily, parents backing jack completely saying they were going to get back together and marry eventually. that from 2:26-2:52. basic same ending time period for madison, 2:52. we don't know they left a voicemail, we don't even know -- do you think police know who made those calls? could that have been the girls, or could it have been the killer? >> well, hopefully, there's a voicemail message or two so they can determine that it was the, in fact, the girls. obviously, there are more questions than answers at this point, but the fact that they haven't arrested him, i think what's going on now is i noticed in the initial footage that you showed that it looked like the fbi ert team was doing total station, so heir trying to identify absolutely every corner of this crime scene, what they found where so they can reenact it for trial. and they do a beautiful job -- eric: is that evidence recovery

team? >> evidence response team. yes, my apologies. also they've taken all the blood types that they have this hopes they have a sample from the offender. and if they don't have that offender in the system, then they're probably doing the new technique of forensic genetic genealogy where they're going to try to find out who that person is, go back in history through the databases and like ancestry and then bring it back down to current days to see if they can find anyone there that might match up with some of the stuff they're doing on the social media scrubs that they're looking at. who liked all their posts, who's stalking them online or whatever. because the person that committed this crime, this is not the first time that they did something that showed sustained aggression. this person -- in order for you to stab the someone to death, that is an up close and personal crime. to stab the four people to death is off the hook rare.

eric: that certainly is and that could tell a lot. a lot of science, a lot of dna to go. we will see in that news conference in two hours. maureen o'connell, former agent with the fbi, thank you. thank you for your service to haunter, maureen, and thank you -- >> thank you, sir. thank you. eric: arthel? arthel: we're going to now go to colorado springs where 5 people are dead and at least 25 are injured after a gunman opened fire last night merchandise an lgbtq club -- inside. police say they have the suspect in custody, and he's being treated at a local hospital for unspecified injuries. the fbi is assisting local law enforcement in their investigation. senior correspondent alicia acuna is live many our denver bureau with the latest on that story. >> reporter: hi, arthel. colorado springs pd updated that number of injured from 18 to 25 within the last couple of hours. and as you mentioned, the fbi is on scene at club q where police

say 911 calls were made just before midnight when a man walked into the nightclub and began shooting. one witness who says he was on the dance floor at the time ran to a dressing room with another customer. >> i think somebody tackled the assailant, they beat him up. like, the police didn't know we were back there. nobody knew we were back there. it was, it was so scary. i heard shots, broken glass, bodies. it was -- how? why? >> reporter: police say the suspect was taken down by at least two people in the club who held him until officers arrived. >> the suspect has been identified as anderson lee aldridge, a 22-year-old male. at least who firearms were found at the scene. we are still working to identify

the firearms and who they belong to, but i can confirm that the suspect used a long rifle during this shooting. >> reporter: in a statementing, president biden said places that are supposed to be safe spaces of acceptance and celebration should never be turned into places of terror and violence, yet it happens far too often. we must drive out the inequities that contribute to violence against l lgbtq i+ people. we cannot and must not tolerate hate. the motive is under investigation. the club posted a statement on facebook saying, quote: club q is delaware statemented by the senseless attack on our community. our prayers and thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends. we thank the heroic actions of our customers. and, arthel, as you mentioned, that suspect right now remains in an area hospital. arthel in. arthel: evil walked into that club last night. alicia acuna, thank you. coming up this hour, we're going to talk with the mayor of

colorado springs, john southers. eric? eric: we'll have that with the mayor, as you said, later on in our newscast. we have other news to tell you about. inflation, well, you know, thanksgiving the price of turkey and the trimmings are going up. we'll take a look coming up here on fox news about that and have more news on the horrible shootings straight ahead. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uhhhh... here, i'll take that. [woo hoo!] ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar and nutrients for immune health.

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eric: well, we're going to look live at the southern border in a moment in eagle pass, texas, where migrants continue to cross in record numbers. there are now new growing fears that the surge will worsen after a judge has ordered the lifting of the border policy known as title 42. you know, that expelled more than 1 million migrants so far because of the pandemic, and some fear if that's dropped in 5 weeks, that could be a green light for more migrants to come. bill melugin is live in new mexico with the very latest from there. hey, bill. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. that's exactly right, border patrol sources tell us once title -- 42 drops, you can expect the floodgates to open even further with migrants who know they're not going to be immediately removed back to mexico. that's already the case for some nationalities depending where they cross. case in point, take a look at

this video we shot earlier this morning in eagle pass. another sizable group of about 150 # that crossed, predominantly cubans and nick nicaraguans, and no those are two countries that title 42 is not apply to, and that's one of the reasons you see these huge numbers showing up. listen to this, just as the new fiscal year began on october 1st, cbp sources tell us in the del rio sector there have been more than 72,000 illegal crossings. that's just in a month and a half's worth of time. a second video, another large group crossed illegally on the other side of town just about an hour after that first group. as you can see, they are predominantly single adults. we're not seeing a whole lot of families showing up anymore. and as you can tell, they're self-surrendering because they really don't have a fear of being deported or being removed via title 42 depending on what country they're from. take a look at this video from texas dps as their troopers pull

over a young u.s. citizen out of austin in kinney county. he's driving a ford transit van. they open it up, and in the back they find him smuggling 14 illegal immigrants, some of them dressed in camouflage. that u.s. citizen was arrested and charged with human smuggling. a all of the illegal immigrants were handed off to border patrol. lastly, take a look at this mug shot of a convicted sex offender caught in the yuma, arizona, sector. this is a cuban national who was previously convicted of sexual battery of a restrained person, burglary, grand theft and assault on a peace officer. and back out here live, sex offenders hike those and people with criminal records, that is why it is so important for border patrol to be able to catch hose gotaways, those people looking to escape. over the last 48 hours, you can see this border wall behind us in new mexico. we have seen numerous groups of men climb over that wall, come running off into the new mexico desert going towards residential

neighborhoods. there's no border patrol around, none of them were ever caught from what we saw, so we've been witnessing our own gotaways here in this el paso sector. back to you. eric: just so shocking how brazen it is, you can stand there and see them come right over the wall. >> reporter: yeah. they've got no fear. sometimes they look right at us and they just keep running. they're not afraid of anybody. eric: bill melugin, great work, as always, in new mexico. arthel? arthel: thank you, bill. as our country's preparing for family feasts, inflation has driven up the prices of several thanksgiving staples including turkey. that's up nearly 17 percent from last year -- 17%. cannedded vegetables up nearly 19% and butter up nearly 27%. the american farm bureau says the average thanksgiving dinner for 10 will cost just over $6 -- 64, and that is a 20% increase from last year. gene marx joins us now, cpa and

a small business expert. so, gene, boy, those are not good numbers. tell us more about these ominous signs and what they mean for this holiday season. >> yeah, it's not great, arthel, is it? i mean, you know, as you just said, the thanksgiving dinner is going to cost so much more. and i think leading into the holiday season we're going to be looking at a pretty, you know, gloomy holiday season, i think, for most small merchants and retailers around the country. inflation has taken its bite, you know? like you mentioned about grocery stores, you know, food, gas prices are up significantly as well. at the same time, household wealth has significantly declined over the past couple of months, and credit card spending is way up. the national retail federation is predicting only a 4% increase in holiday sales holiday season which is down from a 15% increase last year. so i'm predicting a real gloomy time this holiday season, unfortunately. arthel: well, that's really tough the on small businesses.

what can some of the small merchants do? >> you know, it's a really good question. if you mow right now that things are going to be tough over the holidays, it's important to take action. so you and i are speaking right now. next saturday is small business saturday. we're theming all of our clients d telling all of our clients, double down on that. it is a huge event to leverage sales in your business, and the following monday is cyber monday as well, so if you do a lot of e-commerce sales, double down on that. another thing that's popular, arthel, is loyalty programs. if you're a merchant or restaurant and you don't have a loyalty the card, program, an app that people can get discounts for coming back to your place, you really need to get one in place. it is a really, really important thing to keep those customers coming back not just during the holidays, but hopefully into 2023 as well. arthel: yeah, that's a good idea. any suggestions for consumers shopping with less money this year in. [laughter] >> yeah. obviously, you're going to want to look for your bargains. i'm on the side of the small business owners, so i don't want

to say to negotiate prices down. [laughter] but at the same time, i think you should know that it's going to be the tough for small business owners, and i think yot and the closer to the end of the holiday season, i think the more bargains you're going to find. the other thing is a lot of businesses are offering these buy now, pay later financing programs which can be good to help afford some of the larger purchases. but you're a buyer, you're a consumer, be really careful about those buy now, pay later programs because if you don't make the payments in two or three months, the penalties and the interest can be really, really steep. arthel: as always, great advice. gene marx, happy holidays to you and your family. >> you too, arthel. have a great thanksgiving. arthel: thank you. eric? eric: we will have more on the shocking maas shooting at that lgbtq nightclub overnight many colorado springs, colorado. the city's mayor joins us next with the very latest on this tragedy.

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arthel: just pasts the bottom of the hour, time for some headlines. we're waiting for an update from law enforcement on our top story, the investigation into the i gruesome murders of four university of idaho students a week ago. they were found stabbed to death in their beds in the off-campus home they shared. no arrests yet. we expect a police conference at 6 p.m. eastern and, of course, we're going to bring that to you live right here on fox news. we are still about two years out from the 2024 presidential election, but that did not stop about a dozen potential gop white house hopefuls from addressing this weekend's annual republican jewish coalition meeting in las vegas. florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence and former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., or nikki haley, among those speakers there. former president trump first to announce for 024, spoke by -- 2024, spoke by way of video. meanwhile, georgia governor

brian kemp stumping for senate candidate herschel walker ahead of his december 6thth runoff with incumbent democrat senator raphael warnock. eric: we now return to our other top story in colorado springs. that city in shock and mourning at this hour after the mass shooting at that lgbtq club last night. police say the suspect, identified as a local resident, 32-year-old anderson lee aldridge -- 22-year-old. walked in just before midnight to club q and killed 5 people before he was tackled by several of the club goers. at least 25 people were injured. joining us now is the mayor of colorado springs, mayor john scotters. our prayers are with you -- john southers. our prayers are with you and your community. where because the investigation stand? what can you tell us about it it? >> thank you, eric. shock and mourning really does describe the state of our city at this point many time. as you anticipated, we had a

lone male gunman, 22 years old, enter an lgbtq bar last night. by all accounts, this is a very well managed bar. it's been in existence for 21 years. opened fire, killed 5 people. 19 other people have gunshot wounds, and the remainder have some other kind of injuries trying to flee the bar, something like that. there's a lot we don't know, there's a lot that we can't talk about because of the state of the investigation. the criminal history, details about the weaponry will be, you know, that's something that we'll be talking about in the future but not today. we do know that this is a very, very tragedy ec event -- tragic event, and it's the an all too familiar situation in america today. eric: yeah. after the pulse nightclub in orlando, remember that. you mentioned the criminal history. reports saying that the suspect

last year was arrested for making bomb-making threats, basically the police were told by his mother. any sense right now about him, his motive? has he made statements, anything you can shed light on about his potential alleged motivation? >> you know, admittedly, it has all the appearances, eastbound, of a hate -- eric, of a hate crime, but i think it's too premature to conclude that. the motive in this matter really is under investigation at this point in time, and we'll know a lot more about it when that investigation is completed. eric: understanding that last might there was a drag queen event, a diva drag queen event and today happens to be transgender day of remembrance to honor transjenner americans who have been is -- transgender americans who have been murdered. do e you think there could be any possible connection if, indeed, there is one? >> i think we'll learn a lot more about the motives and how

much of it is tied into what events were occurring and things like that remains to be seen. but what we know now, individual entered this bar. luckily, there was an incredibly quick police response and a heroic response by patrons that subdued this individual literally within minutes of his entering the bar. and as tragic as this incident is, it could have involved many more lives had these heroic individuals not intervened and the police responded as quickly as they kid. eric: absolutely. her heroes. the bartend or in an interview said he looked up over the bar and saw the suspect tackled down, being wrestled down on the ground with his weapon on the side. ing -- many officials, you included, and others, president biden coming out talking about violence against lgbtq people. participant of what the president said, quote: we know that the lgbtqi+ community has

been subjected to horrific violence in recent years. gun violence has a devastating and particular impact on communities across the nation, and threats of violence are increasing. places that are supposed to be safe spaces of acceptance and celebration should never be turned into places of terror and violation. it happens far too often. we must drive out the inequities that contribute to violence against lgbtqi+ people. we cannot and must not tolerate hate. as a mayor, can you add to those comments? we've had the midterms just completed. without saying we know what the motive is, there's a lot in the atmosphere about, you know, drag shows and groomers and sort of thing. what are your concerns and what would you tell people across the country when deeming with this firsthand? -- dealing with firsthandsome. >> well, the president's right. this has been an area of concern in our country for years. we saw the terrible, terrible incident in orlando and to the extent that that was the motive

here, it's despicable. this is a horrible crime regardless of the motive. we'll just have to see exactly what the motive is, but to the ebbs e tent that proves to be what it is, i couldn't agree more with the president. this is something that we simply cannot tolerate many a civilized society. eric: our hearts are with you, mayor. we're going to put on the screen there is a statewide organization called colorado healing fund. people can contribute to that. and are there other ways, mayor, that our viewers can help your communitiesome. >> eric, thanks for pointing that out because i want to make sure that that's the -- everybody knows that's a very legitimate, statewide fund. there's going to be some bogus funds, and there's going to be some gofundme deals that you can't rely on. the state healing fund is a legitimate fund. foundations are contributing to it to help victims in, and that is a place where people can be

assured their money will be invested to help these victims. eric: the colorado healing fund.org, it's on your screen, folks, if you want to see and help out people going through a difficult time, the victims and the people of colorado springs. we want to thank you, mayor john s is uthers of colorado springs. may god be with you. >> thank you, eric. eric: of course. arthel? arthel: yeah. eric, and as he monitors the colorado springs murders, president biden celebrating a milestone birthday today the as well. as he also faces questions about his poll numbers and inflation. the very latest from the white house is up next. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis persists... put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,... i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. check. when uc held me back... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when uc got the upper hand... rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining.

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hi, lucas. >> reporter: the birthday messages are pure pouring in via twitter, not mentioning the president's age. probably not a coincidence. let's take a look. here's one from the first lady. there's no one else i'd rather dance with than you. happy birthday, joe, i love you. happy birthday@joe biden, there's a lot to celebrate these days, and i couldn't be more grateful that america has you from his old boss, barack obama. in recent days three powerful democratic lawmakers including house speaker nancy pelosi, steny hoyer and james clyburn, all in their 80s, said they would be stepping down from party leadership, but president biden recently said he plans on running for re-election in 2024 and will make a final decision early next year. >> my intention is that i'm going to run again, but i'm a great respecter of fate, and this is ultimately a family decision. i think everybody wants me to run, but we're going to have discussions about it. >> reporter: earlier on abc

jonathan carl asked adam schiff the following question: >> today is joe biden's 80th birthday. do you think measured run for re-election? -- he should run for re-election? >> i think he should. i think he's extremely capable. what he's been able to do in the last two years is an unprecedented level of accomplishment, and if he wants to continue, i'm for him. >> reporter: the inflation crisis remains a problem. year's thanksgiving is expected to cost 20 the % more this year hand compared to last year. >> all of these prices are way up, and it's because of the spending coming out of washington. many 'ems of the emergency you're talking about, people want affordable energy, and the thing that's most disturbing to me, maria, is what's happening right now with regard to china and the u.s. china is eating our lunch. >> reporter: it's clear the white house wanted the president's granddaughter's wedding to be the main event weekend, not the president's birthday. arthel: well, they're a big deal. wedding at the white house, you can't top that. and happy birthday, mr.

president. lucas tomlinson, hang, live at -- thank you, live at the white house. eric: happy birthday, mr. biden. lucas just mentioned the turnover in the house for a younger generation, nancy pelosi and others stepping aside from house leadership. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram takes a look at who else the dems is have than -- on their list. >> reporter: nancy pelosi passed the baton after two decades in leadership. >> a new day is dawning on the horizon, and i look forward, always forward, to the unfolding story the of our nation. >> reporter: new york democrat hakeem jeffries is poised to suck is seed pelosi -- succeed pelosi. katherine clark would become the whip and pete aguilar caucus chairman. jeffries is unopposed. he'd become the first minority to lead a party in congress. >> he's been mentored by jim clyburn, and i think he is ready. he is brilliant, he is timely, and people follow him.

>> reporter: republicans portray jeffriess as extreme. >> he's even further to the left than nancy pelosi. this is further proof that the democrat party's been taken over by the far left. >> reporter: but political observers disagree with that assessment. they note jeffries' squabbles with the squad. >> i think progressives view jeffries as kind of a wall street guy, kind of a adopter democrat. corporate democrat. and i don't think he's particularly well trusted. >> reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy is struggling to command enough votes to become speaker. representative andy biggs say he can't vote for mccarthy. >> there are reasons that the american public say we need a change in leadership. >> reporter: mcthink failed to -- mccarthy failed to succeed john boehner seven years ago. >> kevin mccarthy's going to have to bow to these people in order to get the votes to become speaker. it's going to make it an interesting and turbulent two years for mccarthy and his leadership team to be the able

to try to control his own caucus. >> reporter: but for republicans, if not mcthink, who? mccarthy has until early january to round up the votes. chad pergram, fox news. arthel: an apology from a prominent nba player after he tweeted a link to a film with anti-semitic the themes. we'll have the latest on that coming up next.

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arthel: so the brooklyn nets have lifted kentuckyly irving's suspension, and he is expected to play tonight against the memphis grizzlies after he apologized yesterday for tweeting a link to an anti-semitic film. senior correspondent laura ingle is live in new york city with the very latest. >> reporter: hi, arthel. you know, that apology and also spending time talking with jewish community leaders was enough to get kyrie irving's suspension lifted just in time for tonight's game after being benched for the last two weeks. the nets releasing this statement to fox a few hours ago saying kyrie took ownership of his journey and has had conversations with several members of the jewish community. we are pleased that he is going about the process many a meaningful way. the seven-time all-star spoke out this afternoon telling the press he wanted to offer his deep apologies to all those who

were impacted over the past few weeks. irving found himself in hot water last month after posting a link to an anti-semitic film on twitter october 27th. but after refusing to fully apologize or disavow the anti-semitic content of that film in two separate news conferences, the brooklyn nets declared irving unfit to be associated with the club. irving also gave an interview to nba insider ian begley on saturday. >> i really want to focus on the hurt that i caused for, the impact that i made within the jewish community, you know, putting some type of threat or assumed threat on the jewish community. i just want to apologize deeply for all my actions. >> reporter: and reaction in new york today has been mixed. >> i'm not a fan. i don't think he should be playing especially in brooklyn anymore. i think it's, like, doing more harm than good, and i don't

think his apology means anything. >> he's like my inspiration, basically. i'm pretty excited to see him play. i'm going to go to the game today. >> reporter: and we'll see what fan reaction at barclays center is like tonight. more to come. arthel: okay. laura ingle, thank you very much. eric? eric: and speaking of sports, the world cup underway today in qatar where team usa will hit the pitch tomorrow, will take on wales in the opening round match. you can watch all this on your local fox station. coverage begins at 1 p.m. eastern time. you can catch all the world cup coverage on fox and fox sports 1. i know it's the pitch. the pitch is the soccer field because i watch ted lasso. arthel: you didn't know what it was. you might be -- that might be the only way you knew. [laughter] eric: football is football. it's the grid iron!te arthel: bye,d. everybody, thank boyou! with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein.

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