that is all people will need to stay protected from covid yearyr long. but then 9:00 a.m. this morning hhs secretary tweeted something different saying, "if it's been over two months since your last does, make a plan to get one now."e neither deserve to have the jobs they have, oh, my goodness, two months, a year. that is it for us tonight. greg gutfeld is next. ♪ ♪ speed 223 reported tornadoes ripping through the south overnight as more than 40 million americans remain under a storm threat. officials warned that a particularly dangerous situation could happen in parts of arkansas, indiana, mississippi and long-lived intense twister and massive hail. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this wednesday morning i'm

carley shimkus. speedy dough makes i'm todd piro and we see devastating images flash floods, power outages and major concern is the storm system moves east. fox news senior meteorologist janice dean, what is the latest? >> we still have watches and warnings in effect that you're the storm reports as you mentioned here at at least 23 reports of tornadoes but of course they have to assess the damage to see if, indeed it is. we have large hail and damaging winds, the red icons ortho tornado storms. then we have warnings happening right now so the roads tornado storms and severe thunderstorm warnings as well as hail and flash flooding occurring right now. these are live watches and warnings happening here you will see the lightning, dangerous lightning with this. the worst obviously people are sleeping and that is why it is

good to have a device that can give you the watches and warnings. if you are sleeping i recommend foxweather.com to keep you up-to-date. the worst of the severe weather happened overnight last night. still happening this morning. things will start to calm down that we have the potential for severe storms for parts of the panhandle, florida, to georgia. but not the intent storms we were forecasting this time yesterday. the future track shows the cold front moving across the southeast to the mid-atlantic by this evening. things will be much calmer. but we still have to go through the next 6-12 hours across these areas. we could see potential heavy rainfall causing flooding. certainly, that is still imminent. and as we get through wednesday and thursday, that threat through southeast parts of the midatlantic. the cold part of the storm, we have winter weather advisories,

winter storm warnings, winter storm warnings for california up to the northwest. we have seen a very active weather pattern moving across the west coast peer that area of low pressure, by the way that because the severe weather over the south originated across the west. so that will remain intact the next couple of days. some of that energy could cause more severe weather as we get through the next couple of days. look at the snow reports, actually, the current snow depth which means the snow we are already seeing across the west and more on the way. these areas of low pressure into the west and then dive across the rockies to the south. that is part of the events we needed for the severe weather which is still occurring. we will keep you up-to-date on the latest watches and warnings happening right now. foxweather.com have been on this 24/7 in the puny coverage

coverage 24/7 i recommend downloading the app. >> todd: quite active into november, j.d., thank you. to defend ceo elon musk as he ramps up his fight against the democratic establishment. the media and silicon valley. >> carley: brooke singman here to tell us more, brooke. >> a close eye on elon musk management of twitter and for social media platform accountable. speak with the president has long stated his belief about the importance of social media. he is also concerned about the power large social media platforms have over our everyday lives. and has long argued that tech platforms have to be accountable for the harm they caused. he has called for the accountability for tech platforms. >> kevin mccarthy said the biden administration could be violating the first amendment. listen. >> that is offensive to me.

government will go after someone who wants to have free speech? what do they have to look at twitter about? i think they should stop picking on elon musk. >> meanwhile reports say apple ceo cooked him cook will meet on judiciary and commerce committee's. cook to make inroads with republicans as they are poised to take control of the house in january. the meeting as calm as musk claims apple is threatening to pull twitter off of the app store if it doesn't follow apps demands. florida governor ron desantis says this happens, congress must have been. >> they are trying to get elon musk twitter of the app store potentially, which would be a huge blow for free speech. this is may be the most powerful company in the entire world pure they exercise more authority in some respects then even some governments do. >> elon musk more than 80% responded to his latest twitter poll calling for apple to

publish all censorship actions that is taken that defends its customers. apple to fall in his footsteps after censorship records were passed to the public. suppression of the hunter biden laptop story back in 2020, carley and todd thank you. >> todd: the white house wants a stronger stance and support for lockdowns in china. >> those people literally risk being thrown in prison, tortured, murdered. but they were standing up for freedom and this is an inflection point. joe biden ought to step up and unequivocally stand with the people of china and say they deserve to be free. but this white house won't do that. >> todd: the white house did say they support the demonstrators right to peacefully protest lockdowns to which a chinese foreign ministry official shot back yesterday attacking the white house white house covid covert response, gun crime and federal crisis with zero covid policy as

a means to protect the people's lives and ensure a better life. twitter users having context china remains the main source of fentanyl traffic in the u.s. tim cook goes head-to-head with elon musk, tucker carlson said apple is totally ignoring the brutal tactics of the ccp, listen. >> we can say for a fact apple is covering for the government of china. apple is in no sense in america. apple's loyalty is to the government of china. if you think that is an overstatement think of this. earlier this month apple did the bidding of the chinese government to crush domestic protest against the communist party there. apple did this by disabling its permanent airdrop feature in china. so far, only china is the only country in which it is disabled. so, why did apple disable that feature in china? because that feature permanent airdrop allows iphone users to communicate directly with one another without using the internet or sell your networks,

both in a totalitarian state like china are controlled by the government. that means without permanent airdrop commit is effectively impossible for citizens to organize with one another. they are powerless. this is not an overstatement, apple is an active collaborator with china's murderous police state. >> todd: the ceo of parlor will join us later to talk about apple's unchecked influence on the tech industry and around the world. >> carley: boy, he knows all about that. the biden administration with new restrictions with emissions from oil and gas from federal land. this after the white house said there were plenty of of opportunities to drill at home. chevron to drill in the communist dictatorship of venezuela. american oil executives are calling that claim a flat out lie. >> has in america last energy policy. he would rather get oil from iraq, saudi arabia and now venezuela then he would from

texas, new mexico and north dakota. it doesn't make any sense to anyone other than the fact that he simply wants to placate his big donors. >> carley: he also predicts crushing impact on america energy jobs as more outsourced to venezuela. here is kellyanne conway on president biden's hypocritical energy policy. listen here. >> joe biden said, "no more drilling." this we can he offer drilling permits in venezuela. now, heat in a matter of one day shows he stands with polluters over protesters. you have freedom fighters taking to the streets in china, and you have spokespeople for joe biden saying he's not commenting on the protesters, they speak for themselves, but he has no problem palling around with dictators and easing their economy and their economic policies by allowing permits in venezuela.

>> todd: while the president with dictators to solve the energy crisis, america's real workers are furious with amtrak joe entering the closer the my country closer to a disaster during the holiday season. >> carley: joining us live in washington with the very latest on this very sticky situation, kevin corke, good morning to you. >> certainly is, good morning, carley and todd appear the house to vote wednesday to block a rail strike to potentially happen as early as the 9th of december. that was actually coming after the president again yesterday sounded the alarm imploring congressional lawmakers to act. >> congress come i think has to act. it is not an easy call, but i think we have to do it. it becomes risky. >> are you confident in the rail strike? >> house speaker nancy pelosi is promising not one but two votes.

the first vote wednesday adopting tentative labor agreement and the second and measure to add seven days of paid sick leave for railroaders to the agreement. >> i don't like going against the ability of the unions to strike, but weighing the equities must avoid a strike. the house will bring up the legislation, send it over to the senate. >> meanwhile, railroad union workers are frankly quite frustrated with the president's response to the crisis writing in a statement, "unfortunately the most labor friendly president has opted to side with big business and call for a thwarting of railroad workers right to strike." so now, it is on to capitol hill where time, as you know, is of the essence. getting things done quickly is a rarity. >> the senate is where it gets trickier because they are trying to move this quickly. if you know congress, it is

pretty rare when things actually do move quickly. and you need all the senators on board. right now they are trying to get as fast as they can get interesting congress. >> on monday, you probably know, the president actually praised proposed contract which would have called for 24% wage increase over five years and five annual lump sum payments to those workers. and yet the urgency remains even at this hour to get something done. that, of course, is all happening as you heard by now a potential rail stoppage that would freeze 30% of u.s. cargo ship around the country. it can impact 7 million rail commuters, todd and carley. they are hoping here in town to get something done. >> carley: the ramifications of all of this, kevin, thank you so much. congresswoman lisa mcclain, congresswoman, good morning to you. this will be brought to the house for later today. how will you bow on it and how will it pass?

>> well, that is still to be determined. one, we haven't seen the exact act. i don't know that the democrats have the vote, but here is what i do know. we are in yet again another serious situation with this biden administration. it is christmas time and the supply chain as it is. now, we have a potential rail strike. at the end of the day, we have to protect the american people to make sure that they have the ability to get the goods and services that they need. it is unfortunate that it has come to this, right? but here we are. so buckle up. i think it will be an interesting day. >> todd: the cost of the u.s. economy $2 billion per day causing 1% contraction in the gdp and that is really bad appearance have been hundred thousand workers losing their jobs and that is really, really, really bad.

on top of all of that we have record inflationary environment right now. the president though is using your state as an example to brag about how well the biden economy is doing. shouldn't he do that in michigan or quite frankly in a state when the economy is the way it is right now and could potentially get worse with the rail strike looming? >> president biden's visit yesterday was a complete smack in the face. again, it just shows how out of touch this man and this administration is. let's take a look at -- biden economics. average inflation is a 40 year high around 80% purity in michigan, it is 14%. inflation and our state of michigan is 14%. but under biden economics he tells us that is a good thing.

up 63%, but again under biden economics, that is a good thing. because down $1.50. under normal economics, under biden economics he tells us that is a good thing. let's not forget something more critical, michigan law means that we had more people exit the state and go to other states. that is bad. but hunter biden economics, he holds that as a positive thing. at the end of the day, we have to figure out the issues. but we can't vent on the issues unless we first admit that we do have some issues. >> todd: it doesn't look like the biden administration is doing that anytime soon, congressman lisa mcclain, we appreciate it. woke up to the men's national team and moving onto the knockout round and all because of this, the first goal maker as

the americans take down and make it to the round of 60. >> making a big run, stuck him behind, scores! might have paid the price but the u.s. takes the lead. but when he sure did pay the price, finishing the first half because of the abdominal entry during the games and you can see right there goalie coming up doing his job. that knee hitting pulisic in the admin abdomen. he will be back for the round of 16 match against the netherlands, which will be played saturday morning right here on fox. look at the agony but an amazing goal nonetheless. the game played with tensions rising between u.s. and a iran. irani is cheering on the u.s. during the game. even though killing 22-year-old killing of a woman and 500

people killed in a protest including a 9-year-old boy. sources confirm to fox the iranian regime threatened the family after they didn't sing the national anthem before the game against england. >> the regime is going after the families for anybody, for anybody who protested the national anthem. they would torture and imprison their families. so it had to be difficult for those geranium players seeing and knowing that their families were at stake for torture. >> todd: iran's players did sing the national anthem before yesterday's match. but as for the goal itself, pulisic went into harm's way and a nose in that situation the goal will be coming out and trained to raise and do exactly what the goalie did and had a lot of rainy defenders around him and yet he went in there and converted the goal and pay the

price. >> carley: for speaking up harm's way, the iranian protesters forced to sing the national anthem because they know at home the government is threatening their families. so, so glad the united states won but you have to feel for those players. >> todd: are they going to leap and go to other countries? and leave their families behind? >> carley: their families, job, team, life, but that just makes me very thankful. to the new developments out of idaho and there are some, the police seized several cars from the crime scene for four college students for murder. new details are emerging and we want to bring you the latest lay of report coming up. >> todd: freedom for a fight in china where protesters have swept the nation calling for president xi to step down over draconian lockdown measures purity we are diving into all of itever after this.

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♪ ♪ >> carley: south dakota governor kristi noem signing executive order banning state agencies from using tiktok. that means employees and contractors can't use the app on state owned or state licensed devices. kristi noem said to protect state employees with potential intelligence gathering for the chinese communist party and

pushing for congress to follow her lead saying, "because of serious duties to protect the private data have south dakota citizens, we must take this action immediately. i hope other states will follow south dakota's lead and congress should take broader action as well." >> todd: president biden's own department of defense causing his botched from withdrawal from afghanistan a gift to china, "the people's republic of oakwood diplomatic tools in an attempt to partner influence highlight of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan." space force chief and fellow officer nicholas joins me. great to have you here. how is this report from and we always have to highlight this biden's defense department? >> as you have seen the biden administration has to admit this publicly is telling because you cannot hide these kind of results. in fact, we gave the biggest gift to the chinese and able to

negotiate with the taliban's months before the taliban's taking over afghanistan and get access to the rights and in the process take over the entire economy of the nation. >> todd: you can't unring a bell but is the biden administration going forward to win back the trust and confidence of our allies so countries like china, russia cannot take advantage of what we do in afghanistan? >> you have to see it, but that shows you the importance of having a very strong military and also administration. what you see here effectively is the biden administration continuing to lack in leadership. what you see here with china and ukraine is now effectively showing the results of this lack of leadership. and effectively, you end up in a situation where we are now at war with china.

china is taking over mainly the u.s. industries and yet to see the administration take action to address it. >> todd: speaking of china, china to bow to crackdown on protesters wreaking havoc across the nation demanding the communist leadership step down. we have seen this crackdown on protesters really escalate by tccp over the last 48 hours. nicholas, what happens in the next 48 hours? >> mostly, we have to be very careful. people are hoping the chinese people will be able to stand against this kind of chinese party regime. and let's face it, they have killed millions of people over the last 25 years to take control of the power in china. that is not going to happen. the ccp is not going to let the chinese people win this battle. they will bring the tanks to the chinese people opening up and talking. you have seen them use

technology including machine learning to track people using white paper to officially protest peacefully. and yet, again, the biden administration really not doing anything to help the chinese people. >> todd: i think you are right in a sense xi jingping said people are protesting so let's resign. but will china end up lifting draconian lockdown's as a result of the protests? >> they have started to do that a little bit. but let's face it the chinese people are saying what happened with the wake-up of hundreds of thousands of people meeting without any masks. in the meantime these people are dying in a fire because of being locked in their apartments with no way to get out of the building. so, that is obviously going to create tensions. the chinese people are tired of this regime that is really controlling their entire lives and giving them no ability to

succeed. despite apple ceo continuing otherwise. >> todd: is joe biden actually hurting the power of these protesters by not coming out more forcefully in support of them? >> absolutely. it is a very tremendous lack of leadership, again, that is the opportunity for the united states to give a chance to the chinese people to fight back from the communist party. this happened in 1977, 1989 and not something you can do and see every day but we see the chinese people openly calling for the president to step down with the cc d. we need to take action to help push it slowly but surely so the ccp can finally leave the control of the chinese people to the chinese people. >> todd: xi jingping and the ccp will control joe biden and

the united states. more or less crickets from joe biden with regard to china. thank you nicholas chaillan. disney ceo, the culture wars, we will tell you about the marching orders he gave his employees. speak to the president confident lawmakers camp prevent a rail strike with a blockbuster today. but rail workers they biden already blew it. we will ask industry experts how a strike can impact you and your family. that is next. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> carley: absolutely heartbreaking story here, take flint an upcoming country from oklahoma died in his sleep saturday hours after his wedding. his cause of death has not yet been determined. his wife brenda with a

heartbreaking video taken from their wedding just hours before sudden death with a caption, "i don't understand." the manager sharing a touching tribute saying, "i loved him like a son, hardest dedicating working artist i've ever worked with in my career." jake clint was 37 years old. >> todd: oh, man, that is horrible. to another story, quadruple ministry in idaho with five cars from the off campus for the university of idaho students brutally murdered three weeks ago. >> carley: marianne rafferty with the latest on this case. good morning, the cars belonging to the slain idaho students have been towed away by investigators still hunting a killer. a total of five vehicles seized from the house where the four students brutally murdered to be processed for evidence as the father of kaylee goncalves grows

anxiously for identifying a suspect and unable to deal with the loss of his daughter. >> i haven't earned the ability to grieve the way that i want to grieve. i want to be able to have justice first. >> one forensic psychologist telling fox news, the suspect may have been in so short for involuntary celibate in other words unable to attract women and hostile to men and women who are sexually active. i can certainly see how people might suspect a killer in this case, particularly because the four victims are young and attractive. there's a lot of hatred and anger and the crimes but the level of the violence, resolve, obvious hostility and personal hands-on attack. meanwhile slain student ethan chapin sigma phi with a scholarship in his name to honor him. and his mom matching donations up to $10,000 for deserving

undergraduate member of the fraternity. the university of idaho will hold a vigil on campus tonight for ethan, kaylee, madison, and xana, todd, thank you. >> todd: hiding under a mattress and opening fire on three oklahoma police officers are attempting to serve a felony warrant. the police ambushed with a suspect to hide out under his mattress. watch. go, go, go, go! >> todd: oh, my gosh! officers returning fire killing the suspect. one of them struck in the face but is expected to be okay. it is amazing they were not hit by bullets, thank god appeared to joe biden, the new york city with another make a shelter for migrants been bushed my post to

the southern border. in a swanky hotel in midtown and mayor eric adams from the migrant shelter he built in september on randall's island with recreation rooms outfitted with ex boxes, laundry services and international cuisine. those services with 60,000 homeless people in new york city. >> carley: now to the top story president biden calling on congress to pass legislation to prevent a national railroad strike during the busy christmas season. >> it is not an easy call, but we have to do it. the economy is at stake. >> are you confident in the rail strike? >> and wo a coalition of 400 business and organizations came together to say, "if the strike happens to me could the economy even further." the ceo of south carolina trucking association and jessica, vice president of

supply chain at the retail industry association. good morning to you both. we have quite the situation on our hands, how would a real strike impact the trucking industry and the association who use stuff on the truck? >> here we go again, the supply chain, logistics square and the public's eye. while we hope it gets worked out, this is yet another potentially devastating, unnecessary, man-made disruption and it is honest. we like to say the railroad's help to make this country great but the trucking industry is keeping it that way. gail, the railroad truckers have political battles over the history and over our productivity and market share. but the fact is we need each other. trains have to have trucks, trucks take away practically all

day hall. without trains, well trucking is struggling as it is to try to make current demand. >> carley: jessica, how quickly would americans feel the pinch of the stores if this takes place? >> thanks, carley retailers for the holiday season and the distribution but the supply demands are always using an in transit. for the next season and will look for other merchandise, foods and perishables and e-commerce, everybody is shopping online and there's rail. so people buying christmas gifts will see a stall if we see a rail strike. >> carley: there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisles that say they will not vote to in this real strike and marco rubio a republican is against voting "yes" on a potential bill that

could come on the senate floor later today. and the progressives on the left as well. but what is your message to them? they seem to think congress should not get involved in the labor union issues. >> it is a tough issue to both sides and they ought to be bipartisan agreement on this. and some stemming from the rail union bosses with me to agreement that trickles down to all the others. one of the 12 votes and all 12 strike. but while government intervention is not preferred, certainly, on matters that are significant like this that impact interstate commerce, commerce has enumerated powers and they have done it close to 20 times in the 100 year history of transportation. and the president taking beating from the rail union right now for calling out congress to step

in. one of the rail units call him a wolf in sheep's clothing. do you think him calling for this stop of potential strike will affect his support among other unions moving forward? >> you know, i think this is truly a bipartisan issue and the policy issues, this is not politics. it is for the negotiating process to be worked out. this has been going on three years. and now congress it is time to step in with no deal cited at the 11th hour. it is time for congress to enact under the labor act and move on this to prevent a strike. this is entirely preventable, foreseeable and destruction to the supply chain. after years of destruction that we have seen four people, it is preventable. we need to step in and stop this from affecting the supply chain and the economy. >> carley: you say that because it could cost $2 billion per day, 765 americans jobs can

be lost. the movement could freeze. when it comes to trucking, you can impact the industry so much because diesel shipping. >> yeah, we have already been through concern about supplies. we know that price at the pump is very painful. it seems to be baked in. it is wearing everybody. and you talk about waste or the cost, just because of the threat from a potential of something of this magnitude and forces the supply to plan or try to plan and are scrambling that is wasteful and costly and who knows how much of that is being spent right now and frankly, i think on the political side, this is what you get a new mix heavy industry and rough and tumble industries working exploiting their leverage

working within what is effectively the rail oligarchy. >> carley: just because of the threat impacting supply chain, rick and jessica, we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >> carley: nearly a quarter million votes cast in a single day in georgia senate runoff and with less then a week until election day, democrats are turning to barack obama yet again. >> president obama is a celebrity. that is where raphael warnock is getting his money, celebrities but he will not win this race. >> carley: we will bring you the latest from the peach state after this. >> todd: plus, do you know what your children are reading at school? they decided to keep this book in a second grade classroom. it is called "boolean is a roommate." it is inappropriate for their kids. one concern mother we will speak to next. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> carley: newly ceo endemic disney seo plans to separate the magical place on earth from the recent controversy that critical race theory, telling the panel of employees at a disney town hall, "do i like the

company being embroiled in controversy question rk can be distracting and have a negative impact on the company. and the extent dimmick extent i can work to quiet things down i will do that." it is important to listen to the company audience and respect the people that they serve, interesting comment, there and firing a former disney ceo tossed for making a series of rookie mistakes, including moves that critics describe as being politically motivated and too woke. >> todd: parents outrage after this book about a boy wanting to be a mermaid. calling it appropriate reading material for second grade. it is harmless literature, telling "fox & friends," "it is not used on gender identity and the topic is not in our elementary curriculum." megan is a child in the second grade class and begs to differ.

thank you for being here. this shows pictures of a young boy dressing as a girl, drag queens and a boy being paraded around semi naked with adults. megan, why is this book inappropriate for 7-year-olds? >> hi, good morning. i wish i could answer that question for you but before we get into the discussion, i want to make it clear that my family and i support the lgbqt plus community. my concern for my daughter's education calls for misinterpretation of my feelings towards this and i want to make this crystal clear that we support lgbqt plus community and those in our town so to answer your question, i'm not sure why they are teaching this book. i followed the chain of communication once i became a lawyer of this book being shown in my daughter's second grade class. we are talking about a last full of 7-year-olds and i was told by

everyone in the administration said dimmick the superintendent said there is not to be sex education in the school which completely contradicts this book thing shown to a class of 7-year-olds. it is really contradictory and we don't know where this book has been shown. there is no transparency or the same people who approved this book are the people who reviewed the book and then decided to keep it in the curriculum. so, that is very troubling to me and again, it doesn't make sense. there is no transparency. and you have all the wonderful, wonderful children's books there are to choose from to teach acceptance because this is what they claim this book is supposed to teach the children appeared i don't understand why they would choose a book with this topic of

gender identity and transitioning gender to a group of 7-year-olds. it doesn't make sense. and it is very heartbreaking. >> todd: to your point at the intro, megan, we have and are cute though mike interviewed countless of the lgbqt community and books like this talk to 7-year-olds are a bad idea. and they are part of the community and say this indoctrination is a bad idea. and drag is a huge inspiration in writing the book. so to your point how can a superintendent make the claim this has nothing to do with gender identity in good faith? >> that is my point, too. when i went through this chain of command. in the beginning they were flat out lying to me. they denied the book had anything to do with gender identity. they kept saying about a boy being dressed up and going to a parade. and i said, "no, that is not true. the author's intent is clear. the author herself states why

she wrote the book to encourage these discussions in young children." and they continuously lied to me and they finally admitted, "yes, the book is listed under gender identity, but that is not the lesson." if you listen to that, that does not add up. that is like me giving you a math book and sating it will actually be on science. it doesn't make sense. the bottom line is this is inappropriate. we are talking about 7-year-old children who believe in tooth fairy, and this is completely off of the radar. my daughter came home and made comments to me that broke my heart. i could not believe an adult at my daughter's school would have a conversation with her that was through these questions and ideas and come home and ask her little brother questions. it is so, incredibly inappropriate. and i just hope the parents who are listening, please, be

involved in your children's education. i never expected -- i feel naive and never expected this to be in my town. i think it is more places than we realize. and if we don't stand up now, if we don't say, hey, this is not appropriate. these are small children. we need to push back. there was something going on here. i don't understand it but i know in my heart and soul this is wrong. this is not what we are supposed to be teaching our 7-year-olds. it is inappropriate. >> todd: megan watros, thank you for your time, we appreciate it. breaking news out of the south, 20 reported tornadoes ripping across the states. speak to this severe storm threat is not over yet. we will have live coverage next. ♪ ♪ up to 300 miles of range on a full charge. and a starting price around $30,000. evs for everyone, everywhere. chevrolet.

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