it is a time of grieving still, mike and also a time of celebration for some. this is winter graduation this weekend. we expect to see a lot of people back out on this campus before it clears out for winter break. we can tell you the ports of entry along the u.s. canadian border are aware to keep an eye out for the white hyundai elantra. anyone with information asked to call the idaho state police. >> mike: many thanks, alexis. >> dana: american basketball star brittney griner is back on u.s. soil after being set free in a prisoner exchange sending a notorious arms dealer back the russia. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today and i'm lucky enough to have mike. >> mike: i'm mike emanuel. high tension between the two countries following russia's invasion of ukraine. negotiators failed to win

freedom for another american, former marine paul whelan after moscow made it clearly they were than willing to make him part of the exchange. the post calls the swap for an arms dealer for the merchant of death a deal with the devil. here is what others are saying. >> it is easy to second guess but, you know, we traded the merchant of death and i was hoping we would get more. >> always great to see an american come home. i believe it was a bad deal. at minimum we should have gotten our u.s. marine home as well. >> it is not an equal exchange. i'm glad an american is coming home but to exchange the merchant of death for this? it's made us weaker. >> mike: in a moment john kirby joining us from the white house. hello, john. first alexandria hoff is live on the north lawn. hi. >> good to be with you. yesterday president biden said that russia treated the cases of whelan differently than griner

and unsuccessful to get both. a major win for vladimir putin. peter doocy asked about that yesterday. >> in this pret' near swap why did russia get such a better deal? >> look, you know, i've talked about this and i will say this again. here were our choices. our choices was brittney or no one at all. bring home one american or no american at all. >> griner landed on u.s. soil before 6:00 a.m. she has been taken for medical evaluation after serving nine months in a russian prison and a penal colony. russia is celebrating the release of bout. he supplied resources to terrorist organizations to kill americans. here is mike waltz. >> how about we don't let putin

dictate the terms she said here was the choice the russians gave us. how about we dictate the terms? >> the terms did not leave room for the release of paul whelan held in russia since 2018. his brother shaved this. >> there are people being home for christmas. that's not going to happen. i'm sure he is extremely disappointed. >> president biden says he is not giving up on paul whelan and chris coons weighed in as well. >> two different americans, brittney griner and paul whelan on trumped-up charges and used them as brutal chips in his ongoing war against the international world order. >> after landing in russia bout's wife told reuters that he expressed gratitude for how well the americans had treated him. also that bout is requesting that the drawings he did while in prison be returned to him.

mike. >> mike: alexandria hoff. >> dana: i want to go on record john kirby is joining us now. i think we don't give the drawings back, number one. john, thank you for being here today. i know it is a joyous day for brittney and her family. somewhat of a disappoint for paul whelan and he has said that in an interview. we actually interviewed a woman whose brother is being held in iran last hour. mike emanuel had a moving exchange. watch a bit of it. >> one of the worst things for a hostage, the worst fears is being forgotten. she was asked the same question on july 15th and she then also said i will have to get back to you. i don't know anything about that case. i hope he doesn't find out that the white house didn't know his name because that would crush him. >> dana: that's -- her brother is being held in iran and 66

other americans being held. what can you say to those families today to reassure them that they won't be forgotten? >> thanks, dana, for having me. we know. yesterday you talked about the joyous today. it is for the griner family. it was bittersweet at the white house. we're very glad to see brittney released but we're reminded every time you get one american home, it is a reminder there are still others being held unjustly overseas. families that will miss them that will be sitting at the table with an empty chair. we're mindful of that and working every day. you may not see it. you and i may not talk about it on tv but i can assure you the national security team is working very hard to get all unjustly held americans and wrongfully detained americans back home where they belong. a lot of that work understandably and rightly has to be done quietly and out of the public eye to try to affect the proper negotiations.

>> dana: details in the situation matter. details were a little confusing yesterday. i know you have tried to clarify. for everybody here there has been confusion as to what the deal was. was the deal you could choose one of these americans to come home? or you could only have britney to come home? i want to get you on the record. what was the actual deal on the table? >> the only deal that the russians were willing to put forward was brittney griner for viktor bout. believe me, we would have liked to have both of them home today. we tried all kinds of different things and options and different sort of initiatives, proposals to get that done. but it just wasn't possible. the russians -- i want to be clear on this, dana. they never said to us hey, we want bout back. you get to choose americans whether it's brittney or paul.

they are treating paul differently. paul was never in the mix in their mind with respect to mr. bout. it was just for brittney. so the president had a tough decision to make. we did everything we could to get both of them but he had an opportunity to at least get one and so he made that tough decision and got brittney back home. >> dana: why is it that -- what is it that he has the whelan? what is it that putin wants? >> terrific question. it has to do with the charges with which he has been imprisoned for. espionage charges. he is not a specialty it was a sham trial, same charge. they believe it but that's what they are holding him up for is a little bit different category. they treat paul separately. even paul said that. he has done a couple of interviews in the last 24 hours and acknowledged that. he knows they're treating him separately. we know that, too.

we did everything we could. i can tell you we'll keep working at this. we understand, you know, why they are treating him the way they are. however ridiculous it is. we'll move forward with that knowledge, with that context and see what we can do to get him home. >> dana: i imagine a lot of people googled who is viktor bout. what he was willing to do in terms of providing arms and weapons that slaughtered children, women, all over the world. any civil war he wanted to get into, he did and was always on the evil side of that. he is only 55 years old. putin is waging a war against ukraine. is there anything we can do to make sure that he doesn't have the opportunity to try to do this again? will there be sanctions against somebody like viktor bout? >> we'll have to see what he decides to do with his freedom. if he decides to get back into that trade, if he decides he will threaten american national security or the lives of our

people we'll do what we have to do to hold him to account and to defend ourselves. that's not going to change going forward. we'll be very vigilant. we were vigilant about our national security while he was in jail and we'll be just as vigilant about our national security now that he is out. nobody is doing back flips over here that he is a free man again. he would have been free in 2029. not like he was serving a life sentence and why we'll stay vigilant. we did a national security assessment and we believe that we're confident enough in our ability to protect ourselves that this was a decision worth making. >> dana: we've seen in recent years these regimes try to take american and hold them hostage, for example otto in north korea. if you know you could have leverage over the united states for people who want to travel post covid. how important is it that people in america pay attention to the travel advisories from the state

department to make sure that they do not end up in this situation? >> critically important, dana. i'm so glad you brought it up. we just recently the state department started to add a designateor onto countries clarifying the detention risk. it is the d factor. if you are going to travel for business, pleasure, holidays please go to the state department's website, look at the country you want to go to or countries and look and see what the detention risk is there. we'll be as open and honest as we can be. you need to go fully informed. know this, if you go and do everything right and for some reason you are wrongfully detained you need to know this administration and government will do what we have to do to help secure your release and safety. >> dana: i would add if you go and even if you think that country's laws are ridiculous, you have to follow them to not put yourself in a dangerous situation. >> absolutely. you have to be a smart traveler. >> thank you for being with us today. >> thank you.

>> mike: shake-up and drama on capitol hill as arizona senator kyrsten sinema has left the democratic party registering as an independent. chad pergram is live on capitol hill. >> the change is symbolic. democrats still maintain control of the senate. on wednesday chuck schumer basked in the win by warnock in the georgia runoff. his victory propelled democrats to a 51-49 majority. >> so they say all good things come to those who wait and this outcome is absolutely worth the wait. after one year ten months and 17 days of the longest 50/50 senate in history, 51, a slim majority. >> sinema is becoming what she called an arizona independent. she said she tired of what she

called a broken partisan system. >> removing myself from the partisan structure not only is it true to who i am and how i operate, i also think it will provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country who also are tired of the partisanship. >> in 2001 late vermont senator jeffers caulksed with the democrats and flipped a 50/50 senate from gop to democratic control. >> this seems to be a cosmetic change where you get the stories for branding yourself as an independent but you are still effectively part of the democratic organization. >> sinema will still caucus with the democrats and maintain committee assignments. two independents caucus with the democrats, bernie sanders and angus king. sinema likely faced a primary challenge in 2024 from arizona

representative rueben gallago. >> mike: chad, thanks a lot. >> one thing for them to say don't put up sensational pictures of hunter biden. i understand that. but to censor the "new york post"? we need to stand up for the first amendment. >> dana: ro khanna on the growing fallout from twitter's secret files. will it force republicans on the hill to take action? plus a mother who lost her young son to fentanyl is honoring his memory working to get deadly drugs off the street and she shares her story with us ahead. the cycle of shoplifting is spiraling out of control as it goes unpunished. lawrence jones on how retail crime is hurting communities across the country. praisal or t. no upfront costs at all. let us get your family security of cash in the bank.

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>> mike: lawmakers in new york are working to develop a committee to pay reparations for slavery after a california panel came to the decision to giving money to descendants of slaves. good morning, madison. >> new york is looking to follow in the footsteps of california and explore slavery reparations for the descendants of slaves. this is not the first time it has come up in new york. this summer a bill passed in the state house that called for a commission to study the impact of slavery and reparation. it failed in the senate. now this renewed push comes after a california panel created by governor newsom estimated that $569 billion is owed to the descendants of slaves or an estimated $223,000 per person. new york representative taylor darling believes that number might be too low. assembly woman provided the

following comment on the move here in new york. she said quote these discriminatory conditions were created and enabled by government policies local and national. the negative effects cannot be remedied on an individual basis but by government policies that correct these issues and provide remedies to the harmed population. new york state is well positioned to set the standard on what harm-based reparations should look like. critics say it doesn't solve any. >> everyone should be equal opportunity and insure it's the situation rather than try to give a windfall to some people who might have been related to somebody else 150 years ago. >> let's make no mistake what this really is. a taxpayer-funded giveaway to buy votes for democrats is what this is. >> questions around how it will be proved that someone is directly related to a slave and families that came to america

after the civil war should be responsible for these pay-outs. now there are five types of reparationesque discussed. direct. psychological, removing laws and a government apology for the sin of slavery. mike. >> mike: we'll follow it. thanks so much. >> dana: we have confirmed the suspect in a new york city baseball attack is out of jail 24 hours. the attack is hard to watch. he pulls a bat from his pants and violently attacking a man. faces assault, attempted assault and released on just $7500 cash bail. lawrence jones is the host of lawrence jones cross-country. unfortunately we see this a lot. >> so what's not discussed, what happens when someone else with a

bat now goes after the person that committed that crime? i mean, people would say it's retaliation and mob justice. but new yorkers are only going to take actions like this for so long. see clearly targeting the guy. he waited for him to come past. first he is a coward. didn't have the decency to face him face on. it is brazen. he comes from the back, knocks the guy out. for a city with crime. they lost four congressional seats in the democratic party over this issue in new york. and then you still let the guy out? the guy shows no remorse. i just think that people -- >> dana: chances are based on your experience and reporting >> he will do it again. he will do it again. people don't like when i talk about retribution and what citizens start taking the power into their own hands. but that is the route we're going . people feel so

desperate today when it comes people don't want to ride the subway anymore. not going out as much at night. they're in desperation for the poverty in new york. this is only another layer. >> dana: the shoplifting situation is terrible. we've seen that. then a brazen issue in georgia where they tricked the cashier into giving them $6 thousand worth of merchandise. here is wal-mart ceo doug mcmillan on tuesday. >> theft is an issue. it is higher than what it's historically been. we have security measures we put in place. >> the criminals won't be prosecuted below certain levels. >> if that isn't corrected prices will be higher and stores will close. >> they set the stage for this during the riots. they said it was part of social

justice and it was hands off. let's not get involved with this. as if looting and stealing property has anything with reforming the justice system. so now when all their inventory is gone, now they want to speak up on this. there are consequences for these actions. when you allow this to go on for two years and you have states like california that says as long as you steal under 1,000. that security officers can't chase people when they come into the store they breed this situation. may the ceos can come together and support strong d.a.s and we'll hire more law enforcement in our stores. that would be a step and maybe they should issue apologies to communities across the country by essentially allowing this to happen for two years. it is what did they expect to happen? you let people go in the stores and say social justice, we have

insurance. now the insurance is going up. now we're in a recession. >> dana: when the insurance goes up, that's when the ceos start paying attention and want to change. thank you for joining me in turtleneck season. you do it well. it's a great season. >> i wish somebody gave me a memo and i would do it the whole think. >> dana: happy birthday eve tomorrow big birthday for lawrence jones. >> the big 3-0, i'm getting old. >> dana: you're loved and we're glad you're here. mike. >> mike: should have worn a turtleneck today. the second installment of the twitter files has been released and it is nothing short of stunning what we're learning about the platform's censorship of conservatives. that's next.

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and it stays off. (soft music) >> dana: top twitter executives denied censoring conservatives on the platform but journalist -- >> they are calling it visibility fillering when we have the term special distancing. they used the tool to actively limit the visibility of not just specific accounts but also certain content and ideas from trending. i want to show the tweet from former head of legal. this was back in 2018. she responded to a colleague

that twitter doesn't shadow ban. it enables important discussions around the world to occur. favoring one specific ideology or belief goes against everything we stand for. what last night's drop reveals is twitter was deciding what important discussions were allowed wide reach and happening at the highest level. the platform having a secret council with former ceos, musk revealed in response to a user's tweet that political candidates were shadow banned running for office or seeking re-election. it is not just politicians or celebrities. one of the filtered individuals was a stanford professor who argued covid lockdowns would harm children. i spoke to him last night. >> it is frustrating to know

that the world could have been so different if we just had been allowed to speak freely and not been censored. think about all of the people that are harmed by these lockdowns and what happened. everyone got covid anyway. what was accomplished? >> that underscores the danger this is not just celebrities being suppressed but impacted ordinary folks talking about medicine, education on a space they believed to be open. but dana, it is not over. one of the journalists teased more to come soon. the saga continues. >> dana: thank you so much. i know you'll stay on top of it for us. >> mike: let's bring in byron york, chief political correspondent at the "washington examiner." let's start with the author of twitter files 2.0. she writes we control visibility quite a bit and we control the amplification of your content quite a bit.

normal people don't know how much we do. two additional twitter employees confirmed. >> it's why it was called shadow banning. they were doing it and denying that they did it. they went to capitol hill and testified before congress that they denied that they were doing it and, in fact, they were. there is no doubt about it. inside the company, they gave these processes, orwellian bureaucratic names. visibility filtering not shadow banning. visibility filtering. the strategic response team did it and the global escalation team did it. it was hidden in the bureaucratic process. the whole point was to suppress certain types of speech. not all speech, certain types of speech. usually on the right. >> mike: elon musk wrote about shadow banning. twitter is working on a software update so you know clearly if you've been shadow banned.

the reason why, and how to appeal. that is definitely a good idea in the future. >> the other thing we need is a systematic accounting of everything that was done. we're in the very early stages of this. we've basically had two twitter threads, one about a week ago and this new one from the journalist. the thread she did told us about the doctor that is a -- this is a stanford doctor, not a fringe finger and they censored him because they politicized the covid issue. then we heard dan bongino and charlie kirk and libidos at tiktok. there is a lot more to learn and we need a mass release of information about what went on at twitter. >> mike: dana had a fascinating interview with california

congressman ro khanna. he had an interesting take. >> there are two conflicting values, dana. we shouldn't be censoring people based on viewpoint. another thing is to have respect. i don't think you want these sites to have anti-semitism or racism, but my understanding is it's going beyond that. conservative media outlets during serious reporting is not anti-semitism or racism. >> they censored the right and not the left. ro khanna is a democratic congressman from california and he was in on some of these conversations. they asked him for his thoughts on some of this stuff, twitter did. he said look, what you are doing violates first amendment principles. not specifically the first amendment. it was not a constitutional issue but the principle of free speech. it violated the principles of the "new york times" versus

sullivan, the great press freedom case from the 1960s. ro khanna and democrat was telling them this and they didn't listen at all. >> mike: he spoke up about first amendment rights before it went public. we're almost out of time. elon musk spent $44 billion to buy twitter. is he hurting his investment by all this? >> i think not. the more transparency we have, everybody knew something like this was going on and it was time to stop it. it does not mean that voices on the left are going to be banned in the future. that would be just as wrong. it just means that there will be an even playing field on twitter. >> mike: thank you so much, byron york. >> dana: a pro-life group speaking out after its members were denied service at a virginia restaurant. why the restaurant said it had the right to do it. a family's fight against fentanyl. what they are doing to make sure nobody else loses a loved one like they did.

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>> mike: pro-life group says its members were denied service at a restaurant in virginia. they say the group's views made its lgbtq staff members feel unsafe. we have the story.

good morning, loren. >> not the first time conservatives have been kicked out of a restaurant. it may not be illegal. last week the family foundation was set to host a small reception in a private room at metzger's bar in rich edmonton, virginia. after an employee found they were pro-life the restaurant canceled the reservation. they were able to secure another venue at the last minute but they worry about the precedent. >> i am deeply concerned that we have people in our society that have such intolerant views of other people that they assume, they magically think that because we hold different views that we're unkind or we in any way would be anything other than charitable and great guests. >> the management issued a statement saying the owners of metzger found out it was a group of donors to a political organization that seeks to deprive women an lgbtq persons of basic human rights in

virginia. we have always refused service to anyone for making our staff uncomfortable or unsafe and this was a driving force behind our decision. now in 2018 then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was refused service at a different virginia restaurant whose owner disapproved of some of president trump's policies. the same year a judge sided with a new york bar owner who ejected a customer wearing a maga hat. the virginia law prevents discrimination based on is sexual orientation, religion and other protected classes but no provision based on political affiliation. >> mike: lauren green live in new york city. thanks a lot. >> dana: a mother who lost her young son to a fentanyl overdose is sharing his story to raise awareness and save lives. joe dean died four years ago this week, just 23 years old. since then his family has honored his memory through the foundation demand 0 working to

end the deadly drug crisis ravaging our communities, joe's mother, lisa, joins us now. tell us about joe. >> well, like all the rest, he was funny and kind and sweet and terrible student. he was a born protector and unfortunately he became addicted to percocet. after that he became addicted to heroin and died of a fentanyl poisoning and we actually took him off life support four years ago today. >> dana: here you are trying to help other families not have to go through this. >> that's right. >> dana: call for number one here. u.s. adolescent overdose deaths in 2010 were 518. in 2021 that number was already up to 1,146. adolescent opioid deaths, 77% involved fentanyl. what does demand 0 want the try

to do. >> joe was triggered. he had been sober for months and after he died we thought what if he had more time to figure it out? what if the streets weren't so saturated with fentanyl? that's why we started demand zorro. our mission is to provide assets to law enforcement. >> dana: if you asked every police department if they had 2 or 3 things what would you want them to have? >> more drug detection drugs and more canines. we donated three canines. we're very proud of that. and some things that i can't say. but we need to partner up with the local p.d.s. it's the way to go about breaking down the stigma that is going on right now. the stigma is still alive and well unfortunately. >> dana: a good twist in this

story. jack driscoll plays for the eagles are having a good season. >> they are. >> dana: tell me about him and he is doing my cleats. >> he gave me a call. he and joe knew each other from high school and wanted to honor joe by wearing demand 0 cleats at the game. he did it again this year. to my knowledge he is the only professional athlete so far that has spoken out about illicit fentanyl and we're grateful. >> honored to be representing demand 0 as they work with the dea to fight the ongoing fentanyl crisis. one pill can kill. that's very important. is there anything that you have figured out in your grief that you could say to parents who might have somebody who their child is addicted now? is there something you can say to them that can help them prevent this from happening to

their kid? i know it's what you want to do. >> yes, prevention is very, very important. the problem is back when joe died, he died of an injection. there are still people out there suffering from substance use disorder, no doubt about it. but there are 13-year-olds also dying of one pill on social media. parents have to be on top of this. if you have a child with a phone, you have a problem. you've got to monitor that phone. these dealers are going after kids on the phone. some of these kids aren't asking for these pills. they are being basically stalked, absolutely. we need more -- a lot more communication about this. i'm sorry, especially from our white house. on the fourth anniversary of my son's death i would like to ask president biden to pick up the phone and call president xi and ask him to stop sending those precursors into mexico. if he is unwilling to do that. call it for what it is.

classify illicit fentanyl as a weapons of mass destruction so we can get to the root of the problem finally. >> dana: lisa, we need more of you. thank you. >> thanks so much for having me. appreciate it. >> dana: mike. >> mike: very powerful. singer celine dion. will she ever tour again? plus the u.s. navy honoring astronauts in tomorrow's big football game against army. how their helmets tell the story of one navy grad who made history. ♪

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to censor certain tweets and users, discrimination based on their conservative beliefs. american brittney griner back on u.s. soil as criticism is growing over how the white house made that happen. my question today, what are putin's plans for the prisoner, a killing machine we just handed over? and senator kyrsten sinema has ditched the democratic party and taken with her one of those coveted u.s. senate seats. house republican leader kevin mccarthy, steve hilton, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: celine dion delivered an emotional video to fans revealing she has a rare and incurable neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome. it can cause muscle spasms and mobility issues. she is 54 years old and tiered up during the announcement. >> i miss you so much. i miss seeing all of you.

i always give 100% when i do my shows. but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now. >> dana: five time grammy award winner has postponed all upcoming 2023 shows. we wish her well. >> from the sea to the stars, this is how we honor them. >> the 123rd army navy game kicks off tomorrow in philadelphia. today it will honor 54 naval academy graduates who have gone on to become astronauts. our next guest is the son of an astronaut who took the first untethered space walk and author of the book "wonders all around." let's talk about the navy helmets in the classic game army/navy. what a great ballgame it is

every year. the helmets honoring your father with a picture on the side of the helmet. what does that tribute mean to you and your family? >> well, it is huge and we're certainly very glad to see it. we worked with the folks over at the academy on this, with greg and eric and terry and we want to express our gratitude to those guys. it is a really great way for three of our nation's greatest institutions to work together and to get a little recognition. nasa, naval academy and the navy itself. we're proud to be part of it. >> mike: 1984 was the year your dad walked untethered in space. what was it like as a son and family member seeing that and what did it mean to him? >> well, you know, he joined the astronaut program in 1966 and that untethered flight, the first untethered flight in the

jet pack was the culmination of 18 years of work on that device and so he described it primarily as a relief to finally get out of all the meetings and the red tape and the training and the underwater simulations and finally get out in space and give it a try. it worked beautifully as you may recall. bob stewart took it out and four other astronauts used it to rescue various satellites up there and get them fixed. >> mike: the images are awesome. they will also wearing a patch on their uniforms honoring your dad. two who served on the u.s.s. enterprise. what did your father's navy service mean to him and becoming an astronaut? >> i will say the naval tradition in his life were intertwined. he was a navy man through and

through. was given to say in class of 58 is great and he had some great classmates there. johnny mccain was one of his classmate as well as john.dexter. his father and grandfather went to the academy as well. he took a lot of pride in it. >> mike: we thank your family for its service. do you hope these uniforms that they'll be wearing in the army/navy game that gets great attention will inspire young people watching the game tomorrow on the couch or in the stadium to one day become astronauts? >> i sure hope so. i think there is -- it's hard to think of a more exciting career with everything we've got going on in space these days. the naval academy is a great way to get there. i think the academy has had 54 mid shipment go on to serve in the astronaut corp.

let's hope the navy wins tomorrow. >> mike: it's great to see both campuses, the mids and cadets. they're awesome. bruce, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, mike. appreciate it. >> dana: tomorrow i have to cheer for england. they are playing france. we have to see how that does. great to have you, mike. have a good weekend. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: fox news alert. twitter was crushing free speech. some suspected it and now we know. it was a lot more, though, en censoring stories about the president's son, hunter biden. more internal communications show the censorship ran deep. primary targets were conservative voices. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." the second installment of elon musk's twitter files dropped last