>> todd: fox news alert, an afghan solder working for the u.s. military has been arrested while illegally crossing into the u.s., he said he was doing everything to come legally, but was ignored. you of watch ing "fox and friens first" on friday morning. >> carley: he was serving in afghanistan for the united states and was left stranded during president biden's botched withdrawal. he says he was working to

receive a special immigrant visa, but his request went unanswered. he bussed through 10 countries to get to the only country, where he thought he could be truly safe. >> i was in the special -- come to the united states. it help me because i was with them. -- in front of all people, they call me -- >> todd: he is in a texas prison facing possible charges and possible deportation back to kabul. couple things can be true at once. all illegal immigration is illegal, we shouldn't have it, but the double standard from this biden administration is insane. we are letting thousands upon

thousands of people per day walk into our country and release them with a promise to appear in five years and we know they are not promising to appear. none of those individuals risked their lives to defend american freedom. he risked his life and this is how we treat him? >> carley: he has a legitimate asylum claim, he was arrested at the southern border. a veteran was interviewed who has been trying to help sofi get out of jail and he explains what happened. take a listen and notice a difference between where he is and where the other illegal immigrants are. watch this. >> the night he crossed, he was with 90 migrants, all have been

released, the one who has america's best interest at heart and put himself in harm's way to defend it is still being held. >> carley: jennifer griffin exposed this story last night. he is an afghan citizen fighting with the united states against the taliban in his country. he was still fighting during the afghan withdrawal, so goes into hiding and he's trying to get out of the country. his special immigrant visa is getting held up, he crosses 10 can countries to get to the united states, his brother is here legally, got a visa himself. this man was trained by the united states as an elite fighter, he crosses into the united states legally, he has no

other option, hoping to claim asylum. it looks like his asylum request has been denied, he is sitting in prison in texas today and the biden administration is not responding to why this is happening. every person in this country should be thanking him for his service. >> todd: bigger picture, what this means for us to recruit and train other individuals to help in the war on terror. the war on terror is not done just because you haven't heard about it and war overseas are dying down. we're in a 365 24/7 to protect our homeland. you have a guy who did everything to upon had the american peep and he will we treat him like this, think of the message this sends to

potential allies. i see that and no way i'm going to help the u.s., they will abandon me and when i come to the u.s. for help, they will put me in a texas prison. >> carley: several things all converge into one here, this clearly proves how broken our immigration system is and also it proves we left some good guys behind in afghanistan and to hear this man who served with the backing of the united states has been through so much trouble to try and get into this country and is now in prison is truly unbelievable. you have to wonder how many others did we leave behind and you remember when the biden administration was saying we are not going to leave until -- no americans, no people who helped our country, we will not leave them behind and we did. >> todd: number one comment i

get on our world, it is upside down. you can't look at this situation and say anything different. the world is upside down and this makes no sense. >> carley: turning to this, a community rallying around friends and family members of two fallen police officers. this vigil was held last night in bay st. louis. the officers were shot and killed while responding to a welfare check at a hotel. the alleged killer is a 43-year-old mom who was talking to the officers for a half-hour beforehand. she likely killed herself after taking the officers' lives. the motive is unclear. >> todd: bizarre and horrible

story. portland is banking on a big holiday season, shop owners say the spike in crime makes everyday a fight for survival. watch. >> we've encountered, like many other small businesses, broken windows and a smash and grab from our vehicle. it is definitely stressful feeling to know that we have so many challenges in addition to running our businesses. >> todd: crime in portland skyrocketing from just last year. dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas says the border is secure, but behind closed doors and in the middle of a crisis, he's telling his agents those words never came out of his mouth. >> carley: and national archive set to release new e-mails from

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a >> carley: a texas judge halting president biden to end the stay in -- policy. border crossings in el paso since october first, four times the number of encounters are if the entire last fiscal year. we spoke to a man who says the white house needs to get his priorities in check. >> i would like to say to president biden, please close the borders, stop saying there is no crisis and there is closed borders, it is killing americans. everyday you hear all over the united states, all you hear. please help the american citizens and close the borders. my brother was murdered by an

illegal immigrant that was deported twice in the past. he was arrested two days before he was murdered and they had to release him, this is what is going on and impacting every community in the united states. >> carley: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas getting a not so warm welcome from border agents when he traveled to el paso this week. >> todd: one officer telling him he asked them why he is saying the border is secure, he had the nerve to respond he never said the border was secure, i wish you could see into the agent's eyes, lifeless. mark, some examples of mayorkas getting caught in a lie. listen. >> the border is secure. the border, we are working to make the border more secure. that has been a historic challenge. >> secretary mayorkas, do you continue to maintain that the

border is secure? >> yes, and we are working day in and day out to enhance security, congressman. >> todd: sheriff, what kind of reception did mayorkas expect in light of the fact this administration has turned its back on the border agents and lied to them? >> yeah, he's tone deaf like the rest of this administration and it is crazy how they are doing an about face as if americans would forget what they said before. look at what gavin newsom is doing in california. i am seeing other outlets, like fox reporting it, cnn is starting to report it. next two years, they will talk about it and claim, pretend they didn't say it wasn't a crisis for the last two years. he deserved a cold welcome and that is what he got, he turned his back on them and they see him as a complete coward.

>> carley: sheriff, the biden administration just filed a lawsuit against arizona to stop your state from putting up shipping containers to build a make-shift border wall to contain this crisis, how do you feel about that timing? >> we don't like the timing. this is par for the course. 10 or 12 years ago, we did sb1070, which would have made it illegal to be in the state illegally, and could have charged them on a state crime. the federal government was there to stop us under that under the obama administration. when a state tries to protect their communities, the federal government will swoop in with taxpaid lawyers, by the way and try to stop anything effective we do in our state. >> todd: here is what the lawsuit claims, damages federal

land, impedes ability of federal agencies and officials, including law enforcement personnel to perform their official duties. lawyers speaking here, you know what is upon haing, they want to stop it and trying to figure out the best legal way to stop it. that explanation is pure bs, the biden administration from efforts here, wants the border to be open and there is no other conclusion, is there, sheriff? >> no, there isn't, they always want to undermine the rule of law and we are flooded with who knows who? yuma is getting -- russians, 70 russians per day along with people from other country, over 1000 a day in yuma. el paso is being overrun. i just talked to another guy who

is down there and said there are large groups, one after another passing through new mexico just outside of mexico. this is crazy and will not get better. we will not fall for this we wanted it secure this whole time, that is just flat out lie and mayorkas is just a liar. >> carley: simple question, but why does everything rely on title 42 when it is illegal to cross into this country illegally. couldn't something else replace it to get this situation under control? >> you are a common sense person, i've been asking that for a long time. it is illegal, why do we need title 42 to use it to send them back? i'm glad we have title 42, that is all border patrol had left. when you see apprehensions, like in yuma, 95% of these people are

being let into this country and they let everybody else in, one guy they didn't let in is the guy they should have let in. we live it in arizona and texas and it is pretty frustrating. >> todd: carley raises a great point, there is something in place, it is called the law and they aric braing it. thank you so much. >> god bless, merry christmas, guys. >> carley: the worse is yet to come, that is the warning from san francisco police. the president of the police union is here next.

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blizzard conditions for the last several days, still blizzard warnings for the northern plains, even though the snow is starting to calm down, we have gusty winds and blizzard conditions will continue throughout the day today. we have a coastal low in the interior sections and snow and ice across the mountains of the appalachians. we will see lake effect snow and look at that 18 to 24 inches in the mountains of upstate new york and toward new england. we have storm warnings and watches and that will wind down today, the winds are quite relentless today. airport delays and cancellations will happen and cause a ripple effect for the rest of the country. i talked about the blizzard they

call a ground blizzard, the snow is on the ground and you have blowing snow and in some cases, it is impossible travel in the areas because you can't get out, you are urged to stay inside. look at next week, coldest air of the season arrives. look at that arctic blast, that will pour in from canada and that will mean dangerous temperatures, feels-like temperatures below zero in a lot of areas and that will be reinforced next week by cold arctic air. >> todd: cold air from canada and the beautiful smile of janice comes from canada, too. >> carley: a charmer. >> todd: san francisco dealing with a police shortage and the police chief warns the worst is yet to come as more officers could quit this month. the president of the san francisco police officers

association joins us now. lieuten ant, if you lose more officers, would you consider this a crisis? >> we're already in a crisis, we're not considering it, we're already here. >> todd: how much will that impact public safety? >> look at videos coming out of san francisco and you see what they continue to ask us to do, policing the homeless situation that is continuing to grow, no matter how much money is being thrown at it, you have a profession that has been demonized and officers dehumanized and people want to demolish it. who is going to be watching the stores and watching the crimes being committed, trying toful sothe crimes being committed on the street and top it off by we don't have enough officers as it is. we are already in that crisis.

>> todd: look at it is decline in of ros since 2020, you had 1900 officers, 2021, 1830 and then 1651, i'm looking at normal attrition rate and asking myself, why would 300 officers decide to leave in the next two weeks? that is not normal attrition rate for your department, lieutenant. >> i'll update your numbers, i just got a stat on the 12th and we were at 1645, we had a whopping 28 recruits in the academy, which two days ago we lost another two or three people and that number is even down. people are leaving this profession. we had an officer in a neighboring police department take his life in their locker room. the devastation that officers feel, they don't want to go

through that anymore. they don't want to work at a big city, they want to get out of the profession all together. >> todd: what is the main cause of this, moral, defund the police, all of the above? >> all of the above, we're entering contract negotiations, the mayor just released the budget projection, they are projecting 800 million deficit over the next years, san francisco is one of the most expensive places toive well, we are trying to get a living wage to attract officers and you are telling me we might lose 800 million, projected over years, a billion dollars. >> todd: can anything be done to reverse this trend? if so, what? >> the simple act of appreciating people willing to go out and work 365 days, 24/7 to say we would like to treat

you well and pay you well because we appreciate what you do. they ask us to do work outside of our scope of employment, we are not social workers, we do not have the cure-all for every ill that society presents itself to. how about treating us with respect. >> todd: low income communities suffer the most, pretty soon the high income communities will feel it if they are not already. have a happy christmas. carley. >> carley: two brave colorado police officers rushing head first into apartment complex engulfed in flames to help residents evacuate. >> this is the police, get out of the building. police department, evacuate the building. get out of the building. come on.

>> carley: those two hero police officers joined us earlier, listen. >> we thought we were going to something completely different and officer duffy heard it was something else, a fire, we both realized we had to get in there and help as many as we could or watch it burn. >> how quickly the smoke was filling the building was alarming to me, i walked away with admiration for those at the fire district who do this everyday. every time we came out the situation was worse by half and all we could do to get to every door as quickly as possible. >> carley: investigators are working to remember did the cause of the fire that left one person dead several hurt. >> todd: elon musk suspending half dozen twitter account from liberal reporters, we'll tell

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>> todd: elon musk suspending twitter accounts of half a dozen reporters, including from cnn, "new york post." >> cheryl: elon musk sending the media into a tailspin after suspending the account of cnn -- musk said they violated twitter terms of service when they posted direct links tracking and posting his location in real time. criticizing me is fine, showing my realtime location is not, the accounts will be paused for seven days and the media is upset about it. the editor of the "washington post" says the suspension of drew harwell

undermines musk being -- to free speech. >> >> todd: that is not all the media is complaining about. >> brooke: critics say the reporters have been selecting information to release that supports a certain narrative. bari weiss says that is not the case and she's calling out media for refusing to cover the twitter files saying the conservative media and social media thought this was the biggest story in the world, the legacy press and americans whoey are lie on it barely seem to know it exist. she said we are living in a cul culture. a doctor whose anti-locdown tweets were censored, said the old twitter was breeding ground for tactics.

>> the science didn't exist, they wanted to fool people into thinking we were following the science, consequence is schools closed, businesses closed, unvaccinated people lost their jobs, people suffered. >> brooke: the same censorship will not happen on musk's watch. >> todd: bring in cheryl casone from the sister network fox business, what do you make of the suspensions? >> cheryl: elon musk is going to the people, he tweeted a poll, how long should i suspend them? should i suspend them now? reinstate them in seven days. most of them said, no, suspend them now. it is an open platform, i understand the criticism, when it comes to the hashtag elon jet, that is tracking his plane,

public information. he's saying my family and i are being stalked and attacked, he is worried about his personal safety. is he using this as personal platform to push back against people? yeah. this is not clear cut he should or shouldn't, it is not simple. >> carley: it comes down to what the journalists tweeted, if they were tweeting realtime updates where that jet was that is doxing, if it is a story about him being doxxed. >> cheryl: he is still on twitter and posting and this is what he says, if anybody posted realtime location and addresses of "new york times" reporters, there would be hearings on capitol and he is not wrong, but same time, this begs question about doxxing in general. if i go to the police department and say someone is showing up to

my house harassing me, police would investigate, but a line -- >> carley: before elon musk took over twitter, woman who runs tiktok and journalist released her address and she went to twitter and said i'm being doxxed, and they didn't take down that information, there is that. >> cheryl: is he showing bias, yes, he spent 44 billion, overpaid for twitter, this is going to be his speech. >> todd: tiktok, the walls are closing in on tiktok.

-- >> cheryl: this is interesting, this the national archive has this data, obama era data and the release data, february 28, 2023. within it, there is 260 e-mails, there is images in all of this, this has not been released to the public. fox asked voters and viewers, should the doj investigate, how important is it to investigate hunter biden and the foreign business? yes, we're on board, pretty sure you will have vgszs with republican-controlled house. now back to the white house, they can claim privilege. they can block this, my guess they will say yes, you have president biden at the time he was vice president biden.

>> todd: they are going to i troo, i think it gets fought in court. >> carley: if they try, that could look like admission of guilt. >> todd: they don't care. >> cheryl: this is son of a vice president at the time making money, making millions of dollars and also using his father as a cocktail napkin. >> todd: not an expert in ukraine and energy making million dollars perrer yoo, i don't think the white house has any shame or cares. >> carley: one of the biggest cities in the country bringing back school mask mandate not because cases are spiking, but as preventative measure. >> todd: two ivy leagueun stereos want it to be easier to get into med school because the m-cat test is racist. that is next. ials with nostalgia.

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>> carley: president biden unveiling new covid strategy, it sounds like 2020. the plan includes expanding access to covid tests, free tests for american households, increasing vaccine availability,

preparing emergency ppe, and focusing on high risk elderly americans. dr. makary, how do you feel about this plan? >> there is political risk of getting caught flat-footed with a bad flu or covid season and not being fully prepared with the right number of test. there is no reason to chase down every case with a test of only one respiratory virus circulating right now and that virus ranks distant number three to influenza and rsv. if people say they tested negative for covid, it doesn't make sense, there is similar risk. >> carley: philadelphia school district is bringing back masks, they announced a mask mandate right after winter break saying this is a preventative measure. how do you feel about that?

>> well, the thing is, kids are being subjected to a mask mandate and adults are not. i've been to seven doctor conferences. masks may help reduce influenza transmission, a mandate creates never maskers and never va xxers. this is probably not going to fly. >> carley: doctors are saying the reason a lot of people are sick issue including kids, they were masked up for so long and don't have immunity to certain diseases, is that true? >> yes, immune sheltering is one reason flu may be coming back with a vengeance right now.

consider the unintended consequences after we shelter people and masking may be one of those. if you are sick, stay home, put their efforts into that messaging. you have to go out in public to the pharmacy and you have symptoms, wear high quality mask. mandates are problematic for many reasons. >> carley: if you're sick, stay home, let's not complicate the issue. when i think about kids and covid, we talk about jay bhattacharya, he was cnn oured on twitter for saying that the masking and keeping kids home from school could have adverse effects on emthis. he was censured and the enfourerating thing, he was right. >> what he's feeling is not a sense of vengeance, he's feeling

sad for the kids who bore the brunt of social media as if there was only one medical opinion. many of us fought to keep the schools open and that was downplayed and kids had no say, they sustained the harshest restrictions,ing lowest risk population in eshg m. >> carley: want your perspective on this, two ivy league students want to make the m-cat pass or fail in the name of racial equality. they is the test favors white americans so they can achieve competitive scores. >> people who have a lot of money sometimes take a lot of prep courses and have private tutors to train for the test and that may not be representative of their aptitude for medical school, there is an argument there. on the flip side, if the tests

don't have as much focus as the writers are suggesting, then the grades will have are m focus. medical schools like johns hopkins medical school, the medical school which i work has a long history of not requiring the m-cat. this does raise the question, if you're admission officer, do you want to know the score or p or fn >> carley: so smart, thank you for joining us. dow nose diving by 700 points yesterday at same time american retailers are taking biggest hit in a year. charles payne is here next. >> carley: steve doocy will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends," happy friday, steve. steve doocy "fox and friends" starts nine minutes from now. congressman will share the story of a teacher trapped in a

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>> carley: the dow taking largest one day dive since september fed raised interest level again highest in 15 years. dip in retail sales this holiday season. charles payne joins us from fox business. >> todd: great to have you here but not after the horrible day. is this the summer and fall and quite frankly dark winter for stocks? >> charles: could be. nice rebound in october. fourth double dignity bear market bounce. i think what we have got going on here interesting. i think yesterday's session was an indictment on the federal reserve, specifically jay powell. the day before he says i have got to be strong. i have got to take this mallet and keep knocking this economy down because it's too strong. specifically workers have too much money, they are making too much money. consumers have too much money. less than 24 hours we get this retail sales number that misses

by a mile. so if he is going to keep beating down an economy that might be already on its heels, where is he going to take us, right? now this recession question looms very large. it was already a dark cloud. but now it's right over our heads and very ominous. and that's why you saw the market get hammered. >> carley: we hear the federal reserve raise interest rates the highest level in 15 years. market is in the red, recession, recession, recession. what does all of this mean for people watching at home? put it together. >> in their own lives the goal right now is maybe 1 million to 2 million job losses next year. wages will stop going up. they will plateau a little bit. people belt-tightening on main street. run away inflation and maybe rewarded by losing your job. stock market sideways for them. the market tries to look forward. the market has been down all year long and saw this coming all year long. maybe at a point it will turn but long before the economy

turns. >> todd: we all know small businesses are the engine that drives this economy. yesterday on making money you talked to some small businesses about inflation. let's take a listen. >> how is business? >> business is actually great. it's great, because i will fell you, charles, i love how you have opportunity up there. i always say when you lose your optimism you lose your business. >> this is where i was raised and grandparents before me to do. this it's become so difficult. the pivot in tough times. again, it's not what it was. >> todd: after they said specifically in general, what's your big take away from listening to those small business owners? >> their resolve. the small businesses are the highest ranked group of people in country. they are 20 percentage points more approval than the military. we love our small businesses. you saw the reason, the grit, the determines. this guy may lose a fourth generation farm. the struggling. and here's a big take away and i

hope someone in the administration is listening. small business association. right? sba, they have a ton of money. they say they can't get to it. the system is so antiquated you can get on your phone right now and download an app. and open a bank account before our conversation is over. they can't do that even though everyone is saying hey you have access to funds to weather the storm. they have been trying. banging their heads against the wall and pleading for someone to fix the system so they can survive. >> carley: like yours, get that going? >> i was shocked. did i not know that. >> carley: i hadn't heard that either. one thing did i hear one of the guests you spoke to say was that crime is an issue for them. and you think about the economy and inflation and then they are dealing with theft and crime especially during the holidays. you future all together. >> i met a woman who has got two stores, boutiques, and she says she is robbed every single day. every day. and she watches them. they walk in, take it and leave and there is nothing she can do.

every single day. >> carley: we need to leave off on a positive note somehow. 20 seconds to do that any suggestions? >> follow the lead of those small business owners. they believe in america. they are going to make it happen. weather the storm. >> todd: awesome to have you on the show. please don't be a stranger. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. bye, guys. >> todd: have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ christmas ♪ >> ainsley: barnes town, kentucky it looks like the