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fox square. and here we are back in studio with our fake fireplace. feeling cozy. a little too cozy for will and pete, they've been complaining about how hot it is in here. pete: will started the complaints, i agree with him. rachel: it's perfect. [laughter] pete: you also have a heater that you're not using. you could turn the temperature down, you could turn on your -- rachel: this is a sound to it, so i can only do it during commercial breaks. pete: i hope the temperature's warm at your house. is that a real log virtual pyre place or a gas virtual fireplace? will: that one. pete: the one we have downstairs. rachel: there's gas. pete: so it's alled bad all the way around. rachel: there's nothing like a real log on the fire. pete: i agree with you completely. rachel: amazing. all right. well, we are going to move on to something that is not as cozy --

[laughter] as a fireplace. pete: no. i mean, it's actually unbelievable and criminal, what is happening at our southern border. and watching the weekday show, heavy been talking about it each day, and you want to say it feels ree pettive, but it's not when the numbers keep going up and up and up and we're running against this deadline of title 42 ending in just four days. so you would think -- why do i say this? you would think this administration would have a plan for it -- rachel: would care. pete: they haven't shown any evidence that they do care, that they have a plan or that they want anything other than in the. it's sort of foolish to assume that they have a plan, why would they have one now when they have intentionally not had one? but karine joan pier and john -- karine jean-pierre and john kim kirby can be is add -- have been asked the past couple of days what is the plan? >> reporter: why go to a border state and not visit the border?

>> because there are more important things going on. they're going to invest if millions of dollars in a new enterprise. >> what americans should know is that the president has done the work to deal with what we're seeing at the border since day one. >> as karine said, we are making appropriate preparations for that, prayings if, and is you will hear -- expiration, and you will hear more from us, specifically dhs next week about what those preparations are going to be looking like. will: the suggestion is there's going to be some preparation. pete: a secret plan. rachel: we can't tell you what it is. [laughter] it's so secret, we can't tell you -- pete: a last minute, secret plan. will: the numbers are staggering, the number of people that are going to be coming over. i mean, it's already bad. pete: they're just weight on the other side of the border in mexico. all right, it's expired, let's go.

and there'll be no deportations, and there's a very limited amount right now. rachel: the assistant white house press secretary told fox news this: to be clear, the lifting of the title 42 public health order does not mean the border's open. anyone who suggests otherwise is doing the work of the smugglers, spreading misinformation to make a quick buck off of vulnerable migrants. meanwhile, tom homan, former acting i.c.e. director, says the biden administration hasn't done a single thing. >> this year we're going to break another record because this administration is not doing a single thing to slow the flow. the reason they're increasing now is because you have people up on capitol hill talking about amnesty. we get the biggest, the most historic illegal immigration crisis in the history of this nation on our southern border, and you've got with senators and congressmen talking about amnesty. haven't they seen over the last three decades, every time you talk about amnesty and daca,

that brings more. president obama created daca, what happened after this e did concern he did that? hundreds of thousands of children or family groups crossing that border in the next decade. yesterday's uac, yesterday's family group are tomorrow's daca. they've got to stop talking about rewarding illegal behavior, or they're never going to stop this. will: can i go back to the statement -- can abdullah hasan, assistant white house press secretary. to be the clear, the lifting of title 42 does not mean the border is open, and anyone who suggests otherwise is doing the work of smugglers, spreading misinformation. pete: that's it. will: man, so it's just impossible to reiterate and underline the word "misinformation," it might be the most dangerous word in america. pete: i agree with you 100%. will: what he is saying is if you report on the actual, factual on the ground reality of what's happening at the border, you're doing the work of

smugglers. pete: to tie our two main stories together this morning, that's the type of misinformation that could find the way into the hands of suggestions from the government over to twitter or some other social media site to say this disinformation needs to be squashed just like you saw with covid, with the election. once the ruling elites like abdullah that hassan -- decide something is misinformation, the left closes ranks, and then you're told you're crazy or you work for the smugglers. rachel: well, actually -- will: by the way, sorry, rachel, just to play that out, i mean, why wouldn't they, why wouldn't in this case department of homeland security be able to call social media and say bill melugin is spreading misinformation. it's not, and he's helping mexican drug cartels. rachel: the irony of all of this is it is the biden administration that is working with the smugglers, the biden administration is doing the last

leg of the movement of the migrants by, you know, processing them and then giving them money for a bus ride or a, or an airplane ticket to wherever hay go. this is -- and by the way, when the smugglers get their clients, you know, on other side of the border, they literally tell them, listen, don't worry, the american government's going to pay for the last leg. the american government's going to put you on a flight wherever you want to go. so the irony is they're calling it misinformation, but they themselves are the ones working with the smugglers. and her the ones empowering -- and they are the ones empowering the cartels and making hem more powerful than they have ever been in the history of america. right now they are actually destabilizing mexico as we speak. they are more powerful than government itself. pete: yeah. maybe that's why the word gaslighting was the word of 2022. that projection is exactly what this administration does across the board. they look at fox news or bill

melugin or people reporting and say you're the ones helping the smugglers, you're the misinform about thes when all we're doing is pointing a camera at the reality of humanity, a humanitarian crisis created by policies -- will: and reporting numbers. pete: -- and that's exactly where i was going to go next. then you look at the numbers -- rachel: or the images. look at in this. pete: 2021, 2022, and there's a trend line that starts almost the day biden was inaugurated of the flood dates. and then the -- flood gates. the border wall -- we're the crazy people. we're the ones that -- will: how crazy. you are an agent of the mexican drug cartel. pete: dangerous. will: you need to be the silence ared. pete: you're right. maybe i'll just sit here. rachel: by the way, that was the plan. the plan was to open the borders and have no one in the media talk about it. and it wasn't, you know, if it wasn't for fox news and, by the way, if you're not watching fox

news, you probably don't know this is happening. pete: there's been a few small mentions recently, kind of. like a dip the of the toe in the water. you wonder what the motivation is is is for that. they're reporting a few of the increase in numbers in el paso. i don't know, is it to put the blame on biden a little bit and hen give other candidates the opportunity to speak about it? media companies don't do this unless they think it benefits -- rachel: i'll tell you why. as three my grants are coming across and concern as these migrants are coming across, the democrats' response is give us more money. they want to process them more quickly -- pete: so if you raise the alarm bells on it, federal dollars -- rachel: and the solution isn't to close border, the solution is to process them more quickly are, hire for border agents to be babysitters and process -- pete: good point. rachel: now to america's crime crisis. police in los angeles are cracking down after a spree of

follow-home attacks and robberies. scary stuff. will: and in chicago a woman robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight is speaking out about this frightening encounter. pete: plus, rising crime in our nation's capital force a hot spot to close its doors. kevin corke joins us live from washington with the latest. kevin. >> reporter: as you know, no city is immune from the crime crisis. we've seen it play out all over the country, and that's obviously also true right here in the nation's capital where a place by the name of city winery is actually closing its doors in the ivy city neighborhood due to safety the conditions for both the staff and their customers. violent crimes have been on the rise here in washington, d.c. since 2020 with that year notching a nearly 20 the president if in-- 20% increase in murders compared to 2019. by the way, 2021 is saw a 15% increase in murders when compared to 2020's already bloody year.

out west in the southland of california, a task force created by the lapd to address the follow-home robbery crime trend plaguing the region has made an astounding 122 arrests. those arrests, by the way, including 5 for murder, 9 for attempted murder, 88 for robbery and various other charges. and if you thought that was bad, next i'm going to take you to to chicagoland, that's where, as you pointed out, pete, a 70-year-old woman robbed at gunpoint, broad daylight just walking her dog in harold park neighborhood. she's expressing great frustration after this terrifying ordeal. opening up on "america reports." >> people are afraid. i mean, we feel completely defenseless. the city doesn't defend the police. the police can't defend us, and we're not allowed to defend ourselves. so it's kind of a hopeless feeling that nothing's going to

happen to change it. >> reporter: we take you inside the numbers. i mean, it is a tough -- listen, chicago's a tremendous city, a proud history and a helpful future. but the numbers right here that i'm sharing just underscore the desperate need for leadership. robbery, theft, burglarly all up. major crime up 40%, and that's stats provided by the chicago pd. as you know, sometimes they have to be the careful with what they divulge which means crime could even be worse than those numbers. and we talked about the problem many chicago under the city's mayor, lori lightfoot. i just want to share one more stat, and i think this is illustrative. in 2021 homicides rose to their highest numbers in 25 the years, and just last weekend alone we saw another 17 shootings and 20 shooting victims. it is a tough final for a great american city, perhaps time for change. guys? will: thank you, kevin. let's go to some additional headlines. we're going to start with in

this morning, one week after returning home from russian custody, wnbaing star brittney griner is breaking her silence. she said it feels so good to be home. the last 10 months have been a battle at every turn. i dug deep to keep my faith, and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going, also vowing to return to professional play, eyeing a spot with the phoenix mercury season. betty crocker releasing the most searched holiday recipe in rachel's home state of wisconsin, peanut butter squares were the top choice. in pete's minnesota people were looking up how to make rosette cookies? if in my home state, hot and spicy chex party mix. and in rick's home state of arizona, hot butteredded rum was most popular. pete: that sounds the best. [laughter] rachel: that's my state too.

[laughter] will: speaking of rick, he's live at toys for little troops event in north carolina where santa claus is skydiving. right now, rick? rick: hot butteredded rum? i don't get it at all. not gone gonna -- not gonna lie. santa, he's up there. santa and rudolph and frosty and the grinch and chewbacca for some reason. i don't get it. they all just jumped out of the plane. this is all the beginning of operation toy drop. we've got mike elliott. these guys jump from about 25 the 00 feet, right? >> that is correct. we've got a little bit of wind, so we cut it a little bit more. you see on the ground we have jumpers at 1,000 feet to give us a better opportunity to land on that target. rick: how did santa get so talented? i just thought he made toys. >> i think santa spent a little time in the military, way back, a long time ago. rick: this is a true training

field for people to jump. >> absolutely. it's one of the best training facilities we have. a lot of our military train here. it's open seven days a week. here comes santa. rick: he's saying merry christmas from up there. how kid he get so much faster than these other guys? >> we wanted santa to have a grand entrance. [laughter] rick: santa is skilled. >> santa has a lot of skills, and you see him coming in now, and he's going to land right here in this target area. watch santa go, he's looking really good. rick: oh, that was fast. >> sliding landing, how about santa! that is awesome. rick: santa, you've got some skills. how did you know how to do that? [laughter] >> well, i'll tell you what, all of these years at the north pole, all the elves that pick us up when they're flying? you know what? and rudolph, he has a blast when i jump off his back onto the ground, lots of training.

rick: it's not just a sleigh. you guys have got some gifts. you don't have any on you, but they're coming right after for kids that are going to be the here later today. >> leapt me tell you something, the north pole is incredibly proud of the entire committee that has come together to bring toys, a light of hope for this community. and the elves, all the helpers, we have had a blast prepping. rachel: -- rick: all right. so santa's hear -- here, the kids are coming later on in the show. santa i am impressed. i have a whole new respect for santa claus that i just got. this is incredible. >> merry christmas. will: where's chewbacca? pete: that might be chew back saw, no, that looks like a reindeer. >> it's chewbacca. one of santa's helpers this year. [laughter] pete: santa got an intergalactic the helper? >> well, there's a lot more children around the world, so he has hired some extra help. pete: chewbacca would be on my

short list. and we learned that santa has prior military service. will: did you hear rick say he has a whole new respect for santa? you weren't already blown away by santa, rick? i'm a little controversial because i said meghan markle, i was here -- [laughter] i think it's more controversial -- pete: santa was here, but then he jumped off his sleigh -- rachel: i love how rick has intertwined santa and mgen markel, it's really taken over for you -- pete: will. [laughter] right now meghan markle is living friend- rent-free in will's head. will: i knew if i came on question -- show and said, hey, there's a hoyting nuance. took her all of 10 minutes for will's got the hots for meghan markle. [laughter] the -- coming up, ohio

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pete: the newly released sixth installment of the twitter files revealing the tech giant held weekly meetings not only with the fbi, but also the dhs,, the oj and the office of the director of national intelligence. journalist matt taibbi describes government ties as a, quote, one big, happy family vibe. ohio congressman brad wenstrup joins us now. congressman, thanks for being here. so here's one of the betweens from matt taibbi as well, then we'll get your general reaction. he said between january 2020 and november of 2022, there were 150 e-mails between the fbi and former twitter officials. and it goes on to describe the

coziness of that relationship. that was between if fbi and former twitter trust and safety chief yoel roth. how concerned are you about the depth of the connection here? >> i'm very concerned because not only is this seemingly extremely inappropriate, it comes across as nefarious, very political and very much with political bias. you know, the trust in our agencies, the fbi and intelligence community, is certainly waning even amongst politicians, and to some degree on the other side of the aisle. you know, i grew up watching a show call requested f -- called fbi where they went out and caught criminals. now it seems like they're more interested in hunting down opinions or even facts they don't seem to like. the aroundly list goes on and on, pete. the inspector general has shown how the fbi abused the fisa court, we saw how the fbi aided and abetted the false russia collusion narrative. we saw when director, acting director mccabe was in charge

when a guy tried to assassinate us at a baseball field, clearly trying to kill republicans, they called it suicide by cop. well, you don't get suicide by cop by trying to shoot down unarmed, non-policeman like steve scalise. we see hem say hunter biden's laptop was misinformation and, clearly, it wasn't, and we know that now. it just goes on and on. and now the we get into the origins of covid, and we can't trust the intelligence community on that because they're stonewalling us, they don't answer our questions, and they are certainly ignoring certain facts. pete: no doubt about that. and if this is just one aspect of what we are allowed to see inside if twitter, likely more than 80 agents if they're working with other social media companies like meta, google. so this is just the tip of the iceberg. a lot more to be the found. thank goodness twitter's talking about the it and hopefully hearings will be held about it. there's another aspect of what you mentioned, covid-19, and the

information suppression there. >> right. pete: house republicans are now alleging not only did it emerge from china and out of a lab, but it was potentially part of a bioweapons program. you speak as someone with authority on this. you're a colonel in the army reserve, iraq war vet. what are the chans that -- chances that this is not just escaped from a lab, but was part of a chinese biological weapons program? >> yeah, you know, not only that, i'm a physician and serve on the intelligence committee, right? what we've come out with so far in our report is just the beginning. the intelligence community said they had broad agreement that this was, covid-19 was not developed as a bioweapon, yet they gave us no level of confidence in that assessment, they didn't tell us who made the assessment, and they didn't give us the basis for their assessment. and that's totally diverging from what an intelligence report should give us. hay don't report on safety issues at the lab. they don't talk about the academy of military medical

science that the chinese have and the fifth institute that's underneath that that works with the wuhan institute of virology. and hay work on coronaviruses and bioweapons. our own state department going back to 2005 has a audiocassetted about how the chinese -- talked about how the chinese want to develop offensive bioweapons. and even in 015 they published a book that talked about human viruses as genetic weapons. you know, we know the capabilities -- capability is there. in 20 the 15 -- 2015, there was a gain of function type of virus created. so why are we doing. this? where is information on why we're giving grants to nih which sent funds to ecohealth alliance doing work in china's labs? pete: we conclude -- may have been tied to china's biological research program and spilled oaf to the human population during a lab-related incident. yet the intelligence agencies

say we'll give you no proof, but the consensus is it didn't come from a lab. it's -- how many times have can hay lie to our face and provide no evidence? representative brad end wenstrup, thanks for getting to the bottom of this. we appreciate it. >> we'll keep digging. pete: thank you. still ahead, fox news alert, stranded in peru. american tourists are trapped in machu picchu as violent protests break out over an an an attempted coup. plus, our 12 days of giving continues with wreaths across america. how the nonprofit makes sure all american heroes are honored this christmas season. ♪ -- snowing and blowing up bush bushels of fun. & ♪ now the d jingle hop has begun ♪ showtime. whoo! i'm on fire tonight.

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down the eastern seaboard. >> yeah. we left maine last saturday morning, we've been on the road. we stopped at schools, vfw halls, american legions just spreading the message. we brought down 28 gold star family members, a lot 40 of veterans just hooking people up with stories of character and courage as we make our way to a wreath-laying event. we're a 501(c)(3), and we're actually at 3700 locations. we're in every state, and we'll be placing 2,706,000 wreaths today, saying the names of that many heroes and, you know, it's just a wonderful way for people to get in ouch with their history and heritage -- in touch and teach their children. will: oh, it is, karen. it's a wonderful thing you guys are doing. what's the reaction been like in the country, on the roadways as you guys have done this? >> i will tell you from the if

time we left maine in 18-degree weather all the way here, we have seen thousands, thousands of kids standing on the side of the road with their flags shouting usa and healing the hearts of these gold star families as we make our way here. it's all about teaching kids to love the country, to realize that as adults the history we can tell through these stories will make the path for the kids in the future, our future depends on what we teach these children about america, how it came to be and the cost of freedom. will that's really great. do i have right, 1992, that's when it started? you were at a section of the cemetery that wasn't getting much visitation, and that inspired your cause? >> well, we ended up, as a family,ing we ended up with some surplus wreaths back in 1992. my husband thought it'd be a great way to teach our own children. he'd been here as a paper boy when he was 12, and we got permission. we started coming in 1992.

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♪ rachel: welcome back to fox and friends. the biden administration if claiming that they are prepared for the end of title 42 in just four days, but with an estimated 14,000 migrants expected to cross the border once it's repealed, 40 -- how do everyday texans feel? joining us now is former mayor of del rio, texas, a resident and u.s. congressional candidate

and retired border patrol agent and army veteran frank lopez jr. finish so the white house is saying that they're prepared for this onslaught that they see coming next week. bruno, you were the mayor of that a area there in del rio. how reassured do you feel about the so-called preparations that somehow they won't share with us? >> i, i just trach a look at what a's been happening on the border this entire time. you see about 1700 people crossing a day, and once this title is lifted, i anticipate that more people will be more emboldened to just continue to cross unlawfully and illegally. so i highly doubt that the administration is fully prepared to take on the influx of additional migrants. rachel: really quickly, bruno, what do you expect to happen in the city of del rio? >> well, i hope not a repeat of what happened in september 2021 while i was still in office just because that completely

inundated the system and the community, but i do anticipate that we'll have pockets of people crossing in the hundreds, if not thousands just like we saw in el paso recently. rachel: yeah. what about you? you live about 5 minutes from the border, what do you expect to happen next week many -- week? >> well, i expect a major surge. and i'll tell you, this biden administration, hay don't care about the border townspeople. they don't care about the border towns. they are just having us deal with it. our city officials. we don't have enough police, they don't have enough dps, enough guardsmen. can you imagine what they're going to do? we're going on the to be inundated by all oaz of these people because the biden administration has refused to do anything about it. instead they have encouraged it. and by lifting title 42 when it comes to december 21st, just imagine what's going to happen

to us. rachel: yeah. >> i mean, we're already stressed out as it is with our office and all of these people who are going to be the coming because they know that they can. rachel: frank, you were in the border patrol for 30 years. tell me, and i know you're the still in contact with a lot of, you know, people mt. border patrol right now. what is the morale right now? what are they expecting to happen? how are they preparing for what might happen next week? >> yeah. you know, in a word, lifeless. what i i mean by that, there's no joy, there's no sense of purpose for these guys to go out and do their work. what they're doing now is just, as we know, processing. but, you know, to -- and, of course, they're demoralized. we've had a high suicide rate within the border patrol. it's unheard of. but as far as being prepared, look, i think that the biden administration's going to be overwhelmed, rachel. they are prepared to a certain persistent tent. what i mean by that -- extent. they have been using our federal

tax dollars to lay the infrastructure for this massive influx. they have been setting up processing centers, they have been setting up contracts with ngos, contracts with bus companies to move these people away from the if border to the interior of the country. now we're getting word that these ngos are operating outside the company, they are forward deployed to open up the pipeline even bigger. we are empowering the cartels, we're fueling the drug problem here in america, and these people that are coming into our country, you know, we'll probably have some good ones i guess as far as moral people i guess you should say, aside from the fact that they're breaking the law, but we don't know who they really are. and is so the biden administration is opening up a pandora's box here on the border by not using title 42 which he were using honestly to a minimal extent. and so it is a facade. they want to happen. they have orchestrated this. rachel: yeah. i'm really glad you brought up

the ng go component. that's something we're going to delve deeper on, and and ien encourage our viewers to stay with us. that's something bea also has talked about, the ngos, the lack of vetting, the amount of money that's being funneled there and also, frank, you brought up the morale of the, of the border patrol. you're right, we have record number of suicides just this year, 14 suicides. i can sense the tension in all of your soy -- voices, the anticipation of what's going to happen next week. we'll probably bring you guys back to talk about it after, after the date which is december 21st. i want to, first, thank you for being here and also for sharing your thoughts. i think americans are with you for the most part, those who know about what's happening, and their hearts go out to all of you on the border or who are going to be the paris to encounter what's going to happen on december 21st when title 42

is lifted. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. rachel: frank, bea and bruno. merry christmas. all right. pete? pete: rachel, well done. those are the faces of the consequences of an america last policy, citizens affected by it. well done. all right, now to some headlines starting with a fox news alert. hundreds of tourists are stuck in peru as a deadly, widespread protests erupt after their former president was impeached and then arrested. the u.s. state department has issued a travel advisory warning strongly encouraging americans to reconsider traveling to peru. an arizona state university professor and her niece are among hose strand thed. she'll join us live next hour. to discuss her unfolding ordeal. and now to a fox weather alert, a lot of folks across the northeast digging out this morning after getting slammed by a powerful winter storm. parts of upstate new york already seeing a foot of snow on

top of what they've gotten already while vermont is shocke3 inches. and worcester, massachusetts, looking like a winter wonderland ahead of christmas. other areas in the region are experiencing icy conditions, rain and winds up to 50 miles per hour. for more download the fox weather app or stream fox weather on your favorite connected tv device. and a toy the poodle is stealing hearts, some hearts, across social media -- [laughter] just a few. a couple people? they say, some people are sayin- rachel: i think it's the adorable. pete: and it's now unofficially known as the world's cutest dog according to the internet. will: what? [laughter] pete: i'm just reporting. the 6-year-old pooch named mohu is from japan, and her biggest fans go crazy -- [laughter] for her fluffy, round frame. her owner says nothing makes her

pup more confident than being -- will: how does she know? [laughter] i hate this story every step of the way. do they use a blow dryer? rachel: i bet she just kind of fluffs her. will: this is the mindset that turns dogs into accessories. dogs aren't a handbag. pete: clearly, this dog is a handbag -- will: if you don't have a sign on your fence that says beware of dog, you don't have a dog. [laughter] pete: i agree, but you don't have cute dogs either. look at that thing. rachel: that's so cute. i'm sorry, guys. pete: tick around, we've got the perfect last minute christmas gifts for you all made in america from neckties to custom wood products. there's manager for everybody. don't go anywhere. ♪ don't care about the presents underneath the christmas tree ♪ y for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee.

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