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dangerous winds and life-threatening temperatures to dozens of states heading into the holiday weekend. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." dana perino and bill hemmer have the day off. we're filling in. >> rich: i'm rich edson. record low temperatures appeared hazardous weather. right now more than 240 million americans are under winter weather warnings, alerts or advisories from the canadian border to the south and rio grande along the gulf coast to florida and pacific northwest to the eastern seaboard. >> julie: madison is standing by with flight delays and cancellations. the reason i said wow. i was watching max gordon and his video shot while rich was talking starting us off outside buffalo. i watched a wave, oh my goodness. you have to be cold where the national weather service is predicting up to three feet of snow.

max, your camera just blew me away. you are too close to that water, i'm not going to lie. >> we'll try to stay as safe as possible today. a frigid good morning to both of you. i'm here in hamburg, new york 20 minutes away from downtown buffalo standing alongside the shores of like erie. it is a very angry lake this morning. waves of up to 14 to 18 feet are expected with this storm. in this area where we're standing there have been evacuation orders issued for low-lying areas, homes that are in the path of the water. flooding is a major concern for low-lying areas around lake erie and a lot of snow. up to three feet of snow expected in the buffalo area. the main concern is going to be the wind. up to 70 mile-per-hour gusts that could knock out power and that will make driving conditions very difficult. a travel ban has just been

issued here in erie county. conditions out there on the roadways are very bad. as we were driving here to hamburg this morning you could barely see the vehicle in front of you, less than a quarter mile visibility, sometimes much less at times. very hazardous driving conditions out there. we'll bring you guys the latest later today on fox weather and here on fox news channel. back to you. >> julie: this is the most fascinating live shot of the day, images behind you. stay warm and get away from the waves, please. >> rich: looks like a movie, monster storm. it's throwing a wrench in holiday travel plans. here are up-to-the-minute numbers on flight cancellations and delays. snow, rain, bitter cold making for a messy mix that could keep many from getting to their final destinations in time for holiday gatherings. fox business's madison all worth is live from newark international airport in new jersey with the latest. madison. >> good morning, rich.

we're in the critical christmas travel crunch with it being the last day before christmas eve and the busiest travel day this holiday season. anyone with delays or cancellations yesterday trying to get on a flight today before things get worse. we're already seeing issues today as well. we spoke to one traveler who had a delay out of chicago yesterday and heaped on the problems with his travel. >> delayed our flight in chicago yesterday delayed our flight by three hours. we missed our connecting flight to lisbon. got a hotel and now trying to figure it out. try to talk to airport gal and they won't be here for another 12 hours. my plan is still trying to be figured out. i will go to american and see if i can have better luck there. >> unfortunately for him and other travelers today not looking much better. already seeing thousands of cancellations. you are taking a look at the latest on cancellations and delays since wednesday.

but today alone we're seeing more than 3,500 cancellations. part of the problem airports are shutting down runways. seattle tacoma airport has closed its runways until further notice due to ice. alaska airlines has canceled all flights out of seattle and portland until at least noon pacific time. also because of ice. i want to show you the scene from chicago. this was the morning there at that busy airport. one of the top ten busiest airports during christmas. lots of delays and issues because of weather and major airlines across the board are issue oohing travel waivers that allow passengers flying in out and of impacted airports to rebook without being rebooking fares. those open seats and open flights will be a premium as people struggle to get where

they need to go for this holiday season. rich. >> rich: madison, thanks. do not forget to download the fox weather app for the latest updates on this life-threatening storm. download the fox news app now. >> title 42 ends, more migrants will come which means more agents will be pulled off the line and processed, which means more fentanyl will escape into the united states to kill americans. more women and children will be sex trafficked across the border. >> julie: tom homan earlier as thousands of migrants camped out along the u.s./mexico border waiting for a supreme court decision on whether or not to lift title 42 asylum rules. let's bring in ron, former acting ice director. title 42 worked. now since trump left office when there was some 700,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border

it is now roughly 2 1/2 million illegal immigrants in this past year. the numbers rising. title 42 was a deterrent. we don't have one. what's the plan? >> there is no plan. let's just say a merry christmas to the dhs front line and their families. title 42 assisted in ending the last surge. based on public health law in u.s. code, allows the government to return people back to mexico because of the conditions of the pandemic. it would always sunset. it was always going to end. what we're seeing here is all the tools that cbp and dhs have have been ripped down. they broke the border and seeing the worst surge we've ever seen. those people are going all over the united states. as tom said they are being trafficked, the cartels are running the agenda on our border. we're about to pass a 1.7 trillion spending bill to

keep the government open and we have not done a thing -- not one policy change in this bill to help our agents, the men and women on the front line. there is nothing in there for them to make their jobs easier. the migrant protection protocols and the accords with the northern triangle all thrown out the window giving us the largest surge we've ever seen. this administration is flouting the law and refuse to enforce the border and this is the result of it. >> julie: ultimately the president is a human trafficker. the humanitarian crisis on the border now with the increase, we aren't doing these illegal immigrants any favors by allowing them in. let's look at the "new york post" headline and spells it out in black and white. nothing compassionate about the humanitarian crisis democrats have created at the border. not only have they created this mess, they aren't even visiting the border and said it a million times. i sound like a broken record but the president has never once in his life visited the borders but

he opened them up and he says they are closed, which is not the case. they are speaking out of both sides of their mouths and you have a humanitarian crisis on the border now as well. first of all, what is the incentive for any of these border patrol agents putting their lives on the line to protect our borders when washington isn't backing them? >> it's incredible. morale is in the tank. agents have been in the border patrol for more than five minutes know why it's happening. all these arrests and encounters, most of the people are being released and that's encouraging others from all over the world to come here right now. we are at the wilmihim -- they into mexico, walk to our border and give themselves up. agents know this is very preventable and can be fixed with the right policy implementation. migrant protection protocols. mexico had 25,000 troops deployed to help us control our border. we're controlling their border

with guatemala near our border. two years later they have nobody deployed and not helping us at all. we blew it up. this administration blew up the border. >> julie: in 2022, 2.3 million immigrants that have crossed the border. fentanyl seizures across the border are through the roof. 95.95% of fentanyl seized at all borders in 2022 and it's just rising. innocent people are dying. it is a crisis. the president -- the white house, administration don't want to call it a crisis. you cannot turn away your problems. you have to face them head on. thank you so much for talking to us. that's all the time we have unfortunately. i would love to have more. happy holidays, merry christmas to you, by the way. >> you, too, julie, thanks.

>> rich: recent study shows heart attacks spike this time of year. what's going on with the marines? a new report suggests they may use gender neutral identifiers to avoid offending officers. ♪

>> julie: the military looking to avoid a pro noun problems. they may stop using the words sir and ma'am to avoid misgendering their instructors. david lee miller is on the

story. >> the marine corps is saying not so fast when it comes to changing a time-honored tradition. $2 million study commissioned by the marines and recruit training recommends it. the corp said the marines have either adopted or taken action on some of the recommendations but as of now not changed how recruits address instructors. a portion of a statement from marine corps spokeman said recruits continue to address drill instructors as sir or ma'am in adherence with current marine corp regulations and courtesies. no changes will be made to time-tested methods without significant feedback and scrutiny from the marine corps leadership. the chief of staff of marine corps training and education

raised concern about the reports recommendations that we want to avoid any quick solutions, adding any problem that might be introduced in the future. the report recommends that recruits stop using sir or ma'am and instead what it calls gender-neutral identifiers such as drill instructor or senior drill instructor, the reason it primes recruits to search for drill instructor's gender first before rank and role. the report further states gender identifiers have the potential to remind the recruits of the negative stereotypes they hold. the marine corps did not provide a timeline how long it will take to look at the sir/ma'am policy. the recruits in the army, navy and coast guard have already replaced it with the instructor's rank or role followed by a last name. >> julie: great to see you.

thank you. >> rich: research shows more people die from heart attacks during the last week of december than any other time of the year. what causes this spike? let's ask dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at nyu langone and fox news contributor. dr. siegel, are the inlaws that bad? what's causing this at the very end of the year? >> first of all, you hit one of them. the in-laws may be that bad. stress plays a role. also people are sedentary this time of year, drink too much, don't eat right and they suddenly do things they shouldn't be doing like shovel snow in a situation like that. i'm especially wore eft this weekend, rich, because of the frigid temperatures. if you go out suddenly into the cold, you can constrict your blood vessels and increases the risk of a heart attack. by the way, speakering of shoveling snow, julie will love

this. 67% of men try to shovel their own driveway. 50% of women shovel their own driveway but women are more likely to do it saying i'm not lifting a shovel, i will hurt my back and risk a heart attack. so i would urge people out there, men and women, not to shovel snow if they haven't been doing regular activity. if they have underlying health issues. >> rich: i could have used that advertisement when i was 12 years old. pay the neighborhood kid to shovel that your snow. >> yeah. >> rich: right. i had a going rate. look at some of the symptoms. chest pain or discomfort, feeling weak, light-headed or faint, pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck or back. discomfort in arms or shoulders and shortness of breath how you know you may be going into a heart attack. what can people do long-term to

avoid getting into cardio vascular trouble here? >> with the symptoms, they're different men to women also. men might see the more classic chest pain or shortness of breath. women it might be fatigue, dizziness, nausea. now you ask what do people do about this? i already hinted at this. i want people out there to do regular activity all the time. cardiovascular exercise, walk where you usually go instead of taking a cab or instead of always using public transportation. do a regular exercise routine every day and try to cut down on carbs and fats. if you get into regular diet and routine and exercise regularly and eat better you are much less likely to say here come the in-laws i better drink my way through it and put your heart as

risk. >> the word tripledemic. what should we be doing this holiday season? >> first of all, the tripledemic refers to flu, rsv and covid. and we're seeing a lot of flu this year, very early, heavy flu season. rsv is already on its way down and blanketed things across the country. i'm not as worried about rsv. covid is making some of what resurgence among our elderly. concerned about that. the first thing i want to tell people out there is you are tired of three years of people lecturing to you, wear a mask, don't do this or don't do that. mandates. the fatigue from being ordered around is a problem. so i ask my patients what is bothering you and worrying you? if they're open i say it's a good year to get a flu shot. if you are elderly the covid booster is important. if you go somewhere where there

is somebody who is immuno compromised or very elderly and have the sniffles do a covid rapid test to make sure you don't have that. if i know you don't have covid i take it off the table. i like the covid rapid test and i also treat flu a lot so i look to treat flu early with tam flu if someone is at risk. i have tools in my bag of tricks here but i don't want to lecture to anyone. we have to take that lesson from the american public. enough lecturing. >> rich: stay healthy. thank you so much. >> great to be with you. >> julie: you are right, mark, i will never shovel my driveway. anyway -- >> salute. that's my homey. put it down for america. >> julie: marine motto is always faithful. some of our heroes showed why is

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it came hours after he announced his return to the city. take a look. >> i am in my office. we're working toward victory. wish everyone a good day. we'll defeat them all. >> today north korea is denying helping russia's war effort. yesterday the u.s. accused north korea of supplying russia's group with rockets and missiles, something north korea today calls a groundless accusation. today north korea also fired two ballistic missiles as part of a test according to south korea. take a look at the next video. ukraine's east russian authorities say ukraine will never get back control of the nuclear power plant. it will not withdraw its troops from the station. russia also says shelling near the plant has almost stopped so that's the good news. of course, this comes with talks continuing with the u.n. nuclear watchdog, russia said last week they are starting to build a

protective dome around that power plant. look at the next video. russian-controlled mariupol demolition has begun for the drama theater that was bombed by the russians in march killing hundreds of people. russian authorities are renaming streets and teaching a russian curriculum in schools that are still open and they have repainted the entrance to the city in russian colors. back live i can tell you the power remains an issue as we head into the christmas weekend. regional authorities say half of the residents in the kiev region are experiencing power deficiencies. send it back to you. >> julie: thank you very much. >> rich: troubling news this christmas. a new report finds increasing vandalism against houses of worship following the supreme court's roe v. wade decision. dozens of catholic churches targeted with pro-abortion

hostility. let's talk about it with fox news contributor and former white house press secretary ari fleischer, thanks for joining us this morning. let's get to the report quick. conservative christian group family research council from january 2020 to september 2020. so a span this year. their report finds hostility against churches between that time frame includes 57 plus incidents. what's going on here? >> what's going on here is one side of the american political debate that likes to be intolerant. and they just cannot countenance that there are views that are heart felt, deeply held views that are conservative. and so they are able to engage in these attacks and these potential acts of violence, targeting and the mainstream media looks the other way and so does the biden white house. all of these things should be deplored. no side should ever resort to these type of tactics. one side gets away with it because they are allowed to.

>> rich: when you look at what's been going on even just in the past couple of years. you now need to have congress pass an appropriation to provide security for supreme court justices. you have the husband of the speaker of the house attacked and beaten with a hammer. this is all stuff that's happened since january 6th which wasn't two years ago. are we entering across the country a that is devolving into political violence. >> when it happens in the past it's the fringes. everybody else speaks out to keep these fringes small. what's happening now is people are not speaking out. the left is not speaking out about left wing intolerance. you need to. i will always speak out about any intolerance that comes from conservative people or organization. it is wrong, violence, threats of violence are never the answer

in our tolerant democracy. but when the biden white house sits silent as people protest outside the homes of supreme court justices, threatening violence in a manner the justice department had the power to stop people from doing that because of the intimidation of the court, of justices, and they choose to sit on their hands instead, this encourages the fringe. no one should encourage fringes. that's why the left is doing it because no one is pushing back other than conservatives. >> rich: you look at some of the other studies out here after roe v. wade. 39% of students enrolling in an undergraduate program in the ex near said overturning roe v. wade, and some said they would have opted to attend a different school. how much has the dobbs decision

changed our political landscape. >> i think it's probably right. i think young people are taking into consideration where they want to spend their formative years where they are learning about life and learning about love and if they go to a state where abortion is outlawed, they will think about that. that's the way it should be, frankly. in a nation of 50 states with 50 laws where the constitution did not previously and certainly doesn't have a guarantee of abortion, that is not written into the constitution, people should do what they want to do in a 50-state democracy. it doesn't surprise me if that's the case and that's the reality and why it is a mixed political issue. i think it's one of the reasons republicans didn't do as well as republicans hoped to do in the mid-term elections. there are two sides to the abortion issue. the middle ground is likely where most americans are but purists on both sides and they believe what they believe. >> rich: thank you for joining

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>> rich: newly released body cam footage reveal police responded to a party in september at the off campus house where the four university of idaho students were killed. the students who lived there weren't even home. officers spoke with one of the victims, madison on the phone. this incident suggests the slain residence may have had an open door policy with lots of people coming in and out of the house. >> julie: disturbing story about an 11-year-old girl who

disappeared without a trace. the f.b.i. releasing this video of her two days before she was last seen at her home in north carolina on november 23rdrd. here is the problem. police have arrested her mother and stepfather for failing to report her disappearance until three weeks later. ted williams is a former d.c. homicide detective, defense attorney and there are so many troubling aspects to this case. not only the parents waited until december 15th and the f.b.i. joined local law enforcement efforts in the ongoing investigation, but on saturday police arrested the girl's stepmother -- stepfather and mom until december 15th. how do investigators get to work? >> that is the $64,000 question of how you are going to get the

mother and stepfather to talk, julie. this is a very sad case and the mother would not have reported this child missing but for the school system stepping in and asking for a check on this child. this is very sad. what authorities are having to do is to work from that home. they are trying to determine whether there was foul play in that home. so they are scrubbing that home. what will probably happen, unfortunately, is that the mother or the father or both are going to turn on each other in order to get information as to where the girl is at this time. >> julie: you have conflicting stories. get them to turn on each other. they aren't together and they can't conspire. nancy grace on "fox & friends" yesterday, watch. >> 22 days she was missing

before parents reported her gone? i have a big problem with those parents. they can't get their stories straight and the mother lied to school resource officers. i don't like it. they have the key to her disappearance. >> julie: the mother lying says it all. >> absolutely. and nancy is absolutely right. the key to resolving this matter lies with these two parents. i would have to believe at some stage that the authorities are going to be able to get information from these two parents that will help to bring this child home but i'm concerned as to whether she will come back alive at this stage, unfortunately. >> julie: a beautiful. innocent child. the video shows her getting off the school bus november 2, '12 days before she was last seen on the 23rd. don't turn away from your tv right now.

4'10 inches. 90 pounds. wearing a plain t-shirt and backpack. this little innocent girl is in 6th grade, folks. christmas is this weekend and she is still missing. somebody has to find her. ted, your final thoughts. >> i agree. we need the public to be engaged and try to help law enforcement to bring this child home and god knows, i hope she is alive and still here with us. merry christmas to all. >> julie: thank you so much for joining us. >> rich: julie, home for the holidays, disgraced ftx funneleder sam bankman-fried will await trial at his parents' california house with a $250 million bail agreement. how will he finance it?

where is it coming from? >> not from his bank account and not from chico's bail bonds. this number is a huge headline number, $250 million. i think it's the largest amount ever posted as bail for any sort of white collar crime or anybody. it is many multiples of the $10 million that bernie madoff put up. the late infamous ponzi schemer during the financial crisis. there is a lot of wiggle room. his parents are putting up houses. they have a mystery donor putting up something. we should point out the bankruptcy are plugged into major democratic donors. i wouldn't be surprised if those people that his mother actually has raised money from put up some of this money or at least put up their house. i don't think it's direct cash. i really think it's assets that

they are starting to impound. the question becomes, you know, he stays in his house. does he help the prosecutors find the missing money? and how much help he gets will -- gives will likely determine how long he stays in the klinker. there is no doubt he is going to jail. you may not have intents to rip off people as it went down with the ftx trading system and a subsidiary hedge fund that took money out of the crypto exchange and blew it but there is something called willful negligence. if you ignore obvious shortcomings in your regulations and compliance, you still go to jail. this guy will go to jail for a long time particularly if they don't find the money. one of the interesting things about madoff. the bankruptcy was able to claw back. a ponzi scheme, rob peter to pay paul. this is a little different.

it was money taken and gambled away in the crypto casino markets. i don't know if you can claw that back on crypto trades. if you can't, you know, his prison sentence starts adding up to a lot of years in jail. plus he should have not been running around giving interviews to the times but cutting a deal with the prosecutors. >> right before he was going to go in front of congress. charlie gasparino on the ftx scandal. >> julie: a couple of smash and grab suspects are being held behind bars thanks to these quick-thinking marines. how did they save the day? speaking of our nation's heroes this formerly homeless navy vet has a roof over his head. his incredible journey. it is all thanks to a nonprofit.

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>> julie: it's a good thing not all crooks are masterminds. smash and grab thieves at a southern california jewelry store thought they had in made in the shade until this. they found out some u.s. marines were close at hand. i love this story. christina coleman picks up the story in los angeles. an amazing happy ending. i love it. christina. >> i love the story, too. i'm tired of the smash and grab crap these people need to be arrested. well, these guys did not make it far. they thought they were slick busting into a jewelry store at an l.a. county mall on tuesday scaring shoppers. >> me and my wife were walking down the mall and doing

last-minute christmas shopping and we heard loud banging noise and we turned around and we see a group of men just smashing the glass. >> these thieves did not get far. apparently the bozos didn't realize the store was located next to a military recruiting office. marine staff sergeant and marine corps applicant were talking when they heard glass shatter and jumped into action with this brave takedown. >> that's my homey, put it down for america. >> put it down for america. they kept two of the four suspects in place until police took them into custody. juveniles who did not get away. >> the marines, marine corps stepped up.

recruits tackled him down. two got away, two got tackled down and they stepped it up. >> they sure did. in a statement the sergeant said he was trying to do the right thing and be a good steward of his community. >> julie: i can't get enough. thank you for bringing us that. we needed it. thank you. rich. >> rich: the number of homeless veterans decreased from 11% between 2020 and 2022. more than 33,000 veterans still do not have reliable housing for the holidays. nonprofit semper fi and america's fund supports combat wounded veterans and their families. this is a formerly homeless navy veteran and joined by a -- vincent, tell us your story and how did you get to where you are

today? >> well, when i got out of the service, me and my wife who was homeless at the time living in a hotel in southern california, the hotel rates were extremely expensive. there was no way i was able to, you know, get the funds i needed to secure housing for my family so i almost gave up hope. i kept reaching out looking for any type of program, anything to help me out. my wife came across the semper fi america's fund program. since day one they never left my side and then from there they actually just transitioned me into where i am at today. >> rich: bob, how do you guys help people like vincent, help veterans like vincent and what are your challenges? >> well, what we do first of all, the job is daunting because everybody is quick to welcome

veterans when they return home from war except for us that fought in vietnam, but -- and then that lasts a month or two and it's gone and guys are on their own. and the veterans administration does a remarkable job but they stop short of providing affordable housing and helping people like vincent and his family. and what we do is we raise money and we provide those services. fortunately we're able to raise more and more each and every year and to think go the extra mile that's needed to help mitigate first of all ptsd which is a nasty disease and also -- also, you know, those wounded and injured in combat and during their service, to provide them the things that they need so

they can resume the semblance of a normal life. >> rich: talk to us quickly about what challenges veterans like you face when they leave? >> well, majority of the challenges is just like bob has said, when you first get out of the navy, whatever branch you're in, everybody is there to cheer you on and everything like that but immediately there is no more paycheck, there is nothing. so you just have this whole time where every month you have a disability. where now it's automatic boom, nothing. and when you get home, you realize there is not much help out there for you. except for semper fi and america's fund. >> rich: thank you both so much and a wonderful holiday to you guys and veterans. >> our pleasure. >> julie: it is time for my

annual christmas picture reveal. my kids made the nice list. it was touch and go at times like every day this year. whether you're naughty or nice who am i to judge? i want everyone a year filled with joy. come on, this is amazing. i wish it existed when i was a skid. if you want to dress up your kids. i do every year and they'll wear them. someday they'll get too old and say no way. what is your holiday traditions? >> rich: well, to hang out here for a little bit and spend time -- much-needed time with the family. molly line in for harris faulkner. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> molly: dangerous weather hitting hundreds of millions of americans. the historic and life threatening conditions wreaking havoc across dozens of states. this is "the faulkner focus", i'm molly line in fo