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i am carley shimkus. >> todd: i am ashley strohmier and for todd piro and merry christmas with your families and friends or whatever you are doing. currently, we did get to spend some time with our loved ones. look at that. this is may be yesterday santa claus gifted those onesies but we had so much fun on's "fox & friends first" and we got to hang to 2 mike hang out with santa and to his sleigh, his roster next year if they passed the past but never touched a reindeer before, but that did happen. we got to have a christmas breakfast after i got done with work yesterday but look at maggie. that is my little miss maggie. she was so when enthused of course, ialways get the nicee

i'm that nice win. but we had some problems with our electricity. >> ashley: because it stormed? >> carley: we didn't have power 72 hours and kind of blew up again so we have to go back brand-new, mind you. >> ashley: were you freezing? >> carley: we had icicles inside and it was a complete disaster so i feel for anyone with any issues. but there was some good news, my family this week and became an aunt. my brother, mitch, his wife, emily gave birth to a beautiful girl and i cannot wait to meet her. she is healthy, 6 pounds, little girl, little fire so praying for my brother's family. >> carley: congratulations, i love that. sophie jane strohmeyer. congratulations. the best christmas gift you could ever ask for. >> ashley: she was born on

christmas eve. >> carley: we hope you had a great christmas, of course and celebrating in some capacity but we do have some news, the texas national guard in el paso spending the christmas building a new barrier and the city as it deals with an overwhelming migrant surge. >> ashley: the situation could become more catastrophic with title 19 ending tomorrow, alexandria hoff. >> the biden administration is arguing title 42 is obsolete but at the same time they pressed last week delayed until lifting it until tomorrow. the department of homeland security using it as a tool sending out this morning, "anyone attempting to enter without authorization under title 42 those who cannot be exposed will be put in expedited removal. no one should risk life only to be returned." freezing temperatures in the

texas with migrants members the texas car, national guard spent christmas doing what they could to stop the flow expected to become a surge of course when title 42 is eliminated. here is congresswoman. >speak with the democrats are trying to destroy title 42 my fixed to title 42 or amendment to keep it in place was rejected. a point of big contention and the omnibus spending bill that just passed because the democrats left-hand wing doesn't want to do anything about the border but continue to let it flow. speak with the biden administration has acknowledged lifting title 42 will lead to border do my crossings and a plan has been in the works but what it is as unclear at this time. unable to fight safe accommodations greg abbott has continued setting buses of migrants to democratic control and self-proclaimed sanctuary cities. and arrived on christmas eve in

d.c. outside of the vice whole of vice president harris without paying a visit. governor abbott with president biden saying his policies or what has forced migrants out of these centers that they have appeared to fold and forced to the streets of texas where rat though mike right now they are dealing with dangerous weather. >> keith kellogg said the open borders on a national security threat and the white house must address, listen. speak with the border is porous and the local communities cannot handle the influx. we don't know who's coming across because they are not being tracked. if you talk about a security threat you go through tsa, an airport they secure you but nobody has to know mike border so do i consider it a threat? i think the president as to pick up the phone and call over and say look, a superhighway for those people coming across and we have to stop it. if not, it will be a huge

problem in the future because we don't know who is coming to the country. we have no control. speed to another terrifying example of border being completely out of control, band of suspected smugglers are still on the loose end texas after high-speed car chase and firing gunshots at texas officers and tps on christmas eve, the suspect remains at large and all occupants are considered armed and dangerous. jonathan fahey former i.c.e. director and deputy assistant secretary joins us now. we wanted to ask about the situation because it escalated in a serious way and as ashley said, suspects are on the loose and considered armed and dangerous but what is your response? >> it really is amazing and in europe, disorder because we have no control whatsoever of our southern border. it doesn't seem like this administration is going to do

anything about it. these are texas dps officials having to deal with the federal government and derelict of duty. and starting tomorrow title 42 going away, there is going to be no control at the border and people are going to be in so much danger because of this administration unwilling to enforce the law. >> ashley: if you think about the omnibus spending package, one of the things that has aiding illegal migrants pilot programs, that is $20 million that could be going to places like securing the border so why are we not using those funds to enforce hirer border patrol or doing something to brent doe might prevent things like i just read about from happening? >> what is really interesting. you talk about the omnibus bill and it does show congress was to deal with an issue like ukraine or something else, they can all come together and put money on the table and deal with it.

neither congress or this administration has any interest whatsoever to deal with the situation of the southern border or improving it in such a commitment to open borders. it is unwavering. we will see mass chaos and ovoverdosedeaths and there is no be done to stop this. and it really is so beyond disappointing that the american people are really left out of the budget or anything else. no one cares what affects the american people because this certainly more than any other issue. there is no concern and no efforts to address it. >> carley: of the biden administration request title 42 put in in place until the 27th. the supreme court to rule what they will do which is the hold up. what kind of timeline are we working with as to when title 42 will actually go away? then what happens next?

>> i really don't know as far as the timeliness, but you know what is interesting irony, last week the white house press secretary suggesting the white house was a bystander at the mercy of the court and had no opinion on this issue or actually implied they wanted title 42 tuesday. later, i believe that they were the next day they filed, no, title 42 should end and on the 27th. but i don't know what the supreme court will do but i do know what will happen. things will get worse at the border in this administration will do nothing other than simply make the border patrol at this stage in simply to process migrants. remember earlier in december fighting to keep aggravated felon illegal aliens in the country. so this administration wants nothing other than purely open border border patrol simply to process migrants into the country. they have made it clear, they

are never getting kicked out and treated as well or better than american citizens. >> ashley: excuse me we heard from biden administration officials saying they are coming up with a plan once title 42 in2 ends but last week they were talking about how the president is so mad and angry and cursing the west wing. do you think they actually have a plan in place that they are just going to surprise us with at the last minute? more wild, wild west and continued to be horrible down there at the southern border? >> it doesn't seem like there is any plan whatsoever. i don't think they really care. but the highest priority is the open border and nothing other than to encourage as much illegal immigration as possible. you see all these bad things

happening. they are just hopeful that the media will largely ignore it. and that's all they want, all they care about any time they are given a choice between public safety in the open border, they always choose the open border. they never put the interest of the american people first. they never put the safety first, health first where education first but always put the interest of the illegal aliens and the democrat party first and foremost. it is disgraceful because they have a responsibility to protect the public pier they have been so derelict in this responsibility. >> the news is continuing with these twitter files, part 9 release christmas eve and government agencies and not just the fbi but multiple are tied to the social media network. the file showed the fbi acting

as a doorman with a social media surveillance and censorship encompassing agencies across the federal government to the state department to the pentagon to the cia. so what do you think the nature of these relationships were between these government agencies and twitter? >> yeah, that is really -- another thing that is part of the same issue is to see this administration or you see the government working to censor opposing views or what they call this information and it is ironic when you see the government with the information they put out is that they have correct information when they think of the border or other issues they don't put out accurate information so even if it is worthwhile, they shouldn't be the ones in charge of it because they don't put out accurate information themselves. some of the things they have censored has been laughable in

terms of people joking and don't forget that will show how pervasive this is. you wonder if this is just twitter so what else is going on? and the other thing is, where's the media on this? the media seems so agreeable to this notion of censorship because they seem to think as long as it is something they agree with, they are fine with that but the united states guard is censoring information they are allowed to hear and to suggest they are doing it for reasons like we know just talked about the public safety border, they always put politics first. 's ode to suggest they put ahead of politics come i think that is hard to believe. >> carley: you know james comer has said part of this investigation will be with twitter. it could extend to facebook wherever it needs to go with the social media platforms. when they bring the man to investigate and ask questions,

do you think the organizations like fbi and cia are so untouchable that things just will not happen to them will they be held accountable for basically what has been put out for us to see in plain sight? >> sorry, i didn't hear all of your question but the sensor's ship issue and twitter, these agencies working together, you know, what else would they be doing for the greater interest of the american public? is there really anything that is serving the american public? that should be one of the questions. the second question is, is this legal? and is it a good thing that the government is involved and the information people again. i think most people would agree the answer is, "no." and how pervasive this is. it should scare people because this is what we know about.

and it is these issues now but it could be other issues appear they call things misinformation or whatever. you see the democratic party doing this. and i would disagree and they characterize it as misinformation and try to shut it down or bully people and try to intimidate them. and it should scare most americans. americans just want their voices heard and listen to whatever they want to listen to, not just the government. >> ashley: thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate it. we have a fox weather alert, 34 people are dead nationwide after a massive winter storm rocked the country at this holiday weekend. the heavy snow and brutal cold, 17 of those people killed were in new york in the western part of the state after hit with one of the worst blizzards appear in buffalo getting more than

40 inches of snow. governor half dome at kathy hochul calling it a devastating storm because of its length and strength. even rescuers needed help as the video shows snowplow ran into another to free it from the snow. 2300 flights were canceled on christmas and 1200 have already been canceled. 13,000 residents are still without power. all 29,000 people are powerless in the state of maine. >> ashley: we got our power back 5:00 p.m. yesterday. washington state vandalized last night after three other spindle is christmas morning. the damage put as many as 40,000 people without power on christmas day. the deputies found a broken fence and destroyed equipment out one of the sites and another substation actually caught on fire. 1800 people are still without power in the state and the suspects are still on the loose. >> carley: chri christmas day no

action tom brady and overtime come back this time against the cardinals. tampa bay scoring 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and ot to win 19-16. meanwhile aaron rodgers with packers defense with an upset over the dolphins. >> second and 13, campbell, second drive in a row entered by an interception! >> ashley: green bay with a third straight interception keeping playoff hopes alive and the rams blowing up the broncos, 51-14. tensions from boiling over after the game. did you hear about this where denver linebacker randy mike gregory punched a rams offensive lineman forcing the two teams to be separated. not something you want to see. decorated veteran and new jersey state trooper badly

hurt in a car accident on his way home from a long shift and now the family wants to make sure this doesn't happen with the brothers and sisters and blue. the trooper here to tell us what they are doing and how you can get involved. >> ashley: we have a lot of news to get to congressman james comer to talk about the top priorities for the new congress and the new year. plus dr. michael and tom homan are live. don't miss "fox & friends first." ♪ ♪

>> ashley: tiktok store is dead after his family said he was shot by a stray bullet while christmas shopping in new orleans with his grandmother. the grandmother slamming the democrat led cities leading and it is time for the leaders in the city all over to do their jobs. it matters who the president is coming to the governor is and who the mayor is. leaders create opportunities including the opportunity to live in peace. the police he had to identify the victim but they release this photo of the suspects wanted in connection with the shooting. this comes as the mayor latoya

kantrowitz recall efforts after crime. the wall street general analysis with the highest homicide rate of any major u.s. city in the first half of this year. and the county police officer mourning the loss of one of the deputies killed on christmas eve. corporal ray hamilton a five year veteran of the department and was part of the special response team following up on domestic violence calls and opened up inside the home fatally entering the officer. the gunman is being charged with first-degree premeditated murder. hamilton is being remembered as a profoundly loved and respected friend, public servant and hero. he was 60 61st officer killed by gunfire this year. ashley. >> ashley: raising funds to provide sweeping trailers for exhaustive troopers while working long hours. they start of the effort after their son new jersey's state

trooper with the veteran the veteran severely injured in a car accident after working multiple long shifts. lucas' father and retired police chief rich joints me now. thank you so much for getting up with me this morning and good morning to you. >> good morning thank you so much for having me on. be one good morning, it is nothing for people to know that right now there is a shortage for the police all across the board whether state troopers, deputy sheriffs and there is an issue with that right now. how did you guys come up with this idea of having these sleeping trailers, especially when it comes to the short-term relief for the officers who were so overworked? >> well, the solution is still up in the air. the problem is that the facilities for the state police, unfortunately after work are

pretty old in some cases. some of them the local parish for example is over 50 years old. the dynamic of the workplace has changed for a number of reasons not the least the improvement situation and having to pull troopers from all over the state to staff the stations to perform this critical mission. so we thought if we could help the union by the way i want to hope the state police and the troopers union for the level of support that the family has experienced since the tragedy. it was a terrible thanksgiving but my wife and i say it was absolutely blessed christmas. and we think that he is fully going to recover and determine to do so. but getting back to the issue, the troopers will work these long shifts. a number of people working are in training. so they work a longer shift.

and driving back and forth, these long hours, they are exhaustive all the time. lucas will often come to our home and pass out on the couch. and my wife and i are happy to have him save. but they also come it is absolutely miraculous. we've had the honor and privilege to meet i'm going to say hundreds of troopers through this process. and they are outstanding people. they work incredibly hard. they are incredibly dedicated. and i find the fact that this, one of the finest state police organizations in this nation having a difficulty like this with recruitment really goes back to the issue of the way the police have been traded the last 3-5 years. >> ashley: you blame recruitment issues with officers and treatments are being

overworked and forces them to this point to complete exhaustion? >> absolutely i blame that situation. the way it has been framed pure the way it's been allowed to be discussed without being challenged would give rise to any power for any individual considering career and service. having second thoughts. all are entering careers and my wife and i have had many discussions about this. we approached some of this with a heavy heart. our accounts to my kids continue but how can we encourage others in an environment like this? a national discussion has to change. >> ashley: sorry, you said you will talk to the troopers union, but have you spoken to them yet and what does that conversation look like? >> oh, yeah, the troopers union has been absolutely fantastic to support lucas.

they have a stellar record of supporting the membership. but the resources are limited. all resources are limited to. so we simply would like to have the troopers union have additional resource so they can support these young people. the trailers may not be able to be done on state property. that discussion remains to be completed, but there are some hotels, et cetera where we can purchase rooms to get this issue addressed at least in the short term. long-term come with the political leadership has to step up. they've all been 100% supportive all the way to the governor to have that discussion and will improve these facilities. but in the short term it is needed. >> ashley: for someone watching, how can we help out with this movement and sensually? how do people donate? >> i provide fox with a copy of

that as taa website and the foundation. that is where they do this work. and i have spoken to the leadership of president blanchard and others appear they are more than willing to distribute the funds in the event people are generous enough and have the ability to donate to this purpose. >> ashley: okay, rich buzby, thank you for getting up with us this morning. our hearts go out to you and your family and we are thankful your son is recovering. we will post on the website so people can go donate. thank you for getting up. >> thank you for having us on. >> ashley: no problem. >> carley: china launching christmas day display of night with 70 warplanes over taiwan issuing a warning to the u.s. congressman tim burchett sets on the house foreign affairs committee in here lived here respond. kirk cameron shows us what happens after dozens of libraries refused to hold readings from his children's book. he is getting ready to hit the

road and bring his message to two cities. we will tell you when and where. that is next. >> a whole movement with par parents, pastors, librarians to host their own story hour in their public libraries. the movement is afoot. it is important to remember that the land of the free depends on the homes of the brave. ♪ ♪

>> texas congressman pat phelan calling out president biden for failing to hold china accountable for its role in america's crisis. >> most made in china and me mexico, fentanyl, this is asymmetrical warfare by the chinese on our country and joe biden, jason, doesn't have the guts to bring out xi jinping

when he talks to him. >> a "wall street journal" reporter says the talks between u.s. and china on fentanyl trade ceased when how speaker pelosi visited taiwan in august. 107,000 americans have died of drug overdoses last year. more than half of those were from fentanyl. in china, putting the military on full display launching 70 warplanes over taiwan. one of the biggest encouragements and their airspace. chinese officials pointing fingers at the white house over massive spending bill providing aid to taiwan, "this is a firm response to taiwan escalation and provocation." the house foreign affairs committee joins us now, congressman, good morning to you. what are your top line thoughts on this situation? >> i think it is kind of ironic and passed basically where we weren't allowed over 4,000.

we've got a real problem with a president compromised at the very least, at the very worst -- what is going on. more of the hearings over hunter biden's laptop. i hate bringing that up because it's been in the news too much, but the reality is we have a problem there. i think china has been watching every move made an watching supply chain issues and watching our allies. we will have a problem in the near future because we have a president who does not, who is not in control of what is going on. and to keep china in line and dealt with him on that level. there was some level of respect there. there is none now. they will walk over taiwan at the earliest convenience, i believe. this is just the beginning.

>> ashley: when you look at the military exercises, what do you think of the timing of this after a day beijing blasted by the defense bill. >> i want you to understand the chinese do not do anything half hhaphazard. it is all planned out and deals with whatever move we make, they will make a better move. that is currently what they are doing right now. saber rattling is real and we need to address it. i would hope that we could do it diplomatically. but we elected biden to do just that, to be a diplomat. that was one of his big goals and big movements when he was running for president. it was clearly right now but you were seeing. with the fentanyl crisis on all of this, his ability to bring it up in discussion and people dying, knoxville, tennessee, is

one of our major problems right now. it is drugs laced with fentanyl and it is coming straight over the mexican border. they don't have the guts to address it. >> that is a great point. the defense spending $850 billion for defense, a 10% increase. do you think that is enough to come back with this china threat? >> i don't know. the problem with our defense spending is the military-industrial complex israel. we are spending money on things that we probably don't know. you were talking to people that never served in the military. and things like battleships and the second world war. we need a battleship spirit but today, it is done a different level. so, i think we need to get a little bit more futuristic in our spending and quit dealing with the lobbyists on this. that is part of the problem,

too, speaker pelosi's back room with a handful of lobbyists. >> let's go to this $1.7 trillion spending package with funding for dhs pilot program and includes aiding illegal immigrants. do you think this is really -- it is actually $20 million increase compared and 5 million from last year. this does include human trafficking screening and those being deported. is this really the way taxpayer dollars could be used? >> amen. the $5 million pilot program -- [indistinct] to acknowledge but the problem with this organization is some of the groups, nonprofits, groups that want to defund a spirit it is a typical government bureaucracy created to counteract another

bureaucracy. it is just a nightmare. it does not need to be budgeted. and another instance where i think the leaders, the democrat leaders in the house put their heads together and created this and it will be out of control unless we get control of the budget. that should be one of our goals. >> this $20 million congressman for mental health services for illegal immigrants, legal aid, cultural orientation programs but nothing in the omnibus bill. a big missing piece there. congressman, we have to leave it there. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, ma'am. >> absolutely, merry christmas. >> have you checked your 401(k)? biden spinning with personal savings and personal finance expert and dan ricardo is here with advice to get you back on track and the new year. plus christmas was nearly a real-life grinch who stole the

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♪ ♪ >> president biden's policies are driving the market down with a big swing at your 401(k). a new report found retirement funds have plummeted 23% in the past year. they average 401(k) balance $97,000 and the third quarter down $126,000.01 year ago. personal finance expert and university of penn bidens professor dan joins us now. dan, good morning to you. this has got to be on the minds of a lot of americans but what is your advice for someone who is about to retire? >> don't. i met, carley, merry christmas to you and the gang. that means we will be working longer. prices are up obviously inflation. your 401(k) is down a pair that is a freight train coming from both sides of the track, i'm afraid. a couple of things you and i can

do, we can control, we can control how much we put into our 401(k). so all of us should be contributing more if you can. reviewed the portfolio with right risk and young workers now is the time to work increase work portfolio and inflation proof if you can, choices like inflation protected bonds and things like that. finally, take advantage, and he gives some of us an opportunity in accounts that earn more interest as well. so there is a small, silver lining for us. >> carley: the headline if you're thinking about retiring this year, just don't do it, don't do it yet. also because you are a personal finance expert i have to ask if anybody is struggling, it may feel appealing to tap into 401(k) earlier. is there any circumstance where you would advise that?

>> that is a great question and that you asked that. many people do, that is the reality. a lot of folks are hurting and taking loans against their 401(k) or cashing out their 401(k), which is not a good idea. the last emergency measure, you know, i suppose. but you want to avoid that at all costs. not only does it penalize you now but robs your future leader. as a short buyer, don't do it. >> carley: the reason behind the market volatility and the fact that 401(k)s are down is because of inflation, which doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon so what do you think 2023 will look like? >> i thought inflation was temporary. what happened? listen, we still have a long way to go on this. we are at the sixth inning when it comes to the fight on inflation. so we have a third of the game to go. that means higher rates, for sure, early part of the year but we will see what happens latter

part of the year. i would expect more of the same but it's tough to see how this breaks out and our 401(k) recovers until we wrestled this beast, inflation, to the ground. >> carley: what do you think about that $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package that is going to be signed into law? do you think that will actually increase inflation moving forward? >> it may be good politics, but it is bad economics when you actually look at it. on the surface, it doesn't do much to help us with the number one priority at the moment, at least when it comes to the economy which is higher egg prices and everything else. on the surface, it doesn't look like it adds a whole lot to wear fight against inflation. in fact, it might even make it a little bit worse. >> carley: how do you think the fed has been doing in handling the situation? >> great once they got to the party. they came to the party terribly late and help create the bubble we had.

but that is not atypical. the fed usually does react late. they did this time as well. now that they are on the case, they seem intent to get this thing fixed. i have every confidence they will. they did come late to this one. >> carley: they certainly did, they did come late. every time the biden administration and announces a new policy and if you think about 2023, they were still that lingering student loan situation that might be coming down and adding more money to the economy feeling the situation, i'm sure appear the federal reserve is scratching the head and trying so hard to fight this peer of the spending is making it so much worse. >> it does work cross purposes. we have talked about this before. the student loan was missed opportunities how we pay and higher education cost as opposed to forgiveness. reform versus forgiveness. missed opportunity on that one. you are right, administration

work in one direction and the fed a different direction. it would be cool if they were singing off the same clay bar. >> carley: we dan roccato, we appreciate it. >> thanks, carley. >> carley: ashley over to you. >> ashley: after kirk cameron declaring victory after tube libraries refused to let him hold story hours. his faith based children books denied over 50 libraries across the country including ones with drag queen story hours. but kirk says his dedication to spreading his message would to a change of course. >> i'm thrilled to finally to be partnering with some of these libraries who have agreed to reverse course and change their mind. now, they will give me space to read these beautiful principles to children within the comm community. >> ashley: many residents will not support cameron's event calling it divisive. he supports ugly agenda but everyone is welcome here and he

will be reading in new york and minneapolis with more plans on the way. twitter, disney and the nba making this year's woke worst list but who else is joining them? that is part of the 5:00 hour we have in store for you. congressman james homer and tom homer are all here. so keep it right here on "fox & friends first" on your monday morning.

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about to look at beautiful all-american christmas tree still lit up on fox square with that bright red star on top the day after christmas. we are still celebrating, aren't we, ashley? >> ashley: this is beautiful. they are actual christmas ornaments. >> they are used. you are watching "fox & friends first." on this monday morning i'm carley shimkus. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for todd piro. we hope you had a lovely christmas with your family and friends. we were both here for some fun. >> carley: we did. yeah. i loved working this weekend. >> ashley: clearly. >> carley: we had such a fun show. that is a onesie santa claus gifted onset and i had to put on immediately. of course, that is me and todd. sitting on the couch indian style. and i think ther