yo-yo. >> griff: waking up with a little bit of wham on this tuesday morning. you are looking now at washington running at its most effective gear. it is a full 10 out of 10. why? because none of the lawmakers are actually there. they are on recess. our government runs stronger when they don't actually do anything. good morning i'm griff jenkins filling in for steve and we have joey and rachel here. how are you guys doing? >> rachel: merry christmas to you. i thought you were going to do the wham. >> joe: there is a dance that goes with that? how young are you joey? >> joe: a good thing. it's dancing. >> griff: should try it in the dance. >> rachel: dance you can actually do. >> griff: it's a bicep thing. >> joe: when i had feet i had two left feet there was never

any dancing at all. >> rachel: you are not exempt. >> griff: would your friends in the gym make fun of you if they knew you were jamming to wham? >> joe: no. number one i don't have friends in the gym. if you have friend in the gym, you are not getting the work done and number two, there is nothing too serious about it. you go to the gym have fun cut up. i would dance if i knew how. i envy people that can. go on tv and talk to 3 million people about my opinions i wouldn't sing or dance in front of five people without being super embarrassed. >> rachel: telling some of our friends in the commercial break is he a sol cycle ler. >> griff: you said you would come with me. >> rachel: i will some time this week peloton at home. sent me an email that said we haven't seen you lately. [laughter] >> rachel: that will tell you how my workouts are going. >> joe: clothes hanging on it? >> rachel: no, actually in a room just for it. it misses me and i told my peloton i will come back after

the new year. after we party in nashville for the new year's show. we are going to begin with a fox weather alert. nearly 60 people are dead across 12 states including 22348 western new york after a massive christmas weekend blizzard. >> recovery efforts underway in the buffalo area that got hit with as much as 4 feet of snow over the weekend. >> griff: fox weather correspondent max gorden has been there through all of it. he is there live now in buffalo with the latest. hey, max. >> hey, good morning. frigid wind kins to blow here in buffalo. unfortunately folks here woke up to several additional inches of snowfall. not what folks wanted to see after, as you said, more than 4 feet of snow has already fallen. >> we are expecting several more inches throughout the reps of the day. just continuing to make this situation even worse. thousands of people are without power in the cold, in the dark, still at this hour as crews try

to get the lights back on. and as you mentioned, more than two dozen are dead here in erie county. now, this storm is also tangled travel all over the country. southwest airlines has had to cancel more than 2500 flights today. that's more than 60% of its schedule. and also other airlines have also had their troubles as well. and passengers, well, they have got caught up in it. >> 10 minutes before i pulled up to the airport i got a notification my flight was canceled so i'm just kind of like what's going to happen from here. >> my 4-year-old granddaughter is waiting for belief in chicago. i was supposed to be there yesterday. >> sorry to hear that. >> i'm just going to go home now. >> they said that i can't even fly until the 31st. so, they have like no flights, no availability at all. they are saying every seat is taken. >> here at the buffalo airport they have had to continually push back the reopening date. now they are scheduled to reopen

tomorrow midmorning some time. roads here are still a complete mess. though travel bans are starting to lift here in erie county. and one sign of normalcy is beginning to return supermarkets today should reopen. guys? >> rachel: thank you, max. >> griff: all right. stay warm, max. you know, by the way, max has had the yeomen's -- done the yeoman's job out here all of this storm we have seen him standing in 3 feet of snow. he had trouble getting i heard max only able to like one candy bar and slept in his car trying to even get in there. it's been so bad. >> rachel: some people stranded in heir car didn't make it. it's been terrible. >> joe: on this travel and weather stuff, i have been on the phone with the airline that i use all the time there in atlanta. leave it at that i have been on the phone trying to get a bag back. they did a he can had of a job getting a bag back to he

movement i was able to call folks and find somebody and i spent a lot of time doing it. you know, my question to them was why don't you guys put out an advisory letting people know maybe don't check as many bags if you go to atlanta airport right now the line to check a bag is longer than the line for security. usually it's the other way around. people traveling this time of year travel heavier. so many travel problems because of this big storm. i think the airlines could do a better job putting be information out there what they're struggling with so people don't end up somewhere without their bags and i know that's not a big of topic people have lost their lives in this storm but that's the butterfly effect of it is a that people all over the country are affected by this even if they don't have the snow. >> griff: speaking of information, big story on twitter yet another dump this one the tenth one and focuses specifically on the debate over covid going back, independent journalist david zweig dropped a thread saying this. by censoring info that wasn't

true u.s. government policy by discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed by suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the cdc's own data. now zweig points out that there were meetings between both trump and biden administrations about the covid debate. but there was. >> morgan: trump stuff focused on misinformation that dealt with things like stories of grocery stores. you know, runs on grocery stores whereas when the biden administration came, in the censorship efforts focused more on the anti-vaxxers. >> rachel: right. exactly. i would probably be put in that deargt because i requests very covid vaccine questioning. apparently that was not allowed in our country. think how serious this is. we had a major health epidemic. a pandemic. they lied to us about and people censored who talked about the origins of where this came from. so all the way from the origins down to, you know, whether you agreed with lockdowns or not or

whether you thought the vaccine was right for you or not, there was so much censoring about what you were going to put into your body. as a woman, one of the most interesting and frankly infuriating things that walls censored was a lot of women were missing their periods or people who were menopause were suddenly getting it. and women were gaslighted and told this was not happening to them. they were censored off the internet. their ability to organize and communicate and share information online was disassembled by people like this by the government, by cdc, pressuring twitter to tell -- and then later on they came back and said oh, yeah, that really was happening. that really was happening. don't worry. nothing is going to happen to your fertility. these are major stories things done to women and children and we should have a debate in this country. this is so outrageous. >> joe: thankfully we may end up

having a debate without one side of it being completely canceled self-proclaimed head twit himself elon musk tweeted much more to the twitter files. covid edition then the introductory thread. follow-up piece to come next week. featuring leading doctors and researchers from harvard, stanford and other institutes. you know, i saw an interview he did. i don't know how old it was. i saw it a couple days ago and his words verbatim were not only were the conspiracy theories about twitter true but many of them were true than people knew. in other words, they were even worse than the conspiracy theory itself. and, listen, you know. >> rachel: joey, you are talking about twitter but there are all these other platforms as well. >> joe: absolutely. all of big tech that decided to get in the tank and then you see someone like adam schiff get so -- self-righteously indignant over this and sent a letter to facebook and probably the best thing about this is to see elon go at adam schiff on twitter.

a little bit childish but at the same time see someone of power challenge a democrat in power you got to say elon is in power now as he controls twitter. a lot of people feel like their voice is finally heard. you started talking a minute ago and you said this was a major health crisis, it was. but what cannot be overstated enough is that it was a major power grab and a whole generation of americans showed they are okay with the government telling them what to do in the most intimate parts of their lives. i don't even recognize that as a version of this country. and i hope these efforts by elon helped changed some minds. >> rachel: i'm not sure it's going to happen. >> griff: as you rightly brought up the stuff we have seen from the twitter files so far did not deal with what so many ordinary americans went through during covid. >>this is a whole new chapter. this is why his tweet, elon musk's tweet about we are just getting started here now we know that's going to be a part of the hearings we expect in january. i spoke in the last hour to

dr. marc siegel for his reaction as a doctor about the significance of what we have learned in just the 40 tweets from that journalist david zweig. here is what siegel had to say. take a listen. >> censorship are coming from the government, gift is on the road to totalitarianism isn't it. anyone from the government trying to silence opinions. science is based on the diversity of opinions, especially in the situation of evolving science with a new virus that people don't understand, don't know about yet. that's why the word emergency reduce authorization was used because it was new. once you started with the term misinformation, the term mandate soon followed, right? because if only your way is right, you have to impose it. you have to super impose it. and they were super imposing it, the government was, on things that are questionable. and if you are not appreciating spread with the vaccine, how can you mandate its use? that was a problem and, again, anyone who said that was marginalized on twitter or attacked on twitter, which is supposed to be a public forum.

>> rachel: you have to ask why, griff. #u talked about a power grab. i definitely think power grab. voting rules that were changed. >> joe: i live in georgia. >> rachel: voting rules changed in the name of covid. there is also a profit motive. you know, the democrat party was in bed with big pharma. there was a lot of back scratching going on both ways. donations going one way. rules imposed, you know, evangelical seens on everybody, including young people who had a # 9.9% survival rate. you know, this is a -- this is the biggest -- one of the biggest scandals really of the century. and not enough for elon to expose it. there has knob a next step. we have to make sure this never happens again. our health liberty our ability to debate as a country including by the way renowned scientists who were censored and not allowed to contribute in scientific debate.

>> joe: big scandal, how about something that shifted culture and how we see ourselves as americans. >> rachel: amen to that, joey. >> griff: dr. siegel said look, i may not agree with some of the doctors about their information that was put out there, but i defend his right to say it. somebody who never gist us misinformation, carley shimkus standing by. >> carley: thank you with that good morning to you all. we have headlines to get to here starting with america's crime crisis. the nypd investigating two shootings. one leaving a mother dead. she was on her way to a supermarket with her son yesterday in harlem when she was gunned down. police believe it was a stray bullet but it happened just a few miles from a separate apartment complex shooting. now, they say the shootings are most likely not connected. meanwhile, police arrest career criminal in connection with to five day crime spree. including stabbings that left two dead, including a doctor. at least three others were hurt.

he was taken into custody on saturday after a citywide manhunt and is now facing murder charges. a fourth generation dairy farmer predicts worst food shortages and higher prices in the new year due to inflation, drought, and interest rate uncertainty. stephanie nash tells fox news, quote: i don't think it's going to go down any time soon and i think americans are going to be hurting in their wallet. i believe 2023 is going to be rough. worst than this year. yikes. nash says other factors for higher food prices include fertilizer and fuel shortages. and country music star zac brian is extending a message to ticket master with a new live album titled all my homeys hate ticketmaster. with it comes a statement that didn't mention the site by name but the title sure did. he says, quote: i have decided to play a limited number of headline shows next year to which i have done all i can to make prices as cheap as possible

to prove to people tickets don't have to cost $450 to see a good and honest show. the album comes after the taylor swift ticket and controversy left thousands of swifties without tickets to her spring tour. all my homeys hate ticketmaster. how great is that? unless you are ticketmaster. >> griff: still don't have tickets by the way. >> joe: i got a call from a friend trying to get taylor swift tickets. listen, do you think i have any idea. >> rachel: do you have an in with taylor swift? >> griff: did work for a country music guy but he is not a taylor swift version. anyway, listen, we are going to talk about something now that i have a rebuttal to. i have been sitting here trying to figure out what my rebut is i can't let it stand but i finally figured it out. daily mail says the last true movie star to flying jets motorcycles is tom cruise.

gone above and beyond to make sure his handle movies remain a true spectacle so he can even be knocked off the throne. >> rachel: can he ever be knocked off the throne is the question. is he the ultimate movie star, griff? >> griff: yes. without a doubt. it's not even debatable. i want you to listen to tom cruise talking about this stunt jumping off of a cliff on a motorcycle. >> this is far and away the most dangerous thing we have ever attempted. >> we have been working on this for years. shoot it in norway a motorcycle jump off a cliff into a base jump. ♪ >> rachel: he parachutes off. okay. my goodness. >> griff: i have got to tell you nobody is doing that if anybody saw top gun in the theater the

first time in the late 80s and now recently in the last year, it over delivered. the second one was even better. >> rachel: come on, griff. >> griff: tom cruise can pull this off whether it's mission impossible. or floor director chris a little bit about this, too. in the 80s the era of the true movie star had stallone how liked joey and schwarz and tom cruise is the only one left. >> first of all, top gun made 1.4 billion worldwide. i went back and watched the one in the 80s it had a better love story. i'm sorry. i think why you like it. >> steve: you like kelly. >> rachel: no, no: the reach you and my husband thinks it better. tom cruise gives so much hope to middle aged guys. [laughter] >> rachel: that's what this is about. on saysed with you and tom cruise looks amazing. he has kept himself up

physically. i don't know what is he doing. we need to know the secret. and he is willing to give it all for his films. >> griff: i'm pretty sure we can't afford it by the way whatever is he doing if we win the powerball i want to know. >> rachel: i want to know too. >> joe: key on knkeno reeves. john he went out to california to a gun range and learned how to actually manipulate weapons, use weapons effectively. do transitions that only really guys and special operations can do, will. all the weapons manipulation and shooting that you see in those john wick movies ke learns to d. he is still making movies. who is the next guy the lovable chris pratt. picking up stories that tell real stories about american heroes in the military while tom cruise goes on tv and does an interview my job is like being

in the military because i have to train so hard. i'm sorry. it will. >> rachel: is he 60 years old. >> joe: i'm not a tom cruise zealot. i love maverick. i don't think he is the end awesome we have good folks out there. >> rachel: 60 years old. beyond impressive he is still doing his own stunts. >> joe: have you seen key an know's hair? he has got to be close to 60. ted's adventure. i think tom cruise is the ultimate move star. no one can take this away from him. stallone, arnold schwarzenegger no one has aged with such grace. no one has stopped the clock. in for women not in the acting world but defying age it's jlo, of course. so, i got jlo. you have got tom cruise. >> griff: middle age dreams. e345eu8 us at friends@foxnews.com and help me out here. [laughter] >> griff: keno reeves.

point blackface blaze probably the greatest movie of all time. still tom cruise is in a class all by himself. >> rachel: amen to that. >> griff: dark christmas for washington residents. police investigating incidents where vandals took out four power substations leaving thousands without electricity. >> rachel: ice cold. >> the monstrous winter storm leaves this restaurant completely covered in ice. the owner joins us live coming up. ♪ or if yo or plan to.accine tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms... develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. watch me. ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx.

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>> joe: unfortunately dark christmas for. vandals took out four substations. service has been restored to all those residents that were impacted with. ktth seattle radio talk show

host jason rantz joins us to discuss. jason, i find this story really interesting because it can't be easy to not just vandalize but to corrupt or take a power station and render it inoperable. >> but that is the fact. it is actually easy. the that's the unfortunate reality here is that these are very much considered soft targets that according to the reports, we don't really have too much details on the extent of the damage. we know there was a fire. we do know that it was randizeed and obviously they delayed the repairs a bit so it suggests that it was pretty significant. but it looks like they just cut through some fencing and this is not the first time it's happened in the pacific northwest about. three weeks ago or so we we heard from law enforcement officials being on the lookout getting more chatter online it doesn't appear that anybody was done and part of me damage was

extensive enough to have some of these power companies step up and provide the level of security of that's absolutely necessary moving forward. >> joe: you said they kind of warned folks we see this online. do you have understanding what groups who may be behind this? >> they haven't been given too many details traditionally not always. traditionally something that comes from far right groups. keep in mind in the pacific northwest we have far left and far right groups and the intent is disruption when you go after infrastructure you are trying to everyday life society because you want to create that kind of chaos. i'm assuming that they have got their eyes on particular groups. it doesn't appear that they even had coordinated it. seems hard to believe they weren't coordinated. it either means they are

completely in the dark or they have got very specific targets and they don't want to tip them off. >> joe: everything happened in the weather people dying in the cold in the northeast, this is just a heartless thing to do to leave people without power whoever these groups are i hope they are found. like you said such a great point. why leave a soft target. i'm afraid of electricity so i'm not going to do it but if it's that easy why leave it soft? jason rantz, thank you so much for joining us and hopefully they figure out who is doing this. >> thanks, joey. >> joe: still ahead title 42 is expected to end today allowing thousands of migrants to flood our southern border. but wherens the president as our country is on the verge of yet another crisis? well, he is heading to the virgin islands, saint croix to be exact, of course. texas congresswoman beth van duyne will be here to react next. ♪ vacation ♪

>> welcome to "fox & friends" biden jetting off new year virgin islands leaving the border crisis behind as title 42 could end as early as today. >> lawmakers, including our next guest sounding the alarm as u.s.

estimated 420,000 migrants to enter the country every month. that's crazy. >> griff: texas g.o.p. congresswoman beth van duyne joins us now. coming woman, thanks for joining us. i hope you had a great christmas and now we have the president headed off to island paradise while we may be facing the lifting of title 42 as early as midnight tonight. your thoughts? >> that's a cop contrast between republicans and democrats is stark what we are seeing seeing hundred of thousands of people killed by fentanyl deaths and opioid deaths and drug cartels slavery coming in from our border and human trafficking and sex trafficking. we have the biden administration and most democrats who don't see this as anything but a win. they are seeing this as success at the border. every person that you talk to in the biden administration does not see this as a problem. when you talk to the president, he just said look, there are other problems that we have.

when you talk to his press sent a she is saying look, he is doing the work. the rest of us are seeing what's going on and you are seeing a contrast. where they are looking at this as success. when you have got, you know, chuck schumer saying we're going to make them all, you know, voting members. we are going to give them all voting rights. you see where they want to go with this. i think it's shocking that you are having all the deaths that are happening within our country, slavery within our country. and the president and the administration and basically democrat party completely turned a blind eye. to say. >> rachel: so interesting. we had national nationwide riots over slavery 200 years ago. and here we are allowing, you know, traffickers and cartels to establish slavery in our own country using the most vulnerable people. you know, you talked about the difference between republicans and democrats. you're from texas, congresswoman. i remember what the media and democrats did when senator cruz

left on vacation in the middle of that ice storm. why hasn't there been more outrage over what's happening in our country, energy prices through the roof in the middle of this winter polar vortex, practically. and everything that's happening in your state and other border states with title 42 being lifted? where's the outrage? >> yeah. it's a great question. it's a great question. the fact is you don't have the media actually covering these stories. you don't have them down there. which is why i'm hopeful with the new congress, coming in on january 3rd we're going to actually start having some hearings. and hearings where they count. have people go down and have hearings in brownsville and mcallen because that's going to be important. we are going to have to force of the cameras to go down there and see firsthand what's happening. have some of our congress members who may not have gone down there, democrat congress members see firsthand what is happening. basically what you are seeing is the biden administration is

acting as logistical transport for drug cartels. giving people plane tickets and bus tickets to cities where you know they are being used and human trafficked to be able to work on illegal marijuana farms such as, you know, the 600 that they found in oregon where they are basically being worked to death under threat of death or looking down the barrel of a gun. that's happening in our country right now. you have a president who would rather go on vacation. >> joe: congresswoman, so title 42, i struggle with this a little bit because that is a band-aid fix to a tourniquet problem and really the latest system to show our entire national and border security our sovereignty executive and now the supreme court rather than the very specific role congress plays. you're about to be in the majority in congress, hopefully elected as speaker of the house

can you do something to affect our border policy that president biden will sign. >> as long as you have more illegals coming in every single day as a win our goals are going to be totally different. i'm willing to work texas congressman i put together a plan that basically is very simple. enforce our laws. if we went back and tom homan had said this just a few days ago, if we go back to where we were, you know, three years ago, two years ago enforcing the laws that we have on the book now, we would see a drastic stop to what's happening at the border within 30 days we could fix it. but they are not doing it. >> griff: but yet we haven't. congresswoman beth van duyne, thank you for your insight and good idea get the congress members for hearings on the border in washington. thank you, congresswoman. >> thank you. >> rachel: so glad she is bringing up modern day human slavery happening in our country and our government's complicity with the cartels.

it need to be discussed more. >> griff: it does indeed. meanwhile, coming up, look at this. capchilling video how much more snow could be on the way.

one prilosec otc each morning blocks heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts. one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >> rachel: we're back with a fox weather alert. 60 people are dead across 12 states from the massive winter storm that rolled across the country on the holiday weekend. the number of deaths in western new york is now up to 28. blizzard conditions are knocking out power to thousands. the storm also impacting travel nationwide. southwest airlines has canceled the majority of its flights for each of the past two days chet's check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather

forecast. adam? >> rachel, it's still cold out and plenty of spots of nasty weather. it's a little bit warmer today than it was yesterday. i promise that is only going to improve. here is a couple of spots where we are seeing the tail end of winter weather alerts still on the east side of lake easterny and ontario. little bit of a western storm air pick up moisture. light snow still fog in buffalo but boy i know they don't need anymore. that is going to be wrapping up the day. temperatures still cold but remember how cold it was just a couple days ago so this feels slightly better. just slightly. zero in chicago. 24 degrees is the feels like temperature in dallas. just under freezing in atlanta, georgia. 22 degrees in little rock so plenty of spots where it is very cold but, guess what? things are turning around. and over the next couple of days we will see a big swing here and suddenly talking about above average temperatures for most of the country, so that is some good news as we approach the new year. those, of course, are your weather headlines, rachel, tossing it back inside to you.

>> rachel: thank you, adam. a restaurant outside of buffalo, new york turned into an ice castle this week after historic blizzard that left at least 28 people dead and even more snow could hit the area today. here with us hoax restaurant co-owner. eeileen. >> my name is eileen. >> rachel: tell me how you first saw the photo of your restaurant. it's almost doesn't each look real. >> no it looks like ice castle my photo of people driving by. my brother made it down there. he lives just down the road. he was able to walk and get eyes on the place. and share that with me. a little nerve-racking for sure. >> obviously not safe to go in.

are you okay? when do you plan to come back to the restaurant and open it? everyone is okay. the restaurant never lost power no leaks because of the flash freeze it forms igloo and protects the building as a second layer. if that didn't happen, and the windows break and that's when the lake just destroys your building and homes. >> so a little bit of a silver lining there. i look at those icicles that's got to be dangerous. what's the plan with the ice sicks. >> i think a natural thaw is the best way to always go. can you go out there and hammer them off but that's typically very dangerous. so just let mother nature do its thing. it's supposed to warm up. and hope to open today so long as it's not too icy the in

parking lot for patrons to get. in we are just going to hope for the best. >> rachel: i just listen to you i see the pictures and how you are just anxious to open up and get going. i'm so impressed with your spirit i think about what small business owners have been through covid and labor shortages and supply chain issues and then the weather. i feel like there is nothing more courageous than being a small business owner over the last two years. how do you feel? >> thank you. that's very flattering. it's been a tough few years. to be honest this is nothing compared to the covid years. so, with our loyal patrons and employees and staff, we will be fine. this is nothing. this is just a little dusting. and we'll grow from it and come back bigger, better and stronger, you know. i think the people in the city

of buffalo and the deaths that have happened there is a very -- this is just snow so we're safe and we're healthy and we can open so he would are okay. >> >> rachel: i love the american spirit. i will tell you i don't want to live in an america with just big corporations and big box stores. i love small businesses and i'm so glad that people like you have the spirit to keep going through no matter what happens. no matter what the conditions, to keep america great and to keep these small businesses going which make america and little towns and cities unique. so aileen thank you for joining us this morning. merry christmas to you. >> thank you, rachel, you too. >> carley: prosecutor in south carolina say disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh shot and killed his wife and son in an attempt to shift the focus away from his own criminal charges. that is according to new filings obtained by "the daily mail." murdaugh allegedly tried to link

the murders to a boat accident his son caused, which resulted in the death of 19-year-old malory beach. prosecutors argue he was trying to buy time to cover up his own financial wrongdoings, which were set to be exposed the day of the killings. hhs assistant secretary rachel lavigne is getting criticized on twitter for resurface demand for big tech to censors, quote: misinformation about sex change operations for children. >> there is substantial misinformation about gender affirming care for transgender and gender diverse individuals. we need to use our clinician's voice to collectively advocate for tech companies to create a healthier, cleaner information environment. >> republican ohio congressman warren davidson tweeted out a biology lesson in response reminding users to embrace the science. and earlier this morning we posted a very important question

at this time of year. when is it accept to be take down your christmas tree. cardcardinal dolan says your. some of you though not planning on keeping it up that long. michelle says her beautiful tree stays up until january 1st. angela from staten island also says the tree won't come down until the new year. there is her message right there. and mark from orlando also keeps his tree up until new year's day with "fox & friends" on the tv. love that image right there. everybody is weighing in on this one. >> rachel: i'm with cardinal dolan until the feast of the epiphany three kings day our tree stays up. >> carley: my mom celebrates key. keep the tree up as long as you can. it only happens one time a year. >> rachel: i love christmas, let it linger. thanks thanks, carley. >> carley: you are welcome.

>> rachel: someone didn't do their homework. teacher's union head randi weingarten led the way in safely reopening schools during covid. juanita she the one fighting to keep them closed? oh, a lot of history being rewritten here. stay with us. ♪ this house says use realtor.com to find options within your budget. good luck young man. realtor.com to each their home.

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>> we are back with quick sports headlines here starting with dolphin's quarterback do you live leg go he is concussion protocol. robert griffin the iii said do he shouldhe should not play fort of the season whether you call it two concussions or three. two incidents or three incidents. it's a repeat. >> carley: he went into protocol yesterday, a day after the team lost to the packers. indiana basketball player anthony leola using name likeness money to give his older sister a very special christmas present. check this out. >> the best way to help you with that is by -- i don't even know how much that is. >> i do. it's severe now. >> like actually?

>> um-huh. i feel like the best way to help with that is by paying off your student loan debt. >> carley: can you believe that? bro paid off big sister's student loan debt. her name is lauren. she says she has never felt so shocked and made me want to cry. that moment is awesome, guys. over to you. >> rachel: biden did that facebook tiktok video going on, too? >> carley: much sweitzer and welcomed version of that. >> a mainly u.s. school district eyeing a return to mask mandates. boston students could be forced to wear a mask for two weeks when they return from holiday break. meanwhile, the president of america's second largest teacher's union who was accused of keeping kids masked up in schools closed is thanking a former education official for saying she, quote: led the way

in reopening schools safely. fox news contributor sara carter joining us live now. hey, sarah, your reaction to this? >> hi. i'm stunned, especially after all the studies that we have seen and as a mother of young children in school who went through the horrible two years of lockdowns and mask mandates boston school personnel we have seen this in the past to try to push this epidemiologist experts talk about this and talk about the harmful effect it places on our children actually masking them up. we have seen the regressive nature of like with reading especially with first graders. we saw what happened with young children, babies and that failure to respond to facial

communications. these are very serious issues. as a parent i would be absolutely opposed to it. i know that some parents out there are concerned. they are fearful of covid, but we know we can protect the most vulnerable and still protect our children from these overstringent. [broken audio] >> regulations that we saw during covid. >> griff: you know, sara, let's remind our viewers who may have forgotten the controversies we have seen under randy weingarten's leadership. head of the most powerful union that american federation of teachers they pushed back against schools reopening post covid. they pushed mask mandates on school districts. promoted progressive agenda that include tenets of critical race theory. are we seeing hip on the part of weingarten now? >> a lot of different teachers

unions that push for this friend of mine who can public school district who spoke out. it's the whole reason governor youngkin got elected overstringent rules and mandates and crt. this is about parents being actively involved in their child's education. if you feel that your child is vulnerable or your child could be susceptible to viruses, then, sure you can keep your child at home. and that would be the best thing. but most children -- most children. [broken audio. >> griff: sara, we have got to leave it there breaking unjust a little bit. listen, a huge show ahead. one more hour. sara, thank you.le o stick with us.re t the best is yet to come. t lozen.

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