in hollywood, it's fox news. >> julie: the nightmare continues for thousands of stranded air travelers. they say southwest airlines is not doing much of anything to get them home. meanwhile the company says a fully resumed schedule to still be days away. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm julie banderas in for dana perino. >> rich: i'm in for bill hemmer. a tumultuous few days for southwest passengers, cancellations for nearly 2/3 of the airline flights. >> julie: weather caused problems for all major airlines but had a knock-out blow to southwest. he says computers are to blame. >> scheduling software crashed. it couldn't keep up with the number of changes. we get flight cancellations over a 300 mark somewhere in that

area the snowball effect can't keep up to connect crews to aircraft. >> julie: mike tobin is following this from chicago international airport. >> there are some reasons to be a little bit optimistic or have some optimism. the ugly visual the island of misfit bags is gone. doesn't mean all bags are reunited with their owners or made it to the proper city and moved to storage and people are showing up to baggage help at midway airport being sent to the storage longer where someone takes a ticket and attempts to locate bags. some of the bags are in the wrong city. when you look at cancellations across the nation, domestic flights, 2400 cancellations. of those 2300 are southwest. they still have a mess. move a day forward and the southwest cancellations drop to 39. is that an extension of the fact that southwest has already canceled 2/3 of their flight? hard to tell now.

one thing you can tell for sure there are still people stuck away from their destinations, renting cars and paying for hotels and they are oaf very, very tired. >> i'm on medicine. my medicine, my charger, everything, my perfume. all my personal stuff. >> my concern is really one of my bags is all christmas gifts. i really want that back. >> southwest spokes people can't provide any numbers as far as how many bags went missing through the process or how many have been reunited with their owners. they could say they have a lot of new online resources where people can log in and see if they can find their bag. >> julie: what a mess. thank you. >> rich: now to the crisis on the southern border. title 42 will remain in place for now while legal challenges play out. look at this cover from today's "new york post." migrants who have been waiting

to cross into the u.s. illegally by any means as overwhelmed border agents question why there isn't more help coming their way. we have complete coverage. arizona republican congressman andy biggs is standing by. we go to matt finn live at the epicenter of the southern border crisis at eagle pass, texas. matt. >> in the past two days since title 42 was extended we have seen a consistent amount of smaller groups of migrants arriving here in eagle pass. behind me right now is a group that just arrived and waiting to be processed. men, women, children as we see so often. and on top of that cargo container you may be able to make out some razor wire. we watched as national guard installed the razor wire yesterday. the governor's office tells us that texas is boll sterng its physical deterrents along the border along with the fresh razor wire and several humvees.

to the northwest in el paso two miles of fencing was installed along the border as well. texas dps sergeant in el paso says he thinks the physical deterrent is helping and happy title 42 was extended. looking at the southern border cbp telling us from october 1st to december 29th the first 90 days of fiscal year 2023 a new record average of nearly 7,000 migrant encounters per day. that's 617,000 encounters at the southern border, 1,864,573 expelled under title 42. 437 illegal migrants or asylum seekers were released into the united states. we have new video of yet another smuggling operation. texas dps says 18 illegal migrants including a child were being smuggled inside a tractor trailer. the driver was arrested for human smuggling. every day people from all over

the country are coming to the border to smuggle humans for quick cash. texas dps say they are arresting people from different states. i did a ride along, a person drove from chicago to smuggle a single person, rich. >> rich: matt finn, live in eagle pass, texas. let's bring in republican congressman andy biggs. congressman, thank you for joining us. republicans take control of the house in less than a week. what can republicans do to change the calculation the at the border and will the house g.o.p. pass legislation to deal with this? >> yeah, rich, good to be with you. this is an incredible unprecedented crisis. so the g.o.p. has to act. i have legislation that is sitting in the hopper. we'll reintroduce it. many of my colleagues do as well. those things -- those pieces of legislation do everything from

taking care of the flores problem to actually reinvigorating building the wall and additional resources for border patrol. the question will be. i think it will pass out of the house. what will happen in the senate. and will the biden administration veto it. right now they're fighting us tooth and nail. we lost some of our leverage when the omnibus passed. that would be our leverage to enforce the border through the budget process. they've taken that away. we do have some additional must-pass legislation leverage points coming forward and that's what we'll have to use to leverage implementation of policies. the law is there whether it's title eight for a while title 42, it shouldn't be viewed as a panacea. we have the laws in place to slow this thing down and bring it under manageable control. >> rich: what do you think of the legislation with thom

tillis. it would tighten or change asylum laws and as part give 2 million dreamers a pathway to citizenship. is that a compromise? >> i don't think so and i tell you why. everytime we talk about amnesty all of a sudden you have an even bigger influx of people coming in. hard to imagine right now but especially when you have 7,000 encounters this week -- in this quarter. it would be a problem because amnesty is an incentive. that's what the cartels pitch and market around the world is if you come in and you wait long enough, you will get amnesty. if you talk to people on the border coming in, as i do, you'll hear them say we want to get in because we get in and know sooner or later we'll become eligible for amnesty or legal citizenship in the united states of america. it is a problem and that isn't going to solve what's happening at the border today. >> rich: there is a speakership race coming up in less than a

week. who will be speaker? >> well, we'll have to have that vote on january 3rd. right now nobody has 218 votes, the magic number. i'm not -- i don't believe we'll see that until january 3rd and it will take maybe a few ballots to shake it out. >> rich: is there a candidate you would support or that you want or think should be speaker of the house? >> of course i'm running, rich. but there are some good people in our conference. i don't want to put a name. i don't want to put a target on their back. there are several people very capable and more than just a few capable of being speaker of the house. and i think we'll get a consensus candidate and we'll get it in short order and move on. >> rich: there is a congressman who spokes about this, a colleague of yours and this is what he had to say about the speakership race.

>> there is no plan b here. the plan is to get mccarthy elected as speaker. we could be there all night or 2 or 3 days it doesn't matter. the reality is mccarthy worked harder than anybody else. without him we wouldn't be having this debate. >> rich: the argument goes without backing leader mccarthy for speaker and you are delaying the business of house republicans and delaying oversight and delaying legislation. what about that? >> well, i think that's not true and not accurate. right now we have already seen the appointment of committee chairmen. we have legislation getting ready to go. we normally don't even begin intense committee hearings and moving forward until late january. the committees could be populated today. mr. mccarthy has chosen not to do it. why? he wants the leverage to try to get people to vote for him based on committee assignments. i don't believe any of that is accurate. i think david, i like david and

i get it he has nix the district over from mccarthy. he will support him all the way. other people should be there. when people start talking about those things, they forget the body of work of mr. mccarthy. >> rich: would you ever vote for mccarthy? >> i don't think so. i do not think so. here is why. he has a body of work. you go back to 17 and 18, look at why we had democrats voting for the republican budgets, because the republicans didn't want those budgets but the floor leader, mr. mccarthy, cut those deals with the democrats. president trump signed those budgets but said they were the worst budgets ever and he was probably right until the later budgets we have seen from the democrats. >> rich: thank you for joining us this morning. >> julie: as beijing rolls back its 0 covid restrictions the cdc

has new requirements from travelers coming from china. we've got the details coming up next. >> rich: fentanyl crisis. one woman dave her friend fentanyl pills, one died. >> they found erin dead, so it just kind of went really bad. not kind of, it went really bad. . supply fuel for immune cells and sustain tissue health. ensure with twenty-five vitamins and minerals, and ensure complete with thirty grams of protein.

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>> julie: the biden administration announced a new covid testing policy for travelers flying in from china. now the cdc is ordering passengers from mainland china, hong kong to show a negative covid test taken within two days before entering the country. it comes as cases are surging in

china after beijing rolled back its strict 0 covid measures. this is just happening all over again, isn't it? it's crazy how it is spreading. >> rich: china went to 0 covid lockdown, complete disaster and back to testing to come into the u.s. from china. >> julie: everybody is getting covid now. a one-day cold. my daughter had it so week. she was sick one day and next day fine. thank god it's not what i used to be. the silver lining. >> rich: as the fentanyl epidemic rages across the united states joslin sanchez serving 12 years in federal prison for giving friends fentanyl-laced pills at a party. all three overdosed and one died. she is warning others to learn from her mistake. senior correspondent william la

jeu jeunesse. >> by 19 she was smuggling painkillers to support her addiction. after the overdose prosecutors charged her with murder for distributing fentanyl. we found her in a federal prison. >> i felt very horrible inside just to know that a friend of mine lost his life over a pill. >> a pill she provided and now serves time for in federal prison. >> what did she overdose on? >> at a halloween party she took one pill and gave three others to friends all of whom overdosed. two teens survived. chavez did not. >> aaron was my first son. >> leslie chaves blames sanchez for her son's death. she smuggled pills unaware they had fentanyl. >> if they say it's okay, it's

more than likely okay. >> it wasn't. the next morning police found her three friends unconscious. >> that's when they found aaron dead, so it just kind of went really bad. not kind of, it went really bad. >> she faced 20 years to life in prison. accepted a plea deal for 12. >> i just don't think it's too fair for people to get a murder charge. people don't maliciously intend to make someone overdose or hurt anyone, but it would definitely make people think twice if they were in the situation i am. >> apologies don't go far but she spoke hoping somebody would think twice before taking pills at a party. aaron left behind a baby girl, joslin a baby boy. both children are being raised by relatives. >> rich: william, thank you.

>> julie: one organization calling on the justice department to investigate social media platforms like snapchat over allegations the apps can be used to sell fentanyl. the national crime prevention council writes in a letter to the attorney general the fact is that some of the nation's most popular social media platforms are being used as a sophisticated 21st century supply chain to sell drugs. this can and needs to stop. former dea special operations director joins me now. this is a scary fact because every single person who is between the ages of god only knows seven up to teenage is on social media in some way, shape or form unfortunately. do you believe that the d.o.j. should investigate these social media platforms over the allegations the apps can be used to sell deadly drugs such as fentanyl to kids? >> absolutely, julie.

i also believe the d.o.j. should go more aggressively against the cartels in mexico and start scooping up these leaders that have been indicted and extradite them to america. snapchat, the trust and safety team, they should be way more aggressive in policing the sites. they have a responsibility to create a safe online presence knowing that these kids are a little bit young and naive. look what is happening. there is an alleged lawsuit, i haven't seen it, but the victims of illicit drugs in california. amy nerveel, these parents are outsponge and set off rallies in front of snapchat to get the message out. these kids as young as 13 years old to 20 years old are dying. alice came home on a christmas break a 20-year-old, took a half a pill and died in the bedroom and her mother found her dead.

we have to be more aggressive and serious. there has to be a sense of urgency. most importantly, julie, there has to be accountability. that's what is happening in america. we are losing accountability when it comes to these crimes that are killing our future generation. >> julie: if you look at the overdose deaths among children it is hard to understand why there is no accountability or more action from the white house. among those between the ages of 10 to 19 in 2021 versus 2019, get this. these numbers are staggering. overall up 109%. those are just drug overdose deaths, right? fentanyl-related 182% up. what can be done to insure america's youth stays safe? what is the white house not doing that it should be doing? because they should see these numbers, the president should be home from his vacation and see this as a national emergency. >> yes, 100%, julie.

the dea have the one pill can kill campaign. that's awesome. they have an awesome site, one pill can kill with a lot of reference material. the d.a.e. during the last phase of one pill can kill announced there were 129 cases involving social media companies. numerous poisonings on these different cases and they were directly connected to the cartels. what the american public has to understand is that pills now in mexico can be made for less than $0.15 a pill. so let's use a real simple example. there were 3 million pills recently seized in mexico by the mexican authorities. 3 million times $0.15 is $450,000. it costs them to make those pills. guess what? if they sell them in america for $ten or $20 a pill. look at the profit margin.

ten times 3 million is $30 million. they are taking advantage of the demand in america. look at the 13-year-old kid luca. the kid had root canall. he went online to buy marijuana for the pain. he got the percocet. 13-year-old kid died in his bedroom. america has to understand the cartels are now in your bedrooms, in your homes. this is something we never had and kids are addicted to these smartphones, julie, as we know you go to dinner with your family, everybody is on smartphones. the kids are on these social media sites and we aren't educating them. the white house should be doing psas every night and doing social media ads, and right now there is no sense of urgency, that's the problem. >> julie: the white house isn't doing its job. we as parents need to do a better job and stay on your kids and get them off snapchat.

thank you for talking to us. we appreciate it. >> rich: those are rockets raining down on ukraine in what kiev is calling one of the largest missile barrages since the war began ten months ago. we're on the ground in ukraine's capital center. kim jong-un reportedly looking to boost north korea's military goals in the new year. how should the u.s. respond? a. it's called the newday 100 because it lets veterans borrow up to 100% of their home's value. not just 80% like some typical loans. that extra cash can make a huge difference in these times of skyrocketing prices. here's more good news: home values have skyrocketed too. that means even more cash! take out an average of $60,000 to pay down your high-rate credit card debt, consolidate your second mortgage, personal loans, and car loans,

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being hit by a cruise missile. nate foye is following the steer and joins us on the ground in kiev, ukraine with the latest. good morning, nate. >> good morning. this is the eighth mass missile strike on ukraine since october and millions of people don't have power right now because of it. take a look at this video. ukraine says russia launched 69 crews missiles and iranian drones. three people are hurt in kiev. 40% of people are without power and some people lost their homes. look at this. >> when those missiles came in this morning two men were inside this home. you see the effects of the missile strike. a massive crater where the home has fallen into it. massive damage scattered across the yard. you see a burned-out car next to emergency workers who are insuring there is no further threat to the public here. remarkably, julie, the two men

who lived in the home are okay this morning. look at this. a massive fire at an energy facility in -- infrastruck war was hit. also of note. look at this. belarus claims that a ukrainian missile landed in its territory this morning. president lukashenko was informed. belarus has summoned the ukraine ambassador. many are watching and waiting for his response to see if belarus gets directly involved in the war. back here live, russia is also accused of continuing shelling in the recently liberated city of kherson two days after they were accused of hitting the maternity ward of a hospital. russia has hit another medical facility injuring two more people. send it back to you.

>> julie: thank you very much. >> rich: let's bring in the former chief of staff for the national security council and vice chair of the america first policy institute center for american security. fred, thank you for joining us this morning. this phase of war has really taken targeting on civilians, a war of attrition that russian could not complete its initial goals of taking over the country and kiev. how long can this continue and how long can ukraine's population endure this? >> rich, it is good to be here and you are right. russia can't make gains on the ground. putin is turning to this tactic to terrorize and demore lies ukrainian people hoping to force the ukrainian government to the negotiating table on his terms. that isn't going to happen. i don't think the ukrainian people or government will give up. what i think it will do, it will put increased pressure on the united states and european states to provide ever more powerful and long range missiles and missile defense system to

further escalate the conflict. i think we're looking at this probably going on for a long time. >> rich: do you think it will happen? you heard president zelensky come to congress last week and ask for more offensive weapons. do you think the west and the united states are prepared to do that? >> you know, i don't. i think that congress is with ukraine for now. but there clearly are indications in the new republican house that they are not interested in funding a forever war. i think there will be increased pressure on the biden administration and ukrainian government to begin peace talks. the problem right now is both russia and ukraine have pre-conditions that the other side can't accept. they won't just sit down and talk without pre-conditions. i think there will be pressure to do that in 2023. >> rich: if you look at this conversation that we had surrounding negotiations just a couple of days ago, you look at the positions the ukrainians have laid out, what the russians have laid out doesn't seem like

it has changed at all in the last ten months. is something going to change? do you think that ukraine can continue to hold out long enough and enough attrition on russian forces to change the calculation and give a little bit more favorable negotiating terms to the ukrainians? >> i think both sides are prepared to fight for quite a long time. it worries me that by the time russia is willing to negotiate, ukraine will be leveled. i think the priorities should be to get an organic cease-fire now and negotiate the details of a peace agreement later. it worries me what is happening to ukraine during the winter and what will continue to happen. if putin agreed a peace settlement on ukraine's terms he may be overthrown. >> rich: the official mouthpiece in north korea had to say. new core goals for strengthening self-defense capabilities to be

strongly pursued in 2023 have been presented in preparation for diverse fluctuations in the political situation. how much more aggressive is north korea going to get next year? >> it is remarkable how tensions are north korea have deteriorated during the biden administration because he threw out president trump's successful north korea policy and replaced it with nothing. he has an envoy, special envoy to north korea part tiechlt also ambassador to indonesia. the north koreans feel splatt and emboldened by a perception of american weakness after the withdrawal from afghanistan. the north koreans go through the cycle of behaving badly. it will increase in 2023. >> we still have a ways to go but we have come a long way in just a couple of days.

july buffalo, new york is lifting the driving ban this morning as the area recoverings from its deadly winter storm in decades. an update on the search for survivors coming up. congressman elect george santos facing new fallout for lying about his background. that admission now prompting a major investigation from a fellow republican. we'll explain. pantene's pro-vitamin formula repairs hair. as well as the leading luxury bonding treatment. for softness and resilience, without the price tag. if you know... you know it's pantene. veteran homeowners: gas, groceries, everything's costing more. if you need cash, call newday. you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value. veterans get more at newday usa.

>> rich: at least 37 people are confirmed dead during the massive christmas week blizzard in buffalo, new york. that number could rise as the national guard goes door-to-door to do wellness checks. the executive says the process is expected to take up to 48 hours. meantime buffalo airport has reopened after being closed for more than a week, almost a week. about 20 flights still remain

canceled. buffalo also lifted its driving ban this morning. >> julie: a republican new york prosecutor opening an investigation into congressman elect george santos after the republican admitted to lying about his work experience and education. david lee miller has more from our newsroom in new york city. good morning, david. >> good morning. despite a media tour earlier this week to explain lying about his past, congressman elect george santos is under greater scrutiny especially for his finances. new york republican faces growing criticism from both sides of the aisle. republican district attorney has opened an investigation into his many claims. in a statement the d.a. said in part. the numerous fabrications and inconsistencies are nothing short of stunning. the statement goes on to say no one is above the law and if a crime was committed in this country, we will prosecute it.

the u.s. attorney's office in brooklyn would not comment on several reports that they are also investigating santos following a "new york times" expo say he admitted to falsely saying during the campaign he had a college degree, worked with two firms on wall street and was jewish. he had a $7 hundred thousand loan of his own money. he told the news website he made his cash deal building and specialty consulting for high net worth individuals. he could face consequences if his federal election commission documents are misleading. >> how careful was he on his official filings? because if that contains falsehoods, it could be illegal. >> some republicans are calling him for answer questions about the past. the party's leadership is senility. we reached out to santos for comment and haven't heard back. he told party leaders he won't seek re-election.

he has repeatedly said he will not step down. if all goes according to schedule he will be sworn in next week as a member of the 118th u.s. congress. julie. >> julie: david lee miller, thank you. >> rich: let's bring in john levine who has been covering this. you have reporting that some republicans were aware a little bit of some of the lies here. how do republicans in a very what ultimately turned out to be a winnable seat, not go forward, vet this candidate better and where was democratic vetting on this? >> it really sort of -- when he was wrapping up the nomination i am told a lot of senior republicans were looking at him and say there is stuff that don't add up. see or hear no evil. nothing we can do about it. he is the nominee. they assumed democrats would figure it out. it never did clearly. and now we're sort of dealing

with it. i don't know they realized how deep the rabbit hole went. there was some awareness of it. >> julie: he came to the "new york post" on monday thought he would probably be done favors by you guys, amazing to go into the mind of george santos. he is a compulsive liar. we have discovered that. many believe their own lies and believe they can get out of it. >> lying about working at goldman sachs citigroup isn't a crime. we have a u.s. senator who lied about being a cherokee indian and richard blumenthal who lied about serving in south vietnam. now with santos is stolen yuppie. >> julie: he thinks he is human and we all make mistakes. this is the best. let's watch this real quick. >> humans are flawed and all

make mistakes. i have to admit on national television for the country to see and i have the courage to do so because i believe in order to move past this and move forward and be an effective member of congress i have to face my mistakes. >> rich: do you think he can fade into the background and show up to committee hearings and serve this term? >> it will be difficult. those investigations from various states and county attorney generals and the district attorneys will go ongoing. one thing to lie about working at goldman sax but questions about where his money come from and if he fabricated information on federal forms. that's more serious. >> julie: he never went to college. he said he went to a college. that never happened. usually when you apply to a job, one of the requirements is a college degree. if you don't have a college degree you don't get the job.

he got the job and lied about it, which is unfair. in the real world that shouldn't happen. you say there is also some inconsistencies about his mother's death which this is extremely disturbing to me. tell our virus. e fabricated the circumstances of his mother's death saying she died in 9/11 when through. conflicting accounts about that. it is every hour it seems like there is more. >> julie: tell us about the tweets. >> it seems like every hour there are new shoes dropping. >> rich: he could be part of the new republican majority in the house. what investigations are you looking towards in the new year? >> 2023 will be the year of the house probe. hunter biden and joe biden investigation, jim jordan's investigation of the poll itization of the department of justice and the investigation of the withdrawal from afghanistan and the origins of coronavirus.

massive probes. republicans don't have a lot of cards to play with a thin majority. not a lot of bipartisanship. house probes will be a way for them to pack a lot of punch without achieving a lot of legislation. >> julie: that's all the time we have. this was fascinating. thank you for coming on talking to us about this. i would like more time with you. we'll have to have you back. thank you so much. so if you're in the market for a used car, prices seem to finally be on the decline. we'll look at what is causing the dip. finally some good news, okay? plus students are supposed to celebrate their academic achievements. that's not what a top virginia high school had in mind as it appeared to spare other students feelings leaving parents unhappy. >> motivation is so important. it is a crisis during a pandemic. what's the motivation? it's part of this agenda that is

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>> julie: shocking footage capturing a deadly 200 car pile-up on a bridge in china. it happened on wednesday as a heavy fog set in. as you can see the crash involved cars, big wheels and s.u.v.'s stacked up and flipped around and sadly at least one person was killed in the wreck. >> rich: a virginia high school is facing a major backlash after parents claim the school system did not notify their students of an important merit award. why? david spunt is live in washington getting answers. david. >> some parents have different theories becoming a national merit scholar in the first place is quite an accomplishment. 1 1/2 million students enter the competition around the country, 50,000 qualify, thomas jefferson high school in alexandria,

virginia outside d.c. is one of the top public schools in the country. our affiliate reports a student was not told he was among the nation's top 3% of students. teachers dropped off certificates unser moneyously on student's desks, meaning some missed the opportunity to include this in college applications. >> to have children achieve their full potential not limit their potential. they betrayed the trust of our community. they can't be trusted. >> another parent reportedly claims when he confronted a school official, he was told this was an effort not to make other students who were not national merit scholars feel bad. fairfax public schools in a statement said the delay in notifying the national merit slurship students was a one-time human error in the fall of 2022 only. once the issue regarding the fall 2022 notifications came to light, counselors sent emails

and made follow up calls to each college where the students applied and informed them of the national merit scholarship commendation. to say it was on purpose was not true. the statement continued the neath officials will investigate and make sure the problem doesn't happen again to make sure students are notified in a timely manner going forward. certainly a talker. >> rich: david, thank you. >> julie: several signs indicating the used car market may have hit its peak and prices could continue to fall in the year ahead. fox business correspondent grady trimble is live in naperville, illinois with what is driving down the prices. i love we are ending the show on a positive note finally. good morning, grady. >> yes, supply and demand is leveling out in the used car market. prices have fallen about $3 thousand from the peak earlier this year. the numbers for november, the latest month we have data.

the average used car price was around $23,000. that's nearly 8% less than last november. and j.p. morgan analysts say they could keep falling in 2023 by as much as 20%. woody here is with woody gmc. you are skeptical that prices will fall by that much. >> we need the used cars. they're pivotal to selling new cars. we'll start getting inventory and we need both trains to be rolling down the track. we need the used and new car. without the used, hard to sell the new. >> the reason why prices went up so much in used cars because was inventory of new cars was low during the chip shortage and other parts shortages related to the pandemic. inventory is still low. used car prices might not come down as much as some people expect. >> there are quite a few

vehicles in the pipeline. the used car has taken its hit. we need it to level off. looking at 20% down it will shut down our market. >> you need prices to stay high. i'm sure like julie mentioned, buyers are happy about lower prices. by the way, julie, this is on the market, 2022 corvette stingray only cost you $91,000. i might have just sold it to ashley webster on fox business. i'm not sure if it's still available. >> julie: when i was in high school all i wanted was that in a teal blue. it was $8 thousand. talk about price increases. >> rich: minnesota grandfather built a 200 foot sledding course for his grandchildren taking him 80 hours to make the family

calls papa bear plunge. his daughter said the first time he has built a sledding course but he did build ice rinks when he was younger. pretty cool. >> julie: i'm sorry, that's the coolest grandfather ever, look at this. it's amazing. i love that. come over, please, i need snow in order to make it happen. i'll see you again tomorrow. >> rich: molly line in for "the faulkner focus" coming up. >> molly: fox nulls alert as the year comes to a close the biden administration is taking one last chance for a victory lap on its performance in 2022. this is "the faulkner focus" and i'm molly line in for harris. over the past 12 months president biden has managed to put a positive spin on massive spending and decades high inflation. he has begged adversaries for help with oil and all-out ignored the influx at the southern border but it appears the rose covered glasses are on. americans feeling the impact don't think