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♪will: great song and this is "fox & friends" this morning from the wild horse saloon in nashville, tennessee. glad to have you this morning. pete: we hope you'll join us tonight 15 hours from the start

of all american new year tonight, which mean ifs you're within 14 hours of nashville, you have no excuse. get in the car, drive down here, it's free. this place has three levels. you're going to have brantley gilbert tonight and cole hauser from yellowstone. a bunch of surprise guests you might know about and we'll make public later on. it'll be a party here tonight ringing in 2023. rachel: no doubt, this is a great set, you guys. will: three levels, a mechanical bull, a dunk tank and more acts like honey county giving us i got it from momma. r i heard a rumor sean duffy might be getting on the bull. pete: you confirm add rumor he's getting cowboy boots. rachel: yeah, for the occasion and hopefully will will weigh in on the purchase. will: lot of opinions. pete: he needs to get jeans that work with boots otherwise they might look weird on his existing skinny jeans. rachel: sean does not wear

skinny jeans. where did that come from? he's a lumberjack. pete: they probably work then. rachel: he's outing you, sean. we start with a fox news alert. pope emeritus benedict exhibitioner vi dice at the -- evi dies overnight. will: catholics across the u.s. are waking up to the news of the retiring pontiff's passing. alexandria hoff is live with more this morning. >> good morning. pope francis will be leading the funeral on thursday and the former poach's death come -- pope's death coming ten years after stepping down from the position. benedict evi was the first to do so in 16 years and his death at the age of 95 has come "with sorrow i inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away in the vatican

today". the german cardinal took the name benedict meaning the blessed when named pontiff in 2005 and first german pope in centuries and he was remembered as a church leader and clever ttheologian. lord let your perpetual light shine on your servant pope benedict xvi. i'm saddened to learn of the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi and he was a great theologian who's visit in 2010 was a historic moment for catholics and non-catholics throughout the country and my thoughts with the catholic people in the uk and around the world today. bells rang out for benedict in vatican city where he spent his retirement and entered into a period of ill health in recent days his successor pope francis asked for prayers for benedict and the two shared a unique

relationship and benedict shared a relationship with theture and have lived alongside pope francis and was a more progressive leaning chapter for the church and the two were known to share a cordial relationship. he penned a 6,000 word essay in 2019 placing the blame on the catholic church for the sex crisis asking for forgiveness and benedict was a prolific writer in his life penning several books including the proclaimed portrait of jesus of nazareth and his funeral on thursday in st. peter's square and led by pope francis. will, rachel, pete. rachel: thank you so much. really a sad day for so many people, especially -- thank you, alexandria. so many people who love that had pope, who loved pope benedict

and again, we talk about this divide in the church and also the controversy around him stepping down. many people saying that perhaps, you know, he didn't step down on his own accord. that he was pushed out. again, his passing and he's a great thee low gin and a great person and things he's done as pope and while in charge of what goes into the litter jim jordan, and those -- those changes go on and there's a great divide and pope francis progressive wing and pope benedict's more conservative orthodox wing. pete: so goes christianity in the west in many ways and look at somebody like pope emeritus benedict that held the line on indock triple-demical issues

in -- on issues that go adrift and lay before him a child in germany before world war ii, forget what a life lived these guys have. it influence add lot of how commit -- influenced a lot of how committed he was to the church and lauren green said this is a guy that loved jesus christ. ultimately that's the core of why he was there. rachel: he said when he was pope that he was okay with a smaller, more faithful church. a smaller more orthodox church but again, catholic church representing a billion members. this is, you know, a universal church and this passing will be felt in every single continent of the world. will: pope benedict and pope francis symbolizing two different wings in the catholic party and interesting as we move forward who represents the conservative vision of catholicism. arrest made if murders of four idaho college students that rocked the country for nearly seven weeks. pete: that suspect taken into

custody yesterday and is now facing four counts of first degree murder. rachel: laura engle is live in pennsylvania where the suspect is being held without bond. laura. reporter: good morning. yes, we're outside of the monroe county correctional facility and now that we have a face and a name to go along with the suspect in this case, investigators say that they want to hear from anyone who knows bryan kohberger and they want to know if you're talked to him in the last few months, they want to talk about his possible reactions to this news, talk about his movements, and it's a very interesting time in this case. the 28-year-old who was studying for his phd in criminology was arrested around 3:00 a.m. friday morning at a home believed to be his parent's in the pocono mountains by pennsylvania state police. investigators revealing on friday that kohberger was living at an apartment in pullman, washington, about 9 miles away from the crime scene in idaho. the police chief in moscow

talked about initial 911 call that came in the morning the four university of idaho students were found dead. >> on the morning of november 13th, a 911 call was made at 11:58 a.m. reporting an unconscious person at the residence. the call came in -- call came from inside the home from one of the surviving roommate's cell phones. reporter: and during the presser investigators said they did recover a white elantra here in pennsylvania but what they don't have is the murder weapon. investigators would not reveal a motive and explained the next legal steps in the case. >> the process at this point is since he was arrested in another state, he has the opportunity to waive extradition and return voluntarily to the state of idaho or if he prefers not to waive extradition, we'll initiate extradition proceedings through our governor's office. it can take awhile for him to get here.

reporter: kohberger being held here at monroe county jail till his next court hearing on tuesday. the father of one of the victims spoke with fox news last night about this major break in the case. >> it feels like the first joy we've had in days but it really is. you can't even smile when you have this over your head and feels like a little bit of weight has been relieved and things are on the right track and moving in the right direction. we have hope that we have somebody in custody. he's innocent till proven guilty, but that's a lot better off than we were, you know, 48 hours ago. reporter: and there have been multiple reports that genetic genealogy play add major role -- played a mayor role in this case and fox news is expected to speak with the police chief in moscow this morning. we'll hopefully find out more about this case, about the motive, about anything else they can tell us as we dig around here in pennsylvania to find out more about this suspect.

back to you. pete: laura, thank you very much. will, your interview earlier was interesting with chris weker and speculated you don't usually start with a quadruple murder. will: no, a very intimate crime that a knife was used and a quadruple murder usually isn't. i was not in the fbi and it isn't usually the starting point of a criminal career, which means you look back at this man's past, maybe yea graphically -- geographically at washington state or over in pennsylvania where in college before going to graduate school, you might find a trail of crime. rachel: yeah, i saw an interview last night where one of the detectives was saying i wouldn't be surprised if there was if not a body buried around his parent's home or at least animals that he may have started because they usually progress as you said. pete: never know. we're trying to get -- we don't want to make him famous. we're not interested in him at all, but you want to get inside the mind of someone that does

something so horrendous and there's new details that might give us a sense of his twisted view of the world. he was studying criminology. as part of that he took to reddit where he posted a research project requesting help from ex-cons. here's part of what the suspect in the idaho murders wrote on reddit. he said, hello, my name is bryan and i'm inviting you to participate in a research project that show how emotion and psychological traits influence committing a crime. in particular this study seeks to understand the story behind your most recent criminal offense with an emphasis on your thoughts and feelings throughout your experience. his own twisted world, he did it under the guides of research as a university professor or graduate student. he asked these questions as well in the study: did you prepare for the crime before leaving your home? why did you choose that victim or target over others? what was the first move you made to accomplish your goal?

after committing the crime, what were you thinking or feeling? how did you leave the scene? was he trying to do some crack pot research of his own? rachel: yeah, so interesting. just really weird things about him. he was an extreme vegan and would force his parents to throw out pots and pans that had any meat that was used or fried or on the pans. parents would have to throw it out. another interesting tidbit is he has a 31-year-old sister who's a mental health professional in new jersey and wrote a poem about the murders in uvalde and it's all very -- you don't want to just look at the sister and go what does she have to do with him, but this is a family and he grew up in a family and it'll be interesting to see as we learn more about him, his family, and really as you said the only reason we want to know is so we can see science later. what did his -- signs later. what did his family know or what signs did they miss so other

families might not have to go through this. pete: yeah, we'll keep you updated on that story throughout the morning. will: meanwhile the soon to be republican majority in congress is still working on debating who will be their leader. it is most likely to be congressman kevin mccarthy from california but perhaps not without some concessions. here is congressman mccarthy last night on prime time. >> i think we all come together. we made great progress today, we've been working on the rules and i think everyone will get there at the end of the day, but we have to. if we want to save the american public, we're the only ones in the forefront to stop the democrat/liberal policies. think about it. in the four years i've been leader, we've won every cycle but we've won while the other republicans, governors and senators have lost. we need to be able to come together strong to stop what the democrats are doing, but actually put the country in a new path and a new place. get some process parity moving and get -- prosperity mo movingd

economy move as and border secue and accountability back to washington we're craving. pete: rachel, the vote is in a few days to elect a leader that would then be the speaker and presumed to be kevin mccarthy and then the majority was tighter because it was not a red wave but a ripple. he's having to make concessions right now. where do you think this goes? rachel: it's an interesting moment because kevin mccarthy almost became the speaker before and had a media flub and low and behold paul ryan became the speaker. so he's been inches away and had it taken away so so you have to understand the psychology of that as well. i've heard people on both sides of the debate, some members -- many whom many different support kevin mccarthy initially saying the house won, he's part of that, no one can deny the fundraising ability, the kind of support that kevin mccarthy has given candidates. he deserves credit for that and

the country needs stability. he may not be perfect, but we know what we're getting with kevin mccarthy. that's one side and others are saying, no, his ideological underpinnings and his foundation is not clear. he's, you know, political. we don't know where he'll be and some saying, okay, i don't love kevin mccarthy but if he's willing to do this motion to vacate, to change the rule sos that if he doesn't do what we want, it'll be easier to remove him. that is a very difficult way to lead with that. so a lot of people saying look -- will: that's the current concession. rachel: that's what i'm hearing. will: integrated motion to vacate. rachel: have you heard he's willing to make that concession? will: i know less than you but that's certainly on the table as a possibility that's easy to remove the speaker of the house going forward in order for the vote to be kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. pete: wonder if there's other concessions and hard core conservatives holding out right now that he'd be willing --

yeah, if any want to come on the program, we're happy to talk to them and get their sense at this point. by the way, real quickly your take on this, in the new year, nancy pelosi, one of the last measures was to raise the maximum for house staffers. so a house staffer can make now $212,000. rachel: which is more than -- pete: but a member of congress can only make $174,000. as a spouse of a former member of congress, how do you feel? rachel: one thing that sean complained about the most was not the salary. what he complained about was the staff really tries to run the show, and i think just that salary difference incity indicates who's in power. indicates who's in power. a lot of times my husband had to remind people on committees, you know, you are not elected. you are not elected. i was elected. this is my card, i vote for my people and i think that message is the wrong message, but it's precisely the message that the swamp, people like nancy pelosi

want to send. they want that permanent washington and brock seizure disorders and then have -- bureaucracy and members of congress be a figure head and go along with whatever the swamp wants. will: i'm sure there's an argument to be made and i do believe exactly what you just said, it's a reflection of permanent washington. rachel: yeah. pete: you meet -- no offense to the committee staffers out there but they run their feet and they're tied in with the special interests and the groups that fund that -- rachel: they're looking at after life and a lot of stuff. once they leave because again, the salary is not that high. they could go work for a firm and i have to make my connections now so i have a job that pays a lot when i leave. the revolving door. you all know it. pete: i can see the revolving door of the wild horse saloon right now. rachel: it's a better revolving door. more fun. pete: to another fox news alert, a lot of news this morning. tributes pouring in for the late barbara walters.

will: trail blazing tv journalist passed away yesterday at the age of 93. rachel: charlie shimkus is live with more. >> barbara walters passed away in her home peacefully surround by her loved ones. walters inspired generations of journalists became the first female anchor of evening news program in 1976 during her remarkable career, she interview entertainers, royalty, and world leaders and eight american presidents including president ronaldreagan at his santa barbaa ranch in 1981. >> what hatches to you here? what does it do for you? >> almost casts a spell. >> walters also helped create and launch the morning talk show the view in 1997 and later resigned in the position in 2014 and stayed on as executive producer and long-time friend oprah winfrey tweeting "without barbara walters, there wouldn't be me or any other woman on

morning, or evening news. she was a trailblazer". elizabeth hassleback saying i love you, barbara, god is in the story and your love and legacy. walters is survived by her daughter jaquline danforth. she was 93 years old. will, rachel, pete. pete: thank you, carley. rachel: i got to know her over the years and come in and fill in and i would catch up with her and she was very perplexed by my life choices and the number of kids i had, but she was always very respectful and she gave me my start. she flew me -- you know, her and bill getti, who was her life-long friend and producer she worked with for so many years, they flew me out and i got to know her and she is -- i mean, if you're a woman in broadcasting, you're here because of barbara walters in so many ways that's fair to say. she was elegant, she brought

class to the view, some of that is missing frankly since she's left, and boy, it was interesting to know her. pete: that's what they say about will on "fox & friends". will: classed it up. coming up in a few hours, elizabeth hassle-back and more at the nashville tour for new year's eve and home to some of our favorite people, including tommy lahren and she joins us next. >> hey, tomi. >> we're performing chess as we continue live from the wild horse saloon. ♪

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will: 93-year-old billionaire bernie marcus is calling out president biden saying he's the worst president and in today's world a dwindling work ethic is destroying capitalism. marcus is the home depot cofounder and he's saying "today nobody works. nobody gives a damn, just give it to me, send me money and i don't want to work, i'm too

lazy, too fat, and too stupid. joining us now to discuss is outkick host tomi lahren. >> sounded like it was a quote from me so i don't know if i have to say anything but i agree whole heartedly and ditto and echo that sentiment 100%. will: nice to hear a corporate ceo speaking honestly and bluntly while corporate ceos. i don't know what kind of shackles are placed upon someone under the banner of capitalism needing to make the most money possible and we need more standing up and speaking the way marcus is speaking now while in the rule of power. >> ceos or musicians or actors and if they stay silent, they're probably conservative and loud and boisterous and want to put their signals at you and conservatives stay more quiet and as business leaders they want to stay in the mid and will that's a good business strategy and so much liberalism and see conservative combatants to that

and when you're 93 years old, you say what you want and he's not wrong. we're in the era of entitled, spoiled brats and need a dose of tough love going into the new year. i think it would do people well. there's a lot of quiet quitters and people feel entitled to everything for nothing and we should take his advice. work harder, show up, and not be quiet quitters anymore. will: he's 93 years old and has perspective and seen different eras in the history of the united states and worried about the future of this era. by the way, he said too lazy, too fat. too many people are too lazy and too fat. there was a new op ed in the new york times magazine saying the white supremacist origins of exercise and six other surprising facts of the history of the united states physical fitness. inside, tomi, the author said service super interesting reading the reflections of the fitness enthusiast in the early

20th century and white women should build umm up their strength and need more white babies and writing incredible amount fs of immigration and soon after enslaved people were emancipated. exercise, racist, tomi? >> i'm hoping we can leave the everything is racist thing in 2022 where it belongs because the liberal left will find racism where it doesn't exist. she also went onto say running and free form of exercise are also controlled and white supremacist in nature because when people of color are running they're committing a crime. the mental gymnastic she had to do to write this and this was a professor, activist professor and these are the kind of people educating college students and they want us to foot the bill for their student loans, imagine that. will: truthfully, tomi, the argument is made that math is racist, education is racist e education is racist, it's like a project who's purpose is to undercut the progress of minority. >> it is and if you think everything is race exist exist in a system where everything,

even positive things are racist, how does anyone accomplish or thrive in that kind of environment? not everything is racist and everybody has a opportunity. instead of preaching victimhood and back to the ceo of home depot as well, preach empowerment and changing situation through hard work and maybe ullaged somewhere. will: absolutely. tomi lahren from your home in nashville, great to have you on the show. >> it's a great place to be. will: we'll enjoy. pope benedict has died. we'll monitor the events out of the vatican today and keep you updated on fox news channel. also breaking this morning, relief finally for the families of university of idaho families killed in their home nearly zen weeks ago. the suspect is now in custody in pennsylvania. a forensic expert joins us next.

pete: we're back now with a fox news alert and arrest finally made in the murders of four

idaho college students. the suspect going by the name bryan kohberger, a phd student in criminology now facing four first degree murder charges, including felony burglary. the three forensic expert and former senior investigator at fulton county georgia medical examiner's office. joseph, thank you for being here. you know this arrest, we know a bit about him. what's your take away now that we have a suspect in custody? >> well, they've got a lot of evidence to work with. you know, we have to keep in mind that this scene out in idaho was -- it took -- it's an understatement to say that it's an evidence-rich environment because there's so much biological evidence that was left behind. very, very bloody, horrible. this was poor butchery on the part of this alleged perpetrator. he's going to leave something behind and that apparently is what happened because i've got to tell you when the news broke yesterday and it was not

surprising that they had arrested somebody but they came forth and said that they had a dna tieback, a dna tieback to the scene and this car. that was quite compelling. pete: and that takes time to identify that dna and then tie it back. is this a new technology, this whole -- he didn't have a criminal record so he didn't have dna on file but a family member might and that's the kind of connection they can now draw? >> yeah, this is -- you know, potentially familiar dn -- fade familial dna where they go into a data base and look at it with simple stuff and think there would have had to be a common ancestor that you'd go back in time with and so among all of this evidence that you haven't seen, we know who the occupants of the home were; right. you're going to have an unknown sample that's contained therein

and it can be sourced from any number of things and number of body fluids and so the reality is that once you eliminate those individuals that are known to be there you begin to dig in to those unknown and begin to put an identity with that subject and they did a fantastic job and everybody was going on and on about how long this was taking and we're only in the sixth week of the investigation and it's very accident very dense material and they've done an outstanding job to this point. pete: sounds like they've been doing quiet, diligent work and keeping out of the news on purpose as they track down this perp. joseph scott morgan, thank you for breaking it down. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. pete: you got it. happy new year. another fox news alert this morning, former pope benedict has passed away at the age of 95. fox news contributor jonathan morris, great guest to have on this morning, he reacts to that next.

rachel: back now with a fox news alert. the world is in mourning as the vatican announces the death of pope benedict xvi at age of 95. what did the former pontiff seen by many as the spiritual north star to more than 1.3 billion catholics worldwide? joining us now to discuss is fox

news contributor jonathan morris. jonathan, so great to have you this morning. i know it's a sad occasion. love having you and not everyone who's watching understands perhaps what this means for catholics worldwide and also what it might mean for, you know, the rest of the world because the catholic church has an influence on culture. talk to me about that. >> yeah. i had the pleasure and honor of being in the vatican for nine years as a catholic priest as many of our viewers know, pope francis give me dispensation to leave and good standing b as a thee low gin looking in at the catholic church, what's the role of the pope and pontiff? t not to be a superstar or world traveler but to give clarity to what does christianity teach

about essential beliefs; right. the deposit of the faith it's called in the catholic church, and president biden xvi, pope emeritus former pope benedict, he was clear in his teaching, he was simple but totally profound. his writings and teachings will preserve. this is what it means to be a catholic and christian. if you don't like it, you can do something else, but this is what it means. pope francis has a very different style. he throws out questions, he creates i would say controversy and discussion. that's his style. pope benedict xvi said this is what the catholic faith teaches, this is what we believe, and he did it in a very simple style. rachel: yeah, you know, jonathan, there is -- i hate to use the word schism but there

is. if you're a catholic, you feel it the pope benedict way of looking at catholicism and willingness to be a smaller and more faithful orthodox church versus pope francis. what happens moving forward now that we lost pope benedict? >> yeah, like you said, i don't think schism is the right word. it's pretty amazing that after 2,000 years with differences in popes teachings and styles, there's still -- if you're a catholic, there's one pope and even with pope benedict alive, he made it very clear, pope francis is the pope. pope benedict was a retired pope. there is no schism thankfully. what pope francis has done, it was a very special style and the teaching style is very much like, hey, have you ever thought about this? are have you ever thought about

that and talk about this and let's get consensus and that's create add lot of confusion -- created a lot of confusion because the pope's main job is to teach the faith and have a north star is what that means. rachel: yeah, pope benedict was a big fan of the latin mass and the old way of doing the lit liturgy. pope francis restricted that. it's just -- i agree with you, it's not a schism but feels like a cultural or theological schism on some level. you're right, the church has always been here and will continue and certainly that's the holy spirit keeping things going, but there's a tension that you and i both know exists right now in the church. >> yeah. on a very bright note -- well, two lines. so simple for pope benedict for but all of us. pope benedict writes each of us

is the result of a thought of god. each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. that is pope benedict in a nutshell, profound but simple. rachel: a beautiful, christian pro life message for sure. jonathan, thank you for joining us this morning. wonderful seeing you. happy new year to you and your beautiful family. >> have fun in nashville. have fun. rachel: we will. carley. >> a driver fleeing the secret service hits and kills one and critically injures another. that unfolding near the white house during a traffic stop. police say the driver hit another car at the intersection and careened into the two victims crossing the street. to the southern border, ice officials reveal a sharp drop in deportations during the

transition from the trump administration to biden white house. overdoses and 712,000 -- over 72,000 migrants removed from the u.s. this fiscal year. that's more than 100,000 fewer than in fiscal year 2020 under former president trump's policies. more than 185,000 migrants were deport that had year. despite the stark difference in those figures, acting ice director tay johnson said in 2022, ice committed dedicated resources to securing the southwest border and ensuring the processing of migrants. the nonprofit veteran tickets foundation is giving back to the men and women of the u.s. military. vet tix providing free admission to military families for events across the country ranging from concerts to sporting events and there are over 2,000 open events right now. the charity even giving away tickets to the fox news new year's eve countdown hosted by the one and only pete, rachel and will tonight in nashville. it is going to be a party.

the party starts right now out in time square where we find rick reichmuth with the fox weather forecast. hey, rick. >> carly, do you know what drops in nashville? like drops at midnight? >> a music note i believe. >> it is a music note. i knew that because we had to google it but take a look at this, this is one that everybody knows. this is the ball, we're 25 floors up here at south end of time square. it doesn't look like we're that high up, but we're up. this will go up the big pole at about 6:00 and that drops right at midnight. this has been happening since 1904. this ball here has been here since 2007 and it is filled with 2688 water forth crystals and -- waterford crystals and each year they have a new design and it's a great experience and great place for new year's eve morning and tonight there's weather going on. take a look at the weather map,

two big trouble shots this evening for new year's eve and one inny city where we're going to -- is in new york city with scattered showers and all the thousands of people that get crammed into the acceptabilitier here in sometime -- center here in sometime square is rough. the other problem is los angeles and two biggest cities is rain tonight for new year's eve and rest of the country temperature wise not looking bad or precipitation elsewhere either. rachel, over to you in nashville. rachel: thank you, rick. that ball is beautiful. of course it's got waterford crystal. we are live by the way this morning from the wild horse saloon in nashville, tennessee, and coming up next, executive chef teaches us how to make their infamous hot chicken sandwich. but first, honey county performs heads california. ♪

rachel: good morning we're with the executive chef of the wild horse saloon adam clary. i'm obsessed with the pickles on the hot chicken. i'm not pregnant, neither is pete. but we can't stop. pete: tell us about the fried pickles and hall pain owes hid -- hal jalapeños hidden in . >> we add jarville shot i'll -- add jarville hot and we'll walk through it in a second.

will: this is the sand wish you think of -- sandwich and think of nashville and think of the nashville hot chicken. >> start with homemade sweet tea brine and it's butter milk based and 48 hours and pound out the chick and sit for 48 hours and pulls out the juices in the chick and you'll taste the difference and then we bred it, deep fry it for about five minutes on 350 and top with the chow chow coleslaw. it's unique to the south like a pickled relish with green tomatoes, local honey and our spices, nashville hot, nashville hot is always -- it's mainly cayenne. we throw in a couple other seasonings. we have rib rub, which is unique to our property, to the wild horse. it's our own season that we make. then white sugar, a bit of

habanero powder and that's the bide in the back end and cayenne is more mild and seasoning salt. rachel: is that in the pickles took into consideration that seasoning? >> yes, ma'am. rachel: i'm feeling it. will: this is the recipe for hot and the question is how much of each. >> these are not exact because that's the secret to every one that does nashville hot. pete: you're helping us host a big party for new years. how long does it take to prep for a crowd like tonight? >> probably a day. pete: just a day? >> this is second nature to us. pete: really cool. if you're in the area, wild horse saloon. you know the chef and know it's good. know not just drinking but eating good as well. >> come down and see us. rachel: definitely get the pickles. rachel: we are excited. will: coming up, serious news note this morning as pope benedict xvi passed away.nd

raymonsd arroyo is a man of faiu anted joining us at the top of e hour.

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