damar hamlin in critical condition after one of the most shocking moments we have seen in any sport. >> steve: the bills' safety leaving the field in an ambulance after the hit. >> it really is such a jarring moment. really a freak injury. >> are you going to be speaker tomorrow. >> time is running out for kevin mccarthy to get the votes he needs to be speaker. >> steve: between 14, 15, 16 different republicans saying absolutely not. >> there is nothing he has done to earn my vote. is he part of the swamp cartel. >> the man police believe is responsible for the murders of four college students in idaho will make his first court appearance in pennsylvania. >> brian kohberger allegedly athletic guards from his jail cell. >> you better believe he has been read his rice anything he says can and will be used against him. >> tornado reports in the south begin what is expected to be a multi-day severe weather outbreak. >> cold side of the storms ice storm warnings, winter storm warnings. >> mitchell for 3. unbelievable. >> oh my goodness.

woo! >> i don't know what to say. >> just a dynamite performance. ♪ it is 7:00 here in new york city and we start with a fox news alert. if you are just waking up, these images are about last night and damar hamlin, who is now in critical condition after he collapsed on the field in the first quarter of the monday night football game. >> ainsley: he's a safety for the buffalo bills and is he leaving the field there in an ambulance. i think his mom is in the ambulance after a hit during a matchup with the bengals. the nfl postponing that game out of grave concern about his health. >> brian: all right. garrett tenney is live with the latest. garrett? >> good morning, y'all. this was hard to watch. you could tell right away that something was wrong. this was five minutes into the first quarter of the game. damar hamlin playing defense for thes buffalo bills and made what looked to be a routine tackle on the bengals receiver. this wasn't one of those violent vicious collisions. hamlin popped right back up but

a moment later he bobbled and then fell straight backwards. medical personnel rushed onto the field and performed cpr while other players, a lot of them who were visibly shaken shielded hamlin from the crowd and the cameras. an ambulance came onto the field a few minutes later and eventually rushed the 24-year-old to the uc medical center, a level 1 trauma center just a few minutes down the road. the buffalo bills tweeted out damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game vs. the bengals. his heartbeat of was restored on the field and he was transferred to the u.k. medical center for further testing and treatment. is he currently sedated and listed in critical condition. the game has been indefinitely postponed. fans gathered outside of the hospital overnight. some of them holding candles and the entire sporting world is offering their thoughts and prayers for damar hamlin, including his teammate quarterback josh allen who tweeted please pray for our brother. and cincinnati receiver tee

higgins whose collision with hamlin led to the medical emergency he tweeted my prayers and thoughts go out to the hamlin family. i'm praying that you pull through, bro. love. we have reached out to the hospital for an update on how hamlin is doing and hoping to hear later on this morning. after this hit last nate. bengals fans, bills fans, folks across the country looking for a way to help found a go fund me that damar hamlin started a couple years ago when he entered of the league for a children's toy drive. the goal for that fundraiser was $2,500. overnight it has raised more than $3 million. back to y'all. >> steve: all right. >> ainsley: thank you. very sweet that people are donating to his charity. it sounded like a christmas charity when you watch the video of him with the children in his hometown and giving them the toys. that he helped raise money for. it was a christmas team. now people even after christmas are giving money to that organization said the needy kids can have some toys to play with. >> brian: watch the coalition, it looks like. we are not going to show it

because we don't think it's appropriate. you might see it throughout the day. you can probably see it online. it doesn't look like anything extraordinary except for the reaction you see a tackle being made and a shoulder going into the chest. of damar. and he goes, gets up right away and then falls fat on his back. so disturbing when players see him. reminiscent for me is when lawrence taylor looked at joe theseman after he snapped his leg. as soon as l.t. saw joe theismann he said he waiving in for medical teams. this was even more severe, obviously. because it turns out later he suffered cardiac arrest and had -- had his heart had to start again. it's presumed to be from the defibrillator on the scene and the great medical team that was there with a great hospital nearby, an ambulance took him out about 30 minutes later. they would cancel the game about an hour later. >> steve: sure. all we know for sure is there was that tackle. did he jump up. but then he pretty much immediately fell back down.

and then they came out and they said it appeared cardiac arrest. we don't know if he had a pre-existing undetected condition. we don't know a lot about what happened. you know, that will come in the coming days. but jim gray, one of the greatest sportscasters of all time was on with the hannity show last night and talked a little bit about how when you are a professional athlete at this level, doctors pretty much know everything going on with your body. here's jim last night. >> this may look like something cardiovascular that may not have had anything to do with the hit. again, none of us knows his medical history. none of us knows what transpired in this moment. and we're going to have to wait and find out just to see just exactly what it is that comes forward with that information. but, these athletes are in such, such fine shape and they are usually tested and retested and, you know, all of their vital signs and all of their, you

know, look, the chemistry of these guys is very, very well-known. you don't get out on the field if you are just not in good shape. if there is something that is wrong with you, it would have been detected through all of these physicals. it's very, very rare where somebody has some type of condition that has not turned up by the time they have been in the national football league for three years. and, so, if he had something that was -- that nobody knew he had that was undetected by the medical community, then, you know, that will come to light as well. >> steve: jim is absolutely right. and, in fact, it's not just with the annual physicals, my cardiologist here in new york is also a cardiologist for one of the national teams, i'm not going to say which one, but they check them out of at tryouts. they look at their medical history at combines and things like that so they know from the get-go what kind of shape somebody is in. and if they have a pre-existing condition and if that would impact their performance. >> ainsley: we heard the phrase i heard you using it a lot last

night. commotio cordis. the front of your chest is hit at the jacket same cardiac cycle causes abnormal heart rhythm. when you are hit hard it happens to be timing. hits between the beats of your heart. >> brian: messes up that rhythm and the quick thing is not oxygen is needed you need a defebruary brie later. one of the reasons it happened one of the kids got hit with a lacrosse ball and heart stopped. i remember before the coach you got go train. the train how to use you on how to use a depib brie later and where it's located in all the parks. the way it went down too is kind of interesting. commissioner played a huge role and ultimately had to sign off on it. zac taylor and several players, including the quarterback gilbert row walked over oto the bims locker room to discuss when w. sean mcdermott what to do.

there both steams decided not to play. both steams didn't relay it. troy vincent six time nfl pro bowler and nfl executive we never considered playing. the way it happened 8:55 injury happens. 9:18 game suspended. 9:25 ambulance leaves with damar. 10:01 game officially postponed. the team flew back and landed in buffalo at 2:49 in the morning. the governor and the mayor of new york city both weighed in with proper thoughts and prayers. >> ainsley: as tragic as this is hope he is going to be okay. didn't have oxygen 9 minutes for doing cpr defibrillator brought him back again. american story of the way the crowd reacted. you saw both teams together make the decision to postpone. you saw the cincinnati bengals they lit up their stadium in blue and white lights last night as a tribute to him. the buffalo bills and the bengals, they came together, the fans, and they joined fans and

prayed for him outside of the hospital. >> brian: pretty cool. >> steve: some people are curious when they will play that game and maybe the nfl will have an announce the today. last night those two teams were battling for the number one seed in the afc. it is a very important game. but, ultimately, it is just game. >> ainsley: yep. >> steve: more important to get that young man healthy. >> ainsley: his life is more important than that game. the clock is ticking for republican leader kevin mccarthy as he looks to shore up enough support to become leader of the house. >> brian: g.o.p. lawmakers have not committed to supporting him. >> steve: mark meredith is outside the white house as the new congress is set to convene with a cloud of uncertainty at noon. and, mark, i think it's safe to say if anybody says they know what's going to happen at noon they don't actually know what's going to happen the a noon. >> steve, ainsley and brian you're right. good morning to you guys. all bets are off at this point. >> it's going to be a very interesting day. today a new era begins in

washington. republicans are set to regain control of the house of representatives. it will mark the end of one party rule in this town. but you guys are right. the big question today is who is going to be the speaker of the house going forward? california congressman kevin mccarthy, he is in the fight for his political life. he has long campaigned for the speaker's job. and he's doing all he can to shore up support ahead o roll cl vote this afternoon. >> speaker tomorrow. >> i think we're going to have a good day tomorrow. >> as chad pergram likes to say it all comes down to the math. mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes in the caucus without the speakerrens race going to a second ballot. the number shooting for is 21. depending on whether or not people may vote present the number may change. here's why it's an uphill battle. at least 14 members elect have doubts or will not support mccarthy in the speaker's race today. he has been meeting with critics but unclear at this point if those meetings are going to do anything to change people's mind at the 11th hour.

>> there wants nothing he has done to earn my vote. there's nothing that indicate to me that he is going to change his pattern since he has been in leadership where he is part of the swamp cartel. >> now, to appease some of his critics, mccarthy has said he will support a rules change which would potentially make it easier for them to change speakers down the line. basically make it so if they don't like the job he is doing it would be possible to change out the leadership position. we don't know guys if that's going to be enough to win over critics. mccarthy is confident it's going to be a good day for him. he has already moved his stuff into the speaker's office. as you guys say all bets off until we find out what happens little this afternoon it. could go on later into the evening as well. receive steve, ainsley and brian back to you. >> steve: buck your seat belts. >> ainsley: will the votes happen today. >> first roll call 2:00 p.m. noon swearing in. pageantry, official stuff, prayer stuff like that. i believe they would start right away with roll call vote.

imagine what it takes to call 434 names. it takes some time. i imagine as it keeps going delayed and delayed. >> brian: i imagine a pause in a conference because they have got to change the vote if they don't have enough. a conference and i guess they will decide what to do. >> steve: mark, thank you very much. back in the civil war times, there was one speaker who was not elected for two months. and it took 133 votes. let's see, kevin mccarthy does say he is going to stay on the floor until he is elected and he has all sorts of things at his disposal. one of the members he spoke to last night was representative scott perry of the great state of pennsylvania. you know, he has concerns. he is not a yes now. and i asked him just about half an hour ago, what's up with kevin mccarthy and you guys? and here's what he had to say. >> look, the status quo cannot continue. everybody knows that washington is broken. let's talk about what we can do to change what that is. i still can vote for kevin

mccarthy, if we can come to an agreement that changes the status quo. >> steve: okay, then congressman. >> i'm not in the never kevin camp that's number one. >> steve: hold on. what is the one thing you want? >> the one thing we want is to change how things are done here so we don't have the same outcomes like we just had a week and a half ago where 1.7 trillion. >> steve: congressman, that's two broad. >> 2:00 in the morning, 4,000 pages and then oftentimes our leadership in the republican party votes with the democrats. we'll be happy to take anybody that agrees to these things. we will take jim jordan. if don bacon has got a better candidate that will agree to these things. let's talk about it. let's do it. we don't have to be where we are right now. >> steve: right. >> brian: so, what he is saying is he is still pliable. but he doesn't want somebody that's going to sign off on the omnibus bill. guess what? kevin mccarthy made it clear he was not going to sign on the omnibus bill. we should not be doing it. you should allow us to put a budget together and vote on it we have

the majority. it got signed off on on a pure party line vote. kevin mccarthy did not support that he says he goes i want ideological balances on committees. okay. kevin mccarthy has agreed to you ideological balance on committees. i don't understand what that is. radical departure of the status quo. in what way do you want a radical departure. >> ainsley: five holdouts, # holdouts, 14. there were five originals and then nine wrote a letter saying they weren't sure if they were going to vote for him either. that's a total of 14. we will see what happens today. he does have the majority of the vote. if they don't put him in, who else do they have? andy biggs and you mentioned who waltz other guy you mentioned? >> steve: andy biggs will be nominate wanted on the first ballot. on the second one it, sound like the house freedom caucus likes steve scalise or donald trump. >> ainsley: there was someone else. >> steve: then there was also don bacon's suggestion and that was he would look for a consensus candidate, somebody who would appeal to democrats.

and presumably the name that he was referring to is fred upton. fred upton is leaving at the end of this last congress. today would be his last day. >> brian: he is anti-trumper, right? that will not unite the republican conference. >> steve: a moderate voted to impeach donald trump. how many republicans would vote for him? >> brian: none that wouldn't get close. that's not even a serious statement. >> steve: that's what don bacon is saying. hey, if you don't want kevin mccarthy. he will put this name up if steve scalise is nominated. so, in other words, he is trying to force republicans into the mccarthy lane. >> brian: what's the difference between steve scalise and kevin mccarthy? nothing. if you don't like kevin mccarthy you are not going to like steve scalise. you are wasting our time. congressman norman been on here before i want to see a plan to lower the debt. why don't you write one and see if he this sign off on it. you

write it. if kevin mccarthy doesn't have a plan to impress him. differential if he is trying to impress nancy pelosi. this is somebody you should be talking. to say. >> steve: editorial board "new york post" wrote an article about here the republicans have been waiting so many pierce for this. >> steve: four years. >> ainsley: day one they can't come together and unite and vote for someone. the republicans are ready to start these investigations to find out about the influence of hunter biden, that he had on his dad when he was vice president. use of power by the fbi the doj, the origins of covid. they can't even vote on agreement for the speaker. >> steve: former speaker newt gingrich was on this show yesterday and he said the choice is it's either kevin or it's chaos. and so far it looks like chaos. >> brian: yeah. we'll see. 16 minutes after the hour. i guess, ashley, you're going to try to make sense of all of this. >> ashley: i'm going to leave that to you all. we are going to start with a sad story out of pennsylvania. pennsylvania police chief shot and killed yesterday and another officer was hurt while trying to

apprehend the suspect wanted for a probation violation. the gunman then reportedly stole a car before crashing into a housing development outside of pittsburgh. hours later, officers located the suspect who was killed in a shootout. justin mcintyre became chief of the breaken ridge police department in 2018. his brothers and sisters in blue say he lived there to serve others. mcintyre was just 46 years old. now to a fox weather alert. tornado reports in the south begin what is expected to be a multi-day severe weather outbreak. two twisters reported in louisiana where 14,000 people are still without power. meanwhile in arkansas, powerful winds devastated this high school campus just west of little rock. and a major system is expected to bring heavy snow and ice to the northern plains and upper midwest this week. and nevada animal shelter is looking for a final destination for these three kittens. they're named delta, spirit and frontier. the nonprofit tweeted it changed the name of one of the kittens

from southwest to spirit after the airlines holiday debacle which was a complete mess. frontier stepping up after seeing the tweet. they are offering four ticket vouchers for whoever adopts the ticket named frontier and two vouchers for delta and spirit. those are your headlines. i guess too bad, so sad for the southwest name. >> steve: no kidding. are vouchers good for drinks on the airline? >> ashley: that's a good question. >> brian: give people a seat period. >> ainsley: if you get a middle seat you should gate free drink. >> ashley: i'm more of a window girl. >> ainsley: no one likes the middle seat. >> brian: if you see me in a window seat please switch with me. 18 minutes after the hour. coming up the man accused of killing four idaho college student set to face a judge today. a live report as the victim's families get closer to justice. nancy grace will join us live to react. ♪ y or lit.

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>> steve: all right. more news now. the suspect accused murdering four university of idaho students not expected to fight extradition to idaho from pennsylvania. alexis adams joins us with the latest. >> this morning we are out in front of that court hours. we are expecting to cease brian kohberger first time in pennsylvania. that's where he will be later this afternoon around 3:00. that's the first time we are seeing him since investigators say he killed those four university of idaho students a few months ago. although police tell me they have quite a lot of evidence against this guy, steve, his client, his attorney, rather is saying that his client is looking forward to being exonerated. this is his mugshot from pennsylvania he we got in few

days ago when he was arrested. the 28-year-old is expected to rave his extradition today and then be taken by u.s. marshals back to moscow idaho returning to the city where police say he stabbed these four university of idaho students to death inside of heir off campus home back in november. then detectives say he drove off from the scene. kohberger was a student at washington state. that's only about a 10 minute drive from crime scene. he was studying very hard to get his ph.d. in criminal justice and criminallology. after he committed this murder he went right back to class. kohberger living in the area for weeks before police say he drove that white hyundai elantra to pennsylvania for christmas break. according to officials he was with his dad during that cross-country road trip. they were pulled over at least two times in indiana saying traffic stops back to back. once for speeding and another one for following a car too closely. indiana state police tell me there were no citations given in those two cases. the victims' families have been waiting for him to be in court

since day one. >> i want this guy to get -- whoever this person that was responsible for this, i want him to be sick of seeing us and sick of knowing that these people won't let it go. our next mission is really to find justice. >> and, steve, there has been so many questions about how investigators were able to track kohberger down because had it will be so many weeks they had been closely watching him according to sources many i'm told this morning genology website at the center of all of this. when kohberger's family members submitted to 24 and me or ancestry site to try to get information on their d.n.a. and genealogy and they used that information to track kohberger down. steve? >> steve: that is amazing. all right. thank you very much, alexis. nancy grace joins us right now. she has been following the case since the beginning. that's fascinating because he, mr. kohberger, did not submit to being swabbed or giving d.n.a. but, nancy, it sounds like the, from what i have heard, according to various press sources it sounds like they went through the criminal d.n.a. data

base. they didn't have a hit. but they went through the publicly available things like 23 and me or ancestry or whatever and apparently a family member did and so that was the d.n.a. they found at the crime scene. >> absolutely. this relative apparently had not only submitted their d.n.a. to find out their ancestry but it put it out there publicly i guess to find long lost relatives and that may be how cops connect to him. not him necessarily but someone related to him and then they find wow, who is related to him in this area? then they find out he is driving a white elantra and that was a nail in the coffin. so far. but i believe, as do you. that there will be significant data from mobile phone towers. not just geo fencing that you and i talked about way back when as what the cops should do. but i believe they will be able to place kohberger on many different occasions around the

victims as he spied, watched and stalked them. we all looked at that video of them at the food truck. what we didn't see was who was beyond that perimeter. you don't know how far away he was standing and staring at them on many occasions. i believe one of those locations is going to be that parking lot behind their home. >> steve: unbelievable. yeah. i read that there were a number of pings for him adjacent to the suspect or rather to the victims and so that is very curious. but, ultimately, nancy, if he is waiving -- going to waive extradition, he thinks he can beat. this because as we have heard these stories about he has studied cri criminology. he probably thought he outsmarted them aunt edna gave up to d.n.a. that ultimately

could have been the thing be that undid him. >> absolutely no. way you can convince me that there is not one single trace of evidence in that elantra. i mean, he may be brilliant but there's no way he can clean that elantra to get rid of every single trace of evidence. we know, we believe, the perp left the scene in that elantra. >> steve: let's see. they are going to unveil the document later today, the charging document, we'll know what they have got. nancy, thank you very much. you have on this since the get go. check her out on fox nation with crime stories. nancy, thank you. and happy new year. >> thank you. happy new year. >> steve: indeed. all right. 7:28 now here in new york city. our top news story, a fox news alert. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin collapsed last night from apparent cashed yack arrest after a tackle. dr. marc siegel joins us with analysis as we learn hamlin is in critical condition on this tuesday morning.

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♪ >> ainsley: a fox news alert. this morning buffalo bills safety damar hamlin remains in critical condition. he is only 24 years old. went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field after a tackle during the game last night against the cincinnati bengals. >> brian: here with more on a

potential medical cause dr. marc siegel. we know cardiac arrest on the field. we know that he is in critical condition. i give you those facts and what from what have you already assessed on your own, what do you think? >> good morning, guys. brian, you said it first last night that the most common thing that this would be, the way it looked from the blow to the chest, that was not a severe blow but a moderate blow directly to the chest. the most con thing would be something called commotio cordis which is latin for aggravation of the heart. you don't have to have underlying heart damage or underlying inflammation of the matter to occur it. occurs because it happens at just the right time in the yard yack cycle where you get arrhythmia and starts beating irregularly due to the blood trauma and do you go into ventventricular fibrillation whe your heart is quivering looks like he suddenly drops.

what the good news is the bills are reporting that they restored his heart beat on the field which is tremendous. he had cpr pretty soon and the banambulance was there in five minutes used defibrillator to restore his heart rhythm. how long did he go with less oxygen to the brain and from what these reports are i would say his prognosis is good. you know, he is in critical condition, which is predictable. he's in the hospital. you know, we don't know on ventilator point of protection to reduce any swelling going on in the brain. commotio cordis most likely. >> steve: a lot of people had never heard about that. you know, it essentially knocks your heart out of rhythm. if that is the case. given what you know, what is his prognosis going forward? and, you were talking a little bit about the cpr was performed

during the aftermath and we don't know because he was being covered, we couldn't really see exactly what was going on. we know there were chest compressions would it be standard operating procedures to also breathe air into them? >> yes. correct, steve. cpr is done when you don't feel a pulse then if you use the defibrillator and the pulse comes back and you feel a stronger pulse, the outbeat restored on the field that's when you would stop cpr. i think that this is all good that they were able to bring the heart beat back. you asked about underlying problems. i want everyone out there to understand that what's really elegant about the heart is that its electrically caused to pump. these are electrical signals from the brain to the heart. it's a very elegant cycle. if you interrupt it at exactly the wrong time, because of a blow to the chest, this can happen. it's very common in a younger athlete, it's the second most

common cause of this type of event. it can happen without an underlying heart problem but to be sure, they are looking see if the heart itself is inflamed. >> ainsley: gosh, he just started playing in the nfl in 2021. i'm sure he was so excited to have this career at a young age. star athlete and seemingly healthy until this happened. we hope he gets better to play soon again down the road. >> we are playing for him. we hope for a full recovery. thank you, ainsley. >> ainsley: absolutely. >> brian: next few hours obviously critical. a live look at capitol hill where hours from now house republicans will vote to elect a speaker. maybe around noon. michigan congressman elect john james is calling on his party to pull together and join together next. >> ainsley: plus, a giant tiger shark getting within feet of a swimmer before it thankfully takes a u-turn. the incredible video coming up. ♪ might take all day ♪ might take all year

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♪ >> brian: the new republican led congress is set to be sworn in today. time is running out for kevin mccarthy to secure the votes he needs to become speaker. he needs 218. at least five republicans say they are a hard no. as many as nine more won't commit including scott perry. >> kevin mccarthy has known for months now that he doesn't have 218. yet, he has dragged us, the conference, the republican conference, congress and the country up until the brink of this moment. >> steve: what is the one thing you want? >> the one thing we want is to change how things are done here so we don't have the same outcome like we just had a week and a half ago. >> that's too broad congressman that's too broad recommendation we will be happy to take anybody who agrees to these things. >> brian: ugh. michigan g.o.p. congressman elect for a few hours john james. congressman, i mean, you are almost there.

you're a handful short. what is your message to the republicans who say kevin mccarthy isn't good enough. >> look, we squandered the majority in 2016. and because we couldn't figure our stuff out, we ended up having to hand the gravels back to democrats in 2018. we need to work together. we need to figure this out. and we need to run the country. because, i will tell you what, normal america, like folks back in my district don't care about your personality conflict. they care about the fact that their jobs are going to mexico and china and they want to know there is a commitment to america being satisfied to bring those jobs back. they don't care about your purity test. they care about fentanyl poisoning. they care about securing our border and voting on this ready now legislation that will secure our border, take out these 87,000 irs agents. make it easier to do business in america and grow our economy. that's what i'm focused on. that's what real people are focused on. quit the bickering and get to work. >> brian: congressman nom man says i need to see a plan to reduce the debt. okay. >> i can't vote for him then. you heard perry says i need a

radical departure on the way things are being done. so, what exactly is kevin mccarthy not doing? he didn't vote for the omnibus. he says he is going to look to bolster the border. is he going to add for accountability when it comes to ukraine and spending but not going to commit to forgetting ukrainians. i don't see any major policy is this republican ego? >> it's bitching and moaning. kevin mccarthy 199 republicans just a mere two cycles ago we now won the majority and made the largest gain when joe biden took the white house and democrats took back the senate. what he has done is cast a vision for america. there was just a police shootout because people don't respect police in this country. and we are putting forward ready now legislation that will

undergird our support for our police officers and that will make our nation safe like places in warren. we just found 20,000 fentanyl pills in sterling heights last spring and we are going to be forward legislation to hold dhs accountable and secure our borders. these are the types of things we need to be working on and not the political partisanship even within our own party. if we don't get this rirkts the american people will hold us accountable. >> brian: already behind the eight ball. don't have committee chairman. i want to hear what committees you want to be on. you can't go on to a committee because there is no speaker, which means no chairman. you can't start balancing out the power. where do you hope to be? >> look. i'm representing michigan's tenth congressional district the number one manufacturing district in the nation. for the very first time we are going to have the arsenal of ghem crazy and national guard in this district. robust automotive industry. i want to be on the energy and commerce committee because i have education, background and master was in the supply chain and actually real world experience running a business in

automotive supply chain. and if we're going to make an economy that's strong we need to understand the supply chain. we also need to make sure we don't let the liberal geel agenda run rampant and bring back our energy independence. i'm excited to focus on things that matter most in my district and win. >> brian: find out military member green find out why he is not voting. john james, congressman elect for a few more hours. congratulations on the win. good luck today. >> thanks a lot. >> brian: ashley strohmier has the rest. >> ashley: start with a frightening scene last night in manhattan, brian. a chain reaction crash sends suv barreling in front of a busy sports bar. 18 people were put in the hospital. thankfully, they are all expected to recover. terrifying drone footage out of australia shows a huge tiger shark lurking near unsuspecting swimmer. the massive shark gets within feet of the woman before making a pretty sharp u-turn. the recover from who shot this

heart stopping video immediately warned beach goers about that shark sight. penn state is the 2023 rose bowl champ after beating utah 25-31 in the quote, granddaddy of them all. >> play fake. launched down field has a man wide open. lambert smith, penn state's second long distance lightning strike, 88 yards. >> ashley: yesterday's bowl game was a tale of old and new for penn state. a pair of freshman running backs combining for three touchdowns and sixth year senior sean clifford named offensive mvp. big win capping off a weekend of pageantry in pasadena as the community gathered for the annual rose parade fryer kickoff. and those are your headlines, we are going to send it back to you. >> brian: that guy is a lot

faster than me. >> ashley: me too. >> i think everybody on the planet. thanks so much, ashley. 14 minutes before the top of the hour i would like to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean because she knows the weather. january january nice to see you for the first time in 2023. >> brian: on camera not in person. >> janice: i haven't seen new person i can't wait for that hug. let's talk about the weather and then i have a special guest star. first we have the potential for severe storms across portions of the gulf coast up towards the mississippi river valley. a tornado warn storm for parts of southeastern arkansas. ands that going to be the case for the next couple of hours. we have a tornado watch in effect for louisiana all the way up to kentucky. and then we have a winter weather wonderland parts of the northern plains and upper midwest. ice storm warning. so that's going to be very difficult to travel. the west coast, lots of heavy rain and snow in the forecast for you. we could g get record rain fall for california so that's going to be another big story we are following with fox weather.com.

hello, my friend. what's your name. >> georgia. >> where are you from, georgia? >> richmond. >> janice: i heard did you weather in class the other day. how did it go. >> it was okay. >> janice: would you like to be a weather person. >> yes. >> janice: first start off by saying here is brian kilmeade. he is very awesome. >> here is brian kilmeade. he's very awesome. >> brian: all right. thank you very much. [cheers] >> brian: if you want to work monday through friday praise the anchors. >> janice: happy birthday. >> thank you. >> brian: already street smart. >> janice: she is great. >> brian: go over cumulus clouds and toss to break. a virginia high school is accused of delaying academic awards that would have boosted student college admission chances all in the name of equity. what a joke. lieutenant governor winsome sears is demanding an investigation into that school. she will join us next moving for- positive breast cancer is overwhelming. but i never just found my way; i made it. and did all i could to prevent recurrence.

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♪ >> ainsley: growing backlash over a top virginia high school accused of hiding academic achievements, even blocking students from inincluding these honors on college applications because of equity. >> the school wanted to recognize students as individuals, not their achievements, as if the two had

to be separated. >> actually denies children a pathway to prosperity. denies them an ability to achieve their full potential. >> i don't think that's fair at all. no two children can ever be same. >> ainsley: not the only ones outraged next guest demanding a probe into this high school. lieutenant virginia governor winsome sears joins us now. good morning lieutenant governor. >> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: good morning. >> good morning to your viewers. >> ainsley: a lot of people are coming back from break. they might not have heard this story on news. we have been talking about it on fox. great school in fairfax, virginia. thomas jefferson high school for science and technology there were a group of kids that were going to be nominated for national merit awards which can provide wonderful scholarships and opportunities for college. they normally are handed out in september. these kids found out in the middle of november. many times it could be too late when you are applying to college. what's your reaction? >> i'm astounded and if these

allegations are true, you know, i am just lived. livid. i'm hopping mad. imagine as a parent you tell your child son, study hard, daughter, work hard do well. martin luther king jr. said exactly that burn the midnight oil. stay in school and study. he said there are doors that are opening for you that were never open for your parents. be prepared to walk through those doors. and this is what these children are trying to do and a how dare some of these educators keep these children's future in jeopardy like this. this is not the way. this is not america. you don't take the bread out of one child's mouth for another child. we have done that in america. it doesn't work. we want -- what is it equity that they are saying? they paid $450,000 of the parent's money to hire some company to have equal outcomes. equal outcomes in the school? what does that mean?

everybody gets an a? or is it everybody gets a b because the a students are going to get the b and 9 c students are going to get a b. it makes no sense. ainsley, i tell you this feels like new year but same hell. >> ainsley: this parent, shawna yasser her son received a letter in mid november saying, i believe he was going to get this award. she called the school why did it take so long what was happening? she claims she tried to get in touch the principal. he wasn't available. got in touch the with the director of student services he admitted the reason they waited so long according to this mom the reason they waited so long they didn't want to hurt the fetal of the student who weren't getting the awards. what does this teach our kids? >> i tell you what, it teaches them that until school anyway you get a participation trophy for everybody. life is going to hit them and hit them very hard. because life isn't waiting for everyone. either you are prepared or you are not. if you are not prepared, you have got to get prepared once again as an adult when you

should have had that when you were in school. we don't have time for this nonsense. let me say this: there are so many teachers, all they want to do is teach. they love teaching. they love the profession. but they are being driven out of it by some who have this political agenda to make everybody the same. life isn't like that. >> ainsley: um-huh. i know the parents are really irate. they have been standing outside of the school. they want the principal fired and the director of student services. you have gotten involved you have contacted the governor and attorney general you want an investigation. let us know how this all unfolds. >> thank you. >> ainsley: thank you. >> and god bless all of you. >> ainsley: god bless you. former nfl sideline report michelle tafoya joins us live with the bills damar hamlin at the top of the hour. hello 12 hours of relief.

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