>> todd: economists are estimating jobs will be adds, employment rate expected to stay over 3%. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. families are struggling to pay for basic needs, president biden is patting his administration on the back. >> president biden: i believe our economic plan is working. >> todd: all right, ash, joe

biden is right, his economic vision is working, unfortunately, economic vision where the people end up being dependent on the government, that is socialism, not capitalism. we are skating by right now, holding on for dear life, we'll have that hammer drop at some point in 2023 and joe biden will not be so cocky. >> ashley: my question is why is the president not just admitting there are major problems? he's only person who is saying everything is okay, it will be all right. if you read any economist newspaper or any type of anything like that, it is all recession, recession, recession, gas going up, inflation is high. the infrastructure tour, touting everything this week and not to mention, the video the president released talking about how great

everything is. it would be better off if they said, it is going to be a tough year issue get ready, we'll be here and help and try to, work with the american people and with the jobs report, they say they are thinking 200,000 jobs will be added, second job they are getting, it is tough for people. >> todd: a lot of numbers we're seeing in am does, there is december hiring. important point, this is not ash and i saying this, this is economic experts. we face this increased stag-flation in 2023 and somebody who is no righty and allen greenspan, former fed chair is not somebody you will see on tucker tomorrow, he says "recession does appear to be most likely outcome at this time," the two last reports

showed a decell ragsz, it does not change the fact prices are increasing. you know that, pay attention to wage growth, when the things come together, wage growth expected to slow to 4% from 6%, that is bad for you out there, combined with what allen greenspan said, when you go to try to buy goods, you have less money, wages are not going up issue prices are staying high. one final point, some point in 2023, it is not just tech world, all job sectors are going to face job losses and that is what the fed wants, that will allow them to lower rates, it is situation that could have been avoided. >> ashley: look at the amazon layoffs that memo was leaked yesterday or the day before. it is everyone that is going to have a hard year and i feel for so many people who are dealing with this inflation right now, it is crippling them.

you hear gas is expected to reach $4 a gallon for regular by end of 2023. people can't take much more. >> todd: especially during the summer driving season, yeah, gas is not horrible now, are you going, driving on big trips the first weekend in january? probably not unless you go back to college. this is no time to spike the football. >> ashley: transport agsz secretary pete buttigieg defending his private jet flights saying he usually sits on coach? >> i fly majority of the time in economy class on an airliner like everybody else. i should say that again, this network reporting made clear majority of the time i travel in economy class like everybody else. there are cases we use an faa jet assigned to my department. >> ashley: we're not flying private, we're still flying coach. buttigieg travel includes 18

private jet flights across six states, including montreal and responding his office response to the busiest travel season of the year. listen. >> we are using full force of this department to make sure customers get taken care of. they are required to cover lodging, to of coer ground expenses, to of coer hotels for delays and cancellations that were their responsibility. leadership has serious questions to answer. >> ashley: did you fly private at all this year? >> todd: most meals are home, when i go out, i go to french laundry. no, i have not, i don't think most of us have either. >> ashley: most encouraging update for bills receiver damar hamlin, after collapsing on the field. >> todd: janette nesheiwat will respond to this. this is information you need,

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had won the game. to paraphrase, one of our partners, when he asked did we win, the answer is yes, damar hamlin, you won the game of life. that is probably the most important thing out of this. >> ashley: nfl released a statement on the game. the week 17 buffalo bills at cincinnati game will not be resumed and has been cancelled. bills honoring their teammate at their first practice since monday night. hamlin's father addressed the team urging them to play on. todd. >> todd: buffalo bills are praising their assistant kelington that saved damar hamlin's life. >> for an assistant to find himself at that position and needing to take action he did and step up and take charge like

he did is nothing short of amazing. >> can't say enough about the bills training staff and the physicians on the field. >> not just saving his life, but the neurologic function, immediate and good and high quality cpr. >> todd: dr. janette nesheiwat joins me now. we have this dummy here, we'll get to in a second. first your medical reaction about damar hamlin condition? >> great news, todd, we know he is neurologically in tact, able to write, respond, move his hands and feet, that is fantastic. i'll bet we will see him come off the ventilator. >> todd: elephant in the room is the dummy in the room. we have this mannequin so you can show how they saved damar

hamlin life. >> he was struck in the chest and that put him into cardiac arrest. what does that mean? his heart cannot beat or pump blood to the brain so he passed out. he had a great team, they assessed the situation, safe environment and sir, are you responsive or breathing? no signs of breathing. they called 911, call for help and begin impressions w palm of the hand, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. give it a try. high quacompression and do that while you wait for the aed to arrive, all you do is press this button and even a five year old can learn to use it.

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>> ashley: a newly released affidavit reveals suspected murder bryan kohberger pinged at least 12 times near the moscow home where he is accused of murdering four victims. >> todd: brooke singman has details. >> brooke: the affidavit lays out to be what authorities believe to be his escape route. authorities retraced the path. we know he return said to the murder scene around 5 a.m. the following morning. his d.n.a. was found on a knife sheath laying next to one of the victims. the surviving roommate came face-to-face with the killer. police refer to the roommate as dm, said she saw a figure with a mask that of coerred the mouth and noise walking toward her, the figure was described as 5'10" or taller with bushy

eyebrows, the male walked past dm as she stood in a frozen phase and walked toward the door and dm locked herself in her room. based on what the affidavit revealed, around 4 a.m. xana received doordash and heard what sounded like kaylee playing with her dog, but she thought she heard kaylee say, there is someone in here and she thought she heard xana crying from her room. at 4:17, a neighbor security camera picked up a noise that sounded like a loud thud and a whimper. the killer is believed to have left the scene at 4:20 and his car was picked up at 5:25 near wsu. bryan kohberger appeared in

court yesterday. kaylee goncalves father was too emotional to speak outside the courthouse, but here is the family attorney. listen. >> it is emotional seeing him for the first time. >> brooke: kohberger will remain with no bail. >> ashley: we will bring in acting attorney general matthew whitaker. thank you for getting up with us, my first question singling back to a couple of different people thoughts. bob bianchi, and jonathan gilliam both said something similar and interesting in the past 12 hours since the affidavit came out. they said it wouldn't shock them if we found out he had killed other people, what are your thoughts on this? >> good view this morning, ashley. my thoughts on that, this

clearly is unusual for the human experience. most human beings get along with people, don't plan middle of the night multiple murders. he was studying serial killers, he has several things and we'll learn more and i'm sure the police are looking at how he did this crime and comparing to other unsolved murders trying to figure out if he is connected. >> ashley: what about had attitude, he seems stoic, confident, i don't think i would say he is very smart, because of what happened, if he turns out to be the person. he is innocent until proven guilty. what do you make of this? >> he may be a sociopath and may not feel normal human emotion. this is interesting to see if and when he goes to trial and he wants his story to be told.

what comes out. this affidavit is a tease, it is enough to have probably cause, it is probably not enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. the evidence they will present at trial, it will be more complex case. we have d.n.a. and footage from surveillance camera, ring doorbell maybe and this path of this car that was identified. so i think there was more to this case and we're going to have play out probably daily as this heads to trial. >> ashley: really quickly before we move to the next one, when it comes to the roommate how important is her testimony in this trial? >> yeah, it will be really important, she saw the person, can identify the timeline, help maybe place somebody of similar resemblance. the real question a lot of americans are asking, why didn't

she call 911? why wait six hours until the next morning? >> ashley: we have to get to this, president biden is set to visit the border, his first visit since taking office. here is him talking about this, listen. >> president biden: immigration is a political issue that know ares are going to run on, we need more resources to secure the border. >> ashley: mayorkas blamed republicans and the president is blaming republicans, how can they sit up there with a straight face when republicans have been begging he and kamala harris and anybody from the administration to get down there and help? >> yeah, this is again, this is all political spin. this border has been under assault since joe biden took office, he has led it deteriorate to unsustainable level right now.

he is reimplementing trump era policy to get this you hava of the tv. it is politically hurting him. that is the only reason he's coming out. i don't trust him on the issues, i don't think his heart is in it. he just wants the images we're seeing now on the tv to be off the tv and he's taking this to online app that a lot of folks can use in order to move this crisis away from the border and mostly to airports when people arrive. >> ashley: with the plan he unveiled yesterday, will it include any type of support for border patrol agents or adding more agents at the border, we know they need support badly. mat whitaker, thank you for your support, we appreciate it. >> todd: hillary clinton adding college to her resume, joe

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he praised kamala harris work at the border. >> president biden: president harris led this effort to make things better in the country from which they are leaving and she's been able to generate 3.2 billion from the private sector to create jobs and opportunities in el salvador, honduras and guatemala. >> todd: president joe concha joins us now, we all make gaffes repeatedly. >> joe: don't call me president, i ran and finished second to tom begley, story from another time. watching in nashville. this is why people are worried about joe biden running for a second term, he would be there when he is 86 years old in the oval office. we all misspeak when you are in

the public eye, this has happened multiple times calling kamala harris the president again, that is small stuff. 1.7 trillion in the omnibus bill. very little for border security and border agents, they are adding like 300, covering 2000 miles? talk about biden verbal gaffes, that has been going on for 50 years, this is part of the package and it is policy you have to concentrate on. >> ashley: that is just him, what he's always done, this is not funny anymore, this is serious when you talk about the border and he says kamala harris has headed it up, it is not funny, it is a slap in the face to america. >> joe: completely, i talk about joe biden, from day one, failed upward, when you fail upward, there is ceiling to that, he

failed up to the oval office, and 1.7 trillion. this will exacerbate that. look at decision joe biden not so much the rhetoric. >> todd: failed candidate hillary rodham clinton joining columbia university as a fellow. given her extraordinary talent and capacity with life experience, hillary clinton is exceptional what she can bring to the university mission? what will students learn? >> joe: day one of the syllabus, election denying? she called president trump illegitimate, perhaps teach responsibility, she blamed everybody including lauer.

conduct a public therapy tour like she's been on during this time. this is what 80,000 per year will get you, professor clinton at columbia, or harvard, prof professor steltzer. these are people we're hiring, 80s,000 per year, that is like $300,000 to send one kid. >> ashley: all three seem pretty bad, i think de blasio is up at the top of those three. >> todd: all agree on that. >> ashley: we want your thoughts on the postponed bills and bengals game, it has been cancelled, your thoughts, joe? >> joe: the game had to be cancelled, most players wouldn't get over the scars of seeing the cpr and cardiac arrest, we have

never seen this in an nfl game before. you can't play this game, the season ends on sunday and playoffs start. you can't squeeze it in. i like the solution, that is that if it comes down to the afc championship, game to go to the super bowl and kansas city is in the game play neutral field, this way no one gets advantage. the nfl did all they could do. and damar hamlin is making considerable improvement and that is most important thing. >> todd: joe concha, have a great weekend. speaking of the weekend, professional bull riding returning to madison square garden for unleash the beast. we sent our weather beast to check it out. >> ashley: she has the fox weather forecast, good morning.

>> janice: good morning, we are excited, this is 30th year for the professional bullriding tower, 40 cowboys are taking part and 15 to 200 -- wait, 1500 to 2000-pound beast is the bull and 1.5 million pounds of sand from new jersey here at msg. we'll be talking about it all morning long. let's get to the weather forecast. following the story in california, this is big deal, next round of rain moves in today, mountain snow and inches of rain onirrias that have seen over a foot of rain, they are asking people to evacuate along the coast of california. the bay area, concerning, flash flooding, debris flow, rock slide and anticipating over a foot in some places on top of what we've received in the next seven days, not good news for thisirria.

we talk about drought situation and they need the rain, so much will cause so many be prosecutes. the rest of the country, pretty quiet. the other big story is warm temperatures for january up and down the east coast and across the south. the big deal, it is madison square garden this weekend, tonight, saturday and sunday. saturday they are sold out. 40 cowboys riding the bucking bronco. i am addicted to yellowstone and i think the popularity of this series is going to boost the sales here tonight because you know i love the hats and the cowboy boots. i don't know if you can see those. look at those. >> todd: nobody wears a hat on tv better than janice dean, kentucky derby, rodeo, doesn't

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so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >> todd: american federation of teacher president randi weingarten blaming the national teacher short an on culture wars. she tweeted the truth about the shortage was because of burnout and conversationless involving history, racism and sexuality. a new york city teacher was fired for not taking the covid jab, she says randi weingarten is the blame. >> how are you understaffing schools? so many stuff has gotten worse and you are a union leader? you are supposed to be fighting for us, she is confused about her role and not taking on

leadership she needs to. you have the vaccine mandate forcing on teachers, i'm a teacher without a job almost two years and this is okay for you? >> todd: in new york city, 850 teachers have been fired for rejecting the covid-19 vaccine. florida governor ron desantis requiring all florida state university and colleges to report fun, dids spent is critical race theory. >> ashley: a florida mom joins us now. thank you for being with us, what are your thoughts on this new mandate? >> i think that the governor is leading as he always does. he's smart and he knows that following the money is what is going to hold the universities accountable. they are in charge of shaping the minds of the next generation, it is important to know where agendas are.

making sure they are accountable to the parents and to the children, the young adults that they will be educating. >> todd: this is all about transparency, isn't this something we should all be behind? >> absolutely. we have seen what the universities have produced in the last couple decades and if you have been paying attention, it has not been that great in many circumstances, it is important we continue to peel back the layers and see what is going on where this money is and why they are putting so much money into the dei, diversity, eq equity. >> ashley: your first red vote was for desantis back in 2018, i believe. as a former democrat, what do you think the pushback will look

like on this? >> the same as usual, we are going to hear a lot of inuendo, and made-up new phrases, hang on, it will be a bumpy ride. we know what to expect from the left. do we have to remain focused so we can make sure the message is clear? you do not get the opportunity to indoctrinate our children. we know what we want and we want you to properly educate them and we will not back down. >> todd: that pushback, is that because the far left democrats want crt and dei to be taught in school in secret? this would bring it out in the open. >> they do want it to be taught and under this guise of teaching history of america, whether it is a bunch of lies about america. what is wrong with telling the truth about american history? there is nothing wrong with

that, what is wrong, what we will not tolerate are people whoun wa the left to say that little black children can't learn because of skin color or little white children are somehow responsible for what happened 200 years ago, that is unfair and not true. >> ashley: your kids don't go to public school, did you bypass that situation or pull them out of public school situation? >> i ended up pulling them out. my oldest daughter was asked what pronouns she wanted to go by first week of eighth grade and i heard a conversation where the teacher was teaching crt. unfortunately for them, i was very familiar with crt before 2020 before we knew what was happening in the classroom. i knew what i was listening to and it was unacceptable and i pulled my children out. >> ashley: it is safe to say you think it is very important to

have a hand in what your kids are learning, especially when it comes to taxpayer funded schools? >> absolutely, government-funded schools don't have our best interest at heart. we were doing better because we are flipping school boards and getting things back in order. what we're doing with parents know best is pushing for school choice, letting parents have choice of where to send their children. if your government-funded school is not working for them, let them go somewhere else. you get a small period of time to get your child educated and they deserve the best education. >> todd: they are your kids. thank you. republican speaker stalemate dragging into day four. could a path be cleared for kevin mccarthy today? congressman elects ralph normal is a hold-out, ask what is up

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in today vote finally threat congress get to work for you the american people. alexandria hoff with a look ahead. good morning with, alexandria. >> good morning. whether or not we will have a speaker today depends on if those who vowed not to support mccarthy on 11 vets in speaker mccarthy still not elected get started on legislative work. late last night details emerged regarding a deal aimed at changing some minds the deal would allow a one person motion to vacate. giving members an easier route to oust mccarthy if desired. provide house freedom caucus stronger representation on house committees. mccarthy was asked though if the position he seeks has been weakened by drawn out and fractured processs.

>> congressman matt gaetz among those adamant in the position. >> i wouldn't be voting on my vet on kevin mccarthy. i reseptember the extent to which kevin mccarthy utilizes the lobbyists and special interests to be able to dictate how political decisions are made. how policy decisions are made. and he has sold shares of himself to special interests. to political action committees. and so that's why i don't think he is an appropriate choice. >> well, democrat hakeem jeffries has won the support of his party as the minority. it's not enough, of course. so would democrats consider negotiating with republicans to elect a speaker? >> so the answer is no? >> all we are asking republicans to do is to figure out a way for

themselves to organize so the congress can get together and do the business of the american people. >> president biden weighed in as well. calling on the vice president to round out his thought on the matter. >> are you still monitoring the speaker's race? are you still watching the speaker's race? >> i'm following the great -- how can i say it? >> attention. >> attention may need to be prolonged as we are told that lawmakers may likely work through the weekend trying to finalize this deal, ashley, todd? >> alexandria hoff? with that bring in south carolina congressman-elect ralph norman one of the republicans who voted against kevin mccarthy. congressman-elect, great to have you here. you confirm yesterday there is an agreement in writing that you have been asked to review. will that agreement lead to you vote for kevin mccarthy in a few hours? >> well, thank you, todd and ashley.

first of all, we first got it, you know, last night after we came off the floor. we'll be having a meeting in about about two hours to go over everything. the devil is in the details. we will look at it and see. it's common sense proposals that quite frankly, mr. mccarthy had six to eight weeks ago. and so, we will be looking at it, seeing if it's enforceable and seeing if it's something that, you know, we'll -- all of it make sense. we're excited about having these changes made, which should have been done anyway. we shouldn't have to ask for them. >> that's the thing. a lot of people are asking and a lot of people in this freedom caucus have said that he could have come to us weeks ago when he knew this was coming to a head. was there ever any communication between this group and mccarthy ahead of time or did he just kind of ignore you like there's been some people say? >> and he will admit, this ashley. he had these requests, things like 72 hours to review a bill instead of getting it thrown at

you at last minute and vote on it. things like spending reforms, which is big on my mind. he had all that. and he waited until after the elections and as we all know, it there was no big red wave. it's a slim margin. then he started talking with us. quite frankly that's where some of the break down occurred. >> this is the only way we had to get reforms that we thought he should have put forward anyway. and had we gone lock step and elected him as a lot of the other republicans did, there would be no chance to have these reforms made. >> todd: you must mentioned your main issue is our nation's reckless spending. i think that's a sentiment regardless of where you fall on kevin mccarthy debate we can all agree on or many conservatives can agree on. once republicans come together and pick a speaker will you be able to restore fiscal isn't a o

congress and quite frankly our country. >> that's the top priority for congress. we can't keep this spending spree. the last omnibus showed that we will handcuffed until next september when the new budget will start after september 30th and dealing with another crisis. so, you know, is it out of the norm to ask for these aprop yaption bills to be out for the american people to look at. is it out of line for spending to be voted on individually as being debated in congress? we haven't had a chance to have these debates. the democrats have pushed everything, for the most part without us. we didn't see the bills until they were on the floor. we're tired of it. that's why all of this is taking place. >> ashley: a lot of people agree the healthy discussion is needed. especially if there are people that are not getting demands met. but, one name that has been thrown in the hat a few times is jim jordan. if you guys couldn't get on board with kevin mccarthy is jim jordan somebody you would support. >> absolutely.

jim jordan has the trust. he is one of the best spokes men for the conservative cause. ashley, regardless of who ends up being speaker we'll get behind. it's not a fractured thing we are going through. if you look at the main media they would say the sky is falling and the sun is not come up. no, we're having a healthy debate. you're seeing democracy at its best. we will all come together and get behind whoever it is. jim jordan would make an excellent speaker. >> i'm going to ask you the $64,000 question as we lee to you go, handle all this stuff on capitol hill. will the 12th time be the charm? does kevin mccarthy get elected speaker today. >> it's up to mr. mccarthy to put on paper and any questions we have, let's go over them in detail. and it's really up to him to decide that we'll look at it and hopefully we can come to some conclusion. if not, we'll sit here as long as it takes. >> ashley: okay. congressman-elect ralph norman,

you've got a busy day ahead of you. hopefully everything can be solved by today and we can move forward and get to investigations and get the country on track. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> todd: three more hours left and then get a rest. she going to collapse hopefully that doesn't happen. >> ashley: that's okay. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ is ♪ everybody's working for the weekend ♪ everybody wants a new romance. >> brian: pete hegseth is in for steve. he looks very good today. >> pete: thank you, brian. >> brian: much better than ever, some would argue. i would say this if the series of votes don't take place today. we thought it was probably going to stop yesterday. they have to