look, here's the reality. these accidents of homebuyers, kitchen fires, they rise three times as much during this holiday season. that's mostly due to these friars. beware and keep your eyes on the friars and don't overfill them, ladies and jome and. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you as well, ramin. that's it for tonight. our thanks to laura ingraham for allowing me to set in. i want to give up plug to my book, the puppeteers, the people that control america. it's a good holiday gift ♪ ♪

thank you for being a friend. ♪ ♪ thank you for being a friend. >> carley: live at the city of brotherly love, everybody there will be celebrating thanksgiving later today. happy thanksgiving to you, you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. we are thankful for the opportunity to be with you, thankful for each other, our families and that graphic, carley said, are you going to play the thing we play every year. >> carley: dust it off every year and get a thanksgiving transition. >> todd: go to sixth avenue and carley, thousands will pack those sidewalks for the 96th annual thanksgiving day parade. that shot is different. right side of the street looks dark, our crack director rusty

informed me they removed the light poles so the floats don't get caught in the light poles. >> carley: they remove the light poles? >> todd: no light poles, no light. >> carley: do they do this every year? incredible. i didn't know that. calling rusty a crack director is an insult. >> todd: not that he's on crack. crack is he's on top of it. >> carley: glad you cleared that up for me. i'll go talk to parade goers during "fox and friends," i'm filling in for ainsley today. i just passed the window, they are already lining up, 4:40 in the morning. it is a holiday, glad to bring you fun and news on this thanksgiving day. >> todd: if you have one takeaway from the show today,

rusturo producer is not on crack. you have family in unto, what are your plans for thanksgiving? >> carley: a bunch of my family are coming in. you will see them on "fox and friends" later, we're cooking a recipe from the "cooking with friends" recipe. we're going out to lunch, all i had time to make this year was reservation. you can't do it all. got a baby, a job, something has to give. >> todd: you prepare recipes for the nation. >> carley: what about you? >> todd: came from connecticut, going back to connecticut. >> carley: like all of america, traveling, spending time with family and making memories. >> todd: i may not eat bird today, i'll see you on the road. major breaking news out of israel, where the ceasefire and hostage release that was supposed to begin this morning is delayed.

>> carley: trey yingst is live. happy thanksgiving to you. >> trey: happy thanksgiving. i hope you'll have time with loved ones. to the news on the ground in southern israel. the entire jewish state waiting with anticipation to see if the hostage deal will go forward temperature is expected to start in less than 24 hours and would include a four-day ceasefire. israelis say after the ceasefire is over, they will look for other hostages and destroy hamas leadership inside gaza. prime minister netanyahu saying i want to be clear, the war is continuing, the war is continuing. we will continue until we achieve all of our goals. so many families here across israel waiting for news about their loved ones. we expect 12 to 13 hostages to be released each and everyday as part of this deal. if the entire deal does go forward, talking about 50 women and children will be released

from hamas cap captivity in exchange for 150 --. >> we're going to be watching this like a hawk, the devil in the detail and execution. we will be watching to see all sides meet their commitment and we know, we recognize that one party to this agreement is a terrorist organization, a terrorist organization that has not always abided by commitments they have made. >> trey: john kirby raises a point, they are dealing with hamas and islamic jihad and they likely will not execute this agreement as they said they will. they will face pressure from the israelis, americans and the qataris who helped with this deal. >> carley: we thought hostages would start to get released

today and now we're hearing no sooner than friday, how should we interpret that, is it on shaky ground? >> trey: publicly both sides says this has something to do with logistics and a signature in doha. it is probably more complex than that, we don't have the information. hamas has gone back and forth and israelis have been clear about their conditions. not just hostages and ceasefire, there are smaller details, some involve aid entering the gaza strip, drones stopping over gaza and variety of other things. each detail will be being looed at close and just one of those could threaten the agreement. >> carley: the drone is a big deal, if israel doesn't have eyes over that portion of gaza, hamas could make moves and

endanger lives. thank you for joining us with the latest update. have a great day. >> todd: bring in special forces mike glover. i will ask you the same thing, your reaction to this delay? is this a minor hiccup or is the deal in serious jeopardy? >> it is very uncertain when you are dealing with terrorist organizations and negotiating. this being done by qatar is another part of the complexity. when i see this happening, i'm thankful in this case, 20 women and 30 children will potentially be released at 1-3 ratio to palestinians. these palestinians are not hamas terrorists mainly. there will be fragility to this agreement thchl is happening over a four-day period as long

as everybody sticks to the plan. >> carley: as long as everyone sticks to the plan and things are tenuous and that is concerning to families. they want to see their loved ones home as quickly as possible. if the hostages do come home, they will have a story to tell. they will be able to provide some level of intelligence. how important the eyewitness accounts? >> utmost importance. they will be checked medically and likely simultaneously be questioned about details of where they were held and all intelligence and information will be utilized to lend itself to operation. hamas and israeli side, they have clearly defined this doesn't mean a stop to the war, this is only the beginning. if we get through this, it is good, let's not hedge our bets

on it. this is hostage rescue and negotiation with terrorists. >> todd: does your gut tell you the hostages will be released tomorrow or do you fear another delay, mike? >> there is a lot of intentative for hamas. they are looking at a ceasefire and they are not allowed to fly drones over certain period of time. certainly israel can watch what is going on on the ground. it is in israel's best interest to allow this to happen. they lose nothing. these guys are boxed in, whether on top or underground in the tunnel system. i'm optimistic and i hope on thanksgiving here in the u.s., leading into tomorrow, that this is something that takes place and happens for the families. >> carley: last week reuters rep reported iran met with members of hamas.

they said, we will help you politically, we will not go into israel and help fight this war for you. there are so many ways you can interpret that, you can't believe anything iran says, how do you parse through that news? >> here is what you know personally, spending time in yemen with central intelligence agency and spending time abroad with the u.s. army. this is a proxy war for them, whether houthis, hezbollah or hamas, they don't need to get intimately involved. the iranian people and people of persia are good people. i know people from inner yoo, it is the government system and they don't want that to break down. they don't want a war with the u.s. if they could use it like they used against american servicemembers in iraq when they

were bombing and using advanced technology to kill soldiers, they don't need to get involved. i think personally this will not lead into a war with iran, but that still when you have action arms and hezbollah, hamas and houthis, we did counter offensive operations last night and yesterday. this is something ongoing and they don't have to have their hands in it. >> carley: any silver lining, you are saying iran won't get directly involved, that could end in u.s.-iran conflict allowing iran to do their dirty work. great insight. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving, guys. >> carley: republican candidates are fighting to keep faith on the ballot in 2024, hoping to reign in the religious vote. robert jeffers is here to talk

about that and share his thanksgiving message. >> todd: from good to bad, n.f.l. players named their least favorite stadium in the league, tell you where it is on a thanksgiving edition of "fox and friends first."

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>> todd: the first presidential primary two months away and gop hopefuls making their pitch to voters, hoping to keep faith on the ballot. 71% of americans are very concerned about abortion policy and prefer democrats on the issue by 19 points.

pastor robert jeffers, first baptist church, joins us now. we have news to get to and analysis. flash forward a year from now, when we have on you for the election post mortom what is the role religion plays with regard to the abortion debate? >> well, happy thanksgiving to you, as well, todd. i believe we're going to see a year from now, record turnout of faith voters because of issue of abortion, religious freedom and israel. it is important to remember that faith voters are like other americans who have concerns. right track, wrong track survey showed 78% of americans believe this country is headed in the wrong direction and concerned about open border and geopolitical tensions. they don't like what is

happening and it is imppossible for joe biden to get re-elected with this level of disconat any time. the numbers will propel donald trump into a second term as president. >> todd: former president trump posted on truth social, in order to win in 2024, republicans must learn how to talk about abortion, this issue cost us unnecessarily, but dearly. trump has a stronghold on evang evangelicals. do you think donald j trump is the candidate to get republicans over this abortion hump? >> absolutely. he knows how to talk about it. i've talked to president trump about this issue. what he was saying, now is not the time to determine what the limit on abortion should be. it is to show difference in republicans and democrats.

republicans believe in some restrictions. he pointed out democrats offer no restriction on abortion, they are for abortion any time for any reason and most americans don't support that on demand abortion policy. >> todd: it is thanksgiving, what is your thanksgiving message, pastor? >> in first thessalonians, paul wrote in all things give things. paul says thank god in all things and jesus gave us a great model. he met with his disciples and the bible says he gave thanks. he looked to victory god would give him. i would say to viewers today, if you are going through a difficult time right now, be thankful, not for that situation, but god causes all

things to work together for good to all who love him. that is something we should all give thanks for. pastor robert jeffers, happy thanksgiving to you and yours. >> todd: breaking in kentucky, the governor declaring a state of emergency, urging people to evacuate after a train derailment. there are images, details next. >> carley: and major update on the fiery car crash at u.s.-canada border that initially caused so much concern. a live report on that coming up next.

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which can cause swollen lungs and difficulty breathing. the train company is working with county officials to monitor air quality. officials are working to determine the cause of the derailment. fox news alert, fbi and new york officials say the car explosion at the u.s.-canada border was not a terror attack. >> todd: doug luzader has the latest. >> doug: this was scary, tragic, not terrorism is the conclusion at this point. wild crash on the u.s. side of the border with canada. take a look at surveillance video near the rainbow bridge and niagara falls. the car goes airborne and resulted in a fiery issue crash.

>> i seen something in slow motion. i said, my god, it's a car. i saw black smoke and then fire. >> doug: the two people inside the car, a husband and wife, were both killed. a customs and border patrol agent was treated for minor injuries. no sign of explosives, they did a social media background check on the driver. >> at this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack. let me repeat that, at this time, no indication of a terrorist-involved attack at the rainbow bridge. >> doug: the nation is on edge due to the conflict between israel and hamas and security was already tight for today's

thanksgiving day parade. >> we have enhanced security because of the holiday and don't see nexus between incident there and new york city. we will be out in full force. >> doug: both president biden and canadian prime minister trudea were briefed on the crash, which remains under investigation. >> todd: that car in the air looked like a video. >> carley: the initial investigators saying we have never seen a car explode like this. everybody is on high alert, turns out it wasn't. two died. >> todd: and unleashing on senator bernie sanders over his anti-israel comments. he is saying, we shouldn't have money for fund israel and the

squad, those people and just look, it is no secret, they are horribly antisemitic and democratic socialist is somebody you vote for and then they take your money and give it back, but they think you nease. a communist, they appoint themselves, no election. >> todd: he is going after rashida tlaib after she doubled down on the claim israel bombed the gaza hospital despite multiple reports it was jihad terrorists. >> todd: stepping down and two top strategists are ready to brawl. david webb here to react. >> carley: and adam klotz is live in new york city at the macy's day parade. we'll check in with him next.

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>> todd: ceo of ron desantis's super pac is stepping down after reportedly volatile campaign strategy meeting that nearly ended in a fist fight. given the current environment it is not -- for the future of our country, i support and pray ron desantis is our 47th president.

>> carley: david webb joins us now. good morning, happy thanksgiving. none of this sounds good for ron desantis. how much does it actually matter when it comes to the election? >> david: overall, not really a whole lot. super pacs, special interest groups, people fighting, resigning, not good in politics. it gives others a story to write, they want the discontent. enjoy your turkey without worrying about the super pac or campaign today. they have issues, in iowa and new hampshire, where they are running the race to overcome president trump's lead. super pacs are what they are, support arms. if they have in-fighting or difference of opinion, it is like a normal day in america.

>> todd: later emerson poll has trump at 64%, nikki haley 9, ron desantis 8. what are you hearing about the desantis campaign on the whole, not the super pac, on the whole when you look at that poll and see nikki haley is the second place person. >> david: yeah, this is interesting. if you add up all of the candidates besides trump, they don't even come close. no matter what, question i have asked them and everyone should ask themselves, how do you overcome trump's lead whether in the caucuses january 15th or in new hampshire or otherwise temperature is delicate battle and they do not have a delegate strategy. no matter what i think, unless you are able to garner the

delegates and there may be trying to break that apart, doesn't seem to overcome the lead donald trump has. >> carley: today is thanksgiving, there is a big parade taking place in new york city, the macy's thanksgiving day parade. this year a pro-palestine group is calling for a protest along the parade route. they posted this on instagram. wol palestine say as american celebrates horrors, genocide is american as apple pie. they smelled america with k-k-k, instead of c. we will not tolerate destruction. what do you think is going to happen here? >> david: look, are they going to try? yes, unlike someone like me who

has done protests the lawful and right way working with nypd and the community group and making sure things are done right, they are there to disrupt. where will they do that? central park west or try to enter the parade route along sixth. how are they going to be effective? i hope they are not. nypd will not tolerate this, i am no fan of mayor track suit, his leadership does not exist in new york city. best interest of parade viewers, the people who come to visit and families. they are going to try, i think nypd should have the latitude to do their job, not be told to ignore them as they have done while they riot across new york city. >> carley: yeah, protesters said they will gather at 11:00, the

parade ends at noon. can't wake up early. >> todd: sounds like threatening, that is when santa arrives. your dig against mayor adams, no politician looks better than gavin newsom. two compliments. david, what is your thanksgiving message? >> david: enjoy the day, take a few hours, watch football, spend time with your family, your friends. argue about the down, the play, don't argue about the politics. they are trying to gin up thanksgiving table arguments politically. they are going to happen and if they come, bring it on, on the other hand, tune out when you are done with dinner and stuffed yourself, get off the couch and it will still be there. be thankful you woke up in america bright and early. you woke up earlier than me, i'm

thankful i woke up. i'm in america, the greatest country on earth and i have the right to speak my mind and eat as much as i want. >> carley: amen to that. great message. have a great day with your family. thank you for joining us. happy thanksgiving. we were just talking about the parade. fox news meteorologist adam klotz is live here in new york city. the floats are tethered down, he has the forecast, what do you got? >> adam: good morning, guys, it is beautiful out here along the parade route on upper west side of new york city. this is the 97th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade, first one back in 1924, coming up on 100 years of total parade activity. you can see turkey tom, that is how we begin the parade. 16 of those really big, major floats coming down the parade route, some new ones, kung fu

panda, pillsbury dough boy, paw patrol. there are big ones out here and the weather is fantastic. if you guys can pull up the graphics, it feels wonderful. temperatures 48 degrees, winds seven miles per hour. it could get up to 20. you will not have to worry about the balloons whachl is your forecast look like across the country? gorgeous, temperatures in the 40s and 50s across the country. the inter-mountain west, you see blue on left side of your screen, there is cold air and temperatures will continue to drop as snow moves across the country. low temperatures there in the 20s and 30s, otherwise it looks gorgeous. back out at the parade,

something interesting here. for the first time, the parade starts at 8:30. this thing will be moving for "fox and friends." it will be cool to see. >> todd: i did not know that. >> carley: parade moving along during "fox and friends." >> todd: what i'm thankful for, adam klotz tan. i look like the crypt keeper, you look like you just got back from mexico. >> adam: i just got back from mexico, i don't know if you knew that. >> carley: todd turned to me and said, he looks tan. he just came back from mexico. we'll check in on "fox and friends." >> todd: i'll travel in 18 to 20 years. >> carley: there is chinese spy balloon, remember that? the nonstop word salad coming from the white house. >> we're going to move forward and do it in a humane way, in a safe way and we're going to do

it in a way that moves us forward. >> todd: so clear. i mean, so clear. we're going through the biggest political turkeys of 2023, with political humorist tj mccormack. he's our holiday buddy, don't go anywhere. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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>> carley: blunders and gaffes create viral moments. turkeys of 2023, tj mccormack. i look forward to this segment every thanksgiving. it makes me happy todd dubbed me the holiday buddy. >> carley: you are our holiday buddy. start back at the beginning of the year, not a bird, not a plane, a chinese spy balloon, relive this moment for us. >> it was -- me? okay. this was something that caught everybody off guard because it was just this floating meandering thing, like biden trying to find his way off a stage. it was a great way to start the year and like jimmy failla called it, like the chinese

government giving us the big finger across the sky, big embarrassment. >> carley: it is funny, but so not funny. the pentagon says they do not think the balloon collected any intel. >> they got nothing. >> carley: i think it is more nefarious than snoopy flying down sixth avenue today. the house had a rough year, including when kevin mccarthy was ousted. let's relive that moment. >> on this vote, the yays 216-210, the resolution is adopted, the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives it hereby declared vacant. >> carley: that caused chaos. >> bad timing.

you know your mom says make sure you wear clean underwear when you are growing up. >> carley: your mom said that to you? >> always have a speaker of the house, never know what is going to happen. they followed crazy matt gaetz and what happens? war breaks out in middle east and world is looking to us to lead and we said, we'll be with you in a minute, we're trying to find the right guy. we're in disarray and it was a lost opportunity. there is rashida tlaib sitting there, no opportunity to censor her and opportunity lost and it did not look good, bad timing. >> carley: we are learning the republican party is way behind on fundraising and many point to three weeks of chaos, the gift that keeps on giving. white house secretary karine jean-pierre has been torched many times for what people are calling word salad blunders, one

defending president biden's border policy. >> we will not comment on rumors out there. we will move forward with this kind of immigration system that has been gutted by the last administration, we will move forward in a humane way, in a safe way and we are going to do it in the way that moves us forward. >> way, way, way. way to go. way to go. if anybody is having a bad day, look up kjp and be glad you are not her. if you're having a lousy day, you are not kjp live on camera. >> carley: there are better ways to communicate. from press secretary to boss, do you remember this moment? it involved president biden having to take nappy time. >> i tell you what, i don't know about you, i'm going to go to

bed. >> you said you spoke to the number two -- >> yeah. we talked about at the conference overall, it was not confrontational at all. >> this ends the press conference. >> carley: democrats say he had a long day. >> that was best of biden in one shot, incoherrence, odd staring and he said i got to go to bed. hidden bonus at the end. karine jean-pierre did her job. that was the shining moment of karine jean-pierre coming in at the end and said press conference over. >> carley: positive note. i love it. a lot happened and there is still five weeks to go, what could happen?

we'll wait to see. thank you for joining us, happy thanksgiving. >> todd: n.f.l. players are not thankful for metlife. 85 players were asked by the athletic their least favorite field, majority pointed to new jersey field, one anonymous player said, the fans are horrible, everything about that place is horrible. you are right. others say terrible turf is to blame for the ranking, especially when players lose their career getting injured on that turf. the jets and giants play there. six teams tossing the pigskin today for thanksgiving. first game is packers and lions, only on fox, coverage 10:30 a.m. eastern, kickoff 12:30. decolonnize thanksgiving, what does that mean? mike huckabee here to help us

figure it out. look at what is coming up on "fox and friends" and lj, you get to go to jerry field and invite your buddy todd piro. >> lawrence: i'm happy you are complimentary of our cowboys even when we destroy the giants. >> todd: destroyed is using a nice word. >> lawrence: twice. minor details. coming up on "fox and friends" on special edition of thanksgiving, balloons, floats, crowds, 97th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade, the one you watch on tv every year and adam klotz is there live, we will check with him. and the head of desantis campaign resigning after two strategists almost got into a fight. jason chaffetz and tulsi gabbard will join us to discuss news and

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>> todd: a liberal columnist wants to take away your thanksgiving feast. writing, quote: the journey to decolonize thanksgiving is also an opportunity for a broader movement to decenter colonial perspectives around the world. let's tell a different story by dropping the lie of thanksgiving and begin a truthgiving. mike huckabee joins me now. mike, what's your reaction to this latest move by the left to ruin a tradition that normal people enjoy? >> todd, i think my message to this whiner would be, this shut up and eat. it's thanksgiving. get over it.

you know, don't bust the balloons of macy's parade and make a fool of yourself. accept the fact that america is a great country. we have some great traditions, thanksgiving is one of our best. it's a terrific time to get together with family and friends. this person may not have a family that wants them or any friends that will claim them. but, find some. go to a waffle house today if all else fails but enjoy thanksgiving. enjoy this great country. and, if you hate america, get on a plane, take a oneway ticket. find some place you think you would like better and have a nice life. >> todd: that's the point that you just made, right? today is all about giving thanks. if these people aren't thankful for all that america gist them. try your hand at happiness from another country. nobody is stopping you. we will have no question. we will let you go on your merry way. but with regard to this word of colonization. you are hearing colon zation, decolon zation, nobody knows what it means.

do you think this is becoming the left's new everything's racist? >> well, it is. and it's stupid. just in a word, it's stupid. throughout all of human history, countries have invaded other countries. they have sometimes been at wars. often because they were attacked and then they it's part of human history and the movement we can look they brokessenned romans. the autumnmans the british yes the americans. i'm glad the economies happened. i'm kind of glad we have the united states of america. it's been the greatest experiment in human government since the beginning of time. i like it here. i like it a lot. i don't think it's something we ought to be ashamed of it's something we ought to be grateful for. today is a good day to do it. todd todd jumping off for your message. >> i'm thank. >> for my family.

thankful for a god knows all about me. in spite of what he knows he still loves me. i'm grateful for my dogs. i'm grateful for the wonderful country i live. in and, you know, i'm grateful that i have got a turkey in the smoker and a little bit later i will put one in the fryer and have a bunch of people at my house. i have been up since 2:00 getting the turkeys ready it's going to be a wonderful, wonderful day. >> todd: you have been been up since 2:00. my god, good for you. now that she is all busy questioning, will sarah huckabee sanders be making the famous pecan pie this holiday? >> do you know what that rascal did? she took off and went out of town at this thanksgiving. i'm ticked off at the arkansas governor i may write a letter to the editor and give a piece of my mind for her not being at our table this year. >> todd: will this slight lead to you vote for somebody else come 2026? [laughter] >> i'm sure i will get over it by then, todd.

i bet i will. >> todd: governor, i'm thankful to you always come on on these important holidays. and i think it's crucial because you give a sense that, like, look, i was a politician. i was in that world. that is a serious world and we talk about that every other day of the year. on a day like today, it's always good to bring us back to what is important and that's where your words come in so handily on a day like today. governor mike huckabee. i can't thank you enough for your time this morning. appreciate it. now get back to those birds. >> let me just say let's keep our turkeys on the table and not in washington. todd todd i love it. governor mike huckabee, happy thanksgiving to you: with that we want to wish all you have a happy thanksgiving from the crew here at "fox & friends first." with that "fox & friends" begins right now. able safe, everybody. ♪