hello, i'm rich edson. >> jonathan: i'm jonathan hunt. special edition of "america reports". calling it an exodus from poverty, reflecting the reality many migrants tell our fox reporters on the scene they are here seeking jobs, not political asylum. the group is still in southern mexico but border agents are already overwhelmed. 35,000 encounters at the southern border over the long christmas weekend. >> rich: we expect all of this to be on the agenda when secretary of state antony blinken, dhs secretary mayorkas meet with mexico's president but critics say the trip to mexico is only driven by optics. tom homan is standing by. >> jonathan: but first william live here in l.a., numbers up and up and up up, what is the

latest tally? >> more than 730,000 migrant encounters at the southern border, like adding a city the size of denver in three months. but remember, according to the white house, the border is secure. the video of the caravan, just passed a mexican military outpost, i've been there several times. the mexican military is there and they just go over in rafts and the bridge. typically the caravans gain steam as the migrants see strength in numbers and a way to avoid being picked off by immigration checkpoints. along the way, help provide transport and busses and ngos will help the migrants focus the story to best pass the asylum interview. >> the president of the united states must help us. we are migrants. in reality, some of us only go

to the u.s. for 4, 5, 6, 7 years. and then return to our country. for this reason we demand that joe biden help us. >> critics would say he already is, as taxpayer-funded ngos help coach them through and rather than tighten the fear of persecution standard, he offers humanitarian parole, also known as catch and release to the vast majority of those encountered at the border. 10,000 this weekend in eagle pass, texas, similar numbers in arizona, the administration helps provide a blanket, food, plane or bus ticket to almost any city of their choice. and a work permit where they can earn in a day more than most will make in a month back home. >> he could stop this crisis tomorrow if he wanted to. there are simple policies, enforcement activities to end this but he has not done that.

and so there is nothing that shows that he wants to end this crisis. >> two outstanding measures, if you will, that to change things at the border. number one, visit as you mentioned secretary blinken and mayorkas, and what concessions they may get and also those talks in the senate where the gop wants to put through pass, or very tough standards for detention and also tighten the asylum standards to reduce the flow, that is yet to be seen. jonathan, back to you. >> jonathan: william, thank you. rich. >> rich: tom homan, former acting ice director and fox news contributor. thank you for joining us this afternoon. visit by secretary mayorkas, secretary blinken, what can they hope to accomplish in mexico tomorrow? >> look, i think it's right in the beginning, optics. mexico does not want to fix this problem. last year alone, mexico got over $61 billion in remittance payments and all the criminal

cartels, they are bought and paid for in mexico so a lot of money for the government of mexico. only one way mexico would be willing to help if the biden administration sells them on this. if you don't help us, we may lose the election. if we lose the election and donald trump comes back he will shut the border down and that's going to be less money for the government of mexico. the only play i can see them helping the united states because you heard the videos a few minutes ago. they are making demands that the cartels are making demands, the groups are making demands. under the trump administration who i worked for, president trump made the demands, he demanded mexico take action and they did. demanded central america take action and they did. the difference between the two administrations. this is nothing but optics. another meeting is not helpful. >> rich: the last couple of weeks, stopping of the texas border crossing for the rail transit into the united states. should the u.s. be doing more of

that, was that close to enough? >> this administration knows what to do if they want to secure the border. the last administration had the policies in place, aabolished. remain in mexico was a game changer. they can put it back into play for tomorrow. highest court said it was ok. you mentioned a few minutes ago. immigration data shows nine out of ten of these people will never get relief in the u.s. courts, they don't qualify for asylum so clog up the court system for years, while thousands of people in the world really need our protection and they are escaping fear and persecution from their home governments and they are sitting in the back seat. this is immigration fraud by the millions. >> rich: griff jenkins over the last several years, longer than that, spent a lot of time at the border and in mexico, the whole journey up.

here is what he had to say about what's going on down there. >> griff: says exodus, freedom from poverty, that isn't credible fear if they are coming. they are coming for jobs, and with the administration that favors a catch and release policy in the effect as you mention, cross the border, take a selfie, send it back to those thinking about making the trek. it's a pull factor the likes of which we have never had to deal with. >> rich: tom, how do you confront that? >> enforce the law. look, stop catch and release. the law is clear and the statute says if you are arriving alien and enter illegally and don't have proper documentation you shall be detained. that's what the law says. if they get rid of catch and release tomorrow, there are thousands of empty ice beds, $127 a night, thousands of empty ice beds already paid for sitting empty but rather take them to new york city and put them in the hotel room at 500 bucks a night. it's not about enforcing the

law, it's about releasing by the millions, nine out of ten will be ordered remostly. >> rich: how effective do you think the pushback in chicago and new york has been toward the administration? >> i think it's helpful. what governor abbott has done is great. now you have democratic mayors and governors speaking up, but word of advice to the mayors. they are going to come to the city anyway, why, because you are a sanctuary city. illegal aliens can come to the city, commit a crime against a u.s. citizen and police departments cannot work with ice. they are not allowed to put a single foot in your jails because you are a sanctuary city. if you want to help the taxpayers of the city and want crime to be reduced, stop being a sanctuary city. help ice do their job, protect the country and communities. >> tom, thanks for joining us this afternoon. former acting ice director.

jonathan, this is what the senate is negotiating right now and even broader than that, it's money for the border, it's money for ukraine, money for israel, all these issues now really have some major decisions and negotiations coming in congress and really the next few weeks. >> jonathan: they do, rich, and the border obviously, every time we get these figures in a new email from griff jenkins, it's extraordinary the way the numbers keep going up. certainly going to be one of many issues facing president biden in 2024, which brings us to this. >> about the economy, sir, what's your outlook on the economy next year? >> all good, take a look. start reporting it the right way. >> jonathan: president biden is calling out the media for souring the public's view on the economy. despite the white house's own economic messaging clearly falling flat with voters.

latest fox news polling, 78% of the voters consider the economy fair or poor. just 21% have positive things to say. fox business grady trimble is live in washington with more. grady. >> you heard it from the president himself, he says the reporting on the economy is the problem. if you ask him, the economy is in good shape right now, and as you just heard, he's predicting it will stay that way in 2024. the president is trying to sell bidenomics to voters who are frankly skeptical. he visited the swing state of wisconsin just last week to make the case for it but point out not only the poll numbers that you just mentioned, but some others as well. so, voters unhappy with the current state of the economy and president biden's handling of it. this is the one you said, 78% say the economy is in bad shape according to the latest fox news poll and look at this one. only 14% of voters say president

biden's economic policies have helped them. we are seeing inflation cooling but higher prices are still eating into americans' budgets. >> that 20% increase in prices, that's embedded into everything that you buy now, you go to the grocery store, the gas pump, pay your mortgage. when biden tells americans how good things are it makes them seem he's out of touch with main street america. >> and lately the white house has been pointing out that wages are higher than inflation, generally a good thing, but that has not been the case for most of biden's presidency. if you go back to when he took office in 2021, real wages, wages adjusted for inflation, are actually down pretty substantially. jonathan. >> jonathan: grady trimble in d.c. thanks so much. >> rich: benjamin netanyahu warns the war is nowhere

finished as militias target u.s. forces in the middle east. latest on the war live from the grounds next. >> jonathan: prime minister netanyahu says he has three requirements for peace in the middle east and laying them all out in a "wall street journal" op-ed. we'll take a closer look with israeli special ops veteran aaron cohen coming up next.

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>> rich: despite a handful of ceasefire proposals, benjamin netanyahu says the country is expanding the fight in gaza, calling this a long battle nowhere near finished. comes as u.s. forces retaliate against hezbollah strikes and attacks from the iranian-backed militias on their troops. trey yingst is live on the ground in tel aviv, israel.

trey. >> trey: rich, good afternoon. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a number of targets belonging to iran-backed militias in iraq. three separate strikes and destroyed targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib militants. three americans were injured in an attack, one critically. it brings the total number of attacks against american interests in the middle east to 103 since mid october and comes as israeli forces remain on high alert after an airstrike in syria killed rgc commander sayyed razi mousavi. and that president said it's a sign of the zionist regime frustration and it will pay the price, and new fire took place

along israel's northern border with lebanon, and a government spokesman had this. >> anti-tank missile attack on the church injuring a civilian in israel, reminder that for hezbollah and iranian puppet masters nothing is sacred. there is no going back. either hezbollah retreats as part of an effective diplomatic solution, our preferred option, or we will push it back ourselves using military force. >> trey: we have some breaking news as well, a commercial vessel in the red sea has reportedly been attacked by houthi rebels in yemen, after it did not heed three separate warnings. a spokesperson for the shipping container company says the vessel informed nearby coalition forces that it was attacked but

no injuries were reported on board. rich. >> rich: from the red sea to iraq and syria, things are escalating, thank you. jonathan. >> jonathan: the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is laying out what he believes needs to happen in order for peace to be established in the middle east. writing in an op-ed in the "wall street journal," netanyahu calls for hamas to be destroyed, gaza demilitarized and palestinian society to be deradicalized. but israeli forces are facing pushback because the death toll in gaza continues to rise, many critics calling the country violent occupiers. let's bring in israeli special ops veteran and counter terrorism training for law enforcement, aaron cohen, good to have you here. another quote from benjamin netanyahu's piece, says palestinian civil society needs to be transformed so people

support fighting terrorism rather than funding it. successful deradicalization took place in germany and japan after the allied victory in world war ii. so three goals, destroy hamas, seems to be possible. demilitarize gaza, but the society, it's a lofty goal. >> i think what he is trying to set the stage for is the big picture. coming from the counter terrorism world i can tell you the slogan of hamas is, meaning literally to the death and when you have 75, 80% of the palestinian population in gaza, which has been raised with that ideology, it's -- he's on the right track but i think it's a monster endeavor to be able to bite off that's going to take years to be able to solidify

that and reeducation works but we are talking about 2 or 2.5 million people here. how long is it going to take. >> jonathan: and look at the west bank as well, i was there shortly after october 7th and well-connected people, moderates we spoke to said if there was an election today, the palestinian authority would lose the election, hamas would win it. islamic jihad are gaining popularity and power, seems the war in some ways is making palestinian society more radical rather than less. >> it is, and a question of understanding the middle east and the way people think, and expression over and over again, from the river to the sea, and there's real context and richness to that meaning and embedded inside the palestinian culture. so whether it's the best bank or whether it's gaza, the palestinians are going to lean

in the direction of where they feel protected and safe but to reeducate is a monster endeavor. however, it's possible, it's possible, but look at the deal with counter terrorism really is about dismantling the entire infrastructure, means the mindset, the beliefs, and tried it back in 2011, 2012 back in europe when we saw the radicalization through the imams with the young teens wanting to go over and fight with isis. >> jonathan: much smaller number. >> much smaller scale. a lot of countries will have to get involved here. >> jonathan: look at the war itself on a central level. they targeted the north, and the south, and now looking at central gaza. there is going to be very little left of gaza. what does that do for this worldwide view of what is going

on there? >> it's going to continue to put israel in a bad light, and continue to cause israel or force israel to fight the p.r. front, continue to make israel look like the aggressor. but the fact is october 7th was real, the terror attacks were real, rapes, beheading and kidnappings are good, hamas is good at gaslighting and getting the world hooked in on israel the evil that caused it so israel pushes and fight the fifth front but the end of the day israel has to continue military operations against hamas because if they don't, the fact is it's a terror group and if it's left in power, if it's left with the ability to be able to fire rockets, still coming into israel, israel has to dismantle and block out the white noise and keep doing the work with the highest degree of selectivity. >> yes or no answer, december 26, 2024, with israeli

forces still in gaza? >> very likely. israel ain't going nowhere for a while, it's going to take a minute. not just ivy league leaders, top alumni at a prestigious school, pushing for change. biden administration hitting back at an iranian-backed terror group. is it enough to keep american troops out of harm's way. we will ask an iran expert coming up next.

>> jonathan: concern is growing the middle east is teetering on the brink of a wider war, after the biden administration struck back after three troops were injured in a drone attack in iraq yesterday. strike may not do enough to please critics of president biden who warn his strategy in

recent weeks has only emboldened iran. bring in a senior fellow at the foundation of defense for democracy, benham, thank you so much for being here and we are just getting word, by the way, from our correspondent, trey yingst in tel aviv, another cargo ship has been attacked, this time by houthi rebels in the red sea. it appears to go on and on and on, benham. >> that's right, it's a pleasure to be with you. look, there's at least two separate conflict spirals geographically located outside the gaza strip. number one is iraq and syria, over 100 different rocket, mortar drone and other attacks by iran-backed proxies, and a handful of limited pinprick retaliatory strikes by the u.s. that do more to embolden iran

and proxies than establish deterrence. the second one you mentioned, houthis are trying to strike directly, and they are now trying to fire the projectiles at international shipping. even with the presence of the u.s. security there, they are increasing insurance premiums and forcing ships to be rerouted. >> jonathan: when we strike at the militants carrying out the attacks, it strikes me as somewhat bizarre. we killed one militant, i believe, in an attack in syria yesterday, or maybe it was iraq, but either way, one militant. we surely know, benham, where the militants are. they have declared war on us. >> indeed, and not just declared it, acted on it. response ratio even going into

october 7th was quite poor, especially the ratio in iraq, the u.s. has had a penchant for absorbing the strikes rather than responding in places like syria, treated like a free-fire zone. look, a strategy the administration needs to take, during times of peace, meaning when they are not being fired on, to actually target the depots and the facilities that house the weapons and during times of war or when they are responding to fire, to actually go against, a, the point of origin where the weapon is coming from, b, the headquarters of the groups that have given the go order for the strikes, and c, find any locations where the fighters may be fleeing to or co-located with other terror proxy groups and fire on them as well. and the reluctance of the biden administration to do that is round after round after round of escalation by these proxy forces, which think they have the upper hand. >> you list a, b and c there. what about d, doing something about the people who run these

militant organizations. they are all setting in tehran, iran. what do we do about iran? >> that's right. responding against the proxies have limited value if they think they can get away with it. the problem is the u.s. in the very short-term has had a bad run against the proxy. rather than putting the loaded gun in a shakey hand, i think it's wise to first rehe is establish deterrence and signal resolve before looking at other targets in the islamic republic. the key is respond outside, signal resolve, tell iranians there is a track record to take seriously before things need to needlessly escalate. >> jonathan: and just quickly, iran has said it will destroy tel aviv as a response to the strike that killed an iranian

gen general, that's just blus ter, they are not going to take military action because they know what it would bring, correct? >> in general, the regime is acting on intent, they say death to israel it has funded proxy and terror groups doing the slow motion genocide against the only jewish and democratic state in the region. it's wise not to dismiss the threats out of hand, i don't think the islamic republic would engage, but likely to see intensification of the proxy war, perhaps with the syrian and lebanese front, less quiet than iraqi and yemeni front. >> jonathan: benham, a treat to get your expertise today. thank you, sir. rich. >> rich: another top university is facing backlash over antisemitism on campus. a jewish advocacy group has launched an ad campaign targeting the president of northwestern university for they

say his failure to condemn hateful rhetoric targeting jewish students. kelly has more from northwestern's campus just outside of chicago. hi, kelly. >> hi, rich. this ad calls on the school's president, michael shil, to condemn, or define and denounce the actions of october 7th, it said the school basically supports hamas, take a listen. >> it's time for president michael shil to accept the international definition of antisemitism, stop the hatred, stop us living in fear, define and denounce antisemitism. is that too much to ask? >> it's a six-figure ad campaign created by alums for fairness, on november 14th, shil announced the school is creating the president's advisory committee on preventing antisemitism and hate. i spoke to one northwestern

alumnus who says he does not believe northwestern's president is antisemitic but there was not a strong enough condemnation of the october 7th attacks and the students need to feel supported here. >> this is something that needs to happen now. this is when all the aggression is going on, when it's still fresh in people's minds and i don't know if the school is hoping it will die off and go away -- >> the university responded to the ad saying these are outlandish claims, not the claims that they support terrorism. acts of violence will be immediately addressed and individuals held accountable under university policies and procedures. northwestern does not tolerate antisemitism or discriminatory acts against any members of its community. this comes as donors and alumni are calling for harvard's president, claudine gay to step down after her testimony in

front of congress about antisemitism on harvard's campus. about 700 faculty members have signed a petition asking that the board keep her on despite outside pressures. harvard and northwestern are just two of many schools that are coming under fire for their response to the hamas-israel war. back to you. >> rich: kelly live in evanston, illinois, north of chicago. thank you very much. >> jonathan: officials in chicago say crime is still rampant over more gun violence over the holiday weekend. >> rich: remaining presidential candidates looking to gain some ground against former president donald trump. "wall street journal" james freeman next.

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>> jonathan: welcome back to a special edition of "america reports". at least 19 people were shot, including three fatally across chicago over the holiday weekend. one of the people who died was just 24 years old. recent numbers show a drop in homicides and shootings overall, but police say violent crime clearly is still running rampant. garrett is live from chicago with more, and garrett, is it getting any better in chicago?

>> jonathan, if you are only looking at how it compares to last year, shootings and murders are down by double digits and those are the stats mayor j johnson likes to point to. pre-pandemic during the nationwide spike in crime, nearly every crime category is significantly worse today than back then. carjackings, more than doubled in the past four years. this month, mayor johnson, who campaigned on tackling crime by addressing root causes laid out the latest iteration of the community safety plan, focuses more on investing in the most violent neighborhoods than on punishing those who commit crime. >> this plan focuses on addressing the root causes of violence through a layered, long-term investments in key areas, education, economic opportunity, healthcare community investment, making sure that we have a healthy

environment, particularly around climate, housing, community violence intervention and of course policing. >> and of course policing. the concern for folks who live here, the plan has a lot of similarities to what former mayor lori lightfoot wanted to do and has not done much to stop the rampant crime hitting folks across the city. jonathan. >> jonathan: garrett, thank you very much indeed. rich. >> rich: jonathan, the race for 2024. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is looking to catch up to ron desantis in iowa before the presidential caucuses next month. many are wondering if a strong showing from haley there could help catapult her in other states. here is discuss, fox news contributor and assistant editor of the "wall street journal" editorial page, james freeman. a little early but happy election year to you. the koch network is spending

millions in iowa to support nikki haley. will it work. >> money helps to buy staff and tv ads, what doesn't necessarily help is known as the candidate beloved by mega donors, so the coke money, it's helpful to her but brings a down side for vote who are a little wary of the institutional donor class of the republican party. >> rich: now the elephant in the room, poll numbers here, only as we have talked about this. you have donald trump among iowa caucus goers at 52%. in september, it was 46%. desantis at 18, nikki haley at 16. we have been talking about donald trump's expectations now for several months as he's been running away in polls, the poll numbers are better as he keeps getting indicted. but if you look at setting expectations, it's not like he's trying to tamp that down. he's set a high bar for himself

so what does a win look like for haley and for governor ron desantis, i mean, if they have a somewhat strong showing here, looks like they are defying expectations, right? >> i think for both of them, a second place finish is a win for either haley or desantis. more so for haley, because desantis has been stronger in the state, endorsement of the state's governor, some influential leaders in the evangelical movement. if haley wins or finishes second in iowa, a lot of pressure for other people to drop out. desantis is strong number two, that keeps him going and he's got really a better story than haley in terms of record as governor, kind of fighting the big conservative fights that primary voters want to be assured if they go away from trump that they are going to get that kind of competitor. but for donald trump, it's -- he's in really perhaps oddly a much better situation than he was four years ago, or eight

years ago, i should say, seven years ago in the sense if you look at leading up to 2016, often 35% and would win in a crowded field. now he's over 50 in most polls, pretty much all polls, and closer to 70 in a few. so, whoever is going to be number two needs not just to be the alternative but have a real argument on why republican voters should abandon him. >> rich: and take away from trump voters as just the anti-trump vote and consolidation that has to happen if it's going to happen. if you look at the u.s. senate, it's a presidential election year, a third of the senate is up. it's a terrific map for republicans here, two dozen seats, democrats are defending, you've got seats that the former president donald trump won in either 16 or 20, pennsylvania, arizona, montana, senator joe manchin is retiring. any chance that democrats can hold on to the senate and what do they need to do to do that?

>> i think democrats only hold on if it's kind of a wave election for them nationally, if joe biden, if it's joe biden, if he wins big it's maybe hard to see that at this point but i think given as you said the map so favors republicans absent huge democratic year, i think -- i think the senate probably goes republican. it's not just that they are defending most of the seats, they are defending essentially all of the competitive seats and joe manchin's retirement in west virginia makes it even harder if you are majority leader chuck schumer thinking how do you put the math together. >> rich: heard from governor youngkin, and they did neither. >> obviously they are tied to biden, like it or not. i think they are going to run hard on the abortion issue, i think that's kind of clear. as far as the national economy,

a lot of dispute about whether they want to still stick with that bidenomics tag, but again, barring a big democratic environment where the senate candidates are almost irrelevant, i think it probably goes to the gop. >> rich: james freeman, amazing year coming up. jonathan, over to you. >> jonathan: the big board, dow up 170 points, on pace for a record close if that holds. it would be the sixth record close of 2023. we'll keep an eye on that. plus -- >> rich: just when you thought the christmas rush was over, americans are heading back to shopping malls. now it's the race to return billions of dollars worth of gifts. how retailers are making out after the holiday.

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of them are frustrated with some of the policies they are encountering. this year, some $173 billion worth of presents that will be returned, that's $2 billion more than last year. now, mall managers are saying hey, we are going to have a huge influx of people over the coming days and weeks. listen. >> we are expecting a large crowd, we had over 50,000 people here on saturday and we are expecting almost as big a crowd here this week. >> so retailers are putting in place shorter return windows, 7 and 10 retailers say we give you a week to return those gifts. others are putting in place fees for people to return gifts, and finally, some are saying that there will be fewer free return options so if you bought something online and thinking the retailer will give you free fedex delivery, they may not do that. we have been watching people here, they say some of the

retailers here are asking them to pick something else in the store that they may want rather than getting cash. it's really a whole new world when it comes to returns. and as you know, last year a lot of gifts turned into trash, put into landfills, in fact, if you took all of the returns last year, they would have filled 10,500 boeing 737s. >> rich: what a waste that is, and expense, it's an epidemic, people have to give better gifts, i think. >> jonathan: you know, rich, my wife and i had this discussion yesterday. we are returning one each of the gifts we gave each other, but it's never an easy conversation either. sorry i don't quite like it, i'm going to give it back. but there we go. anyway, today might be a busy day for these gift returns. but christmas day was the busiest of the year for some other trends. plus, a decades' old hair trend

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>> lab-grown stones are rocking the diamond industry. their appealing look and lower price has shoppers ditching natural diamonds. gerri willis reporting from the new york diamond district. >> 'tis the season. it's engagements season and more and more americans are thinking ant manmade diamonds, lab grown diamonds. you can see them here. marketing growing totalling 38% up from the year before. it's 20% of the diamond industry right now. up from 1% in 2015. we're here at the clear cut with olivia. she's the owner of this enterprise. also a gemologist.

i'm glad. we have lots of questions. let's start with how are these two things different and how much more would i pay for an actual diamond from the ground compared to a manmade one? >> yeah, so natural diamond is grown under the earth over billions of years. a lab grown diamond is a synthetic diamond grown under similar conditions in a laboratory. they're very different in pricing. a lab-grown diamond, we only sell natural diamonds but we give away a free lab diamond for a travel ring. we purchase the lab grown diamond for $100 a karat wholesale. >> so what do consumers need to know? i look at them and i can't see how that lab-grown diamond doesn't look like a real diamond. >> consumers need to know the value. there's no inherent value in lab grown where as the natural will

be grown overtime. they need to be weary jewelers may push them. the margins for retailers are 300 to 500% when it comes to lab grown and closer to 10 to 20% when it comes to natural. >> thanks, olivia. gerri willis, fox bus. >> thanks, gerri. rich? >> the hair trend from the 80s is making a comeback. the people requesting it might not be who you'd expect. hair stylist tell the "wall street journal" that team boys are rocking perms. a perm solutions seller says about 1 1/3 of them will be males. jonathan? >> i'll be back tomorrow. i'll be rocking a perm, too. i'm jonathan hunt. >> bret baier is next. >>