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are coming to you live it. millions of people on the other side of the globe are bringing in 2024, fireworks lighting up the skies above the iconic temple there in bangkok. the colorful display never gets old. a gorgeous site it is new year's eve day this is a special edition "fox news live" i am molly line in for arthel neville. and eric shawn are both off today. rich: i am rich edson appeared celebrations across the globe at every hour today in our new york studios the crossroads of the world's one block away at their the nypd is hard at work making sure the brightest lit block party on the planet is safe for the hundreds of thousands expected in times square. waiting for the ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. police have already set up a perimeter around the area. they are screening everyone, no exceptions and security is very tight. >> we have alexis mcadams live inside in a subway station in times square with more and with the city is doing to get ready

for the biggest and the last big big event of the year. alexis coming to you happy new year. >> hey molly happy almost new year here the countdown is on new york city nypd telling me nobody does a better than they are a part department they believe have everything under control from a safety perspective which is the main focus right here today. nypd telling fox news again moments ago there is no credible threat against the new year's eve celebrations in times square or against new york city in general. one thing they are concerned about and are on standby or pro palestinian protesters they are sure going to show up, watch pretty quick so it will be ready, we will give them their freedom of speech and their movement but they are not going to do here in times square. exit take a look here pretty can see a live look in the times square subway station this is the busiest subway station in the city performing writers a day you can see the officers back there talking with people but many are coming in from out of the country, out of the safe at his big celebration trying to figure out where the need to go. you can take a live look outside

and see what is going on in times square right now. that's more writers passing throughout 4 million at than the population of l.a. just in that debris trains increasing their adding police and also k-9 officers on the ground for nypd is preparing for the massive crowds on sunday by expanding the security perimeter print hundreds of thousands of people expected here for tonight's celebrations. there's lots of security checkpoints which we sought even just trying to get over here you have to show your id and badge to get through they have a lot of officers out here in full force, plain clothes and mix in the crowds were at leading up the big ball drop officers monitoring social media for any threats they'll be using high-tech drone and technology to also view the crowds from above keeping everyone safe it is not just nypd effort that local, state, a and if i don't work effort the governor of new york is increasing staffing for the state police, the national guard, you name it they are focused on a mass transit systems. last year new year's eve a man

was arrested after police say tried to kill a group of nypd officers with a large machete's dealt knife the suspect attacked the officers the name of radical islam jihad according to the feds, listen. >> we have to be prepared for everything. it's about our training, how we address our officers to make sure they are alert and prepared and no backpacks, no duffel bags, large packages, no alcohol these are all prohibited items. our officers will be there for they will be there to protect you. >> he times square subway station is one of the areas they have increased police presence because people are trying to move throughout the city quickly and safely they have hundreds of cameras that are being monitored at a different location to keep a close eye on what is happening. molly: league drones, the robots and our gratitude to the nypd alexis mcadams thank you as well for being out there and braving the undergrounds. we appreciate it. rich: u.s. central command said navy helicopters destroyed three

small houthis boats in the sea killing their crews the iran back houthis fired on the u.s. choppers which were answering a distress call from a cargo ship that the houthis had a tax rate trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the story. >> hate rich good afternoon prayer we are following this breaking news out of the red sea where the united states earlier today was directly engaged with houthis rebels from yemen according to central command we understand u.s. navy helicopters responded to a distress call from a container ship that was under attack by fort houthis boats when helicopters arrived they were fired upon before returning fire and sinking three of the four vessels for the crews of those vessels were killed in this afternoon the houthis say 10 of their fighters had died in that crossfire there. last night the same commercial vessel was hit by a missile that was fired by the houthis and will respond to that incident the u.s. gravely shot down to

antiship ballistic missiles these development in the red sea do come as intense fighting continues on the ground inside gaza. it is day 86 of the war between israel and hamas is really troops are going after the intricate network of tunnels around gaza's second largest city. the idf says the paratroopers have not been deployed to the southern part of gaza after fighting for weeks in the north. an israeli statement says the brigade of paratroopers have killed several hamas government during recent street to street fighting for it overnight to additional israeli soldiers were killed bringing the total to 172 since a ground operation began. the efforts by the israelis to kill more hamas leadership and look for the hostages come amid reports there could be a new cease-fire deal on the table. the entire region watching what is happening in the red sea and met other reports indicating the uk and the united states may release a statement soon about a counter attack against the houthis following more attacks in the red sea.

the seven trey yingst live for us in the red sea thank you. molly: customs and border protection reporting yet another new record number of migrant crossings to round out 2023. now they are bracing for a massive caravan of migrants heading toward the united states meantime century city mayors are warning their resources are already maxed out. bill is live in los angeles with a take on this. >> and molly, as we finish up the year the numbers are just astronomical. cdp sources telling me as of this morning there've now been over 290,000 migrant encounters at the southern border just in the month of december but that is the highest single month ever recorded. cdp sources also tell us since a new fiscal year began on octoben about 780,000 migrant encounters of the southern border. that is the highest first quarter ever recorded. it's also population size bigger than seattle coming across our southern border in just three

months. there are absolutely zero signs any of this will slow down anytime soon. another migrant caravan made up of thousands is currently moving north through mexico heading to the u.s. southern border where the majority of border patrol agents have been pulled off a patrol and instead are focusing on massive processing and release. >> i believe most of america believes in legal immigration. but what we are seeing is not that, this is chaos. so enough is enough. it is time to deport those that illegally come into the united states. president biden can either do that or he can watch and lose and watch the next president enforce those policies that are on the books. >> as texas surpasses its own border security bill said to take effect in march, it would allow texas authorities to arrest and deport illegal immigrants. the biden administration d.o.j. is now threatening to sue texas at they move forward without law. >> you see the hostility from

our own federal government trying to stop texas and protecting the sovereignty of our state in essentially the country. >> and molly, as we continue to shatter these records at the border, white house press secretary it says what's happening at the border is quote not unusual. we will send it back to you. molly: we know it's unprecedented so there's that. bill, thank you so much for your consistent reporting on this issue we appreciate it. rich: house republicans look to crack down the court reporter crisis the new year let's bring in your congressman anthony member of the home and security committee. congressman thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to get to some of the negotiations ongoing across the capitol in the senate. democrats and republicans are talking about aid to israel, aid to ukraine this is all wrapped up in border security measures. what do you need to see to come out of something on that effort for you to support this? >> i think we have been very clear all along that securing our border in hr two are

paramount. we sense. >> okay, congressman looks like we lost the congressman's audio there. as republicans and democrats are looking to try to work this out do we have the congressman back here? >> i am here, and you hear me? >> take congressman kenny harris? >> i hear you gasp it. >> let's try again go for. i'm sorry can you hear me? >> what you need to see in this bill we missed it. >> over 200 days ago house republicans sent the secure border act hr two over to the senate. it called for infrastructure improvements free to call for investments in security and technology. it called for the hiring of over 23000 customs and border patrol agents. that is what we sent over to the

senate. that bill has been collecting dust for over 200 days now. now i think democrats are realizing the border is a big issue. it's going to be the biggest issue facing biden and his attempts to be reelected. so for us we want to see many of the issues that we solved in the secure the border active for it we want to see it sent back over to us. i think funding for israel, hunting funding for ukraine are important. what's his securing the southern border for the numbers we have seen since october are devastating. >> you've got a negotiation here democrats. do you think the bulk of that is going to end up in the final package? and how much of it doesn't need to have in it to have a good amount of support in the house? >> i am confident we are going to get to a point after negotiations that we can get something that's passed and sent to the president. my concern is the one we have had or at least the one i have had over the last couple of months.

does the administration really would to solve this problem? is this a priority of joe biden and secretary mayorkas because it doesn't seemed like that. i didn't send steeple over too mexico. that is our plan to secure the border pray that is their plan to secure the border is to depend on mexico? it just does not seemed like the administration has any intention of solving this humana turn disaster. or, concerns and threats it has for national security. >> you mentioned that visit earlier this week by secretary of state entity blinken the secrsecretary mayorkas went to mexico for years what one of your democratic colleagues of texas and say about that visit. >> tony and i were down there with senator cornyn, chris murphy and other members where we spent about five hours with the president of mexico we just have got to make sure we understand each other. we do not want mexico to interfere with our foreign policy or our loss but we want them to do their job. >> by tone he met congressman

tony gonzalez a republican who is a part of the panel there. can't mexico be helpful here and how much of those conversations do you think accomplish much of anything last week? >> i don't think they accomplish much of anything at all. it is too little too late as i've said before. the administration knows exactly what needs to be done. they do not want to do it. it is very clear that secretary mayorkas has been and derelict in his duties. his concern should be from the moment he wakes up in the morning until the moment he lays his head on the pillow is to secure our southern border and to keep this home and safe. he is not doing that. but we could do is revert to the policies that biden rescinded. there are days he took office. we know what works. we are seeing -- like the democrats argue each and every day immigration has been a problem for years. let's talk about border security. the numbers that we have seen, we have had 276,000 encounters at the southern border just in

december. that is a new record. from october 1 until today at 760,000 people have crossed our southern border. people are threats to our national security. and again the administration is just turning their head. and now they want to have conversations and some people in mexico to think that's how to solve the problem. we know how to solve a problem. if it is their priority and if it is something they want to do than that is what we should be doing. you should not be having these conversations over and over again. the house republicans have done what they needed to do but we sent that bill over to the senate has been collecting dust on chuck schumer's desk since. rich: one of the cities, new york, seeing the migrants end up there. chicago is another one they're asking for should money the same as denver. do you think the city should be getting federal assistance? and if they do, should there be any strings attached? >> the issues we are facing at the southern border are fairly

policies of joe biden. they are the failed policies of secretary mayorkas. these chose to be sanctuary cities or do i believe this should be some funding? absolutely. we should have a checks and balance in place and to how it's being spent for there's no reason why the good people take new york city for example people that visit new york city, people who call new york city home people who have invested their life savings and businesses the new york city there is no reason they should legitimately almost be held hostage in the city that we have. because of the mayor and his cuts to city agencies across the border. he wants to cut 15% from every city agency nypd, ems, emergency management, sanitation the very departments that are dealing with the migrant crisis and the answer to solve the problem is to cut them? tothe >> sense to make a. >> near congressman thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much.

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rich: supporters of former president trump objecting to his attempts to keep up the primary

bout in several states main secretary of state made her state the second to disqualify trump she was the target of a fake and i'm among call friday nights. the swatting incident sent a large team of officers and first responders to her home. alexander half his life and washington with more. >> main@secretary state says she and her husband were not home on friday when police showed up. a man had found 911 sitting broken into the residence, no one ended up being there. the address had been released online in a flurry of criticism following her decision to remove trump from the gop primary ballots. threats have quickly escalated. >> swatting the home of an elected official who is doing wg their job is unacceptable. and what my staff, my team have experienced, what they experienced all day yesterday was a constant onslaught of

threatening communications. that has to stop. >> she has suspended her decision pending an expected appeal from the trump team on tuesday. trump's name will appear on colorado's primary ballot unless the u.s. supreme court step sent and sides with colorado supreme court which road to kick him off the base on a civil war era insurrection clause. >> weather declined to take the case, decides to take the case, i just urge them to do it quickly. i certified the names of who is on the ballot next friday for the presidential primary. >> trumps gop competitors that have advocated against state efforts to remove him from the gop primary ballot that includes governor desantis. but he also added this. >> if one of trump's competitors were kicked off the ballot, he would be spiking the football. he would beat cheering, that is just a fact. >> according to report from the "new york times" former president trump does hold some

concern that conservative justices on the supreme court could rule against him in an effort to not be perceived as political. rich: alex hoff l half life forn d.c. thank you. molly: former president trump to hunter biden, to bob menendez lots of legal cases in the world of politics are coming in 2024 how will they all play out? lewhat spring and found her principal attorney at st. paul law firm. richard st. paul thank you for joining us here on this new year's eve? here we are on the cusp of the new year end it is an election year. so let's start with perhaps the most high profile of these three which would be all the cases former president trump is facing there's a civil case, several criminal cases as well a total of five. they may all be intermingled and happening during the election here is president trump is also out on the campaign trail trying to make his case and his lawyers are also working in various states to try and keep the former president on the ballot through this election cycle.

your thoughts on all of this playing out at one time in this unprecedented manner. >> it certainly is unprecedented in the presidential election year. you look at the charges former president trump is facing and the question really remains the legal rules are what they are going to be a sea going to be found guilty? is he going to pout not guilty and liable in civil cases? the question is how does this affect the legal landscape in the 2024 election where these chargers whether he is found guilty, settles, not guilty affect the presidential election? so far at least of the republican primary the president has the lead by far against any other candidate. we may not expect the republican primary but certainly could have some sway in the general election as we now president trump lost the last general election we have to wonder whether or not these liberals will affect the general election the same way if you will get the same results so that's what is key here.

in terms of how he deals with each of these issues, the way he is dealing with that now is as a legal team in multiple different states with federal criminal charges, state to lawsuits. and that is just going to be what it is very. >> and very, very time-consuming of course. you would not think there's any benefit here. fats, and the pass every time he is facing new charges poll numbers have soared up a little bit. does it seem a certain contingent of voters are pretty sympathetic to the former president and everything he is facing while he is trying to campaign? >> i think it is this question here you had the great shakespeare question to be or not to be it is whether or not president trump once hooley was avenue he was face of these i would say no. if he had not run for president he would not be facing these particular charges. to be a private citizen. there is a contingent of folks out there who see this as a political misgiving. and a threat and a push to

corrupt the justice system. a lot of people view this as overreaching by the government. i think that is where he has less strong support. nobody likes a hypocrite. no one likes to have the government used for wrongful purposes and a lot of people see that. >> some of those arguments have also been made by hunter biden. he has for courtrooms as wellin 2024. on january 11 he will back in federal court in los angeles for that as a tax evasion charges. he's also been trying to get federal gun charges dropped in at delaware after the whole plea deal went awry earlier in the year. the judge threw some cold water on all of that. you are predictions on the front for hunter biden? and also politically the gop continues to look into any potential involvement president biden also on the campaign trail. with a sense of business dealing and that continues as well. your predictions? >> hunter biden is facing tax evasion charges where he is

using his business to find his personal life. that's entertainment that's 600,000 payments to various women for that shopping, that's hundreds of thousands of dollars he is using for his own personal gain. the question is that he will fully evade paying taxes? his lawyers are arguing he didn't willfully do it. he was depressed. it was not willful. he was basically not his right mind. we'll see how that flies. and also to the gun charges when he faces as well. it is very likely this case will end up for him settling. the question is whether or not his business dealings will affect his father's run for president in 2024. as you know it has been said his father as a present i'm sorry as former vice president a lot of information and knowledge of hunter biden's business dealings. but for him at not being the

father the son of a former vice president he would have never had this business dealings. there's a lot of political shakeup there. that is going to happen in washington. while the sun affect what the fathers trying to do in terms of running for president? i certainly think there's definitely some fodder there. especially if the republicans in congress can pull out that information that president biden knew about the business dealings. what, if any information he had to help hunter biden. molly: all making for the unprecedented circumstances as we had to this election year. richard st. paul founder it st. paul and happy new year. >> thank you same to you. rich: we are just hours away from the end of 2023. what will the new year mean for his bank account? will preview the economy in 2024 coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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molly: welcome back to special edition of "fox news live." president biden wrapping up a caribbean vacation they had with a 2024 on the economy. voters are not sold on biden despite the white house is touting economic gains in 2023. lucas of tomlinson alive in st. croix traveling with the president more to you. >> finally heard from president biden since arriving here in st. here he is speaking to reporters when he left dinner last night. >> white shirt new year's resolution sir? [inaudible] >> anything else? >> ais the biggest and right no. >> and his top economic advisers

very bullish on the u.s. economy in 2024. >> if you actually look at the trend in the economy and the strength of consumer spending, real wage gains for nine months in a row year-over-year for mid level workers i think you see some real momentum getting a good start for the new year. >> recent fox news a poll says a majority present biden's own party disagrees. 61% of democrats say the economy is in bad shape. 85% of independents agree. only 14% of voters had the presence economic policies have helped them. about half say they have hurt them. foreign policy challenges awaiting the president when he returns to washington later this week. early this morning we heard from trey, u.s. forces were directly attacked in the red sea for the first time. a pair of u.s. navy helicopters and the aircraft carrier uss dwight d eisenhower destroyer gravely returned fire in self-defense killing all iranian backed fighters on board three

of those ships one escaped rate white house spokesman john kirby reacted this morning. >> we do not seek a conflict in that region we certainly are not looking for a conflict with the houthis print the best outcome would be for them to stop these attacks. >> prespresent biden as a numbef international domestic challenges when he returns to washington later this week there is also of course that grueling reelection campaign for 2024. molly: all eyes are on the houthis to see what happens next as far as they are concerned frate lucas thomason thank you. rich: what can we expect from the u.s. economy in 2024 and how will consumer spending holed up in the new year? let's bring in gene marks and president of the marks group a small business expert. gene, thank you for joining us this afternoon. let's start with consumer spending was pretty strong throughout the year set up a little bit recently but what do you think for 2024? >> that is a great question because it's all going to depend on the consumer, isn't it? it was strong throughout the year end it started to slow to

the end of the year. it picked up a little bit in november. we have to wait to see how holiday sales come in. i think our holiday season is going to be fairly strong holiday season as well. i do have concerns about consumer spending. i do not agree with the president's economic team sank there bullish for 2024. this economy depends on the consumers spending money and right now consumer confidence remains pretty low. small business confidence is at a 10 year low we are seeing a creeping up her right now in delinquent mortgages, delinquent credit cards and delinquent auto loans as well. that concerns me as we head into 2024. do not forget we had a very strong economy and the third quarter like 5% gdp growth. it was really powered by the consumer and if the consumer starts backing off on spending that's going to be a big issue for 2024's economy. >> 2023 was a weird mix of got really high interest rates, equity hit an all-time high at

the end of the year on news maybe the interest rates might not be as high. do you think the interest rate environment if they do come down that could help alleviate some of the concerns with consumers making it a little cheaper to borrow money? >> no doubt about that. already banks have been pulling back on credit card loads because the high rates the inability of some their customers to pay. i have got to tell you it will also have a big impact on businesses as well. right now the prime rate is 8.5%. most businesses briskly small businesses are paying a couple points above that. i know for sure a lot of my clients have the pull back on investments, buying inventory, buying equipment they cannot justify the cost of these higher levels of interest. so, to your point absolutely if interest rates to start a foldr in 2024 that will help consumers as well pay down some of their debt. it will also help businesses do more investing and that will be good for the economy rebuts everywhere from buying a house to building a two billion dollar office tower is a heck of a lot more expensive interest rates

help that the recent interest rates are higher to help cool inflation what to eat risk by seeing a lower interest rates? could that add to inflation? >> i think it does. i also think our inflation issues we are having right now, we are happy inflation has come down to a more reasonable level still above the fed targets. wages are a little bit above inflation so that's good news as well. but really the reason inflation has come down a lot is supply chain reasons. what our data shows is the government continues to spend at a record rate. there is a lot of money circulating around the economy. that has been held back from circulating a little bit because the higher interest rates. as interest rates come down more money comes out in the form of loans we talked about print more money circulates that puts it upward pressure on inflation. the really warm grappling with that issue because inflation could really, really throw cold water on any consumer spending in 2024 per. >> real tight balance.

the funny thing is in the political environment we are in we have had record oil production in the u.s. you do not hear the white house talking about you certainly do not hear the other side talking about it. what are we expecting gas prices and energy prices over the next year? what will that they do to the economy. >> if you have the answer for meet you and i could start investing in oil shares. >> i am out of your. [laughter] it is really, really difficult. the oil and gas industry are no better than anyone else or try to predict what oil fluctuations are going to go it is so dependent on geopolitical events. so the hope is they are going to stay at similar levels that they are at right now which is elevated over the past three years. but there is so much uncertainty and instability going on in other parts of the world that it is very, very difficult to predict where the oil prices are going to go i wish i could give you a better answer on that but i do not have a crystal ball for that pic which is a great point to make a specially got elections here in the united states for elections across the globe and then all of that uncertainty, worse in the middle

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molly: the "new york times" is striking back at artificial intelligence filing a federal lawsuit against open ai and microsoft. the times is accusing him of copyright violations by using its stories to train their chat bots and allegedly stealing billions of dollars worth of work by their journalists. let's bring in kristin ruby ceo of ruby media group and commentator of course on big tech and aip thank you so much for joining us on the cusp of a new year.

one that could certainly see big effects from that technology. i want to start here because it per the open ai website this is a company they research there are a development company quote our mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. but the humans at the "new york times" are not so sure they're doing the right thing so they are suing. your thoughts on the actions the "new york times" is taking? rex my thoughts are that plagiarism does not benefit humanity. we have very strong copyright protection laws in this country. and unfortunately what we have seen over the past year is some of the largest tech companies in the ai space basically use a machine learning to essentially circumvent those copyright laws. when you have machine learning models that are training on the work and the data of journalists for publications in those publications are not receiving royalties or any compensation for the underlying training d

data, there is a problem. that is why this case is going to really set legal precedents depending what happens here because many people feel like the "new york times" but not everyone can come forward and sue but make no mistake this has impacted actors. it has impacted writers. it is impacting artists, every single creative industry. what is going to happen is if there is no wait for creative professionals to opt out they are going to opt out of being in the industry in general at large. you will see a mass exodus of creative talent unlike you have ever seen before in this country. and that is really problematic regrets great point of the number of lawsuits filed have been growing and growing some major notable american authors also suing the ap reporting john grisham, george r martin, that the gam "game of thrones" of fae

have all work towards a lawsuits working to protect their content, their creativity. to still hold control over their product and not have it essentially armed to print your thoughts on these big names, their lawsuits. are they essentially standing up for a great number of people that would not be able to take on big ai tech companies? >> they are in we should be saying thank you. because as i said earlier it not everyone is able to do this but you need to have significant funds to take on a company like open ai. the people that are becoming the representative of each of these industries who are trying to set legal precedent with these lawsuits thank you to them who are actually saying wait a secretary, my work means something for it might work has a value to it and what you're doing this fact. what you're doing is plagiarism. we need to protect the underlying mechanism that runs everything in the creative industries. not just for one, but for all of

us. there is a difference in the ai safety conversation we talk about guardrails a lot. therthere is a difference durini training data guardrails and societal guardrails what we are saying is the people standing up and saying this is not okay they are actually fighting for it societal guardrails though societal guardrails really happy with the legal infrastructure of this country in the legal infrastructure of basic copyright protection. molly: before i let you go there's media organizations are at talks with these company traded for monetary compensation. is that the next forefront? are companies that don't make a deal are they losing out on essentially something that is becoming part of the future? >> yes. if you are not able to make a deal most independent journalists or artists will not be able to they will be losing out that's also part of the concern with open ai and the "new york times" lawsuit as well. it depends how those contracts are structured with their writers.

at "new york times" essentially owns all the ip for anything those journalists are writing. technically even if they win in this case are the individual writers truly wedding? not necessarily "new york times" is in a payout and that is a legal precedents that is set, what does that mean for the individual writers? will they ever receive a part of the payout? we do not know yet. but to your point we need to fight for everyone involved in this process. for the future of labor in this country or it will be wiped out with automation. molly: well my final point there thank you so much for joining us and happy new year. >> happy new year. c7 the u.s. military because 2024 with the smallest active duty force in more than 80 years. the defense department is calling on lawmakers to help encourage young people to serve but some republicans say current pentagon policies and politics are hurting recruitment efforts. fox news congressional correspondent has more on this story. >> the u.s. military is helping the new year will bring new

enlistments for that is because the army, navy, and air force all fell short of the recruitment goals this fiscal year. handing the u.s. the smallest active duty force since 1940. a fox news bowl this summer found just 44% of americans are proud of the country as opposed to 69% in 2011. congressman jim banks a veteran blames a lack of patriotism. >> we are not telling kids in the school that america is the greatest country in the history of the world that it is worth fighting and dying for. and inspiring a new generation to serve. >> in recent years young soldiers and sailors have been waging a pr war on tiktok some promoting the military while others slamming it. >> we do not get paid enough for what we do premixed tiktok is banned on government devices now over its links it to china. the military still allows service members to use it on personal devices ranking member of the senate armed services

committee warns alone tiktok icc p back to apt to spread anti-american narratives among the ranks will only increase division and decrease recruitment. some think the simplest solution to the recruitment problem is hiring back the thousands of troops fired for not getting the covid shots and weeding the politics out of the military pay. >> the idea we are dividing people by a presser and a presence in indoctrination's his aunt but that occult with the military is all about her. >> republicans try to put an end to woke in the military this year they were able to pass a hiring freeze on diversity, equity, and inclusion positions but unable to block funding for controversial things like drag shows in the annual defense bill. in washington fox news. >> thanks. we will be right back.

for seven new year new laws for starting california california such a ban or restrict guns in most public spaces. gun owners had advocates, no surprise, are trying to block that law. annamarie is frolic the story alive for us. >> federal appears in court has cleared the way for that allowed to take effect on a monday but legislation signed by governor

gavin newsom in september bands gun owners from carrying firearms and 26 types of sensitive places. like hospitals, playgrounds, stadiums, zoos, places of worship. the law also bars and gun owners from carrying concealed weapons and privately owned businesses open to the public. like restaurants unless an owner allows it. >> if you are at a restaurant that is serving alcohol, do we really want guns and alcohol in the same place? i would say no but is it a robust list? absolutely. but when you take a step back and look at the common sense of the list you can make a compelling argument for every single location that is on that list. >> this and gun law and similar measures in other states have faced litigation. california law was a block by an injunction from a federal judge who called it unconstitutional. but yesterday's appeals court ruling has cleared the path for the law to be enforced at the start of the new year britt governor gavin newsom reacted to the appeals court saying in part

this ruling will allow california common sense gun laws to remain in effect what we appeal the district court dangerous ruling. now of january 1, guns that will be restricted in some public places this is while the legal process plays out for the california rifle and gun association which did sue to block this law has not responded for our comment. >> thank you. molly: a long awaited victory and motown the detroit pistons ending the longest single season losing streak in nba history 28 games in a row. will it beat the toronto raptors at home site 29 i am sorry 129 -- 127 by the victory is the first for the team since october. the pistons hope in the 2024 will bring them a winning streak. rich: good luck on the heels of the six and 25 washington wizards. there is some great basketball

there is the bottom of the eastern conference. [laughter] works can we say congratulations to the pistons? rich: maybe the new year will work who knows. alright we are back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. please keep it here for more news from washington. that is coming up next on fox news. a force to be reckon with. no, not you saquon. hm? you! your business bank account with quickbooks money, now earns 5% apy. 5% apy? that's new! yup, that's how you business differently. -hey there. -hey. -hi. hey there. how are you? i'm with disabled american veterans.

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