for this? >> todd: it raises a lot of questions. you answered a lot of them for us. allison we appreciate it. one question allison can answer a navy veteran says ufos are real and americans deserve to know the truth. >> there are debunkers out there who have said the go fast video was just a balloon. that was only one video that was released. there were dozens of these encounters. i don't think it's a stretch when you look at the diversity of life on this planet and size of this universe to think there would be more diverse, higher order, nonhuman intelligence throughout the universe, that is probably what is visiting us. >> todd: oh boy, he testified before congress alongside a slate of other witnesses whether the government is hiding information from the public. we're going to leave you with that. >> carley: maybe we will find out one day and trump will post it on truth social. who knows? >> todd: we will see. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪

>> brian: all right. it's 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. it's thursday, november 14 of the. and this is "fox & friends." check, check, check. now you are red were to start the day. we will tell you how we are going to start the show. fox news alert. republicans take the house. pulling off the trifecta, but another house member tapped for the trump administration could spell trouble. >> ainsley: plus, a friendly meeting in front of the fireplace. what trump is saying about the two hour sitdown with president biden. >> politics is tough, and it's in many cases not a very nice world but it is a nice world today. >> steve: what did they throw in the fireplace? >> ainsley: raging fire. >> lawrence: white house is literally on fire. >> steve: how the new department of government efficiency will work and billions it could save us in the united states. >> lawrence: all right. "fox & friends" starts right now. and, remember, mornings are

better with friends. ♪ >> steve: all right. first up, fox news alert. it's the hat trick, republicans have officially retained control of the house. securing a governing trifecta late last night. >> ainsley: latest races were called as president-elect donald trump shakes things up with another unexpected cabinet pick. florida congressman matt gaetz as attorney general. >> brian: we have live team coverage now. we have mark meredith in west palm, florida, on the latest trump picks. we begin with griff jenkins, we like him better. he is on the republican sweep in washington. griff, sorry, hopefully mark didn't hear that. >> griff: mark is a good guy. good morning, guys. look; the american people have clearly spoken and red wave sweep into washington now giving republicans all three pillars of power. something not seen by the way since 2017 when trump first took power. now, look at the balance of power. you can see 218 to 208 as you show. a handful of races yet to be called.

meaning the majority could grow not with standing matt gaetz's resignation yesterday. speaker johnson, also winning unanimous support for another term as the top house republican. now, the trifecta was clinched after the race was called in arizona for republican juan ciscomani, defeating democrat kirsten ingle, it came on the heels of kim call better defeating will rollings in california's 41st district. meanwhile in the senate, mitch mcconnell's long time deputy, john thune will be the next majority leader, ready to help deliver on president-elect trump's vision. >> we are excited to reclaim the majority and get to work with the colleagues in the house to enact president trump's agenda. we have a mandate from the american people. a mandate not only to clean up the mess left by the hind, biden harris agenda but also to deliver on president trump's

priorities. >> griff: the majorities in both chambers are small. meaning republicans won't have much margin for error and it could be a tight rope walking act at times it will be interesting to watch. guys? >> steve: so, griff, this is a math question and i know none of us are very good at math. but, with that 218, is one of those 218 still matt gaetz? because he called it quits yesterday. >> griff: that's right. exactly. 218 to 208 but gaetz resigning his seat, we are seeing florida governor desantis quickly moving and speaker johnson said he talked with desantis about trying to fill that seat in gaetz's district is a very red district. so you would assume that would be. >> steve: slam dunk. >> griff: filled by a republican. we still have about a half a dozen races still yet to be called. meaning that house majority could grow. making the gaetz resignation not that significant. can. >> ainsley: thank you, griff. speaker johnson said under florida law they have 8 week

period to fill that seat. he has already talked to ron desantis. ron desantis is in italy. they will talk this morning. he said the clock has started but they might be able to fill that seat by january 3rd. >> brian: yeah. it's pretty amazing what has taken place. the senate is going to be up to 53 as soon as mccormick gets done with casey. and then you have on the house side after all the chaos almost a year ago with the flipping where matt gaetz led an insurgency to flip kevin mccarthy. they couldn't pick anyone. chaos caucus. they flipped more seats than the democrats. still going to be a slight advantage but what an epic fail by democrats. hakeem jeffries says hey, this is on me. i was unable to do it. they had more money. they had more time. and they had this young leader that they said was going to be their future unable to flip it. so, i'm very curious to see how quick elise stefanik gets filled how quick they fill up for congressman -- for matt gaetz as well as -- swells congressman --

florida congressman now going to be a national security adviser mike waltz. to mike waltz. he called right away and told the speaker look i'm probably going to be tapped for something and get them lined up. interesting time for governor desantis to go to italy. because there is a lot for him to do. >> lawrence: actually released a statement maybe about an hour ago on x. and he said that he has already notified the secretary of state to start the process. so, he may be out of the country but the effective leader that he is. >> ainsley: enjoy your vacation. >> lawrence: is he already on it. take a moment to pause to see what the country has done right now. they are telling the republicans, we are going to give you a shot for 20 years. if the american people wanted divided government they would have given divided government. this is a mandate for the president's agenda. apparently it was more relatable to the people in their pain and republicans have to get to work now. >> steve: you are absolutely right, lawrence. for the longest time, while publicly the people in the house said, you know, republicans are going to win, the democrats were

outraising them, fund raising them. they had a lot more dough. so it was right up until the very end that we knew what was going on. ultimately, there are still nine seats to be determined. but i read a couple of things about the analysis of this trifecta. and that is there are so few competitive seats, keep in mind there are 435 seats in the house of representatives. only about 45 are truly competitive but only about a dozen are true battleground districts on both sides. and so those days when you would see a 30-seat majority for one of the parties for right now, that is nowhere to be found. that is why it is so important for mike johnson to be able to manage that very little sliver of a majority. >> brian: no longer a single seat motion to vacate now nine seats. so no longer can some -- some selfish person going to stand up

and go i don't like the speaker anymore. >> ainsley: also, speaker johnson he unanimously was approved and trump backed him as well. the last time we had this trifecta was right after trump won in 2016. it was 2017, '18, and '19. that's when the tax cuts happened. the jobs act was signed. the criminal justice reform bill was signed. first step acted and justices gorsuch and kavanaugh were confirmed. >> brian: of course. and then we will keep you up to date on how this goes in one of those other races are decided. now, as we mentioned, matt gaetz is the third house member to be nominated for a role in donald trump's upcoming administration. along with elise stefanik and michael waltz house speaker mike johnson jokingly telling donald trump to knock it off. >> i have begged and pleaded with the new president enough, already. because our numbers are small. we are going to have the majority, we are celebrating that. >> brian: and also the president said leave speaker johnson in place. >> ainsley: right. mark meredith is in west palm beach with the latest.

hey, mark. >> mark: ainsley and friends, good morning to you guys. president-elect trump has shocked both washington and the world once again by announcing he wants matt gaetz, the florida congressman to resign from the house just yesterday to be his next attorney general. gaetz rose to power back in 2016 representing florida's western panhandle. he has been a staunch supporter of trump but he has had some controversy of his own. the house -- excuse me, the house ethics committee was investigating allegations gaetz was part of a scheme tied to a sex trafficking of a minor. now, gaetz has long denied these allegations. and last year the justice department ended its probably of the matter. trump says he wants gaetz because matt will end weaponized government, protect our borders, dismantle criminal organizations, and restore america's badly shattered faith and confidence in the justice department. gaetz as you guys talked about resigned from congress and the decision will end the ethics investigation. and now, as far as we know, no report is going to be issued. but lawmakers are likely to dig deeper during any upcoming

confirmation hearing. >> just kind of like a god tear kind of trolling. just a trigger of meltdown. >> i think what we can tell you right now is that we always allow the president to have the benefit of the doubt but we still have to do our role in terms of due diligence. >> somewhat interesting pick. we will have to see how that all unfolds. >> there is another nominee also from florida likely to have a much easier time getting confirmed and that's florida senator marco rubio who trump wants to be secretary of state. trump writing: he will be a strong advocate for our nation a true friend to our allies and fearless warrior never back counsel to our adversaries. tulsi gabbard the democratic hawaii congressman turned republican trump supporter will be the nominee for director of national intelligence. trump says tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career championing constitutional rights and securing peace through strength. >> talk a little bit about the work that needs to be done.

and i was grateful and honored to accept president trump's offer to serve our country and support his objective to defend the safety, security and freedom of the american people. >> mark: it's been fascinating to see how quickly some of these big cabinet posts have been announced. still a few others waiting for economic team including secretaries of treasury and commerce. wait to see if it happens as the sunrises in florida. ainsley, steve, brian and lawrence, back to you. >> steve: matt gaetz was not on anybody's bingo card. i got a question for you, mark, that is. this. because he resigned the ethics report will not officially be released. it was supposed to come out within a week. but, expheat gaetz does not have a lot of friends in the house io leak, right. >> oh it, absolutely could leak. former house speaker kevin mccarthy he was on bloomberg and interview singapore he said

he didn't believe gaetz would get confirmed. you just mentioned, steve, well, gaetz may not have a lot of friends in the house. he has a friend who is going to be here in mar-a-lago and soon-to-be in the white house. that may be what matters the most. and, do you know what? power can change a lot of things. so perhaps gaetz all of a sudden has a lot of new friends within the coming days. he says he is very excited with this opportunity. >> steve: indeed. thank you, sir. >> brian: thanks, mark. a lot of people in the "wall street journal" bad named choice. never going to get confirmed. got to get through the judiciary committee. can't lose any republican votes. lisa murkowski is somebody who says is he not a serious candidate. joni ernst says he has his work cut out for him. way of saying you got to sell me on your background. >> lawrence: i had a lot of, i would say, spirited conversations last night. talking about this pick. the view from the trump camp is that they want a disruption in the department. >> brian: they got it. >> steve: check. >> lawrence: they wanted someone that was also targeted, they

say, by the department of justice. now, we all talk about what this house ethics committee was going to present. but, also, there was a department of justice investigation that was dropped against him. and so, they are saying that the president wants to go all in and that he deserves a shot to go through the process. the problem is that there are some people in the senate that have already made it very clear that they are not going to vote for him. lindsey graham is of the opinion let him go through the process. flush through his resume and make a decision then. >> ainsley: yeah, that's fair. >> steve: what we have heard though over the last couple of weeks, the president, the new incoming president, donald trump, the former president, has said he would like to see a lot of his picks go through the recess nomination or the recess process. essentially where you could bypass the nomination by essentially appointing somebody when the house and the senate are in recess. john thune said yesterday to outlet from south dakota, his home state, that he would prefer

to go through the old fashioned way with the confirmation hearing. but, he is open to recess appointments. the question is, with the recess appointment, you need the assistance of the democrats. and the democrats are going to be squarely against mr. gaetz. >> brian: is he not going to get paid. >> ainsley: ethics investigation was highly damaging but maybe we won't know unless there is leaking. >> steve: yeah. >> ainsley: what is matt gaetz's resume he? served on the house judiciary committee. he led the charge, remember, was it last year, to oust kevin mccarthy. >> steve: last year. >> ainsley: last year as house speaker. served as adviser to donald trump during the latest campaign and helped him prep for the kamala harris debate. he was under the house ethics committee investigation that we have been talking about. as a.g., obviously you have to be an attorney. he went to law school at william and mary. >> steve: one other thing, ainsley, matt gaetz flew to washington yesterday with donald trump on trump force 1 and also very close to susie wiles. she had him help donald trump do

the debate prep, which was on your list. >> brian: the "wall street journal" writes yeah he got a degree from william and mary. performer and provocateur. the view more explosions can he cause and more attention he can get, it's impossible to get canceled if you are on every channel. if you aren't making news, you aren't governing. that's his philosophy. and that's what, you know, he has got to be quick on his feet and have an answer to a lot of the probing, because if he can't get out of committee, he can't get to -- >> lawrence: i will say this. there is two things here. if you are going to say that he is not the person, right? , if you are going to attack him, then it has to be on his credentials. because if we attack the fire brand, that is what the trump base -- that's what the former president wants. the second thing is to steve's point. if they leak the documents of what was happening, in that investigation especially after the department of justice dismissed the charges against

him that's not going to be very good as it relates to the case if you don't want minimum. because it only is going to make people that are within his camp say, see, the system is attacking him yet again even though the department of justice said there is not a case here. >> brian: beginning of the murkowski, collins. murkowski, collins are going to be moderate on everything, and they are very comfortable pushing back on trump. >> ainsley: it's official, marco rubio secretary of state, tulsi gabbard director of national intelligence. this is interesting: the rise of the millennials, this was from courtney holland, she put this out on x okay. did you want to. >> steve: i was just going to say there is tulsi's resume which is impressive. >> ainsley: vivek 39 years old. elise stefanik 40 years old. j.d. vance 40. remember when donald trump took office in 2016, '17, everyone was older. everyone was much older. so, this is interesting.

>> steve: a new generation. >> lawrence: i will say we have to appreciate the balance of the administration right now. you got fire brands and you have more traditional republicans that are still america first, so, for example, you got michael waltz who is going to be national security adviser. you got marco rubio who is the secretary of state. and then you have pete hegseth as the defense. one is going to be a fire brand that is going to interrupt the military in a way that some people are not prepared for yet. but, again, this is something that the former president campaigned on. is he going to get rid of the wokeness there. and so there is a balance approach. >> ainsley: do you think he learned his lesson from the first administration like i need people that i know are staunch conservatives? >> lawrence: there is a time for a compromise and then there is. >> ainsley: rewarding loyalty. >> lawrence: time to shake things up. >> brian: if you are a conservative, people that are thinkers, but are not going to stab him in the back. the other thing is do you notice

first cuban, first woman, first hawaiian, all we have is person. that's what i want to get back. to say just like, you know, i guess susie wiles broke the mold. i guess a cuban american whose dad born in communism escaped to freedom. that's a story. do you know what is more important who marco rubio is like and philosophy is. i love the fact we are seeing the best people and we don't have to look at their heritage and d.n.a. and find out if they used to be a woman or if they are, you know what their sexuality is that's what joe biden -- i will never forget joe biden told joe manchin. what are you doing, joe, hiring all these left wingers? is the most diverse cabinet ever. the answer to joe manchin is, so? are they going to do anything? >> steve: going in joe biden wanted it to be the most diverse cabinet ever. he got that. that's why donald trump wants to shake everything up in washington and he is going to get it. because he has got people who are like-minded and who are going to be able to hit the

ground running on the first day. and, thankfully, as we have heard from the former president in talking to the "new york post," apparently the biden team, the transition team is being very helpful to the trump team. and so they essentially rolled out the red carpet when the two of them sat down in front of a roaring fire yesterday. watch. >> donald, congratulations. >> thank you. >> and looking forward to having a, like we said, a smooth transition. do anything we can to make sure you are accommodated, what you need. you will get a chance to talk about some of that today so welcome, welcome back. >> thank you very much. and politics is tough, and it's -- in many cases it's not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today, and i appreciate it very much. a transition that's so smooth it will be as smooth as it can get. i very much appreciate that, joe.

>> you're welcome. >> steve: nice. trump told the post he and biden really enjoyed seeing each other. we got to know each other again. and apparently they are going to be together at the inauguration. joe biden said yep, i'm going to go. i'll be there. save me a seat up front. >> ainsley: they also said they will meet again before the inauguration. and the office of melania trump released this statement on x. mrs. trump will not be attending today's meeting, talking about yesterday with jill biden, at the white house. her husband's return to the oval office to commence the transition process is encouraging, and she wishes him great success. in this instance, several unnamed sources in the media continue to provide false, misleading and inaccurate information. be discerning with your source of news. >> brian: melania did get a note from jill biden delivered to her. we will see how that goes. reportedly she was not too happy and you found that out in her book. that the fbi raided the house and went through her drawers. and the biden administration that was there. you can put that together.

trump told the "new york post" this about the meeting. i asked for his views and he gave them to me. also, we talked very much about the middle east. likewise, i wanted to know his views on where we are and what he thinks. and he gave them to me. he was very gracious. and i think joe biden said the questions -- he asked a lot of good questions and he wanted answers. i think that's good. it could be a fresh start of cooperation and hopefully no more personal attacks. i think the country could use it. i will add one more thing. i'm very interested to see if he gave any talk about harry, i'm hey, i'mabout to meet with pres. what do you want me to say? >> arguably the most important relationship. and i'm sure joe biden didn't make it a secret. keep funding ukraine got as much money out the door as possible. >> lawrence: looking at the president, you know, even though he wasn't on the ballot, it was his candidate that was on the ballot. he looked happy. >> steve: he smiled a lot.

>> lawrence: smiling, laughed, made fun of the press yelling out their question. and so, for some -- even look at this photo with jill biden as well. i think he feels like he is leaving on a high point. and that he feels vindicated that they should have left him on the ballot. >> steve: brian to your pointed about substantive conversation brian asked trump to work together to push for a cease-fire and hostage deal in the israeli-hamas war. and that was because joe biden met yesterday with hostage families for 90 minutes. he said, you know what? i will bring it up with donald trump and he did. >> ainsley: to see those images after everything we have been through the last year. long election. see both of them shaking hands in front of the fire. >> steve: feels good. >> brian: surprise to see joe biden smiling but not carley smiling she is smiling every single day. >> carley: good morning, guys. more news to get to here. starting with a fox wildfire alert. new jersey issuing first drought warning since 2016. official say it could take 10 inches of rain to improve

conditions in the state. as the jennings creek firewall burned through 5,000 acres across new jersey and new york. and here in manhattan, two large brush fires erupting near the george washington bridge. fortunately, there were no injuries. to a fox business alert. the largest dock workers union breaking off talks of port employers over concerns about the proposed use of robots that the union says could eliminate jobs. the international long shoreman's association said in a statement last night, quote: together we will show the worlded that the eye la stands at one. ready to start for a better way of life for every member and every family who depends on this great union. dock workers took to the picket line for a three days early last month after failing to reach a new contract agreement. but they eventually settled on a tentative deal and agreed to suspend january 15th. check out, this jake paul says he spent $200,000 on ear coverings ahead of the highly

anticipated fight with mike tyson tomorrow night. this is an obvious jab as tyson beating off a piece of evander holyfield's ear during a match in 1997. mike tyson remaining confident is he going to win. >> going to lose. >> but say that in the last minute of the second. >> i am not going to lose. did you hear what i said? >> thank you. >> carley: there you go. we are going to find out. the two face off in texas tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. and those are your headlines, guys. $200,000 on a diamond encrusted ear cover. >> brian: angry mike is back. republicans secure control of the house and pulling off a governing sweep in washington. we'll discuss it.

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>> ainsley: the fbi raiding the house of the ceo of the betting platform policy market after it predicted trump would win the election. todd piro is here with all the details. >> good morning, azly. 26-year-old manhattan department. the doj investigating the

prediction betting platform allegedly accepting trade for u.s. based users which would be a violation of an agreement with the commodity futures trading commission reached in 2022 the fbi's apparent raid comes just a week after polymarket correctly predicted donald trump's presidential victory. the platform showed trump holding a 58% chance of winning over vice president kamala harris who was at 42%. that prediction happening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on election day cope plan suggested the raid was politically motivated saying it's current administration last i ditch effort to go after companies they deem to be associated with political opponents. the incumbents should do self-reflecting and recognize that taking a more pro-business pro-start up approach may be what may have changed their fate this election. >> the fbi declined to comment when reached by fox. brian, over to you. >> brian: i will try them again

in the break. thank you very much, todd, a fox news alert. this morning the g.o.p. officially keeping control of the house after the race is called for arizona republican john could you say man any. this coming as president-elect trump shaped things up in a big way. nominating matt gaetz for attorney general. the third house pick for a role in his administration what is that going to do for that slim majority. guy benson joins us now. donald trump comes off the map to pull off a win and brings the house and senate with him. that's a story. >> it's a huge story, of course. for the next two years republicans are going to have this golden opportunity govern with the trifecta. that always sounds great this another we going to do x, y and j. the governing party gets one or two big bites at the apple that's it. all back to campaign mode for midterms. >> i hated to talk about the next election.

that's passionate of the ticking clock that starts in january you will see a lot of ducks lined up ahead of that moment. we will see what the republicans prioritize right out of the gate. those opening days, that first foray is usually a really, really important one. >> brian: guy, can you look already with some early differences with the republican president. and a powerful one. donald trump says hey, stop -- don't even try to take a run at speaker johnson. i like the guy. nobody takes a run at him. also, the motion to vacate. it goes from 1 1 to #. semblance of majority. >> when the republicans are were in opposition. certain people felt they had outsized influence because they did. and they felt like okay, well, we can stop certain things so we can kind of play around with this a little bit. with donald trump now running the executive branch, he doesn't have time or energy for those types of side dramas to play

out. he want to get some things done. so he wants the troops in order and these, you know, leadership fights that do nothing except divide the party, i think will be highly discouraged by president trump. let's put it that way. >> brian: so, believe it or not, dave mccormick is still in a fight and recount now with bob casey. people point out that marc elias, a very intelligent, but diabolical attorney in my view is working for casey to, i don't know, drum up some votes. and ari fleischer says this. republicans everywhere should pay attention to what casey is trying to pull off. while he has no chance, this is a warning about the d plan, democratic gain plan for thousand count votes in close races. they want people who aren't registered, don't have ids or live out of state to be counted. are you keeping your eye on this? >> yes, very carefully. now, marc elias has a mixed record. sometimes diabolical is definitely the word to apply to him and he has had some success

in ways that i think at times have been shocking. he has also tried this sort of nonsense previously and failed as well. florida in 2018 comes to mind. if you look at the math this has been true since the day after the election. here we are more than a week later. dave mccormick won this race. there is no path to victory for bob casey. the fact that he and his krohnss try cling to power counting ballots from unregistered voters? it's insulting. it's ridiculous. dave mccormick is senator elect. and the longer that casey drags this out, the worse it looks for him, like a pathetic punctuation mark on a long political career with a famous last name. it's not a good look. it's not a good way to go out. make no mistake. is he going out. >> brian: check out guy benson's radio show. he will have more on this and more from 12:00 to 3:00 eastern time. thanks so much, guy. talk to you later. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: you got it.

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♪ >> steve: well, in just a couple hours, a marine veteran daniel penny's manslaughter trial is expected to resume right here in new york city. the jury last heard from a subway rider who helped penny hold down jordan neely on the floor. he recalled his frustration with another passenger saying, quote at one point he was telling daniel penny not to hold too tight to dismiss and and to shut him up. i told him he was not holding on tight enough. >> this is one of the star witnesses. and he is saying i told him hang on tighter. >> look, in the typical criminal case, all of the witnesses that are called by the prosecution

tell the same story, that are on the same page and their story is completely consistent with the narrative that the prosecution wants to present to the jury. that has not happened here. numerous witnesses called by the prosecution have given testimony that will only help the defense. you got to remember, okay, this at its core, it's a self-defense, a justification case, right? but, the defense does not have to prove mr. penny's actions were justified. the burden remains at all times on the prosecution. they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that his actions were not justified. this kind of testimony makes that extremely difficult. steve the prosecution has had witnesses who stories, shall we say, have evolved over time. they told the cops one thing in front of the court they are saying something else. the other thing is some of the prosecution witnesses are actually helping daniel penny because they say, yeah, when this guy came on the car, i was scared. he was threatening. he was freaking me out. >> right. the big test were mr. penny's actions reasonable? did they seem reasonable?

when you have other witnesses, other people who are present, who have no connection to mr. penny or mr. neeley, so they don't have inherent bias, when they say that they, too felt threatened, they too felt he posed a danger. they too felted need to intervene. all of that lends itself to the idea that mr. penny's actions were, in fact, reasonable, other people came to the same conclusion he did. >> steve: since we have got a lawyer in the hot seat right now. got another question four. yesterday jack smith, the special lawyer looking into those trump cases, sent a note to an appeals court to say hey, you know what? given what the supreme court has said, and given the fact that he is going to be president, we have got to pull the plug. >> beginning of the end for jack smith. it's interesting. jack smith comes manhattan d.a.'s office texasing yesterday with another former colleague we used to work very closely with him. he said jack smith is an incredibly competitive guy, and this has got to hurt. >> steve: had donald trump not won, jack smith would be going

forward. >> they would consider judge cannon's decision to take away the special prosecutor to remove the jurisdiction. won't happen now. >> steve: what about the other stuff? obviously down in georgia that's all messed up for a variety of reasons. >> yeah. >> steve: there is still that case here in new york. >> yeah a question actually for the trump team. because they have legitimate appellate issues. they can't actually go forward with the appeal unless judge merchan does pronounce a sentence even if it's not actually carried out. if it's stayed. they want to decide one to put this in abeyance assuming there is not a motion to dismiss granted. i don't think it will be. put this in abeyance for four years or want him to pronounce sentence so they can have the ability to go forward with a potentially successful appeal. that's a tough call for the trump team. >> steve: indeed. thank you for explaining stuff to us. >> pleasure, good morning. >> steve: good morning to you. meanwhile, no more monkey business. doge is on a mission to cut government spending on things like transgender monkeys. not kidding. brian brenberg, that guy right

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>> janice: starting to feel like fall out there.

finally getting seasonal temperatures across the northeast and the northwest. above average temperatures for the central u.s. ahead of the next system. but you look at the forecast today pretty good for. country. unsettled weather for the west coast. dealing with low. it is going to skip the northeast. we need to see the rainfall. gusty winds in the forecast no rain for the northeast, wildfires still burning. here is tropical sham it we think is going to be named sarah in the next 24 hours. better scenario for us looking at the computer models we think it's going to move south america into the yucatan and going into the gulf of mexico. conditions become more hostile for a developing system. that's the good news and i can show you right now we have very low confidence in the tracking as it moves towards central america. but certainly worth watching, which we will do. all right, lawrence, i'm going to toss it over to you. >> lawrence: better to be prepared, right, j.d.? >> janice: absolutely, my

friend. >> lawrence: elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are vowing to maximum transparency in the department of government efficiency. so what impact could it have on wasteful spending? red tape, and your wallet? here to break it down co-host of "the big money show" brian brenberg the professor. let's look at this. a lot of people are expecting massive change what is donley. >> department of government efficiency and the idea to do something that's really never been done before, that is shrink government, here someone of the key parts about how they are going to do this. vivek said once people go into government they go native become part of the system. these guys are working outside the government. they are looking in, they are doing it on a volunteer basis and saying we are going to come up with ideas and put them in front of the american people, in front of congress, and they have got to act to make this happen. >> lawrence: they are saying $2 trillion is that too ambitious or can it be done? >> i don't think it is. we will show you why in a second it wasn't long ago that we were spending 2 trillion less as a government. i think we can get back there. it's aggressive. i don't think it's impossible.

>> lawrence: they don't want to be here forever. >> i love. this government programs tend to live forever, right in? these guys say we are done by 202 #, 4th of july. declaration of independence. we are done shrink this thing so america can measure whether it's happening or not. >> lawrence: here is the co-chair, vivek ramaswamy, watch. >> so what do we want to do? we want to go in and slash and burn that demo bureaucracy. restore self-governor nance, sean. what we are soling here is not a national problem. it's a man made problem. when vu a man made problem you better have a man made solution. >> let's talk about some of this wasteful spending that it has to go? >> here is the night thing, there is a lot of low hanging fruit here. not like we have to go after programs that people depend on. you have got all this dei spending. get rid of that $50 million on monkey studies. i don't know who monkeys hire as their lobbyists? apparently they are good. that should go. checks going to dead people. okay.

obvious things that we can get rid of. look at this chart because this really tells you the story, okay? this is what we are spending right now about $6.75 trillion, pre-covid, lawrence, we were down here in the $4.5 trillion range, knock we are out of cody. we are done with that. let's get rid of that spending and back closer to that number. that's the 2 trillion they are talking about. >> lawrence: photographer, i lawrenceprofessor go to the oth, i want you to explain how this is impacting. got other all. >> increase in spending, here is why it matters right now. obviously it could decrease the burden taxpayers could pay okay lower inflation, fine. remember right now the big issue is high interest rates. the federal reserve cut interest rates in september but mortgage rates still went up. people are paying a lot. that's because the government is borrowing so much money, about $1.8 trillion every year they are borrowing. so, if you get government spending down, can you start to get interest rates down. can you make housing more

affordable. cars more affordable. everything more affordable. >> lawrence: professor, is that why you have all these smart supremacists saying the economy is good. the economy is good. but we at home and our family members aren't feeling it right now. >> yeah. for sure. and this is the big one right now. if you look at where people are getting pinched, it is the cost of financing their lives with whether it's their credit cards, whether it's their mortgages, the truth is the federal reserve seems to be kind of out of ammo right now in terms of getting interest rates down it. now falls to the government. there couldn't be a better time to get government spending down than right now. and two guys from outside the government, who say we're not getting paid by the government but we want to change the situation taxpayers face. that's why i love it. >> lawrence: have you been studying the markets forever, government forever. how realistic is it that these two guys can break the vice grips of the washington way? >> it's about as unrealistic as landing a rocket once you have shot it into space and lag it lg

it again. guys who have done interesting things. things you couldn't coo never have imagined 50 years ago. if anybody can do it they can. not is a physical problem, it's a policy problem. here's what i like about it, they are going to be super transparent. everything they do it put it on x, put it out there so the american people can see how their money is being wasted. and they can pressure their elected officials to get it together. i think that's a secret sauce. >> lawrence: great thing you are way smarter than me i can watch your show every day on fox business 1:00 p.m. i can't do this but you can you can break it all down for us. >> can you do it. >> lawrence: thank you, brother. appreciate it. big monday show, fox business 1:00 p.m. eastern time. all right, thanks, brother. >> you bet. >> lawrence: carley you have some headlines. >> carley: entertainment headlines. former nascar driver danica patrick confirming she was not paid to join trump on the campaign trail. all of the events, rallies, interviews, social posts did i for free. actually i spent a fair amount

on wardrobe but to be fair i can't twerk so it all adds up. she was referencing meghan stallion's performance in july. the rapper was reportedly paid $5 million to appear. euphoria actress sweeney speaking out against the treatment of hollywood female producer. she told vanity fair this industry all people say is women empowering other women, none of it is happening. all of it is fake. sweeney says she thinks many women are raised to believe only one woman can be at the top, which is, of course, not true. princess of wales kate middleton teasing next public appearance as she returns to the spotlight after completing cancer treatment. sharing a new video of the invitations being printed for the fourth annual together at christmas concert. the concert was started by middleton in 2021 and recognizes people who support those in need. and those are your entertainment

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