the owner said this was a 10-month investigation. peanut didn't even have rabies and they killed him anyways. >> attention to paint up the squirrel who referenced as overreach of the state. paul mauro told me that he was guillotined. there was a squirrel guillotine. >> you mention friend the raccoon as well. people knew this from social media. it blew up. this is among all of us for weaponization of government. if they can stop it, it is in their name. >> justice for peanut. thanks for watching us. don't forget to dvr when you can't watch us live. here is "america reports." >> do you support people who are here illegally that have committed crimes in the past few years? do you support them being supported? >> i support treating all of

god's children with dignity and respect. >> even criminals? >> dignity and respect. >> i don't think there is anything this president-elect won't do unless he is reined in by some key players. >> he could devastate our economy and our society if someone were to come in and forcibly take our neighbors away from us. >> deportation equals inflation and so do tariffs. a lot of people voted trusting that trump would lower inflation even more. we are going to see how that works out. >> mass deportation plans vowing to do everything they can to block him despite polls showing support for the proposal. now we are learning more about how trump could carry out his plan as he backs a strategy to declare a national emergency. that's where we are as we begin a monday afternoon. i am john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith in new york. this is "america reports." the trump administration is expected to focus on illegal

migrants deporting members of the dangerous venezuelan gang friend. likely be a priority >> we will dig into this more wwith the incoming border czar tom homan moments from now. >> sandra: we began with mike tobin live in chicago. what do we know? >> sandra, you know that people have been pouring across the border. more evidence that some of those people are indeed connected with dangerous criminal elements from south america. not only coming to the border states. they are coming to the middle of the country. america first legal exam and arrest records from chicago police and found that a less than 2 years at least 30 people arrested had connections with the violent venezuelan gang. i was determined by examining the narrative of each record to see if the arresting officer about the connection was significant enough to write it in the report. senior advisor with america first legal says there could be dozens more where they

either didn't get arrested or the connection didn't get mentioned in the paperwork. >> these individuals are ultimately released because they are "seeking asylum." they come with their wife and children under the auspices of asylum. in reality, what you are seeing is transnational gangs coming in and establishing a foothold where they can engage in drug manufacturing, drug dealing, human trafficking. >> a couple of cases highlighted by the investigation, "the new york post" reports he came across the border illegally in may of 2023. he was released because he was with his wife and kids. he shows up in chicago that shows he was picked up for a traffic violation. also that he had been ordered deported before the domestic case, but clearly he was still in the states at the time. an arrest bernard kartik charges his charges were ultimately dropped. both of them have mentions in

the record connections. >> sandra: mike tobin live in chicago for us. thank you. >> john: let's bring in tom homan, the incoming trump administration border czar. last time you were here you are not an official white house person. you won't really be until the 20th. you are going down the road of formulating the plan. a lot of people wondered, how is this going to work? >> i think the president has been clear on the stage. as far as the deportation operation, we will prioritize public safety threats and national security threats because they pose the biggest danger to the united states. we will do deportation operation and prioritization out of the gate. that will be their priorities. the second thing is secure the border. the third is we've got over 300,000 missing children. over half a million children traffic into the united states. this administration released

them and they can't find 300,000. some of these children are enforced labor. we found some and forced labor. some of them are in for sex trafficking. >> john: what do you do on january 20th at noon? do you send i.c.e. agents out across the country? how do you target them? logistically? >> we are already working on a plan. i will be going down to mar-a-lago to put the finishing touches. i.c.e. knows what we are looking for but they haven't been able to arrest him because secretary mayorkas has told them to tone down the arrest. we know right now looking at the data from the trump administration and the 11 administration, decreased 74%. plenty of targets. i.c.e. knows where they are. we will do the job and secure their country and protect the american communities and the rest of guys first.

>> john: this is going to be something that is resource intensive. finding and retaining would be resource intensive. acting director of i.c.e. a costly and immediate challenge. lawmakers n need to appropriate funding and even if they do, the administration need to hire and train and invent more officers. no easy feat. the new congress takes over on january 3rd. will you be working with them in preparation taking over the reins? >> we have to. we've got to have the resources to do the job. i've been asked a thousand ti times. how many people do when you remove the first tier? how many agents can we have? bring retired agents back. how many buses do have? airplanes. can dod assist? a lot of what-ifs. i don't know what the current budget is right now. i don't know. how much money can we reprogram? president trump is committed to whatever he can to get us the

money we need. >> john: this is going to be part of a larger program. wrapping up deportations as one leg of the stool. any parole to people from the controversial chnv program rolling back the mayorkas memo. wrapping up immigration diplomacy. also reinstating the remain in mexico. illegal border crossings right now are a little less than half they were at the peak. what is your target in terms of illegal immigration? i know you would like to get to zero. >> the program this would be -- it is the same population of illegal aliens where they are throwing thousands. they are throwing thousands. if you had -- there still historic numbers. we are going to shut these programs down. get the numbers even lower.

>> what is your goal? you have a target? >> secure the border. the lowest in 45 years. illegal immigration and 90%. >> they were down 20,000 a month. >> we are going to do better. we can finish the job we sta started. president trump again unprecedented success. 45-yearlong illegal immigration. we need to secure the border full. in addition to everything you mentioned, we've got to continue building the wall. the wall works. drug flow dropped. it saves lives. women and children can get over that wall. they are going to a place that is not a wall. what is waiting for them? the men and women of the border patrol that will take care of medical needs first. >> john: good to see you. thank you so much. >> for more on president trump's transition as he announces his top energy officials. he says they will drive

america's dominance and low inflation for consumers. live on this with interest in it from the white house. what are we learning? >> the president-elect donald trump would like to use a combination of offices and departments to work together to revitalize the american energy industry. he's chosen three men to lead these agencies to get their first talking about president-elect, for the interior department interior department and liberty energy ceo chris wright as the energy secretary to tackle different aspects of the energy transition. the head of the american petroleum institute thinks their work should start with natural gas. >> monday 1, the president of the united states needs to lift the ban to other countries. will that will do is ensure the united states as open markets for american energy abroad. that will also induce production in the united states. investment is going elsewhere in the world, not to the united states right now.

>> energy will be the key. when the price of oil drops because american production -- that will bring down gas prices. it will also start iran and russia of money to carry out wars in proxy wars. we are producing more oil in the u.s. the cost to get that oil is up exponentially. >> what is happened over the last 4-5 years as we have made their production in america more expensive than it needs to be. what we can expect, phenomenal choices to be cabinet secretaries. a deregulatory effort which will reduce the cost of that production here in the united states. >> president-elect trump sees energy costs key to the prosperity for the economic energy for all. >> a lot of voters wanted to see the energy prices come down. thank you very much. >> are you going to be closing

down departments? >> we expect mass reductions. certain agencies to be deleted outright. >> john: a massive overhaul of some government departments. what is on the chopping block for dod je desktop. >> daniel penny back in court today. his team has asked for a mistrial after the medical examiner testified. judge jeanine pirro is at the courthouse. she will be with us to break down what exactly is happening right now plus this. >> there seems to be a lot of talk about the desert i requested for my birthday show. i never mentioned the name of the bakery or the location. >> the support has been so overwhelming. i know how hard my family has worked to keep this business alive. >> john: whoopi goldberg's sweet birthday turned sour after she accused a bakery of political discrimination but how customers responded to that claim just ahead.

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>> if people keep forgetting. he doesn't have a legislative mandate. he's got better than that. he's got x. the power he has is not to be underestimated. >> john: do not underestimate elon musk. he and vivek ramaswamy, the forces behind the department of government the msb 70 are offering a sneak peek of what might tackle their agenda. the -- >> they say they want to simplify the tax code. something republicans and democrats can agree on. the timing to do that could be good. the tax cuts that president-elect trump ushered in, in his first term were a major overhaul. those are set to expire at the end of next year. the official department of

government of his he x account posted this. in 1955, less than 1.5 million words in the u.s. tax code. today there are more than 16 million words. because of this complexity, americans collectively spent 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year. it appears very little is off limits as elon musk and vivek ramaswamy look at what true god expect massive cuts in the workup. that includes government contractors. some agencies could be eliminated entirely and even defense cuts are on the table. >> the pentagon has failed its seventh consecutive audit. nearly a trillion dollars of budgets they can't tell you where it goes. part of this is exposing for the public the extent of that waste. to take steps first their executive action and laying the

groundwork for a broader change through legislation as well to rein in that deficit to rein in that budget. >> some democrats are getting on board with the idea of d.o.g.e. even if they think the goal of cutting $2 trillion of government spending is too lo lofty. >> they could save tens or hundreds of billions of dollars depending on how it is structured and what they do, this could be a constructive undertaking that ought to be embraced. >> musk is famous for cutting costs as it is companies like tesla and . when he bought x, he went line by line through their budgets and cut all sorts of budgets. >> if elon musk had successfully leveraged x to embarrass people into getting off the gover government -- $44 million he paid for work probably turned out to be a bargain. good to see you. thank you.

>> sandra: the trial just went on lunch break. his lawyers finished cross-examining the medical examiner. she testified that she ruled jordan neely's death a homicide and wouldn't have changed their mind even if jordan neely had enough drugs in his system to "put down an elephant." cohost of "the five" is at the courthouse. how much does this change things? following the autopsy report that did reveal that he did have synthetic judge in his system. but still, it is ruled that he was killed make 60 asian. what does all this mean and where does this go next? >> what this means is that you have a medical examiner who was a level one medical examiner claiming on a resume and in court that she was level two. she made a mistake and said it was a typo. where she benefited herself. this medical examiner wouldn't even use the word "consistent." she said i don't like to use

that word whenever the defense would present the question with the word "consistent" or "pressure" in it. jordan neely had sickle cell in every major organ in his body. he also had enough k2 in his body that it was dangerous for him and could have caused a heart attack and itself. although, they never waited for the toxicology test. both dr. harris and her boss and another deputy medical examiner made a decision regarding the cause of death and the manner of death without the toxicology. i have been in this business 32 years. you do not do that. and you peel back a layer of the onion, sandra, you know that the chief medical examiner was appointed by the mayor. the chief medical examiner is in a meeting with this low level me

making decisions regarding the cause of death. also, there was no consistent application of force to the neck good at no point for the medical examiner even identify what kind of pressure was being used on the neck. and also, there was no consistent way to tell their pressure and no damage to the chin, the neck, the bones in the neck. what you have is a case that is complicated with major sickle cell, complicated by k2 where the medical examiner says i don't care if you have enough to put down an elephant, i'm not waiting for the results. they run out and tell the public that the cause of death is homicide. that is being not allowed in the courtroom, but rather the cause of death versus the manner of death. all in all, this is a very iffy case.

every one of the prosecution witnesses as given something to the defense. as danny penny since there, there is reason for him to be hopeful. the fact that this medical examiner was not sure, she couldn't answer questions. every question that would benefit the defense based on her reasoning, she would say i don't understand the question. there's a lot of questioning. the prosecution it seems as rested. we will see what happens. >> sandra: i want to put this up on the screen so people can go through this. we found in the blood a synthetic cannabinoid, a relatively new drug. synthetic more potent than marijuana in a class of drugs they volunteer that category of stimulants. they revved the body up and fall into the same class of drugs as cocaine. at one point as prosecutor plays the video again and dr. harris was talking her way through this

as they watched it together, and one point, she said he was conversing showing that he had "air moving through his vocal chords." describing neely struggling to breathe and making hand gestures which were a signal for help for the assistant district attorney asked about witnesses, judge, that neely hadn't gasped or said that he couldn't breathe. her response was sometimes people make noises when they can't breathe, and sometimes they don't. final thought, judge. >> my final thought is this important question. 3:09 where it appears that neely went unconscious which is the whole point of the choke hold, there is no evidence that there was pressure applied at the neck. the doctor could not identify the level of pressure, the consistency of their pressure. she couldn't identify any of the screens in the video that showed that there was pressure being used. at that point, the cause of

death could have been caused by a multitude of other issues like that k2 or sickle cell as well as the heart attack that ultimately ended his death. >> sandra: thank you very much. we will keep watching all of this and we know you will. >> john: families of american victims of october 7th are suing iran as the trump team plots its strategy. the former lead negotiator of the abraham accords peace agreement is here. >> a huge decision by president biden on the war of ukraine. could this give ukraine the advantage that it needs? >> nobody knows where this is going. safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when they'd arrive with a replacement we could trust. that's service the way we want it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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it flies higher into the atmosphere than artillery rockets and uses gravity to come back to the ground at a very high speed. it can reach further into russia than any other ukrainian muscle. it was developed in the 1980s to destroy high-value soviet targets and can be fired from the mobile launchers the u.s. is already sent ukraine and in launchers sent from and then germany. atacms is made by lockheed martin. trump's own family said he would likely reverses authorization. other senior republicans have argued this is the best way to strengthen ukraine's hand at the negotiating table as russia gears up to push further into ukraine with the help of thousands of north korean tr troops. >> sandra: live from the pentagon for us. thank you. >> john: families of american victims of the october 7th terror attacks are suing iran. lawyers for the family have a direct proof iran funneled

millions of dollars to plan for and carry out the attack. a senior trumpet administrate official and lead negotiator. good to see you. i want to get into these families suing iran. something that the incoming u.s. ambassador to israel mike huckabee told us earlier this morning. >> we have put far more pressure on joe biogen on israel then we have on hamas, has been locked, and most importantly, the people who write the checks, the iranians. why haven't they been released? why hasn't this administration put more pressure to get those hostages, american hostages, all of them actually but especially the americans then we are putting on israel? >> john: questions that a lot of people have in asking. how do you expect the u.s. policy toward israel and iran is going to change at noon on january 20th? >> i think there will be a

fundamental change. the major change, you can see it in president trump's nominees. you can see it in mike huckabee who is an excellent choice for ambassador to israel based on his strength and what he has said. you can see it in marco rubio's choice as secretary of state. you can see it in mike waltz as our new national security advisor. the difference will be action, not words. you will see all of the changes happening right now. the shift, others, iran changes. certainly right now, has below wants to something perhaps. that is all because people know what is coming. >> john: almost running counter to that was a meeting that elon musk reportedly had with the iranian ambassador to the united nations a few days ago. which was reported to be a meeting to defuse tensions between the united states and iran. we have so many people saying

iran really only stands one thing. that is an iron fist. >> president trump is always somebody that is going to listen. he's always going to make a deal if it makes sense for the united states. there is nothing wrong dialogue. but we have had over the last year is a lot of talk and little action. that is what i know will change here. it's okay to have dialogue. elon musk should have the president wants them to. the president had an open dialogue in north korea when everyone said you couldn't do that. because he's open to that. he's always willing to make a deal if it makes sense for the united states of america. i have no problem with the discussion. we know what the issue is. if iran would like to totally change, release all hostages including our hostages. i will say, i spoke with mike waltz yesterday. it is unconscionable that we have seven americans there and

we don't get them out mike huckabee sent. there's always room for dialogue. it's got to be followed by action. >> to the point of the hostages. families of american victims of october 7th are suing the state of iran saying that it directly funded the hamas operation. during the meeting, requested an additional $7 million in love from the islamic revolutionary guard corps. "the big project." the times is intimately reviewed a set of the documents that refer to the $7 million including details about the way that hamas leadership works and preparation that went into its attack. getting a pound of flesh out of iran is going to be difficult if not impossible. this lawsuit against iran certainly serves to heighten the issue as the new administration is transitioning. >> i think it probably reflects

for the people and those families, those american families that have their members of their family in tunnels and of lot of reflection with the situation. there's no words that i can use to describe what they must feel and how they must feel when we don't actively push. this is an attempt to highlight an issue. it is interesting. i never see in "the new york times" the names of the seven americans. they are americans. they need to make sure it is pushed. i will tell you. based on what i know when i worked directly with president trump, he is going to get americans home. that is what he believes in. >> good to talk to you again. i appreciate it. >> sandra: rfk jr. vowing to take on big food companies in the name of health as trump's

pick for hhs. will that affect the food you eat? plus this. >> the place that made these refused to make them for me. it can't be because i am a woman, but perhaps they did not like my prolific spirit. >> john: whoopi goldberg accused of information over her comments about a new york bakery. staten island borough president will tell us what is cooking on the legal front and in the court of public opinion. ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble with your weight?

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>> john: betty white fans will give this their stamp of approval. the u.s. postal service announcing that it will honor the late actress with a new stamp beginning next year. just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. her career spanned decades. she was a television icon best known for her roles on "the golden girls" and ""the mary tyler moore show"." speak of the place that made these refused to make them for me. >> really? >> no, no, no, let me explain, let me explain. they said that there evans had gone down in all kinds of stuff. folks went and got them anyway. which is why i'm not telling you who made them. it can't be because i am a woman, but perhaps they did not like my politics.

>> i know how hard my family has worked to keep this business alive. i bakers come in at 2:00 at 3:00 in the morning to have doughnuts and roles. we have the best roles ever. this is what makes -- >> sandra: if you haven't heard the story by now, whoopi goldberg learning the the hard way. thousands of customers lined up outside the bakery to show their support after "the view" cohost accused that bakery of political discrimination. community leaders calling on her to apologize but instead, here's the update. she appears to double down on this new video. >> there seems to be a lot about the desert i requested for my birthday show. i never mentioned the name of the bakery or the location. it does seem a little odd that when we called a few weeks before my birthday and we were told they couldn't process the order for my birthday, because on equipment failure.

somehow, they were able to accept an order of a different 48 of the same dessert when somebody else called without using my name. but it is all okay, because i enjoyed my delicious dessert. i had a happy sweet birthday. >> sandra: it looks like cleanup on aisle 610. thank you very much for being here. we saw you at the news conference. you lit lookout up and have people lining up outside the bakery. they feel bad for what is happening at this institution. did that clear anything up, the video with whoopi goldberg? >> not at all. in my opinion, the story is the family is wonderful, the salt of the earth. they've had a business for 146 years. not many people can say that. i have an impeccable reputation. people love them and their business. this woman went on national television and basically misrepresented what happened.

to have a platform like that and disparage or potentially arguably defame a business that has no recourse in the court of public opinion. they were devastated. we said we were going to stand up for those businesses, and we are not going to take the abuse. she came across as a bully if you ask me. the family not being used to this said what do we do? the community stood strong and stood up for the family. i commend them for having the grace to take the high road and the staten island community stepping out waiting online hour after hour to say we support them. it could have been any small business. it could have been anybody who was attacked on the national airwaves for something they didn't do. >> i step back from the story and say good something of happened that maybe we didn't see? this is me asking you based on

the facts that you have at hand. could there have been someone who didn't like the idea that this was for whoopi goldberg? >> the facts are the boiler they have in place to make the cakes was 60 or 70 years old. they didn't know how long it would take to replace. jill did the right thing by telling the woman, we can't commit to do it. we would hate for you to have a birthday party and the boiler would still be down. go someplace else. and then the boiler was fixed probably in less time than they anticipated. and then people good buy cakes again. >> sandra: may send somebody else and thereafter it was fi fixed. she connects the dots and said, they will serve them without my name attached to it but they will not serve me. >> she would not accept the truth. somehow it was perhaps a degree of self absorption that everyone thinks of politics every day.

her and her workers sometimes 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning to prepare every day. do you think she cares about politics? our customer base are across-the-board. she wants to do well in business. my main concern is that this woman took of the national airwaves and sought to destroy a company. >> sandra: she didn't say the name of the company. i'm not defending her in any way. she didn't say it then. and her clarification on instagram, that video, she also didn't say the name of the company and reminded people. that question now, is there a case of defamation as the legal proper format? i will put this up on the screen. this is jonathan turley's take. he says, it could be a piece of cake. the implied accusation against the bakery could fit into a per se category of impugning business or professional and big -- the reputation and professional standing of the bakery.

it can be argued as defamatory per se by implication says jonathan turley. >> you've got to respect that opinion. if it went before a jury -- kyle although she did not mention the name in a manner of minutes or hours, it was deduced that the company -- i get back to it was a misrepresentation of what happened. the benefit to the business owner, goes on national television. by the way, the first call is that the family got were not nice calls. they were borderline threatening calls. we stepped up and said we are not going to take this. we're not going to let this poor family summer at the abuse of someone who is going to seek to disparage and potentially defame. if they didn't have a good reputation, that business could be destroyed. it happened to be on staten island. we happen to be there to support them. this could have been any small business.

>> all okay. to move the story forward. have you talked to the family? do they have plans to file a lawsuit? >> i have spoken to the family but not about litigation. >> i've got to recommend that people have staten island. around the world. people from europe have been weighing in at people from the philippines all over. they see this for what it is as an abuse by somebody. trying to go out and make a business. if they didn't have an impeccable reputation tatian, who knows -- people know who they are and they stepped forward. business fortunately has been booming. any intent to abuse them has backfired. >> sandra: the staten island community, you all are tight and have each other's backs. >> we have half a million people. we are therefore each other. it is solidarity like no other

around the country. maybe we should send the message out, don't mess with staten island. >> sandra: thank you very much for joining us. it sparked a lot of conversation about what happened. it does appear that she doubled it down that video. it could have been i am sorry if i incorrectly drew the conclusion. it seemed that she said something was odd. >> apply in this day and age of social media would you ever fall on your sword and say i got it wrong. i'm really sorry. every birthday from now until the day i die, i will make sure that i put in my order from the fabulous alterman's bakery. you have to keep up the fight. that is no way it is these days. to speak to the viewer, i think the strongest statement. to talk about litigation. the strongest statement is the state that they the staten island community.

>> thanks so much. >> may they continue to be lined up around the block. a recount set to get underway and the pennsylvania senate race. openly admit they are counting -- listen to this. a legal balance. james freeman joining us with more of what this could mean for the outcome and how democrats think they could get away with it. >> sandra: filing for bankruptcy. on that story for us. >> that's right. it is the biggest budget airline carrier in the country filing for bankruptcy protection just a day. what does this mean for spirit airlines moving forward? what about all the passengers planning to travel over the holidays? we will get into that next. ♪ crab. bacon. ♪ ♪ shrimp for the takin' ♪ ♪ 500 locations! ♪ ♪ seven new creations ♪ ♪ come taste it! ♪

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>> john: of spirit airlines filing for bankruptcy protection in following years of losses and failed merger attempts. liberty airport with more for folks who want to fly. >> the one bit of encouraging

information is that for passengers that were planning to use spirit airlines over the upcoming holiday travel should expect no description because of bankruptcy petition. the company said customers can still use their tickets and credits and points as normal. longer term and bigger picture, some changes do spirit. fewer destinations with a smaller fleet of planes. bankruptcy is coming after spirit has struggled since the pandemic to turn a profit. as wait on customers who are looking for the budget travel option. the average household income said to be around $81,000. that is a market more inflation sensitive than higher income earners. leading up to this bankruptcy petition, the company is dried e with other companies during the first was a failed merger with frontier airlines. and earlier this year we saw the

biden administration blocking jetblue's acquisition of spi spirits. >> are unfortunately going over the department of transportation that doesn't understand the airline industry. and they blocked it -- the only option to them. they can now exist going forward with fewer airplanes and fewer destinations. they are going to be a sound airline. >> on that point of being a sound airline, that is what spirit ceo says bankruptcy will do for the company to create a better and showing up balance sheet for the company moving forward. >> john: may be it does survive. thank you. now this. >> we went to mar-a-lago to meet personally with president-elect trump. it was the first time we have seen him in 7 years. for those asking why we would go speak to the president elected during just front times especially between us, i would

ask back, why wouldn't we? >> sandra: in reaction to that when james freeman joins us next.

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