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washington and this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". breaking tonight, an irony so thick you could cut it with a knife. new york d.a. alvin bragg refusing to drop the case against president trump today, instead suggesting that his state delay trump's sentencing for, wait for it, four years, until after his term. in 2029. meantime just yesterday that very same justice system in new york allowed a mentally ill homeless man with eight prior arrests to roam free and allegedly stabbed to death three innocent people. it seems clear where new york's priorities are. more on this in just a moment. meantime in los angeles, that city preparing for a trump immigration standoff. city council voted unanimously to adopt a sanctuary ordinance barring any city resources from assisting federal immigration enforcement. in fact the la public school district there declaring it's schools are immigration sanctuaries. that story is coming up.

also, what is going on in the sports world? >> it's absolutely delightful from the united states! >> kevin: is it just me or are using the trump vance everywhere? professional athletes going from kneeling for the anthem to openly embracing the trump vance. jonathan judah isaac, the only player who refused to kneel in 2020, gives his take on the cultural shift. but first present electron but tempting elon musk's space x launch in texas today as his cabinet continues to take shape. senior white house correspondent peter doocy joining us live from west palm beach, florida with more. hello peter. >> reporter: kevin, good evening. the president elects motorcade just got back to mar-a-lago after the trip to texas and before president trump took off he gave us a rare update about his cabinet selection. the most controversial, matt

gaetz, because of course there are both republicans and democrats who remain skeptical about sexual abuse allegations. >> mr. president, are you reconsidering the nomination of matt gaetz? >> no. >> how far are you willing to go to get him confirmed? >> reporter: a few more cabinet spots came off the board today. linda mcmahon is the trump pick for education secretary. possibly awkward as there are some trump allies who want to eliminate that entire department. doctor all's is the pick to lead medicare and medicaid services. trump says the doctor will work close with era -- rfk jr. to take on the illness industrial complex and all the horrible chronic diseases left in it's wake. then investor and transition cochair howard lutnick will be the commerce secretary pick. trump says he will lead our tariff and trade agenda with additional responsibility for

the office of the united states trade representative. the trump trip to brownsville was for a space x launch right next to the u.s.-mexico border. he did not talk policy, border policy, but his border czar did g "the new york post" that mass deportations will be aided by s. down there in texas, the land commissioner is also now offering 1400 acres of borderland right along the u.s.-mexico border in the rio grande sector for the trump administration to use to keep people as they are on their way out. >> kevin: interesting development, thank you for joining us tonight, we appreciate that. let's continue the conversation about the trump transition tonight with fox news political analyst gianno caldwell and former los angeles g.o.p. vice chair, daily wire after, siaka massaquoi. listen guys, this is an interesting story for a number

of reasons. most notably because every day there's a new angle to this transition but i want to begin the segment by talking about the presidents budding relationship or friendship with elon musk, fellow billionaire, and someone who was obviously very supportive of the trump 20204 campaign. listen to this sound and i'm going to get your reaction on the other side, gianno. >> i don't know if you have gotten to know elon yet but he does not bring a chisel, he brings a chainsaw and we will be taking it to that bureaucracy, it will be a lot of fun. >> went to pennsylvania to campaign because he considered this more important than launching rockets that cost thousands of billions. >> he probably won't like this sort of pressure on him both inside mar-a-lago and a social media campaign being mounted outside because he does not want to look like he's in the service of elon musk. donald trump does not want to look like his puppet. >> kevin: it's a curious thing, gianno, talking about a couple of billionaires, big

egos, but i think there's an undeniable friendship. what say you about this budding relationship and/or possible rift going forward? >> no, there's no rift between elon musk and donald trump. donald trump is glad to have his support. one of the most brilliant and consequential entrepreneurs of our time. we know that he spent over $200 million for donald trump's campaign and he has a packed that will continue to do work outside of this presidential election for 2024. they are looking at the midterms. not only that, he's going to offer services for free for the federal government and bring in brilliant people from across the country. this is a good thing in the left is trying to divide, as they normally do. >> kevin: as they usually do, siaka. that i like best about it, when you talk about trying to make it more efficient, more effective, this is right up elon musk sally.

i can't imagine that this could go south and yet there are those who are trying to suggest or throw that out there. what say you? >> trump being there today to be with elon musk is just an example of a forward-looking leader that we needed. if you look at most of his pi picks, from j.d. vance as vice president to matt gaetz as doj to, you know, peter hegseth, we are seeing the fact that he's bringing in a new generation of leadership and this is what the left lied to us and tried to say they were doing, he's actually doing it, he's uplifting and upholding our geniuses to remind the american people, look, in two years we will be celebrating 250 years of this country's greatness. while one side wants to see our hurdles and our missteps as to finding us, i think trump and administration he's putting together is showing that no, we are greater because of those, because we've gotten through, and this american experiment is far from over. >> kevin: this will be a great

celebration. very quick i want to share this from axios, the headline says, what biden can do as a lame duck president. very interesting because the guy is not even talking to the press right now but there are still some things out there. take a look at this list here and quickly give me your thoughts, maybe 15 seconds. >> yeah, this is a nonstarter. joe biden needs to go back to the beach, which is where he's been for the majority of his presidency, let donald trump take over, let's make america a country we all believe in. >> kevin: you know what, i look at usa for ukraine, obviously that's the big one, infrastructure, confirming judges, energy and climate projects, pretty heady considering the brevity of time. >> you know, it looks like biden and the democrats got upset that they lost the game and now they are going to flip the table so that all the pieces fall on the ground and it will be up to trump and his administration to clean it up. they are not going to stop doing

what they are going to do and you saw that secretary blinken said we will send as much money as possible up until generate 20th. elon and vivek ramaswamy and doge can't start quick enough. but with anything else, let's be patient and ready to clean this thing up when we get in. >> kevin: i have a feeling there are a lot of people out there who will agree with you. the sooner the better. gentlemen, thank you, we appreciate your time tonight. yesterday we saw for the first time what a massive disconnect there was between social media and the real world because we were flooded with phone calls from people all day, literally around the world, very positive, supportive but once in a while i would get a text where they were go oh man i hope you are doing okay. we will do the best we can do and we are working towards a better america. >> take it day by day. >> kevin: wow, do you think it was really all about that are was there more to this meeting

of the minds of mar-a-lago? for some insight into the media firestorm following the trip down south, amber duke and alexa henning. alexa, this is one of those stories, it's like the gift that keeps on giving. every day there's another angle to this story and i know that they must feel like they are really being sort of attacked and some would argue rightly so. before i get into what some people are saying about the cabinet picks and the president-elect, let me get your take. was this a good move, bad move, are they handling the firestorm well? >> i really enjoy watching this and i'm sure a lot of other people do. it's actually shocking to watch. i don't believe it's actually genuine. there's no way that they are like okay we've discovered that, you know, we've been wrong this whole time. i think they know that the ratings are down 50% and so they are going to try to make a play for that. i was watching recently, joe

scarborough did not know that the price of bother had gone up so much. these people are not serious, they should not be listen to. >> kevin: he was like three brawl it -- $3. no, it's like seven, what you talking about. amber, i have to get your take it -- take on it. >> obviously there intentions are misguided. they want the viewership back, they want to become old pals with their friend donald trump again because they were friends prior to 2016. >> kevin: he helped make them. >> exactly, they want that influence back. but on the fundamentals they are not wrong. there is a huge disconnect between the liberal media and social media and reality. we saw this in the election. trump shocking all of their predictions with his massive mandate. and you see the culture shifting. all of these professional athletes during the trump dance. they aren't going to do the necessary introspection to understand why trump won but at

least they are giving lip service to the general idea. >> kevin: lip service indeed. i want to share this from the usa today. talking about whether or not he's going to get the backing, will the president gets a backing he needs to get the cabinet over the finish line. saying among other things, i've heard some of my senate republican colleagues expressed concern about who president trump is picking for his team, i would expect this from my colleagues on the left, not on the right. my advice to them is to get on board or get out of the way. 15 seconds each. is he write? >> yeah, i mean donald trump won by an overwhelming mandate. this is what the american people want, this is who he's choosing that they put their trust in him and yeah, i mean they need to get on board. >> kevin: get on board or get out of the way. >> this should not be a surprise to anybody. these are the people who have been around trump over the past couple of years of his campaign. they are people who were surrogates for him, showing up at his rallies. somewhere members of his campaign, so these names should

not talk anybody. the only reason they are surprising to the left and to some establishment republicans is because they are going to potentially lose their grip on the government bureaucracy with these upending picks that want to fundamentally transform the way the government works which is not in service of the american people. >> kevin: let me follow-up though. i think you made a great point that at the end of the day the president is entitled to his picks, to say the least, but i think the real question is, and they withstand the heat and will he stand by them, you think he will? >> absolutely. just like amber said, it is his responsibility and his mandate to select these people and it should not be a surprise, no one should be surprised bite donald trump. he says exactly what he's thinking and that's why the people want him and trust him. these cabinet picks, they make people nervous because they hold a monopoly in washington right now and the american people don't want that. >> kevin: people don't want disruption in this town. very quickly i want to get this

from you, there was a reporter today who was asking president biden, we haven't heard anything from him since the election other than pleasantries at the oval, about talking to people, talking to reporters, let's get some reaction. listen to this and i will get your reaction on the other side. >> mr. president, happy early birthday. will you talk to us, sir? will you please talk to us? mr. president, president biden, please, we haven't heard from you. mr. president! [laughter] >> kevin: that is hilarious. please, please can i get a question? i know we are out of time. is he going to say anything or no? >> i don't think so. why would he? the media may hate trump but they will be very excited for those gaggles come the next the

months. >> kevin: certainly helped my job. do you think you will say anything? >> no, whether he's wandering off into the rain forest or missing photos at the g20, i think he's out. >> kevin: i'm reminded of the picture of him turning his back on reporters after making remarks at the white house. more of what we saw just there. ladies, thank you so much, appreciate your time. fema administrator facing tough questions on capitol hill today about the organization's alleged discrimination against trump supporters in post hurricane damage assessment. correspondent mark meredith joining us live with more. thank you for joining us. >> reporter: good to be with you. the fema administrator should be back on capitol hill tomorrow to explain why her agency needs billions more dollars to help the survivors of hurricane helene and milton. as you mention today she was facing repeated questions about whether her employees are doling out help based on their political beliefs. in the wake of hurricane helene, a fema employee working in florida claimed she was instructed to tell her workers

not to visit homes with trump signs. that employee has since been fired. she told trace on this show she's been made a scapegoat and was just following other directives. today house republicans urged fema to take a good long, hard look at it's actions. >> the same employee alleged on tv that this was not an isolated event and that fema essentially treats the homes of president trump supporters as if they were homes of people with vicious dogs. this is unacceptable. americans demand accountability. >> reporter: fema's a minister told congress this was an isolated incident and not a true reflection of fema's behavior. >> regardless if you are in a union or not, to discriminate against a disaster survivor because of a political sign in their yard, that's not who we are. >> reporter: the administrator says she supports fema's inspector general looking into the matter but as of now an investigation has not been launched, but still a lot of questions on the hill about the

specifics. >> kevin: appreciate you spending time tonight, we will see you a bit later, mark meredith in washington. let's take a deeper dive into the biggest legal question of the day with judicial watch president tom fitton. listen, i'm frustrated prefer the people there. it's an outrage that people would be skipped just because they had a sign supporting one candidate or another. i can't believe that is actually happening. they have to answer questions for this. this is an outrage. let me share this from "the washington times", an op op-ed. it says this, families that should have received critical resources are still waiting for help. for those affected, this is not about politics but survival. the idea that aid was withheld because a political affiliation is a slap in the face to every american who believes in fairness and equality under the law. what say you?

>> for years the biden administration and even before then have equated trump support with terrorism. the media has been pushing it and you see it with the fbi, you see it with military training, and so it's no surprise that a major government agency like fema would incorporate that into it's decisions on who to give aid to. they had this narrative, oh, it's dangerous for trump supporters to question fema so therefore it let's not have fema provide any aid and comfort to alleged trump supporters in their time of dire need. these are emergency life or death situations. it's clear based on the woman who was initially fired, the new whistle-blower coming forward, and of course it makes sense that there was this agencywide directive or understanding that trump supporters are violent so therefore it let's not even offer them aid. >> kevin: i'm still stunned

because at the end of the day you have a responsibility to all americans. they are taxpayers too whether you like who they voted for or not. i don't think this is the end of the story. alvin bragg wants to make -- he wants to make president trump wait for years before he decides whether or not to go through with the end of this particular case or sentencing. let me share one of your great colleagues thoughts and your reaction on the other side. >> you cannot have a local district attorney treat a sitting president like a freak on a leash where he just is able to say that i will finish this work once you are out of office. it elevates the district attorney to a grotesque level. >> kevin: a grotesque level, and my concern is and has been for quite some time, and we've talked about this off-camera, turnabout becomes fair play. i don't want to see some d.a. in texas for example saying about the border well i think we will

run in another former president. i think this is a bridge too far and yet this is where we are. you think this goes forward? >> i hope not. i hope at least the federal courts intervene here. bragg is ignoring the immunity issue. the big issue is whether this case should exist at all given the supreme court immunity ruling. the idea that bragg and the judge would hold over a sitting president's head the possibility of going to jail would obviously impair the presidency. it's designed to intimidate and harass him while he's president. so the fact that alvin bragg is still playing this game shows, and he's a politically connected guy, shows the democrats are still committed to law fair to harass president trump. right now for instant jack smith is visibly typing away, misusing taxpayer resources, to put out a smear report on trump. everything should stop, everything in terms of the law

fair targeting trump, because now it's impairing our national security and an incoming president. >> kevin: miraculously a hacker suddenly ends up with a house report. wonder how that happened. more questions about that as well. great to see you, thank you. coming up, there seems to be a renewed focus on faith and hate -- patriotism in the sports world, how about that, all in the wake of president trump's reelection bid. orlando magic forward jonathan isaac, and riley gaines, they join us coming up in just a bit. a little later in the nightcap... >> are the folks who have been nominated the right people to literally keep us safe? >> matt gaetz would be the least qualified attorney general in the history of the united united states. >> is this the very best that america has to offer? of course not. >> absolute trolls. >> kevin: absolute trolls, how about that. a few of the president-elect's

cabinet choices have been a little controversial. somewhat say controversial at best. on confirmable at worst. the question we have for tonight, should he standby or find replacements to avoid a big protracted fight on the hill? what do you think? who will get confirmed and who won't? let us know on x or instagram, we will read your responses later in the nightcap.

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♪ ♪ >> kevin: 26 minutes after the hour, the nfl reportedly will not take any disciplinary action on a handful of players who did the so-called trump dance on the field during some celebrations on sunday. the nfl rulebook allows players to celebrate so long as they are not excessive or feature violent or sexual or subjective acts. more trump dance is probably to

come. i want to ask you a question, do you remember the whole take a knee movement, when athletes were kneeling during the national anthem? in the wake of donald trump's reelection, there seems to be a renewed focus on faith and patriotism in the sports world. our next two guests believe it belongs right there and that is where it certainly needs to stay. we want to bring a professional basketball player and -- founder jonathan isaac along with a host of the gains for girls podcast and out cake contributor riley gaines. great to have you both with us today. this is so fun for me because whenever i see a shift, i'm a big sports fan, whenever i see a shift in the sports world, it is fun to observe it and then sometimes it makes even more fun to chat with professionals like yourself. let me share this and i will get your take on this. this is a quote from tom jones from the poynter institute for media studies, i don't see how the nfl could stop these trump dance celebrations. like any celebration as long as

it's not significantly disrupting the game, the nfl should allow it. if you were to stop this celebration, you would seemingly have to ban all celebrations. i'm sure the nfl is not crazy about celebrations with a political bent but putting a ban on them would open up a whole other set of problems. i'm not going to ask if you are going to get on the court and do that but what do you think of what they are saying at the institute? >> i might have thought about it. thank you for having me. i think it's awesome, guys having a good time, feeling good about the way things are turning with the outcome of the election. i think that there is a pressure and something that has subsided, where people are feeling free, happy, patriotic and ready for the resurgence of our country. >> kevin: very interesting choice of words there. he said people are feeling free. certainly more free to express themselves. i think the reelection may have done that for a number of americans. what do you think? >> i totally agree. that's what i think is so

awesome about this silly little dance. in theory the dance means nothing but in reality it means everything. this little dance represents the fading of political correctness, free-speech, patriotism and so i think this dance is proving that cancel culture, to jonathan's point, is being stripped of it's power. i think we are witnessing a pretty historic cultural shift. from my perspective personally i believe it's happening fast. think of the persecution you faced just two years ago as a professional athlete or anyone for that matter, but i know jonathan can attest to this, for supporting president trump or for anything that goes against the status quo. i think all of this is proving that the mean orange man narrative is not working anymore. people have had enough and they are ready to restore faith, family and freedom. >> kevin: it's so interesting because i think you are right, there becomes this fatigue. after a certain period of time,

people are just saying i've had enough. i want to get you both to react to this. this is jen psaki on msnbc on sunday talking about the transgender issue, biological boys and men in sports. it's a complicated issue for some for others it's about as black-and-white as a gets. listen to this and i will get your reaction on the other side. >> reflection is good but if that were actually an issue in thousands of schools across the country, it would be worthy of a debate. there are incredibly few examples of transgender girls playing in youth sports. when we see those examples, there is no evidence these kids are a threat to safety or fairness. >> kevin: no evidence they are a threat to safety or fairness. i don't have my former colleague on here, she's been quite vocal about this issue, and it certainly matters if your daughter is the one who is hurt. jonathan, your reaction? >> this is definitely reilly's

field but i completely support her and the work she's done throughout it. she's a proud ambassador of our brand. i think for me personally it's always been kind of black-and-white but at the same time i'm an empathetic guy and try my best to put myself and other people shoes but i've always from the jump said that in order to cater to the feelings of other people, we would need to trample the feelings and the freedoms of women everywhere in order to do it. >> kevin: i think that is the important part of all of this, it's not just impacting those who might be transgender, but the girls who have been working so hard for opportunities for years to get a level playing field. your thoughts? >> that's right. i think what kills me about listening to that video is that she has daughters, she was a former collegiate swimmer i believe. it kills me. i implore her to say what she just said, it's not happening, women aren't really being impacted, say that to peyton mcnabb, a high school senior his partially paralyzed from a man on a volleyball court on the

opposing team who spiked the ball in her face, she was knocked unconscious, her vision is impaired, or memory is impaired, she is still to this day struggling with school and testing and different things so to say it's not happening is disingenuous entirely and utterly misogynistic and i will just add i'm a proud ambassador of -- to have a brand that stands firm in biblical values representing and the way that they do, having scripture on their apparel, it's long overdue and so i encourage everyone to go to we are unitas.com, check it out, they've got footwear, they've got graphic t-shirts, sweatshirts and sweatpants, go check them out. good gifts as well. >> kevin: i'm checking out the freshly dropped. i may have to check out the website. thank you both for all that you do for your country and for your faith, we appreciate your time on "fox news at night".

>> thank you kevin. >> thank you. >> kevin: "fox news at night" would also like to wish a very special happy birthday to the super fan miss peggy who turns 100 years old today. she and her late sister betty had been fixtures at games since the 1940s, i remember them when i was an undergrad back in the day, at even though betty has since passed, miss peggy carries on the tradition. she's celebrating her special occasion with coach who brought her to the news conference, they also sang happy birthday at the stadium over the weekend. happy birthday miss peggy, happy 100th, we appreciate you. meantime, breaking tonight out of los angeles, lawmakers taking a stand against mass deportation, declaring the city and immigration sanctuary. they are going to prohibit using city resources to help the federal government tracked down and deport illegal immigrants. setting up a possible showdown with the new incoming trump administration.

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>> kevin: welcome back. 39 minutes after the hour. a host of democrat lead cities are promising to resist president-elect trump's plan to mass deport illegal immigrants beginning with those who have committed violent crimes. now even deep blue los angeles is getting in on the act. correspondent matt finn has that story tonight. >> reporter: at lacedelli -- city council voted unanimously today to make los angeles a sanctuary city which will prohibit city employees and resources from assisting the federal government in tracking down and deporting illegal migrants. la was already a migrant friendly city but today's vote turns a sanctuary status into law, pending the signature of the mayor. >> we are making sure we are keeping our friends, family,

neighbors and coworkers safe. >> we don't have a safer city if people are living in fear and hiding in the shadows. >> reporter: today's decision is already being met with intense scrutiny. the la county republican party writes, so-called sanctuary cities and states sound warm and fuzzy but the protections they offer aren't for -- getting ice cream but for people who have entered the country illegally and committed additional crimes, whether drunk driving, robbery, sexual violence, assault or murder, none of those should go unpunished. trump's newly appointed border czar points to the ongoing murder trial of georgian nursing student lakin riley who police say was murdered by an illegal migrant. >> for all those mayors and governors who say they will push back on i.c.e., i want you to listen to that tape of that young lady fighting for her life, fighting for her breath. she did not want to die, she fought hard. >> reporter: minutes after la city council voted today, the los angeles unified school board

also voted to declare itself a sanctuary district. that means employees are for bid and from complying with immigration officials and they cannot share a students immigration status. l.a.'s new police chief, he also says his department will not engage in immigration enforcement. >> kevin: could be a real battle coming up in the months ahead, matt finn, thank you, appreciate that. meantime russian president vladimir putin is formally lowering the threshold for his nation's use of nuclear weapons, a chilling reminder of the significant dangers around the world during the final two months of the biden administration before president-elect trump assumes office on january 20th. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: overnight, ukraine struck military targets inside russia for the first time using u.s. provided long-range strike fires. hours later, in response, russian president vladimir putin

signed a new nuclear doctrine lowering the gremlin's threshold to use tactical nuclear weapons. he had warned he would do so in september if the u.s. permitted ukraine to strike russian territory. >> it is a signal that they want to escalate the conflict. it is impossible to use these high-tech missiles without the americans. putin has said this many times. >> reporter: the pentagon says it has seen no change to russia's nuclear posture despite it's saber rattling. >> we don't have indications that russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon within ukraine. we don't see any changes that need to be made to our own posture. >> reporter: the attack struck a military facility in southwest russia just north of kursk where 11,000 north korean troops are preparing to attack ukraine. when president zelenskyy's visited the white house in september, he asked president biden to lift the restriction, a request biden rebuffed for more than a year, fearing an escalation with russia. all this has led to a tense

situation in europe. on monday sweden distributed millions of pamphlets on wartime preparation, updating the encase of crisis or war guide to reflect the worsening security situation. the revised version is now twice as long as it was six years ago. the white house is expected to announce another 275 million-dollar weapons package for ukraine, part of the $60 billion supplemental passed by congress last spring. the weapons will come from existing u.s. stockpiles and will include the locket ranching system, artillery shells, drones and javelin missiles. >> kevin: jennifer griffin, thank you. further east there is new evidence tonight that china's grip on hong kong is as firm as ever as 45 pro-democracy leaders are sentenced to prison terms of up to ten years. for some expert analysis on this situation, the author of plan red, china's project to destroy

america, gates tune -- gate stone institute senior fellow gordan chang. whenever i'm reading about these things happening in china, there's this sort of split and how most americans see china. they see china on one hand economically and perhaps diplomatically, they want to visit china, they like the chinese people, but if they look more carefully at their government, they see something that might really change the way they see what is happening in beijing. i want to share this from the u.n. high commissioner for human rights talking about this idea of imprisoning political dissidents and others. we will get your reaction on the other side. >> we are gravely concerned by the use of the security laws and the breath to criminalize conduct protected by human rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. >> kevin: you think of hong kong as being free, not so much these days, gordon.

>> no, it certainly is not. beijing, especially since june of 2020, has exerted full control over hong kong and now actually runs the place directly. that is in contravention of it's obligations pursuant to the british joint declaration of 1984 and the convictions or sentencing yesterday of the 45 is a clear indication of that, especially the heavy sentence of ten years on benny, a hero. we also have the beginning of the trial of jimmy, the editor of the pro-democracy daily which was the most popular paper in hong kong. you can say that hong kong is now as repressive a society as mainland china. >> kevin: which is a real shock to those who have been there, as i have, and those who have had a chance to see where it used to be compared to now. this is from a journalist turned activist who was jailed for seven years, i'm going to share a facebook post. we dared to confront the regime with a question, will democracy

ever be possible within such a structure? the answer was a complete crackdown on all fronts of society. i imagine you agree wholeheartedly, gordon? >> yes because right now we are seeing beijing exert all of it's power against the people of hong kong. that is why so many people have left, that is why hong kong activists have fled, and that is why business is leaving as well. hong kong once used to be an outpost where people felt they had the protection of the laws. now we are seeing china use the laws as a weapon against the people of hong kong and it's not allowing any expression at all that it does not like. so really we have a complete clampdown on society. >> kevin: it's really shocking. i think you nailed it when you said people are leaving. it's not just the citizens, it's also businesses and people are becoming a lot more hesitant to do business in hong kong. it's not like it used to be and that is to be expected, things change, but i'm not so certain that most would agree that this is a change for the better.

we are short of time tonight, i want to thank you for spending time with us this evening, we appreciate your knowledge and wisdom as always, thank you, my friend. >> thank you so much, kevin. >> kevin: them up president trump's cabinet picks have sparked significant controversy and so we are asking a question tonight, should he continue to support them despite the potential opposition, or maybe find a replacement? or should he fight, fight, fight? and which of the nominees do you think will not make it over the finish line? the nightcap with your responses, coming right up. ow, t treat? de-lick-able delectables? yes, just hurry. hmm. it must be delicious. delectables lickable treat.

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♪ ♪ >> kevin: we are back with the nightcap crew, matt finn, mark meredith, alexa henning, amber duke, siaka massaquoi. tonight's topic, controversial cabinet. as you know by now, a few a president trump's cabinet choices have been under fire recently which got us thinking, should he stand by his more controversial picks for example or should he go ahead and find a replacement now to avoid a big showdown on capitol hill, in which nominee do you think will not make it over the finish line? without we want to dive right in, let's begin with mark. >> i would imagine we are nowhere close to anywhere being changed out but i would think sooner if that were to happen we hear something like i wanted to

give my family a break and will withdraw my nomination. >> kevin: siaka? >> trump is a loyal person, he will stick by everyone and he should just do the victory dance all the way to the end, let's go. >> kevin: amber, what say you? >> i think trump should stick by them. the american people deserve to have somebody in charge will ask where the army spends $80 buying a roll of duct tape, you keep pushing through, forced the senate to go along with it. >> kevin: alexa? >> i think it speaks volumes of how qualified these nominees are that the left on the democrats are so afraid that their power will be taken away from him and definitely stick with it. >> kevin: matt? >> i think trump will stick by his nominees but maybe there are understudies and play. i don't envy any of these people, your entire life comb through. ultimately the senate will decide. >> kevin: let's dive into our responses. this from bail, he says trump

will stick to his choices. i'm sure he has a backup plan, it's part of his art of the deal. stephanie says, they will all get confirmed, america has spoken. love that. phil says matt gaetz will be the toughest, only through a recess will he be confirmed. john adds his two sense saying he has the right to pick his cabinet, they should all be confirmed. the more they fight the more you know it is the right pick. mark, definitely stand by them, 100%, i think they will all be confirmed especially rfk. scott says, he chose them, he should support them. gaetz won't make it, the others will be fine. i suspect they will all make it one way or the other. we will all find out together very soon. with that, thank you to the nightcap crew and thank you for watching america's late news "fox news @ night". i'm kevin corke in washington, trace's back tomorrow, we will see you then.

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