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where books are sold to. "america reports" now. >> they are no words. i keep telling people to describe the emotion when we walked up the driveway. b did not expect our home to be so devastated, truly catastrophic damage. >> we have yet to hear back from housing allowance from fema. actually a few days after the storm hit had to make a mortgage payment on our home. as of right now, but it's kind of like couch surfing from college except we are doing it with our children and all of our household belongings. >> and the dog. speak of dog. >> john: to interview one day in one month ago, christopher king spoke to a sitting on the rubble that used to be their home. at that exact spot was a dining room with sliding doors to the outside appeared. >> sandra: they have seven kids, john and we remember chris battling cancer. they are one of the family still reeling from hurricane helene

and bracing for another challenge, a brutally cold mountains in north carolina without a home. >> john: for some people home is a tense. i'm john roberts and sandra smith. >> sandra: this is "america reports" and still ahead we will speak with christopher and angela did an update on their story. nearly two months after hurricane helene with the their home apart. >> john: some storm survivors and makeshift shelters sound like the tents you see there and the feelings have frustration with fema and the federal government's response. saco it could be zero american citizens living in tents in north carolina right now. they are plenty of fema trailers available for the citizens and sitting may 15 miles away. they are nice and heated and occupied by fema workers. >> we got a letter from fema tennessee far away from everyone who needed us here. one at the friends offered

$9,000 after entire home was destroyed, a three bedroom home or to the person that helped her the most was at the church. >> sandra: one after the other and steve harrigan on the ground in north carolina. steve, how have things changed there? >> sandra, we were here eight weeks ago when the storm hit. it is stunning to see many people eight weeks after the storm, conditions are actually worse for a lot of people, especially the first snow hitting this morning and freezing temperatures. the lucky people have those bands and trailers. the less fortunate have tense. they have moved out of the fema hotels and vouchers expired. not only 100,000 houses destroyed and damage a too put cars wrecked by the flooding also. that makes it almost impossible for a lot of people to get back to their jobs. >> a lot of people ask their cars possible to end the cars in the rivers upside down in the mud.

so that is a big challenge. no electricity. so generators, that is a big challenge. >> 103 people killed in north carolina and the storm. $50 billion worth of damage and they search the car in zero bodies found in this one. xs and os all over the place in western north carolina, sandra, back to you. >> sandra: brutal reality for so many, steve harrigan, thank you. >> john: let's bring in the panel, doug high's former communications director for the repurepublican national committ. a committee director for joe manchin. doug, let's start out with you from north carolina. how does this happen that the federal government is paying billions of dollars of tens of thousands of migrants and luxury hotels and some folks in north carolina seeing winter come in and supposed to be under 32 degrees and they are living

and tents, entire families. >> i've worked on disaster legislatively and seen up close the tough job not just fema. but a multitude of government organization and i was press secretary small business administration you don't think of disaster relief. it is a big part of what spa does. we talk about two pots of money and who does not satisfy? nobody because of what you showed. and not just that fema needs to do more and thom tillis and chuck edwards the member from nashville and second most impacted district being a big part of that. they had meetings just yesterday to say to fema and government organizations not just that we need more because that is not an answer, but you are is what we need and what we need to do. this is public and private. we forget about this. church is in and samaritans per gimmick per sam franklin

graham's. yesterday announced a three year $750 million program for western north carolina. so not just about winter is coming but a long-term challenge as well and people will be put up in tennessee because if i drive from here to asheville which i do a few times, i drive to tennessee. peer tilt though state lines cut closely. if you are not in asheville, outside of nashville in henderson, it gets real tough real quick. that is where the federal government needs to step and that not just more about specifically helping communities what they can do and what they can't. >> john: jonathan we say plenty of disasters where fema provides trailers and formaldehyde in them and that turned out to be its own problem. why can't fema get more trailers and there? they have trailers for workers. in fact one person in north carolina said it would be better if fema left and so that we could stay in them here to

congress needs to look this in a long-term planning and it means more disasters. we can't look at this in a one year appropriations bill. we can't even appropriate bills one year at a time. we are kicking the can down the road every year. congress needs to get its act together and say fema, we will beef up your funding so this happen six, seven times a year we are in place to help the citizens of the country handle this. i agree with this, if fema's not doing the job and the workers are not helping, get out and let the citizens lives and they heated tents there. congress should approve that and the first thing they should vote on. they should have done at the last two weeks. spain when we keep hearing about that. i want to ask you the new pick for attorney general, pam bondi. some liberals losing their minds over the fact she actually knows what she is doing. listen here. >> pam bondi is exactly what i was thinking in the last segment

we should all fear because she is competent here too we may not agree with her ideologically but she knows had to this job. pam bondi knows what she is doing. she's a dangerous and effective picked periods be when she was effective in the state of florida as nine years has attorney general. what should she do she gimmick should she be confirmed? >> she will be confirmed on that clip shows a wide. the national committee, we had the fire nancy pelosi campaign. a lot of people won't let me in a lot of places. i was at the rnc, we had the fire nancy pelosi campaign why? because she was effective. she was really good at being the baker much to our chagrin quite often and that clip shows democrats are nervous about her. matt gaetz was never going to be there and not as effective at good competence we want from attorney general. that says democrats have a real reason to be nervous. >> john: being from florida,

she's an adult drug cartels and price gouging from hurricanes, crime, you name it. >> democrats will vote against her, but she is a competent person with the qualifications to lead the department of justice. democrats will disagree with everything she believes answer, but she will be a competent person to go in there and do what donald trump tells her to do. i think that is why you see democrats a lot more concerned about her than matt gaetz. matt gaetz was part of like we saw him as a buffoon to put up there, you know, will beat the lids and show you, but you would never be an effective build leader because no managerial experience. she will know what she is doing day one and know how to lead the department. >> that tells me maybe some democrats two or three having to sort of public therapy session over public results, two or three say this is the direction i want to go and vote for her. because they need to learn lessons what happened two weeks

ago. >> i think they will use one or two like rubio. she may not get the one or two but there will be some out there. >> john: interesting to know matt gaetz will not sit in his 8,119th congress. >> he was elected to the 119th. >> he was. >> john: so in terms of the hurricane recovery, it is amazing to see the pictures where steve harrigan and seems to make the things exactly the same. speed to outrage with the residents who feel they were abandoned and forgotten about. that lovely couple we interviewed october 21st, john, i can't wait to catch up with them when they join us in a bit to see what they have seen so far. this is what we are hearing from some on the ground about the grassroots help they are getting at a minimum. >> we have had our fema inspection. however, we are still waiting to hear anything back.

so, we are just kind of on hold with that right now hoping to hear back something relatively soon. meiko everything has been a grassroots. it is our friends that were here. our neighbors to be and they didn't know this 2 to first step to take they were putting ditches a rocks and ditches to t our cars out. speed to the a known role, and that is the big question right now, where they, junk which marks the one we will check back in with angela and chris and they still don't have a permanent home. the cool irony, when you spoke to them a little more than a month ago, they said after the storm hit they had to make mortgage home that doesn't even exist anymore, crazy. >> sandra: judgment juan merchan on sentencing and president-elect trump's case scheduled for next week and nick foye is here with the latest on that for us. >> trump's celebrating as a win

and sentencing delayed with president-elect donald trump's lawyers set to file their motion to dismiss a case by december 2nd. then manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's office needs to respond to that by december 9th. separately judge mershon pushing off the session on presidential. trumps lawyers for deputy attorney todd blanche wrote "are you interfering with trump's preparations to return to the white house? prosecutors want to stretch the case out more than four years and sentence trump after the second term. incoming white house communications director stephen rowe impart, "decisive win for president trump the hoax manhattan case fully stayed and sentencing is adjourned. president trump won a landslide victory as american people that they should mandate to return him to office and dispose of all of the remnants of the witch hunt cases. this case is important to point

out is not over yet. he will rule what comes next sometime after december 9th. >> he has this constitutional question of, pursuing prosecuting, indicting a sitting president. he has an off-ramp he could take and he would be wise not just in the interest of justice but politically to take one and move on. >> this is the only 1 of 4, no cases of trump's to get to trial. he was found guilty 34 felonies but trump's lawyers to caches judge merchan made throughout the trial and you can bet he will hear about all of those in the motion to dismiss up the next ten days. >> sandra: we will be watching for all of that, good to see in the studio. ♪ ♪ >> ... >> all of a sudden, you don't want it to happen to anybody but obviously yourself. >> john: the nfl issuing a warning to players after a series of home break-ins linked

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in the final phase of biden-harris administration. mark meredith live at the white house with that. mark, what exactly does the administration at the pit? >> "the new york post" broke the story and says sources are telling us the migrant procedure is the way the government is handling migrants in new york city are being tweaked the final days of the biden presidency. the post writing the outgoing administration launched ice portal app and new york which will allow migrants to bypass in person checks into their local i.c.e. office and some argue if implemented, it will make easy avoid detection with technology in its place can be somewhat of unreliable. they said questions like this need to go to dhs, department of homeland security but pressure is building from the far left with immigration crackdowns ahead of the trump administration. we heard this week from the aclu and called on biden, "biden

should halt i.c.e. detention plans. the steps are vital to protect communities from the agenda from incoming administration." just yesterday's, what does the white house think about upcoming immigration agenda? they will enforce the laws on the book. >> look, i will not go into what the state attorney general or state elected leaders might do in the future as a response to this next administration's policy and how they will move forward. i will not do that. >> there was a reporter in the briefing died quite hard to get an answer on this topic, what does the white house think? simply they said they would not way and. the president and his thoughts on this we are waiting to see, john, taking questions from reporters after he comes back from south america. about when is anybody's guess, john. >> john: i still remember that

pool reporter frantically at yelling at him when he was getting on air force one. >> she was a former fox reporter. >> john: mark meredith, sandra. >> sandra: you can't make this stuff up. charles payne with making money on fox business. allowing migrants to skip i.c.e. check hands. why are we letting this happen? >> it is mind-boggling. it is a dagger in the soul of the american voter. always last minute changes and the public has told you and we decided as an agent to nation we want to take a different course of action. don't make it harder and easier for debating and i just hope the biden administration goes out quietly and we can hit the reset button on this. >> sandra: this was a remarkable moment riley gaines and her husband, okay?

to set this up, he is a british national came to the u.s. for college six years ago here till they have been married to one half years and she says he can't get a green card and complete silence from the government. the reason he won't get a covid vaccine. watch this. >> they will hold people hostage that want to come into the country the right way, the legal way to get these shots. about on the other side, if you commit a felony and come into the country illegally, you get fast-track citizenship. >> what a mess our immigration system and government has created for a hardworking, tax paying, american letting individuals like my husband. >> sandra: wow, what a mess. >> it is a mess and a mess for a long time but i am glad it is being highlighted and the h1b program, listen, many argue it is too few accepted. and that selection process, no one knows what goes into it here

too of course, you have the situation during the midst of covid people crossing into the country and everyone else had tr in place and had to wear masks, take shots. >> sandra: they were coming over the border en masse. the president-elect stance on foreign nationals graduate from u.s. colleges and what he wants to see happen as far as receiving green cards. watch. >> what i want to do and what i we'll do, you graduate from a college, i think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to stay in this country. that includes junior colleges too. >> sandra: why? because elon musk put on the board illegal immigration is typically slow and difficult even for super talented people needs to be fixed. quite a mission they seem to be on here. >> so you get f-1 visa and can't be deported and then it goes to opt visa last one or 23 years. and those back into the pool h1

b's so they get 85,000 approved and 400,000 people applying and more than likely over half of the folks graduate are sent back out of the country. more and more foreign nationals are leaving to get here get an education and go back to their home countries and go from there, which is okay. it is more important to educate them to use brainpower to power our economy. >> sandra: slow the flow at the border would make more sense and make this process for those coming in illegally, especially through the education process. to make that faster and easier. >> the folks who are against illegal immigration have always said they are against immigration. it has always been the exact opposite. most appreciate the melting pot but illegal immigration and the types of wars that come with it have to stop. speed to let me get your final thoughts with the headline on the screen from "the wall street journal" these

15 errors wrestler who says trump doesn't have sense of humor. is world wrestling ed mcmahon to leave a job rolling with oversized bureaucracy. teachers union and heavy weights. what you think of this pick here? >> i love it. i love linda mcmahon in the story overall. and they took this wrestling thing which was sort of localized and built it into a juggernaut, entertainment juggernaut here to then her commitment to education has been absolutely phenomenal. one thing i like is this so the medical notion trump is trolling to the left. a punch to them and i will talk about that on the show and losing their mind every time trump pick someone else, no! but i think she will do an amazing job. stated that speaks a lot from you and i know you care a lot about it. >> that is my top issue is education. >> sandra: i love it,

thank you so much. this is an obvious pick for so many reasons and obviously a lot in education and business having for small business administration under previous trump administration. if you have ever met linda mcmahon, which many of us have and she does not mess around. she makes her thoughts and opinions very clear when you are with her. they when i have seen the videos at the debbie of wec events. she does not mess around. foreign students come here and get educated, we want them to stay here. it is different than the lessee was not even maybe 10, 15 years ago when i think it was an a clinton administration, foreign students coming over. we said we wanted them to get educated but take that knowledge back to their home countries. we don't want them to take high-paying jobs away from americans. it has come full circle the way trump is looking at this. speed to a focus on it.

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will on transgender case with a male playing on san jose state university women's volleyball team. and reporting from california for us, hi, claudia. a lot of attention on this issue in the case could lead to a big ruling? >> it really could, sandra. the outcome of the loss could, impact determine the women's collegiat. we have a does dozen female volleyball players suing san jose state university for violating their title ix and first amendment rights. this is the latest legal challenge stemming from single player on the roster identified in previous or pilings as blair fleming, who they say was born a male. and fleming meets eligibility requirements but the low euros for the plaintiff say policies that protect trans athletes are harmful to women.

>> particularly the safety issues in volleyball. we made the .82 higher impact when a male player hitting a volleyball. and ozempic somebody's head and can cause concussions. no response by the other side. they are not addressing the safety issues for women or the fairness issue for women. >> five schools forfeited seven games against san jose this state. but they have ran up against a brand-new rule adopted by west conference. transgender participation policy, the forfeiting team will be charged with a loss and posing team with a win. players from the schools claim that a to play san jose has hurt ranking and free speech. this lawsuit seeks an injunction with the win/loss record and

claiming to be disqualified from the conference tournament which begins wednesday. sandra, the clock ticking and the judge will issue his ruling in the next few days. >> sandra: a lot of attention and focus on this and we will be watching for sure, claudia, john. >> john: sugary drink maker scrambling to adapt as the booming weight loss drug market reshapes americans taste. "new york times" headline says, "could crash the junk food industry, but it is fighting back." dr. marc siegel, ny university. semi glue tight drugs could be a game changer in terms of how america eats. apparently some food does not taste the same as well as they don't eat as much. here is what xes said increased weight loss drugs could hurt high demand for high calorie, high-fat sugar and foods at home or fast food outlets. that could radically reshape the

food industry investors in food industry executives are starting to pay attention. a little overblown or do you think it could happen? >> well, john, it is a collision of cultures. let me explain. 100 million americans are obese and i want them to exercise more, eat better, mediterranean diet, stop eating ultra processed foods deliberately trying to addict people. high fructose sugar, sold, nitrates, nitrates, so and of course the food industry scrambling for more of those. but the glue tights work on g.o.p. 1 receptors and we focus a lot on this show held that delays your stomach from emptying and helps you to manage insulin and sugar better more e. here is what we haven't talked about, john, the brain has those receptors, too, causes a lot of

dopamine to crank out in the drugs diminish that. what does that mean? it does not taste the same. we don't have the clinical trials to prove this yet but i have talked to a ten of the users of these drugs and they say, "i don't like the way these twinkies taste or the pop-tarts taste or the froot loops taste or whatever it is. it doesn't taste the same." they are less likely to eat the processed foods even as they diminish calorie content by about 20% here till about 25 million americans are expected to be taking these by 2035 according to morgan stanley. i think it might be twice that, john, twice that, because it will come out in a pill. >> john: let me put out put out morgan stanley study. 9% of u.s. population is likely to be on weight loss drugs by 2025 and use a double that. that could estimate 4% drop in consumption of soft drinks,

alcohol, salty snacks by the same. make. that could put a dent in that fast food industry. >> wake up at eight and that it is still a tent and it doesn't get rid of the overall problem, which is that we are feeding for six -- what i called in sick care system where everybody obese and doesn't exercise, doesn't sleep right, blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, we treat them when they are sick which i want them to be treated before they are sick. i'm not advertising everybody takes these drugs, by the way but the approach should be before you see a doctor. i like these drugs, but i'm not saying give them to everyone. but do whatever we can to decrease the addiction to fast food that we have. >> john: in the video there, lots of pizza os being cut cut but the way i make pizza at home, i think it is pretty healthy. you say there could be ancillary to glue tights when it comes to alcohol consumption on any right, "the center of disease

control and prevention americans experience excessive drinking. that opens up the possibility more wide spread g.o.p. drugs which slows emptying and manage the sugar. the effects on the brain help to decrease cravings for alcohol. could they be a weapon against alcoholism, dr. question. >> i think absolutely. it is compliant with what i said to, those receptors in the brain tied to addiction and not just alcohol for opioids and drug addiction also. i think we are under utilizing them and a scramble for everybody to get it because it is trendy and celebrity took it. medically, the indications are growing and growing and exciting ways that i do think absolute treatment against addiction. with alcohol, you mention the, john, evidence than better than the standard for treating alcohol addiction. it is a definite tool to use.

>> john: after so many things showed promise and failed and some that her people like -- it is interesting to see weight loss drug that actually works and have extra side benefits to it, dog. >> agree completely and inflammation decreases too and brain aging and help with alzheimer's. but it's got lot of things going on for it and it has to be further and further studied, but it is an exciting group of drugs. >> john: next thing you are here to tell me is it will drive your car. i could use that. >> i am waiting for an invite for the pizza, and i want to see the healthy pizza at. i want to try it. >> john: sandra. speed to include me in that invite. the expert for defense of cross-examination in the trial of the veteran's daniel penny after he contradicted official

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examiner. he told the court he does not believe a choke hold caused the death of jordan neely. obviously, this changes a lot. to judge any pyro cohost of "the five." what a week outside of the courthouse. how much does this change things and as far as just how often does this happen. we have a major contradiction in the court. speak of this makes to why have experts in court. okay? you have professionals who were talking about things that are beyond the normal juror so you bring in experts except one side has one expert and the other side has an expert's says he doesn't know what he's talking about. this daniel penny case turned on a dime when the defense pathologist came in and said, wait a minute, this is not a death from choke hold. but is not an error choke or blood choke, in fact, the cause of death is sickle cell crisis from schizophrenia from the

struggle and restraint. and synthetic marijuana, which really isn't marijuana but kate 2, which is really like cocaine. we already know this guy jordan neely, 6,000 pages of psychiatric records he was on the verge and on the edge all the time and self-medicating with this and that will make cannon that to can add up in the weight of which is basically cocaine. he got on the train and he was in the midst of a psychotic episode. a psychotic episode when you are literally hearing voices. he said i will kill someone and so he's going to die today and i don't care what happens. >> sandra: mike eichler came out of the courtroom this way wednesday. listen. >> he lays out a perfect case of defending others. he reasonably feared imminent harm to passengers. other passengers felt the same way. he is up there responsible apparently for the death of this

man but never intended to do it and wasn't criminally negligent or reckless in any way. they should have never charged him. >> sandra: we heard directly from daniel penny and sitting before the cops. the initial words out of his mouth would indicate for anybody who heard it... >> within minutes of this happening. he's at the playstation. we have lived video the jury has heard it. he said, i didn't intend to kill that guy but i wanted to make sure everybody w was. by the way this medical examiner ran circles around the new york medical examiner, clear, concise step one, step two and he said he did not die from a choke hold. there were no, he said particular hemorrhages there were no fracture to the bones, neck, for anything else. the medical examiner who remembers she like inflated the medical at the level 2 when she was only level 1. in this guy was very articulate.

but daniel penny had the right to use whatever force is reasonably necessary based upon what force anyone else on the train could have used. but it is called justification. when you are faced with deadly physical force, whether you are acting on behalf of another, you can use the same kind of force, although he said he didn't use deadly physical force. then he backed that up and said he died from something else. >> sandra: by the way, crime around the subway is on the mind of so many new yorkers. the time at the incident, some of the headlines and bassy 4 at tech subway rider who was charged in the bomb scare 2019. a woman died after placed on the subway tracks times square a block away from here and man shot killed nyc subway and daylight attack. this is incredibly -- >> remember this is a jury most of whom have witnessed this. so they know everything about what you are talking about,

sandra, people being pushed off at the platform and women being raped and people being stabbed here until they were petrified everybody on the subway car livg underground said they were petrified and they could not breathe. they had to hide their head. the woman grabs her baby and pulls the stroller close to her. at that point, danny penny is 24 years old at the time. jordan neely is 6 feet 1 inches, he is bent at the waist, bent at the knees, and eight crashing position to attack and says, "i'm going to kill someone today." i don't care if i go to jail is what he said. what would you do? say things, have a great day? >> sandra: what would you do if you are daniel penny. should he take the scene? i don't think he needs to given the fact everyone heard from him at the police department. literally obliterated the prosecution's medical examiner.

think about new york city, the cause of death before they even have the toxicology histology or genetic traits of this guy showing sickle cell crisis he was going through. come on, this is ridiculous periods before you heard danny penny and the initial interfere with the cubs, he laid out his intentions but why not take the stand? >> i don't think he needs to, i don't. by the way, he is 26 years old. did i tell you he played long island string symphony for two years? this is a zen guy and not a guy looking for a fight. >> sandra: thank you very much and i will see you at the tree lighting tonight. >> i will be there. >> sandra: you tonight. >> we have some gifts for you. [laughter] >> it is a new era, that is what is happening. it is amazing. >> john: president-elect trump getting on board with that coin and more on the crypto craze,

lauren. >> i am at that bar that president trump visited back in september where he famously bought a burger and paid for it and bitcoin. we are on 100,000 watch for bitcoin and live ticker, 99,000 and change. the enthusiasm is building up any could happen today. we will be back after the break. ♪ ♪ i'm spending on 3 kids in college. with empower, i get all of my financial questions answered. so i don't have to worry. empower. what's next.

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♪ ♪ >> john: bitcoin melts out scenting the digital currency close to $100,000 mark for the first time. president-elect trump voice has support for crypto friendly regulations. fox business lauren simonetti crypto watering hole in new york city. how high could it go, lauren? >> try they only watering hole in new york city. how high could it go? $100,000 is the answer and remember 17 days ago, the price of bitcoin 43% less than it is right now. thomas is the owner of the bar and that point enthusiast. when do we go to $100,000? it could be today and always thought $100,000 in their head and they will continue to hold but hopefully today is that the.

>> i'm looking at that live ticker over his shoulder, john, $95,000 in change in a could actually happen. and also setting up shop washington, d.c. that will be his next location because his chemically important because president-elect donald trump is a supporter of cryptocurrency in the policies they need to expand. when the doors open in about an hour from now, there should be a lot of enthusiasm in the bar. john, back to you. >> john: people who bought that coin six. made a smart move, laura, no question about that. >> he set up a peer when bitcoin was $15,000 to think about it like that periods be when you look smart if you bought it at $16,000. laura, thank you. >> sandra: it is 5:00 somewhere and pam bondi at the next attorney general and new trump administration. we will speak to bill mcarn about the consent for

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