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cabinet is nearly fully complete after many new nominations were announced late friday night including a new name floated for ag secretary in the past hour. nd we have much, much more ahead on that. welcome to "fox news live," i'm griff jenkins. great to be with you, molly. molly: and and i'm molly line. wonderful to be with you, griff. i.c.e. agents in boston have had a busy few days, week, months announcing the arrest of an ms-13 gang member. c.b. cotton is live with the latest. >> reporter: that gang member, one of at least seven arrests that have been announced since this past monday by those i.c.e. agents in boston. the alleged gang member is here on the left. i.c.e. boston says he's a salvadoran national and on the right a dominican national who was also taken boo custody the face deportation -- into custody to face deportation proceedings. he's been charged with second-degree molestation here in the u.s., and thi

status. the resolution reading in part, quote: the sommerville police department if reaffirms its commitment to the not cooperate with external law enforcement agencies on matters related to the immigration detainment. this community among the growing list of other sanctuary cities making headlines for plans to resist deportation efforts from the incoming trump administration. among them, boston with mayor michelle wu saying this: >> yeah, look, elections have consequences, and the federal government is responsible for a certain set of actions and cities, no individual city can reverse or override some parts of that. but what we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way. >> reporter: and so she's also repeatedly said they're not going to cooperate. trump's incoming border czar, tom homan, has responded to her comments saying the incoming

trump administration is going to prioritize public safety threats when it comes to deportations. molly? if. molly: c. be. cotton, thank you for breaking it all down for us, covering a lot of ground. of griff, to you. griff: for more on the border crisis, former dhs senior adviser charles moreno and karen donahue. gentlemen, thank you for being e c.b. cotton just left off a, and that is the slew of arrests by i.c.e. going after these vicious criminal aliens, and now you've got tom homan, the border czar, coming many saying that they're going to prioritize going in to places that have -- and we're showing now here the tren de aragua, the violent venezuelan gang, you see them in more than 16 states across the country. there are seriously dangerous criminals out this that the incoming trump administration says they need to get them and get them the quickly. charles, do you anticipate that

they really are going to be met with this pushback and challenges from sanctuary jurisdictions? if. >> well, that pushback at the end of the day, griff, really doesn't matter. the leaders of sanctuary cities are speaking as if they're in a position of a power when they have none. unfortunately for them, this is about federal law, federal enforcement of the immigration and border security laws. and that is exactly what's going to happen. the only pushback they can offer is forcing their law enforcement departments at the state and local level to not work cooperatively with i.c.e. to to identify these criminal a aliens and prioritize them for removal. that's, of course, ultimately hurting their own communities despite their -- to spite their face. however, i.c.e. will just send in more agents to to those locations to execute these operations. lock, the past four years the united states -- look, the past four years the united states has been allowed to be saturated

with a diverse range of threats to the homeland, and that is unacceptable. the american voters have commanded based on the outcome of this election that the trump administration more aggressively go after these threats to american citizens. griff: sheriff, what are you hearing from other sheriffs around the country about the intended plans for the incoming administration and the challenges that they may face in these ang concern sanctuaries? >> i think the vast majority of these sheriffs that are peeking out to us at the national sheriff ares' association and to me personally are concerned that it's the not happening really, gonna happen quickly enough. their citizens are under siege especially when we look at the northern border. of course the southern border's always been a hot spot, but the northern border with a roughly 600% increase in illegal activity, even the governors in those states are saying we need more assistance up here. at the same time, they're saying, well, we're still sanctuary. but i think that balance will

come in, but that's not going te interior of the united states and states like mine who have a canadian border in our state, and and we have these people all around us in states surrounding us, we haven't had them established here, but it's not just tka or tren de aragua, it's the sinaloa cartel, the jalisco hotel that have helped facilitate and made alliances with these groups, especially like tda. these sheriffs are feeling the pressure. they do not have the manpower expect resources to address it -- and the resources to address it, so they're a little bit on edge how we plan to put a stop to it after what charles just has said. these people have been let in, invaded in for over four years, practically four years now, and we have had such sap raying, it's going to be very difficult to get a handle on the criminal i that exists today. griff: and, charles, there's another caravan on the way now, about 1500 or more strong.

it is the sixth caravan that's departed tapachula in southern mexico since the new mexican president took office at the beginning of october deportation immigrant who committed a crime, but there won't be for immigrants who don't commit a crime. so i'm not afraid. the dream is the american dream, to be there. griff: charles, do we think this is going to slow things down, or it's going to pick up right now? >> we still have the ultimate pull fact for for this crisis,

and that's joe biden. that's the problem. there's been no better time to make this journey than to the united states than under the biden administration, and they know that. and the clock ticking. we've lost all deterrences which is why these caravans continue. the trump administration will reintroduce that deterrence by enforcing the laws of the country. unfortunately for the trump administration, since they're not getting any help from the if current administration, we're now going to have to find all of these threats within the interior of the united states. it's unfortunate, it makes everybody's job harder. we would hope that the biden administration would have done the right thing from the start on this when they got voted into office, but they did not. so the trump administration will have to fix it. it's going to be a tough undertaking, as the sheriff said, but it is what it is right now, and the trump administration is going to have to identify and prioritize these deportations quickly.

griff: and they're going to have to prioritize, actually, i know for a fact if, by the way, the border patrol and at i.c.e. targeting the tda, tren dee tdae aragua, boothold that's taking grip -- foothold that's taking grip across the country is going to need to be a priority. sheriff, i'll give you the last word on sort of your thoughts for tom homan and the i incoming administration on how best the arm and equip the sheriffs that are on the front lines of this. >> well, thank you. and tom's been great already. he's already reached out several times, to nsa and to us. we're meeting, we're having discussions, and really it's going to be all hands on keg. and -- on deck. and what the sheriffs of the country need to pledge regardless of affiliation, security for their country. enforce the rule of law. state, federal, local, whatever that is. and so what i see happening is the administration is going to involve the sheriffs, involve local law enforcement to the extent that they can. local law enforcement as well as veries across this country need

to be -- as well as sheriffs need to be committed to helping the this administration if address this threat. griff: thank you, gentlemen. have a great weekend and happy thanksgiving. >> thanks, griff. same to you. griff: molly in. ♪ ♪ molly: president-elect trump announced a flurry of cabinet appointments to kick off the weekend including the much-anticipated treasury secretary nominee. bryan llenas is live in west palm beach, florida, with the latest on all of this. bryan, to you. >> reporter: molly, good afternoon. a flurry, indeed. nine administration picks were announced by president-elect trump last night if including his nominee for treasury secretary, scott bessent. this is a billionaire hedge fund manager and a key economic adviser to the president-elect. now, if confirmed by the senate, bessent would hold the top, the number one economic position in trump's administration.

is and a little bit about what that role actually means. he'll be in charge of ushering in trump's tax policies. remember, he has pledged to cut taxes on overtime and tips. he's going to be tasked with ushering that through congress. he's also a pro-tariffs guy if in terms of raising tariffs. he believes that that should be done. he lives by an economic policy called 3x3x3. he says he wants to cut the budget deficit by 3% gdp by 2028, push economic growth to 3% with tax cuts and produce 3 million more barrels of oil a day. now, in a statement president-elect trump said this, quote, unlike in past administrations, we will ensure that no americans will be left behind in the next and greatest economic boom with and scott will lead that effort for me and the great people of the united states of america. last night trump picked his u.s. surgeon general, fda commissioner and filled out his national security staff. he has about four positions left

the fill in this cabinet if which includes the secretary of agriculture. this morning the "wall street journal" is reporting trump is expected to choose brook rollins as his agriculture secretary. rollins is president of the america first policy institute and and a former domestic policy adviser to trump. speaking of tariffs, this is a position that could play a key role in how these tariffs would affect american farmers. as for the courtroom, judge juan merchan in new york ruling in favor of president-elect trump, essentially what he did was he -- excuse me, he -- they accepted a motion that was filed by trump to essentially dismiss those falsified business record charges outright. both sides in new york have about a two and a half weeks to argue for and against that. and in the meantime, his sentencing in that new york case has been delayed indefinitely.

molly? molly: yeah. pushed off again. bryan llenas, thank you. covering a lot of ground there from florida. for more on the trump transition now, let's bring in our political panel. with us us today is republican strategist lance trover and democratic strategist harley litman. gentlemen, thank you both for a little time on this saturday. lance, i just want to get your thoughts on this big treasury pick. bessent, what to do you make of him in. >> i think it's a fan a fantastic -- fantastic pick. they run the range in qualifications from businessmen to attorneys and the like. they -- he's -- i don't think the trump operation gets nearly enough credit, not surprisingly, in the media for how efficient it has been over the course of -- we're not even three weeks out of the election, is and he's almost filled the cabinet up. i think they deserve a lot of credit for running this efficient campaign. unfortunately, i think we're going to continue to see the democrats along9 with the

mainstream media and particularly the bureaucrats in this town continue to throw these hail mary passes on these candidates because they're fearing the reckoning that's coming on january 20th. my favorite lately out of these folks is, well, so and so's not qualified because they haven't served in government before. i mean, if you're an average american out there and you hear that, you to think, no, that's exactly why i voted for donald trump because washington insiders haven't been working with record inflation and a border that's out of control. no, that's exactly what i'm looking for. i think he's done a great job in his picks. molly: we do have one democrat with us today. i don't know, harley, if you're throwing any hail marys right now, but i want the hear just a little bit from scott bessent in his own words about one of the things he's also in favor of similar to the former president, the soon to be president, president-elect trump, and that's tariffs. take a listen. >> the idea of bringing back tariff, you know, alexander hamilton was the original tariff

man, and why did he like tariffs? two reasons. one, to fund the treasury. two, to protect nascent u.s. industries. and donald trump has added a third leg to the stool, and it's for negotiating leverage. molly: harley, to you. your thoughts. finish. >> well, i think overall trump's picks have been very gad. and -- very good. and i think the media's been unfair in being critical of these picks because theysome to be disrupters. you need disrupters if you want to improve things. this is what the best businesses cothemselves. i'm a businessman and i own a company, and we have disruption often because we want the make things more efficient and better. and this is exactly what it looks like the trump administration is doing. i think they've had great picks x. if you look at diversity, think about it, the treasury secretary is the highest ranked gay person in u.s. history in the cabinet if. i think that speaks volumes.

you have the labor pick who apparently is pro-union. so i think it really speaks to diversity, it speaks to to getting talented people in. you don't want the same old people, the elites who have been there, done that. government is too inefficient, too big a bureaucracy. you need someone who's going to go in and revamp things. so the real question is not are they going to be disruptors, but are they going to improve things. and i think this administration and trump could go down as one of the best presidents in history if they do that. molly: yeah. one of the other most high profile picks is for g -- a.g., of course, pam bondi. and one democrat in particular is worried about her. he's a professor. take a listen. >> occasionally, attorney generals try to behave like they are not the personal lawyer of the president of the united states. that is completely out the window. pam bondi is exactly what we should all fear because she's

competent. she is a dangerous and effective pick, and that's, frankly, worse than what we would have gotten with matt gaetz. molly: lance, your thoughts on that. to you. [laughter] >> i mean, these guys are spiraling. so she's competent so, therefore, she's not qualified to be the attorney general? i mean, this is what we're talking about. she is imminently qualified -- eminently qualified. i think she's a slam dunk. she's going of to answer the tough questions, but i have no doubt she's going to pass with flying colors through the senate. if. molly: harley, any concerns when you saw this pick, bondi? >> well, a lot of people have concerns, but i don't. first off, i just want to point out that i'm a donor the to the caldwell policy institute where she is on the advisory board. but she is very competent and qualified. she has a great reputation in florida, and she actually has more credentials than janet reno had. if you'll recall, she was the

pick for bill clinton when he was president and chose also someone from florida like pam bondi. but she will do very well. and i think people need to give her a chance and if rally behind her because the republican party and trump has won the election, and we have to be good americans and support him. and help to make sure that he makes the country better. that's good for if all americans. molly: yeah. we are looking at this wide -- [laughter] you know, vast number of picks that he's managed to get done, just a few left, so more headlines to come possibly in coming a days or even hours, we don't know. lance, harley, thank you so much for taking a chance to talk to us about these latest picks. much more to come. appreciate it. griff? griff: great discussion, molly. police in rhode island have reportedly located kansas city chiefs' star travis kelce's watch over 1,000 the miles away from his kansas mansion that was broken into last month.

madeleine rivera is here live with the details on this crazy story. >> reporter: yeah. it's not just travis kelce who has been targeted, several athletes have been the victims of burglaries in recent weeks, and now sports leagues are warning teams to be individual rabbit. travis kelce's home was burglarized on october 7th, the day before police responded to patrick mahomes' home. a few weeks later, bobby portis was burglarized, and this security footage shows two people outside the home before the incident. local police say this burglary has some similarities with the thefts involving kelce and mahomes. this is a memo that the athletic senior -- says the nfl sent to teams. the burglary groups appear to be exploiting team schedules the target athletes hemos on game days. -- homes on game days. they gather information on potential vick.

the ark p also reported the current memo the fbi has connected some burglaries to well organized transnational south american theft groups. one former fbi agent says copycats may also be to blame. >> so it wouldn't be surprising to me to find out that, you know, an organized, sophisticated gang committed those crimes here in kansas city. it was pub ifly sized, and someone else said, you know, that's a great idea, we should do that, targeting football players or art -- athletes. we know where they live, we know their schedule. >> reporter: the fbi tells us they are not commenting. griff: i'm going to add a line to that memo for travis kelce, lose the bling when you're out with taylor swift. burglars are clearly watching. madeleine rivera or thank you. molly: the final witness in the daniel penny manslaughter trial revealing new information that could sway the jury as the defense rests in this very high

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new york subway and ultimately killing him. the defense argued neely was on drugs and making threats and that he had a history of assault ises on the subway. the trial resumes december 2nden. molly? molly: yes. and for more on the daniel penny trial, let's bring in attorney andrew stoplightman . thanks for giving us a little time this saturday. the defense has a rested, pep ifny chose not to testify in this trial. -- penny chose not to testify. do you think the defense made the right decision on the. >> no, i think they made a mistake, but i think i know why. introduced at the trial was a videotape of him speaking to the police officers immediately after he was arrested where he gave his version of what transpired. but i still think it was a mistake. these jurors are sitting there, and they always want to hear from the confident. they want to hear what his mindset is. i personally would have had him testify. molly: yeah. well, one other hinge, the closing arguments are put off

until after the million day. could that the have an impact or potentially be a good thing in jurors have some time to think about things before the closing arguments. >> this is such a frivolous case. only in new york city could a case like this be brought, radioright? it's frivolous. i think in this sort of case where the jurors can sit back and truly think about what transpired, think about the evidence, think about how you had a drugged-up individual on this train who had a lethal amount of drugs in his system, somebody who's been arrested 42 times between 2014-2021, give them an opportunity to sit back and really digest. and if there is anything other than a not guilty verdict for mr. penny, that is a massive miscarriage of justice. molly: you know, one of the last things the jury heard was a forensic pathologist called by the defense that talked about a cocktail of drugs, his potential medical conditions, that was the combination that ultimately led to to his death, not the as

fixuation which the medical examiner has testified that that's what they believe happened. those dueling experts, is so to say. how does the jury manage that testimony? >> i think what this jury is likely to do is they're going to dismiss the testimony from bot r common sense hat on. they're going to put themselves in that subway car and say to themselves, if i was sitting in that subway or my daughter or my son was sitting in that subway, would i want someone like daniel penny to come forward and to do what he did to keep it safe? and uh-uh think the answer the that question -- and i think the answer to that question is a resounding yes and i think, ultimately, alvin bragg is going to have to answer for these frivolous charges. most new yorkers are saying i want 50 daniel pennies on that train if me or my kids are sitting on one of those trains. molly: yeah. it'll be interesting to see what the result of this could mean for alvin bragg down the road. shifting gears quite

substantially, actually, the illinois supreme court has overturned this verdict out in illinois regarding jussie smollett. charges -- your thoughts on this. this has been such a strange case from the very beginning, and they're arguing that he shouldn't have been charged a second time after he had an initial deal. your thoughts on what the supreme court has cone there in illinois. >> well, mr. smollett is luckier than the lobsters on the titanic. i think the overall impression i get from this is it was a waste of time, it was a waste of resources, it was a waste of everything. and it's all jussie smollett's fault, right in legally, i understand the decision. the supreme court said because you have already been charged and you agreed to a pleaif you took a step in furtherance of that plea, you can't be charged again. so i get it. but in the same sense, they did not look at merits of the case because everybody who saw the

testimony, who heard, you know, the major facts of the case agree that he's guilty. if so mr. smollett is taking a victory lap. mr. smollett is saying, gee, i think i should get an apology from the city of chicago and the prosecutors. well, that's not going to happen. he got lucky but he's still guilty. molly: yeah. he had this initial kind of sweetheart deal. he didn't have to admit guilt. he had to do some community service, but this went forward, and that's what the supreme court said, that the first deal should have stuck the. smollett maintains his innocence, meanwhile, there are the these two brothers who are involved in this, and they believe this is very unfair to them. do we have that sound, the brothers who are -- yeah, take a listen, and then i want to get your reaction. >> we would have taken it back initially not because of the supreme court's decision, but because jussie never admitted

guilt. we understand that he has due process rights, and double jeopardy shouldn't and is not allowed in america. however, jussie should have admitted guilt x and that's where we stand. >> so the real injustice here was the sweetheart deal he was given by kim fox's office at the beginning of all of this. molly: you know, and they feel that this is unfair to a certain extent. your thoughts. >> well, you know, it is. but the second brother brought it up best, the biggest problem is kim fox in this entire case. she gave a sweetheart deal to someone who didn't deserve a sweetheart deal because she got pressure from individuals to do so. thank god she decided not to run for cook county prosecutor again because she would have lost. but ultimately, i think the true egg is on kim fox's face. she wants an apology too. she's taking her victory lap,

but it's been an unmitigated disaster. thank god she's gone. thank go ahead chicago's going to to get a real cook's assistant attorney taking control of this office. [laughter] molly: andrew stoltman, thank you very much for weighing in on an interesting case that that has been strange from the beginning. greatly appreciate your thoughts today. >> anytime. thank you. griff: coming up, how the incoming trump administration could change the future of education and school choice. that's next. ♪ ♪ ame across a snake. fedex presents tall tales of true deliveries our battle was legendary. maybe now my friends will believe me. we did this for one delivery, see what we can do for your business. fedex.

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require schools to display the ten commandments in classrooms. griff? griff: molly, republican south dakota senator mike rounds introduced a bill this week to eliminate the department of education, this after president-elect trump nominated linda mcmahon to lead the department. in a statement to fox digital, the rounds said this: the federal department of education has never educated a single student in its long -- and it's long past time to end this bureaucratic department that causes more harm than good. so for more let's bring in now the president of parents defending education, nicole neily. nicole, thanks for being here. let's start with your take on mcmahon as the nominee. >> i'm delighted with her. i think she's a smart businesswoman, she has the full trust of the president, and she knows how to deliver value to customers. what i think is so exciting is that he and president trump actually know that families are the customers in the situation, not teachers' unions and not education progressive activists

who can have been bending all this -- spending all this money hand over first for decades. griff: because with we looked it up, we can show our viewers. you're talking about nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars, $238 billion, that they allocate. and so when you hear the calls from senator rounds to dismantle doe, what's your reaction, what are your thoughts? what's that that look like? >> i mean, let's looked at what actual proif efficiency levels have been in america since the department of education's creation in the 19800s. we have seen proficiency levels drop across the board. of children know less, they're not safe. so the idea of retoring much more of this control to the state level where people have kin in the game, where you have to see your school board members and say why'd you spend money on this? why are our children not able to read or write in things like that. federal bureaucrats in washington don't care about it, they want to go to cocktail parties, today want to be reelected. they don't actually care about our children.

griff: breaking down this big financial role, the department of education's primary role seems to be one that's financial, and you're saying that, you know, the dismantling of the department under the trump administration, under secretary mcmahon might just be redistributing those responsibilities? if. >> yeah. about 7% of public school funding across the country at the k-12 level comes from the federal government. but it's our tax dollars to start with. it comes the washington, stilled off the top, and then it's sent out to states or districts with lots of strings attached. we've seen them give money to have gender sexuality alliance clubs, to have centers that are pushing things like intrusive mental health surveys, providing hormones to children under the age of 18. and so things like that, i don't want those strings attached. i want people who actually care about our children being held accountable for that and being up for election. griff: the nea, the national education association, does not like this pick. here's what they said. we can put it on the screen

here. mcmahon's only mission is to eliminate department of education and take away taxpayer dollars from public schools where 90% of students and 9995 of students -- 995 of students with disabilities, give them to discriminatory private schools. do they have it wrong? >> they have it so wrong, and anything that makes randi weingarten upset, to me, is a sign you're moving in the right direction. this is someone who worked for years to keep our schools closed, to inject horrible discriminatory programs and curriculum into our schools. someone like that should not be within 1,000 feet of a school. griff: let's talk about one of the things that we may see mcmahon try and the do assuming she gets con firmed is to pick up -- confirmed so to pick up where bessie can devos, trump's first education secretary, made strides on school choice. where do you hope to see it go? >> linda mcmahon has been a

strong champion for a long time. she knows a one-size-fits-all education is not right for everybody. she's a mother herself, she's a business owner. what the public school system has been doing is it's been producing a lot of people coming out with equal outcomes which means the people who are smartest, they're being held back. we're watching public schools get rid of gifted and talented programs because it's making some people feel bad with. the idea of having more choice, of allowing families to pick something that the pit -- fits a spec child's needs really shows gets what american families want. griff: the simplest of questions is sienld kind of perplexing. if you put an education secretary in the main job of dismantling your department, then what becomes of her and really what that entire department would be? >> again, i think her business background is so suited for this. you look at people who, you know, when they inherit a company, they know that they have to understood -- unwind it,

distressed assets, whatever. she has that kind of experience. in the meantime, you're not going just to shut the lights off. you're to going to move things over to the or treasury department or the department of justice. it's someone who knows how to make sure all the ts are crossed, the is dotted because as a business owner, you don't want to be sued and be in litigation for a long time. she's up for the task, and she's great. griff: give nicole, my last question for you was are you concerned this could hurt teachers, the most important people on the front lines, or will it help them in. >> we see teachers' union leaders selling out members on a regular basis. they vote about everything except student quality and keeping their teachers safe, so if anything, getting the middleman out and having this be a relationship between teachers, families and state officials, i think, is a much healthier relationship. griff: thanks for being here. of have a great weekend and a happy thanksgiving. >> thank you.

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♪ griff: san francisco police say they arrested suspects as young as 12 years old in connection with thefts at walgreens stores resulting in more than $84,000 in losses. christina coleman joins us with more on this and, christina, 12 years old? >> reporter: i know, it's sad. pretties turning, griff -- pretty disturbing. a 12-year-old boy and three 14-year-olds were arrested in this case. san francisco police say they were involved in an organized retail theft series at the following walgreens locations in san francisco, the crew took part in at least 23 incidents resulting in more than $84,000

in stolen merchandise. former l.a. county sheriff alex villanueva says prop 47, a law that ordered some theft and drug to offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, has led to some of the lawlessness involving kids as young as 12 years old. authorities say some of the theft rings believe these kids are less likely to be held accountable by the criminal justice system. >> 12-year-olds, why are you using 12-year-olds? >> before the progressive criminal justice reform movement, before prop 47, people used to to conceal when they were going to steal something, you know? if no, that was out the window with all that movement. now it's, like, out in the open, brazenly. and recruiting the youngest people possible. >> reporter: ahead of thanksgiving week and all the holiday shop, san francisco city leaders announced this year's safe shopper initiative where they plan onramping up the police presence around union square. this comes as california's

organized retail crime task force is on track to surpass all of the theft and robbery-related activity it encount cannerred in 2023. encountered. so far this year they've already made 1,123 arrests and recovered nearly 270,000 stolen item temperatures with a total value of at least $1.8 million. a lot of stolen merchandise. mike? if. gary: christina tole -- griff: christina coleman, thank you. molly: a former kentucky sheriff is facing the death penalty after he shot and killed a judge in his own chambers. madison scarpino is live and has been tracking this case for us. madison, to you. >> reporter: hello, molly. former sheriff steins is accusedover murdering his longtime colleague are, district judge kevin mullens. now, the september killing happened in ledger county, kentucky, a tiny appalachian community. people who live in the area say

steins and mullens were friends for years. in the preliminary hearing, a detective testified that that they had lunch together before the shooting. >> there was nothing unusual that had arisen during that luncheon. i was told hat judge made a statement -- that the judge made a at the same time to mickey about do we need to meet private in my chambers. that's all i was told. if. >> reporter: it's unclear exactly what led up to the murder, but the detective also testified that the former sheriff tried to -- tried calling his daughter on both him and judge mel ifens' phones right before the shooting and that steins' daughter's phone number was saved in mullens' phone. a warning, this is graphic. you can see judge mullens with his hands up facing prosecutors steins. mullens is shot, falls out of his chair and is shot several more times inside of his own

chambers, and after this the former sheriff was arrested without any issues. steins' defense says the shooting was not planned and was a result of extreme emotional disturbance, and we expect to see the former sheriff again in court on monday. molly? molly: many more details to come out on this one. madison scarpino, thank you very much. griff, to you. griff: fox news' ale-american christmas tree is lit for the holidays. look at it there. it's amazing. we've got a special salute to guests who performed for that lighting next. ♪ ♪ if

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♪ griff: well, if you're on the road to the northeast, you found miserable conditions as a round of storm thes brought snow to parts of new jersey, pennsylvania and upstate new york. in fact, parts of pennsylvania saw their heaviest snowfall ever recorded in november resulting in road closures and power outages. molly? the. molly: -- >> 3, 2, 1 -- [cheers and applause] molly: all right, last night that is fox news media lighting our all-american christmas tree just outside of our world headquarters in new york city. the celebration featured a performance by multi9 platte if numb artist gavin degraw. the 50-foot tree decked out with 18,000 ornaments, 340,000 lights and a brightly-lit dove resting on top. it is stunning, worth seeing. if. griff: -- just months ago, western north carolina hit with a once in a generation storm. the students here answered the

call for help. tell me what they did. >> yeah, it was incredible. when hurricane helene hit, high point university was ready to help. we were fortunate to be able to collect and bring our community together to bring around $30,000 that went to truckload after truckload of food, clothes, warm clothes for the winter time as they move into that time of the year, and we're also here at the university able to a practice hospitality. we had a sports team from another school in our conference that stayed on our campus for two weeks while they got their campus back in order or kour students welcomed them with open arms. griff: that was part of last night's special, and you're listening to preston davis, the vice president and minister the at high point university in north carolina. if explaining how the students there stepped up to help in the wake of hurricane helene. the choir you're listening to, so beautiful, so talented, performing "silent night" for us in front of their campus christmas tree.

that tree, by the way, is the tallest christmas tree in north carolina at 70 feet. it was part of fox's tree-lighting special night and really brought a lot of special cheer for us. this choir also performing with andrea bocelli at the vatican and carnegie hall. molly? molly: a gorgeous backdrop. beautifure ml lights, amazing voices. that's all for me f us. [cheering] ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar and a protein blend .. ♪ i'm gonna hold you forever... ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ ♪ you don't... ♪ ♪ you don't have to worry... ♪

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