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in store and online. it is the 9:00 a.m. hour on "fox & friends weekend" starting with this. former president trump assembling the, quote, most ideologically diverse cabinet yet, what his latest picks say about this new administration. rachel: winter weather could disrupt your thanksgiving travel plans as more americans than ever plan to hit the road and the skies this week. >> and it's sunday and that means it's game day. the must see nfl matchups you don't want to miss on fox. the final hour of "fox & friends weekend" starts now. ♪

rachel: good morning, everybody. it's 9:00. >> have you recovered? rachel: i recovered. >> you recovered from your -- >> we had the turkeys here and then there's like a fence and all the way in the corner where you -- you would have scaled the fence to get out of there. rachel: i was looking at them. >> you were a mile away. rachel: they're just so creepy and there's something kind of prehistoric-y about them. if you have birds, you know what i'm talking gl about. >> they're descending from dine dinosaurs. rachel: that's what it is. our producer shares my phobia. she was proud of me, she thought i was fairly close. >> it's a relative term. how do you have chickens? rachel: i don't deal with them. i've got a carolina coop. they care of themselves in

there, with my husband and my kids. i stay the heck out. i'm looking forward to getting the eggs which should come in february, i should start getting eggs. i'll take the eggs. >> you'll eat the eggs. rachel: i'll eat the eggs. >> i've seen you handle a snake. brian: make.rachel: i'm not afraid of snakes. if there's a bug that needs to be killed, i'll kill them, i'll do it, i'll take them out if i don't want to kill them. chickens, birds, that's another thing. >> how old were you when you realized you had this? rachel: i was pretty young. my sister would torture me about it. >> was it one thing? rachel: i think i had to walk somewhere and they were around and it was scary and -- i don't know. >> all right. so starting our final hour with the future of the white house as trump wraps up his final administration picks. rachel: the president-elect is filling his cabinet in near record time. it's a very stark difference from what happened last time when he took office.

>> madeleine rivera is in the nation's capital with more on trump's new team. >> president-elect donald trump rounded out the first 15 positions with this announcement last night, he chose former white house aide brooke wallace to lead the department of agriculture. rollins won't it will be the best thing in my life to fight for the farmers. this is big stuff for a small town ag girl from texas. some of the other nominees include senator marco rubio for secretary of state, veteran, former fox news host pete hegseth for defense secretary, robert f. kennedy for health and human services, scott b b be set and pam bondi for ag. they will review the backgrounds of the candidates and they will have hearings on the nominations where the nominees will testify. the committees will vote on

whether to send the nomination to the full senate. a nominee needs a simple majority of senators who are present and are voting in order to be confirmed. some of trump's choices are expected to be highly scrutinized, still rejections are rare. the last major cabinet rejection was in 1989, former president george h w. bushes nominee fell in the senate by a $47.53 vote. >> thanks, madeleine. rachel: thank you, madeleine. the latest pick was brooke rollins as agriculture secretary. it's filling out really quickly and axios is bringing up an interesting point about the picks. they're saying that these picks actually resemble more of like a european style coalition government. here's a headline from the piece, the title of the piece is behind the curtain, trump's liberal cabinet. i don't know if that's exactly accurate. here's what they say.

the say the most controversial picks, there's the undebateable fact this might be the most ideologically diverse cabinet of modern times. the cabinet increasingly resembles a european coalition government staffed with ideological rivals united for now by grand maga vision. it's trump's team of ideological rivals, the team represents the trump world view, traditional conservatism is dead and advocates are neutered to the point of irrelevant. i'm not sure i agree with the last line but there's a lot of crossover here and it's not stark. it's not like he has here's a liberal, here's a conservative. it's that these views are evolving as donald trump remade the party. a lot of us have gotten to think differently about a lot of different subjects. somebody like myself, i'm now like on the pro-peace side of things, i agree with rfk, for example, on food.

and his approach to pharma and skepticism of pharma and the relationship between government and many of these corporations and corporate interests but at the same time i vehemently disagree with rfk junior on, say, abortion. i think that overlap is happening all over the place with so many of these picks. >> the piece is emphasizing ideologically or political diversity and difference and i think that's true but again, i look at the wall, i look at the nominees and i see a lot of people who are clearly independent thinkers, people who are not afraid to speak their mind, have an independent thought, maybe to buck the trend and i think that's very good. i think america would look at this wall and see the independence of thought more than they would see whatever the team of rivals or can this hold together and all that. i think they're seeing people who aren't afraid to question the status quo, maybe to upend

the st status quo, maybe they dt all agree. that's what the election was about. joe rogan fits in that. these are people who would be interesting on joe rogan because they're willing to speak their minds. that says something about where america is right now. >> many of them have been on joe rogan. rachel: that's true. >> and i think that what it points out, going back for eight years now, donald trump has never been afraid to talk to anybody or listen to anybody. he's always trying to get smart people's opinions on different things and one of the things he talks about is he wants to put rfk junior in charge of health issues and food issues but he's not going to let him touch the oil drilling operation. >> he's right next to doug burr burgum on the wall. >> he's not going to let rfk make any decisions about getting the liquid gold out of the ground and drilling.

rachel: let's hope he work closely with other parts of the administration. we talked about brooke rollins. hopefully rfk and brooke rollins are working hand in glove on some of these agricultural issues because obviously so much of our food supply i think has been hurt by the sort of corporate industry, industrial way of looking at things and small farms have been hurt in the process so i'm hoping that's something that we can see some crossover there as well. >> okay. let's get to this. triple a forecasting record thanksgiving travel with nearly 80 million americans set to head at least 50 miles from their homes but weather could cause some delays. rachel: that's right. this week heavy snow is at risk of hitting the great lakes area and on the west coast there are downpours that are expected to continue, in california for example, after r recent floodin. >> let's turn to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for

the fox weather forecast. >> they got 20 inches of rain in some spots in northern california. that caused all kinds of flooding. we have a lot more rain coming there. that's the problem spot. the rest is an active pattern. we've been in a slow pattern for a long time. that all changed now. we're going to see a series of storms move through. i want to just show you, pick your city that you're flying into or out of and watch what happens. the series of storms, none of them will be that strong, not that impactful. for the short term it will have some impacts across a lot of the airports. tuesday, impacts across the northeaster, the west. wednesday, that's the biggest day. i think the worst problems will be across parts of the central rockies, denver, flying in or out of there. watch this, though. we'll see problems in places like chicago, atlanta, and those are two really big hubs. if your flight is late wednesday into thursday, expect to see problems especially because that's going to be snow toward chicago and points north of that. thursday, thanksgiving day, big

storms, snow across the interior sections of the northeast. all those plans you have across the east coast on thursday will be problematic. friday, saturday, not that bad. sunday, new storm begins to approach out west. that will cause problems as well. all right, back to you. >> thank you, rick. rachel: thanksgiving is around the corner. a lot of people looking at the cost of putting on that thanksgiving meal for the family. the average cost of thanksgiving dinner for 10 has changed. look at the numbers here. back in 2019 it was about $48 and it went up to $64 in 2022. it's come down to $58. that's still $10 more than it was before the pandemic. the american farm bureau federation president saying we should all be thankful that we live in a country with such abundant food supply. we're seeing modest improvements in the costs of thanksgiving dinner for a second year but american families including farm families are still being hurt by high inflation.

that's such a great point. >> how expensive is thanksgiving dinner if you refuse to come within 40 feet of the turkey? does that make it more expensive? rachel: once it's dead and plucked, i'm fine with it and it sits on my counter. i'll butter it up and -- yeah, i'm okay with that. >> that's glue good. >> the ornotho phobia leaves you by that time. rachel: that's right. the need to feed the crowd -- >> i'm surprised by how inexpensive thanksgiving was for the feed 10 there. it was like 60 bucks. rachel: if you're down to the basics. i'm just saying, that's like some of the basics. you know, that's keeping it as simple as you can and that's the cost of it. but yeah, i mean, a lot of people concerned about this. listen, farm families, this stuff comes from the farm and the farmers have a very hard time. which is why some of these picks

are so important in the trump administration. small farms are under a lot of pressure and they saw this election as real relief and i think all of us will benefit if we can start to wrap our heads around what wept wrong and why it became so difficult with energy costs and so forth. >> we're still paying a lot more now than we were in 2019 for thanksgiving dinner. that's one of the keys. this thanksgiving you may want to watch this wonderful new show on fox nation, it's the saints, the first and second episodes are available now and you can catch every new episode sunday through december 8th. here's a look at the latest, john the baptist, available right now. >> where are you coming from? >> jerusalem. >> i'm preparing the way for another. >> how much longer are you going to let this f filth stay

alive? >> what do you want? >> his head. >> sign up for fox nation for 199 a month. rachel: that looks really good, doesn't it guy? >> i'm doublely excited to see it after yesterday you mentioned john the baptist, first human being to recognize jesus. i've been thinking about that. rachel: in utero. when mary went to visit her cousin, elizabeth, the baby in the womb leapt at the sight of mary. that says a lot about the unborn. >> the great thing about saints, this is not an original thought, the catholics have always been very good about this, recognizing the greatness of the saints, that saints were all humans. rachel: yes. >> they were just people. and they're people walking around right now on earth today who are very well may one day wind up being worthy of

sainthood. rachel: that's right. >> it's a pretty extraordinary thing. rachel: that's what the catholics believe, they think everyone is called to be a saint. >> the first millennial saint is -- rachel: he's 15 years old, he's a soccer player, a computer coder, he got leukemia and he died but he died a holy death and one of the last things he did was to use his computer skills to create a catalog of all the miracles and eucharistic miracles so he's being recognized for that so we're all called to be saints and this is a reminder, martin scorsese putting his extraordinary talent and production value of this. a lot of people say we want christian themed films and sometimes the quality is not as good. you can go to fox nation and see absolutely the best production

value as good as anything you'll see in hollywood and yet the message is beautiful. >> we may all be called to p sainthood but some of us are better at is than others. rachel: that's true. i've been told if you have nine kids you're around a saint. >> you're sitting by one. rachel: we all try. are we going to show a clip of this? we showed the clip already. i don't know why they keep -- we're going to show a clip of martin scorsese, the director, talking about it. >> for john the baptist of course we're used to seeing him strong and muscular and unshakeable in movies and charccharlton heston did it so . when you stop to think about it, i think you realize he must have been going through some real

agony. we've got to trek out into the desert, living on locusts and honey and then trying to find his spiritual path, his spiritual path which ultimately i think he understood ultimately is going to lead to his martyr dmartyrdom so we went in that direction, to follow that idea compared to ideas we normally see presented as john the baptist, the conviction he went about finding that path and knowing -- i think knowing led to his martyrdom. rachel: he also did joan of ark, another t teenage saint. i encourage everyone to go onto see the saint, a new episode every weekend. let's turn now to headlines. two people are dead and one person is severely hurt after a civil air patrol plane crashed during a training exercise in northern colorado yesterday. the pie l pilot, aerial photogrr

and a third passenger going down yesterday. the civil air patrol said they plan to cooperate with federal agents as they investigate. san francisco police arresting eight suspects including, get this, seven minors, and one as young as 12 years old accusing them of stealing $84,000 worth of merchandise in a series of thefts targeting walgreens. the store. officers say the group is responsible for 23 robberies dating back to july. they're facing a number of charges including robbery, burglary and more. a 14-year-old and 15-year-old suspect are also facing assault charges. chuck woolery, the original host of wheel of fortune and love connection died yesterday. he died at his texas home after having trouble breathing. woolery joined us back in june

reflecting on his career. >> i had a great career. i had five or six shows i did. i kept going from show to show to show. i had a lot of different experiences, a lot of fun. >> you are a legend. you're an icon in the world of -- >> well e that's kind of you to say that. rachel: looks like elvis, doesn't he? he looked a lot like elvis in his younger days. woolery was 83 years old. >> yeah. >> truly a legend. >> i met him. he did the '80s quiz show for fox nation. i got to hang with him a little bit which was totally awesome and he spoke with me for about 20 minutes. there's the show. and he was telling me about how he first got into this and he was saying, you know marie callender makes the pot pies. they have restaurants maybe in california. he went to see i think it was merv griffin at a marie callender restaurant and that was the conversation that

persuaded merv griffin -- i'm saying this over this whacky '80s quiz show, that was the conversation griffin toe him a shot. it was an amazing story, icons of hollywood and show business and chuck woolery is so much one of those. even to spend 20 minutes with the guy was an absolute joy. >> did you ever have a kentucky water fall in real life or just on the set there? >> what are you talking about. rachel: the hair. the mullet. >> i did actually -- i know pete gets all the credit for the hair but i used to have -- there's a while that i grew out my hair and i had a beard. i had a beard and long hair in the early days of being a professor. rachel: like zz top. >> not quite like zz top. more like -- i don't know. >> i don't see you as a hippy. >> i was not a hippy. i went through a phase. i grew the hair out, i grew a beard. that didn't last once i started doing television. i couldn't do that look anymore.

rachel: all right. >> biden's move on missiles for ukraine sparking criticism among trump allies. >> congresswoman nancy mace on how the last minute shift leaves more for trump to clean up. she's next. [coughing] hi susan, honey? yea. i respect that, but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin, with real honey & elderberry.

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rachel: over the last week, putin has retaliated with new ballistic missiles after biden allowed ukraine to fire long range u.s. m missiles into russ. while democrats applaud the move, republicans including our next guest question the timing just months before he leaves office. gop congresswoman nancy mace sits on the house armed services committee and joins us now. welcome, congresswoman. >> good morning. rachel: we've been trying to break this down and unpack this all morning long trying to figure out why joe biden at this stage in particular would allow american made long range missiles to be used by dwrien go yarby ukraineto go into russia. why do you think g go joe bidenr

whoever is running the government would allow them to do this. >> they did this because donald trump won i wasn't just a win, it was a resounding mandate on the issue of ukraine and a lot of other issues like immigration, inflation and government spending and they'll do anything they can to undermine donald trump as he enters office and republicans made very clear last week that this was an escalation of war weeks before trump is to be sworn in and he wants to deescalate the situation and we saw just three days ago putin fire a hypersonic intermediate range ballistic missile into ukraine and it was an immediate escalation of war and that is the last thing the world needs right now. rachel: right. where do the republicans -- i mean, i'm sure you're really familiar with where the conference is, just on this whole issue of how close we are to world war iii at this moment. we've never been so close. where is the republican conference? i know there are different opinions about whether we should be in the war or not.

is everyone backing donald trump as far as not just deescalating but really bringing about a peace agreement here? >> well, first of all, i can tell you no one wants ukraine to lose. no one wants putin to win here. when you look at the situation with ukraine, when you look at the way that iran is emboldened and hamamboldened and hamas and israel, the houthis, yemen, iran, china and russia, the global unrest, terrorism and terrorists feel emboldened, i think there is a real opportunity for peace but it's not going to happen until donald trump takes office and can negotiate that peace with these folks, with putin, with ukraine as well. it's not going to happen until trump is sworn in. we have a few weeks more to go. i think everybody in the conference, i hope they feel this way, that does want peace overseas, that want the crisis and conflict to end but with his leadership, we can't do it until he's president of the united states. rachel: so we're all holding our breath, hoping nothing

happens in the meantime. it's really unfortunate. congresswoman, let's talk about this. you've been in the press quite a bit because there is a trans member of congress now who wants to use the women's rest room. and you have been adamantly opposed to that. talk to us about that. then i want to play a clip of a very prominent democrat congresswoman, aoc, and what her response has been but first tell us your position and lay that out for us. >> well, it's sad and surprising that in 2024 i have to go on tv and on social media to explain to the radical left that men shouldn't be allowed in women's restrooms, that women shouldn't be forced to undress in front of men. i'm a rape survivor and i know how vulnerable women are in personal and private spaces and i'm going to make sure that i protect all women and girls and there are a lot of women out there, millions of women across the country who agree with me but they're afraid to come forward because of the way the

radical left acts, the threats we've been receiving, hundreds a day. it's unsafe. i've been acosted several times over the last several days by folks in public. the left is totally off the rails on this just because women don't want to be forced to undress in front of men. rachel: right. this is about a bathroom in congress. as you know, there are trans -ss domestic shelters and these are causing women to not feel safe. here's the response of aoc. listen. >> what nancy mace and what speaker johnson are doing are endangering all women and girls because if you ask them what is your plan on how to enforce this, they won't come up with an answer and what it inevitably results in are women and girls who are primed for assault because people are going to want to check their private parts in suspecting who is trans and who is cis and who is doing what because she wants to suspect and point fingers at who she thinks is trans is disgusting.

rachel: okay. that doesn't even make sense to me. can you make sense of it? >> no, i can't. first of all, she can't even -- she's not telling the truth. no one ever said that women should drop trou. that's disgusting and to say that about me as a sur viver off rape and sexual abuse, it's the height of hypocrisy. they don't want to protect women. they never wanted to protect women. their policies will endanger more women and girls. i've been saying that for years now, republicans and conservatives, we're the party of women, we'll fight to protect women and we'll do a good job of it when we're in charge so i'll keep calling out these folks on the left. they don't get a say. i mean, this is -- it's just ludicrous to me that women who are victims of abuse should be forced to undress or go to the bathroom next to a man. i mean, i just -- i ceefn can'tn door-that's why we're winning the message and more women feel

brave and have more courage because i've been speaking out. they feel like they're going to be supported. we're hearing from folks all around the world, coming out and supporting us in our effort. rachel: for the record, the trans member of congress said that he will actually abide by the rules and not use the women's rest room in congress. i think marjorie taylor greene came out with an idea. she said maybe we should just have a democrat women's bathroom and a republican women's bathroom and then the democrats can just open the doors to the trans and also what aoc said about not being able to recognize -- i've seen rachel levine. i know that's not a woman. i don't understand this idea. but nancy mace, you've taken a lot of abuse for standing up for the rights of women especially in private spaces and we appreciate that. thanks so much. >> thank you. rachel: maria bartiromo joins us just ahead. but first, it's a thanksgiving tradition. tuesday marks nashville's 19th

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tracee johnson joins us now. we have the music, we have the food here, some amazing marinades, tell us about this. >> thank you so much. we're launching our new line, it's gluten free, no msgs, no artificial colors or flavors, no seed oils. rachel: no seed oils. you're making america healthy again. tell us how this works. >> we're going to fry about 1500 turkeys on tuesday in nashville, feed about 25,000 meals which is amazing. our 19th year. we'll inject the turkeys, cook each one for 40, 445 minutes and we'll pack things up, trucks will deliver things on tuesday and went. >> i read the ingredients here. i know all of them. rachel: you can pronounce them. >> they're all things we would normally cook so that's great to see. >> i the favorites are amazin. if you've never had a fried

turkey, it's delicious. rachel: you have the creole butter. >> this one is spiceyer. rachel: which one do you like best? >> i like the spiceyer. rachel: is there a trick to injecting. >> it's not that difficult. i'll do four spots on top where i come in and in; c inject thist here and here. i don't do the wings, but mainly over the top. the spice on the top tends to crisp things up a little more. i'll smoke some. i'll fry some. rachel: whether you're smoking or baking or roasting or frying, you can inject them. >> you can inject and turn any kind of poultry -- i had a friend that put it in beef tips and said it was amazing. >> i thought charlie would ask more questions on this. you're the turkey maker. >> i'm fascinated by this. i wondered how the injection process works.

>> you can use this for ivermectin. [laughter] >> you're good at cooking turkey. do you ever pardon turkeys. >> i don't pardon turkeys. i have a lot of wild turkeys at the house. rachel: do you eat your own turkeys on thanksgiving. >> i do not. wild turkeys have a different flavor to them. rachel: too gamey. >> a little gamey. >> i bet this is great with wild turkey. >> it's absolutely wonderful. you can use it on just about anything. rachel: everything you need here, he's making thanksgiving easy for you. >> you can read the ingreened -- ingredients,. rachel: i think rfk junior approves, no seed oils. loved having you. >> don't move. maria bartiromo joins us live, just ahead. lowe's knows when it comes to the holidays everything has to be seamless. save on lg's first ever zero-clearance refrigerator

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>> former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe who was fired from his post, sounding off on who the president-elect may choose to fill the crucial spot. >> no part of the fbi's mission is safe with kash patel's leadership, and certainly not the deputy director's job. there's a lot of damage someone like kash patel could do in a

position like deputy director of the fbi. >> here to react, sunday morning futures anchor maria bartiromo. great to see you this morning, maria. what have you got coming up? maria: well, look, i want to react to first that sound bite that you played. it seems to me that andy mccabe is afraid of kash patel coming in because they know exactly what they did at the fbi. by pursuing a fake steele dossier to attack an incoming president because they didn't want an outsider to come in and make any changes, they wanted to make sure to hold onto their grip on power. i don't understand the argument that you can't have an fbi head who doesn't have 10 years experience working as an fbi agent in criminal work and in national security work. i think it's likely more so that they didn't want any outsider coming in to affect their grip on power and i think the american people voted the opposite. so what you hear andrew mccabe saying is you can't -- you need to have a career fbi person in

the fbi to run the fbi. well, that's not what people voted for. they voted for change. and they actually voted nor outsiders to come in. so it sounds to me he actually understands what the fbi did against donald trump which is of course pushing this fake steele dossier when they knew there was no collusion at all anl and it ripped the country apart. they know what they did. they know that kash patel knows what they did because kash patel was working with devin new necesnunes atthe time to uncovea collusion lie, something i saw from day one. i'll be speaking with kash patel this morning. he'll join me this morning on this upcoming sunday morning futures program and we'll talk about the threats facing america today. he certainly has reason to know, having been the department of defense chief of staff for so many years, charlie. >> you're exactly right about this. i think that there's no wouldn't doubtthat a lot of people in

washington who are looking around and worried about their jobs and futures because they don't want the incoming administration to uncover what they've been up to. maria: that's right. they're afraid of their grip on power. that's what we're talking about this morning. we want to see about the confirmation hearings and how that will play out. of course, the senate will take up all of these nominees that president trump has made in early january. so when they get back to work january 6th we'll likely see the beginning of the confirmation hearings and we'll talk with ron johnson about that, the senator is on the senate homeland security committee. we'll talk about a lot of these nominees and what he believes will be easier and tougher to get through. we'll talk about the senate process as i mentioned. we're going to talk with kash patel and we're going to look ahead this morning. we are focusing on the agenda at hand and what these new nominees that president trump has announced will do for that. marjorie taylor greene is now the head of a new subcommittee

that will work with vivek ramaswamy and elon musk to cut government waste. we'll talk with byron donalds about that as well and we'll talk about the threats that exist today with erik prince, founder of blackwater. we've got a big show, hopefully breaking news as well. charlie, just in the next 10 minutes. >> do you have a sense that republicans in the senate might actually stick together with the remaining nominees and get the nominees confirmed? maria: yeah. it sounds like they will, charly. i think at this point the resist is not going to work the way it worked in the first term of president trump. it looks like the republicans are all in alignment. they want to push president trump's agenda through and i would expect that to be the case on those confirmation hearings as well. we'll see. i also believe that president trump will get some positive reactions from democrat senators as well because at this point given the threat that america faces, you would expect that most people within congress are on the same page to put america

first to ensure that some of these nominees have what they need to get through and push president trump's agenda. >> that's one of the benefits of having a common sense agenda. maria: yeah. [laughter] maria: you would think so. >> thank you, maria. and don't miss sunday morning futures coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern. maria: thanks. >> it's week 12 of the nfl and we have the must see matchups right here on fox. the picks and predictions, that's next. ♪ hey. hey! it can be so easy to get busy and distracted during the holidays. easy to lose focus. easy to lose sight of what this season is really about. for god so loved the world that he gave us his only son.

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>> it is week 12 of the nfl season with a full slate of games today on fox as the playoff push begins in america's game of the week, the san francisco 49ers head to green bay to face the packers in a newly brewed rivalry as both teams are desperate for a win. here with more is nfl on fox side line reporter jen hale. tell me about the 49ers, packers game. i've got skin in this one. my co-host is a huge 49ers fan, i like it when the niners lose so tell me what's going to happen with this one.

>> well, brian, you may be in for a very good day then because it's been tough sledding for the 49ers lately, a lot of people wondering what is going on in san francisco that they don't seem to be able to get going this season. end of november, you need to start playing your best football of the season right now. that's going to be tough for the 49ers because they are down two of their best players. their quarterback got shoulder injury, not ready to go. on the defense i've side of thing, nick bosek won't be a go either. they'll be looking for other people to step up today. they really -- they have got to get christian mccaffery going. he returned from injury but hasn't looked like himself. he's been all right in the passing game. hasn't done damage in the actual ground game. that's key for the 49ers today, find a way to get cmc going. the packers, they're favored. they're at home. i think they could find an edge through that today. if there's any priority they need to have, their offense,

jordan love, he's got to be smart with the football. he's thrown an interception every game. you can't give the 9ers a chance to get going today. >> probably chilly at lambeau, that will help the packers. i have to ask about the cowboys, commanders, lots of trauma around the cowboys. what have you got. >> i'm excited about this one. so many people think okay, the cowboys are a dumpster fire, lost five in a row. yes, indeed. they're finally getting a kim ce of pieces healthier on defense. let's look at how the cowboys could win this. number one, special teams are really good. you get the ball passed the 50-yard line, they might do damage on that, or on the return game. for the commanders offense, they're so fantastic in first halves, they put up a ton of points and fizzle in the second half so the cowboys they've got to have enough left in tank capitalize toward the end of the game especially in the fourth quarter. james daniels over on the commanders' sideline, he's

finally healthy. they really want to make noise. they want to over-perform and exceed expectations. this is one when it's got to st for washington. this is fun to watch i think, brian. >> really quick, vice i thinks, bears, -- vikings, bears, are my vikings going to win. >> i think you'll be in pretty good shape today. it's a good one. it's a rivalry game. both teams are going to attack each other. there's a lot of pride on the line leer so any time you introduce that dynamic, it always is a good result on the field. >> yes, indeed. jen hale, great stuff. good do see you. have fun watching football today. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. more "fox & friends" coming up, moments away.

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brian: all right, earlier we asked you to tell us whether you think the thanksgiving tradition of sitting at the kids' table is outdated. here's what you said. lisa says she agrees with me -- thank you, lisa -- writing, children up to age 18 should graduate to the adult table, thank you, once they turn 18. i like that. that makes sense to me. rachel: i don't like that idea. janet says i loved sitting at the kids' table with no adults watching me it's a rite of passage. charlie: and suzanne agrees with me, no separation needed, it's family, no wall required. holidays are chaotic fun, enjoy them. brian: tear down that wall, that's the philosophy for thanksgiving dipper. charlie: that's right. happy thanksgiving. ♪ ♪ maria: good sunday morning, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this morning.