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weekend. an arctic blast in the northeast and west coast sees heavy snow. it is threatening to disrupt travel. chicago's o'hare airport. tsa expecting to screen 18 million people. texas governor greg abbott and tom hoe man looked at the southern border to look at how to restore order and security. good morning. >> john: i'm john roberts. as folks go to grandma's house it is you and me today. the only question that i have is why don't we have pie? >> dana: i know. could we get pie around here? they told me there would be pie. >> john: they had lovely pie on fox square. are tom homan promises to execute the deportation plan and

witnessing the crisis. democrats plan to stand in the way. homan urging them to cooperate. >> we have the mass number of people, millions of people who will get a final order and be ordered removed. let them stay? if you let them stay you will never fix the border. all the record number of people on the terrorist watch list. if you don't think a single one of too many -- you are an idiot if you don't think they came from -- >> dana: bill melugin is a look at how that visit went. hi, bill. >> good morning to you. incoming border czar tom homan isn't on the job yet technically but thought it was important to come to texas and let the state know there is light on the horizon. in january they'll have a federal government working with them than against them when it comes to securing the texas border. take a look at the visit yesterday. tom homan and greg abbott visiting a texas national guard base here in eagle pass where

they fed texas national guardsmen and state troopers and thanked them for the work they've done to secure the border the last few years despite the biden administration often interfering and suing them. abbott says biden's policies have harmed americans across the country. >> the facts are that what happened over the past four years was unprecedented. more than 11 million people came across our border illegally. it is not just the volume of people, it is the intent, the crime, the harm that they cause along the way. >> tom homan promised that room there will be mass deportations carried out under his watch. he said there was a mass illegal surge into the country. he said he was impressed by texas and the way they fortified its border and had a message, warning for any sanctuary mayors or governors.

>> i'm sending a message where people said they would get in our way. don't cross that line. it's a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal illegal immigrants from federal authorities. don't test us. >> texas dps recovered children and adults in the middle of nowhere in west texas in the wig bend sector. it is like a martian landscape there. no civilization as far as the eye can see. troopers got a distress call. found the group via helicopter. it took border patrol an hour to get out there to show you how remote it is. very you uncommon to have little children out there in an area known for evaders, gotaways and drug smugglers. four adults, eight children. they were from honduras and ecuador. texas dps likely saving the lives of those adults and kids who were in the middle of nowhere in the big bend sector.

here live tom homan says he finds it unacceptable the state of texas has had to spend billions of its own dollars doing something that the federal government is supposed to do, securing the southern border. homan said once trump takes office that will be their number one priority and it will be the federal government taking lead on it once again. dana. >> dana: you can imagine texas officials want their $8 billion back into their own budget. given yesterday how did the border agents react to tom homan? what's the vibe to use a word from 2024. >> homan is a celebrity to them. when he came into the room big round of applause. some people had phones out recording him. they feel like they will finally have support again. a few days after the election when donald trump named tom homan as his incoming border czar my phone blew up with texas dps troopers, border patrol agents, ice officers, they described it to me as

essentially feeling like a storm is finally moving out and the sun is going to come out again and feel like they will be supported by the federal government. think about it from the texas perspective. they were sued at every turn when they tried to do something to secure their own border. the biden administration went after their own border patrol agents. we remember back in 2021 in del rio with the haitian surge under the bridge. the biden administration was focused on calling their agents basically slave drivers and falsely accusing them of whipping haitian my granulitis. they never apologized or admitted they were wrong. >> john: all the democratic mayors and governors saying they'll stand in the way of the trump administration. when you look at the record. the obama administration was responsible for deporting or otherwise removing 5.3 million people. you didn't hear a great hugh and cry from democratic governors

and mayors about that. his first term trump deport evidence 1.5 million people. the pace would have been below obama. what are they complaining about? >> it's a great point, john. the reason why obama was known as the deporter in chief. democrats don't like talking about it because you are right. he deported more people than any recent president. he deported millions of people. the trump administration, their point is we'll focus on national security threats, public safety threats and people already removed. people with felony records and committing violent crimes and john, ice sources tell us there are currently 1.4 million illegal immigrants have a final order of removal. they had their case heard and a judge ordered that they be deported from the country. they're still here in the country right now. that's a lot of people to remove first. the trump administration is

asking what problem does anybody have with removing these people first? >> john: we know tom homan will hit the ground running on the 20th of january. thank you for your comprehensive reporting from down there. thank you. >> dana: thank you, bill. joining us now is lieutenant from the texas department of public safety. we showed the video that you took of the little girl, the 2-year-old says i'm two. i have this post it note. family is in the united states. are you seeing a surge of children or even more cartel activity right now in between the biden and trump administrations taking over? >> good morning, dana. yes, of course we are. that is powerful to see the 2-year-old girl coming from el salvador across the border talking about how old she is trying to locate her parents. it just shows the devastation

and the precarious journey these children make leaving their home countries and exposed to criminal networks in mexico and other countries and puts their lives in danger to get to the southern border. we're seeing more unaccompanied children now. numbers are low. they've been low since the start of january. the fact is we're still seeing smaller groups between 200 to 300 a day in eagle pass area. with those groups we see 50 to 60 unaccompanied children coming across among those groups. really shows we do have a serious problem. we talk about unaccompanied children. yet nothing has been done to insure the safety and security of these children and why we come across them, state troopers, want to make sure they are safe before turning them over to border patrol. he can look for any signs of abuse. if a child makes an outcries. i think moving forward with new leadership we need to focus on locating those over 300,000

missing children and put some type of specialized task force in place to locate children being trafficked over the last four years. >> dana: congressman gonzalez of texas is saying we have to manage expectations but we have to do this work. >> call for number one. you guys have it. maybe not. let's play that. >> for four years we've had to fight the biden administration. we need everybody going in the same direction to keep everyone safe. it will be tough. it won't be something that will happen overnight. i don't want people have these unrealistic expectations step one in securing the border and making sure we get convicted criminal aliens off our streets. >> dana: a series of democratic leaders who are saying they do not want anything to do with the deportation plan under president-elect trump. >> we will not be participating

in misguided efforts that harm our communities. >> we aren't cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear. >> we won't use law enforcement and don't think we need to. america is not after another conflict on this issue. >> dana: what did everybody hear from tom homan about that yesterday? >> tom homan made it clear that day one actually not waiting for day one. he is already talking to governor abbott and having conversations trying to come up with strategies. he made clear that they are going to locate and prioritize criminals that are in the country now that have committed crimes that shouldn't be in the country and those that have orders of removal. any elected official, governor, sanctuary city or state that says they won't cooperate undermines the security of their city and state and also border security. right now i think everyone needs to set aside personal feelings, political views and focus on what's the best interest of their state and country. to locate criminals that have

committed crimes in their states and those that shouldn't be in the country with orders of removal. we need to get them removed. the case of laken riley. i can't see how anyone does not want some type of security for their city or state and we need to focus on and come together both sides and now work with this new leadership moving forward to try to have a more secure border and secure country. >> dana: when tom homan talks about if somebody has a deportation order it is following the law to deport them. i think they will have a lot on their plate but hopefully your situation will get alleviated a little bit. lieutenant, thank you and have a happy thanksgiving. >> likewise, thank you. >> dana: john. >> john: president-elect trump announcing more picks for his cabinet overnight including the next u.s. trade representative director of the white house national economic council, secretary of the navy and director of the national institutes of health. a live report on these picks

coming up. meantime, the trump team has signed a key transition agreement with the biden administration to allow some of the incoming team to coordinate with federal agencies ahead of the january 20th swearing in. if you are flying for thanksgiving prepare for crowds. tsa is predicting a record number of flyers this weekend on top of disruptive storms. fox business is live from o'hare international airport. >> good news and bad news, john. right now it doesn't feel very stressful here as it sometimes does. lines aren't too long. the bad news is with work from home people have been able to really spread out their travel. that's why it is really not as crowded. but if you are returning on sunday as most people are, the airports will be really busy. tsa plan to screen 18.3 million people throughout the country

over a seven day period. 6% more than the same stretch last year. this comes as there are disruptions at airports. we had a short strike at charlotte airport and shortage of air trafficfaa administratore whittaker said they have to take special measures to make up for. let's look at the delays and cancellations. right now we're looking at 586 delays and 23 cancellations. according to aaa, air travelers are paying 3% more for their thanksgiving flights throughout the nation, even though the number of flights are the same this year. interestingly international flights are up 23% for this holiday travel season. this as the price to travel internationally has come down so might be a reason why some people are deciding to get away and take a break out of the country for their thanksgiving

plans. not sure if you can get turkey in those destinations readily available but hopefully everybody gets some good time with their families. send it back to you. >> john: if you can't get turkey, pie will do. happy thanksgiving to you as well. >> dana: a cease-fire deal reached. israel approves a u.s. brokered agreement with hezbollah and lebanon. straight ahead we have what's next. trump resistance with outside the box idea, leaving the union and joining canada? vice president harris posts the first social media video after her election loss. why supporters say it was a bad idea. >> and the outcome of this election obviously is not what we wanted. it is not what we worked so hard for. but i am proud of the race we ran.

>> john: another legal victory for president-elect trump. appeals court yesterday agreed to end trump's classified documents case at the request of special counsel jack smith. the case will continue for two co-defendants. his election interference case was dismissed earlier this week. trump's legal team is demanding that new york attorney general letitia james drop her civil fraud case against him. he has appealed the ruling which ordered him to pay a $450 million civil fraud judgment. dana. >> president biden: spoke with the president of israel and lebanon and pleased to announce their agreements have accepted the united states proposal to end the devastating conflict between israel and hezbollah. let me be clear. if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a

threat to israel, israel retains the right to self-defense consistent with international law. >> dana: make or step towards ending the unrest overseas. 60 day cease-fire tense israel and lebanon appears to be holding this morning. we're live in tel aviv with the details. alex, give us an update. >> we have heard some reports of crossfiring in southern lebanon involving the idf. they say they're isolated events and 12 hours after taking effect as you mentioned the cease-fire does appear to be holding. israeli government is telling people in southern lebanon not to return to their homes just yet until the idf fully clears out of that region. this is going to take place in several phases over the course of the next two months that the idf will slowly withdraw. despite that look at the footage. packed roads today of people getting in their cars, celebrating in the streets and returning to their homes after

again 14 months at war. a quarter of the population within the country has been displaced. >> going back home is the nicest feeling. thank god we returned victorious with our heads high despite all the loss, we're returning with our dignity back to our homes. >> president joe biden made the announcement yesterday that both sides, israel and hezbollah, had agreed to the cease-fire ending 14 months of war. so this deal is going to push hezbollah more than 20 miles north of the border. lebanon's army will create a buffer along the border. >> if hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to israel, israel retains the right to self-defense consistent with international law. >> fighting continues today in gaza where the idf targeted hamas weapons storage centers. after the news of the cease-fire

with hezbollah, hamas released a statement saying it hopes there will be an agreement of its own and cease-fire but no negotiations have led to any progress really after months and months that we've seen these continued talks. this week actually marks one full year since the release of more than 100 hostages that had been held by hamas in gaza, more than 100 hostages remain. >> dana: stay safe and keep us posted on things there, alex. >> john: a former spokesman for the idf and senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracy and joins us now from tel aviv. what it comes to honoring cease fires, hezbollah doesn't have an exactly stellar record. do you think this one is going to hold? >> good morning, sir. i think hezbollah has a lot of reasons to hold their fire because they are not in a good tactical or strategic position and every day that goes by and israel isn't striking hezbollah

commanders or rocket launchers or their financial system or their secret production sites is a good day for hezbollah. they definitely have an interest in keeping it. what they also have an interest to do is to slowly creep back into southern lebanon and start to rebuild their military infrastructure there with the aim of threatening israeli civilians. we've been in this story before and know how it goes. they will look like civilians and dress like civilians and we'll find them on our border again. one of the biggest issues with this probably positive development of a cease-fire is that probably the weakest point is how will it be implemented knowing that the lebanese armed forces are not up for the task, knowing that the u.n. forces in southern lebanon are clearly not up for the task. it was in the end rely on israeli capabilities to defend itself.

hopefully hezbollah won't challenge it early on. >> john: what you said there taken in the overall doesn't seem very promising. sounds like israel will have to use its right to respond if hezbollah does decide to come south of the litani river and set up shop across the border from towns in northern israel. >> yes, sir. not only that but we have to look at this, zoom out 30,000 feet in the regional perspective. i see this as a temporary cease-fire. that will allow israel to regroup, catch its breath a bit and focus on what really needs to happen in the middle east and that is to address the main source of violence and instability, which is the islamic republic of iran. because we won't have quiet, there will be continued war and terror and attacks and suffering on all sides of all borders as long as the iranian regime is capable of sending money and weapons and equipping terrorists and guiding them to attack

israel. only when the iranian regime will be held accountable for their aggression do i see a chance of a better, more prosperous future for israelis and lebanese and gazans and other palestinians. it is up to israel, hopefully not alone, to deal with that threat for the sake of our future, our children and for the stability in the region. >> john: i was going to ask the 60 day window should take us into the mid part of january when donald trump becomes president again. has a good he relationship with netanyahu. do you expect israel will find a partner in united states holding iran accountable for its activities in the region? >> judging by the people, the nominees that president-elect trump has nominated for key national security positions related to the middle east and specifically iran, i think that those are very good indicating that the u.s. is going to really

show leadership here and hold the iranian regime accountable for its aggression. i personally don't think that -- i don't hope or assess that we will have american boots on the ground or american airmen fighting the iranians. i think israel will be happy to do that by itself but what israel will need is a strong and very loyal ally to the united states is continued diplomatic support and military support, spare parts and munitions and israel will be happy to take care of its security and continue to fight its enemies and the enemies of america. >> john: we'll find out soon what will be on the table for the new trump administration. jonathan, good to catch up with you again. thank you, sir. >> thank you and good morning. >> dana: president-elect trump is putting china on notice. beijing is pushing back. mike gallagher weighs in next. plus ice is taking on the violent venezuelan gang of tren de aragua with a brand-new task

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>> dana: president-elect trump is putting china on notice vowing to raise tariffs by an additional 10% on all chinese goods coming into the u.s. stopping what he calls an invasion of drugs. want to bring in mike gallagher former chair of the house select committee on china and head of defense at a technology company. president trump came out on monday night and chinese spokesperson said this. the idea of china knowingly allowing fentanyl precursors to the u.s. runs counter to facts and reality. but you -- you chaired a hearing where bill barr said this. >> the committee's work has

uncovered persuasive evidence the prc and ccp are not just bystanders. they are prime movers. they are knee deep and actively sponsoring, encouraging and facilitating the production and export of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors for distribution in the united states. >> dana: i imagine the chinese spokesperson's response is aimed more at their own domestic audience than ours. i don't think anybody in america buys that, mike. >> no, to quote xi, we must seek truth from facts. the facts that we gathered over the course of a year' long investigation proved the chinese communist party is subsidizing the export of fentanyl precursors and subsidizing the death of americans waging chemical warfare against americans. 200 americans die every day from fentanyl shooting a fully packed

737 out of the air to put it in context. the question is why? since nearly all the precursor for fentanyl come from china why would they do this? they want the chaos, they want the destruction, they want to help us destroy ourselves so they can supplant us as the world's sole super power. is like physician-assisted suicide and they are supplying the lethal chemicals. this is why i think it is important that president trump im pose costs on the ccp chemical companies, on the regime in china and on the mexican cartels to stop the scourge of fentanyl. this is an issue that i know the incoming national security asize for mike waltz knows very well. if president trump stops the scourge of fentanyl and immigration he would have secured a massive legacy. it's important his team stay

focused on the issue and communicate why it matter attention. >> dana: trump wields a tariff bludgeon. his lever in foreign and domestic policy. how do you think the chinese will react or do you think maybe the better question is, will the threat of the tariffs or actual tariffs cause a change of behavior by the chinese? >> well, i think the ccp will do what they've historically done, to corrupt business elites in america to utilize their useful idiots in america in order to influence the administration, right? certain people on wall street and in the c suite of companies believe china can become a responsible stakeholder as long as we give them concessions but that's their primary vector and why we shouldn't fall for it again like lucy and charlie brown with the football. tariffs, you need a make a

distinction between the 232 tariffs, steel and aluminum tariffs. i haven't been in favor of those in the past and 301 tariffs, aggressive action against china that are sound and long overdue and part of a broader strategy to revoke permanent normal trade relation status from china. in order to minimize the cost on americans when you do that, you have to have a pro-active positive trade agenda with our allies and friends so we're building and expanding the bounds of the free world and sharing technology with companies we trust and have a block that can counter china's coercive economic and trade activities. >> dana: there was some good news for three americans today. the biden administration announced three american citizens who had been they say from the white house wrongfully detained in china have been released. they will be reunited with their families. i no he that biden was talking to them at the apec summit, perhaps something was able to break loose there.

any comment on that? the news just breaking this morning. >> you can't help whenever we get a hostage back but be happy for the families. a terrible situation to go through. what we don't know what is we gave up in return. we don't yet have information on the chinese prisoners that we gave up. i suspect they are spies and it is a steep price to pay and china is taking americans hostage deliberately in order to get some coercive leverage. all the more reason as we try to restore deterrents with china we need to go on offense and generate leverage of our own so china is so afraid to cross us they don't think about taking an american prisoner in china. >> dana: deterrents in terms of strength, exactly. thank you and have a happy thanksgiving. >> thank you. >> dana: take care. >> the election didn't turn out like we wanted it to. i know this is an uncertain time.

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>> john: vice president kamala harris posting her first online video since her crushing election loss to donald trump. telling supporters she is proud of the race she ran. have a look here. >> i just have to remind you, don't you ever let anybody take your power from you. you have the same power that you did before november 5th and you have the same purpose that you did. and you have the same ability to engage and inspire. >> john: chief political correspondent byron york joins us now and fox news contributor. she was speaking in the same non-specific word salad way we've come to know and love. joe concha and others think there is something a little off with that presentation. what do you think? >> a lot of head shaking about

this. what happened was the vice president and her former running mate, tim walz, did a video call for supporters yesterday and she spoke for about ten minutes and then the democratic party released a 30-second clip that you just played on its social media account. in it she looked very tired. even though she has been relaxing in hawaii for several days. there were a lot of people on social media who thought she looked like she had been drinking and they wondered why in the world did the democratic party post this? and the answer is i have no idea. it does not make the vice president look her best and a totally mystery unless you think there are some staffers who want to discourage her from firmer public life. >> john: maybe just jet lag.

>> her campaign manager blamed the media for her last. she was asked small process questions, a disservice to voters. note to her. if anybody torpedoed harris's campaign it was her. listen to this exchange. >> if anything, would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years? >> there is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of -- i've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. >> john: if the harris campaign will go on podcasts to dissect the loss, they might want to bring a mirror along with them. rather than blaming the media, i think there is a lot of blame to go around at home. >> who knew the most revealing question of the whole campaign would come from "the view"? that's what it was. that was not a nitpicking

detailed question. it was a very big picture question, open-ended. the vice president could have answered it any way she wanted and said she couldn't think of anything. clearly, the vice president got off on really the wrong foot by avoiding media interviews for a long time after she became the democratic nominee. we all know it was through a set of really, really weird circumstances. and then in retrospect it would have been much better than her, since she had been vice president for three years. not like she was plucked from obscurity for this job, it would have been better for her to be open with the press from the get go. >> john: doing a lay-up except the ball bounces back and breaks your nose. not to be outdone by alec baldwin, sharon stone doubling down on insulting the american voters. listen here. >> [inaudible] americans who

don't travel, who 80% don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in therapy, extraordinarily naivety. >> john: did they not learn anything from deploradeplorable. >> sne is saying what quite a number of democrats have been saying. unwilling to look in the mirror as you just suggested. a lot of them are blaming the voters. it is not unusual for a losing candidate to say you know, the voters just got it wrong this time. but that doesn't matter. >> john: yeah. it is something the american people usually never goes over well. byron, great to see you. have a happy thanksgiving. >> you too, john. >> dana: president-elect trump

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>> dana: thanksgiving dinner can make it challenging to stick the healthy habits . i spoke with a friend a newt risch nifty. start the day with exercise 20 to 30 minutes is all you need. avoid carbs ahead of the thanksgiving feast and drink 50 ounces of water before 2:00 p.m. keep pop able foods at arm's length. lastly, something our line producer griff is like i don't know, choose your least favorite drink to avoid overindulging. if you love red wine don't go for that right away. go for something else. go to foxnews.com for my interview. fun to look through. >> john: does that include chocolate bars for popable stacks? >> dana: how many you are eating i guess. >> john: now there is this. veteran-owned brand born

primitive is giving back to those who serve our country donating 100% of its profits to pay over a million dollars of medical vet to veterans. the ceo and founder joins us now. great to see you. we have frank cilia from tunnel to towers on regularly and his organization is paying off the mortgages of veterans. you are doing much the same thing only with medical bills. the kicker, very often those medical bills exceed the cost of a mortgage. >> yes, this has been a wild experience this year. we have always tried to leverage our platform at born primitive on veterans day weekend to do good. the idea came up over the summer to do something different and try to pay off veteran medical bills. we pledged 2 1/2 million in august and didn't tell everyone and during veterans day weekend we put out the word we wanted to get that number to five and able to come on fox news, a huge help

getting the word out. it went so well and so much support that when the dust settled we decided to double the amount to 10 1/2 million. we thought it was the right thing to do and we're humbled to have the platform to do something like this. >> dana: one of the things, bear, that you said there is a marine veteran, single father of three with a spinal injury that left him paralyzed for a while. his bill was $183,000. it is now 0 thanks to you and your efforts and all the people that donated and bought the gear from born primitive. what kind of relief does a man like that have once that debt is erased from his to do list? >> dana, it is a huge relief. i was able to speak to quite a few of these recipients and called them and hear the story of the second and third order effects of their financial situation when you start getting called by creditors and your credit score goes down and wages garnished is something that a

lot of people will never recover from and a major impact on their lives and to be able to speak to these people really humanized it for us and that gentleman, of course, $183,000 is something that he said changed his life. there are so many other people. this wound up impacting nearly 6,000 veterans going into the holiday season with a giant burden off their shoulders. like i said so humbling for us to be able to do this. >> john: the financial burden is quite crushing. wounded warriors project found nine in ten veterans have at least 20,000 in total debt excluding mortgages. at some point in the past 12 months they did not have enough money to make ends meet. transitioning back from service is often difficult enough by itself from an emotional standpoint and resocializing

standpoint. to have crushing debt on top of that puts a burden on these folks. >> yeah, it's unfortunate. these are people that served our country and raised their right hand and it got to the point it seemed we were placing more importance on people coming across the border than our own citizens. our way of trying to do some good in a time where we're divided, this seemed to be a unifying effort and so many people got behind it. but to be able to alleviate that burden, i wish it could be more. we will try to get this number up to 11 million by the end of the day here. we will pledge another 500,000 from our site. i like even numbers, we're at 10 1/2. with your help we'll pledge another 500,000 from that and hope people will be a part of it and bigger plans for next year. >> dana: born primitive.com. i have my eye on the stretchy pioneer jacket and