nominations made. p will seee you trum this as a win because people start to question his pick for kash patel, he will say "i told you so." do you want to end corruption? this is that we do it. >> as you pointed out, tom,gone joe biden went off of the script at the play book donald trump a win in the political sense. >> should we do another hour? >> it would be nice. >> i will kick you under the i table. >> i don't kno w why he had to lie all that time because we do accept thevi vice vice presiden? >> that means 15 seconds.at >> that does it for us and you will see us next weekend and wee always dvr if you cannot capture us live.cann saturday night with trey gowdy is up next. stay here with fox digital.

♪ ♪ >> we began with a fox news alert, president biden pardoning his son, hunter ochoa despite saying he would not use the pardon power on his son. democrats and republicans criticizing the move with one democrat lawmakers saying "biden got this one wrong." you are watching "fox & friends first" on a monday morning and madeleine rivera in washington with more on the president partnering the first son. >> the president has long said he will try to distinguish himself from president-elect trump who accuse the justice department have been politicized but the president does feel hunter has been unfairly targeted. in a statement "from the day i took office i said i would not interfere with the justice department's decision making, and i kept my word as i watch my son selectively and unfairly prosecuted. here is the truth, i believe that justice system but as i have wrestled with this,

politics has impacted this process and led to ms. justice." the president said he would not pardon hunter or commute his sentence but at the white house getting frustrated when asked multiple times about the possibility. >> is there any possibility of the president would end up pardoning his son quite make. >> i said no. i just answered. >> will you accept the jury's outcome and their verdict no matter what it is? >> yes. >> have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> i'm not going to do anything. i will abide by the jury's decision. >> does the president have any intention to pardon him. >> we have been asked that question multiple times and our answer is no. >> i am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country. this is a bad precedent b is by

later presidents. arizona congressman greg saying i respect president biden but i think he got this one wrong. this is not politically motivated persecution and was convicted by a jury of his peers. president-elect trump does the pardon include jay 6 hostages? such an abuse ms heritage of cash and the december 12 for gun case in december 16 for tax case. >> madeleine rivera, live for us, thank you let's bring in lexi, pretty simple short question right off the top, what changed? >> i don't really think anything changed. i honestly think this was his plan all along and one of the changes is he's not running anymore. it has been a terrible political season with democrats with

kamala's defeat. at this point, i have nothing to lose. i meant the twilight of my years, 81 years old. he was kicked out by his own party and forced not to run. the greatest injustice to him is after an objectively bad candidate who can't string a sentence together loses. the establishment blames him for not getting out sooner. if i were joe biden, i would probably put a finger in the eye to everybody and said, "you know what, my highest and best priority is taking care of my son and i don't care what they think. i will never place the republicans and i don't care about the democrats that stabbed me in the back." >> todd: the only thing that changed in my mind's election is over to your point about not having any sort of anybody beholden and they can attempt that replaced him getting beat sam lay. i want to focus on the law, leslie, including the ones he's not yet been charged for.

is that how pardons work is sort of this blanket immunity for all illegality whether discovered? >> well, that is very interesting and broad and sweeping and covers an 18 year period. you look at presidents who pardon family members before in the case of roger clinton, he served time and same with jared kushner's father. not only does this prevent him from serving coach up it forgives him for any crimes against the united states that you may have made it in 18 year period. it definitely is a very broad pardon. if you look online how a normal person applies for a pardon, normal people aren't supposed to play for them until a certain period of time after serving a sentence. obviously this has been to him before in the case of jared ford and richard nixon pardon convicted of orientated or

anything like that. it is not necessarily unprecedented to have a controversial pardon. picket fence that says his son and given the amount of times he said he would not do this and his staff karine jean-pierre rolling her eyes and annoyed she's getting the question again. this is pretty big news. but when i heard about it, i'm not surprised. >> todd: what you are telling me not normal in a pardon setting to post in "the washington post" have your defense team interesting, i will make a note next time. joe biden said he issued the pardon after he watched his son he selectively and unfairly prosecuted. but wasn't it joe biden's doj that prosecuted hunter? >> it was. everyone was joking online and they see biden with a big grin with trump and office. maybe he did vote for them after all. they are singing off the same song sheet when it comes to the

doj, you cannot look at necessarily one prosecution and say it is politically motivated to. my son was politically motivated but no one else's was. this is an interesting turn of a dance with the doj and touting merits against the case is again trump hotel that you know, not against his son. >> todd: quickly what does this pardoning for joe biden and the rest of the biden family, let's call them business dealings under scrutiny? >> well, there is no reason -- i mean, believe hunter is the nexus or the nucleus of those transactions, them there is no reason to look into them any further if he was pardon so who knows question marks me when there you go, this worked out py well for joe as well in interesg how that worked out. lexi thank you for joining us breaking news this morning and we appreciate you. to the trump translation wayne yan on kash patel's nomination as serving as fbi director on whether he will be confirmed.

>> all denominations coming through, the president has a right to do and it does not surprise me he will pick people he knows are loyal to himself. that has been a part of the present in every president wants people who are loyal to themselves. >> kash patel has worked in international security and the department of justice and willing to uncover the wrongs at the fbi and for the american public with russia gate and he can see through the fix here. >> todd: chairs the senate judiciary committee putting out a statement raiding and part president biden kept christopher wray in office because the fbi is supposed to be insulated from partisanship. the president-elect wants to replace an appointee with unqualified loyalists. they should reject to weaponize the fbi and campaign of retribution that donald trump has promised. patel was a previous prosecutor and served as chief of staff for the department of defense.

key diplomatic appointments a senior advisor on arab and middle eastern affairs, that is his analog, tiffany's father-in-law and jared kushner's father as ambassador to france. the daniel penny trial resumes for closing arguments of potential verdict coming early this week. the marine veteran charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide for the death of jordan neely on new york city subway. daniel penny put neely in a choke hold and acting erratically in its convicted, daniel penny could spend 15 years in prison. a shocking new base report revealing new york city is now home to over 58,000 criminal migraines with more than 1,000 gang members among them. we will speak to a former new york state republican one then new york city business owner and in the grant herself on the criminal migrant crisis.a "fox & friends first" on a monday roles end. ♪ ♪

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trump says justin trudeau made a commitment to ending drug smuggling problem home. but just refusing to cooperate with trump's deportation orders and offering to cover legal fees for illegal migrants who could be deported. >> if it is legal assistance, legal advice or support, that is the california way. we embrace our diversity and diversity made our community thriving economy thrive. >> todd: that is just the california way, senator alexander baby has said that california is not obligated to help the federal government l not offer state or resources. this is despite the fact there have been 562,000 border crossings in california alone in fiscal year 2020. taxes troopers captured human smuggling curing a 5-year-old girl across the border. the child was being carried across the rio grande earlier in

the day before found inside the suspect's truck. mother told the play she paid $8,000 to have her daughter brought across the board. a suspect previously charged for smuggling and the child's mother also charged with child endangering charges. new york city, shocking news i.c.e. report of new york city's migrant crime crisis. there are reportedly 58,000 migrants with felony records are facing criminal charges in new york city and over 660,000 throughout the country. a former new york state committee woman and member of black americans for trump coalition in new york city business owner and she joins me now. great to have you back on the program and your reaction to stunning numbers. >> it is a pleasure to be with you this morning, taught. it is unnerving to say the least. we have seen what happens across the country when illegal migrants commit crimes in the

case of laken riley hotel you know, unfortunately, she did not survive. that criminal was let go here in new york city. so, i just call on city hall lawmakers to loosen up sanctuary city policies and they can do that. tell us we went there has been some sort of indication that may be mayor adams is inclined to do that. but we need har hard and fast an trigger point and republican congressman nicole mall slams the leg slams the dam and it is shocking the democrats have gone out of their way to harbor gang members, drug traffickers who an the country and they need to stop use new york to shield criminals wreaking havoc on the streets and cooperate with i.c.e. to have been deported. have we reached a tipping point where new yorkers are with this?

whether eventually going to vote out the far left politicians who codified this sanctuary city madness that allows these migrant criminals to roam free without any consequences? have we reached that point, sherry? >> i think we have until your point, taught a coach at the far left marcus former mayor, bill diehl dale dale bill de blasio d codified this but we have to seek council elections coming up where new york city voters can vote out left-leaning city council members who want te sanctuary city policy in place. i call on viewers, new york city voters and taxpayers alike to wake up and see that left-leaning democrat lawmakers don't have the best interest of our tax dollars and safety in mind. >> todd: as you pointed out, not just in new york city as we talked about because the laken riley case started in new york city and went down to

georgia and then we had the horrible tragedy on her hand. new york city paying pakistani government $20 million to house illegal immigrants in the city. incoming d.o.g.e. said will make vivek ramaswamy the situation taxpayer-funded illegal migrants owned by the pakistani government, which means new york city, new york, city taxpayers effectively paying foreign government to house illegals in our own country. this is nuts. how does this happen? >> again, left-leaning policies and look at the biden administration, open border crisis has brought this upon our country now that taxpaying dollars or if footing the bill for migrants, they are health care, their education. but is it abhorrent. i'm excited about president trump coming in, and i'm hoping mayor adams works with incoming administration to

just work with, you know, the federal government including incoming fbi leadership and i.c.e. and tom homan so we can really come back, you know, the percentage of a legal and criminals that has, you know, made their way into the country. >> todd: how do we paid the pakistani government on u.s. soil. i walk by them every day going to the train. we appreciate your insight. have we seen fellow weather? entering the great lakes dumping 4 feet of snow in some parts of new york as temperatures drop to take levels over the weekend. nearly 3 million americans in pennsylvania and ohio under lake effect snow warnings today as the priest continues. senior meteorologist janice dean with the fox weather forecast. when i got into the car and it said 19, that woke me up. >> absolutely we have a blast of arctic air coming in this week to dip as far south as florida,

my friends. freeze advisories for the southeast but look at lake effect snow totals, over 57 inches for parts of pennsylvania, ohio, new york. again, the lake effect snow machine and relatively colder winds coming across the relatively warmer lake waters that have not frozen over. that is when you see the epic snow totals that is quite incredible. 58 inches copenhagen, new york, in the snow totals will continue today for all of the great lakes really. we have the winds coming across the great lakes and potential for a foot or more of snow on top of what we sell over the weekend for parts of the ontario, lake erie as well. you can see the winds coming down land of relatively warmer waters of the great lakes and the lake effect snow machine is up and running early this season and ongoing for the next couple of days for all of these big

cities, including buffalo, traps traverse city, marquette and traverse. much of the city is pretty good. really good except for the cold air that is going to continue to sink southward to. look at the temperatures, a lot of teens, 20s, 30s as far south as florida. >> todd: that is milder. i am glad you mentioned buffalo though a great segue to this. we will do some highlights. speaking of snow, the buffalo bills did not let janice's winter wonderland slow down the san francisco 49ers. tilt one touchdown watch. [cheers and applause] >> spectacular touchdown! >> todd: that was awesome, josh allen credited with

receiving touchdown on the play. fantasy owners are really, really happy or really, really sad to. the bills win 35-10, 10-two of the season. in cincinnati the bangles coming up short against rival pittsburgh steelers, black and gold winning 34- -- a shoot out. indianapolis colts debating new england patriots 25-24 after converting two-point conversion with 12 seconds left on the clock, the extra point and they said we want that win and they got it. and the philadelphia eagles with a victory over the baltimore ravens 24-19. it may seem like sour grapes but it helped the eagles out the ravens kicker missed everything. just saying. speaking of massive fights broke out during nfl and college games over the weekend. dan thach to and dockage will explain why it happened this week and plus florida

congressman cory mills react to president biden pardoning his son, hunter. don't mess that.

♪ ♪ >> todd: and we are back with a fox news alert. israel has announced the death of captain omer maxim neutra israeli citizen of deppe by a hamas and israel confirmed killed october 7 massacre in 2023 after previously believed he was still alive, he is from new york and served as tenth platoon commander in the seventh armor. to another fox news alert, president biden partnering his son, hunter and a major reversal outraging republicans after claiming hunter was unfairly prosecuted on gone and tax crimes in an effort to break him here to listen to this house oversight committee james comer saying the following "joe biden has led from start to finish about his family's corrupt influence peddling activities. not only has he falsely claimed

he never met with his son's foreign business associates and his son did nothing wrong, but he lied when he said he would not pardon hunter biden. the charges hunter faced where the tip of the iceberg and the blatant corruption that president biden and the biden crime family have light about to the american people. it is important rather thinking get going president biden and his family continued to do everything they can to avoid accountability." >> you rolled out a pardon for your son? >> yes, the jury decision, and i will do that. >> todd: florida congressman, cory mills. congressman, we knew this pardon would happen let's be realistic. we knew joe biden joe biden was lying when he said he would not pardon his son. why did they set up the lie? why not just say i will pardon my son because he is my son and i am the president, and i can do it. why did a set up this lie over the course of months?

>> well, taught a, the reason he set up this lie, he thought his influence as the president of the united states and the jury in the way he would influence the indictments and continual weaponization of the department of justice and lawfare against president trump and his family. you are thinking of people like eric trump who had 100 indictments and spent millions and millions of dollars. your thinking the weaponization of fani willis and nathan in a white house and georgette, letitia james, alvin bragg, jud. a continuation of weaponization. when we talk about putting the fingers on the scale of justice but what has really happened under this administration, they tossed out the justice and constitutional law for weaponization of federal government in an effort to try to politicize or go after your opponents. i think he thought the outcome is going to be different and that is why he will push forward

with two-tiered justice system when hunter biden did violate. he lied on a federal license which is up to $250,000 and lied about his taxes. he will bail his son out which is allowed the justice to rule. >> todd: we referred to influence peddling scheme that you listen to joe biden, he's been involved in ignorance peddling scheme sagging, i have no idea about hunter biden's business dealings from the beginning. watch. >> i don't know what he was doing and i did not know he was on the board of that company. i've never discussed my business or my sons or daughters. never discussed a single thing with my son anything to do with ukraine. >> i never discussed my son's business dealings. >> i never discussed with my son, brother, or anyone else in how they handled their business, period! >> todd: he wants hunter to testify before the senate

judiciary committee but what other steps can congress take to hold hunter and joe accountable? >> well, if you look at the house judiciary committee has done an house oversight committee under jim jordan james comer, they have shown multiple times not just testimony of the business partner tony belinsky but also the actual records itself that shows where the money has been wired into the biden family, whether james, haley or any of the others. somehow, 10% cut and given back to the big guy. i think while he might pardon the hunter when it comes to the text violations or federal foreign license application lies, there should be investigation on hunter all the things going on because this is one of the most corrupt families we have ever seen in the white house. >> todd: before we let you go, let's get your thoughts on kash patel and his pardon after nominated for fbi director. what is kash patel going to do

to the fbi? >> let me tell you, he has a close personal friend of mike and i talked to kash patel immediate nomination and fantastic nomination to clean up the deep state and he has seen from the inside qualifications his time in the administration what type of weaponization he's gone for and he will clean up the fbi. pam bondi cleaning up the department of justice and we will have a real rule of law and not this corrupt administration. >> todd: let's be clear, rank and file are excited about this, excited coach and the players are excited. congressman, cory mills, thank you for getting up with us. take a look at the calendars, it is cyber monday and holiday deals combined with the aftermath of hurricane helene is leaving to increase in holiday scams, specifically western north carolina. just horrible. senior director of the enter, and the, what specific scams ar?

>> they are seeing a lot of different types of schemes but particularly with the hurricane impact we see targeting folks in western and north carolina in a number of ways. impersonating folks from charity organizations or federal organizations like fema. but has just had, really sad to. >> todd: how can people in general, hurricane victims protect themselves from the scams? >> to be really mindful and you have to pay attention to what you are clicking on. make sure that the website address is that you are going to are legit and real. doing some check on the charity organizations if you are sending money to them. be mindful across the board of. if you are logging into your account's multifactor authentication in place and strong username and passwords. there is a number of things you can do but basics and fundamentals to protect yourself from cyber scams that are going

to happen. >> todd: it takes a special type of evil to take advantage of someone when they are at their worst because of mother nature. it is horrific when you see these things. and carol, thank you for stepping up to make sure people are aware so they don't get taken advantage of. appreciate your time. democrat bernie sanders admitted to elon musk is right about out-of-control government spending and choke us on he will join us next on the details and let's call them what they are, rld pretty odd couple. ♪ ♪ i'm right at home, out here on the land. and i'm in my lane on the shoulder of the interstate. because this is where i come from. i've been showing up here for nearly 200 years. and i can't wait to see what's next. hats off to the future. nothing runs like a deere™

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♪ ♪ >> todd: i lead this mashup here, cheryl. apparently elon musk and government efficiency plans, that is not a wrong video clip. vermont senator bernie sanders with fox business is here with more. white and that name of d.o.g.e. is going on here? >> elon musk as a backer and bernie sanders to be clear. this is what bernie sanders tweeted about elon musk. that is right, that is the headline and a budget at the $80 billion failed in the seventh audit in a row and lost track of billions last year. only 13 senators voted against the military industrial complex in waste and fraud that must

change. by the way, elon musk responded with a couple of thumbs up. this is elon musk the government needs to stop wasting hard-earned money. the national debt is higher than defense budget and the country will go bankrupt. that is why we need the department of government efficiency under brass plaque on a task. he talks about inflation as well in another post on november 13th. surpassed, todd $36 trillion and a lot of americans and americans don't seem to understand that is all taxation. we are not just talking about social security and medicare but we are talking about excess government ways. we are on the path of fiscal absorbency and i don't say that joking whatsoever. our debt keepsake ornaments up that night. in this government this administration incoming can fix a lot of this. one quick example you know it

that california high-speed railroad project was supposed cost $33 million that . the federal government already gave $6.8 $6.8 billion and then another $8 billion. nothing has been designed or built in california. one small example, todd, the path we are on right now. >> todd: they were talking about that drain when i moved out in california and still talking about it. not a line of track has been laid appear to pet bernie sanders point, and i think this is important, the miy budget is so bloated so why do our soldiers have to rely on food stamps? >> that is a great question. >> todd: why are they struggling so much? these are the brave men and women willing to die in our country. bernie sanders raises an important point and i would have no problem if that went to rank and file but i do have a problem with the heave -- because

they know the government -- >> that is a good point. we talk about those companies on fox business on the one side to. but it's more about losing track of billions of dollars. but is not just the pentagon. would have several agencies. i talked about this already, the department of information and the u.s. postal service. there are many place as you see waste and we need fiscal responsibility. elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are coming in as volunteers and not working for the government. they will be outside advisors. let's see what they come up with. >> todd: while i disagree with bernie sanders, i will teach dei and buy a jaguar after this. there is a jaguar commercial. cheryl on mornings with maria, appreciated as always. big fox news alert we have been covering all morning long, hunter biden's pardon comes months after the white house insisting the president will not

let his son up at. speak up from a presidential perspective, is there any possiy he would pardon his son? >> no. i can say it is very much a note to the questions i have gotten if the president will pardon his son. >> does the president have any intention to pardon him? >> we have been asked that multiple times and it still stands as no. speak of the president says he will not pardon his son but will he asked donald trump to do that question might speak of the president has been very clear. >> todd: joe concha joins me now. very clear, joe, clear as mud. [laughter] >> karine jean-pierre will be great on "the view" working that rotation or handing out on msnbc. we can look at this two ways, president biden and gas, he is still present even though the americans barely see or hear from the guy anymore. if he didn't pardon his criminal

son some would say how horrible of a father is for not doing that while she might walking out of the oval office what many can call the worst presidency of anyone's lifetime. on the other hand if joe did not pardon hunter biden and it's hard to have the name joe these days, president trump would have in the name of unity or chest cold democrats and many allies n the media and completely losing their minds for doing so. but either way and new york post to fox news are vindicated here because we were told from 51 former intelligence offers 2020 right before the elections that hunter biden's laptop was a product of russian disinformation. and every media outlet outside of this month echoed that sentiment as if gospel or absolute fact. twitter run by elon musk, i'm sorry not run by elon mask that jack dorsey and facebook and duplicitous phony mark zuckerberg running it now literally shut down accounts

that said that laptops and contents were real. this pardon close has a chapter on sorry media and beat state alike. advanced joe biden and his team's legacy like karine jean-pierre at this on his unsuccessful administration in history and that any hyperbole. yes, he gets away with that but we also this coming, let's face it. >> todd: it democrats in the media insisted so long there was nothing to the biden impeachment inquiry, why did joe issue a pardon for the very thing they were inquiring about? that is a perfect question. we will leave it out there make. trump's fbi picked, kash patel, sending shock waves through the media. watch. >> kash patel as fbi director would be jay edit for ed -- how much he would want to ignore. if there is any doubt president donald trump wants to follow

through with radical change and retribution, here at home and abroad, those doubts have been erased. speak of this pick is another sign trump plans to follow thron plans to disrupt watching tim watching tim here at joe. >> todd: joe what the makeup hyperlink hyperventilating coming out of the mainstream media? >> you know, i was watching over the weekend and the likes of andrew mccabe on cnn and absolutely losing his mind over there after present electronic selected kash patel as fbi director. given that mccabe was fired from the fbi for leaking sensitive information and light under oath only to be hired by cnn which felt like 5 minutes after that lecture on ethics and honesty. donald trump is sending a clear message here: our system is broken. not talking the rank and file are the ones politicizing the fbi. course not! they are doing the hard work to keep us safe.

but the fbi has become weaponize just like the doj is weaponize just like the cia as weaponized and i can go down the line. something has to be done. donald trump promise changed and this is changed. he has promised disruptors and we see it with kash patel or friend, pete hegseth pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard of, bobby kennedy jr., this is an administration to fix washinn for real that's where we are at this point. let's see if he gets confirmed either way. this is change and what it looks like an election has consequences, guys. >> todd: my favorite line kash patel is a threat to bureaucracy. yes, he has, a threat to bureaucracy and so many people can have that phrase because change is coming, transformative change. joe concha, happy monday. houston texans linebacker receiving major backlash after a brutal hit knox trevor lawrence out of the game with a

concussion. april between the two teams but not the only brawl this weekend. those are fighting words throughout the country, dan dakich joins us next with reaction. i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. oh! right in the temporal lobe! beat it, punks! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

♪ >> lawrence: all right. thanksgiving is over and it's almost christmastime. coming up closing arguments begin this morning in the daniel penny's manslaughter trial as marine veteran faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. we will take you live to the

courthouse. and we get reaction from judge jeanine pirro who has covered the case from the very beginning. we will hear from k.t. mcfarland and charlie hurt. we take a look at the migrant crisis as denver spends $356 million in a new york city hotel turned migrant shelter raises concerns that taxpayer dollars are going to foreign countries we just learned that bible sales are up to all-time high for this christmas season. we will give you the story on that. jonathan roumie who plays jesus in the chosen, he joins us on why more people are finding faith. that's coming up on "fox & friends." >> todd: looking forward to it, lawrence. thank you. meantime, i know you were watching football this season. look at this. massive fight break out jaguars, texas games late hit by linebacker trevor lawrence that was not the only violent scene on a football field this

weekend. massive brawls breaking out multiple college games including between ohio state and michigan after they tried to plant their flag on ohio state's field. similar scenes in florida. after florida beat florida state and north carolina after nc state beat north carolina. also tried to plant their flags. it was wild. let's not forget about arizona state. sun devils planting a pitch fork pooh into the university of arizona. don't at me with outkick.com joining me now. we have rivalry week every single year. what the heck was in the water on saturday that led to all that? that continued on sunday? >> you know what? on saturday, we saw the easiest thing alive. the easiest thing in politics is to say joe biden is a liar. the easiest thing in sports is to say flag planting in an opponent's center of their field was going to lead to a brawl.

this started in 2017 with baker mayfield at ohio state. i said it then. eventually we're going to have brawls football players are crazy, loses rivalry. sees another team plant a flag next thing you know it's on. this is the easiest thing to predict. honest to god i can't believe it hasn't happened before. this i think what happened here was once somebody saw it done, michigan, ohio state at noon and the other games followed it. teams that were on the road said amen, we're doing that if we win. we are going to do it. and you saw north carolina state, you mentioned arizona state. we saw florida. i swear to you i saw what coaches said. when we saw it with the ohio state-michigan the noon game. we better be prepared for it. and you can't prepare for it. because these guys are big. they are strong. as i said they are evid f'd up.

got to stop. $100,000 fine ohio state, michigan. pepper spray used in the ohio state, michigan game. it's insanity. it has to stop. you haven't taken a country. have you simply won a football game. act like you have been there before. >> todd: that's the best line ever. you haven't taken a country, you just won a football game. you mentioned $100,000 fine. statement from the big ten. not only did the actions of both team violate fundamental elements of sportsmanship. the nature of the incident. jeopardized the safety of participants and by standers, look. it could have gotten pretty heavy big boys throwing big punches. do you expect the ncaa ban flag planting like suspensions in the wake of this? >> i do. i don't know about the ncaa. because they are kind of powerless right now. but i absolutely do. i see suspensions in the future. -million-dollar fines not

$100,000 fines. when you got to go into the middle of a melee and you are a police officer and big guys that are helmeted up. all protected. pepper spray got used. that's insanity to me. in all my time in and around college athletics. i have never seen anything like that. we all know, we live in a copycat society, right? i mean, as i said, somebody saw it at noon hey, that looks cool. we're going to do that that means it's going to continue. you don't need it. big penalties, big-million-dollar penalties not $100,000 penalties. >> todd: 30 seconds before we go. your thoughts on the hit on trevor lawrence there. pretty violent. >> ridiculous. the guy who did it has been known to do it. going back to tom brady e tried to poke him in the throat. they put in the rule where if a quarterback slides feet first it's automatic you don't hit them. it's a simple rule. if you are going to hit him like that guy did it you are cooking intentional. when you lead with the shoulder

and head and forearm. i hope not. you talk about suspensions i hope that guy is suspended two to five games rest of the season. get him out of the lead. ridiculous. uncalled for. these guys are too big to alive a hit like that. somebody is going to die at some point. that's not what we want. dan dakich, we want more of you. no country was taken over by the flag planting, thank you. speaking of a guy who, you know, he seemed to like taking over countries at least trying to. teddy roosevelt. the theodore roosevelt presidential library officially opened its doors on july 4th, 2026. ligalso america's 250th anniversary. it's going to be built, in where else, north dakota, the bad lands. going to celebrate citizenship, leadership, and conservation. why did you wait so long, america. "fox & friends" starts right