to see how the country operatese things, reacts to the breaking news moment. speed when she should stay -- graham and the, really going back to fillmore and she should stay "on golden pond." [laughter] golden pond this week or maybe you should think about going there after thaty ug loss to texas a&m. bru >> laura: that was brutal that we had fun. that was brutal. i'm telling you, they have such an amazing i'm an adoptive family, but texas had the better of us and what can i say? lot we had a lot of fun, the kids i. alabama has a shop for the playoffs unless they have already won and i >> todd: president-elect agenda

taking shape in trade and foreign policy with incoming commander-in-chief not mixing wording. making their way to capitol hill as they work on securing confirmation votes. plus, it was 1987 all over again on monday night football thriller in denver with offense taking centerstage. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro, carley shimkus is off. brooke singman has the latest on president-elect trump. >> brooke: president-elect trump will travel to participants this weekend, where the cathedral was damaged and has been rebuilt. 50 have been invited to attend. trump says emmannuel macron has

done a fabulous job and president-elect trump issuing goals for his upcoming administration including promise to block u.s. steel from being purchased by a japanese company. he said, i am against u.s. steel be being bought by nippon steel in japan. through tariffs, we will make u.s. steel strong and great again. the president-elect is proposing a tariff on mexico and canada and additional 10% on china. can canadian prime minister trudea says he cannot support that, it would kill canada's economy. trump asked trudea if con would become the 51st state.

he says if hostages are not released when i there will be hell to pay in the middle east. todd. >> todd: later i'll be speaking to the father of an american hostage udan, who is still being held captive in gaza. trump's cabinet picks are mee meeting. madeleine rivera is in washington with details. >> madeleine: good morning. 53-47 gop majority in senate, it would take four republicans to sink a trump nominee. pete hegseth, pam bondi, and kristi noem will be on capitol hill today. b bondi and pete hegseth met with

some yesterday. the judicial chairman says they are considering the namination in congress. the new yorker reports pete hegseth was pushed out of two groups he ran because of in intoxicated behavior. here is pete hegseth after being asked about the allegations. >> we're talking to every senator and the conversation will remain vital. [indiscernible] >> brooke: today on capitol hill senate democrats set to finalize their leadership team for congress. chuck schumer is expected to become senate minority leader, klobuchar is expected to become

number three leader in the chamber after stabinou is retiring. >> todd: thank you. white house on defense after president biden pardoned his son hunter after insisting he would not. >> he believes in the justice system and believe the war politics led to a miscarriage of justice. hunter was singled out because his last name was biden and he was the president's son. he believed enough is enough. [ [indiscernible] >> todd: president facing blow dlat back from his own party, jason crow said he promised he would not do this, it will make it harder for us to talk about

up upholding democracy and improper use of power and the media c calling out the double standard. listen. >> faith in rule of law, finally. democrats have a moral perchs from which they can judge without shame, hypocrisy or nuance. >> i want democrats to stop acting like they are on this moral high ground, like biden pardoning his son, stop acting like you're the pure party. >> todd: hunter's sentencing was scheduling, now those appear to be done. republicans could look at t two-seat majority in the house, one seat uncalled four weeks after election day. in california 13th district, unlucky number 13, adam gray

leading john duarte. balance of power, three republican seats will be vacate at start of 119th congress as michael waltz and elise stefanik take on roles in the upcoming administration. matt gaetz resigned. must be certified by this thursday. in denver from politics to sports, broncho win against browns issue for 950 yards of offense between the two teams. >> third and 11 and mimms is gone, touchdown, denver. marvin mimms. >> todd: bo nix.

broncos defense forced two pick sixes on jameis winston, he threw 497 yards passing, broncos win and hold playoff spot with 8-5 recoveried. let me know if you saw that coming, dana perino, broncos fan. eli manning taking a jab at tom brady over fishing. hunter has been pardoned, a federal prosecutor will break down the next legal steps when we come back.

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>> todd: a south carolina woman sentenced 25 years in prison after admitting to driving drunk in an accident that killed a bride in 2023. she did plead gement to one count of felony dui, dui causing great bodily injury or death. the groom was also hurt in the crash and reacts. >> i do think the punish mment fits the crime. my wife is not here, the family we planned, all of our injuries, that will take some time for sure. >> todd: what a horrible case when we reported it.

investigators say she was going 65 in a 25 when she slammed into the couple's golf cart as they were leaving their wedding reception. president biden ended any chance hunter will spend any time behind bars. p prosecutors still want to move forward to prove hunter was guilty. david weiss, says that does not mean the grand jury should wipe it away as if it never occurred. charges were result ever i improper motive, there was none and never has been evidence of indicative or selective prosecution. a former federal prosecutor joins us now. what is weiss doing?

>> a pardon does end any one david weiss is speaking to. there had been prior challenges it was selective prosecution that was denied pardon to t pardon. >> todd: what shoots down selective prosecution, go back to remember when david weiss had a sweetheart plea deal, repres representing the doj and a judge said, whoa, you can't give b blanket imminity to something, we don't know what all charges are. judge said no. joe biden is saying, i can give blanket immunity in the form of a pardon. this attack of selective prosecution is off base. >> it is, we have to remember

prosecutor have discretion about what cases they bring. every prosecution is selective in some way. this is so broad it wipes the out any potential acts against hunter biden. is that something constitutional? if david weiss did want to pursue something against hunter biden that is only way court would weigh in about validity of this blanket pardon. >> todd: i think weiss is a linchpin. jim jordan said i'm interested to bring weiss before congress, they could bring in hunter biden before congress and because there is no the threat of incriminating himself because he can't be charged, he cannot

claim the fifth. could this babackfire if hunters forced to testify? >> you are correct, he could not invoke the fifth or face risk of prosecution. if he did perjur himself, he is still open to proterribly being p prosecuted. there are questions people want to know about the finances. we don't have a lotz of answers and there will be interest in looking into that. >> todd: do you expect jim biden to be pardoned next? >> i would not be surprised and would not be surprised if joe doesn't try to issue a pardon for himself. i ges we'll see what happens.

>> todd: we are just getting started, it will be wild. daniel penny, closing arguments set to resume today. defense saying danny acted when others didn't, put his life on the line for perfect strangers. prosecutor criticizing length and force of the choke hold. we are here because the defendant used too much force in a reckless manner. we cannot tolerate unjustifiable death of a fellow citizen. do you expect a verdict today? what do you expect? >> there is reasonable doubt and i expect he would be fully acquitted. >> todd: seems everybody can make argument maybe the choke hold was too long, you don't know under these circumstances and defense pointed out

something interesting with regard to that. only reason we have video of the choke hold is because the people on the train were too scared to take out their phone prior to that. it was when daniel penny had jordan neely in the choke hold they felt they were not under attack. that was an interesting argument. final word. >> absolutely, maybe it is not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. we know from witnesses he should be acquitted. >> todd: thank you for your time, interesting insight. to weather, talk about weather, it is cold in new york. fox weather alert, lake effect snow storm reeking havoc on the great lakes after dumping five feet of snow from michigan to new york city. in michigan, a driver krcriticay

hurt after 17 cars were involved in a pile-up. that intrath is now back open. jd has the forecast, winter is here. >> janice: it is. we are getting more snow for areas that received over 60 inches of snow in a matter of a couple of days including new york and ohio and pennsylvania and all of the areas down wind of great lakes which have not frozen over yet. lake effect snow over all great lakes and a quick-moving storm system will push across upper m midwest and northeast and bring tremendous amount of snow for areas that have received 60 inches of snow. this is wednesday and thursday over a foot, maybe two feet of

snow, incredible. we have winds behind that. winds in excess of 30 to 40 miles per hour. any snow is going to be blizzard conditions and people are urged to listen to the forecast and stay off the road ways. teens and 20s and another plunge of arctic air on thursday and friday and we could see snow in the new york city area on thursday and friday. cold air is in place as far south as florida, where we have freeze advisories in place as next plunge of arctic air moves in thursday and friday. it is beginning to feel a lot like christmas. over to you, todd. >> todd: that is last thing i need thursday going into friday, fox pa patriot awards. new house report revooeling

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>> todd: covid-19 likely came from a lab in wuhan china, sub-committees virus had char characteristic that could not be found in nature. social distancing and wearing

masks were not backed by data. bring in john elliot, former trump national security aide and author of "biden/harris betrayal," your reaction to the house's findings. >> this is something we've known, they have been looking for two years. we knew when rand paul took it to dr. anthony fauci and dr. anthony fauci would not answer questions about if it came from the lab and did not answer if he pr profited from research that went into the vaccine and research done at the lab. this gives stamp of authority to what most suspected fauci was all over the place talking about masking and saying it did not work and saying you need to mask

or double mask or maybe you don't, he was all over the place. early in the pandemic we worked with tony fauci and he was all over the place, this subcommittee report reinforces what the most know, this did not come from a lab in a wuhan lab, it came from a lab completely g generated and funded by u.s. taxpayer dollars. >> todd: is this it? does something else follow this once president trump takes office and house maintains republican control? >> well, what i think is that you're going to see mor moreoversight of this. americans are tired, your point to children and old people in old folks homes, they were not seen by relatives as they were

locked down. nobody wants to see this happen again, there will be accountability and congress can say, we want to make sure this never happens again and we have bo bogus science at the top. >> todd: president trump wants ceasefire and hostage deal in gaza before election day. please let this truth serve to represent if hostages are not rel released prior to the date of me taking office, there will be all hell to pay in middle east. what could that hell look like and why hasn't president biden unleashed that same hell to get the hostages home? >> that is power of the united states, you need a leader like president trump, he bankrupted

iran killing soleimani and putting sanctions on them, they were only 7 million in cash reserve before trump left office and now they have 80 billion under biden leadership. this is president trump, all caps, remember in 1980, ronald reagan said same thing, don't wait until i come into office, you will not like this. same thing on steroids with president trump, he will bring it back to them. >> todd: i remember reading about that reagan thing, i was only two at the time. do you think ceasefire and hostage deal happens by inauguration day? >> this hostage deal is very simple, the hamas will look in right now to president trump coming into office and they can return hostages, surrender and

that will be the terms. they need to return the hostages, they have been hold for over a year and this is something not acceptable and president trump will make them come to the table, return the hostages and sue for peace. >> todd: ukraine ian president zelenskyy says he would be open to peace deal with russia in exchange he wants to join nato. do you see that happening? >> everybody in nato said that is something off the table. look, he's trying to negotiate this. best thing about the negotiation, with president trump coming in, he is art of the deal, for biden to provide extra arms package there and to try to get the negotiation going, that is something president trump will decide on

his own terms and president trump was re-elected. >> todd: you don't think the money we're sending now, new money to ukraine is money well spent? >> not really, when two sides come together and you have russia that is stronger side, why before negotiations, are you going to clock them in the nose and expect them to come to the table. they need to bring both sides together and trump will make that happen and to provide additional weapons is something not helpful for negotiations when president trump gets in office. >> todd: thank you, we appreciate it. in california, lawmakers wrapping up special session laying out plans to trump proof the golden state. gavin newsom wants to sign a bill for $25 million fund for

legal fights with trump. a former california congressman joins me now. doug, you have 55 billion budget d deficit in california, what is your reaction of your tax dollars going to fight trump instead of paying down deficit? >> i wish my elected leaders would spend time solving problems rather than created new ones. gavin newsom, this is total the waste of money that could be spent on homelessness or -- this is a charade. >> this rhetoric is heightened, revenge is clear, we responded

to his assault on california. what he woo are doing now with special session is not waiting to react, we're preparing in a more sober way. >> todd: assault and retribution, what donald trump is going to do in california is take criminal illegal migrants who are hurting people of california and deport them, that is what donald trump has said he is going to do. i know california is liberal, but do rank and file people there, citizens living there trying to get by want their governor to stop trump from doing that? >> so you hit on the reality of this. most people in california are struggling so hard and so desperately to keep their head above water, they don't have time to confront the governor on this foolishness.

this is more of the same from newsom. he said he would enforce death penalty and immediately said no. he said he would finish high-speed rail and we are nowhere near completion. he said he would fix k-12, it is a total failure. you have to understand who newsom is. he has extremely poor manager. >> todd: all right. question is, will it even work? federal law dictates immigration. gavin newsom can put 25, 50, 100 million into the fund, if decided by supreme court, the fact immigration is federal, will rule in favor of donald trump and doj that takes office on january 20. appreciate your time, thank you. president-elect trump putting out now statement condemning

deal to sell u.s. steel to a japanese company. cheryl casone is here to tell us where the bill stands now and who benefits if it goes through.

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>> todd: first time i've smiled with regard to giants story. rivalry between eli manning and tom brady still going. former giants qb responded by showing bigger fish, cute minnow, tom. this is a picture of their hugging. there is eli manning. use a helmet to catch that one, too. because of david tyreek catch. four years later eli manning too many down brady again. >> what is it with men and fish? >> todd: and fully electric car

concept, miami pink or london blue and feature the brand awe new logo. the company's design bosses it is showing fearless creativity after receiving backlash from their ad last month. >> cheryl: are they trying to c copy the truck from tesla? >> todd: just glad we see a car. delaware judge ruling to reject 56 billion compensation package for elon musk. cheryl casone from fox news is here with details. i thought shareholders aspprove this and say what a compensation package is, not a judge? >> cheryl: a judge says this was

o overreach by elon musk and the shareholders and basically elon musk has too much control. this was a large pay package. look, he's okay without it. headline from fox business, elon m musk's compensation package re rejected by a delaware judge. musk responded saying shareholders should control, not judges. in january this became a legal issue and musk has taken corporation of tesla and space x and incorporated in texas. talk about cowboys, i can't take the pain. tesla stock is up 42% since the election 150 billion for him.

he is the world's richest man, he's okay. funny post, he said never i incorporate in delaware. >> todd: if this business comes to united states under trump, corporations have to think strongly about do i go to delaware, which was always a safe harbor for corporations if this is how court inject themselves in my business. interesting to see what happens, expect this to be appealed and could go to supreme court. see what happens and following this steel potential deal. trump saying he's talking tough. >> cheryl: nippon steel, a big election issue, campaign issue for sure. here is what he posted on truth social. i'm against u.s. steel be ing bought by a foreign company, nippon steel. we will make u.s. steel strong

and great again fast. as president, i will block this 15 billion deal from happening. united steel workers are against it. this has to go before it is review board and could go to biden's desk before he leaves office. president biden could approve this deal and based on what we saw with his pardon of his son, who knows what he will do. mike pompeo and wilburr ross both support the deal. >> todd: kamala did not, right? >> cheryl: kamala said she was against the deal, this is pennsylvania, a swing state and why it was so important on the

campaign trail. now the election is over, are the stakes different? i don't know. >> todd: we'll monitor that, as well. flood of cheap chinese goods angering allies as beijing getting ready for trump administration. >> cheryl: they write many developing companies think they w will -- economists estimate u.s. lost 2 million jobs as makers of furniture, toys buckled from chinese import. concern is come indonesia, pakistan and brazil because they are going to -- if they take brunt of goods coming in to their country, it will kill jobs in their country. this threat of tariff on china is creating a global shockwave. >> todd: keep in mind, trump does not take office for a few

weeks. i will join you on mornings with maria in 12 minutes. thank you. families in america and in israel are hoping president-elect trump can get a deal done soon to bring home hostages held by hamas. our next guest is waiting for his son to come home safe as he was shown in a hamas propaganda video. steve doocy joins us. >> steve: coming up on "fox and friends" for tuesday, white house is defend ing hunter biden's pardon claiming poor kid is victim of war politics. jonathan turleys the pardon cements biden's legacy as liar in chief. we will hear from him and miranda devine and prosecutors

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>> todd: at least 11 people arei airstrikes in lebanon. first deadly strike on any country since the cease-fire went into effect. now both sides are accusing each other violating the agreement. the strike in response to a pair of hezbollah rockets hitting northern israel after hezbollah also accused israel of violating the cease-fire. the idf says it was targeting hezbollah terrorists and their infrastructure. [chanting bring them home now] >> todd: here at home americans rally hostages being held by

hamas immediately. among the rally goers in new york city was the family of edan alexander. appeared in hamas propaganda begging benjamin netanyahu and president-elect trump to agree to a deal. edan alexander's father joins me now. what went through your mind when you saw your son in that video. >> it was very emotional and very disturbing. it was our first sign of life. the actual sign of life. other people saw him back in the tunnels in november of last year. but we never saw him. and that was the first time when we saw our son begging for his life seeing your son alive but knowing the conditions he is in and has been in for 14 month.

>> inhumane that those hostages being kept, it's simply unbelievable, with no red cross access. we don't know if they get enough nutrition, enough food. medicine, we don't know nothing. and it's very disturbing. >> todd: it's disturbing for all of us to watch this. and learn about the plight of the hostages. i cannot imagine going through that as a parent. can you even put into words the emotions that you go through as a parent? >> >> our son in this video at the last segment of this video asked us to stay strong and he told us that he hopes that this nightmare will be ending soon. we have to go on autopilot every morning. just going through this mode and keep fighting for his release. there is no other choice and the mandatory. >> what has been your latest

communication with benjamin netanyahu and president biden? >> so benjamin called my wife a couple days ago saying that the deal -- the deal is on the table and they are working tirelessly to narrow the gaps with hamas. and pass it over the finish line. and i had the same, similar conversation with the white house. we -- our understanding that the recent deal that every part has to make some concession to narrow those gaps, and we hope that the diplomacy will work this time. >> todd: does the election of donald trump change anything in your mind? >> yes. i think so. that was a hell of a tweet to start with from yesterday. i met with president trump a couple of months ago. he looked disturbed. this issue is very close to his heart. he feels for the hostages and i

don't think he wants this conflict on his plate on januar. and we want to finish the war. >> todd: so you think your son is going to be released before inauguration day? >> i hope so. i hope so. i really hope so. >> and, if he is not. do you trust donald trump will bring your son home. >> absolutely. >> why? >> we need a strong leadership. we need the both leaders bengal benjamin netanyahu and donald trump to execute the deal and make necessary concessions. >> what's your message to the biden administration? >> to biden we had a great amount of access on the highest level with the biden administration. my message please use the remaining time that you have in the white house to execute this deal and don't forget our kids.

>> final question, your wife is overseas right now in tel aviv. you have a family that has been going through. this it's not just you. how is the family doing? >> the family, we are strong for the past almost 14 months. we have 18 years old daughter. she is in college. we have another kid 1 years old which is a great basketball player. my wife she is strong. we're strong and we'll keep fighting. >> todd: again, these segments hit different when it's parent to parent. i cannot imagine what you are going through. but just know you are in all of our prayers here. >> thank you. >> todd: i know you are in the current administration and in the future administration's thoughts and prayers as well. they will bring your son home, hopefully, and that is what we pray for every day. thank you so much mr. alexander. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ ♪