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>> you are so strong about protecting those aliens, but you won't do nothing for the u.s. citizens. >> we are, and we are. >> it is insanely a pin voting democrat for 60 plus years, and we have never seen a change. >> you will not allow trump to come in here and get these illegals. we are in a billion dollar deficit and you spent half of our money. half of that on illegals. >> one thing that chicago people know very well is how to spot a scam. speed to speaking up and standing out in that city. people in chicago are fed up with the city's handling of the migrant crisis. at said he spends millions of dollars on the migrant's, the mayor is pushing, guess what, higher taxes. welcome back at a "america reports" in the second hour and don't get me going, john. and sandra smith in the work and

what a mess! >> john: that scorpion sign wind of change is blowing like a gale in chicago. john roberts in washington and chicago went calling out brandon johnson one of several primary democrats to fight president-elect trump to clean up the mess at the border crisis. democrat california governor gavin newsom listing a multimillion dollar budget to fight trump despite a major deficit in the golden state. >> sandra: brooke taylor live on texas plan to do the exact opposite of blue cities. kellyanne conway with her analysis, by garrett tenney within the ground ground and the windy city. why are chicago resident so fired up right now? >> you know better than most. chicago has the highest taxes in the country already and they are brandon johnson wants to make those hires to address nearly billion-dollar shortfall of the city is facing a next year's budget. that has a lot of folks here upset considering the city has

spent nearly $600 million on migrants over the past years. it might not be facing feet this gold today as chicago's progressive politicians had not made the migrant such a priority. >> we are out of the business of prioritizing non-american citizens on top of the american citizens who go out in this cold weather everyday to make money to pay their taxes. >> brandon johnson, the good news is, we have 48 days before trump takes that over. in january, i.c.e. will come in and get rid of the illegal immigrants. >> the tykes hike, to have illegal immigrants and we ain't either peer until. >> john: that blow back after mayor johnson promises to do everything in his power to fight president trump's plans for mass deportations. despite the backlash johnson and

democrats have gotten over immigration and for sanctuary city mayor is not backing down or changing his tune. >> i'm very much concerned about his vision as a whole for public accommodations. but again, our values are still very much in line with the people in the city and we will step up and fight the interest of working people. >> the mayor's consent and supporting migrants can make financial pains even worse since federal grants made up roughly 20% of the city's next budget and the trump team holding back funding from cities that don't cooperate with the deportation plans. >> sandra: i reminded of watching the report, garrett, the state the streets of chicago covering for the bnc remember once a city so alive. they have chased so many people out. garrett, thank you for that report and we will have more coming up, john. >> john: greg abbott swearing and the new head of dps in the

lone star state. the new director of isles texas will not give up one square inch of territory to the cartels. brooke taylor is live in austin with more. >> john, that was his focus, the cartel and unaccompanied children he says ongoing problem he says under the new administration and they will put an end to this once and for all. take a look what happened thanksgiving day weekend. we saw a heartbreaking example of the ongoing crisis with unaccompanied minors at the southern border. to a smuggler caught on camera smuggling 5-year-old girl in his hands running across the border. she was loaded into his car and ran into a hotel. dps recovered the young girl and arrested the smuggler. dps said the girl's mom admitted she found the smuggler on the internet and paid $8,000 for him to smuggle her little girl. take a look at this, this was

sunday, a group 176 illegal migrants including again unaccompanied children and maverick county. new dps director freeman martin will be in charge of operational and star response for dps, which some democrats a waste of money and trippers should be patrolling their own border. >> nothing about what is going on is humane. these migrants are being exploited by cartels. and they are directing it as we have our four years. >> with the administration make your job easier now? >> absolutely. >> border patrol sources tell a sunday they encountered 1700 migrants, a majority coming from del rio sector. we see the numbers in eagle pass go up and up, john. >> john: brooke taylor in austin, texas, brooke, sandra. >> sandra: kellyanne conway, to tell you how disappointed i am the city of chicago and what

these people are going through. but is insane dealing with the migrant crisis. one of the big questions is, mayor johnson william meet with the new border czar because that is what people are fed up here o the up inundating the migrants grandson and taping for city and they can't get that help the legal residence they need to. >> people think outrageous and unfair and driving people out of the cities and folks who have lived there many years. they want to make a go at it and say it's almost as if the democrats were not around for the election a few short weeks ago. people spoke resignedly including illinois, chicago, gavin newsom's california where trump the 18 and donald trump cut the margins and a half 30 down to 20 in california. in illinois, 17-9. kamala harris won illinois single digits because of this issue in everyday life is

unaffordable. the migrant crisis. so when are these liberals going to start listening to constituents? lay down muskets and i will tell you in the case of the gavin newsom, a couple of days after election, he said he would two or three counties that rant for trump and california. gavin newsom has been $25 million of taxpayer to resist donald trump and tom homan to effectuate the law. it is a credible federal crime to harbor an illegal and how many people are doing that in the cities. they are not listening to their own folks. >> sandra: it is incredible and how much money is being spent in the state. this is brand-new. we just got this in about 40 minutes ago. new york city mayor adams was reacting to whether or not he will meet with a new border czar here too we know the problems in new york city. here is his response. listen. >> hey reached out to him and shared i would like to speak with him to hear what are his

ideas because i don't want people talking at each other. i want people talking to each other. i made it clear i'm not going to be warring with this administration. i'm going to be working with this administration. president trump is the president-elect elect and whomever he chooses to run his agency is, i'm looking forward o sit down to see how we can bettr new york. >> sa speed to best happened and he said he would work with the administration, incoming administration and reached out to tom homan, the border czar to see what his ideas are. >> laying out the prescriptive plans, sandra. let's remember mayor eric adams, a democrat lost favor in the democratic party and was not invited to the white house anymore released as a surrogate for biden reelection campaign because he dared defy them on camera and say, we cannot absorb migrants who are sending here. now we can argue why he and governor kathy hochul allowing

debit cards back with clothing. our kids sit in a new york city classroom and people say that is not fair. fairness over wokeness election reverberates into moments like this. let new york city be a model for the rest of the country where you have the mayor and hopefully the city council say what i want to invite and commence on or off the border czar and aside how to have this deportation as orderly as possible. the stats are that biden and obama deported more people than obama the first time, sandra. this is to read out the criminals, rapists and folks here illegally and policies like remain in mexico. that worked when we had the policy. no one should be surprised what donald trump and tom homan are talking about. >> sandra: that spoke to those who came here from other countries and became legal citizens. they went about the process the right way.

they spoke out in the election. here is one chicago resident, alvarez at the city meeting in chicago. she came to the u.s. and migrants are abusing the system. here are her words. >> these people came with wide door open and feel entitled to many things that nobody has. there are u.s. citizens suffering from poverty. they were u.s. citizens on public aid. these people are here just enjoying the benefits, be coming to link lengths, and they have no consequences periods bay to the level of frustrations from the residents. >> look out the democratic party look at that woman, you are hispanic, female and you should care about abortion and pope for kamala and you are and migrate yourself. that is her whole point, stopped putting me in a box. in the senator encapsulated this as well. she replaced the late dianne feinstein and

adam schiff, talk about a step down. have a senator but she said gavin newsom to this woman's point in chicago is not the governor of resistance. nobody made him that all governor of california. you better start listening to all people. i think this alvarez speaks for many people saying's template this is not fair. please abide and the fact that we follow the laws to get here and we are proud americans and we want other people to be proud americans but we have to adhere to legal process. >> sandra: the mayor in new york city a sign of optimism that the blue city mayors in this crisis will work with the administration and tom homan or has the border czar appear to thank you for being here. >> john: always good to see kekellyanne. president-elect trump is threatening hamas that there will be hell to pay if they don't release the hostages. brandt settler head on that. >> sandra: plus, we are watching new york city courtroom

very closely and daniel penny stay in the hands of a jury. after closing argument came to an end a short time ago, mercedes colwin and heather hansen as we await anything out of the courtroom. '

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john: of closing argument and the daniel penny trial wrapping up and carry deliberations now under way. the fed veteran charged with recklessly killing a homeless man, jordan neely, on a new york subway car. he said he was trying to protect fellow passengers. mercedes colwin and analysis. the jury is on lunch break another 20 minutes or so. they were told they could deliberate during the lunch break, however, we do not know if that is what they are doing. heather you know the evidence

presented by the prosecution and the defense. which way do you think this is going to go? >> i feel pretty confident that this jury is going to plan for the defense. not only does all of the evidence lead to pretty reasonable doubt coach about pack november 4th when jerry fox news reported beautifully on what the jury looked like and who they were in eight of the 12, john had a negative experience on the subway and they bring that to deliberations. and i think penny will be found not guilty at least of the manslaughter charge. >> john: here are some of the evidence the jury heard and call on body camera by responding police officers. listen. >> i heard a young man saying, "i am willing to die. able to do anything. i will go to jail, i don't care, i don't care!" he was saying it so loud that everybody turned around.

>> [inaudible] >> he scared the living daylights out of everybody. >> john: mercedes, that would be a lot of cooperating evidence dire threat presented that penny was responding to peer to speak of that is exactly, right, john coach is so key to the defense. they don't have the proof that they have to establish there was justification for the accent daniel penny to restrain jordan neely as he did for the deliberation of time that he did. that testimony, that is compelling. the defense did a brilliant job in opening statement to put the jurors back into train car. appeared to what is different sitting on a jury box. they pulled them into the train car and did a good job showing the video tape and going back to the testimony because that is what is key. it is not what took place during the evidence but what took place on that day. that is the key evidence that could lead to his exoneration.

i do agree with heather. he will likely be exonerated of the manslaughter charge, but there may be a compromise verdict. the criminal negligent homicide, but we will have to see. the longer it takes during deliberation, then it will be sure the defense will start to feel a little concerned about it. >> john: they've only had the case for an hour so give them a little bit more time. so here is what daniel penny told the police immediately after the incident. he actually waived his miranda rights when he said this. listen here in. >> yes, i was not trying to injure him. i'm just trying to keep him from hurting anybody else. he is threatening people. >> john: not trying to hurt him but keep him from hurting other people. there is a lesson here that if you accidentally kill somebody, you sit down to talk to the police, make sure you have an attorney present.

but secondly, penny was let go from the interview seven days went by and protest in front of alvin bragg's office that finally led the d.a. to say, oh, you know what, maybe we better charge this guy. was it a politically charged environment that led to this case, heather? >> they were is always politics, unfortunately involved in these cases. we see this all the time. protest like that can drive but at the same time, john, protest on behalf of penny has had on the court found that they could hear from the courtroom. people have strong opinions both sides of this and it seems like a case questionable whether to be charged at all. >> john: one other aspect of the case that is curious. one of the prosecutor as coach, the district attorney, not too long ago prosecuted that a man somebody any phone both and robert pushed the man down and he was old, you can see them act -- it was atm, sorry, pushed

the man down, hit his head and later died of brain contusion. we should pursue this idea of restorative justice and he didn't mean to kill him. in that case, she wanted leniency for a criminal that accidentally killed someone. but at this case, she wants to throw the book, mercedes, who accidentally killed somebody trying to protect other people. i mean, where is the justice system going here? >> well, john, that is a lot of the frustration of a lot of individuals looking up this case have and feel about this case. because they are so many examples and that is a great example you provided. there are other circumstances where they are not being charged. frankly, i represented the d.a.s for many years and d.a. has discretion to charge and to not go forward with prosecution. they have unfettered, enforce my challenge but discretion to do

so. at this is textbook if there is a conviction of daniel penny, there will be a lot of eyes what took place and the decisions made and what do they do and the appellate process. hopefully it does not get them act. hopefully, we will result in his favor and the defense will have one next. but it will be in the hands of a juror. >> john: deliberation should began an earnest 15 minutes or so when we will watch where it goes. heather and mercedes, thank you for joining us and we appreciate your thoughts, sandra. >> sandra: a teenager banishes him about a trace two months ago. to what we learn about her disappearance and how the fbi is responding. plus this. the justice system convicted only providing son is the same who vowed to protect. if that doesn't tell you who joe biden is, i don't really know what does. spill in the same justice system they are saying was politicized. imagine that.

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>> biden actually believed his son was politicized by the justice department's prose prosecution, then why has he not fired one employee of the justice department? because if he believes there is corruption and if he believes unfairly targeted individuals, he has the authority to fire those prosecutors. yet, he has not done that. speed to congressman jason smith led the investigation into hunter biden reacting to biden's reversal. democrats wearing this throws open the door for president-elect trump to issue expanded clemency. andrew mccarthy is here now.

do you have any concerns, anthony? >> well, i think you will see more pardons. but they will happen before trump gets in. the only sense i can make, sandra, out of the structure of hunter biden's pardon is that president biden has to pardon other people who are involved in what we would call the biden influence peddling scheme that went on so many years. otherwise, the pardon doesn't make sense to me. i can explain reading it if you like. >> sandra: please do appear to the concern obviously for some,t kind of pardons we would see enr a trump pres presidency but thes still time left in this presidency, a&e. >> usually the scandalous pardon happens when a failed president is on his way out the door.

and these pardons happened early because they didn't want hunter to get sentenced and conviction entered which would start to happen next week. let me just explain, this pardon is extraordinary and that it gives him basically 11 years have a minute tape from everything conceivable i the years the biden justice department overt advance eyes 2014-2016 when joe biden was obama administration vice president and when his influence at its most valuable for people who might be willing to pay hunter and others for it. the reason i have to say there has to be more pardons is, what they are obviously worried about is an investigation by the trump justice department of this scheme. but by giving hunter this pardon, what you have done is immunized him and he has no fifth amendment privilege, which

means if they are really worried about trump justice department investigation, they could bring hunter to the grand jury and make him testify about everybody else in the scheme. if what you are worried about which is what biden appears to be worried about is that kind of investigation, which looks into the things especially 2014-2016 that the biden justice department did not look at, it does not make sense to pardon only hunter. you have to partner the neck pardon everybody. >> sandra: what, andy, what shocks you the most about all of this? there are some obviously reaction to this, not shocking that as the outgoing president would choose to pardon his own son. but what really sort of stands out to you the most as we continue to cover this? >> i think the cynicism of biden is the most shocking thing because he said again and again and again he would not pardoning

hunter. i always said that was laughable, sandra the first time he said it. because if you look at hunter's litigation strategy in these cases, it only makes sense if he knew he would get a pardon. but when i say the cynicism is what backs me up, it goes on to the state. even after that history of life after like, they come out where they began to come out sunday saying that hunter was selectively prosecuted and prosecutorial misconduct in connection with his investigation. all of that prosecution was playacting. they tried to get rid of the hunter case and try to make it disappear. they only prosecuted him because they knew in the and his father would pardon him if all else fails. but the clip from before said he has not fired anyone if he believed prosecutorial indiscretion. speed to such a great point and we heard that earlier on the program.

andy great to have you on here to thank you so much. >> thank you, sandra. speed to really something to digest that move from the sitting vice president, john. >> john: how many time he lied about it and passed it to karine jean-pierre to lie. i've known people who worked at the white house in the past if told to get out there and i can live without knowing it was actually a light, they would resign in protest but we are not seeing that happen. remember how the media was behind defending all of this. there was that interview 60 minutes did with with donald trump october 25th 2020 where trump is trying to talk about hunter biden in connection with joe biden and the laptop. and leslie still is pushing back literally every word he said all of which turned out to be true. watch this. >> we can't put all things. just because you open it up because it is bad for biden.

>> leslie... >> you told me a long time ago i asked. you said to me, i said that because i needed to discredit you said that when you say things about me, no one will believe you. >> i don't have to discredit you. you discredited yourself. lastly, you discredited yourself. when you say you will not cover biden you ask them what flavor of ice cream he has instead of why did hunter get $3.5 million and instead of why he is an energy company paying your assigned $183,000 a month or whatever it was and he has no experience in energy, you know, you discredit yourself. i don't have to discredit you. just because of this story about hunter and his laptop, some repair shop found it. the sources steve bannon and rudy giuliani. >> i don't know anything about it. i just know it is a laptop.

>> and you are making this one at the hottest most important issues for your allies. this is an important issue. >> it is an important issue to find out whether a man is corrupt running for president and who has accepted money from china and from ukraine and from russia. i think that is an important issue. >> all he said is -- >> it is incredible how you try to say this incident there and look me me in the ai and say he accepted money, his family, from russia, from ukraine, from chin, and other places. his brother they didn't have the experience was a big builder in iraq with t without expanse and take a look what is going on, leslie. and you say that should not be discussed? that is the biggest scandal out there met, leslie. this is a mission to campaign on? >> i think it is one of the biggest scandals i have ever seen in you don't cover it.

you want to talk about -- >> it can be verified. i'm telling you. >> of course it can be verified. excuse me, they found a laptop, listen, leslie. >> john: the fbi verified the laptop. >> sandra: incredible, wow! >> john: isn't it amazing to watch back then how everybody was discrediting the truth? >> sandra: this is 60 minutes, she said, what we discuss has to be verified to. that is over four years ago now, john. joe biden said my son did not get a dime from china by hunters own admission i didn't get a time that millions. my goodness. >> sandra: incredible. >> john: i'm going to hold my tongue. fbi offering reward $15,000 for information on 14-year-old's disappearance from her home and name stefanie damron missing two months now and molly line.

water officials saying about the case? >> now, as you mention the main state police offering $15,000 award to hopes to get information to lead them to a 14-year-old stefanie damron four to the arrest of anyone who could have been involved in her disappearance. to the teenager reported missing her home rule maine september 24th where she was homeschooled and limited access to social media. authorities say i've seen the day prior by her family headed into the dense woods surrounding her house west road new sweden roughly 20 miles from canadian border in the states far north. >> the fbi hopes this reward will incentivize anyone with information about stephanie's whereabouts to come forward to peer into any detail no matter how small can be helpful. >> stephanie is white with green eyes and shoulder length brown hair and roughly 5 feet tall and 130 pounds. at the time of her

disappearance, stephanie was wearing blue jeans, long sleeve blue jeans and black harley-davidson hiking boots. she had run away previously. >> so this behavior has not been uncommon for stephanie, which is why i think the family waited a little bit of time and gave her a little bit of time before calling the police immediately. ancel, that in this case, for obvious reasons since she hasn't turned up slowly ratcheted up that investigative resources that are present in the area today for this reason. >> they search the woods and the video search and interviewed neighbors and a multitude of interviews and no sign of stephanie. anyone with information call the main police or the fbi, john. >> john: hopefully they will get some clue as soon molly line. >> sandra: president-elect trump with stark warning to hamas, brent sadler retired navy captain and former pentagon official will join us

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♪ ♪ >> sandra: president-elect trump threatening hamas with severe consequences if it does not release the hostages before inauguration day. brent sadler a pentagon official will join us live on that in moments. alex hogan lived in tel aviv, israel, at this moment and what is the reaction to trump's new warning? >> hi, sandra benjamin netanyahu thanked president-elect trump for his statement and for the sg opposition and pressure on hamas in the statement here where he said in part, "if the hostages not release prior to january 20, 25, i proudly assume office of the united states,

there will be all hell to pay in the middle east." more than 100 hostages in the idf released the damages the central part of the strip after yesterday after hamas a missile towards israel showing we are 14 months into the war. they are still remaining sails of hamas that remain active. and widespread hunger across the strip. massive lines have formed with people begging for basics like flower, world food programme warning worsening conditions and even greater breakdowns of civil and public order. >> we are being looked across the southern strip and anti-north, of course, military operation, which is hampering our access. >> israel's northern border with lebanon new escalation despite the cease-fire, which is nearly 1-week-old. is for il and hezbollah violating the terms of the deal.

military targets yesterday with rockets in response in israel's bark extract sites in lebanon. the defense minister in the northern part of the israel along border speaking to troops saying if the cease-fire falls through, israel will resume striking across the country in lebanon. sandra. >> sandra: alex off in tel aviv, john. >> john: brent sadler, retired navy captain found that heritage foundation and trump laid down a marker with the hostages held by hamas. hippo on truth social ap hostages not release prior to january 25 that day i assume office of the united states, they will be all hell to pay in the middle east and those in charge have perpetrated this prosody is. those responsible will be hit harder than anyone in the history of the united states of america. relates the hostages now. but is like a red can moment

here. >> it has felt like that almost a year now that i count down that way so 79, '80s. it does have that field but also good and refreshing to see political leader, president coming into office, president trump putting the onus on the actual terrorist and the hostage takers to release americans they have been holding since october last year of. >> john: this is what lindsey graham said well said president donald trump and i hope people in the middle east are listening and should be. let's end the madness now. this has been going on for a long time now. why didn't biden say something like that? it took him too long end. >> john: if he said something, we need a cease-fire and he hasn't said that. >> no and he's been to withhold weapons, which he has done if israel did not align with political agenda in d.c. it is refreshing to see

president trump's voice a forceful one for american citizens whose lives taken by a terrorist organization, hamas, still under threat and held this day. >> john: you can imagine the parents, families of hostages still there max and parents of hostages whose remains are still there max and what they are thinking. killed october the 7th, his father, really said this, listen to what he said. >> i think the president, he has not said that much on social. the fact he tweeted what he did yesterday just shows his commitment to this topic. and we cherish his obligation to our cause and over -- >> john: they were hoping he was still alive but they learned he was killed october 7th. it they would like his remains

back and hamas is not giving it back. how do you think they will respond? >> it is interesting because they don't have leadership and they have been effective in estimating the hamas leadership. it has a feel of a mop up operation but from the beginning october 8th, the day after, it was pretty clear how hamas reacting and responding to negotiations over the fate of hostages. had they did not have control of all of them and didn't know where all of them were. >> john: they were split up different factions, too. with a betting man he thinks iran capitulated with hamas before the 20th? >> if they have the power and authority and control of hostages, i would think that is coming especially iran leaving on hezbollah this week and hamas not far behind to take the offer with israel for an agreement. >> john: the ayatollah is worried about trump erato brent, great to see you,

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tuesday and important for nonprofits all over the country. and next asked vice president of an organization of north carolina after the devastation of hurricane helene. tina gragg wine to water, think you and welcome to you. please share your efforts as so many considering how they can help out thanksgiving day tuesday. >> first, think is much for coming here and having us live from asheville. we've had a lot of devastation. people did not have order. we were 15 days at my house no electricity in 20 days no water at all and 52 days without drinking water. this tinker behind me lived new belgium brewery one example how we brought thousands and thousands of gallons of people who needed water asheville weeks and weeks on end. they are really incredible and it's been an incredible journey to be a part of this. >> john: thankfully you don't need that tanker anymore because people hooked up to water.

there was so much need across the area that, whether area. we checked in with a fellow eric tribbett living in a tent for a couple of months. the temperature is getting down there make. we saw the thermometer there and we saw the temperature where you are 31 degrees. so you get up in the mountains and it probably gets colder than that. he received by virtue of wine to water, one of those little tiny homes. here is his reaction when he walked in the door and saw it for the first time. >> wow! i don't know what to say. i'm now. you know, my family had it rough and i had it rough before the flood.

>> the jury deliberations are back underway. the jury is coming back into court because they want some of the instructions read back again. the law as it applies to the crime. they've clearly got questions. >> take from that what you will. that was another busy two hours. to have you back today. thank you for joining us to. i'm sandra smith. >> i am john roberts. i am martha maccallum, and this is "the story." democrat mayor of new york, erica adams, who at times president biden didn't seem to have time to talk with when he was in the