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overnight, balance of power on capitol hill is settled with last house race in california being called, we have results in just minutes. president-elect trump cabinet nominees making rounds with trump reconsidering one of his picks and hunter biden pardon fallout worsens with more democrats slamming the move. you are watch ing "fox ad friends first" on monday morning, i'm todd piro. carley shimkus is off. brooke singman has the latest on trump's nominees. >> brooke: president-elect trump is considering florida governor ron desantis as potential replacement for pete hegseth. w "wall street journal" reporting that pete hegseth may not survive further scrutiny, according to the trump team. pete hegseth is set to meet with

senators today and house republican study committee. he met with tuberville on monday, who is expressing concern about trump's nominees. >> i am worried about two or three nominations, you can usually pick them out, we have to do a good job pointing out strength of no nominations. >> brooke: trump is facing a pullback over -- cronisteres gravity set in, i concluded i must withdraw from consideration, there is more work to be done for hillsboro county. trump's pick to run treasury depend bessent is set

to begin today. todd. >> todd: brooke singman live in d.c. fall out continues over president biden's pardon of his son hunter. lucas tomlinson has the latest from d.c. >> lucas: eye on 2028, gavin newsom becomes most high profile democrat yet telling politico, with everything the president and his family has been through, i understand, but i took the president at his word. i can't support the decision. federal judge presiding over the tax case taking hum bridge with president biden claims it was

politically motivated. the president can pardon offenses against the united states, nowhere does the constitution give the president the right to rewrite history. hunter is pardoned for crimes over 11-year period and exceeding scope of pardon power. biden said he would never pardon his son, that line was repeated by his pres secretary and biden pardoned his son hours before jetting off to africa. hunter biden landlord claims he was stiffed over $300,000 in rent. one high profile democrat not taking a stand, chuck schumer was asked about the pardon yesterday and

declined to answer. >> todd: did not take the bait. fox news alert last remaining house race has been called in california's 13th district. democrat adam gray flipping the seat after defeating duarte. 220 to 215, gop could start with tw two-seat majority only. special election will be healthed to fill seats of michael waltz and elise stefanik. and now former congressman matt gaetz who resigned amid consideration for attorney general. new york city mayor eric adams wants to meet with tom homan to talk about the city's migrant crisis and he's not afraid of backlash from the left. >> those here committing crimes, raping innocent people, have

been a harm to our country, i want to sit down and hear the plan how to address that. this is not a new position. in the state, in the era of cancel culture, no one is afraid to be honest about the truth, well, cancel me, i'm going to protect the people of the city. >> todd: that language seems to have changed since november 5. city spent 6.4 billion to help migrants who came from the southern border. in georgia, judge ordering fani willis to hand over record related to her election interference case. judicial watch filing a lawsuit back in march after williamis's office claimed it did not have record of communication with jack smith or house january 6 committee, turns out those

records do exist and she has until end of the week to turn them over. trump's case is on pause after he launched case to have willis removed from the case. tennessee fan heading to supreme court today and could determine how issue is handled across the country. one lawmaker joins us next and house democrats being called out after deleting this post that downplayed any concern that you are not able to afford your groceries. more on backlash coming up, "fox and friends first" on wednesday rolls along.

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gender surgery for minors heading to the supreme court today. senate majority leader in tennessee jack johns on johnsond the legislation and joins me now. what are key points you want to drive home to the court? >> good morning, first and

foremost, looking to affirm right of state to regulate these types of medical procedure, especially on children. there are potentially long-term side effect of surgery and medications. hopefully the supreme court will say states have a right to protect children. >> todd: there is definitely state versus federal issue here. sb 1 prohibits doctors from performing gender affirming surgery on children under 18 and prohibits hormone therapy, but does allow the use for other purposes. these surgeries and hormones are said to are life saving for kids. many people are saying this keeps teenagers from committing suicide, how do you respond to that? >> if you look at suicide rates

of people who have gone through these types of procedures, they get later in life and regret going through the transition, the suicide rate is still very high. we should love kids and embrace them. if they are having trouble with their body, make sure they get appropriate mental health treatment we need. we should not make irreparable surgery to a child's body that be inhibit their ability to bear children later in of well. love them, don't do something irreversible. >> todd: mental health need to be first step before anything else. john houstead defending his state not allowing biological males into women's bathroom.

>> shocked you would think it is okay for a biological male to go into a women's bathroom, we should not have to pass a law. republicans are standing up and i think you are hearing democrats say, maybe we should rethink this, maybe this is out of line. >> i hope it has, when it comes to biological men playing in women's sports and performing reassignment surgery on children, when it comes to biological men using women's restrooms, i couldn't agree with that gentleman anymore. these are common sense matters and states should have right to regulate those matters. >> todd: big day in be front of supreme court, best of luck. thank you. fox weather alert, strengthening storm set to barrel across great

lakes and into the northeast, dangerous winds, blizzard conditions, several feet of new snow expected. wind gusts potentially reaching 50 miles per hour. janice dean has the fox weather forecast. could this impact our general area commute tomorrow? >> janice: yes, listen to forecast, we have area of low pressure swing across northeast bringing snowy conditions and very strong winds, especially tomorrow night. keep that in mind. here is live radar. you can see snow across all of the great lakes to the northeast. new england going to experience heavy snow and winds andirria of low pressure we're talking about continues to move northeast into thursday and friday then high pressure building across the midwest and pressure gradient will kick up

winds and be concerning. all the snow will lead to blizzard condition. including blizzard waning for appalachians in virginia and west virginia. snow to come on top of close to six feet they have downwind of michigan, erie, ontario, snow on the ground and 30, 40 and 50 mile per hour winds, that could cause problems. keep up to date with forecast conditions and cold air. we have freeze conditions across north florida and central florida and that is a big story as next arctic plunge moves in. >> todd: local news, it is scripted, when i ask you, just

doing it in front of hundreds of thousands of people. >> janice: this is important stuff. we will warm up considerably after this, this is sigh-saw ride. >> todd: thank you. illegal migrant from china just arrested for shipping american weapons and military tech from california to north korea. it had been arrested in california several times, tudor dixon will react to that next. or active psoriatic arthritis symptoms can sometimes hold you back. but now there's skyrizi, so you can be all in with clearer skin. ♪things are getting clearer♪ ♪yeah, i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me.♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ with skyrizi, you can show up with 90% clearer skin. and if you have psoriatic arthritis, skyrizi can help you move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. skyrizi is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses.

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>> todd: daniel penny chokehold trial, facing two charges of manslaughter for the death of jordan neely. new york city mayor eric adams saying those passengers were afraid. i've been on the subway system, i know what it is to wrestle or fight with someone, based on

facts laid out jury of his peers will make the right decision. a chinese migrant in the country illegally has been arrested and charged with shipping weapons, ammunition and military tech from california to north korea. >> he was here illegally, he shouldn't have been here. he was able to develop sophisticated scheme, evade law enforcement for sometime. >> when technology and sensitive items fall into the wrong hands, risk to global security are profound. >> todd: tudor dixon joins me now. as you know, thousands of illegal chinese migrants were let into our country under biden administration and millions that were let in. how worried of you more are working to help our enemies and have not yet been caught?

>> i'm very concerned about it, a lot of people are, that is what we've heard for years, biggest threat to the united states is china. this person came through his student visa expired in 2012, he's been in this country for a long time. you have to question how many of these people have been in the country for over a decade planning something and now there is tens of thousands of migrants coming from china, chinese nationals, what is the plan? how much danger are we in right now? this is massive weapons that came from north korea, we know russia and iran have been working together, these are scary times and something that slid in under biden's nose. do not forgets the balloon that went across the country, how much danger are we in?

>> todd: so concerning. now from bad actors to bad actors we gave tax incentive to come. goshen parent company signs partnership with a chinese university. house select committee on ccp find university has history of serving people republic of china national security including defense research and cyber attacks. we saw this coming, you were on this show dozens of times warning about the goshen security concerns. yes didn't gretchen whitmer see this? >> with gm potentially closing their headquarters, she needed a win and was willing to go to

china to get the win and willing to risk national security to say i've brought jo jobs to michiga. she has not done anything. it is not just michigan, but michigan and illinois especially right now, two places goshen is wanting to build factories. we are incredibly concerned that they have partnered with university that is tied to cyber attacks. this is something, biggest concern we have in the united states. could they shut us down and attack, absolutely we are at greater risk. they are inside our borders and partnered with university that is president of alma mater and known to have ties to military and work with us on strategy and

allegedly cyber attacks across the globe. this is dangerous. these two stories we've talked about together, todd, this looks like a scary time for the united states. donald trump can't get into office fast enough. >> your taxpayers paid $175 million in subsidies to bring this threat into their shores and borders, that is wild part of all this. thank you for staying on top of it, hopefully when donald trump gets into office they do something to remove the security threat. thank you. hunter and joe biden receiving major backloosh due to the president's decision to pardon his son. even obama bros are fuming over the outcome. >> everyone looks stupid, like they are full of -- that is piece i'm frustrated with, which

is joe biden looking like a typical lying politician and that leads to cynical feeling that all politicians are bad and all the same and this is par for the course. i believed him. >> i don't know, i feel like a -- fool, that makes me mad about it. >> todd: joe concha joins me now. i have a sneaky suspicion you'll invoke controversial christmas movie, maybe not, a lotz to unpack there. you know what movie i'm referring to, "die hard," joe. >> joe: 1998, detective john mcclain, he says, welcome to the party, pal. exactly right. this notion we heard from the obama bros, that suddenly they have been awakened to the fact joe biden is a typical lying

politician, he has been that his entire adult life. this guy said he was raarrestedn south africa, that never happened. he told victims of wildfire in maui, about huge fire he had in his home one time that nearly killed his wife and nearly burned his corvette. the fire chief said that was contained to a small part of the kitchen. he calls georgia voting laws jim crow 2.0. this guy said he inherited high inflation and a mess at the border and i could go on and on, we have finite time. if you get covid vaccine, you won't end up in the hospital and die and that did happen on and on. it is the biden way, no shock he

lied, he's done doing that his entire adult life. >> todd: shock is they came to the table realizing joe biden lies and it took this. forget remainder of his 50-year career. there is one group not on board let's beat up joe biden, "the view." questioning why democrats are upset over the biden pardon. >> he is president of the united states, it is his right and he does not have to explain to anybody. this is his right as president. if he wants to pardon bozo, the clown, he can pardon bozo. not sure why people are clutching their pearls, the left is clutching their pearls. >> todd: clip this for when donald trump makes his pardons. doubling down on defense of

biden when so many are done defending him. >> joe: wow, same thing like we talked about before, reflex. joe biden has reflex to lie, "the view" has reflex to defend any dem kratz in office no matter what. joe biden promised he would not do this and he did. this opens door for every republican, every trump supporter to go to any democrat when anything happens or they talk about saving democracy and no one is above the law. joe biden made sure you won't. bottom line, joe biden, look, he shows he has zero respect for institutions we were told by people on "the view" he holds dear as far as rule of law. he blew that stop sign and he'll go down as one of the worst polling presidents of all time. i have a feeling 36% will

trickle down. almost no one supports this man. >> todd: duran-duran, singing the reflex, you're out of touch, not you, house democrats being slammed about deleted x post. commenting we all thought you couldn't afford eggs, this is about cyber shopping. will they ever understand why they lost, joe? >> joe: three simple sentences, democrats learned nothing. when jen psaki was press secretary bragging about price of hot dog falling 16 cent as proof bidenomics was working and when donald trump won popular vote and turned all 50 swing st states red. i'll leave it here, you got to

go. massive survey conducted by federal reserve less than one in five americans can afford emergency expense $100 or less when using money from savings. people are hurting, party of elites, until they change p perception, they will have trouble in the next presidential election. >> todd: and credit card debt so many are in. crunching moms concerned about nutrition and medicine feel they have found a voice in r.f.k. jr. two of the moms will tell us what a crunching mom is and what they hope can be done to keep their kids and your kids, healthy and safe.

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>> todd: south korean president facing impeachment, one opposition party finalizing plans for treason after the president accused opposition of sympathizing with north korea. lawmakers forced their way to parliament and voted to strike dun the order, which was lifted this morning. now to africa, president biden wrapping up a trip after

pledging lasting support to the tune of 1 billion in aid. greg palkot is in angola with more. >> it is final day of president biden's historic trip to angola. this is upon first time biden as president has visited africa, first time any president has come to angolibraa. meeting with the president, billion dollar aid grant for africa and massive infrastructure rail project aimed to boost angola's economy. analysts say it is aimed at counter acting massive spending by china across africa even in oil-rich angola.

a museum looking back at angol's role in slave trade, biden looked ahead, take a listen. >> in many ways, africa's success is and will be the world's success. i said at the u.s. africa summit, united states is all in on africa's future. >> greg: we got the sense folks of angola were all in to help get folks out of real poverty. biden is coming to the port city where the infrastructure project begins, before he returns to d.c. later today and no comments here on that other story swirling around president biden right now, pardon of his son. >> todd: greg palkot, thank you.

bring in cheryl casone from fox business. this is double-edged sword. we want to be in africa to cou counteract china, there are people in north carolina that got meezy $750 checks. >> cheryl: there is online backlash over this. is it true china influence has grown in africa and that is a concern? absolutely. has there been drought and food insecurity? absolutely. it is amount of money, billion dollars and many in north carolina say yes, this pledge, fine if you want to give money to 31 different african nations, fair enough. one person on x said this is by far tz worst president of all time. another said you help them rebuild, what about north carolina? it is disgusting to

us. there is backlash on this. billion could go to north carolina, you are rhythms. >> todd: speaking of money, dogdog e will take money away from organizations they think are waste sxfl we have democrats on board now, not just republicans. >> cheryl: representative jared moskowitz says this is about budget and federal spending and there are pretty revelations coming from elise stefanik that are fascinating and from droge account which put a post illegal cost 150 billion and cam pair to other things. ajust for inflation, world war i, apol low, manhattan project,

panama canal, hoover dam. amount of money we are spending on illegal immigrants and cost to taxpayers, staggering 2.2% of 6.1 trillion for all of fiscal 2023. compare that to what else we spent 150 billion on? this is again, this is why doge has become a bipartisan cause. because of fiscal problems we've got in washington and fiscal responsibility people voted for on november 5. this is how it will happen. jared moskowitz says this is a bipartisan issue. >> todd: you are in florida, florida is a red state, play the game there and moskowitz is doing that and hopefully more

people follow suit. find cheryl on mornings with maria. sorry my head entered that shot. moms focus on healthy lifestyle, known as crunchy moms celebrating nomination of r.f.k. jr. to oversee health and human services as trump focuses on making health a big part of his agenda. diaand and tess join me now. hot topic of discussion. what is a crunchy moms? why are you called a crunchy moms, tess? >> so crunchy moms, gra nola mom, basically a mom who makes cleaner, healthier lifestyle choices for their kids. the term was making fun of people, they are crazy and they are conspiracy theorists, to me, it is low toxic lifestyle.

>> todd: as someone who grew up liberal, voted for biden in 2020, why did r.f.k. jr. teaming up with trump get you to vote for donald trump in 2024? >> it was exciting, i was excited to see a politician talking about something that is important to me and has been really important to me for a really long time. i feel like i haven't heard anyone in politics talk about issues with food and water and our environment and everything temperature is cool to see someone advocating and for big pharma to be taken down and healthcare and everything. >> todd: diana, what changes do you expect r.f.k. jr. to bring to how our kids are fed and medicated? >> yeah, i'm really hoping he'll change course of health for children as a whole. key things i would love taking

out artificial food dye and chemicals and preservatives we have in our country that other countries don't have and holding vaccine manufacturers libel, that is one thing i talked about in the article that is near and dear to my heart. these changes would realm impact health of our children, which is important and nice to see someone in political arena standing up for children. >> todd: focus on dyes and kem -- chemicals and pesticides, these things are not in food overseas, it can be done. do you ever wonder what person says i will put my profit ahead of the health of children, that is what i can never get past.

yeah, it is horrible and comes down to money, who is gaining? who is gaining money from this? big pharma is getting so much money from keeping children and adults sick, making them rely on prescription medication. amount of people reliant on prescription medication is sad and people think it is normal. it would be important for r.f.k. jr. and trump to look at collusion between big pharma and pr profit and sickness and why is everyone sick and no one is looking at the root cause. >> todd: we need to dig into what all the chemicals are doing to our kids. think of your life as a parent, you care about health of your kids and do everything you think you need to do to keep kids safe and health and he assume to a certain degree when you put food

in their body approved by fda that they are going to be fine and that does not appear to be the case. it is important r.f.k. jr. will look into this and potentially attack the system. the word crunchy may sound negative, i salute you crunchy moms issue diana and tess, keep up your fight, your kids and my kids depend on it. now that the first son has bye-bye pardoned, trump's lawyers are demanding his case be thrown out. briana stickney will look at what is coming up. >> bryan: you had a body show, todd, good job holding down the fortby yourself. what are you doing? busy wednesday morning show, get ready, music is on and crew is ready to go. trump meeting with senators to discuss plans for the future.

plus daniel penny trial may conclude today. he talks about how this is a wake-up call for all americans. pete hegseth mom is setting the record straight responsing to reports she is mentioned in. we have christmas ideas for everyone this holiday season, we have reindeer and you can recognize it is blitzen. we have emily in for ainsley, no eye contact before the show, i said, look straight ahead, you heard me. back in a moment.

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>> todd: donald trump's attorneys citing the hunter biden pardon to dismiss the president-elect's new york criminal case. trump's lawyers writing presideled to amiscarriage of j. these comments amounted to condemnation of president biden's own doj. this is the same doj that coordinated and oversaw the politically motivated election interference witch hunts targetingtargeting president try disgraced special counsel jack smith. the or biased prosecutors in smith's special council's office sco and others: congresswoman

joins me now. to doo trump's attorneys have a point. >> absolutely they do. november 5th was a day of reckoning for the lawfare against donald trump because the american people aren't buying it. here you have with the pardon of hunter biden in a way joe biden is pardoning himself. this was some of the highest levels of corruption. u.s. government has ever seen and they are just going to get away with it. they are going to be able to walk away it. we know how biden used the judicial system the court system to go after opponent. tried to throw trump off the ballot in addition to all the lawfare and it's wrong. trump absolutely has a right and i believe his attorneys are doing great job here and i'm glad to see it. >> todd: are democrats aattacking joe biden because he lied to them or because joe biden is no longer useful to them? >> i think's it's the latter. the left has been lying to the american people for four full years. how many of them right after they backed kamala to take over

the nomination process were lying to the american public will joe biden's cognitive ability. lying about the corruption that his family instituted around the world with countries like china, ukraine and romania and russia and other places? so, you know, they have been lying to the american people. this is nothing new. this is why they lost so handily in november. >> todd: cnn kaitlin collins using a powerful met for how democrats feel about joe biden leaving for africa before pardoning for africa. >> 50 days left of presidency joe biden let off a political time bomb before leaving for africa and leaving his party to deal with the blast radius. >> todd: what damage do you expect to find in that blast radius for the democrats, congresswoman? >> it's significant. here is a guy that is giving a ton of money to africa for their natural disasters. i know families in tennessee, north carolina, south carolina who were denied their $750 check

from fema when they had thousands of dollars of damage to their property. when you don't put the american people first, then there should be consequences to suffer. and this is going to go on for months -- for weeks and months ahead looking at what they have done to the american people, putting them last. again, that's why january 20th cannot come fast enough. >> todd: congresswoman, specifically with regard to the democrats, i know you are not in the business of helping the democrats, being a republican, congresswoman, how much do you think this hurts their party because, for years, for decades, even. joe biden doesn't lie. he just, you know, tells a tale that may have a little inconsistency here and there. for the first time it seems like in 50-plus years they are all acknowledging, yes, joe biden lies. discuss the ramifications of that for the democrats. >> well, it's huge, i think, for them. they are trying to figure out their way, their path forward. you can't continue to lie to the american people the way they

have been for the last four years. i commend anyone calling anyone out in their own party for lying. i call balls and strikes against both parties. i have taken a lot of fire and heat for that i'm glad to see people like democrats joining the doge caucus, for example. it's great and good for the country when you acknowledge the failings of your own party. that's the only way our country can heal. republicans and democrats alike have to do it within our own ranks. that's something i am going to encourage for years ahead. >> todd: speaking of area you have taken incoming fire. montana lawmakers rejecting earth to restrict bathroom for lawmakers. one g.o.p. represent quote restricting bathroom use making people famous in the national news and not cricket to the effective conduct of our business. congressman, that appears to me to be a attack on you and similar action in the house of representatives. what's your response? >> people can sling all the arrows they want at me and i'm here for it. it's not going to bother me. the american people need someone

to stand up for them. i can't imagine as a woman going into work like this and feeling unsafe. it is going to create a hostile work environment. women are not going to feel safe in work environment. detrimental effect on women in the workplace. it's wrong and immoral and perverted and disgusting and should never happen in our country or anywhere else around the world. >> todd: nancy mayes, have you stuck to your guns on this we appreciate you coming on our program and sharing your views. >> always, thank you. >> todd: beyonce the greatest pop star of the 21st century according to billboard magical screen the reason for the honor indelible pieces of pop culture history she has generated over quarter century of stardom. every men in maker we don't care it we want to know who is number one in the pop culture wars. "fox & friends" now. ♪ ♪