"fox & friends." as we do every day as we count down to christmas, we go back to our advent calendar. we're opening up day 7. do you want to do the honors, rachel? rachel: day after the feast of st. nicholas, and here we are. this is messy, the first signature -- say it the way you like to say it -- >> eau de--? >> will: it's lionel messi. charlie: if you wanted the start something -- [laughter] rachel: okay, on. i'm trying to spray it, but i need some help here. will: gimme. where's the nozzle? [laughter] here you go. jcpenney. we'll see you tomorrow. neil: who who knew? you are looking live at paris, france, the big event, the

historic reopening of notre dame cathedral five years after a fire that some feared had destroyed it forever. today everything old is new again, and in the case of one donald j. trump, sought after the world over because he's back again too and dozens of world leaders who hope to rub elbows with the former and future president. the president-elect is there but not the current prime minister just like little more than a week ago when the the current canadian prime minister justin trudeau bypassed joe biden and flew flew further south to mar lag bow -- mar-a-lago. ditto, javier my hay. they've all come to kiss the king or -- ring or not miss kissing off a gad chance to make a good early impression. british board karen peters is here to tell us, well, kind of the obvious. never mind that this guy is still president, for a lot of world leaders this guy already

is. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. we have a busy two hours planned. let's go right to paris. our lauren green is there, what a big assignment and august assignment. who better to cover what's happening there. lauren, we're waiting to see donald trump meeting with emmanuel macron, a lot of ore world leaders who -- other world leaders, huh? >> reporter: oh, absolutely. neil, you think about it, trump's victory, he both -- both trump and notre dame went through fires, difference fires. trump went through political fires, notre dame went through a physical fire, and they both emerged better than ever. of course, a lot of world leaders are coming here even to though they're celebrating the reopening of notre dame cathedral, the undercurrent of geopolitical conference is the undercurrent of this main event. president-elect donald trump arrived this morning for what is the first appearance on the world stage since winning the

election on november 5th. in a but minutes, he will meet -- few minutes, he will meet with emmanuel macron not too far from the cathedral here. macron was in office during trump's first term that ended in 2020, and sources say by inviting trump to the reopening of notre dame, being the first head of state to extend the olive branch, macron is positioning himself -- [audio difficulty] in the european political scene. also attending today, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy. he may meet with trump as well although no meeting is officially scheduled. prince william is here as well. there are some 1500 invited guests. you know, let's review. five and a half years ago the world watched in hour to record as fire engulfed notre dame, 12th century gothic cathedral, and macron vowed notre dame, our lady, would be repaired and reopened in five years, and so work began. 2,000 statues and decorative

features were restored or recreated including those gargoyles at the top. some 2400 oak trees to build the trueses up there. a new lead roof, 43,000 square feet of lead was shaped to complete the covering. religious relics that were heroically saved in the fire will now have a place of honor and presentation. the crown of thorns, a fragment of the cross and one of the holy nails believed to have been part of the crucifixion. a priest who worked on the restoration told me it really is a restoration of the faith as well. notre dame is an iconic symbol of french heritage and national heritage, but she is, first and foremost, a house of worship built to thel bely turningically significant. you may be hearing a lot of noise in the background. there are big screens lining the seven -- sane, and thousands -- seine, and thousands of people

are lining up, world leaders as they reopen the most iconic church outside of the vatican, i would think, here in paris, france. neil? neil: all right. great job, lauren, thank you very much. lauren green there. boy, the french really know how to do pomp and pageantry, man, oh, man. they are doing it big thyme right now. julian manchester, we obviously know this big event, a lot of people didn't think we'd see it more than five years ago when the cathedral first burnt down, a big victory for e man emmanuel macron. but the backdrop is he has a government that's falling apart on him, and donald trump to maybe give him street cred. what do you think? >> i think it's definitely a day of new beginnings in paris, france. you have donald trump, the incoming president, president-elect trump, visiting, emmanuel macron trying to figure out what's next as notre dame rebuilds and, of course, you mentioned that government that is very much in peril in france. look, you are absolutely seeing

emmanuel macron, you know, potentially getting don trump to give him some -- donald trump to give him some leverage. of course, this comes roughly a week after we saw canadian prime minister justin trudeau fly down from canada to mar-a-lago to meet him amid those tariff threats. neil: right. >> i think you're going to see world leaders reaching out to trump because they don't necessarily know what to expect this time around, neil. they remember what it was like during the first trump administration where it was probably a bit more chaotic. still is a bit chaotic now, but we see donald trump has different people around him, it's a very different washington. the world is different. you have the war in ukraine, the war in the middle east, different political waters to navigate this time around. so, you know, donald trump going to paris is essentially emmanuel macron, i think, testing the waters as to what it's going to be like going forward for the trump administration. neil: yeah. you and i discussed this about a month ago that there was a trend

going on, ultimately are, where leaders in power were soon voted out of power. there's a concern about that happening right now. today on the front page of the french paper there's this growing call that maybe emmanuel macron should step down given this lack of confidence in the government. so you've got a backdrop where incumbents, no matter what side they're on, are in danger. >> yeah, and i would also argue that you see, you know, maybe those on the political right, more conservatives around the world starting to gain leverage, you know? we saw emmanuel macron sort of narrowly avoid that, you know, earlier this year. neil: right. >> the united kingdom's sort of an anomaly to that with labour's prime minister. but at the same time, look, we talk so much and i've been talking a lot, i've been covering the democratic national committee chair race which may seem to be going off the tracks, but bear with me here. democrats i talk to talk about the importance of focusing on

economic populism. that is something that donald trump has really zeroed in on. and i think you're seeing a number of these challengers across the world also zeroing in on economic populism whether they're from the far right or the far left. so i think that's something you've really got to watch out for as we've seen sort of inflation, you know, on the rise globally. neil: yeah. and you think about it, we always have this interim gap between the newly-elected president and the outgoing president. in fact, we narrowed that time between election and inauguration from when it used to be back in march when the new president would take over. it almost seems to me in the case of donald trump going back to the white house that he is the president right now. he's there. of course, joe biden opted not to go to this event. jill biden will be there, i want to stress that. but to your point, all these other leaders who have been trying to make overtures to donald trump, especially now with the threat of tariffs that prompted, as a you said, the

canadian prime minister's visit. but i don't ever remember a time where it was this much focus on the president-elect and virtually none of the president himself still in power. >> we know that president biden was in angola this week, traveling back yesterday, but not making headlines for when he was in angola. it's because he's making headlines for pardoning his son, hunter biden, talking about these preemptive pardons ahead of the trump administration. that's interesting to me. to go back the are trump and sort of cementing his place as the transition takes place, the trump administration or the trump transition team, i should say, has emphasized wanting to hit the ground running. the -- we have seen these cabinet picks really, you know, be cemented or at least him nominate them very quickly, quicker than past administrations. neil: absolutely. >> there have been major snags, notably with matt gaetz, we'll

see what happens with pete hegseth in that defense secretary role. and they want to to get their ducks in if a row, they want to start on january 20th with, for example, talking about the threat of tariffs. do those tariffs go in place? mass deportations, dealing with the situation at the southern border. you know, talking about working with republicans to extend those tax cuts. they want to hit the ground running. so to bring this back to capitol hill, neil, this is why i think think there's so much frustration over this pushback not only from democrats, but also from some republicans over, for example, pete hegseth's nomination. the trump transition team wants to get things done as soon as possible as they get in. they don't want to have this messy confirmation process after inauguration day. it seems like we could be heading towards that. neil: you mentioned pete hegseth who's up for defense secretary, and this is this is an an issue shoe that would be important to him, all this opposition fighting activity and guerrillas trying to take over in syria.

donald trump is on truth social talking about this saying the opposition fighters in syria in an unprecedented move have totally taken over numerous cities in a highly coordinated offensive. he goes on to write, obviously, preparing to make a very big move toward assad, russia, and with the loss of 600,000 the soldiers even capable of stopping this march through syria, this is where former president obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the red line in the sand. he goes on to say there was never much of a benefit in syria for russia, going on to say other than to make obama look really stupid. in any event, syria is a mess, donald trump writes, but it is not our friend. and the united states should not have anything to do with it. this is not our fight. let it play out, do not get involved. he's clearly sort of laid out there that however you feel about the syrian government or assad or these rebel soldiers

trying the take over, his view is hands off. >> yeah, that's echoing his america first agenda. and if i am volodymyr zelenskyy in ukraine, for example, the israelis, you know, dealing with the gaza war, you know, fighting or in lebanon, you're paying attention to that awe because all these conflicts are sort of interconnected as to who's an ally, who isn't seasonal lie, those three particular conflicts. donald trump sending a major message there. we know he, pete hegseth, for example, have talked about not wanting to get in additional conflicts, to keep things focus focused on america first. we'll see if he's able to do that. there is some disagreement within the republican party, i'm curious to see how this plays out particularly in the senate as to how we approach these conflicts. but, neil, we talked about pete hegseth before we started chatting about syria. you know, obviously, whoever gets the defense secretary role, that would be a major priority

for them in terms how how they approach that. but let's keep an eye on tulsi gabbard, trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence. she's come under fire not only from democrats, but from a number of republicans for a meeting she had in 2017 with syrian president basharal as cad. -- bashar al assad. i'm very curious to get her take on what's happening there and see whether the conflict is going to impact or pose any new questions for her in her own confirmation process ahead. neil: great stuff, all. thank you very much for that, lauren -- i'm sorry, julia manchester following these developments. we're getting more alerts coming in from reuters on sir syrian reports that maybe the government's having a tougher time holding off these rebel soldiers. around 2,000 syrian troops have crossed the border in iraq, seeking refuge there. and we're hearing from a number of folks right now that syria's state news agency is trying to deal with these rumors that president bar shower assad has

left the country, fled the country, more to the point. the country is saying, or the syrian government is reporting, no, that is not the case. he's still at work in damascus. but, again, this threat to syria and, by extension, russia, is alive and well. donald trump indicating on truth social a short time ago we should have nothing to do with them, this is their fight, see to how it sorts out. but a clear signal that donald trump, even as president-elect, can move, of course, world governments and, of course, their strategies going forward. commenting on in that that is their fight, not ours. we have a lot more coming up here including what you've been seeing going on in paris right now, reopening of the cathedral. but a lot of that push on this cathedral has to go back to whether, a, this day would ever come, or that it would come with donald trump coming back. after this. that work better together. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. voya helps you choose the right amounts

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neil: i don't know, you can't really overstate the juxtaposition of how things have changed since the last time emmanuel macron, the leader of france, and donald trump -- the soon to return president of the united states -- were with each other. emmanuel macron seemed to be on top of the world, donald trump didn't seem to have a future after losing the last election. he is on top of the world, he's probably being sought after by all the major leaders of the world wondering how he pulled off where -- what he did. and it curs the -- the fact is that notre dame and its reopening comes at a time when emmanuel macron and his hold on power is slipping away. you might recall that he has just survived what was a no confidence vote that, ultimately, kicked out his prime minister over a looming budgetary crisis. they have to find a new sort of coalition government, and emmanuel macron is sort of dead man walking as lemond, a french

newspaper, has put it. there's a a lot of excitement over this reopening of the cathedral that many thought wouldn't happen. the fact of the matter is emmanuel a macron also has sort of a very fiery reaction from the french public, that he's not up to the job, and they're growing impatient with his handling of the job as donald trump emerges as the president-elect with only six weeks to go before he returns to the white house, very much the leader of the western world, the world in general. we'll follow that closely. in the meantime, also following ongoing negotiations right now to try to get those hostages out of the middle east and hamas to surrender them. donald trump made it very clear saying there will be hell to pay if they do not release the the hostages before the inaugust ration. the incoming envoy for hostage affairs, adam, good to have you and congratulations, by the way. >> it's an honor, and i told the president there's nothing more important than getting americans home across the world.

neil: remember, adam, on this that ronald reagan was not quite so overt and frank there, but the the fact of the matter is his coming in after defeating jimmy carter on the day of his inauguration, all those american hostages held in iran were released. it's a different case, i grant you, but i is the president-elect sending a message to hamas, that would be a good thing for you to do too? >> he sent a very direct message, the president, and i work for the president, and my job is to enforce his policies. and i think the allusion to jimmy carter, quite frankly, probably our most porn policy -- foreign policy ineffective presidents ever compared to ronald reagan is a very good one. now we have, and you talked about it right there in paris as they bring up that, he's a senior statesman now. he's the senior statesman for the world.

and he's changing the world before he even starts. and the middle east changes all that a you see now is because of his election. neil: so let me ask this, and i know you can't go ahead and give away your cards, adam, and i certainly understand that. but when donald trump said there would be hell to pay if they don't release the hostages, would he be working with israel in response to bombing more hamas positions? what is your understanding of that? >> i think let me just start from the very beginning our administration had worked with israel, there wouldn't be a current hostage situation. and our prior administration said a lot of words. this president says words and backs them up with action. and so i think you will see serious action if the president says there will be and does that. and he's backed that up many times before. when we did the abraham accords,

i was part of that team, it was empowered because he killed the number two person in saudi -- excuse me, the number two person in iran. he struck him down with another person in iraq, and that showed the president meant business. and so this is a president that a acts. neil: all right. we'll watch it closely, referring to the killing of soleimani here. adam, again, congratulations. i know you have your work cut out for you. adam boehler is the incoming envoy for -- >> neil, one other thing i want to note as we're talking about syria, and my job is to bring americans home. austin tice has been held nearly 15 years in syria. neil: wow. >> people don't know that, but we've got to bring them all home. neil: all right. thank you for that. we'll see how it goes, adam. much appreciated. in the meantime here, closer to this side of the globe and the killing of the united health care ceo, we are learning right now that the guy who did it is

long gone out of new york. now, that doesn't necessarily mean they don't have a good idea where he might be, but he has believed to have left new york. but they have a lot of evidence and a lot of details and areas where he slipped up that just might help them find him sooner than you think.

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neil: all right, taking you to paris, france, right now, the reopening of the notre dame cathedral that looked like it was destroyed beyond repair about five and a half years ago. the origins of the fire they still never if really uncovered. emmanuel macron said then that he would get it built and paid for largely through private funds within five years, so he stuck to that, but it's not

getting him much reward in paris polls that show his government on the verge of imploding here. you've heard a good deal about that as the prime minister had to resign in, essentially, a knew confidence vote in that -- no confidence vote in that government. donald trump is there and a lot of other leaders including emmanuel macron wants to to talk to him. in the meantime, we are monitoring a big event that sort of gripped, certainly, those in this country, who killed and why did he kill the ceo of united health care? if days after that killing, and it was in just blatant disregard for any sort of where you are and at the time, the day of the christmas tree lighting in new york city, but he got away with it or at least seemed to because new york police are now saying he's left town. he's no longer in new york. but they've got a lot of interesting stuff on him where it could be just a matter of time before they find him. ray kelly is the former n nypd commissioner. always good to see you with. where do you think this guy is?

[laughter] >> that's anybody's guess but, clearly, he's left the city. the police department, i think, has done a herculean effort in tracking his whereabouts. he was in the city for ten days, and he left on the day of the shooting, apparently, going to the bus station in upper manhattan. maybe he took that a bus to the airport, maybe he took it someplace else. but there's a lot of work being done with other police agencies. i know the atlanta police department just put out a statement the working with the nypd, so a lot of that is going on. few -- but according to the chief of detectives, he devoted a couple hundred detectives to this case. now, that'll be reduced, of course, because he's left the city. but, you know, we're going to see -- i can't, i can't believe that with the coverage of his picture, it must have been on the front page of every newspaper in america and certainly on tv, that somebody is not going to identify this

person, that they know him. and, of course, there's always a facial recognition. but the use of that has been limited by police departments, and they've limited it to people that have been arrested. so that cuts down the universe of individuals in the data pace base significantly. -- database. i think it's just a matter of time before he's identified by somebody who knows him. and also i think it interesting that the shooter knew almost precisely when the victim was coming into that door. so is there, has there been an accomplice, was there an accomplice to tip him off as to what mr. thompson was coming across the street? these are all questions that are very much out there. but i think the nypd has done a pretty good job, as you to say, in gathering an awful lot of information. neil: and there's a lot they know, and maybe someone has recognized this guy from photos that have been released.

but ask you about in the beginning, you know, commissioner, a lot of people thinking he was the hitman, the shooter was the hitman. it wasn't him on an agenda. now we come to find it might have been, the bullet casings that had certain words on them that seem to indicate he was on the -- a mission of his own. what to you make of what you heard? >> well,s certainly, that's a possibility and, certainly, those words tie it to mr. thompsonson's profession or business. but yet again, it may be done just to throw off a investigators. we don't know for certain. but that is a phrase that's been used apparently in the health care industry for the last 15 years and there's actually a book written with that title talking about the operations of insurance companies. so it's part of the puzzle, and the detectives, i think, are working quite diligently on that issue as well as others. neil: you know, one of the things i wanted to get a handle

on is that they were quickly able to ascertain as busy an area that this was, of course, at that hour it wasn't as busy, they went ahead with the rockefeller tree lighting because they were quickly able to the ascertain this was a targeted attack. and i'm just wondering, this mar if ceo at least at that time didn't have any secret service protection -- i'm sorry, any type of protection, i should say. and i'm wondering that the overall ceo of the parent company does, and most ceos do. what do you make of that? >> some information that he did have security with him, but that he was just going over to the hilton hotel the check on things quickly and that he didn't need the security with him. he was actually in the warwick hotel which is just across the street. neil: right. >> he may have thought that, you know, he didn't need protection. obviously, terrible, tragic

mistake. neil: yeah, to pit mildly. ray kelly, thank you very much. former nypd commissioner ray kelly on all of that. senate meantime, you might have caught a fiery egg change on capitol hill between a certain congressman and a certain leader of the secret service. it did not go well. this congressman is next. >> -- i've been -- >> you are, sir! you are out of line. >> i. >> yemen -- gentlemen, please. order -- [inaudible conversations]

neil: all right, want to take you to paris right now. we are told we're only a few minutes away from seeing president-elect donald trump, he'll be with emmanuel macron for this big event. the seating arrangement at notre dame cathedral, emmanuel macron will be sitting next to, among others, donald trump. but there were seats reserved as well for the prime minister and those who serve within that party. now, seeing as he's out, had to resign, you're going to wonder, do they just sort of open up that row to other, other individuals who want to be there? i have no idea. but it can remind you that even in a moment of pomp and ceremony, there is that middlesome issue of -- meddlesome issue of politics and how to handle controversy. in the meantime, developments in washington, d.c. and the cabinet

officials that the president-elect wants to get approved and quickly including pete hegseth for defense, that is still an open question, whether it's going to happen. rich edson following it all from west palm beach. rich. >> reporter: good morning, neil. well, it is still an open question, but the president-elect suggests there is momentum behind his selection to lead the pentagon. for much of the week, it appeared as though pete hegseth was going to have some trouble getting confirmed by the united states senate after his nominee met with skeptical senators this week. the incoming president says he is standing by hegseth. >> looks like pete is doing well now. i mean, people were a little bit concerned. he's a young guy with a tremendous track record, actually. went to princeton and harvard. he was a good student at both, but he loves the military. and i think people are starting to see it. >> reporter: trump also doubled down on hegseth on social media, calling him a winner.

hegseth responded: thank you, mr. president. like you, we will never back down. there's pressure on iowa senator and combat veteran joni ernst, among others, toport hegseth. she has said that she and a number of republican senators want to make sure the allegations against hegseth have been cleared and they have a thorough vetting process. she tweeted, quote, pete hegseth and i will continue our constructive conversations as we move forward in this process. we plan to meet again next week. at a minimum, we agree that he deserves the opportunity to lay out his vision for our war fighters at a fair hearing. aides say trump is also considering florida governor ron desantis for defense secretary if hegseth can't make it through this process. a source with knowledge of the plan says desantis will join trump next weekend at the annual army-navy football game in maryland. trump has also had another conversation with the current president, fox learning trump called president biden last week to wish him a happy thanksgiving.

if neil? neil: just to put a button on this, rich, hegseth can't afford to lose more than four republican votes, assuming all dem craps -- democrats vote against him. that's hardly a given, but that's the math, right? >> yeah, that's the math, neil. republicans are going to have 53 senators, they can lose three of those senators and then vice president j.d. vance can break that tie. it's got to get to at least 50, so that that's right. once he loses a fourth, it's game other for confirmation. neil: thank you for that, rich edson in west palm beach. i want to take you to congressman pat fallon. he's one of the lawmakers who met with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy who are going to have a key part in, they hope, upending trillions of dollars worth of government spending. congressman, always good to have you. what are your thoughts on these two, you know, pretty rich guys,

they're not cabinet-level positions, but they will have enormous sway on this issue of government spending. what do you think about that? >> well, neil, first of all, my high school history teachers taught us the difference between authority and power. they may not have a lot of authority, but i think they're going to have a lot of power. these are genius-level guys. i was very impressed. i had never met either of them before, and they had very good ideas. they can talk a lot of different subject matter and really know what they're discussing. and they are open to -- and they want to partner with members of congress. i mean, you have two -- well, it's unfortunate too, by the way, neil, i didn't see one democrat attend that visit, and they were invited. nonetheless, there were probably upwards of to 200 republican members there, and elon and vivek want to partner with us and use us as a resource. and i think that bodes well for the country. neil: do you think, and not to be too jaded about it, but maybe all my years covering

washington, both parties in control, that this could be like a trojan horse deal? very savvy businesses particularly when it comes to, you know, extracting government concessions of themselves and working the government the way they have, elon musk is brilliant at it, that they're not going to be looking to do some of this in ways that could benefit their businesses. are you -- how do you police something hike that? >> well, i think that that that would be obvious as far as motives go. i do think they have very noble motives. i think they're both patriots. and when you reach their levels of success, they owe the country so much, and i really do believe they're doing it for the right reasons. that's why we have congress, that's why we have a free press as well. every action will be scrutinized, but i do -- i'm hopeful. i could say i'm cautiously optimistic because, as you know, d.c.'s like a big, giant ship, and congress and even the president have a small rudder to affect change.

but president trump has got a mandate right now, and it's up to -- we have the ball. we're on the 5-yard line are, the wind's to our back, we've got to cross the goal line. neil: i see what you did there. congressman, a lot of your democratic colleagues are saying the ship has hit the fan right there -- see what i did, congressman? the house controls the purse strings and these guys get the ball rolling looking at the purse, you know what i mean? they're worried that it's taking away responsibilities that should be yours. >> no, i think it's definitely going to be a partnership. that's the tone that was set in the meeting. and a lot of republican members, neil, i think it would surprise some folks, got up to the microphones and asked them to hold us to account in our districts because it is time -- the american people, we've all gotten addicted to, you know, getting a dollar's worth of services and paying 70 or 75 cents for it, and we've got to wean ourselves off that because the greatest existential threat to our country, as you know, is

our deficit and our debt. neil: i guess i always worry, it reminds me of that old twilight zone episode, it's like a cookbook. wait a minute. [laughter] but i did want to draw your attention to donald trump now, he's arrived in paris, of course. there's this big event. i've never seen, congressman, a president of elect -- president-elect who moves so quickly to get the attention that he does. emmanuel macron is there, i should say. donald trump is not, i misspoke. and emmanuel macron made a clear effort to get him to come, donald trump did. a number of other leaders have done the same thing to sort of get a chance to meet him, talk to him before he even assumes office. have you ever seen anything like that? >> you know, now, neil, a ton. of my very good friends are going to be working with the president very closely as ambassadors or national security advisors like tim waltz. i'm sorry, mike waltz. they tell me he is a dedicated,

laser-focused workaholic. this guys -- guy's putting in 15, 16 hours a day, and mike waltz says it's hard for him to keep up. so we hired the right guy to take care of business, and the world sees that. that's why you see the president-elect representing our country in france right now. neil: as we watch the two leaders now, congressman, when they last met, emmanuel macron seemed on top of the world. france was getting ready for the olympics, still years off, and donald trump was thought after the last election to be finished, and that is no longer the case. i do want to listen in there's any audio. hold on for one second. >> sure. [background sounds] neil: all right, i apologize for that, congressman. i did while i still have you, sir, this was a memorable

exchange on the week, maybe the month. our capitol hill producer and reporter says in this entire time, he's never seen anything like it, your exchange with the secret i guess temporary director. i want to show people this. if you missed it, you've been in a cave this week. i want to talk to you briefly -- >> sure. >> you in charge? >> -- show respect for our -- [inaudible conversations] >> time has expired. >> you want to be visible -- [inaudible] >> you are out of line, congressman! [inaudible conversations] >> -- because you put those agents out of position. >> mr. fallon -- [inaudible conversations] >> i did, sir, and you are out of line. neil: what happened after that? >> well, i just watching that, my heart started race aing again. well, listen, the way that happened, neil, i was talking to a couple of secret service

whistleblowers, and they told me, watch out, because this guy is a bully, and he's got a temper, and i told them, oh, it can't be that bad. what i was asking about is he can certainly attend a 9/11 ceremony, that isn't the issue. it was that he was being disruptive. he moved the special agent in charge out of position for the president of the united states. he wasn't wearing a vest, he didn't is have a radio on, he didn't attend the operation toal brief, and as a result, vice president harris' special agent a was moved out of place. he endangered the president and the vice president because of his vanity, and he wouldn't answer questions about it. he tried to scream over me and claim false indignation. neil: so he wants to run the secret service, you do not want him to run the secret service. >> no. and if i was a betting man -- betting man, i suspect on january 20th mr. roww will be ie employ.

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>> thank you. >> i'm very happy to have you here. >> thank you very much. a very great honor. and we had a great relationship, as everyone knows. we accomplished a lot together. and the people of france are spectacular. it's one of our largest groups in the united states, french people. and we respect them and we love them. very talented people. extremely energetic people as you know very well. >> yeah. >> and it's an honor to be here. we had a good time together, and we had a lot of, lot of success, really great success working together on defense and offense too. and it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now, and we'll be talking about that. thank you very much for being here. [speaking french] [inaudible conversations] neil: all right. that was short and brief, though they do have a lot to talk about as madeleine rivera can tell you in washington d.c. ukraine is a very big issue.

emmanuel macron has made every clear distinction, public opportunity to say he stands behind helping the ukrainian people. a lot of concern as to whether donald trump shares that with him. madeleine, what are you hearing? >> reporter: hi, good morning, neil. well, the reopening of the notre dame cathedral is serving as the backdrop for international diplomacy this week, the future of ukraine weighing a heavily on the minds of european leaders. trump has promised to end the war in ukraine. what's less clear is how he plans to do it. again if. president emmanuel macron is a strong backer of ukraine. after trump won the election last month, he and trump spoke on the phone for about 25 minutes, and during that time they talked about ukraine and the middle east. so today's meeting should allow them to expand on those conversations, although an agenda hasn't been laid out for today. macron is holding a separate meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy today in paris. it's not clear if zelenskyy and trump will be meeting too.

zelenskyy says he wants to work with trump to make sure ukraine has its biggest supporter. just this week zelenskyy's chief of staff was in the u.s. he traveled to florida to meet with trump's team. as world leaders try to curry favor with trump, several national security officials are reportedly worried his nominee for director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard, could undercut ukraine. per axios, nearly a hundred former national security officials sent a letter questioning not only gabbard's experience, but also her previous alignment with russian and syrian officials. a trump transition spokesperson says gabbard is meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill next week and is looking forward to sharing her qualifications for the position. neil. neil: all right. thank you for that, madeleine rivera in washington d.c. i want to go to larry glaeser right now, he's a good market watcher. and the reason why we're putting him here in the show, the fact of the matter is whatever you make of france's problems,

whatever you make of ukraine's problems, whatever you make of what's going on in syria and maybe that government getting toppinged, so much of the world is a mess, leaders come and go, we seem to be the only game in town for investors and, of course, our markets are racing ahead, larry. and a lot of it's picked up steam since the election of donald trunt about a week ago. this was the week we saw bitcoin at $100,000 and the dow at 45,000. s&p and the nasdaq at records. what do you make of all that? >> you know, neil, it's beginning to look a lot like a clip coe christmas. and there's no doubt -- crypto christmas. the administration is fueling that enthusiasm. it's the most pro-crypto, pro-bitcoin administration in washington history, it's safe to say. and part of that is the new sec chair, part of that is the belief that this is a deregulatory environment. we all know though that bitcoin is rising, tech stocks are rising. it's a fine line between

deregulation and chaos in the financial markets a because this time of year we also do see crypto-related scams, we see ponzi schemes, we see that sort of enthusiasm. when assets rise a lot, you're going to attract a host of unsavory characters. so we want to encourage the enthusiasm, we want to get out of the way for innovation and let the economy take hold. we want to be the shining star so we don't become france, we become the enemy vi of the world's economies -- envy. but we've got to maintain order so individual investors don't get hurt by some of the enthusiasm taking place. neil: it's been incredible if you look at it. bitcoin itself is up 50% or so since the election, the market averages have been racing along since then. the are they getting ahead of themselves? there's high expectations that that donald trump is going to the unleash the proverbial animal spirits, and that'll be with good for the markets. but a lot of people look at the averages and say, you know, they're trading a little rich here. what do you say? >> look, neil, there's more than

10,000 different cryptocurrencies. for some people, they view is them as an alternative to dollar, to gold, decentralization, deregulation. it's safe to say many of those won't make it, so we want to make sure investors are safe -- neil: do you extend that to investments in general? because all the markets have been in tandem. not only these top cryptocurrencies you allude to, and there are thousands of others, to your point, but the fact of the matter is we've seen it in stocks, in tech stocks, that there is this, again, rampant run into the buying all of this and then some. frothy think to you? -- frothy to you? what do you think? >> safe to say, again, low taxes, low regulation, cut in short-term interest rates fuel that enthusiasm, and it is warranted. with that said, when we look at valuations, we look at stock the market performance, all are above their historical average. so this is the time of year when we have to remind if ourselves

that caveat emptor, buyer beware. we've got to be selective. we have got to recognize you're going to get market corrections. stocks go up over time two-thirds of the time, but you have a 10% correction almost every year, every 2-3 years 15-20% correction. it would be understandable even in the best of times to expect a market pullback here, and this is what investors want to be mindful, that they don't get ahead of their skis. and this is the time of year it pays to be a con train. lots of -- con train. lots of good companies that may be getting thrown out with the bath water. we don't want to lose our heads and start buying things we don't understand. neil: well put, larry glazer. thanks for relating the money world and the real world. all right, we have a lot more after this.

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