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is officially opening five and a half years after fire nearly destroyed the centuries-old landmark. president-elect trump among the guests of french president emmanuel a macron along with first lady jill biden and ukraine's premier, volodymyr zelenskyy. i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. also this hour, the fbi joins the hunt for the gunman suspected of killing brian thompson in midtown manhattan on wednesday. the nypk says he left town right after the shooting, but he left behind key evidence, and top u.s. defense officials gathering this weekend near l.a. for the reagan national defense forum. they're assess america's defense strategies in a time of transition and a number of probably threats. eric: we have live team fox news coverage for you. jennifer griffin is standing by

at the reagan library many simi, california, alexis mcadams here in new york with the latest for the manhunt on that shooter. arthel: and we begin with lauren green live in paris for the reopening of notre dame. lauren. >> reporter: hello, arthel. the doors of the church are now open, the ceremony underway that officially reopens notre dame cathedral for the first time in more than five and a half years. notre dame's bells, famous bells, rang out over paris. 1500 invited guests are now inside for the solemn ceremony, thousands more lining the seine outside, watching the ceremony on the big screens. a couple of hours before the ceremony began, trump and macron met at the presidential palace. trump's first appearance on the world stage since winning the election on november 5th. macron, one of the world leaders who was in office during trump's

first term that ended in 2020. the two talking about the past and the future. >> it's a great honor for french people to welcome you. >> 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. >> reporter: trump led a who's who of dignitaries attending. as you mentioned, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy, britain's prince charles -- excuse me, prince william, and first lady jill biden. five and a half years ago the world watched in horror as fire engulfed notre dame, the 13th century gothic cathedral. president macron vowed notre dame, our lady, would be repaired and reopened in fiver years, and he was true to his word. 2,000 statues and decorah ative features were restored and recreated, some 2400 oaks to build the trusses,, the a new lead roof, religious relics will

now have a place of honor and presentation. you know, the restoration cost about $800 million, $65 million came from the united states and donors there, actually. but i have to remember a personal thing that, you know, when the bells rang out, i had a little tear in my eye. it was almost like the church was saying, it was echoing the words of jesus when he said the gates of hell shall not prevail against my church. arthel? arthel: you know, lauren, i i know you well, and i knew this was going to be a very personal story for you to cover with, you know, with gratitude there. and i'm sure with the windy, rainy weather, it was still and it still is a beautiful ceremony. chief religion correspondent lauren green live in paris, thanks, lauren. [laughter] eric? eric: well, we're track several developments right now in that shocking shooting death of the united health care ceo right outside of the hilton hotel in midtown the man9 hat a tan this week. -- manhattan this week. the the fbi offering a $50,000

reward for information leading to the man a person of interest. police say they believe that they found his backpack near the carousel in central park, that's where it's believed he used a bicycle for his getaway. alexis mcadams live in new york city with the latest on this astounding case. >> reporter: hey, eric. you know from covering these crimes across new york city, the nypd is trying to work this hard and fast, but now it's a nationwide manhunt, okay? police believe the person of interest fled the state of new york. listen. >> just from looking at the video cameras that we've been doing, we were able to track him all the way from the incident location itself and eventually we have him entering the port authority bus terminal at 178th street and broadway. as we know, that's an interstate bus terminal, so it's our beliee didn't come out, so we're running that down now.

>> reporter: this is when they're looking for. we've shown it quite a few times on the network, but you can see his pace on the screen. that's the person of interest they're looking for in this ongoing shooting investigation. police tell me he came to new york city on november 24th, so right around thanksgiving. he checked into an upper west side losses tell that same a day and was caught on camera -- hostel that same day. the gunman shot this ceo at least two times. we paused that video because it's hard to watch. he's hit in the left leg, he turns around, lookeds at the gunman, and he's shot in the chest. the words deny, defend and depose were left on the shell casings, that's similar to a book that the slams the insurance industry, saying it's unfair. could that be a motive here? it's possible because brian thompson was the ceo of one of the largest health care insurance companies in the world. investigators are working to bring him and his family justice. >> listen, our goal in all of

this is to bring closure to the family and bring justice to the family, but people have to realize this isn't a television show. we're not going to solve this in 60 minutes. this is painstakingly done, we have to do it right. >> reporter: and they have a lot of evidence in this case including dna from the scene. so you're looking at a picture of him at a local starbucks. he goes in about 30 minutes before the the shooting, i'm told, buys something to drink, finishes it, throws it out in the garbage. there was saliva pulled off and possible fingerprints, so they're going to run that that through a system, and they're hoping for a hit. investigators are using clues like that to build a suspect profile, confident they'll track this guy down. >> so we actually have a tremendous the amount of forensic evidence in this case that we've collected, dna evidence, fingerprint evidence which is all at the lab now being processed. >> reporter: so the picture, a burner phone, eric, that he dropped in an alleyway, saliva, possibly now his backpack found in central parks -- park, so the

mayor of new york city saying this morning he thinks they're getting closer. eric: all right, thank you. in a few moments we'll have retired washington, d.c. homicide detective ted williams to talk to us about the possible insurance company angle of a potential aggrieved family member. more on that later. arthel? arthel: meanwhile, the 2024 reagan national defense forum is underway this weekend in simi valley, california. leaders across the political spectrum are gathering at the ronald reagan presidential library with to discuss our defense against global lets at a time of transition -- threats at a time of transition. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in simi valley with the detales.. -- details, jen? >> reporter: and those global there threats are at an all-time high right now. the backdrop to this defense forum, the changing map of the middle east with the assad regime on the verge of falling.

the breakfast panel reviewed the seventh annual survey done by the reagan national defense forum, and they had some unusual results that were discussed. they found of those surveyed, americans and especially trump voters are isolation arist than we often hear, and they want america to win. here's founder and ceo of palantir, alex karp, whose company builds the software that underpins much of the military's technology prowess at this point. >> we cannot have parity. our adversaries do not have our moral come pudges. if it's even, they will take advantage of our niceness, kindness, our desire to be at home in nebraska, new hampshire, wherever we live in our peaceful environments. they need to wake up scared and go to bed scared. >> reporter: i just had a fascinating fireside chat with commerce secretary gina raimondo who has been the point person on granting $35 billion in subsidies to onshore semiconductor chip manufacturing

back to the u.s. it's part of the chips and science act. this is so that the u.s. is not so dependent on taiwan where all of the world's advanced semiconductor chips are currently manufactured by tsmc. >> tsmc, under the leadership of this president and the commerce department, is building out three new, huge facilities in arizona to produce the world's most sophisticated semiconductor chips in america with american workers. it's an incredible thing, and you're all safer because of it. >> reporter: she explained why the u.s. still needs to move faster. >> by the way, to put this in perspective, right now china is building 21 new semiconductor fabs. and they're going to keep going. china is a worthy competitor, and we better be serious about it. >> reporter: i asked her about president-elect trump's recent

interview with joe rogan in which he said the chips act has been a disaster and suggestions it should be repealed. >> it's a horrific idea. it's a reckless idea. listen, i used to be a politician, recovering politician. i ran successfully several times, two-term governor. sometimes you say things on the stump, and i can only hope that was something to be said on the stump and won't be acted out. >> reporter: we'll soon hear from defense secretary lloyd austin, national security adviser jake sullivan who's being interviewed by our own shannon bream. all of these on the panels including the heads of the army, navy, air force and marines will be streamed live on the reagan library web site. back to you, arthel. arthel: oh, jennifer griffin, lots in that report. thank you very much there live at the reagan defense forum. eric? eric: the white house defending president biden's controversial

pardon of to his son hunter as questions about who else the president may pardon preemptively ahead the of the second trump administration considering some of the threats that have come from the trump camp the prosecute his political opponents. lucas tomlinson lye at the white house. hi, lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, eric. it's been about a week since prescribedden pardon his son hunter just a few weeks before christmas, and already there's talk about more pardons or so-called preemptive pardons that could be coming. yesterday here in the white house briefing room, the first press briefing, karine jean-pierre would not rule out these preemptive pardons. >> so, look, i'm not going to, going to get ahead of the president. but what i can say is that the president is reviewing other pardons and commutations. >> reporter: now, eric, some of the names being floated for these pardons, dr. fauci, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff retired general mark milley, senator-elect adam

schiff and former congresswoman liz cheney. for months president biden and his press secretary said hunter would not be pardoned. biden then pardoned his son after she could spending thanksgiving with him in nantucket and before jetting off to africa. >> and the fact is when you think about how the president got to this decision, circumstances have changed. he wrestled with these circumstances. he wrestled with this decision. he wrestled with it. >> reporter: and here's, here's former deputy assistant attorney general john yo to o speaking to neil cavuto earlier about the pardons. >> biden is doing these pardons to save a family member, hunter, and then maybe to save members of his administration. that's a sad end to a failed presidency, right? at the end of your presidency, you're pardoning people in your administration because you're afraid of what's coming next. >> reporter: so we wait to see if there's any more pardons coming and, erin, if you hear that banging -- eric, there are crews in pennsylvania avenue

getting the grandstand fixed up, of course, for the big inauguration -- eric: yep, the jackhammering and the drilling getting that grandstand for the inauguration. looking forward to that. of lucas, thank you. [laughter] arthel: all right, guys. well, president-elect trump pledging new tariffs on three biggest partners, trading partners, with the u.s. critics say that will raise prices on everything from fruits and veggies to cars. are they right? are they right? if we'll get in♪ ♪it coming up

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dad: you can talk to me. son: it's been really, really hard for me. eric: president-elect trump is in paris for the reopening of the notre dame cathedral, but there is work on his transition that continues. vice president-elect vance says they are standing behind nominee pete hegseth. rich ed rich edson live in west palm beach, florida, with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, eric. president-elect trump is pushing senate republicans to get behind his nominee to lead the pentagon. there is still more work and meetings ahead on that. hegseth was up on capitol hill this past week trying to convince these senators to get behind him. it appears the nomination was in trouble, but then trump suggests now that there's momentum behind

hegseth and says he still has confidence in him. >> yes, i do. i really do. he's a very smart guy. i've known him through fox, but i've known him for a long time. and he's basically a military guy. i mean, every time i talk to him, all he wants to talk about is the military. >> reporter: one of the republican senators hegseth and trump are trying to persuade, combat veteran joanie joni ernst. -- joni ernst. she wants to make sure the allegations have been cleared. she's also going to meet again with hegseth next week and that their conversations have been constructive. other republicans argue the senate should just confirm the cabinet trump wants. >> a new president gets to choose his or her team, and he has the right to choose the people that he wants to fulfill this mandate that he's been given by the american people. and it's not right for them to go through and do what they're doing. this character assassination, i think, is over the top, and it does have a deterring effect of

better people getting involved in the system. >> reporter: of -- another controversial mom nearby tulsi gabbard. -- nominee. tulsi gabbard, picked as director of national intelligence. among those concerns, sympathetic comments about russia and her meeting with basharal as -- bashar al assad. trump commented on what's going on in syria earlier today. he said syria is a mess, not a friend of the united states, but then added the u.s. should not be involved there. back to you, eric. eric: all right, rich, in west palm near mar-a-lago. arthel? arthel: president-elect trump is threatening hefty tariffs on three of our biggest trading partners, 25 on mexico and canada -- 25% -- and an additional 10% on china. economists say that could start a huge trade war and raise prices on food, cars and more.

so right now we're going to bring in james freeman,s assistant editor of the editorial page at the wall street journal. all right. so, james, you well know that president trump wants mexico and canada to clamp down on fentanyl and migrants illegally crossing our borders. so what steps are they, mexico and canada, capable of to make that happen? >> well, if we look at the experience of the first term, we remember that president trump threatened tariffs on a number of goods including beer, avocados, things like that. fortunately for consumers, they didn't come to pass because mexico did take more action to enforce its own southern border. so i think there are steps they can take, and i think both consumers and investors in this country are hoping that they do comply because that would be a big consumer hit. we're very fortunate that we

have, basically, tariff-free or close to it trade with mexico and canada right now, and it's a lot of trade. 25% would be, would be an enormous blow, and it wouldn't all be on consumers. some of that a probably would be absorbed by businesses and workers. but a lot of it is bound to hit consumers in higher prices. if. arthel: right. sure, sure, indeed. and, you know, last year, in 2023, the u.s. imported $1.3 trillion worth of goods from mexico, china and canada. and the leaders of those countries know president trump is not bluffing, so you kind of made the point earlier and i'm thinking the same thing, do you think they'll agree to make incremental steps with an end date, of course, before the tariffs are applied? >> well, it's kind of tricky, isn't it? because to the extent they think he's just adopting a negotiating posture and doesn't really want to have tariffs as a permanent part of our trade relationship,

maybe they're a little less likely to relent. i think for investors and consumers here though, markets are not going to be happy, and consumers especially. i mean, remember, donald trump is about to become president again largely because of anger over higher prices. we've seen that, obviously, in the voting in the exit polling and in the polls since then, this is the number one mandate that voters are giving him right now -- arthel: yeah. >> -- which is restrain the prices, no more inflation. and they want deflation. actually, they'd like to see price luceses -- arthel: yeah. and, james, james -- >> hard to do that with tariffs. arthel: you make a good point there because everything from tomatoes to t-shirts, cars, of course, could become significantly more expensive. so if president trump imposes the tariffs he's talking about and prices on goods go up, i'm asking you how long would the

american people support president trump's tariffs? >> i think it's a good question. i think the key for him is he's got to achieve other goals of, that do other things that reduce prices. and that's where this elon musk deregulatory project, i think, is going to be key. when you get rid of regulations, you make it easier and cheaper to make thing stuff in the united states. that is going to have a beautiful deflationary effect. and i think consumers are going to tolerate tariffs longer or, i mean, to the extent they tolerate them at all if you're seeing other positive actions that are bringing down prices. but this is a very, a very tough thing for the president if he intends to stick with those tariffs which are much higher. i mean, even now after all of the action relative to china many in his first term, the effective tariff rate on goods from china is still only about

111%. now, it's much higher than -- 111%. he has at times talked about 60% tariffs on china, chinese goods. electronics, sneakers, apparel. these are big, have big implications for consumers. so my guess is consumers just like investors want this to be a short-term negotiating ploy and not a permanent part of how we fund the government. arthel: so jumping in though because i have to go, but i do want to ask this question, you were talking about china. china, actually, the second largest source of imports to the u.s., mexico number one. >> yeah. arthel: and china faces an additional 10% tariff on imports from china. but, you know, how many made in china labels are on many products in our homes, our closets, you know in so that said, does china have leverage that perhaps canada and mexico don't? >> they are a big trading partner, but i would say that he, that president trump maybe has a little more leeway with

voters with china because it's really sort of a strategic argument. this is a horrible regime, it threatens its neighbors. it is often at cross-purposes with the united states. i think that's an easier sell if it has a cost than saying to consumers we really need to get tough on our friends in mexico and canada. so i would guess that -- and i think this is kind of consensus in the business community, that he probably means it on the tariffs more with chai a ma than with mexico -- china than with mexico and canada. arthel: all right. james freeman, we'll leave it there. "wall street journal." thank you very much. >> thanks, arthel. eric: the manhunt for the suspect in the brazen murder of united health care ceo brian thorpe is intensifying. the fbi now joining the investigation, and it's beyond new york city. when will they find him?

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eric: the fbi now joining the hunt for that suspect in the killing of unite united health care ceo brian thompson on wednesday morning, offering a $50,000 reward now for information leading to the suspect's arrest. police say they believe they have found his backpack ditched in central park after the murder. he fled on his bicycle. they also think he left downtown by bus the same way he came in just before thanksgiving. but the big question now from where, and where is he now? former washington, d.c. homicide detective ted williams join joins us, also a fox news contributor. ted, this is an intense, astounding, shocking case. what's going on, do you think, right now behind the scenes the try and find the suspect? >> hi, everything. i can tell you be-- hi, eric. i can tell you behind the scenes

i believe the walls are beginning to close in on this wanna by professional hitman. -- wanna if -- wannabe. i think it's only a matter of time before they catch him. the picture that they have of him is now posted all over this country, and he can run, but he can't hide. he's going to be caught, i believe, sooner or later here. eric: yeah, we see his face, and they say that they have dna, they have of fingerprints, you know, he went to the starbucks, he's seen putting a gum wrapper in the garbage can. you can see his face right now. why do you think friends and family haven't come out? maybe they have, we just don't know yet. -- can yet. and he took the bus from new york to atlanta, does that indicate the search is down and that's where the focus of this manhunt now is? >> i would think the focus is down south. we know that on november the

24th that the bus leaving out of atlanta but making many stops along the way to pick up passengers, so they could be looking anywhere along that route for this individual. quite naturally, they're doing now what i would definitively say is a nationwide search. but they've got enough physical evidence, and what you've said here is that perhaps they already know who he is, and they just are not telling us at this time. but it's going to be soon that we will know who this person is either way. eric: yeah, potentially. look, you've got facial recognition, you have all these cameras and photos. can they use facial recognition technology in this type of case, do you think? >> absolutely. new york in their facial recognition technology is limited to new york, but now that the fbi is involved, now they can go into a national a data bank, and that's going to

be very meaningful and helpful to this investigation. eric: we saw him walking past garbage, and he stops at that that garbage pile and puts something there. that's believed to be a gum wrapper. by the way, as well as leaving something from starbucks and a burner phone, they say is. in terms of a motive, it's pretty chilling, ted. on the bullets, officials say the words one was delay, deny, defend. delay, deny, defend. that's an indication of insurance companies that just don't pay claims, and there's a book. i'm going to show you the book right now by a rutgers professor when writes all about why insurance companies don't pay claims and what you can do about it, he says, studying insurance companies. and "forbes" said this about united health care, quote: uhc has the highest incidence of denials out of all major providers refusing an estimated one-third of claims submitted.

the company is facing multiple lawsuits, united health care announced a new policy effective december 1st by which it may deny charges for in-patient or outpatient services it considers routine which would give the insurer more opportunity to issue denials. a lot of people in this country angry, frustrated over denials of insurance. do you think this potentially could be someone whose loved one was denied coverage by united health care and maybe died and this is why this person struck out, to could that be a red herring? what's your gut? >> you know, it could be, and as you said, it could also be a red herring. this guy is trying the play a cat and mouse if game. he's trying to stay one step in front of law enforcement, and as a result of that it would not surprise me if the markings on those shell casings were something he put there to act as a red hearing -- red herring. but i think what law enforcement has to do is not have tunnel

vision here. keep an open mind. it could be anything from a domestic dispute to having some involvement with the insurance industry, and they've got to keep that wide open mind in regards to this investigation. eric: well, we're likely to know when that suspect is caught, and you believe he will be in handcuffs at some point potentially soon? >> eric, by the time we speak next week, i have -- i'm going to go on the record and say i believe he'll be in the canned -- handcuffs. eric: ted williams, thank you for your insight and analysis of this shocking case. good to see you. >> my pleasure. eric: arthel? arthel: well, eric and ted, the judge in daniel penny's case dismissing the top charge of manslaughter after the jury deadlocked. they will now consider the lesser charge of criminally-negligent homicide in the new york city subway chokehold trial. let's go to c.b. cotton, she has the latest. and, c.b., how is defense

responding to all of this? >> reporter: yeah, arthel. well, they're not too happy because when the jurors were out of the courtroom, daniel penny's defense team repeatedly objected to continues deliberations on the lesser charge. defense attorney thomas ken told the judge the move would be elbowing the jury to reach a verdict, and he called for a mistrial. but, ultimately, the judge granted prosecutors' request to dismiss the top count. now jurors will have the consider the lesser count. criminal defense attorney brian claypool agrees with penny's defense and described the judge's decision askersive. >> what -- coercive. >> what that does is induce deuces jurors to throw up their arms and say, okay, let's just get him on the lesser charge. it's patently unfair, and it's a miscarriage of justice. >> reporter: the trial has lasted more than a month, and prosecutors argue neely, when was homeless, battling mental

illness, had an outburst on the subway last year that only lasted about 30 seconds. they say penny's chokehold went, quote, way too far. penny's defense team argues their client protected ores -- others, pointing to subway riders who were grateful penny stepped in. after the high stakes deliberations on friday, activists maintain that this case is still about a racism. >> racism is still alive and kicking in america. there's no other way to view this. everyone has looked at the case, can and those among you with who say that daniel penny is innocent have racism and bias in your heart. >> reporter: so now penny face up to four years in prison, but per new york state law the judge could decide to sentence sentence penny to no prison time at all if jurors come back with a conviction on this criminally-negligent homicide. arthel.

arthel: c.b. cotton live in new york city, thank you. eric? eric: well, china expanding its global influence as we know and strengthening ties with another u.s. adversary, and that is russia. it's a topic at the annual reagan national defense forum in california. they look at it and we'll discuss it next with dr. rebecca grant. stay with us. ♪ centrum menopause supplements help unpause life when symptoms pause it. with a multivitamin plus hot flash support. daily zz for quality sleep. and enxtra for focus and clarity. centrum, powered by clinically studied ingredients.

arthel: well, china has been strengthening ties with russia over the past year even as it faces major economic troubles at home. chinese president xi jinping has met three times with russia's to vladimir putin, and those two u.s. adversaries have conducted military, several military joint exercises. the pentagon warns china is working with russia to increase its presence to our north in the arctic. let's bring in dr. rebecca grant of the lexington institute. so, dr. grant, i do want to

start here and ask you will the ties between china and russia loosen, and will the joint military exercises stop when president trump takes office in? >> >> interesting question, but what we've seen in the last two years is a great strength the strengthening of the ties -- strengthening of the ties. the joint military exercises, arthel, they've already gone way beyond what the pentagon initially expected, and so i think that china and russia will continue to operate together. and, you know, russia is completely dependent on china for support through buying energy and oil. russia can't keep fighting in ukraine without china's agreement. so for now, these two two are stuck together, and it makes a really dangerous situation for the united states. arthel: is there daylight between xi jinping and vladimir putin, space for president trump

to come between them especially once they are no longer partners in crime as you pointed out with russia's war against ukraine? >> right. well, that's the bright spot. although we have seen this really tight partnership, don't forget that that china and russia don't really like each other all that much. they have some territorial disputes, they look down on each other a little bit, and back in history in 1961 there was a huge blow-up between the two. so in a way they're only just recovering from it. i think that china and russia, it's such a danger that this has got to be a top priority for trump, and -- for president trump, and i'd like to see him try to put some pressure on both countries and maybe chip away a little bit at that dangerous no-limits partnership. arthel: i want to come back to the possible pressure that the president can put on, but let me read right now a quote if the end deputy assistant secretary of defense for arctic and global

resilience on russia-china cooperation in the arctic. it says, the increasing levels of collaboration between russia and the people's republic of china and unprecedented styles of collaboration especially in the military domain give us, again, pause. so with china and russia in the scope, dr. grant, what will be the biggest challenge facing president trump's secretary of defense on day one? >> well, fact that russia and china can really stretch our military forces, you know, that's kind of pentagon speak for saying, hey, we are getting really worried about the arctic. the joint bomber flight between russia a and china back last summer included two chinese bombers that are nuclear-capable, the h6n, and there's all sorts of things going on under the surface, under the ice. you know, this is why we need to have a really capable submarine

force and to have our unmanned types of submarines like the new orca that can really keep russia and china's sub marines at bay. that high north is very strategicking it's very close to the united states with. we have a lot of "forbes"s up in alaska a, f-22s, of course, canada helps us out as well, but this basically means we have to be on guard in the high north in a way that we just haven't seen, i think, since the peak of the cold war. arthel: and like you said, both russia and china, they're upgrading their nuclear weapons, and china is on a rapid expansion. they both have dangerous cyber tools. so how strategic does president trump have to be to make sure these two untrustworthy leaders don't covertly team up against the u.s., is and what about that pressure you were talking about? >> right. and like i said, i think for president trump this this has to be just a long-term, overarching priority. you know, step one, strengthening our u.s. military forces. but as you say, china -- which

has always had a small nuclear force -- is on track to have as many deployed nuclear weapons as the united states does within about ten years. it's a huge buildup. this is no reason for them to bm to be doing this. put china and russia's military power together, and they are on paper at least the biggest danger the u.s. has faced. so it's a big priority for president trump. arthel: and all of this as jennifer griffin reported earlier in our newscast global threats are at an all-time high. dr. rebecca grant, i'm sure we'll see you again. thank you. >> thank you. arthel: eric? eric: today marks the 83rd anniversary of one of the darkest days in american history, that was the attack on pearl harbor. on december 7th, 1941, the japanese empire's military launched a huge surprise air raid on the u.s. navy base at pearl harbor in hawaii killing more than 2200american service

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arthel: well, vice president-elect j.d. vance visiting hurricane helene victims yesterday bringing hope the people in north carolina on the long road to rebuilding their homes and their lively hoods and assuring them they have not been forgotten. christina coleman is live with the latest on this. chris? if. >> reporter: hi, arthel.

yes, vice president-elect j.d. vance visited folks still cleaning up from the deadly hurricane, that ravaged parts of western north carolina. he surveyed the storm damage yesterday, caught up with first responders and reassured hurricane-stricken residents that their concerns will be addressed. >> i know that a lot of people in this neck of the the woods feel left behind and forgotten. i just wanted to make them feel that their government leaders actually care about them because we do. and, certainly, when this administration changes hands in the next 45 days, we're going to do everything we can to help people get back on their feet. >> reporter: in north carolina more than 1000 residents died from the -- 1000 residents died from the storm, the hurricane cost more than $53 billion in damages and left thousands of residents without internet or cell service as they desperately tried to locate their loved ones. vance said it's a disgrace that we have starlink and access to modern technology, and people still ran into these problems. >> one of the things that we're going to focus on in the next

administration is to make sure that our communication communications infrastructure is in a place that if, god forbid, another area like this is affected by the storm, at least we have the communication in place to minimize the damage and to allow people to communicate with the people that they love. >> reporter: even though vance was there to help hurricane-stricken residents, reporters till asked him about trump's cabinet picks and whether he had concerns about pete hegseth being nominated the lead the department of defense. here is vance's response. >> pete hegseth is going to get his appearing before the senate armed services committee, not a sham hearing before the american media. we believe that pete hegseth is the right guy to lead the department of defense, that's why president trump nominated him. we're not abandoning this nomination. >> reporter: meanwhile, the hurricane cleanup continues in north carolina. more than 120,000 homes were damaged there by the storm. arthel? arthel: okay. christina coleman, thank you. eric? if. eric: arthel, on op of all that,

parts of the south are now bracing for more severe weather. heavy rains could bring as much as 2 inches per hour the next few days. fox weather meteorologist adam klotz is here with more on that. when's it going to hit, adam? >>ed. adam: already seeing some of it, largely in texas right now, but this is going to spread out over the next couple of days and a lot of folks, ultimately, will be affected. through your saturday, ultimately sunday into monday and tuesday just kind of rounds and rounds of fairly wet weather across the southeast. it's because of the amount of time and all that moisture moving through that you start to see some of these numbers begin to pile up. somewhere between an inch or who two, but you tart to see yellows and orange toes, maybe as much as 3-5 inches of rain in some areas. so a real rain a maker. there will be a northern end as well. a little bit of snow for some areas in upstate spots, but in large part this is going to be fairly warm. over sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday up and down the east

coast we're looking at some realing so by weather, and it's going to be more like rain. yes, some isolated snow out there, but largely a run maker all the way through the middle of next week. eric: all right, it's going to be wet. arthel and i are back in one hour here on the fox news channel of. thank you foess r trusting us fu your news.lc start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪

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