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reporter: good morning. syrian rebels advancing at stunning speed announcing they've liberated city of damascus and ousted president assad and the brutal civil war

started 13 years ago and they've not reached damascus since 2018 and they're made up of a coalition of groups that banded together to overthrow the regime. the leader fled damascus and his whereabouts remain unknown at this hour and his removal means an end to 50 years of family's rule and the government is ready to turn over functions to a transitional government. >> we extend our abdomen to the opposition that extended their hand and confirmed it will not harm anyone that belongs to this land. reporter: today sheeshes stormed the -- syrians stormed the presidential power and banned the commander and personnel on friday and russia another key ally of asad focused on the war with ukraine and donald trump wrote about the especially kansas city chiefs lathelation saying "in -- escalation"the

united states should have nothing to do with this because it's not our fight. let it play out". saying russian that arab are in a weakened state because oaf israel and the fighting success. the national security council says president biden and his team are closely monitoring the extraordinary events in syria and staying in constant touching with partners. the people are chanting as sad is gone asad. it's displaced millions of people. idf, israeli defense forces, are bolstering their forces securing the border with syria and following events there domestically but they're not getting involved and something we'll likely continue to see

other countries do as well. iraq is now reportedly bolstering it is border as well. back to you. will: thank you, alex for thaw date. it's a fast moving story. extremist groups and foreign threats at capitol research center and joining us now. ryan, i'd love to start with the question that you're the most qualify toddies cuss with -- qualified to discuss with us this morning. who is going to take over sere .y the assad regime is losing power what, do we know about the extremist groups waging this campaign for 12 years now and look like they could be taking power in syria? >> yeah, the one getting the most attention because they're leading the fight in damascus and take over places is called hts. it's a turkey-backed jihadist group and they're not part of al-qaida because it was not so

popular with people to ally with. you're talking about essentially al-qaida backed by turkey taking over a large part of syria anyway. some people are characterizing as complete takeover but that's not true. there are other rebel groups including ones that long worked with the united states. rachel: how do we know this group or some combination of other rebel groups in the long run is going to be better and concerned about the christian minority and >> it's horrific

what he's doing for the people and super villains on the worst scale and the forces include a christian component, allied with arabs and kurds and long work with the oil and gas and that's the most backing one that seems to be the most obvious option and going for them to go to

syria. brian: there's always kinds of >> the sponsors are all hurt and they're dependent on receiving iranian aid from getting aid and syrian government directly and it's a hellish scenario for the iran-backed terrorist groups and the regime itself and therefore it does benefit turkey and going to the detriment and also benefiting them and israel even

though they're busy fighting each other and that's not the press and iran going for the entire equation and going for them to be correct here and population wise primarily suni going for them and it's the power grip maybe a malevolent

force and going for them and al-qaida and jihad and terrorists and going for that and it's potential blow back on the united states. >> jihad recruiting and getting battle practice in scen scenarid civil wars and they're over and they don't just stop the jihad and look elsewhere. for the foreseeable future, a lot of that finds to be within syria and i personally don't consider assad to have been a stabilizing force and he did cultivate the al-qaida forces and that's the scenarios going

for it and that's going to be and so much it has been and we've had special forces in there working with kurds, the rebel forces i mentioned before and protecting what it can of oil and gas and trying to keep down isis and stop them from reforming, which is a possibly. i think that could expand to trying to counter hts and other jihadist rebels and you don't want them to get control of syria and resources either. rachel: what kind of risk is it that these destabilization that will was talking about could expand beyond syria? are you concerned about that? >> they can return to lebanon and hezbollah is there and i think the jihadist that fought the long civil war and not jihadist as well against assad

are not going to be too happy with the idea that a lot of hezbollah war criminals have gone over to lebanon so i could see it spilling over to there and hts. i mean, the official name of the organization means the organization for the liberation of the levot and ideologically they try to make it sound like pure syrian nationals and that's all they care about and it's a strategic move and pr and jihadist seek and so does the turkish dictator and we have to keep that in mind lobbying them. brian: over the next week, what are you looking at big picture wise and obviously israel shares a good border with syria. are we going to see tanks rolling into syria from other

countries? what are you looking for over the next week for outside forces trying to help stabilize things? >> it's public information now that israel worked with around a dozen rebel groups in order to help protect itself in that part of the area and getting involved and it's in the rebel groups and probably want to move very quickly and attacking democratic forces in the allies of the united states and then the kurds are part of that and christians are part of this and doing this

as well. will: thank you for this, ryan, wonderful stuff. it's repercussions in the region that you're asking about and going for chaos internally and we'll talk about that throughout the morning. right now the notre dame cathedral in paris and hosting and nearly destroyed in the catastrophic fire five years ago. rachel: madeleine rivera has the story for us this morning. good morning, maddie. reporter: hi, guys. it's the culmination of $1 billion project to restore the church and macron bishop going for that and later today and first time visitors will be able to enter a renovated cathedral and about 1500

dignitaries and first lady joe biden is prince william. reopening of the notre dame serving as backdrop for international diplomacy this weekend and wales saying a wonderful event to celebrate the reopening of the notre dame cathedral and a beautiful and culturally important building and well done as it's part of this project. trilateral meeting focus and peace on this and renovations.

l rachel and charlie. rachel: yeah, all the masses this week in honor of notre dame and people that help rebuild it and this was a very interesting event. we're going to talk a little later on with jonathan morris about the significance of notre dame and significance of christianity in western europe so meeting of trump and macron. will: the post make america grip again. this is the handshake between emmanuel macron and donald trump that everybody is talking about and looks like we're debating it a moment ago.

that hand game where you see who can take the upper hand. it's a power move and see the cover of the new york post and donald trump and there it is. rachel: that's the pull in and push you in and everything is done suddenly to break this. rachel: let's break this down. it's interesting. will: get the guys fingers and kind of a little bit and shouldn't do it because i'll show you what i mean. if i get you here.

rachel: that's weak. will: you're in a bad position. rachel: that's weak. charlie: joe rogan saying when he first met him he was holding on to the table and chairs and everything that trump does that he does the hug baffle too. where you go in and shake hands and put your other hand up on their shoulder to keep distance so somebody doesn't give you a bro hug.

>> taking immediate action so welcome back again. >> thank you very much. we had a great relationship as everyone knows. we've accomplished a lot together and the people of france are spectacular and one of the largest groups in the united states, french people and we respect them and we love them. very talented people. you know very well and it's an honor to be here. we had a good time together and a lot of success and great success working together on defense and offense too and certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right

now. rachel: not even president yet but actually taking the stage as if he was. jill biden, joe biden didn't show up, but jill biden was there and look at this picture of them sitting next to each other. i really believe she voted for him. that's true love. charlie: that's the look you give when you meet the guy you just voted for? rachel: exactly. charlie: the whole room and power dynamics in the room was amazing and not a set of eyes and it's notable. going for gold in paris. rachel: love it. rachel: man hunt and united healthcare ceo's killer and

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will: owed dive team searching central park lake for his gun after it was not in the backpack they found and mayor adams warns the net is closing in and special fbi agent jason pack joining me now. couple of quick specific questions and starting with the search in the lake in central park. there's suggestions that it's a search for the weapon and indications as well that it could have been like a veterinarian-type of weapon. a gun designed to put animals down on farms or ranches and people are assuming that or speculating or extrapolating that from what they've seen on video. what could we learn from recovering that weapon if it's inside that lake? >> good morning, will, recovering the weapon inside of the lake will provide analysis

and be able to provide the shell casings -- will: there's been conflicting information on this and hints and suggestions and yesterday in new york. if it's true, they already have his name and the benefit of them

not releasing his name. nypd said we can't help him in any weather correspondent and going for them to miss with the name that was released. >> the conversation having around many law enforcement with the particular high profile ones and holding the names back and know where he is and going for them before and you've taken over like the step back and climbing so far and did or did

not for committing the crime and escaping new york. >> every time a new piece of evidence is located and going to be propsed and seeing them going out and formulate ago plan of what we need to do today and

seeing the priority tips including them to search and video camera and it's a solid time line and will: waiting for early intervention program august ration day for president trump and showing he's -- inauguration day showing he's taken the reigns.

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charlie: rebel forces in syria taken control of the city of damascus. the regime storming the presidential palace and iranian embassy and allied of assad regime causing extensionive damage and the minister agreeing

to peaceful transfer of power asking both sides to not physically harm each other. donald trump is reacting saying "syria is not our fight" calling on russia to take this as a sign to end their war in ukraine. as for the sitting president, the white house says president biden is closely monitoring the situation. and president trump is getting to work on foreign poll and i meeting with france's macron and zelensky in paris yesterday explaining the goals for the next four years.

charlie: trump is taking the reigns from the failed predecessor and stated this. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. it's remarkable and they look like leader of the free world. >> we've become accustomed for them abroad polling asleep in front of african dignitaries and going for the african rain forest and clearly trump pass that had bar with his appearance yesterday and it is more than that. at you note, soft and average lib skidds is now talking -- zelensky is talking about a peace deal going for the reigns and please, mr. president, don't put the tariffs on us to open the door to negotiations and

more. charlie: 'em is the only person that got enough attention as donald trump, it was elon musk but bring ago lot of respect with him. >> yeah, i think that's right. i mean, listen, this isn't hung eric ga games and nobody is storming the capitol in pink hats and trump won and let's give him a chance. now look, there are people that will hate donald trump the way as philadelphia eagles fan the way i hate the dallas cowboys and the vast majority of the american people i talk to including most democrats say, look, let's give them a chance and see what happens and that's about the best that trump could ask for. charlie: it is remarkable how much fear and voters going to

make it here and where we are today and seeing that yesterday and think about where donald trump was four years ago or even one year ago, and to see that he's back the way he is. >> the horrible fire at notre dame just before trump and he only has four years to do that . i think that people are starting to get excited to see how he can go with that and what he can get done. let's see. charlie: yeah, it'll be interesting to see whether or not obviously the situation with notre dame is a beautiful thing yesterday. but obviously there's some extraordinary hot spots around the world and with very grave

situations and it'll be interesting to see how he begins to address all those things. david marcus, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. charlie: drones are still flying over new jersey, and the fbi is asking for help finding out where they're coming from. governor phil murphy says it's not a cause for concern. some residents disagree. the republican candidate for gagovern governor joins us next. ♪ sofia vergara: in this family, we don't fight over the bill. we just take care of it. families never receive a bill from st. jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. because at st. jude, taking care of families facing childhood cancer is just what we do. this holiday season, join our st. jude family.

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rachel: mysterious drone sightings now in 12 new jersey counties and still unclear and it's going for them to threat for the public for this time to other state jersey officials radio host and going to have you on this morning. so no one has a better pulse on the area and what do your listeners saying to you and what are you thinking about this? >> thanks, rachel. we have the largest audience in

the state and mayor and going for them in the county and back in 16, 17, 18th of november and a few weeks ago going for them to have drones over my house and last night there was a black hawk helicopter sitting in front of them and you have no idea what's going on and calling the faa and state police and here we are weeks later and according to reports, i literally have done my entire show in the last week and a half has been on this drone issue because callers from all over the state are calling to say some of the drones are the size of cars and it would occur to me that when the state police or the fbi are asking for our help, how do they not know what's happen something a lot of people believe that state officials may in fact know a lot more than they're telling us. rachel: yeah, by the way, i'm

one of the people and saw it outside of my house twice and my kids record it had and they're freaking out and they are big and fly kind of low. it's really disconcerting that our governor can't tell us what's going on and they said call the sheriff and the sheriff says call the fbi and the fbi is saying give us more information. remember, bill, we have a balloon that flew drone package testing something ryan higgins what is it? >> if it was google or amazon or something, it would be easy to put out a statement saying hey, guys, don't mind the drones, we're not under attack. what bothered many people in my audience and called out the governor earlier this week, he did not make a statement till after thousands of our listeners

flooded the state house with calls saying, governor, what is going on and what did you know and when and why are you not saying anything? thinking about the size of the drones, it's not like they can stay airborne forever. they've got to land somewhere. chances are they're planning somewhere locally and why is it obstructing cerumen happening at night and only happening on and around our military bases and joint base in monmouth and north jersey? there's a lot of questions and leading many of us to below they do know. the simplest explanation this is a military test and i wish they would come out and say here's what we're doing, and i have said when i'm elected governor, we're not going to have the secrecy coming from the state house. we'll have total transparency because it's clear someone knows what's happening. we're just not being told. rachel: i agree we need more

transparency and out to know what's flying over our house and there was a guy in florida and shot down a drone and didn't know it was illegal to do so and got in a lot of trouble. people feel like it was right over my house and window and i don't own the air space but it's disconcerting when it's close to your home and children, and we ought to get answers. bill, thank you for joining us this morning. any updates, you've got to let us know. we want to get to the bottom of the story. >> i will. we'll be on this starting tomorrow again. rachel: thank you, bill. take care. turning now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for fox weather forecast. how are the drones flying in this weather? rick: we've got to get you to own that air space over your house. rachel: i know something i can talk to about that. rick: the temps waking up and so cold across much of the northeast and that's all going to change and first real rainy pattern setting umm for the start of the week and beneficial

rain and snow cross interior sections especially lake effect snow over the last couple of days and the last week has brought some spots 4-5 feet of snow and we're going to have rain on top of this now and complete different storm matt earn dealing with this in towards monday and start of the day on monday is rain and snow and rapid snow melt causing big flooding con concerns and stillw on the roofs, get it off before the rain pabit is down. we get a bit of break in towards the day on tuesday and another even heavier batch of this coming in on wednesday and the general pattern sets up for us for a few days.

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jesusdown crown of thornings is available on fox nation and unlike anything you've seen before. >> you'll have enemies. >> this kingdom is ours and nobody will take it from us. will: we're joined by actor tarik marcarum. tell awes bit about this project, tarik. >> good morning, l charlie, rachel. rachel -- will, charlie, rachel. thank you for being here and playing the role of jesus and jesus of nazareth in this slightly different telling of

the story for the political backdrop and we've given it a bit more beef in the characters that are trying to create the political backdrop to show you the world in which jesus is against a very die jestable entertaining piece of television that allows you to connect with this incredible story. it'll work very, very hard ask&one of the best incarnations of this type of the drama and helping with the status of the nuances of the story and we're very proud of it.

rachel: you filmed this in morocco; is that correct? >> i'm here in morocco and seasons two and three and likes of the wonderful place we're privileged to shooting and it's a high production value. utopia and the production company working with fox to create this piece. we've really worked hard on the cicinematography to find creatie ways to transport the viewer into this world.

going for them to tell it and of course we as actors, we have the privilege of trying to going for the night. charlie: it's a shocking reminder that it's unfolding today. coming for a perfect time to connect to the story and thereabout the fact that jesus with the human element and i have played jesus before 20 yearsing and it was a younger jesus there and one of the

challenges was trying to understand how can you play as an actor, how can you embody the devine and human at the same time and it's almost, i want to say impossible, actually. rachel: yeah. >> tapping into human strugglings that you resinate with allows truth to it and that draws just as jesus would have done in that day. will: we can't wait to watch you pull it off. rachel: we're really looking forward to this and again, perfect timing to drop it off and not just a political angle and we're in the christmas season and can't imagine a better time to catch it and thanks for bringing more about that to and yous we look forward to watching it. >> i look forward to telling you more. enjoy your day and thank you for having me. >> thank you. will: we want to thank our partners at bass pro shop for

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