will: 7:00 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with rebels overtaking syria and overthroughing the dictator assad and the rule and how the u.s. is responding. charlie: plus, intensifying man hunt going for the healthcare ceo killer and new photos of the

suspect and where police believe he could be headed. rachel: rising from the ashes and going for notre dame going with the cathedral holding more overnight and trump welcomed by world leaders and grand reopening and the "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. rachel: trump saying the u.s. will not get involved. charlie: we're live in tel aviv with the latest. alex. reporter: hi, will, rachel and charlie. advancing to the fast speed and liberating the city of damascus today and saying they've ousted president assad.

a look at some of the syrians entering the presidential palace and the prime minister said they're ready to turn over functions to the government and extend to the oppositions and president assad giving orders of peaceful handle of power and his removallen moving to more than 50 years of rule and rebels announced he's out today on state tv. reporter: opposition forces not reached damascus since 2018 and rebels made up of coalition of groups that banded together and iran is a big backer of the

assad regime going on friday and comes as russia, another key ally of assad with his own war on the site and going with the escalation writing in part the united states should have nothing to do with it and that's not our fight and let it play out and don't get involved. he wrote this saying in part "russia and iran are in a weakened state right now because of ukraine and a bad economy and the other because of israel and fighting success". national security council says that president biden and his team are closely monitoring the extraordinary event in syria and staying in constant touch with regional partners. we're also learning as this situation develops on the ground that the rebels have now announced a cur few going into place at 4:00 p.m. local time and that's an hour from now when the sun will set in damascus. curfew remains in place till 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. back to you.

charlie: thank you, alex. let's brick in kt mcfarland. can you explain why that's happened over the last couple of weeks? >> yeah, all right, so syria was governed by assad and he was weak and incompetent. he was propped up in governance by syria and russian forces and by some stance the russian money and they're preoccupied right now and president trump so rightfully said iran is preoccupied and russia is preoccupied because of ukraine and faltering economy. those two guys are not propping them up as well. the rebel groups and there's not one rebel group, that's

important and let it play out this. is not our fight. i'm sorry we have 900 american forces in the country and are they sitting tar targets and pos ten issue hostages. what are they going to be? rachel: let it play out and funding, turkey is funding groups and we're funding and israel. we are involved so now what, kt?

>> russia is down because of military equipment there and port there is and that's good in a sense and now you don't know what happens and now it's as if there's a unified group and that's fighting within the rebel groups and occurring with leaders that say there's a trend in the middle east and going to like iran and we see that the future figure out jordan an egyt and the south and ethnic groups

in syria and many ethnic groups and going for tribes and the fatherwill: rachel and you both said, we have 900 troops there and we've been in this game. seems to me we have a choice. we either remove those -- look,

we all hope for minimal u.s. investment and a great outcome. but i don't know if that's realistic. >> the bad guys and the worst guys. rachel: the ones in this situation. >> we have enough oil and natural gas to power the entire world for hundreds of years and cheaper, saver, cleaner for that in the world. the middle east is embroiled forever going back todays of jesus if not before by just

warfare between tribes and what made it important to the rest of the world was oil. now, that oil is farless important and now that the united states can replace the middle east, replace russia as the world's energy hub as we have not only energy independence and energy dominance and that part of the world is a very different place f. they don't think you're out, those countries will figure out new games and some new way of having a strong economy. maybe they can find a way to peace and just keep fighting each other and only time will tell. rachel: you make a great point on the energy independence and getting ourselves extricated from the world and that makes us safer for sure. you see donald trump in paris, france, meeting with zelensky and there's a real effort to

living in north carolina. >> what's our interests in the world and what's important to us and no longer ignore the needs of the american people for some people in the country we can't even pronounce and people can't find that on the map and it's not a vital national interest to the united states. and in the ukraine war. president trump will do it very

quickly. 30 countries were there and he was supposed to stand in the back and top and photo op and just elbowed his way down and going for the front row. let's take the picture and here you have a very different thing. the world leaders are out washing to get next to them and photo opportunistic and a wild horse saloon per in his ear and donald trump, america is back and free to see. charlie: the more moving parts and more you can negotiate.

>> the impeachment and deep state and even then able to get abraham accords and trade agreement withs china. he was able to do an awful lot and zoo so now it'll be un-income bernards healthcared by a lot of -- un- income bernards healthcared by this. will: funding for high mobility and artillery rocket systems and

unnamed aerial systems and components and materials to maintain the system and that's according to lloyd austin announcing this in the last day or so. this is a new funny package for ukraine. rachel: unbelievable. you touched on this with kt and sort of a three prong approach and energy independence is vital and the border is vital. charlie: also the threat of crazy. people -- leaders around the world don't know how crazy donald trump might get over something. it's a great defensive position, which is also a good offensive position. rachel: i look at this package, and i'm just so pad because this is supposedly for military things, i don't think we should be there or have been involved and everything should have been done to avoid this conflict. but looking forward to doge because there's been zero transparency i've been told funding small businesses in ukraine and heard we're covering

pensions for government workers. again, going back to north carolina, that's the latest thing and roads still broken and people can't get to their homes and people living in tents around christmas time freezing cold. will: notre dame is hosting mass for the first time this morning since a fire three years ago. >> first mass is consecrating the alter and french president and french bishop and going for them and there's another mass this evening and that'll be open to the general public. about 2500 people who are able to get free tickets are expected

to attend. the masses follow saturday's ceremonial opening and about 100 dignitaries attended including president elect trump and jill biden and prince williams. elon musk was there too and marking the return to the world stage and prince and princess of wales saying a wonderful event to celebrate the reopening of notre dame and immense akeith to celebrate this to everyone that's been a part of the project and spending time with macron and trump. trump had a trilateral meeting with zelensky and propsing to end the war in ukraine. making sure thrush supra aural headphones and another other aggressive has no possibility of

returning. there'll be masses for fire fighters that save the building and workeers. back to you, l rachel and charlie. rachel: officers finding what's believed to be the man's backpack in central park and filled with jacket and monopoly money. they're being analyzed at a lab in queens. charlie: meanwhile eric adams says the net is tightening and vowing to return and it's bizarre. will: there's been reaction, charlie, i cannot wrap my head

around and it's fair to say, you can politically define the reaction to some extent and it's coming from left. the reaction has been in some wild, weird places a celebration of this assassination. like i don't know because you had your healthcare claims denied at certain times, the murder of healthcare ceo at the very least you don't lemore. taylor lorenz who wrote for the new york times and washington post had really weird things she said in response. a headline from new york magazine and united health shooting was inevitable. we were headed down the path because of bad healthcare and murdering ceos. charlie: healthcare companies are unpopular where this is somehow unjustifiable. it's a weird extension of the moralizing social juice tis and moralizing you get from people

today. will: who turn wad guys into good guy -- bad guys into good guys because of social yous justice. charlie: it's like it's a video game and getting gunned down in midtown and walking into a hotel is accept and will it's insane. rachel: senator fetterman responded to takes on the left you're talking about. will. he said there's no shortage of takes obanya the 2024 election or on this anassau county nation. such an interesting figure these days but he's right. will: talking about fetterman being a figure.

rachel: we have the situation with daniel penny and the guy that died, jordan neily is going to kim everybody on the train and going crazy and someone, euphoric subduce him and the person that subdues him and accidently kills him is the villain. i guess that's the world we live in. charlie: upside down world. rachel: maybe things will change. charlie: i hope s. gabbard and

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will: tulsi gabbard will likely face scrutiny over views on syria and house majority whip tom emmer joins us now. great toe see you, congressman. walk through the c cabinet picks together for a moment. pete is the center oaf attention and how do you feel woe stand here today with a chance to repeat hegseth's confirmation as secretary of defense? >> he's coming to washington, will, and shaking up the status quo. you can't fix what's been broken over the last 30 years and in particular over the last four years. you can't fix what they broke with the same people who broke

will: do you feel confident republicans will live up to what you just said? they'll fall behind donald trump's picks in the senate? l he experienced combat unlike

our governor and never went and tahin he's exactly the right choice and this is what he'll be communicating with all the senators about to change the harris biden culture at dod and seems to be very personal with the woke nonsense. >> let's be clear. democrats got a real smack in the face on november 5 and boys and girls it isn't what america wants. america wants trump's america first agenda and about creating an economy that works for everybody again.

unleashing american energy and that's what they're hungry for and testimonies had the wrong message and seeing some giving you an example and one senator in georgia with a real tough election in a couple of years and looking at what his people expect. i better start reacting to that and listening to them. >> you said they'll rally behind president trump's picks and going for tulsi gabbard to move on and going to move to rfk. do you see united republican support for tulsi, rfk? >> human being are emotional

elements and looking at pete hegseth and going for all anonymous sources and this is what they do and organized effort by democrats to smear these picks. when it doesn't work with pete seg seth and goes around and convinces these senators to what he is and what they want to believe. will: the point point of democrats is the media democrats and the tax in the media and second level is how those fights in the media affect republican senators because gop has 53 senate seats and you can confirm all of donald trump's picks tomorrow if republicans are united.

they've been having these for months getting ready for reconciliation and we're not sitting still and in the senate and not coming quick enough in january, be ready to move. thank you so much. will: fox news alert and trump responds as rebels take over syria and what it means for allies in the middle east.

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charlie: the growing unrest ramping up security at boarders. the next guest knows all about challenges of war in the middle east and jim hanson serving in the army, special forces. thank you for joining us, jim. any sense that civilians in syria saw this coming before say a week ago when we started getting reports of intensified fighting? ing? >> yeah, fighting has ebbings and flowed over the years and hard to predict -- ebbs and flows and hard to predict how it would play out and no one will mourn the end of the chinless wonder assad's regime, i'm not sure this brings any kind of stability or peace or anything good that highs new mexico and i'm concerned jihadist guys want

to form their own caliphate, allah isis and could turn into a bigger mess than it was even under assad. charlie: what does it tell you about the current state of iran and russia? l >> yeah, they lost out and iranians running weapons down to iran and the port air base and ability to project power in the region. they cut and ran along with assad so at this point, the big winner is or something he

believes is a center power for the islamic world. >> charlie: does seem like standing on the sideline is israel and turkey both of whom have seen incribbled concerns about what happens here ask what can we see for syria going to be responsive with that. the russians may be the ones that don't take this lying down and everyone seems to be overextended and that's true. also in the long run they do not want to lose that warm water port there. what they've got in crimea and going to occasionally get boats sunk there.

p f charlie: the vessels in the same kind of danger and the ones that were over from ukrainian action and they didn't want to lose that and be seen as a weak force there's unable to do it and losing that value vessels. charlie: 150 new york city hotels filled with ill illegal

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rachel: our next guest and illegal immigrant crisis runs rampant and city surge dipped since january, it's a major issue with over $6 billion spent on illegal immigrant services and that number is expected to grow by nearly another $pennsylvania 5 billion next fiscal year. new york city councilman joe borelli joining us now. soon there's going to be a new sheriff in town. i mean that by donald trump. he's putting tom homan in charge and this is famously a democrat-run city and do you expect it mayor eric adams to work with homan and yourself and others and deport some of the illegal immigrant s? >> it's a new leaf for new york city and one thing is clear, democrats got beating in november in new york city. there's distance between where

mayor adams is and tom homan. people here illegally but continuing to commit crimes or quested of crimes in their hone country-specific try triple-demic. you have to go through immigration judicial process and end of the day, you need to be deported first. rachel: it'll be interesting, educators say it's the combination and money and crime and what's the thing that most upsets new yorkers about what's happening? >> it's the crime and money is aspect of $5 billion a year and more than the fire department and sanitation department and all of the vital services and the crime we're seeing around migrant shelters and impact on quality of life and eric adams realized if he starts these proceedings to deport some of the people, majority of new yorkers are with him on that . charlie: second degree manslaughter charges or dismiss

and second charge, which is lesser criminally negligent homicide. we're going to see maybe monday some time this week, what do you expect to happen and if he gets charged with that, will new yorkers are kind of upset and new yorkers and liberal ones that are not upset at daniel penny and think he's a hero. >> no, because the one thing common for all new yorkers we're all scared on mta subway from time to time and a lot of americans and new yorkers saw that daniel penny was a second victim of the situation and not really a murdering vigilante make them out to be. the first charge dismissed and you cannot trust at vin bragg and getting to implement the perverse form of ju justice to convict daniel penny and saving face and justifying the

prosecution. that's what i'm scared of and scared this was a ploy and think majority of new yorkers do agree with what you said and people are scared on the subway and understand what daniel penny d. rachel: take us back to when this happened. if i recall, numerous people get shoved onto the travion green murders in the subway. >> yeah, you gauge crime in new york city, a lot of people talking about going up in subway systems. rachel: if he gets charged and losers are new york city residents and no one will step up to defend him like that young man heroically did.

thank you for joining us. >> thank you. rachel: turning to rick now for the forecast. rick: good morning, rachel. it's so much better out here and a look at the maps that shows you we've been blow freezing for much of the northeast and going up into the 50s today. precipitation wise over the next week and show you what to be expecting and more rain and snow in parts of the west and getting so much rain and ball languages and out here with it all starting today and torment there's much needed rain in the east. rachel, back to you inside. rachel: thank you, rick. we're still on the hunt for the perfect christmas gift.

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