at least eight telecommunication providers to spy on top political figures including president-elect trump and jd vance. until u.s. companies can address a cybersecurity gaps the chinese are likely to maintain access. now florida senator rick scott even said with the u.s. resources dedicated to fighting cybercrime, quote, the biden administration is taking no accountability for this and they have no plan to stop it. now a bipartisan pair of senators are asking the d.o.d. to look into renegotiating specific contracts with companies like at&t, verizon and t-mobile to make sure they have better and more strict cybersecurity measures, bill. >> bill: thank you. in miami on that, more to come. thanks. dana. >> dana: right now in lower manhattan the jury in the daniel penny trial is resuming

deliberations and now considering a single charge of criminally negligent homicide. in the choke hold death of jordan neely after the jury deadlocked on a more serious count of manslaughter. that prompted the judge to throw out that charge. penny is still facing up to four years in prison. we'll see what the jury decides and bring you up to date as soon as we find out what is happening. a stunning and dramatic development shaking up the balance of power across the middle east and beyond. syrian rebels seize the capital city of damascus forcing bashar al-assad from power. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: a lot of people trying to understand what does it mean now and what's coming next? remarkable turning point. 14 years of civil war. u.s. military has conducted dozens of air strikes. primarily in eastern syria near the border with iraq. pounding isis targets across central syria to keep that terrorist group from exploiting the chaos. you have opposition forces, many

of them sweeping across the country. look at the map. sweeping the country in lightning speed meeting little or no resistance. since this time a week ago the armed rebels first broke out of their stronghold, first in the northwest to control aleppo in the north. pushing into hama before hitting damascus early sunday. >> dana: mcmasters says it ties back to the head of the snake, iran. >> iran paid a price for their terrorist and proxy network across the region. there is a huge opportunity at this moment, shannon, because of what the israelis have done to crush hezbollah with these recent attacks. now you see how reliant assad was in syria on hezbollah. assad regime is collapsing and i think what you are seeing is those external arms, the terrorist arms of iran really

countered in such a way it creates a huge opportunity. >> dana: fighting will likely reverberate across the middle east. alex hogan has more from tel aviv. hi. >> the white house says it is trying to prevent isis from taking advantage of the power vacuum currently in syria and prevent any weapons left behind by the assad regime from falling into the wrong hands. u.s. centcom car eid out 75 strikes in syria. isis leaders and bases, israel struck suspected chemical weapons sites and destroyed long range rockets and missiles in syria as the idf enters the buffer zone in the golan heights with a sees fire agreement in syria. assad's family ruled over the country for 50 years. there was an offensive that began two weeks ago. the opposition forces are taking advantage of how russia and iran

and hezbollah were all distracted with conflicts of their own. these allies even acknowledged the shocking pace of this defeat. >> [speaking foreign language. >> he said it was a surprising inability of the syrian army to counter the move. the rebels are a coalition of groups banded together with the strongest member being hts. the u.s. has designated as a terror group. their leader al-golani ordered forces to return to their military positions and weapons in the streets would not be tolerated. the civil war began 13 years ago. displaced as many as 12 million people. dana. >> dana: so much to think and talk about when it comes to this. thank you so much.

for more on this and think and talk about it for we'll take a former state department spokesperson and one of the things that president trump posted on saturday was this. syria is a mess but is not our friend and united states should have nothing to do with it. this is not our fight. let it play out. do not get involved. let's put up the map here. there are some u.s. troops in syria that you can see on the map that is coming up right there, morgan. tell us how you see all of this. >> well it's a mess per usual. when you look at where u.s. forces are, they are there as a buffer zone to protect the kurds who fought isis with us and for us. also importantly the kurds have been in charge of many of the prisons that could have up to 50,000 isis detainees in them. so we're all watching carefully in syria to make sure there is not an isis or al qaeda-like reemergence. crucially importance for them not to escape these prisons.

something we're looking at closely. the bottom line this is a strategic defeat for iran and russia. it is quite shocking to me what we saw over the past week and the past few years, shocking in that the biden administration were calling for de-escalation and spent the last year or two trying to normalize assad. they should have been increasing pressure on him but instead normalize him and four years there has been no real enforcement of sanctions on iran or on syria. so what you see happening today, i believe, is a result of israel taking on these iran terror proxies throughout the region and the election of donald trump. they remember what he did in early 2020 to soleimani. >> bill: "new york times," brett stevens. he writes syrians have israel to thank for the liberation. credit for syria's liberation

must also be given for israel's courageous decision to ignore calls for cease-fire and pursue its enemies. each of these actions was denounced for risking escalation. victory over tyrants has a of paying dividends for the victorious on defeated alike. you think about october 7th and what came out of that on behalf of hamas going into southern israel and what netanyahu defied the international leaders saying we'll protect our people and our country. he goes after hamas in gaza, turns his attention to hezbollah and this now is not a crowning achievement, but he has and this country israel has succeeded in a way over the past 14 months that no one could see coming. >> you know, it is unfortunate we had to get there through october 7th but this is a series of policies decisions, not good luck.

what do i mean by that? what i mean is that netanyahu has not pursued a policy of fear of escalation, of what would the ayatollah do or putin or assad do. instead he took on his enemies and that's the policy that we need to give back to in the united states. for four years we pursued the policy of being afraid of what putin or xi or what any other dictator may do. we need to get back into a world where the world, our enemies, not friends but our enemies are worried about what the united states may do. and that's why, you have know, you can take strong, bold action without getting mired on the ground, without getting entangled. i think that's the principle point of america first foreign policy that i was a part of in trump's first term, especially in 2020 again when we saw taking up soleimani. don't forget. this is not the first time that trump has had to take on isis and january of 17 isis had a

physical caliphate in irrelevant rack and syria he had to unleash the military to destroy. we hope we don't get to that point again. we'll watch it closely. isis does have a foothold in every province in afghanistan and isis has the ability to shut down taylor swift concerts in europe. they can be a serious threat if we again were to continue the biden policy of de-escalation and not trying to provoke our enemies. i don't think president trump will continue that policy. >> bill: nice to see you morgan ortegas. you will hear a lot about this group hts. it is shorthand. this is a -- it's kind of a conglomeration of all the rebel forces operating in syria. some of them were borne out of al qaeda and isis. we really don't know with this leadership in damascus what it will bring in the middle east and world for that matter. he has taken a step back and

measured his language, his attitude, his approach over the past two years. >> dana: trust but verify. an american journalist is being held there. the biden administration believes he is alive and hope we get good news about his rescue. hamas terrorists have reportedly given egyptian mediators a list of names of hostages who would be included in a possible hostage deal there. that list reportedly includes four u.s. citizens held captive by the terror organization as well as hostages elderly or sick. we learned within the hour that u.s. national security advisor jake sullivan will travel to israel for cease-fire talks this week. >> bill: ten minutes past the hour. small towns throughout the state of new jersey rattled by mysterious drone sightings. local officials demanding answers and action to stop the swarms, including what witnesses

describe as suv-size drones. nate foye is back on it this week in more is -- morristown, new jersey. >> they were out last night in new jersey and staten island in new york. congresswoman malliotakis posted on x in the past hour demanding more transparency. this is after 19 local elected officials in new jersey penned a letter to governor murphy over the weekend also demanding for transparency. you have the f.b.i., state and local officials all investigating this. so far with no answers. governor murphy met last week with dhs secretary mayorkas and other state and federal officials. murphy insists there is no threat to public safety but local mayors write to murphy in the new letter quote, the lack of information and clarity regarding these operations has caused fear and frustration among our constituents.

the drones have been out every night over the past three weeks with the exception of thanksgiving. witnesses say they are the size of small cars, loud and local leaders are becoming more and more concerned. >> if they lost power and fell, they are going to hurt or kill someone. and as far as we know they aren't authorized to be up there. i spoke to the governor last night at 7:30. he said he reiterated what he said to matt. they are very frustrated with the feds. >> that's a reference to matt, the mayor of washington township, new jersey. take a look at this, bill. faa temporary flight restrictions continue only not only trump national golf club in bedminster but the military base in northern new jersey. the drones in the past week have been spotted in staten island as well. governor murphy has a news conference coming up at 11:00. we have a producer going there to ask him about who is flying these drones and why. we'll send it back to you.

>> bill: funky stuff. nate foye, thanks. morristown, new jersey. >> the net is tightening and we are going to bring this person to justice. a horrific incident in our city and we want to make sure this person is removed off the streets of american, not just the streets of new york. >> dana: scuba divers preparing another swim in the central park pond that may lead them to the gunman in the murder of the ceo. the net is tightening on the suspect. we'll see. >> bill: exactly. we're on verdict watch now. the fate of marine daniel penny still in the hands of a jury yet again. we'll bring the decision as soon as it happens and we don't frankly know when that moment might be. dana. >> dana: president-elect trump gives his first prime time interview since his election victory. >> what do you want to say to americans who didn't support you

in this campaign? >> i'm going to treat you every bit as well as i have treated the greatest maga supporters.

>> dana: let's get you caught up on crime stories. detectives on the hunt to includes leading them closer to the killer of united healthcare ceo thompson. divers are looking for the murder weapon in the pond in central park. police won't i.d. the suspect not yet. >> we don't want to release that now. if you do, you are basically giving a tip to the person we are seeking and we do not want to give him an upper hand at all. let him believe he can hide behind the mask. >> dana: live fox team coverage. paul mauro and katie are here

with insight on what investigators are piecing together. alexis mcadams has the latest on the murder mystery. good morning. >> good morning. this is an active investigation and you can see it right here on your screen behind me. a team of highly skilled nypd scuba divers coming into the lake in central park. we'll move closer to see. right now they have two diverss in the water trying to find evidence linked to the murder of the ceo. the manhunt is nationwide. they look for specific evidence they believe he might have ditched here in central park after the killings and that includes the murder weapon because although they found some of his items they have not found that use yet. sources telling me the photo of the person of interest we want to pull up on your screen you can see it there is from inside of a new york city taxi cab. you can see him looking there at that camera. that was taken about an hour after the killings here in mid town manhattan.

they are using that to try to piece this together along with a timeline. he was on his way to a nearby bus terminal to get out of town as quickly as he could. police working to find more evidence in central park. the dive team searching for three days and counting looking for the weapon and other evidence to help identify the shooters. investigators tell me they found what they believe was the gunman's backpack in central park, a gray backpack. what was inside? not the weapon but a jacket was stuffed in there a men's jacket and monopoly money. all the photos -- a lot of questions about this different angles. he looks like a different person. it is the same man. they are looking for one man at this time. they believe he checked into an upper west side hostel around thanksgiving and caught without a mask checking into the hotel. he was waiting for the ceo

outside the motel the day of the shooting. we'll keep you posted on exactly what happens here on the ground in central park as they continue to look for the murder weapon. >> dana: alexis, keep us posted. might have an update today. >> bill: paul and katie are both here. funny stuff here. more images released early sunday morning that show you a body shot of him. he is kind of a small guy looks like from the images getting out of the taxi cab. investigators down in atlanta thinking he may have gone back there by bus. as soon as you saw the image of him at that hostel, hundreds of people come out of woodwork. elementary students, grade school, high school students, friends from college, etc. i assume some of them have. but no i.d. given. why would that be? how careful was he in planning this to evade the capture that he has thus far? >> very clearly he did some

planning. he knew where to run after the event. he must looked at that area. the bike waiting for him. as to the question why nobody has come forward. we don't know that. they may have come forward and that's how they got the name. want to be careful. i am only working out what has been put out publicly. at first there are a lot of people working it. as they narrow it down the circle of trust within the investigators starts to narrow so there is a smaller group of people that know. just to go to the issue of why maybe you aren't hearing about it that much. a lot of times people are receipt sent to come forward even if they think they know who it is. the boston marathon bombings. we find out later a lot of people recognized them but they thought it can't be him. you have that. >> dana: one of the things that you have pointed out, katie, is that some of this points to him knowing a little bit more about brian thompson than we would have thought.

intimate knowledge of his whereabouts. >> that is what the evidence has shown us thus far that he knew his whereabouts, knew when to expect him generally in the area. it was a meticulous and calculated act. at the end of the day the investigators have to be very careful how they go about this. the longer that it takes to arrest somebody the more reasonable doubt could be brought up by a defendant and the more issues with the investigation that could try to raise with constitutional violations, search authorization violations and things of that sort. they are being very careful and i agree with paul they may have more information than they are releasing publicly at this point. >> bill: the story has captured the attention of people all over the country and captured the imagination of people when you see the video framed so perfectly of the murder. >> dana: so upsetting. >> i think everybody is wondering the same thing who has the facts that are public, which is the events start at 8:00. homicide occurs at 6:45 roughly.

how did he know that mr. thompson would walk down that block at that time? he acquires him from across the street 60, 70 feet in dark conditions. doesn't hesitate. walks through traffic and walks behind him and does what he does. how could he have known that access is the thing that everybody is really wondering? >> dana: the daniel penny trial. the jurors have gotten back together. a little confusing for the lay person to get up to speed on monday and thought wait, i thought he wasn't guilty on this. there seems to be some shenanigans, the lawyers say there should be a mistrial. the judge says no. now what? >> the issue with the way that the jury came back was that they said they couldn't reach a verdict on the manslaughter charge, which was the more significant charge. it was required reckless finding. we know for sure that there is at least one juror that wanted to convict on that charge. the judge had also instructed the jury they could not reach

the negligent homicide charge unless they reached a verdict on the first charge. because they couldn't reach that verdict they were sent to deliberate on the second one. i don't necessarily think it's incorrect. those are alternative charges. they are totally different standards. the bigger question here, though, is can the defense get a hung jury? they can't likely get an acquittal. we know there is at least one juror or more that wanted to convict on the manslaughter. the question is whether they will hang on the second charge. >> bill: the judge brought the jury into the courtroom explaining why they are allowed to -- they filed for a mistrial essentially and that motion was denied which you could anticipate the judge would do that. the judge is trying to explain it is not the role of the courts to intrude on deliberations. see how that goes. roll sound bite number four. we don't know what comes of this verdict or not, watch. >> people keep asking are we

going to riot or protest? is that is what needed? does class has to break or a car burn tore a black man to get justice in america? we can't show up with peace. we have to show with evidence and witness after witness. you give us nothing and then you ask us to love this country. america hates black people and we see it from that jury pool. >> bill: you are on the nypd trying to keep the peace in new york city. whatever the verdict is from this jury and whenever that happens what are you watching and how are you trying to keep it calm? >> they keep them separate down there. there are counter protestors as well. very vocal. everybody understands we're coming into the endgame of this thing. a lot of this stuff is audible from court. you would prefer it were not, right? i would answer this in a couple of ways. let's remember from all the body cam footage we've seen and the testimony, the vast majority of the people that were on that

subway car were people of color that daniel penny stepped up to protect. number two, would daniel penny have acted differently if neely was white? number three, ask yourself this. daniel penny was the toughest target on that subway car, a big young guy, marine, in shape, everybody else there were women and children. they are softer targets. some of the reporting says jordan neely was going toward a mother and child. what would the reaction be on some of the advocates were daniel penny to have seen that starting to occur and said i will look at my phone and let it happen. he would be vilified for not stepping up. i couldn't disagree more. thank you, alvin bragg, for bringing us back to the 1980s. i thought new york city was past that stuff. >> there is reasonable doubt on every element in the case, even the idea he may have not caused the death. the idea he was justified in

using deadly force if he was using that. i don't think there should be a conviction on either of these charges. >> bill: you guys are on stand by until we get an answer. thank you paul and katie. 28 past. let's move to this, the white house. >> president is not going to pardon his son. he said he would not pardon his son. >> i'm wondering if yoo explain american people why the information that you provided turned out not to be true. >> first came the denials and now the refusal the apologize. the white house twisting itself in knots. finally the mainstream media is calling the malarkey on that. the end of an era. the eras tour. some are wondering whether or not taylor swift changed the course of music history? we'll look at that. ♪

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>> bill: 10:34 in new york. the trump foreign policy plan now coming into focus. fox news learned the d.o.j. under pam bondi, the nominee now, expected to vote significant attention to iran. david spunt has more on that in d.c. and what is the story, david? good morning there. >> good morning to you. iran is a growing problem for the intel community. d.o.j. multiple sources say there were concerns about the safety of president-elect trump and members of his cabinet because of iran. not only does next month mark trump's inauguration but five years since the death of soleimani. trump ordered his death in january of 2020. since then his followers have shot revenge. trump has seen his threat profile from iran grow at a noticeable trace. plots have been exposed and

stopped by the f.b.i. kash patel was informed he was a victim of an iranian hacking operation but heard it is not clear if any important information was compromised. meanwhile attorney general pam bondi, the nominee, has multiple priorities if she is confirmed and when she becomes the nation's top law enforcement officer the border, immigration judges, the flow of illegal drugs, china and iran. under the previous trump justice department under bill barr there was a china initiative rooting out chinese espionage. will there be an iran initiative? possible. bondee met with senators last week. patel is on the hill this week. wray, who trump hired in 2017 has yet to announce his plans. it is clear his days are numbered. >> bill: intriguing days, wow. david, thank you. you will take us through it. david spunt in d.c. thanks. >> are you going to go after joe

biden? >> i am looking to make our country successful. not look to go back into the past but make our country successful. retribution will be through success. i look to bring prices down. you know, the border and more than immigration, they like to say immigration. i break it down more to the border. i won on the border and groceries. >> dana: dismissing fears he will encourage federal prosecutors to go after political enemies. let's bring in sage steele. great to have you here in person. i always thought that when he had that line i can't remember it was either interview or debate asking him what are you going to do for retribution he said success would be retribution. a great line and great principle. >> the entire interview that -- i stopped at that moment. it was my favorite line. to me it's almost like a softer,

gentler, kinder donald trump who has softened through this whole process. i think it is the right thing. that is why people elected him is because they knew. even people anti-trump for all these years knew all the other side stuff doesn't matter. he has proven through his track record that he is the best person to do this job to fix us to make us better and to go backwards i think even he knows >> dana: he has a lot he wants to accomplish and that will take time. >> bill: you know what i found? >> i'm proud of him for it. that's progress for him. >> bill: i found a lot of people -- a lot of americans were not really in tune with the immigration issue until they started busing them to places like new york, chicago and martha's vineyard by plane. he talks about groceries. what he is talking about is inflation. also talking about energy. you can drive energy prices down which will lower the standard cost of living for all americans.

keep an eye on that. meanwhile, i don't know if we get another pardon, we may, we may not. let's go back in time to what kjp said about this so far? >> is there any possibility the president would end up pardoning his son? >> no, the president won't pardon his son. will he pardon his son? he said he would not pardon his son. >> does the president have any intention of pardoning him? >> we've been asked that question multiple times. our answer stands, which is no. >> bill: 42 more days. decides what to do. there will be others who will be pardoned. we don't know who they might be and whether or not they are family members. >> when the news came down about him pardoning his son the first person i thought of was karine jean-pierre. not for empathy. maybe you because you have been in those shoes. i tweeted this is not her fault. she is a mouthpiece. are there decisions we have to make based on our bosses. she was doing her job at the end

of the day. she deserves the questioning at this point because she did stand up there but did she know he was going to do this the whole time? what is she supposed to do and say? >> i feel biden did her a disservice. if you are going to do that to your press secretary, you should be the one to stand up and take the arrows and take the questions and say don't blame her. that was my position. i changed my mind and here is why but he is incapable of doing that. she basically has become a pinata for the past week. >> he isn't capable and more so with his character. >> dana: more unwilling. >> the character, he is unwilling and that's the key and that's why they lost. >> bill: sage, thank you for coming in. come back. >> dana: you are going to nashville. safe travels. >> bill: nice to see you. >> dana: more democrats getting on board with doge. what programs could be on the chopping black. australia banning kids from social media. is that a good idea and something the u.s. would do?

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>> dana: a lot of questions how kids spend their time these days. we want to show you. these statistics might blow your mind. first of all, online nine hours a day spent online. okay? nine hours 43 minutes sleeping. instruction in the classroom four hours -- 4 1/2 hours and the rest of it look at this. just an hour of socializing, our eating, hour or homework. 45 minutes playing sports. 25 minutes for volunteering. 8.5 minutes of reading a day. so what are they doing for nine hours online? let's bring in jonathan, the author of the anxious generation

and good to have you here. that book is in the top ten of everyone's list including the "wall street journal"'s and for good reason. you had an excellent time to bring it out because people are freaking out and how should parents deal with what we just showed everyone? >> that's right. all over the world family life has become a fight over screen time and everyone is sick of it. the day you give your kid their own smartphone or tablet is the day that device becomes the most important thing in their lives. no more reading. you'll get less sleep, less time with friends and talking to your parents. this is really out of control. parents should be the first line of defense but we're overwhelmed. parents can't handle this without some help from the platforms and from governments compelling the platforms to behave responsibly. >> dana: call for number one. social media use and mental health. depression symptoms after three to five hours on social media girls 26%, boys 21%.

five plus hours girls go up to 50% and boys 35%. they are on average spending nine hours a day online. so that is an issue. australia recently decided to ban social media for children under 16. it will go into effect next year. one, do you think that is something the united states should consider and two, is it enforceable? >> absolutely. it is crucial that -- i'm so thrilled that australia is doing this. if you think about it, there are at least four reasons that we put minimum ages on products. if a product is about graphic sexuality or extreme violence or if it's addictive for kids or if it physically is harmful. causes this emotion to harm themselves we say no, you can't sell this or push it on kids. that's what australia is doing saying just like in the real world we need to have a minimum age before the companies can do this to your kids. australia bill is great. yes, it is enforceable because there are already many industries that have age limits. you need age limits for gambling

and buying alcohol online. and there are many, many methods of verifying ages beyond just showing a driver's license for government i.d. blockchain solutions, image-based solutions, network validate tours. the industry will figure out it if they are forced to. until now they have not wanted to know how to do it. they will get great at it. there are methods. let's let australia do it, see how it works and consider it here. >> dana: let me show a map for everybody here. some states are trying to limit social media use. we can pull it up here for everyone. one of those states is arkansas. bill hemmer told me that i didn't realize this you had been to visit governor sanders. what did you learn from her and her speerns? >> we had a great time. she was one of the first out of the gate to work on this. not a coincidence. the only governor the mother of young children. she saw the threat. when my book came out she read

it. sent to every governor and state legislator in arkansas and acted. she said a we need to get our schools to be phone-free. we need to get these things out of schools so kids can pay attention to each other. she didn't start with a mandate. she started by saying i'm putting up money. any district that wants to go phone free here is money to help you do it. to buy lockers and overwhelmed by the response because the administrators hate the phones. teachers all hate the phones. even the kids it turns out. she and i governor sanders and i visited schools and wonderful to see the kids talking about how much better it is when they aren't on screens. they talk to their friends. they laugh. people say there is laughter in the hallways again. we had a great visit. arkansas is doing this right. >> dana: i love hearing that. i love being able to stay in touch with you. an important topic. i had an idea for christmas families could give each other -- reused to do a coupon book, phone-free saturday.

those are still very -- that might be the most valuable thing you can do. get off your phone and spend time together. thank you or your book's success. >> anything like this rebellion that diminishes russian and iranian influence and power in the middle east is good for the united states, good for israel and good for our arab friends. >> bill: what comes next? a new moment in history. the fall of syria as regime. what it means for the united states, allies in the middle east and israel. stay tuned. the department of government efficiency, doge, the goal is to slash spending and save you tax dollars. how tough a sell will that be on capitol hill?

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>> harris: new clues on this day six of the manhunt for the killer of united healthcare ceo brian thompson. plus after five decades of

brutal rule, assad is out of syria. what does it mean with iran and russia? the judge in the daniel penny subway death case is getting heat for not declaring a mistrial. the jurors couldn't reach a verdict together. that's a mistrial. what is he doing giving the liberal prosecutors of new york another shot at daniel penny? senator capito, andrew cherkowski and others, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bill: it is the end of an era. celebrity news. taylor swift takes the final bow. the mega star wrapped up a record-breaking show with an emotional send-off in vancouver. let's talk numbers and dollars. this tour made more than $2 billion in ticket sales.

that is double the gross of any music tour ever. fans traveled an average distance of 338 miles, wow. some went further than that, too. they spent on average $1300 to attend. a mini economy for taylor swift. >> dana: a lot of those cities are grateful to have had that revenue indeed. congratulations to her. i think we should thank her. >> bill: taylor, you can take a nap. >> dana: doge has bipartisan support. some lawmakers are hoping to protect their programs from getting cut. more, chad. we've seen this before. >> dodging the doge. lawmakers must chop big programs to make a tenth in the deficit. entitlements or 70% of spending. military receives more than half of all dollars spent by congress. the equation might not balance. >> budgetary economic plans

increase the deficit dramatically. you can't extract the savings to balance from budget just from government efficiency. >> trump promised he would not cut entitlements. republicans must get serious about spending cuts and not just talk about it. >> you can't campaign on freedom and limited government and low taxes and low spending and cutting the deficits and then not do it. we have to make sure we honor our commitment. >> this comes as government funding expires next week. conservatives are pushing limits on disaster aid. they want to avoid the shutdown. they want to give the president a clean slate on government funding next year. >> dana: chad pergram. thank you so much. >> bill: we can wait on that, can't we? all right. what are you cooking up? >> dana: united airlines pulling off a christmas miracle. they partnered with the make-a-wish foundation to give kids free fantasy flights. teams of volunteers transform airline hangers into the north

pole and kids get to play games, hang out with real reindeer and meet the big man himself. i do not mean you know who. i mean santa claus. look at that dogs, that's great. >> bill: last week we had the two ladies on from southwestern ohio doing the honor flights. that's so good. making money, raising money, check out their website if you want to donate. i thought what was important about the segment they did. how much per veteran to get to washington, d.c. they said $7 hundred. you at home can sponsor a veteran or $7 hundred or give $20. >> dana: i think we're all in the festive spirit today and have a ton of news. harris faulkner will take you through the next hour. here she is. >> harris: fox news alert. where is the assassin on the run from his wal