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8:00 here in los angeles and this is america's late news. fox news at night. breaking tonight a faceless prosecution a corrupt judge an angry mob yet somehow, justice prevails as the manhattan jury find daniel penny not guilty in the choke hold death of jordan neely, celebrating the acquittal at a new york bar. as much of america joins penny in celebrating the return of common sense, black lives matter is now calling for black vigilante retaliation.

this is protesters outside the new york courthouse, throughout the big apple with the very latest, meantime after a day's long for united health care ceo brian thompson's killer, police finally identified and arrested 26-year-old ivy league graduate luigi mangione york as the suspected assassin. he said he had a manifesto for the health community. agent livn moments but we begin tonight with fox coverage, actually live in new york with the latest on the daniel penny case but first, to kevin in d.c. with the information on the suspected ceo killer. >> good evening there interesting story for you

tonight and this is one of those that we have been watching carefully, it is finally unfolding officials tell us tonight that luigi mangione has not made any statements thus far since his arrest this morning at a pennsylvania mcdonald's. it's also unclear tonight if he has a lawyer but credit tonight is being showered on a mcdonald's employee and a customer. who contacted police to lead to the arrest.

[please stand by] kevin thank you new york city's also want to learn tonight for a potentially violent reaction to the verdict in the subway choke hold trial of marine veteran daniel penny. live in new york city with the very latest on this, actually get evening. >> good evening, quite the development today in the daniel penny subway choke hold case. penny was found not guilty and -- in the choke hold death of jordan neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a history of mental illness, his defence attorney had only been hoping for... the indicated an acquittal, but

penny was seen at a bar celebrating with his attorney, as a free man here is what one had to say. >> he's feeling great guys it's a great day. >> the mood was much more songbird for jordan neely's family who were quote devastated angry and hurt over the jury's decision. manhattan district attorney alvin said in a statement the jury has now spoken, at the manhattan d.a. office we deeply respect the jury process and we respect their verdict. in the legal experts say the manhattan d.a. office won't be able to prosecute penny on the second-degree manslaughter charge which was just -- which

was dismissed last week because the double jeopardy because in the fifth amendment. >> trace: actually live for us in new york, actually thank you. -- actually live for us in new york, ashley thank you. we have always asked new yorkers quote, if you see something, say something. do something. adams went on to say the new york residents have a spirited energy to help each other, the mayor in reference to the daniel penny case which of course was the constant example of seeing something and doing something. when penny saw a mentally ill person high on drugs threatening to kill, daniel penny the marine veteran intervened. common sense would suggest that regardless of the tragic outcome, penny's intent was always and only to help. in exchange, his fellow

new yorkers arrested him, try him, acquitted him, is it over? hardly. a leader of black lives matter now saying quote we need some people want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud, how about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us? vigilantes? daniel penny is not a vigilante, he was not trying to avenge she was trying to obey. common sense is well aware that our society is asking that if we see something, we say something. but that society is teaching that if we see something, we say nothing. we turn, and we walk away. let's bring an attorney and retired fbi specialist. thank you both for coming on we are going to get to the penny trial momentarily but, coming in on this suspect, is luigi mangione, fascinating. here is a new york city police commissioner on the arrest of

the insurance ceo alleged killer, watch. you go online, you talk to people but what is fascinating is he was carrying all of this incriminating evidence, does that baffle you? >> initially it did but then i thought about it and i thought, he's a public transportation, how was he going to ditch the gun? is he going to tell the bus driver to pull over while a list weapon into the gully or into the river? no, and guns are very difficult to wash your dna off of. diddy of alcohol alcohol wipes? i think as my friend jim fitzgerald said earlier today on fox that he prepared far more

for all of the shooting then he did after the shooting. >> trace: meaning he was not prepared for how to get rid of -- he was the effecting -- expecting to get away? >> i think he was because i think he feels is smarter than everybody else. somebody convinced him of that. >> trace: it's interesting because jonathan, that same sediment, jonathan was seen saying the eye really suspect might have been too smart for his own good, watch this. i think it's one of those things where it's tough to defend that, because you are like, well he had this tub with them, maybe he was too smart for his own wit!

good for him he got so much evidence today on his person, excuse me, there is going to be much more to come in the next week or so. >> trace: i wonder when you say much more do you think they go in and take this stuff and it seemed like everything he had, everything he wanted to say, they found. >> they are going to find more there is going to be an investigation, the days, the weeks, the month that are coming, there's going to be dna testing i think that is going to be pivotal. i think they are going to expedite him and charged with first-degree murder, there is evidence of premeditation. >> trace: is fascinating. i want to move on if i can to "the wall street journal" editorial board, the daniel penny case, the editorial boards at the following here, the message the jury acquittal said is that to make daniel penny a criminal, for trying to protect his fennel -- fellow passengers, would he have transformed a tragedy larger injustice? would you agree? >> i was to the people, the jurors spoke loud and clear and

they said we are tired of lawlessness. we are tired of defending the people that are criminals. and trying to build a nice to people that stand up and try to do something right. he was only trying to stop the threat from progressing against the other people -- the potential victims on the car. when you are on a train like that, is nowhere for you to go! >> trace: a lot of people were a captive audience. very true. here is the family attorney watch. daniel penny raised like $3 million for his legal fund he might need it because they are going to try to sue him until... >> it's going to be a tough one

in the civil case the jury spoke loud and clear he did nothing wrong, this is defence of others. i don't think that civil case will win. >> trace: can they bring more than one case? >> i think there will only be one for wrongful death, a salt, battery but where is the money coming from and will they prevail? highly unlikely! >> trace: thank you both. the president-elect making plenty of headlines both for talking to world leaders and two journalists saying white house correspondent peter live in west palm beach to break it all down for us. peter good evening. >> good evening, the president-elect does not sound the confident that congress will help him carry out a main pillar of his immigration plan so he is going to try on his own to end birthright citizenship.

[please stand by] the president-elect had what looked to be a friendly conversation with first lady dr. jill biden in france over the weekend. we do not expect them to see each other again.

until january 20 than washington. >> trace: yes. same expectations a lot of places like that peter live for us in west palm, thank you. let's bring in form of communication director tricia and princeton university political scientist lauren. thank you both for coming on, tricia you first i want to play some joni, this is on the meeting she had with pete. watch. it sounds like his odds are improving tricia? >> i think it's odds are certainly and i take it to the base i think tom not only a senator but a student of political history, he hopes all trumped nominees get through and jody, you have a seismic statement saying she would support them through the process, it wasn't just that

referee so i think our odds is in the excess favour. >> trace: she kind of like our lead here, this is tom, because tom it really did have a big bold statement tonight and here it is. he said he expects, lauren, meaning the odds are in their favour, would you expect? >> he is pretty confident and i trust his word on it i mean, i thought last week there was a little bit of a? , may be some controversy, he was really pulling out all of the stops to get his side of the pitch out there but as each day passes, he looked stronger and stronger, the centres that had the biggest questions are now firmly behind them and i think

that these people are exactly who trumps that he wanted, you probably is going to get them and senders on the republican side really want to fight him and he just won an essential landslide and there is kind of a mandate for people that are on board with the manga agenda. >> trace: meantime trump said this to the january 6 committee on cbs. >> trace: i said cbs i mend msp see, they all blend together. it's interesting he thinks he should be in jail but there is no intention of going after him. >> he was pretty clear he would

not instruct whoever the new ag is and he also said he would instruct her to investigate he is not going to weaponized the justice system, that we saw joe biden due, that's for sure. >> trace: you talk about these hundred intel, these intel former officials coming out saying it is too much information and too much information involvement in syria, maybe she is not a good pick and nancy came out today and said the hunter biden laptop not really, but there were two people on that same list what you think of this letter that said chelsea should be booted? >> well there are senators seriy will ask questions, lindsay graham is a stall work one of them. the american public frankly

doesn't know that much and doesn't have time to check out and they don't really care because she used to be a democrat serving and they know she served in the armed forces, again, it's someone the american public is okay with. >> trace: lauren, tricia, thank you both.

>> trace: let's bring in alicia and sharie's, thank you both for coming on, alicia when you look at the view you listen to it and they are right back to it ginning it all up, they got it. >> even when trump had said he will make america safer i don't think the families going to be packed up and deported friends g to be shot on the street and i don't think women are going to go back to precivil rights feminist era which cannot vote or have jobs or have no-fault divorce, these are all of the things that i legitimately heard from illegitimate people that i don't take seriously because noise and no evidence to show this is what president trump is going to do. >> trace: i would be afraid

to, these people are scaring the daylights out of me, meantime bill clinton now indicating that trump is destroying face institutions, watch this. dell reporter:. >> trace: he forgets biting -- he forgets biden, he forgets a lot of things. >> talk about the biden administration funding over $260 million worth of grants to fund college universities, to research to basically investigate monitor track and ultimately sensor social media accounts and the constitutional speech, of course

the american public is going to lose faith in in their institution as a -- that is what they gave the mandate to trump force he so he could come in and set things right. >> trace: you talk about trusting institutions, biden administration spent $267 million, but that's up on the screen, the increase in spending rates is serious concern about civil liberties and free speech especially on social media platforms where the biden administration efforts were directed, they were shutting down any dissent that had anything to do with things like covid so on and so forth forth. >> i regret what we did, at meta during covid and soon after from the 2016 election on he said he would regret suppressing free-speech over there, i think

there is a shift in the tech world, there is a shift online and i think there is definitely a shift amongst the american public and i think it's interesting that one, bill clinton was wrong there and two he would be a moderate by today's standard and democratic party because they move so back to the left. >> trace: social media users have some times out right the loaded on the killing, their views are in the wrong place. alongside a whole cast of characters against whom populist rage has been turned in the past dozen or so years, i mean, is not heinous, it's mean theresa, i have about 30 seconds. >> this is a trend that we are seeing with this get the rich, hate the rich, people to work really hard ask successful and a earn certain things, people despise them now because that is what they are being told to do, reject meritocracy, people who work hard which is the american way of life, this is what we

need to fight back against, i work on college campuses all the time i see universities doing this, the biden hairs administration tempted to turn the entire country into a college campus so our goal is to move forward from that. >> trace: thank you both coming up what happens next after syrian rebels forced him from power and how it will reshape the middle east and later in the nightcap... more mysterious drones lighting up the sky over new york and new jersey this weekend as government officials maintain the residence have nothing to fear, what do you think this mysterious a drone is, let us know x and instagram we will read your responses later in the nightcap.

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>> trace: flood his country celebrating their victory in the civil war in damascus and jeff live with that story, jeff good evening. >> trace: the five decade rule by the family. >> with rebels and control of damascus and many -- and much of syria there is a lot of uncertainty about how the country will be led and two will be in charge in the absence of him.

the rebel alliance is being led by a former senior al qaeda militant, he broke away from the group years ago, but it still currently wanted by the u.s. government, he has promised religious tolerance, represent the government and there are signs that women will not be told how to dress. >> trace: jeff live for us, thank you. let's bring it israeli specialist, from the bel air in los angeles, and huston institute, think you for coming on. benjamin said the following about the fall of the saw it --

watch. is he right aaron and does this week in iran? >> at 100% because i ran i will tell you why. reducing that proxy which is what iran and russia imposed, what they basically built in syria, this is going to open up supply lines, by the way, the idea just recently pushed armour into syria for the first time since 73 into the heights. in 50 years and they are creating and carving out a buffer zone because of that iranian influence no israel is blitzing on targets to dismantle jets, remaining supply lines, chemical in depots, israel's having a field day of 100% right, it's a very dealer right

now for israeli operations to put up that buffer which is very needed. >> trace: meantime donald trump posted this on social media... could this produce wider peace around the world? >> first of all i think the president elects assessment is completely correct especially in that first part where he talks about how this is really a confluence of events, you have the israelis just wreaking havoc taking out hezbollah leaders, taking out irg syria, taking out yemen and of course taking out their air defence, iran is extremely weekend which is why

it could not come to the aid of them and the russians are tied down in a war of aggression they chose against ukraine and vladimir putin cannot come to the help and at that is what it has created a situation where the rebels can come in and topple the regime so quickly. >> trace: it's fascinating because aaron talks about the strength of israel going into the heights but we look at the peace, the overall piece of israel and you wonder, is a safer today in israel, is a safer next month then it was 48 hours ago? >> like he said they took out every mid 29 the syrian had in a complete flee, gone. right now bringing the tanks into the border. they are going after all of the chemical stuff, they didn't want -- this guy is a bubble, we don't know who he is. -- this guy is eight rebel, we don't know who he is. -- this guy is a rebel, we don't

know who he is. >> trace: the republican sender of south dakota set the following watch. -- the republican senator of south dakota set -- said the following watch. it's almost filling the vacuum we worry about whether it's iraq, it is a matter afghanistan, or syria. >> this is tricky because you have two evils, we will talk a little bit about what to the neighbourhood -- how the neighbourhood looks at this because it's to get that juice from how we are looking at it from there and here's what happens, this guy, is an al qaeda veteran, after al qaeda , i says, now -- isis,

now talk to the camera but make no mistake, this is a terrorist -- this group put out a video from the military of damascus saying. [speaking another language] which means we are coming for jerusalem next and when somebody says that in the middle east, you listen. things are serious here, we will see how it opens up. >> trace: rebecca we're hearing more about isis, it's been on the back burner but you say maybe not so much. >> well know, ever since the horrible embarrassing precipitous withdraw from afghanistan you have seen isis try to reconstitute in the very unstable areas in afghanistan and of course throughout the middle east where there is not a strong secure leadership so we would expect these rebel groups that come into syria -- remember people might be wish casting and thinking these are democrats that just want freedom, there is no freedom so we will see how this group affiliate has taken

over syria, they are doing this propaganda campaign trying to communicate they're going to take care of minorities, we will see,'s early but we should not be holding our breath because that is how these terrorist groups reconstitute. >> trace: we always worry about the refugees that are going out in the people coming in to syria, it's always a humanitarian disaster. >> it's a huge humanitarian disaster i'd love to see america work where the jordan, half a million refugees in that area, america would work with them and hold them for a while until we figure out what this rubble is going to be, we use the word rebel, but it normally means luke skywalker, this guy's not luke skywalker, this guy's a murderer, we have to see what will happen in it syria. >> trace: thank you all, meantime more sightings of those mysterious drones in new jersey, also been spotted over staten island, new york, and there is increasing pressure on officials to come up with some type of explanation, here is

nate and -- in moorestown new jersey. >> mysterious drones are causing more concern in new jersey and staten island. witnesses say they are the size of small cars, appearing in clusters nearly every night for 13 weeks. new jersey governor calls the drones, sophisticated. in a new letter to governor murphy, 19 elected new jersey officials right quote, the lack of information and clarity regarding his operations has caused fear and frustration among our constituents. a murphy said the lack of information, is coming from the federal government.

tonight new jersey congressmen told fox news whoever is flying the drones does not appear to be breaking any laws or rules, they are not flying in restricted airspace and that is an indication, whoever it is knows what they are doing. >> trace: coming up actor and comedian rob schneider joining us live onset, he tells us he has a big announcement to make on this show and you do not want to miss it, it is live, and it is next.

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>> trace: let's bring in the author of you can do it! speaker -- speak your mind and comedian rob schneider. rob, it's good to have you on the show. best name and news, what's in the book? >> look at that. it's a book about free-speech. you would not think you would need to have a book about free-speech in america and then you realize you do. >> trace: 's fantastic big what is happening? >> no apologies made and my company we are going to do and all ladies talk show won't be like the view! >> trace: is it opposite? >> it could be but we are going to show that it will be the opposite because it will be entertaining, it will be funny, funny women on a double tell jokes and have funny stories. and health and wellness. >> trace: is the idea to go after the view at the same time? are you going as a competitor? >> we are going to compete with them. we are not going to announce she was doing the show yet but that is what -- that is what is

happening now and it's official. >> trace: give us a timeline. >> january, start shooting shows. before the inauguration. >> trace: are you talking to people? >> yes, we have a lot of women we like and it is all household names and you are going to love it. it is going to be a funny show not like a drowning people and politics, it's not going to be shaming people, and making people wince,. >> trace: you said the view, we have to play a sound bite the view because here is will be, and people freaking out about trump, watch. they cannot help but jen up the fear about trump. >> who doesn't want to watch that? [laughter] it's funny.

it's as interesting as a hunter biden paid in -- painting made out of its own. just sniping and trying to make people feel terrible. we have an opportunity in america, to move away from the politics, and we have an opportunity to make america happy again that's why i'm excited to have the opportunity, it's a generational opportunity. >> trace: he thinks everyone is getting through. >> that's fantastic big it's honestly it something we really need to do, to prevent this childhood chronic disease, you have literally 33% of young kids

that have chronic illness, we have 1 out of 6 adults with at least one chronic disease and we have an even higher percentage have two so we have a lot to work on and i think we really can. we are going to go back to evidence-based science, he is going to get the best people and his mission is simply, to capture agencies and revolve the door of industry, we're going to stop that and we are going to focus on getting people healthy and getting healthy food so we can and this chronic disease. >> trace: "snl" making fun of the killing of the health care ceo, on saturday night it seems like it is normalized now and you can do that. >> it seems like it is a real degrading of society when you can mock somebody's death. somebody's cold-blooded murder

and i feel like it's something that seemed too low. but it's a real sign of society that -- people laughing at it, it seems sad and i think it's one of the reasons why we want to do our entertaining show, our ladies talk show, i don't know what we are going to talk it, lip service the other view that we want to to do summing that entertains all people and who doesn't want to make fun of a national tragedy like that. >> trace: great to see you. meantime more mysterious drone spotted throughout new jersey and new york, what on earth do you think these drones are? and twos are they let us know, or smack -- and x instagram let us know.

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>> trace: back with the nightcap crew, rob schneider, tonight's topic out of this world more mysterious drone spotted in new york and new jersey, yet nobody seems to know anything about it, what do you think they are, kevin? >> it's either an essay -- or

another intelligence agency you cannot convince me otherwise. >> it's creepy i have no idea what the drones are, i don't like them, i don't even like singing on the internet but i don't know why we don't have definitive answers but maybe they are celebrate my birthday tonight. >> yankee fans looking for the next -- >> chief easels and elon musk having a drone race. >> trace: rob schneider does the jokes let's have rob schneider do that the jokes. >> it's aliens, and also aliens are also addicted to their phones. and they're trying to capture what's going on below them. >> trace: i thought it was a mattress company delivering a smack on a stick honest-to-goodness because it looks like drones with some water balloons inverted balloon, i have no idea that's my guess, we asked what you thought, norm says obviously they are tools of

espionage, kevin, governor kraft , which government i'm not sure, shawna said santa claus testing out -- did i see alicia, [multiple people talking] >> one more shot. its hunter biden's drone ahead of his own case. >> trace: texas grad i'm honestly surprised they are still there, if this was florida or texas somebody will be trying to shoot them down, like skype and yacht is. casey, they are great target practice, military finally getting, for christmas, mark says, walmart deliveries, same page here. julie says, china updated their spy balloon for christmas. thank you all for watching america's late news, fox news and knight i am traced in los angeles we will see you back here again tomorrow night. ♪ ♪

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