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♪ >> lawrence: 6:00 "fox & friends." >> ainsley: it's juries birthday. >> all right. so, we have got a lot of news for you on lawrence's birthday. first up, fox news alert, behind bars, an ivy league grad captured at a pennsylvania mcdonald's and charged in the murder of the united healthcare ceo. the a manifesto, three pages, hand-written could hint at a possible motive. plus justice served, marine veteran daniel penny found not guilty in the fatal subway feel?

>> steve: we start with a fox news alert. you have been seeing this video for over a week. the suspect in the murder of the united healthcare ceo brian thompson has now been charged. >> brian: brooke singman breaks it down for all we know and we know a lot. brooke? >> we did. suspected killer remains behind bars in pennsylvania this morning luigi mangione on your left here is now charged in the killing of united healthcare ceo brian thompson six in midtown, manhattan. the suspect now faces several in new york he has been charged with second degree murder along with three our other gun related. in pennsylvania 5 more charges, forgery, carrying a gun without a license and lying about his identity to officers his arrest came after a tip from a mcdonald's more than 230 miles

from manhattan in altoona, pennsylvania. the authorities say the 26-year-old was carrying a gun believed to be the one used to shoot thompson local officials hailed as a hero. >> in some dark corners this killer is being hailed as a hero. hear me on this. he is no hero. the real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at mcdonald's this morning. >> mangione had clothing and a mask shooter when police arrested him on monday as well as writing suggesting ill will toward corporate america. new york city mayor eric adams speaking to the arresting officer yesterday. >> they tried to -- >> i guess we found. >> yes, we asked new yorkers, we appreciate it. you just did a great job. heads up policing. you took a dangerous person off the street. we thank you so much. >> it was great to do. >> more than happy to do it.

i can't say i was expecting it waking up this morning. >> meanwhile a former roommate of mangione can't believe he is the monday suspected of pulling off this crime. >> unfathomable knowing the person i know. i remember he had a back issue and homes to get stronger it. weighed on him that he knew there was impending surgery. >> several questions still remain around the shooting as thage both states continue to investigate the case. >> carley: so strange on x account picture of x-ray. we don't know if it's. apparently in chronic back pain scon stangtly according to residents he lived with in hawaii. we will you so much, brooke. great job. who is this guy? from italian american family in maryland. his grandparents started a few country clubs. they also own some healthcare facilities. and real estate companies and

according to friends in hawaii. he wanted to distance himself from this wealthy life. his family on social media said that they were shocked. they were devastated. now, then his school, he went to the gilman school, which is in baltimore. now, that is a very prominent school. it's all boys e was there from sixth grade until graduation. he graduated in 2016. he cost will $40,000 a year to send your children there. and many senators, many governors graduated from the gilman school. his friends called him likeable, athletic, studious, on the quiet side. had an interest in technology and robotics and he was valedictorian of his high school. we will show you a clip of that valedictorian speech in just a second. he thanked his parents and thanked his faculty. then he goes on to have an ivy league education. goes to u. penn with a bachelor's and master's degree. graduated four years ago a compe and mathematics. a member ever the fraternity.

then he goes to hawaii. that was his last place of residence. and people that he lived with in the surf break co-living community said he was in chronic back pain constantly. he has been he is strained from some of his friends. apparently he left two years ago. that was the last time he had that address. then he went back i'm reading in some started a book club. left that booed club. nypd says writings expressed anger at corporate america. there is a three page manifesto where he was complaining about the healthcare industry he said these parasites had it coming i do apologize for any strife and trauma but it had to be done the people in our lives. especially our parents and

teachers, had such huge roles as well. i would personally like to thank you sending your sons here i can't imagine 2016 without any of these men on stage. further, thank you for all the time and love you put into our loves. you have instilled values in us. and simply been there for us every step of the way. >> steve: it's so surprising to people who knew him -- know him that guy. are you kidding? he was very popular. all going for him there you can see after he was around. he a one of those things where his image, the image of that person, the suspect, in that mask flashed around the world. when he pulled down the mask for pulled down the mask at that hoshostel to flirt with the clek

got a good look at it. sounds like he made one fatal mistake yesterday. that was he was at this mcdonald's. not far from the greyhound bus station in altoona. and he was over on the side. as far away from the counter as possible. and he pulled down his mask. he was wearing the surgical mask there pulled down his mask to eat. you got to do it. somebody, it sounds like a customer. saw that person and then discreetly went over. talked to somebody who was working think that's the guy. the rest is history. >> lawrence: i talked to someone high up in nypd police department. they essentially said, look, before they captured him, they had everything but his identity. fingerprints and day d.n.a. and things that showed he was activist. and they were getting closer and closer. old fashioned style police work put out an image. get it to the public. and the see if they can track this person down. and they did that so it just goes to, you know, show if you

see something, you say something. but the question is, brian, that the family members, friends, people that are close to him not recognize the photo that was put out there for all of us to see? >> brian: that family is going to make a statement shortly. everybody knows him. evidently he has a huge charity. they have a huge -- it looks like a huge club there that they con vittered in the 1980s of wealth. he has a b.a., he has a masters. have everything. something went wrong when he left hawaii, it seems. and he came back. he didn't even go to the same place. he didn't keep in touch with the same friends. i see this one posting on social media where he has a lot of nutritional things on there. he says one of his friends he is supposed to be i guess at the wedding. i need to you call me. i don't know if you are okay. or just in an isolated place but i haven't heard from you in months. you made commitments to me for my wedding and if you can't honor them, i need to know so i can plan accordingly.

and just another note, eric adams brought up something is way overdue you have to have a mask law. there is no reason for this guy to be wearing a of course that. if you go in doors you to take that mask off. push hochul to make a statewide rule about mask. people are using that to their advantage to commit crimes. >> lawrence: mostly criminals. >> nypd gave the unabomber a ray review. reviews on books on google reads. edward snowden, aoc. his writings expressed anger at corporate america. hats off to the person recognized him because i have to be honest, eyebrows was. bushy eyebrows is what got them to figure out done who it was.

he did have another manifesto set to be released on youtube that has incident is been brought down. he apparently when he was apprehended found $8,000 in cash. $2,000 in foreign currency. the suspect said about that i don't know where that money came from. it must have been planted, i don't have that kind of cash. you mentioned his x account features an x-ray of somebody who has had back fusion surgery and you mentioned how when he lived in hawaii, one of the managers there said that chronic back pain impacted everything in his life healthcare industry

that guy is 26 years old. what happens when you are 26 years old. you were knocked off of your parents' health insurance in many cases. we don't know if he was on his parents' health insurance. can you have your kids on it until 2 #. if he has been impacted on that. and when you apparently according to the cops here in new york. when you read his three-page note that he was found with and handwritten because he didn't want a digital trail, it echos what was found on those three gun casings about deny and all that other stuff. and it looks literally like he was caught red handed. he had the gun. he had the note, he had the fake i.d. and has the face. >> the big thing now since this

was done in manhattan, it will be alvin bragg's case to try before the court. the cops i speak to want the feds to step. in of course, in new york state there is no death penalty but assuming that the trial starts to begin, it will be back in the trump administration. and they will have the death penalty back on the table. death penalty will be back in play. >> another big story that happened 20 minutes, within 20 minutes of that story and happened downtown and the name alvin bragg is in it. >> yesterday was such a huge news day. not only did they catch this luigi mangione, they -- daniel penny, was found not guilty. and there he is. he had some drinks. he was smiling for the first time yesterday that we have seen since the beginning of this trial.

here's the soundbite of daniel penny talking about it. >> daniel penny, can you tell me how you are feeling about this right now? can you tell me how you are feeling? feeling great guys and just a great day. >> thank you. >> steve: so that is at the stonestreet tavern, manhattan, not too far from the courthouse. so, you know, he a huge smile. we had not seen him smile because for the most part, this not guilty verdict was a surprise. because many expected to find him guilty of the lesser charge or deadlocked as well. but the jury acquitted him. remember, the more serious charge was dismissed by alvin bragg last week. so, then for the jury to come back and say okay, not guilty. and acquit the guy that is remarkable. particularly in manhattan in manhattan where if the jury was deadlocked in the first charge. it would lend to the belief that

there could be another deadlocking but reasonable doubt. the entire jury room everybody had reasonable doubt. we'll don't think he did this on purpose. >> lawrence: bry? >> brian: alvin bragg failed again. epic embarrassment for this country. hopefully the beginning of the end for the woke d.a.s. we deeply respect the jury process and we respect the verdict. desperate attempt to make sure that danny penny went to jail for something. they came and said get rid of the top charge. i beg you, judge, look at negligent homicide. and then the jury to their credit, we're not going to know until they sit down and talk and said almost seems like they resented the fact that they had to go back and we told you we were deadlocked. lesser charge and say not guilty. not deadlocked. going to say not guilty. i talked to missing here?

why would they come back with a lesser charge. jury had an easier time. to do it and have this happen is bizarre. and this reaction is also bizarre. >> lawrence: i never seen anything like it. i was worried because there seemed to be one person or it could have been multiple jurors that did not agree with the others. and so, i thought there was going to be almost this consolation charge and the result of it. they come back other the weekend and within hours, they have come out with a unanimous decision. and i just think it wasn't just a victory for daniel he deserved to go to the bar and a drink. >> ainsley: he deserves more than one dink. >> lawrence: after what they put him through. law and against mob justice. everyone is afraid in this city right now. going on these subways and walking in the street. and everyone wants someone to step in for them. this was a victory for the

country. all those people out there protesting, bringing. >> ainsley: all 10 of them? there weren't that many. >> lawrence: go home. go home. just look at this city. thank god for people that believe in the rule of law, ainsley. >> ainsley: yesterday someone told me thank goodness justice was served here because now this means if i'm on trouble in the subway, someone me. >> lawrence: yes. >> ainsley: i don't know because of what was done scared. it worked out well this time but what about the next guy. al victim bragg shows us he sides with the crazy guy on the subway. >> lawrence: the criminal. >> ainsley: sides with the guy with the knife in the bodega incident. i would be -- you have to be on your -- p's and q's in new york. something wrong, then you could go to jail for just trying to protect someone else. >> brian: what about the civil trial? >> ainsley: facing that. >> brian: they say the threshold is lower. >> lawrence: way will her.

>> brian: i don't know if he has insurance paying out. >> ainsley: how much does he have in the fund, 5 million or something? >> steve: it was a very big number. >> brian: that's legal fees. >> steve: if he is found liable in a civil case outpouring with the go fund me. to your question, ainsley, will somebody come to my defense, what about daniel penny? if he was taking the subway again we do it again. >> ainsley: he will leave new york. i bet he will. >> steve: ainsley, a hypothetic. would he do it again? i bet he would. what he said before was i could not -- when it happened where this guy comes in and he is ranting and raving and looked dangerous. i could not look away. i could not stop. >> lawrence: i can't wait to hear from him and judge jeanine pirro is going to have the first exclusive interview with daniel penny. >> ainsley: good job, guys. >> lawrence: 5:00 p.m. on "the five" and the full on fox

nation. a former judge and a prosecutor and actually knows his criminal defense attorney because they used to be in her d.a.'s office. >> brian: you see the positive trend? i mean, look it, chesa boudin the first to fall. then alvin be embarrassment of this nation. and is an embarrassment to new york and even new york city 60% are democrats said i can't possibly convict this guy. there is a little bit of justice. i think he is going to get primaried. i think people are going to come after him. i think this is the beginning of the end of the woke d.a.s. what's his name? elon musk is going to focus on that. just to put -- i don't care if you are democrat or republican. got to enforce the law. >> lawrence: get someone reasonable. actually his republican challenger if i remember correctly is going to be on the show today. >> steve: christmas came early for danny penny yesterday. all right. now time for news and with newst coast. >> carley: big news in california, guys, straight to a

fox wildfire alert. mandatory evacuation orders nirkd malibu after a wildfire broke out overnight. the blaze exploding in size to over 1600 acres in a matter of hours. look at that it looks apocalyptic. the flames reaching outskirts of pepperdine university's campus. students and staff are sheltering in place the campus' center and in the main library and classes and finals today are canceled. the fire is being fanned by powerful santa ana winds with more than 12 million people in the region. under a warning. so far no reports of any injuries. the cause of this wildfire inve. stunning doorbell footage out of chicago showing the moment a garbage truck explodes. [explosion] yeah whoa was right. the explosion sent airborne.

causing property damage to homes. two police officers and one firefighter were hurt by flying debris. the cause of that blast remains under investigation as well. happening today on capitol hill. the house is holding a bipartisan meeting on chinese hack attacks that the white house has says senior figures. comes ahead of a voted billions of dollars in funding to remove chinese telecom equipment in the u.s. a chairwoman at the fec urging congress to provide that funding saying if they don't they are putting both our national security and connectivity of rural consumers who depend on these networks at risk. house lawmakers are holding a hearing this afternoon on safeguarding the homeland from unmanned ariel systems and this happening as the drone mystery in n continues. reports coming in of the large drones flying low over the homes and towns the past week. the drones have been spotted all over knot jersey and staten island. new jersey governor phil murphy calling on the federal government for help despite his

assessment that while frustrating the drones do not pose a threat. those are your headlines, guys, i can't tell you how many people i have spoken to who said i have seen the drones. >> steve: they go over my house i see them all the time. because they are low they are about 100 feet. 100 yards flying over my backyard. >> carley: what is happening? >> steve: known knows but, i heard a story this morning that apparently they are flying on a grid almost practicing drone delivery or something like that. >> brian: i would imagine they would speak up not something you can get. >> ainsley: amazon. >> brian: i used to be think it was radio shack they are out of business. >> ainsley: the mayors say they are massive. as big as the hood of your car. and said if one of them falls, the governor is saying you are

safe if you live in new jersey. one of them falls or runs out of battery or charge it could kill someone. >> lawrence: my favorite part has been clear i feel like the fed has involvement. they are not reacting notice a way that they should be in a situation. they have been so confident. but you got the new jersey governor that's saying okay, i haven't you you are totally safe. i just think it's -- >> ainsley: your governor, steve, had a briefing with mayorkas. maybe he knows more information. >> steve: maybe. here's the thing. they know where they are coming from. they took off same place, landed the same place. this is not rocket science. drone science. >> brian: don't go in backyard naked. this is not the time. stay indoors.

>> steve: there is a good reason not to go in your backyard naked in new jersey. it's 38 degrees. >> ainsley: also that. >> brian: people of long island. not sure of jersey. >> ainsley: tell brian i don't get dressed when i tell me i watch "fox & friends" in my bath robe. >> brian: all right. send us pictures. >> steve: no, no. he is wrong. do not send us pictures. >> lawrence: cup of coffee with it as well. >> steve: don't, don't, don't. switching gears back to our top story police finding a manifesto. 26-year-old ivy league grad who is now accused of murdering the united healthcare ceo. >> ainsley: what it could say about a possible motive.r bu ♪ express a lifetime of love

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♪ >> ainsley: president-elect donald trump's cabinet nominees continue making their case on capitol hill today with both kristi noem and pete hegseth set to hold meetings with lawmakers. rich edson is live in west palm beach. good morning, rich. >> rich: good morning, ainsley. that is part of a flood of trump nominees trying to secure enough republican support to make it through senate confirmation. up today south dakota governor kristi noem.

she is the president-elect's choice to lead the department of homeland security. she is expected to begin courting senators today. south dakota is not a border state. though nome is a strong supporter of the president-elect's border policies. defense secretary nominee pete hegseth met again with senator joni ernst yesterday. it's unclear if he has earned her vote. ernst says she will support him through this process. trump says there appears to be momentum behind this selection as hegseth lobbies the hill. >> i'm going to walk into the door of every one of these senators with just as an open book. willing to answer their questions. because they deserve answers. and hopefully i will have the honor of being able to stand up for our war fighters. that's what this is all about. >> rich: trump's pick for director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard also met with senators yesterday, addressing concerns about her sympathetic comments on russia and about her meeting in 2017. the syrian dictator bashar

al-assad. >> i like her. i appreciate she is a colonel in the army reserves. i know her. we are actually in the same reserve unit. when it comes to syria, how do we keep isis from breaking out of jail? we'll see. '. >> rich: the "wall street journal" now reporting that trump has called governor ron desantis to push his daughter-in-law, lara trump for u.s. senate. trump's selection of florida senator marco rubio for secretary of state opens up that seat that means it's up to the florida governor to determine who gets to fill it for the rest of the term. brian to you. >> brian: i don't know how she could not get it i don't see any other contender. the 2 #-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting a ceo in cold blood blocks from here in new york city is in custody. luigi mangione ivy league school grad. not shy about anti-capitalist

views which police found in his manifesto, handwritten, when they arrested him. retired fbi special agent robert is looking at this and has some questions. robin, what stands out? those are the basics i just gave the audience.the audience. where do you go from here? >> yeah, it stands out, brian, something happened in this guy's life arc as i call it looks like in hawaii when he fell off the grid and reporting back pain and so we want to start looking at data points that brought us to where we are at. he was very well liked which is really unusual for someone about to commit or does commit murder. so that's where i want to look. i'm also looking at the fact that he held on to that gun. >> brian: robin, the other thing to add a, too is you brought up something interesting in the break. what was his plan? was he -- you know, he knew this ceo. he knew enough to track him, and you believe, perhaps, he saw him before. and was there a plan to kill somebody else? >> yeah. very true.

when we first saw the first images in the video of him shooting the ceo in cold blood, the fact that he recognized him so rapidly on that street says to me that he just wasn't looking at a photo. he either did a deep dive on videos or saw him live before. and where did he get that information that he was going to be there? so were there other people involved? and the fact that he held on to all the ids. he held onto the cash, he had the gun. one of the reasons why the police were going and diving for evidence in that pawn is usually criminals and murderers get rid of the evidence. he held on to it. was he planning more things? that's what they are really going to be doing a deep dive on. >> brian: you said part of a generation that can't deal with stress and strife. >> yeah. that's part of the challenge here is that he is 26 years old. and so hypothesis is he falls off his parents' health insurance plan and he sees himself with this victim mentality as social justice warrior. instead of going from 0 to 5 miles per hour as james clear

talks about -- he goes to 0 to 100, zero to violence, zero to death. >> no problem solving skills whatsoever. >> brian: apparently. but, when you have back pain we always think about pain medication. and how it's been life altering and addicting. he didn't have any pills on him but you are wondering if that could play a role in it because he seems to have retracted from his friends and family. >> yeah. definitely some sort of life triggering event that happened. when you have a life arc like this, and there is consistent behavior with others and all of a sudden there is a spike, there is a big change, change in how. [lost audio] >> brian: i think we just lost his audio. you mentioned that the change in behavior is quite transparent because he has social media postings and on there are some of his friends and relatives commenting basically where have you been? a lot of people -- there will be auto lot of speculation, a lot of experts weighing in and we

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hoping that it blows past them. >> janice: this is going to be one of the worst days in terms of wildfire danger. look at this extreme to drilling danger in and around the malibu area. and that fire has expanded, exploded you know, two times the size as it was a few hours ago. and reports are that the fire has now gone over the pch, so this is going to be a dire situation, especially for first responders who are out there because these fires are so out-of-control and with wind gusts in excess of perhaps 70, 80 miles per hour, this is going to be a very dangerous event. they are calling this a particularly dangerous situation. this is the criteria. relative humidity for three hours. 80 mile-per-hour winds. the plants very highly flammable here. and extremely easy to catch fire. so, particularly dangerous situation. you can see the relative humidity is dry below 10% in a

lot of these areas extreme to critical danger. the current wind gusts are not that bad right now we are expecting throughout the day for them to get to hurricane force winds for a duration of hours and that's why this is so concerning.ence, it's just -- il like i have a pit in my stomach right now especially pepperdine university. all those students are sheltering in place so out of control. >> one of the most dangerous situations for firemen. j.d. that you know all too well. thanks, my friend. >> of course. >> marine daniel penny cleared of all charges in the death of homeless man threatening new york riders on a new york city subway. never should have been brought to trial in the first place. our next guest calls this verdict indictment on the far left d.a. alvin bragg. fox news contributor jonathan

turley joins us now to discuss. professor, i was a little taken back because after there was some disagreement on the first count for them to go over the weekend and come back i thought people would say a con labor relation indictment. but it seems like the jury was annoyed. >> well, you know, this was part of the plan for bragg, he was setting up for what is called a compromise verdict. you start out with this more serious offense. very few people thought he could stick that landing. but the idea is that i fracture the jury or they reject that count. and then you get them to compromise on the lesser count. and that seemed to be working when we heard this was a hung jury. then, over the weekend, it didn't work out that way. clearly, you know, a couple jurors how many were holding out. changed their mind.

and fortunately the result is something that everyone can celebrate. but, really, this jury was speaking not just in terms of themselves but i think in terms of the city at large. at the end of this process. this was a very strong voice that in new york you really don't have to walk away. you don't have to just watch. but, the problem here is the mixed message by bragg. he put this person through hell. i mean, he put him through a criminal trial. he will now face a civil trial brought by the family. and the question is what was it that bragg was representation. ultimately the most fundamental values. what else the value here across the city in the other case involving the shooting of this ceo. you had the mayor saying, you know, this shows people need to step forward and act. well, just blocks away. you just tried a guy, at least

bragg did. who did precisely that. and he has spent a year going through hell. >> lawrence: i'm just curious, professor, will this put the end to these, i would say political prosecution because when you look at this d.a., he allows criminals to run the street all the time. but this one was political because of the social justice warriors protesting. is this over now? >> the question is who really is the constituency of alvin bragg? i think you saw many of those voices outside the courthouse that were filled with rage and anger at this verdict. some even threatening penny not to remain in new york city but beyond that mob mob is the rest of new york city. they need to look at this case in a more broad sense. this is what you have come to. you have a prosecutor who takes an individual like this who should be celebrated as a hero.

in fact, was celebrated by a hero by people in that car and have you prosecuted him and fortunately other people stepped forward to help support him. but, that's the message that's being sent. you step forward. don't look for support. in fact, we could very welcome after you. >> lawrence: yeah. and if we don't prosecute you, then we can just drain you for money. and you won't be able to live in this city anymore. >> that's right. >> lawrence: a sad state of affairs. the system did work. we are grateful for that professor, thanks for joining the program. >> thank you, lawrence. >> lawrence: you got it. the judge is going to be doing an interview with daniel penny today. is he going to be on "the five." the full version is going to be on fox nation. you got to tune in no to that. mysterious drones pop up. where they could be coming from. that's next. ♪

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stuff although can you find it online as well. meanwhile real quickly. got talk to you about these drones. i live in new jersey in burgum county they bus overhead all the time. when they stop they hover for a little while. listen to the governor, what he had to say about. this these are apparently as i stand very sophisticated the minute you get eyes on them they go dark. and, you know, we are obviously most concerned about sensitive targets and sensitive critical infrastructure. we have military assets. we have utility assets. we have the president-elect one of his homes here. this is something we are taking deadly seriously. >> steve: so, kurt, what do you make of the fact that nobody officially has said oh, it's so and so running the drones? >> big mystery here about to get solved i have a feeling. we can rule out consumer drones.

the little ones you and i can buy online and he then get soaring above people's houses probably not that kind. because, reports say that these are a lot larger. what could that then narrow it down. to say is it surveillance? is it a foreign entity trying to surveil parts of the u.s.? or could it be one of these consumer-related drones from say a company that wants to deliver packages or deliver food to somebody's house and they are testing them out? why the lights go out is unusual though. what we do know is some of those technologies that are about to deploy to put an end to this drone mystery are high resolution radars that the federal government and military has in their possession that request really identify where these larger drones start off. who has got command of them. rk scanners can play a role. they can tell what the identity of the drone is and its location. even use optical sensors that provide identity of the drone to

find out if it was a pay load. remote i.d. was required by the faa for drones 555 pounds that have to transmit identification and location information. they will probably be using a lot of these technologies because there are a lot of people like you saying what in the world is over my house. >> steve: exactly. here's the thing. i let i say it's some sort of a delivery company and they are essentially practicing to make sure it works? they don't want to reveal the name of the delivery company who they will be delivering for. i can't believe brand x is flying over my house in the middle of the night. >> kurt: true. you may not buy something from them. i will tell you it's a precursor to what is coming throughout the country. one day very soon skies above our houses we thought were quiet we would hear birds from dinging with drones delivery sources and resources. we're tracking a story.

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