and they need your support. care.com is here to help. it's an easy way to find background-checked senior caregivers in your area. and some piece of mind. see why millions of families have trusted care. go to care.com now >> thanks to kennedy and our city audience, i love you america. >> trace: good evening i'm trace, it's 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles and this is

america's late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight how does prep school valedictorian ivy league grad become a suspected assassin? we have brand-new information on the timeline of luigi -- luigi mangione and what might have led him to murder. kevin lays it out in a moment, plus, this. sympathy and support blowing up online for the murder suspect, why are people sympathetic to somebody who allegedly shot somebody else in the back? in cold blood, we want your thoughts in the nightcap, meantime daniel penny speaking out for the first time since being acquitted in the choke hold death of jordan neely. and a d transitioning ucla

student suing one of america's most prominent gender-affirming care practitioners. why she is accusing doctors of hiding the true danger of kids changing genders. to begin with a more on the elite baltimore high valedictorian he went from u penn to murder suspect. this senior national kevin live in d.c. with the timeline on this, kevin get evening. >> get evening despite facing murder charges in the killing of united health care ceo brian thompson at lawyers for luigi mangione are choosing to contest , back to the empire state tonight, however today in pennsylvania where he was arrested, denied bail and faces other charges, luigi mangione shouted at the press. inside the courthouse he tried to say something before his new defence attorney pointed directly at him and said, don't say a word! meantime governor kathy said she

will sign a warrant, to ensure luigi mangione is extradited back to new york about, that could take up to 30 days. by the way we are also learning about the possible motive tonight, nypd investigators say 50 macro road a three-page manifesto manifesto describing among other things, a dramatic back injury suffered 18 months ago. mentioning this x-ray that the 26 row posted on social media, he is also said to have expressed a fascination with ted kaczynski, writing in the quote, more accurately seen as those as an extreme political revolutionary. tonight here is what we have been able to piece together, from the alleged killers past, he graduated as you pointed out, thompson -- top in his class in maryland before earning a bachelor and a master's degree in 2020. then after working as a data engineer and living in hawaii he suffered a serious back injury. after which his three youtube

accounts were terminated by the platform, all before reviewing the manifesto on good read, giving it 4 out of 5 stars. according to the ap tonight luigi mangione has apologized for the shooting but he also said quote, it had to be done, adding frankly these parasites simply had it coming! >> trace: kevin live for us in d.c., thank you. let's bring in criminal defence attorney and federal litigator, along with former fbi special agent and fox news contributor nicole, thank you both for coming on. nicole i want to go over very briefly what cabinet laid out there, but that's up of mystery and, graduated as a valedictorian in 2016, university of pennsylvania, graduated 2020 lives in hawaii, injures his back that's when he comes in contact with the health care system and in 2024 nicole he reviews the bomber manifesto on good reads, in that manifesto he seems to apologize for the killing, what do you make of this do you see it going

and certainly? >> i mean you look at his life up until this point, it looks like he has had a very good life. valedictorian of his high school, very prominent high school, and ivy league with multiple degrees, a bright future, comes from a prosperous family. they appeared to have loved them very much, again as an fbi agent have worked at other shooters, and investigators, i have to say he doesn't exactly fit that profile that you would think that again there's never a specific profile of think a lot of his friends thought maybe we never ever imagined this would happen, we didn't even recognize him in the photos, we never thought this could've impossible. again the last six months he really went completely silent and off the grid. something happened and there was a precipitating stressor that caused him to say, i am going to do this! it is my responsibility to almost make this a known and he had a grievance with the health care system. rhythm with capitalism in america he took it upon himself but he was going to be the one to set the record straight, one

thing i do find interesting was that he was a gamer, was he desensitized by all of these gaming? >> trace: it's a good question. 's roommate was on jesse waters and had this to say. watch. surprise you at all or is this kind of one of those things where we see the slot? >> generally it's surprising, it's very rare and the times that we've actually had people coming from affluent families, who do something that is somewhat premeditated, and upsetting and undisclosed, really unpredicted, it's few and far between and we can probably name the cases that it's happened around the country but what we have here and nicole is

exactly right, we have an individual who has integrated into society. went through a bad back injury, found himself isolated, now we know in this -- today's world of both gaming but also a social media, you can find yourself in a rabbit hole in a snap of a finger. that may be what happened, as i understand it, law enforcement has gone through and scrubbed a lot of the comments and correspondence on his twitter account, in that account they have had people reach out to him and say, hey,, you should know you are still loved! by the way we haven't heard from you i don't know if you don't of the cell phone but this is a clear case in my opinion of a mental breakdown which means the defence, better get moving on this evaluation quickly. >> trace: here is the altoona, pennsylvania, deputy police chief on the threats they are getting for arresting him, watch.

>> trace: interesting nicole they are threatening the people who picked up the suspected killer! >> that is so disturbing, they are going after and threatening those that are protecting their community. for anyone that sympathizes and empathizes with a murderer, that is completely upside down in american society, there are people that need to reevaluate their inner soul and inner moral compass, there is nothing acceptable to me about that. this individual is again presumed innocent until proven guilty but in my opinion, is the killer and to sympathize with them... it's disgusting! >> trace: it's unbelievable we talked a lot about his history and his timeline, i want to put this up this is the blaze editor and chief, writing the following here, notice how it feels like we already know more about the

ceo keller, then two presidential assassinations. it really is, we can lay out a timeline two pages long on this guy but i cannot tell you anything about the butler shooter or the alleged other person. >> the media all over mass media, mainstream media supposed to be truth tellers are they? i mean this is in a picture-perfect example of a cloak being pulled over the truth before somebody has a chance to either admire it or hate it, there is no example ford. to say that this information was in hand, so quickly within five days full apprehension and attention in another state, one of the would-be killers had six cell phones and other communication devices and we know nothing about it! i don't believe the eyes! >> trace: thank you both. meantime the trump transition team now shifting into high gear at the

president-elect reestablishes his president on the world stage, and many of his cabinet picks raced it on capitol hill, peter live in west palm beach, with more on that, peter good evening. >> getting the fbi director confirming report that he was one of more than three dozen staffers and two members of congress whose communications were improperly swept up in 2017. by the justice department, during a leak investigation. he is saying if he is confirmed, he is going to do something about that. and of the road later came by today, victor or von of hungary, posting photos with the trump

and elon musk saying he has met with the next national security advisor michael, elon musk, turns out also has the ear of house speaker mike johnson who sounds eager to assist doj. the headliner, the trump nomination tonight kimberly as ambassador to greece, a senate confirmation ahead trump is writing, kimberly's perfectly suited to foster strong bilateral relations with greece, advancing our interests on issues ranging from defence cooperation to trade and economic innovation. donald trump jr. is also posting late tonight that he is proud of kimberly and that she is always going to serve as an ambassador that is a nice sentiment. during a day of sometimes not so nice headlines about their personal lives. >> trace: peter live for us in

west palm, peter thank you let's bring in fox news contributor, steve and rnc national spokeswoman elizabeth, great to have you both on. it's interesting because i would like to get to this if i can with you elizabeth this is senator murkowski talking about pete, watch. you have senator tom saying he thinks all of the nominees are getting in, do you share that confidence? >> i do! i remember laughing with you about kamala harris, i remember saying, every time she opens her mouth people realized she is not up for the job i think the opposite is happening here, people are reading this headline but every time they actually sit

and speak, with these folks, every time they tune out what is being said about them, and actually sit one-on-one with people like pete, who i have spent time with and very much respect, i think they actually realize he -- he would be perfect for the job and i look forward to the american people hearing from all of his cabinet picks and getting the exact an impression. >> trace: it's a long time trump advisor with foxnews.com to the following, your steve trump would allow establishment senators to veto a second nominee, it would've led to a feeding frenzy on trump's of the nominees, so the thinking in trump world was we have to defend p, not just for the sake of defending pete but also for the sake of defending our other nominees, he really is one of those things where you have to resist at some point in the process, or they will eat you alive. >> what a surprise donald trump to make the part -- it's quite right that he does up because he got a clear resounding mandate from the voters all of these people, have been nominated are completely in line with the

agenda and the policies that he clearly articulated, during the campaign and so they should be supported, unless there is an overwhelming reason that they are not qualified, it's not a question whether the senators agree with them, the voters decided that already. of course they should all be voted and it looks like that is going to happen. >> trace: meantime biden -- joe biden he has occasionally been on the show saying this about the economy, watch. the president apparently did not read the exit polls were people are saying the economy sucks, elizabeth? >> i will be honest i am shocked and excited he is out there speaking, to people i think it

is so sad what we have witnessed the last four years, truly sad i have to tell you tonight i was at a jewish event, sharing the stage with folks who witnessed october 7 of the people who also have family members being held hostage, i can't even tell you how many people came up to me tonight and said they cannot wait for january 20th to finally see a leader, finally have somebody on the world stage representing the american people with strength and within donald trump representing, we have been basically leaderless for four years. >> trace: of those hostages need to come home now meantime gathered and telling reporters he didn't make trump proofing, it was the media, watch. digging the hole deeper and deeper, i never said anything

about trump! by the way... >> all the things, to get the state moving i think it's hilarious. he cannot get it right, he starts thinking it's going to help politically to fight trump, then you get the blowback, can you focus on issues we have in california? pretense never said in the first place. >> trace: which brings us to a new book agenda. >> this is a world exclusive announcement for you, my new book failure, reversing the ruin of america's worst run state, i don't think gavin is going to be happy with that description but this is a new book out next year. please go and preorder it now so you get your copy on amazon, you can do it right now! the reason i want to write this book is because, not just to list all of the things that has gone wrong here in california, we know what they are, but to explain why, why has this happened?

we go through nine pathologies that underline the ideology of extremism and we have a plan to put it right, that is called cal of future. >> trace: >> i want to restore the golden nits of the golden state and i'm looking very seriously at running myself to lead that effort. >> trace: steve great to see you, elizabeth thank you. meantime in one of the country's biggest mysteries, flaring up again tonight the ongoing flood of drone sightings that we first told you about right here in fox news at night, now making its way to capitol hill as house lawmakers push for answers about what in the heck is happening in the skies over new -- over new jersey and staten island, jeff is live with that, that evening. >> dozens and dozens of reports of these mysterious drums and nobody seems to know what they are doing and to his flying them including the fbi.

during a congressional hearing today that fbi assistant director said, they cannot attribute the drones to a specific person or group, many of them have been spotted in new jersey, on a daily occurrence, the governor there said we are 49 reports of drones this past sunday alone. others have been spotted flying near high-security locations like a military research facility. during the hearing customs and border protection officials revealed to during a recent six week period border sensors recorded nearly 7000 drone flights near u.s. borders adding

no money has been allocated for counter drone protections the white house said, president biden is aware and tracking what is going on we are working closely with both dhs and the fbi. >> trace: a lot of drones, jeff with a slight here thank you so much less bring in researcher greg, greg great to have you on the show its amazing here because you said you don't believe there is a public threat, but you have to be concerned when you hear numbers like 7000 drones? what do you make of all of this? >> is very concerning, when we are trying to get answers from our government and they don't have them, and the fbi doesn't have them, you have to ask yourself, why are they telling us there is no threat if they don't know what they are? is a huge issue for our community and our family and friends telling me, they are concerned. if people are telling me they are thinking about moving out, and going through different states, this is concerning. >> trace: it is concerning and you made a very good point and i

want to double down on that because tony gonzalez the congressman had this question for the assistant fbi director, watch. >> trace: it is crazy and do you think there is some deceptive notice or do you really think they have no idea what is going on? >> i think some of them don't know, it's because the department of defence is not telling them. if anybody has the information is the department of defense, the pentagon, we know when they were asked about this on december fifth, the spokesperson declined to comment. i think there is a lot of miscommunication and not sharing of information between agencies and between government. >> trace: i wonder greg, if this is national security, you

would think somebody there at the pentagon or somebody even the president, would try to reassure the public right? >> you would hope! they have not done that yet so, that's one of the reasons why it's concerning. we don't know if these drones or uap as i call them are connected to the ones and langley that forced 22 fighter jets to be moved we don't know if they are connected to the u.k., encouraging that happened a few weeks ago we don't know if they're connected to the incursions going on for decades. all with objects of unknown varying shapes and sizes, blinking flashing lights, that disappear. it's all very peculiar if we need to get the answers and way they got them from the pentagon. >> trace: i have to go greg but what is your best guess, are they american and do you have any idea what they might be? >> well william timmins the representative said congress right now, the government is trying to figure out if it's

china or nonhuman intelligence so, i will go with him and say we have taken to the bottom of it and find out what it is. >> trace: greg, thank you for coming on, we appreciate your analysis. coming up exclusive ucla student who d transitioned after she said doctors fast tractor for gender transmission at 12 years old, now she is sharing her story with us after filing a lawsuit against one of america's most prominent gender-affirming care practitioners. later in the nightcap... if you are not back in the assassin you are on the wrong horse, luigi mangione getting big support after his arrest with the hashtag, free luigi flooding social media platforms,

and there are more go fund means raising money for him, why do you think people are sympathetic to a suspected killer? let us know twitter and instagram, we will read your responses coming up. in the nightcap. ♪ ♪

>> trace: we have new information about a disturbing trend on social media as people rally support for ceo murder suspect luigi mangione and his alleged resentment toward the insurance industry, live for us in new york city with the very latest on this, ashley good evening. >> the suspect in the fatal shooting of united health care ceo brian thompson is being viewed as a hero in some corners of society and according to pennsylvania governor joshua, dairy dark corners.

>> at last check one a crowdfunding campaign raised over $20,000 towards luigi mangione and his legal defence with one donor riding quote, he poses no danger to society except for those greedy executives, a ten-dollar donor wrote, governor hopeful should pardon him right now. it's important to note that popular platform go fund to me took down several campaign supporting luigi mangione as they prohibit the legal defence of violent crimes like this one, and didn't -- "the new york post" reporting that taurus are visiting the site of the murder, describing them as morbid, the post

interviewed ones who took a picture outside at the hilton and said, the suspect quote, did a good thing anyways, no matter what people will say, he murders somebody in good reason. the sympathy towards the suspected killer, has alarmed many people including one member of the media, was in. with all that being said we will send it back to. >> trace: i have never agreed with anybody on the view but i agree with her, ashley life for us in new york, ashley thank you. the fox news night common sense department thinks america is no longer just a country divided, it is a country categorically conflicted and

left no longer has any reservations or shame in deciding he was good. and he was evil, who oppresses. and he was oppressed. we live in a world where marine veteran daniel penny is bad accused keller luigi -- luigi mangione is good. -- accused keller luigi mangione is good. -- accused keller killer accused keller...

common sense remembers a time in america when only a coward would shoot a man in the back in cold blood. but the left, as the cowards covered. they don't see a killer, they see in ivy league grad with a justifiable, let's bring in the host of the america podcast and independent independent women features editor in chief, thank you both for coming on. emily you first, this is a tiktok montage of... i don't know, the killers fans? watch.

>> trace: is not normal but we normalize it! what is going on? >> this is not the first time this has happened i think we've seen in the past with a lot of serial killers the people, especially women, will take to these people and to make not fantasize them they actually really sexualize them. this is not how we change systems we have to go deeper into the system this one person is not responsible and it is heartbreaking because this is a brother, hassan, a father and that is how you should see it so seeing somebody he was a part of this party is disgusting across the board. >> trace: i find it baffling because you talk about the tiktok people and whatever you want to say, here is a sound bite that i found baffling

from the cnn guy, listen. >> trace: he saying we should not condemn those who celebrate the suspect because the emotion and the passion is real, kalin? >> there is no new nuance and murder, murder is murder it is wrong. what has been disappointing about this side as i gen z, a murder is coming from my peers, from young adult and i believe that is a large result due to left-wing indoctrination which apparently has convinced large amounts of young americans that violence is an acceptable political tool as long as you choose the right victim and i

want to be very clear to my peers for one second, if you are celebrating or defending or both sides the murder, of a man in a -- and a father of two you are not defending just as, you are promoting terrorism, that is exactly what you are doing and it is shameful. >> trace: emily here is the daily show response to all of this, watch. >> trace: now the witness at the mcdonald's is a rat in the alleged killer is a good person, like common sense says. crazy. >> i've seen women online specifically the younger generation on tiktok for years saying, inherently they never feel safe in the country anymore around men and then i think, but you guys fantasize about somebody that is dangerous? when somebody turns them into,

they are a rat? what they are doing is protecting at the people in society! >> trace: it's a good question whoopi goldberg said the following about daniel penny. >> trace: one he was not celebrating he was meeting with the lawyers they were not raising, toasting, two he was found not guilty which means to be dude again, he did the right thing when you think hailey? >> it's important to keep in mind that the jury was mostly female, the jury that found him unanimously acquitted of these charges, there was a lease for people of colour on the jury as well. i guarantee you when the women on that jury made that decision, they were thinking of the fear is that the women on the subway train that day were

experiencing. as any young woman who win -- who lives in a democratic city those people are a direct threat to your safety i certainly understand as well so i applaud the women on that jury for making the right decision, and shame on whoopi goldberg for not understanding the real fear that women fear when they are confronted with situations and for not applauding them like daniel penny for standing up and protecting them. >> trace: he said he would do exactly the same thing again and many people applaud that, kaylee, emily, thank you both, coming up the fox news sit down with clementine a woman d transitioning who said doctors fast tracked her for gender affirming care when she was 12 years old now she is suing those california doctors. you will hear from her, it is well worth your time and it is next!

tjet.

>> trace: because of

breaking news we did not have time for this segment last night but we believe it is extremely important that you see it because it shines a very bright light on a topic that we have covered extensively on fox news at night. children, changing genders. traumatized a vulnerable 12-year-old girl who fast tracked into the use of puberty blockers crossed sex hormones and a double mastectomy, now suing one of america's most prominent gender-affirming care practitioners, let's bring in a detransition or clementine and campbell miller, thank you both for coming on, welcome to clementine, it's great to meet you on set, tell me why you are suing dr. olson, one of these prominent doctors in the country? >> as much as i like financial reimbursement for the metal cost of this has caused me, i am mostly doing this because there is a lot of speculation online, this doesn't happen, and the

lack of gatekeeping in this process is really absurd and people like me fought -- fell through the cracks. >> trace: how old were you when you started? >> i was about 12 and my parents were resistant originally and they were strongly believing that i was not transgender and they were told by my former dr. that i was a very high risk suicide, but i was not and i had only attempted suicide after being on testosterone. >> trace: when you finished how old were you? >> i fully stopped taking testosterone earlier this year. >> trace: when did you decide this was not for you? >> earlier this year after completing therapy and having to process my trauma, i sort of started thinking about my future and if i wanted to have children and i cannot imagine myself as somebody's father. >> trace: talk about the lawsuit and i know you are trying to get this message out, what is the wider message you want people to take away from this? >> yes, clementine is suing for

medical negligence, her story is of course unique, but what i can tell you is that it is by no means isolated. so, by that i mean we started our firm with this condition of representing detransition errors and victims of radical gender ideology and i can tell you in just over one and a half years we have spoken to over 125 potential plaintiffs and here they are a similar stories over and over and over of vulnerable children and young adults who are fast tracked absolutely into completely life altering, life destroying and family shattering treatment, reported. and they can never come back from it, it is isolated and it is happening every day to children across this country. >> trace: that is what i'm wondering because he said people think it is isolated, and these are very rare, you are saying that is not the case. >> i have -- i know tons of

people who have detransition and children who have transitioned even younger than me, starting medical treatment. i grew up around lots of people at the clinic that i saw my doctor through and seen people dismiss it as a disheartening. >> trace: what would you tell the younger youth, what would you tell these younger people who are thinking the same thing that you were thinking 12 years old,? >> i would tell myself that there is no right way to be female and if i hate myself for being female, that doesn't mean there's something physically wrong with me and that i need to curate. >> trace: i want to play the sound bite this is the supreme court during the recent argument on this very subject, she had the following to say, watch. basically she thanks -- thinks

children should be able to grow up with their bodies intact. >> i don't think that's an outrageous statement to make but unfortunately she is correct, the children who can't possibly understand or consent to the treatment they are being offered , that are being performed on them, clementine can tell you at the time she could not appreciate what sacrificing her fertility or the ability to conceive a child or the ability to breastfeed a child, should she be able to conceive one, these are the types of decisions that children can't consent to and they should be allowed to have their bodies, as they grow up. >> trace: clementine how are you now? >> i'm doing, okay,, i am doing better, i'm going to the process of reconstruction surgery with has -- which has been challenging for me and deconstructing my whole identity and coming to terms with how much time i spent living as a

different person has been really challenging but overall i'm doing okay. >> trace: your relationship with your parents? >> it's gone better this has been challenging to deal with for all of us but, i am glad to reconnect with them in this new way. >> trace: is the future by? >> i hope so i really hope so. >> trace: clementine thank you for coming on, and jordan thank you for coming on as well we appreciated. the man accused of killing a health care ceo continues getting praise online with user starting a hashtag, free luigi mangione. why do you think people are sympathetic to this alleged killer? let us know twitter and instagram, we are back with the nightcap crew including you! next.

sounds like you need to vaporize that cold. dayquil vapocool? it's dayquil plus a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ woah. dayquil vapocool. the vaporizing daytime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, power through your day, medicine.

you don't hurt because you're old. you hurt because your mattress stinks. which makes our job a lot easier. sleeping on purple improves your energy by 20%. which is awful. for us. it's very good news for you. do not go to purple.com do not visit a purple store”

>> trace: we are back with the nightcap crew, kevin, vic, emily, and elizabeth, tonight's topic murder mystery ceo killer suspect luigi mangione meeting the garnering support online after his arrest yesterday. why do you think people are sympathetic to this alleged killer? >> some say that he is

attractive, and so it may be a shallow house syndrome, some sympathize with the serious injuries he may have suffered and they pay their medical bills and health insurance every month , so that is easy to sympathize with. some people are enamored by criminals, but again, would it really should be is shallow house syndrome because you have to at least turn one page and look at the conduct here and it's horrific. >> what i see online is so many people sharing personal stories of people they love, that were harmed because of the system and i am like, i will proudly speak out against every system but this is not how you go about change of anything it sets us back really far and i sympathize for those people. i'm sorry this happened but this is not how you go about things whatsoever. >> i agree with emily, it's not how you go about anything the fact is i want people to realize the same one celebrating this murder are very clearly out there celebrating terrorist

groups around the world so the fact that these institutions have completely failed our young generations growing up in this country, and people should realize and stop funding them immediately especially by the way the ivy league institution, it's time to stop funding the schools until they get it together. >> i mean, yes, no matter how you look at it, a guy is dead and kids are missing, so. >> ditto. >> trace: they feel slighted by an issue with medicated procedures that have been denied, tammy they view him as the modern-day robin hood taking down a man to help the poor, social media has created a generation of people who have no ability to recognize other as human beings and not just twitter handles and, that is it, thank you for watching america's late news fox news at night, i'm in los angeles and we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪

>> ♪