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♪ ♪ >> nobody wants unidentified drones flying over their home, flying over their cities come over our military installations. people have a right to be concerned by that. >> we have agencies and organizations from the government that should be able to find a lot more information. >> it's not because we don't have the capabilities to find out where and who and how these things are being operated. it is not a dearth of authorities, we have those. what is in short supply is the leadership. >> john: the white house briefing underway as mysterious drone sightings continue popping up over american skies, putting many full sun edge. will our federal government reassure concerned americans? welcome back as america reports rolls into our number two. john roberts in washington.

>> sandra: not determined to operate by any foreign entity. did they fly a drone alongside the drones and -- i mean -- >> john: they are not saying. >> sandra: more information would be better. john kirby is still speaking and taking questions at the white house. i'm sandra smith in new york. a group of new york and new jersey senators are now writing to dhs, the fbi, and faa out of quote urgent concern over those drones. first was the lack of answers making lawmakers livid, now it is the mixed messages that they are getting. the pentagon denying claims those drones are from foreign adversaries. you just her john kirby do so, as well. the fbi says they really don't know where they are coming from, so that leads to a big question: how does the u.s. spends $900 billion on defense and intelligence and still not know anything, or at least share anything with us? new jersey governor phil murphy says his hands are tied.

listen. >> we don't have that authority, and the feds have that authority, the faa has most of the jurisdiction here. i'd like to see them play a more robust role. i wouldn't be opposed to that. let me put it that way. >> john: like sergeant schultz and hogan's heroes. i know nothing. speak with a new jersey status of the man who called yesterday's briefing amateur hour. nate foy has the growing fallout in the garden state but first lucas tomlinson with more on the biden administration's response or lack thereof to these drone sightings. >> we just heard from white house national security council spokesperson john kirby before we went to break and he seemed to be downplaying these reports of mysterious drones, saying most of the reports they looked into turned out to be manned aircraft. in other words, planes or helicopters. and the pentagon says they are not even looking into the matter. they are leaving it up to local law enforcement to decide. the one thing they are ruled out for sure, any kind of iranian mothership offshore.

>> these are not u.s. military drones. again, this is being investigated by local law enforcement. what our initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary. there is no iranian ship off the coast of the united states. >> now john this spring the head of the senate armed services committee wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" warning about drones inside the united states saying u.s. military can hardly track anything other than commercial aircraft, let me read from a piece of it here, says, quote, our nation lacks adequate drone protection capability. we still rely on early warning radars that served us so well during the cold war. almost none of our devasting military bases have the centers to identify small drones. if we fixed our tracking problem, a second issue would arise: u.s. agencies lack clear lines of authority but which agency is responsible for

stopping these incursions. senator tom cotton earlier. >> i can tell you the answers you are not getting in public are the same answers that we are not getting in private. it is just one more example of how the biden administration doesn't impose accountability, doesn't .2 a single official or agency and say you're in charge here. >> a white house press briefing is underway, we will let you know if we learn but a lot of finger-pointing from an lot of government agencies about who is responsible, john? >> john: if you hear something, send up a flare or a drone. lucas, thank you. >> sandra: continuing coverage on the strange size over the garden state. nate foy with reactions from officials who are demanding action here. what are you hearing there? >> hey, sandra. we spoke with several new jersey legislators and mayors were frustrated and simply say the police can't handle this, they are overwhelmed and don't have the ability to track up to 180

drone sightings in a single night, that is the most we heard from that briefing yesterday in a single night, but many are also very frustrated with governor phil murphy for making comments like this. >> based on everything we know, there is no public safety risk that we are aware of. on the other hand, is it frustrating to not have more answers? is it frustrating to not have a source for these things? yes. >> so several people who attended that state briefing yesterday said how can you say there is no known threat when you don't know anything? today, state senator joba nacchio is calling for help from the bullpen in the form of president-elect donald trump, whose bedminster club is in the vicinity of the drones. he wrote in a letter to trump that reads in part, quote, please use whatever resources you have as you await your inauguration to gather any information you can to share with the citizens of new jersey so we can move forward on this important issue. our current administration is failing us in this effort.

i trust you will not. there was more frustration by new jersey officials that the fbi didn't attend yesterday's briefing. >> i am incredibly disappointed by the briefing. while appreciate the effort done by the state police and homeland security, the fbi is the one that is supposed to be leading this investigation, and they are m.i.a. >> so it is not just local mayors who feel left in the dark by the fbi. all four u.s. senators from new york and new jersey have officially requested a briefing as soon as possible, not only with the fbi, but also dhs and the faa to learn how they are coordinating with state and local law enforcement to finally get some answers here. we will send it back to you, sandra. >> sandra: just bizarre. so much of this. nate foy, thank you. john? >> john: republican new jersey state a sentiment brian bergen, former military helicopter pilot involved in the eating yesterday. that they thought the governor was going to come to but didn't. you said after that meeting that

you had gone to it to have your concerns allayed but came out of the meeting with even more concerns than you had going in. what are you thinking today? >> that's 100% true. i'm no better off today than yesterday. that meeting was a joke, a total waste of time, and it showed the ineptitude that is going on right now in this investigation. you know what we need right now? we need leadership. somebody needs to step up and lead. governor murphy pointing his finger towards the federal government, it is not going to cut it right now. he has resources at his disposal's that he needs to put into action. the state police, who i learned in the meeting yesterday, had a helicopter hovering above one of these drones and chose not to follow it back to where it is coming from. and he also has a national guard, which he can mobilize to figure out what the hell is going on. we need leadership in the state of new jersey and it is complete leave void of that right now. >> john: he says his hands are tied to the federal government. i don't know if you cite a few moments ago, john kirby over at the white house said this about

the drone invasion, listen. >> the deferment of homeland security and the fbi or investor getting these sightings and working closely with state and local law enforcement to provide resources using numerous detection methods to understand their origin. using very sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities, we have not been able to come and neither have state or local law enforcement authorities, corroborate any of the reported visual sightings. to the contrary, upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft that were being offer operated lawfully. >> john: what he is basically saying there is these are not the drones that you are looking for. i mean, what -- >> that guy is an idiot. that i can tell you right now. because the kernel of the state police told the members of the state legislature that one of his helicopters was hovering above a 6-foot wide drone, and

he landed that helicopter because he felt unsafe for his pilots. i am a former apache helicopter pilot and a member of the new jersey state legislature, and i have seen these things in my own community. that guy, i don't even know his name, who was on here a couple minutes ago, is a fool if he is going to say there is no issue. >> john: he is a former rear admiral in the u.s. navy named john kirby, so helicopter pilot against the admiral. go-ahead. >> well, you know, go army, beat navy, that's what i would say. >> john: frustration does seem to be reaching the highest levels. this is what new jersey senator cory booker said yesterday. listen. >> i have been a little frustrated there hasn't been enough transparency, letting people know what is happening. is allowing a lot of potentially misinformation to spread, or at least fear. we should know what is going on over our skies. i've asked for more information. >> john: you would think after the chinese balloon incident

last year people would take is a little more seriously in terms of investigation. >> yeah, we 100% should. we need people to take action. on the segment before i got here, somebody said it is impossible to track hundreds and hundreds of these drones for our state police. we don't need to track hundreds or thousands. we only need to track one. and find out who is at fault for one of these things. i'm telling you, it's a big issue. i hope at the end of the day we find out that it was nothing, some commercial application being tested, and this is a big to-do about nothing, but right now, everybody, senators, assembly people, u.s. senators, are calling for action, and people are not making enough of a difference. before the same gentleman you mentioned earlier, he said we are being resources, state was being resourced with this technology. in the briefing that we were at, state police said they were going to be getting some new technology from the department

of homeland security to track these drones, and apparently it was supposed to determine what is a bird and a drone to make it easier to track. one of my colleagues -- and this was yesterday -- said when are you going to get that? within two days. two days? we need it now. >> john: i've never seen a bird with lights, but maybe i have just missed it. assembly men, thank you for joining us. the mystery deepens. some people are saying the house just across the street from me just approved nearly $900 billion for the military, you think there might be a buck or two in there to figure out what is going on. we will see. thank you, sir, appreciate it. >> sandra: lake effect blanketing parts of western new york overnight, prompting a state of emergency. i am going to take a spin over to the fox weather studio to check in with the meteorologist there to see what they are seeing and what is heading your way. >> john: look at all that lake-effect snow. and investigators retracing the steps of the man accused of murdering an insurance ceo.

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fox weather studio where meteorologist jane minar is standing by. what is going to be happening over the next 24 hours because a lot of folks are planning for a lot of snow and this is obviously as we headed to the holiday season where a lot of people are hitting the roads and skies. we are going to take a walk into the weather studio where they are currently broadcasting live so we are going to dip in, thanks for having us, good to see you. good to be here. our viewers can benefit from your knowledge. what is coming their way? please do tell us. >> we have a lot of snow, the third in three weeks, 3 for 3 is ours like a lake-effect snow bands. this is of much knows we have had in the last one he for ho hours. imagine that in just a single day. >> sandra: i was just joking but not joking, some of these houses, they have to build a door on the second floor just to prepare. i know a lot of northern wisconsin folks know what i'm talking about. so what are we looking at here?

obviously this is upstate new york. frigid conditions. how long is this going to last? >> this is thankfully one of the shorter events we have seen since thanksgiving. this is excited to taper by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon. this band off of lake erie starting to intensify, shift closer to buffalo this evening, shipped further back south and begin to fizzle by tomorrow morning, but not before we pick up another half a foot of snow along the i-90 across parts of western new york. we are watching watertown, too, tonight, i think that is where we could see big-time issues of lake ontario. >> sandra: a lot of weather coming our way and i was mentioning as we were walking in, we are entering the busy travel season right now, a lot of people are planning to fly, drive, what should they expect as far as travel conditions? >> the good news of lake effect snow is it is more of a regional impact. all of our regional airports are doing all right. yesterday we saw the biggest -- that big powerful storm pushing through, so now we are playing catch-up. we look at the end of the week, should be smooth sailing as far

as airline travel goes, still watching some interstates, so this is i-90 right now, which with lake-effect snow the last three weeks has been shut down at times. >> sandra: this salt trucks are out there, snowplows gearing up, upstate new york the last couple of weeks are already busy. thank you so much for letting us stop by. >> we can hopefully maybe get some snow for christmas. >> sandra: a white christmas would be good. that is when we welcome the snow. thank you so much, jane. ♪ ♪ >> john: investigators say new forensic evidence is strengthening their case against the man accused of gunning down unitedhealthcare ceo luigi mangione, currently being held at a pennsylvania jail cell and authorities are eager to bring him back to new york. in the meantime, we are learning more details about his past. alexis mcadams following the case and in new york city with the latest. alexis? >> hi, john. police tell me they believe their case against luigi mangione keeps getting stronger but the question people have at home is how did i

believe grad turn into an accused killer? so on paper people are interested in this because mangione kind of look like he had it all, pictures online, smiling, active, climbing, going on vacation, now far from the beach behind bars in that orange jumpsuit, so back in 2022, mangione worked for a company based in san francisco. he had a big background in tech, john, went to upenn, smart in the classroom, then later moved to hawaii. that building on your right is where he reportedly lives, over near honolulu. than the 26-year-old says he had back surgery. it is important to say he says he had back surgery because we don't know, haven't been able to confirm it from anybody. investigators say he posted this text string online, that says he had a lot of pain, screws in his lower back, and then he went m.i.a. come according to his family. last month, mangione's mom calls the separate cisco police and tells investigators she hadn't heard from him since july.

just days after she filed that report, police tell me mangione was in new york city where authorities say he shot and killed brian thompson. photos like this of mangione, which are shirtless, it is kind of covered while he is hiking, but they have gone viral because people think he is very good looking. they are infatuated with this guy? why is it? a therapist tried to explain it. >> when it comes to a man who is capable of that kind of danger, it almost are minds be of the "american psycho" character of patrick bateman. he was very attractive to the public. i think that is the antihero that we are seeing paracter of . >> it is not just about his looks. people are calling him a hero for what he did, which is disturbing to many, doxxing other self-care ceos in new york city. we blurred the faces but those are wanted posters across the big apple. each has a face of a health care ceo with their information on it. brian thompson's face is crossed off with an x because he has been taken out. it is really a sad situation,

especially as the family continues to grieve. brian thompson was a dad with two kids in minneapolis. we are told more charges could be filed against mangione so keep an eye on it. >> john: regardless of how you feel about the health care industry in this country, that is just not the way to do it. alexis mcadams for us. alexis, thank you. sandra? >> sandra: president biden executing the largest act of clemency in a single day. "fox & friends" cohost brian kilmeade is gearing up to come join us live on that next. plus this. >> and he was released on a hold, and he was assaulted a family member, and now he has killed our family member. we just want her here. we want to see those smiles back on her face, back on our families face, and we will never be the same. >> john: ivory smith's aunt seeking justice for the 7-year-old, the little girl allegedly killed at the hands of an illegal immigrant in a deadly car crash.

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♪ ♪ [indistinct chanting] >> over 200,000 dead! >> john: well, they are back at it or still at it at nyu, palestinian protesters they are trying to block the library just off of washington square. protesting nyu's investment in israel. a number of arrests have been made by the nypd. they threaten to keep protesting until nyu divests itself from any companies linked to israel. take a look at companies. hundreds of nyu students and faculty were arrested during similar demonstrations over the spring semester, been fairly quiet since then, but not today. sandra? >> sandra: all right, we are watching a white house press

briefing. it is ongoing as president biden commutes the jail sentences of nearly 1500 americans and pardons 39 more, the largest act of clemency in a single day and the white house says there are more to come, a sweeping move that follows the president's controversial decision to pardon his son, hunter. "fox & friends" host brian kilmeade is here with us. anything to say on that, brian? >> i do. not surprised but plowing the ground for january 6th. the biggest number since jimmy carter carter pardoned everyone to canada to avoid the vietnam war but now 1900 commuted, 39 pardoned, commuted means the sentence stands but the punishment doesn't, and pardon means okay, you are finished, you are through. i would expect jim biden to come out friday afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, at the end of your show, probably do the gym biden thing, or maybe next week, closer to christmas, we will see about that, but it helps when donald trump says okay, do what

you have to do come on january 6th, i want you to remember this, because there is a whole bunch of people i think have been overcharged in prison. >> sandra: jonathan turley had this to say earlier. >> very smart. >> sandra: he is. listen. >> the new rage item this season is a pardon. everyone seems to want to be put on the naughty list. you are nobody in d.c. unless you were on that list. it is a curious thing. usually around this time people are fighting to get on the inaugural ball list, but we have people, including bill clinton, saying, well, how about hillary? you are talking about some pundits are saying you should give thousands of pardons, whole categories of people. >> sandra: interesting because the white house briefing is ongoing right now. my team is telling us one of the major questions is preemptive pardons and whether or not that discussion is being had. she says she doesn't want to get ahead of the president, which we have heard before, but you have to imagine that conversation is happening, case in point the clintons. >> i just love, i cannot wait

for press conferences to begin with a sense of as i've told you over and over again before which means what i'm about to say you've heard already and it doesn't mean anything. the press with kjp. if i'm innocent, i would be insulted if someone said how would you like a preemptive pardon? going to knock off a liquor store? is that a new thing to-do list? i'm not really sure. the other thing is if you are guilty, in fact, you want to make sure to do that because kash patel, if things stay on this road, he is going to get in there and have a chance -- >> sandra: got to think they are thinking about it. as far as where americans stand on the issue of the hunter biden pardon, 22% in total say they approve of the hunter pardon. among them that was 38% of democrats, 12% of independents and just a single digit 7% of republicans. okay, john fetterman, newt gingrich i guess is saying he has turned out to be a big surprise -- >> the most interesting person in washington. >> sandra: put theof "time."

my first trip, the hunter biden and hush money cases were b.s. weaponizing the judiciary for blatant partisan gain this diminishes the collective faithn our institutions. here is newt gingrich on fetterman, listen. >> fetterman has been a great surprise to me. he's been very, very moderate, very reasonable on israel and on other issues, on the whole weaponization question, he's actually been quite unimp an important and une figure, sort of replacing joe manchin is the real maverick in the senate. >> sandra: incredible statement from newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. >> case-by-case basis, pro-israel, as much as joe biden says pro-israel, only to a certain point. the way he condemns those protesters continue to haunt us.

in london a firm stance. also endorsing at least the phonic. yeah, got a chance to know her, she is very impressive, let's take a picture -- >> sandra: a hard yes. >> that means fantastic. i think he met with pete hegseth today, winning people over every single day, looks more promising every single day as they tried to slime him with this "never got accepted to west point" story. i think senator fetterman is going to be interesting and i think maybe he will show the way another battleground states, be somebody that is going to be on a case-by-case basis so when you run for reelection you can say i have your best interests in mind. >> sandra: the white house correspondents' dinner, he was the guy to talk to. >> was he wearing a hoodie? >> sandra: i can remember. >> 6'7" guy wearing a hoodie at the correspondents' dinner. >> sandra: feels like that was it while ago. "one nation," what's coming up? >> markwayne mullin and ben shapiro will be with us, also adam carolla is going to be there, and the ruthless podcast, all of them together, if i can fit it in one show, and the

question for our audience is this: is donald trump like a mobster? we are going to talk to a mobster about that. >> sandra: that's amazing. [laughs] >> you will be very curious to see the answer. >> sandra: quite a promo. we will be watching. thanks, brian. john? >> john: all right, brian. the fda in some hot water after blocking at warnings on ultra processed foods. plus this. >> put a hole in everyone's heart in the family, and now it is my job for her to find and see justice for her. >> sandra: that texas family warning the death of a 7-year-old girl killed by an impaired driver, the suspect a venezuelan migrant who stopped not to help but to take pictures of the scene. we've got more from the victims family and in just a moment.

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>> sandra: the fda sparking backlash after saying there is not enough evidence to recommend avoiding ultra processed foods or ufts. many doctors disagree, including our next guest, dr. marc siegel says their strong link between these foods and a number. alexandria hoff live in washington. alex, why did the committee give a pass to the altar processed foods? >> part of the dietary advisory committee found the definition inconsistent. the current conclusion or lack thereof was "based on evidence greeted as limited but might change if more rigorous definition of ultra processed foods and further studies conducted. people understand altar processed packed with.

meant to shape messaging, food assistance and school lunches but actual policy decisions come down to the incoming and administration. >> about half the school lunch programs, 70% of food stamps go to processed foods. 10% of food stamps go to sugar drinks, sodas. we are creating diabetes problem in our kids. by giving them food that is poi. >> trump pick for hhs secretary robert f. kennedy jr. has been vocal about taking on the food industry which senator bernie sanders actually called this week exactly correct. also criticized weight loss drugs like ozempic. elon musk's take on that, he wrote on x, "nothing would do more to improve the health and life span and quality of life for americans than making g.o.p.

inhibitors super low cost to the public. nothing else is even close." back to the advisory committee, they did recommend americans eat more plant-based foods and limit product high in sugar, saturated fat. sandra? >> sandra: alex off live in washington, thank you. >> john: fox news senior medical analyst dr. marc siegel. when you take a look at it, there might be reason to declare a war on altar processed foods, as rfk jr. swears he is going to should he become the hhs secretary which is looking quite likely because take a look at this, the obesity rate in the united states according to the cdc 40.3%. 608,000 died from cancer, 165,000 from stroke. we are a sick nation, doc. >> john, that is a little trick the advisory committee plate, unfortunately those guidelines would be followed from 2025-2030 and the fda usually follows.

we know weight gain and obesity directly because what you just dietes, even certain forms of cancer, gastrointestinal cancer. we know that ultra-processed foods to weight gain, so that is the stutter stepped. ultra-processed foods lead to weight gain and obesity leads to these healthy foods. the fact it is a two-step process gives them an out and i find that very, very disappointing because as an internist, i am treating these problems after they occur and i consider obesity a disease. and as alex just said, what is an ultra processed food? in includes emulsifiers, preservatives, colorings, things that actually cause to eat more of it even though it is empty calories, high fructose corn syrup, things that are bad for you. >> john: up and down the aisles of an average grocery store. there is a case in pennsylvania

of this teenager who is suing big food, listen to this. bryce martinez was diagnosed at 16, 16, with fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes after regularly consuming bagel bites, sour patch kids, honey bunches of oats, hot pockets, pepsi minute maid slim jim's chex mix cheese it's an starburst and other ultra processed products throughout his childhood. you might ask yourself where were the parents and all of this, but there is no question this stuff is being pushed to kids each and every day. >> on the store shelves come over 70% of what is on your store shelves at a two per market, this kind of food, i can't comment on the legality of this, who is going to win the lawsuit but clearly there is a direct link. alex also pointed to this in the great report. we have to figure out a way to get healthy foods out there instead. i know they are more expensive, but maybe that is where supplement and money should come from, to get the school lunches fixed, to get them to where you have an alternative.

kids are going to eat in school but they might find a french fry tasty and they rush there or something altar colored, when they are very bright, it looks so bright, young children are drawn to it. there is a lot of evidence that these foods lead to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well, so it is a long call to do this but we have to start very young with children, trying to figure over 40% of adults being obese, 40% of children now obese. a treadmill. >> john: that is nuts. a quick take on some thing else, california investigating whether each child got bird flu from raw milk. this is something, raw milk is one of the things rfk jr. really promotes. do we know if raw milk is safe? >> well, look, i am all in on rfk jr. with ultra-processed foods. when it comes to raw milk, like the idea of pointing out that raw milk is like a milk shake, got a lot of nutrients, but i

f the bacteria and viruses. and yes, bird flu is linked right now to milking and milk people that use those machines are getting it. that is dangerous, and we don't want that into the community at large, so stick to pasteurized milk but make it healthier in terms of what also has in it. >> john: all right, thank you for the check-in, dock, really appreciate it. sandra >> sandra: a live look at gracie mansion on manhattan's upper east side where new york city mayor adams is meeting right now with president-elect trump's border czar, tom homan. paul mauro standing by to share what we could expect from that meeting. he will join us live next.

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>> john: another crime allegedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant. police in houston said a venezuelan migrant killed 7-year-old ivory smith in a drug driving crash after blowing through a red light. he had been free for just a few months after serving time for assaulting a family member. our brooke taylor live from dallas with the tragic details. brooke? >> john, the mother was in the front seat when this happened to her daughter. now she is recovering from her own injuries right now. she was released from the

hospital, but she still has to learn how to walk, while also dealing with the unimaginable death of her young daughter. check out these photos here that her family sent us. this is ivory smith, a second-grader in the houston area. her aunt tells me they should be preparing for christmas and picking out gifts. instead they are making funeral arrangements. on december 1st she was in the backseat of the car when deputies say a drunk driver slammed into them. joel henrique gonzales is charged with intoxicated manslaughter. according to i.c.e. sources he is an illegal migrant from venezuela who previously had an i.c.e. hold and previously served time for assaulting a family member but i.c.e. decided to drop the hold after it was knocked down to a misdemeanor allowing him to be released right into the community. i.c.e. tells me because of privacy laws they can't tell us what was behind the decision to remove the i.c.e. hold, could involve appeals or other forms of deportation protection. >> came over here illegal, so

that mean you don't follow the law and you think that you are above the law. everybody is like, when she walked in a room, she just lit the room up. >> and fox news obtained exclusive i.c.e. data showing there is 1.4 million migrants right now who are ordered to be deported by an immigration judge, but they are still not in federal i.c.e. custody. that includes 22,000 venezuelans, john. >> john: brooke taylor for us, thank you. now this. ♪ ♪ >> i'm asking president biden to step up and the mayor to stand up to tom homan today, and declare that new york is a city of immigrants. but instead i expect him to sit idly by, or worse, to assist. >> sandra: so that was in new york city public advocate jumaane williams are criticizing mayor eric adams for meeting with tom homan on the border

crisis. outside gracie mansion, where they are apparently sitting down and having a conversation about how this has affected the city. paul mauro is here. fox news contributor come a former nypd inspector. can only imagine what that is like. >> it's a long time coming. i applaud that eric adams is hearing his constituents. part of his not-so-subtle shift to the right but also a shift to common sense. the people in new york city like jumaane williams, who you just showed, a mayor aspirant, he is to the left of the squad, but realistically, while the people who are all for absolutely no immigration enforcement are the loudest voices here in new york. i can tell you they are not the majority. people understand that we are importing criminals. we have enough of our own. so we do want some enforcement. the problem for mayor adams is that it is statutory in new york. the previous administration, the de blasio administration, he put these laws on the books.

he is constrained by the fact that there is laws in new york city and new york state is a sanctuary state, thanks to andrew cuomo's executive order. >> sandra: can't wait to hear what comes from this meeting because as this is happening we heard this from the sheriffs association, ceo jonathan thompson, on the threat of this tren de aragua gang that has a presence in this city. listen. >> tda has metastasized to the criminal element in this country. it is the leading and most dangerous criminal element we face, no doubt about it. we need to use technology to vet, not to clear. we need congress to provide additional funding, direct funding, to law enforcement, to help higher more deputies and obtained technology. >> sandra: that was a direct plea for more money and more resources. we will see where that goes. meanwhile, i can't wait to talk to you about the drones. our viewers have been on this story. they have so many questions about what they are seeing up in the sky come all over the

northeast -- by the way, every time we do this story, where people send us notes from all over the country who are apparently seeing this, i know you are hearing the same thing as far as arizona. john kirby moving the story forward a moment ago in the white house, press briefing, took the microphone, this is what they know. >> we certainly take seriously the threat that can be posed by unmanned aircraft systems, which is why law enforcement and other agencies continue to support new jersey and investigate the reports, even though they have uncovered no malicious activity or intent at this particular stage. >> sandra: he went on to say that they can confirm these are not backed by any foreign group, but the question then becomes, how did you determine that? did they fly a drone up? did they take one down? what do they know? >> we are getting a lot of conflicting signals here. you consider this is the administration of told us covid -- there is nothing wrong with joe biden, crossfire hurricane come all the litany of things we have been sold, and ts

vacuum gets filled with conspiracy theories, so we need straight answers, and you consider also that the pentagon is saying local law enforcement is handling it. local law enforcement doesn't have the drones to look at these things. nypd is a drone program, used very selectively for looking for escapees, used it in central park looking for mangione before they had his i.d. but if you are in a small town in new jersey, you don't have that kind of drone technology and i will tell you something else i don't understand, kirby said something we have to go back to congress to get further authorization to do what we need to do here -- the federal government, it's an faa issue, the faa controls the flight paths. >> sandra: he is saying right now, based on what they have seen and what they have witnessed, that they are not invading any airspace, or causing any sort of danger or threat. >> my colleague chris flanagan has a piece up on our sub stack that really frames this well. this is like the government taking over for the mafia of new jersey. gambling, control all of these

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