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8:00 in los angeles and this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". breaking tonight, we now have mysterious drone sightings across at least eight states. officially expanding now from coast-to-coast. as residents in southern california now report car sized drones in disguise. one of the residents will join us live in moments. sources say they began flying around california before expanding across the county which is home to seven military bases. meantime officials at a navy weapon station in new jersey also reporting multiple unidentified drones and -- entering their airspace yet the administration says don't believe your eyes. >> it is possible that some of these things could be commercial drones. >> it is very common for individuals who think they see drones to actually see small aircraft. >> trace: wait, airplanes? you are totally safe? just don't look up?

common sense has thoughts on this. meantime the biden administration is auctioning off millions of dollars of material meant to build trump's border wall. weeks before president-elect trump takes office. we will have more on that shocking news in moments. remember the reaction we got just last night from residents of deep blue d.c. on how the federal government is spending their tax dollars? will elon musk took notice of our exclusive reporting and now we want him to know that we noticed him noticing us and would love to interview him about his plans to trim the fat in the federal government. but first christina coleman is live with more on the top story, the bizarre drone sightings and what the government wants you to think. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, trace. there have now been reported mysterious drone sightings from coast-to-coast, multiple states including in new jersey, new york and even in california. the pentagon press secretary said there was no evidence the

drones came from a foreign entity or were the work of an adversary. the homeland security secretary said this. >> it's very common for individuals who think they see drones to actually see small aircraft and we have a case of mistaken identity. >> reporter: however president-elect donald trump took a much different tone, writing on truth social, mysterious drone sightings all over the country, and this really be happening without our government's knowledge? i don't think so, let the public know, and now. otherwise, shoot them down. also both republicans and democrats are demanding answers. >> does anybody believe the biden administration at this point? we had chinese balloons that were not -- how many days did that take to get down? if you've got drones letter flying over military installations, shoot them down. who is in control right now? the dod, the faa, the doj,

homeland security? the president? >> i'm very concerned about the constant occurrence of these unmanned aerial aircraft. it's a problem because these drones keep coming up in front of military sites, at a nuclear sites, at highly sensitive sites. >> reporter: hopefully we will get more answers soon or at least sum clearer video. >> trace: something with a picture that is clear. christina, thank you. ♪ ♪ >> trace: the "fox news @ night" common sense department is convinced the biden administration never gets tired of giving americans phony assurances. during covid they assured us that 6' of separation was a science. as american cities were overrun by illegal immigrants, they assured us the border was secure. as we fell on hard times, they assured us inflation was transitory. they assured us biden was

healthy, student at would be forgiven and when a chinese spy balloon crossed the country unchallenged, they assured us the balloon was unable to gather sensitive intelligence. now as hundreds of people in eight states report seeing a legion of large drones flying about their towns, the biden administration is assuring us that "we know of no threat or nefarious activity." homeland security director, the border is secure. mayorkas says "we have a case of mistaken identity." he says americans are not seeing drones, no, no. they could be seeing small aircraft. so are all those eyes and all of those states seeing nothing but flying figment's? it's interesting because today a navy weapon station in new jersey says drones entered their airspace. look, common sense does not know the truth and the on's of the drones being phony are unclear, but the odds of the unsure -- assurances being phony are

unquestioned. let's bring in temecula resident dale garcia, new jersey resident billy pencek and fox news could you bitter and national security analyst and drone expert brett velicovich. thank you for coming on. listen, i have a tough time believing this administration, a lot of things they say have proven to not be correct. you wrote on foxnews.com "we are vulnerable to drone attack and it's going to get worse. we lost the ability to protect our own airspace. we have a complacent and incompetent biden administration in charge that has set our drone industry back years." explain that if you would for us. >> well, it's so difficult to really understand what's going on in airspace in new jersey because the government just isn't telling us much and it seems like every different government official has a different theory and i'm really happy that our colleague martha maccallum earlier today took

john kirby to task because we need to hold them accountable for their lack of education and awareness on drone technology. it's a disservice to the american people. even if this is nothing, we are vulnerable. the enemy is paying attention and we are no longer the greatest technological power in the world when it comes to drone technology. our military used to dominate the drone airspace. now we can't even tell what's going on out there and our government clearly does not know what they are doing. the only verifiable fact is that. there's this lack of adequate response to these drone sightings that's allowing misinformation to spread. everything now is a potential drone in new jersey and they are the ones to blame for the hysteria up because you have multiple government officials from congressman to local mayors saying different things. we need to do something about it. >> trace: to you now billy, you said you spotted drones. what do you make of them downplaying this? >> yeah well yesterday i saw clusters of about ten drones.

some hovering and some going pretty fast around our area. what we see over seas, these can be used as weapons, so i agree, i think there needs to be some sort of information sent to new jersey residents about what's really going on here. i do think they could be military but if they are not, i think we need to be educated on the issue. >> trace: that's the whole point, you know, you look at this, and i'm going to put this map up on the screen because these are the states where we have seen sightings, there are eight. i know you are in southern california at dale but it's interesting because it maybe a lot of things but we are getting very little information and that is what is so frustrating. talk about where you are and what you saw. >> i'm in temecula, california, halfway between san diego and los angeles. what i saw a couple nights ago was actually a definite drone. i saw one as i was leaving my

house. i wasn't expecting to see it. it was like 150 feet above. it looked to be about 3 feet or bigger and it was illuminated by a playground from an elementary school so i had a clear view of it. later on that evening -- excuse me. >> trace: no, no i'm just saying because honest-to-goodness, you look at some of this stuff, that's about the clearest picture i have seen of these drones. they look like dots in the distance. i've been complaining all week that google can get a shot of your outdoor furniture from space and we can't get a good shot of these drones anywhere. brett velicovich, to you, larry hogan, the former governor of maryland, says he went out and saw a bunch of drones above his house. he took some pictures and here's some of the video. but i mean come on. he's seeing them and no one is saying he's crazy. >> what's most concerning to me, i'm realizing from the situation is that more than ever law enforcement agencies don't know the rules of engagement for being able to down these drones

over the u.s. and that's a larger problem. no one knows who's in charge, no one knows what the proper authorities are. to pieniniemi administration just came out and said they are not even sure they are allowed to shoot them down because of the different laws. there's no push within higher echelons of government to keep up with this modern-day threat. our infrastructure right now is not designed to counter these technologies. we have the technical capacity to monitor and bring them down, we just have a lot of arrogant people in various levels of government that think they understand what they are doing and they are not doing anything necessary. these drones are not undetectable. it's easy to figure it out with the right experts. >> trace: secretary mayorkas said the following, watch. >> let me call him the nerves. we have not seen anything unusual -- called the nerves -- we have not seen any unusual activity. we know of no threat, we know of no nefarious activity. >> trace: i don't know, a lot of people think they've seen some very unusual things over the past month.

>> yeah. honestly, these are drones, they aren't planes. they are clear as day. i mean they are not flying at too high of an airspace were you can't see them directly. they are not planes, these are drones. >> trace: and your final thoughts on this, dale, what do you think the administration should be doing and all of us should be doing? >> i think they need to come forward and tell us what they know. i can't believe they don't know anything. i think that's what scott most people frustrated. they are the government, they should know what's in our airspace at any point in time. the video that you just play that i had, you notice the red light that's in there. that's not a drone, that's a sheriffs helicopter monitoring the drones. somebody knows something. >> trace: it's a very good assessment, where the government should know everything that is flying in their airspace.

that would be a fair assessment. dale garcia, billy pencek, brett velicovich, thank you all for coming on, we appreciate it meantime the incoming trump administration is celebrating what they see as a triumphant return to the world stage and a winning hand when it comes to cabinet picks. chanley painter is live in new york city with what trump is doing this weekend and who's on deck to visit capitol hill. >> reporter: a lot going on. good evening, trace. the incoming president appears to be relishing in his return to the world stage but some democrats are reportedly furious because they feel president biden is ceding his influence to the president-elect trump, letting him have moments like this. watch. >> i think we will get it done and i think we will get a lot of people in the room. they were all coming together, they all wanted to meet us and meet me as representative of the u.s. there was a lot of goodwill but we will get some really tremendous goodwill. >> reporter: that's a message trump's transition is

amplifying, releasing a video that features clips from many of his nominees including tulsi gabbard and pete hegseth who fox news has learned will be one of trump's guests at this weekend's army-navy football game. that could make for a potentially awkward situation since florida governor ron desantis will also be in attendance. you remember that desantis at one point was floated as a potential replacement for hegseth. plus fresh off his acquittal, daniel penny will be in attendance, a guest of j.d. vance. while trump's picks were off capitol hill friday, they will return in full force monday including hhs nominee rfk jr. meantime the president-elect will be playing host to some key folks in the tech world in the coming days. trump revealed amazon ceo jeff bezos will be visiting him next week. and tonight "the new york times" reports apple's ceo was at dinner with trump at mar-a-lago. as we are hearing reports of

tech moguls flocking to trump's west palm beach home, we are also hearing reports that many of those meetings are coming with million-dollar donations to trump's inauguration. nominees like meta, amazon and openai. >> trace: the tech bosses with checkbooks in hand. chanley painter live in new york, thank you. let's bring in tiffany smiley and conservative commentator elisha krauss. thank you for coming on. tiffany to you first, here's trump on inviting certain people, he did not really name anybody but he's talking about the xi jinping's of the world. he said this about the inauguration. >> i was even thinking about inviting certain people to the inauguration and some people said that's a little risky is in it? i said maybe it is, we will see what happens. but we like to take little chances. but that's not a bad chance. >> trace: i think when you use the word risky, now it's more of people really do want to see him shake things up and maybe some unusual attendees might be just what the doctor ordered.

>> you are exactly right. that's what trump is doing. it's as if he's president right now and thank goodness because we need to help. trump is really setting the stage for the world that america leadership is back and we are the shiny beacon on a hill. let's not forget under the biden administration we saw the failed departure out of afghanistan, we saw the evils of this world emboldened. we have hostages still being held, we see unrest in the middle east. under president trump, the most substantive piece of the middle east i've seen in my adult life. resident trump is really setting the stage for the path forward at a think this is an exciting time to be an american. it's exciting for our future. he's really, you know, setting america up as the leader of the world. >> trace: moments from now we will talk to the sister of one of those hostages you mentioned there. "usa today" opinion it reads the

following, international leaders early acceptance of trump as america's acting commander in chief is yet another harsh indictment on the biden administration's lack of leadership. if democrats are already so irrelevant, despite still holding the oval office, what happens to them after biden has left the building? it's a good question because they appear to have zero juice. >> they appear to have zero juice and no good leader. obviously nancy pelosi is kind of a defacto leader and she had that accident earlier on on a trip on behalf of the united states. i think they are actively looking at who's going to be running the dnc, what voice are we going to be putting forward not only on capitol hill but in the media room as well, they are talking about crazy radical anti-women idiots. and then they are leaning into the aoc vibes. that's not going to work and is not going to encourage our allies on the world stage. i think trump and his team are doing the right thing and i think that hopefully we can make america stronger again on the

international stage, specifically when it comes to our defense. >> trace: rfk goes to the hill on monday. here's senator jim banks on cnn. watch. >> rfk is obviously a unique and diverse choice. longtime lifelong democrat. one of the major figures in the kennedy family. obviously he has a lot of the use that donald trump appreciates and supports. >> trace: about 30 seconds tiffany, does he get the welcome mat or does he get a little pushback? >> he might get a little pushback but 53 republican senators, there's some wiggle room. rfk jr. is a unique pick and he's exactly what america needs. 40% of our youth and adolescence have at least one chronic illness. i know trump is committed to surrounding rfk jr. with a commission and team of doctors and experts who can get to the bottom of this. i hope that our senators on the republican side move swiftly and quickly, it behind trump.

this is a unique opportunity in american history and it's time to shake it up and deliver results for our children for generations to come. rfk jr. can do that. >> trace: tech moguls making the pilgrimage tomorrow logo -- mar-a-lago. mike waltz said the following. >> these engagements have all been overwhelmingly positive and weather as you have seen bezos talking about the regulation, zuckerberg talking about ai, elon musk talking about going to the moon. this president is ready to do big things. >> trace: that things are changing. you can see it. >> people are looking forward to it. if you look at the approval polls, the majority of people trust trump to improve the economy, some are unsure about wait and see and the majority of ceos think their profits will increase dramatically over the next six months. i think that's really good not only for those ceos and tech moguls that are visiting trump at mar-a-lago but it's good for the little guy, the average mom, the working man, the kid in college looking for a gig once they graduate. >> trace: a lot of excitement.

elisha krauss, tiffany smiley, thank you. we appreciate it. we need them home. it's been more than 400 days. there is nothing more zionist, more courageous and more jewish to do then to demand a deal. we call on the entire international community, we call on president biden, on president-elect trump. >> trace: nearly 100 hostages encoding seven americans are thought to still be and hamas custody, some 400 days since the october seventh attack on israel, including 24-year-old -- her sister yarden gonen joins us to talk about the latest efforts to bring her brother and other hostages home. it's amazing because you hear these stories. we had another family member on last night and i'm wondering how it feels right now to hear that they are getting closer to possible cease-fire with hamas

in gaza and to feel like this is kind of a hopeful time. >> first of all, thank you for having me tonight. i have always been optimistic, i've always been full of hope, but i really feel the wind of change the past few days or weeks. since president-elect trump was nominated. he's done some amazing statements like on the 3rd of december if i'm not mistaken, and really shifting everything. he's feeling -- she's using his power and we feel it from everywhere, even the white house working closely with the incoming and administration, with congress. we met with speaker johnson, making a very important statement today. and with several more representatives. we feel it from here, the united states, all the support.

reveal it from israel, we feel it everywhere so really it's a crucial time to make everything we can to save my little sister but also the entire 100 hostages. hopefully we will hear good news even tonight. >> trace: and, you know, everybody is praying and hoping that your sister is released very soon. it's interesting because we know, we talked to families and we know that the past 400 plus days have been agonizing. is there do you believe some hope that you can see on the horizon for the first time in the better part of a year and a half? >> yes there is. we are hearing it from everywhere, we are hearing support, we are hearing that things have changed, that this is the time to make an agreement that would save them. not just release them or free them, but save them all and also i believe save humanity. we are feeling very much hopeful. we have told that the past few

days will be the most important days to seize the moment and to make it happen. i am a person of faith and i also see that hanukkah and christmas this year are aligned, the same day, and i cannot help but feel that it's made to happen, this miracle. i really believe that this year on hanukkah i will light up the candles with my sister and i will thank god and think the entire universe, including the leaders here at the united states that have been profoundly helpful the entire time. especially in this important moment. this community here, not just the jewish community, everyone here. because they know it's a matter of human lives. >> trace: it is so hopeful and we are on your team, pulling for you, we are hoping that hanukkah and christmas alignment works out for your sister and you and the rest of your family. thank you for coming on.

>> thank you so much, have a good night. >> trace: coming up, an update on the united health care ceo murder suspect. apparently police identified him four days before his arrest in pennsylvania. plus, why is the biden administration auctioning off for little money tens of millions of dollars in material that was supposed to be used to build the border wall? and "fox news at night" remains curious about these mystery drones and why we don't have any quality pictures of them. if you think you've got a clear picture or video in your neighborhood, we want to see it. post them on x or instagram and tag me, @tracegallagher, and we will put them in the show. later in the nightcap the pentagon giving few answers for the drones and now even questioning if they exist at all. what do you think? are people making this up? do you believe the thousands of reported drone sightings? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher, we are coming right back.

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♪ ♪ >> trace: updating breaking news, we are getting new information about how law enforcement tracked down and apprehended the ouija mangione, the men accused of fatally shooting the unitedhealthcare ceo earlier this month. according to an fbi source, the agency was tipped off by the san francisco police department four days before mangione was taken into custody. san francisco chronicle reporting that sf pd recognize the suspect from pictures in the missing persons report that his mother filed back in november. we will have more information on this as it comes in. meantime just weeks away from president-elect trump's inauguration and the biden administration is auctioning off parts of the southern border wall that is supposed to keep illegal immigrants out of the u.s. let's bring in texas lieutenant governor dan patrick and near post columnist miranda devine. i want to play some sound. welcome to both. i want to play some sound

talking about what was found down there and i will get your response. watch. >> these are panels of the border wall that they did not complete. it's not old panels, it's panels they pretty much just left laying there waiting for the completion of the wall. >> trace: the bottom line is they spent tens of millions of dollars on this stuff to get it down to the border trying to build this wall. the wall did not get build. then biden auctioned it offered pennies on the dollar. less than. >> and we last night when i was on fox and i said we will go buy it. we sent the facilities commission that oversees the wall we are building now to look at it and review it and it's basically a pile of junk. it's rusted, concrete on it. there were a few panels that you might use but it would be too expensive to bring it in from arizona. but if there's any decent panels available anywhere, we will buy them and give them to

president trump when he comes in. but this is really about, biden wants to look like to the left that he's fighting the incoming president to the last moment. in my view this is just evil because who he's really fighting is the american people. they've opened the border up to 14, 15 million people, terrorists, murderers, rapists, sex offenders and they are pushing it to the last moment. this is evil against the american people. bad enough what he's done for four years, now he's taken this fight to the last minute and by the way joe biden has no idea what's on the border, he's never been basically. it was just a pile of junk. >> trace: it's interesting. you look at the pictures. i want to go back to "the new york post" in 2023 talking about biden selling unused border parts. this is in your paper, the near post. 2023 headline reads, biden quietly sells off border wall parts to thwart g.o.p. push to use them. since april, an online auction

house specializing in military surplus has sold 81 lots of steel, square structural tubes intended for use as vertical bollards in the borders barriers 30-foot tall panels, bringing in about 2 million. this has been ongoing. it's been ongoing. they are making bank. this place is making bank, the auction site, and the taxpayers are losing a bunch of money on this. >> absolutely. the real bunch of money that the taxpayers have lost is all the billions that we've been spending on these illegal aliens and the opportunity cost and the crime et cetera. it's just so perfectly on brand for joe biden, that he would commit this sort of petty spiteful sabotage of the incoming trump administration. and he has been determined from the beginning, from the very first day of his presidency, to make sure that he unwound all the trump border protections.

and we saw the inevitable disastrous result. >> trace: just very quickly, this is clearly biden going after trump. it's one last punch, dan. >> absolutely. let me say something to america. come the day of january 20th, there is a new sheriff in town. it's tom homan and there's a u.s. marshal above that. the head of our law enforcement, that's donald trump. he along with texas, we are going to close this border. make no mistake, texas will make every effort, do whatever it takes to assist the president and we are going to secure this border once and for all for the people of america and texas. >> trace: but really it's like i'm going to burn the house down before i leave it. >> absolutely. that is exactly what you would expect from biden and his administration but they just have not read the room. the election on november 5 was a clear message from the american

people we are sick of this nasty petty vindictiveness. we want to get back to making america great again, prosperous, happy. >> trace: that's exactly right. >> and safe. >> trace: and safe. miranda, dan, thank you both. concerned residents are the only ones fascinated by the mystery drones, so is that media. even "fox news at night" admits we want to know what's going on. how the media is reacting to all of this is next. and tonight "fox news at night" has learned that elon musk is apparently a fan of the show. what he had to say about our d.o.g.e. insights our next, you will want to hear that. and tonight it's -- friday, submit a question or comment about "fox news at night" to my socials @tracegallagher and we will answer them later in the show. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking.

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>> trace: "fox news at night" is branding a new segment where we send our producers how to get reaction from people in deep blue cities like la ndc. last night our senior producer and line producer hit the streets to find out what residents think of government waste. watch. >> you think the government spends too much? [laughs] >> of course. >> 1 million to study if cocaine makes japanese quail more sexually promiscuous. >> the birds? [laughs] >> stupid. >> good use of taxpayer dollars? >> not a good use of my money. >> trace: we loved it. clearly elon musk did as well. he saw the story on x and reposted it and commented "this is not even the tip of the iceberg. taxpayers will be mad as hell when they learn more. coaches know you are welcome on the show any time. maybe you and the team could work a little d.o.g.e. together.

>> one, two, three. all coming together. what the actual [bleep] >> i think it's reasonable to assume, more than assume, that there is a little bit of reporting contagion now spurred by us and all of the stories where people are now looking for it and seeing things that they think may be drones. >> trace: the media, including us, very curious about the mysterious drone sightings and just want to know what the heck is happening. our next guest also hope the truth is out there. fox 11 news anchor elex michaelson, jeff vaughn and the federalist correspondent brianna lyman. is it the way it works and media, where it's contagion, where all of a sudden we start reporting on something and everyone is like maybe we are seeing things. >> there's some of that. i think it happens always but there are also a whole lot of people who look at this all the time who say that they are

seeing things. part of the problem, part of what grows contagion is when you do not have clear answers from officials. people do not trust of the system and don't feel like people are being straightforward with them. even if these officials don't know what the answer is, maybe just say we don't know, we are trying to figure it out, instead of what a lot of people feel like is gaslighting. >> trace: they keep saying what it's not and i don't know how they know what it's not if they don't know what it is so just tell us you don't know and we are all working on it together. meantime says the mainstream media has become fringe and vice versa. >> the mainstream has become fringe and the french has become mainstream. donald trump understood that and we did not. it's not just democrats who don't. the entire political class is way off, way off, way off. >> trace: i don't have any idea what he's saying but maybe you do so what do you think about this? >> i think his messages that if the propaganda press had not

spent so much time trying to drag their preferred candidate across the finish line, they would have felt the pulse of the nation. the nation said we don't like that the mainstream media is disregarding those telling us does this regard what we can see and hear. when the left continues to do that they lose credibility so people flocked to things like podcasts which donald trump dominated this election cycle, he restructured how you campaign. they flocked to independent journalists, conservative media and fox news. >> trace: we like to put the view on every night just so you know, a sound bite from the view every night. that's joy behar. here she is saying it wasn't the economy, stupid, why were they voted for trump, watch. >> i don't know what people were thinking when they voted for him. >> i think they've been misinformed, misled by other networks. people get mad at us and say we are one-sided here. the statistics -- >> trace: the funny thing is we ran a fox news poll were 77% of the population were those we polled say the economy is

horrible. >> you torture yourself, don't you? >> trace: a little bit but we enjoy it. >> this is an echo chamber. they are only talking to like-minded people. it would be a good idea of the view went on to her to places like oklahoma city, talked to people who are really dealing with the issues that they have no idea of. it would be educational for them to find out why people are voting for trump, because of things they see in the heartland, things they are dealing with in other places other than new york and la. >> saying it's one-sided, the show is one-sided, they don't have a single pro trump person on the show. >> trace: meantime the washingtonian says clashes are coming for trump officials who dine in and people who work in restaurants going on to say i have the power to make you wait 20 minutes to get your entree. the whole article was about you know what we are going to do, we are going to put something in your drink, do this, and you

think come on. >> michael jordan famously said republicans by she was too. so that's a really bad business strategy and also a shortsighted way to look at the world. there are democratic presidents and republican presidents, things go back-and-forth so whenever you get too comfortable, the other side can take over and do it right back to you. >> trace: be careful what you wish for. they say the democrats lost because of the economy. don't tell joy behar this. >> if you were to say to me why did you lose? the easiest answer out there is inflation and prices. people in this country remember 2019. they remember it was a time when grocery prices were a lot lower, when they felt like they could go by a house because interest rates were lower. we heard this over and over again from voters. >> trace: surprise, surprise. top biden administration person saying it was the economy. >> maybe telling people that

inflation was just transitory, that we weren't redefining what recession was, maybe that was not the winning strategy. combined with the joy behar clip, she talked about the statistics, but the reason people don't trust the media is because they lied about the economy. donald trump had a net gain of 350,000 manufacturing jobs in march of 2020 and when democrat leaders shut it down, that's when he saw the jobs declined but they cherry-pick their facts. people remember the pandemic years and they remember it was trump who delivered the economy. >> trace: meantime elizabeth warren says this about rfk jr. >> say goodbye to your smile and say hello to polio. i would laugh if it weren't so scary. donald trump just picked rfk jr. to lead the department of health and human services. this is a man who wants to stop kids from getting there polio and measles shots. >> trace: i think it's one of those things like if you work in a restaurant, may be give people a chance before you start making

their entrees late. same thing. >> it's just not true. rfk has come out, he's been a skeptic of the vaccines, and that is what science is all about. he's not denying that they work, he certainly would not deny that when it comes to polio vaccines for children. >> it's going to be a way that they make him into somebody he's not. >> trace: thank you all. the pentagon still has zero answers or explanation for these mysterious drone sightings throughout the nation and now they are even questioning whether they truly exist. we want to know what you think. are people making this up? or is it contagion or do you believe that thousands of reported drone sightings are actually happening? let us know x and instagram @tracegallagher. but first to our ask friday segment. here we go, the first question, michael, eggnog, yes or no? >> yes as long as there's a bit of whiskey. -- says why does it feel like

your show is much shorter than an hour? because we have whiskey in the eggnog. no, it's because we are trying to people -- keep people up so it's quick. quick answers. that's the way it is. we want to get you the news, we want to get you informed before you go to bed. michael says with the current california political climate how long before the opening is? 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, we love texas but in california sometimes you have to just hang in there. we are back. one more, here we go. cable news watcher, will you let chanley painter play christmas songs on her violin as we get close to christmas? she is so breathtaking and talented. chanley painter, are you in the house? do you have your violin with you? >> i'm going to bring it, i will do it. i'm from arkansas, i play fiddle style if that's okay. >> trace: we love it. a little country violin coming at you. next friday we will have channel -- chanley painter play the

violin for you. we are coming back with the nightcap crew which includes you, next.

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the pentagon still no answers for the thousands of mysterious drone sightings and other are questioning people's first-hand accounts saying they might not exist in the first place. what do you think? people making this up or do you believe there are thousands of reported sightings? miranda. >> i think when the professional liars and gas lighters of washington, d.c., are telling you there is nothing to see here, you have to start getting worried. we are in the next four weeks in this exquisite vulnerability because our adversaries know that we have the lamest of lame duck presidents. when donald trump is posting on social media that he is getting intelligence briefings, the government knows exactly what's going on, and if they don't, they should shoot these drones down. >> trace: chanley painter. >> living in new york, this part of the nation, my colleagues here, they have personally seen these drones so they are lying. >> trace: brianna lyman.

>> neither the government has lost control or the airspace or they are lying. >> trace: elisha krauss. >> i think that just like the bat thing from wuhan, the balloon over montana, that's something the government needs to be transparent with because i think our cancer -- conspiracy theories might end up being true. >> trace: christina. >> i'm not sure why the federal government is downplaying this. it's creating more questions. >> trace: -- says i believe my fellow citizens. brenda, i believe there are thousands of drones out there, people would not make it up. trevor, they told us hunter's laptop was russian propaganda. that covid started from bat soup and now there's no drones. i'm skeptical. christine, i believe the citizens before the government. thank you for watching america's late news, "fox news @

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