>> new reported sightings of drones now in several states across the country, including a

possible sighting in california, massachusetts and near quantico in virginia. this as new jersey officials are asking for more federal resources to spot the mysterious activity. we're monitoring an upcoming press conference in the garden state and we'll take you there live when it happens. welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins, alicia, great to be with you. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. we'll have more on the drone sightings in a moment. president-elect trump is expected to attend the army-navy game. and also with some of his cabinet picks and ron desantis in maryland. >> hi alicia, this will be an interesting dynamic to watch since multiple sources tell fox that president-elect trump was considering replacing hegseth

with desantis as his pick for defense secretary so it's going to be an exciting day both on and off the field. now, some other high profile guests we're expecting here today are house speaker mike johnson, whose son currently attendance the naval academy, army vet and trump's director of national intelligence pick tulsi gabbard. vice-president elect j.d. va vance, and is bringing daniel pe penny. and he went to several of the games during his first presidency. it's not clear whether president biden will be here, he's never been to a game of army-navy, it's common for the president to come and meet with the teams. today is set to be a great match-up. both army and navy have talented football teams this year. we spent the day yesterday speaking with cadets, leaders

from the game's sponsor, and leaders from the academies and one thing that's recognized from everyone that we talked to is the character of these let's. not only representing the academy on the field, but they'll all go on to serve our country. the way we approach our business, the way we play shall with just a toughness, a tenacity, a discipline that reflects the men and women who put themselves in harm's way it's a great segue into the next phase of their life. >> about three hours until kickoff. army has won the majority of the army-navy games this past decade, but we'll see today. alicia: we'll be following this all day and the leadup. thanks. griff. griff: thank you, alicia. major questions over the mysterious drone sights over new jersey and other states across the country and continue into the weekend as

president-elect trump says shooting them down and any suggesting that officials know more than what they're saying. cb cotton with the latest. >> hi, griff. the unexplained drone sightings expanded from coast to coast, but the epicenter was here in new jersey and while everyone refers to the bright, floating lights as drones. no one has confirmed that and as you mentioned, president-elect donald trump has suggested that the federal government knows more than it's letting on. he wrote on truth social, quote, mystery drone sightings all over the country. can this really be happening without our government's knowledge? i don't think so. let the public know and now, otherwise shoot them down. the sightings first began the week-- the sightings first began the week before thanksgiving in northern new jersey near president trump's bedminster golf club and since crossed

into connecticut, new york, and pennsylvania. sometimes over areas with sensitive military bases and national security facilities. the white house and fbi claim many of the drone sightings are manned aircraft like airplanes or helicopters operating lawfully and a drone expert tells fox news, that's what he thinks, too. >> i have looked at hundreds of videos at this point, every one of those is an airplane. anything you see, like an airplane, can suddenly appear to your eyes as if it's standing still and not moving, but it's really going hundreds of miles an hour. >> state and local officials have said the sightings don't pose a threat, but that's done level to calm nerves as the same officials call on the federal government to share more information with residents who insist their eyes are not lying to them. >> no doubt whatsoever. i've shown it to other people, my wife was home last night and she saw the video and there's

no doubt they're drones. they're not planes. >> now, people have created a facebook group about the drone sightings, as of this morning, that group has nearly 50,000 members and griff, this morning, new york governor kathy hochul announced at an airport about 60 miles north of manhattan, the runways had to be shut down for an hour because of drone reports. back to you. griff: she's upset, as she should be and so is maryland's former governor who apparently saw one, it's just unbelievable. cb cotton, thank you for that. we're going to cover any updates we get on the live stuff. thank you. alicia: thanks, griff. we'll continue this conversation and right now bring in republican new jersey senator, douglas steinhardt and former navy commander and former police detective rogers. gentlemen, thanks for being here. and senator first, picking up with what cb cotton reported

on, the runway had to be shut down for an hour and the governor on it. >> there's no new information at all and i think all of this highlights one of the biggest problems here, it's a lack of federal regulation to keep up with evolving drone technology, the conflicting stories that highlights the weak and feckless response by the federal government. they have sole jurisdiction over the skies and can't seem to come up with a cohesive answer or a singular plan how to address it. molly: you know, steve, a democratic congressman out of new jersey had an idea about this, take a listen. >> i'm also urging federal law enforcement agencies, which are led by the phish and the dhs, to allow state and local law enforcement to deploy assets that can safely take down drones, that shouldn't be in the air right now. the technology exists to be able to do this.

molly: . alicia: steve, he's saying the technology is there to take these things down and nothing is done. do you think that's a good idea. >> a few things, in all of my years working with military intelligence, i can assure you we have the most sophisticated intelligence gathering apparatus on the earth, land, sea, air and space. the fact of the matter is i believe our government knows the who, what, where and why of the drones and for whatever reason are not sharing with us. with regard to shooting them down, look, i've got to tell you if people are feeling threatened and our government is not responding, the only people who should be shooting them down is our military. that's when our military has to get involved. short of that i wouldn't recommend and i don't think that anybody would want to recommend people take it into their own hands, that's when innocent people get hurt. i believe these are american assets tested for whatever reason, if they were foreign assets, believe me, we would know about it now. alicia: you know, senator steinhardt, the footprint in the sky for lack of a better

word, is increasing and as is the former governor of maryland, governor larry hogan. he saw about a dozen in his area and he issued a statement on x that reads the government has the ability to track these from their point of origin, but has mounted a negligent response. people are rightfully clamoring for answers, but aren't getting any. that response is entirely unacceptable. and the question is, how much longer can folks take this? because to steve's point, it's not safe to shoot these things down, but the frustration is getting to a boiling point. >> well, and unfortunately, what that breeds, right, is conspiracy theories, it breeds misinformation and god forbid, it forces people to think they need to take action in their own hands and to steve's point, that's when problems start to happen and people start to get hurt. every american should be insulted by the federal government's refusal to give a

straight answer, if it takes some sort of definitive action. these inconsistent statements of others questioning the folks at the naval war, weapons station earl, the picatinny arsenal had at many as 13 confirmed drone intrusions in their restricted air space and the new york police to confront them and they go dark in the night. and they're calling for action and it's long, long overdue. alicia: here is what john kirby had to say on thursday about this, listen. >> using very sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities, we have not been able to, 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 manned aircraft operated lawfully. alicia: okay, steve, so we're hearing -- we know what it's not, but then this could be manned aircraft? i don't know about you, but that does not bring me any comfort. >> look, i don't believe one bit of what he said, i really don't. af i've been in the military, and you talk to the people in the intelligence community and they know what's going on here. and phil murphy said we don't know much, don't worry about it, it's not a threat. how does he know that unless he's given information that we didn't. how in the world did he know that? >> senator, i saw you shaking your head. i've got to give you a chance to respond. >> it's frustrating and insulting to actual u.s. military spokes people at the naval weapons station, at picatinny arsenal, the kocolone of the state police, qualified military people and

contravention of certified statements of reputable individuals. alicia: okay, we'll continue to follow this because it feels like every single day it's another location, another state and more people, officials, very frustrated. senator douglas steinhardt and steve rogers, we thank you for your time. thank you, and senator, thank you for being a good guy and stpg up stepping up for the people. >> and you as well, steve. appreciate it. >> what i heard from the incoming head of ice is that we have the same desire to go after those who committed violent acts, repeated violent acts among innocent new yorkers and among migrants and asylum seekers. >> as of yesterday, he's all in. griff: incoming border czar tom homan and mayor eric adams have the same goals on the crisis.

they're looking at those protecting those migrants. let' bring in the man in the middle of the fight. the lone san diego county supervisor to vote no on furthering sanctuary city policies. jim desmond. jim, when you messaged me earlier this week that this was going to take place, i was in disbelief because what it appears has happened is that not you, because the vote was 3-1, but the other county supervisors voted to protect the illegal criminal migrants from deportation. is that the case? are they placing a priority on the interests of criminal migrants over public safety? >> well, what they're doing is they're putting in another bureaucratic layer hindering local law enforcement from being able to engage directly with ice and let ice know, hey, we've got this criminal, this

person in our jail that has committed a crime. they've been tried, they're here in jail, they're here illegally and right now, we have had, i'm sorry in the past, about of this passed, we had direct access to ice, we could pick them up. pick up the phone give them a call let them know, hey, this person is in our custody and/or this person is about to be let out of jail what my colleagues did put in another layer of bureaucracy that hinders law enforcement from directly working with ice by making now the requirement is going to be that we get a federal or state warrant to be able to contact ice and before we had the direct access and now we have to go through some judge and who knows which way this judge is leaning. we need to clean up our streets and keep our communities safe and by this action it makes us less safe and a bigger potential of these people just let out onto our streets in san diego county and making them less safe. griff: jim, why would your colleagues do that? >> i don't know.

now, you've got to ask them. you know, the reasons some of the people that were, you know, for this effort they're saying you're breaking up families, you know, and people will be less likely to report crimes. this is about people that are already in jail in san diego county. they're already in jail and they've already been tried and committed for these crimes. this has got nothing to do with breaking up families. criminal should have thought about that, they're the ones breaking up families. instead of blaming the criminal for the acts they're doing they're pointing the finger elsewhere and these people, if they do get out of jail, and they go back into the communities, it's going to most likely be in the immigrant communities and they're going to hurt them the most. griff: yeah, that's the demographic that faces the greatest threat. i want to play just a little bit more of the new york city mayor eric adams after his meeting with tom homan because he seems to get something that your fellow supervisors don't.

listen here. >> we are going to protect the rights of immigrants in the city that are hard working, giving back to the city in a real way. we're not going to be a safe haven for those who commit repeated violent crimes against innocent migrants, immigrants, and longstanding new yorkers. griff: so, there's an element of common sense to that statement there from mayor adams, who of course, has to protect the rights of all the people he's in charge of governing. why doesn't san diego county understand that line? >> well, the east coast is getting it, but the west coast is much slower coming along. even in the election, the rest of the country got it, that you know, people are fed up with the way the immigration status has been happening, with the open borders. unfortunately, my colleagues, you know, i think this is more in retaliation and you know, our governor even, newsom,

wants to trump prove california so my colleagues all three democrats voted for this. i think, you know, going along in that same effort. and we're the door mat for the border here in san diego county. we've had over 155,000 people just dropped into our streets. boats pulling up onto the beaches and dozens of people jumping out and running into our neighborhoods. we should be making our streets safer not less safe. griff: i know it and i've seen it up close and personal, particularly in places like acumba getting people from all over the globe. and lastly, i think this is important, where is san diego's sheriff on this, what does she say? >> well, the sheriff, thankfully said she's not going to enforce the new policy that was put forward by my colleagues. however, there's already a group out there that has threatened to sue and see how this plays out.

my supervisors could-- my colleagues could retaliate with taking or withdrawing funds or money from the sheriff. so, this still has to be played out. i'm glad the sheriff has stepped up and said no, but legal action and other actions are yet to come. griff: well, we will continue to follow it and, jim, please give us any updates as it unholds. jim desmond, san diego county supervisor. have a great weekend. >> thanks, griff. alicia: and a bird strike disabled an engine on an american airlines jetliner shortly after takeoff from new york's laguardia airport. the pilot was force today land at jfk airport. no injuries were reported. the federal aviation administration says bird strikes are increasing, but it's unusual that the aircraft is forced to make an emergency landing, griff. griff: well, a democratic governor is slamming president biden's xhucation for a former judge involved in a kids or cash scandal. we've got more on that next.

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>> all right, you're looking live now in west palm beach, florida where trump force one is about to take the president-elect on his way to maryland for his expected visit to the army-navy football game at northwest stadium. he's going to be joined, we're

told, by defense secretary pick pete hegseth and florida governor ron desantis rumored to be there and tulsi gabbard and marine daniel penny. we'll bring you more on that as we have it. alicia: and president biden is reportedly considering p preemptive pardon for scranton area judge convicted for taking kickbacks in exchange for wrongly sending juveniles to for-profit detention centers. alexandria hoff has the latest. >> hi, i worked for pennsylvania during 10 years and never during that time did the outrage fade over the cash for kids scandal involving judge michael con ahan. he and a fellow judge were convicted for taking kickbacks for sending kids to for-profit detention centers. as recently as two years, included in an order to pay

$200 million to victims. so there's a sense of shock when his name appeared on president biden's list. >> i do feel strongly that president biden got it absolutely wrong and created a lot of pain here in northeastern pennsylvania. this was not only a black eye on the community, the kids for cash scandal, but it also affected families in really deep and profound and sad ways. >> that's democratic pennsylvania governor josh shapiro adding how a 17-year-old died by suicide after being sent away by conahan for a minor first time offense. no second chance for him. and president biden reports that the recipients placed on home confinement during the pandemic successfully interkated in their communities, and deserved a second chance. and talked about the potential

preemptive pardons for the biden team could be prosecuted by team trump, listen. >> i think the president's got to weigh a lot of different factors, how seriously he believes that kash patel, the nominee to the fbi director and the other nominees to lead the trump administration's law enforcement agencies, how seriously they are determined to go after their enemies list. >> now, president-elect trump says he's not going to do that that there's no enemies list, but he's planning to pardon those convicted of crimes on january 6th. alicia. alicia: alexandria hoff at the white house. griff: alicia, a san francisco police investigator says he recognized health care ceo murder suspect luigi mangione from a wanted bulletin poster. the fbi's new york office says that the information was communicated to the bureau and referred to new york city police while the suspect was still at large. a police source telling fox news, mangione's mother had filed a missing person's

report. the san francisco chronicle reports police recognized the then wanted suspect as being mangione four days before his high profile arrest at an mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania, alicia. alicia: griff, the woman who accused three duke university lacrosse players of rape in 2006 is now admitting that she lied. crystal magnum discussed in a podcast interview that she was wrong for quote, making up a story that was not true. magnum is serving time in prison for the murder of her boyfriend in 2011. >> i testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't and that was wrong and i betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me. >> coming up in our next hour, we will be joined by former fbi special agent and fox news contributor, nicole parker, for more on this story. so, please stay tuned for that,

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trying to keep the hands of the weapons out of the hands of the rebels. and hit an area strike this week. >> we came to the one of the locations that the israelis struck outside of the capital of damascus, this appears to be a research and production facility. when you look at some of the documents that are here in english, you can see drones and other information about rockets that the syrians were researching to produce. there's a diagram of a drone and if you look at just some of the words on this, it says, rocket booster right there, and then it goes through the different types of launchers for rockets, engine tests, here is a list of material that you need to build these drones and those rockets and another diagram of a drone. this is an indication that the israelis had intelligence about

what exactly they were hitting here in syria. they don't want this information and these production facilities to fall into the hands of hts. >> one interesting note here, we've talked about a number of hts fighters and officials here in the capital of damascus and they expressed no interest of war with israel. while the assad regime was prepared to be an ally with the iranian regime and attack israel, we've not seen that from the new leadership here in damascus and certainly, these he unpredictable days, but there's a sliver of hope for this part of the region. alicia: trey yingst again and his team with the inside look. griff: great reporting indeed. thanks, alicia. for more on what's next for syria joining us live is mccain institute and former secretary of defense, evelyn farkus. picking up where trey left off, it's notable that this

opposition group, hts, doesn't seem to be indicating any desire to further escalate in israel. what do you make of what's happening in the region overall? >> yeah, i mean, griff, it's a huge blow to iran, clearly. because iran had counted on syria to help it exert influence over lebanon and then to continue to put pressure on israel. so, this is a real win for israel. a loss for iran, and then the other loser in this equation is russia, while the iranians through the hezbollah fighters, their proxies, with basically fighting as an army during the long civil war that started in 2012, the russians were providing the air force and in the most recent surprising event that we saw last weekend, the russians basically said we can't help you, you're on your own. that's a huge lesson to, you know, others who are depending

on russian help all around the world and including in places like venezuela where a global leader unfortunately taken by the illegitimate government, animas, want to say his name so your viewers know about him, but clearly russia and iran are the losers and israel is the winner and i think it also puts the united states in a good position diplomatically. griff: i love that you're connecting the dots here evelyn. there are reports today, even in the new york times about russia-- russia's military folks packing up equipment and really withdrawing. what does all of this mean for the incoming trump administration? what sort of hand are they inheriting when you wri bring the russian negotiations into it and a possible peace deal with ukraine? >> i think for the trump administration, this is good news and also looks

parentheticly, that hostages as well and some fighters terrorists and it looks like it will at least calm down, more calming in the region. what it does now is allow the president to put pressure on vladimir putin to come to the negotiating table and to make a deal that makes the united states the winner, and of course, that is on terms that ukraine can agree to provide it with security and some level of justice. and the other part that ties these two scenarios together, you see in syria, your reporter out there, you know, talking about the prisoners who have been held. the russians and the syrians use the playbook in syria that unfortunately, the russians have used also in ukraine. so, when ukraine-- when ukraine is fully free some day, we'll have unfortunately more bloody stories coming out of that scenario as well. griff: yeah, as trey yingst

continues his great reporting and really taking us into the prisons it's got to be just devastating and heartbreaking for syrians wondering where their loved ones were. speak, if you will, to just how dramatically this shift has changed in the middle east. because as trey was reporting we've got secretary blinken that's just meeting this weekend with the middle east leaders, you know, from the uae, from saudi arabia and the like in jordan and yet, that same group was just not too long ago trying to maybe bring assad back into the fold to try and find a resolution. now it happened basically overnight thanks to this rebel group that had a thunder run to damascus. >> yeah, and i think, griff, it also paves the way right now to completing the abraham accords, which is a goal that incoming president trump, outgoing president biden have had consistently, you know, to try to normalize relations between

saudi arabia and israel. i think the path is open to that and we know that, you know, it's been u.s. policy for decades now to avoid having a nuclear armed state in iran run by theocratic government. president trump clearly said that he's going to take a hard line against tehran and i think he'll be able to do that more effectively as well because they're clearly weakened by the israeli bombardment and proxies in syria and lebanon and now gaza as well. griff: there's so much at stake and unfolding quickly. evelyn farkas thank you as always. alicia: griff, south korea's president suspended from official duties as they passed a motion to impeach him describing the situation as a quote, temporary pause of his presidency. our stephanie bennett is following the story. >> hey, alicia, yeah, the national assembly passed this notion 204-85.

now, of course, this was the second impeachment vote after the ruling party leaders, they boycotted the first one that was last saturday. now today thousands gathered in the capital to celebrate after hearing this news. and hurts piece by staging riots and saying that the mobilization threatened the national assembly and the public and that his martial law, and now his duties are handed over to the prime minister. and the constitutional court has 180 days to determine whether to dismiss yoon as president, or thrown out of office, election held in 60 days to choose his successor. and supporters of the president gathered to protest the impeachment. mr. yoon said he will not give up and said it's a temporary

pause in his presidency. >> i will never give up, holding in my heart all the criticism, encouragement and support directed at me. i will do my best for the country until the very last moment. >> now, this all started on december 3rd when president yoon declared martial law, giving the military limited power. and then six hours later parliament unanimously vote today overturn it, forcing yoon forcing him to lift the decree. and he was declared insurrection for this law. alicia: stephanie bennett from london, thank you. griff: the pentagon figures to be an attractive target for the budget cutters. failed the seventh audit and struggle to keep up with china. and correspondent jennifer green takes a closer look.

>> i think we're in the middle of a big shift right now. a lot of us are hoping there's a revolution coming where we do put in more competition, where we shock the democracy. >> a clash looms at the pentagon between those who believes the next war will be won using f-35 fighter jets and aircraft carriers versus silicon valley tech startups who want to break the lumbering pentagon bureaucracy. >> this is a multi-headed monster that we have to prepare for multiple theaters, we'll need industry. >> so far, president-elect trump's new defense department team includes businessman john phelan, a art philanthropist with no military training. and a croy who previously owned dime corps, one of the biggest contractors to serviced the military in iraq and afghanistan. if confirmed he'll serve as deputy secretary of defense, phelan, chairman.

palm beach based investment firm rugger management, will oversee a tech revolution as the navy transforms towards autonomous weapons system. it's currently failing to keep up with chinese ship building which is outpacing the u.s. navy 240-1. and the ceo of capital management investing in hypersonic weapons and will face pressure to detainingle his investment portfolio. >> each and every one of us, each and every one of you needs to propose a program that you personally benefit from that you'd be willing to cut. >> there's hope that these money men can pop the hood at the pentagon which has yet to pass an audit and figure out how to fix the largest federal agency and its bureaucracy. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. alicia: authorities discovered more than 100 million dollars worth of marijuana in a massive drug bust in california. that's next.

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>> still no arrests after deputies seized 45 tons of illegal marijuana worth more than $100 million from a warehouse in southern california. the images are startling. christina coleman is tracking the investigation for us. what can you tell us, christina? >> hi, griff, yes, this was a huge bust. more than 3,000 trash bags with processed marijuana stacked 12 feet high worth millions of dollars. take a look at the photos, 50 truckloads of marijuana weighing over 90,000 pounds. found in a rural area 85 miles northeast of los angeles. it was built in a newly built metal building in san bernardino county. and marijuana is not allowed to be cultivated or sold in this part of the county. >> this processed marijuana was seized in our county area which

bans commercial cannabis activity which leads us to believe this is black market weed. >> authorities discovered the massive stash after following up on complaints of smells coming from the area and they noticed trucks coming and going from the rural location and now they're investigating where the staggering amount of processed marijuana came from and where it was possibly going. >> it could be possibly going to illegal dispensaries or utilized for butane and oil labs, a process they utilize butane to extract thc, lippeds, stuff like that from the marijuana. >> this stash is nearly three times as much marijuana as the dea recovered in the l.a. area in the last two years combined and the company kept two pounds for evidence. the rest has been destroyed per department policy and again, so far, no arrests have been made in this case, griff.

griff: that's a big stash. christina coleman, thank you. alicia. alicia: griff, we'll take you live to north carolina as the tunnel to towers foundation gives back this holiday season to those still reeling from hurricane helene. that's next.

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carolina works to rebuild from the devastation brought by hurricane helene, many families who lost everything are looking for a sense of normal. fox weather's steve bender is back on the ground in the town of fletcher where the tunnel to towers foundation is providing toys for kids in the disaster zone. hey, steve, such an important story and a great thing to be doing this holiday season. >> yeah, griff, it's amazing to finally see the families have something to smile about. we're in the holiday season and the troy drive. we do have essential items that they need for wintertime, so many different jackets for the adults and also throughout the toy drive and then we have some footwear and more winter clothing. i woke up this morning we were at 26 degrees here, that's a common theme and it's the wintertime. no surprise it's getting colder. for many of the families, they lost everything and having an opportunity to grab warm clothes and toys and it's amazing the moments the kids' faces light up and the first

time in the last two and a half months. we have plenty of food here as well and speaking of that, i want to bring in somebody here who does an amazing job because we have so many volunteers. you mentioned tunnel to towers, they brought 40 volunteers and they need to be fed. that's the thing. so that's where rex comes in and he's part of the rockroth foundation and rex, describe what your mission is for today and your mission from 2019 on? >> today the mission was to support tunnel to towers in an effort to make kids smile and bring happiness here to the asheville and fletcher area and they reached out to me a couple of weeks ago and asked if i'd provide the food we've done a couple of times before. it's kind of become a routine and we respond to them and great to help out people in need. and tunnel to towers is an awesome organization to partner with because of the rockroth foundation and 2019, i don't know what disaster it was, but we started the foundation.

two missions, people affected by hurricanes, floods and tornados and we responded immediately and feed people. mostly volunteers. and back in pennsylvania, support charities, veteran groups and kids organization and handicapped kids, so, kind of something we do back home then. >> amazing work, rex. thank you again. and when we were talking about before, everybody said you've got to get the turkey sandwich, and the moment where you can finally get comfortable gagain. that's what toy drive is and the families are seeing some normalcy during the holiday season. griff: with a long way to go, steve bender on the ground covering it for us. sporn reporting there, thank you very much, alicia. alicia: thanks, griff. thanks, steve. president-elect trump says that they'll work to do away with

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