delayed and some canceled. new york city and boston airports are seeing the most issues right now, but the f.a.a. is saying that's due to volume. edward, right now, as you can tell it's not snowing so this snow event over for this area. next, we'll start feeling that canadian cold air come into town. we're actually expecting the coldest day of the season here tomorrow for most of the northeastern cities. back to you. edward: it's funny, the guy from london, you should have said get off the plane dealing with snow and bob is your uncle, that's the joke in london there. and back to miami, hope that works out for you. >> very soon. edward: thank you for joining us. safe travels and fox news live continues with griff jenkins and jacqui heinrich. that happens now. >> a 9-year-old is among five people killed and 200 injured after police say a saudi doctor

intentionally drove a car into a crowded christmas market in the german city of magdeburg. officials have not commented on motives, but not have ruled out terrorism. president biden says the united states will stand with our allies against violent terror. welcome to fox news live. i'm jacqui heinrich. edward: edward:. griff: we'll have the latest on this coming up. on capitol hill a government shutdown lasted less than an hour before the senate passed a stripped down bill to restore funding overnight. president biden signed the bill less than an hour ago. madison rivera has the latest reaction from lawmakers. >> good afternoon, griff. the senate capped off a chaotic week on capitol hill, and laid bare the differences.

and they punt the funding deadline to mid march and funds at current levels and adds more than 100 billion in disaster said and 110 billion in economic aid for farmers. what it does not include is a debt increase, one of president-elect trump's key asks. shortly after midnight, the house approved the b bill with nos coming from republican members. and one congressman why he rejected the package. we don't trust this biden administration with a nickel and we're giving 100 billion to play with in 30 days, i just, i think there's a lot of holes in that. >> the president signed the bill this morning after publicly staying out of the spending fight. the white house adjusts, his silence was intentional. they wanted president trump and to own the fallout with elon musk.

and a disaster relief that the community is recovering from the storm, eliminates accelerated pathway to a tax cut for balance nairs billionaires ap now that the crisis has been delayed, all eyes turn to january 3rd when the speaker's vote has been held and there are questions whether house speaker mike johnson could keep his job. back to you. griff: madeline rivera at the white house. jacqui. >> thanks, for more on the government funding bill, we're joined by republican congresswoman from texas and member of the house ways and means committee. you voted against both versions of the bill. explain your logic for us? >> i've been consistent. i've said that we've overspending, overspending against government intrusion. i voted against this level of

spending, this cr is a continuation of that spending plus some. i think we need to start looking at government cuts. i'm excited moving forward this next year you're going to have have this headed by president trump, we should be running, and not by continuing resolutions. and in the senate we didn't get any of the spending bills out of the senate. so looking forward to next year and very excited with the doge concept how we'll cut regulations in government spending and something that we'll work with and a president to sign bills out of congress. >> you've got a two vote margin going into the next congress, if you have these fiscal purists you've basically got 434 joe manchins who can vote

down any piece of legislation if they feel it doesn't go far enough on their priorities. is this what it's going to be like, you've got to deal with democrats because the republican majority can't agree? >> i think that's a great question. the problem we have is much different than last year. this past year, you've had a senate run by democrats nearly every bill that comes out of the house, the first question asked will it be able to pass the senate. so, that's hampered a lot of us on the conservative side of the aisle from being able to support bills that we know had to have democrats support to get on the senate. and what you're going to see, people understanding these are not just messaging bills we're passing out of the house, but bills that will get support from a republican-led senate and signed into law by a republican president. so, i think it's going to be a much different negotiations on the next session than you've seen this past session.

>> this did come down to the wire though. were you okay with the prospect of a government shutdown? did you think that wouldn't hurt republicans? >> i think we just saw a number of americans in the last election that said government spending is out of control. the economy is horrible. we are, you know, we've experienced 20% inflation. we've got 36 trillion dollar deficit, 36 trillion dollar debt. at some point in time we have to take that into consideration, we can't just keep kicking the can down the road. again, i'm excited for next year with the hope that that brings, but i really listen to the mandate from the american people that said enough is enough. >> how do you do that with single subject spending bills or what's your plan? >> we had a great meeting with speaker johnson and vp-elect j.d. vance, in which we're identifying dollars we'll be able to save and wasteful spending. you've got elon musk and vivek ramaswamy who are leading the doge focus on looking at

regulations how to cut those out. looking at waste, fraud and abuse and i think legitimately they've got some really high numbers, the president was asking for a debt ceiling lift of 1.5 trillion dollars, but they were going to offset that, are still intending to offset by 2.5 trillion in savings. that's the direction that we need this country to be going in and that's what we've heard from the american people. >> i heard some reporting there was sort of a handshake agreement on that, but getting into the details how you throw out a number like that without examining the policy is obviously a little more complicated. >> sure, but he's not even in office yet. let's give him a chance. he doesn't even get sworn in until january 20th, so, you know, i think we're expecting, you know, a lot from a president who hasn't been sworn in and let's face it, it he seems likes the acting president, because our current president is nowhere to be found. >> and there's been some discussion that there's an acting co-president as well,

elon musk, what do you expect of wielding the bull horn and driving this change on x? >> i think that 1500 page bill we got the other morning with very little time to review it and to have to vote on it, i think that was dead on arrival, honestly, before mr. musk stepped in, but i appreciate the fact that his focus is on cutting regulations and looking at wasteful spending. i've been fighting this regulatory overreach by our federal government for years now. i said it's not sexy, you're not going to see it in the headlines, boy, was i wrong. you put somebody like elon musk at the head of the effort and all of a sudden, i think it stands a real chance to happen. i'm excited, i think it's a great partnership that between he and vivek, that they've got and i'm happy to see they've got influence over lawmakers. >> one way they may be able to use that influence over lawmakers is try to drive the primary threat on anyone who steps out of line and earlier in the week you had trump

calling for anyone who-- any republican who opposes this deal to be primary'd. you, i guess, would be on that list from your votes the past two days, are you afraid of a primary threat? and elon musk sort of ginning up that prospect with his platform? >> i've had elections i've been outspent 8 to 1, and i do the work for the district. and i think it's important that you do the case work and listen to your voters and constituents. the phone calls that we got into our office were very, very strongly, stop the government overspending and that's exactly what i did. it's one thing when you're consistent. it's the best way to govern, tell people what you're going to do. >> and one more question for you. where down see mike johnson's speakership going. there's some saying maybe it's uncertain. >> i think he's got a good partnership with president trump, thing they have a tremendous amount of respect

and let's face it, he's had a very difficult job. we've got a one member majority right now and trying to negotiate these very difficult decisions in these hard deals to avoid a government shutdown, to work with chuck schumer, i wouldn't want to do that. i think he stands a very strong shot and look, he will have a different congress next year, a different senate to work with, a different leader to work with and obviously a different president. so, i am going to support, you know, the best man, but i think right now mike johnson has the respect, i think he's got the confidence of the committee. >> congresswoman beth van duyne from texas, thank you. edward: . griff: let's turn to the whip, congresswoman, merry christmas, and thank you for being here. you voted for this continuing resolution, unlike your colleague beth van duyne. what was your thought process

in voting for it and what are you hearing about president-elect trump unhappy that it did not include his main ask, which was the debt ceiling? >> well, i agree with my colleague we need to reduce spending and get our debt under control, but that was not a choice. the choice was either we continue funding for three months or we shut the government down. we did whatway basic to get us across this finish line, fund the government until president trump comes in with the republican trifecta, and then we will go through line by line and see how we can reduce spending and get our fiscal house in order. remember, the beginning of the week, it was very different. our speaker had a handshake agreement with the democrats to us a 1500 page bill full of all sorts of stuff and did that without speaking to the membership of his own conference and that was a major problem. we pushed back and we killed

that bill and we got the basics. as the rolling stones say, you don't always get what you want, but if you try, you get what you need and that's exactly what happened here. griff: a great reference. and jacqui was just touching on speaker johnson and possibly his future. he weighed in yesterday. here is a little bit of what he had to say. i want to get your reaction. >> elon musk and i talked to within about an hour ago and we talked about the extraordinary challenges of this job, and i said, hey, you want to be speaker of the house? i don't know. he said this may be the hardest job in the world. griff: so, take me forward to january 3rd, the very first order of business the house will do is to choose whether or not johnson will remain speaker. where do you see it going? >> well, there's no doubt it's an extraordinarily difficult job particularly with the slim majority and the varyed opinions within our conference. i don't think necessarily think that the answer is to replace the speaker, but i do think

there needs to be a better understanding between leadership and the membership, particularly of what we expect. we expect to know what kind of deals you're making with the other side and we're not rubber stamps. i think that's number one. number two, i think our leadership does need to help rank and file members secure legislative wins throughout the year. this should not be, you know, at the very end, everybody scrambling to try to get in their priorities, which is why you saw that first package become so bloated with so many pages. number three, i just think that we need to have more of a member driven process where we're engaged at the very beginning, particularly we're going into a year we're going to deal with energy, we're going to deal with the border, we're going to deal with taxes, the whole tax code and jobs act expiring. if this is not a member driven process from the beginning where we can share with each other what our priorities are,

it's going to be a mess, so, we need to have a better understanding from the speaker and from the leadership team on what next year will look like and how it will be different than what we just experienced this week. griff: you know, congresswoman, one of the things you might deal with, to shift gears just a touch. >> before we run out of time, are the mysterious drones, you and i have spoke in recent weeks about them, flying over your district and here all along in the northeast. and we saw the f.a.a. this week establish essentially 27 no-fly zones. you can see the flight restrictions, i believe, one of them may be over parts of your district. what's your reaction to that and are you learning any more about the source of these drones? >> well, i've requested these flight restrictions nearly two weeks ago, i'm glad they finally have done it. i don't think the restrictions go far enough, quite frankly. in my district they do protect some power stations, but i also

have concerned about our military installations, and the bridge that connects the coast guard and the army base in my district. what i will say, this has been so poorly handled by this administration. no answers, no real insight as to what is going on and i don't think real honesty coming from these agencies. we had the most pathetic briefing earlier this week and literally, they were telling us a statement that i read on twitter the night before. it was ludicrous that members of congress and our constituents cannot get real answers as to the source of these drones. if it is commercial, just say it. if it is, you know, the government doing activity that's necessary to protect our national security, maybe it's counterterrorism exercises, maybe it's testing of new equipment for law enforcement and our military, just tell us. but the fact that we couldn't get any real answers and we still kind of don't have real

answers, is very problematic. i mean, at one point they were trying to convince us that these were stars that we were seeing in the sky, which is just ludicrous and insulting. griff: a little bit of transparency would certainly go a long way. congresswoman nicole mallatakis, thank you, and have a merry christmas. >> five people are dead and 200 over injured, as a car went through a christmas market. >> among those killed was a 9-year-old child and say among the 200 plus that were injured, about 41 of them are currently in serious condition. there are 15 hospitals across germany who are helping these victims out, but the numbers for the death toll is sadly likely to rise. now, a 50-year-old saudi arabian man was taken into

custody shortly after the attack. police say he moved to germany in 2006 and working as a doctor. authorities say he was acting alone and the motive remains unclear, but they did say that the suspect's dissatisfaction at the treatment of saudi refugees in germany may have been a factor. today, mourners lay flowers and candles outside of st. john john john-john's church. this is in magdeburg five days before christmas. the market was packed with people. they say a rented black bmw plowed into the crowd. many have upped security including in new york city. the attack comes almost eight years to the day since 12 people were killed in berlin after a truck rammed through a christmas market there. the suspect in that case, a tunisian man who had linked to

the islamic state. the white house released a statement from the white house from president biden, staying in part, we've made it clear that the united states stands ready for available resources and assistance if needed and while the situation remains under investigation, make no mistake, the united states will always stand with our allies against violent terror. the mayor of that town says they will be holding a memorial service tonight and hopefully we get some more answers to a lot of questions. jacqui. >> stephanie bennett for us, thank you, griff. griff: jacqui, the man accused of shootings and killing united health care ceo brian thompson in the middle of downtown hahnemann manhattan will be arraigned. on top of a state murder charge that can carry a life sentence, mangione faces federal charges that could carry the death

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>> i think the president was right to kick start the conversation on the whole issue of the debt ceiling and i think

we've made serious progressment look i voted against the spending bill unpaid for $110 billion and a host of things i can't support. >> they certainly caved on the debt ceiling which is what donald trump wanted. and we voted this way because we've got to keep the government of the united states open. jacqui: congress passing a bipartisan spending bill that avoided a government shutdown, but it dropped president-elect trump's demand of a debt limit increase into the new year. let's bring in the senior fellow in economics, heritage foundation, steve moore. thanks for being here. we watched that sort of battle right down to the deadline last night. and it was really spectacular to watch, but in the end it did not deliver trump his one ask about, you know, raising the debt ceiling, dealing with this under a democratic president so next cycle they can, you know, move forward with the 2017 tax cuts extension. do you sense that he would be displeased that he didn't get that across?

how do you break down what you witnessed last night? >> well, i think that people need to keep this budget, which is horrendous, now, the amount of money we're spending and borrowing, i think that everybody agrees with that. the real villain has been joe biden. joe biden is the one who spent and borrowed $7 trillion in his presidency. i think he'll go down in history as one of the most financially reckless presidents in history. and i think most people, jacqui, just want to turn the page, let's bring in this new administration, that, you know, there's so much hope and optimism and confidence. let's turn the trump era now and make real changes in regulation policy and energy policy and tariff policy, all of these issues and also budget policy, but one thing on the debt ceiling, i did agree with donald trump on this, that you know, we do have to raise the debt ceiling and by the way, i'm in favor of keeping a debt ceiling. a lot of people think, get rid of the debt ceiling, but then there's no control on spending whatsoever. and trump's explanation, i think a lot to it, look, it was

joe biden who spent all of this money and borrowed all of this money so the person who should take the blame for raising the debt ceiling is him and not donald trump. i think there's a lot to that. jacqui: we've had 34 house republicans vote against this final bill. obviously, that's not what trump wanted. what is your sort of advice to the members when you're going into a new congress with a two-seat majority and what that means when everybody wants to hold the line on their priorities and then deal with the democrats to pass anything and that will cost more, right? >> yeah, i think they'll seen have a smaller majority. what ask now, i can't keep track. jacqui: two now and one going into the spring. >> two or three, and it's the narrowest of margins, remember, there are 435 in the congress so that's a very, very small margin. i'm a big mike johnson fan and i've heard your discussion on this, i think he's done a superb job and a great speaker and it's a difficult job and i remember what newt gingrich

used to say, it's like trying to herd 435 cats. that's true. come on, folks, let's just get-- let's turn the page here and get to this new president and start changing the way we work in washington because i've been watching now 40 years, jacqui, and only three of four of those 40 years have we balanced the budget. that's a disgrace. jacqui: let's talk tariffs. going into the congress, unified government control and a lot of ability to get sort of objectives across, but now the cbo says the tariffs might hurt consumer prices, hike consumer prices. what do you make of that? >> i think if you were just going to raise tariffs. let me give you a simple example. let's say you raised tariffs on toys imported from china, of course, a lot of the tariff costs are going to be passed

consumers so the cost of buying toys from chinese will increase a little bit and might add to inflation, but a lot of the people like larry summers, one of the major economists the democrats keep saying this is going to cause inflation. let's not forget, jacqui, donald trump was president for four years and we didn't have any inflation, so what are we talking about? we had the lowest inflation rates we had in 30 years under donald trump and he did it a tariff policy and the point on this, trump is going to reduce income taxes and taxes on things made in the united states, that's going to counter act the inflation effects of the tariffs. jacqui: a lot of variables that go into the mood of the economy and speaking of the mood of the economy, another big story this week, news that there would be fewer interest rate cuts next year than the market initially thought did have a big impact on the stock market. what did you think as you're watching that play out? >> well, i know people are worried about the stock market, it was a brutal week for the

stock market and i just want to-- it's hard to predict what's going to happen in the stock market, if you look at what donald trump is going to start doing on january 20th with deregulation, with producing more energy, with cutting tax rates, with all of these policies that are pro america, i think you'll see an investment boom in the united states and i'm super bullish on the u.s. economy, that's not to say there are not going to be peaks and valleys, overall i think we'll have a very healthy economy and very healthy stock market when trump's policies come into being. i wrote the book, the trump economic miracle and i think we'll see that the next four years. jacqui: what's your bumper sticker message for people looking at the cbo, and the stock market and that the mood is dampened. >> and i think it's taken a breather, it went up 1500 points when trump was elected. stay the course, we have the best economy are, and the rest

of the world is looking at the united states with envy what we're going to do in this conduct. it's a great time to be an american and an investor in american companies. jacqui: stay the course, that's the bumper sticker message. steve moore, appreciate it. >> merry christmas, thank you. jacqui: merry christmas. >> jacqui, thanks. the consumer financial protection bureau sued jp morgan chase, wells fargo and bank of america on friday claiming the banks failed to protect hundreds of thousands of consumers from rampant fraud on the popular payment network zelle in violation of consumer financial laws and bank of america said it strongly disagrees with the lawsuit saying would add, quote, huge new costs on banks and credit unions offering the free zelle service to clients. jacqui. jacqui: several venezuelan gang members arrested after hiding out in a new york city apartment building located next to a daycare. incoming border czar tom homan is live on that coming up next.

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>> welcome back. law enforcement has confirmed nearly two dozen suspected members of the venezuelan gang tren de aragua were arrested in new york city this month. following the arrest of nearly a dozen migrants in aurora, colorado who also have suspected ties to the gang. cb cotton is here with the latest. >> law enforcement source tells me 22 suspected tren de aragua gang members were taken into custody between two locations here in the city back on december 5th. one of the raids reportedly took place at this apartment next to a daycare. federal agents say one of the men was tracked by his gps ankle monitor, according to the new york post. and less then a month ago, these two confirmed tda members were arrested during another bust in the city and both of these men wanted in aurora, colorado where they and a group of armed men were caught on

surveillance breaking into an apartment in august. this same complex back in the headlines again this week after police said a man and woman from venezuela were abducted on monday, taken to an empty apartment, bound and pistol whipped. just yesterday, aurora police gave an update on the case, saying that tren de aragua gang members or associates of the gang are responsible for victimizing the couple and other migrants at the apartment com complex. >> some of these without question are 100% tda. they continue to victimize the same ethnicity because they're easy to do. people feel if i go to the police, something bad is going to happen, i'm going to get deported. >> he's not going to shy away from a relationship with a federal agency to keep people from becoming victims and yesterday the aurora's mayor looks forward to closing down

that troubled apartment complex and pushing back on claims that tda has become a city-wide problem. jacqui: cb cotton. thank you. griff. griff: for more, we're joined by president-elect trump's incoming border czar tom homan, thank you for taking time. from colorado to new york where i am. tda arrests, and your reaction to it and insight how rapidly this dangerous violent venezuelan gang is growing in the u.s. >> well, look, griff, you and i have talked about this many times it all goes back to the vetting program. and you've got secretary mayorkas, and if they're properly vetted into the united states. we don't have criminal access in venezuela, we don't have access to criminal data bases and information in most countries around the world. so when they say they're properly vetted they're running through ncic, which is our

system or a trip wide state system, but vetting doesn't include their criminal vetting in home nations. and they're misleading the american people saying they're vetted and properly safe. and tda when we first discovered it in the united states we said it would rapidly expand across the country. the good news you have president trump coming into office january 20th and tda is on notice and ice offices are prepared to go out and target public safety threats where tda is on top of that public safety threats. their days are numbered. and i can't wait for the administration to take care of these people. they are going to be arrested detained and removed. i've got other countries, venezuela won't take them back, other countries stepped up and said they will. so they will be deported. griff: obviously, venezuela is a country that doesn't have a repatriate agreement and

earlier i was able to ask president-elect trump specifically what about venezuela not taking them back. here is what the president-elect told me. >> and sir, with in terms of are your mass deportation plans, have you had any preliminary discussions with countries like venezuela from where the tren de aragua gang is now popping up. >> they'll take them back. they're all taking them back, yeah. griff: so have you had any preliminary discussions with anyone in venezuela or is there going to be a negotiation early on when president-elect trump is sworn in to sort of try and get some sort of agreement? >> look, president trump's a strong president, right? during the first administration, el salvador didn't want to take back ms-13 members. it took president trump 48 hours before they're to el salvador. i think there will be a one way

negotiation. president trump is a strong president, he's not going to put up with this. if the negotiation or discussion takes a while we've got several other countries that want to take them day one, but i think that president trump will being successful like in the last administration. he got mexico to do remain in mexico. and the border. el salvador to take ms-13 back and three central american countries. and he puts america first and he's going to do it starting january 20th. griff: the bus we've learned that law enforcement joined combined law enforcement task force was able to identify the apartment where they were holed up. specifically because one of them had an ankle monitor and that assisted with them getting them. are you looking at ways that you can enhance that and how will that work? >> well, it's going to be a lel of a lot less ankle monitors or we'll lock them up. we only put ankle monitors on

people we release. there are going to be exceptions, a health issue that we can't care for them at the time. number one issue we're going to end catch and release and it will be a lot less going on and second we are going to enforce the rules of the ankle monitors. if you're in it country and even if you claim asylum, there are conditions of release, and committing a crime is a violation of those activities and being involved in gang activities is a violation of the conditions. even if they claim asylum you can lock them back up into detention because they've violated the rules of release. there will ab lot tougher issue under the trump administration, a lot less released if any. and if you violate conditions of release you'll be locked up in the next hour or so when we find you. and i've had a discussion with mayor adams and with us shoulder to shoulder, he doesn't want his officers to be immigration officers, i don't either, i want him to help us

locate public safety threats and the 300,000 missing children he is dedicated he'll work on that, too. and many of these children we'll find in new york city. griff: you mentioned the meeting you had with mayor adams and obviously, adam has done a 180 on the sanctuary city protections that his city has traditionally given to migrants and he's had enough of the criminals. here is a little bit of what mayor adams told martha mccallum this week. listen here. >> sanksankey-- sanctuary city is not having an unsecured border and allowing gang members to come in and patrolling people into the country and telling them you can't work for six months or a year and you have to be dependent on local cities to take care of you. griff: how encouraged were you to hear mayor adams take that position and as you look to other cities where they're continuing to hold out and in

san diego they even enhanced sanctuary city protections. how do you plan to deal with that? >> you know, griff, i've called out the mayor of new york city eric adams on your show the last three years and didn't think he was doing enough and i made the comment, i think he forgot what it was like being a cop and he became a politician. when i sat down with him i saw the cop come out with him. he doesn't want his officers to be integration officers, but he wants to protect the community safety. help me find the public safety threats. we've been clear, president trump and i have both been clear we'll target public safety threats first because they pose the biggest danger to the country. i was happy with the conversation we had. and let's see what the actions are. the talk is there and see if the walk is going to be there, but i'm encouraged by that discussion. again, i think he understands that we are going to concentrate and public safety threats. i don't want him to help us find just illegal aliens, that's immigration work. i want his officers to work with our officers to make new york city safer. and we're going to do that and you're right, i'm hoping that

discussion, him coming to the table will be a domino effect and have other mayors contact us and willing to work with us. sanctuaries are sanctuaries for criminals. any elected official, mayor or governor, number one responsibility is protection of the community. help me, help ice remove public safety threats from your community. not only remove them from the community, we'll remove them from the country so they can't reoffend in the very immigrant community in which they live. griff: it will be fascinating to watch to see as you point out, tom, if other cities, mayors, and sanctuary jurisdictions do take a note from mayor adams and how that all gets underway here next month, the early part of next year. tom homan, thank you for taking time and have a merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you and the network, i appreciate all of you guys. griff: all right, jacqui. jacqui: great interview, griff. how striking amazon workers could affect the last minute

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>> welcome back. workers at hundreds of starbucks could be on strike by christmas eve. employees in los angeles, chicago, and seattle called the five-day strike in response to stalled contract talks. the company insists most of the stores are unaffected since just over 500 of its 10,000 u.s. locations have been unionized. griff: and as last minute shoppers are looking for gifts ahead of christmas, some amazon workers who deliver those packages are striking at hubs across the country. fox business's max gordon is live in the city of industry california with the latest. hey, max. >> hey there, griff. well, this strike comes at the height of the rush to deliver holiday packages. workers are making their voices heard by slowing things down. we're in a little bit of a lull here as far as traffic goes, but you can see what they're doing here. the delivery drivers are blocking multiple entrances

here and as vans come out, they stop them, slow things down, talk to the drivers about what they're doing and about the teamsters union. now, these workers say that they want better working conditions and higher pay. >> after six years, and longest tenure with my company, i'm at 22.75 for my loyalty. i'm living paycheck to paycheck every time i get paid, i am budgeting every last dollar. >> thousands of drivers for firms that contracted to amazon walked off the job across the country thursday morning. the strike is growing with an additional warehouse on staten island joining today. and the workers say they demand a fair contract, wages, health and safety. and amid the last minute rush to deliver hostage packages. they say that the teamsters have been bullying workers to join, and since the picketers are not amazon employees, they have no reason to bargain with

them. >> and our focus is keeping the partsners safe making sure to get in and out of the facility, most of them want to come to work, do a good job and go home safely without being harassed and without being intimidated by the teamsters or anyone else for that matter so that's where we're putting our attention. >> yesterday, teamsters president sean o'brien walked the picket line with the workers and he wants amazon to come to the bargaining table and he says the strike will continue until they do though he wasn't clear exactly what conditions needed to be met before the strike ends, griff. griff: and our max gordon along that picket line in the city of industry, california covering it for us. max, thank you. >> thank you. jacqui: griff, possibly record breaking holiday travel weekend now underway as winter storms could affect millions. more on that next.

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>> well, if you're travelling you may want to take note here. no major storms are forecast to disrupt travelling entirely. however, rounds of winter rain and weather are expect today slow things down as millions of americans are gearing up for christmas travel impacting their festive plans, especially in the eastern u.s. nearly 120 million people are expected to travel this year, a record number of people for the

christmas period. jacqui. jacqui: well, griff, the averted government shutdown might have eased some fears, but the expected crowds this weekend combined with bad weather in the country are causing some headaches. as we look at airport disruptions and weather impeded travel we look at hartsfield-jackson airport, how is it looking out there? well, the jacqui, the crowds have been on and off, but it is expect today get worse on and a record breaking world for travel and triple-a expects that to continue after new year's. just at atlanta airport alone officials expect to welcome over four million people from yesterday through january 5th. so far today there have already been thousands of flight delays and hundreds of cancellations nationwide, but a lot of people are staying optimistic while travelling for the holidays. >> trying to stay patient, with family you've got to -- you

don't see them often so you want to be thankful for the ones you have, and trying to stay patient, trying to be, you know, actually appreciative for the time i have with them. >> triple-a expects over 119 million americans to travel 50 miles or more for the holidays whether by plane, car or another means of transportation. those over three million more americans travelling this year compared to 2023. now, most people travelling will be hitting the road, but there could be difficulties because of weather. parts of the midwest and northeast are facing intense wintery weather so definitely pay attention to the road conditions, and with all of this, experts say, be prepared. >> not everybody leaves at the same time at the end of the year and that's what makes this year end travel period a little bit trickier. it's good to prepare and plan ahead for the worst case scenario. plan ahead for a cancellation. think in advance.

>> tomorrow the 22nd is expected to be one of the busiest days for this season. i was actually just speaking to a tsa worker who told me, if you're travelling tomorrow, get there four hours in advance. so, just a warning for anyone heading out by plane the next few days, jacqui. jacqui: thank you, madison scarpino. stay with us. butter on jelly... on gold. get four iphone 16 pro on us, plus four lines for $25 bucks. what a deal. ya'll giving it away too fast t-mobile, slow down. ♪ huh, noom has glp-1 meds now? yes, noom combines medications with healthy habits so you can lose the weight and keep it off. yeah, glp-1s starting at $149. that's noom smart. noom. the smart way to lose weight. hey, folks, it's your friend, john rich. i co-founded old glory bank because we heard too many stories about people getting canceled by their bank because they didn't agree with their politics. the government wanted to know where you shopped, if you bought a bible or you shopped at a sporting

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