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the american people voted for change like they've never voted before. eric: that's president trump today firing up young supporters at the turning point action's america fest in arizona. you know, it was his first rally-style speech since winning the election, and he praised elon musk, promised some new policies and and made some remarks about what he says should happen to the panama canal. this is a brand new hour of "fox news live," i'm eric shawn. hi, arthel. arthel: hi, eric. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. mr. trump reportedly wanted today's event to be called a tribute to arizona after after he flipped the state red by a wide margin during the campaign. trump promised to crack down on immigration and and border security, and he's now working on putting his plans into action. >> i made a series of big day one promises in my campaign. you you know just as well as i do. in 29 days from now, i intend to

to keep those promises to the american people. [cheers and applause] >> and just as we did four years ago, my administration will live by the motto promises made, promises kept. eric: ed lawrence, fox business network, live in phoenix with the very latest at thal hi site is. hey, edward. >> reporter: hey, eric. and they're cleaning up all around us. as always, when president-elect donald trump speaks, he makes a lot of news. this speech sounded a lot like a campaign victory speech. in it he dropped another foreign policy bombshell, this time putting panama on notice. >> the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not follow ifed, then we will demand that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america -- [cheers and applause] in full, quickly and without

question. not gonna stand for it. >> reporter: this is the first time the president-elect returned to arizona since the election. his border czar telling me he hopes the utilize the military. >> we're going to concentrate first on the larger cities, sanctuary cities, because that's where most criminals flock to, right? they know they can commit a crime, and the law enforcement there can't work with i.c.e. so that's where we target, number one. >> reporter: what about canada? have you seen the proposed $1.3 billion security package, is that enough, do you think, to secure the northern border which has been an issue for the president? >> we're going to have to pend some money there too, but i've talked to the foreign munster of canada. -- minister. we had a great conversation the other day, we're going to follow it up on december 27th at west palm beach. >> reporter: so canada has been cooperating. the president-elect believes he can get mexico onboard or will impose a 25% tariff. he will also declare a national

emergency over energy. >> i will sign, day one, orders to end all biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric vehicle mandate -- [applause] cancel his natural gas export ban, reopen anwr in alaska, the biggest site potentially anywhere in the world. [cheers and applause] and declare a national energy emergency. >> reporter: so this is shaping up to be a very busy first week for president-elect donald trump after january 20th. back to you, eric. eric: edward lawrence at the site of the rally in phoenix, thank you. arthel? arthel: eric, thank you. president-elect trump won't take office for another month, but the department of government efficiency, it's already creating waves on capitol hill. co-leader elon musk helped force the house to trim hundreds of pages of of so-called pork from its stopgap spending bill friday

to narrowly avert a government shutdown. today mr. trump told young conservatives in arizona that was just a taste of what's coming. >> -- has done an amazing job. isn't it nice if to have smart people that we can rely on? we're going to bring transparency and accountability back to to our government, and very soon you're going to see it, drain the swamp. we're going to be draining that swamp at levels never seen before. [applause] arthel: all right. new york republican congressman nick langworthy is a member of the doge caucus and sits on the house oversight committee. congressman, we'll get to specifics on elon musk in a moment, but let's talk about this: congress trimmed down the bill from some 1500 pages to 100 pages. let's take a look at a couple of key items that made the cut and are still in the bill. that is $100 billion for storm-hit states and $10 billion for aid for farmers. so tell us why it was so

important to protect and retain these measures. >> well, we had to put some relief there for people. if you look at what's happened in western north carolina, what's happened in georgia, all through the hurricane season, i mean, we had devastation like some of these regions had never if seen. people were wiped out to. they had everything taken away from them, and we needed to make sure that our disaster funds were in place so that they can rebuild. they need federal disaster relief in those areas, and i'm very happy that we got that done finally. you know, this is something that, you know, should be, you know, have is unanimity and support throughout the congress, to help our neighbors and fellow taxpayers when they've lost everything because of natural disaster. this shouldn't be politicized. and then aid to our farmers, they've had devastating cuts. they're having an extremely difficult time getting credit and getting the things that they need to do to keep produce being the agricultural products that we need in this country.

and, you know, we need the feed this country and feed the world, and ag security and food security is national security. we learned that during the pandemic. we can't be reliant on foreign nations for our agricultural needs. we should be the ones exporting, not worrying about imports. so it's really important to keep a robust agriculture industry in this country. our farmers needed relief, and we delivered that. but i'm so thrilled that we were able the kill the first bill which was almost 1600 pages and too many priorities of chuck schumer and the biden administration made it into that final negotiation. that was killed off, and we were able to pass a very narrow continuing resolution that kept the government open, you know, kept our troops getting paid through march but also, you know, took care of our farmers and those victims of the hurricane disasters this year. arthel: okay. let's talk about what was not included, and that's a 2-year

debt limit suspension that president-elect trump really wanted. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i support president trump's agenda on raising the debt limit because i think that it's been abused. it is a very antiquated system, but it allows the minority to push the majority. and really when you look at what it ultimately accomplishes, it just allows the minority, and, you know, it'll be chuck schumer in the year ahead, to hold the trump administration hostage from its agenda because debt limit will need to to be lifted at some point just because of the deficit spending that we're doing in this country. we need to get that turned control, obviously. we need to cut the deficit and lower spending. but we are going to hit that limit at some point in the year ahead. i don't want to see president trump's administration held hostage by, you know, chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries in the year ahead. i wish we could have accomplished that. i voted to accomplish that.

i believe that was thursday evening. it, unfortunately, didn't have the full support of the republican conference, but it's something that we will address very shortly into the new year. arthel: of course. and if the republican party is planning on cutting spending, then why the need to increase the debt limit? >> well, just the nature of the federal budgetary process. we are going to exceed the debt limit in the year ahead. i mean opinion, we are not -- our budget is not balanced yet. it will take time to get there. i'm very confident in the administration, in his term of office president trump can get our budget into balance, but it's been a very, very long time wince receive -- since we've had a balanced budget, pre-9/11. and given the high interest rates that we're paying on our national debt, that's not going to be in the very near term. we have to make that our goal, to balance the budget, ultimately. our process -- arthel: okay. >> -- of reconciliation is going to bring with us much closer to

that in the year ahead, and that's where the doge program comes in to help us out so much there. arthel: okay. we'll be looking forward to those results, for sure. and speaking of doge, does elon musk champion republicans working with democrats to pass legislation? and then just if you would give us your general thoughts on elon miss elon musk's -- missing -- musk's influence. >> i think he's been an absolute force of nature. he was obviously extraordinarily helpful to president trump for getting elected for us to create the the movement that brought a republican trifecta. it gives us a historic moment you know, we -- we're right now in this moment where we pass this continuing resolution, we had to work with the other party to pass anything because we are in divided government. anything that we enacted this week would have required 60 democratic votes in the u.s. senate. republicans are in the minority -- arthel: yeah, because all of your republicans, and all of the

republicans did not support it either. so, yeah -- >> but, but make no mistake, the senate is a majority if democrat. chuck schumer has control of the gavel there. arthel: correct. but, i mean, isn't -- we have to to go now, but isn't that name of the game, compromise? republicans have to work with well democrats, democrats have to to work with republicans to get legislation done on behalf of the people. >> well, and and that's what we hope to. we hope hope to to put forward ideas that the can get across the party spectrums. hopefully, the partisanship goes away when we're doing the right thing for the american people which is lowering the debt limit and the levels of taxation, bringing our costs and interest rates down. those are things we're working towards doing. hose are the proposals that are going to come forward in the new year and, hopefully, we have a lot more mag ninety in the years ahead across washington and people will be working together more. arthel: lowering the debt limit or the amount of spending, i should say, without cutting too

many programs that many americans depend on. >> we need to, we need if to put common sense forward. there's a lot of waste in our federal government. when you start to eliminate waste, you start to to lower the ultimate expenditure every year. there's entire subagencies within departments that if they a went away, no american would even notice. our government has gotten out of control, and they're counting heads in the federal government. arthel: okay. >> thank you very much. arthel: eric? eric: president biden's been keeping pretty much of an extremely low profile in his final days of his white house term. you know, he stayed out of the government shutdown drama publicly until signing the last minute deal, and critics are now blasting his inner circle for reportedly covering up his declining health during parts of his term. david spunt live at the white house with much more on this. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, eric. president biden remains here at

the white house where he has all weekend although he's held no public events, we haven't seen him. we know he signed that government funding bill into law yesterday, so the government is funded. but, eric, service down to the wire on friday. -- it was down to the wire on friday. we almost went into a government shutdown. that was stopped at the last minute. the president with less than a month left in office did not take any sort of active role at least publicly during the negotiations. his secretary blaming the issues on house speaker mike johnson. after signing the bill, the president in a a statement said this agreement represents a compromise which means neither side got everything it wanted, but it rejects the accelerated pathway for a tax cut for billionaires and ensures the government can continue to operate at full capacity. it also includes more than $10 100 billion in disaster aid, $10 billion in economic aid for farmers, but noticeably missing, that debt limit increase, something that the future president, donald trump, demanded.

>> they went from a 157 2-page document that was full of pork down to 117-page document. and it was only because of president trump weighed in. i mean, you had biden who was completely absent as we was facing a shutdown -- >> reporter: the spending exposed the divisions amongst house republicans, foreshadowing perhaps some challenges that might await as those republicans try to implement trump's agenda, one closely watched by elon musk, the world's richest man with a growing influence in republican politics. >> when you initially begin in that role, you have enormous influence. and he loves having you around, and he loves listen listening to you and you're the best thing in the world. it will always decline. and that's what happens. and you'll see it, it will happen with elon musk the too. >> reporter: and those close to the president are defending him after a "wall street journal" piece came out over the past few days that said he has not been as engaged or aware of what's going if on, particularly

engaged as many believe he has been. chris coons, a senator from the president's home state of delaware, defended him today on television, says he has been engaged, same with senator ben cardin, the retiring senator from maryland also said he's never seen a problem or had a problem with keeping the president engaged, both defending president biden with less than a month to go. eric? eric: all right, david at the white house, thank you. arthel? arthel: a well, the u.s. navy reporting an apparent incident of friendly fire over the red sea today. central command says two crew members flying an fa-18 hornet launched off the deck of the uss harry truman. a short time later,, the uss gettysburg mistakeenly fired and hit the hornet. both crew members ejected and one suffered minor injuries. centcom says the harry truman and gettysburg are part of the same strike group meaning they are linked by radar and radio communication. both warships had earlier shot

down multiple houthi drones and ap anti-ship cruise missile x. that incident over the red sea comes a day after u.s. forces carried out strikes on houthi targets in yemen. and meanwhile, israel says a rocket fired from the houthis got through its air defenses and landed in eling avive. tel aviv. that's where chief foreign correspondent trey yingst is reporting live for us today. trey, what can you tell us? >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. overnight night the united states haunched a series of airstrikes against the houthis in yemen. according to u.s. central command, the targets were missile storage facilities and also a command and control center. these strikes were aimed at disrupting the iran-backed group's attacks against international shipping lanes and american vessels in the region. they also came just hours after the houthis launched a ballistic missile at israel's second largest city the of tel aviv, injuring 16 people.

in that attack the air defense systems failed to intercept the missile, allowing it to impact a playground just south of the city. the houthis do continue to tie their on ongoing attacks to the war with hamas inside gaza. >> translator: they also salute the mujahideen in the gaza strip and their ongoing he roquer operations -- heroic operations. and affirm that they will with allah's help continue to support them until the aggression stops and siege on the gaza strip is lifted. >> reporter: inside gaza palestinian civilians are hopeful for a ceasefire deal. today civilians dug through the aftermath of an israeli airstrike looking for survivors. reports indicate an agreement is 90% of the way finished. >> translator: the people hear the news and deal with it as if it's a kind of anesthesia. they listen and rye to comfort themselves on the ground. the slaughter of civilians

continues, and the targeting still affects civilian,s. if. >> reporter: this comes as there are dozens of israeli hostages still being held alive inside gaza. families here in tel aviv and across israel are hopeful for a deal to end the war so they can be reunited with their loved ones. arthel? arthel: of course. trey yingst in tel aviv, thank you, trey. eric? eric: germany still in shock, families in mourn ifing -- mourning and authorities are verging for the motive -- searching for the motive in the christmas market attack. the suspect described as an anti-islam activist who plowed a car into the crowd. he's a saudi doctor who moved to germany in 2006, now being held on murder charges. stephanie bennet live in if london with the latest on this case. stephanie? >> reporter: hey, eric. yeah, the attack lasted just a few seconds, but its impact is now life-changing. today we're getting a lot more details about the suspect, a

potential motive and also the security at the market. and we're also learning about one of the victims. a 9-year-old boy was killed in the attack, identified today as andre glrks leisser in, his mother wrote this many part, let my little teddy bear fly around the world again. andre didn't do anything to anyone. why you? she said her son is now with grandma and grandpa many heaven. the suspect was arrested by police at gun point moments after the attack. he's been identified by german media as a 50-year-old saudi arabian doctor who moved to germany in 2006. investors say, again, his motive remains unclear, and they're investigating, but speculation is circling. reports suggest saudi arabian sources repeatedly warned german authorities about the suspect's extremist views. his social media accounts are full of anti-islamic sentiment and spheres conspiracy theories, and at yesterday's press

conference, police say they had conducted an evaluation as to whether he might be a potential threat, but that discussion was over a year ago. now ever since a similar attack in berlin in to 2016, many markets have added safety barriers, typically concrete blocks which was the case in mag da berg, but -- mag deburg. with just days until christmas, the city will be grieving for a long time. >> translator: it's terrible, just terrible. and and above all, based on what has been investigated so far, it's astonishing that this person was still there. this is actually a situation for the future where you have to say check who comes here, otherwise we would never have thought we would be in the headlines like this. >> reporter: yeah. and the suspect is facing multiple counts of murder, attend tempted murder and, again, investigators are trying the find the motive. eric? if. eric: stephanie, thanks so much. well, 40 years ago today a passenger on a new york city sub

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arthel: new york city police are searching for a man who allegedly killed a woman on a subway in brook brooklyn this morning. we want to warn our audience, the details are quite graphic. police are searching for this man who allegedly set a woman on fire while she was sleeping on the train at the coney island subway station. now, officers were patrolling the platform and saw the commotion. they found the woman on fire and surrounded by liquor bottles. cops extinguished the fire, but the woman was declared dead when paramedics arrived, and misare offering a $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest. anyone with information is asked to contact crimestoppers at 1 o. eric: just today a woman sleeping on the subway set on on

fire and killed, a man just after midnight last night stabbed to death on a subway platform. then there's the lean daniel penny verdict -- recent daniel penny verdict, all reminders of a case four decades ago. 40 years ago today on december 22nd, 1984, ben hard gets shot four black teens on the subway who he said were out to rob him. it gets thrown into the national headlines and portrayed as a fearful, angry, everyday man striking back against rampant if crime and -- in self-defense. critics called him a racist, and he went on to trial, was found not guilty of the shooting but did serve eight months in jail for having an illegal handgun. here's part of the confession tape when he turned himself in. >> this system, what if just for an example if people were on the subway system, what if they, the

whole system, geared up and went to to work against this, this lawlessness, this atrocity? what if someone else in the system were butchered and a guy, the guys -- do you think the guys would have been caught, do you think it would have been any big thing? they would have been one more statistic, and don't nod your head yes because you know better. and if you don't know better, if you don't know better, you just don't know new york. eric: with us now is one of the jurors who cleared ben hard goetz. good to see you. sadly, under horrible news of this horrible case many brooklyn where a woman was set on fire in the subway. we just heard bernhard goetz talk about lawlessness. what was the atmosphere back in 1984 and how should we compare that to today? >> i don't spend much time on the subways of new york anymore like i did 40 years ago.

but if you are approached, of it was for money. today more and more we see people who are mentally ill. i guess that's the big difference i see. maybe it's only because that's what i hear on the news. eric: do you think has more threatening or courageous? do you fear that -- or dangerous? many people say the government has failed us when it comes to properly treating and dealing with the people who suffer from mental illness and turn violent. >> well, that goes all the way back to 1977 when new york state closed numerous mental hospitals and essentially dumped those people out on the streets of new york city. and we've been playing catch-up ever since. finish. eric: i talked to him, he's not doing an interview, but he told me as you just said, quote, today it's mostly crazy people on the street and in the subways who are off hair meds.

they take the subways and end to avoid trouble. -- tend to avoid trouble. is there a way for the government to get a handle on this? after the case back then, crime in the subways and these types of issues were at the forefront, but it seems it hasn't been able to be successfullyfully dealt with. >> well, it costs money. the reason they were dumped on the desperates was the save money -- streets was to save money. so unless it becomes a big enough priority where people are wanting to spend the necessary if funds, it's going to continue. eric: goet dis, he gave up more than a week, like, eight days after the shooting. and many that time because he ran out of the subway tunnel and he was this fleeing, you know, visage and image. people likened him to charles bronson, a vigilante. critics, of course, say he was a racist murderer, attempted murderer. the four young men lived, one was paralyzed. what captured that at that time,

that he was striking back? there was such anger and frustration. crime was much worse then than it is today. >> well, people are afraid of being attacked whether they're going to be or not. the fear is real. and there's an additional fear on a subway because there's nowhere to escape. and bernie went into a flight of mind. the world goes black or white. i've experienced it myself. your memory becomes very unreliable. some of the things he said in the videotape did the not happen the way that he was describing them because his memory was not reliable. specifically about the daryl caby shooting where he claimed to have gone up to him and said

you look all right, here's another, and shot him in cold blood whereas all the medical and scientific evidence proves that did not happen. eric: part of the confession tape he said this, i'm going to read to you. quote: it is unbearable for people to live in fear. people who are violent are just let back on the street again and again, and they're charged with nothing. legal system is a joke. it doesn't serve the people. you know, today we hear frustrations, the very same thing. bail reform, one suspect in the subways arrested 46 times and let out. finally, you were or part of the jury that acquitted goetz of the actual shooting. what would you like to see, and what should have happened over the last 40 years the try to make all of us safer? >> well, i'm not an expert to be able to make these decisions, but again, dealing with mental health is a hugely expensive proposition.

we have to be willing to spend the money. these people are as ill as someone whos has cancer, but it's much easier for us the feel sympathy for a person with cancer. mental illness can actually make it very difficult for the people who love the ill people to take care of them. it's not an easy, oh, i just have an answer for you kind of problem. eric: those who do suffer from mental illness must be cared for and, sadly, they're falling through the cracks as we see so often. and finally, mark, can you tell the audience, those who don't the know, why did the jury find him not guilty? what did you think was going in his mindsome if you believed that he did, had reasonable fear? >> well, you brought up the key aspect which is reasonableness. and we kid not have to the -- did not have to decide that he was reasonable. we did not decide that he was reasonable. we decided the district attorney

had not proven to us that he wasn't reasonable. and that was the burden of proof. many of us were still in a gray area as to how we felt about it, but our job was just to decide did he prove he was unreasonable? if not, he was not guilty. eric: a case 40 years later, around 4 decades, still raises some of the the very same crime issues that we're dealing with today. mark, thank you for coming in. good to see you. >> thank you. eric: arthel? arthel: airline safety was in the spotlight this year from the infamous if door plug blow in january, remember that? some close calls on some of the nation's buzziest airport -- busiest airports. we'll take a closer look at what's being done to keep the runways and skies safe. ♪ ♪ r investments) i understand.

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arthel: some-ravaged north carolina still recovering from the devastation of hurricane helene. communities aronly struggling to rebuild, but to the manage the impact of this disaster on their mental health. jonathan serrie live with that story. jonathan? >> reporter: hi, arthel. despite significant improvements, much of western north carolina remains many recovery mode. enhanced tap water monitoring is ongoing, and police are urging people to avoid some of the parks that are still closed because of hidden debris and unstable ground. in swannanoa, just outside of asheville, volunteers have been helping to restore a mobile home park. in addition to looking out for her tenants, the property manager is dealing with extensive repairs to her own home, and she says her children still get nervous whenever they hear alerts go off on smartphones because the sound was so prevalent during the

storm. >> like when the amber alert goes off a, it kind of because add a little dress on them because that alert just kept going off and off and off and off. it does add a little stress to them. >> reporter: when it comes to the storm's effects on mental health, children are among the most vulnerable. experts say there are things that parents, teachers and other responsible adults can do to teach kids how to navigate these difficult times. >> the most important thing to remember you are not there to save your child, and shield them from things that are hard. they're going to experience hard things. and so if we want them to become adults who know how to handle stress and deal with potentially traumatic experiences, we have to teach them how to go through it and not around it. >> reporter: and residents say they are hardened -- heartened by the ongoing outpouring from volunteers. arthel? arthel: jonathan serrie, thank you very much. very important report there.

eric? eric: well, arthel, one of the busiest holiday travel seasons now underway. millions of americans heading home percent holidays. you see lines at the airport. c.b. cotton live at laguardia in new york city where i guess everyone's giving santa bit of competition, so i hope santa's sleigh's okay. what's going on on and the -- on the ground there? >> hi, eric. we're catching up with travelers at one of new york's busiest airports to see whether they're following the best advice this holiday season, plan ahead. take a listen. >> yeah. a lot of long lines. there's a lot of people, i think just because of the holiday. it's really busy right now and really hectic. i'd say if you're looking to fly if now, i wouldn't, to be honest. >> trying to carry on so we didn't have to check so many bags. >> oh, definitely. it's worth the wait. get there early. relax, get a cup of coffee. >> reporter: so why is preparation so importantsome because as you said, aaa

projects a record number of travelers to close out the year, an estimated 119 million people are expected the travel in this travel period which started yesterday and goes through new year's day. that's nearly a 3% increase compared to last year. aaa predicts 107 million americans will get behind the wheel, nearly 8 million will hop on a plane, and a little more than 4 million will travel by bus, plane or cruise. a, aa say -- aaa says congestion builds after 11 a.m. prepare for delays in and around major metropolitan areas. driving is the most popular way to travel this holiday season with 2.4% more americans choosing to travel by car. that's because if families with young children prefer the flexibility and lower cost of road trips. while no major storms are forecasted to disrupt holiday travel entirely, we do know snow

swept across the great lakes into the northeast triggering ground stops in chicago, boston and new york city for hours nationwide on friday. there were more than 13,000 delayed flights, and today some good news, only a little more than 4,000 flights are delayed across the country. we're keeping an eye on it. eric. eric: c.b., thank you. arthel? arthel: well, eric, after a series of air scares involving southwest airlines this year with, the faa last week says its safety review found no issues with the carrier. meantime, despite aviation safety reforms, faa data also showing runway incursions, as in near collisions, have remained above 1700 per year since 20 the can -- 2022. now, the good news, serious incidents with a significant risk of collision down since last year with only one high risk event year the date. let's bring in aviation expert captain mike if cofield. how do you see it? how bad is the problem?

>> well, first of all, thanks for having me and happy concern merry christmas, happy holidays. we're glad to be with you today. i thinks it is serious. it is something that you want to look at in terms of how in the industry can we look at solving a problem that maybe the government can't solve is. it may be an industry and a government joint cooperation it can be involved -- solved, and it may be something that is the high-tech and low-tech. we've got options to talk about that we can do both in washington and each of the carriers and then work around time -- holiday season a lot of people are just rushing. as you and i both know, when people rush, that's when mistakes handful. arthel: absolutely. so does the faa immediate more air traffic controllers -- need more air traffic controllers, more experienced air traffic controllers or more updated technology? where because the fix come -- does in this fix come in? >> i think that's a great question. so the technology is, we're

seeing -- let's go on the high-tech side. so the intelligence side of a.i., a lot of -- the faa and some of the european airports, even some places like chicago and san francisco if have installed ground surface radar. so they're able to look at aircraft on the ground as they move. and then the pilots, they're receiving on their ipads actual, you know, gps movement as they move around the airport property itself, the tarmac. one of the things, too, we're seeing is the lighting system is just changing. old technology was you pulled off a runway, and there was a truck that said follow me. so that kind of works in one sense, but the better way to do it technology wise is a lighting system that actually runs to the gate where you're going to need to to go to. issue stop warnings when you come up to runways or go alerts to allow you to move across. some of the nomenclatures has

changed to make it more safer. boeing and a couple other industries have actually looked at purely connecting like you would in a carport, in a car wash where the airplane is actually connected and hen towed all the way -- and then towed all the way new the taxiways out to the runway. saves fuel and stops mitigation of runway incursions. arthel: so it sounds like there are some plans, a combination of technology and personnel that are being implemented currently and perhaps for the future to try to make it safer out there on the runways for passengers and for the pilots as well. so i do have to leave it there the finish. >> okay. i was just going to say -- arthel: go ahead. give me 20 seconds. >> a lot more pilots are retiring. some of those guys could be used in terms of a gray beard program, going around and using their experience to younger pilots, and that would be a really effective way for the government and industry to work together. and lastly is that we want the

make sure that -- don't rush. don't, you know, thank the crew, thank them for being safe enforcing, reinforcing those safety measures. arthel: comment points, captain mike. merry christmas to you. we'll be right back. e weatherte! for laser measured floorliners, cargo liner, pet feeding system or the new garage wall protector. get your gift card instantly at wt.com

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1 gold glove award and 2 world series or titles. he played for a total of nine teams. henderson spent 14 seasons in oakland, he is considered the greatest leadoff hitter in history and baseball's all-time leader in leadoff home runs and runs scored and stolen bases. henderson's wife describes him as a legend both on and off the field. she says he was a loving father, son and friend. in september he taught the ceremonial first pitch in oakland, and the as named the playing field after henderson in his honor in 2017. the baseball legend was born on christmas day in chicago in 1958. he grew up in oakland and started his incredibility concern incredible career playing for his hometown team. back to you. >> reporter: we'll have more news after this.

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the salvation army also played a big role providing backpacks filled with toys, books and supplies, and the kids were thrilled to see santa. and members of the guard say they were proud to be a part of this mission. >> i think it's special that i had this opportunity to be here today because i've never experienced this before, and i think the i never will in the future. finish. >> this is something we've been doing since 1956 and started at st. mary's mission. we're here, yes, for the kids, but we r we're also here to relationship-build. arthel: ah, wonderful. operation santa is now in its 67th year and focuses on helping rural communities in need who are impacted by natural disasters. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. what a great note to say merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. eric: merry christmas. operation santa, the salvation army do so much. by the way, if santa's on a

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