the little guy celebrated in style special made from favorite streets frozen hay cubes and sweet potatoes. the fans know what they are here for. what it is comedy tour. check out tickets all over the country, selling out. tyrus link tree tyrus smash. >> brian: lisa? >> lisa: you are a mean one, mr. grinch. in america comes to steal christmas and peru comes to steal your drugs. drug raid carried out twist. grinch costume allowed him to blend in with the christmas festivities and approach the target building without raising suspicion. seized up to 1280. cocaine, much more that was impact. so the grinch. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas everybody here. stay within yourself, now it's time for wide shot and bret >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier, breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, president biden

is coming under heavy criticism over commutation of death sentences for all but three federal inmates facing capital punishment. we begin with the house ethics committee accusing former florida republican congressman matt gaetz of regularly paying for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs. the bipartisan panel's 37 page report includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that gaetz took part in while religion florida's western panhandle, according to the rormt. the findings conclude that he violated multiple state laws, related to sexual misconduct while in office. gaetz has denied all wrong-doing and tried as late as today to prevent that report from coming out. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening, it's a damning report for gaetz, the bipartisan committee found, quote: substantial evidence that gaetz paid women for sex and drugs on more than 20

occasions. and paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl twice. gaetz denies it. now, writing on x, gaetz says the report left things out. he accused the committee of releasing the document right before christmas. and not in a courtroom. where he could challenge witnesses. this comes weeks after gaetz withdrew his will nomination for attorney general. the country's top law enforcement officer. >> my fellow floridians have asked me to eye the governor's mansion in tallahassee. maybe special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in congress. it seems i may not have had enough support in the united states senate. >> house johnson opposed releasing the support because gaetz quit congress. >> time is important gerald to maintain. massive resources and power and we don't want to be using it against people who are. >> ethics committee has a mixed

record about mixing reports about people who left. some g.o.p. members put little creed against in the report. democrats were appalled to publication. >> what he can be held accountable for under as a member ever the house, we all pledged to hold ourself to a higher ethics center but includes not breaking state laws. so, the house ethics committee has found all these things i said to be true. >> now, gaetz concedes he partied too hard and did too much womanizing but claims he is now reformed; however, worries about these explosive charges is what forced gaetz to drop his bid for attorney general. he lacked the votes for senate confirmation. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks. president biden is commuting the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates. the list includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers. the white house saying it's part of the president's earth to ensure a fair and effective

justice system. critics much more blunt with their characterizations. alex andrea hough details from the north lawn. good evening, alexandria. >> a good evening, bret. yeah, the congressional progressive that is caucus, they are coming out in support of this thanking president biden and calling the death penalty fundamentally inhumane, but those critics they say that word inhumane better describes the kind of crimes that landed these men on death row in the first place. >> laura hobbes and crystal tobias were 8 and 9 years old when prosecutors say they were sexually assaulted and murdered by advisor tores. he went on to kill a 20-year-old naval office. tores was sentenced to death as was thomas sanders convicted of killing 12-year-old lexis roberts after making her watch as he murdered her mother. >> this is someone that joe biden on the eve of christmas decided to commute his sentence. >> tores and sanders are among

37 men who have had federal death penalty sentences downgraded by president biden. riling republicans and a few fellow democrats. >> i have real concerns overall with death penalty but i also have concerns with the executive branch overturning cases that have been decided by courts across the country. >> the president stated that while he condemns the murderous crimes and grieves for their victims, quote: in good conscience i cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that i halted. in a statement to fox, president-elect's team called the current decision's abhorrent. expand federal death penalty cases in 2021 the biden administration announced a moratorium on capital punishment though the justice dental is seeks death penalty for peyton be.

pittsburgh synagogue shooter robert bowers will remain on death row. this comes after the mass day of clemson that happened earlier this month and that 1500 individuals either were pardoned or had their sentences commuted. bret? >> alex alex hough, thanks. president-elect trump promising to begin his mass deportation program on the first day of his second. the biden administration is considering measures to complicate those plans, here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. good evening, mike. >> bret, good evening, the "new york times" is reporting the biden administration is considering extending protection for immigrants with temporary protected status. that allowed people from dangerous countries to live and work in the u.s. legally. if president biden were to extend it, president-elect trump would have to waited for those protections to expire or cut them off early which could lead to lawsuits if biden takes this action it's believed it would make it harder, though not

impossible, for president trump to deport this group of people. biden ally says the outgoing president is anxious about what is ahead. >> of course the president is gravely sernsd did what president-elect trump would do. as president biden repeatedly said you can't only love your country when you win. is he committed to the process of democracy. in phoenix yesterday, president-elect trump suggested he wants to get started right away your border is a disaster what is going on. >> few days to wait. we will be fully operational by about 2:00 on the 20th. [cheers and applause] 20th of january incoming white house press secretary says as want swift action some details are still being worked out. >> well, securely the southern border, perhaps, looking at

title 42. many of these executive actions are still being considered by our policy teams and also our lawyers. >> title 42 is the trump policy that allowed for asylum seekers to be removed from the country. the white house has not responded to our request for comment. bret? >> bret: mike, news today from the president-elect about the world health organization video released president trump called the world health organization a corrupt globalist scam paid for by the united states but owned and controlled by china. the president-elect says the united states will withdraw from the, quote: corrupt world health organization, calling it an utter failure during covid. he argues it should be accoabolishedand replaced. bret? >> bret: we will watch that. thanks. president trump also threatening to reassert u.s. control over the panama canal. the president-elect saying he will not allow the canal to fall into the wrong hands, warning of chinese influence there as well. senior white house correspondent

jacqui heinrich reports tonight from new york. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. trump's foreign policy agenda is beginning to take shape with the panama canal and greenland topping the list of american interest. speaking to crude yesterday at turning point u.s.a., trump demanded that panama lower fees that american ships are charged per passage or face the canal's seizure. trump didn't how he would force its return to u.s. control but claimed that america is being ripped off after constructing it in the early 1900s. >> they have to treat us fairly and they haven't treated us fairly. if the principles both moral and legal of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed. we will in and that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america. full, quickly and without question. >> that drew a rebuke from panama's president who wrote every square meter of the panama canal and its adjacent area

belong to panama and will continue to be the sovereignty and independence of our country is not negotiable. now trump replied: we'll see about that. posting an image of an american flag planted in the canal. trump is also eyeing greenland again which he first expressed interest in purchasing in 201. in a post naming his ambassador to greenland. trump said for purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world, the united states of america feels that the ownership and control of greenland is an absolute necessity. green land's prime minister gave a frosty statement that the country is not for sale. now, so far, no response from leading democrats. the party's left with no heir apparent when biden least office later on in january. "wall street journal" reports the party has yet to land on a clear message or a clear leading messenger leaving the president-elect mostly unchallenged even as republicans expose their own vulnerabilities and divisions when trump nearly derailed a stop gap funding deal with last-minute demands. biden has largely stayed out of

public view in recent weeks as trump continues to hold meetings with business executives and world leaders. he announced yesterday that russian president vladimir putin is seeking a meeting with him as soon as possible. bret? >> bret: jacqui, thanks. breaking tonight, former president bill clinton is in a washington hospital. the 78-year-old was committed to georgetown university medical center for testing and observation after developing a fever. spokesman says he is in good spirits and grateful for the care he is receiving. tonight, we take an updated look at how the department of government efficiency or doge is already issued acting with congress. saw it with that 1500 page spending bill. democrats are now calling elon musk a shadow president, something president-elect trump pushed back on hard this weekend. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has details tonight. good evening, aishah. >> bret, good evening to you. no one truly knows how doge will

effect congress next year. but the first came as you mentioned with government funding and elon musk ruffling a lot of feathers on capitol hill. >> i don't think we're witnessing the start of an oligarchy. i think we are fully here we're not going to have 4 a.m. raged billionaire also elon musk how we tackle very complicated and important issues for our country. >> some democrats are calling elon the shadow president. republicans are also grappling with new dynamic 34 # bucked trump on very important vote. texas congr congressman tony gos putting it this way. >> we have a president, a vice president, a speaker. it feels as if elon musk is our prime minister. >> unelected. >> he has a voice. large part of that voice is a

reflection of the voice of the people. >> aishah: there are plenty of welcoming disrupt business as unusual on the hill. >> i don't see the shah today president. i do welcome his involvement. he brings a level of transparency that most people cannot. >> doge is getting some help from a familiar face. trump just hired katy michelle, the wife of stephen miller and former press secretary for former vice president mike pence. bret, some democrats do want to work alongside doge and elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. moskowitz, congressman from florida, hoping that elon speaks to democrats the next time he is in washington bret? >> bret: aishah thanks. stocks are up to holiday week the dow gaining 67. the s&p 500 fin militiad ahead 93. the nasdaq jumped 192. up next the not guilty plea of the man accused of gunning down executive in midtown, manhattan.

we will bring you there. first what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox nebraska in lincoln pillen injured taken to a hospital after bucked off the horse. 68-year-old pill len is expected to be hospitalized for several days. the governor's office saying he was riding horses with his family when he was felony off a new horse. fox 13 in seattle as century old apartment star nordstrom agrees to be acquired and taken private by nordstrom family members and mexican retail group. the sales price is $6.25 billion. the seattle based retailer was founded as a show store in 1901. and this is a live look at los angeles from our affiliate fox 11 out there. bun of the big stories there tonight. dodgers superstar w shohei ohtai wins the associated press male athlete of the year for the third time. that ties him with basketball great michael jordan. they trail only four-time winners lance armstrong, tiger

woods, and lebron james. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ money on my mind ♪ i can never get enough ♪ and every time i step up in the building ♪ everybody's hands go up ♪

♪ ♪ whatever rah could you said of killing healthcare executive healthcare charges. luigi mangione accused in the shooting death of united ceo brian thompson. correspondent alexis mcadams is outside new york state supreme court tonight. >> guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. >> tonight luigi mangione entering a not guilty plea. mangione did not appear nervous as the 26-year-old walked into court surrounded by police, wearing a sweater and khaki pants. sitting next to his attorney as the judge explained the charges against him. at the state level, mangione was hit with three murder charges including murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism in what looked like something out of a movie, mangione was flown into new york city the other day and walked in this orange jumpsuit and shackles near the helicopter port. his legal team says this is just one example of why he might not

get a fair trial in new york. >> he was on display for everyone to see in the biggest stage pepper walking walk i have ever seen in my career. it was absolutely unnecessary. >> take a look at this picture it was snapped just moments after mangione was taken out of court. he appears to be smiling as he is in the back of the cop car. his lawyer says she is prepared to take on both cases here. >> we are going to fight these charges whetherin the state or federal to the fullest extent. thank you, your honor. >> tonight, mangione is back in federal custody. at the same lockout out in brooklyn, new york where sean "diddy" combs and sam bankman-fried are staying. investigators say the 26-year-old found guilty in the federal case he could face the death penalty. bret? >> bret: alexis, thank you. a central american man in this country illegally is being detained tonight for a grizry crime in new york. is he accused of setting a woman on fire inside a subway car in brooklyn. a warning, some of these images

are graphic. correspondent nate foy reports tonight. >> this illegal migrant from guatemala is charged with murder and arson after police say he set a woman on fire and killed her on new york city subway car sunday morning. >> >> the suspect used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim's clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds. >> an immigration and customs enforcement spokesperson tells fox news, quote: sebastian is he bathe that 33 is an unlawfully brent present guatemalan citizen who entered without immigration official. he first crossed the border illegally in 2018. border patrol agents arrested him in arizona and got deported. then he crossed illegally again as got away in unknown location and crime. police described the attack as random on a woman who appeared to be sleeping. >> she is motionless at that spot. there is no interaction between the two. we don't believe they knew each other, no. >> hours after the attack police

found him with a lighter in his pocket. after receiving a threat from three high schoolers who recognized his wanted picture. new york governor kathy hochul posted on x after the woman's death, quote: sings deploying the national guard to support nypd and mta safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars crime is going down and ridership is going up. >> as far as governor hochul, shame on her. she supports substantial area status in that state. she has green light law. isis cpd can't work with local law enforcement. >> confirms with fox news it will launch a immigration detainer on zapat meeting with mayor adams. meet with homan to discuss the process of deporting crams. the brooklyn d.a.'s office says zapata will likely be arraigned tomorrow but it could happen late tonight. bret? >> bret: nate, thank you. up next, what the weather is

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>> bret: we are just a day and a half from christmas, of course, and the weather outside is frightful some places, many people traveling, airports around the country already packed and bad conditions are threatening to snarl many holiday plans. correspondent brook tailor is at dallas-fort worth international airport tonight good evening, brooke. >> hi, bret, right here at the dallas for the worth airport we have been here this morning and no major issues things have been hundreding smoothly throughout the day the security line behind me security lining starting to build and seeing some delays,

the name of the game this holiday season get to the airport early. plenty of time to get to the flight. winter weather and rain it is having an impact on travel today causing some of those delays throughout the country, we just checked flight aware before our live hit. we have 3700 delays right now at last check. 48 cancellations so we have seen those delays spike since this morning. the airports right now having the most delays right here at dfw where there is about 50 delays followed by atlanta, boston, and jfk. well travelers we spoke to, they are keeping positive embracing the holiday spirit, even with those delays. >> we are headed back to d.c. from the cowboys game which we flew in for yesterday. glad to see them win. unfortunate to see the commanders be able to pull out a victory but, yeah, we are headed back to go enjoy time with friends and family.

>> so i got a message from the airlines saying it's very busy at the airport, come two hours early. so i thought well, we will come three hours early. >> and a.a.a. predicting 119 million people are going to travel this holiday, 7.8 million people flying. the majority 107 million driving. and 4.4 million are also traveling other ways like the bus and also the train. so, if you are dealing with a cancellation or significant delay this holiday, we know it could be a delay. a reminder that this is the first holiday season where a new rule is in effect from the transportation department that basically requires airlines to give you an automatic cash refund. something to look into if you are dealing with a major delay or a cancellation. bret? >> bret: brooke taylor live at dfw. brooke, thanks. starbucks workers have expanded their strike to four more u.s. cities. the union representing more than

10,000 baristas says the walkout now includes locations in new york, philadelphia, and st. louis. that's in addition to los angeles, chicago, and seattle. starbucks says the disruptions from the strike have no significant impact yet on its operations because only a small handful of u.s. stores have been impacted. new jersey officials are working together tonight to prepare for what they are describing as a potential drone threat continuing. state police say almost 50 law enforcement professionals from 19 state, local, and federal agencies gathered at rutgers university friday for the inaugural meeting of a so-called drone working group. officials from two federal agencies, the faa and the naval weapons station early also attended. we'll follow that story. dozens of young inmates convicted of violent crimes are trying to put their lives back together with public service. they have volunteered to serve outs their punishment at a special facility in california

where they may build a new life and help others. here is senior correspondent claudia cowan. clawed clawed 25-year-old robert stout isn't just building a fire break, he is building his future after an argument at a party in 2018 turned deadly i got 13 years involuntary manslaughter with gun enhancement. he and 30 other inmates convicted of violent crimes have volunteered to serve the remainder of their sentence at the conservation camp in the sierra foothills learning skills help save lives including prison officials hope their own have fathers and grandfathers doing time, that stops here we change the trajectory for young men. >> claudia: men like kim bow taylor serving 17 years for armed robbery. >> my mom see me in a

firefighter uniform and not worry about me no more in a bad way. >> yeah. that's good. >> no question these inmates have a much more pleasant life than they did in state lockup. there are no gun towers, not even a security fence this is no summer camp. working in the toughest conditions for hours on end builds team work and efficiency. >> and the faster we can go out and contain a wild land fire and stop the spread of it, the better off for everybody. >> if they stick to the program, these inmates can have their sentence reduced and depending on their crime, their record expunged. to help them with future job opportunities, including fire fighting. at growlersburg conservation camp in california, claudia cowan, fox news. >> bret: up next latest on cease-fire and hostage return

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minutes" about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making. that attack three months ago targeted hezbollah militants in n. hezbollah and syria using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies. >> how did you convince hezbollah to buy this? >> well, obviously, they didn't know that they were buying it from israel. >> who did they buy it it from or think they were buying it from? >> we have an incredible array of possibilities, of creating foreign companies that has no way of being traced back to israel we write the screenplay. we are the directors. we are the producers, we are the main actors. the world is our state stage. >> bret: one agent says the planning for the operation using walkie-talkies ladened with hidden explosives started 10 years ago. palestinian medics say israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip have killed at least 20 people in recent hours.

one of the strikes hit a tent camp in an israel declared humanitarian zone. the israeli military says it strikes only militants, terrorists accusing them of hiding among civilians. also tonight, israeli authorities reporting progress in cease-fire talks with hamas. chief foreign correspondent trey yingst is in tel aviv with the latest. >> it's been 444 days since the october 7th massacre. with dozens of israeli hostages believed to be alive and still held inside gaza. israel's prime minister says efforts are ongoing to bring them home. >> there is progress, i don't know how long it will take. we will continue to act in every way without respite until we return everyone home from the enemy land. >> israeli negotiating team spent the weekend in doha, qatar hammering out the details of an agreement with hamas that will also reportedly end up releasing dozens of palestinian prisoners

with diplomatic efforts ongoing, israel continues to put pressure on hamas inside gaza. conducting fresh airstrikes at a number of locations along the strip. multiple civilians were killed in those bombings, prompting residents to ask who is being targeted in the latest aerial company. >> this is netanyahu who claims they are fighting the resistance. they were all martyrs, all from the people. none were part of the resistance. i challenge netanyahu to find even one member of the resistance among those killed today. >> with the southern front still active, israel is assessing their territorial gains along the northern front with electric none and displaying new weapons recovered from the iran backed group hezbollah. equipment the israelis say was mostly smuggled through syria. when the assad regime was in control. >> what we found in southern lebanon is a range going all the way down from a helmet to the most advanced missiles. they have had it already to carry out an attack that is an all out attack it. includes fire power from rockets and missiles and includes gear

to storm the border with it. israel's defense minister israel cats warned hezbollah that any violation of the current cease-fire would be met with a crushing response wreath? >> bret: trey, thank you. iran's president says his country is facing what he calls very dire imbalances in energy, water, and money. he is warning of a crisis to come. this comes despite okay of the biggest deposits of oil and national guard in the world. tonight, correspondent stephanie bennett looks at what is happening in iran. stephanie? >> hey, bret, yeah. years of sanctions, mismanagement and aging infrastructure has taken its toll on iran's energy sector. an israeli strikes have pushed the situation really over the edge. now, analysts say iran isn't able to produce as much electricity to meet the growing demand. to trial and combat, this iran has been rashing its supplies, forcing government offices and banks to close or work at

reduced hours. schools have removed online. schools and shops are left in darkness and industrial plants denied power, which is halting operations and leading toe massive economic losses. the "new york times" reports that 17 power plants have been completely taken offline and the rest were only partially operational as of last friday. iran's president apologized and says the country has reached a breaking point. as the sense of uncertainty grows the country's government is scrambling to contain each crisis. in february israel blew up two gas pipeline in iran and then in july iran's then oil minister says they would start to import gas from russia. and iran nsz currency has also plunged to lowest rate against the dollar. now, looking worldwide, tehran lost an ally, of course, after the collapse of the dynasty and tension also only grow when president-elect donald trump takes office. it's expected he might bring back a maximum pressure policy that will pinch iran's economy even more. now, experts say without significant reforms and

investments into infrastructure, this energy crisis will only continue. bret? >> bret: stephanie, thank you. up next, the panel on president biden's death row commutations. president-elect trump's deportations to come. and the matt gaetz ethics report just released. first, beyond our borders tonight, mourners lay flowers near the scene of the deadly christmas market attack in germany. investigators are still searching for the motive there five people were killed. when a vehicle was driven into a busy shopping area friday evening. as many as 235 people were injured. and this is a live look at japan. one of the big stories there tonight, japanese automakers honda and nissan announce plans to work toward a merger. it would form the world's third largest automaker by sales. the two companies say they have signed a memorandum of understanding and that smaller nissan alliance member mitsubishi has also agreed to join those talks.

just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ maybe we make a deal ♪ maybe together we can get somewhere ♪

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leadership. >> i think this is selective moral preening. last week. the biden justice department filed death charges against somebody. today he is wiping the slate clean on death penalty charges that were brought by other administrations. >> bret: victims' families up in arms but the biden administration, the president on death row commutations making this statement. make no mistake. i condemn these murderers and condemn mistakeable. immeasurable irreparable loss. chairman of the senate judiciary committee. vice president and now president i'm more convinced than ever that we must stop using the use of the death penalty at the federal level. in good conscience i cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that i halted. trump response from the box american those are the worst

killers in the world slap in the face. president trump stands for the ruling of law which will return when he is back in the white house. with that bring in our panel. katie pavlich news editor at town hall.com. hugh hewitt and "the five" jessica tarlov. okay, hugh, thoughts? >> it was an outrageous and incoherent exercise abuse of presidential power, bret. the victims' families will be heard from, i hope, in the coming days, there is no coherent distinguishing between the 37 murderers and they were very awful crimes and the three that president biden left on death row. now, i doubt the president is competent. i really do not believe he is in a position to sign anything except his own resignation. but, if he is going to defend what this outrageous act is, he ought to come out and take questions on it. there are department of justice regulations that allow for victims to be heard. they were not followed. it's an abuse of power and collapse of his reputation

continues at pace. >> bret: jessica, there have been not only this, other big things that have happened that we haven't heard directly from the president thoughts on this and what hugh is mentioning there? >> yeah, i did feel when i saw at first it felt inconsistent if you were against the death penalty which i know the president is then it's all 40. 40 for 40 on it. delay out a defense for it policy that you don't have any federal executions except for people who have committed acts of terrorism or hate motivated mass murders. which is why those three are remaining on the list i do wonder if the timing around the pope coming out who has never been in favor of the death penalty but posting on social media that host hopes the u.s. will move away from policy and obviously time is running outs on the biden administration and he wants to get that done in time is part of this but i do know a lot of people looking at this not advocates for the death

penalty and think that life in prison is a pretty miserable existence who thought that it should be all of them and not having the three that are going to remain on death row versus the others. >> bret: yeah. katie, do you think -- well, first of all, let me play, this former cnn editor-at-large, this is chris with an apology. >> as a reporter, i have a confession to make i should have pushed harder earlier for more information about joe biden's mental and physical well-being and any signs of decline. asking the question about whether he was in some physical, mental, or both decline was offensive. how could you? it's age shaming. i think that impacted he at some level. >> bret: nice to hear an apology, katie, we have been covering that for a long time. i guess, in this conversation here, do we think -- do you

think we are going to hear from president biden before january 20th in some sort of wrap up where he takes questions, where he explains some of these big things that are happening at the end of his administration? >> >> well, for the sake of his own legacy and the fact that he is still commander-in-chief, he should come out and speak to the american people about what he wants the end of his presidency to be. but given that he dodged the formal, you know, normal end of the year press conference, has been avoiding questions, let's not forget when he left the race for the white house for the second term at the end of july, he sent out a tweet post on x and didn't explain it for a number of days. so he is not into much explaining more information of a of what a number of us have been saying for years about joe biden's mental faculties and been attacked repeatedly by people working at the white house and also people in the

white house press corps and other people in the media for daring to ask these questions that he is having a tough time making these decisions which brings up big questions also about what happened today with commutations attack 37 federal death row inmates off of death row who is actually making the decisions at the white house and prompting a number of senators to call on the incoming department of justice to take a look at how these statements and decisions are being made and whether they are binding given biden's issues with his mental capacity. >> okay. >> hugh this is president-elect trump this weekend, yesterday actually, in arizona. >> every single foreign gang and illegal gang member, all of this criminal network operating on american soil will be dismantled, deported and destroyed another example of the things we are doing and looking at. it's such a terrible thing that's happening. the panama canal, we will demand

that the panama canal be returned to the united states of america panama's president responded right after that, shortly after trump's speech. president that leno every square meter of the canal belongs to panama. continue to belong to his country. panamanians may have different opinions when it comes to canal and sovereignty we will all unite under panamanian flag. he took to his social media site in response we will see about that. hugh, your thoughts about this obviously doing a number of things. saying a number of things. greenland, the panama canal. >> he is serving notice that he is back, bret. he does do a lot of this machine gunning out of different issues. the problem with the canal, of course, is the chinese communist party owns the company that is running some ends ever the canal. i think the president is negotiating via post again which he is known to have done in term

one i do want to go back to something commutations. if he comes out, we will take it all back. i don't think is he confident to be doing anything right now and they are torching his legacy, bret. so donald trump is kind of helping joe biden by giving people something else to talk about. but joe biden, i think robert hur called him an elderly man with a poor memory. that's going to end up being the best thing said about him at the close of 2024, given how bad this white house is cratering. >> bret: here is senator fetterman about what is coming forward. >> i'm just a regular democrat i'm not chosen some of the things meeting with nominees and having views that might more aligned with some of the republican side. i think that's part of politics. if you are rooting against the president, you are rooting against the nation comes new

poll hopeful for the future of the u.s. democrats 27. republicans 86. independents equally split. people are hopeful for our new day come 2025. thoughts? >> yeah. well, speaking of someone who is owed a lot of apologies from people who called him 6'6" vegetable for a long time. now he is, you know, the greatest friend of israel, the republican party has ever seen and the one talking sense about the democratic party. hat tip to senator fetterman. i'm glad to see that people are hopeful or some partisans are hopeful for what is to come in trump 2.0. it will be interesting to see how it unfolds. i imagine some of the greatest hits like i'm requesting to buy greenland and canada is 51st 51t state. and new stuff to come especially with motley crue that will be coming in as the cabinet. but we all want what.

>> bret: jessica? >> jesse: motley? not in the christmas spirit? >> bret: that's all right. listen, thank you so much, panel. merry christmas, happy hanukkah. >> thank you, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. ♪ >> bret: special day for a young girl wrote a letter to santa asking him to help her mom instead of bringing toys. according to the nonprofit asked for mom to get a job. spinal disease to go away. bills to be paid off and mom to get a car. the group reported that letter on facebook and donations came pouring in. tomorrow take a look at nihl and first college football playoff. that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts now. ♪