>> jacque: a razor thing and divided republican majority is raising concerns of a messy battle for the control of the speaker's gavel in the house. it could even end up delaying certification of the 2024 election. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. jackui heinrich. >> rich: i'm rich edson. mike johnson faces signs of a possible challenge in the new year after last week's showdown to avoid a government shutdown and while johnson managed to pass a spending bill extending the deadline with help from democrats he angered hard line republicans and disappointed president-elect trump by failing to suspend the debt limit. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is more on the fall out and what happens next. hi, chad. >> rich, good morning. for mike johnson it is the math. he has 219 republicans, the entire house begins as 434 members. so johnson needs an outright

majority of the house to win. that's 218. there are several members who will not support him. victoria sparts of indiana is doubtful. >> i don't know what i'll do yet. he is a brilliant and good heart but we do have a mob here and i am not sure how tough he is to really govern. this place needs some courage. we'll see how it is going to work. >> the head of the house freedom caucus andy harris of merchandise is undecided. massey is a no on johnson following the spending package as well. >> this is the way to advise it. >> have any other colleagues said they aren't voting for johnson expressly? >> i have talked to a few, you know, don't seem like they are going to vote for him. you have to ask them. i won't betray anybody's

position. >> will you vote present? >> i'll vote for somebody else. >> if the house fails to elect a speaker on the first ballot it most vote repeatedly until it collects a speaker. in 2023 it consumed five days, the longest speaker election since 1859. president-elect trump could be a difference maker. >> i was in constant contact with president trump throughout this process, spoke with him most recently 45 minutes ago. he knew exactly what we were doing and why and this is a good outcome for the country. i think he certainly is happy about this outcome as well. >> mr. trump is said to be frustrated with johnson. here is the doomsday scenario. let's say the house takes as long as it did two years ago to elect a speaker. that means it cannot certify the electoral college on january 6th. the house can't do anything, including swearing in the members, until it picks a

speaker. rich. >> rich: chad, thank you. >> jacque: joining us now is ohio congressman michael roy. thank you very much for being with us. merry christmas and happy hanukkah. appreciate your time. >> merry christmas. >> jacque: sir, you are new to congress as of this past summer. you weren't around for the three weeks that the house was without a speaker last cycle. but the business of the government grinds to a halt and it does have ramifications on a lot of different things. are you in the camp that hopes that president-elect trump sort of gives a nod to speaker johnson so that the business of governing can get going and the agenda that he campaigned on can get started? >> i think you've seen president trump already do it two or three times in the last five or six months where different members were getting a little uppity against the speaker. is the speaker perfect? no. a good guy?

yes. he is trying hard to keep us united. we have to study history. 2016 we squandered way too much time when we had all three branches of government. we can't do it again. i ask the members of the conference let's get to work and get it done right now. >> jacque: i hear from that answer that you would support mike johnson being reelected speaker. >> i do support speaker johnson for being the speaker right now, yes. >> jacque: okay. want to bounce over to some of the agenda that we have been talking about because president-elect has been having his sort of foreign policy come into the foreground. there was discussion about the need for the u.s. to retake control of the panama canal unless panama reduces the fees american ships are charged for passage. where do you come down on that and what did you think when you saw that sort of break out into the news cycle a day or two ago? >> i was pretty excited about

it. i said this is why we get behind president trump to think outside the box. it is not business as usual anymore. when you look at american history. i love it. you look at president roosevelt, teddy, when he built the canal in 1914. a creative path forward like musk is doing right now. we built something that prevented shipping lines going to south america to go back and forth with the pacific. we did it. president carter did a horrific thing and gave it to them for $1. he should be ashamed of that. we should have never given away an asset like the panama canal. now panama wants to be a bad player and charges as triple the fees so our ships can go through where we're 80%? they are on stand by right now. they better act right or president trump is right we need to take control of the panama canal. >> jacque: the panamanian president pushed back and set the tariffs are set with a

system. it is not arbitrary and rejected the claim that the u.s. is being ripped off. we'll see if they can come to some sort of agreement. we've seen the president-elect successfully use tariffs in the past or tariff threats in the past to drive negotiations. if that doesn't work out, how do you take control of the panama canal? do you invade panama? >> i think we're more sophisticated than that. i think president trump has his ways, whether an embargo or a blockade of the canal from letting anything go through it. a lot of paths forward they can act right. i would say to the president of panama, president carter gave it to you for $1. let's get vivek in there and figure out the interest you owe us on the amount of money it costs in 1904. not fair what they are doing to our country and we aren't going to put up with that anymore >> jacque: you sound like you are in the camp of different

ways to get this done. "wall street journal" editorial board questioned whether he is going to actually push this through. will trump invade panama? hard to know how seriously to take mr. trump's broadsides. threatening a takeover would require an invasion that may court more trouble than he mass. that is the "wall street journal" editorial board. what do you say to that? >> i would say to the board it is the art of the deal. he has become a master of the art of the deal. there are so many ways to get things done without physical violence. i think president trump will be spot on how he will start with the pressure. you have to think about it. he isn't even sworn in and think about the amount of pressure put on the president of panama right now. it is genius. a perfect example of art of the deal. >> jacque: quickly because it wasn't just the panama canal but also greenland. the president of denmark said

that greenland is not for sale. seems like trump is trying to set his designs on that. again it failed in 2019. he wanted to buy it back then. that was rejected. do you think that he is serious as well about buying greenland? >> well, all i would say to that. i wouldn't say the officials in copenhagen should get on the president's schedule immediately and get your butt to washington. let's figure out what you are doing with greenland. if you can't do it, we will. >> jacque: interesting, all right. congressman mike early. appreciate your time. merry christmas and thank you for being here. thank you so much. rich. >> rich: president-elect trump raking in big bucks for his inaugural fund. ford and toyota are the latest contributors. those donations come as concerns rise over whether trump's tariff proposal will hurt the auto industry. allexandria hoff next.

>> it is on top of ford and gm donating a fleet of vehicles. ford ceo told the detroit free press what i'm excited about is working with the administration to make sure we are rewarded four our commitment to america and michigan. automakers are bracing for a supply chain impact if imports from canada and mexico is implemented as he intends. he plans to end rebates for electric vehicle buyers that could disrupt the already unsteady e.v. market. source on the trump-vance inaugural committee shared so far it received $2 hundred million in pledged donations. that shatters the previous record set by the same committee in 2017. to compare president biden's inauguration committee raised $62 million in 2021. the donors are a heap of big tech names as well. biggest amazon ceo bezos and

zuckerberg. both contributed a million personally. open a.i.ceo sam altman pledged the same. >> we need to be able to have the best a.i. infrastructure in the world to be able to lead with the technology and capabilities. i believe president-elect trump will be very good at that. look forward to working with his administration on it. >> companies and industry leaders are less reserved with inauguration committee donations. since the candidate won it is seen by investors as customers as less political. >> rich: thank you very much. alexandria. >> jacque: a stunning admission from secretary mayorkas that the biden administration could have acted sooner to stop the record flow of migrants. meantime trump's incoming border czar says the free programs for illegal migrants are about to come to an end. >> illegal alien that burned this young lady alive. he probably had a free hotel

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>> rich: cleanup is underway along california's central coast after a giant surf. big waves scattered planks and pylons. officials say more than a dozen boats along the wharf sank into the ocean. >> what we're doing is trying to get the debris out of the water by huntington beach. the swells come back up throughout the week. if we can get some of the pilings from the wharf floating in the harbor out to prevent damage to other boats, we're prioritizing that right now. >> rich: what a mess. the wharf is shut down until further notice. >> jacque: many programs are rubbish. we're live in malibu with more on this story.

what's up with this, william? >> jackui, you know, as a country since the 80s we've been attempting to recycle, right? about 70% still goes to landfuls, not a record of success. holidays bring gifts and a lot of trash. a good time to remind ourselves what goes in which bin, right? what is recyclable and what is not. >> education and enforcement. we have to get people to recycle and do a better job at it. >> some states are better than others. the national recycling rate is 32%. >> americans consume material between thanksgiving and christmas. >> paper is recycled the most, aluminum, glass, cardboard, plastic the least. just 13% is recycled. the rest ends in a land phil. >> this is part of recycling you

never seen. all the stuff in the blue and green bins ends up for sorting. we've been recycling for 40 years. 70% still ends up in a landfill. not a record of success. >> a huge number of untapped recyclables. a lot of plastic. >> there are so many different kinds of plastic making it more difficult and less valuable to recycle. >> it is a work in progress in the united states. >> they may have an answer. a robot that uses a.i. to sort what is repsych label from what's not. >> the software knows oh, it's a coke, pepsi, it tells the robot what to pick where. >> dirty glass or aluminum cans, those items can't be recycled. who is to blame for this situation? is government did a lousy job educating the public. consumers are careless and industry labeling is misleading. just because you see a triangle

on the bottom doesn't mean that item is recyclable. the 411 hon holiday waste. cardboard no problem. paper no problem. normal wrapping paper is okay. when you see the metallic stuff that's not good. plastic is complicated, right? you see the triangle and think everything is recyclable. number one and two is recycle. you see four that won't be recyclable. tinsel, no, glitter, no, ribbons, by and large no. so the truth is you have to be kind of discerning what you put in the recycle bin so it doesn't end up in the landfill and that's part of the problem. you can contaminate the waste stream and it makes it more difficult for the people trying to do the recycling to separate when you are not as conscious as you should be.

>> jacque: we just threw it all in the fireplace in our house growing up. merry christmas. >> looking back now in hindsight 2020, if we had known that irresponsible politics would have killed what was clearly a meritorious effort and result perhaps we would have taken executive action more rapidly. >> members of president biden's cabinet admit the administration could have done more to secure the border. mayorkas still blaming irresponsible politics for the flood of migrants confessing migrant could have taken executive action sooner. let's bring in retired border chief chris clem. thank you for joining us this morning. merry christmas to you. when you talk about the bipartisan border bill, it was released less than a year ago. when you hear that from the secretary, what do you think? >> first of all, merry christmas

to you and irresponsible politics began when the biden administration got inaugurated. they campaigned on this and started it on day one with all the executive actions. mayorkas himself bragged about the amount of things they reversed under the trump administration, which was securing the border. when i hear him say something like irresponsible politics it began with him and his boss. he could have done nothing and we would have been in much better shape with border security. it is offensive to hear him pointing the finger and blaming republicans and politics. he has no further to look than the mirror and white house than what happened on the border the last four years. >> rich: the president-elect made a lot of promises on the campaign trail on day one. what do you think it looks like? >> my contacts still in the border patrol in ice and associated with all the federal law enforce. are just champing at the bit for day one. they know they will be allowed

to go out there and do the job that they swore to do. the handcuffs are off of them and they will put the handcuffs on the bad guys. i think that executive actions will be made by this administration, they're probably ready to go and the ink is dry waiting for his signature to begin financing what we started. securing the border, finishing the wall where it makes sense. give the technology and resources in the hands of border patrol as well as sending a message to the criminal aliens and those that are here illegally in the united states to be on the lookout. ice and those associated with federal law enforcement will be looking for those national security and public safety threats. they are ready to go and america deserves this and america voted for this and they will get what they asked for because i think this dhs secretary, governor noem with border czar tom homan will be ready to go and the people that will work for them are excited. >> rich: how much an effect just the new administration coming in has on the effect of pulling

people to the border or prevent them from making the trip? >> it's already starting to take place. sources are indicating some of the old methods of smuggling, they are starting to see some of the scouts starting to show up. under this biden administration they had to get people through the gaps in the border wall. the old tried and true traditions of how they will smuggle we're starting to see the uptick in southern arizona. i think there will be a little bit of a rush in the next few days but then people are going to realize this administration means business and we will see that on day one. it will have an impact. we should see a reduction in flow arriving at our border which will make our border patrol agents' job better and focus resources on targeting the national security and public safety threats already here in the united states. >> rich: if you look at what is behind getting people across the border these cartels are funded by a lot of money, a lot of

infrastructure. how often do these tactics evolve and how does border patrol stay ahead of it? >> well yes, they are a commodity neutral trans national criminal organization, the cartels. they've been living a good life under the biden administration. the risk, reward and overhead cost of smuggling people into the united states was reduced. they just had to get them to the border and our u.s. government was basically completing the smuggling cycle for them. now as we secure the border agents will go out and do what they are expected to do they will have to shift their operations trying to regain the high ground. it will put the border patrol in situations they've been trained and ready to do for the last four years. we'll be in a good position. they will have the support from the top down, which is so critical when you are an agent on the desert, mountains or northern border to have the

support from the president on down to do your job. it will send a message and make americans feel safer and border patrol agents empowered to do their job and it will send a message day one, i guarantee. >> rich: thank you for joining us, merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. [sirens] >> rich: yemen's houthi rebels targeting tel aviv as families prepare to mark the first night of hanukkah. the latest on tensions in the middle east. a second u.s. navy shot avoids getting shot down in a friendly fire incident. details on that coming up.

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survived but more than 30 others might be dead. it was flying to russia. russian watchdog said the flight had gone hundreds of miles off its path after an emergency that may have been caused by a bird strike. [sirens] >> jacque: more sirens in tel aviv early christmas morning. houthis launching another rocket from yemen. what's the latest, trey? >> jackui, good morning. hours after christmas day started in the holy land air raid sirens were sounding across the country sending millions of people to bomb shelters. the iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen launching another ballistic missile. the fourth one in a week. the missile was shot down but

fragments landed in populated areas. with the war ongoing this year's christmas festivities are subdued. traditional ceremonies were held in bethlehem and a midnight mass at the church of the nativety. after nearly 15 months of war the building is being used as a makeshift shelter and a place of worship overnight. all of this coming as the israeli people mark the first night of hanukkah. they are praying for a miracle this holiday season with more than 100 hostages still being held inside gaza. a regional war still unfolding . on the same night that a u.s. navy fighter jet was shot down over the red sea by apparent friendly fire, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. a source with knowledge tells fox news the second jet had to

take evasive maneuvers after a second missile was fired from the cruiser u.s.s. gettysburg. it narrowly missed the jet by 100 feet as it was preparing to land. let's bring in a navy seal lieutenant and author of warrior to civilian. rob, thank you for being here. how incredible. how does this happen twice apparently? >> well, there will be a formal investigation with what occurred. it could be a mistaken identity, they could have -- they'll have to go back and look at step-by-step what happened. i'm sure there has been a command stand down and a formal navy investigation. >> jacque: the super hornet was flying a few miles behind the hornet that was shot down and forced to take evasive maneuvers. it was attempting to land aboard the truman when it was shot down

after performing a refueling mission. a tanker crew returning to land on the carrier about ten miles out. they recognized the missile was guiding and punched out about three seconds before the missile hit the jet. that's some skillful work on the part of the pilot. >> they are extremely lucky, you are right. with any friendly fire incident getting out surviving it is tremendous. hats off to them for recognizing they had an airlock and were able to eject. >> jacque: neither central command or the pentagon disclosed this. it is strange to you? >> i think they are going through their process for a full investigation. they want to find out exactly what happened. how could this mistake be made not once but twice? we'll have more details once the navy completes the

investigation. >> jacque: doesn't it seem strange as they were talking about the first incident they didn't disclose a second one nearly happened? >> yes, they probably should disclose that up front, you are right. >> jacque: also want to get to the houthi attacks continuing in the region. 183 attacks on u.s. forces. israel is vowing to take greater action against this iran-backed group. netanyahu said as we act -- we'll act against the houthis. the same result as against the other terror arms. how much will israel's participation in this fight make a difference? >> i think this is a region destabilized for decades and we have to have continued pressure. having israel step up their pressure, we have to watch for further destabilization in the region. them continuing to step up their

attacks or meeting their force with equal force from the houthis, i think we'll wait and see how that plays out. >> jacque: do you expect it will change at all with the new administration coming in? there has been a lot of rhetoric from the president-elect about how the u.s. response in the response in the region will change. >> i think there will be increased pressure with the new administration coming in. >> jacque: appreciate your time. thank you for coming in. >> rich: new study shows owning a home is more expensive than ever fueled by high insurance and property taxes. what is driving up the cost? plus america's fastest growing social media site on the verge of being banned. >> will tiktok survive into new year? i'm in washington and we'll have more on the social media app's big day at the supreme court

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>> got like a bunch of looks like undelivered amazon bundles here. >> jacque: amazon delivery driver ditched 80 packages days before the holiday. the driver's reason, get this. stress. the packages have been returned

to an amazon distribution center in massachusetts. police are not currently seeking criminal charges. >> rich: all right. new study reveals that homeowners, whether they get amazon packages or not, are now paying more for insurance and taxes than their mortgages. 32% of the average family mortgage payment in september went to property taxes and home insurance. that's compared to 29% a decade ago. ant anthony, what's going on here? >> merry christmas and good morning. thank you for having me. i think this is the tail end of the initial problem, which was the inflation spike that we've seen under the current administration. that's rolled right into housing prices and some places houses are up 100%. so that was the first part of the problem. the second part of the problem is we've seen 30-year fixed

rates go up 200%. we went over 8% under president biden. the rates are still above 7% even with the fed cutting their overnight lending rate. that was the beginning of the problem under the current administration in housing. we roll down in property taxes and insurance. the local and state governments are almost as fiscally irresponseible as the federal government and as prices go up in homes and property values, they are raising taxes on the citizens there to try to gain more ground and pull in some tax revenue. we're seeing that occur. and then we're seeing the insurance companies able to charge more so guess what? they will. everything is interconnected and in this inflationary environment and top-down policy regime where inflation is king, prices are going up. that's hitting the homeowners hard, which is a real problem for them as consumers and the u.s. economy across the board.

>> rich: don't try to get work done to your house. prices there have gone up. you look at what has happened in the mortgage market with interest rates. rates are slowly starting to come down but are we ever going to see sub 3% again? >> listen, i think we may. i'm hopeful that president trump's policies will start to get things back on track. the problem we're seeing is even with the fed cutting rates, the 10-year yield has spiked and continues to remain high. so we have the 10-year yield which was 50 bases points. one half of 1% under president trump at 4 1/2% now. keep in mind that's run up about 120 basis points since september. it is tell us the inflation expectations in the bond market are not under control. the bond market is telling the u.s. government we would like to be paid more to lend you money.

we don't believe inflation is under control and we don't believe that it is as good an investment as it once was. so until we can start to pull down rates on the bonds and the bond market can calm down, the rates on the fixed -- 30 year fixed, directly related to that, will remain elevated and that's how president trump's policies, by true growth, reducing inflation will start to bring rates down and start to make things more manageable. for now mortgage rates are high and continue to stay high because the bond market is dictating. >> rich: turn to another topic. major story in the auto market. two japanese automakers are merging, nissan and honda. they have a large presence in manufacturing in the south and upper midwest. what does it mean for american workers and consumers? >> nissan has been one of the two, has been struggling as of

late. reducing personnel, reducing global production capacity. this merger is very important for u.s. manufacturing jobs because the two of them, honda and nissan, have created a large footprint in the united states as far as manufacturing. so there is about 40,000 jobs in the united states between the two of them in manufacturing and then there is the peripheral jobs in revenue generated from them being here and functioning. it is a risk. it is something that will be top of mind for president trump coming in. depending on where they cut or what kind of streamline their manufacturing and production, we could see some risk to u.s. jobs there with those two. i would fully expect president trump to get involved. i would fully expect a good resolution on behalf of the u.s. workers. but there is a risk there. they do have a large footprint in u.s. manufacturing jobs. merry christmas, thank you.

>> merry christmas. >> jacque: the supreme court will hear arguments january 10th that could ban tiktok in the u.s. the law is set to take effect january 19th unless the chinese owner sells the hugely popular app. the company says it would violate the first amendment. we have more. >> rest assured we aren't going anywhere. >> a big promise from the ceo of tiktok. one of the most popular social media apps in the country but its chinese ownership could be its undoing. >> the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications such as tiktok. >> earlier this year congress with bipartisan support voted to ban tiktok starting in less than a month, january 19th, unless it is sold off. critics say there are national security concerns that the app gives the chinese government too much influence in the u.s. now the supreme court says it will hear tiktok's appeal on january 10th just days before the ban goes into effect and

this could be a first amendment issue. >> it is about banning us, silencing the american people. >> then there is the timing of all of this. if this ban holds, it starts just one day before president trump is sworn into office. while trump once opposed tiktok he now appears to have changed his mind >> we'll take a look. he addressed questions about tiktok and recently met with the app's ceo at march lag yeah. >> i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok. i won youth by 34 points. there are those who say tiktok had something to do with that. >> even after taking office the president can only do so much and many in congress remain concerned. >> tiktok wants to do business in america, they should be able to comply with that very easily. if tiktok doesn't want to do business in america, then they

don't have to. >> there may be buyers for tiktok but the parent company has made it clear ownership shouldn't change. >> we'll fight for your rights in the courts. the facts and constitution are on our side and we expect to prevail again. >> so far tiktok has prevailed and prospered. its popularity could be its downfall. in washington, fox news. >> rich: a heartwarming story how one former nfl player is bringing christmas joy to kids in need. ♪

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family a very merry christmas and once again from your loved ones who reached out to us to provide you christmas gifts for christmas. >> from daddy. >> jacque: delivering gifts to children whose fathers or grandfathers are behind bars. the second chance heroes program aiming to strengthen bonds between imprisoned men and their kids. jack brewer wears many hats but today he is in a santa cap. thank you for being here. >> god bless you, thanks for having me. >> i know your foundation knows so well it can be tough for kids whose fathers and grandfathers the joy of this holiday season but your organization is about even more than that. it is also about fostering a sense of connection, right? >> that's right. it is. it's really about protecting the

children. that's the most important thing whether that child's father or grandfather is in prison, which we see so much across our country. this past week we've been able to deliver hundreds of gifts to kids. it's about the hope. can you hear me? >> jacque: you are back now. we lost you for a second. you dipped out for a brief second. you were continuing on to tell us about how just impactful this program is. >> yes, it is so important to think about these kids are the most vulnerable. kids that have fathers in prison. kids that are in the foster care system. right now we are in florida, in panama city, florida. >> jacque: sounds like we lost him, unfortunately. hopefully we can get him back.

it is a very important program, rich. they are doing amazing things especially when you have 18.5 million fatherless children. jack brewer's foundation at tributes that number to the 6 million men impacted by the criminal justice system. we hope to get him back to finish our discussion here. >> rich: it fills an immense need in this country when you have so many men behind bars and to have an opportunity to have someone like jack brewer come in and not only means a lot to the kids but has to mean a lot to the parents as well who can't be there for their children. >> jacque: very nice bridge especially this time of year. >> rich: christmas eve tradition, surfing santas catching waves in cocoa beach, florida. drawing a big crowd as they brave the chilly weather for a good cause. raising money for local charities. the event started in 2009 and is growing bigger every year. [laughter]

oh my. that seems like -- one year we'll have griff jenkins. >> jacque: whenever i see a surf board i think about griff. he likes to get in the waves. i saw him on "fox & friends" this morning. no surfing for him today. some serious waves out there. >> rich: we could get him a santa outfit. probably has a wet suit. christmas and the first night of hanukkah fall on the first night for the first time in many years. we reflect on the power of faith this holiday season. ♪