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>> a new battle is brewing on capitol hill. mike johnson risks losing his gavel. he's asking can trump to intervene. welcome back to our final hour of fox news live. anita, i'm with you for one more hour. >> one more hour to go. i'm anita vogual. johnson narrowly avoided a government shutdown last week bypassing a funding bill. putting many in his own party. buddy carter will join us to discuss. >> but first, senior congressional correspondent live in washington, chad, can johnson hang on to the gavel? as he faces pushback from really both sides of the aisle it seems. >> griff, good afternoon. from mike johnson it's about the math. he starts the new congress on january 3rd with 219 members. the house begins at 434 members. so johnson needs an outright majority of the house to win.

that's 218. several members who will not return. but it's doubtful. >> i didn't know what i'm going to do yet. i don't want to say. i think mike is a very good human being. but we're dealing with a mob here. i'm not sure how tough he is to really govern, but this place needs some courage, so we'll see how it's gonna work. >> the head of the house freedom caucus andy harris of maryland is undecided after last week's spending bill. thomas massy of kentucky is a no on johnson after last week's spending package as well. >> this slid files it. >> have any other of your colleagues said they're not voting for johnson? >> i've talked to a few, you know, who don't seem like they're gonna vote for him. you'd have to ask them. i'm not going to betray anybody's position.

>> will you just vote or somebody else? >> i'll vote for somebody else. >> so if the house fails to elect a speaker on the first ballot, it must vote repeatedly until it elects a speaker. in 2023 that process consumed five days. it was 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 about 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. >> but mr. trump is said to be frustrated with johnson. here's 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 pickles a

speaker. griff -- picks a speaker. griff. >> hopefully it's not a doomsday, but one thing is for sure. we'll have you to follow it, chad. >> that's why i'm known as dr. doom did at home, griff. that's what my wife often calls medical. dr. doom. >> not at all. merry christmas, chad. >> merry christmas. now, there may be 26 days until inauguration day, but president-elect trump is already making waves. this includes promising to bring back federal executions after president biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on death row. we're live from washington with more on that. hey, aisha. >> hey, griff. yeah, he's vowing to pursue the death penalty for some in spite of what president biden just did. trump writing on truth seeshl, as soon as i'm inaugurated i'm direct the department of justice to protect american families with the death penalty to protect children from violent

rapists, murderers and we'll be a nation of law and order again. the president spending christmas day in palm beach. we caught him motorcading to the golf course this morning, but he was also on truth social about his nominees. apparently working on border security as well. that's according to texas governor dan patrick, who tweeted this, that he and trump have been chatting it up about securing the border. specifically the state's lawsuit to stop the auctioning of the border while panels. the border will be addressed in a host of executive orders that trump is promising on his first day. he sails he will also fast track permits for fracking and ban transgender surgeries on minors. also issuing pardons for some of those january 6th rioters. now, trump continues to appoint ambassadors in the last couple of hours here, as his special envoy to ukraine and russia is reacting to that surprise russian attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure on this holiday. general keith kellogg writing, the u.s. is more resolved than ever to bring peace to the

region. of course griff, one of the first foreign policy tests for trump when he takes office. meanwhile, denmark is now reportedly spending $1.5 billion to boost its security in greenland. that's, of course, after trump indicated that he's very interested in buying that piece of land. denmark's defence secretary says though this was all planned previously and it's all just a big coincidence. more to come on the foreign affairs froment, of course the war on gaza with hamas and so many domestic issues that i know the president is chomping at the bit to get to. >> indeed. didn't have greenland on my bingo card, but fascinating. we'll see. >> there's been a lot not on my bingo he card. >> yeah, and the panama canal. live in washington, thank you. >> thanks. >> anita? >> all right. well, for more on the gavel battle over who will become the next house speaker, let's bring in georgia congressman buddy carter. congressman, thank you so much

for coming in today. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you. >> so, you know, i said just yesterday that this all kind of feels like groundhog day because we just went through this last year with the ousting of kevin mccarthy and that's how mike johnson got the speakership. i think we've lost the congressman actually. so we hope to get him back. we'll let you know when we do. we'll talk more about this. griff. oh, actually, i will read. at least 38 people are dead after a plane to russia crashed in kazakhstan, according to local authorities. an incredible 29 people survived and are now receiving treatment. russia's aviation watchdog says the azerbaijan airlines jet hit a flock of birds and tried to make an emergency landing. kazakhstan and azerbaijan are working together on an investigation into the crash.

. >> meanwhile, federal officials say they aren't any closer to solving the mystery of the drones. claiming most sightings are just manned aircraft. people are growing more and more frustrated and demanding. better answers live in the new york city newsroom trying to get to the bottom of it. hey, nate. >> hey, griff. the only tangible thing that's really resulted prosecute investigation thus far -- from this investigation thus far, those temporary restrictions over critical infrastructure in new york and new jersey. but people there are saying why do we need to protect our critical infrastructure more than normal if there's no threat? take a listen to this. >> reporter: it is an urgent problem. trying to set up no-fly zones is really not getting at the root cause of this problem. the inability to exercise leadership and to use authorities that already exist and capabilities that we do have to put in effective counter measures and to of of identify who is operating these drones and from where.

>> so in the absence of answers, congress is looking to protect americans from future drone threats. one bill being consider canned would ban two chinese drone manufacturers in the united states, and another would increase state and local authorities to take drones down. listen to this. >> they need to do something about it. because right now you have more rights as a drone owner to overfly a person's home and spy on a person than the person who's getting spied on has rights to do anything to that drone whatsoever. >> reporter: so now 11 states have been impacted by this drone mystery, which is going on six weeks now. you mentioned no answers at all. not only has it exposed vulnerabilities with detecting and tracking drones, but it also raised questions about the best way to disable drones. >> you get the right technologies fielded. you know, a littlesers, kin kinetics, missiles. that won't work on a domestic front. this has to be urgent. it has to be a five alarm fire

that we're facing right now. >> drones can be taken down over these critical infrastructure sites in new york and new jersey. while the pentagon maintains it has commanders in place to handle any drone threats over military bases. now, reports of drones are down to just one per night in the state of new jersey over the past several nights. that's down from about 150 per night just a short time ago. the fbi and dhs are following up on 100 tips of possible unauthorized drone activity and they've received about 6,000 tips overall, griff. back to you. >> nate, we've talked a little bit about this over the past couple of hours. and you were talking about the u.s. looking at possible options too. it will be fascinating to see when the new administration comes in the just under a month because a lot of the frustrations were at the federal level with lack of transparency. maybe they will take a cue from that, perhaps give us more information on what they do

know. >> reporter: yeah, you heard president-elect donald trump say about president biden that number one, he already knows what's going on. and if he doesn't, then he should start shooting the drones out of the sky. trump also declined to stay if he received a briefing on it. so it's unclear if trump also knows what's going on, but i guess we'll find out pretty soon when he begins his second term. >> well, nate knows what's going on and gives us the latest. >> reporter: i wish i did, man. i'm trying. >> live in our new york city newsroom, nate, great work. merry christmas. thank you. anita. >> all right. several big businesses are doing a 180 and donating millions to make sure president-elect trump's second inauguration is one the american people will never forget. will their about face be enough to get them in his good graces though? (dramatic music) though?

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>> a beautifulet should there in fox square and our christmas tree as big businesses are lining up to get in president-elect trump's good graces, despite many of them denouncing him after january 6th. the "wall street journal" of identifying some of the companies who have done 180 and are now donating to trump's inauguration. former new york state senator dave carlucchi and show he host larry elder joins us. gentlemen, thank you. merry christmas. thank you for taking time today. and david, the "wall street journal" also called this the kiss the ring, bend the knee and cut the big cheque. let me show you some of these companies that the "wall street journal" identified. it goes on and on.

amazon, meta, ford, toyota, goldman sachs, gm, bank of america, at&t, stanley, black and decker. it just continues with more and more. you can see there on your screen it's really across silicon valley and wall street. major companies. why do you think this is happening? >> well, unfortunately it's sending this crystal clear message that the government is for sale. and it's not just donating to the inauguration committee. it's about access to donald trump. and donald trump has made it wide open to anyone who wants to participate in this almost pay to play style, whether it participating in his crypto currency company can, buying sneakers, ordinance, the list goes on and on. and that's really unfortunate. so i'm hopeful that donald trump does something about this because i'm not the only one with questions here. you talk about the "wall street journal," and it could be all on the up and up. let's hope so. but let's make sure that we have

crystal clear transparency and rules on the books because president trump is charting into new territory. we've seen seen this from a president-elect that is participating in so many business deals and profiting from his celebrity and power. that raises serious questions and i think we all have to be concerned about that and keep a close eye on this as we transition to a new president. >> do you agree, larry? >> i don't. where were all the people when meta was trying to defeat donald trump in 2020? surprise, surprise, companies want access to the president. surprise, surprise, government regulate and companies want to make sure when it happens they benefit them. this is just the way things work. you have a fiduciary obligation if you're running a company to make sure that your shareholders get substantial return on

equity. if that means staying in touch with donald trump, making sure that regulations, tax policies benefit you, that is your job. so there's nothing surprising about this. >> david, when i was covering mar-a-lago last week, that was the day that the president-elect held that big press conference. but just before he started taking questions he had $100 billion investment from japan's soft bank ceo. and it was largely geared towards the ai sector and some 100,000 jobs that could result as that. my question to you is do you feel that particularly silicon valley would have -- what this elon musk being there? >> well, i don't know. i think larry is right. that this is a normal process, where a corporation, their responsibility is to their shareholders. it's to the almighty dollar. so well shouldn't be surprised about that. what we should be surprised

about is the way that donald trump has engaged in these activities. in terms of these outside businesses. and when we're talking about raising this money, larry brings up a point. it's been done in the past. but in the past it was towards campaign committees. it was towards a reelection effort. many of these efforts that donald trump is doing right now go to his own personal wealth. that list goes on and on in terms of what he's marketing, what he's selling. and yes, there's no laws on the books to prevent it. and i'm not saying that it's inherently wrong, but what i am saying is that it does open a new precedent, a new pfrontier and it's something we need to be concerned about. in the past, yes, it was contributing to election campaigns. now it's making investments and it's buying products that benefit the president. and that's an access to power that we really haven't been focussed on before and i think we need to as a nation be very concerned about how this escalates and who is getting about says and for what reasons. it's because they're spending the most money that's going into

trump allied companies? >> many of these big company cans are feeling bullish about the future. larry, i want to ask you about fox's latest feeling bullish. in 2024 for my family, good year, 40%. bad year 50%. you move forward, and it flips. you get to the future, 55% are optimistic, versus 45. what do you make of it? why is that. >> well, we have a businessman who's been reelected. we have a track record of his four years where the economy was good, precoronavirus and people expect a return to that. you but the business of america is business. nothing surprising about that. donald trump wants people to

feel better about themselves than they feel right now. that's why people are optimistic. there's been a repanelling self described and tied. they realize he's be reelected substantially. took control of the senate and they can wake up now and smell the coffee. >> it's going to be interesting to watch. thank you for joining us and merry christmas, gentlemen. >> merry christmas. thank you. >> turning to weight loss drugs to shed those extra pounds? more and more employees are also reportedly asking for the drugs to be covered in their employee benefit plans. rebecca caster has the very latest on this emerging trends.

>> an estimated 40 to 45% of us are planning to make dieting and weight loss a top resolution. >> >> obviously the weight loss drug trends is very big. >> reporter: and with many turning to weight loss medications like ozempic, companies have been including coverage for the drugs as part of employee health plans. >> i know some people need help to lose some weight and there's of a lot of friends that just need some help to get there and that's great for them. i think covering it under health insurance, if that's something that's possible, that's great, yeah. >> but including ozempic or costly weight loss drugs and employee benefits can also increase health care costs for employers. still, experts say a significant number of employees surveyed say they would consider changing jobs to access such benefits and including weight loss drugs could play a big role in 2025

with company retention. >> we're going to see a growing trend of people being able to go out and see workplace benefit that is cater to their needs, not just the blanket benefits we've seen for the past few decades. >> and as more and more companies cover weight loss drugs and employee benefit plans, industry experts suggest reading the fine print. companies add more caps or limits to cut down on costs. in washington, rebecca caster, fox news. >> a man hunt is intensifying in mississippi for a killer authorities describe as desperate and dangerous. drew johnson has now been missing from his maximum security prison cell for a full day. he has a long history of violent crimes including murder in 2016. gazans and knows in the west bank are observing yet another

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started in the holy land, air raid sirens were sounding across the country, sending millions of people to bomb shelters. the iran-backed huothi rebels fired another ballistic missile towards israel t fourth one in a week. israeli officials say the missile was shot down but fragments landed in populated areas. with the regional war ongoing this year's christmas if hes tiflts have been subdued. parades and ceremonies were held in bethlehem, including a midnight mass at the church of the nativity. though far fewer people were in attendance than normal. inside gaza, a small group of christians marked christmas eve at the enclave's only catholic church. after nearly 15 months of war. the building is being used as a makeshift shelter and an over place of worship. >> we're like any other humans. we suffer. not the life we were living before. you know how we used to go out and move here and there? we're losing martyrs, loved ones

and injured people. we also suffer from malnutrition at times because there's no food. >> reporter: and remember, it is the first night of hanukkah here in israel. so there are people across this country gathering with loved ones, but they're also hoping for a holiday miracle. hoping that the hostages still being held inside gaza will come home with a new ceasefire agreement. anita, griff. >> thank you. >> joining us for more on this is an independent women's senior forum fellow. she just returned from israel. >> merry christmas and happy holidays to you. >> yes, merry christmas. can you tell us what's happening there with a ceasefire and possible release of hostages at

some point in the near future here? >> i would say while israelis have shown incredible courage, i visited there three times immediately after october 7th and then twice this year. while there's tremendous courage, this is an agonizing, agonizing imposition on the israeli people. the military is suffering. the injuries are extraordinary. the devastation of the families waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones. over 100 are still in captivity in gaza. some of them still believed to be alive. don't forget the people that have survived. there were hostages that were released in november. one of them tragically died last night of complicated medical conditions. because of the burden, and even those that survived the assault on the music field.

almost 50 people have committed suicide. >> it's horrific to think of those people still in captivity. who knows where they are in gaza, in tunnels, without properly shelter, without their medications and, you know, so many were hoping earlier this year that they would be home this christmas, but that's not the case. i want to take a listen to something mike huckabee said, the u.s. ambassador to israel nominee. >> i think they should have far more hope than they've had the 400 plus days this has gone on. for the first time when president trump made the comment and said if those hostages aren't released by the time he's inaugurated, hamas will have hell to pay. i think they understand he means business. >> what do you think? do you think they know means business? >> i saw that interview.

i think that's exactly what we're going to see. it's not only that the pressure needs to be ratcheted up on hamas. clearly these are incredibly cruel individuals that have taken the remains of human beings they held captive. israelis. and plastered them into the wall of tunnels. that's how ruthless they are. they obviously don't feel in peril themselves. even though they're costing such loss of life to civilians surrounding the area and so many innocent citizens of many nations, thais, filipinos, americans. we've had 7 americans held captive. but i think what president trump will do is exercise much more pressure on qatar. more pressure on egypt and engage saudi arabia as traditional allies to make it very clear to the handlers that now the circumstances have changed. i would recommend president trump reconsider can qatar's non-nato ally status with the united states. we must start to really pressure

those that state that they're negotiating and mediating, but will somehow not able to bring results to effect. also, i would say to president trump, please look at out of the box mediators that could help. the first would be the leader of the curd cannish nation. fluent in farsi. very engaged with türkiye. able to con vail messages to iran that consequences will be coming if these don't come home. and then supernational leaders, people that are not political, the leader of the mulls limb world, a tremendous humanitarian who's called from the beginning of the year for a ceasefire and for faith leaders to take part in bringing these people home. i think we're going to engage all kinds of forces that are going to change the reality on the ground, and that is absolutely essential that these citizens come back so that the conflict can end. it can't be hamas calling the

shots anymore. and they know the cavalry is not coming. there are no remnants of iran's proxies, other than the huothis, who are also going to face the coming up of president trump very rapidly. >> i think so. i think you're right on that. and you're right. it takes a number of people to come together to make this happen. we're all hoping for a peaceful resolution and for the return of those hostages. our prayers go out to them at this christmastime. thank you so much, doctor ahmed for coming in today. merry christmas again. >> my pleasure. merry christmas. >> okay. griff. >> anita, the supreme court is set to consider can the new law that could ban tik tok in the u.s. starting next month. unless tik tok's chinese owner sells the popular social media plat platform. >> rest assured we aren't going anywhere. >> reporter: a pick promise from the ceo of tik tok. it's 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 tik tok. >> reporter: earlier this year congress with bipartisan support voted to ban tik tok starting in less than a month january 19th unless it's sold off. critics say there are national securities security concerns that the app gives too much influence in the united states. now the pregnant says it will hear tik tok's appeal on january 10th, just days before the ban goes into effect and this could be a first amendment issue. >> it's about banning us and silencing the american people. >> and 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 tik tok, he now appears to have changed his mind. >> we'll take a look at tik tok. >> reporter: trump addressed questions about tik tok, and he recently met with the app's ceo at mar-a-lago. >> you know, i have a warm spot in my heart for tik tok because

i won youth by 34 points and there are those that say tik tok has something to do with that. >> reporter: even after taking office, there's only so much the president can do. many remain concerned. >> if tik tok wants to do business in america they should be able to comply with that very easily. if tik tok doesn't want to do business in america then they don't have to. >> there may be buyers here for tik tok, but the parent company has made it clear ownership shouldn't change. >> we are confident and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. the facts and the constitution are on our side. and we expect to prevail again. >> so far tik tok has prevailed and prospers, but it could ultimately be its down fall. in washington, fox news. >> pointing to possible targets where it could trim government

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stocks into unchartered territory in 2024 with the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 sporting double digit gains throughout much of the year. and ending there. >> if i win, we will quickly build the greatest economy in the history of the world. >> reporter: promises from candidate and then president-elect. donald trump resinating on wall street with talk of cut canning regulation and taxes. and new priorities around drilling for gas and oil in america, driving expectations of growth. this after another year of prices at the cash register cut into wages. the federal reserve once again battling inflation throughout the year, with higher interest rates, but then reversing course to cut canning rates three times by the end of the year. >> we have to stay on task though and continue to have restrictive policies so that we can get inflation down to 2%. >> reporter: fear a certainly factor throughout the year with an open border and spiking crime

in big cities. sparking upset. putting the u.s. presidential race in focus across the world. two wars with american hostages in gaza undermining the optimism, with russia and communist china trying to undermine the united states as the number one superpower. but it was a year of innovation none theless. in the military and at home. with rocket launches. and artificial intelligence dominating the conversation can. a focus on ai powered products like ai chips and drone makers. it was risk on all the way. with digital assets like bitcoin and big tech catching a bid. but by year end, the nation's debt also in focus. $36 trillion and counting. with president trump and republicans now looking to raise the debt limit early in the new year. >> there is the need for a full upheaval. one thing is to just try to get

out of this year into next year and then have a clean slate. >> reporter: change is coming and investors certainly bought on the rumours throughout 2024. but will they first sell on the news early in the new year? before new policies with take effect. fox business news, new york. >> the co-eds in the department of government efficiency are setting an ambitious agenda to slash $2 trillion in federal spending beginning in january. and now we're getting a look at where they may focus their efforts, like improving the efficiency of several federal departments or eliminating them altogether. a cpa, the ceo of the marks group and a financial advisor as well as an all around great guy. merry christmas, gene. all right. let's get right to it. can the doj boys cut and make a dent in the debt to the tune of $2 trillion? and where do they even begin?

>> griff, absolutely not can the doj boys do this. because they need congress to do this for them. i mean, with all due respect to elon musk and others, let's not forget doj is not a government department, it's not a government agency. it's a separate group that is going to be advising the president and making a bunch of recommendations where can money can be cut. but in the end, griff, this has to get past congress and that's completely different. >> that's an important point you're making, gene. you're saying they lack kind of the authority to do what they want to do. we can show our viewers -- we call it the christmas wish list, if you will, of where they want to cut can, starting with the irs, the department of defence, many of the agencies that you've already heard about. we'll put them up here, just scroll it on the screen. you see there, expired programs, federal workforce, expediting

government projects, modernizing, going after government i.t., and the list goes on and on. but do you think that this department or this doj group will lack the authority to go after things like that? >> i think they do lack the authority to do anything about it. but let me just tell you what is going to happen. i mean, president trump will be inaugurated on january 20th. i know already that doj is working hard on putting together a definitive list of areas that can be saved and cut. that will go under the president's budget. the president has to submit a budget to congress by the 3rd. i'm betting you there will be some significant, significant cut in that budget all recommended by doj. again, that budget has to be approved by congress. the best example i can give you is back in 2010 when president obama was, you know, trying to pass the affordsable care act. he had a big majority in the house, but he still had 34 democrats that voted against the affordable care act back then. right now the republicans only

have a 5 seat advantage in the house. it a pretty slim margin. so just because they have an advantage of republicans, that doesn't mean that republicans will be voting for all the recommendations that doj is going to be making in this budget. because they've got their own issues to deal with. their own, you know, hometowns, their own voters they'll have to answer to. >> and, gene, adding to that is the democrat push back. we had just a few days ago a democrat councilman blasting the trump inaugural committee and saying doj oughta be going after the exorbitant spending they're doing there. listen to congressman crockett if you will. >> one of the things elon musk and trump didn't talk about is the fact that there was $90 million on basically page one of the legislation. that is for his inauguration party. the idea that we would say it's okay for you to get $90 million

for one day and cut out $190 million for children when it comes to cancer research was absolutely mind blowing. >> so, gene, do you see the democrats getting in the way of doj succeeding as well? >> yes, of course. and they will certainly be in the way as well. by the way, $90 million as you know, in a $7 trillion budget, is absolute -- you know, it's a rounding error if that. you know, when people ask about doj and the things that they're doing, i mean, elon musk is so smart. 75% of the government's budget goes to entitlements like social security and medicare and medicaid. even the department of defence. and although doj is targeting the the department of defence because there's of a lot of areas to save, man, i wish they would spend more time in coming up with some tangible, credible recommendations for repairing, and resolving all the issues that we have with social security and medicaid. because that's where the money is really going to right now.

and, you know, bickering over a few million here, 90 million there, 100 million there, i don't think that's going to answer the big problem. >> well, you're right. 70% goes to social security, medicaid, medicare. gene, thank you. it will be interesting to see where this goes. merry christmas, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. you take care. >> all right. and we'll be right back in a moment. moment.

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♪ ♪ >> a potential first and the pursuit of justice, as the use of virtual reality on a headset is allowed as evidence in a florida courtroom. danamarie mcnicholl has more on this. dana murray, this is just fascinating. >> it really is a unique site in a courtroom. the judge, the defense, and the prosecution all spent a great deal of time during a stand your ground hearing wearing those virtual-reality glasses. the defense used this technology to try to proof if a man needed to use self defense. >> for the judge to see exactly who the eyes of what my client saw, i think it has to have an impact. >> the defense attorney believes this to be the first time virtual-reality has been admitted as evidence in the criminal case not only in florida courtroom, but across the u.s. take a look at what the judge saw inside that headset. the defense hired a forensic

animator to design an immersive experience that highlights the moments before and after a south florida wedding venue owner pulled out a gun during a reception. >> his attorney said he was allegedly cornered against a bar and drew the weapon to protect himself, his family and staff. he faces life in prison for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. the attorney did the first computer animation back in 1992 in the state of florida. he says this is the most effective way to communicate with jurors. he plans to put his client on the stand to testify if the virtual-reality fairly depicted what happened on that day. the unique strategy did not come without a little bit of pushback. the state attorney did not want it admitted into evidence. >> i bet not. danamarie mcnicholl, thank you so much. make christmas to you. >> finally, president biden giving the bald eagle holiday gift, son a bill for the national bird. they passed the bill and the bald eagle has been the national

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