level of a normal conversation, but content is the road, right? i don't really want to hear you have a discussion with your tropical disease doctor on test results. you should use a little bit of judgment. >> tommy, i don't know, i was reading about a guy at dulles airport arguing with his wife about it wet towel on the floor of the bathroom. that may be entertaining if you have a flight delay. >> yeah, if you're bored. listen, there is a societal contract y'all should abide by. shouldn't talk on a speakerphone or facetime out loud come have e text with a little emoji. have empathy. traveling a stressful enough. >> yeah, traveling is tough, so take the speakerphone and put it on mute and mute those group conversations and we are all set for the holidays. all right, thank to everyone. great to join you all. don't forget to dvr the show. for now, "america reports." ♪ ♪ >> state prosecutors earlier today announcing an indictment l

immigrant who allegedly set a woman on fire on a new york city subway car, fanned the flames, and then watched her burned to death. good afternoon. i'm bill melugin. anita, great to be with you once a again on this final friday of the year. >> anita: it is the final friday of the year, how about that? i'm anita vogel. john and sandra are off this friday. this is "america reports." so the indictment comes days after the guatemalan national who was in the u.s. illegally was charged with murder and arson. the mayor of new york city is now pushing the feds to get involved and file their own charges. republican new york congresswoman call malley a us will join us in just moments, but we begin our coverage with nate foy live outside the kings county supreme court in brooklyn, and nate, what did we learn from court today? >> hey, anita, bill, good afternoon. brooklyn grand jury indicted sebastian's a bento, the illegal migrant from guatemala, on

first and second-degree murder as well as first-degree arson after prosecutors say that he lit a woman on fire inside a subway car on sunday morning and killed her. you mentioned mayor eric adams is pushing for federal prosecution on an arson charge, but the brooklyn d.a. said moments ago outside the courthouse he wants this case to remain at the state level. >> my office is very confident about the evidence in this case and our ability to hold zapeta accountable for his dastardly deeds. we believe very strongly that this case belongs in state court because of the charges here are more significant in state court then currently in federal court. >> zapeta faces life in prison without parole. he directed the nypd to work

with i.c.e.'s homeland security investigations team, and that's important because it could allow prosecutors to circumvent new york city's sanctuary laws that protect illegal migrants. and according to a new statement from i.c.e., that policy is on full display in this case. i.c.e. confirms it lodged a new indication detained her for zapeta but, quote, the corrections to permit has indicated they will not honor the detainer her their current policy. zapeta waived his right to appear in court today. he is expected at his arraignment on january 7th when his indictment will be unsealed. now as for the victim in this case, she remains unidentified, and the d.a. did say that they have made some progress, the medical examiner and nypd have moved forward any identification process, but right now they are just not there, and you mentioned that mayor adams shared some videos riding the subway system where new yorkers tell him that they just don't feel safe, and this would be one big example why, anita.

people getting lit on fire and killed inside a subway car, sleeping sunday morning. we will send it back to you. >> anita: it is certainly understandable why people might feel some fear. nate foy, thank you so much without my report. bill? >> bill: well, anita, for more on the brutal case, republican new york congressman nicole zapeta, she serves on house waves malliotakis. she serves on house ways and means committee. congressman, thank you for your time. this is yet another incident, somebody who should not have even been in this country in the first place allegedly committing a heinous, heinous crime, this woman burned so badly they still can't even i.d. her. days after this. mayor adams months federal charges in this case. is that something you think would be appropriate here? >> well, i think federal charges could be very well appropriate here. i think the bigger issue is that we have this ongoing policy in the city of new york in which we are not cooperating with immigration and customs enforcement to remove people who are here illegally and

dangerous. this is a horrific murder. it has sent shock waves throughout our city and the country, but certainly not the first that we have seen this year of murderers by migrants who are here illegally. and the fact that the city and the state has no plans to change the existing laws to cooperate, to restore i.c.e. to rikers island, to ensure that we are cooperating to deport these individuals is very problematic, in fact what you are hearing for democrats is the opposite, they want to actually put in place more laws to prevent president , his administration, tom homan, his border czar, from removing these dangerous individuals from our city and state. and so, sadly, i don't know what type of tragedy it will take for the people in this city, the democrats who run our city and state, to actually wake up and see that something needs to change, and they should look at just what happened this past election.

15% increase in a margin for president trump, and a lot of it has to do with this mass illegal migration crisis, so people want accountability, they want criminals to be held accountable, they want people who are here illegally wreaking havoc on our streets, whether they be gang members or drug traffickers, or hardened criminals, to be deported, and they want just generally criminals to be in jail, not released over and over back into our streets as we see happening under current state law. >> bill: we heard nate talk about this at the end of his report. earlier today mayor eric adams posted a video on x where he talked to subway riders about what they would like to see in terms of public safety and here's part of that. >> what do you think we can do to make people feel safe? >> i think more police. >> you see people -- how do you think the best way? >> i don't know. nobody does nothing, they just let them what they do.

>> we need somebody to secure us. >> bill: congresswoman, the last person that tried to do something on one of these subways was daniel penny and they tried to throw him in prison for getting involved. in your opinion, do you think there is some bleat over effect from that were people saw what happened to him and they say hey, i don't want to get involved and get arrested for t? >> first of all, mayor adams has been there now for four years and we are still seeing nothing has been done in terms of really restoring public safety in our transit system, and the governor is no better. she was on the strain not that long ago taking selfies, posting that sophie later on in the day after this poor woman was burned to death, and any day after someone else was shot and stabbed. so what i'm trying to say, it is one thing for them to go and ride the subways and make these videos and post these selfies, but when it comes to actual action, they will not change the laws leading to this mess. we still have the sanctuary

policy in place, still have the bail law in place. they are not getting enough cops, not just to the subway system, but to our city. we are down thousands of cops from where we were on september 11th, 2001, and that is very concerning. chickens are all new yorkers that we don't have the manpower that we should in our nypd at this moment, and then when we do have cops, their hands are tied, again because of the policies of these administrations, and so, the other thing we have to stop is this idea that you can just walk, not pay and jump the turnstile, there is no enforcement there, so you have people who are sleeping on the subway, homeless people who have come in and criminals, as well, that have conducted illegal activity as we saw happening this last week. but they haven't taken those actions to reverse those policies, and i think that is my plea for the mayor and the governor, is to take these concerns of public safety serious, and change the laws to

protect new yorkers. >> bill: and i.c.e. says they have been informed by new york that they will not cooperate with their detainer request on this guy, which is jaw-droppingly shocking considering he intentionally said a woman on fire and killed her. it's just a head-scratcher. congresswoman, thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you. >> bill: anita? >> anita: bill, powerful storms are causing massive headaches for millions of holiday travelers. more than 3,000 flights have been delayed and hundreds of others have been canceled, according to flight aware. meanwhile, drivers are meeting long lines of traffic. brooke taylor is live at the dallas-fort worth international airport with more on this, and brooke, from your vantage point there, which airlines are having the most issues? >> hi, anita. well, i can tell you the airlines we are seeing having the most issues, southwest airlines and also american. it is really no surprise because

both are dallas-based airlines and yesterday we saw some thunderstorms in our area that caused ground delays, and that in turn cause hundreds of flight cancellations and delays. and i can tell you just from talking to travelers, you know, they are trying to stay positive but they are frustrated because those delays from yesterday spilling into today and they are certainly still feeling the effects of that. but i want to show you our misery map showing you the bigger picture, more than 3500 delays, 96 cancellations within the u.s., airports having the most issues come of course dallas, as i just mentioned, houston, atlanta, chicago, and jfk. those delays, as we closed the week out with rain, severe weather, snow expected across the country. right here in texas, governor ggreg abbott activated state emergency response resources to prepare for severe weather conditions. we caught up with some travelers dealing with those delays. >> oh, we're just traveling back

after our christmas family vacation, and hopefully we make our flight and it's not getting delayed. >> our flight kept getting delayed, pushed back an hour, an hour, and that it was just canceled completely. >> so now we are here until tomorrow, unexpected, but what can you do? >> and we just spoke to one traveler who said that he has been stuck here for about 24 hours. he can't get straight answers from the airlines, and he is saying he also got a $ $12 voucr for his family. as you can imagine, on top of the holiday headache with traveling, these delays causing a lot of frustration for these travelers, so try to be patient, get to the airport early, keep checking those apps to check in on those airlines. again, anita, can't stress it enough, just frustrating day as people trying to head home, returned back home from the holidays and spending time with family. >> anita: and a $12 voucher

might be able to get a cup of coffee with that. brooke taylor, thank you so much for that report live in dallas. bill? >> nothing against congressman connolly at all. this felt like an obvious chance to apply some of the lessons we should have learned from the november election, right? instead democrats passed over one of the youngest, most media savviest members of congress. >> bill: president biden's former press secretary jen psaki calling out her own party for snubbing younger members like aoc. going to take that decision up with a strategist from both parties. antjuan seawright and mary vo. >> anita: plus president-elect trump is preparing to crack down on century city's. his former acting dhs secretary chad wolf on what's at stake coming up next.

♪ ♪ >> bill: welcome back. a federal funding showdown is brewing be between the incoming trump administration and sanctuary cities. william la jeunesse live in los angeles with moore and william, some of these sanctuary dearest jurisdictions get a nice stack of cash from the feds. >> it doesn't mean you don't have to live in a sanctuary state or county, but you are paying places like california and new york and others to incarcerate their criminal aliens. so the program is called sc *scap,'s given to states and counties to cover the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants bone it comes to deporting those same aliens come of jurisdictions refused to cooperate. the feds handing out more than $230 million a year to sanctuary

states like new york, new jersey, colorado, not to mention a dozen counties within most jurisdictions getting more than a million each. >> it is hypocritical to them too, with one hand, hold out there hand for federal funding to help pay for the cost of criminal aliens, and with the other hand block i.c.e. from the jailhouse door to take away those aliens that are costing them money. >> well, that is why the incoming administration may look to cancel or withhold scaap and other doj grant money from those jurisdictions that don't cooperate with i.c.e. or interfere or obstruct the deportation of criminal aliens. despite that threat, san diego county recently passed a measure reaffirming their intent to refuse i.c.e. access to their jails and to protect their undocumented criminals. >> our sheriffs are not responsible for, nor should they

be, held accountable for participating in what is essentially a federal job, which is deporting members of the community. >> well, she's right, immigration is exclusively a federal job, and yet you have these sanctuary cities and states wanting to decide who stays and who goes. misdemeanor versus felony, accused criminal versus convicted, a person married to a legal citizen or not, are those variables important when the person is already here illegally? well, that is the fight that we are about to witness. bill? >> bill: william, great report and it is interesting the century states on one hand want the money but on the other hand they say we are not going to cooperate with what the money is being used for so we will see what trump decides to do with that one when he takes office. william la jeunesse live here in l.a., thank you. anita? >> anita: all right, for more on this let's bring in chad wolf, america first policy institute executive and former acting dhs secretary.

chad, great to have you here on this topic. our corresponded william la jeunesse laid it out so perfectly, when it comes to this program, scaap, the state criminal alien assistance program, this is money, federal dollars for states across the nation to help defray the costs of putting illegal immigrants in jail. it is $234 million annually just for example, california get a large chunk of that. $63 million. do you really think these states are going to forgo this money at the end of the day? money talks, right? so you think they will fall in line in the 11th hour? >> well, i do. look, a lot of these communities, states, depend on a lot of federal resources that are going into them, so this is just one program. there are several other doj, department of justice grant programs, the permit of justice homan security grant programs that should all be looked at. sanctuary city policies are thing of the past.

if you jurisdictions holding onto them for political reasons, not safety, i think the incoming trump administration along with the republican congress needs to take a long, hard look making sure that, look, if cities and states are going to allow, simply let federal law enforcement come in and remove folks out of your jail, if you are not going to allow that, then you shouldn't really have access to federal dollars for security and justice programs. >> anita: yeah, it makes sense, but still, you have a number of governors and mayors all across this country going out on a limb, saying no, no, no, we are going to protect these people, and they are talking about criminal illegal aliens. i mean, the worst of the worst. let's go ahead and put up the map here orographic of some of the cities that are not going to cooperate, boston, chicago, denver, los angeles, san francisco, and so i think the big question here is why? why do they want to protect

these people who are causing havoc and committing major crimes in their communities against american citizens? >> well, i think you summed it up perfectly. they are protecting criminals. at the end of the day, they will try to tell you and other members of their community that they are actually trying to protect folks in their community but in essence all they are protecting margo's criminal aliens and their community allowing them back in their communities to reoffend and to do other very dangerous things. so look, i think the trump administration needs to call their bluff, needs to first communicate to their folks in their communities that they are actually protecting criminals, and then b, start to go after some of the funding that a lot of these cities really do count on to build their budgets were to plug holes into their budget. i don't think these communities really believe that the trump administration will go through with it. >> anita: and what do you say to that? >> yeah, i think they should and

i think they will. look, president trump knows this issue. tom homan knows this issue, and others on his team have been looking at this for a long time, and i think again sometimes there is difficulties in pulling some of that federal funding but they have a republican congress coming in, as well, so i think if they work hand-in-hand, you can start to look after and put a dent in those century cities. this is a problem we have been mired now for years, saying they are a problem, well, let's try to solve the problem, go after it and make sure if folks aren't going to cooperate with federal law enforcement and they are going to protect criminals in their community, well, than there is a price to pay for that. >> anita: i guess maybe they will pay the price and won't get those dollars. i guess we'll have to see. chad wolf, thank you so much for joining us today on this very important issue. bill? >> bill: anita, judge is issuing a big ruling in the case against jay-z while delivering a warning to his lawyer. we will have that story for you coming up next. >> anita: and why is

ex-new jersey senator bob menendez seeking a delay in his sentencing? that's next also.

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♪ ♪ >> anita: welcome back. a new york judge ruling a woman accusing jay-z and sean "diddy" combs of raping her when she was just 13 years old can remain anonymous for now. e judge slamming attorneys for jay-z over what she described as inappropriate and combative actions. alexis mcadams is live in new york city and alexis, what is the judge talking about? >> hi, anita. according to this judge, he said the law firm representing jay-z just kept on saying that they want to move things along, they wanted to reveal who this woman was put in this lawsuit the woman has depression, she said ptsd and a seizure disorder. she says it is all from the sexual assault, and according to court documents, investigators say this woman was raped by

these rappers and she was just 13 years old, the allegations are pretty sick to look through. her name is going to be kept confidential but it could be released at some point depending what happens with the case. she is listed as a change oh in the lawsuit, living in upstate new york back in 2000, drove to new york city, and that is when she met jay-z and sean "diddy" combs, telling police she was attacked by the rat moguls at an after party for the mtv video music awards come according to the lawsuit, the woman says jay-z and diddy "took turns assaulting her" when she was 18 documents, holmes aggresy approached the girl with a crazed look in his eyes, grabbed her, and said you are ready to party, the woman originally sued diddy back in october and last month she refiles and adds jay-z into the lawsuit. both jay-z and sean "diddy" combs have strongly denied these accusations. right now diddy is in a federal lockup right now, he is in federal custody of reading trial

but charges of graphic racketeering and sex trafficking held in brooklyn. so many lawsuits, it's difficult to keep up. this woman admitted there were inconsistencies in her story, people blasting her sing wasn't true, but reached out this morning to jay-z's attorney. haven't heard back yet. >> anita: a lot of people talking about this case so we will be talking about it for quite some time. alexis mcadams, thank you for that report. bill? >> bill: back to our top story, the illegal immigrant accused of burning a woman alive on a new york city subway was indicted in brooklyn today. sebastian zapeta bases state murder and arson charges and now mayor eric adams is seeking additional federal charges. criminal defense attorney in federal litigator joins me now. bit commit is great to see you p or looks like we might have got our clothes from the same place today, i love it. when it comes to this case, mayor adams says he would like

to see the feds come in and bring some charges but the brooklyn d.a. says it is not necessary. here is what he said earlier today. >> i would at a minimum ask the judge to conduct an inquiry, bring the jurors in, find out, did they actually see this? >> a lot of confidence in the people of brooklyn and who come and serve on jury duty. very simply, state law is more significant in this case. there is a possibility with life without parole. that's not an option on a bogus charge that was mentioned, arson come on the federal statutes. >> bill: so is he right? isn't looking at stiffer penalties with the state charges rather than any federal charges? >> it could be. first of all, it is a pleasure to see you. merry christmas, happy holidays. i'm glad we dressed alike. in a certain context, yes, in a certain context, no.

in one context, the state of new york has this tenth amendment dual sovereignty right to do what it wants to do and face and opposition, sometimes to the federal government. the problem is we have a resulting murder. when you have a murderer and a death, that means it if a felony was committed in order to a compass that death, that is a felony murder rule, over and above what the state of new york can offer and its own state. so yes, partially, no, partially, it depends on what facts are presented to a potential federal grand jury in order to find the requisite criminal intent, as well as premeditation and the causing of the felony murder death, so yes and no. >> bill: so they've got him on camera allegedly committing this crime, even video showing him literally fanning the flames to make her burn even more. in your opinion, does this seem like a pretty open and shut case

to you? >> it's an open and shut case of somebody causing a death. it may not be open and shut in s far as the premeditation and requisite state of mind. one would argue, unless this is a depraved murderer who has done this before and made an effort to do this again, well, one may wonder whether he suffers from significant mental compromises, which would then create a lack of evidence for first-degree murder charge, but surely a second-degree murder charge. the fact that the individual in a moment of consciousness and lucid thinking did not do what he could to prevent the death or to prevent the flames from engulfing this poor young lady shows that there was intent to follow through with what he wanted. according to the prosecution, which is the death of another human being. >> bill: i want to talk about the bob menendez case for a minute here. we despond at federal prosecutors admitted they made some prebig blunders in this case.

they apparently inadvertently exposed the jury to evidence that a judge had previously ruled that the jurors shouldn't see. we had defense attorney mark eiglarsh yesterday who would rate this is a 9 out of 10 when it comes to screw ups for the federal prosecutors. here is what he said he would do if he was menendez's attorney here. >> i would at a minimum ask the judge to conduct an inquiry, bring the jurors in, find out, did they actually see this stuff, and if they did, how much did they rely upon it, and if so, this is a denial of due process, and whether you like menendez or not, everyone of us should care about the constitution. >> bill: do you anticipate menendez's team is going to try to get a mistrial here, and where do you see this thing going now? >> absolutely. you see already that the defense team has moved for a continuance of what was to be the sentencing date earlier this year in

october. now they are moving for another continuance based upon his wife's serious illness after a recent diagnosis with cancer, as well as her own trial moving forward. he says hey, judge, and the defense says hey, judge, hey, court, it is just too much to ask for one man, is what the defense attorney said. i should be there for my wife while she is going through this trial and the tribulations as far as health. the reason that is important, bill, is we can see the defense is doing what they can to prolong and prohibiting the sentencing from moving forward. the federal government, however, and this is quite important, has a vested interest in moving forward now, and it is not just because of a concern about bob menendez or his wife, who will face trial shortly, as we discussed, but it's also a number of witnesses, and these witnesses have testified, they have signed agreements with the federal government. their cases need to end, as well, and that can't happen

until bob menendez's case has reached finality. >> bill: yep, and it seems like it was a gift-wrapped christmas present for menendez by those federal prosecutors, pretty big screwup. vik bajaj, hope you had a great christmas yourself. we will talk soon. >> thathank you. >> anita: president-elect trump putting the gears in motion for his second term and the rest of the world is taking notice. we are keeping track of all the action in mar-a-lago. >> bill: plus fossil fuel firms are facing massive fines in new york state to pay for climate change. phil flynn ahead with reaction. >> in other words, if you are an energy company, you are already guilty, they are just going to decide over the next decade how much they are going to charge you for your guilt.

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>> bill: welcome back. new york is going green, or should we say going after the green. governor hochul signing a new law fossil phil companies to pay billions for damages from climate change. critics warn customers could foot this bill. fox business is madison alworth breaking it down for us. madison, what does this mean for energy companies and more importantly the consumers of there? >> it is going to mean higher cost for for those energy companies, and new yorkers. hochul signing a new law that forces fossil fuel companies to pay fees to repair the damage from extreme weather, and this move could actually soon spread to other states, as well. under the climate change superfund act, new york can fine the biggest greenhouse gas emitters between the years 202,018 a total of $75 billion that will be paid over 25 years, advocates say the govs paying the cost for repairing damage done by extreme weather

and they need accountability. >> we know we need the money. we are already spending it day by day. we are just asking for the companies that cause so much of this damage to kick in some of that money and decrease growing taxes on all of us. >> but opponents point out that targeting businesses and specifically those that deal in oil and gas will make life much more expensive. also, it's resources that new yorkers need, and they questioned the integrity of a move like this. >> natural gas petroleum products are essential to the states economy. it begs the question, what would you have had these companies do, reduce their sales on fuels in new york state? i mean, certainly that's not good for the state's economy, good for the residents of new york state. lesson to be learned, we are going to make it that much more costly to do business in new york state. >> but here is the thing. new york is not alone. similar legislation which into

effect in vermont earlier this year and it is being considered in other states, including maryland, massachusetts, california, and new jersey. bill? >> bill: would not be surprised for one second effect popped up here in california come as well. madison, great job. hope you had a great christmas. great to see you. >> anita: for more on this, let's bring in phil flynn, price futures group senior analyst and fox business contributor. hi, fill. hope you had a happy holidays. >> i did. happy new year to you and not such a happy new year for new york. don't think it is going to be at this lawsuit goes through. >> anita: it doesn't sound like it. so madison talked about this. the climate change superfund act, new york signed it, vermont already signed it, a number of states are looking at it. they hope to gain $75 billion over 25 years from these energy companies, so my question is, what, if anything, can oil and

gas companies do to fight back? can they challenge this in court, and can they show the states to show some evidence thg evidence? >> i think that's exactly what they are going to do, and it is going to cost new york and all these other states a lot of money in legal fees, and they are probably going to lose. heck, i would argue that trying to approve the direct linkage between fossil fuel production and the weather, it might be easier to prove in a court of law that i am the one and only santa claus. you know, the science just doesn't back it up. you have some scientists that say yeah, it definitely does, others say absolutely not, and in a court of law, i don't think you can prove that, so the case will be thrown out on its merits. >> anita: it is definitely a debate going on so may be the debate takes place in the courtroom like you said. some lawmakers even in the state of new york are not happy about this. let's take a listen to a lawyer

representing the state of new york. >> our energy policy in new york is already untenable and catastrophic. we saw over 450,000 new yorkers leave last year alone. the mass migration is because of the policies of the democrats. mass spending, mass taxes. i live in upstate new york, by the way. this is the largest agricultural district in the entirety of the northeast. we need the fossil fuels that we have. >> anita: she is talking about the rising costs. let's put them up and see what people are paying for energy costs. for new york households, electricity $126 a month, natural gas $135, motor feel $102, home heating oil $224.54. i did the math. it's almost $600 a month. if you add all these things up. so why should new yorkers be expected to make up the difference for this? >> and they shouldn't be but you

know what, i tell you, you have a coconspirator here, right? you have the state of new york. they have been regulating and taxing the stuff for years. they are getting a lot of revenue from oil and gas production, and to try to blame specific oil companies for their policies, it's absolutely ludicrous. most of the pollution is being done in places like india and china. gooding good luck getting them to write a check to the state of new york. that's not going to be happening, i'll tell you that. listen, when you get back to this whole thing, this is again an aspirational lawsuit, a virtual lawsuit to say hey, we are trying to save the planet, but they are failing. if you look around the globe, greenhouse gas emissions are higher than they have ever been. call use is higher than it ever has been. so let's get back to america and quit penalizing american companies because we can to it better and cleaner than anybody else and we are going to need it to power the economy of the future. >> anita: yeah, you know, i

think everybody wants to be environmentally friendly. everybody wants to protect the climate. but you have to pay your bills first. probably that is what the people of new york are thinking about right now. phil flynn, thank you so much come happy new year to you. >> you too. have a great one. thank you. >> anita: thank you. time is running out for hamas and israel to reach a cease-fire before president-elect trump takes office. the latest on the talks and analysis from retired navy seal makes a rally just ahead. >> bill: tonight someone could end up winning the fifth largest prize in megamillion's history. jeff flock has all the details for us. jeff? >> if only they pick the right numbers and you can do it yourself, 70 balls and 25 mega balls to choose from. back in a moment to tell you how to do it. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> bill: all right, wait until you see this next video, it is pretty crazy. it shows a 20-year-old surfer surviving a pretty terrifying wipeout in hawaii. cruising off the maui coast and a massive wave swallows him, tumbling over and over, he said the crash felt like driving 80 miles an hour on the highway and then just slamming into a brick wall. he credits his survival to intense training. take a listen. >> oh, man, this was the swell i have been waiting for and dreaming of for a very long t time. it was the biggest projected surf forecast that we've seen in a long time coming in. big wave surfers, we train for these types of situations. there's a lot of training and breath work that goes on behind

the scenes. >> bill: now even more wild than that we've come instead of calling it quits come he got right back on his board and back into the ocean to catch some surf commend anita, when you watch this thing in slo-mo, it's like he is being tossed around . it looks like you got koed. he is incredibly lucky, perley stayed conscious during that and was able to get out of there, but he got tumbled over and over and over, and when you are going that high and that fast against mother nature like that, that it washing machine imaginable. >> anita: he said he had been dreaming of that his whole life so he finally got it. here in southern california the waves were pretty good, as well. pacific coast highway, there was not a spot to be found, the surfers were pouring out there. the waves were huge, too. >> bill: the santa cruz peer found that out the hard way. >> anita: well, the mega millions jackpot jumping higher and higher, adding another $70 million just an hour ago. the top prize worth more than a

billion dollars. fox business jeff flock has discovered the secret to winning. jeff, tell us come i am taking notes. >> it is like that surfer. no matter how many times you get knocked off the board, you keep coming back. it has been a long time since some of the won the $1.22 billion, it's easy to play, hit the machine, don't have to talk to anybody, want to quick play $10 worth, it picks it all for you and boom, add it to your cart, next thing you know, you got it. that jackpot, as you pointed out, has now just jumped again and we expect maybe one more job, but the $1.22 billion, with a b, comes down to 549 million, with a m, if you take the cash, that is before taxes, don't even want to talk to you about that. but it is still a lot of money, let's face it. you can buy tickets in now 45 different states and continue to add states. the odds, though, do not change.

they are currently 302,575,350 to 1. i talked to one retired math teacher who says 302 million to 1 is a bridge too far for me. >> that's a pretty big number. >> yes. >> are you playing this lottery? >> no. >> and why not? >> because i don't have money to throw away. >> you play the big one? >> i'm playing the big one. the mega. i'd be happy with four numbers and the mega ball. i'm not greedy, you know? [laughter] >> here have to win the whole thing? >> i'm not greedy. i'll share. i don't really care. as long as i get a little something to pay off bills. >> i don't know if playing the lottery catches you up on bills or may be creates more bills, but whatever, like you said, keep getting on that board no matter how many times you fall off.

guys, back to you. >> anita: yeah, and i know the odds are pretty stacked against a player, but somebody has got to win, right? >> probably. somebody we don't know. that's my guess. >> anita: all right, jeff flock, thank you so much for entertaining us. happy holidays to you. >> i try. ♪ ♪ >> we had a great first term, despite a lot of turmoil caused unnecessarily, but the media has tamed down a little bit. they are liking us much better now come i think. if they don't, we will just have to take them on again, and we don't want to have to do that. >> bill: you hear it there. president-elect donald trump preparing to spar with the media if he has to in his second term. the question is will he faced more resistance from far left out lets this time around? joe concha gives us his take coming up. hi, i'm greg. i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. after working 25 years in the automotive industry, i retired.

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