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>> this, this is classic trump. he uses the threat of tariffs to get an advantage and to also pursue america's interests. >> it creates doubts in the minds of the other side. is trump really going to do this? or if he doesn't do this, would he do something less that we still don't like that would be problematic for us? so yeah, this is an act of negotiation. >> the concept of an economic union has been hanging around for 40 years that it makes sense because the resources canada have u.s. needs. >> anita: president-elect trump using the threat of tariffs as he tries to get more cooperation from china, canada, and mexico. his agenda coming into focus as he inches closer to his return to office. i'm anita vogel and bill, we have one more hour to go before the weekend. >> bill: final friday of 2024, let's do it. i am bill melugin in for john roberts and sandra smith today. they've got the day off. this is "america reports."

and trump is wasting no time ahead of his second term. matter are world leaders, with two top canadian table matt leading with the administrationo right after time minister justin trudeau's visit last month. matt, what are we hearing about these latest visits? >> bill, president-elect trump has been threatening some pretty serious tariffs against canada. prime minister justin trudeau say would crush the canadian a economy. cabinet never scheduled to meet with president-elect trump and incoming border czar of tom homan in west palm beach today. president-elect trump also posted a cryptic message to truth social that we may see bill gates at mar-a-lago sometime soon. you may recall canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a now-famous visit to mar-a-lago a few weeks ago. president-elect trump has been roasting trudeau, saying maybe canada should become our 51st

state and trudeau should become its governor if canada cannot fix what trump calls a flow of illegal migrants and drugs here into our country. president-elect trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs against canada to the tune of 25% on canadian goods. trudeau has told trump those tariffs would crush their country. now today here in west palm beach, canada's new finance minister dominic leblanc and foreign minister melanie joe lee are scheduled to hold talks with trump. trump's new border czar tom homan also tells fox that canada is ready to go on immigration enforcement. notable canadian businessman kevin o'leary tells fox that if canada and the u.s. could better synergize their resources and economy they could become a greater power against our adversaries. >> 41 million canadians, basically the population of california, sitting on the world's largest amounts of all resources including most important, energy, and water.

canadians over the holidays the last two days have been talking about this. they want to hear more. and so, you know, there is obviously a lot of issues and more details but what this could be is the beginning of an economic union. think about the power of combining the two economies. >> and the united states actually gets a ton of its crude oil and electricity from canada, so these are really important trade talks. anita? >> anita: matt finn live in west palm beach, otherwise known as the center of the universe right now. matt, thank you so much for that live report. bill? >> bill: anita, the illegal immigrant accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire intentionally in a new york city subway is formally indicted. sebastian zapeta waving his appearance in court this morning. he is now facing multiple murder charges and could potentially get life in prison without parole if he is convicted, but now mayor eric adams wants federal prosecutors to get involved. nate foy is joining us live in new york city with the latest on

this. hi, nate. >> hey, bill, good afternoon. immigrations and custom enforcement confirms to fox news that they lodged a new immigration detainer on sebastian zapeta. however, the new york city department of corrections indicated that they will not honor that detainer because of the sanctuary policies in place in new york city. now federal prosecution could provide a bit of a workaround on that front, we will get to that in a second. but first you see zapeta right here, the big takeaways today that he was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first and second-degree murder as well as first-degree arson. he waived his right to appear in court today. he is expected in court during his arraignment on january 7th. his indictment will be unsealed then. new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis said it is ridiculous new york city is not cooperating with i.c.e. >> the city not cooperating with i.c.e. to deport people who are in this country illegally, wreaking havoc, committing

crimes, is just outrageous, and the mayor needs to cooperate, at least where he can right now under the existing law. as a violent offender. >> new york city mayor eric adams posted a video on x of subway riders telling him that they don't feel safe largely because of mentally ill riders. this of course raising questions about illegal migrants, as well, in the country and the city. adams is advocating for a federal prosecution of zapeta, with his press secretary telling fox news, quote, mayor adams has directed the nypd to work with legal authority and in partnership with i.c.e.'s homeland security investigations team to explore criminal charges against mr. zapeta-calil under the federal arson statue. that could help them cooperate with authorities but the brooklyn district attorney argues the case should remain a state prosecution. >> we have a strong working relationship with our federal partners and will do what is in

the best interest of the people of the state of new york and the city of brooklyn. because we want to make sure he is fully held accountable. >> now the d.a. also said, as for the victim in this attack, that the medical examiner and nypd have made progress in the identification process, but they are not quite there yet, so we will see if she is a officially identified leading up to zapeta's arraignment on january 7th when that indictment will be unsealed, bill. >> bill: and nate, this case just shows how head scratching some of these sanctuary city policies are. an illegal alien allegedly burning a woman alive, fanning the flames, and burning her so badly, as you just mentioned, they can't even i.d. her, and i.c.e. has been essentially told they will not get any cooperation from the state of new york. it is just remarkable, but i guess that is just how it is these days. nate, great reporting. anita? >> anita: let's bring in chris clem, retired you must sector

border patrol chief. thanks for coming in today. happy new year to you. happy holidays. i want to talk about what is happening with the talks between president-elect trump and his team and these canadian officials, we don't often talk too much about the northern border, but we have problems up there, too, so now we see canada's new finance minister and foreign minister in mar-a-lago to talk with president-elect trump, talking about border security and trade. let's look at some of the tenets of canada's overall border plan. put that up on the screen. they want to block fentanyl. they want to use new tools for law enforcement, enhanced coordination with u.s. law enforcement, increased information sharing, limiting traffic at the border, it all sounds great, and you now have -- this is funny -- the new finance minister in particular dominic leblanc says he is going to meet with tom homan. he wants to discuss the northern border and how canada can avoid

tariffs. thoughts on that? >> first of all, merry christmas, happy holidays, and happy friday to you and fill. look, the fact these canadian officials are coming down to mar-a-lago to meet with president trump and tom homan, that is a win for america. this is about national security and border security and when you have a safe and secure border, you have a healthy border for strong economic trade and travel and commerce. everything that has been mentioned in some of the lead in stories. this is absolutely a win for us and a win for canada because they are a shared border our partners and our allies, and this overall fight. the fact they are going down there to talk about this -- and look, i have been in the room with tom homan in years past, shoulder to shoulder, tough negotiations, sometimes he and i would but heads, but we were negotiating our own policies with our own administration back in the day, so i feel this is going to be very, very beneficial to the united states and the canadian population, but it secures the border and sends

the resounding message that you can cooperate, secure the border, an increase strong economic growth for both countries. >> anita: we will see what happens there. i want to bounce down to the southern border for a minute. and i want to take a look at this headline from "the wall street journal." it reads mexico worries trump will order strikes against drug cartels. what do you think about this? you know, these drug cartels have been wreaking havoc on the southern border. they are helping taupe or drugs into the country, all kinds of crime, murder, what do you think about trump's threat right th there? is it real? >> well, i don't know if we are going to launch strikes in another country over something like this, but i would never take it off the table with this administration, especially if we get the cooperation with mexico to support them in taking out these drug cartels. i mean, they are huge problem

both for the mexican government and population, and obviously our southern border and our country. we need to stand strong. i'm glad that we're even even talking about using military to support mexico in eradicating the threats the cartels push. let me tell you something. i think just having trump back in the white house, from a strong position of negotiation, is going to be a game changer, both in mexico and canada, and most importantly for america. it is going to secure our border and mitigate the problems inside our borders and it's going to hold elected officials, sanctuary cities, and even countries that are source countries accountable so we can protect america and put america first. >> anita: okay, and while i've got you here, i want to ask you about this horrible incident on the new york city subways, where this illegal immigrant sebastian zapeta literally which a woman on fire. he was in court today, and we

know the new york city mayor is asking the feds to come in and charge him, as well, and those charges actually carry the death penalty. there is going to be a debate about that there, but the state of new york is pushing back on that. what do you think is appropriate? should they leave it at state charges or other federal charges is warranted here? >> i think the fact we have new york city mayor coming around and wanting to cooperate with immigration enforcement and federal authorities is a win come and we should do this. they have been telling us under the biden administration, it is all about the federal government, they a response before it, so why don't they get involved and allow i.c.e. to pursue this, especially, harsher consequences. we have had laken riley, and now another heinous crime committed by an illegal alien that was allowed to roam the streets here in the united states, we have got to get strong, end p century

policies come and encourage cooperation so we get violent criminals behind bars and put the rest through the legal system. >> anita: all people who should not have been here in the first place. thank you for your thoughts today, happy new year to you. >> thank you. same to you. >> bill: d.o.g.e. is adding banking deregulation to its big to-do list. how the consumer financial protection bureau ended up in their crosshairs. we will talk about it. liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i saved hundreds. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. cool right? look at this craftmanship. i mean they even got my nostrils right. it's just nice to know that years after i'm gone this guy will be standing the test of ti... he's melting! oh jeez... nooo... oh gaa... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪

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homelessness, that includes 150,000 children, california number one in the country with over 187,000 homeless. hud says the lack of affordable housing, worsening natural disasters come and the migrant crisis are all making it harder for people to find places to live and to pay for it. anita? >> anita: well, the d.o.g.e. duo have the consumer financial protection bureau in their sites. elon musk and vivek ramaswamy turned up the heat after the banking watchdog once led by elizabeth warren moved to cap overdraft fees right before christmas. fox business' grady trimble is live at the white house with more on this. hi, grady. >> hey, anita. musk and ramaswamy have previously floated this idea of consolidating financial regulators or maybe even outright eliminating some of them, and now they are doubling down on that. in a post on x, ramaswamy is specifically calling out the consumer financial protection bureau for overreach because of

come as you said, a rule that it finalized less than two weeks before christmas. he says that rule, which has to do with overdraft fees that banks charge, will drive low income americans to high cost payday loans. ramaswamy writes this latest gambit of the cfpb is just a symptom of a deeper and unconstitutional cancer of unelected bureaucrats substituting their policy judgments for those of congress. he says that's un-american and it needs to end. the rule is part of president biden's war on what he calls junk fees. it requires banks with more than $10 billion in assets to reduce their overdraft fees from an average of around $35 to $5 when an account goes negative. they also have the option to charge only what overdraft cost them in losses, or they can charge any amount if they treat the overdraft fee like a loan and disclose their interest rate that they are charging. republicans in congress know that if they want to take action

on this or any other recommendation from d.o.g.e., the department of government efficiency, it is going to be up to them. >> they are not really going to have any authority. yes, they can point out problems to us, point out where the waste, fraud, and abuse is and what we need to tighten up, but we in congress are going to be the ones who have to follow through on that. >> and "the wall street journal" editorial board is weighing in, as well. it's calling on congress to repeal the cfpb rule. sounds like the d.o.g.e. duo come as you called them, anita, want to go even further. elon musk has suggested the cfpb should be "deleted." we will see if he gets his way. anita? >> anita: well, it is not even january and d.o.g.e. is already on the clock. grady trimble, at the white house, thank you for that report and happy holidays. >> bill: president biden vacationing in st. croix, even as he faces big time backlash over his sweeping clemency moves. so what other actions could biden take in his final months

in office? >> anita: plus legacy media under fire for failing to question biden's acuity. how the media will now grapple with covering a second trump term. joe concha on that -- there he is -- coming up next.

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>> bill: welcome back. the democrats selecting a member of the so-called old guard to serve as its top lawmaker on the house oversight committee. 74-year-old gerry connolly of virginia will be the counterpart to chairman james comer despite some fierce lobbying from 35 euros alexandria ocasio-cortez. critics say the move shows the party just hasn't learned from its mistakes, from its november losses. this as the party picks who will run its national committee in just a few weeks. democratic strategist julian epstein and heritage strategic communications vice president mary vote are both here to weigh in. thank you guys both for joining us. i want to start with the selection of gerry connolly.

one of the critics of that choice was jen psaki on msnbc. here is what she had to say about that. >> this is one of the few committees in congress who actually generate national attention or media coverage. while have deep, deep respect for nancy speaker pelosi, has been on a show many times, she is fierce, nothing against congressman connolly at all, this felt like an obvious chance to apply some of the legends we should've learned from the november election. >> bill: julian, is she right? >> no, i think she is wrong. and i used to be the staff director. look, i know gerry connolly. i think he is competent. he is old. i think you can make a case all you want for a younger candidate. i don't think aoc is that candidate, when you hurt her go up against somebody like tom homan on immigration, bill, you should be familiar with that exchange, she was not able to hold her own, when she was on a show called "firing line" and

ask simple questions about the conflict in israel and gaza with the terrorists, she didn't seem to have any of the basic facts. i was staff director of that committee for a number of years, years ago, and in order to run that committee on behalf of democrats you have to be very, very rigorous on the facts. i have not seen aoc display the kind of rigor that is needed. is there another candidate that could run against gerry connolly? perhaps. i think these are the wrg questions democrats are answering. democrats have more fundamental cultural questions that they need to be able to deal with if they want to climb back into relevancy. >> bill: mary, what do you think about connolly being the one selected to go up against james comer? these hearings get a lot of public attention. they are on tv all the time. >> i think julian is right. it is because aoc represents the far left wing of the democratic party. she is basically the mold of bernie sanders. jen psaki is wrong in the sense that if they actually want to hear what the voters said on november 5th, they need to get behind moderate democrats.

people who are more willing to work with republicans, that want to fight on fiscal responsibility, that want to do more to make this town work and aoc is of the wing of the left-wing party, the dei woke agenda isn't going to last, so jen psaki is wrong in saying that she should be the one. >> bill: democrats will be selecting their dnc chairs in a few weeks. marion williams during her hat in the ring. here's what she said on fox yesterday, take a listen. >> what i have seen from people so far running for the dnc chair has to deal with external fixes come has to do with data analysis, has to do with fundraising, has to do with field organizing, has to do with the 50 state strategy. what i want to address is the psychological and emotional factors that not only have to do with repairing our own relationship with the people whose votes we need, but also with countering the extraordinary adrenaline rush, collective adrenaline rush that donald trump has created.

>> bill: so julian come in your opinion, what is she kind of saying there? is she essentially saying democrats have to find some what of their own maga movement to breathe some life into the party and change directions here? >> i hear it and i hear a lot of psychobabble woo-woo-ism. i don't think it is a correct diagnosis of the problem. even the discussion about the dnc chair is the wrong answer -- is the wrong question. what democrats has to do is they have to decouple himself from the groups, the hard left groups that have driven them to unpopular positions on everything from the economy, immigration, critical race, critical gender. they have hijacked the party and the party has taken positions deeply unpopular in the public. the second thing they have to do is stop the demonization. it has all been ad hominem attacks from the left, nine years against trump, it has been a failure. the democrats want to recompete against republicans, they have to learn how t

like a secure border, deal with working-class issues, vocational education, automation which is coming. the chinese are going to have 45% to 50% of manufacturing by 2030. what is the democrats answer on any of these things? these are fundamental issues the democrats have to address for the working class come all of the psychobabble is skirting the issue. >> bill: psychobabble, the word of the day. mary, we got to run, but maybe 20 seconds to what julian just said. >> at the democrats are smart they would build the blue dog democrat caucus, ten democrats in the house focused on fiscal responsibility in a town that is soon going to be run by republicans, they will give them leverage to negotiate on fiscal conservative policies which the american people want. >> bill: mary and vote, julian epstein, thank you for joining . hope you had a great christmas and catch you in the new year. talk soon. anita? >> anita: meantime, president biden vacationing in

st. croix. the new year's trip comes as biden is trying to cement his legacy on the way out the door. lucas tomlinson is live from st. lucas, another great background for you. any 11th hour surprises we can expect from the president? what do you think? >> that's a good question, anita, perhaps some more pardons. the epa has announced their swing to be $1.6 billion spent on "environmental justice" programs, carrying that out to dozens of different entities, and one of the things president biden said back in washington earlier this month is he is daring president-elect donald trump to undo some of his green energy policies, particularly in states that are controlled by republicans. >> next present stop a new electric battery factory in liberty north carolina that treats thousands of jobs, shut down a new solar factory being built in carterville, georgia? think he will do that?

>> now president-elect donald trump has vowed to boost fossil fuel production wants to renew lng exports on his first day back, he says we called the biden administration a play hold on new licenses at the beginning of the year. biden's epa could also take several more steps, anita come and could in granting california, bill's attention, a waiver to enforce its ban on gas-powered cars and trucks in-state by 2035, a decade from now, administration expected to grant a waiver to california and 11 understates. president biden and the first lady arrived in st. croix, the childhood home of alexander hamilton, arguably one of our greatest founding father's. they are staying at the home of a software company owner. the white house has not confirmed the location but that has been read have stayed the past two post-christmas vacations in st. croix. biden taking some heat for vetoing a bill that would have added 66 new federal judgeships and assi denying the trump

administration of making appointments. also watching the ongoing battle against the iranian-back houthi rebels in yemen, no air strikes against the group from the u.s. navy in the red sea since the friendly fire incident sunday, plaster and super fire hornet. ejected safely, but another f-18 was almost shot down when a second missile was fired. anita? >> anita: lucas tomlinson, take you for that live report from st. croix, the childhood home of alexander hamilton, thank you for schooling us on that. happy holidays, lucas. so legacy media now in the hot seat for dodging questions about biden's mental acuity. now some are shifting their tone as we approach a second trump term. let's bring in fox news contributor joe concha. joe, i hope you had a

merry christmas. good to see you. >> you, as well. you are looking very christmasy, still, anita. >> anita: i still feel the christmas spirit. i want to ask you, a popular "new york times" columnist, ezra klein, has a popular podcast called "the ezra klein show," he is saying he is no longer going to push back so hard on president-elect trump at his second term, let's listen to what he has to say. >> ezra klein is wise to take this route, anita, because emulating "the view" or the lincoln project x feed and continuing perpetual trump resistance is not compelling because it is predictable and therefore boring. may be some on the left, especially in the media, instead of reflexively opposing every trump policy, should consider, for example, point shows that securing the border and deportations are supported by a majority of the american people. cutting government spending is usually popular, as is increasing domestic energy

production. those are two huge trump campaign promises so instead of resisting for the sake of resisting maybe talk to les anti-trump, never trumper pundits and listen more to the american people and what they voted for, i know it is a novel concept but give it a try, drop the fascist rhetoric, lost real impact, get back to substance and people would appreciate that. >> anita: gave a preview of what he will talk about, listen to what he has to say. >> i want to be pretty clear, don't expect this show to be a resistance show. i don't do this because i am open-minded. i am a reporter. i am curious, trying to understand so i can make up my own mind. feeling in deep opposition to something is not a license to not -- in my line of work, to try to understand it. >> anita: joe, quick reaction, do you believe him? >> it's refreshing, but ezra klein's history been always to tout liberal policies and

liberal causes. in the end, quickly, i'll say that let's see his guest list over the next month and see if he talks to some pro-trump people, see actions, words are nice but they are just words, anita. >> anita: i know you will be tracking that for us. i also want to put up this headline from "the hill." 's "the hill" says they have an op-ed on blocking trump. they say congress has the power to block trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now. so it seems that what they are talking about in this article in general is section three of the 14th amendment which basically says, i'm paraphrasing, no person shall hold any office under the u.s. or any state who engaged in insurrection, and this article was written by two ivy league lawyers and they go through chapter and verse what congress can do to block trump from taking office. your thoughts? >> the whole premise, yeah, anita, donald trump was never charged with inciting any

insurrection, so the whole premise, the whole base for this column is completely out the window before we even want to start it. this piece in "the hill" sounds very, what's the word i'm looking for, insurrectiony? let's get this straight. dumb trump wins the popular vote, won the electoral college, won every swing state, therefore duly elected, but he should be blocked from taking office? that doesn't sound very much like saving democracy. this does echo what we witnessed in 2016 after trump's first victory. some house democrats and members of that house of tented to eject to the electoral college votes in some states to protested the election results, citing without evidence any widespread russian interference and massive voter suppression in 2020, somen lawmakers objected and the media treated those objections quite differently, invoking the threat to democracy mantra. democrats would be ill-advised to go down this road in 2025 because americans have no appetite for this kind of stuff anymore. the election was decided where

it should be, at the ballot box. you are not preventing trump from power. it's a nice click bake article but no substance to it. >> anita: we will see how much the legacy media change their tune. we know you will be reporting on that and we will be reading it. joe concha, so good to see you today and we will see you in the new year. >> happy new year, anita. take care. say hi to your kids. ♪ ♪ >> bill: south korea ousting a second head of state in less than two weeks. what we know about the leadership crisis going on there. >> anita: plus president-elect trump threatening hell to pay if there is no mideast hostage deal by inauguration day but officials reportedly say the odds of that are slim. retired navy seal mike sarraille weighs in on the state of negotiations. that's coming up. have you always had trouble with your weight? same. discover the power of wegovy®. with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds.

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♪ ♪ >> anita: political turmoil deepening in south korea as the country in peaches its acting president. the ousting comes just over a week after lawmakers stripped to the previous president of his powers. stephanie bennett has the latest on all of this, and stephanie, how is this case impacting south korea? >> hey, anita. these impeachments have also damaged the country's international image, as well as deep into the economic uncertainty. take a look at some of these images from earlier today. chaos unfolded as south korea's opposition-controlled national assembly voted to impeach acting president han duck-soo with a vote of 192-0. lawmakers from yoon and han's party chanted the vote was invalid and then boycotted the

vote. han was -- after yoon's failure to impose martial law. protest outside the national assembly. any steam after today's vote han duck-soo said he was saddened by his impeachment but accepted the outcome, saying "i respect parliaments decision and in order to avoid further chaos and uncertainty, i will suspend my duties in accordance with relevant laws." the plan to impeach han was announced last night after he refused to a media .3 justices to fill vacancies at the constitutional court ahead of its ruling on yoon's impeachment. for now by law the finance minister will become the next interim president. he ordered stepped up vigilance, north korea could take advantage of the put ago situation. >> interpreter: posture should be maintained for north korea's

provocation, propaganda, and agitation. >> and south korea's currency also weekend today to its lowest point since march 2009. anita? >> anita: wow, a lot of chaos indeed. stephanie bennett, thank you. bill? >> bill: israel and hamas both pointing fingers at each other as cease-fire talks appear to have stalled again. on wednesday, hamas accused israel of setting new issues for a peace deal and killed two dozen people in another round of military strikes. israel denied, set new terms and set those strikes targeting hamas militants. used in american air defense system called thaad for the first time to shoot down a houthi ballistic missile from yemen. let's bring in retired navy seal mike sarraille and also the host of the everyday warrior podcast. mike, thank you so much for coming on and thank you for your service. we have heard trump say repeatedly that these hostages

had better be released from hamas custody before he takes office or "there is going to be hell to pay." in your opinion, is hamas listening to that threat? >> no, i don't think that mohammed sinwar is deterred by trump's verbiage. israel is in a very difficult spot. they don't know who they are negotiating with or what they are negotiating for. the estimate is there is 100 hostages in gaza. half are believed to be alive but at this point israel doesn't know if they are negotiating with mohammed sinwar or the hamas political negotiators. hamas has been so decimated it d fractured i don't even think mohammed sinwar knows where the hostages are and how many there are. he has admitted he we don't want to give that information. it's possible that they can't give that information because they have admitted they don't have communication with all of the factions holding the current

hostages. >> bill: yeah commented that a point, appearing one of the sticking points of that deal, israel wants a list of living hostages and hamas told the qatari newspaper they don't have a list and can't get a list because of all of the fighting going on so if that is the position each site has, how are they ever going to reach a deal here? >> there is not going to be a deal reached prior to the inauguration. i believe with trump's all hell to pay comments, is what that means is there going to give unhindered, untethered support to israel, whether that is military munitions, increased intelligence sharing. i don't think that is a commitment of u.s. troops on the ground, but they are most importantly going to give the international support from this administration to israel and tell the rest of the international community to back off and allow israel to continue decimating hamas, eradicate them, and either get the hostages back or alive until the

mission is done. >> bill: there are some american citizens made up in that group of hostages, so at some point, do you think u.s. boots on the ground should go in there and try to get our people back, or is the best option to keep hoping for some sort of a deal to happen between israel and hamas? >> bill, that's a great question. i think the best support we can give to the israeli soldiers who have been fighting on the ground, that know that landscape, that know that geography, that know the players come our best equipped to conduct that fight. but again it comes back to the amount of untethered support we are giving to them monetarily, military munitions, and intelligence. >> bill: final question here, got 30 seconds left. in your opinion, if you are one of the families of the hostages, do you feel better with president trump coming into office? do you feel it is going to shake things up and maybe get the ball rolling that there will be some sort of disposition happening here? >> that's a tough one. so yes, i believe that it

finally gives the international resolve or support to israel to finish the fight. but for the loved ones who have members being held hostage, you know, it is a difficult situation to bring those hostages alive, given the context and the disastrous nature of this fight. >> bill: yeah, and they will take any good news they can get and unfortunately recently there hasn't been a whole lot of good news for them. we will continue hoping for the best and see what happens as this trump administration takes office. mike sarraille, thank you so much for your time at hope you had a great holiday. we will talk soon. anita? >> anita: well, strong storms are disrupting the holiday travel rush. will travelers catch a break this weekend? ♪ ♪ it's odd how in an instant things can transform. slipping out of balance into freefall.

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create stories with the 95-year-old versions. copyrights are expiring for multiple disney shorts. works first published in the 1920s. i will be shocked if somebody doesn't make a crypto meme coin with popeye and put it out there for people to invest in. >> you know what, we love the original popeye. leave him alone. he worked just fine. >> popeyes chicken will start putting them in some of their ads. >> good marketing. >> the holiday rush is in full swing. it is threatened by a powerful round of storms. fox weather meteorologist steven morgan is with the latest. >> we are watching the

pacific northwest. you are showing a weather system and an atmospheric river. i want to draw your attention to the south. yesterday in houston it was a rough afternoon in travel. big time disrupted in dallas. the same for what we had in houston. you see them here, a bunch of red little icons, confirmed tornadoes. they have not yet been surveyed. the damage out of houston, we will be checking in on some of that. nonetheless, the storms that started yesterday move to the east from mobile into montgomery. alabama is dealing with the rain. we have had a couple of tornado warnings this afternoon through southern mississippi. i want to draw your attention to tomorrow. this weekend is a busy travel weekend. houston, we have a likely threat, level 3 out of 5 threat for tornadoes.

they could be on the stronger side. this type of severe weather season that we see in the fall early winter, it's not uncommon. the fact that we have the possibility of strong tornadoes, though, it is something to consider. we time it all out. this is beginning tomorrow morning into the afternoon. a couple of rounds, anita, we have got a big mess from houston east into montgomery alabama. could be a rough day tomorrow. >> people in the south take notice. thanks for that. we will be right back. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ when you overdo it... ...undo it with pepto bismol.

>> all right. that is going to do it for us. thank you so much for joining us. bill, happy new year. >> it was a lot of fun. great friday to finish up the new year. for now, rich edson is filling in for marta ma