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rachel: it's the 9 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with this, decade -- canadian diplomats flocking to florida, how the president-elect's tough talk is already working without even stepping boot in the oval office. charlie: plus, mike mike johnson's speaker -- future as speaker is up in the air, how it may impact trump's ability to get work done. will: and 2024 may be the year the celebrity endorsement died. why voters are telling stars to stay out of politics and why fill becomes are beginning the lean into americana. the final hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. ♪ if. ♪ ♪ will: good morning. welcome to "fox & friends" on this sunday morning between christmas and new year. will cain, rachel campos-duffy and charlie hurt with us here on

the couch this morning. good morning. rachel: good morning, everybody. great to be back. charlie: great to have joe piscopo singing us into the last hour. rachel: the best is yet to come. could be trump's new theme. will: could be the theme of america. honored to have them here on fox and friends. rachel: what i love about joe is, first of all if, if you meet him in person, the nicest guy ever, genuine, authentic. but i also love these celebrities, these are real celebrity it is with real talent. they can sing, they can act, they can dance. that's' the kind of stuff he brings to the table. will: who love america. rachel: no question about that. another congressman is withholding support for mike johnson for speaker of the house ahead of a formal vote coming on january 3rd. will: can and there are fears that could put president trump's election certification at risk. charlie: madeleine rivera joins

us live with more. >> reporter: hello, good morning. a number of house ore palins want to to raise their concerns and make sure they are addressed ahead of next week's speaker's vote. johnson is on thin ice with the right flank of the republican conference after last week's messy spending fight. more democrats passed the spending bill than republicans. >> i think last week just raised a lot of concerns about how we're going to do things. are we going to work within our conference to get the solution, or are we automatically going to run to the democrats to get votes? we should not see our speaker shaking hands on a deal without first coming to the conference and getting buy-in. >> reporter: the problem for johnson is that he can only afford one republican defection if all democrats vote against him. that's because he needs 218 votes to keep the gavel. and the next congress will begin with 219 house republicans and 215 house democrats. one republican congressman, thomas massie, has already said he won't be backing johnson for

speaker, and several other gop if members say they're the uncommitted to johnson including andy harris, scott perry and tim burchett. he's perry on "mornings with maria." >> right now, i think mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but i want to have a conversation with mike. i'll tell you the one that might be able to make the difference is, quite honestly, president trump. whoever the president backs is likely to be the speaker regardless. >> reporter: president-elect trump is said to be frustrated with johnson, but the house is paralyzed without a speaker, raising concerns that a prolonged fight could delay the certification of the electoral college results set for january 6th. will, rachel and charlie. charlie: thank you, madeleine. will: we were talking about this earlier on the couch, the interesting thing is who would run against him at this point because who wants the job as speaker of the house? rachel: no one does. and there isn't a logical person, there isn't somebody if on the bench who you're like,

oh, that guy. he's going to do it. whether people want to do it or not. there there just isn't that person. charlie: and as scott perry pointed out, the elephant in the room that we're not talking about is donald trump. he is going to be the one that makes, you know, he'll have a huge influence on what the rest of the republican conference does. and i suspect that, you know, trump likes the, he likes to keep people unsure of where things are, and maybe he has mike johnson in a little bit of a time outright now. but i would imagine -- time outright now, i would imagine -- timeout right now. rachel: you spoke to pat fallon if from texas earlier, will. here's what he had to say. >> i think he will remain speaker, and i'll tell you why. we had an election or at least a nomination in the in the republican conference in november, and there were no other candidates. the entire conference voted wit,

with all the votes for mike johnson. so i do believe that we're with people of our word, and we will follow through. mike's got a great relationship with president trump. what may happen is you might see some people that, you know, make a little noise and then maybe white light it, which is voting present, which then lowers the threshold slightly. and that could happen. but i do think come january 3rd at some point in that day, hopefully right away, mike will be elected speaker. will: so that's a fight for the future, near if future. a fight taking place right now, this week, on x within the right side of the aisle is one ignited by vivek ramaswamy and elon musk. this is in part over h-1b visas and skilled legal immigration but became a debate as well about american culture. vivek ramaswamy started it with this post on x: the reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born and first generation engineers over native americans isn't because of an

innate american iq defishes if city. that's a lazy explanation. a key part comes down to the c-word, culture. at least since the '90s and likely longer. a culture that celebrates prom queen over the math olympiad champ or the jock over the valedictorian will not produce the best engineers. a culture that venerates corey from boy meets world over screech in saved by the bell will not produce the best engineers. rachel: it is a fascinating discussion because it really goes beyond the h-1b visa issue, and people felt like vivek ramaswamy was taking a swipe at american culture, you know? the prom queen and the sort of the high school, friday night lights kind of culture that we have. i think it's really deep. and i think he touched on something. i think you see it on x.

you see people going, well, what are we? first of all, what's best for the american people? are we going to just import workers instead of fixing the problem? if i was talking with charlie. you know, elon musk is out there also promote being ozempic p right? the solution to america's obesity problem so semipick. if ozempic is the solution, we'll never get to the root of the problem cans which is our food, our ultra-processed foods, our food supply, and that's something that robert kennedy jr. and calley means and others are trying to solve. if we just import workers from other countries and we don't fix the problems of why we aren't competing here which, by the way, some of it has to do -- we talked about this earlier too, will -- a lot of white men are being pushed out of jobs or out of universities where they could actually compete and do well. and so i think there's a lot of

stuff going on here. i think our country is more than just our gdp, and i don't think these tech bros, i think they would treat our country like a company or a sports team, and we're more than that. we're a people. we're a land. we have a shareed identity, and i think we ought to respect that. charlie: the explosion of h-1b visas is a quick fix to a much bigger problem, and i think it's so interesting that the entire debate, as you pointed out, is occurring within the republican party. the democrat party isn't even part of this debate. this debate that we're having right now is the debate we should be having in this country, and democrats are completely -- they're bankrupt of ideas. they have no, they have nothing to offer to this i debate, and and they're sitting there going, well, we just let in 12 million illegals across the mexican border, and we're, like, that's not at all what this discussion is about. will: charlie, it's a great point, and i think it's a healthy debate, it's a good debate, and it shows this is not

an ideology of yemen yes men. i like what steve bannon has said, that that america is not an algorithm. rachel: he also said we don't want our country run by people that got shoved into the lockers. charlie: not revenge of the nerds. will: i want to give vivek proper context. he agrees it's not just education, and it's not just concern he thinks it's cultural from a very young age and that we need to encourage people to pursue these past of excellence. if we don't, we're going to have to bring in the best from across the world. my criticism of vivek is i know he believes in american exceptionalism, but i believe what makes us exceptional is our culture. it's got rot, entitlement, but at its core, it's one of the most unique to ever grace this planet. the other aspect is elon bringing up sports. i know something about this. i think this is interesting. he talked about, like, pro sports, elon did. we get this basketball player from if france or serbia.

here's what i'd say to toe loan on that. professional sports does not maintain a culture, it just doesn't. it's in pursuit of championships. and i understand we want to win. college sports is a better corollary because at least historically, and they're losing it, they had a long-term culture, different programs. and let me tell you about two sports, one i know very well, water polo, and another i know very well, soccer. we're not the best in the world at these two sports, so take clemson who won the national championship in soccer. if you look at their roster, 80% from overseas. water polo, usc is very good. 80% from eastern europe. i would say to you american college ares granting american scholarships should be benefit american students not just in our sports, but academically. you have to develop, and i think vivek agree withs with this, young people to become american engineers, and they are getting boxed out. maybe there's a .if 1% we can bring in from india or china, but it has to be as a buy-in to

the american culture which i believe needs to be venerated. rachel: you know, this whole trump movement started with american workers feeling like they were getting the shaft or, right? feeling like they were getting leavitt behind. and let's be frank, the tech bros were pretty late to the game here, right many they came in very late in the game. charlie: to trump world. rachel: to trump world, the maga with world. andi think what you're seeing on the internet are people going, wait a minnesota, this whole america first movement was about putting americans first. so let's figure out what the the problem is, and let's put americans first. let's not let the tech bros who, as you said, are maybe married to an algorithm and think about american success in terms of gdp if and the stock market. there's more to to it. i have changed my whole per spict on politics -- perspective on politics. i don't look at anything anymore through this data.

i look at it through what is best for american families. if literally american families. and is it best for american families for us to import workers in high-tech jobs to take the the place of american workers? no. it's not. and remember, this is what the democrats used to say, well, americans don't want to pick agriculture and crops. well, guess what? now they're saying americans don't want to do s.t.e.m. jobs. what? like, we do. and, you know, there are a lot of issues that he's touched on. i think you're right that we should give vivek some credit. some of this comes down to the family, by the way -- will: which is what he's highlighting. rachel: which is what he's highlighting. but i am not going to get onboard with this requested that we should replace high-tech jobs with foreign workers. that is not what america first is about. charlie: and, of course, it was just phi minutes ago they were -- five minutes a ago they were pushing americans out of these other job, oh, just learn

how to write code. rachel: exactly. will: now you can't write code. charlie: good luck with that. rachel: fascinating discussion. kudos to elon and vivek for bringing it up, and kudos to everyone on x who's engaging in this debate -- charlie: and cue cose to trump for -- kudos to trump for surrounding himself with people like that where you can foster debate. rachel: there are both sides. steve bannon and all these people on one side, and if they're maga, and you've got these other guys on side, and i think it's a beautiful debate, and i think donald trump has the right instincts. he always stands on the side of the american worker and families. all right, turning now to your headlines, a federal judge blocking the biden administration from selling off any more border wall materials beforeth president-elect trump takes office. texas attorney the general ken paxton requesting the hearing after learning unused parts were being auctioned off for pennies on the dollar. his office is saying it will hold the biden administration,

quote, accountable for illegally subverting our nation's border security until the very last day in power. and the telegraph reporting that president-elect trump could make history with his second state visit to the u.k., but it's likely -- it likely won't happen until 2026. and if it happens, he'd become the first elected politician in modern history on to hosted by the royal family on two visits. a formal invitation is expected once trump is back in office. by the way, you guys remember when meghan markle refused to meet with donald trump in she said she had to take care of the baby even though she has a lot of nannies. and earlier, we asked you to share your thoughts on the annoying new travel trend where people are playing their videos and music on their phones while flying or at the airport without using headphones. so here's what nancy said. she said taking a call is one kind of rudeness, but putting it on speaker phone is even worse. joe agrees with charlie saying

when it comes to calls taken on speakerphone, quote, although i've never called anyone out yet, i've been temptedded. and rod tells us, quote, he's asked for the volume to be decreased twice out on -- out of numerous encounters. charlie: it's basic manners. basic manners. if not that hard. will: i agree. rachel: who knew that charlie was with such a rules guy. charlie: yeah, i'm such a rules guy. yeah, that's right. will: he didn't like that, rachel. [laughter] rachel: i called him a carrot earlier. he really didn't like that. will: all right. liberal hollywood is a cultural flop. americans do not want celebrities preaching politics. that's one of the big takeaways from the election in 2024. but there's also a new brand of entertainment coming in that you would expect, by the way, if you're mining for god spoir the -- stories. why don't you mine from, i don't know, faith? the bible? if americana? there's a whole new brand and a

star from "yellowstone," he's in tulsa king, and he's part of angel films. he was with me last night on jesse watters prime time talking about this opportunity to tell american, faith, good stories. >> five years ago if -- they just came out with a list of all the wants this all the networks want. want a show like this, want a show like that. but i would say eight out of ten of them on the list i just read at the bottom said if you have anything with faith-based, we're very interested this year. so there's just a change that's going on that i love, because these films are turning profits. and we keep the prices down. the advertising isn't as much as you have with a big studio film, but the word of mouth through our angel films has caught on so well, and it's building such a fan base that i just love. rachel: by the way, this guy lives the life, a faith-based life. so you notice he's a villain in

a lot of films. there's a reason. he will not kiss another woman because he's married, and he's faithful to his wife. he plays the villain -- i know this because my if husband sean interviewed him and said he's a great guy. but this is fascinating, there is a change in the culture. by the way, there was a poll, americans also sawing they object -- saying they do not want, only 24% of americans want their celebrities to talk about politics. you see what happened to george clooney getting egg on his face getting involved in all the, you know, deposing of joe biden. but you also saw, charlie, that a lot of celebrities were exposed as fake when it came to politics. they were getting paid by, you know, kamala harris' campaign. that was the best, right? oprah winfrey getting paid a million dollars the pretend like she's endorsing kamala harris. but there were other celebrities also getting paid. they wouldn't even donate their time. charlie: of that was my second favorite thing, maybe the third.

my favorite thing about the election was trump getting reelected. second favorite was kamala harris losing -- [laughter] and third favorite buzz ex-- was exposing all these celebrities. but it is kind of -- go back to that poll you mentioned, rachel, 24% approve of celebrities talking about political issues. 39 disapprove. i mean, that's to good. but really it should be, like, 85% disapproving. i've never met anyone who wants to -- will: do you know what i bet is an 85% proposition? people don't care. rachel: that's right. nobody cares. will: i just don't think they care about what a celebrity -- charlie: no, actually, if you do the correct math, because i'm a rules guy, because if you add it up, it gets to 80%. rachel: it does. it's a great turn of events that he's saying as an actor and as somebody who's putting work forward and looking to get into more projects that projects that are faith-based and wholesome are actually profitable, and

people are pushing them forward which will be good for all of us. we need that, america. canadian ministers, by the way, meeting with trump after his tariff tough talk. how his economic policy are already producing results with inauguration day just around the corner. (♪) i'm a little nervous. (♪) do you tell me when it happens or... [footsteps]

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will: canadian dip to 40 mats just met with president-elect trump's team in florida to discuss the ris of imposing new trade tear i haves. and -- tariffs. he's already producing results for america. experts say this is why big donations are pouring in from companies like amazon, meta and openai. former mcdonald's ceo ed rensi joins us now. ed, great to have you on the program. i want your perspective, because i'm a little skeptical, okay? i hope i'm not cynical. i understand corporate america wanting the jump on the winning side, and there's no doubt the winning side is trump: but i don't know that they've gone under some type of conversion of seeing the light of rejecting dei policies, of understanding america first or if they're just trying to get new favor with a new administration. >> well, it's a complicated manner, to -- matter, to say the

least. i think a lot of business people are running away from biden because of his failure in so many ways, inflation, the entire cultural revolution, engineering. and trump is pretty well known. he's a very, very good business withman. he's smart. businessman . he knows how to hire, fire, manage if a payroll. he knows the things that are important in business. the united states is a huge business. it's got a lot of employees. it's got a lot of citizens that are customers. and people know that their life today is a lot different than what it has been for the last four years, and they're scared to death about what the future holds for their children more than anything. will: right. >> and i think trump is perhaps an oasis in the desert. will: well, i think all that's true, ed, and i would hope that corporate america would understand that and understand the better business environment, every type of environment that we're in store for under donald trump. but again, i guess my skepticism is why were they donating so

much to to biden and harris and obama before? >> well, you know, i'm not sure why people do what they do. i can only tell you how i perceive things and the people i know and how they perceive things. and if it's very clear that trump is a leader, and joe biden offered a lot of promise and then failed miserably. i don't know if it's because of his mental health condition or what it was, but we got off into tangents, and we didn't get about the business of running the united states as a world power. and i think trump is going to restore that respect internationally, you know? if he talks about tariffs. tariffs are nothing but a leverage tool for him. and i think that business people really, really do need and want trump back in office because business in this country -- businesses in this country having a lot of problems today. you know, you look at what he did with the tax cuts, you look what happened to individual income. we've got problems in agriculture today, we've got the chinese are buying i up farmland. of we've got a situation where

our productivity's down because of the cost of energy and oil, you know? people don't understand that oil has a big role to play in agriculture with insecticides, fertilizers, red diesel fuel to operate farm equipment. will: right. >> so getting these things back in balance is going to enhance small business, big business and the average citizen of the united states. will: no doubt. well, ed, you're the former ceo of mcdonald's, so we wanted to get you in on this. there's a new that shows one in eight americans have found a launch pad for their career growth with mcdonald's. one in eight americans having worked at mcdonald's. what is it about mcdonald's that serves as such a launching pad for careers? >> when i retired there a number of years ago, so i can't speak for mcdonald's in any way, shape or form, but the foundation of mcdonald's is based on the fact of small businesses, small entrepreneurs, franchisees, building, owning and operating a business in their local community. and mcdonald's is a great

entry point for, workers. they have systems, processes, procedures, they've got great training and educational systems. everybody that goes into with mcdonald's is a minimum wage employee and has the opportunity to become a franchisee in the future by becoming a store manager, becoming a supervisor, becoming a consultant and moving up through the organization. they're one of the largest agriculture purchasers in the world with, so if you want to get into purchasing, agriculture, it's a great foundation for the future. the u.s. military used to be the number one recruiting place for businesses, but it's changed now. i think small businesses have become more and more important. will: we'll see if that refrains the case under -- remains the case under, perhaps, the new secretary of defense, pete hegseth. maybe the military will once again become a lawn offinged pa. >> absolutely. will: ed rensi, great to talk to you this morning. >> just keep many in mind,

donald trump was a great french fry guy. [laughter] will: i the with but all saw it with our own guys. thank you, ed. ed the illegal immigrant accused of burning a woman alive on the subway indicted yesterday, but why he isn't in i.c.e. custody, next. rd work, ad the farm was the perfect place to learn grit, determination and problem solving. we're taking that passion and channeling it through our farm to home bedding bath, and apparel at red land cotton. we grow cotton in the rich red earth of north alabama. and we want our products to be made here in the usa, from the seed in the ground to the final stitch. go to red land cotton dot com and receive 20% off your order with code fox 20

♪ ♪ rachel: new york city will not honor the i.c.e. detain ther request for the illegal immigrant accused of burning a woman alive on a subway train. the suspect will be back in court on january 7th after he was indicted on arson and murder charges yesterday. >> my if office is very confident about the evidence in this case and our ability to hold sa pate that the accountable for his dastardly deeds. this case belongs in state court because the charges here are more significant in state court than currently many in federal

court. we have a very strong working relationship with our federal partners and, of course, we'll always do what's in the best interests of the people of the state of new york and the city of brooklyn. rachel: fox news contributor sara carter joins us now. saraing, always great to have you on -- sara. what's your reaction to this story? >> thank you. look, the best interests of the people of the state of new york or for that matter the people of america, american citizens, was for the biden administration and people like kathy hochul so keep the -- to keep the southern border closed. instead, president biden opened up the border, rachel. he did so, i mean, just within a week of coming into office. and he invited everybody from around the world to come into the country. we have millions of known gotaways in this country, that means we know they're out there. we have no in vetting on them, we have no idea what their background is, no idea if they've committed crimes in other countries. and, in fact, even the people that we do vet we have problems

with because we don't have working relationships with a lot of the countries these people are coming from. they don't cooperate with us. it's a huge, huge problem, and it's the an embarrassment when you have sanctuary states and sanctuary cities saying we're not going to honor an i.c.e. detain ther on someone like successor apeta who was kicked out of the country in 2013 under president trump, came right back in and committed this crime. rachel: it'll be interesting the see to how the trump administration deals with the idea of sanctuary cities. people have suggested they might hold back some federal funds if you continue to be sanctuary city -- >> and they should. rachel: and they should -- to -- >> oh, absolutely. rachel: and you've covered so many of these horrific crimes that were -- didn't have to happen, frankly. i had a recent interview, sara, with the president of panama. this was before the election.

he's in the news again because donald trump is basically telling him you've got to choose between us or china. but with i want to bring up another part of this interview because it has to do with the topic we're talking about right now which is the border. listen. [speaking spanish] rachel: one of the first things that that president did was to close -- he said i'm going to close the darien gap because it was open and, obviously, that

was one of the routes that people were taking. it's destroyed the ecosystem there. they want compensation because they say it's the our fault. everyone's coming through there because they're trying to get to our country. what's your take? >> i think he has a point. i think also they could have done their part, and and they need to do their part or president trump will hold them accountable. i think the president though has a point when he says, look, you know, president biden not only opened up the border, but he sent an open invitation to the world. so it wasn't just people leaving from central america, guatemalans, nick wag -- nicaraguans, it was people coming from africa, from afghanistan, from syria, from almost every nation that you can imagine coming through and going into the darien gap and then making their exit all the way through mexico into the united states. so this administration needs to be held accountable as well. let me tell you this, president

trump is going to hold everybody in central america accountable. and you know what? he's not going the allow them to weaponize migration anymore against the united states, because the border's going to be shut. rachel: you know, sara, he told me something so tragic. he said they have around 200 children that they found in the darien gap. by the way, this is an almost impassable jungle. they are so young and so little that they don't even know their names. >> and the most -- rachel: and they have 200 -- the. >> the most dangerous crossing in the world. rachel: some of their parents died, others he's i a grade might have been trafficked for organs and all kinds of things. so he understands what's happening with illegal immigration and its impact on central america and his country in particular, but now he's in the news for other stuff on the panama canal and the role of china which, as i mentioned earlier, he was very cage sky about talking about china. he and his minister.

although, like i said, they're very pro-trump and conservative. so it's going to be interesting to see this reset in relations in central and south america under the trump administration. you've been following this so closely. last word. >> you know what? very important point, and last word is we need to take care of china in central america, and we need to win back our neighbors in the western hemisphere. we cannot afford to allow china to set base the way that they have been both in central and south america, and that's going to be something that president trump, i believe, is going to take a very close look at and work out. thank you. rachel: sara carter, thanks for joining us. the clock is ticking for tiktok. how trump's plan on using the art of the deal to save the app. that's next with my if daughtere n e evita. with ancestrydna. explore the detailed family roots, cultures and traits that shaped who you are today

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drones. while here at home one of the busiest travel days of the year interrupted by severe winter weather in the if south. so far this morning more than 2,600 domestic flights have been delayed, and 150 flights have already been canceled. rachel: are you just thinking about your flights home? charlie: yeah. [laughter] i'm baffled by these numbers. let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. adam: hey, charlie. we're experiencing weather out here on fox square. lift this up so you can see the folks behind me. i actually met some people here who don't have an umbrella. do you mind holding this? you don't mind getting rained on, but i need both my hands to if pull out my little clicker, and we can go true the forecast. you can tells the raining on fox square. 43 degrees though, that's not so bad. rain ultimately moving out later in the day. the big story's going to be the

storms across the south, the southeast. folks there do need to pay attention today, connect your local weather or follow fox weather because that is a big story. those are your weather headlines, toss toing it back to everyone. want to say back to everyone? >> back to everyone. will: thank, adam. president-elect trump now saying the fate of tiktok should be in his hands urging the supreme court to delay their decision on a possible u.s. ban. charlie: the trump team saying he needs, quote, the opportunity to resolve the issue in a way that saves tiktok and preserves american national security once he resumes office as president. rachel: evita duffy alphonso, my daughter, she joins us now. okay, evita, you and i have had -- this couch, especially with our last cohost, pete hegseth, have debated tiktok for a long time. i came around the your point of view on tiktok, so why don't you

just lay it out. >> my take here, and it's a little bit controversial in right-wing world, is that the managerial state doesn't like tiktok because they can't control tiktok. a lot of people don't know that google started as a darpa grant. a lot of these tech companies that we have today are staffed with former intel officials, former nato officials. and initially, the state department liked to control social media by promote if being free speech. we're going to control governments by saying we want to really lean heavy into freedom of speech in the digital public square. but then in 2016, what happened? we had brexit, donald trump elected, populism was rising and the plan backfired. and suddenly they said, oh, no, we wan to the start censoring speech. and tiktok -- and they did, actually, and donald trump was censored massively across all platforms in 2021. to so tiktok is not controlled by our federal government, it's a chinese company. and there are concerns about it, but in my opinion, the deep

state's reason for wanting to get rid of tiktok has nothing to do with privacy. they violate our privacy all the time. they censor us all the time. anything to do with eating disto ores, oh, this from promotes eating disorders. instagram does this too, they're not worried about instagram. it's about controlling tiktok because they can knot. it's a chinese company -- cannot. charlie: i think it's so interesting and so wise, and i've always wondered in terms of the argument about china, if china is using tiktok to spy on america, why not go after china? >> right. and i'll just say this, i mean, china is a huge problem if i'm not going to downplay the threat of the ccp. if you're a catholic, if you're a pro-life arer, if you're just a right-winger, you have been targeted by your own government. so in my opinion, the more immediate threat to our stay -- safety at this time is our own federal government. so i would much rather have relative free speech via tiktok than allow the deep state to get

rid of it. and if you're donald trump, it makes sense too because he was mass remember sored. why would donald trump help the managerial state censor it out that's to been relatively good to him? will: one last question, evita. i think your right to indict the motives of why someone in the government would go after tiktok, but does that also lead us to -- i know you're not saying we shouldn't worry about tiktok. it clearly is controlled by the ccp. what do we do with that? >> i just don't think that -- first of all, i don't think the government should be in the business of banning apps. and i think before we can even talk about when it's a threat, we have to -- whether it's a threat, we have to to address the threat of our own social media companies being essentially run by the deep state. and elon musk with x, love it. that's probably the exception. the rest of them, they all are taking -- the missouri if v. murphy supreme court case hate this out really well. they're all taking orders from the deep tate to censor

right-wingers on everything from vaccines to election integrity, to even specific people like rfk jr. that, to me, is a more immediate problem. then we can have a frank and sincere -- will: and outside of x, you personally have seen more censorship on other platforms than you on tiktok. we're not active on tiktok, but you are, right? >> i have been censored on tiktok. different content gets censored on tiktok. you'll see a topic blankettedly censored on meta or google, but it wouldn't be on tiktok. so it's different content. and i would prefer to have some content the allowed on tiktok versus not on other platforms than you have somewhat free speech and, again, the motives are bad here. will: great stuff. charlie: i'm sure your mom scolds you for your skepticism about the federal government. [laughter] >> she's onboard. we're on the same page. rachel: thanks, e' saw concern

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rachel: we are just a few days away from the new year. will: and today we're taking a look at cost effective items to include in your home improvement projects heading into 2025. charlie: chip wade joins us with the products he's using right now. >> good morning, guys. let's start with these cool treehouses. the perch treehouses. we're going to be using the zip system from huber woods. basically, this is a three in one. it's an area barrier -- air barrier and a structural sheathing. you put your siding on, your roof right on top. you don't need house wrap. even the zip system that creates a continue cannous thermal break around your structure. rachel: is this a thing? i love it. >> super cool. we'll follow along -- rachel: my gosh, it's amazing. enter we're going to be using the insulation from owens corning. it's cotton. you can feel this, really, really nice. this is gate for the walls and the floors. we also have thermal fiber,

areas like saunas that are going to be in here, really great. and if we're using the black onyx if duration shingles as well, so this is going to keep the wind from if blowing these bad boys off on the mountain. next up, we are using the home power energy system in lieu of a gas generator. this is a battery stack. will: oh, wow. >> we've got a smart hub and a transfer switch all in one. this is going to power these treehouses for a week, each one of them, with no power. so off of that battery. again, it charges it off of line are volt an -- voltage, but it's compatible as well. this is the proterra, a heat pump water heater that only uses the same amount of power as a 100 watt light bulge. -- lightbulb. it heats the water from the heat in in the air, really, really amazing. find this at ream.com. next up, we have got with shark by max fitting s. this our push two connect

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