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runway early this morning and slammed into a concrete barrier where then burst into flames. the crash killing 179 people with two crew members miraculously surviving. welcome to fox news live, i am mike emmanuel well. our investigating what caused the aviation disaster. stephanie bennett is live with the breaking details. >> those items have been recovered. officials say it will take some time to get all of this evidence together, maybe even up to a month. two crew members were the only survivors on that plane. the youngest victim of this terrible incident was just that three year old little boy. some of these videos are graphic and may be hard to watch. the incident is the deadliest disaster in the aviation history helping the aviation authority. including officials boeing and

the faa. a bird strike and landing gear failures for possible causes. the 800 jet from bangkok was carrying 175 passengers and six crew members. most were holidaymakers returning from a five day christmas package tour to thailand. one man in his 60s said five of his family members spanning three generations were on that plane. the president of the airline has apologizing. they had worn the plane about a possible bird strike. businesses in the area also said they so many flocks of birds around the area. a few minutes later after that the pilot issued a mayday call. looking at the damage today aviation experts believe they struck the right engine. try to figure out why the pilot did not put down the flaps or landing gear. as you can see, it slid onto the

belly on the concrete wall. some are wondering what would have happened if that wall was not there. >> it appears that from that explosion on that airplane as a result of the aircraft impact that structure from what i can see. so, i think that it is pretty much what spell disaster for that airplane. >> for now a seven-day morning. has been declared by the country 's acting president who you may remember has only been in office since friday. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> let's bring in former pilot arthur rosenberg. also an aviation attorney. welcome. >> thank you for having me, mike it is graphic and upsetting so you may want to look away for a moment. arthur, as we look at this video of this crash in south korea, what are the things that stand out to you? >> yeah, so, our hearts go out

to the families and victims of the flight crew of this tragedy. what struck me when i saw this video is that the pilot did a pretty good job keeping the plane on the central line of the runway. the flaps in the slats for the plane landing at a slower speed in the landing gear not deploy is a bit of a an enigma here. i have gone through a bunch of scenarios in my mind as to what would lead to that. there really is nothing mechanical which would have prevented it from coming down even if the right engine did not just divert and flamed out with the left engine on or even without left engine also they can still get the gear down. they can get the flags out they can get the flaps down. so, something happened here. it is obviously too early to come up with any hard theory of

the case. voice recorder being recovered. they will tell us the speed altitude where the control surfaces were. we will figure this out. at this point, although i am a little reluctant to say, i think you have to look at a flight crew resource management in that car. they were really overwhelmed, but something does not add up here. >> this is south korea's worst plane crash in years. listed as a boeing 737800. could this be more trouble for boeing. >> i knew that question was coming. >> no, on this one, to me, it does not look like the 737, this particular model airplane that is involved. the -- 800 is 15% of the fleet. it is been around a very long time. it has none of the issues that

the 737 max has. this plane was middle-aged around 15 years old. to me, maintenance may be an issue. >> 20 seconds, arthur. could it be a bird strike? >> yeah. miracle on the hudson. he controlled it all the way down into the hudson river. could have had the birds in the cox window which actually penetrated the window. which could account may be for some cockpit confusion for the flight crew. this is a bit of an enigma. we have to wait to see what the data shows. >> thank you for your time and analysis today. >> my pleasure, thank you, mike.

>> president-elect trump siding with elon musk after muss ignited a firestorm within the republican party. we are live in west palm beach florida with the latest. hello, matt. >> hi, mike. the high-profile meetings keep coming out tomorrow lago. trump trying to hammer out some critical issues and perhaps get everyone on the same page for the first 100 days. there is been a little bit of a flareup on these visas. leading the charge in defense using some strong language online and even writing at one point "the reason i am in america along with so many critical people that built spacex tesla and hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h 1 b. take a big step back and link yourself. . president-elect trump weighed in

on the topic essentially ling the matter. telling the new york post he is in favor. has people working for them who use them and they will continue supporting them. the visa has allowed hardly skilled foreign workers easy access into our country. however some supporters are skeptical arguing they can take american jobs. >> usa stem graduates of which there is a surplus right now for jobs. they cannot get those jobs because they are competing with h1 visas. they are trying to extend the number of visas and not necessarily limited to categories. >> immigration is all around a major topic. the biden administration has agreed to stop auctioning off large portions of president trump southern border wall which it had been selling for pennies on the dollar. here at west palm beach top canadian cabinet members met with members of the trump team

about our northern border. president trump has been threatening a crippling 25% tariff on canadian goods if canada does not fix the flow of illegal drugs and immigration into our country. canadian prime minister has said that those 25% tariffs would be crushing to their economy. >> lived in west palm beach. thank you very much. >> the 119th session of congress will begin this friday but a potential heated battle for the house speaker ship could derail the agenda before his second term even begins. madeleine rivera is live on set with more. hi, mattie. >> frustrating among republicans the last thing that they want as republicans enter the next year with full control of congress. they say they have a long to do list from addressing the border to extending the tax cuts.

they cannot move forward with any of those priorities if they do not have a speaker. how they will navigate a slim majority. the congressman on "sunday morning futures". >> people understand in the house of this is an opportunity for them to negotiate. they will hold their cards close to their chest to make sure they get the position that they want to have a prosperous next 119th congress and the way that they see it as prosperous. i think mike johnson will be a great speaker. >> here are the circumstances that johnson is facing come january 3. the next congress will begin with 219 house republicans and 215 house democrats. johnson needs 218 votes to keep his job. one congressman republican says he will not be supporting johnson. that means another could think the process. he survived in may he made it with help of democrats who voted

to save him. this time democrats say they will not be doing that again. >> i think i made that very clear. you saw as i voted, the budget at the end of the year, we stayed united. trust me, we will do the same thing on the house floor when the boats for speaker comes out. we will now bail him out this time. >> we are still waiting for president-elect trump to weigh in on the speakers boat. he will have the ultimate word on whether johnson stays or goes >> we will be tracking it all week. thank you so much. for more on this i enjoyed by congressman member of the house oversight of foreign affairs committee. congressman, welcome. >> thank you for having me, brother. let's start with your colleague of new york. i will get you to react to him. >> the fact is that mike johnson inherited a disaster when matt gates and several of my colleagues teamed up with 208

democrats to remove kevin mccarthy which will go down as the single stupidest thing i've ever seen in politics. with that said removing mike johnson would equally be a stupid. >> will speaker jobs and have the votes on friday or are we in for speaker drama? >> it will be up to president trump, i believe. no one else has thrown their hat in the ring so i do not really see that being an issue just yet we will be working on it the full weekend, i am sure. we will be there on friday and saturday and possibly sunday. i think we will have it resolved by this weekend. >> your colleague suggested president trump should get on the phone to hammer out a deal. your thoughts on that? >> i think that that is an excellent idea, ultimately. he is the largest dog in the pound and everybody knows that.

he has great influence over what will occur in our house leadership. i would caution folks into them getting too worked up over this thing. we have some time to work on it. mike johnson has worked very well with president trump and president trump likes him very much. ultimately, i think it would be handled that way. >> a whole debate over hb one issues. here is california democrat on it. i will get you to react to him. >> let me just be honest about this program. 85,000 people. sometimes it goes up to 200,000 because there too many exemptions. the real challenge is how did we lose steel. how do we lose aluminum. you do not want to bring back new jobs. you need to have the investment in places left down.

>> congressman, where you on the visa issue? >> well, actually, i support the president in this venture. i do think we have to be very careful of the way we do it and the way dispositions. i think it is all in the details i am with the laboratories in my backyard. every college and university has probably benefited from this program. i suspect it is a lot to do over but i would warn people to we need to get back into the game. we have to advance filling for sports stadiums. but that seems to be all of our influence. our state legislators. they get wooed by these colleges winning football games, basketball games and baseball games. they seem to be okay with it. i think they need to fill in

these ranks and maybe start looking at some of that. that is a problem that you have a some of these folks. they come over here and embrace our technology. they embrace our lifestyle. daily family members behind in the communist chinese know that and they compromise and they say you have an aunt or uncle over here and they may just disappear we just need a little bit of information. time and time again, they have done that. they've done that in our military and otherwise. navy officers that were chinese descent. we need to make sure the people that we bring over here embrace our country. >> congressman of the great state of tennessee, thank you so much for your time. i look forward to seeing you back on capitol hill, sir. >> thank you for having me out. >> the big apple is preparing to host 10,000 for the annual new year's eve celebration. new york city is tightening up security in times square.

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authorities on high alert after the recent christmas market attack in germany. cb cotton is live with the latest on the operations. >> hi, mike. less than 72 hours out from the ball drop here in times square. you can see just how much effort goes into this. the iconic stages here for a lot of performances. everyone from carrie underwood. it seems like it will be a fun combo. we are also noticing all of these barricades set up for the estimated 1 million people that will gather here to watch the ball drop. at this point, as you can imagine, security preparations like a well oiled machine for the nypd because planning literally begins one year in advance. each year the nypd collaborates with multiple federal agencies to keep everyone safe. security perimeter around the entire times square area with multiple checkpoints to make sure that people are not bringing in prohibited bags or

alcohol. this year, officers are on high alert following a christmas market attack in germany. on enforcement there say a saudi arabia national plowed his suv into a large crowd killing five people and injuring more than 200. the tragedy prompting the nypd here thousands of miles away to increase security and tourist hotspots in other departments across the country have also been planning for a full year in advance for the celebrations. that includes law enforcement over in las vegas. listen to what they had to say. >> we start preparing for new year's eve immediately after each year's event. you will see the national guard working with us again this year as well as other local law enforcement agencies. this year, we are expecting 400,000 visitors joining us to bring in the new year. >> so, we have been talking about a serious stuff. there is also some fun that goes into the new year's prep.

a confetti test drop to prepare ahead for new year's eve when 3000 pounds of confetti will rain down at midnight. of course have to talk about the iconic all that we all know and love. i was out here last year for new year's eve so i learned a lot of fun facts. 2600 crystals in the last of them was replaced just this past friday. marking the first time that all of the crystals have been changed out once in about a decade. back to you. >> that is a good news nugget there. thank you very much. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is undergoing surgery to remove his prostate and is expected to remain hospitalized for several days. they struck a new target in gaza this weekend. trading stays live with the latest from tel aviv. hello, trey. >> hi, mike. israeli forces are continuing their air and ground campaign against gaza. over the weekend the israelis

rated the last remaining major hospital in northern gaza. they say that this is where they were resting not only the hospital's director, but also 240 terrorist suspects. noncombatant and medics are along that group. they were to the hospital to evacuate and facilitated the transportation to other medical facilities. >> it was a hospital for elderly and seniors. a large number of people with disabilities and patients. after this place was targeted with at least one missile. broke down from the fifth floor to the ground. they were murdered instantly. >> the death toll continues to rise. palestinians killed cynthia october 7 massacre. the israelis note a large fraction of the deaths are fighters. international organizations say more than half were civilians with no diplomatic solution in sight the conflict grinds on. on saturday to long-range

rockets were launched from gaza. today an additional five rockets were launched from the strip. two of them intercepted by israel's missile defense system the iron dome. right now negotiators are working to hammer out the details of a possible cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas but no deal is expected before president elect trump takes office. >> live in tel aviv, many thanks for more, let's bring in hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs. welcome. >> good to be here. >> the window for president biden to get a cease-fire deal seems to be closing. is that your assessment? >> yeah. i would consider it close. the president does not have the leverage, does not appear to have the stamina, global presence, to get something done before president elect trump is sworn in. frankly, the israelis don't really seem to have strong incentive to do that.

they wanted american presidency that will fully back israel. that will be a trump administration. i think that there's a lot of sense and just waiting and allowing the israelis to continue to take out these targets where there are terrorist still in gaza. >> strategic interests closer to home. he would like the panama canal to be under u.s. control. the foreign relations chairman talked about that earlier today. >> it is a serious statement because it affects america's credibility globally. our allies do not know if we are reliable partners are not. >> it really feeds into russia and china appeal to other countries. >> are there strategic concerns about the panama canal? >> there are strategic concerns. i think it harms american credibility if we do not make sure treaties are enforced. the panama government in the 1977 treaty with the united states swore that it would make

sure that it would remain neutral in that there would not be preferences to other countries. the chinese communist party has moved into panama. china is the second power using the panama canal. it increases american credibility to say we have clear interest. we expect these treaties to be enforced. >> talking about potentially buying greenland. what about strategic interest there? >> that is all about russia. russia has been weapon i think the arctic region. a lot of critical web opinions testing. for the united states resident to come along and say we will compete here now, too, we will not sit idly by, we will not be flap with it, we will fight for influence power in the arctic region. i think that is really underscored by president trump's point that agreement must be secured. i think that is where the root

of his statement comes from. >> pushing money out the door in places like ukraine. is that an effort to potentially tie the hands of a new commander-in-chief? >> i think president biden wants to be seen as a pro- ukrainian president. of course, i've been critical of president biden's approach. he wants to continue sending weapons to ukraine without enabling ukraine to winter security kind of dealer peace agreement on terms that would benefit ukraine, leave ukraine strong secure and sovereign. so, i think, weapons coming in gives president trump, he can really use it and i think he will if president kellogg is his envoy to ukraine they will have a much stronger position to negotiate an end to this conflict at least temporarily on terms that benefit the american people and ukrainians and frankly the eastern front of nato, the baltic companies and poland. the most vulnerable to continue russian aggression. >> every three minutes and we can span the world. thank you so much.

>> thank you. >> biden administration left with less than a month in the white house. working to set up some roadblocks for the incoming trump that story is next.

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new year's day is the start of the new year but it also starts new laws. in california voters passed proposition 36 in november and hopes to slow down the surge of thefts and other crimes. we are live in los angeles with more. hello, william. >> good morning, mike. it is already having an impact because the law took effect immediately. let's start just north of l.a. with the first prosecution under prop 36 in kern county. six priors got arrested for stealing 900 bucks of goods from a target. under the old law a misdemeanor. not anymore. this time prosecutors charged him with a felony in the judge

denied bail. >> had it been before the passage of prop 36, he would have been given, if caught, which he resisted arrest, he would have been given a citation and a promise to appear. i can tell you now because of the voters, this man is in custody and cannot steal again, at least for a while. >> it makes shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders and increases penalties for drug offenders. but it is a smash and grab an retail theft that boater said enough. check this out. three women shoplifting in orange county each one stuffing their shopping bag with cosmetics then walking out. minutes later heading a department store for some high-end electronics but careful not to exceed $1000 felony threshold. unaware the law had changed. if you do not think penalties deter crime, listen to this pair in the back of the patrol car. >> a felony? [bleep] >> stealing is a felony.

>> the bottom line is governor newsom and democrats super majority try to keep 36 off the ballot, but, ultimately, they were forced to pass several bills of their own dead address organized retail crime. those take effect january 1. >> live in l.a., william, thanks a lot. last two weeks president biden is attempting to block the incoming trump administration on several fronts including the border wall, the appointment of federal judges in aid to ukraine we are live in st. croix u.s. virgin islands with more. hello, lucas. >> good afternoon, mike. president biden and his family keeping a pretty low profile since arriving on thursday. the president did pop up late thursday afternoon to attend church alongside his recently

pardoned son hunter. >> take responsibility and. [inaudible] >> newly released photos from the national archives showing bright —-dash biden as vice president with his son hunter shaking hands and posing with chinese businessmen during an official trip to beijing. biden has long denied any involvement in his son's overseas business dealings. >> i've never discussed my business or their business, my sons or daughters. >> i've never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything that has to do with their business. >> many republicans have accused president biden of being untruthful, including james comber earlier today on "sunday morning futures". >> joe biden lied, he did in fact introduced his son to all these chinese people.

he did in fact meet with all these chinese people that were wiring his family millions of dollars for mysterious reasons. and we knew it and i think the american people with common sense knew it. >> now, the white house is responding to these photos in a statement to fox news "district which occurred over a decade ago is old news. house republicans already wasted years and millions of taxpayer dollars proving that the president was not in business with his son. it is past time to call it a day that is a reference of course to the house impeachment inquiry into president biden over these matters on house republicans alleged an abuse of power in obstruction of justice but stop short of alleging criminal misconduct. >> live in st. croix. eggs a lot. for more, let's bring in today's political panel. the chairman under president trump. ceo of arc initiatives. gentlemen, welcome.

>> let's start with the speaker 's race. we have a boat coming on friday and the question is whether we will get speaker drama. here is the house oversight chairman on that. >> i strongly encouraged donald trump to get on the phone with those five or six members who will not commit to voting for mike johnson. all this will do is delay. it will delay the certification of president trump's election. it will delay the start of his first hundred days in office which is the most important timeframe of his old presidency. >> dan, is that wise for the president-elect to jump into this. >> it might be. whether it is the election certification or the agenda pieces. i am not sure donald trump will weigh in right away. his son does not use political capital lightly. this is a fight for mike johnson mike johnson is his guys long as he produces useful agenda. it is a caucus of one over there

if trump sees he is fighting or flailing i'm not sure he throws a lifeboat just yet. >> how much has the speaker drawn up on the initial start of the new administration and the first 100 days. >> these handful of members who are contemplating voting no one speaker johnson, if they had an alternative candidate that could get 218 votes that would be one thing. they do not. i think this exercise will prove useful because ultimately to enact president trump's agenda on energy, energy dominance on the border on taxes on winning the ai race against china. we will need republican unity. i do not think there will be many democrat votes for this agenda. they will have to use parliamentary procedure to pass things with republicans only. they cannot afford many defections. this is the first test of can republicans come together and demonstrate governance. i think they will pull it off. >> washington post, joe biden slowly battled to sell his

vision of american democracy. dan, as someone who works on this campaign, does it surprise you to hear the president and some of his aides say they are great at stepping aside. >> i'm not sure that is exactly what he meant. they could have perhaps done the thing. that is how they are wired to think especially as presidents. from my perspective, from 2021 on across the world they are headwinds. headwinds on inflation, headwinds on incumbency. both campaigns of biden and harris had to contend with. i think the harris campaign did really well the battleground states to cut those headwinds. but not enough to win them which obviously makes it decisive for president trump. i don't know if joe biden would've done better differently in that environment. i do know that even though his record is very strong historically unemployment bringing inflation down faster than other western economies,

that was not enough to sell the american people in a changed election. we did what we could to blunt that. i don't think him staying at the top of the ticket would necessarily change the outcome. >> i think that it is kind of sad. i got to spend some time within senator biden and then vice president as an aid in the senate. he is a nice guy, a well-meaning guy. the guy spent 50 years serving the country in public service. it is kind of sad to see them go out like this. his legacy now i think will be forever tainted from a policy perspective, the disasters from trump to afghanistan the failures to mitigate inflation he had and then his, you know, decision to stay in the race for as long as he did. postelection to pardon hunter is just unfortunate to see how this is ending. what is made worse is these photos that are showing up with hundreds of associates in the realization that people really did cover up his mental capacity

i think that that bothers a lot of american people who felt like they were misled on both of those fronts. i think it will have a negative impact on his legacy and it is a shame. >> someone on air force one with president biden, i remember being with him in the congress room, pausing aid in israel after about attack and when that report came on the news in the plane he stopped the conversation, listen to the report and then went into 20 minute master class on middle east policy on the players, the impacts. this is someone with the real command and always had a real command with residency. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for having us. >> unveiling his plan for second term restaurant owners look at how to propose terrorists could impact their businesses. easy for me to say.♪ more o wn that coming up next.

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a lot of problems with the economy. the deficits affect that consumers are so pinched right now because of high inflation. >> with inflation elevated in the uncertainty of tariffs in the new year, a couple of restaurant owners speaking on the economy. let's bring in greek restaurant owner and blackboard marketplace gentlemen, welcome. >> hello. >> thank you very much. from the fox news pull economic conditions, 77% c economic decisions negatively, 62% see their personal situation negatively in this economy. what is the impact on the restaurant business? >> miami and florida 30% down.

i brought some tomatoes to show you. tomatoes, year paying $9 a pop. $75 for the case. it is more expensive than meat. it has been a long long year for restaurants here in miami beach. closing down saying this ridiculous expensive items to serve my loyal customers. robert, what is your situation? are people reluctant to spend at the restaurant? >> yeah, most definitely. we have seen a pretty heavy impact in the last year not the last two years. a sharp decline of business. we have been open for just shy

of 10 years and i've seen economic growth every single year of approximately about 10% and then here the last two years , we are just not getting the repeat customers. the frequency of what they used to. they are showing absolutely no growth in customer growth in the last few years. combined with the cost of goods in the inflation of what we are paying on our end is an incredible struggle we are dealing with. it is everything from produce to protein to paper goods, chemicals at every single angle. and into employee wages. everything is going up. it is been very, very challenging the past year or two years. >> i will start with giorgio, what does president-elect trump and his team need to do to help you guys in the restaurant business. >> i hope it will stabilize, people will feel more safety and

security to travel on the tourist businesses. make more save the. feel more comfortable for travel i think florida will certainly benefit from this. >> robert, what about you? >> however we can adjust this inflation that we are seeing in everyone is dealing with because the cause and effect with that is not as many people having disposable income from what we've had in the past. it is kind of creating the effect of not having those repeat customers. i think it is a direct cause from inflation. >> i wish you both the very best in the new year. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you. >> storms on both coasts are

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millions of americans are on the road and in the friendly skies this weekend heading home for the holiday travels. severe weather in some parts of the country has led to some cancellations and delays. madison is live in atlanta at the airport. hello, madison. >> hello, mike. over 300 delays just out of atlanta today. the airport with the most disruptions right now is charlotte because of severe storms we have been seeing are going right through that area. holiday travel and bad weather is not a good mix for people flying no matter where you are. in and out of the u.s. overall there are more than 350 cancellations in more than 5000 delays. we have been seeing similar flight disruption numbers over the last few days because of the storm speared it has turned deadly in states like mississippi and texas. local officials there confirm at least two people have died, six others injured. after several tornadoes touched down yesterday.

officials say the tornadoes also damaged homes and ripped roofs off several buildings. the severe storms moving into alabama overnight. this is video out of athens which is near huntsville where there is now some major damage. a suspected tornado destroying brick buildings and knocking down trees and power lines. as of today around 40 million americans could still be impacted by heavy rain, strong wind and even tornadoes according to fox weather. just be aware especially if you are hitting the road. back to you, mike. >> thanks a lot. veteran helps that's prepare for it careers and over the second year in a row it will honor our armed services with the float in the tournament of roses parade this new year's day. for more let's bring executive director jeff and. welcome. >> nice to be here, mike. >> tell us more about the

mission for your organization. >> it helps military veterans retrain for jobs in software development and cybersecurity. the program has delivered 100% online through the university of southern california and it is g.i. bill fundable so students can take the program either part-time or full-time after they have left the military. >> that is beautiful. the tournament of roses parade and having a float. tell us about that. >> we are really honored to be back in the tournament of roses parade. really highlighting our, you know, the men and women not only in our program but the veterans that have served our country. what is really unique about this boat is, it has the symbolism with the missile crews of the uss princeton, f 35 as well as a black hawk but also we have embedded in the computer monitor on the side of the float a qr code so individuals as this book goes down the parade route can

pull up their phone and scan the qr code and find out information about our program. >> that is beautiful. we have your website on the screen. i'm sorry our time is short but thank you very much. enjoy the parade. that is all for this hour. shannon bream is up next. thank you for watching. wishing you all a very happy healthy and successful new year. ♪

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