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>> will: it's 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. monday, december 30th. this is "fox & friends." tributes pouring in overnight after the death of jimmy carter. how the longest lived president is being remembered for his sen true of service and humanity. >> katie: plus happening today nypd new year's eve security press conference this as 2024 brought officers a record number of injuries. why some are blaming the migrant crisis. >> guy: hsb debate. the visa taking internet by storm in event days, leaving some democrats giddy over g.o.p. infighting. isn't some infighting how politics ought to work? talk about that. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> will: tributes are rolling in from around the world as we remember the 3 #th president of the united states, jimmy carter, who passed away yesterday at the

age of 100. >> katie: carter was known for humanitarian work. winning nobel prize on his way to becoming the longest living commander-in-chief in our country's history. >> guy: steve harrigan at the carter center in atlanta and he joins us now. morning, steve. >> good morning, former president jimmy carter died in plains georgia, on sunday, surrounded by family. he was 100 years old. carter had a history of serious medical problems including melanomama. he spent the last two years in hospice care. tributes about carter and the life he led pouring in from around the global. here is president biden. >> some look at jimmy carter and see a man by gone era. honesty, character, faith and humility it. mattered. but i don't believe it's a by gone era. i see a man not only of our times but for all times. someone who embodied the most fundamental human values we can never let slip away although sometimes it seems like it is.

what may never seem like again we may all do well to be a little like jimmy carter. >> president-elect trump said that president carter did all his best for the american people and the nation owes him an enormous debt of gratitude for his service. former president obama said carter taught all of us what it means to live a life of grace. bush said work habitat for humanity will continue to inspire generations of americans. right now see 8 days of memorial services beginning here and then carter center in atlanta and state funeral in washington and burial in plains, georgia. january 9th, will be a day of mourning. guys, back to you. >> will: 1924 to 2004. at the outset of the show katy

and guy and one of these situations where you say this was obviously a man who was elected to lead the president of the united states. he did a lot of great things in his post presidential career including habitat for humanity. also controversial things and a presidency that many legitimacy question the effectiveness of in the 1970s. do you on the day when you lose an important figure in the united states do you lionize. do you criticize? it's a little bit of a tough decision. katy, you were saying to me in the case of a public figure, i think it's the job of everyone to tell the full record. >> katie: yes. the full record. obviously be respectful but there is a reason why jimmy carter was a one term president. there is a reason why president joe biden's term was compared to jimmy carter with issues of inflation and the economy and foreign policy, the iranian hostage crisis, of course. there is a reason why ronald reagan came in after jimmy carter as president. but he had a long life, 100

years. something that i think a lot of people aspire. to say and there will be a number of people remembering him today and going forward. and attending the memorial services for him going over his record. both good, controversial, and bad. >> guy: there is a couple numbers stand out to me looking at the life of jimmy carter. one is 100. obviously. a full century of life which is extraordinary and very rare. 77. 77 years of marriage to rosalynn carter. more than three quarters of a. years before my father was alive. long love affair and did love each other deeply. rosalynn passing away last year and jimmy carter yesterday. and then another number, it's a tough number, 444, the number 6 days that americans were held hostage in tehran during carter's presidency and that was a crisis that really consumed his presidency and consumed him personally based on a lot of the reporting at the time.

and i think that is very much part of the legacy conversation that is completely appropriate to have about a former president of the united states who was, i think it is tear fair to say, unsuccessful president with a mixed record. even his post presidency on some issues like israel. but who was also a kind, decent, faithful man, a devout baptist, a loving family man. and you can weigh all of that, i think when you are taking measure of someonens life. >> katie: yeah. >> will: buddy are the can aer was on fox last night. this is what he had to say about the former president. >> i think they will remember him very fondly. we are very proud of jimmy carter and the work he did along with his wife rosalyn and particularly proud of his post presidency. the carter center has done outstanding job. while he did have some victories, if you will, while he was in office, camp david accords, infectious diseases as you just pointed out, all of

those were good. his presidency over all was not the best. but we in georgia are very, very proud of him, particularly because of his stance on faith. he brought faith to the forefront. and faith is very important to us in georgia, particularly in south georgia. and he may be remembered more for his faith than for his politics. >> will: buddy carter from georgia. a couple different thoughts i have this morning. article in politico the death of jimmy carter represents the death of progressive evangelicalism. jimmy carter wore his faith on his sleeve. democrats at least elected to the highest office in the country and bill clinton, faithful man, barack obama attended church in chicago. jimmy carter really made that central to who he was, his faith. in a way that you don't see that often with modern democrats. >> katie: joe biden has tried to make it a center of his faith as well going to mass every weekend. the white house pool report going whether he is in delaware or in washington, d.c. sometimes

when he is on trips overseas. but when it comes to what he was doing in terms of his policies. they were many times at odds with his personal faith. so that's been a topic of discussion for the current president. and also was a topic of discussion with the former president as well. >> guy: with carter it was not political show. it was a deep deep seeded faith. david spunt on the big weekend show with us. he got to know the former president because he was a local reporter down there. he actually attended some of the sunday school classes that carter taught. he taught sunday school for years after he was president. i actually do think, will, his faith and that squeaky clean image very much was part of his rapid ascendancy to the presidency. because the american people were still sort of reeling from watergate and the corruption of that era. they wanted someone who would bring faith and morals back to the white house. and that was part of the appeal that got jimmy carter elected

president. sort of coming out of nowhere in some ways to go from a state senator up to the presidency in a span of about a decade and a half. >> will: guy, that struck me in reading over his biography again how quickly he rose to promise. first elected year in office 1963 state senator in georgia. you think about that within 13 years he is president of the united states. that's a stunning rise. >> katie: to your pointed about progressive evangelical belief, look, these days in the democratic party, you're not allowed to necessarily show religion. the religion is to the party. it definitely was a different era when he was running for president. >> this was a man who also served the country. graduated from the naval academy. served on some ships above the water but then also a submariner. so even before he became a politician. it's incredible american story. something that i learned yesterday about you can see his wife there on the screen. they met for the first time literally the day she was born. the families knew each other. he was lovely three years old.

so they knew each other basically as babies and then of course got reacquainted as adults and married for 77 years. if anything going from georgia to the white house part of the american dream. 77 years is quite the accomplishment. >> we'll talk about jimmy carter and his record and life and legacy throughout the morning. move throughout one of the biggest debates throughout this holiday break. and it has occurred almost exclusively on the right. and it's a debate over legal i will great lakes hb-1 visas and whether or not this is a system that has been abused and whether or not it's necessity is somehow reflection on our culture. ignited by vivek ramaswamy in part a few days ago about a little less than a week ago talking about whether or not american culture had given need to import highly skilled labor. the left is kind have been absent from this debate except that now search returning is today a work day? it's not a work day.

serve off again for another week i feel like. we're here. >> guy: seems like a workweek to me. >> will: the democrat and left are jumping in with glee. oh wow look at the republicans fighting. elon musk and vivek ramaswamy on one side. america first sentiment on the other that you should be placing american workers as your priority. and david marcus, who, by the way, is going to be joining us a little bit later on the show he wrote @foxnews.com maga civil war is how politics is supposed to work he wreath within the op-ed. compromise really is possible. it might not always look like a church social. it might get rough around the edges. wise man once ain't beanbag years for upcoming presidency. those who serve and support cannot only argue with pointed vigor but come together with an honest give and take when called for. >> guy: definitely one way to look at it and maybe it's a little foreign these days to

folks on the debate based on substance as opposed to just a bunch of identity fingerprinting and name calling. we have seen some of that creep in here. it's not been the host high level debate we have seen playing out online. a lot of it has been quite ssubsubstantive. i was trying to spend time with my family. yield at each other over something. i will do homework later which is what i ended up doing over the weekend. completely fair to say that elements of this type of visa program have absolutely been abused. absolutely no question about that. at the same time essential program for elon musk to say look i would not be an american if not for this. and look at the contributions of a guy like that. that's not something that you can shrug off and say oh well. that you can have that discussion without denigrating the character of american workers or talking about how our

culture is irreparable broken. we can look at some of the flaws inherent here. last point i will make is i'm totally great having a debate over legal immigration where the entire party is united is on illegal immigration. which is the number one priority, i think, of the new administration once it comes. in. >> katie: certainly. >> this is a big topic obviously. not one talked about on the campaign trail. illegal immigration was. first on the issue of republicans having a debate. the reason why democrats lost so badly is because for 10 years they have been pushing away any kind of discussion inside their own party about different policy perspectives. not allowing there to really be a primary for joe biden, which was to his detriment and led him into the situation where he was dropping out at the end of july. kamala harris got put into position and unable to actually run an effective campaign to beat donald trump. when it comes to this issue of the hb-1 visas, it is true that

the entire education system in this country is not -- has been completely torn down by the left in terms of taking away merit and encouraging kids all over the country to go into scientific math based jobs and math based curriculum because they are more focused on things like dei, on feelings and pronounness a lot of places instead of preparing young people not just for college but post doctorate degrees that are required as elon and vivek are talking about on the strategic side elon musk and vivek ramaswamy now work for donald trump they are in charge of doge, you can't create political problems for him. there is a place when you are hired by the president to do a job you don't step out of line to create these distractions in a transition period when they were trying to get nominees through and drying to be unified on one hand there are two parts

good to have debate when you are working for the president it's up to you to not cause a distraction. >> will: on the existence of the debate we have learned the power of projection on the left. instincts actual tool on left. not calculated tool to project on to others your own sins there was a projectioned that the right in maga is group think, cult following and this is such proof that it is not that it is full of independent thought and vigorous debate. look, i did not like and i spoke about this last couple of days and had conversations, did i not like the sweeping indictment of american culture. i think can you develop engineers and have prom kings and football studs and have all of these things. i think personal cull cure it is the greatest thing. >> katie: prom queen. come on. >> will: american culture greatest thing ever graced this planet. apex of western civillation.

we have wrought, and entitlement and dei infusion and all of that. it's not what defines us. >> katie: of course not. >> will: perversion of us for while. hb-1 we all agree has been abused. senator schmitt talked about the importance of the debate but also the need to reform h-b1 visas. >> cop text we need to keep in mind here is that the american works have been left behind by this economy. many factory jobs sent overseas. the abuses of the h-b1 program have been evident where you have sort of the sons and daughters of those factory workers lost their jobs white collar jobs as accountants and training replacements foreign workers. will president trump has actually or particulateside 2020 to reform that system make it merit based and not

undercutting. having americans train their foreign replacements. >> will: yeah. so, back to the substance of this really quickly. i think -- i don't think -- this is the funny thing about this debate. i'm not sure the disagreement is as great as is sounds tonally. is it room for the 0.01%. i don't buy the idea that there aren't american stem workers, coders, engineers we can't find out there we have to get some of these guys from india or china there will be occasion for that we know there are americans being boxed out of jobs bring foreign workers in cheaper. >> katie: 100 percent. >> will: indenture them because h-b1 is tied to the company. a lot of advantages what some called corporate tim. some cases lots of examples of this of the company hiring new foreign workers and then forcing

the american workers to train their incoming replacements and firing them and bringing in the cheaper labor. there is a lot of corruption with that but, when it comes to the education system. there is a reason why america's kids have been dumbed down. they don't -- the left doesn't want america to be the best, smartest, most productive country in the world. they are perfectly fine with having the curriculum being anything but something that can compete with china and other countries that are interested in doing these big things. on the other hand, elon musk is right when he says i would not have been an american if it weren't for this system. i know at love people in my company who are americans now as a result of these programs and they are necessary to doing these amazing things that we're doing on the private sector through spacex and tesla and otherwise. >> guy: again, i'm not saying that this is an illegitimate debate or unimportant one, legitimate and important. this incoming administration has a huge fish to fry so to speak with the illegal immigration problem. that's job one on day one.

they are going to be deporting probably in the millions of people, including criminals, people convicted, people with standing deportation orders against them. that is going to be an extremely heavy lift. for some people it's maybe a little disorienting to ache up with a over the holidays to see all the theme debating illegal immigration question which is an important one. i think job number one on the immigration front is going to be in a different category. >> katie: goes back to the point of if you are working for the president, maybe you shouldn't make him deal with the distraction at the beginning. >> will: happening today, the nypd is going to hold preaser. this is about new year's eve, times square. it's kind of interesting this comes up at the same time you have illegal immigration, crime, acute crime in new york city. any one of us who has spent time in new york if had you to pinpoint an area of the city where did you go hey, here is where the crime and crime illegal immigration is it's times square where i don't know how many people, tens of thousands are going to pour in

there on disease 31st? >> katie: it's a scary number of people probably already starting to line up today. >> will: i don't know why you would want to do that today anyway. now you have to think about migrant crime and i mean maybe it's like, you know, it's like a balloon. all of the new year's eve festival goer also push out the illegal immigrant climb times square. the nypd has to prepare for it. because this is kind of what is going on. this is nypd reporting violence or at the hands, violence at the hands of suspects year by year from 2020 through 2024. so when we say it's the apex. not only the apex geographically time wise. we are at the worse of this. >> katie: officers hurt while trying to arrest violent suspects. can you see there in 2024. it's up by 13%. compared to 2023. if you look at the numbers. from 2020, around 2500 to 2024,

essentially doubled as a result of all of the illegal immigration that has come into the city and a lack of prosecutions by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg and this coddling of criminals in the city. you mentioned times square. well the roosevelt hotel, which is where a lot of these illegal immigrants are staying right down the road. easy to come in and out. police officers are getting hurt when they're trying to arrest these violent criminals inside the city. and i guarantee you this isn't just the case in new york. it's happenings all over the country. >> when you have jurisdictions that, are proudly by definition sanctuary cities or even states in some cases. if you are not only illegal immigrant or someone who is violent or might be prone to crime you will of course flock to a place like this. knowing and hearing through "the grapevine" and news reports, even, that you can be in the country illegally. come to a place like this. you can commit more crimes and be right back out on the street

even in many places if you are assaulting police officers which is madness to virtually every american. and, yet, it is policy in a lot of these places, including this one. >> katie: seen mayor adams meeting with tom homan trump's orders are going to be helping with the deportation force. because they are tired of it. tired of police officers getting hurt. tired of people in new york getting hurt. we had that horrible situation of that woman being lit on fire last week on the subway. crime keeps going up and keep telling you it's fine. >> will: unnamed officer told "new york post" a lot more migrants assault cops than regular citizens. that's what you deal with when it comes to new year's eve. turn to additional headlines. the u.s. is sending a team of investigators from the national transportation safety board to help probe the south korea plane crash left 179 people dead. we want to warn you this next video is graphic.

>> will: will frustrated families camping out at the airport demanding answers from officials. south korea's interim president set to meet with some of those families today. back here in the u.s. united airlines flight going from dhoig phoenix being forced into emergency landing after crews said they smelled smoke in the cockpit of the plane. the boeing 757 jet being forced to land in 58 albuquerque new mexico. the f.a.a. is still investigating. dramatic video shows coast guard rescuing two fishermen after boat ran out of fuel. capsized. both men hoisted from the water and into a helicopter took them backed to the nearest air station for medical evaluation.

both men are expected to be okay. finally hockey. the l.a. kings defeating the philadelphia fliers last night 5-4. someone in the stands who really stole the show. actor will farrell showing up to the game dressed as an adult version of buddy the elf deplete with a 5:00 shadow and cigarette in hand. farrell telling the kings broadcast it's been a tough holiday season for buddy hoping the kings would win. a win would help turn things around. i think is he part owner in the kings. unlit. not lit up. smoking is bad, kids, as we all know. former president jimmy carter passing away at 100 years old. >> president-elect trump's reaction to carter's life and legacy is a topic we will talk about. coming up. ♪

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jimmy carter the 39th president of the united states died yesterday at the age of 100. president-elect trump saying the country owes carter a debt of gratitude posting on truth social, quote: those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president understand this is a very exclusive club only we can relate to the

enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history. presidential historian joins us now. just your overall thoughts as we remember president jimmy carter this morning? >> president carter would be every man's president. he was the average joe who was not part of the governing elite or huge wealth yet he showed with hard work and determination that you would become president with those values. he was this awe shucks baptist minister -- not minister but sunday school teacher. and people were looking for a sense of morality after the watergate scandal. that's where he fits as this every man persona that he brought to the table. >> katie: he also was in the u.s. military. can you talk a little bit about his naval service as well? >> yes. he went to the naval academy. his uncle had been in the navy. and so he was just kind of in love with the idea of being able to travel.

and then once he was doing submarine duty his family farm was falling apart and his father died and he went back to georgia. that was a transition for him and his wife rosalyn. >> katie: when he was running for president the first time around what was were his goals and when he got into office what did that look like for him. >> in his acceptance speech he said it was time for the people to run the government not the other way around. we saw government expansion. he created the department of education for example he didn't have a limited government point of view. he had trouble with congress. the democrats in congress because he didn't strong arm them like l.bj did and they ran over carter. there was a lot of tension between congress and tarter. it took a while for him to get his energy package through. and so things like that that

didn't go his way during his presidency. >> katie: what about his foreign policy experience as president? obviously there is a lot of domestic history there. but what about his successes and maybe controversies and on the foreign policy global level? certainly his greatest accomplishment was brokering peace between israel and egypt. he later won the nobel peace prize for that and other things. but, of course, his foreign relations were marred by the iran hostage crisis. he -- there was a tragedy in trying to rescue those hostages that had been taken hostage at the u.s. embassy in iran. and then, of course, they were released as soon as ronald reagan, carter's successor became president. that was a real difficulty for him for sure. >> in terms of it his life as a politician. he, of course, was the governor of georgia. how did he use. so lessons that he learned in the white house at the state level? how did that guide him in terms

of being an everyday president but also using the power of the executive to get what he wanted done in his presidency? >> so he told georgia and he told the united states in his inaugural address that it was time to end racial discrimination. weighs really ahead of his time on the issue of integration. he was supportive of integration and opposed segregation which was running rampant, you know in georgia and other states. he was definitely ahead of the time and led in that regard on. >> >> katie: you are watching them at their inauguration president carter and his wife. he was actually the first president to walk that inauguration stretch with his wife. can you talk about their relationship and how she really guided him throughout his career both in washington and back in georgia? >> they had a wonderful, loving marriage. they were very devoted to each

other that partnership. she made contribution by wearing the dress to the ball she already wore before to be thrifty. send a message hey, america, we understand that you are having to be thrifty so we are, too. she of coursed a we indicated for mental health issues. that was her platform. that was a significant aspect of her life and they were just lifetime partners. it was a beautiful relationship. and they were together, you know, so long and lived well into her 90's on her side. >> katie: together for more than devin decades. quite the feat, oldest living president and we will continue to thank you for your expertise on the history of president carter. >> thank you so much. >> katie: all right. moving to current history the battle for the gavel is on.

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>> will: fox weather alert. four people dead after tornados tore through the south. 38 twisters reported across six different states leaving thousands still without power this morning. check in with adam klotz with our fox weather forecast. >> adam: good morning, will. those storms are fueled by warm air currently experiencing on fox square. up and down the east coast. really temperatures in the mid 50's early this morning. dive right in and take a look at some of those storms we saw over the weekend. we saw 42 different tornado reports across seven states. pretty much the entire southeast got in on it and it is partially because of some real warm temperatures. look at these numbers. high temperatures today feels more like spring. march or april across much of the eastern half of the country. that's still bringing a little bit of rain. these are ultimately your foisted highs here for your day. and then we will take one quick

look for your live radar. we're seeing plenty of showers, particularly there across portions here of the east and i will leave with you your new year's eve forecast rain across the midwest and northeast. those are your weather headlines. for now, guy, i will toss it back in to you. >> guy: thank you very much. one republican congressman now issuing a warning to his colleagues ahead of friday's speakership vote. >> these folks are playing with fire. and if they think they are somehow going to get a more conservative speaker, they're kidding themselves. we can't get anything done unless we have a speaker, including certifying president trump's election on january 6th. we absolutely do not need a fight over the speakership look at the math because of the narrow majority in the house. plus several vacancies, mike johnson cannot lose more than 1 republican vote and congressman thomas massie of kentucky has already pledged he will be voting against the speaker. so here to react on all of this is fox news contributor marc

thiessen, mark, good morning to you. i think a lot of republicans already looking at this, coming and saying are we really going to do this again? >> yeah. we don't have time for this. the last speaker fight took 22 days. the reason mike johnson is speaker today because there were multiple candidates and none of them could get the votes. what's changed? nothing has changed. it's the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. donald trump doesn't have time for this. he has ambitious agenda he has promised to get through. the polls show that the majority of americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction but confident donald trump can headed right. 77% of a approval. approve of his transition. he has got to deliver and change the direction of the country. heys promised to get rid of taxes on ips it. promised to secure the border. promised to buy green land. we got get down to business and get stuff done. we don't have time for g.o.p.

function. >> you asked the question what has changed? here is one possible answer to that donald trump is the incoming president. right? last time we had this big protracted fight and we're seeing it in republican circles in the house, joe biden was president, there was divided government. democrats controlling, you know, two to three elected branches. but, to your points this time around, it's going to be unified republican governor nansz, at least, you know, in theory. and even though mike johnson might be near the tom of the list of someone who doesn't want to see a lot of drama. perhaps higher on that list this time is donald trump. and i think him coming into the presidency might change the dynamic here. i think his appetite for some sort of ongoing chaos for days is going to be very low for. so reasons you just mentioned. >> yeah. i agree with that look, we just saw the house could not deliver for donald trump when he asked them to raise the debt ceiling because it wasn't possible to do it. and there was some republicans who stepped up and wouldn't vote for what he wanted.

so, do you want -- do we want to start the trump presidency with a defeat where he endorses a speaker candidate and somebody objects to it? i mean, this is not what we want to be doing. donald trump has -- he has got an ambitious 100 day agenda. he halls got the opportunity to pass a budget reconciliation bill and millions of people voted for donald trump for the first time. he brought millions of people into the process. why did they do it? because he promised to eliminate taxes on tips and social security income. because he promised to secure the border and start mass deportation of illegal migrants. they need to pass a reconciliation bill in the first weeks of his presidency to deliver on those promises. they don't have time for this slide show. this g.o.p. sire could you larr firing squad has got to end. donald trump has momentum. he has a mandate. we need to deliver on the mandate and stop shooting each other -- at each other in the gop. >> it seems lining there isn't any viable alternative to mike johnson either. what else the point of some of these objections. we will see how this all plays

outs. >> marc: exactly. >> guy: marc, did you mention the debt ceiling there it's very clear the current president wants that issue gone. he wants to clear the decks on it. that didn't happen in the most recent vote. here's what president-elect trump just posted on truth social. he said the democrats must be forced to take a vote on this treacherous issue now. during the biden administration. not in june. they should be blamed for this potential disaster not the republicans. marc, i get it, right? i would rather have this box checked on biden's watch and then not having to worry about it for a couple years at least. on the other hand, i think it's a little hard when you ask for a republican majority in both houses and the presidency and voters give it to you. it's hard to start blaming the other party for things. right? so it's a tough sell, potentially. >> well, here's the thing. the debt ceiling can be handle in a budget reconciliation bill. budget reconciliation bill republican votes democratic

votes depend hog is in power. spending, taxes and debt ceiling. you have to put it a number on it and you have to own it. nobody wants to own it. so it's always done in a bipartisan way which means you need 60 votes in the senate to raise the debt ceiling. chuck schumer has leverage when it comes to the debt ceiling. is he not going to give donald trump a debt ceiling as a late christmas present. demanding something for it. only leverage democrats have left. not going to give it up for nothing. i wouldn't expect this to happen. >> guy: busy days ahead. marc thiessen, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> guy: another pro-athletes' home haeg has been burglarized and former fbi agent on that trend and the sophisticated crime rings that are behind it. that's coming up. ♪ hree p's?

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another athlete's home broken into sixth time since september. luka's home was burglarized friday with thieves stealing $30,000 in jewelry while he and his family weren't home. the nba issuing a memo saying the fbi has connected some burglaries to transnational south american theft groups. joining us now is retired fbi agent bobby can a chosen. bobby, thanks for being with us.

this is definitely -- i don't think the right word is trend but this is definitely something that seems coordinated and all these crimes have at least a commonality pro-athletes being hit on the road and their schedules are published so thieves know when they're on the road. who do you think this is? do you think they are all connected? , i do i think with each new robbery or burglary they get more data on who is doing this and how they are doing it. commonalities on how they are making their break-ins. a signature almost. like a serial killer we always think of a profile. serial burglars and each time they do it they leave stuff behind in the ways you figure out how they are doing it. each one you get closer to knowing who they are and capturing them hopefully. >> let's talk about the level of sophistication with luka coverage to's house. we are not talking about somebody who i'm these guys are

getting around measures designed to keep this from happening only certain people have that level of so he physician at this occasion or training. going burglars and things like that they have to get that training and experience to hack into it. we know certain hackers leave certain profiles behind. can you learn things with each burglary. the more sophisticated they are the smaller the pool of suspects are the fewer people have that level of training and able to defeat those systems. >> will: i want to share this with the audience because i referenced a couple. you take a look here at what has happened since september and how many different athletes have been hit. minnesota timberwolves mike conley.

patrick mahomes, kansas city chief quarterback. travis kelsie. bobby of the milwaukee bucks. as i mentioned joe burrow cincinnati bengals and now covcoverage to sick. you know when something big happens so many who is doing this and who has the capability. >> i lived in brazil three years. certain sophistication in south american countries. more larger developed countries who have cybersecurity or cyber infrastructure where people can get training and experience and bring it here to use it kind of on the dark side. so you look at more developed countries who have say schools that train people in this and industries that employ people in this where they are getting their training and experience before they come here and do, this will, when i first covered this story for you, guys i said

they will probably take a break and hit different geographic area. that's what we see now in texas. i think they go, in they don't want to do this too often in the same geographic area. so they wait a little bit and move on don't want to hit the same bank or area they will move on different target. >> will: all of these connected same group hitting all these athletes' homes. >> i do. i'm not on the inside but i would -- my speculation is that they are tied to the too much similarity between the break-ins. i'm sure the investigators are looking at that i'm sure they are related. >> will: keanu reeves also as actor in l.a. got hit. all of his watches and merchandise ended up in chile. we will see where all this goes. it needs to be stopped. ongoing now for what are we looking at six months. all right, bobby. thanks so much. >> thanks, will. >> will: more "fox & friends," moments away

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