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this is "fox & friends." a century of service and humanity, tributes pouring in overnight for jimmy carter, the longest living president is being remembered. >> guy: the u.s. sending a team to investigate that awful deadly plane crash killing 179 people in south korea and now new warnings that air traffic control received just minutes before that tragedy. >> will: 2024 a year full of wild news. which story was the most underreported? >> that would be, to me, joe biden's obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable. >> will: the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> >> katie: tributes are rolling in remember the jimmy carter passed away at the age of 100. >> guy: winning nobel peace

prize becoming the longest living commander-in-chief in our nation's history. >> will: steve harrigan joins us now. good morning, steve. >> steve: he died at age 100 in plains, georgia. surrounded by close members of his family. carter had been in failing health for some time. he had had many ailments including melanoma hospice care for the past two years. contrtributesto carter have been around the globe. >> erratic cat disease not just at home but around the world. he peace. advanced civil rights, human rights. promoted free and fair elections around the world. he built housing for the homeless with his own hands. and his compassion and moral clarity lifted people up and changed lives and saved lives all over the globe. >> steve: former president obama said carter taught all of us

what it means to live a life of grace. former president bush said carter's work for humanity will continue to inspire generations of americans. now we will see eight days of memorial services. a ceremony here at the carter center in atlanta. then a state funeral in washington. followed by burial in plains, georgia. carter's wife rosalynn died one year ago. the two were married for 77 years. guys, back to you. >> will: all right. thank you, steve. jimmy carter on the cover of the "new york post" today marking a century of life. 100 years old, 1924 to 2024. you know, jimmy carter, a man about whom many people have very kind and sometimes very critical words to say. what you can, i think most people fairly and -- i don't know about unanimously buy overwhelmingly say about jimmy carter is a nice, good man. there is a photo or there is

video. delta actually put this out. he was on a delta flight and at some point in his life and he took the time to go and shake the hand of every passenger on that flight. delta just put it out on their social media sharing this video. walk the aisle, and spoke to every member, shook the hand of every member of that flight. you know, i was having a conversation last night about politicians and, you know, there is very many different kinds of politicians, but it seems that the best of them have one commonality. that is a love of people. you know, bill clinton, loves people. donald trump loves people. i think that's something you can say that is exhibited in his character and his behavior about jimmy carter. he loved people. >> katie: that's the entire job is dealing with people. we mentioned president donald trump. he, of course, is weighing in on this as well. he said this on truth social. quote: i just heard of the news about the passing of the president jimmy carter. those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president understand this is a

very exclusive club. and only one we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the nation -- greatest nation in history. the challenges jimmy faces a president come as a pivotal time for our country and did he everything in his power to improve the lives of all americans. for that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude. melania and i are thinking warmly of the carter family and their loved ones during this difficult time. we urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers. nice statesmanship there. >> going back to the video we put up from delta airlines with jimmy carter shaking hands. that was not a one off. so last night on the big weekend show our colleague lisa boothe talking about the experience her father had. he happened to be on a flight from ironically the reagan airport down to atlanta and jimmy carter did the exact same thing. anyone who wanted a photo or hand shaky was there to do it. definitely someone who loved people and flew commercial as a

former president of the united states. and when we talk about this man's legacy, i think it is maybe not unfair to describe his presidency overall as failed. he had some highlights. he had some important achievements on the domestic side there was some deregulation that ended up being really important for the country. including airlines and the railways and also breweries and that sort of thing. he also brokered peace between the egyptians and israelis. huge achievement at camp david. but there were many other reasons why he was a one term president, was swept out of office in the arresting revolution it was not a close election. this also tells us and reminds us you can have in the moment a failure in your career or a failure in your line of work and still lead a good and successful life. and that's what jimmy carter did. over 100 years. great successful marriage. a family who absolutely loved

him. and someone who gained a lot of respect for much of the work that he did after he was president. this man was out there building homes for poor people around the world into his 90's, which is extraordinary. >> will: shows there is chanters to life. there are things, you know, obviously, it's hard to escape the shadow of a presidency and how that presidency went. but there are chapters to life. i mean, he played a great role for habitat to humanity. you point out, guy, there is his health he building the houses himself. >> not as a photo op. but as a passion. >> katie: not just posing with the drill. >> will: there are lessons to take representative buddy cart another relation to jimmy carter also from the state of georgia said there are lessons to take from jimmy carter. >> i think president trump understands and, in fact, in his message he alluded to the fact that it's a difficult job and these are difficult decisions. i remember in his book, keeping

faith. jimmy carter said that every decision he ever made was a difficult decision. all the easy decisions had been made below him. if it rops to that level, it was a difficult decision. and i could feel just how difficult it was for him when he was serving in that position. but, you know, again, his faith, i think, is what carried him through and helped him to make a lot of these great decisions. >> will: that's another part of jimmy carter that i think you have to highlight because he worked openly big part of who he was his feyes. >> drove his family as well. married to his wife for 77 years. incredible. made history during inauguration by walking with her on pennsylvania avenue outside of the limousine that was the first time the first lady had done that. so he certainly had her as a big part of his life wore his faith on his sleeve. tried in his life after his presidency to act on faith by going to habitat for humanity serving others in terms of volunteering. those are good memories that people will have.

there are others as we have noted in historical record that maybe will be highlighted later that aren't as fond of the president. >> will: the word decency came up repeatedlily in relation to jimmy carter. last night president biden came out from his vacation and made a statement down in the u.s. virgin islands losing his man he called friend for 50 years. decency biden hammered at a number of times. i do think, will, that carter's inarguable decency was inexecutrix cablely linked to his faith wasn't a show i'm a will pies spious sunday school . a thirst for many american voters especially at that moment in time watergate and that scandal and carter came in to the electorate and said in 1976, let's modify past the scandal

scandal and lack of morals. >> katie: talk about the photos of the current president joe biden out of office in a couple of weeks there are reasons why there are comparisons of the biden presidency. one term president to the carter era in terms of unemployment, the economy, disasters around the world. foreign policy, iran, hamas having a foothold in a number of places. so, there are reasons why there are similarities between the biden administration and the carter and it's interesting to see these photos of jimmy carter writing these notes to the current president when he was just a senator comparisons between the two administrations are not in good ways as we should say. >> will: on the note of joe biden. guy, i will accept the message without accepting the messenger. meaning i accept that jimmy carter was an example of decency i don't want to hear that from

joe biden when he is using it as a political tool to suggest that donald trump indecent. that was in response to a question about donald trump and comparing the two i believe when he invoked biden invoked decency. i don't think biden has the standing to testify to someone's decency, quite honestly. but that doesn't mean is he wrong about jimmy carter. and jimmy carter a decent man. guy, you brought this up as well. his political rise is so notable that he went from state senator to president in a span of 13 years so did barack obama in that sense. >> will: yell. >> katie: a little more experience. >> will: that rapid risen jimmy carter every man not something i would say character race stick of ba time sideline similar. jimmy carter going from a state

senator to the president helped form that image for him not for obama of the every man. jamie cook on presidential historian she was talking about that every man aspect of carter president carter was every man president. average joe. he showed with hard work and determination that you could become president with those values. he went to the naval academy. his uncle had been in the navy. so he was just kind of in love with the idea of being able to travel. once he was doing submarine duty his family farm was falling apart hits father died and he went back to georgia to run the family farm. he gave up navy career. certainly and his greatest accomplishment was brokers peace between israel and egypt. he later won the nobel peace prize for that and other things. told the united states in his

inaugural address it was time to end racial discrimination. he was really ahead of his time on the issue of integrations he was supportive of incident congratulation and opposed segregation which was running rampant in georgia and other southern states. >> will: there you have it the peanut farmer. >> katie: peanut farm tore president if that's not the learn dream i don't know what is. it's a great reflection. guy every man image which is real someone who had a very unglamorous post presidency. they can go and cash in and make a ton of money and live a high flying lifestyle. that was not jimmy carter. he went home. built houses and swung the hammer and lived a very modest life for decades. following his presidency, which is interesting and in some ways especially in the modern era unusual. >> katie: over the next few days a number of memorial services both in georgia and in

washington g washington, d.c. we will be watching and covering all of it. >> will: turn now to capitol hill where the race for house leadership seems to have members of the republican party divided. just three weeks ahead of president-elect trump's inauguration. >> guy: some g.o.p. lawmakers are warning about the risk of not having a unified party once trump takes office. >> katie: madeleine rivera in washington with the details. >> a lot of republicans feel like they're heading into the next congress with wind at their backs. they have full control of congress ready to carry out a mandate they say they have gotten given by the american people to enact president-elect trump's agenda. some see a fight over the speaker's gavel would take the wind out of their sales. sails.>> we can't get anything e unless we have a speaker, including certifying president trump's election on january 6th. so, to waste time over a

nonsensical intra mural food fight is a joke. >> i'm strongly encouraging my colleagues to go ahead and elect mike johnson. >> mike johnson has worked very well with president trump and from what i understand president trump likes him very much. so, ultimately, i think it will be handled that way. >> republican congressman tim burchett is one of the handful of republicans who are uncommitted to johnson. burchett told our mike emanuel on sunday he anticipates the speaker's vote this friday could go past january 3rd and stretch into the weekend. still, he does think things will be sorted out before january 6th when congress has to certify the electoral college results. at least one congressman so far, republican thomas massie has said he won't be supporting johnson. it may be the only defection that johnson can afford because he will need 218 votes to keep his job. and the next congress will start with 219 house republicans. democrats are adamant they won't be saving johnson after he went back on a bipartisan deal to

keep the government open. will, k katie and guy? >> indicated indicate thank you >> katie: thank you very much. you have president-elect donald trump getting nominated or chuck grassley. unless they can get this done it's going to happen. >> guy: i love grassley but i think trump won the election. >> katie: we should get that done. >> will: what is the most under reported story of 2024? we could and should put up the most under reported and misreported stories on that gigantic wall that would fill it up and require days if not weeks of discussion. that's the level of malpractice within your mainstream media. when we are asking at least what's the most under reported story. cbs january crawford has the

nominee. >> under covered and under reported that would be to me joe biden's obvious cognitive decline that became undeniable in the televised debate. >> at the presidential debate with donald trump. >> unquestioned. it is starting to emerge now that his advisers kind of managed his limitations. it's been reported in the "wall street journal" for four years. and, yet, he insisted that he could still run for president. we should have much more forcibly questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years which could have led to a primary forever the for ths it. could have changed the scope of the entire election. yet, still, incredibly we read in the "the washington post" that his advisers are saying that he regrets that he dropped out of the race. that he thinks he could have beaten trump. that is either delusional or gaslighting. >> katie: i'm sorry, for her to say these details are emerging now. we have had these details for years. we had these details in the

robert hur special counsel report which was hundreds of pages long describing the mental capacity of the president that he wasn't charged with a number of felonies because he would have been unfit to stand trial because of his mental acuity. >> will: robert hur slandered after that report. >> katie: correct. >> will: by democrats. >> katie: reporters writing about this. covering the white house. daring to ask these questions. were told everything they will are see something fake, cheap fakes. it wasn't real. that biden runs circles around them. the only reason why the media is doing this now they got caught when trump did the first debate with biden in june and it was exposed. and they could no longer deny that this was a problem. this is not a new thing. >> guy: i want to say in fairness to jen crawford she seems like one of the last few sane people in the mainstream media at that network and elsewhere. >> will: because guy she had done this on a couple of issues. not a one off on this. >> katie: after biden lost.

>> will: internal call at cbs that was revealed request she was criticizing leadership about the way they were handling -- i can't remember the exact story. >> guy: because the woke team at that network was really angry that one of her colleagues had asked tough questions of virulently anti-israel author and she basically said this is a joke. what is wrong with you? i want to give her some credit. but not the media broadly on this particular issue. to katie's exact point, i remember so i think the news story that she is talking about, like what has just emerged this "wall street journal" piece in the last couple of days. but there was a previous "wall street journal" piece before that debate and i mean this is an issue that's dated back years. even within the context of this year. the "wall street journal" went there. prior to that debate and, boy, people were tearing the bark off of them. even fellow journalists saying it's inappropriate. the democrats, of course, went crazy. and all the gaslighting that we just heard there blew up in the span of 22 minutes on a debated stage. all the observations that we had

been making, for example, here, and just a lot of americans watching this president and not seeing him very often. all of those observations were confirmed and it was just astonishing and breathtaking, even understanding the bias that the media has. it was wild. to watch them turn on a dime from he's fine, four more years to get him out in the span of 20 minutes, and was all 100 percent in pursuit of political power. that was it. >> will: katie, you are 100 percent right it's sort of lining you crossing the finish line at the marathon he at the end of the night everyone having gotten there her saying that. still controversial for her to say it in that environment. meaning at that table in that environment. everybody eggs is like oh my god. how can she be saying that in this moment. >> katie: that is true. >> obvious conventional wisdom no way this man can be president four more years. up until a few months ago entire

political party and most journalists saying why of course he can. >> katie: woman who replaced him on the campaign trail vice president kamala harris also lied about repeatedly. on the campaign trail refused to answer any questions and we still don't have any answers about the day that he dropped out. anyway, like you said, will, big story. put up the whole wall. certainly not a new one. that's for sure. turning now our focus to overseas as the u.s. is sending a team of investigators from the national transportation safety board to look into what caused susunday's devastating plane crh in south korea that left 179 people dead. >> will: the flight was carrying 181 people and then it skidded off the runway on that dangerous, treacherous landing at an airport south of seoul in south korea. this was sunday morning. video of the crash is very graphic. we want to warn you it is disturbing.

>> will: chilling final text message one of the stroims a relative has been revealed saying a bird struck the plane and it can't land. that passenger sending a final text message reading quote should i say my last words? >> katie: frustrated families camping out at the airport upset with the lack of answers from local officials. >> the country's interim president supposed to be meeting with some of those families today. awful. >> will: really sad story. a question that my "fox & friends weekend" co-host rachel campos-duffy give her a hard time. make fun of her. she has a gut instinct that butt instinct is good ask a question i see other people starting to ask why is the wall at the end of that runway. there are technical reasons i have read why that wall is there you don't see that often at american airports. >> guy: concrete wall.

right? and we spoke last night with jon scott, our colleague, who is anchor of "the fox report." also a licensed pilot. and we interviewed him on the big weekend show. and he just started off the top of his head listing off a number of things that just seemed wrong to him and seemed off. and i think the questions here about this accident are going to be tough but warranted because it really looks like a lot of this was avoidable. horrible. >> katie: a lot of stuff went wrong, landing gear didn't come out either. horrible day for families and hopefully they can get some answers. >> guy: former president jimmy carter passing away at the age of 100. dr. marc siegel will reflect on carter's medical legacy. interesting. you will want to hear it, next.f ♪re g rojects done and free standard shipping. start earning for free with mylowe's rewards today.

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♪ >> guy: jimmy carter leaving behind a long legacy of health after he died at the age of 100 yesterday. our 39th president is credited for his work fighting guinea worm disease and also bringing awareness on melanoma. fox news senior medical analyst dr. marc siegel joins us now. doctor, it's good to see you. let's start with guinea worm. this was a real problem

effecting millions of people, close to eradicated. how did it happen and what was jimmy carter's role there. >> dr. siegel: dramatic story. person appointed lead person 19,863.5 million cases around the world in asia and after from can a. guinea worm disease. no vaccine got involved as ambassador carter center as well. >> guy: after he was president. >> dr. siegel: simple health measures filtering water and teaching people who had it to. they brought it down to a couple hundred cases a year worldwide 19820212023. dramatic, no disease has been treated that effectively in that short a period of time except for hiv aides. >> guy: without a cure. teaching people best practices and the number went from, you

were saying millions down to hundreds. >> dr. siegel: exactly. imagine that touching people public health measures in areas they don't know basic ideas how to keep the water pure. getting them filters and advising them. such a dramatic story. around the same time, guy, was when he got involved with habitat for humanity. over 4,000 carter homes. he worked with hundreds of -- over 100,000 people to build these homes where for people who couldn't afford them and to feature other people how to repair their homes. and advising on that. >> >> guy: the former president was then, years later, diagnosed with cancer, melanoma, skin cancer. that cancer spread to various organs but he beat it and lived for years after that. but still though that melanoma piece definitely drew a lot of attention to that disease. something that is close to our heart and our family. talk about that piece of his legacy as well. >> dr. siegel: two issues there. first, he brought up prayer. that he was praying for recovery

but also to have the strength to face death. answered taught a lot of people that his last sunday school class in 2019 he said exactly that. it spread to my liver, it spread to my brain. i might not make it but i'm strong because of my faith. the second piece was he showed everyone around the united states about the advantages of immunotherapy, which we were just starting to use for melanoma in those days. and it worked. melanoma used to be a death sentence when it spread to various organs. he end up up with a cure gave people to face melanoma. >> will: tail end of his life he lost his beloved life of 77 years. they had spent three quarters of a century plus together. that's tough on anyone. and he was pushing 100, of course, turned 100 in hospice care. he was in hospice care for quite some time. talk about that element of end of life and how that impacts not just a patient but a family as

well. a family that really loved him around him. >> again, two points. first his marriage for 77 years. that isn't that unusual if you have someone you live with dearly. when they go, you don't necessarily live that much longer. but, in the process of bringing attention to hospice, as you said he went into hospice a year before she died. before rosalyn died. he sent a positive message. >> will: she died last year, right? >> dr. siegel: she died last year but he went into hospice a year before that hospice isn't just somewhere you go to sign off. it's a place to get home care, to be receive a very positive amount of attention and supportive care. he gave hospice a very positive look for people out there that may need it. again, a messenger for a positive health message. >> guy: dr. marc siegel, great to see you. >> good to see you again.

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you said you wanted to give a shout-out to someone who is in indiana. right? >> yes. grandma marsha, grandma dee and terry. >> shout-out to them. where are you from? >> newburgh, indiana. >> newburgh, indiana. shout-out to the folks out in newburgh. take a look at forecast across the country. warm air actually is a big part of the story. caused big storms over the weekend. those are now overwith a lot of folks felt those impacts over the last couple of days. the warmth now really spilling up and down the eastern coast. look at temperatures, 40's, 50's, feels like march, feels like april it. really does feel like spring out. that is not going to last forever. here is the forecast for today and take you into new year's eve forecast as well. ultimate lid just some rain really across portions of the midwest, new england, and, of course, the pacific northeast. those are your weather headlines. will, i will toss it back inside to you. >> all right. thank you, adam. president-elect trump is backing elon musk and vivek ramaswamy after a fiery debate online in the maga community on h-b1 visas

for foreign workers saying quote: i have always liked the visas, i have always been in favor of the visas, that's why we have them. i have many h-b1 visas on my property. i have been a believer in h-b1 i have used it many times. it's a great program. our next guest writes this disagreement we are seeing in the g.o.p. camp it's okay. it's how politics should work. author of the op-ed david marcus joins us now. good morning, david. you know, i think you are right. i think y you are right. contentious for a while maybe it still is contentious on the right over this debate. >> a little bit like cowboys, eemtion game. >> will: eagles fan coming in we're going to set that aside and deal with the less contentious debate here that's h-b1 visas. >> sounds good. look, i think both ramaswamy and

musk got out over seas, musk's diatribe american kids too many sleepovers went over like a ton of bricks. musk said i wish i had twice as many. trump supporters saying hey, buddy, read the room. where we landed and president trump sees this is really legitimate competing interest here. yes. we absolutely want to attract the best and the brightest to the united states. we also want to make sure that that kid who graduates with a degree in architecture isn't facing unfair foreign competition that is not only going to undercut him in terms of wages but h-b1 visa holder you lose your job you get deported. that's leverage you are handing over to owners. competing interest and good debate come out of it. >> will: in just a moment i want to go back to the real healthy side of this. the points you are also making this debate has legitimacy both on a deep philosophical level and surface policy level.

meaning we should be talking about h-b1 visas and how they are being abused and problems in that system. hopefully president trump sees that and go about correcting those terms and policy. hey, america first, shouldn't you be prioritizing the interest of americans? >> yeah. i think that's absolutely right. and, you know, this is the united states of america. and you can be the richest man in the world. >> it's not going to protect you from blowback when american citizens feel like, you know, you are not putting them first. and, look, i think musk has walked some of this back. he now says that he think it should be very expensive to hire an h-b1 visa applicant. i think that's absolutely right. that speaks to the point he was making, he says he is talking about nba stars. you know, i want the albert einstein. and that's fine. but that's a very different conversation than accountants and graphic designers and people who are holding jobs that

american citizens need. >> will: that's exactly right. if the american worker is told hey, we need to import workers to pick crops, you're not going to do that and oh by the way we need these highly skilled jobs. what are you leaving the american worker with what are you telling the american worker they are good for bring people across the world to do jobs on all ends of the spectrum? >> screen and ordering from amazon, i presume, right? >> will: right. >> part of the cultural question that i think ramaswamy kicked the door down which is that, look, most persons don't want to work 80 hours a week until they die to make, you know, big tech more money. that's not the american dream. and the american government doesn't exist to help billionaires make more money. it exists to help everyday americans live the way they want to live. not as pragues.

>> will: more to a country and person than your economic output. that is important. there is way more to a nation than its g.d.p. last, because this is the crux of what you wrote about. this is good. this is all good. this is the way it's supposed to work. supposed to have open conversations and debates. after being accused as acolytes at the trump. right actually have a real policy and philosophical debate. >> yes. they are terribly disappointed that these are not destroyed maga and made everybody hate each other. i mean, look, we can have these conversations. we can have these disagreements. we can all get smarter by doing it. that's what america is so god bless them. >> will: listen, man, you don't have to wake up at 7:30, 740. angry. signature in front of hair drier. modern art tell me about the don't kick a man down.

13-3 something like that. i'm nobody now. just america's team. just win with grace. >> fly eagles, fly. >> philly noted to win and lose with grace. thank you, david. heart break at the border. texas dps agents finding more children abandoned at the border. lt. chris olivares sounds the alarm on the crisis, next. ♪

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>> katie: here is a story come far too familiar with. texas dps finding a 5 and 9-year-old abandoned by a smug gear in eagle pass. holding a piece of paper with an address and phone number. lt. chris olivares from the texas department of public safety joins us now. so, lieutenant we have heard this happen before young kids dropped off by the border by smugglers. not with their parents. they do have phone number and address. what does that phone number and address lead to? >> well, katie, this has been all too common over the years unaccompanied children coming across the border and especially now two little girls our troopers came across this past weekend. 5 and 9-year-old two little girls that make this journey from he will el salvador.

come across the border piece of paper and information in a cell phone that has an address or phone number. in some cases we do follow ups, we do have investigators that do follow up on some of these addresses. but, again, the problem is that when they come across the border, i mean, obviously these crimes are hang in other countries, and, of course, the ones that are behind it whether it's a family member or friend or guardian that facilitating the trafficking of these children, to the united states, makes it very difficult to locate. and that's why when they come across the border, these children are placed in health and human services and they have to find sponsors. that's where we see many of these children get lost in the system because we don't know exactly where they end up. if they end up with an actual sponsor that's been properly vetted or end up with an actual family member. >> that's where the current administration has put these children in a very just dangerous environment and has allowed so many loopholes in the current policies that when these children make their way to the border and come across and they are vett abandoned by a smuggle.

government doesn't know where these children end up and what safety they can ensure for these children. >> katie: you mentioned these kids end up in the federal system whether it's with hhs or border patrol. but then they have lost under the biden-harris administration almost 600,000 of these kids. and incoming border czar tom homan has vowed to do their best to try to find them. you mentioned these unvetted sponsors. do you have any idea about how the incoming administration can stop this vicious cycle of children being brought to the border unaccompanied and then turned over to unvetted adults who we know a number of them have criminal records? >> of course i would argue this is probably the most inhumane and most dangerous form of family separation for any family member, regardless of the desperation trying to make it to the united states. to send your child i will thousands ever miles to the country to the united states to pay a smuggler and not knowing

if the child makes it to final destination because many of these children do end up in stash house in mexico other children waiting to get across the border. if these family members don't have the money to pay these criminal smugglers, these children will be forced into some form of sexual exploitation or labor trafficking. that's also why governor act a few weeks ago just launched international billboard campaign actually explicitly describing the forms of humanrafficking and why it's so dangerous for women and children to make their way to the border. i hope and i'm confident the new administration will have some type of consequences in place. there has to be consequences in place for these family members that are facilitating this form of human trafficking for their children. if not, we're going to continue seeing this problem in the coming years. >> katie: i know that the biden administration has been fighting you guys tooth and nail with your own state efforts to secure the border and to stop this horrific trafficking from happening and the trump administration will be working with you quite a change thank you for your time this morning

all right, guy, other to you. >> guy: take a look at headlines, katie. two men from oregon are dead after a search for sasquatch went terribly wrong. the pair headed out on christmas eve, apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of big foot in washington state out in the wilderness. they never made it back home. a family member reported them missing. after a three day search their bodies were found in a heavily wooded national forest. police say the men likely died of exposure to harsh weather conditions. just an awful story there meanwhile, police in colorado looking for this man over what never calling a failed bank robbery. the incident happening earlier this month when the suspect gave a bank teller a note but she couldn't read it because his handwriting was illegible. police say he grew so frustrated with the teller the whole situation he just left with nothing and to the gridiron, jayden daniels and the washington commanders heading to

the playoffs after taking down atlanta 30 to 24. in overtime. a walkoff touchdown last night right there. fans in d.c. a lot to cheer about. minnesota the vikings taking down nfc rival green bay close one 27-25 thanks to ridiculous catch from wideout justin jefferson. >> the ball is basically behind his head oh my goodness. >> totally crazy. finally, eagles running back saquon barclay surpassing the 2,000 rushing yard mark yesterday marking a dominant first season in philadelphia as his eagles crushed the cowboys, sorry, will, 41-7 those are your headlines and quick thank you to our partner bass pro shops for styling our beautiful "fox & friends" studio for the entire month of december. take a look. i love it. and we'll be right back. ♪ having the back woods

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