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learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: 7:00 a.m. on the east coast friday january 3rd. my little brother's birthday. happy birthday. "fox & friends," fox news alert. new details emerging on the terror attack on new orleans. >> brian: the tragedy prompting one saints player to do something big. big for the victims' families. we will speak to him this hour. meanwhile, despite president biden's calls to, quote: relentlessly pursue isis, critics were quick to remember this specific warning from the president himself. >> terrorism from white supremacy is the most lethal threat the homeland today. >> lawrence: that's a lie. >> brian: yeah. >> emily: new year, new

congress. today lawmakers will decide if mike johnson will remain speaker of the house. i'm emily compagno in for ainsley and the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> lawrence: buckle up. a fox news alert. the fbi officially now the new orleans attack killed 14 people an act of terrorism. >> emily: this as we learn more about the isis inspired suspect's path toward radicalization. >> brian: garrett tenney joins us live. >> that path to radicalization what they are focusing on. learning new details about the suspect from his family. shamsud-din jabbar's brother tells fox news that for years the u.s. army veteran had been trying to find himself and looking for something to guide him, ground him, and set him straight, which was in part what led him to join the military. the brother says the whole family grew up muslim but that shabby tshamsud-din jabbar tookp

away but got back after his divorce. showing jabbar in the hours leading up to the attack walking through the french quarter and placing two coolers with ieds inside that he planned to detonate during the massacre. investigators found bomb-making materials at nearby airbnb where the suspect was staying. they now believe the suspect acted alone and that he did not have any accomplices. >> 14 innocent victims were killed in this senseless attack. and at least 35 were injured. first and foremost, let me be very clear about this point. this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. >> back here on bourbon street you can see a growing memorial the entrance. this is where he drove a car

through. growing criticism of officials for not having precautions in place. the city installed heavy steel barriers would prevent a car from driving up onto the sidewalk like jabbar did. if these had been in place, it would have prevented that attack from happening when the city's chief of police was asked why weren't these in place tuesday night? she said i didn't even know we had them. city officials have said though that if it didn't happen here, this guy was so set on killing and creating destruction, that he would have done it somewhere else. back to you all. >> brian: garrett, they have confirmed there were two ieds, homemade bombs, he set up a bomb-making faci facilities it s dilapidated trailer. having said that, they recovered them but did they find video of him placing them there? >> yeah, that -- the surveillance video images that the fbi released, they say that was him going around the french quarter just nut couple of hours

before he carried out his attack places the ied dollars in coolers that set in different locations around the. they disarmed and searched the rest of the french quarter and track being the surveillance video of his movement to see if they missed any others. they believed they found anything that is left here and safe that's why they reopened it. the bomb-making materials that they found at that airbnb that's going to be an ongoing part of this investigation. hours are a that attack, a fire started at that airbnb. investigators are looking into how that fire started and and because it happened after he was already dead it may have been one of the pieces of evidence that initially led them to believe that others may have been involved, they now say that was not the cares. >> brian: imagine how damaging that would have been with nails. not only explosion but the nails flying out over this dense population? where are they going? people running away from the truck, probably towards the coolers.

>> lawrence: i'm sorry brian and emily. i can't get enough of them installing those things so quickly. those type of barriers are already in the city here for a good reason because people do this -- they are deranged and they want to attack. the fact that the leadership is saying they didn't even know they had these, that they could have installed these before, i mean that, is the stuff that is going to be under a microscope and we can't forget and i know we want to not go there i have been done a lot of reporting about new orleans murder capital a kipple years ago. that mayor was not prepared for something like this. coming day, coming months, bury the victims here and their names are released. there is going to be more criticism of what they could have done to prevent something like this from happening.

we reported on them and the fact that residents' tax dollars did not go to installing those bollards when we know that doesn't have to be the result of a isis threat, drunk driving, confusion. we have them here on every street corner in new york city for a reason. it is successful. it is an abomination they weren't deployed there beforehand. secondly the surveillance images that shows the terrorist suspect walking around at 1 and 2 installing those coolers. people looking in those coolers. can't stress enough if you see something, say something. videos posted simply saying he was going to do this. third point he had a domestic violence record. second wife filed a restraining order against this person for threatening great bodily injury and more. we talk about signs and history and awake of this horrible individual and the point is as he was being radicalized there were tools at his disposal that

led to the murder of 14 americans and to brian's pointed, the potential maiming of hundreds more because of this individual. and this is on, in part, the current president's soldiers because what was he talking about as the most lethal threat in june of 2021. it's not islamic extremism. no, it's something different. >> according to the intelligence community, terrorism from white supremacy is the most lethal threat to the homeland today. not isis. not al-qaeda, white supremacists. [applause] >> brian: they clapped in oklahoma? that's stunning. i don't know where they found feel clap to that honestly that was a dry hole that the secretary of defense had to do a whole investigation on. and when it came out, the pentagon did a study and goes we don't have anything. that was a waste of time and waste of money and waste of focus. senator tom cotton brought that up. look, the military has got to be looked at. but the military has got to get the right focus and they are

about to get it. >> this terrorist appears to have been radicalized well after he left the army. it is the case that sometimes bad apples slip through the system in our military. you remember nidal hasan fort hood shooter from 15 years ago. however, the biden administration for four years has stuck its head in the sand to the threat of islamic terrorism. if you recall, president biden and the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense have all said the biggest threat we face is from racially and ethnically. they launched a witch-hunt to find white supremacists in our military. they could find barely any at all. mostly what they found was criminal gang members. another example of the misplaced priorities of this administration. >> lawrence: not just misplaced priorities. it's moronic. going to get people killed by focusing on stuff that don't matter. >> brian: that is what pete hegseth is going to change.

>> lawrence: you got jews overrun on college campuses. according to the fbi, the number one group being targeted for racism, going after the religious beliefs is the jewish people and then the white house released a statement about islamophobia. i mean, you can't have activism and leadership positions of law enforcement. iit does not keep us safe. and this is just the latest example. >> yeah. by the way you have a mayor there that the definition of corruption. she is evidently having a relationship with a body guard who has been indicted. she is about to -- according to reports be indicted. she spends a lot of her money going overseas to climate conferences while they are dramatically under staffed police force and my goodness, you have beads from new orleans blocking your bollards from going up and down and they told you five years ago to fix it. they put them in 2017 not working by 2019.

literally beads got jammed in there that's what this guy was able to go right around the cop and right up the sidewalk and go in new york city and chicago they responded to people when they said if you want to stop these guys from driving up and killing pedestrians arbitrarily you got to put these bollards in place and they have done it. i look forward to getting to the bottom of this. but i think you are going to find a police force that's an embarrassment and a mayor that's an abomination. that's not going to help. fundamentally we have a few things going on in the world to give you optimism. if you go and understand the terror threat. it used to be here in the west, you try to inform the middle east how bad it is amongst them. they used to be afraid of their people. if you look at the uae and qatar and saudi arabia and bahrain, obviously israel, they understand the extremism in their midst. and the communication internationally with our intelligence apparatus, c.i. a especially, that's what happens, so you have a guy go over to egypt and 10 days he is in the military, you notice where they

are going and what he is doing. call back to the c.i. a who has got this region. i got a guy over here you should keep your eye on. that's the way we used to do it. took our eye off the ball. douglas murray writes we did it when we left afghanistan. he writes this on his opinion column in the "new york post." we let islamic terrorism rise again. he said let's all give a big shout-out to the globalizing intifada crowd. you got your way, congratulations. hope it feels good. when will americans rise against people who support terrorism. why are we so craven while people of the city actually call for terrorism. they do it while the citizens in new orleans have just suffered it. what is he referring to is 24 hours after new orleans attack, on new year's day. we have in downtown anti-israel protests, pro-hamas, hezbollah, and palestinian protests. calling for intifada revolution

which is -- i think this goes beyond free speech, don't you think? >> lawrence: but, brian, we can't just take that day, they have been doing it for month. how much reporting i have done 00 college campuses on this nonsense of hamas flags, isis. all of the sudden all these kids want to wear keffiyehs now. so much sun in new york and sand that they have to block themselves. it's such nonsense. >> they have been calling for the destruction of our country. calling for the destruction. they barricaded themselves in a building and kidnapped three janitors on columbia university, and no one gets charged. and so we're saying this is okay. the radicalization happening on the college campuses by these professors, telling them that america is the enemy, that we are the enemy within? that is the true threat. and, until we stop funding these universities and arresting these people in the middle of the street, we're setting ourself up for another attack.

>> emily: the whole points is that emboldenment occurs in a vacuum of deterrence and consequences. during the last four years we have all suffered as a country and as americans because our administration, the common denominator as you spoke about the intelligence has remains. we have effectively sort of severed many of our allied relationships but the point is the decision based on the intelligence community evidence, i mean, that is what has changed under this administration. we all suffered when the current vice president, kamala harris, as you recall, read in her intelligence accounts remember how the end result was her saying um, i disagree with how you referred to a female other national leader, missing the forest for the trees. we have a president, current commander-in-chief, that reference based on intelligence number one as we talked about threat was white extremism when nothing was further from the truth. that is the current climate we are suffering under. that's the current climate under which the campuses have been radicalized, fomented and here in times square --

>> brian: what i don't understand al-qaeda is the enemy of the america. we would not have let al-qaeda flags walk down sixth avenue. why are we letting hamas and hezbollah terrorist organizations. they are not countries. there is no palestine by the way. but if you want to say they have a seat at the u.n., go ahead, go to town. number one take facial recognition of all these people. got make sure we are tracking all of them. we put people in the middle there, that's what we used to do. go back to that i'm encouraged speaker johnson columbia. i want to talk to the president and tell you this is not okay. the speaker holding one chamber in washington. now there is going to be a senate. there is going to be republican house and a republican president. i want to see this threat executed on these universities. >> lawrence: before he gets there, he has to get through a big vote today. today house lawmakers will decide if house speaker mike johnson keeping his gavel. bine brian meanwhile republicans on capitol hill are considering new rulings that would make it tougher to oust a speaker in

this new congress. >> emily: alexandria hoff is live at the white house with all the details. good morning. >> alex: good morning to you, the only person who wants this to be wrapped up faster than speaker johnson would be president-elect trump. those first 100 days in office can be seen as metric of success for incoming president. speaker johnson says he feels hopeful he will be able to retain his gavel in one round today. >> people are talking through process changes they want and those kinds of things. i'm open to that. i think tomorrow is going to go well. >> lawmakers as a whole do not want a repeat of two years ago when it took 15 rounds to elect speaker mccarthy. failing to elect johnson quickly would paralyze the house. rendering it unable to certify the election results on the 6th. no question that president-elect trump won. the question now is how far his influence and his endorsement of johnson will go for the handful of hard line republicans who feel johnson was weakened in the budget battle last month. >> what we want to see happen as we begin 119th congress is not

what happened in the last two years of the 118th. he has got to make the case. hopefully mike will. >> i will make a decision tomorrow. but had a meeting with the speaker to discuss some things. a lot of things i agree. >> i'm absolutely positively voting for speaker mike johnson. he has done a good job under the circumstances. >> i'm voting for mike johnson i agree with ronny jackson. i think this thing is going to be wramed up quickly. >> he has not talked to you will at men's supporting him today. >> the magic number is 218, the republicans hold their majority slimmer now because of matt gaetz's resignation. the equation it could get more complicated if you think about it. there is only one vote that jonathan would afford to lose. that is if everybody turns up today and participates. if maybe one republican doesn't show up mark themself as president that would that i think things, guys.

>> brian: i know things change would there be a vote immediately after? would they come back again? would that be something we see right away. >> yeah. i think there is a negotiation period after that. continue with the holdout no. just speaker johnson but allies reaching outs saying hey we need you on our side. our chad pergram did ask several members if they think this will go into the weekend if they're willing to push through until tomorrow through the weekend on this. they said that they are. some don't expect that to happen. i mean, it's complicated. it might. >> emily: alex an be degree a thank you. yes, it's complicated but also simple at the same time. it's get to work. we talked about before that there are some procedural issues that are hanging up some membersment some members of whom refuse to identify themselves actually to certain reporters on the hill at the issues that they have with potential speaker mike johnson. but the reality is nothing can get done until he is confirmed. the reality is this is the time

to show unity because this is the time to demonstrate to the american people and their constituents that they are earning paychecks. it's not a demonstration to dad to speak johnson oh i want to show my wing span here. it's a demonstration to the american people that they are ready to get to work now that we do have control over or they have control over every chamber. >> lawrence: brian spoke with carlos gimenez from florida. this is what he had to say earlier. >> i'm voting for mike johnson. i will continue to vote for mike johnson until mike johnson becomes a speaker. hope therefully that's on the first round. we can't have the chaos that we had in this particular congress, can't happen again. again, this is about america, saving america. we need to move forward and unite as a party. trump agenda, we have a ton of things to do. the person people are expecting us to get that job done and need to do that in united you had fashion. any imps differences we have

putt them aside. this country has been going in the wrong direction. >> brian: he said 4 of the last 12 years. keep in i understand moo, too. two things, put me at speaker whole ousting session chip roy endorsed governor desantis. they might have had tension there. maybe these are things i'm concerned about. >> lawrence: the president realizes he can't get his agenda done without them being in order. and if he was elected on a mandate, which he was. got the popular vote as well as the electoral college and is setting the tone not only for the country but for the party as well, you need the members to get on board with at least this vote. if they want to duke it out about the spending and all that, which i support, honestly, they should do it after they get sworn in and they get to business.

i hope they are wise in this moment. >> emily: turning to your headlines. starting with a fox news alert. the suspect in the las vegas cybertruck explosion right outside trump international hotel in las vegas has been identified as a decorated active duty soldier. 37-year-old matthew lives berger from colorado springs green beret on approved leave from germany. he shot himself before the truck exploded. police confirm that the soldier and the new orleans terror attack suspect served at the same army base but not yet known if they indeed knew each other. happening today at 20 members of the menendez family meet with los angeles attorney general nathan hoffman. the family plans to have an open and fair discussion and urge the d.a. to consider a just re-sentencing for eric and lyle mends life without parole for

shooting and killing their parents. new evidence supports the brothers' claim that they were abused by their father. the d.a. says he will review all the evidence before making a decision. president biden has reportedly decided to block nippon's steal bid for u.s. steel and an announcement could come as soon as today. the u.s. committee on foreign months reviewing this bid for national security risk. but referred the decision to biden last month. right now shares of u.s. steel are down 9 percent in premarket trade. and the owner of a very popular waffle shop in seattle, washington, making the difficult decision to shut down her beloved business over the city's new $20 minimum wage law. watch. >> this was my dream to own my own cafe, to run it how i want to, and to really like be in service to people. i have cried every day. for me the increase would cost

me $32,000 more a year. >> emily: the new law went into effect on new year's day hiking hourly pay from 19.97 to $20.76. that perceived as incremental change was catastrophic to so many small businesses there and a lot of folks in the area are also pledging to stop tipping due to the new law. and those are your headlines. >> lawrence: just stupid. >> brian: service. you can't do it in the service industry. the margin is so small. 22 minutes after the hour. general jack keane on resurgence of islamic terrorism here andhi where it's happening, over the. ♪ eight years ago, i just didn't feel like i was on my game. i started taking prevagen and i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me.

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here to discuss all this is retired four star general jack keane but, before we get to jack keane i want to go over some of the history and organizations to reframe your mind we talk about this every day. i mean, let's go back to hamas in the 1980s they emerge right in the gaza west bank area. their goal as a sunni extremist organization to oust all western culture, especially israel they concern palestine which it's not. they still exist today. shi iran wrin brings al-qaeda. led by usama bin laden famously. kicked out of saudi arabia where it started. they took root over in pakistan, afghanistan region. they also had a presence in sudan. the relevance today, the branches are still operating in and around there and gave birth to some derivatives they often brawl with one of those

derivatives is isis famously called by four star general austin at the time and who told president biden at the time don't worry about it. they are really not a big deal. they are like the jv team. they are not the jv team. they can be -- they are famed for being able to inspire people without training them in person the latest attack in new orleans this suspect now dead was inspired by isis. let's talk to general jack keane about all of this. chanley institute of study of war. general as we weave some of the incidents that have happened over the last year terror attacks around the world. how do we stop this? is this something we can do in the middle east to stop what is happening in the west? >> well, certainly, at the foundation of all of this is an ideology that perpetuates it and they have a big idea. it's difficult to defeat an idea like that given the roots that exist in some of these countries

to help fester and grow that idea. but all three of those terrorist organizations are mere shadows of the former self, brian. let's face it. hamas has disseminated. al-qaeda has never actually recovered, you know, from taking down usama bin laden and his entire network. they still exist. they are still a threat. they are not on the stage that they used to be as major global threat, isis had a caliphate. and that was destroyed. the trump administration dismantled it in africa and iraq a and syria. now the fact is that there are hot spots around the world. still radical islamic organizations in 40 countries, the hot spots, fortunately are not in the united states. these are organizations that exist. they have networks. they do planned and premeditated attacks. and they are taking place in after infantry can't a mali and kenya and niger and somalia and indonesia and southeast asia and obviously in pakistan and afghanistan where there is a

rise of isis and their desire to conduct attacks outside of afghanistan. we have already seen it in iran and europe and earn isly the united states keep an eye on that. as you pointed out earlier on the show we don't have eyes and ears. we closed multiple cia bases and no eye on the ground. united states radical islam extremism on the rise. it is some places around the world. we have to maintain our religion is lens. i'm not saying we ease up on anything. we have good intelligence. we have good counter-terrorism organizations that we put together after 9/11 where we are coordinating these activities and watching them. but here we don't have networks that we're dealing against. we don't have an organization that we are dealing against. we are dealing with a lone wolf who is very hard to penetrate that person, an individual on the internet that is getting more and more radicalized and

then makes the decision to jihad and use violence against his own people. that's very difficult to discern that and prevent it, obviously. >> brian: obviously. so, when president trump takes over on january 20th, he has got a situation in the middle east simmering. a lot of people waiting for him. maybe netanyahu is. there is a report today in axios that joe biden discussed plans to strike iran's nuclear sites if tehran was speeding towards a bomb. i heard they are speeding towards a bomb. do you look at that -- do your sources say the same thing? >> well, here's the issue. i mean, iranians have a decision to make. and look at what happened to them. hamas and hezbollah disseminated. hezbollah was the organization that they created to protect iran from israel and that organization also has got major problems. they have lost their strategic platform in syria. they are defenseless at home because israel stripped away their air defense system. they can't even protect their

leaders in tehran, to be frank about it, much less their nuclear systems in rockets and missiles. what's their choice? what they want to do more than anything else is preserve their regime. they have always thought a nuclear weapon would do that. they believe saddam hussein would still be in power today and so would qaddafi if they had pursued a nuclear weapon successfully. are they now going to pursue that and get there in a mart of months? that remains to be seen. i think our intelligence agencies are watching it like a hawk. i know where prime minister netanyahu is. he wants to eliminate this threat. he sees this as a strategic opportunity, they are defenseless. they are not going to be able to retaliate very much because they have taken down a lot of their rockets and missiles and do more of that with a strike that goes after their nuclear system. i know he is talking to president trump and their advisers here and likely they are working through options, hopefully together. to deal with this threat. i think it's a strategic opportunity and you can force

iran to dismantle the system by a date certain, bring inspectors in to verify u.s. regional inspectors. u.n. inspectors. or go after it kinetically and take it down once and for all. prime minister netanyahu wants to eliminate this threat once and for all. he no he is iran is on its heels and now is the time to take this thing off the board, frankly. >> brian: general, the other thing would be netanyahu is not going to ask for much. let him do it instead of getting in its way or tipping off the iranians that, is how bad the relationship seemed to be between the biden administration and netanyahu. he is going to have a much better relationship with this administration. it's going to be quite interesting because this is historic opportunity as you repeatedly have told us. general, thanks so much. have a fantastic weekend. >> yeah, you too, guys, thank you. >> brian: meanwhile coming up on one nation this very weekend 9:00 eastern time. robert o'brien on the threat and what we can do overseas to make us safer here at home.

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plains and into the northeast. let's check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. >> hey, good morning, emily. yes. winter is certainly moving. in we could already kind of feel it out here. behind me this is like the entire state of alabama. i think. this is one family, how many of them are there of you. >> nine of us. >> feels like everybody is here. if there is anyone still back there anyone you want to give a shout to. >> i want to give thanks to god without him we wouldn't be here today. >> adam: i love that cheers to that. winter on fox square. big winter maker moving across the country. dive into and talk about forecast that a lot of folks are going to be experiencing. snow across portions of ohio and west virginia. there is a second round going to be sweeping from the plains and into the midwestened ultimately into the new england and the mid-atlantic as well. snow across this entire region as we are seeing winter storm watches currently in place. this is what i want to leave you with though because it's going to be the most important fact of

this. big snow there across illinois, indiana, missouri, and then snow -- or ice just to the south of that. that's going to be a big story, lawrence, we will be watching that as we move into the week saturday into sunday on that one. for now back into you. give them a wave. >> lawrence: hey, y'all. >> adam: lawrence fans out here. >> lawrence: appreciate it, brother. lawmakers will decide whether mike johnson will remain as speaker as the new legislative session kicks off. as the senate production demand quick confirmation for president-elect trump's national security team. following the chaos on new year's day. incoming majority leader john thune calls the threat, quote: a clear example of why the senate must get trump's team in place as quickly as possible. here to react former trump national deputy security adviser k.t. mcfarland. k.t., thanks so much for joining the program. i mean, i think this just goes back to joe biden got his nominees for the national security team confirmed swiftly.

you should give trump his shot as well, right? >> yeah, i mean, there is no treason delay these. congress is now in session as of today. the senate can hold hearings. the candidates are standing. the nominees are standing by ready to plead anybody who wants to meet with them on capitol hill. they are ready to go to those hearings. they should have all of that done by january 20th. so, that president trump's nominees can be confirmed as quickly as possible. i was the co-chairman of the trump transition in his first term. and a lot of those hearings were held between sessions and then before the inaugural. and on inauguration day, several of the candidates were already nominated. you know, if you are being nominated for cabinet job, you can't walk into that state department building or the treasury department or the pentagon until the senate confirms you. the quicker they get these people in place the quicker we can start turning things around. because right now these places are leaderless. >> when you look at the threat

now, i mean we can't afford any delay. i mean, you have our enemies that are on the move. you have had white house essentially on autopilot. the president, everybody is asking where is the president? you barely see him. >> right. >> lawrence: can we really afford any delay right now? >> no, you really can't. what is really concerns me about the terrorist attacks they were veterans. there is something wrong at the pentagon and armed services. we have 23 veterans who commit suicide a day. 23 kill themselves a day. it's a mental health crisis. pete hegseth is the perfect man to be secretary of defense. he is the guy who understands the pressures of our veterans. he is the guy who knows what they need and so, to delay, especially to delay on him, really doesn't make a lot of sense. because where are these attacks coming from? we have a big problem in the military. been more focused on dei and woke and this and that and not focused on war fighting and

certainly not he focused on the physical and mental health of our veterans. >> lawrence: i want people not to get ran over or shot or exploded by bombs of people in this country. i think it's the government's foundation analogy role is to keep us safe. and it's mission failure. mission failure. k.t., you know all about it. thank you so much for joining the program. >> thank you, lawrence. >> lawrence: leader on and off the field new orleans saints star cam jordan on big gesture to community in mourning. that's next. ♪ is as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. (laughs) that's a rule. meanwhile, at a vrbo— when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one that's all yours.

♪ >> emily: new orleans star cam jordan is known for leading record as the saints defensive end 8 pro bowls, being team captain and only missing two games in all 14 seasons. but he has also made a name for himself by giving back to his community. and now in the wake of the terror attack on his city, he has announced he is giving $25,000 to victims. cam jordan joins us now. good morning to you, thank you so much for joining me. what does it mean to you? you are such a leader on the field but what does it mean to be such a leader off the field for your community? >> i mean, honestly i'm blessed enough to be in a position to

where i can go ahead and give back. i mean, when i think about the tragedy that happened on new year's eve, new year's day on bourbon street. when you know people are just out there trying to celebrate, have a good time. that stays. that's our city. for as long as i have been here i feel like i'm a part of this city. from the highs and the lows. when it comes to something like this. i want to give back and make sure it's done the right way. want to make sure that these victims would be helped and clearly opened up a fund to do so. >> cam, have you made such a name for yourself doing this all the time. this isn't the first time. you are the saints nominee for the 2025 walter payton man of the year award. given to one player significant positive impact on your community. you are one of the top 10 finalists for the 2025 bashted star award annually given to one player who best exemplifying

outstanding character in the home, and community. we know have you not missed a single tuesday in the last 14 days spending your day off with children at local schools. you are incredible man of character, sir. so talk to us about what that means. what inspires you? what drives you to make this serious impact on the community? >> i think i have a huge passion wanting the best for our next generation. i think that while we are here, while everybody is present. while everybody is alive and breathing, we always want to leave an impact. to me it's been astounding just to have 14 years in the same city, to be drafted by the new orleans saints, to be here for the last 14 seasons. to talk to these schools, help these camps, make these drives and, you know, you don't really see the evenings of it year one. by year 8, year 9. you are the last six or seven years you can see full circle

effects of how young kids that you went to a school with, whether it's mcdonald's 35 or benjamin franklin elementary. all the schools that i have been to. those kids become adults. those adults are still telling me how they were impacted. how they were affected. and if that doesn't pay it forward i don't know what does. when i think about education, when i think about kids who look up to nfl players and kids able to look up to me. i want to be in the right place to say hey, this is what i did. all about the next generation. now that i have kids of my own, i'm like i understand what it's like to be a kid. i understand what it's like to have been a kid in their shoes and look up to somebody and i want to be able to be a role molgtedz for them. >> you certainly are. and the owner of the new orleans saints gail benson has made $1.25 million donation also to the greater new orleans foundation which will go to help victims of the attack.

i want to get your thoughts on this too, cam, it was amazing display at the sugar bowl just before kick-off as the crowd erupt nude u.s.a. chants after the neaments. what did that mean to you to see? >> new orleans is a resilient city. for us to have the sugar bowl delayed for a day. gone to bourbon street prayer before the game and then come out and sugar bowl as we were just coming off of practice we turn on our tv and hear the u.s.a. chants. you know exactly what this is about. this is about us supporting each other. this is about america supporting each other. this is about understanding that it's a tragedy yet, we shall overcome. if anything, we understand that city of new orleans is backed by the rest of the country. >> emily: well my time cheering in the nfl was a little bit before your time, cam, i missed you at one of your 8 pro bowls.

know that you have so many fans on and off the field not just in that saints community. you ever an inspiration, sir, on and off the field. good luck on sunday. >> much appreciate it. thank you for having me on. >> emily: more "fox & friends" just ahead ♪ she was a big star ♪ ♪ ♪ changes your struggle with missing teeth forever. it changes how you eat, how you feel, and how you enjoy life. clearchoice network doctors have changed over 150,000 lives with dental implants. because a clearchoice day changes every day. finance your new smile for as low as $148 a month per arch for qualified patients. schedule a free consultation.

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