story, this tragedy happened in new orleans. and, eric, of course, the city of new orleans is mourning but also celebrating the lives of those lost on that horrible day in our history. eric as you say that, there will be a memorial each day in the next coming two weeks for each of the victims. and also, arthel, struck by the fbi confirming that jabbar went to egypt, that a part of the investigation. who did he meet there, does he also have international connections at that point? we saw that chilling video in which he used his glasses bicycling around the french quarter in what apparently was a reconnaissance trip, cycling around the french quarter of your beloved hometown city. and we have all the victims and those who 40 live there in our thoughts. arthel: prayers for nola. >> we are not done investigating. in fact, our work has only begun. the fbi will continue to dig in

and investigate to learn all that we can about this despicable attack. on behalf of the victims and for their loved ones. mike: the fbi moments ago giving new information into the investigation into the new orleans attacker, shamsud-din jabbar, jabbar visited cairo, egypt, in 2023 and made two visits to new orleans prior to the attack. the suspect also wore glasses on and around bourbon -- met met ao two visits. madison scarpino is live in new orleans with more. good afternoon, madison. >> reporter: yeah, those meta glasses that this you were talking about, he actually wore those as well according to authorities today during the new year's eve attack, but they were not turned on. but bottom line will, all of these authorities that we heard from, the fbi, fbi new orleans, atf, the governor, the mayor, they all reiterated that they do

believe that jabbar acted alone, but they did give a lot more details into exactly what they know of that happened new year's eve. you can see video right now of jabbar placing -- this is what they say he's doing, placing the ieds on bourbon street. they actually found two. they're hidden in a cooler that they know he bought earlier that day according to everything they told us today. the first cooler with an ied was placed at bourbon and st. peter's street around 1:53 a.m., and a second ied in a bucket-type cooler was placed on bourbon and tow louis street at 2:20 the a.m. and, of course, we know that this horrific, deadly car attack happened around 3:15 in the morning on new year's day just about four days ago. also today you mentioned it already, but the fbi says they know that jabbar in 2023 traveled to cairo, egypt, as

well as canada, is and they say that that is something that they are really honing in on as far as if that did or did not have anything to do with this attack or really just how this 42-year-old u.s. army veteran turned radical and said that this atabling was -- attack was inspired by isis. overall, some other takeaways today, the atf saying that it had previously been reported that there were some rare bomb-making materials only used overseas. they say that, in fact, after investigating the material that jabbar used was, is commonly found in the u.s. and, of course, they found that at both his houston, texas, home as well as a new orleans rental property that they say he tried to light on fire. but all in all, the mayor says that their number one priority right now is really just ramping up safety efforts, especially since the super bowl and mardi

gras are coming up, you know, just arnold the corner, mike. i'll send it back to you -- just around the corner. mike: madison scarpino leading us off, many thanks. for more, let's bring in former las vegas police lieutenant randy sutton and retired if fbi agent who was also the former acting directer of the atf explosive terror device analytical center. gentlemen, welcome. >> thank you. mike: some riveting details from authorities during that news conference this wrapped just moments ago includeing that the suspect traveled to egypt in june 2023, made a couple of scouting trips to new orleans including wearing those meta if glasses to record video of bourbon street and other places he was cruising around. scott, what do you make of those details? >> i thought it was a fascinating presser. a lot of details about the killer's travels. i think it's obviously significant that he went overseas, marley to egypt. particularly to egypt.

but i think it was also interesting that they confirmed he was making a very powerful homemade explosive. in this case the thought process is that he was making rdx. it's commonly used by the military and also in the civilian sector, much more powerful than what is normally in pipe bombs. and the fact that he was actually trying to synthesize that, i think, is raising a lot of eyebrows in both atf and fbi. those are all things that are going to have to be run to ground because it certainly implies a greater level of sophistication than we thought even just 24 hours ago. mike: we're showing the video of him placing ieds in coolers in new orleans. of randy, what do you make of these latest revelations? >> it shows the pathway to radicalization. and this is very interesting. as far as looking at his past -- and this is really critical to determine if there are other people involved with this, maybe on the fortune soil.

but he didn't do this completely by himself. he was completely radicalized. and the other part of this though is the elephant in the room, is the leadership failure at the highest levels of the city government, law enforcement that took place in this regard. one thing that we're very, very fortunate about is that his skill level in the detonation of those devices did not function, and that saved lives. i wonder what the reasoning is, because clearly he had the knowledge to create these the devices but, apparently, did not have the skill level to detonate them. mike: scott, with your background in federal law enforcement, what are next steps in terms of what federal authorities are doing in this investigation? >> it's apparent to me that they've known about this foreign travel for some time. either through searches of his

passport history or by going through law enforcement partners like cbp, customs and border protection. they would have been digging into it. obviously, and i think the this was mentioned at the presser, the legat system, the legal atta that shays in those affected countries, would have been already been pinged. they're going to get together with their partners both on the law enforcement side, but also on the intelligence community side and see if they were aware of his travel over there and if there was anything unusual. that's going to be key because with we need to unravel whether this was someone who was able to do a lot of research which doesn't really seem likely, synthesize these explosion if is, come up -- explosives, come up with a fusing and firing system and do it all just off the internet or if he had help,there are people who can be charged with material support to terrorism. and i think that's really going to be the next big steps that fbi and atf are going to want to

dig into. mike pike randy, you served in a community that had lots of big events. new orleans has got the super bowl in a little over a month. here in washington we've got an inauguration coming up, and beyond the super bowl in new orleans you've also got mardi gras. will local, state and federal authorities be ready for these huge events on the horizon? >> you know, with what we saw with this failure in new orleans on new year's eve, i think that perhaps because of the scrutiny the that is now on this city that there will be a massive upsurge in the strategy and the strategic approach to their factors involved here. i am hoping that there will be a full court press in the creation of an environment that will lead to much greater safety. but we can't ignore the rot at the top that we saw demonstrated as a result of this debacle in new orleans with that first

presser and then the pressers afterwards that showed the deep confusion and the response, a very, very poor response to this event. mike: randy and scott, thank you so much for reacting, responding, giving your analysis to the breaking news of the moment. thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ mike: house speaker mike johnson narrowly winning re-election to retain the gavel to begin the 119th congress after two house republicans switched their votes. speaker johnson giving his first interview since the vote today on "sunday morning futures." mark meredith is live with the latest. >> reporter: mike, good to see you. mike johnson says it's president-elect trump who wants congress to get to work on one massive policy package covering everything from border security to tax cuts. the speaker told maria bartiromo this morning one package, ideally passed through reconciliation, could make it easier to get every republican

onboard. >> a lot of moving pieces, a lot of to things to negotiate, a lot of opinions on all that. so we'll be working long are, long hours with whiteboards making sure every republican is onboard because i'll be dealing with much the smallest margin in u.s. history. but we're going to get it done. >> reporter: things will have to move in the if right sequence to get this done by april or may, but getting anything done in congress is still tough. today south carolina senator lindsey graham urged his party to put a border security package the together first to get something done as quickly as possible. graham says he still will support trump and johnson's effort, but he is worried about a potential drays. some -- delays. some democrats think republicans will be -- republicans think democrats will be outraged over plans -- the. >> what i see this as being for my senate cleggs -- colleagues is a moment where they're going to have to decide, you know, are you going to just add to the debt and do everything donald trump tells you to do, or are you going to stand up on some of

those things and say, wait a minute, we're worried about the debt? >> reporter: while speaker johnson will have a busy few weeks, he's not going to face the same threat as he did in the last congress. a new rules package requires more lawmakers than before to put forth a motion to say -- say vacate, so it makes a little bit easier for johnson. mike: mark meredith in washington, thanks very much. for more on speaker johnson's re-election and what's ahead for the 119th congress, i'm joined by california congressman jay owner kno think. speaker johnson talked about one big, beautiful bill. let's play it. >> no one's going to love every element of a large package like that. but there'll be enough elements many in there to pull everyone along. they'll be able to justify not getting all of their preferences on some of their big issues because there'll be so many other very important pieces to

that one piece of legislation. mike: what do you think of the tactical decision to cram it into one big bill this spring, hopefully by memorial day weekend? >> i think that's an approach that could really work because we only have a couple of shots at getting a reconciliation bill passed, and i think front-loading all the really difficult stuff is kind of a wise course of action. i also think it gives us an opportunity to focus on the purpose of reconciliation which is to balance federal spending with federal revenue, and that's going to take a little bit more time. that's got to be the main focus of the bigger package. mike: to be clear, failure's not an option on the tax component because the american people will face a massive tax increase if you don't pass an extension, correct? >> right. that's on 65 of u.s. households. mike: okay. a specialty for you is artificial intelligence. we'll -- i'm very certain you'll be front and center on a lotter of these art -- a lot of

artificial intelligence issues. where do you see that going this congress? many. >> a.i., i think everyone would agree, is one of the most transformational technologies of the 21st century. we need to get our job right in balancing a federal regulatory framework that mitigates the harms of a.i. while still permitting the innovation and transthe formational effects on the economy. so the task force that i led produced a 270-page report detailing a proposed federal regulatory framework with a lot of steps, and we hope that the 119th congress used that report as a to-do list and starts to check off those things that need to be done by congress. mike: and to be clear, you have a lot of bipartisan buy-in, correct? >> yes -- yes, absolutely. i had my co-chair, congressman ted lou, also of california, and is we had unanimous approval of that report. so we're really enthuse yeasic about starting to do those things. mike: okay. so speaker johnson got in on the first vote after a little ma if maneuvering. do you worry it's the only a matter of time before some of

his critics come after him? >> you know, i'm an optimist about him. i really like mike. he's a good friend. and i think that part of the problem with mike that other people don't see is that he is a classic servant leader, you know? if we've had a variety of speakers throughout the history of our country. we've had transactional, authoritarian leaders, mike is a servant leader. he prioritizes the well-being of the people he leads over his own well-being, and i think sometimes that causes frustration because he's not cracking down on dissent, but he's focused on the overall mission, and i think that's what we need right now. mike: you guys in the house republican conference had a long meeting yesterday, a retreat of sorts. does that set the table to really get the ball rolling quickly? >> i hope so. you know, there was really a sense of team that emerged from that meeting, and that's the sense that we're going to need for the first hundred days. the focus on the fact that we come from all different walks of life across the country, different constituency, but the mission for all of us is the same.

we need to be singing from the same sheet of music and be able to enact this agenda, and if we can do that, i think we'll take the country in the right direction. mike: i look forward to having you back on with some of this a.i. work that you're doing. congressman jay obernolte, thank you so much for your time, sir. >> absolutely. mike: joining me now from the other side of the aisle, massachusetts democratic congressman jake auchincloss. congressman, welcome. >> thanks for having me on. mike: so let's start with the possibility of common ground between democrats and republicans. here's your colleague, debbie dingell, from this show yesterday. >> i'll give you an issue i am a looking forward to working with donald trump on, and that is trade. you know, it's not only do -- yesterday's steel decision by biden is something donald trump agrees with. tariffs are a tool in the toolbox. they are something that should be used. at an appropriate mace. mike: is there something in the trump a agenda, congressman, that has appeal to you? >> absolutely.

on iran i think a program that the puts pressure if on iran now that they're on their back heels because the united states withed israel under joe biden, we have a position where iran is really flailing. and when your with enemy is flailing, i think you want to push harder. i think making it harder for them to export oil to china would be a good way the hit hard. i think on fentanyl presidenttrt things about the urgency of the crisis. i have actually legislated three pieces of bipartisan fentanyl drafts that we could bring to the house floor that could pass that would interdict the sources of fentanyl from the chinese mainland and also raise sanctions against those who are exporting opioids to the united states. so there's a lot of work that we could do dog together. -- do together. if republicans are going the lead off with this massive, partisan reconciliation bill, i think they're going to be in a circular firing squad for quite a while. at a time when the stock market,

jobs and wages are up, that they have to give tax cuts to corporations and the wealthiest and blow up the deficit. mike: we'll be following that. what is your personal if focus as you enter your third term in congress? >> lowering health care costs. at the end of the last congress, we had bipartisan reform of the drug pricing middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers. they've been price gouging the u.s. taxpayer for decades now. that bill would have saved $5 billion for taxpayers and lowered prescription drug co-pays for millions of americans. regrettably, speaker johnson at the last minute folds to the health insurance lobby. -- folded. but i know there are republicans who want to work with me to bring that bill back. then let's take a step further and lower prescription drugs for americans who get commercial if health insurance. mike: sitting on the other side during the speaker e vote on friday, were with you surprised that speaker johnson got reelected? >> no. once it was clear that donald trump was behind him, i figured

that trump would twist the some arms. there was going to be some showmanship on the house floor, a couple members couldn't resist, but i was not surprised he got the gavel. the question is, what is he going to do with the gavel? will he bring fentanyl bills, will he bring the a.i. bills from good members of congress who have done good work on a.i., bring that stuff to the house floor? we have a lot of bipartisan, vetted legislation that we could work on together now that speaker johnson is dealing with the narrowest margin in american history. why does he want to do this partisan package where all he's going to do is turn red on red while making the deficit go up can and raising costs for middle class americans? it's going to be bad policy and bad politics from their side. mike: my guess is he would i say he's delivering on the trump agenda, but we'll leave it there. congressman auchincloss, i look forward to seeing you on capitol hill. a massive winter storm is sweeping across the country impacting a wide range of

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live in kansas city, missouri. hello, kendall. >> reporter: hey, mike. that is exactly right. a 2,000-mile swath. this storm began on the northwest and it's just worked through the rockies and now into the central plains today. and it's eventually going to wind up on the east coast as we head into the start of the workweek. but what we're dealing with is heavy snow, blizzard conditions, crippling ice. and this is all a leading to numerous power outages and road closures. so this has been a winter wallop, to say the least. the snow still to come as this powerful area of low pressure continues to blast eastward over the next several hours, it is going to continue to dump copious amounts of snow for places like kansas city, all the way over to quincy, st. louis and even into indianapolis and lexington where we could easily see a good chunk of real estate pick up anywhere between 5-8 inches of snow. some spots maybe even picking up more than a foot of snow. and then we add on the potential for ice accretion, dangerous

ice, upwards of half an inch or more. in fact, here in kansas city just to the southeast of me, unity village has picked up .if 6 of an inch, and that has been crippling for the city. just beneath me we've got this thick layer of ice and all this snow that is covering it, it's continuing to fall. in fact, earlier this morning, roughly about a 7:30 a.m. local time, we even had reports of thunder snow, and i myself got to experience it live firsthand. watch. we're anticipating to see the most in the way of sleet and then heavy freezing rain south of highway 50. so putting this into perspective for folks -- oh, my goodness, we officially have thunder snow. wow. this is pretty, pretty exciting. so thunder snow, it's a rare phenomenon, it doesn't occur very often. if you have warm, moist air that rises rapidly, it creates the snow and the lightning. but that's what we're experiencing here not just in kansas city, but in many communities across the midwest,

mike. mike: kendall smith if live in kansas city, many thanks. fox weather is covering the storm into extended hours and overnight. stream anytime on any device. find out how at fox weather.tv. now let's turn to the fox weather center. meteorologist adam klotz tracking the storm. hello, adam. >> reporter: hey, mike. this is a long lasting system. we saw where kendall was, snow coming down in areas like st. louis, farther south you see pink colors, that is icing. and that is a major concern with this storm system. it sweeps across the country, a whole lot of different alerts. the orange is a blizzard warning. we see ice storm warnings as well and a whole lot of folks dealing with this winter storm warning that now pushes all the way up to the east coast. so d.c., baltimore, getting up close to philadelphia. folks getting at least in or near that winter storm warning that's currently out there. a whole lot of snow's going to sweep through this region. you start to see some of those pink colors, that's indicating

anywhere from 8-12 the inches, the darker pink, so a really significant snow. a couple areas where you see purple, some spots seeing a foot, foot and a half of snow. that's with more elevation. one of the huge concerns is going to be icing. you see it through the ohio river valley,houseville's a spot that could see a lot of ice -- louisville. there have been areas across illinois, missouri, back kansas where we're up the -- that is a tie pole. up to half an inch of -- typo. half an inch of ice could take down branches, power lines, a really big concern if you talk about power lines because there are some really cold air with back behind this. this is the outlook for potential power outages, widespread in some of these areas where icing is a really big concern. and once the system finally clears out, mike, you wonder what's behind it, and this is obviously a problem. if you lose power, it's a problem anyways, but you start to see some of these early mornings into next week, forecasted lows -- highs, excuse

me, and you're topping off only into the 20s, the low 20s. it's going to be really cold in the week ahead. mike: if adam klotz, thanks a lot. president biden bestowing a medal of freedom the a wide-ranging list of recipients this weekend leading to some controversy. that's next.re's ♪♪ help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max!

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♪ mike: several of president biden's medal medal of freedom award picks are receiving backlash after the list including george soros and hillary clinton. lucas tomlinson is leave at the white house with the latest. hello, lucas. >> reporter: good afternoon, mike. with about two weeks left in office, 15 days to be exact, president biden is here at the white house working through the weekend where he has vowed to keep up pressure on terrorist grapes. >> we're going -- groups. we're going to continue to pursue isis and other terrorist organizations where they are, and they'll find no safe harbor

here. >> reporter: now, for years president biden said that white supremacy was the biggest terrorist threat facing the nation, a claim he's made throughout his presidency. >> -- for too long has haunted this nation. what is that poison? white supremacy. throughout our history, it's ripped this nation apart. >> reporter: now, yesterday as you mentioned, mike, biden awarded the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 people including hillary clinton and george soros. the liberal billionaire mega-donor's son accepted the award on his father's behalf. critics like elon musk said soros' backing of left-wing d.a.s allowed criminals to walk free on the streets. on "fox news sunday," there was a lively debate about those awards. >> i think that most presidents do, and i'm going to surprise by everybody saying i think it's good hillary clinton got this award because not a lot of novelists and fiction if writers get the award, and yet the hillary clinton campaign financed and created one of the

greatest works of pics in living memory in the steele -- in of fiction, and it enthralled the press and the intel community. >> all presidents do this. donald trump gave the medal of freedom to edelson, he gave it to a bunch of sports athletes, people like tiger woods. this is what a presidents do. >> reporter: the new orleans rampage many if mind, security's been beefed up around the white house. there's a second layer of fencing that's been added to pennsylvania avenue ahead of jimmy carter's state funeral and, of course, the inauguration on january 20th. mike? mike: lucas tomlinson live on the north lawn, many thanks. ♪ ♪ mike: as president-elect trump announces a few senior white house appointments from mar-a-lago this weekend, there's no reaction to a new york judge's decision to sentence the into coming president on january 10th, just days before his inauguration. nate foy is live in west palm beach, florida, with the latest.

hello, nate. >> reporter: hey, mike, good afternoon. president-elect donald trump keeping busy this weekend. he hosted italian prime minister georgia me honeny at his mar-a-lago club as he continues meeting with world leaders ahead of inauguration day in just over two weeks. trump called m if eloni a fantastic woman who has taken europe by storm. the two had dinner and had some company as well. they also met with trump's pick for secretary of state, senator marco rubio, as well as the incoming national security adviser, michael waltz. around the same time in the meeting, trump announced several personal assistants for his second term in the white house, and all this while the sentencing in his new york criminal trial approaches on friday. trump has the option the appear in person or virtually are. he has not indicated which one he'll pick. judge juan merchan denied trump's with to dismiss the case. merchan indicated that he's leaning towards an unconditional discharge. that would close the case without jail time, a fine or probation.

but trump would still be able to the appeal. his supporters say the case shouldn't exist in the first place. >> this guy is a terrible judge. he should be removed from the bench. why is he doing this? he is doing this so he can stay relevant, so he can stay the darling of the left, so he can stay -- say he has power over the president-elect of the united states. >> reporter: this afternoon the president-elect is golfing at his west palm beach club while also advocating for a single reconciliation package to advance as much of his agenda as possible through congress immediately upon taking office in his second term. and speaking of that, the election results will officially be certified tomorrow in a joint session of congress presided over by vice president kamala harris. we'll send it back to you, mike. mike: nate foy live many sunny west palm beach, thanks a lot. for more, with me now is vice president of targeted victory, matt gorman, and democratic strategist erin bond.

welcome to to both of you, happy few year. >> happy new year. mike: speaker johnson talked about trying to get these priorities into one legislative package. of let's play him. >> i think at the end of the day, president trump is going to prefer, as he likes to say, one big, beautiful bill. and there's a lot of merit to that because with we can put it all together, one big up or down vote which can save the country quite literally because there are so many elements to it, and i'll give us more time to negotiate that and get it right. mike: what about that approach to trying to achieve results? >> it definitely gives me pause when you want to throw everything in one big lump sum of a bill was that means you're trying to rush something through and likely hide something. it likely means that that you would have representatives picking it apart saying, well, here's this one thingen i don't like. but when you rush it through and republicans have all the power, it's very easily city to slide -- easy to slide things under the radar.

mike: matt, is that the right approach? >> i think it's an evolution. if you noticed back in december at the army-navy game, thune and trump aligned on two bills, something on immigration and energy first, taxes later. i think the priorities of the house show the need for one bill. mike johnson's been very adept at navigating the politics, it's an underrated skill. i think now they realize if they're going to get everything they want done, they need to do it in one bill. mike: all right. on the senate side the immediate priority will be confirming the nominees for the trump cabinet. here's the new senate majority leader on that. >> it's a process. and and we're going to, we're going to -- what i promised them is a fair process. these nominees are going to go through a committee where they're all going to have to answer questions. they'll be hard questions posed. we're going to do everything we can to ensure that he has the people he wants in place. mike: erin, what are your expectations going into the

confirmation process? >> i notice thune said the people president trump wants in place which may or may not be the best for the american people. can president-elect trump not find somebody to appoint that has a clean record that is not controversial by any means? and that seems yet to be desired. so i have concern because president-elect trump has expressed extreme interest in wanting to have recess appointments in play should they not go through the full confirmation process. and i think that's to because he knows if they go through the normal process, there will be a lot of frowns, upset people, and that's not what he wants to have going into his second administration. mike: what are your expectations, matt? >> i expect democrats to be upset with some of the picks, but, look, i think republicans will be onboard. all this drama in the house took a lot of tension from these confirmation nominees, and they're allowed to prepare over the holidays. i think barring some massive story that we haven't seen or a big gaffe at a hearing, we're on track to get almost everyone confirmed.

i think everyone confirmed that the president wants. look, there's a margin. i expect susan collins or murkowski to vote against one or two, not a shock, but they'll get them, no if problem. mike: what do you make about the bakken and forth on the medal of freedom awards this weekend? >> you get to select people of this nature. any person has been -- president has been able to do in this. there will probably be people that president trump selects that people will be shocked by the same way a president gets to have pardon power and commute sentences, the same way they get to select folks to receive the medal of honor. mike: your thoughts on this and george sores process receiving an award this weekend at the white house. >> well, if people appreciate having their deodorant locked behind closed doors at the cvs, they should thank george soros. it's him runedding these -- funding these d.a.s across the

country that led to the petty crime, lawlessness, this feeling we have of homelessness and things across the country. thank him for that. and if biden wants to give him a medal for that, that's the reason why. mike: thank you very much. happy new year. we're off to the a fast start. [laughter] the nypd's on the hunt for a man in connection to two stabbings on the subway system this weekend. we will have a live report coming up. ♪ ♪

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♪ mike: repeated violent attacks on new york city subway system now parking concern for the -- sparking concern for the public and criticism over the governor's response. c.b. cotton is live from new york with more. hello, c.b. >> reporter: hi, mike. officers announced the arrest of a man they say is responsible for some of the latests violence in the subway system.

this suspect has 54 prior arrests according to my police sources. here he is, georgia mar banks. the nypd says on new year's day banks approached a 31-year-old man from behind on the train, started an argument and if then stabbed the man in the back with. investigators say less than 24 hours later banks started another argument with an off-duty transit employee and then stabbed that worker. both victims were taken to the hospital. thankfully, in stable condition. these stabbings follow other high profile cases. on december 22nd officers say this illegal guatemalan migrant set a sleeping woman on fire inside a subway with train car. on new year's eve a 45-year-old man was shoved into the path of a moving train suffering serious injuries. the violence prompting sharp criticism from new york governor kathy hochul who made a series of posts on x in mid december like this one touting that crime was going down while ridership was going up.

in this same post, she also a talked about national guardsmen deployed in the subway system, new security cameras installed on every subway car and the expanded mental health outreach. but this week the government said the state has to do more. her latest effort is to back a bill that would make it easier to involuntarily hospitalize people in a psychiatric crisis. watch. >> legislative language will give more direction to the doctors and hospitals who are saying to us right now when someone's brought in, we're not sure the we can keep -- if we can keep them to give them the care we believe they need as professionals because the law is not firm enough. >> reporter: so mta and nypd statistics show that while crime on public transit is overall down by about 5% between 2023 and 2024, get this, murders in the subway system have doubled. they've gone from 5 in 2023 to 10 in 2024. mike. mike: ugly stat there.

c.b. cotton lye many new york city, thanks very much -- ve in new york city. new york city's controversial new congestion pricing has started after a judge ruled against new jersey's request to stall the new plan. the lawsuit said leaders felt environmental studies were lacking. governor kathy hochul pushed to bring the program back after changes were made while president-elect trump says he will get rid of the plan once back in the white house. advocates say it would help the city's traffic problem help to upgrade the transit system. some drivers could pay up to $22 a day under the new rule. president carter now lying in repose in his home state of georgia. we'll have a live report from the carter center after the break. ♪ ♪ so, what's your glucose number right now? good thing you don't need to fingerstick. how's all that food affect your glucose? oh, the answers on your phone. what if you're heading low at night? [phone beeps] wow, it can alert you?!

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♪ mike: folks in georgia are honoring president jimmy carter today as he lies in repose in atlanta ahead of his funeral later this week here many washington. senior correspondent jonathan serrie is live at the carter center with more. >> reporter: hi there, mike. people going into the carter center to view the casket and pay their respects are finding that the atmosphere is quiet and dignified but also joyful. after all, this is a celebration of a 100-year-long life very well lived. the people visiting the former president's casket include longtime friends as well as people who never met him yet felt touched by his life and legacy. we spoke with one woman when traveled all the way from minnesota. >> everything from his work in the boundary waters to work for people with disabilities and really just defining what you do after the presidency, i think, is pretty amazing. so i wanted to come and say thank you. >> reporter: on the way to atlanta saturday, a motorcade carried the former president's

casket past his boyhood farm just outside plains, georgia. it made a brief stop outside the georgia capitol building where mr. carter served as governor between 1971-1975 prior to his successful run for president in 1976. but when planning his own funeral, the former president selected the carter presidential center as the place he wanted his body to lie in repose. >> these buildings, as you all know, are filled with his life not just because this is a museum -- [laughter] to his life and not just because there's a collection here of his beloved paintings, but his spirit fills this place. >> reporter: on tuesday the former president's casket will travel to washington, d.c. where he will lie in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda until his state fine -- funeral thursday morning

at the washington national cathedral. later that day mr. carter's body will return to his hometown of plains for a private memorial at the baptist church where he frequently taught sunday school, and then later that same day his body will be interred at the family plot right next to to his wife, rosalynn. his wife of 77 years. he'll be buried underneath a willow tree near the couple's residence where they had lived for many years. mike? mike: jonathan serrie live in atlanta. jonathan, thanks very much. all year round luke's wings reunites service members and veterans with their families providing much-needed cheer during their hospital recoveries. let's bring in chief executive officer and cofounder fletcher gill. fletcher, welcome. happy new year. >> thanks, mike. mike: your organization achieved its fund raising goal at christmas. what does that allow you to do in the new year?

>> thank you so much for having me on. last year our goal was the provide 2,000 flights for wounded, ill and injured service members to be reunited with their families during recovery. every year we get close to that number, and around christmas we wanted to get 500 service members home to their kids. we always say that if we're with our kids under our trees on christmas morning, they should be theirs under their trees. we got to about 350 flights, so that's a good number for us. we were able to meet our fund raising goals with the help of so many people, especially the fox audience. we have a family in vienna, virginia, a husband and wife, they don't want me to mention their name, but they donated $100,000 and that just provided a fun -- ton of flights for us. mike: beautiful. >> heritage care, so many organizations and grassroots and $25 donors here and there. so we come into 2025 with our war chest full, and we are

rocking and rolling already trying to get people, you know, back to the hospitals and booking flights inuary. we never if rest and we never if slow down. of. mike: we're up against the clock, but why is this mission so important, fletcher? >> you know, we named luke's wings after a service member at walter reed in 2007 named luke shirley and my friend sara rah who met him. he lost an arm and a leg in battle fighting for us, and his mother was there taking care of him. when we learned that, we said we're going to provide flights for his mom if to go back and forth. and we named the organization luke's wings after their meeting, luke and sarah. and in 18 years we've done about 18,000 airplane tickets, and we're just going to keep going. family is everything. we all know that. that's it. simple. mike: god bless you ask and your team. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. mike: before we go, we want to show you this beautiful sunset from baltimore on christmas day. our senior producer took this image on his way out from the n

if ic-u, their son was born four months ago at just 25 weeks of gestation, and they've been spending a whole lot of time there ever since. and hours before midnight on new year's eve, just in time to ring in the new year, baby tj came home. many thanks to the johns hopkins, team. god bless you, theo james. that's all for this hour. [cheering] ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar and a protein blend to feed muscles up to 7 hours. ♪ - you give eye exams. - i give... fresh starts. better vision, healthy eyes... everybody wants that. - “hero doc saves vision!” - well, i- “hero owl saves money!” use your vision insurance for exams, glasses, and contacts - all at america's best.

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