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joey jones nicole saphier and joe and welcome to "the big weekend show" we have a big story tonight. tomorrow congress and failed presidential candidate kamala harris are set to certify donald trump's landslide victory. we're also just 15 days out from inaugust day and the president-elect is holding a victory rally the day before the big event. but then you're asking if washington has enough security many place after the two assassination attempts on trump's life. >> look at what happened -- [inaudible conversations] [screaming] >> national security is already at the top of mind for many following the isis inspiring terror attack in new orleans. today fbi briefing, the

assistant director of counterterrorism division reminded americans that the bureau recently twarted two terrorist attacks in the last few months. >> the threats from international terrorism domestic terrorism, and states sponsor terrorism are complex, and persistent and notably they're all simultaneously elevated over the last year, we saw multiple plots in the u.s. that were able -- that we were able to disrupt along with our state, local, and federal law enforcement partners. those include plots in september and october in oklahoma city and new york city respectfully. >> so we've got fox team coverage on this story former head of the nypd counterterrorism operations paul mauro standing by but first up to lucas tomlinson at the white house tonight and he's got more on this. lucas. >> with about two weeks left in office president biden just spoke to reporters he's working through the weekend here at the white house. and he said he still believes

that president-elect donald trump is a threat to democracy. >> still believe he's a threat to democracy -- ♪ ♪ >> a genuine threat to democracy -- >> oldest president i know more world leaders than any one of you met in your whole god damned life. >> asked with a plan to end birthright citizenship and biden one day before january 6th very vice president kamala harris will certify election for donald trump, of course, you lost him -- back in november. now no matter how much snow comes down tomorrow that will go forward we're told nows across the nation's capitol security is being beefed up thousands of police and national guard members will be on patrol. this week will be the state funeral for jimmy carter and in two weeks inauguration top republican on the house intelligence committee says he thinks there could be more threats coming from overseas. >> but certainly at this time as

we go into the inauguration for donald trump where we have state actors like iran, who where we have in custody individuals who have come here with a stated purpose. to -- to assassinate as a part of a plot to -- you know been alleged to perpetrate a plot to assassinate donald trump. and here's chuck schumer. >> i sent a letter yesterday to john thune suggesting we have an all senators briefing this week on the preparations for the big -- big events that are coming up and for the ability to ask questions. of our law enforcement, i believe they are on top of this. but having an all senators hearing, giving us a chance to answer questions and them to reply is a good thing. >> speaking of big events president-elect donald trump will host largest rally before coming president on january 19th at the cap one arena here in

washington that's, of course, home to the eastern conference hockey team washington capitol best record in the conference joey. joey: thanks i appreciate that update on capitol too. joining us now live in studio former head of kowrnght terrorism operations nypd and fox news contributor paul mauro thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> fbi says we've done a good job and thwarted two of the attacks but enemy they have to be right once but we have to be right every time. do you think d.c. is prepared with everything coming up for someone does get through with bad intent in the means to do bad things? >> here's why i would make this very pointed this is going to come down to leadership. think about the desperate agencies that are already certainly going to be involved here right you have dhs you have metro dcpd and capitol police and federal parks police and all of the different agencies coming together. you have to make sure everybody is in sync and here's a subtilty. are the civilians in?

okay, a big part of this kind of operation is the civilian analysts similar to great force you hear about it in the intelligence community. our civilians keep us synchronized other ones who produce those threat products that we hear about bulletins that come out those come from civilians almost 95% of the time. are they in because the last audit we heard there was what, one percent in if you take out the security guards and gun carriers. so are they in is this being organized or rule ships at sea being activated here to make sure that this upcoming series of events which there's a number of them we're coming into that season here -- are all handle on deck and is everybody pulling in the same direction. >> paul we're four years now -- tomorrow -- january 6th, 2021 tomorrow will be january 6th, 2025. we still don't know why there were 26 confidential human sources on the ground there at the capitol are we ever going to get answers on that? why did the fbi have people

there -- >> you have to drill down to the ground level to find out who the sources were. who were running them and sources are just not out there running on their own. somebody is assigned to handle that person. known as a hand her okay. 23 not activated purposely sent to the capitol were they told to go who paid for their care and if they didn't go were they being handled and then it is a larger question. think about this now. you had over two dozen sources right -- that argues that at least 26 different fbi agents were handling these sources for god knows for how long at how much expense. how did they not pick up that this was going to happen? if that's how i ran my unit and i had that level of penetration and no fact that something like what occurred was coming, i would be walking a foot post i think that's a question we have to ask ourselves. i don't like treating counterterrorism this kind of

prophylactic work as zero something you can miss something but with this level of penetration you have to say to yourself, guys how did you miss it? >> paul speaking of counterterrorism we're learning more about the suspect in the new orleans terror attack, the fbi is now releasing new video of sham before we killed 14 people on new year's day. authorities revealing that the suspect made two recent visits to new orleans to scope out the eventual crime scene and metacrime glasses months before the tragedy and fbi is looking into further back now investigating his 2023 visits to cairo and canada. >> we're looking to get some clarity on as to the purpose and reasoning behind each of those individual trips. our agents are getting answers as to where he went -- who he met with. and how those i trs may or may not tie into his actions.

>> you know, paul from the information that we've gathered, whether it is excessing isis paraphernalia online purchasing material for ied now recent travel, what do you make of it? >> so to travel is concerning, obviously, the first thought i had when i saw each trip was that it is close to gaza so you know, as any indication that he was in gaza or anything like that no such indication just speculating. what concerns me actually is canada that's just because of proximity right. what was he doing in canada why was he there. now according to the brothers timeline this would proceed his quote unquote joining isis before last summer so maybe at this point it was not fully radicalized maybe trips were benign. okay we really don't know. this is where i come down to the idea that i was saying earlier about -- it is tough to hold counterterrorism operators to a zero sum standard because you know, if he took two trips relatively benign very cautious about how he bought what he

bought and used encrypted apps because of our first amendment system, it is very, very tough to pick these kinds of things up. you're not going to get them all in this case where you have to look is the ground level security of the instance itself of the -- of the event of new year's day. that's not the bureau that's the local 3d. >> seems like intelligence gaps and online that's how people get radicalized. how did they miss that? >> well the best way to get that kind of stuff is on the other end because you can't look at everybody in america social media all of the time. we don't have the resources again, there's a continuum and first amendment society which is our strength right it is really makes our system unique. it is also our greatest vulnerability there's a continuum allowed to do you're allowed now into something else and we need to look at you that gray spot sweet spot for investigators is very tough to hit and very lawyered and that really is the difficulty. >> we were also following the

explosion outside the trump hotel in las vegas. an ex-girlfriend of the green buret who allegedly blew up the cybertruck says he struggled with injuries and was depressed and according to a u.s. army spokesperson, the suspect frequently used the army's mental health resources adding, quote, he did not display any concerning behaviors at the time. and was graduated personal leave, all relevant records provided to the fbi as the lead investigative agency this is so different paul than other thing that was coincidental this is a personal tragedy, isn't it? >> it does look that way always commenting on two events subsequent to them saying they feel different and not linked. motive doesn't seem to be a commonality between the two of them. this looked to me right off the bat as a message suicide. right and we learn facts we have to do facts a lot of sub position it does seem to have a

triggering effect that was a relationship which is very often the case so i would -- argue that we have a ptsd situation something relative to his relationship going south, apparently there was a big argument about infidelity and didn't seem to want to hurt anybody or that many people it wasn't like a terrorist event where he was trying to get a body count for a guy with sphis sophisticated training it was not a sophisticated damage and didn't do a lot of damage thank god so it is a different kind of event. first thing i thought was was fidel event in fort hood and by the way, army investigators had indications of his radicalization. this was during the obama years and they stepped back from it, pc reasons can't afford that kind of thing anymore. i don't know that's what went on here but i hope going forward the army is sensitized to the idea of people who may be struggling. maybe they leave where they are, they go home because he was on leave right --

maybe you got to make sure somebody knows somebody locally maybe sure you stay in touch with them. i don't know if the army is a -- program like that. but looks like he was suffering and then he was on his own. >> we have to improve the culture they come home to v. 5*6789 system stop allowing to kneel when you have the national anthem and defund the police movements and -- everything else that comes along with it. they go -- do this personal sacrifice and then this is what they'll come home to. >> we'll continue to think of his family paul morrow thank you. >> only the big weekend show now that they're in control a one big beautiful bill is what republicans in congress are hoping to pass before trump returned to the white house. how will they do it but first, a monstrous winter storm is wreaking havoc with power outages are you in the storm's path. a live report on that, next. ♪ ♪

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>> we're back with a fox weather alert. a massive winter storm is now dumping heavy snow over the midwest, as more than of 60 million people across 27 states face dangerous conditions into

tomorrow evening this could be most snow that some states have seen in over a decade fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in minneapolis with the latest. hey. >> good evening to you nicole and everyone watching here from a blustery cold windy snowy downtown and with more on the way could be up to a foot of snow here in indy. many vehicles still out on the roadways as plows are moving this snow and these wind gusts potentially could hit up to 30, 35 miles per hour. but look at this video from earlier today from indianapolis it all began here at about 9 a.m. has been continuing throughout and will go all the way until tomorrow this winter weather warning expires at 7 p.m. on monday. and this is just the surface. where we're at if we look at this storm it all started several days ago, in california -- across the sierras across the

rockies with great plains kansas city airport totally shut down tonight blizzard conditions in play, the most snow that they've seen in 15 years in kc. power outages are mounting well over 100,000 customers in multiple states as that snow and ice line is tricky to the south of where we are at south of louisville, kentucky, and that is where all of that ice is forming and people are losing power. hundreds of car wrecks as we saw in kansas and many different areas in missouri. seven states under emergency according to officials and they're monitoring all of this as this winter storm is kicking off 2025 headed west to the east. it will impact washington, d.c. tomorrow, all schools there closed. here in indianapolis most of the schools closed tomorrow. as this storm could draw anywhere between 6 inches to a foot in the d.c. area tomorrow. just the beginning of this

incredible winter event that's spanning over 2100 miles, and nearly 30 states with over 60 million affected winds kicking up here in indy tonight going to be a rough one hunker down don't go on the roads. nicole back to you. >> thank you robert gosh our thoughts are on the line of those in the storm. thunder snow can you tell us about what this is and do you expect that you said that the storm is going to go to d.c. tomorrow with a foot of snow. what about to the northeast is it going to be moving north at all? >> yeah. philadelphia is going to see some of that and the mid-atlantic as you see these people crossing here behind me. some brave folks out i'm not sure why. but indeed yeah d.c. going to get hit part of the mitd atlantic philadelphia schools are closed tomorrow. already, and to your point on the thunder snow yeah it is a rare event that occurs when the atmospheric temperature is just right. you're on that snowline that, and iceline, and indeed kansas

city experienced that throughout the day today with that pops of lightning and thunder. we have not seen that here in indianapolis tonight. or even earlier likely will not as it is very cold low 20s and with those winds yeah. it feels like it is in the single digit unfortunately nick >> thank you for the explanation you learn something new every day. [laughter] all right well coming up president-elect trump is rumored to be bringing back iconic oval office item when he returns to the white house can you guess what it is. but first, the far left media is finally calling out democrats for the hiding the greatest presidential scandal in modern history. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ protect against rsv with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients.

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show republicans are working on pushing through president-elect trump's agenda before he even takes office. now that the gop is in control of congress, they want to combine their legislative priorities into one massive bill. here's what house speaker mike john son told maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures." >> at the end of the day trump is going to prefer as he likes to say one beautiful bill there's a lot of merit to that because we can put it altogether one big up or down vote which can save the country literally because there's so many elements to it. and it will give us a little bit more time to negotiate that and get it right. we'll pass it out of the house and sending it over to the senate to get it ready when trump takes office on january 20th. >> senate republicans are also focused on confirming trump's nominees. >> we're going to -- what i promised them was a fair process so these nominees are going to go through a committee they'll have to answer questions and hard questions posed we're going to do everything we can to

ensure that he has the people he wants in place. >> okay so -- joey i want to pick up right there where the senate majority leader was talking because cbs news is actually reporting thune has been priefltly telling president-elect trump that he believes pete hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed for defense secretary. and i guess my question to you is, one, does that, obviously, this sounds very positive for the president-elect but also it could be a positive sign just going forward with his nominees. >> i think trump got the nominees out early and allowed reaction to happen and you saw type of attacks that came. i don't remember it's been a few years. i don't remember i guess for trump it was mainly the supreme court nominees that got the most visceral attacks but even still with everything that they did for cavanaugh to keep him out, he's a supreme court justice now. i think that's kind of where we are. i don't think that these attacks work on republican senators. and i think pete hegseth has

specifically had the opportunity to sit down with those that were signaling objection and answer questions and make them feel better about his nomination ultimately, i think it is pretty obvious president trump is not going to take a 30 year general been a part behalf he considers to be a problem and make defense secretary and probably not going to take any of the senators who would like to be defense secretary and give it to them either. so what is your better option? i think pete hegseth is incredibly smart, and i think if anything we've learned in the last week, is that we need a better security leadership in this country when it comes to fbi, homeland security department of defense so there's a better argument for all of these people today than there was two weeks ago. and traj that i can that's the case. but i think that he's gained momentum more than he's lost in the last month especially this week. >> and nicole, when it comes to the president-elect's agenda -- i guess republicans in the house in particular have to be careful not to get in their own way. >> they tend to do that. let's not have history repeat

itself but ill tell you they made it through electing speaker in the first round so they're doing much better this year than we've seen in the most recent previous years. you know all i can say is president trump is calling for one big beautiful bill and made a lot of promises to the american people if things are going to happen on day one whether it is executive actions. but also he's needing congress to come together. all i can say is moving forward elon musk posted sthng on x in the last couple of days that reminded me of something that happened in the fall that kind of got pushed under the rug because of everything that was going on with the assassination attempts also the election. the -- through congress the violence against women by illegal aliens bill it passed because all 215 republicans voted for it and some democrats did too. this is a bill that essentially would call for deporting illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes. but do you know that not that 158 or -- democrats voted against it saying we shouldn't deport illegal immigrants who are convicted of sex crimes. and i just want to call out as a

woman and a mother in new jersey, the new jersey democrat congress members who decided that we shouldn't deport these -- mendez, kim and coleman shame on you for saying that we should allow them to be here even after they've been convicted of sex crimes and -- shoutout to nicky who voted with the republicans on this one trying to keep us safe. >> okay thank you dr. saphier now to this far left media is finally calling out top democrats for lying about biden's cognitive decline. watch what happened to new york senator chuck schumer today. >> i want to play you a little bit of something you said last year. take a look. >> i talked to president biden you know, regularly -- sometimes several times in a week usually several times in a week. his mental acuity is great, spying, it is as good as it's been over the years all of the right wing propaganda and mental acuity is wrong. >> what do you say to american who is feel as though you and

other top democrats misled them? about president biden's mental acuity -- >> look, we didn't and let's -- let's look at president biden. he's had an amazing record when he stepped down he did it on his own. because he thought it was better not only for the democratic party for america. we should all salute him. >> you know i did not hear an answer there. >> no i saw a lot of cold sweat or at least heard it in his voice. that was a tim move that kristin did play back words of a politician saying you said this then -- what are you saying now he was caught schumer he had no good answers in that case. nbc news, however, was responsible for covering up joe biden's mental acuity or at least tried to at least on this network we've been talking about it for years. so when joe biden shakes handle with the air frebs and finishes his speech or when -- he can't remember the names of his own cabinet members or said he had conversations with world

leaders dead for years that's obvious stuff owe don't do a lot of digging as a journalist and chuck schumer democrats this is one of the biggest attempted coverups in american political history. obviously, it didn't work. then we saw joe biden's brain turn to applesauce an june during that debate and everybody acted so shocked quite frankly we've known this for years that president should be a gal starter at your local golf club let alone a president of the united states yet here he is still for the next 15 days. >> it was interesting that chuck schumer said that he stepped down for the good of the democratic party and hearing president biden saying he's the one that could have beat trump. >> also, according to a lot of reporting he was actually pushed out this -- voluntary -- election -- >> took a lot of pushing. >> pelosi -- >> also joey it is not a hard question to ask now that it is over. to push the democrats on this -- [laughter] >> it's depends on if these people want to act as journalist or part of the democratic

machine. i think the reason i'm pointing it out is that where were you -- where were you for four years maybe last 12 years on biden -- so what are we going to do it? we've got trump going into the white house, the big thing i'm concerned sb are they going to give president trump a fair shake or get a reporting on president trump that calls balls and strikes or four years trying to frame him as the devil reincarnate? >> time will tell. >> coming up, next, on "the big weekend show" -- >> everyone thinks that this is very ominous right here. see this. every time i press that, people -- >> a bubbly button could be making a comeback to president-elect trump's oval office desk when he returns to washington. do you know what it is? plus, we'll discuss what other iconic items trump could bring back to the white house. ♪ ♪

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better turmeric from force factor. >> everyone thinks that this is very ominous right here. see this. this is a very ominous looking because of the red button. >> what does that get you? >> a pepsi every time i press that people -- >> well, president-elect trump is reportedly bringing back his iconic diet coke button when he returns to the white house next month. during his first term, trump kept the button on his desk in the oval office. also in trumple's oval office a bust of ledge day care british prime minister winston churchill. so what other iconic -- items could be returning to 1600 pennsylvania avenue for the second trump administration? okay. so first question to everybody, we will go around the horn. >> a game -- like a trivia game. okay.

>> a trivia for about five years 2000 let's see 2002 to 2006 long story let's get into it now which did trump have in his oval office okay your three possible answers are the bronco buster, oval office rug, or portrait of benjamin franklin. okay. those are your three items joey you get first guess. >> i'm going with a bronco buster. pbr in new york why not? >> alicia you're from denver, colorado, i believe so what are you going with? >> can i guess the same as joey. >> you can yeah. >> going with bronker buster also. >> that was my initial guess but i'll deviate ben franklin. >> keep it interesting that's fine. as i let alicia into that bronco buster won tonight they'll be in the nfl playoffs bronco buster is your correct answer good job everybody here. second question did trump had ronald reagan's rug in his oval office during his first term?

so that's a yes or no yes. joey? >> yes. >> all right. alicia? >> yes. >> just copying joey. >> didn't have the oval office rug -- >> that was a different rug. >> there was a picture. >> i can't see that. my glasses on i'll continue to be -- >> doctor nicole saphier and in this case contrarian is wrong. >> like in this oval office -- one of the popular presidents you keep the rug it is good karma. third question. did trump have a portrait of andrew jackson in his oval office during his first term? we're going to go to nick coal first so she doesn't have to play contrarian this time. >> i want joey to go first. >> i'm going to say -- >> control over this answer -- >> saying no. >> no as well although a lot of nice things specifically about andrew jackson to say often.

>> i'm going to say yes -- >> i am. because you want to or because you feel different answer -- >> somebody has to say yes. >> and the answer is -- camera reveal everybody please -- yes. >> there we go as a matter of fact. >> alicia coming out ahead. >> i'm officially -- yeah. beginner middle ground loser. >> fantasy football name. [laughter] >> very good. all right well still ahead, people are freaking out over fog vid we'll explain what that is and ask our doc on the panel if you should be worried. that's next.

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♪ ♪ >> welcome back well it seems that everybody on the internet is talking what about they're calling to fogvid that's the nae for a mysterious fog blanketing parts of the u.s. and even europe. and conspiracy theories are spreading faster than the mist itself. tiktokers uploading haze under

light noting it doesn't look like normal fog. they're also reporting strange chemical smells. so some are even saying fog made them swing flu-like symptoms. these fogvid posts have gone viral. let's watch. >> fog arrived on christmas day you've got a sore throat. started to feel lethargic lost your appetite so this is far from natural this is a water. this is not normal fog. people are calling it a chemical fog. this is a woman's pool she had to add a new chemical changed anything about the water -- the only difference is that there's been fog pouring in every morning -- >> so you're telling me that an abnormal fog pops up all over the united states with these particles that are flying around that are not snow and some people who have been exposed to the fog are falling ill and people think this is just a normal cold and flu and has nothing to do with this abnormal

fog? okay. >> alicia you're saying in a break you learned so much about fog looking into this, i need to know what you've learned -- >> i learned that fog actually can trap polluted air and exhaust near the earth and so that's why it starts to smell weird like someone says it smelled like fireworks and it has a chemical taste to it and i had no idea that it can trap pollutants. >> doc -- in my own reading -- what the what is put out by experts i don't remember exactly who is saying listen what happens is, fog is created at dew point so it is a specific temperature and it happens a lot of time when is warm air goes over cool area so in the winter time. and that might be why it is kind of crystallizing turning particulate in the way that it is, and like alicia said it could have bad things in it but bad things already there and now

brought down in particles of water do you buy that and thing the cell systems are because of that? >> common things being common fog is fog and most likely due to moist warmer air mixing with cooler air as alicia pointed out fog can contain all of our pollution we have it all so if it is a thicker air you're inhaling it more and make people feel sick so you may also have a viral infection in addition to the fog. but i will say you're starting to see many of this conspiracy theories online -- while you can have chemical fogs from some sort of chemical spill or whatever it might be. you can also have radiation fogs or smog from that if it was chemicals if it was radiation you would expect people to be a lot more sick. but i've also seen some reporting you know, i'm far from a conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination usually the last to kind of join in on it but with the lack of information coming out of the drones happening -- it is because they dongt fly over my house, you know, it

reminds me of the c spray in 1950 where government decided to spray marksons a bacteria red film on water bottles they sprayed it just to see how things would go and actually killed one person and made ten people very sick. so i'm not saying that's happened. but i'm all of a sudden starting to believe some of these conspiracy theories a little bit more these days until we know what the heck is going on with these drones. >> we have the crazy, air was on fire last year with all of the smoke coming down from -- from the wildfires that everyone was freaking out about. what do you see here? >> i see what nicole sees in the sense where i don't trust anything anymore because i'm a new jersey also -- and we've literally named drones now that fly over the house there's every night and no one tells us what they are. because no one is running the country it appears -- so in this case, let me quote david from st. petersburg, florida he says weirdest part is

the taste and smell it smells like after you set off a bunch of fireworks and taste of the air is toxic it is superweird so -- fog has been around forever. yet now we're all hearing about smell and we say well maybe it is trapping pollutants then hearing about smells and fog before. so we're just someone from the government maybe one that exist right now for the next 15 days to tell me why so many people are smelling this it is not over new jersey this fog. but in so many states a lot of people are reporting this, and they feel sick and we deserve answers. >> it is not just the united states but europe too and they have different air components pollutants over there. >> last question to you, we do have a huge federal government. we have a national weather service and all of this research where responsibility does the government have but they see it is happening to give out some advisory to calm fears and say something in a public way so it

doesn't become a tiktok conspiracy. >> to get a science and doctor to explain what could be possibly happening because if people are getting sick all at the same time and fog is in and of itself feels mysterious so that also doesn't help. you add in social media, and yeah i think -- people want answers. >> easy for them to come out to tell us what it is you can test that air quick. >> it is the government but yeah. >> okay. listen, we want you to stick around we've got the big four next. and don't forget to follow "the big weekend show" on x, facebook, and even instagram at big weekend show. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ —i have to find a babysitter. —i have a lot of questions. —when can they start? —today? now? —how about saturday? —are they background-checked?

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>> welcome back it is time for the big four our picks for the biggest stories that you should be following this week twist any arm okay i'll go first as we've been reporting president-elect trump will be sentenced friday in his new york criminal case on felony charges now trump just tweeted out on true social saying that alvin bragg the district attorney never wanted to bring the case lawless case he calls it against me. in this case, okay, and we

talked about this yesterday as far as alvin bragg and his priorities. there was a report today in "the new york post" jamaar banks is the gentlemen's name i shouldn't calm him a gentlemen is a thug's name he stabbed two people on the subway. january 1st and then again on january 2nd. guess how many time this is guy has been arrested in new york city? 87 times. and not just for stealing a toothbrush from a cvs but assault major crimes yet alvin bragg put him out there and his priorities are way out of whack nicole. >> we've seen that i was thinking this was a quieter "newsweek" after the disaster that's been this last week. but i guess not. >> alicia as far as donald trump, this is just the democrats basically saying look, this is the first convicted felon that serves as president it is a nice headline but i don't think many people -- regular folks that voted in this election really care about that all that much because we don't have an idea in this case what he actually did wrong from a,

you know, breaking the law stand point. >> we all remember that actually is each case came forward and each charge was assigned. it was brought against him -- president-elect trump's polls went up each and every time "the wall street journal" was i believe is "the wall street journal" able to track that i don't know the strategy there. >> american people voted him in. >> and then president trump seems to think this would go to appeal and victory for him anyway. maybe that's best thing that can happen so it sets a better precedent than having this happen and then leave it hung out there kind of well we took it away because he became president. >> yep. law fair don't work. >> all right so michigan department of natural resources considering leasing about 420 acres of forestland and guess what they want to use it for a solar farm so go green folks topght take god's given natural forest away destroy habitat for all of those animals and

everything that is amazing about this country and put it that that solar farm eye candy lord help them i hope they figure out the priorities. >> how do they make paper straws? they need trees for straws. >> my turn right -- all right so drones have uncovered a secret border tunnel connecting mexico to arizona. mexican police say it is a narco tunnel that cartels use to infiltrate the united states. this is actually the third tunnel that was found in 2024 in the yuma mexico border they're not just smuggling drugs but also people. so we really need to see this border bill get through. >> we also need to see the tugs blown up -- that's the only way to get rid of the tunnels. >> surprised this happened during the biden administration and 15 days can't come soon enough. nicole. >> moving to a different topic according to a recent study

engaging in activity such as reading, praying, and listening to music have been found to be effective preventing dementia yes. absolutely -- by doing stuff like that and i was really excited to see in this study that looked at praying. that actually helped decrease the risk of dementia i think everybody for 2025 needs to do something to exercise their brain focus on the brain health. i started playing i'm not good at it any stretch of the imagination so 2025 i plan to maybe get better because that really exercises my brain. >> it is like third grade now i have no idea what that is. >> majong it is incredible like a tile game but it really is -- it takes a lot of thought i'll tell you i play it at the end of a workday it is a strategy game and it is not easy. by any stretch of the imagination let me tell you i play it with a group of girlfriends so it adds that

level of socialization. but we also really use our brain for it and i think i just we're getting smarter every time we meet. joey what are you going to do to ward off dementia and brain health? >> i don't think if i can. i'm like in a different world every day. we'll get that joke -- now i think -- my curiosity on the topic of reading does it matter what kind of reading it is because i do a lot of reading -- on social media and opinion editorials thousand words at a time not fiction or -- >> i would prefer you off the screen -- and being on a book. because that's screen time is not good for you all right well that does it for us. and we will see you next weekend always remember to dvr if you can't catch us live, "life, liberty & levin" is coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪