what should we know? >> we see norovirus november to april every year most commonly. the stomach flu. that's not influenza. the stomach flu is caused by norovirus, a contact virus, not rest prio tear one. it can cause diarrhea, vomiting and highly contagious. we worry about this on cruise ships and nursing homes where you have a lot of people in one area because it is so contagious. in the winter months maybe avoid some of those leafy greens, uncooked seafood and fresh fruits out in public. that's where you tend to find it. people don't always wash their hands after using the restroom. >> dana: you are full of good information and advice as we kick off the new year. happy new year to you and your family as we kick off the new year. >> we're in the midst of a very significant winter weather event.

we've had between 6 and 8 inches of snow followed by a half inch of ice across most of kentucky. half inch of ice can bring down free limbs and power lines. we have 1 hundred thousand people without power. the snow is one challenge. half an inch of ice anywhere will present really significant challenges. starting tomorrow morning it will be so cold that the salt isn't going to work nearly as well. >> dana: here we go. much of the country hunkering down. a major winter storm sweeping across the u.s. endangering a 21 hundred mile stretch and threatening more than 60 million people with heavy snow and ice. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. kentucky's history when it comes to ice storms is not good. they don't have the equipment that a lot of northern states have so get ready. the sheer scope of this monster

storm can be stunning hitting at least 27 states from the plains, mid atlantic. folks are coping with power outages and treacherous travel. >> dana: robert ray is live in indianapolis. how is it there? >> good morning. snow and gusty winds continue to roll through the capital here in indianapolis. about a million people metro. the roads as you can see are quite a mess in the down tan area and on the interstates. they're doing their best to plow it. when you have this fast and this wet of snow that comes down over the course of 24 hours moving in, it is tough. you have to have vehicles like this to make your way through. you see another pass is needed by a plow. but you take a look at some of this video from indianapolis in the past 24 hours. that's just a sample of what we've experienced across america over the course of the past couple days. we know what occurred in kansas are the blizzard conditions and

closing of kansas city international airport. unfortunately we have four people that have lost their lives because of this massive winter storm covering over 21 hundred miles and nearly 30 states. in fact, seven states still in a state of emergency, washington, d.c. also in a snow emergency as they are taking the snow. philadelphia and other cities across the mid-atlantic as well. snarling roads and cancellations and delays at airports and schools and government buildings shut down and many companies saying today just open up the laptop and work from home. in the interim the snow continues to fall in indianapolis. again, about a million people in the metro area. this winter storm warning will be gone by 7:00 p.m. tonight. the snow will likely dissipate in the next few hours. in the meantime these plows have to get back out here and clear these roads. it is a mess and it is continuing to pile up, guys.

back to you. >> dana: sure is pretty robert ray in indianapolis. >> bill: been a minute since we had a storm like this. house and senate set to meet this morning for a joint session of congress. that will happen around noon or 1:00. lawmakers set to certify trump's sweeping 2024 victory. the vice president kamala harris will oversee that process. chad pergram, these are the days that chad lives for. good morning, chad. happy new year. >> happy new year, bill. good morning. this is the last step in the presidential election. vice president harris present sides over the meeting of both the house and senate in her capacity as president of the senate. the certification goes on despite washington, d.c. receiving about a foot of snow today. >> whether we're in a blizzard or not we'll be in that chamber making sure this is done. president trump had a mandate, a

land slade. so many electoral votes and we get to count them all and we cannot delay that certification. he deserves it. >> authorities deem the certification a national security event. fencrep around the capitol after the riot four years ago. that prevents local kids from sledding on capitol hill during the biggest snowstorm in three years. president biden emphasized the importance of a clean hand-off. lawmakers could object to individual slates of electors like in 2021. but that's not expected. congress passed a new law making it harder to challenge the election results. >> process allows for these objections. if it happens they're heard out. the vice president rules on them. but under a new law we passed you have to have 20%, 20% of the bodies of congress to support those objections before you can have an extended debate.

>> congress also clarified the role of the vice president in the proceedings. it is only ministerial with no ability to intervene. harris joins three vice presidents who have presided over their own defeats in recent decades. richard nixon, hubert humphrey and al gore. >> bill: we're watching, chad pergram in washington, d.c. on the hill. >> dana: trey gowdy is the host of sunday night in america. you know how important it is for trump and his team to hit the ground running because when the tax cuts were passed that took a whole year to get done. so trying to do this in one big fell swoop. do you like that idea? >> it is the only idea. the last time he won there was a pretty good majority, a couple dozen. now with elise goon and gaetz on cameo they can lose one vote. we watched the speaker vote. we had two people that wouldn't even vote for mike johnson for

speaker. remember, trump wanted the debt ceiling raised, 30 something republicans wouldn't go along with him on that. they have one shot at reconciliation. even so, trump is going to have to weigh in and start threatening some primaries. these house members are fractured right now. >> bill: maybe it's smart pool. here is mike johnson on that, speaker of the house. >> president trump is going to prefer as he likes to say one big, beautiful bill. a lot of merit to that. we can put it all together one big up or down vote, which can save the country. there are so many elements to it. >> bill: his margin is not big, right? maybe it's a smart thing to get everybody on the same page and take advantage of it when you can. susie wiles did an interview. this is rare. she gave it to axios, talked about a lot of things. what will the hallmark of the

west wing be? wiles, the west wing staff is a mix of new and veterans. many young, all prepared to work punishing hours. to my core i believe in teamwork. anyone who cannot be counted on to be collaborative and focused on shared goals is not working in the west wing. more from that. if you've seen it, trey, what is your impression? >> good for her. the first administration was plagued and back biting. people taking credit for his victory. she has a tough job. the margin in the senate is bigger than the margin in the house. the problem in the senate is the the 60 vote threshold which john thune will not get rid of. they really have -- i understand the senator wants to do it in two pieces. they want the border first and then taxes. i just think history tells you, you get one shot, remember, bill and dana, republicans couldn't

even repeal obamacare. remember they all ran on it but couldn't do it. first the freedom caucus brought it down and then john mccain brought it down. this is not a party known for having long-term unity. they couldn't even elect mike johnson speaker without drama. they got one shot at it. >> dana: in the show we talked to daniel turner from power of the future and we are looking at joe biden doing executive orders to try to stop trump from doing off shore drilling. are there are things the president can do legally when he comes into office to push back on some of these things or will he be stuck with these last-minute joe biden decisions? >> he can tear them up. they are worth the paper they're written on. they are executive orders. ist is not like it is a law. any president can undo them. he can do it. what he can't undo are the commutations of 37 death row inmates. he can't reverse that.

any other executive order is only as good as the executive in place. joe biden whether he knows it or not will be out of office on january 20th. >> bill: you had james blair on your program last night working under susie wiles in the new administration. this is what he says. >> day one will be action packed. you will see the president work quickly and aggressively to implement the policy that he campaigned on. things like securing the board, unleashing american energy, getting wokeness out of the military and restoring it to being the world's most lethal and well trained fighting force. get men out of women's sports. those are the types of things you will see president trump focus on in the earliest days of his administration. >> bill: a long list. the night before he will hold a rally at the arena in d.c. with 20,000 people. the night before the inauguration. last comment. >> all of that he can do on his own. when it comes to legislative action, other stuff on the

border, tax, extending the tax cuts, he will need both houses. bill and dana, you both watched two members try to negotiator hold mike johnson hostage even over the speaker vote, two members could hold him hostage. so look, he had a bigger majority the last term around in the house and he still struggled to get his agenda. james blair is right. he better do it via executive action. you can't count on the house to be unified. >> dana: trey gowdy speaking truth to us. happy new year. new orleans terror attack raising fears about possible isis resurgence. what intelligence officials are saying. >> bill: south korea accusing north korea of an escalation. how the incoming administration hopes to tamp things down in korea. general jack keane on that and more. >> dana: democratic congressman urging his party to work with president-elect trump. why he says his colleagues

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>> we're seeing a resurgence of isis and isis-k in the region between afghanistan and pakistan. it concerns me greatly. you have two types of threats. one is operational. the other one is inspired attacks, radicalized over the internet. both equally lethal. and they need to be focused on to stop it. >> bill: that's the former house homeland security committee chair michael mccaul sharing new concerns over the threat posed by isis after the f.b.i. says

the new orleans terrorist attack suspect was inspired by the islamic state. benjamin hall has more on that now. hello. >> hi, bill. last year saw the biggest surge in isis attacks since the caliphate fell in 2019 and a large surge in influence that isis had around the world in various countries. in afghanistan since u.s. troops left, in syria, countries in africa. it is that level of influence that has allowed them to carry out attacks and encourage attacks around the world. there is concern particularly in syria at the moment after it was taken over by a rebel group who himself was once aligned with isis. he rejects them. some of his fighters are wearing isis badges and growing concern that those isis camps in syria hold tens of thousands of isis members could break down. speaking over the last couple of days people in the camps right now isis prisoners are packing their bags because they think the new regime is coming to set them free and set up a new

caliphate. the u.s. has been responding and hitting isis weapons across syria and u.s. troops inside some of the prison camps in the days and weeks trying to help refortify them. the pentagon saying there are 2 thousand troops in syria, up from the 9 hundred we thought were there. isis is strengthed inside afghanistan. it was from afghanistan that isis k-organized an attack in russia. ist was carried out from -- many experts say if you allow isis to grow influence in other countries they'll inspire other attacks. english language propaganda will increase and experts fear 2025 will see more attacks like we saw in new orleans. >> bill: something to pay attention to. ben, nice to see you. live in london. happy new year to you and your

family. >> dana: let's get to retired general jack keane. chairman for the institute for the study of war. sir, in some ways i feel like we have this conversation over and over again. and do you think the problems are worse, steady, or even declining as joe biden had suggested? >> well, i think the problem is still serious is the way i would describe it. isis and certainly al qaeda are not the organizations that they used to be. very central directing attacks around the world. they are a mere shadow of their former self in terms of the central organization. but al qaeda is regenerated and isis still has a presence. global jihad does exist in many countries today. largely in countries, as we've seen in the past, that are fragile or their societies are fragmented and they are able to take advantage of the discord in

those countries. those countries are simply in africa, mali, niger, somalia, kenya, indonesia, afghanistan, pakistan and also iraq and syria. those are where the real attacks are taking place on a regular basis. but as we've seen here, the last time was seven years ago in 2017. isis inspired attack in new york city on a bike path by a truck driven to mow down people and now in new orleans. those things are taking place. what's different about them is they aren't foreign terrorists killing americans. or directing it. they are americans killing americans. and that makes it actually tougher to detect them. american citizens have rights. they have privacy rights. offensive language even on the internet an american citizen has a right to do that. so it is challenging for our

f.b.i. and counter intelligence agencies to be able to penetrate them the way they would be able to penetrate a foreign terrorist. but nonetheless, yes, these threats have to be taken seriously. our agencies are doing this. we're much better organized we were prior to 9/11 and we have not had a foreign terrorist attack in this country since 9/11. that meant that multiple presidents have done the right thing in taking the fight to them where they have safe havens and where there are aspirations to attack the united states. that policy has largely worked. but we're still troubled by what is before us right now with americans willing to kill other americans in the name of a foreign terrorist organization. >> dana: may i ask you about one other topic before we run out of time in north korea apparently has fired a ballistic missile in the eastern sea from the south korean military. often i know kim likes to get attention once in a while and during a transition i imagine we

can expect possibly more of this. >> you are absolutely right. you put your finger on it. he did it in 2016, 2017 in transition from obama to trump. a lot of it was attention getting. he also after he was so belligerent with the testing seemed to be very conciliatory and willing to give up his nuclear weapons. trump put that to an end in 2019 when they realized it was a false narrative and walked out on the talks. he seems to be manifesting the same behavior. what does kim really want? what he wants is to be recognized as a nuclear power respected as such similar to the other eight nations who have nuclear weapons. as such, he wants all sanctions removed and normal economic trading to take place with his country. he goes about it in attaining that kind of respect in a bizarre way to say the least by conducting ballistic missile attacks that can carry nuclear weapons heading towards japan

and obviously threatening south korea as well. we'll see what happens when the trump administration comes in and see if kim changes to a more conciliatory turn to once again try to work a deal with this trump administration. >> dana: many hot spots around the world and we're lucky that you are with us so you can explain it all. thank you so much and happy new year to you. >> yeah, happy new year to you and the team there, thank you. >> bill: breaking news in canada. the prime minister justin trudeau set to resign as early as today. expected to speak momentarily and we'll bring it to you north of the border coming up. the golden globes had a few surprises last night. what was said kind of -- this was a 180 i would say on the celebrities and the election and on and on it went. the message from hollywood might be a little different next.

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>> bill: a big deal today, tomorrow and wednesday. massive storm barreling through the country. indianapolis is taking a heavy hit now. 60 million in the storm's path. no surprise, the snow and ice knocking out power, travel will be chaotic far and wide. folks aren't out of the woods just yet. forecasters say more snow is on the way. we are on that story throughout the day and into tomorrow and see where we are at midweek. >> dana: big tech executives continue to embrace president-elect trump. the latest is ceo of apple tim cook. he reportedly donated a million dollars to the inaugural committee and nate foye is in west palm beach with more on all of this. nate, good morning. >> good morning to you and happy new year. we're exactly two weeks until inauguration today. president-elect donald trump is working to insure his agenda will pass through congress.

as he does that here in palm beach, big tech ceos are working or spending to improve their standing with the president-elect. as you mentioned, tim cook, ceo of apple the latest to join the group. look at these figures. he is donating $1 million personally. so will sam altman. meta and amazon will each donate a million dollars as well. democratic massachusetts senator warren posted on x, quote. it is no secret why apple ceo is cirqueing up to donald trump. republicans are planning for corporate tax cuts that would give apple more in hand-outs. mar-a-lago trump hosted italian prime minister saturday night. later he will meet with house republicans at mar-a-lago to discuss a single reconciliation package with top priorities. as we move forward don't forget about trump's history with bezos. the two criticized each other during and after trump's first

term. their relationship appears to be improving. back in october bezos prevented the "washington post" that he owns from endorsing a presidential candidate. amazon will also stream trump's inauguration on prime video. that's not all. amazon has exclusively licenseed and up coming documentary of melania trump. this morning, dana, trump's legal team filed a motion to stay his upcoming sentencing in his new york criminal trial. that is set for friday. if that motion is denied, trump will have to either appear in person or virtually. he has not specified which one he will do. we'll send it back to you. >> dana: nate foye, thank you and happy new year. >> bill: now to a story that might surprise you. a democratic congressman urging his party to work with number 47. let's try something different in how we deal with trump. that new york democrat is tom

swaze is with me now. i don't know if you are a singular politician in a wilderness of others who disagree. why did you write the piece? >> because i love america and i want people to work together to solve the problems we face. i think most elected officials democrats and republicans want us to work together to actually secure the border, fix the immigration system. help with inflation, make our economy stronger, and just try to make people's lives generally better. >> bill: wow. will you vote for this reconciliation monster bill then? are you in on that? >> let's see what happens first. what i think they should do is break out the immigration piece to secure the border, fix the asylum system and deal with the dreamers and they can get a lot of democratic support to get that done. i think the time is ripe for that. then they can focus on the tax stuff that they want to do. let's see what the details are.

bottom line is i have a career of trying to work across party lines to get things done to try to help make my constituents' lives better. i think that's what most politicians want to do. everybody is pandering to their base. >> bill: you are in a 50/50 district. chuck schumer was asked about the words you wrote on paper. watch. >> do you agree with congressman, democrats need a knew approach toward president-elect trump? >> look, i think it's clear that whenever we can get things done in a bipartisan way, we try to do it. i think we'll be bipartisan when we can. we also, when they are trying to do things, our republican colleagues that are so bad for working people, we'll oppose them. >> bill: we'll see where that goes. you write i know many voters reject my party's significant

leftward shift. so do i. that leftward shift caused you a loss of support from the american people. how do you correct it? >> the people that have actually gone to the far left extreme and say things like defund the police or extreme positions and anarchy on campuses. that's a small group of people. republicans have a small group of people that are extreme on their side. most politicians haven't had the guts to stand up to those extremists on both sides because they are afraid of losing a primary. that's what is killing our country. there are only eight people in the book of profiles of courage. not easy to stand up to your own party but we need to stand up to the extremists on both sides and get things done for the american people. >> bill: put the states up right now that apparently will oppose trump's immigration agenda, california, colorado, illinois,

new york, washington state, the cities, boston, chicago, new york city. i want to go back to your piece. you say 10 years ago every word that trump ever spoke has been crit crit criticized, yet he won again. >> i think democrats have made a big mistake to oppose the idea of securing the border and deporting criminals. we should embrace that idea of securing the border and deporting criminals. we should hold the president to his word he wants to make a deal of the dreamers to try to give these folks a decent life in the future here in america. >> bill: come on back, okay? democrat from new york. we see whether or not you are a voice of one or whether or not you can attract others. thanks for coming on. >> thanks, bill. >> bill: happy new year. golden globes launched the starts of the awards season. dana was up late watching this. the playoffs for celebrities. hemmer celebrity news.

2025 here we go. comedian nicki glaser getting praise honoring movies and television. the loudest applause went to demi moore when she said this. >> i've been doing this a long time. over 45 years. and this is the first time i have ever won anything as an actor. >> bill: she received the first major acting award of her career, four decades in the industry. other big winners include movies amelia perez, and the brutalist and show gun cleaning up the drama categories. >> dana: show gun is great and i need to get on top of that. what is the secret? i got to hear it. >> bill: i know what the secret is. is secret of sun valley, idaho where she lives. >> dana: a great place.

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>> dana: new yorkers are calling it congestion con with the controversial toll pricing officially in effect. the fee hitting drivers at the worst times but they are hitting back. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the latest. hi, alexis. >> yeah, not a lot of people are too excited about this. the governor hochul says it's a good idea. people we talked to aren't so pumped up. on the city's upper west side are scanners keeping track of every car and truck in the busy congestion zone and cost people more to be in the big apple. how much? under this new congestion toll we're talking about this plan will cost most drivers $9 to enter the busiest manhattan during peak hours. it is more for big trucks. supporters like governor hochul say it will accomplish three main goals. ease traffic, clean up the air and help pay for upgrades to the

public transportation system. a recent poll is finding 51% of new yorkers are against congestion pricing. this comes as many people are afraid to take the subway because of recent crimes like this. we talk about it all the time and see it. you know from living in new york. a lot of people don't want to take the subway. last night a guy was arrested after using a large butcher knife to stab subway drivers. the program is the first of its kind in the united states but it has been used in other large cities across the world including london and singapore. officials say it did help reduce traffic. we'll see. here in the united states l.a. san francisco and more looking at similar plans before the pandemic and say they will probably revisit them with post pandemic traffic. chicago they have a local politician calling for city council hearing to find solutions to their traffic issues. in boston the mayor has not ruled out congestion pricing. back out here live another new

yorker against this tax, not hard to find too many. another one would be president-elect donald trump dana who says it is another reason with the congestion toll that people wouldn't want to do business in new york city and find somewhere else cheaper and warmer to do it. >> dana: he is absolutely right. we'll talk to jimmy failla. he has thoughts and share them with everybody a little later. thanks. >> i am not here to roast you tonight. i want you to know that. how could i, really? you are all so famous, so talented and so powerful. you could do anything. except tell the country who to vote for. it's okay. you'll get them next time. if there is one. i'm scared. >> bill: the golden girl nicki glaser getting political ripping the stars after their political endorsements run cold. hollywood's outrage failing to

transmit from the red carpet to main street. so it's new year's 2025 in america. how did she do last night? >> she did great. >> bill: i didn't watch a stitch of it. how much did you watch? >> dana: we have a morning show and i did not. also i listened to the tim dylan show, i love you, tim. but he was saying that he thinks she is amazing and that he has been seeing some of her work asist developed. i assume it was great. >> she is great. happy she is having success. i'm sure demons from r feasting on her soul because she is in holey wood. she did roast them. they deserve it. i don't know why they go through this. comedians occupy an interesting place in our society. people want them around all the time but we aren't nice to them. we won't be nice to them and yet it is a self-flaglation.

religious people we go to mass on sunday and say i'm not worthy. we say these things. we don't need flagellation at our jobs. these people do. that's why the comedians make fun of them. >> dana: some of the best shows. it makes you laugh. >> do me. but they have this other thing there. as he said these are very fragile people emotionally because they have duped into believing we cared what they said about politics. the truth is nobody cares what actors have to say about politics. they are famous because they hit the genetic lottery. people will pay $20 for a popcorn to watch decapprio to talk words. she was good at reminding them their voice was ineffective politically. almost like a nudge to get in their lane. clooney endorsed two candidates and both lost.

>> bill: joe biden was handing out presidential medals of freedom. the list was long and the list was not received by some. the incoming senator from montana said this. george soros spent millions electing soft on crime politicians that let criminals wreak havoc in our major cities. hillary clinton abon doneed the navy sells in -- it is a national disgrace. brett favre, here we go. football season. what words would you use to describe the white house medals given out? i'm honestly speechless. >> trying to think of awards that have less import now than the golden globes and oscars. now it's the medal of freedom. hillary clinton? we all -- she is out there. she has got her rewards, right? george soros, this guy has had a huge effect on the world.

people who don't like him are very, you know, they don't want him to have an effect on the world. people who do they do. you don't need to put an award around his neck. his reward is the influence that he peddles. why don't you look people that we don't know. >> dana: resulting in prosecutors from the soros-funded firm like an alvin drag. >> that's why hillary was disappointed. i didn't want a medal, put a pardon. look out for the girl. >> dana: in the commercial break i feel like she was won this before. >> she may have. she has been getting a consolation standing ovation in every liberal room she walked into since 2016. the soros medal should be given to defend themselves from attackers in towns where they've pushed the woke bail reforms. >> bill: tiger woods got one from trump. lionel messi is not even an

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energy independence. lega.ch damaged by his first we are all over the first major winter storm to hit 60 million people. congresswoman kat cammack, k.t. mcfarland, ben domenech. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: nippon and u.s. steel filing a lawsuit for biden blocking a merger between them. lydia hu spoke to us steel ceo. what do we know, lydia? >> good morning there, dana. we're hearing that u.s. steel and nippon steel are filing a lawsuit about biden's executive order blocking the sale. they said biden affected them with politics.

they want a new review under the trump administration after president-elect trump takes office. dana, it's not clear that review, if it were to happen, would lead to a different result because president-elect trump has said he also would block the sale of u.s. steel. in fact, trump posted this just this morning on truth social quote. why would they want to sell u.s. steel now when tariffs will make it a much more profitable and valuable company? wouldn't it be nice to have u.s. steel once the greatest company in the world lead the charge to a greatness again? it can all happen quickly. dana, i asked u.s. steel ceo about trump's plans for tariffs. he says it shows trump cares about the american steel industry and workers but u.s. steel needs nippon's cash and tech technology. >> the investments coming are so extraordinary but the know how. no steel company in the united

states that has the know how of nippon. the ones that claim to have the know how can't make a gross profit. they struggle to survive in current situations and counting on tariffs and looking for government hand-outs. what we want is to respect the rule of law and make sure that this investment comes in and then we get this technology, this innovation. nippon has 30,000 patents. they invest more in innovation than all of the steel companies in the united states combined. so they are going to invest here and create jobs here and they will improve job security, economic security and, of course, national security along the way. this is a fabulous deal and nobody else can do the investment and the know how like nippon can. >> and the steel company's joint federal lawsuit names the

president of the united steelworkers union. they accuse him working with a competitor. they say they worked together to undermine the sale of u.s. steel. david mccaul responded and said by blocking nippon steel the biden administration safeguarded -- it undermines our critical supply chains. we'll defend against these baseless allegations. d.o.j. declined to comment. cliff hasn't commented to our request. >> dana: glad you got the interview. >> bill: good stuff. before we go, we -- why don't we say where we're been. i went just about every american goes for holiday, i went to ethiopia. and i visited the ancient

christian kingdom where they have ancient churches from the 12th century. glad i got there. glad i went. >> dana: you took that photo? beautiful. >> bill: a really good one. >> dana: in case you don't know out there, america. bill hemmer is an excellent photographer. >> bill: it was great to go and i'm happy to be home. >> dana: we headed south at well. we were in argentina with friends. it was very touristy tango show. i learned a lot about the country. they are excited about their president. a fascinating and beautiful country. you can drink a lot of red wine there. it doesn't make you sick and, you know, it was a great and beautiful time. we are both glad tock back and i'll see you on "the five" tonight as well. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. vice president