>> i love you america, good to be back. >> trace: good evening, it's 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 here in los angeles and this is fox news at night.

and breaking tonight gas prices up, oil supply down and president biden issuing a sweeping ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, it's an 11th hour executive order trying to stop the new drilling across u.s. coastal and offshore water. president-elect trump said not so fast. meantime it's official, congress certified donald trump selection win today and president biden seems a little better. vice president harris on the other hand surprisingly cheerful today, as she certified a fascist threat to democracy, plus the trump effect might be heading to canada, canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing his resignation today, is the country's conservative movement grows and this might be canada's next

prime minister luck! -- look! >> i'm sure a lot of canadians, i don't know who but... >> why should canadians trust you with their vote? >> common sense. common sense for a change. we are going to make common sense, common in this country. >> trace: is definitely getting a common sense mug, canadian truck driver, both arrested for protesting back in 2022, we will be live in a few moments with their thoughts. we begin with the senior national correspondent kevin live for us in d.c. with the more on the oil band battle brewing.

>> brewing and you get evening, biden's executive action very likely sets up a future legal battle for the incoming trump administration as he attempts to undo biden's poison pill but keep in mind this is not new you may recall back when then outgoing president barack obama did something very similar on his way out the door, of the white house. in this instance biden's plan would go farther than anything we have ever seen, a ban on new oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres of u.s. oil, for new drilling along the entire east coast, the eastern gulf of mexico, the coast of washington, oregon and california as well as portions of alaska's northern bering sea, mr. biden right -- writing a statement, it could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary.

but tonight president trump is vowing to let the van no matter what it takes, calling biden's latest move, disruptive. >> i will on ban it immediately, what is he doing, why is he doing it? he doesn't even know was 625 million acres would look like and we cannot let that happen to our country, it's our greatest economic asset and we are not going to let that happen to our country. >> you have probably also noticed this, abiding created or expanded 10 national monuments during his time in office as well, 24 million acres of public land to prevent their further development, continuing an obama trend, a lot of court battles coming up on this. >> trace: indeed, life for us in d.c., kevin thank you. let's bring in louisiana attorney general, it's great to have you on the show, the national review makes a good

point, biden is seeking to undermine the nation's energy independence with the last minute executive action is bad enough, we don't even know whether biden himself made the decision in good health or weather its being done in his name by group of left-wing activists in the administration, making it even worse, would you agree with that? >> 100% i agree with that. i have been suing president biden since the first day he took office and started issuing executive orders trying to ban drilling in the gulf of mexico, and on federal land and this action is kicking us while we are down, it's very destructive, it makes no sense whatsoever. i really do think that somebody else is pulling all the strings here. >> trace: it's interesting i want to get your take as well in the ongoing investigation in new orleans, louisiana senator said this about

consequences for not properly securing bourbon street, watch! >> now i think we are going to have a complete review of everything from top to bottom, that's the way it ends up shaking out, she should be replaced >> attorney general what is the next step for louisiana, for new orleans going general with this investigation? >> i announce a top to bottom review today that i would start immediately through my bureau of investigations in my office we can evaluate all of the conduct, planning, operational controls, spending, contracts, we are going to review everything that led up to this event. there is already plans and operations underway that are changing the way we do things in new orleans and i think that is

all taking place and started taking place before the sugar bowl . we need to figure out what meets the change in new orleans and i think that means we need to do a full review of everything without a drawing conclusion. >> trace: i have to go but the super bowl is coming up next month, is new orleans ready? >> yes, we are ready and we will be more ready by the time the super bowl gets here, there are enormous resources on the ground for the super bowl. >> trace: louisiana attorney general, thank you for coming on we appreciate your time. meantime here's a life look at the vigil sight in new orleans where president biden visited earlier this evening and we are getting brand-new information tonight about the suspect behind the deadly terror attack, live in new orleans with the latest on that good evening. >> the president first -- the president and first lady came to new orleans to offer condolences

starting at the memorial here on bourbon street, the victims laying flowers and offering a prayer before heading to a service at a local church where they met with some of the victims families and two of the officers injured in a shoot-out with the suspect, while into his rampage. >> president joe biden: my wife jill and i are here to stand with you, to agree with you, pray with you, let you know you are not alone. >> asked for the investigation we have learned late last year he made two trips new orleans including one in october when the fbi said he recorded these videos wearing smart glasses while riding a bike through the french quarter. investigators also releasing these surveillance videos shortly before the new year's attack showing him walking through the french quarter with two coolers that had detonation

weapons inside but was not able to. as that investigation continues there are more investigations from city and state officials including the state attorney general who you just heard from looking into the security plan, they had in place ahead of this terror attack amid growing criticism that they ignored warning signs that bourbon street was vulnerable to this very kind of attack. >> trace: alive for us in new orleans, thank you let's bring in the host of the aaron show, great to have the one i want to bring this up on the screen because he went over this but it's really fascinating, the month before the attack, visiting new orleans in october and november and 2024 kicking video with those smart glasses in the french quarter to plot the attack, he travelled to cairo, egypt, and canada in the summer of 2023 what does this tell you?

it sounds like this was meticulously planned and plotted. >> i will tell you what it tells me, it tells me that there was systematic failures in identifying and monitoring a high risk threat which went off and committed an act of terror. it tells me there was clear warning signs, radicalization and extreme rhetoric are not being monitored by the federal bureau of investigation or any of our federal agencies, which leads me to believe that we have a problem in this country with dealing with the emerging threats like we have just seen on bourbon street. >> trace: the fbi diversity inclusion web page explains a bunch of differences explaining that they believe the differences in thoughts and belief, to more effective decision-making drives innovation and enhances the employee experience, we know a more diverse workforce allows us to connect with and maintain the

trust of the american people. not sure they have the trust of the american people. >> no and here is where i am out with that, the fbi's focus on these garbage initiatives. i am all for diversity, but not at the expense of the 35 or the 15 plus people that were killed on bourbon street and here is where i am matt, there needs to be a complete gutting of the fbi, which is probably going to happen once trumps -- trump gets in. how effective is the fbi? it is gone so bad 100 million plus spent over four years with these initiatives, it might be time to stand up a full, peer domestic intelligence agency, here in the united states that specializes in using ai and other methods of tracking all

the different algorithms that we use in israel to stop and prevent these radicals from being able to pull this off. >> trace: i was going to ask you because he admired -- because the biden administration , some have been the former bodyguards we don't know if they have been charged, but just in one word, a good idea, a bad idea? >> horrible idea, every drop of intel from these guys is terrible. >> trace: meantime donald trump's election victory was celebrated as kamala harris presided over the ceremony, so now the president-elect and the law makers are focusing on expanding the agenda, jeff his life at that story tonight. >> good evening, it was a stark contrast to what unfolded four years ago and trump lost this time the certification of the election was, rather uneventful. the loser of the 2024 election

vice president kamala harris had to certify she lost and donald trump, one! it was likely one of her last duties as vice president. >> today america's democracy stood. >> now begins the real work, and donald trump is already working with republicans to construct and pass a single quote big beautiful bill. he wants it to include border security, tax cuts and increase military spending but there is some concern among some lawmakers, the bigger the bill the harder it will >> pass. -- it will be to pass. justin trudeau announced he will resign as prime minister and a leader of the liberal party after nearly one decade as

prime minister, most recently he faced criticism for poor economy, high cost of living as well as handling immigration. >> trace: live with us, jeff thank you let's bring in political strategist and podcast host, along with former strategic communication director, good to see you. meantime susie said this, put it on the screen, we will not tolerate backbiting, second dressing -- second-guessing or drama. it's a mix of new and veteran, many young, all are prepared to work punishing to the core, anybody who cannot be counted on to be collaborative and focus on our shared goals is not working in the west wing, it sounds to me like there is no b.s. in the west wing. >> is she is kind of my dream, she needs business and she knows

what she is doing, she is single-handedly handing trump over the finish line this selection generally what she recognizes is that we are no longer going to make it a place where people are going to be backstab, gain a platform for themselves, use it for their instagram or whatever, we need loyalists because we saw what happened in 2016. >> trace: it's amazing meantime big news up in canada justin trudeau, prime minister said he is resigning, "wall street journal" said canada needs a new election going on to write that voters are turning against progressing government across the west and canadians deserve an urgent chance to render their verdict, it looks like they are going to get it. >> absolutely, we are seeing this all over the world. people are rejecting the woke ideology that the left has been pushing down their throats for years. the other thing that they are rejecting is inflation and

terrible economic policies, when people cannot afford groceries, that is when they turn up and they speak out and you are seeing that here in canada. the side with joe biden it was absolutely nothing he could do to get over the finish line, unfortunately for kamala harris she could not do anything either, they were on the same ticket in the same white house for many years. we are seeing more of that across our neighbour border and canada is going to have a lot of change, i don't know that those celebrities that were planning to flee to canada, really have anywhere to go at this point. >> trace: here is trump on biden's offshore oil drilling ban he said this... is sounds like president-elect might need cold medicine and it may be a little congressional help in getting these bands on

band what you think? >> this is just a trek dog and pony show -- this is just a trek -- this is just a trick dog and pony show. >> trace: adam of all people said that the threat to democracy, that whole message kind of fell flat, here is what he said! >> it's not that voters were unconcerned or don't care about it, they do but there were things they cared about more and making sure they could provide for their family was at the top of the list. >> trace: a lot of things they

care about more yet joe biden again said it today, the threat to democracy again today. >> we talked about it repeatedly on your show, live -- the lies coming from the left were never going to work. president trumps voter turnout proves that. you had all ages, race and gender regardless of what the left was trying to push, nobody believes that anymore, they saw through the lies and when you actually talk to your neighbour, your friends, your family, everybody agrees that what the left has been doing in this country with it just -- was disruption. all of that played out in november and president trump is ready to take home again, bring us back to peace and prosperity. >> trace: thank you both.

>> republican coalition is broad and strong and growing. now the work begins delivering our agenda, republicans are ready to go. >> trace: trump's return to the presidency means many things with the democratic party our next guest says that includes an official end to the obama era, let's bring in former democratic chief counsel, gillian, great to have you on the show. it starts with the following coding here, the end of the obama era has officially arrived with a deep sense of betrayal, among voters is says an underlying realization the democratic party's, obama and elected officials sold voters a bill of goods p.r. what is in the bill of goods? >> the primary bill of goods was that biden was confident for a second term and we knew as early

as 2021, as you and i talked about on election night that was not true. we knew from reporting in "the wall street journal", that biden was not up to the job as early as 2021 or 2022 and they shielded that from the public. when i talk about the obama period being over what i'm talking about is the senior leadership, obama, pelosi, schumer, all participating in a massive lie to the american public about his competency, there is a second point as well, which is the obama second term spawned what we would call religion of the democrats, which means that if you pander to enough identity groups, that that will be your political nirvana in the future and that one proved to be a foolish strategy,. it proved to be a foolish strategy but what happened was

an enormous bureaucracy was spawned. ngos, foundations, all of whom relied on the opm, relying on the depression olympics for their fund-raising, for their social credit scores. the big question that people ask today is what do the democrats have to do? but what are the democrats able to reject, as it's being rejected across the western world, and elsewhere. >> trace: i have to go "the washington post" calls biden's legacy a bridge to nowhere going on to say like so many in his generation he vowed to empower new leadership then refused to get out of the way. he will be remembered like so

many in his generation, as a man who did not know when to leave, i have 15 seconds for you, is that right? >> he stayed away too long, the domestic policy, his accomplishments are debatable, the idea that he could handle over half of the mideast, proved to be an absolute disaster, israel's policy is rejecting that,. >> trace: great to have you on, thank you, coming up the wise mainstream media comparing the january sixth riding to the holocaust and slavery? later in the night president biden awards mega-donor george soros the presidential medal of freedom this weekend, recognize in with questionable behaviour, questionable behaviour over anybody who has fought or sacrifice for our freedom, has biden completely desecrated the meaning of this honour? who should he have chosen

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>> trace: you have to be tough in the mid-atlantic states from the rocky mountains to the east coast got blasted by snow and ice from a massive winter storm over the weekend and now under threat from a polar vortex that is dipped south putting more than 60 million americans

under severe weather alerts, a dangerous bone chilling cold, when she'll is in the forecast all week for big cities like indianapolis and cincinnati. live in the new york newsroom with the new information good evening. >> president biden may be on its way out but he still has a few jabs, and his successors, came into response from questions from the media about donald trump's push to end birthright citizenship which turned into biden complaining about coverage of how administration handled the border crisis and then a quickly developed into this, watch.

>> president joe biden: what hurt is when we talk about immigration, the idea for a change, what's going on? >> biden also continued to use some of the same heated rhetoric he used during his presidential run saying this about trump on the eve of january 6th. >> president joe biden: i think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. >> just today trump accused biden of trying to make the transition as difficult as possible and also told that biden is not the same man he was 25 years ago saying he has gone to quote, radical and left. >> trace: live for us in new york, thank you. the common sense department hears the media say a lot of ridiculous things but today was exceptionally ridiculous.

a cohost of the view, not exactly beacon of common sense said the january sixth 2021 is among the worst moments in american history. alongside the holocaust, world were two and slavery, common sense would reviewed that sentence -- rebuke that reference. the second number 50 million is an estimate of the number of people killed during world war ii and the third number, is how many years historians believe slavery lasted in america, we are not arguing that january sixth was not an ugly day, but america has seen horrific days and the question is does one compare to 9/11? the legacy media, keeps saying

that january 6 as being whitewashed but they failed to say exactly how it is being minimized. common sense thinks if beauty is in the eye of the beholder so too was ugly and that the who believe that january sixth stands as one of america's darkest days, are not looking through the lens of history, but rather the lens of ideology. >> january sixth was an atrocity, one of the worst moments in american history. when you think about the worst moments in american history, like world were two, things that happened like the holocaust, slavery, we need to never forget because if you forget then... >> now you see where we got ridiculous -- where we got the

ridiculous comparisons. when you look at this and you think, really? world war ii, it just keeps going on and you hear these things all day and it's like, really? have you done your research? >> not only is it offensive and inaccurate but it feels like screaming into the void at this point because the american people saw what happened on january sixth in fact we saw a version of it, we didn't see the actual truth we saw one side of it. we still elected donald trump so what is the point in making a big deal, we don't agree obviously. we saw it and we rejected the narrative so stop with all the crazy comparisons that are offensive. >> trace: biden was asked if

he thinks trump is a threat to democracy and he kind of went off the rails at the end, watch this! >> president joe biden: i think what he did was a genuine threat to democracy. i know more world leaders and i know them, it's not a joke. >> trace: yes, he is a threat and yes, i know more leaders than you ever met in your life, i don't get it. >> biden's not exactly going out on a high note especially when one of the reasons he is not going to be the president again is because he has issues with mental cognition and now telling off with that kind of language, also not doing a press conference apparently is going to give a few big speeches but no big press conference going out, having that kind of back-and-forth with reporters explaining the decision he made during his presidency it's kind of going out with a whimper to

not do that. >> trace: and there is a reason, there is a reason you are not doing a news conference. meantime on cnn you had people saying kamala harris was so graceful, doing the certification of the election, watch. >> a lot of grace there by the vice president that cannot be an easy thing to do. >> trace: do you know what the right word is? job. at her job and she lost the election so you just go up and do it. >> of donald trump really is the next threat to democracy and such a great evil then arguably it should not have been normal day, we are happy she was like

that, but you cannot have it both ways. >> trace: all smiles so hitler can go back to the office, meantime nikki glaser the golden globes, did you guys watched the golden globes? i think she did a good job here is her taking a swipe at the liberals in the audience, watch. >> you are also famous, talented and powerful, you can really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for but it's okay! you will get them next time. >> trace: she took a few swipes during the night. >> and she did and the golden globes allows you to do things and swipe at the celebrities in a way you cannot at the oscars or the enemies and i think she did a great job at that. she said, let's laugh at ourselves, it makes people like you more. i think it is good to poke fun and look, people are not voting for president based on who was celebrities telling them to.

>> trace: that's a good point, thank you both. coming up canada's liberal prime minister justin trudeau now stepping down, to criticism from donald trump have something to do with that and could canada really become america's 51st day? joining us live next one of the women who many believe helped bring trudeau down, next!

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>> rt. hon. justin trudeau: i intend to resign as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader, this country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it has become clear to me that if i am having to fight internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. >> trace: liberal canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing his resignation today triggering a wave of debate, what will come next for our neighbours to the north, it's a growing conservative movement let's bring canadian conway organizer to mira -- tomara. what do you about his resignation?

>> i think it's about time, canada needs a change in this country we have been through the most vicious tyrannical mandates in the past nine years, including the covid mandates under trudeau, we have been in trouble appear for quite some time so this is welcome news. although it is not good enough would like to see him lose an election. >> trace: it's interesting because, the toronto sun writes the following, the headline is it was cancelled women cancelled feminist trudeau, the irony is self-declared feminist prime minister ended up being taken down by his battles with women in the end, while trudeau may have been fired, chrystia freeland and more, the collective bruising he took from those episode led to his demise, so you are one of the names they mentioned as bringing him down, would he think about that? >> well, i am happy to see them leaving obviously, i think it's long overdue.

i think what we achieved in ottawa we were very successful in exposing the man that he actually is. which is essentially an ideologically authoritative politician. i will take it. it's a win. >> trace: it really is, i am wondering as you look to the future, there is a lot of talk about the opposition leader pierre poilievre who set the following today and i will get your comments, watch. >> while leaderless liberals fight each other for power, the country spirals out of control and out-of-control housing emergency, out-of-control migrant crisis. and a $62 billion deficit not to mention tariff rats in the united states. >> trace: what would you say about that chris? >> we have seen record housing crisis we have seen record deficits, under trudeau in the

past nine years this country has seen some of the worst economics in the history of canada. so this is something that needs to happen and it is time for him to call an election. >> trace: i'm wondering if the list of things, is really the driving factor or is it part of trump being voted into office, would you think? >> i think trump getting elected was a factor it put a lot of pressure on the canadian politicians to stand up and do something about the problems that pierre poilievre just mentioned. >> trace: chris, the same question, is this a snowball that keeps getting bigger and right now it is happening in the u.s. and in canada but you see symptoms of this around the globe. >> it's the woke in the world right now, we need to stand up

like how we did with the freedom convoyed in february of 2022. since we have stood, towards anybody that would have the audacity to stand up to trudeau. >> trace: while chris was talking we are showing pictures of chris and to mira -- and tomara being arrested. >> we are looking forward to a conclusion on march 12, it will be nice to close that chapter. >> trace: best of luck to both of you thank you for coming on. has joe biden completely desecrated the meaning of this honour?

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tonight's topic, precious metal, present implied in awarding george soros the presidential medal of freedom, has biden completely desecrated the meaning of the honour, who should he have chosen instead? kevin your thoughts on this. >> without question and i think if you are really cynical you might say he did this really to stick it to millions of americans he wanted him out of office, i can think of another -- a number of people. >> trace: that was a lot of people. eric? >> it should be somebody who is not famous may be a teacher or a firefighter, a first responder. my son has autism, maybe... >> it could've anyone but -- it could have been anyone, to name a couple, thomas who saved his

friend, what about all the americans who jumped in to save the americans left behind in afghanistan or what about the delivery guy who saved four kids from a burning building a couple of weeks ago. >> trace: very true, aaron? >> kind of amazing how biden turned the middle -- the middle of freedom into a literal left wing elite participation trophy, i'm still baffled at that, i would go with somebody along the lines of law enforcement. >> trace: what's going on here? >> i think it's only a matter of time before elon musk probably gets it but i would like to see thomas as well. we have a little -- we have a little time left. >> trace: tiffany? >> i think it should be this man

he was done loss for reinvigorating conservative idea and thoughts and classical education than most of us will ever know. >> trace: i say all the hostages, we give them all the metals. he made a mockery of this privilege, the only person he deserves the honour is michael j. fox york participation medals not sure i like what some of them have participated in, yes, he has, could've chosen literally anyone besides john and hillary. elon musk would've been a better choice, he has single-handedly desecrated the highest degree of honour anti-could've not lowered the bar any lower, just despicable. thank you for watching fox news at night, i'm in los angeles and i will see you back here again tomorrow! ♪ ♪

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