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♪ ♪ will: it's the 7 a.m. hour of "fox & friends" weekend starting with a fox news alert. 16 people are dead and thousands evacuated from los angeles. rachel: plus, confirmation hearings begin on capitol hill this week for several of trump's picks for his administration. we're going to preview the first day. charlie: and amazon joining meta as the latest tech company to roll back its dei policies as mark zuckerberg praises masculinity in the workplace. >> having a culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive. charlie: okay. rachel: that was super beta. what's he talking about? [laughter] charlie: the second hour of "fox & friends" weekend starts right now. [laughter]

rachel: all right. fox news alert, the death toll in the devastating california wildfires rising to 16 while more than 100,000 people remain if under evacuation orders. charlie: and it may get worse as strong winds are threatening new areas this morning. will: griff jenkins joins us from pacific palisades this morning. good morning, griff. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, will, rachel and charlie. and that death toll is rising to 16. and as you mentionedded, more than 100,000 evacuated. but it is the apocalyptic scenes like the one behind me that will haunt the people of los angeles for decades to come, unprecedented, just ravaging this area here particularly in pacific palisades. you can see behind me this is part of the ground zero of the pal said fire which is -- pal said tour which is -- fire which is only 11% contained with more than 5300 homes and buildings like the one behind me

destroyed. the other fire fire that firefighters are battling, the eaton fire, only 15% contained having burned some 14,000 acres. here behind hind me, this was a church and a are preschool. and yesterday here along this very wall here where i am there were tiles the children had painted. here's some video we shot yesterday of parents of a child that went to that that preschool, john and cameron dale. they were sifting through the rubble trying to find these tiles. is and to really drive home the sentimental value in how devastating and painful on a personal level this is, take a look at the images and some video of what that beautiful wall looked like before. a community that had invested so much of their lives here now shattered and destroyed forever. we were able to speak with john

and cameroon dale, very -- cameron dale or, very emotional in talking about how what this meant to them and how devastated they are. listen. >> all of my if girlfriends, the one thing we said we wished we'd grabbed, which no one thought this would happen, all of our children's artwork. this is the only -- this is it, like, this is it. we have nothing. so finding all of my friends and each one you find, it's just like a treasure because we have nothing of their childhood artwork left. >> reporter: meanwhile, the fire continues to be battled particularly in the mandeville canyon. you can see the video we shot yesterday of the planes dropping the red fire retardant along the fire burning on ridges and canyons, creeping down to populated areas in the mandeville canyon and in areas like brentwood where they continue to be evacuated. helicopters also flying and dropping water. it has been all hands on deck. we were up in mandeville canyon just an hour ago and seeing the

effort of the firefighters and first responders. it comes also as a national guard and local law enforcement perimeter or is set up around this area trying to, while firefighters are fighting the fire, stop things like looting going on. some 22 looters have been arrested. one thing is for sure, they're not out of the clear. as we've heard, the santa ana winds expected to return with dry conditions and blazes still creeping in canyons like the one in mandeville canyon that threaten the situation. people are hoping for the best. we are expecting, by the way, mayor cain bass to give us -- karen bass to give us an update at 8 a.m. local. she says after taking a lot of criticism that it's not time for finger pointing but, ultimately, there will be a full accountability as to why this happened and what went wrong. but just finally out here, i'll tell ya, you get on the ground here and is you see parents digging for tiles from children,

it really are brings home just how devastating this is. the pictures tell the story, certainly, but this is really what makes it hurt even more. guys? will: all right, griff. one quick question for you, griff. i spoke to a california fire chief a little bit earlier, and we talked about the the direction of the fire spread as we wake up this morning. population centers. we had a map up earlier in the show. you brought us into this. you got the 101 and the 405, two major highways right there that seem to be bracketing the fire, at least the palisades fire. but along those highways, big neighborhoods. brentwood, westwood and then along the 101 sherman oaks, woodland hills. those communities as they wake up today, how under threat are those neighborhoods? >> reporter: they're under very serious threat, will. and you make a great point. so it's crestwood hills is an

area we just were which is near brentwood. we know that that there have been a little bit of burning of homes, but the fire fighters have sort of waited so the landscape, as we talked about, is just match box. as the fires come down a canyon and the vegetation, but it buttresses up against these densely-populated areas, brentwood. and the fear that a you point is so important, and that is we're hearing on the local radio of additional closures along the 405. you can't get off on exits anymore because it is those dense areas that are under the greatest threat at this hour. and should that fire and these winds pick up and that fire get into those dense areas, it could even spill over on the other side of the 405 which is populated on both ends, and then we're back into a situation like we saw a few days ago that were unprecedented in terms of a fire that they had to battle. will: right. all right, thank you, griff. we'll check in later.

rachel: thanks, griff. will: these conversations about the population centers and various a neighborhoods, i think one of the things that's important is then you can see how a fire spreads from house to house incredibly fast, destroying thousands of lives. let's do this, i want to show you guys some before and afters quickly and how that worked in a couple different neighborhoods in southern california. so malibu. everybody's familiar with malibu. this is where pepperdine is, a a place that i lived for four years. it's home to the wealthy, celebrities. and you can see these are -- this is what a typical area of malibu looks like with the homes along pkh, and then the wind -- pch, and then the winding roads work up into the mountains and canyons, and this is what it looks like after. it's basically gone. the red in picture, by the way, we think -- and i'm not 100% certain, but it's the fire retardant that's been dropped on this neighborhood. perhaps a little too late. take a look at pch. i talked about the canyons. this is probably malibu as well. the pacific coast highway runs

from santa monica all the way up into northern california, but you have these homes. these are some of the most aspirational homes for many in the country right along the beach, right? you can see now they're all gone. i mean, when you drive along pch, you would only really see homes until there was a gap, you wouldn't see the ocean. now just like in maui, it's so shocking. wow, the ocean's right there now because everything's burned down. take a look at the palisades though. that's where so much focus is on. this is what we're talking about, those highly dense neighborhoods. that's what the palisades represented. this is a typical america american-looking street, you know? home the home to home, these are big, nice homes in palisades, and everyone's describing a war zone, it's all gone. if you zoom out a little bit, here, take a look at the palisades, it's buried in this canyon. this is what it would have looked like from a bigger pullout aerial view, and that's what it looks like today. you can see all the red, that's the fire retardant, we think,

dropped on these neighborhoods some hopes here in the palisades, i have friends who have told me, down more toward the ocean did survive in the palisades. but here's what you lost, take a look at this. these are more specifics. this is the palisades charter high school. that's what it looks like before. by the way, it wasn't in session which is a blessing as we look back on this, because it ends up like this. here's bank of america building in the pacific palisades before, after. and then you can take a look really quickly here at an i auto shop in altadena. we don't want to just focus on palisades. obviously, take a look back, here's altadena. here it is now. and then a starbucks, there's a couple of these images showed up in these historic buildings completely burned out there as well not just pasadena, again, we want the to focus on all of these fires, the eaton fire, the kenneth firing so many fires in southern california. rachel: you talk about rebuilding this, by the way, if

you've with ever been on the pch, it's the most beautiful stretch to of highway in the country, it's just breath take. and those homes, as you pointed out, are right on the water. think about rebuilding in los angeles. the number of regulations -- will: oh. rachel: -- and permits that are required, the lab are hillary clinton of them. if there's a beetle, it could halt construction. and -- labyrinth of them. will los angeles allow people to build, you know, that close to the water again -- the. will: i can tell you, rachel -- rachel: that will change the way we view malibu in a lot of ways. will: i can tell you as a precedent, perhaps, that hine that, maui, the answer -- lahaina, maui, the answer is, no. they will not, i believe the latest is they will not be rebuilt because of environmental regulation. they will not be grandfathered into a rebuild to look the same as it did before.

rachel: that's really sad. i loved seeing those houses on the water. i couldn't own one, but i still liked seeing them. [laughter] charlie: yeah. obviously, a lot of the regulations that went in and the poor planning that went into allowing in the happen are also going to be a hindrance to rebuilding. but you know the other thing, we often talk about how wildfires are a natural part of the process and, of course, they are in nature. but, you know, a wildfire in the woods with burns, you know, leaves and trees and wood and debris. this burning of houses and cars and plastic and tires creates a whole new problem in terms of, you know, environmental problem- will: absolutely. rachel: air a quality, sure. charlie: and beyond area quality, you know, once the air quality is improved, you still have to clean this stuff up. will: absolutely. rachel: and you look at north carolina as i mentioned before, only 4% of that has been removed.

it takes a long time. will: well, the los angeles department of water is saying that the reports about the hydrants running out of water has been overstated. the ladwp said on saturday any assertion that fire hydrants were broken before the palisades fire is misleading and false. ladwp if was required the take the santa ynez reservoir out of service of to meet safe drinking water regulations. ladwp is subject to the city's charter competitive bidding process which requires time. now, rachel, you brought this up earlier. we can prepare for this because it's predictable. rachel: yes. will: and the question then becomes, what are your priorities? if you can predict something, what are you focused on? well, the l.a. water chief, this is a look back at what she was focused on in july. enter you call it powered by equity, and i know that it's been really porn for the dwp to put -- important for the dwp to

put an equity lens on everything. >> yeah. and that's the number one thing that attracted me to this role. it's important to me that everything we do it's with an equity lens and social justice and making sure that we right the wrongs that we've done in the past from an infrastructure perspective and that we involve the community in that process. if. rachel: you guys, i love this. what we should do now, conservatives who are against all this stuff, put up a picture of burnt-down l.a. powered by equity and social justice. because if that's her number one concern, that says a lot -- will: number one thing that a drew her to the job. charlie: and i get it, she said that at a time when l.a. wasn't burning. but, i mean, you have a job to do. you know, why -- [laughter] how, how is it possible that you looked at your job and you think that's your number one responsibility? rachel: it says water in the title. [laughter] it says water. carr shar exactly. there are actually physical things that you have to -- can. rachel: water manager. charlie: this comes at a time

when a lot of other people are moving away from dei. we showed that clip a minute ago of mark zuckerberg pretending to to embrace masculinity. doing a very strange job of it. rachel: poor job of it. just say it. charlie: a very poor job of it. [laughter] but meta had sent a memo to its employees talking about all this saying we work to unify employee groups together under one umbrella and build programs that are open the all rather than focus on programs with proven if outcomes, and and also we aim to foster a more truly inclusive -- rachel: that was amazon. will: that was amazon. charlie: that's amazon. will: in a way, following the lead of meta. rachel: yeah. will: this is moving away, right, from dei. charlie: supposedly. will: yeah. you talk about zuckerberg, and he said all of this on the joe rogan experience. he talked about the biden administration pushing him to censor, he talked about dei.

but then everybody's sort of asking why is he doing this on that same interview, in that a same interview with joe rogan he kind of did talk about at least maybe one of his motivations, masculinity. >> it's one thing to say we want to be kind of, like, welcoming and make a gd environment for everyone. and i think it's another to basically say that a masculinity is bad. and i just think we kind of swung culturally to that part of the kind of the spectrum. i think having a culture that, like, celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive. will: i know you both are scoffing. i did see someone say this, that whatever mark zuckerberg's pivotal changes are, and there have been changes, right? it's because trump won, is it because it's good for business -- rachel: because he's with rogan? will: someone pointed out he has changed his tune since he took up mma. rachel: oh, yeah.

charlie: you think he's taken the -- will: i don't know the answer to that -- rachel: it doesn't look like it. [laughter] will: i don't know, rachel. rachel: it doesn't sound like it. [laughter] will: rachel, you're comparing it to everyone else. you need to compare it to him before, and that's kind of the question is, has he sort of embraced his own masculinity, and has it led to changes -- charlie: he looks like your high school drug dealer right there -- [laughter] will: he has the same haircut as my 1717-year-old. -- 17-year-old. charlie: it is a little bit better than the really emaciated earlier pictures of him, you know? i don't know. rachel: you guys are -- [laughter] charlie: that's what we, we aim to please here. [laughter] turning now the your headlines. happening right now, the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies is holding a dress rehearsal for president-elect trump's inauguration ceremony scheduled for next monday.

officials say that approximately 8,000 national guard troops are set to be at trump's inauguration which is the 60th in u.s. history. congressman cory mills says he's planning on running for the senate seat now being held by senator marco rubio in 2026 the regardless of who florida governor desantis picks to preparely -- temporarily fill the spot. rubio's seat is expected to open to up after being tapped by president-elect trump for secretary of state. governor desantis has yet the signal who he's considering for the seat. former vice president mike pence revealing the details on his brief exchange with president-elect trump on thursday which was caught on camera as former -- at former president carter's state funeral. pence saying, quote, he greeted me when he came down the aisle. i stood up, extended my hand. he shook my head, i said congratulations, mr. president, and if he said, thanks, mike.

it was the first time the pair had been publicly seen together since 2021 is. and with the presidential inauguration and the college football title game both scheduled for next monday, vice president-elect j.d. vance is asking if he can skip the big day and go watch his alma if matter play. fans jokingly -- vance joking ily posting hopefully everyone is cool with me skipping the inauguration, ohio state is set to face notre dame in eight days in atlanta, and those your with headlines. will: he won't. charlie: i think that's a constitutional problem. i think. a. rachel: on the inauguration, one thing we didn't note yesterday, maybe other shows have noted it, not the inauguration, the funeral for -- that was the first, the anniversary of melania's mother's death as well on that same day. so she went to that. other first ladies didn't. but she went and i just thought

it was so the dignified, the way she carried herself. that was a difficult day for her, very personally, and then the grumpiest award goes to laura bush. i forgot to mention that yesterday. she looks really grumpy there. charlie: not as grumpy as michelle obama. will: or mike pence's wife. rachel: maybe we should do -- charlie: the grumpy awards later in the show. [laughter] will: north carolina residents are outraged as thousands could be kicked out of temporary housing this weak. calls for fema to reassess, ahead. allison. [swooshing sound] introducing allison's plaque psoriasis. ♪ she thinks her flaky, gray patches are all people see. ♪ otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. over here! otezla can help you get clearer skin

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rachel: with high winds set to return and new evacuations now ordered, crews race to contain the palisades fire as the blaze rages on. will: and as hydrants ran dry, one pacific palisades family got creative, making their own fire fighting equipment to fend off some of the flames, and they saved their home. charlie: those residents, patrick and evan, join us now. great to see you. explain how this all came about. how did you all -- was it just sort of a last minute, immediate thing or was this something you had thought about before?

>> hi there, good morning. thank you for having us. >> morning. >> well, i have to say that we have to give all the credit to our father who about three, four months ago was so adamant about having one of these for fire season. you know, it seems like every summer or every fall during the santa ana that if winds we always have a high fire risk here, and we know that going into the season. and this season he just, he had a feeling. he said we have to be a little better prepared. and there's no doubt in my mind that the setup that we had was what saved our house. will: i believe it's patrick talking to us now, so i'll turn the evan, if i've got you guys situated and organized correctly in my mind here. so, evan, can you give me some context? how -- did the homes around you burn? how close did the fire get to the home that you guys saved the

pool water? >> yeah. so, actually, our backyard caught on fire as well as a bunch of our neighbors', and right across the street the the house completely burnt down. and so i was actually having to rush back from school the same day, and so when i got this, i had facetimed my brother, and they set the generator up. but right across the street see where the house burnt down? if our neighbor's house was really close to the fire, so we had to wheel the generator across the street and set it up. that's actually his backyard and we basically saved a bunch of houses with this one equipment. so it was definitely life saving, yeah. will: incredible. a. rachel: i'm amazed. patrick, how did your dad know about this idea? i'm still kind of trying to wrap my head around it, this pump. >> you know, that's a good question. i'm not sure. he asked me one day to -- he said he wants to get a pump that goes out of his pool, so we found somebody online, a nice gentleman who came over to the

house and gave a demonstration and showed us exactly what he recommends for our particular setup. so we actually have a generator that powers a pool pump, and you have a splitter is so you have one big sprinkler that you set up in place and you let it run, you kind of angle the direction that you want, and it goes back and forth. and then also a fire hose, an individual hose you can manually go around. so i think that was just the best setup for what we had, and, you know, clearly, clearly the guy who came over and set it up for us, i mean, he was very spot on with what he gave us. charlie: so how much of your pool water did you end up using? >> we ended up using all of our pool, and and then the following day when we came back we actually brought it to the neighbor's house just upwind a little bit, and and we drained pretty much their entire pool.

charlie: extraordinary. >> so what we ended up doing was we ended up dousing our big palm tree and the shrubbery next to the house and their backyard, and then we would drive around the neighborhood, go check on the neighbors. we'd come back in about an hour, turn the generator off, go in, fill it with gas again, do the same thing, check on the neighborhood, check on family friends' houses, and we did this about four times. will: right. rachel: ray amazing. >> so in total our generator and of pump ran for about fire hourd can -- charlie: i hope everyone in your neighborhood buys one -- will: i hope they buy you one of these things and buy you a drink. [laughter] you saved not just your own hom- rachel: not evan. well, maybe evan. how old you, evan? >> i'm 17. rachel: bring him cookies. >> maybe a soda or something. rachel: yeah, a soda. you guys represent the american can-do spirit.

will: absolutely. rachel: and also a sign that l.a.'s not doing its job when people have to get these kinds of contraptions -- will: and a model for what people can do when they are prepared. preparation is possible. patrick and evan, thank you guys so much for being with us this morning. >> no problem. thank you for having -- >> thank you for having us. will: fox corporation has toe may noted $1 million to the red cross' california wildfires relief effort providing safe shelter, hot meals, emotional support and other aid resources. charlie: you can donate at go.fox/redcross or by scanning the qr code on your screen right there. rachel: i have a feeling pool pumps are going to be -- charlie: i hope so. rachel: -- heavily bought today. amazing. charlie: the greatest american story. rachel: okay. and from one disaster the another, we cannot forget our north carolina residents who are outraged as thousands are displaced by hurricane helene, and they could be kicked out of their temporary housing this week. the calls for fema to reassess

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(♪) rachel: fox news alert, 16 people have been confirmed dead in california as wildfires have now scorched nearly 40,000 acres across the area. and in the southeast a powerful winter storm continues to bring ice, snow and freezing cold temperatures with more than 530 flights in the u.s. already delayed this morning. meteorologist adam klotz joins us for our fox weather forecast. adam. adam: hey, rachel. unfortunately, continuing to see winds move across portions of southern california over those four fires hard the largest at this point, really northern edges there of los angeles county is where the winds have been stronger, where the fires

have continued to be the strongest. consistently this morning wind gust withs 36 miles an hour. of not horrible, it's getting up there. but they'll continue to climb over the next couple of days. everything in this carolina blue color, wind gusts 40-50 miles an hour. so this is going to continue to be a story. unfortunately, critical fire weather today, and if i can lead you into monday, tuesday and wednesday, getting up to critical every single one of those days. so this is an ongoing story for days to come. charlie, other to you. charlie: thanks, adam. okay, outrage in north carolina. the 22,000 residents -- 2,000 residents worry they could be kicked out of temporary housing and into a snowstorm. if fema was set to end temporary assistance on friday, but amid pressure from lawmakers, moved the deadline again to tuesday. it's also closed all the disaster recovery centers until tomorrow due to winter weather while lines for to pain extend

for miles -- propane. matt and erin are residents of weatherville, north carolina, helping victims of hurricane helene since september. they join us now. first of all, i want to just say thank you so much to both of you for volunteering your time and your resources to help people many such need. erin, i have to ask you and, obviously, this is such an important thing to remember, you know, obviously it's easy to sort of focus on what's occurring in california right now, but there are still thousands of people many western north carolina who are still trying to rebuild right now. >> yeah. i mean, and, you know, we totally feel for everyone in california. it is so, it's like a mirror of what happened to us. everybody coming together to help each other, neighbors helping neighbors. it's a beautiful thing to see especially in los angeles. but, yeah. north carolina is still really struggling.

matt, you have the -- >> yeah. so, you know, i think the biggest issue here is fema has been extremely slow to respond. charlie: yeah. >> they were slow to respond in the beginning, they're slow to respond now. you know, there are still thousands of people waiting on temporary homes from fema, and they've only delivered 93. and the people that are reaching out to us are people that are still waiting on fema to respond to them to inspect their homes so they can actually get a home. and so erin's got a story on that. charlie: so what's kind of remarkable about that -- i want to get to that story, but just to set the picture here, what we're looking at is the idea that these home and, obviously, there are a lot of private outfits that are trying to get these homes, temporary shelter there. but whether the deadline for removing assistance is today or tuesday, it's still the middle of winter, right? >> yeah. i mean, that's kind of the issue we're dealing with. i was on the phone yesterday with asheville, the asheville

hotel association. the city set me up with them, you know, just so we could help each other understand each point of view. and their fema representative had told them that, oh, they just can't get in touch. with these people, so they're getting evicted. that's not true. we are hearing case after case of people saying i've been on the phone for hours waiting for someone the answer, and no one answers fema. the woman we helped, the story that just blew my mind, thursday morning i woke up to a message from a woman saying i'm being evicted, my case was not extended, is i'm told i have to leave the hotel, and they haven't even inspected my home yet. this is a woman that she did everything. she was a rule follower, did everything fema told her to do. they said go to the hotel and wait, we will have your house inspected and then decide whether you need assistance or cash or whatever. and then they dropped her.

so we called ted budd's office, think lis' office, the city of asheville, everybody. they jumped onboard and started a congressional investigation. fema called her and said, oh, we're going to expedite your inspection. but we had mercury one jump in and pay for three weeks of her hotel extension just to make sure she didn't end up on the street. charlie: wow. >> so this is a farmer that should not have been treated like that. charlie: right. >> she did what she was supposed to do. charlie: a taxpayer and a citizen. >> yeah. and extremely helpful. i was able to get her a bunch of bunny ears right before the snow started, and she delivered them to a bunch of veterans. this is someone who needs help herself. charlie: wow. >> this is just one example. charlie: yeah. just the cover our bases, we reached out to fema for a statement, and they pointed us to their latest post on x saying

due to extreme weather, fema is extending the transitional sheltering assistance, hotel stays until january 14th. if somebody still needs assistance, please call 800-621-fema, that would be 3362. matt and erin, thank you so much, you all are the best of america. thank you for all you are doing to help people in need. >> thank you. appreciate it. charlie: okay. all eyes on capitol hill this week as confirmation hearings begin. pete hegseth is among the first. how hundreds of veterans are setting to shore up support. that's next. why do couples choose a sleep number smart bed? i need it a little cool and i need it a lot of cool.

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♪ if. ♪ will: senate committees are gearing up for a major week on capitol hill as they're set for their first confirmation hearings. it all kicks off on tuesday. defense secretary follow knee pete pete leg a face the senate arm -- pete hegseth will face the senate armed services hearing. kristi noem's hearing is expected on wednesday as well as secretary of state nominee marco rubio. two navy seals, including our next guest, are bringing

hundreds of vets to washington to support pete hegseth. of you watching probably at least have some familiarity with bill. every summer, the nominee of secretary of defense and i would swim the new york navy if seal swim. now here you are, bill, and you're putting something else together. you have gathered a group of war fighters, primarily navy seals, to descend on washington, d.c. in support of pete. >> that's right. we want to exercise our first amendment right. we want to show our nation's leaders in the senate where the war fighter class stands. you know, pete's gone to war for our country. there's so many issues now that are at risk for our nation. our pentagon's been astray, a lot of us feel that way, and we want kind of a historic first. we want our leaders to know where the war fighters stand. so what our plan is, is we're going to exercise our first amendment rights for free speech

and free assembly with honor and dignity. we're going to hold the moral high ground. we're going to be the adults in the room. we're going the veterans that are going to go to the dirksen senate office building and be there by 7:30 when the doors open so we can have a lot of veterans present in the confirmation hearing. we're going to have a lot of veterans that are going to have american flags, we're going to meet at the vietnam war memorial this tuesday at a 9 a.m. in washington d.c. you guys, any veteran out there, any patriot american that's concerned at what's going on and thinks need pete in leadership, you're invited to come join us 9 a.m. at the vietnam war memorial. we're going make a public, proud stance -- will: right. so you're giving a press conference on monday -- >> that's right. will: we were talking a little bit earlier, you know, a couple dozen seals, some elected if officials, senators and congressmen, and you're going to lay out your case for why this is important to you. and then on tuesday you're

marching. what -- tell me about the numbers. you're marching from the vietnam veterans' memorial to capitol hill? >> not exactly. so vietnam war memorial is where we start. we're going to the korean war memorial, the world war ii memorial, and then 100 of us will be designated, we'll go to a designated demonstration area 16 that we worked with the capitol police. will: right. it's going to be a showing. by the way, let's see your hat -- >> this is for you. will: oh, thank you. you've got the frog man similar -- symbol that says for hegseth. you've been with me on the will cain show this week, you've laid out the case for why you think this is so important, pete for secretary of defense. we appreciate what you're doing and for telling us about it. we all need to be watching on tuesday. >> that's right. hey, it's about time for good men and women to stand up. for too long we haven't, and that's what we're going to do here on tuesday. will: appreciate you, bill

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culture round-up. today we have our friend fox news contributor jason chaffetz. starting off with this, jason: the criticism of california's democrat leaders continues to mount with system of los angeles' biggest stars joining in. watch this. >> system people were asleep on the job. -- some people were asleep on the job, mainly our leaders there. but, you know, that's something they have to live with. but that's something the community has to live with, and it's really sad. >> gavin newsom has been either the governor for five years or lieutenant governor prior to that for eight, nine years some of the worst fires we've ever had in california under that watch. >> this isn't a wake-up call, this is the kind of thing they have tribunals for. rachel: hollywood stars not happy with michigan newsom or karen bass. >> you know, mel gibson, james woods with, they're exactly right. fire's a big equal whattizer and merit meritocracy, the idea of

competency, hopefully that that seep ises n. they're going to turn into keys before this is all done. rachel: well, mel and woods already, but let's see about the other stars who have been complaining. karen bass, no one's talking about a communist. she went to cuba 15 times, met with fidel castro, so, you know, vote for a commie, this is what you get. >> there's that. rachel: i mean, this is bad news. all right. abc's narcissistic david muir is getting roasted because he pinned his jacket like this and he put a clothes pin behind it. rook at that. -- look at that. ♪ he's so vain. >> my kids wouldn't know -- who carries? it's not just that he's using it, who carries a clothes pin? [laughter] rachel: david muir does. do you think he's just trying to look buffer in the jacket? >> yeah. come on work it's all about vanity for him. that's offensive.

rachel: it's a bad look. i'm glad he's getting roasted. the age at which americans are getting married has been going up, but now gen-z is pucking the trend -- bucking the trend. it used to be young people got married in their early 20 thes, then it went up to the high 20s, early 30s. young people are now getting married, and i can speak to thai was, like, barely -- i was 23. rachel: you were? i was 28. but my two kids are 22 and got married. >> i'm a grandpa six times over. rachel: i love that. >> start early, have kids. you can't go wrong. then when you're in your 50s, guess what? you get to be a grandpa. rachel: i'm already a grandma too. >> you're a grandma? rachel: i am. >> i don't believe that. rachel: i am. so should men, it's the debate, pea coat versus puffer jacket. it's a big debate online. it's middle of winter, and i've not seen one man wearing a wool

coat. instead they wear those tacky puffer jackets, what's going on? here's the other side of the debate, puffer jackets are functional, unassuming, dignified for men. wool coats are fashion victims. colombian zoomers from queens. these people are evil. they're mean. [laughter] all right, guess who else wears a puffer jacket? >> charlie hurt. rachel: new york look at that. i found this yesterday leaving -- >> that that's pretty styling. look at that, lee got one-handed. rachel: he stole this from pete's office -- will: that's going to hurt my nomination to any cabinet office. this is a chance for -- rachel: you stole that from pet- will: [inaudible] [laughter] if that jacket's warm. >> that's what i -- rachel: puffer is versus pea coat. >> no puffer. that's what the michelin man wears. rachel: that's right. a good pea coat is nice and sexy.ic more "fox & friends" momentshi

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