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>> threatening progress. happening today, president biden delivers final foreign policy address. how administration will be remembered. >> ainsley: one week until inauguration day, we sat down with the incoming first lady what she expects from her white house return. >> i don't always agree with my husband and that is okay, i give him my advice, sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't and that is okay. >> ainsley: final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> brian: that is okay, too. at least 24 dead, a dozen

missing. three are still -- there are still three active wildfires across los angeles county. 12,000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. >> lawrence: officials fear it could get worse. 40,000 acres have already burned, 23,000 from the largest fire. the palisades fire only 13% contained. >> ainsley: today los angeles unified school district is set to reopen most schools as governor gavin newsom signs an executive order centered on rebuilding. >> are you passing the blame to other people? >> we are doing independent investigation. >> is it on you? >> i am the governor. we are all working and better off to take care of people. >> brian: i don't know.

>> ainsley: griff jenkins is live, griff. >> griff: in malibu where i am, the destruction you're talking about, the death toll 24, that is expected to rise. along malibu, burned out wagon behind me. homes and businesses for miles of the pacific coast highway simply gone. nothing but a charred burnt out landscape that goes for miles up the road behind me. you have 150,000 people evacuated or displaced because of warning of high winds coming and future evacuations that may take place in 48 hours. socal is bracing, there is pds, peculiarly dangerous situation with red flag warnings. that is national weather service

highest alert to invoke highest unlving for people to go. winds up to 70 mile per hour gust and low humidity rate of 15% in some areas, that is highly dangerous. you have firefighters working around the clock to tamp down the embers and brush fires in d densely populated areas. the captain tells me, all it takes is one to blow a mile or two miles into brush and has 65% chance of igniting a new fire and he says we are not out of the woods. if you get the call to evacuate, go and go quick. listen here. >> if there is wildfire breaking out like there is now, you are in the set of the ready, set go. we need everybody to be set. you are getting cloegs to go in

a lot of areas because of fires we've had six in the last week. so go before we tell you to go is an important part, too. >> griff: it is dark, if you get day's eye view from the sky of malibu in the miles of hundreds and thousands of homes destroyed, take a look at this video i shot about a mile up the road from me. home of actor ryan o'neal and farrah fawcett. that beautiful home now nothing but rubble. just one of the homes and buildings and businesses destroyed here. back to you. >> ainsley: think all the memories made within the walls of the houses and just gone. >> brian: griff, yesterday we

heard about water bubbling up from the ground and people trying to figure out what that was. is the water still bubbling up? yesterday water bubbling up from the ground and going in the street, is that still bubbling up where used to be houses? >> griff: great question. there is water, you have crews trying to remove debris, you have public works folks, they are worried about water that can bubble up and in palisades and you have gas, we had a gas leak yesterday, they had to move people out of here. from gas to water, when that mixes with embers, many places have smoulderring fires and it is highly dangerous.

you see fire engines working any fire spots they see and trying to tamp down any situation like that. it is an active and dangerous, treacherous scenario and that is why they are not letting people in the area to come back to check on their property. they are frustrated, for now, it is not safe. lawrence forgive my ignorance, can they chop down the brush? or is it too late? >> griff: there is a huge effort by firefighters on the ground scaling up into the hills and canyons and places trying to get to areas where they can clear brush and tamp out any embers or brush fires. reason they do that, they want to get containment, containment is defined meaning they built a

burm around areas and they make it where nothing could burn. the firefighters are working around the clock in difficult brush and areas and canyons and hills trying to do just that. >> brian: thanks, griff, 23,000 acres in pacific palestine. >> ainsley: people have been arrested of looting and one arsonist was caught holding a blow torch. ices he was an illegal immigrant from mexico. they have detainer request on him, they don't expect it will be honored because of sanctuary state law. one guy degreed as a firefighters pretending and he was arrested for looting. >> brian: check in with janice, she is tracking the wind.

yafk palisades and eaton, 13% palisades and 27% containment in eaton. winds are relatively calm. and we have some relative humidity. winds are going to go up, that is not a great situation for firefighters on the ground. winds 26 miles per hour and 25, could see 50, 60, 70 miles per hour. that will spread or ignite more fire in this area. we have alerts through wednesday and have fires burning out of control. you heard griff talk about that. that is the big concern today, extreme fire danger, almost same setup we saw this time last monday. we won't see 100 mile per hour

wind, but 70. no rain in sight, we'll continue to watch that. >> lawrence: today biden will deliver his final address as president. >> brian: he's been speaking to families of americans being held hostage by the taliban. >> ainsley: peter petronas peter doocy has the latest. >> peter: scholars are the target oddence, where he gets one last chance to explain why exactly things went down the way they did in afghanistan. >> did you feel personally responsible for failure and withdrawal, >> entire team has a

responsibility for everything in our national security and that includes me as national security adviser. i also believe strategic call president biden made looking back for years, history judged well and will continue to judge well from point of view in afghanistan today, americans would be fighting and dying, russia would have less leverage over us. >> peter: 13 american servicemembers were killed during kabul and add to list, foreign policy cv include biden wa wa waving sanctions and missing hamas's build-up of the -- ahead of the october 7 attack on israel. the president's team is trying to free handful of americans held by taliban in afghanistan. they are considered wrongfully

detained and there is talk of a trade. >> brian: we are sending humanitarian aid to taliban right now? >> peter: there is a lot of foreign aid going out of door, i'll check on the numbers. when you ask folks around here, they will tell you there are people in every country that need help no matter who was in charge. we will check on the exact number. >> brian: that might be leverage you need, how would you like to lose the money? that might be better. >> peter: there are 15 people left ins guantanamo bay right

now. is this something president biden is prioritizing just getting the number down to 14 and trading this guy or about getting these americans home. have they determined this on only way to get americans free from taliban control or is there an aid component to it. we don't know what the thinking is. maybe give a big foreign policy address at 2:00 and fill us in. >> brian: we'll see. we'll have our vcc's rolling. >> lawrence: right. people running the country, this is staff, he did not come up with this, he came up with this. they want to leave on the worst moment of his presidency. why leave the country on this moment. do it at college campus and say you paid off student loans, took on supreme court, say ev -- >> brian: that is wednesday. >> lawrence: inspiring to your

base, don't take worst moment of your presidency and make that the signature you leave last note on for the country. >> ainsley: since biden took office, taliban took over recontrol of afghanistan, russia invaded ukraine, we know what happened october 7 when hamas invaded israel. this happened under his watch. we talked to anna corbet t, trying to get in touch with president for years, he is a hostage, one of the ones she is hoping can come home from they trade for the gitmo detainees. he was training employees that work for his former company. while he was there, taliban took him and his colleague, a man from germany, that man was released a few months later.

ryan is still being held captive, she said escape trips to washington, d.c., wrote two resolutions, invited by speaker johnson to go to state of the address with her children. he sent incoming nsa director -- listen to her compare and contrasting the two presidents. >> incoming national security advisor gave us more than an hour listening to our story and hearing about the situation, it was mindblowing it took 16 months to get a meeting where i

travel to dc to meet with current national security advisor sullivan. this shows president trump was concerned and wanting to prioritize our family. he is tough and wants to make deals. i am encouraged and the contrast of my experience is mind-blowing right now. we have had contact about every two weeks, short calls, it is very difficult, his conditions are not liveable. he is physically dein clooing, he told me on a call i would not recognize him. i never know what he's going to say. he was extremely frustrated he is still being held and he wants to come home and be with his family. he's an amazing dad. he said i feel bad for all you are having to do for me. of course i do everything i can, i'm a mom, this is what moms do

and i want my children to have their dad back to be part of their lives. >> lawrence: why is the biden white house a step after the trump move? we saw this when he would go to disaster zones, he would be late to do it. they are reactive only to political ramifications, not for doing the right thing. they made him look back, so the president had years to call, do you think by chance they decided to call her now? i think that is sad. >> brian: i would say adam bowler will be in charge of getting hostages back, he is agresive, been in the region working it, helps abraham accord. it will be a fresh start, this is not an equal swap. it will only get worse. if you start swapping high-ranking bin laden

surrogates for business people, it is uneven swap. everyone will be -- >> lawrence: not just uneven swap, go back to the battle field and inspire more kid napings to happen and that is last thing we want. >> ainsley: she says my message to him, the president is to take the deal, even though it is not perfect. >> lawrence: she's in a tough spot. >> ainsley: we are just one week from president-elect inauguration and senate hearings frr cab nent nominees start tomorrow. >> brian: madeleine rivera is in washington. >> madeleine: there is a chance hearings could turn contentious. former georgia congressman doug collins trump's choice for veteran affairs up first tomorrow morning then defense secretary pete hegseth who will appear before armed evers ises

committee. he will be questioned about financial mismanagement and sexual misconduct charges against him. he has not been charged with a crime. on wednesday, kristi noem, attorney general nominee pam bondi, and sia director john ratcliffe are set to appear for hearings. dates have yet to be set for director of national security tulsi gabbard, house and human services, robertf kennedy junior and kash patel. the confirmation process will test how well republicans can stick together. >> brian: thanks so much, that is going to be fireworks this week. everyone looking at the fires in lsz, beginning tomorrow, pete goes first, i think doug collins and doug burgum will be layups.

they will look to score on pete. my source came out great and passed him before. he met with 40 senators before christmas and over 50 now and people like senator rono that don't want to meet with him shows how serious you are not taking this. bluementhal gave him the run around, and mark kelly. >> lawrence: fbi background came out clean, he's military officer. there was effort to prevent him from getting to this poen. he has a personality, very likeable, he is funny, resume of serving in the military and going to two prestigious schools. he's a conservative and it is under critique. he has a shot and other nominees will shine, as well.

he is a fighter, he will fight for the country. >> brian: navy seals will be in the oddence. and one million migrants, how last ditch effort impacts trump's day 1 plans next.

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>> ainsley: one week frommin august ragsz inauguration day. >> busy weekend at mar-a-lago. so many people coming in and out. this comes as not just republicans, but democratic senator fetterman stopped by. these two have been talking more than in the past. interview with washington examiner, president-elect trump said he had a meeting with fiojohn fetterman saying he is a common sense person. he is not liberal or conservative, he is common sense guy. the president-elect met with alberta premiere and kevin o'leary. they called it a friendly

conversation, trump said he wants to make canada the 51st state. president-elect is working hard to get a hostages deal in the white house. it could be coming closer and trump said all hell will break loose if innocent hostages are not released by january 20th. coming soon. inauguration preps are underway and we know confirmation hearings start on tuesday. >> brian: i know, thanks so much. vice president-elect j.d. vance says america is closed to illegal immigration as soon as trump takes office next week.

>> brian: this is with just days to go. what are they doing? they are out of a job, here with reaction, rachel campos-duffy. great to see you. if you are in el salvador, sudan, get to stay? >> rachel: i never believe the numbers coming out, it is probably more than that. you get to renew your work permit and will not be deported for 18 months. what is wrong with el salvador? they are claiming -- well, in venezuela, you have chaos and

could say there are problems there in sudan, ukraine, el salvador, they claim there is ge logical weather event that bernie sanders wrote a letter to alex alejandro mayorkas, it is 81 and sunny. they are lying about it. here is what i find interesting, brian. think about the thought and care biden took before they leave office to grant this extension to this favored group of peoples. north carolina, appalachia, those people are getting kicked out of temporary housing, they did not make an extension on that. people complained and got a 24-hour extension, these people get an 18-month extension and they broke into the country. we don't even know who the heck they are. gives you indication of america

first and what they are thinking about in the biden administration as leading office, . >> brian: on north carolina thing, people writing don't forget about north carolina, just because california is burning and they got slammed in way they have never been slammed before. >> rachel: freezing temperatures, kicking people out of temporary housing and it is snowing and freezing. hope we are on the virge of change in our government, where citizens are prioritized. >> brian: don't forget your other show. >> rachel: notofox noticias. we have breaking news, we have maria on today and former ambassador of colombia talking about what changes will be

experienced. >> brian: they are doing three executive orders. thank you, appreciate it. good luck to sean urg did his testimony. >> rachel: appreciate that. >> brian: one california family of 20 relatives once lived within walking distance of each other. how the fire burned across generations.

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>> the damage here is astounding, block after block, national weather service warning of a pdeficiency s, peculiarly dang particularly dangerous situation. another santa ana wind event could fan the flames further. there is concern with this pds on the way, more embers could be flying and we could see more destruction in southern california. lawrence. >> lawrence: a lot of us are praying for rain. mom and dad are firefighters, thanks, max. >> lawrence: fire burning across generations, family in altadena picking up pieces after losing everything in eaton fire. eight homes belonging to the williams families, burned to the

ground leaving them faced with uncertain futures. two members of the family join us now. >> so sorry what happened to your family. tell us what you guys are doing right now to come together. are you in a hotel or other family members you were able to stay with? >> good morning, thank you for having us. at this point, we are 17 members of my family in a hotel in studio city. this is second hotel within the last five days. just uncertain what happens after wednesday. >> tell us, you have lost everything, what do you need? how can we support you, you are speaking for folks devastated because they have lost their home, everything. that means -- >> at this point, i think and i can't speak for the whole

community, just the instability is most impactful. after a couple days of living in an airbnb or hotel, just trying to find some normalcy, when you don't have a dwelling or anything to land, that makes it really difficult. a lot of us have to get back to work because we can't afford to be off or need something to do. so as you think about that, what are transitions going to look like and providing some shelter is the biggest thing. >> lawrence: one of the things i was touched by, i was reading your notes before you came on the show, how you talked about, you are grateful everyone survived. at this moment, you have lost everything, yet your faith was the big thing, everyone

survived. can you talk about that? >> absolutely. i think that just from the beginning, knowing the possibility of us being evacuated was happening, we made sure because we didn't have power the day before, we just made sure we kept constant contact with one another and when it was time to evacuate, we did about 3 tie:30 in the morni made sure we kept a chain of phone calls going and just met because we're up in the hills. we met at the bottom at my house and met at a grocery store and that is where we decided what we were going to do. >> lawrence: crystal, 30 seconds, what do you want to hear from your leaders, what do you want to hear from leadership in california? >> i think like eshele was

saying, the instability of the whole thing is looming over our heads as far as community is concerned. where do we go from here, what shelter do we have? i know it is going to take probably about two years at minimum to rebuild because we do plan to rebuild. where are we going to be for two years? >> lawrence: excellent question. we're praying for you. thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> lawrence: look at that beautiful smile, even though all that you are going through and that smile. >> all the time. >> lawrence: thank you so much. >> thank you. >> lawrence: if you want to help those affected by california wildfires go go.fox/redcross. more "fox and friends" moments away. your tongue? mucinex instasoothe sore throat medicated drops, uniquely formulated for rapid relief

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>> brian: in one week trump will be inaugurated. >> ainsley: we spoke with melania trump. take a look. >> madame first lady, thank you

for sitting down with me. we are thrilled to hear this is coming outs, details why you decided to do this and what will it be like? >> the book was such a success and i'm very proud and get so many messages and letters how they enjoyed the book and would love to hear more from me. so i had an idea to make a movie, make a film about my life, my life is incredible, it is incredibly busy and i told my agent i have this idea so please go out and make a deal for me. we started the production in november and we are shooting right now, it is day to day life what i'm doing, what kind of responsibilities i have, people don't really know and they will

see it. it is day to day from transition team to moving to the white house, packing, establishing my team, the first lady office, moving into the white house. what it takes to make the resi residence your home. >> ainsley: a snapshot what it takes to move back into the white house, i don't think a first lady has ever done this. behind the scenes what is it like moving back? what is different this time? >> difference is i know where i will be going, i know the rooms where we'll be living. i know the process. first time was challenging. we didn't have much information. information was upheld from us from previous administration. this time i have everything, i

have the plans, i could move in, i already packed, already selected the furniture that needs to go in. it is very different transition this time, second time around. >> ainsley: will you decorate it like it was before? >> little bit of changes, not much. >> ainsley: how have the bidens been? are they accommodating? >> they are still living there, they will be out on january 20. january 20, transition team has five hours to move bidens out and to move us in. everything needs to be planned to the minute. >> ainsley: when you were decorating the white house for barron, you talked about how obamas had certain rooms pink for the girls and you wanted to make them appropriate for barron. what is it like now? he'll have a bedroom now, he's in college, will he spend time

there, as well? >> i think he will come and visit. >> ainsley: will he bring friends? >> yeah, whatever he would like to do, yes. i feel that as children, we have them, they have like 18, 19 years old, we teach them, we guide them and then we give them the wings to fly and i always respect barron's yes and no and what he likes to do and where he wants to be. >> ainsley: do you feel you are in a different space than you were eight years ago? >> i feel i was always me, i feel people didn't accept me, didn't understand me maybe the way they do now. i didn't have much support. maybe some people see me as just wife of the president. i'm standing on my own two feet independent, i have my own thoughts, my own yes and no.

i don't always agree what my husband is saying or doing and that's okay. >> ainsley: are you able to tell him when you disagree? >> i give him my advice, sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't and that's okay. >> ainsley: where will you spend most of your time? in the white house, balm beach? >> the white house. when i need to be in palm beach, i'll be in palm beach. i want to be a mom, first lady and wife. when we are in january 20, serve the country. >> ainsley: first 100 days, what are you looking forwards to the most? >> i established my team. i have a few positions i still need to hire. i will not rush into that. i will see when i'm in the white house and what is needed. i don't want to hire too many people on my team and spend too

much taxpayer money, i want to make sure every position they are talented, have merit, know what they are doing and as well, as they are team player. they don't have own agenda so they serving me, serving my office and serving the country. >> ainsley: will you continue with your platform be best? >> i will continue with my platform be best and expand be best. i started in first administration and did not have much support from anyone. i invited all of the streaming platforms to the white house, had the round table, and i didn't have much support from them. imagine what we could do in those years if they will rally behind me teach the children and do protect them about social

media and their mental health. >> ainsley: how are you feeling about the busy schedule again, hitting the ground running on the 20th? >> very busy, we already started, it will be an exciting four years, we have a lot to do to put our country back in shape. >> brian: five hours to move in and she's ready to go. >> ainsley: can you imagine, hundreds of people trying to move them out and in. >> lawrence: she looks ready, did you get that impression? >> ainsley: i got a sense this time around. in my opinion, i thought she handled be ing first lady four years ago beautifully. now she's more confident, she wrote the book, it became number one, now this documentary, the cameras, the whole crew was there following her around, her everyday life for about a month, well, two months, shooting in

november and going through inauguration. it will be in theaters worldwide this fall and stream on amazon prime. >> brian: i know there is a crew following around president trump, see what the first lady has to say. wouldn't doubt a crew following around bill hemmer and dana perino. >> bill: over there actually and talking about you, too, brian. >> brian: i will find out what you really say. >> bill: good morning. >> dana: good job, ainsley, great interview. >> bill: i predict she will be on the cover of a magazine this time. >> dana: that will be good to see. forecast for windy conditions in california are back. >> bill: when your home is reduced to concrete foundation, what do you do? we will talk to several people. >> dana: and executive orders from president trump. >> bill: we get ready for a flurry of confirmation hearings, going to be a big week. >> dana: we're ready for it.

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will host the baltimore ravens in next week's round. ravens look great. eagles moving on after beating the packers who were never in the game. what do you do when you are not in the game? make the most of it. bring a book to the sidelines, youngsters. read, get your homework done when you are not in the game. a.j. brown taking out a motivational book. the book was, after the book was -- inner excellence by jim murphy. they had that game in hand, why not read? >> ainsley: good for him. >> lawrence: why not read? >> ainsley: it was a book about how to be better. >> brian: a.g. brown stays within himself. >> bill: good morning on a monday, fox news alert now on the fight to try to save l.a. again. crews ar