november 5th. >> yeah. the senate and republicans kent the house, donald trump wins the popular vote in every swing state. the funny thing is that these kind of hosts scream about protecting democracy and demand performers like carrie underwood, sit down, shut up, only perform for one party and be ostracized. doesn't sound like democracy to me, carley, todd. >> todd: no it doesn't. carley, thank you. we have enough time for this amazing story. animal rescue in utah working to lighten the load of animal shelters in l.a. transporting nearly 100 cats and dogs from crowded shelters to a no kill rescue in utah. animals were in shelters before the fires broke out. being moved to make room of displaced pets. so far dozens have been transported to other facilities, shorshelters foster if you can. "fox & friends" now. ♪

>> ainsley: good morning to you. 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. wednesday, january 15th. this is "fox & friends." rubio, bondi and ratcliffe all face the senate in today's confirmation hearings after pete hegseth cut through the democrats' attacks yesterday. >> you're quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly in the defense industry for 10 years? but you're not willing to make that same pledge? >> i'm not a general, senator. [laughter] >> steve: plus, the house, passing a bill to ban biologically born males from girls sports and even some democrats signed on. the next sentence to playing an even field. >> a guy like henry cuellar again and five days until the inauguration. the country's biggest techs, ceos are not only going to go they are going to sit front and center next to each other as

trump gets sworn in on the bicycle. bible. we know one person who won't be there. >> our motto is when they go low, we go high. [laughter] >> steve: ironic. >> brian: i won't be going there. >> lawrence: incredible. >> brian: michelle obama. >> ainsley: extended vacation. >> brian: someone has to name the show. >> lawrence: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> brian: in just hours, confirmation hearings begin for six of president-elect trump's cabinet picks, including his foreign policy team and the nominee for attorney general. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson joins us live with a preview. >> more confirmation hearings today on capitol hill for president-elect donald trump's national security team. here's the starting lineup. pam bondi begins day one of a two day hearing to become attorney general.

marco rubio for secretary of state. john ratcliffe for cia director. sean duffy for transportation. chris wright for energy. and ruffle vogt to lead omv. in his opening statement yesterday, pete hegseth said politics should play no role in the military. high and equal not equitable here is his exchange with joni ernst. >> i had the privilege in serving in uniform for 23 years. let's make it very clear for everyone here today. as secretary of defense will you support women continuing to have the opportunity to serve in combat roles? >> yes. women will have access to ground combat roles, given the standards remain high and we'll have a review to ensure the standards have not been eroded. >> after the hearing ernst told

our colleagues at fox digital she will back hegseth clearing the path for his nomination quote after four years of weakness in the white house americans deserve a strong secretary of defense. i will support president trump's pick. i will work with pete to create the most lethal fighting force. stay tuned here at fox for today's confirmation hearings which begin this morning with pam bondi at 9:30 eastern and john ratcliffe and marco rubio attend, guys. >> steve: all right. back-to-back hearings. lucas, thank you very much. so yesterday morning at this time. we told you that democrats were going to do everything they could to slow down president trump's picks for his next cabinet. they threw a lot of stuff at pete hegseth, but you know what, pete, a professional, war fighter, he came prepared. he was ready. and, do you know what? ultimately, he is going to be confirmed because they really didn't -- there were no gigantic mistakes that he made and it's going to be hard for people to say he is not fit. >> brian: i don't think there

was any mistakes he made. he said they wanted to attack him personally. when markwayne mullin says hey, by the way you guys ever show up drunk? you guys ever have problems with your marriage? did you ever resign? >> lawrence: the look on their face when he said that because they knew it was true. >> brian: have you ever seen a confirmation nominee walk no chants of u.s.a., u.s.a.? he didn't organize that. trump team didn't organize that it's very hard to have a secretary of defense nominee that is seeing support by the masses. other story going to come out in the next couple weeks. maybe sooner, the amount of people signing up for the military. now that they know he is going to get through, you watch those numbers grow. >> ainsley: they want president trump to be the commander-in-chief not joe biden after what happened in afghanistan. senator mullin said it's so ridiculous that you hold yourself to a higher standard and forget you have a big plank in your eye we all make mistakes. tim kaine was grilling him on his marriages. he was best friends with bill clinton. he ran as hillary clinton's

running mate. and bill clinton was accused of rape, exposing himself in sexual plot. he had no problem with his friend but with pete. >> lawrence: pictures of him and doug who likes to be with the nannies as well. that is not a fair thing for him to do. be i like to look at this in two buckets. i look at it as you got to take pete being your friend and you're super proud because he held himself in a way that with those attacks coming his way he could have lashed out. he didn't. he kept his cool. the smirk that i predicted yesterday, the little grin, he did it yesterday. and he really showed his personality. but then you look at him as a nominee and he really separated the room with the elites people part of the military industrial complex the senators and then the war fighters. and it's clear from the crowd that were there. the people waiting outside of

the room, he is gonna be the secretary of defense for the people that are on the ground. they never had a voice in the pentagon and after his performance yesterday, i think that's what we're gonna see. >> steve: the first time president donald trump was president of the united states, for the most part he picked the kind of people that washington, d.c., the institutionalists that the people wanted him to pick. this time donald trump realizes, wait a minute, i'm going to be president of the united states. i can actually change stuff. i can change the way the pentagon works and, you know pete wrote that book about how messed up a lot of it is. and so that essentially has become a blueprint for his next four years if he is secretary of defense you know if he is confirmed and goes forward. if you missed it, if you missed a little, you missed a lot. here is some of his back and forth with democrats yesterday. >> mr. hegseth, should we take it to believe that you believe that the two women on this committee who have served

"hardballably" and with distinction made our military less effective and less capability? >> i'm incredibly grateful for the two women who served our military in uniform and including in the central intelligence agency, contributions on the battlefield. indispensable scri tribulations. when i'm talking about that issue it's not about the capabilities of men and women. it's about standards. >> are you saying that 50% of the dod if they hold liberal views or leftist views or are democrats are not welcome in the military? are you saying that? >> senator, i volunteered to deploy to afghanistan under democratic president barack obama. i also volunteered to guard the inauguration of joe biden but was denied the opportunity to serve because i was identified as an extremist by my own unit for a christian tattoo. >> would you use our military to take over greenland or an ally

of denmark? >> senator, one of the things that president trump is so good at is never strategically tipping his hand. so i would never in this public forum give one way or another to what. >> that sounds to me -- >> you're quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years? you're not willing to make that same pledge? >> i'm not a general, senator. [laughter] >> can you give me an experience or your actual experience of driving innovation in an organization? give me an example of where have you done? >> my goodness, senator, absolutely. concerned veterans for american we fixing bipartisan task force had never been done before to create policy to drive policy change on capitol hill that organizations fought ferociously against. >> have you been personally involved in discussions of using the u.s. military, active duty, inside the united states? >> senator, i'm glad we finally

got to the topic of border security calling national security it's been abdicated and its in order. i have been involved in conversations in doing things this administration has not, which is secure the southern border. >> carley: one of the best moments when senator rick scott asked him why do you want to do this? listen to his answer? >> why do you want to do this? why do you want to do this job? what drives you? >> you have 30 seconds. [laughter] >> because i love my country, senator. and i have dedicated my life to war fighters. people see me as someone who hosts a morning show on television. but people that really know me know where my heart's at. it's with the guys in this audience. who have had my back and i have had theirs. we have been in some of the darkest and most difficult places you can ever be in. you come back a different

person. and and only by the grace of god am i here before you today. i'm doing this job for them. >> steve: and you can tell that he has on tv when he got a 30-second wrap he made that 30 seconds and it was perfect it. summarized exactly why. now, the president-elect has given him the nod to lead. >> ainsley: that's what it's all about. >> steve: why he wants to do it. >> lawrence: i think one of the things that hasn't been talked about enough is the evolution of pete hegseth. there is a lot of people -- this is why the attack was so egregious that come from battle and come back with drug addictions. if you look at the divorce rates for people that go to war and they come back home, they lose their families. they get into all type of stuff. and it's a direct result of the challenges that they faced. they are not perfect people and so when you demonize the evolution and you don't give credit where yes i did make some

mistakes but i'm a changed man. i accepted christ into my life. i found a wife that is an incredible suiter for me. we work together and raise our children. you are demonizing most of the military right now when you go after people like that. >> brian: looks like lindsey graham said is he through. senator joni ernst who initially said i need to hear more said i heard enough. i'm through. he has 53 votes. i heard from people in the hegseth camp that the meeting with senator collins went well. that's the toughest with murkowski. what is stopping him from getting everyone mitch mcconnell ohio understood didn't meet with him. i don't know why. is he going to stand in the way? regardless. no one remembers if you got 53 or 93. >> lawrence: i heard during the committee yesterday, oh, you mean to tell me you changed your position on this? you guys put kamala harris up and she changed her position on every little thing. so if it was good enough for the person that wanted to be president of the united states. i'm sure he can change his position on some things to be

secretary of defense. >> brian: the guy who lloyd austin came from raytheon and did nothing for four years. on paper the resume looked better but on execution, name something he did except for diminish the respect of our fighting forces. >> ainsley: and on secretary austin, one of the senators said that -- i guess that was okay for him to do that because he was a democrat, to your point. >> steve: after watching yesterday, it does look like pete hegseth is going to be our next secretary of defense. more throughout the day. and he would be up for a vote shortly afternoon on monday. after the president is inaugurated. and we are just five days out from the inauguration. and silicon valley is showing its support for donald trump with a number of big tech leaders expected to be on hand up close for the swearing in ceremony back in the stands. >> ainsley: but, former first lady michelle obama won't be there. alexis mcadams joins us live

from west palm beach with the latest. hey alexa. >> good morning. we haven't heard a reason why skipping trump's inauguration. why she is not coming to this big large event on top of it. she won't be there but tech titans will be there and they will be front and center they want everybody to see the new relationships trump has as they try to get in a circle or at least they think they are in it. this is who is insofar, zuckerberg, elon musk, sam altman all sitting together. chief executives of tesla, amazon, open ai and meta on the platform. that's a place to sit because trump's cabinet and elected officials all sit. former first lady michelle obama skipping this but hasn't given reason yet. former president barack obama is confirmed. michelle obama also just missed president jimmy carter's funeral which a lot of people are talking about that, too. this comes as president-elect donald trump announced tuesday

he's going to create an external revenue office upon his return to the white house to collect all foreign source revenues such as tariffs, okay? he says for far too long we have relied on taxing our great people using the irs. through soft and pathetically weak trade agreements, the american economy has delivered growth and prosperity in the world while taxing ourselves. i think people at home are interested in hearing more about instead of ditching the irs how they are going to take tariffs from these other nations. back out here live the world economic forum is going to be going on davos. big tech names and finance guys won't be in davos. they will be here in palm beach like they have been trying to meet with trump and going to the inauguration. shows you a shift of world power there. back to you. >> brian: thanks so much,; bezos

and musk who is going to get in the sky first obviously musk is winning big. zuckerberg and musk were going to have fight in octagon. they will be sitting together. 10 of trump's picks have professional ties to either musk or tealle. i think it's going to be fascinating. my hope is these guys are so bright we want to win the ai race. we want silicon valley to work with the pentagon to give us the most lethal weapons, the most affordable weapons possible. for the longest time google keeping arms length from the pentagon and ethical reasons. the guys with the nose rings and purple hair don't want to be a part of it. that's changed. there's a hope that the pentagon is going to interface with -- and i know that senator wicker feels the same way with silicon valley and the ai guys and these bros. and they are going to start moving us forward rapidly and leaning out. my also hope is that these guys are doing it for patriotic reasons. because they are so smart. they are so bright. and they have got to be lethal

to be successful. this has got to be patriotism 101. don't tell me you are going to benefit personally by being in government bation you are not doing it for the paycheck. >> steve: think about 8 years ago. big tech did not want donald trump to win. four years ago did not want donald trump to win. he won. they realized it's better to be at the table than being shot at. >> ainsley: goes back to the economy davos they will be at the inauguration. laura bush and george bush will be there barack obama could be there. hillary and bill will be there. she is not going. she skipped jimmy carter's funeral because she had an extended trip in hawaii. >> steve: scheduling problem. >> ainsley: exactly. speaker johnson said the flag is felony at half-staff for president carter for 30 days

shown a sign of unity the flag will go all the way up for that one day. >> lawrence: some other states, florida is following suit. >> ainsley: i'm sure our state will too. >> lawrence: i don't care about michelle obama going or deciding to stay home. the only thing that egg knows me preached about unity and norms and standards go when y they go low you go high. only does that when she wins. don't try to pretend you are high and mighty and that's not the case. >> ainsley: maybe she is thinking not pretending because you heard what i said about donald trump at the dnc. she doesn't like him. >> steve: protocol wise sitting where barack obama was at the carter funeral. she would have been right next to donald trump. given the fact that she said donald trump was unfit. she divided, you know what? i'm not going to go. will. >> lawrence: she is disrespecting the transition of power. the whole point was when she said on the campaign trail, when all the presidents got together, when donald trump didn't show up

for the inauguration of joe biden, that they were coming together to show unity. whether they disagreed with the people or not she is deciding not to do it. why? >> brian: just to wrap up the tech thing, one of the reasons, too. joe biden's people were so oppressive and sodomating on ai. putting up these barriers and these guardrails. they were choking it you heard zuckerberg take this down and shadow ban these people. they don't want any part of it. by their oppressive thuggish behavior. they have actually pushed the most successful people in this country party they wanted nothing to do with. thank you joe biden because they have been arms length irony is. elon musk is going to have an

office. have an office at the white house. my o my how things have changed. crews discovered human remains in a burnt down house in malibu. >> lawrence: griff jenkins joins us live outside of that property. good morning, griff. >> griff: good morning, guys. a grim discovery here behind me at the malibu home that you see collapsed sitting in rubble. we were out here for hours as our cameras were rolling. the california urban search and rescue team accompanied with those cadaver dogs as well as a mexican army unit that specializes in search and rescue we later contacted the homeowner

here who told us a tragic story. tenant, elderly woman living with her. and when they got the evacuation order to go. as the flames we learned that she refused to go learned that her home engulfed in flames just a tragic story in those conversations with the homeowner, she is very distraught about that remains but owe -- remains were found they talked to the call fire spokesman mexican army unit, plays in all of this. here is a little bit of what he had to say. listen. >> international team that natural disas disasters in urban search and rescue. they have training in wild land fire fighting. we are utilizing them to the best of their abilities and level of training incident.

>> griff: meanwhile, they are not out of the woods here. we are still under that pds red flag warning. winds could be picking up 50, 60 two fires palisades and eaton fires only contained at 1 and 35% respectfully. guys? >> steve: all right. griff jenkins live. there is some suggestion they might actually cancel the academy awards coming up shortly. in the meantime we would like to say thank you to the generosity of fox employees and viewers. our red cross campaign has raised more than $3 million to date the california wildfire relief effort. and this is in addition to the initial $1 million donation from fox corporation. >> ainsley: and if you want to donated. donate to the american red cross at go.fox/red cross or scan that qr code right there on your screen using your phone. >> brian: all right. carley shimkus you come down from your floor from your show

to help us here. >> i certainly did. >> thousands of israelis gathering in tel aviv as the country expresses hope for a potential cease-fire agreement between israel and hamas. reportedly in its final stages. qatari mediators saying the deal would be agreed upon, quote: very soon. it is expected to bring the release of a number of hostages still being held by hamas in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. listen to this: to pittsburgh we go where penguins star malcolm's home was reportedly robbed over the weekend and three stanley cup championship rings are missing. local outlet kdka reported it happened while the penguins were playing game ton saturday. malcolm joins a growing list of star athletes homes robbed including nfl stars patrick mahomes and travis kelsey. the supreme court could issue a ruling on the tiktok ban as soon as today justices signaled late last week that they may uphold

the federal law banning the popular app. here in the u.s. unless tiktok divests from chinese owned parent company by the dance. meanwhile tiktok is telling employees they will still have a job even if the app. gets banned on sunday. one day before trump's inauguration some person tiktok users flocking to a new and popular chinese social media app. called red note. this is in protest of the looming tiktok ban finally future leader of the free world has to run on something and we know president trump's fuel of choice diet coke. the coca-cola company gifted trump this special bottle commemorating second inauguration. look at that smile on the president-elect's face. this brings back memories of trump's diet coke but ton he had on the resolute desk in the oval office which is sure to make a comeback in just a few days. you press that button, somebody comes running in with a diet coke for him.

>> brian: how smart is that? >> carley: i wish i had a button. come give me what i want. >> steve: there is a diet coke but ton, is there a bomber button? >> brian: don't get them confused. >> carley: could you imagine if he were back and back. >> steve: oh doggone it. >> ainsley: reported he drank 12 diet cokes a every day his first term. >> carley: he doesn't sleep. >> ainsley: date of the inauguration, picture of the white house and his name on it. >> steve: it's a glass bottle. they don't have diet coke glass bottle. >> brian: train a dog to bring a beer. >> lawrence: i'm sure if i did train i don't want her to spit on it. >> steve: she would open it up and drink it. straight ahead on this wednesday, confirmation hearings continue in just a couple of hours. the nominees to watch during today's senate showdown, next. ♪

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grilled pete hegseth on the first day of hearings. >> should we take it to believe that you believe that the two women on this committee, who have served honorably and with distinction made our military less effective and less capable? >> when i'm talking about that issue, it's not about the capabilities of men and women, it's about standards. >> you're quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years but you're not willing to make that same pledge? >> i'm not a general, senator. [laughter] brian chief washington correspondent fox news contributor byron york. it looks like pete is going to sail through at this point. do you see anything that contradicts that statement? >> no, i don't. i think that hegseth's really strong performance yesterday really united republicans behind me -- behind him. and i have to say some of the questioning at that hearing,

particularly by senator kaine, the democrat from virginia who was hillary clinton's running mate in 2016 some of the ugliest questioning i have ever seen in a senate confirmation hearing. i think the question maybe from the hegseth hearing is whether democrats are going to try that with anybody else. certainly might with the more controversial i don't think we will see that going in front of the senate today. >> brian: pam bondi, sean ratcliffe, credit wright, russell vought. people pointing out bondi two days of hearings. you think they will go for her and try to look at her florida record? where is she vulnerable in their eyes? >> i think she could face some of the tougher questioning of the group today. first of all with marco rubio long time senator, if anybody is going to get kind of a love fest

it could be him. so it would be interesting to see if democrats are going to really go after him very much. as far as pam bondi is concerned, obviously a lot of republicans look at her and say boy, we're really glad we don't have matt gaetz. we're pretty happy about this. i think you might see democrats go after bondi on the 2020 election issue in the sense that she has supported a number of president trump's claims about the 2020 election and democrats love to re-litigate. >> brian: i know. >> not popular with voters but they like to do it. >> brian: i think ratcliffe will sail through. sailed through director of national intelligence and now cia. they all agree china is number one enemy, obstacle. today is also the day that president biden chose to do his farewell address and he has released it. here's a slice of it. he said today we have the strongest economy in the world. and have created a record 16.6 million jobs. wages are up, inflation down.

lowest in 20 years. we are rebuilding nation today. the violent crime rate is at 50 year low. your thoughts about his thoughts about him. >> the president has been on kind of a farewell tour in the last few days. and his theme has been i did all these great things for you. you may not even know how many great things i did for you. it may take you years to realize how great a president i, joe biden, have been. now, he said some of the things in the past that were factually wrong inflation had been 9%. when he took office. it was the tiny fraction of that. and just recently, he claimed that when he took office, illegal border crossings plunged when, in fact, they did the opposite. they skyrocketed. so, the president has been making a lot of claims about his

record lately. i would kind of expect that to continue all the way through monday. >> brian: 50 year crime low tell anyone in any major city crime is down do you know you don't arrest anyone because you don't prosecute anyone. i will always remember as treasury secretary said don't worry about inflation. it's transitory and he never really classified that illegal border crossings 1.4 million. use the app. to cross let alone the other ones that came across. even despite executive orders. byron it's going to be interesting. longest goodbye ever. monday can't come soon enough. byron york, thank you. >> thank you, brian. >> fox news alert. safe havens destroyed. what's next for california mom and 4-year-old losing her home at her children's school in one day? ♪

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this is going to be a big story as we head into next week. the coldest air of the year. certainly the coldest air in many years. and of course southern california, we'll continue to keep you up to date on that as well. ainsley over to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, janice. at least 24 people dead and 12,000 buildings destroyed as the wildfires burn through 40,000 acres in southern california. one family losing their house in the palisades fire as well as the preschool and the elementary school that their four daughters attend. community methodist church parent hillary cannon joins us now. good morning to you, hillary thanks for having me. >> ainsley: i know we have pictures of your 6-year-old 8-year-old 10-year-olds go to charter elementary school. were both of those total losses and what are the kids going to do for school? >> methodist at this time appears to be a total loss. i actually was able to drive by

and there is nothing. pali elementary is a larger school. the original building still stands like the main part of the building. the -- historic building. but, the other half of that building is completely demolished. there were several bungalow rooms which are portable classrooms that two of my kids actually were in and i have seen photos of those. and they are completely decimated. so, it is a almost total loss in that they're not going to be going to palisades charter elementary any time soon. and, you know, the plan forward is we are trying to stay up there we are trying to stay in the community. they both have somehow rallied together, both schools have found new locations to start school again, which is fen

nonal. and that's our plan. that's the plan but we're a little far away where we are located right now. we are staying down in saint clementi which is an hour and 15 without traffic. two and a half or more with traffic. >> ainsley: wow. >> we're trying to figure that out. >> ainsley: i know in some of the pictures the kid would paint these tiles when they graduated from the preschool and a pile of them were found on the ground after the wreckage. i know when you went back home you said somehow even though you lost your house, somehow your yard was not burned. the butterfly garden was not burned. how are your children handling this? >> oh, so i have four daughters. 3, 6, 8, and 10. handling it so differently. my oldest is anxious, nervous to go back to los angeles. doesn't want to be close to the

fire. my youngest talks about her house burning down. why did my house burn down? what is happening? you know, and my kindergartner will have moments where she is totally fine and then the other night she came up to me and says oh, mom, i'm so sorry, you're getting married dress is gone. and, you know, those things hurt. hearing your kids grieve their things. it's something i've never experienced before. >> ainsley: right after christmas, too. i know you said have you lived many places. pacific palisades was extremely special. i know you do plan to rebuild. we wish you all the best. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> ainsley: we are praying for all of y'all. your precious little girls, too. >> we are praying so hard. thank you. >> ainsley: thanks, hillary. we have more "fox & friends" coming up.

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>> steve: 10 minutes before the top of the hour fema transitioning shelter establishes for people in north carolina whose homes were damaged or destroyed by hurricane helene. but senators from that state say many storm survivors are being asked to leave their hotels.

ted bud posted on x yesterday, my office is hearing from dozens in western north carolina who have been kicked out of their hotels tonight despite fema's announcement that they were extending assistance through january 25th. that's 10 days from now. this is unacceptable. this needs to be fixed tonight. one north carolina couple who have been helping the displaced offering this assessment sunday on "fox & friends weekend." listen. >> the biggest issue here is fema has been extremely slow to respond. they were slow to respond in the beginning. they are low so respond now. there are still thousands of people waiting on temporary homes from fema. >> steve: and they need help. senators ted bud and thom tillis say they will fix fema so people have a warm place to stay at night. this week the temperature has been below freezing and they need help, lawrence. >> lawrence: yeah, they do. thanks, steve. >> steve: you bet.

>> lawrence: today female athletes protesting outside the ncaa convention demanding protection for women's sports following a major win on capitol hill. the house passing a bill banning biological males from female school teams. if it passes in the senate, the bill will strip funding from all schools that don't comply. our next guest was on capitol hill yesterday when it passed. host of the gains for girls podcast on outkick.com, riley gaines joins us now. good morning, riley. >> good morning. it's good to be on with you. >> lawrence: so, aoc had this to say about the bill. let's watch it. >> republicans, who have voted against consistently against the violence against women act, now want to pretend today that they care about women. and why? to open up gender, and yes gentle examinations into little girls in this country in the so-called name of attacking

trans girls. trans girls are girls. >> lawrence: is that what this fight is about examining little girls? i mean, this is just off. >> yeah. that's one way to put it. if she spent two seconds reading the bill she would know this has nothing to do with gentle inspection. this hassing in to do with any sort of anatomical examination. this resorts to birth certificates and a routine physical, which every athlete already has to complete to be able to play their sport anyway. and so to watch the theatrical performance which that's exactly what it was from pretty much all of the democrats on the house floor, it was disheartening and to continue to see them tout about women's rights and she mentions the violence against women act. do we remember how aoc voted on the violence by illegal aliens act? she voted in opposition. so, i mean, look at these people. look how they voted on the laken riley act and how they voted on

the save womens sports act if they were a no on one or both they do not say they support women and women's rights. >> lawrence: i was surprised it was only two democrats from the texas delegation so we got some texas democrats that have some sense. you have representative henry way car and vincent gonzalez who voted for the bill. if they really cared about women, they are going to destroy the sport. >> you don't think it's a partisan issue and neither does the majority of americans as made very, very clear on november 5th. aapparently november 5th taught them nothing. will we see people double down like we saw from aoc or will we see people start to slowly recant from their position. if you can remember, lawrence, a few months back, pretty immediately congressman seth moulton went on the news we have

become too radical as a party. i have daughters. i don't want my daughters on the court or field with boys. but even congressman moulton was pressured into voting in opposition of the protection in women and girls in sports act. but that tells you something. it tells you that more than a party what the democrats are is truthfully they are a cult. >> i do find that interesting because we interviewed the congressman, and you thought that there was an epiphany on this issue to see the double down even after the election is truly shocking. what do you think is the end goal here? do you think in the end that you guys are going to win this fight? it passes the senate and president-elect trump when he becomes president actually signs the bill? on hot button issues than certainly the house does i don't know what the timeline looks like if you remember last year the senate totally disavowed

this issue. they would not even bring it forward for a vote so nonetheless, it's a big step forward. i'm hopeful that president trump on day one, as he campaigned on, will take decisive action and ultimately ensure title ix is upheld by original intent. >> lawrence: i hope all the women during pete's hearing yesterday that wanted to be defenders of women vote for the bill. we'll see. thanks, riley. >> that's right. thanks, lawrence. >> lawrence: you got it. more "fox & friends" ahead. h ♪ tee