an elephant is not a human being. [laughter] now, this is the american legal system and, in fact, an animal rights case suggested elephants had significant cognitive abilities and service the violating their habeas corpus rights. we're sorry, an elephant simply is not a human being, and this is a week when we've been hearing a lot of talk about common sense. this this decision qualifies. paul: with one colorado justice to do it? if be sure -- that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. ♪ finish. ♪ ♪ [laughter]

jon: israeli hostages reunited with their families after nearly 16 months in that hamas captivity. one of the three big stories we're following this hour. and here at home, two of president trump's key cabinet picks are about to get to work. today pete hegseth is sworn in as the next defense secretary and the senate confirming kristy nome to lead the homeland security department. but first president trump expected to take the stage at a las vegas casino within the the hour. the white house says he will focus on his campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tips. good afternoon to you, i'm jon scott g this is "the fox report." ♪ jon: president trump toured wildfire damage in southern california yesterday. he was greeted on the tarmac, unexpectedly, by governor gavin newsom in a show of cooperation.

but things got contentious a bit later when mr. trump held a joint press conference with mayor karen bass and california lawmakers. lucas tomlinson is in vegas with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, john. -- jon. of we're about 30 minutes away from president trump taking the stage here in las vegas are. of course, one of the -- the states, one of the seven swing states that trump won, the first republican to win this state in 20 years. as you know, jon, this is home to a massive service industry. las vegas hosts some of the largest hotels in the world and many workers want to see no taxes on tips. that's why president trump is here, to renew his pledge that he gave on inauguration day. as you can see with the sign behind me, no tax on tips is the theme that president trump has given all week, including on inauguration day. >> do you remember a little statement about tips? does anybody remember that little statement? [cheers and applause]

i think we won nevada because of that statement. [laughter] if they went out and harassed you over the tips. in other words, we are restoring control of our government to the people. >> reporter: jon, some locals we spoke to here in las vegas are a little dubious, saying it won't be easy to get the irs to not tax their tips. president trump will have something to say about that soon. and some supporters behind me are very hopeful this happens very soon. yesterday president trump took his first trip as commander in chief aboard air force one visiting western north carolina devastated by hurricane helene, then they flew across the country to los angeles where, as you mentioned, jon, they were greeted were unexpectedly from from california governor gavin newsom before leaving north carolina president trump announced he would be signing an executive order to begin reforming fema. he thinks an overhaul is necessary. >> whether it's a democrat or

republican governor, you want to use your state to fix it and not waste time calling fema and then fee fema gets here, they've never been to the area and they want to give you rules that you never heard about. they want to bring people that aren't as good as the people you already have. and fema's turned out to be a disaster. >> reporter: president trump also mentioned that he's weighing getting rid of fema altogether. he wants to see that money go to the states and have states be in charge of their disaster leaf, not the federal government. -- relief. we're awaiting president trump to take the stage in the next 30 minutes or so. jon? jon: lucas tomlinson in las vegas with the president. lucas, thank you. in florida police say they arrested a man for making violent threats against president trump on social media. shannon atkins apprehended during a traffic stop in west palm beach. the police chief there saying the 46-year-old admitted making

a series of posts about president trump earlier this week claiming they were just jokes. someone inthed off the fbi about those posts. atkins reportedly is now in the custody of the palm beach county sheriff. we'll have more on these alleged threats coming up in the next hour. >> one thing is they are saying they will not be allowed to start for 18 months. >> no, that will not be the case. >> okay, i just hope you're right. >> you can hold me to it. first, we have to take care to make sure that there's not -- getting rid of the hazardous waste, cleaning things up. >> they want to start removing things. they're not allowed to do it. you mentioned hazardous waste. what's that? you're going to have to define that. are we going to go through a whole series of questions on determining what's hazard -- >> nope. nope, nope, nope. >> i just think you have to allow people to go on their site and start the process tonight. and -- >> and we will. ing. >> without your help, they're

only going to get $43,000 from the federal government even if -- >> well, you know, you did something, brad. every insurance company in the country left california. that's why you have no insurance, because you made it so impossible, people that think like you made it so impossible -- >> and -- [applause] >> every insurance company -- >> i don't know, i don't know what you know about my thinking -- >> i'll tell you this -- jon: that's just a sample of the testy debate between president trump and state and local leaders over wildfire recovery efforts in california. trump traveled to southern california yesterday to survey the devastation. this weekend could bring desperately needed rain, but that also could trigger dangerous mudslides in fire-affected areas. christina coleman is live in pacific palisades where the largest fire scorched nearly 36 square miles. christina. >> reporter: hi, jon. yeah, the potential for mudslides is a big concern right now. go ahead and take a look at this.

again, you see this beautiful view along the pacific coast highway, but if you look closely, you can see the charred, burned land along the roadway. that is a major concern because of possible runoff that could lead to mudslides. just take a look at this beautiful home. it is the submit in half -- split in half. [audio difficulty] during the fires, and this is what officials are worried about. take a look at this video from yesterday. crews positioned concrete barriers along the pch to try and contain potential runoff from the rain. fema says instead of sucking up all that presituation, soil in fire-ravaged areas can develop a top layer that repels water due to the burned material in this area which could lead to flooding and mudslides and debris flows full of hazardous materials. also postfire flooding can be extremely unpredictable because of changes to the soil that are not obvious. take a listen. >> we've suffered this terrible

loss of thousands of homes, but thousands the of homes did survive and now they're under threat. so our focus right now is to save, help save the homes that we can. >> reporter: president donald trump trying to help out too, he toured the extensive damage from the palisades fire yesterday and had a round table with local officials to hear out their needs. during the briefing the president was very firm in his stance that california leaders need to cut through all the bureaucracy and red tape and environmental restrictions in this state to help families get back onto their feet and to get financial assistance. take a listen to to this testy exchange with l.a. mayor karen bass. okay. well, so is, you know what? all right, so we don't have that sound bite, but you heard some samples of that exchange earlier when they introduced the story. again, president trump telling karen bass, you know, you have these powerful, you know, emergency executive orders that you can use, and he said, you need to use them. you need to help people get back

on their feet. again, we're expecting that rain sometime tonight, on into the next few days and, again, a big concern because of what you see here, the possibility of mudslides. you see that damage it did to the home. these residents here, they are exhausted, they do not want any of that. jon? jon: and those mudslides that hit that particular home, christina, thought to have come from dumping water on the fires, right? >> reporter: that's right. you know, the water, it saturated that soil, and it dries and so, like you see here, you see this crumbled hill? that's what they're concerned about. because when it rains again and the water falls on that soil is, normally vegetation absorbs the water, but because it's so dry and resistant from all of the fire and debris, they're concerned about runoff. and as you can see, look how close that house is to the pch. to another hill. and that's extremely dangerous. a big concern here right now, jon. jon: all right. christina coleman, thank you.

so fiver major fires are still burning in southern california, four in the los angeles area and one near the mexico border. more small fires are threatening neighborhoods around the area. our next guest lives in santa clarita just north of l.a. where the nearby hughes fire has burned through 10,000 acres plus. mark: joins us now. mark, what's the situation with your with home? >> we're in no danger at the moment. while we are in l.a. county and the hughes fire is l.a. county, it's a couple of exits north of us on the 5 freeway. i can see the smoke from my mailbox, but we're in no immediate danger. and i think they're starting to get a foothold and get it under control. jon: yeah. but as you know, those things can change in the blink of an eye. people who thought they were safe, you know, earlier, all of a sudden the winds changed direction a little bit, is and

they had to scamper out of their home. >> yeah, that is always a concern. you know, another concern is just how these fires even started, let alone from the smoke. i mean, these fires seem to be starting in pockets all over the place, and it's a little confusing as to actually what's happening. there's theories, obviously, and i don't know specifically, but that's another concern is just people starting fires, unfortunately. jon: you actually documented some of what's going on here. you were on a flight coming into los angeles, and you were able to look out your window, point your camera outside and show people what's going on. tell us about that experience. >> so we were delayed coming from back east over the holidays, and we understood that there was, you know, some high winds, is they had to divert us from landing into bob hope airport to la, x. and we had heard about the fires, and, you know, the flight attendant got on the speaker and said, hey, if you look out your right window, you can see the

fires. i was speechless immediately because, you know, you hear something and when you get a visual, i couldn't believe how huge it was and how fast it seemed to be spreading. jon: what's your assessment of the way state and local officials have handled the fire situation? >> i know there's a lot of frustration. i have a lot of friends and colleagues that are very frustrated with how things seem to have been handled. and it usually seems -- and not just california, but a lot of times solutions are reactive instead of preemptive. i've lived here for 30 years, and i've lived through earthquakes, fires, and are there have been some bad ones. this one is a really bad one, and oregon if, given the conditions, there's -- given the conditions, there's something that could have been done to stop this, but maybe they could have helped mitigate some of the damage. there is a lot of frustration. jon: yeah. president trump was at that news conference with cain bass and

other -- karen bass and other local leaders, and they really got into it. he was saying that it's time to let the people get in there and clean up the debris and start the rebuilding process. here's part of that exchanging. >> we're concerned right now over the weekend because of the potential rain, but we are going to move as fast as we can. but we want you to be safe, and we want you to be back in your homes immediately. >> but the people willing to clean out their own debris -- >> yes, and they can. >> you should let them do it -- >> no, they can do it. >> -- by the time they hire contractors, it's going to be two two years. >> if a family -- >> the people are willing to get a dumpster and do it themselves and clean it out. >> and they can do that. >> there's not that much left. it's all incinerated. jon: it's got to be frustrating, just the scope of the damage and the number of contractors and clean-up crews and everything else that have to be hired to get some of these neighborhoods rebuilt. >> it's going to take years.

and not just the clean-up efforts, but even you talk to anybody in that area, just trying to apply for a permit to get something built is not very efficient at all. so i know that the governor has signed some legislation, i believe, to expedite the process, but it is, again, that is another a concern is that the even just getting it cleaned out and getting it rebuilt is going to take a lot of time. it's going to be years. jon, you know, and, again, as the president said earlier in the hour, a number of the big insurance companies actually pulled out, just revoked insurance policies well before these fires began because they thought they were looking at a dangerous powder keg ready to blow. unfortunately, that's what happened. mark, we appreciate -- go ahead. >> it is. and i don't know the whole ins and outs, i'm not in the insurance business, but my if understanding was, was that notes were sent to you have to do x, y and z to make this insurable, and that work wasn't done. and they're like, we're out,

we're done. i don't know how much of that is true, but that tease what i've heard. jon: we appreciate your time tonight. stay say, thanks. >> thank you. jon: well, the trump administration is making strides as two more of the president's current cabinet picks get confirmed for top jobs. pete hegseth sworn in as defense secretary this morning after last night's tie-breaking vote by vice president vance, and this afternoon the senate voted to confirm kristi noem to lead the department of homeland security. she'll be sworn in by the vice president later this hour. nebraska republican senator deb fischer is standing by, but let's start first with chad pill if grim on capitol hill -- chad pergram. chad. [no audio] jon: all right i. appears that we do not have that report from chad pergram at the moment, so let's go back to nebraska senator deb fischer, a member of the armed services committee, the appropriations and commerce if committees as well.

so you're going to be a very busy senator in this upcoming term, senator fischer. first of all, let's talk about the hegseth nomination. he was even described by the vice president as 90% dead early in the confirmation process, but he squeaked across the line with a tie-breaking vote by the vice president. give us your assessment. >> well, obviously the secretary of defense is an extremely important position in any administration. you know, this is one that should have been filled right away, and instead the democrats were doing smear campaign, trying to delay it as much as possible. so i was really, really happy that we were able to get pete across the line last night. i was honored to attend his swearing-in earlier this morning at the executive office a building where he had his family. and a number of us from the armed services committee were there for that. he's going to do a great job.

he showed that during his hearing. he had a good, solid hearing. i've had numerous conversations with him. i reviewed the materials that were out there, and this is the guy for the job who's going to take care of our warriors. and east going -- he's going to work to provide them with resources they need so they can complete the missions they're given. jon: it's going to be his job to reform the pentagon but, obviously, you on the senate armed services committee are going to have a big voice in that. what do you see as the reforms that this pentagon needs? >> you know, we've had a number of discussions on that. the new secretary's been very open about what he's looking at. we have to look at recutement and retention -- recruitment and retention in our all-volunteer force. we have to make sure that we take care of the war fighters, that we have their backs. we knead to train them so they have the proper readiness rain training can and can take on any situation. we need to the make sure that a we have a strong deterrent so

that we don't always have to send our military men and women into harm's way. those are all things that the new secretary has talked about, we've talked about a working with him on that to be the able to get those things done. you know, on armed services, i'm starting my 13th year on armed services committee. many of these issues come up over and over again, and i am hopeful that we have the commitment from the secretary, we have the enthusiasm, we have the dedication to our war fighters from this man to get this done. jon: peace through strength is a mantra that president trump and pete hegseth have repeated over and to over again. they want a military that is lethal and ready to move, but lethal enough that it's going to deter our enemies. do you see that happening? i mean, do you see us in that situation early in the trump term? >> you know, i'm really excited that the president and the new

secretary have embraced that that reagan, reagan term, you know, peace through strength. the secretary and i, we talked about the priority for our nuclear deterrent, our nook lahr triad. -- nuclear triad. it's for ourselves but also for our allies. they depend upon our nuclear umbrella as well. so we're going through a modernization program of all three legs of that a triad. and in my conversations with the secretary, we have really, really focused on the immediate to stay up on schedule on all three of those legs and make sure we have not just the weapons needed, but those platforms are all ready the to go too. -- to go too. we cannot afford to fall behind on this. that is true deterrence. and it's deterrence to be able to hoe the strength, to hoe -- to show the strength, to show

the commitment. and this administration has stepped up, and they are going to do that. jon: former south dakota governor kristi noem has been confirmed to be homeland security secretary. she may be talking the oath of office any minute now, and if she does, we'll take our viewers there live. give us your take on the pace of the confirmations. >> well, they're slow. you know, this is really disappointing, but it's also very dangerous, that the democrats are slow-walking these nominations, especially these nominations that deal with our national security. secretary noem, when she is sworn in in a little bit, my neighbor to the north as governor noem in south dakota, she also is ready to start from day one. she's going to be there working with our border patrol, our other folks there on the southern border especially x. if we've seen president trump with his executive orders step up right away whether it's with

border chaos, whether it's dealing with inflation, prices out there, whether it's dealing with our energy security, whether it's the dealing with our, with our total national security package. so we're excited that that she's going to be sworn in here shortly. jon: nebraska senator deb fischer who had a particularly prominent role in the inaugural events of last monday, senator, congratulations and thank you for being with us. >> thank you. it was a good day, wasn't it? jon: well, it was fun to watch. >> it was good. thank you. jon: president trump expected to speak later this hour in las vegas, his first visit to nevada since he took office monday. the white house says he will focus on his campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tips. we'll take you there when the president takes the stage. ♪arbo ♪ we design and test our own tools and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices

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jon: take a live look at the circa resort and casino in las vegas where president trump is expected to spike a bit later this hour. he just arrived moments ago, we're told. the it is his first visit the nevada since he took office a on monday. the white house says he will focus on his campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tips, and that's a big deal in las vegas. when the president takes the stage, we will take you there

live. four more israelis released this morning as part of the second exchange since the israel-hamas ceasefire if began as the white house instructs the pentagon to release the biden era hold on 2,000-pound bombs for israel. mike tobin live in tel aviv with more. mike. >> reporter: and, jon, there was an air of temporary celebration here in israel as four of the jewish state's daughters are back on israeli soil. they were forced onto a hamas stage where they waved to the crowd, ultimately put back in control of israel and reunited tearfully9 with the families they hadn't seen in 477 days. we tell you that, there's new information coming through the israeli media that the hostages were forced to clean the bathrooms of their captors, cook for them, even take care of their kids. but the four women are now reunited with their families,

they were airlifted to the begin medical center in the suburb of tel-aviv where they all are now if listed in stable condition. they were released in exchange for 200 palestinian prisoners who were released from israeli jails, very serious actors held for and convicted for violent crimes against israel. 70 of them sent into exile, some of them sent into the west bank where buses were greeted by celebrating masses. there were snags in the prisoner exchange k if that is because the female civilians and children were supposed to be released before the female soldiers. so there are two female civilians who we knew were held hostage and two children who are now unaccounted for. because of that, israel didn't allow palestinians to go back to their homes in the northern end of the gaza strip. that caused some friction with the palestinians trying to march north in the gaza trip have and the israeli army went as far as

warning shots being fired. one further note, hamas is expected to provide an update on the 900 remaining hostages -- 90 remaining, how many are alive and how many are dead. that should happen sometime tonight. jon? jon: mike tobin many in tel aviv where the anticipation continues. mike, thank you. the defense team for the accused university of idaho mass if murderer is asking the judge to toss out most of the evidence in the case. lawyers argue the process used to collect it is unconstitutional. c.b. cotton is following the story live for us. >> reporter: hi, jon. defense attorneys argued kohberger's constitutional rights were violated when investigators began a genetic investigation for trace dna found on a fife sheet under one of the victims. kohberger's defense attorney claimed police never got warrants to analyze the dna. but prosecutors pushed back

saying the investigation was done properly and arguing defendants don't have any right to privacy for dna left at a crime scene. defense attorneys also a want search warrants thrown out claiming law enforcement officers lied to get search warrants in the case. for example, the defense team tried to question the the credibility of a surviving house mate, pointing out that this house mate told investigators she had been drinking and was unsure of her memories leading up to the murders. the defense also argued that if this information had been shared, a magistrate might not have signed off on search warrants. but prosecutors once again defended the investigation saying law enforcement used the most up-to-date information it had at the time when trying to to get those search warrants secured. so kohberger is accused in the stabbing deaths of the forty university of idaho undergrad students and their off-campus apartment back in november 2022. at the time kohberger was

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jon: president trump has arrived at the circa resort and casino las vegas. he will speak later this hour in his first visit to the nevada if since he took office. the focus of the speech, his campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tips. that is very popular among the service industry workers in las vegas. we will take you there when the president speaks. meantime, secretary of state marco rubio setting out to remake the state department as he faces international crises from the fragile israel-a hamas if ceasefire to russia's war on ukraine. let's bring in kurt volker, the former u.s. ambassador to the nato and a former u.s. special representative for ukraine negotiations. so the new secretary of state state is hitting the ground running. as i said, he's got a lot to deal with. first, the situation in ukraine. vladimir putin says he's ready to negotiate. what do you think that means? >> well, i think it means that the pressure that president

trump is beginning to put on is starting to get to him. we have seen president trump's commitment to lowering energy prices globally. oil and gas production in the u.s. going up, execs ports going up, calling on saudi arabia to do more and opec. so i think that's one. two, he's not lifting the sanctions that have been put in place on russian energy especially in the very last days of the biden a administration. -- biden administration. i think putin is observing that. so he's trying to position himself now to tell president trump, oh, i'm willing to negotiate. at the moment, however, it's in the very sincere. because in the same breath that that he says he's willing to talk, he says that president zelenskyy of ukraine is not willing to talk, and he point it is a 2022 decrease where zelenskyy said, oh, we, you know, we can't talk as long as the war's going on. that is a deflection from putin's own desire to continue the war.

the reality is that zelenskyy has said many times he's ready to end the war, and we need putin to do that too. jon: he must be just unbelieving that this war that he thought would have anymore control of kyiv in a few days has stretched on as long as it has, and it can't be good for the russian economy and, frankly, the russian population, the number of soldiers he's lost. >> it is the absolutely incredible, the devastation that president putin has wrought on the russian economy and the russian military. they have inflation now that is out of to control. they have interest rates, sorry, interest rates in russia that are at 21%. and the recommendation of the central bank would have been to raise them even further to rein in inflation, and putin said, no. they have a labor shortage because they've thrown so many people into the military effort, they can't keep up with production in russia.

and meanwhile, they have lost as many as 700,000 people to the war. at least a third of those killed. and then the others wounded, but then less functional. even in just 2024 alone, over 40 0,000 people. is so this is very, very difficult for vladimir putin right now. jon: we are taking a look live in las vegas right now, mr. ambassador, as president trump takes the stage. we've been telling you that, telling our viewers that he'll be talking about his promise to end taxation, federal taxation, on tips earned by service workers. we're going to listen in to the president. right now the lee greenwood anthem, "proud to be an american," is playing. one last question with as we wait for the president to speak, we noted that you were ambassador to nato. he wants to see nato countries provide up to the 5% of their gdp for defense, presumably that

would come into play in, if this ukraine war continues. is that possible? do you think the nato countries are willing to uphold or willing to boost their contributions? >> yeah. i've just spent the past week in europe, and i heard from from a lot of nato allies, everybody knows they have to increase defense spending. and it's not only because of president trump, it's also because of what they see putin doing. they know they've got to do it. whether 5% is the ultimate number that's agreed by everybody, i don't know. it might be something less than that, but it's definitely more than the 2% that's the agreed target now. at least 3.5, my guess, is where they end up. and they can do it and they must do it. jon: well,s and some of them, i mean, it was president trump 45 who exhorted them to raise it to 2%, and some of them aren't there yet. >> yeah. we're much better off than we were when he was first elected

in 2016. back then only three countries in europe were spending 2% of gdp on defense. now it's 23. you've got to get everybody up this, and we've got to push them further. jon: ambassador kurt volker, thank you. now to president trump speaking live in las vegas. [cheers and applause] trump! trump! trump! trump! [cheers and applause] finish. >> [inaudible] [cheers and applause] >> -- and it's great to be back in this beautiful city to celebrate the historic first week in the white house. that was -- [cheers and applause] i had a lot of help. joe lombardo, your governor, is here someplace. where's joe? thank you, joe. you're looking good, joe. thank you very much. what a group. who do we have next here? how can you fail with that guy? [cheers and applause] also, lieutenant governor stavros anthony.

stavros, thank you very much. [cheers and applause] if thank you very much. where are you? there you have, stavros. you're very good. is he doing a good job, joe? i think so, huh? he's already. nevada gop if chair michael mcdonald. [cheers and applause] he did something which not a lot of people have been able to do. but i think republicans are going to start winning this state. you know, typically they don't necessarily do so good. we did really well. [cheers and applause] we won in a landslide. that's really why i'm here, i must be honest with you. republican national committee woman segall chatta. thank you. [applause] wherever you may be. hi, thank you very much. finish republican national committeeman jim degraphen reid. that's a hell of a beautiful name, but i know the name so long, it's easy to stay -- to say. one of the best people, a man who's cone so damn well.

i don't know what it is with him. he's just a legend. one person, you know, who we cas is a guy who can't be replaced. there's no one like him. dana white. [cheers and applause] where's dana white? where is dana white? where the hell is he? ufc. [applause] are the -- boys here? oh, yeah. there they are, right there. [laughter] [applause] and rick harrison. rick, thank you very much for being here. you're around here someplace with dana p. mr. phil ruffin, his wife, alexandra, and their two beautiful children, richard and marlene that. [applause] phil? where's ruffin? he's right here. some ledge ledge -- legend, i'll teleyou. he's a legend in las vegas and beyond. he'll be coming out. today we talk about how we're going to end the economic

suffering anding stagnation and disaster of the past four years and create the four greatest years in the history of our country. that's what's going to happen. [cheers and applause] that that's what's going to happen. and as i said in my if inaugural address which, by the way, it got the the highest rating in the history of fox. [cheers and applause] can you believe it? that's nice. the golden age of america begins right now, but i have to be honest with you, i'm really here for a different reason. i'm here to say thank you. i went to north carolina yesterday -- [cheers and applause] and then i flew to see just an unbelievable problem, just a mess in los angeles. right? and i said, you know what i ought to do? if i want to come to a state known as nevada. has anyone ever heard of it? [cheers and applause] and don't ever mispronounce the name. you're not allowed to do that.

you mispronounce the name, you've got a problem. [laughter] you ever see somebody where they say it's nevada? nevada? [background sounds] they're in deep trouble. i want to come to nevada to pay my if respects because this is the only republican win of the state in decades, and it was a very big landslide, so -- [cheers and applause] but i think republicans are going to win a lot now. but it was a big, we had a big win, and it was an early win and that was a bad signal for the democrats. they heard that we were leading so big here and joe helped us so much. a lot of people in this room helped us a lot, special group. special group. and so i said, you know what i'll do the? we're going to fly around it, and i said let's fly right over it, let's land, and i'll do something. but i want to say it, and i'm almost saying it for the media,

i just came here because i wanted to thank the people of nevada for giving us such a big win. [cheers and applause] usa! usa! usa! usa! >> -- i better not introduce them all. i'll be here all day. urn our leadership we're going to defeat inflation, we're going to raise those wage. they're going to go up. [cheers and applause] put more money in your pockets, secure our borders, are restore law and order to our cities, and we're going to make america great again. [cheers and applause] and for four long years, the last administration waged war on the american middle class and everybody else. they had a lot of wars. we had no wars when i left.

we defeated isis, and we stayed out. nobody wanted to mess with us. they had a lot of wars. we're still -- we're trying to put them out. don't worry, we'll get them put out. we were heading to world war ii telling you. we would have had problems line you wouldn't believe. they shut down american energy, buried you in crippling regulation, imposed hidden taxes and spent trillions and trillions of dollars on waste, corruption and radical-left lunacy. these were lunatics. the result was the most brutal inflation in a half a century, perhaps ever in this country. i think ever. and soaring prices for food, groceries and other household goods. the people of nevada are now paying nearly $1,200 per month more to make ends meet since i left office. think of that, $1,200 at least. but since i became the 47th president at noon on monday, i've been moving with urgency

and historic speed -- [cheers and applause] to fix every single calamity of the biden administration that they've created. and this week alone i took nearly 350 executive actions to reverse -- [cheers and applause] the horrible failures and betrayals that we inherited from a group of people that didn't know what the hell they were doing. [laughter] what they've done to this country, especially the open borders where they have -- think of it, 211 million people came in -- 221 million. many of them are criminals, murderers. well, we're getting them out. you see it. you see it yesterday, first day. our message could not be more clear, america's decline is over. american decline is over. we're laughed at all over the world. now we're not laughed at anymore. [applause] what the world witnessed this week is nothing less than a revolution of wealth creation for everyone and also common sense. it's about common sense. it really is. we're the party of common sense. [applause] on day one i directed every

member of my cabinet to -- and, by the way, pete hegseth got approved. cause -- [cheers and applause] and kristi noem just got approved, governor. she's going to keep -- [cheers and applause] she's a tough one. she's a tough one. and she's going to do a great job. on day one i directed every member of my cabinet to martial all powers at their disposal to defeat inflation and bring down the cost of daily life. we want to bring prices down. too high. they went way up, they didn't come down. i imposed a federal hiring freeze, a federal regulation freeze, a foreign aid freed -- oh, that's a nice one. [applause] and i created the new department of government efficiency. we're going to have a lot of good people. elon, we're going to get elon musk to get involved in that a little bit. he already is. [applause] if people like him. i terminated the ridiculous and incredibly wasteful green new

scam -- [cheers and applause] wasn't the environment supposed to eat us up, like, in 12 years but that was, like, 13 years ago. what happened? we're still here. we're still here. remember, we have 12 years to live are. of remember that? if done by somebody that never if even took a course on the environment. aoc plus three, do you remember those -- [background sounds] they were telling us about the environment. aoc plus three. this action alone will save hundreds of millions of dollars of american taxpayers' money. i withdrew from the one-sided paris climate accord. [cheers and applause] and i cap selled the insane and costly -- cancels the insane and costly electric vehicle mandate -- [applause] keeping my sacred pledge to america's auto workers. boy, did we get a big vote with the autoworker. any teamsters in the room?

we got a tremendous vote from teamsters. thank you. [laughter] one guy. [laughter] but they voted for us in the millions, so we have, we had a lot of teamsters voting for us. i withdrew from the world health organization -- [cheers and applause] where we paid $500 billion a year and china paid $39 million a year despite a much larger population. think of that, china's paying 39 million to have 1.4 billion people, we pay 500 million, we have -- no one knows what the hell we have. [laughter] do does anybody know? we have so many people pouring in, we have no idea. but we're going down a little bit now, you don't mind that, do you? [cheers and applause] gonna take some bad ones out. biden immediately went back for even more money. and he went back if they offered me $39 billion, we said -- million. so to we're going to reduce it

from 500 to 39, and i turned them down. it became so popular, i didn't know if it would be well received even at 39. but maybe we would consider doing it again, i don't know. maybe we would. they have to clean it up a little bit. but china pays 39 million for 1.4 billion and we're paying 500 million for 325 million. i don't know what the hell is wrong with these people. [laughter] and then when biden went back in, you know, they immediately went back in? they a paid more than we were paying in the first place. they paid more than the 500 million. they knew they could have had it for 39. you wouldn't do that, joe, right? they know testify a -- they have a deal at 39. is they went back in at 525 million. what the hell -- man, oh, man, it infuriates you, doesn't it? if declared a national energy emergency to unlock the liquid gold urn our feet and pais the

way for rapid approvals of the new energy infrastructure. [cheers and applause] the united states is the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on earth, and we may be a very substantial arely enlarged country in the not too -- isn't it nice to see, you know, for years, for decades we're the same size to the square foot. probably got smaller, actually. but we might be enlarged country pretty soon. and one of the things we're going to be doing is drill, baby, drill. because that's going to bring everything -- [cheers and applause] it's going to bring everything down. my administration has also begun the largest deregulation campaign in the history of our country, far exceeding -- i had the record. we ranker we had a great economy. we had the gatest economy that we've ever had four years ago, but this is going to be better, you watch. this will be better even than the first term.

expect reason i got elected was because of the first term. somebody said, what was the reason you got elected? i mean, you won by so much. i said, my first term. [cheers and applause] you know. that's all i did. i just said, well, take a look at the numbers. take a look at the numbers. in total, the biden administration imposed $50,000 in additional regulation costs on therage american, and think of this, the average american was paying much more than $50,000. and, you know, just think of it, nobody can even believe the numbers. i promised to eliminate ten old regulation for every new regulation. if we put in a regulation, we have to get rid of en. that's what i did. i did e it one and seven. we're going to do up one and ten this time which will soon put many thousands of dollars back into the pockets of american families. as a result of the reforms, we've begun to uplift economic

confidence. this week oracle, openai and softbank announced stargate, a $500 billion investment in a.i. infrastructure which is going to be the very big for nevada, i have to tell you. the largest in history. which will create an estimated 100,000 american jobs. saudi arabia just said that they're going to invest at least $600 billion. this is because of the election, by the way. ms. and i believe they'll make it a trillion. i'm going to ask them to make it one trillion. what the snell you know where they made their money? if liquid gold, right? we have more. we have more than saudi arabia. they've got a lot, we got more. we've got more than anybody, we just don't use it because of the environment. these people are crazy. [laughter] and many other companies, likewise, are looking to informs -- invest, but i don't have enough time to do that, and we have a lot of news conferences. everybody wants to have a news conference. they're calling up by the hundreds, we want to have a news

conference. we're going to invest $12. i said, no, i don't do that. it's got to be $1 billion or more for a news conference. [applause] two days ago because of our tariff mans, stellantis announced -- that's a very good automobile company -- the revival of its belvedere, illinois, plant saving 1500 american auto jobs -- [applause] that were previously headed to canada along with major investments to expand american auto production in detroit, michigan, toledo, ohio and kokomo, indiana. good place. all of these investments are happening only because of our historic victory. if we didn't win or it'd be just the opposite. they were pulling out. they were really pulling out. so they would be i withdrawing money. our country was on the verge of some very bad things. bad things were happening. and now there's light not only over america, i've a heard it from even our enemies.

they call up and they say, sir, we hate you, we do hate you, but there's -- [laughter] some of them hate me. if they liked me, you've got a problem, right? they liked sleepy joe with. what's not to like? you know, they call up, it's funny, i was told today by one of the big leaders of the world we'd call for a telephone call with the president of the united states a year ago, and they'd say we'd like the peek with, who is this? it's the head of germ, the the head of -- germany, it's -- name it, the head of france, the name of any country, it didn't matter. he would never pick up the call. they'd say he'll call you back in two months. [laughter] two months? that's his schedule. he's extremely busy sleeping. [laughter] macron of france, he'll call you back in two months. so two months comes along and there's no call. they'd say, he didn't call -- a.

[laughter] he's -- the stories are, i mean, these stories are not very exaggerated. i will tell you, a little bit for laughter, but, you know, it's only for laughter. the fake news will say is, oh, he exaggerated, it was only one month, you know? [laughter] and then he'd never call and they could never get him on the phone. the problem i have is that when i speak to -- and i speak to them immediately. they'll say, could we speak to the president, would that that be possible and we can do it anytime over the next month. they're so used to this, right? i say, no, i'll pick it up right now. is he on the phone? hello, how you -- [laughter] that that's what -- [cheers and applause] the only problem, they were so starved for love from the united states, i cannot get 'em off the phone. [laughter] i can't get people -- i say i have to go now, king, or president -- [laughter] but you can't get them off the

phone. they're starved for love. you know, for years they haven't spoken -- [laughter] they didn't even know we had a president, if you want to know -- [laughter] but under our leadership, america is back open for business -- [cheers and applause] they have said there's like a light all over the world now. it's not just here. there is a lights all over the world. we have accomplished more in one week than other administrations have accomplish in four years and we are just getting started. we got rid of the woke trap. [cheering] what a lot of crab that was. and these people were petrified print out tell you they were

petrified of it. i don't think they believed it i'm sure they didn't believe it. but they were so afraid. near the top of the agenda for stork republican majorities in congress is the tax cut for american families. lester campaigned across the country and the pledge i'm sure most hear too much about, of pledge to take the trump tax cuts and make them permanent. that's exactly what we are doing. [cheering] in the coming weeks, i will be working with congress to get a bill on my desk that cuts taxes for workers, families, small business and very importantly keeps my promise for a thing called anything about this. i had no influence on the state the fact we won this crazy massive majority the state that it not been won by a republican in decades. i'm sure you have not heard we

are going to get it for you. no tax on tips. no tax on tips. so if you are a restaurant, a valet, a bellhop, a bartender i go through caddies like candy. i played it badly i blame my caddie. any other worker or relight on tip income will be one or% yours you think this had an impact on the election? you do? they are pretty big. nationwide over 4 million workers on tip income. here in nevada a quarter have

not been reporting them for the past 10 years? were going to grafting viciously for the money you did not report for the last 10 or 15. were going to go after you for all of the money, just kidding. only kidding i have to say that to the fakeness mill site trump is after all restaurant workers. many of these workers are some of the very citizens who were hit hard very hard by the biting economy, which was inflation. we think of a inviting the thik of incompetence and inflation. even in the midst of suffering

created joe biting created to expect more money young waitress wants a beautiful you're not allowed to say that as a politician. he used to see a young beautiful waitress but it won't say that because i feel like i want to continue my political career. if you call, the governor won't say it. if you call a woman beautiful today and through her political career. so i won't do it. [laughter] a young waitress i think you could call it young you're probably not even supposed to say young. [laughter] you're probably supposed to say a waitress. a young waitress came up with it how you doing? id is it how you doing? and she said not greats because they are after me viciously for tips they just want your tip income. they don't believe me. she said it's terrible you know,

sir you should have no tax on tips. i said what? i said what did you just say and she said no tax on tips that was about the amount of my consultation. it's true. no tax. note tax on tips as a thank you very much you just won the election. [cheering] we did research into it. thing is going to be great for the trump administration men and women of our country are going to be forgotten no longer. you know that. they were not forgotten for years ago a day when i halted the hiring of any new irs agents. they tried or tried to hire 88000 new workers to go after you. we are in the process of a plan

to either terminate all of them or maybe we will move them to the border. it sure meant i think were going to move them to the border. they are allowed to carry guns. they are so strong on guns. we will will probably move theme border. she said how about no tax. [cheering] you know, if the tariffs worked out, i think like that could happen if you want to know the truth. here's too go 1870 -- 1913. what we had were tariffs. foreign countries came in and stole our jobs. they stole our companies. they stole our product and ripped us off. these two dude numbers in the

mood to tariffs in the tariff system. the tariff system made so much money. that's one of the ridges of 187h the brantley commitment income tax went whenever other people's pay, let's have our people player you have the depression in 19208 , 29 thousand bedtime. didn't have tariffs your tariffs and ended in 1913. it was the richest country ever was. president mckinley. we are re- naming the mountain, mount mckinley. [cheering] we are renaming the gulf of mexico. [cheering] into the gulf of america. [cheering]

and mexico were thrilled when they heard this. they said that's nice. a few months from now when a center tax letter we are going to deliver for the men and women who make it all work. home is something very special. for you it's going to be a big difference. with us today is jessica, an and employee here at circus. i just met your owner. it's very nice hard working single mother of two with incredible children just ago struggling to pay for medical bills to remove a tumor behind her right i. that was real difficult she's currently saving up for a second surgery which will hopefully be very successful. also paying for children's daycare. jessica said no tax on tips would transform her life. it would make such a big difference. so it just ago were going to get that for you.

jessica, are you around here someplace? hi jessica. so beautiful. it's working out medically good everything's good? you look fantastic. you look great. also with us is alexi a 28-year-old cocktail server here who's got big dreams of being an entrepreneur. lexi says no tax on tips will help bring those dreams that much closer to reach. she is going to go to the biggest proponents for it. you're going have a lot of support when we go before congress to get that past. lexi, or are you? hi alexi. good, we will get it done. you'rwe are also pleased to be d by rosetta president ceo of the american hotel which strongly supports this pro- worker reform. would you like to come up and say a few words on behalf of so

many people? come on up. come on up. [applause] [cheering] >> hello mr. president on behalf of the american association i am so honored to be here today. we represent 30,000 members across the country in industry that represents more than 2 million workers. i'm here to tell you the american dream is alive and well in the hotel industry today. [cheering] it is still one of the few places where you can have and grow your career. starting the job as a

housekeeper for a dishwasher or bellhop to renting a hotel preacher owning a horchow or a few being tha the ceo of a globl brand. or president of the united states. mr. president 2017 the tax bill you champion for so many working families and american workers help to small businesses, small hotel owners in our country who make up the majority of the industry reinvest in the economy and growing and strengthening the economy. the no tax on tips built on that momentum but we are so excited to support you in that effort. that is why we are here today. we stand with you to urge congress to pass this proposal.

more than 800,000 hotel workers who benefit from tips, many of you are here in the room today. representing all types of jobs or restaurant workers comment to housekeepers to bellhop's and so many others can take home more of the pay that they earn every day. thank you for having us and promoting us. [cheering] [applause] >> thank you very much, jessica. after four long years of a government that always put you at last, they put america last. they put you at last they put everybody last that was associated with us. once again the present but is putting the workers first reported your families for us above all putting america first. were going to keep america first. [cheering]

were restoring our prosperity. we are restoring our borders. we were sorting our strength, our dignity, our pride. we have been hurt badly by this group of people. they did not have a clue what was happening. it's so disgraceful they were allowed to do it. and quite honestly were restoring in our country within hours of taking the oath of office i declared a national emergency at our southern bo border. i sent active-duty troops to the border to help repel the invasion route c tom homan is leading the charge. we like tom homan, right? [cheering] [applause] he immediately halted all illegal entry began sending every border trespasser and violet are back to the places from which they came. [cheering] i signed an order that will designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. [cheering] [applause] it is a big deal.

it is a big deal. biden did not want to do that. biden didn't know he was alive. he did not want to do it. he did known to do that. i always wanted to do it, you know? think of it is that a terrorist organization or what? i began to leverage the full and immense power of federal government and state government. an enforcement to eliminate the presidents of foreign gangs and criminal networks burying bring devastating crime to american soil. we do not allow people to enter our country and dump their prisoners into the united states of america. we have seen that. our people are instructed to do whatever they have to do. tofree todo what they want to dr throughout this week the heroes of ice have been hunting down and arresting hundreds of illegal aliens. [cheering] its immediate expulsion

including those with charges and convictions for rape, child, sexual assault, terrorism even murder. members of the savage venezuela prison gang, this is not a nice group of people. they formed in prison and dump their prisons into our country we had them doesn't know what to do with that they're all over the place we will get them out. we will get them out. [cheering] in a sense they are in the real estate business they go into a building and they take it. when you buy a building and go out get a mortgage or use your own cash they stage is going to building and take it. they actually said it's not that bad they haven't taken that many buildings, can you imagine that? they haven't taken that many buildings, they are not bad. there's blood is a bloodthirsty ms 13 gangs have gotten thousands and thousands of them

out. in fact over 11000 murderers were released into our country by other countries all over the world because of biden's open border policy. when i heard about that i sit everybody's going to empty out their prisons into our country. i said that i would do that if i was heating up anyone in the many countries. not just south america, all over britain to take their prisons and mental institutions and empty them into our country. can you imagine a person doing this? can you imagine someone doing that to our country? for american citizens january 20, 2025 was truly liberation day. that was truly liberation day. this week i signed in order to end the weaponization of government against people like me. we never had a thing like that. soon after as a political opponent i think he help me get

elected. i'm the only guy who overcame more popular. these guys were so inept and dderanged jack smith. but they felt this way biden could speak by and when an election and of the cheating and another election. but we won. you think that was fun? you think that was easy? and investigate all of the abuses of power i pardoned hundreds of prisoners who had been persecuted. hundreds of people were persecuted. including christians, pro-life activists to washington police officers yesterday whose lives were destroyed from chasing down a dangerous illegal alien criminal. and of course i was very proud to pardon the j6 hostages.

[cheering] once and for all i stop government censorship and we brought back free speech in america. we did more of this elastic people cannot even believe it. i signed in order to declassify all remaining files related to the assassinations of president john f. kennedy, robert kennedy and martin luther king junior. end of the lawless diversity equity and inclusion. all across the government we abolish 68 years of prejudice and hatred with the signing of one order. all approved by the ninth state supreme court. we were allowed to do it because we are now in a marriage based world. a merit-based country.

did you ever think you are going to hear that again? it's based on merit if you've got the talent, if you've got the work ethic felt whole thing it's not based on anything it's based on merit. itspace in your capability. the united states a meritocracy. if you do your job well you're going to go places. i made at the official policy of the nine states government there are only two genders of mail and female. thank you. every single day of my term we are living by the motto promises made, promises kept. i kept my promises. it is why we won. we won because the past four years we won but this is going

to blow it away. when i came in i had no experience. i never did this i was never a politician before. i was talking to jd vance, by the way hasn't he done a great job? jd went right to the senate then notes the vice president said jd are upwardly mobile is that your most so in me why do you say that? he said you went from being a real estate developer to the president. that's a pretty bad-i never thought of it that way. i am the most upwardly mobile politician and history. i did not make any stops along the way to be the greatest honor of my life to serve not once but twice or three times or four times. [laughter] [cheering] [applause] headlines of the fake news. it will be to serve twice.

for the next four years i will not rest, i will not yield and together we will not fail. we will win, win, win it. we will bring back the american dream. we are going to bring it back. in recent years our nation's suffered greatly but we are going to make it great again. greater than ever before. we will be a nation like no other full of compassion, courage and exceptionalism but that is what we are doing and that's what it's all about. i think you see it more in the last week and you have seen in years. the big 47 there's no way i'm going to let myself fall that triple fall was a disaster. i would call that a political disaster.

you can fall once, you can fall twice but you cannot fall three times. i use that in every ad i ever did. our power will stop all wars bring a new spirit of unity to a world that's been angry, violent and very unpredictable. america will be respected again, admired again including by the people of religion, faith and goodwill. were bringing back religion. [cheering] we will be processed we will be free, it will be bigger, bolder more ambitious than ever before. together will make america powerful again make america wealthy again. [cheering] make america healthy again. [cheering] we will make america strong again. [cheering]

make america proud again. we are going to make america safe again. and we will make america great again. thank you very much. and thank you very much. thank you very much we will be back. we will be back. thank you, great job. thank you everybody. ♪. jon: president trump speaking at the hotel in las vegas to an obviously adoring crowd. he seemed very happy. the president talk about his plans, you see the headline on the banner behind him. he wants to eliminate federal tax on tips. which is obviously a big part of the income of the service workers there who happen to have jobs by the tens of thousands in

las vegas at the hotels and casinos. he also repeated his pledge to try to make the trump tax cuts from his first term and permanent. those tax cuts slated to expire later this year. the president said he wants to make them permanent. we will continue to watch the president. we expect he has other activities planned. they are in las vegas. in the meantime a bit of news he went to get too. this from the speaker of the house for it we just learn the speaker of the house, mike johnson, is inviting the president to appear in front of a joint meeting of congress on march 4. now typically a new president does not make a state of the union address until he has been in office a year. this is tantamount to the equivalent of the state of the union address. march 4 i think with the letter we can show you p part march 4 will be the date speaker mike johnson is offering to the

president to come in front of the joint meeting of congress. america's golden age has begun the letter reads, thanks your strong leadership and bold action in the united states is already experiencing a resurgence of patriotism, unity and hope for the future. your administration the 119th congress working together have the chance to make these next four years some of the most consequential and our nation's history. too that end is my distinct honor great privilege to invite you to address a joint session of congress on tuesday, march 4, 2025. in the chamber of the u.s. house of representatives to share your america first vision for our legislative future. i eagerly await your response. so that is the date put out there by the speaker of the spee house. one does not imagine president trump would have a problem with appearing on that date. we will see.

as you heard they're waiting for response from the president. we'll keep you updated on all of that. in the meantime some to some disturbing new details on florida men now in jail for allegedly making violent threats against president trump via social media. i am jon scott this is a brand-new hour of the fox report. ♪. jon: three big stores us are a shocking arrest in west palm beach police said the suspect posted those threats against president trump on facebook and x. he is now facing a felony charge. meantime president trump sparred with california democrats over the response of the catastrophic wildfires there. the region is bracing for potential mudslides with the ran expected this weekend. they've it's too heavy the slides are expected to occur.

one city and deep blue california hopes to become a non- sanctuary town as rebellion grows in communities hit by a wave of migrant crime. let's begin with danamarie mcnicholl. she's following the news out of west palm beach of those threats against the president. >> it was eight tip called into the fbi that led police to social media page that raised many red flags. police a 46 year old from west palm beach was arrested last night near his home after the found a series of violent posts that threaten the life of president trump. you can see here our screenshots at a press conference of the facebook post that police say led to his arrest he claims he was banned from acts after writing the quote i hope and pray someone kills him. he goes on to write on that post quote history is supposed to repeat itself. we have not had an assassination

in years. now, west apollo beach police department chief commented say in today's climate you cannot say things like this. less than a week or move from president trump's inauguration the authorities are taking these threats extremely seriously. after two attempts on president trump's life in just seven months. the most recent taking place miles from his home in mar-a-lago. according to our affiliate atkins is facing a one count of written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism. a second-degree felony. very serious threats. police officers say he had three bags of cocaine on him at the time of his arrest. police also say atkins claims these posts were just a joke. now the secret service will decide if he faces federal charges. jon: the right danamarie mcnicholl reporting from florida. thank you.

one city in southern california is pushing back on the golden state immigration policies in a unanimous vote huntington beach city council passed a resolution to ignore the states sanctuary laws. city councilmembers passionately argued it is an issue of public safety and in crime prevention. listen. cliques of other cities in california want to stick their heads in the sand allow their communities become a cesspool for illegal behavior, that is their choice. we will not be the magnet that attracts and welcomes lawlessness. >> the majority of the united states do not adhere or want to adopt the values of a sanctuary states. i think that says something. >> huntington beach mayor introduce that legislation. he joins me now. sounds like, mr. mayor, you are simply fed up.

>> well, it's really just common sense to supply co commonsense d governing. it has been taken away from us quite a bit but governor newsom and his attempts putting provisions on us not cooperate with the feds when dealing with illegals who wants to commit illegal acts against a state of california and its people. we just won't play that game. you want to govern here and it is our job to do what's best for the safety of the people in california. we'll do whatever we can to provide that safety. jon: are you getting any pushback from the state? >> i have not heard anything. but that is not the first time. they want to try it but i've not heard anything. >> we have a list of inmates in orange county, california who were released despite the fact i so wanted them. five out of 47 inmates with ice detainers had to be released

from the orange county jail. about 81 is inmates eligible for transfer to ice custody or let go into the community. and then 40 of those individuals were rearrested for committing new crimes in orange county breed that is the kind of thing that you are trying to put a stop to with this vote. >> yes, absolutely. thirty years in a city north of here, long beach, as a policeman myself that is just orange county and we are not a high crime district. we have a nice county. we do not have a lot of bad crime like that. just north of sla is out of control. humanity and the rest of the country and these migrants that have led, been let in unvented. it is not just orange county that i am afraid for. it's wherever we go i like traveling, i like going to other places. we have no idea what is out there. this is just a small little

example in a nice area of what is going on. and, you think these criminals are not going to re- commit crimes? it is a dream. >> is not just given a public safety crisis it's an officer safety crisis. tom home in the new borders are says his officers are threatened by these sanctuary city laws that states like california put in place. take a listen. >> century city's jurisdiction is a safety crisis. instead of the ice officers arrest and the bad guys in the security in jail we know we don't have weapons century city's release the public safety threat back into the community which is a public safety because if you had a bad guy back in the community. jon: l again, your city is

implementing what a lot of people would say is only common sense. getting rid of the century city law. >> like i say and my 30 year career i have many opportunities to work with other agencies i always say from school, police, all the fbi, d.o.j. we need each other's help. we all have our certain strengths and powers. for somebody like governor newsom to say we are not allowed to help or putting provisions to restrict our ability to work together. the job is hard enough. we need to learn to count on each other. what kills me it's all for the safety of the community who were taking away a tool that makes it safer. we are letting out people that are going to make our cities less safe. it does not make sense.

jon: have been a huntington beach it's a beautiful place and help to come visit you again. huntington beach mayor. mr. mayor, thanks so much for being with us. >> oh, thank you. jon: still had on the fox report hamas releases the next set of hostages as part of the cease-fire deal with israel but there are new issues that could put the rest of the deal at risk. ♪

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>> more attention with his very fragile cease-fire. it is supposed to turn over today a list with updated conditions of the 90 remaining hostages in the gaza strip. he was alive and who is dead. that was supposed to be turned over today but there is less than a half hour left in the d day. we are almost at midnight so far that list has not been turned over. this, u.s. secretary state marco rubio issued a statement saying the cease-fire must hold together. it is imperative. one major development today but he showed video from inside the ch 53 that air lifted the four israeli female soldiers from their captivity, from the edge of the gaza strip to the hospital where they are now in the suburb of tel aviv. all of them have been reunited with their families for the first time in 477 days for there is one female israeli soldier who is still in the gaza strip. for their release at 200 palestinian prisoners were

released from israeli jails. violent palestinian prisoners 12120 them serving life sentencs 70 were sent into exile never to return to israel or the palestinian territories. there is a difficulty with the cease-fire in the manner of which the exchange was executed. female civilians and children were supposed to be released ahead of the female soldiers. we don't to note to civilians ht gotten out of the gaza strip the children as well but right now this status is unknown but therefore israel said hamas was in breach of the cease-fire agreement. as a result refused to allow palestinian civilians to go north in the gaza strip to the homes of the north for that cause further tension. shots were fired, further threatening. warning shots were fired for the threatening this very fragile cease-fire. jon: might come as any explanation from the hamas side as to why the release orders were switched?

>> not really per the only thing we know is one of the female civilians is held by islamic jihad. some of the logistics go to get complicated. beyond that there is no explanation coming from hamas. jon: mike tobin reporting live. thank you. ♪. jon: president trump pardoning nearly two dozen pro-life protesters convicted during the biden administration. he signed those pardons thursday, one day before the annual march for life rally. vice president vance spoke directly to pro-life protesters at that rally. >> and i want to be clear that this administration stands by you. we stand with you. and most importantly we stand with the most vulnerable and the basic principle that people exercising the right to protest on behalf of the most vulnerable should never have the government go after them ever again.

[cheering] jon: fox news contributor jonathan more is joins us now. he was is telling under the bidn administration that a number of people protesting outside abortion clinics wound up being arrested and convicted. were as people who bombed pro life facilities, went after them they were very few convictions in those cases. >> let's start off of the fact that although many people are surprised by this, i have seen on the news. i have seen you in writing. president trump campaign very publicly saying i will pardon these people. he did that because there was a recognition across the country that unfortunately the justice system was being used for some people and against other people based on ideology.

that is not american justice. so the fact president trump is pardon these 23 people for non- violent offenses against an obscure act called the face act that was made under president clinton but never used some of them were given up to 57 months of jail time these are people in their 60s and 70s who are out there trying to save lives. jon: one in her 80s i believe a survivor of the concentration camps and yet was thrown into prison for protesting against abortion. >> what president trump is doing is saying listen, yes this is a question of justice because we have so many violent criminals right now being let off or nothing. without any jail time. he is saying yes is a question of justice but symbolically

let's make a point let us not use the justice system to push for our own agenda. and as soon as we lose trust in the fbi, in the cia, and the department of justice as a whole we have a loss what makes america strong. the reason why we have a free market that works is because there are laws that protect us. the reason why we have a country that is safe, and speak as we have laws and protect us. soon as we get rid of that, eight nation of laws we will not be a force for good in the world or a f force for good even for n citizens. >> you mention the face act which you ment mentioned was sid under president clinton. here's the justice department statement more than 100 crisis pregnancy centers, pro-life organizations and churches were attacked from the immediate

aftermath of the decision all prosecutions have been against pro-life justice. that's a statement coming to the department of justice under the trump administration you would agree with that assessment, right? >> i agree let's go back to the first point. president trump acknowledged during the campaign i am going to do this. the country voted for him. what a message and d do what yoy you're going to do. and things will go well for you. honestly, what a lesson. it's very simple these are 23 non- violent offenders of an obscure act they were put into prison. trump said that is not justice. and he let them go. this is where the white trump supporter or not what a lesson

in politics just do what you say you're going to do. >> face act stands for freedom of access to clinic entrances. it's not like these people were violently resisting here. the arrests were simply the act of protest. >> let's be clear in the past there have been people whom bombed abortion clinics in the name of goodness for the name of justice, the name of defense of life. that is not with these 23 people were doing it's not president trump on the department of justice are letting off people who are bombing anything. these are non- violent offenders. i am just so glad they are free. hohope the justice system also learns for that right or the left let's not use the law against some people and for others but that's not what it is for and that is not what makes

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jon: president trump headed to southern california yesterday to survey the extensive wildfire damage los angeles expected to see some desperately needed rain this weekend. but it could turn out to be too much of a good thing but heavy rain could trigger dangerous mudslides in those fire stricken areas. christina coleman is a live from the l.a. neighborhood in pacific

palisades. cooksey potential for mudslides is a big concern right now but go ahead and take a look at what one did to this beautiful beachfront home. a mudslide happened hear from that water used to put out the fires. you can see it split this entire house in half it split into. take a look at this for this house is so close to the psc h you can see it thei there all ot burned and charred rubble running off, all the dry land and causing mudslides. take a look at this video this is from yesterday cruise position concrete barriers along the pacific coast highway to try to contain potential runoff from the rain. fema said a instead of sucking p all the precipitation, soil and fire ravaged areas can develop a top layer that repels water due to all the burned material. that could lead to dangerous flooding and mudslides. folks who live downhill or

downstream from the burnt locburnedlocations our greatestr dangerous debris flowing down into their areas. >> met mudslides can be very fast we are talking 35 or 40 miles an hour down a slope. you cannot outrun a landslide or a debris flow. they are just too fast. >> president donald trump toured the extensive wildfire damage yesterday had a roundtable with local officials to hear out their needs. during the briefing the president was very clear on his stance with democratic leaders in the state urging them to cut through the bureaucracy, redtape environmental restrictions to help fire victims get back on their feet. take a listen to his tense exchanges with l.a. mayor karen bass california congressman brad sherman. >> you have to exercise them also because i did exercise. >> will give a very powerful emergency power you can do

everything within 24 hours. >> yes and if individuals went wantto clear out their propertyy can. >> fema and competently run at cost about three times more than it should cost. we can spend money on schools outside of giving money to bureaucracy. it takes you so much longer. [applause] >> mr. president. >> it takes you some is longer. >> and so there you have it. we were expecting the rain it sometime this afternoon and shall last over the next few days. again, mud slides causing damage like this is a very big concern. jon: scary stuff. alright christina coleman, let us know what happens, thanks. wilmore fox report in just a moment. their heart. how's your heart? my heart's pretty good. —you sure? —i think so. how do you know? you're driving a car, you have the check engine light. but the heart doesn't have a hey, check heart sign. i want to show you something. put both fingers right on those pads.

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