>> ainsley. >> janice: your name is ainsley? >> yeah. >> janice: where are you from?gigi and nana. >> janice: wave to everybody at home there. good job. thanks, everybody, for coming today. in thee the storm, rain and snow moving in acrossoutheast. gulf coast could see flooding and snow across the rockies. warm air will be here until next arctic blast moves in. >> janice: do you have your list to santa? >> yes. >> janice: do you want to say hi to ainsley in the studio? >> ainsley: how does she spell it? >> janice: she's as cute as you. >> ainsley: when i retire, she can take my job, they won't have to change the graphics. >> do you want ainsley's job when she retires? >> she's thinking about that. >> ainsley: you have to wake up pretty early. >> ainsley: i would love to get a picture with her. mysterious drones flying over new jersey. nate foy is live in morristown with the latest. >> frustration and concern are growing in new jersey, it has been three weeks where drones have been seen nearly every single night with exception of thanksgiving. you mention frustration w

over to ainsley. >> ainsley: over to steve and janice for christmas fun. >> janice: eight days of christmasoday is 17th. this comes from redland cotton. >> janice: look how soft, color of this, sean, this is what i want under the tree this year. >> steve: from redland cotton farm, fabric from carolinas, cut and sewn in the city. peter peter peter doocy our family gives this as a gift all year long. you see their commercials on fox, today if you use promo code friends 25, you get 25% off of the loungewear and approval go to redlandcotton. >> janice: thank you, steve, i'm taking this home. >> steve: fine. somebody who loves lounge wear is bill hemmer. he lounges all day long. >> bill: dana and i were talking about picking up a few gifts, good idea. see you tomorrow when you reveal another one, i imagine. it is that season. back on trump time. who is heading to mar-a-lago next? we'll tell you coming up in a moment. questions about drones and new revelations, we'll talk to john kirby at the white house. the judge in new york keeps trump's conviction on the docket and robert f. kennedy starting

hey, ainsley.alk with prince william after the reopening of the notre dame cathedral in france. trump telling the "new york post," quote: i asked him about his wife and he said she is doing well. i asked him about his father. and his father is fighting very hard. and he loves his father and he loves his wife. both king charles and princess kate are recovering from cancer. the principal settle of wales appeared at her annual christmas caroling event on friday. latest episode of martin scorsese presents the saints is out now on fox nation. focusing on saint max amillion colby. >> i have to go with them always by our side, everywhere. >> i would like to take the place of this man. last chance to get fox nation for 1 point # 9 a month. >> >> carley: wow. watch all four episodes of the saints on fox nation.com. more "fox & friends" moments away. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> ainsley: are they good?he marshmallows. >> how big is your house? >> melania: it's a big house, but the white house is really big but i hope you can visit next time. >> ainsley: you all will have to go to the easter egg hunt. would you all like some ornaments, will you decorate the trees children? >> melania: look, want to put some ornaments on. >> ainsley: do you want to help her decorate the tree. look at that that's lady liberty. isn't that pretty? the ornaments are heavy they're beautiful. okay, you want to put it on the tree? there you go. have you decorated your tree at home yet? >> yeah. >> ainsley: how was that? was it fun. >> yeah, it was really fun. >> ainsley: well, melania, such an honor to be here with you, thank you so much. she wanted to be with you, she requested to meet all the children because she knew were going to be here and she appreciates the sacrifices your parents have made for our country >> melania: thank you very much for your service and be safe and beautiful families you have. >

lowering prices. >> ainsley: 60%. >> brian: attacking inflation. >> ainsley: cutting taxes for individuals lawrence: something he campaigned on. other candidates were talking about all this other nonsense. he took the issue on whether it was the economy and then right after that, it was the border. and if you talk to the president, the number one way he is going to be able to do that is through energy. it's open open up the flood gates, drill, baby, drill. that's how we are. >> brian: bring the price of energy down. >> ainsley: because the moment joe biden, when he shut down the pipeline, the one, in particular, our energy prices started to go up immediately. >> steve: right. and the energy prices went up with ukraine and all sorts of things. donald trump aims to turn that around. it's all part of the new polls @foxnews.com. they also asked people, and this was a really interesting question. it had to do with the president's incoming president's cabinet picks. and so, the question was, okay. imagine you are a u.s. senator. would you vote yes or no on these various candidates? you know who

. >> ainsley: do we have a paddle? nope. >> ainsley: sit on the couch and watch. >> lawrence: brian, don't you do b boxing? you're terrible. brian, you need help over there. >> steve: lawrence, you are doing well. >> ainsley: thank you, janice, we'll keep practicing. christian movie star lauren daigle is coming up. >> lawrence: she's a star. >> steve: lovely. stick around. [clears throat] sounds like you need to vaporize that sore throat. vapocool drops? it's sore throat relief with a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ whoa. vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. lainey wilson: in this family, we ask for help when we need it so we can help more children who really need it. families never receive a bill from st. jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food. but we can't help these kids without you. this holiday season, join our st. jude family. we need you. please donate now. [music playing] the next mega millions drawing is now available on jackpocket. jackpocket lets you order official state lottery

thank you all for being here. >> thank you, ainsley. >> ainsley: appreciate it.explain it, bob? >> sure, love to, ainsley. >> thank you so much for having us. >> you are welcome. >> when senator bob dole grievously injured in the battle for italy was in walter reed elizabeth dole was with him. recognized while we had a lot of benefits for veterans. we really had no way of caring for the caregiver caregivers were the ones leaving their jobs leaving the family responsibility to care for the loved one and the family. the good news from the v.a. standpoint you are 10 times more likely to survive the battlefield today than you were years ago. the bad news of that is you are grievously injured. there are 14.4 million caregivers in this country caring for military veterans. elizabeth, working -- senator working with the va, we created a cadre of law to help provide benefits for these caregivers. just recently had a new bill that's been passed to enhance that even greater. so, this is a really big deal. this foundation we participate in is with caring for the caregivers.

thank you for joining us. >> good morning, ainsley.ks for coming on. i know you talked to the governor. what did he tell you after receiving this letter? >> well, the governor was very nice in calling me back yesterday. and basically said that the same thing we have known all along. there doesn't appear to be any safety concerns. but that there is really no information as to who is piloting these drones, what they are doing. where they are going or where they are coming from. >> ainsley: just saying monitoring the situation. no safety issue. no threat. so that doesn't make you feel great if you are living in new jersey or seeing these drones. they are industrial drones. do you have any idea who might be operating these? >> >> it does not make anybody feel good or safe. look at the physical part of this. drones are large. some of them are the size of a car hood. some people reporting the size of a small car. if they lost power and fell, they are going to hurt or kill someone. so, and as far as we know, they are not authorized to be up t

ainsley, over to you. >> ainsley: okay.e: you got it. >> ainsley: just 15 years old ellisston berry pushing lawmakers bill take it down app. schemes classmates spread heroic ai generated images of her on the internet. >> millions of not only girls, women and children are being harassed and they are being targeted and victimized and there is nothing out there that can help them that can save them thanks to the take it down act we are able to give victims a voice protect not only the future generations but the victim. the survivors of this ai courtroom. elliston berry joins us now. very impressed you are so young to be able to speak with our lawmakers in front of ted cruz your senator in texas. thank you for coming on with us. tell us what happened to you if people aren't familiar with your story thank you for having me on. i was a victim of ai crimes. last year i fake ais. a classmate took photo off instagram and but it through ai tool and stripped my clothing off and it went aren't the entire school. >> ainsley: your classm

thank you. >> ainsley: let's bring in jeh johnson, mr. secretary.as know something and is not telling us? what do they know or do you believe everything he is saying? >> i believe at the moment our federal government is still struggling to figure this out. we have the law enforcement capability to track down this individual who apparently shot brian thompson in a matter of days. we can provide state of israel iron dome capability to take down missiles from lebanon and elsewhere. we have capability to figure this out also if our government at federal and state level are focused and provide resources, time and attention, i'm certain we will figure this out in a matter of time. i don't find particularly helpful at the moment, the -- there is no evidence of or we do not know of because at the moment, there is not much evidence of anything other than what people like me are seeing up in the sky. >> steve: you have seen a drone. i have seen a drone over my house in jersey. >> well, the other night i was walking my dog and saw something flying overhead, i

>> ainsley: whoo!at these men back here doing the trump dance, ymca. >> brian: division one with sports, veterinarian school, school of politics. >> lawrence: we know one of the former football players. >> ainsley: doing the trump dance. great church on long island. look at them. maib he'll do the dance tonight. great church called shelter rock, three different locations that i've gone to before. you can rent this out, they have concerts. >> brian: my son had graduation here. reminiscing. >> steve: those guys dancing ymca, that was not on the prompter. i got a couple e-mails that say donald trump should change lyrics to m-a-g-a. fun to be at the m-a-g-a. >> brian: we finally have the village people agreeing to let him use their song. >> steve: we have one. that is all you need. >> lawrence: he's the star, the cop. >> brian: 40 years later still wearing the helmet. >> ainsley: he said he had a change of hearts, he bes donald trump loves the song. >> steve: he's making money with it. >> brian: i wouldn't

go over to ainsley. >> ainsley: ththank you, brian.elect trump vowing to protect women's sports and state g.o.p. legislators aren't waiting for inauguration day. georgia state senators now laying outs some new rules. a new set of rules shifting authority to the state legislature and requiring schools keep biological males out of will's sports and locker rooms. here with how this will all take shape in 2025 is fox nation host abby hornacek. good morning, abby. >> good morning, ainsley. tell us what you know about this. >> we talked about atlanta's lpn men in golf. sport to follow. that's what we are seeing happening here in georgia and the lpga's case. they overturned a rule that has been around since 2010. and to could so. >> they cited a science-based approach. and georgia lawmakers are kind of following suit, they are pointing at things like bone density. lung capacity, increased muscle mass, just other ways that biological males have advantages over females it. will be interesting to see. these recommendations still need to make it

thank you so much, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are welcome. >> brian: the house caucuses laying out priorityhoman look to hit the ground running on day one. >> the american people are fed up. outright rejected joe biden's america last agenda. instead of listening biden ducked be doubled down. >> long national nightmare of our open borders is almost done. the american people have spoken very cloud and clearly they want a secure border. >> they're going to take the shackles off ice and cbp and say enforce the law. they want to do expedited removal as well. you add those in there and that will actually slow down the flow at the bordered almost immediately. >> brian: well, our next guest is the mother of rachel morin the mother of five who was murdered by suspected illegal immigrant last year here illegally. patty morin joins us now. patty, your thoughts as the people -- as the group that told you that they would fight for border security is set to take power as they set up their agenda yesterday. what were you thinking? >> i was thinking thank god somebody listened to the american people. 87% o

like ainsley, i will spend $75 on ainsley. lawrence jones, i will spend $125 on. >> yeah. i'm old and i met guy from north pole, he said make a list and check it twice. rachel is right, do that, put name beside it and you have a christmas budget, if you stick to that, you won't overspend. problem with christmas is not we enjoy buying gifts for someone, that is wonderful thing. we double up what we spend because retailers make their money during this season and so they are great merchandisers. they put stuff in front of us we had not planned to buy. >> steve: dave, if you had a red hat on with fuzz you might look like somebody who is going to be busy next week, just saying. >> i know nothing. >> steve: from santa to sergeant shultz. live stream on january 23rd, go to ramseysolutions.com/livestream. >> completely free. merry christmas, steve. >> steve: we'll step aside, more "fox and friends" after a brief time out. what can i do to make a better cotton crop? we believe that the best products are made in america and come fresh from the family farm. and produced unde

>> lawrence: i'm sorry, ainsley. >> ainsley: you go ahead. >> lawrence: there is this temperature ofim with gratefulness for the people i told the crowd i love you. i appreciate you. and to brian's point, he does want to work with democrats. he has made it very clear. let the past be in the past. move forward for the unity of the country. >> ainsley: i have heard a lot of people say that last night was one of my favorite patriot awards. because the family finally come together, that entire room, most of the room i would say voted for him. 99% of that room voted for him. they were so excited to see him. the energy was there. they were so happy not only for their vote counting but also because this country is heading in the right direction again. that's how they felt. you could feel that in the room. i thought sean did a great job. sean for pete because he is. >> steve: is he busy. >> ainsley: busy for the white house. >> steve: brian, you are talking a little bit about the tone of the behind the scenes. we all remember in 2016 into 2017, you know, he won and then it was just kind of a

we had that trans situation. >> ainsley: in nashville. >> steve: in nashville. >> ainsley: there is an. all the information it takes a few days. everything kind of slowly unfolds in these situations because it involves kids and schools. >> steve: and the news that she just that the family is cooperating with investigators. so maybe we will know what exactly was going on. >> brian: significant. the last two families i think have been indicted for allowing their kid to have a gun or playing a role or looking the other way. >> steve: because it was their gun. i don't even think we know whose gun it is yet. so stay tuned the investigation not even 24 hours old. meanwhile, you know, last week we told you about what day woke up and joe biden has commuted or pardoned 1500 people the biggest number ever in the history of the world. now people are starting to look at some of the people that he pardoned or he granted clemency to one person really angering people at dixon illinois comptroller there she is rita crumb well she essentially elm beveled $54 million, you know, that is not a very big t

. >> ainsley: thank you all for being here. >> steve: good morning. >> ainsley: good morning.applause] >> steve: hello, folks. and welcome to brian kilmeade land. >> brian: long island and long island university. can you believe it? >> ainsley: what was it like when you drove in? you knew where to go. you were calling where do we go? what parking lot? >> brian: i remember the year we got here, the roof on this building collapsed in the snow storm. >> steve: oh good because it's snowing. >> brian: it's fixed now. this place is beautiful did. you have a chance to walk around? they have about 20,000 students here about. 4,000 live on campus. it's getting bigger every year. they have consolidated campuses. they won division one. once i left they realize we are in the clear. [laughter] i had a great experience here it's going to be fantastic to see them hosting the patriot awards which is surpassing the oscars as the number one award show in american history. >> lawrence: that's what i'm talking about. >> ainsley: we have all of these beautiful individuals who came early this morni

>> ainsley: law is the law, he is allowed to pardon. donald trump might do it for someone he's close with and republicans can't say anything about it. he's ashesllowed to do this. what i'm hearing on the networks yesterday, they are upset he lied. why didn't he say i am going to or i don't know yet. >> steve: how many times did joe biden when asked about different things, he said, that is an independent agency, i'm not going to meddle in it. david weis is saying joe biden says this is selective prosecution and it was not. now technically it is up to two judges, one in california and delaware whether or not they do dismiss the case. if president of the united states issues a pardon it is rubber stamp. technically it is up to the judge. >> ainsley: what about them blaming raw politics? why not blame him, he committed crime and did not pay his taxes. he lied on a gun form, why would it be politics? he actual ly did this. >> lawrence: they allow him to sleep around with his brother's dead wife, not take care of his children, entire mess tha

ainsley and ainsley.ta's sleigh has made a pit stop on fox square just in time for the big night. meet santa's reindeer in training. this is twinkle. back here we have tinsel and cowboy chris alongside reindeer farmer david huber of spruce run. >> ainsley: stay away from the antlers. >> ainsley: do you want to feed him or her? this is tinsel. >> steve: come along this side so can you feed him. is it true -- there you go right there. how cool is that? >> ainsley: a real life reindeer. >> steve: david, is it true that actually you started a reindeer farm because a little girl ashley's age said these apartment real when you have a white tail. >> absolutely. walked up there. crossed her arm. she said that's not a reindeer. >> steve: david, maybe you should come around this side. how often do one of these things turn and poke you in the eye. >> i go about four pair of glasses a year. >> ainsley: wow. >> i just got new titanium ones. >> janice: are they friendly. >> very. this is twinkle. she is a 9-year-old. s

and crowd. >> ainsley: hello, everyone. and excoach bill belichick heading to chapel hill, north carolina finalizing a deal head coach as that school. >> brian: joining us on this analysis the guy who coached the pros. hall of fame coach himself fantastic broadcaster jimmy johnson. people are stunned by. this for bill belichick to go after a year out goes back to college where he has never really coached before. what are your thoughts about why he is doing it? >> well, brian, bill and i have been friends for 35 years now. and we communicated back and forth a little bit. i told our fox nfl sunday guys, i said don't be surprised if he goes, you know, to north carolina. you know, is he doing what he loves doing. and that's coaching football. he loves developing players and building a team and, you know, he can do that at north carolina without any interference or very little interference, and he is able to bring back some of his people that's worked for him over the years, mike lombardi is going to be the general manager. he h

. >> ainsley: oh!> steve: that got a reaction welcome. >> ainsley: i'm usually not superstitious. >> steve: welcome to "fox & friends" december 1st, 2024. mysterious drones flying over connecticut and even the west coast. what are those things? >> ainsley: plus, the accuser at the center of the infamous duke rape case years ago now admits she made it all up. >> brian: next, new york city mayor eric adams finding common ground with trump's new border czar tom homan. he joins us on the couch after yesterday's big meeting. >> lawrence: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> brian: yep. >> steve: all right. a fox news alert. we got new video in that shows mysterious drones they are believed to be over the skies across the northeast, including now, connecticut. >> brian: all right. and there are new reports of drones over parts of southern california. >> ainsley: but, as americans search for answers, the white house is dismissing concerns, calling them a lawfully operated manned aircraft. >> brian: that's a l

do you love ainsley? >> i love ainsley.tmas. >> hi, everyone. >> huge crowd out there. >> janice: we love it, ainsley. amazing. >> ainsley: thank you, you are so good at that, good with the people. hi, cutie. the ncaa division i volleyball championship kicks off today after numerous women's team forfeit against san jose state over a transgender athlete. they have collected 7000 signatures. joining us is spokeswoman adrianna, mclean. good morning. tell us about these signatures, what were people saying and how did you collect them? >> we are driving this campaign, targeting female athletes using campaigns, those are signatures and letters going to board of governors. they are adding their name and letters are getting put in the inbox of governorless s. they need to follow lead of lpga, niaa. >> ainsley: you were a di athlete. someone asked yes this is a thing. someone taking a tour said his wife voted for trump for this reason, that is how important it is and they have a little girl, they are thinking there daughter's future

." >> ainsley: happy birthday. >> brian: national holiday. behind bars, the jail where that ivy league grad with a masters degree is being held charge inned murder of the unitedhealthcare ceo. >> ainsley: crazy you can print out a gun. firefighters raging overnight in malibu, flames explode over 1800 acres. >> lawrence: drone scares, lawmakers hold a major hearing and reps from n.f.l. will be there discussing fan safety. >> steve: final hour for "fox and friends" for lawrence's birthday starts right now. >> lawrence: buck up, we begin with a fox news alert, suspect in the killing of unitedhealthcare ceo has been arrested in pennsylvania being held at a jail in huntington, pennsylvania. >> brian: alexis mcadams has been covering the story. surprise we found him in altoona. >> that is right, came from a 911 call from a worker of mcdonald's. the manhunt ending at that mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania. luigi mangione is facing murder charges. the 26 year old was cuffed and walked into the police department overnight. he is looking at the media

go ahead, ainsley. >> ainsley: thank you, lawrence. the home invasioned started 2:30 yesterday morning have this couple, man and woman, i assume they are a couple. victims were kidnapped and assaulted. i didn't know that about the fingernails until peter just said that how painful would that be? the police chief said they were pistol whipped, beaten, pistol whipped. is he calling it torture. that's how you see in the movies when they torture people and they capture them in other countries they rip out their fingernails. >> steve: they want information. >> ainsley: without question he said it's a gang incident. >> lawrence: it's a violent gang, and this is what they do. i don't know why we are surprised that when we allow this gang come across the border they are doing the same thing to our citizens now. i want to talk about these ankle monitors because i think the trump administration has good intentions but these things do not work. if you all remember a few years ago, i did a story in indiana of the ankle monitors because one of the

we don't know the motive quite yet. >> ainsley: do you know what the mistakes were? they don't want to put them out there because they don't want to compromise the investigation. i think whatever his agenda was, by leaving those shell casings out there, there is d.n.a. there can be fingerprints on that as well. i look forward to seeing what they're putting out out there. othey're confident they will be able to catch him. >> brian: should have put sunglasses on if he wanted to hide himself. >> ainsley: i bet they have other video. don't you think? there is a lot in these investigations that we all know that they don't tell us. >> steve: that could be the vest shot of his face. he did leave a cup and water bottle and some wrappers from a couple of power bars in the garbage. if there is nay, if he wasn't -- if he was wearing gloves it went be of much use. eyewitness ains wait, that looks like the guy in my class or that looks like so and so down the street. >> brian: you get $10,000 if it helps. call it in. >> hunter biden spotted forth the first time since his controve

. >> ainsley: released a few minutes ago. in les than two hours, he'll ring the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. >> steve: he is busy. family of seven-ev year-old girl killed in dui accident demanding changes after illegal migrant blew through a red light and he had already been released by ice. >> brian: and hanging wanted signs for health executives and elizabeth warren isn't doing anything to help. >> you can only push people so far and then they take matters into their own hands. >> lawrence: this is totally okay to murder someone, whatever. final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ b baby, take me home for christmas show me around your town take me where you used to watch the snow come down. ♪ all of your traditions -- >> brian: i never remember the city is packed, go back to maybe 2010, there are more families in new york city this time around, not just people, or migrants,y have 7000 illegal immigrants here. i think people are traveling, feel upbeat about what is going on, the pandemic in our re

take it away, ainsley. >> brian: this is my town. >> ainsley: strategy story where brian is from massapequa high school hockey player has died after having what has been called a sudden medical event during a charity game over the weekend. massapequa high school senior conner casen lost consciousness during the game's intermission on saturday and medics quickly took the teen to the hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later it. happened during a charity game which was being held in honor of a team from another nearby high school who died in a car crash last year. conner was only 17 years old. did you know the family, brian? >> brian: i didn't know the family but obviously rocked massapequa. >> ainsley: of course. officials say at least 85 people had symptoms after eating thc contaminated food at a wisconsin pizza shop a few weeks ago a reports released by state public health officials employees at the restaurant went to the shared community kitchen to borrow oil for making a batch of pizza dough. the owner further reported that they now believed that the oil used with thc infu

>> ainsley: and today, vice president elect j.d.vance will be in north carolina to tour hurricane helene damage. i'm glad he hasn't forgotten that area. they are still hurting there. we will preview the visit as recovery efforts continue this winter. >> lawrence: the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: it was great night of celebration honoring america's his or hers at the sixth annual fox nation patriot ar wards. >> you know, the event showcasing the best in this country, the best that we have to offer. capped off by a visit from the future and former president of the united states donald trump here are a few of the highlights that really stood out for us. >> helloooooo fox nation. are any of you sick of winning? [audience responds no! ] >> sean: i'm not sick of winning, not one bit. our special guest, donald j. trump, the 45th and 47th president of the united states is in the house tonight. [cheers and applause] but, first, we have a lot of patriot awards to hand out to very deserving recipients this yea

>> ainsley: do you like to regift?> lawrence: if you are not going to use it give to someone else who is. >> steve: you might get one for christmas. >> lawrence: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: all right. meanwhile, take a look at that right there. president-elect donald trump got a warm welcome over the weekend at the army-navy game in land rover, maryland. >> ainsley: it comes ahead of a big week for the president-elect as he meets with a few tech giants. >> lawrence: and on capitol hill r.f.k. will begin confirmation meetings this week. peter doocy joins us live from washington with the details. hey, peter. >> peter: good morning. we got a list of 25 senators. r.f.k. jr. plans to meet with on capitol hill this week. is he, of course, part of the most famous family of democrats in our nations' history. yet, none of these 25 senators are democrats. instead the strategy for the transition team seems to be shore up the right flank. minimize republican defections and try to keep the focus on improvements to t

>> ainsley: not my read now. [laughter] >> steve: welcome to the second hour of "fox & friends" on brian kilmeade's anniversary. >> ainsley: actually take the money. >> lawrence: oh yeah i will take it. >> steve: it's new york. come on. speaking of new york. who would you want on the train with you in the defense's closing argument in the daniel penny trial. >> ainsley: can we answer? >> steve: as jury deliberations begin as soon as today. >> lawrence: charlamagne tha god after president biden his son. >> i want democrats to stop acting like political high ground politically when they show us they are not. start acting like you are the pure party and republicans aren't. >> brian: that's a good part clcharlamagne. identify with the italian stallion. >> people have aspirations to do more. please give me the opportunity, even fail. put me in, coach, one time. let me run the race. >> ainsley: second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> lawrence: buckle up. fox news alert. closing arguments continue this morni

you want to say hi to ainsley in the studio where it's nice and warm. >> hi, ainsley. >> ainsley: hellofailing to block dangerous content which could influence our teenagers. researchers are sharing self-harm images on fake profiles for as young as 13-year-olds which the company is supposed to identify and remove but it didn't. and instead allowed that content to spread. here to discuss is fox news senior medical contributor dr. marc siegel, good morning, dr. sealing? >> >> dr. siegel: hi, ainsley. >> ainsley: tell us about this study. >> dr. siegel: this is pre-existing problem which you already said. a huge epidemic going on around the world where young teens, 7 to 24% of them have had some incidents of self-harm, cutting or something like that. that's really, really disturbing. a study in nature last year showed that over three hours on social media a day contributes to this. now, why would it contribute to it. because there is a lot of violence on social media, because there is a lot of self-harm videos on social media. now, meta says and i call this the war of artificial intelligen

." >> ainsley: it's lawrenceens birthday. >> lawrence: thank you. >> ainsley: a suspect caught and charged at the mcdonald's in pennsylvania police are investigating the manifesto. talking about this. wildfires spreading overnight in malibu. look at that fire line. evacuations underway officials called the highest possible danger. we have got more coming up. >> lawrence: plus our friend pete hegseth shoring up support with g.o.p. senators as he outlines his defense goals. >> pete: clean out all the politically correct justice. three that the, war fighting, accountability, meritocracy and readiness. >> brian: the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> brian: fox news alert. the suspect, the suspect in the killing of united healthcare ceo brian thompson now being charged after being arrested monday at a mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania, 260 plus miles from where the incident happened. >> steve: alexis mcadams has been covering the case all weaning and joins us now live from the couch. good morning. >> good morning, yeah, this has been a crazy story. we have been trying to dig

>> brian: 27. >> ainsley: it is cold outside.. >> steve: 27-32, welcome to "fox & friends." >> lawrence: ewa fox news alert president biden pardons his son, hunter. despite the people, watch. >> have you rolled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> brian: theory ago plus democrats panicking that trey gowdy defending his former colleague. >> he has quite candid allayed the most unfairly maligned person that i worked with the entire eight years i was in washington. >> ainsley: kash patel knows where the corruption is and that's what they don't like it. bible sales, y'all are booming thanks to first-time buyers and newer versions. how great is that? "the chosen" star will join us later this morning. >> steve: the final hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> brian: starting the final hour with fox news alert, the man slid under dominic's manslaughter trial will begin in new york city. >> ainsley: chanley painter a lawyer in private practice for four years and prosecutor in arkansas. good morning. >> good morning, guys. and a co

thank god for people that believe in the rule of law, ainsley. >> ainsley: yesterday someone told menk goodness justice was served here because now this means if i'm on trouble in the subway, someone me. >> lawrence: yes. >> ainsley: i don't know because of what was done scared. it worked out well this time but what about the next guy. al victim bragg shows us he sides with the crazy guy on the subway. >> lawrence: the criminal. >> ainsley: sides with the guy with the knife in the bodega incident. i would be -- you have to be on your -- p's and q's in new york. something wrong, then you could go to jail for just trying to protect someone else. >> brian: what about the civil trial? >> ainsley: facing that. >> brian: they say the threshold is lower. >> lawrence: way will her. >> brian: i don't know if he has insurance paying out. >> ainsley: how much does he have in the fund, 5 million or something? >> steve: it was a very big number. >> brian: that's legal fees. >> steve: if he is found liable in a civil case outpouring with the go fund me. to your question, ainsley, will somebody com

>> ainsley: the first one on the left. >> steve: still not good enough. >> ainsley: second one on the right still fails. explosive report revealing those closest to joe biden. they knew about his apparent mental decline for years. lealeaving members of the media with regret. >> they should have pushed harder earlier for more information about joe biden's mental and physical well-being. >> steve: i know one reporter who pushed for four years. >> ainsley: exactly. >> steve: meanwhile, christmas five days away. one elementary school vice principal going viral for that holiday stunt. and if that is not odd enough. some reindeer in training. that's a live look at fox square at this moment at 6:01 in new york city. >> steve: those are real reindeer. >> todd: they have been training. >> ainsley: doesn't that warm your heart. takes us back to our childhood. >> steve: tis the season. >> brian: brings back all the childhood memories. >> steve: from the artic circle? >> todd: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: okay. it's a fox news alert. the deadline to avert a government shutdown is m

. >> ainsley: plus, say cheese.ne super store giant now testing body cameras on some store employees for security purposes. >> brian: i wonder how that's going to go. buddy the elf spotted in times square looking fitter than ever. one oklahoma man takes the big apple by storm or hop after hilarious. hilarious deal from his wife. >> brian: just a guy in great outfit. >> steve: he was in front of our building. >> lawrence: i know. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: small bipartisan group of senators reportedly having talks of their own to put together a new border deal for early next year. >> steve: that's happening as we await a border security announcement today from texas governor greg abbott. >> brian: yeah, that's encouraging, lucas tomlinson is at the white house. is he going to blow up this story. hey, lucas. >> good morning, guys. that's right. the small group of bipartisan senators wanted to do something about the border and planning to introduce some legislation early next yea

steve, ainsley, over to you. >> steve: all right.ast thanksgiving travel weekend has been a record breaker as many as 1 million people took to the skies. look at that number of fliers. today is travel tuesday. so we're going to bring you some of the best travel deals from the airlines, hotels, and crews going.com spokesperson katy nasa astro is here with the top travel tuesday deals. hey, katy. >> how are you? >> steve: i'm doing okay. we're threw thanksgiving. next stop christmas. we have already got that figured out. but, after christmas, we wants to go places. so, tell us about your best flight deals. >> yeah. look. you know, travel tuesday has really taken that post thanksgiving week by storm. it's the season 6 spending. why not go away or give the gift of going. you can take advantage of some flight deals like portugal doing select u.s. cities for europe for under 450 round trip. can you go from miami to madrid for only 359 round trip. that's a great deal. domestically, breeze airways, frontier offering one way domestic flights

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>> ainsley: you are going to heaven where christmas. music] >> ainsley: imagine what christmas is like in heaven. >> brian: when jesus says by the way it was not my birthday on december 25th. they made it up. >> lawrence: don't do that. >> ainsley: don't do that. >> brian: december 25th. >> steve: what's the birthday then? >> brian: i think it's my birthday. it's not december 25th. you are good at old movies. who is good at bible? >> steve: she is good at bible. >> brian: you know i'm right. >> ainsley: my daughter goes to a christian school and her religion teacher did tell her that she argued with her and said no, that's jesus' birthday. >> steve: it's when the world celebrates it. >> ainsley: i will get back to you on that. >> lawrence: sometimes just let it be. >> brian: call the brain room and find out when jesus was born for sure. we celebrate on the 25th which will be this year a wednesday. >> i think you should get to the tease. >> brian: turning her past into good how paris hilton is pushing congress to protect teens from abuse

also joining us ainsley earhardt, cohost of "fox & friends." morgan ortagus, former state department spokesperson and founder of polaris national security and guy benson. fox news contributor and host of the guy benson show. i want to start with the real-time negotiating. you had the softbank ceo saying i'm investing a hundred million dollars grading 100,000 jobs. he called president trump the double down president and here's president trump saying let's double down on matt. let's double down on that. >> cited to commit this hundred billion dollars in a hundred -- president trump is a double down president. i'm going to have to double down. one more thing i'm really hoping is that this president trump will make the world, bring the world into peace again. that's my additional hope. i think he will actually make it happen. >> kayleigh: president trump went on to challenge him. guy will invest that 200,000. we will keep an open mind. what it reminded me of was february 2016. carrier air conditioners that they were moving their plan from indiana t

. >> ainsley: we're getting closer to christmas and this organization goes in and helps our neighbors in north carolina and all over our country. go to their website team rubicon usa.org. donate. a tax write-off. the end of the year is coming. help art's organization and all the people around america that he helps. god bless you, art, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> ainsley: everyone out there have a merry christmas. we have a few more days this week. next week is christmas. an exciting time. go do some shopping today after you watch fox news. we love you and we'll see you tomorrow. >> bill: thank you, ainsley, good morning and choo choo on the trump train. they try to curry favor. the polar opposite of what he faced eight years ago. remember that? good morning on tuesday, bill hemmer. here we go live in new york now. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this the "america's newsroom." that was unexpected and we got a lot of news out of it. everyone wants to be a part of his second term and previewed his agenda yesterday during a long press conference. >> we're trying to help strongly in g

good job, ainsley, love the music. >> which we could have christmas music all year round.

you are in for ainsley. >> carley: yes. >> brian: she is probably watching. >> carley: i hope she is.brian: for the record, they get along, i don't know what you heard. >> not what i heard. >> ainsley: she is a walking angel. >> brian: you are a handful. >> really? >> do you agree with that? >> no, total professional. >> brian: no, she is one of the nicest people you have ever met. >> carley: todd is shaking his head. >> brian: how did he get involved? >> he was there and shaking his head. >> brian: chris, you being quiet? >> carley: let's do this, two days to go until christmas and families are getting shocking news, president biden announcing commutation of 40 federal death row inmates, including child killers and mass murderers like jose torres who murdered two girls and a woman between 2005 and 2009, torres stabbed an eight and nine-year-old girl in 2005 and four years later, strangled naval officer amanda snell to death. >> brian: thomas stephen sanders shot a four year old and cut her throat back in 2010 and he gets life. >> guy: merrick garland recommending all but a handful of

join ainsley, and me top of the hour. ing "fox and friends first." >> carley: president-elect trump's h hmple s secretary r.f.k. jr. will be back on the hill talking to lawmakers today. trump's pick to lead the small business administration, kelly loeffler will also be meeting with lawmakers. >> todd: karoline leavitt joins us now. how confident is the president-elect that he is going to get a clean sweep of all of nominees through the senate? >> >> very confident because president-elect trump has put together a brilliant team of government outsiders. that's exactly what the measure people elected him to do. r.f.k. jr. will be back on the hill today. he is very well prepared for these meetings as shown yesterday by the number of senators who came out and said they will be supporting his confirmation to lead the department of health and human services. and r.f.k. jr. wants to go to washington on a very simple mission, to make america healthy again. that's a signature campaign promise that he and president-elect trump campa

>> ainsley: you have our jolly don. >> kevin: awesome. what else do we got in here?pmendous. >> kevin: it's going to be huge this one. >> griff: i got the brian kilmeade bobble head. >> carley: ear plugs for the next time i sit next to todd. [laughter] todd, i love you. sometimes it's necessary. thank you so much, santa, for looking out. >> griff: i love it. >> quite welcome. kev cef thank you, santa. this is so great. >> griff: toys. specifically speaking what's the toughest. >> carley: barbie dream house? >> sometimes much larger. you have those big trucks, the power wheeled trucks. can't fit down the chimney. have to work extra hard to get it into the home. >> carley: that's so true. do you -- have you ever delivered a puppy before? extra special. >> in order to deliver a puppy, mom and dad have to write on christmas note and sign off and say it's okay to have a puppy. if santa brings a puppy everyone's home. >> really always appreciate. >> griff: two or three times. >> kevin: put together huffy bike. i would be up and the bike would be down there and blue and shi

. >> ainsley: it's huge. >> brian: december 23rd, 2024, i believe by the end of his term we will getnd. because he loves real estate. >> guy: mark it down. >> brian: we will see. i will tell you. what i wonder what denmark needs from us. >> ainsley: i wonder what green land feels about this how they feel about it. >> guy: they do have a government. >> carley: do you know the population of it? 56699 people. that's because 75% of it is covered in a sheet of ice. and the capital city is nuke. >> really? i never would have picked nook. >> guy: nuuk. >> brian: iceland is nicer than greenland. >> guy: iceland is greener than greenland. greenland is ice. >> brian: name iceland so no one would come and greenland. >> carley: i think that's true. >> brian: fran tarkenton of the vikings? >> carley: where is brice. i better there is truth in that i learned that in school. >> brian: type of things expect news network i bet you there is truth to that. >> carley: my speculation on why trump wants greenland could be totally off. >> guy: as soon as you start saying this might not come out right but.

. >> ainsley: amen. god bless you. thank you so much. will you join us at our advent calendar? follow me. there is something special that involves your app. we'll join steve. steve, you know jonathan and alex. >> steve: nice to see you again. hello. it is december 2nd. behind door number two. i feel like a host. it's a one year subscription of hallow. this is available on your website. it is a perfect last-minute gift. >> ainsley: perfect stocking stuffer. thank you, merry christmas. thank you so much. have a good day, everyone. >> mr. president. >> president biden, why do you pardon your son? >> bill: that from four hours ago in the tarmac on west africa. no comment. president biden ignoring reporters after doing something he said repeatedly he would not do. issue a sweeping pardon to his son, hunter. that's the news that broke late last night. good morning. after the thanksgiving break we plow straight into christmas. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to our program. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." i guess the president was in a giving mood last night. he

. >> ainsley: guess who will be here tonight? donald trump and tomorrow highlights from the patriot awards plus melania trump will join us tomorrow in a "fox & friends" exclusive. her first interview since president trump won the election. >> steve: janice, the weather tonight is going to be? >> great. >> brian: try to come back. we'll do the radio show. on the veranda. >> ainsley: the veranda. >> steve: it has been a great program. keep in mind. one mission, stay within yourself. [cheers and applause] >> bill: a big day, even bigger night. good morning, everybody. the drumbeat of doge. will it save you money? we wait to find out. vivek ramaswamy and elon musk on the hill together on plans to slash spending with lawmakers. i'm bill hemmer. do they need last names? elon and vivek these days. >> dana: pretty soon symbols and we'll work on that. how to pronounce. i'm dana perino and this the "america's newsroom." a lot of excitement around it. not like simpson bowles. >> dana: that was a commission and obama was no thanks for all th

carley: this is the ainsley and particularly brian complains.to ask ainsley how she does it, because i'm either freezing with it off or burning my skin on my if leg -- burning your legs too? griff: if or turning it to -- carley: are you hot too? peter: my feet are always sweaty. we do begin with a fox news alert, the senate has a passed a bill, stopping a government shutdown, after missing the deadline at midnight if by 37 minutes. griff: the measure extends government funding into march and includes roughly $100 with in disaster aid and relief for farmers. carley: the newly-passed18-page bill does not include many policies that were in the original 1500-page proposal including pay raises for lawmakers and suspending the debt ceiling. griff: trump is reportedly not happy about the bill, especially the fact that the spending deal does not include that suspending the debt ceiling that you mentioned, carley. speaker of the house mike johnson says he spoke with the president-elect. >> i was in constant contact with president trump throughout this pr

nbc's julia ainsley broke this story.happens, that i.c.e. agents would go into a church service to take someone. but tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: that's right, chris, in 2011 when i.c.e. came out and said these are the areas where we're not going to go, it was really to reassure people that migrants could continue to go to their children's school events, this they could continue to worship at their houses of worship, and of course they could get health care as needed because these were considered to be vital community services. it kept i.c.e. from doing arrests at weddings or funerals or at rallies. now, though, we understand that at day one, the trump administration wants to rescind that policy in order to really, you know, take back any restrictions that allow i.c.e. to do arrests wherever they see necessary in part to be able to boost those numbers so trump can make good on his policy and campaign promise to have these mass deportations. now, what this means is that historically, in order to go into those