she says that was a success. >> brian: so interesting. >> ainsley: so execute. >> lawrence: ainsley,o around. >> ainsley: she seems different. >> lawrence: she is glowing. she understands what type of staff she needs. a little bit of a spark there. >> ainsley: more confidence, probably, because she knows what to expect they have already done it for four years. we appreciate her sitting down with us. this documentary, i'm so excited to see it because it's behind the scenes of her walking through trump tower. of her walking through the white house and planning the move they have been filming since november. they will film all the way through the inauguration day. and then it's going to be shown worldwide movie theaters starting this fall and then it will move over to amazon. ains. >> lawrence: that was great get, ainsley. you said our interview, when brian kilmeade gets the exclusive you said ours. >> ainsley: we are a team, we are family. >> brian: unless i do the interview. more "fox & friends" in a moment. ...with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done

>> ainsley: i got a sense this time around.ght she handled be ing first lady four years ago beautifully. now she's more confident, she wrote the book, it became number one, now this documentary, the cameras, the whole crew was there following her around, her everyday life for about a month, well, two months, shooting in november and going through inauguration. it will be in theaters worldwide this fall and stream on amazon prime. >> brian: i know there is a crew following around president trump, see what the first lady has to say. wouldn't doubt a crew following around bill hemmer and dana perino. >> bill: over there actually and talking about you, too, brian. >> brian: i will find out what you really say. >> bill: good morning. >> dana: good job, ainsley, great interview. >> bill: i predict she will be on the cover of a magazine this time. >> dana: that will be good to see. forecast for windy conditions in california are back. >> bill: when your home is reduced to concrete foundation, what do you do? we will talk to several pe

steve, ainsley, brian, and l.j., over to you and ainsley,. >> ainsley: yemen. >> janice: congratulationsery much. >> ainsley: i love you too, thank you. >> brian: all right. you two done? [laughter] >> ainsley: i know there was so many cancellations i wonder if a lot of people were trapped -- not trapped but had to stay on vacations longer because they couldn't get on their flights? >> brian: washington lawmakers better get to work. this winter storm is not expected to stop them from certifying the results of the 2024 elections today. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera is live in washington to tell us all about it. >> madeleine: good morning. the certification of electoral votes is expected to look a lot different than it did four years ago. despite the fencing surrounding the security complex officials aren't expecting rallies or violence. vice president kamala harris will oversee the count certifying the victory of president-elect trump who she has called existential threat. not the first time a vice president has had to preside over his own defense. former vice president al gore did the sam

. >> thanks for having us, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are welcome.p. ♪ ♪ >> steve: all right. listen to this. tesla ceo elon musk is sending cybertrucks and star link terminals to provide free internet and other relief toe years devastated by california wildfires. kurt the cyberguy joins us right now. kurt, this is brilliant because, for a lot of people out there, there's no electricity and there is no communication so elon musk has got some stuff and that's why he is rolling in. >> yeah. i'm out in los angeles now. and as you might imagine you will hear local reporters go out to these fire stricken areas and they will even tell you there is no cell phone signal here at all. but, what we'll notice is if you have got a cybertruck on your agenda to be delivered pause you ordered one this or next week you may be waiting. because elon musk has posted is he diverting new cybertrucks to be used these fire ravaged areas of l.a. on board each of these is going to be that internet access from his star link satellite internet service. we actually installed tha

ainsley, over to you. >> ainsley: okay, thank you, janice. >> janice: yes. >> ainsley: met tax the parent and instagram announcing a commitment to free speech online and a shift away from censoring all of us that's why it's been so difficult the last four years auto when even the u.s. government has censorship going after us and other companies had has emboldened other governments to go even further. now bee have the opportunity to restore free expression and i'm excited to take it. >> ainsley: the company admitting they were pressured into it over the last four years by the biden administration. jonathan turley joins us now. hey, jonathan, thanks for joining us. >> hi, ainsley. >> ainsley: what is your reaction to this and why they are doing this now? >> that's the most interesting aspect of this story. i just wrote a book indispensable right that talks about facebook, meta and the social media companies we all love a redemptive sinner it would be great before it was caught it. does not support the argue. by zuckerberg that they were unwilling partners forced into this by the biden admin

>> ainsley: yes.e'll have a prominent spot at the ceremony and teamsteres president and firefighter union president. >> lawrence: when is last time that happened? >> steve: never. that goes to show how different donald trump is second time around. people saw first time and now hope is he gets a lot done, there is unity in the country. he'll be in charge four years, make the best of it and all the big shots up on the platform with him. they want to be part of something big rather than being on the outside looking in. >> brian: i am predicting biggest crowd ever at the capitol. making that prediction. >> steve: here is problem. >> lawrence: why would you do this? >> steve: shawn spicer texted us, he did the press conference. 1997, congress passed appropriations bill that said national park service would stop estimating crowds. there is no official crowd size estimate from federal government, it is up to whoever wants to estimate. feel free. >> lawrence: i can do it, monday i'll be in the crowd. >> brian

learn more at care.com >> ainsley: straight to a fox news alert.he city of angels looking like a hell scape. this is a live picture right now, three out of control wildfires spreading in the county fuelled by a destructive wind storm. flames tearing through 4000 acres already. >> brian: despite efforts by firefighters, they are zero percent contained. winds will continue through tomorrow, with gusts topping 99 miles per hour. >> steve: l.a. county officials call this a worst case scenario in pasadena. they were battling a fire in pacific palesisades fire. >> lawrence: tens of thousands in evacuation orders and zone are expanding by the hour. >> the fire is moving so fast and exploding because of the wind. it is inten, you don't know what is going to happen. >> how many horses do you have? >> we're trying to get as many as we can out. >> are homes on fire? >> i did not pay attention, i am getting my horses out. >> we have no idea about our own home. >> lawrence: not just horses, take a look at this, people inside pasadena senior center are forced in

i hope that the government and fema is there to help them. >> ainsley: catch ainsley's full interviewith the first ladn." overnight is raging in the bronx. look at the smoke pouring from the roof. seven people have been hospitalized including five firefighters, resident made it out safely and were left sitting in the cold, it is 28 degrees outside and unclear what sparked that fire. and now a viral moment unfolded during jimmy carter's funeral. trump and obama sharing a laugh and here is what trump has to say about it. >> it did look very fren friendly, i must say. i did not realize how friendly it looked. i saw it on your wonderful network before i came in. i said, boy, they look like they like each other and we probably do. >> carley: trump says he and his predecessor still manage to get along. >> brian: reading his lips, weren't you the one who called me a nazi? bury the hatchet. >> steve: "new york post" did hire a lip reader, they were talking about programs that went away and stuff like that, kind of technical. my big question, is there an ex-president and former president text

>> ainsley: good morning, 8:00 a.m., tuesday, january 14th. this is "fox and friends." >> brian: in 90 minutes pete hegseth becomes trump's first pick to meet the assassinations. petespaez spaez gets top marks in military evaluations, which matter a lot. >> lawrence: and trump's interference case, what its and trump's respond. >> steve: another fire has broken out in southern california as winds intensive again overnight. the president-elect is planning to visit the devastated areas, we'll tell you what we know. >> ainsley: final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> brian: begin the third hour of the show with fox news alert. senate confirmation hearings for trump's cabinet picks begin in an hour with pete hegseth. >> ainsley: madeleine rivera is in the hearing room ahead of today's proceedings. >> madeleine: in about an hour this room will begin filling up with people. defense nominee pete hegseth. former and current members of military. democrats will have tough questions for pete hegseth. they will press him about his qualificatio

thank you. >> ainsley: we're so proud and inspired by you.reaction when you found out? >> well, i already wanted to go to the naval academy. i was completing my application. i needed the recommendation so i applied through a congressman's website and after that i received a call from the school. it was my last class of the day and it was a call from washington. i almost didn't pick it up because i was in my last class was a gym class. and so then i did a double take and i looked at it again. saw the number was from washington. he called me and told me that i was getting the recommendation to all four service academies. >> ainsley: you probably couldn't jump up and down and scream, could you? >> i couldn't. >> ainsley: what did your teachers, friends and parents say? >> my teacher the first one i told was my instructor. he was excited and come up to his class immediately. he gave congratulations. i talked to the other naval science instructor and he congra congratulated. they did an announcement in the morning and everybody was congratulating

>> ainsley: i'm doing well.'all and it's hard to report on all of this because you all are americans and we love each and every one of you and love that area. jeff, why did you decide to do this. you are opening up your pharmacy at 7:30 your time so you could help people. what gave you this idea? >> so, actually, we are normally open at 7:30 in the morning, i'm friends with james and i knew that his house was in the danger zone i texted him and checking in on him and later in the east coast i said look, if you need any help or your friends let them know we are open at 7:30 in the morning to help them. and i had no idea it was going to go so viral. what "fox & friends" talks about is always just about being a community and just being there for each other. and that's really what independent pharmacy, community pharmacy, not just my pharmacy feempses across the country that's what we do. we were there for the pandemic. we actually gave free vaccines for monkeypox. we are here for emergencies without some reform in

fix the problem. >> steve: ainsley, here's the thing.our house burns down you still have to pay property tax on the rubble. >> brian: unbelievable. president biden leaving a stamp on the border with terror encounters on the rise and the largest migration surge ever. >> lawrence: biden's acting ice director lays out the challenges on his final days in office. ♪ with centrum. ♪ it's a small win toward taking charge of your health. ♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪ i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms... ...with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after trying a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq works differently. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling as fast as 2 weeks for some. and even at the 3-year mark, many people felt this relief. rinvoq can stop joint damage. and in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. rinvoq can lower ability to fight infection

thanks for coming on. >> good morning, ainsley. >> ainsley: why would they do this? why would gavin newsom and the democrats do this when so many people are suffering they are making politics out of this and using taxpayer money so that it's set aside to be able to sue donald trump when people have lost everything? >> it's unbelievable to me this started several months ago when newsom came up with this idea to have a special session to sue the trump administration. there is nothing special about this special session. california legislators are already going back to sacramento for regular session, regular business. this whole special session talk is smoke in mirrors. look, governor newsom is playing politics with fire victims in los angeles county. this is unacceptable and unbelievable, actually. even for him to go to this level of playing politics. i think i'm most disappointed in my democrat colleagues that have expressed privately and some of them publicly that they are frustrated with this governor and some of the antics that he

. >> ainsley: a fox news alert. meta policy chief sitting down with "fox and friends" to detail the social media's giant on free speech. >> steve: brooke singman will join us to explain what it all means and breaking news. >> brooke: meta announced changes allowing more free speech and curbing -- mark zuckerberg releasing this message. >> we will simplify policy and restore free expression on our platform, more specifically get rid of fact checkers and replace with notes similar to x starting in the u.s. >> brooke: changes like replacing third-party fact checking with community notes, a model seen on x. and meta will lift topics like immigration and gender identity. focus on illegal and high severity issue bes instead and reduce removal of political content on its platform. meta joined "fox and friends" in an exclusive interview. >> there is no question the things that happen at meta of coming from mark. there has been a change over last four years. we saw a lot of societal and political pressure in the direction of

hey, greg. >> hi, ainsley, thanks for having me on. >> ainsley: we know the democrats are going to try today? >> gregg: well, yeah, there will be road blocks by democrats, ainsley, but, you know with president obama administration, i think they are more like speed bumps sure they are going to accuse her of being election denier and a trump puppet same kind of smear that we saw with pete hegseth yesterday democrats don't seem to want to talk about policy so they resort to these personal attacks around they will try to frame it in terms of j-6 pardons, deportations, investigations crusaders she is smart, savvy, well prepared to respond i suspect she will be confirmed in the end. road blocks but really speed bumps in the end. >> she should launch investigation into the corruption? >> she has said that prosecutors should be prosecuted if they broke the law. >> she is right about that. i think it's imperative that she conduct a exreive investigation into what happened and this is the important part. if rights were violated and statutes were corrupted by these prosecutors the bad actors shou

ainsley over to you. >> ainsley: thank you so much, janice. people dead and 12,000 buildings destroyed as the wildfires burn through 40,000 acres in southern california. one family losing their house in the palisades fire as well as the preschool and the elementary school that their four daughters attend. community methodist church parent hillary cannon joins us now. good morning to you, hillary thanks for having me. >> ainsley: i know we have pictures of your 6-year-old 8-year-old 10-year-olds go to charter elementary school. were both of those total losses and what are the kids going to do for school? >> methodist at this time appears to be a total loss. i actually was able to drive by and there is nothing. pali elementary is a larger school. the original building still stands like the main part of the building. the -- historic building. but, the other half of that building is completely demolished. there were several bungalow rooms which are portable classrooms that two of my kids actually were in and i have seen photos of those. and they a

ainsley? >> ainsley: just tragic. madison, thank you so much for the details.pporting the love one louisiana foundation to help victims of the new orleans terror attack. your donation will assist with the funeral experience expenses, medical bills and rehab costs and. more. to donate go to the fox forward slash nola or scan the qr code there on your screen. all right, brian, over to you. >> brian: change gears but keep talking about crime. nypd arresting a man accused of at least two stabbings on the subway last week. jamar banks facing assault and weapons charges stabbing mta employee on thursday and another man on new year's day. learning the man has been arrested drum roll, please, 87 times. joining us now the founder of the guardian angels. you have been in the subways since 1979, now you and your team are back there what brought you back there in cases like that? >> it's never been worse, brian. we have a combination where when you descend into the subway. it's a combination of inferno, clockwork orange and jack nickel son in the shining. one flew over the

good morning, eric. >> good morning, ainsley. well, he won't be going to jail, but there could be a fine. and a tongue lashing by judge juan merchan. that after the supreme court gave the sentencing the go ahead last night. in its decision, the high court rejected trump's bid to delay his sentencing. four conservative justices thomas, alito, gain of function research and kavanaugh say they would have granted a stay. the court said quote the burden impose on the president-elect's impose a sentence of unconditional discharge after a brief after a brief virtual hearing. >> they called for an appeal. they acknowledged what the judge said we are going to appeal because frankly it's a grace. a judge that shouldn't have been on the case. is he a highly conflicted judge. and they called for an appeal, so i read it and i thought it was a fair decision, actually. >> the president-elect will not be here in person. he will be convicted last may 34 counts of filing false business instruments for paying off stormy daniels so voters would not f

but, the point you are has been, ainsley.ll these cars were parked all over the road and they couldn't get the fire trucks. they need about 12 feet wide. they brought in two bulldozers and simply pushed those cars out of the way so they could get access into the highlands. and started telling people shelter in place because you can't get out. so they did. >> ainsley: that video was all over social media. thank you so much, william. heart breaking to see the man bringing his horse from his farm and say i had to say i had to let some of them off on their own. janice dean tracking the dangerous winds fueling these fires. janice? >> we had winds in excess of 90 miles per hour. almost 100 miles per hour overnight. and right now where william was right around here, around malibu hills. we have got wind gusts in excels of 57 miles per hour. 58 miles per hour. wind gusts in santa monica 21. and even though we are not close to 100 miles per hour, that's still going to spread flames. i don't even know if you can still get planes up the

ainsley. >> ainsley: tragic. thank you. watching on ring security camera as the fires were creeping up to his white picket fence in front of his house on tuesday. you can see it here. this is before and after. before flames took over his home anok to the right, burning it totally to the ground. that homeowner is john conn, he's been on fox before, we'll tell you why in a second. so sorry for your loss, devastating to see before and now. your mom lost her house, your brother lost his house. how are you doing and what do you do next? >> my brother's house was fared we just learned yesterday. his house was spared, my mom's house, we're not sure what is happening with that yet. what i do next, you get back on your feet. there is nothing i can do about it. i've been leaning into faith these days and i'll rely on that and lean on the support of love from all my friends, family and people i don't know that have reached out. it has been moving the outpouring. >> ainsley: i was talking to your brother yesterday on a shoot. i met you

hey, griff. >> good morning, brian, lawrence and ainsley.hey are bracing here in southern california that death toll at 24. tragically they expect it could indeed rise again. we are that n. malibu. let me just show you around at the destruction. we are looking at you can see a luxury g wagon burned out. structures in the background just for miles and miles of the iconic pacific coast highway. it is charred destruction. homes, businesses, wiped out. road crews working around the clock to try and clear some of the debris that will take certainly weeks, it not months, maybe even years to get back to it this is because this palisades fire came over the hills and burned everything in its path until it met the pacific ocean. let's talk about the threat right now. they are bracing because of the high wind warning coming. and you mentioned the containment, the two major fires, palisades 1% contained. the eaton fire 27% contained. but the national weather service issuing a pds, a particularly dangerous situation. what's that? it is red flag warnings

ainsley, as you pointed out.hen donald trump tried to undo some of the barack obama drilling thing, the court said no, you can't do it. found it unconstitutional and said the only way to fix it is congress. the problem with congress is because mike johnson has got such a slim majority, and you need 60 in the senate. they are going to have to put this on one of the reconciliation bills. and as we heard from the president a couple days ago. he would like one big beautiful bill, but now the fight on capitol hill, because he is going to go. trump is going to visit with senate republicans tomorrow night, senate republicans are going to try to talk him into two bills. because one bill is dangerous. and it's just one bill. it will have to wait until may. whereas if it's two bills they can do border and energy just pretty much right out of the gate. >> lawrence: i know there is a lot of talk about the divide in the republican party. there is some divide when it comes to, you know, it's a slim majority. there has to be a

hey, eric. >> good morning, ainsley., the historic sentencing of the president will happen here about two and a half hours from now. he will not face any jail time. but he will likely get a mouth full from judge juan merchan this after the supreme court gave this sentencing the green light last night. in its decision, that came out about 6:00 p.m. last night. the high court rejected trump's bid to delay the sentencing. the four conservative justices, not including trump appointee out say they would have granted a stay to delay the sentencing until after he leaves office. the court said, quote: the alleged evidentiary violations at president-elect trump's state court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal. second, the burden at sentenceing will impose and the president-elect's responsibilities is relatively insubstantial. >> they can have fun with their political opponent. as you know i'm under a gag order from a judge. this is a first this was an attack of a political opponent. if you take a look at it.

go ahead. >> ainsley: it is.illiam, tell us more about the traffic gridlock and people having to just leave their cars in the middle of the road and run for their lives. >> yeah. so when -- yesterday, when they were trying to evacuate parts of the palisades, as i said, a very dense, populated area, they hit the bottom of the street, right? and fire crews were trying to save a commercial area, so they weren't letting traffic through. and so, the fire start wanted coming up behind these cars and spotting ahead of them. the deputies and the officers went up to these people and witnesses say if you want to live, get out of your car and run. and then these -- then what happened. then you guys know. you need major space for these fire trucks to go in and out, egress, right? and what happened is the -- the people left their cars on sun set boulevard, which is unheard of. and they just left them there. and they had to bring in two bulldozers and push those cars aside. both on palisades drive and sun set so the fire truck

we love ainsley, we're so proud of you. >> sean: why did i open myself up to this? you are,. [laughter] that photo looked like, you know those old beer commercials -- >> sean: here we go. >> when you drink beer and the beautiful woman start showing up, it's like an old commercial, you, we love, you are our favorite, you slope, and ainsley shows up. i have questions, this will be an unsolved mysteries. it's amazing. >> sean: if i can be fine years in the host over the golden globes, you know there is a problem. it was bad last night. earlier today, your friend kamala harris had to undertake the awkward task certifying her own as a doctoral defeat, while republicans cheered on donald trump's victory. >> the votes for president of the united states are as followed, donald trump over the state of florida has saved 312 votes. kamala harris -- [cheering and applause] this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected, president and vice president of the united states. >> sean: what is y

but after it was announced that ainsley and i got engaged. i'll be honest, the outpouring of love and support from so many of you was it was overwhelming to both of us. and by the way, everybody in my life will tell you that she makes me a better person. that is true in every way. this is a special time for both of us. i feel blessed to have met someone that is that special in every way. the person you see every morning on fox and friends is that person in real life, fun, kind, loving, extraordinary. i'm humbled. i'm blessed. i'm grateful. your support has meant the world to us by and by the way, let not your heart be troubled. she will be remaining on fox and friends, and i will remain in the free state of florida. we make it work. anyway, i don't want to spend a lot of time focused on my personal life, but simply on behalf of the two of us, i want to say thank you for your love, your kindness, your prayers, your support. all right. here now, host of saturday night right here on the fox news channel, jimmy failla. he did write me and he did

. >> ainsley: how hard was the process? >> well, i made the application and then had to go to an interview competing against probably maybe 50 other people. >> ainsley: it's a rigorous process because they are choosing the best of the best to serve our country. thank you so much. we wish you a will the best. i know you want to be a navy seal and god bless america. thank you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: you're welcome. what a great kid. all right, or young man. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you tomorrow. welcome back if you are heading back to work. stay safe with all that weather. >> bill: thank you, ainsley. baton down the patches. winter storm hitting 60 million americans. state of indiana activating the national guard to help stranded motorists. d.c. area starting to see the winter weather as we speak. the storm will movies. some areas expecting to receive more snow than they've seen in years. kansas city saw its first blizzard since 2018. even stranded the chiefs for four hours. didn't see that one coming? we'

one week from inauguration day, ainsley sat down one-on-one with melania trump to talk about what sheelationship with her husband. >> i don't always agree what my husband is saying or doing and that is okay. >> ainsley: do you tell him when you disagree? >> i give him advice, sometimes he listens and sometimes he does not and that is okay. >> lawrence: and joe biden hopes to define his term. but the family of it's00 after begging for a help for years. the wife of the hostage will tell us if she has more hope that biden or trump will bring her husband home. we have a busy monday morning, don't miss a minute of it, see you in a bit. still feel gritty, rough, or tired? with miebo, eyes can feel ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ miebo is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a protective layer for the number one cause of dry eye: too much tear evaporation. for relief that's ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ remove contact lenses before using miebo. wait at least 30 minutes before putting them back in. eye redness and blurred vision may occur. ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescriptio

my wife says hi and ainsley, congratulations. >> ainsley: the nicest lady, thank you so much. >> steve: god bless the usa. >> brian: stay within yourself. >> bill: good morning, everybody. a busy day on the hill so hold tight for this. you've got senate confirmation hearings for a bunch of trump cabinet nominees, among them this morning out of florida pam bondi for attorney general. also out of florida marco rubio for secretary of state. things could get fiery as they did yesterday the pete hegseth. we'll monitor it as they get underway on the hill. the highest level fire alert is back in los angeles. this as resur gent winds threaten to undo progress that firefighters have been working on for more than a week. i'm bill hemmer live in new york city. should be a big program today. >> dana: good morning, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." wind and fire alerts are blanketing all of southern california. new aerial footage shows neighborhoods left smoldering for more than a week. crews are working around the clock. >> bill: new video here. the giant scooper planes that go rig

i thought it was so special. >> ainsley: you have done it all. we're proud of you. congratulations and i wish you all the best. sorry for your loss but you will be a great wife one day, every man out there will want to date you and you will be a great mother. god bless you, thank you for your service. >> thank you so much. >> bill: nice story, good morning. it is signed, sealed and delivered. congress certifying donald trump's election victory. he is wasting no time trying to reshape washington. large part of america. good morning, that's where we start on tuesday. i'm bill hemmer live in cold new york city. the winds are blowing from the north today. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." not as cold as you advertised this morning. this call in the morning early on be prepared. so i had all the gear. it is not that bad. >> bill: you are prepared. >> dana: this is true, thank you, boy scout. kamala harris presided over the process of naming president trump as the president completing that process. of course she was the vice president. this is the

. >> ainsley: i wonder if some of these people will decide not to rebuild, sell land and i'm out of here. it's dangerous. no one wants to live through these and we keep seeing the fires oust there. >> brian: we'll check out your podcast today. >> ainsley: a press conference today at 11:00 eastern and 8:00 a.m. pacific time as the fire continues. we'll cover it all day. >> steve: see you tomorrow. >> are you good? >> my goodness, like a bomb hit this area here. >> we have to get these guys out. >> i can't help but feel bad for all the people who live here. we've never had a fire like this. >> bill: these images are endless. good morning, everyone. a living hell on the doorstep of so many this morning. southern california facing a worst case scenario, violent winds fueling several major wildfires and the results could be catastrophic. good morning, everybody. l.a. is on fire. sun comes up later this hour. i'm bill hemmer live in new york. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." los angeles officials are scheduled to give an update at 11:00 a.m. eastern. two hours from no

. >> ainsley: they aren't. he will be the one they'll target the most. this will be the first hearing. more people will be watching this one than all the others. i think they'll put on a show. >> maybe he is confirmed. >> brian: congratulations, will. >> i will lean on you guys. we'll go through the process but have fun. >> lawrence: you made texas proud. >> steve: we'll be watching. >> ainsley: where there is a will there is a way. >> bill: good morning. three big stories we're watching. senate armed services committee about to hold a confirmation hearing for pete hegseth. the first of a parade of hearings in minutes. d.o.j. releasing volume one of special counsel jack smith's report on president-elect trump. a lot in it. andy mccarthy will tell us what to know. dangerous winds threatening to ignite new fires in southern california. a new one overnight. good morning, i'm bill hemmer and we'll get it to live here in new york city. >> dana: that's a mouthful. we have a lot going on. a lot for you. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." excited

>> ainsley: good for him. >> lawrence: why not read? >> ainsley: it was a book about how to be better. >> brian: a.g. brown stays within himself. >> bill: good morning on a monday, fox news alert now on the fight to try to save l.a. again. crews are making progress against some of the fires over the weekend. the wind threat is growing starting today into tomorrow and that could cause yet major setbacks yet again. hope the weekend was great. i'm bill hemmer. monday morning in new york. here we go to you. >> dana: good to be back with you and you and all of you. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." the story is not over. we're still in the middle of it. here is where things stand on day six. 24 people confirmed dead. 12,000 homes and businesses are gone. and the fires have burned more than 40,000 acres. more than 60 square miles. bigger than the french capital of paris. >> bill: gavin newsom deployed 1,000 additional national guard members. he and karen bass facing scrutiny. the mayor holds a news conference later this mornin

julia ainsley, thank you. >>> princess kate and the royal family are celebrating her 43rd birthday behind from a difficult health journey that kept her away from the public high eye. here is international correspondent kelly cobiella. >> reporter: princess kate will be celebrating her birthday in windsor with her husband prince william while the kids are at school. almost a year to the day ter that abdominal surgery that led to her cancer treatment. princess kate marking her 43rd birthday after a england had hadding year. prince william posting an unseason picture of his wife from last summer calling her the most incredible wife and mother, praising her remarkable strength. george, charlotte, louie and i are so proud of you. happy birthday. we love you. and this simple birthday message posted from the royal family. >> princess of wales is not one for big celebrations and the children will be at school. i think there will be a special dinner tonight. >> reporter: kate e looking forward to a fresh start in 2025 following her difficult health journey. the princess had abdominal surgery almos

i know she's trying to be supportive, but you can tell even ainsley thinks this is a bad idea, and thisdy excited to marry sean hannity. can you imagine how exhausting it is to treat every one of trump's dumb ideas like it's a work of art? "oh, sweetheart, what a beautiful drawing! it looks like the louisiana purchase. i'm going to put it on the fridge." but while the pentagon draws up plans for war against puffins, trump is giving us a reminder about what his leadership looks like during times of crisis. because while everyone else is deeply concerned with what's going on in los angeles right now, trump is handling the tragedy like the statesman that he is. >> donald trump is now weighing in on the horrific fires in los angeles county, and he's laying the blame on california's democratic governor. >> in a social media post referring to the governor as "news scum" and writing, "he is the blame for this." [boos] >> desi: yeah, in the midst of chaos, donald trump is taking action by opening up the strategic nickname reserves. thank you, sir. although, quick question for trump, do you mean

julia ainsley, i appreciate it. >>> joining me, ryan reilly, just as reporter for nbc news has been following the attack in las vegas. it's the other one that happened on new year's day. i was, the biography definitely was striking to me at the individual who has been identified as a person in the truck, not just a veteran but active-duty, on leave actually, as best i understand. is that right? >> that is right. from the defense department official, we know that he had a child several months ago and that confirms what sleuths have told me when they were looking into this individual. you see the photos on facebook. i believe those were post about his ex-wife several years ago. he did a lot of traveling. the picture we have only lasts until, it's a few years old. we need to see what was more recent on why this came about. there is one photo that was taken in thailand and that's one i found on his trip adviser account because he went to a martial arts program and claimed he got pinkeye there. that's the image you might've seen at the top of the show where he has red eyes and that's what was goin

i'm emily compagno and for ainsley and lawrence jones, we have a fantastic hour for you. details emerging on the terror attack in new orleans. to the fence at the sugar bowl met the tragedy with a moment of patriotism. >> that is what i'm talking about. new year, new congress. mike johnson will remain as the house speaker. speaker that will be interesting plus start your engines nascar pro driver nikki steinhaus jr. joining us right here to preview 2025 racing season which begins with daytona. the final hour of "fox & friends" begins right n now. today house lawmakers will decide if house speaker and mike johnson remains house speaker mike johnson. >> lawrence: meanwhile republicans on capitol hill to make it tougher to oust the speaker and the new congress. >> emily: aishah hasnie lived on capitol hill with the latest, good morning. >> good morning to you guys. 11:00 a.m. is when 118th congress will adjourn and then about an hour later, 119th congress will come in and readjourn. that is when the fun begins. we will see if mike johnson can hang on to the gavel. as of this

i'm emily compagno in for ainsley and the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. >> lawrenceckle up. a fox news alert. the fbi officially now the new orleans attack killed 14 people an act of terrorism. >> emily: this as we learn more about the isis inspired suspect's path toward radicalization. >> brian: garrett tenney joins us live. >> that path to radicalization what they are focusing on. learning new details about the suspect from his family. shamsud-din jabbar's brother tells fox news that for years the u.s. army veteran had been trying to find himself and looking for something to guide him, ground him, and set him straight, which was in part what led him to join the military. the brother says the whole family grew up muslim but that shabby tshamsud-din jabbar tookp away but got back after his divorce. showing jabbar in the hours leading up to the attack walking through the french quarter and placing two coolers with ieds inside that he planned to detonate during the massacre. investigators found bomb-making materials at nearby airbnb where the suspect was staying. they

. >> ainsley: they went to puerto rico. >> lawrence: they'll have anything, food, clothes, we'll rebuilding for a long time. >> steve: fox is geared up for a big news days. jimmy carter's funeral. keep it right here all day. bill and dana next. >> look at this. look at this. everything is on fire. >> let's get out of here. >> at one point -- >> it's really scary. >> never expected to see all these people out here waiting in the cold to get as far away from the fire as we possibly can. >> bill: all of that in one single day stunning. californians running for their lives at times. new wildfires erupting overnight. worst out break in l.a. history. that is a live picture now 6:00 local time in california. the sun will come up within the hour and we'll start to see more of the devastation that is left for so many. tough times here. we'll go through it together on this thursday morning. i'm bill hemmer live in new york. >> dana: good morning, i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." los angeles officials are scheduled to give an update at 11:00 a.m. eastern. crews are battling five major

i'm in for ainsley today. >> brian: yes, you are. ♪ we could be ♪ baby, i've been hard. >> brian: st.is, missouri, the home of one of my fine affiliates on the radio. it's a place you got go in america to understand what -- >> lawrence: one of the affiliates. you have multiple affiliates. you don't put them over each other they are all equal to you. >> brian: tftk. it's not hannity style with 500. we are like around 200. great to see you guys first time in 2025. >> lawrence: happy new year. >> brian: emily i scared her on the 21st floor at work. we're here. i'm walking down the hall about 100 yards away and i walked in and i startled her. >> emily: in my defense, i was listening -- i had my ear buds in. i was getting water in my coffee thing and so there is like a loud rush and then all of a sudden if this guy comes down the jacob marlee carrying dry cleaning. >> lawrence: get here this early used to being alone. >> lawrence: i am taking a side as usual. >> brian: glad you are here important day. so much going on. >> emily: thank you. >> brian: after a 24 hour delay sugar bowl took pl

us now, one of the reporters who broke the story, nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsleyhat more can you tell us about what the trump team is considering here? >> well, willie, of course nothing is final yet, but we know that they're in discussions to try to figure out what resources they have to carry out workplace raids in the d.c. area that could be in maryland, d.c. proper, or in northern virginia. >> they could target a number of sectors. they're looking at things like agriculture, hospitality and health care. >> this is to carry out what would be a shock and awe first operation. and it could be done really as soon as inauguration day. this is because, of course, the president campaigned on making the incoming president campaigned on making this the largest deportation operation in american history, and he wants something to show for it when he comes into office. but workplace raids are historically very expensive and logistically difficult. >> they take a long time to plan so that when ice barges into a workplace and starts arresting people who they suspect to be li

and congratulations with you and ainsley. and my heart goes out to all my friends in california that have lost their homes. i left california first off, because the woke policies, the liberal policies in the schools that i saw encroaching on my kids, i have a five year old is my youngest. i have eight kids encroaching on their mental health in terms of wokeism and the confusion. but beyond that, also the policies of gavin newsom. when rick caruso lost the election, even though he went as a democrat for political reasons, of course he had good policies. the left of hollywood. i blame the left of hollywood. those politicians gavin newsom, karen bass, all the politicians. we have to make hollywood accountable because the politicians do what they do. we know that gavin newsom is what he is. he's been like that in san francisco. he gave $1 billion contract to the chinese to do masks. we know we know that in 1990, pete wilson wanted to have reservoirs in california, but the left stopped it. and a lot of that left is the hollywood l

homeland security correspondent julia ainsley, thank you so much for bringing it to us.it. we should point out, elise, that border apprehensions are at lows not seen since in the trump administration right now. too little, too late for a lot of people, including for the electoral hopes of democrats. >> and only after the june executive order. that interview from julia with the i.c.e. director was really revealing because he wasn't holding back in saying he was dissatisfied with that they'd accomplished. he felt more could have been done. the rules were too lax and, you know, he thought asylum became a good opportunity, in fact, for migrants crossing the border. that, i think, in and of itself, is quite an interview that says everything about the 2024 election. >> there's no doubt, there's been a lot of second-guessing on the political side of this, that the biden team should have acted sooner on the border. you know, they didn't do enough to promote the idea that it was the republicans who scuttled the bipartisan bill over the summer. as we turn the page to the incoming

we have new reporting in the last 10 or 15 minutes with my colleague julia ainsley.bs found, two functional devices were found in new orleans. they were found wrapped inside coolers with tape. they were galvanized pipe with end caps on them. there were nails inside them as well along with a receiver to receive a remote detonation. the nails are to do what you think, which is cause mass injuries throughout shrapnel. these are the same types of -- i'm not saying he was following the same playbook specifically at least yet, but these are the same types of bombs we saw the marathon bombers use in boston after they set off the pressure cooker bombs. they were found in watertown. they were throwing these bombs. they're inside pipes they coat with nails. nasty stuff and it's included in terrorism propaganda. i'm sure i'm on some list somewhere. i've got all these documents stored under lock and key in my office. it's all the types of stuff this individual would consume. i think there's a lot more clarity now as to what happened with this particular individual. there's still