aishah? >> aishah: okay. we will look forward to that. david spent at the white house.oining us now from new orleans is republican louisiana senator john. senator, thank you very much for taking some time out for us. >> we know that you are very busy talking with law enforcement on the ground. there are a lot of folks in this country afraid of what is happening in new orleans. i know you are trying to get answers tonight as police search for other potential suspects. possible co-conspirator tonight. by all accounts, with this new surveillance video we have now, with what we are learning from police, this sounds to be some sort of sleeper cell, a terrorist cell on u.s. soil. is that what you are hearing? >> >> well, aishah, there's a fine line between anger and grief. and i'm pretty much straddling that line right now if you don't believe in objective evil walk three or four yards that way. still bodies on the ground. that's one of the reasons we postponed the game. i'm here for two reasons. one, these are my people. these are my people's guests. number two, i don't want

good morning to you, aishah. >> aishah: good morning to you guys.there is no time agreement between democrats and republicans and it sounds like there is not going to be, then we could see this vote happen just about 9:00 p.m. later tonight. and we are expecting two senators, republican senators to vote no on pete hegseth. of course, those are alaska senator lisa murkowski and maine senator susan collins. they both voted no on a very critical procedural vote yesterday. so we know that they are not going to vote for him today. collins cites lack of experience. murkowski citing lack of experience and past allegations. with just two out, hegseth is expected to get the 51 votes that he needs. that is without vice president j.d. vance. yesterday, the senate finally confirmed john ratcliffe as president trump's cia director. 74 to 25. quite a big bipartisan showing there he was sworn in shortly after the senate, you guys, is moving at a snails pace right now as democrats are forcing republicans to sit through 30 hours of debate for each nominee. the thick

>> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. aishah, thanks.s out to make statements you will see it here. bring in our panel chris ryan, host of new hampshire today with chris ryan wgir and i heart studio. kekevin and mollie. quick round on politics. obviously the president-elect is driving this train and what he decides is going to end up happening. but there is some back and forth here. >> well, yeah, i think actually congress needs to be heavily involved in making this happen. you look back at the first trump administration was the last time you saw this unified government in the first two years. it was a big disappointment for americans how little got done. i think there is less patience and much higher exceptions that some of the things that they voted on will be accomplished. whether that is the border, the continuing tax cuts or other issues that are part of the trump mandate. >> bret: as we look live up there, there is a lot of things that always happen at once. now these wildfires are going to, you know, have a lot of attention and al

senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has details tonight from capitol hill. >> aishah: bret, goodng to you. fox is told tonight at least three republican senators could vote no on pete hegseth, the defense secretary nominee. and that's mitch mcconnell, susan collins, and lisa murkowski, possible nos. and that would mean the vice president j.d. vance would have to come back here to the senate and break a tie. but, first, the senate has to get through another nominee who is tied up in what republicans are calling a democrat delay tactic. >> democrats chose last minute obstruction. >> aishah: tonight a full-fledged battle is in the senate over president trump's nominees. democrat senator chris murphy holding up a vote for cia director pick john ratcliffe by enforcing the 30-hour debate rule. >> this debate time, this day gives all of my colleagues the time to carefully review the record. >> aishah: but the senate intelligence committee, which murphy does not sit on, already debated ratcliffe's qualifications. >> voted for ratcliffe. >> all but three democrats voted with republicans t

aishah hasnie fabulous appreciate it. >> you got it. larry: we'll get back to one big beautiful bill. but i want to talk about political failures keep running california. that is the subject of the riff. now look first, the night meyer in california is a natural disaster no one can control the santa ana winds, my own brother and his wife who live in hollywood had to evacuate. thankfuly, the hollywood fire of the contained and they have returned home. but with catastrophic fires like this, there are no heroes, always better to be safe than sorry. unfortunately, however there is a good deal of evidence that suggests that the blue state, california politicians have made the tragedy worse. official fail to properly refill his rose viewereservoir there of no fire in hydrants and mayor of los angeles cut the fire department budget, to preserve an obscure fish, the smelt, governor newsom cut the water flow that never got to southern california. also in defense of this obscure fish, take a listen to president trump on smelts. >> very sad, i hav

i just learned that from our reporter, aishah hasnie. he's rollup sleeves and hands on and will call you if he doesn't like something and wants to get something done. that's going to be a welcomed change. he's an executive and has an agenda and knows what he wants to do, and he'll get it done. you know, we all work together in the first term, we've seen it. this going to be even bigger and more interesting if you ask me. this was vintage trump calling in right at the last minute to turn that thing around. >> president trump is an executive as you say, a ceo, but he's also a negotiator and collaborator ask&people see that and intuit that. larry, there's hopefulness we can pick off a couple democrats in the house, maybe a john fetterman in the senate and some others saying you know what, i didn't vote for tax and jobs cut act -- sorries jobs act the first time but it's benefited my district and helping small businesses in my state. what's all the anti-fracking and fossil fuel and lng permit stuff and i'll take a look at that now. i'm heari

aishah hasnie is doing the same from capitol hill. hi, aishah. >> bret come i'm try to keep track on some of these members we are following carefully, some of these holdouts, folks that were undecided, and like you said, thomas massie is going to be a "no." no one else so far has voted against johnson, no one else has put up a different name but things are getting a bit suspenseful at this hour because there are a few members that have been passed over. they decided not to vote. the first one was andy biggs. this is a big one. he did not say anything. he did not say johnson, did not see anyone else's name. he is apparently leaning on the back rail of the house floor right now. he has been one of those noncommitted folks. he wanted to talk to johnson privately about the budget, but regular order, and we didn't know how he was going to vote. we still don't. the clerk will come back to him at the end of the alphabetic order roll call and then ask him one more time, and then we will find out where his vote lies, but andy biggs was the fir

>> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. aishah, thanks.igital rights groups are slamming the u.s. supreme court over its decision to unanimously uphold the federal law banning tiktok if the china-based parent company doesn't sell. the measure goes into effect sunday unless tiktok is sold. the justices said the risk to national security posed by tiktok's ties to china overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app. or it's 170 million users inside the u.s. let's get details and reaction tonight from alexandria hoff. good evening,. >> good evening, bret. tiktok is not expected to disappear many from phones. not available. updates won't be available. making it unusable unless the president-elect steps in. >> i am processing things one day at a time tiktokers acting with grief and hope. >> lifeline will be thrown to the platform and 170 million american users. this after the supreme court upheld the law mandating tiktok divest from its chinese parent company or go dark in the u.s. by sunday. the justices writing in part, congress has dete

>> trace: aishah hasnie on capitol hill. thank you.o breaking, our other top story tonight, authorities identifying the driver in the cyber truck explosion outside trump international hotel in las vegas. federal investigators say there appears to be no connection to the terror attack in new orleans. national correspondent jeff paul has the latest from las vegas. >> a cyber truck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas. inside a lone driver who police identified as 37-year-old matthew littles berger of colorado spring. after searching the charred truck military i.d., passport, multiple firearms as well as evidence that he had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing occurred thereafter. i'm not giving it any other labels. >> officials tell fox news that he was active duty u.s. army special forces, most recently most of the materials inside were consumer grade and things everyday people can buy. >> the level of sophistication is not what we wanted exactly from an

senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has details tonight from capitol hill. >> aishah: tonight, president trump's pick to lead the pentagon is headed to a confirmation vote. after clearing a critical test vote today with 51 republican yeas. alaska senator lisa murkowski and maine senator susan collins the only two republicans to vote no. in a lengthy statement on x, murkowski says hegseth's past behavior, including multiple incidents of infidel at this quote demonstrates a lack of judgment that is unbecoming of someone had who would lead our armed forces. notably collins did not cite past allegations as her reasoning, rather hegseth's lack of experience and perspective. >> we will confirm him, whether it's vice president j.d. vance breaking a tie or with 51, 52, or 53 votes. we are going to confirm pete hegseth. >> without a time agreement between democrats and republicans hegseth's payable to confirmation vote won't happen until late friday night. >> nomination is confirmed. >> it's why john ratcliffe's confirmation for cia director finally happened today with bipartisan suppo

fox news aishah hasnie is joining us live. how come you get the florida beat? reporter: well, i love it i am so happy to be be here. the weather is glorious and president is in good spirits a ran into him by ha happen chance, and i asked how is he feeling, he said he had a great week and looking forward to speaking to house republicans, i am told by senior g.o.p. source, the remarks at 5:00 will try to unite the republican conference behind his agenda, he wants to get it done as quickly as possible, here is speaker mike johnson talking about what we can expect this week. >> some d big decisions will be made, and align with senate and our colleagues there and move forward on that. reconciliation process, and other issues that are upon us. reporter: so this is the first time that president trump is hosting full g.o.p. house conference, s since becoming president, he met with smaller key groups in mar-a-lago a few weeks ago, one was house freedom caucus, he prefers his one big beautiful bill, they have pushed forward a two separate bill track, we'll see if his rem

aishah. good to see you. >> should have biden taken that action earlier? >> yes, yes, absolutely yes, he should have. the administration should have taken that earlier and career people in dhs would have like that had and all of us and i don't know anyone that wouldn't have wanted that. counselors here or there that don't like this and law enforcement will always be on that side where we want tighter controls. liz: saying biden should have acted sooner and going for them back to laken riley act today in a vote for the nasdaq expected to be enacted and joining us now now, national border patrol council paul perez. thank you for your service to america. your reaction to this news and seeing cooperation on the border finally? >> yeah, and it's only because of the strength that president trump brings to the office and he's not even in office yet. you cannot bully president trump and he's going to get agenda across and he know what is it takes to secure the boarder and protect america, and they know that . everybody will fall in line and something we've said al

larry: more on that later, aishah hasnie. as trump reverses joe biden's foreign policy failures, he needs true warrior pete hegseth by his side, that is the subject of the riff. so pete hegseth will appear before senate arm services committee tomorrow. as president-elect trump's nominee for defense secretary. now before anyone saying that word about his nomination, they should read the hot off of press story from fox news digital. which reports how spectacular his military evaluations were. incredibly talented, battle proven leader, quote, unquote is one description, much decorated veteran, former fork fox news host described outstanding leadership skills during the course of his military services that is deployment to guantanamo bay, iraq, and afghanistan, and having taken charge of his platoon days before deployment in iraq, he led his platoon through 5 months of combat, and ranging from air assault raids to defense of a forward operating base. the evaluation goes on describe how his platoon remains physically and mentally

aishah hosni is live on capitol hill. america is on a first name basis with you, aishah.rd way? >> sounds like it will be the hard way. it means that the process takes a little bit longer. it will still get done. it will just be one after another drip, drip, drip not what the trump white house wants. this is what happened last night where things got tense on the senate floor. senator chris murphy of connecticut objected to a time agreement for cia director nominee john ratcliffe who was voted out of committee in a bipartisan manner and basically forcing republicans to abide by the 30-hour debate rule. once you do that what happens it's a domino effect. you tie up the senate floor time for any other nominee, too. intel chair tom cotton steamed on the senate floor. >> i don't really understand the ob object to -- how we'll -- john ratcliffe has integrity. >> democrats are attacking pete hegseth once again after his former sister-in-law submitted new allegations yesterday of alcohol abuse and claims that he made his second ex-wife fear for her safety. both hegseth and the ex

aishah, good morning to you. hello. >> bill and martha, good morning to you. president trump last night acknowledged he doesn't have the wide margin in the house. he can't afford to lose three or four republicans or less than that. unfortunately, not every republican in the house gop conference is here at this unifying annual retreat. in fact, i was just told that only about 170 out of the 218 are here in miami and they are missing critical figures like chip roy who as you know demanded cuts and off sets. he is not here and neither is congressman andy biggs. this was the first time that president trump addressed the full gop conference in person since becoming the president and he laid out his agenda, his goals to expand his tax cuts, pass border security and energy legislation. also raise the debt ceiling. he told the gop not to get bogged down in how many bills it would take to get it done. right now the house freedom caucus continues to push forward two separate bills with tax cuts pushed to the latter bill. republicans are saying they'll pass whatever come

tell us how -- go ahead, aishah, and tell us how difficult it is to be done there. reporter: i'm a very lucky girl, larry. we're making news and house leadership is down here and pushing the message of unity and president trump wants to unit the republican conference and don't have a big margin in the house and can't afford to lose many republicans and that message not really being received by every single house gop conference member. i talked with chip roy not in doral about skipping this one out. watch. >> asking me to spend money to sit in a resort without doing our job in washington and the plan we put forward and you've not no plan. we have a plan. leadership says we don't have the votes for that plan. show me that. reporter: house freedom caucus, larry, offered up a two bill plan to accomplish president trump's goals to pass border security, rate the debt ceiler -- raise the debt ceiling first, and then expand the tax cuts in a separate bill. last night, president trump again said he's open to one or two bills and doesn't matter to him. vice president jd vance

aishah hasnie, wonderful stuff. appreciate it very, very much. folks, we'll get to one big beautiful bill and political failures that is running california and that's the sucket of the riff. my brother and his wife live in santa ana and contained and they've returned home and coming to catastrophic fires like this, there's no heros and always bet tore be safe than sorry. unfortunately however, there's a good deal of evidence that suggests that the blue state california politicians have in fact made the tragedy even worse. officials failed to properly refill reservoir and consequently there was no water in the fire hydrants of several key neighborhoods. the mayor's office cut the fire department's budget, and in order to preserve, i guess, in order to preserve an obscure fish called the smelt or had their own reason for cutting the budget, governor newsom cut the water flow and never got to southern california also in defense of this obscure fish called smelt, meanwhile take a listen to president trump on smelts. >> well, it's very sad because i'v

aishah hosni is tracking this on capitol hill.s ago senator thune said we can do it the hard way or the easy way. looks like the hard way? >> recess appointments are still on the table according to president trump's closest allies here on capitol hill. but we aren't there just yet. senators aren't too keen on that. here is what's going on on the senate floor right now. so democrats are jamming up activity on the senate floor by forcing that 30-hour debate rule for trump's nominees. senator chris murphy invoked it for john ratcliffe and it is strange because he got a bipartisan vote in his committee. ratcliffe was supposed to get his confirmation vote yesterday. it will happen today instead. if democrats continue with this delay tactic for each and every single nominee, well, sit back and get comfortable. this will take a while. the senate floor is like a one-track train station. the next train cannot arrive in f the first one hasn't left. pete hegseth wouldn't get a vote until late friday night. kristi noem sometime sunday. presid

fox news aishah ho hoes knee wih the latest. aishah hasnie with the very latest. reporter: yeah, everyone wanted to go down and have face-to-face time with the president elect and sources telling me that the president elect used his personal charm to send a message of unity to house republicans who came down to visit with him. house republicans who could tank his agenda, watch. >> i think the president's message is that we need to remain unified as a republican conference and work in lock step together, we can get this country back on track. reporter: so, trump met with fiscal hawks in the house caucus and more centrist republicans in the main street caucus and could potentially be a fight over state and local tax deductions and watching that closely and trump told lawmakers from new york, energy and california to go back home and try to find a fair number for lifting the salt cap. >> he agrees the cap on salt needs to be lifted. it did have a negative impact on states like new york. they're the highest property tax counties in america. so the combination of taxes

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. >> ainsley: first we will go to aishah hasnie who is also inside the ruffle rotunda where trump will be sworn. in hey, issue sexual harassment. >> thank the lord for it. i was out there 10 minutes and i thought no way i'm glad i'm inside. thank you president-elect trump for bricks us all inside. we are much safer in here. it's going to be a jam-packed day here at the capitol. not only are we going to see the swearing in inside the capitol rotunda. the president-elect soon-to-be president is going to sign a bunch of executive orders here into capitol. actually senator chuck grassley's idea to hit the ground running before he gets into the white house. we are told he might actually sign even more executive orders at capital one arena. we are learning more, you guys this morning about what he is going to say in his inaugural address. he will talk about ushering in the golden age. he will talk about biden policies. how those policies hurt every day americans. he will talk about the economy, immigration two key topics that he won on in november. and then he will lay out his plan, includin

we will follow all of that aishah hasnie live on the hill. aishah, thank you.resident trump is criticizing the last minute preemptive pardons by his predecessor as a bad precedent. the new president has issued about 1500 pardons of his own covering the 2021 capitol riot participants which has sparked its own criticism here in washington. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department with that tonight. >> at least the cases that we looked at, these were people that actually love our country. so, we thought a pardon would be appropriate. >> president trump late today defending his decision to pardon some 1500 people charged and convicted with storming the u.s. capitol on january 6th, 2021. the president also commuted the sentences of 14, including leaders of the proud boys and oath keepers. and he may go a step further. >> maybe it will stay that way or it will go to a full pardon. >> stewart rhodes released overnight the former oath keepers leader was serving 18 years for seditious conspiracy. >> president trump did the right thing by letting these guys

aishah hasnie live on the hill. thanks.dent biden has signed an executive order to address growing energy needs for artificial intelligence. the initiative calls for leasing federal sites to host ai data centers and new clean power facilities. the order also requires companies leasing the land to purchase certain amounts of american-made semiconductors determined on a case-by-case basis. ♪ we're just days away for the deadline of the chinese owners of tiktok to divest or face a government ban here in the u.s. tonight, we're learning about the possible way out of the confrontation. and it involves an already controversial figure in the coming administration. fox business correspondent grady trimble has details tonight. good evening. grady. >> good evening, bret. with that potential tiktok ban looming the chinese government is trying to come up with a plan b while many of the app.'s users are also looking for a new place to spend their free time. the "wall street journal" reports chinese officials discussed letting elon musk

aishah good to see you. reporter: so this is president-elect trump really taking matters into his own hands. much like what we saw last week with the speakers race where he got on the phone and closed the deal to of course reelect mike johnson as house speaker. he is looking at his legislative agenda and basically getting involved personally and giving that personal touch, so you're right. he has invited a key group of house republicans to mar-a-lago later this week and they are going to talk about a variety of things on his agenda, extending those 2017 tax cuts. no taxes on tips. border security, and figuring out what to do with the debt sealing. now trump will personally meet with freedom caucus members. these are the folks who want to cut the deficit fiscally conservative folks and lawmakers from states like new york who prize state and local tax breaks. now trump says his preference is to put all of this into one "big beautiful bill" we hear it a lot. kudlow says it a lot but he's open also to splitting

>> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thank you.he pentagon's inspector general is faulting lloyd austin for not informing the white house incapacitated due to cancer treatment last year. the staff says austin told them to keep his hospitalization a secret. he denies saying that the report also says no one on the staff knew of the seriousness of austin's condition. up next, our new fox polls on president-elect trump's approval. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as new york governor kathy hochul announces every subway station in the city will have a uniformed officer on the platform from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. she made the statement during her state of the state address. she says about 750 city police officers will be deployed with 300 others in the cars themselves. fox 59 in indianapolis with news that the nfl's colts will play a game in berlin next season. it will be the league's first at the city's historic olympic stadium. the date and opponent have not yet b

but first, fox news' aishah hasnie if live on capitol hill.ishah, trump meeting with the congressional leaders, how'd that go? [laughter] >> reporter: well, it's still ongoing, and we actually have a picture up at the white house waiting for these folks to come out of the oval office. i was in the elevator, larry, with some of these folks from senate gop leadership as they made their way to the white house a short while ago x they seemed to be in good spirits. this is probably a temperature check by the new president to find out if they're still on the same page as him, to get his agenda done, that big, beautiful bill. he probably wants to know where they're at with that and how quickly that's going to get done because as of right now leadership is on the same page, but there are some conservatives out there, larry, like the house freedom caucus that want a two-bill pass. so that could push those tax cuts that everyone really wants to get done quickly, that could push that to a later date. you've got other republicans saying, look, we've got t

and pennsylvania new senator dave mccormack will tell us how we can beat russia, fox news aishah hasnie live in doral, florida, she continues to get the choice assignment in flood sunshine, go ahead, tell us how difficult it is to be in florida. reporter: i am a very lucky girl, thank you very much, it gorgeous. we're making news, house ar-- house republican leadership pushing message of unity, president trump wantwants to unite the conference. that message not really being received by every single house g.o.p. conference member, i talking with congressman chip roy who not here, about why he is skipping this. >> if you are asking me to spend money to sit in a resorts rather than our damn job in washington. with a plan we put forward while you have no plan? we have presented a plan, leadership said we don't have votes for that show me that. reporter: so house freedom caucus offered two bill plan to acome plir arto okay accomplish president trump's goals last night president trump said he is open to one or two bills, vice president jd vance spoke today, to g.o.p. conference. and ralph nor

liz: thank you, aishah, for recapping the news at this hour. president trump is about to speak live at any moment, joining us now from house judiciary, jeff van drew. what are you and republicans all expecting to hear from president trump? he had a terrific first week. >> yeah, that was great first week and there's a lot of action and this is serious stuff and going for them to perpetrate evil or criminals or doing the right thing will be sent back to the country of origin. coming to taxes, we'll cut them and make sure that we get through reconciliation and we'll make sure that we are strong on energy instead of begging and crawling on hands and knees and we're going to be have having enough for ourselves and the military having a strong focus laser-like military and our cities are going to make them better, safer, cleaner and brighter. this is what we promise, this is what we said we'd do. what he said he was going to do and it's unbelievable how much has happened already in one week. liz: roaders report ago poll and ipsos poll and moving towa

larry: all right, aishah hasnie thank you so much. >> let's reelect speaker mike johnson to move the trumpian blue color boom agenda at warp speed, that is the subject of the riff. >> this past monday, president trump issued a i tendorsement for reelection of speaker mike johns joption. johnson on truth social, mr. trump wrote: mike has my complete and total endorsement. maga. all right, then next day, on new year's eve, walking into his gala party at mar-a-lago, mr. trump reiterated his support for speaker johnson. >> support speaker johnson, i think we're going to have a great time in washington. i think we're going to get great support, he is the one that can win right now, people like him, almost everyone likes him. larry: all right, so and add former speaker newt gingrich to list of johnson endorsements who said republicans should not waste time with an ugly floor fight. and g.o.p. needs to get behind the p speaker. >> so any number of republican luminaries have endorsed mike johnson for speaker and with pleasure, let me add my name to the list, he is a pro growth supply cider s

. >> emily: aishah hasnie lived on capitol hill with the latest, good morning. >> good morning to yous. 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 hour, the mass is not napping and the numbers are not there for the speaker. i republicans are entering into congress with a slim majority. we talk about all the time the numbers 219-215 and all democrats to vote for leader hakeem jeffries. they will not vote for mike johnson which means he can only afford to lose one republican. right now there is one republican official no vote, that is thomas massie. multiple undecided voters and people who don't want to say how they are voting until they vote actually takes place. joe johnson walked me through what is going on yesterday. watch. >> one day before the election, why are you so excited? people talking through process changes they want and i'm open to that and i think tomorrow will go well. >> johnson has the meeting privat

aishah, thank you very much. go back to pouncing on speaker johnson. coming up, even the left leaning media is now admitting that biden's border policies were a failure. >> border was not biden's finest moment frankly. some of it was some things biden said and some ways they put a moratorium on deportations but in fact we got up to almost 300,000 a month. ashley: well, what took them so long to finally come around? makes you boggled -- your mind boggles. we'll take that on. also, the fb icon firming the new orleans terror attack was inspired by isis. we now know bomb making materials found inside his home and how can we root out these home grown terrorists here in america? i'm going to ask israeli special operations veteran aaron cohen next. what will you do when the power goes out? power outages can be unpredictable and inconvenient, but with a generac home standby generator, your life goes on uninterrupted. because when your generac detects a power outage, it automatically powers up, giving your family the security and peace of mind they deserve. we

aishah hosni is reporting from doral, florida. >> good morning, sandra. easier said than done to try to get everybody on the same page. you have a slim majority in the house and all these different factions who want different things. a senior house gop source tells us that's the goal of this weekend or this week is to try to get all these different folks on the same page. remember, though, president trump not too long ago before his inauguration invited these folks for in-person meetings down in mar-a-lago to talk about his one, big, beautiful bill including expanding tax cuts, energy legislation, everything and the kitchen sink. the house freedom caucus continue to divert from speaker johnson's plan by lobbying for two different bills, sandra, with tax cuts put in the latter bill. a group of republicans who want salt caps lifted. another group wants massive, massive cuts. >> i think we're getting close to being there. there is not one person that is going to get absolutely everything that they want in this bill. i think we have to get this bill right bec

larry: aishah hasnie, appreciate it as always. president trump knows how to use the tariff weapon and that's the sunt of the riff. the president of columbia thought he was going to prevent president trump from deporting criminals back to their home country and mr. petro turned back the u.s. military deportation flights midair. but then president trump told him to pound sand and threaten to destroy the economy with a 25% tariff that's rapidly gone to 50% but guess what, president petro changed his mind. he offered to send his own government's plane to pick up the columbian illegals and bring them back home himself. mexican president sheinbaum first refused to cooperate with president trump's deportation plan and has his remain in mexico executive order. now, after a 25% tariff threat, suddenly mexico has welcomed a total of four plane loads, with presumably plenty more coming. it may be used to deal with unfair trading practices oracling the boarder and restoring national security and may even be ending the russian ukraine war. col

aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. thanks.taking steps to ensure migrants coming from some countries do not face immediate deportation he is extending what he calls temporary legal status for nearly a million immigrants inside the u.s. these are people from places such as venezuela and sudan. the order extends protection for deportation -- from deportation another 18 months. president biden the white house announcing he will deliver what is being called his farewell address to the nation next week. the white house says the speech will take place wednesday, 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can see that here on fox news. up next, the panel on the politics of the southern california wildfires. ♪ ♪ you'll get better when you're not blamed for a condition you can't control. ♪ you'll get better when your pain isn't minimized, dismissed, forgotten. we will never stop trying to get better. because when medicine gets better, all of us can get better. ♪ carl: believe me, when it comes to investing, you'll love carl's way. take a left here please.

the great fox news senior national correspondent aishah hasnie joins us live on capitol hill with more. great to see you again. reporter: elizabeth good evening. apparently the man who helped to close the deal for speaker mike johnson tonight in those final moments was donald trump himself. sources are telling us the president-elect who is in mar-a-lago right now apparently was on speaker phone with both reps the two hold-outs that voted against johnson right in those final hours after they voted against him, and we are told that he said this to them. "it be disrespectful to americans who voted in a historic presidential election to have the speaker's vote go to a second and third ballot" and it be disrespect full to me. he ended with this , and said we have a lot to do, let's get to it. apparently it worked. in an exclusive interview trump tells us a great honor to have helped this process has brought the gop conference closer together. now, johnson secured the gavel in the first round. not without a little drama though. we saw six republicans who refused to vote for him and three rep

aishah, we'll keep tabs on it and we know you will as well. great job. >> sandra: lawmakers demanding answers on the terror attack in new orleans after being briefed by the f.b.i. republicans urging the senate to confirm his national security picks as soon as possible. >> that has to be in place day one, guys, because this is a moment in transition of vulnerability and president trump is going to project, because he is a leader of strength, the narrative that we project on day one will be just as important. that's having our people in place. >> sandra: joining us now is south dakota republican john thune. thank you so much for joining us. first off your thoughts on all of this and what answers you are demanding at this moment. >> it's incredibly tragic as we all know, the enormous loss of life and those injured, our hearts and prayers go out to them and their families and they deserve answers and we intend to get those answers and to make sure these types of attacks don't happen again in the future and why as has been pointed it is important w

aishah, thank you very much indeed.e to read from "the wall street journal": senate confirmation race, donald trump set a speed record naming his cabinet. will the senate match his pace in what's become a crawling appointment process. kim strassel wrote that and she joins me now. kim, trump wants to hit the ground running and get his cabinet in fast and will schumer play the spoiler 124 >> stuart, by the way, congratulations and this must be said, you've not aged a day. that's the most important thing. stuart: flattery. thank you, kim. >> i'm good at it. no, look, chuck schumer, by the way, he's only a small piece of this. we need as a nation to have a conversation about the appointment process. what is rightly a very serious job that the senate has, consent really turned into this mount everest of bureaucracy and obstruction by whoever the minority party is. we have 1300 political appointees that have to be confirmed by the senate. it's a stunning number. and democrats have an ability to slow down every one of those if

aishah hosni but first to the white house and jackui heinrich is there. good morning. >> good morning, dana, what a 180 for the last four years around here when former president biden was occupying the oval office it was rare for the press to get into the oval, if we got in we would have aides shouting over us trying to get a question and shuffling us out of the room. in contrast, president trump brought in the full press pool as he signed off a litany of executive actions and orders. multi-tasking, taking questions from the press as he signed those orders spanning issues like trade, energy, immigration and cultural issues and we all got to share in this moment live. take a watch. >> did president biden leave you a letter? >> he may have. wait. don't they leave it in the desk? i don't know. oh. >> was it there? >> thank you, peter, could have been years before i found it. wow, thank you. >> does it say anything on the outside? >> maybe we should read it together. i'll read it first and then make that determination. peter, thank you very much. i may not ha

aishah, thanks. >> you got it.he senate confirmation hearings for president-elect's high profile nominees begin tomorrow on capitol hill. you will see those here. what is shaping up as perhaps the most contentious defense nominee pete hegseth for democrats. question whether republican also stay together to support him to get him to the confirmation. here is senior congressional correspondent chad pergram 14 confirmation hearings, 13 committees. 13 nominees. the senate girding for confirmation battles this week. >> these hearings in a very real way are the opening salvo for holding the trump administration accountable to the public. >> republicans rushing to confirm as many nominees as fast as possible. >> president trump needs his cabinet in place right now. >> marquee event this week the confirmation hearing for defense secretary nominee pete hegseth. his allies expect a rough ride. >> he will be ripped, he will be demeaned. he will be talked about but we're going to get him across the finish line. >> a rear guard

larry: all right, aishah hasnie, thank you very much for that update. quickly reelect speaker mike johnson in order to move the trump blue collar boom agenda at warp speed and that's the subjected of tonight's riff. this past monday, president trump issued a ringing endorsement for the reelection of speaker mike johnson and he'll be here in just a moment. on truth social mr. trump wrote and i quote, "the american people need immediate relief from all the destructive policies from the last second-degree ministration and speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working, religious man and he'll do the right thing and will continue to win. mike has my complete and total endorsement. maga". then the next day on n new years eve walking into his galla party at mar-a-lago, mr. trump reiterated his support for speaker johnson. take a listen, please. >> i want to give support to speak eric johnson. i think we're going to have a great time in washington, and i think we're going to get great support. he's the one that can win right now. people like him. almost everybod

aishah hasnie joined us this morning. freezing there today, really freezing what is inauguration ceremony going to look like indoor. >> holland warm and comfortable for everyone attending quite a few people at the capital even though it's been moved indoors in all the thousands of people who had tickets for outside won't be able to attend, there's quite a few hundred that are here, 602 philip the capitol rotunda we are watching the live camera feed of whose filing and we saw nordic leader mitch mcconnell walking with his wife elaine chao and were waiting to see who else walks in we will see the trump family sitting inside of the rotunda people who had tickets to the platform and it was originally outside we will see the tech ceos as well and perhaps new york city mayor eric adams with a last-minute invitation this morning from the trump transition team and he accepted the invitation. he is presumably on his way if not here already. we are also told there will be a vip group and that would include kevin mccarthy and potent

. >> bill: aishah hasnie is live on the hill again today.ood morning. >> good morning to you, bill. you heard that they are all on the same page. they all have the same agenda. trump's agenda. they don't know how to get there, with path to take. tonight might be an attempt to get the president-elect to make a decision for them. as you just said, senate republicans will meet with president-elect trump later on this evening. here in washington, d.c. . he was supposed to already be in town for the jimmy carter funeral. republicans in the house and senate are trying to figure out whether they should combine trump's immigration policy with his tax policy in one large bill. the package would also include debt ceiling among other legislation. some republicans fear one big bill will just collapse on itself given the house's slim majority. only a few republicans to tank it. rand paul explaining why he wouldn't vote for one big bill if it included the debt ceiling. >> there are a lot of good things we want to do. the only thing i'm adamant about i don

senior national correspondent aishah hasnie explains where things stand on capitol hill. >> tonight,own legislative agenda. fox has learned trump has invited key house republicans to mar-a-lago later this week to talk about extending his 2017 tax cuts. passing no taxes on tips, addressing border security and energy and raising or eliminating the debt ceiling. trump will personally meet with freedom caucus members who want to cut the deficit and lawmakers from states like new york to prize state and local tax breaks. trump says his preference is to put it into one what he calls one big beautiful bill but is he open to splitting it into two. >> i'm open to either way as long as we get something passed as quickly as possible. >> some republicans fear one monstrous package will cause delays and risk national security legislation. >> if you are a tax-cutting person which i understand and you are holding the border bill hostage, i think that's the dangerous thing. >> trump transition team is also urging congress to pick up the pace on confirming trump's nominees. pointing to last week's te

thanks, aishah. bill: karoline leavitt leads our coverage here.ing to you, nice the see you. there's a lot to talk about. i know you guys are juggling a lot of things at the last minute here. when we get to the moment tomorrow, which is the speech, what's he going to to tell america? >> you're going the hear president trump talk about how we are entering a golden age of america and how americans' hope can be restored in this great nation. you'll hear president trump talk about the reality of the world that a we are living in, the border invasion that that has turned every state in this country into a border state. you'll hear him talk about the dire economic situation that many american husband holds have found themselves in because of the -- american households have found themselves in. then you'll hear about his executive action on day one to fix these problems that have been plaguing the american people other the past four years. -- over the past four years. and i think americans are going to feel a renewed sense of hope and optimism, and you'r

aishah hasnie joining us from florida. what's on the agenda at the conference today aishah?rt good morning to you well vice president jd vance is supposed to speak with republicans later on today. i can tell you that last night, president trump acknowledged that he does not have a wide majority in the mouse so he understands they cannot lose three or five republicans even less than that. unfortunately, though, not everyone showed up here to this annual issues conference where they are pushing unity. i'm told about 170 out of 218 members are here. some folks are saying that's the best they've really ever had, however, they are missing critical negotiators key players like chip roy and andy biggs, and so that is also on the minds of members here. how are they supposed to be unified if hay don't have key negotiators here in the same place. now this was the first time last night that president trump addressed house gop conference in person since becoming president. he laid out his goals to about expand tax cuts pass border security, pass energy legislation, raise the debt ceilin

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senior national correspondent aishah hasnie big news about the u.s.resident elect j.d. vance will resign as ohio senator at midnight tonight. that means that republicans will briefly have a 51-member majority. that's because governor jim justice of west virginia has not yet been sworn in. all eyes are now on ohio governor mike dewine who will choose's vance's replacement he is actually down at mar-a-lago right now with president trump. and it's unclear whether trump will try to weigh in on that decision. >> tonight president-elect trump is back in mar-a-lago where is he hosting a dinner for republican governors, including former rival florida governor ron desantis as he rallies the troops ahead of his inauguration now trump has learned supporting a democrat john fetterman extended an invitation to mar-a-lago and he accepted. >> i am not the senator for just democrats in pennsylvania. i'm everyone's senator in pennsylvania. and so it is just having a conversation with the president. >> it comes after a triumphant return to washington. >> it feels great

more to come as soon as i find out. >> julie: aishah hasnie, thank you so much.ocus" now tammy bruce, fox news contributor joins me now. you were on the air on "outnumbered" when the story was unfolding. the most alarm part of all of it there would be information of other people, other suspects that were involved. that it wasn't an isolated incident. that it was in fact a plan greater theory behind the planning in all of this. it is surprising to hear the f.b.i. saying this man acted alone. >> it is. but also in the beginning they also said definitively as you have been discussing that there is no -- this was not terrorism. but what we know now that everyone was aware of an isis flag on that truck and yet the first statement from the f.b.i. was that this is not terrorism when the mayor was open and transparent saying it was. i have oh he seen the video that they used to say there were more people involved. and it is individuals looking in a case that was sitting in the street opening it, it happened to have some i think blasting caps in it and not knowing what it

thanks, aishah. see you real soon from capitol hill. we're about to see a moment here together. >> dana: what a beautiful shot of the white house. 1600 pennsylvania avenue, 18 acres there and the president-elect's motorcade is now underway holding for a moment to make sure that joe biden and dr. jill biden are positioned at the north port company are there to receive them. we know jd vance and his wife are already inside. >> you know, dana, the clock says 11:47 for the swearing in. so by my watch we're two hours away from that. and based on the current schedule, it looks like we're right on time. we need that, dana, because it is written in the constitution. stand by. we'll watch it together now from the north portico of the white house. >> dana: here we go. dana. >> dana: go ahead. >> bill: tea time at the white house. just thinking about that here. maybe a couple hundred people here at emancipation hall and erupted in cheers as they saw the incoming president and first lady on the monitor behind us. joining our coverage jessica tarlov

least one republican senate vote back to you. >> sandra: that is lisa murkowski, and adding to this, aishah scott bessent will be over the weekend. thank you for that. john. >> john: digging deeper on this and former press secretary and fox contributor ari fleischer and assumed pete hegseth would lost murkowski and senator collins, and maybe he will get the votes and have j.d. vance as the tiebreaker. he is still confident he will be confirmed, what do you think he will be? >> i think that's exactly the right number and the right math, and you hear from people inside and likely lose 3, and mitch mcconnell from kentucky is the third vote to be lost. will he pick up any democrats, that will be interesting. if it's 50/50 -- the interesting thing is being confirmed by the senate, nobody remembers the tally, just remember you were confirmed and the type of job you did. he needs the 50. i think that's exactly the number he'll get. >> sandra: fair enough, and this is happening fast, all of the picks as we watch the process, ari, how would you describe that so far? >> well, you know, when i look at