alexis mcadams thanks.h vice president or candidates campaigning today in the pivotal swing state of nevada which could tip the scale and either party's favor this time around. jeff paul is live with more. he is in las vegas. early voting wrapped up here in the banevada there is a push frm campaigns to get people who have the ballot to convince people to vote in person that's a big part of the resourcing big groups like this at the food festival where at a north las vegas trying to get people to go out and vote because things are so close right now. they sent of urgency was back to the latest figures regarding early voting here in nevada. that cast their ballot but republicans have the edge at the moment. outpacing democrats by nearly 50000 ballots cast so far. that's a big part of the reason we see trump and harrison campaign both cannons were here rounding two days ago. today it was the running mates turn report noticed great demands to melt holding rows in the las vegas area that emphasized the top of th

alexis mcadams, thank you. >> john: let's dig deeper on this. this guy, this venezuelan immigrant suspected member of tren de aragua arrested many times. was busted going after one of alvin bragg prosecutors. this is who the sanctuary city laws in new york are designed to protect? >> this is not who they are designed to protect and unfortunately this is who they are protecting. this is why they need to rewrite these laws or start using them the way they were intended. they were intended to protect the people who came here looking for a better life, the people who have been struggling to try to get through the process legally and get a green card and become ao new york, the food carts, the people who are doing the jobs in new york that help the city be what i think is the best city in the country. it's not for people like him. he should be arrested and thrown out of the country. i don't think you should surface time here. he should be thrown out of the country back to where ever he has from so we are paying for him anymore but unfortunately with

alexis mcadams standing by in new york city with outrage with the release of a venezuelan migrant with a long rap sheet. we begin with griff jenkins in washington with a new task force targeting the new tren de aragua. you have stunning statistics for us, griff. >> we sure do. four years ago tren de aragua or tda wasn't on ice's radar. now they are a top priority, john. acting director says they launched this initiative to target tda called operation athens killed by a tda gang member. >> we first within ice came across them in late 2022 in lima, peru during a human trafficking investigation realized tda members were actively working that. we're shy of 20% of our gang investigations are tda related. pretty substantial. we're closing in about 200 investigations that we have going on right now. enough so that in early part of this year of 2024, we initiated this thing called operation athens. so it's to combat specifically tda. >> in the past few years tda has taken a foot hold across the country. 16 dates from the west to east coast. he says there is multiple hundreds currently in the u

alexis mcadam is in greensboro, north carolina with the trunk campaign but first we are going to go toonathan is alive from charlotte. >> hi arthel. i'm going to try to talk above the background music. the crowd preparing for kamala harris' visit several hours from now. he continued to campaign with some big-name celebrities. at the rally you are watching moments ago live, filmmaker spike lee is speaking there as well as performances from rappers to chains and pastor troy joining the vice president at that atlanta rally. this evening here in charlotte kamala harris will be joined by actress kerry washington with musical artist jon bon jovi. charlotte is strategically important for democrats as the urban center has the largest population in the state. at suburbs are changing. >> areas that have been trump's strongholds will likely see some slipping. simply because you've had people who have lived in the urban core moving to the suburban areas due to cost of living. >> democrats to face some challenges in the swing state. the party once dominated early voting. but in this election, regis

." ♪ ♪ jon: we go first to alexis mcadam where former president trump will cap off his busy day laters evening. alexis. >> line already forming here in greensboro, north carolina that's because this thing is down to a dead heat that's why the former president is hitting the ground hard here is in the tar heel state. you don't to look at some of the polls but you have to look at the former president's campaign schedule to figure out it is this close he's in north carolina jon, four times in the next three days and that one will be later tonight in just a few hours. out here on the ground people tell me the economy is their top issue. take a look here on your screen this is a few hours ago where the former president was talking about the economy and how he plans to improve things asking voters that he what they would like him to do when it comes to job answer cash back in their pockets and talked about border and crime and trump won north carolina last election and president biden beat him in guilford county that's where i am right now. today is the last day of early voting in this stat

. >> sandra: peppers to battleground michigan where we find alexis mcadams, hello, at lexus so didn'te the flags waving behind you and what you see on the ground there? >> sandra, a windy day one michigan as people get excited to see the former president take the stage and at the community college although it doesn't start for clock po2 it doesn't matter to the detroit suburb. they are looking forward to hearing his message on the economy. we are talking to voters in the battleground states who were offended by the remarks that campaign surrogates made on the democratic side saying, we don't think you have to be a political expert but surrogates to help your campaign that people are libido for those remarks. mark cuban, watch. >> his words are mean, sad and misogynistic. in the left can't even define what a woman is! >> you would not know a strong, intelligent female if she slapped you across the face. >> how about your own daughters? what if they decided to think different than using politics? are they not strong and intelintelligent? what is at? >> sandra: days left to go, who knows

eric: i know you're saying i do the same alright alexis mcadams.hter] in north carolina thank you. eric: alright, alright making fun of me. let's go down south now to george of the white house candidates are trying to sway the voters in that state. former president trump is campaigning in macon tomorrow for the first lady jill biden is there today for vice president harris. madison is alive with the very latest in the ground t there. hi madison. >> hi eric. election day is just days away. already 4 million georgia residents have cast their vote for president. this is a record high level of early voting in this state. over 55% of active voters here and the pe peaches state have ct their ballots. here were i am today, only 45% of voters turned out early. it's a county were more than half the population is african-american. within that group less than 40% voted early. many believe that lack of interest is tied to the poverty level. a quarter of the population lives below that line. while it's only 14% and the rest of the state. some voters tell us the

alexis mcadams now live from west palm beach, florida. are you hearing from the trump team on this, alexis? >> hi, john. well, i am just hearing from the trump team that they are pretty busy right now over in mar-a-lago as they try to look through some other options, right, because there was that short-list, and now here in palm beach, florida, it goes back to the drawing board. i just got off the phone with a member of the trump transition team. they wanted to make one thing very clear, john. they said that this was the decision of former representative matt gaetz. they said he came to this decision on his own, but it's crazy how things change in washington, d.c. it was just hours ago that gaetz said he was confident, walking around the halls in capitol hill with a smile on his face, saying things are going pretty well, and today he dropped out. watch. >> the senator has been giving me a lot of good advice. looking for to a hearing. folks have been very supportive. they say we're going to get a fair process, so it's a great day of moment

alexis mcadams for us, thanks. andy mccarthy's former assistant u.s.t of new york, jonathan turley george washington university law professor, both fox news contributors. gentlemen, start with you, andy, your reaction to the loony sentencing of teixeira and we might have to interrupt. >> you have a situation where there is obvious harm done to the country. these situations can be catastrophic because in addition to troop movements, which in wartime in and of itself is bad enough, you always have to do a damage assessment, john, regarding methods and sources of intelligence and what might be blown by virtue of the fact that this stuff gets leaked out. so it obviously, when there is a real impact on national security, it's got to be dealt with in a serious way. >> john: you know, as alexis, jonathan, was pointing out, one question was how a low-level national guardsman got access to this top-secret material. >> i know. that's one of the most troubling aspects, like they are giving clearances to beavis and butthead. i mean, this guy was a gamer who was ju

pennsylvania, omaha, nebraska and just pull las vegas the first, greensboro north carolina where alexis mcadamss live waiting for trump rally to be begin. make the national anthem wrapped up in north carolina and it's coming down to a dead heat here. voters we talked on the ground say it's all about the economy. >> making her decision when you're going in, i'm not buying that today at the grocery store? >> yes, mostly red and milk and stuff like that and get more frozen goods because they last longer. [cheering] >> trump held one rally in north carolina hitting the ground hard this county where rally is, president biden him in 2020 so working on his ground game. the rally comes as kamala harris is trying to focus in on trump's recent comments about former representative liz cheney. harris calling for disqualification if the left) the assassination when he criticized her for being a war hawk. this is what he said. >> she's a radical war hawk. let's put her with nine battles shooting at her, let's see how she feels about it. when the guns train, they are all sitting in washington in the building

. >> ainsley: alexis mcadams in west palm beach with the latest. good morning, alexis. reporter: good morning. we got a new information in and it was matt gaetz that picked up the phone and called president trump telling him he was bowing out about too many controversy and now bondi is in, who is pam bondi? she's tough, she's a fighter and always stood up for what she believes in including fighting for former president trump. watch. >> chief law enforcement officer and this entire country and talk alaska the weaponization of fbi, cia, atf and irs and all starts at the top with merrick garland and he has to respond to this and has to be held accountable and this is way too important for the american people and our justice system is at stake. reporter: she's worked on a wide variety of cases and she's got the experience and has the backbone to back it up. trump says bondi bye bye bye a great edition to the team and refocus the doj to the intended purpose of fighting crime and making america safe again. he said i know, have known pam for many years and she's smart, tough,

. >> steve: screen right, alexis mcadams is in michigan, first in at attendance. >> that is right, ihought i would be first here when we were live before president trump speaks. people were here hours ahead of time to get a spot in the parking lot. the former president had a viral moment in green bay, wisconsin. imagine you get a call and we say, go pick up the best garbage truck you can find and drive former president trump around. that is what the truck driver said happened. listen. >> our secretary got a phone call and came into my office saying there is someone on the phone that want a garbage truck in green bay. didn't believe it at first, i picked up the phone and talked myself and after a conversation he knew somebody i knew down in the area. i went to our lot, found a nice-looking garbage truck and hopped in it and headed down to green bay. >> so first it was mcdonald's, n now former president is dressed as a garbage man in green bay, wisconsin, wearing orange and yellow safety vest. after biden suggested trump supporters were garbage. former president trump will be in warren

alexis mcadams joins me now. what charges is he facing of this time? >> reporter: this time is key.. this time he's looking at a wide range of charges including robbery and other ones. right now the feds are trying to figure out if he's link to the venezuelan gain get called tren de aragua. we hear about it a lot now because it is linked to lots of crime in new york city and across the country. >> it is possible. we haven't had, we are working on identification and doing what we can but he wasn't in our custody. they won't give us anything more than what we have. i would like better collaboration on this, let us help them. >> reporter: he was handcuffed and taken into police custodial. it happened again last week. investigators say he robbed a 38-year-old woman and her new york city apartment building and she happened to to be a member of the manhattan da's office, she called the police, he stole her purse and printer saying if you didn't give him the pin number to her credit cards he was going to hurt her. investigators say the 25-year-old suspect pulled his pants down and exposed

alexis mcadams live in new york city newsroom after two weeks ago after the medical examiner's this personhe subway part you can see this to 26-year-old has been going into court for days. marine veteran entering court in new york city. petty's facing manslaughter charges after investigators say but jordan neely, a homeless man and a fatal chokehold last night. that video went viral but here it is this is a cell phone video captured the date of the incident. it happened on a new york city subway car. of panic with his arms wrapped around neely's neck for more than six minutes that's the key here more than six minutes the prosecutor said he held on to long. patty's defense team said he really only stepped in because neely was acting unhinged and belligerent on the train to the medical examiner said he died from ex fix ef. questions are remaining about his talks results authorities say he did have drugs and assistance neely's family is demanding justice i would not want this hurt nobody you know what i'm saying? i don't want this for nobody it's really hard to see. is that it? all right. >>

alexis mcadams with more. >> most people thought that this was all wrapped up in pennsylvania.eryone thinks the senate race is over in that state. democrats on some election boards have admitted they are breaking the rules and the law to overturn those results. take a look here. this comes days after the race was called for republican senator-elect dave mccormick. you can see him there. he beat out incumbent senator bob casey. casey will still not concede. it has been days. so now this week the race is heading for a recount and expensive. blue counties say they are counting ballots that don't have the required signatures or right date, which is against the law according to the pennsylvania supreme court. they said that weeks ago. now the rnc are suing at least four pennsylvania counties. >> we have full confidence that the court system will intervene here and stop these counties that have clearly gone rogue. 62, 63 counties doing it the right way. a handful of counties controlled by democrats doing it the wrong way and hold them accountable. >> senate majority leader elect john

alexis mcadams is live on this friday morning in warren, michigan with the latest. ve, that's right. the arab and muslim vote is going to be key here in this battleground state of michigan. it's also a very tight race when you look at the latest fox news polls. we are talking about a dead heat. voters tell me on the campaign trail this is all going to come down to the economy and immigration, two main topics that the former president hit on at his rally in nevada yesterday, watch. >> we brought together veterans and union members, soldiers and steelworkers, farmers and auto workers and patriotic moms and dads of every race, religion, color, and creed. we're welcoming historic numbers of african-americans, hispanic americans, asian americans, and arab americans. did you see in michigan how well we are doing with the arab americans? >> right on the ground here in dearborn, michigan. i went around this state specifically in dearborn which has the largest arab muslim population, guys in the country. we caught up with imam here who says voters on the ground in michigan ar

alexis mcadams is in west palm beach. alexis. >> hey, yeah, so we are getting new information, brian. according to a source familiar it was former representative matt gaetz that picked up the phone and called president trump telling him hey, i'm bowing out here. there is just with a too much controversy and becoming too big of a distraction. so sources telling me gaetz is trying to do the right thing here as the allegations continued to swirl. so, hey, gaetz is out. pam bondi is. in bondi has been a strong supporter and defender of trump. watch. >> merrick garland is our chief law enforcement officer and this entire country. we talk about this weaponization of the fbi, cia, atf thought irs, it all starts at the top with merrick garland. he has to respond to this. he has to be held accountable. this is way too important for the american people and our justice system is at stake. >> so that's a preview of what we are going to hear in the coming days when we do hear from pam bondi who is now the top cop appointed by trump. bo

alexis mcadams is covering all the details as they unfold. what can you tell us? >> whether it's happening behind closed doors or not at mar-a-lago people are finding out about the clips quickly. the former president said for months he would go back to washington, d.c. and shake things up. that's exactly what he has done with these cabinet picks. a lot of controversy surrounding a few of them. might be an uphill battle on capitol hill to get them confirmed. trump says this is what the radical left does. they try to dirty people up, chew you up and spit you out before they destroy you. he isn't worried about it. you can see what's going on at capitol hill. pete hegseth is in washington, d.c. trump's pick to lead the department of defense is having meetings with republican senators today. those meetings come as the 44-year-old veteran faces questions about his confirmation after a past sexual assault allegation that he has denied. senator josh hawley telling fox news he will vote to pass all of trump's picks. >> i would just say to my senate colleagues listen, let t

alexis mcadams with us now. >> people thought it was over but not everyone thinks the senate race isr in pennsylvania including democrats on some election boards who admit they are breaking the law to overturn the results here. this comes days after the race is called for republican senator-elect dave mccormick after he beat out democratic senator bob casey. casey will still not concede. the race is heading for a recount and will cost taxpayers a million dollars. some blue counties are counting ballots that don't have these things. the required signatures or dates, which is against the law and that's according to the pennsylvania supreme court that ruled that months ago. now the rnc and mccormick's teams are suing at least four pennsylvania counties. >> the supreme court in pennsylvania, which is controlled by democrats, has laid out what the law is. we're asking these counties to follow it. unfortunately two and more counties have decided they aren't going to do that. >> senate majority leader john thune of south dakota is calling on casey to concede. fetterman said over the weekend

. >> lawrence: alexis mcadams is live from west palm beach with more. lexis. >> not a surprise to many people watching at home that it's going to be a uphill battle for representative matt gaetz. a lot of people think he is the most controversial pick right now this new trump transition team. the former president and then president-elect posting on truth social just yesterday that this is what the left tries to do. they try to dirty up his picks and try to ruin them and he believes what j.d. vance is doing on capitol hill is going to help push matt gaetz through. check it out though here on your screen. this is what we saw yesterday in washington, d.c. you can see representative matt gaetz there walking around on capitol hill. he was in d.c. a meeting with republican senators, trying to really get more support there on the ground. a former representative is trump's topic, right, for the attorney general position. he was with vice president president-elect j.d. vance to try to make those rounds and repair some relationships. he might not have senator have

we did a story with alexis mcadams at the end of the last hour about dave mccormick, the republican senate candidate in pennsylvania. the race has been called for him. bob casey continues to push forward and there seems to be some sort of craziness and possible illegal activity. this is the pennsylvania county official after democrats rejected a gop led challenge. it said i think we know that precedent by a court doesn't matter anymore in this country. if i violate this law it is because i want a court to pay attention. there is nothing more important than counting votes. what is happening in pennsylvania and what can the republicans do to bring it to a successful close to the party? >> well, dana, it is crazy. once again democrats doing exactly what they always accuse donald trump of doing, defying a court order. he never did that in his first term. now you have the pennsylvania supreme court ordering county officials not to count certain improper or incomplete ballots and democratic officials are simply saying we'll disregard the supreme court order and count these ballots. the departmen

alexis mcadams is in warren, michigan where trump will be there later today. mark cuban has attempted the apologize. i read it myself. it was interesting. how is that working out? >> we'll have to see exactly what some of those trump voters here in warren, michigan in a couple hours showing up for trump's rally think about his apology. last time i checked, i'm not a political expert. i thought surrogates were supposed to help your campaign not hurt them. see what the game plan is in the coming days. strong and intelligent women across the country are coming out and blasting mark cuban. watch. >> cuban's words are mean, sad and misogynistic and the left can't even decide what a woman is. >> you would not know a strong, intelligent female if she slapped you across her face. >> about what your own daughters if they think differently than you about politics? are they not strong and intelligent? what is that? >> with days to go on the campaign trail former president trump is hitting the midwest hard not just here in michigan but making stops in battleground wiscons

let's go to alexis mcadams in west palm beach this morning. >> a lot is shaking up here as we get more information on the trump transition team. matt gaetz is out and pam bondi is in. smart, tough and strong according to people who have worked with her and she will go after the d.o.j. to shake things up. watch. >> merrick garland is our chief law enforcement officer and this entire country. we talk about the weaponization of the f.b.i., c.i.a., atf. i.r.s., it all starts at the top with merrick garland. he has to respond to this. he has to be held accountable. this is way too important for the american people. our justice system is at stake. >> for people at home wondering what they want to know about pam bondi. she was the state of florida's first female attorney general. a member of donald trump's impeachment defense team. local prosecutor for years and worked on a wide range of cases from drug trafficking, human trafficking and capital murder cases. trump says bonde has what it takes to be a great addition to the team. pam will refocus the doj to its purpose of fighting crime and ma

. >> lawrence: alexis mcadams and west speech home florida. >> no surprise to people at home this mightll battle for matt gaetz. there's been lots of controversy surrounding him with lots of allegations denied for months, but the former president, nap president-elect trump not surprised by the attacks on matt gaetz and still wants him made to be the top cop in the united states. this is what the radical left those, they pick you up, try to ruin you, dirty you up, spit you out. but matt gaetz has its going well on capitol hill. listen. speak of the senators are giving good advice. i'm looking forward to a good hearing. folks have been very supportive with a fair process in it's a great day of momentum for the trump-vance administration. >> he's trying to remain positive as he walks around capitol hill. in a d.c. meeting with republican senators. he is the pick for ag and jdf j.d. vance focused on what he can to get him confirmed which is a directive from the house ethics committee to discuss for several hours behind closed doors deciding to not release the reports over allegations of sex

. >> we began with alexis mcadams live in our new york city newsroom. >> most people at home that areching about this thing wrapped up days ago. democrats and some election boards are breaking the law and admitting it to overturn the results in the senate race in pennsylvania counting relatives that do not have the required signatures or the right dates but say people break the law all the time. >> mostly because i think we all know that precedent by a court doesn't matter anymore in this country and people violate laws anytime they want. for me if i violate this law, it is because i want a court to pay attention to it. there is nothing more important than counting votes. >> people are paying attention now. this comes days after the race was called for republican senator elect dave mccormick after beating out bob casey. kacey still will not concede. the race is heading for recount. it is costly. we are talking about at least a million dollars for taxpayers. senate majority leader elect is calling on casey to concede is democratic senator john fetterman thinks his counterpart will do t

correspondent alexis mcadams has an update tonight the state supreme court counties have to stop countinglection boards were openly breaking the law counting ballots that were missing signatures and dates to try and overturn the election results. >> it is important, very important for the pennsylvania supreme court to affirm again the basic principle that every one of these counties needs to follow pennsylvania law. >> this decision comes more than a week after the a.p. called the senate race. republican senator elect dave more core mic beat out incumbent democratic senator bob casey by more than 17,000 votes in the first count. >> have a big enough lead that these shenanigans ultimately aren't going to matter. >> tonight calls for casey to concede growing louder. but the casey campaign says it's still fighting to ensure pennsylvania's voices are heard writing in a statement in part mccormick and the national republicans are working to throw out provisional ballots cast by eligible pennsylvania voters. and accepted by county boards. it's wrong and we'll fight it. republican senator mike l

. >> john: peppers alexis mcadams west palm beach, florida, and what a gorgeous day there, what is goinghey, john are you jealous i am at home page? not far from mar-a-lago on friday afternoon as more meetings kicking off. pam bondi has been picked by president-elect trump to be the new top cop in the united states. he tapped her to be the attorney general. she seems to have a lot clearer path compared to matt gaetz. she received a lot of people excited to see what she is going to do and i'm told people who worked with her for years she has tough, smart, a backbone to shake up the doj. watch. >> merrick garland chief law enforcement officer in this entire country. we talk about the weaponization of the fbi, cia, and it all starts with merrick garland. he has to respond to this. be has to be held accountable. this is way too important for the american people and our justice system is at stake. >> that is just a little tease what we will probably hear the coming months as pam bondi will be the first female attorney general tapped or rather the first female attorney general tapped for the j

alexis mcadams in new york with the latest. >> for everybody watching at home that just finished thanksgiving dinner less than a month to go until christmas. since this is the latest thanksgiving can be on the calendar, people will hit those stores in full force over the weekend trying to wrap up their holiday shopping. this year the national retail federation says people will spend even more. watch. >> we are expecting that consumers will budget around a little over $900 for the holiday season. which is about $27 or more they budgeted last year. >>> this holiday season is expected to break shopping records. big crowds and big money will be spent. for some it is tradition and others say they want to get an early start cashing in on those deals that some say seem almost too good to be true. you see online what i'm talking about. according to this group more than 131 million people are priming to shop on black friday. 65% of people shopping can store. they say 183 million people will shop over the next five days. after black friday, cyber monday is the most popular day for shopping. >> this doe

correspondent alexis mcadams reports live from new york. hi, alexis. >> hi, martha. that would come down with the sentencing but they are going back and forth saying jack teixeira should have less time behind bars. prosecution actually asked for 17 years and his defense attorneys, martha, are asking for about 11 years. this is what we know so far. you can see what is going on your screen. that is supposed to be a press conference coming up after this sentencing. check to shares picture. the started last year, 21-year-old at the time, now 22, according to investigators, took dozens of pictures of classified documents. security clearance as an i.t. guy, to go in there, national guard, started taking notes, i'm just went to take pictures and post it on discord, which is a social media app, and then he shared all of those top-secret, classified information with millions of people that were able to access that online and it put so many people at risk and in jeopardy because it even had specific information about where troops were in ukraine, so we put all of that informat

and alexis mcadams. s with the tran19 in florida. >> shannon: hello alexis. >> looks like closing time. here in west palm beach florida, you guys, things arch is heating up. we saw a short time ago over my shoulder you can see the set up where there is now thousands of people inside. the crowd is really run here. but also you can see the podium that is up there that is where they are set up some type of teleprompter. the grasses out for the told trooper. who is going to speak? only time will tell. you can see 50 polls have closed in all 50 states and washington, dc. the crowd went wild when fox news called georgia and then also called north carolina. we saw a big shift i this is the 10:00 news on ktvu fox two, and it is election night in america. at stake, the white house, the balance of power and many races across the bay area. and in the race for the white house right now, severa key battleground states still too close to call. a historic turnout for a historic election. good evening everyone. i'm mike

. >> ainsley: alexis mcadams is in palm beach, florida with the latest for us. alexis. >> hi there, good morning. yeah. this could be the president-elect's most controversial pick at this time, right? former representative matt gaetz, you don't have to look far to figure that out. just look through the headlines a lot of people on both sides, specifically democrats though who r. not happy with trump picks gaetz as the top cop of the united states? but, trump said on truth social, you guys, this is what the radical left does. they pick someone, they dirty them up and they try to run them and then they spit them out set. focused on getting gaetz confirmed in the coming months. this comes as he made a stanley stop upon capitol hill. see him walking around with vice president-elect j.d. vance trying to push this confirmation through. can you see gaetz there in d.c. meeting with republican senators on wednesday. he looked pretty confident walking through the halls there. is he trump's pick for attorney general. a huge position in this country. he was with j.d. vance

alexis mcadams in west palm beach, florida, for us. what's the latest on the transition, alexis? hey, stuart. well, yesterday when we were all talking about this it was matt gaetz who was trying to push his way through. he dropped out, pam bondi is now in, so we'll see what unfolds today here as that trump transition continues. but for people who have worked with pam bondi, they say she is tough as nails and one of the best in the game, and she's ready the defend former president trump. watch. >> merrick garland is our chief law enforcement in this entire country. you know, when we talk about the weaponization of the fbi, the cia, atf, the the irs, well, it all starts with merrick garland. he has to respond to. this he has to be held accountable. s this is way too important for the american people and our justice system is at stake. >> reporter: so that's a sample of what we're probably going to hear in the coming weeks and months as she's now picked to be america's top cop. bondi was the state of florida's first female state attorney general, okay? she became a member of trump's

. >> lawrence: first, alexis mcadams is live in warren, michigan where trump is set to hold a rally later. >> yes, sir. we are in warren, michigan here where we are waiting to see the former president coming later this afternoon. we already saw a few cars if you can believe it. it's like 6:00 in the morning. they were here already waiting for the parking lot to open here behind us where is he going to speak in just a matter of hours. this all comes as he has been zoning in and zeroing in on exactly what happened with that garbage truck. it's pretty much gone viral. you think about how much all these candidates and campaigns spend on campaign ads. this didn't cost much to rent a garbage truck. fox news did catch up with the man who was in that garbage truck who said trump looked at him and said hey, can i go for a ride in that? watch. >> our secretary got a phone call and then she came into my office saying there is someone on the phone they want a garbage truck down in green bay. can you do something? didn't really believe it at first until i picked up the phone and talked to the guy myse

. >> sandra: alexis mcadams is live in west palm beach, florida, with the update from there. alexis. >> hey, sandra and john. you guys seem to get all the breaking news on. >> sandra: any nine. this brand-new news breaking just moments ago on social media, we are trying to see what exactly is going to happen at mar-a-lago as the trump transition team is working hard is this all came out. got off the phone a short time ago with a member of the trump transition team who was telling me they want to make something very clear here, that they say former representative matt gaetz came to this conclusion on his own to drop out, okay, so that just coming into our newsroom a short time ago. they say, though, in this post, according to the former president, now president-elect trump, this, "i greatly appreciate the recent efforts of matt gaetz in seeking approval to be attorney general. he was doing very well, but at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for this administration, for which he has much respect. matt has a wonderful future, and i look forward to watching all of t

in michigan is alexis mcadams. good morning there. what have you got? >> good morning bill and dana. great day here in battleground mitch gone. behind me is the parking lot where the former president will be in a matter of hours. a long line of supporters out here well before the sun came out. he is hitting the midwest hard. this thing in michigan is locked in a dead heat. now trump is using the democrats' own comments against them. >> joe biden's comments were the decision of kamala harris to proper tray those not voting for her as a sub human person and we know it's what they believe because look at how they've treated you. they do treat you like garbage, they really do. >> the former president has another part-time job. he was at mcdonalds, dressed up as a garbage man in wisconsin taking out the trash after president joe biden suggested that trump supporters are garbage. fox news caught up with the truck driver who gave trump that ride. >> release the park brake and started moving forward. we only moved a foot or two and the secret service waved thei

. >> lawrence: alexis mcadams is in pest palm beach, florida. >> how quickly things change in washingtonc. and yesterday morning. we were on here talking with you guys about how it was going to be an uphill battle for former representative matt gaetz. he looked confident on the hill. those conversations with those senators there were going well. something changed and it changed fast. now pam bondi is in and matt gaetz is out. take a look here. this is who we are talking about. this is pam bondi who is now the new attorney general choice for president-elect trump. so if confirmed, bondi would lead the justice department and set the agenda for federal investigations and prosecutions. this is what trump had to say about bondi yesterday on truth social. pam will refocus the doj for intended fouse of fighting crime and making america safe again. i have known pam many years, she is smart. she is tough. and america-first fighter. she will do a terrific job as attorney general. this is one of the main reasons that bondi was floated and picked pretty quickly according to sources is because she sa

alexis mcadams, seems like the decision making is happening behind closed doors in mar-a-lago. >> reportereah. what better place to do it than in beautiful palm beach, florida? if he's working hard to try and confirm those picks, but frump's that he was going to shake up washington, d.c., and that's exactly what he's done with these cabinet picks so far. there has been a lot of controversy surrounding a few of them including pete hegseth who's back up on capitol hill today in washington, d.c. for some meetings. take a look on your screen, okay? this is new video that came into our newsroom. hegseth is trump's pick to lead the department of defense. he's having meetings with republican senators today, he was spotted there a short time ago. those meetings come as the 444-year-old veteran faces questions about his confirmation after a past sexual assault allegation that he has conditioned. senator josh hawley says he's going to vote to pass all of trump's picks. >> i would just say to my senate colleagues, listen, let these guys testify, give them a shot. i know some of these senate gop if fo

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