speaker, christiana keefer who will be discussing religious liberty cases that she and adf, alliance defending freedom, have fought tirelessly to defend. alliance defending freedom has spearheaded the fight for religious liberty, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage, family and parental rights and has won many u.s. supreme court cases, including the overturn of roe v. wade and borough v hobby lobby. christiana served as a senior counsel with adf joining the staff in 2012 and she is now a key member of the adf center for conscious initiatives for christiana worked to defend the constitutionally protected freedom of churches, religious schools and christian ministries to exercise their faith without government interference. she has worked on many, many groundbreaking cases to protect the rights of women and girls to fair athletic competition. she also worked to protect the rights of women, of people of faith, to foster and provide loving homes for children in need. she has had multiple appearances on leading networks, like fox news and newsmax and regularly comments in radio and print media as an

my goal today is to highlight a few of the lawsuits that alliance defending freedom is currently litigating in the area of religious liberty with the intersection of gender identity, and to talk about the categories of threats and pressure points we are currently seeing to our freedoms. pressure point number one. it is the right of people to foster and adopt children. there are few religious practices that have distinguished christians for centuries like the practice of caring for children in need. but the ability of christians across america to actually foster and adopt children who need a forever home is being questioned, simply because they hold to a biblical and sexual ethic. jessica is a widow and mother of five children in each in oregon. she tragically lost her husband in 2017 after a head on collision. it was her faithto whether the e forward. one day she was in the car driving to work. she is an ultrasound technician. she heard a radio program calling to care for widows and orphans and thought that was something she needed to do. she said she felt like the lord was calling her to d

alliance defending _ to care. the conservative group alliance defending freedom - to care. p alliance defending freedom is i alliance defending freedom is challenging the use of mifepristone as you know. they deemed the drug to be dangerous and they made these points on their website. and they made these points on theirwebsite. i and they made these points on their website. i want to read them to you. as many as 20% of women who have a medical abortion is of a complication and they also say that one review, 42,000 first trimester chemical abortions and that more than one in six women suffered from a severe bleeding after taking these drugs. again, this is on their website and i know the fda deemed unsafe but is it guaranteed that mifepristone is a safer women to take? it that mifepristone is a safer women to take?— that mifepristone is a safer women to take? it is safe. it is effective. _ women to take? it is safe. it is effective. it _ women to take? it is safe. it is effective. it has _ women to take? it is safe. it is effective. it has been - women to take? it is safe. it

as a front line for freedom partner your $19 monthly gift will help alliance defending freedom continue to protect the rights and opportunities of women and girls. your $19 monthly gift helps us boldly advance freedom in our generation and for generations to come. call now or go online to standwithadf.org and help defend freedom today. this is your season to smile -- to raise a toast and gather together, to wrap up the fun and round up the gang. to help get you ready, your aspen dental team is celebrating 25 years of affordable care with an epic anniversary savings event. right now, new patients without insurance get a free full exam and x-rays. plus, everyone can get 20% off their treatment plan. but hurry, because while the season won't last, the memories you make together will. aspen dental. book today. >> i don't think the leadership knew where it was and what was in it and it was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. it's not a major breach. >> with beijing, the balloon incident is over. water under the bridge? >> we have -- we did what we needed to do

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as a front line for freedom partner your $19 monthly gift will help alliance defending freedom continueprotect the rights and opportunities of women and girls. your $19 monthly gift helps us boldly advance freedom in our generation and for generations to come. call now or go online to standwithadf.org and help defend freedom today. >> harris: hunter biden first court date in california is set. he will be arraigned on nine counts on january 11 in los angeles. it turns out hunter is not only presidential child with tax trouble. didn't know that was contagious. newly obtained tax lien documents by fox news shows ashley biden owes $5000 in income taxes dating back to 2015. here is a quote, it is beyond disturbing to note she feels like the law does not apply to her, just like hunter. she could likely take 5 grand out of what amounts to biden inc. petty cash drawer. it is her belief laws are for little people, she is biden and doesn't have to pay what she owes. tammy bruce, you have a different quote. >> tammy: other people or countries pay things for the bidens. i was wondering why china di

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the fda has put politics before its duty to protect health and safety, with tragic the alliance defending freedomon organisation, says on its website that as many as 20% of women who have a chemical abortion will suffer a complication. i spoke to the president and ceo of the planned parenthood federation of america, alexis mcgilljohnson, about the abortion medication and access. we saw that the supreme court is taking up access to the abortion medication mifepristone. from your perspective, what implications could this have on abortion access in the us? it could this have on abortion access in the us?— access in the us? it is critical _ access in the us? it is critical that _ access in the us? it is critical that the - access in the us? it is critical that the court. access in the us? it is i critical that the court has taken up this case, because mifepristone is in its hands right now. here we are, just 18 months after the gobs decision, and one in three women in america are now seeking access to abortion, when the libyan state that no longer have access to abortion, so it is kind of outrageous

. >> laura: alliance defending freedom, thank you for doing what you do. that is it for us tonight. get hot-headed about this stuff, it is america now and forever. jesse is next. >> todd: a fox news alert, a male suspect in police custody after going on a

. >> laura: alliance defending freedom, thank you for doing what you do. that is it for us tonight. i get hot-headed about this stuff, it is america now and forever. jesse is next. >> todd: a fox news alert, a male suspect in police custody after going on a deadly shooting spree in texas. it is believed the man is responsible for killing four people in austin over eight hours. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the same suspect may be connected to vicious murder of two people at a home in san antonio. brooke singman has more. >> brooke: being it began yesterday just before 11:00 a.m. the unnamed suspect targeted an officer in an unprovoked attack. the officer was shot in the leg and expected to make a full recovery. austin 911 received multiple calls for help at a different location. the suspect went on to shoot a cyclist right before they engaged with police who were responding to a burglary in progress. one officer was shot at the scene before going on a high-speed chase. >> after pursuit with officers, the male suspect crashed

in fact, it was the alliance defending freedom that was behind the three or three creative case you toldot created an affirmative loophole for discrimination against lgbtq+ the community. they were the same organization that back the top decision that overturned roe v. wade. this is a political line of attack, and we've got to see it for what it is. and i think the opportunity in front of us is to mitch or we are responding in kind. 2024 could not be more important. the issues are at stake right now, the rights we worked hard to get over the last 20 years, 40 years, that last 400 years are fundamentally at stake. what i think about the challenges facing the lgbtq+ community, this is a civil rights challenge of the moment. we need to make sure that people are seeing it for what it is. because if we're able to turn out and turn out strongly in 2024, it is possible that we can change the tide on this train of attacks. >> what stands out to me from your research, that while the lgbtq community is being embraced by corporations and in the culture like never before, they're also facing an unpr

we have a attorney with the alliance defending freedoms saying connecticut state policy forces girlss in their own sports, but attorneys warn the title 9 changes that the president wants to accept biological males in women's sports, it's reversing nearly 50 years of advancement for women and completely at odds with the spirit of title nine. but the president is changing a federal law and he's reversing that. >> written in 1972, meant to protect women from discrimination and based on sex or discrimination and nothing to read gender identity into this role and the biden administration wants to do that, we will see the elimination of women's sports in spaces. elizabeth: got t alex nester, thank you for joining us. former deputy assistant attorney john yoo. good to see you, sir. john, we've got former president trump raging at judge engoron after a day of courtroom fireworks and judge on the new york trial rejected the motion to dismiss the new york civil fraud case against trump and his business empire. we've got argument set for january and closing arguments set for january 11. what ca

because i also think, you know, we follow the money and you see it's the same scary boogeyman alliance defending freedom. right? that back the 303 creative case and the dodds case. you follow the money you see it's the same groups they're pushing the anti lgbtq plus bills in states and the bills to keep us less safe from guns and firearms right it's the same folks after time i think that people are wondering. how do we get to the other side? there's a lot of. but tell me a little bit about what strategy is you're employing to help to get us to the other side. so we spend a lot of time educating lawmakers, policymakers, the general public about the dark money, the disinformation and the misinformation and the root cause analysis of all of this. to maya's point, which is the threats to our democracy. we were one of the first reproductive rights groups to come out for court expansion, right? we've been deep in the work. thank you. and to impeach clarence thomas and and and i was at some donors last week and they were like many. isn't that farfetched? i mean, i know democratic respect for democratic norms.

professed to help never decades, or sharpened during johnson's decade-long association with alliance defending freedomws and policies that undermine lgbtq rights. let's bring back fernand amandi and paola ramos. fernand amandi, also up with you. what does it say that summit with this track record proudly on of this track record, one of the most powerful political courage in this country is because of the house? >> it's very similar to what we just talked about in regards to donald trump. we cannot sugarcoat the reality of what and who mike johnson's. behind his countenance, you have someone who's third in line to the presidency today who is a theocratic who does not believe in american democracy, has made it very clear, as we seoul or are about to raids in list cheney's book, the open, transparent architect of the effort to overthrow american democracy in service of donald trump without any respect for the laws, i think it sounds, like looks, like what it is. a theocratic, again, fascist who unfortunately hold the most powerful position in the history of the united states for someone who doesn't belie

he has spent six years as an attorney for an organization called alliance defending freedom.al group focused on dismantling lgbtq rights. it's also a hate group, designated a hate group by the southern poverty law center. christina, is mike johnson, speaker johnson, serious about governing? or is he an avatar for a far-right extremism? >> well, no one in the republican party right now is serious about governance. they're serious about blocking any sort of legislation that would help move this country forward. it's talking about transportation, infrastructure, whatever it may be. what's frightening, jonathan, is that his worldview is shared by millions of americans to, especially white evangelicals, who have grip the republican party, a those primary voters. we're going to see more and more elective speaking directly to this faction that is slowly but surely becoming more powerful. i spoke to a man last night. we were discussing the retirement to kevin mccarthy. you know, more and more republicans who were seemingly middle of the road, and could compromise with democrats, or l

you've been there and the alliance for defending freedom. what do you expect to happen?'s a great win for female athletes and the second circuit said the girls deserve their day in court and full case under title 9 and freedom's privilege to stand alongside them for years now and we look forward to continuing to seek justice for the young women and to get their records corrected because they're forced to compete against males throughout all of their time in high school. rachel: i'm sorry you ladies had to go through with all of this and sorry you lost opportunities and i'm sorry that the so-called feminists weren't there for you. but i'd say that the torch has been handed to you. you are the true champions of females, of biological females and you're on the forefront and you're the new leaders and it's now up to you, and we wish you all the best of luck in your court case. i'm so -- i mean, this is personal and i'm so very proud of you, bravo. las vegas you all. all right, all of you, thank you for standing up for biological women. it's really important and merry christm

like me, were in prison, who, like me, led a protest, and now we are creating an alliance of democracy defenders and freedomrs. - we're gonna talk more about the world of liberty congress. but to your point about authoritarianism, how fragile is the state of democracy internationally right now? - well, i think it's very fragile. what we have seen over the past 20 years is a consecutive rise of autocratic regimes. and i think now it's very clear, and especially after the russian invasion to ukraine, that this is not about left or right. it's not about right-wing dictatorships or left-wing dictatorships because it's an autocratic model that is non-ideological. and then it's growing and it's growing under the leadership, the protection, the diplomatic support of china, russia, and iran primarily. and they have created a non-ideological network where they are expanding the practices of autocracy worldwide. and this is not a conspiracy theory. look what happened in africa over the past six months. we've seen several coups happening in the sahel region in africa. what they have in common is that there is presence

freedom alliance. i see several members of the council here today, including one of the copresidents, so it has been important to defendcademic freedom, namely by going after instances in which somebody is experiencing some kind of official discipline by the university, maybe an investigation and a complaint, and trying to defend that person's right to say it. most of the time, i will disclose the speech. i will say myself that is speech i do not like, but i willful throated lee defend it. i will give you an example. amy whacks, she said asian americans might not have the spirit of liberty, and it would be good to have less of them in the country. do i like that? no, i think it is offensive. however, do i defend her right to say it and don't think the university should be sanctioning -- dean brown-nagin: it was an extramural statement. prof. gersen: it was, and for some people, that is an important distinction. for some people, it is not. whether you are in class or scholarship, those are distinctions one can make, but i do think there is a big difference between those kinds of things that we know -- speech that we do

defensive alliance against the new threat arising from the soviets, who had once been nation's ally. he had to create, in the war weary european soul, the will to defend itself so that freedom so dearly bought would not be lost for more than a year. he labored diligent at his task of coalition. when he turned over the reins of command to general matthew the structure of military among free nations on rested the hope for continued peace was established. once again with the accomplished a substantial victory behind him. this might well have been the end of his public career and in a sense was the closing chapter in the story of eisenhower. the soldier. history is recording today the story of eisenhower, the statesman. the stories may be, but soldier and statesman they are the same man. dwight d eisenhower. citizen of the united states. spokesman and symbol of the free world. and son of abilene. as richer study as this nation has produced of the capacity for greatness, which at its grassroots. the big picture is an report for the armed forces, the american people produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the department. the army, in cooperation with

defensive alliance against the new threat arising from the soviets, who had once been nation's ally. he had to create, in the war weary european soul, the will to defend itself so that freedom so dearly bought would not be lost for more than a year. he labored diligent at his task of coalition. when he turned over the reins of command to general matthew the structure of military among free nations on rested the hope for continued peace was established. once again with the accomplished a substantial victory behind him. this might well have been the end of his public career and in a sense was the closing chapter in the story of eisenhower. the soldier. history is recording today the story of eisenhower, the statesman. the stories may be, but soldier and statesman they are the same man. dwight d eisenhower. citizen of the united states. spokesman and symbol of the free world. and son of abilene. as richer study as this nation has produced of the capacity for greatness, which at its grassroots. the big picture is an report for the armed forces, the american people produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the department. the army, in cooperation with

defend himself and his country against the russians. biden has help to make the case and build an alliance that says we are going to do that, a, because we help people who fight for freedoms, that could be the end of other states in europe, even endangered my western europe, nato. he understands that. he built that coalition. he had the talent to do that. in israel we don't know yet. i can talk about it in realtime. compare joe biden to his predecessor. joe biden is someone who has been free to be critical of netanyahu. i would love, as a historian, to see the records of his private conversations with netanyahu the last few days. i would guess, from what little we know, that some of them have been very scorching. joe biden has also someone who has supported a two state solution. that sure wasn't true of donald trump for most of his presidency, and this is someone who may be president again. but one thing we have to say, as an historian, if i were looking at this, i would have to know the outcome. the outcome of the war, 1967, the six day war, and the yom kippur war of 1973 wise, americans compelled those who were involved to try to achieve peace so it would never happen