i'm anita vogel in los angeles. sandra has the day off. speaker mike johnson could be at risk of losing his gavel, his allies are urging trump to intervene but even the president-elect may not be able to save him. >> narrowly averted a government shutdown last week by passing a funding bill at the 11th hour for the botched bill failed to meet donald trump's demands, it eliminated or at least raising the debt ceiling, upsetting many in his own party. a razor-thin majority, johnson has little room. >> anita: democrats warned they won't bail out speaker johnson again. can he aim onto the gavel? senior national correspondent aishah hasnie with the details but it's beginning to feel like groundhog day. >> it does. feels like kevin mccarthy all over again. 38 republicans, really there's no guarantee that they would all fall in line on a speaker's vote. johnson is facing some pretty tough map. republicans have a very, very slim majority. 219-215 heading into the new year which means he can really only afford to lose one republican. right now cong

i am anita vogel in los angeles. some of the men who have been spared the death penalty include bank robbers, mass murderers, and child killers. the families of those victims of those crimes really thrown a curveball by the american president just a few days before christmas. leo terrell is here to weigh in on his latest round of forgiveness. >> john: first let's go to alexandria hoff who is live with more. alexandria. >> good to be with you. the president says he was guided by his conscious and downgrading the sentences. he condemns the crimes of these men and also grieves with the victims, but he added the spirit "in good conscience i cannot stand back and let a new administration resume prosecutions i halted." many critics pointing to the victims who were executed without mercy. eight and nine years old. raped and murdered. other examples, lexus roberts, 12 years old when prosecutors say thomas sanders took her and her mom on a road trip. >> thomas sanders on the way back took her mother out and executed her in co

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i'm anita vogel along with sarah carter, griff jenkins and joey jones.elcome to the "big weekend show". president-elect trump making a triumphant return to iconic army-navy in maryland where navy midshipmen taking the victory over the army black knights. he arrived this morning joined by special guests including his defense secretary nominee pete hegseth and dni nominee totally covered. mike johnson was seen in his box is trump prepares for a tough confirmation battle ahead. elon musk and florida governor ron desantis part of his entourage. newly acquitted marine veteran daniel penny was there, to. it seems like the person not there is president biden who hasn't gone to this game once as president. the crowd seems content having mr. trump instead. [cheering] >> it's a winning day for trump, abc news has now settled trumps defamation lawsuit against them. the network will have to pay him $15 million. let's go to madison's carpino live at the 125th army-navy game with the latest. a lot of news there today. >> exciting day on the field and off the field. pe

. >> anita: i'm anita vogel. john roberts and sandra smith have a day off.is "america reports." these are some of the alleged migrant criminals arrested by i.c.e. after being released. a pillar of trump's campaign was assuring ic could work with local officials to deport dangerous criminals. one example is the 287g program where local agencies across the country are partnering with i.c.e. to enforce immigration laws. >> bill: in the meantime, two governors are taking vastly different approaches when it comes to the southern border. california governor gavin newsom is looking to block trump as texas governor greg abbott is celebrating the success of operation lone star. terrel county texas chair sheriff coming up and just moments. >> anita: but first brooke taylor has been following this story out of dallas. hi, brooke. >> hi, anita. we have all seen the headlines, illegal migrant charged with a crime despite an i.c.e. hold. in many cases i.c.e. is never notified and in other cases it is just completely ignored. here are some of the cases and just last few we

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i'm anita vogel and bill, we have one more hour to go before the weekend. >> bill: final friday of 2024t's do it. i am bill melugin in for john roberts and sandra smith today. they've got the day off. this is "america reports." and trump is wasting no time ahead of his second term. matter are world leaders, with two top canadian table matt leading with the administrationo right after time minister justin trudeau's visit last month. matt, what are we hearing about these latest visits? >> bill, president-elect trump has been threatening some pretty serious tariffs against canada. prime minister justin trudeau say would crush the canadian a economy. cabinet never scheduled to meet with president-elect trump and incoming border czar of tom homan in west palm beach today. president-elect trump also posted a cryptic message to truth social that we may see bill gates at mar-a-lago sometime soon. you may recall canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a now-famous visit to mar-a-lago a few weeks ago. president-elect trump has been roasting trudeau, saying maybe canada should become our 51st

i'm anita vogel in for sandra smith and this is "america reports." an american airlines glitch added to all that chaos as a temporary ground stop went into effect this morning. we are monitoring the skies, the roads, and the weather this christmas eve. >> john: danamarie mcnicholl is live from the busiest airport in the country, the world for that matter. atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport. how is it looking? >> good afternoon, anita and john. this is the best day to travel because tsa lines have been very calm. over my right shoulder you see . that's what it says very, very low and that's what we've seen all day long. it could have been a traveler's worst nightmare this morning when american airlines announced they had that national ground stop. they issued it. it only lasted an hour thankfully. they said it was due to a vendor technology issue and flights started off again at 8:00 a.m. this morning. we are still seeing some side effects of the travel hookup. he was a live look at their missouri map, as we collect, only 44 cancellati

i'm anita vogel and bill, great to be with you in person today peered. >> bill: great to see you. hope you had a great holiday. certainly had a good one, myself. sandra smith and john roberts have the day off. this is "america reports." several media outlets reporting investigators are focusing on russia's air defense systems as a possible cause of this crash. this flight was on its way from azerbaijan capital of bakhu, to the southern city of grozu. ended up diverting impression because extend. >> anita: stephanie is live in london with more of this. stephanie, what is the feeling on the ground? >> azerbaijan held a national day of mourning today, traffic stopped at noon, and they also held a national moment of silence, but speculation is really mounting and theories are swirling as to what caused this crash in the first place. now we are learning new details, four sources in azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation told reuters that the flight was downed by a russian air defense system. experts were quickly concerned after seeing the damage, particularly the holes in the p

i'm anita vogel. john and sandra are off this friday. this is "america reports."the indictment comes days after the guatemalan national who was in the u.s. illegally was charged with murder and arson. the mayor of new york city is now pushing the feds to get involved and file their own charges. republican new york congresswoman call malley a us will join us in just moments, but we begin our coverage with nate foy live outside the kings county supreme court in brooklyn, and nate, what did we learn from court today? >> hey, anita, bill, good afternoon. brooklyn grand jury indicted sebastian's a bento, the illegal migrant from guatemala, on first and second-degree murder as well as first-degree arson after prosecutors say that he lit a woman on fire inside a subway car on sunday morning and killed her. you mentioned mayor eric adams is pushing for federal prosecution on an arson charge, but the brooklyn d.a. said moments ago outside the courthouse he wants this case to remain at the state level. >> my office is very confident about the evidence in this case and our a

i'm anita vogel and griff, a merry christmas. >> griff: merry christmas. hour two again here we come. it is christmas. the news continues. trump is also bound to bring back federal executions after president biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row. the move dhru by partisan backlash. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has the latest from washington. merry christmas aishah. >> merry christmas tell you about. good afternoon. present electron is spreading his christmas in palm beach. he is truth social ring up a storm. apparently ragging on this holiday. least according to texas lieutenant governor dan patrick who posted this on x saying that trial and he where working today on securing the border specifically chatting about those border wall panels and the state's lawsuit to stop the action of those usable panels so a little bit of border right there. mayor walker trump a special envoy to ukraine and russia tweeting about the surprise russian attack on ukraine's energy infrastructure. writing that the u.s. is worse off than effor

director and git goesto his former acting pen chief of staff welcome to "fox news live" everyone i am anita vogel. next i am jonathan hunt without level are off. a long-time trompe l'oeil as he's been very vocal on what he refers to as the deep state within the justice department and intelligence community he has repeatedly called for a purge of the permanent bureaucracy. he is expected to face significant scrutiny on his confirmation hearings. this is what he had to say about his critics. let's all think i was beholden to was united states constitution. if anyone has a complaint about that and cap questions my unwavering coming to the constitution i'm happy to talk to him about it. i'm happy to talk to the media about it you can look at might record those calling me a danger, let's just ask them for proof a piece of evidence that shows i have committed any constitutional violations or any ethical quandaries. >> term of the house oversight committee james gomer here on that and just a moment. but first mark meredith isve in west palm beach, florida with more on the trump nominee. >> it sure is. s

so f for anita vogel our colleae pointed out over e-mails we've been chatting over this that he and roselynin spanish to one another to try to work on their spanish skills as they done so much work and spanish-speaking countries. what better way for the carter's to master their spanish skills than by reading the bible? [laughter] talk about the presidents of faith how much that guided him and how much that does guide many politicians. >> it does does guide them a lot of politicians more so that i think is given credit for. we have a numer numerous bible s in congress now. i was to the reputation of congress isn't the best in the world right now but come at the same time people ask me all the time was the most surprising thing you found being a member of congress cosmic the most surprising thing is also the most satisfying thing there are a lot of good people in congress. they are a lot of good people who are believers in up there for the right reason to move this country forward. jimmy carter was up there for the right reason. now it very difficult times that he faced. we are still facing s

. >> well hello everyone, i'm anita vogel, along with sara carter, griff jenkins and joey jones. and welcome to the big weekend show, the big story tonight, president elect trump making a triumphant return to the iconic army-navy game in maryland, where the navy midshipmen taking the victory over the army black knights. he arrived earlier this morning and was joined by some very special guests, including his defense secretary nominee pete hegseth and dni nominee tulsi gabbard. house speaker mike johnson was also seen in his box as trump prepares for a tough confirmation battle ahead for these folks, elon musk and florida governor ron desantis were part of his entourage. newly acquitted marine veteran daniel pennie was there, too. it seems like the only person who was not there is president biden, who hasn't gone to this game once as president. the crowd, however, seems very content having mr. trump instead. let's get in here, guys. yeah, and it's been a winning day for trump. abc news has now settled trump's defamation lawsuit against them. the network will now have to pay him $1

ananita vogel, good day to you. >> anita: sandra smith has the day off. if president biden moves forward, it could greatly complicate the plans to get the border price is under control. after vowing to launch one of the largest deportation orders we have ever seen. >> on my first day back in the oval office, i will start an historic slate of executive order to close our border to illegal aliens and stop the invasion of our country. [cheers and applause] and on that same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in american history. larger even than that of president dwight d. eisenhower. >> john: live in the studio with more on this. a battle on immigration between now and january 20th. >> no doubt about that. karoline leavitt hinted what president-elect trumps actions on the border could be. >> securing this other border, looking at title 42. many of these executive actions are still being considered by our policy teams and their lawyers. >> the trump era policy that allowed for asylum-seekers to be expelled from the country in phoenix. sugges