congressman brandon williams joins me now.gressman, i'm sorry this happened to you on christmas. i'm sorry for marjorie taylor greene. tell me what happened. when did you learn something was amiss at your house? >> well, i got a call that i didn't recognize the number. it went to voice mail. and just reflectively i looked at it and said it's the sheriff. their office, we're on our way to your house for a shooting incident. and i called them back and i said hey, everything is cool here. but i stepped outside to greet them outside. just think of it through the eyes of a police officer you see on the screen coming in heavy into my house. you know, they don't know what they're facing. so, i tried to just make it easy for them. i gathered my family in one room and just saw them, show your hands. be respectful. which they would do anyway. but you really have to de-escalate that. becauses it's just not fair for law enforcement much less it's very violating of my family. >> kayleigh: of course it is. someone put a sign outside your ma

cheryl: this after brandon williams and marjorie taylor green swatted on christmas day and happening to every day americans and serving jewish institutions in the country and risking people's lives as senator scott said and wasting time and wasting presence resources for law enforcement -- precious resources for lawsuit and is there anything that congress and senate can do about this because this is happening to lawmakers but also happening to many average american z as well. >> it's republican re-hence and will it's meant to create a deadly situation. we need the fbi putting a approximate of the effort they put enteronning up january 6 protesters to rounding up and bringing people to justice. who is doing the swatting ask and we need to throw the book at them and prosecute them and throw them in jail so it stops. cheryl: before you run, senator, there's going to be a lot of legislative priorities on the docket for you and your colleague when is you return for 2024 and what's your biggest priority right now, sir? >> has to be securing the border. biden open border policies is clear a

a member of congress, brandon williams speaking out about what happened to him.ognize the number and it went to voice mail. and just reflexively i looked at it and said it's the sheriff. their office, we're on our way to your house for a shooting incident. and i called them back and i said hey, everything is cool here. but i stepped outside to greet them outside. just think of it through the eyes of a police officer you see on the screen of them coming into heavy in noah high house. ththey don't know what they're facing. i tried to make it easy for them. i gathered of my family in one room, show your hands and be respectful. which they would do any way. you to de-escalate that it's not fair for law enforcement, much less it's very violating of my family. >> griff: you have to de-escalate it is what he is saying. sort of what you are speaking to which is whoever is doing these pranks clearly want a catastrophic end result to happen puts not only targets but loved ones. >> carley: keep happening at the same location over and over wonder if it becomes a boy who crie

take christmas day, marjorie taylor greene and brandon williams were victims of swatting calls. we reached out sheriff's office. they did respond to congressman williams yesterday after receiving report of an alleged shooting that had occurred there and were able to confirm the report was false, this was intended to elicit a law enforcement response. congressman williams joins me now. i'm sorry this happened on christmas and sorry for marjorie taylor greene. tell me what happened. when did you learn something was amiss at your house? >> i got a call i didn't recognize the number and went to voicemail. i looked and it said this is the sheriff, we're on the way to your house for a shooting incident. i stepped outside, police coming in heavy to my house, they don't know what they are facing. i tried to make it easy for them, i gathered my family in one room and told them show your hands, be respectful, which they would do anyway. you have to deescalate that, it is not fair for law enforcement and violating of my family. >> kayleigh: of course it is. someone put a sign outside your

georgia's marjorie taylor greene and new york's brandon williams. we need to find out who's doing the swatting, and we need to throw the book at them, prosecute them, put them in jail so that the stops. florida senator rick scott's home in naples was also swatted this week. police have not linked the incidents or announced any arrests. >> now to the latest on the war between israel and hamas. as the israeli offensive ramps up in central gaza, hamas is rejecting a key component of an egyptian peace plan. fox's matt finn has the latest out of gaza for the israeli offensive is ramping up in central gaza. >> idf soldiers, tanks and planes taking the fight to hamas in densely populated areas, displacing thousands more civilians. right now, about 85% of gaza's population has fled from their homes. they claim there is no safe zone. israel says that's not true and the idf will keep moving forward while also working to minimize civilian casualties. >> we are conducting intensive actions in the gaza strip, which will continue until our goals are achieved. our

point, local police as well as capital police are investigating whether there is a connection, brandon williams from new york, police there were falsely told there was an active shooting going on at his house, multiple officers were immediately dispatched to the scene. williams later posting on social media, thankful for law enforcement, working today and every day, five cars responded to our home. the deputies and troopers were polite, professional and prompt, god bless them. and also marjorie taylor greene, republican from here in georgia also swatted on christmas day, the eighth time greene's house has been targeted by a false call to the police. she expressed sympathy with the police who were disturbed, posting my local police are the greatest and shouldn't have to deal with this. a new york man was sentenced to three months in prison this summer for multiple threats against greene's home and office. jonathan, back to you. >> jonathan: steve, thank you very much. rich. >> rich: treacherous weather conditions hit the midwest. what it means for holiday travelers heading home. >> jonathan: plu

brandon williams says at least five police cars showed up at his house after confirm the calling to be set them off with homemade cookies and spiced nuts. a bogus emergency call was aimed at marjorie taylor green. police are looking into both incidents. >> claudia: what to do with all those unwanted holiday gifts? you might be better off regifting them than returning them. retailers are tightening return and exchange policies. some like amazon and macy's have tacked on fees or shortened the window for online purchases. part of the reason to off set rising costs of shipping and labor. >> mike: the year that's now drawing to a close saw no shortage of scandals. the great equalizer that hit royalty, celebrities and politicians alike. ainsley earhardt looks back. >> there is never a shortage of scandalous headlines. 2023 was no different. the royal family's lips are sealed not offering any response to prince harry's memoir. the prince lobbing a host of accusations against his family in the tell-all including his brother physically attacked him during an argument in 2019. despite this princ

. >> new york republican congressman brandon williams. he's when the victims of a holiday swatting spree that targeted lawmakers and public officials. swatting is when someone calls the police to report a fake crime the forces, the swat team member show up and respond. republican and democratic officials across the country have been victims of swatting calls a in just the past week. some of those targeted at pushing for tougher punishments for these hoax calls for the spring and maureen o'connell former fbi special agent for thank you for joining us on this holiday weekend, we really appreciate it. the representative there poured out his heart to the officers that are involved in this. their hearts are pounding as they are arriving at the swatting calls. what is the motivation that people have, the people who do this? and how you can about that? >> first i'd like to agree with the congressman was saying. we have trained our whole careers going all the back to columbine that if you are aware of an active shooter scenario you just go in bec

to congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and near, congressman brandon williams both republicans were end of the bogus emergency calls that could have put their lives at risk. for those who don't know, swatting is when someone makes a false report of a major often violent crime, such as an active kidnapping or a murder suicide. and the hopes of sending armed law enforcement officers to a target purpose homes possibly creating a deadly situation in all of the confusion. yesterday, a call claimed there was an active shooting going on at williams' home and multiple officers were dispatched to respond. partially, deputies and troopers were aware of the congressman's anders ahead of time and they were able to reach out to him before arriving at the scene. >> take it to through the eyes of a police officer, easy on the screen, they are coming, you know, heavy into my house. you know, they don't know what they are facing. and so i tried to just make it easy for them and gather my family in one room and just told them, you know, show your hands, be respectful. which they would do anyway. but

the first one was to representative brandon williams.all claimed active shooting on the house and multiple police officers were dispatched. williams later posted on social media thankful for law enforcement working today and every day. five cars responded to our home. the deputies and troopers were polite, professional, and prompt. god bless them. the second call falsely detailed a crime in progress at the home of georgia representative marjorie taylor greene. also on christmas day. it is the eighth time green's house has been swatted. past calls claim that dead bodies had been found in the bathtub and other parts of the home. local and capitol police are working to identify monday's caller. greene said she was sorry police were called out on christmas, posting my local police are the greatest. and shouldn't have to deal with this. this summer a new york man was sentenced to three months in prison for making threatening calls to greene's office. bret? >> bret: steve harrigan live in atlanta. steve, thank you. up next, our "common ground"

the first call was to new york representative brandon williams.r claimed there was an activela shooting underway in t house and multiple police officersof were dispatched. williams later posted on social media, thankful for law enforcement working today and every day. five cars responded to our homet the deputies and troopers were polite, professional andom prom. god bless them. the second call falsely detailed a crime in progress at the home of georgia representative marjorie taylor greene, also on christmas day.im it is the 8th time greene's house has been swatted. past calls claimed dead bodies had been found in the bathtuben otherer parts of the home.nt local and capitol police are working to identify monday's caller. greene says she apologized men c wereal called out on christmas. posting my local police are the greatest and shouldn't have to deal with this. this summer, a new york man was sentenced to three months in prison for making threatening calls to greene's office. bret? atn ret: steve harrigan live i atlanta, steve thank you >> up ne

and two republican members of congress, madry taylor greene of georgia and brandon williams of new york christmas day swatting incidents where callers try to get local police to send their swat teams to their homes through. emergency 911 calls. here with reaction our former florida attorney general pam bondi and former u.s. attorney brett tolman. pam bondi, thank you both for joining us on this christmas. i hope you had a wonderful one. i got to ask you, as former attorney general, you know, you have the right as an american citizen to peacefully protest. but some of these protests just because they become so unwieldy and so -- they become violent. they become aggressive. they break the law in many instances. but i don't see the type of law enforcement that is there to actually "these types of things. again, you could protest. but when you turn aggressive like this, it goes over a line. >> yeah, jason, it absolutely went over a line. these are rioters. and by looking at that video, i mean, it was horrible what was happening to the great men and women of the nypd and, you know, president

street journal" reporter evan gershkovich just spent his first christmas behind bars in russia brandon williamsng calls on christmas. someone falsely reports a crime to draw law enforcement to a certain location. green responding on social media saying after today, i have been swatted 8 times. but the fbi can't seem to figure out who is responsible for the swatting and says the law doesn't allow them to track them down. and to football, we go. the nfl and the nfl the ravens are officially the best team in the nfl after soaring to a 33-19 victory over the san francisco 49ers. baltimore's defense who threw four interpretations in this game the eagles taking down george giants. tomi devito benched after struggling to generate any offense and rough day for the kansas city chiefs, losing to the las vegas raiders at home. aides are win 20-146789. >> holmes throws and is he picked off and this one is going back for a touchdown. >> and, of course, what everyone wanted to know taylor swift was in attendance but boyfriend travis kelce only come up with five catches for 44 yards. no word on swifties. >> c

someone phoned police to report an active shooter at the home of new york representative brandon williamsso a separate call about a crime in progress at the home of georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. both calls proved to be hoaxes, but authorities say the swatting incidents are dangerous because they cause heavily armed police or swat to respond. no one was injured from either call, representative of williams posted on social media, quote, thankful for law enforcement. five cars responded to our home. deputies and troopers were polite, professional and prompt. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene posted, i was just swatted this is like the eighth time my local police are the greatest and shouldn't have to deal with this. all right, 518 let's see what the weather holds. >> if we want to do our outdoor things. i'm guessing maybe early is better. >> yes, early as early the better. but the wind will be a factor here. already on the coast, seeing some pretty good gusts here. half moon bay 22. there's gusts about 28 for some, so that's where the coastal advisory is, a wind advisory.

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the president of the national border council brandon judd standing by. we go to william la jeunesse in los angeles. >> you know, our immigration system was designed to process mexican males not what we're seeing the families, unaccompanied minors and migrants from around the world we can't deport because it is not just how many migrants we apprehend but where they are coming from that's overwhelming the system and causing these releases. we're seeing people from countries we can't easily deport because their own countries won't take them back. last year thousands of migrants arrived from nicaragua, brazil, india, china, ice cannot deport or has only deported a fraction. mexico will take some salvador and haitians depending on the month. ice has removal flights to central america. many faraway countries can't or won't issue the travel documents necessary to allow us to deport their people. >> countries like china is extremely difficult to get china to accept their repatriation. other countries don't have a travel system in place. they can't verify the person's identity be

brandon's family, his wife and his two children sarah and williams. working in the police force requires sacrifice and support. in addition, officer brandon has served as an elder at forest hills church, a keystone board member, a member of the palm eto boy scouts board and united way. he set the gold standard for representing his community with pride and prioritized fairness and justice. please join me in honoring officer brandon for 30 years of impactful service to the 5th district of south. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. clyde. >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. clyde: mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the life and legacy of university 10 president slater after suffering from cancer. born in pittsburgh, ann studied psychology at the university of pittsburgh and earned her doctoral degree from temple. she incorporated her passion for people and learning and successful career. m