. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.the speaker of the house have job security? a look at republican dissatisfaction with mike johnson. a nationwide ground stop by one major airline in winter weather lead to travel tree vales on christmas eve and bret baier looks at how, image and likeness has changed college sports. >> mike: breaking tonight president-elect trump condemning yesterday's mass commutation for federal inmates he calls the recipients 37 of the worst killers in our country. senior national correspondents rich edson starts us off tonight from new york. good evening, rich. >> rich: good evening, mike. just another area where president-elect trump is promising a major shift from the biden administration this morning trump posted as soon as i'm inaugurated i will direct the department of justice to vigorously pursue the death penalty and protect families from violent rapists, murders and monsters. we will be a nation of law and order again. yesterday president biden announced he was commuting all but three federa

tonight, bret baier takes a look at how china's hacking strategy is escalating right here at home. >>h. intelligence officials say china is the most active and persistent cyber threat to critical american infrastructure. but it has not always been that way. tonight we hear from outgoing cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency director jen easterly about how threats from china have evolved over the last two decades. >> i don't think full proof system it. should be very difficult to get in. >> when a group of internet hackers testified before congress in 1998, it was one of the first warnings of the cybersecurity threats to come. >> can you track that back and locate the people that are not of goodwill thrrget is not a tremendous amount of information as to where things came from just that they came. >> bret: by the early 2,000s, china was already work hacking u.s. government entities. but the public was unaware one string the information titan reign started as 2003 and targeted the departments of state, homeland security and energy. >> have you walked cybersecurity threats evo

i'm rich edson in for bret baier. we take a look at the medical breakthrough that could change the future of organ transplants. bret baier examines a little world war piece of history and subject of a new movie. ♪ ♪ but we begin tonight with the passing of former president jimmy carter. the 39th president and longest lived american president in history died at age 100 at his home in plains, georgia sunday. more than a year after entering hospice care the peanut farmer and former georgia governor elected president in 1976 in the wake of the watergate scandal and vietnam war. carter endured a ham bling defeat after one term and redefined life after the white house as a global humanitarian. the nation is mourning we have new details on how the former president will be honored. correspondent jonathan serrie starts us off tonight from carter's hometown of plains, georgia good evening, jonathan. >> jonathan: good evening, rich. funeral services will begin on saturday, january 4th and run through the 9th. they include violat

joining us now by phone is executive anchor of "special report" bret baier. bret jimmy carter leaves behind a complicated legacy known to be a good man as we heard humanitarian loved god loved his wife. but his presidency is marred by, you know, foreign policy and economic failures. how should we remember jimmy carter? >> well, good evening, i think -- his most memorable moments for post presidency happened in all that he did to serve. and in his life is service. so maybe remembrance of service. obviously, his post presidency is a different tinge to look at and habitat for humanity he built 4,000 homes on four different continents. he wrote 32 different books, and was prolific author, obviously, went from peanut farmer but also a baptist preacher of who continued doing sunday school with his church down in georgia in late into his 90s. obviously, he's the oldest u.s. president, and dying at 100, his wife rosalynn dying at 96 in 2023. so his post presidency i think is where a lot of people are going to remember jimmy carter because you are right his presidency

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier.t be two stories some republican lawmakers are on the fence about reelecting mike johnson as house speaker after a contentious vote to avert a government shut down. chad pergram on a potentially messy speakership election. but, first, president-elect donald trump's transition team has been moving at lightning speed to have potential cabinet member and other top officials ready to make major changes on day one. some say mr. trump is already acting like he is the president. senior national correspondent aishah hasnie is here with more on what the former and future commander-in-chief is up to today. good evening, issue sexual harassment. >> mike, good evening to you. he is searchly thompsoning at the bit to get back into the oval office. is he in mar-a-lago. spent most of christmas day on the golf course in palm beach. hit more than just some golf balls today firing off series of truth socials making news tonight. first off trump announcing kevin member reno cabrera as ambassador to the r

joining us now by phone is the executive editor and anchor of special report, bret baier. hi, bret. you know, jimmy carter leaves behind a complicated legacy. he's known to be a good man, as we just heard. a humanitarian loved god, loved his wife. but his presidency is marred by foreign policy and economic failures. how should we remember jimmy carter? well. >> good evening. i think his most memorable moments for post-presidency happened in all that he did to serve and in his life, his service. so maybe remembrance of service. obviously, his post-presidency has a different tinge to look at. and his the habitat for humanity. he built 4000 homes on four different continents. he wrote 32 different books and was a prolific author. obviously went from peanut farmer, but also a baptist preacher who continued doing sunday school with his church down in georgia late into his his 90s. obviously, he's the oldest u.s. president and dying at 100. his his wife, rosalynn, dying at 96, in 2023. so his post-presidency, i think, is where a lot of people are going to remember jimmy carter, because yo

tonight, our bret baier takes a look at how the conclusion of the iss could follow a similar story line another key nasa program. >> bret: thanks, aishah. in our last segment we looked at the possibility that a permanent u.s. presence in space could soon come to an end. some experts warn, without americans in space, foreign policy could be at risk. >> and liftoff. >> our special thanks to all the iss folks. all their hard work. we remember when unity was just an aluminum shelbretta bret before the international space station was launched in 1988 the u.s., russia, canada and 11 european countries signed an international agreement for peaceful use of the iss. one country left out of that agreement, was china. >> bret: what do you think drove those decisions? >> well, that's a difference. we are laser focused on china. china is a threat. new space race. >> in 2007, china signal it wanted to join the other countries on board the international space station. three years later the european space agency signaled support for china's request. along with the edition of south korea. >> 4, 3, 2, 1

special report and anchor chief correspondent, bret baier, join. what is your reaction andri seprobably no surprise or shock but nonetheless, what do you think? >> guys, i think this is not a m surprise but maybe the timing of it coming today on thanksgiving weekend sunday.d and how it is written up in this release by the white house. obviously, you guys have already talked about how the white house has for more than a year said that he was not going to did this, ever did this. you saw david mirren with abc where he said he was never going to pardon his son hunter no matter what. we have seen different adoratioe from karine jean-pierre from the white house briefing room the same way. i think that internally a lot of peoplethe thought by the end oo this term, he was probably going to do it anyway. just so in that sense, it is not a surprise. at two year point the timing ofh it is goine'g to be a lot of reaction on capitol hill. you are already seeing congressman comer say it is apr lie that president bidenes saide would not pardon him and expect a f

fox news anchor bret baier takes look back at the very long life and legacy of jimmy carter. >> after plilg trauma of "watergate" jimmy carter squeaky clean baptist background appealed to many americans. as if to demonstrate there was a new way of doing things in washington he began his presidency on a frigid january day in 1977. walking instead of riding the length of pennsylvania avenue, from the capitol to the white house. the first president ever to do this. born in plains, georgia, many 1924 to peanut farming parents carter attended the naval academy earning rank of lieutenant and married rosalynn smith and returned to plains to run the family farming business. it was there that carter developed an interest in politics. he was elected state senator in 1962 and governor of georgia in 1970. >> i'm a candidate for president -- >> announced plans to run for president in 1974, carter was largely an unknown but managed to win his party nomination and edge out incumbent president gerald ford by just two percent of the popular vote. one of the closest margins in recent history. president

in washington, bret baier, fox news. >> bret, thank you for that. leaders around the country and across the globe are reacting to the death of president carter, including president biden and president elect donald trump. lucas tomlinson has more on this. he's live in saint croix in the u.s. virgin islands. good evening. >> well, good evening, guy. president biden interrupted his vacation not only to issue a statement about jimmy carter's dying passing, but he also made a statement within the last hour. this is what he said. >> never give up hope. never give up hope. i mean it from the bottom of my heart. so much negativism out there. i know you're tired of hearing me say it over the last four years, but, folks, there's nothing beyond our capacity, nothing beyond our capacity. if we do it together. i mean it. i mean it. and he believed it. >> and president elect donald trump issuing a statement earlier saying, quote, i just heard the news about the passing of president jimmy carter. those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president unde

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in washington bret baier, fox news. >> we'll be right back. .ee and half minutes to go until we send it over to "varney & company". final thoughts from the all-star panel as the opening bell approaches. todd piro? >> the giants won, were not doing the giants were doing h1b. cheryl: the cowboys lost to the eagles. >> let's get to the visa stuff i'll repeat it again. all positions are right and wrong and i disagree with marcus and i disagree with you ej to a certain extent. i don't want to see the fight amongst the republicans now three weeks before they ultimately take over because you want to go into the season clean and to understand this is an argument we need to have how many workers, should we have the workers, what's the minimum wage at these could be paying, these are all good questions to ask. i don't like the fighting especially are there major stories or what about the mike johnson battle and makes the republicans look disorganized and with a promise the american people that things are going to get back to normal, working to be clean an

follow me on instagram at bret baier also on x the same at bret baier. happy to be on capitol hill tonight. our thanks to the speakers office thanks to joe manchin and chad pergram. thanks for inviting us into your home be in coming days another place in washington. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. ingraham angle is coming up now. ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. >> i'm laura ingraham this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. as always, thank you very much for spending time with us. my angle in moments. first, the ivy league grad accused of murdering united healthcare ceo brian thompson shouted and actually wrestled with police today as he was led into court. [shouting? >> [the intelligence of the american people. >> inside the courtroom, 2 #-year-old luigi mangione in ju3 he may have suffered some sort of back injury. he was posting an x-ray on his social media showing numerous screws being inserted into his spine. some of the writings that he had. he was discussing the difficulty of sustaining that injur

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, time is running out for congressional lawmakers to pass a funding bill, a continuing resolution or cr to avoid a partial government shut down just days before christmas. house speaker mike johnson's 1500 plus page plan which one colleague called a dumpster fire has been killed essentially by president-elect trump and a number of posts by elon musk today. a statement from the president-elect says, quote: this chaos would not be happening if we had a real president. we will in 32 days. vice president elect nypd vance was asked about the bill by our capitol hill team just moments ago. >> we will see what folks do. a long conversation going on. i'm going to go vote on the social security bill. >> do you think mike johnson should be ousted? >> bret: where do we go from here. chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill. that has been very busy today. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening, donald trump and j.d. vance spedgedding bill. streamline bill witho

the great bret baier on the 20ts out there and said to me it's the hottest story and bret baier saying that's the hottest one and going off well. he know as lot more than i do on many things, but i'm saying and asking you, brett, all right, we have fallen behind in technology and very discouraging. i hear you on that. in your professional judgment, who, what, where. what are these drone s? what are they? are they a problem? are they going to knock ends of the next air flight from new york to miami so somebody doesn't have to pay any income taxes anymore? should we be worried about china? should we be worried about iran? what are they? >> all of the countries have ability to send drones thousands of miles away to the air space pretty easily because of technology that's been developed over the next few areas and i'm realizing more and more with the situation that our own law enforcement doesn't know the rules of engagement for monitoring and downing road drones over the u.s.. that's a larger problem. if a drone was flying with a bomb over the top of the cities, there's really not much an

in washington bret baier fox news. rich: fox news contributor karl rove. you look at this life started politically 1976. came out of nowhere when the election that year. last reelection resoundingly in 1980. do you think that's perhaps it for public service and a life in public. he had an incredible run after that. i really a remarkable life. lex absolutely. he was the 39th president in the 38th american to occupy the office. as bret pointed out in his report the ups and downs in the life of compassion and service that he led at left office in 1981. that marks the life of this remarkable person. >> you talk a little bit about that life. he gave a bible study at baptist church on as a local reporter in savannah nearly 20 years ago. and attended one of the services attended the bible study. the former president to take photos with him that's a pretty jimmy carter story. >> i met him as a young man in my early 20s walking through the washington national airport and there it was carter turning the bag over her shoulder of the student. i intr introduce myself a

. >> rich: good evening, welcome to washington i'm rich edson in for bret baier. breaking tonight less than six hours from the deadline to get a funding bill through congress partial government shutdown it appears that may be averted. house members apparently will pass the latest version of a stop gap measure. let's get more on where things stand on capitol hill with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram. good evening, chad good evening rich. this vote is not final but this vote is going to pass. they needed a minimum of 290 yeas and right now up into the 360s. this bill will in fact pass the house of representatives. now the house wove together three bills into one. an i understand rim spending bill to avoid a shutdown tonight. emergency money for farmers, and $110 billion in disaster aid. listen. >> governing by continuing resolution, mr. speaker, is never ideal. the alternative, a government shutdown would be devastating. >> this bill that we are discussing right now have no such bipartisan input. this was no deal or no agreement except for among a sm

bret baier, thank you for being with us today. >> bret: i will do the show from capitol hill today. >important stuff. we will see you and some of the people you're talking to. we'll catch at 6:00. good stuff, thank you. okay. >> bret: you bet, see you. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: well, the cincinnati bengals had a late game win against the cowboys last night. watch this. >> bill: i don't think any team is easy to beat. i don't think we were supposed to -- >> dana: dallas botched a blocked punt giving the ball back to the cincinnati bengals in the final two minutes. last night's win breaks the bengal's three-game losing streak. did you stay up? >> bill: i did, actually. made it to midnight. >> dana: big fan. midnight? >> bill: the game went until 11:30. they tried something new with the nfl trying to pull younger people with the game. homer simpson throwing a td pass on monday night football. they would try to mimic it by way of animation. i'm thinking artificial intelligence had to be involved. >> dana: that's fun. i love it. >> bill: bengals win, 5-eight and still alive in the nfl

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i'm bret baier. deliberations will resume tomorrow as we await a verdict in the manslaughter trial of a marine veteran who used a chokehold to restrain an unruly subway passenger. a chinese immigrant in the country illegally is in custody and charged with aiding a major u.s. adversary. and the shocking number of illegal immigrants who are convicted criminals roaming the streets of the u.s. ♪ but, first, breaking tonight. republicans are laying the groundwork for their criminal of the house, the senate, and the presidency. it comes as another nominee on president-elect trump's cabinet wish list drops out as some of the others meet with senators on capitol hill. also tonight, the transition team has finally settled with the justice department over getting clearances for second term selections. we have fox team coverage. we begin with senior national correspondent aishah hasnie on capitol hill tonight. good evening, aishah. >> bret, good evening to you. breaking news tonight. president-elect trump will

in washington, bret baier, fox news. cheryl: and we'll be right back. ♪ ould live out her dream. she did. you were made to chase your passions. we were made to put them in a package. whether you need to lose 10, 20, 50, or over 100 pounds, make the healthy choice with golo. head to golo.com that's g-o-l-o.com him h cheryl: good morning i am cheryl casone ian for maria bartiromo. monday december 30, 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. time for the hot topic of hour. the debate of the hb one visa program picking up before president-elect trump even takes office. elon musk calling for reform after facing online criticism for his initial support. here's what he wrote on tax the program is easily fixed by raising the minimum salary significantly and adding a yearly cost for maintaining the h1b make it materially more expensive to hire from overseas then domestically, this committed after elon musk told his ex-followers he would go to war on the issue. some are arguing they take jobs from americans, others argue their essential to top talent and boost innovation. trump throwing his support be

i'm bret baier, coming up "special report." >> you are out of line! i would like to ask him a question. >> please. >> you are out of line. >> order. >> way out of line. >> don't threaten me. >> bret: emotional hearing about the trump assassination attempts produces a combative exchange. we will bring you to that hearing. pete hegseth says he will stay in the fight despite allegations of misbehavior and questions about certain senators leanings on this issue and they have made billions. now they want to save billions or more of your tax dollars. we examine doge. ♪ but, first, breaking tonight, the search for answers continues and we have new information tonight regarding the deadly ambush and assassination of a healthcare executive in midtown, manhattan. police found words on some of the shell casings for the bullets used and there are new photos of the person of interest. correspondent alexis mcadams has the latest on the investigation into the killing of united healthcare ceo brian thompson. good evening, alexis. >> bret, good evening. well, have you

i'm bret baier. not guilty. marine veteran daniel penny exonerated from charges in the death of unruly subway passenger. we will bring you that case. middle east in turmoil. the family that ruled syria for a half a century in exile tonight. what does that mean for that country, for the region. and what does it mean for the u.s. and demanding answers about the lights in the sky above new jersey. who or what is flying these drones? ♪ but breaking tonight, a dramatic development in the healthcare executive murder investigation. political science say they have a man fitting the description of their so-called person of interest in custody in pennsylvania. they say 26 luigi nicholas manning gee owny had what is believed to be the murder weapon in his possession when he was arrested at mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania. can you see new video in just moments ago walking into the blare county courthouse. we will have that for new just a second. bryan llenas he at the altoona police station tonight where that just happe

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. >> bill: let's bring in bret baier to get more on this. good morning to you. this is mike rounds, the senator from south dakota with dana and me yesterday getting nominees confirmed. >> i think republicans want to see president trump get his team in place and very quickly so that he can hit the ground running. there will always be a couple folks that will ask difficult questions. as long as these folks have got the right answers, sit down and visit in advance have a good -- i think they have a good shot of getting them all through. >> bill: a couple things. not only bill's reporting a moment ago. "wall street journal" said desantis was on an earlier list of potential secretary of defense candidates. that was going around there in mar-a-lago. you have the hegseth matter out there. you have kash patel at f.b.i. what are you hearing from florida on all of this now, bret? >> bill and dana, good morning. first of all, the desantis thing is real. this is coming from the president-elect himself we're told. multiple sources saying he has talked about it and he had tha

sample report anchor chief political correspondent bret baier joins us now on the phone. what is your reaction? probably no surprise or shock. nonetheless what you think? >> this is not a surprise but may be the timing of it coming today on thanksgiving weekend sunday. and how it is written up in this release by the white house. the white house has more than a year said he was not going to do this, ever do this. you saw the interview with abc he said he is never going to pardon his son hunter no matter what. we have seen different iterations from the white house press briefing room, the same way. i think internally a lot of people thought by the end of this term he was probably going to do it anyway. and so in that sense it is not a surprise. to your point to the timing of it he's going to be a lot of reaction on capitol hill. you are already seen congressman culver and others say that it was a lie. president biden said he would not pardon him and expect to focus on republicans to be on this as they get ready for their own battles with nominations of president-elect trump

sample report anchor chief political correspondent bret baier joins us now on the phone. what is your reaction? probably no surprise or shock. nonetheless what you think? >> this is not a surprise but may be the timing of it coming today on thanksgiving weekend sunday. and how it is written up in this release by the white house. the white house has more than a year said he was not going to do this, ever do this. you saw the interview with abc he said he is never going to pardon his son hunter no matter what. we have seen different iterations from the white house press briefing room, the same way. i think internally a lot of people thought by the end of this term he was probably going to do it anyway. and so in that sense it is not a surprise. to your point to the timing of it he's going to be a lot of reaction on capitol hill. you are already seen congressman culver and others say that it was a lie. president biden said he would not pardon him and expect to focus on republicans to be on this as they get ready for their own battles with nominations of president-elect trump

tomorrow on "special report," part two of bret baier's series on name, image and likeness in college sports. remember, if you can't catch us live, set your dvr 6:00 eastern, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. thanks for watching "special report." i'm mike emanuel in washington. i will be back here tomorrow night. merry christmas, happy hanukkah "the ingraham angle" is up next. have a great night. ♪ >> welcome to fox news channel channel west point holiday show i'm sandra smith. coming to you from the grounds of the united states military academy at west point, new york. west point is america's oldest military post and one of our country's most fabled o universitiesne. tonight, we will not only get to explore the rich history of west point but we'll also get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band.fa the west point band is one of america's finest military musical organizations throughout the next hour, we'll hear the musicians on stage as they perform in their annual holiday concert. but, first, a look at how westhr point played a crucial role in our nation's independence before it bec

in a washington bret baier fox news. molly: a remarkable life and very long life.ay. our condolences to his family, three sons and daughter he had a long romance with his wife but we bring in now to talk to a senior political analyst brit hume, thank you so much for joining us to talk about this, as this coverage gets underway with the loss of the former president jimmy carter. your thoughts as we look back on the man had a great love story a long life of faith and served as a present as wellin the middle of all this long enduring lifespan. plus it was an extraordinary it like a very long life he endured what a lot of people probably could not have for a very long time. he was true to his faith especially in his retirement is one term presidency was a politically unsuccessful he lost badly in 1982 ronald reagan as has been noted. his presidency and had some major successes that camp david accords as they were called between israel and asia being the most notable achievement. he deserves a lot of credit for he was a dog it in his pursuit of that agreement and presid

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during a 2023 interview with bret baier, fbi director chris ray publicly supported the lab leak theory quite some time now, assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential incident in wuhan here you're talking a potential week from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. >> kind of a big deal. some pelican senators accused the intel community of working in the shadows on behalf of cover-up. you've written about this extensively in your book which you are welcome to plug and on air, it seems like a lot of intelligence people were on board with the obvious lab leak theory early on. it seems like the evidence is so overwhelming, we are starting to learn about elements of a cover-up within our government to prevent even the president of the united states from getting briefed on information uncovered by some of our own agencies. that is concerning moving forward. >> president biden wasn't given the information but that was 2021 is enough in 2020 when trump was still sitting president that he should have had been given the information we c

it was -- a concerted effort to make people, even jure allists, people like bret baier on this channeld and brought up the theory that this might be a lab leak, we don't know, we're asking the questions, people were made to feel like they were crazy. here is a flashback of what dr. fauci told our bill hemmer on this program. >> did it come from a lab? was it manmade? from where? >> my opinion and that of so many of my infectious disease colleagues is that if you look at the genomic sequences of the viruses that are in bats in the wild, it is strikingly similar to the sequences that you have found now in people who have been infected with the original wild type virus. it is totally compatible with a jumping of species. so there is every reason to believe that jumping of species from an animal reservoir occurred. >> aishah: final word. where do we go from here? >> we know from emails there were a lot of scientists, including ones talking to dr. fauci, that were expressing concerns that it looked man mate and we see in this latest report scientists at the defense intelligence agency sayin

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one of the staffers said the viral moment of the campaign was her interview with bret baier, that they more fund-raising and social media movement than any other interview. >> so what? they raised more money and then gave it to oprah and al sharpton. who cares how much money they raised? a trump beat and kamala, and got out raised 2 to 1. it's not about the money. they launder it anyway. they had a dumb strategy appears all she did was speak to a few people in the social media. him one time she crossed over and did fox, she got annihilated. they were waving the white flag on the sideline. cut. cut. she didn't do rogan because she would have been exposed. she didn't do any of these sports podcasts because no one wanted to talk politics and she doesn't know anything about sports. it's not just a media problem: it was a candidate problem. do you hear what she just said? she said a fight. fight what? fight who? fight how? fight the nominees? fight mass deportation? she has no idea what she is saying. she cannot say that when federman is meeting with them. she cannot say that when the donor

bret baier was one of the few that gave her an honest grilling.of blame to go around but they want to talk about things like optics. it didn't look good. well, it didn't look good because it's not good and there's something intrinsically flawed about the process and voters were in on the whole thing. they knew nay were hurting and democrats didn't have solutions. stuart: comedian sarah silverman explained why she chose to stay silent. "my feeling was no one wanted to hear from celebrities right now". i think she was right about that. celebrities in the harris campaign was a total failure. >> yeah, when taylor swift came out after the debate and endorsed vice president harris and people are like there's the election. i remember thinking not so fast. i didn't feel like her endorsement had the kind of momentum shift that it might have in election years past. even show she's arguably the most famous person in the world. that goes to show you where voters were, and they didn't want to hear from rich people who were totally insulated from bad economies

. >> rich: in today's throwback my colleague bret baier >> in today's throwback my colleague brett takesld war ii military unit, finally beginning to get the recognition it deserves. >> a new film tells the story of the only predominately black female army to serve overseasgh during world war ii.t, tonight we speak with one of the films producers,. >> this story is not really told in america, we need to tell the story. d >> it consisted mostly omofic african american womenan, they were assigned to locations in england and france during world war ii. and that>> was to clear several years of backlogged mail. and it was close to her heart, in the story you approached you first about the story? >> at such a great story so my friend who was also a fellow producer on film, as soon as i watched i fell in love with that, it's so patriotic and soln beautiful and it's about strength and resilience. >> more than 3.3 billion pieces of mail one to the postal service to reach the front lines in 1945, alone. the massive amounts of letters and packages along with a shortage of qualified postal workers p

follow me at bret baier instam i can't. that's it for this "special report" fair balanced and still unafraid. >> "the ingraham angle" is now. ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone, i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" live from new york. my angle in moments. a manhunt is still underway for the suspect who gunned down united healthcare ceo brian thompson in midtown, manhattan yesterday. but, don't, there are more clues and new evidence. let's go live to the scene where fox news correspondent alexis mcadams is standing by. alexis, what can you tell us? >> hey, laura, so last night when we checked in with you, we kind 9 got of gist from the ground people in new york city. this was a skilled asass continue sin, right? he knew exactly what he was doing and might not have made many mistakes, tonight looks like more of a amateur according to sources on the ground. he left a few key pieces of evidence behind at the scene. some on purpose. he even went and bought a coffee down the road, laura before he gunned down the ceo.

victor, you heard john kirby's comment with bret baier last hour.er question sufficiently in your view? >> not at all. we know two or three things now. too many sightings from too many different sources to discount it. to, they are narratives change and john kirby, karine jean-pierre and nobody in the biden administration can be trusted. they were wrong about the lab and the border was secure and it was not. they told us biden was fit and they have no credibility. when they are pressed, they do . they either keep mute and stone wall or cast light and say you are hallucinating or imagining things or flat-out by. that leads us on a quandary and only two code choices this is a foreign entity directing these offshore or people on the ground were either embarrassed about -- people are embarrassed about their incompetence or don't know to react to it for some government agency that is engaging in a type of behavior that shows incompetent or not supposed to be engaging in that type of behavior. the third alternative, everybody is crazy and they are making

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, president biden is coming under heavy criticism over commutation of death sentences for all but three federal inmates facing capital punishment. we begin with the house ethics committee accusing former florida republican congressman matt gaetz of regularly paying for sex and purchasing and using illicit drugs. the bipartisan panel's 37 page report includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that gaetz took part in while religion florida's western panhandle, according to the rormt. the findings conclude that he violated multiple state laws, related to sexual misconduct while in office. gaetz has denied all wrong-doing and tried as late as today to prevent that report from coming out. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening, it's a damning report for gaetz, the bipartisan committee found, quote: substantial evidence that gaetz paid women for sex and drugs on more than 20 occasions. and paid for sex with a 17

i'm bret baier. president trump eyes u.s.ansions eyeing the panama canal, greenland and canada again. it is not a good holiday for some victims of hurricane helene. meet a few people trying to help there. fascinating intelligence unit maize up of some extraordinary individuals >> bret: but, first, breaking tonight, a u.s. official tells reuters there are early indication as russian ant antiaircraft system may have brought down a passenger plane in kazakhstan. dozens of people died in the fiery incident. employ to open transparent investigation. stephanie bennett is following the story tonight from london. good evening, stephanie. >> good evening, bret. today's speculation is mounting over what caused this crash in the first place. and today we are hopefully getting near to some of those answers. four sources in az erbaijan of knowledge of the investigation tell reuters the flight was downed by a russian air defense system. experts were quickly concerned after seeing this damage, in particular, the holes in the plane's tail se

i'm bret baier. coming up on "special report" the indictment for a man accused of sitting a new york city subway rider on fire. we will bring you there groups and rough weather ahead on one of the biggest travel weekend of the year why does president-elect trump want to get rid of daylight savings time is there a hung tore pass it in congress? we will bring you that story but, first, breaking tonight. we are learning new details about president trump's relationship with our neighbor to the north top canadian officials at trump's estate in mar-a-lago today. set to discuss border security and trade. this comes, of course, after the president-elect said he would cut taxes for f. they agreed to join our country as the 51st state. west palm beach, florida. good evening, matt. >> matt: good evening, bret. president-elect trump has been egging on canadian prime minister justin trudeau saying canada should become our 51st state and trudeau should become its governor. je'kels aside there seems to be momentum

follow me on instagram and on x at bret baier behind the scenes stuff in all of those. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. trump's early power flex. that's the focus of tonight's angle. >> laura: all right. tonight the trump transition is abuzz with activity. not only has he moved with lightning speed to fill out his cabinet and other senior positions. he is preparing for a triumphant return to europe on saturday for the reopening of notre dame. now remember it was badly damaged by catastrophic fire back in 2019 and many doubted it would ever really be restored. so, it's fitting that macron incited trump to the ceremony because not long ago that's what all the euro and american elites thought about him and the populist movement. that they were damaged beyond repair. >> well, it's a fitting end to an era that has been characterized by lawlessnes

i'm bret baier. familiar and dicey situation over how to keep the government funded past this friday's deadline. is legalized sports gambling ruining college athletics? congressional panel hears testimony on that. we will take you there. and ukraine reportedly claims responsibility for the kill of a senior russian military off official. >> bret: first, breaking tonight. denver has several people in custody following armed home invasion at troubled apartment complex. the perpetrators are believed to be part of an extremely violent venezuelan gang filled with illegal immigrants. and that is prompting local law enforcement to put the blame on the biden harris administration. senior correspondent alicia acuna is live in denver tonight. good evening, alicia. >> good evening, bret. the aurora i c colorado police f says a man and woman kidnapped from their apartment, bound, pistol whipped and terrorized by a group of up to 15 people. many believe to be trig gang tre aragua gang members. police detained more

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because kamala harris did an interview with bret baier where she said joe biden is fine.is fine. it clearly wasn't fine. if you have to script your conversations from the president with his secretary of defense and secretary of treasury, the two most important issues on the plate for the president and voters, should there be more of an investigation into what they were concealing? >> we're continuing to report on this story. we think it is incredibly important. my sense is others are, too. this is the story of this white house. every presidency has a legacy. this is a major part of this president's legacy. and i am certain i know that i have some -- some of my colleagues from other news organizations are out there working on it. >> dana: we have 30 days left for president biden to be the president. is he up to it? >> he certainly is not as sharp as he was when he was vice president. his aides are emphatic that his decision making capacity remains strong. but i think we ought to see his doctor's reports. we ought to be able to interview his doctor. something we're eager to

victor, you heard kirby's comments on with bret baier last hour did he answer no n. your view?t at all. i mean, we know two or three things now. there is too many sightings from too many different sources to discount it. two, their narratives always change. and kirby, karine jean-pierre, nobody in the biden administration that you have said can be trusted. they were wrong about the would you hahn lab. they said the border as you said was secure. it was not. they told us biden was fit as a fiddle, they have no credibility. and then when they are pressed they either do one of three things. they either keep mute and stonewall and gaslight and say you are ha lo ha ha louisiana td imagining things. leave us in a quandary. two choices either this is a foreign entity that is directing these offshore or from people on the ground he a are either embarrassed about -- people are embarrassed about their incompetence or don't know quite how to react to it or some government agency that's engaging in a up too of behavior that either shows they are incompetent or not supposed to be engaging i

i'm bret baier. coming to you tonight from fox news world headquarters down n. new york down the hall from the "the five." coming up on "special report." new evidence and a possible motive in the murder of healthcare executive one week ago. we will bring you there. healthcare director christopher wray will not fight to keep his job as president-elect trump pushes his own nominee. and much needed shelter for some of the victims of hurricane helene in north carolina. we will take you there. ♪ but, first, breaking tonight. not far from here in new york, residents and government officials are demanding answers tonight about the mysterious drone sightings that have been going on for nearly a month. no one seems to be sharing much information at all. in fact, many officials are saying they don't know much at all one republican congressman insists one of america's adversaries may be involved. the pentagon is pushing back. correspondent nate foy is tonight in youy township, new jersey with the latest on what is a big mystery and potentially a dangerous one we don't know

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, presidentid