we spoke to brian grant, the executive director, the oil is actually trapped with in layers of rocks that are in these different layers strata. so we have to not only drill but then we have to crack the rock. people have been cracking the rock to get that oil for more than a century, mostly with explosives. and after that, they're going to inject the sand that will hold the fractures, open. this sand along with water and chemicals is a key component of modern fracking. another as horizontally drilled wells which are more productive than vertical once since the tracking took off, the us has increased production by nearly 3 folds. it's been a part of every well junior field engineer hollis eubanks, has worked on how this has worked in oil and gas for nearly a decade and directly oil extraction for the last 5 years. we will send in a, we call it a gun and it's just an explosive to barrow. and we'll perforate polls. so you do the, you do the explosion. yes, ma'am. it's not the explosion, the museums, how us took us around to some work sites near the city. why did you start working in the

illegal immigrants. >> lawrence: started off wrong. >> brian: than that's a style thing he shoe was not allowed to. when it comes toil lime grants i worry about illegal immigrants mom is crying because she has to leave her husband is a criminal. >> ainsley: her husband is a criminal. >> brian: criminal illegal. i worry about that image and losing public sentiment. when it comes to the dreermings it's not their fault. the dreamers can i work that out which is part of the give and take of a deal watch. >> the dreamers are going to come later and we have to do something about the dreamers because these are people that have been brought here at a very young age and many of these are middle-aged people now. they don't speak the language of their country, and yes, we are going to do about. >> what does that mean what will do you. >> i will work with the democrats on a plan. the democrats have made it very, very difficult to do anything republicans are very open to the dreamers. the dreamers, we're talking many years ago they were brought into this country. many years ago. some of them are no longer young people. many cases become succ

learn more at wounded warriorproject.org/connect ♪ >> brian: fox news alert right now. president biden grantingmency in modern history. brooke singman joins us with news. >> that's right. the white house announcing this news overnight. president biden commuting the sentence of roughly 1500 people. prison and placed on house arrest during the pandemic. also pardoning at least 39 more people. all of whom have been convicted of nonviolent crimes. the previous single day record for clemency was held by biden's old boss former president barack obama. but today's action is five times larger than that we had heard reports last week that the biden administration was considering issuing preemptive pardons for a handful of people like liz cheney, anthony fauci and adam schiff out of fear that the incoming trump administration could target them. but it' as none of those three names are part of this list. now, this also follows the president's controversial decision to pardons his son hunter who faced sentencing this month for felony tax and gun convictions. white house lawyers say those pardons this morni

brian, as um, to is overjoyed. even writing a poem to this moment, he's among the hundreds of thousands of syrians granted protective status here. but i'm like, oh my e, a new german citizen, as um, may not be allowed to stay like other countries. germany is the spending decisions on asylum claims by syria. nationals is closed and i don't think germany will simply send people back to their homeland isn't unhealthy, but we're building ourselves. they do them. and i'm still studying here on the, the judge and those who the germans have supported here for the, for 5 or 67 years, and then to just throw it away and send us home home this weekend. i don't believe that gus slavish makes as much as they'd like to be back home. the syrians in germany see an evolution there after the revolution. us. all right, let's take a look. some of the other stories making headlines around the was us a secretary of state anthony blinking then jordan's king of della have called for a secure series during torques in the red sea resort of a couple of lincolns. that serious transition should be inclusive nonsectarian and protect the rights o

another syrian student jo brian as um, to is overjoyed, even writing a poem to this moment. he's among the hundreds of thousands of syrians granted protective status here. but unlike omar, i e, a new german citizen as um, may not be allowed to stay like other countries. germany is the spending decisions on asylum claim is by syria, nationals, this globe. and i don't think germany will simply send people back to their homeland. isn't on health, but we're building ourselves, they do them and i'm still studying here on the dodge and those with the germans have supported here for the for 5, the 67 years, and then to just throw it away and send us home home. i don't believe that gus cloud as much as much as they'd like to be back home. the syrians in germany see an evolution there after the revolution. so let's take a look now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. us secretary of state and to me, blank and met with target president regina type air, the one to discuss finding in northern serial, where the 2 states support rival groups a turkish bath militia has been finding occurred as last 4th that enc

brian: no question. "wall street journal" story about more major issue for the president controlling border and getting out illegal imknow grantsmocrats were in denial up until last few months of this election cycle. they said there was no problem with crime, we felt differently, there was no problem with trans-gender men playing in women's sports, we felt differently, so did the country. working class does not identify with democrats anymore perform i don't see much argument, democrats are akrdadrift, they leaders. >> they are trying to recalibrates, they have democrats going all in and opposition party opposes. guys like john fetterman want to work with the president to root for the success of the country under trump administration. different democrats approaching this trump term to start drntly than circa 2017. >> carley: joe manchin was democratic senator before becoming an independent and decided to leave senate. jim justice won his seat. yesterday he essentially gave his closing statement and did an interview with cnn and this is how he described democratic party. watch this. >> i am not a democrat in form of what the dem

. >> brian: 'tis the season for miracles. one florida' family's wish was grantedas eve when their missing dog returned home and rang the doorbell to let her humans know she is back. a 4-year-old german shepherd got lost near jacksonville december 15th. the owners say her safe return brought them the joy they needed for the holidays. she will get micro chipped as soon as possible. now that she needs it. she knows where home is. >> molly: all the skills. all right. some drivers may want to park their cars with insurance rates on the rise. costs are up 21% year-over-year and that's only expected to increase in the new year. max gordon is live in los angeles with more. good morning, max. >> good morning, molly. auto insurance is getting really expensive. at auto works collision center in los angeles the owner says more and more car owners are willing to pay out-of-pocket rather than going through insurance. take a listen. >> i have customers, returning customers of mine willing to pay 4,000 or 5,000 out-of-pocket to avoid going through their insurance company. there i

brian kilmeade later in the show. incoming border czar tom thatmaw grant caravans are shrinking and spreading out. >> i think cartels areller groups. stuart: will anything change at the border before trump taxes office? if former acting i.c.e. director ronald vitiello has that. >>> the white house says biden is pardoning his son because of war politics? >> he also believes that the war politics infected the pros and led to a miscarriage of justice, this is the his words. stuart: i'm not sure what war politics is really all about, but mollie hemingway will sort it out for us, and she is next duck duck -- decided -- ♪ -- decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick road ♪ ♪ ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance... ♪ ♪ ...at each day's start. ♪ ♪ as time went on, it was easy to see. ♪ ♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪ and for adults with type 2 diabetes... ...and known heart disease, jardiance can lower the risk of cardiovascular death, too. serious side effects include increased ketones in blood or urine, which can be fatal. stop jardiance

still ahead, brian brenberg on the department of education spending, $1 billion on dei grants.s migrants entering this country from all over the world. senator fetterman the first democrat to join truth social, he called for trump to be pardoned and dave portnoy fired up about a felony to pant a flag in the center of ohio stadium. the 11:00 hour is next. ♪ ♪ (♪) (♪) voltaren... for long lasting arthritis pain relief. (♪) you founded your kayak company because you love the ocean. not spreadsheets... you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. our matching platform lets you spend less time searching and more time connecting with candidates. visit indeed.com/hire i'll be home for christmas. you can count on me. please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree. right now all over the country, kids at shriners hospitals for children™ are able to go home and be with their families for the holidays. and it's only possible because of the monthly support of people just like you. thanks to a generous donor, every dollar you give, will go three times as far to help more kids

another syrian student show brian as um, to is overjoyed, even writing a poem to this moment. he's among the hundreds of thousands of syrians granted protective status here. but unlike l y e, a new german citizen, as um, may not be allowed to stay. like other countries, germany is the spending decisions on asylum claim is by syria. nationals is closed and i don't think germany will simply send people back to their homeland isn't a whole, but we're building ourselves, they do them. and i'm still studying here on the dodge and those with the germans have supported here for the for 5 or 67 years, and then to just throw it away and send us home home this weekend. i don't believe that gus cloud explanation as much as they'd like to be back home. the syrians in germany see an evolution there after the revolution. and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. because our civil defense agency says around 60 people have been killed and recent as really strikes on the gaza strip agencies. as in sarah, one of the target and buildings with sheltering thousands of displaced people is really military i

brian as um, to is overjoyed. even writing a poem to this moment, he's among the hundreds of thousands of syrians granted protective status here. but unlike omar, i e, a new german citizen, as of may not be allowed to stay like other countries. germany is the spending decisions on asylum claims by syria, nationals, this globe. and i don't think germany will simply send people back to their homeland isn't unhealthy, but we're building ourselves. they do them and i'm still studying here on the dodge and those with the germans have supported here for the for 5, the 67 years, and then to just throw it away and send us home home. i don't believe that gus cloud dismissed as much as they'd like to be back home. the syrians in germany see an evolution there after the revolution. following the full of the aside regimes housings of syrians who sought refuge in turkey on now chewing out the buddha, to return home to patient. we'll still receive some set up. additional check point 5 kilometers from the border crossings and syria to help manage the heavy traffic. many syrians into key are excited to return home of to you as an

evolution, that we've experienced he started as a grant writer moved into a leader ultimately the director of development job when our long time development head brian mcnair left. and then became our chief development officer several years ago. and in that title, we often overlook titles or use them without really thinking why thinking much about them. but that title is very important and it speaks to the role alex plays in the kitchen in the philosophy of leadership that we have here. alex is not just a director of development grants and leading our communications and our marketing efforts. and he does an amazing job of that with with that the amazing team and and why don't we before we get too far why don't we say all dc central kitchen people stand up and say hello and get get around all the one of us and yeah these these are amazing amazing passionate compassionate folks who do this incredibly hard work every single day. and i get to sit here in front of you beautiful people and talk about it, and that's not terribly fair. but that's that's way the world works now. but i get to do it because of the amazing work that they do. and alex has led hi

evolution, that we've experienced he started as a grant writer moved into a leader ultimately the director of development job when our long time development head brian mcnair left. and then became our chief development officer several years ago. and in that title, we often overlook titles or use them without really thinking why thinking much about them. but that title is very important and it speaks to the role alex plays in the kitchen in the philosophy of leadership that we have here. alex is not just a director of development grants and leading our communications and our marketing efforts. and he does an amazing job of that with with that the amazing team and and why don't we before we get too far why don't we say all dc central kitchen people stand up and say hello and get get around all the one of us and yeah these these are amazing amazing passionate compassionate folks who do this incredibly hard work every single day. and i get to sit here in front of you beautiful people and talk about it, and that's not terribly fair. but that's that's way the world works now. but i get to do it because of the amazing work that they do. and alex has led hi

i've been given today for granted, and i will devote the life i have rebuilt to helping those who are still sick and suffering. sue guzman fox news and ktvu political analyst brian sobel said despite the president reneging on this promise, tonight's decision was not necessarily about the president's legacy, but instead about father and son. >> i think anybody watching father or mother would try to help their child and in this case, this has been a long saga with hunter biden. and so i don't know that the president looked at it as a good look or a bad look. i think he decided, hey, i'm almost done with my presidency. and this is a power that i have to wipe the slate clean and give my son a new start. and he took that decision today. >> and to stay up to date on this story and other national stories, as well as big stories right here in the bay area. just download the fox local app to your tv to stream it all. >> antioch police calling it a battle of good and evil. an east bay pastor fights off a burglar breaking into his church and holds him down until police arrive. ktvu is joey horta spoke with the pastor, who is more than a man of god. he's also trained in mar

granted prosecutors' request to dismiss the top count. now jurors will have the consider the lesser count. criminal defense attorney brianse and described the judge's decision askersive. >> what -- coercive. >> what that does is induce deuces jurors to throw up their arms and say, okay, let's just get him on the lesser charge. it's patently unfair, and it's a miscarriage of justice. >> reporter: the trial has lasted more than a month, and prosecutors argue neely, when was homeless, battling mental illness, had an outburst on the subway last year that only lasted about 30 seconds. they say penny's chokehold went, quote, way too far. penny's defense team argues their client protected ores -- others, pointing to subway riders who were grateful penny stepped in. after the high stakes deliberations on friday, activists maintain that this case is still about a racism. >> racism is still alive and kicking in america. there's no other way to view this. everyone has looked at the case, can and those among you with who say that daniel penny is innocent have racism and bias in your heart. >> reporter: so now penny face up to four y

brian, cnn's legal analyst says president biden's parton of hunter will tarnish his legacy. >> what i think is not disputable is this is a historic act of political nepotism. the grantingent to his son. he acknowledges that a substantial part of this is because hunter biden is his son. this will tarnish joe biden's legacy. let's be clear, he lied to us for a long time. stuart: seems to me with this parton, biden is losing the media. >> he is, no question. those lawmakers, maybe legal aspects to her joe biden for two years say donald trump doesn't care about rule of law, he will destroy the country, i care about the department of justice, the department of justice is separate from the white house which i trust the justice department, i will not pardon hunter biden and i could give you 20 minutes of lawmakers and experts alluding joe biden for saying i will not pardon my own son because i respect the department of justice and now he is going to pardon his son because the department of justice who let politics get involved with him but i talked to james comber at the top of the show and it reminded me this is not about hunter biden. goes back to 2014 because hunter biden

brian cheung, thank you for that. as we see them roll over and over again. all those fulfillments. still ahead, what changed president biden's mind? why he's grantingis when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan. that's why we're offering "seven things every medicare supplement should have". it's your free, just for calling the number on your screen. and when you call, a knowledgeable, licensed agent-producer can answer any questions you have and help you choose the plan that's right for you. the call is free. and there's no obligation. you see, medicare covers only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. that's why so many people purchase medicare supplement insurance plans like those offered by humana. they're designed to help you save money and pay some of the costs medicare doesn't. depending on the medicare supplement plan you select, you could have no deductibles or copayments for doctor visits, hospital stays, emergency car

dickey, and they have been granted more time to get to no one another here in the courthouse and his attorney will be having holding a press conference at 5 p.m. today. cheryl? >> brianyou have any idea about motive at this point? reporter: yeah. there is a lot. he had ae handwritten in which e system we know from the nypd and we know from the associated press and he also justified this killing saying essentially that these are parasites, quote in quote, that deserved it. these are some of the things that he said in that note. he also said that he acted alone, so that's some of what we're hearing. we also have heard a reporting from the new york post that he was suffering some traumatic back injury and he had surgery for that and that may have played a part, perhaps in his sentiment as to how he felt about the healthcare system, and we also know from the new york post that his mother reported him missing from san francisco on november 18, and so the back surgery seemed to be a nexus here and then he lost contact with his family and now we're here, cheryl. >> if he's 26 didn't he lose healthcare coverage under his parents? i don't know i'm just throwing that out there

grants and around oil and energy regulations surrounding those types of decisions. geoff: yes, advocacy groups see this as making an end run around environmental protections. brianall street journal, thanks so much for being with us. brian: thank you. geoff: trump's cabinet pigs have been meeting with senators on capitol hill and his team has been preparing the agenda. we turn to amy walter and tamara keith. good to see you both. mr. trump's nominees have been on capitol hill trying to woo senators. and president-elect donald trump was in mar-a-lago and he said he believes rfk junior, if confirmed, will be less radical then you would think. bring us up to speed on where the nominees stand in terms of the transition and the republican senators they have been meeting with. >> the nominees have been making the rounds. it is standard. some things are very normal, and making the rounds to different senators trying to answer their concerns is a thing that happens every time there is a new nominate. what is different is that republican senators do have concerns with some of these nominees. they are not necessarily voicing them publicly as much as you might think in par

granted time to get to know his new attorney. >> martha: bryan, thank you. investigators believe that it is possible that the weapon used to murder united health care ceo brian been homemade. called a ghost gun, untraceable and created by 3d printers or even a sample of parts delivered to a person's home. with that we want to bring in steve, a weapon safety expert for films who believed the gun recovered is not necessarily the gun that was used to kill brian thompson. steve, welcome. great to have you back on the program. first of all, your take on this young man, we have seen him yelling and acting out a he was taken into the courthouse today. your reaction to this case on the whole so far? >> on the whole, the issue is really one for which attention is being brought, the crisis in health care. obviously no crises in any industry warrants or justifies murder. but that is why this has become such a popular case because so many people have strong feelings about it. the focus on the gun i think is not that relevant. we know he had a gun and we know he used it and that he killed someone with it. whether it was green, yellow, red or had polka dots, who cares. we

brian stelter. great. great to see you both this morning. thanks so much for being here, kate. >> so it was a very scary moment for miami dolphins player grant dubose this weekend. taken off the field on a stretcher in houston and hospitalized after a really hard hit to the head. it was also just one of several injuries that happened during the nfl games this weekend. let's get to cnn's andy scholes. he has much more on all of this for us. what are you learning, andy well, kate. >> yeah, it was, as you just mentioned, ruff ruff day for injuries across the entire nfl. >> you know the chiefs, they were able to beat the browns to get to an nfl best 13 and one. >> but all eyes now are on patrick mahomes ankle. >> mahomes legs rolled up on here as he was making the throw in the fourth quarter yesterday. >> got up was able to limp to the sidelines. >> he did not return to this game. and here was mahomes afterwards on his ankle. >> it's hard to say right now. i mean obviously he's still adrenaline rolling. and usually it's kind of the day after when you kind of get a good, good sense of it. but i felt like i could have finished the game in differen