cb cotton with the latest. >> hi, griff. the unexplained drone sightings expanded from coast to coast, but the epicenter was here in new jersey and while everyone refers to the bright, floating lights as drones. no one has confirmed that and as you mentioned, president-elect donald trump has suggested that the federal government knows more than it's letting on. he wrote on truth social, quote, mystery drone sightings all over the country. can this really be happening without our government's knowledge? i don't think so. let the public know and now, otherwise shoot them down. the sightings first began the week-- the sightings first began the week before thanksgiving in northern new jersey near president trump's bedminster golf club and since crossed into connecticut, new york, and pennsylvania. sometimes over areas with sensitive military bases and national security facilities. the white house and fbi claim many of the drone sightings are manned aircraft like airplanes or helicopters operating lawfully and a drone expert tell

let's go to reporter cb cotton outside the courthouse to find out how this has played out. ear an immediate melee of protestors, cb. >> hi, harris, that's right. protestors are pretty upset. a large crowd of them out here next to me. you can hear them rattleling the police barricade saying no justice, no peace. what they are yelling now follows a series of threats that they've hurled earlier as the defense walked in with their client daniel penny telling the defense team that daniel penny can have no piece here in new york if he is found not guilty on this lesser charge. criminally negligent homicide. what i can hear now they are repeating those threats. very angry. i want to mention there were a couple people here this morning to support daniel penny but the anti-penny crowd far outweighs them and they seem upset. police officers are coming out in droves to try to keep the two groups separated for now. i look at our notes from the courtroom and it seems like this is the first time we've seen some real emotion from daniel penny. his attorneys told me this morning that this t

fox's cb cotton has more from new york. >> president elect trump continues to round out positions inhe nominated kash patel to serve as fbi director. >> kash patel will go in. he's very experienced, very intelligent, can't think of a better person to go in and lead the reform of the fbi than kash patel. >> patel is a former justice department prosecutor and a longtime ally who worked in trump's first administration. he's previously called for an overhaul of the fbi. >> casper tells only qualification is because he agrees with donald trump that the department of justice should serve to punish, lock up and intimidate donald trump's political opponents. >> patel's nomination means current fbi director christopher wray must either resign or be fired when trump is inaugurated. wray was selected by trump in 2017 to replace james comey, but fell out of favor, especially after the fbi searched mar-a-lago for classified white house documents in 2022. >> christopher wray has demonstrated too much independence and objectivity in the job for donald trump. >> trump also nominated two family membe

cb cotton on the story. it is unfathomable at this point it is two black women on the screen that this has come down to a race issue and not about daniel penny's innocence, not guilty. >> i can tell you, harris, the protesters here outside the courthouse are very, very upset right now. they are chanting no justice, no peace and we actually just heard in a press conference from several of jordan neely's family members, jordan neely's father andrew zachary saying he misses his son and he believes that there is a two-tiered system of justice. but i also want to talk about the moments in the courtroom when we heard this not guilty verdict for the first time we saw some emotion from daniel penny when he learned his fate, he smiled in that courtroom, his defense attorney started clapping and this was obviously a very joyous moment for the defense, but for neely supporters there was anger. when the defense attorney started clapping, jordan neely's father said "are you trying to get f thing killed." one saying "it's

rich: cb cotton is live in new york city with the latest, high cb query. >> people are demanding electedeaders take action for the protection of simply writers. tomorrow marks one week since a deadly attack what appears to be a homeless woman was torched to death. now another person who is homeless was found burned at a new york city train station. an investigation is underway after the pleat discovered the men at 8:00 p.m. les i would burns to both legs and his upper body. the man told police he was asleep woke up on fire according to new york post sources. the nypd tells fox the man is in critical condition. earlier in the date sebastian was accused of setting a woman on fire in a brooklyn subway, he was indicted for murder and arson by a grand jury. the brooklyn district attorney believed strongly the case belongs in state court. new york city mayor eric adams has directed nypd to explore bringing federal charges. and now lawmakers are weighing in. >> i think fed the federal chars could beat very well appropriate here. i think the bigger issue is that we have this ongoing policy in th

cb cotton outside of the courthouse in new york city, cb. >> good afternoon, mike hotel since the testimonyck, jurors have two additional class hi for the judge with negligence and recklessness and jurors have a copy of those definitions wits around here till they also asked to review more video evidence in this case, specifically one mine clip by yvette rosario. she testified she was so nervous of neely's threats that she put her face and her friends chest telling jurors earlier in the trial, "i just wanted the doors to open so i could get away. this morning that jurors reread from the medical example now the neck examiner symphony harris a prosecutor who said the choke hold did indeed kill me away. specifically they wanted to hear the cross-examination where she testified about issuing a second death certificate for neely. she shut the mike said she would not change her mind on the cause of neely's death even if it showed fentanyl. the premise of the case say neely was hurling threats on the subway last year before he stepped in putting in a restraint and prosecutors argued penny took thi

our cb cotton is live at herald square in manhattan. cb, so scary.ook right now? >> hi, anita. yeah, the chaos all unfolded at this curb it. take a look behind me. you can still see signs of the crash. people are walking over, as. >> you can see the broken car glass right there. it's unclear what speed the taxi driver was going, but the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour, so that could have saved lives. police say the taxi driver had a medical emergency when he jumped this curb behind me and struck at least six people. a good samaritans wife was one of them. >> my wife got hit kind of up on her b back shoulder. knocked her to the ground. made sure she was okay, and then noticed the car had come up, i think the building pretty close when it hit. >> his wife and at least two other women on scene refused medical treatment, but three others were taken to the hospital in stable condition, including the taxi driver and the 9-year-old boy. the good samaritan says when he tore off the caps fender to get to the child, he was shocked to discover the boys

. >> bill: cb cotton begins our week monday morning outside the courthouse yet again in new york citycb, good morning. >> good morning. defense attorney told the judge that continued deliberations would be elbowing jurors to reach a verdict and called for a mistrial. ultimately the judge sided with prosecutors' request to dismiss the top charge this past friday after jurors came back deadlocked on it twice. so today jurors are back to weigh whether penny was negligent when he placed jordan neely in a choke hold on a new york city subway last year. criminal defense attorney has said if penny is now convicted on the lesser charge defense attorneys will have a great appeal and he says how the judge handled deliberations is a miscarriage of justice. >> what that does is induces jurors to throw up their arms after deliberating three or four days and say okay, let's get him on the lesser charge. it is patently unfair. >> the trial has lasted more than a month and prosecutors argue neely, who was homeless battling mental illness had an outburst that lasted 30 seconds and say penny'sry strand

cb cotton.washington and a lot of back-and-forth and concern as to the fate of pete hegseth to be the next defense secretary of the united states. jacqui heinrich. >> pete hegseth have another day of meetings with senate republicans trying to court their support he will need to be confirmed. it looks like after those meetings his nomination is roughly in the same place it was in yesterday. it will come down to what might happen, what headlines we might see as the vetting process continues and how patient trump is while all of that plays out. we will have more on that in just a minute. so. you like your job? i love it. what i do is really important. you give eye exams. i give... fresh starts. better vision, healthy eyes... everybody wants that. that they do. and they don't want to spend more money than they have to. true. but good eye health? that's priceless. “hero doc saves vision!” - well, i- - “hero owl saves money!” use your vision insurance for exams, glasses, and contacts all at america's

jonathan: cb cotton in new york city. thank you so much. got that about wraps it up for us.rn next weekend. he has been just great being with you over this week i do not know why you're leaving california go back to the snowy northeast but good luck with that. [laughter] it is meant a great weekend, jonathan great to work with you. jon scott will have all the latest news fothr you an hour fm now on the fox report. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together. we really don't want people to think of feeding food like ours is spoiling their dogs. good, real food is simple. it looks like food, it smells like food, it's what dogs are supposed to be eating. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

cb cotton in new york city, thank you.nrest in syria saying the united states should stay out of it. rebel insurgents has reached the gates of the capitol city of damascus forcing the government defenses out of homes. fox news contributor dan hoffman worked at cia bureaus in the middle east. he joins us now. the prediction i guess she would say from the state department is that the assad government in syria could fall within days. do you share that belief? production a pretty trick in the middle east except to say things are going to get worse. the outside regime controls only those two ports. it's where russia has eight naval base. in the port city of damascus for the back on their heels and facing off against an insurgent group that is led by a terrorist group. their leader muhammad of course was aligned with al qaeda before later turning on them. >> was this a case where the enemy of my enemy is not my friend at least on the united states? because the enemy of my enemy is probably still my enemy. we've got a lot of conc

rich. >> rich: cb cotton in new york. you. >> aishah: rich, debate is raging right now in democrat-run cities and states across the country on whether or not to assist or resist trump's mass deportation plans. chris clem is a retired border patrol chief. let's put up the maps of cities and states opposing the mass deportation plan. new jersey, california, new mexico, michigan, north carolina, massachusetts, denver, los angeles, san francisco, some of these cities have problems of their own with crime, homelessness, you name it. gavin newsom in california is taking a similar measure trying to sort of build resources to help these illegal immigrants in his state. ice can't really do their job, chris, without the help of the state, without coordination with state authorities. how does the trump administration as it comes in, how do they deal with this? >> good morning and, you know, i think having a veteran like tom homan leading the charge with this is going to be just fine for those that are pro-integrity, pro-law enforcem

cb cotton is there with the latest. >> dana, this morning prosecutors will try to further their case to the jury that daniel penny took things too far. while they get to final word with jurors, the defense has already reminded the jury in their closing that several subway riders thanked penny for stepping in. >> defense attorney said in his closing that penny is being used as a scapegoat for a broken system telling jurors that police and ems took too long to arrive and penny was the only one to stand up when people needed help. he also said the prosecution had not proven that penny held, quote, continued, consistent and sufficient pressure to the point of death, end quote. prosecutors so far in their closing arguments have told jurors while there is no disputing that neely scared other subway riders, penny kept his choke hold even after neely was no longer a threat. they also accused penny of lying to police detectives who questioned him after the incident and they pointed to police body camera video showing resuscitati

cb cotton, thank you for following that for us. griff. griff: anita long time cbs sportscaster greg gumble has died. he said he had family health issues and the family announcing that he died from cancer. he announced two super bowls and the first black announcer in the u.s. calling play by play of a sports championship. greg gumbel was 78. stians and. that christmas morning, wise men brought gifts from outside the holy land. but in this year of war, this holy land and her people are living in fear. many of the elderly are alone and suffering. like the wise men or wise women, would you open your heart and give a special holiday food box to someone here in israel this christmas hanukkah season? right now, the hardships in israel are felt by everyone. people like hanna who can't buy food, that is where the fellowship comes in. that's where the fellowship is called. to feed the hungry. happy hanukkah. through the international fellowship of christians and jews, your special holiday gift of just $25 can answer their prayers this hanukkah and

. >> sandra: cb cotton on the new york set with the latest. has criticized in the past but what is he saying now? >> incoming border czar tom homan praising new york city mayor eric adams describing to the press a conversation between two cops. >> he has promised to work with us to target violent, criminal illegal aliens and the city to help us find 350,000 missing children. he is all in. >> adams retired from nypd as a captain in 2006 met with tom homan for an hour yesterday to discuss what both men say our plans to remove the illegal migrants committing violent crimes. adams says the city will "protect the rights of immigrants hardworking and give back in a positive way." but the common ground between human and tom homan nothing new as activists accuse adams of collaborating with incoming administration. >> we cannot allow a dangerous individuals to commit repeated violent acts of violence in our cities across america. i have said this before, and i am surprised anyone would attempt to state this is a new coming of eric adams. i have stated

thank you so much, cb cotton in lower manhattan. phil holloway rejoins us, former assistant district attorney and police officer and legal advisor to georgia's sheriff's department. you heard the reporting of the deadlock on the jury on the manslaughter in the second degree count. this is the first count. what do you make of this? >> well, i'm not surprised. look, in manhattan you have a very di verse population there. i understand there are a few lawyers on the jury. any time you have got more than one lawyer in the room there is bound to be some disagreement. causation as she mentioned, as well as the intention. what was in the mind of mr. penny when all this sort of was going on? those are the two big issues. it is really easy for me to see how there might be some disagreement. particularly with respect to the jurors that come from, you know, manhattan. you have people from all over the political spectrum and there is a social aspect to this case. a lot of people say that the criminal system in manhattan is a political system dis

cb cotton live outside the courthouse with the latest for us. cb? >> hi, john. has passed two significant notes, the latest of which asking three large video evidence which includes the widely circulated video taken by independent journalists -- an independent journalists from mexico who testified in court that he thought the encounter was out of the ordinary and should be documented. jurors also asked to see the nearly 30 minute video where he waived his miranda rights and didn't know jordan neely had died. they also asked for police body camera video which shows penny speaking with officers as first responders tried to resuscitate neely. yesterday jurors asked the judge to reread his instructions on how the law applies to the crime, and details on the justified use of force. eyewitnesses say neely is hurling threats on the subway last year before penny placed him in the choke hold. prosecutors are arguing biden he took things too far and in closing reminded jurors they only have to decide whether penny acted recklessly. the defense in its closing said prosecut

couldn't come to a unanimous decision on second-degree murder leading to dismissal of that charge cb cottoning all of this for us live in new york city with the latest on all of it. cb to you. >> welt the judge threw out the top charge that prosecutors request and judge ruled jurors would continue on the lesser charge daniel penny defense team objected in court away from jurors ears but defense attorney thomas kenneth asked the judge at that point to declare a mistrial arguing that continued deliberations would force jurors to come to a, quote, manufactured unanimousty and on homicide penny will face up to four years in prison. but per new york state law the judge could decide to sentence hmm to no prison time at all so a lot more to watch. criminal defense attorney brian claypool says if there's a conviction penny defense team has a strong appeal. >> the judge should have asked that jury why they hung. because there's a legal justification defense for penny that's a self-defense. and if there's jury agreed that penny was entitled to self-defense, then he's off on both charges. reporter: th

cb cotton thank you.l: president electronic delighting fans with an appearance at yesterday's army/navy college football game and entourage of cabinet nominees republican leaders joined him also yesterday he named his former acting director of national intelligence richard grenell to a newly created post of presidential envoy for special missions. madison scarpino is live in washington with more. madison, i understand the president-elect is high on rick grenell? >> yes, busy day yesterday for president-elect donald trump. let's start with him and tapping several people for major rules on his team. one of the many new pics is longtime foreign policy advisor of his richard grenell for envoy for special missions. he was the president elects intelligence chief during the first administration trump says grenell will work and some of the hottest spots around the world like venezuela in north korea. trump also tapping truth social ceo former congressman for chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board

arthel: okay cb cotton very interesting. thank you.re, robbery, home invasions f padile list of horseplay say committed by tren de aragua knows no limits. the director of immigration and border security policy at the heritage foundation joins us. who is more than 30 years experience with the department of homeland security and the federal government. laura, good to see you. how did this get so out of hand? the gang members it seems to have free reign to do whatever they want against americans. >> well, we have the perfect storm of an open border thanks the biden/harris policies that were combined that with pro crime prosecutors who refuse to prosecute criminals or will downgrade the chargers, release them back onto the streets as well as sanctuary politicians that refuse to cooperate with the federal agents are turned over criminal aliens and protect the members of their own community. this is a result. spiller president trump is about too go after these in the next administration he is appointed as the border czar tom homan. doesn't h

jon: understandably, cb cotton thanks.w free from the iron grip of the regime after rebel insurgencies the capitol city of damascus overnight. russian state media said president chen five is russia as the stability of the always a volatile middle east. alex hogan reports from tel aviv. >> good evening apart in a historic day here in the middle east, rebels in syria ousted president bashar al-assad ending his family's regime of more than 50 years. syrian rebels stormed the presidential palace after 30 years of civil war. russian media reported that president al-assad arrived with his family in moscow. foreign ministry announced a peaceful handover of power after rebel forces made this announcement on state tv. >> a cithe city of damascus hasn liberated the tyrant bashar al-assad is been toppled and people from the prisons have been released. >> the rebels i made up a coalition of groups banded together to overthrow the regime. the strongest group and the coalition is hts which that u.s. has designated as a terror group. the

jacqui: cb cotton. thank you. griff. griff: for more, we're joined by president-elect trump's incoming border czar tom homan, thank you for taking time. from colorado to new york where i am. tda arrests, and your reaction to it and insight how rapidly this dangerous violent venezuelan gang is growing in the u.s. >> well, look, griff, you and i have talked about this many times it all goes back to the vetting program. and you've got secretary mayorkas, and if they're properly vetted into the united states. we don't have criminal access in venezuela, we don't have access to criminal data bases and information in most countries around the world. so when they say they're properly vetted they're running through ncic, which is our system or a trip wide state system, but vetting doesn't include their criminal vetting in home nations. and they're misleading the american people saying they're vetted and properly safe. and tda when we first discovered it in the united states we said it would rapidly expand across the country. the

cb cotton with the latest here, molly.ust heard from him and i'm very fortunate to welcome back attorney brian claypool for a little more insight on this case, as we look towards monday when the jury gets back to deliberations. brian, i want to start with this, the judge drops one charge, the more serious second degree manslaughter, but in a way does it almost point the jury towards the second charge, this criminally negligent homicide charge? >> yeah, hey, molly, brought to be with you, absolutely, are you kidding me? i thought when the case started that this prosecutor overcharged daniel penny. this never was a second degree manslaughter says, that requires penny to intend to harm jordan nealy, that requires proof that you know, penny knew and had reasonable to know that he was going to die because of the chokehold and still did it. there are no facts to support that. so these prosecutors overcharged knowing they'd never a get a conviction on second degree manslaughter and got what they wanted and then the judge to say,

cb cotton live in new york city with more on that case. >> jurors are back in the courtroom tomorrowfter having the entire holiday week off it. daniel penny's defense attorney we expect them to take two hours there is no time limit penny's defense team appeared very confident for the holiday about one of their final witnesses a forensic pathologist they hired who maintained daniel penny's chokehold alone did not kill jordan neely. instead doctor testified quotes combined factors led to neely's death he said the effects of his blood condition, synthetic marijuana use, schizophrenia along with the exertion during the struggle with penny all killed neely. they did not testify in his own defense to include clips from officers and body cameras joint penny's interaction with officers right after the ordeal. twenty-five minute taped interview with police cells penny waving his rights when he did not note neely had died. the defense attorney said they believe their case is so strong is going to lead to an exoneration. prosecutors on the other hand use testimony and penny's formal martial art

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. >> john: cb cotton live outside of the courthouse. what is the latest in the trial?john, prosecutors finished giving closing arguments telling jurors even if they think daniel penny acted with good intentions, good intentions can turn bad and reminding jurors only job to evaluate whether daniel penny acted recklessly. they went back to a widely circulated video of the incident saying, "common sense tells them that jordan neely died at the choke hold" the medical examiner dr. cynthia harris is the one telling the truth. as opposed to a defense key expert who testified to jurors that a combination of genetic blood condition, schizophrenia, drug use and exertion killed jordan neely. testified that defense in its closing argument yesterday while also saying the prosecution had not proven penny "continued and consistent pressure to the point of death." defense attorney stephen razor also reminded jurors that several eyewitnesses took time o testify during the trial that they felt relieved when penny stepped in the. the judges instructing the jury and then deliberations be

foxes cb cotton shows us how communities across multiple states are cleaning up and trying to move one storms continued marching eastward sunday. a large funnel cloud spotted over mississippi. this after multiple deadly tornadoes struck parts of the southeast saturday. deaths reported in texas, north carolina and mississippi. and conroe, texas. residents reporting extensive home damage. >> a lot of mobile homes that have been rolled or crushed. we had 15 individuals who were and they were trapped that we got them all out. no injuries. amazing. >> sunday. ongoing storms exposing more than 20 million people from the eastern gulf coast to the carolinas to weather related risks. the busy holiday travel weekend days before new year's eve, slowed by threats of rain, snow and more tornadoes across the country. the flight tracking website flightaware, showing nearly 800 flights within, into or out of the u.s, canceled on sunday with more than 20,000 flights delayed. >> my sister just got delayed 17 hours, though, so there's, you know, both sides of it. we had the easy route. she had the tough

in new york, cb cotton, fox news syria undergoing major changes in the last few hours. >> the futuref its government after the latest insurgence from rebels. >> plus, honor to be here. we had a good time together and we had a lot of a lot of success. >> president elect donald trump attends the notre dame cathedral reopening ceremony. his interactions with t french syria. tonight, it appears the government led by bashar al assad and his family has fallen. syria's prime minister says the government is ready to extend its hand to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government. today, rebels reportedly made their way into the capital of damascus. bashar al assad has reportedly left the country. white house national security advisor jake sullivan says the u.s. would not dive into the ongoing civil war. however, the u.s. may take steps to prevent isis from gaining control. meanwhile, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says the united states will provide nearly $1 billion to fund weapons for ukraine. the defense secretary's comments came as the biden administration

in new york, cb cotton, fox news. >> all right, let's talk about our weather here in the bay area.e have those foggy conditions to start off the day here. but clear skies as we give you this live look out over the south bay. i believe we're looking toward the south bay. obviously the sun. i beg your pardon? we're looking at sfo. i was i was thrown off here. we just don't have enough daylight left at this point in the day for me to tell where we are. that's sfo, where we had all those issues with fog earlier in the day. let's bring in meteorologist mark tamayo back into the picture here. and mark, we have clear conditions now, but we are talking about some rain headed our way in the coming days. >> yeah, that is the plan, alex. but yeah, the rainfall, multiple rain clouds showing up in the five day forecast. but in the short term, yeah the fog could redevelop overnight tonight and that could impact visibilities first thing tomorrow morning. now linked up with these eventual storms is high surf. and we could have some sizable surf near the coastline right now. but into the weekend, e

cb cotton has more on the countdown. during one of the most important times of the year for many businesses, the holiday shopping season is off and running with a strong start over the black friday weekend. >> mastercard reports a 14% increase in e-commerce sales compared to a year ago. of those online sales, more people than ever are using their phones more than half of cyber monday sales were purchased using mobile devices, where customers can get access to unique discounts. >> retailers can provide them with those personalized offers that consumers are really looking for. >> adjusted for inflation, sales at brick and mortar stores actually fell. but experts say that can be misleading. >> most shopping still occurs in america inside of a store. yes, there are lots of people who are shopping online, but we're still seeing greater than 80% of all sales in retail happen inside of a store. >> the national retail federation reports shoppers spent slightly more this year over black friday weekend. an average of $235, up $8 f

jacqui: cb cotton live in new jersey, thanks.ystery sightings leading to bipartisan calls for answers rejoining out top democrat house intelligence committee august when jim himes. thank you so much congressman for being here. >> thank you for having me. jacqui: contradictory statements can erode public trust or it appears that is already happening within the government's congresswoman holt. >> that do not believe that the nighmilitary abilities does notw what these objects are. what i am asking what we are all asking is for you to be straight with us and tell us what is going on. >> the white house is saying there is no evidence of the national security or public safety threat. no sign of criminal activity or malicious intent or for an involvement parade they also do not know the systems are. they do not know who was operating them, or why, what they are capable of. those messages are inherently incompatible. do you believe that relevant federal agencies are really unable to answer these questions? or are they just unwilling to

as cb cotton reports, the tsa is advising people what they can and cannot bring on board. >> the holiday travel rush is on, and this year could be one for the record books. triple a says more than 119 million americans will travel at least 50 miles during the next two weeks, up 3 million from last year. >> plan ahead and be patient. give yourself all the time you need to easily navigate the holiday hustle. >> despite an increase in airfare. nearly 8 million of those travelers will be flying as usual, with big crowds expected. airlines advise getting to the airport at least two hours early. >> be ready for large crowds and extended wait times at both the airports and on the roads. >> tsa expects its busiest days will be the friday before christmas and also several days after the holiday, and people can play an important role in making sure those long lines at security don't get bogged down while you're in that line. >> begin to think about removing things from your pockets, placing those items in your carry on bag so that it's all conveniently located in one spot. >> if you're planning on

cb cotton, fox news. >> new at 6:00.f the united health care ceo in new york city. police in rural pennsylvania arrested a 26 year old suspect in connection with the shooting, and authorities say it was a worker at mcdonald's who reported him. we are also learning more about the suspect's background, including some bay area ties, his online footprint revealing he spent time at stanford. also developing tonight. steep cuts and layoffs are on the table as oakland city leaders grapple with a growing budget deficit and people sound off at today's city council meeting about some of the options. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> i feel like we can work it out. i do, it is workable. my main concern is that i just don't want to put the citizens of oakland in a bad predicament. >> city's note a couple things regarding public safety. >> i know being safe in our community is incredibly important. it's a huge priority for all of us, and i want to underscore that the deep investments in public safety over the past year are con

fox's cb cotton shows us how communities across multiple states are cleaning up and trying to move ontinued marching eastward sunday. a large funnel cloud spotted over mississippi. this after multiple deadly tornadoes struck parts of the southeast saturday. deaths reported in texas, north carolina and mississippi. and conroe, texas. residents reporting extensive home damage. >> a lot of mobile homes that have been rolled or crushed. we had 15 individuals who were and they were trapped that we got them all out. no injuries. amazing. >> sunday. ongoing storms exposing more than 20 million people from the eastern gulf coast to the carolinas to. weather related risk. the busy holiday travel weekend days before new year's eve, slowed by threats of rain, snow and more tornadoes across the country. the flight tracking website flightaware, showing nearly 800 flights within, into or out of the u.s, canceled on sunday, with more than 20,000 flights delayed. >> my sister just got delayed 17 hours, though, so there's, you know, both sides of it. we had the easy route. she the tough route in meadv

cb cotton, fox news. >> celebrity chef guy fieri ringing the bell for the salvation army. i'm henry lee in santa rosa. that story still ahead. >> and another major insurance company says no more the insurance policies. they want to stop writing for some mmmm, kinda needs to be more...squiggly? perfect! so now, do you have a driver's license? oh, what did you get us? with the click of a pen, you can get a new volkswagen at the sign then drive event. lease a 2024 taos for zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment and zero due at signing. limited inventory available. as ktvu reporter henry lee explains, the local celebrity says he's lending his name to help those in need, especially around the holidays. >> welcome. howdy, howdy. >> sonoma county celebrity chef guy fieri showing up at santa rosa plaza on wednesday for a good cause. ringing the bell for the salvation army to get donations. hey, guys. >> look at that. big money, big money, big money. yes, i've been a big fan of the salvation army forever, and many here were fans of fieri dropping off a few bills in the

djt cb cotton is in elizabeth, new jersey with the very latest. hey cb. >> as drone sightings continue, national security officials told reporters today, there's no indication of a foreign adversary or public safety threat being involved, and they reiterated that people are actually seeing manned aircraft like planes or helicopters. but when i reached out to the faa to ask whether any of these sightings could be government drones, they didn't answer, instead pointing me to a series of bullet points on drone safety and rules. so people continue to see these bright floating lights through the sky on a nearly nightly basis. this is happening across the entire northeast region and as far away as california, leaving people frustrated and becoming sleuths of their own. this facebook group called new jersey mystery drones has nearly 60,000 members. people post their photos and video sightings and then speculate on what they're seeing. >> i can't believe their planes. they they fly at a slow pace sometimes. and then there's such bright lights with the gree

. >> millions of people are expected to fly this holiday season, and as cb cotton reports, the tsa isthe holiday travel rush is on, and this year could be one for the record books. triple a says more than 119 million americans will travel at least 50 miles during the next two weeks, up 3 million from last year. >> plan ahead and be patient. give yourself all the time you need to easily navigate the holiday hustle. >> despite an increase in airfare, nearly 8 million of those travelers will be flying as usual, with big crowds expected. airlines advise getting to the airport at least two hours early. >> be ready for large crowds and extended wait times at both the airports and on the roads. >> tsa expects its busiest days will be the friday before christmas, and also several days after the holiday, and people can play an important role in making sure those long lines at security don't get bogged down while you're in that line. >> begin to think about removing things from your pockets, placing those items in your carry on bag so that it's all conveniently located in one spot. >> if you're

fox's cb cotton has more from new york. >> president elect trump continues to round out positions inhe nominated kash patel to serve as fbi director. >> kash patel will go in. he's very experienced, very intelligent, can't think of a better person to go in and lead the reform of the fbi than kash patel. >> patel is a former justice department prosecutor and a longtime ally who worked in trump's first administration. he's previously called for an overhaul of the fbi. >> kaspar tells only qualification is because he agrees with donald trump that the department of justice should serve to punish, lock up and intimidate donald trump's political opponents. >> patel's nomination means current fbi director christopher wray must either resign or be fired when trump is inaugurated. wray was selected by trump in 2017 to replace james comey, but fell out of favor, especially after the fbi searched mar-a-lago for classified white house documents in 2022. >> christopher wray has demonstrated too much independence and objectivity in the job. for donald trump. >> trump also nominated two family memb

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jon: wow, cb cotton in elizabeth, new jersey thank you. the boroughs of new york city has reported some drone sightings for joining us how congress will lead representing no coal. you must be hearing from your own constituents and his concerns over these drones. >> absolutely have seeing them myself what appears to be drones for the difference between a plane and a drone's drones have the ability to hover over a particular area. last night i thought multiple what appeared to be hovering pretty high up in the sky. the bottom line here is there coming out mostly after sunset. faa regulations does not allow for that. we are violating regulations because they're there coming or sunset and they leave before sunrise. so the question is, i don't believe they are commercial. they are either our government or a foreign government i would think if it was a foreign government with our military capabilities will be taking significant action but we need to believe without analyzing the information i haven't collected and doing my own research it does s

let's go to cb cotton who isin live outside the courthouse in new york city. cb? still hangs in the limbo now that they return on monday to debate if he is guilty of the lesser charge criminallym negligent homicide as mentioned the drug that dismissed the most serious charge second-degreey we manslaughter afterward saying they were deadlocked on it. around noon was when they announced they couldn't reach unanimous decision and the judgl gave what was called in alan charge when they urged jurors to go back and deliberate and tried to reach a verdict. the judge overseeing the trial said to jurors if you don't reach a decision on discharge a new trial will be sent with thee new jury but around 3:00 p.m. after the lunch hour they came deadlocked again there was debate between prosecutors and defense attorneys in the judge ultimately making a decision to dismiss thche top charge. since when do liberations began tuesday they asked to reviewey several pieces of video evidence in the case and parts in themo testimony and askenyd the judgeo review parts of the law. new ret

cb cotton has the latest. >> reporter: people are scratching their heads about this, there were moreal police are trying to figure out who is flying them. witnesses report seeing the drones every night since november typically between 5:00 and 11:00 pm. one family says the drone hovered above and inside the car jumped forward and back to normal after the car drove off. the woman who took this video tells fox she has seen drones come one after the other and sometimes in clusters. the first sightings started last month and were in northern new jersey, a 10 minute drive from donald trump's golf club. and a military manufacturing facility. run reports from southern new jersey and new york's southern most bureau, staten island. the residents are concerned mothers are just intriguing to. >> everybody has their theories but nobody knows what is happening. people see them everywhere. all the lights are flashing and you realize. >> reporter: phil murphy held a meeting with alejandro mayorkas and other state leaders trying to calm nerves writing on x we are monitoring the situation and in clos

fox news correspondent cb cotton in new york with the latest. >> still a lot of unanswered questions recent incident including how did the fire start? we do know the man suffered burns to his legs and body like the one killed after she was set on fire last week, he appears to be homeless. mta officers found the man burned around 8:00 last night and told police he was asleep and woke up on fire according to the new york post but sources say so far investigators have not found evidence else was involved. investigators are working to defy the woman tragically torched to death on a brooklyn subway train a week ago. the district attorney is investigators are making progress using advanced in your printing and dna testing. her accused killer now indicted on murder and arson charges eric adams directed nypd to explore bringing federal charges against them. ice issued a new immigration detainer was said new york city department of corrections indicated it would not be honored. >> the city not cooperating with ice to deport people in this country illegally wreaking havoc committing crimes, ou

cb cotton is live on this side of the courthouse in new york city. cb, what could the next steps look like work. >> hi coaches and head coach of the jury came back 30 minutes ago asking the judge for more clarity on how the law defines a reasonable person. that judge just explained that to jurors that they for that, sandra the jury deadlocked on the most serious charge in this case, second-degree manslaughter with potential prison sentence up to 15 years. at that pivotal moment in the trial, the judge gave an allen charge to jurors and explained to them if they don't reach a verdict, there will be a new trial with a new jury. the judges told the prosecution and the defense he will review case law to figure out how to instruct jurors on the lesser charge criminally negligent homicide. so far jurors want to review lots of video evidence in the case to include widely circulated video of the incident on the subway in may of last year. the high-stakes deliberation continues as penny's team jordan neely's father filed a civil lawsuit with negligence, assaul

cb cotton is live with the latest on the operations. >> hi, mike.than 72 hours out from the ball drop here in times square. you can see just how much effort goes into this. the iconic stages here for a lot of performances. everyone from carrie underwood. it seems like it will be a fun combo. we are also noticing all of these barricades set up for the estimated 1 million people that will gather here to watch the ball drop. at this point, as you can imagine, security preparations like a well oiled machine for the nypd because planning literally begins one year in advance. each year the nypd collaborates with multiple federal agencies to keep everyone safe. security perimeter around the entire times square area with multiple checkpoints to make sure that people are not bringing in prohibited bags or alcohol. this year, officers are on high alert following a christmas market attack in germany. on enforcement there say a saudi arabia national plowed his suv into a large crowd killing five people and injuring more than 200. the tragedy prompting the nypd