two americans, ryan corbett and william mcentee, who have been held in afghanistan, have been freed in exchange for a taliban member serving a life sentence in the united states. let's get more on this from alex marquardt. he's got the details for us. alex, how did this swap come together? what are you learning about? about it? >> well, kate, the biden administration had been working very hard on this, trying to get this done. it was supposed to unfold in the final hours of the biden administration at the 11th hour. but there was actually a delay, not just because of bad weather in both washington and kabul, but also because i'm told that the taliban actually wanted to delay this so that it happened during the early hours of the trump administration. and the trump administration could actually get some credit for this. >> now, ryan corbett and william mckenzie are on their way home right now. >> they were traded, as you said, for a member of the taliban who had been in u.s. custody for almost two decades. >> khan mohammed, we don't know too much about mckenzie. >> we were not tracking

i met with the corbett family repeatedly.iss their dad, and you could just feel it. and every time i met with them my heart went out and i said i have to do more and more and more. it's a moment we have all prayed for and hoped for. and thank god this day has finally come. what a blessing. what an amazing day. when i heard ryan's story from his family and listened to them as they pushed and pushed for his defense, i saw that even in the darkest moments, when hope seemed lost, the corbett family never gave up. they never got angry, never pointed fingers and called names. they kept persisting and persisting and persisting, and their beautiful, hard, unrelenting, patient persistent has paid off. i worked very closely with the corbett family to build bipartisan support for ryan's release. we brought attention to his imprisonment and made dozens of calls to elevate his case to the very highest levels of government. i want to thank president biden and his administration's negotiating team as well as my colleagues on both sides of t

trump as president biden is reportedly in talks with the taliban about swapping corbett and two otherisoner in guantanamo bay. >> it seems that the only person who can do this is president trump. >> last night, trump said he would make his feelings known about a potential deal today. >> i have not been in favor of the trades they have made. but i will be taking a look. >> no news on that just yet, bret. but we are getting some updates on those confirmation hearings so the senate will kick things off next week with pete hegseth for defense secretary as well as doug burgum for interior secretary and doug collins for v.a. secretary. bret? >> bret: we will have complete coverage here on fox. aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. thanks. president biden is taking steps to ensure migrants coming from some countries do not face immediate deportation he is extending what he calls temporary legal status for nearly a million immigrants inside the u.s. these are people from places such as venezuela and sudan. the order extends protection for deportation -- from deportation another 18 months. presi

corbett's family thanking both president trump and former president biden. >>> when we come back here tonight, we have learned a u.s. border agent has been shot and killed in the northeast. what authorities are now saying. >>> the new wildfire evacuations. this time, in san diego. and the winds now returning to l.a. >>> and tonight, we remember the last surviving member of a band you'll know. is steve. steve takes voquezna. this is steve's stomach, where voquezna can kick some acid, heal erosive esophagitis, also known as erosive gerd, and relieve related heartburn. voquezna is the first and only fda-approved treatment of its kind. 93% of adults were healed by 2 months. of those healed, 79% stayed healed. plus, voquezna can provide heartburn-free days and nights. and is also approved to relieve heartburn related to non-erosive gerd. other serious stomach conditions may exist. don't take if allergic to voquezna or while on rilpivirine. serious allergic reactions include trouble breathing, rash, itching, and swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat. serious side effects may include kid

ryan corbett has been trapped in afghanistan since 2022.ntil just yesterday. ryan's wife anna corbett joins us now exclusively after that conversation with president biden. thanks so much for joining us, anna. >> thank you for having me. >> you're welcome. i can't imagine what you are going through. i know that you have made 16 trips to washington, d.c. speaker johnson invited you and your three children to the state of the union address and you were there. you helped pass two resolutions, hopefully to bring ryan home. but you just heard from president biden yesterday. despite your efforts. have you been trying to get in touch with him for a long time. right? >> that's correct. been asking for a meeting. told promised i would meet with him directly and just on friday i was given the news that i would have a short call with him and that happened yesterday. >> ainsley: what was that conversation like? >> he was very kind and empathetic. but what i heard him say is that he is not bringing ryan home. and that was absolutely devastating because,

this was not a name we were tracking ryan corbett. we we know his story quite well. he and his family, including three kids, they're actually living in afghanistan for more than a decade before the before afghanistan fell to the taliban back in 2021. he returned to afghanistan in 2022. that's when he was detained. so certainly the pressure of the trump administration coming in, and this was acknowledged by a senior biden administration official. i spoke with, added pressure to the taliban. of course, now the trump administration will pick up this effort to try to get at least these two others. george glassman and mahmoud habibi out. there could be other americans as well. of course, we have heard president trump speak often about his desire to to to get americans home. >> and he will have a new special envoy for hostage affairs who will be leading that charge as well. alex. thank you. alex marquardt making good on his promises. after a day where president trump pardoned over a thousand. january 6th rioters, what other parts of his agenda will he look to carry out? we

let's speak to maia corbett, sanctuary manager at the redgate farm animal sanctuary.love so much? goats are actually naturally _ goats love so much? goats are actually naturally browsers - actually naturally browsers rather than grazers which mean they love to eat shrubs, trees, barking all sorts of different things. the christmas trees are particularly good for them because it has lots of vitamins c and there is tannins and pines that are a natural deworming for codes. as well as the health benefits it is great entertainment and crate for their teeth and a good treat for them this time of year. do they have _ for them this time of year. do they have to have their needles on, my tree has already lost half of its needles and i'm very unhappy with the one i bought this year, do they need to have the pine needles on them or can they be bare? i think the goats would prefer both but they will strip the bark as well as eating the needle but even 50% of the needles would be good for them. tell me more about what you've asked people to do. obviously people may not live where

the families of the try to meet with trump today hoping he can do something get corbett releases hads. president biden for years and were never able to get that meeting. we'll see what happens. parks alexis mcadams thank you. what senate is advancing first immigration related bill of the new congress that laken riley act. i sang for the 22-year-old georgia nursing student i was so savagely murdered by an illegal immigrant last year. that suspect found guilty convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. the bill mandates arrest and deportation in charge of crimes help the gop get their bill passed a procedural hurdle after the house already passed it. senate majority leader sean thune says about time. >> and actually very pleased to see with what we got a number t colleagues who have change their tune on this and allowed us to debate the bill quite frankly that's overdue. should have passed this last year to ensure it is kind of tragedy never happens again. >> partner at matt global strategies advise a lot of politicians including vice president-elect vance on a lot of issues. what y

to meet with the current national security adviser jake sullivan. >> anna corbett thinks trump can bringer husband home after president biden gave her bad news on sunday. >> what i heard him say is that he is not bringing ryan home. >> trump, meanwhile, has been busy holding court in mar-a-lago, meeting with everyone from alberta canada premier to john fetterman. according to "the washington examiner," trump called fetterman, quote: a common sense person, which is beautiful. trump also spent days attempting to unite different factions of the house g.o.p. conference in order to advance his agenda. one day mingling with spending hawks to the freedom caucus. telling republicans from new york, new jersey, and california, to find a number to increase state and local tax breaks. >> he agrees the cap on salt needs to be lifted. it did have a negative impact on states like new york on the report jack smith's team supreme court could weigh in. we could find out in the next couple hours tonight. bret? >> bret: details about inauguration day? >> that's right. so we found out that country superstar

ryan corbett was detained by the taliban in august of 2022 while on a business trip. statement thanked both president trump and president biden for their efforts in freeing him. it's not clear what william mcconstituency was doing in afghanistan when he was detained. the taliban prisoner cohen mond had been sentenced to two life terms in california on drug trafficking and terrorism charges. america's top diplomat on his first day on the job. marco rubio was confirmed by the senate last night as the secretary of state. big changes expected at foggy bottom. senior national correspondent rich edson is at the state department tonight. >> the yeas are 99. the nays are zero. >> after unanimous senate confirmation on inauguration day, secretary of state marco rubio introduced himself this morning to department employees. >> my sincerest hope and my prayer is that we will as a nation be able to leave the future generations with a country and a planet safer and better than the one that was left for us. >> hours earlier, rubio took the oath of office and then spoke in two langu

in a statement corbett's family thanked biden and the trump administration for "bringing him back homehat has been the most challenging and uncertain 894 days of our lives." the men were freed in exchange for khan mohammed, a taliban member who had been jailed in the u.s. on narcotics charges, since 2008. he arrived in kabul earlier today, a free man. in israel, two top generals resigned today over the military's failure to stop the october seventh hamas attacks. one was the top commander for southern israel and gaza, the other was lieutenant general herzi halevi. halevi is senior most israeli official to quit over the attack that killed some 1200 israelis and triggered the war in gaza -- now paused in a ceasefire deal. on the ground in gaza meanwhile, nearly 900 humanitarian aid trucks rolled in today as part of that agreement. in the southern city of khan younis, displaced palestinians lined up for food and essential supplies. >> after seven months, it is the first time i received a food basket from the u.n. but it is not enough, maybe only for a day or two. we need sheets for tents,

ronnie corbett if he's bored could flip them -- fine, did it.producer going, "you know that chair you had built?" i'm like, "yes." yeah, turns out that was quite expensive. [ light laughter ] so, if you could use it again, that would be really -- >> seth: more times? >> yeah, we had to play it for over weeks. so it must be about 12 years now, we use it every week. >> seth: gotcha. i mean -- and again, it is that you get bored and you pull -- but people seem to be really delighted about the moment they get flipped over. >> sometimes even if i say you can walk, they kind of go, "i want to be flipped." >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. [ light laughter ] sometimes i do see people sat in the chair, and it's awful, you know, larger audience members, and i think, will it work? [ laughter ] so, often i just let them tell their story. [ laughter ] >> seth: thank you for letting us behind the curtain of the chair. i have a lot more to ask you about your wonderful book. we'll be back with graham after this. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ got photos on your phone? you've

to have played a vital role, particularly in final negotiations that involved the release of brian corbett. the taliban, a member of the taliban, a member of the taliban was picked up on the battlefield in afghanistan and convicted of a life sentence for narcotics and terrorism charges. it seems it came down to the wire. it was not announced. the news came after midnight last night us time. it was not made public until the americans were out of taliban hands. ~ ., ., hands. we went through what trump part — hands. we went through what trump part two _ hands. we went through what trump part two means - hands. we went through what trump part two means in - hands. we went through what i trump part two means in various parts of the world. has he said much about afghanistan in the approach to the inauguration, and how he might deal with the taliban regime?— taliban regime? well, in his rall , taliban regime? well, in his rally. high — taliban regime? well, in his rally, high octane _ taliban regime? well, in his rally, high octane rally, - taliban regime? well, in his rally, high octane rally,

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. >> carley: good morning, this just in, former american hostages ryan corbett reuniting with his wife and three children after being held in afghanistan since august of 2022. look at that, so happy. ryan is one of two american prisoners traded for a taliban member who was serving life in prison in the united states. the deal was struck during the final hours of biden administration after two years of negotiation, back home on american soil. on capitol hill, you were talking about laken riley act. house is expected to vote on that today, 4:00 p.m. eastern time to mandate detention of illegal immigrant charged with crimes. 12 democrats joined republicans, republicans have been pushing for this since laken riley was murdered last year by an illegal from venezuela. the law would then go to the president's desk marking trump's first legislative win since returning to the white house. president trump revealing the message joe biden left him in a letter tucked away in the resolute desk. >> president trump: he wrote a nice letter, i can show it, it was a nice letter. just basically it was a l

. ♪ ♪ >> carley: to a fox news alert ryan corbett and william, two americans held in afghanistan aree after being traded for a taliban member who was serving to code terms of life in prison and the u.s. the deal was struck during the final hours of the biden administration after two years of negotiations. but the exchange was delayed until president trump took office due to weather conditions. >> todd: president trump is not confidence the israel/hamas cease-fire deal will hold through three phases to be back in charge and because of. >> carley: patrick lived until it they. hey good morning overnight president trump signed a series of executive orders in the oval office. he took the opportunity to speak with a small group of journalist as part of the extended press pool. trump made headlines discussing foreign policy, one of the biggest normalization between israel and saudi arabia possibly this year. >> u push israeli sabi and israel to have normal relations? i don't have to push them and it will happen but maybe not quite yet. it will end up being in the accords, abraham accords. s

americans detained in afghanistan released a prisoner swap after two years on the taliban's grasp ryan corbette finally free after being traded for a taliban member who is serving two life terms in prison in the u.s., the deal was struck during the final hours of the biden administration after two years of negotiating, the exchange was delayed until president trump took office due to weather conditions. the ohio state buckeyes defeating notre dame to win the college football national championship 34-23 last in atlanta this marks ohio state ninth national championship in the first since 2014 this was the first college football new 12 team playoff trump making a prerecorded video from last nights game is vice president jay deviance a huge ohio state fan and bill hemmer. vivek ramaswamy out as president trump's department a government efficiency that decision coming down yesterday he writes this on x it was my honor to support the creation of doge and company elon musk in team will succeed in streamlining government all have more to say about my future plans in ohio but most importantly were all

swaps here to this business in afghanistan and the prisoners george touring afghanistan 2022, ryan corbettytizing 1519 even though his family denies that and this highlights two things. americans held hostage in afghanistan despite what the biden administration has been saying. at the fact they may trade those folks for a high-level al qaeda operative is kind of reminiscent of the brittney griner for boots. >> it is, and president biden trying to compete with himself how many disastrous policies they can leave on president trump's doorstep january 202 20202020. we take more hostages and the adversaries are watching what president biden is doing and frankly, president obama was given the same opportunity to close gitmo. he promised 2008 you would do it here to even president obama came to the conclusion, it was totally responsible to do it and kept it open all eight years. joe biden supposedly the adult in the ramp has gone and release these guys. it is totally reckless in another example what donald trump will have to clean up. >> john: trump will be inaugurated less than two weeks and iss

one of the americans is ryan corbett who has been held hostage since august of 2022. home and be with his family. is he an amazing dad. and he said i feel bad for all that you're having to do for me and of course i will do everything i can i'm a mom. this is what moms do. and i want my children to have their dad back to be part of their lives. >> brian: the deal for ryan and the other hostage was struck during the final hours of the biden administration after two years of negotiation. but, the exchange was delayed until president trump took the office due to weather conditions. all right. and meanwhile to another alert. right now israeli security forces are carrying out a major antiterrorism raid in the west bank and hamas is call on palestinians to fight back. trey yingst is live in israel with more. trey? >> y., hey, steve, good morning. we are fog the developing news out of the west bank. there are real questions today with the new american administration how are the israelis going to operate across the region? we do know overnight president trump signed a series o

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ryan corbett and william mckenty release in exchange for taliban member in prison in the united statesfor drug charges. >>> fire crews in southern california making progress as winds calm down and state and local officials have pre-deployed fire crews who are ready to respond to flames break out. governor gavin newsom signed an executive order to speed up debris removal in the areas of the palisades and eaton fire. president trump is set to see that damage firsthand during a visit. that is planned for friday. it is still jaw-dropping what people are going through. trying to get back to normal in their lives. >> the time it will take to rebuild and resettle will not be an easy journey. we are thinking of them and, the wind is always a concern. how are things looking? >>> things are changing for the better right now. they are under red flag warning conditions as many wake up along those hills and i think 12 million people impacted by that. heading into this afternoon the winds are dying down and we notice that locally . we get it sooner than they do. yesterday we have wind gusts up to 45

that's' the wife of ryan corbett.e by the taliban since 2022 after he went out there for a business meeting in norb afghanistan. she's -- northern afghanistan. she's doing everything she can to try and get her husband home, so that's another push in this direction. we a take a live look at mar-a-lago where meetings are happening, so house are republicans from across new york, new jersey, california expected to meet today. we had a little bit of rain today. the sun is coming out, and those meetings do continue. trump wants his entire agenda to to be one big, beautiful bill, tying together immigration, energy and tax overhauls in that bill. thats d do -- this comes after his court hearing yesterday in new york city. he was given unconditional discharge. what does that mean? that means no jail time, no fine and no probation. trump says he is going to appeal this case. >> it's been a political witch hunt. it was tone to damage my reputation -- done to damage my reputation so that i'd lose the election and, obviously, that

talk about michael corbett is it is yeah, they posted this sign that reads closing soon at their store. inside separate discuss center mall there. joan joining growing list of stores that have left that former westfield mall michael kors. san francisco is directing its customers to their valley fair location in santa clara. not sure if they'll reopen somewhere else in san francisco, but we'll let you know if we find out. well as the city of san bruno continues, its search for a new police chief, retired san mateo police chief susan manheimer has been appointed to serve in the interim her 39 year career spans leadership at several bay area police departments including oakland and san leandro while serving in san detail, manheimer was driving force behind several county. why programs like the gang task force and the human trafficking task force. we'll see how she handles this job while they're searching for a permanent chief. >> celebration broke out in the streets of gaza and tel aviv to celebrate the israel and hamas agreement to a cease-fire. we just announced that deal here on the kr

ryan corbett's family says he's been a prisoner for 894 days.e is known about the other american freed william mckenzie. both are said to be on their way back to the u.s. this morning. >> the first stop former vice president kamala harris made after leaving office, was to altadena. yesterday, she visited a fire station to help hand out food to the community impacted by the fires. she met with volunteers and firefighters working on the front lines, and that included people working for world central kitchen, the nonprofit founded by chef josÉ andrÉs. they are distributing free meals to people in altadena and pacific palisades. >> i have, over the last two weeks, been a part of a lot of the work that has been about ensuring that los angeles will receive the federal support that it so rightly deserves. i was speaking with the chief about the fact that we actually did 100% matching funds, which is going to be very important for the rebuild and to help restore this vibrant community. >> harris says her home in brentwood is still standing. >> a cal fir

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the family of ryan corbett, an american arrested in 2022 in afghanistan has confirmed his release.n released. the trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. >>> more than 200 million americans are waking up today to brutal cold temperatures from the rockies all the way to the northeast. but the worst of it may be down south where a blizzard warning is now in effect for parts of texas and louisiana. states of emergency are also being declared in arkansas, mississippi. schools and businesses are closed throughout the region. in fact, in houston, all of the major airports have been shut down, so, we'll check back in with al to find out how long all this is going to last. >> the next 24 to 48 hours, guys, houston snowing right now. currently lake charles, the national weather service, the first time they issued a blizzard warning. 44 million people from texas, jacksonville, up to myrtle beach up to winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories. the snow getting itself going, as you can see. here are the impacts. between now and 11:00 a.m., houston 2 t

and we have jacob corbett, a there at the end, who is? the senior principal. a senior principal at rmi. so thank you so much for joining us for this great conversation. and i think we should start by a little bit from each of you about the perspective that you're bringing to this conversation around climate and how it's impacting homeowners of color. so i'm actually going to start with you, jacob. at the end. could you tell us a little about how you all at ami are approaching issues related to climate and protecting and preserving homeowners of homeownership for households of color? yeah, happy to. and thanks great to be here and got to keep it lively here at the end of the afternoon, lunch settles in for everybody. um, i, i'll start with this that i think there's a lot of things that we talk about in this space of when we think about does it mean to win. there's a lot of solutions talked about in this space. that means we're actually going fail. we talk about often we're faced with having to come up with short term solutions. if the short term solutions not a

the taliban says it exchanged the two prisoners, ryan corbett and william mckenzie, in exchange for aiban member who was serving a life sentence on federal narco terrorism charges. the deal was put together in the final hours of the biden administration. at least two other americans remain in taliban custody in afghanistan. now to the southern california wildfires and the return of strong, gusty winds. containment is increasing on the deadly palisades and eaton fires. the palisades fire is now 61% contained. the eaton fire is at 87% containment. officials have confirmed more than 14,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have burned. this comes as santa ana winds are kicking up again, triggering another red flag warning for the region. in san francisco, a group of musicians is raising money to help artists in southern california impacted by those fires. more than a dozen bands came out for a benefit concert at music city in lower nob hill. organizers are sending all the proceeds from the show to the nonprofit music cares. several of the musicians who performed at the benefit say th