and f.b.i. that have been weaponized, you look at letitia james literally campaigned on prosecuting donald trump. the fact is that our system of justice needs to be depoliticized. >> chatter about the pick of kash patel to lead the f.b.i. no meetings between patel and senators are scheduled yet. the term of f.b.i. director christopher wray does not expire until 2027. republicans believe the d.o.j. and f.b.i. need serious reforms. >> no secret to anybody, including chris wray that he is not going to continue to serve as the head of the f.b.i. under donald trump. listen, if you look at james comey and chris wray, there has never been a period in our nation's history where the f.b.i. has suffered a greater loss of respect. >> it is believed that pam bondi has the far better shot at senate confirmation than former a.g. nominee matt gaetz. confirmation of kash patel could be a wild card. confirmation hearings start in january. dana. >> dana: we'll be here for all of that as well. any moment now in ne

i think that the f.b.i.uild up the rank and file and president-elect trump said he relies on them and has a lot of faith in them. so the rank and time need to be -- feel good about their leader shirp and where they work. thank you so much. a story that is just beginning. we hope you will come back soon. >> thank you. >> martha: so straight ahead, a story exclusive. the two i.r.s. whistle-blowers who explored political influence in hunter biden's tax case. they were thwarted no matter what they tried to do to bring forward what they believed were felonies that were committed by hunter biden. they will respond to what happened. the pardon next. >> do you think it was an effort to protect biden and his family? >> there were hindrances that didn't allow us to follow through an investigation of any other individual to include president biden. jorge has always put the ones he loves first. but when it comes to caring for his teeth he's let his own maintenance take a back seat. well maybe it's time to shift gears on

outgoing f.b.i. director chris wray has been pressed on the f.b.i.'s role in january 6th and bureau's response. one clip from last year. watch this. >> asking whether the violence at the capitol on january 6th was part of some operation orchestrated by agents and the f.b.i. emphatically. not violence orchestrated by f.b.i. sources or agents. >> in a response to the d.o.j. watchdog the f.b.i. says the agency continues to work with the department of homeland security to secure the upcoming january 6th, 2025, electoral certification which has already been designated a heightened security event. >> bill: they'll have the fence up. david spunt, thanks. >> we should be doing some very urgent intelligence analysis and take them out of the skies especially if they are flying over airports or military bases. we should be shot down if necessary. >> dana: this is embarrassing. we look so clueless, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle demanding action. mysterious drone sightings spreading from the northeast to other states, bill. >> bill: also you have a potent

a poll in 1988 said the f.b.i. purpose was to spy on americans who disagreed with the government on policy. we've seen with both former obama as well as joe biden they have proven his point to be correct, right? and look, trump will receive some resistance from the deep state. we saw it during 2016. this time because he has the popular vote behind him he will be able to do more what he wants to do and learned his lessons from his first tenure in the white house as well. he can fire some political appointees. civil servants do have some statutory protections. what we saw on his way out of the first administration he issued an executive order reclassifying the civil servants making them at-will employees and more easily able to fire. i think we'll see his administration be creative in ways to gut the government of the deep state. >> harris: it brings about the one word we can't stop saying the accountability. when you have the ability to really assess someone's job performance and get rid of them and they don't have

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going forward the f.b.i.k with the department of homeland security specifically ahead of january 6, 2025, the next time the election is certified. martha? >> martha: thank you. let's bring in constitutional law attorney jonathan turley, fox news contributor. great to have you. whats is your reaction by michael horowitz? >> in some ways it raises more questions than answers. there were no under cover agents in the crowd. for others, there is going to be a lot of concern as to what the sources were doing there. only three of them were told to be there. the question is, really the other people. we have had cases in the past where the defense has argued that sources and agents have been extremely active in pushing people towards criminal conduct. we saw those allegations raised in the michigan case involving the governor there. i think that some defense attorneys may raise the question is why they weren't told if they weren't told, about the confidential sources that might have been involved with their own cases

f.b.i. witness at a hearing on tuesday of this week. >> you are telling me we don't know what the hell these drones are in new jersey are? is that correct? >> that's right. >> what can you tell us about what you guys do know? >> we do not know the particular specifics of what those drones are. >> is there still a possibility of there being a threat? at the end of the day that's my my constituents want to know. >> just mentions it concerns me we don't know the answer to the question yet. >> bill: the military and intelligence community unable to provide answers clearly despite a yearly budget of almost a trillion dollars. lucas tomlinson, north lawn of the white house is looking for answers. >> the pentagon says it isn't even investigating this leaving it to local cops to do it. norad and u.s. military northern command haven't been asked to i.d. these drones floating overhead. >> these not u.s. military drones. again, this is being investigated by local law enforcement. what our initial asses

including managing the f.b.i.'s tip lines, conducting background checks for firearm purchases, and maintaining rebust databases for information sharing. instead, regrettably, maga republicans called you here to drag you through the mud over a conspiracy theory because manually input data was pulled into one data table but not another. they are ignoring the bottom line that your most complete data set shows that reported crime decreased from 2021 to 2022. and this is why i want to spend the rest of my time talking about the excellent work that your division does and how your division helped kreu crime levels down -- helped bring crime levels down. can you discuss any recent initiatives or projects undertaken by the criminal justice information services division that has had a significant impact on the law enforcement community? mr. ferguson: thank you for that question. beginning of february of this year, in an effort to continue the increase in information sharing from the division and the tips we receive to our la

the department ofhomeland security and f.b.i. are investigating these sightings and working with state and local law enforcement to provide resources to better understand the origin using very sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities. we have not been able to and neither have local or state law enforcement authorities corroborated any of the visual sightings. upon review of imagery many of the reported sightings are manned aircraft being operated lawfully. the coast guard is providing support in the state of new jersey and confirmed no evidence of any foreign involvement. and there are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted airspace. we take seriously the threat that can be posed by unmanned air systems and law enforcement continue to support new jersey and investigate the reports even though they have uncovered no malicious activity or intent. while there is no known malicious activity occurring, it highlights a gap in authority. and we ask congress to pass important tha

the department ofhomeland security and f.b.i. are investigating these sightings and working with state and local law enforcement to provide resources to better understand the origin using very sophisticated electronic detection technologies provided by federal authorities. we have not been able to and neither have local or state law enforcement authorities corroborated any of the visual sightings. upon review of imagery many of the reported sightings are manned aircraft being operated lawfully. the coast guard is providing support in the state of new jersey and confirmed no evidence of any foreign involvement. and there are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted airspace. we take seriously the threat that can be posed by unmanned air systems and law enforcement continue to support new jersey and investigate the reports even though they have uncovered no malicious activity or intent. while there is no known malicious activity occurring, it highlights a gap in authority. and we ask congress to pass important tha

those two things would go hand in hand, i would think, because that's who the f.b.i. is. they investigate particularly already found guilty criminals. okay. at least they are supposed to. david freifriedman, former u.s. ambassador to israel. he was ambassador when former president trump incoming moved the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. so he is someone who keeps a close eye on things and here is what he posted. i'm not sure joe biden has fully considered the ramifications the pardon of hunter. it covers activities when joe was vice president. that would mean that hunter can't plead the fifth if asked about business dealings with ukraine and china including his dad's involvement. with this pardon he has no risk of criminal jeopardy. he has no excuse but to tell the truth and answer the questions. >> it is an interesting question and you wonder, though, if a creative defense attorney could say now he can't be forced to testify himself. there could be some kind of state investigation or prosecution im me indicated in information that he reveals and a presidential pardon

nonpolitical and this f.b.i. is a powerful organization which is easily abused and we have these 10-year terms and the f.b.i. director doesn't turn over with the president. and if donald trump wants to ruin that he should have to aggressively fire wray and open the door to what donald trump wants to do is not the right way to keep our institutions normal. amna: you saw the reporter on journalism in democracy i wrote, he would have had wray should have let him fire him. and your column, you wrote this. protecting the bureau and the country would be better achieved by standing up to trump and not enabling him. >> i agree 100% with david. this should be and has been an a political job. no one was fired except for one person who was scorned by the bush administration and fired by the clinton administration after an extensive finding of wrongdoing that may look minor in comparison to some of the things until donald trump came long and he has done it twice. but wray ka pit you lated and obeyed in advanced and without i

f.b.i. director chris wray says he will step down. what that means for the bureau and who might be in the job next? >> dana: turning the page on the biden-harris administration, voters see better times ahead after the election. can president trump deliver the goods? karl rove on that. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ woah, limu! we're in a parade. everyone customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. customize and sa— (balloon doug pops & deflates) and then i wake up. and you have this dream every night? yeah, every night! hmm... i see. (limu squawks) only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ there's something going around the gordon home. good thing gertrude found delsym. now what's going around is 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together. >> bill: this news now out of d.c. f.b.i. director christopher wray says he will step down from that job at the end of president biden's term. meanwhile kash pate

so focus eats on diversity the same problem happened at the f.b.i. we have lots of information about diversity. it took away from the mission of solving crimes. the secret service is doing protective detail. one mission when you are in the secret service. primary mission is protective detail. they do criminal investigations. when you are so focused on diversity and other distractions it is dangerous and no place for that in our law enforcement agencies. there were several failures. the reason that president trump is alive honestly is because of the good grace of god. that's what i truly believe. >> harris: nichole parker, great to see you, thank you. new developments in the very controversial election interference case against president trump. you see her there? look, fani willis is back in the news. fulton county, georgia, district attorney fani willis has refused the hand over court records -- records to the court related to her prosecution of donald trump. they are important. and manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is digging in for his case.

trump's pick to head the f.b.i. kash patel back on the hill today.dn't answer questions whether he would remain independent of trump whether he he might go after in the f.b.i. more and more senators aren't saying no. privately they're saying let the process play out. >> bill: we shall watch that. these hearings could be very interesting come january. thank you for that, okay. dana. >> dana: bret baier is anchor of special report. great to have you here. this is pete hegseth last night on hannity talking about his conversations with senator ernst who we had on last week. >> it was a great meeting. amazing advise and consent process. you hear how thoughtful and serious they are. joni ernst is front and center on that. able to have phone calls and meetings time and time again to talk over the issues is really important. the fact that she is willing to support me through this process means a lot. >> dana: if you think about senate nomination as a war, pete is winning the battles, the skirmishs. every day chipping away at it, bret. >> 100%. good morning.

the f.b.i. is investigating the crimes tied to a south american crime syndicate and increasingly targeting professional athletes across the country. they have cautioned players to install security systems and avoid live posting on social media when they are going out of town. the challenge is these players' schedules are very known. keeping those travels private will be a hard thing to do. >> bill: we'll see what comes from it. the first 911 call literally came in at the same time as the kickoff. like 8:15 p.m. that's scheduled on espn. >> dana: it should be a crime that's relatively easy to solve. let's go, guys, let's get it done. get you to this as well. mysterious drones infiltrate american airspace. what's going on? frustration and anxiety growing over a lack of answers and raising the question are these unmanned aerial systems posing a threat to the u.s. homeland? welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. speaking of easy answers, right? you

the f.b.i.e to support the once-hailed conspiracy theory and yet not given access to president biden. >> aishah: the illegal immigrant charged with setting a woman on fire in a new york city subway heads back to court today. the mayor pushing for the feds to get involved with this one. that's ten birthdays, ten first summer swims, ten annual camping trips. at the farmer's dog, we don't think that's long enough. that's why our freshly made food comes pre-portioned just for your dog. because a dog at a healthy weight could live a longer, happier life. [dog barks] ♪ >> griff: the illegal immigrant charged with setting a woman on fire in a new york city subway heads back to court today. at the same time we're learning mayor adams wants federal prosecutors to get involved. nate foye has the latest outside the supreme court. good morning, nate. >> griff, good morning. a court hearing is scheduled for today for the defendant who is the illegal guatemalan migrant accused of setting a woman on fire and k

f.b.i.drone sightings in new jersey. lucas tomlinson is live on capitol hill. good morning, lucas. >> good morning, mike. that classified briefing here on capitol hill led by pentagon officials is underway at the classified conference room behind me. many republicans want to know why the need for secrecy to discuss this topic especially with many people concerned in the public. we spoke to some of those congressmen earlier. >> why is secrecy if it's no big deal and there is nothing there? why hide it from the american people? because i'm not a mathematician. that doesn't add up. >> you will see a lot more transparency. the pentagon is going to be very -- they will be very nervous about trump and they should be. because they haven't passed an audit. >> this classified briefing is taking on more urgency after the f.b.i. is investigating drone flights across central new jersey and asking the public for help. they've taken place near a research military manufacturing city and the golf club of do

he has a long list to do at the f.b.i. and transform them. i want him to know the drone department in the f.b.i. headquarters and drone office in f.a.a. need an overhaul. they are policies setting the conditions for gaps in our own defenses. the leaders need to be fired and start bringing in the real experts who can come in and bring the proper electronic warfare systems and give people the right authorization to detect. it is getting out of hand. >> harris: you expedited the message. clip it and put it everywhere. and i would think that the present biden-harris administration might want to take note of what you just said, too. here is what most disturbs me out of what you said. zero ability to control and will, zero ability and will to control our own airspace. what do you think our enemies will make of that? >> exactly. they are paying attention, harris, make no mistake. even if this isn't adversarial are enemies are watching and laughing at the gaps. my sorcerers in the industry tell me these drone incursions are happening almost every oct

that can oftentimes include the f.b.i. you a former f.b.i. guy. what do you look for? er >> early warning indicators, if you will. as paul appointmented out they will delve into the electronic media evidence. and a lot of that is stored up in the cloud, in different storage backup areas that can be subpoenaed. takes time to do that. you triage the family, friends, social media postings. i think from my experience, the best way, your best chance to prevent put the early warning system in schools. is someone being bullied? notice about a student. threat behavior changes and assess the potential threat. is somebody at home willing to say something or friends and family willing to stay something to contribute to that overall early warning system you will? i just think the f.b.i. is good at that sort of thing. they have done studies on the school shootings. and i think in each instance, there's been some sort of red flag if you will. >> neil: paul, back to the weapon here, supposedly a 9 millimetre handgun. there were no metal detectors there and that is small gun. and not

i was f.b.i. in new york, new jersey. in 2013 when ms-13 members were moving there. that tren de aragua has set up presence there is not a shock to me. they were lying to us. heather morris set up a public affairs camera outside these buildings where the home invasion occurred months ago and said there is nothing to see here. we have no problem. while they are interviewing people on camera. police officers are going door-to-door. it is completely bogus what was being done in colorado to all the constituents and to all the people in this country. the problem is in the previous administration under the trump administration the f.b.i. and e.r.o., icro was capable of attacking these gangs. ms-13 and other organized crime organizations. under the biden administration their hands were tied. didn't have the tools to utilize. hopefully going into this new administration, you know, we can attack them properly. it is a clear and present danger to the united states and national security. >> bill: you were aware of this in 2015, nine

it was also the radical catholic memo from the f.b.i. paulette harlow, 76-year-old. she is sitting in jail right now two year sentence for being in front of an abortion clinic standing peacefully. her husband is devastated and thinks she will die in jail. hunter biden gets a pardon. a lot of people don't understand the disparity. the legacy of injustice will sear into the minds of people. >> dana: president trump knew it was coming. bill melugin asked him about this. watch here. >> you've talked about wanting to unify the country if elected. if you're president again in the name of unity would you consider pardoning hunter biden? >> well, i wouldn't do anything that would be overt in terms of hunter. it is a sad situation. i will bet you the father probably pardons him. let's see what happens. but he is a bad boy. >> dana: he anticipated it would happen. andy, what about the fact that biden and just insisted and through his spokesperson insisted that no one was above the law. they said over and over again. unfortunately for them i don't think anybody believed them an

when i was an f.b.i. agent i car eft $2 million worth of liability insurance in case somebody sued me. it is time for prosecutors to face the same types of penalties. the bar association won't do it. it is run by the left and they won't call these people to account. i think a civil liability on the part of prosecutors who abuse their office, it is time for that to happen. >> harris: bobby and kerry, i say every day i learn something new every day. you are hitting it from the funding and money and let's make it fair and make the political-leaning prosecutors basically pay like a doctor has to have mal practice. great to see you both. thank you for all the information. well, fox news will get the first televised sit-down with daniel penny. judge janine pirro will be here for the newly acquitted daniel penny with an exclusive interview on fox nation. you can watch some of what we're calling a first look clip on "the five" later today. 5:00 p.m. eastern and the entire interview will be on fox nation tomorrow

pam bondi, kash pat el to lead the f.b.i. you go all around the horn with these cabinet picks and so impressive and especially when you look at 2024 versus 2016. president trump has his cabinet in place and they all believe in the agenda. he will bring real change to washington. >> trump will be making his first northern trip as president-elect. he announced last night he will be in paris on saturday where he will attend the reopening of the iconic notre dame cathedral. it has been restored after we all remember that huge fire five years ago partially destroyed part of it. we'll send it back to you. >> bill: good opportunity to have a conversation with a french leader behind closed doors. thanks. >> blaming really looking at what truly happened. >> we'll audit everything. we'll audit the campaign and future forward and audit the dnc. >> we need a complete reboot with the dnc and need a complete rebranding. >> bill: days of reckoning for democrats. the party looking for a way forward after historic losses in november. >> dana:

there are still 100 leads the f.b.i. is following up on.g investigation continues. >> harris: you see the problem with that, right? nice guy but come on, s.u.v. -size drone lawful? so if they know it's lawful they know exact will i what it is, which is what trump said yesterday. how can you tell if it's lawful? does it have a payload. can you tell that from the ground? another question. is white house national security communications advisor john kirby there trying to calm people down? it's not working. anger and worry at president biden and all his administration over mysterious drone sightings from coast to coast. officials from the f.b.i., national intelligence directors office and c.i.a. will now be in a briefing today. they will be briefing members of the house intel committee behind closed doors. the drones, as you know, were first spotted over new jersey and high numbers of them. quickly we saw activity starting to spread across america and has now reached california. by the way, vander berg air force base has the space force there.

f.b.i. there are so many organizations involved. and it does affect the logistics because depending on how the lead federal agency wants to establish the security, we have to make sure we can adjust or plan in order to provide the logistical support we need and still get into the perimeter if you will. so, there are unique challenges, but that's why we have been planning there for almost four years and been earnest with our partners sense may of this year looking a the this real closely. back to the other question, the department of defense has a long history since 1789 providing support to the inauguration. that is because the president being sworn in as the new commandser in chief -- commander in chief. it is where we render honors to incoming commander and chief and as was touched on, it is the professionalism of or military. -- of our military. our military is to provide ceremonial escort and honors to the incoming president and i hope that the american people take away the professionalism and obligation that the u.s. mill there

what is really tragic or frustrating to us in congress is that the f.b.i.wn about this since the beginning of november and we're getting informed just like with the chinese spy balloon after the public sees it and raises concerns. that's really unacceptable. we're a co-equal branch of government. constitution is clear. they should have been communicating with us a lot sooner. it is worse than just here in the u.s. we've had it happen in germany over our air base there. the d.o.d. has the authority to shoot these things down. north com has the authority to shoot them down. nothing yet has happened. you can't find out what these things are until you get one in your hands. you have to get it, hack it and download the data. that's the only way to discover it. dhs and d.o.j. and d.o.d. have the authorities. they just haven't acted. >> dana: do we have the capabilities? >> yeah, we have the capability, of course. we've learned a lot from the conflict in ukraine. we're doing it at the border. dhs has 2500 incursions last year and we can take them down at the borde

people don't trust the f.b.i. or department of justice to be impartial and non-political institutions. to me that's the most important thing pam bondi can do. i know she is committed to doing that and intend to do everything i can to help her >> martha: exciting day in washington. everybody is expecting a big shake-up to happen thanks to musk and ramaswamy and the senators on board. day three right now of the jury deliberations in the daniel penny trial as we swing our attention right here to new york city. we could get a verdict in the penny trial at any minute so stay tuned for that. debate over children getting medical treatments to change their gender. one detransitioner has this to share. >> a decision that will effect not only the entire development of fizzically, developmentally and reproductively is completely ridiculous. >> martha: she would know and has been through it herself. parents and doctors have encouraged changes before the age of 18. the supreme court looking into the constitutionality whether o

the f.b.i.s the lead on this case and we'll try to follow everything that we can starting today again. >> dana: rich edson will tell us a little more about president-elect donald trump'sing to announce his former lawyer alina habba joining the white house team as counselor to the president as trump outlines an aggressive agenda for his incoming administration on m"meet the press" and confirming he wouldn't tell the justice department to prosecute the bidens. he names his former lawyer. let's go to rich edson. hi. >> good morning, dana. the president-elect is filling out a state department here named a number of officials to work under the secretary nominee marco rubio. they include christopher lon do you, ambassador to mexico. michael needham former chief of staff for senator rubio as counselor for the state department and michael anton to serve as the director of policy planning. the president-elect is laying out an aggressive start to his administration. he told "meet the press" he is going to

the f.b.i. and d.h.s., f.a.a. and department of defense put out a joint statement yesterday reading we have not identified anything anomalous and don't assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in new jersey or other states in the northeast. federal drone detection technology and trained drone spotters are on the ground in new jersey. governor phil murphy said so far they haven't found any evidence of something threatening. he added the technology is powerful enough to disable a drone. that is illegal in the united states. he told reporters there were 12 drone sightings on saturday in new jersey and just one drone sighting on sunday. he also called on congress to give states more authority to defend against drones. right now that authority lies predominantly with the federal government. we'll send it back to you. >> dana: i'm not sure if that's passing the buck or not. thank you so much. joining us for more is michael shellenberger, the founder of p

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so right now the f.b.i.s and tips as these see additional drones which were expecting here shortly, we are told by local authorities that the busiest time of night is between 5. and 11:00 p.m. so the drones should be coming out in half an hour. >> neil: they are time it that way. thank you very much for that. i don't know if you watch the drama on capitol hill, not talking about the cabinet thing with donald trump, talking, about airline executives who are corralled to explain record high fees, particularly for sears on their planes. they are getting billions of dollars for it. kelly has more. kelly? >> reporter: hi, neil. executives from american united, delta, spirit and frontier, testified today. their report finds that the five airlines i just mentioned, garner 12.4 billion in revenue from just seat fees between 2018 to 2023. seats are definitely a money-maker but bags are king on the budget airlines. frontier and spirit paid $26 million to their gate agents to detect people's sneaking on to the jet brid

the f.b.i.'s involved. what is the pentagon doing? sabrina: sure.at this time -- so, aware of those drone sightings that have been reported. at this time we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity. or the work of an adversary. we're going to continue to monitor what is happening but, you know, at no point were our installations threatened when this activity was occurring. reporter: can you rule out that these are american drones or military drones? sabrina: these are not u.s. military drones. again, this is being investigated by local law enforcement. what our initial assessment here is that these are not drones or activities coming from a foreign entity or adversary. reporter: representative jeff van drew who is a republican from new jersey was just on the air saying that iran launch administership probably about a month ago -- a mothership probably about a month ago that contains these drones and that mothership is off the east coast of the united states. is there any truth to that? sabrina: there is not any truth t

open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks eminent as warned by the f.b.i. trump will re-institute existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. merry christmas, chaplain kibben. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. quigley: thank you, madam speaker. today, as in every day, we open the house with the pledge of allegiance and the words with liberty and justice for all. but some of our nation's greatest ills have come from moments when we have chosen to make exceptions to all. right now there are those who once again make exceptions. this time by carving out transgender communities by targeting them for discriminatory policies. to those crafting these policies, every economic challenge shifting culture and electoral loss can be blamed on a small minority population, one or another.

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where the f.b.i. arrested her.r ankle monitor in an attempt to flee the u.s. set to appear before a federal judge today. she is on the move. at least trying to. >> dana: where does she want to go? if she doesn't want to be in the states maybe we can help her get somewhere. a month after losing the election senate democrats are unveiling a bill to abolish the electoral college. some of the far left putting out a press release a group of senate democrats introduced a bill to abolish the electoral college restoring democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone. joining us now is fox news contributor karl rove. does that mean they want trump to win? >> i'm mystified. since we have had the electoral college since the creation of the constitution that we've been undemocratic since 1787? what kind of lunacy is this? why are we wasting our time on this? you know what chance this has of passing? i want to be on the good list so it is no chance in heck. this would require the approval of

we are working with the f.b.i.are still workings with the pennsylvania state police and altoona police department and see if there are other people involved. >> neil: chief i know he was in manhattan last week. but he did seem to know or could have found out easily mr. thompson's schedule and where he was going to be. he was staying just across the street from the hilton hotel where he was gunned down, but could anyone on the inside there have shared information with him. >> once again, part of the investigation, we know from what -- looking at the manifesto that he had, that he was aware that this convention was taking place. and when we did our research we saw that it was publicly sourced on the website. so he knew this conference was taking place. >> neil: if it were another health company or insurance concern, any past he had with united health care in general? >> he does mention the company specifically and mentions he was going to come to this conference. >> neil: a lot of c.e.o.s -- thompson was c.e.o. of th

plots have been exposed and stopped by the f.b.i.rmed he was a victim of an iranian hacking operation but heard it is not clear if any important information was compromised. meanwhile attorney general pam bondi, the nominee, has multiple priorities if she is confirmed and when she becomes the nation's top law enforcement officer the border, immigration judges, the flow of illegal drugs, china and iran. under the previous trump justice department under bill barr there was a china initiative rooting out chinese espionage. will there be an iran initiative? possible. bondee met with senators last week. patel is on the hill this week. wray, who trump hired in 2017 has yet to announce his plans. it is clear his days are numbered. >> bill: intriguing days, wow. david, thank you. you will take us through it. david spunt in d.c. thanks. >> are you going to go after joe biden? >> i am looking to make our country successful. not look to go back into the past but make our country successful. retribution will be through success. i look to bring p

reporter: [inaudible question by the media] wondering the time line between december 6th, when the f.b.inaudible ] a missing person called in by luigi's mother. were you aware of this? >> martha: we are back. so obviously breaking news as we have been watching d.a. alvin bragg describe the charges surrounding -- that are against luigi mangione. this the suspected kil killer brian thompson. i'm joined by paul marrow who is just an invaluable source when it comes to understanding the charges. so paul, we were talking before this and you were giving me a bit of insight into this. there is murder one and two counts of murder two. explain this sort of unique nature of the murder one charge here. >> so in new york state, people saw when they originally put out what the charges they were going for, had murder two and everybody murdered that as a down charge, which is not the case. murder one is very specific in new york. killing of a cop. a fireman and performance of duty. a an emt, killing a witness amurder for hire. there is a specific set of suscepts that qualify for murder one. one of the s

>> reporter: so, kas patel if he is indeed confirmed for the f.b.i. point of prosecution, different jurisdiction than what we can do, ari, it can be costly for anyone who has to defend themselves or just lawyer up and get ready. i will point out that donald trump has gone after the very well known polster, ann seltzer. she is popular in ohio. she had a poll showing harris up in iowa ahead of trump. now, we all know trump won the election but donald trump has gone after her, her polling firm, the des moines register, the newspaper and its parent company, here is what is chilling. he is going after them for violations of the iowa consumer fraud act. right, we are not talking about freedom of the press here going after something else. this is what authoritarian leaders in other countries have done to silence journalists, not suing them for defamation but go after them in other way that can be hard to legally fight off and deal with. >> howard, i am curious what you see here in the political side of this. these are political efforts to change how people a

new jersey governor has been meeting with the f.b.i. for you and congress and your capacity, the main concern is that there has been no transparency from the federal government. would you want to take action on this matter if you are not able to get information at this time in. mr. jeffries: we need a greater degree of transparency from our law enforcement authorities and make sure that happens in the days and weeks to come. reporter: with regard to the ndaa, i know there are a lot of poison pills that democrats are against, can you elaborate on that? mr. jeffries: with respect to the current vision, the attacks on reproductive freedom have been removed and diversity, equity and inclusion have been removed and that's a victory for the values important to the american people that democrats strongly support. reporter: the treasury department ha been asking for language to protect inflation reduction language in the i.r.s. and $20 billion doesn't remain frozen. is that what democrats been advocating for? mr. jeffries: protecting the provis

you have kash patel at f.b.i. what are you hearing from florida on all of this now, bret? >> bill and dana, good morning. first of all, the desantis thing is real. this is coming from the president-elect himself we're told. multiple sources saying he has talked about it and he had that as bill mentioned direct conversation with governor desantis about the possibility if pete's nomination falters or he withdraws. that he would be another possibility and there is interest, we're told. here is what it comes down to. it comes down to numbers on capitol hill. you heard that hegseth met with senator roger wicker, a very quick meeting. he is the incoming chairman of the senate armed services committee. the most important meeting perhaps today for pete hegseth was senator joni ernst scheduled today. she expressed not committing to supporting hegseth. you have three senators that could vote against him and still get through. the number we're told is about six, maybe even seven. gop nos, that's an uphill climb. hegseth took to x today saying i'm doing it for the war fighters, the le

nichole parker, former f.b.i. special agent, fox news contributor is with me now to talk a little bit about what we learned at the heart of all this, nichole, a lot of questions about the tree lighting that is set to begin tonight and it starts at 7:00 p.m. and several hours to try to catch the suspected killer. they have light at 10:00. you have upwards of a million people in one location two blocks from where i sit, four blocks from where the hit happened on the ceo of the united healthcare insurance. they are looking for the killer. would you cancel that? what do you do with the tree lighting? >> i think what nypd has spoken clearly is that they do have the highest level of security and people all hands on deck right now and want to give reassurance to new yorkers this does appear to be a targeted attack. based on this press conference it was an excellent press conference with a lot of information they provided. i myself based on my experience do believe it is also a targeted attack. any time there is a person