mike. >> mike: garrett tenney, live in chicago. thank you very much. >> molly: incredible development here . former president trump has been removed from the 2024 ballot in maine. the democratic secretary of state issued the decision late last night. her 34-page ruling cites the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment. maine splits its electoral college votes. this is important. could be a crucial state in next year's election. trump took one of the four electoral votes in 2020. she made this move unilaterally. one state republican lawmaker is outraged. >> with this edict bellows has disen franchise eid maine voters with this partisan news. our nation is a republic. maine is made up of citizens. >> molly: let's bring in karrie. this is amazing. the secretary of state herself notes i'm mindful that no secretary of state has done this. besides making this as a unilateral decision, is she making herself in essence a judge and jury as far as insurrection comes? president trump hasn't been charged or convicted of this. >> taking away

garrett tenney is live in chicago with the latest on that. garrett. >> this holiday party was meant to focus on unity among democrats. instead i highlighted the growing divide over the war between israel and hamas. several dozen pro-palestinian protestors pushed their way into a party democrats were putting on in detroit saturday night in order to confront democratic congressman over his support for israel. but things quickly got physical as party goers tried to push the protestors out and accused them of causing chaos and mayhem. some of this video is graphic. you can see at least one woman, a democratic activist hospitalized after suffering two black eyes and a bloody nose. it did not stop there. after protestors were removed, though, video shows them pounding on the windows of the restaurant continuing to chant cease-fire now. a few hours later some of the protestors then showed up outside the congressman's home in the middle of the night honking their horns and yelling at him on a bull horn. he said neighbors called police but the crowd to

lydia hu look he is at the impact in new york but we begin with correspondent garrett tenney who explains crisis is spreading outside of major cities. garrett, good evening. >> yeah. trace, good evening to you. the migrant crisis is no longer just a border city problem or a sanctuary city problem. it is now a growing concern for the suburbs as well. >> there is some doocious that we should not open. >> it's the physical security threat. it's a health threat. >> i don't even know how we could consider taking this on because the city of chicago cannot handle her. >> this week the village of he will burn outside of chicago became a growing number of suburbs taking action to try to mitigate the fallout of the migrant crisis. >> when they show up at our station fine let's get them on the train and downtown. >> at least 10 chicago suburbs have passed new rules to prevent migrants from being dropped off in their towns after democratic mayor brandon johnson cracked down on migrant busing to flow of migrants coming to his sanctuary city. groups like this one in venezuela are being dropped off in t

garrett tenney is live in chicago to unpack all of this for us. good morning, garrett. >> good morning. chicago is spending around $40 million a month on the migrant crisis that could go for any number of things across the city. a lot of folks are really upset the mayor continues to say chicago will welcome anyone who wants to come. because the migrants are taking him at his word and they are coming. this month mayor brandon johnson and city council approved tougher penalties for buses if they don't give the city a heads-up if they're coming. if they drop off migrants outside of working hours. that has led to 96 citations so far and at least one bus being impounded. texas started sending buses to the suburbs where migrants make their way into chicago. but now suburbs like aurora are passing their own regulations the try to not get caught up in the fallout of chicago's sanctuary city status. >> aurora is not in the position to be long-term care for anyone coming into this city. i'm the mayor here. my job is to take care and provide for the residents

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>> bret: garrett tenney in chicago. thanks.altimore police department now requires its officers to complete a course on empathy. the program teechesz the basics of brain science by examining the relationship between thoughts, feels, and actions. the programs could become more common at police departments around the country as more resources are being dedicated to addressing mental health. up next, we look at concerning new trend where fake emergency callers attempt to send swat teams to the homes of lawmakers, so-called swatting. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. wsvn in miami where a bagel shop falls victim to third act of vandalism in recent months in the latest incident a man is seen on surveillance video stealing an american flag, earlier this year two vandals destroyed two pro-israel signs at that restaurant. fox 5 in atlanta where the post travel travel rush begins at the world's busiest airport. about 3.3 million travelers are are expected to fly through jacksonville hartfield before jan

garrett tenney is live in chicago. good morning, garrett. >> good morning to you.f the shootings was at a train station saturday night. a man with a knife got into an argument with another person and was shot. those 19 shootings over the weekend add to the more than 2300 so far this year. a stat the mayor is touting considering it's a 13% drop from last year along with murders. violent crime overall is still up 17% and when you look at where the city was pre-pandemic before homicides reached their highest levels in a quarter century it shows there is a long way to go. crime is up almost across the board led by carjackings that have more than doubled in the past four years. mayor brandon johnson played lori lightfoot for a lot of the problems he is facing including crime. his recently unveiled safety plan is very similar to what lightfoot tried to do the curb crime by focusing on the city's most dangerous neighborhoods with police but with more resources and investments in those areas. >> unfortunately for too long this country has had an addiction on incarceration,

garrett tenney. another big urgent story we're telling you about, this one more alarming and concerning. not crowds at airports but more like a surge at the border that continues. we've been telling you about the numbers that we urge you to write in pencil because they get bigger and bigger by the day. bill melugin in lukeville with the latest. bill? >> neil, it's just none stop out here. you can see over my shoulder, groups of adult men that have crossed illegally. we pan off to the right. more illegal immigrants coming in that just crossed through a hole in the border wall. they appear to be more family units, parents with little children. we have been seeing a lot of the families coming in from mexico and ecuador. most of the adult men come in from africa. we want to show you what it looked like early this morning. take a look at this video. we were out here after sun rise when a massive group of over 700 people crossed illegally after coming through another breach in the border wall. border patro

garrett tenney takes a look at some of those kodak moments. >> runaway cars, inmates and bears, oh myme jaw dropping moments and cameras captured them all. like this deer who gave santa's sleigh team a run for its money when he jumped several feet in the air right into the bed of a pickup truck. actor will farrell may have a new career as a d.j. after taking a spin at his son's frat party. these folks could try their hand at the nfl after tackling robbers in the street and on the playground. mother nature was captured buckling roads, stirring dust devils and picking up powerful surf as the hurricane made landfall. u.s. jets shot down a spy balloon. bears were seen raiding kitsch tense, trucks and dumpsters. while a 10-foot alligator took a dip in a backyard pool. a thief dressed like a rob it got in on the action. not the most magical place on earth who broke into disney world's magic kingdom and several rides had to close. >> come over here. >> las vegas police made arrest and bringing an end to a decades long investigation and this inmate crab walked up the walls of a pennsylvania p

>> rich: garrett tenney in chicago. garrett, thank you. today in observation of christmas. up next, our whatever happened to segment on protesters getting major payouts after the death of george floyd in 2020. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 31 in denver as a christmas eve shooting resulted in the death of one man and three people injured in a mall in colorado springs. police say they detained multiple people during the incident. fox 35 in orlando in a story straight of home alone 2 as criticism mounts for spirit airlines a 6-year-old boy ended up at the wrong airport. his grandmother said she drove three and a half hours to pick him up at the airport in orlando when he was supposed to arrive in fort myers. the grandmother says she has not heard from the airline except for an apology via text. this is a live look at detroit from wjbk where christmas came early for the motor city as their nfl team are headed to the playoffs after clinching the nfc north title sunday. it will be the

as fox's garrett tenney reports, so far, the christmas rush is going smoothly, even with big crowds oflers on the move. >> oh my god, a holiday. it's waiting for us in amazing spots. >> we're just four days away from christmas, and this is expected to be one of the busiest travel periods of 2023. but the tsa claims it's ready to take on the 2.5 million passengers anticipated every day until january 2nd. holiday traffic could peak on thursday, with almost 49,000 flights in the us. here at o'hare airport in chicago, there anticipating about 4% more travelers than last year. but even santa says things are running smoothly. >> everybody's a little anxious. people are worried about after last year's travel experience to this year's travel experience, everything's going good for the most part. >> even the weather seems to be cooperating. delays and cancellations remain lower than pre-pandemic levels, but with plenty of folks hitting the skies, officials are urging travelers to get to the airport at least two hours ahead of time. >> i'm excited to get home for christmas and, um, and yeah, i j

in chicago, i'm garrett tenney. ktvu fox two news.ying with mental health now to some somber, somber numbers this morning. >> data from the cdc shows that nearly 50,000 people took their own lives last year, which is the highest number ever recorded in the us between 2007 and 2021. suicide rates among americans ages 10 to 24 rose 62, and in 2021, it was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10 to 14. joining us now is dr. sri bhasker, who's a child psychiatrist from kaiser permanente, san leandro medical center. doctor welcome. this is obviously very concerning. what has changed in the last short period of time relatively, that has made children more susceptible to taking their own lives? >> thank you for having me here. and this is an extremely important topic. it is very, very concerning knowing that there have been significant number of increases in the suicide rates in children a few years ago, the sum of the agencies, american academy of child adolescent psychiatry and american academy of pediatrics. et cetera. they m

garrett tenney is at chicago's o'hare, on what he is seeing. >> reporter: airports will be busy for the next week. aaa expects this holiday travel season will be the busiest on record going back to 2000. today is expected to be the busiest in the skies with nearly 49,000 flights according to the faa followed by tomorrow at 44,000. the good news is so far today, things are working smoothly, some delays a few dozen cancellations and that's a huge relief for folks who were worried about a repeat of widespread cancellations we saw last year. >> absolutely. a holiday is waiting for us. >> get tsa pre-check. i'm not concert with united but get it. it makes everything easier. >> everybody is a little anxious and worried after last year's travel experience. everything going good for the most part. >> reporter: santa told us they have done a lot of work. hiring workers, and upgrading equipment. with military airspace to keep traffic moving. tsa anticipates 2. 5 million people going through security every day from now until january 2nd, give your self a little extra time for security even if you'

garrett tenney is in chicago where texas is sending hundreds of migrants. >> this growing crisis thenctuary city mayors face the realities of their policies. for months mayor johnson said anyone who want to come are welcome. after receiving 30,000 migrants in the last year, the progressive mayor is starting to change his tune and acknowledges there are practical limits to those promises. >> we have infrastructure in our local communities that are not designed to carry such a burden. local municipalities are not structured to be able to carry the weight of a crisis like this. and without a coordinated operation, this is going to crush local economies because there is a financial responsibility that we have all taken on. >> a growing number of chicago suburbs don't want anything to do with the crisis the windy city is facing. 60 miles southwest of the city in that county officials put up the sign along the highway saying no migrant buses. directing the buses to keep going to chicago. that comes after buses started dropping migrants off in the suburbs to then take trains into the city a

garrett tenney live in chicago now with more this morning. garrett, what's happening there?chicago mayor brandon johnson isn't telling migrants to stay away but trying to make it more difficult for texas to send him here. they approved tougher penalties for buses if they don't give the city a heads-up that they are coming and if they drop migrants off at non-sanctioned locations. that's led to at least 96 citations so far and one bus being impounded. so over the last couple of weeks texas started sending buses to the suburbs where migrants then make their own way into the city. but that is putting a strain on sub suburbs that don't want to be caught up in it and are sending migrants to the windy city. >> i have spoken with the mayor's office in chicago and expressed to them that based on them opening their arms and saying that they are a welcoming city in this particular case, we are going to forward folks. that's their final destination to chicago. >> several others have passed own ordinances to try to keep migrants from being dropped off or housed in their towns. chicago s

garrett tenney live in chicago at o'hare international airport. rrett. >> good morning to you. aaa expects this holiday season to be the second busiest they have ever seen and today is expected to be the busiest at airports. the faa is predicting 49,000 flights today and nearly 44,000 tomorrow. that uptick in flights has a lot of people nervous given what happened last christmas with thousands of flights getting canceled. airlines have taken a lot of steps to keep it from happening again. hiring workers, redoing flight schedules and upgrading equipment. faa has opened military airspace over the holidays to keep air traffic moving. the weather can throw a wrench into travel. so far things like mostly good for today. just a few dozen cancellations. next week, though, they could get more tricky. fox weather is tracking a storm system that could complicate things for folks heading home after christmas and something we'll keep an eye on. >> dana: okay, garrett, keep it calm out there for us. >> bill: keep it smooth. we're relying on you. hemp candy is s

lydia hu looks at the impact in new york, but we begin with garrett tenney, who explains how the crisisading outsiden of major cities. garrett, good evening. >> trace, good evening to you. the migrant crisis is no longerm just aboard a city problem or a century city problem. it is now a growing concern for the suburbs,ell. as well. >> there's some doors we should not open.. >> it's a security threat, it's a health threat. >> i don't even know how we cane considerca taking this on, becae the city of chicago cannot handle it. >> this week, this village outside of chicago became a growing number of suburbs taking action to try to mitigate the fallout of the migrant crisis. >> and they show up at our station, fine, let's get them on the train, let's get them10 c downtown. >> at least ten chicago suburbs tohave passed new rules to prevt migrants from being dropped off in their towns, after democratic mayor brandy johnson cracked down on migrant busing to control the flow of migrants coming to his century city.be now groups likine this one froms venezuela are being dropped offs in the suburbs

garrett tenney is following the story for us. >> this woman went missing friday a day before she wassed to go to the hospital to be induced. they found the bodies of what is believed to be her and her boyfriend in his car at a medical apartments in san antonio. investigators say it appears the couple had been dead in the car for three or four days and they are describing the crime scene as complex without sharing details about how the couple died, if a gun was recovered or if the fully developed baby soto was carrying survived. >> we're looking at a very perplexing crime scene. and detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder and -- but we don't know for sure. >> it was a heartbreaking christmas for salve anna's family and friends who are devastated by her loss. >> we were supposed to celebrate christmas with her baby. all she wanted was that baby. she didn't want anything else. she was so ready to be a mom. >> police chief said they should know more about the case once the medical examiner is able to finish their work. a heartbreaking story. >> molly: heartbreaking

i want to go to milwaukee, wisconsin, the president, and garrett tenney has more on that. >> reporteresident just arrived in milwaukee and was asked about the colorado supreme court after willing to keep donald trump off the ballot and president biden said he wasn't going to comment on it and followed it up saying it is clear the former president supported and insurrection. listen to that. >> president biden: it is self evident. no question about it. he is doubling down. >> reporter: president biden is working on his reelection on a trip to wisconsin to convince voters, specifically black voters that he has done good for thing since taking office at his policies namely bidenomics is working on making our lives better. the argument hasn't done much to sway voters, two thirds of voters said they disapprove of president biden's handling of the economy of nearly half that his economic policies hurt them, 14% said they have been helped by those policies. the president isn't doing much better, half of voters in the badger state had an unfavorable view of biden in the paul last month at marq

correspondent garrett tenney takes a look at the case tonight. >> what we are looking at right now isrime scene and detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder but we don't know for sure. >> police are trying to figure out what happened to 18-year-old savannah soto found fatally shot in a car with her boyfriend tuesday. the young mother to be was a week past her due date when she went missing friday one day before she was scheduled to be induced so that she and her new baby could be home for christmas. >> this was so great. christmas was her baby. all she wanted was that baby. she didn't care about anything else. >> police say savannah and her boyfriend matthew get that each had a single gunshot wound and the couple had likely been in the car for three or four days before they were found. savannah's family members described him as abusive and just last year on christmas he beat savannah so badly that she ended up in the hospital. court records confirm that he was on probation for that assault and other unrelated crime since then at this point police aren't say hog is

garrett tenney has the latest. >> this holiday party was supposed to focus on unity among democrats andand highlighted how divided the party is over the war in israel. several dozen protesters aggressively push their way into the party to confront democratic congressman st over his support for israel. when the partygoers tried to force them out, the protesters fought back. >> please leave the building. >> there asking them to leave. >> that women come a long democratic activist, was hospitalized with a buddy nose and two black eyes after trying to get the protesters to leave. a few hours later, some of the pro-palestinian crowd showed up outside the progressive congressman's home in the middle of the night, honking their horns and yelling at him on bullhorns, demanding a cease-fire. thanedar, who until recently was a member of the democratic socialists of america, isn't backing down in his support of israel. he posted, if these protesters think hurting senior citizens at a christmas party is going to win people over to their side, they are very mistaken. so far there have been no arrest

garrett tenney live at o'hare airport with the latest and the rush is on to reach their destinations.est travel day of the busiest holiday travel season on record, according to the aaa. but the good news is, despite the increase in the number of flights, passengers say so far things are going pretty smoothly and are nothing like the nightmare of cancellations we saw just a year ago. >> actually it was great. they got us through. >> i was cringing thinking oh, no, you know. but i feel all right, my wife is in charge, i just follow her. >> i'm not mad about dealing with any of this if i get to go somewhere warm. >> inconvenience or two, but i'm not going to mind it. at the end of the day we get to family and that's what matters. >> the airlines say they have made a lot of changes since last year to avoid a repeat of that mess. hired more workers, changed flight schedules, upgraded equipment and the faa has opened military air space over the holidays to help keep air traffic moving. the weather today and most of the country is helping as well. next week it could change with the storm sys

garrett tenney has more in the windy city. what happened? >> good morning to you. johnson has faced blowback about his handling of the crisis. when asked he blames republican and right wing extremists. some of the leading voices and found most of those protesting are democrats and folks like linda johnson who say the mayor isn't taking responsibility for his role in this crisis. >> not only did i vote for him i was out there petitioning for him and getting people to the polls and my sons to the polls. i don't know who he is trying to please because you are not pleasing your constituents at all. >> the mayor is facing protests over a large pop-up shelter for migrants even though the site has heavy metals. another long time democrat voted for johnson and was out protesting the city spending $40 million a month on migrants instead of improving the long neglected black neighborhoods. she said the mayor and other democrats need to stop blaming others for the results of their own policies. >> no one in this city's democratic party stood up and stood with us. so when you

garrett tenney is with the president still today in milwaukee. garrett?a short time ago. while he was here, he was as you mentioned trying to convince voters that his economic policies are working and making their lives better. the problem is voters just are not feeling it. 2/3s of voters in the new fox news poll said that they disapprove of president biden's handling of the economy and nearly half said his economic policies have hurt them. just 14% said they have been helped by those policies. today the president spoke directly to black voters in milwaukee. a key voting block for him. he's hoping his bidenomics pitch will help change everything. >> it's the fundamental break from trickle-down economics. economics that is super charged my -- was super charged by my predecessor. the guy that thinks we're polluting the blood of americans these days. he cut taxes for the wealthy, big corporations. shipped good-paying jobs overseas, shank public investment in infrastructure, education. >> the problem for that is that the wisconsin recent polls show more than

garrett tenney. neil: now go to brandon, it sticks in my craw here.rains that get into the united states and a lot of opening it up and sharing, and does anyone track them. in other words, that particular train does anyone count off how many get off, where they go, where they are right now? >> because they unload in mexico, no, there's no government officials in mexico counting how many people. we do have intelligence officers that are trying to do the best this they can to keep track of how many people, but there's no way to know specifically how many people are coming to our borders, they're going to disembark that train in mexico and the cartels will disperse them across our entire southwest border and they'll cross where they want them to cross. this is dictated by organized crime and it's very good at generating the profit, to get the people where they need to go in order to cross and make it into the united states. >> and some of them get there and get a train to do it. san diego comes to mind. and i guess what confuses me with this whole proces

garrett tenney joins me now from o'hare airport, chicago, used to be the busiest in the nation. f the year. what is the latest there? >> reporter: well, david, as we've been saying all week, aa a a expects this holiday travel season to be the second busiest they have ever seen is. after the thousands of flights that got canceled last year, a lot of folks are worried about what things would look like this year. the good news so far today, things are going smoothly. just a few dozen cancellations across the country. the weather forecast is pretty good for most of the country as well. fingers crossed that that holds. today and tomorrow, as you mentioned, expected to be the biddiest -- busiest day. tsa expects more than 2.5 million people every day from now until january 2 end. the airlines have hired workers and upgraded equipment to avoid a repeat of last year's meltdown. the faa says it has opened military air space over the holidays to keep traffic moving as well. we also just spoke to santa here at the airport, he's going around passing around candy canes, wishing folks well on

garrett tenney takes a look at the case tonight.s a very perplexing crimelk scene, and detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder, that we don'ter know for sure. >> police are trying to find out what happened to savanah soto, fatally shot in a car with her boyfriend on tuesday. the e younyog mother-to-be was e week past her due date when she went missing friday, one day before she was scheduled to be induced, so that she and her new baby could be home for christmas. >> we were supposed to celebrate christmas with her and her baby. all she wanted was that baby. she didn't want anything else. >> police say savanah and her boyfriend, matthew, each had a single gunshot wound in theik couple had likely been in the elcar for three or four daysou before they were found. her family members described hiu as abusive and said just lastavn year on christmas he beat savanah so badly that she endedr up in the hospital. t records confirmed that he was on probation for that assault and other unrelated crimes since then. at this p

garrett tenney has more.not really happy with democrats. >> democrats at every level, john, especially with mayor brandon johnson. he has described the protestors as right wing extremists, many of them are lifelong democrats and not only voted for johnson, they campaigned for him. like linda johnson, she says he is trying to blame others for what the policy created. >> you are not pleasing your constituents at all. this should not be on the backs of the people here and draining our resources. >> others say a political reckoning if the mayor and other democrats don't change course and listen to the voters who put them in office. >> if the democratic party can't stand up for us, i'm going to need to do something different this. is the sentiment of most of black chicago. we are not happy, we are not happy. we are very, very disappointed. >> this growing divide in the democratic party and among the chicago black voters comes less than a year before the national convention comes to town and the impact of the mayor

in chicago, i'm garrett tenney. ktvu fox two news. >> one of oakland's historic landmarks will get an international visitor today. the mayor and other city leaders will take the. dutch prime minister on a tour of defremery mansion in west oakland. it was built in the 1860s by a dutch merchant after the family sold the house. the building became a base for black soldiers during world war two and a headquarters for activists in the bay area. during the civil rights movement . for that, in the 1930, the federal government turned the mansion into a community recreation center. prime minister of the netherlands has been on the west coast since monday. other stops in the bay area include visits to stanford university, microsoft and silicon valley based ai company nvidia. >> pga is introducing drones as part of its wildfire prevention plan. a look at the technology being used by the utility to keep its equipment from sparking any new problems. plus, new public soccer fields are coming to the santa clara county fairgrounds

. >> national correspondent garrett tenney has the latest. >> will this holiday party was supposed to focus on unity among democrats. instead, it evolved into chaos and highlighted just how divided the party is over the war in israel. witnesses say several dozen pro-palestinian protesters aggressively pushed their way into the party to confront democratic congressman srikanth da over his support for israel. they refused to leave. and when the democrat party goers tried to force them out, the protesters fought back comprehensively with a bill to prevent burning the building and public to get all your money. samantha moore, the house of commons vote that woman a long time democratic activist ,was hospitalized with a bloody nose and two black eyes after trying to get the protesters to leave. a few hours later, some of the pro-palestinian crowd showed up outside the progressive congressman home in the middle of the night. honking their horns and yelling at him on bullhorns demanding. >> a cease fire talinda, who until recently was a member of the democratic socialists of america, isn't ba

i'm garrett tenney, fox news. >> this is ktvu fox two news at six. >> another flaring incident at the refinery in martinez and contra costa health officials and neighbors alike expressing their concern and frustration. >> flaring wasn't even in my vocabular ery until last thanksgiving. and now we see it all the time. it's like we really do wonder what are the long terms impacts today's flaring is just the latest of a series of incidents at refineries and other plants in contra costa county in just the last few weeks. >> good evening. i'm cristina rendon and i'm greg lee. >> authorities issued a public health alert today after flames were seen coming out of the martinez refining company at about 9:00 this morning. many neighbors smelled a strong chemical odor. that flaring incident has just ended in the last half hour. but as ktvu. s crystal bailey tells us, health authorities are calling into