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joining us now, griff jenkins. n deal with trump kind of coming in behind him, griff, doesn't that underscore how host the most powerful private season -- citizen in the country but doesn't really understand how passing anything on capitol hill requires, i know it's a dirty word, compromise. >> well, listen, there's no doubt that elons musk started the ball that turned into a we can wrecking ball,, tanking and torching the original continuing resolution. and if you needed any proof of that, having karoline leavitt, the incoming press secretary, having to get out there and say, hey, for the record, donald trump is the leader, quote, full stop. but i think the trump adviser saying it was always his intention that he wasn't happy with this bill, and the part that trump took it farther was focusing them all on the debt ceiling which he did not, trump, get in this deal. but he started the conversation because the debt ceiling wasn't even on the bingo card. one thing i think is interesting is how democrats have responded

griff jenkins, thanks very much for the updates. so folks, trump's confidence and grasp of policy in this press conference explains why he's so wildly popular right now and that's the subject of the riff. really e isn't it nice to have a president who can effortlessly stand up at a press conference and make statements and take questions for 70 minutes sans teleprompter. that's french for without a teleprompter. unafraid, confident, holding to his principles. that's what president trump did this morning in mar-a-lago as griff jenkins described and i think it's a wonderful thing to see and he left off by letting his japanese investment pal from the soft bank investment fund pledge $100 billion to go invest in america first technology. okay. shows people are listening to mr. trump's pitch to bring new industry to america. presumably be rewarded with a rock bottom 15% corporate tax rate. how about that? we already know that mr. trump is talking to world leaders around the globe, moving towards his priorities to end the russia/ukraine wa

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trump's trade policy, gr grifer griff jenkins thank you for that update. that is the subject of the riff. >> is it nice to have a president who can effortlessly stand up at a press conference, and make statements and take questions for 70 minutes, sans teleprompter, french for without a teleprompter. unafraid, confident, holding to his principleses that is what president trump did this morning in mar-a-lago as griff described it is a wonderful thing to see and let his japanese investment pal, from softbank investment, fund, pledge $100 billion. to go invest in america first technology. shows people are listening to mr. trump's pitch to bring new industry to america and presumably awarded with rock bottom 15% corporate tax rate, we know that mr. trump is talking to world leaders in the globe moving toward his priorities end to the russia-ukraine war or hell to pay if he does not get a hamas hostage deal or closing northern and southern borders to illegal ill grands, canadian prime minister flew down to mar-a-lago just a few weeks ago. let's see how that pla

i'm griff jenkins, anita, great to be with you. the last show before the end of the year. >> and great to be with you, also, i'm anita vogul. and more on how the in-fighting could affect trump's certification coming up. with weeks ago for the inauguration, an ambitious 100 first day agenda as doge leaders clash with maga supporters over foreign workers. matt finn with the latest on this. >> hi, anita, looking forward the first 100 days, one of the most timely topics this morning affects more than 170 million users of the wildly popular tik tok app. the united states has issued tik tok a january 19th deadline to divest from its chinese-owned parent company or the social media app will be shut down here in the u.s. the u.s. supreme court is scheduled to hear arguments about tik tok beginning january 10th, but late yesterday, president biden filed documents asking the supreme court to delay the january deadline and instead, as the future president allow him to make the ultimate decision about tik tok's fate here in the u.s. the trump

griff jenkins has more on that. >> it is a smugglers of paradise with a new sense of urgency for migrantsfore the trump administration begins to crackdown. cartels are capitalizing with higher prices. texas dps apprehending 18 migrants in this vehicle who paid smugglers far more than the growing rate of three -- $8000 ahead. >> uses a number double that seems to be more difficult to come across the border because of this administration the fears of what's going to happen come january. >> here along the riverbank discarded color-coded wristbands migrants addicts shortly after crossing the sign of the cartels organization. >> i was the number suites to see it years before by the thousands are released from two -- 308 with arson groups to jump unaccompanied children special interest aliens the ones we have encountered from the middle east, afghanistan, iraq. >> fox news obtained this exclusive video texas dps newly created horse patrol unit capturing fleeing migrants on a ranch in maverick county giving them a tactical advantage to operate in rugged terrain. it's not just humans crossing sin

correspondent griff jenkins is in west palm beach with this story. evening, griff. >> griff: good evening, bret. you're right. president-elect trump following through on that threat to sue "the des moines register" newspaper and iowa veteran pollster ann selzer and he may not stop there. >> we have to straighten out the press our press is very corrupt. >> griff: the suit filed monday night in polk county, iowa seeks accountability for brazen election interference over a november 2nd poll that showed kamala harris up by 3 percentage points. shocking the political landscape with drastically different results from other iowa polls trump won the state by 13. the suit alleges the poll was a piece of political theater sell zero pollster with the power to shape elections should have known than to poison the electorate with a poll that was nothing more than a work of fantasy. even before the suit was filed. selzer was defending her work. >> the idea that i intentionally set up to deliver this response when i have never done that before i have had plenty of o

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griff jenkins has been following all of that. griff? >> hey, good afternoon, neil. yesterday. there's a case to be made, neil, that the economic center of the universe may be running through mar-a-lago right now and all these tech titans are lining up, as "the wall street journal" reports, to kiss the ring with another heavy hitter on the way here possibly as early as tomorrow. >> mr. trump: we do have jeff bezos, amazon coming in sometime during the week. the top executives, they're all calling. >> this after trump already met with meta's mark zuckerberg, and google's founder some of whom have already donated a million dollars to his inauguration. it's a far cry from the cold shoulder silicon valley gave trump the first time around and perhaps it is due to elon musk. finally this bezos meeting will be one to watch because recall it was just a little while ago that he instructed his paper, "the washington post" not to endorse a candidate in the presidential election. neil? >> neil: all right. i forgot about that. griff, great reporting as always. griff jenkins, he r

correspondent griff jenkins is in west palm beach, florida tonight with the latest. od evening, griff. >> griff: good evening, bret. it was the president-elect's first press conference since the election. wide ranging tackling a number of issues for over an hour. he began with the announcement of $100 billion investment in japan's softbank ceo and he noted the number of business leaders now coming to visit him this time at mar-a-lago. >> with the biggest difference is that people want to get along with me this time. >> softbank's ceo is just the latest in the string of billionaires making the trek. >> we have a lot of great executives coming in. the top executives, the top bankers. they are all calling. >> griff: including apple and meta's ceo jeff bezos on the dance card this week. also joining trump today is his commerce secretary nominee. >> do you see another trade deal with china coming? >> i think reciprocity is something that is going to be a key topic for us, how you treat us is how you should expect to be treated. >> tariffs, properly used, which we will do,

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carley: is santa named griff jenkins? griff: i can't give that out but he's going to be good to me.s good santa made it with all the drones in the sky. griff: fox news alert, the senate passing a bill to stop a government shutdown sending it to president biden's desk after missing the midnight deadline by 37 minutes. peter: it includes $100 billion in disaster aid. carley: it passed in the senate 85-11, 10 republican senators and bernie sanders voted against the bill. griff: 366 legislated voted yes. peter: the bill does not include many policies that were in the original 1500 page proposal including healthcare provisions, restricting investments in china, pay raises for lawmakers and suspending the debt ceiling, the president-elect not happy about the bill especially the fact the spending deal does not include suspending the debt ceiling. mike johnson says he spoke with the president-elect. >> i was in constant contact with donald trump throughout this process. he knew what we were doing and why and this is a good outcome for the country. carley: president biden signaled he will si

griff jenkins joins us now. this is a heartbreaking story. >> griff: it is. good morning. answers because pain and grief this family will endure this christmas is unimaginable after avery smith, an innocent second grader killed in this dui accident by an illegal immigrant that should have never been here in the first place and never released back into the communities after being detained earlier this year. her mother is still recovering from injuries from the crash. he was arrested for assaulting a family member and that was lifted after charges were reduced, he pled guilty and was let out. avery's father is demanding answers saying this in a family statement. this tragedy is stark reminder we need stronger accountability and justice to prevent further suffering for families like ours. we continue to demanhunt man/* -- demand answers. this comes as ice obtains ice data revealing nationality of 1.4 million illegal immigrants, including 40,000 chinese and 20,000 venezuelans. steve. >> steve: numbers are staggering. thank you. upons about 10 before top of the hour and look wh

i'm anita vogel along with sarah carter, griff jenkins and joey jones.elcome to the "big weekend show". president-elect trump making a triumphant return to iconic army-navy in maryland where navy midshipmen taking the victory over the army black knights. he arrived this morning joined by special guests including his defense secretary nominee pete hegseth and dni nominee totally covered. mike johnson was seen in his box is trump prepares for a tough confirmation battle ahead. elon musk and florida governor ron desantis part of his entourage. newly acquitted marine veteran daniel penny was there, to. it seems like the person not there is president biden who hasn't gone to this game once as president. the crowd seems content having mr. trump instead. [cheering] >> it's a winning day for trump, abc news has now settled trumps defamation lawsuit against them. the network will have to pay him $15 million. let's go to madison's carpino live at the 125th army-navy game with the latest. a lot of news there today. >> exciting day on the field and off the field. pe

that seems like -- one year we'll have griff jenkins. >> jacque: whenever i see a surf board i think f. he likes to get in the waves. i saw him on "fox & friends" this morning. no surfing for him today. some serious waves out there. >> rich: we could get him a santa outfit. probably has a wet suit. christmas and the first night of hanukkah fall on the first night for the first time in many years. we reflect on the power of faith this holiday season. ♪

. >> lawrence: griff jenkins joins us with a look at the staggering numbers. what do you know? >> griff: good morning, this comes as no surprise to entire nation watching before their own eyes past four years of border crisis. fox covered it on the ground and from drones and now "new york times" is crunching government data realizing this may go down as biggest story of the biden administration. times took a deep dive into government data and found the su surge surpasses the great immigration boom of the late 1800s. number of people coming into the country minus leaving 2.4 million from 2021 to 2023, according to congressional budget office and found total net migration during biden administration likely to exceed 8 million people. they write, that is faster pace of arrival than any on record including ellis island traffic when europeans came to the united states. their analysis did include legal and illegal immigration and 50% of immigrants enter without legal authorization. all of this comes as president-elect is set to hit the ground with a mandate on day one with a plan for

carley shimkus, peter doocy, griff jenkins. griff: good!t santa claus -- carley: you know, he's to done it a couple times. peter: why is he stressed? griff: because he's got to the fly all over the world -- peter: and there's drones in the sky. carley: that's right! extra crowded up there. so how you doing? how you feeling? peter: doing great. i'm ready for santa. carley: yes, of course. last night was really cute because it was the first night that my husband and i read 'twas the night if before christmas to my son, so that's a special memory. griff: that's good. i thought about doing a little shopping for my family, but the streets of new york -- if you thought new york was dead, that's not true. carley: packed out. griff: there was a million people on on the -- peter: why do you need to go shopping? we have a 10-foot-tall advent calendar, scat the end of -- and at the end of every show -- griff: i felt bad about shoplifting from that, but if it gets bad -- peter: they'll never know. carley: yesterday's gift, e saw rick reichmuth walking

good morning, i'm griff jenkins.at to be with you in the studio. >> aishah: good to see you back in d.c. you spend a lot of time in new york. glad to have you back. "america's newsroom," welcome. trump is wasting no time laying the ground work for his very ambitious second term agenda. he is reportedly taking meetings over the holiday break at mar-a-lago with top canadian officials talking about border security and trade. >> griff: encounters at the u.s. p canada line increased by 631% with nearly 200,000 migrants getting caught. >> aishah: let's get started. matt finn begins coverage from west palm beach, florida. good morning to you, matt. >> good morning, aishah. canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a now famous visit to mar-a-lago in west palm a few weeks ago which president-elect trump joked at a dinner together that perhaps canada should become our 51st state and trudeau its governor if canada can't fix the immigration and flow of drugs here into our country. president-elect trump has threatened to impos

it is gorgeous, nothing says christmas is here, griff jenkins here, hardly in the middle. good morning to you guys. haven't seen you in a while. peter: we can talk about the second baby. carley: the snow coming down. our christmas tree, american flag in the background, you said there's a snowball fight. peter: there was a man on top of the store and i don't know if people wanted snowballs thrown at them. i was safe in a car just watching nervously but 4:40 a am, a very in between crowd, people on their way. griff: a lot of times you get the little ones that don't do anything, this is real snow. peter: they would pick up a brick and throw it. carley: it it is nicer in the holiday season. we've got some news to get to. after a whole week of drama on capitol hill the house and senate finally got it to gather and past the third version of the funding bill keeping lights on in washington dc, what is in this deal the past last night and is going to the president to sign it today? it funds the government through march 14, 2025, and includes roughly one hundred billion dollars in

kevin corke, griff jenkins and everybody's favorite carley shimkus.istmas to you and yours. we are thrilled that you are up write and early, enjoying a little coffee and presents and enjoying our company. we appreciate you. >> carley: merry christmas. >> griff: merry christmas y'all on this christmas tradition we were here last year. >> kevin: do it again next year. brother. >> griff: they showed our stockings there is nothing in them. what's up with that? did santa. >> carley: maybe a nice gift stuck in the toe. we have got to dig our hands in. get them out. yeah, maybe there is something in there. >> griff: maybe a little bulge, i don't know. we have to work on that. >> kevin: cookies. >> griff: ate the cooks were ant give us anything. >> carley: literally billions of people around the world celebrate christmas today. >> kevin: i love this time of year. >> griff: i started a new tradition aside from being with you guys on this awesome christmas morning. that is with our producers, rachel and katie and joined us, soul cycle. we did it last year. a ta

i'm griff jenkins. all those travel delays spilling over today. folks stranded now trying to get home as the holiday travel rush picks up again ahead of new year's eve. meantime, a bumpy ride for drivers. a monster sinkhole swallowing part of a major interstate in new jersey forcing lane closures and long delays. adam klotz is in the fox extreme weather center. brooke taylor starts us off at dallas fort worth international airport. what does it look like? >> well, hopefully people had a good holiday week. it's about that time where people need a little bit of a break from their families ready to head home to the airports . let me tell you the weather is not making that easy on travelers. the security lines here are wrapped around the corner. let's get to the misery map now showing you what we're looking at. more than 2,000 delays, 79 cancellations within flights of the u.s. airports having the most issues atlanta, chicago, dallas, houston and jfk. now those delays come as we close the week out with rain, severe weather and snow expected across par

kayla mcgee white, and the one and only griff jenkins. fox news national correspondent. let's go. we begin with air travel as tsa expects to screen nearly 40 million people through the holidays and now that technical issue with american airlines is throwing a monkey wrench in to thousands of passenger's plans. dana marie nichols has more. >> it's the glitch that stole christmas. once you get to the airport, it's a great trade off. tsa airlines are under five minutes. most people have already gotten to their holiday destinations. the ground stop could have been a travel nightmare. american airlines said it was due to a technology vendor fail legislator. around 8:00 a.m., the flights started to take off again. we're still seeing the side effects of the travel hiccup. last check, there were about 28 cancellations, but just over 2,500 delays across all airlines coming in and out of the u.s. the airport seeing the most delays is dallas fort worth, which is no surprise. that is the hub. 2024, the holiday forecast, if one were to describe it, busy. over seven million people will be flyin

i am griff jenkins. happy new year, julie.

griff jenkins is life for us with the latest on the push. good evening. >> there is still 32 days to go. part of the motorcycle there. there is 32 days to go before trump is sworn in but he torched capitol hill tonight, taking a torpedo to the bipartisan resolution, demanding a skinny bill and he wants them to exclude what he calls democrat giveaways. he's forcing lawmakers also to increase the debt ceiling which wasn't even on the bingo card to begin with. now the government shutdown looms and speaker johnson's job may be in doubt. this is what vance had to say this afternoon. >> it so long as it contains a debt limit increase. that's what we are trying to push for. >> this all began when elon musk began blasting the bill which conservative republicans quickly rallied around. house minority leader akeem jeffries who worked with johnson to get democrat votes says republicans own it. >> house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurts every day americans all across this country. >> the white house is weighing in sayin

. >> dana: we have a national correspondent griff jenkins starting us off in washington. hi, griff, good morning. >> good morning. here we go. both chambers of commerce tackling trump's plans to hit the ground running on day one in what he believes is a mandate to secure that border. we can show you live the democrat-led senate hearing will start here shortly and expect fierce resistance from democrats to his mass deportation plan. among witnesses retired army major general randy manor who plans the warn lawmakers about trump's use of the national guard to employ as part of that deportation effort. but we'll hear from patty morin whose daughter was raped and murdered from an illegal immigrant in el salvador and blames the biden administration for her daughter's death. she is going to say american citizens aren't safe because joe biden and kamala harris removed the safeguards to keep criminals out of our conference. they turned a deaf ear to the people they swore to protect. please don't do the same. the dreamers brought illegally as children. trump says he wants to work wi

me, gerri willis, kaylee mcghee white and kara frederic, director of the tech policy center and griff jenkins. you know him, correspondent, so many other things. let's get started. president trump is planning a big crackdown on illegal immigration. surprise! the moment he gets in to office. now some counties are being granted limited powers by ice allowing them to identified illegals already in their jails. sounds like their job. brook taylor has the latest from dallas. brook? >> hi, tammy. yeah, the program is called 287 g. how it basically works is it allows local and state law enforcement that run these jails to partner up with ice and thin specific officers, they're trained to then speak to anyone who is behind bars. ask them questions about their immigration status and if they are here illegally, then they can flag ice and let them know. so critics of this program, they say it creates a divide between immigrant communities and law enforcement. but supporters say you only need to look at the headlines to see why this is needed. this is surveillance footage you're looking at from a recent

i'm griff jenkins. julie, great to be with you. >> i'm julie banderas. john and sandra have the tie off. this is "america reports." mexico testing out a new app that will apparently warn migrants of possible immigration action. essentially letting them had a panic button to alert relatives. this morning -- 20 democrats pointing to defy deportation orders. >> we have the president of the national border patrol union on deck to react to this. more on the potential showdown with sanctuary cities. but first, a look at trump's plans for our border. was president-elect trump has -- some meetings in part to get everyone in line for the first 100 days. there has been a little bit of flair up inside of world over these hb1 visas with elon musk saying he will go to war defending the visas, and others weighing in on the topic. president-elect trump has essentially settled the matter for now, telling near post he is in favor of the visas and will continue supporting them. the visas historically have allowed skilled foreign workers access into the united states. an e

griff jenkins is live in eagle pass with more. >> we've been out since well before the sun was up tops along the river here in eagle pass. you can see mexico on the other side and see the amount of trash. while the numbers have been down a little bit, dana, here in eagle pass, it is once again leading the nation in people coming across and lieutenant you had in this area where we were a pretty big group a few days ago. tell me about that. >> sunday, griff, we had a group of 176 illegal immigrants that came across. the reason why they're coming across, there are gaps between the fencing. in that group we had 11 from afghanistan and accompanied children. those are some of the challenges we're dealing with. we see smaller groups, 200 or 300 a day. more special interest aliens and unaccompanied children. as we talk about unaccompanied children our focus, it's a concern to us. every time a child comes across the border alone we want to make sure they're safe with the brief moment we have with them. >> we see blue-colored wrist bands. we haven't seen this since a year or so ago in rgb and

welcome to fox news live, i'm griff jenkins, alicia, great to be with you. alicia: i'm alicia acuna. we'll have more on the drone sightings in a moment. president-elect trump is expected to attend the army-navy game. and also with some of his cabinet picks and ron desantis in maryland. >> hi alicia, this will be an interesting dynamic to watch since multiple sources tell fox that president-elect trump was considering replacing hegseth with desantis as his pick for defense secretary so it's going to be an exciting day both on and off the field. now, some other high profile guests we're expecting here today are house speaker mike johnson, whose son currently attendance the naval academy, army vet and trump's director of national intelligence pick tulsi gabbard. vice-president elect j.d. va vance, and is bringing daniel pe penny. and he went to several of the games during his first presidency. it's not clear whether president biden will be here, he's never been to a game of army-navy, it's common for the president to come and meet with the teams. today is set t

have a wonderful new year, stay here for the latest news, fox live continues with the great griff jenkinsup next.

i am griff jenkins. happy new year, julie. >> i'm julie banderas. happy new year. i love this. got to spend christmas together, new year's. we are practically married. >> here we go, last show of the year. >> let's get it done. this is "america reports." all eyes are on the crossroads of the world, where security has ramped up ahead of tonight's big celebrations. more than 1 million visitors are expected in times square to attend the annual ball drop. the nypd says there is no credible threat to the gathering, but of course, as they do every year, they are not taking any chances. deploying everything from bomb sniffing dogs to drones to ensure that they remain safe. long lines are forming early this morning as tourists waited for their chance to snag the best space. >> how long have you been out here? >> oh my god, since 3:00 a.m. this is my third time. i planned this months ago. >> i think two hours now. the ball, the music, everything, the energy. this is my first time in new york city. >> seeing the coordination of tonight, the entertainment, and atmosphere will be incredibl

. >> it's griff jenkins. john and sandra have the day off. this is "america reports." "the washington post" reporting president biden and some of his aides are saying he could have defeated president-elect trump. >> despite low polling numbers and growing pressure from democrats to end his campaign after a dismal debate showing. >> to civil rights attorney leo terrell will join us in moments, but we begin with lucas tomlinson live in st. croix where president biden is on vacation. >> good afternoon. recall the summer of 2022. three quarters of democrats did not want biden to run for reelection. his approval numbers had been underwater since that hasty withdrawal from afghanistan. here is reaction earlier to that washington post report -- biden telling aides he regrets dropping out. >> biden and his aides may have believed they could have defeated donald trump. that's not what the data suggests. the data suggests joe biden never led over the course of the better part of a year into the campaign. >> biden reportedly has another regret as well from "the washington post" p

i'm griff jenkins. hi, julie. merry christmas. >> julie: i'm julie banderas.ederal officials have confirmed the suspect, an illegal immigrant from guatemala who entered the country in arizona back in june of 2018. he was removed just days later and returned to guatemala. it is unknown when he unlawfully re-entered the u.s. he was detained by the nypd on sunday in connection to the train attack and charged with murder and arson yesterday. the heinous crime shining a light on the migrant crime crisis that has exploded under biden-harris border policies. >> this individual was deported. he came back in as a gotaway. and there has been over 2 1/2 million gotaways under the last four years because border patrol agents aren't out there on the line patrolling the border. instead they're in border patrol facilities facilitating and processing illegal aliens. we have to get away from that. the policies that you will see with the new incoming team including tom homan as well as others will put a stop to that. >> griff: we have someone from the texas department of public

griff jenkins is following all of this live from washington. griff? >> hey, sandra.ress is busy tackling trump's day one border promises starting with the fears opposition to mass deportations and the democratic-led senate hearing. retired army general randy manor testifying, saying he is gravely concerned of the potential use of the military. >> the u.s. military is the best trained in the world for its war fighting mission, but it is neither trained nor equipped for immigration enforcement. involving the military in a politically charged investigation like mass deportation would erode public trust in the military. ♪ ♪ >> sandra: all right, fox news alert come alive to hollidaysburg, p.a., where we know we were about to see the alleged killer of the health care ceo, live there in pennsylvania for this is the extradition hearing that we are expecting will happen soon for luigi mangione. this is a live look there. possibility we will see him on camera, john. >> john: yeah, he is going to be going through an extradition hearing. i assume he is and that white van that i

safe travels and fox news live continues with griff jenkins and jacqui heinrich. that happens now. >> a 9-year-old is among five people killed and 200 injured after police say a saudi doctor intentionally drove a car into a crowded christmas market in the german city of magdeburg. officials have not commented on motives, but not have ruled out terrorism. president biden says the united states will stand with our allies against violent terror. welcome to fox news live. i'm jacqui heinrich. edward: edward:. griff: we'll have the latest on this coming up. on capitol hill a government shutdown lasted less than an hour before the senate passed a stripped down bill to restore funding overnight. president biden signed the bill less than an hour ago. madison rivera has the latest reaction from lawmakers. >> good afternoon, griff. the senate capped off a chaotic week on capitol hill, and laid bare the differences. and they punt the funding deadline to mid march and funds at current levels and adds more than 100 billion in disaster said and 110 billion in economic aid for f

i'm griff jenkins. john and sandra are off. this is "america reports."e 1.2 million people are expected to pack into the middle of manhattan for the festivities. they traveled far and wide to be in the big apple when the clock strikes midnight, but hopefully they brought umbrellas and ponchos. the forecast calling for a heavy dose of rain. >> alexis mcadams live from times square with a look at the literal calm before the storm. they are not allowed umbrellas and still. is that still a policy? in other words you are getting wet no matter what. >> no umbrellas. i think these people don't care about the weather too much. they don't care that they also can't go to the bathroom, can't get anything to eat for like ten hours and counting. get a closer look. this is sixth avenue. this is hundreds of people, just here. these people are waiting as well. they told us they came from korea specifically for the new year's eve celebration in new york city. rain or shine, they don't care. they have been looking forward to this for months. a lot of planning has gone int

griff jenkins makes sense of all this. what did you find out? good morning. >> i will try. i can tell you this, these numbers are staggering. a quarter of a billion of tax information on misinformation research dwarfing what the trump administration spent. this is according to the government watchdog group open the books. these funds that you see here did 126 million in 2021. allocated to universities, nonprofits and companies focused on covid misinformation. this came despite later admissions that some mandates lacked scientific support and came at the same time the biden administration collaborated with tech companies like mark zuckerberg's meta to suppress online speech. proponents say it was worth it. some say it was more than politics. >> the biden administration is in my view the most anti-free speech administration since the adams administration. it has helped fund this massive censorship system that a federal court called perfectly orwellian. >> the courthouse issued a statement earlier this year saying when confronted with a deadly pandemic we encouraged responsibl

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i'm griff jenkins. need a. >> wait to be with you.iel vogelbach the parker jones first appeared in new jersey with hundreds of sightings being recorded per night. the new jersey state police and save settings across the state have dropped but anxiety remains high. about who could be behind the strange occurrences. >> nate foy is live with the latest. hey, made. spec christmas back home. this mystery continues. we're down to one drone settings per night over the past several nights in new jersey but people still demanding answers and until they get them, members of congress are looking to protect americans from richard brown sets including as you mentioned, imposing a possible ban on two chinese drone manufacturers in the united states, proponents of the ban are you that the drones could be used to spy on americans. a separate bill debated in congress would increase state and local counter drone authority. it has been met with pushback over fourth amendment and privacy concerns. >> they need to do something about it because right now,

i'm griff jenkins. anita, one more hour. let's to this. anita: let's do it.a vogel, and we'll have more on tiktok coming up. but first, president biden is spending the weekend in the u.s. virgin islands as his administration works to set up roadblocks for the incoming trump team. lucas tomlinson is live in st. croix and live with the latest on these roadblocks. lucas, it looks so beautiful there. good afternoon to you. >> reporter: well, anita, it is. a little overcast today, but certainly nice. s. some of those roadblocks are down in texas where a judge ruled that the biden administration can no longer sell off unused pieces of that border wall, and president-elect trump is responding within the last hour on his social media platform, truth social, post, quote: in a major, crucial win for america and our national security, a federal judge in texas based on papers we filed just a few days ago has from prohibited the biden administration if selling any materials designated for the border wall. now, tom homan who is, of course, president-elect trump's incoming

. >> bill: griff jenkins live at the border in eagle pass, texas. still a mess. some consider this to be ground 0. good morning to you today. >> good morning, bill. eagle pass is once again ground 0 leading the nation in the sheer number of encounters, the border numbers are down overall. eagle pass is surpassing places like tucson and san diego. let's take you up to fox's eyes in the sky. show you on the drone what they are seeing here, bill. groups of 100 to 200 near daily basis, among them dozens of unaccompanied children, along with a significant number of special interest aliens. just a day ago apprehending 11 individuals from afghanistan. in an exclusive interview with the chief of the border patrol jason owens, first interview since the election talked about the staggering number of things they've seen in just the last fiscal year that ended in october. listen here. >> in addition to that, 520 known gang members, 27 of those are from the tren de aragua gang. ms-13, spices, you name it. 106 people that were on the terror screening dataset apprehended. going

griff jenkins in eagle pass, texas. thank you. sandra? >> sandra: let's bring in cher's thad cleveland from carroll county texas with the inundation of migrants all over this country, would anybody be against enforcing the president-elect's plans to secure the border? pico thanks for having me back. to your point, as i heard jason speak and i've heard all the rhetoric come from the left about the mass deportations and seeking out those who are criminals in our country, how we still have leaders in this country who would rather make it a political point rather than doing what's right by the citizens. we continue to have these left sanctuary cities who continue to badmouth, if you will come a president trump about what he wants to do with the criminal agents, but yet we had a president eight years ago that was known as the deporter-in-chief. so quite a stark difference in political rhetoric there. >> sandra: there's also this idea that we don't know what we don't know. there's a lot of bad stuff that we already know about coming in, but thi

griff jenkins, our colleague and friend, went down to high point, north carolina to check out a university there that has been assisting in the relief efforts from day one. let's take a look. >> we're on the campus of high point university in north carolina. >> everywhere you look, it's christmas. >> doctor preston davis is the vice president and the minister to the university. >> preston. >> just months ago, western north carolina hit with a once in a generation storm. the students here answered the call for help. >> tell me what they did. >> yeah, it was incredible. >> when hurricane helene hit, high point university was ready to help. we were fortunate to be able to collect and bring our community together, to bring around $30,000 that went to truckload after truckload of food, clothes, warm clothes to the winter time as they move into that time of the year. and we're also here at the university able to practice hospitality. we had a sports team from another school in our conference, able to stay on campus for two weeks while they got their campus back in order. and our students were th

. >>> in an exclusive interview, griff jenkins sat down with border patrol chief jason owens for his rance since the election. griff joins me now from eagle pass, texas. what did he have to say? >> reporter: he had a lot to say, stu, good morning. we're back in eagle pass, texas, because it yet again leads the the nation in the number of encounters, surpassing tucson and san diego in recent months. now ground zero here. let me take you up to fox's eyes in the sky and the drone you can see even for an area that's fortified not only by border patrol, but also texas national guard and texas d the ps, you're seeing groups of 100-200 companies. dozened of often i companied -- dozens of unaccompanied minors. in our interview with chief owens, he told the us that in addition to the 1.5 million apprehensions last fiscal year, there were a lot of other staggering numbers. listen here. >> in addition to the that, 5 20, almost 520 the now gang members, 27 of those are from the notorious tren de aragua with gang, ms-13, you name it. 106 people that were on the terrorist screening that were appreh

. >> well hello everyone, i'm anita vogel, along with sara carter, griff jenkins and joey jones. and welcome to the big weekend show, the big story tonight, president elect trump making a triumphant return to the iconic army-navy game in maryland, where the navy midshipmen taking the victory over the army black knights. he arrived earlier this morning and was joined by some very special guests, including his defense secretary nominee pete hegseth and dni nominee tulsi gabbard. house speaker mike johnson was also seen in his box as trump prepares for a tough confirmation battle ahead for these folks, elon musk and florida governor ron desantis were part of his entourage. newly acquitted marine veteran daniel pennie was there, too. it seems like the only person who was not there is president biden, who hasn't gone to this game once as president. the crowd, however, seems very content having mr. trump instead. let's get in here, guys. yeah, and it's been a winning day for trump. abc news has now settled trump's defamation lawsuit against them. the network will now have to pay him $1

you have jenkins and julie. >> griff: great to be with you this holiday week. president-elect trump is throwing down some big markers on the world stage adding the panama canal to his list of foreign policy demand over china's growing influence in the region. the canal originally built and controlled by the u.s. shortens the distance that ships must travel from the atlantic to the pacific. it can save ships up to 22 days in travel time and 72% of ships passing through the canal are going to or from u.s. ports. >> julie: let's go to jackui heinrich. >> the president-elect the u.s. is being ripped off having built the panama canal and signed a treaty for use of it under president carter. now ships pay levies as high as $5 hundred thousand per passage. the president of panama said every square meter of the panama canal belong to panama and continue to be the sovereignty and independence of our country is not negotiable. trump replied we'll see about that with an image of american flag planted in the canal with the caption welcome to the united states canal. >> the

you have jenkins and julie. >> griff: hour two taking you into christmas eve and i feel for those travelers stuck at american airlines ground stop. startling for folks trying to get home. another record breaking year on trains, planes, turn pikes whether you are going home for the holidays or going on vacation. 119 million will be traveling according to aaa. some holiday travel plans are put in jeojeopardy. american airlines had a ground stop. it was lifted just before 8:00 a.m. but could cause christmas eve delays. >> julie: in the midwest and northeast snow blanketing parts of the country. snowing in new york city that made me happy today. americans are not letting that derail their plans. watch. >> got there way earlier than you think you need to because there will probably be a long line. >> the last couple of buddies and two to three hour lines to check their bags. >> this is the first time over the christmas holiday. i don't know what to expect except what you see in the movies. >> how do you prepare for this? >> everybody take care of themselves. >> julie: take care of yourself. fox