mark: welcome back america where is america's wise man victor davis hanson.a very much when the victor davis hanson on the eve of the inauguration. i cannot think of anybody more relevant, more important to help some things up for us. victor davis hanson is my contention if we were not able to elect donald trump present of the united states let alone by a landslide would not recognize this country and another four years and now have an opportunity to truly save the country and to begin to breathe life back into this republic. what say you? next i agree. your time at the abuse of the prosecutor's role in our society what was very disturbing, it was not just the federal it was three to 60 degrees but a couny prosecutor in georgia. he had eight municipal prosecutor in manhattan. had the state attorney general and then you have the federal prosecutor. they were coordinated for any willis legal counsel was sin, nathan wade was meeting and mr. cho angelos who number three person in america garlands department of justice. he came out of the leticia jameson prosecuti

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victor davis hanson, you're one of our favorites.seemed that the basic premise and thesis of these candidates and party never rang true to the american people. >> no, it didn't. i think james carville knew she was going to lose and he felt he was dutiful to build momentum by saying she was a sure winner and trash trump. he's no not stupid. from those wilderness years of twenty years from 1972 starting with the mcgovern left-wing disaster and the landslide nixon victory, all the way to bill clinton's victory in '92, that was twenty years where they only had four years of carterism. clinton came in and rejected carterism. you go back and look at the 1996 convention platform and the democrats, jason, it's physical sobriety balanced budget, close the border, tough on crime, no exemptions for youthful offenders. they even used the word "god's country" when god's nation when they talk about green policies and conservation. it was a very moderate physical fiscal sobriety and it was a winning agenda and they renounced that and they rejected

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tom hanson has more on the rising political tensions. >> reporter: a county-wide crisis igniting. >>here is a serious lack of confidence in governance in california. >> reporter: governor newsom is now pressing back against donald trump's claim that there had been no water for some fire hydrants. last week there were allegations of low water levels hampering the response. >> the reservoirs are completely full. the state reservoirs in california. that misinformation i don't think advantages or aids any of us. >> reporter: at a press conference mayor karen bass downplayed talk of a growing riff between local officials and the incoming. >> how concerned are you there is a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration? >> there isn't a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. i have spoken with representatives of the incoming administration. i'll be talking more about that in the coming days. >> reporter: in a letter, l.a. county supervisor kathryn barger extended an invitation of her own to

cbss tom hanson joins me now.you had some tough questions for the mayor today. >> that's right. frustration is growing towards city official. look no further than where we're standing to understand why. i want to zoom out so viewers can have a look as well. this is one of the hundreds of homes in the fall palisades neighborhood reduced to rubble and ash. this is what it looks like in virtual every direction. >> reporter: as l.a. firefighters battle intensifying flames, democratic officials are facing heated criticism from residents. >> the chief and i are lock step in our number one mission. and that mission is to get us past this emergency right now. >> reporter: today mayor karen bass and fire chief kristen crowley presented a unified front following reports the mayor dismissed chiefs over her complaint of insufficient resources. how can we be slur you two are on the same page when everyone is facing this historic and unprecedented crisis? >> we have one mission. and that is going to be our sole focus. now, prio

cbs' tom hanson has that story. >> reporter: a county-wide crisis reigniting political hostilities. >there is a serious lack of competent governance in california. >> reporter: democratic governor gavin newsom is now pushing back against president-elect donald trump's claim that there had been no water for some fire hydrants. last week there were allegations of low water levels in at least one reservoir feeding the -- the hydrants hampering the response. >> the state reservoirs, i don't think misinformation advantages or aids any of us. >> reporter: the mayor karen bass downplayed talk of a growing rift between local officials and the incoming administration. how troubled are you that there's a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration? >> there isn't a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. i have spoken with representatives of the incoming administration, i'll be talking more about that in the coming days. >> reporter: in a letter, l.a. county supervisor kathryn barger extended an

fox's connor hanson has more now from washington. >> donald trump thanking his supporters at a big rally tonight in dc. the incoming president is pledging to start putting his policies in place on day one. welcome to the make america great again victory rally. kid rock and other performers warmed up a crowd of about 20,000 in washington, d.c. they packed into capital one arena to see the man of the hour, president elect donald trump. >> tomorrow at noon, we begin a brand new day of american strength and prosperity, dignity and pride. >> even though monday's events have been scaled down amid a frigid weather forecast, those who made the trip still brimming with enthusiasm about trump's imminent return to the white house. >> go trump! man can't wait for the next four years. >> these are great people for a great country, and we're looking at a great future after trump takes the oath of office. >> sources tell fox he will sign more than 200 executive actions on day one. among them, trump will declare a national border emergency and direct the military to work with the department of homeland

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and victor davis hanson, hope for the future. not just in the next four years, but in saving this republic quite frankly. victor davis hanson a pleasure dear, sir. always. >> good to see you. >> that does for us. see you tomorrow. >> for this day, tomorrow. ♪ ♪ larry: hello, folks. welcome to kudlow. i'm larry kudlow. we're live from the capital one arena in washington dc. president trump sworn in and a historic day marking a his torring comeback by mr. trump and historic transformation coming from the popular mandates for change. moi big take today god save trump and america for a reason. that's the subject of the riff. is ♪ the golden age of america begins right now from this day forward our country will flourish and be respected all over the world and so began president trump's inauguration speech and reached up to the presidency after losing in 2020 and this deemed the greatest political comeback in american history. >> we'll give the restoration and revolution of common sense. larra rhode islander all right, it's the nationa

>> film critic and director chip hanson says without twin peaks, we may not have episodic programs like the x-files or stranger things that brought dark mysteries to small town settings. >> he changed the construct of episodic television in this quirky little show that, in and of itself, was kind of an indictment of episodic television. >> lynch's family announced his death on thursday without listing a cause. however, the longtime smoker had been open over the last few months about his battle with emphysema. hoping to caution other smokers in november, he told people, quote, i really wanted to get this across. think about it. you can quit these things that are going to end up killing you. i owe it to them and to myself to say that. david lynch was 78. >> still think i should have gone in as a player. >> this week, the world also lost a hall of fame broadcaster known for his singular voice, humor and love for the diamond. bob uecker, often referred to as mr. baseball, passed away at 90 years old after a battle with small cell lung cancer. mr. baseball bob uecker following a brief career

army special forces veteran jim hanson and we're excited to talk to jim. we'll break it down. there's a brand new recall effort just launched to remove far left governor gavin newsom from office in california. plus the push is broking to enforce la mayor karen bass to resign. beth accused of botching it and negligence in la wild fires and those fires right now at this hour are getting even bigger and going for them and antonio sabato jr. going with all that. >> passage of time to see what's possible. to see what can be unburdened by what has been. liz: that was vice president kamala harris and well known for so-called word salads and tonight we'll show you the new one she added to her list, this time insulting her on constituents in california and being slammed by la fires. outkick's tomi lahren is here to react and excited to talk to tomi too, she's so smart. but first, this story. >> would you carry out an order to shoot protesters in the legs? would you use our military to take over greenland or an ally of denmark? sounds to me you'd con temporal integration place carrying

fox's connor hanson begins our coverage. >> donald trump's first full day as the 47th president kicked off with a focus on immigration reform. one of his top promises on the campaign trail. >> not too exciting, was it? i don't think it was a good service, no. >> president trump returning to the white house after a prayer service turned political. >> the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. they pay taxes and are good neighbors. >> episcopal bishop mariann edgar buddy touched on immigration, birthright citizenship and dei all topics trump has challenged with some of the executive orders he signed yesterday. >> i ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared. >> now the president, holding his first meeting at the white house with congressional gop leaders and later announcing a partnership between three tech companies investing hundreds of billions of dollars to build more advanced artificial intelligence infrastructure. >> the largest ai infrastructure project by far in history. a new american company that will invest $500 billion, at least in ai infrastr

conor hanson today in palisades. fox corporation has made a $1 million donation to the red cross' california wildfires relief efforts. you can help by visiting go.fox/redcross. or by scanning that qr code on your screen. liz, your reaction? >> this is just absolutely horrifying from every perspective, maria. i think the entire country is watching with horror because it just appears that there's nothing california can do to stop the devastation and it is truly devastation. homes and people losing everything only to find they have no insurance. a state totally unprepared for something that happens every single year. so i think, a, we're horrified. b, we're just incredibly heart-broken for the people of california and i think they have to be just irate that there is so little preparedness on the ground to deal with this. maria: absolutely, the preparedness was just horrifying in terms of how they've dealt with the forestry in california. there's also outside agitators here. there was a man arrested with a blow torch so

. >> i'm connor hanson in los angeles county with t detai on how the efforts of firefighters.ther red flag warning in effect across los angeles today, and officials are urging neighbors to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice. fox's connor hanson is in la, where reinforcements arrived earlier today to help crews get a handle on the fires. >> more firefighters and more water tankers have arrived right here in los angeles county as they brace for another round of strong santa ana winds. southern california, once again under a red flag warning days after massive fires broke out around los angeles county. wind gusts will not be as powerful as last week's, but officials warn they could be strong enough to turn one spark into something more. >> it's so dry because of these winds that the brush or fuel, if an ember lands on it, has a 65% of ignition. >> some 14,000 crews from multiple states, as well as mexico and canada, are staging on the ground and in the air. in cal fire is asking people here to avoid certain high risk activities. >> that means like no mowing right now if

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i'm connor hanson in l.a.th all the details coming up. >> and we're only in the second week of 2025. how this year's fire damage compares to what we have seen in years past, and could we see a possible reunion with robert sala and the 49ers bailey o'carroll? >> we'll have all the ils - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i don't have that kinda cash. - ugh, i know. but you can get financial help now through covered california. it's totally affordable. you'd be surprised. they've got this calculator thing that shows how much you'll pay. - for real? - yeah! what are you doing not having health insurance, man? - hey, i know, i know... - here, let me show you... - we all have questions. covered california has answers and can find a health plan that's right for you. covered california. this way to health insurance. coverage of the deadly fires in southern california continues. here's a quick look at what we know tonight about these fires. the l.a. county corone

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ktvu fox's connor hanson live now with the latest in los angeles county. connor. >> garcia, you ran through the numbers. still, so much work to be done on several major wildfires. we're standing in pacific palisades, near one of the largest of all of those fires, the palisades fire. 3000 firefighters are working to put it out right now. but take a look at some of the aftermath. we're standing in what was a mobile home community right along the pacific ocean and these homes. and, i mean, all of these homes have been reduced to rubble and ash. we're going to zoom over just a little bit. you can see a car that was completely burned down to the engine block there. and when we zoom out to this entire community, you can see how vast the destruction is. not one home left standing in this community. and unfortunately, tragically, there are several other neighborhoods just like this around pacific palisades, blocks upon blocks of houses that have been destroyed, along with schools and people's businesses. people across los angeles returning to find their homes redu

reporter tom hanson visited an evacuation center that's housing 1,200 people displaced by the eaton fire and he met a jazz musician who lost not just his home, but his entire body of work. >> one night you're on top of the world, two soldout shows and next thing you know, i'm homeless and a refugee. >> oh, my god, it's all gone. >> reporter: gail fielder never imagined leaving the magical place he called home. >> when i moved there 16 years ago, my wife said well, can you see yourself here in five years? it was like, you know, you could bury me in that backyard. >> reporter: the professional musician and owner of an independent jazz label lost nearly everything in the fire, including his instruments. >> there was so much love in this house. just to see it like this. >> reporter: fielder said altadena was more than a home. it was a connection to a strong african american history. many black families have lived in altadena for generations and fielder says the community celebrated artists. now he fears it all could be lost forever. >> there's nothing. everything is just burnt. what wasn't b

cbs' tom hanson here with new details. >> reporter: that's right.overnor newsom says he has yet to hear from president-elect trump over an invite to visit california, tour the damage, meet with the victims, and of course thank the first responders. a county-wide crisis reigniting political hostilities. >> there is a serious lack of competence governance in california. >> reporter: gavin newsom is now pressing back against president-elect donald trump's claim that there had been no water for some fire hydrants. last week there were allegations of low water levels in at least one reservoir feeding the hydrants. >> the reservoirs are completely full, that mis and disinformation i don't think advantages any of us. >> reporter: karen bass down played rift between the local officials and the incoming administration. >> how troubled are you that there's a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. >> there isn't a lack of communication between the city of los angeles and the incoming trump administration. i

reporter connor hanson live in a los angeles county neighborhood that has seen heavy damage. good morning connor. >> pam. good morning. and we're seeing so many examples of that. unfortunately, that wind could continue at least a couple more days. and we're just seeing sites like this all over the place. homes that have burned down. what's tough to see in the pitch dark is the amount of homes next to it that have been reduced to ash, but you can see the little fires popping up still all over the place, firefighters doing what they can to prevent it from spreading to other homes that are still standing. but they're worried this fight is far from over. >> keep all of los angeles county in your thoughts and prayers. >> the city of angels is looking for a miracle as thousands of firefighters battle several large scale fires threatening homes across the area. their progress on the two largest infernos, the palisades and eton fires, won't be in vain, with the national weather service forecasting stronger winds throughout this morning. flames have already destroyed more than 10,000

. >> norah: yeah, and i know he told our tom hanson that through it all he is thankful for the help thats, i mean, you know, it's better than the hilton. you know, and it's free. >> norah: for ways you can help, go to cbsnews.com/lafires. tony will have more coverage tomorrow on "cbs mornings." and that's tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night. ♪ ♪ >>>>just pure devastation. i've never seen anything like this >>> just pure devastation. i've never seen anything like this before. >> we're throwing everything at this that we possibly can. >> the whole community is gone. the whole community is gone. >> so many people that we know are losing their homes completely. >> i'm trying to figure out how to tell my 3-year-old that we don't have a home. >> it reminds me of like the value of what is not tangible. >>> this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. >> i'm anne makovec. >>> we begin with breaking news. a new wildfire is now burning in los angeles county and people are again being told to evacuate. it's the last thing we need down there, video here of the so-called k

for "eye on america," tom hanson, los angeles. >>> people forced to flee the wildfires burning out of control face a daunting decision as the flames bear down on their homes, what to bring with them. whether you live in a fire zone or not, ash-har quraishi has some advice on what you should already have packed in a go bag. >> oh my god, oh my god. >> reporter: surreal images in southern california. homes and businesses, entire neighborhoods gone. >> oh my god! >> reporter: hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate. disaster can strike at any time, anywhere. so how prepared are you for an emergency? well, to walk us through what you should know, we're going to talk to captain clyde pitts with the rye new york fire department. so what's the first thing you should do? >> the key really is to have a plan before emergency strikes. even the best plan needs a plan b. >> reporter: and the biggest tip you would recommend? >> so one of the best things a family can do is have a go bag ready. that's something they would need 24/7, 365. >> reporter: so what should you put in your go bag? make sure

. >> jesse: let's bring in the hoover institution senior fellow, victor davis hanson.> the subtext of that was that all of these so-called oligarchs that supported him in 2020 tired of him. so mark zuckerberg gave him $419 million to work the election in key states and he had no problem with that oligarch. another billionaire funded the suit to go after donald trump. he had no problem with that oligarch. he gave the middle of citizen freedom to george soros who pretty much did his best to destroy the criminal justice system in our big cities. so he is not credible. and when he talks about misinformation, the fbi conspired with facebook to censor stories about the laptop, that it was authentic which it was, and then 51 so-called authorities supplied him on the prompt of antony blinken before the debate with donald trump in 2020 and the lie that it was russian disinformation. they cooked it up. joe biden, in future secretary of state. is just this projections that you saw today with the confirmation hearings. you start with the person and then do you invent the crime? we

jim hanson and scott mann join me now. scott, it feels like this is a president with bad instincts.ost seems to be late. you look at the debacle in afghanistan just to name one. and then you look at today. this was, by my count, and just my own independent research, the 11th deadliest terrorist attack on american soil. it was on the level of san bernardino, the level of fort hood. and it just feels like biden's remarks 16 hours late are a little too late. your thoughts? >> thanks. and of course our prayers go out to the victims and their families. something i would say is we've been telling the biden administration to tell something for three years since the departure from afghanistan and they haven't listened. there is an emerging threat gathering on the horizon of local distributed attacks that will look a lot more like october 7th than september 11th. the biden administration abandoned our intelligence capability in afghanistan. we paid for safehouses and for babies to be born and for a range of other things. over the last three years, those individuals who are very well-placed,

cbs's tom hanson reports. >> have you had a chance to let yourself process or grieve? >> mm-mm. no.eporter: grief isn't the only thing out of reach for ariel hall, who was thrown into a real estate market as hostile as the flames that tore through her altadena duplex. >> have you looked at zillow or anything like that? >> no. knowing the challenge i'm going to have, we won't be living in a safe area or a place that has grass. >> reporter: hall and her 12-year-old jade escaped their home where the single mom paid more than $1,000 below market value. >> i make $3,700 a month. and what, the average two-bedroom is 2,500, 2,800. it's unrealistic. >> reporter: as the smoke clears the scale of loss is coming into focus. 12,000 homes gone. even before the fires los angeles needed to build 450,000 affordable housing units to meet demand. on average, a new apartment building takes four years to build. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: those were the only three words realtor robin walter could utter as we drove with her to see her neighborhood in the pacific palisades for the first time. >> this is

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joining me now victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution and "newsweek" opinion editor. victor, let's start with you. what do they fear most at davos about trump? it was very strange because the davos people that run it, he shredded every one of their most cherished ideas you know of open brvedz, illegal immigration new green deal, he just shredded. i thought their heads were going to explode when he called it new green scam. i looked very carefully when i heard him on the transcript and schwarzman and my hand all these international big bankers were kind of like well we are not supposed to say this but are you serious? you are really going to give us liquid natural gas you? are north going to cut it off? trump said no, my word is my bond. i will give it to you. are you really serious that you are going to encourage investment? it was almost like what he did with the tech lords on the domestic area. you know, when he got in greece and elon and bezos he basically said i want you to make us rich. go to it. and they thought wow, we are not supposed to like this. but it's g

and contact us with tips joke us now victor davis hanson senior fellow at hoover.ictor, this is almost like a joke. so, four years later, they are looking for tips from the public and they wonder why they have no credibility? >> yeah, i think they are afraid the narrative changed over the four years and they were afraid to release any information during the election. now they feel that there is a new administration, and there might be some exposure or culpability and they are afraid that, you know, if they were donald trump and they had suffered what they did to him, they would be very frightened the way they think. so they think that donald trump is going to re-examine a lot of this. a lot of the things they said, laura, were abject lies. there were not four officers killed. there were not 10 people killed. there was only one violent death, we think, and that was a trump supporter ashley babbitt. and then there was no need to hide the officer bird's identity. any time an officer lethally shoots unarmed person in this country they are identified. and for some reaso

joining me now victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution.ved billionaires, flight when they had the right views. so what happened? >> well, it's not principle. they loved read hoffman when he fund e. jean girl and mark zuckerberg when he election $419 million. and mentioned george soros who really destroyed the criminal justice system. it's not principle. i think part of it is they love their teslas as much as they hate him. and it drives them crazy because they love evs and then tesla was the ev par election lance and they are subsidizing or helping them that drives them crazy here he had are helping him. people say he can't save nasa and he did can't get into the three big auto and did he. he can't revolutionize media and he did. they are afraid he can cut they are afraid 1 or $2 trillion. that's all they have is spreading the wealth and all these entitlements and free stuff because there issue issues on the border and crime they do think they have constituencies that they can lavish money on. if he comes in and did what he does in these o

deal for one land owner gets further for the family farms the land may be held and less hurtful cans hanson care about investors being able to get a return for their investors. so it's easier for foreign adversaries like china or a company that the front for foreign adversary to come in a purchase thatom land. it's happening more at an alarming rate the amount of foreign farm ownership increased 15% in just two years. some of that investment is by friendly countries there are farmers that welcome investment from investors from friendly countries they can help capitalize the industry the other who wouldfr never dream of it. the reality is a growing chunk of that is foreign adversaries for this a lot of concern about china, north korea, russia, iran. china in particular has been purchasing farmland and a way that not only endangers our food supply the holes on the land but measures are national security but they've been purchasing farmland near military installations as well. i don't think we can count as a coincidence. stu and paul is a farmer in pennsylvania, hi paul. >> hello. >> host: ple

fox news correspondent that is connor hanson. he joins us live in the fire zone with some of those very personal stories. good morning. >> frank. good morning. we're standing in pacific palisades, the location of just one, but the biggest of several wildfires right now that crews are racing to contain. they're trying to take advantage of this time because more strong winds are in the forecast for the coming days. but just to give you a visual, what we're seeing, unfortunately, this is the site all over the area. entire neighborhoods, entire blocks of homes that have been reduced to piles of rubble and ash. and this battle is far from over. >> the palisades and eaton fires on the move overnight, threatening more communities across los angeles. crews from multiple states are attacking the fires from the air and ground, but both remain out of control and officials are continuing to expand evacuation orders. >> we are confident that we are making significant progress, but it is important to remain on guard and follow safety advisorie

joining as, victor davis hanson from the hoover institute. victor, this is almost like a joke.r years later they are looking for tips from the public and they wonder why they have no credibility? >> i think they are afraid the narrative changed over the four years and they are afraid to release any information during the election. now, they feel there is a new administration and there might be exposure of culpability. they are afraid if they were donald trump and suffered what they did to him, they would be very frightened the way they think so they think donald trump will re-examine a lot of this. a lot of the things they said, laura, abject lies and they were not ten people killed and only one pilot think we think and that was a trump supporter, ashley babbitt. there was no need to hide officer birds identity and any time sheets unarmed in this country, they wanted to suppress that. they wanted to suppress the fbi video. they wanted to suppress the information about when cheney and that is alleged but suppress some of the erosion of the evidence. they didn't tell us how many

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fox's connor hanson has been in los angeles for about a week now following these fires. he's live again this morning. and connor, let's start with those winds. is it is it whipping or fairly still where you are. >> gasia. it is. it's been relatively calm here this morning, at least compared to last week and what we were seeing with those strong winds. but fire crews are preparing to potentially see those strong santa ana winds come back. they were saying as early as this morning. so they've pre-positioned crews and trucks and some of those more vulnerable areas clearing out brush where they can. and we saw all of those flights where they dropped the firefighting solution. that pink foam, you see, trying to create sort of a perimeter, at least blocking off some of the more more vulnerable, densely populated areas. we've also seen them bring more and more of those large water tankers up here. so those fire trucks could refill, as i'm sure you remember early on in these fires, about one week ago, firefighters were having trouble and they were running out of water in some of

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as fox's connor hanson shows us. well-wishers lined the streets in carter's hometown to pay their respects to america's longest lived president. >> a procession across georgia saturday celebrated the life and legacy of america's 39th president, jimmy carter. the day ended with touching tributes honoring his life, dedicated to service. the casket of former president jimmy carter arriving at the carter presidential center in atlanta saturday. his family and loved ones remembered their beloved patriarch. >> life that i think we can all agree, is as full and powerful as any life can be. >> the ceremony wrapping up a motorcade procession throughout georgia that saw stops in carter's hometown and family farm and the state capitol, where he served as a legislator and later as governor before his time in the white house. as president, carter helped broker a landmark peace deal between israel and egypt, receiving the nobel peace prize in 2002 for his work resolving conflicts and promoting human rights. carter's post-presidenc

. >> fox's connor hanson tells us, with the backing of the president elect, johnson managed to flip enough votes to win back the gavel after a narrow vote. >> house speaker mike johnson managed to keep his post in the new congress at the last minute. he was able to win over two key lawmakers the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 218. high drama on the house floor as speaker mike johnson won reelection. at first, three republicans voted for someone else, throwing the process into chaos. once again, johnson had this to say. >> what we're proposing now is just simply, as president trump likes to say, a return to common sense. and he's exactly right. that message resonated across the country, with 434 members elect present in the chamber. >> johnson needed 218 votes. at first, he fell short at 216. ralph norman, thomas massey and keith self were the three republican detractors, but speaker johnson pulled norman and self aside and convinced them to change their votes before the gavel. some have been unhappy with how johnson handled recent spending bills. >> they expe

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let's go now to fox's connor hanson, joining us live from times square with the celebration. and connor, i looked at the weather forecast earlier today. it said 100% chance of rain in new york city. as we usher in 2025, it looks like some of it has already arrived. >> that's right claudine, your forecast was correct. the rain is really coming down here. we're hoping that doesn't discourage too many people. i can tell you these crowds have been filling in watching some of these live performances here in times square, and more than a million people are expected to be here when this ball drops tonight. but no matter how large that crowd is, police here say they will have enough officers to keep all of them safe. thousands rushed to take their place in new york's iconic times square. hours before new year's eve celebrations were set to begin. >> everyone said that i shouldn't come, but i don't care. i've never done it, so i really want to. first time we woke up at 3 a.m. in the morning to be here at six. >> the more than a century old tradition drawing spectators from around the