jacqui?jacqui: wow. alexis mcadam, thank you for that report. jeez, mike. you think about a sitting member of congress being carjacked in the middle of the day right after a meeting, i think it was an fdr park, it is stunning. >> mike: thank god nobody was seriously hurt, but in one way it is good to give these lawmakers a sense of what their constituents are dealing with, a better appreciation of everyday life back home in the district, i suppose. our friend brian kilmeade is coming up later this hour. i hope we don't pay that guy by the hour. he's on all the time, that should have some hot takes for us. senate majority leader chuck schumer is insisting the senate will vote on president biden's massive social spending plan when they return to washington early next year, but they can move forward without the support of west virginia senator joe manchin. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell singh yesterday he believes the worst of the bill is dead thanks to manchin's lack of support, but is

griff: jacqui. jacqui: griff, more severe coverage of the storms on the fox weather channel and for weather in your city, you can scan the qr code on the screen or go to foxnews.com snoot and congress-- joining us is the congressman, i wish we had you for a better story, this one hitting my moment state of tennessee. what are your thoughts on the ground? >> thank you for having me on. it's just a tragic situation, and i've got to tell you with the technology that we all use, we get to our phones and it's good that we get warnings, but these tornados, they moved so fast, and you can only move so quickly. obviously, you can't move a home or a physical structure. we know in this part of west tennessee that three people are confirmed dead. we think that there are still others that are unaccounted for so we can't speculate, obviously, on whether there are additional fatalities, but there's great physical destruction in several of the counties i represent in western tennessee, so many people without power

a woman named jacqui weaver shot to fame for exhorting hers. you have no authority here, jacqui weaver, no authority at all. 2021 started fresh off the back of a christmas that had been cancelled, virtually at the last minute, for millions of people. nobody quite knew what the new year would bring. apart from one thing. one hour before the end of 2020, midnight in europe, the brexit transition period came to an end. the uk's relationship with the eu was now governed by the terms of a deal finally reached just a week earlier on christmas eve. this is an amazing moment for this country. we have our freedom in our hands. and it is up to us to make the most of it. the deal allowed trade to continue, tariff—free, but there were problems. a row would develop over fishing licences, causing a rift between the uk and france. problems soon emerged with the arrangements for northern ireland. there were supply issues in supermarkets and suggestions that both the eu and the uk could trigger a clause that would rip up the agreement. a solution still hadn't b

thanks, jacqui. my next guest says if you're planning to go to los angeles, the police cannot guarantee your safety. with me now, jamie mcbride, the director of the l.a. police protective league. sir, very good to have you join us. is it that bad? >> it is. i've been in law enforcement in los angeles for 31 years. i haven't seen crime like this since the mid 90s. homicides are up everywhere. it's the most homicides that we've had in 25 years. i heard george gascon yesterday talking about the suspect that killed jacqueline avant. he said the criminal justice system failed him, the suspect. that he should have been involved in more programs each time he got arrested. that's insane. i don't think any program will help anybody like a jeffery dahmer or richard ramirez. evil needs to be locked up. we had a 12-year-old boy shot down the other day. his mother was shot and a 9-year-old girl was shot in the back. one minute this kid is excited about christmas and his mom is planning what to buy him and now she

good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. presidentbiden is readying a stt the white house has refrained from using in the past just in case it becomes necessary. a financial sanction that russia considers economic warfare. >> u.s. officials are reportedly zeroing in on sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle and on russian energy producers and banks to deter russian troops invading ukraine. considered back in 2014 but didn't ultimately make. cutting off russia from international payment. >> i'm sure they are looking at sanctioning the banking system. sanctioning the energy sector. possibly cutting off russia from the swift system which enables them to financial transactions. >> at the time prime minister dmitry medvedev said cutting off would be tantamount to declaration of war. passed a nonbinding if russia invaded ukraine. the white house so far has not taken a position on it but issued stern warnings. >> we consulted with our allies and have a path forward impose significant and severe harm on the russian authorit

let's begin with jacqui. jacqui? >> hi, neil. you know what else happened in 1982? transportation secretary pete buttigieg was born. the president tried to highlight some bright spots today as the new report came out. highlighting areas where prices have come down on certain things, things like gas prices, natural gas, used cars. he tried to assure people that there's cause to be hopeful. >> i think you'll see a change sooner than -- quicker -- more rapidly than it will take than most people think. every other aspect of the economy is racing ahead. it's doing incredibly well. we've never had this kind of growth in 60 years. inflation is affecting people's lives. >> the president hit the same points that we've been hearing, that the u.s. is recovering faster than other countries, wages has risen and unemployment is done. he acknowledged mores that to be done before consumers feel good about the economy. he called it a top priority of his administration. jen psaki said there's a difference between the indicators and what americans are feeling. >> i think the way ameri

good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. omicron is spreading everywhere even in air force one. the president tested negative after being exposed on friday. the president is not telling vaccinated people they have to stay home for the holidays. >> the country's covid landscape looks a lot different than it did in july. >> today we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. >> i know you are tired. i really mean this. and i know you are frustrated. we all want this to be over. we're still in it. >> the president insists there is no reason to panic as long as you are vaccinated. a much different message than the world health organization is sharing ahead of holiday gatherings. >> it's better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate now and grieve later. >> if you are vaccinated, then follow the precautions that we all know well. you should feel comfortable celebrating christmas and the holidays as you planned it. >> biden's only warning is to the unvaccinated. >> you have good reason to be concerned. you are at a high of high risk of getting

hi, jacqui. >> hey there, gillian.cron case is double every 2-3 days. they now make up nearly three quarters of cases in the u.s. the president is adding new steps to his mentor covid plan including a thousand military medical personnel deploying to overwhelmed hospitals in january february. fema is also sending teams to six states right now. critical supplies like masks and ventilators are being prepositioned across the country and federal testing sites are coming back to cities like new york where people are waiting in long lines for hours to get tested. for the first time, the white house is sending free rapid tests to anyone who wants one at home. the only problem is they won't get here until january, and that's not in time for holiday gatherings. so it begs the question, would we be in a different position now if the administration had done this a couple lisa go when jen psaki was first asked about it and said this? >> why not just make them free and give them out and have them available everywhere? >> should be j

good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret.oke alongside his covid response team. touting data from pfizer showing three shots gives good protection against the omicron variant. they are quite visibly pushing voluntary vaccinations as facing challenges from all sides. >> as quickly as the blow to the white house was delivered. >> the a.s are 52 the nays are 48. the joint resolution is passed. >> the administration returned the punch. >> if it comes to his desk, he will veto it. >> right now it's unclear if democratic leaders in the house will take up the senate passed resolution to repeal the vaccine or test mandate for private businesses. but democrats whitmer reportedly telling business leaders if that mandate happens, we are going to lose state employees. we have a lot of the same concerns that you just voiced. and it's going to be a problem for all of us. democratic senator jon tester joining senator joe manchin crossing party lines on the vote. >> even though the owners think it's a good idea to get vaccinated, they are sa

jacqui, you get to go first tonight with this question. as congress kicks the can down the road amid attempts to hold it up over mask mandates, what does this offer, what else are they supposed to get done between now and the end of the year? >> yeah, brian, this means that congress can now focus on actually negotiating some of these other funding bills that they have been putting off, they kick this can off the february but they still have the national defense authorization act, along with the impending that limit the need to get. this is the second part of the infrastructure bill that president biden has proposed, potentially negotiated figured out and passed through congress as well, and figure out how they will fund that money. it is definitely going to be a long haul, but they have at least avoided the short term shut down that really many reporters did not think was actually going to happen, this was just some formative stagecraft from this group of republicans. nevertheless, here we are, it has gotten done and everyone will have the

jacqui heinrich on the baking news. jacqui? >> hi, sandra. to the u.s. embassy comes after the putin-biden summit. putin told biden that the russian build-up of troops is purely defensive. they're trying to spin it as russia is facing aggression from nato country. the idea that they would invade ukraine is fake news. that's the russian spin on it. but they detailed what the note includes. it says in connection with these provocative actions, moscow sent a warning about the dangerous consequences of reckless behavior enumerating recent incidents that didn't end in tragedy due to the luck of the pilots. so they're trying to get out in front and say we are holding firm on our stance that we are purely in a defensive mode and pushing back on what you're seeing come from france, from the u.k., from biden here in the u.s. and from italy banding together to push russia, not to invade ukraine. sandra? >> sandra: thanks, jacqui. thank you. john? >> john: we were talking ant scott peterson being back in court. he was just resentenced to life in prison

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn tonight with details. good evening, jackie. >> evening to you, bret. the call lasted two hours. according to the kremlin president putin told president biden that russia's posturing is purely defensive. the white house says biden was crystal clear about what would happen if russia takes additional steps and offered an alternative deescalation. >> president biden looked president putin in the eye and told him today that things we did not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now. >> in a high stakes call, president biden laid out economic consequences russia would face if they move forward with an invasion of ukraine. video of the meeting came from russian state media. >> good to see you again. i -- unfortunately last time -- we didn't get to see one another at the g-20. i hope next time we meet we do it in person. >> white house did not divulge sanctions package. biden made no concessions including on president putin's request to block ukraine from joining nato. instead the u.s. is preparing economic punishment

jacqui heinrich has more. you were able to get some questions in the briefing today. hello. >> good afternoon to you, sandra. the white house has been making clear that there's sanctions in their world that would make significant and severe harm to the russian economy should they need to take those moves in russia chooses to invade ukraine. they're providing putin an off ramp ahead of the call. >> i think what the administration is actively considering with their allies is an escalating set of sanctions that go beyond what's been done before. i'm sure they're looking at sanctioning the banking system, the energy sector, possibly cutting off russia from the swift system, which enables all of their international financial transactions. >> the white house says they don't know if putin made a decision. if he hasn't, there's an opportunity to have a range of topics where there's mutual interest. officials are reporting on sanctioning putin's inner circle and energy producers and banks and weighing one nuclear option by former president obama's undersecretary of defense. th

psaki: well, again, i wouldn't characterize it that way, jacqui. but i would tell you that senator manchin is somebody who has won many tough -- tough foughts -- fights in west virginia. he is -- comes proudly from a coalmining family. he's a pretty outspoken advocate for the things he believes in and the things he doesn't, and i would doubt he's a withering flower on the side of the road. reporter: is build back better being dead in the water the reason for extending the student loan moratorium? ms. psaki: well, we would disagree with that characterization, as i think nearly every member of the democratic caucus would as well, and we're forging ahead to get it done. i just gave you an overview of why the student loan extension. obviously, we're still battling a pandemic. we know that borrowers across the country, even as the economy has made progress, are still grappling with them, and this will give them a little bit more relief. and that, hence, is why the president and the vice president made this decision. go ahead. reporter: continuing on bui

back to you. >> neil: thanks, jacqui.hat you're looking for for christmas. the flip side is you could be paying through the nose for it. steve moore has been warning about that. kind enough to tell us. everything is sky rocketing. what do you make of this? is it go to ease? >> a couple of observations about what the president said. it is true that it's good news that a lot of the empty shelves that we're worrying about haven't had. it's amazing how well the economy can adapt quickly to a crisis like we had a month or two ago. however, a personal story, i mean, 2 1/2 weeks ago, i ordered a huge number of christmas presents for family and friends from amazon. usually with amazon, you get that stuff in three days. 2 1/2 weeks later, i still don't have it. christmas, two or three days away. i talked to a lot of people that say we're experiencing the same thing. i'm not convinced the supply chain problems are over. the thing that worries me the most going forward over the next month or two is the overreaction of potentially to

jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thank you. more on senator joe manchin's as announcement and the democrats in just a bit. director of the world health organization says there is consistent evidence the omicron variant is spreading faster than the delta strain. the u.s. is averaging close to 130,000 new coronavirus cases each day. and a rash of cancellations and postponements is upon us once again. correspondent jonathan serrie is live tonight in atlanta home of the cdc. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening to you, bret. the omicron variant has been confirmed in at least 46 states. federal health officials say it is the most rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus that they have had though deal with during the entire pandemic. so far. but they do have tools to fight it. >> los angeles called off new year's evizations and rhode island will reimpose a indoor mask mandate. broadway musicals hamilton and aladdin announced the cancellations of all performances through christmas due to break through infections. the nfl postpo

jacqui heinrich has more from the white house. >> hi, neil. the president has been increasing increasingly stark wantings to unvaccinated americans telling them their chances of getting psych and dying if they remain unvaccinated. he encouraged people to get their shots, calling ate patriotic duty and obligation to country. despite break through cases amooning vaccinated people, the president is still saying that it's safe to celebrate christmas and have holiday get togethers with family even if you've had your shots. it's criticism from health experts. folks like the world health organizations say cancel your christmas plans. it's safer. they believe the white house -- critics believe the white house and cdc should be updating guidance. biden said by and large, omicron is mild among the vaccinated folks and this is not march of 2020. the administration certainly prepares like it's march of 2020. they're sending medical -- military personnel to overrun hospitals. fema teams to six states. prepositioning supplies across the country and sending

>> jacqui heinrich on the north lawn. thanks. word that grew at 2.3 annual rate in the third quarter led the dow to 261 point gain. the s&p 500 up 47. the nasdaq finished ahead 181. let's get analysis from charles payne fox business. charles, great to see you. you listened to the president today, your thoughts? >> yeah, i watched the whole thing. i was somewhat frustrated, bret, this is a serious issue. can you tell americans don't believe your eyes or your pocketbooks and i don't think these kind of events help. i watched the entire thing. it was mostly hey bragging session about, you know, it being -- these things not happening before christmas. this supply chain issue is going to go on for a long time. there are short-term reasons for it but also long-term reasons for it i think the most important thing to understand is that the average american is suffering mightily. it's not about the christmas presents people may or may not have gotten. i'm waiting on few things, including some air hockey tables i don't think will make it.

we begin tonight with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich. >> the president acknowledged with inflationgh may be tough to get votes in the senate for the spending plan he sees as the solution. >> i think you'll see it change sooner, quicker, more rapidly than most people think. >> president biden trying to look on the bright side after his labor department reported inflation surged more than expected last month to 6.8%, the fastest rate since 1982 when ronald reagan was president. >> every other aspect of the economy is racing ahead, it's doing incredibly well. we've never had this kind of growth in 60 years. but inflation is affecting people's lives. >> again blaming the pandemic for the supply chain disruptions that have driven inflation, the white house highlighted bright spots where prices have fallen since that data was gathered like natural gas and gasoline. >> we got the price down below three bucks per gallon but it has not gone down quickly enough. >> he acknowledge more has to be done before consumers feel confident about the economy's recovery as republicans continue to hamme

the question from jacqui heinrich is something that has been circulating. is there any proposal on the part of the united states to ukraine to cede certain parts of landin ukraine to russia and jen psaki, the white house press secretary said no, absolutely not. but obviously this is the afternoon when the president is talking to president zelensky of ukraine. there's been ongoing conversations. he will be speaking with our allies including france later on today about exactly what is expected in terms of help for ukraine with these russian troops all along the border. so we'll continue to keep a close eye on developments and what that might look like. so an exclusive also for you this hour, the attorney who is representing parents of two sisters that were victims of the oxford high school shooter. these parents are launching two separate $100 million lawsuits against the school for negligence essentially. so we're going to talk to their attorney about that. it's a very big case. we want to talk to him about whether or not it's a feasible case in terms of the

jacqui heinrich at the white house. let's getted read from doctor martin marietta who has been critical of the approach dr. marty makary. getting test kits out to upwards of 500 million people in this country, what do you think of that? >> well look, i think it is needed. it will help, testing does help. testing is the not the solution. what we see a quick retraction to the old same talking points that we heard from this white house on blaming the unvaccinated, ignoring natural immunity and talking about testing. we got a giant reservoir of powerful therapeutics that are either already available or are sitting on the desk of the fda and need to be available immediately. these are self-inflicted wounds that need to be addressed with early treatment. we cannot contain a high respiratory pathogen at this point. we need to shift attention to early treatment. we have not heard the language from the white house. neil: we might be, i don't want to jump the gun, doctor, lucky, with omicron. while contagious it doesn't seem to b

. >> mike: but first, jacqui heinrich live at the white house pay good afternoon, jacqui. >> good afternooner taking incoming fire from his fellow democrats in the white house. ever since he broke the news on "fox news sunday," manchin saying no one should have been surprised at the statement that he has been clear all along about how much spending he would support, what programs he would support, spending money on, and how it should be paid for. the president and his position, and he also blames the white house staff for this break down and can vacation. >> we knew it couldn't get there, they said i want to keep trying. i said, "sure, what have you got to do, you do it." that wasn't my statement. i just got to wits' end and they know the real reason. that's not the president, it's the staff. they put some things out there were absolutely inexcusable. they know what it is. >> "absolutely inexcusable and they know what it is." manchin's office would not elaborate on what those inexcusable things where, but white house press secretary jen psaki's statement immediately after he made his positi

jacquie randle has lived here for decades. >> it's what we do in paradise park, check out the neighborse if anybody needs help lifting anything from the flood zone area. >> reporter: she said the flooding four years ago were worst. the area is prone and they expect it overnight. >> these bottom areas are considered mud rooms, if you will. if you have something valuable, you don't put it on your first floor. >> reporter: still she says many people will stay home. the rain also leading to treacherous driving conditions along highway 17 and 9 in the santa cruz mountains, pouring all night. clean-up crews constantly in motion, clearing debris. the cal fire czu unit tweeting this picture of ice cream grade blocked by a boulder that tumbled down the hill side. and in boulder creek, some who live in the evacuation warning zone tonight say after leaving twice before from debris floes from the czu burn scar area will stay around. >> we're going to ride it out. we've been evacuated. we don't want to get hotels again after the evacuations of the fire and all that. >> reporter: back out here live o

. >> mike: the white house where jacqui heinrich is out of the daily press briefing. >> good afternoong in the rear-view mirror. manchin joined democratic colleagues last night and said many of the same concerns he voiced about the bill. size and scope and the national debt. one democrat described the path forward as twisty and murky. manchin pulled the plug on inexcusable things the white house staff put out referring to a statement that blamed manchin for the delay in passing build back better. resources close to manchin said it upset him because of the harassment he and his family are facing from those in his own party. jen psaki said manchin can take the heat. >> will there be another approach to deal with senator manchin and the other democrats in the party who have been vocal about they are disappointed in him. a shifted strategy since this blew up over bullying. >> i would not characterize it that way. senator manchin has won many tough fights in west virginia. i would doubt he is a whithering flower on the side of the rod. >> chuck schumer will put the bill up for a vote. some

jacqui heinrich, thanks. >> sandra: senator tom cotton. senate repealed the biden federal vaccine mandate for businesses. many republicans made the case this is too brutal on businesses still trying to recover. even if the house approves this, it faces a 53ses a biden veto. what do you believe is the fate? >> i was pleased a bipartisan majority in the senate blocked this. the magertie of americans are pro-vaccination but anti-mandate.jority of american pro-vaccination but anti-mandate. the department of defense is being used as a tool in biden's campaign to restore his political standing. you have young healthy troops that don't want the vaccination. it will help them or our national security to discharge them from the military? >> sandra: that's a small percentage of the military? >> it is, but it could be thousands of troops. again at a time when we have a tight labor market that makes it hard to recruit and retrain troops and thousands of troops have put their lives on the line to defend our country. shouldn't we back off these mandates

jacqui heinrich to begin our coverage. >> the briefing was pushed back by a half-hour am we are awaitingnt putin in the 2 hour phone call. details on the economic sanctions. the package he would layout if russia moves forward with invading ukraine. yesterday they were described as significant and severe and kept on the table the nuclear option. removing russia and blocking them from the system they rely on for international financial trance actions. -- trance actions. transactions. president biden voiced the deep concerns about russia escalation of forces around the ukraine. president supported ukraine sovereignty. it goes on to say: the first conversation will happen today right after the putin and biden call. the white house said that biden will speak to the leaders of france, germany and the u.k. bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. will pressure germany to stop the pipeline in russia invades ukraine. there will be an announcement about that report during today's white house briefing. they stopped short of confirming it. republicans said that biden never should have waived sanctions.

white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn tonight with details.

we begin with white house correspondent, jacqui heinrich she is reporting live from the north lawn for us on this friday afternoon here and take away jackie. >> a santa good to see you. this was the smallest number of jobs added since december of 2020, making it the worst month for job creation, this entire year. economists were forecasting a strong continuation of the kind of recovery we have been seen. these numbers, disdain looks more like the prepandemic economy. the president though, largely glossed over all of that in his remarks on the jobs that were today. he instead focused on the positive, yet employment dropped more than expected down to 4.2%, wages were also up, although by less than last month. labor force participation also rose, to 61.8%. >> the incredible news of our unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%. at this point in the year, we are looking at the sharpest one year decline in unemployment ever. simply put, america, america is back to work. our jobs recovery is going very strong. >> the tally used to calculate the number of new jobs is different from the self record

we begin tonight with white house correspondent jacqui heinric

jacqui heinrich asked if there were any lessons about rushing to judgment. >> there were lessons to beump. i think april ryan -- she just left. he said i can tell you it's horrible. it doesn't get worse in response to her question about the -- about the jussie smollett at the time. >> martha: so let's bring in leo terrell, civil rights attorney and fox news contributor. what are the lessons to be learned in the jury's verdict yesterday in the jussie smollett trial, leo? >> i'll tell you what it is. i'm a civil rights attorney for 30 years. a lot of people gave up their living to create these civil rights laws. jussie smollett exploited those laws for his own personal greed. guess what? joe biden, kamala harris who called it a modern lay lynching, they exploited it for a political purpose. how dare jen psaki throw president trump under the bus? biden, harris, the democratic minutery needs to a model guys along with robin roberts. you cannot equate what jussie smollett said on the tv set, what he said about lying and then go to court and waste taxpayer's money at the expense of chicago t

. >> jacqui heinrich had an opportunity to ask about a certain kind of therapeutic, a pill to fight omicron. the president said they would be looking into that. what is your take on that? >> so there is a lack of urgency. i want to be clear that vaccines need to be the foundation of our protection. that's why everybody needs them. you never hear the administration talk about mono clonal anti-bodies or the oral medicines. the one from merck has been at the fda for weeks. it can reduce hospitalizations by up to 50%. that needs to be authorized immediately and it needs to be part of our armorment. these types of pills will work against omicron, delta, all the variants. they're very important. they're not the solution but a very important added step. remember the tests? i would send tests to everybody that could be eligible for the pills. we want them tested immediately if they get sick and get the pills to them so they can reduce their illness. there's no urgency. i'm seeing a repeat of march, april and may of 2020 except with a lot less urgency and a lot less aggressiveness. we put 648 emerge

. >> jacqui: former minneapolis police officer kim potter found guilty in our challenges all charges, firstdegree and second-degree manslaughter. >> mike: >> thanks. good afternoon. i'm gillian turner in washington in for martha maccallum today. right now on "the story," former minnesota police officer kim potter found guilty on all charges, both first degree and second degree manslaughter. the jury holding her culpable for the shooting of duante wright. she said she mistakingly fired her gun instead of her taser after a traffic stop in april. garrett tenney is live at the courthouse in minneapolis. good afternoon, garrett. >> gillian, good afternoon. after more than 27 hours of deliberation, this jury of six men and six women reached a verdict founding kim potter guilty of first degree and second degree manslaughter. we got notes from the pool reporter. they noted one of the jurors as the verdict was read was visibly emotional, crying and shaking as this process played out. clearly emotional. that stood in contrast to kim potter herself who showed very little emotion as that verdict

. >> i'm jacqui heinrich. john roberts and sandra smith off today.same day in 2019 prior to the pandemic. covid testing lines are making this christmas look a lot like last year. now we are letting 500 million tests promised by president biden

. >> mike: that's jacqui heinrich asking brian about the latest economic numbers and in terms of unemployment of big questions on the way. >> mike: that include foreign policy. a top u.s. military official in china. senator josh holly joining us. is it your position that the biden administration is more worried about people's pronounce than national security measures like china and taiwan. >> i think that's fair. he was talking about white rage and urging cadets to read up on anti-racism and critical race theory. you talk about misplaced priorities. we have seen which across the board. china is poised to gobble up taiwan. it would be a disaster for us. what is the biden administration doing? not much. it's time they focus. >> mike: you proposed 2 pieces of legislation to help taiwan one that would provide $3 billion in defenses to help its arsenal against china. what are are hearing from colleagues? >> i hope it's something we can get bipartisan support. the best thing to do for taiwan is to help taiwan defend itself. taiwan needs to stand up to china and resist any attempt by china to take o

welcome to fox news live i'm jacqui heinrich. griff: i'm griff jenkins.mazon facility in illinois and amy is kicking it off from the weather center. >> griff, let's get

jacqui heinrich has more from the white house. hey, jackie. reporter: neil, brand new information at the top. we heard from the white house the president will have a call after his call with putin with president macron of france, chancellor merkel of germany and italy and uk will be on the call. that is brand new. we hear jake sullivan will be in the briefing today. we expect to get information. >> the white house about a bloomberg report, they have not confirmed the report but they said they will talk about it in the briefing and bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. will pressure germany to stop nord stream 2 if putin moves forward with invading ukraine. that is brand new information in the last hour. russia invited stayed media with the call with biden and putin. they put out video. the white house did not allow any american access. the russians put out the video, in it you can hear president biden telling putin i hope next time we can meet in person. >> there you go. hello? [laughter]. good to see you again. i unfortunate -- last time, we d

. >> reporter: did president biden give -- >> john: there is course jacqui heinrich questioning jen psakir of things including the departures from kamala harris' office sense crimes spike and big anticipation, sandra, tomorrow's phone call between president biden and russian president vladimir putin with threats about what might happen if russia were to invade the eastern part of ukraine. >> sandra: continued message on the bright house on the upcoming phone call with diplomatic work preparation. in planning for what will come next there. on the vp office, interesting response, everyone she knows at the office looking forward to continuing their job but on the smash and grab robberies, an interesting exchange. john, the program last week jen psaki was highly criticized for blaming the spike in crime in the country coast-to-coast onto the covid pandemic. it seems now she was pointing to the increase in crime during the pandemic, not because of it. perhaps a change of messaging in approaching this. , a federal prosecutor, congressman, a lot of the discussion today around alexandria ocasio-c

you rarely take questions from peter doocy and jacqui heinrich but you will find liz cheney at mar-a-lago trump's presidency, he had done more than 70 interviews and it shows and telling that this president just sits cowardly when the handlers push the press out of the room at such a crucial time when it comes to covid inflation crime, you name it. cheryl: you have to wonder if that is being done on purpose. steve forbes real quick, yet they are rolling out vice president harris for interviews. steve: that's been a disaster and obviously president biden can't handle the pressure of the press but the answer she's given, shows she's totally out of her depth. people feel that's run reason why they don't ask harder questions. cheryl: yeah, joy, steve, stay right there the next hour of mornings with maria starts right now. ♪ ♪ cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone i'm in for maria bartiromo. it's tuesday, december 28th, top stories, 7:00 a.m. eastern time. the turning point on covid-19, president biden admitting there is no federal solution in controlling the virus kicking it back down to th

brian: jacqui heinrich joins us with the latest dismal numbers. >> good morning brian, ainsley, and steveelieve the biden administration is hurting the country's ability to get prices under control. only 22% believe the white house is helping. moreover, nearly half of americans, 46% believe the massive social spending bill that the white house is seeing as a solution would only push inflation higher. the impact happening to people's wallets, the penn wharton school estimated going to cost households $3,500 this year to consume the same amount of goods as last year. 67% of americans say biden administration has caused financial hardship. only 17 percent said their lives have been improved by biden's economic policies and that number ebb is being driven by two thirds of republicans saying they have been hurt by his policies, that's nearly five times the number of democrats and it is that indicator that's making it very difficult to get the democrats social spending plan passed. it looks now that is not in the cards for this year at least. back to you guys. brian: that is stunning. thanks, j

steve: jacqui heinrich joins us from the north lawn of the white house on this friday with the latesticron is surging. >> we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death, but there's good news. if you're vaccinated and you have your booster shot, you're protected from severe illness and death, period. reporter: but try, as he might, to prove his polling, president biden still lagging even on his handling of coronavirus, which just seven months ago he had a 64% approval rating and now it's at 47%. breakthrough infections among people who followed all of the white house and cdc guidance are driving part of that, so are concerns about school closures and more shutdowns but there are still many people who refuse to get vaccinated. a recent family foundation poll showed only 27% of parents of five to 11-year-old kids are keen to immunize their children. 30% said they definitely won't, and one doctor who wrote about it in the journal of american medical association is now facing pushback from peers. they write, there's nothing paradox about parents who are vaccinated themselves wanti

called "our journey together" it's available now and he will bring those pictures to life but first jacqui the pandemic. reporter: that right the winter covid plan. the biggest message from the white house here continues to be urging americans to get vaccinated and that's even without an omicron-specific shot dr. fauci explained yesterday that is because with prior variants the existing vaccines that we have are effective against them, such as with delta , and the expectation is the same will be the case for omicron, but that is really the emphasis coming from the white house is to get people vaccinated and if you're vaccinated to get booster shots. the president will explain his winter covid plan at the national institutes of health which includes expanding access to boosters, launching vaccine sites for kids, increasing access to tests including home tests so it be paid for entirely by health insurance, but the biggest change requiring all international travelers to test negative within a day of departure regardless of their vaccination status, it has a pretty big loophole. >> people who