as john lawrence reports, u.s.als are worried that holiday travel will fuel and omicron surge over the country. >> reporter: as millions of americans are leaving home to celebrate the end of 2021 with family and friends, covid-19 concerns are on the rise. >> the cases are going to surge in the next few weeks. we are already at over 100,000 daily cases. we could get to over 500,000, 600,000 daily cases if delta and omicron coexist. >> reporter: the world health organization says omicron cases are doubling within a 1 1/2 to three day period in countries where it's been confirmed. >> i had a niece that was going to come up here to visit, we canceled that. my friends that were like let's have a little gathering and already text saying maybe next year. >> i'm not too worried because i got the booster shot, just to travel it's a requirement to get the test. >> reporter: health officials say there are still a lot of unanswered questions about omicron and how much a potential threat it poses. >> even if it's a little less

dealing a potentially fatal blow to president biden's $2 trillion social and environmental bill and john lawrence explains. >> reporter: president biden's build back better bill is dealt a battering blow. >> this is a no on this legislation and i've tried everything i know to do. truck the nearly $2 trillion package gets full support from the democratic party to get to the senate and the senator joe manchin of west virginia remains a hold out saying he has concerns about various provisions in the legislation, which passed through the house of representatives last month. >> we are just try to make the adjustment for the time to fit the money or the money to fit the time and not changing our approach and not targeting things we should be doing. >> reporter: the presidents bill which was trimmed over the past few months would boost the nation's deficit by $367 billion over the next decade. >> this build back better bill i think is an absolute disaster and they don't even know how to implement the infrastructure bill. >> reporter: supporters of the bill are upset with his lack of support. >> if he do

and now john lawrence. >> i just want to make sure you can hear me. i am the senior vice president of the regulatory affairs for the toy association. thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important topic chairman blumenthal and ranking member blackburn. product safety is the top priority for the toy industry and the goal includes promoting toy safety and safe play year-round. accordingly i also serve as the chairperson knows the stakeholder the toy association is a not-for-profit trade association with members including more than 950 businesses all involved in bringing safe toys to children. the toy association and its members have served as leaders in global toy safety efforts in the 1970s we helped create the first comprehensive toy safety standard that has been recognized as a gold standard and including government, medical and child development experts, engineers, toy safety testing labs and consumer representatives to keep pace incorporating the latest intelligence on product safety and children's behavior and has led to the worl

there is a lot in the show, too, about an abolition, there is john lawrence is in there talking about to sally a that stallian with the first back battalion and it's spectacular. it's a great show. it's absurd what they are doing to it. almost like they hate the country or something. >> ben: you know, libby, the thing that i was thinking about as i was reading this take was you do realize that whatever culture you are enjoying right now, if you are one of these progressive cynics, it will be judged 10 years from now or even sooner by someone even more cynical or even more progressive than you. you haven't addressed yet how many things are wrong with the marvel cinematic universe. you haven't even started to get into the levels of cringe here. so, i guess my question to you on that is do you think there is any reversing this trend? is there a point where people tune out critics and cynics and say look we are going to enjoy good art as it is. we are going to be entertained by it. good musical in the case of hamilton and not going to listen to you anymore? >> yeah. i think that's all of

that we lost a little bit of our childhood or our fandom or our sundays when we lost john madden lawrence watch. he was the most popular figure in the history of the national football league and he earned that. he did it as a coach, an assistant coach, of course a broadcaster, and retired the emmy and won 16 emmys and of course the madden game kids today become familiar with professional football and love the game some even go on to play the game because of the game madden. he loves people, and he loved the people of the united states. he used to travel around, kayleigh, in a bus and hit all of the little stops and he would talk to the dairy farmers, and he would go out of his way to go to a restaurant to see a specific waiter or waitress who he had encountered years before. he was just a joy to be around. he made everything so much fun and football fun for everybody. didn't matter what your age was or what your interest was. lawrence: it's very rare to be able to touch multiple generations, touched will, touch ed me, go to your kid's room and i guarantee there's madden in their room. thi

and now john lawrence. >> i just want to make sure you can hear me. i am the senior vice president of the regulatory affairs for the toy association. thank you for the opportunity to testify today on this important topic chairman blumenthal and ranking member blackburn. product safety is the top priority for the toy industry and the goal includes promoting toy safety and safe play year-round. accordingly i also serve as the chairperson knows the stakeholder the toy association is a not-for-profit trade association with members including more than 950 businesses all involved in bringing safe toys to children. the toy association and its members have served as leaders in global toy safety efforts in the 1970s we helped create the first comprehensive toy safety standard that has been recognized as a gold standard and including government, medical and child development experts, engineers, toy safety testing labs and consumer representatives to keep pace incorporating the latest intelligence on product safety and children's behavior and has led to the worl

number 56 lawrence st john madden.ked into my heart and he realized what type of player i am of type person. i am and maybe everybody else didn't john madden. made me a better player. simple as that case closed. that's it. whoa! i was something when i hear that stuff. actually realized that. but i didn't realize probably. a little sampling from the all mad and special, which aired on christmas day and due to all the requests we've had. we're going to run it again tomorrow on channel two at eight o'clock that interview, by the way with coach madden was done last july. and lawrence taylor, just one of the many superstars you'll be hearing from. meanwhile golden state warriors man they have been smacked around by covid, as you know, in the past couple of weeks or so they're headed for denver. draymond green will not beyond that flight, and i guess you can't miss him if he's already gone, but james wiseman , the latest golden state warrior to enter the league protocol for covid, so he'll continue the rehab of his injured k

and lawrence jones is here with his reality check. >> john: we kick off for hour 2 of "america reports about? >> on monday portland police told the public that police would only be able to respond to priority 1and 2 calls because of a staffing shortage and big crime rate. this shift in 9-11 response is happening 1 to 2 times a week not just with a string of carjackings and a murder at the same time. portland has blown past its own record for murders. the district attorney filed only chargers a fractions of the rioters. the police are beyond frustrated. >> we have a community that is desperate for help. >> among the many 9-11 calls that don't get a police response, vandalism in progress and suspicious person on private property. homeowners have to vend for themselves. >> john: that's scary. >> sandra: not everyone believes the rising crime rate is a cause for alarm the district attorney in philadelphia made remarks that the former philadelphia mayor is calling the most ignorant comments. brian live. >> we still have 3 weeks left but philadelphia hit a record number of homicide. 523 murd

lawrence: furthering that conversation, is there another fact that he needs at this point it was a tough week for the sports community especially the nfl community, so we're remembering john madden touched the game in so many ways whether it was from his hall of fame coaching career or the stamp that he left on the broadcast industry. for me personally he gave me some of the best advice i ever received when i was just starting out 11 years ago at the nfl on fox and he's done that for so many people. we're all still chasing the standard he set for us and it is a great loss. he defined how to do this and how to do this job and we're all going to miss him very much. lawrence: had so much class as well, jen i think that i owe you a cup of coffee from my last bet so i'll catch up with you to get you that. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me lawrence. lawrence: you bet take care. carlie you got headlines for us? reporter: that's right and we'll begin with this , a suspect captured on video attempting rob an elderly woman and dragging her to the ground is turned into police by his own mother. minnesota authorities say the suspect was already in ja

lawrence taylor, one of the all time greats who never even played for john madden remembers him this way. john madden. made me a better player. simple as that. case closed. that's it. whoa! i was something when i hear that stuff. actually realized that. but i didn't realize probably. well, we missed him already. all mad and tomorrow, right here on ktvu. channel two. it starts at eight o'clock. got a whole mess of bowl games got time for the latest one. the alamo bowl played tonight. bob stoops returning on an interim basis for oklahoma, first time since 2000 and 17 2nd quarter. caleb williams lunches it for marvin mims 55 yard touchdown oklahoma on top 23 3 stoops gets the proverbial gatorade bath after they bathe in victory 47 32 that is a nice way to end. is successful. comeback story. don't forget bad and special tomorrow at eight. yeah, that's gonna be a good life. alright mark. thank you. and thanks for joining us tonight. good night. we'll see you back here we'll see you back here tomorrow, everyone. look what someone left in our mailbox -- again. wait, that's like our fifth on

lawrence taylor said when john madden came to my game i had to put on a show and couldn't let him downd out pour something astonishing, david. david: they're giving me a wrap but i have to ask this question. i didn't know him, you did. i sense he was a very loveable person, am i wrong? >> wonderfully loveable and so smart, so insightful. weigh as genius, saw things other people didn't see. i will miss him a great deal. we all are. everybody feels like they lost a friend. everybody feels like they knew john madden. david: everybody. my stage manager nodding her head in agreement. everybody feels they knew him. he is the guy you would want at a thanksgiving dinner. that is the sort of person person he really was. >> thanksgiving, turducken, he changed thanksgiving. remarkable guy. david: jim gray, thanks for bringing that to us. coming up crime surges in california we talk to the san diego district attorney calling out the progressive policies many say are leading to crime. we'll be right back to that. ♪. ♪. david: as violent crime continues all over the nation police are working with ne

lawrence story john was his cousin but he didn't have any brothers. is he looking it up.they gave the names i gave. ainsley: theologians have been debating this for centuries. steve: jonathan morris is coming up later in the program. brian: we have to do it before we toss to dana and bill hemmer we will find out. steve: okay. we will get to the bottom of this. meanwhile, 7:19 in new york. up next, republicans are taking nancy pelosi to court. the democratic house leader will have to answer to a judge after withholding pay from republicans who defied her mask mandate. thomas massi is leading the suit and he joins us live coming up next. ♪ people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® is a pill that lowers blood sugar in three ways. increases insulin when you need it... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybels

lawrence. the sporting world continues. remember bay area football legend john madden, the hall of fame coach and broadcaster. >> died yesterday at the age of 85 former de la salle high school football coach bob ladouceur also spoke out. he took over as head football coach at de la salle in concord a year after john mann retired from coaching in the nfl. the 2 of them met at a banquet several years later and maintain a friendship that lasted 35 years coach man took an interest in last year's teams that would go on to win the most high school football games in california history. >> he's left us so much. >> i mean, he's never going to be forgotten. and when he passed, i felt that. what the hall of fame should really do is put his bus right at the entrance of the national football hall of fame because that's where it belongs. >> a man was inducted into the hall of fame in 2006 after taking the oakland raiders to a super bowl in 1977 which they won and during his 10 years as a head coach in the nfl. you had a record of 103 winds and just 32 losses putting his winni

john pape says the port case resonates with the finding of institutional racism after an earlier scandal — the murder of stephen lawrencetional racism was the collective failure of an institution to provide an appropriate and professional service to a minority group, and i think if you co—opt that as a definition of institutional homophobia, this investigation ticks every box. the met accepts failing stephen port�*s victims but denies that homophobia played a role. those who knew and loved the dead men say there must be a full acceptance of what went wrong before change can occur. daniel de simone, bbc news. 55 people have been killed and dozens injured in mexico when a lorry and its trailer crashed and overturned. around 160 people, including young families and children, were in the trailer. most of them were migrants from central america, seeking a new life in the united states. will grant's report from chiapas in southern mexico contains some distressing images. it was already known as one of the most dangerous journeys in the world for people fleeing violence and poverty in search of a better life. at least 160 peop

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todd: let's check in with lawrence jones for what is coming up on "fox and friends". you are a big football guy. this johnmorning. >> coming up on "fox and friends" president biden says there is no federal solution for the covid outbreak so why is he still pushing those federal mandates? that is what governor christie knowem wants to know. sportscasters jim gray and tom ranalli here to reflect on the life and legacy of nfl legend john madden. plus mlb hall of fame inductee and former new york yankee mariano rivera joining us with the latest efforts, a big show ahead, don't go anywhere. more "fox and friends" coming up. tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org. . . starvation diets don't address insulin resistance. that's why they don't work. now there's release from golo. it naturally helps reverse insulin resistance, stops sugar cravings, and releases stubborn fat all while controlling stress and emotional eating. at last, a diet pill that actually works. go to golo.com to get yo

senator lindsey graham is here and he will way in, lawrence jones is here to discuss fox's plan to rebuild our all-american christmas tree. join johneral executives from additional mortgage company are reportedly headed for the exits after their ceo fired 900 employees over resume. it wasn't that he did it, it was how he did it. is a portion of the three minute call that was recorded by a now former employee. >> this is the second time in my career that i'm doing this and i do not want to do this. the last time i did it, i cried. we are laying off about 15% of the company. if you are on this call, you are part of the unlucky group being laid off. >> harris: he was so honest about the fact that he doesn't know how to do his job there, the ceo has since apologized to the staff. he said he likes to learn how to do things a long way and the way he could handle that call, he said he sorry. the name of the company is better.com. better than what? >> brian: i know, 900 employees got let go, and you know why? he said they were all lazy. the way you do it is, if you are with the company then you do what you want but if you actually want to

lawrence. you probably saw footage of it a lot of the last 20 months. we've played a lot. johneastman, the guy who wrote the coup. memo congressman brooks of alabama who's wearing a bulletproof vest. and of course the president, donald trump was there to. the ellipse rallies where they all with the crowd into a frenzy and sent the marching towards the capital. >> if we are right, a lot of them will go to jail. so. let's have trial by combat. >> today is the day american patriot start taking down names and kicking ass. and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue. i love pennsylvania avenue. and we are going to the capitol. >> we all know what happened afterwards. the mob attacked the capitol. trying to unseat american democracy. now stockton alone say they were upset by that last trump speech. so upset they immediately returned to their hotel room and insisted that they did not storm the angry mob. all evidence reports that being true. there's no pictures or anything

john. >> thank you, now time for another look at the forecast as we're looking live at the golden gate bridge and it's wet but kind of a low before more rain moves in now, lawrence, we've been seeing most of the rain is gone. but that's going to bridge still pretty wet out there. yeah. very damp out there with a lot of fog. we've got a lot of leftover moisture small. the storms we've had recently right. but we're going to be a lot more. we've got storm after storm after storm on count 5, maybe 6 till. >> to come. so we've got this one that is making its way out of the bay area headed to southern california behind you got another one. just developing that wouldn't come in tonight. i think this was going to be a little more intense as it comes through tonight in the middle of the day tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon. things begin to taper off to some showers. we're not done there by any means of fact, a brief break and then by friday evening here you go again. another round of rain kicking in. that's going to be a colder storm and that's going to be the trend much colder storms coming in as we head in toward next week. as you look toward christmas morning, we're go

lawrence. you probably seen footage of them over the last 11 months. we play it all the time. giuliani is there, john eastman, mel brooks of alabama who was wearing a bullet-proof vest. and, of course, the president donald trump was there too. the rally is where he this ripped the crowd into a frenzy and sent them marching towards the capitol. >> if we're right, a lot of them will go to jail. so let's have trial by combat. >> today is the day american patriots start taking down names and kicking ass! >> and we fight. you fight like hell. if you don't fight, you won't have a country anymore. we're going to walk down pennsylvania avenue. i love pennsylvania avenue and we're going to the capitol. >> we all know what happened afterwards. the mob attacked the capitol trying to unseat american democracy. now stockton-lawrence are upset by the last trump speech. so upset they returned to their hotel room and insist they cannot storm the capitol with the angry mob. all evidence points to that being true. there are no pictures of them. in the days and weeks after the event, they said they took issue with the

lawrence silverman, who will be honored later today. >> thank you. thank you everybody for coming today. i would like to thank john malcolm for putting me on a schedule at 8:30 in the morning after i flew from california at 5:30 my time. [laughter] this is the revenge of the civil war reenactors on california. also congratulations to the heritage foundation on your new president announced last week. you might have heard the jazz music as you came in, i assume that will be changed to bandages and other -- banjos and other texas music. i was expecting when we were organizing the panel it would be extremely difficult, not having been a judge myself, i expected the panel to make demands, yell and scream, but they were also accommodating and cooperative. this is not what i thought judges were like at all. we've got a great division of authority. >> is this a statement about larry? >> i'm going to introduce them quickly. i thought for we got to the substance of it, to ask any story or encounter with the justice over their years on the bench. tom hardeman from the third circuit in pennsylvania, judge naomi rao. judge jon

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made john madden has done as much to grow the game of football and to spark interest in the game of football as some of the biggest names who ever played the sport, tom brady, joe montana, lawrenceere? >> no doubt. way too early are players coming to the nfl with knowledge of cover two and zone blitzes. you know why? they play the madden game at ages 7, 8, 9 and 10. and coaches go for two points a lot because they say they grew up playing madden where you go for two all the time. jonathan, i think because of those three unique and different aspects, he does belong on whatever mount rushmore, whatever monument you want. as a coach his winning percentage for guys who have coached 100 games is still the best. he won three-quarters of his games. as a broadcaster we've talk about his impact, the emmy awards. on the screen with a telestrator that started with john madden. that was somebody's invention off his idea, let's make it happen. and then the video games. that's a $7 billion industry over the years, just the madden video franchise, because of john. the one thing i want to make sure i mention, john passed away rather suddenly at 85, but on sunday fox did an incredible documentar

lawrence taylor, who never speaks. to patrick mahomes and tom brady. 38 yeses mike, every single person made the time found a way for the schedule to work to pay tribute to johnre a memory. tell a story. and express their gratitude. whether it's somebody like bill belichick that the quick story, i tell. we asked for half an hour with bill belichick at the 29 minute, mark. we thanked him. he didn't move a muscle to get out of the chair. he stayed for 20 more minutes to talk about john madden and what john means to him. just remarkable as a tribute. i don't think he had a losing season as head coach of the raiders here in oakland. i mean, what if you had to put your finger on? why did he leave coaching? you know, i think that's a great question still has still the highest winning percentage of any coach to win 100 more games, which is astounding. but the absolute overwhelming nature of that job and its pursuit mike, as you know, covering it, it's exhausting, and it can be overwhelming as well as the fact that for john, i mean you'll see a single shot in the documentary have been sitting alone in an empty locker room at the coliseum after a loss. and we showed j

lawrence taylor, who never speaks. to patrick mahomes and tom brady. 38 yeses mike. every single person made the time found a way for the schedule to work to pay tribute to john to shareexpress their gratitude. whether it's somebody like bill belichick that the quick story i tell. we asked for half an hour with bill belichick at the 29 minute, mark. we thanked him. he didn't move a muscle to get out of the chair. he stayed for 20 more minutes to talk about john madden and what john means to him remarkable as a tribute. i don't think he had a losing season as head coach of the raiders. here in oakland. i mean, what if you had to put your finger on? why did he leave coaching? you know, i think that's a great question still has still the highest winning percentage of any coach to win 100 more games, which is astounding. but the absolute overwhelming nature of that job and its pursuit mike, as you know, covering it, it's exhausting, and it can be overwhelming as well as the fact that for john, i mean you'll see a single shot in the documentary have been sitting alone in an empty locker room at the coliseum after a loss. and we showed john his own retirement presser, which

lawrence taylor, who never speaks. to patrick mahomes and tom brady. 38 yeses mike. every single person made the time found a way for the schedule to work. to pay tribute to johnand express their gratitude. whether it's somebody like bill belichick that the quick story i tell. we asked for half an hour with bill belichick. at the 29 minute mark . we thanked him. he didn't move a muscle to get out of the chair. he stayed for 20 more minutes to talk about john madden. and what john means to him. just remarkable as a tribute. i don't think he had a losing season as head coach of the raiders here in oakland. i mean, what if you had to put your finger on? why did he leave coaching? you know, i think that's a great question still has still the highest winning percentage of any coach to win 100 more games, which is astounding. but the absolute overwhelming nature of that job and its pursuit mike, as you know, covering it, it's exhausting, and it can be overwhelming as well as the fact that for john, i mean you'll see a single shot in the documentary them sitting alone in an empty locker room at the coliseum after a loss. and we showed john his own retirement presser,

artist in the world, he and his partner from nashville, john rich have the number one song with santa has got a dirty job. ainsley: harris was there lawrence to be there, will. you were flying in from texas. will: pete and rachel were there. ainsley: with her baby. steve: lawrence jones was there he is at the pancake pantry a legendary spot in nashville. lawrence, i'm looking at the menu there. and if i was there, i would try the candied bacon. it's five pieces of bacon with brown sugar and maple syrup. ainsley: look two down what does he always get? steve: biscuits and gravy he always has that and the other thing i love the idea of, they have got something called the caribbean pancake. five pancakes covered in pecans, coconut, sliced bananas and a cherry on top. lawrence: i already put that order in. we will be tasting that later on in the show. y'all know i'm not going to miss a good meal for a work event. there's a lot going on. because we had a little fun earlier there are some serious issues. lower approval rating for the president of the united states. we will be talking about that today. crime in america. doj saying they are going t

john, who is himself gay, says the port case resonates with the finding of institutional racism after an earlier scandal — the murder of stephen lawrenceness, although with some reduction compared to delta. drjenny harries — head of the uk health security agency said: once again, we urge everyone who is able to get a boosterjab to come forward and do so. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has given a dire warning about the spread of coronavirus. she said the omicron variant presented a "very severe challenge", and announced new restrictions to tackle its spread. from saturday, the advice is that all household contacts of any confirmed covid case should isolate for ten days regardless of vaccination status — even if they get a negative pcr test. some exemptions will be made for critical services. non—household contacts should isolate pending a pcr result. if it is negative, they can leave isolation at this point as long as they are double vaccinated. and ms sturgeon said it would be sensible to defer work christmas parties, given the impact and significant concerns of the omicron covid variant. the public health advice that we