lara trump announced plans to formally step down as co-chair of the rnc. governor ron desantis about desantis choosing lara trump to fill marco rubio's senate seat to represent the people of florida in the senate. trump endorsed casey crosby to succeed his daughter in law, saying he has helped the rnc smash every fundraising goal in history. she will work to have fully functioning rnc. your thoughts on working with crokby osby and lara trump stepg down. >> i don't have the words to tell how great a partner lara trump has been in the rnc. she's been fantastic on tv. she's been a fundraiser. she is willing to go anywhere and do any work for the campaign and support donald trump and candidates up and down the ballots and i know we're going to continue to work together no matter what platform she is going to be speaking from. she is going to remain a steadfast ally to president trump and conservatives across the country. i'm very excited to work with casey crosby. she served as our treasurer over the last couple years, a solid conservative and she'll be a great

when lara trump was in the mix. you know, definitely a tough choice, especially when you mentioned that was donald trump's preference. how would he toe that line if he maybe didn't want to go with lara trump, but felt pressure to. so her taking her out of herself, out of consideration is a very interesting development here. and i'm curious to see now where the decision process goes from here. >> all right. and as we were talking about before, the government shutdown has been averted after a dramatic couple of days with the president signing this bill yesterday, i think the whole episode, it did seem like a bit of an early lesson for donald trump on the very serious challenges of governing and legislating in the current political climate. what was your big takeaway? >> yeah, it was absolutely a warning. and, you know, a foreshadowing of likely what's going to come in the next two years. but the only difference is, is the next two years are going to be far more challenging than this debacle was. and that's because the

we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ mark: welcome back, america, with lara trump, one of the most successfulave votes that just keep going on and on and on for a month and then you lose orange county, you lose other parts of central california with these -- these counting i guess they're voter harvesting, i don't know what they're doing. everybody is used to things happening right away. why does it take a month to count? is that a congressional republican thing, who is responsible for overseeing that sort of thing? >> well, yeah, i do think it falls maybe on the nrcc to a certain extent, but i think there's a bigger conversation maybe to be had, you know, we actually never let our lawyers leave any of these places where vote counts were going well past election day. i've got a lot of messages on x, are you still watching, yes, we were still watching in arizona, in california, anywhere that there were votes still being counted, we were there, we had our team there, we never let them leave. you saw how important in bucks county, in pennsylvania, of course, and other places in pennsylvania with

at this show right now. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] then we've got his daughter-in-law, lara trump trump is reported to be lobbying governor desantis of florida to appoint lara to the senate where marco rubio leaves his spot to be secretary of state. maybe this -- i don't know, with lara, maybe it's trump's way of telling her to please stop singing? i don't know. [ laughter ] remember when republicans couldn't shut up about kamala harris and her qualifications? she doesn't have the experience, he only picked her because she's a black woman, is she even a black woman? may i introduce senator lara trump, graduated with a b.a. in communications at nc state, studied at the french culinary institute, worked as a personal trainer. get that lady in the government right away. [ laughter ] if lara becomes a senator, who's going to walkeric? [ laughter ] one thing we know for sure is that seat is not going to matt gaetz. disgraced former congressman and rejected nominee for attorney general, matt gaetz, has a new job starting in january. he will host a show on oan, "one america news." for th

trump selected marco rubio as secretary of stmeaning lara tru has been floated to fill that seat. lara just announced she is ep it issing down from her current job. posting the rnc had three goals, surpas funding records, ensure election integrity and turn out millions of americans in lo low-propensity areas. the job is complete and i will step down. the president-elect says his children will not be in the next administration. >> i said to my kids, don't come in. >> you said don't come in? will you miss having them? they were your top advisadvisor. >> i misthem and they are comp at any time, don't come in. they did such a great job. lara did phenomenal as head of the rnc, along with michael. >> trump's daughter ivanka trump and jared kushner were in the first administration, charles jared kushner will be ambassador to francis scott key bridge. >> brian: and tiffany's, too. as enavoid. fascinating. i remember asking eric, i don't know if on camera or not. the way you are clued in, do you want to go in? i don't think so. don jr., i think he wants to do this for a career, no. and iva

lara trump would consider filling the seat if asked. president-elect trump holds key meetings overseas and calls for unity at home. will trump's rivals be open to his message of unity? we'll take a look. >> i will treat you ever bit as well as i've treated greatest maga supporters, never been anything like maga anywhere in this country. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...but was designed differently to also give you blazing fast wifi where you are most of the time? reliable 5g, plus wifi speeds up to a gig where you need it most. xfinity mobile. now xfinity internet customers can buy one line of unlimited and get one free for a year. concern read rez /* /* >> carley: president-elect trump naming personal taken alina habba counselor to president as he builds his administration. brooke singman has more. >> brooke: alina habba is no stranger to t

donald trump junior, eric trump and lara trump. rom the man himself two months before the election president trump and i sat down a to discuss the horrific assassination attempt and his vision for a next administration. which we see thank god happening before our eyes, go. >> this photo right here, what were you thinking? cooks well, that was a photo that was taken it's an amazing photo. >> it's right to the window. >> seven secret service people on top of me because by that time i had gone down. this was a photographer that was taking pictures. and i think realized when he was developing them, look what we have here. so there's a little gap in the floor you're able to see it was not like oh gee what a nice picture this would be. >> what was going to your head right there? >> amazing. really amazing. i felt very clear headed. i knew i got hit in the ear. i felt i was one 100% okay. the secret service was very brave. they were jumped over on me very quickly, second spirit i was down but they were on top of me and bullets were flying

he wants lara trump and fill the senate spot marco rubio is vacating secretary of state so this may bence for the president to say two things, one is the desantis and put lara trump and that spot also prepare just in case. in the back of secretary of defense nominee. >> i want to put up on the screen washington post exit poll that showed veteran support for the candidates in the election included 34% of those veterans supported kamala harris 65% trump so i'll, target rich environment i guess you could say appearing at the game. >> is a good way to put it. one person we haven't talked about elon musk also in the box and he's being showed once again as a close ally and rich guy in a way of doing several things, one of which is for the president to show on the nominees. also don't want to do is define me because he got elon musk but the primaries against you. the backdrop to the conve conversation. that is a role elon musk is playing and he is a cudgel elects box. john, good to have you on. >> mysterious drone settings in the u.s. have moved to military bases in the uk. more on that secur

through my show i got to interview lara trump. what a blessing.m upset with her and i do not think that people truly understand the difference she made in this country. they saved this country. they knew what was happening in the background. they knew what was happening in georgia and pennsylvania and arizona and all these places that were treating -- cheating. they got out ahead of it and they crushed it. it was incredible. then they called and said do you want to be a surrogate? i said hello yes i do. after all the years of fear i said this is me. again i am telling my kids and other college kids i speak to to be their true selves when i am too afraid. when i posted that first picture it was scary and i got a lot of hate. but what happened? there was so much more positivity. every time you push through that fear, what happens? it is a little easier the next time. that led to being asked to moderate a couple of town halls with j.d. vance in pennsylvania and then with donald trump in lancaster, pennsylvania. and when i was on that stage with donal

gates ha negado completamente todo esto puntos y lara trump dice que no quiere ser considerada como unamitÉ republicano mientras que las presidenta electa deberÍa volver a la casa blanca. y deja ver que era un importante papel polÍtico en la administraciÓn. y tambiÉn ivanka dice que va a dejar la polÍtica sin planes de regresar. fuentes cercanas a la venta del mandatario afirma que ella y su marido buscan llevar una vida mÁs privada y aunque no serÁ asesora de su padre durante el segundo mandato, allegados aseguran que siguen haciendo algunos aportes discretos en ciertas Áreas de interÉs. y con la entrada en vigor de la propuesta 36 en california, miles de dueÑos negocios esperan que disminuyan los crÍmenes, especialmente asaltos masivos a las tiendas. puente castillo tiene las reacciones de la vigencia de esta novela y aprobada por la mayorÍa de los votantes. reportera: imÁgenes como estas de robo relÁmpagos donde bandas criminales irrumpen en las tiendas y se llevan lo que pueden, se convirtieron en noticias de casi todos los dÍas en california devastando a cientos de comercios, pero

♪ ♪ howard: in a if few moments, lara trump will be here live. biden and donald trump now have the exact same position on the justice department, that it's a biased and politically-slanted mess. it's not just that, as the whole world nose a few hours after our show ended last sunday, the president issued a sweeping pardon to his criminally-convicted son, hunter biden. it's that the outgoing president sounded just like the incoming president who said the criminal cases against him with a form of prosecution carried out byville prosecutors and judges trying to prevent him from reclaiming the white house. now, keep in mind that biden told journalists again and again that he wouldn't interfere with hunter's case. >> will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> and 40 have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. i said i'd abide by the jury decision. i will do that, and i will not pardon him. howard: but when he broke that promise, the president couldn't even face the press or the public. he issued a stateme

. >> now on national committee co-chair lara trump welcome laura thank you for joining us, congratulationsoverwhelming victory. it's an awesome gift in the long to do list, wade ucr new president starting. >> is an awesome gift. i say all the time i actually believe that this country is really going to enter the golden age of america like you hear donald trump talk about all the time and i think it's only possible now i think had donald trump continued his four-year term for the second time in 2020 and reelected i don't know that you would've seen the groundswell of support the awakening that we had in america and i actually believe that we are poised for greatness ahead. you mentioned a lot of things that i think you will see happen on day one of donald trump being back in the oval office. i think he wants to do the exact opposite of what joe biden and, the hair stood on day one he wants to open up the pipelines in drill baby drill he wants to bring america not just to energy independence but energy dominance that will be huge in this country landed on the world stage obviously it'll help

trump's daughter-in-law, lara trump has been floated for that job. she just announced she is stepping down from current position potioning quote at the rnc we had three distinct goals, surpass all fund raising records. build the largest army of workers and poll workers to ensure election integrity and turn out millions of americans in pro-propensity voters in early voting. we accomplished all these. the job i came to do is now complete. i intend to formally step down from the rnc at our next meeting. governor ron desantis would get the choice in who fills that seat. this week former representative tulsi gabbard will meet with senators. trump nominated her as director of national intelligence. she has drawn criticism for her views on regimes in syria and russia. also this weekend, the president-elect was in paris for the opening of notre dame. he also met with french president emmanuel macron and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. afterward he posted on truth social that it's time for negotiations in ukraine to get that war finished to get a cea

basil, when you look at lara trump being out of the race, maybe gaetz will get a boost tomorrow when comes out among republican voters. what do you make of his ideas to stay in government in some form or fashion? >> well, i think joe's absolutely right, that those guardrails, that sort of self- discipline that we would have to say no, i probably shouldn't run for that office given what's in my background, those guardrails are gone and what i think owing to some of the stuff we were talking about in the last segment, one of the big challenges for our democracy is the republican party to date cannot self- police, right? it doesn't have that instinct in it to say you know what? we should not be pushing this person out there. we should not be elevating him and giving him a platform, especially since there's a report about to come out and we think there's some pretty heinous stuff in there. that ability to sort of self- police is part of the guardrails that we've been talking about all that time that have fallen by the wayside. as i say, this is trump 2.0 in the resistance 2.0. i think de

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on to the senate floor and that's just a little different. >> so while she has removed herself, lara trumphave donald trump tapping the former producer of "the apprentice" mark burnet as special envoy to the uk. quote, with a distinguished career in television production and business, mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role. that was trump on truth social. >> that's a load of crock. one thing has nothing to do with the other. i mean, come on, let's be serious. you take a television producer -- what is diplomatic skill? negotiating a contract between an actor and the set? i mean what is he even talking about here? this is putting his boy in place and that's all it is. >> yes, because i mean, mark burnet literally made -- helped craft the image of donald trump we know today. "the apprentice," they believe donald trump is a good businessman, it stems specifically from him being on television for all of those years as a ceo hiring and firing people. so to me -- >> which the script, by the way, people, in case you didn't know, said, o

journal" reporting that president-elect trump spoke to florida governor ron desantis about choosing lara trump to fill in the florida senate seat being vacated by marco rubio. trump selected rubio to be his secretary of state. of course, lara trump stepped down as co-chair of the republican national committee last week. and mentioned she would quote seriously consider replacing rubio in the senate. and finally old saint nick catching waves out in hawaii ahead of big night two weeks from now. >> merry christmas! happy new year. [cheers] >> wohoo, merry christmas. >> carley: santa making his grand entrance there in waikiki beach on oahu and those are your headlines, guys. a whole lot to celebrate today. >> steve: that's right. aloha and happy birthday. >> brian: look at that made from scratch. >> ainsley: some of your favorite. >> steve: chicken and waffles. >> brian: made from a bakener staten island. >> carley: there you go. >> happy birthday, dear lawrence. >> carley: you get fried eggs for your birthday. >> i do like to eat. >> janice: i don't think i have ever seen this on "fox & friends."

donald trump, other senators, including florida senator rick scott, have been saying, you know, lara trump would be the right person to replace marco rubio. we also know that this is something that donald trump and ron desantis have discussed before. but today, donald trump kind of moved away from that, saying he doesn't know what desantis is going to do, saying it's his decision. and then he added that lara trump is also receiving offers from different tv networks. take a listen lara's got so many other things. >> i mean, she's got so many other things. people want her to be on television. they want to give her a contract. you know, her predominant thought is our country and her family so, jake, we'll see where this leads. >> if donald trump is going to continue potentially trying to talk to desantis about this role. but for now, it seems like he is leaving the ball in ron desantis court on this one. >> and we should note, kristen, i don't want to overstate trump's friendliness and. genial attitude at this press conference because this weekend, abc news agreed to pay $16 million, includin

let's listen. >> do you expect ron desantis to appoint lara trump to senator marco rubio seat? >> no, i don't i probably don't, but i don't know. ron's doing a good job. that's his choice. not nothing to do with me. lara is unbelievable. i mean, she was incredible. the job she did at the rnc as chairman, along with michael whatley, the combination. but i could just speak for lara. it's she is so highly respected by women. i mean, even her workout routines are through the roof. >> and i've seen the workout routines on instagram. i'm not i'm not getting involved. let's just put it that way. it looks too hard for me. but are you intrigued with being in the senate? >> yeah, i think he told everybody that i can lift 150 pounds, which i guess it depends what kind of workout it is. but yeah, that is true as well. yes, of course i. first of all, jesse, i'm totally honored by everything my father in law said. today was incredibly nice to say about me, and i had a great team at the rnc to work alongside me. we are very proud of all that we did. and of course, this election. but certainly

lara trump announced on social media today she is taking herself out of consideration to replace marcotrump stepped down as the rnc co-chair several weeks ago, leading many to speculate she might run for office. instead, she promised a big announcement to share in january. crisis averted. in washington, at least for now. the latest stopgap interim spending measure passed in the house late friday and in the middle of the night for the senate. this move averted a government shutdown right before the holidays. fox's madeline rivera has more from washington. >> after remaining largely silent about the spending fight, something the white house says was intentional, president biden released a statement about the bill. he says, in part, this agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted. but it rejects the accelerated pathway to a tax cut for billionaires that republicans sought, and it ensures the government can continue to operate at full capacity. the final proposal, the third attempt by house speaker mike johnson to keep the government open, is slimm

. >> that's right, lara trump announcing she is taking her name out of the running, ultimately it is a decision that governor ron desantis will make early next year. >> thank you. >>> today is the first official day of winter and in large swaths of the country it started off strong with snow coming down just as holiday travel was wrapping up. we have the latest from chicago o'hare airport. >> reporter: winter barreling into the great lakes of the northeast this weekend as more than 100 million are expected to hit the road for their holiday getaways. snow blasting massachusetts, nearly 10 inches in some parts. outside boston, trucks are no match for slick roads. a major highway shut down after this tractor-trailer crash. storms hitting the midwest them also. take a look at this spin out court on traffic cams. trucks swerving to avoid a stuck pickup and then the driver and passenger escape, running for their lives so they don't get hit. and their are holiday headaches at some of the busiest airports. already today, over 60 delays and 200 cancellations. chicago o'hare was packed before

. >> and speaking of can of worms, i want you to take a listen to what trump's daughter in law, lara trump, has to say about this report. >> this is just the beginning, bennie. if you think this is good, wait till donald trump gets in there. wait till kash patel gets in there this i mean, it's not like a surprise that donald trump is seeking retribution and that lara trump is promising more. >> but do you think that that's a good use of his their time? >> i think this is a major trap for for president elect trump. you know, he has two objectives, i think personally, like he does want to settle some scores, but he also wants to capitalize on the momentum. he just had a tremendous victory. he won the popular vote. he had a much bigger electoral college vote than we thought. he ushered in republican gains up and down the ballot. this is a moment for him to begin acting on. a lot of the policy promises he made toward the future, and increase, increasingly solidify that electoral coalition, which really is a realignment. i don't think he can do that by seeking revenge on people who he thinks wr

lara trump made the announcement on social media last night. the move comes amid mounting speculation that she could be picked to fill a coming senate vacancy. trump became co-chair of f the rnc march with her father in law's backing. her name has been floated as a possible replacement for florida senator marco rubio. the president elect has said he will nominate rubio to be secretary of state. now, coming up at 530, our political analyst, larry gerston joins us. he'll discuss the strong message that president elect trump sent during an exclusive interview on meet the press. mr. trump said he believes some lawmakers, including a few from the bay area, should spend time in jail. the u.s. supreme court refuses to hear a case challenging a program aimed at boosting diversity in public schools. the justices rejected an appeal from some boston parents. they claimed a temporary admissions policy for the city's elite high schools discriminated against white and asian students. during covid, the boston school committee had temporarily dropped the entran

mark: when we return former rnc cochair president trump's daughter-in-law lara trout. ♪ ♪. dent trump's victory, his daughter-in-law lara trump who rolled up her sleeves became in my humble opinion one of the various rnc chairs and the parties history. let's hear the point of view from the inside, go. mark: you must be very pleased with you and whatley and others did. you filled the gaps of president trump is concerned about. lawyers on the ground, the get out the vote movement and coordination with other organizations. as you look back on it, what do you think? let me put it to you this but what do you think is the most important thing or things you did really help the outcome of this election? quickset is so nice, mark, thank you. we are incredibly proud. think when michael whatley and i took over's chair and cochair of the rnc we understood the gravity of this election. we understood there were a couple of places we really had to focus and things we could not leave to chance. obviously first and foremost was election integrity. previously came in your show to talk to him

and the postal service, he talked about making it private, lara trump, would he appoint her if he joins in the white house, he says that is his choice, nothing to do with me. he talked about ann stelser, he says he hates to sue her, but he will. >> brian: and he talked about tiktok, it is popular and cutting edge. no one has been able to duplicate it, chinese control it. we would never let the chinese control a major ne news organization and why would we. the president of the united states was right, he was effective on tiktok, will he be happy with no positive stories about taiwan? will he be happy about anything positive that we might have any policy with south korea or building defense or china aggression in the south china sea. they don't come out and say taiwan sucks, they make sure you see the pro-china stories and you'll not see chinese walking with pocket protectors across the southern border because they control the newsfeed. you have kevin o'leary. frank mccord, used to own dodgers, there is kevin o'leary, he is ready to buy it. it can't be american owned. it works, it is effe

lara trump has been floated for that job. >> she has indeed. all right. thanks very much. futures please. it's monday morning, 13 or 20 odd minutes to go before we get to the opening bell. dow down 40. nasdaq. i'm sorry. dow. dow down. up 40. nasdaq is down 38. not much change jacob sonenshine joins me this morning. jacob. can you see anything on the horizon that would really kill this rally? >> no. not really. i think for the rest of december, we've broken out to new highs. i said this a few days ago. right. so i think the santa rally is on into next year. the main catalyst from a macro standpoint, in terms of the broader market trading as one, are going to be the types of policies that we get from the trump administration. the thing into 2025 that i do think could kill the rally would be tariffs. we're just not there yet. but we're going to be breaking out. i mean and also you have bond yields lower a little bit. >> why do you like the home improvement stocks so much. i mean home depot lowe's, sherwin-williams i mean the real estate market is kind of not doing well. you

it was cochaired by lara trump and amazing benefactors. we raised $4.8 million for lori simmons big ranch dog rescue and to fund the operations of the.s largest no kill, cage-free dog shelter in the u.s. senate adoptable dogs and lori d oo amazing stuff out of love. consider helping dogs wh dogo nd help and especially at the holidays. judge jeanine pirro was there and a great crowd, pam bondi and all of our friends at big >> todd: fox news alert. luigi mangione, the man accused of killing the unitedhealthcare ceo shouting. some on the left hailing him as a hero, we have the latest. >> carley: and daniel penny speaking out to judge jeanine in his first video since being acquitted. >> i'll take a million court appearances and people calling me names and people hating me just to keep one of those people from getting hurt or killed. >> carley: we'll bring you more from their sit down. >> todd: unidentified drones flying around the new jersey sky. one lawmaker will be demanding answers in a mery matter of hours. carley shimkus, pirro family see

lara trump announced on social media that she is taking herself out of consideration to replace marcoding many to speculate she might run for office. instead, she promised a big announcement to share in january. >> the senate judiciary committee released an ethics report on supreme court justices revealing more undeclared luxury travel provided to clarence thomas by wealthy donor harlan crow. it included a private jet trip to crowe's upstate new york retreat for five days, and an overnight stay on his yacht. the report also highlighted scrutiny on other justices, including justice sonia sotomayor, who had reportedly had her staff assist her with the sale of her books. and it has been a family run business for decades. but today will be the final day of business for rudy's donuts, and they are already selling out. we'll take you there live. this morning, betty will have a live report as customers there are lining up for one last goodbye. >> and getting your kids off those screens. coming up, my conversation with the pediatrician on some holiday toys that provide some healthy alternativ

and reportedly telling him that he should give this senate seat to his own daughter-in-law, to lara trump, who is of course married to trump's son, eric, the blonde one. then there are the jobs that the president is actually supposed to fill himself. the doctor has selected tiffany trump's father-in-law to be his senior adviser in the middle east. he has named his other daughter's daughter-in-law, jared's dad, to be ambassador to france. first time, i believe, we have ever had a ex-con in that role. he is giving jared's college roommate an important job. he will be in charge of hostage negotiations for the whole government. the other son, not the blonde one, don jr., his ex-fiance, she gets to be ambassador to greece. i don't know why greece. this is a fun one. kind of like a nesting doll. pick for surgeon general. she is related to the guy who trumped pick for national security adviser. the new national security adviser is related to the new surgeon general. her brother-in-law is trump's pick to run the transportation department. i wonder why she got the -- i wonder why he got -- i don't

journal" now reporting that trump has called governor ron desantis to push his daughter-in-law, lara trumpsenate. trump's selection of florida senator marco rubio for secretary of state opens up that seat that means it's up to the florida governor to determine who gets to fill it for the rest of the term. brian to you. >> brian: i don't know how she could not get it i don't see any other contender. the 2 #-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting a ceo in cold blood blocks from here in new york city is in custody. luigi mangione ivy league school grad. not shy about anti-capitalist views which police found in his manifesto, handwritten, when they arrested him. retired fbi special agent robert is looking at this and has some questions. robin, what stands out? those are the basics i just gave the audience.the audience. where do you go from here? >> yeah, it stands out, brian, something happened in this guy's life arc as i call it looks like in hawaii when he fell off the grid and reporting back pain and so we want to start looking at data points that brought us to where we are at. he was

i think you will hear a little bit about lara trump who vowed running for the senate in florida to replacearco rubio the president-elect plans to appoint, nominated to be secretary of state. that is a big political development and important political state. >> what you think that means x. >> politics playing out here. this is an important position the government gets to fill to tell the next election in 2026 so this is something governor to santos has been probably thinking about and marshaling his various political allies determining who is most loyal to him and who he wants to promote for several months way before marco rubio was discussed as a possible secretary of state because months ago rubio was suggested as a possible vice presidential and that it with trump. desantis has been taking which of my allies will i promote to the senate spot? i get it to out of it because i get to fill the spot that person vacates so even though donald trump was in favor of this, in the last few days saying is not sure what desantis will do and it's up to him, our reporter alex has a story about all this

there are numerous reports that lara trump is interested in that position. ntis since dropping out of the presidential primary has been in the midst of a reconciliation campaign trying to get back into trump world because he probably thinks it is important for his political future. on top of that, he has a very, very difficult relationship with susie wiles. the president's incoming chief of staff. so there is a lot going on there. but desantis has a few things that you mentioned a couple of them. that are interesting to trump and to the maga movement. one way to neutralize to prevent him from running against jd vance four years from now is to include him. but there's still a lot of trust deficit there between trump and desantis and we'll see what happens with hegseth. but it is a close call whether desantis is actually the backup candidate for secretary of defense. >> what do you think about all of this? desantis is one of the most unlikable governors in the u.s. what do you think is at play here? >> i think trump is just as maga as the maga base would love.

. >> news tonight trumps daughter-in-law l lara trumps tt she remove yourself from consideration to replacerida senator marco rubio who trump cap to serve as secretary of state. lahr stepped down as cochair of the republican national committee earlier this month she is not mentioned but her next options are. >> the right madeleine rivera from the white house. thank you. well, and all republicans were on board with the slimmed down bill that passed 34 of them voted against the stopgap measure. our next guest is where the tennessee congressman tim burchett sits on the house oversight foreign affairs and transportation committees. so congressman, you were a no vote, why? >> is another continued resolution. we continued to bad spending policies at covid level spending policies. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, this is bill we told america whatwe're going to have separate spending bills for different bills, individual spending bills like we do in tennessee or rebalance the budget. 5.7 billion and they are for subs there's 100 million for the coast guard. last week we passed the nda with a 9 billi

. >> dana: joining us is lara trump, co-chair of the rnc. let's start with doge. there is so much excitement around it. two very interesting characters not working for any money saying let's just get this done. we had somebody on yesterday saying there is young tech people all over the country now saying they want to help and work with the government now. especially under elon and vivek. even, senator fetterman said there might be some virtue here. let's listen and get your reaction. >> i mean, i don't know why it's controversial to eliminate waste. that's not exactly an original idea, either. how many different administrations have all had that kind of a conversation. that's not revolutionary. it is not controversial. and i think anybody could support making our government more efficient and saving whatever money that we can. >> dana: i think this excitement comes from people believing that actually this time it could work. >> you are exactly right. great to be with you guys. listen, you have to think back for a second to donald trump and his first term in office

. >> bill: that was lara trump on our program about five days ago.ast week talking about her future as we learn she is now stepping down as the co-chair of the rnc. news coming at her father-in-law, donald trump, gets ready to go back to the white house. there was one option on the table and that suggests she could replace florida senator marco rubio. now rubio expected to be the next secretary of state in the new administration, some trump allies are backing her for the job with elon musk and elon musk's mom posting their support on twitters. that was seen on x over the weekend. there is this now. >> ultimately this comes down. deterrence come down. we have no deterrence whether he fears us. >> chinese hackers behind a sweeping espionage operation and lawmakers want to know why it wasn't stopped in the first place. >> dana: who is flying drones in the skies above new jersey? and why are officials unable to crack this mystery? >> bill: major story in the middle east. rebel forces in syria toppled the president and taking damascus. general jack keane

lara trump is removing herself from consideration for marco rubio's vacant senate seat.cing the decision yesterday while teasing a big announcement for her future that could be coming next month. rubio's former seat remains open for the next two years. florida governor ron desantis says he hopes to have an appointee by january. president-elect trump announcing a series of new administration picks yesterday including apprentice producer mark brunette foreu.k. special envoy, burnett worked with trump in 2004 to launch the show which helped boost trump's fame ahead of his first presidential election. burnett is a 13 time emmy winner and has also led the production of many notable programs including survivor and the martha stewart show. this is my favorite story of the day. an owl making its way down a virginia family's chimney and replaced the star on top of their christmas tree. just look at that. much to the delight of the family's children. watch. >> oh, man, look at the tree. [laughter] >> if he were were tr flying a little but lower you would see the door open. >> this

it was cochaired by lara trump and amazing benefactors.e and to fund the operations of the.s largest no kill, cage-free dog shelter in the u.s. senate adoptable dogs and lori d oo amazing stuff out of love. consider helping dogs wh dogo nd help and especially at the holidays. judge jeanine pirro was there and a great crowd, pam bondi and all of our friends at big >> todd: fox news alert. luigi mangione, the man ac

. >> now on m national committee co-chair lara trump welcome laura thank you for joining us, congratulationsoverwhelming victory. it's an awesome gift in the long to do list, wade ucr new president starting. >> is an awesome gift. i say all the time i actually believe that this country is really going to enter the golden age of america like you hear donald trump talk about all the time and i think it's only possible now i think had donald trump continued his four-year term for the second time in 2020 and reelected i don't know that you would've seen the groundswell of support the awakening that we had in america and i actually believe that we are poised for greatness ahead. you mentioned a lot of things that i think you will see happen on day one of donald trump being back in the oval office. i think he wants to do the exact opposite of what joe biden and, the hair stood on day one he wants to open up the pipelines in drill baby drill he wants to bring america not just to energy independence but energy dominance that will be huge in this country landed on the world stage obviously it'll help

: she's very happy to have that last name and many people close to the president elect endorsed lara trumpwn to governor ro ron desantis decembr and rubio had an interesting relationship. the word on the street is that relations have improved between desantis and trump and talk that desantis could be in president elect's c cab note so he -- cab set so he has the president'elect's ear. stuart: look at markets and a little red ink scattered and dow off 80 and nasdaq down 90. how about the cryptos? where are they this morning? bitcoin cross $100,000 briefly and came back down again. ethereum on a tear and now back down a little at 3800. coming up, jury deliberations back underway again in the subway choke hold trial. they'll decide whether daniel penny should be convicted of criminally negligent homicide and we'll monitor it closely and bring you all the updates. president biden appearing to take credit for assad's down fall in syria. >> main backers of assad have been iran, hezbollah, and russia. all three of them are far weaker today than they were when i took office. our approach has shift

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and reportedly telling him that he should give this senate seat to his own daughter-in-law, to lara trumpourse, married to trump's son eric, the blonde one. then there are the jobs that the president actually is supposed to fill himself. trump has selected his daughter tiffany trump's father-in-law to be his senior adviser on the middle east. he has named his other daughter's father-in-law, jared's dad, to be ambassador to france, first time i believe we've ever had an ex-con in that role. he's reportedly giving jared's college roommate a really important job. he's going to be in charge of hostage negotiations for the whole u.s. government. also, his other son, not the blonde, don jr. the dark-haired one, his ex-fiance gets to be ambassador to greece. i don't know why greece. this is a fun one. it's kind of like a nesting doll. his pick for surgeon general, she's related to the guy who trump picked for national security adviser. the new trump national security adviser is married to the new surgeon general's sister. hey. same idea with the ambassador to the dominican republic. her brother-

here's lara trump reacting to the loudermilk report. >> what they have perpetrated on the american peoplesolutely terrible and it is a stain on our country's history. these people ought to be ashamed of themselves. i know they aren't. so we'll go ahead and shame them. we'll go ahead and make sure they never forget history recalls every single day from now till forever what these people did and the way they personally and singlehandedly tried to destroy this country. thank goodness god is good and he always shows us he shines the light in the dark places. this is just the beginning, benny. if you think this is good, wait till donald trump gets in there. wait till kash patel gets in there. wait till tulsi gabbard gets in there. >> this is just the beginning, benny. democratic senator from connecticut, chris murphy, senator, thank you for being here. >> yeah. thanks for having me. >> you inspired a lot of our approach to these headlines today. you knitted them together before we did. i'll let you expand on your thoughts as shared on social media. >> yeah. appreciate it. i just think the last

the favorite for that position is lara trump, wife of eric.re she got down and danced with the president of argentina. ♪ stay at the ymca it's fun to stay at the ymca ♪ >> they have everything that you need to enjoy. >> jimmy: i thought people in argentina were good dancers, no? [ laughter ] let that be a lesson to all foreign dignitaries. from this point on, you want to get in good with trump, you're going to have to dance with his daughter-in-law to "ymca." a lot of people have wondered aloud and otherwise, why trump would pick a song so closely associated with the gay community to be his theme song. at one point, the village people sent a notice telling him to stop. but they had a change of heart, i guess. one of the village people, the cop, whose name is victor willis, went on cnn last night. we've got it all wrong. >> people in the media has ymca, just said that it's a gay anthem. but in reality, ymca is more than just a gay anthem. ymca is an anthem for -- for parties, bar mitzvahs, wedding, sporting events. it kind of disturbs me when t