lauren.t else do we have, senator bernie sanders tried to say oligarchy is taking shape in the u.s.. trump's treasury secretary pick scott bessent turned the tables on him. >> president biden gave the presidential medal of freedom to two people who, i think, would qualify for his oligarchs. stuart: all this oligarchy talk valid? kim strassle is here next and has a lot to say. >> happy 15 years, stuart. you've been an amazing friend and colleague and always a consummate professional and we've all learned something from you. many more years, my friend. ♪ ♪ is a bitcoin etf the same as owning bitcoin directly? while bitcoin etfs might offer a familiar face, they lack the true ownership and flexibility of directly investing in bitcoin. with itrustcapital you can buy and sell real bitcoin 24/ 7 with the tax advantages of an ira. real bitcoin means no middleman, no restricted stock market hours. choose the path of direct bitcoin investment with itrustcapital because access equals opportunity. inves

good morning, lauren. tell me about -- lauren: yeah. that strong number is being meant with a lower unemployment rate. it surprisingly fell to 4.1%. so if you're keeping track, all of last year, 2.2 million if jobs added. 69,000, you can see it right there, in health care. retail bounced back to a 43,000 gain. government comes in at 33,000, but i do want to point out, yes, that's ripe for doge and elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, but it also includes local and state. factories lost 1413,000 -- 13,000 jobs. i was looking through the the report thinking of the wildfires. there is weakness in the real estate sector, in building materials. we're going the need jobs there so california can rebuild. this is the reaction in the market and here's why, treasury yields way up. stuart: there's a switch. lauren, thank you very much, indeed. kenny polcari with me this morning. kenny, does this mean -- let's turn this around. does this very strong jobs report mean there'll be no rate cuts in the immediate future? >> i don't think we're going to have a

lauren: yeah. it carried technology to space, and that technology can be tested so one day you could use it on other spacecraft. this was a big deal because it was this rocket's maiden voyage, and it was a success for jeff bezos. elon musk congratulated him publicly. so in upcoming new glen missions, they're going to carry a prototype of the lunar lander, and nasa intends to use it to launch orbiters to mars. stuart: the only thing is it didn't land bag on a barge out in the -- barge -- land back on a barge out in the ocean. >>> a new poll shows trump more popular than ever. it seems like americans like their new president. >>> more tech tie titans going to the inauguration. which ceos will be attending. >>> a new fox investigation reveals the mess within l.a.'s fire county. most of the problems stem from mayor bass' budget cuts. the full story next. ♪ ♪ where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j

lauren: concern hamas could regroup. stuart: thanks lauren.ten to biden's response when asked about who deserves credit for the deal? roll it. >> thank you. >> who deserves credit for this , mr. president, you or trump? >> is that a joke? thank you. stuart: texas senator ted cruz joins me now. mr. senator, as i see it, the biden team did get "the talks" to the table, but it was trump who pushed netanyahu to get the deal done. so who do you think deserves the credit here? >> well, let's be clear. the credit that is unequivocal is the credit for the disaster that is october 7 and the extended war that followed and that credit is unquestionably at the feet of joe biden. joe biden spent four years undermining the state of israel, undermining the israeli government, when october 7 happened, joe biden, entire biden administration began daily pressing the government of israel, stop killing the terrorists, stop killing hamas, at every stage, the biden administration opposed israel's carrying out its stated objective of eliminating hamas. i don't know

lauren: lauren: royal caribbean, up 9%. how can you ignore them. forecasting annual profit higher-than-expected, solid bookings to private destinations and the premium. stuart: it would shock you if i went on a cruise. lauren: one day you might. a viking cruise. stuart: thank you very much. still had the lead, mexicans fed up with illegal migration, blame them for the surge in crime. senator fetterman defended the visit to mar-a-lago. >> tired of the venom and the hate. i would like more bipartisan things. stuart: he was lecturing the latest of the view. more bipartisanship? we will follow it. trump wants to build an iron dome in america model after his relapse defense system. that story is next. morikawa on 18. he is really boxed in here. not a good spot. off the comcast business van. into the vending area. oh, not the fries! where's the ball? anybody see it? oh wait, there it is! back into play and... -oh no, it's in the water. wait a minute. are you kidding me? you got to be kidding me. rolling towards the cup, and it's in the hole! what an impo

thanks lauren.t baier reported on this program that trump will be delivering on day one with more than 150 executive orders on the table. coming up we've got to talk to trump's incoming press secretary karoline leavitt about trump's day one agenda. >> bret baier in washington, congratulations. 15 years. holy cow, 15th anniversary of "varney" & company. hard to believe its been that long. congratulations. it's always an honor to be on your show, especially getting the occasional golf question. stuart: [laughter] power outages can be unpredictable, inconvenient, and disruptive to your life, posing a real threat to your family's comfort and safety. when the power goes out, you have no lights, no refrigeration, no heating or air conditioning. the winds are not letting up at all here. we're going to see some power outages. number one thing to prepare for is extended power outages. are you prepared? you can be with a generac home standby generator. when a power outage occurs, your generac home standby gen

when you stop laughing, lauren, tell us how much -- lauren: half a billion.e sum, you're looking at it, that they expect to have by the summer. so he can't run again, obviously, but he could use the money to help republicans keep control of congress in 2026. and, you know, the treasury secretary nominee, scott bessent, he said, look, what i know about trump is unlike other politicians, he really likes to get into the financial side of things. he likes to talk about it. and axios is reporting that when people, when all these executives come to visit trump at mar-a-lago, he's literally e pulling their balance sheets and saying, oh, look, and talking about their business and saying i can make you more money -- [laughter] and that's part of the way he's getting the donations. stuart: really? lauren: yeah. stuart: here's how you make more money, tie up with me. lauren: well, it's not a negotiation like that, but he understands their business, and he's showing them that he does. he's a business guy. stuart: so business and the billionaires are funding future campai

all right, lauren -- lauren: a lot of power.tuart: coming up, biden highlighted what he calls his foreign policy successes. >> it's clear, my administration's leaving the next administration with a very strong hand to play. stuart: former u.s. ambassador to nato, that would be kurt volker, he's going to take that a apart. >>> hamas if has reportedly accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire with israel and the release of dozens of hostages. we'll deal with that next. ♪ ♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. our friend sold their policy to help pay their medical bills, and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i'm skeptical, so i did some research and called coventry direct. they explained life insurance is a valuable asset that can

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lauren, come on in. trump's ai and crypto czar david sacks saying about the future of cryptos in the u.s.? lauren: keep it on shore and lead the world with it. he spoke weed ward lawrence last night. >> we're going to catch up really fast. the innovation was moving offshore and placing like singapore and europes were ahead of us. but now it'll change very fast and really looking at silicon valley and technology industry in general, the u.s. leads in virtually every category and crypto is one of the few exceptions and that's going to very quickly rectified because of president trump's executive order today. lauren: that'll define crypto currency and set rules and saved daks said so many people -- sacks said i this had outrageous exam of being blocked and prosecuted for either offering crypto currency or doing something they supposed to do, but the rules of the road were never clear. so you push the industry away now give them the regulations they're begging for, you can own it here in the u.s.. david: lau

lau lauren well, it does.will do, on the one hand, cap his five-decade career of public service but, yes, this is a moment. he did not run, in the end, for re-election. and, yeah, sour grapes as he essentially hands over the baton and retires to delaware. stuart: traditionally, the outgoing president leaves the letter in the oval office can desk drawer for the incoming president. lauren: correct. stuart: i'd love to know what's in that letter if joe biden writes one. lauren: if he writes one. that's the letter he wrote ott nation and likely what he will say tonight. stuart: thanks very much, lauren. since 2023 the administration has allowed almost 1.a 5 million migrants to enter the country either through an app or being flown directly in. is trump going to stop that on day one? if he says he will. border guy, lieutenant chris oliveraz, will take it on. >>> pete hegseth told the senate armed services committee donald trump chose him because he is a change agent. >> i don't have a similar biography to dependenc

lauren: they're still mad about it. stuart: thanks, lauren.ing up, elon musk reportedly secured office space at the white house. how much access will he continue to have with trump? we'll have that story for you. house republicans unveiled a bill that would allow trump to negotiate the purchase of greenland. the people that live there have mixed feelings about that. >> i like a lot about trump and their opinion about trump. >> i hate it, and basically i don't know what his aiming at. stuart: our next guest says acquiring greenland is essential to the national security. tennessee congressman andy ogles will make his case, he's next. ♪ let's go boys. the way that i approach work, post fatherhood, has really been trying to understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families, like my own. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways. ♪ ♪ stuart: house republicans just introduced a bill that wo

what is he saying, lauren?science, believe your own damn eyes, and it's followed by photos of the los angeles wildfires blazing. trump is going to tour the devastation there on friday, this week. the two are in a collision course when it comes to policies in general, especially environmental. trump has blasted newsom's response to the fires. he even issued executive actions yesterday to redirect water from the northern part of the state to the south. stuart: this is not about climate change, this is about a preparing for wildfires which you could have seen coming. lauren doing your job. stuart: that's my opinion. a. lauren: well, most people -- stuart: you've got to agree with that, mark? >> heck, yeah. you have to maintain your forests, make sure there's water in the fire hydrants. climate change certainly doesn't protect you from arsonists who are walking around trying to light things on fire. stuart: ain't that the truth? coming up, someone has the clean up biden's border mess, and donald trump's the guy to

lauren: finally, some good news.h sides have agreed the a tentative deal that allows the use of automation at the ports to do things like carry the containers if union jobs are added at the same time. finish so you have that with the already agreed upon 62% wage increase. it averts a strike at the east and gulf ports that handle more than half the nation's shipping containers. the union does still need to ratify this contract, but in a statement they say this agreement protects current ila jobs and establishes a framework for implementing technologies that will create more jobs while modernizing east and gulf port coasts. so more technology, more jobs, more money. and in the end, some dock workers will be making over $200,000 a year. stuart: at least we get some automation. got it. lauren, thank you very much, indeed. >>> here's what's coming up. president trump touting unity after his meeting with senate republicans. watch. >> we're going to get something done that's going to be reducing taxes and creating a lot of

lauren, thank you very much. new orleans terror attack renewing calls for getting donald trump's cabinet picks confirmed as soon as possible. matt flynn joins us from west palm beach this morning. what's the incoming nags gnat security adviser -- national security adviser mike waltz saying all about this? reporter: mr. walt is pushing for all of -- mr. waltz is pushing for all of trump's nominees to be confirmed and points to the new year's day attacks and finds is a coincidence both trucks rented on the same app and reminds people of the afghan stopped from making election day attacks and here in west palm, i spoke to president elect trump at new year's eve party at mar-a-lago and asked him how confident he was about his nominees and here's his response. >> i think we have great nominees and they'll do very well. most of them are thought of very highly and i think we'll do very well. reporter: and the first scheduled nomination hearing for trump's nominees is next tuesday, january 14th. pete hegseth for secretar

lauren, thank you.c cost from the if fires in california expected to be in the hundreds of billions of dollars. we have the story. >>> israel's prime minister netanyahu, the cabinet there is set the vote on the ceasefire and hostage deal, but there is division among its members in the cabinet, that is. will the deal get through? trump's pick for israel ambassador, mike huckabee, on that next. ♪ if. ♪ ♪ louis! cut! more mud! action! louis, louis! cut mud on her face! louis! okay everybody, that's lunch! (♪) (♪) mud mask? no, no, no! compare hotels in the hotels.com app do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. our friend sold their policy to help pay their medical bills, and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i

lauren: wow. witness any historical event firsthand, which one would you choose? madison? >> i think i would have to go with washington crossing the delaware. we've seen the pain painting, but to be there on the boat, how cool would that be? stuart: not bad. lauren? lauren: woodstock. i wasn't alive in 1969 -- stuart: you had to to tell us that. lauren: a million people, three days of doing what they did. stuart: my child friend here. [laughter] ashley, what have you got? ash 1966, wembley stadium with, england actually won the world cup. the first and last time. so that would be interesting to watch. stuart: i would -- yeah. i watched it with my dad, and that was one of the great moments. lauren: you were a young lad. stuart: actually, not. i was 18 -- lauren: 11? stuart: i was 18. all right. now it's -- move on. time for the friday trivia question. this is intriguing. what is the fastest skiing speed ever recorded? 146, 150, 154 or 158 miles per hour? intriguing question. the answer after this.

thanks, lauren. come back, joe concha, please.only do this because trump is heading to the white house? >> that was one hell of a report by lauren, by the way. as revealing that biden, for example, was always negative if towards companies like facebook, didn't meet with ceos very often. and donald trump, they are bear hugging him as he comes in through the door, yeah. so the answer your question, stu, this absolutely is the donald trump effect and the elon musk effect per that report earlier. i mean, here we saw musk take over twitter two years ago, he bought e it, actually, if for $44 billion. it was very important to him on a personal level because of free speech and free expression and not censorship and suppression of certain messages, especially when they came from the right or anybody that the the old twitter used to the disagree with. so now facebook, same deal. they're saying, okay, we just want to go back and do a exactly what we see x doing, twitter doing. obviously, they're now one of the most popular if not the most po

lauren: all-time high for the stock.make equipment for robotic surgeries and they are up on earnings and their sales grew by 25% in the last quarter. stuart: netflix. i'm sure that it's up. it is up nearly 2%. lauren: so, bmo is increasing their price target from 825 to $1,000. at the love the recent push by this company into live sports, whether it's boxing, wrestling or the one's women's world cupd they raised their subscriber forecast for this year for the $7 tier by 30 million. they expect 90 million subscribers to that tier by the end of 2025. stuart: huge numbers. thanks, lauren. president biden will deliver his farewell address tonight. peter doocy joining us now from the white house. all right, peter? do we know what he's going to say tonight? reporter: yes, we do, stu. president biden plans to put a bow on 50 years in washington, and even though the most recent election showed americans don't really feel good about the economy, he is going to tell a primetime audience they should feel good about the economy in a

lauren: okay. money lined up for all of this, and he did so publicly writing, softbank has well under $10 billion secured. i have that on good authority. is so it's sam altman responds, wrong. as you surely know. what about to come visit the the first site already underway? i realize what is great for the country isn't always what's optimal for your companies. but in your new role, i hope you'll mostly put country first. okay. musk, altman, archrivals. they've taken their battle from the boardroom of openai to the courtroom with the lawsuits and now to the white house. musk is questioning the value of stargate investments. it's $100 billion to the start with the potential to five times that in four years. brian: you know what? i love the competition. i love the war of words. two of the smartest people on planet earth disagreeing with each other? i'm here. >> it's america. brian: bring the popcorn. all right -- [laughter] coming up the prime minister of spain has a warning about social media. >> the

lauren: yeah.hter] stuart: you don't hear that very often a, do you? if this administration's come coming right out with it. lauren, thank you. >>> coming up, trump is not wavering in his warnings about hamas if about a releasing the hostages. watch. >> and if they're not back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east. >> can you elaborate? >> and it will not be good for hamas or, frankly, anyone. stuart: all right. is a hostage release deal, is it close? former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker, has that story for us. >>> trump is not ruling out using military force to take control of the panama canal. roll it. >> the panama canal was built for our military -- >> [inaudible] >> i'm not going to commit to the that. it might be that that you'll have to do something. stuart: have to do something. is this really a matter of national security? well, we'll ask texas congressman ronny jackson. he's next. ♪ where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take

lauren: michigan is not sunny. stuart: it's not. really isn't.e, we always say get a sense of the market. my sense is there's an awful lot of buying going on. lot of winners, plenty of green. dow is up 334 points. at 43,000 and 65. president biden sparked outrage giving presidential medals of freedom to people like george soros and hillary clinton. why choose such divisive figures? jason rantz tries to explain it, next. ♪ advil liqui-gels are faster and stronger than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. lock in let's go. rated e for everyone. [rock and roll music playing] xfinity. made for gaming. rewards members, get early access to an ea sports fc25 kit. visit xfinity.com/rewards. stuart: president biden getting backlash after awarding hillary clinton and george soros the presidential medal of freedom. jason rantz, this is the highest civilian honor. why did biden choose controversial figures? >> i t

[cheering and applause] [laughter] ralph lauren.eering and applause] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to ralph lauren. the son of polish immigrants in the u.s.n, army veteran, ralph lauren transformed a business of america's most iconicic brands leaving a lastig imprint on the world of fashion, fragrance, furniture and beyond. he remains a dedicated philanthropist including fighting to endnd cancer as we know it. classic yet creative, timeless yet innovative, ralph lauren reminds us of our distinct style as a nation of dreamers and doers. [applause] [applause] william stanford nye. [cheering and applause] the presidential medal of freedom is awarded to william -- william stanford nye a washington, d.c. native he began his career as a cutting-edge mechanical career in seattle before becoming a beloved science educator for the nation. earning 19 emmy awards for his energetic experiments on television as bill nye the science guy. he also earned the trust of millions of children and families by sharing the magic of fun and s

lauren: up 20%.ng businesses a way to use artificial intelligence to improve how they talk to their customers. it issued a positive profit forecast for three years out. they see margins at 22%. railroad lower profits, sharp decline in coal revenue, fuel surcharges and disruptions from the hurricanes. david: united airlines. lauren: shares rising 70%, one hundred $65 a share. they watched to the earnings report, the best idea stock for the year and they cite several reasons. one is united has to deal with starling, elon musk's company, to give its entire fleet fast wi-fi. david: a health and fitness brand cofounded by jaco willing. tell us about your business? is it made in america? >> we got manufacturers in new york, new jersey, california, texas, and florida, we are proud to make it here. david: it must be music to your ears to hear donald trump say you get a big discount are you eligible for that? >> i have another company where we make clothing in maine and north carolina and see how that plays o

lauren: ufo's.s declassify the government files on these unidentified flying objects in the name of transparency. look, there is so much mistrust out there, and lots of interest after the chinese spy balloon, and then the recent drone sightings, but if you remember, senator schumer pushed a bill back in 2023 to declassify ufo's. if he reintroduces this officially, because of all of the interest, perhaps he goes further this time. david: i don't usually agree with senator schumer but in this case i do. lauren: tell us what you know. david: let's check on futures. they are trading, well, more or less, kind of a mah day, dow is down the most, 116 points, s&p is about flat and nasdaq is actually in the green by just a fraction right now. the opening bell is next. advil liqui-gels are faster and stronger than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. only the servi

lauren lauren the trump coin is worth about $37.is essentially cut in half from yesterday's peak $75 and $14 billion valuation. volatile and risky. this could be a little bit of sell the news because the crypto community was hoping for president trump's first set of policies to include crypto. they did not. there is outrage among some lawmakers who think that these meme coins expose investors too to too many -- to too many risks. they include the house financial services committee ranking member maxine waters. she says, quote, this meme coin serves no purpose and only has value because of trump's name and his position. investors who may see this coin as a way to get rich quick may be overpaying for manager of dubious value -- for something of dubious value and will be left holding the bag when trump's insiders sell. meme coins are inherently risky. they tell us that on the disclaimers when you're buying them, but some are, nonetheless, excited that the trump presidency gave crypto its legitimizing moment, and they're awaiting the ru

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lauren: i love being nimble. you need to move when you get new information so fic destruction like today i am going to start raising cash but to see buyers step in, than i can switch my mindset. if we got an upside reversal i could be back in buying mode but i'm really focused on the reaction versus the prediction. stuart: what do you think would happen to the dow and the s&p and the nasdaq if we got a 5% yield on the 10 year treasury. >> what was 2022 all about? it was about the rate hike cycle and we had a bear market. what was 23-24 about, the pivot. we are starting to see the bond market become a central theme once again, we have to see how investors are continuing to react. blue and you think they will sell? >> today they are selling. we could break open. let's see. is this going to be in august of 2024 scenario where it is 6 to 8 weeks of damage or is there something that is going to turn into something like a 2022 situation. stuart: thanks for joining us this morning and this is coming at us. judge mergeon

. >> welcome back for the firstf.s wife, lauren sanchez.on washington's showstopping looks, adding a new page to the rich tradition of the nation's inaugural celebrations. here's nightline co-anchor juju chang. >> tonight, first lady melania trump dazzles in a sleek black and white evening gown as she dances on stage with president trump. oh so many glued to the fashion on this historic inauguration day. from the balls to the swearing in. >> for one night, it's the most important dress in the country. >> from president trump donning the traditional american flag pin to the first lady peering out at the crowd under her wide brimmed wool hat, i think what melania is saying here is like, i don't have to play by those first lady rules so i can wear the hat. >> i can pull it down over my eyes, i can wear something darker, and i can wear something more rigid and more structured. >> and second lady usher standing out head to toe in pale pink from oscar de la renta. >> well, i have to tell you, i think it's her fashion coming out. i think that pink

lauren: 54. one, it is expanding and has been for six months but the prices paid component, the inflation component rose to 64. 4. stuart: job openings, the so-called jolts number. lauren: there were 8.098 million jobs open, that's the highest since may. increase in the jobs number for the month of november. stuart: i don't see any near-term. stuart: the dow is up on her 60 points. stuart: up 30 and falling and the nasdaq is down one hundred 20 points, that may be because of the higher yields on the 10 year treasury. thank you. now this. this is a revolution. i know that's a very strong word but we've never seen anything quite like this before. the trump administration is bringing in a new form of government, a government run by business people, not professional politicians. in short, the trump team is trying to bring in the efficiency of private enterprise. that an alien concept in dc. trump is a business guy, has become a very effective politician, musk is the most financially successful americ

lauren: and his a.i.avid sacks, agrees, posting on x in part, president trump was right to rescind the biden executive the order which hamstrung american a.i. companies without asking whether china would do the same. he continues, we can't be place sent. biden's executive order -- can't be complacent. meanwhile, china used our technology to train its system real fast, and they announced it on the day of the inauguration, january the 20th. china also censors it. watch this. question for deepseek: what happened during the 1989 tiananmen square protest? the answer is, that's beyond my current scope. same for queries on president xi jinping and for sensitive topics like, is taiwan a country? the answer, quote, taiwan is an inalienable part of china. the chair of the house select committee on china says it's one of the major political issues it faces. technically, its ability scored compliments from mark andreessen, jensen huang and sam altman who called it legit and impressive i. stuart: much more on this com

lauren: the longest inauguration speech in modern history.ld the title with his 1985 speech, 2,600 words. that was also the last time the inauguration was held indoors. now trump holds the title so look at the list with 2. 9,000 words trump beats out reagan, biden and all the rest, the inauguration speech in 2017 was the shortest in modern history so it was double his 2017's and touched on many things, his win, immigration, the economy. entering a golden age. william henry harrison deliver the longest inauguration speech in 1841, 8600 words, more than three times trump's speech but harrison died of pneumonia a month later and some people say he got pneumonia because of exposure to the elements during his ceremony. stuart: that's called iron he. welcome back, see you. elon musk's dogesn with lawsuits minutes after trump was sworn in. that story for you. next up. of mars. >> we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars launching american astronauts to plant the stars & stripes on the planet mars. stuart: trump's plan to bring back space e

lauren martinez abc seven news. >> all right, let me turn your attention now to the weather. a bit of a chill in the air tonight. maybe even downright cold. meteorologist sandyha patel is here with your 24 hour accuweather forecast as we hit the weekend. sandy. yeah. >> and dan, you know, it's the winter chill, but summer like fog that i'm tracking. take a look at this live picture from our mount tam cam. this is what you expect in june. and you're seeing it on live doppler seven. that fog isn't just near the coast. it has already crossed over towards the bay and it is going to continue to advance. visibility right now, eight miles in half moon bay and santa rosa. watch out if you have early holiday weekend plans. there's going to be fog. there's a chill 30s and 40s mainly sunny by noontime and in the afternoon it is a bright, sunny one. we are looking at temperatures ranging from the mid 50s to the low 60s, so not quite as cool as it was today. today those temperatures dropped and then this evening, tomorrow evening, excuse me, 40s and 50s with the fog rolling back in. dan,

lauren martinez abc seven news. >> all right, let me turn your attention now to the weather. a bit of a chill in the air tonight. maybe even downright cold. meteorologist sandyha patel is here with your 24 hour accuweather forecast as we hit the weekend. sandy. yeah. >> and dan, you know, it's the winter chill, but summer like fog that i'm tracking. take a look at this live picture from our mount tam cam. this is what you expect in june. and you're seeing it on live doppler seven. that fog isn't just near the coast. it has already crossed over towards the bay and it is going to continue to advance. visibility right now, eight miles in half moon bay and santa rosa. watch out if you have early holiday weekend plans. there's going to be fog. there's a chill 30s and 40s mainly sunny by noontime and in the afternoon it is a bright, sunny one. we are looking at temperatures ranging from the mid 50s to the low 60s, so not quite as cool as it was today. today those temperatures dropped and then this evening, tomorrow evening, excuse me, 40s and 50s with the fog rolling back in. dan,

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lauren: bernie sanders aligned with donald trump to interest rates at 10%.his is what senator sanders writes on x, donald trump proposed a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. great idea. let's see if he supports the legislation that i will introduce to do just that. americans are carrying incredibly high credit balances and the cost of paying interests are high, the average credit card rate is now over 24%. with americans holding one. $2 trillion in debt in debt for 2024. this christmas, you are paying off last christmas's that. not a good situation. ashley: i want to get to this. how did donald trump respond to critics who say he changed his mind on h one b visas? lauren: he fired back on them but a clip that comes from new year's eve when he took reporter questions at his own new year's party. watch here. >> the most confident people in our country. we need confident people. we need smart people coming into our country. a lot of people with jobs like we have never had before. lauren: this issue has pitted some businessmen and advisors like elon musk and

lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> all right, lauren, thanks so much. you can only imagine what's going into the air from that fire. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is keeping an eye on the fire and where the smoke is spreading. sandhya. >> yeah. dan, that smoke has been moving all the way up towards the santa cruz area. i do want to show you a live picture right now from that moss landing power plant fire. although it doesn't look that intense, it has been putting out a lot of smoke. this was from earlier tonight and you can see it. fortunately, the winds haven't been strong, but the wind direction transporting it from moss landing towards the santa cruz area. i've been getting reports from people there. right now it is 42 degrees, the relative humidity as high as 95%. winds are light out of the northeast, so there's been a little bit of a switch gusting to three miles an hour right now. as we take a look at the air quality from air. now the official reporting station good to moderate, but i am looking at purple air and they are showing some

. >> trace: thank you let's bring in princeton university political scientist lauren and rnc national spokesperson elizabeth. thank you both for coming on, lauren to you first i want to play the sound again, we heard a couple times with bill at least weekly parts, of the haitian migrant. he said, he said this! >> i am not going back to haiti, [bleep] trump. >> trace: just to come full circle tom said he is going back to haiti. >> and it made me think about the immigration debate that was unfolding, about whether illegal immigrants commit crimes at higher or lower rates and democrats are missing the point on this. throughout the campaign for a better part of one year. biden staffers had the statistics but the point is it should be zero, there should be zero people like this in the country with that kind of record. even one case is really infuriating to people and so, that is why i think it's really obvious why the election turned out the way it did. immigration is one of those issues. >> trace: he was thanking the biden, going on from there. elizabeth welcome back, thank you for coming

. >> well, karina and dan sheng, tao's opponent in the 2022 race, lauren taylor, told me today. there's no question he would have won. he was leading in the polls, and after that, mailer wound up losing by just 677 votes. and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes? andy duong would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments to wong and his father, david wong, who owned california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief

lauren: hundred are left grieving since that attack.ley: how did fans of the sugar bowl honor the victims? lauren: it was a show of report for the city and observed a long moment of silence and opposing teams came together and this is how they rooted for the same team. >> yesterday morning. ashley: a great chant usa and sports again can act as a great unifier. ashley: thank you very much. fbi director christopher wray warned about loan actors back in march. >> we are concerned about the risk of inspired attacks inspired by those same calls for violence in the middle east. ashley: shouldn't we have been on heightened alert? that is one question being asked to now. brian kilmeade will be here on that next. we are the kids you champion every day. we are the ones who dream big. and because of you, our dreams become a reality. these are more than just words. this is what we're all about. this is shriners children's™. because for more than 100 years now, shriners children's™ has been on a mission to provide the most amazing care anywhere. and

i am a lauren boebert myself. her lauren grope-ert, which really isn't fair. >> jon: so there is a lot of passive aggression down there. >> there is, indeed. >> jon: things aren't going to change much in the house because johnson was the speaker before. the republicans control the house. so generally, other than some changing of committee chair -- chairmanships and you are being elevated to rank, what is going to be different for democrats in the house in this new fashion? >> they've got a much narrower margin now. so i think we are down to 219-2015. because matt gaetz left and then and then elise stefanik is on her way out. [cheers and applause] while i appreciate that year. so it will be 217-215, which means they cannot afford to lose a single vote and they have already suffered the defection of congresswoman from indiana who got so mad about the fact that she wasn't put on the committee she wanted that she has left the republican conference and is an independent now, and we haven't even started deliberations ye

lauren martinez abc seven news. >> lauren. thank you. well, as we head to break, let's check in with lisa. good morning. >> good morning. some pretty cloud cover here in santa cruz where it's in the upper 40s. sunny skies on the way with temperatures near 60. so slightly milder with a quicker burn off today, but not as warm as we've been. if you're missing those mid 60s, well, we've got those coming back in the forecast. but the bigger question what about rain? i'll have the answers coming up. >> lisa thank you. also ahead, an update from the los angeles wildfires as crews continue making progress this morning. plus the growing insurance crisis and what it means for california's in the middle east. this morning. we finally have a cease fire after 15 months of war. and after some tense last minute talks, the israeli government approved a temporary peace deal with hamas. the first phase is set to take effect starting tomorrow on sunday. it will see the withdrawal of israeli troops from populated areas and the return of 33 israeli hostages

jackie: to lauren's points tim, biden numbers are underwater.s sitting at 40% favorable compared to 50% in 2020, and yet you have this sort of coalition of democrats now pledging a resistance 2.0 we heard this week about a group of former biden officials or -- groups basically that are putting together resources to counter what it calls emerging threats they've identified more than 200 emerging threats as it comes to the president's incoming president's expected executive orders could that backfire on democrats? >> i think the american people are going to start at a place where they want to see democrats and republicans work together. i think that is true. i will also say to lauren's point look the last election saying that it is a referendum on the biden administration versus a support of trump pep and that is never a place you want to be when you're running for reelection so that's important to take into consideration. for democrats it depends on the issue right if the trump administration comes in, and wants to make health care less accessibl

lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> lauren, thank you so much.resident trump issued another pardon today for the san francisco man who was convicted for running the silk road drug marketplace online. ross ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015. trump pledged during his campaign to pardon ulbricht. he was championed as a hero in the crypto and libertarian communities. but prosecutors say the silk road was the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet. today, president trump announced a new investment worth up to $500 billion to help advance artificial intelligence. the leaders of san francisco based openai, santa clara founded oracle, and softbank joined him at the white house. the three companies are partnering to build new data centers as part of the project, called stargate. oracle chairman larry ellison says the construction is already underway. >> the first of them are under construction in texas. each building is a half 1,000,000ft■. there are ten buildings currently, you know, currently being built, but