mike emanuel. hi, mike. >> mike: hello, greg. >> dana: that's it. ♪ >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington. m mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight, president biden is trying to unify the country behind his new pandemic strategy as we learn of two more confirmed cases of the omicron variant in the u.s. the president outlined his plan to deal with the new strain during a visit to the national institutes of health. meanwhile, health officials confirm vaccinated individuals in minnesota and colorado have tested positive. senior news correspondent rich edson starts us off tonight from the white house. good evening, rich. >> good evening, mike. president biden dondz he is pulling no punches in this latest round in the fight against covid-19. he says americans should not make this pandemic political and says americans need to come together to fight this virus. >> think of it in terms of literally a patriotic responsibility rather than somehow you are denying people their basic rights. >> another pandemic winter, another covid-19 variant, and another set of guidelines from the white hous

mike: jameel jaffer, thanks so much. >> thanks, mike. mikearmed intruder broke into windsor castle where queen elizabeth is spending time. a man from south england was found within moments from entering the ground. they detained him on trespass of a protected site and a posession after offensive weapon. the 19-year-old southhampton man did not enter any buildings. they do not believe he poses a larger threat to the public. the royal family was notifieded. no one was harmed. >>> fox news alert, british police arresting an armed intruder, we did that story. we'll be right back after this break. superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th clerk: hello, how can i? ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ sore throat pain? ♪honey lemon♪ try vicks vapocool drops. in honey lemon chill. for fast-acting

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mike, this is a debate only expected to take up even more veracity in the new year. mike? >> mike live at reagan national. thanks loot. up next, a look back at the new stories that captivated the nation in 2021 and how those stories were presented in the mainstream media. ♪ ♪ with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams... matrix... serena... matrix... serena... matrix... ♪ ♪ ♪ get your tv together with the best of live and on demand. introducing directv stream. mike you are looking live at the wild horse saloon in nashville, tennessee whereas lauren engel mentioned earlier fox news channel is ringing in 2022 in an all-american way. fox news coverage continues at 10:00 p.m. eastern. throughout night will will be a line dancing competition, new year's resolutions from fox news personalities, and a comedy workshop with the gutfeld team, sounds like fun. before we look ahead to the new year, let's take a look back at the stories that dominated 2021 and how the news media portrayed them. here is fox news media analyst and host of fox news media b

mike. >> mike: i'm mike emanuel in for john roberts. on the contrary it is wreaking havoc on daily life. the travel nightmare at airports continues. new year's celebrations are being scaled back or canceled altogether, and businesses are closing because workers are forced to quarantine. all this as we see an increase in hospitalizations in children just days before schools reopen for the holiday break. >> gillian: fox team coverage, dr. marc siegel joins us in a moment. >> mike: but we begin with steve harrigan in atlanta, home of the cdc. steve? >> mike, more of these covid records are being set, but yesterday almost half a million new cases, almost double the amount that the previous single day had cases, 50 states have set records for new cases. the cdc says hospitalizations are lagging behind the new case numbers, that they are comparatively low. but just a short time ago six atlanta hospitals said they were suffering a staggering surge of covid patients, both adults and children, almost all of the nonvaccinated. for the surgeons an

mike emanuel. >> mike: jesse, if we are doing plugs should i mention i'm doing "fox news sunday" on sunday? >> jesse: be my guest. >> mike: i guess i just did. thanks, jesse. >> jesse: merry christmas. ♪ ♪ >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight a white former police officer in suburban minneapolis has been convicted of two manslaughter charges in the shooting death of a black motorist. kim potter killed daunte write during a traffic stop when she used her service pistol instead of a taser. correspondent garrett tenney is this minneapolis tonight, good evening, garrett. >> mike, good evening to you. after more than 7 hours of deliberations, 9 jury of six men and six women found kim potter guilty of both first second degree man slaughter. inside the courtroom the former brooklyn center police officer was stoick and showed almost no emotion as the verdict was announced and she learned her fate. >> we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanor, on or about april 11, 2021, in the hennepin county, state of minnesota fin

gillian and mike, back to you. >> gillian: rich edson from rehoboth beach, thanks. mike? >> mikeh straight day. mike tobin's live from chicago's o'hare airport. >> hello, mike. we are here at terminal 3. it's not that bad. you don't really have people piled up in the tsa lines like you did on sundays and on the letter gets bad. that has to do with the ebb and flow of air travel. one industry spokesperson says it's not business as usual. they are trying to get back to business as usual but they are not quite getting there and the weather isn't really helping. this particular round of cancellations and delays really started christmas eve, when the infection rate among flight crews and staffing with airlines cited to mirror that of the general population, as the omicron cases spiked. you had people coming in sick and ultimately not enough staff to put planes in the air. that is what caused this particular set of problems. for the people traveling over the holidays, they started getting the news that they weren't going to make it to their holiday destinations. >> my flight was cancel

mike has always been like, no, not for me. but now. mike: i see you. kumasi: you ready, mike? mike: for food? yeah. absolutely. are you two already on it? reggie: i don't mess with tikt tiktok. i get jobina is the only one on. mike: i'll see you there. >> thank you, mike. mike: it's a date for lunch. let's look at weather. we're going to bring our umbrellas no matter where we go starting tomorrow. 6:18 on this morning. a look at the to youer. you can -- tower. you can see the beautiful red, white and green bool building right there. dry today. increasing clouds. milder lows again today. mostly cloudy and dry. that's it. starting tomorrow, all the way through the weekend, it's going to be wet. so santa, maybe leave him a towel. he needs a wet suit when he's coming our way. let's go into the east bay. temperatures running in the low 40's, around 40 to about 42 degrees. elsewhere we're looking at and feeling temperatures in the upper 30's in san jose. low to mid 40's elsewhere. we have a live fog trying to creep in but it's not nearly as thick as it was over the weekend. in the north bay and east bay, but it is do

you are watching abc 7 mornings, live on abc 7, who live, and wherever you stream. , hi, mike -- hi, mike. mikeed it all the presents around the tree, and i thought i'm in trouble. reggie: tell your wife, we have each other. mike: we do. she is so good up buying gifts i do not know i needed. reggie: you are in trouble. mike: except for the ice because i'm driving a different car, and i did not even know how to heat up the car. it was a hot mess, well, cold mess. there's look at the fog that could be causing ice in the north bay, so be careful. some fog is slipping across the golden gate bridge. temperatures run from 30 to 40 foot inland and bay area neighborhoods. 45 along the coast at 7:00. beautiful blue skies. 49 to 53 at 4:00. this evening, 41 to 46 at 7:00. the rain train is coming next week, making many stops and our accuweather a forecast. reggie: classes are canceled at a south bay high school today because of a social media threat, as school districts across the country deal with eight tiktok challenge that encourages students to make false school shooting threats. jobina is at the liv

mike. >> mike: aisha hosni in washington, thanks. set for capitol hill showdowns in 2022, let's talk about political and economic ramifications with vice president aaron perini and freedom works economists steve moore, welcome to both of you. >> hi, miket if they can get all 50 democrats to support without making progressives angrier. i asked ben carson about that effort on sunday. >> we have to find that sweet spot and as long as everyone is at the table negotiating on president biden and includes all parts of the caucus in the discussion, we can reach that sweet spot. listen, a lot of us will be disappointed and we will not let perfection be the enemy of getting something done. >> mike: steve, how do you assess it? >> the democrats have spent $3 trillion this year so it's not like they are walking away with nothing. we have $11.9 million so this is unprecedented, massive fiscal expansion. remember when obama came in, he had $1 trillion and biden $6 trillion so six times more. i'm very worried, mike, the reporting about the filibuster and the democrats may try to run over the traditional rules of the senate to pass this as i am with this idea of being floated mike, democrats, the biden administration essentially through decree and ex

mike. mike: congressman matt cartwright of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, thank you for your time. sorry we're tight with the breaking news. >> have a good holiday, mikee: fox news alert, new details about the crash in mission if, texas, that was alleged hi caused by a migrant smuggler as the remain in mexico policy is back in effect for a week now. bill melugin had the story first live in eagle pass, texas. hello, bill. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. just a few minutes ago weog lo}e learned that two innocent people who were killed in that crash with the suspected human smuggler were a local mother and daughter from mission, texas. horribly tragic. if we can pull up this drone video we shotuñ?ñ yesterday, law enforcement tells us that with a suspected human smuggler with a vehicle was being chased police yesterday when he flew through an intersection and t-boned a vehicle with those two innocent people, a mom and daughter. tragically, they both passed away. law enforcement telling me they were ages 59 and 22, and they were both locals from mission, texas. you can pull up some photos from the scene of the crash given to me by a source, you can see

mike? >> mike: let's bring in christopher rufo, from the manhattan institute, a senior fellow. welcome. >> it's great to be with you. >> mikeies. your thoughts? >> that's actually right. most crime in the united states committed by young men. this is the group that drives up those crime rates, and listen, a 17-year-old who commits serious felonies is a danger to the public. this idea of just apologizing and writing a statement might be appropriate if you are stealing someone's lunch in a kindergarten classroom, but if you have serious criminals that happen to be just under the legal adult age, they are still a threat to the community and what we have seen over and over in san francisco and seattle and los angeles, this policy of the incarceration, decriminalization, and d policing has led to unprecedented skyrocketing of serious and violent crimes. >> let's put on the screen and a of felonies included in this policy. burglary, assault without guns, car theft, robbery, arson, battery. so if they are burning down your house, or stealing your car, that's not exactly stealing a pack of gum at the convenience store. >> that's ri

mike: senior political analyst brit hume, thank you very much for your time today. >> thank you, mike. mikenator bob dole represented his home state in congress for more than 3 decades. let's bring in current kansas senator gerri mirand for reflections today. senator, your thoughts of the passing of the legendary in the great state of kansas. >> we express condolences, sympathy and love and care for senator elizabeth dole, robin, the family, all kansans will be saddened by this. i've always expressed the view that if you're a kansan more than 35 years old you remember senator dole and wish he was your senator today. he was highly regarded across the state as we know and also around the country and he is a role model for all of us, republicans and democrats who serve the united states senate and we long for the days in which the united states senate worked in the way that bob dole and democratic leaders and other republicans were able to accomplish good things on behalf of americans. i would say that my desk is the bob dole desk, i wanted that when i arrived in the senate. my remarks in the

mike: dr. janette, so great having you. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, mike. >> mike: gillian? ping her annual christmas plans for a second year in the row. the monarch is no longer traveling east to her sandringham estate following the rise and cozy cases across the u.k. she's trying to remain at windsor castle as cases in her nation surged by more than 50% in just a leak. she is now facing her first christmas without her husband, the beloved prince philip. he passed away in april. mike, i really feel for the queen. it's her first christmas without her husband. now she's not going to be able to have her sandringham celebration, which is by all accounts her favorite holiday tradition. at her age, 95 i think he is, you can't count on future christmases. >> mike: that's a great point. i guess advanced age, her doctors are probably saying take it easy, but some of the surge blow over. but you are absolutely right, you don't take christmas for granted when you are 95 years old. >> gillian: she did have a couple health issues earlier in the year, too, now that i'm thinking about it.

mike: so, it's working? reggie: it says marais on the front. kumasi: are we discussing the teacher? reggie: the teacher comes later. mike, we did a deep dive. the t-shirt is mariah carey and it's a meme of her at mcdonald's. we need to get a four jobina at least. [laughter] sel vee andere on a remoggie: from your mouth to mariah's ears. [laughter] mikeweek. can't wait. what's not fun? look at this. jobina has been talking about it and i just wanted to show you 880 at the coliseum, approaching two into quarter inches of rain. here's the eastern side of the bridge around hayward, where we are up around three quarters of an inch of rain where around the peninsula we are well over an inch. the likelihood of finding ponding on the roadways is going to be even more when you get over to your destination on the other side. two storms to start this workweek. strongest today, a chance of thunderstorms to grapple with the hail and snow in the lowest elevations. it's not necessarily snow in the mountains with freezing cold and dry weather thursday and friday morning. we have already had flooding in emeryville, oakland, alameda, piedmont. wind damage around santa clara. heaviest storms right now are moving up the peninsula. 280, 1 hundred one, heading into san francisco into san francisco and moving to the northeast. this storm is going to c sto

mike: let the record reflect, eyewear giants cufflinks even when my team is horrible. >> gillian: dang, mike. >> i am a bears fan. trust me. it ain't too much better for us, either. not a fun year. >> mikemike: the squad pushing president biden to use executive action when it comes to passing parts of his massive social spending bill. details from capitol hill coming up. >> gillian: plus, president biden said he supports doing "whatever it takes" to push new voting rights legislation, even perhaps making an exception to the sacrosanct filibuster rule. jonathan turley says the move would be chilling, and he is up next. >> mike: first, fox weather, tracking a bitter blast of ice and snow threatening millions. >> gillian: meteorologist craig herrera has a forecast coming up next. >> hey there. talking about a lot of snow. in fact, let's start with seattle. in case you were wondering, they got 3 inches of fresh snow right in the city. this is for the day on sunday. this is the snowiest december day that they have had since december 26th, 1974. some spots across the olympic mountains getting up to 20 inches of snow in the lower lying areas because of the upslope winds that have been there. l

mike. mike: markup that was not their train we just heard it so you missed it. [laughter] >> i'm not going anywhere i'm having too much fun out here i'm not going anywhere yet. but mikehe remnant wilmington thank you very much. for reaction to social spending packets likely dead on the senate my get california republican congressman remember the house judiciary committee, congressmen are welcome. >> and mike thanks for having me on. it is appropriate the amtrak senator has a train that you hear when you talk about president biden. first of all, with johnny isakson passing, he and i came in almost at the same time. he is, was a true southern gentleman. i think there's a lot to say joe manchin is being attacked today. much in the way that a another gentleman, a person who is thoughtful joe lieberman was attacked. i think that is one of the things that hopefully you are focusing on today is if someone will not go with their party on one occasion for good and long-standing reasons, is it a reason to throw them out of the party? that is what they do with a primary joe lieberman. it appears as though that is what they're getting ready to do to joe manchin, do a lieberman a

mike: i can confirm, it's potatoes. and i think yogurt. and yogurt. reggie: we love to see that attrition coming through in the early morning. mike: yes. we are all starving for -- more rain? reggie: there you go, mikeou go. maybe more snow for sure. it's moisture rambling through the higher elevations and diablo range, and some of it is turning into some flakes. it has a shelf life of a couple of hours, may be, a definite drying trend on live doppler 7. where you went up this -- when you went to sleep, it was a one, but i have upgraded it to a two. that has to do with the intensity and duration of this, and it will be windier and not quite as cold. the place that will get snow out of this storm will be the north bay. 40 to 47 at 7:00, mainly dry, except on the roads, and light rain in the north bay, moderate rain at 4:00 and the rest of us get light, moderate, and heavy rain from 7:00 on. reggie: a last-minute unexpected exception to the state mask mandate means nothing changes today kumasi: if -- kumasi: if you were able to go to the office or the gym without a mask yesterday, you will be able to do it today. reggie: let's get to amy hollyfield. it sounds like people are confused where you are. am

mike? >> mike: david lee miller live in new york city. david lee, thanks very much. the government is issuing new guidelines on dealing with the virus. correspondent charles watson is in atlanta tonight with that party of the story. good evening, charles. >> good evening, mikesession it's updated glidges guidelines are no, i do not ease the stress on healthcare physician facilities as they anticipate more patients amid a rise in patients. priority remains prevention a direct message from cdc director dr. rochelle walensky as the omicron variant dominates indications nationwide. the cdc is now easing quarantine requirements for healthcare providers to fight back against worker shortages. newly released guidelines now allow healthcare workers infected with covid-19 to return to work they also have to test negative before returning before testing shortage means once again you will have might need it who had symptoms. >> americans are already finding it increasingly difficult to get tested these days with that home test kits are hard to come by if not impossible. this as long lines wrap around testing clinics nationwide. >> we're running seven days a week 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. people are just exhausted. we can't keep staff because they are so warn out. >> the

through it all, mike has never lost his sense of humor. >> come on, hit it. mike, hit it. oh, sorry. mike about this? >> please welcome to the mike nicco. do you like this one? this is the best look of them all. >> i think that is the combo, for me. >> damage for everybody. ♪ >> i don't know about that clip. think for picking some fun clips. that was interesting, wasn't it? >> we could not at all the ones. >> my very favorite clip, possibly not just of mike, but of all time here, i just posted on twitter and instagram, so you can check it out. it was the one time i have ever seen mike bd shady is the person i have ever met, and i ate it with a big spoon. we taught you well, mike. mike: you have. i was going to say that. it has been a breath of fresh air working with all three of you. you have invigorated me, you have infused me with energy and new ideas, and new thoughts. that is the specialty of our show. we all have different backgrounds, different personalities, we all bring something different to this othg your needs, and we care about the people behind the scenes just as much, that h

mike: are we close enough to the holidays that calories do not count, right? kumasi: we will go with it. mike: you stay right here, mr. bourbon bread pudding. kumasi: it is good, mike just tasted the sauce. mmm. all right, got to talk. four and nearly quarter inches of rain in san francisco, but we are saying goodbye. showers are tapering. partly cloudy, so grab the sunglasses. tonight, grab n extr blanket and watch for frost anda our goal is neighborhoodsn. mainly dry this weekend with clouds on the increase. i think the rain is going to hold off until after the sun sets on sunday. we are in a bowl of cold, unstable air. behind that, high pressure. that is what it will be dry with huge temperature swings from 20's and 30's to the 50's the next couple of days. 55 to 58 degrees today, and look at the wealth of 30's. just about everywhere, even around redwood city and palo alto. otherwise, 40 242 on the bayshore and to the coast. on sunday, until 11:00, it is pretty dry. monday and tuesday, that weak atmospheric atmospheric weather come -- atmospheric weather comes in. we are looking at one to three additional inches and that means several more feet of snow. one for

mike mike there to mike huddle on, all delta delta mike over charlie to runway 25. please dedicated to mike take seen to the runway for take off of it and then we taxi right onto the runway. right? not left insoluble. no problem. we'll stop here in the middle. yes, it was. now let go of the red button, hole back on the stick. let go of the break and let it roll. and remember when the nose of the machine goes up, the stick must go forward on, then we'll press on together. okay? okay. okay. so let's give it some gas for the nose is coming up, we'll press down on it together, pull out the throttle and take off the money. very good. and don't call back too much. perfect. you are in control. we're going to fly straight and stick to about 100 kilometers an hour and with that is still don't feel up to it. but i'm actually piloting this thing. amazing will turn right here. pull on the stick slightly. a use the stick may need to adjust this beat and is extremely sensitive. i'm really struggling with it. general covers were invented in 19 twenties. but nowadays it's mostly emm

we will start with mike's forecast. mike: we are seeing the last signs of the storm moved through.1/10 of an inch, but it keeps slippery. you can see the spray off the cars and trucks that are moving across 880 the other coliseum. 48 to 50 and mild. 51 to 55 and her only chance of wet weather will be in the north bay mountains at noon. 51 to 55 at 4:00 and 46 to 50, cooling quickly as dry air rushes in during the evening. hours frost and a couple of mornings and another

mike, mike. >> yeah, yeah. >> j.b.: you were this guy too, now. >> yeah, man. stole a car that. [ laughter ] arrested for steal park avenue, man. >> j.b.: whoo! mikethough you might have a start rough -- a rough start -- see, i said that wrong. [ laughter ] if you have a rough start, you can change in life. a lot of people don't know i stole cars. [ laughter ] >> j.b.: they don't know that, mike. >> better check your car when you leave here tonight. [ laughter and applause ] >> j.b.: mike, man. here's one thing i'm very impressed with, man. you are still potent. you know what potent means? you're still dropping them babies, baby, you know what i'm saying? >> yeah, yeah. >> j.b.: very potent. >> is that what it is? >> j.b.: potent. you're potent. >> yeah, you're saying "potenent." i'm saying "child support." [ laughter ] people be happy for you to have a kid but you be thinking, okay, another 18 years. >> j.b.: right, something go awry. >> yeah, yeah. i just had a baby boy after -- >> j.b.: wow, mike. >> i got six girls, this is my first son. [ cheers and applause ] >> j.b.: whoo, mike. mike epps jr. >> and i'm 50 years old. >> j.b.: come on, man.

mike. >> mike: alex off reporting from washington. thanks. joining us now is dr. ashis dr. ashish jha, doctor, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> dr. jha: good morning, thanks for having me back. >> mike, according to public white house health officials, omicron variant represents 73% of new cases and in some places in the nation, 90%. however, and south africa, where omicron was first detected a month ago, they began experiencing active surprising drop in new cases, the top infectious disease scientist there said looking at preliminary data, he expected "every other country or almost every other to follow the same trajectory." doctor, would you agree assess? >> yeah, again, early is right, we don't have a ton of data yet but certainly south africa is a hopeful sign that this wave of infections that's sweeping across america is going to rise very, very quickly, but hopefully peaked quickly and come down quickly as well. that's what i think most of us are expecting. obviously we will have to see how it plays out here. >> mike: the antiviral drug developed by merck was approved thursday by federal regulators. it is found to cut the risk of hospitalization and death in high risk patients

mike-- log log mike: what? that took my sipping bourbon and whiskey in front of the fire to a terrible place. drop monitor, nothing changed since last week. our reservoirs, nothing has changed since last week. they are holding steady at low levels. how about the snow? 19% above average grade nothing has changed. but, it is about two. winter storm watch, 10:00 on saturday. you have until then to get where you are going if you have to travel in or through the sierra. this will snow heavily, until 10:00 on tuesday evening. we are looking at sunday, monday and tuesday for a no go on travel. if you're thinking about travel, you have to do it today, tomorrow, sunday is iffy. that is when the snow starts falling. monday and tuesday, absolutely a no go. kumasi: new at 6:00, a major win in court for u.s. authorities while you were sleeping. looking to capture one of the most elusive figures in recent years. reggie: a major crash in mexico killed more than 50 people inside of a truck trailer. they are victims of a much larger issue. kumasi: cracking the cause of the caldor fire. news of what the father and son suspected were how powerful is an invisalign smile? so powerful you can face anything ... ...even these faces. invis is a powerful thing. invis is the clear aligner brand most trusted by doctors and more predictable. invisalign. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. thin canrres out of this. kumasi: making news at 6:00, shutting down retail crime at the source. a plan from some of the biggest brands and capitol hill to stop stealing at home. reggie: tightening the masks. the threats of delta and omicron leads to keeping mandates in place. kumasi: let it snow. lake tahoe finally getting its white christmas. the resort is opening this weekend and tracking the storm set to hit us this weekend. reggie: good morning. it is friday, december 10. you are watching abc 7 mornings. mikeng as possible flooding rain and having snow -- heavy snow in the sierra. dangerously cool temperatures in mendocino county. solano county under a frost advisory. there will be frosty areas around walnut creek and the san ramon valley and the north bay. don't be surprised if your car is outside and you have to scrape ice this morning.

mike is tracking the wet weather. kumasi: good morning everybody. abc 7 mornings alive right now wherever you stream. reggie: we will start with mike, and it starts to feel like groundhog day. mike: it does but we are turning it up a notch. you can see we just had the downpour move across our studios and right outside. look at all of that standing water. we are transitioning to lighter showers as heavier showers are now moving south of pacifica, heading down towards 92 if you are heading there, or skyline boulevard or even 280. traveling at those higher elevations with that heavier shower, and all of this is tracking to the northeast. each individual cell as the entire system sinks to the south. we are at least a two until 10:00 thanks to these localized downpours running as flooding and slippery conditions and the threat of some dangerous lightning. here is a look at 880 and you can see the spray coming up from cars as we are driving, a lot of us just on standing water. breezy conditions through the morning. be especially careful on the bridges. we drop to one as the intensity lets up and so does the coverage after 10:00. it is groundhog day and i have rain in seven days of the

let's go to mike in washington mike, mike, mike >> caller: hi.nk you, jim, for your expertise and for sharing it >> oh, thank you thank you. what's going on? >> caller: well, i'd like to ask you about -- i'd like to get your thoughts on clean energy, clne >> well, we are in favor of companies that are actually making money now there was a period where you could get in something and not make money -- and the company not make money and you do okay that company has to deliver on the earnings, it just has to. >> let's go to conrad in new york conrad >> caller: hey, jim. happy holidays >> conrad. same to you. >> caller: all right thank you. jim, i'd like to get your opinion on care trust reit i like your opinion. >> if i'm going with assisted living, i'm going to bentos. i don't want to go to the group in general it's too hard right now. too many things can go wrong because of omicron betsy in california. betsy. >> caller: well, hey, jimmy. two things, one, i hope you feel better okay i really do. >> thank you >> caller: i do belong to your services b

mike? >> mike: let's begin mike i you are concerned about the case the defense made. thoughts about the trial outcome in the kim potter case? >> well, a word means a lot. is it an outcome or is it a verdict? outcome means that they are still hung, meaning they did not unanimously agree to the same verdict. a verdict is the ones who are holding out for one side finally came over and they all unanimously agree with one decision. which one is it? that's the first thing. i'm not sure if they have a decision yet or whether there outcome is they can't agree. >> jacqui: mark, if the case is that this is a hung jury, what do you see the state doing, given this is such a high-profile incident that happened? >> retrying the case, and hopefully she gets a new council, because new attorneys should do a much more competents that, legally, she should not be held responsible for a criminal offense. that doesn't mean this wasn't a tragedy. that doesn't mean she didn't screw up, because she did. it also means she should lose her job because of it, and she should be sue's stomach sued

louis in 4 days that mike, mike, mike had delta mike over charlie to runway 25, please. data, data, minute tech, seem to the runway for take off, and then we taxi right onto the runway, right? not left, inserted. no problem. we'll stop here in the middle. now let go of the red button and pull back on the stick. let go of the break and let it roll. remember when the nose of the machine goes up, the stick must go forward, and then we'll press on together. ok? okay. okay. so let's give it some, got me know this coming up. we'll press down on it together, pull out the throttle and take off the very good and don't call back too much perfect. you are in control of them. we're going to fly straight and stick to about 100 kilometers an hour and with that is still don't feel up to it. but i'm actually piloting this thing. amazing will turn right here on the stick slightly. i use the stick mainly to adjust the speed and it's extremely sensitive. i'm really struggling with it. general copters were invented in the 1920s. but nowadays it's mostly emma to pilots flying them and complete beginners like m

[laughter] mike: we had a basset hound growing up and i remember vividly his tail knocking me over. i would not want that from a seven bladed tail. kumasi: you're right, mike. mike: a beautiful golden gate bridge. there are clouds lining up along the coast, so far they have not made the turn in pushing through the golden gate, but by tonight they definitely will. increasing high clouds for the rest of us away from the coast today, tapering our highs below record levels. it will still be warm today. drizzle saturday and some spring goes possible monday. until next thursday, that's about it as far as any rain. we still have high pressure on the top of us, but the slow is sliding to the south, and you can see it climbing along the big sur coast and into our neighborhood. that will be the onshore breeze that comes in and starts to enhance our cooling trend, starting more likely tonight into tomorrow. 60 five in antioch to 73 in san jose. temperatures eight to 13 degrees above average. most of our records are in the mid 70's to low 80's, so they are a little bit out of reach. unattainable today. low to upper 40's for most of us tonight with high clouds hanging around

mike is tracking another day what's weather. will it be rainy for the whole weekend? we check in with mike about that. julian: good morning. it is friday, december 24th. merry christmas to you. abc 7 mornings live on abc seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. kumasi: we want to check in with mikeast. mike: good morning. nice spending christmas eve with you both. also you watching us, however that may be, or wherever you may be. here is a batch of rain around the san mateo bridge, moving out of the san ramon valley and out of highway four. the south bay, south of 280 down 101, that is it for this push of what weather, which is a one on our storm impact scale with scattered showers the rest of today, probably after 730-8 :00 we say goodbye to the steady rain. it will be breezy this afternoon and you can see the breeze is starting to pick up around sfo and half moon bay and that is coming out of the north end ushering in cooler weather. ties will be cooler and it will feel cooler because of the wind. we have the steadiest rain through 7:30, maybe 8:00, and we go scattered into the rest of the evening hours. 49 to 53. at 48 to about 52. stronger storm tonight and first chance of snow is coming tonight also. pretty hard in the south bay this morning. this is video flooding on inter

mike: mike, your sound has gone off. >> it was a great question. mike: can you hear me? florida. just trying to translate the question. we have never had a black representative in this district. how can we get a representative who comes from the minority communities since our state legislature is gop controlled? if you are a political entrepreneur, you may like stacking because it will advantage your district to beat the other five white candidates in the primary. what is the question and who talked about this? christian: i think the other thing that came up earlier about increasing multiracial and all that, i think there is a lot a racially polarized voting. that is what section two is supposed to protect against so that minority voters vote together in contrast to white voters. i think that runs the country but with multiracial and multiethnic change in the country, we have to look at, can group spoke together to elect a black or latino member of congress or an asian member of congress? there is crossover right voting i think is happening in suburban areas and urban areas that

mike. mike: alex, thanks. joining us now is dr. ashish jha, dean noted brown university school of public health. doctor, welcome back to it "fox news sunday". >> good morning. thanks for having me back. mike, according to white house public health officials omicron variant represent 73% of new cases and in some places in the nation 90%. however, in south africa where omicron was first detected a month ago they have begun to experience a surprising drop in new cases with the top infectious disease as scientists they are saying looking at preliminary data he expected quote every other country or almost every other to follow the same trajectory. dr. ashish jha, would you agree with that early assessment? >> yeah. early is right, we don't have a ton of data, but certainly south africa is a hopeful sign that this wave of infections is sweeping across america will rise very very quickly, but hopefully peak quickly and come down quickly as well and i think that's what most of us expect. obviously, we will have to see how it plays out. mike: dr. ashish jha, the antiviral drug developed by merck was approved thursday by federal regulators and found to cut the risk of hospitalization and death in h

mike: beautiful. from what i can see of it. reggie: i am cold just looking at it. kumasi: it looks so nice though. mike: does he do anything else? kumasi: that is enough. reggie: does he do other animals? i thought he meant -- mike: the snow covers it and i was like, but does he do a different animal or something after that? reggie: my guess is he does a sunfish. kumasi: let the sunfish be. mike: let us talk about what is going on weather-wise and here we go, heavy rain falling on kensington and berkeley on 580 and 80 and down towards emeryville and the maze, so be careful through there because it is easy for water to pond around the baby late -- bay bridge toll plaza. the dumbarton bridge, a light -- a nice light to moderate shower, so if you are about to get on their that will be your destination, it is pretty slippery. the big picture shows more energy upstream and another chance of wet weather coming at us tomorrow. it is going to be -- i jumped right through that. tomorrow morning through thursday morning, light to moderate showers of third to two third inches of rain, but double that in the higher elevation. here we are, and you can see throughout the morning and into the afternoon hours that we are going

we will start with mike's forecast. mikelast days to get them out there, then you have friday and saturday. this is some left over moisture that coated our roads, a few pockets of drizzle out in the santa cruz mountains also. our next storm is moving into the north bay with rain in lower elevations and mountain snow. i increased it to a

mike mike, there to am. i cuddle on all delta delta mike over charlie to runway 25. please don't dare to dare to mike take seen to the runway for take off of it. and then we taxi right on to the runway. right? not left, not insurable. mm hm. no problem. we'll stop here in the middle. yes it horton now let go of the red button, the old back on the stick. let go of the break and let it roll. remember when the nose of the machine goes up, the stick must go forward and then we'll press on together. okay. okay. okay. so let's give it some gap in the nose is coming up, we'll press down on it together, pull out the throttle and take off the money. very good. and don't call back too much. perfect. you are in control. we're going to fly straight and stick to about 100 kilometers an hour. i'm with. i still don't feel up to it, but i'm actually piloting this thing. amazing will turn right here. pull on the stick slightly. i used to stick mainly to adjust the speed and it's extremely sensitive. i'm really struggling with it. general copters were invented indian 19 twenties. but n

mike: there is not -- hi, mike. mike: we know there something we could do to make you cry. putting final touches on this tower camera. that is how foggy it isn't hello the visibility is. if you travel on 680 at any rate of speed, dangerous. this extends into solano county. the national weather service in sacramento issued an advisory through 10:00, but around concord, it is just as bad. the delta, the highway4, 680, 780, the venetian bridge, antioch bridge all foggy. amateurs all over the place from upper 30's to mid-50's, but look at this. low to upper 60's. 62 to 68 at lunch and 64 to 73 3:00. record highs this afternoon. reggie: the new covid variant has us in a wait and see mode, but sfo is taking steps to find amtrak omicron. any folly field is there -- amy hollyfield is live with that testing. amy: they are testing passengers, and they seem into it. officials are getting a good response. sfo is one of four airports participating in a pilot testing program for international travelers. passengers are invited to participate in one of two tests, a pcr tests or at-home test

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mike. mike is going to be on. mike is someone with the fed, and mike mckee may talk about claims. in all three central bank territories, they're worried about wage inflation and he dreaded wage price spiral. lisa: that is something we have definitely heard. even janet yellen addressed and said she does not see it yet. however, clearly, the employment cost index got jay powell's attention. i am struck by the sanguine nature of markets, even as there's a hawkish tilt on a global level. tom:tom: the terminal value moved out two or three years yesterday, where we went from a two quarter focus next year, and a live a sudden the chairman was talking about 18 months, or dare i say two years. that is comfortable for ecb. it is normal for the ecb to look out longer. but that is what jerome powell did yesterday. lisa: how much does christine lagarde want to shake the complacency we are seeing in markets. what are we expecting in terms of a surprise from here in 30 minutes? caroline: certainly a focus on flexibility, trying to ensure that her arsenal remains as adept as possible to inflation

mike emanuel. hi, mike. >> mike: hello, greg. >> dana: that's it. ♪ >> mike: good evening, welcome to washington. nd his new pandemic strategy as we learn of two more confirmed cases of the omicron variant in the u.s. the president outlined his plan to deal with the new strain during a visit to the national institutes of health. meanwhile, health officials confirm vaccinated individuals in minnesota and colorado have tested positive. senior news correspondent rich edson starts us off tonight from the white house. good evening, rich. >> good evening, mike. president biden dondz he is

mike. >> mike: i'm mike emanuel in for john roberts.

. >> let us start on the check of the weather with mike. mike: good morning.at this will be the timeframe for the next hour to hour and a half of widespread showers throughout the rest of today. one last chunk of energy coming through and some showers

we are going to start with mike. mike: bold and focused -- weather-wise?hrough the morning fog. for solano county once again, but it is not as thick as it

. >> let's start with the update of the forecast with mike. mikeaying their opening. for us, it will be a lot of rain. it is coming in the back half. let's talk about what is happening right now. if you are about to head out and live in one of our cooler neighborhoods, in solano county or any of our valleys, dealing with frost from 9:00 to 10:00

. >> we begin with our friday forecast with mike. mike: good morning.

kumasi: we want to start with a check of the forecast with mike. mike, that was really cool.