. >> reporter: i'm weijia jiang in west palm beach where the two leaders had dinner. what each of them had to say about their crucial meeting. >>> shopping spree. buyers spend big this weekend on holiday gifts. >> reporter: i'm elise preston in commerce, california, where shoppers expect to bust their budgets. this as people around the country are still paying off debt from last year. >>> and later, 'tis the season. we visit a christmas tree lot in sherman oaks, california, to find out if supply meets demand. >> once thanksgiving happens, it's always like the question when are we going to get our tree because that's when the season hits. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs weekend news." from new york with jericka duncan. >> good evening, and thanks for joining us on this saturday. tonight millions of americans are getting a blast of arctic air as bone-chilling temperatures settle in across a big swath of this country. at the same time, a massive storm is piling up snow in parts of the northeast. these big rigs backed up near ripley, new york, a town on lake erie. all of it happen

matt finn is in west palm beach this morning.e program work and what is the argument. >> the program gives highly skilled workers access into the united states and in recent weeks president-elect trump and his team have held high low pile meetings in west palm beach trying to get on the same page for the 100 days but there's been discourse over the h-1b program with elon musk essentially leading the charge in favor of the visas using colorful language online. responding to a user on x him. the reason i met america with. with.(cart opening.ecl) people who built spacex tesla and other hundreds of companies that made america strong is because of h-1b, take a step back and blank yourself. i will go to work on this issue. vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley weyden. president-elect trump settle this matter telling the new york post he is in favor of the h-1b visa and asked people working for him and will continue to support a 20, they have given highly skilled foreign workers in the u.s. an estimated 85 to metro to thousand plus per year.

mayor myrtle bowser said she had a great meeting with trump with him at mar de lago here in west palmch they've shared vision for washington, d.c., they want to make it the most beatable city in the world fair here in west palm and winter day like today it's not hard to see why trump and others spend time at the southern white house as it is called. back to you. >> fishermen and of course present elect trump doesn't need to do any flossing back he has his own signature dance which i am sure he will be performing for everybody tonight. thank you so much matt great to see you and happy new year my friend. let's bring in our panel joey jones retired mean -- marine corps staff sergeant tommy lauren host of tommy lauren is fearless on out kick both of course fox news contributors and julian epstein democratic strategist and former chief counsel for the house judiciary committee. tommy let me start with you great to see you all by the way. it will be quite the celebration at mar de lago tonight tommy a lot for a president trump and republicans across the country to be very optimistic about

peter live in west palm beach where trauma rivals are now coming to the table, but we begin with thenational correspondent kevin live in d.c. with the presidential pardon that has the whole country talking. >> good evening, he did not repeatedly misspeak, he lied, plain and simple. that is the view of a growing number of politicians who tonight are absolutely pummeling the elder biden for claiming again and again that yes, he would resist the temptation to pardon his son only to spectacular go back on his word. quote, a wide range of legal experts have pointed out this pardon is indisputably within his authority and warranted by the facts of the case, well on capitol hill tonight others are practically in -- incandescent. and while joe biden famously clicked on twitter that quote, nobody is above the law, tonight, that post on twitter has been tagged with the community note, offering a bit of context about his son and breaking the law but still, receiving a pardon apparently above the law perhaps, not the ultimate argument of public opinion but a fairly good reflection for many ameri

. >> i'm weijia jiang in west palm beach.hy democrats say kash patel is a dangerous choice. >>> in gaza today a lifeline for palestinians is cut off. >> i'm debora patta in east jerusalem with details on how the u.n. decision to pause delivery of aid to gaza will impact starving palestinians. >>> legendary coach. we remember the colorful lou carnesecca. >>> box office record. >> bring it on! >> "moana 2" serves up a thanksgiving feast for hollywood. >>> and later, a taste of the future. how drone deliveries are taking off. >> it's really like living in the future. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news." from new york, with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin here in the northeast, where massive snowfall is prompting emergency declarations and disrupting the post-thanksgiving travel for millions of people. the snow intense, as you see there, and deep. some places already hit hard could see several more feet. cbs's rob marciano is in orchard park, new york in the thick of

matt finn begins coverage from west palm beach, florida.g to you, matt. >> good morning, aishah. canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a now famous visit to mar-a-lago in west palm a few weeks ago which president-elect trump joked at a dinner together that perhaps canada should become our 51st state and trudeau its governor if canada can't fix the immigration and flow of drugs here into our country. president-elect trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs against canada to the tune of 25% on canadian goods. trudeau has told trump those tariffs would crush their country. now this morning here in west palm canadian cabinet members are scheduled to visit the trump trying to fix the trade and border security issues that trump is warning will not fly during his second administration. canada's new finance min is tier and foreign minister are scheduled to hold talks with trump in florida. a spokesperson for the two canadian leaders say they look forward to building on trudeau's visit here focusing on fentanyl trafficking and illegal i

now today here in west palm, canada's new finance minister and foreign minister are scheduled to holdalso tells fox business that canada is ready to go on immigration enforcement. now the canadian premier of alberta tells fox that she wants americans to know that canada would like to improve its partnership with the u.s. >> we've got this wonderful partnership we've had since 199o be trade tensions but if we could work on that relationship and also work on some of the border issues, have the americans know we really do want to be a partner in addressing not only our cross-border security issues, but also more internationally the threat of china, the threat of russia, being able to he'll helpour allies. >> you hear the canadian leader saying she wants a better relationship with the united states. you have top canadian leaders here in west palm today so seemed like there is this momentum between canada and the united states right now. back to you. taylor: matt we keep reminding ourselves he's not even president yet. matt finn, thank you so much. >> right, right. taylor: meanwhile, bitco

and the site of the september 15th assassination attempt in west palm beach, florida. it also went to fbi laboratories in quantico, virginia, to examine the physical evidence from the july 13th attempt. this work has positioned the task force to make bipartisan determinations about exactly how the failures occurred and where the responsibility lies. at the task force hearing september 1, it noted three key areas of failure by secret service that occurred on july 13th. this included planning errors that led to confusion with local law enforcement. a failure to close public access to the site where the shooter chose to position himself. and third, a communication and command structure that did not facilitate rapid communication. further investigation revealed new information shedding light on each of these failures. first, planning areas by secret service not only created confusion among local law enforcement partners but along the secret service agents working at the rally. in interviews with the task force, multiple agents offered uncertain, and at times, conflicting t

. >> molly: matt finn is reporting live from west palm beach, florida. good morning, matt. >> good morning, molly. president-elect trump and his team have been holding some sensitive meetings here at west palm beach with high profile names trying to get everyone on the same page for trump's first 100 days. the h-1b visa, elon musk is leading in charge in favor of the visas using colorful language online. even writing in one part the reason i'm in america is because of these h-1b visa, i will go to war on these issues. president-elect trump settled the matter telling the "new york post" he is in favor of the visas, has people working for him that use them and continue supporting n1b. they've given highly skilled foreign workers access to the u.s. estimated 85 to 200,000 plus a year. however, some republicans and democrats tell fox news the h-1b program is broken. it should only be used to attract brillian foreign workers. they should not give away everyday jobs that americans can do. >> you shouldn't have lower skilled things that can be done by american

. >> bryan: let's go to west palm beach where we find matt fine standing by. what's the latest? >> over the past couple of days at west palm president-elect trump and his team have been holding meetings and phone calls to discuss immigration, northern and southern border, and speaker mike johnson, when congress convenes this friday, speaker johnson is hoping to hold onto the gavel. it is not a guarantee johnson will be reelected. tight margins in the house. if a few republicans vote no johnson faces a shaky road. yesterday johnson may have got his key to re-election trump's endorsement. he hopes to be reelected and work across the aisle. >> we're certainly open to bipartisanship and having democrats come along to help us. i think we'll attract some of them. some may even be wondering whether or not they should switch parties now. a great time for the republican party. not a great time to be a democrat. >> president trump is reportedly scheduled to host his annual glitzy new year's eve celebration at mar-a-lago tonight. at least 300 people are expected. security is a focus after

we are live in west palm beach florida with the latest. hello, matt. >> hi, mike.he high-profile meetings keep coming out tomorrow lago. trump trying to hammer out some critical issues and perhaps get everyone on the same page for the first 100 days. there is been a little bit of a flareup on these visas. leading the charge in defense using some strong language online and even writing at one point "the reason i am in america along with so many critical people that built spacex tesla and hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h 1 b. take a big step back and link yourself. . president-elect trump weighed in on the topic essentially ling the matter. telling the new york post he is in favor. has people working for them who use them and they will continue supporting them. the visa has allowed hardly skilled foreign workers easy access into our country. however some supporters are skeptical arguing they can take american jobs. >> usa stem graduates of which there is a surplus right now for jobs. they cannot get those jobs because they are comp

unbelievable, peter doocy from west palm beach, getting a very good tan. larry: "wall street journal" and main street doing the trump dance that is the subject of the riff. so, small businesses and middle american families doing the trump dance. take a look at whopping confidence numbers hot out of press. small business confidence registered largest one month game in 39 year monthly history of the survey. soaring after the election. middle class working folks are expecting their financial situation to be better off a year from now, jumped to highest reading since february of 2020, that was just before the pandemic. that according to a new york fed survey. on top of that big business starting to do the trump dance. business round table published quarterly survey. based on responses from the ceos of 1 p 56 firms, their confident index jumped to highest level in 2 1/2 years, since month expectations of sales and capital spending and employment all improved. guess what? seem like folks are looking forward to lower taxes and regulations. guarantee, consumers ar

, thank you. -- life for us in west palm, thank you. >>> riveted by the surprise news conference donald trump gave today at mar largo and it was not just the content that common sense from riveting, the riveting part is that he stood in front of the media for one hour and 10 minutes, and answered every single question on every single subject from tariffs, to tiktok, eric adams world leaders, cabinet nominees, there's nothing off limits including the outer limits. you know, a drones. a topic that jill biden and his administration simply refused to explain. trump said the military knows where the drones took off from that he said quote, for some reason they don't want to comment. the truth is, it's unclear if trump is right about the military knowing where the drones came from, but it is crystal clear that this administration does not want to talk. about anything. we still don't know anything about that chinese five balloon that traverse the country for one week, we still don't know anything about trump's assassins, we don't know anything about anything because they won't tell us a

weijia jiang, cbs news, west palm beach. >>> trump also announced this weekend he picked two of his own family members for key diplomatic posts. the first, charles kushner, ivanka trump's father-in-law, as ambassador to france. nw kushner is a convicted felon who pleaded guilty to tax evasion and illegal campaign donations. he was pardoned by president trump. the second, massad boulous, tiffany trump's father-in-law and a billionaire businessman from lebanon, was named senior adviser on arab and middle eastern affairs. >>> in the middle east the family of one of the american israeli hostages is pleading for help to bring their son home. it comes after hamas released a propaganda video, a first proof of life of new jersey native edan alexander. speaking under duress, alexander referred to being held for 420 days. his mother met with the president of israel saying he's going through hell, but the video gives her strength. there is a new cease-fire and hostage release proposal on the table. hamas officials are in cairo for the negotiations. >>> and unwra, the agency for palestinian agencie

cbs's nikole killion is tracking the transition from trump headquarters in west palm beach, florida.reporter: this week the holiday rush is on, with more of president-elect donald trump's picks hitting the halls. health and human services designate robert f. kennedy jr. starts his first rounds monday. the independent turned trump ally has been heavily scrutinized for promoting disproven theories that vaccines cause autism. >> rfk jr. said let's go through and have more science and study mre to make sure that the safety and efficacy is there. and that's what president trump is saying. >> reporter: this week at the army-navy game the president-elect hobnobbed with congressional leaders alongside many of his other controversial designees. from kash patel to lead the fbi to tulsi gabbard for direction, of national intelligence. and pentagon pick pete hegseth. >> i asked him point blank, were you drunk in a bar and got up and said let's kill all the mslims? he said no. >> reporter: while some senate republicans say they're on board -- >> president trump deserves his team so he can get to

weijia jiang, cbs news, west palm beach. >>> massive snowfall sunday prompted emergency declarationsnd disrupted the post-thanksgiving travel for millions of people in the northeast. cbs's rob marciano has more from the thick of the storm. >> reporter: the people who live around the great lakes know snow. >> this ain't nothing. you get used to this kind of weather living here. >> reporter: but the cold and snow slamming parts of new york and the midwest has meant trouble for anyone traveling through it. coming down as fast as three inches per hour in some places, the snow is burying vehicles and blinding drivers. parts of new york under a state of emergency. >> so many people traveled from out of town to see loved ones and family and friends, and now they're getting back on the roads in the middle of a major snowstorm. so we're there to help. >> reporter: and in pennsylvania a disaster declaration after relentless lake effect snowfall stranded drivers on interstate 90. back in buffalo bills fans out in full force for the game at highmark stadium, working in bitter cold and low visibi

matt finn is in west palm beach, florida, another horrible place to be right now, with the latest. >>lm, president-elect trump has been holding some sensitive meetings with high-profile names, basically trying to get everyone on the same page for the first 100 days. the h1b visas, they created a little bit of discourse within the trump world with elon musk essentially leading the charge in favor of the visas, using some colorful language online, even responding to a user on x, writing at one point "the reason i did america along with so many critical people who built basics, tesla, hundreds of other companies that made america strong is because of h1b. take a big step and blank yourself. i will go to war on this issue." vivek ramaswamy, nikki haley weyden, president-elect trump settled the matter telling "the new york post" in favor of the h1b visas. he will continue supporting h1b. highly skilled foreign workers access into the u.s., 85,000 at 200,000 plus per year. republicans and democrats say that the program is broken and should only be used to attract brilliant foreign workers.

in west palm beach everybody seems to be a better location then i am. west palm beach.thing republicans should be squabbling over. joining me now to break it down as economist steve moore and political journalist deanna. so steve, as an economist, legal immigration is something that the u.s. needs -- needs. we know tech giants in silicon valley believe american workers do not have the skill that some of the foreign workers have when it comes to doing jobs with advanced computing. what do you think? do they? >> first of all you have it exactly right, edward. legal immigrants. those who come in lawfully with a visa, for the most part are great economic contributors to our economy. they are one of the reasons we are the most prosperous country in the road. we take so many of the best and brightest hardest working people from every country in the world. we truly are a melting pot. this program i am with elon musk on this one. this h-1b program. this is a program that brings in scientists, engineers, computer programmers, the employers have to certify with the labor departme

now today here in west palm beach, canada's new finance minister dominic leblanc and foreign ministeranie joe lee are scheduled to hold talks with trump. trump's new border czar tom homan also tells fox that canada is ready to go on immigration enforcement. notable canadian businessman kevin o'leary tells fox that if canada and the u.s. could better synergize their resources and economy they could become a greater power against our adversaries. >> 41 million canadians, basically the population of california, sitting on the world's largest amounts of all resources including most important, energy, and water. canadians over the holidays the last two days have been talking about this. they want to hear more. and so, you know, there is obviously a lot of issues and more details but what this could be is the beginning of an economic union. think about the power of combining the two economies. >> and the united states actually gets a ton of its crude oil and electricity from canada, so these are really important trade talks. anita? >> anita: matt finn live in west palm beach, otherwise know

reporter: a lot of sensitive meetings happening here in west palm beach, jason. the trump administration trying to get its ducks in a row for the first 100 days and these h-1b visas sparking discourse with elon musk leading the charge in their defense. musk saying he will go to war over the visas. president-elect trump essentially settling the matter for now telling the new york post that he is in favor of h-1b visas. he has people working for him who use them and he's going to continue to support them. the visas historically have allowed qualified foreign workers into the u.s. for specialty jobs, and an estimated 85,000 plus each year. however some republicans and democrats tell fox business that the h-1b program should only be used to attract brilliant foreign workers. the visas should not takeaway entry level jobs from americans. and heading into the first 100 days, immigration all around a major topic. a judge ordered the biden administration to stop auctioning off large portions of president trump's southern border wall which it had been selling for pennies

and we begin with matt finn who's in west palm beach, florida, on the response trump's border threats are prompting. matt. >> reporter: good morning. top canadian cabinet members met with the incoming president's administration and aides here in west palm beach yesterday to discuss all things from fentanyl trafficking to illegal immigration and drug flow here to the united states. president-elect trump, as you know, has been egging on canadian prime minister justin trudeau, saying perhaps canada should become our 51st state and trudeau should become the governor. president trump-elect, has also been threatening sweeping tariffs against canada to the tune of 25, and trudeau has said those tariffs would crush the canadian economy. here in west palm, dominic leblanc and foreign minister melanie if joly were scheduled to hold talks with there trump, tom homan and was scheduled to be a part of those talks either in person or over the phone, and the canadian premier of alberta tells fox that canada wants to improve its partnership with the u.s. to be a stronger front against our adversaries

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on immigration canadian cabinet members visited west palm beach on friday for talks with trump's camp. trump is threatening 25% tariffs against canada if it does not stammer what he calls a flow of drugs and illegal migrants into our country. trump's incoming borders are said they have already begun to secure the border. quick to talk to foreign minister of canada. i have been out to arizona talking to the sheriff's out there. we are not waiting for generally 20th. >> this week a judge ordered the biden administration to stop auctioning off pieces of the trump era border wall. president-elect drum calls that decision a major wind for america. shannon: matt finn in florida at thank you but will go to louis thompson in st. croix the u.s. virgin islands were present biden is on vacation. hello lucas. >> hello shannon, president biden and his family have been enjoying a leisurely vacation here in st. croix. yesterday the present was spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son hu hunter. president biden spoke briefly to the press. >> should put in take responsibility for the

matt fin is live from west palm beach with the latest.w about the discussions going on when it comes to these visas? >> reporter: well, cheryl, there's a lot of sensitive meetings going on right now here in west palm beach. president-elect trump essentially trying to get everyone on the same page but there was a bit of discourse and a flare-up inside the trump world regarding h1b visas. elon musk leading the charge saying he'll go to war defending them if people l like nikki haly and vivek ramaswamy are weighing in while president-elect trump settled the matter, telling the new york post he's in favor of the h1b visas. he says he's going to continue supporting them. the visas historically have allowed highly skilled foreign workers access into the u.s., an estimated 85,000 to 200,000 plus per year. some republicans and democrats are telling fox news that the h1b program is broken, its should only be used to attract brilliant foreign workers, should not give away everyday jobs that americans can fill. immigration is all around a major topi

day of sometimes not so nice headlines about their personal lives. >> trace: peter live for us in west palm, peter thank you let's bring in fox news contributor, steve and rnc national spokeswoman elizabeth, great to have you both on. it's interesting because i would like to get to this if i can with you elizabeth this is senator murkowski talking about pete, watch. you have senator tom saying he thinks all of the nominees are getting in, do you share that confidence? >> i do! i remember laughing with you about kamala harris, i remember saying, every time she opens her mouth people realized she is not up for the job i think the opposite is happening here, people are reading this headline but every time they actually sit and speak, with these folks, every time they tune out what is being said about them, and actually sit one-on-one with people like pete, who i have spent time with and very much respect, i think they actually realize he -- he would be perfect for the job and i look forward to the american people hearing from all of his cabinet picks and getting the exact an impression. >> tra

same expectations a lot of places like that peter live for us in west palm, thank you.'s bring in form of communication director tricia and princeton university political scientist lauren. thank you both for coming on, tricia you first i want to play some joni, this is on the meeting she had with pete. watch. it sounds like his odds are improving tricia? >> i think it's odds are certainly and i take it to the base i think tom not only a senator but a student of political history, he hopes all trumped nominees get through and jody, you have a seismic statement saying she would support them through the process, it wasn't just that referee so i think our odds is in the excess favour. >> trace: she kind of like our lead here, this is tom, because tom it really did have a big bold statement tonight and here it is. he said he expects, lauren, meaning the odds are in their favour, would you expect? >> he is pretty confident and i trust his word on it i mean, i thought last week there was a little bit of a? , may be some controversy, he was really pulling out all of the stops t

peter live in west palm beach. thank you. let's bring in heritage foundation strategic communication vice president mary, and former communication director trisha. thank you both for coming on. let's cover the breaking news, with you first tricia, the possibility that trump pulls pete out of the pentagon position and puts ron in, what do you make of that? >> there is a little bit of game and ship happening i think trump is maybe putting it out there loading it to see how it will play, obviously there is a contested primary and some of the loyalists were not big fans of ron by the end. that being said, i think ron is a fantastic candidate but i still think pete is it fantastic candidate, two brown stars, served in the military for 20 years i think trump will continue to stick by his man and i think american people are tired of being be in with the mantra, sitting commander in chief has reasonable allegations against him. >> trace: it's interesting because you look at this and you look at the entire chessboard, everybody knows

live in west palm beach with the latest, on the trump transition, at evening. >> good evening, barnstorming hill, meeting with a total of nine senators including the incoming majority leader, john now, rfk jr. was avoiding questions about policy in the hallway, but he did at least say the meetings were really productive. he face pointed questions behind closed doors with more to come, from those who have yet to meet with them. rfk jr. reassuring people he intends to fall in line with trump. this, as fox obtained a new video being hauled away and so for pennies on the dollar, which trump is fuming about as he looks to restart wall construction on day one. finally we have another pick from the transition team, trump nominating the heisman trophy winner, nfl grade her she walker >> trace: live in west palm, thank you. the fox news and nigh common sense department is a question for california governor gavin, is he serious? if you have not heard he slamming the department for government efficiency or doj saying its quote, a promo project. california was a leader in a doj before doj was doj." int

september, following the second attempt to assassinate president-elect trump on september 15th in west palm beach, florida. our work has underscored that there is bipartisan ground for working together to protect our democracy from threats of violence. i'm especially proud of the work the task force has completed to get clear and complete answers about the security failures that occurred in butler, pennsylvania, on july 13th. this report, and the transcripts we will release, explain the multiple points of failure that occurred that day. it's also a road map for addressing the issues that contributed to and reveal problems inside the world's premiere protection entity. the task force received cooperation from the secret service, as well as state and local entities, allowing the task force to make clear findings and recommendations. however, the same cannot be said for all questions about july 13th. shooter thomas crooks' motivations remain a mystery, despite requests from the fbi and the department of justice, which were never shared information about crooks' online activity, notes or transc

. >> we're going to go straight to cnn's alayna treene, who is live in west palm beach. >> elena, i know you've got some new reporting. what are you learning reporter that's right. >> jessica. i've been talking to those close to donald trump. people on his team working with the transition process and asking them, how did he come to land on kash patel? i'm told that in recent days, he was really wavering between two people for the role of fbi director. that includes kash patel, but also missouri attorney general andrew bailey, someone we know that donald trump has considered for a number of roles. i'm told that essentially, donald trump had thought that patel was always going to have a big role in his second term, but there were some that were close to him, including some people on his transition team who were wary of having him named patel for the fbi director slot. noting that there could be some controversy around a likely contentious senate confirmation battle. however, there's also people who are very close to donald trump who have his ear. people like his sons eric trump and donald

kristen holmes is in west palm beach, and the k files andrew kaczynski is here with me in new york. i want to begin with you, manu, out front on capitol hill of course, as i said, sometimes when you get one domino, it's just whether it pushes over and then all of a sudden something in jeopardy becomes dead. what are you learning from republican senators tonight? >> yeah, republicans are indicating that hegseth has an uphill battle for confirmation. there are a number of republican senators who are uncertain. and remember in order to get confirmed, assuming all democrats will vote against him in the new senate pete hegseth cannot lose more than three republican votes on any party line vote. and right now there are more than three republican senators who have concerns pete hegseth now facing a tough road to become the next secretary of defense. >> some of these articles are very disturbing the former fox news host and military veteran has tried to weather a series of damaging stories about his personal conduct, including allegations of sexual assault. >> are you concerned? >> of cours

kristen take us inside this decision by trump yeah, boris, a very windy west palm beach, florida, right now. >> so i apologize if you have any trouble hearing me, but what we were told is that it came down to two final candidates for president-elect donald trump. one was the missouri attorney general andrew bailey, as well as kash patel, now staunch loyalist to donald trump. as well as his family were pushing kash patel but obviously patel. patel is incredibly controversial as you noted. now, it came down to the fact that they were having these different interviews with these various candidates and donald trump just wasn't that impressed by bailey. that's what multiple sources told us, that he wanted to go with someone who was a firebrand, a bomb thrower like kash patel. now obviously, again, this is incredibly controversial and is going to set up a fight when it comes to congress because of the fact that patel has no real experience with the fbi. he's not a former agent. that's generally a role that goes to a former agent. the other part of this is the fact that he has essentially said

kristen, you're in west palm beach obviously speaking to the to trump's inner circle constantly. all right. let me just get your reaction to this incredible reporting here. that last soundbite about trump from hegseth, where hegseth says typical trump all bluster, little substance, armchair tough guy and called him out for slamming john mccain as trump sought his own five military deferments how does this impact trump when he hears things like this? now well, obviously he doesn't like to hear things like this. >> i mean, it's destroyed relationships in the past when he's heard these past comments. now, one thing to keep in mind here is maybe donald trump already knew about this right? one of the things that we had heard from the transition team was they tried to pull old clips of these various candidates so that donald trump would have a good idea and not be surprised by any negative comments. but i will tell you one thing. if he wasn't aware of this, he certainly is. now we know that the trump transition and people in trump's orbit always pay attention to andrew's reporting. the

i'm kaitlan collins live from west palm beach, florida, and this is the source with 50 days left in his presidency joe biden just set off a political time bomb before leaving for africa today and leaving his party behind to deal with the blast radius. tonight, there are growing questions from some and growing concerns from others about how president-elect donald trump will use biden's pardon of his son hunter, to his advantage rarely, if ever, have we heard from both biden and trump on the same page about anything but now it's in print. their mutual anger at the justice department as evidenced in biden's announcement that came down late last night clearing his son of his convictions on gun and tax charges. where biden said, and i'm quoting him now, i have watched my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted. the charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in congress instigated them to attack me, and oppose my election. raw politics has infected this process, and it led to a miscarriage of justice. now, following a statement like that, that at times

live in west palm beach with the latest, hi, matt. >> over the past couple days there's a bit of a letterside the trump world over these h1b he says. elon musk leading the charge in favor of them using colorful language online responding to one user on x writing in part, the reason i'm in america along with article people who built spacex, tesla and hundreds of companies that made america strong is because of h1 b. take a step back and blank yourself. i will go to war on this issue. president-elect trump spoke out on the controversial matter telling the new york post he's in favor of the visas as people working for him will continue supporting them the pieces historically allowed highly skilled foreign workers easy access into the u.s. but now maga supporters are skeptical argument there being used to apply for low level jobs that americans can fill. yesterday the biden administration agreed to stop auctioning off large portions of president trump southern border wall which had been selling at a fraction of the cost taxpayers funded. president-elect trump posting to truth social in a majo

. >> breaking news and misidentified the location, your in west palm beach, the president-elect is in her lago. thanks very much, mark meredith. that's how fox reports on the saturday, november 30, 2024. thank you for joining us this evening. the "big weekend show" is next we will be back tomorrow with another edition of the fox report. ♪ >> i am lisa foods along with julia banderas, charlie hurt doctor marc siegel and this is the big weekend show. fox news alert. donald trump just nominated kash patel for director of the fbi. trump and the announcement just moments ago. trump's first term patel served as chief of staff of the department of defense so not too long ago donald trump said new book talking about how is going to eradicate the deep state in the top rings would be the blueprint for what he wants to do. the deep state needs cleaning, need firings and reform as well so what you think he will accomplish? >> kash patel has unique observation and history with the fbi on all sides of the fbi in for devin nunes in congress and oversight of the fbi and made life difficult that was b

first, to national correspondent matt finn in west palm beach. hello, matt. >> hi, jonathan. and his team are holding a lot of transition meetings here in west palm beach, in part trying to get everyone on the same page for the first 100 days. of course, immigration a very important topic to this administration. these h1b seri visas sparked a discourse with elon musk saying he would go to war for h1b visas. president-elect trump essentially settling the matter for now telling the "new york post" he's in favor of the h1b visas. he has people who work for him who use them. the visas allowed highly skilled foreign workers access into the u.s. some republicans and democrats tell fox news that the1b program should only be used to attract brilliant foreign e vis everyday jobs that americans can do. a judge ordered the biden administration to stop auctioning off large portions of president trump's border wall which it had been selling for pennies on the dollar. trump was threatening a 25% tariff on canadian goods if canada doesn't fix what he calls a flow of illegal drugs and immigr

first to matt finn from west palm beach florida. hi, matt. >> hi, rich. top canadian cabinet members are scheduled to meet with president-elect truck and his incoming border tsar. president-elect trump posted a message on truth social that we may be seeing bill gates at mar-a-lago. canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a visit to mar-a-lago. president-elect trump is egging on trudeau that canada should become our 51st state and trudeau should be canada's governor. president-elect trump has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs against canada to the tune of 25% on canadian goods. trudeau has told trump those tariffs would crush their country. in west palm canada's finance minister dominic leblanc and foreign minister melanie joly are scheduled to hold talks with president-elect trumps. trump's border tsar tells fox that canada is ready to go on immigration enforcement. the canadian premier of alberta tells fox that canada would like to improve its partnership with the u.s. >> we have this wonderful partnership that we have had since 1993. there's alw

larry: once again, peter doocy from west palm beach getting a very good tan. all right, folks, now, wall street trump and vance and that's the subject of the riff. going for them and trump dance and that's right, take a look at whopping numbers and hot off the press and registering this and 39 year history of the survey. middle class working folks for financial situation better off a year from now. going for february. on survey on top of all that with big business starting to dot trump dance and business round table going for them and going for trump. their confidence index going to jumped to want highest level with two and a half years and six month expectations of sales and capital and unemployment and all improved. consumers. bet the small business are anticipating a permanent extension to that and make up a huge portion of the overall american businesses and jobs. cash free tax tips. like a break from that double tax and they've been paying on their lifelong saving ands earning ands right there from president donald trump campaign. going for them on the pr

correspondent matt shows us thae story from west palm. >> when the last conference reconvenes, he's hopingin the gavel, today johnson might have received aec key toti his reelection. president-elect trump posting to truth social speaker mike johnson is a good hardworking religious man, he will do the right thing and wete will continue to win.tr mike has my complete endorsement, johnson thinking trumwip for his support writing together we will quickly deliver on your america first agenda an. usher in the new golden age of america. johnson's second term is not a guarantee a handful ofe hard-liners, with no former alternatives opposed. >> i do want to speak to the speakesr to see what his plans are because there are issuescifi that need to be worked out specifically dealing with the budget issues. >> also inside trump world a bit of a flareup over h1 visas,st which historicallyor allow many foreign workers into thear country, each year for specialty job. jobe vi elon musk is leading the chargel in favou gr of the visas sayingd will go toward defending thems but some republicans andh- democrat

here in west palm beach, florida. this evening we reported earlier on how the fate of trump's defense secretary could potentially be in peril over past allegations of serious misconduct. whether he can ultimately get confirmed pete hegseth pete hegseth has been working to address that directly from the halls of congress today. you saw him there not answering questions from reporters, but meeting privately behind closed doors with the republican senators. we've just learned those efforts will continue tomorrow when house republicans are going to meet with him in a closed door meeting now, house members don't have a say on cabinet picks, so it remains to be seen what the strategy behind that is. but this all comes as i'm also hearing that hegseth, who is a veteran and former fox news host is going to return to his former job tomorrow, most likely for a sit down interview that's expected to air. his mother is also expected to appear on fox tomorrow as well. several republican senators have said that they do believe he's

i'm kaitlan collins live in west palm beach, florida, and this is the source for tonight all eyes are on mar-a-lago, on what has arguably been the most critical day yet for the president elect's embattled defense secretary pick, pete hegseth. hegseth was back on capitol hill today where he was vowing to fight like hell to save his nomination amid growing doubts about whether or not he can ultimately get enough republican support to be confirmed by the senate for the first time publicly. hegseth directly addressed some of the most serious allegations against him, including sexual assault, excessive drinking and mismanaging veterans organizations that he ran what you're seeing right now with me is the art of the smear. >> take whatever tiny kernels of truth, and there are tiny, tiny ones in there and blow them up into a masquerade of a narrative. i owe an answer to the members of the united states senate who are going to vote for a confirmation here, and my meetings with them have been fantastic. no one has looked me in the eye and say, i have concerns and i can't vote for you. in fact

cnn's kristen holmes joins me now from west palm beach, florida. so, kristen, what are you hearing about these plans? >> yeah, manu, it's unsurprising that donald trump wants a more global event and that he and his team are essentially reaching out directly to these foreign leaders. this is a little bit unprecedented. it's not how it usually works. foreign leaders don't generally attend the inauguration, but we are told that donald trump has had these informal conversations where he's asking foreign leaders to come to the inauguration, among them, probably the most notable is china's xi jinping. we are told that he is likely not to come. he's going to send a delegation instead, but also the prime minister of italy, the presidents of argentina and el salvador. all of these people have received some sort of outreach, whether it be from the president himself directly or from his team, with an invitation to come down here. again, unclear who's going to come. now, we are told that a lot of these conversations are happening kind of in passing that donald

. >> i'm rahel solomon in new york and this is cnn we're live in west palm beach tonight, just a fewa-lago. >> as you can see here, that is the center of the trump transition as he is preparing to be sworn in next month tonight, his team has reached a deal with the justice department that will allow the fbi to conduct background checks on his senior officials. it still remains unclear if that means the transition will submit all of their names to be vetted, but sources are telling us that trump and his allies think the fbi system is slow and plagued with issues that could get in the way of implementing his agenda quickly and publicly trump has made his disdain for the bureau quite clear i really believe it's actually a fraud. >> what the fbi did the fbi should be ashamed of themselves. these are dirty players. these are bad people. we need an honest justice department. we need an honest fbi. and we need it fast my next source is a former doj, doj prosecutor and one of trump's former personal attorneys. >> jim trusty is here with me in west palm beach thank you for being here. um now

on immigration, canadian cabinet members visited west palm beach on friday for talks with trump's camp. trump is threatening 25% tariffs against canada if it doesn't stem what he calls a flow of drugs and illegal migrants into our country. trump's incoming border czar says they've already begun to secure the border. >> i've talked to the foreign minister of canada, and i've been out to arizona talking to the sheriffs out there. >> so we're not waiting for january 20th. >> this week, a judge ordered the biden administration to stop auctioning off pieces of the trump era border wall. president elect trump calls that decision a major win for america. shannon. >> all right, matt finn in florida, thank you very much, matt. we go now to lucas tomlinson in saint croix, the u.s. virgin islands, where president biden is on vacation. hello, lucas. >> hello, shannon. and president biden and his family have been enjoying a leisurely vacation here in saint croix. yesterday, the president was spotted leaving church alongside his recently pardoned son, hunter. and president biden spoke briefly to the

west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: was it a productive meeting with president-elect?rime minister justin trudeau left palm beach florida saturday morning after an unscheduled meeting with president-elect donald trump. dinner at mar-a-lago friday night. trump has bowed to implement a 25% tariff on imported goods from canada and mexico, unless more is done to stop what he calls the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into the u.s. on social media, trump called the meeting productive. president joe biden cautioned against the tariffs. >> we are surrounded by the pacific ocean, the atlantic ocean, and two allies, mexico and canada. the last thing we need to do is screw up those relationships. >> reporter: trump insists the tariffs are also needed to protect u.s. manufacturing and force companies to do business here in the u.s. rather than overseas. from tech giant, there is a long line of people meeting with the president-elect. this wednesday, meta ceo mark zuckerberg met with trump. >> we will see what comes of that. and mark has his own interest and own company and own

see fort mark meredith is live from west palm beach florida it with more. hello mark. >> good evening to both present electronic is about to shake about the fbi and the department of justice. now i think it's fair to say this nominee to leave the bureau if confirmed is exactly what would happen. late saturday at trump announcd via social media's tapping kash patel to be the next fbi director. patel is certainly been in trump circles for quite a while is former public defender a staffer on house intel committee was once a chief of staff at the department of defense. patel has said he would root out the deep state trump wrote the fbi and the group and the growing epidemic dismantle the migrant criminal gains and stop the evil scourge of human and drug trafficking across the border. he will work under great attorney general to bring back fidelity and integrity the fbi. over the years patel skull's cus reducing the fbi footprint. has been widely abused. he says patel us experience and national security and intelligence he is an america first patriot who will br