now, back to our senior national correspondent william la jeunesse. cheryl, what we don't know yet is what connected the suspect of the crime. was at the picture of that white alantra? maybe his dna was in an existing law-enforcement database and blood at the scene connected him to the crime or did he have a prior relationship to one of the victims? as mentioned last night in pennsylvania some 25,000 miles away from idaho, pennsylvania state police arrested the suspect 28-year-old brian christopher kohberger again 3:00 a.m. last night. the judge to granted no bail and of course debited at the 21-year-old madison logan, kaylee gonzalez, 20-year-old lasagna noodle, and 20-year-old ethan chapin. they appear to have been stabbed multiple times with a larga lare knife and no signs of sexual assault. two of the female roommates were in at the time and that's one of the great will hopefully learn a lot more than but until now, moscow police have really been tight-lipped. let's hope we get more details. >> cheryl: as they have been for weeks and hopefully thi

in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> william la jeunesse reporting.ational crime prevention group is calling on the justice department to clamp down on social media's role in the spread of fentanyl. the national crime prevention council sent a letter wednesday to attorney general merrick garland calling for an investigation. the grouch known for ads featuring mcgruff the crime dog, is especially concerned about the sale of fake fentanyl snapchat popular platform among teens, up next new information about how one popular social media site is apparently collecting private information about it users and later our power panel with this week's winners and losers that's ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ as peter doocy reported, the president and first lady met with pediatric patients and their families at children's national hospital in washington today. the white house thanked doctors, nurses and staff including at the cardiac intensive care unit. jill biden's visit continued an 80 year annual tradition visiting back to truman first lady bringing holiday cheer to children who

. >> gillian: we begin with national correspondent william la jeunesse. what are we learning this hour? >> what was out cold case is now red-hot with the arrest of 28-year-old bryan kohberger. pennsylvania state police and the fbi making the arrest around 3:00 a.m. this morning the mountains of eastern pennsylvania. philadelphia, 2500 miles from moscow, idaho. kohberger is not a student at the university of idaho but received his master at resale university in pennsylvania and is reportedly enrolled as a phd student in criminology at washington state at pullman purity size apartment. that's 15 miles from the murder scene. at the press conference scheduled by police at 1:00 p.m. local in idaho, 4:00 p.m. in the east. hope to get some more details and what connects the suspect of the static victims of kaylee goncalves, xana kernodle, ethan chapin, police believe they were attacked in their sleep somewhat defensive bones. the murders happen november 13. until now moscow police said very little about this case. they released a photo of a white elantra that ma

first to to william la jeunesse. william? >> this is one of the biggest mysteries of the year.paralyzed the university of idaho campus. half of the students department return after thanksgiving because this crime was not solved. that rest of 28-year-old bryan kohberger will not be closure but is a relief. pennsylvania state police and the fbi made the arrest around 3:00 a.m. this morning. 1 1/2 hours from philadelphia in the mountains of eastern pennsylvania. 2,500 miles from the moscow campus in idaho. kohberger is not a student at the university of idaho, but he sen rolled as a ph.d. student in criminalology at washington state about 15 miles from the murder scene. a press conference in an hour. we hope to have details of what connects this suspect to the stabbing death of megan mogen, kaylee goncalves, xana kernodle and ethan chapin. what was the motive, did he have a past relationship? will computer analysis show any connections that directly links him to the crime. so the murders, jen, happened about six weeks ago. it will be curious at this presser how long kohberger has

william la jeunesse live in los angeles. ot. >> dana: cash may no longer be king. a social gaming platform called roadblocks is an app that combines gaming, social media and e-commerce, the ultimate virtual universe. kids don't want cash anymore, they want row bucks. i like to ask my friends what is the big gift kids want for christmas? i never heard of this company. it is a big deal. >> it's the thing. it is what my nephew is getting for chris -- christmas. one of the hottest gifts for kids. it's an online gaming platform. users can play games, create games and sell items from the games to other users. it has its own virtual currency. they can buy special outfits and trade it and donate it to others if you want. you can buy mom and dad roblox gift cards online and get the subscription that gives you $450. there is also stand ayinde -- you can monitor who your child communicates with on the platform but the online gift card is the thing right now. you know, this isn't crypto. this is actual gaming. kids love it. my nephew is

william la jeunesse in l.a. has details on that. what's up, william?, that's because the state is reconsidering how much and how long those without solar will subsidize those who do. industry calls this a mistake. right now rooftop stole are in this state generates the same electricity as 12 nuclear plants. is too much of a good thing bad? this as california considers putting the brakes on rooftop solar. >> where california goes, so goes the nation. if we make solar more expensive here it will threaten the avail built of solar throughout the united states. >> how much those who don't have solar subsidize those who do? >> those people without solar are paying even higher rates, essentially because we're subsidizing those with the solar panels on their roof. >> the state mandates utility pay homeowners with rooftop solar $0.30 for every kilowatt hour they generate. a new proposal cuts it to $0.05. numbers that make rooftop systems unaffordable threatening some 70,000 jobs. >> monopoly utilities are trying every way they can to hurt rooftop solar. it thre

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now we go to william la jeunesse our west coast newsroom. >> after more than a month and a half, 19,000 tips, thousands of police on the case, law-enforcement has made the arrest in connection with the death of four university of idaho students. according to bay board filed by the pennsylvania state police 28-year-old bryan kohberger is being held for extradition and without fail. he was picked up earlier this morning in eastern pennsylvania near the pocono mountains. he is said to be a college student but does not attend the university of idaho. police in moscow, idaho, will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. local, 4:00 p.m. pacific time. rather 1:00 p.m., yeah, pacific and 4:00 eastern where we expect more details. it was back in november 13 that kayleigh goncalves, madison mogen, xana kernodle, and ethan chapin were stabbed to death at the rental home near the university of idaho campus. police believe they were attacked in their sleep with a large blade knife, some with defensive wounds showing they fought back. police had no will murder weapon, no suspect, no forced entry. it wa

we have william la jeunesse standing by on another story and the panel is also here.an you follow along with me here. it says an j 6 january 6th. internal flack getting kickout of intensified relationships with federal agencies. here's a trust and safety head yoel generic enough calendar descriptions to concealing very interesting meeting partners. more information about the government relationships with twitter is a fascinating part of this, griff. >> griff: it is, trace, this is indeed much of a friday night fire hose we are getting because we are getting a real sneak at the inner communications and the slack channel is that tiberias is putting out. slack is a communication channel they are communicating. he also attaches an image from roth's slack channel where he basically is saying very boring business meeting that is definitely not about trump with a winking smiley emoji pretty much. definitely not all in caps meeting with the fbi i swear, so there is a little bit of cynicism if you will. i'm not exactly what is the best adjective there. here they are clearly ha

senior national correspondent william la jeunesse is live in l.a. with more. lliam. >> rich, about 40,000 live on the streets of l.a. city said give us a billion dollars and we'll solve the problem. didn't happen? why? instead of building low cost shelters they wanted high-end apartment near groceries, shopping and farm socialities taxpayers and the homeless are paying the price. >> we have done everything wrong that we could possibly do to address homelessness in los angeles. >> in 2016 voters approved more than a billion dollars for los angeles to build 10,000 housing units for the homeless. six years later the city is 8,000 short and the units they have built are ridiculously expensive. >> when units are costing $6 hundred thousand a door, you are never going to have enough public money to create as many units as you actually need. some of them estimated to cost a million dollars a door. that is utterly unacceptable. >> case in point, 140 proposed apartments in venice cost $1.2 million per unit. a nearby apartment building set taxpayers back $640,000 per uni

senior national correspondent william la jeunesse is here with the latest. william? 0,000 live on l.a. streets, rachel. worse in the u.s. by far. instead of building shelters with a billion dollars construction fund. the city chose high end apartments. been an expensive failure in taxpayers and homeless continue to pay the price. >> we have done everything wrong that we could possibly do to address homelessness in los angeles. >> in 2016 you, voters approved more than a billion dollars for los angeles to build 10,000 housing units for the homeless. six years later, the city is 8,000 short. and the units they have built are ridiculously expensive. >> when units are costing $600,000 a door, you're never going to have enough public money to create as many units as you actually need. some of them estimated to cost a million dollars a door. that is utterly unacceptable. >> case in point, 140 proposed apartments in venice cost 1.2 million per unit. a nearby apartment building set taxpayers back 640,000 per unit and 668,000 here for 45 studio apartments, each about the size

the senior national correspondent william la jeunesse is here with more on this. william?> trace, number 1, these deputy d.a.s says this is discriminatory. u.s. citizens will get treated more harsh than illegals for the same crime. two, it means the das will plead down cases or dismiss charges because of the defendant's legal status. >> prior convictions, current convictions, current cases, probation violations, all of these defendants will be able to ask for a reduction in their charges and elimination of enhancements, basically preferential treatment on violent crimes so they can avoid immigration consequences. >> sources within gascon's office says the new policy tells suspects that talked to his office and let it be known if criminal charges could have "adverse immigration consequences" on them and if so, das are expected to pursue a lesser alternative. so these changes mean a lot. right now when you're booked into jail, your name is run against an immigration database. in most state as felony arrest conviction will trigger a deportation. but not in sanctuary states wh

william la jeunesse live in los angeles with more. william, this came as a bit of a surprise.hose of us who are big fans didn't know she was going through that. >> none of us did. she was an underrated comedian because she made it look so easy, right? we got to know her as a beautiful but insecure bar manager on cheers and arrived in hollywood from kansas in 1981 with no acting experience but six seasons on cheers, opposite ted danson made her famous winning an emmy and golden glover. >> i love the sitcom life. you perform one night a week, the show is shot in front of a studio audience. the studio audience gives you a lot of energy. >> alley knows no fear. some of us walk around with how people think about us and -- comedy was her bread and butter which included the 1989 hit movie look who is talking with john travolta. her personal life. married twice she had an addiction problem and kicked it with the church of scientology and supported former president donald trump while the rest of hollywood dismissed him. >> i voted for obama twice and you guys had your fair shot. you re

william la jeunesse, i was chatting with him about it. do dry january. >> more alcohol for me. to each his own. >> moving now. middle income households are struggling most with inflation. that's according to a new study from the congressional budget office which finds that unlike previous inflation that hit low income families the hardest, this time around it's the middle class feeling the sting while the lowest income families are largely spared. let's bring in robert wolf, former economic adviser to. obama and a fox news contributor. robert, great to have you with us today. this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that the middle class is being hit the hardest. the lower income households did benefit from the pandemic payments. there's plenty of jobs with competitive incomes now. all federal payments. while the middle class people, they didn't get much. the top earners are always going to be okay, right? so what do you think about this? >> so we've been speaking about this for a while. since the pandemic, i've been saying all along, we ha

william la jeunesse is following this for us and live with the details. >> arrest was 2500 miles away from the murder scene in scranton, pennsylvania. law enforcement sources saying the man is in his mid 20s taken into custody last night around 3:00 a.m. by local police and the f.b.i. he have is a college student but does not attend the university of idaho. we do not know if he is the sole suspect. police have left open the possibility there could have been more than one killer. we know the back story, four university of idaho students stabbed to death in their home november 13th. police had made no arrests or identified suspects until now. the only lead they were looking for a white hyundai elantra. the driver was not a suspect per se but may have had some information of use. so far police received 5,000 tips, collected 113 pieces of evidence and taken about 4,000 photographs. 150 interviews. three of the victims, mogan,, the fourth was visiting. the kids were partying. they made phone calls until 3:00 a.m. the coroner saved all f four were stabbed multiple times with a large knife.

. >> william la jeunesse. governor abbott has not claimed responsibility though just days before christmas he admitted this. he tweeted that texas "has bussed over 15,000 migrants to sanctuary cities providing much-needed relief to communities overwhelmed by the president's open biden border policies." we have karl rove here with us. first to peter doocy. peter. >> these border crossers arrived in border states. we don't hear much from biden officials. as they arrived in washington d.c. outside the vice president's residence, we have a forceful condemnation. it says this. governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities. this was a shameful stunt. as we have said, we're willing to work with anyone, democrat or republicans on the comprehensive immigration reform. these political games accomplish nothing and put lives in danger. that's as dhs says that they're still using title 42 a lot. listen.

william la jeunesse has the story. >> a major milestone in an energy source, nuclear fusion.e national ignition lab achieved is analogous to the gasoline engine when a spark plug ignited gasoline to power a car. that's harnessing of carbon. they produced energy not by splitting atoms but combining them. >> this is a key scientific achievement to prove that fusion energy is possible. now we have to take this and harness this to make useful electricity. >> fusion is often called the holy grail of energy. low risk, affordable, unlimited, carbon free and produced no radioactive waste. >> our material is water. no radioactive waste to bury in the mountains someplace. this will help us all get through climate change and poverty. >> this video shows how it works. a tiny hydrogen capsule the size of a pencil eraser is hit with lasers to produce electricity. >> sounds like they achieved scientific break even. more fusion energy out of the reaction than went into the reaction. which is the first time anyone has done that. so it's quite exciting. >> this is the first time they achieved

flowing out of the world's larn its active volcano in hawaii it makes for amazing pictures william la jeunesseis happening right near a major highway, right? >> yeah, this is actually one of the new natural disasters, ashley, up close and personal without the risk of getting killed. there are two active vents feeding this river of lava and the surreal images you just show ed. the question is how long does it last because that will determine how much damage it causes, right so the last lava flow lasted nine months came within three miles of the island's largest city, hilo. right now the volcano is more of a tourist attraction than a threat to the down slope communities. it is however spewing a lot of sulfur dioxide and that's risk to those with respiratory problems are told to stay inside the first major impact is expected in the next day or two you can see it on a graphic we'll show you. it's flowing from two major cracks in the northeast rift zone over to the right and it's now approaching this main road straight up ahead. a short cut, because it connects the east and west sides of the island

fox news correspondent william la jeunesse joins us with more on the story. >> reporter: ashley, as youmove mountains politically. that is where it is headed as well as courtroom. ticketmaster cannot take it lightly. the lawsuit claims that the country violated antitrust laws knowingly selling tickets to scalpers and bots to make additional fees when tickets were resold. it misled preregistered fans thinking they had tickets when they didn't. it gave preferential treatment to capital one cardholders over preregistered fans. it released a number of tickets intentionally to jack prices in the sale and resale market. then pulled tickets from buyers, baskets before they could complete the sale. it was filed friday in california. the suit seeks $2500 for each violation, putting any settlement in the millions. this began to unravel back in november when ticketmaster had fans get in line electronically to preregister if you will for swift tickets. millions signed up but on sale day demand overwhelmed the company and scalpers were reselling tickets up to $22,000 while the preregistered fans got

. >> william la jeunesse.tt has not claimed responsibility though just days before christmas he admitted this. he tweeted that texa

william la jeunesse live in l.a.re. >> sources say the new directive from gascon allows anyone under criminal investigation to contact the d.a.'s office before a case is filed and notify them that charges could have, quote, adverse immigration consequences. if alternatives exist, d.a.s are told to pursue those instead. it means this. when you are booked into jail your name is run against immigration database. most states a felony arrest or conviction can trigger deportation. in sanctuary states police and prosecutors can't cooperate with immigration. this policy, however, goes further. it applies to serious crimes. domestic violence, assault, attempted murder that even under california law can mean deportation. gascon doesn't want that to happen. telling his deputies don't file charges. plead it down, dismiss or seek diversion without flagging immigration. all charging determinations shall be undertaken with the goal of avoiding or mitigating adverse immigration consequences. his office telling fox news digital quote

senior national correspondent william la jeunesse unpacks what's gone wrong with that project tonighte done everything wrong that we could possibly do to address homelessness in los angeles. >> in 2016, voters approved more than a billion dollars for los angeles to build 10,000 housing units for the homeless. six years later, the city's 8,000 units short and the ones they did build are ridiculously expensive. >> when units are costing $600,000 a door, you're never going to have enough public money to create as many units as you actually need. some of them estimated to cost a million dollars a door. that is utterly unacceptable. >> case in point? 140 proposed apartments in venice cost taxpayers 1.2 million per unit. a nearby apartment building set taxpayers back 640,000 per unit and 668,000 here for 45 studio apartments. each about the size of a single car garage. by comparison, an average house in the u.s. is four times larger and costs about half as much. >> you focus on housing a few with very expensive housing. while you leave the many the thousands on the street without a shelter

national correspondent william la jeunesse has details tonight. >> breakthrough at the lab. >> major achievement for the department of energy in the nation. >> scientists for the first time reportedly producing energy from nuclear fusion. >> why don't we make this real? build the plants. this will be the biggest thing that happens in any of our lives. >> unlike current nuclear plants, which split atoms, fusion combines them. a low risk and unlimited carbon-free power that does not generate radio oakive waste. >> fusion is pretty much literally the power of the sun brought to earth in a controlled manner. >> the raw material is water. there is no radioactive waste to have to bury in the mountain some place. >> this video shows how the science works. tiny hydro den capsule hit with high powered lasers, atoms converge generating the heat to produce steam to run turbines to generate power. >> producing abundant fusion on earth is considered one of the grand engineering challenges of the 21st century. >> until now the energy required to operate the reactor exceeded what it produced. while

fox news william la jeunesse has a look now at the year ahead.h just a few days left to go until the new year. economists are evaluating mixed data as they try to gauge the state of the economy. the federal reserve is in focus, with many worried about the next steps they plan to take to get prices under control. do you have a federal reserve? who's sticking with the 2% inflation? target they have to raise interest rates. they are behaving as i said before, like a petulant two year old. the housing market is feeling the pinch from the feds. aggressive rate hikes. new economic data out tuesday revealed us home prices fell for 1/4 straight month with higher mortgage rates cooling demand. you've seen such huge price gains year over year over year even in some markets if they're lowering by 20% these sellers are still making money. meanwhile higher prices didn't stop shoppers from spending during this year's holiday season, mastercard reported retail sales rose 7.6% they found many americans chose to eat out during the holidays, with restaurants spend

william la jeunesse reports from los angeles.e weather getting colder and holidays just around the corner of the white house is turning its focus to fighting covid unveiling a new mitigation plan as cases surge across the country. the west coast is getting hit especially hard here in los angeles on thursday, officials reported more than 4000 new cases up 150% in believe officials should be more focused called tripled emmick down every single case with a test of only one of the respiratory viruses. that is circulating right now, and that virus ranks as a distant number three to influence an rsp, the white house pushing back on those critics acknowledging flu infections are at their highest point in more than a decade, but they say rsv is nearly under control. there's still places that have a very high levels of rsv your soul. but but nationally, there's no question in my mind rsvps heading down. meanwhile we're also seeing an increase in cases of strep, a severe infection that can cause strep throat to scarlet fever. colorado repo

scientists have assured the public there is no threat to any community at this point foxes william la jeunesseas the story. a stunning show of spewing lava, drawing spectators to volcanoes national park just to get a glimpse of monologue erupting. sending fountains of lava is high as 150 ft. we gotta drive a little closer and see it up close and personal, and it's amazing. after lying dormant for 38 years , the world's largest active volcano is gushing lava and painting the sky red for the third straight day. it's an ideal eruption at this point, because it's fascinating. it's beautiful and no no property, no people no risk of life. yet. but not everyone is in awe. some residents in the shadow of the volcano fear a river of molten rock will reach their neighborhood. for me. first thing was everybody pack clothes . let's start packing up some rations and getting everything secured trying to pull on. this s it ease that we really need evacuation orders have yet to be issued as the lava creeps down manna lois, steep slopes at less than a mile an hour. the biggest concern right now is if the flow

their year and expenses, including those credit card bills as the holiday season winds down, william la jeunesse tells us, some economists are becoming increasingly worried about the threat of a recession next year. with just a few days left to go until the new year. economists are evaluating mixed data as they try to gauge the state of the economy. the federal reserve is in focus, with many worried about the next steps they plan to take to get prices under control. do you have a federal reserve? who's sticking with the 2% inflation? target they have to raise interest rates. they are behaving as i said before, like a petulant two year old. the housing market is feeling the pinch from the feds. aggressive rate hikes. new economic data out tuesday revealed us home prices fell for 1/4 straight month with higher mortgage rates cooling demand. you've seen such huge price gains year over year over year even in some markets if they're lowering by 20% these sellers are still making money. meanwhile higher prices didn't stop shoppers from spending during this year's holiday season, mastercard reported re

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senior correspondent william la jeu jeunesse. >> by 19 she was smuggling painkillers to support her addiction. after the overdose prosecutors charged her with murder for distributing fentanyl. we found her in a federal prison. >> i felt very horrible inside just to know that a friend of mine lost his life over a pill. >> a pill she provided and now serves time for in federal prison. >> what did she overdose on? >> at a halloween party she took one pill and gave three others to friends all of whom overdosed. two teens survived. chavez did not. >> aaron was my first son. >> leslie chaves blames sanchez for her son's death. she smuggled pills unaware they had fentanyl. >> if they say it's okay, it's more than likely okay. >> it wasn't. the next morning police found her three friends unconscious. >> that's when they found aaron dead, so it just kind of went really bad. not kind of, it went really bad. >> she faced 20 years to life in prison. accepted a plea deal for 12. >> i just don't think it's too fair for people to get a murder charge. people don't maliciously intend to make someone overdose