a dozen major u.s. cities that has broken the homicide record this year, the previous homicide record was back in 1948, 59 homicides and so far, 88 this year. and they are still, what three three weeks left in the year. that's just crazy. what else going on in austin, texas? >> well, first of all, austin, texas, was once a wonderful place to visit and live and it has deteriorated. the homeless camps across the city have increased crime. the outpouring of anti-police rhetoric from their head of government, the mayor there, who, remember, he was the gentleman that was vacationing in cabo while he was telling everyone in austin to stay home and hunker down during the covid crisis there's a total lack of leadership. and austin has really become the hot spot for not only crime but for the anti-place movement in texas. thankfully, it's not that great of a population center compared to the rest of the state. it's certainly the liberal hot spot of texas. the rest of the state, i don't believe, is on board with

steve: so that is the woman just confirmed by the u.s. senate as the u.s. attorney for the commonwealth of massachusetts. keep in mind, the vice president of the united states, kamala harris, had to cast a pair of senate votes to confirm her. she has been praised in the past by elizabeth warren and also ayanna pressley, a member of the squad. and this is the person who has a history of being soft on crime is and obviously it sure looked like she was abusing her power or was she impersonating a cop? you saw the video. you geraldo the stuff right there. that's the person who is now one of the most powerful law enforcement people in the united states. ainsley: she went on howie carr show and he asked her about this. she said i then hit a siren, and her head snaps up and i say stop, you are in the wrong row of traffic. then guy back to my life. that is the extent of the encounter. absolutely no truth to me putting blue lights on and flying around south bay, which is the mall. steve: well, that's her side of the story. will: albeit to berate someone, use her pow

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if the u.s. insists in woefully clinging to its course cline will take rest liewlt counter measures because we are not sending any democrats, congressional delegations, certainly not the president, china is not happy. is this a good move? >> yes. it is. we should not confer legitimacy upon a country that is currently genocide. i think the thing the biden administration should have been doing earlier, they should have -- i wish they would have made this decision earlier. brought more allies along. maybe set up alternative games for our athletes that would have been very challenging. but i do think that we have to really worry about -- we have to be concerned about the safety and security of our athletes and i would say to them you are representing america. you should stand up for human rights in china. don't be silent if you are going. brian: just amazing like the companies like coca-cola upset and pulls out of georgia because they didn't like the new election rules. but they are perfectly okay in

they say the u.s. should stop politicizing sports and hyping up the so-called diplomatic boycott so as not to affect u.s. china dialogue and cooperation in important areas. here's the thing this takes leadership. something like this. when joe biden, the biden administration has been considering this for months. for joe biden not to bring it up hey, president xi, let's talk about this right now. let's talk about now that i have got you face to face on the zoom. let's talk about the human rights violations e didn't do that he didn't talk about covid. some of the problems that we variety now there is nexus between the united states and china whether it's iran or it's north korea or it's a supply chain or it's covid. he didn't bring up covid either. what's going on? brian: tuesday with russia with vladimir putin. is he going to bring up the weather? we will see. keep in mind that tennis player that spoke up about being sexually assaulted why that official didn't bring that up. salute jake tapper yesterday

she got arrested coming back into the u.s. and take a look at one of the guys who was in the vehicle with her. this was one of her passengers. take a look at the guy, confirmed member of lo serrenos, most popular street gangs in the united states according to texas dps but a lot of activity. take a look at the video we shot right here where we are standing. this is a group of a dozen runners who were caught near train tracks right here in la joya train tracks. what happens the people cross the rio grande and they will hide in the brush and the trees and literally run away from law enforcement, speaking of which take a look at this piece of video right here. this is a different area, this was a different runner that they caught. you can see this guy is dressed in camo, all tatted up, they found the guy in middle of residential neighborhood where families live. this is the type of things that happen down here in rio grande valley but you mentioned arizona off the top. let's talk about that for a second. if we can pull up this vi

putin warning he will sever ties u.s. imposes new sanctions as biden threatens serious consequences over ukraine invasion. after critics tells him to be tougher on russia. kayleigh: here with reaction is former secretary of state and fox news contributor mike pompeo. welcome secretary pompeo. >> good morning, kayleigh, great to be with you lawrence and joey, happy new year. kayleigh: happy new year to you, too. secretary pompeo, there were two calls this month, one was on december 7th with vladimir putin and president biden, what was interesting to me is after that call happened, it was the action that vladimir putin took. it was to add 10,000 more troops to the border of ukraine so clearly he didn't get the message and then there was a report this week that he was going to pull back 10,000 troops. it's unclear whether that happened. but what is very clear is he is still mounting troops on the border. i don't think he is getting the message from president biden. your thoughts? >> well, kayleigh, think about the messaging,

the u.s. supreme court is going to hear challenges to president biden's vaccine mandates next month. the high court taking up the cases more and more big city liberal mayors impose vaccine mandates on their own rich edson continues our coverage. rich is live at the white house on this thursday morning. good morning to you, rich. >> good morning, steve, carley and brian. the supreme court is moving quickly on this one. in a couple of weeks. you will hear challenges to two biden administration measures one that requires vaccine or testing for businesses with more than 100 workers and a vaccine requirement for certain healthcare workers. in a statement last night. white house press secretary jen psaki said, quote. especially as the u.s. faces the highly transmiivel omicron variant it is critical to protect workers with vaccination requirements and testing protocols that are urgently needed. we are confident in the legal authority for both policies, and doj will vigorously defend both at the supre

can u.s. agriculture department, keith, help out? >> absolutely part-time people like commissioner corls came on we need it had in the weeks and possibly years to come. brian: if you could, ryan, could you tell us what civilians who aren't farmers can do to help being that you are going to have trouble working the land? >> that's right. we started a go fund me page dedicated to relief fund. encourtrooming americans from coast to coast to pitch in to help out with getting our farms back into production. i will just give you one example. kentucky is the biggest decattle state in mississippi. whether you have areas no fences left. >> herds commingled hundreds of head that have died in the storm. sorting out the mess is becoming a challenge. it's going to take us several days if not weeks to determine the extent of agriculture from structures to grain structures. 30 poll tri houses damaged severely. going to take us time to dig out. he. brian: real life challenges happening every single day. thanks, guys. >> thank you. brian: meanwhile,

ainsley: the u.s. saw a record number of southern border taking a toll on the landowners in that region. asking on the federal government to provide funding, seems reasonable, right as they face unprecedented property damage and worker shortages which they say is because of the migrant surge. here with more executive director the south texans property rights susan kyivy. good morning to you, susan. >> good morning, ainsley. >> tell the folks at mommy while you need the federal funding. >> because it's the federal government's job to secure the border. right now it's unsecure. and landowners are facing a daily incursion of illegal immigration on their property which includes drive-thrus by vehicle through fences, through gates. illegals walking through private property breaking into hunting camps. it's getting very expensive. we have heard nothing from the federal government on help for private property owners. >> i know you met with senator cornyn and have his support is there anything he can do? can c

still schools across the u.s. have increased security and issues letters to parents as a precaution. incredible footage capturing a brave store owner as she chases away two smash and grab robbers in california with a stool. the store owner says that they used a ham are to break open a display case and make off with $250,000 worth of jewelry. her daughter joined "fox & friends first" earlier. it? >> is a big hit. my mom shouldn't be in a position where she had to defend her store. i wish there was more security in place. more, you know in place to protect the tenants. >> police are still looking for prospects. broadwaylate in the day positive test result in the company. mulan rouge one of the few shows new york hadn't canceled due to covid-19. president biden awarding three medals of honor in a ceremony on thursday. master sergeant early plumley receiving the top honor for depending off an attack by taliban suicide bombers in afghanistan. the medal also going to fallen sergeant first class christopher selez army ra

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steve: we understand u.s. foods has since said okay, okay, okay. we will take you back as a customer. but now there are stipulations, right? >> that's correct. i have a higher number case count, not a piece count, but a case. i could buy one of, you know, let's say a block of cream cheese that doesn't count as a case unless there is a whole box of it. we have increased -- they have increased that from 15 to about 25 pieces and then there is a pretty hefty $1,500 spend amount on that as well. steve: yeah. i understand. you had to wait 16 weeks for straws. it's been hard for you to get crackers, it's random little things but in a business like yours you need a lot of random little things. as the president. >> right. steve: go ahead. >> go ahead, honey. steve: okay. as the president tries to figure out how to fix things, talk directly to joe biden if you would, michelle. tell him how small businesses are being impacted by supply chain crisis. >> i don't think he understands better than 65% of america is made of nothing but small business. we're also t

., attorney general, of california, or as a u.s. senator. all those problems that existed in those offices, back then, still exist right now, in the vice president's office. this is the reason why voters rejected her during the primary and all this talk about diversity, inclusion, black voters rejected her, too. so, you know, this was a misstep from the president of the united states. she is not just failing but he is failing by appointing her for all that's roles, will. will: you know, i think kamala harris suffers from with it quality that don't make for a very appealing politician, quite honestly for a very appealing person. and that is insecurity and inauthenticity. so, let me start with, this carley. i actually think she's right. or suggestions around her and the rumors around her swirling that she is being set up to fail are correct. i think she is being set up to fail. i think the biden administration is off loading intractable problems anywhere mind. unsolvable problems on the vice president. i think the border crisis just that the b

are you still bringing people to the u.s.? are you able to work with the government now give us an update on pineapple express and where you guys are? >> sorry. i'm still working through my lip bleeding here as i talk to you. seems like old times. where we are on it right now, joey, we are working with a very similar case where a 2-year-old boy has been separated from his family and we're trying to get them over and we can't get the state document move on it i think it's a matter of political will. we got to get more cooperation between the private-public sector. right now we are just not seeing that i hope in 2022 the administration will work more close whether i volunteer groups. it's a real problem. we have some answers. we have fidelity on these individuals and can help bring them together. right now the political will with the biden administration is just not where it needs to be for resolving these kinds of issues. it is a massive, massive humanitarian crisis. joey: what do you think the end game is on this. we bring ten

green card holders or u.s. passport holders. brian: you do process them through the state department so you don't have some of the problems the other groups have because the state department says i don't know who is on that plane? >> that's right. the manifests have to be complete and detailed. we get approval from states to prove move the folks after they approve. brian: is it astounding you need that private group to do something our government has done in the past? >> you know, what the government needs right now is citizen support. this is support we are providing. augmenting this government mission. the government moves at the speed that the bureaucracy can move. they need our help for support. that's why we are here. brian: you are not supporting, you are leading. >> god bless the united states. citizens lead the government here. brian: but we pay them to do things like this and now we need a private organizations to help you because you knew when the government said when the president said there were 100 people left behin

we have record setting temperatures across the central u.s. and then a cold front, a very powerful one that plows through and bring us the risk of severe storms but look at this we're going to break records in oklahoma city, in kansas city and -oma ha and milwaukee so part of the ingredients we need for severe weather is the warm air mass, in front of a very cold one and that's exactly what's going to happened to, so parts of the upper midwest, back through the upper mississippi valley, that's where we'll see the risk for hail, damage with very strong winds by the way, and tornadoes, so this is a significant threat. i need you to know where you're going to get your watches and warnings especially in the overnight hours when people aren't paying close attention and in the wind alerts i mean very widespread, so this is going to be a big deal today and tonight, fox weather.com to get your latest weather alerts my friends i want you to all be safe, say hi to steve, everybody steve is coming out here, right? you're coming out here? steve: on the ot

u.s. history. >> residents across the region are now beginning the long road to recovery. >> it's going to take time and i'm telling myself there is no time anymore. >> inflation, record disapproval of president biden. >> starting today new yorkers must mask up all businesses. anyone found in violation could face a $1,000. >> emperor has no clothes. he ha no, sir ability to implement these fines. >> they sue jussie smollett for all of the overtime charges and resources. >> he needs to pay back that money. nic could see from the very beginning of it that jussie smollett made this up. >> pockets, connecting, taking it all the way for the win. brian: here we go. we start with a fox weather alert. towns are gone the consequence of this weekend's deadly tornado outbreak setting in this morning. >> it's really devastating to have this loss right now. i'm still in shock. i can't believe it's real. >> the death toll likely to top 100 across six different states. the rare december storms leveling h

farmers starting to ramp up production and you only buy u.s. meat. how much longer until we see some relief? >> yeah, that's above my pay grade. but, you know, the customers will eventually get used to the new pricing and everything will level out. but typically, in my experience it's going to take more than a year for things to go back to normal because you have to fill the void that was left in this two-year span so it's going to be a while. steve: unfortunately, i think you are probably right. harold ford is the executive chef at charlie palmer's a couple blocks away chief officer there at charlie palmer steak. one of the best steak places in the world. thank you, harold. >> thank you. steve: 14 minutes now before the top of the hour. with one father's simple invention saving people around the world from choking. coming up going to show you how this lifevac works. ♪ [text alert] ♪ son of a bi— beth? if it's “i thought we said no gifts” season, it's walgreens season. as a dj, i know all about customization. that's why i love liberty mutua

they under estimated how quickly the u.s. economy would rebound. steve: right. brian: so our success is screwing up our lives. how many times have i said that? i believe that's the reverse of norman vincent. steve: it turns out that joe biden said let me be president of the united states a year ago and elect me president and i will do a much better job managing the pandemic. they are blaming the, you know, yellen and the fed head are both blaming the pandemic because we didn't realize that demand was going to come back so fast. poor planning on the part of the administration. but, nonetheless, you have all this stuff stuck out in these ships. you know, and part of the problem is a lot of the stuff is perishable. you think of perishable stuff like meat and cheese stuff like that. it's also coats and clothes. because. ainsley: furniture. steve: furniture can you sell throughout the year coats, unless they get them on the store shelves in october, november and december, they are not going to be able to sell it before christmas. and then after christmas, they are go

officials, you know, international community and they are the ones telling us what is going on with u.s. policy. and from the adversary perspective, i think there is really two way points. afghanistan was really deer, afghanistan was a complete and utter blunder ally weren't consulted with, clearly the president spooked himself. that was very telling for the russias and chinas and irans of the world. they added that piece of information with the fact that everybody in this administration virtually to a person is a former obama official. and what they are seeing is this presidency works just like the obama presidency and they know how that works. they put those two things together and they think now's the time. kayleigh: you are exactly right. your lessons were oso poignant first that the adults was not back was one of the lessons that you mentioned. that's clearly the case in afghanistan. but another line that really struck me and this is from your firsthand knowledge, you said that you have talked with scores of foreign officials from friendly nations who are absolutely gob smacked by

his disastrous handling of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan revealed joe biden was not the expert in handling foreign affairs that he claimed to be during the campaign. he had been in the senate a million years and said he knew how to do this stuff. now, this latest turn in the covid crisis has shown that he was not the expert that he claimed to be during the campaign this has shown an extraordinary contrast between candidate biden and president biden and for president biden to say there is no federal solution, that is the kind of thing he would have blasted president donald trump for saying and now he's saying it himself. will: so, lawrence, the best i can offer to help explain and you asked why now, to help explain why now is the offloading of responsibility. what you can see now, what anyone with any clear eyes can see is omicron is going to make its way through our country. omicron is going to make its way through our society. people are going to get sick. we also now know they are not going to get severely sick

i do not foresee a u.s. military in terms of facilitating the physical relocation of these individuals. we have been -- we, as a government, have been doing this through commercial and industrial aircraft. not using military aircraft. rachel: that was pretty it. the pentagon saying we don't leave anyone left behind but we're not going to do anything about it. go call the state department. really glad that jennifer griffin is asking this question. i doubt any of the other networks are following up. that is a huge number of people who worked with us, who sacrificed with us and we left behind. meanwhile, ari fleischer -- do you know what, pete? i want to hear what you have to say about that. pete: i appreciate it, rachel. john kirby is a flack. absolute flack. stand at the podium and say anything he needs to do for the administration which he serves. the reality is a couple other data points, recently the white house, pentagon state department acknowledged that 900 american citizens have been returned from afgh

he said as the patrol and u.s. government slip more and more into the unrecognizable, unclear to took a oath what i promised to defend starting in 1986 as a navy corpsman. fear of infringing the law, fear of what is taking so long with their right to unconditional a simulation. have we become handmaidens to their. incomprehensible. rachel, he is putting to words, will, he is putting to words what we talked about. it has gone from this is an illegal act we'll prevent you from doing, to how can we quickly help you get into the country and babysit you along the way. he is giving words to what a lot of people are feeling right now. will: yeah. you know it is one thing to hear it from me or rachel or you. it is another to hear it from a man whose job it is to enforce these laws. pete: true. will: he is telling you directly what happened to that job. telling you my job now is to just sit and watch, or worse, in his words to be handmaidens to active illegal immigration. that is a fascinating, important perspective to hear

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listen here. >> the u.s. is among the countries that impose-only 8 african nation when the variant several countries. why don't you lift it or impose sanction on other countries that have it? what would you say to those of you was who believe this is a racist ban that target only african and south african nations? >> simon i would convey to you it's absolutely not the intention. that is not our policy. this is a recommendation of the health and medical experts because there were a large number of cases in south africa they made a decision early on out of abundance of caution and protect the american people to slow the spread of the variant. todd: remember when the china travel ban was put in place i was all for and south african travel ban my initial instinct was great idea. stop it from coming here. as you did the research. research done by health professionals. you have realize that this was something, a, we probably weren't going to stop from coming into the united states. and, b, singling out these south

pete: here to react live and in studio, former u.s. congressman and texas gubernatorial candidate lieutenant colonel allen west. great to see you always. >> good to be with you. pete: when you see the way joe biden's handling this from from the word characterization which why does that even matter necessarily, except they make it about it, and this travel ban that was the racist under trump but okay under them. >> he said he wanted to talk about science and facts instead of chaos and confusion. well, that's what it's all been, chaos and confusion, coming out of his administration. you know, my wife and i had a point with covid-19. we got the monoclonal antibody infusion therapy the, we had the nebulizer treatment and also the ivermectin and some of the other things, we're taking the d3 and the zinc protocols. why aren't we talking about those things? why does everything have to be the about man kates coming concern mandates coming down from the federal government? pete: why aren't we? >> i think it's a little bit about big pharma contr

. >> the western u.s. is reeling from a head-snapping one, two punch of serious snow and relentless rain, rather. america's weather weekend starts right now. ♪ >> and good morning, everyone. i'm craig herrera. we're coming to you on fox weather stream and the fox business network. >> i'm kendall smith. welcome to our fox business network viewers. we have everything you need to get ready for the final days of 2021. let's start off with a final sun dive 2021. can you believe it? wow, this year flew by. i'm going to take you live to a gorgeous scene in portsmouth, new hampshire where snow is falling down. it's blanketed what we can see right now. parts of massachusetts picking up christmas snow this morning. we're going to take a look now out at graffen, massachusetts. we can see a video coming in from friday where fresh snow fell. what a gorgeous, serene shot with the snow flakes blowing in the breeze. the backyard turned into a winter wonderland. this morning we have rain and lots of it as we take a look

we haven't had a ef-5 tornado in the u.s. it will be monday before they dot final investigation, the deep investigation, anywhere along the 200-milish along the path of the storm there was ef-5 damage. one thunk we do know from the radar imagery, there was debris 35,000 feet in the air. that would be coming from 40, 50 miles southwest of here where this tornado started and then traveled from likely over 200 miles, debris that was picked up in the air, probably peoples belongings scattered 200 miles or so from somebody's home, their photos, memorabilia, birth certificates, all the people really hold on and treasure. right here in mayfield seems to be the town that took the biggest hit. we talk about the candle factory a mile from here, cordoned off by the national guard, you can't get to it, there were number of fatalities. atonal of the town of 10,000 people, many people will have stories with them the rest of their lives. this is heartbreaking. look at some images we have. we have a lot of images in before and after of all o

pete: most of them were not u.s. citizens. most of them were not green cardholders. the vast majority were not siv holders. they never weren't through the process to be vetted. rushed through a the gates, a terrible process, they could reach a number he still cites today, ultimately it was an abject failure and stain on our legacy. he knows it. that is the six second pause right there. rachel: do you know who else knows it? the families of those men and women that died so unnecessarily. pete: sure. rachel: the moms and that newborn baby crying behind me and will when we were at the patriot awards, that is who knows what that guy did and i don't think america feels very safe or secure under the leadership of general austin and i think his comments there, that he refute, refuses to still take responsibility for it and admit what a failure that was, we think maybe they learned something from the next time, no one feels any better about this. will: as long as we're talking about numbers, the newest numbers, the news to accompany this piece of sound is following by 22 nat