carley. >> carley: happy to have you. we are learning the biden administration is prioritizing race when administering covid drugs. is this following the science or dangerous infiltration in our healthcare system? dr. janette nesheiwat is coming up and has facts on that. take a look at this incredible video, shows exact moment police pull a pilot from a downed plane right before a train plows through the wreckage. we'll be talking to one of the officerss who helped save that man's life, coming up. ♪ moving is a handful. no kidding! fortunately, xfinity makes moving easy. easy? -easy? switch your xfinity services to your new address online in about a minute. that was easy. i know, right? and even save with special offers just for movers. really? yep! so while you handle that, you can keep your internet and all those shows you love, and save money while you're at it with special offers just for movers at xfinity.com/moving. >> todd: welcome back. fox news peter doocy calling out biden administration for blaming unvaccinat

carley. >> carley: all right. todd, a new op ed claims virginia voters have buyers remorse for putting republicans in office. governor glenn youngkin and his administration are deliver og their promises. we are setting the record straight with two first-time voters who helped turn the state red. ♪ ♪ glory days. ♪ ♪ pass me by, glory days ye y yey >> todd: welcome back, virginia governor glenn youngkin urging peep toll contact his office. >> we've set up help education at governor dot virginia.com, for parents to send us instances they feel their fundamental rights are being violated, their children are not being respected. >> todd: parents are getting loud in loudoun, mask mandate defying the governor's orders. >> yesterday my daughter -- mask. she is 11. children have the right to choose for themselves. >> todd: parents protesting and school necessary virginia are separating maskd and unmasked kids by putting them in isolation in gymnasium. common theme to the show today. >> carley: despite glenn youngkin

back to you, carley and todd. >> carley: that is wild. last year there was that cold front that hit texas and it was a disaster. hopefully everybody stays nice and warm. >> janice: good point, be cautious and listen to local authorities. >> carley: when you thought you heard it all about hunter biden, the secret service is being accused of covering for the president's son. you don't want to miss this one. >> todd: plus food prices are skyrocketing, if you can even find what you want on the shelves, i'm talking to you, eggs. even the main-stleem media forced to admit it, how does joe biden get himself out of this one? we're talking to brian brenberg next. ♪ i always dreamed of having kids of my own. ♪ ♪ now i'm ready for someone to call me mom. at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. next. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional starvation diets

. >> carley: we begin with fox news alert. police identifying the man suspected of killing ucla student brianna kupfer as 31-year-old shawn laval smith, a career criminal who was free on $1000 bond. he remains on the loose and is considered armed and dangerous. here is a look at some of the mug shots he's acquired over the years, 10 from one city. charleston, south carolina, alone. a stunning image there. you are watching fox t.v. on this wednesday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> griff: i'm griff jenkins in for todd. we'll have more on this breaking news in just a moment. first, this hour at it is white house, today president biden is gearing up to hold his first news conference in months and administration is planning public reset of his tarnished image. ashley kicks off with more. >> ashley: the president is set to hold his tenth news conference today. of the nine past, six were solo and the other three being joint pressers. a senior white house official said they realize the dynamic with the president needs to change his re

. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. vice president kamala harris watch this morning. wheels up happened last hour. she is on her way to honduras, as we speak. this is the second or third trip she's taken to address the "root causes of the immigration crisis." the other reason she's going to honduras is to support the president-elect at her inauguration ceremony, interesting she is a socialist in the country. honduras is typically conservative, the fact she was elect side interesting. the swearing-in ceremony will happen at 11 a.m. she will hold a meeting with the president, president castro and heading back to dc at 5:20. in the three-hour time span, they will address the root causes of illegal immigration. >> todd: have you seen an inauguration ceremony? not a lot of work or root cause discussion done there. correct me if i'm wrong, carley, another place where border issues are top of mind for the administration, it is called ukraine. they are putting time and energy into the border situation at ukraine, yet kamala harris gets in a plane, flies over our border, where

i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. vice president kamala harris watch this morning.

todd and carley. >> carley: griff, thank you so much. what a day, what a speech. you know, todd, it really is a bizarre experience to hear president biden. he wanted this to be his white knight moment using flowery, combative language to drum up support from democrats over an issue and a problem that just doesn't exist, no matter where you live, georgia, alaska, tennessee, it is easy to vote. election laws may be different, they are all in the realm of normal. in georgia, where the president was during his speech, he called the new voting law race racist. this is happening for two reasons. one, it is about power, democrats want to federalize election laws, they think it will make it so democrats stay in power, it will make it easier for democrats to win elections that way. the other is about positive news coverage for president biden, he thinks if he comes out as a full-throated defender of voting rights, he will get positive news coverage, something he desperately needs right now. >> todd: carley, to your point, democrats see american people hate their policies,

. >> carley: we are back as a united team. you don't know how much you miss something until it is gone. i missed sitting next to you. it's been what, five weeks. >> todd: she did mean sitting next to me, not the burritos following the show. been five weeks because of the omicron thing. good to be back. miss you, buddy. merry christmas. >> carley: merry christmas, happy new year. since last time i saw you, last year, your daughter started working. big life developments. fantastic stuff. we have a busy show ahead. >> todd: my house is full of borders, no political statement, just full of borders. we begin with reporting on border crisis. cameras reporting ice buses dumping migrants necessary brownsville, texas. >> carley: brooke songman joins us live with details. brooke, good morning. >> brooke: good morning. fox news capturing footage of federally contracted buses dropping off illegal migrant necessary brownsville, texas. dozens of adults, mostly males, entered unmarked office in a parking lot. multiple taxicabs collect the mi

you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro, hi, carley. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. more on those stories in a moment, first breaking news overseas as new shipment of weapons are set to arrive in ukraine within the next hour. >> todd: the pentagon readies troops for possible deployment, steve harrison is live in kiev with the latest on the rising tensions. steve. >> steve: that's right, todd, the u.s. put 8500 troops on heightened alert. they will be deployed in the know event of a russian invasion. four upon countries have decided to pull out families of diplomats here due to deteraing situations here. they are under criticism from ukrainian officials who say it is unnecessary and premature. russia says they have no plans to invade, they say the west reaction is one of hysteria. it is responsibility of individual u.s. citizens to get out of ukraine on their own. >> press sect. psaki: we are conveying to american citizens to leave now there is not intention or plan for any military evacuation. >> steve: president biden said they are all on the same page when it comes

carley. >> carley: mcconnell made the rebuttal speech yesterday and i thought he did a great job. he said the president implied voting id laws to be "totalitarian on the same day democratic mayor told citizens to bring both a photo id or a green card any time they leave the house to prove they are vaccinated. this whole conversation about voter id and election reform proves how desperate president biden is to take the focus off areas where he is failing and there are many of them, the economy, border, crime, and trying to push an issue that americans don't really care about right now. >> todd: there is an old line from the law that says, if you don't have the facts, hit the law. if you don't have the law issue hit the facts. if you don't have either, hit the table. joe biden hit the table in that speech, if your attempt was strong, you wouldn't have to yell about, you wouldn't have to threaten us and compare anyone who doesn't agree with you to a terrorist, yet that is what he's doing. it is insulting to the american people and insulting to the office of the presidency and it shou

. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. djokovic's lawyers are expected to fast-track an ark peel with preliminary hearing being held tonight in an australian court. this means the number one seed in the open will not likely be able to play in the tournament, which starts on monday. australian officials have asked djokovic to appear tomorrow. his visa was revoked last week upon arrival after the australian government said he failed to provide evidence to receive a vaccine exemption. we'll bring you any developments on this story as we get them. >> todd: another fox news ark letter, president biden striking out on capitol hill as democrats crush his hopes, democrats and republicans. griff jenkins live in washington with more. griff, good morning. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd, the president having a no good, very bad week, not just blows from capitol hill and the high court. take a look at litany of setbacks in the past few days, the country lost faith in the cdc, tests are hard to find, that speech in georgia bomb

>> carley: but listen, here is the counterpoint. nobody gets republicans to the polls quite like hillary clinton. do you think that she would risk losing again a third time? >> yes would you want to know why? because along the way to that loss, they will revise the global initiative and take $1 billion. every revolution dried up in politics. the consolation prizes the $1 billion they made last time and by the way, bill asked for all his money and singles. [laughter] >> carley: watch fox across america exclusively on fox nation for more jimmy failla, her friend. thank you for joining us this morning. >> the best, you guys, see you. >> carley: all right, president biden facing backlash for his atlantic speech and members of his own party are calling senseless. >> perhaps the president went a little too far in this rhetoric. >> it was not the vote getting speech. it was a going to hell speech. >> todd: mike huckabee and joe concha, all live in the next hour. don't go anywhere. ♪ ♪ that's a pretty tight spot. watch this. of course y

. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. we begin with our top story, president biden urging democrats to pass the filibust sxer pass their election overhaul. >> todd: mitch mcconnell doubling down. griff jenkins joins us live from washington with the latest. good mornin >> the president called for unity yesterday and decide to fully abandon by partisanship to voting right legislation and endorsing the end of the filibuster rule. >> president biden: i believe the threat to our democrats is so grave that we must find a way to pass these voting rights bills. we have no option but to change the rule including getting rid of the filibuster for this. >> todd: vice president harris joined him, coaalition of civil rights groups boycotted biden's visit, most prominent activist in the country, stacy abrams. >> are you insulted she's missing the speech. >> i'm insulted you are asking the question. everything is fine. >> abrams gave no reason for her absence, took to twitter to thank the president for his visit. back in washington, mit

hi, carley. >> carley: this is true, we have beef over christmas movie, that's about it. i'm carley shimkus, more on the president's outburst. first breaking news overseas. weapons will arrive in ukraine in a moment and troops are ready for possible deploy toment eastern europe. >> todd: live in kiev with the latest, steve. >> steve: todd 8500 u.s. troops on heightened alert. they can be sent to eastern europe if there is invasion of ukraine. no plan for u.s. combat troops on the ground in ukraine. four countries have pulled out families of diplomats due to worsening security situation here, along with the u.s., u.k., australia and germany pulling out. ukrainian officials say such a move is unnecessary and premature. russia says the u.s. reaction is one of hysteria. administration officials say there will be no air lift for u.s. citizens remaining in ukraine. >> press sect. psaki: we are conveying to american citizens to leave now there is not intention of an evacuation, not intention or plan for any military evacuation. >> steve: after call with european leaders presiden

. >> carley: good to see you. i'm carley shimkus. president biden may deploy more troops to eastern europe and the baltic states to support our nato ally. russia says it will respond appropriately if that happens. live on the ground in kiev, steve, what is the latest? >> steve: the u.s. embassy in ukraine telling americans, it is time to leave ukraine. they ordered out family members of embassy personnel and authorizing nonessential personnel to leave and warned american citizens in ukraine, there will be no airlift of american citizens in event of a u.s. invasion. period biden considering deploying 3 to 5000 u.s. troops in eastern europe. nato will deploy ships and fighter jets as more ammunition continues to arrive in ukraine from the u.s. 80 tons arrived over the weekend according to officials. officials continue to insist there will be no preempative sanctions against russia. >> the purpose of the sanctions is to deter russian aggression f. they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. the alliance is looking at importan

. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. i was looking up information on meatloaf, one of the best-selling artists of all time and sold worldwide 80 million records. his first album "bat out of hell," can you believe this, still sells 200,000 copies annually, in movies like rocky horror picture show and "fight club," and i was working on my first job and i was don imus's assistant and he was a guest two times. had a big smile throughout the interview. sometimes celebrities would be nice to don imus and not nice to the bottom-tier people like me. he was the exact opposite, such a sweet man. i'm so sad to hear he died at 74 years old. he did die with his wife by his side. if have you to die issue at least you have your family with you. >> todd: we highlighted how his career spanned generations. he was an icon in the '70s. i have to bring up, in jersey, whenever paradise on the dashboard comes on, guyos one side and the girls on the other side, you do that. paradise by the dashboard light, a memory we have from our high school

i'm carley shimkus. >> griff: good morning, carley, i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. more on this breaking news in just a moment. let's begin at the white house where today president biden is gearing up to hold his first press conference in months as the administration is planning public reset of his tarnished image. all the details with ashley. >> ashley: the president is set to hold only his tenth news conference this afternoon, his first in several months. of his nine previous press conferences, six were solo. public reset of his failed agenda as senior white house official says the dynamic with the president needs to change. the reset man is said to be making conversations with congress less of a priority and focus on talking with americans, although his approval rating continues to drop, jen psaki insisted -- >> press sect. psaki: this has been a lot of progress made, we need to build on that. the work is not done. the job is not done. >> ashley: senate majority leader chuck schumer is proposing a talking filibuster to persuade manchin and kyrsten sinema to allow

todd and carley. >> carley: thank you. new yorkers expected to come together to mourn the slain police officer jason rivera. ashley strohmier joins us live with more. ashley. >> ashley: todd and carley, hundreds, if not thousands, are expected to come to st. patrick's cathedral to honor the life and sacrifice of officer jason rivera, he and his partner mora were gunned down earlier this month. mora succumbed to his injuries days later. flags are flying at half staff. firefighters line the fdr to salute the rookie officer's casket, which was draped with flags. officers were seen escorting rivera's family and widow and console eg them. thousands came to pay respects to their fallen brother, so did people in the community. take a listen. >> i want to pay my respect to this young life, service for the community. >> my youngest is 22 and this is just senseless. >> he is one of two of new york's finest who sacrifice their life for us, it is very important for me to say to the two young men, one of the two, thank you and i'm here

carley, over to you. >> carley: go, giants, i guess. not just supreme court ruling, there are other things ruining president biden's week, it is not over. we are going through it is with 10ney and joe concha. ♪ ♪ do you struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep? qunol sleep formula combines 5 key nutrients that can help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. >> lara: /* later /* why do nearly one million businesses choose stamps.com to mail and ship? no more trips to the post office no more paying full price for postage and great rates from usps and ups mail letters ship packages anytime anywhere for less a lot less get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again that's a nice truck. yeah, it's the chevy silverado. check out this multi-flex tailgate. multi-flex, huh? wow. it becomes a step. mom, dad's flexing again. that's not all. you can extend the bed for longer stuff. is he still... still flexing. that's right! and, it be

. >> carley: so good to be back, todd. i'm carley shimkus. griff has more on democrat efforts to ram through the partisan agenda. asterisk matt, good morning. >> good morning. walensky and dr. fauci are expected to be grilled on the administration's recent guidance on prioritizing treatment races. certain races chose not to get vaccinated or at higher risk, however, he does not approve of administration using race to decide who gets testing or care. >> clear data showss race is independent risk factor for dying from covid. we shouldn't be using race to decide who gets treatment. >> the cdc faces its own confidence crisis, intensifying backlash over the cdc back pedaling and issuing confusing isolation guidance fuelling rampant spread of misinformation that made it up to the high court. justice sotomayor catching heat for making a wildly inaccurate claim and the white house refusing to correct the record. >> what do you guys think about sonia sotomayor false claim 100,000 children are in serious condition, many on ventilators? >> i will not sp

i'm todd piro. >> carley: good to see you. i'm carley shimkus. president biden may deploy more troops to eastern europe and the baltic states to support our nato ally. russia says it will respond appropriat

you are watching fox t.v., i'm carley shimkus. hi, todd. >> todd: hi, carley, great to be back. i'm todd piro. the latest legislative failure comes today as today marks one

>> carley: that is hilarious. also, i think there is a legitimate lesson on how you feel with twitter trolls. we do not legitimize them. kemper buys them so little, you left them off, show a baby doll, and you move on into your life. every time you think of bette midler, you see her face in your mind's eye. he will see the tush tip. >> jesse: no offense, we will keep it clean, but she deserves it. >> carley: she said something mean on twitter, not good for a grown adult. >> carley: she gets baby dolls bought. >> jesse: finally, big backlash against actor peter denglish peter he said that the new includes the seven doors" " movie -- seven little people are out of a job after he criticized the "seven dwarves" movie. >> carley: do you remember when quaker oats got rid of him jemima, and the family of one of the women who betrayed her were heartbroken, because they got 0x treatment. they did not see it as racist. there are several people who could've had a job, could've been their dreams. hopefully, disney take that i

carley: what your pick. charles: my pick is not just for next week sadly but probably for the next couple of weeks and probably the next couple of years, new poll gives joe biden low marks for his response to inflation, only 29% approve. that means 70% of americans disapprove of joe biden's handling of inflation which of course getting 70% of americans to agree on anything is absolutely amazing but the real question who are the 30% that are applauding his efforts to control inflation? emily: i thought that myself and i think it is people who are extremely uninformed or maybe members of his own family. those are the only people i think about. charles: i think it is college students. tyrus: or the people the last name sanders and pete buttigieg, aoc. charles: emily what you got? emily: i don't know if everybody's talking about this next week but me a bull giller bay is feeling hurt, a convicted felon # so hot and the internet is wild the comments were like if i find them can i keep them and someone said what w

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. >> carley: i passed st. patrick's cathedral on my way into work and use a saw there are police officer still at 2:00 in the morning lining the street. police barricades, so many people want to attend the wake of the funeral for this officer and officer mora, whose services are going to be next week. he's going to be met with the same respect. the reason these police officers, their deaths are getting so much attention both because people have had enough. they are frustrated, they know that defund the police movement has done so much harm and damage to our country. they are saying we need to support our police officers right now. they are showing that -- look at all those hundreds of officers that are showing respect to one of their brothers, who lost his life in the line of duty. i was reading that jason rivera's father is being described as a broken man right now. family friend said he's not sleeping, he's not eating, he cannot believe that this happened. >> how can you be any other way. i put myself in his

carley is here tonight, and, carley, i congratulate you on your recovery and your commitment to others. carley, could you please stand and be recognized? [applause] thank you for the example you're setting, carley, and for all you're doing at my house. the people first initiative will be critical for our fellow alaskans who are experiencing what carley has gone through. with innovative approaches such as the through one door concept, we are determined to provide the assistance to alaskans that carley struggled to find. i look forward to working with the legislature and stakeholder groups to put this into action. as we begin this second half of the 32nd legislative session, there are some who believe nothing will get done because it's an election year. i say let's prove them wrong. [applause] we must remember that other than pink salmon fishermen, most alaskans don't care whether it is an odd- or even-numbered year. most alaskans outside this room don't plan their lives around an election season. they plan their lives around hunting season, or fishing season; construction season, or tou

. >> and carley. >> anger is i growing among new york's men and women in blue who just lost a fellow police officer. and if after the powerful message from his widow at his funeral, the district attorney responsible for the soft on crime policies that is causing the violence. >> but first, a heated exchange between border patrol agent as and the border patrol chief during homeland security secretary mayorkas' visit yesterday to laredo, texas. chief ortiz acknowledging, quote, morale is at an all-time low, end quote. while secretary mayorkas stayed silent. tyrus, you know, we just wrapped up the deadliest year on the border in history. i think deaths along -- i think the deaths on the border doubled from last year. who's really paying the price of this disaster on the border? >> well, the american people. you know? working class, lower class, i mean, we're all just getting hit in the mouth. i mean, you can literally come in through the border and you can fly at night with no if mask to any destination. americans can't do that. i mean, i have this short list i was going over that i lit

[laughter] lawrence: i don't know if we'll do a new show carley is here. "fox & friends" co-host, fobs and friends first co-host carley gave me promotion. >> you know what i'm for. >> get in trouble with the bosses. lawrence: carley there's something called policy and then -- that's what that is. maria:>> you played a montage ot of touch people some are rich celebrities so in a bubble and see the world through a specific lens but i love the way you introduce this segment it is about finding slogs and saying that course of action isn't working and the definition of insanity is doing same thing over and over again and expecting different result so -- in terms of solutions, stop the party in fighting, stop the bullying recognize that we do need a different course of action how do you solve crime remove the criminals from the equation. how do you solve inflation stoppive going people free money. those are two biggest problems facing this country right now and those are two solutions and i didn't even call anybody a name. lawrence: do you think you see polls th

thank you very much, carley. >> carley: you bet. >> steve: our top story the u.s. supreme court yesterday deelgt biggest blow yet to the biden administration mask or vax mandate for large employers with more than 100 employees. even as it allows for the requirement for most healthcare workers. the job creators network was the first organization to petition the supreme court to block the mandate. president and ceo alfredo ortez joins us right now. good morning to you and congratulations you win. >> yes. america won, actually, steve. it was a great day for liberties for our freedoms. great day for constitution and even more importantly, actually, it was a great day for tour small businesses who disproportionately have been hurt by this mandate. >> steve: absolutely. you know, ever since the pandemic, businesses have been trying to dig out. and so, you know, we just heard from the ceo of walmart because of the pandemic i used to pay $12 an hour now i have to pay $20 an hour. it has made business very tough for you guys. >> absolutely. steve. small businesses across th

and those are your headlines, guys, over to you. >> carley: all right. thank you, carley. still ahead. a new proposal in the senate could send face masks to every american. but aren't tests what americans need the most? dr. marc siegel will weigh in live. plus, deja vu as the biden white house struggles, democrats are reportedly eyeing a clinton comeback. lara trump is going to react still ahead. ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance. ow! i'm ok! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ only in theaters december 17th. psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff,... ...swollen, painful. liberty. liberty. ♪ emerge tremfyant®. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccin

let's hand it over to carley she has headlines for us. >> carley: yes, i certainly do. i have a story that's getting a lot of attention especially online. more than 200,000 people sign a petition demanding that two texas brothers and their friends be freed after being charged with capital murder in the death of their stepfather. all three were arrested saturday in texas. they are being charged with beating their stepfather to death. after their 9-year-old sister said he had sexually assaulted her. chicago mayor lori lightfoot tweeting this bizarre post burning residents to get vaccinated. the democrat writing the message is clear, get vaccinated comfort of home and this stack could be yours. the photo shows get vaxxed spelled out cash on rawsmght twitter spoot say the oddly spelled stack 626 bucks. getting football fans the chance to win a hot sauce themed and edible representlyca. launching a spoofed crypto currency bone coin. must share the most bone coins by super bowl sunday to win a big prize. and tune in this weekend when the rams host the niners for a spot in the

. >> carley: great seeing you. great being with you this morning,. >> todd: you too. >> carley: "fox & friends" starts. >> actor and legendary singer meat loaf has died. he jumped to fame in the 1970s. he was 74 years old. president biden tries to clarify wednesday's comments. >> any assembled russian units move across the ukrainian border that is an invasion. >> there is going to be more blood on his hands if putin enters glurk alvin bragg apologized for writing what he said was an unclear and legalistic memo. >> i take full accountability for that confusion, left many yorkers justifiably concerned how we will keep them safe. >> a former biden aid invested in two chinese companies with ties top levels of the communist party. >> i can't make any accusations against the president but i think we have a right to know what the son was doing. ♪ ♪ i'm going to hit the highway like a battering ram ♪ >> brian: we begin with sad news. and it is a fox news alert. sad day as we learn iconic musician meat loaf one of the

carley shimkus has the other news. hey, carley. >> carley: i certainly do. this may be one of the most disturbing stories you hear all day. this career criminal released on $5,000 wonder after allegedly setting his girlfriend pregnant with twins on fire. it is still unclear if the babies will survive the attack. now the woke democrat d.a. in wayne county kim whort supported frozen bail reform wants a higher bond. she calls the $5,000 release woefully inadequate. starting today students in los angeles schools will be prohibited from wearing cloth masks. kids at the second largest school district will be required to wear well fitted nose wire at all times even outdoors. exemptions are reportedly being allowed for students who have disabilities, medical or mental health conditions. to the nfl playoffs. the chiefs outlast the bills in a thrilling back and forth overtime win. the chiefs tying the game at the end of regulation in just 13 seconds before scoring a walk-off touchdown to win 42-36. however, some fans are demanding the overtime rule be changed since th

thank you so much, carley. just months after firing healthcare workers who refused the covid-19 vaccine, the state of california's staffing shortages by forcing those shortages who do have cody now to work. new guidance from the department of health. saying employees who are positive but asymptomatic i can can, quote: return immediately without isolation and testing. our next guest was fired when she refused to get the vaccine, jen peters joins us now. good morning to you, jen. >> good morning. >> ainsley: first of all, why did you decide not to get vaccinated? >> two reasons, actually. first of all, i had covid. i had covid while i was pregnant and at the time that the vaccine mandate ruled out i had a newborn who was having some health issues. and i'm breastfeeding. so, all of that made me pretty uncomfortable with moving forward with getting vaccinated at the time. >> ainsley: i understand that. you are perfectly healthy right now. and you were fired. now the hospital system in california is saying but if yo

>> carley: this guy is actively cheering for people to die. it's because he has a level of disdain and was hard for americans that is unhealthy in the end of itself, and all of our jobs or his job is to talk politics and with that comes responsibility. it's a simple rule, and people may disagree but we all want what's best for this country and he has lost sight of that end is somehow rooting for people he disagrees with to lose their lives and then point fingers and laugh at them. he wouldn't do that. i doubt it, to somebody that contracts hiv or a smoker who contracts cancer, so why is he doing it here. it is disturbing. thankfully he is in the minority in this opinion and normally these opinions are held by twitter trolls. and now, pulitzer award-winning journalists unfortunately. >> emily: just ahead, no slogan dress code is the biden administration pushes them to let workers where black lives matter masks in stores. we will weigh in on this battle over free speech, next. ♪ ♪ people with moderate to severe psoriasis, are rethinking the

carley thank you very much. meanwhile the national restaurant association is asking congress for more grant money as the omicron variant hits an already struggling industry. 80% of restaurants have seen decline since omicron hit and 76% say business is worse now than three months ago. our next guest has worked in the restaurant and trucking industries as well. pennsylvania business owner rick mcquade joins us right now from pennsylvania to talk a little bit about it rick, good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> you know what? at the beginning -- mid fall it seemed like things were getting back to normal and then this omicron thing hit and people freaked out and not coming to eat out as much, right? >> that's absolutely correct. i mean, when we look at 2019 numbers before the pandemic we were setting records. since the pandemic, everything was shut down and nobody's fault. but since then, you know, omicron has caused a reduction in our indoor dining. we do have a little bit of a spike in

. >> carley: that's very honest of you. i'm sure you are not alone of that the first time they have won since 1980. congratulations to your team there congressman jody hice, thank you so much. "fox & friends" starts. >> chicago teachers union make a deal to return to school in person on wednesday. >> we know this has been very difficult. >> this has been very unpleasant experience. >> president biden hitting the road to sell his radical plan to overhaul our election system. >> coming down to tour state and telling us we are suppressing voters when it's easier to vote in georgia than it is in california, delaware and new york. >> cdc resht rochelle walensky and dr. fauci will testify on the hill. >> why so unprepared for the need for testing. >> there has been a massive surge in case load. >> manhattan rolls out far left policies critics say is soft on crime. >> these d.a.s choose to be complicit in crime i will fire. >> in the pocket, watching down field. intercepted, ringo goes down the sidelines all the way to the end zon

. >> carley: i missed this too. but we're back and with that "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> shocking video shows the mass release of migrants into the u.s., bus load after bus load. >> all mostly single adult men. those men get to use their arrest warrants to airplane you have to show i.d. >> the police officer shot in harlem has succumb to his injuries. mora 27 years old. >> internal documents reportedly showing multiple scientists were told to suppress their beliefs that the virus originated in a wuhan lab. >> that was a devastating report. a cover-up that is at least as damning as any i have heard of in the last few years. >> u.s. and its allies prepare for war both actual and economic. >> we don't believe that mr. putin has made a final decision. we still think there is time and space for diplomacy. >> couple of jaunts for ice cream, joe hasn't spent much time out. >> let's see, um, he, um, he would say he doesn't have enough free time on his schedule. ♪ it will be ♪ baby just let it be ♪ if it's

. >> i'm anita in for carley. into the development as border control confronts homeland security secretary accusing the joe biden administration of making their job nearly impossible. we are joined with details on this. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: good morning, 2000 russian, 300 ukranian migrants got to the us at an inspection station in san diego, in the past migrants attempting to cross the boarder were from mexico or northern triangle countries, now there's a change in tactics, pointing to smuggler tactics, of course, they say it's a link, arizona governor ducey - of course there's a link between criminals coming over the border and rising crime. the cartels are shaping border policy, and the joe biden administration is their marketing arm. now senator tom cotton says joe biden cares more about ukraine's border than our own, listen. >> joe biden, and carmela harris seem to care more about the ukraine border than our own. when we have had 2 million immigrants crossing the border, which is like adding the

thank you, carley. virginia parents are outraged over the way a school district telling students to check their privilege. fairfax county high schoolers are being asked to play privilege bingo and to fill a square for examples including being male, feeling safe around police officers. being a christian. involved in extracurricular activities and for being a military kid. let's check back in with pete hegseth ahead of miseducation of "america live" summit. >> pete: what an example of the types of things we are going to be talking about today at the miseducation of "america live" summit. ainsley, thank you so much. i'm grateful to be joined by dr. carol swain this morning professor and author of the fantastic book "black eye for america. how critical race theory is burning down the house." professor, thanks so much for being here and a huge part of our summit today. >> it's my pleasure. you are doing a great thing. >> pete: thank you very much. we are understanding on your shoulders, people have done so m

. >> carley: i haven't seen you since last year. happy new year. how is your

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thanks to dan bongino, charlie heard, morgan ortagus and carley shimkus, kat timpf. shannon bream is up next, america. export in the "fox news at night". i'm shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, the white house pushes back against the exclusive video we've been showing you the speak up of illegal immigrants being quietly flown to locations across the us for relocation. the lone star state l

carley knows all about this. she is in new york city this morning. >> carley: sticking to the crime crisis, a homeless man is charged with the murder of an la nurse who was badly beaten at a bus stop. lapd arresting terry belle, calling the attack senseless and unprovoked. sandra shelves was reportedly on her way to work when she was attacked. she died three days later. her medical center is remembering her as a, quote, compassionate caregiver with unmatched dedication to her patients and her community. vice president kamala harris is heading to honduras. the v.p. planning once again to tackle illegal immigration not from the southern border but from south america. the white house saying she will, quote: address the root causes of migration. and attend the inauguration of the country's president-elect. two more house democrats announcing their retirement. congressman james lander vin and -- not seek re-election. bringing the house democrats 28. 20 are retiring and 8 running for other offices. republicans need to

carley shimkus is chilling. i'm in for her. my name is kevin. hi, todd. >> todd: this is truly a sight to behold. i'm todd, with kevin. carley shimkus did every show for the last two weeks, it seems, good she's relaxing and all that good stuff. >> kevin: she deserves it. i appreciate a good director and producer, they come together in the control room and come up with great music. thank you, todd. get rolling. one minutar the hour 5:00. alexandria ocasio-cortez caught partying unmasked in that fla as cases skyrocket and new yorkers face strict vaccine mandates and strict mask mandates. >> todd: mark meridith never confused, always on it, live in washington. >> happy monday, happy new year. health officials may be making changes after recently updated covid guidelines recommending americans who test positive isolate for five days instead of 10 after no longer showing symptoms and recommending people wear masks for a week. it wasn't recommending people test negative. now dr. dr. fauci says the cdc may be making changes after wondering why testing

carley sollars and ansley bowles. >> she kind of just acted like everyone's mom because she was so caring. >> she was tall. and everybody, all of our friends are so short. and so it was always, like, she stuck out and we would go places and she would tower over all of us. it made it funny. >> the mom and all her kids. >> yeah. and so people always like, she was the first one that they noticed. >> the world was kind of like her catwalk? >> yeah. >> yeah, pretty much. >> beautiful girl? >> yeah. i love when i get told that i look like her. it makes me really happy. >> aww, that's awfully sweet. but halee's beauty was more than skin-deep. tattoos, like this one on her back, testified to her strong faith. >> i said prayers with the girls every night. tharon rathgeber is halee's dad. >> and at the end of our prayer the most important line was, "and those that are less fortunate than we are. " and i think she really grasped that. >> and drew strength from it, especially in difficult times. one night, in particular, was a defining moment for young halee. she was just 12 when she went to a friend

i'm carley shimkus. >> griff: good morning, carley, i'm griff jenkins in for todd piro. more on this breaking news in just a moment. let's begin at the