victories. alongside the most diverse cabinet in history, we got a new generation of republican lawmakers who wear their bigotry on their sleeves. we saw convictions in the murders of george floyd and ahmaud arbery, but we also witnessed the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse. and as the year draws to a close, while we can cheer historic legislative achievements on covid relief and physical infrastructure, we re also left wondering why the fate of our social infrastructure plan remains uncertain and why proposals to protect our right to vote and reform policing have gone nowhere at all. we still have a lot of work to do. joining me now, democratic congressman from maryland and former president of the naacp, kweisi emfumi. first of all, thank you for joining us tonight, congressman. let me start with that unfinished business i just mentioned. west virginia senator joe manchin says he might wait until next year to consider supporting the build back better act. what are you hearing o
was the white house press secretary gave this explanation for mass robberies in democrat run cities. a huge group of criminals, organizers themselves, went to the store. a root cause and a lot of communities is the pandemic. todd: you are watching fox and friends first this friday morning. carley: more on the top story, president biden is set to speak this morning following the release of the november jobs report. todd: the omicron very inference the economy with half of all americans admitting they are struggling with inflation. griff jenkins joins us with the latest. reporter: as we head into the peak of holiday shopping and travel, driving up heating cost of gas prices continuing to rise a new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling the financial hardship triggered by spiking inflation, 10% described it as severe after jerome powell testified inflation is here to stay and time to stop calling it transitory with the president pus
now they do? now they do. rap star hashtag, symbol meek mill inspired a symbol. he has been wronged by the criminal justice system for a decade now. we have been conducting criminal justice with a chainsaw. in his first post prison interview he tells his powerful story. my father was murdered in south philly. have you ever seen somebody with their brains blown out? i ve seen it several times. how key rose from the streets to the charts. sentenced to prison for a probation violation. get incent away is a mental torture. it affects all of us. and why he rose up for change. i m still doing time for that case, something is not working. this is a tough judge. he violated, he got a tough sentence, what is wrong with that? we take you inside his emotional journey to freedom. i feel like i am in the middle of a movie right now. we are there for every step. we are home. you made powerful friends, kevin hart, jay-z, michael reuben with the 76 sirs. i
we start with one of the biggest threats facing our nation, the fentanyl crisis. it s a fox news alert. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. an opioid 100 times more potent than heroin. there are millions of these dangerous fake pills out there and they are killing thousands of americans. the lethal drug expected to kill 80,000 americans this year alone. for context, that would mean more americans killed by fentanyl in a single year than killed in the entire vietnam war. john: all stemming from cracks in the southern border, a breeding ground for drug cartels. exactly what the house homeland security committee will talk about in a hearing moments from now. sandra: social media plays a huge role in the cartels marketing. teens are buying the drugs online often not knowing that they are laced with the fentanyl. and sometimes the drug is even disguised as rainbow colored candy. the epidemic is hitting neighbors, friends, families, ju
comply with president biden s demand to give federal agents full access to shelby park today, along the rio grande river in eagle pass. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. 10 retired executives at fbi says in modern history u.s. never suffered invasion of the homeland and one is taking place now. military-aged men are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands across a border that has been accurately advertised around the world as largely unprotect with ready-access granted. brooke singman is here with more. brooke: so far governor abbott is showing no sign to caving to biden s demand and installing even more razor wire to crack down on the invasion. watch. this is not just a text issue, it is an american issue. this could affect my state and entire country long after joe biden is gone, we ll be dealing with potential terrorist threats. text has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming into our states, to arr