arabia, john roberts in washington. sandra: happy friday to you. see what gets done as the president continues his trip abroad. i m sandra smith here in new york. the president greeting the saudi crown prince with the fist bump that has now been seen around the world amid speculation whether the two leaders would shake hands. part of the high stakes meeting focusing on talks to boost energy output there, as gas prices soar in the united states. but the white house is tamping down any expectations of immediate release for american drivers as the president looks to reset relations with the country he once promised to make a pariah. john: u.s. energy producers are sounding off saying the president should be looking for solutions to the gas crisis here at home. arkansas senator tom cotton joins us in a moment. sandra: fox news team covering, lawrence is live in midland, texas on the biden administration battle with big oil. john: peter doocy is live in jeta, saudi arabia,
coverage and we ll start with david spunt tracking president biden and his reaction to the border crisis from wilmington, delaware. we ve got griff jenkins tracking conditions on the ground from the southern border and we ll turn to griff first, a closer look from mission, texas. hi, griff. hey, gillian and kristin. we re down on the border in mission, texas, part of the rio grande sector. what s happening at this moment see this white bus coming through the border wall in the distance about a mile is the rio grande river where we re apprehending record number of migrants. this is the 13th bus i ve seen since i ve been here today. it s full of migrants that have been processed and we have exclusive photos, i want to show you where that bus just came from. these photos from here show that the processing center, a temporary processing center has been set up outdoors, you can see in the photo, the white buses, you can see migrants all over the place, they ve had to set up a po
we can be producing so much more than that. right now in west texas, i m standing on 12 billion barrels of untapped oil. and the reason the c.e.o.s, the executives can t tap into this oil is because they can t always get the capital or the political commitment that they need to do so. the companies that i speak to say this transition to clean energy, they are all for it, but they think you should let the market dictate the price of it and the pace of it. so where i am today, i caught back up with the company i met with when i was down here four months ago, and the c.e.o. said in these four months, lauren, i m increased my production by 14% at the same time, my costs have gone up 40%. and his headaches have gone up as well. so, there needs to be a way we can make the math make more sense to our american producers, sandra. sandra: great reporting there, lauren, and getting their
teachers, students. parents are worried about their children coming home every day. schools should not have to deal with that on top of everything else. we, the nation, have to decide our children and families are more important than guns and take common sense steps policy sense steps policy wise to make sure our children, parents, teachers can go to school and not live with the daily fear. it makes no sense whatsoever, it does not have to be this way. on that note. thank you, arne duncan, madeline will, great reporting there. thanks to both of you and happy holidays. coming up, incredible christmas displays. the work of just one family. it s a holiday story you have to hear on the other side of the break. break. s of the great highway. all they need is a bike and a full tank of gas. their only friend? the open road. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that s jeremy, right there!
off the nomination heap? does the new secretary want to bring new people in. people who have already been put in place so all right low in staffing in top positions, do folks already in position or nom nate for nomination do they fall to the wayside. bill: great reporting there. thank you. sandra: and we have our fox news editor. mike pompeo will need to be confirmed and go through a hearing before he becomes secretary of state and that is confirmed. we confirmed it with the constitution of the united states. this say big big bigly job. this is the number one cabinet position. this is the no question about it. this is the big deal. rex tillerson and the president