new york , new jersey, california, illinois, these liberal states . and there s a reason two million americans leftther t inica s big cities jus the last two years. high income taxes, high property taxes, high sales taxes, punitiv he regulations,th and for what? the roads are covered withe potholes. cod withthe streets are littered with tons of trash. the homeless crisis, that sic worse than ever. sstems and the public school systems there are disasterar. r exampl and by the way, for example, look at baltimore.im twenty three , baltimoreore. cio schools, zero students. not one iso proficient in math . twenty three schools, not a single studentthe si. what $1o that s what, one point six billion dollars or 20 grand per student bought the taxpayers of baltimore. and forget about public safety. . hek atre your screen.ks here s what public safety looks like in chicago. mob beatings in broad daylightht last weekend. hordes. of teens taking over the streets, smashing cars, assaultin
that. one dead in texas and another in arkansas as powerful winter storm cripples the mid south. 360,000 residents are still without power. voters say the country is more divided than ever. dysfunctional family is what 81% say describing america today. when it comes to the economy. 66% disapprove of how president biden has been handling the inflation crisis. where is everybody going? to gobbler s knob. it s groundhog day. it is groundhog day. janice: punxsutawney, pennsylvania, the crowd have been here since 3:00 a.m. we will find out if there are going to be six more weeks of weather anything can happen. brian: you are looking somewhere in pennsylvania. punxsutawney, easy to say, tough to spell, where a bunch of people. steve: good scrabble word. brian: they want to have fun. brian: seeing grown men in groundhog hats. brian: it s acceptable. tomorrow it won t be. so don t try it. but right there, a bunch of people. some strangers, all willing to
team coverage today. adam klotz is in the studio tracking the storm and bringing the christmas forecast. let s start with jackie ibanez reporting on the devastating conditions. multiple families will be spending the holiday without loved ones, five people from oklahoma have died, including a 16-year-old boy. the storm is impacting nearly every state in the lower 48, mother nature unleashing fury during the busiest time of the year, leaving many with nowhere to sleep, except the floor of the airport terminal. im00 not optimistic, if it was a cancelled flight, it is not good. i got to go back down here, rebook or refund. we were anticipating the flight was going to get cancelled and rebooked on southwest and rebooked twice on united this afternoon. i contemplated driving in case flights got cancelled. 12,000 flight delays and cancellations for millions, six states are sounding the alarm calling for a state of emergency. accumulating heavy snowfall and temperatures p
cancelled, leaving many stranded. adam klotz is bringing the christmas weekend forecast. madelyn is live at the airport, hi, madelyn. good morning, griff and ashley, we have not seen a big pile up, but it is early and things could change. nationwide 2400 flights have been cancelled and 9500 flights delayed so far. the biggest concern in the new york city area are heavy rain, strong winds and icy roads as temperatures drop. outside new york, blizzard conditions through the great lakes and northeast could affect ground conditions at many airports and disruptions could lead to a domino effect. several airlines have been waving fees, but that hasn t helped a lot of people. it is not looking good. they changed my gate, then cancelled my flight. i got to go rebook or refund. we were anticipating the flights were going to get cancelled and we rebooked on wednesday night and rebooked twice back on united this actual. i contemplated driving in case flights got cancelled. t
575,000. waiting for the administration to release the latest numbers. he doesn t understand what s going on at the border. he s never been to the border. $1.7 trillion spending bill. on his way to the house. the senate approved the measure and raced to get it pushed through. before christmas, that s not the right way to run the government. after one neighbor thought she saw some lewd behavior. collect, please. it was this cousin eddie-inspired mannequin. santa claus is coming to town santa claus is coming to town you better watch out will: good morning. welcome to fox & friends on this third and final hour of the day before christmas eve. as carley described it. christmas eve to christmas eve. carley: yeah, christmas eve eve. if you have one of those chalkboards, you only have one more day the scratch off. you know what i m talking about? brian: and we will walk by a couple of gifts that would have worked for christmas. he thinks he can ge