losing daily because of the war. a grieving zelenskyy today. good day here in washington. house republicans responsible for putting kevin mccarthy through 14 failed speaker votes have been rewarded with coveted committee assignments for their efforts. the 21 holdouts who spent days wheeling and dealing with mccarthy and his top lieutenants will play major roles in prominent committees, includes homeland security and oversight. george santos will serve on two committees, small business along with science, space and technology. house republican leadership continues to dismiss calls from within their own party for him to be removeremoved. joining me now ali vitali, yamiche alcindor and susan delpercio. ali, take us through what s shaking out in the republican the rebels getting what they want. george santos getting appointments. marjorie taylor greene getting back on committees. it s a new congress now. signments have shaken out.ms republicans getting a late start to it bu
doors to get the gavel. those holdouts who were keeping the the speakership from him now have some plush committee assignments. lauren boebert, scott perry, and where they got assign and why the white house is watching so closely. our congressional reporters are here to explain what those members will now be able to do. they also learned about, more about why congressman marjorie taylor greene might have gotten so close to mccarthy, becoming one of the loudest supporters for him to get the gavel, she got two top committee assignments making past statements like this one from 2018 all the more relevant today. there is an islamic invasion into our government offices right now. okay? they are, you saw after midterm elections what we saw so many muslims elected, i don t know, i don t know the exact number but there were quite a few, we have that woman out of minnesota, now she s going into congress, and she s got to wear a head covering, you know, they want to put their hand on
gillian: most major u.s. airlines are rebounding from the holiday blizzard, southwest airlines continues spiralling downward. the company ceo says the communications network was thrown off by the historic storm. that was not the only challenge. southwest memo out of denver airport warned of a staffing crisis just days before christmas. gillian: according to bloomberg, the v.p. of ground operations declared a state of operational emergency at the airport after an unusually high number of employee absences. sending a message to workers december 21st. anita: fox team coverage, jacqui heinrich what the white house is saying this hour. gillian: first with fox weather, katie is at philadelphia international airport. what are passengers telling you today? gillian, anita, the situation is very real for people still dealing with stranded luggage or not able to rebook their flights. i just met a family that was trying to travel from california to here in philadelphia, and t
circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment underscores for the public the department s commitment to both independence and accountability and particularly sensitive matters. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. let s bring in wall street journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel do you think merrick garland had a choice here or was he boxed in and really had to appoint a special council or is he just trying to build in some political insulation here for the hard choices that may come? well i would say all of the above, paul. [laughter] for sure. i mean, really consider that one week ago today, we were all sitting here discussing that fiasco of kevin mccarthy house speakership roll forward nearly one week we have a spectacle of a special council appointed to investigate the sitting president of the united states after one has already been appointed a special council to inv
Walking across campus flew through the air and knocked to the ground. The student is okay. The worst weather today is expected along the east coast. Thats where we are. And two of the Biden Administrations biggest liabilities are confronting at the forefront of the national conversation. Illegal immigration and Violent Crime. The white house wants to put blame on both. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill told you weather was bad outside. A star is born in Frank Sinatra not only in name. He is a great guest. Dana thats franks brother. Did i not get the joke . Bill the unsecured border is a threat to national security. A stunning surge of encounters with Border Crossers on the Terror Watch List and we pointed this out really by the day, dana. Dana former President Trump making it the focal point of his Campaign Message yesterday naming lakeen riley and other victims that he says are a direct result of democrats crime policies. I have think they want crime. It