[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: good morning, everybody. we begin, i am looking there but i should say hi first. good morning. joey:i am four days into this. rachel: are you saying you are not? joey:usually i come in for a day. i ve been here this week and i don t know where the headlines are going but americans getting fed up, we are looking for something new. rachel: you wonder how much more we can take. joe: democrats voting for republicans, polls show members of state legislators on the republican side coming into the new year. people are fed up with the craziness. will: it s got that kind of feeling and only two days left. rachel: the biden kind of feeling. pete: the old smell of let s put that over here and get rid of it feeling. two more days of this, then 2024. good to see you. let s begin with this. the first hour of fox and friends starts with d
square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
people arriving every day. it is where the idf has suggested people go for safety. there are people pouring into that region. in fact, everyone in the u.n. says rafah is, quote, bursting at the seams. this pause was to allow humanitarian aid in. primarily food and water. just what came in today clearly will not be enough. i wouldn t be surprised if the idf allows fighting there to ponce in the future, as well. there are so many people moving into that area. so little food and water right now. such a different situation. this violence has affected children and the west bank and in jerusalem, as well. and he spoke with organizations trying to do work to help. what they have to say? we spent some time in the west bank. the u.n. says the war in gaza is now spilling into the neighboring west bank and east jerusalem. what a lot of those who are working with these community say is that it has never been as violent, never been as deadly as it is right now. that is saying somethin
in the republican-controlled house. democratic congressman greg landsman joins me to discuss. and, running scared. far-right congresswoman lauren boebert switches districts after a are now former scandal plagued here. her now democratic opponent adam frisch is here. i am paola ramos, in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. we begin this hour with major developments in donald trump s 2024 ballot saga. on thursday, and historic move, made secretary of state removes the former president from the states presidential primary ballot under the constitution s insurrection cause. democratic secretary of state bellows now becomes the first election official to take this action unilaterally. in a 30 page decision, bellows explained that she did not come to this conclusion lightly, writing, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful, however, that no pr
thousands of migrants sleeping in the streets of sanctuary cities with thousands more on their way from mexico. we have reached a critical point in this mission, absent real significant intervention immediately, our local economies are not designed and built to respond to this type of crisis. todd: just wait until you hear who big city mayors are blaming for this. brandon judd here to weigh in. carley: and key to presidential election, thousands are ditching the democrat party, wait until you see the numbers. todd: it s a big deal and california forcing certain retailers to add gender neutral toy section. that issue is plaguing the state of california said no one ever. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. expanding the biden impeachment inquiry to determine if president biden had anything to do with his son. house republicans say it is simple, they want to know if the president of the united states helped and encoura