coordinated attacks but yesterday the white house press secretary gave this explanation for mass robberies in democrat run cities. >> criminals organized themselves and want to lose store. >> a root cause a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes. carley: you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. todd: spends much of the next hour explain why that assessment is wrong, a lot of guests will opine on that. president biden set to speak this morning following the release of the november jobs report. carley: the omicron very intense the economy with half of all american struggling with inflation. griff jenkins live from washington with more on this. >> heading into the peak of holiday shopping and travel with prices skyrocketing. the new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling with financial hardship triggered by surging inflation, 10% describe it as severe after jerome powell testified this week inflation is here to stay and stop calling a transitory with president biden pushing his build back better bill is a solution which republicans are slamming as the worst thing we can do. >> if you are worried about inflation lasting you want is to add $2.7 trillion to the federal deficit and spent $4.7 trillion which will pour gasoline on inflation. >> this comes amid concerns the new omicron variant could pose further woes to the economy is worker shortages as the president rolled out a plan to combat the covid crisis with additional mandates on americans. >> i am announcing today pools no punches in the fight against covid 19 was a plan that i think should unite us. i know covid 19 has been very divisive in this country. it has become a political issue which is a sad commentary. >> his plan includes boosters for all adults, possible vaccines for kids 5 and under, international guidelines and free testing and the new 24 hour testing requirements for all inbound international travelers regardless of citizenship or vaccination status begins monday and has the airline industry worried it could impact holiday travel. of 30, we will see what the president has to say about that. >> griff jenkins, have a great weekend. >> ari fleischer says president biden has turned covid into a divisive issue. >> all over the map, that the problem with the president, he says we should politicize it but he spent 2020 politicizing it, said he wouldn't support a mandate, he supported a mandate. president biden has not been a steady leader. he's been a politician on this. carley: alec baldwin describing the moment his gun fired killing cinematographer halyna hutchins, his first interview since that feel shooting. >> i take the gun and start:00 the gun. i'm not going to pull the trigger, tilt it down a little like that and i let go of the hammer of the gun and the gun goes off. i let go of the hammer and the gun goes off. the notion that there was a live round in the gun did not don on me until 45 minutes to an hour later. carley: the santa fe county sheriff saying guns don't just go off so whatever needs to happen to manipulate the firearm he did that and it was in his hands. actor dean cain gives his take on baldwin's claim. todd: a brazen robber storming stores overnight grabbing armloads of merchandise and running off, what appeared to be coordinated attacks. carley: brooks edmund live at the white house, called tone deaf in its response. >> a smash and grab robbery has law enforcement on high alert is retailers enter the busiest shopping. of the year this robbery taking place in los angeles county overnight, police say these crimes are likely coordinated and fueled by soft on crime policy. bruce chase joined us earlier. >> police take calculated risks and when they feel the risks are middle and consequences may be minimal they are willing to take a chance. they are traumatizing and terrorizing shoppers in our communities. >> reporter: los angeles police say a dozen suspects were released because of low bail policies but the white house is covid is to blame. >> when a huge group of criminals organize themselves and wants to lose a store, cvs, nordstrom and home depot do you think it is because of the pandemic? >> i think a root cause a lot of communities is the pandemic, yes. >> reporter: retailers are asking anyone willing to help them. >> the retail industry raising and saying you will work with anyone and everyone to help find solutions to put a end to the crime spree in california. carley: 314 police shot in the line of duty this year. in the record with 58 officers shot and killed and a staggering increasing ammo style attacks. the city council voted to locate 250,$000 of unused covertly funds for license plate readers to give her the readers but that technology is likely ineffective. carley: thank you. todd: greg gutfeld says soft on crime policies are squarely behind the surge. >> police officers were shot and killed all-time highs, 314 officers shot so far, 43% increase since 2018 and ambush attacks up 126% since 2020 and in almost every major city murder rates are the highest in 30 years. merry christmas. crime is up and crime pays the only people getting punished by people who don't break the law. carley: developing our suspect is arrested for the home invasion shooting of jacqueline avant, the wife of clarence avant. >> the suspect under arrest is ariel maynard of los angeles who has an extensive criminal record on parole and that is about all on that. >> reporter:'s, record include intoxication arrest in 2011, second degree robbery and great bodily injury conviction in 2013 and another second degree robbery conviction in 2018. authorities say they arrested him at the scene of a separate home robbery an hour after responding to the avant home. he shot himself in the foot during the burglary and was taken to the hospital. >> our deepest gratitude to the city of beverly hills and law enforcement for their diligence on this matter. now that justice be served. terrified neighbors say the community money to hire private armed security guards involved shooting in a spike in home and car robberies. everything i read about this lady she seems like she was a joy to be around and so philanthropic and an important part of the community, she will be missed. time is 8 minutes after the hour, democrats are sick of president biden's policies and some have had enough. >> our next guest is leaving the party. why he says the president is destroying this country. ♪♪ without worrying if it's too late, or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within two hours. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill that directly blocks cgrp protein, believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy. the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. ♪♪ ask about ubrelvy. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ rachel: carley: president biden joking the doctor anthony fauci may be the one calling the shots. >> president biden: you see more of doctor fauci then my wife. we kid each other. who is president? fauci. carley: some americans aren't laughing as fauci's is aligned to congress over funding gain of function researching communist china. fauci also taking heat for saying he represents i tell advocating for strict covid mandates and ignoring research on natural immunity and masking for children. what do you think? todd: pretty fired up about this. with you voted for biden or didn't like his policies are hate his policy, his the president and needs to present the fact that he's the president to the rest of the world so the rest of the world respects us and everything he's done from a policy perspective has made the world not respect us. he does not do himself favors when he questioned whether he is the president multiple times in the first 11 months whether it is president harris, president fauci, stop it. stop it now. >> i'm sure people in the biden administration will say it is just a joke. critics would definitely agree with you. we have the new travel restriction because of the omicron variance. it is not draconian by any stretch of the imagination but it is a new restriction for what appears to be we don't have all the data yet but appears to be similar to a common cold. the doctor in south africa who discovered this variant saying she's shocked by the reaction from the international community over this because everyone she has seen that has omicron has had very mild symptoms of the response, the biden administration take the foot off the gas and they are going forward and a reporter asked jen psaki why not implement more restrictions because we don't know much about this, that is the concerning thing to me. todd: just got to stop it now. carley: doctor fauci became science and the president in one week. very good week for him. here he is a bobble head, why not? >> former spokesman for muriel bowser leaving the democratic party accusing the president of destroying the country. >> and republican victor jimenez switching size as the president, 36% approval rating, joining us now the aforementioned victor, why the party? >> repeat the question. carley: why did you decide to ditch the democratic party as the full-screen set of the bottom? >> there are many reasons i switched parties but one of them would be immigration policies was you see what is going on on the border and i don't think we have an immigration policy, to secure the border, we don't have an immigration policy. anyone who wants to come to this, across the border illegally our immigration policy is a bunch of words on a piece of paper nobody respects so that is one reason. another reason would be unemployment, we hit the 50 year low unemployment rate before the pandemic hit and right now what you are seeing in my home state of virginia is businesses struggling to hire people, to hire people because they don't have the resources because they were hit hard during the pandemic, i got tired of the same rhetoric and i'm done, i can't take it. i need to be true to buy values. >> you expect to see more democrats rejecting biden and the party in the midterms? >> absolutely. we saw 55% turnout of voters in virginia voting for gwen youngerken and we will see that in 2022 and the work in 2024. 100%. carley: i was reading what you sent to producers and one thing caught my eye, being hispanic and black eye should be democrat by default but i'm going against the narrative and i feel like that is right now everything is crumbling for democrats but going back to the racial issue we did hear president biden on the campaign trail say a few vote for donald trump you are not black. why is there this sort of sense that you have to vote by race and how did it feel to break that mold? >> democrats have run this narrative for years. it has to do with misinformation especially in the hispanic community you can see spanish news networks mostly run by liberals, liberal news outlets and focusing on hispaniola because a lot of misinformation the hispanic community receives comes from these networks like cnn in spanish, telemundo, we need to break that mold. the hispanic community needs to make better decisions in the future in 2022-2024. >> very good idea. todd: when you were democrat to follow up on that did you think republicans were racist? >> of course i thought iran with the narrative. i thought republicans were racist. carley: why did you think that? >> that was the narrative, the media, working for democrat mayor muriel bowser you would see it every day republicans are racist, we need to fight against that and push crt and it is not who i am and i don't think the country is racist. i came from the dominican republic and went to anchorage, alaska, spoke very little english, attended the university and never experienced anything i would consider racist and honestly all the white people i have encountered have bent over backwards to give me opportunities to succeed. i feel like i am the american dream and in anchorage, eating oatmeal and water for days. >> you have so much political experience and a new republican, we are running out of time but what is your advice for republicans running particularly in inner cities and trying to gain votes from people who may not traditionally vote for them? >> my advice would be to build racial coalition like we saw with gwen youngerken who reached out to everybody, things that mattered to the community, like crt in virginia. when it comes to race, we need to talk about it, teach the good and the bad but making 17-year-olds feel bad about their skin color, we've done that and it does not work. we need to build - >> victor jimenez, we are curious to see what your next step is. >> great idea for fox news as well. >> thank you. todd: a shocking twist in the case of the deadly shooting at a michigan high school. the prosecution saying the 15-year-old suspect's parents could be next to face charges. we find out why. are the things america makes out here. the history she writes in her clear blue skies. the legends she births on hometown fields. and the future she promises. when we made grand wagoneer, proudly assembled in america, we knew no object would ever rank with the best things in this country. but we believed we could make something worthy of their spirit. plaque psoriasis, the tightness, stinging... but we be...the pain.uld make emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask you doctor about tremfya® today. carley: new emails revealed the biden plot an investment meeting with the serbian president using contacts with senator joe biden, the email reading hunter would like to try to get to serbia right after going to madrid with his dad. the investors interest areas, we could schedule a follow-up trip to talk about the specific investment opportunity. columnist for the federalist eddie scary had this to say when he joined us earlier. >> it went from being an embarrassment to exposing how his father operates, how he put his own interests ahead of the country. it is suspicious, questionable and as the story moves on we will see more problems like that. >> it ultimately took place. >> prosecutor in the michigan school shooting cases considering bring charges against the parents of a 15-year-old suspect at oxford high school gunman. brett toman joins us now. great to see. what were those charges going to look like? >> an interesting message from this county attorney concerning already indicated they may charge this kid as an adult and sending a mixed signal by saying we may charge him as an adult and also charges against the parents. if they are going to it would be some. waiting and abetting or the like. this is one in which you scratch your head because this kid was determined to do something and do something nefarious. it is tragic and these parents are suffering along with those who had a lot of lives and they are unhappy about it but justice is supposed to be consistent and fair and consider these issues. todd: how common is it to go after parents for crimes like this committed by the kid? >> that is one of the problems. you want consistency with the application of criminal law and consistency is important and predictability is important and it is not predictable that parents could not foresee they would be charged. it would be similar using a vehicle to go in and kill others to kill mom or dad's car, we charge them because they left the keys on the counter in the kitchen. the slippery slope of a decision like this. todd: interesting question of the burden of proof. all eyes on the jussie smollett trial, nigerian brother speaking out on the fourth day of the trial after the court heard testimony the actor told the brothers to attack him in front of the surveillance camera. how convincing is the prosecutor's case so far? >> the prosecutor is running a dangerous line of making representations to the jury about the kind of evidence they are going to give and when they put that evidence out there what happens when the witnesses can on the stand? you can't avoid it but these witnesses are trying to tell the truth, it's not exactly what jussie smollett and his defense team want to hear, it doesn't always fit the narrative. carley: what you expect the defense to do in response? >> there's a lot of damage control that has to be done now, and there's the issue of whether or not jussie smollett's case is believable now that those witnesses have testified. they are scrambling and have to come up with some evidence to refute the fact the it appears to be exactly what the media reported it was after discovering this was a hoax. todd: so fascinating off the rittenhouse case, everybody knew what the facts were to this case which is about all the facts, so many different versions of what happened. that is why we have courts, to figure that out. carley: 25 after the hour, democrats blasted from all sides for celebrating a decrease in gas prices under president biden. brian bromberg has the story coming up next. ♪♪ democrats praising president biden for $0.02 did in gas prices. gas prices have skyrocketed under his presidency. society with more on the back lash. >> reporter: the democratic congressional campaign committee under fire for this tweet which praises president biden for gas prices falling $0.02. twitter users blasting the dcc.a gallon of gas is a dollar higher over last year with the nrc showing prices under biden, the washington post writing an article saying it might be the worst offense of the biden administration yet adding you are not helping, dcc see. as for gas prices the current national coverage is -- a year ago was to has exclusive -- 216 ago. in california record average price last week in the golden state and some parts of california about $5. todd: any further proof they might think they are stupid. biden doubling down on this hypocrisy, vaccinated one area, other people free for all. >> reporter: despite what jpmorgan says about the omicron variance, starting monday all travelers heading for the us including us citizens have to complete a covid test whether they are vaccinated or not but the administration refuses to address the thousands of migrants crossing the southern border who are not being tested, the border needs to be secure. >> having enforcement of immigration protects all of us giving people amnesty without db. incentives are all wrong, more giveaways will not help us secure the border. >> reporter: the omicron varied has been identified in the us but a big note from jpmorgan, a lot of these concerns about omicron are overblown. the markets moved on. >> market just hanging to see what the jobs report is. we appreciate it. carley: american save more money during the pandemic but thanks to rising inflation it will be worth a lot less. executive vice president and associate professor of business, long title, never apologize, you're very successful. americans have access savings of $1.6 trillion which sounds great but is it the full picture? >> they got this cash out of the pandemic, government handed over trillions in cash, putting it in the bank, the problem is because prices are going up the money is worth less so you try to build a nest egg but values the road and so it is dangerous to have money stuck in the bank if you want to preserve its value because inflation is eroding that was when it is time to spend it, you don't buy as much is you used to be able to. carley: president biden's peace last week was sort of inflation is happening but americans have a lot of saving so don't worry about it and we are about to give people more money. is that smart economic policy? >> drives maintenance, we give you cash on the one hand but make sure the value even. this doesn't work and especially doesn't work for people at the bottom end of the income spectrum. we talk about that. carley: 45% of household are hurt by inflation and these are the numbers that really matter. 71% of households making less than 40,$000 reported financial hardship in 28% of -- consider financial hardship to be severe. >> they got kids, families, they have to buy groceries, need a new appliance when it breaks down, these are folks living on tight budgets, economic times are tough, whatever money they save is being eroded in terms of its value. this is the problem. the president can talk about the fact that people are saving money but the truth on the ground this people feel they are having a hard time getting things they need. carley: especially because president biden ran on a platform to help low income people and not raise taxes for people over 400,$000 and inflation - >> reporter: he focused on say i'm not going to raise taxes if you make less than 400,000, think about people making 40,$000 and what is going on in their lives and the prices they are paying in the situation, policymakers in dc are ignoring the reality of that group as they focus on their own ideology. carley: articles by people in the media maybe inflation is a good thing, imagine making less than 40,$000 and have a child and see something like that. species this into an elite in a coastal city preaching to you why inflation is good. carley: when can we see inflation stop? >> i would like to say there is some policy on the horizon that will fix it but i haven't seen anything out of the biden administration that tells me they are serious about inflation which means well into 2022 we will continue to see that. carley: has he ever announced any policy that would lead to a slowdown? we are hearing build back better, that could make things worse. >> he's got to stop talking about how little people are suffering and start doing something was the number one thing he could do is say we are shelving build back better because we know the economy can't handle $4 trillion more in cash. do that for the sake of people making less than 40,$000. >> the politics of an you have political analysts say if build back better passes it could hurt him politically even if it is his saving grace. we've got to leave it there, thanks for joining us. todd: absolutely terrifying video showing a semi trailer dragging a car down in illinois highway will person inside. we will tell you how this ends. it has been four years since i scaled this 22 story landmark building in connecticut. they call it the landmark building. it is that a maps turn, he joins us from the top of the same building. will he be going down the side? 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should the markets be acting like they are? congressman mike gallagher wants to hold china accountable as it relates to the olympics and safety of tennis superstar chinese dissident. should the us boycott the games? you should let the athletes, the november jobs report comes out hours away. he's going to examine the numbers for us. new polls find inflation hurting every family. alec baldwin, claims he does not pull the trigger in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer. we have been came to talk about what goes on on a movie set. rachel campos duffy have been rivals for years, will they put that aside and appear together for the first time in 5 days? we will find out an answer the question only on "fox and friends". catch that and more starting at the top of the hour. do you have anything left to say in the last 15 minutes? todd: us, the rivalry carly and i have to we put that aside every single morning. it's not easy. also i was supposed to promo the "fox and friends" tree lighting. carley: we have tree lighting, you want to watch the video i am going to talk about because it is wild. talk about this, a driver is trapped in their car as it is dragged on the highway by a semi trailer. illinois state police say the driver was changing lanes when the car somehow got stuck under the side of the semi, the driver can be seen frantically waving at the car, the semi stopped and amazingly police say the driver was not hurt. it is unclear if the semi driver will face charges. not something you see every day. thank god that ended okay. todd: remember this? in 2017, 22 story landmark building in connecticut. >> tagging along with santa and his elves. you drew the short straw, i would be so nervous. how are you feeling? >> feeling okay. what has me concerned is hearing in the background winds picking up 20 or 30 miles an hour. we are out here, it is taking place sunday at 5:00 pm. we are going over the side of the building, the landmark building, 22 floors above the ground, scaling down, it is a full christmas show that happens on the side of this building but the preview is today, 10 years ago brian cashman began joining in, general manager of the yankees. he will be doing the rehearsal. we will talk about that during our time on "fox and friends". he's been at it for a decade. we will get insight from him because coming up in the final hour of "fox and friends" i will go over the edge of this. a few years ago you did it a few years ago. remember the advice? todd: you think you have upper body strength to lift the rope. started yelling at cashman, having done this in the past, you get a text in 15 minutes with a request for cashman who keeps ignoring me, maybe he should listen. >> i will be watching for your message and look for it. carley: i like seeing you do it. sunday december 5th at 5:00 pm. janice is here and you've done this as well. >> janice: i'm the only female who rappelled down the building and i should never do it again. todd: interesting to watch. >> the only host the drop the bad swearword. >> janice: i can't believe when i found out adam was doing it, one of the safest things you could do, put so much safety into it, the fire department was there, 6 roads attached to you but in the back of your head, i can't believe who is that person? >> you did and todd said you need a body strength, a point that i will never do it. >> i found the upper body strength somewhere. he will be okay. he is so great. i love adam. he is such a great person. didn't go down like nothing. warmer temperatures across the northeast. a big winter storm for santa rappelling down the building. incredible heat, record-breaking heat is going to dissipate the next couple days as the next storm moves across the west and that storm will travel across country and bring potential for heavy rain and snow this weekend but record warmest december day of all time in kansas and wyoming, fitting with records of 80 degrees in wyoming. there is your forecast, looking at heavy rain in hawaii. that's a nice forecast. our next coast to coast. jillian: 80 degrees on friday. good luck. todd: gavin newsom keeping california under a state of emergency. it is only part of that. >> one of the things the president is doing is local tv interviews. >> i'm going to be honest, the schedule is taxed. >> his schedule is packed but he's here to react. ♪♪ psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff,... ...swollen, painful. emerge tremfyant®. tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. some patients even felt less fatigued. . . ♪ ♪ did you know that you don't have to be 65 years old to qualify for medicare? 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how about this afternoon? the last check you don't have go somewhere to do an interview anymore. i'm literally in the basement right now. the president has the same capabilities. maybe he could do a few interviews then no. time to visit the border and no time to go to walk sthiew visit shall the people who have children and grandchildren in the hospital because of the mad man the president refuses to talk about. i'm sure he has time in his schedule to do those softball interview that's mentioned, todd. carley: there is a "new york times" editorial calling for twitter to do more to fight censorship or to fight misinformation, rather, and they come up with different ways on thousand censors users even more. how twitter can fix itself. the first line mr. aglaw must will politician and celebrities. i find it interesting for a journalist to be calling for a company to be calling censor speech more. what do you think about this. >> i think more speech is better than no speech. to say try to when you think about that there are millions upon millions of tweets every day, you would have to hire thousands of people in addition to who twitter currently employs in order to police that sort of thing. and for this to come from the "new york times" by the way who literally -- tom cotton had an editorial not too long ago that said we should use national guard troops to quell violent unrest in the nation's cities when protests, mostly peaceful riots get out of control. the paper fired the editor on that because they said wow, we can't have that sort of editorial on our paper anymore when half the country is basically divided on the issue. yeah, i don't want to hear about this from the "new york times" considering all the tweets they have about trump-russia collusion that they haven't quite got to deleting it, have they? todd: not yet. this is part of a theme this week. we have been trying to hit this hard because it's if been so in our face. why is the left so anti-freedom in so many areas? really a rhetorical question. we can't answer whether it's covid restrictions. whether it's our first amendment rights or just being normal americans. they are trying to take it away from us it seems and it's not good. >> it seems that the speech that tends to get censored is from the right side of the aisle. anyway i have to go scale a building called my house because my kids demand lights on the roof. i'm going to kill myself doing this. todd: have fun clark griswold, be safe. carley: great show, good seeing you todd. 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