high-rise, you will not believe how this ends. you are watching "fox and friends first". todd: check your watches. vice president kamala harris says they haven't talked about 2024. rachel: bad news about the social spending bill. >> reporter: a president who would round out a second term 86 years old it is natural there would be a discussion about what 2024 might look like. saying in part, we do not talk about more have we talked about reelections because we haven't included the first year and in the middle of the pandemic. here's how the white house responded to that. >> i don't have more of that. >> is that on the ticket? >> he does. there is no change. >> reporter: contradicting a bit. they have to deal with harsh figures, the latest foxbusiness poll, they disapproval the president's job performance. registered voters approve of how the president has done. the administration suffered another blow when the senate parliamentarian rejected immigration for provisions built into president biden's build back better spending plan. the bill likely will not pass before christmas was the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last month and progressives wanted both pills to be swallowed together. >> the agreement among all the democrats was we would push those two things forward together. we are having a problem on the second half of that across the finish line. >> i said let's pass the sugar and see if they swallow the spinach. the spinach was left behind and as we speak today, they have a hard time swallowing. >> >> they are determined wearing that as soon as possible. >> we haven't talked about the 2024 race. if you believe that. i have a really awesome bridge to sell you. >> they didn't talk about that, doesn't inspire confidence. >> >> you want them to be talking about national security in the direction of the company. >> are you selling me a bridge? >> i think kamala harris is trying to, and the number one job is to make the president look good. that is not happening. when you think about comments she made during interviews. and she needs to get serious. she has to nail her next couple interviews and then have a political future after the vice presidency. she only has herself to blame. todd: the vice president's job to make the president look good. kamala harris's only job all along has been promoting kamala harris. to that point, tough to become president, 50% of the country, not a big fan of you and you've done nothing over the course of the last 11 months of your time as vice president. >> poll numbers, it is a big issue for the west wing. poll numbers are a little better than the vice president and miranda divine has a feeling why that is happening. >> the only way president biden was invited last time was he was presented as a moderate, as a unifier. people crying out for some sort of unifying president without realizing that is a mirage. the democrats repudiated their progressive, and all the ideas of stacking the supreme court's, these are all mainstreamed about those candidates. the democratic party has been pulled so far to the left -- >> one of those radical ideas is build back better, massive social spending plan that would fundamentally change how the country operates. the president wanted to pass it for thanksgiving, that it was before christmas, it will roll into the new year if it passes our the cbo price tag, the real cost of it is $3 trillion more than the white house needs to admit. todd: the way elections backup, way the populace is stacked up. of democrats held serve to use tennis expression or the 5 iron down the middle, they would maintain all 3 branches of government in perpetuity. you heard carley shimkus, this push lift we have been talking about for years but nobody in america wants. four members of the squat and a few random people to live unique schools. >> the media doesn't that is why there is so much outside influence on these progressive ideas. going back to kamala harris, she has been getting some positive news coverage from her hometown newspaper and she said her work on maternal health is what she's been most proud of and that was interesting. maternal health is important. for that to be the number one thing she is most proud of was a unique thing for her to say like something the first lady -- >> our numbers are horrific with maternal health. laura: when you think of the vice president's job, with nasa come with the kids were the border issue. with importance on her end. laura trump will be coming up on the show to talk about all this. a baltimore police officer fighting, leaders of the embattled city to do more. >> she is a mother. she is a daughter. step up, baltimore, you can do better. >> officer holly is on life support. police say she's working next a shift she would've volunteered for is policeing shortages and surging violence plagued the city. authorities offering a 100,$000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting. in san francisco, the mayor's promised a crackdown on crime shows left-wing policies wrecked the city. >> calling on city leaders to take action as crime surgees. >> the san francisco police unions have a series initiatives by the city's mayor shows, and for public safety. >> it is the rate of criminals destroying the city. time to come to a end. more aggressive for changes in our policies and less tolerant of all the [bleep] that destroyed the city. >> the police union responding to deploy more police officers address an acceptable level of crime in portions of the city, it is an acknowledgment the push to defund the sfp the was a mistake. they need to step up and hold the community safe and keep them safe, but didn't condemn the left's programmable policies. >> if you are a mayor this is what we say to local leaders, there is a crime in your community you should step up and do something as many mayors are doing, and we make clear we are going to offer federal support to help you do that and keep communities safe. >> ted cruz on crime running wild. >> left-wing politicians were trying to abolish the police but you've got number 2, left-wing district attorneys, to refuse to prosecute crime. if you live in san francisco, and nothing will happen to you. >> >> 50% from 30% approving. later in the show, the president of maryland's fraternal order of police, the impact of the funding the police. >> craig gutfeld says democrats refuse to admit they created this crisis. >> the mayor's comments are affecting even the most stubborn democrats currently living in a state of denial. people dying around them, the liberal to make up their tax base. an attitude of lawlessness that springs from where you do. >> gutfeld commenting and responding to nancy pelosi earlier this week, the culture of lawlessness was coming from. >> the senate passes a bill for punishing its genocide of leader muslims. it bans imports from the region where the us is the chinese communists party and forcing slave labor, sterilization and concentration camps on ethnic minorities. major corporations like coca-cola lobbied against the bill. is now heading to president biden's desk. todd: major foreign-policy problem, two of america's biggest adversaries strengthen ties. carley: china and russia side together against the united states. >> reporter: good morning. the white house, press secretary, yesterday speaking about policy successes. one of the biggest concerns relations with china but even more so these mounting tensions on the russian side of the ukrainian border in recent weeks, positioning artillery close to the border with ukraine raising fears of a possible military intervention by russia, we are seeing tension rising and multiple hundreds of cease-fires on the ground in ukraine. >> our focus continues to be diplomatic progress and escalation, the most important thing here. progress is possible on ending the conflict in eastern ukraine through implementation in support of norman's department. >> reporter: as you mentioned russia very much aligned with china and he saw on wednesday president biden meeting with the chinese leader, some of those issues, china's aggressive moves in the pacific. other issues like trade and human rights. the white house had some important foreign-policy achievements this year including improving relations with europe. >> 173,000 illegal immigrants were arrested at the border in november according to pulmonary border patrol data obtained by the washington post. the first time apprehensions went up since july. the number is more than double the 72,000 taken into custody in november of last year. half of those arrested return to their country of origin. almost all unaccompanied minors and their family members were allowed in the united states. todd: president biden awarding 3 medals of honor in a ceremony, two going to servicemembers made the ultimate sacrifice. he's a member of the army special forces fending off an attack by taliban suicide bombers in afghanistan. the president awarding a metal to fallen sergeant first class who died in combat in afghanistan in 2018 and fallen sergeant first class allen cash, several soldiers from the burning car in iraq, mortally wounded in 2005, the first black medal of honor recipients since vietnam. it is important the matter which administration that they do ceremonies like this. those who made the ultimate sacrifice. carley: an emotional ceremony a very deserving of the highest honor. the time is 15 minutes after the hour. we've seen so many videos of is being ransacked and dropped but this is the first time we've seen a brave business owner use a chair to fight the thieves off. that woman's daughter joins us next. todd: barrack trump, joe on show joining us live, jampacked 2 hours of "fox and friends first". people are happy. ♪ ♪ 'tis the season to break tradition in a cadillac. don't just put on a light show—be the light show. make your nights anything but silent. and ride in a sleigh 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letters. >> a smash and grab robbery, incredible security footage, san diego woman using a stool to stop fees, that woman's daughter joins me now, terrifying footage, your mom is great. this is a scary moment for her. >> definitely scary. i don't think she realized what was going on or her reaction after the fact. talked to her on the phone, putting words together -- >> the adrenaline must of been pumping. and tiger the most expensive section. >> a couple hundred thousand, estimating 200,000. >> is that a lot for you? how did that work? does that mean you lost all that money? is the jewelry insured? that is a big hit for your business. >> it is a big hit. a family-owned business. it is not a big corporate where we can report that much loss but we do have insurance. i don't know if this will cover all of it. carley: working it all out. looking at the security footage, one guy in a red sweatshirt, the other a black sweatshirt, both with loads, hard to see their faces credibly 70 lead to these guys are? >> not quite sure. if they do have any leads. in the police department, hearing good things about them, placing trusts, really hoping these guys are cut and not quite sure how far along in the investigation they are in. >> i'm sure you've seen smash and grab robberies take place before you were targeted by one. did you think this would happen to you? >> yes absolutely. there's been a lot of media coverage, stories, videos circulating of different smash and grabs, multiple incidents have been every single day, why didn't this happen to us kind of thing as long as jewelry businesses as well. these -- we are very aware, very afraid it would happen. >> it makes it seem 3le for every small business owner and it shouldn't be that way. >> i agree it shouldn't be this way. in a position where she had to defend the store. i wish more security in place to protect the tenants of the mall and the shelters. carley: there's been a lot of conversation over the last week on capitol hill about smash and grab robberies. nancy pelosi says she doesn't know why they are happening. do you have any thoughts on that? >> i do know that. i wish there were consequences to help prevent and deter criminals from committing these crimes. carley: you hit the nail on the head. we have more policing in areas across the country would lead to less instances as well. we are glad your mom is okay, best of luck with your jewelry business. thank you for joining us. todd: a remarkable interview. 25 after the hour. another classic senator john kennedy moment with one of president biden's judicial nominees. >> what is your favorite drama? thank you. i got one. i am one for about 20. todd: separating military families the final way to celebrate, how servicemembers and their loved ones to unite. ♪♪ do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had 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evidence may be on that device. officials look to investigating the call logs, text messages and private social media messages that have to do with that movie. carley: a 13-year-old boy and 18-year-old girl climbed out of an apartment window in new york city as black smoke fled through the opening. they later climbed down four stories onto a construction poll suffering minor injuries, thankfully are okay. a man is dead and woman in critical condition after the fire. it is still unclear, under investigation but fire officials say multiple electric bikes were found in the apartment. todd: how do you have the body strength to hang in there. servicemembers the will be deployed are on assignment this christmas can still connect with their families back home. carley: the ceo of united reading explains how. good morning, thank you for joining us. tell us about your charity. >> good morning to both of you and thank you for allowing us the chance to tell the story and share emission. this allows the opportunity for service men and women to the video recorded reading a book and send the video and the book home to the children. imagine it keeps families connected because you have mom or dad reading to you and we get books into the home. we understand that research tells us more chances for academic success of children, we are pushing literacy in the home. we want our families to be reading ready. our service men and women our mission ready and for our families to be reading ready. todd: an interesting concept. logistically how do you put people together? >> great question. with a lot of volunteers around the world we are in 200 locations, almost every navy ship, coast guard cutters and army camps and forth around the world and volunteers, military service men and women who volunteered in time off to run the program. in addition to that we have an apps so any servicemember or veteran can download that apps and use our e-books to make it happen. carley: there are videos that show little kids hugging and screaming daddy when they see their dad starting to read. it must be so fulfilling for you? >> even when you said that i got a little bit teary. it is extremely fulfilling and means so much. such a simple concept what we do but means so much to the children, parents or family member. it means the world to the spouse, the caregiver at home to know their family members thinking of them. it has multiple positive effect on a military family. todd: the visceral reaction carly mentioned. what about other reactions from a soldier and family when you make a connection like this? >> recently a single mom was getting ready to deploy and traveled from california, this was a year and a half ago to florida to leave her one-year-old son while she deployed knowing she would be gone 6 to 8 months. that is tough in itself, it was dissented more than once which is fairly regularly occurrence in the military so didn't see her one-year-old son for a year. she was recording every single week she was gone. when she got home she flew to florida, her mother picked her up with her son in the car and got in the car and said hi. her son recognized, that is because she had done these readings and reading him a book every single night. just as if she were home. they maintain the same routine. >> when serving the country of people want to donate work and they go? >> we serve 2.5 million military family members and 32 years and couldn't do that without two things, financial resources to do it, and awareness. if you know of a servicemember separated from family or national guard and advise them, let them check it out so they know they can download our apps in any number of ways. todd: sally, that cracks me up, the story of the mom. >> you have such a big heart and thank you for all you do, appreciate you coming on. >> merry christmas to both of you. todd: thanks for doing it. 36 after the hour. border apprehensions have doubled but democrats don't want to build the border wall so texas taking matters into their own hands. carley: an update on the settlements the biden administration considered handing out to illegal border crossers. brandon judd is talking about all of the next. carley: the fda lifting a key regulation on abortion pills and the rule patients must get the bill from the clinic, change means women seeking an abortion to get a prescription for a telemedicine appointment delivered by mail. critics say severe risk of hemorrhaging and complications makes abortions particularly dangerous, the fda ruling comes as the supreme court considers major cases that could change abortion laws across the country. todd: senator john kennedy expressing frustration with biden's judicial nominee who refused to answer all his questions except for one. >> what is your favorite drama? >> lift. >> i am one for about 20. i can't vote for you. not if you are not going to answer questions. >> the louisiana program getting nowhere question her on whether some criminals to get a pass in the name of social justice. >> sending settlement negotiations with families separated at the border, with attorneys representing families they go back to court. the news comes after the white house faced political pressure over potential payments about 450,$000 to the families. the spokesman says, quote, the parties have been unable to reach a global settlement agreement at this time, we remain committed to engaging with the plaintiffs into bringing justice to the victims of this policy. migrant apprehension in november more than doubling compared to 2020 with over 173,000 encounters. todd: despite the figures democrats refuse construction of a wall on the southern border. brandon judd, national border patrol council president. we've had you on every month when these numbers up. we compare them to 2020 and it is always higher into disaster but despite that is it safe to say we will never see any urgency from democrats to stop them from building this wall? >> absolutely. what they will do is continue to pander to their base. they want to appear like they are trying to energize their base to keep them on board. when you look at what they are doing, they are lying and deflecting. when they lie they are talking root causes, as long as i have been a border patrol agent, they refuse to talk about what is taking place where root causes exist and when they deflect they blame donald trump for everything when in reality donald trump gave them the most secure borders that ever existed. when you look at what they talk about it is nothing but rhetoric. they provide no evidence when we can give evidence after evidence. and and 75%. it worked, that the evidence yet democrats refuse to provide evidence to the american public. >> the dea says the agency has seized 15,000 pounds of fentanyl this year alone. that's enough to kill every person in the country. hugely important issue. how do you fix the problem? >> you can't fix it unless you're willing to address border security at the root level. if you look at everything going on, the cartels and the way the cartels are able to bring people in with impunity and create gaps in that, they are apprehending that fentanyl. we need to get it at the border, not our inner city or suburbs or rural areas. if we don't stop it at the border it will kill more us citizens but that is not going to happen until we take politics out of border security and all law enforcement through the entire united states. >> why are social media apps doing more to cut down on this? this is happening because it is facilitated on the apps? are they in trouble for doing this? >> you would think that. the doj, you've got to look at who is running everything. the department of justice is supposed to be independent from the white house but if they don't do what the white house wants them to do people lose jobs. that's why the department of justice doesn't go after these different apps. the democrats are in bed with large text, they are running these apps, making money, the large text doesn't care about the lowly united states citizen. they care about the bottom line, how much money they make and that's why the doj did not go after the large tech and all these apps that are able to advertise their services which are illegal services and it is killing our children. laura: operation lone star sense members of the national guard to the border to secure it because it is stretched so thin and there are ten civil rights organizations including the aclu asking the doj to investigate program because they say it is unlawful, racist and xena phobic, what is your reaction to this ask from the aclu of texas during civil rights organizations? >> it is so upsetting to me because this is nothing but political theater. i was just in yuma on monday and in yuma i saw several groups of people crossing the border illegally whiter than i am. what texas is doing is going after people equally. people violating trespassing laws, traffic laws, they are not enforcing immigration laws, nor do i advocate them enforcing immigration laws, they are enforcing the laws of their state which they are allowed to do. because this is political theater everybody knows this lawsuit is going to be thrown out. it's not going to go anywhere but the aclu wants to appear they are doing something when in reality all the are doing is pushing courts and stalking courts with cases they don't need. todd: the texas operation is narrowly tailored under the law. they do what they are doing, not abridging on federal immigration law. there is no chance they lose in court but there bringing it to get the attention. appreciate your time, thank you. carley: president biden's winter of death is coming, the president returning to his doom and gloom narrative about covid 19 with all the mixed messages on vaccine, fox news is there to try to clear it up. todd: 100 servicemembers were just discharged over the vaccine, the security 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variant spreads in the united states. listen to this. >> we are looking at a winter of death but the good news, if you are vaccinated and have your booster shot you are protected from severe illness and death, period. global leaders call omicron the greatest threat to public health in a crisis meeting on as president biden takes a strong stance on covid on the world stage he leaves americans with mixed messages. >> wise president biden telling people the vaccinated cannot spread covid? the cdc says people get vaccine breakthrough infections can be contagious. >> what the president believes is we have to listen to the science and public health officials and that is what the president is doing. >> multiple studies contradicting information that comes from the white house and the cdc. 103 marines are fired from the service, 103 after refusing to get the covid vaccine, the news comes the same day the army announced it relieved six leaders including two battalion commanders were also refusing the shot. the army saying 4000 active-duty troops have not gotten the shot. 98% army servicemembers and 90% marines are vaccinated. congressman michael walsh says president biden's military vaccine mandate is putting our national security in jeopardy. >> the commander-in-chief's mission is to have a trained and ready military to defend the nation and fight our wars. the part of the military i'm worried about is national guard also on the front line of covid for the last two years. there vaccine rate is in the 60s. are we going to let go and discharge a third of our entire national guard, tens of thousands of soldiers because they have less than a one% chance of a fatality? >> texas, greg abbott became the seventh republican governor to contradict the pentagon to formally protest the national guard vaccine mandate. big issue here. todd: the take away for me, if you are willing to take a life and death job like being in the military, like being in the national guard and i am not willing to do it but you are i don't care if you are vaccinated, unvaccinated, black or white, man or woman it does not matter to me and it should not matter to the federal government especially when you look at it from the health perspective, the people in our military are some of the most healthy people in the world and when it comes to the omicron variant specifically we are not seeing the death and distraction we saw previously in the pandemic. why can't we keep these people in the military -- carley: global leaders call omicron the greatest threat, there are studies that show it is a cold that affects the upper respiratory, not the lungs and on the military front on the one hand you don't want members of the military to just not follow just because they don't like them and it is mission critical to have our service members as healthy as possible but on the other hand you are right in saying service members are the healthiest among us and i understand why some people don't want to 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