goodbye to 2021 and kickoff 2022, you are watching the final "fox and friends first" on this new year's eve, thank you for joining us on friday morning. good morning to you. carley: good morning, everybody watching. it is friday, new year's eve, a double whammy, two things to be happy about. keep it right here, all day every night, fox news also has that all-american new year's eve show and the weather in new york, it will be pretty warm, 53 degrees. should be a good night for everyone standing outside although because it is covid, a pair down ceremony, you've got to wear a mask, that the reality of this situation. we are at the end of 2021. todd: the people in times square, it will be like every other normal night as opposed to typically thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people crammed in. they have to wear some sort of depends, you can't go to the bathroom free many normal hours on new year's eve, probably going to be a little easier, nice weather, not as crowded, social distance. happy new year. jillian: we begin with a fox news alert. a fast-moving wildfire forcing tens of thousands of colorado residents to evacuate their homes. todd: 5 crews working to battle the blaze that has destroyed 580 homes. the very latest on what is being called the marshall fire. >> reporter: dangerous wind driven wildfire sparked by downed power lines for thousands to evacuate homes and businesses as the colorado governor declares a state of emergency. harrowing scenes in louisville and superior county, the entire town forced to flee. video on social media showing frantic parents running out of chuck e cheese with kids in so as the fire burns dangerously close. wind gusts of 110 miles an hour in some spots dragging flames and break getting thick smoke prompting the evacuation of the costco and local hospital. >> we are looking down on, concerning seen with the hospital appearing to be on fire. >> reporter: security camera shows how fast the fire is moving with many residents caught off guard as they recall the terrifying scene. >> they are all up in flames. the wind continues to spread to other homes. it is so dark, you can't see anything, black of night. i would imagine this is what a nuclear attack would look like. >> first time i've been involved in anything like this and it is really scary. houses and things can be replaced, i want to make sure i will be okay and my animals okay and hope my neighbors heeded the warning. >> reporter: the governor promising aid to those who had to drop everything and leave. >> i want to assure you our fire personnel are working as hard as they can to save additional structures as we speak. when it is safe to do so we will start assessing damages. >> reporter: the 600 homes that have been destroyed before, 700 people injured including a first responder. todd: a horrible way to end the year. staying in colorado a shocking prison sentence for a trucker has been reduced to ten years. colorado governor commuting the sentence for a trucker convicted of a 2019 crash that killed four people. the original sentence based on minimum requirements sparking widespread back lash, petitions have the sentence commuted gaining 5 million signatures. one of the most part the campaigns ever on change.org. the vice president struggles to answer question on the inflation crisis. >> that ministration blasts the policies and prominent democrats panic ahead of the midterms. the details from washington, good morning. >> happy new year. this is what the vice president had to say when asked this question. >> was it wrong to consider inflation transitory? the price hikes seem like they will be with us for a while. >> we have to address the fact that we've got to deal with the fact that folks are paying for gas, paying for groceries and need solutions to it. >> reporter: went on from there, inflation is here to stay and warn against spending trillions in washington. >> i worry about 2022. i think there's going to be a hangover effect and the big variable right now, inflation bypassing some version of the build back better bill. >> reporter: whenever they go into the store inflation has skyrocketed to a 39 year high, food prices up 6%, gas up 58% and that's not all. to jackson, mississippi, all experiencing record-breaking number of homicides. >> reporter: we have progressive judges, shouldn't be surprised. and progressive judges and das in public servant economy. >> number of illegal migrants coming to the southern border, the highest in decades. hillary clinton issued the following morning to democrats. >> it is a time for some careful thinking. if we could have a congress, a white house that we can count on to be sane and sober. >> reporter: when the clock strikes midnight the countdown to midterms begin. with inflation, crime and immigration up from the congress. carley: thank you so much. happy new year. hillary clinton makes a lot of sense when it comes to her comments on the midterm election and she's not the first person to say something like this. if you recall after the 2020 election democrats were supposed to gain several house seats and held a panicked party phone call, people freaking out that they had lost ground, virginia congresswoman abigail san berger said at the time we could never say the word socialism or socialist again and have to stop saying defund the police, the party didn't do any of that over the past two years and many people think they will suffer the consequences. >> the preemptive strike by hillary acknowledging there's going to be carnage in the midterms for the democrats, attacking the party before the results come in, 11 months before the results come into the old guard democrats seeing what a horrible mistake they need by allowing progressives to hijack their party. it is also why you see so many congressmen and women retiring. they want to get out while the getting is somewhat good or not as bad as it is going to be. a last-ditch effort by hillary and other old guard democrats as the calendar changes to the party to the center to get legislative win in 2022 ahead of the midterms. the damage may already be done. crime, inflation, mandates that don't seem to be working. as covid takes flight. >> the president's party performs poorly in the midterms but we are also dealing with poll numbers for the president and vice president and look like democrats don't think they would gain ground over the next few months, and the chairman of committees, if you're in congress that is the highest level you can go. they realize they are going to be in the minority come the midterm elections and the other sign is a sense of hero dataware red states are gaining residents like texas, florida, blue states, illinois, california, as people say you are voting with your feet, areas that aren't blue anymore because people are so frustrated. todd: another map that is changing is the covid map. the disease, pandemic, record-breaking cases are reported against the us while president biden vacations in delaware. some questioning the whereabouts of xavier becerra. and white house covid briefings and anything like that. >> this turns into a game of where's waldo. no one seems able to find him on any of the issues he has altered fiction over. todd: lara trump discusses more on why the biden administration seems to be mia. >> eric adam says current mayor bill deblasio's vaccine mandate won't go away when he takes office. >> we want to maintain what was put in place for the business community. if there's a moment we can't change or alter that we want to do so based on the science. >> reporter: adam said his enforcement of the mandate would focus on compliance, not punishment. he added any new variant could be met by increased restrictions beyond the current vaccine mandate and president biden and president putin in a tense phone call yesterday of the russian president threatens to cut ties with the united states. todd: things remain tense on the ukraine border. >> reporter: the second phone call this month to discuss ukraine. following the 50 minute conversation both sides are reacting with jen psaki saying president biden urged de-escalating tensions with ukraine. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively of russia further invaded ukraine. part of that response with extensive sanctions against moscow. president putin morning russia would sever ties with the united states if any punishment against his country occurred. a stock putin aid, to get security guarantees from the west, the buildup of russian troops near ukraine's border, tension at an all-time high. in early january lower-level conversations will continue to be there but officials in moscow advising the biden and ministration not to make any mistakes ahead of those meetings. >> reporter: biden has noted escalation continues, western countries will adopt sanctions in economic, finance and military areas. it would be a colossal mistake with grave consequences. >> of diplomacy prevails a war between russia and ukraine on a broader level would be extremely deadly and costly, something that is not good for either country. todd: happy new year. house armed services committee member michael walsh with this morning. >> those are his demands. he wants to dictate where we put our troops, where nato puts their troops, who has become a member of nato and backed himself into a situation where he dictates those terms or he continues or if possible moves forward with another invasion of ukraine, he's doing this because he knows he can, he knows he can get away with it, he got away with it under obama, and believes he can again. >> the verdict in the landmass called trial sent prince andrew's legal team into emergency talks. the mirror reported missing the season at any opportunity to discredit his accuser as nancy grace says maxwell may finally name names to reduce her sentence. >> i believe that all along she has been playing her cards very very wisely. she didn't need to implicate other people but this would be the time for her to start naming names. >> either way experts warn this will raise questions about how much prince andrew knew about his two friends, maxwell and jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell can significantly reduce her prison sentence if she provides any valuable information that could lead to other individuals being prosecuted. she faces 65 years in prison so if talking is the thing that is the factor between dying in prison or seen the light of day again she has no choice. todd: i'm not sure i know which way she's going to go on this. let's do the math. she is facing the rest of her life in prison because nobody lives to 125, she is 60 years old, say she transit by half. she will get out when she is 90, 90 plus. how much of a labels you have at that point? i truly do not know. i don't know if i agree with nancy grace on that or not. the big question is will there be a cover-up now that she has nothing to lose besides friends and how far will that cover-up go? she's in a position to talk. the question, will she had how much will she spilled? this is a weird world that i know you are not a part of and i'm not part of, this uppercrust where they have these very very rich and powerful friends. i don't know how this will play out but you better believe all eyes will be on it because there are so many questions that still remain mainly how could the lies of the little girls, that is what they were, little girls be so jeopardized by these monsters. lisa: a weird world to say the least. todd: this is odd. the author of the 1619 project, nicole hannah jones, slamming the us as a racist country. in an interview with the ap she says, quote, we have been taught the history of the country that does not exist and we a society that willfully does not want to deal with the anti-blackness at the core of so many of our institutions that our society itself, the howard university professor also taking heat this week for saying she cannot understand why parents would be involved in shaping their kids education. time, 17 after the hour. president biden's recent comments of been so out of touch with reality that even the mainstream media started to ask about it. >> we have to acknowledge that, a 40 year high sound like americans should be prepared for more pain before this gets better. >> president biden: if we don't pass build back better i think you are right. todd: what president biden's agenda could mean for your wallet with economist peter morici. carley: darren hoffman and lera trump live on this new year's eve edition of "fox and friends first". these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. switching wireless carriers is easy with xfinity. just lean on our 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to a supply chain crisis and federal mandates putting mom and pop shops out of business. joining me as chief economist for the with international trade commission at university of maryland business professor, our friend peter morici, happy new year to you. in your estimation what is the number one way our economy has changed under president biden? >> inflation is the big deal. we were on a path, in good shape in terms of getting employment back, getting growth back but the march stimulus package manufactured inflation. it was financed with printed money and 2 to $3 trillion in extra spending power driving up the price of everything. the bills back america program would make things a lot worse. todd: all eyes are on inflation, this will not go away when the ball drops, it is something economist like yourself are predicting will be with us for a very long time. in other words it won't be transitory as the white house wanted us to believe earlier on. what else stands out from ways the biden administration has changed our economy? >> people have chose not to work because of the pain from the government. when i talk about 2 or $3 trillion that are out there a lot of that is refundable childcare tax credit, medicare subsidies and rent subsidies. it is good to help people in a crisis but the crisis is past, there is no reason for people to need assistance at this time, he paved them to stay home so you have worker shortages. look at new york where you are, so many restaurants are closed but the better open still can't find help. todd: there are too many people on the sidelines, you can barely get anybody to do anything these days, that has to change, something else that needs to change, i couldn't get eggs this weekend i'm only one person who had trouble in this difficulty with the supply chain in our economy and it is unbelievable but that said the white house seems to think we are okay when it comes to supply chain issues. take a listen. >> christmas gifts are 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"i will bless and comfort the jewish people." >> from low polling to broken promises president biden's first year the white house was dominated by political turbulence and faltering policy solutions. todd: columnist for the federalist eddie scary, a lot happened this year and most of it was not good. what are your take aways when it comes to president biden's first year in office? >> i think it is two things first and foremost. the economy, inflation is out of control. nobody can buy anything at the store without breaking an arm and a leg. lastly, secondly, not a very distant second, the pandemic. somebody the president was elected in large part if not solely because he promised to make the pandemic go away. everything was supposed to be better and we are going into a third year, a full year into president biden's term in office and nothing has gotten better. everything has gotten worse, some of us predicted things would get worse under this administration, the restrictions haven't gotten better, case numbers have gotten worse, more people dying, more people sick, nothing has changed under the president. it has gotten worse. todd: numbers bear that out, they are not good for this president. 51% disapproval rating. when it comes to the state of the economy under president biden here are the reasons people are not happy with this president, you mentioned inflation, 6%, expected to go higher, energy costs through the roof up 33%, gas up 58%. is president biden show you anything that he has learned the error of his ways and adjusting his approach in the new year? >> the opposite. you talk to anyone in this administration, they all learn nothing. the answers to the questions they created, they just don't want to face the music, but double down on the same policies that led us into this mess. look no further than kamala harris, every interview she gives, this isn't our fault, this isn't our problem, they can't do that. >> the tide started to turn for the president following the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. even typically friendly media outlets did not provide cover for the president during that time but we are entering a midterm election and i was wondering if you saw the media would give him more favorable coverage to help the democratic party outgoing forward. >> that is a possibility but the truth is you cannot deny what you see in front of your face, only so much the media can do before people say i know that is not what the truth is, and fill up the gas tank, the price is cheaper when it is higher. my life hasn't gotten better under this president, people can see that and feel that and so much the media can do, you can't, they might try and lie to your face but their credibility is hanging by a thread and only so much they can do. you can't lie to my face, i know that is not the case. i wouldn't expect the media to do much and there's only so much they can do to help this president who is in rough shape. carley: you should pick up the book privilege victim. happy new year to you. the time is 35 minutes after the hour, vladimir putin is talking tough in the face of possible sanctions so who will blink first? putin or president biden? corey mills reacts to the last minute phone call between the two leaders next. todd: adam klotz in times square, new york city. we are previewing all the festivities. ♪♪ ringing in a brand-new year ♪♪ ringing in a brand-new year ♪♪ todd: us officials accusing china of working on brain control weaponry, the revelation made while announcing new sanctions on 30 chinese entities over technology and human rights abuses. the agency did not go into details about the new technology, the chinese, it's pretty could use it against the country's ethnic minority the leaguers who face persecution and genocide the china denied these human rights abuses. carley: 206 us marines removed from service after ring to get the covid vaccine. the military's up discipline for refusing to comply with the pentagon vaccine mandate. they were fired for not getting vaccines shots, and the army released 6 of its leaders including two battalion commanders for not getting vaccinated. talking tough in a call with president biden. the russian president is warning the commander in chief russia will cut off ties with washington if biden follows through on his threat of punishing sanctions if russian troops move on ukraine. todd: here to react for a dod advisor under trump corey mills and florida congressional candidate, great to see you. happy new year's to you. let's read the segment from jen psaki, quote, president biden urged russia tediously tensions with ukraine, made clear the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invaded ukraine. we don't know exactly what was said, the dynamic between the two leaders but what did biden need to do on this colin do you think he has what it takes to do so? >> first thing he has to do is demonstrate strength to russia. you have 200,000 russian troops on the border with equipment to precipitate an invasion but they already had an invasion. under the obama administration when bible was vice president you had the russians come in and take over crimea, i was there in ukraine in 2015 in droves when the battalions were trying to prevent the russian separatists from coming in further. these were nonuniform russian troops again, whatever biden and president obama -- president biden has to stay strong, something he's not done well. secretary gates the only vice president on foreign policy, so i don't have a lot of hope and the january 12th meeting, coming up with washington and subsequent meeting on the thirteenth between european unions. i'm hoping they get some positive result but i am not that confident because of the tie with the energy sector of the european union. >> reporter: putin says if the us imposes new sanctions on russia for their behavior, russia will cut off ties with washington. is that an empty threat? russia's gdp is less in texas. the united states does still hold all the cards here or am i reading the situation incorrectly? >> you are absolutely correct. to lose our connectivity to russia isn't the worst thing in the world. we shouldn't be continuing to pander to countries like russia and china while watching great superpower resurgence. these economic resources and empty threats. we have a week administration and they have seen that especially when they watch in afghanistan where the taliban and and isis k is taking over the country every 20 years. todd: thank you for your insight on this. we needed as we head into the new year because this is going to be a big story going forward. happy new year, thank you for joining us. when you think of this holiday you think of times square. that is where meteorologist adam klotz is live at the site of the ball drop. how is it looking so far? it is only 4:44 in the morning. >> exactly. 19 hours until we going to get going. this year a little later than usual, it is usually an all-day affair, the state will be 3:00 pm and in a normal year 60,000 people would crowd out in the streets below the ball that eventually drops this year, they will cabinet 15,000 but a year ago it was down to almost nothing so we are seeing closer returned to normal as we wait for that 12,000 pound ball, you don't realize that when you see on tv, 12,000 pounds, 12 feet wide. the weather in new york city is going to turn nice. let's dive into the forecast, look at your forecast, current temperatures 50 degrees and if you live in the western united states, pretty warm, pretty much widespread if you are west of the cold front you see stretching across the middle of the country. otherwise, eventually temperatures stay mild so this is your new year's eve forecast, temperatures will be around 50 degrees, upper 40s, that is the case, close to 70 degrees in oklahoma city. by the time the ball drops folks out here hanging around 50/51 throughout the day, the entire night as we ring in 2022. fox news as you know is going to be in nashville this evening. they will be down there. temperatures closer to 70 degrees with a chance of isolated thunderstorm and new year's day forecast is what i will leave you with, some rain across the ohio river valley, snow in the middle of the country, that is how we will be kicking off the next year. otherwise what have we got? 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>> we are not. the joke is on us. the socialist defund the police movement showed multiple ways, they defunded the police by vilifying the police department and destroying our morale. impossible to give this job away now. in 1997, 30,000 possible candidates who can't get more than 2000 candidates to take the job now so not only did the defund us through the last budget by vilifying the job so much nobody wants to take a position. there is no change. carley: not just the defund movement but police field demoralized. one of the images people won't soon forget when it comes to thinking about 2021 is those smash and grab robberies that affect los angeles. particularly california and that happens often times because police officers arrest somebody, they let out on no bail some police officers are forced to rearrest the same people. what does that feel like as a police officer? >> the defund the police movement, 0 bail policies, someone like stephen you wonder could see a train wreck coming with this kind of policy, we have victims telling us they see the people who assaulted them out the next day, they are scared to call the police or become a victim again. officers write reports and get released, that is what is coming down. we have a recent grant from the academy graduate two weeks ago, 6 months of training, she gets out and works one night in the field, comes in the next day and calls me and says she's resigning because it is too dangerous. just like the other officers said we can't get enough people, we are down 700 officers in the defund movement, extremely dangerous here and just today the daily times confirmed what i have been saying that it is extremely dangerous in los angeles. carley: look at these homicide rates, up 88%, chicago up 4%, los angeles up 15%, new york city up 3% and that brings me to you. eric adams will be sworn in as the next mayor tomorrow. he was former police officer. what are the things he can do first day on the job to make new york city safer and will he do that? >> he claims to be a proponent of policing and will bring backstreet crime and anticrime. the only way to stop the shooting is 1500 shootings in new york city this year. major crimes up 5000 over last year, and proactive, aggressive and fair policing, hopefully that is what he brings back. carley: anthony napolitano, jamie mcbride, you are all part of the good guys group and appreciate you for trying to keep streets as safe as possible. thank you for joining us this morning. happy new year. todd: a big show still ahead on "fox and friends first". take a look, beverly hallberg, dan hoffman and laura trump all joining us. we are keeping an eye on new zealand and australia as they prepare to be the first in the world to ring in the new year. awesome day, often times, don't go anywhere. i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. the three what? 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