♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ todd: we begin the first hour of "fox & friends" with a fox news alert, a live look at the gaza skyline as we enter the third day of what is planned to be a four-day truce. the israeli government has reportedly already notified the families of hostages expected to be released later today. rachel: 13 more israelis were freed today red cross yesterday after being delayed for hours. [applause] joey: the unrelenting trey yingst is on the ground in tel aviv this morning with the late. trey? >> reporter: yeah, hey, guys, good morning. overnight, 13 additional israeli hostages were released as part of this broader ceasefire deal. we are in hostage square in tel aviv, people have been gathering here for the past 51 days to show support for those still held inside gaza, last night's release bringing the total of 26 israelis released as part of this broader cease five deal. additionally, 14 thai nationals and 1 filipino released as parent of a parallel deal -- part of a parallel deal. people gathering here every day, they have a table set for those still held inside gaza is, additionally, they have posters up and each day they're playing music just trying to keep the spirit of the israeli people high amid this difficult time. and last night it was a lot of anticipation. the release did not go as planned. initially, hamas -- the group in control of gaza -- said they would not release the second group. the qataris and egyptians, those or who are negotiating this, had to step in and basically put new pressure on hamas with the israelis saying they were about to resume their air and ground campaign against gaza if this group of hostages was not released. as part of the additional 13 releases, we understand there were no american citizens as part of that a release, though the biden administration hoping that in the next day or two you could see some americans are released. president biden put out a statement saying, quote, we are disappointed that we haven't seen the americans on a list yet, but we are hopeful for the next couple of days, the u.s. is hopeful that we can keep the pause in place and the exchange in place because we want all of the hostages out. now, we should note sources telling fox news overnight they believe they could actually get an extension of this 4-day ceasefire and possibly see even more hostages released. todd: trey, do officials there expect any over type of delay or surprise today? >> reporter: they do. they're quite concerned with how delicate this deal is. there were initial reports in israeli media this morning indicating this third day of releases that could see 12 or 13 additional israelis or dual nationals come out of gaza could be delayed because of some small fighting inside gaza. remember, it's not just the release of hostages in exchange for the palestinian prisoners, but it's also the humanitarian aid coming into gaza and the surveillance agreement. and so all of these line items risk being violated, and it is something that the israelis are watching quite closely. they understand that hamas could use this time to put psychological pressure on israel, trying to dray the agreement with so many -- delay the agreement with so many families waiting, hoping to get their loved ones out of gaza in the coming hours. joey: trey, is there any if conversation there about why no americans have been released? is there any rumors or people, you know, pontificating as to why that is? i've heard different things, but we'd love to know what you're hearing. >> reporter: yeah, look, the reality is that the hostages are not all created equal in the eyes of hamas. and you can just see people are here, this is -- they're praying as part of, part of the environment today. they want to make sure that the hostages that are still inside gaza know they are supported. so they are in prayer and song, and this is actually a shabbat song that would be traditionally sung when families gather on a friday night in israel. this has just been a difficult time for the israeli people, and so they also are wondering what the coming days will look like and if those additional people will be able to make it out of gaza. rachel: all right. thank you, trey. joey: thanks, trey. rachel: well, your question is a good one, joey, and i think a lot of americans are asking why aren't more americans part of these negotiations and part of this hostage release. one of the people who is commenting on it on truth social is the guy who is the head of -- you know, he wrote the art of the deal, and he's not happy with the deal, and here's what he has to say. has anybody noticed that hamas has returned people from other countries but so far has not returned one american hostage? there is only one reason for that, no respect for our country or our leadership. this is very sad and a dark period for america. hamas now wants a better deal for hostages, this is not going to end well. so ending that tweet or truth social post on a bit of an ominous note. i mean, i think a lot of people believe we probably would have american hostages out, and maybe this whole thing wouldn't have even happened had donald trump been in office. joey: i've had a lot of conversations with people that have worked in this realm of diplomacy before, and they went in different directions. the two conclusions prior to any hostage being released, and i just want to read them because i think they're really informative, one of them says releasing the americans first in hopes of keeping the u.s. out of the fight. in other words, if you think that president biden doesn't want to be at war, that isn't his posture maybe like some republicans have charged him with simply being weak, i would almost agree with that, then get rid of the americans first. that keeps the americans out of the fight. rachel: just between the two of us. joey: obviously, that's not what happened. the other proposition was to keep the americans because they are simply more valuable and when things get worse for hamas, that might be their ticket to, as -- to kind of buy their own lives back. i think israel, they have a list of names, they're going to check them off. they're going to kill every one of them can, and the americans might be their ticket. todd: when i spoke to adam bowler, the lead negotiator yesterday, he basically said two things i thought stood out. one, that's exactly what hamas is doing. but, two, he said he would have taken this deal, and i was surprised by that because you see a lot of people in the trump administration say they wouldn't have taken this deal. he said he would. but the bigger picture is to our point, collective point, would we be in the october 7th situation to begin with if joe biden had demonstrated strength on the world stage, if he had not abandoned afghanistan, the list goes on is and on and on -- rachel: not given money to the iranians. todd: 100%. and i think the answer to that is a resounding no, is and that is the situation we face not only as a country, or but as a world right now. rachel: you want to live, as an american, in a world that's a dangerous place, it's even more dangerous now with joe biden, but you want to live in a world where people who want to kidnap anyone would be wary of kidnapping an american because they know something really bad is going to come back to them. it just doesn't feel like people are afraid of us anymore on any if level, and it doesn't feel like there's a lot of diplomacy. i'm sorry, the state department has done a terrible job both in ukraine and other places in the world. they're not working on diplomacy and putting the best deal forward for americans. and this is another example of that. joey: you know, the old adage is the wind shield's bigger than the mirror for a reason, look forward, not background. but a rearview mirror is very important. it may be smaller, you may look at it less, but it's still important to have. not long ago president trump had a policy. it might not easy to be able to write down on paper. i used to say the bush doctrine is preemptive strike, the trump doctrine was strategic and surgical preemptive strike. i'll hit you first and harder so you won't think about hitting me, but we do have a big wind shield, and we do have people running other than trump for the if republican nominee, though i think trump is probably running away with it. so we have a video here of trump going to south carolina. nikki haley's alma mater, her home state, and listen to the crowd. [cheers and applause] now, you know, i can't tell you nikki haley wouldn't get the same reception -- rachel: i can. [laughter] todd: right there, i can. joey: i'm a college football guy, and i tend to agree. rachel: i'm not going to say she would be booed, but this is a nation, this is at least half of the country, this is a football stadium -- joey: 100,000 people. rachel: this is a symbol that cannot be ignored. let's listen to that. >> usa! usa! rachel: this is a man who has been on every level attacked both while he was president with hoaxes, russia hoaxes, two impeachments, and then he gets out and they get 4 felony charges -- 91, or i'm sorry, charges against him, 4 different cases. they have thrown everything and the kitchen sink at this man. and i think what you're seeing in that crowd right there is people saying, no, establishment republicans, no, democrats, no, globalists, you don't get to choose the republican nominee. that's what that looks like to me. todd: you know what also stands out to me? columbia, south carolina, is a pretty liberal town. i know you think south carolina, you think the extremely conservative. columbia and the university of south carolina, usc as we learned yesterday on the couch -- [laughter] pretty liberal. i know a teacher there, professor, extremely liberal. the town is extremely liberal. for him to get that kind of reception there is pretty telling. i think this was a smart play by him from the horse race aspect. nikki is really rising in the polls, she has a lot of momentum, so trump's basically saying let's see how popular she is on her own turf. i look at this and say trump has looked at the numbers, his team has delved into the polling, and he knows he could have this thing wrapped up by the time the south carolina primary's over. he's going if full for the there, and he wants this thing wrapped up so he can devote his resources to running against joe biden, not running against ron deseason disand nikki haley -- desantis. rachel: joey, i'll open this up to both of you, does this kind of response, it seems to me bigger than trump. it's not even about trump. joey: i think there are a lot of americans that really do -- columbia, south carolina, may or may not have been represented in that crowd because this is college football, right? multiple states. but what is represented are multiple political views. i mean, you know, the vast majority of people that love sports don't do it because of some my call angle. they grew up a sports fan. people in new york love the yankees or the mets, so the people in that stadium, i don't know what their politics are. it's in the south, so you have a little bit there, but people want somebody to stand up and say, hey, our culture is worth preserving. what this country was founded on is worth fighting for. an imperfect if messenger, albeit, but who's the perfect messenger, who's the perfect person? that's e not what we need. we just want somebody to fight for us, who we are and our ability to go out and really expect what we give. and that's something that really has been taken away from us, accountability for things, responsibility for things. i just expect from others what i'm willing to give, and i think that trump symbolizes that for a lot of people because the last time we saw prosperity, and when you have prosperity, you're giving and you're getting from a system or a government or a society. and i think it's not personal. i don't think it's just an absolute love for trump, it's a love for what they remember to be a pretty amazing country that's hurting right now. rachel: yeah. and an amazing economy not very long ago. just a little bit of a tease for you, later on in this hour we're going to have a mom on. she has a good job, her husband has a good job, and yet today can't make ends meet. so that's also what you're feeling in that crowd as well. meanwhile, here in new york city, listen, talk about decline. if you -- and i've been, i've onlilied in the area for a couple years, but i've been coming back and forth, you know, before i had this job as a contributor for, you know, seven, eight years, and i, you know, leaving and coming back, you really, you know, every month you really get to see that decline. boy, it has been so obvious and so apparent. and one of the ways that you can see this decline is in the number of police officers who are now saying i'm not coming back to work. so look at a these numbers. 2,516 officers left the police force in new york city in 2023. so so far that's a 43% increase from back in 2008. todd: and listen this quote from anonymous police officer to the post. quote: we've been working an average a of about 13 to 14 hours a day with a lot of the protests happening in the city. enough is enough. i'll have maybe one day off for the week, and i'm so tired from work i don't want to do anything. i look at this and say this is what happens when you try to defund the police. they may not have eliminated the police as was their stated goal in one fell swoop instead of really death by a thousand cuts. demonetizing, taking the money out of budgets so that you can't hire enough officers so that everybody has to work these egregious amounts of overtime. demoralize the officers. basically, that defund the police movement demoralized -- they were the enemy in 2020. you want to go to a job where people hate you every day? and then finally, disincentivize people from getting into the profession because of numbers one and two. joey: remember when the entire police force was standing, i can't remember if it was a memorial service, and they all turned their backs on de blasio? that was, i think, even before covid, really before the dam breaking on this. that shows you how just interim this problem is -- internal this problem is, personal this problem is for each of these officers inside that 25 or 2300 number are 1,000 police officers that left before their 20-year retirement. that is a huge deal. i don't know a marine or a soldier with or anyone in the service that made it to 15, 16 years and didn't stay for the end of retirement. the fact that they're leaving just years away from retirement shows you they're giving up a hot, a lot of personal security because they don't know if they're going to live through it. they don't know if they're going to be sane through it, if their marriage can withstand it, their relationship with their family going out, like they said, 13, 14 hours a day. rachel: one of the chants i was reading about the protesters, earlier exactly the chant, it basically said nypd, kkk, idf -- joey: yeah. rachel: the chant basically equated them to the k, k. that's not -- kkk. that's not a good working condition. then you had covid e and forcing people to take vaccines they didn't want the take and all the restrictions that way, and a lot of them just said i'm retiring, as you said. todd: and to joey's point, if the people that the protect us don't protect us, if they're not around, what chance do the rest of us have in this big apple? meantime, pope francis was not able to give most of his weekly sunday message this morning. an aid conveying the message instead. the pontiff says hes has lung inflammation after coming down with the flu yesterday. happening today in portland, city school officials have scheduled a public comment meeting later this afternoon as the district says it's, quote, reaching a new deal with the teachers union. however, today and tomorrow's public comment meetings could be canceled if a tentative agreement isn't reached by 3:45 today, according to a district spokesperson. teachers are demanding better wages, smaller class sizes and more prep time. they began their strike on november 1 causing students to miss 11 days of class. joey, get ready, alabama a using this absolutely insane fourth down touchdown pass in the final minute to beat auburn and win the iron bowl 27-24. joey: look at that. todd: it was, like, fourth and 31. you don't have a play call for fourth and 31 is unless you're alabama. wasn't that beautiful? joe by? joey: with a subpar quarterback, they say. no way. that guy's good. todd: we'll get to your team. the georgia bulldogs making history against in-state the rival tech beating the yellow jackets, that was close, joey. joey: this was -- it was a little bit further most of the game. [laughter] todd: most consecutive wins by a team in the se c's 90-year history. and michigan's defense sending its home crowd into a frenzy with this play against ohio state. joey: beautiful. >> wide receiver at the top of your screen, mccord looks, fires -- [cheers and applause] intercepted! todd: michigan beat ohio state 30-24, the wolverines will now head to the big ten championship game. todd: amazing blue against the world, and they're proving it. todd: that's what they said in the postgame, it's us against the world. they're a dangerous team but, boy, what a great game yesterday. that is exactly what you want from college football and why we love it. joey: several teams that were outnumber, outmanned, outtalented and still came through and and had a heck of a game. florida-florida state, georgia-georgia tech. rachel: all right. well, coming up, cbp to orders a agents to protect migrants' get this, the preferred pronouns. 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>> well, absolutely not. the focus should be actually ending the crisis that's been going now for 35 months. this is really an insult to border patrol agents who are doing their very best to try to apprehend these individuals, in many cases dangerous individuals coming across that border. and to be told by the biden administration that, you know, you now need to be concerned about proif nouns, remember, this is the same administration that said we can't call them illegal aliens or illegal entry into the united states any longer even though those are terms defined by u.s. law. they seem more concerned about making sure that we characterize and describe what's going on on that border verse sis actually -- versus actually trying to stop it. that's what these border patrol agents want to do, they want to stop this crisis from happening, expect biden administration doesn't appear to be interested in that. joey: yeah. if we get past this surface level talking point which i think is ridiculous myself, we get to more of the root of the issue. there are hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants living in cities all over the country. the best research i could find shows more than 100,000 are in charlotte and austin. i believe boston and philly have more than 200,000. this is as of 2020. yet 130,000 in new york city has apparently crippled the city of 8 million. new york city mayor eric adams told fox news digital as the temperature starts to drop, it is crucial now more than ever that the federal government finish the job they started. we need meaningful financial help and national decompression strategy. new york city cannot continue to manage a national crisis almost entirely on its own. i don't want to lean into this too much, secretary wolf, but what i want to know is would these texas border towns of 50,000 people, with other big cities taking in more, why is new york acutely crippled by this? >> well, i don't know that they are, but, you know, look, mayor with adams is right which is this is a federal government responsibility. and the biden administration is not only interested in not solving the crisis, now they can't even manage the crisis appropriately. they're not giving the amount of resources needed for someone like new york city or any other big city or maul city along that border -- small city along that border. instead of just allocating more and more taxpayer dollars to housing migrants, to feeding migrants, we should be stopping the frau. we should be stopping the illegal industry into the united states and actually enforcing immigration law. biden administration doesn't appear to be interested in that. they haven't been interested in that in 35 months. instead, they want more money from congress to continue to fund their bad policies, and i think that's the wrong strategy. joey: yeah. seems to me like democrats got exactly what they wanted, and now they're not happy about it. secretary wolf, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. joey: all right. coming up, fox news alert. you're looking live at the israel-gaza border as a third round of hamas hostages is expected to be leased today -- released today. while it brings a major sigh of relief, there's a long road ahead for many families. our next guest is the nephew of one of the freed hostages. he says his family is on an emotional roll e coarse -- roller coaster.en ♪ it's one more step towards taking charge of your health. so every day, you can say, ♪ youuu did it! ♪ with centrum silver. the subway series is getting an upgrade. the new #33. the teriyaki blitz. with double cheese and teriyaki-marinated meat. it's like a perfect steak spiral in the double cheese coverage. if you say so, peyton. who knew the subway series could get even better? 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>> my aunt is right now in the hospital, and she's adjusting to the news. you know, she was over seven weeks away from everything, so she learned for the first time that her son survived, and the moment she saw him and hugged him was amazing moment. moment of joy, and this is in addition to the other news that she learned that the9 house was completely burned. she knew that her husband is already buried. and the community lost over 100 people that were kidnapped and some of them murdered, and there is no town to return to, no house to return to and there are other shocking news. so so it's a mix between joy and sadness. todd: has she been able to speak about the killing of her husband, your uncle? >> she's, she's really care about her privacy at the moment, so things about showing emotion of what happened and what happened to her also during the captivity is still -- she kept it together with her close daughters and son, and she prefer to go back to being anonymous as a she used to be before the kidnap. she become a hero without wanting to be a hero. and there are a lot of places now to protesting her return where she slapped the hand of the terrorist, the hamas, showing maybe they broke her body, but they never managed to break her spirit. todd: that is a symbol of the israeli spirit. did she say anything about the terrorists who captured her? >> yes, but it's something i prefer not to speak about. todd: okay, understood. >> they still have hostages there, and we are worried for their safe and want them, ultimately, to be returned safely. todd: keep in mind, she was without her heart medication following heart surgery, hopefully, it has not hurt her recovery too much. your aunt had to actually hold on to the -- excuse me, on to the terrorist that shot her husband in order to not fall off the motorcycle that carried her to captivity. can you, as the nephew, even put into words an image like that knowing your aunt? >> this is the moment she was after sawing her husband shot down and she tried to stop the bleeding, and about 50 minutes after the -- [inaudible] and took her the gaza. she knew that the previous israeli hostage that were in gaza were actually there for five years, so she went there terrified without knowing what is going on. but still you can see that she's very emotional spirit, she's not breaking down, but it's terrifying, you can see the terrify on her face and body. todd: she's a tough woman, and we are certainly praying for her and your entire family as you both enjoy this moment but also reflect on a horrific time for your entire family. eyal, thank you so much. you're in our prayers. >> thank you so much. todd: still ahead, a winter weather warning op one of the busiest travel days of the year, how it could impact your flight, drive, all that good stuff, home. plus, the sobering reality of inflation. a pennsylvania nurse going viral after describing the struggle that families all over our country are facing every single day. >> we have, like, $2-300 to last until next friday. using the finest materials, like indulgent memory foam, and ultra-conforming innersprings, for a beautiful mattress and indescribable comfort. for a limited time, save up to $800 on select stearns & foster adjustable mattress sets. meet gold bond daily healing. a powerhouse lotion that moisturizes, heals, and smooths dry skin. with 7 moisturizers & 3 vitamins. and... new gold bond healing sensitive. clinically shown to heal & moisturize dry, sensitive skin. gold bond. sure, i'm a paid actor, and this is not a real company, but there is no way to fake how upwork can help your business. search talent all over the world with over 10,000 skills you may not have in house. more than 30% of the fortune 500 use upwork because this is how we work now. i was on a work trip when the pulmonary embolism happened. but because i have 23andme, i was aware of that gene. that saved my life. rachel: we're back with a fox weather alert. tsa is bracing for a record 2.9 million flyers today, but a winter storm could cause nightmares for some travelers. kansas is already seeing flurries, and some parts can expect up to 8 inches of snow. we're going to turn now to our friend and chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forest cast. we're back again, rick -- rick: i know. hey, look at this, you know this place right here, wisconsin. lots of snow right now. same storm that brought the snow across kansas, most of that is the actually done. now it's moving in across parts of the western great lakes. we do have concerns on some of the roads, this should populate in just a second. there we go. all these roads here in kansas are fully covered, so be very careful if you're headed out in kansas, parts of knot western missouri, in towards iowa. the snow has piled and covered the roads because it is really cold, so that snow's stuck on all of the roads' surfaces, and now you've got a travel mets at least on the roads. airport wise, the snow about to move in towards chicago. to the south side it's all rain including heavy rain across i-10 if you're heading across the panhandle of florida, the florida-georgia line today going to get a lot of rain, and that could be problematic for us. right there, we could be seeing a new delays, to the south of that maybe some slight delays as well. tomorrow everything for the most part improving. a coastal storm overnight tonight, into tomorrow for mitch of the northeast -- for much of the northeast. and then the next system starts bringing in some more rain, maybe a few delays as well in the pacific northwest. rachel: as millions of americans struggle in today's economy, a pennsylvania mom is going viral for sharing her struggle to get by. listen. >> i feel like my husband and i are doing everything right. we both have good jobs. i'm a nurse. i'm a registered anywheres -- nurse, work full time. he works full time. we just got paid this past friday, right? we paid the mortgage, bought some groceries, put some gas in the car. and, guys, it is tuesday and we have, like $2-300 to last us until next friday. rachel: mckenzie mullens' video has hit over 1.5 million views, and she joins us now. mckenzie, welcome. thank you for joining us this morning. clearly, your story is hitting a nerve, you're not alone. 1.5 million views, it's gone viral. but why did you decide to post p this on tiktok? >> you know, i didn't really have any intentions when i posted the video. i had maybe five videos that i have posted to tiktok prior to that, and i just needed to vent in the moment. i needed to rent to my phone -- vent to my phone and just, i guess, get the words out of my brain with all the stress that i was feeling. i had maybe 30 followers before i posted that sid owe, and i didn't -- video, and i didn't ever intend for it to spread as much as a it did. rachel: right. and i was reading your story, and i think it's really important for people to know you're a nurse, your husband's a security guard, he works as a personal trainer as well, and you both once a week clean an office building. so between you, you have four jobs. and i guess for a lot of people they're like, wow, this is what america's like right now. obviously, people relate to this. what kind of feedback are you getting from this? >> you know, the majority of it, rachel, has been positive, and other brave women and men sharing their struggles that they experience in their day-to-day lives. there has been some criticism, of course, but that kind of comes with the internet -- rachel: yeah. >> you know, i'm just glad that the my voice was unintentionally , you know, empowering to people to speak out and say me too, and, you know, share that we're all in the same situation with the economy and the price of groceries and gas and just the struggle of middle class america where we're working our butts off, and we feel like we have nothing to show for it. rachel: you know, has your family always struggled, or is this sort of a recent thing that you're seeing inflation going up, the cost of groceries, the cost of gas? what is -- has something changed or shifted over the last three years? >> i'm sorry, you really broke up during your question. rachel: has your family always been struggling, or is this sort of a recent occurrence, maybe over the last two, three years? >> well, certainly while i was in nursing school, you know, things were absolutely tight. but that being said, we weren't in a position where we were worried about to how we were going to put food on the table. and that's because of my lower income during school. i was just cleaning the office a building, and my husband was working. so, you know, we were able to get some help along the way. however, now that that help 's gone, it's just, you know, a lot of the expense is exponentially increased from what it was. and certainly, i mean, you know, prior to covid i was working as a correctional officer at one of the state prisons, and we did not struggle as much as we do now, and i make more than i did then now. rachel: yeah. i don't think you're alone in that feeling. i'm working harder, i'm making more, but t harder to make ends meet. really quick because i don't have a lot of time, but i want to ask you this question, what would be your message to our leaders about what you and so many people who have responded to you are feeling? what can they do to change the situation? >> you know, i think it's really a matter of, you know, putting your boots to the ground and, you know, making the money, bringing in the income as much as we possibly can. i don't know what we can do on an individual basis aside from, you know, pay attention to the economy, you know? in that video i mentioned that i didn't want to hear about politics in the comments, and that's not to say that i'm not involved in politics, and i certainly, you know, cast my vote and have my opinion about a the economy. but i just don't discuss it publicly because it is such a hot topic e. so i feel like people just really need to educate themselves and, you know, do what we can on the ground level for normal working class america to change things. rachel: yeah. working class america does need a hand from the government in terms of their policies that are crushing them. mckenzie, thank you so much for joining us and sharing the story. it's raw, but i think it's where a lot of people are at right now. so thank you for doing that. >> of course. thank you, rachel. rachel: ray you got it. still ahead, biden dodges an age-old question. >> reporter: mr. president, are you too old to be running for re-election? >> that's stupid. [laughter] >> [inaudible] rachel: and the wonderful mike huckabee reacts ahead. but first, feeling stuffed this holiday weekend? [laughter] >> oh, my -- how much do you weigh, ross? >> i prefer not to answer that right now, i'm still carrying a little holiday weight. 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