out about the 500 million kids biden promised. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. kevin: great to have you with us this early morning. fox news it. ghislaine maxwell found guilty on 5 of 6 counts including sex trafficking in connection with years of working for and having relationship with the late jeffrey epstein. todd: maxwell s accuses rejoice. reporter: ghislaine maxwell so no emotion after being found guilty of recruiting and grooming teenagers for sex calling taking a supporter and talking with her attorney after the verdict was read, the jury finding maxwell guilty on 56 counts after 5 full days of deliberation. a unanimous jury found ghislaine maxwell guilty of one of the worst crimes imaginable. facilitating and participating in sexual abuse of children. crimes that she committed with her longtime partner and co-conspirator jeffrey epstein. reporter: maxwell was acquitted only account 2, enticing a minor to engage in illegal sex acts.
liberal leaders in one state now wants to reduce penalties for drive-by shootings as a way to promote racial equity for the people actually pulling the trigger. benjamin: we are honoring the life and career of hall of fame or john madden. you are watching fox and friends first . todd: the biden administration taking jabs from governors retarding a plan for covid from his beach vacation in delaware. benjamin: this after the president admitted there is no federal solution to combat the pandemic. good morning, lucas. reporter: two years into the pandemic the cdc coming isolation time in half for anyone who tests positive but doesn t show symptoms which instead of 10 days it is 5. resident biden says it is up to the states to figure out the way ahead. president biden: there is no federal solution. this gets all that the state level. reporter: many republicans agree including self the court s going to we finally agree the federal government isn t the solution, that s why
but the white house is in complete denial. good news, we saved christmas. jesse: omicron is ripping through the country. case in vaccinated areas, if you have against vaxxed, mild. he tried to ease americans fears with more testing and deploying military medical personnel after his mandates caused the shortage. but instead all he did was scare everybody. if you are note fully vaccinated you have good reason to be concerned. you have at high risk of getting sick. we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panic. newsflash telling you not to worry is how 2 create panic. people in washington waited up to 7 hours to get tested and at-home tests not to be found. but don t put the blame on joe. what is your message to americans who are trying to get tested and are asking what took so long to ramp up testing. come on, what took sloang. wad happened is the omicron virus spread more quickly than anybody thought. jesse: the grinch stole christmas gifts with the supply
will they rethink their anti-cop policies? you are watching fox and friends first . ashley: good morning and i guess merry christmas eve eve. benjamin: merry christmas to everyone watching. ashley: the president a rematch against donald trump would increase the likelihood he runs in 2024. benjamin: americans widely disprove his first year in office. griff jenkins joins us with more. nevermind the midterms, let s go to 2024. is he in or out? the president says he s leaving that to fate which is intervened many times in his life but add in trump and that ups the ante. president biden: if i m in health i m in now, in good health, then in fact i again. reporter: and if it means rematch against donald trump? president biden: you are trying to tempt me now. sure. why what i not run against donald trump? that would increase the prospect of running. reporter: voters are not feeling as polymers climate. you see in the latest marist poll, 41% approve while 55% disapprove. on
the large increases, the white house claims to have performed a christmas miracle but are americans actually buying that? two democrats want to reform policing carjacked at gunpoint just hours apart. is the left starting to rethink their anti-cop policies? you are watching fox and friends first . i m benjamin all in for todd and carly. i wish we could be together but we are separated until next time. today president biden says the transfer present rematch against donald trump would increase the likelihood he runs in 2024. this comes as voters disapprove of his first year in office. good morning, griffin. reporter: will your won t he? the president says he s leaving it to fate which is intervened in his life many times but adding trump may be a temptation too great to resist? if i m in the health i m in now? in good health then i would run again. if that means a rematch against donald trump? president biden: you are trying to tempt me now. sure. why would