moment. we will talk to tom homan about that. sandra: alert to a city in mourning. a wake is underway for one of the two new york city police officers murdered in an ambush last weekend. and funerals for both officers are scheduled in the coming days. hello, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here. it s great to be with you, i m in for john roberts, a solemn site. fellow officers carrying the casket of 22-year-old jason rivera into st. patrick s cathedral this morning. he and his partner were ambushed inside an apartment last week after responding to a mother s call for help. as funeral services get underway, attention now turning to manhattan s far left d.a. and the soft on crime policies. now alvin bragg says he will attack gun violence at every angle. deadly and dangerous start for the nation s police officers. 24 have been shot and four killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed inside?
he can t support president biden s social net package. he told bret baier on fox news sunday, after going back and forth on the bill he feel it does not benefit his constituents. i ve always said this, bret, if i can t go home to explain to the people of west virginia, i can t vote for it. and i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, i just can t. i tried everything humanly possible. i can t get there. you re done? this is a no? this is a no. on this legislation. i ve tried everything i know to do. eric: on that note we have live fox news team coverage. mark meredith on the left, standing by in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. we go to alexandria hoff with the details own this decision. reporter: according to senator manchin his fellow democrats are reshaping society which he feels makes america more have nebraskaal. in this economic climate he said he can t stand behind this quote, mammoth piece of legislation. the
past two days in a row. meantime, schools across the country are going back to remote learning. today the white house is clarifying vice president kamala harris comment that both major variants caught the administration off guard, this as president biden now plans to address the american people tuesday to outline new steps he s taking to combat the virus and these variants. we have fox team coverage. lauren green is standing by here in new york, but we begin with mark meredith in wilmington, delaware, where president biden is spending the weekend. mark. reporter: molly, good evening to you. we are going to be hearing a lot from president biden on covid as well as where the country stands in the fight against the pandemic. he s going to be delivering a speech on tuesday. we don t know exactly what time, but we are getting a better idea of what he s going to say from white house press secretary jen psaki who tweeted out what the president will lay out. quote: building off of
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete: good saturday morning. our nation s anthem, the perfect way to kick it off. a tradition here on fox & friends weekend. let me say, guys, our viewers not the absolute best, i will confirm those are all viewer pictures that played during that nation s anthem of just absolutely beautiful. it is december 18th, year of our lord, 2021. and it is 6:00 a.m. where rachel is, it is 5:00 a.m. where will is. and it is 4:00 a.m. where i am mountain time because i m at the turning point u.s.a. america fest which kicks off today. registration starts in a few hours. and it is covered all by fox nation. so fox nation has got exclusive coverage here of that entire event. but, until then, we have four hours of fox & friends, rachel, will, good morning. will: good morning, pete. rachel: good morning. will: if not a show that represents america coast to coast thanks fo
shawn. arthel: hello, i am arthel neville. an advisor for vice president harris clarify comments after vice president suggested the white house with more covid variance coming. cases of omicron spreading fast, three dozen states reporting infections. covid search terms as millions of americans are preparing to travel for christmas. the cdc seeking to reassure families they can travel if they take proper measures. we are in a very different place this year the master and we do want people to gather and gather safely. we have the tools back to do it. what we are saying is rely on the tools. arthel: we have live team coverage, morning rain is a new york city which has become the epicenter of this new covid wave but we will begin with mark meredith live in wilmington delaware for the president is spending the weekend. good afternoon, biden offering a blunt assessment about one unvaccinated americans are facing given the last couple of weeks because they face a severe winter o