landed in sacramento. jillian: that's not funny. if i was on a plane and someone were yelling i'm going to kill everyone. i would be petrified. jillian: thanks for watching. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. [sirens] >> a massive police response on the streets of new york city for a terror attack under ground. the suspect identified as detonated a device described as a pipe bomb strapped to his body. policy calls for end of chain migration. if that had been in place he wouldn't have been allowed to come into the country. >> roy moore and doug jones facing off in unlikely nail biter. >> i want to make america great again with president trump. i wants america great but i want america good and she can't be good until we go back to god. >> exclusive reports on the so-called trump dossier. >> the link between fusion gps and the top justice

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report live from brooklyn? >> steve, ainsley, and brian, good morning. that is the big question at this point in time. right now this brooklyn neighborhood is extremely quiet but yesterday, like you said, investigators were here in this neighborhood poring every single detail of the terrorist life in an attempt to tried to find that i am motive. he lived in brooklyn after he entered the u.s. in 2011 from bangladesh on a chain migration visa. preferential visa for those family in the u.s. he was a cab driver from 2012 to 2014. his taxi limo license was not renewed. he was inspired by isis but did not appear to have direct contact with the group and likely acted alone. reports say the 27-year-old was upset with the way muslims have been treated by the u.s. and by recent israeli actions in gaza. and i reportedly became radicalized by islamic state media.

neighbors here in this brooklyn neighborhood describe him as a hermit and a loner. >> the guy himself always had an attitude. i have a detail shop in the back. he would chase the driveway. i would try to chase him. he would have an attitude. >> he was cocky. >> how so? >> just like he was better than everybody else. like we were below him. ing. >> he allegedly packed 5-inch up by palm and battery pack into the right side of his jacket before setting it off at the nation's busiest tunnel. he made it at his work electric company. three people have been released from the hospital. through their lawyer, the suspect's family says it is outraged by police behavior following the incident in the hours following the incident, specifically, the way that family members were interrogated by police. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: thank you very much

for the live report. indeed. the family says that apparently the cops pulled a high school kid out of class and interrogated him without a lawyer. also apparently. ainsley: trying to save lives and find out ainsley. they don't have much time. brian: and one was complaining that a 4-year-old was out in the cold. meanwhile, let's talk about how this guy got here. i'm a little curious why he seemed so angry to be in america. in 2011 he had a visa. how did he get that because three or four of his siblings scweengtly obtained a green card and scweengtsly became residence. he arrived in a visa and gets to stay because he had family members here. ainsley: it's called chain migration. the president was talking yesterday. he wants to end this. today's terror suspect entered our country through extended family chain migration which is incompatible with national security. congress must end chain migration. congress must also act on my administration's other proposals to enhance

domestic security. the terrible harm this infliction on america's security and economy has long been clear. i am determined to improve our immigration system to put our country and our people first. steve: so the bomber came here on an f-4 visa. he has permanent residence status in the united states which means he has due process rights. apparently it was his aunt or his uncle who applied for citizenship, was granted it, and here's the thing about chain migration u no restrictions on how many immigrants a citizen can sponsor. family reunions get priority over other forms of sponsorship. as for bang ges bangladesh is ne of the countries extreme vetting. ainsley: they bring the whole group. brian: won the lottery again that's still out there. in terms of people who come here. not that there is anything against freedom bang decial

we should know who is here and how many. 141,000 bangladesh who have come here since 2006. that is the size of the population of dayton, ohio. about 9.3 foreign nationals have come to the u.s. as chain my grants over the last 11 years. so we should understanding who is coming here. one person applies or wins the lotto through an application process. next thing you know have you dozen who follow in the wake. i'm asking you this. are you okay with that? because it doesn't seem like the process that leads to a secure america. ainsley: during the time period between 2005 and 2015, the government decided to count the green cards. 70% of those immigrants that came through during that 10-year span, 70% of them were family members, were part of the chain migration. they weren't the ones that actually got in. they got to come in because a family heb was here. 70%. steve: we will be talking to sarah its gore from the it isgo.

shortly after he detonated a bomb made with christmas lights. ainsley: electric company. steve: sought stuff on the internet from inspire magazine. he detonated it 7:19 yesterday there were some cops nearby. and they took action because they saw him reaching for his cell phone. they saw that he had wires running from his shirt to his pants and they thought a cell phone. that's a good way to detonate another bomb. so those are the four hero cops who sprang into action. brian: first one that comes in anthony, is he 28. ainsley: the guy on the far right. brian: this is how frew from a o fortuitous to have him. he was a bomb technician. he radioed for help and he saw the wires. ainsley: he saw the panicked commuters. he goes over to the guy with the pipe bomb he sees the

cell phone and knows that could be a detonating device. another guy in the army three tours in iraq. another one is also an attorney. thank you to hero cops. steve: they were able to arrest him. they secured the area, evacuated it and stayed way past quitting time yesterday. brian: from the army with army experience. sean gallagher 265 mooner. and jack collins doubles as a lawyer. how fortunate is it for us in new york to have people this qualified walking the streets. i always thought if you want to straighten out washington more people who serve in the military should go serve as lawmakers. how about in new york city where the first line of defense, the tip of the spear are law enforcement. ainsley: i have always appreciated law enforcement, of course. living in new york, i guess it's after 9/11, they are a family here. steve: sure. ainsley: they sit together and they protect her citizens in a mighty way.

steve: these are not new york city police department officials and officers. these are port authority officers who just patrol the airports, the ports, and the bridges here in new york. indeed they were right in the right place at the right time yesterday. meanwhile, it's judgment day down in the state of alabama. in just a couple of hours, voters there are going to head to the polls to choose a new u.s. senator. ainsley: roy moore and doug jones are facing off in nail biter that has a lot of nationwide consequences. brian: griff general kansas is live in washington, d.c. with a fight to the finish that brought out barkley and bannon. >> that's right. the last time they elected a democratic. roy moore finds himself trailing doug jones by 10 points in fox news latest poll as president trump tried to rally the base yesterday can w. that robo call. last night white house strategist steve bannon flying in for a final rally. moore who has defiantly

denied the allegations against him took to the mikes with a message for his detractors. >> we talk about draining the swamp. it's difficult to drain the swamp when you're up to your neck in alligators. i wants to make america great again with president trump. >> meanwhile jones got some outside help from former president obama and vice president biden recording robo calls. former nba star charles barkley. as jones continued to frame this as referendum on something larger than just one candidate. >> i think it's time to that we say no more to putting people down. no more to treating people as second class citizens. it's just time, folks, that we say no moore. >> here we go. polls open in less than two hours. 7:00 a.m. local. a race that has

immigrations. democrats have not faired well so far in niece special elections. steve: let's see this time. griff jenkins in our nation's capital. brian: jillian has been waiting to tell us. even though the eagles lost their quarterback. jillian: i'm very heart broken about, this brian. you didn't have to remind me. ainsley: back up good? jillian: we don't have a backup to the backup. we will see what happens. we do have a fox news alert to get to. breaking news right now. new york city boosting security in reaction to the port authority bombing there will not be increased police presence at high profile locations. other big cities across the u.s. are following suit. in boston there will be increased police presence at all transit stops. and in philadelphia, police are stepping up patrols across mass transit lines. new overnight, the department of justifiable requesting an emergency stay to halt the acceptance of transgender recruit into the military it comes months

after president trump tweeted the military could not be burdened with the medical costs and disruptions. last month a federal judge ruled against the change. >> the department of justifiable is currently reviewing the legal options to ensure that the president's directive can be implemented. >> pentagon says as of now transgender enlistment will go on starting january 1st. hanukkah begins tonight at sundown. the festival of lights celebrates the recelebration of the holly temple in jerusalem. the menorah burning for 8 days even though there was only enough oil for one night. hundreds will gather this evening for the national menorah across from the white house. last night president trump hosted hanukkah al day after recognizing jerusalem as israel's cap will tall. those your headlines. i will go back and cry now as brian so kindly reminded me. steve: worked the sports into the news. ainsley: if you are jewish and watching happy hanukkah.

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brian: learning more about the suicide boomer. evidence came here from 2011, had relatives here already. former cia interrogator dr. james mitchell is the author of enhanced interrogation and helped the cia to put together this program that we hope is being exercised to some degree right now with this guy. first off, dr. mitchell, we saw two weeks ago that isis warned about a times square attack just two weeks ago. santa claus, times square and the video. is this it? >> probably not. i would say though you can't connect the dots if you don't collect the dots. and one of the problems that we have cutting back on surveillance like we are, is we really don't know whether this is it or not in a lot of the cases because we are

not collecting the same kinds of materials we used to collect. i doubt this is it is too amateurish. brian: evidently speaking enough to say i made the bomb. this is what ticked me off. this is how i came here. is he giving us certain amount out. where do you go from here if i put him in front of you? >> i would be interested really in pair liberal information. information that you could use to create actionable intelligence. i would not to know to ho his contacts with in pleasure. bangladesh. australia issued a warning because of the number of isis cells over there. he has friends in bangladesh. he is probably communicating with people in bangladesh. i doubt his radicalization happened simply from a youtube video. i would want to be following up on that sort of stuff. are there additional bombs? are there additional people? stuff because you don't want people dumping their cell

phones. destroying their sim cards. wiping their hard drives. changing their address books. you will want to get that pairable information as fast as you can. brian: how does a guy come here and drive a cab because his relatives are here already and goes back and forth to bangladesh. who is financing that? >> that would be one of the questions that i would be asking, right? because if you find the answer to that, and it turns out that he is being funded by one of these terror groups u then have you got a way in to their finances and you can start following them. the thing that's distracting about this is that the focus in a lot of cases is really on the crime that he has committed, right? he has tried to set off a bomb. and now he appears to be confessing. well, one of the things that we noticed when we were interrogating people like khalid sheikh mohammed they have no problem telling you

about their past crimes because as long as you focus on the past crimes, you are not focusing on information to stop future attacks. so i would take that information that you need to take to be able to prosecute this guy. but i wouldn't be distracted by that. brian: 20 seconds. can you tell me if you would read him his miranda rights and put him through our court system and put him into the bringing and question him for a great period of time? >> i think he is swore an oath of allegiance to the united states. if he is on a green card this doesn't apply. i think is he unlawful enemy combatant. he should be treated like unlawful enemy combatant and see a military commission if they can ever get that straightened out and punished for that. brian: i 100 percent agree. we will talk about that a little bit later. dr. mitchell, thanks so much. >> thanks for coming having me on. brian: next guest says is he doing exactly what he campaigned on.

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ainsley: quick headlines for you. new overnight a u.s. service member is dead and two more injured after a vehicle incidents in afghanistan. military officials say they were not engaged with an enemy. the fallen service member has not yet been identified. and the conditions of those injured in the incident are not yet known at this point. hate that especially at christmas time. houston teenager are s. facing 20 years in prison for alleged ties to isis. the 18-year-old wanted to launch an attack on u.s. soil after two failed

attempts to join the terror group in syria. he is also accused of distributing instructions for how to make bombs and assault rifles. steve? steve: thank you very much, ainsley. in a new op-ed our next guest challenges democrats who are calling for president trump's resignation. it's titled why would we abandon trump? he is doing what he said he would do. the op-ed argues democrats were once putting of sweeping under the rug the same behavior they are now accusing the president of. here with more is the publisher and editor of the hillsborough times gazette out in ohio gary abernathy who is skyping us from his office. good morning. >> good morning, steve, how are you? steve: good. your paper endorsed donald trump before the election in november, a lot of people say okay, you have seen what he has done so far, do you regret your endorsement? what do you tell them? >> well, that's exactly right. we get that question a lot. you would get people writing op-eds saying when are trump

supporters going to desert him and my responds is anyone who voted for president trump in the last election has been given no reason to desert him? what has changed about him? the tweets, what some people consider the over-the-top behavior, and then on top of that, he has actually tried to keep his campaign promises. so as a newspaper, no, we have been given no reason to endorse trump. if you supported him, why wouldn't you support him now? steve: you in your op-ed, gary, write donald trump is a different kind of president and takes getting used to because he actually does, as you mentioned keep those campaign promises. out on the campaign trail he talked about the border. he talked about jerusalem which he did last week. he talked about the affordable care act and taxes. so we shouldn't be surprised that it's all happening. >> no. not at all. i mean, again, as someone who has been an observer for along time, i worked in politics for a while, it's refreshing to see someone actually campaign on

something and then when they become president, try hard to do it. and i think that's what upsets a lot of critics. a lot of people thought, steve, when he was campaigning, that trump would pivot. he would become a different kind of president. if he did that he would be like everybody else and probably lose his base of support. steve: never trumpers are waiting for his supporters to wake up. hills supporters with the never trumpers don't get is supporters like what he is doing, you say? >> yeah, i think they do. i think that's why they voted for him. you know? the fact is a lot of criticism that has come president trump's way from a lot of people on certain issues that we now see kind of the hypocrisy on, you know, none of that is going to hurt president trump. so, again, i think that it's refreshing to see someone actually come in, hasn't always been successful because congress hasn't yet always cooperated. hopefully on the tax plan it's going to be different. to see someone come in and try to do what they campaigned on, doing what

they said they were going to do. receive steve sure. gary, you mentioned this in your op-ed as well. many people mentioned the tweets. sometimes they don't seem very presidential. but you argue they seem very donald trump. that's the point. >> yeah. they are very donald trump. i mean, i'm like everybody else. sometimes he tweets things that make me cringe. i wish he wouldn't do it. and part of me starts to say gee, i wish he would just kind of become more like other candidates or more presidential. that seems to be the favorite phrase. but the fact is that wouldn't be donald trump. that wouldn't be the guy who people voted for who won the populist vote in 30 states out of our 50 states. steve: he is the publisher and editor of hillsborough times gazette out in ohio. gary abernathy thank you for joining us live. >> thank you, steve. steve: coming up live on this tuesday. shortage of officers. blaming young people. the millennials. you have to hear why coming up. all eyes are on alabama for

the special senate election. pete hegseth is live there talking with voters who are hungry. pete: spot of tea here in mobile, alabama. if you are here, come on out. i'm at a table of roy moore supporters. two of which are going out to the polls to vote for him. one is a poll worker. the other would go but she is still a junior in high school and not able. to come on their vote counts, too. we will see if there is enough of them to turn alabama blue. we will find out today on "fox & friends."

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democrat doug jones. ainsley: what do the voters think? pete hegseth is live at spot of tea taps restaurant in mobile alabama, alabama. hey,. pete: pete good morning, ainsley, if there is one thing we have learned in the last year, it doesn't matter what the pundits and hosts think in new york city, what matters and the people think on the voters on the ground think as they cast their ballot. a very consequential senate vote here in alabama today. polls open in just a couple of hours. we have got two tables. we have a pretty mixed restaurants here. we have your doug jones supporters and roy moore supporters who we are going to get to. first we are talking to dr. john dixson and webb who are supporting doug jones. sir, if you would tell me why you support him. >> the issues are education, jobs and healthcare. doug jones speak to those ryu teenly. roy moore is talking about that yearbook. pete: is he talking about that yearbook which means for the first time in generations maybe not generations in a generation this is a senate seat democrats could actually win. is that why there is so much

enthusiasm? >> there is great support for doug jones for that reason. he is also a great candidate. pete: got it. web, why do you support doug jones. >> if i wasn't a far left of the democratic socialists of america. i wouldn't vote for roy moore. is he a pedophile. i don't think isn't fit to be episode. let alone being in the u.s. senate. pete: you are not mincing words here. >> not at all. pete: chance to pete a republican in a state that's gone red for decades go. to roy moore supporters well this is a chance to maintain a seat the balance of the u.s. senate sat issue. i'm here with donna. donna, stefanie and courtney, thanks for being here this morning. donna, you are going to work a poll. you are supporting roy moore. a lot of accusations about roy moore. that's what's at stake here. >> let me tell you roy moore is a man of integrity he has been vetted in this state

for years. this is something that, you know, when all these accusations came out, i looked into it and i looked at his second -- personal secretary, his sent a, women that he dated, they have all follow forward and said he has been very respectful to people. these accusations are a political hit job. pete: do you feel like the accusations are going to hurt voter turnout for republicans here in alabama. >> possibly. but you can see women in alabama are not stupid. we are very smart. and we most of us that have conservative values and that really love our president and want somebody to go in there and support our president. that's really what it comes down to. doug jones is not going to support our president. pete: stefanie, that's a great point, how much of this election is about president trump and his agenda and making sure it happens? >> well, you know, alabama showed. we showed up for president trump. and i just really think that we'll show up for roy moore.

pete: what do you support. >> he has conservative value. i'm going to stand up for someone who is pro-life. pete: you can't vote. what do you make on a senate run in alabama. >> i think it's really interesting to see how people are very much in to what's going on in alabama even though they are not here and not experiencing it for themselves. i think the people of alabama very much may not just fall into what they think is going to happen. pete: i think, guys, that's a common theme we are hearing from that table and this one. listen, there is plenty of noise nationally about this race. what matters, the only thing that matters is what happens when donna and stefanie and others and the doctor over there and web walk into the voter booth and make their choice. that's ultimately who they will send to washington to represent them. they don't want pundits telling them who should be their u.s. senator. both sides very passionate

this morning. voter turnout will matter a lot here in alabama. here in mobile. if you are at a spot of tea or around here come out and join us. brian: at love people don't say who they are voting for. they certainly don't tell the pollsters the truth if last election was any learned moment. ainsley: do you see people say i don't want to go on camera i don't want people to know who i'm voting for? pete: some people have used this visual. i'm going to hold my nose and go in the ballot box and vote for the values and not the person. other people are passionate about roy moore. brian: it's not anti-pete hegseth. pete: there is some of that, too brian. steve: reporting live from spout of tea in mobile. pete, thank you very much. ainsley: let's hand it over to jillian she has a fox news alert. jillian: breaking right now we just learned the mayor of san francisco he had lee died early this morning at the age of 65. the city says he was surrounded by family and

friends in the hospitals when he passed away shortly after 1:00 a.m. no cause of death was reported. lee was the city's 43rd mayor. a woman caught smoking in an airplane bathroom threatens to kill passengers when flight attendants tell her to sit down. >> i swear if you [bleep] land, i will [bleep] kill everybody on this [bleep] plane. i will kill everybody on this [bleep]. plane. >> that is a frightening scene. the southwest airlines crew forced to restrain the woman until they landed in sacramento. police arresting her for tampering with a smoke detector. that's a federal offense. she claims she was smoking to calm anxiety. i'm not sure it worked. the chief says millennials are partly to blame. >> we have nights, weekends, and holidays and those are some of the things that are not necessarily attractive to the millennials who want all days off and to be the

chief in six months. jillian: she needs to hire 250 recruits this year so the department has to come up with new strategies to make the job more appealing to young people that could include accepting candidates with minor drug history. a teen becomes a hero carrying a collapsing marathon winner across the finish line to win the race u arianna was running with chandler self-in the marathon when she collapsed. arianna purensd her forward so self-would come in first place. that's not the teen's only selfless act. she also raises money for homeless children and honored as one of texas' top volunteers. cool story. a look at your headlines, bark down to you guys. steve: all right, jillian, thank you. it's the most wonderful time of the year. also very historic. the white house historical association releases a brand new christmas tree ornament honoring one of our past presidents. brian: this one laurens our 32nd president franklin delano roosevelt. ainsley: here with the white

house historical association stuart. >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here again. we have five of hour 37 ornaments we introduced sings 1981. get them all on our website white house.org. this one honors franklin delano roosevelt. steve: we will weigh in on it? >> it was 1933 inaugural uniform it has his monogram beneath that two flags with the 48 stars. and it's in the same of the vintage table top radio that millions of americans listened to the fire side chats. brian: with the gold i'm thinking trump. i'm feeling trump in that. >> we are nonpartisan and nonprofit organization. every president and first lady since we were founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961. we do have a wonderful relationship with mrs. trump and her team. janice: how long does it take to design them. >> a year in advance.

next year is truman. we honor them sequentially. last year was herbert hoover. the wonderful story of the christmas eve fire at the white house in 1929. commemorative one. we pause every few years and honor a significant day or individual related to the white house. this honors the irish architect james hoban and crushed into that resin is actually stone from the quarry of virginia where the stone from the white house came from. ainsley: who do you use the funds for? >> we are a nonprofit organization. and we support conservation, preservation, and restoration at the white house. those beautiful state rooms. we keep them that way. we acquire art and furnishings for the permanent white house collection. and we are a private partner. these are nongovernment funded. brian: last two real quick? >> lineal con 1999. george healey portrait that hangs above the man tell in the state dining room. call village coolidge was the first president to light

the christmas tree that one lights up on the back little switch. steve: not only this year is available but all. >> a lot of people now get a separate tree and have all 37 ornaments. each one comes with a booklet that tells the history of that ornament and that presidency. brian: we have a tree shortage. this year let's combine it with one. >> on the booklet this year with you have president roosevelt. steve: my wife has been collecting these since reagan years. steve: that would go great on that tree. >> put it right up there. janice: very nice. brian: saying to himself how do you get this. steve: cost about 20 bucks. >> 20.905. order today and get them by christmas. >> the would be port authority bomber got here on chain migration visa. something thousands of others have done. just how dangerous is that? judge napolitano always seems to be walking or drinking when we introduce

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facing as a country? brian: i wants judge andrew napolitano to weigh in. judge? >> we know this is legal. we know it's been upheld by the supreme court. and the vast majority of these people that come here, through this system, come to join family members that are here. here's the issue. does the government drop the ball when it comes to vetting these people? just because they get to move up online because they have relatives here, does not relieve the government of the obligation to vet them no matter which country they come from. we'll don't know yet if this guy was vetted. if he was vetted and found nothing wrong. if he wasn't vetted at all just because he had relatives here. then the government has in the obama administration seriously dropped the ball and jeopardized public safety. ainsley: for the last 10 years we have .3 million new immigrants that have come through this many is. i night sound like a nay sayer. how do we vet 9.3 million over a 10 year period? >> we do.

most of the vetting takes place in the country of origin. they have been more serious about it. look, this is for the congress to change. the supreme court has upheld this as a procedure that is you have a relative here, you get ahead of the line. congress can change that president wants it changed, i don't know. brian: can he through doo it through executive order? >> no he can ratchet up the vetting through executive order. steve: has to change the law. >> law written by the congress upheld three times by the supreme court. only congress could change it. steve: because he came here in 2011 on f-4 visa he has legal resident status. he has due process rice rights there are a filibuster of people including senator lindsey graham says he should be held as enemy combatant and he should not wind up with due process. listen to this. >> he was trying to commit an act of terrorism. he should be held as a suspected enemy combatant

and interrogated under the law of war. he is apparently solely a soldier of the caliphate. steve: what do you think about that, judge? >> i think it's a dangerous and slimry slope to attempt to remove constitutional rights. steve: that has never been done before. >> it has never happened in measure history. one time in american history a person arrested by civilian authorities was taken away by military and then returned. otherwise, it simply hasn't happened. brian: is he a citizen. >> no, he is not a citizen. ryan brian what's the problem? >> the problem is constitution protects persons. it doesn't distinguish between citizens and noncitizens. brian: even if they are trying kill us. >> yes. international terror organization they still have rights? >> yes. brian: that is wrong. suicide packet. >> he saying he wants to change the constitution he doesn't like the country. ainsley: they put him in the hospital where is he being

treated for his wounds are they questioning him before they treat him. >> he can't question him before they read him his rights. brian, before did you go crazy, he is answering questions any way. steve: he is sting singing like a canary. we know so much about him. brian: we don't know if he is telling the truth. we need to corroborate what he is saying. we need time. >> correct and the fbi and nypd are far better at that than the military in cuba and prosecutorial record and the record of the civilian prosecutors are better in the new york and in d.c. than they are in guantanamo bay. ainsley: does he have an attorney. >> i don't know if he has an attorney. i'm going to guess he has rejected an attorney because is he singing like a bird. brian: judge i know for a fact that's not true you need ininternational interrogation experts not nypd counters terror. i'm telling you that's what these people are trained for. they need to be talking to this guy to stop the next attack. >> i would bet on the fbi more than any other entity backed up by the nypd to

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>> it is a sound that is synonymous with giving. the salvation army christmas bell. don't you love it? this morning the red kettle tradition is turning into a caldron of controversy for one volunteer. connecticut state senator george logan is now under fire from an atheist group for collecting donations for the charity outside of his local wal-mart. the republican state senator mr. logan, senator logan joins us now. senator, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. happy holidays to you. steve: you are at the

walmart. you have done this for two years now. this is with the senate republican calculation. >> that's correct. ainsley: state of connecticut. you have raised $5,000 for the salvation army. what happens? >> all of a sudden we receive a letter out of wisconsin inc. indicating i should consider refraining from working with groups with christian ties. that organization in wisconsin dolls this in every state. they don't know anything about connecticut and traditions there. why is it important there to help the salvation army? >> we are trying to help people in need during these times. we are talking about adults that have problem with shelter and clothing. we very children that don't have coats to go to school. and so we are trying to raise money and we are getting a lot of support from the community to help those in need. and we think that's what's important. they have used this issue of separation of church and state but that does not mean that politicians or legislators need to turn their back on religious groups. turn their back on their faith and certainly not turn our backs on any organization that's looking to help the people of our

community. and hamden area and valley area of connecticut. ainsley: this is the letter. making a practice to limit charitable ties to secular organizations. they will don't want you to do anything religious. avoid the appearance of support ago secretly christian nation and alienating nonreligious and non-christian constituents. do you have any constituents that maybe aren't christians but still are okay with this? >> oh, i'm sure they are in my district. i have seven towns in my district. it's not an issue at all. this is an issue of helping people in need. and i think, to politicize charity work is just a sad state of affairs. ainsley: pc thing has gone too far. senator george logan thank you for joining us. merry christmas. >> thank you. ainsley: a vigil for kate steinle trashed. one of the students who helped plan that vigil is here to react in the next hour. what happens to that port authority bomber now. will he be tried as enemy

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brian: learning more about port authority bomber who carried out his attack in the name of isis. >> chain migration visa. >> he should be treated by unlawful enemy combatant. >> president's policy calls for end to chain migration. if his policy had been in place, then that attacker would not have been allowed to come in the country. steve: judgment day in the state of alabama in a couple of hours. >> i want to make america great again with president trump. i want america great but i want america good and she can't be good until we go back to god. >> exclusive reports on the

so-called trump dossier. >> the link between the fusion gps and top justice department official ran deeper than previously known. the wife worked for fusion gps last year. >> journalists make honest mistakes and that doesn't make them big news. >> there is a big difference between making honest mistakes and purposefully misleading the american people. they don't correct it and will al poll guise for it they hold themselves to one standard and themselves to quite another. steve: straight to a fox news alert on this tuesday morning. we are learning more about that port authority bomb his or her carried out his attack in the name of isis. turns out he was known around the neighborhood as being a hermit and always angry. a loner with an attitude. brian: his family lashing out at police. as they swarmed the would be terrorist brooklyn home. ainsley: that's where we find todd piro. is he live. what do we know about his motive at this point? >> steve, ainsley, and

brian, good morning to you. that is the question that investigators are trying to figure out all day yesterday. here in the neighborhood behind me. and as the sun comes up today, we are about 24 hours from the moment that this suspected terrorist tried to take part in an alleged attack here on the homeland. but, again, this is the neighborhood where they were trying to do their investigation yesterday. let's go into the facts of this individual. his name, akayed ullah lived in this neighborhood in brooklyn after he entered the just in 2011 on a chain migration visa. that's a preferential visa for those with family in the u.s. he was a cab driver from 2012 to 2015. his license was not renewed. he was inspired by isis but did not appear to have direct contact with the group and likely added alone. the 27-year-old was suspect upset by the way muslims were treated by the u.s.

became radicalized like state media. is he described as a hermit and a loner. >> the guy himself he always had an attitude. i have a detail shop in the back. he would block the driveway. why would try chase him. he would have attitude. >> he was cocky. >> how so? >> just like he was better than everybody else. like belittled. >> ullah allegedly packed a 5-inch metal pipe bomb into the right side of his jacket before setting it off at the nation's busiest bus terminal right in the heart of yesterday's rush. he told police he made the bomb at his work reportedly an electric company. get this: he reportedly told investigators that he chose the location for his attempted terror because of the christmas themed posters that hang on the walls near the times square subway station. pretty chilling right there. in addition, the suspected terrorist family has told the news that they're upset

with the way they were treated by police and, in fact, the way that their family members were interrogated by police. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: thank you, todd. that's right. the new york chapter of the council for islamic relations outraged that the police have treated the family as they have. ainsley: just trying to find answers. steve: the guy is a terrorist. go to his house and ask questions. brian: focus on members of the islamic communityny new this guy as a clown would be terrorist. never mild smiled, always angry. maybe they should have taken care of things in their own community. take care of this guy and how he got here and bring in sarah isgur flores director of public affairs for the department of justice. how did he get here and can we stop this so-called chain migration that brought him to brooklyn? >> this is what the president ran on during his campaign. this is about changing our immigration system. it's about securing the border so we no longer have illegal immigration and about fixing our legal

immigration system. we are not bringing in people with the most likelihood of success in this country like merit based systems like canada and australia. instead you guys referenced this earlier 9.3 million people have come n the last 10 years and 70% of those have been through chain migration. meaning they just had some family tie to this country, not that we have a merit based system where, for instance, we give points for someone who speaks english or is highly educated or has special skills based on their age or any number of things that congress could pick. the president ran on this. he won. and he has asked congress to fix this system. this is why it's just not an economic problem. it's a national security problem. steve: sure. have you got to change the law. ainsley: sarah, i know that doj is having a press conference this morning at 10:30 in the morning. what can we expect to learn? >> attorney general sessions and new secretary of home land security nielsen will poet be speaking in baltimore this morning. they will be talking about the events of yesterday and this attempted terrorist attack. it's something that both

departments take very seriously. national security is a number one issue for the whole country but particularly the department of justifiable and homeland security. it will also be on our i immigration priorities. again, we have got to move to this merit based system in order to protect our national security. end illegal immigration and fix the legal system. steve: all right. sarah, let's talk a little bit about the prosecution of this guy. i mean, he has already pretty much it sounds like confessed to why he did it. he was inspired by isis. he sought christmas pictures and stuff like that in the walkway. senator lindsey graham there in washington says, you know, he should not wind up with the regular rights of an american citizen, which he is not. he is a legal resident of the united states with a green card. he does have due process. lindsey graham says try him as enemy combatant. is there? i suggestion by the department of justice that that's a good idea and they would follow through with that? >> i don't want to get ahead of any announcements i think judge napolitano explained

this well a few minutes ago. that being said, we have prosecuted 500 or so terrorism-related suspects since 9/11. 70% of those have been preliminary reports have shown that 75% of those have been foreign-born. so i do think that when we want to look on how to prevent this moving forward, which has to be our number one homeland security goal, preventing terrorism is about fixing our legal immigration system. and bringing in people with the highest likelihood to flourish in this country. brian: any first year law student could make sure to convict this guy. they caught him with the bomb. four cops found him. we have him on video. we need to know what he knows. and if we read him his miranda rights and don't delay that prospect. we probably will never know. don't you agree and if so, what are we going to do about it? >> well, that's not always true. some people are read their miranda rights and still wants to tell us everything that they have done. their exact reason. brian: why take the risk. >> i thought judge napolitano explained that

pretty well that you know, oftentimes when someone is found in this country, you will. brian: jag officer and dealt with this thing 25 years. he has a different point of view. >> we have prosecuted these cases before. have you some of the best prosecutors in the world in the southern district of new york. and some of the best officers in the nypd and the fbi. brian: we're not talking about prosecution. we are talking about interrogation. to stop the next attack. >> well, i think prosecution dolls that as well. again, we have prosecuted over 500 of these cases since 9/11. and so i think that we have a pretty good track record of that. but if you wants to look to preventing it, look that merit based immigration sum. the president is absolutely on the right track here. ainsley: sarah, there's a guy we have been talking about in the news, his name is bruce ohr. doj official. worked at your agency. and he was demoted last week for having connections to that dirty dossier. obviously you can't have connections. can't meet with people writing the dirty dossier if

you work at the doj. nellie and she worked for fusion gps during the election. just more plirks. what's your reaction? >> well, as you said, he was removed from the office of the deputy attorney general last week. and various congressional committees have asked to speak with him. we're going to make him available for that so i expect he will talk to congress in the next week or two here. brian: has the justifiable department been a disappointment to the president? >> you would have to ask the president that. but i think that attorney general jeff sessions has followed through on more conservative policy than any other department. we have ended third party settlements, cracking down on violent crime. the opioid epidemic. supporting our law enforcement again and increasing morale out there. brian: he might have recused himself from this investigation for no reason. it turns out there is a email showing the fbi told him flat out you don't have to reveal these conversations with this

russian ambassador. and it turns out he recused himself because of that. >> no, no, no. i think this is actually really important. the fbi email you are referring to is what he need to put on fs 86. security form that cnn then wrote that he needed to have all of those meetings on. that was incorrect. because he was following the advice from the fbi. his recusal, however, was based on the fact that he was a senior advisor to the trump campaign and that is specific in the department of justifiable regulations that if you are a senior advisor in the campaign, you have to recuse yourself from any investigation into that campaign. so it had nothing to do with any meetings with russians. brian: you are saying he could never preside over a russian investigation? >> not into the campaign in which he was a senior advisor. brian: i wonder why he took the job then. steve: sarah, let me ask you a question regarding andrew mccabe, is he a top guys at the department of justifiable. he was supposed to appear on capitol hill today. he canceled at the last minute. there are a number of people who say he was worried about being asked about bruce ohr

and bruce ohr's wife. chad pergram tweeted that out and added something more sinister. why did he cancel? >> i have seen the emails myself. this turns out to be, you know, why email is the best/worst form of communication. what happened was the fbi had planned to have two witnesses testify. one on the 12th and one on the 19th. when they sent the email to the committee, they flipped the two witnesses. and so mccabe was supposed to testify on the 19th. they told the committee the 12th the alleged handler was supposed to testify on the 12th but they told the committee the 19th. we are trying to sort that out right now. the fbi sincerely regrets the error, obviously. steve: so a scheduling problem. >> huge scheduling problem in this case u. steve: unbelievable. all right. well, people are talking about t sara, thank you very much for joining us today from the department of justifiable. ainsley: thanks, sarah. still ahead. more on that within wanna be pt

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steve: a fox news alert. more on top story. wanna be suicide bomber blast i failed to cause the damage. officials swarming his home looking for clues. where does does the investigation go from here. former boston police commissioner and fox news contributor ed davis joins us from boston. commissioner. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. steve: just like the boston bombing this guy used christmas lights, sugar and batteries. can you explain why christmas lights are used? >> they burn very hot. and if a charge is -- even a 9-volt. a small charge is connected to the filament in those lights it's notify to set

off explosive. they use it as detonator. steve: that's what they used in boston as well. >> right. steve: the commissioner in new york had a warning essentially for the people of new york today on twitter. it was, what, ed? >> he spoke ben gauges the public and getting the public to cooperate with the police more often. to tighten up their surveillance and to help them identify any suspicious activity situation as we go into the christmas holidays this threat is real. is he asking for help. steve: see something, say something. yesterday was the coldest day of winter so far. everybody in new york city was wearing a coat. you couldn't tell if the guy had a bomb under it. >> right there. are some things we are going to miss in a free society. we are not screening people getting on trains or subways. we can't do that right now. you know, if someone had

seen him at his place of employment putting that bomb together. if someone had seen him as he entered the train looking around and acting suspiciously and it triggered something, those are the kind of things that we need to hear. the police want to hear -- people think they are bothering us. that's not the case at all. steve: that's right. apparently there was a big blow up at the guy's house in brooklyn on sunday night a lot of yelling and screaming. that's what the neighbors are telling the police now too bad they didn't mention it then. troubled because he saw all of the christmas posters and that reportedly reminded him of isis's threat that we're going to visit new york city before christmas. >> right. anything can trigger these guys when they are on the fringe. sounds like this guy had attitude problems around his home and neighborhood. is he just an angry man that

has seized on to this philosophy. it's amazing to see what triggers them. steve: one of the things since we are talking about potential terrorism here in new york city. one of the things that your friends in the communities, law enforcement are worried about drones. explain why that is something we need to worry about. threatens to have been utilized to spacekly drop hand grenades on troops. there is the technology becomes more reliable and the pay load becomes larger for these devices which can you buy easily on the internet. the problem is that we have nothing in our arsenal to stop them from coming in. so, it's really a problem. there are some companies working on drone technology to try to seize them and

capture them. but, right now we are very vulnerable. since they are used in the theater of war we expect they may come this way. security people are very nervous about this right now. steve: something else to worry about. ed davis boston's top cop thank you for joining us today from boston. >> thank you, steve. steve: 7:20 in new york. coming up, a vigil for kate steinle trashed on one of the most liberal college campuses in the country. one of the students who helped plan that vigil here to react coming up next. dennis rodman says he can help solve the north korean crisis. he has one demand though for president trump? what is it? stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ you do all this research

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jillian: good tuesday morning. back with headlines. starting with a fox news alert. oscar pistorius hurt in a prison brawl in south africa. former olympian and double ampue getting into a fight with another inmate while waiting to use cell phone. is he currently serving 13 year jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend. prosecutors more than doubled his original sentence last month. new overnight the department of justifiable emergency stay halt accept taps of transgender troops into the military. it comes months after president trump twreeted the military could not be burdened with the medical costs and disruption. last month, a federal judge ruled against the change. >> department of justice is currently reviewing the legal options to make sure the president's directive can be implemented.

jillian: pentagon says as of now transgender enlistment will go on starting january 1st. ainsley? ainsley: thank you sowch, jillian. attacks on conservatives college campuses continue after a vigil for kate steinle set up by u.k. berkeley college republicans is destroyed. a poster of kate steinle, young woman killed by five time deported illegal imgrant found torn and thrown in the trash the morning after the campus candlelight vigil. joining me now is one of the students who hemmed plan that vigil. u.k. berkeley student troy warden. troy, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. ainsley: you're welcome. you had the vigil last week. tell me why and what happened. >> well, we wanted to hold a vigil in order to honorable the memory of kate steinle who was a victim of legal immigration. her killer was just acquitted. and we wanted to make a statement that we really remembered her. that we weren't going to get her be forgotten she has been forgotten in most of the mainstream media. and so that's what we wanted

to do we wanted to honor her memory and basically communicate what she stood for and who she was to students on campus. normally vigils aren't contentious at u.k. berkeley. can you wave isis flag around on campus and no one will bat an eye. this has been detailed in campus reform articles before. u.k. berkeley is not a stranger to outlandish or unique things. the moment we held a vigil for kate steinle, an antifa organization refuse fascism sent a paid activist to basically desecrate the memorial to. interrupt it to call us fascist, biggests, et cetera. our message of honoring kate was totally lost in this protest. ainsley: it's hard to see that we have all been following this case for so long. i had the opportunity to sit down with her family and interview them. i saw firsthand the pain that they're going through. and then to see kate steinle's poster, her face thrown in the trash. we have been showing those images all morning.

what happened -- there is one of the pictures right there. what happened to the memorial? we also saw some pictures of all of the candles on the steps of the hall on your campus and all of the candles are written out in the word kate. and we have seen these posters in the trash. what else happened? you had flowers, candles, esell with large picture of her. >> we decide you had to leave the picture and other materials out just so when students were coming to campus in the morning they would be able to see what we had done and maybe take a moment to reflect on what she had stood for and what ear live meant. some people took it upon themselves to take those things and either get rid of them or tear them up and put them in the trash can. this isn't a unique occurrence previously a few days before the vigil put up posters with kate's face on them saying she had dreams, too. unfortunately those were almost immediately taken down and put up with posters of my face on them with the

label so i warden which is a play on my name troy warned. we knew that antifa alt left activists were taking pictures of us putting up posters and took them down almost immediately. there are people at u.k. bentley who are basically hell bent on stopping any kind of memorial for this victim of illegal immigration. ainsley: thank you so much, troy, for being with us. that's unbelievable. god bless you. thank you for doing. this forget safe spaces one college is using this to help calm down snowflakes ♪ care bears countdown ♪ and send a wish out through the air. ainsley: care bears on campus? seriously? and the polls are about to open up in alabama for today's special senate election. pete hegseth is live in mobile, alabama, talking with the voters. hey, pete. pete: good morning, ainsley. no care bears here just "fox & friends." we make friends quickly at these diners a spot of tea

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ainsley: this is a fox news alert. it is judgment day down in the state of alabama. and less than an hour, voters are going to be heading to the polls to choose their new senator. brian: roy moore and doug jones facing off on nail biter that has nationwide consequences. steve: jonathan serrie has been covering this race for a while he is live in montgomery, alabama with a fight to the finish. jonathan? >> fight to the finish indeed. get out the vote is the name

of the game today. both candidates had major get out the vote rallies last night. >> we're up to our neck in alligators. we are up to the neck in people that don't want change in washington, d.c. they want to keep it the same. >> keep their power, keep their prestige and keep their position. and we have got to change that. >> roy moore held a drain the swamp rally where he was joined by lowey gohmert former milwaukee sheriff david clarke and former white house chief strategist steve bannon. described the election as a referendum on president trump. >> it's an up or down vote tomorrow. right? >> right. >> between the trump miracle and the nullification project. >> democrat doug jones did a little counter programming to answer moore's rally. he brought in some star power in the form of alabama

native charles barkley. , i mean, listen, i love alabama we have to throw a line in the sand we are not a bunch of damn idiots. and people are looking at us like they are actually thinking about voting for this guy? >> i am going to tell you, folks it is time and i think we are going to see it tomorrow that the majority of the people of alabama say that it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. >> he and the polls open at 7 central time. brian: wow, throws out barkley. steve: who does low voter turnout help? who does high voter turnout help? >> it's all about which candidate can rally the base. so, if there's a high

turnout of social conservatives, that favors roy moore. conventional wisdom suggests that if you have a high african-american turnout, that helps the democratic national committee democrat in this race. steve: all right. jonathan serrie live in montgomery, alabama. brian: i wonder who wins and is going to benefit from the elections. at lot of people would think the democrats would benefit not having roy moore in here. donald trump wants him in there. most likely going to go to republican next time. steve: we'll see. stay tuned. ainsley: that was montgomery. now let's go to mobile, alabama that's where pete hegseth is talking to voters there at a little restaurant called spot of tea. hey, pete. pete: my ears perk up when i hear charles barkley. he played at auburn. a lot of folks in alabama love him i i'm here with alabama voters three of which going straight to the polls. one after work. very enthusiastic going out. you were a mo brooks

supporter in the primary. not originally a roy moore supporter. now you are. why are you casting your vote for roy moore? >> it's about the supreme court for me. it's a big decision. and there's a lot of people ha that are, i guess, going to be retiring at some point. i just -- it's a moment in time. pete: is it more about the agenda, president trump the country than it is the particular candidate? >> absolutely. absolutely. pete: so those in new york say how dare you vote for roy moore, what do you say to that? >> they live in new york. [laughter] pete: well said. randal, likewise, you are also a mo brooks supporter. >> don't tell us how to vote down here. i supported mo brooks during the initial primary. but, you know, when it came down to roy and luther strange, i think like a lot of move brooks supporters we went to roy instead of going to luther. pete: why did you do that? >> well, i think we all really felt like roy supported the more

conservative agenda. luther seemed to be more in line with the sort of establishment republicans and i think a lot of people in alabama really have conservative values. so a lot of people were willing to overlook any reservations they had with roy moore because it was more important to him that he would support what the people of alabama wanted to see. pete: sure. > as opposed necessarily in new york. you are a doug jones supporter. >> i am. pete: you will be casting a vote for him today. >> i will. pete: why do you support him? >> the main reason is our country is very divided. doug jones is a uniter. a bringer together. he can work with both sides very, very well. i have known doug for a long, long time. he and i worked on a campaign together back in the 1970s to elect senator hal heflin. he is a fine lawyer and fine man who can work together with a lot of people. pete: are there enough?

a lot of people say it will hinge on turnout. are there enough democrats to elect him today? >> yes, there are i believe the democratic base of alabama which is very, very large, will turn out today and i do believe that doug jones will be elected. pete: mike, it does hinge on turnout. you understand the political land escape here well. you support roy moore but what's your bellwether today? >> i think it's going to be literally getting out the vote. republicans going to get out in strong numbers. the democrats, i think the question at least i. have in the state is will the democrats turn out? there is a lot of signs out and things like that. for doug jones. and you don't see a lot of roy moore but you didn't see a lot of donald trump signs around here and you didn't see a lot of them in the state of alabama but he won by, what, 28 points, 32 points, something along that line. i think you will see the same thing today for roy moore. pete: interesting. so many dynamics here. are the polls right or wrong or hidden vote for roy moore that is not revealed when you are talking to a pollster. a lot of people think.

so polls open here in a half hour or. so we will keep bringing it to you on "fox & friends." steve: we will know tonight. pete, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you. pete. jillian i think is upstairs now. she has headlines for us. hey, jillian. jillian: that's right. good morning from upstairs. >> we will get your fox news alert. he had lee, mayor of san francisco died this morning at the age of 65. he was surrounded by family and friends in the hospital when he passed away after 1:00 a.m. no cause of death was reported. lee was the 43rd may. he held the office since 2011. you remember the care bears, right? ♪ ♪ jillian: how could we forget? one college enlisting them to help out stressed out students. an honors dorm at the university of massachusetts amherst putting up this display. a sophomore posting a picture you have each bears

giving add vees like surroundings people with supportive people, make time for fun and get enough sleep. basketball player dennis rodman is ready to help president trump solve the north korea crisis. he has inside information on kim jong un, the manual he calls the marshall, telling the guardian newspaper, quote: i have been trying to tell donald since day one, come talk to me, manual, i will tell you what the marshall wants more than anything. it's not even that much. rodman would not say what it is. the nba star has visited kim jong un in north korea several times. a look at your headlines. guys? brian: so he knows that kim jong un wants something. it's not much. but if donald trump asks he will only tell donald trump? steve: jillian, thank you so much. we didn't realize that kim jong un's nickname ways the marshall. now we know. new marshall in town. janice: hi. ainsley: janice has weather for us. janice: i do have little. first i want to introduce what's your name where are you from. >> andrew couch from houston texas but i live in

bellville now. janice: i like your hat. >> i do, too. >> i'm jane couch from bellville, texas. janice: you guys. >> kate and harold behrman. look at this. he is wearing shorts. i hope you don't mind we are looking at your shorts, my friend. this is awesome here in new york city it's like 35 degrees and is he wearing shorts. take a look at the weather. we are dealing with cooler temperatures. 47. let's wear some shorts. we do have a clipper system moving across the great lakes and northeast. bringing in a little snow not a huge deal. it could cause some commuter problems. >> what's your name. >> bonnie pittman. >> where are you from. >> greenville, south carolina. cat scan january do you want to say hi to steve, ainsley and brian. >> we hope to see them this morning. >> nice to see you. steve: janice, 47 is shorts weather. my u.p.s. guy wears shorts until it's way below zero.

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breen brian here we go. back with a fox news alert. yesterday's suicide bomber almost 24 hours from this moment. 141,000 bangladeshians who immigrated here on a quote chain migration. visas available to certain relatives of u.s. citizens. president trump demanded an end to the controversial program. more on that at 10:30 today. what needs to change right now to keep americans increasingly safe? here to debate is huston institute fellow and foreign policy rebecc rebeccah heinrichs along with state department spokesperson, fox news contributor and great person marie harf. rebecca, let's start with you. what needs to change about chain migration. stop it in its tracks. >> yeah. stop it in its tracks. we need to end any single immigration program that doesn't allow for the slow, and intentional vetting of

individuals who want to be here and who have nothing but love and affection for americans and what it means to be an american. this particular individual should never have been here in the first place. brian brian right now reknow marie the procedure. you know it intimately because you worked at the state department. they screen the would be chain migration immigrants at their home country. do you agree that needs to be bolstered at the very least? >> absolutely. i don't think we need to end this program. look, the con september behind it, keeping families together, that's a good idea. i think most of us agree. so, let's make the vetting tighter. and, look, we don't know yet where yesterday's would be suicide bomber was radicalized. if there was tightening vetting, would that ever have shown up? we don't know yet. he may have been radicalized in the united states. let's get the facts here before we jump to policy recommendations. we can all agree let's make it better. brian: rebekah how much? should it be the second cousin? should it be just the

brother if it happens? let's take a look at the guy. walked around sullen. always angry. seemed aloof. does that seem like a guy who is embracing freedom, rebecca? h. no it seems like a guy who could have been easily vetted if he was asked a couple questions. we are compassionate nation. i understand desire to bring in people who want to be here and participate in the american dream. this individual was not one of those people. until we understand as a people what we actually need to do to vet, symptom all of these programs that are unnecessary. we just need to stop them. brian: why so many? marie, why so many from such a country? 124,000 in 10 years, that's the size of dayton, ohio. >> dayton, ohio, and my home state. i like the reference. no, look, i think the united states has always said that we welcome immigrants. but we need to do so lawfully and we need to do so by vetting them. people who get visas under this program do get vetted. they don't just get airplane ticket and get to show up

hire. can we do better? that's what we should be looking at. looking at the travel ban president trump put in place, that would no have impacted this country we can't do this one off policy. let's do it better. >> you would love to see vetting online. >> part of drop is embassies. part done by sharing information online with the fbi u if there are known threats back here. and let's see if we can do that better. i'm absolutely open to that conversation. but let's not stop welcoming people here who just want to be with their family. brian: just how many and from where. >> exactly. marie make it better and rebecca stop it in its tracks. republicans on the verge of passing major tax reform. our next guest says it's not just important for small business but hispanic small business owners as well. we will explain. and sean spicer may be out of the white house but he is not done putting up a fight

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hard-working, indust instruments demographic. hispanic households have 10% the wealth of white households on average. it's not because they are not working hard or entrepreneurial. i believe it's because of bad policy. because of too many hurelingszs in their way. primarily regulation and taxation which keeping those small businesses from growing. >> right. we have talked, steve, you have talked touts about the fact that the president is getting rid of a lot of regulations with the power of his own pen. that's a step in the right direction. so now if congress is able to pass some sort of tax reform, if it is what they suggested, it's going to help everybody a lot. including the hispanic community. >> absolutely. listen, i think it's hard to overstate, steve, just how big this can be for small business in general. but, again, i'm most focused on the hispanic community and i would say this too politically. number one it's the right thing to do to lift hispanic prosperity. number two, i think we as

republicans and those of us on team trump can also reap the political benefits because the democratic party has had stranglehold on minority voters in general and certainly hispanics for the most part in decades. have they delivered prosperity to hispanics. i would argue they have not. if we do two things on the hill in coming weeks, if we show compassion on daca and if we deliver on taxes and we propel hispanic growth and hispanic prosperity forward that the president, and i told him this personally he is going to win the hispanic vote for re-election in 2020. steve: bold prediction. all right. steve, thank you very much for joining us. ainsley: thank you. good to see you. >> you two. steve: white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders firing back at mainstream media reporters accusing them of reporting false information on purpose. ainsley: ari fleischer knows what it's like to be in her spot and is he going to join us next. dallas police shortage of officers and chief is blaming millennials.

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>> we're learning more about that port authority bomber who carried out a botched attack in the name of isis. >> he lived in brooklyn after he entered the u.s. on a chain migration visa. >> i think he's an unlawful enemy combatant who should be treated like an unlawful enemy combatant. >> the president's policy called for a end to chain migration. if his policy had been in place, then that attacker would not have been allowed to come into the country. >> if he was not vetted at all, then the obama administration seriously dropped the ball. steve: it's judgment day in the state of alabama and in just a couple of hours, voters are headed to the polls. >> i want america to be great and i want her to be good and she can't be good until we go

back to god. ainsley: doj official is married to nellie ore and she worked for fusion gps. >> was removed from the office of deputy attorney general last week. i expect to talk to congress in the next week or two here. >> makes honest mistakes. >> there's a very big difference between making honest mistakes and purposely misleading the american people. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. we just learned that the port authority bomber who you see there who carried out that botched attack was not on the fbi's radar. but it turns out that he was known for being a jerk with a attitude. steve: that's what his neighbors say. meanwhile, his family lashing out at the feliciaccomplice and the fbi as they swarm the want to be terrorist brooklyn home. brian: that's where we find todd piro. todd, have you learned anything about his background? >> we have new information, guys, to start off the 8:00 hour here. we just learned that the

attack will be arraigned in his hospital room today. we also roomed according to an nypd official like ainsley said, the attacker was not on the fbi or nypd watch list, meaning an attack like this is very difficult to stop. so yesterday, investigators from all branches of law enforcement were here trying to figure out as much information about the attacker's background as possible. his name, he lived in brooklyn after he entered the u.s. in 2011. that was on a chain migration visa. available for those with family here in the u.s. a licensed cab driver from march 2012 to march 2015 but his taxi and limo license was not renewed after 2015. he was inspired by isis but did not appear to have direct contact with the group and likely acted alone making those comments about him not being on watch lists more apparent. reports say the 27-year-old

was upset with the way muslims have been treated by the u.s. and by recent israeli actions in gaza. and he reportedly became radicalized by islamic state media. neighbors here in this brooklyn neighborhood describe him as a hermit and as a loner. >> the guy himself, he always had an attitude. i have a detail shop in the back. we would try to chase him, he would have an attitude to move his car out of our driveway. >> he was cocky. >> how so? >> just like he was better than everybody else. like, we're belittled. >> packed a five-inch metal pipe bomb, 9-volt battery and christmas tree lights before setting it off in the busiest terminal in the heart of the rush. he made the bomb at his work reportedly an electric company. and get this. this, to me, is the most chilling. he reportedly told investigators that he chose the location for his attempted terror because of the

christmas-themed posters that hang on the walls near the time square subway station. now, through their lawyer, his family says they were very. upset with the way police interrogated them. police say that their interrogation yielded a whole heck of a lot of information. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: todd piro in brooklyn, thank you very much. that's right. the statements that he made after the arrest were very, very helpful. they learned a lot. but because he apparently became radicalized looking at videos and things like that on the cell phone, he does not follow the traditional al-qaeda cell set up where, you know, somebody is radicalized and then reports back to a base. it was just him in his parents' house over in brooklyn. brian: but he went to bangladesh multiple times, at least five times since 2011 through chain migration, which is going to be talked about i think at 10:30 today when the

president has into your doj. brian: doj and homeland security. ainsley: thankfully, this could have been a lot worse and thankfully it was not. the few people injured, they're going to be okay. nothing life-threatening. this guy's in the hospital, and he can be questioned. we can find out more information about him. brian: and his lawyer may shut him down. steve: first he has to be arraigned. here's what chain migration is. people from other countries apply to be u.s. citizens and let's say you're in bangladesh and accepted into the united states, then you are able to bring your brothers, your sisters, their children, et cetera. it is believed that this particular terrorist was -- came in on a f4 visa because his aunt or uncle will not specify essentially won the lottery, got the united states citizenship, and then brought the whole country over. the president of the united states -- brian: the whole country. steve: it looks like the whole country. the president of the united states put out a statement at 5:00 yesterday and said

today's terror suspect entered our country through extend family chain migration, which is incompatible with national security. congress must end and act on my other proposals to enhance domestic security. terrible harm that this flawed system inflicts on america's security and economy has long been cleared. i am determined to improve our immigration system to put our country and people first. there will be a press conference with the department of justice at 10:30 this morning about immigration. ainsley: the president said it needs to be a merit-based system because you can have a family of 50, one person apply, and bring the whole family in. steve: bring the whole country. ainsley: you saw the scale of that. it's unbelievable the number of people coming into our country. 9.3million over ten years came into our country, knew immigrants based on family ties, and 70% of the immigrants that came in over a ten-year period, a recent ten-year period were because

they had family tuesday. not because they were handpicked. it was not a merit-based system. brian: bangladesh, i think that's a challenging country with the weather and the economy. 141,000 between 2005 and 2016 not including those that came this year, 141,000, that's the population of dayton, ohio. if we're doing this with a clear head. but a lot of this i found out is done online. steve: sure. by the way, the yellow graph in the middle, that was the year that he came into the country. so what are they going to do today at 10:30 at the department of justice? their spokesperson says it's going to be about immigration. it could be about merit-based stuff. watch this. >> this is what the president ran on during his campaign. this is about changing our immigration system. it's about securing the border so we no longer have illegal immigration, and it's about fixing our illegal immigration

system because we're not bringing in the people with the highest likelihood of success in this country with merit-based systems like canada and australia. so the president ran on this. he won, and he's asked congress to fix this system. this is why it's not just an economic problem, it's a national security problem. >> i have said that this attempted suicide bombing yesterday. i shouldn't say attempted. he did injure people. he injured himself too. steve: he set off a bomb. >> right. it would not have happened under the president's policy. even that attack on the west side highway. the guy who ran over and got the u-haul truck. steve: same thing. the most troubling aspect of chain migration is that there are no restrictions on how many people somebody who wins the lottery to come into the united states can bring with them. it could be two people, it could be 200. ainsley: when you go through the airport, now you have. steve: and they're all vetted. but it's just a lot. ainsley: all of that changes after 9/11. now with all of these terror attacks, we have to change it

and make it stronger. brian: let's talk about this why this wasn't worse. we have great port authority cops. sean gallagher, 26, he's also a marine. drew preston, 26, three tours in iraq. he's army. and anthony is a marine bomb technician -- he's a marine with bomb technician experience. he was first on the scene. how lucky are we to have them in new york? ainsley: anthony said he saw these panicked passengers and so he runs over there, and he sees the guy who has just detonated the pipe bomb on his chest on his stomach, and he sees him looking for his cell phone, and he goes, oh, my gosh he's going to detonate another bomb because he was training. so all four of those guys prevented him from grabbing that cell phone. they took it away from him. steve: and as soon as there was that explosion, it was a stampede out. so they helped evacuate people, they arrested the guy, and that's some of the video. that's the instance it happened. that is on that walkway

between the port authority and time square station, and that is along the wall where apparently that guy, and you can see how badly he was burned, saw those christmas ads for apple and other companies, and he said -- he told police that's what made him push the button to detonate. ainsley: saw the christmas posters up in port authority, so he wrapped him up with pipe bombs and christmas tree lights and then detonated it wanting to kill other people himself. brian: he's upset we're bombing in syria isis because he is a pledged member of isis. i just wonder if this is that attack that isis promised in time square with santa claus on video before the christmas holiday. steve: maybe that was just the signal. that was the go signal. somebody try something. at least he did yesterday. thank goodness he was a bad bomb maker. ainsley: that message we meet at christmas in new york city soon. and that was superimposed over that picture of santa. you're right. jillian has more.

>> that's right. good morning to you at home. let's begin with a fox news alert because we following this story. a brand-new video out of alabama where polls just opened moments ago. voters now deciding whether to elect roy moore or doug jones to the senate. roy supported by president trump despite sexual misconduct allegations. former white house strategist steve bannon rallying for the republican last night and hall of famer getting a last push for democrat jones. several early polls show the race is neck and neck. we will keep you posted. allegations of sexual misconduct leading to suspensions at the nfl network. new reports the hall of famer marshall faulk, keith evans all analysts are named in a lawsuit by a former female employee of the league-owned channel. ranges from groping to inappropriate texts. another explayer and former network employee donovan mcnabb also named with a former executive. requesting an emergency stay to halt the acceptance of

transgender troupes into the military. it comes months after the president tweeted the military could not be burdened with the medical cost. last month a judge ruled against the change. >> department of justice is currently reviewing the legal options to ensure that the president's directive can be implemented. >> the pentagon says as of now transgender enlistment will goeas of january 1st. and wants you to honor your loved one with a drink or two. they just got a liquor license so they can serve booze to mourners. before funeral services start. employees will keep an eye out to make sure the drinking doesn't get out of hand. i can't decide if that's a good idea or bad idea. ainsley: great idea. it's going to make more people cry. steve: it is. probably. but at the same time, people are so anxious, it takes the edge off. ainsley: that's true. >> some of the lines are so long, you need to have drink

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packed with goodness. >> i would say that they make honest mistakes, and that doesn't make fake news. >> they make honest mistakes and sometimes they own up to them. i'm sorry. i'm not finished. there's a very big difference between making honest mistakes and purposely misleading the american people. something that happens regularly. steve: you have white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders fighting back accusing members of the media of reporting false information on purpose as networks real from a series of mistakes in their coverage of the president in the last week or two. ainsley: our next guest knows

what it's like to be in the hot spot in her seat. fox news contributor, he served as white house press secretary under george w. bush, and he joins us now. >> good morning. ainsley: good morning. how do you think she's doing? >> i think she's doing great. look, that job is the best job in government. it's the hardest job in government. and i think she's doing just fine at it. it's a contentious job, especially in the era of trump. brian: right. yesterday, they were going at her about the inaccurate news over the weekend. so there are has been a force negative president trump stories. i agree people make mistakes. but do you find it interesting that they all make mistakes in indicting the president and this administration? >> yeah. the mistakes seem to be all coming in one direction. antitrump. but i think the team has the right to throw pressure on the press. there's nothing wrong with that and the press is used to it. they do it often. and they're doing it. i don't think they deliberately go out of their way to make mistakes.

they don't like trump and they put their guard down when people give them antitrump information so they don't filter it. ainsley: one man put up a picture hours before and said he couldn't from the seats. that wasn't the case. >> well, he wasn't there. he took that picture off of somebody else, and then he promptly apologized when the president called on him to do it. but it belies the bigger issue and that is the press let's down their professional guard because they don't like the president. brian ross at abc. and cnn still owes the world an explanation for how it could have -- two independent sources giving wrong information. reading an e-mail in the case of donald trump jr. and wikileaks. steve: one of the reasons this was done is suddenly he does refer to things being fake news. >> yeah. steve: i think people are skeptical when they hear something whether or not that's accurate. >> i personally don't use the word fake news but this is the president throwing inside heat and the press can handle it.

they can always handle these types of things. brian: what about the decision to take on the press? the bush administration didn't. one was critical of president obama for taking us on. he said you don't think that we wanted to take on abc, cbs, and all the others? but we held our fire. >> look, president bush is a guy who famously walked across the south lawn with ernie goldberg's book facing the reporters showing the cameras. and it was just a different era. it wasn't amped up. and we didn't have social media the first half of the administration. ainsley: aren't you glad? >> president trump is more of a counterpuncher, as he says. so they're tougher today. but the press is tougher on pressure today too. steve: bernie sanders has that image of the president walking across the south lawn with his book. steve: bernie goldberg. steve: and so does bernie sanders. >> bush doesn't have that book. steve: still ahead we told you about the russia probe hiding

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ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you. sean spicer might be out of the white house, but he's not done putting up a fight when it comes to defending president trump. the former white house press secretary is writing a book now and in it he's going to blast what he calls the media's blatant bias against his former boss. and it's due out next director and the former acting director of the cia who endorsed hillary clinton during the 2016 election now admitting that he made a mistake. in an op-ed michael said that

he thought then candidate trump posed a threat to national security. he has now told politico that he recognizes the downsides of breaking the tradition of the intelligence community remaining nonpolitical. brian. brian: all right. thanks, ainsley. this morning, president trump's attorney calling for a special counsel to investigate bombshell allegations of political bias in robert mueller's special council and the russian probe. last week we told you about a doj official dismissed from the investigation for concealing his firms about the anti-trump dossier and now we know his wife worked there. in a new op-ed the media focusing too much on obstruction of justice rather than obstruction of congress. here to explain wall street journal extraordinary. kimberly, welcome back. what do you mean investigate the special counsel because of all of this? >> yeah. look, i think -- i'm not a big fan of special counsels and not special counsels for the special counsels because they tend to

just become black holes where you can't find out anything that's going on. what does need to happen, though, is there needs to be order from very high up whether it be the president himself organized the fbi and the justice department to comply with every congressional demand and investigation that's going on so that the public can finally know what's going on behind the election. brian: i've never seen this before. the judicial or investigative committees ask the fbi to appear, ask for documents. they just basically don't do it. and then we saw on friday the new fbi director are had no interest in answering these questions about the use of the dossier to give to a fisa court and to unmask people like michael flynn. >> no. it was an extraordinary statement made in front of the house judiciary committee. has primary oversight of

authority over the justice department, the fbi, and the foreign intelligence surveillance court. and yet christopher looked at it and said what you know? i'm not going to hand over documents to you because they're classified. think about that. that would be -- i mean, that in essence is the fbi saying we can do whatever we want to any american at any time. and when congress tries to exercise some due diligence, we'll just tell you you have no business looking at us because it's classified. it's not on. but this has been their excuse all along, and they've continued to stonewall congress for months now. brian: so we don't know why -- we know bruce was demoted because he concealed those meetings with men behind the antitrump dossier. i guess he shouldn't have done that. i guess we agree on that. and then we find out his wife worked there for we don't know exactly what she did. and we don't even know. we know that the deputy director mccabe whose wife ran for office and was supported by a democrat, he, again, has a scheduling conflict. he can't appear in front of

the committee. so we just seem to be slow walking this. what's strange is this is president trump's justice department. this is his fbi director. has he hired the wrong people? >> well, we still don't know that but what we do know is there appears to be a enormous effort by the justice department and the fbi to not come clean about their actions in 2016. we know that christopher who was the author of the dossier, he was in the fbi. we now know he was in it. the justice department bruce ore and his wife's connection to that firm. also peter, don't forget him. the man sending antitrump texts to his mistress. there's nine of 15 team appear to be democratic donors. some have defended hillary clinton personally in lawsuits.

the only way that the american public is going to trust what the mueller's team is doing in this is correct and right is for us to understand what happened and all those biases and that means the justice department under order from the white house has got to start handing over information. brian: kim, thanks so much. appreciate it. always great to see you. got to see you more. >> you too. brian: meanwhile, 29 minutes after the hour. straight ahead, the port authority bomber has just been charged. what he is now facing, next. he's going to be arraigned today. dallas police have a shortage of officers and the chief is blaming millennials? wait until you hear this. and the polls are now in. alabama -- the polls are now open in alabama over today's special election session. pete is at the diner talking to average everyday voters. pete. >> i blame millennials for everything. it's pretty safe, actually. not here, though, at the spot in mobile, alabama. they're about to go right

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steve: well, it's judgment day down in alabama. they're trying to figure out who's going to take the vacant seat in the u.s. senate that jeff sessions stepped aside to be the attorney general of the united states. and right now, you're looking at mountain brook, alabama. ainsley: yeah, doug jones is at the polls. that's why you see some of the cameras there and people gathered around because doug jones is supposed to be appearing at any minute, at least, to go vote in mountain

broke. brian: in a traditional alabama election, the republican normally up by 20, 25 points, not the case now. pete at the spot in mobile, alabama as he gets the polls from the people. hey, pete. >> that's what we've heard a lot. usually alabama races, at least in the last couple of decades have been layups for republicans. in this year because of the circumstances, it's a toss up. so voters are motivated on both sides and what happens today will be voter turnout, which is why as always we're talking to people on the ground as opposed to pundits in washington, d.c. and we've heard that all morning long. i'm here with diane, jim, and marianne. you came out to see us this morning. you're also going to support roy moore. why? >> well, i want to support the president, and i feel like that while, you know, i have some questions about roy moore, i believe those will come out later, and i feel like i have to vote for him. >> so even theresslations you may have, you're willing to

look past them. >> correct. >> and what do you want to see the president accomplish most? >> he's turning around the economy already, and i want him to continue. and, of course, i want the senate to support him on health care. >> sir, as a republican, is there anything doug jones could have done to won your vote or is it automatic that even if roy moore is flawed, you're going to go that way? >> i cannot vote democratic because i feel like their only agenda is to destroy donald trump, make sure his policies don't work, and they don't care if the hurts the country or not. they're not going to try to do anything the president wants, and i just can't support that. >> so how many republicans do you think feel that way and are they enthusiastic for coming out? because a lot of people think this election is about turnout. will republicans come out to pull the level? >> i know in my neighborhood people have contacted us and said get everybody you can to come out and vote because this is so important that we need everybody to vote. don't be complacent. don't stay home and then you can't complain later. so they're trying to get

people out to vote. i know that. >> great point. marianne, you said you're part of the me too movement but yet you're supporting roy moore. tell me how that works. >> yes. i am. i have left seven executive level jobs because of sexual harassment. this is where i draw the line. at election, the american people elected donald trump after they heard what he did and what he said on the bus. it was our choice. if he did something like bill clinton did in the oval office and embarrasses the office of the president, then i am all for impeachment. but since we have elected him to the highest office, he has done what the american people want him to do, and i give him a pass for that as i do roy moore for something he did 30 years ago. have we not all matured in 30 years? if he does anything to embarrass us as a senator, then we will deal with that. >> do you think he will pull it out today? >> absolutely.

we've got your back. >> there we go. well, there's been a lot of that this morning as well. i'm going to go to arthur also on this. what's your take this morning on the election? >> well, you know, i'm going to hold my nose and vote for moore because i'm an independent. but then on the other hand to wait 30 days before republicans could do anything, come on. >> you're saying the timing of these accusations and some of it. >> yeah. moore has been doing his stick for what? 20 years up north alabama. and nobody never says anything until now? and then it's, like, you know, they just want another democratic to impeachment trump. that's why they're spending all of that money down here. >> there's certainly a lot of money coming here. i'm sure if you're in alabama you're going to see one of those commercials today. we've heard a lot today and i'm sure maybe for democrats in alabama, this is their year to steal a senate seat until there's another election. but a lot of roy more support

for folks saying, hey, a lot of questions understand those accusations, but we want to vote for roy moore because we want to vote for donald trump. we hear that time and time again at the diner. back to you. steve: live down there in mobile. thank you very much. this time tomorrow morning, we'll know the answer. ainsley: we'll know. yeah. tune into fox and friends. we'll tell you. brian: and hopefully in a few hours we'll watch bret baier bring the election results in. steve: it's 22 minutes until the top of the hour. >> let's get you caught up on breaking news. the want to be new york city suicide bomber is officially charged. 27-year-old a chained migrant from bangladesh is facing through counts. support active terrorism and making a terroristic threat. he's in the hospital right now after a bomb detonated on his chest at the height of rush hour in what is new york city's busiest transportation hubs. no one else is seriously hurt in the isis-inspired blast.

another fox news alert, the mayor of san francisco died unexpectedly this morning at the age of 65. the city says he was surrounded by family and friends in the hospital when he apassed away shortly after 1:00 a.m. no cause of death has been released. lee was the city's 43rd mayor. he held the office in 2011. the dallas police department is facing a shortage in officers and now the chief says millennials are partly to blame. >> we have nights, weekends, and holidays. and those are some of the things that are not necessarily attractive to the millennials who want all days off and to be the chief in six months. >> chief rennie says she needs to hire 250 recruits this year so the department has to come up for new strategies to make the job more appealing to young people. that could include accepting candidates with minor drug history. so stay tuned for more information on that. back to you guys. steve: thank you very much. meanwhile, it's almost

50 degrees here in new york city. it's much warmer today than it was yesterday. >> where are you guys from? >> lafayette, louisiana. >> where are you from? >> southern california. >> you. >> texas. >> minnesota. >> you guys want to do some weather with me? >> yeah. >> what's your name. >> justin. >> and kate. >> let's take a look at the map real quick. take a look at those temperatures. >> it will be 45 in new york, 30 in boston, and 7 in minneapolis. >> a little bit of snow across the great lakes. >> and a little bit of snow across the great lakes. >> fantastic. how did she do, everybody? [applause] >> okay. wave to everybody at home. ainsley: where in southern california? >> north augusta southern california. >> ainsley, your favorite; right? >> ainsley's my favorite. >> and she's from south carolina. come on. >> how many hats do you have?

every day, my friend. tune in. >> we will. thank you. ainsley: thanks, janice. steve: democrat doug jones campaign spending these -- sending these radically-charged fliers to alabama voters. and our next guest says that sends the wrong message to the voters. he desperately needs. we're going to talk about that. ainsley: and country star is about to kick off the special holiday tour. but first, he's here to perform for you. steve: good morning, phil. sometimes a cough gets in the way of a good night's sleep.

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lights are hitting their home and not shining up into the sky. next, a horrifying shark attack during a couples caribbean honeymoon. capturing the moments on camera. i'll pause. wow. the woman snorkeling in clear, blue water when a five-foot shark bites her right arm. at first thought it was her husband playing a prank on her. nice prank. nice try. not a land shark, ainsley insights a big one. i know. thanks, brian. well, the democratic nominee for alabama senate doug jones sending racially-charged fliers to voters in this state. think it's a black man for high school girls. anyone try to make him a senator? steve: our next guest sounds off by writing jones either think so blacks aren't worthy of the same policy conversations as white voters or he has no policy that would

lead to better outcomes for them. ainsley: here now to discuss is writer and commentator jeremy hunt. you wrote this op-ed about the importance of the black voter in alabama. why did you write this op-ed and what do you want the reader to pick up? >> well, really the point behind the op-ed, basically, i was using the senate campaign alabama as an example of a pattern that we see around the country when candidates need black votes, instead of engaging voters on issues that are important to them like the economy, their schools, their businesses. instead, we get these racial -- these kind of race-baiting fliers instead of actual engagement on policy issues. and so that's what i was kind of raising an alarm about is, hey, we should actually start treating black voters like any other voter and talking about the issues that matter. steve: absolutely. you also write democrats think we only care about racial

issues to your point right there. and who is the least racist candidate? does that seem to be the standard now? >> exactly and a lot of different elections at least i'm not as racist as the other candidate. but that's not platform. platform is our policy decision that will lead to better outcomes for americans. but instead, we kind of get this racially-charged competition, and i think it's -- it ultimately ends up leading to bad outcomes in the black community. ainsley: jeremy, how about that flier that he sent out? think of a black man in a high school went after high school girls. anyone would try to make him a senator? >> yeah, exactly. it's like you have to link all of these different things to race and basically the implication black voters won't care about certain issues unless it's somehow tied in with racism. so that's raise an alarm in this particular article. was that, hey, black voters like all voters care about the issues, and they should be

treated the same as any other voters in alabama and the rest of the country. steve: folks would like to read the foxnews.com op-ed, go there. jeremy hunt, writer, commentator, guy on fox and friends. thank you very much for joining us live. ainsley: thank you and thanks for serving, jeremy. god bless you. steve: 12 minutes before the top of the hour. phil rocked the summer stage in our concert series. well, now he's back for a winter encore. he's coming up next with a performance. ainsley: but first, let's check in with sandra to see what's coming up at the top of the hour. hey, sandra. >> hey, steve and ainsley, we are awaiting a new conference this morning. the latest on the terror attack in new york city yesterday. we have a jam-packed lineup for you. america's newsroom top of the hr

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teaching me. >> friends forever. >> he is a lot older than me. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> pleasure to see you all. merry christmas and happy holidays to you guys. >> bill: fox news alert now. breaking news at this hour in the new york city bomber. moments ago he was charged with terrorism. police saying he strapped a bomb to his chest and tried to kill in the name of isis. right about 24 hours ago. this as we wait a major news conference on the future of the very immigration policies that allowed an eventual terrorist into our country. day two. i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. new information about the suicide bomber and how he managed to get into the u.s. >> bill: the f.b.i. identifying him 27-year-old akayed ullah lived in brooklyn from the