woman: i'd like for us to all welcome alexandria. alexandria: people always k how we organize for a global climate strike. so really, how it's all done is it's done through social media. we use a lot of what'sapp, discord, slack. instagram's where a lot of, like, the youth are, and then twitter's where you'll see the climate scientists, and then facebook--it's like, "what's on facebook?" [laughter] kristin: in the beginning, alexandria managed her social media. it's just she's 14, and she insists on allowing, you know, direct messages to reach her. and with the huge following that she's developed, there's just so many of those messages that are not appropriate. i mean, she's received everything from death threats to marriage proposals--ha!--online and everything in between. my first job is to be her parent, which is to keep her safe and to keep her healthy. and i worry there's real danger involved in being an activist. and so you just have to take precautions. you have to be careful. [engine chugging] carl: see, these are rabbits rig

i ask you for who, for what we will rule in favor of alexandria. for whom, for what for the shareholders of alexandria for the people of san francisco. for whom, for what you you. >> we will now hearfrom brian short, please go ahead . >> caller: i'm a 20 year resident of san francisco and i live three blocks away from the site and i want to say acouple of things . you've heard so far today and it's been fantastic that there's certainly a community and to the community this is significant. i was thinking about this in a little bit different direction. not to belabor that and it's obvious there's a strong community. to me this is more with us a few minutes ago about what san francisco is. to me i live with this issue. san francisco it's always claimed to be a 24 hour city we compare ourselves economically and against a lot ofother metro areas .as offering something the others can't to me this is more the quality of life that we can offer and that we have here and with really galvanize thecommunity . in that manner. i really compete as a metro, as a c

lee was born in virginia in 1907, he had grown up in alexandria, which was then head of the district of columbia, alexandria and virginia with a fully be preceded to the commonwealth of virginia 1930, long after lee. [inaudible]. and then he went into other places, georgia st. louis baltimore and new york city every year. as father, harry, had been politically a federalist and - politically and he and mary one of the former families of virginia but also of arlington and arlington in the potomac facing the national capitol ♪ ♪ virginia and his in-laws were . [inaudible]. and the state law was afterwords but you could not ignore 1961, two factors first, harry lee, and father and he left his family for the west indies when robert was only six years old. in the shadow that the white horse harry cast over the lee name is really roberts to redeem and hence that broad streak in fhis behavior and he also where to be free of his father's reputation in many ways, here is dennis and he wanted to be his own man and one since his marriage did to mary was having him stakeout a room for himself

now alexandria ocasio-cortez, she is getting called out by retailers, by law enforcement officials and businesses saying why are you so out of touch claiming that allegations of smash-and-grab looting are not panning out, it is not happening? has she not seen the videos? >> there is a pandemic of looting plaguing this nation predominantly in democrat-run cities. no one should be surprised by aoc's non-existence. she is claiming it a host. she lives in a different world where facts don't matter when it conflicts with the progressive marxist agenda. the root of this is defund the police policies, eliminating bail policies, trying to empty prisons. elizabeth: when you get rid of cash bail. downgrade shoplifting to misdemeanors, you will see this. 30 states since 2005 have done this. they have raised the dollar threshold to $1000 or more for retail shoplifting theft. that is not a good thing. by the way security guard kevin yashida was shot and killed, workers are being attacked. this is serious stuff. the white house blaming the pandemic for crime? >> well look, having been in all could o

there were still at least six slaves in the lee household and alexandria. when carter lee dies in 1829, part of her estate is the disposition of the slaves in that state. some slaves are pointed towards her two daughters, in this case and can lovely. and, her sister milled rig lee. one slave family's will to robert, in terms of disposition of the state, winds of being a slave family that robert owns, it is as it turns out the only slave family here ever owns in his own name. that doesn't mean that he did not benefit from slavery as a system, simply by being a white southerners, there were benefits of being in the slave system. even more so at arlington, when he marries into -- there is the main property at arlington, but there are also other properties along the river. all told, there is something around 190 sleeves who are part of those properties. robert lee benefits from that. when he marries into that, he benefits from their, work their labor, he has a bully who is one of the slaves, he a's wife has slaves, and they will assist with the children. they g

alexandria hoff, fox news, spacex celebrates another successful launch from california tonight. one. zero. they should lift off of 1000 9. go starling. a falcon nine rocket lifted off from vandenberg space force base in land park this morning, it carried 52 internet satellites in orbit. the goal here is to use those satellites to help bring internet access to underserved areas of the world. part of this rocket was designed to return to earth and it did just that it landed on his spacex drone ship in the ocean. well it may look quiet right now on highway 50 and myers, but check back in the morning. people from the bay area have been keeping that stretch of roadway busy this weekend, enjoying a snowy holiday getaway. and plenty more people expected to the sierra this week . just one week before christmas . it is all thanks to that fresh snow reporter stephanie lynn shows us how people are experiencing that winter wonderland your truckee. it's so nice. it's so beautiful. it's a sentiment we heard over beautiful saturday. roads are clear and we're making really good time and over ag

carley: thank you, alexandria. the story hits close to home for you because you have family in the area as we. ashley: it does. born and raised, lived there 35 years. we covered this all weekend long. it's unrecognizable. and it's a real punch to the gut and i could only imagine how these people feel who have nowhere to go because when you see these-and carley, you know from covering natural disasters, when you're on the ground it's even worse than what the images could ever portray. i'm fortunate enough that my family, who was there in hopkins county and near mayfield, they got out alive, as far as some of the homes, not so much. carley: i know. i'm so glad to hear that, first of all. but ashley, you look at these images and it's worse than a war zone and the thing that i just keep on thinking is how do you even start to rebuild after something like this sweeps through a town, completely destroys the town. where do you start? how do you start picking up the pieces? and that's why there is federal, local and state

new york magazine has a book of essays out about alexandria ocasio cortez. the title of the book is take up space, the unprecedented aoc, and inclusive essay on the role her beauty place in her public perception and analysis on her social media, and essay honor authenticity and social media reacting, don't want to waste time here. the tweets we have, media in other countries would be a chambered to succumb to politicians this way. >> let me unwrap this in 25 seconds but aoc always look beyond the sizzle, look at her record, the thing that matters when it comes to the simple question has she made the lives of those she serves in the fourteenth district of new york better. according to the nonpartisan center affect effective lawmaking, she's one of the least effective lawmakers in congress. on the democratic side she ranked 230 out of 240, 18 congressional democrats from new york state she ranked last. cnn gave her a primetime documentary, being aoc regionally, time magazine called her the phenom. multiple writers from new york magazines with these essays, the

were severely reduced, still at least six slaves in the lee household in alexandria. when can we carter dies in 1829, part of her estate is the disposition opera slaves not estate. some slaves are pointed toward her two daughters, in this case, and marshall week -- i'm sorry, and can make -- i set marshall because she marries a lark marshall, she becomes amply marshall and her sister mildred lee. one slave family is welcome to robert or at least in terms of the estate, winds up being a slave family robber owns. as it turns out though, the only slave family he ever owned in his own name. that doesn't mean he didn't benefit from slavery as a system. simply by being right there were but if it's being part of the slave system was. even more, he marries into the custis, the main property at arlington but also to other custis properties among the river. all told, something like 190 slaves part of the properties. robert lee benefits when he marries and to it from their work and labor, he has a valet who is one of the slaves, his wife has slaves who will wait on her and they

alexandria hoff has more on the reaction to dole's passing. that's good david spunt he begins live from the white house. >> good evening from the north lot of the white house. the president and first lady called senator elizabeth, dole, joe biden and bob dole have a relationship that goes back 50 years when joe biden first took the oath of office in the united states senate in 1973. a month after taking office, he went to visit bob dole. he recalled that meeting and a statement that he put out. i want to read and part it was a lengthy statement honoring former senator bob dole. true friendships regardless of how much time is past we picked up right where we left off, only yesterday we were sharing a laugh in the senate dining room were debating the issues of the day against each other on the senate floor. i saw in his eyes, i've seen so many times before. former president george w. bush with a statement our entire family benefited from the friendship including my father, i will always remember his salute to my late dad at the capital and now w

been good speaking to you. professor johnson berman and transfer arkansas re professor julie fisher in alexandria, virginia. thank you very much for your time and a happy new year to both of you. happy new year and thank you so much. miss hopkins are ending 2021 in a far worse position than when they get began. normal families are so desperate for money that they're forced to sell of children as young a 6 into marriage. agency say the taliban on false marriages has failed to stop the practice. lot of fact there has more in this sprawling settlement camp in western afghanistan. live people displaced by drought and war. but as these go, suffering doesn't, and there she's now trying to save her 10 year old daughter after her husband sold her into marriage without telling her. though she though i started fighting with him and my heart stops beating, i wish i could have died. i told my husband, i'm not going to give away my daughter. such a young age. aziz's husband told her he did it for money to feed his 5 children and that without it, they would starve. he was in his word sacrificing one to save th

molly: alexandria hoff, thank you. it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in montana. a winter storm making its way across the state dropping up to 2 feet of snow in some areas. where else might we see a little weather in time for christmas? fox weather meteorologist adam klotz has the national forecast for us. >> reporter: hey, molly. folks getting snow as we speak, but i'm going to begin across the southeast. at times some severe weather with just a ton of light thing in but if you -- lightning, but if you track it up to the north, we see some snow falling in upstate new york, interior new england. spots where there are watches and warnings are going to last until sunday afternoon. a large area, particularly at some of the higher elevations, that's where we're seeing some of this snow. and we could see spots getting up other a foot particularly into interior new england. that's going to be stretching farther south. if you live right along the coast, it's just too warm, and all of this is going to be rain. if you ask who is going to see snow when it comes to christmas

>> alexandria technical college. >> in alexandria, minnesota? . >> yes. >> did you stay there while you were being educated? >> yes. >> how long of a program was that? >> 10 or 12 weeks. >> is that where you maintain your skills to apply for a police officer? >> yes, it was a hands on training. i had the college education, the book knowledge and went there for my skills program or my hands on portion of my license. >> after this program, did you go out and try to get a job in law enforcement? >> yes, i did. >> and were you successful at first? >> yes. >> did you have a job at -- >> yeah i worked at the regional treatment center, because i graduated in january -- i'm sorry in december, i couldn't go to skills until the next summer so i got a job. >> all right. so but you worked skills you were in alexandria, correct? >> yes. >> and the job you got was at the state hospital? >> yes. >> that was between your skills -- say that again. >> so i got hired there in february, and i worked for a year on a -- a calendar year, but the city police department

>> alexandria technical college. >> in alexandria, minnesota. >> sure. that's about 120 miles from here? >> yes. >> and did you stay there while you were being educated? >> yes. >> what kind of a program was that? how long was it? >> it was 10 or 12 weeks. >> and what do you mean -- is that where you obtained your skills to apply as a police officer? >> yes. it was a hands-on training. i had the college education, the book knowledge and then i went there for my skills program or my hands-on program. >> after. >> did you have a driver's license? yes? >> did you have a job? >> yes, i did. >> and were you successful at first? >> yes. >> yeah. i worked at the metro regional treatment center because i graduated in january. >> i graduated in january. >> but you worked skills, you in alexandria, correct? >> yes. >> and the job you got was at norfolk state hospital? >> yes. >> it was between your skills -- say that again a little slower. >> i got hired there in february, and i worked for a year, a calendar year, but the onoka city police department would allow t

carley: with the california smash and grab epidemic getting worse by the day, alexandria ocasio-cortez seems to think the trend is make believe. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm carley shimkus. benjamin: i'm benjamin hall, if for todd piro. we begin with chaos in the white house as end of year exodus rocks the vice president's office. carley: it comes amid a new report claiming the vice president bullies her staff. david spunt joins us from washington with more on this front. good morning, david. >> reporter: hi, carley, it's not uncommon for staff to leave the white house after the first year but no question the story is out there and these are some high profile departures. the washington post out with a headline, a kamala harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style and her future ambition. an anonymous former harris staff member tells the post it's clear that you're not working with somebody who was willing to do the prep and the work. with cay kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul destroying criticism and her

arthel: all right alexandria half a thank you very much eric. eric: turning to the rapidly spreading omicron variant it's bring some and unwelcome anxiety to a lot of people during the holidays. more cities across the country nest tightening restrictions and canceling events as the cases are surging. some people waiting hours in line to get covid tests and try to get some peace of mind ahead of the holiday travel rush alexis mcadams live in the newsroom with the very latest on this increase, alexis bray. >> hi eric, events or canceling right now many people aren't on edge this holiday season. the cases are climbing quickly as we have seen and data we've been looking out for the past br show they know omicron variant it is taking over all the other variants we've been worried about in the past. spreading more quickly than ever before but right now hospitals are bracing for the fall out. out in ohio the national guard stepping in cap overwhelmed medical facilities right now the hospitals in kansas and in missouri are doing surgeries trying to keep

it was an opportunity for alexandria ocasio-cortez to say let's focus on the border issue. she went down there and took pictures a few years ago outside the cages that were in place under the democrat president. >> look, i think that she is a very interesting figure. i think that she commands a lot of media attention for a reason. i think also that i'm just interested in more dynamic look at anybody. nobody is perfect obviously. not even me. >> harris: all right. let's get to this. president biden again repeating a debunked story just yesterday. watch. >> president biden: i used to drive a tractor trailer and so i know a little bit about big trucks. >> that's great. >> president biden: i only did it for part of a summer but i got my license to do it. >> harris: i used to drive a tractor trailer. not the first time he told that story or told a toll >> i had a house burn down with my wife in it. when i was vice president the secret service didn't want me to travel on the train. one of the senior guys on amtrak says joey, baby, grabs my cheek. i thought the secret service woul

alexandria ocasio-cortez, who hasn't passed a major piece of legislation in her congressional career, but gets the cover of time magazine, gets a documentary on cnn, gets all this media love, has the audacity to say she doesn't believe that smash and grab robberies are even happening. despite overwhelming evidence on our screens on a nightly basis, police testimony, store owners boarding up their stores, security officers helpless, as gangs come in and you have to have a leading congresswoman, if you want to call her that, say that, no, don't believe your lying eyes. i'm old enough to remember candidate biden not condemning mostly peaceful riots that engulfed american cities in 2020, he mostly focused on police reform while his vp choice advocated bail funds in minneapolis and then jen psaki, funny to hear her talk how the administration doesn't agree with alexandria ocasio-cortez on all those crimes that she says isn't happening. this is the same psaki that blamed republicans and said they advocated the funding the police, she got four pinocchios for that in the washington post, dese

alexandria hoff has more. >> of the fourth no victims one has not been named but this afternoon i spoke to a woman who police reached out to believing one of the bodies bully aunt to her sister. stephanie harrison from california. her sister came to pc in december but never returned home adding her sister didn't know the man now called the shopping cart killer but they did have rooms at the same hotel. here is the police chief. >> he's killed for already suspect he has more victims. he is a predator is all serial killers are, he prays on the week and vulnerable and he does unspeakable things with his victims. the shopping cart killer does unspeakable things. reporter: anthony robinson was taken into custody last month charged in the death of 54-year-old freshman and 39-year-old anita smith. their products were found here are shopping cart in virginia. two more bodies, cooking idle triathlon wednesday, two hours life in virginia. a wooded area near the motel stephanie harrison was last seen. >> after he inflicts, to his victims tells them, he transports their bodies to their final restin

this time they got support from alexandria ocasio-cortez. joined them, made it impossible for the police to tow them out. got further support from, as ientioned, ed markey. soon they were able to press biden to develop, to agree to a climate program that was a big improvement on anything from before. even by world standards, one of the best. the management of the democratic party did not like that, was not having it. they actually cut it out of their webpage before the eleion and tried to block it. it has been reduced by them anby the solid republican opposition demanding the move as quickly as possible toward disaster. well, it is now cut sharply back. you go to glasgow, lots of nice words, including from president biden. take a look at what is happening in the world outside of the halls in glasgow. a different picture. biden came home from glasgow and opened for at least the largest giveaway in u.s. history of petroleum, exploitation of energy corporations. his defense is his effort to stop it was blocked by temporary court decision. so he

alexandria hoff is live in washington. alexandria? >> well, here in d.c. and the d.c. area. thousands of parents are scrambling with logistics of school closures once again. prince gorgeous county in maryland those schools will go virtual on monday. that's going to last through mid january. the statement atringted the move to increased covid-19 positivity rates. cases within the school were not noted the district did say the threats of causing u.s. health officials are endorse ago different approach to all of this. cdc director dr. rochelle walensky test to stay is an encouraging public health practice to keep our children in school. test to stay means even if a child was potentially in contact with an infected person, a negative covid-19 test would allow them to stay in class. the cdc got on board with this after schools using the method did not have any increase in cases. there is no test to stay option sadly for new york holiday's favorite. yesterday it was announced that the rockets christmas spectacular will end 2021 season early due to break through infections among cr

alexandria hoff has more on this from washington. >> a new report claims more than 10000 russian troops have withdrawn from the ukrainian border that is according to reuters shared by the interfax news agency, tens of thousands of additional troops remain in the region near ukraine. here's what the vice president had to say. >> will direct conversations with russia we are very clear that russia should not invade the sovereignty of ukraine for the territorial integrity, formative or 150,000 russian troops have been running drills you the ukrainian border signal to u.s. intelligence officials that russia was gearing up for an attack following a talk that putin said today he is weighing his options at the u.s. to not give into demands of security guarantees alongside a commitment to halt nato's expansion into eastern europe representatives from russia, europe and the u.s. are said to continue discussions sometimes next month in geneva, president biden said he will give put no guarantees, here is secretary of state mike pompeo weighed in on "sunday morning features". >> the actions you saw

alexandria hoff fox news. all right, check this out. if you were not outside around sunset, take a look at some of what? you missed our camera in emeryville captured images of this gorgeous glow over the bay. while it was dry cold today, you need to get ready for a change this week. ktvu chief meteorologist, bill martin joins us now with the forecast high bill. hey greg, you know that is what you're saying out there. those clouds that's a changing atmosphere reigns on the way you can feel it out there temperatures today we're on the cool side. it was just foggy and cool and. you know, some places got some, like oakland had some sun today. but and like parts of marin county, you didn't see the sun all day and high temperatures just in the upper forties. also inland right up by vacaville and fairfield temperatures. just in the upper forties. low fifties high in antioxidant was 48 degrees highs tomorrow are going to be warmer by a couple of degrees. we're going to see that fog kind of get lifted out. as that weather system that sunset we s

alexandria ocasio-cortez does not see it that way. she says, and i'm quoting now, " a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out. i believe it's a walgreens in california cited it, but the data didn't back it up." the retail industry leaders association says, "respectfully, the congresswoman has no idea what she's talking about", and that is true. this is a classic example of the far left dragging the democrat party down. there's crime in the street because of the far left's intense opposition to the police stores are being looted because the far left supports policies that let criminals go free. there's no escaping this. it is aoc's policies disturbing public order, just wait until the massive spending she supports gives us a recession or her green new deal jacks up energy prices or inflation wipes out the earnings of the poor people she claims to represent. my point is this. a o cs no longer an asset to her party, dismissing the break down of public order will not go down well with the public. th

todd: congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez calling for a change to force through radical integration policy, the socialist democratic protesters they demand amnesty for illegal immigrants no matter what. >> someone needs to step up, override the parliamentarians, the parliamentarian is not elected which i demand is for the senate to overcome republicans and include a full path to citizenship. todd: left-wing protesters descended on washington to demand radical legislation from congress as they begin their final session of the year. 6 minutes after the hour the white house taking a stand against progressive soft on crime claims surging in the us. ashley: marianne rafferty joins us with smash and grab robberies. good morning. >> reporter: as a wave of smash and grab robberies continue to the country the biden administration is distancing itself from progressive democrats who are downplaying the crimes urge. representative alexandria ocasio cortez casting doubt swarms of thieves are organized, she says, quote, we are seeing a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft, are not p

alexandria ocasio cortez casting doubt the thieves are organized, she says we are seeing a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not panning out. chicago mayor lori lightfoot saying it is left the store owners to curb crime. >> i'm disappointed they are not doing more. we still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers, locking up merchandise at night, chaining high impact, you need these retailers to step up. >> press secretary jen psaki at the white house making it clear tuesday they are not on board with the controversial comments saying they don't agree and support increases of law enforcement and the state of theft gripping california cities as the oakland city council fors to increase police staffing to combat rising crime after voting to cut the police budget by 18 million just a few months ago. in san francisco a brazen shoplifter says retailers efforts to curb crime are not effective. >> i think they are not very good because i personally have been able to shop with relative ease. >> in los angeles in battle progressive da george g

fox news is alexandria hoff is in washington with a look at the scramble to move this plan forward. this christmas, some democrats were holding onto the gift of hope that the president's build back better spending plan will survive in some form, but without senator joe manchin support a full disassembly of the $1.7 trillion spending plan is likely. i think that we need to do what we can to take to get the victories that we can and create a build back better act. that includes the most important priorities that we can get mansion on board with. but senator manchin doesn't hold all the power here . the senate parliamentarian is still able to access portions of the bill if they don't align with the strict rules with that republicans are ready to push challenges. joe manchin did the right thing here. we need more representatives like him in the senate. that are willing to stand up against their own party and do what is right next month, senate majority leader chuck schumer plans to hold a vote on the sprawling bill that expands the social safety net and bolsters climate action. but any

colored tinge to it. tests by the fisheries department show the al he in the drifting river is of the alexandria species which produces toxic ra. sleep in a bra him is a fisherman from malaysia is dupont district in collect and in the 19 ninety's the getty reba was clear. you can see the said, we didn't have any problems here. now the river is polluted and it smells bad. fisheries officials have they should notice this banning people from selling or eating malice found. but the thing with the area affected by the red tide is small, but news of the algae bloom has affected seafood traders in the area. from the al jazeera london, rural consented to people in thoughtful conversation. lard cannot be erased by, by the superpower with no host, and no limitations. what mattered in all was to be radical. how can the thing that's radical being for sale, part one of the highway and denise cool is not about wanting to sell. you know about the message in the studio be unscripted on al jazeera. ah ah. hello again, i'm adrian said again in doha. the headlines on al jazeera, the united states was announced a d

. >> al: ex andrea -- alexandria huff with more. >> reporter: for some, the decision came with little surprise. he said the concern grew alongside inflation and the continued pandemic. the far left considers this pure betrayal. listen. >> to be clear, my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goal post. he has never negotiated in good faith. and hes is obstructing the president's agenda. >> reporter: white house press secretary jen sack hey said manchin -- jen psaki said manchin's announcement is at odds what he told the president. the senator pledged to negotiate on finalizing the framework in good faith. the framework which democrats pushed as a way to expand the social safety net came at a cost, $4.5 trillion as determined by the congressional budget office. manchin said yesterday his democratic colleagues were not transparent about the price tag and republicans applauded the democrat from west virginia. >> it was a terrible bill. it would have added to our current inflation. >> i think it actually collapsed under its own weight. it was a

alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeting: it is actually delusional to believe that dems could get reelected without passing student loan debt, citizenship, especially when they run from conversations about race and culture. she abbreviated a lot there. i'm not too familiar with the tweet language are, i just know this one sounds hostile. [laughter] should she be hostile? [laughter] if. >> i think you do pretty well with reading the betweens actually, neil. -- the tweets, neil. in the list of things you just listed that she said, very little of that has to do with the economy, and i think that's telling. this is much more than an economics bill not just to the progressive democrats, but to all the democrats. my hunch is that almost all of them share her frustrations on that, on to policy issues that she's talking about. but perhaps not enough of them share that. neil: this has been a crazy week for the markets. this is the fifth out of the last six weeks the dow was down. it's been careening on inflation concerns. there are other issues, the uncertainty of how far and wide omicron goes, i ge

the problem is the alexandria ocasio-cortezs over the world are not going away. that creates a problem for how you get all of these things you want to get passed, done. how you get joe manchin and kristin sinema to go along or how you get the 13 republicans? john: the democratic caucus is not like the republican caucus. it does not look like a country club board of directors. we have an incredibly diverse, ideologically, demographically, gender, etc. the process is pretty messy and it has hurt us. i will be the first to say that. we are going to get some stuff done. that is important. it will be impact. as well. you have to deal with that, not now, not in the first quarter or the second quarter, you guys would have to deal with the effect that you do not have anything to run on. i hope you have plans of what you are going to do about the border and what you are going to do about how we perceive the broad or what you want to do about voters who have lost confidence in biden's ability to govern. not his ability to understand government. john: let us challenge. i do

is another roadblock for the progressive agenda and even alexandria ocasio cortez putting democrats on a rocky path for the midterms. tweeting in part it is delusional to think democrats can get reelected without pushing through the progressive objectives on the party's agenda. let's discuss. ever see lord of the flies? i think it was golding is where the tribe eventually totally closes in on each other and eats each other alive? i've got the conch which always offended me. a political football, the democratic party, we all see it. how ugly will 2020 to get for democrats in terms of the civil war? democrats is the only one with the conch is aoc or bernie sanders, the only ones that have any sort of anything interesting to say and the ones that soak up all the attention. the problem, she's got a great point. her ideas are crazy and there is no mandate for what she's talking about and take over every aspect of american life and hand the power to the federal government she does have a good point about establishment democrats, they are willing -- they won't break the glass for her agenda i

next month, reuters reporting over 10000 russian troops are drawing back from the ukrainian border, alexandria hoff his life with the latest. >> reuters is citing information in a fox news agency, tens of thousands of additional troops remain in regions near ukraine here's what the vice president had to say. >> we are having direct conversation with russia, we are very clear that russia should not invade the sovereignty of ukraine, we must stand up and we are standing up for its territorial integrity. >> over 150,000 russian troops have been running drills near ukrainian border is signal to u.s. intelligence officials that russia was gearing up for an attack, president vladimir putin has denied this file we do talk with president biden earlier this month, putin said he is weighing his options that the u.s. does not give into the security guarantee alongside commitment to halt nato's expansion into eastern europe, representative from russia, europe and u.s. are continuing discussion sometime next month in geneva. president biden said he'll give clues no guarantee. here is former secretary state

he says the bay club sold this tender spot in 2019 to the alexandria real estate equity group which presented their plans to the city's planning board at the time. a new tennis club was listed as their number one planning principle, a site that would also have office space, housing, and retail was then approved. but a 2021 revision of the plan eliminated the tennis club. a zoning administrator said the elimination was not a significant one. while there was an agreement between the nonprofit and the owner, the tennis club at this new location was not a planning code requirement. youth tennis advantage director mike skinner says this move will negatively impact kids from underserved communities who play tennis in san francisco, who currently play on outdoor courts and indoor courts at a temporary facility. >> san francisco tennis club has been very generous to us over the years, giving us court time for our kids to practice, to work out in their clinics, for free. >> the group is appealing to the san francisco board of appeals. he says greats like serena williams and even arthur and were involv

. >> reporter: alexandria ocasio-cortez is taking heat for dismissing evidence that crimes are organized. she said a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out. but retail leaders say owes cass yow cortes is -- ocasio-cortez is ignoring blatant facts. if she's not concerned with organized theft and violent attacks on retail employees, she should say that and gop lawmakers agree her remarks are disrespectful of crime victims including a security officer who was killed by armed robbers last month. jim banks calling the comments tone deaf and offensive. the white house says the justice department and fbi are stepping up to assist the cities but retailers remain on high alert in the busiest shopping period of the year. carley: brooke, thank you so much. >>> and an lapd detective seeing this spike in crime firsthand says this is just the tip of the iceberg. we're talking to him next. carley: coming up during the next two hours of "fox & friends first," beverly hallberg, gordon chang, janice dean, abby hornacek and congressman michael waltz all coming up. d

. >> harris: no, alexandria ocasio-cortez says it is not happening. she can't see it. >> the mayor of oakland where there has been an increase in spike in crime has been all over television, radio and in print talking about how defund the police does not work and we've seen it in other democratic cities. certainly has been a problem in my party from the more progressive squad left faction of the party. and many democrats have spoken -- moderates have spoken out against that. >> harris: i want to ask it this way and we can get into it on another day but i will leave us on this note. it took them a long time to get to that point. where some cities are deciding you must refund. you can't buy back what you lost. you lost experience and expertise with some of the officers let go through the defund police movement and now in the places where they are desperate, leslie, you can't get it back by putting a few million back on the books. it is an interesting place. david avella, leslie marshall, thank you very much. critics are still going after a "washington p

from the white house, alexandria off fox news. we have an entire section of our website dedicated to coronavirus developments and you can stay up to date by visiting ktvu .com/ covid-19. no 10. people who live in the oakland san leandro area may have felt a small earthquake earlier this evening. it was reported around six await, the u. s. geological survey says the epicenter of the 2.6 magnitude quake. was a few miles away from the oakland zoo. no damage was reported, also knew had 10, south francisco police have arrested three people that are believed to be connected to several home invasion robberies in the sacramento area in an armed robbery in san francisco. police were alerted that a car wanted in connection to the crime was in a parking lot at the intersection of el camino real and country club drive. it was spotted around one a.m. this morning. police say one suspect was in the car, as was this loaded, nine millimeter glock handgun as the person was being detained. two juveniles reportedly left a nearby store. they were sto

alexandria is live at the white house. alex. reporter: yeah, jon president has a busy week ahead all the wie continuing to nurse a disappointing jobs report and a cold. it was very, very apparent in his voice as he was really trying to express something positive found within that report. take a listen. >> incredible news that unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2%. at this point in the year, we're looking at the sharpest one year decline in unemployment ever. simply put, america, america is back to work. and our jobs recovery is going very strong. job creation is lacking, last month just 210,000 jobs were added that is lowest number in a year and far below what was expected jobless claims did fall 2 hngt 4.and wages picked up but that's price of household goods kojts continues to rise and prir to omicron variant discovered and that rattled wall street and potential for short-term economic recovery. >> so the government is the problem. not the -- i think people fear what the government is going to do in response to this new variant

alexandria field has the latest. >> this was the moment we needed to make that decision. >> reporter: facing the biggest covid surge we've ever seen, the cdc director defending the decision to cut isolation time in half for infected people asymptomatic or symptoms getting better. >> it had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. if we can get them to isolate, we want to make sure they're isolating in the first five days when they are maximumly infectious. >> reporter: 85 to 90% of transmission occurs in the first five days of symptom onset. still, the new guidance is drawing fierce debate among health experts. >> there is absolutely no data i'm aware about with the omicron variant that supports people coming out of isolation five days after they were first diagnosed with the virus. >> you either shut down the society, which no one wants to do or you try and get a situation where you can safely get people back particularly to critical jobs without having them be out for a full ten days. >> reporter: long testing lines are still snaking across the country. new

he in the getting river is of the alexandria species, which produces toxins, grossly been brought him is a fisherman for malicious, don't, but district in collect that. in the 1990s the giddy river was clear. you could see the said, we didn't have any problems here. now the river is polluted and it smells bad. fisheries officials have issued notices, banning people from selling or eating malice, found along the getting river. the area affected by the red tide is small, but news of the algae blue has affected seafood traders in the area. ah, a futile la and i am the image. i'm a z m a u t o. the hood a thing, love her with a half to shuttle that a so i can go to, she gives it a little said, i wanna go ahead let you know in the law dish or along with it had some event 30 for me. huh. this is eva murphy. b. let me committee amanda ah ah ah, i had been a little more than i was in the 400. you know, i'm looking to move to some some some so a lot of well i think it was a lesson and they're going to come in the resort critical is then the son of cuckoo hale, blue hale, missouri model. oh my

ashley: alexandria, thank you. carley: earlier we spoke with james comer whose district was hard-hit. listen. >> there's a lot of tragedy. there's a lot of infrastructure that has been destroyed and it's going to take many, many days, weeks and months to get it all prepared. we don't have power in the majority of these communities that were hit. when you have a tragedy like this, you see what's so great about rural america. people were out, all through the night, through the next day and now the second day. we've changed -- we're trying to help people, searching for rubble. they don't wait for the government. they do it themselves. ashley: to put it in perspective, these are very small towns. i'm from hawkins county, which is 16 miles from where this happened. and my family experienced this firsthand. but mayfield is a town of 10,000 people. you dawsons springs which was also hit hard is a town of 2600 people and two thirds of that town which mostly got hit is residential and it is completely gone. it's flattened.

correspondent alexandria hoff has the details. [chanting] >> in a split decision the u.s. supreme court ruled that lawsuits challenging texas is controversial abortion law can continue but so can the novel enforcement mechanism that incentivizes private citizens rather than state officials to issue violations. the conservative majority prevailed but in partial dissent chief justice john roberts wrote the nature of the federal right does not matter, it is the world the supreme court in the constitutional system at stake. justice sonia sotomayor or put further adding it would have far-reaching repercussions, i doubt the country is prepared for them. while the justice department's request to pause enforcement has persisted, the high court has allowed private abortion advocates to sue over the law, it went into effect nearly three months ago and makes abortions illegal after the detection of fetal cardiac activity typically around six weeks. >> it's good news because the law will remain in effect as it has for quite some time. already saving thousands of lives. >> vice preside

alexandria ocasio-cortez will be a guest later this morning on "morning joe." if they want to do it without republican support using reconciliation, those items would still need to move as a single package. joining us now to talk about this stunning development, congressional reporter from politico, my colleague, nicholas wu. nicholas, great to see you. i think we'll start with the white house pushback there. it was deeply personal and out of character for this white house which has really prided itself in staying singularly focused on the issue at hand. i think jen psaki was angered by senator manchin going forward with an interview. tell us, did senator manchin let's move -- announcement, where does that leave us? is there any hope? any way forward for this big piece of legislation. >> well, democrats at the very least are sounding an optimistic tone right now. speaker pelosi sent a note to all of her colleagues late last night that she still believed they have a pathway forward to reach some sort of agreement soon and eventually pass build back better in the