griff: washington 66 and sunny, i will take that. >> to you, griff, merry christmas. benjamin: the time is half past is 5:30, we haven't had as many calls to defund the police now the democrats are personally being impacted by the out-of-control crime >> talking to jack brewer about that coming up. ♪♪ new gold bond advanced healing ointment. restore healthy skin, with no sticky feeling. gold bond. champion your skin. >> doj announces federal charges against the teen accused of carjacking mary kay scanlon at gunpoint. others involved are also teens. in illinois kimberly lightford says she's traumatized after her carjacking experience. >> i thought they were going to shoot me down. >> her husband shot at the thieves while she fled. but they got away. >> calls to defund the police. they move funds away from police departments as they descend into chaos. jack brewer, thank you for being with us today. it is an interesting trend, so many calls to defund the police last year. i tend to show you the democrats who have done so. for law enforcement, oakland's mayor pledged

griff: i'm griff jenkins. and powerful wind hitting a amazon facility in illinois and amy is kicking it off from the weather center. >> griff, let's get to the radar. this line of storms continues to push eastward and toward the coastline and producing severe storms. there's a lot to watch. on the fox weather app you'll get your readings real-time we've had almost 150 tornados from yesterday afternoon with the system until right now and the reports coming in are really devastating, in fact, the devastation has been jaw-dropping. with one particular tornado, this was a super cell on the ground over five states, more than 500 miles on the ground and this is a storm that produced much of the damage and potentially deadly in several states. we have confirmed deaths already for arkansas, illinois and also kentucky. top wind speeds of 107 in graves county. and there is the footage that's unbelievable what the storm has been able to do. a lot of the wind speeds could top 150, maybe 200 miles per hour. those will have

griff. >> griff: christina come alive for us in los angeles. christina, merry christmas. >> we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanor, on or about april 11, 2021, and hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. >> julie: it is just a state of shock. a jury finding former minnesota cop kim potter guilty on two counts of perch he faces up to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of 20-year-old daunte wright during a tense traffic stop. she says that she mistook her gun for her taser. activists say that she had her former police colleagues violated rights and civil liberties. terminal and civil rights attorney for brian claypool joints now. this is a very rare case, one that we do not see often. a high-level source of mind with within the nypd told me this hour, regarding his further, that this is a dreadful decision for the future of policing. what will this mean for the future war on cops? >> hey julie, great to be back with you. merry christmas. i tend to disagree wit

griff: we shall see. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> i said point blank i can't be objective when it comes to my family. i never reported on the scandal. when it happened i tried to be there for my brother. i'm not an advisor. i'm a brother. >> we knew it was you all along. chris cuomo, you know what this shows, not just chris cuomo who went beyond the bounds of journalistic ethics to help his brother, it shows a picture from, the mainstream media as a culture of enabling bad behavior and chris cuomo just happened to be fair and is gone from the other network because they found out and we found out and they had no choice but to do the right thing. griff: have a safe and wonderful holiday. benjamin: several airlines canceling flights which could be a problem for those traveling this christmas eve. everything you need to know plus a jampacked 5:00 hour. doctor janette nesheiwat, franklin graham and mike huckabee, don't go anywhere. ♪♪ let it snow ♪♪ let it snow ♪♪ let it snow ♪♪

that is coming up. >> griff? >> katie, progressive policies are facing major push back as crime surges and politicians get worried about the midterms. is change coming to a city near you. >> and nicole? >> well it's a very big, big, sunday show reveal. i gave my son the christmas gift of his dreams. his reaction is priceless. >> but first, bah humbug holiday travel headaches because of omicron. today is the one of the busiest travel days of the year. there are more than 1000 flight cancellations because of staffing shortages. meantime dr. fauci wants you to be very afraid of omicron even though the symptoms are mild. >> when you have such a high volume of new infections it might override a real diminution in severity so that if you have many, many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people -- >> and starting tomorrow workers in new york city are required to get vaccinated. if workers don't, if workers

griff. griff: christina coleman live force in los angeles. thank you. anita. ♪♪ anita: president biden releasing a christmas message today. reading in part, on behalf of our family we wish a merry christmas to everyone in the united states and around the world to us celebrating the birth of jesus christ and the promise of hope and renewal. as we celebrate our first christmas in the white house, we see the world the eyes of the child born on this day of hope and love. a christmas message from the bidens. in other news, kentucky residents in dire need of help after historic outbreak of tornadoes devastated. volunteering to help those in need. stay with us. ♪♪ my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. in adults also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death.

griff. griff: alicia, u.s. intelligence warning russian president vladimir putin may be laying the groundwork for a possible invasion of ukraine as soon as early next year. madeline rivera joins us with the latest intelligence estimates. what he is-- what's going on, maddie? >> they're looking to avoid a crisis through diplomacy and deescalation, but a u.s. intelligence reports a russian buildup along the border, 100,000 troops are already stationed with potential offensive as soon as early next year involving as many as 175,000 troops with armor, artillery, and equipment. during a meeting with russian foreign minister survey lavrov in stockholm earlier this week, secretary of state antony blinken warned of consequences, including sanctions if russia takes further action. >> what we can't have is one country changing the borders of another country by force, a democracy, and allow that to stand with impunity. >> russian president vladimir putin meanwhile points to u.s. military equipment and activity getting clo

griff: the u.s. and russia growing closer of days of talks in geneva 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

griff. >> griff: wow. peter live first at the white house. peter, thank you. julie. >> julie: many schools across the country are moving to remote learning as the omicron surge grows. what will this mean for students and their parents? especially after christmas break. alexander hoff's live in washington to kind of give us a picture of what to expect. alex. >> it's kind of a reversal here. many kids feeling its regression. from new york to new mexico. hundreds of thousands of kids will remain home after christmas break. this is after president biden himself sat on to say that classrooms should remain open. not the case in prince george's county maryland where learning has moved to virtual through january 18. the district said this about state open, "the positivity rates have challenged us to do so, causing anxiety amongst many school communities and disruption to the school day." maryland's governors of the covid-19 case numbers and at school district were slight compared to school population. look at his take. >> shutting down an entire school system of kids

griff: so many questions. about the actual construction, they're building about a football field a day. it's the same company that was building the trump federal wall carrying this out. they're going to build about 1.7 miles, and as you point out, the border patrol guy well before dawn told me they've had 250 illegally crossing migrants come right up behind us. it's interesting that texas wanted to buy this unused panels of wall that are sitting, tens of millions rotting, and the feds wouldn't give it to you. seems like a waste to me. >> it's a waste to taxpayers, the break-up fees, the contractors. that's why i brought suit against the biden administration, bush v. biden, to compel the federal government to spend money on the trump wall which was largely unspent. and biden has diverted a lot of those dollars to unnecessary expenses when it could be used to help stem the tide. border patrol officials, national guardsmen, department of public safety, any law enforcement on the border looking at protecting our s

hey, griff! that's a boy! meet griff, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he's actually got spinal deformity. he's dragging his hind legs, falls over probably every four or five steps. the vet report that we've got from the specialist vet said he shouldn't be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they're so muscly. it's cruelty breeding, there's no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at this south wales rescue centre, casualties of a trade in designer dogs. the local authority actually seized them with a view to prosecuting them. when they went in, they could obviously see that they'd had their ears cropped as well. sadly, there is a demand for dogs with their ears mutilated. they actually cut the floppy bit of the ear off. this is what he should look like — look — should have lovely, lovely floppy ears like this. they are the ears that he would have had. it's purely an aesthetic t

but things are now looking up for griff. he has finally found a new home... ..just in time for christmas. hello, there are, i've got a really stunning weather watcher picture to start off with, showing clear sunny size skies cumbria and low clouds and mist and fog —— sunny skies. high areas have been clear and sunny for the most part with some western parts as well but for many, particularly low down if you live in a low community, you have had cloud and mist patches pretty much all day. more that of the same tonight. the cloud will keep the frost at bay exceptions with clearer skies. and in scotland, rural parts could get down to —8. mist and fog initial as we start of monday morning and quite a bit of grey weather. this cloud coming in across eastern areas of scotland and england should be more prone to thinning, you might find overall there is a slightly brighter look to the skies as we head into the afternoon. temperatures of almost 6 or 7. this quiet spell continues until wednesday and then much more interesting l

but things are now looking up for griff. he has finally found a new home... ..just in time for christmas. hello. for many of us it was a bit of a misty, murky start to the day and things are not changing in a hurry through the rest of the weekend really, because we have got high pressure draped right across the uk, keeping things largely and settles, draped right across the uk, keeping things largely ——dry and settled, but largely trapping and a lot of low cloud and moisture, so some mist and fog patches and for some of us as we head into this afternoon, those fog patches will linger and especially for parts of the east, perhaps central and southern scotland, we could see a few fog patches all day, but the best of the sunshine will be across the higher ground of central scotland, perhaps the north of england, the pennines for instance, into western parts of wales as well. central and eastern areas stay murky through the course of the day and into this evening and overnight, not changing in a hurry. there could be some mo

griff was owned by this man — christopher mae from cardiff. he has a criminal record and a large online following. griff and his other pups were seized and it will be up to a judge to decide if he gets his dogs back. social media is a big marketplace. plenty of legitimate breeders, but also those keen on cropped ears. we found this account with tens of thousands of pounds worth of pups. lots of dogs pictured with cut or cropped ears. it's run by this man. he calls himself �*sons of adam' and posts clips like this. under his brand name, we found images of puppies for sale with their ears intact. and then what appears to be the same litter but with their ears cut. so, we get in touch, and he agrees to meet. undercover, we pose as buyers. the deal was if we paid £2,000, we could jointly own the dog with him, and we'd all make money from breeding valuable puppies. and what can he tell us about his dogs�* cropped ears? we leave without handing over any money. but adam wasn't the only breeder that we came across. many simply posted pictures of

griff and his other pups following. griff and his other pups were seized and it will be “p pups were seized and it will be up to a judge to decide if he gets his dogs back. social media is a big marketplace. plenty of legitimate breeders, but also those keen on cropped ears. we found this account with tens of thousands of pounds worth of pups. lots of dogs pictured with cut or cropped ears. it is run by this man. he calls himself sons of adam and posts clips like this. under his brand—name, we found images of puppies for sale with their ears intact. and then what appears to be the same litter but with their ears cut. so, we get in touch, and he agrees to meet. undercover, we pose as buyers. the deal was if we paid £2000, we could jointly own the dog with him. and we would all make money from breeding valuable puppies. and what can he tell us about his dogs cropped ears? we leave without handing over any money. but adam wasn't the only breeder that we came across. many simply both the big as of pups and then waited

frame it out for us, griff. griff: that's right, brian, ainsley and steve. good morning. the white house is starting to distance itself from progressive democrats who have been down playing the crime spree of smash and grabs across the country. the progressives, including alexandria ocasio-cortez who, if you remember first, was saying it wasn't organized and then now chicago's mayor lori lightfoot blaming literally as you mentioned, steve, the retailers, watch. >> a lot of these allegations of organized retail thefts are not actually panning out. >> i believe it's a walgreen's in california cited it what their data didn't back it up. >> . so retacialsz downtown in michigan avenue i will tell you, i'm disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. for example, we still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they have got cameras that are actually operational. griff: when asked about those comments yesterday press secretary jen psaki previously blamed the crisis on the pande

hey, griff! that's a boy! meet griff, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he's actually got spinal deformity. he's dragging his hind legs, falls over probably every four or five steps. the vet report that we've got from the specialist vet said he shouldn't be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they're so muscly. it's cruelty breeding, there's no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at this south wales rescue centre, casualties of a trade in designer dogs. the local authority actually seized them with a view to prosecuting them. when they went in, they could obviously see that they'd

brian: thanks so much, griff. i saw that the attorney general, merit garland said i'm going to put $1.6 billion into criminal justice victims rights and things to that nature and hire a thousand cops to flood the country and provide the funding to allow these cities to hire more law enforcement but the problem is this is happening in high end areas because the cops haven't been in power, the da's are not prosecuting crime, unless it's a violent crime they are emptying out our prisons and you put these these things together over the course of two years and pass something like proposition 42 that allows you to steal up to just under $1,000 in 2014 people are realizing there's actually good money in this , and rather than go get a job at macy's this

griff jenkins is live at the border with more. griff. pete: i don't think we have griff. like our viewers, i'm waiting for it to hit because i really want to see this. this is significant development that texas is doing this. if we get griff back live on the ground, we will bring him back as soon as our producers are working on it but, will. do we have him? okay. i think we have got him. griff? great to have you back. start roll it from the top, brother. griff: i just want to tell you i am at the wall that governor abbott is going to unveil for the world. this is the first time, pete, will, and rachel, that a state has taken it upon themselves to defend from the crisis at the border. i got an exclusive ride yesterday in a helicopter dps over this wall. and i can show you exactly what it looks like. the wall is identical to the trump wall and abbott is building the wall because the biden administration seized the seizeceased the construction oft wall. look at the aerials, just a small portion of it. they are building a football field a day. and it is a very welcomed additi

griff, you've been phenomenal. i look forward to seeing your two-hour coverage in about an hour and a half. griff jenkins at the border, he's been on top of this story before it became the big story it is now and has become across the world. we'll be focusing on that, also on the aftermath of those storms in kentucky a week later. as if people in that region didn't have enough to deal with, now looting. people rifling through whatever they can find and stealing it, cars, you name it. there's a special new definition of low in low when something like that happens, after this. e. ok, well it's time to go. -no, no, no, no, no! dad, we have to go back to lowe's. ho, ho, ho! dad! the tire! this it? -yeah! the holidays being at lowe's, where you'll find all you want during winterfest. ugh, carolers. let's go back to lowe's. yeah, let's go back to lowe's. c'mon! yeah! kim is now demonstrating her congestion. save it slimeball. i've upgraded to mucinex. we still have 12 hours to australia. mucinex lasts 12 hours, so i'm go

griff a great pleasure to be with you as well. all my best to you and your family on christmas and the same to those at home. happy have happy merry christmas. griff: indeed. same to you, ben, hope you have a wonderful christmas in america. welcome, it's been great being with you. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ pick up your feet ♪ jingle around the clock ♪ jingle that's the jingle bell rock carley: good morning, america. a look at our beautiful fox news christmas tree on the all-american -- the all-american christmas tree out on fox square. happy christmas eve toe everybody, brian and steve so great to be with you this morning. brian, with your permission, i would like to tell people not to get dressed this morning in their real people clothes. brian: right. carley: stay in christmas pajamas all morning long. brian: you got my permission. go ahead, carley, for this one day. carley: we would like to share some pictures of our christmas traditions, hopefully you can send us pictures of yours as well. steve, would you

brian: thanks so much, griff. i saw that the attorney general, merit garland said i'm going to put $1.6 billion into criminal justice victims rights and things to that nature and hire a thousand cops to flood the country and provide the funding to allow these cities to hire more law enforcement but the problem is this is happening in high end areas because the cops haven't been in power, the da's are not prosecuting crime, unless it's a violent crime they are emptying out our prisons and you put these these things together over the course of two years and pass something like proposition 42 that allows you to steal up to just under $1,000 in 2014 people are realizing there's actually good money in this , and rather than go get a job at macy's this holiday season, why don't i go do something like steal a high end bike from a high end store. i talked to jillian for sythe from chicago, she was robbed twice and they caught it both times on camera, in the daylight. she's outraged. listen. >> this is just another level w

griff: that's right, steve, ainsley and brian, good morning. there are hundreds of protesters out here with a lot more coming, because for nearly five decades, pro-life groups fought to overturn roe vs. wade, let me show you both sides are here, you can see a fence being erected and capital police are manning the fencing trying to get the pro-choice folks on the far side there holding balloons that say bands off our bodies but on this side more of the pro-life crowd and we have seen a large turnout on that. now, this group believes their best chance of overturning roe vs. wade because of that 6-3 majority on the bench that'll start at 10 a.m. each side gets about 70 minutes, it'll be live and we'll hear the audio and of course a decision won't come for several months, but let me just take you over here for a second guys because one of the groups i've seen that really turned out are the students. this is a students for life group. what's your name? >> grace. griff: grace where did you come from and why did you come here? >> i'm a student spokesp

here to react, fox news correspondents griff jensen, dr. nicole saphier and fox news contributor david webb, the big sunday show later today. david i will start with you as she criticized parents over their concerns for sexually explicit content in a some books. what's your reaction to your -- to her poem? >> i would like to put up a couple things on the table for everyone watching. this is important so i'm going to read it. when you go to the website is is where children can achieve anything they want to be, but in round rock 8% of black students at 11% of hispanic students performed math on a grade level according to the 2021 star performance data, so krista tyler who mocks evangelicals and parents or everyone as a bigot that she doesn't agree with would rather promote law-- includes sections about explicit experiences at 10 years old and gender queer, a memoir that includes photos of sexual acts between a man and a boy. i wanted to make sure i got that right because i want people watching to understand the contrast, you can be all you wa

griff jenkins, thanks. and here is newt gingrich on biden's 2024 chances. take a listen. >> what choice does he have? you can't go out there and say i am doing so badly and my administration is so stupid i think i will quit three years from now. he's already in many ways deeply weakened and joe manchin we can tell a little more last week. the economy is weakening them, covid is weakening them, the border is weakening him, go down the list. for him to not pretend he is eager, he's excited, he wants to keep doing things, he is in a box, he has no real choice. the question for the american people and the democratic party is the really believe president biden given this performance in his first year is likely to get reelected? >> biden is the oldest president to be sworn into office, he will be in his early 80s in 2024. the crime crisis at home for two democrat lawmakers who called the police reform in the past. ashley: marianne rafferty has details as they become victims of violent crime. >> reporter: two democrat who wanted to be for the police were carjacked

griff jenkins live from washington with more on this. >> heading into the peak of holiday shopping and travel with prices skyrocketing. the new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling with financial hardship triggered by surging inflation, 10% describe it as severe after jerome powell testified this week inflation is here to stay and stop calling a transitory with president biden pushing his build back better bill is a solution which republicans are slamming as the worst thing we can do. >> if you are worried about inflation lasting you want is to add $2.7 trillion to the federal deficit and spent $4.7 trillion which will pour gasoline on inflation. >> this comes amid concerns the new omicron variant could pose further woes to the economy is worker shortages as the president rolled out a plan to combat the covid crisis with additional mandates on americans. >> i am announcing today pools no punches in the fight against covid 19 was a plan that i think should unite us. i know covid 19 has been very divisive in this country. it has become a political

. >> greg: compare this to the nba, who works the woke griff to. as long as you hit all the pronouns and to support black lives matter and you support kneeling athletes and condemn whatever kind of speech, then you can get away with working with china, that is the whole griff to. >> course, it's the opposite when you have these athletes who do things that make them richer, build their social media followings and among their fans and community more popular, that is not a brave stance to take but on the china issue, you are actually changing iconic movie moments like getting rid of the taiwan patch on the back of maverick's and top gun. it gives you a sense of that she was doing business with china? tom cruise's hair in that movie alone is amazing. >> a marine corps pilot would never do that. i'm sorry. >> i have to just look exactly what he said, what would a marine corps pilot do? he tells me, i don't know. they are all pilots? everyone bends the knee to china and to someone to take a financial hit and do something about it, maybe there is a domino

griff jenkins has all the details from here in washington. hey, griff. >> hi, gillian. the white house doesn't like this story, which sheds light on the mission of the secret service. $100 billion is a lot of money. the agency says that it may be the largest fraud they have ever seen. criminals ranging from small time individuals to trans national criminal organizations are preying on covid relief intended for struggling americans. roy dotson saw the fraudsters stole from the paycheck protection program. >> i've been in law enforcement 29 years and worked some complex fraud investigated for 20 plus years. i have never seen something at this scale. >> to date the secret service has more than 900 active criminal investigations related to pandemic fraud. they've arrested more than 100 suspects. they've seized $1.2 billion and returned 1.2 billion. the white house is pushing back on the sheer magnitude of the fraud occurring. >> i would note that we expect them to clarify this is a concerning headline that we saw ourselves but there's no new research analysis of fraud here.

hey, griff. griff: that's right. brian, carley, steve, good morning. the countries reverting back to stricter pandemic measures you guys in three different studios. do you have seem to have millions of americans literally scrambling to get tested before the holidays. many have to travel. the president says relax. this is not march of 2020 but that came with a warning to the unvaccinated. watch. >> i know vaccination requirements are unpopular for many. not even popular for those who are anxious to get them. my administration has put them in place not to control your life but to save your life. the lives of others. >> his plan to combat omicron includes increasing support of hospitals and getting more shots in arms. and a key part, 500 million free at home tests but it's not available until after the new year because it's a measure the white house was mocking just two weeks ago. >> send one to every america. >> maybe. >> what happens if every american has one test? how much does that cost? what happens after that? griff: they are not mocking it anymore.

howard: she could hear him in joining us now is griff jenkins, fox news anchor and correspondent and when an aide tried strap wrap an interview does it suggest a lack of confidence and in this case that the vice president could handle the question and then that becomes the story? >> of course. makes the politician look weak. the worst thing you can do when your boss takes a question is to try to stop it as it reminds us when the secretary of state powell aid when they tried to stop tim russert on meet the press, but vice president harris jumped in and pushed back on charlamagne tha god saying stop sounding like a republican and charlamagne tha god praised her for that answer and saying that's the heresy wants to see more of, but the damage was done on the heels of her having a staff exodus and a rocky relationship with the white house. she was pulling at 28%, so not a good interview by any stretch of the means. howard: yeah because the wrong thing became the story from their point of view and i say she would be able to handle the awkward moments better if she did more interviews with

griff: i'm griff jenkins. and powerful wind hitting a amazon facility in illinois and amy is kicking it off from the weather center. >> griff, let's get

griff jenkins, ktvu, fox two news. do at noon, kaiser permanente says it has identified oh macron cases among its hospital staff here in the bay area hospital announced it identified 12 cases of the new variant last week. and now it says 11 of those cases have been confirmed to be kaiser permanent staff members at the oakland medical center. all of the workers are fully vaccinated and received booster shots. their exposure to covid-19 happened at a wedding out of state not through their work at the hospital of the workers are isolated at home with mild symptoms today. san francisco mayor london breed released a detailed climate action plan to eliminate the city's remaining carbon emissions. by the year. 2040 city officials described the net zero emissions plan as data driven community informed and people focused, they say, will also build a more equitable future for all san franciscans. measures include using all renewable electricity by 2025 phasing out all other fossil fuels. the plan also adds denser housing right n

it came down in the new griff district of southern tunnel now to state that one person survived and an investigation is now underway. elizabeth brought him the latest from the capitol, new delhi. the indian air force confirmed the news of the death twisting with deep regret. it has been ascertained that general ben rollin, mrs. medulla cut and 11 persons on board died and what they call the unfortunate accident. they were 14 people on board. the military helicopter 13, including bethany roberts wife, died, and one person is being treated and hospitals. now, the administrator of the district of mill get us in common louder, where the crash took place has said that the identity of the bodies will have to be confirmed through dna testing because of the severe burns that they suffered. the u . k. prime minister has apologized after a leak to video shade, senior officials joking about a christmas party during your covert 19 lockdown. bowers johnson has repeatedly denied any rules are broken. a senior adviser has resigned. also, la shelves has been sworn in as the new german chancellor. he's

and me on mar, the you and humanitarians chief martin griff, he says he fears ethiopia could descend into sectarian violence that could fracture the country and lead to a repeat of the chaotic exodus that took place. and i've got to stand in august us secretary, said antony, blinking has met ukraine foreign minister and is said to meet his russian count on a security talent in stockholm, blinking his threatened sanctions. if russia doesn't pull back its troops from the border with ukraine. the women's tennis association has suspended all of its tournaments in china. beijing says it poses what it calls palletization of sports. the w t. a says it's concerned about the safety of former doubles world number one pang, why? she accused a politician of sexual assault and wasn't seed in public for nearly 3 weeks. and uganda is increasing its deployment of troops in the neighboring democratic republic of congo to fight the arm to cope allied democratic forces, uganda blaine's adf for 3 suicide bombings in its capital compiler. last month, those are the headlines on al jazeera necessity will b

united nations humanitarian relief coordinator martin griff said in september, and i quote, the country's economy has reached new depths of collapse and a third wave of the pandemic is threatening to crash the country's already fragile health care system, end quote. according to griffins, millions of yemenis are a step away from starvation. in other words, this poor country is hell on earth. it is the worst humanitarian disaster on a planet. on the first-- the obama administration and then the trump administration, the united states was saudi arabia's partner in this horrific war. in 2019 congress made history, and i'm very proud of that, and we did this on a bipartisan way, bypassing the first ever war powers resolution through both chambers of congress, pressing then president trump then to end this military support. it marked the first time that congress invoked the war powers resolution of 1973 to direct the president to withdraw troops from an undeclared war. sadly, tragically, president trump vetoed that resolution. many of us welcomed the biden administration's this year that would

from there, maria griff nicholas go, filed this report on the people caught in the crossfire. this is all that is left of i you. but hans house to it. it was demolished by artillery fire, wendy tube, in army, and to grand forces clashed in the area. yet i'm obama norman, hey, this is where the table was a whole. it's all broken now. you know, look at it. it was a nice house. it was beautiful and wonderful, but she had an a 4 is 29 days. well, to grand rebels occupied her village on their way to the capitol hill about it and what we feared for our lives. we didn't know if they were going to kill us. we had children with us, we were scared or whatever. i was with my neighbors at night it was very cold and the conflict has not stayed civilians him and his village resident was a 21. people were killed by a romal antiquarian, rebel yawning. but in law mckuddle in this mass grave, we buried 4 people per whole that they weren't soldiers yet. they were honest civilians. local people buried them. we collected the bodies after they left and there were some bodies which the high unit had

to chew l. griff a. have you with us today at reportedly i k, the u. s. is pushing brussels to finalize these sanctions against russian banks on energy companies as well to be imposed of russia, where to take aggressive steps against ukraine. to water stand is nato's latest statement fuel by the us? well, we all know that may to a longer are from the us. number one and both are to be a tunnel, the us ends and they do the nato agency, very problem because their reason has been gone and they need a new region to get all the money from their, from the state. they are included in a job and the 2nd thing is the bureaucrats of the nato. busy and want to keep that position and that power. so they need to do something to keep up the american. they have a totally different thing. their biggest fear is any combination between europe and russia, especially germany and russia. so they to everything, to keep the attention between europe and russia. and if they find some, may be on the diplomatic catch, not very at moms who are willing to do hawkish charge again, russi

person and knew how to command an audience, we believed he was a leading figure in this particular griff. no question at what he actually set into motion. i can't say for sure, for he thought husband's contact. sadly sigh, donnie was a soldier in a 2 nisan ante terri unit born in the same place as amory. he evidently changed sides. lottie disguised as a refugee. he came to germany, as one of the leaders of coast was purported tara tame or another, was built in a marsh. he would like to make friends with m ray. investigators noticed that once he arrived in gem, neat st. donnie, so content with who spent in syria several times it came to the attention of investigators on several occasions for one g to evidence of potential bomb attacks. 3 tapped phone conversations, men, this can be heard saying they will blow up berlin and burn the germans. armory and the t lead is of the suspected terror team psy, donnie, and been a mom met at a mosque and berlin's temple huff district and became friends for years. the place of worship had been viewed as a gathering point for ice activists. the mom had b

something griff was saying, soundbites from jen psaki, she wishes she left the podium and said things with more heartfelt response. i thought that was horrible the way she said that. the testing is the issue, the testing is going to help us get through this. vaccinated or not vaccinated. >> a great point. look at where we are. going on two years, this testing should have been figured out much sooner than it is. to the crenshaw point you elaborated on breaking news people don't like to be told what to do yet democrats turn this entire covid experience into a political football. let's remember the individual who created the vaccine was donald trump through his operation warp speed get the democrats have politicized it turning into an us versus them mentality, your vaccinated or unvaccinated, two americas fighting against each other. that is not the way we battle this virus. we were promised by the biden administration the adults were going to take over when they took over the white house and everything was going to be fine and they were going to eradicate the virus but we have more deat

griff jenkins joins us with the latest. >> reporter: as we head into the peak of holiday shopping and travel, driving up heating cost of gas prices continuing to rise a new gallup poll confirms what many of us are feeling. 45% of american struggling the financial hardship triggered by spiking inflation, 10% described it as severe after jerome powell testified inflation is here to stay and time to stop calling it transitory with the president pushing the build back better bill as the way to solve the problem but a solution republicans are blasting. >> if you are worried about inflation the last thing, for the federal deficit. with inflation. >> this is a big concerns of the new omicron ferry and, with worker shortages. to combat the covid crisis with mandates on americans. >> it pulls no punches in the fight against covid 19. a plan that should unite us. covid 19 has been very divisive in this country. it has become a political issue which is a sad commentary. >> reporter: the plan includes boosters, vaccines for kids 5 and under, strict national guidelines, free testing of the new 24

. >> hello, everyone, katie pavlich, griff jenkins, david webb, with dr. nicole saphier. welcome to the bilge sunday show. here is what is on tap tonight, david. [kamala harris feeling reflective of the time as vp. >> what is your biggest failure at this point? >> not to get out of d.c. more [laughter]. >> why didn't she go to the border at more. harris on defense. that is coming up.

griff: up next, journal editorial. ♪♪ >> the new strain is cause for concern but not panic. we know, we knew there would be cases of overgrown here in the united states and its here but we have the best tools and vaccines in the world and the best medicine and the best scientists in the world. we are going to fight this. with signs and speed. not chaos and confusion. >> welcome to the journal editorial report, i am paul gigot. you covid measures from the biden a ministrations this week and the first cases of the omicron. our confirmed in the u.s. brief the president thursday outlining plan to fight potential pointer search with expanded booster shots, at pump testing new restrictions on international travel. his science really guiding the administration's efforts to combat it? let's ask doctor marty, doctor at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health and foxes medical contributor. welcome. this variance was announced to the world a little more than a week ago get popping up all over the place. what does that tell you about fixed spread? >> welcome there's a lot of

carley: griff jenkins with more on what we can expect from the president later today. >> reporter: we expect them to say the cdc, the omicron very it is the dominant strain in the country accounting for 73% of new cases with the first death reported out of houston. in a speech today about how the administration is handling it president biden taking to twitter to preview his remarks saying we are working around the clock to increase testing ability, vaccine ability and support for hospitals. i will have more to say on this tomorrow. in the meantime get vaccinated, get this, wear a mask and keep the faith, we will get through this together. the speech is expected to build on his winter plan to focus on access to testing, booster shots, no lockdowns, new mask mandates and risk to the unvaccinated. that is an area jen psaki hit home yesterday. >> those who choose to remain unvaccinated he. the stark warning and make clear and vaccinated individuals will drive hospitalizations and deaths. >> reporter: this after the chief white house coordinator issued this dire warning last friday. >> sev

good boy, griff. you've been such a good boy. lockdown has been boom time for the dogs business. so these are what are known as micro bullies. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. these dogs were seized from a cardiff—based breeder. christopher may liked to show off and advertise his dogs online. he was recentlyjailed for breeding without a licence. he was also convicted of another crime, cutting off their ears. sadly, there is a demand for dogs with their ears mutilated. this is what he should look like, look. it's purely an aesthetic, to achieve a certain look that some people think is attractive. it's illegal to cut a dog's ears like this in the uk. but at the moment you can import one with its ears already cropped. there are laws in place to protect animals, but we've found plenty of backyard breeders who are staying one step ahead of the authorities to make some serious cash. social media is awash with breeders. many run legitimate businesses, but others seem very keen on dogs with cropped ears. we've got a guy, he's nothi

the only job this guy doesn't have or maybe he does is griff jenkins joining us with more. >> reporter: could be an interesting weekend because the deadline is midnight tomorrow in a shutdown could trigger everything from national park closures to delays in social security checks. at issue a group of gop senators holding up a funding bill in an effort to defund the vaccine mandates. >> the democrats should at least allow us to have a vote on whether these vaccine mandates should be imposed by federal agencies, that is beyond their statutory authority, be on the constitutional authority of the federal government. >> not all republicans are on board. summer downplaying the likelihood the lights will get shut out tomorrow. >> a continuing resolution government funding expires friday evening. do you believe there will be a government shutdown? >> know. there is no appetite nor should there be on either side of the aisle. >> this is senate majority leader chuck schumer blasts republicans for playing politics with the government's funding. >> our republican colleagues can either work with us

griff jenkins joins us with more. >> reporter: chairman powell delivered a reality check on inflation saying it is going higher and willing or into next year and says it is time to stop using the administration's preferred term to stop describing it. >> the word transitory carried a sense of short-lived. we use it to meet it won't leave a permanent mark in the form of higher inflation. it is probably a good time to retire that word. >> reporter: that is a far cry from the president's rosier assessment of things this past summer. >> president biden: some folks worried this could be a sign of insistent inflation. our experts believe in the data shows most of the price increases we have seen were expected to be temporary. >> reporter: since then inflation has soared, the supply chain bottlenecked and americans are feeling pain in the gas pump to the grocery store as the white house maintains inflation will eventually fall. >> our view in the federal reserve, it remains that inflation will ease over time. supply chain issues and higher prices rooted in the pandemic which will subside as w

carley: additional tanks and snipers as griff mentioned 70,000 troops in ukraine border, american intelligence says the number could reach 175,000 by the beginning of the year and the goal of the between president biden and russian president vladimir putin is for president biden to de-escalate the situation, way foreign policy expert say he would do that is by showing strength telling vladimir putin if you invaded ukraine you are going to because off financially and he has to show strength not only to stand up to our adversaries around the world but to show our allies we are still one with him because after the afghanistan pulled out and leaving our allies behind that was called into question. todd: you heard about the reuters report about tanks meeting moved in, 100%, testing president biden and in light of what we have seen the first 11 months of this administration on the foreign-policy stage you understand why vladimir putin is doing this, he sees an ability to get his way, to make america look weak because president biden has looked weak the far so he's putting president biden to task, wh

griff jenkins joins us. >> 50/50 makes it interesting and the clock is ticking. the deadline is midnight tomorrow when a shutdown could trigger national park closures to delays and social security checks and at issue is gop senators holding up a funding bill to defund the mandates or bring it to a vote on the senate floor. >> the democrats should allow us to have a vote whether vaccine mandates should be imposed by federal agencies. that is the on the constitutional authority of the federal government, deeply unpopular, multiple federal judges held as unconstitutional. >> reporter: not all republicans are on board the shutdown. it may or may not happen through senator kennedy. >> continuing resolution, government funding expires friday evening. do you believe there will be a government shutdown? >> know. there is no appetite, nor should there be on either side of the aisle. >> this as chuck schumer takes aim at republicans for holding things up. >> a republican colleagues can work with us to move the process quickly through the chamber or they can engage in obstr

todd: the white house facing blowback for president biden's performance, griff jenkins joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it lasted two hours with both sides agreeing to continue communicating. afterwards national security adviser jake sullivan said president biden sent a firm message to the leaders, saying the biden wade out clearly consequences if he chooses to make that move to invade. video of the call came from russian state media. watch what we saw. >> president biden: good to see you again. last time we didn't get to see one another at the g 20 but i hope next time we do it in person. >> reporter: the white house did not divulge the extent of the sanctions package which could include targeting russia's biggest banks but acknowledged they are prepared to go further than what was imposed in 2014 and biden made no concessions on putin's demand to block ukraine from joining nato and sullivan suggesting lord stream 2 pipeline could be used as a tool as well. >> gas is not flowing to the lord stream 2 pipeline which means it is not operating. it is leverage for the west because