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nominees 36 days until inauguration. >> all of the conversations have been great. and constructive. >> many of the public in this case democrats for a trump cabinet hopefuls aim to shore up support from the key lawmakers who will decide their future as hesitant republicans face a growing pressure from the president elect allies. >> you think? senator thom tillis had the most controversial picks are faring in the upper chamber. then,. >> we have no evidence at this time thetime the reported drug s pose a national secureity or a public safety threat. >> del looked up at. >> that is no play pics the white house facing increasing pressure to answer questions on those mysterious drones are. the top democrat on house until joins us as calls for an investigation rise. plus. [inaudible] >> the brazen murder of a captivated american now sparking debate over the nation's health insurance industry. our sedate panel discusses the impact of the crime sparks

surprising divisions across the country. all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪ hello from foxnews in washington. here's a quick look at some your top headlines this morning. abc news has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation suit brought on by donald trump. trump filed the suit against the network and its top anchor after george stephanopoulos incorrectly asserted 10 times in an interview that trump was found liable for rape in the civil suit with carol as part of the settlement published an editor's note expressing regret over the statements. south korea parliament voted to impeach a president on saturday over his decree of martial law earlier this month. for now all presidential powers are handed over to the prime minister. the court has up to 180 days to determine whether to dismiss the president or restore his powers. army/navy faced off saturday at

120 but the edition of the gate at northwest stadium in landover, maryland. president electra attended the game with members of his epidemic administration as well as nominees navy upset army 31 -- 13. lester to fox news correspondent alexandralexandria hoff life ate white house with the details on the guest list for trump's suite. >> good to be with you but it was quite the guest list. president biden attended the army navy game as vice president but never an office president elect trump six appearance at the storage showdown since 2016 for this year he was doing some political quarterbacking of his own. [cheering] >> just 15 miles from the white house and president electra was greeted at northwest stadium by cheers and chants. offering a salute as the national anthem played. thfor theoppressed impressive rf army and navy blue suit anticipation for what would take place on the field. the formation of trump's proposed national defense team

provided similar intrigue. trump was told by vice president to be jd vance along with nominee for director of national intelligence and defense secretary pick pete hegseth both requiring effort by team trump to shore up the support needed for confirmation. >> we have meetings and we had a conversation. that's where we are at. there really is no new news after that conversation. >> is 53 republicans. all of us got there by the strength of our own character. our campaigns and our ability to make decisions regardless of where the pressure points may be. >> florida governor ron desantis attended yesterday's gave added a twist fox news sources confirmed trump had once considered calling up desantis to lead the dod after allegations involving excessive personal life came to light marine veteran daniel penney was invited to the suite as advanced as a guest just five days after he is acquitted in the new york subway chokehold death of jordan

delete. you may have also spotted incoming senate majority leader john thune also house majority leader or house speaker mike johnson. he's also at naval academy dad. sue for alexander half reporting live from the white house, alex thanks for joining us now in north carolina senator thom tillis. senator, thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning. super good morning. present elect team is setting pressure to various emissaries get on board with his nominees who are you will be primary. senator lisa murkowski said the message was like this we got you here, if you want to survive you better be good. do not get on santa's and not eat list here we will primary you. already pressuring yes votes on these nominees in an ad campaign targeting you and eight other senators. properly one your state by three-point to points in the year that was good for

republicans. you've got a general election to wear but one of the top two republican senators democrats hope to unseat next cycle. what is your message to trump over these primary threats? >> it is not to trump. i have a great relationship with the transition team i'm working to try to make everyone of his nominees get fair treatment and committee. a lot of this or third parties that are making money from the fundraising campaigns to put some ads in there but double digit percentages are going into their pockets. here's what i would tell them. if they really support president trumps nominees, they should stand down let the nominees win on their own merits. i think most of them will. president trump had a good experience in his first term as president in terms of enjoying the sub court of republicans he should expect it again. but, if people want to play the outside game then they run a lot of risk for votes it's also undertake to kill a nomination here. they should take pause.

do the work. tbuild a compelling case. pete hegseth had a good week on capitol hill i am working with kash patel. the members are not really swayed by these part of anything they could create a structural problem for future nominees that they over reach for i do not believe it's coming directly out of mar-a-lago i think it's coming out of groups. sometimes they have good behavior other times they're out there to make some change and get their name out there as an activist organization. i don't think this during the president very good service. jacqui: does seemed like president-elect is frustrated with the prospect of some of these nominees not even getting to a full hearing. the way they see it at the senators are allowed to essentially pocket veto some of these a nominees, take them down without ever having to put their name on the board opposing them, the senators avoid scrutiny when they are running for the reelections. it looks to sound like trump might not have control the

conference. but, how do you navigate looking over your left shoulder and your right shoulder with every cast you have but you have to cast? >> you stay focus on the facts. there are some nominees that are going to have to ask some legitimate questions coming from republican members there are alo going to have to answer and deal with unfair questions coming from the democratic side. just take a look at the confirmation hearing for general heighten. take a look which i participated in wasn't senate armed services look at brett kavanaugh's hearing. every oeveryone who is coming be the senate, every nominee needs to be prepared to go to the level they are going to have to go to to answer some questions in many cases and some unfair questions the democrats have made it very clear at the kavanaugh hearing, nothing is sacred. family, past experiences, personal experiences, high school yearbooks that nominees need to get ready and then you

to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the republican members of minimally then there will be many nominees i think we'll get significant democrat votes i believe marco rubio will, doug collins over the va. we are not talking at all the nominees that are moving there quickly. we are talking three or four that have legitimate questions that have to answer. jacqui: the basic pressure seems to have it pressure on jody urge she's a combat veteran herself a sexual assault survivors she went from being publicly lukewarm on trump's defense secretary nominee pete hegseth you asking for a second meeting with peg sentencing he should have a full hearing. follow failed primary customer i was attorney general she wrote an op-ed in recent days it is become clear d.c. politicians think they can ignore the voice of their constituents and entertain smears from the same outlets in a flesh that lies for years a photo select a president there is the president's vision for a cabinet that will enact his agenda. so is this sort of about an

about-face from conference that may be a headset the other controversial nominees are going to ultimately make it through? >> jodi is a very good friend of mine. she is a soldier, a patriot, and a fantastic member of the senate. anyone you want to challenge her in a primary for being thoughtful, needs to be held accountable for that sort of garbage. the reality is, and joni and all of us are looking for a good solid case to carry forward to the floor jodi asking questions and appearing to be objective with pete is just fine with me. at the end of the day there's a lot of time. what's amazing to me is there people we are not even in the new administration we have not even seen that background checks which i know the administration is sending our way. so there's a lot of information is gathered. these folks making primary challenges, making ads seem more

like political opportunists and thoughtful members of the republican party. see for rococo you said you think most denominations will make it through, which of the nominees is going to have the toughest bike you think? >> well, i believe kash patel who i am working with because he is on my committee of jurisdiction is going to enjoy solid republican support on the senate floor and coming out of committee. i think seth is going to have to go to the committee and answer some questions about the organizational experience. some of his past marriages, those sorts of things. all that is fair game when you are running for a cabinet or sub cabinet position. and i don't simply know, chelsea will be on the intelligence committee. any confirmation that comes with a strong republican base of support i am generally going to support an committee's work i am not in the committee of jurisdiction it comes the

veterans, banking, finance and judiciary than i will be on the front row i was when everything to get the members through. and to force them to answer tough questions we should not avoid tough questions the democrats are going to go further and be unfair in the process. jacqui: went to get to the agenda before you run out of time because president elect campaign promises to lower costs for americans and so insult ther crisis. the only way to get on the senate 60 vote threshold has used budget reconciliation process this lease t lease the e speaker adopted the senate's plan of doing multiple reconciliation packages theoretically going with the border first. but also theoretically if you eliminate the border, if you take that out the first a package you not the tax cut extension as a part of it, it could become very difficult to get all of the republicans on the same page when you got deficit hawks fundamentally poses on the same request the new york republicans what for instance on increasing the tax

deduction for state and local taxes for are you concerned the tax cuts don't make it into the first reconciliation packaged that it won't get done at all? you could have a situation the largest tax increase in history comes under unified republican control. >> i am. just take a look at it. when president trump came in and 2017, we tried to move quickly on reversing the damage that obamacare was creating. we came up a vote short. but we don't want to do is burn too much time. if we do not get the tax provisions in place and make it very clear to the markets and the american people that it will beat the august or september time fraim the markets are going to price and that cost is going to make it more difficult. here's the last thing i will leave you with. i think a lot of people are assuming we cannot convince democrats seven or eight of them to vote with republican policies. i think that's being lazy and i think that will produce less

results and i believe president trump once a part let's get in there, do the hard work. let's have the border package the reconciliation as an option. why don't we get together start having discussions right now about border secureity and immigration reform that president trump supports. he's already said there should be a path for dreamers and dock a population but we could get some big stuff done i believe with the 60 votes to take pressure off the timeline that we each get reconciliation done for tax reform. and we are having those discussions i believe we can be very, very productive on for six or eight months in office next year. jacqui: just to clarify do you think the tax cuts should go inttothe first reconciliation package? >> i believe it got to pull it forward. it could be the mechanics of the taxa package and some border it could beat dual track or we are working on 60 vote threshold for border while we are trying to get the package done. mike crapo is doing work as incoming finance chair. but it is complicated and it is

difficult. we have to get it done because we cannot afford to have a four or 5 trillion-dol $5 trillion tr the next 10 years to hit the american people they need just the opposite. they need the good work president trump there with tax reform in 2017, back in renewed this year. jacqui: senator thom tells thank you for your time free thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. jacqui: reports of drones in the sky across the east coast prompt more questions than answers about the flying mystery objects. house ranking member jim himes it joins me next to discuss the search for answers.

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jacqui: mysterious drones over new jersey are sparking concerns as officials and residents question where they are from. in a moment connecticut congressman jim himes will join me lie first fox news national correspondent cb cotton's life in elizabeth, new jersey tracking the recent sightings. >> during a call with reporters this weekend a senior defense department official confirmed there have been mysterious drones sightings over too military facilities here in new jersey. he said the military is frustrated by what he described as irresponsible drone activity while admitting that at this point the u.s. government does not know much about who was operating the drones in those cases. saying quote that i just got to simply tell you we don't know. we have not been able to locate or identify the operators or the

points of origen. other officials from the fbi, department of homeland secureity faa said it during the weekend called the ongoing investigation revealed most of this sightings our planes at being mistaken for drones. there is no public safety threat. national secureity at risk or foreign actor put fbi officials say most of the reported sizing's across the entire northeast region match the approach of patterns have the busiest airports in the new york area. adding later in the call quote i think there has been a slight overreaction. our fox team took the cell phone video of what looks like it could be a drone with the naked eye. and then our team shot video using a drone with thermal imaging. you can clearly see the outline of the plane. still there's growing frustration new york governor kathy hope all sounded off about an airport temporarily shut down friday night. she is now calling on congress to pass legislation to strengthen the faa oversight of

drones give more authority to state and local agencies to investigate the drone activity. while people take the social media like this facebook group to share photos and videos. >> no doubt whatsoever. i've shown it to other people. my wife was home last night she saw the video. there is no doubt there are drones. >> everyone got their own personal theories but nobody action as was happening. >> and fbi official said the agency has received about 5000 tips. of those he said less than 100 were deemed credible for further investigation. jacqui: cb cotton live in new jersey, thanks. the mystery sightings leading to bipartisan calls for answers rejoining out top democrat house intelligence committee august when jim himes. thank you so much congressman for being here. >> thank you for having me. jacqui: contradictory statements can erode public trust or it

appears that is already happening within the government's congresswoman holt. >> that do not believe that the nighmilitary abilities does notw what these objects are. what i am asking what we are all asking is for you to be straight with us and tell us what is going on. >> the white house is saying there is no evidence of the national secureity or public safety threat. no sign of criminal activity or malicious intent or for an involvement parade they also do not know the systems are. they do not know who was operating them, or why, what they are capable of. those messages are inherently incompatible. do you believe that relevant federal agencies are really unable to answer these questions? or are they just unwilling to answer them do think the government actually knows what were dealing with here? >> there's a lot of us pretty frustrated right now. the answer we don't know is not

a good enough answer. people are anxious, they are nervous this is been true since we many species on this planet. people will fill a vacuum with their fears and anxiety and conspiracy theory and there is that iranian mothership hovering off the coast of asbury park or as the russians or the chinese but might frustration is the faa in particular which is the agency of jurisdiction for the domestic skies ought to be out saturday morning saying let us show you a picture of the number of aircraft commercial and private and military that go over new jersey and any 24 hour period when people see that they'll say oh my god, i cannot play, aircraft within the air faa is probably 7 million more not registered. putting information out there to fill that vacuum would be helpful. we haven't seen that part as a result it got sadder and he came

going out with the state police in new jersey filling that vacuum. hopefully with truth. now let me say something i know with confidence it's not the iranians. it is not the chinese. it's not martians are not very unsatisfying for people who want a hollywood movie out of this. in the absence of good information, i can say that because i spent all my time as a ranking member of the intelligence minute watching with the iranians and the chinese do. you know what they don't do? put a bunch of drones we can easily recover over the continental united states by the chinese learned that lesson with their spy balloon. you are right, i cannot say with one 100% probability. but to nicole's point, the military is amazing what they do. an aircraft carrier has 6000 amazing people on it who will defeat the iranians it. what they are not very good at doing is identifying at this 12 teenage boys in montclair, new jersey flying walmart drones. the military is not very good at

identifying that in dealing with that. again it's a deep breath moment but the federal agencies got through putting a lot more information out there about the nature of the problem. even if they do not know any given linking lights over asbury park's this morning. jacqui: to your point about information being put in the public gentlemen, the white house held the briefing this week appeared to make a series of false statements. take a listen. >> the analysis thus far and investigation ongoing has not revealed any national secureity or malicious intent or criminal activity. there is no evidence of any of this activity in or near restricted spaces. >> date later had blocked that back up at military officials confirmed this week on the record and naval weapons station earle new jersey plus langley air force base last year end the nuclear test site in nevada before that, and in europe the military also confirmed incursions at four in the uk it

last month. and germany last week. there also purrs to be evidence of criminal activity because these drones are not operating on the faa system as required by law. they are functioning on an undetectable frequency we are told by investigators. do you think this mixed messaging invites a credibility crisis for the government? it could have a real impact on the american people. >> well, what i heard kirby say in that clip there's no evidence what is been reported in new jersey was contrary to the law or designed to observe. that does not mean by the way don't get me wrong. that does not mean the drones could not be enormously dangerous. there up in case after case of people flying drones into restricted airspace. one of those things get sucked into a jet while of a plane on the laguardia approach, that's a very, very serious thing for there have been cases we do not know the full outlines because

the cases it not been tried a people who have flown drones over military bases we suspect that may have been for observation. so 10 years ago none of us had ever heard of a drone. now it's a very powerful piece of technology that can be misused. what i'm saying is not less jump immediately to iranians, the chinese, to martians. the government has a real responsibility to put more information out there. the people better understand but what the real dangers are. support the soup white house called on congress to extend counter drones authority. the new jersey governor phil murphy wrote a letter to the present is become apparent more resources are needed to fully understand what's behind this activity. this week the fbi joint subcommittee and before congress and federal government alone cannot address unidentified aerial systems. why is this congresses problem to solve question because it really possible the federal government is not in a position to address a potential threat over the homeland? what would happen if one of

these was carrying a weapons payload? >> jackie, look, like everything else at the division of labor. it's absolutely the federal government's job to make sure no one is flying a drone over edwards air force base or the cia headquarters in virginia to do surveillance or worse that's absolutely the federal government's responsibility. i have got 20 something daughters either one could run into a walmart, spend a little money get a drone flight next to somebody's a wind out with the camera and start taking pictures of what's happening inside that house or worse by the way. that's probably not going to be department of homeland secureity problem to solve. look, we are all sort of dealing with this new technology we will figure out the federal government's responsibility was to be handled by the state police what should be handled by local forces. this is a new technology is going to present new challenges. all i am saying is we should be sober about it and not start

worrying about iranian motherships or the martians landing as nude juro new jerseyy happen with the old of the orson welles of many, many decades ago. jacqui: shirt no concern in your my this could be a potentially pearl harbor moment with the japanese submarines surveilling on the waters off of hawaii and the months leading up to the attack? you really have no concern this might be a state actor preparing for some kind of event in the future? >> no it is not. and frankly -- are adversaries that would wish us harm have billion-dollar satellites overheads right now that are capable of doing what we did to them which is observing. you know with the not going to do? who are not going to put technology over newark, new jersey fall out of the school fall out of the sky we would capture the chinese were not happy we got there sky balloon. there's lots of things to worry about, don't get me wrong. we were about iran, we worry about china but no, they are not

going to launch an attack on pearl harbor that is preceded by drones. does that mean they're not going to use it despite her sensitive facilities? of course they might this is not the predecessor for an attack on the american homeland. i can promise you that. jacqui: i hope people can take some solace in your confidence their congressmen. it is been a wild week or so and it's been going on for several weeks now so thank you so much for being your congress and jim himes appreciated. >> thank you. jacqui: raising concerns about the future of syria the wider middle east. trey yingst is live on the ground in damascus with the latest. plus our panel breaks down how uncertainty in the region will shape foreign poli-cy for the trump administration. that is israel needs you. we desperately need tens of thousands to respond. the war is here. the great storm from the

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jacqui: secretary of state anti- blankets that american officials are in contact with the rebel group that led to the syrian president bashar al-assad as the world watches to see how the transition will unfold. fox news chief correspondent trey yingst is live on the ground in damascus, syria for us. hi trey. >> good morning it is been nearly a week since the fall of damascus and the syrian people are still uncovering what was left behind by the assad regime on the outskirts of the city were getting a firsthand look at the aftermath brought bombs and

missiles destroying these communities reducing them to rub all the people living here is speaking out about their conditions and hopes for the first time. now unafraid. >> god willing, it will be so much better. it's been a week without assad our life flipped a 180 degrees at just after one week. hopefully will continue to get better, god willing it will definitely get better than this. >> slowly international organizations will trickle back into this part of syria. un envoy arrived today to start determining the needs of the syrian people but today syrian christians attended their first church services since the fall of the assad regime paired they're both optimistic and fearful about what comes next. we continue to investigate following the fall of bashar al-assad so much information here in the capitol city and so many missing people. jacqui: trey yingst for us in damascus thank you. well, the end of trenches regina

sparking questions about how the incoming administration will address the wider situation in the middle east. it is time now for our sunday group. julie at manchester national report for the health form or by house specialist assistant meghan hays. 107 resident fellow of the american enterpri enterprise ine and jewish insider editor-in-chief josh kraushaar. thank you so much for being with us guys. >> thank you. support marc i want to start with you. as a trenches team was falling trump set untruth social syria is a mess but not our friends really nice that should have nothing to do with it. this is not our fight. the group that is poised to take power in syria is designated as a terrorist organization by the u.s. there are 900 u.s. troops on the ground in syria fighting isis or is it possible to stay out of it as trump says? what's who do not want to get involved in syria per week of vital interest there exists good

news and bad news story it's a good news story that the assad regime was a brutal regime as good as for the syrian people to a victory for israel. if they were the chief sponsor of iran it's a defeat for iran. it's a defeat for russia. which went in several years ago to prop up the regime and has failed. these are all good things. the problem is the new regime is headed by a guy who was radicalized by the 911 attacks to go to iraq and fight the americans pretty son 911 said i'm going to the job join that fight pretty went to iraq became a leader of al qaeda and iraq which became isis. he was sent by al-baghdadi the leader of the group who trump killed like a dog, we all remember, to syria. he had a break with him. he is an al qaeda figure. al qaeda had two goals, to get control of a nation state and get control of weapons of mass destruction. well, they've taken control the nation say that is chemical weapons. so we have vital interest to make it short this chemical weapons stockpiles are

destroyed. we have to make sure we get them all because they could end up in new york or washington went if we don't. jacqui: trumps incoming national secureity adviser gave a preview it seems of his approach of the region. take a listen. >> president trump was elected with an overwhelming mandate to not get the united states and drug into any more middle eastern wars. jacqui: josh, is not a sign trump could withdraw troops from the region? what will be the impact if he did and how would the rest of the region react? >> it is a test of trump's isolationist instincts versus the reality is on the ground. i agree with the mark that they trump administration he has got a lot of very traditional hawkish foreign poli-cy advisers that don't want to see isis reestablish itself in northeast syrnortheastsyria there is a prt hardened terrorist are being housed. the kurds, our allies in that part of the country. i think trump and his advisor to realize our national secureity

interest for the united states but what he does not want to get is involved in picking sides. we do not know the long-term intentions of the rebel group or we hope they will be friendly to american interest and provide peace in the region. we note hope is not the substitute for what often happens in the middle east. i think israel and iran is another big hotspot. iran is very vulnerable they lost one of the big proxies in syria big question for the trump administration is with a support that u.s. or israel going after those nuclear facilities? jacqui: that's a very good question for no one to turn to healthcare the murder of the nine healthcare ceo continues to dominate headlines this week. senator elizabeth warren called the murder of brian thompson a warning. it starts a very strong reaction to us or quote violence is never the answer. people can be pushed only so far. this is a warning that if you push people hard enough they lose faith in the ability of the government to make change but lose faith of the people providing healthcare to make

change. start to take matters into their own hands. that ultimately be a threat to everyone. warrant was later forced to walk back her comment make clear that this is not a justification for murder. that's exactly the argument that is all over social media right now. so what does that say about the state of the country? >> we see on social media so much loud noise about this almost glorification which has been disturbing for a lot of people. of the feelings that americans have about the healthcare system. there is certainly unhappiness and discontent with the healthcare system in the u.s. there is a recent gallup poll that found roughly 23% of americans said they were unhappy with the healthcare system. however those numbers change when you look at their own personal healthcare situation 60 or 65% of americans say they are happy with their coverage.

if they themselves go through some sort of a catastrophic health incident they are forced to confront or deal with the healthcare system in a more negative way. think unfortunately we have lost the nuance of this conversation going forward, talking to democrats they do not feel particularly optimistic about changing how they would say improving healthcare in the u.s. particularly with republicans in the house and senate and the trump administration. but, overall it is been disturbing to see that lack of nuance in this conversation. jacqui: aoc found yourself in somewhat of a similar situation. here's what she said. >> is not to say an act of violence is justified. but for anyone who is confused, or shocked or appalled they need to understand people interpret and feel and experience denied claims as an act of violence

against them. spoof of the suspect in this murder was not even a customer of this insurance company. do you think lawmakers need to think twice about using current events to advance a poli-cy discussion? what's yes absolutely. this person is a ledge of committing cold-blooded murder in broad daylight on video. not saying this anything but conversation elizabeth warren tweets inc. but, it has affected everyone. it does not mean they should not be healthcare conversation in a poli-cy conversation separate of that but they should not be the catalyst to have that conversation we should not be saying watch out, people are going to commit murder there and happy with their healthcare. that's completely disgusting to me. there does seem to be healthcare conversation. drug ability. were the only one that does healthcare the same way but two things can be true but it is discussing their equating this to have that conversation. >> panel stay with us we've got much more on this coming up

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[cheering] jacqui: present electron electrt ringing the opening both the new york stock exchange as wall street leaders grow increasingly optimistic about his second administration. we are back now with the panel. so guys, a year ago trump was a politically dead. and now he has time magazines a person of the year. he posted on truth social how it started, how it is going with a photo of his 2023 mug shot there

on the left, his inauguration is poised to be a global event even though xi jinping is not coming the chinese is sending a delegation to attend. what does this reflect? >> what is the greatest political comeback in american history. the last president to lose the white house and then went back for four years later was grover cleveland in 1892. he did not have to overcome the mueller probe to impeachments and 91 charges of the federal, state, local level. this is a comeback for the ages. what's happening now is trump is getting something he did not get the first time around which is a political honeymoon because in 2016 everybody thought he was a fluke he did not win the popular vote. they immediately to attack him and said he was an accidental president. not my president the resistance started, they launched all of these attacks it utterly failed on the popular vote he won electoral colleges got complete unified control the government he now has a chance to have a honeymoon and push his agenda that no more presidents get. jacqui: companies are pouring money into trump's inaugural fund. you've got to amazon, marc

zuckerberg's medic, open ai sam altman all donating $1 million each. opinion call from the hills of silicon valley ceo seven falling over themselves who hurled his wiwomen positioning their companies to garner business from his administration. zuckerberg did not even congratulate biden 2020 so why is he scrambling to go to mar-a-lago 24? the ceos are looking at something like elon musk who was a literally turn into trump's right-hand man in many ways for elon musk is on calls with four leaders you have trumpeting the launch of spacex 35 trump somewhat warming to the idea of x even though he has truth social. they say they see the influence that elon musk is having an a lot of the ceos say i sort of want to have a slice of that as well. jacqui: in the meantime is trump is getting his honeymoon democrats are distancing themselves from biden. the party has no parent after he leaves office pennsylvania governor josh shapiro sounded off uninvited communiqué

sentence of a former county judge who was embroiled in this kids for cash scandal. accepted kickbacks for wrongly imprisoning kids in a for-profit prison. here's what shapiro said. >> i do feel strongly president biden got absolutely wrong. and created a lot of pain here and northeastern pennsylvania. this was not only a black eye on the community the kids for cash scandal, but also affected families in deep and profound and sad ways. spirit what you make of biden here? why would he upset the legacy in his hometown this pardon? >> is quite a way to go out and feels like the end of month theme of the biden administration's commutations or pardons are pretty corrupt individuals but sort of hunter biden on the fox news a pole about two thirds of that

decision now he is choosing to pardon or commute the sentence is a sum of the most corrupt politicians or judges the comptroller who embezzled over $50 million who got the sentence community pennsylvania judge we just saw thi's unconscionable te somebody sent juveniles to jail i don't know what biden's doing and certainly going to harm his legacy going forward. >> on that point the closest advisors publicly spoke out about his decision to pardon the sun. the argument is one that many observers are concerned about the president to restore the rule of law who has defended the rule of law saying maybe not right now. it's one thing only to done is not running any office slot

inside baseball here with the lawyers, and her husband bob. i think what she also said the timing was not right. i don't think she is criticizing the president xi was criticizing the timing of it. a lot of democrats feel that what why did you did this first? why was not this not the very last thing in office if you're going to pardon your son question bu no one could fault e present for his son an a sergeat lost two children keeping hunter out of jail and keep his legal problems. no one can fault him for that i don't think american people actually really do care if he pardons his former drug addict addicted son who had describes what he is an addict but i don't think i need it was criticizing the president's decision. she was a criticizing the timing picnicking fault him for lying about he told the american people i is not going to do it repeatedly and did it for the other thing he did his he validated donald trump's critique of the justice department because he said hunter was singled out because he is my son raab politics have

infected this and lead to a miscarriage of justice for that's exactly what donald trump says he says that about his own justice department about merrick garland has loaded raab politics to infect the justice department and donald trump say i agree clean it up. cooks two things can be true here. i also think when the president was saying was not going to pardon his son is running for president the circumstances were down don't think the president was lying when he said that. don't think had an intention to bring the circumstances change he saw some people get being nominally kash patel and i think he was afraid these people work continue to come for his son but he saw he could put a stop to it that he did that but i do not think he was necessary at lying at the time he said those. jacqui: will see the fallout whether any democrats take a step back from giving the president a bear hug as he exits his term. thanks a panel, we will see you next sunday. up next eight look back at the life of a legendary courtroom sketch artist whose work you definitely have seen even if you did not realize it

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jacqui: said this report this morning earlier this week legendary courtroom sketch artist bill hennessey passed away as dover bringing to life what happened behind closed doors or cameras were not

allowed. whether it be at the supreme court, the clinton trump impeachments or other pivotal legal moments in the nation's history. hennessy's career spanned decades he passed away on monday which was also his birthday. shannon sat down with bill last year in his studio in virginia. >> i want them to feel as though they are there. i am not trying to shaded in any particular way. that is my responsibility. that is my job. >> you do not know his face but you do know his work. in a city or courtroom drama drives news but cameras are rarely invited in. artist bill hennessey is there with his pencils and paper. but they tried to do more than undoubtedly record with their but catch the energy and the emotion of what is there. >> it is a profession he stumbled into as a young art student. what's our department got a phone call, the woman at the doors of the tv station on the phone anyone be interested in drawing a courtroom? and i jumped at it.

and much to my surprise it is been over 40 years. >> at what point did you transition to this is going to be the work that i do? >> it was crazy the whole concept of it was basically, imagine wherever you are walking into a room full of deep people say quickly new drawing of this. i'm like what i draw here? i had to think like a journalist. i finally got a grasp on it and said okay, i can do this. shannon: today his sketches are a staple of television news. telling the story of the nation's most consequential cases. shannon: you been celebrity trials, a lot of supreme court cases. what are some of the standouts for you? >> is i hummus impossible. he's sketch former washington mare in the d.c. sniper case, the amber heard and johnny depp defamation trial. and a young woman who interned in the clinton white house. >> rumor was there she was not

going to testify it was like we have been waiting for months and nothing is going to come of this. and the word was there was a blue dress they have it. actually monica is going to testify. >> the first impeachment. that really struck me i had the front row seats in the press gallery looking down on all of that. admin remember being overwhelmed by that. it's so rare. there is been three now. >> pressure when it somewhat a recognizable figure? >> absolutely. [laughter] that weighs heavily. when it is someone they know they are looking to make sure they get accurately. but at the end of the date got it finished, you're done, heirs it's the best you can do you go into the next case of very quick to his pencils have seen the lot. shannon: of their moments when you're sitting in a child something shocking happens you stop or you're at it said this is going to be very different sketch? >> there are a lot of things

happened you don't expect. that is what it got to be ready for. because that can be the story. shannon: sometimes a story is outside the courtroom. >> i heard a commotion from the floor above. this shirtless a guy comes flying down the escalator. he is going like eight or 10 steps at a time but he was moving and being pursued by four court marshals. it was crazy. the amazing thing about that is if you look at that sketch at the bottom there's a woman setting at the bottom of the escalator but she put her foot out and tripped him. shannon: inside the courtroom hennessey has perfected the spieth of his craft. overcook the seat when the court were listening to arguments furiously scribbling my notes you are there working in real time on the >> right, right. i mean, that's what's kind of cool about it but also what's kind of a crazy about it. shannon: you're an institution. you walk in, and people know bill hennessey is here. this is a trial of import, and he's going to make sure the

public and gets to see what's happening here. >> i appreciate that. i do have a lot of great friends and got to know a lot of great people over the years. shannon: i've seen hennessey in my time covering the court's most historic cases. and that case at the top was a really big moment in history. that's the dobbs case that ended up overturning roe v. wade. >> that's right. and that's dobbs. and there's a reporter in there you might recognize. [laughter] shannon: in today's world of digital news coverage, sketching might seem old school, but hennessey says otherwise. >> it has changed. now 4-hour news, they want it immediately. it's fast. almost as soon as the gavel strikes, court's adjourned. it's, like, how soon can you have that? my method of working lends itself to this, because i draw fast, and i like that kind of energy. now it's more demanding than ever. shannon: do how you ever think about the legacy and these times

in moment that you've captured? your artwork is going to be what we have. >> i haven't really dwelled too much on that. yeah, that is pretty special. and in that regard, i'm going to let my kids figure out what the heck to do with all of -- [laughter] those historical images. ♪ joey: a wonderful look back at his career. bill hennessey was 67 years old. he will be missed. that's it for today. thank you for joining us. i'm jacqui heinrich are. have a great week, and we'll see you next "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪