it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." americans are losing faith fast in the president who promised america freedom from the virus. joe biden's flailing in the face of a new strain of covid and not taking the possibility of new lockdowns off the table. his solution is more of the same, doubling down on vaccines and masks to stop the spread and here's what he said just a few moments ago. >> president biden: this new variant as a cause of concern but not a cause to panic. on thursday i will put forward a detailed strategy outline on how we will fight this covid this winter, not was shot shut down for lockdowns but with widespread vaccination, blister testing and much more. [applause] in the meantime, the best protection is getting fully vaccinated. getting the booster shot. i urge all americans who haven't yet to come and get that done. get it done today. we are going to keep fighting through this and every tool we have. >> jesse: but americans are buying what joe biden and selling when it comes to the pandemic. only 40% of

it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." americans are losing faith fast in the president who promised america freedom from the virus. joe biden's flailing in the face of a new strain of covid and not taking the possibility of new lockdowns off the table. his solution is more of

and i can tell you throughout new york city and new jersey, we have been having snow flurries. what does that mean? people go inside. people start getting into small indoor spaces. because of boosters and masks, people are letting down their guard. even if you are vaccinated, even if you are boosted, you can still get covid-19 and transmit to others. we have to do what we can to decrease cases. >> john: earlier today, president trump's point person on the vaccine suggested that we've got to start treating this like it is a seasonal or may be permanent fixture in society. let's go to what he said. >> we need to stop keeping our kids out of school. we need to get people back to work, get people out of depression and all the things they have gone through. we can live with us, and we are going to have to. it is going to be here at a much lower level because of the tools, but do not expect it to go to zero. if we think it is going to go to zero, it is going to cause disappointment and disruption in our society. >> john: is he right? >> well, absolutely, john. he is correct in this.

madison all worth is live in new york city the site of a recent smash and grab there. good morning. >> good morning, bill. we're on madison avenue. an area known for high-end retail. this store was hit just a couple weeks ago around $80,000 worth of goods stolen in a matter of minutes when around 10 to 15 people smashed their way into the store making off with those goods. it is not just happening here in new york. ist is happening across the country. this past weekend alone hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods were stolen from stores ranging from home depot to canada goose and with all of this organized retail crime, with strategy, the strategy of stores is changing when it comes to keeping both their customers and employees safe. i'm here with mike, the owner of quad security. when you talk to retailers about this, they normally prepare for shoplifting, small petty theft. what is different about this organized crime and how does it change their security approach? >> what happens there has been an uptick in security. we do plan to employee thefts and petty

steve: 6:21 here in new york city. meanwhile the waukesha christmas parade suspect now charged with a sixth count of first degree intentional homicide which, if convicted life in prison. mandatory. ainsley: this comes as that little boy, a sixth victim, he's 8 years old. he died from his injuries last week. brian: todd piro is live with this story which is continuing, which no one else is covering. todd: we are the only ones. comes after the death of 8-year-old jackson sparks who died from his injuries in the attack. there is the picture did again. brooks is accused of plowing his car into last sunday's christmas parade injuring 08 people. brooks being held on $5 million bail in a wisconsin jail. if convicted, he face life in prison. meantime his attorney is asking to withdraw from the case claiming it's a conflict of interest. his motion reading in part, quote: relationships and familiarity between joe and the communities affected by incidents arising. the attorney withdrawing from two of brooks other cases. one from

in new york city they are basically bribing/teasing 5-year-old kids with a $100 promise forgetting the vaccine. how insane is it for the government to be bribing kids to take the place of their own parents? >> i don't think it is right for the state to be incentivizing children to agitate against parents. parents are wrestling with decisions around vaccinations and making that decision, to hear their child, at the toy store, begging for something they want, $100 gift card and other incentives. i don't think it is right, and as vaccinated as possible but having children agitate against the decision is what they don't understand, don't think it is the right thing to do. todd: i don't know how much more parents can take. appreciate it. carley: p. it has a solution for rising gas prices, buy an electric car the cost twice as much. >> an electric vehicle, never have to worry about gas prices again. carley: congressman buddy carter, joe concha, tomi lahren on deck, don't miss a minute of "fox and friends first". ♪♪ [clapping] “we will rock you” by queen ♪ the new gmc sierra with ha

correspondent lauren green has more on the story tonight from new york city. good evening. >> good, shannon, you know many don't like new york was once the epicenter of the pandemic here in the united states. with the new omicron variant, they are not taking any chances. >> watching to see whether or not there is a big case here in new york. >> new york governor recently expressed her executive order on stemming the omicron variant and yet to make an appearance in the united states. >> i expected to arrive fully. we have notification that it has arrived in ontario which is literally across the bridge from where i live. >> preparing for a winter's spike in covid's cases. boosting that capacity by 10%. the omicron variants like the delta variant but what an added threat, the ability to mutate. >> this omicron has more than 30 mutations in the protein and some of the mutations are ones h highly transmissible variance like the delta variant, but it is the combination of potential increase transmissibility and ability potential ability to escape our immune system t

." ♪ ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone dana perino, dagen mcdowell, geraldo, greg gutfeld in new york city and this is "the five." president biden pushing for the latest covid variant after causing panic with a travel ban against a countries in africa starting today. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we will fight this with scientific and knowledgeable actions and speed, not chaos and confusion. and we were told today to fight the variant more than ever before. the best protection against this new variant or any of the variance out there the ones we have been dealing with already is getting fully vaccinated and getting a booster shot. >> dana: but the doctor in south africa who discovered the variant said the world could be overacting. >> what we are observing is moral cases. there is nothing significant that says we are moving into a program moving forward. >> dana: president biden with hypocrisy over the travel ban and the candidates accuse president trump of being xenophobic with a ban on china during the pandemic. but the white house says it is not the same thi

." ♪ ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone dana perino, dagen mcdowell, geraldo, greg gutfeld in new york city and this is "the five." president biden pushing for the latest covid variant after causing panic with a travel ban against a countries in africa starting today. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. we will fight this with

>> carley: i was reading earlier that there was a man in new york city who was arrested three times over the course of 36 hours and i'm one of his arrests he told police that you can arrest me all you want because you know i'm getting out. it took three arrests to get the arrest to stick. at this point where we are over a year into this ridiculous tea from the police and ocean, the stupidity of people who are still calling for this knows no bounds. when he think about the minneapolis district attorney in his statement and if people are let out on my soft on crime policies, they're going to kill people. that's an evil statement. this is extremely political. people run on this kind of stuff because i note that the soft on crime policies will get them votes. but it also gets people killed. it's more than irresponsible. it goes into the realm of pure evil when it comes to these types of things. speak to dr. siegel, when the president addressed the nation on the new variant, the omicron period, he said there are 80,000 locations across the u.s. where people can get vaccinations or boosters, b

new york governor declares a disaster emergency in the city on friday. she signed an executive order letting state hospitals limit non-essential procedures. she said in a statement we continue to see warning signs of spikes this upcoming winter and while the new omicron variant has yet to be detected in new york state, it is coming. both new york state and city have seen notable increases in the seven day rolling average of covid-19 cases and hospitalizations compared to last month. what would you say to the governor about that? >> elective surgery is still very important to do elective surgery. hip replacements, aortic aneurysm repair and cancer resection. when we stop elective surgery it has massive implications for help. what is driving it staffing shortages that people aren't willing to admit from a non-flexible vaccine mandate. we wouldn't have these massive walk-outs that we have now and chemotherapy shortages nationwide. if we have a halt on electricive surgery in new york because of a variant that may evade immunity, highly unlikely we'll be in t

from new york city. watch. >> a lot of cannedian trees this year. there is a shortage of american trees on the market. right now the going rate for my trees is $20 a foot. 10 years ago it was $15 a foot. 15 years ago $6 a foot. >> bill: he is making your point for you. listen, good luck and now that the word is out, hopefully everybody can find their way to find the tree they love. >> dana: wonderful part of the country. thank you so much and merry christmas to you. >> bill: thank you. >> bill: todd from south dakota. before we go i have a question for you, by the way. before we go, he is in south dakota, you and i have been to every state in america except for one. i do believe that, right? it's the same stai., it's north dakota. you haven't been to north dakota. >> dana: i don't know why. i really want to go. >> bill: we have taken the show to north dakota. >> dana: i would love to go. can we go in the summer? >> bill: the second thing is this. high above florida, what, gainesville, right? u.s. army. check out the last one here. boom. dropping at

new york city is using money to get children vaccinated. the city tweeting that anyone age 5 and will you please get $100 if they get a vaccine at a city run site. the city reporting to cash offers in order to get more people vaccinated ahead of the holidays, this as the pfizer vaccine is available to children as young as five years old. dozens of people spend a third night stranded inside a british pub after a massive snow storm blankets the area. the 61 people at the yorkshire pub on friday night for a concert that storm dropped more than 3 feet of snow. making the roads impass sable. one man reportedly evacuated because of a previous medical condition. the guests hope to return home some time today. so a lot of snow was dump down and they say do you know what? we are in a cozy public just stay here. that actually sounds fun maybe like a choice. steve: one detail you left out of it in addition to them being cozy 61 people inside the bar in england is the fact that the comment was and we have plenty of beer. carley: and a lot of food. i wa

carley: a new york city official who has strongly supported slashing police budgets is slammed for living in a highly secure army base in brooklyn. the public advocate lives in civilian housing where he benefits from free around the clock security, residents say his address is hypocritical and the call to defund the nypd poses a serious risk to the safety of the city. he is running for governor of new york. todd: who knew you could do that. carley: i didn't know. todd: travel restrictions from african countries taking effect today in an effort to stop the spread of the new covid-19 omicron variant. gop lawmakers calling it imbruesless. useless. carley: joe borelli, the travel ban goes into effect today. why wait? >> two things cannot be true, this is such a deadly variant that we know of that we have to take crushing steps of banning travel from several countries, it will be more countries because omicron was discovered in a bunch of european countries right now so that can't be true if we're also saying that this doesn't take effect until monday, to sort of get the last round of people f

. ♪ jon: i am jon scott this is the "fox report" pre-here's a look at the top stories new york city police say they nabbed the suspect who nocked an asian woman and her adult son down subway steps during a robbery attempt last summer. the woman died days later of injuries suffered in the attack. surviving a roughly three hour flight to guatemala city to miami cut inside the landing gear of an american airlines jet, customs and border protection apprehended the 26 rolled man before taking them to a local hospital for treatment then taking them into custody. boston celtics center reportedly plans to change his name to cancer freedom as he becomes a u.s. citizen tomorrow. he's been increasingly outspoken civil rights advocate and critic of the chinese government. for more on these and other stories, download the fox news app you can scan the qr code on your screen or go to foxnews.com/apps. >> i can't make a prediction for you that were going to solve every issue tomorrow and next week. were not were coming out of an economic crisis caused by a pandemic that what we are doing, we are using ev

this will be an interesting site to see in new york city and all across america. anita: we don't want to lose a dollar slice of pizza. there also talking about healthcare costs going up. i want to put up this headline saying that prices for food and gas and rising sharply, is healthcare next? so far healthcare has not been rising at the same rate as the rest of the inflation that we have seen. were talking about doctors visits, surgeries and prescription drugs. nonprofit healthcare analysis group reports healthcare services rose added 2% rate compared with the six-point to percent rate for all of her consumer products. analysts are warning of rising healthcare costs could be around the corner. do we really have to be concerned for seniors and others on fixed income, how much work and they take? >> you have to look around the edges. you see how it's not growing proportional to inflation yet. when you see covid mandates and restrictions being laid on top of the rising inflation you and the governor of new york, she banned all elective surgeries for hospitals prepari

. >> in new york city, sex trafficking trial for jeffrey epstein's allege accomplice, ghislaine maxwell begins tomorrow. prosecutor say that maxiell rethe crowded several underage girls for epstein to allegedly abuse, she could face up to 7 years in prison -- 70s years in prison if convicted. reporter: ghislaine maxwell has been sitting in a brooklyn federal jail cell for 17 months awaiting the start of her trial tomorrow, after epstein's suicide in 2019 his sexual abuse accusers see this trial against ghislaine maxwell as an opportunity for some kind of justice. she is to have been a madame, grooming and recruiting minors. as young as 14 years old for epstein to abuse. prosecutor say, that maxwell would befriend the girls beforehanding over them to epstein to abuse. she is the youngest of 9 children. of disgraced tycoon, british publisher maxwell, people are fast nat -- fascinated how the wealthy british socialize could find herself accused of these types of crimes, her lawyers have tried to get her free on bail numerous times, complaining of inhumane conditions. her brother said she i

what people don't understand in upstate new york for example, the border's thousands of miles away. really every state and city is a border state and city now because of what's happening with these drugs coming into our country and the illegal aliens coming in that are involved in criminal traffic as well. jason: the human trafficking, i wish people fully understood how dramatic this actually is because the toll that it takes on humans and the human trafficking that's going on, i mean, look at these statistics. the statistics are absolutely stunning. they're overwhelming and nowhere close to what we've ever dealt with in the past, congressman. >> yeah, you're right. let's do a little math here. the cartels are getting rich to an extent they never dreamed of just by dealing drugs. they control the border. you can't cross the border without paying them to come in from a human trafficking standpoint. $4,000 is a minimum, oftentimes much more. many of the people coming across can't afford to pay it so they're told by the cartels where to go to work off the death. we are strengthening th

mike: long awaited trial of maxwell starting new york in new york city. bryan llenas is following the story from the big apple, hi, bryan. reporter: former girlfriend of billionaire and sex offender jeffrey epstein has been sitting in brooklyn federal jail cell for 17 months awaiting the start of her trial which begins tomorrow. after epstein suicide in new york jail cell while awaiting his own trial, epstein sexual abuse accusers see as justice. four women to testify accuse being jeffrey's madame. the 59-year-old faces 6 federal sex trafficking charges which carry maximum of 70 years in prison. prosecutors say maxwell would encourage the girls to give epstein sexualized massages arraigning them at epstein's home, palm beach, santa fe and maxwell took part in the abuse herself. he's the youngest of nine children of disgraced tycoon and publisher maxwell and graduated from oxford and met epstein in early 90's, people are fascinated how a wealthy british women can find herself accused of heinous crime. maxwell's brother says she's being scapegoated by u.s.

he's in new york city, watching this for us now. brian. >> reporter: mollie, look, jill lane maxwell has been sitting in a brooklyn federal jail cell for 17 months, awaiting the start of her trial after epstein's suicide in a new york jail cell in 2019, his sexual abuse accusers see this trial against maxwell as an opportunity to get some kind of justice. maxwell is accused of being epstein's madam, recruiting and grooming minor as young as 14 years old for epstein to abuse. the 59-year-old faces six federal sex trafficking charges which carry a maximum of 70 years in prison. prosecutors say maxwell would befriend these girls before handing them over for epstein to abuse in any one of his mansions from palm beach to new york to new mexico, in some cases max a well allegedly took part in the abuse herself. she is the youngest of nine children of disgraced tycoon and british publisher robert maxwell. she graduated from oxford and met epstein in the early '90s. people are fascinated how a wealthy british woman could find herself being

pete: going in front of the city council of new york city to allow illegals to vote in the city. all about the facilitation of illegals throughout the country ultimately-- many democrats hope and believe these are future voters and so the caravans continue on the border remains open and in the order of priorities you have to keep the border open with covid being minor because they are testing in every way and they certainly are not maintaining protocols when we saw the way they are handling facilities. rachel: and we know across the border are not just people from central and latin america, but from 150 different countries and i presume many of them include african countries that apparently our government is really worried about people coming from these african countries is so much so they restricted travel from their. when dr. fauci was asked about the delta variant in the brazil area and why aren't you weighing in on our open border-- our open southern border and he said well, i don't weigh in on politics. i mean, a lot of restrictions were american citizens, many of those rest

i as a guy from originally from new york city, i used to be tiebl argue the other side point. i don't know what they're talking about anymore. i mean, in the last week, dan, we've seen the left just totally lose its mind. notion of self-defense is out the window you can't possibly do that. but if you shoot a pedophile pedophile is the victim they are to be mourned. they're literally rationalizing these. dan: you don -- they love this guy. >> raped five young boys dan, the world -- is a significantly better place without joseph in it. i'll say it. i wish that every youssef rosenbaum was not longer on face of the earth because we would all be better off they turn him into a hero but 17-year-old out there functioning as emt protecting a minority own business -- scraping off graffiti protecting the town where his father lives and where he worked, you know that guy is a vigilante that should be put in jail but joseph he's a hero other guy was like a girlfriend or a wife beater let's make him a hero these are heros of today's left. i presume because they're just trying to break down

new york city we could talk for days and weeks and years about crime, but it doesn't matter because it's a democratic party that's all there is. very they don't have to change at all bill reform, you can do whatever you want because there's no republican party there. >> now, and again, people are afraid to say anything to them because they will smear you on the racism into seconds. tyrus come, but what are your thoughts on this? >> i have been racking my brain trying to figure out why certai politicians in this case, the squad, say the things they say. it all just came together right now. they are improv politicians. so they go into a meeting and they say give me a subject. they are just winging it. if it sounds good, in that interview, she tries one of the things that whenever anyone has a girlfriend or friend who is lying to you, but they try to sweet lie to you where they say i'm having an affair with your brother but they say it cute. him having an affair with your brother, and it's wonderful i'm sorry you have to move out but because i say it cute. he you why are you yelling at m an

. >> 24-year-old on embracing his brother in new york city for the first time since they last saw each other in afghanistan in 2016. >> i was really excited to see my son after five years. >> for me was unbelievable. i couldn't believe i was hugging him. >> a long journey for him. he arrived in the u.s. in october as a refugee two months after fleeing afghanistan. ♪♪ >> he's one of afghanistan's most famous musicians known for singing it's afghan poetry. he is a judge on us new compositions show afghan. >> usr? >> he's pretty famous i would say even when the taliban illegal to place music in the 90s, place on. >> basically played music with windows and doors shut, very private let's afghanistan music. >> when the taliban reached control of afghanistan in august, his name made him a target. days after the fall of kabul, thailand left a note on his case threatening him to stop playing music. >> it was shocking for him he was surprised, he can focus on the music anymore. >> he went into hiding. >> did you believe the taliban would failure? >> maybe. >> i racked my brain trying to thin

mayor bill de blasio calling the new york city native a legend, writing: one of brightest lights on broadway is dark tonight. dark tonight, but perhaps the stage will light up with a new sondheim show just one final time as he hinted in an appearance on "the late show" in september. >> i've been working on a show for a couple of years. we had a reading of it last week, and we were encouraged. arthel: wonderful. so wonderful, amazing. by the way, that was chris welch reporting, and other stars are are also paying tribute. barbra streisand tweeted: thank lord that sondheim lived to be 91 years old so he a had the time to write such wonderful music and great lyrics. and hugh jackman writing: every so often someone comes along that fundamentally shifts an entire art form. stephen sondheim was one of those. ♪ every business is on a journey. and along the ride, you'll find many challenges. ♪ your dell technologies advisor can help you find the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. mass general brigham. when you need some of the brightest minds in medicine, this i

in the 90s and 2000. >> we are and it's interesting, new york city is going to be the test case here. new yorkers have elected eric adams, democrats to be mayor, he ran on a campaign storing civil order to the city. the prosecutors in the city are not behind him on this. police are behind him and the question is whether he can pull it off. something to watch in the years ahead. paul: nuclear negotiations presume next week, as the u.s. and hope for a longer and stronger deal still within reach? ♪♪ united states remains committed to preventing gaining nuclear weaponry remain committed diplomatic outcome of a nuclear issue. but iran is willing to engage your asleep and we will look at all the options necessary to keep united states. she wants voice often/weakened warnings iran u.s. is committed to countering nuclear ambitions even as the biden administration wants to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. parts are set to resume next week following a month long hiatus during which ran and operated a new heart by presidents continually march toward a nuclear weapon so what should we expect wh

they reunited in new york city after five years apart. >> for me, it was unbelievable. i couldn't believe that i was hugging him. >> i was very excited to see my son after five years. >> reporter: ahmad fled afghanistan in august after the taliban left a threatening note on his instrument case. >> did you believe the taliban was going to kill you? >> maybe, maybe. >> reporter: the last time taliban ruled afghanistan, music was illegal. >> it was extremely difficult for us to even practice. so my tad was practicing very privately. >> reporter: scared, the family contact canned leslie rosenning that would, the coo of julliard school. she reached out to fox corporation which was able to get ahmad, his daughter, son-in-law and three grandkids out of the country. >> for afghan music to be safe in exile in other countries means that afghan music will continue. ♪ >> days after reuniting, ahmad watched his son perform at a fundraiser for afghan refugees in new york. ♪ ♪ >> when i listen to him, it gives me chills. he sings with love, and i think that's the most important

they reunited in new york city after 5 years apart. >> for me it was unbelievable. i couldn't believe that i was hugging him. >> i was very excited to see my son after 5 years. reporter: ahmad left afghanistan after taliban left threatening note in case. >> did you believe the taliban was going to kill you? >> maybe, maybe. >> it was extremely difficult for us to even practice so my dad was practicing very privately. reporter: scared the fanoos family contacted leslie and leslie reached out to fox corporation who was able to get ahmad, daughter, son-in-law and 3 grandkids out of the country. >> for afghan music to be exiled means that afghan music will continue. reporter: days after reuniting ahmad watched son perform for fr refuges in new york. >> when i listened to him it gave me chills. he sing with love. i think that's the most important part of him. reporter: especially grateful to u.s. veterans, his message to them is don't lose hope, don't think you did nothing. he says thanks to u.s. troops he, his father and afghan music have hope for a better future. alici

bill's passage would make new york city the largest city in the country to allow noncitizens to vote. about 12 other municipalities have passed similar laws. the majority of new york's foreign born residents come from dominican republic, china and mexico. earlier a this week a few dozen supporters of the legislation rallied outside of city hall. >> the people that are taking care of our meals and driving the cars that we get into and making sure that we keep our city clean, they deserve a voice at the ballot box and that's exactly what this is going to do. the proposed legislation comes as a record number of immigrants are trying to enter the u.s. some opponents of the proposed bill say it diminishing the incentive for pursuing citizenship and gives immigrants undeserving say in local issues. >> this bill allows people who have lived here for a total of 30 days, literally a month to weigh in on the city's elections, the future of new york city, the amount of debt we leverage and the amount of spending that we do and the amount of taxing that we have and, again, these are people who li

new york city. welcome. good morning, will. good morning, pete. will: good morning. warm shot over florida. not so warm in the studio apparently. rachel: i know. pete: rachel was like do you mind if we bring a heater in there? that would be great, actually. it's freezing in here. rachel: it's very cold. people don't realize how cold it is. i wish i could wear a sweater or a suited or something like that. will: we do have on more material than you. slightly warmer on this holiday weekend. this thanksgiving holiday weekend. rachel: aren't those cool. little at the little hats with the pompoms. will: there is a reason it's sitting out here. pete: fox shop. shop.fox news.com. get "fox & friends," get the "te five" gore. rachel: black friday, black saturday, i guess. 20% off at our site. so visit get all your items at fox shop.com. we hope you had a happy thanksgiving. we had some fun. pictures of our various holiday gatherings. rachel: going to pull them up? will: okay, that's texas. that's my family. i told you 50-person gathering. a lot of grandkids. my mom gets a boun

it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." just when it felt like things were getting back to norma, here we go again. president biden announced monday that the united states is banning traveling from south africa and several other countries after scientists reported a heavily contagious strain of covid-19. the world health organization naming it omicron. so far there's fewer than 100 cases. it is sparking worldwide panic, spooking the stock market. biden pressed open why he's waiting until after the weekend to block people from coming in. >> we're going to be cautious, make sure there's no travel to and from south africa and six other countries in that region except for american citizens that are able to come back. we don't know a lot about the variant except that it's of great concern. seems to spread rapidly. >> why not do it now? why wait till monday? >> because that was the recommendation coming from my medical team. >> wait. aren't travel bans supposed to be racist? it wasn't long ago when democrats and the media denounc

it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." just when it felt like things were getting back to norma, here we go again. president biden announced monday that the united states is banning traveling from south africa and several other countries after scientists

in new york city according to the post kids are being forced to eat their lunches outside on the grounds. temperatures were in the 30s and 40s. in north carolina a female student says she was suspended for reporting a sexual assault. in vermont schools are handing out free condoms to middle schoolers. joining me now is cynthia garrett, education activist and author of i choose victory and the vice president of strategy and investigations at parents defending education. hard to choose where to start with this but you are deep into this with what our parents to do, what should they be looking for and how do they deal with it? >> for two years every time i have gotten an email, or thousand emails asking the same questions i have the same answer, show up at school board meetings whether you are a parent, mom, dad or grandparent because a lot of grandparents have the time and are looking at these issues that are impacting the children in their life even even if you show up you support those meetings, you have to make them viral and i have to tell you one of the things that is the most critica

in new york city, according to the post, kids are being forced to eat their lunches outside on the ground. temperatures were in the 30s and 40s this week. in north carolina earlier this month, a female student said she was suspended for reporting a sexual assault. and in vermont, schools are handing out free condoms -- to middle schoolers. joining me now is cynthia garrett, education activist and author of "i choose victory" and ezra n o mani, vice president of parents defending education. all right, it's hard to choose where to start with this, but you're deep into this. what are parents to do? what should they be looking for. and how do they deal with it? >> you know, for two years, every time i've gotten an e-mail or 1,000 e-mails, asking the same question. i've had the same answer -- show up at school board meetings whether you're a parent, mom, dad, or a grandparent, because a lot of grandparents have the time and they're looking at these issues that are impacting the children and their life all around them. even if you're an aunt or uncle, you have to show up, you have to record tho

it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." just when it felt like things were getting back to norma, here we go again. president biden announced monday that the united states is banning traveling from south africa and several other countries after scientists

and then all of a sudden, all of these major metropolitan cities, chicago, new york city, portland, oregon, l.a., all of them moving towards this defunding the police method. as a result of that, what has been borne out of that is citizens speaking up saying no, no, you shouldn't be defunding the police. you should be giving more money to the police. and if you public officials continue along the road of defunding, we're going to get rid of you. i think that that is the right and proper message to send to city officials in these major metropolitan cities. get this defunding the police matter off of your mind. help police officers to help the citizens to remain safe in their various communities. >> gillian: so kimberly strassel from the "wall street journal" is blaming a lot of what we're seeing, the spike in crime including attack in wisconsin, on democrats straight up. i want to read you what she writes. she says -- >> gillian: what do you think about that, ted? is it fair to blame one party? >> i think that both parties need to take a look at their positions as it pertains to law and ord

of new york selections. citizenship is a privilege and it is not a right of anybody simply by circumstance of being here and for the city of new york to do this is a bad example for the country that's going to have ramifications with regard to companies looking to locate and it's going to create havoc in the elections, very unfortunate move by the city council. i hope the current mayor and incoming mayor make it stop. >> griff: we shall see. thank you for joining us from texas. >> alicia: continuing to watch developments on that new covid variant that has now escaped south africa. the world health organization just announcing the name for their mutant strain dubbing at the omicron varian. the worst black friday on record and in europe and asia, many nations have scrambled to ban all travel to and from southern africa. should the u.s. need to follow suit and is this variant as dangerous as people fear? dr. marc siegel will shed some light ahead. >> griff: just days until talks about joining the iran nuclear d

gillian, you know, in the 90s, new york city was one of the most crime ridden places. rudy guliani came in as mayor and said hammer somebody for the small crimes so the big crimes don't happen. you think something like that would be -- would happen? some mayor in some city would implement a policy like that in this political climate? >> i mean, it could be as a series -- a lot of the broken window stuff has been pulled apart over the last couple decades. i will say what we're seeing with this theft spree, a lot of what we're seeing is the result of big cities and a lot of states across the country decriminalizing theft. i don't know if americans realize the degree to which a lot of states -- it's not just in one part of the country. it's spread out across the nation, have made these moves to really weaken penalties for stealing. the national median average, the threshold that you must meet in order to be changed with grand theft felony is $1,000. so in most places or a lot of places in this country, if you steal under $1,000 of merchandise, you won't get prosecuted, wo

mid 40's in new york city. fall farther off toward the west. 19 degrees in chicago that is a true costled. it is going to fill chilly and windy across the great lakes and in the midwest. that frontal boundary causing that rain. if i zoom in on it a little bit. it's a lot cooler on the back side. i showed you some of those temperatures. that is snow falling across michigan, ohio, getting into pennsylvania. some of the higher educations in new york. snow is going to be a problem, kind of, across interior new england in the next couple of days, whoer this your snowfall fort taking you into monday. a couple of rounds of snow, particularly at those higher elevations. we could be seeing fairly widespread 4 to 8 inches of snow as you get really far north into interior new england and then, of course, right along the lake in upstate new york. your temperatures otherwise across the country. despite it being chilly around the great lakes. still piling up to warm air. 66 degrees in denver. but there is still a couple of s

rudy giuliani, for example, turned new york city around at a time when they were experiencing almost 3,000 murders a year, they brought it down to 300. so there are answers, i believe conservatism is a better philosophy to get us there. what are your plans now that you're going to be taking on this new position? >> well, you know that the lieutenant governor is really a heartbeat away from the governor, and so that really is the primary responsibility. >> sean: the governor elected listening right now, he's going to say about i hope this thing is ticking okay, we wish them well. >> you check his medical records every morning. but no, the other thing that you do as a lieutenant governor is who preside over the senate. you're not a member of the senate, but you do bring them to order and you're the parliamentarian, and here in virginia, the current lieutenant governor, who is a democrat, has broken i believe 54 different tie votes, and so that's something else that i'm looking forward to. 20 years ago, 20 years ago to the day last night i was elected to the virginia house of delegates,

in new york city, brian, fox news. >> mike: consumer shopping online has spent $76 billion in november so far. that is according to the latest data collected by adobe analytics. that figure surpasses last year's 63 billion in revenue generated during the same time period. i'm next, an update on the afghan family we've been following as they come to the u.s. following the u.s. military withdrawal. tonight, how the children are adjusting. first here with some of our affiliates around the country are covering tonight. box 11 in los angeles where police are investigating a robbery at a nordstrom store in canoga park. five suspects carried out the crime. california is experiencing a rash of robberies at high-end retail centers. fox live in new york says the city's highest ranking uniformed police officer is retiring. monte harrison is a first person ever to rise from kid that two chief of the nation's largest police department. the department's first african-american chief of detectives. and this is a live look at san antonio from fox 29. one of the big stories are tonight, texas governor g

the macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york city returning to school today after last year's scaled-back version .giant balloons through miles of manhattan, causing tens of thousands of eyes to look upwards. some safety measures were still in place. had to be vaccinated and most required to wear a mask. the streets are jam-packed with young and old, block after block. new york's finest were all out in force, especially after last sunday's horrific incident in waukesha, wisconsin, that left six people dead. and president biden and the first lady getting into the holiday spirit, wishing americans a happy thanksgiving. they chatted with coach coast guard personnel on nantuct island and greeted service members around the world. i'm ashley strohmier. and now back to the fox nation patriot awards. ♪ ♪ >> pete: on next patriot award is for the modern warrior. you may have seen the series, modern warriors come on fox nation, where we meet more fighters were taken the fight to the enemy since 9/11, and one show that highlights the real 1% like no other, is "fox & friends." please welcome my f

it is 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. ♪ ♪ happy thanksgiving paired hopefully you are on your second meal of this turkey day. have not gone into any arguments over politics. get ready for lots of fun. we are going to answer your fan mail questions for the entire hour appeared so let's get started paired first question, instagram question. from ash mock. each person at the five tables is in charge of one thing at thanksgiving paired cooking, doing the dishes, et cetera. who is doing what? all right. who is the best cook? let's start there. >> i'm a zero. >> i thought you might be a good cook. >> no i'm an excellent bartender. >> k. >> geraldo is a bartender. are you get anything on things giving question >> cleaning. i like being alone. >> known as going to help you do that. >> i am the remote controls are. i control anything that happens around the tv. >> we are watching football the whole time. >> good. >> dana what are you in charge of question my >> i can do the dishes and set the table. i'm not a

it is 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. ♪ ♪ happy thanksgiving paired hopefully you are on your second meal of this turkey day. have not gone into any arguments over politics. get ready for lots of fun. we are going to answer your fan mail questions for the entire hour appeared so let's get started paired first question, instagram question.