♪. rachel: good morning everyone it is 8:00 a.m. here in new york. we are underneath the christmas or by kelly clarkson we are so glad to have you all with us or this morning good morning well. good morning pizza. next breakfast is orders coming in 10 minutes. sracc5 is it healthy? it's a cult to was 99 cents for quickly from chick-fil-a. mark is a healthy yes is it yummy quest be asked for god so it's on your way. >> rubbed her getting a coffee break works i just got a copy pete did not go under and commercial break he tried to too many things. only got two minutes. thirty-six talking to her, how to use the restroom briefly, got a coffee machine, will is there and he orders a big cough it takes forever. [laughter] 's before it all takes the same amount which is really long time and you just did not -- you tried to too many things that's on you. so we had thought that i would get what i want to get when there's a 30 seconds back to the show not empty-handed. rachel: idea copy two. rachel good morning good to see you. rachel: no more complaints chick-fil-a is on the way. there is a christmas tree outside. courts are wonderful people outside visiting new york. we see them, we see you, love you thanks for being here speaking of new york writer talk about this near governor is expected to announce a special election to replace george santos in the next couple of days. it is because santos was expelled in a historic vote on friday. he joins i believe, several confederates confederate and two convicted felons. >> the only members to be kicked out, expelled from congress. c5 one of the problems, will, this expulsion is now the republicans have an even slower majority in the house. here is a breakdown of those numbers 434 members total in-house 221 republicans. 213 democrats, one vacancy. pete: the majority's to 18 are down to three if going to pass anything some really critical stuff coming on the pica. where the speaker of the house with us last hour along with the product. we asked about the border wall hrhor two they passed an impeachment inquiry. and also the vote on santos. there has been criticism this guy votes of the republican majority he is not convicted where the due process? here is what the speaker and the representative had to say earlier in the program. >> it was a regrettable day. prior to yester only five people ever been expelled from congress. three working federate's comment to her convicted of federal charges in george santos has not been convicted in a court. our party believes in the rule of law, due process and we are deeply concerned about preserving those things. ed maybe he will be convicted by a jury of his peers but that did not happen yet and that's all we had reservations about it. >> made for collins at the ethics committee report had concerns this is not befitting of a member of congress but again my concern was the lack of due process and it is a very slippery slope with this type of president is set. however the house worked we are committed to making sure we hold the seats we are very optimistic will have a strong candidate to join a republican majority in february or march. rachel: a lot good morning not just about due process but what is the priority of the house like? and to their credit both of these members the speaker and elise's to phonic did not vote for taking out george santos. >> i am glad -- i'm and what se brought that up. george santos in many ways is a clown. the level of lies are out of control. trying to figure out there's a picture of t him with the weddig ring is trying to figure office wedding ring is leopard prints. everything is a cartoon to your point, pete. will: you do not have the defend the individual for due process that's what the speaker said this is not whether or not you expel someone from congress based on accusations and not convictions. it is not just due process. you are thwarting the will of the voter. whatever you think of santos it does not matter the voters elected him. if you're going to tell the voters you are not allowed to have your choice, then you better have a really high standard in the standard should be the rule of law. and due process. she said long island will vote for another republican, we will see if they will. that is the whole point here. you are supposed to reflect the will of the voter. rachel: i see it differently. all those points are well taken the will of the voter in his district, they voted for him. the rule of law he has not been convicted of anything but i am so frustrated by the two-tier system. i see it in the way our protesters are treated the republican protesters are treated versus liberal protesters to you see the way te fbi goes after parents and school boards and catholics and pro-lifers. and yes it all the way up to donald trump to tears of justice. and you see it in the house where you see menendez and others who do things it being protected by their party who says we are going to protect them and then republicans throwing their own guy under the bus with all of this and she brought up. i just think there are two tears of justice. they are playing into that. will: democrats in a better closing ranks appeared one of the criticisms you could have of the speaker is they did not whip on this votes. they did not try to press the members to vote to keep santos you heard them say in our interview we left it at being a conscious vote. that must've been a calculation of members to bail if you went for it and lose it looks like you do not control your caucus and you open it up. but that is the problem if you have a set of principles that you believe in as a republicans up against a power machine on the other side this issue will vote together as a block when ever we need to do what you go up against the wall. >> the speaker said they believe they have the votes to formalize the impeachment process and inquiry of joe biden. let's say that actually happens. rachel: think it will. israel hamas trading rocket fire overnight as idf continues its military operations in the gaza strip after a temporary cease-fire. idf saying they have hit at least 400 terror targets in last 24 hours. buffer zone near its border with gaza to prevent future attacks after the war ends. >> greg palkot is live in southern israel with the latest. >> hey folks it is day two of the resume to warfare between israel and hamas. we can confirm first hand the fight is very much on. i c can remand and vent to zoom into the gaza strip which is only about a mile or so away from us. in the last couple of hours we have been hearing israeli artillery outgoing. a lot of small arms fire from the ground. hits by israeli ships off the coast drones and smokescreens this is a signed hundreds of israeli troops who have been inside gaza for a while could be doing close battle with hamas in the northern part of the strip. after that cease-fire perhaps try to take out hamas rocket firing positions which is one go up we witness a barrage yesterday and last nights. most were knocked down by israeli defenses. israeli air force has been very busy up and down gaza especially focus on the southern part of the region there were 50 strikes in t last 24 hours and they are. the hamas leadership to be hiding there. here's what idf spokesman told you folks just a short time ago. >> we are increasing the pressure. we are engaging hamas. they know we are coming. we intend on delivering the hostages home. we intend on removing hamas from controlling the gaza strip. >> there is action on many fronts. some of it targeting the united states. it's believe militia backed by iran has a huge stake and fighting in gaza, lebanon and elsewhere have been targeting american military bases in the region buried 74 in the last six weeks with casualties. and finally back to the hostages held by hamas. sad news and less 24 hours here, six israelis got to have been captive have been killed. 105 were freed in the past week. wonder to 36 remain. as for the americans will nationals israeli americans for have been freed, eight are still inside. tough stuff back to you. >> you gave us a shot at the beginning of your report you are a mile out of gaza. they look to establish a buffer zone at the end of this around gaza. any idea on where and how big that buffer zone may be in relation to where you're standing right now? >> it is a report coming out from the wall street journal. it would be frankly again we are about a mile away from there. there is a lot of open ground next to the fence. that is perhaps another quarter of a mile or so that the israeli forces would like to establish as a safeguard against hamas or any kind of group doing this again. it's going to be hitting some backfire from other arab nations who do not like the idea that it backed israel would be taking more land inside of gaza for its needs. but everything has changed in this region, in this world in the past him inspect you guys. x absolute thank you. i have been aware greg is multiple occasions. it is a vibrant city in the past i've been told basically. turned out your headlines federal prosecutors and of charging an ex- fbi informants of attempted murder former minneapolis police officer. the suspect stabbed him 20 times on black friday in arizona prison the inmate reportedly chose the date because it symbolized black lives matter movements. he was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for the death of george floyd in 2020 he was rushed to a local hospital but his condition is still unclear after being stabbed by an fbi informants. the vatican says pope francis health is improving he is not suffering from a fever. doctors believe he is suffering from lung inflammation is currently still on antibiotics. although his health is on the mend the pontiff will still read his sunday message from his indoor residence. it comes after pope francis canceled his appearance at the united nations climate conference this week. instead the pontiff said secretary of state cardinal to give his speech instead. now, it may not be christmas yet but one of rudolph's friends is on the loose. a deer busted into an elementary school in new jersey friday. the police found them running through the halls and jumping on the tables in the classroom. officers were eventually able to help the deer find its way out. the police say the deer was last seen headed north. yep, both your headlines. here we go rachel, over to you. rachel: think you guys a sign for another pop-culture roundup. this time charlie will touch on the greatest and latest in all of the hollywood drama. come on over here. we are going to start off with actress felicity huffman. she broke her silence on the college admission scandal. four years later she said quote i felt like i had to give my daughter a chance at a future which meant i had to break the law. >> i had to break the law? it sounds a little entitled, right? there are so many kids out there who have their schools they want to go to the dream schools there reach schools. maybe it's not going to happen there's still plenty of other amazing schools out there and we have seen now, after the fact her daughter did it into carnegie mellon on her own so she did not have to break the law you just wanted to give your daughter a leg up. that's what mothers want to do with h abortion is how the world works. if i saw the hole into the real villain was the fbi who came in with guns a blazing into her daughter's daughters a bedroom t dhec question she's like is this a joke it seems very extreme for the situation. survival courses fbi's out-of-control dow's headline for me everybody else was on felicity but i was on the fbi at. [laughter] aalright meghan markle insists she did not leak the names of who the racist royals were. sources close to the duchess sate sheet named a pair in the letter to the king. she said she never wanted this to go public. personal can we name them? she said king charles and princess kate. now she says i have nothing to do this my hands are clean. this is one of the situations you do not know who to believe. we all know the disdain that she has had for the royal family and the royal life. so on one hand are you sure you're not the one who leaked the name? on the other hand the biographer the book that was released, endgame, also is a bit of a dotted history of lying in the past as well. there was one translation in which the names were released. he said i had nothing to do with it i did up with them in there. someone put them in there. then nice, thin air it's hard to believe who to blame the situation. rachel: megan definitely dropped my in-laws are racist. >> from the beginning she said a lot of things you publish and not have. rachel: this is really interesting. it turns out someone is putting on a movie -- make its basic donald trump as a young man it's called the apprentice. it's beginning to take shape and looks like sebastian stan and jeremy strong are in it. we do not know which one is playing chung. >> sebastian from my understanding is playing trump i think jeremy strong is going to play the lawyer. i think this has success written all over it. rachel: me too progress this gives me success and vibes with jeremy strong and it prints a heart wrapped up everyone got into that series. i'm still upset it is over but i felt this is going to be an instant box office hits. there been so a few movies lately that have been great that people of wanted to see so hopefully this is very different. rachel: i'm very interested in the story i'm with you i think it's going to be a smash hit as well. so, gerry turner at the bachelor. he gives away his vital rows in this explosive tell all claims the golden bachelor as he is so-called, has passed is not so golden. so what are they saying about him? >> is the case with all the bachelor she learned after the fact they are not so great. all of the women from their past come forward and say wait a second, what he has been saying on television shows various women i have heard the same lines are this is not who he is. apparently he had said once his wife passed away he is not even kissed a woman in six years he waited forever to start dating. but now there's a woman coming forward a month after she passed away she was already dating of d eventually moved in together he was super controlling and ended up being a pretty bad guy from how she painted him. rachel: think about a reunion she couldn't come because she gained too much weight. he charts or rents for moving into the home with him. all of this crazy stuff. so not feel bad for the woman has accepted his final rose she might be in for a bit of a tough road. rachel: i was just so horrible for this. >> is the bachelor franchise. rachel: i have hope and love. [laughter] come on page two. pete: it's better to not help it better to not hope. >> why not, why not? rachel: other reality tv couples have survived. the first bachelor couple are still together. what is it trista and ryan the very first rendition of the bachelor. rachel: at work too. too.sean and rachel still going strong there we go up model couple right there for. >> model for reality tv forget what i think about reality tv it it'll all work out. rachel: here is relative you have nine kids here we go. [laughter] part that was fun. rachel: it sure wasn't make sure you tune in tonight for when they should brian kilmeade he has a full slate of guests you do not to miss. but first on this show vivek ramaswamy joins us live this our internal for towers celebrates american heroes at their annual footsteps to the future gala and of course t to ceo frank sillers going to be or to recap the event, next. 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