>> todd: at that press conference he said it is not fair. he also said his dad was not, quote: financially involved in his own business dealings. that leaves open a whole lot of other ways that joe biden could have been involved. did that hunter spectacle outside of congress just impeach joe biden? 20 seconds to you, congressman? >> well, you know, we have seen that story move from the very beginning where biden said "i've never talked to my son about it" oh well maybe did he and now it's well he wasn't a business part nerpted and now he wasn't financially involved. i expect to see that story move as we continue to uncover evidence. >> carley: he did say that hunter was not financially involved -- or hunter said his dad was not financially involved in any of his businesses. not as a practicing lawyer, a board member of burisma and certainly not as an artist. so there is that as well. paint brushes are free of corruption. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> todd: "fox & friends" right now. ♪

>> steve: good morning, everybody, it's thursday, december 14th, 2023. we start this 6:00 hour with a fox news alert. the house of representatives yesterday voted to formaize an impeachment inquiry into the current president, joe biden. >> brian: president biden is now one of six presidents in u.s. history to face an impeachment inquiry in the house. >> lawrence: now his son hunter could be held in contempt of congress for skipping a closed door deposition on capitol hill yesterday. >> that's right. brooke singman is here with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. this is a huge step for house republicans who argue that a formal inquiry is the only way to get the white house to actually comply with their investigation. they are accusing president biden of influence peddling during his time as vice president. and they say they are collecting evidence that shows he was involved in his son's foreign business dealings. but, president biden is writing the whole thing off saying instead of doing anything to help make american lives better. they are focused on attacking me

with lies. they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt that even republicans in congress admit is not supported by facts. hunter biden was subpoenaed to testify for a closed door deposition with congress just yesterday, but he didn't show up. he did come to capitol hill though, and he held a press conference instead. watch. >> in the depghts of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it's shameless. there is no evidence to support the allegations that my father was financially involved in my business, because it did not happen. >> and former president trump calling out the first son for ignoring the house. >> mr. president, should your son have defied the subpoena. >> did you watch hunter this morning? >> so that was actually video of

president biden turning back on reporters when asked for his son's decision. but president trump, former president trump reacted to hunter defying that house subpoena. watch this. >> did you see hunter today, right? he went to the wrong place. he went to the senate instead of the house. everyone is saying where's hunter? where's hunter? what a two tier system of justice we have. >> and republicans say they will take those steps to begin to hold hunter in contempt of congress as hunter faces backlash for failing to comply with that subpoena. >> you had two choices today. you could go in and testify. you could appear and testify. or you go in and you don't testify. there is no third flavor on this ice cream stand. you don't get to go in front of the senate and literally mock congress. >> if the house approves a vote to find hunter in contempt, he could be forced to pay a fine or even serve jail time.

hunter's team has already had a busy year. they are fighting nine federal tax charges in california while they work to dismiss those federal gun charges down in impair. guys? >> steve: brooke, yesterday at this time we didn't know whether hunter biden would show up. and then we got word -- i'm sure you at fox news digital got word as well he is going to show up. did anybody know it was going to be a press conference outside or did we think he was going to go inside the building? >> i actually had heard that he was not going to show up, and that he actually was going it hold this press conference, which republicans said was going to be a proximate result stunt he would get out there and make his statements. he offered to testify publicly. answer all of your legitimate questions. he basically said i'm defying the subpoena, your investigation is illegitimate and i'm not participating. but comer and jordan and all republicans that are leading this investigation said, you know, every other witness that we called here, that we subpoenaed has come to testify, has come for these transcribed interviews.

comer and jordan said they would release those transcripts of those interviews, which they have done, and i believe they probably would have released the deposition transcript of hunter's. but, you know, that wasn't enough for the president's son. and, you know, we will see what happens here now that impeachment inquiry is actually formalized. >> steve: it was quite a switch radio. >> brian: if they give us better heads up we would have had better audio. you they seem pretty confident show up. they asked him to commodities 7th he has not come, the house oversight committee is in negotiations with his attorneys to schedule a deposition. now, i mean like republicans had v. been staying, once this impeachment inquiry was formalized. then they now have more power behind these existing subpoenas. they can go to court and actually try to get these subpoenas enforced. because now the whole house has voted to formalize the inquiry. we will see what republicans do, who they call, who they actually have able to bring in for these interviews, document requests.

and we will see who complies and what happens to them if they don't. >> lawrence: brooke singman, thank you so much. they have this strategy now that this is all against hunter biden's integrity. i don't know what integrity he has. this is an attempt to go after joe biden. i think it's important for the american people to realize who we're dealing with right now. so he has been sleeping around town, including his dead brother's wife, he won't take care of his kid, navy. she doesn't have secret service protection that shows you what the white house thinks of the granddaughter. all the other grandchildren have secret service protection. he lied and said that he was doing business all around the world. meanwhile he was just paying his prosecutes. we don't have to attack his integrity. he has been doing it for years. i think it's important to have the conversation about privilege. they have been talking about privilege for years now, white privilege and all of this. who gets to do this, lie on a gun form, not pay their taxes

for years, sleep around town, including his dead brother's wi, and then go on capitol hill on the wrong side and is not held in contempt of congress? only joe biden's son could get away with something like this. >> rachel: 100 percent. he does it because he knows he has the doj, the fbi, and the power of the white house protecting him. this was -- i really encourage people to watch the whole thing. he it was a master class in gaslighting. >> steve: only five minutes. >> rachel: only 5 minutes. he said they were impugning his character and his wife. everything he complained about had been done to the trump family in spades. and they weren't doing deals with the chinese, with our arc enemy. this was absolutely unbelievable. he said the republicans were mocking his recovery? what recovery? we just found cocaine in the white house that everybody knows is his it went on and on

and,again, to your point, the wife -- sleeping with the wife of his dead brother. i mean, he is saying my father is so proud of me and i'm the light of his life. it's just it is the here it was planned. abbe lowell let him out yesterday white house discovered that hunter biden and the president of the united states discussed this is stunt, apparently, and the statement. >> lawrence: of course they did. >> steve: sounds like joe biden knew he was not going to sit up behind closed doors. here is our white house correspondent and white house press secretary. listen to this. >> he said that president biden was familiar with what his son was going to say on capitol hill. if i called my dad and said i am

about to violate a congressional subpoena, he would probably say, son, you shouldn't do that. was there any attempt by president biden to talk president out of that. >> can i call your dad steve? >> i call him dad usually. [laughter] >> look, i don't have anything else to add. the president was familiar with what hunter was going to say today and look, he is proud of his son. he and the first lady is proud of their son how is he rebuilding his life back. is he going to focus on what is needed on the american people. >> brian: some of the things that stand out. >> brian: he does call me dad. >> brian: we don't need a second source. >> rachel: is he the light of your life? >> steve: i am the primary source. three light and two grand lights. >> brian: there is going to be a peter doocy press conference on the other side of capitol hill today about steve. >> lawrence: we will be watching. >> brian: all how it relates to

joe. my dad never benefited what have they found out over the last few weeks? first kevin mccarthy said we are going to do a. finding the discovery of what they have been able to probe even guys in new york looking to hold on to their seat said i'm on board. there was no haranguing. they didn't whip this vote. they said we have enough to move forward. not saying anything. right now, they are probing and investigating to find out joe's role in this. this is -- he didn't benefit financially. no one can get past the fact they didn't have a product except joe biden name, influence, and experience and his contacts. he acts like because he went to georgetown and went to, was it harvard, that he is now this international.

>> and yale. >> brian: he is such a sought after attorney that he had to do deals with kazakhstan, romania, the moscow mayor's wife as well as china? they are collecting this money. only paid a fraction of it in taxes, still, we know the big guy was referenced. people have come forward like tony bobulinski two and a half years ago and said joe was involved. how could you not want to get more information. it doesn't matter if it results in impeachment. the american voter needs to know who is running for president and what they did. if they knew this in 2020 he wouldn't be in the white house. >> rachel: this is the most important part of what you are saying, in the last election there was election interference in terms of suppression of information. the suppression of that laptop. the intelligence community coming out and and signing letters saying this was russian disinformation. we entered into an election without full information and that's a crime. here we are once again, they are trying to imprison the top leading republican president.

they are waging lawfare on him many and now again trying to suppress information ahead of the vote. the american people need to have full information. that's the most important thing. >> steve: rachel, we were talking about this before the show. this impeachment inquiry resolution does not actually accuse joe biden of any wrongdoing, none whatsoever. all it does isis authorize these three committees to keep looking. that was to get these 18 republicans who are in biden districts on board. and you look at people who know a lot about what is going on, they are going to be digging for as long as they can. >> rachel: don't forget, steve, the fbi blocked inquiries with the whistleblowers when they came forward. >> brian: the whistleblowers are the mvps. >> steve: smart. >> rachel: anything that led to joe biden was blocked by the fbi. >> steve: i would say that the three people on capitol hill who know the most about this deal are james comer, jim jordan, and chuck grassley. chuck grassley, the republican

from iowa yesterday said he has seen no evidence that joe biden was involved with hunter biden's foreign business dealings. he said to cnn the facts haven't taken me to that point where i can say that the president is guilty of anything. >> rachel: you are right. can't get the evidence the fbi blocked the investigation. >> brian: other thing is. >> steve: going to be able to get grand jury testimony and stuff like that. >> brian: if you don't believe tony bobulinski you are right. if you don't believe he was actually sitting next to his son when he was haranguing the chinese business associate, you are right. if you don't believe he got 10% of the investigation, you are right. everything is leading towards. this what we found out over the last two months is more than we found out over the last three years. >> lawrence: i take hunter biden at his words. and in his text messages where he says that his son -- his father was getting 50% of the money. and that he would never do that to his children. i'm not buying that it's a father's love a father's love of money. that's why joe biden is not listening to any of his advisers

right now and defending his son. >> brian: they were afraid to bring up his son to him because he has a volcanic temper. >> steve: now it's game on. republicans got the inquiry. let's see where it goes. coming up, this is a crazy story. the mayor of boston is now defending her segregated holiday party for electeds of color as she referred to it in the invite. after her aide accidently emailed the entire city council, the invite, and then they had to uninvite the white people. >> lawrence: her husband is white. >> lawrence: what she said to justify it straight ahead. >> rachel: imagine this on your morning commute. huge palestinian protest brought traffic to a stand still in los angeles. the last thing you need on your way to work in los angeles. >> brian: plus, another sign of struggle for the housing market. half of real estate agents are struggling to pay rent on their offices. >> lawrence: we talk to an investor who says america will become a renter nation. that's next. steve money, money, money. ♪ money, money

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several people suspected of planning terror attacks. several locations across ken mark. it was, quote, a coordinated action, closed quote by k0e7en hagin police and danish security and intelligence services. officials are set to hold a presser in the next hour. we are going to bring you more details as they come in. meanwhile, the man charged in the murder of a prominent synagogue leader in detroit is due back in court later this month. police say they questioned the suspect about a string of break-ins around the neighborhood. and that put them on their radar. the suspect is accused of stabbing samantha wall to death inside their home. no evidence they knew each other. another person detained last month but later released without charges. now this. new overnight, a moscow court upholds the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich. the american journalist has already spent the last 8 months behind bars and will remain in custody in january. face up to 20 years in prison on charges of espionage, crisco very much, the u.s. and the

journal all deny the allegations. of course it's not true. scored franchise record 5 points. tried run into the indiana locker room to get it. still unclear if yanice got it back. he wanted the game ball and just went off. warriors talk about going off. star draymond green is suspended indefinitely for back handing an opponent in tuesday night's game against the suns. he said he was just trying to exsasse sagger rate a foul i don't think so it's his third expulsion last year just this month green was hit with five game suspension after choking wolves center goal bear. over to rachel who is at my spot. >> all right. thank you, brian. well, real estate struggles are

real. home buyers and sellers a like massive struggle to close deals or make money. and if you need yet another sign of turmoil. 45% of u.s. real estate agents are struggling to pay rent on their offices. here to react, is private equity fund manager and real estate investor, grant scar don'ty. welcome; why are real estate owners and agents not able to pay the rent? what is going on? >> rachel, the single-handedly has killed the housing market. make more renters in the country in the next two years than it has in the last 50 because mortgage applications are at all-time lows. mortgages are double what rent is today it doesn't surprise me that real estate agents are feeling the brunt of this. back in june of 2022. jerome powell said middle class, every day people would

disproportionately feet pin of higher interest rates in his attempt to control inflation. and stop the housing industry. >> rachel: what would you recommend he do. >> he should get out of the way no. time in history in my lifetime that the fed actually controlled interest rates. supply and demand is what controls interest rates. as long as people spending their money, that means they that product or service. at what point it gets to a price where i no longer find it valuable i will no longer continue to purchase that. and people want homes. people want to live in a single family home. i don't personally think it's great investment. i have said that many, many times. i have gotten ragged out on it. he should step aside. get out of way. let the market do its thing. interest rates will have to come down in order for pricing to come down. >> rachel: that's right. >> that's the contradiction to what most people think. when interest rates come down,

mortgage application also go up and people will start selling their homes. >> rachel: the world economic forum had this famous commercial where they talked about the great reset and they said you will own nothing and you will be happy. and you are seeing that happening you are saying that we are becoming a renter nation. i say it's by design. explain what you mean by it. >> the rents in this country, the average rent is -- as much as people complain about them. we have 12,000 units. the average rent is about $1,800. and as much as they complain about it, the mortgage on a similar home in that same neighborhood would be double that. plus, insurance and plus a pmi mortgage insurance on the mortgage itself. so it's just -- it's unaffordable for people to own a home today. and that means you will rents. you will literally own nothing and be happy about it. now, the apartment complexes that are being built today provide such crazy great

amenities that it's actually for new generations of people. it's actually an alternative that's not economic but actually desirable for them to live some place for 10 or 24 months at a time rather than hunker down for 30 years. >> rachel: these hedge funds and private equity firms are buying up property and, you know, making them into rentals and we are seeing as you said less and less people owning their home which always was the american dream. >> yeah. >> rachel: go ahead. last thought. >> i want to say. we are entering the greatest real estate correction in my lifetime. it will not include single family homes, but it will include office, which we are already seeing that damage. and see it across the entire apartment complex. it's going to be a great opportunity for individuals, regular, every day people, to actually grab trophy real estate from institutions. this has never happened in this country. it's going to be at epic levels. >> rachel: all right. great information. thanks so much for joining us this morning and merry christmas. >> thank you, you too.

>> rachel: we told you the story of the elementary student rushed to the hospital after eating fentanyl laced gummy bears. now new concerns of more dangerous candy. this time in texas. we will talk to you about that investigation coming up. plus, one of the most famous christmas time events, the truce along parts of the western front during the first world war. benjamin hall shares his fox nation special the christmas truth of 1914, next. ♪ ♪

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two days of, quote, serious conversations with prime minister benjamin netanyahu right after meeting with the prince of saudi arabia. meanwhile, hostage negotiations in qatar reportedly canceled following a breakdown earlier this month. what is going on there. fox news correspondent benjami hall joins us right now. good evening to you there, right? good evening, that's right, steve. it sounds like they paused the negotiations on hostages. nonetheless, they are going to be talking to benjamin feel same stuff as joe biden at that fundraiser. that is the israelis have -- >> that's right. what president biden said just yesterday is that the world is

losing patience with the israelis. the strikes inside gaza need to be more precise. benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel said they are not going to stop. they have to continue until hamas is destroyed and until released. jake sullivan met with bin salman yesterday and bringing messages from the saudis as well any chance of renegotiating the deal between israel and saudi arabia is rapidly slipping away as well. certainly pressure on the israelis to stop some of the bombardments they are doing inside gaza. 1,000 palestinians have been killed. but, again, it all comes down to the release of hostages. is that true one thing that everyone in israel continues to talk about. and right now hostage negotiation seems to have broken down. the idea is hamas are not being responsive to them. the head of no sad was supposed to go out to qatar to continue discussions. they haven't moved forward. israel was going to offer more,

perhaps all women being held in palestinian prisons -- in israelis prisons would be released as would some of the men. yet, there has been no response from hamas as you said there are 135 hostages left. 115, we believe, are alive. 8 of those are americans. the world is looking to have those released. this is what started this war was the attack and the kidnapping, all these people. and this is what will continue to bring it to an end soon. still no response from hamas on this frankly some anger of the families hostages as well saying more needs to be done to get them back. frankly, hamas not responding. >> steve: right it. looked like there were going to be more women and children released. but then there was some suggestion that they pulled the list because they were worried the suggestion was, what those women would say about how they had been treated and mistreated by hamas and there could have been world outcry and instead they just pulled the plug on all the hostages being released.

in the meantime, nobody is more famous war correspondent than you are, benjamin. i know you have a brand new special on fox nation, it's called the christmas truce of 1914. explain what the truist was. >> you know, this is a story that during 1914. it was christmas day. and during some of the most horrific fighting. the guns stopped and at night german soldiers were singing christmas carols. the british soldiers on the other side of no mad's land heard them and something brought them out of the trench. they came out and crossed into no mad's land which would have been the most brutal part of the world deadly fighting and the germans followed suit. we saw this incredible moment of peace in the middle of terrible war. people, the soldiers came together. they sung he hymns together they

played soccer together. it's incredible story in the midst of all this chaos. seeing two terrible wars going on ukraine and israel. 1914 something reminded these soldiers that they shared something in common, christianity. they had families at home. they talked about those for one minute. such a reminder right now with all the conflict going on people share so many things and that if you can put aside some of the arguments, perhaps there could be peace. it's a beautiful story, spoke to many people. a story i wanted to tell for a while myself. i think it offers both an idea what war is about and terrors of war but also hope. hope is what we always, always need. so, i hope people watch it. i enjoyed putting it together. it's on fox nation at the moment. >> steve: check it out today. we are 10 days away from christmas eve. christmas truce on fox nation. benjamin, thank you for joining us. check out benjamin's new podcast it's called searching for heroes with benjamin hall. benjamin, thank you very much. good night. can you go to bed now. >> thank you.

>> steve: there in sydney. >> thank you, steve. >> steve: not invited? the mayor of boston defending her holiday party that excluded anyone who was white. the email mixup that exposed the segregated celebration coming up. you are going it want to hear it. hunter biden lashes out at republicans and defies his subpoena to show up inside and sit down and talk. >> for six years maga republicans have impeded my character and invaded my privacy, attacked my wife. >> steve: and he went on. will hunter be held in contempt of congress like so many others? andy mccarthy on that coming up. and don't fear, fire safety is here. skip bedell shows us what we really need to deck the halls with safely this year. he's outside. we're outs coming up. ♪ we're happy tonight ♪ we're walking in a winter wonderland

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♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire. >> steve: # 1 degrees outside fox square as we start this thursday, 10 days from christmas

eve. >> brian: better than johnny mathis. >> steve: do you know who that is? >> brian: kevin degras. i believe is he better than johnny mathis. was it nat king cole? >> ainsley: i do too. >> steve: thank you. >> lawrence: set best nat king cole. you weigh in chris chulo? nat king cole does it better. >> rachel: i'm having a christmas party. >> steve: oh, good. >> rachel: you and you are not invited. only lawrence. >> brian: minorities only? >> lawrence: good joke. >> steve: this is hilarious. because this is a big story today. >> brian: don't leak it out. >> steve: mitchell wu had a no white people holiday party no white people. >> rachel: she didn't apologize no white people.

she apologize. they are like super mean girls, right? [laughter] >> rachel: crazy. >> brian: captures the spirit of the season everyone to your own corner. everyone party with your own kind. that is really what america is about. the lack of melting pot. a melting pot without a bunsen burner said among other things. the elected the color holiday party tomorrow. the honorable members on behalf of mayor michelle wu i cordially invite you and a guest to the electeds of color. if you plan to attend and have you any dietary restrictions, let me know. >> brian: lawrence, you think this is a good idea? >> lawrence: i think it's funny, a, because her husband is white.

he is not invited. >> brian: does she know that? >> lawrence: discriminating against people is wrong. robs white people of great food from black and hispanic cultures. i mean, you know, y'all have pumpkin pie instead of sweet potato pie. you wouldn't have collard greens with a little bit more bacon in there and everything. >> steve: i love bacon. >> lawrence: on the fails of it is robbing y'all of a spread that is so tasty and rich in flavor. so, i don't know. >> rachel: michelle wu a harvard grad. no surprise on that. she said when she was asked about this, she said well, this is an opportunity for all people to celebrate but she insisted that the electeds of color party was an appropriate way to celebrate identity and culture and heritage. i thought a holiday party, a christmas party was to celebrate the birth of jesus. no, it's to celebrate identity

and culture. >> brian: the boston herald reported seven white council members not invited. six people of color were. so, the problem is, number one, i don't think this helps america. i don't know if it represents boston. she believes white people have had it too good for too long. >> rachel: no more parties for you. >> steve: apparently they have had this party for a decade where different people host. it was her turn. they eventually sent out an apology to everybody. >> brian: to whites and blacks. >> steve: everybody, all the white people who got the invitation said i wanted to apologize for my previous email regarding a holiday party for tomorrow. did i send that to everybody by accident. i apologize if my email may have offended or came across as so. sorry for any confusion this may have caused. didn't say you are invited to it anyway. it said you are still not coming. >> rachel: can i translate the apology? sorry not sorry.

>> lawrence: i want you to know, brian, you are always invited to my holiday party. i just want you to pay for it. because you make more money. >> brian: absolutely. you don't know that. we will have to find out. >> lawrence: with all the shows that you do, it has to add up. >> brian: that's true. they pay me ahead of time when i walk in. i just think that america is going backwards. one invitation at a time. >> rachel: you think? racist christmas parties? i think we are going backwards. turning to your headlines starting with a developing story in texas. an investigation is underway after 8 middle school students are sent to the hospital after eating candy. the sweets were tested for thc but came back negative. meanwhile in virginia, two people facing felony charges after a group of fourth graders ate gummy bears from a bag that was tainted with fentanyl. five were taken to the hospital after one student brought the candy to school and shared it at lunch. i guess we know what their mom and dad were doing. the house overwhelmingly passed

a bipartisan resolution condemning the testimony of college presidents in response to anti-semitism on campus. last week the presidents of mit, harvard, and upenn testified that calls for the genocide of jews did not violate school policy. and just last night harvard's president claudine gay broke her cover, attending a menorah lighting for hanukkah meanwhile in los angeles, 75 people are arrested as fights break out during a cease-fire during a cease-fire protest that blocked busy freeways. the group, if not shut down, that's the name of the group, shutting down the one penn freeway during rush hour. those are your headlines. brian? >> brian: start the show talking hunter. let's do it again, rachel. stand by. hunter defying a subpoena from republicans to partake in a private deposition. instead he showed up to capitol hill demanding a public hearing and claiming his father was not

financially, closed quote, involved in his businesses. >> for six years, i have been the target of the unrelenting trump attack machine shouting "where's hunter?" here's my answer. i am here. let me state as clearly as i can. my father was not financially involved in my business, not as practicing lawyer, not as a board member of burisma, not in my partnership with the chinese private businessman, not in my investments at home nor abroad, and certainly not as an artist. >> brian: right. his dad did not help him with the paintings. so, will he be held in con tempted like so many others? joining us now former federal prosecutor. former assistant u.s. attorney and former and current fox news contributor andy mccarthy. i'm not going to let you go today. andy, your thoughts about what hunter accomplished yesterday by saying he's here in the wrong spot and not going to the

invitation which was to go behind closed doors yesterday? >> well, brian, i think he hurt himself in the end. to make a statement like that to the media doesn't really help him in any way, all it's's going to do is help the investigators because they are going to take that statement apart and show factually. i would be willing to stipulate that joe biden is probably not involved in the painting but, you know, with respect to every other aspect of that statement, they have evidence that can refute it. and when he says "i'm here." where he was supposed to be by law yesterday was in a deposition where he would have had to face actual hostile questioning under oath. so, you know, to brag that you're here when you are not willing to answer the questions doesn't advance the ball much in my mind. hunter hunter he wanted the dome in the background. he choreographed the whole thing. reportedly the president did know about it.

did he help himself and his dad yesterday. those who say there is no correlation between joe and hunter, what does andy mccarthy say? >> i have always thought that the way to approach this, as i would -- as a prosecutor, you know, in comparison to how congress has done it, and i must say, as a preface here, i think the investigators in the house have done a very good job. senator grassley and senator johnson did great work as the foundation of this. but i think the way to look at this is that the business is joe biden. and it doesn't make sense to me to keep saying it's hunter's business. now we have to go through every thread to figure out what joe may have known about it or how he moved it up the field or how he abetted it. the business is joe biden. his political influence is what the business is. and the way the government works, this business would not have gone on for five minutes unless he woefully abetted it. the way to look at this is that

joe biden is the business, and hunter may have been the front man. but it's a mistake to tee this up as it's hunter's business and we have to, you know, trace the threads from hunter to joe. hunter couldn't have sustained this business on his own. >> brian: andy mccarthy, thanks so much. appreciate it. we were not expecting that yesterday but now we know it's going to be a circus. thank you. i would like to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean. she promised to give me the fox weather forecast and share it with you. >> janice: just you personally. this is brian kilmeade.com. take a look at it. the temperatures here in new york chilly. most of the country is going to warm up. especially for this time of year. there are the forecast highs. 48 in fargo. they will take it. temperature departures over the next few days, over 230 million people enjoying the very warm relatively speaking december. we do have a storm system moving across the plain states. that's going to develop across the gulf coast and parts of the

southeast and give us a coastal storm sunday and monday. that is not going to be good news for travelers. so the bottom line is you want to check in with fox weather.com for the rest of the week. we're going to see airline delays starting across the plain states and moving across the southeast up toward the northeast. and heavy rain for florida as well over the next few days. we will continue to keep you up to date. again, that forecast was brian, for brian kilmeade. we are going to toss over to my friends who are outside with me. steve and lawrence. >> steve: where it's 31 degrees. >> lawrence: this holiday season chest nuts are roasting on an open fire but safety. >> steve: joining us is skip bedell. while it's the happiest time of the year it's also the most perless. >> cooking is the leading cause of home fires. have your fire safety game in play and fox news alert is the most trusted name in home fire

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