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♪ haas christmas i gave you my heart. ♪ the very next day you gave it away. ♪ this year to save me from tears ♪ rachel: welcome, everybody. it's 9:00, it's "fox & friends." we were talking, by the way, in the priest hour about how many people are sitting by the fire in their robes -- [laughter] watching "fox & friends." mike if e-mailed me, he said i happen to be working at my kitchen table with the fire on during your back and forth about a morning fire, and look at that. look how cozy that looks. pete: yeah, that looks nice. i'm thinking that's an electric fire, which is a lot easier or to turn on. will: yeah. pete: first of all, any photo with us in the background, major bonus points, so we thank you,. will: well, you did some homework. pete: yep.

will: you got, what, natural fire but propain starter? pete: allege old fireplaces in our house. will: so you're using -- pete: i throw in a starter log to cheat -- will: of course. pete: so we do it, i'd say, every other night. we do it a lot -- will: why didn't you put in a a propane starter? if. pete: complicated. because we didn't have propane -- will: i never had those until the house we live in now. it's nice. pete: i know. rachel: listen, north woods fireplace, i hail in wisconsin,ing my brother-in-law -- pete: here we go. will: good morning, wisconsin. that's what we should name the show, good morning, wisconsin. rachel: i'm sorry. will: you with get out-texaned without wisconsin -- rachel: you can't talk about fireplaces -- will: i've been doing it any entire life -- [laughter] rachel: are we going to put up a little video of my little

valentina? we did a segment about this wonderful event at jfk airport for special needs children, and i gave her my microphone in order to occupy her because -- it was basically a toy, because she was getting ant a city, and she took it to heart. she grabbed that microphone, he got in front of the uso sickers -- singers and, boy, we just had a ball. by the way, i just want to say, this is an important moment. this is beyond, you know, what's happening with christmas and this event which was so beautiful, but there is a huge discussion going on in our country right now about the worth, the life-worthiness of people with special needs. i want to talk about tomorrow because there's a case in your home state of texas about how we treat those with special needs if that are diagnosed in utero -- will: there is something happening as well. haven't told you about a it yet.

of yeah, i know, but i have -- yes. we're going to do another story that's connected to this. a. rachel: really? will: a guy i know raising money, it's going to be good can stuff. special needs. rachel: i love that. and we're going to also do a story on that count case related to that because it has to do with special needs and who gets to determine what life is worthy or not, and i can tell you from being there with a 5,000 children with special needs, every child deserves love and affection from their parents no matter how challengeing or or short their lives are, and that's how i feel about it. pete: and i have no idea what's on the show tomorrow -- will: i did, did you notice that? at least part of it. pete: a candy cane for you. rachel: very nice of you. pete: i got it free in the green room, but it's for you anyway. rachel: thank you. will: politics this morning, governor chris sununu of new hampshire is betting on new hampshire for nikki haley. he's saying it's going to be a

reset point which is a little bit of an admission if as well it's not going to go well in iowa. pete: of course, you're never resetting stuff -- will: talking about a reset, we haven't done iowa yet, but i don't know if they're throwing in the flag -- pete: it'd be the towel. will: throwing in the towel, waving the right flag. [laughter] anyway, here's the governor. >> we're 110% behind nikki. i think new mexico's going to be the reset -- new hampshire's going to be the reset point. most of the country thinks it's a fait accompli for trump, it's not. and i think people are going to say, wait, we have a binary choice. >> shouldn't nikki haley appeal to the conservative base as that kind of tea party governor she was? a lot of folks are going to come out in record numbers and go behind the individual that is likely to beat trump in the primary to insure it's a one-on-one race as you go into is south carolina. pete: an interesting modern development of primary politics is there really has been in the

last, i don't know, six years one enforcement that really matters or, and that's been whether or not donald trump endorses you especially inside a republican primary. and revealing when this enforcement first came out from governor sununu, who's popular in new hampshire, he said 85% of republicans in new hampshire said his enforcement won't impact who they vote for at the presidential level, but someone like nikki haley is hoping on new hampshire, because the polls don't look good for her in iowa. it better be new hampshire, because if in those first two states the voting goes the way the polls are going, you're not going to have a race come south carolina. rachel: yeah, it's a good point. there's not a lot of people clamoring for the sununu endorsement, but i guess in new hampshire -- pete: kim remold in iowa a too -- kim reynolds in iowa, it didn't help desantis. will: we asked this earlier in the show, some kind of reset from sununu --

rachel: i don't see that. i guess that's the question. i had podcast this week, i declared the primary over in my view. i don't know how you guys feel. pete: i feel like it's been, it's been evident for quite some time. and if it would take a massive upset or set of momentum that the media's going to root f by the i way. all the media's going to root for who can make the surge, but it's donald trump's -- rachel: does it end up hurting the republican party that this continues? would it be better for the republican party to just start to cop sol date, or is it better to keep, you know, iron sharpens iron, does this make a difference or is it just better -- will: i don't think it hurts. it doesn't help, either one. it's just almost, you know, in a dueling, i had it on my podcast as a well, jonathan turley was my guest yesterday, and the reason he was the guest is that 2024 the's politics are setting up to take place less at the

voting booth and more in the courtroom. now, we hope that doesn't happen, right? and and i'm not just talking about donald trump. charlie and i walked through it, what's -- it's four criminal cases and i don't know how many civil cases, all of which are designed, clearly -- and, by the way, i think it's been revealed by the special prosecutor, jack smith. the whole point is to get it done before super tuesday. so the motivation is for it to be political in the courtroom. rachel: it's election interference as far as i'm concerned. will: but hunter biden, impeachment, joe biden. the point i'm getting at, oh, you say, the polls, and you're 100% right, they're all banking on this actually taking praise in the courtroom. pete: yes. and no one's voted yet. run million you count the votes, and then there'll be determinations made after that. we'll see. rau iowa very, very interesting. pete: rachel, you did an interesting story out of connecticut. rachel: i did. three athletes who are now given permission to move forward with

a court case because, basically, in their state they're allowing men to run or compete in competitions against women. these three brave girls, we talked about just how much abuse they've taken on line as well just to stand up for their own gender. here they are talking about the impact that it's had on them and their athletic career. >> i'm really excited. i mean, we filed this lawsuit four years ago, so to finally be able to get our case heard in trial is really exciting. >> i was essentially robbed of competing in that meet because the top two spots were taken by biological males, or and i'm very excited we are now able to have our full case tried in court. >> having more people speaking out, it makes you feel safer but also it's the an important topic that needs to be talked about, and we don't want to become sidelined in our own sport. >> the girls deserve their day in court. they deserve to make their case

under title ix. it's been a privilege to stand alongside them for years now, and we look forward to continuing to speak jus disfor these -- justice for these young women and get their records corrected because they were forced to compete against males all of their time in high school. rachel: as the only biological female on the couch, i'm mad they even have to go to court for this. i think it's outrageous, what has happened. they mentioned that they were, you know, really grateful for the support of people like riley gapes, or but the people who have not -- riley gaines but the people who have not supported them are the so-called feminist sisterhood who have landed on the side of the men in this case, the transgenders, against these women with. this is the face of feminism right now. these are the defenders of our gender, including riley gaines and a few others. pete: it's been four years, and they're finally going to get their chance to be herald. rachel: brave, brave young ladies.

pete: let's move now to iowa. it's not wisconsin, rachel, but it is the midwest where there was a satanic altar put up inside the capitol. a lot of consternation, and rightfully so -- will: there it is. pete: finish over the fact that it would be allowed. will: don't head, red cloak, candles -- pete: whole thing. and there was a christmas tree in the other hall, and you with heard not just democrats, but republicans making these absurd arguments about this is free speech and tolerance and whatever. but satan was in the iowa state capitol until a few day days ago when a former, when a vet from out of town came in, saw it and said i'm not taking this anymore and took action the way a lot of americans would love to take action. a lot of politicians were too cowardly to do. rachel: he beheaded it. pete: his name is robert cassidy, he was on jesse's show

last night. >> this was a spur of the moment kind of thing. i saw that this was going on. i was surprised that it, that the legislature allowed it up and that they didn't do anything to take it down, just to take it down. so i got to the capitol, and i didn't know what to expect when i got this. just like that scene in illinois with tons of people chanting and what not, i didn't know what was going to be there, but nobody -- [laughter] was there. and it offended me. it touched a nerve. it was, you know, righteous indignation. i call it, you know, christian civil disobedience. and, yeah, so i took the statue that was there and the idol, whatever you want to call it, and then it's no longer there. rachel: that was a modern day -- michael, beheading satan there in the iowa state capitol, and i think it's just like the case we had before.

it's unbelievable that we even have to fight these battles, satan in a statehouse like that. will: you know, and, pete, you may think it's ridiculous, i don't know, because of what you said. the idea of the first amendment is the separation of church and state as a formality, as a legalistic concept, right? the reason that is allowed is they said that they went through all the a permitting and process and so, therefore, you have to open it up to all religions. of so that's why they allowed that to happen in iowa. that's the constitutional a side. for me, there's another side, the cultural side. and if we have a all -- culture that -- well, maybe not because of this few -- who says, yeah, this is the cool -- rachel: well, a lot of republicans said that. will: even though something is legal doesn't make it right. rachel: right. will: even though something's constitutional doesn't mean it's good judgment. so it's a real shame that somebody showed up and exercised some culture in our -- judgment in our culture. pete: yeah. our national motto is in god we

trust, and if you believe that, then there are limits to what should be put on public display inside a capitol which is a reflection of what you conning done as a culture or a state. will: right. pete: you're effectively saying this is okay here. will: yeah. pete: glad they scrapped it. rachel: i'm glad he did that. i thought it was going to be pete who dud it -- pete: maybe next time. rachel: he is like a modern day st. michael, literally. will say this, the constitution, all these republicans, you know, the constitution supports this and what not but, you know, our rights come from god. so it's sort of like there's something really crazy -- pete: who's the enemy of god begun? rachel: that would be satan. if also all of the freedoms that we have in our country that we enjoy, our founders said -- they were only applicable to a moral society. they could not -- will: that's 100% true. that's a cultural calculation, and i'm with you. and that's why you have to have

judeo-christian ethics can and values because it is the moral foundation underneath the allowance of all of this freedom. rachel: without those values -- pete: yeah. rachel: -- this freedom means nothing. it's just like people complain about a capitalism. capitalism without -- is just greed. pete: it's cronyism. rachel: this may look like another altar, i believe this is an attack on the foundation of who we are as a people. pete: spiritual welfare, no doubt. rachel: amen to that. pete: not the only place in battle seeing -- place in iowa seeing a battle. there's a small town called toledo, iowa, where the mayor is talking about a display that had to place santa into the public nativity because atheists complained about the religious display. so you have maryies joseph, baby jesus, the wise men, the sheep and santa.

rachel: and rudolph, apparently. so they had to secularize it in order to make it palatable. my mother was talking to me the other day about this story, and she's, like, i don't understand. it's, like, we're having a birthday party for someone, but we're not allowed to say his name? [laughter] it's weird, it's really weird with. rachel: and i was, like, wow, mom, you're right. it's jesus' birthday -- will: what santa? if. pete: it looks like he's kind of arriving on his sleigh. i don't see that in the account of matthew, but maybe he was in later and arriveed. this is a sign of the times, but it's also a lack of courage. like, if you're the mayor of that town, put your santa display on the other side. if you want to sue me, you can sue me. because it's not separation of religion, it's not freedom from religion, it's freedom of are religion, and if a town wants to represent a display and say this is what a lot of people in our town believe, you can. and if grow want to vote the

mayor out because you don't believe that, you can. to say we're going to add santa, in bath water half away nonsense that just bends to these whiny atheists who represent a tiny fraction and certainly don't care about christmas -- rachel: no. they're trolling christians, that's what they're doing. they're trolling us, and we're allowing, you know, really specious constitutional arguments to do that when this is the a cultural issue of great importance. will: all right. we're going to turn to a few additional headlines. an autopsy revealing that matthew perry died from acute effects of ketamine last month if. dr. marc siegel issued a stark warning against the drug. >> it's a warning for people out there. you lose judgment, you completely have a mind-body separation. in his case, because of his underlying heart disease and the oh drug he was on, his it stopped his breathing and his heart before he went into the water, that's what the autopsy determined. this is an accidental overdose death, cause of death is

ketamine. will: thing act to have was found unresponsive in the hot tub of his los angeles home. perry was 54 years old. chicago's board of education passing a resolution to move away from school choice in order to focus on, quote, structural racism. chicago public schools' president calls the plan, quote, a trns formation -- transformational plan that shifts away from a model that emphasizes school choice to one that elevates our neighborhood schools to insure each and every student has access to quality educational edges pierce. this is just -- that's child sacrifice. this is going to be child sacrifice. i mean -- pete: yeah. not everybody has a neighborhood school that's terrible. rachel: yes. will: you know what? they're going to look back at this -- on this like defund the police and say look what we've done to all these kids. all the data will come back. back in september the head of chicago public teachers' union, stacy davis gates, defended

sending her son to a private school by calling school choice racist. rachel: same with the obama withs, by the i way, denouncing school choice. mean while -- pete: what do you do with your own kid. that's e the best indication. rachel: thank you very much. hillary, ago hillary and -- also hillary and bill clinton did the same thing. oh, just public schools are for all of you guys but not for our kids. will: best selling author james9 patterson is giving out holiday bonuses to workers at independent bookstores across the country. 600 employees will be getting a $500 christmas present. patterson posting on x saying booksellers save lives. what they do is crucial. i'm happy to be able to acknowledge them is and their work this holiday season, and those are your headlines. 600 people? pete: $500. will: that's $300,000? am i doing the math right? pete: 30,000? rachel: if sean was here -- will: i think i'm right.

rachel: sean is like rainman. pete: i think you are right, will. i think it's $300,000. i'm really just saying that because of peer pressure, and i'm enjoying my candy cape -- rachel: he loves -- pete: they're the flavor of the season for me. i only eat them during christmas, but when i see one, i can't stop. rachel: do you put them in your hot chocolate9? will: there's two peppermints that matter, blue bell peppermint ice cream and accident. anything else -- i gave up zen florida florida he'll be back. still ahead, congressman andy biggs says congressman eric swalwell should be punished by congress for helping hunter biden avoid a closed door deposition. he joins us live next. rachel: plus, chris is getting ready to perform his new christmas single live, all that's ahead. stay with us. ♪ i'm breathing on god's time -- ♪ and i ain't gonna waste one breath. ♪ plunge

>> he needs to be held accountability for same activity that anybody else would who aid ad and abetted a crime. needs to be invested. if it turns out he overstated his participation and defiance if, then maybe nothing needs to happen. but if he participated as fully as he indicated, he needs to be held accountable. rachel: he was definitely there with him. here's what representative eric swalwell had to say. >> hunter hoed up, he was

ready -- showed up, he was ready to testify publicly. you know, what hunter chooses to do and not do is up to him, but they've got absolutely nothing. they've wasted thousands of hours of time here at the capitol trying to go after a former addict to weaponize that addiction against that addict's father who's the president. rachel: michael, i just can't believe it. like, he's actually trying to suggest that congress is going after hunter biden because he's an addict? it's so insane. so what do you say to that? you just can't go on, if you have to have a member of congress reserve your spot there on the capitol, correct in. >> yeah, that's exactly right. you don't get to just pop up. and swalwell actually reserved it. second thing is he knew there was a sweep that. and guess what -- subpoena. and guess what? everybody that gets subpoenaed has to testify. you don't get to willingly nilly say, well, yes, i want it in a

public committee. by the way, don jr. and ivanka came in when they had subpoenas. but eric's trying to deflect this thing. the bottom line is if he helped defy the subpoena, he is held to the same as if he committed that act himself, and he needs to be prosecuted just like hunter biden needs to be prosecuted. rachel: congressman biggs, you know, peter navarro, the economic adviser for donald trump, he didn't want to come in for his hearing or his deposition, rain they shacklinged him -- and they shackled him inside of a public airport and drug him out of the airport. i mean, there is just two tiers of justice here. it's unbelievable. one gets, you know, help from a congressman to set up a press conference to defend themself, and the other one gets dragged out of an airport. it's just finish the two-tier system is to is so obvious. need to ask you about this because you're from the great state of arizona, is and your

governor, katie hobbs, who says in her campaign said, oh, the border isn't a big deal, i don't know why we're even talking about this, has now decided that she's going to send the national guard to our border because it's gotten so out of control. explain to me what's going on. does she really care about what's happening at the border and it is a crisis, a national security one at that, or is there some politic? tell us what's going on in arizona. >> i think it's a political liability, our border, and the dangers that are happening op our border. democrats here skip dependents are fed up with what's going on at the border. i think it becomes a political deal. by the way, it's a little late. she's the one who took down barriers in yuma as soon as she came in, she disbanded the governor task force that governor ducey had set up, and now we have lukeville closed because there's no agents to actually work that port of entry. and they're so busy with a thousand the people or so a day. that's the problem. it's all political in my mind.

rachel: yeah. it certainly looks that a way. congressman biggs, thank you for joining us this morning and merry christmas. >> merry christmas, rachel. rachel: you got it. still ahead, 30,000 oklahoma namelies apply for private school tax creditses within hours of the program's launch. the growing call for school choice is next. ♪ manufacturing back to america. we're taking the best fibers our farm can produce, spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product. there's value in buying american made it has a real life impact up and down the supply chain. we want our customers to feel how special this product is, right when they open the box. go to redlandcotton.com and receive 20% off your order with code fox 20. we're told in genesis chapter 1:26 that god is made man in his image and by his likeness has he made him.

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overwhelmed. >> we're overwhelmed, but we knew that the demand was there. we're not surprised by that at all. oklahoma parents have been wanting to have choice for a long time. we did open enrollment a few years ago, we've invested in opportunity scholarships, and this is just the next step. we knew there'd be a huge turnout. will: i'm curious, with that kind of turnout, you know, is this traditional private school parents, wealthier parents looking to reduce the burden of private school tuition, or is it opening up new markets, new parents to alternatives outside of perhaps failed public schools? >> well, the hope is we're helping kids who are in failing schools and, europeness a lot of kids -- you know, a lot of kids in private schools, some of their aunts, uncle, grand parents were helping to pay, so there's some of those, but we put an income cap to prioritize those making $75,000 or less,

and then the it goes up from there or down from there the on the amount of tax credit up to $250,000 for a family of four, they'll get around $5,000. but we think this is going to help kids for generations to come that the otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford this opportunity. will: so what, you know, the parents of oklahoma are sending you a message. i mean, that's, that's -- when they respond to this program with that type of demand, they're saying something about their alternatives or just the amount of choice they want to have. what do you think is being said by the parents of oklahoma? >> i i think for decades parents have been demanding choice, and it's fallen on deaf ears. but now there's a movement nationwide, but it's really here in oklahoma as well. i have tried two years ago and just didn't have the votes to get it done, so i was excited we got it done this year. we'll still have to tweak as we move forward. nothing's perfect. but parent parents absolutely want this control, and i think it's going to improve public schools as well because when

public schools know they have to compete for that dollar, all of a sudden they're responsive to the market. will: yeah. competition tends to bring out the best in anything, in any environment. that's exciting -- >> absolutely. will: that's exciting, what's happening in oklahoma, and it's good news for the students and families of oklahoma. great to have you on the program, senator. thanks for being with us. >> yeah, thank you so much and merry christmas. will: merry christmas. all right, still ahead, a prominent law firm is cutting off recruiting from harvard because of their president's brutal testimony on anti-semitism. lee zeldin reacts to text -- that next. ♪

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pete: a law firm issuing a harvard grad hiring freeze as anti-israel rhetoric takes the over the campus and the university's president, of course, as you know, refuses to denounce it. the edington p.c. law firm sending a letter to the ivy league's recruitment center saying, quote, as we know, words can be powerful. dr. gay was in a position to lead the country, she did the opposite. lee zeldin joins us along with arctic ceo matt bruderman, with a big now. i want to get the former congressman's take on what's going on at harvard what do you make of this? >> yeah, good, moral clarity. they see in this moment that we all need to find whatever power

we have to make a difference to clean up this campus. and when that awful testimony was given at the house, you had over 500 faculty who were writing a letter sticking up for the president. pete: yeah. >> they don't want to clean up the culture from the inside, so people are realizing on the outside that the only way we're going to fix campuses like harvard is for us to utilize whatever tactics we possibly can. in this way, donors are sending messages. if harvard cares about being considered the the great institution in america which a lot of americans for a long time have actually held or harvard that high, man, this is a moment where they better step up or they're going to go way down that letter permanently. pete: yeah. we've got to stop helping them up that high. and firms saying we don't want harvard grads, we're getting indoctrinated kids as opposed to good future workers. >> yeah. and when you're asked about genocide of jews, whatever else, that moment was an opportunity. and as the guy from the edelson

law firm said, he said now's a time for the harvard president to have a town hall with the public, answer questions. if you that confident, you're sincere in your apology, you want another chance to make it right, well, then stand in front of the cameras, answer the tough questions. pete: yeah. she's not confident. she's inlated at this point -- insulated at this point. lee, you're here for a bigger cause this morning. what are you guys doing together this holiday season? >> so with lee's help, he actually -- we had manager that's billion on the shelf for a long time before covid, and lee came around to my office and was thinking, hey, i want to do some projects around new york and some fill anthropic type things, and i said we had something on the shelf. lee basically pushed us to do it this season. we're doing a big gift of about $5 million worth of current outer wear, stuff that you'd find on our web site right now,

to clothe the homeless. pete: so so you've got the gear, $5 million if worth of it and, lee, you're helping to deploy it to people that need it. >> that's right. arctic's apparel, 108,000 pieces of hats, gloves, footwear, there are people, veterans across this country, there are tens of thousands of homeless veterans, for example. we have ap opportunity right now to make sure that the every single homeless veteran in america has brand new cold weather gear this winter season. at the beginning of the year, i started up a charity called zeldin cares with ark a ticks. it's called the dakota the project, matt's teenage daughter who came up with a great idea that we're developing -- it'd be really interesting if we could tell you about this prototype, we could take this one ten further. pete: what's that prototype? >> so in our house, and i know you guys have similar conservative values. we believe in family dinner, i

was raised that a way and my wife was, so we always a try to talk about or address different things that a we're seeing in the news and topics. long story short is my daughter sort of took the lead on something we did as a family precovid, and we talked about, hey, we mistake clothing for skiing and football and hunting and fishing, what if we did something purposeful. so it under the into a family conversation about a what would we want in that garment if western to be living -- if we were homeless. so it developed and became a project, and then it became reality with da coe eta's help. and then when i told the story to lee about, hey, i have a project that's been on the shelf since covid, you know, he was, like, we should do this now. we couldn't -- it was a clunky name and talking about, you know the homeless clothing and the purpose-built clothing, so lee came up with the idea of, hey, let's call it the dakota project. he really pushed us at ark -- alaskatix to do it now. every problem that i gave to

lee, lee came up with a solutio- >> the young has, like, an inflatable hood, for example. it's not made for, you know, an apparel company to make any money. this is something you guys -- you'll probably lose money on -- >> yeah. >> but it's basically a jacket just for homeless vets, is so that prototype is being it should as well. dakota-project.org, that web site's out. zeldin cares.com. but this is something that ar ctix is donating $5 million worth of brand new stuff for all of our veterans and others who need it, homeless and in our shelterings. pete: love it. >> or arctix.com and there's a dropdown. pete: certainly, without your $5 million of donated gear, this is not possible. matt, thanks very much, and lee. let's turn now to meteorologist adam klotz. adam: it is beautiful out here on fox square.

you don't typically see weather quite like this in december in new york city. a lot of folks are going to be feeling that. early this morning we're sitting in a lot of cases in the 40s and the 50s. so relatively mild weather outside. let's bring up those graphics, and we can dive right into it. ultimately, warming up to 50 degrees, actually close to 50 already. 52 in new york city. across the country a lot of 40s, 50s, a few 60s. it's going to be rainy and stormy today in florida, that system tracks up the east coast. that could slow down travel the next couple of days. from sunday evening into monday morning and monday evening, if you're taking a bunch of time for the holiday week ahead, know that traveling could be an issue. those are your weather headlines, pete. for now, tossing back inside to you. pete: thank you, adam. coming up tomorrow on this program, we've got tomi lahren, maria bartiromo, plus, jase and missy robertson, and we're going

to take a look back at the best moments of 2023 on "fox & friends" weekend. that a's always a fun to watch. still ahead on this show, chris jansen performs his new christmas single live with a little family member too. that's next. ♪ i can get you buzzed, i can get you smiling -- ♪ i can make you feel like you're sitting on an island ♪

♪ ♪ >> i saw some detour signs. >> i didn't see any. >> i saw them when you and mom were trying to fold the map. >> audrey, when they close the road, they put up big signs like this one. ♪ pete: that's -- rachel: that's the original vacation, but that was such a funny moment. pete: the version of national lampoon's christmas vacation which continues to be a hit included the country star chris jansen and his family. will: he loves it so much, he released his own holiday roads single which is now number 8 on the country chart. rachel: chris jansen joins us now along with his 9-year-old son jesse, we're so excited to have you here today -- [laughter] we're excited for him, but we're really excited about you. tell us why holiday road.

i love the song. >> you know, lindsay buckle ham, of course, did a great job with the original. when they asked me to do a christmas song this year, i said is, sure, holiday road. and everybody went, wow. i just didn't want to do the typical thing that everybody else does k i didn't want to just fall in lewin, and i figured if we did a rock a billy version of that and really jazz it up, when we were in the studio, i was actually the drummer on the track because that one overslept back there. [laughter] no, but in good fun, in good fun, you know, people have really come to love this song, and, man, we had a lot of great things going on. you mentioned number 8, not to correct you, but i do want to say for the fans and i'm excited about it, the new single all i need is you is my number 8 country hit, but this one is probably going to be number 8 after a today -- will: maybe number 1. >> probably number 1. rachel: but road trips are for the holidays. >> they are. and, listen, we all pretty much

grew up the same way, right? and christmas vacation was part of our life. it's still part of our life -- will: watched it the other day, yeah. >> me too. it's on at our house all the time. man, guys, i'm so proud if to be here with you. i really, really am, all my friends are watching right now, i was with pete a few weeks ago. we've been doing some great things for conservation, for veterans most pornly s and we're here represent -- importantly we're representing faith, fallly, god and the cup -- family, god and the country. this is jesus' birthday, and this is the reason for the season. not anything, not presents, sleighs, not anything, it's about jesus christ, it's about saving souls, it's about a putting the original moralistic values of what this country was built on which is faith, family and country with guys like pete. this is awesome. pete: love it, chris. we know where you're heart's at. we're almost out of time, we need you to perform this show. >> let's go. [laughter] ♪

♪ ♪ oh, oh,. ♪ well, i found out long ago there's a long way down this the holiday road. ♪ holiday road, holiday road. ♪ well, jack be nimble, jack be quick. ♪ we take on the west coast kick. ♪ holiday road, holiday road. ♪ holiday road, holiday road.

♪ ♪ well, i found out long ago it's a long way down the holiday road. ♪ holiday road, holiday road. ♪ holiday road, holiday road.

>> merry christmas, everybody! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ i was looking at my ancestry traits the other day. i figured it out why i never actually made the football team. yeah, because you're 5'8”. wait robbie, go look at the sprinter gene. i wonder if you have it or that's why you didn't make the team. let me see. let me pull it up. don't have it. yup, i knew it. what else does it tell you? no, hold on, i'm going to find some athletic gene in here. endurance, no. speed, average. i would say below average. give the gift of family heritage with ancestry.

will: you can make it number one, holiday road, it's available to stream and download. make that number one today -- a. [laughter] pete: joins him on tour. rachel: it's on my christmas playlist. will: there it is. that's chris ooh' tour. he's coming to your town most likely or close by. pete: have a great saturday, everybody. see you tomorrow. rachel: merry christmas. ♪ a little bit of both ♪ neil: here we go again, tensions