of 2023. buttigieg took 20 different flights across 8 different trips cost almost 59,000 of your taxpayer dollars. final thoughts, mr. rants? >> well, and the majority of them were not necessary because of the scheduling issues or because of safety. he just chose to do it because it was more convenient for him. god bless him, if i had that ability i would do that as well. the difference is i'm not shaming people for precisely the habit i'm telling them not to do but i'm going to engage. in at some point we have got call out all of this hypocrisy in a big way. i don't think anyone would blame him or any other public official for this kind of behavior, except when they shame us for doing precisely the same. ththey don't want us taking a regular flight. >> todd: learned from the best john kerry, i'm very important. i need to fly importantly i'm important and i have many leather bound books. i thank you, "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪

♪ just hear those sleigh bells jingling ♪ come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you. ♪ outside the snow is falling and friends are calling. >> brian: this is how great and tuned in our listeners and viewers are. they pointed out there is only six reindeer. what's going on. add in rudolph some biblical scholars say rudolph didn't happen. if you add in rudolph 9. >> carley: do you know all their names? [laughter] >> brian: donner. >> carley: con comet, cupid blitzen. >> brian: amazing those names haven't gotten more popular. >> lawrence: i don't think we should go down down this road after your last biblical lesson last week dry line.

>> brian: the drummer boy. because you can't find the drummer boy. >> lawrence: no scripture on that. >> carley: i read on instagram about the little drummer boy. after somebody gives birth that's what everybody would want a solo drum performance from a little boy. i never thought about it. >> brian: get the child with the snare drum bring him in. >> carley: who contacted you about the number of the reindeer. >> brian: emails. i was waiting for the right bump in because i have been holding this back for a while. >> lawrence: upset? >> brian: people don't like when you mess with tradition. >> lawrence: this is true. >> brian: i do love what graphics did. >> carley: pretty graphic. >> brian: who is missing blitzen. >> carley: and donner. >> lawrence: let's call allen at the end ever the program. >> brian: alan, can you count to 8? >> lawrence: getting a lot of imreef. he took one for the team. can you get it done by tomorrow?

i think he can do it. >> brian: remember the documentary elf sleigh crashes with 8 reindeer. >> lawrence: that's a problem. >> carley: christmas and reindeer and we are just 25 days away from the iowa caucuses. new poll shows former president trump is still the overwhelming favorite among republican donors. >> lawrence: another stay making a move to potentially take him off the ballot. >> brian: can you say california? mark meredith is live in des moines, iowa with the latest. hey, mark. >> good morning to you guys i can't name the reindeer because i can name the candidates because we will be watching them in iowa in a matter of 25 days. former president trump has been repeatedly bragging about his poll numbers. but there is a new survey out from fox business which may show he has reason to celebrate. iowa caucus goers show trump as the 52% support. his 34 point lead over florida governor ron desantis.

governor desantis has bet everything on iowa. so far efforts appearing to coming up short. nikki haley 16%. vivek ramaswamy at 7%. former governor of chris christie in new jersey who is not actively campaigning in iowa sits at 3%. trump was here in the hawkeye state tuesday night for a rally. he urged his supporters not to get complacent. even warning some trump voters could see those poll numbers and choose to stay home on caucus night if they feel the contest is a lock. his rally came an hour after colorado supreme court ruled he was disqualified from being a candidate. the court says violated insurrection act with his behavior on january 6th, 2021. now, california's lungt governor wants her state's election office to do the same. in a letter to the california. california must stand on the right side of history. california is obligated to determine if trump is inje'kel

for. it can be the basis for a similar decision here in our state. now, you got the trump campaign, the rnc, even trump's rivals running for the white house saying that they think this should be fought. that this is not going to stand. and trump, of course, has made it very clear that he is eager to get his supporters to chip in with his legal fight and he has been campaigning heavily since this colorado decision was handed down. we know they are going to appeal for the supreme court. the window is quite small. talk about the iowa caucus is fast approaching and colorado, while their primary is not until a little bit later, i think it's in mid march have to print the ballot in january. they have to get this done fairly soon,. >> lawrence: what's the plan on the ground in iowa? ' people don't like their votes being taken away. in iowa, you have got some moderate voters, i think that will push them into donald trump's arms. what are you hearing? >> we hear d. hear from voters

tuesday night just as the decision was handed down. and opinions were mixed. you're right. the majority of people we heard from is said they didn't think this was an appropriate action by the colorado supreme court. that they didn't want to feel that their options were being taken away. obviously the trump supporters very vocal that they feel that this would not be acceptable in any sort of situation. i spoke to a few folks at a desantis event yesterday i asked them because they were keeping their mind open they were looking at desantis. they said we will support trump if he is the nominee they weren't necessarily thrilled with him for another term just in this caucus. so, a lot of mixed opinions here in iowa. guys, look at those polls trump has got to be feeling pretty good right now. >> brian: mark, thank you very much. you got to get the people to turn out. the trump team is worried people think he is so far ahead they won't do it. when trump is not there they do most of the work. pounding on people, show up and talk about how things have been so different from the polls to the results in the past. and then when you talk about

people who promise to show up, and not change their mind, look at this portion of the poll. the fox business poll support is certain in iowa caucuses. 83% say i am certain, may change your mind 16%. desantis supporters 59 the percent said i'm certain. 39 percent said may change their mind for hail live 51 o, 43. all in for trump. make sure the team know show up. goal is to win decisively in iowa, new hampshire, and just tell everyone drop out. i wouldn't do it. >> carley: think about the things that energize trump supporters or even the republican party, some people who might be on the fence the most are things like what happened in colorado. so, in this case this is bad for trump, another legal battle going to go to the supreme court. but, whether it comes to these early voting states, these types of things could just -- his poll numbers are so good across the board, now they are hardening and solidifying, something like that could even solidify them

even further. >> lawrence: there is only so much that can you do when you have called the person crazy and saying like this is all in his mind that he has been targeted. and then you see case after case where he is being targeted. and that take the vote away and taking him off the ballot. so for even the most moderate person that says, look, i want the tone of the president to change as one lady said in the diner, i want him to be nicer. when you see this, it makes the point that maybe he is right about this. maybe they are trying to take the vote away from the people. just add on what brian is saying, everything is about a ground game. in iowa the way they do -- if you have ever been to a caucus. much different than any other state the way they do it. you need people to show up. ron desantis has had a great ground game. got the endorsement of the governor. but, you know, you can have the best ground game but if you don't have the support of the

people. >> brian: right. three points from poll to poll. trump got about 0. nikki haley improved. if haley beats desantis in iowa. >> carley: then desantis is out. >> lawrence: a must win for him. >> carley: fox business polling came out in iowa. has nothing to do with trump but they talked about haley and desantis who likes them the most. the types of groups of people who support them. haley's best group is moderates. no surprise there. infrequent church attenders, naughty, naughty why? those wanting a candidate who can work across the aisle and desantis gets the highest support from men with a college degree. immigration voters. he says he is stronger on illegal immigration than trump. there is something to dispute there. regular churn goers. good for them. and those prioritizing electability. i thought that was funny they broke it down like that. >> lawrence: one thing that haley to your point has going to be her she has the money. if she doesn't win iowa.

she can go on -- she doesn't win new hampshire she can wait until south carolina. ron desantis is running out of money. >> carley: is he? >> lawrence: a lot of those donors have moved over to haley. we will see. we will be following it. >> brian: it's going to be interesting. all i can tell you is when you look at trump and everybody says the number two issue in the country is immigration. trump does a speech on immigration and crack down. poison. this reminds you of hitler. 90% of the people go that's trump. who is going to fix the border in the border is an absolute five alarm fire and all they are focusing on is wolf blitzer talking about donald trump using hit ler's words as if he goes to sleep reading -- he doesn't read anything. >> lawrence: attack is old and stale. brian. >> carley: at this point i think it's clear the american people what they focus on very different than what the media focuses on in a lot of cases.

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agents. garcia and anderson have been kind enough to join us now. allison, i'm going to start with you. your husband is a rank and file agents. they have been maligned. we saw what happened with whip gate where they lied about those agents that were on horseback. we have seen that these agents have been outmanned and they haven't been given any resources. so, having your husband come home after a patrol every single day or processing since they are not able to do their job, what is he telling you? >> he is infuriated and heart-broken. my husband is a combat veteran. he fought in new jersey. he fought for, you know, this country. and he had brothers die fighting for this country. and he comes here. he has loved his career up until this administration. and we have literally watched our border be handed over you know, he often talks about why

did our brothers die? why did people die defending this country for this administration to sit there, lie about what they are doing. and hand over our border and our national security? why? >> lawrence: yeah, such a good question. cassie, i want to go to you. i'm a big fan of your husband. >> what i hear, is he a cop's cop. he has been giving us a lot of numbers out there. former bore vortek guy. special unit. he has inherited a real mess. what -- what are you seeing with the biden administration right now are they allowing him to do miss job? are they allowing the other border patrol agents to do their job? >> lawrence, first of all, thank you for having us on this morning. i love allison and her family. i have come to know them. they are family to me. on behalf of my husband thank you, lawrence for having the backs of law enforcement. seeing the expression.

no way to comfort them. they are doing outstanding job managing this humanitarian crisis. they are frustrated. because no matter how do they do the migrant flow it doesn't stop. the border security mission is being completely neglected because there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. and talking to my border patrol family, i don't like how our agents are being unfairly labeled. because people with a political agenda are calling our loved ones horrible names or accusing them of not doing their job. and you know, lawrence, you know. this no one risked their lives more to help migrants than our brave border patrol agents. our agents' job is tone 40s law. they are not the judge, jury and executioner. they don't bypass the courts or person's right to due process. you can be as dedicated and patriotic as you want. when there is nothing being done to stop the flow, you can't expect morale to be high. >> lawrence: such a good point.

allison, you know about this because i'm hearing it from my guys that i have known for years at the border. they are saying they want to call it quits. they will find something else to do. forget the retirement. it's become too much for them. >> yeah. and i mean, it has. it has become too much. it's overwhelming. and our agents have been completely demoralized under this administration. we have lost so many good agents that have taken early retirement and just opted out or left the patrol all together instead of dealing with this for one more day. it's inexcusable and a complete disregard of the responsibilities for this president. >> lawrence: you know, when you look at the border patrol, a majority of them are from hispanic dissent. yet, they are called awful names. they say that they hate the migrants. meanwhile when there is a kid that's drowning in the rio grande because their parents put them in a difficult situation, it is up to those border patrol agents to revive them, to pull their bodies out of the, you

know, the water. to make sure that they get water whether they're dehydrated because they traveled for weeks across because the cartel is coordinating all of this. i just want to say thank you so much. i know your husbands are the ones that are serving. but y'all are serving as well by keeping them -- keeping their hearts firm when they come home. thanks so much for joining the program today. >> thank you, lawrence. >> lawrence: coming up, a week long truce in exchange for dozens of hostages rejected by hamas. no surprise. trey yingst is live on the ground next on that. plus the extreme weather that could wreak havoc on your holiday travel ban plans. adam klotz has the maps, next. ♪ new emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back.

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has reportedly rejected israel's offer of a week long truce in exchange for release of hostages. >> lawrence: trey yingst is live. >> i do want to start with breaking news. right now sirens are sounding in central israel south of the city of tel aviv. hamas 76 days into this conflict still has an arsenal of rockets they are using to target major population centers it. also comes as hamas has publicly rejected israeli discussion of a possible cease-fire saying that no hostages will be released until the war is officially over. now, while hamas is saying one thing publicly, they are saying something else private live. just yesterday, ishmael, the leader of hamas, flew to cairo, egypt to consider conversations about a possible deal it. comes as israeli forces say they are close to completing the high intensity ground operations in northern gaza. much of the focus for soldiers over the past day has been in the jabalia neighborhood where israelis say the troops from

541st brigade evacuated a group of civilians still in a building with more difficulty fighting place in southern gaza the death toll is rising among israeli troops with 137 killed since the ground operation began. those battles come as activity continues to increase on israel's northern front. overnight, israeli strikes against southern lebanon were more serious after new attacks by the lebanese militant group hebz. attacks american force increasing in the middle east iraq and syria. rocket attack overnight al-asad air base did bring the total number of 102 attacks against u.s. forces across the region since the middle of october. the entire region though remains on the brink of a broader conflict and that's part of the reason that the united states put together this coalition to push back against iran backed actors in yemen trying to send a clear message to iran and allies that force will be used to stop this fire against israel and the united states. guys? >> brian: i'm pretty astounded

they are still able to shoot off rockets. i imagine with the drone technology they are able to find out exactly where they came from. might be the last time they do it. i guess that site. i understand one of the captures. one of the prisoners his name is ahmed al kahoot. [siren. >> trey: brian, i'm going to interrupt you here there are sirens sounding now in tel aviv. we are going to take a little bit of cover here. >> brian: okay. >> >> trey: we can keep talking. >> lawrence: this is just the reality. and just so you know, the rockets that are coming in right now, they don't have the the detection. they have no clue where they are aiming at. they just shoot them off. >> brian: the iron dome does. >> carley: trey, how often do you hear those sorts of sirens in tel aviv? >> it's quite rare to have them in tel aviv this far into the conflict. again, we are 76 days into the war. the israelis have dropped more

than 20,000 bombs on the gaza strip. they have been targeting gaza since october 7th. and, yet, they have maintained the ability. the factions inside. hamas and islamic jihad to fire rockets toward major population centers. you hear the sirens sounding. we can look down to the street. people are coming off the beach right now. coming away from the mediterranean sea. trying to take cover. this is a city of more than 300,000 people. despite the heavy air and ground campaign against hamas in gaza, they have handwriting man takenned their ability to fire on major cities like tel aviv. >> brian: see the construction site evacuating. they are going right down the ladder right now. just a quick thing what i was saying is this hamas leader that was captured was on television saying. >> trey: iron dome. as you see there will be a bunch of interceptions overhead. head to the sky here. you are going to see. [explosions] >> trey: all of this smoke, 1,

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. this is a massive barrage toward tel aviv. and you're going to continue to hear these explosions overhead. each time one of these rockets is intercepted, you are going to have shrapnel raining down into the city below. but, again, this is one of the largest rocket barrages against tel aviv that we have seen in quite some time and you will hear those explosions. >> lawrence: this is all civilians, too. this is the target of civilian. there has been so much, you know, propaganda that israel is targeting civilians and hamas. and the palestinian people that are there. but look at what they are doing right now. >> absolutely. and the bottom line here is they have no ability to aim these rockets. so, israel's missile defense system, the iron dome can intercept much of the fire. it's actually quite effective. this conflict has been anywhere

between 85 and 95% effective. but, in terms of the damage that these rockets can do, we have seen it first hand. if one of these rockets slams into a building it can very easily kill civilians in a city like till receive. in the early days of the conflict you saw when that massive barrage of rockets targeted tel aviv and all of israel, these rockets slipping past the iron dome and slamming into buildings, killing people. these aren't fireworks as they have been described by some people. these are rockets that were ultimately created inside gaza. they have the ability to fire rockets that they have actually made in the strip, often underground in the facilities inside gaza they continue 76 days into the conflict targeting centers. >> carley: what you just said about people inside gaza making their own rockets, is interesting. and i was wondering because we are, like you said, 76 days into

this war, if -- how they are able to have this amount of supplies and artillery. is iran also able at this point to get weapons into the gaza strip or i guess because gaza is still surrounded maybe that's not an option. so, they are relying on homemade weapons? >> trey: yeah. so the majority of the rockets being fired are homemade, inside gaza. they have received funding and support from the iranian regime. but there's no way at this point to smuggle any new wednesday into gaza. so what is being fired today and what you just saw live on air here, these interceptions over tel aviv, these are rockets that were built in the gaza strip. they have got the knowledge from places like iran. they have these weapons manufacturing facilities able to not only create rockets but rpgs and ieds used against israeli forces on the ground.

hamas is even able to create sniper rifles. and the ammunition used to target israeli troops inside gaza as we speak. so they have the ability to create their own weapons arsenal because they get funding from outside actors like iran. they get knowledge and support from the regime in tehran this is something they spent the last 16 years developing even more than that. it gives you an idea of the threat that was coming from gaza and how they really only use a small portion developed over the past several years on october 7th when they conducted the massacre against southern israel. and they are really running through the rocket supply understanding that israeli forces are going to destroy every single launching position inside gaza. it's simply a matter of time. >> brian: you really get the sense why the israelis cannot stop until they complete the job or else this is going to be a daily routine and if they just slow them down be back here in 18 months. trey, thank you. >> trey, thank you so much.

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♪ >> brian: new fox business poll in revealing iowa voters want, you guessed it, donald trump, putting him over 50% for the first time in the hawkeye state on our polls. as for desantis and haley, they have a lot of catching up to do but they are improving, too. three weeks to go until iowa and we have a christmas pause going on. let's talk to some voters from the state, iowa republican voter and farmer chris perdue. good to see you, chris. republican-iowa voter jazmyn

jordan good to see you jazmine and independent voter marie klein. marie, first off, are you surprised by the polls and where do you stand with the leaders? >> i'm not surprised by the polls. trump has had an amazing presidency. and people just loved him. >> so i'm not surprised by the polls; however, i do not stand with trump for this election. i think his time has a few years ago and it's not his time next i understand with desantis or haley. either one of them can do for the country. they can do what trump can do but do it without drama and baggage. >> brian: it's a must-win for ron desantis or very close. and haley is within two points. jazmine, for you, you are leaning or you are voting for trump. what are things like that

colorado decision do for your thought pattern here? what about the alvin bragg prosecution and all the other trials? do they play a role in your support for trump? >> yes. i believe that all these decisions further support my vote for trump because once they go out of him out of the way the rest of us are being attacked. his free speech is being violated. if that decision with colorado goes through it shows that this will happen to us. our protections are being lost. they can get rid -- >> brian: lost you the last couple words there and we will get that back. chris, you are still undecided. you know, it's interesting the president said farmers love me. i got you billions of dollars. you are a farmer but still undecided. was there a disconnect there?

there is not a disconnect he did do well with farmer trade. we had good prices while he was president and prices for grain, soybeans and corn have declined during the biden administration. yeah, i guess trump would be the one i'm leaning toward but i have been keeping my mind open. i saw nikki haley the other day in iowa and vivek ramaswamy also. i'm seeing what everybody else has to offer. real quick upclose and personal for nikki haley and vivek, what is your testimony? >> vivek is very in tune with the regulations that effect farmers he knows how that can effect us nikki haley is aware -- she would help us trade ethanol and corn with other countries. but president trump he has a record for farmers back when we had our caucus in 2020, it was record turnout for him even though there was no one running

against him. so iowa has strong ties with trump. >> brian: jazmine, i want you to check out this poll right now and shows how firm people's support is for the candidate they choose. trump supporters 83% support -- will stay with him. 16 percent said they might change their mind. for desantis a lot closer, 59-39. haley is even closer 51, 43. so for you there is no game day decision. do you talk to others, jasmyne still up in the air waiting to hear something. >> yeah. people are just kind of watching currently going on especially regarding trump and his trial and seeing what those candidates continue to speak out about. >> and believe, for you in the next few weeks a bit of a pause. but the next two weeks will be a blitz. when you get in to caucus, when you get not just going to the booth the caucus what is that

going to be strike in what are you going to be listening for. >> independents are not allowed into the caucus in iowa. i'm seriously considering for the first time declaring a party so i be can be involved in the caucus situation. when it gets down to trump and one other person. if everyone throws support behind that other person, the numbers will be very, very close. >> brian: as joe biden done that to you? has he made you want to take a side? >> absolutely. i am so disappointed in joe biden and the entire party right now. that i'm-i think i'm willing to declare a side after many, many years of being an independent. >> brian: a lot of these candidates watch this. i'm sure they are going to look to you guys to be persuadable, especially to you, chris. thanks so much, guys. appreciate your insight and get ready for the blitz and the three week sprint and we'll be in there. lawrence and steve will be there, actually.

meanwhile, let's go over to lawrence for the fox weather alert. hey, lawrence. >> lawrence: thanks, brian, appreciate it. crowds are building at hartfield jackson airport in atlanta. the largest airport in the country. one of the busiest travel days of the year. aaa is expecting 150 million people to travel at least 50 miles or more over the holiday no. extreme weather in atlanta today. it's a different story out west. part of california under a flash flood watch after days of heavy rain. the same storm also bringing lots he snow to the sierra nevada mountain. now let's turn over to meteorologist adam klotz with the fox weather forecast. >> adam: good morning, lawrence that storm system beating up the west coast continues to bring rain overnight and into this morning. ventura county has had 3 inches come down in an hour. this is a part of the country that cannot handle that much rain so quickly. we will be seeing flooding. flood ahurts currently spread across the entire southwest. good chunk of southern

california. over towards the phoenix area. dry ground. all of that rain turns quickly into flooding. those will be one see slowdowns. delay there in lax. as you look toward the days ahead. thursday into friday. obviously greg the very busy travel days. as this storm moves across the country that's where slowdowns and delays will be. those are the weather headlines for now. i'm going to toss it over to you, adam. >> carley: shoplifting suspect in central florida burns his own house down and narrowly gets out alive after getting into a shootout with police. yikes. >> go ahead. i got him. all the way. go. hit it again. [gunfire] >> i can't believe. >> that is intense. after a long standoff. the man set his house on fire barely escaped through a back door. that man now behind bars this morning. the deputy is recovering from a graze wound to the face okay

have been so much worse toyota is recalling more than 1 million vehicles due to faulty airbags that may fail to deploy during a crash. airbag sensors in the front seat don't always work properly that causes not detect a passenger. effects avalon, carolla highlander and rav-4. the siena hybrid also on the list plus these lexus vehicles also being recalled as well. check out those numbers on your screen right there just in case you have one. and president biden sitting down for an interview with comedian conan o'brien. >> the other guy says we can work with putin. he's smart. yeah. >> the other guy, i like that he he's the other guy. [laughter] he is like voldemort now. his name shall not be mentioned. >> well. [laughter] >> good point. >> yeah. i plead guilty. >> carley: that moment coming during otherwise softball interview with conan o'brien for

his podcast. the latest celebrity interview the president has sat for after also speaking with drew bear more last year. i remember that interview when he spoke with drew bear more and now speaking with conan o'brien. >> i don't remember the drew barrymore, forgive me. >> biggest headline he shall not be named not saying that trump is evil. i don't know how he feels about trump probably evil i think the president owes to us recap use the bull i didn't pulpit this is why you should vote for me look what i have done and i'm going to do is that the one we are

getting why looking out for taiwan. conservation president xi guaranteed going into taiwan. >> carley: called him a smart guy. >> brian: why is that? >> lawrence: i'm not saying he has to do a hard news person. i want somebody to press him on the issues of the day. >> brian: he should have a presser. >> lawrence: maybe not have the preselected questions with the answers already written on there. >> brian: we don't need the script. >> lawrence: coming up wwwe hulk who he dan finding god in the greatest day of his life. getting baptized with his wife. full story ahead. >> brian: bahamas cruise re-routed. a passenger sounds off next. >> wind blowing. cold like officially cold.

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said boston and canada due to poor weather. passengers kia and mall montgomery joining us on that crews on the atlantic ocean. good morning to you guys you are supposed to be in the bahamas. >> good morning. >> carley: supposed to be in the bahamas cold and wearing sweaters. >> matching sweaters. they said the itinerary a couple hours before we were getting ready to leave to board the plane it? >> was too late to change. >> too late. >> 17 of us, six families. it was too much. >> yes. i have three children and i would have to repack all three bags we had too many bags to change we left. >> carley: what was that email. >> i called val about 9:00. >> we didn't believe it? >> we thought when we got on the crews they would reroute to bahamas. no we went to boston and portland. >> it keeps getting colder.

>> carley: keep on going further up north, yes it does. are you guys having any fun, val? what do you think? any fun at all. >> lots of boards games. lots of scavenger hunts, walking around the ship, you know, two or three times a day. >> we tried one room where they have a pool but it's crowded so we usually try to get there like 7:00 a.m. this morning try to beat the crowd at 7:00 a.m. >> carley: you have to go to the pool at 7:00 a.m. because there is nothing else to do. get on the ship and go to the bahamas. >> yes. my son is disappointed. my 7-year-old was like mommy, where's the beach you? told me the beach. this is their only christmas gift. >> we received the banana boat. >> carley: oh know you have to do the banana boat next year. you said you wanted to be

drinking cocktails you are drinking hot cocoa. >> hot chocolate and coffee just to keep warm. >> carley: pour the cocktail in the cocoa tip to keep you warmer. my goodness. it sounds like you guys have a good at study about this wearing matching sweaters. are you in canada right now? where are you exactly? >> we are just pulling up in canada this morning. >> just arrived you are still in north america a big plot twist. maybe you can get some snow for christmas. are you going to get any of your money back for this? >> they have not -- no. they are not talking about compensation at all, to no one on the ship. none of us. >> carley: they should. it was bad weather in the bahamas. so i get it's not the cruise ship's fault they said listen, rather than cancel it outright we will take you north instead. nikki and val, thank you so much for joining us. you have great attitudes and you