who ran knock tommy, he deserved. you cannot have a christmas party on christmas eve. >> todd: unacceptable. we both have christmas investigation elf in the 3 plot. fred claus brian kilmeade favorite in the fourth spot. love actually and number one wonderful life. >> joey: here's the thing about a wonderful life. if you want to be depressed for 99% of christmas eve. watch that movie only at the end where an angel gets his wings. that's the only part. >> todd: that's what nbc does to you tries to depress you christmas eve. honorable mention, bad santa. if you haven't seen it don't watch it with the kids amazing movie. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas, sir. >> todd: with that, merry christmas to you. "fox & friends" right now.

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worship and praise performing. can you know you can sing when it's cold outside and your voice is still beautiful >> lawrence: they will with be us all morning welcome to "fox & friends" this beautiful morning. >> brian: they dressed appropriately. >> carley: look great and sound great. >> lawrence: you did, too. >> brian: i dressed for indoors. that is a great choir, indoor and outdoor uniforms. >> carley: it's 27 degrees outside. so apologies if you are outside to the beautiful choir, you sound great as well. >> lawrence: later in the show yesterday on the show brian talking about how the he or she is is and reese's came together. >> brian: just chocolate in general. >> lawrence: all of it together. there is going to be a huge fact-check. >> brian: reese's came to be. >> lawrence: as usual, brian was totally wrong about that. >> brian: we will find out.

>> lawrence: we will give you a full story there was actually a documentary done on it. brian thinks the commercial, not the documentary is right. >> carley: so everybody can follow. there was a documentary done on how reese's came together. the chocolate and peanut butter combination we love today. >> brian: total accident. >> carley: tripped and fell into each other. >> brian: two hollywood stars fell into each other. >> lawrence: seems a little believable. >> carley: historic fact-check on this. i didn't know this but i'm excited to find out as well. >> lawrence: we have cardinal dolan coming on the show for christmas message. i think we should get the carteddal to weigh in. >> brian: on the reese's. >> lawrence: connection with god, final message. >> brian: a lot christmas messages very unique question to ask the cardinal. listen to what the cardinal did today. i was able to get on the field. and cardinal dolan, i didn't even realize, i feel a punch in

the arm. he punches me in the arm and keeps walking. >> lawrence: punches you. >> brian: cardinal dolan punched me in the arm and kept walking. i'm not going to hit him back. >> lawrence: honestly, brian, he probably hasn't seen you in a minute. >> brian: i was at the al smith dinner he is a great guy. >> carley: a cool guy with a beautiful message and we are looking forward to hearing from him later in the show. >> brian: the speaker of the house is calling on the biden administration take immediate action to curb the growing migrant crisis. you think? >> lawrence: the white house is claiming that the president is doing everything he can. >> brian: right. >> lawrence: including plan does send top members of his team to mexico. >> carley: yeah, but if he is doing everything he can, why would border patrol sources report a record number of migrant encounters so far this month as shocking scenes like this become all too common. alexandria hoff is live in washington with the very latest on this. hi, alex. >> hi, carley, lawrence, brian. good morning to you. this trip to mexico you were

just talking about was revealed after a phone call president biden had with mexican president obrador yesterday morning. the white house says that the two discussed efforts to quote manage migratory flows. president biden arnold for talks to take place in mexico about duel action to deal with the border. anthony blinken going to take that trip along with alejandro mayorkas and homeland security adviser liz sherwood randal. it's set to happen in the coming days. house speaker mike johnson says immediate action must be taken. he wrote to the president yesterday stating, quote: the southern border of our nation is being overrun u.s. customs and border protection is at a breaking point. i urge to you immediately take executive actions available to you under existing immigration laws to stem the record tide of illegal immigration. speaker johnson called on the president to end catch and release. to grant parole only on a case-by-case basis. not in a sweeping way it's done now. he also said that the remain in mexico program has to be reinstated and border wall

construction renewed. but the white house is saying that they are already doing all they can. >> we're at a time of the year where we are seeing more at the border. and it's not unusual, this is an immigration system that has been broken for decades. and the president has taken this very seriously to try to do more. the president has done everything that he can, right? on his own. there is clearly diplomatic conversation happening with other leaders in the region. we will continue to have those conversations just to make sure that we deal with the flow. but we also need funding. >> carley: republicans argue that the white house neglecting the southern border created unfair situation for u.s. citizens and migrants alike. some like this man have their destination in the u.s. revealed simply by a piece of paper. listen. >> where in the u.s. do you feel to go to. >> philadelphia. >> philadelphia? why philadelphia? >> uh, i don't know the place.

check the place. say the place. >> just an address in philadelphia to go to? >> okay. >> that address is for a community center in fill phill, lawrence, brian, lawrence? >> john kirby has no answers because it's a disaster. did he come out and say the president is putting a lot of attention to it. i don't understand where is he coming from with that. because this is totally, this is 1 thing 100 percent on that. 54% of the people support donald trump's policy on the borders. 27% joe biden is that bad messaging or is this -- or are we to believe our eyes? i will add something else to that. the president is speaking to the president of mexico today. number one why doesn't the mexico president calling us. they should have having 20,000 marines on their southern border. they had a conversation last month in california, nothing happened. we also found out the president talked about fentanyl with the president of china. what happened? nothing has changed at all.

so now they are going to send two people, mayorkas epic failure and anthony blinken who could have been doing this on his own with any of these countries mexico to talk about some kind of fix. the pressure has to be on all south american countries to keep their people there or you are going to lose your aid. and you have to be able to -- forget about money. put in the remain in mexico policy and that first nation policy. the first nation you step into, that's where you apply for citizenship here or visa here, if you come directly you immediately go back. >> lawrence: whenever i see the border raging like this, and we haven't seen anything like this since the haitian migrants were coming across the border. we were down there reporting on that. i contact the border agent and i say what's going on out there. talk to cbp they said it's the worst we have ever seen. it's not just texas, it's arizona as well. seen what is happening in florida as well when you have folks coming across the border illustrate legally by boat. it's fully surging.

but i'm so confused. we know what the president did on day one. he ended remain in mexico. he stopped all the funding, got rid of the technology that they were going to build on the border. but he also, when things started to get bad said, kamala harris was the border czar and she was supposed to be working ons diplomacy and the root causes of this. why do we have the secretary of state working on this? has she been not been able to do the job? is she being replaced. mayorkas wants to get involved in this. he went on capitol hill and said they have operational control. has that now changed? i just want one clear message from the administration on where they stand and what they are going to do to fix it. can. >> carley: couple things on think think the relationship between obrador and donald trump was very interesting. the mexican president and biden policies would more align. he is a leftist president in

mexico. and he ended up having a pretty good relationship. >> brian: great one. >> carley: that's why he was able to reinstate remain in mexico. when biden started his term, that policy went away. and then when we thought about putting it back in place america co-can't do it anymore. really bad working relationship between the biden administration and manuel lopez obrador. that's one thing. there is going to need to be some rift that will have to come together for our countries to work on this issue together. the other thing that i thought was really interesting yesterday, was this press conference with john kirby. and hillary vaughn asked a really important question. border patrol has said we are not enforcing the border. we are processing people. in so many people here, the court system is completely overwhelmed. people are getting court dates 8 years down the road. >> lawrence: makes no sense. >> some illegal border crossers are being given court dates in 2031. what are they supposed to do here for seven years? >> again, that's a better

question put to the dhs. i'm not in a position to talk about specific cases like that. the president believes that we've got to do better at immigration. >> someone lived here for seven years and presumably gotten a work permit and worked here, if their asylum claim is denied. are they really going to be deported or is that just a problem for the next president? >> again, i'm not going to get into hypotheticals about specific cases. >> lawrence: these aren't hypotheticals. it's not just a question for homeland security. you are the spokesperson for the national security council. are you guys not tracking these people that are coming across the border? we know the amount of people that have been on the watch list that we have been able to capture. we haven't talked about the got-aways. does the national security council have a plan while we are in all of these international conflicts to combat this? are you all tracking people? >> brian: governor of texas is flying people now right into chicago. first time. and the chicago mayor is calling out and the chicago mayor is calling out the texas governor as is others.

so, we have a war between the states because the president does not do his job. >> carley: brian, speaking of flights, i don't think this is getting enough attention. eric adams is now giving oneway plane tickets to migrants in new york city. he set up a whole office within the new york city government to do this. and he said -- he called abbott inhumane and unamerican for doing the same thing when governor abbott was sending migrants to new york. my, have the tables turned that there is a huge crisis here. is he doing the exact same thing. >> lawrence: all of them are criticizing abbott. biden was flying people -- i remember tracking flights to west chester and putting them on a bus. none of them have -- in the night. >> brian: still doing it. >> lawrence: say anything about that. >> brian: still doing it. they stopped it in jacksonville, florida, governor desantis said aggressively we will put you right over to martha's vineyard so they stopped. this is crazy, they won't enforce the border. meanwhile, 12 minutes after the hour. coming up, houthi attacks rocked the red sea trade routes and

costing everybody, by the way. how about $80 billion worth of cargo get diverted. we are going to talk to a merchant marine captain traveled the red sea 150 times. >> carley: 150 million americans set to hit the roads, rail and air this holiday weekend because of severe weather across the country disrupt your travel plans? adam klotz has the forecast. >> lawrence: south carolina dad brings christmas snow right to his front yard. he joins us live from his makeshift winter wonderland. that's coming up on "fox & friends." ♪ ♪

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agreeing with a new study by rutgers university said content sent to your tiktok feed is quote being amplified for suppressed based on whether it aligns with the ccp geopolitical interest. #like free palestine seem to be boosted by tiktok's algorithm and end up in millions more posts when compared to instagram. this stunning finding follows calls on capitol hill for tiktok to be banned in the u.s. citing security threats. and to football, the rams hosting the saints last night in a game with huge nfc playoff implications. matt stafford leading the way for his team. >> wide to the left, you've got in motion. stafford looking one way and then the other, throw's caught. demarcus robinson. touchdown. >> carley: rams beat the saints 30-22 remember this weekend fox has got a great slate of games lined up for sunday, including america's game of the week when the cowboys visit the miami dolphins. coverage begins at 11:00 a.m.

eastern time. a little christmas football, brian. over to you. >> brian: carley, you will have the eye black on in your driveway. >> carley: shoulder pads. the whole nine yards. >> brian: dress up like a football player. 19 minutes after the hour. missile attacks houthi rebels upend shipping in the red sea and suez canal which sees 10% of the worldends trade. posing a massive threat to global economy. the u.s. now forming an international coalition to protect shippers. diverting more than $80 billion worth of cargo from the area. what does this tense time look like for crew members. next guest a merchant marine captain traveled through the read sea 150 times. he is an instructor at the masters, mates and pilots union. captain cables joins us now. captain, how dangerous is it out there for commercial vessels, as you know it? >> well, going on the sea is dangerous anyways. we have plenty of risks we have to deal with.

got worry about a fire, got to worry about singeing, grounding, hurricanes typhoons and now added risk of having missiles shot at you, ballistic missiles, drones, and water born ieds also. the houthis have the capability of running these remote controlled boats that not only like a drone laden with explosives, the threat is threesome out there. the ballistic missiles, you have got the drones from the air, and now you also have water born drones that they put in boats full of explosives. as we see in the ukrainian in the baltic. this is a possibility. this is a thing that happens to these mariners now that they have to contend with. they risk their lives and the threat of this. plus being held hostage as we see with the galaxy leader that they have been sitting there for 30 days and now the houthis are out there doing almost like a carnival. bringing people on and off that ship every single day, depleting

their fuel, depleting their water. probably depleting their food. the ships only have holding tanks, so they can only hold so much sewage before they have to dump that sewage at sea. this is not only a hostage situation, but this could become a potentially environmental situation. if this ship keeps running the way it is. >> brian: you are talking about the hijacking on the high seas is taking place and the threat exists that we used to see on the coast of somalia but seeing here. what do we do about it? how do you think we are handling it? >> right now, there is probably diplomatic negotiations going on with the houthis to try to get this vessel released. >> brian: overall? overall? how do you think we are handling it? >> right now, i think we are handling it very poorly. >> brian: why? >> very poorly. these escorts should have been done early. world war ii lost quite a few

vessels took a while to gets the escorts. if the escorts were running and protecting these ships, maybe we could contend with the problem. right now, i think it would be in the best interest of the owners to divert and not go through the red sea and take their ships around the long way. and the only danger they have is that the economy might -- >> brian: captain, why are we sitting there just playing defense? we have all of these assets right there. the u. >> s gerald r. ford. the cutting edge. best in the world. >> we know exactly what the houthi rebels are. what are we waiting for. >> i'm sure they don't want to start a world war iii. houthis are backed by the iranians and getting their message right from iran. if we start going in and going after them, who knows where it's going to go. >> brian: why are we worried about it? they are not worried about it. why are we worried about it? >> why are we -- i'm worried about it. we only have son-in-law american ships. there is only 80 american ships that we have.

our ships not only push commercial goods. we push the military around the world, also. and this is potentially a big threat to everybody in the globe right now. and nothing is being done. but it just shouldn't be us that takes care of this problem. this should be a unified command, which they are trying to gather right now. as we see, there are some countries that do not want to participate. there is actually countries that are kicking out the israeli ships that they don't want the ships in. so it's just not this one problem. this is a global problem that needs to be taken care of. and the world has to be unified in this. >> brian: captain, you think we are going to be able to talk to houthi's out of shooting at these commercial ships of not targeting our vessels? the only way to handle this is to show them power. that's the only things they ever understand in this region, correct? >> correct. but how do you diplomatically deal with terrorists? as we see. >> brian: you can't. >> israelis having problems right now with that trying to get their hostages back. >> brian: right. but evidently they had to go use fire power.

right now the houthis feel as though they are going to be targeted. trying to knock rockets out of the sky. >> correct. it's always been -- i have always been told there is only one way to negotiate with a terrorists. >> brian: which is? >> clean-up is to take them out. >> brian: i hear you. captain james staples, thanks for your expertise. >> thank you very much, brian. >> brian: we will use you again because it's not going away. still ahead, don't let christmas storms ruin your holiday. how you can prepare in case of a cancellation and what to do when you are delayed. plus, gavin degraw performs in our all-american concert series. every to stay here. ♪ chestnuts roasting on an open . fire because with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open for a full 24 hours

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lawrence lawrence growing economic impact of border crisis. the center for immigration studies show nearly three in five illegal immigrants households are on taxpayer funded welfare support camerota the director for immigration studies joins us now. 60% of the folks that are coming here illegally are being supported by the taxpayer.

what happened to these folks who say they are giving to society. >> what happens is very often illegal immigrants have u.s. born children. most illegal immigrant headed households have a u.s. born child. so they get the benefits on behalf of a u.s. born child. the reason that they qualify is because they're so poor. the reason they are poor is that most, by no means all, illegal immigrants tend to have modest levels of education so they do work. this is not because they don't work. this is because they work but make very low income. what a lot of people realize if you work but make low income you qualify for everything from food stamps free school lunch wic program to the public housing to the earned income tax credit working doesn't preclude welfare use. immigrants are poor and so often they and their children qualify for these programs. >> lawrence: steve it, shouldn't be a surprise to us though, these folks are coming to the country illegally.

they don't have the proper documentation. many of them don't speak english and many of them are paid under the table. the reason why they are paid under the table is because it's cheap labor. americans would do those jobs but they want a fair wage. these people aren't on -- they are on a slave based labor system where no one reasonable person would take those jobs for that pay, right? >> well, that certainly happens. and just by their presence here they tend to lower wages because they are increasing the supply of workers at the bottom end of the labor market; however, the difference between what happens when illustrate legal immigrants have work authorization and don't have enormous if the illegal immigrant themselves has very modest skills and that's often very true. so, again, yes, it's true when they work off the books sometimes they work for less. but, it's really the case that they are just very modestly educated. and that's one of the main reasons they use so much welfare. and because they are poor, many states like new york and

california step in and cover illegal immigrants with welfare programs, too. and that's what we are picking up partly in the study as well. so it isn't just the presence of the children, but it's the political pressure because you have all these poor people in your state. >> steve: so, steve, you have been tracking this and i know you are just a researcher. do you see any appetite in congress to get something done because there's a magnet. if you are looking at this program or these programs and you are saying, look, 60% of us have a shot of being on this, you will keep coming to the country. >> right. there has to be some effect for this. right? however, do i think it's fair to say most illegal immigrants come to america not so much to get welfare but to work. but they have children, they struggle. and then turn to the american taxpayer for support. it's going to be very hard, once have you let people in, so many of them with modest education and low income, are not to end up having them use these programs. because, as is the case, we give

automatic citizenship to their u.s.-born children. you either en40s law and don't have so many illegal immigrants and reduce the problem or you accept the cost if you are going to be letting a lot of unskilled people into your country. >> lawrence: what a novel idea, steve, just enforce the law. i hope they are watching. we appreciate you bringing down the numbers with us. >> thanks for having me. >> lawrence: you got it, steve. all right, carley, it looks like you have headlines for us. >> carley: we are heading into the nation's busiest weekend. the tsa expected to screen 2.5 million passengers today alone. security lines are long in atlanta. but things seem to be moving along quite swiftly, which is good. no major issues there. but major storms expected on both coasts could cause some headaches as americans head home for the holidays. and with that we have to check in with meteorologist adam klotz to our fox weather forecast a very important one at that. >> it certainly is an important

one. chilly if you leave up and down the east coast. what we are experiencing out on the fox square. not the big weather maker this morning. instead all of the storms currently on the west coast sweeping across the country. dive into the maps and talk about it. temperatures early this morning out of fox square. 27 degrees. it is a bit on the cool side. there's that big winter storm weather maker that we are going to be tracking as we move across the country. >> currently working through southern california. flooding is a major issue not just across southern california but over into parts of arizona. that is the system we are going to track. it's going to lift up into the middle of the country. if you are behind it, if you are in the rockies, you are talking about snow on christmas morning. that's right, a white christmas if you live a further off toward the east that is a big rainmaker, kind of a raw day for a whole lot of folks. back out here on fox square one thing doing to stay warm. maybe you notice over my soldier why have james hall worship and praise group. they are going to sing for us. keep us warm a little bit. ♪ born the king angels

♪ o come let us adore him ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ christ, the lord ♪ >> carley: amazing. i could only sound like that in my wildest dreams. now they have to come on inside. get coffee and tea and warm drinks for them. more news to get to starting with. this new overnight maryland police discover a torched suv that was used in a drive by shooting in washington that left two people dead and two others in critical condition. that shooting unfolding just one block away from our nation's capital from national parks, rather. police say jeep grand cherokeey stolen armed car jacking in our nation's capital earlier this week. the former prosecutor in the

hunter biden criminal probe is denying politics played any role in the criminal investigation into the president's son. leslie wolf was deposed by house panel last week. she said, quote: i follow the facts where they led and made decisions in the best interest of the investigation. at no time did politics play a role in or in any way impact my work. testified 79 different times that she was not authorized by the doj to answer specific questions about the case. and finally, oh boy, this is incredible. i got the chance to sit down with oz pearlman call him a mentalist on "fox & friends first." he liberal literally left todd and i absolutely stunned by reading our minds. watch this. >> i want you, carley. >> carley: okay. >> to imagine you are having a celebration. >> christmas that family i would say faith, friends, imagine you are having a birthday party. >> okay. >> you got one person and you look down at that name and you circled it and zeroed in on that

one person. >> carley: um-huh. >> for whatever reason. i'm going to cry. >> i think she is having a big birthday. close your eyes, close your eyes, todd, do you see it. >> todd: yeah. >> whether a is the connection to you. >> one of my best friends from high school. >> what's her birthday. >> march 16th. >> carley: oh my gosh. >> carley: can you believe that? it only got crazier from there because then he wrote out a birthday card as it like saying it was from britney to me. then he asked -- he had todd think about what he wanted for christmas. and in the card was what todd wanted for christmas as well. can you believe that? how does he know these things? >> brian: i have seen him on the nfl hard knocks. he comes in and does and it blows people away. >> carley: incredible what he does. >> lawrence: christmas card got me. >> carley: the birthday card yeah i know it's amazing. i can't wait for britney to see this. how did i come up in the mentalist, she is going to say. >> brian: i would love for someone to unwind this. is he really reading your mind?

>> lawrence: i think he is. how else we know? >> carley: wild. he says that it's mental cues. and is he not reading minds, is he reading people. but how he does it is amazing. >> brian: right. >> carley: how we know that i was thinking about britney and guessed her birthday? ed to. >> brian: could i point out todd's celebration was relatively odd. he went in a circle as in a hysterical ball. right? >> carley: he got so excited. gift card for christmas. that was in the birthday card. >> lawrence: do you know what really surprised me, him getting into brian kilmeade's mind. >> brian: finding nothing there. >> carley: cobwebs. brian is one of the smartest people on fox. >> lawrence: how he moves all over the place, multiple things. that would be the segment. >> brian: i'm too mental for a mentalist. all right. so let's talk about something really important. let's talk about those gifts that kids need to have that is

always -- they always make too few and there's not enough for them to go around and there is ones that stand out in the past. the first time it came to my consciousness was the cabbage patch doll. that was the first time i remember just a mania to get these dolls. >> carley: it was 1983. parents were lining up. were there fights. >> brian: it was crazy. it would almost lead every news. when people used to watch the 6:00 news, this used to be the story. >> carley: you don't really see this that much anymore. i think there a lot of online shopping now. as our nation is o so very divided one bright spot. >> lawrence: gotten crazy with the design now. this is -- i remember this right here. tickle me elmo. >> brian: i think rose o'donnell got this crazy she talked about this. >> carley: cabbage patch doll car. >> brian: no tickle me elmo. steve. >> lawrence: the eyes would scare the hell out of me as a

kid. turn the lights off. go to the bed i would see it and just looking at me. >> brian: had you one? >> lawrence: yeah. >> carley: what year were you born? >> lawrence: 92. >> carley: you were four years old whether this came out. >> lawrence: scared the hell out of me. >> carley: do you remember furbys. parents or kids went absolutely crazy for. 1998. >> brian: teaches you responsibility. >> ainsley: furby, all these toys became the toy that you lntd didn't want if you are a parent because they would not stop talking. in the middle of the night you just hear the furby laugh. the toy i remember wanting the most when i was little, everybody has one. i really wanted a tommy got which i, the banana pet. teach you responsibility. like this little circle. >> brian: little japanese thing. >> carley: circle digital toy. this is exactly it. you had to feed the thoma goshy. and you also had to -- it would go to the bathroom and you would have to take the bathroom away.

bathroom stuff away. >> lawrence: talk about how these were the toys back then and how easily impressed we were look what we have today. >> brian: guys, i remember of the pet rock we have to do this again? bring something up and have you no idea. >> lawrence: i thought you were making a joke. i thought you were talking about like a rock that your parents got. >> brian: no. it was a mania. shows you could sell people anything. >> carley: did you a get a pet rock? >> brian: it was crazy but everybody had to have a pet rock. >> carley: also the chia pet. now people eat the seeds. chia seeds. it's in everything. >> lawrence: i'm going to stop attacking brian. sounds like the brian who cried wolf.

i was actually being serious. >> brian: real pet rock and crazy mania and go over that at some point. but we already got to handle the reese's controversy straight ahead. >> lawrence: we need the lord in our life so still ahead cardinal dolan joins us live with his christmas message ahead of the holidays. >> brian: and why he punched me in the arm. >> carley: let it snow. a south carolina dad brings a white christmas right to his front yard. he joins us live from the makeshift winter wonderland. that's next. not snowing in south carolina. that's for sure. ♪ hang in there, joan ♪ it gets a little lonely ♪ all these empty rooms ♪ just watching ♪ ♪

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>> carley: it is a white christmas for one family in south carolina. >> lawrence: using his own snow machine, our next guest was determined to show his kids a winner wonderland right in their front yard. >> brian: so david joins us now. david,. >> good morning. >> why were you so intense to bring a real life fake christmas to your family? >> for me, it's not christmas without snow. so, i grew up around -- there was always snow around. and i just wanted my kids to get to experience that i did a little research and here we are.

>> carley: tell us what you did and how did you it. >> so, are i mean, i went online. i actually built this snow gun here. >> it's very simple it. requires a pressure washer, compressed air and, i mean i can go on details how it works if you'ved. but basically there is five novels, the lower novel shoots out minuscule ice pellets and other spray a fine mist over them they all bond together and make a snowflake. >> lawrence: david, the way you are talking about this is like the average day person can do it. what do you do for a living? it looks like you have some experience doing this type of stuff. you are not the average dad here. >> well, i have actually con a lot of engineering work in different plants and such. but i have got -- currently actually i have got my own business and doing a lot of repair work and handyman sort of stuff. >> brian: as you do it, how long does it last? >> i will be honest with you, what is left on the ground is from two days ago, almost three

days ago now. just really depends on the weather. south carolina it can be freezing one day and shorts and t-shirts the next. so, you just never know. typically, at least two or three days, if not a week, week and a half. >> carley: looking at pictures of your house. there is snow on the ground. that is man made snow? so it's like really ice? >> yes, it is. >> carley: what's the temperature where you are at right now it looks cold. >> i believe it's about 38 degrees. if i'm not mistaken. >> carley: warmer than freezing. >> oh, yeah. >> lawrence: what was the reaction when the kids saw all the snow? >> it's kind of funny. my oldest didn't really believe it. he kind of ignored me. my youngest was just blown away. my oldest is now 16 now. he ignored it and then the next morning he came out and came running back in the house he said dad, you actually made snow. >> brian: can we see it work? >> actually, it's actually too warm right now. you have to have a temperature of like 27 degrees. it's like a sure bet in.

make 44 degrees. the humidity would have to be zero. >> brian: what about your neighbor's reaction? >> i think -- well my neighbors have gotten to know me by now. they maybe weren't that surprised. they all love it. i love the reaction i get from everyone in the neighborhood. everybody always stops by and tells me how much they love and it appreciate it. it's a good feeling. >> carley: david, that's so cool. i think there is snuff snow that maybe you could make a snow angel and your little one can as well. you are a fun dad and really cool idea. i'm sure the neighborhood loves it. have a great day. thank you for joining us. >> too as well. >> carley: merry christmas. >> lawrence: we know who going to win the house of the year. >> carley: yeah, in that neighborhood. that is really cool stuff. >> brian: did you guys see the time? >> lawrence: is it almost time? >> brian: time. >> carley: it is time. >> lawrence: second hour of "fox & friends" starts -- >> brian: right now. ♪ ♪