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♪ rick: all right. it's 9:00 here in new york city. you're looking at times square. that is going to be packed tonight. with some very brave souls who don't mind being cold or crowded or not going to the bathroom or going to the bathroom in their diapers. tonight rick reichmuth, he's been there all morning, getting the view from there. but boy, not where i want to be. >> it just happens to be -- >> around the wore near. >> the centerpiece of new year's but not somewhere you want to be. .rachel: i .>> it's a nice view before i guess the diaper clad storm. >> we're glad you're with us. thanks n for joining us on "fox& friends weekend" on this sunday

morning, december 31st, if last day of the year of our lord 2023. we're glad to see it in the rear view. >> buckle, '24 is going to be crazy. >> we've been sharing our new year's resolutions. and we've been asking you to let us know about yours and you have filled up our in box. here's an e-mail from raymond, he said spending more time traveling and camping. >> that's good. i like that. this is from angela,she wants tf my cell phone when family members are around. >> that's important. a hard one. jean, my resolution is to send everyone a birthday card through the mail. it might get there by their birthday. >> that sounds arduous. >> i think she means handwritten. i love when i get handwritten notes. >> that's one of the most liberating moments of my life, when i stopped feeling like i

needed to write handwritten notes. it's lying oh, i've got to write a note, what do i say. now a quick text or e-mail or whatever is fine. >> it's meaningful to get that. my kids have an aunt peggy who never forgets. she never forgets the birthday, they always get a card in the mail and also a candy, a friend of ours -- candy and scott. >> candy's a person. >> and aunt peggy. they always have their birthday remembered and a card and that is a beautiful thing. >> it is very nice. absolutely. >> good for you. that's a great new year's resolution. >> i'm sure you all have resolutions. i want you to e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com. send more. we want to see them. don't send them through the snail mail, this time e-mail. >> don't read them today. we'll read them tomorrow. joey and i will be back tomorrow. >> that's right. new year's day. >> i've had recommendations on nail biting and then bible

studies. it's unbelievable the amount a of plans that people have, different approaches. i'm sifting through it. thank you for sending them in. >> any other viewers adding cranberry. >> mcdonald's tried to get cranberry juice. they don't have. >it.>> does cranberry juice wok like prune juice, by chance. >> i'm told it's a diuretic. i drink a lot of coffee. i don't know that i need another one. >> i was going to say, i don't need that added. >> it's good for wisconsin. >> for sure. >> anyway -- >> the cranberry state, wisconsin. >> which we also learned this morning. we shared our resolutions last hour. if you're watching this rewind to the top of the 8:00 eastern time hour. we spent about 10 minutes. >> yeah, we did. >> talking about resolutions. >> we unloaded on all of you

guys. >> a therapy session. >> i'm going to run more. [laughter] >> well played. >> let's check in with rick reichmuth, live in times square ahead of tonight's ball drop. he still looks a little cold. rick? >> get some gloves, rick? you how long have you been doing this job? you should have packed properly. i don't feel bad that you're cold anymore, you didn't prepare. >> i don't own a pair of gloves. >> what? >> is had that true? >> i never wear gloves. yeah, it's true. it's why my hands are chapped. i don't own any gloves. i would have a hard time biting my nails if i had gloves on. here's the deal. if you've made it this long and nothing bad has happened from biting your nails, maybe part of the thing is just like accept yourself. i think it's just a acceptance. >> i did that. i accepted it for 10 of years.

you know why i'm going for it? my kids are doing it. i can't do it and then tell them not to do it. >> i love how rick has become part of the body positive movement, just accept it. [laughter] is that your message for all the viewers who are saying they're trying to lose weight with their resolution, just accept it. >> no, this is being 54 saying hey, i bite my nails. deal with it. that's your problem, not mine. all right, guys. look at times square. this is -- we've got people, like about 10 minutes ago a i said there were 100 people i could spot, now there's a big chunk of people i can see out there, that is 48th street right there, 48th street and seventh. there's a big pile of people waiting for their 15 hours to stand out here in the cold. it is true, guys. so you get in here and they pack you y into like -- you're in yor

own metal enclosed area. that's the cold weather making me not able to speak very well. then you can't move the whole time which is why the adult diaper story comes out. i think it's true. but that's a 15 hour adult diaper. i imagine that starts to get cold after a while like when your socks get cold or something, that becomes more problematic but a nice view, eh? i'm suffering in the cold but it's good. the view's good. [laughter] >> yeah. >> oh, boy, rick. i think the brain has stopped working at this point. [laughter] >> it has. >> chalk it up to 2023, rick. we'll do better next year. we'll be more consistent. >> get you gloves. we'll get you one of those -- remember the vests we had last week. >> i wore it yesterday. >> that has a battery so you can stay warm. >> oh, smart. >> now we know what to get rick

for christmas next year. >> and gloves. >> rick is like make the segment stop. we should keep going, rick, what else you want to talk about. i'm just kidding, rick, thank you. >> bye rick. >> we've shared our new year's resolutions. rick kind of shared his a little bit. we've asked for yours. and the big guy, mr. 10%, joe biden did share his new year's resolution in the caribbean yesterday. reporters asked him as he came out of a fancy restaurant here's what joe said. >> what's your new year's resolution, sir? >> [ indiscernible ] >> anything else? >> come back next year. >> to come back next year. >> we don't know what it means. >> i think i determined what it means. >> what does it mean? >> stay alive. >> that's what obama told him, to stay alive.

stay alive. >> i'm just coming back next year. which is tomorrow. >> maybe it means -- i don't know. who knows. >> i like how he says that's the biggest one, maybe some of the others he has, don't let the dog bite as many people, don't let the kids get in as much trouble. maybe one is, i don't know, secure the border. maybe that's a resolution. if it was, he hasn't said it. he hasn't acted on it. congressman rainy weber had this to say, he said president biden's dereliction of duty is on full display. while he sits on the beach and ignores the thousands of illegal immigrants invading our country daily, america as we know it will be unrecognizable unless the administration comes the table, starts enforcing the law and stops the flow of illegal immigrants. that's one congressman out of texas, he's saying the president is derelict in his duties as he enjoys a caribbean --

>> i appreciate this congressman's tweet. what i wish our members of congress would do, our leaders on the other side, who oppose the policy, i wish they would talk more frankly, more transparently about what they believe is the reason this is happening and i know it's not going to stop it if we get to the why. but it will help people at least start to make some changes for next year because i think right now it just seems like they make it sound like oh, he's trying but he's just failing. no, no, no. this is happening exactly as it's supposed to happen. it's totally intentional, it's not a domestic problem. it is actually a problem that's global. we fund a lot of the organizations like the u.n., for example, that's part of this conspiracy to overrun our border. so again, knowing why and who is behind it besides the administration will let us get at least to dealing with it.

>> it's taken us a while to get to that why because at first you thought this can't be intentional or what's this or are that incompetent they want open borders, effectively ending citizenship in the country and there's a global view of why that's good, it gives you a sense of how they're wrecking the country and we're getting more of a sense of the scope of this which is part of why it's so impactful. here's a map we're going to put up on the screen for you. it's the total number of reported -- so in one year, this is just in the past year, in 2023, the amount of people that have crossed our southern border illegally is greater than the total population of these 15 states. in one year. >> just to be clear, this is what we know. this is documented, right? these are the ones that get the notice to you appear because they're claiming asylum but they have no legitimate evidence to say they need asylum.

these are people that are here illegally with our government's permission, they have a permission slip from our government to be here illegally and break our laws. >> that's a good way to put it. a permission slip from the government to be here i illegal. >> i wish i had a permission slip to speed or not pay taxes because i need my money and i'll tell you about consider later, that's the thinking here. it really does put things in perspective if we look at the massive amount of people that aren't citizens of our country that aren't asked to abide by our laws. >> i like that, joe see. >> very long-term consequences. this will -- it will be 10 years from now, we'll still feel the consequences of this. i think 10 million will be about the number of people that will have been let in by the time joe biden is out of office and that's presuming that somebody else comes in other than joe biden to stop it. i think what they're trying to do with the things like the trip down to mexico, the pretend

meeting that we're trying to pretend like we're stopping it, if anything what they'll try do is decrease the flow so they can say it's decreasing and it will go back up be the they're reelected. they're facing an election issue right now that they're seeing this pop up in polling and they're worried about it but there's no intention to stop this. this is a globalist plan to have a borderless world and run by these international organizations. >> the more likely a future trump presidency may look in 2024, the more we're going to see this illegality ramp up, we'll break record after break record in 2024 and then it would be on that administration to remove the permission slip which the left is going to lose their mind if you say hey, we're going to deport these people who don't have legitimate asylum claims which is what you should do, revoked information slip. >> can you do it? that's the problem. >> tom homan says you can. it's a massive --

>> we're going to -- probably every day for the entire next year until hopefully a new president is chosen by the american people that will have policies. >> the cost of putting up the trump wall, sure looks good right now, doesn't it. >> costs us money just sitting there. we're going to move on. federal prosecutors won't pursue a second trial for disgraced co-founder sam bankman-fried. >> the decision about charging him is sparking concerns that the dthe doj is letting bigger h off the hook. >> alexandria hoff has the latest. >> prosecutors are saying there's no need for a second trial and m pushing one back cod delay victim restitution. sam bankman-fried faces decades in prison after he was convicted on counts of fraud and consconspiracy. the former billionaire was

expected to face additional federal charges. some accusing him of making illegal campaign contributions, taking customers money and giving it to u.s. politicians. there are some particularly online who are giving the side tie the fact that the u.s. government has decided not to pursue the case further. those contributions were alleged to have involved bribery of foreign officials. looking at the stock, the charges were split into two trials to comply with extradition laws to get bankman-fried back from the bahamas. bankman-fried sentencing date has not been pushed back. the judge is allowed to consider political donations and foreign bribery evidence in rendering the decision. he does face up to 110 years behind bars. the former king of crypto, he is set to learn is fate march 28th. >> thank you, alexandria. and happy new year. >> happy new year. >> once again, justice under -- injustice under the guise of justice. they've held sam bankman-fried

accountable in the court of law for what he did in scamming people. but then when it comes to the political donation that he's making the didn't of -- 99% of which went to democrats and the left they're deciding not to go through with that. they don't want to expose the cronyism. >> it's 40 million. the kind of people he was buddying up to on the financial services can committee, people like maxine waters, the list goes on and on, there's pictures on the internet with him hugging and arms around all these very powerful politicians but you have to wonder how -- my question is, how did this affect the election? you know, how did this dirty money affect the election? and two, did any of these politicians now that they know the guy was scamming people, and that this was basically a political money laundering scam, is what it was, are they going to give the money back. >> no. >> had should. >> that's part of the problem here. one thing, he did what he did

and they proved it. he's going to go to jail. the other question is why, did he do it in order to scam money for political contributions? maybe you could have a trial to find that out. kind of reminds me of epstein's list. it's like we're going to nail this one person for doing something terrible but we're not going to look into who else was complicit in it. >> a absolutely, joey. >> precisely right. so we'll never know if you -- the doj will sit on it. the left wing politicians got the money, won't be held accountable to give it back and they tell us it's justice. >> well, no, it's a two tiered system, we know that. >> it's a headline of itself. we're starting with a fox news alert. the u.s. central command confirming helicopters from the uss eisenhower destroyed three houthi gun boats in the red sea earlier this morning after responding to a dis distress cal from a cargo shift after they

shot down missiles while responding to a houthi attack on the same ship the day before. there have been at least 24 attacks by iranian backed groups on ships in the red sea in just the last six weeks. logs angeles county reinstating the mask mandate for healthcare facilities. la county entered the cdc's, quote, medium level for hospital admissions friday triggering the mandate. the mandate will expire when the country re-enters the cdc's low level for hospitalizations and remains there for two consecutive weeks. yeah. >> la county reason states. county rein reinstates.thold mi1 win season in school his he tri

history andthey look happy. in south beach, the orange bowl pitted the top two teams against each other, the georgia bulldogs taking on florida state, dominating fashion p. check it out. >> he's going do to weave hisy into open space. look at this. my oh, my. >> a standout player. ug player was spotted on instagram during the game. the bulldogs, they beat the seminoles 63-3. a lot of folks were saying it's because the seminoles had the star players sitting out. uga had seven st starters out themselves. georgia wanted it ab about 60 points more. that's the result of the game. go dogs. >> you have to fix that, if the stars are not playing in the

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joey: welcome back to "fox & friends." from the space needle in seattle to times square in new york, law enforcement coast to coast is stepping up security ahead of tonight's new year's eve celebrations. it comes y amid growing concerns over pro palestinian and pro hamas groups planning disruptions with an anti-israel message. joining us now, radio host jason rants. we talked about what's happening in new york. one thing that mayor adams pointed to was the success of the rockefeller center tree lighting but even in seattle, you didn't have quite the same success in lighting your own tree. >> no.

a whole lot of people showed up. they disrupted the event, they postponed it for 30 30 minutes d finally they decided to turn on the lights. the mayor left early. this is what we're used to in seattle. and frankly, it's the case all across the country. why are these people doing it? there's no consequences. they are driven by narcism. they believe their position is the only true position. they were taught that israel and the jews ar are oppressors they want to be a part of a bigger movement and they feel like they're accomplishing something. yearly, they're not accomplishing anything but interfering with folks and if they do so f tonight for the new year's eve celebration and fire work show it will further their cause in their own minds but hopefully people will look at

the selfish people the way they are and it's just that, they're selfish narcissists. joey: we have a story of a crazy man with r racist motivations taking a knife and stabbing people. i'm sure you have that in seattle with the homelessness problem you have there. the other side is an organized protest that really asends on a powder keg. the nypd is understaffed, undersupported. they're constantly having to engage and is taking the next step the risk, is the person someone that the city will protect, is it worth risking my life? you have organized proest theres coming in. is your belief they have a spark of violence in them or is it the clashing of ideas that violence may break out?

>> violence may break out. these are people who are motivated by hatred. they hate jews, hate israel, they say jews are committing genocide against folks so they come already from a place of hate. remember, if we had the venn he diagram, kamala harris would be very excited about that, we would see the overlap of people who are involved in the pro hamas movement and antifa. i covered these rallies in seattle and across the country. you i recognize antifa. i recognize quite literally some of the people who were part of the rye riots during the blm nonsense in 2020 and 2021. we know they're capable of violence. the secondary issue that i think is really important especially in a city like seattle, you've got the police who are going to be out in full force early on to your point, very understaffed. guess what? we have a crime crisis right now. we already hit a record high number of homicides in seattle so when the police are out there at the space needle because of

thesthese potential disruptionsu have a bunch of bad guys who will likely be able to take advantage. joey: the rest of the city left unprotected through no fault of their own. jason, thank you for joining us. i hope you ring in the new year safely and have a good time. i'll probably be asleep. >> thanks joey. happy new year. joey: i think we're going to hand it over -- this is what we're going to do. ism going to tell you. with just two months until former president trump's first federal trial, special counsel jack smith is urging an appeals court to reject a key claim of presidential immunity. jason chaffetz will join us live with how this might impact and does impact trump's case.

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yesterday, jack smith filed an argument with the u.s. district court disputing trump is immune from election interference charge as oral arguments are set to begin five days before the iowa caucus. fox news tripper and former congressman jason chaffetz joins us now. jason, this never ends for donald trump. i can't believe everything that's being thrown at him. by the way, also, an appeals court has said that a group of u.s. capitol police are now aallowed to move forward with a case that they're filing against donald trump as well. where do you see all this going? >> i see it as a political vendetta. i think they're worried about him, donald trump on the polls, he's beating joe biden on every single poll that i've seen. i think there's one outlier in had that and i think that timing is highly suspicious. here literally less than a week before the iowa caucuses, they're in court. i think that was a right on the political agenda. jack smith, the department of justice to have that, all that

happen right in the midst of the primary season and i think it's disgusting. rachel: you know, jason, all of this to he me is election interference. obviously, donald trump is wrapped up in all this. yes, he's doing great on the polls. that's true. but you have to imagine this is distracting. he's not as focused on his campaign as he should be because of this. we were just having a discussion off-air after our last top of the hour segment where we're just like what do democrats think will happen to this country if they manage to keep donald trump off the ballot? what would happen p? ?i'm sure you've thought this through as well. >> i don't think they care about that. i think they're more intent on taking down donald trump by any means necessary than they are in preserving democracy. i mean, how many times have we heard the democrats lecture us all about oh, donald trump will get rid of democracy.

so what do the democrats do? let's come up with this strategy to make sure he's not on the ballot. that sounds like an attack on democracy. all of this projection about how bad donald trump would be and all these different issues that he would be a fascist, a dictator, all this stuff, they're all scare tactics. it's backfiring. i think the american people remember the four years under donald trump were pretty good times under donald trump and he didn't do any of those things. rachel: yeah, they're going to keep trying to keep him off the ballot. more than half the country wants him on there. at least wants the choice and again, i just think this breaks the country. i'm really worried. i mean, we're on the eve of 2024 and i'm really worried about the country moving into the next year, like what else will they try and when the american people feel backed up against the corner because they're not even allowed to vote for who they want to vote for or even given a choice, i don't know what happens to the country. it's a volatile, scary

situation. you even have david axle rod this week saying a maybe this might end badly. you think so? rachel: yeah. well, you have a great show lined up, jason, sunday morning futures, you're hosting right after this show. who are your guests? what do you have for us? >> yeah, filling in for maria bartiromo and, hey, there's a lot happening in the news. we're kicking things off with the attorney general of texas, ken paxton, the department of justice and homeland security they don't want the help in texas, they want to sue texas for trying to help stem the flow of illegal immigration. we have representative michael waltz coming on talking about the navy lieutenant who was incarcerated in japan for nearly three years for a driving accident, brought back to the united states. he's still in jail. we're going to talk to him about that. a great new year's message from cardinal dolan with an interview with maria and then robert o'brien, the former national security advisor for donald trump, we're going to talk about

that attack by the houthis on the ship in the red sea and what iran with a nuclear bomb, what that would look like for the world and then we're going to wrap it up with beth van duyne the congresswoman from texas, a lot happening next week. they've got to do funding, they've got the hunter biden and joe biden -- i should say joe biden impeachment inquiry. there's a lot happening there. it will be a packed show. hope you can join us at the top of the hour. rachel: we're definitely tuning in. sounds like an awesome show. thank you, jason and happy new year. >> happy new year, rachel. thank you. rachel: still ahead, oklahoma pushing a te a test case that cd change the supreme court's interpretation of the first impeachment, working to fund a christian school, we'll talk to the attorney spearheading that push straight ahead. what the? good morning hallow makes it easy to build a daily habit

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>> i love this story. in the new year, we're set to bring a new challenge to the separation of church and state in america's public schools as the roman catholic archdiocese of o oklahoma pushes to build a school entirely funded by taxpayers. the next guest is christian wagner joining us you now. as i understand it, oklahoma has

a charter school program and the state is simil simply saying wee going to allow religious institutions to use this program as well starting with this particular program. >> you're exactly right. the constitution consistent with the supreme court's decision said it's wrong for government to treat religious organizations unequally so if they're offering a public benefit or funding program, they can't exclude individuals or groups just because they're religious so this program offers public funding and charter school approval to all kinds of different schools and that should include those religious schools that would like to participate. >> you're exactly right. when i hear the word charter that means publicly funded but it has so far meant it ha has to be entirely secular and what oklahoma is saying is christian schools, religious schools should have the same opportunity to apply for that to start a school and you believe the constitution defends their right to do so? >> absolutely. the constitution prevents religious discrimination and the

supreme court has said that time and again. the first amendment ensures we have a pluralistic society. it's not meant to create a wall removing religion from public life. one point that has to be made is not necessarily about the school's right but the parents' rights. we work to ensure parents can make decisions in the best interest of their kids and educational choice is in the best interest of parents and the kids. >> no doubt. this is the next level. it's one thing to get a voucher and choose where to go with it. this is more direct. now, i would suspect this will get challenged, right? >> yes, it has. actually, we represent the visvirtual school board charter, the school there, that was consistent with the governor's interpretation and the attorney generals. there's been an activist group, a nineanew attorney general filt

and it's before the court right now. >> how do you think that will play out in oklahoma. i presume it will be challenged all the way to the supreme court. >> it very well could be. states can no longer hide behind state constitutions to disguise relidge is bigotry. religious organizations and parents have the right to make decisions that are in the best interest of their kids and align with their faith. the supreme court has actually said it's odious to the constitution. i am hopeful. >> i love what you're doing. we have been backward for so long. we stripped god out of the public institutions. we took a letter written by thomas jefferson and decided there was a wall of separation between all faiths, the opposite of what our founders intended. >> absolutely. that's historically inaccurate version and the first amendment exists to ensure we can make the deep personal choices on our own behalf and not have activists or

bureaucrats have a strangle hold over what our children are taught. >> freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. thank you for sharing this and have a happy new year. god bless. >> thank you, you too. >> a million people are set to flood into times square to ring in the new year. rick reichmuth is there to count down the hours, the minutes there for him. break out the bubbly, we have the tips and tricks to say investigator champagne like a champ. we'll try it ourselves. ♪ to duckduckgo on all your devie

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grumpy. >> gwen brought the s sparkle back. >> something had to happen. it's gwen. it's beautiful in all kinds of ways. jen is beautiful, gwen also beautiful, jeff straws, i met you roughly 17 year ago at this event. you're the executive producer of ttimes square evening event whih is a big responsibility. >> new york city, nypd, fdny, the mayor's office do a great job making it a party for the entire world. >> it's a party. it has to be safe. >> nypd makes it safe, fun and friendly for everyone. i have my gloves, scarf, necklace, hat, and this year we're bringing back the eye glasses. i thought what better. >> all right. this is my revelry for the year. tell me about what's going to be

-- it's in the shape of a bow tie. >45thstreet it comes together. at 1204 we'll be celebrating the anniversary by turning the ball into a bow tie pattern. the ball will go up and come back down. >> when you come to visit new york you can see the numbers here, the 2024, you can see the ball year-round here and we now have -- you guys set up a new thing. we've got a amazing view. tell me what it's like for the people in times square tonight. >> there's no moment like it. right before midnight paul anka will sing and right into the inspirational rendition of imagine. we'll be up on our feet and into the midnight count down where

the world comes together where we count down the final seconds in unison, filled with joy, hope and goodwill for the future and the ball comes down and a blizzard of confetti where people write wishes inside the confetti. when you're in ti times care you can pull down one of the tens of thousands of wishes from people all over the world and you can read it to each other which we do every year. >> i had no idea that the confetti has handwritten notes and it's hand thrown out. >> we have 100 confetti dispersal engineers you've got to fluff it and feel it and you make it float. >> best of luck to you. you have a big responsibility on your back and shoulders today. i know you'll nail it like you do every year. did you have any idea that all that confetti is thrown out by actual people, not by machines? >> dispenser engineers or

whatever it was and they have wishes. that's pretty cool. i learned something, rick. nicely done. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. rachel: happy new year. all right, we're counting down the hours until 2024 and it's not new year's eve without the bottle of bubbly and you've got it here for us. >> here to show us how to savor champagne like a pro is yvette russell. >> thank you for having me, folks. so i guess we're going to get into it. let's do this. >> why is champagne for new year's? >> it's one of the most celebrated beverages of all time. it came back from t napo lean ty would drink some after every

victory. >> keep the cage on. i'm a professional. i've done this before. rachel: it's so cold. >> you never point a bottle at someone you don't intend to savor with it. >> okay. >> keep the cage on. >> keep the cage on. are we ready to go for it. little demonstration. all ready? wonderful. >> take a step back here. >> ready? here we go. one, two, -- there we go. >> wow. >> wow. >> we're going to pour a little bit here. >> there we go. >> all in celebration. >> there's still potential. >> do you have some pointers? >> are you ready? >> didn't s she say to keep the cage on? >> not once you do it. >> point it up a little he hig. let it rip. come on. one more time. one -- one more time. >> big boy muscles.

>> one more time. >> are you ready for it now? you might want to close your eyes. >> there you go. [ applause ] >> you go first, pete. >> you're not going to get out of this. >> all right. do it with authority, like you mean it. >> way over here. >> wow. >> all right. >> we're going to do this here. >> i didn't know how to take the cage off. >> no worries, honey. >> okay. i've got the savor down. >> give it a little umph. >> it feels very dangerous but all right. >> yea! [ applause ] >> sorry, joey. >> all right. >> look at that pour. she's my kind of pour. >> love that. >> more "fox & friends" coming right up. >> thanks, yvette.

[cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ joey: yeah, yeah. the crowd wasn't that lively before they got the champagne -- [laughter] rachel: [inaudible] pete: if i love it. rachel: happy new year, everybody. pete: hook at this, rachel -- [inaudible conversations] [laughter] rachel: i'm ready for 2024. pete: on behalf of "fox & friends" weekend, thanks for joining us all of 2023. it's been a healthcare of a ride. rachel: yeah, buckle up, 2024's going to be crazy, and we're going to cover it all on this show. joey: have a happy new year tonight, watch some football, and i'll see you torrow morning. pete: go to church, everybody. rachel: absolutely. ♪ ♪ >> good sunday morning