brian: erik: yes. brian: let me just stop you there to also ask you. you made a comment earlier about the decision on what photographs to run and what not to run. we showed an earlier photo, say, of martha, but you didn't put that one in the book. erik: i didn't put that in the book, because, well, for a couple of reasons. i wanted to have i wanted to have her more glamorous image in the book, because i think that more captures how she came off to the people she encountered in real life. now, in photographs in photographs it's very hard. you could see the one photograph of martha and find yourself thinking, this woman was attractive? she had all these affairs? what was this? brian: like this one right here. erik: yes, right. but she was i think the glamorous photograph really sort of captured better the sense of what people saw who encountered her on a daily basis in berlin in that period. brian: what about your i mean, we're going to show some photographs that aren't in your book. what was your overall philosophy of what to run and what not to run? er

brian: still doing it.y 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." ♪ ♪ i'll be honest. by the end of the day, my floors...yeesh. but who has the time to clean? that's why i love my swiffer wetjet. it's a

brian: you too.ell, 2023 was an eventful year for unions with contract fights as a ups, the big three automakers, hollywood studios and more. economists warn the wins for union union unions could put pressure on prices in 2024. kelly saw a beforely is live in chicago with the latest. >> reporter: hi, brian. those strikes cost the economy billions of dollars, but more than half a million workers picketing in the u.s. this year and hundreds of thousands more threatening to strike. the bureau of labor statistics say there were 30 work stop thages with at least 1,000 workers or more this past year. kaiser permanent today employees saw a 211% increase -- 21% increase. uated autoworkers won a 25% pay increase over 4 years for 50,000 employees at, ford, general motors and stellantis. ford saying that will add $9000 to each new vehicle -- 900, and the automaker will try to offset that. sag-aftra and the writers' guild of america won a 12.5% increase over 3 years. those contracts didn't come without a cost. j

>> ainsley: yes, brian over to you. >> brian: thank you so much.ainsley as israel fights hamas in gaza the terror threat appears to be going global. listen to this german and dutch police say they captured four hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on jewish institutions across europe. joining us is retired four star general jack keane. we heard about the terror threat. we are worried about it here. they obviously have a reason to worry about there. >> well, certainly. we have every reason to worry about it. our fbi director has told us very much the same thing that the threat has increased significantly. we got an open border for sure. that certainly is a way to accelerate that threat. you know, hamas is not as much of a foreign threat as hezbollah is. but, nonetheless, it's obvious they do have that capability. we're seeing it now in europe. but, the focus certainly is taking place on the gaza strip with the idf. and that is where it should be and we're in a real tough fight there. >> we are. >> general, what about the fact houthi rebels sh

brian: yep.ultuous end to his 17-year career in d.c., the only speaker of the house in history to be voted out. [cheers and applause] >> all right. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. >> still no speaker in the house at this hour but plenty of frustration. brian: no kidding. congressman matt gaetz leading the group of eight republicans who joined democrats historically voting him out as speaker all because of an ethics complaint about him from the following congress. but before mccarthy ended his term early, i went to see him for his final interview as a sitting congress congressman, kind of his exit interview. we asked about a his critics and what is next for hip. but first, we start with reaction to the big stories impacting americans in the 2024 presidential election like the border, like ukraine and-upper. and hunter. >> hunter biden had a press conference on the senate side and then packed up and went home. i think what we have found a rot of things that the -- a lot

brian: on you. mr., they go to my website, daryldavis.com -- daryldavis.com -- and there, they can find my schedule, my performance schedule as well as my speaking schedule or appearances on media. brian: you're going to write another book? mr. davis: i am updating the old book, klan-destine relationships, because like i said, the book came out in the late 1990's, and many things have happened since then. we've had a black president, we've had an increase in immigration both legal and illegal, and all of that has fueled, you know, the white right of that mentality, so i want to update the book, talk about people who were in there, some have passed, some are still around, update people on that as well as tell new stories. brian: of all the publicity you've had over the years, which one got you the most visibility and the most reaction? mr. davis: you know, that's really hard to say because i've had a lot of great ones and there are some that are still in the can. for example, there's a natgeo thing that

thanks, brian.er becoming everyone's problem at the federal bureau of prisons now being tasked with migrant transportation that's still ahead. >> carley: plus our 12 days of giving continues with the wounded warriors project you know them, you love them. the kingston family tells us their incredible story of recovery coming up next. >> brian: general lendington, too. ♪ there's something going around the gordon home. good thing gertrude found delsym. now what's going around is 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together. (vo) wells fargo has donated $525 million dollars... (girl) hey mom! is this one really mine? (mom) honey, like i said... you get your own room. (vo) ...to support housing affordability solutions for families across america. when a bank does what it says, more people can find a place to call their own. doing gets it done. wells fargo. the bank of doing. lowe's knows you need to save money this holiday so... you can get more of w

you are on to something brian. >> carley: there is something you and brian need to hash out.ms football game giants and patriots, you punched him. >> his lawyer has already been in touch. >> brian: i was punched. >> we were there on the field and neither of us got to meet tommy cutlets. >> carley: how was the game? >> the giants won, they want me back every sunday. >> brian: one of the biggest surprise, you had faith. made me question my faith because both teams were terrible. they played and giants win. >> giants and jets, it was great at the altar this year. >> lawrence: i have to ask, my final week with these guys -- >> where you going? >> lawrence: going on vacation, i'll be back. i am not leaving the show, i just got here. have you had luck getting brian to church? >> i have had luck getting him to church, i have not gotten him to confessional. >> carley: i was just reading, you made news about your health. >> two weeks ago, what happened, thanksgiving time now i got my brother pat and his three kids here and thanksgiving my sister lisa and her two daughters and great ni

brian: you're 71 and i'm not.et's talk about the other thing. this is so much like sports and that's where i think the primary season is, iowa caucus 25 days away. yup, the new poll shows former president donald trump has a reason to have a bounce in his step today. is he still the overwhelming favorite among republican voters in that state. >> carley: polling shows americans want a strong leader in the house. >> >> lawrence: peter doocy live from the white house with the latest. >> whoever is the commander-in-chief gets to order norad to track santa on christmas eve as he flies all around the world to don't forget to check that out next week as we look at these polls in iowa donald trump has nearly triple the support of ron desantis. he has got more than a majority, 52%. desantis has 18, haley is right there at 16, ramaswamy has 7. chris christie focusing his attention elsewhere like new hampshire, 3%. and this is how people are making up their minds, extremely important for 78% of voters there to have a strong l

>> brian: not really.bviously i don't have the self-esteem. >> steve: we are all the face of the show. >> brian: the fails of the show is the logo. let's be honest. ains "fox & friends." brian kilmeade no more friends. >> brian: radio a long time ago. >> ainsley: doctors getting bigger bonuses on the color of their skin. lawsuit just filed. >> brian: that's refreshing. chinese cyber army is on the attack. where in america they are targeting and targeting was in bold in the prompter. >> steve: now the 4reend of tommy with a win on monday night football. we love this story. >> brian: he went home for dinner last night. >> steve: there is his agent kissing his father right there. joe buck said he is going to break the internet. how the giants quarterback and huge italian family are taking over that nfl. last christmas, i gave you my heart. the very next day ♪ you gave it away ♪ this year ♪ i'm giving to someone special. ♪ last christmas ♪ i gave you my heart ♪ but the very next day ♪ you gave it away ♪ someti

. >> brian: you're learning from me? >> lawrence: i do. >> brian: you're generalizing. >> lawrence: you always think i'm joking, you are truly the face of the show. >> brian: glad you are here. >> ainsley: ainsley is america's sweetheart. and steve is the dad of the show. >> steve: the grandpaafter that. >> brian: within five seconds, what do you need to say? >> lawrence: we should say, the third hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> ainsley: good job. >> brian: perfect. ♪ ♪ >> brian: that like -- [cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is living american country love song >> lawrence: that's you. what's up, florida? [cheering] >> lawrence: maybe. it is a big show here in -- [laughter] -- bag show here in florida. great folks here. love the country, so proud what is happening in the country. guys, bring you on in. >> steve: that is right. i saw you serving a bloody mary. i did a couple diners at harry 52. there were people drinking there and it is florida and it is friday. >> lawrence: that is right, if you're in the area come

sean: hey, brian. have blinken and mayorkas going to mexico to stop the flow of illegal immigration into the country. and if you believe that, i have a bridge to tell -- to sell you. we have congressman pat fallon on that to unpack it all. kelly: we're phone to have john burnett, also alex a lace, he's a host of the podcast first class fatherhood. sean, we're going to talk to him about whether taylor swift could save biden because she certainly can do everything else this year. but first, we're going to have more "evening edit."es that's es next.less ♪ npolitics into the boardroom, then into our living rooms. that's why i use spotlight reports from 1792 exchange. here, i can search more than 2,000 companies, to see if they care more about divisive social issues than about running a sound business. isn't it time we got back to the business of business? learn the risk to your company or family at 1792exchange.com. - it's payback time. all these years you've worked hard, you've fixed it, you've looked aft

all right, brian, over to you. >> brian: good job.h the crime crisis and start here in our nation's capital. ten teens charged as adults for string of car thefts, stole 15 vehicles and multiple victims held to gunpoint. comparing the crime spree to the video game grand theft auto. >> whoever is telling that you she's car jacked vehicles are free cars, that there won't be consequences if you are caught, that you won't get caught if you are wearing a mask is lying to you. we will track you down and aggressively pursue the charges that fit the crime in our continuing effort to make the community safe. >> brian: all right there have been more than 930 carjackings in d.c. so far this year, insane. in a few hours, the house rules committee will meet to try to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that means the full house could vote on the resolution as soon as tomorrow. if approved, we could see articles of impeachment filed in the first half of 2024. and, hunter biden is scheduled for a closed door deposition with the

. >> ainsley: thank you, brian.l what you is coming up on the fox news channel today. this is what you'll see. first, at 9:30 this morning, the secretary of state anthony blinken is set to deliver remarks in dubai. plus, today, the house g.o.p. members at 9:00 this morning are going to discuss holding a vote formalizing an impeachment inquiry into joe biden. and then today at 10:30 this morning, new york congressman george santos is facing his third expulsion vote. and with more on that vote and what we can expect today we go to our tv's todd piro with the latest. >> todd: ainsley, thank you. we are just hours away from that closed door vote. yesterday outside the capital this was something. george santos addressed the allegations and the push to remove him saying he'll be okay regardless of the outcome. watch. >> so be it, take the vote. i'm at peace. i have accepted that whether i get expelled or i don't, i have accepted that i cannot control that fate, mr. speaker. i have done the best i can to serve in this body

brian: yeah. and that's something that i've heard many people say, the decision shouldn't just be against colorado or maine, but it ought to be unanimous. there should be no daylight between any of the justices on this. we shall see. soll wisen brg -- soll wisen bigger, thank you for your insight to the. >> thanks for having me. brian: let's welcome former arkansas governor mike huckabee. governor, okay, let me just start with this. you're a governor. you had a secretary of state. if your secretary of state would have pulled manager like this, how would you have responded? >> in arkansas the secretary of state is elected, but i think i would have joined with every sensible bl person and say this person ought to be impeached, they're not fit to be an off the holder. this is crazy. i do hope the supreme court gets this case quick ally. i agree with what's been said, it needs to be a 9-0 decision, and hopefully it will be, and this nonsense will stop. it's absurd. brian: yeah, agreed. let's talk abou

there is something there, brian. >> brian: i love that cliffhanger, fox business 6:00. are wearing a tie with dagen. >> thanks, brian. >> brian: special thanks to everyone who continues to pick up teddy and booker t. friday night a couple days away i want to see everyone in munhall, pennsylvania doing a live show on stage with every ticket you get a book and fox nation special and i'm'm not sue what they are going to give away this imtoo. they haven't told us yet. and then holland, michigan on saturday. i want to see everyone in attendance, it's motivational, inspirational and patriotic. can you imagine all that with great grace though i'm going to go to talking about the book to talking it about lawrence jones. >> lawrence: everybody is saying why doesn't brian kilmeade invite you on the tour? i'm just waiting for it. >> brian: everyone is saying that? >> lawrence: that's what he they're saying. >> brian: you are next, lawrence. you don't travel well. you don't travel light. i'm just a shoulder bag guy. >> lawrence: start off with headlines in philadelphia. the body of

>> brian: it is about iowa.y candidate to go to all 99, he got bob vanderplot, and he moved his staff to iowa. he feels if he can take iowa, he has to win it, he can get momentum and close the gap, make it seem donald trump is vulnerable, close the gap. nikki haley is gaining money and steam. no one getting close to president trump right now whachl is your thought overall? do you feel as though he felt he won? >> lawrence: yeah, i think he did. he felt like he won the debate. there is an argument he did based on the record, the question is also, though, will some independent buy the swagger and the framing of newsom's lies? if you have friends not a part of your political ideology, you know some can be easily influenced and i hear it all the time. he's great. he talks a certain way. he's likeable. that matters to voters. >> ainsley: i was watching with someone from florida, when gavin newsom said ron desantis closed the beaches, they said, no he didn't. then desantis said you closed disney world, we had it open

stay tuned. >> lawrence: probably brian. >> steve: it is not brian. >> ainsley: not you, either lawrenceley. >> steve: coming up later this week. >> brian: i think it is toney for lining up wrong. >> steve: this is december 11th, before christmas. we're talking politics. it's most wonderful time of the year for us, but if you're joe biden, newest "wall street journal" poll, first ever that favors donald trump, not good. he's calling out hillary clinton. i need your help with women and everybody else as quickly as possible and she's picked up the phone and said, whatever you need. >> ainsley: nbc news steps out as key player in biden reelection effort. she is a surrogate for biden's reelection campaign. she had a fundraiser at her house and raised million dollars for his campaign. she published in the atlantic and was on "the view." >> brian: donald trump knows how to beat her and drive her crazy. she does not draw crowds. she had to hire oaudiences to show up. that is what joe biden needs, nonstop surfats, gavin newsom, governor shapiro and obama usually comes in late at the end. >> stev

it. >> brian: i do. you are getting ready for work, it is almost 9 minutes until the top of the hour. later today hunter biden's lawyers hope to get thinks gun charges thrown out. we will discuss as problems continue to pile up for the embattled first son. >> brian: plus, a george washington university family member claiming hamas terrorists have a right of resistance? a g.w. student joins us to react, next. ♪ my daddy's a cowboy, i'm a cowboy and i'm raising a cowgirl. and discovering that my family come from farmers for generations. this life is in our blood. give the gift of family heritage with ancestry. for almost 100 years, harry and david has been making gourmet gifts to share with loved ones near and far. because giving is about more than a day on the calendar. we believe the world would be a better place if we all shared more. harry and david. life is a gift, share more. as a way to say thank you this holiday season, bass pro shops and cabela's club members save even more while supporting conser

[laughter] >> brian: donner. >> carley: con comet, cupid blitzen. >> brian: amazing those names haven'tre 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 imree

merry christmas to you. >> fred: merry christmas. >> julie: brian. >>> brian: the former president is asking to throwt out previous charges. but does it hold weight? we'll discuss next with guy lewis next. >>> i just want to wish happy holidays to my family, my mom, my dad and my sister. merry christmas. >> julie: former president donald trump is now asking a federal appeals court to dismiss the election submersion charges brought by jack smith. the former president says he's immune from the charges. former attorney guy lewis is here to discuss. let's ego to david in washington first hi, david. >> david: hi, julie. he says the charges should be dropped because he's covered by didn't mean immunity because he was president at the time of the alleged crimes. on page 79, it says trump has absolutely immunity from his officialaths as president, so it must be dismissed. the former attorney general gave his thoughts on this claim that trump is protected by immunity, watch. >> if you're performing in an official function, the president has absolute immunity. and i think that has to be protect

. >> brian: sometimes there is contradiction. >> lawrence: any biblical advice from brian. >> brian:nsley: we had a priest on one time answered tried bless him and he said god bless you. >> brian: in the middle i real lived i didn't have any power. >> i don't have the power to bless you. >> ainsley: you have not gone to seminary i don't think. >> brian: not yet. low sats. >> steve: coming up on this wednesday, remember that story. >> ainsley: everybody is welcome. >> steve: coming up a groom whose wife was killed on the wedding nighter were a golf cart, now forced to fight her mother over her estate. a live report coming up. >> brian: but, first, cue the democracy music. donald trump taking stage packed town hall. >> democracy music? >> never abuse power retribution against anybody? >> except for day one, we are closing the border and drilling, drilling, drilling. >> lawrence: our voter panel, they are live next. >> brian: with democracy music. ♪ ♪ my active psoriatic arthritis can make me feel like i'm losing my rhythm. with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm getting into my g

. >> brian: i'm just saying.elive the moment. >> lawrence: now you know how he felt. >> brian: as close to a blessing i will ever get from a cardinal. punch in the arm. >> carley: ask him about the origins of that punch later in the show. >> brian: this had to feel somewhat of a gut punch for the former president of the united states for the first time we see a poll that fox news supports that says that i -- that is reputable. i think the second major one since governor sununu endorsed governor haley. governor haley is within four points of donald trump in new hampshire. >> carley: that's right. 33 to 29%. this san american research group poll, which is based in new hampshire. and this could be seen as a bit of an outlier poll. there was a cbs news poll that still showed nikki haley surging but trump 15 points ahead. so, possibly a bit of an outlier but certainly one that's making headlines. most polls show donald trump in national polls up by 30 points. so, is haley inching closer to donald trump since governor

brian, take it away. >> brian: let's talk china and they have got some problems.nk we are the only ones with problems not so much. the chinese communist party extreme competition intense work. only way to succeed. its new generation, younger generation rejected that path and quote letting it rot. the trend shows many people quitting their jobs and turning to meditation and other forms of spirituality. other fortune teller and buddhist or mountain necessary areas philosophies. some are throwing quitting parties and banners celebrating their new found freedom. next guest says chinese leaders have only themselves to blame. their next generation not so into china. the author of "bully of asia" steve mosier joins us now. i was stunned on this. first keeping an eye on a economy deflation, lack of growth and unemployment amongst its youth at 21%. the ones that are working and can get a job are choosing not to. >> yeah. well, the unemployment rate is actually probably twice that, brian. i mean, it sounds incredible that 46 or 50% of the young people in china would be unem

she goes, where is brian kilmeade at? she wanted to see brian kilmeade.y feelings, i understood brian is the face of the show. >> brian: you have been 100 diners and one person asks. >> lawrence: where is brian kilmeade? >> brian: sorry to disappoint her, everybody else is glad you are here. let's talk women sports and why we believe women should play women's sports? >> steve: on capitol hill, today there will be importance of protecting female athletes and title 9 and looking at proposed rule changes to expand definition of sexual discrimination to include gender identity and what that means is a school or a college could not ban transgender athletes from competing. title 9 would make it legal for transgender athletes to participate at college and high school level. >> ainsley: riley gaines will be speaking in front of congress, today at 2:00 p.m. thchl is a topic where everyone has different views. for riley gaines and women who play college sports, they are talking about fairness. you can be anything you want to be. many say i do not want to get politi

brian, join in. >> brian: i don't qualify. i appreciate it.en, you are inviting me to sing. >> lawrence: if you are the face of the show. >> carley: a week from today, week after christmas, unboxes will be unwrapped. >> brian: i've never heard anybody emphasize the day after christmas. >> carley: think back to the day before and it was so nice. >> brian: if it comes out good, you have seen the chevy chase movies. >> lawrence: i don't want to think about it, day after christmas. >> carley: celebrate until three kings day. >> brian: especially day after. >> steve: and now this. >> lawrence: something good going on -- why this? >> carley: i understand where you are going with that. developing story on capitol hill. senator ben cardon is speaking out after a staffer filmed an explicit video in the white house. >> peter: senator ben cardon's name was trending over the weekend because a staffer did something naughty. the maryland democrat is saying it made him angry. >> breach your trust? >> the police are doing the investigation, it is a personnel

brian doesn't seem impressed by it. >> brian: i like the fire, i love the song until i am here for at message about mentoring, hey, christmas time, get a tan. >> lawrence: it was the wrong transition. you are criticizing tobin. >> carley: not sponsored by america's dermatologist, they would not recommend a suntan for christmas. >> brian: next year get sunspots burned off. >> lawrence: holiday travel rush is on. >> brian: millions of americans packing up and going to the airport to get to their destination. >> carley: busy day at the airport and garrett is there live. what is it looking like? >> it is busy, security lanes are flying quick. for anyone traveling today, buckle up, it is expected to be busy across the country. how busy? triple a expects this holiday travel period to be second busiest on record going back to 2000. today is expected to be the busiest with tsa expecting 2.5 million people going through security today alone, roughly same number between now and january 2. so far it looks like folks travels are on santa's nice list. no major delays at this point and weather is

they ruined the holiday experience. >> brian: hypothetical. you are mayor of boston and let out christmas party invitation and put whites only. how would that go over? >> lawrence: i think she would have to resign. >> brian: within an hour. >> steve: i don't know, this is pretty much the same thing. >> rachel: new rule, if you have a no whites allowed there is a spouse exception. i was going to have that no white people christmas party here, but i would like sean to go. >> steve: because he is your designated driver. >> brian: biblical reference. you have jesus in the ma mafrj /* /* manger. everybody was around him, no grab bag, no asians-only. bring your babies and wisemen and drummer boy and have a party. >> lawrence: brian, you delivered it. >> rachel: they were all brown. the point is lovely. >> brian: thank you. >> steve: the christmas story, there was no room at the inn, rather than sleep in the holiday inn express, they had to sleep in the barn. >> brian: i blame the parents, you shouldn't travel during holiday and expect to get a room.

. >> brian: check out of work?> ainsley: rehab. >> lawrence: this is moment people do it. >> steve: are you saying you're checking out right now? >> lawrence: you get the itis. you may get vacation time. >> steve: it is two weeks away. >> lawrence: it is true. >> brian: present company included. i don't believe your premise. >> lawrence: i am sitting next to a bunch of teacher pets. >> ainsley: look what i made, i saw a picture of this on instagram, i made this, it is an orange tree. you can post it on instagram. >> steve: beautiful. >> ainsley: aren't those pretty? took all day, they are clementine, or tafrj tangerine trees. >> steve: you can eat it. >> ainsley: reminded me of my childhood. i focused yesterday making my orange tree. >> brian: no pit, right? can't reproduce. >> ainsley: do not eat them off my tree. >> brian: i will not. i'm never invited over. let's keep it that way. we checked out. >> steve: right, check out. >> ainsley: why don't we let someone else do the show, break out the eggnog. i have eggno

tone deaf. >> brian: thanks, peter.l bring you. >> lawrence: when you think about it guys, i see why he is upset with the staff about this. they have been driving this white house agenda from the very beginning. so they're doing -- the president is doing whatever the staff says. widely reported this is more of a staff driven white house. and it's not working for the american people. so he is saying guys. i did what you said. explain it away. at least sell it to the american people. >> carley: these poll numbers are so, so bad. and i read that the biden administration was ditching the bidenomics phrase because. it was viewed as tone deaf and out of touch. so maybe they will start to pick a new phrase that people can forget bidenomics. even among democrats, it says all voters -- dissatisfied with how things are going in the u.s. all voters 68% are dissatisfied. 47% of democrats as well. >> brian: so a couple things. i'm reading some of these democratic pollsters. especially this one that james carville and stanley greenbe

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. >> brian: thanks so much.go over to ainsley. you have the other breaking news. >> ainsley: we begin our headlines in minneapolis overnight. police arresting a man in connection with with a deadly shooting at homeless encampment that is set to be demolished. hours beforehand city officials announced they had delayed clearing the camp so everyone would have time to find the housing. homeless camp the site of numerous crimes in recent month. florida officials fining this high school for allowing a transgender student to play on the girl's volleyball team. the school violating the state's fairness in women's sports act which prohibits biologically male students from playing on girls public school teams. the school now has to pay more than $16,000 in fines. tennessee congressman tim burchted 16-minute christmas party is hailed as a huge success that's right. 1-6. a bipartisan crowd joined in on the fun yesterday. that included a brief visit from santa. and he says christmas brings everyone together in 16 minutes is

brian? >> brian: all right, peter.ourt hearing arguments yesterday on whether former president donald trump will be kept off the state's ballots in 2024. according to axios, the justices, who were all appointed by democrats appear skeptic of the legal push to keep the former president off the ballot. is there anything there? let's bring in jonathan turley. george washington university law professor. i know you were skeptic in this to begin with. from when you hear about these deliberations and other failed attempts, does this make you feel confident that donald trump will beat this? >> well, i have never, as you have noted, had faith in this theory. i think that it's unfounded. both constitutionally and historically. it's also, perhaps, the most dangerous legal theory to come up in years. what you are suggesting is that the 14th amendment, in section 3 within that amendment, can block a candidate like trump from the presidential ballot. just on the vote of these judges. they are treating january 6th as an insurrection.

brian.me off for gop primary candidate this is holiday season the iowa caucuses front runner with early stocking stuffer and going to fast track former president trump's immunity claim in election interference claim. alicia: we begin with alexandria hoff live in washington with more on president biden's poll numbers and messages. hi, alex. >> hay, alicia. the revving up of the biden-harris campaign is a release put out titled inside the maga plan to attack birth control, surveil women and ban birth control. president trump was mentioned elitedly making clear the effort was there and tieing the former president to the restrictive border policies and the biden team says the campaign will hit full steam by early summer and concerns over the president's age and performance can be easily countered by more direct engagement. >> that's us and is extremely good and excellent retail politician and him and the biden campaign. >> push for black and hispanic voters and on wednesday the president touted

brian, i'm sure you have some thoughts on that. >> brian: i did.. i thought the americaer took place already and we are talking about fines and how they are going to come together what's he doing? for $300 million, i worry that money is not going to bring him happiness. [ laughter ] >> carley: i mean, it could add. >> lawrence: what else does it need? >> ainsley: won't bring happiness and makes your life easier and freedom. also, generational wealth. $300 million? >> carley: i read 600 million as some of the estimates. he wouldn't confirm the money, obviously with bret. bret did ask which was a good question. >> ainsley: that's money you give to your children and grandchildren and help so many generations. >> brian: grow up soft without any application. what am i on this planet for. >> ainsley: that's a different issue. >> lawrence: i never liked that quote money doesn't buy happiness? >> as somebody who used to be broke. >> carley: lawrence, how many pairs of sneakers. >> ainsley: i was broke and happy. i had great 20 years. i was so in debt. >> l

brian kilmeade, over to you. >> brian: some of the highlights and reasons to watch today.ts and insight and major events. 10:00 this morning human rights enforcement. we like our rights enforced. sounds great. 12:00 eastern time the president will try to get some attention along with the vice president because there is a debate tonight and a town hall last night. he says what about me, what about me? oakland a pro-palestinian teach-in talking about the conflict from the palestinian perspective. a lot of people not comfortable with this. expect jewish families to keep their kids home. i will go over to the living room and do something extremely special. >> lawrence: you just wanted a longer walk, didn't you? >> brian: i need the steps. >> steve: let's talk about the last point where they will have this pro-palestinian teach-in today in the oakland schools and the whole idea is we've heard so much about how israel faced a massacre and atrocities of october 7th. this essentially when you look at the teaching materials, this shows that the israelis are the bad guys in this. >>

brian brian fox news alert. president biden facing indictment for not paying taxes. time big bucks bank roll extravagant life tile. >> ainsley: peter doocy joins us from the white house. >> the president's son hunter is accused of financial crimes that could put him in prison for 17 years, including failure to pay taxes in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. failure to file returns in 2018, that's a felony. tax evasion in 2018, that's a felony, too. the government alleges between 2016 and october 15th 2020 the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties. exotic cars, clothing and other items of a personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes and here is what that looks like among other things. 1 point # million dollars in cash taken out of atms, $683,000 in payments to various women $188,000 on adult entertainment among other things. who gets bailed out by millionaires or billionaires mysteriously? which he should owe taxes on that as well comer saying about the whistleblowers gary shapely and joseph ziegler placed t

brian: giving into the season. >> ainsley: nothing better than that traditional look. >> brian: remind me of bret hume. >> lawrence: a classic man. >> you are too much, best christmas gift i've got. >> steve: cost a fortune. hunter biden showing up 90 minutes from now. because his attorney only wanted him to be in public before the camera, instead, they will do a closed-door deposition. we've seen this movie before. hunter biden will probably take the fifth amendment 100 times if there are questions his lawyer does not want him to answer, right? >> i imagine a lot of questions he will say, i can't recall, or he will not answer specifically. will they be able to hold him in contempt? hunter's gamble was to say testify publicly here and help with public image. then we had additional charges filed last week. will this create legal jeopardy for him? the white house not talking about this, which has been par for the course, insisting this up to hunter's lawyers, but they have been talking more publicly. they realize they will be fighting with congress, and courts and public opinion. >> stev

have you worked with him, too haven't you brian? >> brian: yeah. kind of like a family fight.esantis and trump they are asking to pick their favorite kid. because they really like both of them persecution of donald trump has only made us more firm in his camp because if we allow this to happen to him, then it's going to happen to every republican president. >> now they have got to pick. it's going to be desantis vs. trump plus nikki haley the race is on. >> ainsley: i saw you at the "fox & friends" christmas party yesterday. i guess you got on a plane after that. >> lawrence: that's exactly right. i didn't have drink too much because i didn't want to go through the tsa line and them say is this guy drunk heading onto the plane? so i was limited in my drinking. me and my dog hightailed to the airport. >> steve: hightailed. >> lawrence: we made it. >> ainsley: would you like to share any other personal information this morning? >> brian: from the chopper to the plane, that's how lawrence travels. >> ainsley: we look forward to meeting those fine folks down in fort myers. >> stev

confession. >> brian: which is? >> lawrence: i buy the fake tree, i did not know you had to water the real tree. growing up, we never had a real tree. my dad -- >> brian: weapon by new year's eve. >> lawrence: i did not want to confess it, i can't let brian be embarrassed, this is worse. >> steve: you love the piney smell of the tree, when you don't water it, you don't get the piney smell. >> brian: right, it smells like kindling. >> carley: you never water trees, you get it from the ground. >> steve: those trees have roots. >> carley: these are things people don't think about. >> lawrence: do they really die in a month? >> carley: needles come off. >> steve: if you have a dry tree, lights will catch your house on fire and that happened to my next door neighbor, burned down their house. >> lawrence: i do the fake trees. >> carley: water your tree. >> steve: or call dawn. >> lawrence: her next business venture, watering everybody's tree. >> brian: instead of wild willow. she works three weeks a year. >> steve: coming

. >> he is there with brian. >> adam: brian, it's gorgeous up here. >> another perfect day in stamford. >> adam: every time i have done it and i have done it a few times and i sit on this ledge and think what are we cooking? we are 300 feet up 22 stories. have you done this as kind of a "fox & friends" tradition. i have done it, some other folks have done it. can you kind of rank us? who is really good at this? who is good on the wall. >> rick reichmuth he did it with us a number of years he is very good. i still think you are better than him. >> adam: yeah, rick. take it, rick. >> he is the only guy that we invited to actually do the show with us on sunday the big show. >> adam: what about will cain where is he. >> he was good but he wasn't a reichmuth or a klotz. >> adam: explain what it is we are going to be doing. i'm going to be out here with you on sunday we got to go real quick. >> this is the warm-up for the sunday event which goes off at about 10 minutes after 5:00 in downtown stamford. there will be a few thousand people below us. we got all santa and all his cast of characte

back to you in new york. >> brian: welcome to long island. >> usa, usa! so much better. >> brian: your voice would be heard. >> carley: patriotic people chanting usa. live at smoke rising over gaza. idf uncovering largest ever hamas tunnel as troons trap gaza's bin laden, architect of the attack on october 7. >> carley: and drop in early admissions as antisemitism rages, that is next. >> brian: fox news alert. look at this. smoke rising over gaza right now as defense secretary lloyd austin arrived for a meeting with israel defense minister and israel trapped the hamas leader. live in tel aviv. trey yingst. a lot going on today. >> trey: we expect to hear from counterparts this morning. unveiling the largest tunnel discovered to date. it goes up to 150 underground. this discovery comes as israeli troops operate across gaza. troops located $1.3 million worth of currency. hamas health ministry reports dozens killed,a midisraeli strikes. searching for survive are ones under the rubble and struck where hamas is located in khan yunis and sniper compound in a se

>> brian: michael jackson loved peter pan. >> steve: sandra dunkin did it on broadway. >> brian: fairiesthere, perfect place to be despite the rain. so glad you are there. what attribute to you that all these people showed up early and crowd only going to grow. >> lawrence: in the rain. >> steve: if the rain indeed. you are going to be talking to the folks throughout the morning. that's why they showed up. if you are in the area, go to peter pan area on bayshore and be on tv. >> carley: absolutely. >> steve: meanwhile, talk a little bit about what going on. we talked about this in the past because there are so many migrants coming into the country, the united states government has actually had to stop doing certain things along the border to man -- essentially to surge people to different locations and starting today at 8:00 a.m. central time. 9:00 our time on the east coast, they are going to temporarily suspend freight train crossings at the bridges in el paso and he'll pass. what they're going to do. the people who normally do those jobs, looking at freight trains, they are going to p

all right, brian kilmeade. over to you, my friend. >> brian: thank you so much.er patrol sources tell fox the agency encountered more than 12,000 migrants on tuesday. 12,000. the highest one day total ever in american history. this as former dhs secretary under president obama had this to say in 2019. jeh johnson. >> i know that 1,000 overwhelms the system. i cannot begin to imagine what 4,000 a day looks like. so we are truly in a crisis. >> brian: you think so? it comes as a second boat suspected of holding migrants washes ashore in malibu beach in just one week. soon bar barbra streisand will e to deal with it. president biden refusing to take the blame. here with reaction fox news contributor tom homan. tom, these numbers are stunning. can you even get your head around it? >> no, i can't. i wake up every day, you know, just so frustrated that we're in a third year of this administration. their first year under biden historic illegal immigration. on the heels of the most secure border in my lifetime. i have done this for 34 years. the second year he broke his

all right. 16 minutes now before the top of the hour, brian. >> brian: let's find out some news.to the maine attorney general's office, more than 35 million xfinity customers compromised as part of a massive data breach. unauthorized access happened between october 16 and october 19th. the a.g.'s office says customers' user names and passwords have now been compromised. great. a federal judge attempting to block a federal monument from arlington national cemetery. you are looking at it. set to be removed by thursday. workers already started taking it down, fenced it up. a group called defense arlington filed a lawsuit to stop the demolition. a hearing will be held tomorrow at 10:00 eastern to turn the memorial's future. now let's talk football if carley doesn't mind. seahawks hosting the eagles. last minute fourth quarter comeback behind a beautiful throw from backup quarterback drew lock. i'll watch. lock, end zone. it is caught! touchdown, seattle. >> carley: brian, can i read this line? >> brian: i think you have to. >> carley: the seahawks handing the eagles their third strai