>> is starting to feel like christmas. a few hours away, 10:00 in the

morning on the east coast. let's get to your money and look at the 10 year treasury yield. it is up and rising, we are seeing of the highest at 3.729%, the highest -- oil also up in a big way, up for the past three weeks, $79.84, 3%, big russia supply, big storms, bitcoin 16,018. an upcoming book about president biden's white house reveals ron lane privately lamented that americans were more concerned about high gas prices the new infrastructure. he said, quote, the most frustrating part is we are in this morass on capitol hill, no margin for error and it subsets so much of our time and energy and political drama and it is an important agenda. it is an agenda we have to fight for, and agenda we

believe in and in the long run it matters a lot but right now people wish we were more focused on gas prices and hamburger prices than whether or not we are going to build bridges or have free pre-k. tammy bruce, the white house is not concerned with the here and now. our president -- >> explains so much. little bubble after little plans, some kind of seminar, university where they have grand ideas, this marxist utopia wish fantasy and the dumb american people compare about cost of food, which they feed their children, they eat fast food, what protein can i get my kid and they have to think about hamburgers because they can't afford chicken or anything else or an actual steak and the gas prices, god forbid, should you have to get to work and don't have a driver and have to pay for it your self. this is why we got trump, it is

why the american people, there's a legitimacy problem with the government, why there are so many problems. it's not just rhetoric to say there is a disconnect between washington and the american people. it is like a divorce is looking at us and making decisions. this may be -- that explains. >> it puts the real priorities, the senate passed the bill, $1.7 trillion worth with the support of 18 republican lawmakers. the house will vote on that today. why is mitch mcconnell caving in to the democrats demands? don't tell me military spending. >> it can't be. this bill is three times longer than the novel war and peace. nobody read it. but staff and everybody, this didn't get written in a week. this has been worked on clearly

for months. the republicans have known, have to have known what is in it. mitch mcconnell behaves as if he knows what is in and he is fine with it. i don't know how many republicans, 18, so were a good chunk of the usual suspects. when they said we were going to go back to normal they weren't kidding. stuff passing on christmas week, what happened with obamacare. this is new or the democrats or mitch mcconnell, i worry that if people didn't like trump and he was a response to this craziness, what is coming next? because this cannot continue, literally because of the economy and the spending. lauren: should they shut the government down? >> they shut it down when trump wanted $5 billion which seems like chump change, that stopped

the government entirely. the theater of this is a remarkable. i can't stress that enough. this is a dance, it is kabuki theater, it is a distraction and it is what they do and who is affected, people who need to buy hamburgers and get gas and they are laughing at us. that's the problem. lauren: republicans are complicit, senator shelby of the university of alabama practically named after him, $666 million in earmarks. >> it is her markable damage. it is woke stuff, the mob, getting millions and millions, forget the trails and all of that. this is about equity, education, climate change education, all the things that are driving this country into the ground and endangering generation after generation, no longer can you say it is some woke fringe mob. it is the federal government

now paying for this through the institutions. this can't -- we literally can't withstand this. when it comes to culturally, socially, economically, the people doing this, tens, hundreds of millions of dollars, they don't notice these problems, we notice them and -- >> they don't notice that they can't put a book -- democrats are saying this is a problem. >> not just that they don't put it toward security, the money they do -- to facilitate what is going on and there is a specific admonition against using it for security. they thought about it and said don't do it. this, by design, the establishment, what we talked about for years. the swamp as it was termed, they learned nothing.

the american people, set a statement for the midterms, mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans seemed to not care how we handled it but the republicans in the house have to be creative and at least try and they can't just blame it on the senate. we will notice and that is the next thing. lauren: thank you. happy holidays. we did get on this christmas eve friday new data. a lot of economic data coming in, new-home sales, the number stronger than expected, 640,000 new homes, seasonally adjusted annual rate, that was for the month of november. it was a surprise increase. this was the fourth housing report this weekend the only one that was better than expected. next case a new performance review system, employees at risk for lower performance ratings that would start in the new year.

6% of full-time employees falling to that lower category, that would put them at higher risk for corrective action. this is up from just 2% before the overhaul of the process. it would be hard to achieve high marks, 22% of employees within one of the 2 highest categories. that is what google is doing. now this. we went from meandering flat to down substantially, the doubt is negative for the wii, down one hundred 40 points, the s&p down 17 in the nasdaq, 1%. dr barton joins us now. i will say merry christmas to you. having said that, santa claus rally, are we going to get it? now is the time. >> now is the time. now is the time that we need it. and historically we are going to get it. if you look back over the last 50 years or more, we have seen

the peak get that santa claus rally after santa comes down the chimney so starting next week, starting next tuesday we get the santa claus rally into the first two days of the new year, 77, almost 78% of the time, the past two decades, it is still holding fast. have 8 years in the last 10 years, 8 years up the year before that, 80%, it is a seasonal trend that is likely to continue to happen. what comes after that is more shaky. lauren: consumers are feeling more optimistic, university of michigan consumer sentiment just got it, a recent read stronger than expected, we keep seeing inflation coming down. i know not enough but how we think about inflation, how we feel about inflation, 5 years out, that came down.

all of this is in the right direction yet the market is down because the federal reserve will keep going with right rate hikes. >> the pce number that came out this morning was a little bit better than we expected so again, good news can be interpreted a little badly and that is what i think the market is doing right now, hoping for the fed to put on the brakes a little early, this morning's number along with the consumer sentiment number you are talking about, giving the fed more of a pause but overall it is good. gas prices in the consumer pocket right now so for the shorter-term i think we are doing okay going into the new year. lauren: inflation is still a problem. is that why you like dollar general? is that why you get more for dollar and $0.25? >> absolutely.

dollar tree, dollar general a little broader offering, they have been really well-run and i think the defensive plays, with the tiniest of dividends are better place to be than most others until we get some reduction in this volatility. dollar general hasn't been bouncing around as much and near the top of the page for quite some time. pretty well-run franchise. lauren: good to see you, merry christmas, happy holidays. airlines, got to talk about the airlines, powerful winter storm threatening to mess up a lot of people's holidays and you can see the airlines are in the red as thousands of flights have been delayed or canceled altogether. 3500 canceled today alone, 10:00 in the morning on the east coast, fedex warning customers to expect potential

delays for package deliveries as this winter storm continues to affect the roads and their commutes, amc extending their selloff in a way that the stock split again, the stock is down 6. 5%. and now this. analysts at wells fargo predicted disney will drop espn late next year. it has been talked about for a while but bob iger is back in the head seat and they will focus on content and with that, cost rationalization while spinning off espn and abc, this is one of the big changes bob iger said he would make with his return to the ceo position. now this. senator kirsten sinema under scrutiny after a former staffer revealed a 37 page guide she allegedly gave to her, we will begin to the defendant's lengthy come into the independent's lengthy list of

requirements, one you want to hear about and marines may stop using the word's and ma'am to be more inclusive. david lee miller will tell us how the military is reacting to the latest proposal. president zelenskyy wound up with billions more in aid for his country but he wasn't able to secure more weapons for ukraine. the ceo of the american ukrainian counsel is next.

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and new-home sales, and the nasdaq down 41 and 8. the most powerful missile for combat duty in the white house is warning north korea delivers rockets and missiles, watch this. >> paid for that equipment. last month north korea delivered infantry rockets and missiles into russia for use by wagoner. lauren: the us does not believe these weapons would change the dynamics in ukraine but you have north korea, iran, russia, president zelenskyy is back in ukraine promising victory after visiting with president biden, nate foy in kiev, ukraine, good to see you, what is the latest?

>> president zelenskyy back in kiev and back to work, he met with ukraine's foreign ambassadors today in an afternoon meeting, stressed the importance of building relationships all over the world and looking for opportunities for ukraine and it came after he announced his return to the city. >> i'm in my office, working toward victory. we will defeat them all. >> russia of course has a different message today saying ukraine will never get back to nuclear power plant that russia took back in march, russia says they will not withdraw troops from the station. the good news is russia reports shelling near the plant is almost stopped, this as talks continue with the nuclear watchdog to create a safe zone around that plant the comes a week after russia said they started building a protective dome around that plant but look at the next video from russian control mariupol, demolition is

underway for that feeder the was infamously bombed in march the killed hundreds of people who were seeking shelter during the russian invasion, russian authorities renaming streets, teaching a russian curriculum, schools that are still open, they repainted the entrance to the city in russian colors and back out here i can tell you power is an issue in kiev as we head into this christmas weekend, regional authorities say half of the residents have power deficiencies. back to you. >> will you be spending christmas in ukraine? you come to this pupil time of year when you expect to see christmas lights and there's blackouts. >> we will be here through christmas, through the new year. i will be heading out on on 5 january but it is difficult always being away from your family, going to see what people are going through.

it pales in comparison. we are down in sofia square where we have a christmas tree this year but it is only lit up between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. . it is difficult to feel anything but incredibly lucky when you are here on the ground. neil: lauren: merry christmas. ukraine president zelenskyy's trip to washington and with billions more in support for ukraine, he left empty-handed on what he really wanted, military weapons like battle tanks, fighter jets and long range precision missiles, stewart is ceo of the ukrainian business council and joins us now. we are sending ukraine a lot but are we not sending enough? >> we are doing what we can. president biden is in a tough spot. we -- does it provoke prudent to take more drastic steps? that is what we are trying to avoid.

he is unpredictable so we have to be careful in doing what we can, not doing too much to provoke that. lauren: why can't we sent him more? is it because they require extensive training and that would take soldiers off the battlefield? >> the bigger issue is provoking this unpredictable putin and what he may or may not do so -- he views it that we are providing everything possible to defeat russia, that is what we worry about, him taking a drastic step. he's not predictable, invading ukraine was not logical to the rest of the world but it is to him. we have to be careful. could we be doing more? i think we could but we have to

be careful about that. lauren: zelenskyy stopped in poland on his way home from the us when he addressed our country and, how to assist so many refugees that went from ukraine to poland. when you look at the diplomacy, the unbelievable zelenskyy diplomacy, what is your take away, when all is said and done, this man can get so much support. everyone wants to do business with him. >> absolutely. ukraine will be a european tiger, the biggest issue that held the ukrainians back for many years is something the russians did decades ago and that is corruption, that is the biggest problem ukraine has had for many years. they have national resources, gas, titanium, if not for the smartest it employees in the world, this is an unbelievable

country, actually a population bigger than poland. when this war ends and they are able to root out corruption this will be in the top 25 markets in the world, they are bigger than poland as you pointed out and poland ranks 23rd. the tools are all their, components are all their and we need to add it. neil: thank you for the time. >> arizona stacked shipping containers along the border to stop migrants from flooding into the us illegally but a new settlement is forcing them to take it down. we got that story and a bit, we got devastating to numbers showing how deadly the opioid epidemic is that overdose deaths are the fourth leading cause of death in america. we will speak to the founder of

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lauren: markets up, dow is up 52 points, s&p up 7, nasdaq

down 17. a lot of data came out on a quiet christmas friday. now this. the national crime prevention council calling on the justice department to investigate snapchat. they say the platform is being used to sell drugs like fentanyl to children. the group, called the platform a, quote, digital open-air drug market that allows dealers to advertise and distribute fake pills to children and teenagers. look at this. dea just seized 2000 fentanyl pills. they were found inside a dictionary. las vegas dea shared these photos, two large bags of pills inside, unbelievable. the agency reported this week 379 million doses of fentanyl were confiscated this year alone. that is enough to kill every single person that lives in the

united states of america. my next guest, the founder of mothers against drug addiction, also an addict, has not seen him in weeks. jackie berlin joined me now. just an update. >> my son is still on the streets of san francisco addicted to fentanyl. i haven't talked to him in a few weeks. lauren: our hearts go out to you. you are experiencing what so many experienced. you have been working on this. you are angry about this. what needs to be done to get this crisis under control? >> we need to stop enabling addicts, especially what they are allowing people to use on the street and not prosecuting drug dealers. we honestly need to work on this so much harder. we need to also have drug interdiction at the borders because drugs are pouring into

the country and we are doing nothing, we are not able to stop it. lauren: when you'd say to someone in san francisco you speak to authorities and officials and lawmakers because you are passionate about this, look at the border, the deadly fentanyl flowing through is impacting my son and your sons. did they say the border is not open? >> a lot of people don't want to discuss it, they try to ignore the fact the drugs are pouring through the border along with all the people coming in. it is very frustrating to get people to listen. lauren: do you feel they are gas lighting you? >> i do. they don't want to address the issue and more and more children in the united states are becoming victims in this. lauren: wise it so difficult to

take a drug dealer off the streets? they are not difficult to spot. they fear very emboldened. they are out in the open. why can't the police arrest them? >> the police's hands are tied by the politicians because they are told drug dealers are victims as well. they are told the drug dealers are coming here. where they have to payoff their own debt, they are allowed to pray on our citizens by selling them these deadly drugs with impunity. lauren: drug dealers are victims themselves, you can't make this stuff up. good luck with your son. i hope you find him and talk to him. merry christmas to you. arizona has agreed to portions of the border wall they created from shipping containers.

governor doocy reached a settlement and will stop border wall construction on national forest lands. arizona will remove all previously installed containers. the us may soon stop using words like sir and ma'am. i do hate ma'am. but this is during the literary drills as a way to be more inclusive. david lee miller has the story for us. it is very serious. how are leaders in the military reacting to all this? how are they reacting? >> reporter: the marine corps saying not so fast to change the time-honored tradition. a study by the university of pittsburgh commissioned by the marines on gender integrated recruit training recommends doing away with sir or ma'am, recruits address drill instructors, the policies and going to change overnight if at all. when asked about the report released in june, the marines have adopted or taken action on some recommendations but as of

now have not changed how recruits address instructors. a portion of the statement from the marine corps spokesman, the marine corps recruits continue to address drill instructors as sir or ma'am in adherence with current marine corps regulations and customs and courtesies, no changes will be made to time-tested methods without cigna for can scrutiny and feedback from marine corps leadership. the chief of staff raised concern about the reports and recommendations telling the advisory committee we want to avoid any quick solutions that might introduce problems in the future. the report recommends recruits stop using sir or ma'am and instead use gender-neutral identifiers such as drill instructor or senior drill instructor. the reason according to the study, quote, gendered identifiers, to think about a visually search for drill

instructor's gender first before their rank and roll. the report further says gender identifiers have the potential to remind recruits of the negative stereotype they hold. the marine corps did not provide a timeline for how long it might take for this review. the sir or ma'am policy, recruits in the army, navy and coast guard have already replaced gender identifiers for the instructor's rank or role followed by the last name. lauren: now this. neighbor because the police after she saw some. behavior inspired by this classic christmas movie scene. roll the tape. >> clark, please. he doesn't know any better. lauren: we will show the decoration that caused quite a stir. a monster winter storm is wreaking havoc on the country right before the holidays, jeff flock has the latest on a real

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changing the prompter. he is with his wife and daughter and here is his mother, linda, and stepfather lauren. caitlin, there you are and that is tim, her boyfriend. the whole finnegan family, kathy, tom, mom and dad, her brother brian, soon to be sister-in-law kelsey. today is a big one, her parents's 34th wedding anniversary. congratulations, that is amazing. jennifer jacobs, our producer with her husband colin and their new puppy, pam. that is a great name for a dog. here is production assistant olivia mana after family and her dog, clementi. they are ready for christmas. a beautiful christmas tree in the background. i love watching these.

the families of the wonderful producers made the show possible. every single day, i am happy to be part of it. once in a generation super storm sweeping the country leaving snow and subzero temperatures in its path, several states declaring a state of emergency as they brace for more life-threatening winter weather and that is not an exaggeration. jeff flock is in milwaukee, wisconsin. what is the latest? i can barely see you. your blending in to the snow. >> reporter: if i do what i want to do you wouldn't see me at all. there you go. for the purposes of this report, the deserted streets of milwaukee, wisconsin, milwaukee street, downtown, you see the occasional car but if you look up mason street, not so much snow, but this bitter bitter cold.

the last report from fox weather-30 wind chill, the wind blowing and-7 is the real temperature. look at the map. this isn't the worst of it. it is pretty bad stretching to the west of us. this is what is behind that snow storm sweeping to the east and it is bitter bitter cold and that is worse than anything else. that knocked out a lot of power. the map shows you that is the worst, the reds are the ones that are the worst, hundreds of thousands of people without power stretching from texas up to new england to maine. that is the deal. in milwaukee, they are used to this sort of thing so talk to some people who have seen worse.

this is not the best thing for cold, but that has some positives to it. did pretty well, maybe this is going to work. lauren: get some tea, merry christmas. the once in a generation storm will put natural gas and electrical systems to the test the next few days, the ceo of the american gas association says, quote, demand for energy in the next couple days are the highest it has ever been in the country's history. this is a storm of consequence and is not isolated. if you look at the storm it will affect almost the entire lower 48. temperatures across the country are plummeting. jeff showed us some of them. millions of people are under some kind of winter weather advisory. in kentucky, police were called to the scene after one neighbor

thought she saw some behavior going on. it was just a christmas decoration inspired by this classic movie scene. >> in his bathrobe, mechanical toilet in my sewer. lauren: police work whole man was exposing himself outside a home, but in fact it was this manikin. the homeowners behind it decoration were super fans of the movie and promised to include even more characters next year. don't know what the response from the police was. hopefully they thought it was funny. let's check the market. a little better now. the 86 to the upside, even the nasdaq has turned positive, up 15 points, the broader market up 15, a rough week for the s&p

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neil: new research shows elon musk's recent polls on twitter could be manipulated by bots. a digital rights group found you can buy tens of thousands of votes or pulse with bots for hire, manipulation services, it costs less then one hundred dollars. it sparks concerns about musk's reliance on the future of the platform for all. take a look at this headline in the new york times, quote, musk lifted bands on twitter, many

reinstated users are tweeting about what got them barred in the 1st pl. covid 19 skepticism. election d nihilism. with that we bring in jason rantz, good to see you. is this the case? >> reporter: not entirely. it is clearly likely you will find crazy stuff on twitter, that is what most of twitter is but the fact of the matter was when we talk about specifically covid, new york times went overboard in trying to cancel anyone in silence and bully folks who held a different position than doctor fauci was pushing out there. there were folks including doctors who were banned because they said the covid vaccine doesn't stop the spread of covid, that is factually true. we were told early on that it wasn't and after we had all the data to tell us it was ineffective at stopping the spread they decided to go ahead and ban anyway. this is part of a concerted effort by the new york times and other media outlets to

demonize twitter. they realize with elon musk in charge they are not going to be able to stop him from allowing people to have conversations which is what we are supposed to be about. the press is supposed to be about that. now that they can't control the narrative they will try to control what people think about twitter to the point they want them to abandon twitter as a whole and that is there end goal. neil: you have a new hairdo. right? >> it is not a new hairdo. i'm in vegas. the water here is very hard and it makes my hair a little more puffy. neil: lauren: i like it. democrats in new york just voted to raise their tax funded pay to a record one hundred $42,000 a year from one hundred $10,000 a year. they gave themselves a 29% pay raise. come en. come on. the major issues the city has

going on. i work here every day. it is getting worse under their watch, do they deserve a 29% pay raise? >> i look at issues like this where i want these positions to pay well so we can bring into office different kinds of people who would otherwise be shut out but the optics of giving yourself a significant raise when doing a good job is too much for me. that is a lot of money to increase when at the same time you are running it into the ground and people are leaving in record numbers, crime is out of control, overdose out of control, homelessness getting worse. you should probably earn that significant a pay raise. what i hope is a pattern is it inspires other folks to run for these positions, take them over and fix them.

neil: lauren: an internal memo obtained by the daily beast, 37 page guide, democrat senator can switch to independent, kirsten sinema gives to her employees. are you ready for this? includes got to get her groceries might fix her internet, that when i understand, come on, and to know the type of flight she wants and if she asks for water, room temperature. you have to test it. what is your reaction? >> i am outraged by this. she's outside the mainstream. when i fly i want the middle seat. are we pretending this is an actual thing? there are aspects of this memo that i find irksome, the idea you can't schedule outside of official hours but come on. we are talking it is not a big deal. this is a senator, she is busy, she wants or time to be used efficiently.

i'm not going to give her a hard time. i don't expect my senator to call verizon to fix the internet. it is one of those petty pieces the daily news is putting out. they are upset with her politics. that is all this is. i imagine if you going to any other senator's office you will have something similar, maybe not written down in a multipage memo but the same rules for pretty much everyone left and right. i give her a little of a pass on this but i will say stop saying no to working outside your official hours. i'm on vacation and i'm working here so i think you can too, your job is more important than mine. lauren: she actually had staffers measure the size of pool she stayed at so she could get her swimming in our exercise in. >> i do the same thing. we all do it. don't we? lauren: thank you for joining us, the voice of reason this

friday morning, happy holidays. >> merry christmas, happy hanukkah. lauren: let's check the markets, the nasdaq went from red to green to red again, 15 points, s&p is up 0.2% as is the dow jones industrial average. still had, tennessee senator bill haggerty, vivek ramashwami, jonathan honing, the 11:00 hour of "varney and company" after this. ♪ ♪

>> what we're seeing is people saying, oh, we had to vote for it or the government will shut down. if we vote for this stuff and keep spending money, every american household will shut down. >> it's not a train wreck, it's a herbal piece of legislation, and i'll be voting no. why would republican senators not want to make it be kevin mccarthy negotiating a funding bill instead of negotiating with nancy pelosisome. >> over the last 50 years or more, we've seen that that we get that santa claus rally after santa comes down the chimney. what comes after that is a little bit