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it continues to be a data day data independent thing and they shouldn't cut it all. >> old joe biden would have changed course and i don't think joe is running the ship and he's got a good group of people around him making decisions that aren't consist with him. >> the first 25 years of my career, every administration was taking steps to secure the boarder and every one of them turned it all back after the first few days of his inauguration. >> this really helps us understand something that is very mysterious and how is it that the democrats can go out there and say that we must in the name of defending democracy kick a person off of the ballot. david: of course, when i think of beach boys, i think of california and warm weather. it ain't warm here.

some of us are born and raised in the middle east. it is 11:00 a.m. on the east coast and december 22 and i'm david asman and i hope you saw that last read that stuart gave about 12 years ago to his grandchildren. that really -- now tearing up. check the markets and dow is up about 30 and lost a bit of its steam and s&p as well and it's now 13 to the plus side and nasdaq up about 37 points to the plus side. again, it's a positive day but it has come down a little bit. big tech, we have kind of a split decision. alphabet and microsoft are trading up, meta, apple and amazon trading down. checking the 10-year yield now, it's up a little bit. one basis point to 3.9. and now it's time for this, the

so-called misery index and that is the sum of the unemployment rate in the inflation rate and sometimes that's used to see how the economy is doing. it is now at 6.8%. again, the sum of unemployment and inflation, that is actually the lowest rate it's been since march of 2020, but people don't seem to be feeling it. listen to what some shoppers had to tell fox, roll it. >> i still have a lot of concerns about the innation. groceries are outrageous, gas is outrageous and it's coming down a bit now. it's a crutch. i try to stick to a budget but doesn't always happen. it's overwhelming and i'll be glad when it's over with. >> my gas bill has gone down. that's a positive. people aren't heating their houses as much. >> confident, i think we can do a little bit better. i think it's hard and right now as we are americans and just

live your life and tomorrow is not promised. david: steve moore, happy holidays and merry christmas. great that the misery index is down and time for a bad way of judging how people feel and don't feel it number one and number two the same policy and bad policies with overregulation in such that we've had by this administration are still in place and regulating too much and at least the misery index comes down. where do you dom down on all this? >> not going to be a debbie downer a couple days before christmas and the economy and it's in a lot better shape, david, today than a year ago. remember, we're doing this and that didn't happen and thank god and, look, this is -- i've got to say, you know, this is the resilience of the american businesses and the best entrepreneurs and the best small businesses and big businesses you've got the magnificent

settlement that's carrying the market and it's a good story and the problem is we're all affected by the interviews and hiring difficult people with a lot of money and it's been fresh in the market and it's been a good year and the problem is 20% higher prices today than two years ago, even though inflation rate is coming down really rapidly and the 20% increase in cost, david, that's baked in the cake now and biden keeps getting this long and saying prices are falling. prices aren't falling but tare not rising as fast as they used to when last year we hit a high of 9.2% inflation. david: related to still having the same policies, we still haven't seen the rollout of $1 trillion of spending we'll have on green energy programs though already we've seen some problems with that. there was a sonovo problem and

$3 billion company having problem withs who they were selling to and whether they were having honest selling practices and so forth so once those roll out in 2024, that might complicate the situation. >> look, i think the big story was the complete collapse of green energy and the president is pouring tens of hundreds of billions beyond electric vehicles and solar power and big story in "the wall street journal" with the ev startups and all the stocks tanked and nobody wants to invest or buy and wind and solar this bast year, the world used more fossil fuels than ever before and more gas and we're kind of tries to bush a form of energy and the things on people they don't

want. david: yeah, we had adam johnson on yesterday for the hour and one of the hours for the barney show and he's done extraordinarily well and the market has been up 0% and he's been issue -- 20 pars and better than that and one sector he's failed on every investment is every single one and he's fallen and needing much more massive input by the government and that's never as good as the market. that's the big problem. got to leave it at that. steve, have a wonderful christmas. thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> check the markets and we're all in the green right now, we've come down just a little bit. we haven't had a recession and that's a great thing and a year ago everybody was thinking we'd have a recession and the fed is apparently done raising rates and might lower rates three times in 2024. so what do you think is going to happen? >> there's a lot of talk about soft landing and i'm a student of history and in 1990 they talked about landing in 2000 and

2007 and every single time that economy ended up going with the recession and even back in the 1970s, david, i see a lot of similarities and he thought he had inflation fixed and the dollar dropped in the mid 1970s and spilled down for a lot more and gold is rising right now and all time highs that to me suggest that we're being set up in the late 1970s and dollar dropping and inflation rising again. david: one of the positive things that carter did give was put paul vulker ahead of the fed and that's one of the reasons he wasn't reelected was the economy took a dive because he was squeezing inflation out of the economy. now we have a guy saying we're going to have three rate cuts in 2024. >> well, david, interest rates dropped in the mid 1970s and rather precipitously. david: not after vulker. >> yeah, they're moving rapidly

and once again you're seeing gold prices at all time highs. david: i was going to talk about that. put it up on the screen. >> yeah, all the celebration about them with bold prices and just this past week and what we often think is being the high isn't the high. it's just a high. so the dollar dropping rather preptously in just the last couple of months and weeks, that's going to be the big story of 2024. not that inflation is dead and maybe just resting for another roar later in the year. david: good stuff. jonathan hoenig. 115 million people are heading home for the holidays according to triple-a and 104 million hitting the road and kelly is driving around chicago now. i love these shots and, kelly, how much are people spending on gas in illinois today? reporter: it will be a might nie

for people driving and gas price about four-cents more on average than last week looking about $3.12 per gallon and we're going to see 103.6 million people on the roads with us and things are looking pretty good here of course but those people suggesting to drive before 10:0d looking to hit the road and try to do it tomorrow morning at the latest. another 7 million people will be going to fly to their destinations and 4 million people will be either taking a train or bus or cruise this year. triple-a tells us that more people are investing in these holiday memories with their friends and family, despite the economy and the idea and the hope to save money this holiday season. we're told that 2.5 million more travelers will be out and about, whether that's in the roads, on the air than last year.

david, david: all right, kelly. drive carefully. it's inclement weather today in chicago and that can be rough. coming up, crime has gotten so bad in california. one celebrity chef says he will never open another restaurant with that full story and meanwhile the israeli military with a mar joy offensive in the second largest city and report from israel. we're approaching the end of the year where you're going to take a look back at some of the best moments on "varney & co.". you do not want to miss that coming up. ♪ they're waiting for you. hey, do you have a second? they're all expecting more. more efficiency.

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david: checking the markets and we're still in the green but we've come down significantly and the dow was over 100 and now up 42. nasdaq is up about 45 right now. s&p is up about 16 points. well, take a look at this piece from the washington post. if you can put that up for us. okay. we've got it right here. more than 20,000 dead in gaza is what the piece says. a historic human toll, israel's response and all out bombardment of gaza and a ground invasion killed almost one in one hundred people in the strip and these numbers, the numbers of the 20,000 dead comes from the gaza health ministry, which is controlled by hamas, and you know what hamas is about. the post is defending using them

as a source saying "the washington post and other media outlets rely on numbers from the gaza health ministry as many international institutions, organizations and global bodies did before the war. the ministry's proved reliable historically with direct access to hosp hospitals and morgues. bring in emily austin that returned from israel and the part of israel that's from gaza and see the washington post comfortably quoting statistics that come directly from hamas. what does that make you feel? >> first of all, thank you for having me and honestly to me there's an equivalency of hamas, al-qaida and isis. if it was al kai day we'd say that's ludicrous and we don't believe it and the world painted a victim picture and rely on the numbers and doesn't make any sense to me. david: we've seen, we've all

seen at least parts of the videos, not everybody's seen the most graphic but it's clear that what happened on october 7 was one of the worst massacres since the holocaust. just horrible stuff and you realize that the folks in the washington post and other media institutions and the united nation nassau county frankly have been dealing with these people as credible sources and credible individuals to deal with. again, how can people equal the mindset of the people that did october 7 with that of a reasonable source to be used if you're the washington post? >> it's mind boggling to me. during my time with the ministry of intelligence in israel, i watch that had 47 minute long hamas fill and will if i can show this film to the washington post where you see firsthand, i won't get too vulgar and how hamas can document the crimes and actions and bragged about it to the world, it's not like the holocaust where the gnat seizure disorderses tried to hide it and

blow up the evidence. hamas is in your face look what we did and we're going to show the world because we're proud of it. in a way it looks like they're trying to defend it. everyone is suddenly sympathizing with hamas and trying to justify it as resistance, and i've never understood it let alone from civilians and now like talking about the washington post defending it. david: you just came back from that area, from the area of israel that was hit hardest on october 7. what is the situation now? is anything getting back to normal? >> the israelis don't have a choice so their lives are continuing but the kibbutz that were affected are one of the hardest sites to possibly see. we see photos online and a house and another house and walking through a village and see an entire community, not just the physical houses but the people in them on a saturday morning drinking their coffee were burned with them and killed, it just hits you differently. i heard that they're going to try not to rebuild but who wants

to ever go back to a place that has such horrible memories now intertwined with it? david: there were businesses and factories and stuff. are they all closed now? they've moved away. there's no commerce taking place in that area anymore? >> well, not only that, it's not just the area. those were burnt and people killed but jews are being displaced from their homes because it's deemed unsafe to remain and 80,000 jews in hotels spread throughout israel whether the dead sea or tel aviv being housed temporarily and jews in the area can't go to businesses or homes or misplaced in schools and also beyond the kibbutz scene we're dealing with now. david: it's still dangerous, you had a close encounter? >> on the way back, we had a close terror attack on the border of gaza and trying to visit be'er e.

david: a month ago, 54% of americans supported un-equivalent supported israel, more money for israel and now that number is down to 45% from 54-45. what could would you tell people bombarded by this pro hamas propaganda about the reality of the situation? >> i like to prompt people to think and i ask them the simple question, what's the proportionate response? if you can give me the right answer, we can have a proper conversation. everyone is quick to say, i don't have the answer to that. it's not my job. apparently you thought it was your job to give your opinion and share your false propaganda on social media so what's your opinion on what's the right thing to do? it's like telling america how to deal with 9/11 after 9/11. nobody did that so why do they feel like it's appropriate to fell israel how to deal with their 9/11.

david: emily austin, thank you so much. good to see you. military ramping up forces in gaza's second largest city and preparing for a major offensive with hamas both aboveground and in the tunnels. fox news senior foreign affairs greg palkot in tel aviv, israel. greg, looks like wear entering a new stage in the war, no? reporter: looks like a new stage, dave, a more intense stage for however long it lasts. we have some sad hostage news, which we'll get to in a moment but, yes, let's get you up to date on various phases of this war. ziti ragaini ellie forces telling residents of another area, central gaza to evacuate as it focuses on one more hamas stronghold. it's already increasing troop strength in the south for that tricky part of the war, and trying to wrap up things in the north where frankly it's been fighting since the beginning of the ground offensive. late yet, idf blew up a vast network of tunnels it discovered below gaza city directly

connected to homes of leaders of hamas and said to be 70 feet deep plumbing electricity and weapons and now it's gone. humanitarian situation in gaza worsens by all accounts and tens of thousands have been killed and injured, many women and children, three quarters of the hospitals there are not functioning. sadly it was announced today that 73-year-old an israeli american held hostage by hamas is dead in captivity. shot and killed on october 7 when the kibbutz was overrun by hamas and his body taken into gaza. he's the first of eight american dual citizens held who has been killed. he leaves behind his wife judy, who was also kidnapped, plus four children, seven grandchildren. david, talks between israel and hamas about a ceasefire and further release of hostages, that seems to be stuck right now. right now the un security

council, they're deliberated and voting on a resolution that would include a mention of the need to release the hostages by hamas. also diplomatically calling for steps to allow in humanitarian aid and creation of conditions for the sensation of host hostilities. david: thank you very much for that and talking to emily about the pron began data committee. how republicans are weapon oil and gas industry anti-semitism to take down dei. lauren, explain that to me. lauren: it looks -- it is a way to demonize republicans for taking a stand for jewish people and against anti-semitism. the don't think it's fair of jewish people either and equating them on larger movement that defines us by oppressive versus oppressed by the color of our skin. i'd also argue that dei has been many question since the summer when the supreme court ruled you

can't take race into account for admissions with universities. i was hosting a bunch of bank's financial institutions and about dei and also about junior colleges and everyone was ready to talk about dei and talked about technology and this went to the robots. because people don't care what you are. we're all humanity. humans versus robots. that's where the dei conversation naturally went. david: we've seen how it place out. it doesn't work and goes against the grain. lauren: most people think that. david: lauren, thank you. this unity in politics seems to be seeping in more and more even into the catholic church. how jonathan morris thinks we can be more -- bring more unity back to theture and have america in general. meanwhile crime in dc surged 39% this year, but president biden's

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david: checking the markets. nasdaq up 48 and s&p up 16. show me big tech. we have read on the green and green. alphabet and microsoft are up and amazon, meta, and apple are down. check the 10-year treasury yield. it's ticking up a little bit. 1.3 basis points to 3.9. let's take a look at some coal companies. of course we're all hoping santa claus won't need too much coal for christmas this year, but those companies are trading up. violent crime in washington dc surged 39% in the last year. hillary vaughn joining me now from the white house. hillary, this crime is happening in president biden's own backyard. is he acknowledging it? reporter: the white house is, david. we reached out about the drive by-shooting that happened around the confrere national's park

here in dc that left two people dead and another two injured. white house spokesperson telling fox in a statement "president biden believes every american deserves to be safe in their own community, which is why he's fighting congressional efforts to defund the cops program and would make it even easier for violent criminals to get guns". it's community-oriented policing that focusing on proactively addressing the root crime of cause instead of crimes being committed. here in dc, police are busy responding to crimes being committed and it's surging here. in fact, washington dc is the worst when you track homicide, sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault and it's way above other major cities in the u.s., way above chicago and prince george's county, maryland. it's not just shootings, violent smash and grab robberies are gripping the district this week. earlier this week, chanel hit by a gang of thieves stealing a

quarter million of goods and using a fire extinguisher against a police officer. but, david, it's not just luxury stores being targeted, people are being targeted for wearing luxury coats. canada goose jackets are a popular target among thieves. in fact, universities around here have been warning their students not to wear canada goose coats because there's been such a persistent trend of the coats getting stole and thieves are literally going for the coat off people's backs here in dc. david. david: all right. i like -- by the way, i like your scarf and coat. it's very christmassy. looks good despite the sad news on crime. merry christmas, hillary and your whole family. growing crime problem causing major issues on one coast and one celebrity chef is so fed up on soft on crime, he's refusing to open another restaurant there. that chef joins me now. chef, what effect crime having indian or businesses? >> people entity don't want to go out, they don't want to carry

cash or go out later at night. i'm in an area where crime isn't even as bad. i'm in a subbernards healthcare in los angeles, but restaurants are shutting down left and right and the business environments are the toughest i've seen in my decade of running restaurants and doesn't seem that there's a proposed turn around and it's getting fixed david: i have a friend that hones a couple of restaurants and if they're waters and waitresses and leave at 1:00 in the morning with their tips, they're worried about taking the subway or other public transportation. >> 100%. you've got to think about staffing and having enough people to walk people to cars in the end of the night and think of the overtime hours and incig insignificant cost but the numbers compound and if the marvins are thin and in california from a tax perspective and cost perspective, taxes have been

piling up so high you're lucky if you can even continue operating your bisonce again from that economic frame work. back to the crime that's been decades of the policies not working and now they're watching and you happen moving at a faster rate inertia with the speed of when the criminals are organizing and it's both the one off transients that are being let out on the street and drug users and gifters and gyp seizure disorderses and they'll -- gypsies and they'll pull up and have a list of what to steal and jute lysing the mass mop of want that may and they'll talk all l cash and run out and coming at all angs and doesn't appear to be a solution. david: are the authorities listening or appear they're deaf and behind to everything around them or taking advice about how

to change things? >> well, the authorities are listening and a lot of police officers and people in the court system feel that i can hands are tide whined their backs and our restaurant got broken into and they came in and did fingerprinting and said it seems we have enough evidence to find the person and recognized who it was and said even if that's the case, it's under $950, prop 57 makes that a mis-nearby as opposed to a felony and likelihood of that person getting locked up or being reprimanded or having a punitive result is so slim they'll end up back on the streets and they know there's no consequence tots actions. david: even repeat offenders? how would you turn it around? very quickly, we only have a couple seconds? >> gavin newsom said it himself a few months ago, he said we've got to follow the d damn law. those were his words and lock people up and have consequences for the crimes and give businesses the opportunity to fight back.

workplace violence bill said you can't fight back as a employer. last thing i want to see is individual leeannety juice tis but everybody has to fight bibbing -- vigilante justice buzz everyone has to fight back. david: chef, thank you so much and have a happy holiday season. making in-rounds cracking down on some retail crime, anyway. lauren, come in. what are they doing? lauren: organized retail crime task force and using more law enforcement and putting officers in the retail districts. basic stuff for the most part. this is it asking force increased -- this task force increased 310% in the past 11 months and they doubled the number of arrests to over 1,000, and look at the number of items that they've recover that had were stolen, 187,000. that's 25% more than last year. david: even though you have a thousand arrests as the chef said, it's the repeat offenders

and they arrest them and they're out again and they don't suffer the consequences. lauren: things got so bad they had to form the group to do something and all the smash and grabs and videos once a week of people scared to shop where they live. david: it's organized crime and they're not cracking down enough. little town of bethlehem where jesus was born so many years ago, christmas celebrations have been canceled, not all but some. we'll be asking our resident theologian jonathon morris how christmas in the holy lands all around the world can find hope this holiday season. that's what it's all about, hope. ♪

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♪ david: i know that island. mackinaw island. that was actually from meet me in st. louie, the great movie from the 1940s. it was directed by her then husband. have yourself a merry christmas, judy garland and that is mack mackinaw island, michigan. it's not quite the up but you can see the up from northern michigan. only horses and buggies around christmas on mackinaw island. here's our executive produce's

parents dancing the night away and chris dane with his family around the christmas tree and booker preston misel with his dad, mom, and brother. they're enjoying the holiday in sunny florida. and producer kate tincan with her husband, john. their first christmas as newlyweds. congratulations and a flash back of tech manager matt block with his dad, al. we want to wish al a very happy birthday. he's going to be 90 on the first day of january. happy birthday. take a look at audio engineer sam macey and his family. well, christmas will be much more somber in bethlehem this year. the birthplace of jesus typically seeing 3 million visitors for christmas, but of course the war in israel is keeping people home, keeping celebrations muted. our resident theologian jonathan morris joining me now. great to see you. thanks for being here.

how do christians find hope when the holy land itself is embroiled in this war? >> yeah, there's been so many news reports that christmas is canceled in bethlehem. let's be clear on "varney & co.," nobody can cancel christmas. christmas already happened. jesus was born in bethlehem to his hour mary and stepfather joseph. he came so that we could accept god's love in the form of a baby, the most innocent form there can be and ask him into our hearts and ask for forgiveness of our sins and receive the gift of grace and mercy so christmas is not canceled in bethlehem, even in the midst of terrible, terrible suffering. david: darn you, jonathan. you always make me tear up. lauren too. lauren too. >> it's true, nobody can cancel what god has already done for us. david: it is true. very quickly, politics is

infused in too much of our lives right now. even in the catholic church where there are various schisms and so forth, is that going to solve itself in 2024 or are we in for a long run? >> referring to most recently and declaration coming out of vatican signed by pope francis saying that priests can bless gay couples, and that creates confusion. it should create confusion because the teaching of the church itself, the catechism of the catholic church says gay marriage is disordered in its very nature. yet the pope is saying but priests can bless -- my sister is in a gay union and says that kind of feels like consolation prize. you can't get married in the catholicture issue but they did bless you sort of but don't dress up in a wedding dress or in any form of liturgical meaning official prayer. anything that's irrational

that's self-contradictory will fall. i think when we need clarity from the vatican or it's a big schism. david: jonathan morris, still helpful? >> very hopeful because babe jesus came to us on christmas morning and forever in our hearts. david: don't go anywhere. take ago look back at some of the best moments from "varney & co." in the past year, stay tuned. ♪ they're waiting for you. hey, do you have a second? they're all expecting more. more efficiency. more benefits. more growth. when you realize you can give your people everything, and more.

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stuart: we're friends. >> give me a second to put the glasses on. stuart: oh, handle that computer, come on, man. i'm the guy who can't handle computers, not you. >> i like naples too but let me tell you, i go out and naples is dinner at 6:00. that's lunch for me in miami. stuart: stop it. >> i'm still alive here. i'm still alive. stuart: well, i'm in my mid 70s and i eat dinner at 4:0 in the afternoon for the early bird special. as simple as that. lauren: were you a crayon eater, stuart? stuart: afraid i was. worse, i chewed on the end of a lead pencil and probably extremely bad for me. >> we don't have time for this, stu. it's a small harboring device but continue. stuart: moving on. live from the presidential library in simi valley, california. i'm stuart varney on fox business. chris christie is anti-trump

candidate and he'll join me on the set after this. former vice president mike pence is here and vivek ramaswamy is about to walk straight towards me here in new york visiting. the 2024gop hopeful nikki haley is here walking to the set as we speak. what a pleasure it is. look who's here, ladies and gentlemen, logan paul. let's talk about prime. i've got to ask you about taylor swift. >> love her. stuart: yeah, you're really a big fan. why do you like taylor swift so much? brilliant artist, anything else? >> she's been true to herself and always told the truth. stuart: that's the first time we've had a camel on the program. oh, it's not a camel, it's a rhino. thanks for bringing the first rhino on the show. i thought it was a camel. i couldn't see the hump or a horn. l i didn't know what it was. stuart: i've been handed a chick, okay. that's a chick. a chick. a baby chicken.

okay, we're going to tell you what i'm doing here in just a moment. come on right here, knock it off. >> quit that now, don't get craze equities with me. stuart: jeff flock has the story from illinois. how do farmers think about this, jeff? >> what do you think? not too thrilled. i don't think the pigs much care for it either. stuart: i'm dying to know the reaction to goats. charles payne is with me. have you smuggled a goat? >> i haven't but i have a new item on my bucket list. ashley: i won best hair in nashville. i worked in nashville for ten years and beat out a female anchor at another station. it was called the hairicon idol award and what can i say, it's award winning. don't hate me. this hair would never let anything on it. lauren: there's nothing in your hair? ashley: it would spit it right

back. lauren: can i touch state queens? it is soft ashley: careful, it bites. >> you've got the silver fox things going and if you want to be the ken like add fat to your muscles. stuart: you can do that? >> oh, yeah. stuart: we have a special guest and young rayon the index and 7-year-old daughter of lauren. that would be the rolling stones, i believe. a band fromny my generation i might add. lauren: the rolling bones. ashley: lauren simonetti saying i kind of pop. lauren: the name of the band. we're matching today. your tie, my dress. we pop. stuart: what was that like? put me in, coach? lauren: put me in the game, i want to play. stuart: i thought it meant the airlines. put me in coach, i want to go in the back of the plane. lauren: put me in first.

♪ stuart: you did make us smile. lauren: i'm offended by it. ashley: offended. >> did you think of a g? abigail, is that her name? stuart: it is. that's incredible. >> you bought it and put it in your pocket. which one did you end up buying? say it. >> skittles. what! stuart: that's skittles. >> i'm walking offset. he's a demon. david: lauren, you were there for that . the skill les were in a different bag. lauren: i thought he was wrong on national television like how do we help this man. but he was right. david: which year did coca-cola fist use santa claus in advertisements. 1908, 1915, 1920, or 1931? the answer when we return.

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david: '1931, that was late. we knew that santa was fat and jolly in the early 1930s. that was a poem and it was german, i thought it was british. before we go, i want to put a little shot of my family there. do we have any christmas pictures? yeah, there's one. there's me and my wife, christmas, i think that was christmas last year. grandson, we got a back shot of my grandson at church and the night before felipe went to the marine core december 29, about 19 years ago. that's it for "varney & co.". see you next time. >> the cry mas travel and shopping rush is on,