the celebrity posting photos on instagram of staff members carrying her around. don't forget to keep talking about gitmo. if it closes, where should terrorists go? go to our facebook page to weigh in. "fox & friends" starts now. good morning. it is thursday, december 11. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. fox news, following the hypocrisy on the heels of the c.i.a. interrogation report -- >> will you explain how the president believes it is un-american to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? what is the moral equivalency there? >> well, the white house's response will leave you scratching your head this morning. we promise you that. >> he was at the helm when the interrogation tactics started. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the report is full of crap. excuse me.

>> dick cheney not holding back. more from the former vice president in his first tv response straight ahead. >> and then there's this. meet the congresswoman who says the c.i.a. should apologize to terrorists. that will be nice. mornings are better with friends. >> so sorry. >> it's harry connick jr. and you're watching "fox & friends." >> thanks, harry. look who's back. >> elisabeth, welcome back. it was a long wednesday. >> thanks to ainsley earhardt who was here. i was listening. we had a christmas concert yesterday for the kids so my little guy was singing his heart out. he told me he'd save me a seat so i couldn't let him down. >> we missed you. >> he had a lively sweater on. >> was it an ugly sweater? >> i think it's cute. >> it was the brian kilmeade sweater from the

other day. sounds like he wore my sweater. meanwhile, i don't know if you had a chance to read, 540-something pages or 6,000 pages of the c.i.a. report put forth by the democratic side of the intelligence committee led by dianne feinstein, at which time we have come to the conclusion, the world has, the c.i.a. tortured people and got no benefit from it, and in the end everyone should be condemned. >> it cost $40 million to do this report. it seems to be lacking the actual account of the top officials in the c.i.a. who then went into the "wall street journal" and said, look, there actually is evidence here that this questioning and interrogation did save american lives, but that it also lacks in common sense because you think, wait a second, you're trying to draw some moral equivalency here. explain proning then. ed henry called josh earnest out in the white house on this very thing and listen to their

response. >> explain how the president believes it's un-american to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy and basically thousands of people around the world, innocent civilians killed. what's the moral equivalency there? >> there is significant care taken and there is significant checks and balances that are included in the system to ensure that any counterterrorism action taken by the united states of america does not put at risk innocent lives. >> i understand there are safeguards but in the end we've seen many cases around the world where u.s. drones killed innocent civilians despite those safeguards. >> you're asking about moral authority. there is a very clear difference between the tactics used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics that are employed by the united states of america. >> there is a clear difference. no civilians were killed during this interrogation process. however, according to one of the architects you're going to hear from in about

an hour of the interrogation program, there have been a lot of innocent people who have been killed in drone strikes. what's curious is there's an item in "the new york times" this morning that talks about how democrats are furious at the president that he will not embrace and endorse this senate report from the senate democrats. remember we told you a couple of days ago they had to put it out now because very soon they're going to lose control of the senate. last night on "special report with bret baier" bret baier sat down with the former vice president, dick cheney. you would think a guy who was one of the, guys in charge of the nation's defense, he probably would have been interviewed for this. no, he was not. also he says for the most part the senate report not worth the paper it's written on. >> i guess partly what really bugs me as i watch all this process unfold is the men and women of the c.i.a. did exactly what we wanted to have them do in terms of taking on this program. we said we've got to go use

enhanced techniques and we're going to find out. we've got khalid sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11 who killed 3,000 americans, taken down the world trade center, hit the pentagon, would have taken out the white house or the capitol building if in fact it hadn't been for the passengers on united 93. he is in our possession. we know he's the architect. and what are we supposed to do? kiss him on both cheeks and say please, please, tell us what you know. the report is full of crap, excuse me. >> i think it's very true. i thought the very page of the whole report told the biggest story. senator feinstein reflecting back on when she first talked to george tenet about the threat of al qaeda prior to 9/11, she said the first time george tenet and i spoke, and i'll paraphrase, he talked about an attack on the u.s. homeland not knowing how, not knowing where and not knowing when. guess what happened? eight months after that conversation there was an

attack on 9/11/2011. george tenant didn't know how, where or when. his effort from there on in was to make sure it didn't happen again. those were the methods used by two army psychologist. we're talking about innocent people. that's collateral damage. that's bad. >> they can't answer questi dead. >> abbiewn zubadeyeh was water boarded and some had sleep deprivation and some worse. what is worse? having them play soccer in cuba right now or having you blown up? >> people would rather be water boarded than killed. >> we're going to judge how we're treating our enemies. tell me what's more humane? 341 strikes in pakistan and in yemen 101 strikes. what is 39 compared to 400? that's why the president

probably is having trouble condemning the previous administration. >> he also has officials there who supported the practices. mr. brennan. he came in a difficult position. he trusted those two individuals to keep our nation safe when they gave amens to these practices. if you look at these context, and the head of the department of justice post-9/11 paints a picture of what it was like and the pressure we were under to keep our nation safe and how effective it has been. take a listen. >> we were just a few months after attacks, 3,000 people had been killed many we knew very little about al qaeda, stunningly little about al qaeda and we knew they wanted to carry out pending attacks. the c.i.a. wanted to start a detention program from zero to a hundred miles an hour in a course of weeks. i think it is amazing the success. we have not suffered a major attack on the united states homeland for the last 13 years. that's an incredible

record. thousands of american lives were at risk. i think it would be, to me, it would, the moral choice was to save those american lives even at the price of the al qaeda leaders. >> this program was authorized by the president of the united states. it was supervised by the military complex, the department of justice looked at it, the attorney general was involved. it was okay. water boarding is legal. it just is, even though the president of the united states says it's torture and it is un-american. there are a lot of democrats on the political left who say that it was just the worst thing. there is a democrat named jackie spire from california who was on one of the other kind of news channels yesterday, and she had the most incredible answer to how we should deal with these particular terrorists who killed 3,000 people. listen to this. >> every single page has

something in the executive summary that shocked me, whether it was the rehydration anally or holding people, keeping them sleep deprived for 180 hours with their hands over their heads in shackles. that is not what this country is about, and we've got to shut this down. >> the agency -- should the agency issue an apology? >> absolutely. >> it is a dumb question and it's a dumb answer. she says that the c.i.a. should apologize to the people who killed 3,000 people. why not just send them on a vacation? >> the other way to avoid this, the water boarding, sleep deprivation or whatever else we did was to talk. if they came in talking, telling the story there wouldn't have been a problem. abu zubeydeh said he had more information to give and wasn't giving it. this is a battle between

the f.b.i. and c.i.a. as well. >> the information that came out of this led to the capture. the mastermind of 9/11 here. go back to that time. 3,000 people dead, some jumping out of a building because that was a better option. and our practices here said we don't want that to happen again. it hasn't happened for 13 years. those are the things that in war sometimes. let us know what you think on e-mail, facebook and twitter. meanwhile we turn to our fend heather. >> this is an example of the kind of people we're dealing with in this war on terror. we've learned about an offer from the terror group isis. they're trying to sell the body of american journalist diswraims foley for $1 million. isis beheading foley in syria. the group is trying to broker a deal on-line. how sick is this? with his parents or the u.s. government. they are also offering a

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fresh fallout this morning from a senate report detailing the c.i.a. interrogation techniques. former vice president dick cheney had a strong reaction to the report's release. >> it's a classic example you see too often in washington where a group of politicians get together and sort of throw the professionals under the bus. what happened is we asked the agency to put programs in line to catch the bass tardz responsible for -- catch the bastards responsible for 9/11. >> will the c.i.a. report encourage our enemies to kill americans? 81% of you say absolutely in a brand-new fox poll. pete hegseth a fox news contributor joins us now to discuss. good morning. we're glad to have you

here. will this embolden our enemies to take action to kill americans? >> of course it will. they don't need more emboldening. they're already there. this politicized cherry-picked -- to quote the vice president, he's absolutely right, piece of crap is the type of thing that gives more fodder to people looking for reasons to do us harm. any time you get squeamish -- and i read the report. it isn't horrifying, isn't mortifying. these are things we did to keep our country safe. every time you wonder about those techniques, take a look at a picture of someone jumping from the world trade center. that is a crystallizing reminder of the depth they will go to. they don't play by the rules. we're playing cultural suicide by blaming ourselves. >> we have another fox news question. how will this affect the military? morale has gone down, what, 35% in just the past five years according to -- 45%, according to "military

times" i believe that is the source of the poll. for the people at the c.i.a. or the people who are the boots on the ground it, if the commander in chief asks you to do something and this happens, why bother? >> if this is a commander in chief problem, that poll number, it was 90% of troops felt like they were being taken care of properly and had a clear mission in 2009 at the end of the bush administration. just five years later it is at 56%. that is because the troops see a commander in chief that won't call the enemy what it is and won't have their back when they make tough calls. this problem is if you're making a tough call in the moment or doing something difficult or dirty behind the scenes that you have to do in the face of a vicious enemy, you have to believe your commander at any level is going to back you up that you made the best call you could and give you the

benefit of the doubt and across the board our operators at any time are going to have to wonder whether some politicized report is going to throw them under the bus later on and allow them to not do what they need to do when they need to do it. >> think about that paralysis when you're attempting to protect the united states of america. >> then you wonder why morale is going down. captain, thank you very much for joining us today. 20 minutes after the top. the 20th hijacker asked to be put in gitmo because federal prison is too tough for him. will the judge say yes? delta announces five new classes. how much do you have to pay to be treated like a human being? the debate on that next. >> i was surprised to hear that delta airlines announced that starting next march they will offer

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all right, quick headlines from the terror file on this thursday morning. if our borders are so secure, how did wanted terrorist cross a bunch of times? a new bombshell report says during one trip, the top al qaeda leader flew a private plane from mexico and landed at an airfield in new mexico. he was charged in 2010 with plotting to blow up subway stations in new york city and london. last week pakistani officials said he was killed in a raid. the so-called 20th

hijacker in the 9/11 attacks wants to transfer into gitmo. he says he's being assaulted and harassed in prison specifically by the 1993 world trade center bomber ramsey yousef. federal agents have not yet responded to his demands yet. too bad. could your next flight look like this? >> wow, this is great. >> low class straight back. >> this actually is not bad. >> low class won't be an option. soon delta will offer new five-tier seating plans. first, basic economy, the cheapest ticket, most

restrictions, no advanced seating, no changes or refund. then the main class which is the same as economy class. tier three, more leg room, dedicated overhead space and a sleep kit. first class same as current first class. the fifth tier includes full flatbed seats, in flight bedding, chefs, wine pairing and delta sky club access. are five classes necessary? shouldn't we be living in classless society? here's debate. george havaka, founder of airfarewatchdog.com and courtney watts is here. >> courtney, is this a big deal with you? >> i don't think so. folks in basic economy won't get to choose their seat. we don't yet know if the prices are going to be

cheaper for those of us traveling in basic economy which would be a good thing for those of us looking to save. >> george, is that likely that basic economy will allow more people to fly to more places or is this an opportunity to give the airlines more money? >> i think basic economy probably will be the same fare as regular economy. you cannot change your ticket at all. if you buy it, you fly it. and it's basically just a rebranding. >> a rebranding. i just read a startling stat. you would never realize it by seeing what's going on, but 26 of these airlines are now making a profit. it's a good time to be in this business for the first time in a long time. courtney, is this something that will actually increase the -- make it better for those who have a little bit more money but not quite as much money to get first class? >> there are lots of new perks being rolled out with the new naming convention and tiered system.

people who can afford to get the extra leg room, there will be more leg room. people who can afford first class and premium there's lots of extra perks. i don't think it will be that big of an impact for travelers. >> george, are you going to feel even worse now if you're in basic class? people are going to be looking down on you? is there a way to fight back? >> actually, brian, it's only on 50 routes so far, this basic economy. i think one of the interesting things is they called -- they renamed comfort plus. it used to be economy comfort which implies that the regular economy had no comfort, which is probably true. what's interesting is they've actually added quilted padding to the economy comfort seats. they're so uncomfortable some of these new economy seats, slim line seats, they have less padding so they're adding padding back. >> the other day i wanted to upgrade. they said you're not able to. you have to hand in your

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we sent you to paris to interview him? >> you know, steve, i travel the world. you can catch all the interviews on in the fox light.com or follow me on twitter or instagram. >> movie looks great. can't hardly wait. thank you, sir. >> thanks, michael. >> next on our rundown, if the c.i.a. interrogation is true, judge napolitano says

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more on our top story. the c.i.a. under fire after a scathing report alleges the agency misled the report on its interrogation tactics. judging us to weigh in is judge napolitano, author of "suicide pact." judge, thanks for being here. when you look at the timing of this report and the interrogation methods that were used and the report itself, you have almost 600 pages -- you read them all? >> yes. >> does it concern you, just to start that the accounts of the top c.i.a. officials involved were not included in that? >> it does. it does concern me. according to senator feinstein's explanation the other day on the floor of the senate, the justice department told the senior

people, formerly senior in the c.i.a. -- they're not there anymore -- that they should not speak to the senate investigators until the justice department investigation was over. the justice department investigation has been over for awhile, but what does inform the report is the e-mails, the footnoted e-mails. everything in those 500 pages are footnoted with documents that substantiate what was said. for somebody to say the report is hooey, or even stronger terminology is their emotional reaction to the report rather than their intellectual analysis of it. >> by someone do you mean former vice president dick cheney? listen to his comment. >> the terrorists were not covered by the geneva convention. they were unlawful combatants. under those circumstances they were not entitled to the normal kind of courtesies you would accord to those. >> i understand the reason why he said that.

what he's saying is what he wishes the law would be. but five supreme court opinions have disagreed with that. of course the supreme court has the final word on the meaning of the constitution and the meaning of the laws and they have all said that the people at guantanamo bay and the people confined elsewhere -- by the way, the torture we're talking about are protected by the geneva conventions, absolutely. the vice president is saying what he wants the law to be, not what the supreme court said it is. to make it clear, this torture did not occur in the united states and it did not occur at guantanamo bay. it occurred at various places, the identity of which has not been made known to us, throughout the world. >> undeniable that the interrogation techniques did produce valuable results. >> that's the kicker here and that is what has vice president cheney and a lot of others so upset, is the conclusion here, out of the mouths of c.i.a. agents, not out of the mouths of politicians or senators but out of the mouths of former

c.i.a. agents who participated in this, that they did not get anything valuable from these people, that the information that they obtained to find osama bin laden, for example, did not come as a result of the torture. that makes it very controversial. >> we've asked our viewers -- we value what they think, so we've asked them to tweet us questions e-mail us questions. it is amazing how quickly people forget 9/11. harsh interrogation was needed to locate our enemies. >> that view is a view shared by a lot of people. and this report contradicts it. >> well, this is another one from pam. a drone that kills and has collateral damage is better than water boarding to keep the united states safe? >> that is another very controversial issue because the same president of the united states who says he can rewrite immigration laws on his own also says he can kill people with drones, even americans, even americans who have not been charged with a crime. i understand the bit of sarcasm in that e-mail and i understand her concern, but to suggest that killing

people with drones is better than torture? no. they're both unlawful. >> in one you can at least get information out of and the other you can't. they're dead. >> but the constitution governs what the government does wherever it goes, and the constitution says you have to follow due process, and due process means you've got to follow the rules. you can't just abuse somebody and torture them because you have control over their body. that's the law. >> you take off your legal hat -- >> if the government wants to change the law and be open and candid about it and say whenever we catch you we're going to torture you they ought to put that in the law instead of pretending they obey a law they don't actually obey. >> water boarding is one of those. >> anybody who thinks water boarding is not torturing should try it? who said that to me? steve, one of our colleagues who was water boarded. what a pleasure. >> coming up, was this -- what is this man with terror ties doing working right near an airport?

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decades. this christmas nativity scene in brookville, indiana has been celebrating the spirit of the season. all that could change if atheists got their way. the freedom from religion foundation claiming that nativity violates church and state laws because the display is on government property. scott is a brookville resident and franklin county commissioner and he joins us live to discuss. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it's good to have you. so the freedom from religion people have sent you a letter and they said you got to take that down. but you are not backing down, are you? >> no. >> why not? >> well, because we believe that the community has a right to express its beliefs and that's the first amendment, gives people the freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the key words are freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. we intend to protect the community's right to express themselves. >> i got part of the statement

they sent to you. it is this: freedom from religion has no problem with religious displays on private property. it's only when the government is endorsing a religious message as is the case here that they are violating the constitution. they say it's okay on private property. but because it's public property, they've got a problem with that. do they? >> yes. they have a problem with that. but they're misreading the law because open forums, you can have a religious display in an open forum, as long as you're providing everyone the same opportunity. so if someone wants to come along and ask to us put a star of david, menorah on the courthouse lawn, we would permit that. no one is being denied access to the public forums. >> that's the beauty of this. you are saying anybody who wants to put up some sort of a decoration on public land, you can do it. but the atheists are saying no, we don't want any of them there, right? >> that is correct.

>> okay. so what is your message, scott, to other communities who have been approached by the atheists and said, you've got a manger in the town square, you have to take it down? what's your message to those communities on what they should do? >> in a nutshell, it's stop letting them bully you. what they do is go around and threaten to sue municipalities, other government agencies if they permit any type of religious display and they use the misconceptions about the separation of church and state to make everyone afraid of getting into the middle of a lawsuit when the constitution does protect you. >> absolutely. and you're saying we'll let anybody put a display up, but we're not going to exclude anybody. that's the way it should be. scott from indiana, thank you very much. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you. >> good enough. there you go. coming up, she was behind the register when a customer realized he didn't have enough money to pay for his food.

>> i felt really bad for him. i didn't want him to go home and not have something that he really needed to eat. >> and what she did next is awesome.

good morning. it's thursday, december 11. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. he was at the hem when the c.i.a. interrogation tactics began. >> this report says it's not successful. >> that report is full of crap. excuse me. i said it yesterday and let me use the real word. >> dick cheney not holding back. more from the former vice president in his first television response. the question everyone wants answered and we took it to the white house. >> can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use these techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? >> and it is okay. he's doing it now. but how did the press secretary explain this one might leave you

scratching your head and you have dandruff itch. >> plus, a stunt goes horribly wrong in front of a live audience. okay, okay. his sport coat is on fire. the video is hard to watch, but we promise it will end okay. mornings are better with friends who aren't on fire. >> this is jordin sparks and you're watching "fox & friends". >> that's good producing. you see the guy on fire action then hear from jordin sparks. >> also if you're at home and you want to play this question, if you're a host of a show and your guest goes on fire, do you tell the audience, we'll be right back, or do you follow the guest and try to put him out? >> i think you aim at putting out the guest?

>> you were hired to do the show. >> you would think that if they had somebody who could be on fire, they would have a fire extinguisher or some way to put them out just offcam are. >> we would. >> absolutely. >> if you're going to come here and light yourself on fire, we'll be willing to put you out and keep the show going. no? >> people are getting hot regarding this report that has come -- it's the so-called terror report, that's what democrats are calling it. we told you it was political. the democrats in the senate put it out before the republicans took over. well, we heard, according to this, that it didn't work, and it was ineffective and it was torture and it was unamerican. dick cheney, the former vice president, was on with bret baier last night and he said the report is a load and it did work and here he is. >> this report says it was not successful. >> the report is full of crap. excuse me. i said hooey yesterday and let me use the real word. i think you got to remember partly what was going on as well

during this period of time. we had reporting that al-qaeda was trying to get their hands on nuclear weapons, that they had been dealing with pakinstanis who had nuclear weapons. we had the anthrax attacks that went on here at home of the there was every reason to expect there will be a follow on attack and from our perspective, if you were sitting in my chair, the president's chair, our job is to keep the country safe and secure and go get those guys who hit us on 9-11 and that's exactly what we did. we did what we felt was necessary. the professionals in the intelligence community, especially the c.i.a., did one hell of a job. they deserve our gratitude. >> and he points out he would do it all again. >> yeah. i think there is a few elements to this. number one, the c.i.a. and f.b.i. have different ways of interrogating. they came to the conclusion that doing it a different way. they didn't go out there to get revenge. they went to get information and if these people talked, they wouldn't have had to go to these lengths. they felt as though they were

keeping back explicit plans about another attack. we know there were formal second waves of attacks sent to launch. this is the best way they thought to do it. it wasn't what they wanted to do in terms of exacting revenge. meanwhile, jose rodriguez last night was on with megyn kelly. >> that's right. you mentioned the interrogation techniques that were used and it's also worth everyone going back and reading the "wall street journal" op ed by those c.i.a. officials that were not brought in to question or their accounts not included in this 6,000-page report, 600 of which we know about, and cost $40 million. but the person behind the interrogation techniques and his name is james elmer mitchell, former air force psychologist. he was behind developing really the architect of their techniques of interrogation. this is what he had to say, contrasting what they did versus droning. >> to me, it seems completely incensible that slapping ksm is bad, but sending a missile into a picnic and killing the concern

and killing granny and everyone is okay for a lot of reasons. >> he is also quoted as saying i completely understand why the human rights organizations and the united states are upset by the report. he said, i would be upset by it, too, if it were true. the report is not true. so here we have what's going on right now, you got democrats who are saying it is not okay to interrogate somebody roughly. but at the same time, the leader of the democrats party, the president of the united states, is able to order drone strikes and just flat out kill somebody. ed henry asked josh earnest about that yesterday. >> can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use these techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy and basically thousands of people around the world, innocent civilians, killed? what's the moral equivalency

there? >> there is significant care taken and there is significant checks and balances that are included in the system to ensure that any counterterrorism action that's taken by the united states of america does not put at risk innocent lives. >> i understand there were safeguards. but in the end, we've seen many cases around the world where u.s. drones have killed innocent civilians. despite those safeguards. >> you're asking about moral authority and there is -- >> there is a very clear difference between the tactics used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics employed by the united states of america. >> right now gitmo, you can pray eight times a day and play soccer in the evening. they're even putting up basketball nets. if you're in pakistan, one of those 341 victims, one of the 341 strikes, and i'm pro-drone strike, what kind of trial did you get? what kind of deliberations did you receive? over 100 into yemen. that's the president's policies. and to his credit, he's not called out john brennan and not called out james comey. in fact, he said they're doing a great job yesterday. >> to your point, he said this,

josh earnest replied to another question by ed henry saying how could he appoint two of the most sensitive job, f.b.i. and c.i.a., believe that they endorse unamerican techniques and tactics? he said he can rely upon them to keep the country safe. >> okay. the democrats are saying the interrogation program unamerican, but it is okay to drone people. we asked you what you thought. barbara on facebook said, the drone attacks are much worse than the c.i.a. interrogation tactics. >> kevin on facebook said this, enhanced interrogation is more of a counter terrorist technique than dropping bombs. it provides information that allows us to stop terrorist attacks. >> we don't capture anyone anymore and as dick cheney said last night, if we got zawahiri tomorrow, we wouldn't know where to put him or talk to him of the 81% of you expect isis to attack the u.s. with or without this exposure of this democratic senate intelligence report. here is the poll and there you had a chance to see.

>> plus another question was, if an isis terrorist is captured on the battlefield, where should we put him? well, about 60% of you say put him in gitmo, which means the president really shouldn't close it even though that was the first thing he said he would do. >> that's right. and it also asks if gitmo close, is it okay to transfer a prisoner into your community? 65% answered no, of course not. not in my neighborhood. >> that's where we're heading. >> keep your e-mail coming. eight minutes after the top of the hour. heather has a fox news alert. >> speaking of isis, these are the types of things we are dealing with. we just learned about an awful offer from terror group isis. it is trying to sell the body of american journalist james foley for $1 million. isis beheaded foley in syria a

few months back. since then, a source contacted by isis says that group is trying to broker the deal online with foley's grieving parents or the u.s. government. they're offering a a dna sample to prove it's really him, but not without the money up front. mother nature back here at home, is about to deliver the worst blow that california has seen in years. take a look at this. the rain and the wind already hitting washington state. experts say this will be unlike anything those states have ever seen. they are calling this a horizontal hurricane and that's because miles above the earth, the winds are swirling up to 200 miles per hour. they're pulling moisture all the way across the pacific ocean and all of that is about to be dumped on the west coast and on homes that are already hanging on the edge. parts of california expect to get eight inches of rain in just 20 hours. imagine that. police think this lady in new york was drunk or on drugs when she lost control of her car

and mowed down christmas shoppers before crashing into a crowded forever 21 store in new york city. witnesses said she appeared to be fleeing from a fender bender. six people were seriously hurt. witnesses say they also saw a young girl who was pinned down by the mustang car. the driver could now face a dwi charge. a brazilian magic act goes up in flames when the presenter catches fire in front of a live studio audience. take a look. oh, gosh. well, you know that is not a good thing. the magician's mouth caught fire, leaving behind some minor burns. it was his first attempt with that stunt, believe it or not. doctors say he is going to be okay. he poured something in his mouth

and then blew the fire and -- >> probably 151 rum, something that will burn. >> it doesn't seem like a good idea. >> it didn't look dangerous at all. >> see you later. 'tis the season for some great christmas stories. listen to this. >> we need one, steve. >> we do. you came to the right place. so upstate new york at a wal-mart, this older gentleman puts his stuff on the belt and he has some food for himself and his pet and as it turns out, he says -- he pulls the money out and shows it to jenny, a brand-new cashier and he goes, is this enough money? and she says she didn't think he had enough money. what did she do? she watched him as he started to put the food away and she then said -- >> i'm going to pay for it for you. this is exactly why she did. i think she should be called a catch cheer, not a cashier.

>> he was like, you know, is it enough? and i said no it's not. so he was trying to take stuff back. i felt really bad for him. i didn't want him to go home and not have something that he really needed to eat. i was like, you know what? don't worry about it. so i took out my money that i had in my pocket. >> forty dollars. she took out of her own pocket, handed it to the man. it was noticed by her manager. she said we need to clone jenny. we need to have jennies one through ten. >> yeah. >> i agree. >> this was an act of kindness completely anonymous until the person behind the older guy in line said that was really nice that you did that and took $40 out of their pocket and tried to give it to the cashier. she said, you know what? it's a company policy. i can't take your money, but thank you very much. how great is that? >> what a blessing this time of year can be so hard for so many. and for someone to step up like that, we do need to clone her. she's incredible. >> hats off. it is 7:12 here in new york city. he trained at a terrorist camp

in somalia. but when he relocated next door to an american airport, the feds didn't do a thing about it. how can they miss that? the reporter who broke this outrageous story joins us live next. then imagine this view, a path five feet wide straight down a cliff. a skier puts his life on the line for one incredible stunt. ♪ ♪

does this sound suspicious to you? he left his home in new jersey to start a new life in somalia. we later found out it was açó terrorist training camp. but the feds didn't seem too worried about it when he moved back. he wasn't arrested when a mosque in minnesota called to say he had been thrown out and somehow he was allowed to take a job near an airport driving a snowplow. can you see how that would go awry? tom lyden broke the story and joins us now. tom, they reached out to you.

his co-workers were desperate to get someone's attention. >> yeah. they really were. they were afraid he would literally take one of these snowplows that hewqj trained to drive and drive it right on to the tarmac. he was working for the minnesota department of transportation up until about two weeks ago when he was let go. didn't make it past his probationary period. this facility fort department of transportation is literally right next door to the airport and the runway where they began their takeoff. a couple hundred feet, only separated by a chain link fence and razor wire. so that was their fear, that he would literally get throughout and do some damage. he really got closer than a lot of people at the airport with security clearance. very interesting person for us here in minnesota. first came on our radar when he was kicked out of a mosque in bloomington, minnesota, for allegedly radicalizing young people there. he's allegedly been thrown out of other mosques in the twin cities. and by the way, this mosque in bloomington, same mosque where three young people attended

before -- where they were recruit to do fight for isis. of two them actually left. one was apprehended at the airport before he could leave. but the f.b.i. has a very long history with this man going back seven years. he was apprehended leaving a terror training camp in somalia. we called it al-qaeda back then. not al-shabab. f.b.i. detained him for four months, moving him between secret prisons and kenya, somalia, and ethiopia before letting him go without charges back here in america in his native new jersey. >> thanks. >> the aclu filed a lawsuit against the f.b.i. on his behalf. that lawsuit was dismissed earlier this year. >> so this is something that is part of a bigger picture, isn't it? for some reason, your great city seems to be a magnet for recruiters, for isis and al-shabab. why? >> we don't know. we obviously have a very large somali community and i think the recruiters have gotten into that community. had 24 people for al-shabab, about a dozen who left for isis. so for we've only indicted three people.

they're very low level. they were just travelers to syria. two attempted, one intercepted at the airport. but it appears prosecutors are building this case from the bottom up, indicting the lower level people before they get to the top recruiters. >> tom, thank your program director for allowing you to do these stories. you're the only one too long these stories and -- doing these stories and america needs to know. >> thanks. coming up straight ahead, the federal government denies terrorists cross into the u.s. from mexico. but a new report says the most wanted terrorist crossed the border not just once, but multiple times. the details straight ahead. first, jordin sparks will join us on the curvy couch. she's a great singer. we watched her grow up before our eyes and she's still really nice. ♪ ♪

we got hollywood headlines for you. this year's golden globes nominations will be announced in beverly hills. the movies "boyhood" and" birdman" getting a loft buzz. we'll bring them to you live later this morning and have a recap by the end of the show. and the fallout from the hack attack on sony turning ugly. new leaked e-mails show one of hollywood's top producers trash talking angelina jolie to the co-chair of sony pictures. rudin calling her, quote, a minimally talented spoiled brat looking to take a soak in a $180 million ego bath. >> yikes. >> whoa. he went on to say in capital letters, you better shut angie down. and ariana grande, latin

style magazine says the star insists on being carried like a baby when she's too tired to walk. the 21-year-old posting proof on instagram of staff members carrying her around. with reaction now, we've got singer/song writer jordin sparks >> we didn't hack you, but who carries you around? >> no one. >> you don't have any demands? >> i'm awake -- i can carry you, but nobody can really carry me. >> you just told us a couple moments ago that we're coming up on your birthday. >> yes. >> december 22 is your birthday. when you have a birthday so close to christmas, do you get short changed? >> when i was younger it really bothered me because people would go, merry christmas, and happy birthday. well, my brother, his birth take

is in may. in six months, he got another plethora -- >> he gets two shout outs. >> so i'll be sitting there, like whatever. i'm just happy if someone remembers now. >> how are you celebrating? this has been a big year for your family. a lot of changes. for you in your relationship, your mom married. >> my brother is getting married. yes. it's been a big year. >> are you an auntie? >> i am an auntie. she's the most amazing thing. i love being an aunt. >> there is your family. >> yes. my mom and brother. >> was that posed? >> we took that a couple years ago. my mom was like let's do a family photo shoot. so that was from that. i think i posted it somewhere. i just don't know where. >> it looks great. and also we have one with your dad, of course. >> yes. >> hi, dad f. you're watching. >> why wouldn't he be? >> well, he's here on the east coast. so i'm not sure if he's awake yet. he usually gets up early. so hi, daddy. >> tell bus your new album. >> yes. okay. so like we were talking about

earlier, it's been five years since my last album. what i was doing was i was telling people that i was -- i've been working on music for the past five years. i was getting stopped at every turn not by my own choice. >> writing or choosing artists to write for you? >> i wrote "the way" for ariana and other song writers as well. but now finally, like i've got my own stuff. i've got shoots coming up. so everything is actually happening. so i can finally look in the camera and say it is happening and -- >> right here right now. >> right here right now. that's what the name, the title of the album. >> tell bus this make it happen campaign. >> basically they are encouraging and inspiring people to complete and/or finish resolutions they made in 2014. the special thing they're doing is they are gonna pick a pledge

off of their facebook page, you say what your pledge is and they'll pick one and every day for december, they're going to help make that happen. so they're going to make it happen. they've done 11 so far. but it's interesting 'cause for me, i'm all about encouraging anybody to make a difference and to inspire others and for me, my pledge is to just still bring awareness. it seemed like a perfect fit. >> that's fantastic. >> "american idol," new season is about to get started. do you think the fran highs is out of gas or do you think it has anything left? >> i have to be neutral because the show -- i don't know where i would be without the show. i do think some of the changes they didn't really need to do. but it's still one of the highest rated shows, even in -- >> i think you would make good judge. >> is it the 14th year? >> it's right up there. >> i was season six.

oh, my gosh. anyway, i just -- i would love for the focus to go back onto the contestants. like you don't really remember what the contestants -- you remember details, but you remember what the judges said and wore and ha they did, and i think they should flip it back to the contestants. >> i feel the same way. >> you would love to be a judge? >> a couple years ago i was like no, i don't think i could do it. i watch stuff now and i'm just like, i could do that. just call me. >> i think it would be a great idea. >> if not "american idol," supreme court. >> thank you. >> always a pleasure. merry christmas and happy birthday to you. can someone come and carry her off the set now? >> right here, right now. >> love your album. coming up on this thursday. >> on a serious note, one step closer to flying the friendly skies, talking about drones. where you'll see them buzzing around first. and less than two weeks until christmas. do you have something for the man in your life? you better. but it's not the perfect gift

for guys are here next. >> here we go. ♪ ♪

of course, the big news out of washington is this report on c.i.a. interrogation techniques. today president obama was talking about the report and praised our country's ability to, quote, make changes and do better. which sounds less like a speech on torture and more like comments on a kindergartener's report card. >> i love him. you know what else i love? heather nauert who is here. >> good morning. love that. i've got some news. a big question a lot of us are asking is about border security.

so if our border is so secure, how did the most wanted terrorist cross our border multiple times? there is a new bombshell report that says during one trip a top al-qaeda leader flew a private plane from mexico and landed at a small air field in new mexico. he was charged in 2010 with plotting to blow up subways in new york city and london. just last week, pakinstani officials say that he was killed in a raid. the drone industry is now one step closer to taking off. four more companies are now allowed to use commercial drones to monitor construction sites and inspect oil rigs. the faa began granting exceptions to this 2007 ban on commercial drone use earlier this year. 13 companies total now have permits to fly. and if you're traveling for the holidays, stay home next friday, december 19. that is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year. at least 2 1/2 million people are expected to travel on the

friday before christmas. that is a whole lot. and this is a moment that will make your stomach drop. you got to look at this. ♪ ♪ >> you see that entire split through the mountains? that's a crevice. you can see the skier with a camera mounted on his helmet going down this in the alaskan wilderness. he's cody townsend and he took on this stunt northwest of anchorage, alaska. that video is going viral, with more than 2 million views ontube. this is similar to those in the united states, but a heck of a lot smaller. my brother used to ski those in jackson hole, wyoming, but nothing like that. >> it's so close. you wonder why he doesn't hit his head. >> does he survive at the end? >> he sure does. >> he's fine.

he cleared it. >> thank you. meanwhile, from snow to snow storms, we got another one to tell you about. this one on the east coast. more than 30,000 people in new york state waking up in the dark and the cold after that nor'easter of about 36 hours ago knocked out power all overt place. >> up to 20 inches of snow fell near syracuse. whiteout conditions there shutting down an interstate for more than seven hours. >> is any of this true, maria, or are we using old video? >> you're absolutely right. we picked up 20 inches of snow in parts of upstate new york and other areas looking at more than a foot of snow across portions of new hampshire and into vermont, across maine, close to a foot of snow. the storm system, very powerful and it's still lingering across the northeast. we're still seeing the snow across portion of pennsylvania and also western new york, including the city of buffalo. about a half foot of snow, additional accumulation possible in some of those areas. out west, we have a new storm system arriving impacting the west coast and this storm system is one of the strongest that we

have seen out there in years. up to eight inches of rainfall possible. you're looking at wind gusts of hurricane force. high wind warnings in effect and blizzard warnings also posted along some of the higher elevations of the sierras. one to two or even three feet of snow possible in some of the highest elevations. let's head back inside. well, their shirts have been called the perfect polo by the "wall street journal" massim. now they have come up with the perfect shirt giving guide and they're here with us. glad you're here because we have some shopping to do. i want to start by talking about the perfect gifts right now. let's start with the shirts. >> yeah. thanks for having us. so we put together a great group of guests for guys. we're going to start with a couple of our products. we just launched our line of organic cotton cashmere sweaters. they come in three different styles. v neck, cardigan and a crew.

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>> i'm sure he has a blast doing it. these are great ideas for the season. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> we are about to shop and don't forget that promo code friends on your web site. 20% off. now this, call the wham bulance. the 20th hijacker asking to be put in gitmo because federal prison is too tough for him. what will the judge say? we're going to bring that to you. then coming to your child's classroom, planned parenthood telling your kids to ask questions like this. do you want to come back to my place? yeah. is it too much too soon? you know my answer. we want to hear yours.

quick headlines now. the so-called 20th hijacker wants a transfer into gitmo. he says he's being assaulted and harassed in prison.

get this, by the 1993 world trade center bomber ramsey youssef, who happens to be the nephew of khalid shaikh mohammed. and they're designed to go lethal in a matter of seconds. wow. the u.s. navy successfully testing its new laser weapon. it's operated with a game like controller using concentrated energy to destroy enemy ships, missiles or drones. it's cheap, too. costing just about one dollar per shot. north koreans hack it for free. meanwhile, parents, bet this wasn't a lesson in your school. the organization, planned parenthood, teaching teen-agers at a california high school to choose their gender. they're using this genderbread person, to do it. and the sex ed class doesn't

stop there yet. but is that really planned parenthood's business, teaching your kids about the birds and the bees? joining us dr. robertevers down in dallas. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so somebody's got to teach the kids about birds and bees. many families, it's the families, it's the parents. in some situations, my kids learned about it through their high school education. it's just part of the curriculum. but you say having kids learn from planned parenthood is a very bad idea. >> it really is. look, the multitude of parents out there are trying to communicate to their children the judeo christian principle that sex is a gift from god reserved for the marriage relationship. and no parent should have to worry that those values are being undermined by planned parenthood at a local school. look, planned parenthood is an organization that gets its money from the government, $500 million last year -- by

doing two things. proposalling promiscuity by children like this program, and performing abortions, 300,000, last year. planned parenthood should be no more welcomed on a local school campus than the local pervert wrapped in a rain coat, both endanger the well-being of our children. >> i was just looking on the planned parenthood web site talking about help, for planned parenthood and education on sex. and one of the things are, why abstinence only programs donnel work. that flies in the face of your particular message. also, we've got from a questionnaire, some of the questions you're supposed to ask as if you were consenting for sex. for instance, do you want to go back to my place? is it okay if i take off my pants? doctor, these are things that are on a questionnaire for 13-year-old kids. >> that's right. and talking to 13-year-old girls about water-based lube can'ts.

look, here is the liberal mindset, we're going to indoctrinate your children in promiscuity. if you want to teach your children differently, duke that at home of the we are conservative parents, we ought to rise up and say no, if we're going to talk about sex in the school, we're going to talk about the only safe sex is sex that follows god's principle of sex within marriage. if you want to teach your children differently, you can do that in your home. >> sure. the parents, many of them apparently did not consent to have their children taught by planned parenthood, which it's not a government agency. it's an organization. as you depicted earlier, that's what you feel they stand for. but so parents weren't asked about whether or not it was okay. now that they found out, doctor, that this particular high school has planned parenthood doing the sex ed, they said, you know what? we'd like you to come and present to us what you're telling our kids. so far, they won't do it. >> no. no.

they don't want to do it. you know what they say is here is the liberal strategy, well, you can always opt out of a class like this. no teen-ager, no child should have to opt out and be ostracized and labeled a prude. we shouldn't be teaching these kind of liberal values in the school when planned parenthood starts talking about water-based lubricant's to 13 and 13-year-olds, they are giving their implicit approval for sex outside marriage. and look, if a child, a 13-year-old guy is saying, do i listen to my parents or do i listen to planned parenthood, guess who the child and his raging hormones are going to listen to. this is totally out of place in the school. >> all right. doctor, thank you for joining us this morning from dallas. >> thank you. >> i think we know how he feels about it. how do you? e-mail us. coming up from al gore to leonardo dicaprio, they say climate change is the most important issue of our time, right up there with terrorism.

really? john stossel breaks down the facts and he is next. but first on this date in history back in 1974, "kung fu fighting" was the number one song in america and everyone was singing it on their a/m radios. ♪ ♪

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watch. >> some americans say business hurts poor people. famous actors tell the united nations fossil fuels will kill us. >> accelerated climate change is here right now. >> it is? some people believe all kinds of things. >> do you believe in ghosts? >> i do. >> yes. people have seen ghosts. i don't need proof for it. >> no proof? >> john stossel on the "fox business" network joins us now. to your point, many americans -- you're saying a lot of americans believe in ridiculous stuff. let's start with climate change. we've heard from many americans, many prominent americans, it's the worst thing that could possibly happen. >> you said two things. i believe in climate change. climate changes, always has, always will. but climate catastrophe? every decade fewer people die from the weather. because of fossil fuels, because

they're able to protect themselves. big difference between -- climate change is going to kill us and climate changes. >> you're saying you should -- it would be reasonable to point out the pluses of fossil fuels? >> in the short-term at least, lives are being saved if the planet warms. >> you have brave people saying it's done and it's a threat to world peace, like al gore and you have secretary of state kerry. >> good evidence man contributes to global warming. but i say so what? we can deal with it. it's not a catastrophe. cold is far worse for hurting people than warmth. >> we heard in that sound bite montage a woman say that she believed in ghosts. then there are a lot of people who really believe -- if they're in the newspaper and they see the astrology thing, this -- they read it. >> 36% believe in ufos. 39% believe in astrology. i thought it was higher. we once had a horoscope done on

a mass murderer and i took it to a classroom of college students and said, this is your horoscope. we collected their birthdays before. 25 pages. they are going through saying, wow. i didn't believe in astrology before, but no one could have known these things about me. psychics and fortune tellers are good about saying things ha are good for everyone. you women earn less than we men do. but there are reasons for it. you may be are more sensible. you have put more emphasis in not working in a horrible place or dangerous places. you take time off to take care of a family. ridiculousreason for that. things get stuck in our heads? >> evolution. a lot of the scares because if our ancestors were hyper alert, that there was a saber toothed tiger around, they were dead. so you learn to respond to whatever somebody tells you.

>> as real or not as it may be. >> i remember the series "land of the lost." >> do you remember that? >> no. >> yeah, saturdays. >> we didn't get that channel. >> brian, you're fired. >> go out and play in the park. >> it was crazy to see men try to survive in times of dinosaurs. >> if you remember "land of the lost," make brian feel better. >> john will be talk being this tonight at 9:00 o'clock eastern time on his program, fox business. if you're wondering where it is in your area on your cable outfit, go to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder and there you'll find it. >> it's the reasonable thing to do. >> it is. sometimes it goes through your house and puts the channel on of the thanks so much. coming up. >> this is what you get when you don't watch a fox news report. a democrat telling the c.i.a. they should apologize to terrorists? that story top of the hour. then want to fix obamacare?

kathleen sebelius says change the name. >> obamacare has a bad brand and i think we may need to call it something in the future different. >> yeah, but what? why don't youle suggest something?d us >> a packed hour --

good morning. it is thursday, december 11. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the director of the c.i.a. just hours from breaking his silence on the senate's interrogation report as fox news already asking tough questions. >> can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use the techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? >> well, the white house's response will leave you scratching your head this morning. then, there is this. meet the congresswoman who says the c.i.a. should apologize to terrorists. not making that up. your e-mails flooding our switchboard.

we'll read some shortly. caught on camera, a driver stuck in his sinking car. the moment a good samaritan jumped in the lake to help. >> i started shouting. i said, i need a hammer, something to break this window with so i can get in and pull him out. >> can you believe someone had a hammer? mornings are better with friends. >> hi, everyone. this is ian. beginning to look a lot like christmas. enjoy the holidays. keep watching "fox & friends." >> he was on the show yesterday. >> sure was. >> he's got a new line of clothing. >> he does. >> yes. >> all about the chainsaw. >> yes. >> a good chainsaw. >> listen. in the last couple minutes, we've had a development and we want to share it with you right now. >> that's right. we have a fox news alert. for the first time since the c.i.a. report was released, c.i.a. director john brennan

will speak in a now hours. he plans to personally confront the most dramatic claims that the interrogation program did not work, that it did not save lives, and it was intentionally hidden from congress. >> think about the impact of this. the c.i.a. director hand picked by the president, the one who was by his side before he was at the c.i.a., he was there during the bush years, came into the white house and then went back to the c.i.a. now to run things is speak out. this is directly against the democratic leadership in the senate, soon to be former leadership in the senate. and this is directly against a report that takes on his agency and technically the president of the united states. >> absolutely. keep in mind, the democrats came out with this report about 48 hours ago and among the other things it said, not only that it didn't work, but also that essentially the c.i.a. had some rogue operators who were doing all this stuff. they also said that apparently the president of the united states kept in the dark for years. he found out about it four years later. you know what? dick cheney, who would know what

the president knows, was on with bret baier last night on "special report." he said that is not true. he said this particular report is hogwash. he had more colorful language. >> i guess partly what really bugs me as i watch all this process unfold is the men and women of the c.i.a. did exactly what we wanted to have them do in terms of taking on this program. we said we've got to go use enhanced techniques if we're going to find out. we've got khalid shaikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9-11 who killed 3,000 americans, taken down the world trade center, hit the pentagon, would have taken out the white house or the capitol building if, in fact, they hadn't -- had hadn't been for the passengers on united 93. he is in our possession. we know he's the architect. what are we supposed to do? kiss him on both cheeks and say please, please, tell us what you know. >> the report says it's not successful. >> the report is full of crap.

>> the past three c.i.a. directors put an editorial together and put it in the "wall street journal" yesterday. you know i think it's time for them to lay out f we're going to get into this and everything is out there naked, then let's correct the record. that's what i hope director brennan will do in a couple of hours. another thing to bring up and i brought this up earlier, the mindset. george tenet told senator feinstein and she read this on the senate floor, why no al-qaeda attack is in the process of working. i just don't know where it's going to be, when it's going to be and what it will look like. he said that six months before the actual attack took place. there was another attack in august. there was another threat assessment in august that said the same thing. the american people, you out there are saying, how could we not know? the reason, 'cause we didn't have people on the ground. the reason? we didn't have high value detainees. we got them. we wanted to make sure the next attack wasn't there. >> ultimately the c.i.a. at the time was under incredible pressure to not allow something like that to happen again.

john, the former legal counsel department of justice whose job was to review the legality of these practices explains, paints the picture of the con context and setting after 9-11 and what the pressure was like and how in fact it was effective in terms of getting information and keeping americans safe. watch. >> we were just a few months after the attacks. 3,000 people had been killed. we knew very little about al-qaeda. stunningly little about al-qaeda at the time and we knew they wanted to carry out pending attacks. the c.i.a. was asked to stand up and start a detention interrogation program from zero to 100 miles an hour in a course of weeks. i think it's amazing the success. we have not suffered a major attack on the united states home land for the last 13 years. that's an incredible record. thousands of american lives were at risk. i think it would be, to me, the moral choice is actually to save those american lives even at the price of the rights of some al-qaeda leaders. >> now, he was right there. so he would be a good person for that committee to have talked to

as they put together the $40 million report. they didn't talk to him or dick cheney or anybody at the c.i.a. as well. so you got the president. this is going to be interesting to see what mr. brennan does say because does he work for the president of the united states. the president has referred to all these tactics as being torture and they're unamerican. and yet, josh earnest yesterday was on the hot seat and rightfully so. ed henry was grilling him. how come it is okay for this president to order a drone strike and kill somebody, but it's not okay to have a harsh interview? really harsh one. here is the exchange. >> can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use these techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy and basically thousands of people around the world, innocent civilians, killed? what's the moral equivalency there?

>> there is significant care taken and there are significant checks and balances that are included in the system to insure that any counterterrorism action that's taken by the united states of america does not put at risk innocent lives. >> i understand there were safeguards. but in the end, we've seen many cases around the world where u.s. drones have killed innocent civilians. despite those safeguards. >> you're asking about our moral authority and i think there is -- >> no moral authority. >> there is a very clear difference between the tactics used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics that are employed by the united states of america. >> there actual israeli a clear difference. no civilians, just passers by were killed during these interrogations. whereas it is alleged during the drone strikes, many innocent people have been killed. >> yep. the president had 350 in pakistan alone and over 100 into yemen. i'm all in support of them, but i would like to be able to talk to somebody and find out what's next instead of just looking at their dead bodies and going by everyone's assumption and word that that's the bad guy. >> moving forward, will the

c.i.a. be able to do that? right now they're in a state of paralysis knowing that no one has their back in terms of practices -- >> 'cause they've got to say they're sorry. >> for the past 13 years of keeping us safe, they have to say they're sorry from a democrat out of california. listen to her. >> she's a congresswoman on tv. >> every single page had something in the executive summary that shocked me, whether it was the rehydration anally or the holing people, keeping them sleep deprived for 180 hours with their hands over their heads and shackled. i mean, that is not what this country is about. we've got to shut this down. >> should the agency issue an apology? >> absolutely. >> of course they got to apologize to khalid shaikh mohammed, maybe thank you notes. slip it under the cell. >> we should only apologize if they apologize for killing 3,000 people. >> right. and continuing to plot and plan. >> dumb question. dumber answer. >> by the way, that rehydration

anally, jose rodriguez last night said never heard of it before. >> do you want to say that one more time? >> i never thought i'd say those words. >> i never thought you'd say them either. >> i would give you $100 if you never say them again. >> jose rodriguez said it never happened. >> still on the hook for 100 bucks. >> let's talk to heather. >> we've got a fox news alert to bring you now. we have just learned about a sickening offer from a terror group, isis. it's trying to sell the body of american journalist james foley for $1 million. isis beheaded foley in syria a few months ago and since then a source contacted by isis says that group is trying to broker the deal online with his grieving parents or the u.s. government. back here at home, mother nature about to deliver the worst blow that california has seen in years and years. the rain and the wind already impacting washington state. experts say it will be unlike

anything those states have ever seen. they're calling it a horizontal hurricane. that's because miles above the earth, the winds are swirling up to 200 miles an hour, pulling moisture all the way across the pacific ocean, expecting a whole lot of rain there. she may have been trying to flee a fender bender. that's what witnesses tell police after a woman slams her car into a group of shoppers in new york city herald square. police are now trying to figure out if the driver was drunk or on drugs. six people were seriously hurt. witnesses say that they saw a young girl who was pinned by the mustang car. the driver could now face a dwi charge. you can't keep your doctor and the premiums are going up. who is to blame? not the law itself, says kathleen sebelius. listen to this. >> obamacare, no question, has a very bad brand and i think we may need to call it something in the future different.

>> okay. rand paul has an idea for a new name. >> the president is sort of a brand, but he's a bad brand, but it's his baby. he came up with this concept. when we found out we couldn't choose our doctor, public opinion really turned against obamacare. >> with a would you call it now? >> the lack of choice care. >> the lack of choice care. that's what he calls it. and those are your headlines. boy, that's something else. >> we were asking what would you rename obamacare? sunshine tweets in, i know, call it unaffordable bait and switch care. >> jeff writes, how about gruber care? he designed it. >> and caught on tape saying he helped write it. and linda says, doesn't matter what they call it. it's still going to snell the same. thanks to everyone who responded and decided to -- >> since kathleen sebelius was involved, why don't we call it kathy care? >> or because it's snowing in some places, snowbama care? >> who in the administration do we want to see less of?

gruber or sebelius? i'm sure they're like, can you please go away? >> i think they're both out of the administration. >> they're still talking. coming up straight ahead, the hack attack on sony revealing something about angelina jolie that you have never heard before and don't want to believe. and she doesn't like it. and want to carry a gun in our nation's capitol? you'll need proof you're in special danger. our next guest is on a quest to get a gun in dc and she's taking us along. you won't believe how hard it is for that woman. ♪ ♪

washington, d.c. was the ohm place in the country that did not allow for any guns to be legally taken out of the home, that is until a federal court struck it down as unconstitutional this summer. >> since then, the city council wrote a permit law, but it almost makes it impossible for most people to carry a gun. this morning, fox five's dc's chief investigative reporter, emily miller, has an update on her ongoing quest to legally carry a gun in washington, d.c emily? >> reporter: last time i joined you guy, you saw me going down to police headquarters to get the application. i couldn't submit it 'cause

there are no certified trainers for the classes. that changed, so i finished my application. also when i was at the police department last time, they explained to me that i can't just get a permit because i wanted to defend myself in a city with high crime. like for example, three people are shot in dc yesterday. that's a regular danger. what i need is a special danger. so that's what i set out to do. any american can apply for a dc permit to carry concealed hand gun, as long as you can prove you have a specific threat against you, or a previous attack. to fill out this part of the application, i had to go to a police station to pull my own police report. i have evidence of three sources of special danger. one, an anonymous phone threat. >> i've been watching you. >> reporter: the second, a scary letter from someone else.

finally, my biggest fear is a specific threat from a terrorist group against all american journalists. the f.b.i. notified all media outlets to warn reporters. i had to write a personal statement to the police, then filled out the application. there are 20 questions to see if you are eligible. if you have any of these things, you can't apply. felony, drugs, no. insanity, no. you can't be a felon, drug addict, dangerously mentally ill, dishonorably discharged, subject of a protective order, domestic abuser. but some bans on carry permit eligibility are unique to dc, like physical defect, legally blind, negligent in a gun mishap. more than two dui's. the first time i went to police headquarters, they said i couldn't apply yet. no trainers had been certified to teach the 18 hours of mandatory classes. >> i think they're still setting up the classes for that.

>> reporter: i kept calling. finally they said i could apply if i check off this box, promising i'll take the classes within 45 days if i'm approved. application complete. i'm here at police headquarters. i dropped it off. i got two forms of i.d. and firearms registration card. you won't be able to see what goes on in there because there is a brand-new policy a couple weeks ago saying no more cameras in the registration office. you couldn't see while i was inside the registry office the staff went through this checklist to be sure i had completed everything. then i paid $75. i dropped off my application in the permit office. i paid $75. it's nonrefundable. i asked what happens now? they say, now you wait because somewhere upstairs, they have 90 days to decide whether or not i get a gun carry permit. wow. so far the police say they have gotten only 47 applications for

carry permits and two have been approved. but think about that. those two people are very first people in history to legally carry guns in d.c of course, their names are private. dc's new licensing scheme is being challenged. it's challenged that the law is still unconstitutional and the city should be held in contempt for holding it. now back to you. >> ground breaking there. emily miller, thank you for that. >> it's good to know you can check a box that says whether you're insane or not. that's what you need, honesty with the insanity. >> ten minutes before the bottom of the hour. >> this coming up, the government took her home and reduced it to this and don't think this could happen to you? bob massi on that next. and caught on camera, a driver stuck in his car as it's filling up with water. what would you do? >> i started shouting, i said, i need a harm, something to break this window with so i can get in and pull him out. ♪

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imagine your local government seizing and then demolishing your house and taking the land for public use and years later, the place where your house stood and where they were going to build something still empty. it's a wasteland. it is the living nightmare of suzette. who took her case to the u.s. supreme court only to have her house ripped away from her. and the property sits vacant. could this happen to you? absolutely. joining us right now is fox news legal analyst, bob massi. it has been nearly nine years, believe it or not, since the case. what they said was new london said, we want that property

because pfizer will build some fantastic new facility here and we need your house. we're going to take it. she said no. supreme court said yes, let her find a new place to live. >> and the reason why we're talking about this today, steve, is because eminent domain and what was envisioned by the constitution surely was expanded by this decision several years ago. but what we're finding now, we're finding that the government for years basically -- or the lenders screwed a lot of homeowners in america. now we're finding many municipalities are going in for this use where they're saying, we're going to develop your area and building shopping centers and create jobs, when in fact, it happens, but then the land sits vacant for years. so people lose their homes. they get paid fair market value, but they didn't want it to happen for that reason and as a result now, we're seeing it more and more. this idea of eminent domain and taking is upsetting americans. >> how many times over the last

couple of years have you talked about how lenders were screwing homeowners? but now it's also the government because they're saying, okay. we're going to take your land. they take the land and then sometimes they don't even develop it. >> steve, i have to tell you, i think what we've learned over the last six, seven years is that ownership of property and homes is so close to us as americans, it's who we are. it's an extension of success. it's acquisition, which is what we want to do to provide for our families. now we're faced with this idea that the supreme court years ago said look, if you go in and try to enhance the neighborhood, that's great. but the problem is that the american people are getting beat up so bad between the lenders and the government, they're saying, enough. we had in las vegas, we have an area downtown where they were supposed to come in, they sold out and what it does, steve, it creates a cronyism because if

you have a friend that's a developer and you're involved in city council and this happens, guess what? it could breed corruption because the intent behind the constitution was public use for roads, for bridges. not necessarily for development. but the supreme court said yes, if it enhances the community when, in fact, it's not enhancing the communities. >> right. so one of the take aways that bob is bringing us today is, first of all, it could happen to anybody. it could happen to anybody who owns property. so bob, have any states passed any laws to help any of us? >> yes. there are states, many states in our country are have passed laws that say look, you can not abuse the right of taking of people's property. so the states have done their best to protect you and i as owners of property. it's just not homeowners. vacant property, things like that. the problem, steve, is this is the law of the land, what the supreme court said. so the states could only do so

much. americans, you have the right to stand up for your rights and you have the right to fight for this, but until that supreme court looks at it a different way, that's the concern for us as americans as homeowners and property owners. >> that is the worry. bob massi joining us from las vegas. have a merry christmas. >> okay. we'll see you before then, i hope. >> oh, good. excellent. coming up on this show today, should wealthy people who own racehorses be eligible for billions of dollars in tax breaks? does that seem fair? what tax breaks are you getting? the debate is coming up. and she's a minimally talented spoiled brat. i'm talking about angelina jolie. at least that's according to secret sony e-mail. who wrote them? stick around. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> making history. >> looks like so much fun. it's on christmas lists across the country and it's our shot of the morning. here in our studio, the 2014 50th anniversary truck and several others. >> is this happening? the general manager of hess trucks is here. this is brand-new news. breaking news now. >> this is unbelievable this year. 50th anniversary hess toy trucks right here. >> for the first time, two

trucks are being released, right? >> we had a collector's edition that came out earlier this year. but it sold out before thanksgiving. >> oh, my goodness. tell us about these. this is the toy truck space cruiser are scout? >> the truck has a hydraulic lift ramp. space cruiser has motion activated sound and the little tiny scout comes inside that space cruiser. 50 lights. every year we try do it a little bigger and better. >> how many batteries? >> it comes with six energizer batteries included. >> bless you. >> the energizer batteries last at least a day. >> this is a tradition when my son was growing up, my father would buy him every year the hess truck and in addition to the trucks, we also have all of the boxes. so if you're going to keep the truck, you got to really keep the boxes. >> we hear so many stories about families passing down that tradition four generations. usually they buy one to keep in the box and one to play with. >> so just talk about how they've changed over the years. >> we've had everything from fire trucks and tanker trucks to

helicopters and space shuttles and now space cruisers. every year we trio add more lights and more sound and make it more fun to play it. >> and it's a mobile truck going around. >> yes. for the first time ever, all 50 years of these christmas trucks have been put together and taken on the road for seven weeks. it's currently in florida and wrapping up the tour down there, passed through new york a few weeks ago. >> what is the attraction? >> i think it's just the innovation that goes into this product, the value of the product and how fun they are to play with and they last. so year after year, you get a new one, all the other ones seem to come out of the closet and you play with your hess world. >> my boys play rough and these last. what a tradition. >> is there a web site? >> hesstoytruck.com. >> has anyone seen heather? >> she's over here.

>> i've got headlines to bring you now. the fallout from the attack on sony is now turning ugly. there is some new leaked e-mails that show one of hollywood's top producers trash talk angelina jolie to the co-chair of sony pictures. rudin calling her, quote, a minimally talented spoiled brat, looking to take a soak in a $180 million ego bath. he's referring to a movie she's trying to make. he then went on to say in capital letters, you better shut angie down. this all over that big budget remake. as many americans struggle to get by, congress is debating about $44 billion worth of new tax breaks and one big chunk would go to wealthy horse owners? thoroughbred racehorse owners can write off up to 50% of the cost of their horses. those horses go on to high stakes races, potentially worth millions of dollars.

that kind of support costing taxpayers $97 million. what do you think of that? here is one way to drop in on someone. an suv goes airborne, crashing into the roof of a california garage. police say the driver appeared to lose control while taking a curve too fast. no one was hurt, but the homeowners' car was damaged. the driver was gone by the time the police arrived. they know the driver's identity. while a suspect was being questioned overnight, no charges have been filed. a 92-year-old man in florida is alive thanks to heroic good samaritan. it just took a few seconds for him to dive into action after the elderly man drove his car straight into a pond in port st. lucie. the man knocked unconscious as water started pouring into that vehicle. >> i started shouting, i said, i need a hammer, i need something to break this window with so i can get in and pull him out.

>> you can see him pounding at that window right there. once he pulled him from the water, he performed cpr, saving that man's life. wow. what a hero he is, able to knock out those windows and get him out. >> amazing. >> that was was something my wife gave me a few years ago. the escape hammer. >> she saw you drive? and said we can't keep you on the bridge, but we want you to survive the fall. >> it's a little hook, right? >> it's a hammer to break the window and it's got a razor blade in there to cut off the seatbelt. >> we're getting you one for christmas. >> you could have somebody on land -- >> brian, you have personal responsibility. take care of yourself. >> you're right. no man in a unitoward will save us, is that the mission? >> you're correct, brian. good morning. i want to talk about our nor'easter across parts of the northeast because this brought significant snow totals. look at parts of upstate new york. 20 inches of snow reported and snow still coming down out there

across portions of western new york and also across parts of central pennsylvania. it is going to be a tough commute for some of you as we head out to work. out west, parts of the west coast, we have a brand-new storm system that's moving in. this is one of the strongest storms to hit this area in several years. we're looking at locally up to eight inches of rainfall on coastal areas. wind gusts potentially over 80 miles per hour along some of the higher elevations. do you have high wind warnings in effect. and snowfall for the sierras, two to three feet. that in combination with the wind gusts in excess of 80 miles per hour will be producing very dangerous whiteout conditions. travel as we head into tonight and into tomorrow, not recommended. but temperature wise across the center of the country, you're very mild. in rapid city, 61 degrees for the high temperature. out there across the plains, you're looking at relatively warm temperatures. in the northeast, a little bit on the chilly side. 37 degrees for the high temperature in new york city. let's head back inside.

>> all right. thank you very much. 66 the daytime high out in hollywood. let's take you to the beverly hilton hotel. history here are some of the nominations fort golden globe. >> reese witherspoon. "wild". best motion picture, comedy or musical. "birdman." "the grand budapest hotel." "into the woods." "pride, saint vincent". >> best performance by an actor in a television series drama. clive owen, "the nick." lie version schreiber. kevin spacey, ""house of cards." james spader," the black list."

dominic west, "the affair". >> best television series drama. "the affair." show time. ""downton abbey," pbs. "game of thrones," hbo. "the good wife," cbs. "house of cards," netflix. best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture. robert duval, "the judge." ethan hawke, "boyhood." edward norton, "birdman". mark ruffalo, "fox catcher." j.k. simmons, "whiplash". best performance by an actor in a motion picture comedy or musical. ray fiennes, "the grand budapest hotel." michael keaton, "birdman."

bill murray, "saint vincent." with a wean phoenix, "inherent vice." "big eyes". >> all right. so some of the -- there is jeremy coming out. we heard earlier that matthew mcconaghey has been nominated for "true detective." billy bob thornton for "fargo." "house of cards" gets a nomination, robert duval gets one. also the very popular movie "birdman," had which had a lot of buzz. >> we're going to bring them to you at the end of the show. >> i'll personally do that. >> thank you very much. coming up straight ahead. >> your e-mails have been pouring in. ed henry takes on josh earnest over the c.i.a. report. the debate, are drones more humane than enhanced interrogation? we'll read your comments on that

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can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use the techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? >> we've seen many cases around the world where u.s. drops have killed innocent civilians, despite those safeguards. >> you're asking about our moral authority. >> very clear difference between the tactics used by terrorists and the counterterrorism tactics employed by the united states of america. >> okay. so the president of the united states said that what we did with the high value prisoners was torture, and yet he's okay just killing people with drones. a lot of people see -- wait a minute, how can you say that that was so bad, so unamerican and yet you're doing this? >> that's right. you guys are sounding the hypocrisy alert. mary says this, sleep

deprivation and water boarding gets us information that protects americans. drones kill innocent people. >> and terrorists. kevin says this on facebook, enhanced interrogation is more of a counter terrorist technique than dropping bombs, even if you're dropping them on the terrorists. it provides information that allows us to stop the terrorist attacks. >> jenny this morning, those being interrogated have a choice. give up the information and the interrogation will stop. no choice when you send in a drone. that's right. >> we love hearing from you always throughout the show. and coming up, you are not going to believe this. these brothers are putting a new spin on bluegrass. ♪ ♪ >> can you believe they're only teen-agers? the banjo boys are here to perform for us live. >> first let's check in with martha mccallum. the beautiful thing about having

lunch sitting next to you yesterday was brian paid. >> which was the best part, wasn't it? thank you, brian. >> no problem. thanks for all the help on radio. and you look wonderful today. i know you have a big party today, too. >> we do. have a big party coming up. >> we'll be there at noon. >> we hope to see you there. we got a big show coming up this morning because we're waiting for the c.i.a. director, john brennan, to speak on the so-called torture report. we'll speak to liz cheney, dana perino, and bret baier on that. and he did security for the benghazi embassy. now he's speaking out about the new revelations on benghazi today. and then tucker carlson on that when we see you at the top of the hour.

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♪ >> it makes you want to get up and dance. those are the sleep man banjo boys, three brothers bringing bluegrass back. they're not even 18 years old. here with their music from their new album, tommy, robbie and johnny. welcome. >> thank you so much for having us. >> fantastic sound. how fun. tommy, you are what, 17? >> 17, 12, 16. >> and is it true, johnny, you're the reason behind the name of the band? >> yeah, kind of. >> tell us why. >> when i was younger, i used to lie on my back while i played the banjo. >> is it pretty heavy? >> yeah. >> and they didn't give you any relief from it, so you got on your back, hence the name of the band. you guys, the older two, did you take the sates this weekend? >> we did. we're normal. >> so tell us this, how do you balance being on the road and

now really traveling with your music and school? >> it's tough. we bring school on the road. we're home schooled, which makes it a lot easier. lot of flexibility with that. >> how did you get started? bluegrass now, new jersey. how did this happen? >> a strange combo. new jersey is not the bluegrass capital of the world by any means. >> never know. >> yeah. we got started. we heard some of the -- some people, of the style music on youtube and the rest is history. fell in love with it. really got into it. >> sounds great ever since. everyone has fallen in love with you. you're going to play something that's not named yet. >> yeah. unnamed song. >> if you have suggestions, write it in. we'll let you do what you do best. >> thank you very much. >> have fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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best motion picture drama, "boyhood." "fox catcher." "the imitation game." thelma," and "the theory of everything." >> that was kate beckinsale announcing the golden globe nominations a minute ago. leading the nominations "birdman" with seven, including best movie and best actor for michael keaton. >> and matthew con hee nominated. >> and "birdman," grand budapest hotel. >> for best movie drama, "fox

catcher". >> for best tv show comedy: >> and best drama: >> "house of cards" i'm going with. >> "downton abbey." >> i don't even know how it say it right. >> silicone valley right. you may have seen this on our facebook page already. we want to see christmas pictures from our military families out there across the country and around the world. send them to us and we're going to try to get them on the air and maybe even include them in our christmas special. once again, your military pictures, e-mail them. >> we're going to have more from the sleepy man banjo band in just a second. >> take a look.

they've got a vinyl record. remember that? >> they're going to join us on the after the show show. we'll see you all tomorrow. >> have a great day. >> what do you want to say? >> martha and bill start right now. bill: good morning. fox news alert. a rare moment for the first time since its release. the cia director responds publicly on the senate report on interrogation and he will take questions. welcome to a thursday edition of "america's newsroom." martha: i'm martha maccallum. the bush administration officials including former vice president dick cheney refusing to apologize. bill: director brennan will face reporters on techniques he supports and sup