up expelled and in jail but so would his parents. i guess the message here is jail is safer than home? thanks to everyone who responded. i'm off for the rest of the week. have a grace -- have a great christmas. "fox & friends" starts now. bye. >> good morning, it is tuesday, december 23. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the nightmare before christmas. winter weather wreaking havoc on millions on one of the busiest travel days of the year. what you need to know before you head out the door for your holiday travels. we have that for you. >> new york city mayor bill de blasio shifting the blame after two new york city police officers were murdered. >> the few who want conflict attempt that, and unfortunately so many times you guys enable that. >> yeah, you reporter guys. don't blame the protesters screaming dead cops but blame the media. more on the mayor's

outrage. >> that was so appropriate. could something like this have saved those two new york city cops? the bullet-proof glass every police department needs to see and, who knows, maybe buy. and mornings are better with friends. >> hey, it's taylor hicks. thanks for watching "fox & friends." happy holidays. >> he might not have been the best american idol but he's probably the nicest. >> he actually did break dancing on the floor here in the studio. started spinning around on his back. >> he's a fun guy. >> when he walked out the door he had a great big dust spot. >> 1-hundred --

1-800-flowers made it so festive here. >> here in new york city it is raining and going to be lousy weather across the country. that's why leah gabriel -- >> that's why? >> that's her lead story. >> precisely why i'm here. an extreme weather alert. double trouble. storms barreling down on both coasts creating nightmares for the 98 million travelers hitting the road. in colorado with whiteout conditions bringing travelers to a standstill. on the east coast a mix of heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and strong winds will bring a wet, not a white christmas. tornadoes could even hit the south. to a fox news alert, the f.b.i. warning of an isis attack on american soil. the target the memphis arkansas bridge. it could act viet isis

terror -- could activate isis terror cells in the u.s. the joint terror task force is investigating the threat. a delta airlines worker waking up behind bars accused of helping to smuggle 18 firearms on to a flight headed to new york city. eugene harvey busted for allegedly handing off ammo to passengers. four men in total were arrested in the gun running operation. >> a top i.r.s. official considered admitting to the targeting of conservative groups before the 2012 election but didn't. according to a bombshell new report then-deputy commissioner steven miller saying in an e-mail that he should -- quote -- "put a stake in the issue." miller testified in july 2012 but never revealed his knowledge of the misconduct. the detail is one of many findings and allegations in a 226-page republican-authorized report that is going to be released today. those are all of your

headlines and it is good to be here with friends this morning. >> absolutely. >> always good to see you, leah. sphoip -- >> a fox news alert. the widow of an nypd cop killed by a crazed gunman speaks out, this after video shows the cop killer hours before the shooting and in his hands a bag believed to be holding the murder weapon. >> jonathan hunt is live at police plaza here in new york city. >> good morning to all of you. the makeshift memorial at the spot where the two officers were so brutally gunned down continues to grow with hundreds of police officers and ordinary new yorkers traveling there to pay their respects as funeral arrangements are now made. officer rafael ramos's funeral will be held here in new york on saturday.

the arrangements for the funeral of wenjian liu, are more complicated because some of his relatives have to travel from his native china. his widow spoke out emotionally for the first time last night. listen here. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together. thank you. >> also speaking out, the daughter of eric garner, the african-american man whose death was cited by the cop killer ismaalyl brinsley as one of his reasons for wanting to kill police officers. listen here to emerald garner. >> we have to be peaceful. my father wasn't a violent man. he was very peaceful. there's ways that you can do things without letting tragedy happen. >> in the meantime cops

have released this security camera video from a shopping mall in brooklyn. it shows ismaalyl brinsley before the shootings happened. he appears as you can see to be on the phone. he is also carrying a white styrofoam box that cops believe contain the gun he used in those murders. they hope that that distinctive varsity jacket he's wearing might prompt some memories on behalf of the public because they need to fill in a missing two and a half hour gap in his movements right before the shootings. >> thank you very much. the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, who ran on an anti-cop platform, yesterday hat a press conference alongside commissioner bratton and a lot of people thought this is his opportunity to say i was inappropriate. he did not. he called on all sides -- police union and his own

side -- to ratchet it down and cool it until after the officers are buried. >> he almost couldn't help himself. he started off talking about peace, which is late to the game on that. then he went on to blame actually media for actually provoking this environment which then resulted in violence. we're not kidding. take a listen. >> the vast majority of our citizens are good and decent people who do not say negative things, racist things, nasty things to police, threatening things to police. the few who want conflict attempt that. and unfortunately so many times you guys enable that. i don't see reports on the many decent, good people. i don't see reports on the everyday cops who do the exemplary things and hold the line and show restraint and discipline no matter what invective is hurled at them. it is immoral, wrong, nasty, negative. they should not do that. >> is he saying the media is making cops look bad? >> not those who stop the

bridges, not those who -- >> we're bad because we're highlighting the people who chanted through the streets, what do we want? dead cops. he said that protest was peaceful even though the youtube shows there were people out there denouncing the cops. he said that did not exist. it all started when one of the reporters said would you be comfortable if one of your kids chanted that the nypd was racist? and he said of course not. then that led to that red-faced confrontation with the reporter. >> you guys are the problem. you're the issue. really? when a cop gets screamed at in their face, when somebody gets hit by a garbage can, somebody gets assaulted or a hand comes through a crowd and hits a cop -- >> which he says was alleged. >> and you have horrendous chants that shouldn't be covered. he could also be outraged at the media by saying you're showing too much of eric garner.

it makes it sound like every black person is getting beat up by a white cop. the reason why the cops turned their back on him, the reason why the cops don't like him and want to have a petition not to appear at their funeral should they be shot and killed on the job is because he does not respect them. he should have used that opportunity yesterday to make it clear i think i've been misinterpreted. i'm kind of new at the job. i think cops are people, they do a tremendous job. we have incidents we need to handle. >> he had that opportunity. he had privilege to be able to speak to the city with the greatest police force in the world; okay? and his first chance of doing it sounded like this, where he labeled police as the problem.

it tells the story of how al sharpton became part of the nbc family. they didn't want minority groups to oppose the buy, they spread around millions of dollars, and in fact eventually as is detailed in this article al sharp top's group got hundreds of thousands of dollars and he got a job on msnbc, and he did not then object to the merger. in fact, he endorsed it. >> you're saying essentially this article goes by step by step through the process that his lobbying led to a job and now his job is there. and really now pays for these appearances. who stands to benefit from the pain of what's going on right now? every time there is a problem that's ruffled up, al sharpton gives a speech and does he get paid for that? probably. >> comcast said the reason he got a job was they have -- quote -- "they are a

long standing supporter of minority groups and that had nothing to do with al's hiring." really? >> 5:00 slot on a national news network with no track record at all. nothing to prove. no demos to say this is the right slot and he still has that slot today? there is a little bit of a mystery there. 12 minutes after the hour. >> coming up, in the wake of the new york city cop killings, a medal of honor recipient says our first responders are not getting the recognition they deserve. he's taking a stand but he needs your help. you can find out how to help him next. >> it's been a wild and crazy year here on "fox & friends," and we're taking you back to the best moments. brian never saw this one coming, by the way. ♪ ♪

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>> protesters chanting this disgusting message after two new york cops shot dead. >> pigs in a blanket! [indecipherable .] >> as communities mourn the loss of those two officers here in new york, one of our nation's most honored is remembering the real reason he fought for our country. he says our true heroes are not getting the recognition they deserve and decided to take action. joining us is medal of honor recipient sergeant dakota myers. thank you for joining us from kentucky. >> thank you. >> you sent out this tweet. it says i don't ask a lot but i need your help to make this trending. please share #isupportfirstresponders. >> why did you put yourself out there for them?

>> there is nobody in this country that has more skin in the game than our veterans and first responders. and to see what's happened offense the last month, and now you've got two new york city police officers dead, i mean we've got to stop it somewhere. we've got to put our foot down. not one of us go out to seive this great nation, none of us wake up to say today i'm going to go serve on behalf of white people or black people or christians or muslims or hispanics or jews or on behalf of republicans or democrats. not one day do we do that. we stand up and we say we're going to serve on behalf of americans. you know what makes up being american? it makes up of whites, blacks, christians, jews, muslims, democrats, republicans. all those make up being americans. and the day that we forget that, the day we start dividing ourselves even more by all of those subtitle is the day that we have dropped to a level of ignorance that is intolerable. >> you make such a good -- many good points but you're right.

we have become a nation divided. how do we change? >> i think we're a direct reflection of leadership. the only people who are standing up to speak out on behalf of of the matters now are al sharp tons. i think he shouldn't be reverend. he should be divider al sharpton. they only talk about when it is on behalf of them with their hidden agendas. we've got to get leaders inside this country who want to work on behalf of the nation, on behalf of americans. not because they're democrat or on behalf of republicans but on behalf of all of us as a nation. >> dakota, for instance, here in new york city, this mayor ran on a campaign, an anticop campaign. he was a divider then and been a divider up until yesterday when he said everybody should cool it. >> also look at your leadership. look at your mayor. your mayor's also passing the blame. every time a situation comes down, he doesn't say i'm going to take care of it. he wants to pass it off on if the cops did this or someone else did this or the protesters did this.

now he's backtracking. it's called, it's not being a leader. >> you know, you're not going to get an argument from many people. dakota, at this christmastime you're telling americans let's stand united and get rid of the dwierdz; -- rid of the dividers? >> let's stop putting more salt on the wound and let's start standing together and remember what we're made of. >> absolutely. he's trying to get that hash tag trending. it's i support first responders. dakota myer, thank you very much. merry christmas to you. thanks for taking a stand. a lot of people wouldn't do what you're doing. >> somebody has to. right now the country needs >> the country needs something. amen. all right, dakota myer, medal of honor recipient. have a wonderful christmas with your family. what do you think about that? e-mail us friends@foxnews.com. >> coming up, thanks for

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quick headlines now. the fate of army sergeant bowe bergdahl is in the hands of a four star general. the army will decide if bergdahl will face court-martial after investigation into his disappearance. bergdahl left his post in afghanistan in 2009, was captured by the taliban. despite the united states releasing cuban spies they are saying they have the right to grant asylum to u.s. fugitives. that includes joanne chesimard convicted in the 1973 murder of a new jersey trooper. she has been freely living in cuba since escaping prison. the island nation saying they have no extradition treaty with the united states. let's just go grab her. >> the holidays aren't always full of joy and cheer.

>> that hurt. sometimes an unexpected trip to the doctor is necessary. here now with the top health issues during the christmas season, fox news medical a team dr. david samadi is here to the rescue. what do you see the most this time of year and what should we have our eye on? >> obviously the accident that you've just shown is one of the examples we see all the time. this is the time everyone is working on their decorations and you want to make sure you don't do what just happened. make sure you always have a buddy watching you, holding that ladder, making sure they're handing you everything. we see a lot of these accidents coming into the emergency this time of year but the biggest thing is people complaining of chest pain. chest pain is a big red flag for us because we're thinking of heart attack

but a lot of this has to do with overeating because this is the holiday season. you have all the food, cake, alcohol, et cetera. all of those causes what we call acid reflux because the stomach gets distended, acid goes up and it can present the same exact way as heart attack. so they come in. basically it is just overeating. what i tell a lot of people is drink a lot of water before you go out to your parties. that fills up your stomach. you're not going to be as hungry. also making sure that you just take some time between your second round of food and small portions, small pieces and take your time. >> if you try to treat what you believe is acid reflux and not having relief, definitely go to the doctor because it could in fact be a heart attack. >> absolutely. you know what makes it worse? alcohol. we're drinking a lot of wine and alcohol. that's another reason. i'm not against alcohol during this holiday season. i think when you go out if you have two or three glasses socially it is

fine. once you start mixing them and taking a lot of it, that is another one that can cause reflux. >> this time of year can be stressful, cause a lot of issues with depression or anxiety. >> stress is a big part of this because people think about their love lost and their girlfriends and boyfriends, pressure from buying gifts. get enough rest, seven hours of sleep. if you want to survive the holidays, drink a lot of water and sleep. >> seven hours you say? >> i hope you try. >> everyone is cranking in extra hours. >> overall i think it is a good time of the year. we want to make sure everyone is having a great, great holiday and i hope you had a great 2014. i wish every anchor and everyone at fox news a great holiday season and merry christmas. >> we wish you the same. you keep us healthy throughout the year. >> we'll continue to do that next year. >> we are looking forward to that dr. samadi.

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let's get ready to -- let's go over today's top story. mother nature not giving up with this christmas break. a super soaker of a storm bringing strong winds, rain and even snow. >> it's already causing major delays on the roads and in the sky. at this hour 73 flights are now canceled and 172 flights are delayed. >> might be a little dicey but at least we got an early shuttle. >> it's the holidays. travel time can be ruffled. >> he's right. look at this guy in colorado. he's resorting to his skis to get around. it's all downhill from there.

maria molina tracking the storm. maria, we don't have snow but we have rain and some parts are getting all of it. >> that's right. we are looking at some freezing rain early this morning across the interior portions of the northeast. it depends on what the temperature is in your area with this storm. overall it is a relatively warm storm. we have areas of very heavy rain expected up and down the east coast.

in addition to the precipitation producing delays at the airports, those winds are going to be another big concern as well. we do also have another storm that will be entering portions of the pacific northwest with rain and mountain snow. by the way, i got to visit in detroit, michigan. the chevy climactic wind tunnel where they test their vehicles against the elements. i'm exciteed to share that with you. that's coming up later this morning at 7:20 a.m. eastern time, so tune in.

>> i think the car's doing better than you are. >> maria, thank you. there's one person flying through the sky this week that will not be delayed and that's santa. >> above the clouds. special thanks to blixen for making that happen. >> it is mainly rudolph with his nose so bright. >> rudolph's taking orders. for me it's all about blixen. here's leah. is it blixen that is the true leader? >> this is a highly classified situation we're talking about here. >> i'll check wikileaks. >> do you have advice? >> try to avoid going i.f.r. we have important headlines to get to. she just started shooting. that is what the meteorologist in a parking

lot said. patrick crawford said the initial police report that the two were involved in an argument is not true. >> the man that shot me didn't say any words to me. there was no interaction whatsoever. it was he just started shooting at me as i was leaving the parking lot. >> police still searching for this man believed to be the shooter. that is a sketch of him obviously. investigators offering a $10,000 reward for any information. the motive remains a mystery. north korea getting a taste of its own medicine. the isolated country's internet going down -- quote -- "hard for over nine hours." while the white house has no comment many wonder if this is president obama's proportional response to the sony cyber attack. administration officials are being cagey. >> we aren't going to discuss publicly operational details or comment in reports in any way except to say as we implement our responses some will be seen, some not

seen. >> the outage went largely unnoticed by the general population there. a minnesota man who thought it would be a good idea to join isis was reportedly killed in syria. a suspended twitter account claims he was killed during a u.s. backed offensive in syria. the f.b.i. says it is looking into the reports of his death. he showed us his moves on "dancing with the stars." now at 84, astronaut buzz aldrin says he wants to put the moves on a woman. he tells g.q. woman he's -- quote -- "on the scout for cute looking ladies." aldrin and his wife divorced in 2013 but speaking of love he has none with president obama. he says he's not impressed with the president's vision for space which includes sending someone to an asteroid. he calls that playing mickey mouse with a rock.

i interviewed him in july with a story and i'm sure he's going to have no problem finding a special lady. >> really? to me if you've been out of the game for 23 years there's going to be ramp up time. >> he's a v.f.r. guy; right? visual. >> these days he's probably flying v.f.r. either way the man's an astronaut. he's a good guy. >> if i tell you i landed on an asteroid and you're not impressed you've got to be buzz aldrin. >> or bruce willis. >> no one else could have led that charge. was clint eastwood in that too? >> he might have been. >> i have no idea. i can't answer that. >> liz tyler. >> coming up, an elementary school student for bringing an air soft gun to school. but don't ask parents; they had no idea. did they have a right to

know that this was happening? an nypd cop killer shot right through the cruiser window with no problem. that has some people wondering why the glass is not bullet-proof. kurt the cyber guy is here with the logistics behind this idea up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ you don't need to think about the energy that makes our lives possible. because we do. we're exxonmobil and powering the world responsibly is our job. because boiling an egg... isn't as simple as just boiling an egg. life takes energy. energy lives here.

just about 20 minutes till the top of the hour. some quick headlines for you now. do you know if there are toy guns in your kids' school? this mom didn't. >> i still feel uneasy sending him back. i think with the holidays coming up, i think it was pushed under the rug. >> parents in brighton, colorado, signing off after no one was told a seven-year-old wases suspended for bringing an air soft gun to school. the school if he ised -- the school confessed only after a mom found the police report. >> it is the infamous lamp from the christmas story. >> glorious! it's inscribeably beautiful. >> this morning surveillance cameras catching a thief who liked the replica of the leg lamp so much that he stole it. you see him walk into a liquor store in upstate new

york, look around, swipe it and head out. merry christmas to him. >> wow. i'm going to go look for elisabeth. if the patrol car where officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were brutally executed had the same technology as this car here, would they still be alive? would that glass have kept them alive? many believe the answer is yes. so that's why several new york lawmakers are proposing legislation that will require all police cars to have a bullet-proof glass but with all different technologies out there, what is the best option? what is the most affordable option? kurt the cyber guy is here to break it down. kurt you have three examples for us. that is the thing that struck me when i heard this news on saturday. i actually thought the glass was bulletproof. it's not. they say costs too much. what can you tell us? >> that's why we dug into

this. the technology has changed dramatically for police cruisers and for arch -- for arming virtually any vehicle. i want to thank our friends at madison avenue armor. if you are super wealthy and have the need for this sort of thing or putting together a swat vehicle, it's going to stop explosions and all sorts of stuff. this we don't need necessarily for every cruiser in new york city. but what would be reasonable -- because this would be pretty costly to do it. it would also make the car weigh about 800 pounds more if you did the 360-degree thing. want to talk to you about a poly carbonate. there is a laminate in brazil. 40,000 tack can i -- 40,000 taxi cabs are using it. they put the glass over existing vehicles and put a

kevlar panel on the door. it protects against a 38 millimeter gun. it could have -- not guaranteed -- could have made the difference in this particular case in brooklyn with the two slain police officers. the third option -- >> this is it right now? that is the dupont one? do i have to remove the glass in the car or do i put something over the glass in the car? >> this is about disassembling the door panel. you do a lamb national -- you do a laminate over the glass. in the kevlar, it's bulletproof, it has a lower shelf life to it. but the one that is the real winner and the one that makes you go wait a minute, now it makes sense to say that you should have protection. i like this in every police vehicle is this nun one, it is a -- is this next one. it is a rino pack.

you fire into the glass, it stops it on one side. it also is a lot thinner. it's a more intelligent glass. if you're the officer inside a car and you need to return fire, this one-way glass let's you pass the bullet out of the car and go for the target that's going after you. >> this is the third option that you bring to the table today. you think it's going to be between $12 thousand and $25 thousand for a cop car. >> i said what would it cost? let's say they did 1,000 cars, one car can run around $25,000, 360 degrees protection, putting in a rear wall, doing the floor panel and a little bit underneath. that right there, he said if you go up to a thousand cars, we're bringing it down much lower to about $12,000. i said let's do the math on that. what's the budget for potholes in one section of

new york? this kind of glass would make all the difference. it also is developed in kits that arrive with two technicians can put this in a police cruiser in a matter of a day and be done with it and move on. it will add 200 pounds weight to the car. it would protect them against virtually any gun that would come up against them on the streets, period. >> you approach the police ben nef -- benevolence association. kurt thanks for doing the research. great to see you. that's one thing they could do that might have kept these guys alive. 14 minutes before the top of the hour. new crash tests. how safe is your car? we've got the results. it's been a great year here on "fox & friends." we're taking you back to the best moments next.

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memorable moments on this program from the year 2014. >> this just in. >> i want to thank god. that's who i look up to. >> having to know there is laughter, that would be a great thing. ♪ good-bye ♪ >> for the world. >> call it the stupidity of the american voter. >> we will degrade and ultimately destroy isil. >> isis terrorists beheading an american journalist. >> they have money and arms. my goodness, we have to make war on isis. >> as it regards to the malaysian flight, no trace of the plane still. ebola here in america. >> veterans died. get us the answers, please!

>> illegal immigrant children crowded into makeshift holding areas overwhelming facilities across the u.s. >> a lot of times this administration gets angry when their own party speaks up and speaks out. have you gotten that call? >> yes, i have. >> she had a scratched hard drive, blah, blah, the dog ate my homework. >> you don't remember calling your fellow citizens stupid? >> i don't. >> the republican party has grabbed control of the u.s. senate. >> the american people sent a message. they did not like the direction our country was going. >> two feet in front of me was the face i had seen thousands of time, qbl. >> peter doocy, who interviewed rob o'neill, maybe i'm a little biased, but you did a hell of a job. >> battling a virus, this little boy will get the drug he needs. >> in case you're wondering where elisabeth is, she had some

surgery yesterday and she's going to be out for a couple of weeks. >> as you know, she's strong. she's tough and a better athlete than me. >> ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause. elisabeth is back. >> i love you guys. mommy has a mission to get back at work with her buddies. >> if you lost out there and you're all alone, there is news this morning. >> what's that? >> carry you home. >> that's what you were singing? ♪ ♪ you can't touch this >> monkey see, monkey do. >> so you want to meet brian? >> yeah, yeah. >> i'd like to give you a photo of me. >> for a while, the message was

go, ham. >> yeah, i do. >> this year's new trend, the christmas suit! that was made for that guy! >> you know what, i'm not going to take it anymore. ♪ we ain't gonna take it >> you heard him! ♪ ♪ >> that was a fast year. >> wow. it was. >> we had a lot going on. >> she did a good job editing that, ali did that. >> we all approve. >> we're not done yet. we still have more left. >> we do. >> maybe we'll do something in the next two hours to add to the reel. >> what a year it's been. >> so many people are traveling, going off for christmas and new year, we thought we would get

that in before people stat -- scattered. >> the year is great because of all of you. >> what is your moment of the year in news and on our show? put that in right now on facebook. we're monitoring it right number we have a team of operators with head sets on. they do that. also you can do that on hash tag. >> what's your favorite moment so far? >> personally on the program, it was great to have you come back. you were gone for a little while. it was -- we were all worried about you. you came back better than ever. >> that was without a doubt my favorite moment, coming back here. >> we got a chance to meet a lot of different women during that time, too. >> that's what every woman doesn't want to hear while she was gone. while you were gone, we got to meet a lot of women.

>> one thing, i don't talk like that. >> i say that in jest 'cause all those women are my dear friends here and they ste was out. >> they're part of the family. we actually are a family. and we consider you part of the family and thanks to you watching, we continue to be the number one morning news show on the planet and for that, we say thank you. >> and don't be afraid to send us money. >> you can't send money. >> he doesn't mean that. >> somebody got in trouble -- >> four minutes before we get yelled at. >> coming up, hypocrisy alert. bill de blasio blamed the police for tense relations. but now he's telling us to call 911. >> kids urged to steal guns from their parents and to bring them to steal. >> i don't feel safe with a gun in my house. >> pushing the envelope with a

new psa. does it go too far? we'll report and you decide. ♪ ♪

good morning, it is tuesday, december 23. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. call it the nightmare before christmas. winter weather reeking havoc on millions. one of the biggest travel days of the year.

what you need to know before you head out the door for your holiday travels. >> then new york city mayor bill de blasio shifting the blame after two new york city police officers are executed. >> the few who want conflicts attempt that and unfortunately, so many times you guys enable that. >> i thought we were to blame. we're pointing the fingers at the media. your comments are pouring in. a controversial public service announcement telling kids to steal guns from their parents and take them to school. >> i don't feel safe with a gun in my house. >> is that the right message for our kids? we're going to talk about that and so much more on this tuesday before christmas. you're watching "fox & friends" live from new york city. >> hi, i wish everyone a happy holidays, merry christmas, and lots of love.

>> thank you very much. petra, one of our family of celebrities who drops by every once in a while. >> she's asking one to light a candle for her causes there. we'll put that on our web site. we have a ton going on today. that winter weather storm for holidays, not only going to probably hinder your plans getting why you immediate to go, we're hoping it doesn't hurt any presents being delivered. >> right. i don't see that happening. >> i hope not. >> 'cause san it had to deal with bigger problems than this. >> he's a lot of help from the guys in brown at ups and in red, white and blue. >> who were stuck on the ground. >> for the most part, except the pilots. >> that's right. we know pilots pretty well. >> standing by with details on santa's flight. >> i've got all that for you. starting with an extreme weather alert. storms baring down on both coasts, creating nightmares for 98 million travelers hitting roads and the skies two days before christmas.

on the east coast, a mix of heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and strong winds will bring a wet, not a white christmas. tornadoes could hit down south, many heading out before the storms dampen their plans. >> very glad we're traveling today. but we are going to be renting a car and driving in the next couple days through the midwest. so we might be affected by the storm in that way. >> we're in colorado, whiteout conditions bringing traffic to a stand still. check this out. a skier passing dozens of cars through the snow and ice. way to go there. now a fox news alert, the f.b.i. warning of an isis attack right here on american soil. the target? the memphis-arkansas bridge. the agency warning of a plot to blow it up sometime in december, which will activate isis terror cells in the u.s. the f.b.i. joint terrorism task force is investigating that threat. and a delta airlines worker waking up behind bars, accused

of helping to smuggle 18 firearms on to a flight headed to new york city. federal agents busted eugene harvey for passing off guns to other men. four were arrested in the gun running operation. and cars are safer than ever and we've got the crash test to prove it. the insurance institute for highway safety revealing 71 cars earn top safety pick awards. that's up from just 39 last year. they revamping their test, making them stricter. asian brands dominating the awards. 12 toyotas and ten honda models grab ago top safety pick award and those are your headlines. >> that's good news. all right. thank you very much. we have a fox news alert now. a tearful statement from the grieving family of the cop assassinated by a gunman and they peek for the first time.

>> this shows the cop killer hours before the shooting. >> the key is what, is in this bag? fox news chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live at one police plaza in lower manhattan. jonathan? >> reporter: steve, brian, elisabeth, good morning to you. as hundreds of new yorkers continue to make the pilgrimage to the site in brooklyn where the two officers were gunned down, funeral arrangements are being made. spheral yehl ramos will be -- his funeral will be held on saturday. it will be an emotional time. arrange ams still being made for the funeral of officer lu. his relative, some are to travel from his native china. last night for the first time, we heard an emotional statement from his widow. listen here. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through this together.

thank you. >> reporter: we also heard from the daughter of eric garner, the unarmed african-american man whose death while being arrested by new york city police officers was cited by brinsley as one of his reasons for wanting to carry out the murders. listen here to emerald garner. >> we have to be peaceful. my father wasn't a violent man. he was very peaceful. there is ways that you can do things without letting tragedy happen. >> reporter: and police have released this security camera video from a shopping mall in brooklyn. it shows brinsley shortly before he carried out those murders we're ago distinctive varsity jacket and carrying in his hands a styrofoam box. the police believe contained the gun he used in those murders. they want the public to contact them if they recognize him and can fill in any gaps in their knowledge of brinsley's

movements. at the moment they remain convinced he acted alone. steve, elisabeth, brian. >> all right. jonathan hunt, we thank you very much. >> they did during the briefing say on his phone there was video of one of those protests in union square, one of those anti-cop protests. you know, mayor bill de blasio ran on an anti-cop platform, stop and frisk, things like that. today on the cover of the new york post, now he tells us to call 911. what he's referring to is if you hear somebody make a threat against police officers or if you read something on social media, let the cops know. he's talking about the instagram message from the cop killer who said they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. >> days late and perhaps a lot of faith short. as far as the community has and what should be a great leader during this time, the mayor actually went as far as blaming the media for putting forth the message which led to this

situation. not the people blocking the bridges, not the people storming stores with christmas shoppers. >> the mayor is the victim. >> he's the victim and everyone just telling the story of what he said from the beginning. are the real perpetrators here? take a listen to this. nearly unbelievable. >> the vast majority of our citizens are good and decent people who do not say negative things, racist things, nasty things to police, threatening things to police. the few who want conflict attempt that, and unfortunately, so many times you guys enable that. i don't see reports on the many decent good people. i don't see reports on the everyday cops who do the exemplary thing and hold the line and show restraint no matter what is hurled at them. it's immoral, wrong, nasty. they should not do that. >> it is our fault and i take the blame. so many times, too, we focus on the house on fire, not those not on fire. here is the problem, they're

spit not guilty cops faces in the beginning. then they're spit not guilty cops faces, you got punches flying. then you got burgage pails going over the side of a bridge. then five men who hunted down for a week to bring them in. he actually blaming us, the media, maybe you, for not saying enough good things about cops? here is the guy who created this fire storm himself. he took the eric garner story and said this is an epidemic and i'm going to retrain the finest police force in the country. >> what he was saying was one of the reporters that brought up, what about the rally in new york? what do we want, dead cops. he said, that was a peaceful protest. and you're not going to see that video on all the channels. there are members of the main stream media, they stayed away from this because they're on the side of the protesters. none the less, it has been clear since the time he ran for mayor, bill de blasio has been anti-cop. anti-stop and frisk. in the wake of ferguson and also the staten island grand juries

which spoke and you should respect the rule of law. but he's behind the protesters' first amendment rights. and just to prove it, we've got a little montage of mr. de blasio talking about how the problem is the police. >> as i said, not decades with problems. a history of centuries of racism that undergird this reality. we have to transcend this. we retrain our police force, it will make a huge difference. there are so many families in the city who -- as my child face, not just from some of the painful realities from crime and violence in some of our neighborhood, but safe from the very people that want to have faith in as their protectors. the way we go about policing has to change, has to change in the city, has to change in this country. people need to know that black lives and brown lives matter as

much as white lives. >> right. so he's essentially saying, don't misinterpret what i'm saying. we just have to run from would be perpetrators, burglars and the cops. >> he said this, we can't stop. we have to act. it's all of our jobs to never have this tragedy again. that's what we have to fight for. those are action oriented words. >> so given the fact that he has had a contentious relationship with the police, yesterday he announced at one police plaza that until the families had buried their dead police officer men, people just need to calm down. but he's not going to change his tune. you can tell by that. someone tweeted this, the mayor is blinded by ignorance. he supported those who wanted blood of police last week. now he tells another take. >> lisa tweet, i can't get over the new york city mayor blaming the media for #hallsharptonobama, and holder's behavior.

>> laura says i can't get over the new york city's mayor blaming the media for al sharpton, obama and that's pretty much the same thing. >> retweet. >> i wanted to resay that again because i wanted to say it in a deeper voice than you did. i think at this it much better than you. overall, the one thing that stood out is they said basically one of the questions, where is the follow-up question? where was the ed henry and jonathon karl? they used to be bulldogs. go up there and say, hey, the cops turned their back on you when you went to the hospital. there's a petition circulating saying if you showed up at their funeral, don't be let in. this is unprecedented. what do you say to that? instead, he was able to shout down the media. >> they did ask him hard questions, but he deflected. he did turn it around and say i'm the victim here. none the less, you know what we really need? a leader, according to medal of honor recipient dakota mayor who was on the -- myer who was on

the program an hour ago and here is what he had to say about the situation we find ourselves in today in america. >> go out to serve this great nation and none us say i'm going to go out and serve on behalf of white people or black people or christians or muslims or jews or on behalf of republicans or democrats. not one day do we do that. we say we're going to serve on behalf of america. you know what makes being american? it makes up of whites, black, christian, jew, muslims, democrat, republican, all those make up being americans. the day that we forget that, the day that we start dividing ourselves, even more by all those subtitles is the day that we have dropped to a level of ignorance that is intolerable. >> he's right. the message is it's time to stop dividing, dividers out there, and it's time to come together.

>> especially in new york city where you know the new york city cops are keeping your people safe, allowing you to go to work and keeping the riff raff in check. now they're protesting in the street and it's time to give the cops the respect they deserve. >> those two officers, shepherding that area, taking watch and now their families is now without a father. it's heart breaking when you hear the hash tag, send it out if you support the first responders that give so much to the communities. >> 13 minutes after the top of the hour on this tuesday. coming up, police officers on high alert all across the country because of protests like this. now officers are being told not to arrest unless absolutely necessary. detroit police chief james craig here with how he says we should be handling the tension. >> they look so peaceful. maria molina, what she was doing in this snowy scene that could help you and santa before

they hit the road this holiday. ♪ ♪ edvóyv

well, this is the chance coming from the streets of new york city just last week. >> what do we want? >> dead cops! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> what do we want? >> dead cops! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> this week the city is trying to come to grips with the killing of two nypd officers and the cops who are left wondering when did we become the target? detroit police chief james craig joins us now to react. chief, thank you for being with us this morning. this is a tough week for all those who are first responders.

>> yes, elisabeth. >> your reaction, i'm sure many can questions what's in your heart right now, after you hear that two slaughtered at the hands of someone who wanted two police officers dead as they're standing watch in their vehicles, shot dead. their families left holding the bag of just pure and bitter sadness right now at this time of year. what is this message to cops right now and police out there who are hearing what do we want? dead cops, now? >> you know, certainly anger, frustration. our men and women who wear this uniform, they go out and serve our community with distinction, with integrity. when we take one or two incidents and then paint our police officers with this broad brush, that all law enforcement is bad, that certainly sends the wrong message. it's reached the point those who want to peacefully protest, we embrace it here in detroit.

we've had peaceful protests. but the line is crossed when we start calling for cops to be killed or dead cops. that's what we want. is that really what we want? then where are the voices from the leaders? when do the leaders step up in support of our police officers and say, you know what? that's not acceptable. >> sorry. what's the reaction from the police community now? seems as though their reactions or call to action are handcuffed. do they feel as though they can't anything like that a manner in which they need to to protect their communities? >> well, i can speak about detroit. we have great relationships with our communities and they feel like they can do the job that they've been sworn to do, protect and serve. i know and i've heard from my colleagues and other places, there is a lot of concern, there is a lot of frustration as commissioner bratton pointed out.

morale is low now. when morale goes down in the police department, it certainly affects how we serve our communities. so that's a problem. >> when you see the officers who turned around when mayor de blasio walked by them after they feel he's turned their back on them, do you understand why they did that, sir? >> you know, i understand why they did it. as commissioner bratton said, that's not something that i think should have happened. certainly i understand why it happened. it's wrong that we paint a -- you're talking about 30,000 police officers who have done great work. and one or two incidents, does not define a police department? i find that's a problem. >> james craig, chief of police in detroit, we thank you for joining us. it's a tough one for those in law enforcement. we thank you for what you do. >> thank you. >> you got it. this coming up, did the united states knock off north korea's internet in retaliation? the state department reacts

next. and how do cars handle extreme winds? maria molina went to the factory to find out firsthand before you hit the road this holiday. ♪ ♪

time for news by the numbers. first, 9 1/2 hours. that's how long north korea's internet cass down. the state department declined to say whether or not the u.s. did it. many are speculating this may be president obama's proportional response to the sony hack. $1.3 million, that's what's left of the last contract with the new york mets. the irs is about to auction it off. the slugger has unsettled tax debts. the starting bid, $550,000. a little bizarre. finally, $1.75 million. that's the starting price for the iconic white ferrari test

rosa from "miami vice" driven by don johnson. he looks the same. currently on sale on ebay. so far no bids. you can all change that. meanwhile, if you're hitting the roads this christmas, winter storms may create a battle between you and mother nature. of course, always wins. >> how do car makers insure their vehicles are ready for the snow storms? maria molina went there to find out exactly what these cars are made of and how they're put to the test. what did you find? >> they're very tough cars. as i learned earlier this winter when i was stuck in the snow in buffalo, having a vehicle that can maneuver in the snow can be your number one life line. engineers at chevrolet not only tested in harsh weather, they create it. take a look. driving through nature's harshest conditions can be a matter of life and death. that's why auto makers like general motors to put their vehicles to the test.

she does her extreme weather test not guilty northern canada. who needs to go there when you have a wind tunnel here in detroit, michigan. >> this facility we can actually do the testing at any time of year. here we operate 24 hours a day. day and night, we can reproduce whatever environmental condition we want. >> 50-degrees and sunny out here. and in here, there is a temperature of minus 14 degrees fahrenheit and with a 10 miles an hour wind, that means windchill temperature of minus 28 degrees. to take it to the other extreme, we head to the thermal wind tunnel where 4,000 watt light bulbs crank up the heat. the tunnels are put through 39 different tests. power train cooling, to real life road conditions. right now i'm driving at about 30 miles per hour. we have winds of 30 miles an hour and rain coming down. we're testing for visibility and

also stability control. before chevy was able to create its own weather, it would test vehicles all across the globe. >> we start in death valley with hot weather testing, las vegas, where we do city traffic. and ontario where we test at temperatures lower than minus 40-degrees. we can take that data back to the test facility and recreate that same condition and be able to run it over and over again. >> where does the power come from? they can go at speeds up to 400 miles per hour to generate wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. what does that meal like? -- what does that meal like? i got to see for myself. >> look at that. >> yeah. these are the conditions we drove in while we were covering last month's snow storm in buffalo. we had to drive 40 miles in this snow.

luckily we got there safely and we were also driving a chevy. so we rented out a chevy right after this segment. >> good product placement. >> gosh, we remember those photo s. you're like beyonce with that wind blowing through your hair. >> they used to have to go to all those locations and now they can go to one location and do those locations. >> create your own weather. >> right there in detroit. >> good job. >> thank you. coming up on this tuesday, a controversial pro gun public service announcement telling kids to steal their parents' guns and take their parents' guns to school. >> i don't feel safe with a gun in my house. >> okay. but is that the right message for kids and should they be doing that? we're reading your e-mails straight ahead. >> out loud. this building looks right out of a sci-fi movie. what is it being used for?

here is a hint. it will be named for president obama. >> it looks like a giant tear drop. >> it's so different. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> yes. the christmas ornaments adorn the rockefeller plaza. how do you handle awkward questions at christmas. one 17-year-old came up with brilliant answers to avoid relatives. she created created this pamphlf frequently asked questions to hand out. it has all the answers for them. it's split into different topics. one is boyfriends. she writes, no, i don't have a boyfriend right now, regardless of what my mom may have told you. >> another, category is college. she says, i have not decided where i want to go to college. ideally at u-conn, but unfortunately i have to get in first. >> then we can move on from there.

>> smart girl. >> read about me and then ask me anything -- >> not to put a damper on it, it's good that people care enough to ask. people curious about your life. they want to ask questions, maybe annoying, but you'll appreciate it later. >> it's menu about what's happening. >> you just have one press conference. >> those are obviously the two things that we'd ask. you got a boyfriend or going to go to college? >> and she's handled it ahead of time. >> lae gabriel joins us now. >> he just started shooting. that's what a texas meteorologist shot in the park lot of his tv station says happened. speaking out for the first time, he said that the two were involved in an argument is not true. >> the man that shot me didn't say any words to me. there was no interaction whatsoever. he just started shooting at me as i was leaving the parking

lot. >> police still searching for this man, believed to be the shooter. investigators offering a a $10,000 reward for any information. the motive remains a mystery. a new report detailing what life is like for women under the isis regime hid finance public life, forbidden from learning, and having their appearances altered. women and girls in isis controlled areas are being subject to do daily horrors. it's claimed the girls as young as ten are sold into slavery and the children still in school are, quote, brainwashed into learning islamic sharia law. if hawaii gets the obama -- futuristic ocean side reteet based on the metaphor of a coral reef. some say it looks like a tear drop. universities in honolulu, the president's birth place, chicago, and new york city are all vying to host the library. the university of chicago where president obama taught at the

law school is actually considered the favorite. and a new antigun psa is actually encouraging children to steal guns and bring them to school. ♪ >> can you take this away? i don't feel safe with a gun in my house. >> wow. the production company that made it is receiving harsh criticism on youtube for suggesting kids break multiple law, including carrying a weapon onto school property. over 12,000 people voted thumbs down on the ad and 91 have given it a thumbs up. those are your headlines. >> your e-mails are pour not guilty about that psa. one writes in, i think it should

be held liable of charges brought against any children that abide by the video. >> on facebook, james says, the psa, public service announce am, is jeopardizing the health and well father of a minor. >> and in oklahoma, one says prompting children to steal guns is sick and demented. >> what do you think? >> we will read them. maria now. she showed us how some car makers prepare for wild weather. you'll need that this week as you hit the road for the holidays. what is the storm doing and what can we expect? >> good morning. we're tracking several disturbances moving through parts of the country early this morning. all of that's going to be coming together. as we head into tomorrow, we'll look at a large storm system impacting portions of the east and especially across parts of the northeast and the great lakes. you can see one disturbance through pourings of the midwest and northern plains early this morning. strong winds reported with that storm. and also look at some snow coming down in portion of iowa and nebraska. another disturbance moving

through portion of texas, producing showers and storms early this morning in the dallas area. you can see that later this afternoon, we're look at the risk for some severe storms that could produce isolated tornadoes and some damaging wind gusts. that's including portions of the gulf coast later this afternoon and evening and freezing rain a concern this morning across portions of the interior northeast as that storm continues to intensify. tomorrow we're looking at pretty heavy snows coming down in portions of the midwest and rain across the northeast. let's head back inside. >> thank you for that. it's an italian christmas tradition. >> the head chef with the history behind the tradition, as well as how to make the best -- i call it sauce. you call it gravy. we'll get to that in a minute. first the feast of the seven fishes. where does that come from? >> from sicily, most people said it was the vigil of the nativity

and. some families do nine or 11, 13. and i got here tonight -- >> why seven? >> we always say seven. >> it's the holy number in the bible. they say seven was mentioned 700 times. the holy trinity is three. they figured the e&r was four. -- the earth was four. >> got you. >> so you're going to fry up fish. it's all different kinds, right? >> today we have fried card bowl s, baked clams and baked mussels. >> the idea is to have seven different fish dishes? >> right. you can also put it in many of the different dishes. you can multiply the fish in each dish. >> she's always talking about the gravy. show us how to make the gravy. >> you got to make the gravy. that's the base of everything. >> the sunday gravy, we have a little garlic and olive oil in here. then inside you put sausages. we have roasted veal, ribs.

we have brigole. after that we roast it 45 minute, braise all the meats. i like a little white wine. >> i add it on the outside. >> then we add the tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, cook three, 3 1/2 hours. with a lid on top. >> you have to watch out 'cause everyone will come in for a taste. >> usually do. i got the meatballs right here. the roasted meat, the veals, everything is right here. >> it looks like home. thanks for bringing my home and traditions. >> thank you so much. love being here. >> thank you so much. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. >> we love that place. coming up, a true example of what it means to be a police

officer. she was paralyze -- he was paralyzed after being shot in line of duty here in new york city. but then he helped turn the shooter's life around. he's here with his incredible story coming up next. look at that. and this video just going viral. look at those dance moves. what got this guy hopping up a storm, straight ahead. ♪ ♪

meet the man some call the most courageous cop in america. 28 years ago, detective steve mcdonald was shot and paralyzed by a 15-year-old african-american gunman in new york central park. incredibly, steven not only forgave his would be murderer, shavon, but he counseled him in prison. though he breathes on a ventilator, his message of service and sacrifice has been heard around the world. as new york prepares to bury two of its finest, here is some perspective from a surviving brother in blue. joining us now, hero cop detective steven mcdonald. good morning. how are you? >> good morning. >> the question that comes to find is why do cops sacrifice what they do? why did you make really the

ultimate sacrifice? why did you encourage your son to become a new york city police officer? >> he was an example. a small voice inside that helps me to make these choices. when you're faced with that, life and death situation, the training that you have. >> you were shot by a young man that on the surface you had nothing in common with. he was an african-american boy, a boy from harlem. you're an irish american cop with a long history and tradition of the new york city police department. why did you choose to forgive shavon jones? how did it help him and how did it help this city, do you think? >> it's a good question.

my family, my wife, our families , parents. ed koch came to the hospital room. >> former mayor of new york city. >> and a friend. they had so much emotion for me. their prayers inspired me. >> i think you've inspired a lot of people. yesterday the family of police officer ramos actually in your shining example, foróo',v2bwt? forgave his murder. let's watch that. >> we don't blame him. we forgive him. the ramos family forgives him because god forgave us. and it was the opposite, he would say the same words, he forgave him. we just want to help the community. >> you've been to an awful lot of funerals around the country

and around the world for police officers and you saw the pain that your wife went through and you've never been able to hold your son who became one of the great police officers in new york city. what do you say to this city and to this country today as we try and bridge the divide between police officers and others, between black americans and white americans? what's the lesson that is to be told from your story? could you look into that camera, number one, and talk to america

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welcome back. we have some quick headlines. the dog edition. take a look at this. that's a famous instagram, getting last minute shopping done. once lived on the streets of

connecticut, has one blind teeth. followers. >> wow. >> that's right. we care a lot about her. if you think you showed off great dance moves at your christmas party, just wait until you see this. >> it's going viral showing a poodle busting a move. 90,000 people have watched it on youtube. >> is that real? >> yeah. and a million are watching right now. >> this cute puppy wants to dance on my lap. >> and santa is planning on making a very special delivery to your christmas home this year. there are very few things to'añ keep in mind. >> no one was look.

>> the spokesperson for the american kennel club is here and joins us now. tell us about these very affectionate little dogs we got. >> yes. we have got two beautiful king charles spaniels with us today. although these dogs are precious and beautiful, they're also a lifetime commitment. >> absolutely. >> especially around the holidays. we always like to remind people it's never a good idea to give someone the present of a puppy as a surprise. >> so what do we need to know? >> the holidays can be a great time for some people to bring a dog into their home. they've got extended vacation, they've got not a lot of travel plans. not many visitors. that's an ideal time to bring a dog into your home. >> but before you commit to a dog, you've got to work it out. who is going to walk the dog? who is going to feed the dog? who has got the plastic bag for the dog. >> a dog is a commitment. you need to make sure that you not only have the readiness and time to be able to commit the next ten, 15 years to the life of that dog, but also that you're choosing the right dog

for your lifestyle. how energetic is it? temperment. those are critical things to make sure you find a dog that will be happy with your family for the life of that dog. >> okay. so you brought some kids with you so we can know. lots of really surprising things around your home you may not realize the dangers. mistletoe, holly. these are actually toxic for your dog. they can cause a lot of medical issues for your dogs. keep those out of reach of your dog. >> they will eat it. >> they will eat it. same for christmas trees. pine needles and the water in your christmas tree can irritate their stomach. >> lots of treats are around. chocolate and candy. something to keep an eye on. >> candy cane, all of these things can irritate their stomach. >> remember back in the old days, people used to just throw the chicken bones to the dog? >> you want to be careful with

those. they'll swallow them and they can get stuck in their throat. >> that can be a big expensive operation. >> and the vet visit and it's not what you want during your holiday. >> maybe some preemptive asking, are you prepared for a dog? do you have a fence for a dog? should i perhaps get you a dog or santa bring awe dog? >> absolutely. the holidays are busy for you and your family. you may want to think about making that decision after the holidays, wrapping gifts under the tree that will speak to the present of a puppy to come. but always do your research. make sure you have the commitment and the time to dedicate to the next ten, 15-plus years. >> for the people watching right now and they're still thinking about what to get their dog what, do dogs really like for christmas? >> i say lots of treats. healthy treats. >> things to chew on. >> i heard raw hide are bad for stomach? >> visit your local pet store and ask questions. >> you know what i do? i get those huge bones 'cause my dog is kind of big. i get those huge bones and it

looks like i killed someone and tried to bury their body. it's unbelievable. i could tell people, listen, i'm not going to submit to questioning. i bought it. >> this little puppy here is happy that you gave the bone for christmas. >> these puppy also go home after the holidays when things have slowed down. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> how come your dog is so calm and that dog is crazy? >> he's older. >> so precious. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> coming up straight ahead, we talk serious stuff. hypocrisy alert. new york city mayor bill de blasio blamed the police for tense relations. now he's telling us to call 911. laura ingraham weighs in live and that's what laura looks like. president obama, you won't be getting your fugitive hiding

out there. the new developments in the raw deal the white house is making with the castro brothers of cuba over that woman.

good morning. it is tuesday, december 23. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. for the millions about to fly out this week, you won't like this. guns on planes and no one knew. a major smuggling ring flying high with the help from a worker inside one of america's busiest airports. >> that doesn't make me feel good. and after the murders of two new york city police officers, mayor de blasio of new york says those screaming dead cops are not the ones to blame. >> the few who want conflict attempt that. and unfortunately, so many times you guys enable that. >> that's right. now he's pointing fingers at the news media. laura ingraham part of the media, she joins us live next. and the mayor's comments the latest example that he needs to resign. listen. >> de blasio is incompetent. he was elected in an election in

new york city that few people voted. he's a machine politician and he is an antipolice individual. >> that was one of bill's finest rants last night when he called into his own show. bill o'reilly is so fired up, he's taking a break from his vacation to speak up. mornings are better with friends. ask around. >> this is bret and this is wade. >> we're the guys from tank. merry christmas and happy new year. you're watching "fox & friends." >> love that show. >> tanks for the memories. listen, it's going to be a lousy day before christmas. christmas eve weather wise is going to be bad. if you could leave today, you probably should. >> we're going to bring you more information on that. we have bill o'reilly coming up. he's on deck. in the meantime, lea gabriel joins us on all that's happening. >> i sure can. i can confirm mornings are better with friends. an update to a story we first told you this morning. the f.b.i. now telling fox news there is no credible isis threat against the memphis-arkansas

bridge in tennessee. the agency says their information was based on an anonymous tip and the bulletin should have never been released. a delta airlines worker waking up behind bars accused of helping to smuggle 18 firearms onto a flight headed to new york city. federal agents busting eugene harvey for allegedly passing off guns to am acome polices after they had already gone to security. four men in total were arrested in the gun running operation. north korea's internet going down hard for over nine hours and no one claimed responsibility for it. the white house has no comment on if the u.s. is responsible for the shutdown. the state department isn't denying involvement. listen. >> we aren't going to discuss publicly operational details about this. some will be seen, some may not be. >> a simple glitch was unlikely

to have taken down the internet, given the length of time that it was offline. a top irs official admitting to the targeting of conservative groups before the 2012 elections, but didn't. according to a bombshell new report, then deputy commissioner steven miller saying in an e-mail that he should, quote, put -- they never revealed his knowledge of misconduct. the details reveal many findings in a republican authorized report due to be released today. and those are your headlines. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> now a fox news alert. the widow of an nypd cop assassinated by a crazed gunman speaking out for the very first time. >> this is chilling new surveillance video shows the cop killer hours before the shooting holding a bag, now believed to be the murder weapon. >> fox news chief correspondent, jonathan hunt is live at one

police plaza on this tuesday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to all of you. these are emotional days for new york city as a whole. hundreds of new yorkers already made the pilgrimage to the spot in brooklyn where the two officers were so brutally gunned down. thousands more likely to line the streets on saturday for the first funeral, the funeral of officer raphael ramos. funeral arrange ams for the other officer are still being made because some of his relatives have to travel from his native china from where he emigrated some 20 years ago to pursue, according to his family, the american dream. his widow spoke emotionally last night. listen here. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. we will stand together and get through this together. >> reporter: we've also heard from the daughter of eric

garner, the african-american man whose death during an arrest at the hands of the new york city police were cited as one of the reasons brinsley wanted to murder cops. here is emerald garner. listen now. >> we have to be peaceful. my father wasn't a violent man. he was very peaceful. there is ways that you can do things without tragic things happen. >> police released this security camera video taken in a shopping mall in brooklyn on saturday afternoon. they say it showed brinsley before he carried out those killings. he's wearing a very distinctive varsity jacket. he appears to be on the phone and he's carrying a styrofoam box. the police say they believe contained the murder weapon. they want the help of the public, anybody who may have seen him during those hours so that they can fill in the gaps that they still have in some of his movements. they say, though, they remain convinced that he acted alone.

back to you guys. >> i would like to know who he was talking to on that phone as we saw and he was communicating. >> they know what time the images were taken and who was on the phone. we know laura ingraham is joining us from our nation's capital. good morning to you. >> good morning you guys. it's great to see all three of you in the saddle today right before christmas. that's dedication. >> and you. >> i love being here. >> i'm not on radio today. but my last tv appearance, i can't think of any better place to be. >> thank you very much. >> you've done so much a great job. >> you've got a special surprise for us at the end. >> yes. >> i'm sure you saw yesterday, mayor de blasio came out, i'm sure you were hoping, as many were, if he would admit to contributing to the atmosphere that led to what happened, unfortunately, on saturday. but instead, he got angry and he didn't get angry at the protesters who said, what do we want? we want dead cops. he didn't get angry at the people who attacked his police officers last week. but instead, he got angry at the

news media for showing some of the video where what do we want, dead cops and stuff like that. listen to this and we want your reaction. >> the vast majority of our citizens are good and decent people who do not say negative things, racist things, nasty things to police, threatening things to police. the few who want conflict attempt that. and unfortunately, so many times you guys enable that. i don't see reports on the many decent good people. i don't see reports on the everyday cops who do the exemplary thing and hold the line and show restraint no matter what is hurled at them. it's meg, immoral, they should not do that. >> he's a victim of the press. >> this is so typical, though, right, when you have a situation like this where there is a horrific killing right before christmas, these two amazing police officers, the mayor had

stoked the tension between the police and especially the minority community over the last several weeks. there had not been this call for calm and this attitude that oh, they're good police. i must have missed all those press conferences where he held up the police as a civil servants, frankly that they don't get paid very much. they work long hours and have sob subjected -- to be subjected to invective name calling and obviously the threat of violence. now it's very convenient for the mayor to say oh, you news immediate y wagoning his finger. you could say the news media in ferguson to some extent, they highlighted ferguson day in and day out, which may have led to the mugging for the camera and turning over the cars for the camera. i would have criticized some of the media over our coverage for that. but in this case, we have two police officers who are executed, assassination style, while they're sitting in their we're not have the guy's trail

supposed to cover this? you got to be kidding me. >> you've seen a lot of politicians before every level. this is a powerful position as mayor of new york. i've never seen somebody less equip to do handle a position like this who is so ignorant of the power of his words. he is one of the most important speeches of his life, reflecting back on what his son is going through laid the ground work for all this. >> yeah. of course, his comments that i had to have conversation with my son about the police. maybe he did, maybe he didn't. i don't know. but the implicit in his comments, throughout this entire saga with the protests and with eric garner was this idea that somehow this was racially based. that there was a racial animas involving the garner choke hold when the wife of eric garner said she didn't see any racial element at all in this. he never acknowledged that, nor did the daughter.

>> the daughter showed up at ramos' home to add to the memorial. >> when you have -- the leadership coming from those that are experiencing the most pain, right? one thing that was interesting, courageous to get up on twitter and remind everyone that in 2009, the tea party was getting banner for their violence in the main stream media. correct? >> right. there was all these stories and coverage on msnbc about some guy brought a gun to a tea party rally. this is heightening all this tension. remember sarah palin, graphic on her web site led to the claim to gabby giffords shooting. there were all sorts of media stories about violence that never really happened at tea party rallies. they weren't turning over cars and lighting stores on fire. they might as well have been because it was all oh, well this is very dangerous rhetoric. we've got to -- words matter, president obama said.

all of that coverage. i went back and dug some of that up and tweeted it out earlier this morning because i think we have to look at how the press and all of us discuss this and how just a few years ago they were claiming law abiding americans were engaging in this type of violent protest which wasn't happening at all. >> not at all. >> laura, before you leave, you have a special surprise for us. >> yes. they're not in school now. so my daughter, maria, and her friend, olivia, were here and they're big fox fans. >> merry christmas and happy new year. >> they're two wonderful girls and they both love fox news. >> we love you. >> happy new year. >> we love you guys and everybody watching fox, thank you so much for supporting this network and supporting "fox & friends." these three individuals on the air right now are great people. not just great broadcasters. we love you guys.

>> wow. >> thank you very much. >> we're thankful for you. >> bye. >> fun and cheer this morning. great work. >> girls, she's taking you out for breakfast now. congratulations. >> in the green room getting a danish. coming up on this tuesday, a facebook status may be all it takes for an illegal immigrant to get amnesty? our next guest has filmed the dangers at the border firsthand and shows us why this this is not a good idea. >> and business shut down for selling high risk products like lemonade and cupcakes. the outrageous punishment coming up. ♪

can facebook be the new fast track to amnesty. some immigration attorneys are suggesting illegals use time tamped check ins to prove their whereabouts to avoid deportation. our guest is passionate about producing films and says this is a terrible idea. as you know, dennis, on the first -- you have to prove you were here january 1, 2010, to avoid deportation. >> immigration laws were designed for two things. it was designed to protect american workers from unfair foreign competition and against terror. so now based on a time line on your facebook page, all of that is at risk. that's how desperate these people are to bring these people in for the cheap labor. >> the driver's license that we needed, the passport that's required. now we can go to facebook? >> here is something even worse, if i signed up as brian kilmeade and put my picture on there, who

knows the difference? so we don't even know when they hand over the time stamp or the time line if that's really who they are. >> so listen to some of the examples of the requirements needed if you want to be here and prove you were here by 2010. rent receipts or utility bills, easy to come by. no offense. passport entries, you can get that on 42nd street. birth certificates of children word of knowledged here. also he easy to forge. dated bank transactions. >> look, if you read the 9-11 commission report, the number one fear is that immigration fraud will cause another 9-11. this is immigration fraud on steroids. brian, i've been doing this for a while. there is only one way to solve this problem. mass deportation. party is over. these people need to go home. there is really no way to make sure that the people in this country are who they say they are. >> right. when you talk about the border being secure before any immigration program is implemented, how close is that

secure? >> saying you're secure the border is like saying you're going to boil the ocean. it's not going to happen. you have to cut the incentive off, for people to come here illegally. when you do that, people will stop coming. you need to send people home. schools improve, crime will cut by 50%, it will be christmas in america every day. >> dennis, your issue, which is the number one issue, will be the number one issue in january and february of this year. >> thanks so much. have a great christmas. >> thank you. >> all right. two minutes before 20 minutes after the hour. coming up, thanks for releasing our spies, president obama. but you won't be getting your fugitive hiding out here. the new developments on the raw deal the white house is making with cuba ahead. one of the most emotional interviews this year. a mom's plea for a life saving drug for her sick child. >> if he doesn't get it, he will die. >> after appearing on "fox &

friends," the decision reversed. he got the drug. how is josh hardy doing today? our better with friends series continues today. we have an update next.

welcome back. headlines for you now, the fate of army sergeant beau bergdahl in the hands of a four star general. the army will decide if bergdahl will face a court-martial after

an investigation into his disappearance. he left his post in eastern afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by the taliban. and despite the united states releasing cuban spies, they are saying they have no plans to extradite u.s. fugitives. that includes joanne, who was convicted in the 1973 murder of new jersey state trooper. she has been living freely in cuba more than three decades ago. >> thanks. back in march, we told but josh hardy, a 7-year-old boy. he was fight ago deadly virus as a drug company denied his life saving medication. his mom made this plea for her son on our show. >> excuses that nothing is acceptable to us. this is our child's life and we feel compelled to just keep asking for it because he needs

it. he absolutely needs it. if he does not get it, -- >> release the drug as part of a clinical trial. josh's life. how is he doing? right. >> what a year you have had. you appeared on this program and i know our friend peter johnson helped the company release this drug. explain how josh got sick in the first place. >> well, josh received a bone marrow transplant january 10 and it breaks down your immune system and breaks you susceptible to anything that most people can fight off. he picked it up while he was an in-patient and starting to take control of his body.

>> so he had cancer and he was there at saint jude and he was getting bone marrow transplant. while he was waiting for that to take effect, then he picked up this attorney bug. who told you that this one drug might be able to save him? >> one of josh's physicians had worked with the company in a clinical trial there at saint jude and he knew that it worked and he knew that it was something that josh needed and he had asked for directly to the company in time for him to get it and it was denied. >> so you did what any parent would do. you wanted your child to live, so you went on television and part of the public pressure and our friend, peter johnson as well, pressure applied to the company after that appeal you just made, that we saw in march, they released the drug the next day. >> how soon after josh took the drug was he feeling better? >> well, the drug worked very

quickly. they would test the levels of the virus in his system once a week and within a week, it had dropped dramatically. within a month, it was completely gone and he's been on an upward trajectory ever since. but upward trajectory. >> i understand his heart is better. bone marrow, 100% kidney function. the only thing left is to get a little stronger. >> the immune system needs to come back, whether which is on its way. his physical strength and endurance needs to come back and we're working on that daily. >> look at this picture. how are you celebrating christmas? >> we will be home as a family all under one roof, which has been a big challenge this year. so we're very, very grateful to be together at home and it will be simple and private and wonderful. >> in your case, it certainly was a medical miracle.

we're happy that story had a wonderful ending. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> our best to josh and your family. >> thank you. tomorrow our better with friends series, an update from a high school football star who spent his life caring for his sick mom. now he is in college. how are the mother and son team doing? we'll find out tomorrow right here on "fox & friends." meanwhil, a terrifying case of road rage when a woman poses as a cop on the highway. look at that. all caught on camera. are the mayor of new york city's comments the latest example that he needs to resign? bill o'reilly is going to join us next and he said yeah. get out. ♪ ♪ >> bill de blasio is incompetent, as i said. he was elected in an election in new york city that few people

voted. he's a machine politician. and he is an antipolice individual. >> o'reilley is so fired up, he's calling in from his vacation. you'll hear him next right here "fox & friends." ♪ ♪

new york city mayor under fire after his anti-cop rhetoric. bill o'reilly so fired up, he joins us while on vacation to explain why de blasio should step down immediately. thanks for being with us. >> sure. >> we know that in your heritage, your blood runs nypd blue. your grandfather protected this great city here with a badge right on his chest. this is outrageous what is happening. what's de blasio's best move in light of recent activity? >> resignation. he lost credibility. you'll see the polls come out. he'll be way, way down. even the ardent leftists understand that he can't govern a city without the cooperation of the police department. and he's lost it. he's not going to get it back. there are four reasons. first of all, al sharpton. once you have a guy antipolice

for decades, that sends a message. the second thing is he told his son that you have to be careful when dealing with nypd because there is dangers. and then not only did he tell his son that in private, but he went out and was proud of telling his son that. that's an insult. what you tell your son is you obey the police and if there is a problem, you come to me and we'll take it up on the back end. that's what a mature parent does. a third of the protesters he did not condemn them when they screamed dead cops. you didn't hear him criticize them. then when the two police lieutenants were beaten, he called it an alleged beating, even though you saw it on videotape of the. okay? so that's it. police know he is antipolice. and his main job in the city is public safety. 8 million people in this city. and out of the 8 million, there

is maybe 800,000 that will hurt you badly. so bill de blasio has to resign. he's incompetent, he's demonstrated that. but now it's a public safety issue. >> if he doesn't resign, bill, would you support a recall? >> yes, i would. >> you say it's a public safety issue. are you inferring if he does not resign, we will see more killings of our own police officers here in new york city that this could get more dangerous and this situation will escalate? >> no. i don't think that will happen. but i do think that the police will not be as effective. number one, they're demoralized. if you're demoralized on the job, no matter what job you have, you're not doing it as well as you could do it. number two, in order to police this city effective effectively as has been demonstrated over

the last 25 years, you have to be aggressive. pro-active. so now many police officers will not be pro-active. they'll be reactive. so they're going to look the other way when the thugs are in the street unless the thugs are doing something heinous. therefore, the quality of life in the city will decline. look, this de blasio never should have been elected in the first place. he doesn't have the skill set to run the city. you compare him to rudy guiliani and bloomberg, it's like a single a baseball player being called up to the majors. >> or koch. if you've been watching the show, i agree with you. but take the other side. people watching say okay. four white people talking about what life is like in new york city. what do we know about what life is like for minorities and how could we speak about that? what's your reaction? >> i mean, it's ridiculous. i was born in new york city. i've covered the city as a journalist for decades. i know the city as well as

anyone knows it. am i poor? no. i'm not poor. but i'm very aware of the rhythms of the city and how people live. and poor people need the most protection. all right? they need the most protection. so these militants, these anti-american people, these antipolice people, the sharptons of the world, the racial provocators who make money who make money by widing the races. they make money, all right, these people have the loud voices. but the voices of the law-abiding core who want the police protection are not heard. >> right. >> what about the fact yesterday that de blasio had a press conference at one police plaza with commissioner bratton at his side and thankfully the commissioner is there for all of us. but he got angry not at the protesters who said, what do we

want? we want dead cops, and not at the protesters who attacked the police officers. he got mad at the news media because we have pointed out the fact that he is anti-cop as the mayor, and those protesters, those featured on tv, that's not the vast majority. >> he's sympathetic to the protesters. he allowed them to go far beyond what they should have done by closing down bridges and highways, going into macy's. that never should have happened. so we know that. everybody knows that. but i believe that he is a man who lives in an ideological world, not the real world. all right? so it's all ideology for him. he thinks al sharpton is a patriot and a great guy. this is a guy who threw in with the castro brother, sandinistas, he's out there. bratton is different. the only thing holding the nypd together is him. he's done the job before. i think he's a good man.

but he doesn't want to be fired because then the whole thing collapses. so bratton has to sit there -- if you look at his body language and the expression on his face, he knows. he knows that the police turning their backs on the mayor and he's getting damaged. he know himself is getting hurt by defending de blasio. but i think he sees it as a lesser of two evils. he's got two choices. he can take the pain that he's getting now, or he can quit. if he quits, the whole thing goes down in flames. >> interesting. >> i don't think de blasio can lose him, so therefore, he has more leverage than he's actually using. >> perhaps. but you can't have a police chief fighting with the mayor. if you're like nixon in the last days of his administration, de blasio would have to fire him if bratton came out and started to attack de blasio. >> bill o'reilly joining us from his vacation. >> go out and get "killing

patton," it's already number one. >> merry christmas to everybody. >> merry christmas to you, thanks. nice of him to call in. >> sure was, nice of lea gabriel to join us for headlines. >> she chose to be here. >> i did choose to be here because mornings are better with friends. >> there you go. >> a terrifying case of road rage caught on camera, two women were driving on a california highway when a truck suddenly cuts them off. the driver then begins to harass them and lead them back and forth while the woman called 911 and that's when the driver hits them. (screaming). >> she just hit our car. she's pushing us off the road! she's coming for us. >> the suspect then gets out of her truck, pounding their window, claiming to be a cop. the women had their doubts and drove away to meet real police. the suspect followed them and arrested. turns out, she had just gotten out of jail for a hit and run.

he just started shooting. that's what the texas meteorologist shot in the parking lot of his tv station said happened. pat trick crawford saying the initial police report that the two were involved in an argument is not true. >> the man that shot me didn't say any words to me. there was no interaction whatsoever. he started shooting at me as i was leaving the parking lot. >> police still searching for the man in this sketch believed to be the shooter. there is a $10,000 reward. a minnesota man is dead after fighting for isis in syria. the man only known as youssef left the states in june to fight on the front lines with the terrorists and now suspended twitter accounts claims he was killed during a recent u.s.-backed offensive in syria. and an 11-year-old girl's lemonade stand shut down by the government red tape. australian city council pulling the plug on her stand for selling food without a permit.

she was also selling home made cupcakes and pies to make extra money before christmas. the council claimed those are high risk products and must be regulated. and those are your headlines. >> the grinch down under. >> be careful of those cupcakes. >> i know. >> thanks. coming up, talk about tipping the scales of justice, this guy claims he was fired for his weight and the court ruled obesity is a disability? the legal insanity of that ahead. >> and how did cars handle extreme wind? maria molina was asked that question. she within to the factory to find out. before you hit the road this holiday, you got to listen to maria talk about what it's like to do that with a smile. >> it's calmer inside the car.

quick tuesday morning headlines for you now. he showed us his dance moves on "dancing with the stars," now at age 84, astronaut buzz aldrin says he wants to put the moon on a woman. buzz tells gq magazine he, quote, on the scout for cute looking lady. he and his wife of 23 years divorced last year. but speaking of love, what's none for president obama. he says he's not impressed with the president's vision for space, according to buzz aldrin. it's the infamous leg lamp

from the movie "a christmas story". >> would you look! that's the best! it's inscribe glee beautiful. >> it is. this morning, surveillance cameras catching a thief who looked like -- who liked a replica of the leg lamp so much he stole it. you can see him walking into a liquor store in upstate new york, look around, swipe it, and head out. winter storms may create havoc for anyone hitting the road this christmas. how do car makers make sure their vehicles can handle that? maria molina got a firsthand look. >> chevy not only tests in harsh weather, but they also create it. take a look. driving through nature's harshest conditions can be a matter of life and death. that's why it's essential for general motors to put their vehicles to the test.

normally gm does their extreme winter weather testing in northern canada. who needs to go there when you have the climactic wind tunnel right here in detroit, michigan? >> this facility, we can do the testing any time of the year, any time of night. we operate 24 hours a day. day and night, we can reproduce whatever environmental condition we want. >> 50-degrees and sunny out here. and in here, a temperature of minus 14-degrees fahrenheit and with the 10 miles an hour wind that, means current witch temperature of minus 28 degrees. to take it to the other extreme, we head to the thermal wind tunnel where 4,000 watt light bulbs crank up the heat. the tunnels put cars through 39 different tests. everything from power train cooling and air flow systems to real life road conditions. right now i'm driving at about 30 miles per hour. we have winds up 30 miles an hour and rain coming down. we're testing for visibility and

also stability control. before chef i wouldn't say was able to create its own weather, it would test vehicles all across the globe. >> we start in death valley with hot weather testing, las vegas where we do city traffic. ontario where we test at temperatures lower than minus 40 degrees fahrenheit. we can take that data back to the test facilities and recreate that same condition, be able to run it over and over again. >> reporter: so where does the power come from? they can go at speeds of 400 miles per hour to generate wind speeds of 435 miles per hour. what does that feel like? i had to see for myself. >> hanging on to the handle for dear life. >> yes. >> hurricane-force winds there. this is what we drove in for 40 miles during last month's snow storm in upstate new york. this is that buffalo snow storm

that dumped over eight feet of snow. we got there safely driving a chevy. >> you were actually a real tester. >> we tested our conditions on the roads in buffalo. >> what about the conditions as people go over the river and through the woods to whomever house this christmas season? >> unfortunately, we have very tough weather on one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. take a look at the weather map right now because we have multiple disturbances. one moving through portion of the midwest and also one moving through parts of the southern plains. they're both going to impact parts of the east coast as we head into later tonight and into tomorrow. before that, we do have the risk for some severe storms across parts of the gulf coast. there is an isolated risk for some tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. the interior northeast, it's cold enough this morning that we're seeing some light freezing drizzle. so there are some advisories in effect out there. take a look at the weather map for tomorrow. not look good tomorrow. much worse across the north east and great lakes region. >> winter tornadoes.

you don't hear about that very often. >> and large hail. everyone wear a bike helmet. >> yeah. good idea. >> thank you very much. >> 12 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, talk about tipping the scales of justice, this guy claims he was fired for his weight and the court ruled that obesity is a disability? arthur and ablow take on the legal insanity next. >> first we're going to check in with bill heller for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> that's like a sitcom. >> it is. >> my gosh. merry christmas to all of you. and a happy new year. see you in 15. the man who runs gitmo is quitting. why is that? what we're also learning about the irs scandal in the early days of that story. howard schaefer used to run the new york police department here. he is here live today. so is governor george pataki on what is next on this massive

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well, talk about tipping the scales of justice, your highest court now ruling obesity may be considered a disability. in the case of a child care worker who claimed that he was fired due to his weight. with more than 91 million americans considered to be obese, will we see cases like this creeping into the united states soon. joining us is arthur aidala and dr. keith ablow. >> i'm tucking it in here and here for the record. >> that could be a whole

technique. >> what are you suffering from? >> i think technically i am obese. all kidding aside, i think it's only 20 pounds over whenever your bmi is. i think i'm supposed to weigh 192 and i'm way over two. i think technically i'm obese. >> the majority of americans probably qualifying for this. you see this case, is obesity a disability or symptom of something else? >> that's what psychiatry is, personal empowerment. when you start defining things as disabilities, you say it's not really in your control. look, yes, it is. but for the few people who have metabolic disorders like thyroid disorders, obesity is not a disregard. this man is able to do his job on a good day. >> on a good day. >> there is the arguments being made that it's not holding me back. >> it's not holding me back. but it would hold someone who works on an airplane back.

if someone has trained to be a flight attendant and then they -- one of these metabolic disorders kicks in, they're dieting, no matter they're working out, they're too large for those requirements, they should qualify under those unique, specific circumstances. >> arthur would like not to talk about the main issue. we all agree if there is an underlying disorder, you're disabled. >> i'm sure we agree with that. do you agree with that. >> this suggests the obesity itself would be a disorder. now, a defense attorney might mouth that argument in court bum in life, we should be in the business of telling people take charge of your life. you can beat this. >> how susceptible are businesss if they have clients saying, you know what? i'm disabled. i was discriminated against. people are really pushing on discrimination. >> it would -- the example i gave is probably a real life example. so someone who has chained to be a flight attendant, who has

worked as a flight attendant and then all of a sudden something inside of them goes haywire and now they go over the weight limit, that would be one very specific example. if you want to go -- >> how about that person who -- the person getting real fat -- >> (talk over each other). >> something inside them went haywire. >> there is a doctor here. so we don't have to leave it. something inside them went haywire. how about the fork went in their mouth? stop it. >> what if the root is depression? >> depression is a recognized disorder. go to the core. absolutely. but the danger here is that being overweight itself is being said to be a disorder and the cure for that is make a decision to take charge of your life. >> the way it would really work is -- >> i challenge you to get in the best shape of your life. let's do it together.

>> suffering from depression or in from a metabolic disorder, and therefore, it's brought on this increased weight gain and therefore, they are -- >> i would like an admission from you that on this occasion, you really came up short on points. >> merry christmas. >> if you ask me, i think you both are look great and doing really well. >> i'm sucking it in. >> neither of you have a case. but thank you so much for a great debate. >> thank you. >> coming up, christmas is kicking into high gear here at "fox & friends." there are plenty more where that just came from. oh, yeah. that's my hamster. ♪ ♪

before we go, here is one for the road. don't forget a "fox & friends" christmas airs tomorrow at 8:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. eastern. and on christmas day at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we can't wait to share christmas with you. >> yeah. despite being our best -- this might be our best one ever. it's musical. for first time all of us sing. >> this is kind of a surprise. but we've been sitting next to him all week. brian, that's yours.

♪ ♪ >> brian and arthur. >> there you go. >> ho, ho, ho. bill: good morning. there is new video of the new york city police shooting suspect hours before assassinating two officers. this is the video. the nypd putting it out. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. a big welcome back to our friend momly line. >> reporter: the grieving families of the officers speaking out about their loved ones. protesters are