named the most overpaid actor. the ugly, what not to do at a christmas party. this man hospitalized after drinking four quarts of egg nog in three seconds. >> "fox & friends" starts now. goodbye. >> hi everyone. today is wednesday, the 24th of december, 2014. i'm quoin quoin -- i'm anna kooiman. former president george h.w. bush rushed to a hospital. details straight away. >> protesters promised no peace and that's exactly what they delivered. demonstrators shutting down famous fifth avenue here in new york city. is this a blatant slap in the face to mayor bill de blasio? >> he revealed himself right here on the fox news channel. the man who put a bullet in

bin laden's head. >> you shoot osama bin laden? >> in the face three times. >> did he stagger at all? >> he just fell [inaudible] >> what does he earn for his heroic actions? a government investigation. mornings are better with friends on this christmas eve. >> hey guys, this is michael tammero. you're watching "fox & friends" and i want to wish you all a very merry christmas. ♪ ♪ >> that's right. the big man, santa claus, is coming to town tonight. which list are you on? we are going to be tracking santa claus with norad. we'll see his progress, he's already in the air. if you're panicking this morning we have last-minute gift ideas. you can order them on-line, same day pickup. pick them up at the gas station or pharmacy.

if you forgot somebody, don't panic. >> who is here? ed henry, chief white house correspondent. your first time hosting "fox & friends"? >> imagine getting a chance to go all the way to hawaii for christmas or spend it here with you, peter. they threw in anna as well. >> i think the people are so excited to see you here. >> i'm excited to be here: >> mornings are better with friends. >> i'm excited to see the decorations. i love looking at that. >> absolutely. we begin with the latest on former president george h.w. bush. while you were sleeping he was rushed to a hospital in houston. >> peter doocy is live in washington with the breaking details. >> good morning. the 41st president's condition was bad enough last night that an ambulance had to be called. most of the details about this health scare are still unknown. but the 41st president's office sends this along --

quote -- "president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening." the former president, age 90, will be held for observation, again, as a precaution. word about this hospital stay quickly made its way to hawaii where president obama is vacationing with his wife and daughters and a white house spokesperson tells us -- quote -- "the president has been made aware that president bush was admitted to the hospital. president obama and the first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire bush family during this holiday season." back in june, president bush actually went skydiving in maine for his 90th birthday but he has been slowed down by a variety of very serious health problems lately. last year he was hospitalized for two months because of a bad bout with bronchitis and he's been wheelchair bound because of a form of parkinson's that makes it hard for him to

get around. president bush's most recent appearances in public have been at football games, texas a.m. back in november. we're hoping for an update on his condition. >> thank you. another developing story, just days after two new york city police officers were executed in cold blood there comes a terrifying new threat against new york's finest. >> leah gabriel has been following this story. >> reports in of gang members threatening to shoot up two precincts near where two officers were murdered in brooklyn. security beefed up at both locations, this as protesters packed the streets. [chanting] >> hundreds stopping traffic as people rush to finish their last-minute christmas shopping in new york city. al sharpton ignoring calls

by the mayor to hold off on protests until after the funerals of officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. protesters hackling a memorial. mayor de blasio and his wife holding a moment of silence at city hall. this as new reports indicate a brooklyn judge cut loose a gang member who posted on-line threats to gun down cops in the hours after liu and ramos were murdered. posting a disturbing image on facebook of a man shooting a gun into a cop car with the posting 73 next. the gang member walked free with no bail despite facing is en years behind bars -- facing seven years behind bars for facing a terror threat. >> thank you for that information. if you look at the cover of the daily news today, you see "have you no shame."

it's got protesters who took to fifth avenue blocking traffic and all of that. but essentially they have been defying what mayor bill de blasio called for and that is to press the pause button and ask for peace. that's what we've got coming. >> the mayor taking a lot of heat in recent days. yesterday he was calling for calm. he finally got that message. in fact, i think we have that clip. let's hear it. >> we have to keep working to bring police and community closer together. we have to work for that more perfect union. we have to put the divisions of the past behind us. all of us in this generation action we need to protect and respect our police just as our police protect and respect our communities. we can strike that balance. we must.

>> unfortunately, even an ambulance last night in manhattan being caught in this maelstrom as protesters are yelling a lot of things, including nypd, kkk, how many kids did you kill today. listen to this. >> nypd, kkk! how many kids did you kill today? >> how many kids did you save today; right? what would new york city be like if these eight million people, we all live on top of each other, if we didn't have these police officers keeping us safe? where's the outrage about those two police officers that were gunned down. >> for mayor de blasio to call for calm and within hours some of the folks he was encouraging as protesters back on the streets defying him in addition to tarring the memory of these heroic officers. you have to wonder can he govern the city anymore when he already had a lot of people angry at him. now some of his own supporters are defying -- >> i think you're seeing a particularly horrible

anarchist agenda with some people. so the question we ask today, although president obama is on vacation in hawaii for the christmas vacation, vice president joe biden will be attending officer ramos's fiewn on saturday. in fact, his family foregave his murderer. the question becomes is that a good idea? is the president meeting his obligation in terms of bringing unity to this country? should he be making more of a public outreach to law enforcement community and also people of good will to bring black americans, white americans, police and civilians together? >> i think it was a smart idea for the president to send vice president biden to the funeral because this shoation a high-level -- this shows a high-level person. if the president himself had gone to the funeral it would be wonderful but you're setting this precedent of this president, the next president going to police

funerals all around the country. how do you go to some and not others when we have heroic officers killed around the country. also if the president goes the attention is on him, not the two officers. >> that is a great point. we've seen written statements from the president but we haven't seen anything on camera. and the last time i checked hawaii does have more than beautiful fish and flowers and golf courses. they have tv cameras. >> he spoke out on some of the other cases before and this would have been a good chance for him to go on camera to say look, i spoke out in the trayvon martin case, other cases, i spoke out on michael brown and now i'm going to speak out on camera and say these officers should not have been murdered. put out a written statement. >> let us know what you think about these stories on facebook, twitter and friends@foxnews.com. violent protests erupting two miles from

ferguson, missouri. >> police trying to control the crowd of about 100 people. it all started after an officer shot and killed an 18-year-old who pointed his gun at him. two officers were on route on routine patrol when they approached two people at a gas station. one of the men pointed a gun at one of the cops. that cop shot him dead. the second suspect took off. the show must go on. sony releasing "the interview" to over two00 theaters starting tomorrow. the turn-around coming less than a week after sony came under fire for caving to hackers' demands. the film stars james fran cotaking to instagram saying the people and the president have spoken. tickets to "the interview" sold out across the country. the widow of the sniper

chris kyle forming an appeal against jesse ventura. ventura won nearly two million dollars after he filed a lawsuit. those are your headlines. >> interesting. on christmas eve, we all know ed henry as problg one of -- probably one of the most buttoned up straight-shooting journalists in america. brilliant reporter. but i think we should know more especially as he joins us on this day on "fox & friends." so let's take a look at ed henry in action at the white house, around the country and around the world as one of the premier reporters. >> you can at least say that was not true; right? >> as i said last week, except that communications are challenging here, governments need to be held

accountable and be responsive to the people. >> i wonder how you square that with your former advisor, jonathan gruber claiming you were not transparent about the health law because in his words the american people, voters are stupid. did you mislead the american people about taxes in order to get the bill passed? >> no, i did not. >> when the president found out he was disturbed and asked his lawyers and the o.m.b. to get to work on a solution and we expect a solution today. this is not that complicated. i know you're trying to make a partisan issue out of it. >> nice try. >> can you explain how the president believes it is un-american to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy. >> taking the follow-up questions too. you take the white house to task all the time. how about your own kids? >> life before the white house and life after the white house. >> i think we've got great photos here everybody pulled together. i've got my son patrick.

that's me actually. that was as a little leaguer. >> what position? >> i played first base. i was an excellent first baseman. those were the days. i'm there scwingt in the sun in the middle -- squinting in the sun in the middle on the top. there is my sister. i'm mad at my parents for dressing me like that. i didn't even have a pocket square then. there is my dad on the left, my nephew frank, my son patrick on the right. we were at the yankees game there a few months bag. i go to the nationals game sometimes. this is my wedding cake with my wife shirley. got married in vegas. >> that is a white house wedding cake. >> they said what do you do? there is my wife looking beautiful. we didn't know they were going to do the cake to scale. >> did you freeze a little piece of that? >> we ate a little bit of

that. >> we're certainly happy to have you here on christmas eve. despite a lifetime of scandal, al sharpton is still the president's go-too guy on race related issues. so many of you want to know why. that's next.

after a lifetime of scandals and deadly protests, al sharpton still holding the power to command the white house. in fact, sharpton visited the white house at least 83 times according to white house records to advise president obama and new york city mayor bill de blasio. how does he continue to hold these leadership positions despite these scandals. joining us to comment is reverend jonathan gentry. good to see you and merry christmas eve to you. >> thank you. merry christmas eve to you. how are you doing? >> thank you. i wonder why you thing reverend sharpton still holds these positions of power and has this much

access to the president. >> number one they are friends and what you're seeing across the country and across the globe, the division and separation. you have to understand it starts at the top and it trickles down. look where we are as a country when it comes to race division. you understand? look what's going on around us. look who caused the chaos and now he wants to retreat with the two officers that passed away. you have to see at this point in time in our lives who's running the show, and it's unfortunate that this man is still in charge. it really is. what i do want to address is the difference between me and al sharpton is i'm going to challenge your intellect. a lot of black community, i'm going to challenge your cerebral. i'm going to tell you to look in the mirror, change who you are, pull up your pants and become a better you. reverend al sharpton is saying stay how you are. it's their fault. you understand what i'm saying? for those who can't think

for themselves, those who can't rely on themselves are going to rely on and depend on him to just put the blame game on someone else. >> when you talk about the blame game, reverend gentry, how do you react when the head of the police union here in n suggests that mayor de blasio and others have blood on their snandz that was a pret -- on their hands? that was a pretty strong accusation. you suggested some of the comments in recent days might have also caused some trouble. do you also put the blame there when you talk about the blame game on reverend sharpton? >> god is not mocked. whatever man soweth he shall reap. for the last four months he's been pushing this propaganda into the ear gates and eye gates of people. all this hate and reset set in people's hearts who can't think for themselves and so they're fueling hate back into a generation and it should not be like that.

we are going backwards instead of forward. yes, blood is upon his hands. yes, i do agree. >> so, refned -- reverend gentry, what is your advice to president obama in terms of having sharpton as a sponsor? >> we're going towards another year. you better pray to god that you get a eureka. you understand? because it is time for us to come together in unity. this nation wants unity. america wants unity. we do not need any leaders to divide us no longer. and as long as i'm going to continue to get the air in my lungs we must continue to go forward. >> reverend jonathan gentry, mer christmas to you. a message of unity. coming up, president george h.w. bush rushed to the hospital. dr. marc siegel just spoke with the president's spoke

person. he has late-breaking information coming up next.

welcome back for quick headlines. the obama administration scrambling to track down a known terrorist who was already once in u.s. custody. a $5 million reward is being offered for any information on known terrorist ibrahim al-rubaysh. a mother's worst nightmare. a woman says her baby is in the clutches of isis. her estranged husband ran away to join the terror group in syria bringing his three-year-old with him. she says she didn't know he was an extremist until she saw a propaganda video

featuring her child. the father has since been killed during the fighting. >> a fox news alert. former president george h.w. bush rushed to a hospital in houston. >> dr. marc siegel just heard from the president's spoke person. he joins us with the late-breaking details. good to see you. sorry it's under these circumstances. what did his office tell you? >> the key here is it's a precaution. when you have parkinson's syndrome, he has a form that affects his legs but you get a stiffness of your breathing muscles. you get a lot of perceived shortness of breath in that situation and they're always very, very cautious with president bush, so we can't jump to any conclusions that there's a big problem because the breathing is a very common sign that he's possibly not breathing properly. it may not even be anything worse. he's had infections before. last time he was at houston methodist hospital he had

bronchitis, a prolonged bout of bronchitis. that is something else you might think of here. sometimes with parkinson's you can't manage the saliva that easily and you get bronchitis much more easily. >> i remember two years ago being in hawaii with president obama and former president bush had gotten ill. a lot of people were worried about hill but he had a lot of strength. >> number one is courage. he's indomitable. i believe when you have a spirit like his and the courage to overcome and everyone's prayers are with him, the outcome is always better. and that kind of force of will is why he's still jumping out of planes at the age of 90. i think that is a big factor. this is a milder form of parkinson's. it affects your legs and he's in a while chair. i have predicted before and would predict again that if i don't hear anything else i would expect him to make full recovery. >> what would the time line on that be?

the last time he was dealing with bronchitis it was a couple of months. >> there's always an extra set of caution here especially that he's 90 years old and he has this condition. but they'll keep him there maybe longer than they would keep someone else. again, i wouldn't read anything into that. the last time they were being really cautious. >> dr. marc siegel, thanks for being in touch with the president's people and bringing us up to date. >> we love president bush and wish him the best. >> absolutely. coming up on "fox & friends," he revealed himself here on the fox news channel. the man who put the bullet in bin laden's head. >> in the face three tiles. >> did he stagger at all? >> he fell by the left side of the bed. >> what does he get for his heroic actions? a government investigation. >> and get the kids out of bed. santa is already on the move. we are tracking him live next. but first happy birthday.

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♪ ♪ >> peter, what's with the bah humbug face? >> boy. >> your christmas eve shot of the morning. >> a little slippery. >> i'm happy inside with that. i love christmas and that is fantastic. >> fast on your feet too. >> i know. absolutely. >> making the roof into a snowy slip and slide. >> it's christmas eve and you know what that means. santa and his reindeer on

the move right now. >> where is santa? where are the reindeer? what progress is being made at this moment? >> admiral bill courtney is the commander at norad. he knows the answer to that. he joins us live. thank you for being with us. >> great to be here. merry christmas to you and your family. >> merry christmas to you. where is jolly old saint nicholas right now? >> he just passed over wake island in the middle of the pacific and he just cracked over 150 million packages. delivered. >> admiral, as a military leader, i wonder if you can tell us and give us your expert opinion over the hours, does santa start gaining weight as he gets more chocolate chip cookies? is it harder and harder for him to get through the chimneys? how do you deal with that? >> he found that magic anticalorie sauce that he sprinkles on top of the chocolate chip cookies that preent -- prevents him

gaining weight throughout his evening journey. >> i know a lot of information you have is top

>> we imagine santa wants all the kids to go to bed early tonight. what happens if he comes by and they're awake. >> he won't ever be late. if a child is not asleep. he'll notice that. it won't be a naughty thing. he'll just wait until the child goes to sleep and then he'll come back. >> good advice. good information. admiral bill leading theests to track santa. we know he's over the pacific but coming towards the united states really soon. >> we also have maria molina who is tracking the weather to get an idea with norad's help and the aviation aspect of this. what is the weather like? what is he dealing with? maria, merry christmas to

you. >> good to see you this morning. merry christmas to you. santa dealing with a strong storm system especially across parts of the eastern united states. yesterday we did have reports of tornadoes and reported damage across parts of the south. there is currently a tornado watch in effect early this morning across portions of northern florida and into georgia. that will be something we watch very closely throughout the morning hours, the possibility of severe weather. that will be continuing throughout parts of the carolinas and portions of virginia. could be looking at thunderstorms that could produce isolated severe weather and parts of the ohio valley as well. otherwise the other big issue with this storm system is flash flooding. we have that threat throughout the day. several inches of rainfall expected up and down the east coast. you can see that rain already creeping on towards portions of the northeast, already raining here in new york city. very lightly but it should be picking up in intensity later today. on the cold side of the storm system i'm sure some of you really want some snow just in time for

christmas and we are going to see it across parts of the great lakes and the midwest. we have winter weather advisories. not too much snow, just about one to four inches of snow forecast for that area. then another storm system will be impacting portions. pacific northwest. we have advisories and watches issued for so many states across the rockies and parts of montana and parts of washington state. we want to switch gears because every wednesday we do science trivia. i know all of you are new to it on the curvy couch. >> this is important. >> today's question is our christmas edition. what is the average temperature of the north pole during winter? is it a, minus 40 degrees farenheit? b, minus 20 degrees farenheit? c, zero or d, 20 degrees farenheit? which is the correct

answer? >> it needs to be cold enough. i would say 2, 20 degrees. i'm going with 20 or 40 dawes i think santa has had trouble with the workshop. >> it's a, minus 40 degrees farenheit, the average temperature for the north pole. >> we all went over so the price was wrong. >> peter was saying it was warm there. it's the north pole. >> some scientist came up with this. >> redirecting blame. >> there is no global warming obviously. >> maria molina thank you so much. we're going to switch gears with a look at more of our headlines. >> good morning. merry christmas eve. he's considered armed and dangerous. police in texas hunting for the drive of an armored truck who disappeared with $200,000 in cash. they've charged trent michael cook and arrested his father for tampering with evidence. cook was supposed to meet

another employee and fill a.t.m.'s with cash monday morning but the empty armored car was discovered nearly an hour later miles away from his assigned location with the engine still running. a group of bikers in texas disrupting an antipolice protest with horsepower and heated words. [bleep] [bleep] >> the man on the right is the leader of the new black panther party in houston who organized the protests. he got in one of the biker's faces when the group tried to drown them out with their engines. >> the man who shot osama bin laden now under investigation for allegedly leaking secrets. a navy official saying former navy seal robert o'neill may have revealed classified information after speaking about his role of the killing of osama bin laden. here is o'neal describing the moment he shot osama bin laden. >> where did you shoot osama bin laden?

>> in the face three times. >> did he stagger at all? >> he fell by the left side of the bed. >> how long from the second you saw him until he was laying dead at your feet? >> it was less than seconds. probably half a second. >> o'neal has yet to comnt on the investigation. just in time to christmas the georgia national guard is returning home from afghanistan. family and friends turning out for a ceremony at a local school. many of the soldiers coming back to their young children. >> he wasn't crawling when daddy left. i think it would be special if i could get noah to walk to daddy. >> that he did. this is the first time in 13 years all georgia national guard units are home for the holidays. those are your headlines. >> thanks so much. we will have some holiday greetings from our troops overseas. >> great news.

>> absolutely. an american pastor held in an iranian jail for years because he's a christian. his wife just received an emotional letter from him, and what it says will touch your heart on this christmas eve. >> and there's nothing like a nice warm fire for christmas eve; right? so why is the e.p.a. trying to put out the flames? you aren't going to believe this one. ♪

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moisture levels in your wood. for a cleaner burn, make sure there's space between the pieces. finally, a no brainer, don't burn garbage or cardboard. >> for over two years american pastor abidini has been unjustly held in an iranian jail. through all his hardship he kept his christian faith and he just sent his family an inspiring christmas letter. joining us to share his christmas message is his wife mrs. abedini. good morning. incredibly he's been in jail for two years, in prison because he was meeting with christians in a private home which really isn't against the law in iran. tell us about the letter you received. can you read to us a piece of it. share it with all of america this morning, please. >> exactly. this will be our third

christmas without him, that the kids and i celebrate. he writes in his letter these days are very cold here, my small space between the window is without glass making most nights unbearable to sleep. the treatment by fellow prisoners is also quite cold and at times hostile. some of my fellow prisoners don't like me because i'm a convert and pastor. they look at me with shame as someone who traded his former religion. the guards can't stand the paper cross i made and hung next to me as a sign of my faith and in anticipation of my savior's birth. >> the coldness, hostility, the shame they're trying to impose on him and now a paper cross as an exemplar of his faith. what are you feeling when you read this? >> i can get a glimpse of the harsh condition he's in

both physically with the cold and where he's at, but also the pressure of being a convert and not being able to celebrate christmas even with a paper cross. and anything that represents his faith. >> did your children see this letter? are they aware of what he has written? >> we have like many thousands of americans, we have paper crosses hung on our tree. we've talked about it. they were praying for a christmas miracle but we still believe that -- we're still believing and hoping. >> mrs. abedini, i think your children and all of us are praying for a christmas miracle. let me read a little part of his christmas message to you and your family and to the world. he said "it might be necessary to come out of the comfort of our lives and leave the loving embrace of our family to enter the manger of the lives of others. it has been me for the

third consecutive christmas. it may be that we will be called fools and traitors and face many difficulties but we should crucify our will and wishes even more until the world hears and taste the true meaning of christmas." for him, the true meaning has gone beyond the bitterness that he's feeling and you're feeling. what do you tell your children on this christmas eve? what message of hope do you give them about the birth of the baby jesus? and how does that impact your life and the life of your husband going forward? >> well, for saeed, the message of christmas is the love that transformed his life, that he was willing to lay down his life for the orphans and go back to iran to serve the needy and the orphans. for us, the message of christmas is i know saeed is experiencing right now is no religion can get you through the hard times. only relationship with god through what jesus christ did on the cross, the forgiveness of sin can get

you through the worst times in life, give you peace and joy, as saeed has experienced. he's been able to hug those who have been persecuting him action beating him and the kids and i have so much peace because of this relationship with god through jesus christ. and that's the mental of christmas for us. -- that's the message of christmas for us. we celebrate this babe was born into the world to pay for our sins. >> in some ways your husband is paying for all of our sins. we pray for him and for you on this christmas eve. we wish you well. please keep us up to date on this very important story. merry christmas to you and your family. >> merry christmas to you. >> coming up, it's one of the side effects to legalizing weed. marijuana that no one saw coming. and it has a lot of pot supporters smoking, fuming. we have the story coming up. if you're still wrapping up your christmas shopping, you're not alone. how you can even shop on-line and still get those

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hi, good morning. we're down to the wire to get those christmas gifts. where can you still find great deals? here is consumer savings expert, andrea. good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> amazing items we can pick up at the pharmacy. >> it's a great option, especially at cvs.

they have 7800 locations nationwide. especially if you're traveling today to get home for the holidays, you can toll go by and pick up deals like buy one, get one free off fragrances. they even sell gadgets like this jaw bone up, which is a fitness tracker. it's normally $129. on sale for 99. if you go to the extra care coupons page, cvs.com, you can get $30 savings on top of that. >> what about as we're traveling to the airport? >> there are obviously lots of stores. oftentimes they are overpriced. but the best buy kiosks, like a vending machine for gadgets offer comparable prices. you can get items like this skull candy head phones. fifteen dollars. you don't have to wait in line. they have lots of other deals. look for the sales there. >> as you're out on the roadway filling up your gas tank, you can get gift cards? >> yes. a mini heart or grocery store,

look for gift card deals. you can even find gift card deals online at givecardgranny.com. print them from home and bring them with you or send them to the person's in-box. >> and speaking of online, you can still get things delivered if you order today. is that right? >> yes. so amazon is offering a same day delivery if you make an order by 10 a.m if you live in one of the 12 major cities where they're offering a this service -- >> chicago, l.a. >> phoenix, ceilings. look on amazon.com to see who they're servicing. otherwise some stores are allowing you to place orders online today and they're offering a same day in-store pick up, which helps you save time and stress from walking around the store. >> and there are other things -- >> some examples are best buy, offering a 25% off these really pretty designer iphone and samsung cases and have a really good deal on the samsung galaxy

phone for $49. >> k-mart has a ninja on sale. >> it's a popular gift. 20 bucks off. you can't go wrong. very healthy smoothies. >> what about at target? >> they are offering a lots of great deals. they have 30% off ps 4 games. play station 4 games. and the console for 399, plus a free controller, which is a $29 value. a really great deal. and then at k-mart as well, they have buy one, get one 50% off sleepwear and robes for everybody in your family. some really great last minute deals. again, you don't have to deal with the crowds. even at sears, they offer in vehicle pick up. you can pull up to the store and an associate brings it. >> very nice. love it. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> 55 minutes after the hour. here is what's coming up, a

federal government scrambling to keep up with the wave of illegal immigrants. their new idea to track them. ankle bracelets. he chugged a whole bunch of eggnog and ended up in the hospital. what not to do at hospital day parties this holiday season. ♪ ♪ nap;;w5

hi, everyone. good morning. merry christmas to you. this wednesday, december 24. i'm anna kooiman in for allegation elisabeth. while you were sleeping, president george h.w. bush rushed to the hospital in houston. we heard from the spokesperson. the latest on his condition moments away. and the protesters threaten no peace and that's exactly what they delivered last night. demonstrators shutting down new york's fifth avenue in new york city. is this the right message to send the day before christmas? is it normal or nuts?

i'm asking this, when my mom visits for the holidays, keeps track of what all my neighbors are doing, and ends up knowing more about them than i do, is that normal or nuts? we're going to find out, mom. mornings are way better with friends. >> hey, he have been. it's kevin mccarthy. want to go wish you all a merry christmas and i give the show a five out of five. ♪ oh, the weather is so frightful ♪ ♪ let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ♪ >> it stopped snowing in new york city, but there is a little bit of rain in the air. we'll check in with maria molina in just a bit. our stockings are hurricane with care. we welcome you. >> thanks for having me. >> welcome to ed henry. first time at "fox & friends." >> this is a lot of fun. >> great guy and a great family

man. we're going to learn more about ed henry in a few more minutes. >> that's a little tease. >> absolutely. >> we begin with the latest on former president george h.w. bush while you were sleeping. he was rushed to a hospital in houston. peter doocy is live in washington now with the breaking details. good morning. >> good morning again, ed. the president was rushed to a hospital last night because he was having a hard time breathing. so his offers sent along this statement with a little bit of detail. it says, president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president, age 90, will be held for observation again as a precaution. the 41st president has parkinson's, which limits his mobility and keeps him in a wheelchair. he was hospitalized last year for two months with bronchitis. but he still managed to sky dive for his 90th birthday in

june. doctors say with health scares like this, attitude and personality are important. >> he's indommable. i believe when you have a spirit like his and everyone's prayers, the outcome is always better. that kind of force of will is why he's still jumping out of planes at the age of 90. >> the white house passed along this statements. quote, the president has been made aware that president bush was admitted to the hospital. president obama and the first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire bush family during this holiday season. president bush's most recent public event had both been at football games in november. one at texas a & m, the other at a houston texans game. we are hoping to have some more details about his condition later on this morning. back to you in new york. >> peter, thanks for those details. we'll get back to you if you get more information and a lot of people pulling for the former

president this morning. now another developing story. days after two new york city police officers were executed in cold blood, there comes a terrifying new threat against new york's finest. >> david lee miller joins us live with the details. good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. new york city police remain on edge in the aftermath of the execution style slayings of those two officers. they are taking precautions to protect cops. now there are a cup of potential threats that have emerged. according to the "new york post," gang members were plan ago shootout with cops at two precincts in brooklyn, not far from where the two officers were killed. while it's not clear how credible the threat is, swat teams were deployed. in another development, a judge has released a man without bail after he raggedly made terroristic threats. the police now saying 18-year-old 2007 coaly posted a foe foe on line of a gunman

capturing a patrol car. prosecutors wanted a quarter million dollars bail. the judge called his posting stupid, but added it would be wrong to set bail simply because of the current climate. activists ignoring the mayor's plea to halt protests until after the funeral of the two slain cops marched in manhattan last night. some of the demonstrators carried signs that read, jail killer cops. the marchers were peaceful. there were no arrests. and in effort to try and heal the city, mayor de blasio yesterday observed a moment of silence at city hall. he says the city and police must work together for a better relationship. what he called a more perfect union. lastly, to honor the memory of the two fallen police officers, the lights were dimmed at iconic new york location, including the empire state building, world trade center, and rockefeller center. the first of the funerals is

going to take place this saturday. back to you. >> david lee, thanks so much. as mayor de blasio called for that moment of peace and for the protesters to press the pause button, they decided to do just the opposite and took to fifth avenue trying to close it down. >> that's what was shocking. there you have the mayor, beaten up for days, even before this tragedy and in the wake of it, had the union chief for the police saying that he had blood on his hands, so the mayor finally sort of gets the message after those police officers turn their backs on him in the hospital over the weekend and basically called for calm and then look what the protesters did in response to their own man. >> we have to keep working to bring police and community closer together. we have to work for that more perfect union. we have to put the divisions of the past behind us and left to all of us in this generation, we

need to protect and respect our police just as our police protect and respect our communities. we can strike that balance. we must. (chanting). >> nypd, kkk, how many -- >> absolutely -- >> how do you spell murders? nypd. obviously these are anarchists. these are people that want to do harm and destruction to this city and the state and to this country. i served in the past, so it's a very difficult job being mayor and very often people will not respond to calls for calm, unfortunately in this city. but the issue becomes have we lost decency?

have we lost control? have these protesters become like the worst for church educator? has this become a real war on the values of this country and the values of christmas, peace and hope. >> on the heels of the murders of these two police officers. >> jonathan gentry is talking about mayor de blasio losing control. saying mayor has been a champion for protesting, but said hey, in the light of this holiday season, can we stop, at least on christmas eve, the eve of christmas eve? here is what reverend gentry had to say. >> for the last four months, he's been preaching his propaganda and nonsense and to people, all this hate and racism has set in the recess of people's hearts. they can't think for themselves. so they're going out here, back

into a generation, and it should not be like that. we are going backwards instead of forward. so yes, blood is upon his hands. yes, i do agree. yes, absolutely. >> strong words. >> very strong words. even people like mayor giuliani who said he does not agree with that statement and said there is no blood on the mayor's hands. there is culpability in his view for allowing these protests to go on in the way they are, but not for murder. >> let us know your thoughts on these stories. right now we're going to hand it over to molly line for what else is making headlines. >> good morning. also breaking overnight, a police officer shoots and kills an 18-year-old who he says pointed a gun at him. two officers were on routine patrol when they approached two people at a gas station. that's when one of the men pointed a gun at one of the cops, say police. that cop shot him dead. the second suspect took off. as a result, violent protests erupted.

>> oh, my! >> police trying to control the crowd of about 100 people. this happening just about two miles from ferguson, missouri. the show must go on. sony releasing "the interview" to over 200 theaters starting tomorrow. the turn around coming less than a week after sony came under fire for cave to go hackers' demands. james franco taking to instagram to declare victory, saying the people and the president have spoken. homeland security turning to technology after losing track of a majority of illegals crossing the borrowed. ankle bracelets are being slapped on them as part of a test program. they need for the tracking tech coming after officials made a shocking discovery. whopping 70% of illegals who are caught crossing the border and

released never report back to immigration authorities. and what not to do at an office christmas party. >> jump! jump! jump! jump! >> the utah man chugging a quarter of eggnog in 12 seconds. he was hospitalized and doctors say it triggered pneumonia. he fully recovered and won a $50 gift card in the contest. he was giving a thumbs up there. >> he got $50. >> i'm glad ego that on the table because peter was talking about eggnog after the show. >> brian, elisabeth and steve are off today. peter, myself and ed henry are on the couch today. let's look at what you're

normally doing on your monday through friday. >> you can at least say that's not true? governments need to be held accountable. i wonder how you square that with your former advisor, jonathan gruber, claiming you were not chance apparent about the health law because in his words, the american people are stupid. did you mislead americans about taxes, about keeping your plan in order to get the bill passed? >> no. i did not. >> this is not that complicated. i know you're trying to make a partisan issue out of it. >> can you explain how the president believes that it's unamerican to use these techniques but it was okay to ramp up the drone policy? >> that was fun to say him nice try. he was always trying to say you're partisan. i asked tough questions of president bush and i try to ask tough questions of president obama. >> you're fearless! >> i wanted to get your advice. what do you do? my family was down in florida, i

felt let's go over to steve doocy's house. we couldn't find him. and i think he wandered offment i left my wife with mrs. doocy. they had a great time. >> she's the best. and peter doocy was there. which was cool. we've got this little sign that elizabeth actually send to the doocy and said doocy family. it was funny, because peter was down there. when i showed him that photo, he said, this looks like an odd episode of "modern family." me and peter with the doocy family hanging out there. >> in what character? >> i don't know. i just don't want to get into that. and my daughter taking a little selfy. she's going to be really mad for showing that. she's ten going on about 22. my son, patrick, has a knicks shirt on. since i grew up in new york, we go to maryland new york pizza and the new york

knicks. >> you can find the best pizza in the world. >> my son is a conosoir. >> we have a surprise for you. >> pizza for breakfast? what's up, man? thanks for doing that. >> with the fresh cheese. >> do you know what's fun -- >> you take one first. >> when you travel around the world with the president, if you're in some random country, if you can find new york pizza, it makes you feel good. >> it's been a rough year for some folks. who is getting coal in their stockings for christmas? staying to eat pizza on "fox & friends." stay tuned. ♪

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who has been naughty or nice? and in the world of politics, many are making the naughty list. who deserves coal in their stocking? joining us with some of the worst in politic, joining us is a talk show host. good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> it's interesting because nancy pelosi and jonathan gruber are at the top of the list and nancy pelosi said this. >> i don't know who he is. he didn't help write our bill. you have seen jonathan gruber of m.i.t.'s analysis of what the comparison is to the status quo

versus what will happen in our bill, those who seek insurance within the exchange. >> basically this was the guy. we're using him to sell the health care law. now he gets in trouble, says the american people are stupid, we tricked them. all of a sudden, nancy pelosi doesn't want to be anywhere near him. >> i agree. so she deserves coal in her stocking for being a phony. we know that all key players in the white house know who jonathan gruber is. they hired him. they paid a million dollars to push through this health care legislation. so they're just not telling the truth. no question. >> it's interesting because if you look at what happened with the v.a. scandal, this is one that fired up a lot of people in our audience because, look, these are our wounded warriors, they're heros. they come home and yet they're mistreated by their own government. take a listen to v.a. secretary shin secretariy before he got fired. >> taking all actions necessary to identify exactly what the

issues are. to fix them and strengthen the veterans' trust in v.a. health care. >> we should say he was a wound veteran himself, a highly decorated. but it seems from covering him he was in over his head, didn't see the problem and i think more importantly, do you think the v.a. is being fixed after this scandal? >> it's not. we've seen some improvements, but they have a long way to go. in my column, i gave the department of veterans affair coal in their stock because this is no way to treat our heros. they put their lives on the line for us to protect our freedom. when they come home, they have every right to quality health care. we all are aware of the horrors that have taken place in the v.a. this is just no way to treat our heros. so the veteran affairs really needs to get its act together. it needs to prioritize giving our vets the best possible care we can. >> what i like about your last

entry is you are fair and balanced. you have the gop congress and president obama on executive actions. 30 seconds, why did you pick both of them? >> because i'm frustrated with the gop. they're big on talk, but not on action. they go on television and they complain about president obama's lawlessness and executive overreach, et cetera, but then they don't use the powers that they have to stop him. it's their job to rein in power and they're letting president obama run with the ball. so they look spineless and personally i'm frustrated. >> let's hope you have more than coal in your stocking and the boston herald. merry christmas. >> same to you, merry christmas. coming up, it's one of the side effects to legalizing weed. no one saw it coming and it has a lot of pot supporters fuming. we have that story ahead. check this out, president nixon and the king of rock'n'roll exchanging presents. we're going back in time celebrating christmas with commanders in chief next. ♪ ♪

newcomers. the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievance. i got a loft problems with you people! you're going to hear about it! >> time for news by the numbers. the festivus edition. that's the holiday made famous by seinfeld. now senator rand paul is taking it to twitter to point out his grievances against the government. >> first, 300,000. paul says your government spent

over $300,000 to study synchronized swimming in sea monkeys. >> next, 10,000. the senator says your government literally spent $10,000 to watch the grass grow. >> 387,000. your government spent that much of your money on swedish massages for rabbits. i'm not making that up. swedish massages. >> each december the president and his family deck the white house halls and open the doors for dozens of parties and public tours. through the years, some heart warming traditions have developed and yes, endured. >> historian dan hanson just got back from visiting the white house and joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's unique this year at the white house?

>> what's really unique is that the blue room tree is dedicated to veterans. so you have a lot of signs and ornaments that say home of the brave. it's just a really beautiful tribute to those who have served and fought for liberty for us. >> let's take a walk back in presidential history. let's go back to richard nixon and that famous picture with elvis. tell us about the significance of that. >> this picture was taken christmas week in 1970. it's the most requested photo from the national archive. and elvis' father chided him for spending $100,000 on christmas gifts. sew got a little mad and went to washington, d.c. and arranged this meeting with richard nixon and he gave president nixon a colt .45 and asked the president if he would give him a federal badge and nixon complied. this famous picture also placed. >> a d.e.a. badge. >> he did. it was interesting. but elvis had a collection of police badges. he just wanted to add to his

collection, i think. >> that's pretty whacky. jackie kennedy, obviously fascinating for so many of our viewers for so many years. what she brought, the spirit she brought around the holidays. talk about the positive, but then of course, the negative we all remember that tragic day in 1963. as i recall and you say in your book, they were about to send out the christmas cards and put a stop to it because of the assassination. >> that's right. they had already ordered their christmas cards. john and jackie signed 30 of them. the photograph on their card was of the crèche, the nativity in the east room. jackie gave through her grieving. one of the things she it was gave the white house staff a water color print of the green room. i think that giving helps her to grieve. and that's what it does for all of us who lost loved ones this year. >> what about the tradition of lighting the national christmas tree? when did that get started? >> that started in 1923 and calvin coolidge was president.

he was asked to light the tree and they said put a button in the white house for you. when he found out it was going to cost $500 to install that button, he said i'll just walk over there and save the money. so presidents have been at the christmas tree lighting ever since and it started on christmas eve and later moved to earlier in december. calvin coolidge was also the first president to deliver a christmas message to the american people. in 1927, americans opened their newspapers and found a very simple message from calvin coolidge that said christmas is not a season or a time, but it's a state of mind for peace and goodwill. >> how did a holiday party result in the naming of the white house as the white house? >> well, the white house was used in the newspapers dericesively, let's tear jefferson out of that white house. a reporter went to a party with dolly madison and suddenly he was calling it the white house, it was a positive team.

it was printed on christmas eve, 1813. >> thank you so much. great stuff. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. 29 minutes after the hour and the results are in. johnny depp and ben affleck are on the list for the most overpaid actors in hollywood. can you guess who is number one? that mystery man is revealed next. as you gather with your family this christmas eve, some won't have that luxury. we're spending some time with our heros live in afghanistan next. good morning. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> your shot of the morning. you want to celebrate the men and women who serve this great country. here are just a few of the pictures you sent in to us. >> this is from ashley, a picture of specialist killian stationed at fort clemson. we are proud army family and pray that he stays safe as he heads overseas next month. >> we pray for that as well. gary and emily sent this on their son, ryan, on the left. a c 130 crew chief stationed in

germany. >> and susan sent in this photo of her son-in-law, steven, with his wife, stephanie. >> bobby sent us this picture of her baby. >> here is joel and son spending christmas overseas. keep the pictures coming. thank you, most of all, for your service. >> beautiful. >> anna, what do you have to say? >> peter and ed, thank you. while we're all gathered with our loved one this is christmas, we shouldn't forget those who sacrificed so much to keep us safe. missing out on the holidays with their loved ones and our small way we are saying thank you. "fox & friends" is giving some of them a chance to wish their families a merry christmas. joining us now live from afghanistan, lieutenant colonel jason edwards, and several others. good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us and merry christmas.

>> thanks for having us on today. appreciate it. >> just to our viewers know, because of the extreme distance between us, there is a long delay. lieutenant colonel jason edwards, i want to start with you. you've been sevenning for some 18 years now. is it your first time away from your family or has this happened before? >> this is my fourth deployment and my third time basically to afghanistan. shorter tours i had yearlong tours. 2004 and 2005. >> what's the hardest part about being away from your family members, even though you know you're doing so much good over there? >> i think the hardest part is you're not able to help your family at home.

it's a daily routine task that's better accomplished with both parents around managing the kids. first couple of deployments, my wife and i didn't have any kids and things dramatically changed once the kids came around. it's hard for us to not thereby to help them each and every day. >> yeah. you can just imagine what that's going to feel like when you get to come home and they wrap their arms around you. they'll have to make up for christmas and you will as well. how proud of you is your hometown of coldwater, michigan? >> it goes to teachers and coaches and family friends, and they set the foundation for me to be able to do what i'm doing today. no question about it. >> colonel, you're the only one miked up for us. but we want everybody to wave

and if you can give your christmas message on behalf of all five of you sitting there. >> okay. i'd like to turn it over and go around the horn so each one of our service members here can give a shout out to their family. >> i'd like to send a special holiday greeting to my lovely wife, steffi, my children, michelle, dante and morrie. my mother in wisconsin and my family and friends. i love you. have a safe holiday. >> hi, to all my family in colorado and friends and family in california and really say thank you for all my friend's families. it makes being here so much better for all of us. >> i want to say happy holiday, merry christmas, to the family and to my friends that are visiting liz in the hospital, thanks for visiting with her.

>> hello, i wanted to say hello to my family and friends back in ohio. merry christmas. i love you all. i'll be home soon. >> we'll deal with that later. just like they say, i'm from michigan and say thank you to my wife and my family in southern michigan. >> merry christmas and thank you so much for all that you do and we know you're going to miss mama's cook. but we can't wait 'til you get back safe. thanks so much for your time served. merry christmas. 37 minutes after the hour. meteorologist maria molina is tracking the christmas forecast. good morning. >> hi, good morning. a very special merry christmas to all of our military men and women serving abroad. i want to go ahead and take a look at the weather conditions across afghanistan with them in mind. we do have temperatures out there in the 60s for most areas.

a little cooler in some spots as temperatures in the 50s and 40s. also a combination of sun behind and some clouds out there. we do have another threat across portions of basically the southeastern united states. we're looking at the risk for tornadoes early this morning of the tornado watch in effect across portions of georgia and parts of florida. and we do also have a tornado warning that was issued for a particular cell that looked like it could have been producing a tornado on the ground. so anyone that lives across those areas need to seek shelter immediately and that's to the south and east of the city of albany and georgia. otherwise that rain spreading across parts of the eastern united states and not a whole lot of snow with this storm system. just about one to four-inches of snow forecast in parts of the midwest and the great lakes, winter weather advisories are in effect. now let's head back inside. >> thank you so much. now we get more headlines from molly line. good to see you. >> good to see you. nice to be in new york with you.

the man who shot osama bin laden now under investigation for allegedly leaking secrets. a navy official saying former navy seal robert o'neill may have revealed classified information after speaking exclusively with fox news about his role in the seal team six killing of uvl. >> where did you shoot osama bin laden? >> in the face three times. >> did he stagger at all? >> he just fell. >> how long from the second you saw him until he was laying dead? >> less than a second. mav maybe a half. just walked him, saw him, shot him. he was a threat. >> o'neill has yet to comment on the investigation. and this lady waking up behind bars after she terrorized two young women in a horrifying road rage rampage. >> she's pushing us off the road. she's coming for us. >> the 50-year-old accused of

trying to run this car right off an interstate in california. at one point she gets out of the her truck, pounds on the window claiming that she's a cop. >> says visiting angels and has her name. we try to google it and visiting angels is like a senior home care. >> they did not buy it. turns out, this lady had just gotten out of jail that morning on a different hit and run charge. and greener grass. homeless shelters in denver reporting more and more people flooding their facilities in hopes of scoring legal weed. one shelter saying nearly 30% of their new out of towners came specifically for the pot. older ones coming in for the medicinal marijuana and the younger ones just because it's legal. the recent flow of homeless has upset the residents there. and who is the most overpaid actor in hollywood? >> are you going bald?

>> huh? >> you're getting fatter and your hair doesn't realize it. >> okay. >> for the second year in a row, forbes named adam sandler the most overpaid actor in hollywood. his films pulling in 3.20 for every dollar he is paid. johnny depp coming in a distant second. his movies making 4.10 for every dollar. i like them both. i'd give them the money. >> they make a lot of money from the studios. coming up, who do the justice departments use to perform the ferguson, missouri? a cop hating protesters who calls officers pigs and terrorists. does that make sense to you? and the price of a breakfast favorite probably on your table, maybe right now, about to skyrocket. the reason why is ridiculous. but first, the trivia question of the day. born on this day in 1971, this latin pop star devotes his life to ending child poverty around

the world. who is he? be the first to e-mail us with the correct answer. ♪ ♪

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recalled in north america. the reason? 200 reports of hot water coming out of the brewer. if you have a keurig sold between december 2009 and now, call and get a free repair. get ready to shell out more money for eggs in the new year. new regulations are coming to california and it's out of state egg producers. starting january 1, birds by law will need bigger cages. experts worry that could lead to an egg shorter. analysts say prices could go up 20 cents per dozen to $3. thanks. just hours after two new york city cops were shot dead in a targeted assassination, antipolice protesters took to the streets in st. louis to taunt the police there. >> pigspigs in a blanket! >> pigs in a blanket! >> pigs in a blanket! >> as if that wasn't sick and shocking enough, we're learning the leader of that protest was

welcomed, yes, welcomed by the obama justice department to offer his advice about police reform after the deadly shooting at ferguson teen michael brown. here to react, my friend tucker carlson. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> tell us about this. i can't believe i'm asking the question. >> he's been around for a while. he's a left wing pro-palestinian activist who has tangled with the law a number of times over the past six or seven years. he came to prominence or social media during the ferguson anti-protests there. he has tens of thousands of twitter followers and he's been really on the radical fringe even of the radical protesters, calling out loud without apology for the death of police, saying i pray for your death, doing this all on camera. live streaming it, in fact, from the protests. what is so remarkable, and there are others like him, but what's so remarkable is here is a guy who is doing this all in public. he was profiled by the local fox

station in st. louis in october. so there was no secret about his views, which are again, explicit levi lent, calling for the death of police officers. yet two weeks after that profile which aired on television, he was invited by the obama justice department to a community meeting to give his input on restoring integrity to the police department. really remarkable. >> let's watch and let's have the audience watch him in action. watch this. >> my boys wrap they face, the palestinian resistance, real men. y'all police why don't y'all go and stand toe to toe with the palestinian resistance, see where the [ bleep ] that gets you. >> standing toe to toe with the palestinian resistance with his face covered. why would the department of justice, why would this attorney general sanction, con deny and tap -- condone and tap a person

that has violent views and somehow an expert on police justice in this country? >> that's a great question. we should also note he went on to praise isis and hamas by name. and i should also say he's a moron, a functional illiterate. i spent a couple hours reading his tweets and watching videos of him and have not heard a single substantive recommendation for how to improve policing or improve relations between the community and police. so here is a guy who is singularly uninspired, unhelpful, just a loud mouth, a yeller, an attention seeker, who is not constructive in any way. so it's very unclear why he would be singled out by the obama justice department as someone whose views are worth listening to. he of course bragged about it on social media, saying to his twitter followers, i've been asked by the justice department to come in and give my views. it's very discrediting and

distressing. >> as you are finishing up, what could be the motive? the motive hasn't been stated. but what's the hidden message in tapping a person of this pedigree to speak on this issue, a person who is explicitly, based on what we've seen, taken positions that are contrary to accepted civil american positions in terms of the constitution, in terms of who we are as a people? >> appalling, by the way. you can have concerns with police overreach and still recognize that calling for the death of police officers, saying things like i pray for your death, that's just beyond the range of civil discourse. it's disgusting and needs no explanation. in my view, the invocation he received from the justice department gave him legitimacy. the people running the justice department believe apparently he has a legitimate point of view that should be represented in discussions. that reveals a lot about them. look, he's adjust gran stander and a creep. he's going to go, what were they

thinking? >> as we leave, the question that i pose is, why wasn't the justice department looking to prosecute him rather than highlight him as an expert? tucker carlson, merry christmas. so happy to see you. you and your great, great family. >> good to see you. coming up, ed henry has a our next important one, for segment about how his mom behaves on christmas. so is henry's family normal or nuts? dr. keith ablow is going to answer that question coming up next

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kilmeade's book "john cornyn -- george washington's secret six." >> merry christmas. we got so many e-mails from our viewers last week for our holiday edition of "fox & friends" that we decided to do a second installment and dr. keith ablow is going to answer a question from me about my mom. >> we're talking about normal and nuts. first, we have two other e-mails. joining us, dr. keith ablow to answer them. good morning, merry christmas. >> good morning. santa is on the way. >> here is the first question. my wife's family has the hardest or the weirdest christmas traditions. they hang their ornaments upside down, wear matching elf pajamas and there is a fruitcake eating contest. is this normal or nuts? >> they're not normal or nuts. why should we be so serious? this sounds lovely, fun. i subscribe this, get in your pajamas, get the elf costume on,

hang those ornaments upside down. don't consider putting one upside up and eat fruitcake because these are nice people who have fun. merry christmas. >> let's go to the second one. my grandmother plays favorite with gifts. every year she buys the same grandchildren something reextravagant, while the rest of us get hardly anything. last year she brought my brother a car and i got a used pair of shoes for christmas. is this normal or nuts? >> look, let's hope genetics isn't everything 'cause your grandma is nuts, right? like this is real rage that she's expressing, these playing favorites. it's not a minor thing. you're a little crazy to take the shoes and say thanks, grandma. just drop them at her feet, say the salvation army is down the street. take them back and get a receipt and leave it that 'cause she's crazy. >> and the tension it would cause between all the family members.

>> can you imagine? >> when my mom visits my house, she keeps track of what all my neighbors are doing, ends up knowing more about them than i do. i got to be careful here. is she normal or nuts? >> i applaud your bravery, but she's nuts. >> oh, no. >> here is the thing, i want to be gentle with her. she could be watching. but listen. >> you're rational. >> here is the thing, i think she may be more interested in trying to define other people, their comings and goings. she needs self-reflection. she needs to get to know herself, the emotional comings and goings in her life and invite me for christmas or new year and i'll do an introductional class -- >> she might invite you and not ed. >> she already probably knows my comings and goings. she's really something. >> she's just looking out for her family.

>> great reporters run in the family. >> she's just reporting on my neighbors. she's not paranoid. but i still love her and thanks, dr. keith. >> i'm sure she knew exactly where you were at all times. >> enjoy the holidays. coming up, more protesting against police in new york city. ray kelly weighs in on the unrest ahead. and there is nothing like a nice warm fire for christmas eve. correct? so why is the epa trying to put out your flames? you won't believe this one. ♪ ♪

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until the am. now you can have a good night and a... good morning! new aleve pm. for a better am. good morning. merry christmas eve. it's wednesday, the 24th of december, 2014. i'm anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. president george h.w. bush rushed to the hospital. we've got brand-new details from a spokesperson and a live report straight ahead. this dog made death threats against new york's finest, posting this picture just days after two cops were killed in broad daylight. so why did a judge let him loose for nothing? speak of ed henry, you know him from his day job grilling the president and josh earnest. >> about keeping your plan in order to get the bill passed. >> no. >> but there is something about ed henry you don't know and you're going to find out on christmas eve because mornings

are better with friends. >> this is judge napolitano, wishing you a merry christmas and happy new year from "fox & friends." ♪ mistletoe hung where you can see ♪ ♪ somebody waits for you ♪ kiss him once for me ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪ >> country twist on that. >> my favorite day of the year. christmas eve and christmas. who is here with us this morning? a little ed henry. >> not really. >> thank you for having me. anna kooiman. >> yes. elisabeth and brian and steve are enjoying the holiday with their family. >> you know when else will be here, timothy cardinal dolan at 8:30 a.m. with his christmas message. why wait to hear that. >> we need to begin with this. the latest on president george h.w. bush. he was rushed to a hospital in

houston. >> peter doocy is live in washington with what the spokesperson for the former president is saying this hour. good morning, peter. >> good morning. we know the 41st president was hurried to the hospital in an ambulance because he was having a hard time breathing. many of the other details about this health scare are still unknown. but we do have some new information that came in late last night from president george h.w. bush's office. quote, president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president, age 90, will be held for observation again as a precaution. the 41st president has parkinson's, which limits his mobility and keeps him in a wheelchair. he was hospitalized last year for two months with bronchitis. he about still manage to sky dive for his 90th birthday. doctors say with health problems like this, attitude and

personality are important. >> he's indumentable. i believe when you have a spirit like his and the courage to overcome and everyone's prayers are with him, the outcome is always better. that find of force of will is why he's still jumping out of planes at the age of 90. >> the white house meanwhile, says quote, the president has been made aware that president bush was admitted to the hospital. president obama and the first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire bush family during this holiday season. we don't see a whole lot of president george h.w. bush these days. his most recent appearance, both at football games, both in november. texas a & m and also the houston texans where he was a coin toss captain for the home team there in houston. we are hoping for an update on his condition sometime this morning. back to you in new york. >> peter doocy, merry christmas to you and your family. thanks for that live report.

now another developing story. just days after two police officers were killed in cold blood, a terrifying new threat against new york's findest. >> david lee miller joins us live with the details. good morning, merry christmas. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. new york city police remain on edge in the aftermath of the execution style slayings of two officers and they're taking precautions to protect cops. now a couple of new threats have emerged. gang members threatening to shoot up two precincts not far from where the two officers were killed. security has been beefed up at both locations. it is not clear how credible this threat is. swat teams have been deployed at both locations. this as mayor de blasio says attacks on police will not be tolerated. >> we need to protect and respect our police just as our police protect and respect our communities. we can strike that balance. we must.

>> reporter: protesters ignoring the call. last night they packed the stop the protests until after the funeral of the two police officers who were slain. some of the demonstrators carried signs that read, and i quote, jail killer cops. there were no arrests. in another development, a judge released a man without bail after he allegedly made terroristic threats. police say the 18-year-old posted a photo online of a gunman target ago patrol car. it had the caption, 73 next. that is the police precinct where coaly lives. prosecutors wanted a quarter million dollars bail. the judge called the posting stupid, but said it would be wrong to set bail because of the current climate.

back to you. >> david lee miller, thank you so much. >> clearly a sad turbulent and tense time as protesters do not heed the call of mayor de blasio. the question is asked this morning as the president sends joe biden to go to the funeral of police officer ramos. is decency on vacation in new york city and throughout the country? unfortunately based upon what we've seen this morning. >> i think decency was on vacation. it's far worse than that when you have people shouting kkk at cops. how many cops did you kill today? it's absurd. it's dishonoring the member of these two explain police officer, number one. and it's on the eve of christmas, it's absurd. >> do we need to see a more public statement by the president? we have received a written statement from him, but with this ongoing rift that's going on in the biggest city in america and overall feeling of

anti-cop being cool in some circles, come o mr. president. we know you're in hawaii vacationing, but there is more than golf courses and fresh fish and flowers there. get in front of a camera. >> in some cases he got in front of a camera and basically said this might be a teachable moment. this might be a time for healing. talk about a time for healing. >> and a time for healing and frankly, unfortunately, it's part of this continuum of events that we have seen. some have said that it's the sequela morally of the policies of this president and this government in encouraging the type of behavior we've seen in new york city. so a lot of people are saying, mr. president, say something. help us heal in this christmas season. bring us together. make a staple. let's see your face on this issue. >> sure. vice president biden going. will have an opportunity to talk to the families directly and hand the message to them, try for that moment of healing.

but i think also as you said, look, the police union chief here in new york city was very direct in suggesting the mayor had blood on his hands. i think as you noted earlier, former mayor giuliani, others have said wait a second. that's a little too much and probably put more gas on -- >> mayor de blasio and the police commissioner were speaking at the funerals, let's hear from vice president biden at the funeral. >> we got e-mails. rick says the president should go on national tv and put a stop to all this protesting. >> caroline says, wouldn't want any of them there. it would be too distracting from the true reason of a funeral. >> joyce says, a true leader would gas up air force one and come back from vacation to attend the funeral himself. i guess that would be unprecedented. >> one good thing, at the rangers game, standing ovation and cheering nypd. >> and the empire state building all lit up in blue to honor the nypd. >> new yorkers understand peace, reflection and hope and unity.

>> right. we need to hand it over to molly line with a look at what else is making headlines. merry christmas. >> america to y!- also breaking overnight, brand-new surveillance video just released that shows the moment a cop shoots and kills an 18-year-old who he says pointed a gun at him. the officer was responding to a robbery at a gas station at the time. as a result, violent protests erupting. >> police trying to control the crowd of about 100 people. this happening two miles from ferguson, missouri. the second suspect is still on the run. and turning to another fox news alert, a pilot's life may be in jeopardy after reports isis shot down a plane over syria. militants posted these pictures showing the cockpit and even the pilot's i.d. card. the pilot is from jordan, that country is part of the coalition filing isis.

he is supposedly alive, but now in the clutches of isis. we will keep you posted as we got more information. the show must go on of the sony releasing "the interview" at 200 theaters starting tomorrow. the turn around coming less than a week after sony came under fire for caving to hackers' demands. james franco taking to instagram to declare victory, saying the people and the president have spoken. and this is one way to travel back in time. turns out you can go back to the '80s. offering a week long cruise. focus can partake in 80s themed events, music, and karaoke.

the cruise takes off february 28 passage right now. >> star wars stuff in there. >> thank you, molly. >> let's go. >> we're so happy to have ed henry on the curvy couch today. merry christmas. >> absolutely. >> normally is thank is what we see from ed henry. >> you can at least say that was not true, right? >> communications are challenging here. governments need to be held accountable. i wonder how you square that with your former advisor, jonathan gruber, claiming you were not transparent, about the health law because in his words, the american people, the voters are stupid. did you mislead americans about the taxes, about keeping your plan, in order to get the bill passed? >> no. i did not. >> this is not that complicated. i know you're trying to make a partisan issue out of it.

>> nice try. >> can you explain how the president believes it's unamerican to use these techniques, but it was okay to ramp up the drone policies? >> nice try, buddy. >> you always get the truth. >> i appreciate you saying that. they had me send in some photos and here i am. i was the first3sçyh÷4-

breaking story. days after two new york city police officers were executed in cold blood comes a terrifying new threat against new york's finest. to shoot up several police precincts. joining us now, the former new york city police commissioner, ray kelly. good to see you. merry christmas. we'll get to the tragedy and the aftermath. but talk about these threats now against police officers that we see overnight increasing. >> unfortunately, you have to take these threats seriously and answer any incident that's an increase in threats. now we know there are hundreds of threats against new york city police officers and police officers throughout the country. and obviously based on what happened saturday, you have to be very much concerned about them. >> how does commissioner bratupon get on top of that? you've been in that seat before. we've been getting reports that on new year's eve, when there was a big police presence in times square all around the city, that they're now going to be even more officers and on higher alert because they're not just dealing with potential terror inside times square, but dealing with potential threats,

unfortunately, gets them. >> obviously are going to be alert. to disseminate any intelligence information they have. officers have to watch each other's backs. it's difficult time. but the department has gone through these things through the years. sincely in my time as a police officer in the '70s. we had the black liberation army actively fascinating team of police officers. in 1972 we had four police officers shot and killed. hopefully we'll get past this. >> you quarterbacked the greatest decrease of crime in history in new york at this city and at the same time keeping new york city safe during the age of terrorism. why are we having these tense, turbulent, hard times in new york and around the country now? what is the cause of what's going on in new york city? >> obviously the focus on michael brown case and the eric garner case has brought an awful

lot of attention to the police. there are activists who are antipolice regardless of what the police do and sort of coalesced around the two incidents and you see these people demonstrating, even though the mayor asked them to hold off until after the funerals. they are not going to be swayed. part of them certain -- not all, but there is a faction, people come from out of town to demonstrate here. many of them are young middle class people, white people, who are demonstrating and they certainly have a right to do that. but when they take over bridge, take over our highways, then that's too much. >> you always had a reasonable approach and able to bring people together as the police commissioner. how do we bring people together in this christmas season while

at the same time, enforcing the rule of law? >> we have to continue or communicate or increase communications, if you will, i think reverend bucks was speaking saying there was not enough communication. we prided our self on the communication we had with all aspects of the community. i think we need more of that. he's pointing out that this administration needs to do more of that. >> can you talk about the leadership of mayor de blasio? it started very tense with the police because of his opposition to stop and frisk and take it forward to the last couple of days when the chief of the police union suggested that the mayor has blood on his hands. i know it's a difficult question. what's your -- >> first of all, i know peter knows and i know firsthand how difficult a job being mayor is. however, words matter. i think the mayor's statement about his son is something that i'm sure he believes. but you don't say that when you're the mayor of all the people.

>> ray kelly, thanks for being with us. merry christmas. we're coming right back on "fox & friends"

we shared this incredible story with you last december. a high school senior commits to playing football fort university of delaware, but his biggest commitment, taking care of his mother who suffers from m.s. >> my greatest fear is me going away to school, and my mom not getting the help and care she needs, to keep her going. she's the reason i do all that i do. growing up it was really just me and my mom of she's been my mother, my father, my sister, my brother, my aunt, my uncle. everything to me. >> how are they doing now? here with us once again is our two guests.

good morning. >> you look fantastic. >> how are you feeling? >> great. how you feeling? >> pretty good. tell us a little bit more of your back story. when you came here a year ago, what was going on in your life? >> we came here a year ago, things were getting a little crazy 'cause she needed certain care, help and stuff like that. he wrote a beautiful story and it got us the attention we needed. >> right. when your mother was diagnosed, you were just ten years old. correct? >> yes. >> and at that time, you went to judo and art classes and everything a little boy would want to do and basketball and football and all of that. but things changed. how did things change for you? >> he was six. >> oh, six. i apologize. how did things change during the diagnosis? >> i mean, when i was young, i kind of didn't know too much of what was going on. as i grew older, started to progress. when i saw it progress, i saw things start to set us back.

it was kind of scary at first. i wasn't sure what was going on of the i knew i had to step up and stop being a little boy and ability like a little man and take care of my mother. >> beta, what did that mean for you? what were some things he did on a daily basis? >> oh, my god. i can't even begin to tell you the things that he did. >> the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning. >> he did the laundry, the cook. he did the food shopping. he did everything and more than anything, he would clean me up. >> now that he's away, how has life changed for you? i know you were a bit anxious about it. are things going okay? >> yes. things are great. they're really great. and i am extremely b have greate calls me, i'm able to say really good. >> so you call her every single day, which a lot of college kids

are out drinking and carrying on and not wanting to call mom and dad. but not you. how has your bond been strengthened over the distance? is there a silver lining somehow you can find? >> me and my mother, we've always had the strongest bond. i got to talk to my mother every day. i make amends. i finish everything i'm doing and give my time for them 'cause they're the reason i do it for. >> what about the support from the community? >> oh, they're great. they are great. you know. >> 'cause your care is expensive >> it is. but all i could say is i'm extremely thankful. i have the greatest son in the world. >> you can see just how proud of you -- >> i'm just excited. >> yeah. i understand you're doing pretty well in school. you've been able to manage a lot. how you doing? >> i'm doing great.

i finished finished with a 3.0 s semester, playing football. i never really not played. it was a great learning experience. i developed, i learned, i grew. it's perfect for me. >> overcoming so much, what advice do you have for our viewers on this christmas eve, both of you? >> my advice is no matter what you're given, embrace it, because you're going to come out better on the other side. >> what do you say? >> i say somebody once told me when i spent time with him. he told me with hard work, dedication, sacrifice and confidence, you are a success and you can conquer everything. >> we see all those traits in both of you. merry christmas and thanks for being with us and updating us on your story. >> thank you. >> thank you. and tomorrow our better with friends series will continue with an update from retired army ranger william cole and his

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good morning, keeping in the christmas spirit may be a challenge with all the dark events occurring in the world at the moment. >> but cardinal timothy dolan says the light is ready to break through and we can't lose faith. the cardinal joins us now with his christmas message of hope

and in a tough week for new york -- >> it's a tough week, but thanks for the invite. and ed, welcome. >> thanks. >> is it your first day on? >> first day here on "fox & friends." >> i'll be wearing red tonight at1ú midnight mass. peter, great time. it's a dark time. when you think about it, that's why we celebrate christmas now. december 21, what? the meteorologist, astronomers say, darkest day of the year. the shortest day, the least sunlight, and then on december 22, the sun starts its ascent. more and more light. so the early christians said, let's celebrate birth of the sun of god because he brings light out of darkness. so men and women are innately resilient. we are innately hopeful. i think god has planted that within. and the darker the time, the more that light comes through. and i see that.

you'll see this sign of resilience and rebirth throughout the city. >> i heard the story in your homily about you were in the bronks about to say mass. >> you listen to my homily? >> i'm really glad you're here. >> i try. >> peter sleeps. >> i read it. and you told a story, you were in the bronks about to say mass and you saw a couple police officers who looked upset and you had not yet heard -- >> that got more coverage. last saturday i had mass at a parish in the bronks. i had mass in the new york diocese every saturday night. this was in kind of a troubled area of the bronks. it was the saint simon stock. when i arrived, the police are there. they usually are. it's usually good when i'm there to help with traffic and the crowd and i could see they looked somber and that's when i heard the tragic news. went and visited the precinct, very moving, to pray with those men and women in uniform. anyway, the story you're talking about was at mass.

here i am saying mass, jammed church. at a certain point in mass, i looked to the side and there was a secluded chapel off to the side. nobody else could look in. i could see from the side. there were two -- i choke up thinking about it. there were two of our new york's finest on their knees. their hats on the floor. their hands folded. and just locked in prayer before our lord and the blessed sacrament. and i was just hypnotized. here these two men of faith at a troubled time. i'm sure they were playing for their two fallen brothers and for their colleagues because what a sense of peril these dedicated men and women sense now. but there is an example, peter, of what i was just talking about. this resilience at a time that could be, they could be paralyzed by fear and desperation. they find solace and hope and prayer. >> and there is resilience and you speak about the notion of coming together, of people have

dispar rat interests that might even hate each other, but then come together even for a moment in this christmas spirit of birth and hope. you point out to an historical example of that. >> yeah. peter and i were chatting. peter comes by every once in a while and we chat. i told him i love history. this year i've been mesmerized because it's the centennial of world war 1. i've been fascinated by this story. i never heard it before. peter said he had. of the famous christmas truce of 1914. i never heard it. world war i began in august -- >> this is historically accurate. so what have we got in christmas, the war has been slugging along for about five months. you literally got british and german soldiers, football field apart, guns cocked. bay nets ready. the christmas truce is announced. at midnight on christmas, one or

two guys cautiously from each side sort of get out of the trenches, sort of walk towards each other. they're kind of cautious. the closer they get, they smile. they shake hands. before long, this is documented -- before long, hundreds and thousands of men along the lines are together. they're singing songs. they're chatting. they're recalling memories. they're showing the gifts that they got from home and even sharing them. this captivated the world. the pope at the time, said what tutsi we declare a christmas truce fort rest of history? those guys, by the way, were punished because the leaders then said, we can't trust you guys on the line now because now you've met each other, you know each other, you might not be able to shoot each other. so they transferred them. but what a sign of hope in the midst of one of the greatest wars, the carnage that we've ever had. >> with that event, also the

event going on in new york city right now, those are moments in history that we won't forget affecting the masses. many people for them it's a dark time. maybe they lost a loved one or their job or something like that. so how do we in our personal lives, overcome the darkness? >> they'll tell us that, anna. that christmas time not only does it bring forth what's best in us, but those who are struggling and suffering, it will remind them of what they're missing. but i will tell you this, as a priest, i find that even those people seize and cling to hope at this time and they'll see it. the other day i was over in saint patrick's cathedral. doesn't it look beautiful, by the way? calling it the unwrapping of new york's christmas gift. anyway, i go over, i was dressed in street clothes. but st. patrick's gets two million visitors between thanksgiving and epiphany.

and i just kind of walk around and i'm listening. i see a mom with her two boys and they're lighting candles and they're saying, this is for grandma. remember she died this year. and this is for your dad who is sick. and then one of the boys said, mom y are we doing this? and the mom just simply said, because we need god. we need god. and then i thought as i walked over to our crib, crowded with people, what's there but the empty manger, we're awaiting the arrival of the savior, the messiah. and i thought what, a time when the whole world is almost just inside of us saying, we need god. we need god. that's what christmas is about. >> what about people around the holidays who have not been close to god this year? i remember as a kid growing up catholic, sometimes you kind of look down on people who only came to church on christmas. but my mom hears the church has been saying during the holy week, if you've been away, come home. >> come home. i say that. look, how many families, how many moms and dads with grown

kids said, we only get together for easter and christmas. but darn it, i'll take it. i'm just thrilled we got them then. so that's what we as a church. we're a spiritual family. we say and kind of wish the kids could come home more often. but i'm thrilled they're here for christmas and east of. hallelujah. come on in. we're thrilled you're here. let's pray and hope you enjoy it. we're doing the same thing on sunday. come back. >> for other spiritual leaders who are going to be doing more things as you, speaking to hundreds of people, what message do you have for them to try to get these people to come back, not just on the next easter or christmas holiday? >> i say to them, in a way i'll say, why are you here? they'll say, well, because kind of deep down we have our faith. we have our hope. it's good to be here and we were raised with a sense of religion and with a sense of the life of the spirit. and i'll say, well, see, even though you think your faith is sluggish, even though you think you don't need religion anymore, even on these big days, you come home. and why don't we make this permanent?

why don't we make this more stable in your life? >> we heard earlier this morning, the whom whose husband is in prison in eye ran, christian minister. he has made paper crosses for two years in the prison cell that he's in n this cold, bare prison cell where he's reviled by his captors. talk to us if you could about the hope of christmas, even when people are in prison, even for their religion. what's the hope of christmas for the poor, for the suffering? >> actually, peter, you know what? they do a better job of explaining it than i ever could. i am always moved when the poor of the people -- when i go to a prison, when i go to a pediatric cancer ward, when i visit somebody who is poor, when i visited the ramos family the other day, i'm expecting these people are going to be desperate. >> and they forgave the murderer. >> yeah. i'm saying they're going to be desperate. these people are going to look at me and say why would god do

this? my faith is dead. it's the opposite. they're the ones that sense this hope and this resilience deep down. they're the ones who end up preaching to me. when i go to the ramos family the other day and when the son says to me, would you lead news a prayer? you know what that does to me? he's the john the baptist to me, reminding me of jesus. and i see that all the time, peter, when i visit prisoners. when i go to the pediatric ward. even of the kids with cancer. i'm thinking issues how am i going to explain this to the folks? i don't have to. they're the ones who just have this almost this built-in sense of trust this is going to work out, this hope for the miraculous. >> what an inspiring message on christmas. >> one question. you said you spend a lot of time with peter. >> yeah. >> is there any hope for him on this christmas? >> we have a saint jude shrine. >> you do. >> if you want to come by.

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a man who shot osama bin laden under investigation for allegedly leaking secrets. a navy official saying former navy seal o'neill may have revealed classified information after speaking exclusively with fox news about his role in seal team six and the killing of uvl. >> where did you shoot osama bin laden? >> in the face a few times. >> did he stagger at all? >> he is just fell by the bed. >> how long from the second you saw him until he was laying

dead? >> it was less than seconds. just walked in, saw him, shot him. he was a threat. >> this woman taking the message on her catholic warrior shut to heart. she was arrested for destroying a satanic display at the florida state capitol in tallahassee. it was set up by atheist group. she says she need to do take a stand against satan. she is facing a charge of criminal mischief and has been released by police. now we'll send it back over to ed and anna and peter. >> fox news alert. the labor department just released brand-new jobless numbers ahead of christmas. >> there were 280,000 jobless claims filed last week. that's down 9,000 from the week before. but what does this really mean for the economy? let's ask maria bartiromo. she knows best from our sister network, fox business. hey. >> good morning.

>> so what's the significance? >> once again we're seeing the employment situation improve. we are definitely seeing slow but sure signs that we're turning a corner in the u.s., which is very positive. of course, the president is right now trying to -- almost feels like campaign on these numbers. after the gdp yesterday, we're seeing the economy has shown improvement. the problem is people are not necessarily feeling it. as you know, poll after poll, people feel like their wages are down. they don't feel the improvements are trickling down. >> they're starting to dribble out of the white house. we're hearing in the state of the union in january, the president will talk a lot about the economy. he'll have new plans to fix it. as you say, deja vu, we've heard this. yes, the numbers are getting better, but what can he do to try to sell that, to convince people it's actually starting to trickle down? >> everybody knows that the president's job creating policies have not been there. and they actually have been a failure. there is no doubt about it that at this point in the cycle, we should be seeing a lot better growth. we should be seeing a lot better

job creation. the problem is we see an environment where business is under attack. and business is unsure of what the tax rates will be, what the regulatory environment will be, what the fees associated with that will be. so they're sitting on cash, hoarding cash, and not actually hiring to the extent you would expect. no surprise the president wants to attach himself to these numbers at this point. of course, it's the top concern. >> you mention a lot of polls. we have a new one, what does -- what do the american people want the president to work on? overwhelmingly, they say he needs to focus on the economy. it's not just job creation, it's also getting the wages up. what will that take? >> i think now the question is, will he care enough about his legacy to actually work with republicans in the next two years to pass job creating bills? so we'll see about that. the jury is out. so far it does not look like the two sides are working together. but it will be a new congress in the next couple of weeks. it will be a new day in washington.

he will be forced to. i would say the low hanging fruit, and you know best, would be the xl pipeline. if we see a veto of that, i think that will paint a negative picture of what we can expect in terms of job creation policies from this president. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> better with friends. >> catch maria on the "fox business" network. log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. coming up on "fox & friends," ed henry doesn't just love chicken parmesan. he says it's his specialty. up next [ soft holiday music ]♪ can you help me up?

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earlier in the "fox & friends" segmenters we got some pizza. this is chicken pardon me, and these guys claim they can make it better than me. here are authors of "just married and cook," james and brook. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> great to be on. >> great too meet you. >> how do you make the chicken parm? >> so standard breading, good breading, juicy, moist tender chicken is the key to the good parm. we're doing something special here with the bread crumbs. bread crumbs, herbs, oregano, thyme, and parmesan cheese. sartorri, wisconsin-based farms. you put that in the breading. >> the cheese company, they put out the best cheese. putting that in to make it

juicier. >> what i do is cut it first and then pound it out. don't pound it too much or it breaks up. beautiful cheese in there. really gets things going. and then we're browning up here a nice golden brown crust. finishing it up with home made martha's vineyard -- marinara sauce. >> we have more cheese. they do a fantastic with their cheese makeers. merlot wash, amazing with the cheese. >> peter says you like potatoes. you're frying the chicken. >> if you're eating chicken parm, i'm not thinking about being healthy. >> with all that great cheese, one of the things we're going to see in 2015 is whiskey and cheese pairings.

we've got this great johnny walker gold topped up with champagne and liqueur. that's a really fun drink to have. and goes nice with the cheese board that we got here. >> next, like a substantial bite to go with the great johnny walker cocktail is endive. a little miracle whip, bacon, got to have bacon. scallions. then we have our next cocktail, dryt&calo bubbly. >> a home made cranberry and ginger syrup. >> merry christmas. we appreciate it. this is delicious. >> more "fox & friends" minutes away. ♪ ♪ ♪ (holiday music is playing)

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