>> i wrap it up. her blue suede loafers. >> blue suede shoes. don't wear them much, but i have them. bye bye. this year, we saw widening war and terrorism overseas. and violence that hit us at home. >> they yelled down the hall, said there's a shooting downstairs, there's a shooting downstairs. >> we saw images of agony and scenes of hope. along with wild times in politics. >> we will have so much winning if i get elected that you may get bored with winning. >> don't worry, we didn't forget about the la mas. >> we see all kind of weird stuff in new york, but not

llamas. >> now, some of the most memorable moments of 2015. >> i eep shepard smith on the fox news desk. this hour, we will look back at the top stories in world news, politics, entertainment and more. we begin with the top u.s. headlines of 2015. a year that saw the deadliest act of terrors on american soil since the attacks of 9/11. farook and malik were a husband and wife murder team. they walked into a work party and opened fire. first responders arrived to a scene of chaos. >> some people were laying there. some people were crying. some people were screaming. >> the killers escaped, but not for long. police tracked their suv and killed the couple in the street.

one of the perpetrators we believe, on the ground in a pool of his own blood. >> ending the terror attack since 9/11. in colorado springs -- >> we need a sniper in here. >> a blood bath at planned parenthood. in court, the suspect admitted his guilt. >> protect the babies. >> nero noroanoke, virginia, an interview. >> we want people to say that. >> reporter: in roseburg, oregon, an attack at a community college. >> he's in the clam. >> reporter: in chattanooga, tennessee, police blamed a home grown extremist for a rampage at two military facilities. another incident with ties to terror near dallas.

police shot two gunmen who tried to attack a profit mohamed cartoon contest. no one but the attackers died. in charleston, a young man killed nine people in a church. >> a white man in an african-american church while people prayed. >> photos of him holding the confederate flag, it came down for the final time at the south carolina statehouse. the year also saw america re-examining its relationship with police. you can see rocks and bricks thrown outside the cvs. people rioted in baltimore after freddie gray died mysteriously in police custody. the government announced criminal charges. >> there will be justice for mr. gray. >> a cop made national headlines

when cell phone video shows an officer killing an unarmed man shooting him in the back. >> the video should change the course of what's going on. >> prosecutors charged the cop with murder. major crashes made the news. in stillwater, oklahoma, a woman drove her car into a homecoming parade. four spectators died. an amtrak engineer was speeding at twooice the limit when his train derailed. >> there was a moment i could see dirt. i was alive at least. >> eight people died in the crash. a helicopter crashed off florida's gulf coast. >> we are not hopeful for survivors. >> unusual objects in the sky captured our attention.

unmanned surveillance blimp. fighter jets are tracking it. dragging the tether and knocking out power for 160 miles before crashing in pennsylvania. this is not good, people. >> a postal worker flew his gyrokropter over the capital building. >> we are coming for you. we will not stop until you are caught. >> in new york, a maun haunt wet on for three weeks. a prison seamstress helped the escapees hiding tools in hamburger meet. cops killed one and captured the other alive. >> if there was a case that wanted maximum sentence, this is the case. >> they caught up with other notorious killers. >> get him out of my courtroom,

thank you. >> a judge sentenced james holmes for 12 life temperaturmse shooting. >> tsarnaev guilty on all counts. >> the man that killed sniper chris kyle in texas. >> i don't know if i was insane or sane. >> we find him guilty. >> the army charged burg dal. >> oh, my goodness. >> the weather went to extremes in 2015. a flash flood killed 13 women and children in a polygamous community in utah, while a drought prompted california to impose water restrictions. >> the idea of green grass

getting water, that could be a thing of the past. >> new york city shut down streets and subways as they embraced for snowmageddon. >> one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city. >> a storm that never came. >> i have seen worse than this. >> they couldn't shovel fast enough in boston, more than nine feet of snow shattered a seasonal record. >> '78 was a piece of cake compared to this. >> reporters at the supreme court sprinted out with news of a landmark decision, gay marriage, legal in all 50 states. >> we are recognized like every other american couple, finally. >> the rules changed. many minds did not. a clerk in kentucky went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses. >> we serve a living god who knows where each and every one

of us is at. >> cheering crowds greeted pope francis as the leader made stops in new york, philly and d.c. traveled all over the world, but until yesterday, never stepped foot on u.s. soil. >> god bless america. >> prayers went out for jimmy carter, as the former president announced cancer spread to his brain. >> i'm ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure. >> a new adventure. his most recent mri reveals no sign of cancer at all. the year before presidential elections always gets weird, doesn't it? that's before you mix in donald trump. we will look at the year in politics, the most controversial moments and surprises. plus, the single sentence from one top lawmaker. a sentence that might have cost him the top job in congress.

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a billionaire, a brain surgeon and democratic socialist. those are some of the stars of the biggest political story of the year. the race for the white house and a very crowded campaign trail. >> we started off with 17 and one by one by one, they are

disappearing. disappearing. it's a beautiful thing to watch as they go out. >> 17 candidates and those were just the republicans. in june, jeb bush was the front-runner in new hampshire. scott walker was winning in iowa. then -- donald trump hopped on to his escalator and shot to the top of the polls. >> and we are going to make our country great again. how stupid are our leaders? we have losers. we have losers. i'm really rich, i'll show you that. >> and no matter what he said -- >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime, they are rapists. let's take john mccain. he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, i hate to tell you. >> trump keeps winning and attacks anybody who tries to

take him down. >> he doesn't have a proven conservative record. he was a democrat longer in the last decade than a republican. >> jeb bush is a low energy person. you know what's happening to jeb's crowd down the street? they are sleeping. they are sleeping now. >> just stop being a jack ass. you don't have to run for president and be the biggest jackass. i didn't know who he was. i wrote the number down. i don't know if it's the right number. 202-[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> his visceral ea response to attack people on appearance, short, tall, fat, ugly. my goodness, that happened in junior high. i never attack him on his looks and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter there. >> donald trump, the republican front-runner was not talking about fiorina's face when he said look at that face, would

anyone vote for that? the comment to "rolling stone" magazine. he said the comment meant her persona. >> i think women all over the country heard clearly what mr. trump said. [ applause ] >> i think she's got a beautiful face and i think she's a beautiful woman. >> one candidate was closing in on trump. the other outsider in the race, dr. ben carson. >> i'm the only one that separates sigh meez twins, the only one to take out half a brain. although, you would think if you went to washington someone beat me to it. >> by october, trump and carson were fighting it out for the top spot. jeb bush stuck in single digits for months. at the third debate, he took a shot at his former buddy, marco rubio. empbd agreed, it backfired. >> marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. >> i don't remember you ever

complaining about the voting record. the only reason you are doing it is because someone convinced you it's going to help you. stk questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don't trust the media. >> cruz and rubio got a boost in the polls, bush got a new slogan, jeb can fix it. dr. ben carson dropped a different kind of campaign ad. >> a campaign rap. ♪ >> vote, vote. >> carson also facing questions about his life story. he insisted as a teenager, he did try to stab another kid and threatened his mom with a hammer. >> those claims are absolutely true. >> how stupid are the people in the country to believe this crap? how dare the press not believe me that i went after my mother with a hammer. i threatened to stab a friend of

mine. >> meantime, hillary clinton dealing with her own unconventional rival. she started out as a favorite. >> in america, where a father can tell his daughter, yes, you can be anything you want to be, even president of the united states. >> but soon -- >> whoa! unbelievable. >> senator bernie sanders who calls himself a democratic socialist started filling up stadiums. >> almost all of the weather is controlled by a handful of people and together, we are going to change that. >> hillary clinton was facing repeated questions about the personal e-mail account and private home server she yuused secretary of state. >> i never sent or received information that was classified at the time it was sent and received. >> did you wipe the server? >> with a cloth of something?

>> i don't know. >> i should have used two accounts, one for personal and one for work related e-mails. that was a mistake. i apologize. that was a mistake. >> he was closing the gap nationwide and three other democrats had gotten into the race. >> this generation of americans still has time to become great. >> you are going to need a commander in chief. >> let's join the rest of the world and go metric. >> they never made it out of the single digits. they were losing to a guy that was running. >> the honest to god answer is i just don't know. >> joe biden agonize zed over whether he and his family had the heart for a campaign over the death of his son, bo. >> i would be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> the vice president was still not a candidate when the democrats faced off at their first debate in october.

>> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me too, me too. >> unfortunately, i believe we are out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> the next day, hillary clinton spent 11 hours testifying before the house benghazi committee. >> i'm here to honor those we lost and to do what i can to aid those who serve us still. >> the committee chairman was facing questions after the number two house republican said this -- >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but, we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> the chairman insisted he was not playing politics. >> this investigation is about four people who were killed representing our country on

foreign soil. >> by thanksgiving, two democrats and three republicans had quit the race. trump hit the trail for the first time. >> good evening, isn't he the best? [ cheers and applause ] >> he will be the best president, ever. >> donald trump wrapped up the year with a new controversy. he called for a temporary ban on foreign muslims coming into the united states after the attack in san bernardino. it went over big at his rallies. >> donald j. trump is calling for a toet l and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states, until our countries representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> trump insisted the ban was not about religion, but security. most of his republican rivals said they did not support the idea, but they also did not rule out supporting trump, if he

becomes the nominee. >> i don't think it's constitutional to have a religious test on allowance into the country. >> i don't think it's the right approach. i like and respect donald trump. i don't anticipate that changing. >> 36% oppose banning muslims. among republicans, the reverse. two-thirds say they support the idea. the survey taken days after donald trump called for the ban. we saw drama on capitol hill. john boehner quit his job and he sounded happy about it. his last day, then in the middle of the meeting to nominate the replacement, the front-runner dropped out. >> i think i shocked some of you, huh? >> he did, indeed. kevin mccarthy said the party needed a fresh face. he admitted his comment about

benghazi and hillary clinton's poll numbers wasn't helpful. republican leadsers asked congressman paul ryan to run. he made it clear, he did not want the job, but he finally gave in after republicans agreed to his demand including weekends at home with his family. >> it is my privilege to hand this gavel to the speaker of the house, congressman and honorable paul ryan. >> thank you. >> speaker ryan said the house is broken. he vowed to wipe the slate clean. he also called for republicans and democrats to pray for each other. 2015 saw the first real hover board in action. don't pull out your wallets just yet. this year's biggest breakthrough in science, up next. next. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad...

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we visited our planetary neighbors in 2015. some inventions pushed the boundary. we look back at the year in science. we learned, from among a lot of things, the red planet may not be a dead planet. nasa found evidence of liquid water flowing on the surface of mars. in fact, it formed with these dark sections right here. this is how they know the brownish streaks you can see in the photo, liquid water, farther away from earth, the closest look yet at the icy world that is pluto. images from the new horizon spacecraft proved the dwarf planet is much more complex than expected. here, that is the first supermoon in decades. a rare combination of a full moon and lunar eclipse. here it is next to the

washington monument. this was a gem. a look at the solar impulse. pilots made a historic flight around the globe without one drop of fuel. this is the solar powered plane over abu dhabi. this hover board that lexus made is called slide. it's a real hover board and sadly, it's not for sale. lots of people, of course, bought one of the prized products of the year, the apple watch. in essence, a smartphone you wear on your wrist. in 2016, with we said good-bye to enormous influences. folks that shaped politics and the world. ♪ to be with you

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coast highway shut down after the brush fire exploded inside. now burning 1200 acres, more than 600 firefighters are battling against 40-mile-per-hour winds whipping up the flames. no injuries reported. overseas, a crucial victory over isis could be at hand. iraqi forces are closing in on the last isis controlled compound in ramadi. troops making a push with the help of us-led air strikes. 100 isis terrorists are hiding out at a compound less than a mile away. i'm greg jarrett, see you at the top of the hour with more news. over the past year, events outside our country influenced many of the decisions made inside. a look now at some of the biggest international stories of 2015. a year which saw the islamic

state expand beyond iraq and syria, launching deadly attacks around the world. suicide bombs exploded outside a soccer stadium. wild gunmen rampaged through restaurants and a concert hall. a coordinated attack in paris that killed 120 people. >> too many dead people and too many blood. it was a carnage. >> it was all too familiar after a set of attacks there earlier in the year when two gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the office of a satirical newspaper. hostages were killed inside a supermarket. the group claimed they were behind the explosion of a russian jet in egypt saying a bomb made out of a soda can killed all 224 people on board. the extremist group claimed responsibility for a man who

runs down dozens at a beach resort in tunisia. another guy with suspected ties to the organization beheaded his boss at a chemical plant in france. three americans helped stop an attack when they took down an isis linked gunman on a train. >> it's these kind of young people that make me extraordinarily optimistic about our future. >> there was a sense the conflict might be at a turning point when anger boiled over over a pilot's video taped execution. >> reaction here in jordan, swift and loud. there must be retaliation. stk battle hit setbacks on multiple fronts. iraqi forces abandoned their weapons, allowing extremists to raise their flags over ramadi and in syria, the u.s. acknowledged half a billion dollar programs and trained

moderate rebels failed. >> the ones that are in the fight is, we are talking four or five. >> us-led air strikes that took out the men who beheaded people in prop gan ta videos. >> we are certain that we killed the target we intended to kill, jihadi john. >> the situation grew more complicated as russia started dropping bombs. putin organizing air strikes with bashar al assad. >> the theory of how to solve syria has not worked and will not work. >> russia claims to target islamic state fighters. many air strikes hit u.s. backed rebels and when turkey shot down a russian fighter jet near the border with syria, putin called it a stab in the back. at the same time, american troops assumed more risk.

a u.s. soldier died in a mission to free hostages in iraq. the white house announced there would be boots on the ground in syria. >> this is a mission to support the efforts of moderate opposition fighters on the ground as they take the fight to isil in their own country. >> as battles raged on, a humanitarian crisis unfolded. >> risking everything to escape terrorist and torture. >> refugees endured long, difficult journeys. many never made it, including 800 who died when a migrant boat capsized in the mediterranean. meanwhile, in afghanistan, fighting dragged on, even as we got confirmation he was gone. the man that led the bloody fight in the longest war is finally dead. >> despite that -- taliban militants fired guns in the air as they seized the northern

city. the first major urban area they controlled since 2001. afghan troops rolled back in with the support of us-led air strikes. there was a problem. >> a hospital was mistakenly struck. >> the u.s. had to apologize for striking a doctors without borders facility. >> it's a great breach of national humanitariahumanitaria. >> the president announced he was reversing plans to withdrawal u.s. troops by the end of the year. >> i do not send you into harm's way lightly. >> meantime, the u.s. ambassador found himself in harms way after a political protester stabbed him in public. >> i'm bleeding here. >> a blood bath on a college campus in kenya. families mourned when al shabab

militants killed 140 people in a coordinated assault. in other international headlines, some major plane crashes captured our attention. mass murder by jet. a german airliner slammed into the french alps with the voice and data recorders showing it was no accident. terrified passengers screamed as the co-pilot set a course for the mountain. as the pilot tried to break down the door. a taiwan flight going into the river. we also witnessed terrible disasters on the ground. an earthquake in nepal killing 9,000 people. crews recovering 2,000 bodies during a stampede. it was a financial disaster that sparked protest in greece. leaders there accepted turns of a bail outdeal after the bank

shut down when the government defaulted on the debt. as the greeks tried to dig out of a hole, a mexican drug lord slipped into one. >> we are getting a look at what happened inside el chapo's prison cell. >> escaping through a mile long tunnel. there was dancing in the streets in liberia as the ebola epidemic ended. and there was violence in the streets of the middle east. as a new round of tensions flaired between israelis and palestinians, one of many conflicts unresolved as we head into 2016. yet -- we have also seen rivals reconnecting. >> this is the good deal that we have sought. >> the u.s. and other countries struck a nuclear agreement with iran, irking israelis in the process. >> what a stunning, historic mistake. >> iran is on america's list of state sponsors of terror.

one country came off the list in 2015. >> this is what change looks like. >> the u.s. restored relations with cuba. raising the stars and stripes from the american embassy for the first time in 54 years. despite tensions around the glorks hollywood gave us plenty of reasons to smile. coming up, the star who turned his brush with death into a comeback with 2015. 15headquar"

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2015 has celebrities come back and a fall from grace for one of hollywood's biggest stars. bill cosby is counter suing many who accused him for sex crimes. >> he had me inappropriately touch him and he raped me. that was the most vivid that i can remember. he was bill cosby, dr. at the time. >> dozens of women accusing bill cosby of drugging and raping them during the peak of his fame. >> an apology would be enough? >> an apology would be enough.

>> documents emerged showing bill cosby admitted he obtained a powerful sedative to target young women for sex. another fall from grace, for the subway pitch man, jared fogle. a judge sentenced him to 10 to 15 years of prison. >> hello? you know, but i think that grirl the broken home -- >> the dramatic weight loss that made fogle famous made him hypersexual. >> the story of my family, we are the duggars. >> acknowledged the oldest son, josh, molested girls as a teenager, including some of his sisters. he admitted he cheated on his wife. he was one of more than 30 million ashlee madison users.

the data shows nearly all the site subscribers were men. >> i'm here to admit i am hiv positive. it's a hard three letters to absorb. >> charlie sheen's revelation after the former "two and a half man" -- >> arianna granld established backlash for bad behavior at a bakery. [ bleep ]. >> tmz posted video of the pop star licking unsold doughnuts and shouting she hated america on the fourth of july. she later apologized. kleo kardashian called off her divorce to odom after he nearly died at a brothel in nevada. odom spent weeks recovering. she vowed to stay by his side.

others called it quits. ben affleck and jennifer garner. antonio ban dare ras -- blake shelton and gwen stefani filed divorce, then started dating each other. kermit the frog and miss piggy split. kate middleton and prince william welcomed their daughter. reporters and fans gathered for that event at st. mary's hospital in london, two years after the birth of their son, prince george. another star was born when the left shark and his bad danszing stole the show during katy perry's super bowl performance. one of the favorite stories of the year, a pair of llama's on the loose outside phoenix. we covered it live. does not want to be caught. does not want to be caught.

faster than humans. they are faster than humans. >> they galloped through town before police and handlers caught them. there was also a threat that caused confusion across the country. black and blue or white and gold? classic movie franchises re-emerged. 2015 was the year doc mcfly and marty would have come back. >> the future was going to be good. >> oh, i did. i believe we may have inadd ver tantly traveled into an alternate 2015. >> jurassic world was a summer blockbuster. chris pratt helped relaunch the dinosaur saga. >> there's been an awakening. >> the force awakens with lightsabers, the jedi and the dark side to a new generation.

♪ hello from the outside >> adele said hello after nearly three years away from the spotlight. the hit single from her new album "25" debuted on the top 100 chart. >> the only thing i have left to do for the last time on a television program. thank you and good night. >> stephen colbert replacing david letterman on the late show after he ended more than three decades as a late night king. a king of comedy made a comeback. tracy morgan took the stage at the emmys and hosted "saturday night live" more than a year after a car wreck nearly killed him. >> i'm back. [ cheers and applause ] >> he's back and about to kick off a stand off comedy tour coming up in february. he's been performing at warm-up shows. the year in sports is up next and the fight of the century that was anything but. i'm billy,

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in 2015 one of nascar's biggest names drove off into the unseth and the most anticipated fight in years did not live up to the hype, but we kick off our look back at the year in sports with a controversy and super bowl mvp who clearly did not mind a little trolling. >> to me they're perfect. i don't want anyone rubbing them, put any air in them, taking any air out. >> deflate-gate, the nfl suspending tom brady four games, the issue, underinflated footballs in the afc championship. brady versus the comish in federal court, the judge over turning the suspension, the

league appealing and the rest of us we will always have that sketch. brady and the pats winning a fourth super bowl. seahawks fans still screaming for a run. forget the bcs, time for the playoffs. first up, ohio state over bama in the sugar bowl, out west the rose bowl, oregon pooches for the nolls, in the title game the buckeyes pounding the ducks, being the first national champs in the playoff era. joey log know in victory lane to rev up the nascar season, but it was kyle busch spinning his wheels at homestead. the 30-year-old clinching his first ever sprint cup, the season's final race also the final ride for jeff gordon, gordon called his decades on the track an amazing experience. >> i'm on one side really happy and on the other side i will miss it a lot. >> history at the belmont stakes, american pharoah finishing the first triple crown in 37 years. may weather pacquiao, a lot

of hype, lousy fight. may weather winning by unanimous decision then losing the title because he didn't pay a fee. no let down for steph curry on fire in the nba finals, golden state spoiling king james return to cleveland. the u kon women winning their third straight. huskies head coach with a record tying tenth ncaa title. american jordan spieth bursting on the scene with a green jacket at augusta then following it up with a win at the u.s. open. the u.s. wins the 2015 women's world cup. >> the u.s. women crushing it, same finals as five years ago, this time different result. home cooking in williamsport, the kids from pennsylvania making it all the way to the little league finals. serena williams, joke vic, three majors apiece, serena so

close to the first calendar grand slam in decades, in the way an unknown italian by the name of venci. round da rousey the most dominant woman inside the octagon no more, holy landing a first round knockout and one of the biggest stunners. 2015 world champions. >> sorry, mets fans. kansas city relentless on its way to its first world series in 30 years. no shortage of scandals, more than a dozen soccer officials facing corruption charges, fifa's president under investigation, aaron hernandez guilty of murder, adrian peterson back on the field after accusations of child abuse and washington's football team, not budging over its name. back in school, some big name coaches on the move, mark rick out at georgia but in at miami where al golden got the boot, and the legendary head

ball coach steve spurrier stepping down mid season after a decade in south carolina. >> it's time for me to sort of get out of the way and let somebody else have a go at it. don't say i've retired completely from coaching, who knows what will come in the future. as the head coach at duke, florida and south carolina steve spurrier led his teams to 21 bowl games, 6s ec titles and a national championship. ahead a look at the most powerful pictures of 2015 and a single image that helped focus the world's attention on a crisis. on a crisis.

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finally a look at three of the year's most powerful photos in our slide show now. the world really started to pay attention to the migrant crisis when this one came along. a heart wrenching picture lit up social media, a turkish police officer carrying a three-year-old syrian boy whose body washed up on the beach. here workers in nepal rescued a four month old baby boy after the earthquake there, he had been trapped in the rubble of him home for 20 hours and survived. and here when pope francis made his historic trip to the united states, this little girl apparently tried to bust her way to security to get to the pope but someone stopped her. pope francis waved her over and gave her a blessing. fox news will continue to be on top of the events that shape our nation and the world.

we will see you right here 3:00 eastern, noon pacific on fox news channel and when news breaks out, we will break in. welcome to brand new hour inside america's news head quarts. topping the news this hour severe weather causing big troubles across the country. parts of the southeast dealing with massive rains while the southern plains are bracing for a blizzard that's being called historic. high winds also fueling a massive wildfire in southern california, we're following it all. plus, the leader of isis resurfacing with a new message of terror, his latest threats against the west. and not the meriest christmas for retailers amid a sluggish shoppingen is.