kathryn sims and at 10:00, kimberly gillfoyl. >> have a great new year. >> great to see you. >> bye-bye. hi, everyone. good morning. today is thursday, the 31st of december, 2015, new year's eve. i'm anna coiman. it's a fox news alert. terror fears across the world. in new york's times square, 6,000 police officers rein down on the city. plus, donald trump declares war on the clintons. >> i consider them enemies. we view this as war. don't we view this as war? war. >> and this morning, new signs that his latest attacks are beginning to work. >> we're going to try to find pete's voice. still on the case. it's a question every american wants answered this morning.

>> your underwear drawer, one brand or a number of brands? >> you have to go with one brand. >> one brand? one color? >> yeah, of course. >> the president going one on one with comedian jerry seinfeld. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ celebrate, celebrate, dancing to music ♪ ♪ celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music ♪ wow, new zealand is already in the future. they're already in 2016. >> how does that happen? >> i don't know. they were able to get dock and they were able to travel to 2016. the first year ringing in the new year already. >> yeah. >> we're all ringing in the new year. >> how's everyone doing?

here's new york city. the drop is 15 blocks away. everything is roped off. 5,000 police officers walking times square. they're saying this could be the safest place in the world today. >> that's right. >> speaking of times square, that's where our leah gabrielle is. officials have been alerted to potential terror threat in london. all 2,000 police officers will be deployed to keep people safe as they ring in 2016. >> the same is true here in the u.s. where a threat from overseas mentioned new york city, los angeles, washington, d.c. >> new york will have an unprecedented level of security in sometimes square. leah gabrielle joins us with that. leah? >> reporter: good morning. unprecedented security. over 6,000 officers will be here watching over times square. new york city's mayor and the nypd saying everyone coming to ring in the new year can count

on being safe. >> what we can assure you is the preparations are extraordinary and we are benefitting from a new element that is our critical response command. >> we have a constant analysis threat stream that we are constantly reviewing. again, we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible to this event in times square. >> the nypd, people should feel safe this new year's eve because we're there. >> reporter: and among those new elements that are in place, the newly established counter terrorism unit with 500 plus officers. the bomb squad will be here with bomb sniffing dogs. overhead the nypd police will have helicopters watching over times square. times square is surrounded by hotels, parking lots, as well as theaters. those will all be security swept and in particular they'll be swept for chemical and biological threats. as for the 1 million people that are expected to come here to times square, they won't be allowed to bring in back packs or duffle bags, of course no

alcohol. those coming to the very center of the celebration will be swept twice. now, again, you know, we recently saw a video that was released by isis that showed a short little clip of times square. a lot of people are concerned, but the nypd saying they're going to do everything they can to make sure people feel safe and comfortable and have a happy sell will celebration as they r 2016. >> live in times square. thank you so much. that ball is huge. it's like the size of an elephant. >> i want to see leah flip that switch and do it early. >> celebrate with new zealand. >> they have a safety mechanism. >> they are saying that new york city, new year's eve times square is going to be the safest place in the world according to the nypd. chemical radiation detectors are taking out the newspaper and vending machines and trash cans. >> there are all sorts of weird con trap shuns, robot toik devices, security cameras. you walk through times square you're being watched from 80

different angles. >> when i looked at it walking by there, it looks like a layered defense. military terms, layered defense. barriers for vehicles, initial scans for the people. inside they have plain clothes officers. they're doing everything they can to make that safe. >> some of those barriers, you have the big cement blocks. the nypd brings in blocks. no vans driving into that area. >> more on that throughout the morning. right now we'll get to the news head lines. we'll start with this. fox news alert. the mother of the affluenza teenager is back in the united states while her son remains at a mexican teen facility. tanya church is back. a judge temporarily blocked her son for an unknown amount of time. tanya and ethan couch were arrested on monday, two weeks after ethan missed a probation check in texas. back in 2013 if you'll remember ethan couch killed four people in a drunk driving accident but never got jail time because a psychologist argued he was too rich to know any better.

now to extreme weather. 19 leaf have vi now to extreme weather. 19 leaf have es along the missi river threatening downtown st. louis. the river is supposed to crest at 47.3 inches. almost up to the overpass. nearly 14 feet over flood stage. since tuesday crews have been rushing to help residents including this man and his dog who waited on the roof of his home for help. the death toll from flooding rises to 20 in missouri and illinois. most are people who got trapped in their vehicles after driving into flooded areas. embattled comedian bill cosby arraigned on three felony sex assault counts. the 78-year-old made his way into a pennsylvania courtroom, cane in hand. he entered no plea. paid 10% of a $1 million bail and surrendered his passport. prosecutors decided to pursue the 2004 case where a former

temple university andrea constance said he drugged her with pills and wine and assaulted her in his home. at least 50 women have accused cosby of assault this year. he's back in court on the 14th of january. family and friends in law enforcement say good-bye to one of new york's finest killed in afghanistan. the funeral of former nypd detective joseph lemm held on fifth avenue in manhattan. his 4-year-old son sitting on the shoulders of an nypd officer saluting his father's flag draped casket as he went by. lemm was an nypd officer for 15 years. he was killed last week while on patrol by a suicide bomber outside of bagram air force base. >> i saw that yesterday on the streets. incred dib fwkred dicredibly po donald trump getting ready to fling 2016 on top of the polls. think back a year. can you imagine donald trump sitting on top of the polls?

the rest of the field nationally not even close. he yesterday on the attack going after bill clinton and the clintons sort of reminding all of us of what happened during the 1990s. he says, look, this is war. listen. >> by the way, low energy can be applied to hillary. i just don't like to use the same thing twice on one of my enemies, right? because i consider them enemies. we view this as war. don't we view this as war? it's war. it's war. it's war because the husband wants to come and she wants to accuse me of things and the husband's one of the great abusers of the world? give me a break. give me a break. >> some big words. you know, you use words like war and abuser, those are over the top. his campaign has been over the top. not the words i would necessarily choose, but strong words. >> people are starting to look at the trail of corruption. in the wall street journal there's a report out. we can show you some of the

amounts of money that were given for speaking fees by ubs, $1.01 million. ericsson, $750,000. goldman sachs, $600,000. >> these were fees paid to bill clinton right after hillary clinton had gone through her confirmation hearings as secretary of state. one of the things she said according to "the wall street journal" piece this morning, there's not going to be any conflict of interest. no appearance of impropriety. >> not even an appearance. >> extraordinary steps to avoid an appearance. >> what happened while she was secretary of state were paying bill clinton, abu dhabi paying bill clinton $1 million to speak while she was secretary of state and obviously negotiating with them. so they're not just negotiating but a contentious deal about a u.s. passport center at the abu dhabi airport which many members of congress didn't want.

technically not illegal but the appearance, wow, it's right there. >> the fact that they were dealing in these negotiations and paying her husband to come in and do -- does that not fly in the face of the appearance of a conflict of interest? maybe stepping out of that role and while it's being negotiated. >> not just speaking engagements either. also 15 of these companies donated between $5 million and $15 million to the clinton foundation. now if hillary clinton were to become president of the united states, bill clinton has not said whether he would continue doing any speaking engagements and things. he's kind of given mixed signals on that. it's a bit of a winding story and i think that actually plays to hillary clinton's advantage. >> well, we'll see. trump's attacks are bringing this back into the headlines. we've heard about the clinton foundation before. it's another reason to look into it once again and say, hey, what is this relationrelationship? what kind of sticky fingers could be in there.

will it stick on hillary clinton we'll see in the new year. well, president obama decided to -- have you seen the show jerry seinfeld's driving -- what is it called "sitting in cars with comedians drinking coffee"? it's very, very funny. they visit coffee shops and jerry seinfeld, his way, they talk about mundane things. that's jerry seinfeld. the president sat down with jerry seinfeld. it was actually pretty funny. watch. >> don't you think every american child is a president and you grow up loving the president? >> i do really well with the 0 to 8 demographic, partly because i think my ears are big so i look a little like a cartoon character. >> little kids love saying my name. >> right. >> but it's all one big name, barack obama. >> anything orama is funny. how far can you wander around in your underwear before there's people and it's not cool. >> it's not cool generally

wandering around in my underwear. >> your underwear drawer, one brand or a number of brands? >> you've got to go with one brand. >> one brand. one color? >> yeah, of course. this is a critical topic. >> how many suits do they put out in the morning? >> suits. i have a closet like normal people. >> you pick the suit? >> with the suit, i only have blue and gray suits. >> right. >> no black? >> i have one black suit. >> black's too rough for a president? >> yeah. well, but i'm a cool president. >> high wasted mom jeans. i like to have this that they don't pick out for me. the thing is, it's funny and self-deprecating when he's talking with his big ears looking like a cartoon character. can you see spending time doing this or spending time looking out for our national security. >> well, i don't know that they're mutually exclusive. i'm sure with his daily briefings and everything he's doing as president -- >> there's going to be down time as president. this is a day after he gave a major terrorism speech.

today they're releasing a whole other trove of e-mails through the benghazi committee. clearly on new year's eve so they don't get noticed. down time is good. jerry seinfeld is hilarious. funny but -- >> and it's new year's eve. i don't know. >> well -- >> he's in hawaii right now. this was released, according to jerry seinfeld's group, when they could. >> the e-mails, classic holiday dump. holiday weekend. congressman trey gowdy may have given senator marco rubio a big endorsement, but there's a ted cruz caucus growing in the house. congressman is a member and he joins us live to talk about it. things get a little wild on "fox & friends" every now and again. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and there's plenty more where that came from. we are reliving the best of "fox & friends" weekend ahead of 2015 ringing in 2016.

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welcome back. senator marco rubio picking up a key republican endorsement yesterday with trey gowdy in the

house. a group of conservatives though dubbed the cruz caucus pulling for senator ted cruz, and one of them is texas congressman louie go gomer. especially on new year's eve. you're always working. >> you went out to iowa. you were with senator ted cruz. you went to a number of stops with him. why senator ted cruz? >> i didn't endorse anybody in 2012 and we ended up with the only republican nominee who could not criticize obamacare because they really did model it after romney care. this time i thought early on i need to get behind whoever i agree with most. that was ted. he's been a stand up guy. he's worked with us behind the scenes. i think he'd make a great president so i endorsed him several months ago. >> so do members of congress endorsing senator ted cruz, does that help or hurt him? >> well -- >> this is sort of a referendum

on congress. >> i was scared it was going to hurt him. >> right. >> so i told him, i don't know, april or so, if you want to float that, fine. if you choose not to, i understand. he actually did a press release. >> so here are a few of the cruz caucus members from the house up on the screen here. you know, yesterday we saw trey gowdy on the show talking about senator marco rubio as a rock solid conservative. he's the only rock solid conservative in this race. you disagree with that? >> well, look, if i'm choosing sides on litigation and i get first choice, i choose trey gowdy. he's the best litigator, best cross-examiner, closing argument guy we've got but, you know, we have differences of opinions. he supported -- in fact, nominated or seconded boehner's nomination twice. i was trying to do everything i could to get boehner out. he supported paul ryan, i did

not. so you can have great respect for each other and still have a difference of opinion on who ought to be president. >> here's the real clear poll particulars average polls. donald trump leading and ted cruz at 18%. how can he close the gap? what can he do there? >> what he's been doing. he's been getting out, getting the word out and just -- >> and he's leading iowa. >> yeah. but it's getting around and meeting people. of course, the more people get out, the more they can demonize others. so when you get out there and you shake their hand and look them in the eye and you let them know that you agree with them on important issues, then you go up in the polls. >> final question, how can he go up against -- we heard that donald trump's going to be throwing $2 million into the states with money. can he compete with that? >> well, sure. he's done extremely well.

he's raised i forget how many tens of millions in this fourth quarter, but he's doing great in that area. so, you know, he can compete, but in these early states, new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, been to all of them. i love the people there in all of those states, and they just want to look you in the eye and size you up. >> right. that retail politics. >> it is. exactly. >> did so well for santorum up here. >> exactly. that's a great example. congressman louie gohmert, happy new year. >> great to be here with you. >> children wheeled off in stretchers after a mid-flight problem. let's hope your new year's eve doesn't end like this. >> i don't know why i was so scared of this. pretty easy, right? >> ah! >> dr. marc siegel has the fact and fiction behind new year's eve accidents like the classic

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welcome back. some quick headlines for you starting with a fox news alert. a missouri couple lucky to be alive after their small plane crashes into the front of a high school. both on board recovering in a hospital this morning. witnesses say the plane was flying low possibly due to some engine trouble. and a house panel will launch an investigation into reports that the nsa spied on private conversations between members of congress and israeli officials, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the agency reportedly considered surveillance over fears that netanyahu would strike iran without any warning. anna, pete? all right. here we are, mister. 24 minutes after the hour. as you're counting down to the new year, be careful not to let this happen. >> i don't know why i'm so scared of this. pretty easy, right? >> ah! >> oh! >> we've all done it. champaign, one of the many common causes for concern this new year's eve. here to help us separate the

fact from the fiction on new year's injuries, dr. marc siegel. >> so we're doing fact or fiction. good morning and almost happy new year to you. >> let's get started. first one, champaign corks pop at 50 miles an hour. 50 miles an hour, fact or fiction? >> i'm going to say fiction. >> pete's right, it's fact. >> are you kidding me? 50 miles an hour? >> nobody opens the champaign bottle the right way. first tip, he'll demonstrate with his military training. you'll take off the aluminum first. then you're going to get the cage off. that's the number one and two things have you to do. he's getting it. we're going to give him a promotion. and then, of course, when you pop the cork you're not supposed to pop it at anyone. you've got to be careful -- >> you don't want to lose a tooth. >> you've got to go low with it and open it into a towel, not shoot it across the room. >> where's clayton? >> he's going to open it. all right.

pete, gentle. >> to it the way -- >> supposed to open it -- >> this is how not to do it. >> right. >> oh. >> that's not how to do it. he hit the camera guy over there. are you okay over there? we have to go perform cpr. >> champaign should be kept at room temperature, fact or fiction? >> it's fiction. that champaign was cool. when you cool it the cork doesn't go as fatst. when it's hot it expands. then it shoots across the room. >> when you buy it it's at room temperature. >> absolutely. keep it chilled the night before new year's. if you haven't done it yet, stick it in there. >> celebratory gun fires have stray bullets falling to earth at 700 feet per second? pete's right, that's a fact. >> really? >> this is very dangerous. gun owners out there, the centers for disease control did a study in 2003 in puerto rico where 19 people on new year's eve got hurt with falling

bullets because when people shoot bullets, pete, you know this, they shoot in the air. they're not shooting it straight up. it goes in an arc. you get eye injuries, head injuries. >> in iraq and iran, it's very dangerous. >> hundreds of injuries a year. new year's eve is the time for it. >> the most dangerous day of the year to drive is new year's eve. fact or fiction? >> fiction. memorial day. or thanksgiving. usually not new year's eve. still, there's about 500 fatalities on new year's eve and a week like this where it's a weekend it's almost as bad as thanksgiving or memorial day because over the weekend people have a cumulative tendency to drink. over 500 deaths. be really careful this year. last one, more than 1100 injuries were sustained from fireworks injuries. >> fact. >> they're dangerous because

kids are around them. the little bottle rockets are the worst, anna. it's not the huge fire work, it's the tiny ones you hurt someone. have a good time but be careful. >> put on a helmet. >> alcohol and most of these activities do not mix. >> moving by. >> i'm good. thanks for the supply. >> happy new year's. >> happy new year's to you. google taking new steps to filter donald trump off the internet. sounds fair to you? what's your new year's resolution? the most common according to google. first, happy birthday to fashion designer diane vo von furstenberg. >> and it's clayton's birthday. >> happy birthday, clayton! i'd like to make a dep--

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new zealand is already in the future. first country to hit 2016. they rang in the new year a few short minutes ago. >> 31 minutes ago. >> look at that. "new york times" -- "new york times." >> new york's times square is getting all set. 5,000 police will be protecting that area. that's set for tonight. see all the barricades are already up. they're already roping people off. i think people are already starting to get camped out there. >> you have to but you have to pack your diapers, too, because you can't go to the bathroom there. >> seriously, you get home and you can't bring in -- >> i don't know what you do. >> backpacks. it seems miserable to me. >> it's hard enough. it's hard enough to go to the bathroom in new york city without new year's eve. it's not like there's lots of public restrooms. >> no. big complaint. anyway. >> it's an interesting gathering. a lot of fun.

we're ready for it. we're prepping a little bit here. >> you know who else is prepping, leah gabrielle. she joins us live from the roof of 1 times square. have you snuck a chance to flip on the lights on the giant ball yet. >> nobody will notice. >> i'm hearing it might cause some problems if i were to do that. >> it could, but, hey, new zealand got one up on us. >> rogue. >> get it started for us. >> reporter: all right, guys. i did have a little bit of a problem hearing you. i heard people have been camping out for this event. i have been camped out by the ball. the first new year's eve celebration was in 1904. that was fireworks. in 1907 they started using a time ball. as you can see, i'm standing here with the time ball. i'm here with waterford's master artist tom brennan. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> people want to know about the ball. it's magnificent. >> waterford crystal, that's the

greatest party everybody is invited to. it's quite spectacular you think here we are, waterford crystal at a celebration. it's all about celebration. revel l revelers are celebrating, planning ahead and getting ready for everything the world is throwing at them. >> waterford started designing the ball in 2000 for the millennium. >> sure. >> can you tell us about the crystal? there's a special theme. >> on this ball, the statistics are quite staggering. 12,000 pounds, that's 6 tons. we have a reinforced area. there's 32,000 leds. it's 12 feet in diameter. the statistics are all staggering. it's all about this right here. >> i see this. >> each year we celebrate the greatest gift in us all. this year's theme gift is the gift of wonder. this is to seek out the

unexpected, the unexplored, the unknown really of what's out there. >> now there are crystals from last year as well and the year before. >> right. >> there's been a theme. >> sure. it is the greatest gift here. we began this three years ago. in a ten year series. we ent in 2023 with a gift of love. when this happens the great waterford ball will be a patch work quilt of all themes going back the last ten years. it is staggering. >> thank you for being here. i have a gift for you. it's these special glasses. >> i'll put mine on. >> my producer is making me put these on. sam, thank you. so i will tell you guys -- >> is this a good look? >> reporter: at 11:59 they will flip this switch. the ball will start to come down. at midnight we will ring in the new year. you'll see a huge 2016 numbers behind us and you can watch it all on the fox news channel at 10:00 p.m. kimberly gillfoil and aaron will be bringing in the new year starting at 10:00 p.m.

the all-american new year's special. back to you guys. >> at 9:00 jesse waters will be with kennedy and kathryn, too. kind of a comedy hour before. >> we'll be watching. >> you know better than us. >> normally it's cold out there. won't be too bad this year. >> i have klaus thrhave claustr. >> we're going to be there in the morning. better them than us? >> they'll get to watch the ball drop. >> we reset this year. you mentioned my birthday. thank you for mentioning that. that will be the last time we'll mention it this show. you think about the new year getting ready, new year's resolutions, what sorts of things do you want to do. most people, i didn't realize this, take to google for things they need help with. these are the most googled questions surrounding new year's eve. >> how to get rid of stress. how to make kale chips. if you were on a diet, eat more vegetables. >> i didn't actually google

that. >> how much water should i drink to lose weight? >> how to write a resignation letter. you hate your job and you don't want to go out. remember when the flight attendant popped the emergency exit chute. >> how to cook len titils. >> people know how to work out. it's the food side checking out. >> you're right. along with the lentils. >> the resolutions, they're how to questions. >> well, yeah, but those are sort of like resolutions. >> they want to make it factual. >> they probably wrote down their resolution. >> their resolution was to eat more vegetables. how do i make kale chips. they don't like kale, they want to make a chip out of it. >> we want to know what your new year's resolutions are. send it to fox news.com. we'll read them later on in the show. >> how to play piano. let's check it in with heather nower right now. good to see you.

>> good morning to you all. happy new year's to you. happy birthday. severe turbulence aboard an air canada flight sends 21 people including three children to the hospital. this flight was from shanghai and it carried more than 300 passengers. it was diverted to calgary due to extreme weather. passengers watching the door as people were thrown from their seats. listen to this. >> you see everything flying around. whoever didn't put the seat belt on was popping out. >> like in the roller coaster. >> a lot of passengers had to be treated for neck and head injuries. as americans prepare for their new year's sell will he bragtss, the state department is releasing thousands of hillary clinton's personal e-mails today. many of the already released e-mails have been related to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. clinton was forced to turn over more than 55,000 pages of e-mails to the state department from her personal e-mail address and server earlier this year.

the final batch of e-mails will be released next month. this is all causing lots of people to say, h'm, doing this on be new year's eve. hoping it won't get a lot of attention. trump from the worldwide web, a new google chrome add on allows you to eliminate photos and messages from trump. the trump filter extension will be launched on december 24th. >> somebody has a lot of time on their hands. with the new year comes a new list of words to be banned. the 41st annual list from lake superior state university includes words or phrases that we say are used every year, misused, just plain useless like these. so problematic, vape, man spreading, join the conversation, and break the internet. we want to know what words you think should be on this list. send us an e-mail or a comment to twitter or facebook and those are your headlines. gang, any come to mind? >> what is manspreading? >> we can't do it. >> if you sit too far and your

legs spread too far apart. you take all the room on a subway or bus or a pew in church. >> didn't know what you were talking about. >> making everybody else feel claustrophobic. >> this looks better on camera one. take camera one. >> oh, no. don't ever do that again. >> oh, no doubt. >> this is as bad as president obama and jerry seinfeld talking about his underwear. >> all right. coming up here on the show, new year, new round of government rules and regulations. the changes to important issues like gun control and legalizing marijuana. that's next. are you planning on drinking a few glasses of champaign for new year's like clayton? you might be getting drunker than you thought. next. (politely) wait, wait, wait! you can't put it in like that,

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himself allegedly sipping whisky behind the wheel on facebook. cops in his township were alerted to his video and say it's a miracle he didn't hurt anybody. his family says he's going through emotional problems right now. and an upstate new york woman escaping drunk driving charges claiming her body is a brewery. turns out she didn't have a single drink. rather, a rare medical condition that involves large amounts of yeast in her gutt. i think i saw that one time. from vaccine mandates to minimum wage hikes, 2016 is already the year of change. several new laws and regulations sweeping the states in the new year, what does this mean for you and your family? attorney lisa g.vanatzo joins us now to break it down. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> with the turn of a new year there are regulations that kick in, many of which we're not tracking and following but could affect our lives. you say there's five sort of

basic ones to take a look at. the first is about public safety? >> actually, i think most of them are really coming into play because there's compelling interest out there for safety of citizens in the environment we live in. we're seeing it kind of go here. so we're talking about things like homeland security issued a real i.d. where they're saying that driver's licenses now have to be uniform across the country in order to use them in an airport. so this means if you don't have a uniform driver's license, you may have to bring your passport to the airport zpl i think one of the states, minnesota, my home state. some drivers may be required to have a passport. another valid form of i.d. >> they will be. ultimately all the states will catch up. there may be a little grace period. we can see some changes to make it easier. >> certainly will affect a lot of people. another one you say is vaccines. >> yes. california recently passed the law that all children in private or public schools will have to be vaccinated. of course, this follows last year's outbreak of measles.

131 cases were reported. it does cover all vaccines, not just measles. a lot of people up in arms because there's always been exemptions for this. >> are there exemptions? >> it can be done on a case by case. the compelling interest for the public safety at large, they're saying the religious exception which a lot of states have won't apply in california. will there be challenges? certainly. will they make it? i doubt it. new york just brought a case all the way to the u.s. supreme court and they said they won't hear it based on a religious challenge. >> interesting. another hot topic is gun control. >> we're seeing a lot of laws go both ways. in texas they're expanding the law allowing people to carry and not conceal weapons. >> sure. >> and then in california we're seeing them kind of constrict the law and saying even though

you have a license to carry, you can't bring it on campus. >> may be interesting to watch and see which way the public trends are with losening and tightening gun control laws. quickly, minimum wage hikes. >> yes, the hot topic. minimum wage hikes go into effect in january. a lot of states have implemented them, especially new york will go up from 8.75 to $9. probably more what you want to watch is the raise in the hospitality industry because they're now saying the hospitality wage hikes go up. while we're seeing a shift in national averages on a statewide basis, hospitality is going up 50%. >> another state-by-state issues with states taking it into their own hands. >> marijuana laws. >> loosening, california, colorado, now we have legal marijuana. so in regard to that, it's hard to make a good case that they should strengthen them or give you more serious penalties. >> moving into a new year.

another reminder that elections matter. >> yes. >> people elected are ultimately going to put into place policies. lisa g., thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. coming up, donald trump going after chris christie for hugging president obama. hear chris christie's response next hour. and things get a little wild on "fox & friends" when we're here. ♪ ♪ ♪ there is definitely plenty more of that where that came from. reliving the best "fox & friends" moments of 2015 straight ahead. ♪ ♪

i cannot wait to see this next story. the countdown to 2016 is on. but before the ball drops let's take a moment and look back at "fox & friends" weekend, clayton and i are here today, and i know pete was there for a lot of our favorite moments, too. >> this will be embarrassing. >> it's the first saturday. good morning, guys. >> hi. >> happy new year. >> it's going to be a good year. >> four hours of fun this morning. >> begin! >> let's go!

♪ whoo! >> candy and popcorn at 7:00 in the morning. >> exactly. >> are you burning over there? >> no, not burning. >> you don't see this in midtown manhattan very often. >> trying to loosen the belt today. you know why? >> why? >> it's national sundae day. >> i got the band back together. ♪ ♪ now i found my way >> hey. ♪

>> just my peripheral vision to know that she's dancing. i just glance -- >> this morning -- >> we just want to turn the tv off because we have bunnies. >> who are you calling a bird brain? >> correct me. he's not afraid of animals. he -- >> this is my hand. >> i'm done! >> it's so weird. anyway, the show is flying by. we're having so much fun. >> unbelievable. >> this should be our motto. we don't even have to try it's always a good time, "fox & friends." >> tucker carlson made his name. >> that was a clip-on. >> mornings are better with friends. friends like suzanne somers. look at that. >> good morning, guys. we've got senator scott brown. >> good to see you mr. mayor.

>> being here on "fox & friends" weekend. >> ed henry. >> peter doocy. >> miss anna got married last night. >> it was unbelievable. >> elisabeth hasselbeck is getting ready for a special event. she joins us live from nashville. >> brian kilmeade. >> there it is. >> brian, good morning. >> brian. >> hey. >> hey peter this better be important because i put on clothes. >> oh. >> oh. >> "fox & friends" and fox and family here. >> there is no better show to work on. >> somebody cue the music. ♪ >> anna jumps. >> that is on the plaza in midtown manhattan. >> you guys -- >> oh!

>> we've got mt. everest on the plaza this morning. >> oh, yeah. >> ♪ >> check out our beach party on the plaza. the "fox & friends" olympics right here. >> what's your favorite tv show? >> "fox & friends"! >> we love seeing you this morning. we've got tomorrow. join us then. >> it is not easy to get good water slides and beach parties. so thank you producers. you are amazing. >> you talk about summer here on the show. it's ridiculous how much fun it is. >> "fox & friends" 15 that's what we gained. >> just from the pizza, the

burgers and everything else. and the cotton candy. it's fun to look back at that. send us your favorite memories from this year if you have any, or if you could remember any of them. up here on the show breaking overnight the mother of the so-called affluenza teen is now back in the united states, after she and her son allegedly ran to mexico to hide from the cops. dr. either ablow says it's not the kid's fault. inside the mind of ethan couch, coming up next. and 2015 was packed with blockbuster hits. but which ones made the top five? stick around to see if your pick is on the list.

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>> i consider them enemies. we view this as war. don't we view this as war? it's war. >> and this morning new signs that his latest attacks are beginning to work. "fox & friends" hour two starts right now. 0 ♪ should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind ♪ >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to 2016. if you live in new zealand. >> you missed it. >> all my friends in new zealand find out what it's like in 2016. >> in the future. >> into the future. >> that was about an hour ago. of course we have times square here on the east coast of the

united states, that will happen tonight at midnight, of course. and preparations already under way. you can see police barricades. they've got those big nypd boulder cement blocks that they put. you described it like a military zone. >> it feels like one. they should take that kind of precaution. got a layered defense. nypd says the most secure place on the planet. >> people in the main area where the ball drops, where you can't get in or can't get out, they're going to be swept twice. so nypd taking extra precautions this year. we're going to get to that fox news alert. countries around the world are on edge this year. officials have been alerted to potential terror threats in london. all 2000 police officers will be deployed to keep people safe as they ring in 2016. >> same is true here in the united states where a threat from overseas mentioned new york city, they mentioned los angeles, and they mentioned washington, d.c. and new york city will have unprecedented security in times square tonight. lea gabrielle joins us live from times square with more on that effort. >> lea? >> good morning, everyone.

as you mentioned, police are going to be everywhere. in fact, there are going to be about 6,000 police here in this area right here in times square. around 1200 of those police officers have just graduated from the academy. now new york city's mayor and the nypd say that everyone can count on being safe as they ring in the new year here. >> well, we can assure you is that the preparations are extraordinary, and we are benefiting now from a new critical response command. we have a constant threat analysis stream that we are constantly reviewing, and again we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible to this event here in times square. >> people should feel safe this new year's eve because we're there. >> they heard about that new element. there's a newly established counterterrorism unit with around 500 officers. there's also going to be the bomb squad here, as well, bomb sniffing dogs, mounted police will be in the area.

there will be nypd helicopters overhead, watching everything from the sky. also, in times square, you notice surrounded by hotels, theaters, parking lots. those will all be security swept, including sweeps for chemical and biological threats. now, after the 1 million people who are expected to come here to celebrate, they will not be allowed to bring in back packs or duffel bags, of course no alcohol. and those that are coming to the very center, the heart of times square for celebration, they will be swept twice. now of course, a lot of people have concerns about terror threats because of the terror threat and the activity that we've seen around the world, including the recent isis video that showed times square. but again, police here in new york city are saying that they are going to keep everyone safe, and that people should be comfortable being able to count down to 2016 right here in times square. back to you guys. >> all right lea gabrielle live in times square. thanks so much. she mentioned the k-9s, the bomb detection dogs, also the mounted

nypd unit which is the force unit. coming up at 20 past 8:00 i'm going to be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how they are preparing for new year's eve in times square in >> you've got to be swept twice. two sweeps. did either of you guys get swept this morning? >> not yet. >> looking forward to my first sweep. let's check in with heather nauert now. >> good morning. a fox news alert. related to what lea was just talking about. this happening overseas. brussels police now arresting a tenth suspect connected to last month's deadly attacks in paris. the 22-year-old belgian only known as ayoob b. was detained in the molenbeek neighborhood with ten cell phones on him but no explosives police say. at least six people were arrested overnight then in a separate terror plot. officials say to attack that city's new year's eve celebration. the annual fireworks display has already been canceled in belgium, or in brussels, rather, amid terror fears. and no fireworks will take place in paris tonight.

a light show at the arc de triomphe will be shortened in order to keep the crowds small. back here at home, some extreme weather. 19 levees along the mississippi river threatened by historic flooding there. in downtown st. louis, the river is expected to crest today at 43.7 feet. that's nearly 14 feet over flood stage. since tuesday crews have been rushing to help residents who have been stranded in the floodwaters, including this man and his dog. they waited on the roof, of their house, for help to come before getting away. the death toll from flooding rises to 20 in missouri, and illinois. most of it was caused by people getting trapped in their vehicles after they drove into flooded areas. well the embattled comedian bill cosby arraigned on three felony sexual assault counts, in a case that's been simmering for nearly 12 years. the frail-looking 78-year-old, as you can see right here, made his way into a pennsylvania court with a cane in hand. he entered no plea, paid 10% of a $1 million bond, and

surrendered his passport. prosecutors decided to pursue the 2004 case where former temple university employee andrea constand said that he drugged her with pills and wine and then sexually assaulted her in his home. at least 50 women have accused cosby of assault this year alone. he'll be back in court on january the 14th. and he's the real man of the people. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders, winning support on the campaign trail for flying coach. fans are posting pictures online using the #sandersonaplane. praising the vermont senator for not wasting money to fly on a jet. one person even wrote i'm going to vote for the guy who's willing to sit in the middle seat. that's what we're all about as americans. we all aspire to sit in the middle seat some day. >> wonderful. >> that's when you don't do the man spread. >> that might be when you do it. you want a little additional >> everybody else -- >> kills your knees. you know, if you're tall and lanky like me.

>> that's if you don't go in line. >> donald trump has not taken the holidays off. he's not relaxing, drinking his hot cocoa or if he is he's doing it while he's on twitter or on the campaign trail. just badgering a lot of the candidates. whether it's hillary clinton, or whether it's gop contenders. yesterday he was in hilton head, south carolina. he says the gloves are off, and he's declaring war on the clintons. >> low energy can be applied to hillary. i just don't like to use the same thing twice on one of my enemies. right? because i consider them enemies. we view this as war. don't we view this as war? it's war. it's war. >> sort of answering the call. bill clinton's being used to campaign against me, then the gloves are off. we're going to hit them, and remind people of what people went through during the '90s, some of their scandals. that's what donald trump is talking about. he also is not pulling punches and going after some of his republican counterparts as you mentioned. and rivals obviously in iowa,

and neck and neck there, now, of course with he and ted cruz. he pulled the gloves off and went after chris christie. went after him on bridgegate. slammed him yesterday for hugging president obama. of course, after superstorm sandy. and you know, chris christie, remember during the debates, he didn't swing at that pitch in the dirt when i forget which senator threw that at him on stage about bridgegate, chris christie, who if you know is one of the guys that would actually go after somebody, he sort of said move on, let's not talk about it. here he was in iowa this week talking about other things. listen. >> the obligation of the nominee to bring everybody together after it's over. and if you haven't been beaten the bejesus out of everybody, you've got a better chance of being able to do that. and you know i'm from new jersey, so i'm working real hard at this. but my mind is focused on one thing, and it's beating hillary clinton and becoming the 45th president of the united states. >> i'm from new jersey and

there's a lot that i'd love to do. i know what he's talking about. i'm from the south, the boots come off, you know it's time to play. he tried to play the nice guy here but is he doing it because he knows that every time somebody throws a punch at donald trump, their poll numbers seem to go down and donald trump's miraculously seem to go up. because he was just knocking on senator rubio for not spending enough time in florida, or not spending enough time in washington, d.c., representing his florida constituents. >> yeah, he says i know i want to. you know i'm from new jersey. we're not going to shoot inside the tent. you're exactly right. they've learned that lesson, fighting back. doesn't work with trump as much. >> you saw it with jeb bush, when he fought back, went after him, things did not go so well for him during, you know, during the debate. and then subsequently we've seen his poll numbers. he was leading in new hampshire at one point. not any longer, he's seventh there now. we get word this morning from the jeb bush campaign, they're basically going to stop spending money on certain ad buys in iowa and south carolina, and they're redeploying their staff from miami. so from their miami offices, sending people up to new

hampshire, and some of these early voting states because they've got to get out, going door to door. the retail politics. >> that's right. >> the ground game. >> they've got to go with where they think they can win and that's new hampshire where they think they've got the best chance. brings to mind the rudy giuliani campaign. he kind of went all in on florida. he can be attacked successful but it also is indicative of a campaign on life support that needs a win in a critical play. >> we've seen governor chris christie spend a lot of time in new hampshire and he's doing quite well there to your point on that. >> he had an interview earlier talking about those that we elect obviously have repercussions, and they have repercussions in the form of regulations. so whether it's the state or the national level we've got some new regulations to ring in the new year for you. 2015 set a record for all-time high, look at that, the number of pages of regulations, 81,000 pages of regulations. >> wonderful. wonderful. >> can you feel it? >> everywhere you go. >> let's handicap small businesses for example. that's a good way to get the

economy going. >> it's called the four spreads of government, the regulatory state that we have that just builds and grows on itself. and when congress doesn't check it properly you get 81,000 new ones. >> people want to criticize democrats, republicans, both parties are to blame. neither party has reduced the size of government since 1950. both parties have explode the the size of government. some more than others but no one has dwindled it, made it smaller in 50 years. >> they say republicans have the house and the senate. yet 2015 is still a record year. how does that calculate? >> all right, let's turn to something happy now. happy new year's resolutions. >> is it possible to keep your new year's resolutions? >> they're meant to be broken. >> i guess. >> we asked you this morning, and a lot of you wrote in. cheryl on facebook says a lot of times you set yourself up for failure by making resolutions. i'd rather look at it as a list of improvements or goals. keep it simple. that's the key like baby steps. we have these grand visions, right? >> small bites.

and on facebook, my new year's resolution will be to work less and travel more. so many things to do and see before i die. >> and on facebook, i resolve to quite making resolutions that i know i cannot keep. that's probably the most honest one we've got. >> you guys make resolutions? >> i do, because it's, for me, it's you know, unique time of year. >> -- you're another year older and you think about your life and think about what you want to improve. just happens to fall on new year's eve so i try to. i don't know if i kept any of them. >> just goal set. that's what i try to do. >> yeah, did you keep yours from last year? >> boy i can't even remember what mine were. >> no, i mean they're usually like work out a little bit more. spend more time with family. you know how it goes. folks here can relate to this. pretty solid in january. february you miss a weekend or a workout, and then by march you're going, where i am? setting new goals. >> wait till next year. >> that's right. >> bring on the pumpkin pie. >> you go to the gym and see like a couple hundred new people

there and it sort of peters out after a few weeks. send us your resolution on our facebook friend, coming up here, breaking overnight the mother of that so-called affluenza teen is now back in the united states after she and her son ran to mexico to hide from the cops. it all came crashing down when they ordered a domino's pizza. dr. keith ablow says don't blame the kid. he's not the problem. we're going to go inside the mind of ethan couch with the doc. >> and who says dads can't dance? ♪ it's hilarious. the embarrassing photo bomb by dad going viral. >> wow.

welcome back. a fox news alert. party may not be over just yet for ethan couch. the so-called affluenza teen who fled to mexico with his mom. yesterday afternoon tonya couch was deported back to u.s. soil while ethan remains in custody in mexico. and u.s. marshals say his deportation could take up to a number of weeks. couch killed four people in drunk driving crash in 2013 and

was sentenced to probation after a defense expert argued he was too rich to know any better. sounds ridiculous. but our next guest says don't blame the teenager for this bad behavior. here to explain, psychiatrist dr. keith ablow, and one of our fox news medical aid teams. nice to see you, doc. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> i know you haven't -- ethan or his mom. having said that. >> that's true. >> you think the blame is on the family, not him? >> well, here's the thing. when the expert witness in that trial after ethan couch took four lives, you know, coined the term affluenza, there's nothing affluent about the life experience of this man. this young man now. this person who was underage when he was tried. because here's the thing, sometimes life delivers the truth over time. running away with his mother, you know, the truth is, he probably should have run away from his mother back at like age 6. because he never instilled those

lessons that a good parent would in her child. >> what do you make of that? her fleeing the country with him. what does that suggest to you as a psychiatrist? >> well, listen, again i haven't evaluated them. but when people team up like bonnie and clyde, and it's a mother and a son, and the son seems to have no regard for life, you wonder whether that son has any regard for himself. was this mother able, in any way, to consider this person a separate person from her? or did she simply indulge him to own him? see there's nothing about a gift when it has to enslave you. there's nothing laudatory about that. and so, perhaps, the psychologist, in testifying that this person wasn't able to conform himself to the requirements of the law, that he wasn't the full person, was right. because you know what? it's possible that his mother has been feasting upon him from

childhood. so -- >> this idea that you say the question is did she occupy her son. it's powerful. did she occupy her son so completely that he was really like devoid of his own personality? >> again, and there's nothing rich about that. that's all about poverty. you know, i have a blog up about this on foxnews.com, and one of the points i make is that if you're a slave, if you're enslaved, at least you have the freedom to hate the person who enslaves you. i'd like to tap ethan on the shoulder and say, listen, dude, you realize you're running away with this woman. have you ever thought whether, in fact, she added to your life or siphoned it away. is she really somebody who embraced you or is she something of a vampire who took all of your potential from you, and left you to wreak havoc on the highways of america and take four other lives? but was yours the first life that was taken, ethan? >> five seconds left, doc, is he going to be able to recover from this? or how long will it take for him to recover? >> man. you know, recover from taking four lives, from you know,

running from the law, sure, because god's great. and psychiatry is a wonderful skill. but it would be a long shot. >> yeah. i imagine. all right. dr. keith ablow, happy new year to you. we thank you as always for joining us. thanks so much. coming up here, a major air scare. people aboard a passenger plane, including children wheeled off in stretchers after a midflight emergency. what caused those injuries straight ahead. and 2015 was packed with blockbuster hits. but which ones were the best? which ones made the top five list? our friend kevin mccarthy is here with his top five picks, and guess what? star wars is not number one. i'm going to have to argue with him about this. i'm mary ellen,

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hello and good morning. happy new year's eve. quick headlines for you now. severe turbulence on board an air canada flight sends 21 people, including three children, to the hospital. the flight from shanghai carrying over 300 passengers was diverted to calgary due to extreme weather. many passengers were treated for head and neck injuries after being tossed around the cabin. and the man accused of supplying rifles used in the san bernardino terror attack is indicted on gun and terror charges.

enrique marquez is also suspected of conspiring in two previous terrorist plots with gunman syed farook. that were never carried out. if convicted, he faces up to 50 years in prison. so it was quite a year for the movies. the game changing action movies, the incredible effects or the humor, there was something out there for everyone. in case you're still wondering which to see we're counting down the top five movies of 2015. fox news contributor and founder of nerdtiers.com our good friend kevin mccarthy is here. >> good morning. >> happy new year to you guys. thank you for having me on this year. it's been an incredible experience to be a part of your show. i love you all at "fox & friends." >> it was totally my decision. >> we love you you kevin. >> big movies this year. start with number five, let's go down the list. >> i put together a top 15 list which i'll tweet out later on. that included the martian and creed and this is my top five of the year. number five this year has to be

inside out. i thought this film was absolutely brilliant. this was up there with wall-e and up. it my emotionally. the carry of bing bong was brilliant. i love the idea of being inside the head with the five emotions. it was so clever and it was equally good for parents and adults. i thought phyllis smith who played sadness did a brilliant job. that's my number five of the year. >> and who knew donald trump would use bing bong to describe -- >> bing bong. >> hey -- >> number four on your list i'm surprised by this one, kevin. i mean i agree you with on michael fassbender but overall i'm surprised the film itself made your list here. >> yeah, i loved steve jobs. i thought it was brilliantly done. it didn't do too well at the box office. they shot it in different formats, for the different years. so in '84 they shot with an old school film technique called 16 millimeter which looked like home video. and in '88 they thought 35 millimeter and as the technology progressed in the movie the

image got clearly. they did a great job doing that. also aaron sorkin's script is the best screenplay of the year next to spotlight. spotlight was also a great screenplay. that's my number four steve jobs. fassbender deserves an academy award. >> it was brilliant. your number three ex machina. >> this is a little indy film that blew up. it has two of the stars of "star wars," donald gleason, and also this young actress named alicia vie kansaser who is brilliant in the movie. it's about a young programmer who is a ceo of a software company asks him to perform kind of a test on this a.i. to see if she has a consciousness. it's a brilliant film. the way it was shot very, very low budget but beautifully done. the performances are amazing and oscar isaac has the best dance scene i've ever seen in a movie in my entire life. you have to see this movie.

it's amazing. ex machina. if you see it at the red box. >> i have managed to see "star wars" four times, kevin. but i'm surprised -- >> yes. >> that "star wars" is number -- >> clayton that's why i think you and i are actually brothers we just don't know it yet. this movie is so amazing. i've seen it three times already. i'm seeing it for a fourth time next week. i saw it in 70 millimeter which is only around twelve theaters in the country playing it in this beautiful 70 millimeter 2-d format. it is so incredible. jvlt j. abrams made a new film for new fans. john williams' score was absolutely brilliant and the effects were incredible. they built these massive sets. they built the millennium falcon, i had nerd tears beyond belief. it really took a core there were so many scenes in this film that are going to be classic, classic moments. i can't wait to see it for a

fourth time next week. >> but not your number one. number one goes to mad max. >> yes, yes, this movie i've seen six times. i saw it four times in theaters, twice at home. i'm watching it again tonight. i cannot wait. george miller directed this movie who did the original mad max film. it is a masterpiece and charlize theron it's her movie. she deserves the academy award for best actress. it will be nominated for best picture and they use a lot of effects with the action scenes and the explosions. see this movie. it's an absolute masterpiece. and the score is brilliant, as well. my number one of the year hands down. no question. >> kevin, we do love your love of these films. >> i can't wait. >> thanks guys, i appreciate it. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> thank you so much. >> see you in twix, bud. >> awesome stuff. >> coming up here on the show a scaring warning as millions travel home this holiday season. why researchers are saying that the control of your train can be taken over by hackers. plus my friends, are you one

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we are back with a fox news alert. security in major cities is amped up as millions get ready to ring in the new year. >> this comes after threats to three major cities, including los angeles, new york city, and washington, d.c. all of those were mentioned on that list. alexandra limon from fox 5 in d.c. joins us with the very latest. what can you tell us this morning?

>> hey, guys, good morning, and happy new year's eve. you can see out here it's beautiful. very festive. as people get ready to ring in the new year. they'll be hitting up all these restaurants and bars. but this is also the time when the focus for some, like the d.c. police department, becomes keeping people safe. this is especially true after those reports you mentioned. terror threats, plots said to be planned between christmas and new year's targeting three major cities, los angeles, new york, and right here, washington, d.c. also, in light of that, and the recent deadly attacks on san bernardino and paris, security is definitely heightened in this area. the d.c. police department confirms they are increasing patrols across the nation's capital this new year's eve. and the fbi is also boosting the number of field officers they have out and about in major cities. now, we spoke to people who plan to head out to celebrate to ask them what they're doing. some say they plan to celebrate like they would any other year.

but others tell us they're taking a different approach by heading to church. >> everything that has happened across america, you know, with all the bad news, and the tragic events, but we believe that the safest place to be is still in the house of god. >> now, we spoke to a security expert who tells us, absolutely, you are more likely to be hurt by somebody who is drunk than by a terrorist this new year's eve. but still they say people should always take precautions. for example, be aware of your surroundings. are there street closures. if you're celebrating indoors, know where the exits are and have an exit plan. also, like they always say, if you see something, you should say something. report any suspicious activity so that you and those around you have a safe new year's eve. while the d.c. police department says they do not have information of any credible threats of anything happening tonight or any time soon, they

say they always work with federal law enforcement partners to assess any possible threats. reporting live outside of washington, d.c., alexandra limon, back to you. >> thanks, alexandra live for us in d.c. this morning. heather nauert is standing by with a look at some of the other headlines. >> hi, guys. 35 minutes after the hour. less than an hour from now, day four in the search for the back road anthem singer craig strickland will continue. authorities in oklahoma starting that up again at clock this morning after it simply got too dark to search overnight. they have been using sonar scanners, ground crews, and also helicopters to search for strickland. he disappeared while he was out duck hunting with his friend chase morland. morland was found dead on monday. near carr like along with their capsized boat. strickland's dog sam found alive. wishing them the very best and good luck today. well the man accused of setting a houston mosque on fire now claims that he prayed in

that mosque five times a day for the last five years. gary nathaniel moore faces arson charges for the christmas day fire investigators found matching cans, charcoal, lighter fluid, at the mosque, and at moore's home before the arrest in houston chapter of the council on american islamic relations asked for an investigation into a possible bias motive in that case. a new warning that hackers could easily take control of our railways? researchers now say that trains are at than increased risk for a cyber attack. they claim it wouldn't be hard for hackers to access automatic railway controls to cause a collision or derail a train. it's also possible that train controls could be accessed through onboard wi-fi. so far there's been no evidence of any trains being hacked. and this is a great one, so much fun, maybe it will give you some good inspiration for tonight's dad. a dad hilariously video bombs his daughters dancing to the whip a nae, nae song.

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welcome back. here's some news by the numbers. is this our last news by the numbers of 2015? holy smokes. first up. four teens playing today in the college football playoffs. clemson and oklahoma play in the orange bowl while alabama takes on michigan state in the cotton bowl. the winner plays for the championship on january 11th. 2100 points. that's where experts are predicting the s&p to finish off 2016. it would be a repeat of this year's near-flat-line performance on wall street. and finally, here's what 10,000 sparklers look like. when they're all going off at once. a russian youtuber concocted this festive experiment as a homemade fireworks show, proving once again they have a lot to do in russia. pete? >> i am going to try that. all right, california strict gun laws are about to get even stricter in the new year starting tomorrow, new legislation that allows

authorities to seize someone's weapons without notice. goes into effect. officials can only take guns if they think there's potential for violence, but is that enough to strip one of their second amendment rights? here to debate it, edward walker an attorney for u.s. law shield a firm dedicated to protecting the second amendment rights. and wendy patrick a prosecutor and president of the association of threat assessment professionals. san diego chapter. thank you both for joining us this morning. edwin i'm going to start with you. they say that guns can be taken away from those, quote, thought to be a danger to themselves or others. what do you make of this law? >> well, as you know, california leads the nation in gun laws, and of course every law they pass has the potential of stripping somebody of their second amendment rights. and this one, this law is extraordinary in that it allows an individual's second amendment right to be taken away without any notice or opportunity to be heard. the law provides for an ex parte

restraining order, which an ex parte order is an order that is obtained by one side without even giving the opportunity -- giving the other side an opportunity to respond to it. the ex parte order can go into effect for 21 days at which time the judge and apparently only the judge, has nine the ability to have a hearing where he can thereby continue the order for up to a year, and then renew it for each year after that. so basically what it does is it leaves the second amendment rights of an individual in the hands of a singular person, who may or may not have their own personal beliefs. >> so initially -- initially it's a 21-day without prior knowledge, a weapons, but it can go longer. wendy, where is due process in this calculation for a person who's been called out by a family member or otherwise and now with the whims of a judge? >> due process comes at the order where you actually have a hearing after 21 days. think of this law. not as a complete deprivation but as a time-out. and remember it can't just --

you can't just ask that somebody's guns be taken away without facts to back it up. if somebody provides reason for the family members or law enforcement to believe they are in immediate threat to self or others. why is that important? remember this law comes from the may 2014 rampage, the shooting by elliot roger in isla vista, california. at that time there was no mechanism available by which his weapons could have been taken away. think of this really as a way to have the people closest to the perpetrator, who are always the one who are in the best position to see red flags, to do something about it. after the 21 days, you have a hearing, that's where you get due process and both sides have an opportunity to be heard. because remember, if prevention, if prediction is prevention then motive matters. and what are we always saying after one of these terrible tragedies has occurred? we're always finding out that it was the family members that often knew something, knew mental health history. >> sure. >> saw red flags. but they weren't in a position

to have the person's guns taken away. so it's not permanent, it's simply a time-out. and it's much needed in our culture of gun violence. >> wendy makes an adamant argument about a time-out. we're seeing time-outs to the first amendment on our campuses and safe spaces. should we have a time-out on the second amendment. what say you, edwin? >> well the thing about it is, is that i just think that in this -- with this particular law, the threshold is just simply too low. obviously we have laws that do restrict firearms ownership for certain individuals but usually there's a lot more due process entailed. of course, the folks that we know have never been able to possess weapons are felons. well felons have to go through the criminal justice system, they're convicted by evidence that is beyond a reasonable doubt. and it's a fairly high standard. now you're lumping these folks in the same category as the felons, based upon nothing more than the word of a family member

who, you know, we all have members of our family they may go, you know, you never know what somebody may say. >> sure. >> there is one -- there is one slight saving grace to this, is that california does include in the law an opportunity to have charges filed against somebody who filed false affidavits. or whose asked for one of these restraining orders as a farm of harassment. we'll see how effective california is in enforcing that. >> just kind of looks like window dressing. >> a lot of people calling into question up know family members' ability to strip the rights of someone even if only for 21 days. wendy patrick, edwin walker we're going to have to wrap it up there. appreciate your perspectives. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you both. coming up a new year and a new reason to shop. the best thing to buy in the first month of 2016, including huge tvs at prices you're not going to believe. we have the secret shopping list, next. but first, on this day in history, in 1996, unbreak my

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unsold inventory. they're going to be offering even bigger discounts to try to offload some of it. >> and discounted fitness equipment. why is this? it seems to match up perfectly with new year's eve resolutions. >> that's exactly the reason. retailers know people are making new year's resolutions about health and fitness so they're competing for your business. as customers hit the stores looking for exercise, and gear. >> are you -- are you talking about just shoes and fitness like clothing or even like treadmills and rowing machines and all that? >> all of it. nordic track does one of its biggest sales of the year during january. but also apparel. everything from the big machines to free weights. >> all right. this one surprised me. early valentine's day gifts. i thought you would have been paying through the nose for these. but not really? >> ben when there's a customer base the businesses need to compete for your business. so, january is when those deals on flowers and chocolates are starting in the last week of the month. >> don't get your flowers in the middle of january. by the time valentine's day rolls around they'll be a

crinklely mess. >> just recycling. >> but you can order them, pay that discounted rate during january, and they will be delivered on the day. >> okay, gotcha. and tax software. >> that's right. we see the deals beginning now, they will extend, but the prices don't get much better than they do in january. but you want to make sure you're getting both state and federal filing, or else if you have to pay an additional fee, you might lose some of those savings. >> all right. now you're in my wheelhouse talking technology with number five because we saw the holiday rush on black friday for 4k television, there are going to be even more greatly discounted in january, is that right? >> that's right. because we have the consumer electronics show coming up in las vegas next week. >> right. >> and a lot of analysts are thinking the tvs are going to go from being the luxury item to the mainstream tv at this point. when the new models are introduced at the new expo all of the older generation models

get discounted. >> anything we should stay away from buying right now? >> well, for everything else, you know, black friday is the best time of the year to buy so you have ai long wait. but it's never impossible to find good deals as long as you do your research. >> thanks, benjamin. appreciate it. happy new year. >> you, too. thank you very much. here's what's coming up on fnen from, donald trump ready to ride into the new year as a front-runner. so will the lead last? herman cain knows what it's like to be an outsider candidate in the lead. he joins us next hour. >> and the question every american wants answered this morning. >> your underwear drawer, one brand or a number of brands? >> one brand. >> one color? >> yeah, of course. >> the president going one-on-one with comedian jerry seinfeld. that is coming up next. this is the best block of all.

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the mother of the affluenza teen in cuffs and back in the united states. her son sits in a mexican prison. why authorities say it could be weeks before ethan couch comes home to face justice. and are you so over phrases like, break the internet, and man critic. i just learned that one today. what words do you want to get rid of in the new year? we're reading your e-mails coming up on that. "fox & friends" hour three starts right now. ♪ i'm on top of the world i'm on top of the world ♪ >> oh. sydney harbor bridge right by the opera house. a big happy new year, we're celebrating with fireworks

around the world and folks are ringing in the new year. >> did you call family to find out what the future is like? >> what's it like in 2016? >> breaking news. >> wow, what's the future like? >> all right. which one is this? is this also -- >> in new zealand. >> this was the first one. >> a couple of hours ago. >> they got a head start. and then, of course, look at times square this morning. >> a million people are expected to pack the crossroads of the world, and nypd has all hands o. >> like 6,000 individuals there. >> that's where we want to get to this morning. a fox news alert. brussels police arrest a tenth suspect connected to last month's deadly attacks in paris. >> police detaining the 22-year-old belgian only known as ayoob b. in the molenbeek neighborhood. this comes as at least six people were arrested overnight in a separate terror plot to attack the city's new year's eve celebration. >> other cities like paris and

london are on high alert over potential terror threat. >> all 2000 london police officers deployed for new year's celebration here in the u.s. threats have been made to washington, d.c., los angeles, and new york city where lea gabrielle is joining us live where security is unprecedented. leah, thanks for joining us. >> hey guys, nice to see you this morning. as you mentioned there will be more police here in times square than ever before for this celebration. 1200 of the 6,000 -- i'm sorry, 1200 of the 6,000 officers will just recently graduated from the academy. and the nypd is saying that people can come here and enjoy, they don't need to worry. >> people should feel save this new year's eve, we have one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest venues in the entire world. >> now there is a newly established counterterrorism unit with around 500 officers,

the bomb squad will also be here with bomb sniffing dogs, mountded police. there will be nypd helicopters watching from the sky. and of course times square surrounded by hotels, theaters, parking lots, those will all be secure, including for chemical and biological threats. as for the approximately 1 million people who are expected to be here, they won't be allowed to have backpacks or duffel bags. of course no alcohol. and those who are coming to the very center, they're going to have to be security swept twice. now of course people are concerned about terror threats around the world. the nypd saying they have it covered here. back to you guys. >> all right. thanks so much, lea. >> question this morning, are you going to go out and celebrate or go about your normal lives or be like the fear of terrorism paralyze you from going out and party? we'd love to hear from our viewers this morning on that. there are big concerns, but howard saffir the former nypd commissioner said we're going to be protecting our greatest city in the world but you don't know what you don't know. so they're taking every precaution. they're going to be protecting

the folks outside so they can have a great night tonight. this is what he had to say about protecting american cities here in new york and across the country. >> the nypd is probably the best emergency response and intelligence agency in the world, but the problem is, we know what's happening with isis. we know what's happening with a lot of the organized groups. what we don't know are the subradicalized people and what they may be doing. a lot of the incidents that have been stopped have been stopped because people have seen things. so the old see something, say something, really is very important. because there aren't enough police officers in the country to be everywhere, so we need the public to help. >> that's right. if you see something, say something. you see the psas and some people make fun of them, they think they're cheesy. they are so important. coming up at about 8:25 we're going to be showing you an inside look at the nypd mounted unit, which is the horse unit that's deployed. do you remember that 2010 car bomb that almost went off? the smoke, but never went off. it was a street vendor who saw it smoking, said this looks suspicious, went up to a mounted police officer, and that was the

eyes and ears that helped them. >> two blocks away from here. imagine you've got all the cameras. they've got those portable cameras that they have set up on the generators looking down, all of the mounted police, everything else, and it was the street vendor who saw the smoking van. it could have been, you know, it could have been like the edward murrah federal building all over again. >> the most important sensor is the human sensor which can see the subtlety the technology will oftentimes miss. >> important thing. >> some other stories making headlines, heather nauert is in for that. good morning. >> good morning. yeah we start with news about that affluenza teen, a fox news alert right now. the mother of that teenager flying back to the united states overnight. she's now in california. while her son remains at a mexican immigration facility in mexico, a judge temporarily blocked eitheren couch's deportation for an unknown period of time. tonya and ethan couch were arrested on monday, two weeks after ethan missed a probation check in texas. back in 2013 the teenager killed four people, in a drunk driving

accident but never got jail time because that psychologist arguing on his behalf said that he was too rich to know better. earlier dr. keith ablow told us he thinks that couch's family is to blame for this. listen. >> running away with his mother? you know the truth is, he probably should have run away from his mother back at like age 6. because he never instilled those lessons that a good parent would. >> no kidding, dr. keith. that's right. dr. ablow says it would be a long shot for couch to recover from this. comedian bill cosby facing three felony sexual assault counts in a case that's been going on for nearly twelve years. the frail looking 78-year-old made his way into a pennsylvania courthouse for his arraignment. he entered a no plea, paid 10% of a $1 million bail and also reports to surrender his passport. prosecutors decided to pursue the 2004 case for a former temple university employee, andrea constand, seen right

here, says that he drugged her with pills and wines and then sexually assaulted her in his home. at least 50 women have accused cosby of assault. he's back in court on january the 14th. now to some extreme weather. 19 levees along the mississippi river threatened by historic flooding there. in downtown st. louis, that river is expected to crest at 43.7 feet. that's nearly 14 feet above flood stage. and then overnight the missouri department of transportation closed interstate 55 in both directions near the merrimack river after water continued to rise there. you can see as drivers taking a chance, try to cross a flood-filled highway. by the way the experts say don't try to do that. the death toll from flooding rises to 20 in missouri and illinois. that was caused by most people who were trapped in their vehicles after they drove onto those flooded ways. a new list of words to be

banned. the list includes words or phrases that a lot of us think are just overused or useless. including, clayton's favorite man spreading. we'll tell you about that in a second. break the internet. secret sauce, vape, join the conversation. we ask you to weigh in and we've got some comments coming in. so what are folks saying? mine would be that word bey, however you say it. >> i just learned about man spread which is making up as much space as possible. >> you're breaking the internet. >> we asked you to join in on the conversation, and get rid of it totally and like and hashtag. >> i agree with that totally. >> getting rid of having said that, going forward, and basically. >> throw away phrases. >> throw away phrases that we use all the time. >> and mary says please stop saying no problem, instead, you're welcome.

>> you know what i notice people saying a lot lately is they'll call a group, okay kids now we're going to do this. like, and then in a term of endearment. >> you mean when they're adults? >> yeah. i don't like that one. >> okay, kids. >> i feel like it's demeaning a little bit. >> maybe someone looking down their nose. >> hey kids. >> all right. so obama, president obama this year went out to hawaii, of course, to celebrate the new year and christmas and before he did that he taped a segment with jerry seinfeld. have you seen jerry seinfeld's show you think seinfeld. no, no, no. he has a comedian show web-based only where he drives around with comedians called comedians in cars getting coffee. it's very, very funny, actually. president obama sat down with him, and instead of it being a comedian, he was the president in cars drinking coffee. take a listen. >> don't you think every american child is a president, and you grow up loving the president. >> i do really well with the zero to eight demographic.

partly because i think my ears are big. and so, i look a little like a cartoon character. >> right. >> and then, little kids love saying my name. >> right. >> but it's all one big name. it's barack obama. >> well, how far can you wander around up there in your underwear? how far can you get before there's like people and it's not cool? >> it's not cool generally wandering around in my underwear. >> your underwear drawer, one brand or a number of brands? >> go with one brand. >> one color? >> yeah, of course. >> this is a critical topic. >> how many suits do they put out in the morning? >> they don't put out suits. i have a closet like normal people. >> you pick the suit. >> well, i only have blue and gray suits. >> right. >> no black? >> i have one black suit. >> black is too rough for a president? you've got to soften it up. >> but i'm a cool president. >> like when larry david and bernie sanders talking about the underwear. >> i want to know, how did jerry get away with -- do we know what

car that is? he's obviously a '63 corvette. you know jerry is a huge car fan. he loves porsches. how did the secret service let him get away with driving jerry seinfeld? >> probably had a car right in front of him with the camera looking back at him. >> i bet they just drove around his driveway. >> i think they did, actually. they went down -- >> jumped over the fence, that's all. >> you're not going anywhere. >> it's true about the kids, barack obama kids love to say it. barack obama. >> they love it. rolls off the lips. >> self-deprecating talking about his big ears looking like a cartoon character. but at the same time, it is funny and i enjoyed watching it, but at the same time do we want our president of the united states doing this or thinking more about terrorists? >> i don't know it's up to you. friends@foxnews.com. you can weigh in on that and more. coming up on the show, donald trump ready to ride into the new year as a front-runner. will that lead last? we're going to ask herman cain. he knows what it's like to be an outsider who becomes the front-runner and drops out of

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low energy can be applied to hillary. i just don't like to use the same thing twice on one of my enemies. right? because i consider them enemies. we view this as war. don't we view this as war? it's war. it's war. because the husband wants -- and she wants to accuse me. and the husband is one of the great abuser of the world. give me a break. give me a break. >> so fiery talk like this has conservatives flocking to donald trump. presidential candidate herman cain says he's happy to explain it. he's the author of the upcoming book the right problems with the president, congress and every candidate should be working on.

he joins us now live. good morning, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> good morning to all of you. thank you. >> we'll have you back on to talk more about your book. but when we see these polls, the realclear politics average of all these polls, this lead for donald trump i mean it's, it's defying so many, what, so many pundits have been saying since the very beginning they didn't even think he'd get in the race and look at him now 35.6%. is it that people just believe exactly what he says, that he's no nonsense? >> i think it's because he is touching a chord with the same people that are conservatives who believe that we have three major problems, and as someone said earlier, he is a fiery candidate. they want some fire in our president. to attack three big problems that mainstream usa and the conservatives recognize, but the political establishment basically don't do anything about. number one, this is a sluggish economy. it is not the new normal. donald trump projects the fact that we can do better.

number two, this runaway spending and all the establishment candidates do is make excuses for this runaway spending. and three they want a fiery leader to fight against the war on terrorism. those are the three things that donald trump appeals to. and, he doesn't play by the rules. and that's what a lot of people like. >> so, you -- let's go back in time. let's go back in the time machine, get the flux capacitor and go back. you were the front-runner at one point. when the 9-9-9 plan came out and you talked about that at the debate and suddenly shot up in the polls and suddenly out of the blue you were the front-runner. >> yes. >> and many people likened it at the time to your no-nonsense straight talk approach where you weren't getting politicy and flowery. >> yes. >> then things didn't work out so well for you in the end, of course. so how does donald trump keep that going and not peter out after iowa and new hampshire and south carolina? >> the difference between donald trump's rise, and my rise, and me dropping out of the race, is

that quite frankly, he has enough money to do all of those people who rely against them. i didn't have enough money to have three lawsuits going on at the same time plus the impact on my family. we could have endured the impact on my family. but when you are distracted from your campaign worrying about how the media is trying to create a frenzy, some of them, not all. when they're trying to create a frenzy to bring you down, you have to make a decision, a business decision. as well as a personal decision. that's the difference. i believe that trump has staying power because, number one, he's not playing by the rules. he doesn't care about political correctness, and that is connecting with main street usa, as well as a lot of conservatives. >> mr. cain, speaking of conservatives, a lot of the candidates have tried to remind voters of previous liberal positions that donald trump has taken years ago, unsuccessfully in doing so, and trying to paint him not as a conservative. do you look at donald trump on the spectrum of conservative to

liberal or is it more of an insider/outsider? what is the attraction specifically for conservatives and the fact that he's taken some different positions years earlier? >> conservatives, as well as main street people on u.s. main street people usa, they don't care about all of the quote/unquote previous positions. i read his book, and it lays out what his position is today on many of the issues. secondly, many of the people that were supporting donald trump, they're not listening to all of this stuff about what label they want to put on him, whether or not he flip-flops on things. they don't care about flip-flops. they don't care about labels. they just care about someone that is a fiery leader. and someone that will be a fiery president to represent the people, and not politics.that'sf people to donald trump. >> a new book is coming out soon. herman cain, it's always great to see you. we will have you back on as soon as that book drops. i guess you can preorder it now. >> by the way, happy 2016.

and i'm not supposed to say this, happy birthday, clayton. >> oh! >> i'm not supposed to say it. >> thank you, mr. cain. >> happy 2016. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. we are always wishing clayton a happy birthday. imagine your child opens up a brand-new toy fighter jet they got for christmas and they heard this. ♪ >> that is not the sounds of a fighter jet engine. that is an islamic prayer being played from that plane. the big mix-up sparking a rash of refunds ahead. >> plus you are looking at one of the top tools the nypd uses to protect the city against terror attacks. it's horses, everybody. hitting the streets with the ten foot cops keeping americans safe this new year's eve. announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully...

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6,000 police officers descend on times square to keep americans safe as they ring in the new year. >> well, we can assure you is that the preparations are extraordinary, and we are benefiting now from a new element that is our critical response command. we have a constant threat analysis stream that we're constantly reviewing, but again we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible to this event here in times square. >> people should feel safe this new year's eve because we're there. >> in addition to the task force, bomb sniffing dogs, helicopters and plain clothes officers will all be on hand. so, will the nypd mounted unit. >> the police forces aren't just there to take pictures of tourists, of course. they're the very first line of defense against terror in many of the most populated areas of the city. i hit the streets to see just how much training they go through. >> shots fired. >> as americans feel anxiety associated with terror attacks hitting the west -- the nypd is

soothing those fears with four-legged partners. >> the best thing to counter terrorism is the visibility of us. we're so high in the air, it's comforting to the public. it's a deterrent to the bad guys. so it's a real tool to use in counterterrorism. >> reporter: a critical tool, used in times square five years ago. a pakistani immigrant who later admitted getting $15,000 in explosive training from the taliban tried to set off a car bomb in times square. smoke, but never went off. how is the mounted unit utilized in 2010 during that incident? >> one of our officers was assigned to times square. he was alerted by one of the street vendors that there was a vehicle on fire. once the officer approached on horseback, having the higher vantage point to see into the vehicle he was able to alert the people on the street and get them out of the area prior to anything happening. >> it's a prime example of

residents being an extra set of eyes and ears for law enforcement, and abiding by the requests, if you see something, say something. >> for some reason people are very, very hesitant to pass three or four cops on foot but talk to a mounted policeman. that's what happened in that scenario. >> the mountained unit has 100 officers and 60 horses keeping us safe and on new year's eve they'll be working overtime as up to 1 million people gather here to watch the ball drop. what are these horses capable of? if there were ever an incident where they needed you to come in, fire trucks were needed, more police officers needed to come in by vehicles, how would you lead them in? >> we would alert people which way to exit and we would be there to stop them from coming back in to the location. >> you line up horses, and that is a deterrent. people really don't want to cross that line. >> caring for these horses and getting them trained is a tall order. the nypd recently unveiled a 26,000 square foot facility that has 27 box stalls and comes with a price tag of $30 million.

>> we hear sirens right now. these horses are not rattled at all. how do you pick a horse with a proper temperament? >> our horses are selected through a purchase and it's a 60-day trial period with training. our horses go through four types of nuisances, we have smoke, we have fire, we have sirens, we have loud bangs. to desensitize the horse to that. so that when they come out on patrol they're not spooked or rattled by any of that. >> reporter: with the war on cops reaching a fever pitch in some communities, mounted units like the nypd are great for community relations. >> i love being out here. i love meeting people. you meet people from all over -- all over the world. you're really an ambassador. they're not just police the department, but for new york and for the country. >> a lot of international folks, i did speak to the inspector, he says the mounted units are not utilized nearly enough across the country, there are fewer than 100 forces. but just a decade ago there were

about 300 of them. so, because of budget cuts and things like that, they're getting rid of them. he's saying they're working fabulously here. look at this incident that happened in 2010. nice to have them. >> yeah. everyone thinks high tech. that's where we're going. sometimes it's the lower tech. >> and like he said, you know, a lot of people are attracted to these horses and they might pass two or three cops and see a mounted cop and go, i'm going to talk to him. >> these horses do use cell phones. i saw one. >> coming up here on the show, brand-new images just in that just showed how violent -- violent turbulence can be without your seat belt on. this latest incident sending more than 20 people to the hospital. and people off the plane on stretchers, carried off. we're going to show you how it all happened thet next. plus take a look back at the wild year was here on "fox & friends." >> cotton candy and popcorn at 7:00 in the morning. >> exactly. >> are you burning over there?

>> no. >> and there's plenty more of that where it came from. we are reliving the best "fox & friends" weekend moments of 2015, next. we have over 15,000 activities

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>> the olive garden for bunch. >> lobster? >> the olive garden lunch. we talked about that yesterday. it's the world's most famous new year's celebration right there in sometimes square and it takes place here in new york city in just a few hours. >> with more than 1 million people said to pack times square tonight what kind of show can we expect? let's ask fox news correspondent lea gabrielle live on top of one times square. how you doing? happy new year, almost. >> hey, yeah. we are excited. this is going to be a wonderful celebration. you know they started doing times square celebrations back in 1904. back then they had fireworks. 1907 they switched to the times square time ball. they start planning these things way in advance. in fact i'm here with one of the co-producers of the event. and tell me, you say that you start planning this event january 1st, 2015. >> absolutely. as soon as the party ends we start looking at how we can make it even better for the next year. >> so tell me about some of the planning that goes into this. >> oh, my golly.

we plan it all year long. we have some great performances. all-american music tonight. we have the uso show, for a military salute. a new artist is going to be singing a hit single. and a broadcast, and then the empire state of mind. and then our head liner is going to be singing her big hit and john lennon's imagine. >> now how do you coordinate all these performers? >> it couldn't be done without the mayor's office, nypd, fdny. they make it safe, friendly and fun for everyone. i was here in the '70s when it was one big party and all. now, they create viewing areas, pens, safety lane pens. from here to central park we've got 100 small parties. >> it's going to be incredible. >> it's going to be absolutely incredible. we're here by the switch. we're not going to flip this now. this is what's going to send the ball down. at 11:59. send the ball down to ring in the new year.

you say there are three things that people should do on new year's. >> yes. we're going to get ready to celebrate. you got to get your glasses. >> all right. >> everyone at times square. hat. >> judgment free hat. >> and then we're going to be counting down in unison the entire world as we watch the ball drop. we're going to kiss, and then we toast with champagne. the official champagne. >> so what an awkward tv moment i think we'll just toast for now. >> all right well cheers. cheers to all of you. >> i'm -- >> judgment for you. >> the segment on "fox & friends." i'm going to bring some champagne. >> i've got to kiss lea gabrielle. >> all right friends the countdown to 2016 is on. before the ball, we're going to take a moment and look back at "fox & friends" weekend since clayton and i are here. and pete was there for a lot of our favorite moments, too. >> it's the first saturday. good morning, guys. >> hi. >> happy new year.

>> it's going to be a good year. >> four hours of fun this morning. >> begin! >> let's go! ♪ whoo! >> candy and popcorn at 7:00 in the morning. >> exactly. >> are you burning over there? >> no, not burning. >> you don't see this in midtown manhattan very often. >> trying to loosen the belt today. you know why? >> why? >> it's national sundae day. >> i got the band back together. ♪ ♪ now i found my way >> hey. ♪

>> just my peripheral vision to know that she's dancing. i just glance -- >> this morning -- >> we just want to turn the tv off because we have bunnies. >> who are you calling a bird brain? >> correct me. he's not afraid of animals. he -- >> this is my hand. >> i'm done! >> it's so weird. anyway, the show is flying by. we're having so much fun. >> unbelievable. >> this should be our motto. we don't even have to try it's always a good time, "fox & friends." ♪ >> tucker carlson made his name. by bow ties. >> that was a clip-on. >> mornings are better with friends.

friends like st that. >> good morning, guys. we've got senator scott brown. >> good to see you mr. mayor. >> being here on "fox & friends" weekend. >> elisabeth. >> ed henry. >> peter johnson jr. >> miss anna got married last night. >> it was unbelievable. >> elisabeth hasselbeck is getting ready for a special event. she joins us live from nashville. >> brian kilmeade. >> there it is. >> brian, good morning. >> brian. >> hey, dad. >> hey peter this better be important because i put on clothes. >> oh. >> oh. >> "fox & friends" and fox and family here. >> there is no better show to work on. >> somebody cue the music. ♪ >> anna jumps.

>> that is on the plaza in midtown manhattan. >> you guys -- >> oh! >> we've got mt. everest on the plaza this morning. >> oh, yeah. >> ♪ >> check out our beach party on the plaza. the "fox & friends" olympics right here. >> what's your favorite tv show? >> "fox & friends"! >> we love seeing you this morning. we'll be back tomorrow. join us then. >> i think we should start pushing for hazard pay. what do you think? >> you jumped over fire at one point. >> yeah. >> that will do it.

>> right. >> if there's anything you need -- >> now if there's a video game involved that's when i'll be involved. >> big thanks to our producer, for mt. everest, and huge waterslides and all that. >> and fire pits. >> yeah. >> all right. well -- i shouldn't cut in, you guys are the main stays. but i'm going to talk to heather. >> i'll take it from you. thank you, pete. thank you. good morning to you all. brand-new pictures show the mess left behind on an air canada flight that was grounded in calgary because of severe turbulence resulting from weather. 21 people, including three children, went to the hospital with severe head and neck injuries. passengers described the horrific scene as people were thrown from their seats, listen to this. >> like you see everything flying around. whoever didn't put a seat belt on was flying around. >> it was just like you were in the roller coaster. >> more than 300 travelers from shanghai were eventually put on different flights to toronto. a fighter jet toy that some

kids unwrapped on christmas day does not make the right sounds. listen to this. [ chanting ] >> well, instead of whooshing and whirring sound effects that plane plays an arabic prayer, allah akbar. that sound prompting complaints from parents about that toy. it's made by a company called wall and sold on amazon. one writer saying the music is weird and scary. this is a very un-american product. wall ball claims it's a manufacturing defect from a factory in china and is no longer for sale. emergency opening that up on christmas morning and then hearing that. or if the situation were reversed and it was a christian prayer on a toy. >> what a big uproar that would be. >> thank you. >> 19 minutes before the top of the hour. here's what's coming up on "fox & friends," the mother of the so call add influenza teen

back in the united states in handcuffs after hiding from the cops in mexico. her son, still south of the border. but for how long. we're live with how it all started and where it all started in tarrant county, texas. that's straight ahead. plus he's a jersey boy on broadway starring as frankie valli in the hit show. but today he's in our studio being a new year's classic. singer, actor, joseph leo is here live with a special song coming up. there he is.

hi friends, good morning. now to a fox news alert. the mother of the affluenza teenager is back in the united states and under arrest. but her son remains at a mexico immigration facility. le. >> we're live outside the tarrant county jail in fort worth, texas, where tonya couch will eventually be transferred. good morning, dan. what can you tell us? >> well, good morning. as you mentioned ethan couch, the affluenza teen, will eventually be returned to texas. we just don't know when. his mother, tonya, has already been deported. she was flown yesterday from guadalajara to los angeles, and as you talked about, she will eventually be taken here to the tarrant county jail. she arrived at the l.a. airport

yesterday in handcuffs. accompanied by u.s. marshals. she was arrested on charges from texas of hindering the apprehension of a fugitive. she was taken to jail, in l.a., her now 18-year-old son ethan was moved yesterday from a jail in guadalajara to mexico city. the couch family has reportedly hired a team of mexican lawyers to delay the extradition process and yesterday a judge issued a court order temporarily blocking his deportation. couch back in 2013 was driving drunk and killed four people after he slammed into an suv. he received ten year's probation, no jail time after his lawyers brought up the infamous affluenza defense saying couch's wealthy parents never set any boundaries for him. earlier this month couch and his mother fled to mexico after ethan couch apparently violated his probation after a video surfaced of him at a party where alcohol was being served. now tonya couch, if she is convicted of hindering the apprehension of a fugitive, is

looking at anywhere from two to ten years in prison. prosecutors, meanwhile, here will try to get ethan couch's case moved from the juvenile court to the adult court. but, even if that happens, he is still looking at a maximum amount of jail time at this point of only 120 days. again his offense happened when he was a juvenile. reporting live in downtown fort worth, texas, back to you. >> dan, thanks. >> 13 minutes to the hour. he's a jersey boy on broad way but today he's in our studio helping us bring in the new year with a holiday classic. singer and actor joseph leo performs live next. you don't want to miss it.

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one of my favorite shows, "jersey boys" celebrating ten years on broadway. and our next guest as performed as frankie valli more than 2,000 times. this morning he stepped off the stage and into our studio to help us sing into the new year.

singer and actor joseph leo bwarie is here to perform a classic from his new cd a little christmas. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so jersey boys has been on the stage for so many years. it's that kind of show, almost like we used to do with the vhs movies you pop it in and watch it over and over and over. what is it about jersey boys? >> it's magic. that show was just magic. it's different for everyone that comes. but everyone, everyone says i could come back again. could you sing that whole thing again tonight? i'll stay. we'll do it. i said no, it's not like a ride where you can just get back on again. >> and the audience is singing along with almost every single song. dancing in the aisles. some of the big songs, walk like a man. >> sherry, big girls, can't take my eyes off you, adored you, dawn, working my way back to you. >> i shot a segment with you guys, i went backstage with jersey boys and learned to do walk like a man. if we can show a little built of that. >> there's katie. >> here we go.

>> there you go. >> there it is. >> you got it. >> got to put on the shiny jacket. and the big scene. >> yeah. >> 2,000 shows. i get you could do this with your eyes closed. >> it might be dangerous but i probably could try. >> do you ever have dreams where you're onstage and you forget the words >> no, i actually have forgotten the words onstage. it's live. every night is different. we have things that go awry. i'm sure you guys do here sometimes. you just got to -- >> never! >> he says never. >> never, ever. we're always perfect. those are the moments that make it live and interesting and exciting. the audience is in with you. they know, it's great. >> one of your co-stars -- >> yeah, what's wrong with you. >> all good. when you're not onstage with jersey boys you're cutting albums. >> yeah, i am. >> what are you going to sing today and why is it special? >> it's special because the song is called what are you doing new year's eve and today is new year's eve. so it's from my christmas ep so you'll have to get the ep for next year but this song is good any day of the year leading up to new year's. >> joseph leo bwarie, take it away. >> thank you. >> we'll look for you.

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whoo! >> let's go. ♪ ♪ >> before you go it is one for the roads. the famous ball that will drop in new york city later tonight, it is 12 feet in diameter, the length of a small suv. sandra: leland: it weighs 177 pounds. just about 32,000 l e d might keep the ball vibrant and glowing and can generate 16 million colors. lea: the first lowering of the

ball ceremony was in 1907. eric: it is native 2,000 triangle crystals the company gets before the new year. lea: handcuffs for the guys. >> i was hoping for that. >> ring in the new year the right way. >> people make their new year's resolutions and don't know how to enact them so try to figure out exactly how to do it, they want to get healthy and one of the top google questions this year was how to make carol cit says. >> probably thought i'd better eat some more vegetables. how do i make them? >> how to write a resignation letter. >> note new year's resolution, michael says i will strive to be less negative. >> for 2016 iron resolve to be more loving or lovable and at the year.

>> my resolution is to have of voice tomorrow. >> lots of tea and women and funny. happy new year. 2016. >> good bye. >> security in new york city reaching through the unprecedented levels in light of the recent terror attacks not only in paris but san bernardino as well. hope you have an agreed start to the last day of 2015. lea: i am at the huntsman in for bill hemmer. and mark mccallum. let's get to it. authorities keeping a close eye on times square at a ball drop, thousands of police officers descended on the crossroads of the world to keep people safe as they bring in the new year. events overseas are frightening reminder of what is at