million. uber car running a red light before a pedestrian crosses the road. day one of the trail in san francisco. uber blaming the human operator in the car. he is now -- >> who gets ticket? now we know. "fox and friends" starts right now. have a good weekend. >> see ya. you, the american people, will finally be in charge again. we will be a unified country again. the forgotten men and women of our country will not be forgotten anymore. remember that. you sure as hell weren't forgotten on election day, were you? there's a difference between before the election and after the election, right? before the election, you people are like wild beasts. wild animals. we're going to win, we're going to win, mr. trump. we're going to win. they're screaming jail, jail, jail. prison. they're screaming, we want the wall. we want the wall. build a wall, mr. trump.

we're going to build a wall, don't worry about it. now the crowds are amazing. in other words, you've won and you feel great about it. live from studio e in rockefeller center on the couch this morning, so this winter, at "fox and friends," it's 17 degrees. 17 buildings around this area. there's an underground system here. >> tunnels. >> yesterday i needed to be on fifth avenue, a block away where trump tower is. i wasn't going to trump tower. i went underground the entire way. i stopped, got breakfast, i kept walking. >> there's stores there, it's people. >> you can do all your christmas shopping underground. you never have to get out in the cold. >> it's not like you're tunneling under anything. >> it's legal.

you don't need your passport. then you can jump on a train and head home. >> they don't have passports. >> that's true. good point. let's talk about the thank you tour. what is left on the thank you tour. how about a stop saturday in mobile, alabama. but today will be orlando, florida. yesterday it was a very, very special appearance, i believe, in pennsylvania. >> hershey, pennsylvania. they ate chocolate and talked to the crowd. >> of course. hershey is the candy capital and donald trump, victory was sweet in pennsylvania. he made it very clear at the get-go, no republican has won the state in 30 years. going forward, he wants to be the president for everybody. he's calling for unity, despite some on the left who just aren't happy yet. >> we will heal our divisions and unify our country. we will be a unified country again. when americans get unified,

there is nothing we cannot do. no task is too great. no dream too large. no goal beyond our reach. my message tonight is for all americans, from all parties, all beliefs, all walks of life. whether you are african-american, hispanic american or asian american or whatever the hell you are, remember that we are all americans and we are all united by one -- so i'm asking everyone to join this incredible movement. >> we know that donald trump had joined the show for about five years every monday or tuesday at a certain time. there's no doubt about it, he was watching our show yesterday. because one -- in the top of our

block of all three hours, they seemed to be a political organization again instead of a bunch of guys using bubble wrap and taping up boxes to get out. they decided to bring up this whole russian hacking and the possible complicity of donald j. trump. >> josh earnest. >> somebody is either putting him up to it or he has gone rogue. you make the call. >> it's fact that donald trump was encouraging russia to hack hillary clinton and donald trump had a message for josh earnest, who is the press secretary for president obama. listen. >> no, no, no. although this foolish guy, josh earnest, i don't know if he's talking to president obama. you know, having the right press secretary is so important. because he's so bad the way he delivers a message, he can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad.

he could say, ladies and gentlemen, today we have totally defeated isis and it wouldn't sound good. okay? all right. but the president's very positive, but he's knot positive and i mean, maybe he's getting his orders from somebody else. >> the president did say to daily show, the same thing josh earnest said and donald trump called for russia to hack into hillary clinton's e-mail. >> the daily show is a comedy show. maybe the president was being funny. at the top of the sound bite, you heard people boo'ing -- the president-elect mentioned president obama and people started boo'ing. president-elect is trying to dial it back. no, no, give him a chance. he was taking a shot at josh earnest. it started with the recount and moved on to russia hacked things and influenced the election.

brian is going to interview a pollster who is going to tell you about how while russia is accused of influencing our election, we influenced the israeli election a couple of years ago at the direction of barack obama and spent hundreds of thousands of u.s. dollars to try to do it. he's got proof. he'll be here in ten minutes. >> there's no way josh earnest is saying the president doesn't want out. >> loretta lynch is the top attorney with the obama administration. she was at a political event yesterday and speaking about this issue. whether or not russia did hack or was involved in hacking the election. she said there's absolutely no evidence. listen to this. >> fortunately, we didn't see the sort of technical interference that i know people had concerns about also in terms much voting machines and the like. but a lot of education went on about that, a lot of training went on about that.

and a significant number of states did reach out to dhs and talk with them about this issue. >> she said over the summer that they learned about some of these allegations. >> sure. >> they rear searched it and reached out to the states to make sure it didn't happen, the technical issues. >> she's not the only one. jeh johnson, there's a video circulating that he sat down with david ignatius and asked was there any evidence and he said, jeh johnson, he said no evidence of hacking of our election. he had a crisis management team, nothing happened. he was asked, did it influence the election. that's the question about intent. and he said there is no evidence. he's a lawyer. he has to say stuff that is provable. he said there's nothing to prove the russians didn't it. it follows up on what julian

assange told sean hannity. >> the whole thing started, we went over september 2015, david sanger wrote this thing, the whole genesis of how it happened. he said one of the things that barack obama did not lash out at russia and give them some of their own medicine is he was concerned they would come back at us on election day. i'm thinking are we a super power, i'm so afraid if we attack them for attacking us, they'll attack us back? what has happened to us? >> the threat from the rush shabs, the administration chose not to do anything because they were so positive hillary clinton would win. according to julian assange and other insiders, they say it was not the result of a hack. it was the result of a leak. somebody who had the information inside the dnc or the government gave it to wikileaks and we heard a story yesterday about how the information came to

wikileaks in the form of documents in a park in washington. >> julian assange was on with sean hannity last night and said they didn't get the information from russia. listen? >> our source is not the russian government. >> in other words, let me be clear. russia did not give you the podesta documents or anything from the dnc? >> that's correct can you confirm whether or not you have hacked info from the rnc? >> we received about three pages of information to do with the rnc and trump, but it was already public. >> julian assange's source. he's a professional hacker. i mean, he's on the run, on the lam. >> i agreement it's wrong. >> was that a solid source, though? do we believe anything he's saying? >> you have a good point. when he released all of the e-mails, they were legitimate e-mails from podesta, from hillary clinton. if you read the e-mails, what they wrote is what people had a

problem with when they went to the polls. yes, it's wrong for him to do this. what the e-mails did is pulled back the curtain on what's going on in the hillary camp. >> we talked about where it came from. >> i see what you're saying. >> my point is, i don't know if i believe julian assange when he says anything. i'm not saying the e-mails were altered. i'm not saying i trust where it came from because he said it. >> i know what you're saying. in the last ten years in wikileaks -- >> well, we report. >> we don't know where it came from. where did it come from? >> some guy he meant in the park. >> sounds good imt. >> someone upset who had intel of what was happening. >> check the park for julian assange. >> the legacy media says it was russia. he says it was not. anyway, that's -- >> we report it. you can decide. >> we're going to go into it all morning long. you need to know what's going on going into your friday. >> heather nauert who was at the big bowling party.

you'll hear about that in less than 20 minutes. >> oh, yeah. >> good morning, we had a great time. good morning to all of you. couple news headlines to bring you starting with a serious story breaking right now. another police officer shot in the line of duty. officers were responding to shots fired in the neighborhood north of seattle. the gunman, violent and well-known offender in that area barricading himself inside a house and firing on police officers for hours. one cop was nearly 30 years experience on the job was shot in the head. he's 61 years old and a father of three. he just came out of surgery and is in serious and stable condition at this hour. the 44-year-old gunman in custody. two other suspects being questioned at this hour and we'll be praying for that police officer this morning for his health. two birds, two planes and nearly two disasters.

an allegiant flight out of chicago packed with 60 people hitting a bird and sent sparks flying. that pilot landed safe live taking off to florida. also in chicago, another bird strike forced a southwest plane to turn around after it took off from midway airport. that plane also landed safely. we know how dangerous that can be. chaos over republican backed bills leading to more than a dozen arrests at a north carolina state legislature. protesters rallied against laws that limit the power of the state's incoming democratic governor roy cooper. lawmakers calling a surprise session to approve bills that include reducing cooper's power to make appointments. he takes office january 1st. the two teenagers charged with starting a deadly tennessee wildfire could spend the rest of their life behind bars. that's because they could be charged with murder after the fires left 14 people dead. damage estimates now talking 0

$500 million. thousands of homes and businesses destroyed and people died as a result. the country music ledge end dolly parton hosted a telethon to raise money and just tweeted this. i'm overwhelmed by your generosity. we've raised about $9 million in total for folks in our county. those are your headlines. we love dolly parton. she does so much. she's from tennessee. wonderful what she's doing. >> thanks, guys. straight ahead, a fox news alert on this friday morning. nearly 10,000 first responders, exposed to a deadly poison while training at a fema facility. how did that happen? we'll tell you what we know. remember this moment on "fox and friends"? lee brice giving a gold star family their father's truck. this morning a major update to that family.

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netanyahu would not have won, right? >> that's right. it's because the campaign was before president obama was making his case to do the iran nuclear deal. prime minister netanyahu was a big critic of it. >> still is. >> and still is. as you know, he spoke before congress to make his case at the same time. the president didn't want him to come. he tried to get democrats to boycott. >> so they did an investigation to find out what did we do? what did the senate committee find out? >> they found out we were sending american tax dollars were used on -- the other groups. they spent $350,000. there was other money that's fung i believe. they were organizing. ultimately became a super pac that took in millions of dollars of campaign contributions, much from american democrats and obama supporters that that was run by jeremy bird, the obama for america political director. the one goal of the super pac was to defeat prime minister

netanyahu. >> to get this guy herzog in and who won? >> netanyahu won. but it was close. i mean, there were times where we were losing because they did -- the prime minister -- >> you say we, you mean? >> the netanyahu campaign. >> they have a machine out there. yes, they're very good and we had to build enough cash in the israeli electorate that we won dee sies till civil. the prime minister was great -- >> when the president is outraged that russia may have played a role in our election, his hands are dirty. >> totally hypocritical. when you see what's happening in the middle east, israel is our strongest ally, he was trying to defeat the government of our strongest opponent -- i mean, our strongest ally and that's -- >> he pulled back and didn't go in on the green revolution in --

he allows iran into iraq to keep the deal going and allows assad to stay and doesn't retaliate against russia to keep this terrible deal with iran going. >> the panel that found that they were using tax dollars to for political purposes to defeat the prime minister, that was chaired by mccaskill as well as senator rob portman. it didn't get much play in the american press here. it's hypocritical. the interesting part is, to make sure that prime minister netanyahu won, we used tactics to make sure we beat the obama tactics. the same thing here to let donald trump win in this election. >> his team lost this election and they lost the israeli election and now we find out they played a role. great to see you. coming up straight ahead, the president says obamacare is still the best option. >> when you actually try do it, you may discover that the system that we put in place is the best

one that we can design. >> all right. so is the president right or is there a better option out there? what happened at "fox and friends" christmas party? what's the true story? we bring you the true story. eventually steve turns around and there he is. hey guys, i got. (phone ringing) hello? hi mom! oh, hi sweetie! how are you? i'm good. i was just thinking of you. how is everything? give a keurig brewer this holiday and they will think of you everyday.

fox news alert. consumer headlines. if you're supposed to be one of the one of 1800 flights grounded in the midwest today because of snow, there's a silver lining. major airlines including american, delta, united and southwest allowing you to change your travel plans free of charge. that's nice. in fact, food getting faster. mcdonald's will be testing delivery in the new year. starting january 1st, nearly 200

will be offering delivery in orlando, tampa and miami. students can bunk with grandma and save money. new york university will launch a program housing students with senior citizens who happen to have spare bedrooms. anticipating students will pay $5,000, typically cost nearly $20,000 to live on campus. they save $15,000 and get a friend. cute story, thank you. if your doctor seems happier these days, there's a good reason. a new path to health care is on the horizon. our next guest says it involves doing away with much of obamacare. fox news medical a-team dr. marc siegel joins us. >> you read an article in the "wall street journal" says what needs to happen and improve with obamacare. what's wrong with obamacare. the first thing you say is hidden dee dublt i believes. >> patients come to the office

with high expectations. they're paying this high premium and they think everything will be paid for. then they find out that their blood tests or the ekg is not actually covered and the deductibdee i believe kicks -- deductible dix in. >> i'm there as a gatekeeper and trying to send them to the top orthopedist or cardiologist and the person i use isn't in the network. i struggle with the list and names i haven't seen. it can't work. it spends too much time. instead of spending time with the medical problem, i'm spending time with refers. >> you talk about high premiums. >> the high premiums make people think everything is covered. comprehend hennessey. bells and whistles.

president obama says it's covered going in. maternity care, which makes a lot of sense. some of the other things are leading to the skyrocketing premiums. plus insurers opting out. plus those up to the age of 26 and over. 27, 28, 29 saying i'm healthy. i don't want health insurance. i'm going to wait until i'm sick. >> what do you think needs to be done? you talk about repealing it. you definitely want to repeal. what does that entail? >> i think that obamacare is bleeding on to the health care system. even the employer-based model is affected. i think we have to scale back this insurance that's very low quality but high expectation. it's got to be replaced with the following thing. catastrophic style insurance, insurance with high deductibles and don't pay a high pre yum. if you have preexisting condition -- there's $40 billion in government subsidies for obamacare to cover those 20 million? the exchanges are not working. almost the entire exchange is one big subsidy. change the subsidies to cover

those who are really ill. health savings accounts. >> i want all premiums to be tax deductibles. i want the health savings account to be expanded. let them be something you can take from year to year. patient to patient. someone else in your family could use it. if you're not using it, your brother, sister, child, husband can use it. god forbid, you pass away, the next generation gets it. you build it up photographer a lifetime and transparency of prices. here's what that mri costs. you pay for it out of pocket. here's the best place to go in town to get the cheapest bang for the buck. we don't know what we're paying for. insurance hides it. >> keeping costs under control with less government regulation. >> it's all about government regulation. excess government regulation. we're not allowed to have ambulatory surgical centers except by hospitals.

there's a million regulations. scale them back. let the states be involved. medicaid should be state run and obamacare regulations are driving up costs. i want to get back to the day when it was the doctor and the patient. patients in front of you, doctor says here's what you do. patient and doctor conversation. get the insurance company out of room and the government. out of the room. >> most of our viewers would agree with you. thank you dr. siegel. as the country mourns actor alan thicke. one celebrity is under scrutiny to say he died to -- >> remember this moment on "fox and friends." country music star lee brice giving a gold star family their late father's truck. he tracks it down. a major update to that amazing family.

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♪ no one dresses better than steve doocy for a bowling party. dress so appropriately. >> thank you very much. i have that shirt every time we go to bowl mor. >> these are some of the folks what work behind the scenes and on air. some of our amazing talent and producers. >> indeed. it's the time of year when we show off the people behind the scenes who put the show together. >> who is that? i can't see. >> that's kelly. >> one of our producers. >> she's got -- >> she get a strike. >> she got a strike. >> she just enjoying the -- >> who is that? >> rob o'neil. >> pete hegseth and major dan rooney. >> and speaking of major dan

rooney, he's the big part of our next story. it took ten years, but an american hero is finally coming home. in the year 2006, major troy gilbert was killed in combat in iraq leaving behind his wife and five kids. not only had gilbert been killed in action, but al qaeda fighters then took his body. >> but a decade later, major gilbert has returned to the country in time for christmas. he val yabtly served the united states of america. his family will travel to arlington to bury him officially. >> he's with our -- folds of honor. major dan rooney join us it talk about this journey. welcome to both of you. major dan, tell us how you were alerted to this story and this nied. >> our time with ginger goes way back. you can take it back nine years. we were just starting folds of honor. like everybody, when you're

starting everything, it's not going to go exceedingly well. i got a call from mike, the instructor pilot who taught me to fly the f-16. he told me of troy's ultimate sacrifice in iraq. he said he had five kids and folds of honor has got to help these kids. so this connection to troy and his passing goes so far back and so many lives have been changed as a result. but certainly ginger's perspective on troy finally coming home is such a blessing. >> yeah. ginger, this has been a long road for you. this will be the third funeral you've had for your husband, right? >> it is. it's true. it's unimaginable to take your children back to arlington national cemetery three times to bury their father. but this time there's a lot more closure to it. >> surely. ginger, explain why there were two funerals before this one. >> well, back on november 27th,

2006 when he was killed in combat, he was serving our country as a pilot in the air force, died in a combat mission where he saved the lives of over 20 special operators and when he lost his life tragically, before our troops were able to get into the crash site, he was taken by insurgents and it was just a nightmare for our family to lose him and then to know that we didn't have his body to bury and so there was some dna left at the crash site and that was confirmed that he had been killed and that small amount was what we buried in 2006. >> ginger, what are you feeling today? his body coming home right before christmas and now you'll finally get, i guess, closure, is that what you would say? how would you describe what you're going through? >> you know, in 2013, when we got word that small remains of his toes were recovered and they did a lot of searching for him at that point and turned up with

nothing, we had a second burial seven years after the day that he died and so you know in that time, though, i really feel like it gave me peace that we buried the top of his head and the tip of his toes and god had everything in between. we just had to wait. and we waited and prayed and now ten years after his crash ultimately a hero is returning home. >> dan, for folds of honor, what role will you play? >> freedom isn't free. we provide education for spouses and children someone -- >> he left behind five children. i have five myself. that's the worst nightmare. for folds of honor to step in and all five of his children to -- all christian school in san antonio, texas. >> that doesn't happen for a single mom. >> no, it doesn't.

it won't take them through college. to honor that sacrificsacrificek for every member of the military, like myself, if something were to happen, your greatest concern, what happens to my spouse and my children. that's where we step in. >> this is not the first time we met this family. we met this family on this program in one. most impactful, emotional moments i have ever witnessed with my own two eyes. this past memorial day. >> absolutely. when we found troy's truck. and returned it. there's the segment there. he had actually sold his truck just before he left and through colonel re develop a and ginger and the sma schmidts, they were able to deliver it back to his sons. >> ginger, as a mother, i'm looking at this video, i see you in the background crying. i can't imagine how you feel having a piece of your husband back, seeing your sons in this truck. what has folds of honor meant to

you as a mother helping your children? >> you know, it's peace of mind and it's also a way that my kids go to school every day and they know they're going and getting an education because of who their father was and how he lived and how he died. and so that is ultimately a thank you from the american people to my family for the sacrifice is the education of our children. i always tell people, if you run into my husband at the airport in uniform and thanked him for his service and asked what could someone do for him, he would have said you don't need to do anything for me, but if something happens to me, will you take care of my wife. folds of honor is doing that. >> they are doing that. we thank you very much. merry christmas to you and your family. major, dan, how can we help folds of honor? >> we put $13 million out. there are millions in unqualified requests. our humble ask of fox nation is to make a donation, the gift

during this holiday season of education to these gold star families is something we're honored and humbled to pay forward. folds of honor.org? >> that is correct. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you so much. god bless you. >> everybody out there in the fox nation that supports our foundation. >> just to get back, we want you to toss to heather. >> heather. >> major, dan, i'm struck by the great work you do and what a hero ginger's husband was. having saved all those american lives and paying the ultimate sacrifice. >> we're all doing god's work. what a true blessing to bring troy home. >> thank you so much, major. fox news alert to bring you. thousands of our first responders mistakenly exposed to the deadly poison ricin. it happened at a terror response training facility. fema center for domestic preparedness in alabama over the past five years. that facility reportedly blaming a mixup with another stronger

version of ricin. fema says no one has gotten sick. thankfully. >> a frightening report as illegal immigration reaches a record high number in the month of november. border patrol agents caught more than 15,000 undocumented immigrants traveling to the united states as families. a staggering 7,000 children traveling without parents. in total more than 47,000 through central america illegally crossed the border. last month alone, now that's a 44% increase from last year. talk about a classless comment. the former house tv star, lisa he had he will stein under fire for a tweet implying that alan thicke, the actor died to avoid a trump presidency. >> rest in peace, alan thicke, seems like everyone is checking out before the trump --

>> many calling it classless. she continued to retweet anti-trump protests. that is sad. >> family and all around. that is really something. >> what an idiot. coming up, the picture of hard work. chick-fil-a worker in a neck brace, still serving customers. why? he's here to share his story. >> don't give it away. >> i'm not going to tell you. >> it is one everyone should hear. bring your children into the room. a bombshell report about what the fbi director told the president-elect about the russian's impact on the election and what he told president obama. president obama not going to like it. we've got the inside scoop. you're going to hear it right here on "fox and friends" live from new york city. got to keep watching. with advil, you'll ask what bad knee? what throbbing head? advil makes pain a distant memory

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all right. fox news alert. right now here in new york city, it is 17 degrees according to the sign across the street. janice dean is outside. janice, according to my app, it feels like it's 9 where you're standing. >> probably correct. it is cold. it's so cold, this is the coldest december we've had in years here in new york city with those temperatures and the windchills make tg dangerous. dress appropriately. look at the temperatures right now. you can see where it's below zero, single digits and freezing as far south as the gulf coast an the southeast. but yes, across the northeast, we're really getting a taste of how cold it is with single digits. below zero, minus teens in boston across the great lakes. we're going to get a quick warmup this weekend. the other big story is we have a couple of systems that are going to produce snow. winter weather advisories for over three dozen states right now. this storm system is going to affect millions of people starting today and going to the

weekend. not only snow but we could see severe weather across the south tomorrow including tornadoes. freezing rain and sleet is going to be a mess for millions starting today heading into saturday and sunday chlgts look at all the winter weather advisories. 38 out of 48 states. in the lower 48 are under a winter weather advisory. then you see the purple there. that's freezing rain. watches and warnings. big deal this weekend. if you're traveling, you must check ahead. we're going to have big cancellations and big delays. the snowfall totals. 3 to 6 inches of snow easily across the northern plains. upper midwest and getting into the northeast. i just want to tell you guys. the last couple of days i was out, guess what i was doing? >> well, i think i know. i think you were with paula deen's cooking machine. >> i was with my sister cousin paula deen doing a christmas special that's going to air. we're going to have it next week

on fox and friends. >> wonderful. >> her house is decorated in all christmas things. including her bathroom. >> i hear her bathroom is huge. >> it's incredible. she has a christmas tree and a fireplace in her bathroom. >>ed and two sofas. >> the hospitality. she's a wonderful -- her family was there. her son jimmy and bobby. >> jamie. >> that's right. >> jamie. >> it was a wonderful time. i can't wait to show you that package next week. stay tuned. >> i've never heard of someone having a christmas tree in the bathroom. >> it's incredible. you can camp out there. and i would like to. >> we missed you last night at the christmas party. >> i'm ready to go. >> she had the flu. >> janice dean, thank you very much sniemts meanwhile, straight ahead, the hollywood elite going after the electoral college in their quest to deny

president-elect donald trump a trip to the white house. >> can make a difference. >> by voting your conscience on december 19th. >> in the next hour, you're going to meets one elector who is not backing down. >> it's a picture of hard work. this teenager is a chick-fil-a employee still ringing up customers despite being injured in a car crash and the reason why he's still working. it's going to inspire you even more. he's going to join us live, next. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine.

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a chick fail -- filet employee ringing up customers despite being injured in a car crash. the indiana native, 18 years old, that picture gone viral and for good reason. >> he joins us now with his incredible story. good morning. >> good morning. >> we shared your story yesterday and our viewers loved your story, you embody hard work and you are a good person. how did your story go viral? >> i was working and a camera took a photo of me and he posted it on facebook and later that day or later that night, it just starts to blow up and it went viral. >> it did go viral, and he put that image up because you told him why -- he said what are you doing at work? you should be at home and what did you say? >> i said i'm getting money so i can pay regular bills like a teen does, phone bill, to get a

car and also to feed the homeless this christmas. >> that's right. he was so struck by the story he set up a go fund me page and the goal was $2,500. we can go to the site right now. you are now at close to $30,000. that people all across the country are calling in to help you feed the homeless this holiday season. >> what's your reaction to that? almost $30,000? >> i'm very blessed and grateful to have this opportunity. thank you for everyone that has been giving and supporting me, and it's just mind blowing and i'm truly grateful for it. >> you know, you were involved in this car accident, the other person hit your car that you were riding in. i know you said you just wanted to go to work to make some money and to help feed the homeless. where does that sense of responsibility come from? the good work ethic. >> it came from my parents.

when i was around 7 years old, they always made sure i was staying on top of myself and having church on sundays we would go downtown to feed the home ms and it just happened there with my parents. >> i know your parents are so proud of you. what is your message to other teenagers that are watching this morning? >> just to always be a blessing to someone and we all go through different battles, so lean on one another and have compassion for one another. >> that's great. now you are in high school, and i know you've got an eye on the future. what would you like to do later on in life? >> i would like to be an evangelist and spreading my faith and the gospel and i want to work with young teens in leadership. >> fantastic. i think through the magic of television right now there are millions of people who are watching your message and they are all going i like that kid, he's a great example. >> what are you going to do with the money? i know you said you are going to help other people?

are you going to have to homeless or half to college or what do you think? >> all the money right now is going to the homeless. i'm going to be buying food, clothing and visiting them multiple times continuously throughout the years to help them and feed them. >> well, you are going to be blessed. when you help other people, god blesses you. >> i was looking at the go fund me page and most of these contributions are $5, $25. if folks would like to go to jakeem anderson tyler's go fund me page, which he did not set up. somebody who walked into chick-fil-a set it up. go to fox and friends.com because we've got a link to his go fund me page. >> not only do we love you, this guy loves some chick-fil-a. >> there's one across the street. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. he's awesome. coming up, she's a

"fox & friends" weekend co-host but before she take the curvy couch, abby huntsman is overcoming her fear of heights. >> there's no door on that helicopter!

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we're not respected now, and, believe me, it's going to turn. but to be a strong nation, we must also be a wealthy or a rich nation. some people say, mr. trump, now they say mr. president-elect, can you believe it? can you believe this? just call me donald, folks. ♪ her which i, pennsylvania is where he was yesterday. his thank you tour is wrapping up this weekend on saturday, orlando today. thank you, america, for giving me this great job. >> he's going to alabama. >> that's right. >> he's making his way around the country thanking all of you who voted for him. >> absolutely. of course, the news has been over the last couple of weeks the man who is famous for saying you are fired now famous for saying you are hired as he

stocks the cabinet. he's doing his best to try to find qualified people to do the business of the people of the united states, starting third week in january, and yesterday they were stacked to the rafters at the giant center there at hershey, pennsylvania, the candy town, and you know what, the message was clear, there are some people in this country who didn't vote for me but as president i'm going to be the president of everybody. >> we will heal our divisions and unify our country. we will be a unified country again! when americans are unified, there is nothing we cannot do. no task is too great. no dream too large. no goal beyond our reach. my message tonight is for all americans, from all parties, all beliefs, all walks of life, whether you are

african-american, hispanic american, or asian american, or whatever the hell you are, remember that we are all americans! and we are all united by one shared destiny. usa! usa! usa! >> he's got the job. he's pointing out what's right. >> the war of words over reports of russian involvement in the presidential election continuing. >> mr. trump obviously knew that russia was engaged in malicious cyber activity that was helping him and hurting secretary clinton's campaign, and, again, these are all facts that are not in dispute. >> when kellyanne conway saw

that for the first time yesterday she went off the charts. our next guest, cia john brennan is the only one asserting russia's involvement and he's getting that straight from the president. >> joining us is author edward klein who is author of "guilty as sin." tell us about john brennan but he's allowing anyone to testify in front of the house to talk about it. >> james comey, the director of the fbi called donald trump said there is no credible evidence that vladimir putin or any other russian intended to throw the election to donald trump. the only person saying that is john brennan at the cia. >> the intel community, they all look at the same stuff and they have got analysts who interpret

it different ways. does you don't know brennan -- does john brennan who runs the cia, is there any suggestion that this is a political hit job? >> well, you know the interesting thing is what james comey believes and what he told the president-elect that he believes that john brennan has politicized the cia the same way that eric holder politicized the justice department. >> which is unbelievable. the big question is how do you know that? you know that james comey called donald trump. >> that i know. i know that from very good sources that they had this conversation not once but several conversations. >> we know the national intelligence director said we don't know the russians hack. and yesterday, they were saying it goes all the way up to vladimir putin.

huge difference. >> there's a huge difference between the cia and fbi whose job by the way is counterespionage in this, countercyber attacks. that's what the fbi does. over whether there was any intention, and comey doesn't believe that there was any intention. now, he's not saying there wasn't hacking. because there has been hacking but he doesn't believe for a second that why he said to the president-elect would vladimir putin prefer donald trump who is going to build up our navy, build up our army, is a tough guy, why would you prefer him over hillary clinton, who is just going to continue this passive obama foreign policy? it doesn't make my sense. >> what happens to john brennan when president-elect donald trump does get into office? because his voters don't like this guy. >> that's right. i don't think john brennan will survive donald trump. >> oh, he's not.

he's going to be out. pompeo is coming in. he was at the trump tower yesterday. meanwhile, josh earnest doubled down. this is after he doubled down, donald trump took note. hopped on the stage and weaved this into his speech. >> american tax dollars were used on nonprofits, one voice, and these other groups, they spent $350,000 that was traced but there's other money that's fungible, where they were building a voter database, organizing, ultimately became a super pac took in millions of dollars of campaign contributions much from american democrats and obama supporters that was run by jeremy bird who was the obama for america political director and one goal of the super pac was to defeat prime minister netanyahu. he was trying to defeat the government of our strongest opponent -- i mean, our strongest ally. >> that's the sound bite we're going to show you a little bit

later. that is him essentially saying this is barack obama, hardcore proof that barack obama was meddling in a foreign election. that was israel's election. >> yes. now he's saying the president who by the way is saying i'm going to get along with this new president-elect, mr. comey, he and i are going to talk on the phone and do -- but behind the scenes obama and hillary and that whole left wing group are trying to delegitimatize the new president-elect. >> sure, that was clear. it started with the recount. that doesn't work. then they moved on to the russian thing. you say, ed, that apparently brennan who has in your estimation political sized the cia. >> absolutely. >> he's taken his marching orders from barack obama. >> from barack obama, yes. >> i couldn't say like josh ernest. >> yes. >> so in public the president -- >> is saying one thing. >> rising above the shabbiness

and he's got his hench men out. >> this has not stopped donald trump. we're not going to run it? >> what donald trump did last night, he called josh earnest foolish, but if josh earnest is just following his boss's orders. >> job earnest is not saying that the president of the united states doesn't want him to say, obviously. >> what does this suggest going forward, the relationship between the soon-to-be former president and the new president donald trump is going to be like? because barack obama is going to live in washington. >> the worse conspiracy may be too strong of a word. we know that michael moore is organizing street demonstrations in inauguration day. >> he wants to force donald trump indoors. >> number one. >> we know soros, tom steyer, black lives matter, move on.org, you name it, they are going to do what i would call a vietnam

era street demonstration against donald trump for the next four years. >> do you think donald trump cares? is that going to make a difference? >> i think it gets his irish up. >> i agree. i agree. >> we're going to see if security is going to allow that to happen. i doubt it. >> ed klein said john brennan, the cia guy, is behind these rumors. >> thank you, ed. let's head it over to heather. breaking news right now. another police officer shot in the line of duty. officers were responding to reports of shots fired in a neighborhood north of seattle. the gunman barricading himself inside a house and firing on police officers for hours. one officer was nearly 30 years on the job was shot in the back of the head. he is 61 years old and a father of three. now, we know he just came out of surgery. he's in serious condition but he is stable at this hour. the 44-year-old gunman is now in

custody. two other suspects are being questioned at this hour. we will continue to monitor that police officer's condition as we go throughout the morning. >> two planes, two birds, and two near disasters. watch. that happening on board an allegiant flight out of chicago, packed with more than 160 people when a bird hit that plane, probably sucked into the engine and it sent sparks flying. the pilot landed safely taking off for florida in another plane. and another bird strike forced a plane to turn around. that plane also landed safely. that can be so scary. the widow of a shooter is

petitioning to change her son's last name. mateen was killed by s.w.a.t. officers after he slaughtered 49 people at the pulse nightclub in june. and an air force dad surprised his little girl for christmas. he was secretly waiting behind the scenes, asking -- as old saint nick asked the five-year-old what she wanted under the tree. close your eyes and wish with all your heart that you want your daddy home. >> da-da! >> he was stationed in korea. he wasn't supposed to be home in las vegas until the summer but now he's home in time for christmas. what can be better when you have little kids at home? congratulations. dad, dad, just in time. >> i like the way she just turned dad. >> it's so cute. coming up, are you a bad

person if you want to spend more time raising your kids? trump adviser kellyanne conway being accused of that. >> mom shaming. it's terrible. celebrities are going after the electoral college to keep trump out of the white house. >> you and 36 other republican electors can make a difference. >> by voting your conscience on december 19th. >> why is holiday trying to -- hollywood trying to undercut the election? we'll tell you why in a few minutes. mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles.

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the electoral college was created specifically to prevent an unfit candidate from becoming president. >> there are 538 members of the electoral college. you. >> and just 36 other conscience shus electors. >> can vote your kbs. >> even though you cast your vote, liberal celebrities, i think, begging electors to vote

against donald trump in 2008. can you imagine if if they did in this 2008? we're joined by brian. are you stunned at the push to oust trump after he won? >> absolutely, i'm stunned. i'm truly surprised that so many celebrities feel that they are smarter than the american people. ultimately the people of michigan elected me and 15 other republican electors to represent them and ie fully intend to support donald trump and michael pence in the electoral college. >> and have you felt pressure not to? >> have i felt pressured not to support donald trump? >> yeah. have you gotten calls, emails, threats? >> oh, my gosh. i've received just 250 letters yesterday, yesterday alone i received 250 letters urging me

not to support donald trump on a daily basis i receive over a thousand emails saying you know what, hillary clinton won the national popular vote, so you should vote for hillary clinton in the electoral college. unfortunately, that's not the way our republic works. we as a country elect representatives to represent us in the electoral college and ultimately i intend to fully support donald trump and michael pence. >> you are going to go against celebrities. they are famous. they must know everything? >> you know, celebrities are not smarter than the american people. i don't care how many celebrities think they are. they are not smarter than the american people and the people of michigan. >> do you feel as i feel, the a.p. did a whole survey to try to contact electors most of them had their cage rattled but only one of them is considering on going against their mandate which is to vote for the person they are supposed to vote for? so do you think on december 19th anything under handed is going to happen or do you see it coming off with him getting over

300 electoral votes which he earned? >> i hope not. i took a pro active approach and i founded electors for trump.com to urge them to send letters, to send emails, to send facebook viegses to my fellow republican electors so that they will know that they are supported. i know that donald trump won the election, but we are being bombarded with letters and emails, and it's almost overwhelming sometimes. so if you are a donald trump and michael pence supporter, please go to electors for trump tractor-trailer -- trump.com and encourage them to hold the cause. >> brian fairbrother, he's looking past thousands of people telling him not to. he's going to go ahead and cast his vote for donald trump. >> thanks. straight ahead, many of our veterans not getting my help from the va, so this morning we're stepping in. army veteran pete hegseth is

here to answer your questions about the va. email him right now. and abby huntsman is afraid of heights. what did we do? we send her up in a helicopter with no doors. abby joins us to tell us why we would do that and hopefully won't sue it us. free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

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i don't know what she's up to, but it's not good. can't the world be my noodles and butter? get your mind out of the gutter. mornings are for coffee and contemplation. that was a really profound observation. you got a mean case of the detox blues. don't start a war you know you're going to lose. finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. headlines for you this morning. kellyanne conway attacked for wanting to raise her children. a writer who works at refinery 29 saying this it's totally fine if she wants to make her children top priority right now but it seem as if conway doesn't think any mother would work in

the white house. >> she suggested it's not right for her. called the p.c. police. using the word ninja apparently makes people feel bad. >> true. >> tax start-ups and other employers are using the word ninja in job listings and according to this -- they put this video up -- one forbes contributor says it's sexist. she says the word is masculine and it will keep women from applying for the job. women want to be ninjas too. >> whatever that means. >> an birk huntsman is joining "fox & friends" weekend as the official co-host. >> hannity tried to claim it. >> she makes her debut on the curvy couch tomorrow morning. first, we wanted to show everyone at home just how determined abby is literally to take her career to new heights.

>> so abby, to her credit, we're working on a story to use technology to address fears and she said oh, my gosh i have a fear of heights like you can't believe so next thing she knows we're in a helicopter. >> in a helicopter with no coors -- doors on it. wawns we got up there, i even told you that, i was having a panic attack, and you can't really swallow and you might die at any moment. >> the video we've been showing, it is your -- you are literally on top of all these skyscrapers. >> this is in new york city, because it's called blade and fly nion. it's phenomenal if you are not afraid of heights. if you have a fear of heights, this is the ultimate terror and abby was very courageous to embrace, had bruises to my arm and look what happened when we put this technology to the test.

♪ >> so you know that we're going to go up in a helicopter and we get a chance to do two things. one, address what it is that's really grabbing at you, the fear of heights, and then two, it is the idea of getting the ultimate instagram shot from a helicopter, what better spot than to be hovering over the statue of liberty or freedom tower. >> i'm scared. i've always been in scared of heights. i didn't sleep last night because i knew i was going to go on this helicopter without any doors. >> i'm here to assure you that it's very safe and this is one step toward a goal of overcoming your fear of heights. ♪ you are right now in the blade lounge on the west side and we have a partnership with experts

and doors off helicopters, flynon. >> we have audiences of people that want great photography and experiences. we shorten the distance for the ability to do that. you are wearing a harness and anything you have is harnessed to you. >> doors out, no seats. no harness. >> i better not be dangling out of this thing. it gets real. >> i'm so ready. i'm so ready. where are the doors? guys, here we go. >> look at that. we are above the empire state building. that's pretty incredible. i can't believe i'm doing this

right now. i honestly can't believe i'm doing this. aahhh! >> here comes freedom tower. this is where you want to be where you grab your phone. >> i don't know if i can do that. >> we're going right 0 over it. >> i don't know if i can do that. >> here we go. >> oh, i did it. i did it! >> pretty amazing. >> it feels so good when you do it, when you realize you've conquered a fear. there's something so powerful to that. i feel like i can do anything now. almost anything. >> you did exceptionally well. i was surprised. i thought you were going to freak out, especially when the helicopter went -- and you went ahhh! >> so are you no longer afraid of heights? >> i wish.

you are so happy you did it, but i don't know if i can go up again. >> i think you could. it really is tapping into the technology, using the numbers, getting into your annualytical mind. you can do a virtual reality addressing that. >> that's a hot thing with christmas. >> fear of heights app. it's totally free. >> it's so windy up there. >> you should wear lace shoes. they put a leash on your phone. i will tell you when you good to the grand canyon and you see something spectacular, this does that. >> new york city above is beautiful. >> she was awesome. you did a great job. i'm proud of you. >> ainsley said what do you do when you throw up in there? >> you need liquid courage to do it and what if you got sick? >> no, afterwards, we did do a

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shirt too. >> we got keith and ken right there. >> they are always together. >> they are always together. >> they are excellent bowlers and there's some of the behind scenes people who are also great bowlers. >> that's right. and these are all the people that do all the work for us. they come in light at midnight. they come in earlier than that and start working on the show. >> not these guys, but other people. >> rob o'neill, major dan rooney and pete hegseth who is an excellent bowler. >> of course, he has to be an excellent bowler because he's from minnesota. >> steve, one bowling ball is not enough for you. >> where did you get that vest. >> that's actually his jersey, his shirt. >> look how we're dressed, ho, ho, ho. >> it's take your ugly sweater to work today. >> it has become a holiday tradition. we all embrace the ugly sweater. are you in need of one of these? >> if you are, brian miller is

the owner of team ugly. he has exactly what you need. how would you describe that get up? >> we call this santa boss. >> there's no such thing as clash. >> it would be the one time in life, someone go out to you and say that's ugly and you go thanks. >> one day of a year it's a compliment. >> you designed this sweater, right? >> yes. >> have you seen this one? it's jesus taking a selfie. or joseph taking a selfie when baby jesus is born. >> it's called a christmas selfie. am i allowed to say that this is ugly because jesus is in the picture. >> you can go to confession. >> where did the suggestly sweater phenomenon get a start? >> canada. >> we think it's from canada.

>> my mom has been wearing these for 30 years. she didn't think it was ugly. >> my grandmother wore one. >> what makes the sweater ugly? >> janice has done a great job of showing it. it's three dimensional and it has sound. >> you can't be in a bad mood if you are wearing one of them. >> business is great because people all across the country embrace ugly sweaters and suits as well. >> stand up, steve. >> this is called an awful suit. >> it actually fits. >> are you going to wear that for christmas eve? >> absolutely. >> it might even fall off the truck. >> i didn't know if i could look this ugly. >> it's the latest trend. >> we have that one person in our family that would totally rock this and he would walk in

the room. my mom would freakin' love it. she loves my baby brother more than any of us. he would totally pull this off. >> i want to get keith here. >> we all love him more than anyone else. we all took care of him. >> team ugly. >> for people you don't know what to get something for and they are a big sports fan, this is a chicago bears sweater. >> you've got a wide selection and here's the good news if you would like an ugly sweater or suit for christmas, it's not too late, right? >> no, it's not too late. all the teams and suits we can get shipped out of north carolina in two days. >> what's the website? >> ugly christmas sweater party.com. >> so many families go to church

on christmas eve. wouldn't it be hilarious if people in church wore one of these? >> god has a sense of humor. >> yours at least. the happiest manger stair -- stayers we have ever met. >> ugly christmas sweater party.com. >> keep in mind that is ugly. you are wearing an ugly sweater but can you could -- do the news? >> yes, i can. a couple news headlines to bring you right now. a terrifying moment caught on camera. a school bus out of control on an icy road with children on board. >> uh-oh. >> oh, oh, oh, look-out, look-out! doesn't that just make you nervous watching that? the bus driver unable to navigate the slick roads in an oregon neighborhood during a snowstorm. thankfully, no one was hurt.

a fox news alert now. nearly 10,000 of our first responders mistakenly exposed to the deadly poison ricin according to usa today. it happened at a facility in alabama. the facility is blaming a mix-up with a stronger version of ricin. city council members voting unanimously rejecting a mosque in a residential neighborhoods. but now the feds are filing a discrimination lawsuit and guess who is footing the bill? we are. they are protesting the plan because of traffic congestion, but it's claimed it is anti muslim bias. thank you for bringing by the sweaters. >> thank you for being good sports and wearing them. >> we don't have anything

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news poll who don't want to see hillary clinton pardoned by president obama. it's for her use as private email server as secretary of state. remember that. next, 748, that's how many like the "fox & friends" facebook page needs to hit 2 million. so tell all your friends to like us on facebook right now, please, and thank you. finally, number one. >> that's us. fox news channel crowned the most watched basic cable station on network television on cable in 2016. our station getting its biggest audiences ever in both prime time and total day and we thank all of you for helping. >> never did that before. >> never. >> unbelievable. >> it's because you all look so good in your christmas suits. >> it could be. it's just speculation at this point. >> problems at the va we've been telling you about and they continue. what are some of the issues veterans want immediately addressed? we have somebody here who is focusing on that. >> we brought in pete hegseth to talk about that. he joins us now to answer your

questions. we have some veterans questions for you. >> you brought me in after the christmas party which is double duty. >> i will say he's a very good bowler. first up, the question is this from robby? >> how will the va combat corruption and avoid awarding bonuses to executives who do not meet targeted objectives? >> so much of that requires transparency. if the public knows how hospitals are performing and what the wait times for veterans at those hospitals, the pressure of the reality of a bad facility and a good facility is -- it comes on the va. so you've got to know how well they are performing and then hold people accountable and have the tools to hold them accountable. to fire them if they are not performing and not giving them a bonus if -- >> but there's going to be over sight. >> right now, it's a default bonus, no matter what. it has to be based on whether or not you are performing and your facility is performing. that's not a difficult thing to

do. >> yesterday, we were talking about the fact that the va has a secret system of rating facilities that nobody knows about. >> the phoenix va director who had a one star is still getting a bonus! that can't be the case. you have to have a standard. the top level are not unionized but the vast majority are. >> sofia asked this. my husband is currently deployed overseas and has spent 25 years defending the country. how is the va going to improve health care for him and his family when he retires? tricare needs some work on its programs. >> tricare is the military system and does get thumbs up from a lot of people, including me who used tricare for a long time. >> when you were in. >> when i was in and when i was in the national guard. that's the type of system the va should have. the ability to go to a va facility or in tricare i went to a private provider. i chose the doctor i wanted to go to. that's the idea of what the va should have. go to the va if you want to or go to a private provider with a card that says the government is going to pay for this,

regardless of where i go. >> that would be great. >> it's been done before in other places like tricare. there's no reason why va can't. opponents say you want to privatize it and shut it down. that's not true. we want to give a veteran a choice like tricare. >> absolutely. alan asked this, what will you do about the corrupt unions that continue to play politics and use intimidation tactics to keep all corruption issues quiet? >> take them on. the union at the va is the afge. they don't like me because we've been taking them on for years, calling them out for the fact they protect the status quo. it's one thing to protect your workers and that's fine. i get why unions exist, but when you protect corrupt workers or criminal workers or workers who aren't doing their job, you become the problem. so you got to sit down with them and say we're going to fire people who deserve to be fired. change the civil service laws. >> they are going to you the legal. >> they are going to personally assault people going back to them.

that's how they operate. donald trump is willing to fight back. you have to change those civil service laws so you can fire people who right now can't be fired. >> from firing to hiring, we saw famously you yesterday being escorted upstairs through the golden elevators, how did your third job interview go with president-elect trump? >> he's going to be an amazing president. i truly believe that. he's authentic. we had a good conversation. it's up to him. not me. so i will happily not comment but i'm grateful to be considered. >> i know scott brown and dwo others are listed to be considered. did he do a compare and contrast? >> no. >> you are not going to answer it? >> we had a good conversation and it's up to him, people say to me we hope he gets the position. we will be sad to have you leave fox. >> i don't want to leave fox. >> you served our country and we

thank you so much. if you had a moment to fix it, how would you pass that up? >> exactly. >> peter, thanks so much. >> as steve said, you are a very good bowler. >> that's the important part. >> please don't hit my thigh again. >> the latest "star wars" movie is out today, "rogue one." >> look at that! >> it's a "star wars" suit! >> hey, kevin! ♪ my friends think doing this at my age is scary. i say not if you protect yourself. what is scary? pneumococcal pneumonia. it's a serious disease. my doctor said the risk is greater now that i'm over 50! yeah...ya-ha... just one dose of the prevnar 13® vaccine can help protect you from pneumococcal pneumonia- an illness that can cause coughing, chest pain, difficulty breathing,

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no doubt about it. it's one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year.

>> if the empire has this kind of power, what chance do we have? >> we have hope. >> rebellions are built on hope. >> the latest installment in the "star wars" saga, rogue one begins today. should you see it? >> let's talk to kevin mccarthy. i love the original "star wars" trilogy, i don't know if i'm up for the new batch. >> i'm a 31-year-old man wearing this amazing suit, reviewing a "star wars" movie. this is the craziest thing ever. "rogue one" is opening today in theaters. here's the thing, this actually takes place right before the first "star wars" film, episode 4. in 1977 when that film came out, this is about the rebell yons who take the death star and that

leads into episode 4. i'm telling you right now there is a two-minute scene in this film that was so mind blowing that i would watch it on a loop for 20 hours. this scene in my opinion is the best scene this character has had in a "star wars" movie. the action is amazing. the biggest problem is the middle section and the script at times don't live up to the overall product but the first and third act are so fantastic, it's not as good as "the force awakens" but it really does work. >> we saw on megyn kelly that they change the ending when donald trump won the election. is this true? do you sense any political overtones or undertones? >> no. this movie has been in the works for a long, long time. i don't think there's any way that the election is anywhere in this movie. i think this movie has been in the works for a while for years. it's a phenomenal film from an action standpoint.

any "star wars" fan will be geeking out about the ending scene. do not waste your money in 3-d or i max. it's not worth it. i am seeing it again on saturday. >> kevin, you are a self-proclaimed nerd. how many nerd tears are you giving this? >> i was crying nerd tears the entire time. i gave it a four out of five. highly recommend seeing that and by the way, real fast, the golden globe nominations came out this week, there are four films you have to say. "hacksaw ridge" brilliant, la-la-land, and hell or high water. >> kevin mccarthy gave it 4 out of 5 stars. >> post those movie titles on your twitter. i don't remember them all. i want to see them. >> kevin mccarthy tv, i'll put them on there. >> when we come, colin

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you the american people will finally be in charge again! we will be a unified country again! the forgotten men and women of our country will not be forgotten anymore! remember that. you sure as hell weren't forgotten on election day, huh? but there's a difference before the election and after the election. before the election, you people are like wild beasts, wild animals. we're going to win, we're going to win, mr. trump. we're going to win. they are screaming jail, jail, jail, prison. they are screaming we want a wall. we're going to build a wall,

don't worry about it. now the crowds are amazing. in other words, you've won and you feel great about it. ♪ >> live from student grow e -- studio e in the heart of mid town manhattan, rockefeller center, decked out for christmas. as you know, 8:00 in the east, every friday, geraldo rivera joins us. >> i love the energy and optimism of the president-elect. you have to figure 40% of the country is delighted with his victory. 20% is mildly optimistic and 40% are skeptics but with that incredible energy, he's going nonstop for a year and a half. where does he get it? put ago side the substance of some of the policies, this is a time to celebrate. >> we have no policies. we have people. there's a lot of interesting meetings going on over the last four or five weeks.

>> they haven't called you or me yet. >> save the best for last. i think we're going to help pack up once he goes to washington. >> we'll go to the trump store and get those trump hats. >> absolutely. for $175. >> we will mark them down. >> you like what you are seeing right now? are you more optimistic that he's going to do a great job or are you less optimistic? >> that's an excellent question and i haven't quite given myself the gauge yet. let me, as i ruminate it right now, i think i'm basically positive and i'm optimistic. there are some things we have to clean up. i think we have to investigate the russian hacking. i think that's a reality. i think that we have to clean up some of our own internal politics. i love what he said substantively going forward in syria, creating safe zones for the displaced sunni muslims fleeing aleppo.

real news, the u.s. will support safe zones and i think that's a great idea. i love that we're going to work hand in hand with the russians in that reme, that's not scary. >> who is not going to work hand in hand? we're not even speaking to them. >> well, we're not yet. i mean -- >> he's not president yet. >> we don't know yet, but certainly on january 21st we'll be speaking with them. >> women and children, buried them alive. >> brian, i have to say this about aleppo. the united states policy has been disastrous since the arab spring. we disrupted -- we helped dislodge, we helped unsettle the entire region with naive thoughts about they are going to be western-style democrats like us. they are going to have representation in government and all the rest of it. it's all going to be couple buy i can't. look what happened. we have total chaos.

displaced refugees. the last thing in syria is assad to win. that's the reality. >> we want to get your reaction. julian assange was saying the hacking -- the leaking. >> it was an insider leak. >> did not, did not come from russia. listen what he said to russia. >> our source is not the russian government. >> let me be clear. russia did not give you the podesta documents or anything from the dnc? >> that's correct. >> can you confirm whether or not you have information involving hacked info from the rnc? >> we received about three pages of information to do with the rnc and trump, but it was already public. >> so while everybody is in the mainstream media, legacy media talking about you got to investigate this russian hack job, mr. wikileaks himself said

look, we didn't get it through russia. we got it as an insider leak from somebody else. >> this is the classic case of not contradicting someone who is saying something that you want to be true. i wouldn't believe that alleged rapist if he told me today was friday. he is a bum. he's in hiding in the -- in the embassy in ecuador to avoid charges on sexual assault and we're going to listen to this guy. absolutely, i don't know. >> what has he told us so far that's been wrong? >> i don't know who hacked what. all i know is i want the truth. there's only one truth. there's facts that lead to truth. the only way to get from that journey from facts to truth is to investigate. and to not want to investigate because you are afraid of the conclusion is bizarre and absurd. i want that investigated and i want loretta lynch meeting with bill clinton on the tarmac in phoenix airport investigated also. >> well, loretta lynch herself yesterday revealed that there was no technical evidence that russia did hack. what's interesting is --

>> that i believe. >> they didn't change from a thou to 1,owe 05. >> ed kline was with us earlier. he said mr. comey over at the fbi called mr. trump, said there's no evidence. listen to this. >> james comey, the director of the fbi, called donald trump and he said there is no credible evidence that vladimir putin or any other russian intended to throw the election to donald trump, and that the only person in the entire intelligence community who is saying that is john brennan at the cia. >> i'm not a big fan of ed klein. i think he's a palimicist and

not an investigator. i say this. marco rubio. marco rubio he's not like lindsey graham or even john mccain, god bless him. they are, you know, they have their own agendas. marco rubio i think is a centerist. the reason i came out. the one public endorsement i made in the election is marco rubio. why? aside from the fact that i worked with him with the pulse nightclub and all the rest, so his wonderful -- his constituent service and how pained he was by that and other things. one of things that he said that really resonated and i want everybody to remember what he said. he said i'm not using a single sentence of any of those wikileaks about the democrats, however damaging it is to the democrats. why? because today it's the democrats. tomorrow it could be the republicans. and i think that that's what we have -- we have to be for truth, and especially us on this couch

because we have so much power here. we have to be for the truth. >> sure. >> this is a tough thing and i know you got this huge journalistic background. you can be a professor at columbia tomorrow. if the stuff is real and helps a voter makes a decision, how i got the stuff is the question you got to ask yourself. no one doubts that debbie wasserman shultz was in cahoots to destroy bernie sanders. what they gave us was real. how they got it was not palatable. >> i agree with everything you just said. let me say this. if russia now has the ability to go into our internet and pry and pry loose whatever they want to to serve their short term or long term strategic goal. that is war. that is war. >> acknowledge it. we knew about it a year ago, we did nothing. >> we didn't do nearly enough. >> blame obama. >> i blame him but i also understand the jam he was in.

he didn't want to come down and say oh, they are throwing it to hillary. [ voices overlapping ] >> you are the only people that were right in the country. >> and eric, don't get him mad at you. >> you have a situation where the internet has become everything. it wasn't that way when i started in this business. if you can't trust the internet, and all of the promise of the internet in commerce and communication in running dams and electrical grids and this and cars and this and that. if russia has the ability to mess with us, and they do because even my son with a computer in the basement could do it if he works hard enough at it and him and his buddies have been at it for 20 years. this is unsettling to the entire civilized world. >> did you see the psa of all

the celebrities reaching out to all the electoral voters pleading with them to change their votes? what -- watch a little clip of this. >> don't be embarrassed to tear up if you do. >> we just tossed it. >> are we going to play it? >> the electoral college was created specifically to prevent awn fit candidate from becoming president. there are 538 members of the electoral college. you and just 36 other republican electors can make a difference by voting your conscience on december 19th and thereby the shaping the future of our nation. >> i have no idea who most of those people are. >> i only recognize one or two. >> if you watch the psa. >> they convinced me. >> it's like people were in denial as trump marched to the nomination. they were in denial when he won the -- with all the silly recounts. >> they can't accept it. >> they have to get over it. trump is the president. give trump a chance. let's be optimistic and energetic going into next year. >> what did you say?

>> shouldn't he change the electoral votes? >> we don't know if russia did anything to impact the election, however, ultimately, wasn't it hillary who lost the election rather than -- >> at any the russians. it was her! >> the thing is, steve, you have to confront a couple of realities. if russia hacked it, they changed a couple of votes. james comey with the i've got weiner's emails now. >> we know. >> there's going to be an investigation. [ voices overlapping ] >> i think we've got to -- we've got to -- if we don't have cyber security, the future for our children -- [ voices overlapping ] >> what if the koreans do it next? >> what if they get a computer program that launches one of our missiles? >> billions we spend on security, you would think we could prevent that. >> i'm going to africa.

>> now we're going over to heather. >> you can bring home a lion. >> have a great christmas. breaking news to bring you right now. a very serious story. another police officer shot in the line of duty. officers in washington state responding to shots fired in a neighborhood just north of seattle. the gunman, a violent and well-known offender barricading himself inside a home, firing at police for hours. one police officer, nearly 30 years on the job was shot in the back of the head. he is 61 years old and a father of three. now, we are told he just came out of surgery, and he is in stable condition at this hour but his condition is considered to be serious. that 44-year-old gunman is now in cud. -- in custody. two other companies -- two other suspects are being questioned at this hour. chaos over republican-backed bills leading to arrests in a

north carolina state legislature. protesters rallying against newly enacted laws that limit the incoming governor roy cooper. he takes office on january 1st. and rocky goes to washington? sylvester stallone may have a brand-new role but we're not talking movies. president-elect donald trump wants sylvester stallone to chair the national endowment for the arts. the agency funds aspiring creative projects, all that stuff. u.s. sources earlier this year told variety magazine i love donald trump and those are your headlines. that makes him expendable in hollywood. >> what is is in your coffee today? you are just like screaming out! >> he's excited it's friday. coming up, it's a classless

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baby, it's cold outside. extreme weather, bone-chilling temperatures and white-outs from oregon to new york state. heavy snow and grounding thousands of flights throughout the upper midwest. >> watch. this school bus full of kids slides out of control in an oregon neighborhood. listen to this. >> the bus is sliding too. oh, oh, oh. look out, look out, look out! >> that's not a movie. >> no. everyone is okay. no one was hurt. the kids on the bus are doing fine. janice dean is tracking that arctic blast. >> have you ever been in a situation where your car starts to move like that? >> i grew up in canadian where we used to have freezing rain and ice and-size to -- it's so

terrifying when you are driving in those conditions. how are you guys doing in the cold right now? >> great. >> you got to huddle up together. we're into single digits and teens and with the windchill below zero. it's cold. you want to make sure you are bundle up. the big story is the winter storm that's going to affect millions of people, 38 out of 48 -- 38 out of 48 states. oh, my gosh. my brain is frozen, are under some kind of winter weather advisory so that's the problem here. you are going to have cancellations and delays so the bottom line is make sure that you are checking with your air carrier and if you are traveling, you are listening to your local forecasters. do you guys want to say anything to anybody at home? >> merry christmas! >> one more thing, birthday? >> happy birthday. >> amy from kentucky. >> and anniversary here, where are you? you are missing your

anniversary? >> happy anniversary, debbie. love you. >> that's so kind. thank you for coming out in the extreme cold. wave to everybody at home. let's all snuggle up. >> whoo! >> you never know when she's going to hug you. >> brian thinks you made up a word that means to be in the dictionary. hugle. >> coming up straight ahead, colin kaepernick disrespects the national anthem and collects millions of dollars from the nfl but what happens if you kneel and say a prayer if you are a high school coach? we'll tell you that story next. and janice dean puts the better brella to the test. when are they leaving?

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as it starts to pour. it drips and makes messes all over the floor and not anymore. the ingenious brel la. you'll always stay dry with no puddles inside. >> that looks like a ingenious plan and an idea for an umbrella. does it really work? >> here to help us is lifestyle expert is nanook of the north. >> it looks too good to be true. >> this is a better brella and the idea it has reverse open-close technology. probably a nasa scientist came up with this. the idea being it's been

reengineered. when you close it, there's a waterproof cone that holds all the water. >>. [ overlapping voices ] >> here we go. >> go ahead and try. up in the air. >> be kind. >> don't shoot the people. >> oh, my gosh, it's raining outside but my better brel la is working. so now i'm running to the car. oh, my goodness, but it's still raining outside. in the normal umbrellas you are going like this all the time. but with the better brella, look at that! >> what do you think? >> i love it. it works really well. >> you are not going to get

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>> i'm picking this one up. >> nice. >> thank you. coming up next, if you guys want to report, go ahead. you guys like bill o'reilly? he's coming up. he's got some new books. he's got a series on saturday. and james patterson is here. >> what happened at the "fox & friends" christmas party? we'll tell you coming up. ♪

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♪ >> you know what that picture says to me, bowling is better with friends? >> it really is. this is our christmas party. it's been such a great year. i can't believe we're at the end of it. >> i know. there's ted and keith. it's hard to tell them apart. >> they are always together.

>> they are. these are some of the behind-the-scenes producers. helping make us the number one cable news show. >> they do a fantastic job. >> rob o'neill and dan rooney and pete hegseth. coming up at the conclusion of the program, before the festivities ended it was a shoot-off -- a shoot-out between pete hegseth and me to see who could knock down the most pins. >> who won? >> you are going to find out in ten minutes. >> there's video? >> there's video. one of our bosses, she is the best bowler. she looked so cute doing it in

her boots with high heels on them. >> can you be cute and a good bowler? i thought you had to make a choice. >> she's teeny tiny, you know how the bowlers put that back leg to the side, and she looked great. >> does she look great or bowl great? >> she bowled great. perfect package. >> plus bill o'reilly and james patterson. >> they look great. >> we don't know if they are good bowlers, but we know heather nauert. >> we all look a little tired, did you notice that in those pictures? it was a late night for us. steve, by the way, you were awfully strong to hold up two bowling balls like that. >> strength of ten men. good morning, everybody. i've got a couple headlines to bring you. you have a few extra days to sign up for obamacare after the majority of states extended their deadline until the 19th of december. unfortunately, that will not affect price of premiums.

they will still go up. the average cost skyrocketing by 22%. that puts the average person on the hook for an extra $75 to $300 a month. a frightening new report as illegal immigration reaches a record high in the move of -- month of november. border patrol agents say they have caught 15,000 immigrants traveling as families. 7,000 without parents. it's a 44% increase from last year. a fox news alert right now. nearly 10,000 of our first responders mistakenly exposed to the deadly poison ricin. that's according to usa today. it happened at a terror response training facility, fema's center for domestic preparedness in alabama over the past five years. they blame a mix up with a stronger version of ricin.

talk about classless. the former "house" lisa edelstein tweeted this. rest in peace allen thike, seems like everyone is checking out before the trump apocalypse. she continued tweeting anti trump posts. >> that's something else. >> that's quite a story. >> fantastic, heather. >> thank you very much. who is that voice off camera? that is james patterson, he and bill o'reilly have written a fantastic new book. >> i know these things. the new book is called "give please a chance." and bill o'reilly is on the phone.

>> what is it like working with james patterson? >> well, it's very difficult. he's temperamental. [ laughter ] . >> you know. >> it's been a blast. >> this is a fairly simple book, steve. i could work with you on that. we wanted to get a message across to children ages 3 to 6 that being polite was a good thing, so you don't get more simple than that and we put together this book with illustrations. it's a beautiful book. >> it's a picture book. >> when i was flipping through it, i was so impressed because every picture has a different illustrator. every page. >> it does. the first one it's a little three or four-year-old holding a dog bigger than he is, very norman rockwell kind of thing.

he says can i keep him, please? the kids are going to learn to say please. >> give please a chance. >> bill, what has happened to -- so many people don't say please or thank you anymore. what happened? >> you know, it's a society that's self-absorbed now and we have a sense of entitlement and then patterson and i are trying to get that out of the normalcy and the way to do that is to say to little kids, look, there's a real up side for being polite, there really is, but the other thing that i wanted to emphasize is that once you get books in the hands of children, this becomes a habit. books become a habit, and that's the key to an education, is to have little children learn to read early and like books. >> ainsley is doing the same thing with her book. >> absolutely. >> i don't think there's a

better gift you can give kids for christmas than a cool book. >> anything that gets them off their phone for five minutes. >> now, they get those phones pretty early. >> bill has had so many youtube -- both of you have had so many successful books. how did you decide to target children? >> target them? >> well, it was patterson's idea, it was jim's idea. he was nice enough to call me about a collaboration. i have to give 100% of the credit to patterson who has done children's books in the past. so have i, but my children's t adolescents about history. this is the first time we've done a little kids book. but it was really jim's idea and the execution he should take the credit for it. >> the average age of our viewers 3 and 6. this is perfect. >> we've got the moms and the grandparents and even teachers -- i think it's a cool book to give a pregnant woman so

you can remind her what she's in for and whof getting kids to sa please. >> she's a year. she's got so many books. it was the best gift. heather gave me a book that her books. i have your book. >> can i read between the lines? can you give her a book? >> i have one. i bought one. i did buy one. >> i got yours yesterday. >> the beauty is christmas is around the corner. a lot of people are looking for book. this is easy to get. all the online retailers have got it. >> we watch "legends and lies" sunday at 8:00. part two. >> it should be a good one. washington, trenton, kicking the butts of the hessans. i appreciate you having me in. >> thanks for coming up from florida. >> get those kids saying please. >> thank you. >> coming up, straith ahead,

colin kaepernick disrespects the national anthem and collects millions from the nfl. so what happens when you are a high school coach and decide to take a knee with your team? well, you get in trouble. that story straight ahead. and her song drinking with dolly is tearing up the charts. >> i go with drinking with dolly ♪ ♪ i pour one for tammy too ♪ >> there she is, there's the band with the tribute to dolly par ton. stay with us. >> stephanie q ux ale snx my heart beats one hundred thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. again! so i can lift even the most demanding weight. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now verified non gmo and gluten free.

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not happy where the american nation is right now. and a florida coach saw his team take a knee for a prayer and he joined them. somebody after this posted this video on the facebook and as it turns out the organization, the freedom from religion foundation, saw that video, and contacted the school and said, hey, that coach can't take part in kneeling. keep in mind, it was a student-led prayer. he wasn't leading it. he wasn't praying that we could tell. all we know is he knelt. >> the school board said the act of reverence is against the law. the act of reverence. you can't be be . the coach can't participate in the prayer. what has this world come to, guys? >> listen, compare the two stories. danielle said this, this is so ridiculous, we need freedom of religion and speech back in our schools. >> bonnie has he has take knee

in prayer as anyone taking a knee in protest. >> angelina says praying these hi pock country sis will end with the trump administration. and if you want to see something, you want to see guys pray, go to the end of any sports game. in the nfl, both teams get together, most nba, same thing. in public. >> the bigger thing is prayer keeps a lot of people out of trouble and reminds you to give credit where credit is due. you take that out of schools? what do you have a bunch of self-indulge kids. >> to bring up as brian started it with colin kaepernick, would that coach be in trouble to take a knee to protest the national anthem. >> coming up, her new song

"drinking with dolly" is burning up the charts. >> stephanie quayle is joining us next. bill hemmer. >> on a friday, scott brown on the cabinet still to fill. senator ron johnson with a hack. nut beginning -- newt gingrich, and the dow 20,000, is today the day? martha and i will see you in 12 minutes, top of the hour here in americas newsroom.

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♪ pour one for tammy too >> she's taking country music by storm. she's climbing up the charts alongside some of the biggest stars in country music. >> her brand-new single involving drinking, "drinking with dolly". >> stefanie quale joins us live. >> if you drank with dolly and a dog, it would be a true country song. >> how did you wind up here? you grew up on a buffalo farm out in montana? >> it's a long road. it was a whole lot of trips to get to nashville. >> lots of work. >> absolutely. >> when was it your dream? >> i was 16 in switzerland on an exchange program and there was a band there that needed a singer. they said come join us. it's the most random crazy. >> what were you doing in switzerland? >> it was my way of running away

legally. learn another language. spend your junior year in switzerland i went back to montana and made my way to west coast and then to nashville. >> dolly par ton could be watching. >> dolly, if you are watching, we love you so very much. this has been great. >> have a drink with her, won't you? >> drinking with dolly. stephanie quayle. snx ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes i think i was born too late, came into the world in the wrong decade ♪ ♪ square if i could i'd go back to the good old days ♪

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♪ >> well, before we leave you today, like to show you highlights from our christmas party yesterday. it was at a bowling alley.

here's the thing. as i was heading out, i had done no better than knock down two pins at a time. pete hegseth and i said, okay, each of us have one ball, let's see who knocks the most down, right? >> let's roll the tape on that. [inaudible conversations]. >> whoo! [cheering] >> okay. >> you thought you won? you are celebrating. >> best shot i made all day. he bottom a strike and i got a spare. >> you left a pin. >> until this morning when you look at video. >> earlier asking you nice at home, ree "fox & friends on facebook page. we were down by more than 700.

we have a big thank you to you. not only did we reach the goal. we have more than two million 6,000 likes on facebook. >> thomas jefferson, tripoli pirates. making number one by christmas. bill: here we go. battle of administrations as the white house press secretary engages in a war of words with president-elect donald trump all about the issue of russia and he was not the only one. so it is getting started early. i'm bill hemmer, live here in "america's newsroom." >> welcome to friday. i'm martha maccallum. josh earnest not backing down from repeated claims mr. trump knew he said about the hacking by russia he claims and that mr. trump encouraged it according to the press secretary. here he is. >> it is not a controversial statement. i'm not trying to be argumentive. i'm trying to acknowledge a basic fact. mr. trump was obviously aware of