out. >> all right. rob, we are putting you up to the test. we think you should do it. rob: get my wal-mart vest. jillian: very matching today. you didn't get the green memo. rob: we'll see you later. >> hello, everybody, and happy thanksgiving. you are very, very special people to me and to everybody in this country. >> president donald trump taking time out of his own thanksgiving to thank members of the armed forces overseas for their service. >> i know it's hard to be away from home at this time of the year. we're doing well at home. the economy is doing really great when you come back you're going to see with the jobs and companies coming back into our country. so you are fighting for something real. you are fighting for something good. >> the president and first lady delivering food for a feast to the nearby u.s. coast guard quarters just south of the mar-a-lago winter white house. >> you saved a lot of people. i just want to thank you on behalf of the whole country

and on behalf of us. >> holiday shopping season is now upon us as some bargain hundreders leave their thanksgiving celebration in search of a deep discount. rob: thanksgiving serving up a full day of football. only one player kneeling for the national anthem that was new york giants defensive end olivier vernon. >> can i beat him in an arm wrestling contest? what are my chances of an arm wrestling contest? i think i would be in trouble. ♪ taking me hire, hire off the ground. pete: welcome to "fox & friends" on this friday. if you were like us, you wish it was still thanksgiving. molly: black friday is a fun holiday, too. a lot of people have been waiting for black friday. pete: i hadn't thought about that until right now. molly: serious folks.

they go from thanksgiving dinner straight to the store. pete: molly line and griff jenkins. glad you are here. either relishing thanksgiving or ready for black friday. standing in line. molly: go one right into the other. pete: or not. i think there are two crowds. i'm so fat and happy for my thanksgiving i'm sleeping in and then there is the hard core dedicated ones. griff: how did you spend thanksgiving? pete: we want know how you spent thanksgiving. this is mine. that is my 5-year-old boone. griff: is that vikings jersey. pete: that's gwendolyn my little 3 month old. is he holding her. that's the first picture and that's after. he held out as long as he could. jillian: babies are the best. i got to take my baby to the parade yesterday. right outside the doors here. you couldn't walk away. there is the big dinosaur. we had to wait for the

dinosaur. little babies are great. she was just in awe pointing at everything. pete: how old is she? molly: she is 125 months. she totally warmed up to the dinosaurs and grimpleg and everything else coming down the road. pete: bigger than life. griff: that can be a little scary. molly: some balloons are more intimidating to others. griff: i hung arranged. there's my wife and i having dinner. normally you don't have time for just a little enjoyable dinner, thanksgiving time. there was no dishes. no in-laws. no this is giganti guy gigantic bear. this is a giant bear. i don't even know where we were. but we didn't buy that bear. we did get them small bears. and that place was packed. it's just on times square. one more, my girls are now "fox & friends" mug fans.

for some reason they like that. madeline is 16. mackenzie is 12. and they were here and had a lot of fun. molly: we got to meet them yesterday. it was wonderful. pete: did they keep the mugs? griff: they did not. they were playing with the mug. molly: they were compensated with those bears. pete: email us your photos. the more creative the better. friends@foxnews.com. we will share them all morning long on this friday program. griff: the president sharing his message with troops, with families that have people deployed overseas as well as visiting the coast guard. let's take a look or listen, actually of what the president did speaking to troops overseas. >> i know it's hard to be at home at this time of the year. we are doing well at home. the economy is doing really

great. when you come back you will see with the jobs and companies coming back into our country and the stock market just hit a record high, unemployment the lowest it's been in 17 years. so you are fighting for something real. you are fighting for something good. now we are working on tax cuts. big, fat, beautiful tax cuts. and hopefully we will get that and then you are really going to see things happen. griff: time for troops overseas as you know. i was deployed once. when troops were there over thanksgiving, as you know, this is 99% boredom. if you have anything to entertain you. let alone the commander-in-chief, the president of the united states calls you up. one general, general mark herling. he was not so happy. he thought it was insulting thing he even said. pete: everyone has a take. every member who is deployed wants to know that their commander-in-chief is thinking about them, cares about them. this president took out to out to do a teleconference

with troops in iraq and afghanistan yesterday. wells we have video of the coast guard folks he met with near mar-a-lago. he had fun compliments and challenged them. molly: to arm wrestling. pete: this is a president who has time and time again talked about how much i loves troops and on thanksgiving made sure they understood it no good deed goes unpunished as can you listen to what general mark herling said on another network. take a listen. >> i'm thankful for the fact that he did address the soldiers. but the message that i heard and some of the things he said would have not rung very well with me had i been deemployed soldier. we have been winning. you are talking to soldiers and military personnel around the world who have been in this fight for 17 years and to suddenly be told that they're winning now when they weren't winning before is somewhat

insulting first of all. secondly, the comments about the economy and where the economy is growing, deployed service members don't want to hear about that. they want to hear hey, thanks. griff: now, having been with those troops overseas and iraq, rather thanksgiving. the fact that general hert ling we should point out was appointed by president obama 2008 or 2009 to his sports fitness council. so maybe he was offended that president trump didn't give president obama kudos for economic things, obamacare. i don't know. but, it is disingenuous, perhaps on general's part to suggest that the troops wouldn't want to be intand and certainly have a thanksgiving message. >> really we want to give a full picture. the president just didn't talk about the booming.

to the troops oversea he is what's happening here at home and what they will be returning to. he said we are not fighting anymore just to walk around. we are fighting to win. you people, have you really turned it around over the last three to four months like nobody has senile. he offered a lot of praise and gratitude to those troops. that leaves out the broader aspects of what the president is talking about. pete: exactly right. and he is right. our troops appreciate the fact that their hands have been untied. they have been able to go after isis in ferocious way the. that is what winning looks like. we dismantled the caliphate. that is what he is talking about. do you think these troops don't care about their economy at home. these are military families. they have spouses and parents. they are hoping to inherit a economy. it's offensive to say you only care about the little box you live in. you care about a lot of things. this respected guy?

come on, you are trying to find a way to kink the president on thistle. and it's not going to work. >> senator bernie sanders wanted to weigh in on the last year and whether he thought it was good year or bad year? >> bernie sanders a message for us himself? >> i don't have to tell anybody that from a political point of view, this has been a horrendous year it appears almost every day something coming out of the white house that sem bare wassing, that is who are risk. i enjoy this thanksgiving with our family and friends, to not only take on trump's divisive actions and divide us up based on the color of our skin or sexual orientation or where we were born or our religion or whatever, not only do we have to take him on, we have to do something else, that is move this country forward.

griff: in fairness, we should say that we did not add what he was saying being transcribed because obviously he isn't speaking a foreign language. it's a video. pete: he says have a great thanksgiving. have a great holiday. keep resisting which is exactly what you want. like your liberal uncle lecturing you at the thanksgiving table. molly: is he political animal. his supporters probably ate it up and loved it. he did manage to weave in thanksgiving message. pete: and holidays. i got it. >> no word whether general hert ling will -- failed to mention the 3% g.d.p. grote. >> consumer schumer suggesting you take a charge. the president tweeting out a different message tweeting this. happy thanksgiving. highest stock market ever. military getting really strong, we will build wall.

v.a. taking care of our vets. great supreme court justice. record cut in regulations. lowest unemployment in 17 years. keeping it positive. a response to if your liberal uncle is going to use those talking points at thanksgiving then can you respond with some of the progress. griff: we want you to respond. send us email at friends@foxnews.com. we want to know who won thanksgiving? was it president trump, bernie sanders or chuck schumer. she'll haven't heard yet whether chuck schumer started any brawls. jillian: did you take the charge? pete: did anyone hold the chart up? griff: i did. pete: you and zero other people. good job. griff: how was your thanksgiving? >> good. >> it does continue. >> it does continue. let's get you caught up with fox news alert. a man accused of killing a texas state trooper in cold blood on thanksgiving has been captured. police say debret black opened fire traffic stop outside of dallas and

arrested monday that are 100 miles away. day monsd allen was husband and fire of three and had been forced. this is the second death this month. black is facing a a couple toll murder charge which could carry the death penalty. the navy suspending the search for three missing sailors after their coast crashed on. >> on the uss ronald reagan when it web down navy officials are investigating a edge gin failure and how much room the plane had. president trump cutting identifies president trump's he will team he may be preparing to bleed guilty north to a deal. flynn and his son are accused of participating in a plot to take opposition leader in the u.s. and deliver him to turkey in exchange for $15 million in cash. all of this part of robert mueller's ever expanding

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from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. ♪ pete: welcome back. a major announcement expected in the hillary clinton email investigation on capitol hill next week. griff: our next guest is someone who might have had a hand in putting new revelations forward. joining us now florida republican congressman matt gaetz. first, congressman, happy belated and happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving and happy black friday to you. pete: of course. griff: tell us, you are possibly headed towards some sort of announcement about the clinton email scandal we have talked extensively about it. others in the media less

inclined to. we wanted to bring you on. what can you tell us? >> we now have evidence that the fbi's investigation of hillary clinton did not follow normal and standard procedures. the current deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe sent emails just weeks before the presidential election saying that the hillary clinton investigation would be special. that it would be handled by a small team at headquarters. that it would be given special status. combine that with the fact that attorney general loretta lynch told the james comey to call this a matter and not an investigation. that she met with bill clinton on the tarmac and that james comey himself has admitted in testimony that he drafted the exoneration statement of hillary clinton before even interviewing her or other key witnesses. we seem to have a departure from the normal application of the law. and we will be calling for a full review by the judiciary committee of the processes and procedures that potentially gave hillary clinton a different process and a different standard of

justice than would be applied to any other american. pete: congressman, the email you are referring, to we will put it up on our screen now from october 23rd, 2016 as you mentioned. just weeks before that election. recently revealed through investigation. this is what it reads it says the decision was made to investigate it at h.q., meaning the hillary clinton with a small team. wfo provided some personnel for the effort. but it was referred to as a special, and i was not given any details about it. so, when you talk about a full judicial committee investigation review of this matter, you know, what new things do you expect to find and as far as this big announce; can you give us any more information about that? >> well, we're going to have to have christopher wray, the new director of the fbi come before the judiciary committee. we need to have a full investigation. i believe there are others on the judiciary committee who are deeply troubled by the thought that hillary clinton would be given this special status in an

investigation of potentially the mishandling of classified information. you've got time and again circumstances where the fbi's seem to have been influenced bylor let that lynch either by telling james comey to call this a matter and not an investigation or by simply con strange the review of the facts to a very small team. so, i suspect that in the coming weeks, you will see the judiciary committee really look into whether or not we have got havliceks and balances at the fbi so that special people don't get special status. and if we didn't have a real robust investigation of hillary clinton, that's a real problem because it's an erose of the rule of law. griff: congressman we have to let it go right there. we will find out whether former director james comey was telling the truth when he said the clinton investigation was handled in a political and entirely routine manner. sounds like you feel differently. thank you for joining us today. pete: thank you very much. we appreciate it.

president trump helping three ucla basketball players home from china after shoplifting. now another mother whose son is still stuck in china begs for the president's help. she joins us live next. ♪

>> a startling new report reveals north korea's top nuclear targets right here in the u.s. the european counsel on foreign relations says manhattan and the white house are at the top of the rogue nation's list. u.s. military bases and the pentagon also listed in the report. tensions are high. right after the u.s. listed north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. and the iranian leader planning to send a fleet of warships to the gulf of mexico as part of the effort

to global bliz the nation's military back in july as u.s. navy vessel declared warning shots at fast approaching iranian boat back in the gulf. pete: president trump intervened when three ucal basketball players were shoplifting. helping them return home for safely. father one of those players down played the president's help. listen. >> it wasn't like he was in the u.s. and said okay. there is three kids in china. i need to go over there and get them. i would say thank you if he would have put them on his plane and took him home. then i would have said thank you, mr. ump trump, for faking my boy out of china and bringing him back to the u.s. griff: another mother whose son is stuck in china pleading for president trump to help her son who has been held in chinese jail for over a year. she said she would never stop thanking president trump for his help. molly: mother of former ball state linebacker antwo an

antoinette joins us now. i cannot imagine what it's like to have a son trapped overseas in a prison where you can't see him and get worried of how he is doing. if you could just share with us a little bit of the story about how he ended up going to china and ended up in this situation. >> he ended up going to china to help a friend coach the doctor's football team. and he was also teaching english to the teammates that didn't know english. he had been there for a year. and ended up going to a friend's birthday party at a bar and he was attacked by a group of locals throwing bottling at him. and unfortunately, he was the only one arrested after the attack on his life. pete: when reading the story, he was approached by

a few locals to have drinks. he declined. it was a sign of disrespect in that culture and they started attacking him and all these things. he didn't start a fight. he didn't want to be in a fight. >> right. pete: he finds himself in a chinese prison right now. what is he being charged with and what do you know about the process right now? >> what they are trying to charge him with is intentional injury. and i understand their process is limpy, their legal system. and we are waiting. he had two lawyers that did amazing job with proving his innocence during the trial, but, still, four months later, we're still waiting for the judge to give a verdict or sentencing. and we pray for fair justice for an innocent man.

griff: antoinette, let us give the floor to you here right now. what would you like to say to president trump right now? >> i would humbly ask for him to help my son that's in an unfortunate situation. and i would be truly grateful. and most definitely would thank him with no problem. molly: you know, one of the things i was reading in this article is that you hired a lawyer, of course, you haven't been allowed to actually speak with your son. very difficult to communicate with him. you were told that if you came up with $100,000 in u.s. restitution that potentially your son could be released? do you think that's actually the case? is it a matter of $100,000 which is, of course, a significant sum but would that alone send him home? >> >> no. that was in the beginning. in the beginning when they give you the first 30-some days to negotiate with the accuser and try to resolve it before it even gets to the stage level where it

goes to trial. but they were not fair in negotiating. because, of course, we can't afford 100,000. we can't afford 80,000. we had no choice but to allow the situation to go to trial, praying that he would receive fair justice. griff: antoinette you just spent thanksgiving without your son. how are you doing and how is he doing? have you had recent contact to find out how his conditions are? >> once a month the u.s. consulate goes to meet with him, take letters and pictures from the family and friends. and he returns letters and messages to us that says he is holding up fine. he is staying in prayer. he meditates and reads his bible daily. it's just really heart breaking and sad for the

family that he is not with us to celebrate like usual. pete: your son is wendell brown 30 years old, former linebacker ball state went over to china to teach english and coach in a league over there. found himself in an unfortunate situation like so many americans. only hopes that his government will do whatever they can to bring him back. that's why we brought you on this morning. thank you for sharing your story. i hope you had the best thanksgiving possible. and may your next thanksgiving be even better. antoinette brown, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> god bless you. tough stuff. griff: china has 9.2 conviction rate. molly: hear her talk about in the begin going they had this money they might be in a different situation now. it's just heart breaking. coming up, of course, black friday, ready, set, spend. todd piro is at target where the doors will be opening next. >> tomorrow is black friday, guys.

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♪ still rock and roll to me ♪ pete: we have done a bunch of segments on this channel about thanksgiving. do you talk politics or not? clearly in this family in floridan that from florida sent this photo i see a hillary shirt. i see trump shirt. murray family and friends are thankful for a trump thanksgiving, i see trump, trump, trump, trump hillary in bottom left. it says hillary for prison. lock, stock and barrel together on that one. political thanksgiving for that family. molly: they probably had pretty easy discussion. big latest fan ever. holy smokes she is in action

there. griff: five grabbed kids at thanksgiving family today. tired from all that turkey. i guarantee you that was by far the most still moment of the entire day. molly: everybody look this way. tackling and punching and grabbing. we actually laid down in times square. we move on. ready, set, spin, shoppers lining unearly for black friday deals. now the rush is on. >> some of course braving the cold out there. hours and hours in long lines to get their hands on the holiday bargains. >> own todd piro at the target in new jersey. todd, good morning. it looks calm there right now. maybe the calm before the storm as they say. >> pete, i use that exact phrase earlier. definitely the calm before the storm. this is a big year for retailers because seriously, with all the online shopping, many of these retailers are just trying to figure out something to do to get people into the bring and mortar stores. and we're going to get into some of those things in a second.

first, let's get to the facts. this target along with 18 other targets opened just a few minutes ago at 6:00 a.m. i think you see the video right there of the sort of rush where we are here. open on thanksgiving day. obviously yesterday from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. another thing the stores are doing, offering door busters only available in the stores. tv's obviously the big example. the goal to drive shoppers off their computers and in to the stores where they will come for the store-only merchandise and stay to buy other items. one of those individuals who is so kind enough to talk to us today is christine. christine, by way of bakersfield, calvary, now a jersey resident, christine, why did you get up so early to be here? >> i have five kids. i just need to make every dollar count and go as far as i possibly can. >> can you tell us what you have got here. >> no big ticket items. i have a bunch of teenagers we have christmas pajamas cds and makeup. smaller door buster items. todd: how are the deals so

far? >> pretty good, my cart is full. i was one of the first ones in and got the things that i needed. now i'm just kind of surfing around looking for other deals. todd: clearly a gift giver herself. i'm a gift giver as well. meghan if we could wheel this along, do i have gifts for my friends back there in new york. however, i'm focusing on the kids. start with griff. griff, i know you have two young'ns here, teenagers. i'm getting the taylor swift cd. look what you made me do, griff. look what you made me do. molly, i know you have a 15 month old? i got a norwal. hope you find your dad, buddy. and for pete. for all of pete's kids, this is the big $10 bear that is available this year at target. $10. they sold 600 of these per minute. so i figure pete can give this to his kids. and they can tear the you

know what out of it. pete: bring seven of those. bring them in your car. >> pete, i didn't have forget you. i know how much you love snowflakes. so that's for you. pete: i will happily hang it in my office, todd. thank you very much. molly: two carts filled before 6:30. pete: anticipation of black friday and idea my moment i can save a bunch of money and get the gifts for my family i couldn't otherwise get. molly: tradition. something people do every year. gotten bargains in the past but want to do it online. griff: jillian, you didn't get anything. jillian: no he goat me amazing sweater earlier in the 5:00 a.m. hour. pete: have you ever done black friday. >> when i was younger. i don't get into it. i go online now. molly: you are one of those? jillian: guy online now. get you caught up on the

news of the day. al franken apologizing once again for sexual misconduct saying he crossed a line but still won't step down. the instowed the minnesota accused franken of inappropriate touching. the star continue biewn calls himself quote a warm person who likes to hug people. i keep repeating myself and laughing over there. major companies now pulling ads from youtube amid reports they are being shown alongside videos being shown by child predators. adidas and mars among the brands expressing concern. there are tens of thousands of predatory accounts leaving explicit comments of videos of children. youtube now pledging to take a more aggressive stance against it. unemployed quarterback collin kaepernick making a surprise appearance at native american unthanksgiving event. >> we are all fighting for our justice, for our

freedom. and realizing that we're in this fight together makes us all the more powerful. jillian: former 49er visiting alcatraz. he started the nfl national anthem protest. claims nfl owners are colluding against him by not hiring him. a chewbacca lookalike wins a best in show at this year's national dog show. watch. >> and best at show at this brussels griffon. newton winning the toy group before besting six other group champions. noah the portuguese water dog finishing in second. i always love that those dogs have so well behaved, guys. my dog, why can't you behave like that? >> nobody's dogs behave like that. jill i can't believe, thanks a lot. appreciate it. it was a picturesque

thanksgiving. griff: gorgeous. pete: like esm every square mile. griff: does it continue? let's check in with adam klotz. >> black friday shoppers are concerned heading out the door. we have rain from the plains to the pacific northwest. maybe another two to three inches. ground already saturated in that region. going to be continuing through the weekend. temperaturewise, things continue to be mild and warm on the western side of the country. looking at temperatures sitting in the 50's. 56 in denver. way above the seasonal average. there are places where you will need to bundle up if you are shopping. it 7 in raleigh winner-take-all wind chill, plenty of shots from the midwest down into the middle 20. maybe get a deal on a couple of big dote. >> warm temperatures meefn means even know on the grawnk we saw yesterday: suingth commission which he blames.

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pete: a democrat on the president's voter fraud panel filed a complaint against the commission he made a part of. matt dunlap says he has been blocked from quote receiving commission documents and hasn't been allowed, quote, substantive participation. griff: next guest says dunlap's complaint against the commission has been

false and misleading. public interest legal foundation also a were forejustice department official. mr. adams, good morning. what is this all about? >> the president appointed a group to study voter fraud and make recommendations to fix it. one of the people he pointed was the main secretary of state who has seen fit to sue the commission claiming falsely he is not getting documents. not being included. of course he is represented by all these left wing groups. what they are really trying to do is sabotage the effort to get to the truth about voter fraud. and it's unfortunate, you know, the president wants to get something done. and all of these resist people, which apparently now includes the main secretary of state are trying to stop it. pete: j. christian we will put up on our screen here. the reason he was included in the first place is there is a report that shows is that voter registration rates in main is 106.6 of the citizens voting age

population. which means there are more people registered to vote than are eligible to vote which would strike me as a problem, whoever those 1.6 are. he knows there is a problem. what issue is he taking with this commission he is billing to cake it to court? >> he is alleging he is not be being included enough. the triewft is being faced a sorrows left wing outfits. 12 of them actually. it shows you how far they will go to stop us from getting to the truth about voter fraud. he comes from a state that has more registered people to vote than they have people alive. they clearly have dirty voter rolls. i didn't know that it sure might explain one of the other reasons why he is so hard pressed to stop the work of the commission. griff: so, christian, what in dunlap's lawsuit, what information is it specifically that he says he is not receiving or what

documents that he is not getting? >> well, that's the problem. the lawsuit is frivolous. he is saying well, he is not getting reports and discussions. that's a lie. he is getting exactly the same thing that i'm getting. i'm on the commission, too. he is getting all of the same stuff. look, he was saying things he didn't even know who the staff were and there is a picture -- there is a picture of him sitting right in front of the staff that he claims he doesn't know. he was introduced to the guy. so this shows you how far people will go to stop us from getting to the truth about voter fraud. pete: to destill this down do you think this is an instance where matt dunlap said i will be a part of this commission and got pressure from left woing groups saying how dare you be a mart of this? is he making reversal here? >> bulls eye, pete. the being hacka vista.

the mark allies hillary's lawyer, all of these people are opposed to president trump's effort to get to the truth about voter fraud. and matt dunlap is their lack key on the commission. he should either resign on drop his lawsuit. griff: j. christian adams, thank you very much. and a story our viewers are just learning about. it's complicated but certainly looks like a case of misleading public officials indeed. >> thanks, guys. pete: make sure one vote is one person is it created controversy droves are putting lives at riske. leah gabriel on what police and congress are doing about it. pete: remember this? the teach his or her panhandled for school supplies on the side of the road with a sign. she is back with a big update all thanks to "fox & friends" viewers. a series we are doing to show how we are working with folks trying to make things

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♪ molly: this thanksgiving season we are taking a look back at some of the great causes our "fox & friends" viewers have helped us support this year. we are joined by theresa she is one of those great stories. pete: element tremendous school teacher catching attention nationwide for panhandles for her classroom's slies. griff: some nearly $20,000 thanks to you, our viewers. we are checking back in with theresa. now, theresa happy belated thanksgiving, how was your thanksgiving? >> it was wonderful, thank you. griff: good.

tell us how things are going on the go fund me page. >> things have slowed down a little bit. we are hoping through some of the fundraisers would very done and keep educating the public about what is happening in public education that we'll continue to get donations to the go fund me or straight to us for foundation education. monthly alcohol this kicked off on a whim, right? >> teachers are the lowest paid in the nation. we had a budget cut. more programs being cut from our children. more teachers having to pay out of pocket. they haven't seen a pay raise in 10 year. i was frustrated and i went to the streets to kind of make a statement. and get supplies for my classroom and had no idea people would go marshall national amazing. pete: literally the planning process. i'm going to write on a sign and stand on a street corner. it was i will raise enough money or raise awareness or

both. >> really about greg the supplies i needed for that school year and raises awareness. letting people know this is how bad it is, people. yes i'm speaking for oklahoma but i'm fighting for children not only in oklahoma but across the nation that we need to put education at the top of our priority list. it's our future for everyone. griff: you a hero for my mother jenkins. first job out of college out of the university of oklahoma weighs a public teacher. back then it was honorable thing to do. you are trying to pike 49th in the nation for lowest paid. if you could,st, just reit rate of for us for those viewers that are willing to ted in toes new stool year what you are fighting for. >> i am fighting for all the voices of teachers in the state of oklahoma and across the nation. they are unsung heroes. they go to battle every day. they are in the trenches fighting for these children.

we take them on and love them as our own and we want them to be stefl. we need our politicians. we neat the public and president. fighting for our future. molly: every dollar matters but how are you using this money. >> i'm giving it back directly teacher to teacher. i am still in the classroom myself i teach 3rd grade in tulsa, oklahoma. i am trying to surface all the other hands and just going directly to the teachers because who knows best how they need to spend it in their classroom but the teacher itself. pete: go fund me page is panhandling teacher. we raised 20 grand last year. that's one time shot. every year you have to raise that much forever are for your classroom. >> yes. i'm belging for h education, beggars for the children. theresa danks thank you for what you do. >> thank you.

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>> hello, everybody, and happy thanksgiving. you are very, very special people to me and everybody in this country. >> president donald trump taking time out of his own thanksgiving to thank members of the armed forces overseas for their service. >> i know it's hard to be away from home at this time of the year. we're doing well at home. the economy is doing really great, so you are fighting for something real. you are fighting for something good. >> the president and first lady delivering food for a feast to the nearby u.s. coast guard quarts just south of the mar-a-lago winter white house. >> you saved a lot of people. i want to thank you on behalf of the whole country and on behalf of us. >> senator bernie sanders, he wanted to weigh in on the

last year. >> he says have a great thanksgiving. have a great holiday and then keep resisting. it appears almost every day there is something coming out of the white house that is elm waiver wassing. that is destructive. that is horrific. serving up a full day offing football. one player kneeling for the national anthem giants defensive end vernon. >> holiday season is now upon us as some leave their thanksgiving celebration in search of a deep disowngt ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i love my small town world ♪ i love a country girl ♪ i love a friday night ♪ i love this life. pete: you know who is loving their life right now, brian, steve, and ainsley. because hopefully they are still sleeping and we are in for them on this friday after thanksgiving. molly line, griff jenkins, thanks for being here. molly: pete hegseth, of course.

griff: we missed you yesterday. hanging out with todd. super fun. turkey knives. you were hanging out with dressing your children in vikings gear. pete: of course we watch the vikings. the team not kneeling this season. in this is my son holding my baby against lynn. you get into turkey. pete: turkey watch. pete: after the turkey he was done. that was the before. you just saw the after. this is the before. he was happy and smiling and a great day was had. molly: she looks adorable. we went out to see the sprad just outside of fox and see. a united states gay for a child to look up there is the dinosaur. mom, dad beings baby, and disciple know. >> there is my wife wife

kathleen which was a lot of fun. we brought our daughters. this is a giant bear. clearly i will go out on the limb here and say the biggest bear in new york city and times square. i don't remember the name of the store. it cost me however much those two bears were. mad lineal and mcken zi. there was a turkey off. those are "fox & friends" mugs. i showed this twice and getting emails. thamackenzie has ballet opening day of ballet down there for the nutcracker and they are saying hey, can you bring us those mugs? i may have to steal some. email us your photos, too. we would love to see what you guys did, friends@foxnews.com. let us know how your thanksgiving went. molly: we had great ones last hour. also sharing. president trump slarsd his message of as it thanks and oont michelle with our troops. >> we give thanks for all of the pilgrims, pioneers and patriots that have gone before us and for all those warriors who have kept us

safe and free. this week we know that thousands of men and women in uniform won't be able to come home for thanksgiving. they're standing watch around the world, facing down our enemies and defending our great american flag. we are internally grateful for their courage, heroism and sacrifice. we also thank americans at home who serve their fellow americans in need of a helping hand. the people of this nation come from all different background. but we are all one people and one measure family. we all share the same heart, the same home, and the same glorious destiny. pete: a similar unifying theme that we have heard from this president on thanksgiving thanking the troops. did he a teleconference with troops in iraq and afghanistan. we played it last hour and may play it again. we met with coast guard troops in florida who were part of that florida hurricane recovery effort. >> really praises them for the 16,000 lives saved peta

eat that's what you want from a commander-in-chief. foe cuffing on those giving their hoostled since we could have ours. > griff: i remember one thanksgiving with gary sinise. those troops are over there. you forget about them the bother dom they have day in and day out doing their job. when you get something like this on thanksgiving it's really special. and for the president to send a message and spend time teleconferencing, i bet that was appreciated quite greatly. molly: yeah. also having a chance to meet in person with some of these coast guard guys and shake hands and arm wrestling. it's if you please. it's a great way to have thanksgiving. pete: if you are on a big base can you turn on armed forces network which is the network for the troops. on thanksgiving, of course, they play all the football games that are being played here. ents september i have many

howforts watching up at midnight for a little bit of home. eat pete you fpght to watch much the w5e69. one player knelt yesterday we're sad to report. a defensive lineman for the new york football giants took a knee yesterday as he has all season long. otherwise, other teams that had been kneeling have stopped. and president trump weighed it up kel months on twitter about kneeling. are the boss. so clearly something he continues to pay attention to believing we shouldn't be allowing without impunity folks to kneel for the national anthem. griff: can i gloat because migrate red scinsz who have a metered okay year took

care of business with the giants there nobody on the redskins know. molly: having your personal moment there i. griff: win a game this year to be honest. we have talked the very first weekend that i got to fill in this whole thing was breaking and pete and i were talking about it. and it is clear and undeniable as a reporter and you assess things that are accurate and things, you know that opinion people say, it sun denial that this has not been a good thing for the nfl. and it is clear that the american people have spoken. president trump is reiterating the sentiment in the country that overwhelmingly says that it's not okay, it's not acceptable to disrespect our flag. to disrespect our nation. molly: it is kind of wild that it has gone on as long as it has. and who knows how much longer it could potentially go on. you can't help but wonder a lot of families what happened once the game came on, thanksgiving. and if someone wanted to watch and someone didn't wanted to watch where that

goes with a big family gathering. pete: it's true. it's a big part of thanksgiving. you growthed and i'm going to gloat for real. i'm wearing purple my vikings are 9-2. not a single viking has taken a knee all year long. i'm not watching football otherwise. my team hasn't knelt. coach zimmer has locked that in. i appreciate that so i will watch. they had a pretty meek on the field or not. take a look at the viking situation. >> minnesota. here we go. [crowd booing] thanksgiving dinner. pete: stephon digs. one of our wide receivers jumps in and is the turkey in the middle holding it as the rest of the team, you know, enjoys some turkey.

molly: please tell me there is no penalty for this. pete: the no fun league finally allowed fun. some of the more fun team. passing the mashed potato he is. griff: fantasy football team just killed it. pete: god bless thanksgiving. molly: this is a wild one. a trend, perhaps, i don't know, that might be too strong of a word, upside down christmas trees. pete: what is going on? do we have a picture? griff: use your imagination. take the christmas tree and turn it upside down. griff: why is that happening? pete: because your whole world is upside down. this is a target ad. so, listen, this is a bargain for you. $1,000 you can get an upside down tree. i'm not sure if this is a test of gullibility or whether there is going to become a fad.

molly: here's a tweet from mr. new york to you before i say happy thanksgiving to everyone i need to expose this upside down christmas tree. it's stupid. stop it now. some fad that need this is not arrestedy. this is not what happens when you put the tree up drunk. i don't know that you could actually do that ever with a real tree. it's too thin at the top. griff: more decorations at the top which going to make it top heavy. pete: men and women across america can't keep a tree that's top side up. molly: hang it from the ceiling maybe that could be upside down. mane h. pete: people that are bored. jillian: if there is anything about this, there is more room on the bottom for gifts. so for the kid i feel like they would love all that room for gifts. pete: are you pro-upset.

>> jillian: no i'm not. kelly: if there are kids, the tree falls and hits the kid. jillian: that's not funny. we do have breaking news and a fox news alert to get to a murdered officer killed in cold blood. black opened fire during a traffic stop outside dallas and was later arrested. more than 100 miles away. trooper day mondamon allen how about with the force since 2002. married and father of three. black is facing a capital murder charge which could carry the death penalty. another fox news alert heroes lost at sea. the navy suspending the search for three missing sailors after their plane crashed off the coast of japan. the crew was on their way to the uss ronald reagan when it went down. eight sailors were rescued safely. navy officials are investigating a possible engine failure and how much fuel the plane had when it crashed.

rand paul and his wife posting a thanksgiving video giving an update on the senator's recovery. take a luke. >> prayers and thowts, get well cards, it's been a cuff couple of weeks but i'm starting to get better. jillian: he suffered six broken ribs when his neighborhood boucher attacked him from behind at his home. boucher is charged with a misdemeanor assault. ivanka trump sharing this sweet family portrait to celebrate thanksgiving. ivanka, gerald and three children looking absolutely adorable. best part, that i can a look, little the theodore's face doesn't look impressed. he looks so angry. that's adorable, regard also rnlless. >> good luck trying to get

three kids to smile when a camera is arranged. griff: white house christmas tree turned upside down. jillian: that isn't going to happen. pete: that ain't going to happen. email us on the upside down christmas tree. should have you one. is it moral routed yaj that we haven't upside down christmas trees. f.b.i.'s confidential informant says they have been gathering dirt on hillary for years. sarah carter has been exposing the truth on this story sings it first broke and she is on deck. griff: just when you thought it's safe to grab those leftovers, the turkeys are getting their revenge. pete: turkey is just scary looking ♪ highway to the danger zone ♪ ♪ danger zone though the it. so rich. i love it.

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lot coming up. right now we are looking at william campbell. he is the informant. he has been named. he will go forward and speak to the house committee on intelligence. the senate judiciary committee and oversight committee. and that should be coming up within the next two weeks. and i have had a chance to review over 5,000 documents. i can tell you it's intensive and a lot of the documentation that i have reviewed actually shows that a year before uranium one was actually approved by the united states government, there was clear evidence of the russians push to penetrate the american market based on the evidence that was being collected by campbell. pete: sarah, so the justifiable department officials previously have said that the work of this informant did not shed light on any decision-making. but what you are seeing in these 5,000 documents is this informant says this first illegal activity by russians nuclear industrial officials started in the fall of 2009. an entire year before the decision was made. is there -- do you feel like

there is a justifiable argument anyone in the government can make to say we just didn't know? we didn't know that the right hand wasn't talking to the left hand or does this document show that they should have known? >> pete, you went right where i was going to go. i think that's going to be part of the argument saying the right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing. but, remember, this the informant was briefing the fbi and the did. oj con sis tently. they were consistently giving the doj this information. and, further, fbi officials, his handlers that were actually handling this information, had said to him allegedly that they had taken this up to the top. that the president had been briefed on the information that he was delivering to the department of justice and the fbi. i don't think that excuse is going to hold water. i think once people start to look at these documents, once they start to hear his testimony, they might say there was a breakdown, but they can't say they weren't aware. griff: sarah, very quickly, is there any new update that the attorney general is saying he is not opposed to appointing a special

counsel? >> that's right. he said he is not opposed to appoint ago special coup. remember, it doesn't need to go to a special counsel. that would be important if he does do that it could go to a separate prosecutor doj and they can look at this just as well from the beginning. pete: ultimately the doj can look at it as internal investigation as well. >> absolutely. pete: sarah carter, we appreciate your time. stay on the case we will be back to you. >> thank you. pete: bernie sanders calls himself a democratic socialist but what's the difference? he doesn't have a lot be thankful for he has had a horrible year. corey lewandowski doesn't think so and he is coming up. griff: urgent warning about drones. investigators say they are putting lives at risk. fighter pilot our own lea gabrielle will tell us what police and congress are doing about it? that's coming up ♪ come on and get up off your knees ♪ ♪shostakovich playing

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griff: huge savings. run to the stores. it's black friday. the rush is on. go. millions of shoppers are hitting the stores and hoping to land the big holiday bargain. pete: steve todd where the shopping has just started. steve, good morning. what have you got for us? >> i know i have a straight pipeline in the mar-a-lago because i know the president watches you guys so i can report directly to the president of the united states that the economy of america is doing just fine here in 2017. and oliver, who is 11 years old can prove it because he just dropped half a grand on a sister what is that.

>> go pro. >> what did you pay for that. >> $450. >> how much did you get off of it because it's black friday? >> 20. >> 20%? gift card or something else. >> ask oliver what he is going to do with that go pro- >> oliver, you are 11 years old. what are you going to do with that? it's your sister's gift. what do you think she going to use that for? >> probably when she goes on more trips she is going to record what she does. >> 11 years old. you are already drinking a double coffee. what are you drinking there. >> peppermint mocha. >> how long have you been drinking coffee as an 11-year-old? >> i started last year. >> all right. so you are like all caffeinated going into school. are you sixth grade? >> yeah. >> does that help new school that coffee? >> kind of. >> fresh beautiful breathe from it. that peppermint is doing the trick. mom is, that all his allowance you spent. >> that's for his sister. >> how does he do otherwise in target?

>> pretty well. >> this is what i noticed the most. extra large chocolate chip cookie that's the deal there. >> two for $3. >> is the other one missing? >> yes. it's in his stomach. >> he has already eaten it. he didn't shoplift it. ate it before you paid for it or after? >> before. >> good job, oliver at least you eat like a kid if you drink like an adult. other knickknacks from $499 camera to what did this cost? >> $3. >> what was this for? your tree. >> our tree, yeah. >> going to be a beautiful tree. and look at the size of these candy canes. look at this. wow. look at that they are not edible, they are light. they have edible ones like, this too. where are these going on the lawn? >> on the lawn. >> thank you for letting us abuse you on national news. there you go, pete, molly, griff, and president trump, the economy is doing just fine here in new jersey. griff: that is fantastic. molly: is he going through

their cart. steve, that was amazing. griff: you didn't get that scarf you got on. you didn't get that on sale there, did you? >> no. no. i shopped all yesterday at the farmer's market. i'm all tapped out. i got everything on everybody's list. did i really good there that was another sign how great the economy was doing as well if you were watching yesterday at this time. good stuff. molly: steve, that was great. that was wonderful. that was fantastic. pete: have a great black friday. first responders say drones are putting more and more lives at risk in the united states. molly: law enforcement working very hard to defend against the devices as they become more dangerous dangerous. griff: here more with what police and congress are doing about it is lea gabrielle. welcome. >> good morning to all of you. there are some very limited rules in place for hobbyists who fly drones. first responders i spoke with tell me most operators do follow the limited rules in place for flying them. they say that the negligent

are getting in their way and criminals and potential terrorists under current law have an you were hand against those responsible for protecting the public. >> some of these drones can fly anywhere from 1 to 15 pounds of explosives which is a huge, huge amount of explosives. >> sergeant randy stera. >> it is a bomb squad commander. one of many places where uav's drones have become dangerous nuisance to law enforcement and other first responders. >> the drone was spotted in the fire burnt area. >> just a single drone can do significant damage or take one of our air cavity out oaircraft outof the air. >> last year there were 40 reported drone incidents near wildfires. in 2015, california's north fire torched nearly 2 dozen vehicles on a major highway in san bernardino county. >> we had drone operations that had actually forced us to shut down all of our air

operations. i don't believe we would have seen hardly any vehicles be damaged if we would have the ability to bring in aircraft and redirect the fire. >> first responders say they are only seeing an increase in dangerous incidents with drones. and they need a way to fight back both in the interest of the public safety and their own. there are companies making technology to do just that. >> that red light means i am now disrupting all of the drones that are in about a 30-degree arc in front of of my unit. >> ixi technology recently demonstrated their so-called drone killer to first responders. it sends a radio signal on the same frequency as the drones control device causing most drones to go back where they took off from. if that doesn't work, the device can jam the drone's g.p.s. signal and force it to land. the trouble is federal regulations prohibit this type of counter measure without special authorization. >> there has been the swat operation going on.

and the uav flying right into the front yard and watching as they are approaching the house, putting their safety and the safety of those in the community at risk. >> drones are an emerging technology. as such, they are coming into an regulatory arena that's not yet fully developed. >> senator mike lee along with other lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill that would give local governments the power to regulate in their own regions for drones flying below 200 feet. >> it's so unfair that a stick criminal or terrorist can use uav technology but we cannot use technology against them. >> well only three states have any laws that allow first responders to disable drones and most of those only apply to fighting fires. and pete, molly, and griff. even for drone pilots when they interfere in these operations it's very difficult to track them down. when you drive a car you have a license plate. when i fly my airplane i have to register a side number. there is no such requirement

for ohio state buckeyes dronefor drone hobbyists. >> they need to make rules to allow local law enforcement to take out drones when the time comes. >> thank you, leah. pete: thank you lee a appreciate it. >> still ahead bernie sanders does not have a lot to be thankful for. he says it's been a horrible year. has it really? pete: former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski sounds off next. griff: just when you thought it was safe to grab the turkey leftovers the turkeys are getting their revenge ♪ i'm bad to the bone ♪ bad to the bone ♪ bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad ♪

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thanksgiving day took a clown oath to not drink, smoke, or do anything inappropriate. that story, again, is harder to be a clown than a united states senator. [laughter] pete: late night is spot on. well said. here to comment on the news of the day, we're going to bring in cory lewandowski spokesperson and senior adviser for america's first action. cory, happy thanksgiving. i opened up my failing new york times. of course, top right column. if you turn to what the president calls the fake news network, they're wall-to-wall on the fact that michael flynn has potentially cut off interaction with trump -- with the president's lawyers, which could be a signal that he's cooperating with prosecutors or negotiating a deal is the end cory. the whole russian collusion thing about to come crumbling down on michael flynn and this white house? >> well, as you guys know, this is a narrative that the mainstream media wants to

perpetuate the last year. and the bottom line is if michael flynn did something wrong by not disclosing the relationships he had with turkey and other governments, then he should be accountable for that. i don't know if this should go to michael flynn and potentially his son. but people who haven't followed the rules, paul manafort, rick gates, mike flynn, they should be held accountable. but that's where it ends because there is no liability to the president because he didn't clued, cooperate, or coordinate with russia in any way or form. griff: this story won't go away, this news is significant insofar as that it certainly suggests that a deal has been cut certainly by those in the media that are not fans of the president. does this create a new problem as the president tries to pull tax reform and others across the finish line before the end of the year? >> look, tax reform is the administration's priority right now. but let's be clear about this. the media wants to talk about what mike flynn did wrong.

and if mike flynn did do something wrong, he should be held accountable. look, mike's not a bad guy. he served his country for a long time. but if he didn't fill out the paperwork properly and wasn't honest with the fbi like anybody else, he should be held accountable. but that's where it stops, and there are has been never any indication that the president of the united states or anyone else within that circle of the president of the united states has done anything wrong. and so if mike flynn did something wrong, he should be held accountable. >> cory, shifting gears here. it is not just the day after thanksgiving, it is black friday. i'm sure we'll get the numbers on how spending went today soon enough. big question. are you better off this year than you were last year? senator bernie sanders does not think so. he had this thanksgiving message. take a listen. . >> i don't have to tell anybody that from a political point of view this has been a horrendous year. it appears almost every day there is something coming out

of the white house that is embarrassing, that is destructive, that it's horrific. >> cory, is it your sense that the center's not feeling the the center's not feeling the >> well, the only person who isn't is probably bernie's would i. but for the american people, your 401(k) is higher today. $6trillion in stock market value. the dow astronomies and s&p 500 have hit records time and time again. unemployment is the lowest it has literally been in a lifetime and 13 states it's the lowest it has been in the 1970s. so when you look at the metrics of what this the president has done, he's bringing people back to work, he's bringing manufacturing back. you look at any measure that's actually achievable, and this president is better -- the people of this country are better on of today than they were a year ago because of this administration. pete: one issue this white house is taking on from the very beginning, a critical topic. i don't mean to make light of it. we're making life lite of it

this morning. it's not the holidays, it's merry christmas. we're not going to bow to political correctness. and i feel like part of that is probably a traditional christmas tree. but there's a new fad, cory, we've got to get your insight on this. the upside down christmas tree. you can buy it for a cool grand at target in this particular screenshot. i don't know if they're limited supply or what. the upside down christmas tree, cory, americans are dying to know what cory lewandowski think of the implications of the certain fad. >> you know, i don't even know what it means to have an upside down christmas tree. it's like seinfeld, the bizarro world. you can be a u.s. senator and grope someone for it and have no implication. it's everything that is wrong. look, we have traditions in our country that many people respect that we should respect that we passed on to our children. look, a christmas tree is one of those traditions. and if you don't want to participate, you don't have

to. but i don't even know what a upside down christmas tree means. >> that is a hard line. griff: cory, will you put us on the record that you will learn immediately if the first family is turning their christmas tree upside down. >> i am sure that they will not be turning the tree upside down. they like this country's traditions. >> i think the russians are going to be turning upside down. >> it's being called an upside down holiday tree. >> that's true. pete: appreciate it. all right. we're going to talk to jillian. tree news. a right-side up christmas tree today. >> i am a right side up christmas tree today. very smooth, pete. let's get you caught up on your news this morning starting with this. the mother of an american athlete held in a chinese jail now pleading for the president to help. >> and i would be truly grateful and most definitely would thank him with no

problem. >> wendell brown, a former league player has been detained since 2015 because of a bar fight. his mother now hoping president trump can intervene. this after china released three ucla players after they were accused of shoplifting and one of the players' father has refused to thank the president. you know about that story. al franken poodle once again for sexual misconduct saying he crossed the line but still won't step down. instead, the minnesota senator vowing to regain the voters' trust. it comes after two more women came forward accusing franken of inappropriate touching. the star tribune says the democrat calls himself a warm person who likes to hug people. well, how about this? some turkeys, they are out for revenge. a flock of wild turkeys destroying landscaping, sitting on rooftops, and even attacking mail carriers. >> we've had some, like, on the roof fly right over your head and have a turkey flying

at you like a 30-pound bird, you know? it's kind of scary. >> that is scary. neighbors have since put motion-detecting sprinklers and even noisemakers on their lawns to keep the flocks away. what would you guys think about a 30-pound bird flying at your voice. pete: there's the noise. play it again. [gobble noise] >> i mean out in the wild one thing, in a neighborhood, that's whole other ball game. jillian, thanks a lot. appreciate it. coming up, former presidential democrat mark says his party is quote regenerating itself after last year's election. sounds vague, so he'll explain. we'll ask him about it next hour. >> plus, how do you skip to the front of the line on black friday to get your upside down christmas tree? blend in with employees, of course. >> and speaking of black friday, of course we

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>> having chip is having a whole set of triplets. you do need a shower. pete: chip and joanna are working to create a new tv show this after announcing last month that their fifth season of fixer-upper on hgtv will be their last. >> they are a truly entertaining couple. seriously. >> i watch it. griff: all right. the time to give thanks is over. now the holiday shopping rush is on. >> people lining up extra early to get their hands on some of those black friday deals and steals. >> our own todd is at the target in north new jersey. todd, what have you got? it looks like you're geared up there. >> we are geared up, griff. good morning to you, molly, good morning to you pete. a lot of excitement here in north new jersey. i'm joined here by jackie. i want to let you know that this target is one of 1,800 targets that open at 6:00 a.m. across the country. we just ran over here, so i'm

a little bit out of breath. my athletics in the tease didn't go so well. why did you come here this early? >> because they always have great sales, and even though they have great sales, they're never, like, crazy, crazy packed. this specific target. so we come here every morning. i mean, every year understandable. >> i don't mean to be intrusive. can we take a look in some of your bags? >> sure. >> oh, this looks exciting. shark bite. what is that? >> i don't really know. >> she doesn't really know. she's just buying things randomly. >> but was it a good sell? there's nothing personal in here. i'm not going to get in trouble here. let's go fish. let's go fishing. who doesn't love to go fishing. and finally, let's do one more. what does this shirt say? griff: all right. we've got a little bit of problems.

pete: pull out the space jam t-shirt. griff: are you sure he wasn't going to pull out an upside down christmas tree out of that bag? it could have been big. we need to find out if -- he's at a target. pete: and, jillian, we brought you to the couch because i think todd was going to have a gift for you. >> oh, darn. griff: we're going to bring him back. pete: all right. president trump thanking our troops this thanksgiving. but one retired general says that it's insulting. geraldo herrera here to react at the top of the hour. >> and putting your -- how about that? >> the reaction. what is the deal? >> i don't know. >> we're going to tell you. griff: an upside down -- >> see, that's why you don't do that. pete: that's why you don't have nice things. griff: $500. >> nope. sumatra reserve.

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molly: black friday rushes on, and it's getting to look a lot like christmas. some go to extreme lengths to get those deals. pete: some disguising themselves as employees to get ahead in the lines. griff: here is carly. molly: are you going black friday shopping? >> no. right across the board. i don't want anything to do with this holiday of sorts. but even i know, you've got to stand in line, you've got to earn your savings. that's the way things go. but people are now -- they've gotten a little smarter. they're not going to wait in line. they're disguising themselves as employees skipping the line going right in and getting the best deals.

one person said good thing i kept my vest from walmart while skipping everybody. it's a good thing he cut off his face in picture because i feel like he would get in trouble for this. griff: going into walmart and in search of the newest christmas trend, which is. >> an upside down christmas tree? did i hear you guys talking about this? pete: we were talking about this. >> this is unbelievable. pete: this is on the target website. almost $1,000 for a upside down christmas tree. michelle, one of our viewers e-mailed in a picture and sent an upside down christmas tree. so apparently in eastern europe, they're kind of a thing i've been told by a couple of folks on twitter. >> i mean, it's pretty. but it's just so undefinitely. we have so many e-mails coming in on this topic. scott says my wife did one last year and the only question she got was why? this year our tree is right-side up and is good. patrick says how does one water an upside down christmas tree? great question.

suspending the tree from the ceiling began in apartments and condos during the carter recession when larger families were forced into smaller living spaces. is that true? no, i do not think that's true. he's joking there. and another person says hang from ceiling and the tree is for cat owners so they can climb the tree. meowy christmas. pete: and you have more room for gifts. >> now, there is a little bit of a religious element to it. apparently they started in the middle ages to represent the trinity. i don't know how that would happen. griff: that way or this way. pete: from the garden of eden too. seriously, there's an eastern tradition to this, which doesn't translate to america. griff: to california we'll look into this. there's a hotel in coronado they've already got their

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trump: hello, everybody, and happy thanksgiving. you're very, very special people to me and everybody in this country. >> president donald trump taking time out of his own thanksgiving to thank members from the armed forces overseas away from their families. >> i know it's hard to be away from home this time of year. so you're fighting for something real. you're fighting for something good. >> the president and the first lady delivering food for a feast to the nearby u.s. coast guard quarters just south of the mar-a-lago white house. >> you saved a lot of people, and i just want to thank you on behalf of the whole country. >> senator bernie sanders, he wanted to weigh in on the last year. >> almost every day there is something coming out of the white house that is embarrassing, that is destructive, that is horrific. >> the only people who are not better off today than they were a year ago is probably bernie's wife who is under investigation. the people today are better off today than they were a year ago because of this administration.

>> thanksgiving serving up football and only one player kneeling. >> their thanksgiving celebration in search of a deep discount. ♪ ♪ ♪ a house party. we don't need nobody. molly: that was quite a picture there with the tv being handed down. you need the muscles to handle those black friday deals. pete: people are talking about two americas. there are those having a house party undercover may be watching us sleeping in with us playing hook at at work, and then those standing in a dark line at a retailer saying i'm going to get a great deal. molly: midnight, 5:00 a.m. ready for black friday. griff: we'll have more on that earlier. pete: if you haven't been

watching, there's these things called upside down christmas trees. i didn't know about it. we'll learn about it. griff: but that's not the only person enjoying thanksgiving yesterday besides us. geraldo in cleveland. hey, happy thanksgiving. >> thank you, griff. you know, all things considered, i would rather be in afghanistan than in line shopping for black friday at target. i tell you that much. >> there's a sense of purpose and camaraderie with the guys in that context that you just love, even if the turkey isn't as quite as good as you're used to, it's, like, out of a bag. i can't relate to the idea standing in the dark waiting to buy a flat-screen television. i'm kind of with you on that. for sure. now, you may have watched the nfl yesterday. you may not have. a lot of americans standing up to boycott or just watching their team. well, president trump was either watching or not watching, but he weighed in again this morning about the kneeling controversy in the nfl. this is what president trump just tweeted about an hour ago. he said can you believe that the disrespect for our country, our flag, our anthem

continues without penalty to the players? the commissioner has lost control of the hemorrhaging league. players are the boss, as we noted yesterday. only one player kneeled a defensive lineman for the new york football giants. why is this -- why is this such an important topic for the president? he keeps going back to it. he's litigating, a lot of americans are passionate about it. what does it mean to him? >> i think the president senses that he's on the right side of history, and he's with the majority of americans, you know? he can't say that about many -- too many other issues. but on this one, i think people just get the sense, you know? give it a rest. you know, the world is not perfect. we have plenty of issues. that's what i was trying to tweet out yesterday. let's put all of these divisions aside. let's just enjoy your family, enjoy the meal, enjoy freedom, enjoy just the ability to have the, you know, a conversation across the table with someone that you love or, you know, someone who holds a different

political viewpoint than you do. just cool it, everybody. just chill, and that's why when i saw that one player, the giant defensive player there kneeling, i thought what the heck. you know, come on. can't you even on this day. on this day, can't we all be united? sure, there are plenty of things that divide us. yes, you know, the native americans had a rough time in their vision of thanksgiving is different or the people in the inner city supper -- whatever it is. whatever your issue is, today of all days, just cool down. and that's why i was disappointed. but i will say, you know, that we look at the bad news, the one guy protesting. the good news is he was the only one, as we know. >> geraldo, you talk about people dividing others. also the president sharing a message of thanks and optimism with our troops. but one general seeking to divide us saying it wasn't good enough. this is general mark on another network. here's what he had to say.

>> first of all, i'm thankful for the fact that he did address the soldiers. but the message that i heard and some of the things that he said would have not rung very well with me, had i been a deployed soldier. we have been winning. you're talking to soldiers and military personnel around the world who have been in this fight for 17 years. and to suddenly be told that they're winning now when they weren't winning before is somewhat insulting, first of all. and secondly, the comments about the economy and where the economy's growing. deployed service members don't want to hear about that. they want to hear, hey, thanks. pete: so, geraldo, himself decorated purple heart served his country. so i have a lot of respect for him. but ultimately, he shouldn't say they're winning, even though the caliphate has been destroyed under this president. he has untied the hands of our war fighters. and also about the troops don't care about our economy. they've got consumers and family members here as well.

do they not care about the home front that they're fighting for as well? it sounds like he's trying to praise the president for talking about the troops, which you should do on thanksgiving. but then taking all back by saying, well, they don't really care about the economy. >> you know, pete, i have the same answer as i had in the first question you ask me. i honor general's service, real war fighter, real hero. you know, who am i to critique him and his feelings? but i will say just as an american, just as someone who spends an awful lot of time with troops in deployment and so forth, that everything this president says on every other day of the year is construed by his critics in the most evil, negative way possible. he doesn't get a break, you know? it's constant. whatever the issue is, you name it. hurricane relief or with the economy or the kneeling or the family, the basketball players in china or whatever the issue

is, the partisan press tears the president apart. and then those of us who like the guy, we just say come on. this is not fair. this is not the way generals commented when the chief executive and the commander-in-chief spoke on the national day of thanksgiving. this is the day you say at a boy. this is the day you say thank you, sir. in terms of winning the war, i mentioned afghanistan. i had 11 assignments there. if we were winning the war, why are we still in the war? it's a tough vlog. congratulations to this president and to president obama toward the end of his second term in terms of the the victory in syria. yes, we are finally in syria and iraq finally getting rid of isis. the caliphate has been destroyed. long way to go. we salute everybody, men and women who serves in the armed forces for the united states for their sacrifice, for their

courage, under fire, particularly in, and i wish the general had just cooled it, and i wonder in retrospect if he doesn't think the same. pete: earlier, i pointed out i was on u.s. tour on thanksgiving some years ago, and you know this with your 11 assignments in afghanistan and countless others in iraq. and that is the troops -- there's 99% boredom. 1% sheer terror. and when you're there on thanksgiving, and you have the camaraderie that pete talked about, but you're also still dealing with the boredom to take your mind of not being with the loved ones. you would watch subtitled japanese tv if you could. but to get the commander-in-chief to tell conference with you, to go to the coast guard, to spend time to be there. and don't think you're not deployed even when you're in states, and you're dealing with things like hurricanes and other situations. but describe for us what it's like to be with those troops and what i believe with all due respect to general was a

back-handed compliment, an insult if you will because he said, well, good for the president, but they didn't want to hear this. molly: and in the full context of what the president said, he did talk a lot about winning with the troops when he was giving his thanksgiving message. we're not fighting any more to just walk around. we're fighting to win. and that might have been a message that would be well received by them. >> you know, molly, i was delighted that the first lady and the president took time from their plush vacation in mar-a-lago to visit the coast guard station. the coast guard is often forgotten when we talk about the sacrifices of the armed forces of the united states. they do a hell of a job, a terrific job. and particularly now after irma and harvey and maria, we saw how the coast guard was particularly involved helping americans in a jack, particularly on the border. for the president to do that, i thought it was a grand. >> yes, he is.

>> you're. and to go to one unit, regardless of what the service is, is really to visit all of them. i spent a lot of holidays thanksgivings and christmas deployed overseas. you know, on my assignments, my various assignments. and rather than turkey, you got some stringy chicken in some remote base some place, and it has dust in it, and your teeth crunch when you bite into it from the sand, not from any kind of exotic stuffing. and really, it counts a lot when people remember you. and that was my job. they were covering the gi's deployed on the holidays to remind americans that here we are. our sons and brothers, our daughters and sisters, they are far, far away. they are fighting for you, for your freedoms, for your rights to have that political discussion across the thanksgiving table. pete: geraldo, speaking of thanksgiving tables, how did you spend your thanksgiving? america wants to know. >> we have a house full here in ohio. there they are. come on, kids.

here. i've got some live ones here. the only ones i couldn't get away from. max and georgia, my nephew and niece. son-in-law joshua, brother-in-law joshua kids. and their daughter my age is asleep. most of them are in food comas. wave. smile there. pete: good morning, guys. molly: yeah, good morning. >> okay. kids. but my wife was great. pete: look at the picture of the stairs, it looks like you have a whole battalion there. >> oh, we do. we had 21 to dinner, you know? my son cruise and lauren came. so my three grandchildren and my oldest -- actually, i have four grandchildren. molly: he's got a little baby there. >> yeah. i've got -- that's liam, he's the youngest. i have h ella rose.

lauren has liam, and then eric is up there and jase my oldest and our 12-year-old by eric and then goes up to josh and other family members up the stairs. good thing i have a long staircase because we had a houseful. the football games were on. we weren't boycotting anything. it was a lot of fun. pete: great photos. glad you had it in your home. griff: griff, thank you for all of your trips you went over there. like bob hope, you go and spend time not as a sacrifice. and speaking of going over, let's go over to jillian to see if we have news. >> we do have breaking news that we continue to follow this morning. so let's get you caught up on this story. a fox news alert. a fallen officer murdered in cold blood saluted by his

brothers. was later arrested more than 100 miles away. trooper damon allen dying at the scene. he was a husband and father of three and had been with the force since 2002. this is the second death for the department this month. black is facing a capital murder charge, which could carry the death penalty. al franken apologizing once again for sexual misconduct saying he crossed the line but still won't step down. instead, the minnesota senator vowing to regain the voter's trust. it comes after two more women came forward. accusing franken of inappropriate touching. the star tribune reports the democrat calls himself a quote warm person who likes to hug people. and that's a quick look at your headlines on this friday. head back to you guys. >> there's going to be a lot more headlines coming out of washington. ethics committees. >> thanks, josh. appreciate it. after losing to trump in 2016, democrats are desperately trying to regroup. now former presidential candidate martin is going to ask for help. we're going to ask him about it. >> and colin kaepernick wasn't

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griff: get out right now. it is black friday. thousands of stores opening their stores early as americans are expected to spend $20 billion this weekend. pete: yep. this is not the home shopping network. this is fox and friends weekend, and we have jeff flock joining us right now from michigan avenue chicago where people are braving the cold. jeff, good morning. >> not exactly a huge crowd out here, though, this morning on black friday. maybe if you look on the magnificent mile, it's not so magnificent at the moment. as you can see, a lot of stores open but not a lot of folks here. and it's a nice day here as well in chicago. and, in fact, one of our most faithful fox viewers tweeted me this morning, you have your heavy coat on. it's only going to be in the 50s today. what's your problem? she's right. i took my hood off. people came out anyway. some of them as early as

thanksgiving day and then overnight as well coming to get the bargains. and if you look at the numbers on this, 115 million people are expected to shop today, which would make this a pretty good black friday and the spending according to a survey by the retailmenot foundation -- or survey folks that said spending they thought would be up 47% this year. that's because the economy is doing so well. and 66% of those folks say they are going to be out for the sales today. only a quarter or so say they're doing it because it's a tradition. and while we're talking about a tradition here in chicago, we've got a slightly less exciting tradition perhaps for some. that's black friday protest by the black lives matter folks for the last two years, they've come out here along michigan avenue trying to draw attention to mistreatment they claim of black chicagoans by police here.

that's supposed to start -- well, several hours now away. it's 11:00 eastern time, 10:00 local. so we'll keep an eye on that as well, folks. back to you. pete: jeff flock live from chicago. thank you for joining us today. you know how the song the internet killed the radio? i think it did a big dent. >> i get it. i get it. it's easy to stay home. griff: sales could be up 47%. molly: and because it's a tradition. that's shocking. pete: now former presidential candidate martin o'malley has an idea how to fix the party after last year's loss. how? well, we're going to ask him. next. griff: and there's less than a dozen working days left for congress. so what are the chances of getting tax reform or anything done? we'll find out. of green mountain

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molly: we are back with fox headlines and a startling news report. north korea's top nuclear target, and they are right here in the u.s. council on foreign relations say they are at the very top of the rogue regime list. the pentagon also on the report. tensions are right, right after the u.s. listed north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. and the iranian navy planning to send a fleet of worship to the gulf of mexico as part of an effort to globalize the nation's military. back in july, a u.s. navy vessel fired warning shots at a fast-approaching iranian boat in the persian gulf. pete.

pete: while former democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley says the democratic party is regenerating itself like after a bad forest fire. telling the hill quote this is the turning point. not 2020. i'm very excited about 2018. i see this party regenerating itself. not from washington. i don't believe in permanent blue states or red states. i don't believe in flyover states. has now launched a new political organization to focus on these local elections. joining me now, former maryland governor martin o'malley. governor, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you, sir, and happy black friday as well. after every -- every forest fire is started for a reason. it's either arsen, intentional, or accidental. when you look at the forest fire of the democratic party that is being generated, what's the nexus of that? is it barack obama? is it hillary clinton? what are you recovering from? >> well, we stopped acting like a party. i mean, we kidded ourselves in a believing that the only

offices that mattered were the president of the united states or united states senate. there were many so-called active democrats that i would speak with on the phone trying to impress upon them when i was chair of the democratic governors association that states matter. and many of these democratic contributors, donors, active people would sometimes say to me almost proudly. martin, i don't do governors. i only do president and u.s. senate. well, look, we have to field candidates for governor, good men and women up and down the ballot for state senate and state rep because the truth is we were wiped out. we lost more governors races and more state legislatures at local elections than any time in the eight-year period of the democratic party and shame of on us. we need to act like a party and realize that every state matters, and that's what i'm going to be putting my shoulder into. pete: well, in some ways, the republican party was guilty of the same sin. these blue-collar voters who had been left behind by both voters.

the so-called forgotten man that this president reached out to. what's your message? the democratic message? because a lot of talk about justice or resisting president trump. but what is the message to these working-class voters to say, hey, don't side with this president who says he's siding with you. instead, side with us. what's your message? >> so the message is opportunity for all. and i think it was teddy roosevelt who said that freedom in the united states of america means to be included both socially and economically in the life of our country. without that inclusion of all people, our country doesn't have much of a reason for being. pete: what does that mean, governor? opportunity for all. what does it mean? >> it means being able to send our kids to college without bankrupting our families. it means being able to be awarded for our work instead of watching our wages go down. it means a government that's actually investing in our country rather than bankrupting our country as this latest tax so-called

reform would do. it means all of these things that our parents and grandparents understood. give our children more opportunities than what we have had. look, this isn't rocket science, but it is the proper practice of the american capitalism, which means that the more our people earn, the more they spend, the more our economy grows, and when we make our country stronger, our country can actually give back more to our children and grandchildren. and it's a message -- yes? pete: it's good to hear democrats use the word capitalism bumble a lot of democrats, whether it's socialism or democratic socialism. you know, critiquing this president's tax reform bill saying that it's a tax break for the rich when you look at the details, the rich in many places get hit harder for anybody else. there is tax-free others. corporate tax rate should bring jobs back here, which democrats say they want to do. so is there nothing in this tax reform bill that would lead to higher wages, that would lead to giving money back to people so they can spend that money. they would release to middle class voters. would you not acknowledge at

least that the motives of this president and republicans are to help working-class voters as well? >> i can't speak to their motives, but i can answer your question. no. there's nothing in this tax reform that does anything for job creation. look, man. pete: doubling the standard deduction? >> yeah. that would be nice. but it's not worth bankrupting our country. look, if tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations created jobs and better wages, we would really be rolling in it now, wouldn't we? but it doesn't work like that. that's not how american capitalism. pete: we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world, governor. >> create more opportunities for your kids. yeah, we've come out of the recession thanks to president obama's leadership faster than most other countries. but we have yet to see wages go up again for most americans and a lot of people if they have less than a college degree hadn't seen any job coming back. pete: because so many of those jobs have gone overseas. i mean, we've seen it happen

over generations. would not reducing the corporate tax rate rather than trying to line people's pockets, you would have to acknowledge base economics and incentives would be for companies to come back here and provide those jobs here. is that not good for fly overstates as you said you don't want to describe them to have those can jobs coming back. isn't that a basic premise? >> yeah. but, look, you assume that they're paying taxes now under our tax code. that's not -- that's not true. you know, ge i think last year paid nothing. pete: because the code is so complex. you have to simplify the code as well, governor. you have to acknowledge that. >> yeah. but here's what i believe. i believe that, yes, if we had a fairer code and people actually paid their fair share, that would be -- that would be better. but what is absolutely bad for our country would be to bankrupt our country with a $1.5 trillion added to our debt that this bill doesn't even pay for. look, the real challenge is how do we get wages and pay to start going

up again with productivity in the united states? that's what makes capitalism actually work. when more people are included. pete: some may see it's a bit cynical now to be talking about debt and deficits after eight years of president obama. speaking of cynicism, i'll let you get your last word. are we looking at the beginnings of a 2020 presidential bid? >> look, going to be putting my shoulders in to helping people win all across the country. let me give you one, quick example. in oklahoma in the last seven special elections in oklahoma, a state donald trump won by overwhelming elections, our candidates have won five of those seven races, flipping seats in many instances people thought we had no chance of winning. but it's not just okay. it's new hampshire, it's iowa, it's south florida, it's washington state. so i'm putting my shoulder in to helping good people win back their state so we can save our country. and i'll make a decision about 2020 later. pete: after midterms is what

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pete: guilty and there's evidence. christine snapped a picture of her dog lily in the act eating turkey and apparently two sides. before that, it wasn't just the turkey. molly: yes, i like how she takes the picture and just let's her get away with it. and her 9 month old lucas from california declaring victory with his first turkey leg there. pete: carnivore. griff: and send blessings to our viewers and everyone across the country from

georgia. isn't that great? pete: thank you for sharing your thanksgivings with us. well, the time to give thanks is apparently over. apparently over? we can always give thanks. >> be thankful he every day, pete. pete: now it's time for christmas shopping and the rush is. >> that it is that is the absolutely true. a lot of folks getting their hands on black friday steals and deals. griff: todd is in new jersey. todd, what do you have for us? what are you wearing? molly: i like it. >> you like this? molly: yeah, classy. >> i got it just for you guys. all right. let's go down to business. thank you. oh, that's beautiful. this is a serious show. i'm here with deborah. deborah, thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, my pleasure. >> what do we have here in the cart again shopping here in the cart. you have some cool stuff in here. why don't you tell us what you have. >> nothing that cool. i have some stuff with my

students. i'm a teacher. >> you buy stuff for your students. how awesome is that? teachers giving back. >> i've got some little games, a game for when we have family events, christmas is coming up, so why not? and i also got the fire tv stick, so i'm hearing great things about it, so i might as well get. >> all right. this is the big thing this year. we also have star wars gear. and i just want to point this out. this is not a gift, but this is definitely a cousin eddie hat from christmas vacation. put that on. >> what do you think? >> it's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year. deborah, thank you very much. we appreciate it. and speaking of gifts, i got molly, pete, and griff something earlier, and i understand that jillian's upset with me because -- that doesn't make any sense. jillian, that doesn't make sense. i got you something in the 5:00 hour, and you know that, so i don't know why you're being a scrooge. molly: oh, my goodness. >> okay. well, it's more like

the grinch because i'm in green today. >> the combination of you being a scrooge and me liking pugs leads to your new gift. molly: what does it say? i can't read it. >> i like that sweater. >> actually, todd, you're mistaken because did i not tell you guys earlier that he gave me my gift in the 5:00 a.m. hour? griff: the person who hasn't gotten a gift is me. >> would you like a sweater? >> adam, i have something for you. i didn't realize you were on the couch. and for those of you who didn't know, adam and i share an office at the fox news channel. and for those of you who know me, i'm loud. i talk a lot. it's tough being in a room with me at times. so for adam, headphones. >> noise-canceling headphones. >> i was just asking pete if i could move in with him. but this might --

>> poor todd. as todd's out in the field. todd, you're doing a great job today. thank you for the gifts. >> keep modeling. >> have a great holiday, christmas, all of that stuff, and enjoy your black friday. >> todd, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> you guys. the headlines? >> yes. please. >> get you caught up on the news of the day? let's start with this story. general michael flynn cutting ties with president trump's legal team amid robert mullers' russia investigation. so what could that mean? trump campaign manager cory lewandowski joined us last hour to weigh in. >> people who haven't followed the rules, people like paul manafort rick gates, mike flynn. if they have done something wrong, they should be held accountable. >> flynn and his son are accused of participating in a plot to kidnap a turkish opposition leader in the u.s. and deliver him to turkey in exchange for $15 million cash. the more than of an american athlete held in a chinese jail now pleading for the president to help. >> and i would be truly

grateful and most definitely would thank him with no problem. >> wendell brown, a former canadian football league player has been detained since september of 2016 because of a bar fight. his mother now hoping president trump can intervene. this after china released three ucla players after they were accused of shoplifting and one player's father, as you very well know has refused to thank the president. unemployed quarterback colin kaepernick making a surprise appearance at a native american unthanksgiving event. watch. >> for our justice, for our freedom, and realizing it makes us more. >> the former 49er visiting alcatraz for the annual gathering that honors native american culture. kaepernick, who started the national anthem protest last season claims nfl owners are colluding against him by not hiring him. you have to see this.

a chewbacca look like a winning best in year's national dog show. >> the brussels is your winner. >> it does look like chewbacca. the furry little brussels winning before besting six other group champions. the portuguese water dog finished second. they're all adorable. they all win in my book. >> i just don'tanned. it looks like my neighbor's dog. i guess someone sees something. >> well, is it your neighbor's dog? >> no. it's not my neighbor's dog. griff: i like his name griff. pete: well, if you're trying to head out right now, bring the big coat. maybe buy another big coat. it is absolutely frigid across areas here in the northeast with temperatures falling down into the 20s, the teens. this is your wind chill. 37 degrees is the feels like temperature here in new york. as you head in midwest, 22 in

detroit, 25 in minneapolis. so if you're one of the black friday day shoppers. this is the spot we're focusing on this morning. >> winter finally got here. >> yeah. wahoo. >> yay. griff: thanks, adam. still ahead, just a dozen days left in congress, so what are the chances of getting tax reform or anything done? byron here to react next. pete: plus, don't know what you're doing with all of your thanksgiving leftovers? i do. down the hatch. we've got recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> yes. yes. yes.

did yon the national debt?ssman get elected by talking tough will they stay true to their words? or did they promise you one thing... only to do another? right now, congress is talking about tax cuts that will add trillions to our national debt and hurt our economy. it's time to tell congress... don't borrow more money from china. and leave more debt to our kids. keep your word. tax cuts shouldn't add to the national debt.

molly: president trump renewing his vow to repeal and

replace. griff: tweeting obamacare premiums have gone up, up, up, just as i predicted for two years that it's a disaster. but do not worry. even though the dems want to obstruct, we will repeal and replace right after tax cuts. >> that is a long list. but only with a handily of working days left for congress, how much can they really get done? >> let's talk to byron, he's the chief political correspondent for the washington contributor and the guy that's every morning coming to fox that talks politics. and says have i got this right? what's going to happen today? tax reform. any chance we get it done, byron? >> yeah. i think there is a chance that they get it done. i mean, the bottom line to remember here is that they are desperate. having already failed to pass an obamacare bill, if they fail to pass a tax bill, i think they all think they're toast going into the 2018 election. so i'm not saying it's going to be done next week, although i think we're going to see some long nights, some promises to perhaps get it done by thursday. you know,

real pedal to the medal effort. might still move past christmas. might move past new year's into january, but i think the desperation factor is what makes it get done. molly: yeah, they really want this win. they need something to crow about at this point in time with repeal and replace going down in fire in there year. when we talk about what could happen with the leadership, with mcconnell, with ryan, are there consequences? and could those consequences come if we don't see something happen? it's funny to hear you talk about january. but say it doesn't get done by christmas, and we head into the new year, what then? >> well, the biggest consequences from connell and ryan if they fail to do this, becoming a minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the house. those are i think the biggest dangers for them facing 2018. now, we will hear rumbles. remember, the house gop conference has always been a conference. remember all the problems that

john boehner had. there will always be some, especially if this doesn't get done saying we need to have new leadership. and the senate, you know, it's really hard to see a challenger to mitch mcconnell. he has been pretty strong, even after the failure of obamacare. so my guess is mcconnell's bigger worry is becoming minority leader. not being ousted as majority leader. >> now, byron, next week, the big four, is there a known mcconnell and ryan and, of course, their democratic counterparts pelosi and schumer getting together with the president in the white house on tuesday? but as they work these things out and try to race to the finish line before the end of the year, is it the senate that is the bigger problem and mcconnell ultimately biggest threat to his leadership? because as the tax reform bill hangs in the balance, you've got at least one senator ron johnson who says he's a "no." you've got sue collins who says repeal of the individual mandate, and then you have folks like senator corker and

flake who has personality differences with this president could cast ballot. what do you make of that? >> yeah. what you've just described is the senate legislative whack-a-mole game, which is because there are just 100 senators, it takes 50 to pass something. there are 52 republicans, which means if you lose more than two in the senate, then you've lost the whole game. so you could have a situation in which majority leader mcconnell and president trump are going one day. they're trying to satisfy senator murkowski's concerns. and then the next day they're trying to satisfy senator johnson's concerns. and then after that, it's senator corker's concerns. and what about senator mccain? so it's like when they fix one, another one pops up. so it could be a very, very difficult week for them. griff: thank you so much. joining us from alabama. you're in birmingham, i believe. and certainly a lot happening down there is that race for the next senator is underway

there. molly: yeah, and we're already looking ahead to these midterms, so we'll see what goes ahead to the new year. up next, don't know what to do with all of your thanksgiving leftovers? i've been looking forward to this. we've got recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. next.

pete: it is the morning after thanksgiving, meaning your fridge is still filled with leftovers, as is mine, so what

should you do with all of the turkey stuffing and cranberry? >> here is professional chef and founder of grilled cheese.com. thank you so much for being here. pete: that's awesome. >> yes. thank you, guys, so much. how is everybody doing? pete: great. molly: i've been looking forward to this all morning. >> so as everybody knows, thanksgiving is the best holiday ever. food, family, friends, and overindulgence. if you're like me, you have a lot leftover, and you can do a lot of black friday shopping. so the first thing i'm going to do since i am the grilled cheese girl, i am going to show you how to make gooey gobbler. first thing's first, we're going to get a little butter and mix in some fresh sage. and if you just want to mix that. and then we'll do two slices of gouda and then some turk. and we'll put this on the

bread. if you want some cranberry jam. >> my butter with a fork. >> that's the official army style neanderthal way. >> and since this is a loaded cheese, you're going to want to use a nice, thick bread that holds up to all of these beautiful, delicious things. this is golden wheat. it's thick, fluffy, it holds up beautifully. >> ta-da. >> did you like one? >> i would love one. >> also got a breakfast sandwich; right? >> i've got a breakfast sandwich because i know everyone's probably so hungry out there, and this one's super easy. if you want to hand me one of the croissants and then imagine this is toasted. and then we're going to add some of this really cool blueberry-encrusted goat cheese. and all do is put it on. >> i have that leftover every year. >> we'll do a little bit more with that. >> and then you guys put some bacon on. >> turkey and bacon but

definitely no turkey bacon. >> huh-uh. we're only doing the real stuff. >> it usually works. >> and then you just use the bacon for the rest of the family. pete: gorgeous. molly: well done. it's like you've done that before. >> look at that. molly: look at that. that is very impressive. pete: that is -- molly: that would be the hardest part for me. that fried egg. pete: i wouldn't thought if you through a little cranberry on the sandwich, it tastes like thanksgiving. >> uh-huh. super good. and that sage butter, that's what's up. and then this last one, this is a way to use your leftovers for a dinner sandwich. so this is the thanksgiving cuban. >> we're going to save that for the next side of the break. we're going to tell you what this is and how you can make it. more on fox and friends moments away along with this thing. we're on a mission to show drip coffee drinkers, it's time to wake up to keurig.

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