rob: bobcat lucky to be alive after 50-mile journey after the grill in the car. once she parked, it was released back into the wide. probably there to try to stay warm. that's why cats like car engines. jillian: that's crazy. thanks for joining us on this monday. we will see you later. >> president trump has now arrived back in washington. he will be meeting with senate republicans tuesday. >> he just tweeted this is a big week coming up for tax cuts. >> well, do i believe in prayer, number one. i hope we get it done by christmas. >> conyers announced he was stepping down on the powerful house judiciary committee. >> john conyers is an icon in our country. he will do the right thing. >> i'm someone who hugs people. i have learned i have crossed the line for some women. >> a fox news alert, across the country on high alert as terrorists look to target u.s. trains. >> prince hey officially offer the market after

months of speculation. he is announced to the actress, an american meghan markel. >> roughly two dozen players choosing to sit, kneel, or raise a fist to the national anthem on sunday. >> look at this. helmets. refuse down holding on to his wrist. >> good to win the game. >♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and the trumpets they go ♪ ♪ and the trumpets they go. steve: thank you very much jason derulo openings our first big show after thanksgiving.

welcome back to studio f. ainsley: good morning. it is cyber monday. you can do your shopping online today and save a lot of money. brian: we will have a whole emphasis on that. that's the only way we woke kurt the cyberguy for that reason. ainsley: brian is buying our christmas gifts. brian: i prefer shopping to feel things. ainsley: you can't shop in person today. brian: that's right. because it's cyber. the most fun store in any mall as seen on tv. almost like seeing a celebrate. it's like i remember you from a television commercial. ainsley: that's a store in your mall. brian: you don't have that. ainsley: we have bed, bath,and beyond that's everything around the register. steve: who knew there was a whole store my pillow. you will see some of the images from our thanksgiving. brian: they are developing them right now. we went to kodak. steve: photo toe mat. brian: i put in the special water. steve: this is called a smart phone acts like a

camera. brian: it's a phase. ainsley: only for smart people though. it's a smart phone. steve: thank you for joining us on this monday. it's a fox news alert. high ranking official now suingth president. a federal official over his choice to lead the nation's consumer watchdog agency. ainsley: she wants to block the white house and let a judge decide who will take over the consumer protection brewer. brian: griff jenkins is live in washington with the details. he loves lawsuits. hey, griff. >> good morning, guys. it's unclear who is getting the top parking spot at the consumer financial bureau this morning. president trump's pick to watch the agency is mick mulvaney or will it be hold joan leann dr. english. the lawsuit filed by english to block mulvaney's appointment will determine who is going to step in. this all started when richard cordray resigned tapping english on the way out the door as president trump sought to reform an agency that he believes has become too political.

democrats view it differently. here is dick durbin. >> it's a watchdog agency. wall street hates it like the devil hates holy water. and they are trying to put an end to it with mr. mulvaney stepping into mr. cordray's spot. >> agency created by elizabeth warren before she was a senator and enacted under dodd frank in 2010 in response to the financial collapse. here is what the legislative director for the white house mark short has to say about it. >> we're not supposed to be creating agencies that are not accountable to the american people that's what we have done with cfpb. mick mulvaney will do a good job making sure it's will fair and not killing jobs. >> the administration argues that the federal agency's format gives president trump the authority to name mick mulvaney as director. we are hearing reports from reuters that the general counsel at cfpb is siding

with president trump. we don't have that hard on fox news but it is going to play out and it is indeed a fight over the administration and what many people think of as the swamp. brian: it's all about the acting. if thacting when the president names somebody this going to go up in smoke. just go ahead and name somebody. >> what has to happen this is for the acting one, the senate will have to confirm a permanent director that may be mulvaney or someone else. we will find out from president trump. it's worth pointing out guys, richard cordray the only person ever appointed to this agency was done in recess on president obama because he doesn't get it done and confirmed by the senate back then. steve: other thing is and griff said in his report that elizabeth warren represented helped create that agency and she wanted to run it president obama didn't want her to run it ended up picking another guy. ainsley: he would trump the agency. steve: you would think so.

ainsley: the person that just left the position. brian: have you set up your to-do list? steve: prince harry got engaged to meghan markel. brian: this is a big surprise. it was in the cold open. i didn't know. ainsley: are you disappointed? did you like seeing him floundering around? brian: i actually feel like i can relate to him. ainsley: we have more on that in headlines shoe. is he an american. brian: americans are cool people. i have met some. monday is today, the president will have lunch with the senate finance committee to talk about tax reform. on tuesday the president goes to capitol hill to invite himself to the senate republican lunch all to talk about most of all tax reform. if you look at his tweets, he is pumped up for the senate to take this on. ainsley: that's because the president, the republicans need a legislative victory. they haven't had one this year. they need this before christmas. steve: so the president in the last couple of hours tweeted this out back in d.c., big week for tax cuts and many other things of

great importance to our country. senate republican also hopefully come through for all of us. the tax cut bill is getting better and better. the big end result will be great for all of us. here's the thing. he is going to be meeting with the big four on capitol hill. nancy and mitch and the others. and schumer and paul. and some others as well. because what they are trying to do is there is a showdown over federal funding. because they need the money to run the government. they will probably do another patch. essentially it runs out of money on december the 8th. ainsley: about a week from now. steve: so, the democrats are trying to do is they are saying if you want us to vote on that, you will have tattach the dreamers stuff to it the republicans say absolutely not. it could be -- brian: attach the dreamer thing and i saw senator thune over the weekend said no. do you know who might say yes in the president. the president before meth with chuck and nancy and said i want to get this

done. let's wait three months knowing this day would be coming. ainsley: i'm not sure the majority of republicans would be against it these are kids that came over because of their parents. just to send them back without having any residency in their country that their parents came from would be difficult. steve: mark meadows who heads up the house freedom caucus says daca will not be in the funding bill. the president gave congress until march to do something. if they do a stand alone legislation, that would be fine with him. but then again, if they do it this way we just know that the house freedom caucus completely against it. ainsley: there could be a government shutdown because there are not enough republicans that could agree on other things. steve: they need to get democrats on board and generally they have. because some of the republicans don't want to increase the deficit. they have to get some democrats, kind of a mess. ainsley: can't agree on funding for our troops. they want more and more. steve: did you see the shot at the beginning where people were throwing helmets

at each other in the nfl yesterday? kind of like that. brian: democrats bail out and say we are not going to bail you out if you don't include daca there. we will see what happens when they force it down. overwhelmingly when you ask the american people what they want, they want to see republicans and democrats come together on something. this might be a good place to start right before christmas. meanwhile, when you talk about ainsley and steve you thinhollywood, you love talking about actors and actresses. this is right up your alley. steve: we love talking about prings harry how admire create r. greatly. ainsley: you can't look at us directly. steve: susan sarandon lives in new york but she does do a lot of movies. she was such a supporter of bernie sanders and she not like how hillary clinton was tweeting bernie sanders. she did a very -- opening interview with the guardian where she said you know what? if she were president, it would be a dangerous

situation. you. ainsley: i did think she would be very, very dangerous. we would still be fracking and there would be war. it wouldn't be much smoother. look what happened under obama that we didn't notice. brian: don't say we need susan sarandon in our camp. she wants to go even more left than hillary clinton would have been. she came out. it was the first story in drudge most of the day. steve: that's right. ainsley: she said back in june her foreign policy made her a gators national security risk. i guess she meant greater than trump. when the reporter of the guardian asked her about that she said not exactly but i don't mind that quote. steve: just before the dnc last year, she came out and said you know, the dnc is completely corrupt. as it turns out she was right. ainsley: they are. brian: by none other than donna brazile basically says that in her book. steve: it's 6:10 in new york city. jillian joins us with breaking news from across the pond. jillian: breaking news. let's start with this fox news alert. prince harry is off the

market after months of speculation the royal family announcing harry is engaged to meghan markel. the wedding set to take place in the spring of 2018. the pair have been dating for 17 months. 33-year-old prince harry is fifth in line for the throne. a fox news alert. a mask volcano on the brink of erupting. indonesian officials highest level. ordering the evacuation of 100,000 people from the tourist island of bali. shutting down the airport and 60,000 forecasts. of the volcano last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people. house minority leader nancy pelosi coming to john conyers defense. putting nancy pelosi on a pedestal as he stepped down from the committee over sexual conduct allegations. >> strengthened by due process. just because someone is accused and was it one accusation? is it two?

i think there has to be. john conyers is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women. jillian: the congressman under investigation by the ethics committee is accused of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconducts lawsuits. meanwhile senator al franken says he will be back at work this morning and will not resign over the allegations against him. franken, who is accused of groping several women, calls himself a champion and ally of women. in just a few hours, we will get our first glimpse of the white house decorated for the holidays. first lady will melania trump will welcome children to see the 20-foot christmas tree, nativity scene and replica of the white house. the christmas tree scheduled to arrive this morning. of the spruce left the national forest in montana two weeks ago. cool, i love seeing this stuff. they sore big. it takes them such a long

time to get there and get it all packed up and unpacked. ainsley: did you all put your trees this up weekend? jillian: not yet. brian: no. steve: it's in the hall. apes avians did i yesterday. i did two of them. this year did i not do the real tree. sorry, mom. let us know what you think. i didn't feel like dealing with all the pine needles. i bought those things that make it smell good and frazier fir. steve: we have one of each. live and fake. brian: live tree or fake tree tell me what you are doing. ainsley: live trees are better. brian: are you doing it. ainsley: i got it on sale at home depot and it was already lit. steve: i love that. brian: you don't want to put any effort in. ainsley: i put a lot of earth in. i shoil you the the pictures. steve: let us know about that. a fox news alert. chilling terror threats targeting trains and christmas markets. congressman mark gallagher served two tours in iraq and he is here talking about

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intelligence teams intelligence homeland security in the house. congressman, you hear about going after rails. these aren't hollow threats. they say they will start using vehicle attacks. they started with nice and haven't stopped. what do you do. >> that's an important point. when you saw in the months leading up to nice, berlin crowded christmas market even in new york with isis advertising on online magazindobkinbic. we have to take this seriously. magazine changed from daubic a city in syria to a? i rome. that's the problem we face. as we squeeze isis in iraq and syria, we're going to see it pop up in other places. we had an attack in egypt last week. isis has an affiliate there. brian: as brutal as can you imagine. 300 plus dead. 27 children. >> exactly. particularly, this is the largest mobilization of foreign fighters in human history. so as these foreign fighters return to their home countries in western europe,

we are going to be dealing with this. toward that end i chair a task force as part of the homeland security committee. we have looked at all the pathways through which terrorists can get into this country. the most difficult thing to confront is the reality that terrorists cross our borders thousands of times every day digitally that capacity to inspire and attack is a very difficult problem to get at. brian: you know how much new york means to them you know how they reveled in the bike path killer. >> exactly. brian: penn station, grand central station and new york city as a mecca. what does that make you feel and how is the intraxz between our counter terror unit in the new york city, the fbi and homeland security? >> i think new york deserves a lot of credit really developing. nypd and a lot of the affiliate agencies developing a world class. brian: communicate well to the feds? >> there is always room for improvement. the most important thing for us to do in the short-term is stay on offense in the middle east. as long as we allow isis to gain and maintain territory. the more they grow in the

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ainsley: we have quick headlines happening today. roy moore will make his final campaign appearance in nearly two weeks. the alabama senate candidate speaking at an event tonight amid calls for him to step down. moore is accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls he has denied those allegations. deliberations set to resume today kate steinle trial. the jury went home over the weekend without making a decision. they must decide whether illegal immigrant sanchez deported five times

intentionally fired a gun on a san francisco pier in 2015 or if it accidently went off. steve? steve: thanks, ainsley. democrats claim they're looking for fresh new faces for 2020. a new survey of prominent democrats shows their topic is bernie sanders followed by joe biden and elizabeth warren rounding out the top three. is that really the right direction for the political left? here for a fair and balanced debate we have robin biro former campaign field director for the obama campaign ands at the lynn figaro national justice director for the 2016 bernie sanders presidential campaign. she joins us from l.a. is he in atlanta. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you so much. steve: robin, let's start with you, bernie sanders, top democrat, is he even a democrat? >> steve, that's my question. i prefer to call him a bernie krat. he was an independent before he ran. he said he was going to stay on the party and do

fundraising and party building and immediately switched back to being an independent, which i can respect because that was his 40-year history before that, but he really hasn't been doing the fundraising that he has pledged to do. other than for candidates that supported him in the primary. so, no. i do not think that he is a democrat. but he is a good man. steve: tezlyn, he -- robin prefers to call bernie sanders an independent, who caucuses essentially with the democrats. but really he is a socialist, isn't he? >> well, i would say that but -- iwouldn't say that. steve: he would. >> that he has actually been on the campaign trail. of course supporting people that support him and what hillary clinton has been doing is book tour supporting no one including people who supported her as well. dem insiders didn't want to put bernie sanders on the list let's be honest about it. american people have chosen him consistently as his

senator. who they put on the list we will see to you that worked out last time. steve: he is in his late 70's. shouldn't the democrats be looking for a younger person to carry the torch. >> i'm always in favor of younger, fresh faces not just there but the average age in congress for democrats is in their 70's and 80's. i think we could use some young faces across the board. you know, but those are -- bernie sanders is someone that the people have consistently trusted whether he is an independent. i'm an independent. i'm thought a socialist. but because of his consistent message of the system is rigged, which we see now has been proven by donna brazile's new book. that's what the directions of the people are going in on the right and left. steve: you are right about it being rigid it sounds like. robin, i want to read you a quote from salon magazine. and it brings somebody else into the occasion. it goes like this. are you sick of republicans or just right wingers in general? do you want to accepted a message to washington that you aren't going to buy into their racist, sexist,

xenophobia, homophobic and classist nonsense for one second longer then do the very thing that donald trump up intentionally encouraged in a recent tweet, encourage hillary clinton to run for president in 2020. so, robin, is there a possibility? would you support hillary clinton to lead up your party in a couple of years? >> steve, no. no. she does not need to run again. i will make that elm fat takely clear. take -- i emphatically clear. she is done. she is a grandma. i would like to remove her from the political occasion. she should do fundraising and be done. she has pledged to bring the message to future candidates to show the mistakes that she made so that they don't make those same mistakes going forward. i respect that i think that's a good decision. but i think politically, she is done. steve: tezlyn, it sounds like she and her campaign rig the things against your candidate bernie sanders.

i would imagine she is the last person you would like to see at the top of the ticket next time. >> i would say more than sound like it. certainly has been proven. you know so, when we look at, again, these dem insiders. who are the people the insiders quote unquote who are making these decision whose actually gets to the list? i hope to not see more of the same next time around in 20020020. grassroots and see how that works out. steve: great conversation. s at the lynn and robin thank you from other sides of the country. meanwhile on this mopped, president trump promised to cut regulations while in the white house. new op-ed says that will be his legacy and will be a win for you. we will explain. football on the field between bitter rivals it wasn't the first time. it's the super bowl of shopping today this cyber monday is expected to be a record breaker. kurt the cyber guy is here with tips to get the best

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debris. i i could not bring it in the house. ainsley: there is -- thanksgiving. brian: she had no family. ainsley: she had plenty of family. we can't get enough of that child. brian: that's a side shot of my bar. we made a turn this year. so many people there. draw attention to ourselves. he stands and eats. ainsley: that is so much fun. you have a ton of people. brian: that's my mom kirsten and caitlin. they are posing together because they get along very well. will that's your mom. thank you, mom, does she watch every morning. brian: she is probably watching right now and screaming at me for putting her picture on television. steve: brian, you got to you have a real tree. you can't have a fake tree because earlier we said. brian: she knows. steve: ainsley just got a fake tree from home depot. we have a fake tree and a real tree. we asked what you thought about the tree situation. and our email machine has, once again -- ainsley: i feel like a bad

mom i have a fake tree. [sigh] ainsley: at this stage of my life it's about being easy. steve: what did you think about it? michelle emailed this. i like the umbrella tree just take it out of box, plop it open, what la. it's done. no mess. brian: really? ainsley: michelle, i'm with you. brian: more shortcuts. steve: we have done a fake tree since our children are all grown. no more mess with pine needles i miss the pine subsequent. ainsley: get candles. brian: pick the tree and the cutting out the bottom of the tree so the dead tree can breathe. ainsley: scott says i have always had a real tree it is a tradition with all fake stuff in the country, it is nice to have a real tree. brian: i'm not going to read any until someone agrees with me. merry christmas, i prefer a real tree. thank you. i mean, that's the way jesus wanted it he wants you cutting down trees. [laughter] believe me, it's in the bible. ainsley: that's a good tree ♪

ainsley: janet. brian: what if a tree could just hover and defy gravity? tree tort invincible man. >> trade market. steve: keep the emails coming. we like to hear about it. ainsley: janice tweeted team ainsley. ainsley: you you can't put up a real tree right now, right? because it's too long to be in your house. ainsley: water it every day. brian: take it down december 26th. janice: i have a poll up on my twitter real fir or fake fir? team ainsley. take a look at the temperatures. really nice weekend. beautiful in the northeast that really cold air remains up north in canada. it's going to remain that way for the next seven days. in some cases 20 to 30 degrees above average for a lot of folks. looking at the last 24 hours. a little bit of snow across new england and upstate new york. and there is our big storm

system across the northwest. that's going to bring rain and mountain snow across much of the region. for the rest of the country, a really nice quiet forecast. if you are traveling today not too much to tell you about. the trees are up me and ainsley. can you go to my twitter poll fake, real fir. i also put a picture up of the tree and my mom with santa claus. you go and see santa after thanksgiving. ainsley: is he already visiting the malls? steve: oh, yes. janice: i was trying to set him one my mom. ainsley: is he married. steve: i saw momma kissing santa claus. it is 22 minutes now before the top of the hour. jillian joins us. speaking of things nut mall. jillian: that's right. steve: 24 was a shocking story. jillian: this was a shocking story. holiday shoppers sent running for their lives when gunfire erupts at two

crowded malls. in texan alleged shoplifter shot by police after cops say he pulled out this realistic looking b b gun. he is reportedly in crib. and north of new york city a man put on lockdown. a mall put on lockdown excuse me after a man fired a shot into the floor. it's unclear whether or not it was intentional. no one was seriously hurt. police still looking for that gunman. family and friends gathering to say their final goodbyes to a texas border patrol agent whose death remains a mystery. '6-year-old martinez laid to rest during a private funeral service in el paso, texas, over the weekend. martinez i doing from traumatic injuries after responding to activity along the u.s./mexico border. the incident is being investigated as a potential assault. he leaves behind a fiance and a young son. how about this? tempers flaring on the football field as the division rivals clash over jewelry. >> that's terrible. you just can't do it.

you got to exercise some self-control. jillian: denver bronchos defensive back yanking the gold chain off raider receiver neck. referees kicking both of them out of game and another one for bumping an official. raiders won 21-14. >> that's not something you see every day. brian: crabtree ised me is medi. had that little problem before. jillian: ainsley i was going to say i'm with you by the way. ainsley: going to do a fake one? jillian: yes. i did. ainsley: we will bring in kurt. cyber monday. >> sounds like giving your mom silk flowers. it's mean. ainsley: hayden is 2. she doesn't know yet. brian: she is going to know. ainsley: i will promise next year i will try to do the tv. brian: i will get her a cable television so she can see what you are talking

about. steve: big wall, today they are expecting to do $6.6 billion worth of cyber monday business and kurt joins us live. >> it is the day. the day that the internet came alive and said you know what? black friday may have been big but cyber monday is going to be even bigger. now it's sort of all blending together and like cyber week now cyber month and black friday month that's because the giant amazon is leadingth way for retailers to now rise to the occasion and give us the deals we are looking for. i wants to show you winning apps. if you want to win at saving some money. here are some real great app.s to do. so the first one is called flip. we have it right now. this is really great you put in your zip code. it will find all of the different circulars in your neighborhood. steve: called flip. ainsley: flip. >> p-p. ainsley: p-p. [laughter]

>> deal news these are manually edited deals. people that are actually studying this and keep their brain on this and really do great to share with us what the great, great deal right now. then finally the other one, flick deals app. this is sort of new. new to me anyway. flick deals will hook you up in terms of finding out what deals are around you. but, also, allows you to slide in what percentage off you want hey i want a mix from her kitchen aid. i'm only going to buy it if it's 40% off or below certain price. it will notify you. really great tools to let you know. steve: that's cool. >> when to buy it on that one. dos amend don'ts of the day. things you are going to save on would be like tv's. you see those today. best buy's ad came out. really good deal. smart phones perfect day to bay smart phone. last quarter of the year is when cell phone carriers really want your business.

brian: even on 10. >> you no you are not going to find a deal. i haven't i haven't found a deal for 10. steve: groceries? >> i have seen like $200 off. cars ford has a great offer right now for cash back today and many manufacturers do on that one. the don'ts are also what to watch for. looks like a deal but it's not. home furniture not the time to buy. toys and games are really less expensive in two weeks from now. gift cards start getting less expensive about a week from now. and hen home bedding, i don't know why it never makes the cut. it's always cheaper later in the middle part of next year. steve: you say the best sites are amazon, best buy and target. >> those are the real classic ones to have a look at what are those deals? target has come out with theirs. amazon and best buy. we were already talking how i found you were thinking about a new tv there is a sound bar on there that's half the price. and it's outstanding. so, $129 instead of 260.

ainsley: like this site i wants to buy some pajamas for my daughter they are not doing a deal today. it's cyber. >> use the apps i told you about. put it in there and see if the product does come up from that site. brian: you said that right off, ainsley. he told that you right away. ainsley: i had a deal on black friday and i missed it i tried to put in coupon code and it wouldn't work. >> it could be punishment for buying a fake tree. [laughter] steve: your website if people have further questions? >> cyber guy.com or just search cyberguy. ainsley: you said groceries? i like a deal, ryan. i like a sale. >> groceries are like the new cyber monday thing. steve: because amazon bought whole foods. brian: discount on extra large eggs. or fitted sheets or a car. thanks a lot. i appreciate it, kurt. 17 minutes now before the top of the hour. 12 years until the nfl sign and the anthem protest continues. actually they are picking up steam. one veteran who served our country for years has a

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of us. they are i business of writing regulations now we have a guy a pen who wants to undo as many as he can. >> that's right. i think a lot of americans don't appreciate the fact that over the last 50, 55 years, the amount of regulation that the federal level has grown to about 185,000 pages with an army of 220,000 people. a lot of them lawyers, very talented people. that oversee it. 220,000 people telling us what to do. ainsley: can you give us some examples? >> well, yes. absolutely. look at obamacare. so obamacare was a very complex piece of legislation. it ran almost a thousand pages. it set in motion this effort that created a bunch of regulations to regulate several aspects of the american economy that generated over 10,000 pages of regulations. that's part of the 185,000 pages i mention you had. and the cost on our economy

for awful these regulations is about $1.9 trillion a year which is as much as we collect in income taxes on individuals and corporations. steve: you know, what's interesting, even though the republicans have not gotten any wins so far legislatively, chuck, the stock market has taken off because so many business people are happy by the fact that the president has undone so many regulation he is already. >> well, absolutely. and if this can continue, if we can tamp down on the growth of the administrative state and the bureaucrats that regulate it, you're going to see a blossoming of the economy. and we're not even talking about tax reform and tax cuts yet. if you get both of those together, you're talking higher wages and more employment that will probably last for more than a decade. steve: interesting stuff. read all about it on foxnews.com. chuck devore, we thank you for joining us live.

ainsley: thank you, chuck. >> thank you. steve: come up? ainsley: hollywood liberals coming unhinged for the holidays, one of them taking a massive shot at hillary clinton. steve: 12 weeks into the season and anthem protests continue. one has a patriotic message for all of them. you are going to wants to hear that she is coming up next. ♪ american rock and roll ♪ ♪ sometimes a cough gets in the way of a good night's sleep.

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already. joining us is cathy barnett who served 10 years in the armed forces and looked at statistics that show that maybe this is not the right issue and the numbers don't bear out. these protests are about police brutality and social injustice. are they getting their message out? >> no. i think that there are some very real issues in the black community. some very real systemic devastating issues in the black community. the one that we are seeing almost every day about police brutality that probably isn't even in the top five of the major issues that is impacting the black community. we have 73% of black children growing up without a father. so family instability is number one. but followed by a whole host of other issues, whether we are talking about the lack -- the poor education system, high unemployment rate, low home ownership. steve: right. >> all of those issues are much larger than what we are being shown.

steve: cathy, you are not only a vet. you are a mother. pictures over you in the corner of the studio. how do you explain to your kids what's going on? >> one of the things i try to explain to my children that we are not victims because as a black mother, raising two beautiful black babies, they will see this narrative being pushed out to them that because of the color of their skin somehow they are inferior. and my message to them is that you are not a victim. we are victors. as black people in america, we have inherited a wonderful inheritance. and the thing with inheritance is that you didn't work for it someone else came before you and worked for it paid the price for it and now today, they have an obligation, every black american has an obligation to live a life that is worthy. and for these particular nfl players, they have a significant platform. they can go into any community and immediately shine a spotlight on what's

really -- on what the real issues are. again, police brutality is not even in the top five. brian: show the numbers you were just going over with me before about police interactions with african-americans. >> the narrative is that on every street corner there is a white police officer waiting to shoot a black man. that's the narrative. and that's the narrative behind the whole hands up, don't shoot. brian: what are the numbers? >> the numbers are in 2016, 7800 black men were killed. out of the 7800, 233 were fatally shot by a police officer. so that's down to 3%. of the 233, 16 were unarmed black men. now, the 16 does not take into consideration any violent -- you know, any violent arrests, you know, people not wanting to be arrested. but, let's just say one black person, white person, asian person, any person shot by police for any

reason is one too many. most definitely is not the big boogie bear that they're pushing it to be. steve: cathy barnett, thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. steve: senator lankford is talk taxes this week. is he live with us coming up. more people shop online for the holidays than ever before.

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>> president trump has now arrived back in washington. he will be meeting with senate republicans tuesday. he just tweeted that this is a big week coming up for tax cuts. >> well, do i believe in prayer, number one. and i hope that we get it done by christmas. >> conyers announced he was stepping down as the top democrat on the powerful house judiciary committee. >> john conyers is an icon in our country. he will do the right thing. >> i'm someone who hugs people. i've learned i have crossed the line for some women. >> law enforcement across the country on high alert this holiday season as terrorists look to target u.s. trains. >> prince harry officially off the market after months of speculation of the royal family announcing harry is

engaged to the suits actress, an american meghan markle. >> roughly two dozen players choosing to sit, kneel, or raise a fist during the national anthem on sunday. >> we have a fight on the other side. look at this. helmets off. that leak grabs it off. refuse redown holding his ribs. >> good to win the game. ♪ ♪ ♪ don't me work ♪ so we can work it out. brian: do you think he changed his name for show business? steve: michael beamike buble?

steve: bubble? ainsley: bubbles are three b's. steve: at some point you thought his name was michael bubbles? brian: i'm not going to fall for that whole i'm going show biz, mom. i'm going to change my name. steve: hey, sire, is michael blumikebluble michael. >> i found michael bluble, take a look. >> first it's got to unlock using my facial identification. ainsley: really. steve: i got the new 10. ainsley: one of the producers check for us? steve: michael watches the fox news channel. give us a call and tell us what your real first name is. brian: he came on our show and really nice singing voice. ainsley: can he come back?

that was when i wasn't doing the show and i love him. let's move onto the news and we will get that answer for you. no, i'm not shopping. i'm trying to find out if michael blu bluble. steve: it's not shopping monday it's bluble. steve: suing the president over his choice to lead the nation's consumer financial watchdog agency. brian: i never thought we would be leading the show with this. she's to block the white house and let a judge decide who will take over the consumer financial protection bureau something inventinged in 2007. ainsley: griff jenkins is live in with details on this story. if you are confused griff is going to explain it to you. >> we may want to ask siri who is in charge. it's confusing. is it president trump's pick mick mulvaney or obama holdover english. this lawsuit filed by english last night asks a

judge to decide blocking mulvaney's appointment. this all started with richard cordray resigned on friday tapping his deputy english on the way out to door as president trump sought to reform an agency that he believes has become too political. the president tweeting over the weekend the consumer protection bureau or cfpb has been a total disaster as run by the previous administration's pick. he went on to vow to bring the agency back to life here is dick durbin. >> it's a watchdog agency. wall street hates it like the devil hates holy water. they are trying to put an end to it with mr. mulvaney stepping into cordray's spot. >> the cfpb is the brainchild of elizabeth warren before she was a senator and enacted under dodd frank in response to the financial collapse here is what then congressman mick mulvaney said about it in 2014. >> the place is just -- it's a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if

it has no accountability to anybody. it turns up being a joke. that's what the cfpb really has been in a sick, sad, kind of way. >> english argues in her lawsuit that wording that dodd frank supports her claim the administration argues that the federal vacancy's format gives the president the mulvaney or anyone else he chooses as acting director. shut the presidential prevail it only permanent director who would then require senate confirmation. it's worth noting obama's director cordray had to be appointed in recess. he could not get confirmation. steve: that's right, griff. thank you very much. it all comes down to who gets to pick. ainsley: you would think the put of the united states would be able -- if he appoints someone for federal organization they would get the job. steve: by the job michael bluble who is canadian and italian. it is his real name. he is 45 years old. no, sorry. he is 42 and he makes $45 million a year.

ainsley: wow, a year? brian: is he really happy? steve: yes. brian: how do you pronounce it. ainsley: michael steven boo-blay not boob-lay. brian: senate picked up and pass their version of tax reform. to do that this would be a only a handful of days left before they go on christmas vacation. fund the government which gets unfunded on december 8th. ainsley: this morning if you are waking up thanksgiving is over. back in d.c., big week for tax cuts and many other things of great importance to our country. senate republican also hopefully come through for all of us. the tax cut bill is getting better and better. the end result will be great for awesome. steve: sure. well, the president is going to have lunch today with the vice president and members of the senate finance committee and then tomorrow he is going to meet with the big four leaders of the house and the congress.

one member of the u.s. senate is senator tim scott, and he says that if tax reform is passed by this congress, it's going to have a direct impact on not just the middle class, but on lower class. listen to this. >> if you don't pay income taxes and we increase your refund by 40%, that is a direct dollar impact. in other words, you have more money to use to keep those ends together. those single mothers like mine who are working paycheck to paycheck. what we focused on is making sure that those folks who are struggling to get ahead in life have more of their own money so that they can take care of the needs of their families and perhaps even have a night out. brian: they tried to get senator tim scott to say he had problems with it but he wouldn't. it is pointed out that among the six that aren't a yes yet that we know of. senator susan collins which seems to be working that way.

senator bob corker also trying to work towards a yes. senator jeff flake also is in agreement. he says that congress came up with most of this themselves before president trump was even elected. senator murkowski getting close to saying yes. i believe. the only person i have not heard about maybe have you is senator mccain. ainsley: what about rand paul you? said six, those are five. who is the six? brian: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. you are right. rand paul is the only other person we have not heard from. steve: stay tuned. in the meantime, let's talk a little bit about this with the christmas holiday season officially underway. it turns out there have been a number of those from hollywood, brian was talking about earlier. brian: right. steve: who kind of freaked out. first up, let's talk a little bit about debra messing. you know her, she has been an actress for a long time on will and grace and things like that. she really react to the fact that the "new york times" tweeted this out yesterday. ben shah hiro is a hero to millennial conservatives looking for alternative to trump and trumpism. they had a great profile

about ben shapiro who has certainly been in the news. turns out she didn't like the fact that the "new york times" had published anything about that guy. ainsley: she wrote and why i cancelled my subscription to at "new york times." brian: yeah that was it they said nice things about ben shapiro. actually they didn't say nice things. they just did the facts that he represents a new generation of republicans extremely popular podcast and extremely, you know, extremely marketable speaker who gets a let of protest with his appearances. that was it. it wasn't i love ben shapiro. you can't even do a pro-fight for her. steve: so then you know, susan sarandon, she did not like hillary clinton last time around. she was a big bernie supporter. she said the dnc and the convention were corrupt. and now she has taken to guardian to try to blow up hillary clinton a little more. ainsley: she said did i think she was very, very dangerous. we would still be fracking. we would be at war if she were president. it wouldn't be much smoother. look at what happened under oklahoma that we didn't notice. brian: right.

susan sarandon who was in bull durham, that was very good. ainsley: she said dnc was completely corrupt. steve: she, even though hillary clinton is now former candidate, still not a fan of mrs. clinton. brian: right. she represents too the divide of the democratic side. have you got to go more to the left to get susan sarandon happy. steve: way to the left. brian: if you are a moderate you are not going to make susan sarandon happy. if you are way to the left you will keep two thirds of the democrats being happy. good luck, everybody. steve: who are the moderate democrats? brian: maybe governor hickenlooper stands out to anybody. steve: stands out. brian: he does, colorado. he might be running for president. ainsley: let's hand it over to jillian who was headlines for us? jillian: good morning and breaking royal news. fox news alert. prince harry is officially off the market after months of speculation the royal family announcing harry is engaged to actress and american meghan markle.

prince harry defining his place in 2013 ambulance pilot for the army. short after hearing sirens in the background. >> it wasn't done in the wrong way -- get out of the way. prince harry and meghan have been dating for 17 months. the wedding set to take place in the spring of 2018. 33-year-old prince harry is fifth in line for the throne. congrats. ainsley: great. jillian: we have breaking news volcano on the brinks of erupting. ordering the evacuation of 100,000 people from the popular tourist island of bali. rising ash from the mountain shutting down the airport and stranding 60,000 tourists. the volcano last erupted in 1963, killing more than 1,000 people. house minority leader nancy pelosi coming to john conyers defense. the california democrat even

putting conyers on a pedestal as he steps down from the house judiciary committee over sexual misconduct allegations. >> we are strengthened by due process. just because someone is accused, was it one accusation? is it two? i think there has to be. john conyers is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women. ainsley: the congressman who is under investigation by the ethics committee is accused of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct lawsuits. meantime conyers democratic colleague senator al franken says he will be back at work this morning and will not resign over the allegations against him. franken, who is accused of groping several women calls himself quote a champion and ally of women. take a look at this. firefighters go above and beyond the call after a man falls off a ladder hanging christmas lights as paramedics rush the colorado homeowner to the hospital. some firefighters stayed back and finished decorating the house. the man broke his leg and

would not have been able to do it himself. got to love when you hear stories like that. isn't that great? steve: you got to be careful on those big ladders. jillian: you do. came home to decorated house. steve: there are businesses now that make a lot of money doing the lights for you. brian: they will stick their sign right in your front yard. steve: that's okay. ainsley: chilling new terrorist threat targeting our trains. we are live at the busiest rail station in the country with details on that great, next. brian: cue the music. it's the question everyone has been asking has it really been 20 years? >> i'll never let go. i promise. brian: i got news for you. he dies. why didn't rose make room for jack on the titanic? steve: on the door. brian: why wasn't he allowed in the boat? we finally have the answer. art. by the way, it's a movie. he didn't really exist ♪ once more

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terrorists are targeting american trains. ainsley: that's pretty scary. the tsa is warning about attacks similar to the foiled plot to derail a new york bound train in 2012. steve: todd piro is live at one of the busiest train stations in the world here penn station here in new york city. todd: steve, ainsley and brian. good morning. you said it best. this is one of the busiest train stations in the country on a normal day. you can imagine as we approach the christmas season with some people coming into the city to see all that new york city has to offer. it's going to grow even more busy. the latest report comes in after the latest issue of an al qaeda publication that gave instructions for derailing a train calling our railroads some of our easiest targets. now, this article prompted the tsa to send a security notice to law enforcement across the nation. but, experts say that securing our rails is a tall task. one, because of the shear number of tracks, about 140,000 miles of rail lines

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back to you. steve: let's hope. so all right. todd piro at penn station, thank you very much. in the english language version of the al qaeda magazine. they showed you how to make a homemade derailment tool at your own house to put on the tracks where there is no security it could be terrible. brian: i'm on the railroad every single day. let me tell you something. no one is checking backpacks. you can't. it's not possible. steve: there is 140,000 miles of track for the most part. ainsley: do you think about it when you get on the train? brian: never. ainsley: just keep it that way, right? brian: not thinking about it. steve: thankfully the experts are worried about it unusual sight sparking big security concerns for football fans. what was a drone doing above two stadiums yesterday? ainsley: okay. and you know the government spent thousands of your taxpayer dollars to study that right there, the shrimp on the treadmill. why do i think he is kind of cute? but did you know that they paid 30 grand to put on a production of doggy hamlet?

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typically be filled with people at the time of the crash. but a class had just walked out. no one was seriously injured. brian? brian: all right. thanks, ainsley. 24 minutes after the hour. president trump back in the white house and ready to it's talk tax reform with senators tweeting this. big week for tax cuts and many other things of great importance to our country. senate republican also hopefully come through for all of us. the tax cut bill is getting better and better and the end result will be great for all. one of the senators meeting with the president this week is oklahoma republican senator james lankford. senator, welcome back. >> glad to be back with you, brian. brian: senator, i know the house passed and you guys got your version through committee. as early as thursday there be overall vote. if the vote was today would senator lankford be a yes. >> yes. we are still working through all the specifics but i can't imagine we won't support this as a whole on the senate. i'm still working on specific parties of it. what i call a debt back stop to make sure that's in place

and other aspects of it. this will get done. we have got to get this done for the nation. brian: the whole thing is i have heard you, senator corker, senator flake and senator murkowski say they want to get and season senator collins say they want to get to a yes. i have not heard that from rand paul and john mccain. what can you tell us on that? >> actually you have to talk to rand and john about that. i don't know where they are on that. i will tell you as we have gone through the process everybody, that includes everybody is trying to figure out a way to mike this the best possible document. this effects everybody america. so it should be right. not something that should be rushed but it should be done. hopefully be able to get that through. brian: the biggest obstacle for you right now senator lankford is? >> is the actual debt back stop. i want to make sure we have a built-in process to -- if the numbers don't come in correctly to make sure that we do actually provide a way to be able to guard us against deaf an debt and defici. we are trying to be able to get that in there and get the language right.

brian: i imagine it's going to come down to spending. that might be for a different day. you believe it will pass before christmas. >> i do, actually. i think should. brian: be a vote thursday? >> we will see if there is a vote thursday. they are trying to work with the parliamentarian right now to work out exact language. that sometimes takes extra day to work that through. thursday, friday. worse case scenario delay it put to next week that's not delaying the process. brian: every year there is an annual government waste list out. some things stood out to you that you are putting out today that you want everyone's attention on where we could save money. for example, doggy hamlet? can we take a look at this and how much does d. it cost us? >> this is $30,000 worth of nea grants. new hampshire. i have no problem with them performing doggy hamlet in new hampshire. i'm not sure why people of connecticut federal tax dollars pay for production that's in new hampshire. i certainly don't want the

people of oklahoma to be able to pay for that this is $30,000. it's a small example. we have examples like that. we go all the way up to $458 billion in what's called the tax gap with the irs. so we have evra right from very small to very, very large areas of waste. and areas where the federal government just dropped the ball. didn't complete their job. brian: also something that really aggravates you is the irs rehired over 1,000 people they fired for their bad conduct since 2010. what is that about? >> these are individuals that were not only fired because they were mishandling information. there are some tame must examples of all of that there is also examples of individuals working for the irs that don't actually pay their federal taxes. so they were fired. the irs turns around and rehires them. this was an issue we brow up several years ago. they said they cleaned it up. we found another 200 employees at the irs fired and thunder around and rehired again. again, we shouldn't have to do that. that's just a

fumble. brian: right. it's a fumble. there is lack of oversight. you notice it i wonder if you can go back and fix it next the defense department can't track a billion dollars in equipment in iraq. at a time in which the defense is being squeezed. man, i would love to find that billion dollars worth of equipment. how do you go about that? how does that happen? >> these are humvees, small arms, mortars though, he is are products that we were giving to the iraqi military for them to be able to defend their own country. they were transferred into kuwait to be able to transfer to the iraqi military. we know they got to kuwait. we don't know what happened from there. a billion dollars worth of equipment. we hope it got into the right hands. dod didn't actually track it they don't actually know. brian: senator lankford i hope had you a nice thanksgiving. had t. will be a sprint to christmas and hopefully you will get it done. >> thanks so much. brian: 31 minutes before the top of the hour. activists targeting the family of the ftc chairman calling him a murder of democracy because of his plans for the internet? we'll check in with the chairman. he will react live. should a deal for dreamers

be part of the budget? talking daca. steve cortes says maybe. it will take more than just that. he's next. ♪ go on ♪ take the money and run ♪ go on ♪ take the money and run ♪

♪ ♪ in the sky ♪ when i die ♪ steve: live from midtown, new york city, it's "fox & friends" for very busy monday. look who is on the couch steve cortes, fox news contributor. former trump hispanic advisory council member and he will be on outnumbered today. >> busy day on fox. ainsley: good to have you on the curvey couch. >> thank you. ainsley: democrats are saying we will support your spending deal if you give us daca. what are your thoughts. >> you know, ainsley, i'm

actually in favor of extending damascusca. i disagree with some of my colleagues on team trump who want daca rescinded. i want it done the right way. not the way president obama did it where he waived his scepter like a king and did it by executive order. it needs to go through the congress. i do believe that the daca people and the left often call them children. they are not children now. they are adults brought here as children. i believe they comprise because they didn't choose to willfully break our immigration laws. i do believe they comprise a different grouch people treated differently than other illegal immigrants. that said, i don't want it part of the spending bill. it needs to be part of a broader immigration bill. i believe that the president needs and deserves to get something in return. he has shown great compassion to damascusca. he should get an end to chain migration and resources to the border for building that wall. brian: we didn't get repeal and replace. having trouble getting tax reform. let's say we get it he didn't even bring up immigration reform. he brought up welfare reform and brought up infrastructure. so, to think they are squeezing a massive

immigration reform, steve, it's not practical. >> that could be, brian. perhaps for that reason, maybe extend it another six months. something like that. i think the president showed great compassion. many people within the white house were arguing against even the six month extension that he granted. and, listen, the congress has been obstructionists from the get-go. and i'm talking about republicans by the way. >> sure. >> in the congress to the president's agenda. i agree with you. i'm not confident, necessarily, that they can get this done in time. regardless, they should. steve: sure. >> look, miracle needs several things. an end to sanctuary cities. we need control of our southern border. the president has already largely done that god bless limb. he gets no credit for it illegal crossings have plunged. that's a great thing. it has to go to zero. we need a wall. end to sanctuary cities. and, in my opinion, we need to show compassion to these daca people and allow them status. steve: but you know, one of the things when the president brings up, you know, he is going to end welfare as bill clinton knows it and other things. that is just a negotiating

thing. that's what all this stuff is. because congress is not able to do a lot of stuff. okay we got to do this, this, this and this. and glom it in together with something else. >> that's part of the point here. that's what so wonderful about having the first entrepreneur ever as president of the united states. a literal builder of buildings. someone who knows how to get projects done. this project being the biggest of his life. of saving the united states. of resurrecting this country and restoring the constitution and economic growth. grate things are happening. here's the thing i think that out there in flyover country where i'm from in the midwest. the economy is humming. sales were fantastic over the weekend. brian. steve: he is reducing the number of regulations. >> right. regulation is down. that burden has been relieved largely. i think tax cuts are coming. i hope tax cuts are coming. great things are happening. you wouldn't know it if you watched the mainstream media. you wouldn't know it if you only listened to people on capitol hill. including the republicans. but there is a pulse again in this country. there is an opght michelle that's palpable and it's happening.

part of that, guy the way, is going to be immigration reform. we have to get control. we love immigration. we are often painted as anti-imgrant. nothing could be further from the truth. i'm the son-in-law of an immigrant and so is donald trump. married to immigrant. we love immigration it's the fabric. illegal immigration is a scourge on american society and it has to be controlled. ainsley: right. we don't want the criminals here. look at kate steinle. kate steinle's jury is deliberating this week. we could learn what they decide in the next few days a simple reminder of why these sanctuary cities might not be a good thing in your opinion, right you? think we need to end sanctuary cities? >> oh, absolutely. think needed to end yesterday. sanctuary cities. kate steinle, look, ainsley, sometimes in life tragedies happen and they're not preventable. this was totally preventable. her assailant. her murderer waste in san francisco police custody weeks before he murdered he

her. detainer for federal can you say here is the thing. shooter by accident on shoot her on purpose? that's what they will get to. >> i'm not lawyer. that's a difficult question for the jury regardless. he took a loaded gun into an incredibly crowded space and he fired it. ainsley: stowlen gun by the way. >> guilty of something terrible. whether it's murder or manslaughter i will leave that to the jury and the lawyers. he shouldn't have been here in the first place. ice custody and deported. ainsley: do you know this? will the jury have information on his past? have they been told? >> that i don't know. steve: it is in the middle of a sanctuary county. so who knows? meanwhile let's talk about this yesterday a lot of people historically watch football. if you look at the stands in week 12, a number of the arenas were, you know, had a lot of empty seats. plus, two dozen players protested. >> right. steve: once again. where is this going? >> you know, steve, i love the game of football, it's hard for me exaggerate what

a big part it's been in my life. played from youth to college football. i played for georgetown. georgetown hoyas which was a lot of fun. football is a mask part of my life. i'm a huge fan of the game. from the first thanksgiving since i was a toddler i didn't watch one minute of pro-football. i will not watch this disrespectful nfl and on top of it, not only are they disrespectful and patriotic. on top of it i wrote an article for this for the fox news website. we as taxpayers subsidize the nfl to the tune of billions of dollars. stadium deals. mostly via stadium construction. we have to stop subsidizing this disrespectful unpatriotic league. it's bad idea anyway it's welfare to the top 1% of 1% to the billionaire owners of the league to the very highly paid players and coaches it shouldn't have happened in the first place. particularly now that they are really putting their finger in our eye as patriotic americans. you know, the nice thing about it, steve, i guess or not nice but the good

outcome if there is one is that the ratings are going down. so they're suffering in their pocketbook right now for this bad behavior. brian: yeah. attendance and ratings are down about 10% across the board. some say it's because of bad games. steve: i have a feeling the ratings are going to be great today on outnurebsd at noon you will be the host along with the other ladies. ainsley: enjoy it it's a fun show. >> thank you. ainsley: let's hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. jillian: let's get you caught up on headlines of the day. a suspected road rage shooter is now behind bars. 33-year-old donald is accused of firing a dozen rounds from the window of his car while driving on the florida turnpike injuring two people. donald tells police he thought he was shooting at people who followed him from his home state of texas and he thought they were trying to kill him. hes is charged with attempted murder. drones sparking brand new security concerns for stadiums. two men under arrest flying

the aircraft over leland and oakland coliseum. dropping anti-media leaflets over crowds in nfl games. investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement, including the fbi is currently under way. all right two. decades after the film finally revealing why jack had to die. >> i'll never let go. i promise. jillian: in case you spent all these years wondering here's the deal. james cammeron telling the character jack died simply because that's what was in the script. calling it artistic choice. co-star kate winslet recently said she believed there was enough room on the wooden plank for jack to survive. i guess there are still questions, guys? steve: absolutely. he went on to say whether jack was hit in the head by a smoke stack or there wasn't enough room on the

door, he had to die. jillian: i have never spent a minute in my life thinking why. brian: i have news for you there was no jack. is he made up character jill. ainsley: oh my gosh. i did say gosh, that ending was not what i expected. i thought the mean guy was probably going to go down with the ship and they were going to survive. jillian: i get it. steve: why did he want try to get on the door. jillian: because the door would have sank. steve: how could it possibly have been 20 years ago that titanic came out. holy cow? brian: why did it hit the iceberg? do we know? steve: deceptive. jillian, thank you. brian: if you are a captain of a ship. pay attention. i think that's what i get from that. steve: i think they have been saying that for years. still ahead on this monday, activists targeting the family of the ftc chairman calling him murderer of democracy because of his plans for the internet. the chairman here to react

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pai. someone left these signs in front of the house this weekend telling their dad is a murderer. doesn't this go too far? doesn't it cross a line that they would go to his house? he is joining us right now live from our d.c. bureau. good morning to you, ajit. >> good morning. steve: okay. so it's one thing if people go and picket in front of the fcc i get that for them to go to your house in suburban, virginia. doesn't that cross the line? >> it certainly crosses the line with me. i understand people are passionate about policy. one thing in america that should remain sacred is that families, wifes and kids should remain out of it and stop harassing us at our homes. steve: well, speaking of your kids, they listed your children's names on the sign and said you were an evil man who murdered democracy. how freaked out with your kids to know whoever left that there knew who they were?

>> it was a little nerve-racking especially for my life who is not involved in this space witch of the things unfortunate about all the vitriol and hot air out there. if you keep going throughout pedaling this ms. information like this is the guy who is going to break the internet and destroy democracy. it's not surprising that some people would get alarmed by it. steve: i know you were on this program last week and you explained what these new revisions to the net neutrality business would be. for folks who did not watch. would you explain what you would like to do with the internet? >> it's very simple. we are going to return to president clinton's internet framework, which existed from 1996 all the way until 2015. under that light touch market based framework, we saw tons of investment in infrastructure. we saw companies like facebook and apple and google become worldwide names. we saw consumers going online in unprecedented numbers. that is the kind of successful framework that was jettison in 2015 when the obama administration imposed heavy handed rules based on 1930s regulations

on the internet. these were solutions that didn't -- weren't needed for a problem that didn't exist. steve: what you were suggesting is you want the free market to essentially figure out the basic structure of the internet and ultimately, if some cable company or an internet provider says, you know what? for an extra five bucks you will get faster internet. you are okay with that? >> well, essentially we simply want to put edges nears and entrepreneurs in charge of the internet. instead of bureaucrats and lawyers in washington. we shouldn't be micromanaging how this very dynamic free market success story should work. i think that's the model that's been tried and tested from president clinton all the way through the first six years of president obama. steve: you know your critics say that's not fair because it's essentially a public utility available to everybody, everybody should have the same access. >> well, the solution there, i think, is more competition and more innovation to get these companies to build out the networks further. the fcc has a lot of initiatives built towards doing that the problem is

that this is simply slapping on very heavy handed regulations that make it even harder for companies to make internet access more common. it's going to make internet access more expensive and less common as it should be. steve: these are your proposals. you are going to vote on it december the 14th. >> that's right. steve: any idea how it's goings to turn out. >> i have a feeling 3-2 vote if all the indications are correct. i hope that however, we return to that bipartisan consensus that served us so well for two decades. steve: ajit pai the fcc commissioner joining us from our d.c. bureau. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me on. steve: alan dershowitz on the future of the democratic party. he's going to be joining us. grinch robbing a family christmas tree term forcing them to close the entire season. they have been doing it for 40 years. the owners join us live next ♪ wake me up ♪ before you go go ♪

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for joining us. i'm so sorry to hear about this. >> good morning. ainsley: you started out. tell us what happened. >> my wife and i were away for her birthday a week before last week. cagcame back to the cabin on sunday afternoon, the week of thanksgiving to discover the gate had been torn down and our old family red truck was missing, usually parked out in front of the cabin. as we drove up, we saw that the barn door had been torn open and all the doors in the cabin were open. at that point we knew we were in trouble. ainsley: wow, eric, what does this mean for your business? >> well, they took all kinds of valuables, including our tools for the farm. they took the pot where we make the hot cider for the customers. they took the hatchet that we use to split the wood for the fire pit that the customers sit by. and they took our chainsaws that we use to clear the

path so it's safe for the customers to get up on the hill to choose their christmas tree. ainsley: i know they took your big red truck. we are showing pictures of it. it's a 1985 chevy s-10 pickup 3-d 26422 license plate. it's four wheel drive and has camper shell. if you see it please call 11 if you see that truck. why is that truck so valuable to you, gary? >> well, it's one o one you, ita keepsake, two, it's a basic piece of equipment that we use for the farm. as i said, it's been in the family now for many, many years. and it was quite a loss to see. it's an old pickup. no doubt but it was very important for us. ainsley: i understand that. >> and it will lead us to the bad guys. ainsley: that's true. >> if we find the red truck we will find the bad guys. ainsley: i hope this grinch did not destroy your christmas. merry christmas to both of you. god bless you. >> thank you.

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her newest single. steve: she's had it out a couple of weeks now. hoping she makes some money with. ainsley: my neighbor didn't want to know whether they were born, so they named it baby gaga. steve: very cute. that is very nice. thank you for joining us today. it is official. we are past thanksgiving, so now we can hear christmas music. ainsley: right. that's your rule. you have to get through thanksgiving. steve: i'm not a big fan of christmas music before thanksgiving. i like things one at a time. ainsley: a lot of you are weighing in on that last week. this week we're talking do you use a fake tree or a real tree? brian: and right now, most of america agrees with me that we should use a real tree and you're out of the loop. steve: our viewers are saying overwhelmingly because of the convenience and hassle, they prefer an artificial tree. ainsley: this is what brian does. everyone wants to believe his belief, so he says all of our viewers say this. when you haven't read one of

the e-mails. brian: right. i want. i know them, though. ainsley: it's like he doesn't like when we go to the diners and he says the viewers don't like it. so he asks you guys every single one of you except for one person. ainsley: your family. steve: the christmas tree is a symbol of the season. the symbol doesn't have to be one thing or another. it's still -- brian: i think it does. ainsley: well, now we've got to talk about some news. thanksgiving's over. tax reform is in the distance. steve: that's right. ainsley fox news alert. congress getting back to work later today to the start of what could be a crucial week for republicans trying to pass tax reform. brian: and the president's pumped up about it. he's meeting with members of the senate finance committee in just a few hours. i think he's having lunch with the mets. ainsley: and griff genetic sins joining us live right now from washington, d.c. with what we can expect. griff. steve: it is crunch time indeed, guys. 12 days with a long laundry list and at the top of that

list, tax reform. and the president tweeted this as members are back in the capitol. tax cuts, great subordination to our country. senate republicans will hopefully come through for all of us. the tax cut bill is getting better and better. the end result will be great for all. but at least six senators are on the fence for a variety of reasons ranging from increasing the debt to repealing the individual mandate to unfairly favoring corporations over small businesses. oklahoma senator james langford who was on this program in the last hour predicts they'll get there. >> i can't imagine we're not going to support this as a whole in the senate. i'm still working on specific parts of it. what i call a debt backstop to make sure that that's in place and other aspects of it. but this will get done. we have got to get this done for the nation. >> the president meeting with a lot of folks, including the big fours they're called. mcconnell, schumer, ryan, pelosi tomorrow in hopes of making progress to uniformly

oppose the tax push. and congress must pass something to avoid a government shut down. democrats also holding out for a fix on the daca program. so we will see what happens. president also wanting funding for that border wall. a lot going on this week. steve: a lot going on in our nation's capitol. griff, thank you very much. allen dershowitz, lifelong democrat and attorney and author of the great book called trumped up. >> can i be the first liberal to wish everybody merry christmas? i wish everybody a merry christmas. why shouldn't web happy on these holidays even if they're not our own? brian: democrats to rally around joe biden and bernie sanders for 2020? that's what it seems like. they're still heading it up. >> there's no way that bernie sanders could ever win four or five states. joe biden is a different character. he is beloved.

he is the senior member. key win against a, you know, popular candidate? who knows. steve: allen dershowitz with, he's in the five. top five indicated by top democrats who were interviewed by the hill. it's bernie, joe, elizabeth, camilla, and then you have brown. >> i think we need some new faces. for example, congressman joe kennedy is a terrific young man. a former student of mine. maybe too young, but he is dynamic, he is the face of the future. i think mark warner who is a senator from virginia. very centrist. for the democrats to win, they would have to move to the center. brian: you believe that? >> oh, absolutely. if they move to the extreme left, they're cooked. they have to move to the center. we thrive at the center. the debate should go back to centrist liberals and centrist conservatives. ainsley: well, that throws bernie out then.

>> it certainly does. he should have been thrown out a long, long time ago. he's a spoiler. i grew up with guys like bernie a dime a dozen. he goes off to vermont where he can really deal with the issues of america where there are only white people. he's just somebody who represents the early 20th century. no future in politics. steve: well, let's talk about the politics and the fbi and the special investigator and things like that. it was announced during the holiday, actually, that apparently michael flynn's lawyers have stopped talking to the white house lawyers. and now it looks like, you know, there are a number of democrats who are going, oh, you know what this means? this means mike flynn might actually flip on the president of the united states. that would be so bad for donald trump. in fact, we've got a montage of some of that stuff. watch this. >> michael flynn's lawyers cut ties with president trump's legal team. this is big news, folks. >> the types of things he could talk about is things he

talked about with the president. not only turkey but the president's interactions with james comey. >> donald trump should be somewhat nervous by this because michael flynn was campaigning with him. he was on the plane with him. they grew very, very close. steve: so is this a big deal? >> i don't think it's a big deal. his lawyers are very smart. what they're doing is holding up michael flynn and saying he could be bought or at least rented by either side. if the president wants him, he can pardon him. if the president won't pardon him, he'll flip and become a prosecution witness. hesitate credibility is witness. a, he has been accused of perjury. b, he's a bought witness. the only thing he can do is provide documentation or leads to the other side. but no good prosecutor would ever put him on the witness stand. ainsley: real quickly, tax reform. do you think democrats will get onboard? >> i wish people would vote on the merits instead of just voting party line. we're becoming a country where no politician today is an individual thinker. everybody is just what's good for the democrats. what's bad for the republicans.

what's bad for the democrats. what's good for the republicans? people have to start thinking about what's good for american voters. and we need tax reform, but we need tax reform that helps the poor as well as what helps bring jobs to america. brian: so reagan got the democrats. did he do it because he gave them what they wanted. or did he do it because he's the the president, and he wants legislation through? >> first of all, they did it because he was a great leader. and when people listened. leaders look you in the eye and say i'm going to do it because i believe in you. brian: why is it that you have some leadership on the democratic side like pelosi, like schumer and others who never want to bring up impeachment of the russia investigation. they leave it to others. what do they see that others don't see? >> well, they understand it's not in the future. there's not going to be impeachment. there's not going to be indictment. president trump is going to finish out his first term. i predict here he may

seriously consider not running for a second term. we don't know that. he may say, look, i accomplished everything i needed to accomplish in four years. but the idea that democrats may be able to undo a presidential election within four years is a pipe dream. and any smart politician understands that and don't waste your time trying to ding up the base. yeah, both sides. steve: allen, when -- you know, because you're a lifelong democrat. when your friends who are watching right now hear you say ronald reagan was a great leader. what does that do? doesn't -- some of their heads probably want to explode. what happened to that guy? >> first of all, my friends won't admit they're watching friends. steve: but they are. >> of course, they come and criticize me and say, well, why are you watching? well, i was flipping the channel, and it got stuck. people know i'm just as critical of the republicans as i am of the democrats. i call it as i see it. but people today demand loyalty. loyalty rather than integrity and so i get criticized an

enormous amount for saying things, which people think are motivated by somehow disloyalty. i'm a democrat still. i want to save the democratic party. i want to help the democratic party. i want to see us have a two-party system in this country in which liberals and conservatives can argue with each other and let the american people decide. brian: and not hate the other person. some of my best friends are conservatives in the senate. bill buckley and i. remember him? we used to debate all the time. he came to harvard. i came down to where he was. we had these great debates liberal versus conservative, but we loved each other. brian: that's where we have to get back to somehow. read our e-mails. >> and mine. steve: many friends clicking around right now watching him on friends. sir, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. brian: if he's clicking around, only one place to see jillian. >> right here on fox news. good morning to you at home. let's get you caught up on the headlines. starting with this fox news alert. ladies, prince harry is

officially off the market. after months of speculation, the royal family announcing harry is engaged to actress and american meg megan merkel. serving as an ambulance pilot for the british army. check out this moment when he jumped up in an interview in afghanistan. >> it wasn't done the wrong way. but -- >> wow. the prince reacting after seeing his comrades run to their chopper for a mission. set to take place. he's fifth in line for the throne. also right now, the white house responding to a lawsuit filed against president trump over his choice to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. huckabee sanders saying in part quote now that the cfpb's own general council who was hired has notified the bureau's leadership that she

agrees with the administration and doj's reading of the law, there should be no question that director mulvaney is the acting director. the battle over who's in charge of the agency began when former head richard named his own successor. president trump appointing mcmulvaney hours later. and that's a quick look at your headlines on this monday. take it back to you guys. brian: can't get along with anything. even time magazine's cover. we don't even know what happened. steve: time magazine just got sold. ainsley: that's right. steve: to meredith. ainsley: meredith media. steve: coke brothers money. brian: right. ainsley: all right. still ahead. it is the super bowl of shopping and this cyber monday could be a record breaker. we are live inside one of amazon's warehouses to see how they fill all of those orders and get it to you the next day if you're a prime member. steve: and the debate is raging. do you prefer a real or a fake christmas tree? brian: real. real. steve: send us your e-mail. friends@foxnews.com. we're going to share them coming up. ainsley: we prefer real, but

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shopping day ever. brian: right. that's what she says. expected to spend a record $6.6 billion on all of the deals. steve: meanwhile, while they're working, kamala from fox 5 in new york is live from the amazon fulfillment center out in new jersey. >> a massive deal for amazon. but it's also the case for several websites and retail stores. an estimated $6.6 billion expected to be spent on internet sales this cyber monday. that's up $1 billion this last year. now, i want to show you how amazon is fulfilling those orders. this conveyor belt is super alls. these boxes right here already packaged and labeled and as they go down this conveyor belt right here, they're going to head into that red light over there. that's a bar code and what it's going to do is scan the label and then drop it into the truck and ship it out to where it needs to go. now, internet sales started soaring over on black friday up 17% this last year. again,

of course, that is to get even bigger today. i'm kamala, i'll send it back to you guys in the studio. steve: all right. thank you very much. brian: any packages for ainsley there? ainsley: all of them. all of them. prime is the best thing ever. if you haven't done it, it's 100 bucks. one time they sent me that said you went to amazon prime, you would have saved, like, $67 last year. okay. i'll sign up. steve: you see that conveyor belt? how would you like to be the guy at the end of it to put it in the truck. ainsley: it's like lucy trying to put the chocolate. brian: i still don't get it. how the heck they can be doing this. ainsley: i don't either. it's amazing. steve: because people stopped going to the mall and started shopping online. brian: i know. but how they organize it. ainsley: all those packages. we need to take a can tour of it. brian: yes. steve: down in jersey. across the river. ainsley: i would love to do that. coming up, you love them being

dog the bounty hunter. but now dog and his wife beth are coming back to tv to face their toughest opponent yet. >> when you hear the word cancer, you can't relate it to yourself. >> cancer picked on the wrong female. ainsley: they're going to join us live with an update coming up next when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums

ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you. a brand-new scathing report claiming the fbi didn't warn u.s. targets about russian hackers. the feds accused of knowing for more than a year that person e-mails were in the

kremlin's site. and exdirector of the national security council and top boss of the intelligence agency. the fbi has not yet responded to that report. and congress return to work this week with a fast-approaching deadline to renew antiterrorism. surveillance act known as -- known to the nsa to collect texts and e-mails about foreigners to a warrant is set to expire at the end of the year. brian: all right. 24 minutes after the hour. we all know duane dog chapman and his wife beth from the at the end of show dog the bounty hunter. steve: now opening up beth with throat cancer with a two-hour special. >> we're going to show the world how to beat this. okay? >> i can't accept it. i think you go through so many emotional things when you hear the word cancer, you don't just relate it to yourself.

>> there's my little girl doing something i could never do. i could never do this. okay? tough woman right there. physically, emotionally, and spiritually. and cancer picked on the wrong female. ainsley: joining us live with an update is dog and beth chapman. thank you, both, for being with us. beth, how are you doing? >> oops. >> we're hanging in there. steve: when did you find out, beth, that you -- oh, dog, you've got to turn off your dog. >> sorry. my god. that's terrible. steve: you know what? was that -- is your ring tone a dog howling. is that what that was? >> yes, sir. it's a wolf. steve: all right. >> i'm so sorry. i'm so fired. i'm sorry, a&e, i'm sorry, fox. steve: beth, tell us a little bit when you figured out you had cancer and what you did.

>> well, it was after i dropped my daughter off at college, i had been in colorado, which it's very dry there, so i stopped in los angeles here and saw dr. sugarman and immediately he said that there was something wrong. so i flew home to hawaii and about three days later, they called me with the results and told me that i had squama cell carcinoma. steve: in your throat. brian: in your throat, and they quickly wanted to have surgery. how did the surgery go? >> the tumor was the size of a plumb, and so it was a 13-hour surgery, but it was blocking most of my airway and, you know, you do three things, obviously. you speak, you eat, and you breathe through your throat. and so it became an emergency at that point that it had just gotten so big that they needed to get it out. at the time, they thought it was a t2 tumor, that it was only going to take about five hours. but once they got inside, they

realized that it had grown down the back of my throat, basically, and wasn't just growing inside, it was growing in mass. so it was a critical situation at that point. ainsley: beth, you're a mom, you said you just dropped your daughter off to college. it's the holiday season, which is not easy for families that are going through a tough time. what is it like when you hear the doctor say you have cancer? >> i just think you just think of death. i mean, you don't really think of anything else because it's such a deadly disease, you know? and it -- it just comes to rob and cheat and steal. it really does. and so i just immediately thought what are these kids going to do, you know? i'm relatively young. i just turned 50 and these kids are -- i still have a son who's 16 years old coming through high school and my grandson 15 who lives with us, you know? so it was really a reality check, you know? that it was just, like, oh,

this can't be happening right now. i wanted to -- are they talking to me? this just can't be happening. i've given so many people so many second chances over the years, as you've seen through our show. i can't believe it was me asking for one. brian: duane, this is important. this is a personal thing and very public about hunting down people who did bad things and trying to escape with it. why was it important for you guys to go forward with a tv special about this? >> well, we've, you know, been on television thank god for 14 years, so i have a lot of people that i love, and i have a huge fan base. and when it first happened like she said, she was very -- not depressed. she got really mad. and she said what did i do to deserve this? i said, you know, honey, you didn't do nothing. cancer picks on, you know, anybody. you can be innocent of a good diet, blah, blah, blah. and i needed my fan base as support on her.

and once my fans found out and started, you know, giving her well wishes, beth, we love you, we're praying for you, i see a whole different beth. steve: yeah. >> i see the fighter -- excuse me. i see the fighter come alive. so i -- we -- i needed personally, back up because she wasn't listening to me. she's -- so. steve: yeah, and so beth, you were leaning on dog. and, dog, you were right there through the thick and thin, weren't you? >> well, i was -- you know, i made an oath, and i love her. and the oath was through sick and sadness health until death do us part. and as a husband, you sit there and say that and all of a sudden your face in that, you know, you swore to god. you swore on your soul to this woman that you'll stick by her. so it's not -- you know, it's an obligation that we must stick by our spouses when something like this happens.

you know, she -- i don't know how some of the times she through me out of the broom but, you know, that's our job, bro, you know? steve: right. brian: and, beth, what is the prognosis now? >> prognosis is good. they feel that, you know, they got it in time. they spent the time that they needed to get it out. they did a neck dissection as well to make sure that they had checked all of the lymph nodes and got down in through my neck area, and they feel pretty good about what's going on. i dodged the chemo bullet for right now, and we just have to monitor it and good diet, and i just have to take it easy and get rid of the stress and just try to, you know, heal a massive, you know, problem in my throat. but, you know, god is good all the time. ainsley: all the time. steve: we're going to be watching tonight at 9:00 eastern on the a&e channel. brian: thank you. steve: beth and dog, thank you

very much. steve: beth, you can turn your phone back on now. go ahead, dog. ainsley: thank you and god bless you both. i'm glad you're feeling better. >> thank you. ainsley: hugs and kisses to those children. i'm glad they have their mama. brian: 29 minutes until the top of the hour. straight ahead. after the worst terror attack in history and after ralph peters says it's targeting civilization itself, not just shi'a muslims. that's coming up. ainsley: plus, the debate is raging. do you prefer a real or a fake christmas tree? your e-mails coming up next. brian: real, of course. steve: and our real meteorologist rick is here to talk about the last you will ever need. it can handle winds over 90 miles per hour. he's going to tell you how it works, and you know what? you should probably have one ♪shostakovich playing ♪

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steve: look at all of those decorated trees out there. we're past thanksgiving, so you can go ahead and get your christmas tree up in your house. earlier during the program we were talking about do you have a real tree or an artificial tree? we asked you for your feelings, and you have responded. brian: yeah, i believe if you really want to celebrate christmas, there's only one way. real tree. steve: and ainsley being practicality and a lot to do has an artificial tree. ainsley: and i go home for the holidays, so artificial works for my family. it just does. annmarie from pennsylvania sent us a picture of her tree. that's a real true. absolutely beautiful. brian: who you. ainsley: we always look forward to shopping for the real tree, she says. we stop for hot chocolate and then roam the tree farm for

the perfect tree every year. it's a tradition. brian: that is a tradition. steve: census a picture of a fake tree and said not only do i have a fake tree, but it's prelit. brian: are we going for easy on christmas? susan writes definitely a real tree. support for our tree farmers and definitely made in the usa. ainsley: well, now i'm supporting the ones who make the plastic ones too, though. steve: all christmas trees are good. fake, real, upside down, silver, pink, all christmas trees are good. you know what? she's right. who says that your tree is right and your tree is wrong? brian: we should do it the way america was before they invented artificial trees. we have to go back to the basics. we have to cut down our tree. steve: brian, do it the way we do it at the ducey house. we have a real tree at the back of the house and a fake tree -- ainsley: that's a good compromise. brian: in the back of your house? ainsley: one in the back of the house.

where the den is, maybe one in the thanksgiving. brian: two trees? steve: we have two trees. brian: how do you divide your loyalties? steve: because we're a two-tree family. ainsley: i tell you what i do. my -- steve: a lot of families are allergic to real trees. ainsley: my big one that i just decorated last night, all of my nice ornaments. then i have one in haden's room that's a pink christmas tree. she loves it. she says good night to it at night, and we unplug it, and i put her ornaments on it or all of the little ornaments on that one. brian: and i'll be the first one to say she has a fake christmas tree. we used to buy them with the roots and plant them in the backyard. ainsley: with the roots? brian: yeah, with the whole ball on them. and then one day our above ground pool wiped them all out. steve: you never planted them? brian: no, we plant them and the pool wiped them all out. ainsley: i don't think those

grow in long island. your backyard looks like a christmas tree farm. brian: it used to. steve: in the meantime we're a news channel, and we've got some news, don't we, jillian? >> we do. let's get right to a fox news alert. a massive volcano on the brink of erupting. indonesian officials raising the alert raising the evacuation of 100,000 people from the popular tourist island of bally. shutting down the airport and stranding 60,000 tourists. the val contain owe last erupted in 1993 killing 100 people. pelosi coming to john conyers defense, the california democrat even putting conyers on a pedestal as he steps down from the committee over sexual misconduct allegations. >> we are strengthened by due process. just because someone is accused. is it one accusation? is it two? john conyers is an icon in our country.

he has done a great deal to protect women. >> the congressman who is under investigation by the ethics committee is accused of using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual misconduct lawsuits. in the meantime conyers democratic colleagues al franken says he will be back at work this morning and will not resign over the allegations against him. franken who was accused of groping several women calls himself a champion and ally of women. take a look at this. tempers flaring on the football field as division rivals clash over jewelry. >> that's terrible. you just can't do it. you've got to exercise some self control. >> so here's what happened. denver broncos defensive back yanking the gold chain off radars receiver crabtree neck. kicking both of them out of the game and another player for bumping the official. raiders ended up winning the game 21-14. let's go downstairs where the gang has a -- brian: yeah, we're not talking

football. we're talking rain. now he has created a weatherman that you can take with you everywhere. steve: weatherman umbrella here to tell us more is chief meteorologist and founder of the weatherman. rick. ainsley: we are so proud of you. >> thank you. what you know? i never say i'm proud of myself. but this one actually, i have never done anything harder in my life. i have so much respect for my owners after this experience, and i feel really great. steve: so you took the idea, and you found a factory. these are your umbrellas. >> this is -- yeah, it's been about a three-year process. i was standing in front of a rack of umbrellas about five years ago, and i thought most of them are not good. we all know that. somebody just wants a good brand. and i thought i bet i could tell people what the good brand is. so, first of all, i wanted something that feels good in your hand. the grip, the handled, it's really good. they're not going to open all the way. although, i believe we can. first of all, it's cyber monday today, so free shipping for anybody who buys it. it is weathermanabout umbrella

endo mean. steve: it's not just an umbrella. >> there's a lot to it. the first thing to it is the wind. janice is outside testing it. and that's the first thing that i wanted to have happen. all right. janice, i want you to come inside because i've got something for you. so turn off that wind machine and come inside. steve: what is that wind? 50 miles per hour? >> i don't know what they have it at, but i've had it at 55. and the other problem is water umbrellas always super soggy. so it's the highest water repellent that you can have. ainsley: wow. you can throw it in your pocketbook then? >> yeah. so it will be dry very, very quickly, and that's one of the other things. steve: and do you here at the bottom. >> it's reflective, and i think we can dim the lights here and if we can, show you that. steve: dimming many of the lights. >> yeah. so. steve: right in my eyes. >> there you go. we will always have a reflective strip on the umbrellas for safety, and i

actually know someone who has tried two cases of people who have been killed in city streets in the rain. always have that for safety. ainsley: doesn't it tell you when it's going to rain? brian: what? >> we developed an app with it. right now it's only ios, just so you know. but we are working on the android version of it. and you get alerts on days it's going to rain, so you remember before you leave work to take it. and if you don't remember where it is, there's a tracker, so it can tell you where. steve: you've been replaced for $50. >> so these collapsable is $59, the stick is 69. if you're going to invest in a good umbrella, you lose it. so we're trying to mitigate those things to make it as good as possible. steve: here's janice dean. >> by the way, you look great. we sold out of a few of the colors already. ainsley: so what colors do you have available? >> the sticks, we have all of them. on the collapseables, we still have the blue and black.

but if you go on and put in your e-mail, we should have more before christmas, and you put that in. >> how proud i am of this guy. i'm so proud of you. >> they wrap up great. the boxes are beautiful, and i've got these for all of you guys. and don't worry. the crew in here, they're for you as well. >> weatherman, weather girl mall. brian: can janice get a free one, at least? >> we all do. steve: and your website again. >> weathermanumbrella.com. and we're also on facebook and twitter as well. >> yay, rick. we love you. brian: let's hope we don't have a drought. >> i'm praying for rain now. i literally am for the first time. steve: straight ahead, egypt after its worst terror attack ever. lieutenant colonel ralph peters says this attack didn't just target a mosque. it targeted civilization itself.

ainsley: plus, first lady melania trump is decorating the white house. brian: and we're going to have a competition. you do all this research

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for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. brian: egypt launching air strikes at this hour against suspected terrorists. who get this. 100 worshipers in a mosque and more than 200 children. the attack didn't just target a mosque, it targeted civilization itself. lieutenant colonel ralph peters, a fox news strategic analyst. two, what do you mean, colonel? this was more than just muslim on muslim crime. >> well, indeed, it wasn't. and this long-standing taboo for centuries upon centuries that you don't purposely attack places of worship, and you certainly don't attack congregations of prayer. buddist, christian, buddhist, muslim, you don't do it. it's truly an act of vicious terrorism that exceeds all norms. and so this attack that kills

305 people during their prayer worship service on their friday, it breaks all the bounds, breaks all the norms. but even beyond that, it's a display of intolerance, religious intolerance of a kind that we -- to which we don't pay really enough attention. i think, brian, that we in the media for all the times we've been talking about terrorism, we haven't always done an adequate job of explaining how diverse islam is. brian: yep. >> and the sufis. this was a sufi mosque by in large. and they're the ones i have the most hope. they've been essentially the poets, the dreamers. some love music, others love dance. they're so radically different from the stringent viciousness that saudi arabia. brian: and that's why they're a threat.

so the european is a threat. >> yeah. their decency. their tolerance. i always tell people you want to understand sufi? cross a quaker with a episcopalian and put in a quaker soundtrack. the closest would be their joyous inner warmth for god. so all of these movements exist in all faiths. but the sufis, again, really, they were targeting the best of the people. the people who are the most decent. who have an inner relationship with god, rather than the barracks religion that isis and al-qaeda. brian: and right now, their answer is to bomb the heck of where they can find and hunt down al-qaeda and isis. is that the right response real quick, ralph? >> well, unfortunately, we do have to play whack-a-mole. you have to kill these extremists wherever you find them. by committing such acts as we see them do in syria and iraq and now in the sinai at this mosque, they have put

themselves outside the bounds of humanity. and they have no human rights. by the way, these people who attack the mosque, they're the kind of people who obama released from guantanamo. there can be no kind, and i'm determined. brian: right. it is and and in pakistan, they just released one of the architects of the attacks. so this is cracking down on their own extremists. ralph peters, thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: next up, we have an expert tips on a much happier note your house for christmas. but first, let's check in with bill hemmer. he has people do this at his mansion. >> real trees. not fake trees, brian. brian: thank you. >> good morning, everybody. will we get a tax cut? will we get a government shut down? mark is live from the white house to talk about that. and what does the committee do about allegations of harassment and a horrific terror attack as someone at home worry about a specific target here.

let me tell you what that is. and does general flynn know and if so, what's he saying? sandra and i will see you in ten minutes. top of the hour here as we get everything going more people shop online for the holidays than ever before. and the united states postal service delivers more of those purchases to homes than anyone else in the country.

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ainsley: first lady melania trump has already begun decking the halls in the white house and in just a few hours, she's going to welcome all the children for a christmas decorating event. so what are the best tricks for your house? brian: you're not going to ask that to me, ainsley, but you're going to ask that of the lifestyle expert here with great ideas. >> good to see you. brian: real trees? >> real trees. and we got them at soho trees down in -- ainsley: are you okay with the fake ones too, though? >> we're okay with the fake ones. is if you have little kids, we

want to make sure you can have some fake ones. there's no rhyme or reason but these are the ticks. first is you start with the lights. then garland. ainsley: you need a ladder for this. >> and we're going to put them on right here. ainsley: or you could do ribbon. this is what we did in our household. you can put the ribbon inside and then pull it out and then tuck it in and then pull it out. >> she's fancy. steve: so first you add the lates. and then you put the garland, and then you put on the ornaments; right? >> exactly. so the ornaments, what you want to do is add ornaments inside the tree for added dimension. and these are the shatter proof ones. they're really pretty. look. >> i just got these at lowe's. and then if you have programming i'll ornaments, you put them in the top. brian: if they do fold, they're finished. >> exactly. and you want to make sure that you're putting the tree away from any working fireplaces.

obviously, it is a fire hazard. brian: do you turn your lights off at night? steve: yes. you have to turn them on of. especially if you have a live tree. i love the fact that you can decorate your own ornaments. and we're going to have a contest. 30 seconds on the clock. >> i have some glue, i have some stickers, i have some glitter. steve: and action. >> a piece of glue, so i'm just going to spray that here. you take some glitter, stickers, glue. brian: this is glue? >> and we've got some sprinkles here, and you can get all of the -- you can get these really at any craft store, all the glitter and all the stickers, i've got it stapled. and if you're not a diy person, you can bring your own staples, and they'll actually make it for you. >> does the glue come off of your hand? brian: of course it does. steve: all right. we're making the ornaments. you'll find out the winning ornament at the other side of the break. ainsley: i'm going got...♪ ♪...nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪

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>> what do you think?

>> i think ainsley is the winner. >> congratulations. >> this is my ugly christmas sweater ornament. >> thanks for watching, everyone. >> bill: good morning, everybody. president trump back in washington a very busy week ahead starting today in the battle over tax reform. it's now reaching a critical stage. keep an eye on that. a showdown looms between the obama and trump administrations. we say good morning. hope you had a great holiday. i'm bill hemmer, welcome back to "america's newsroom." how was it? >> sandra: good morning, wonderful weekend. >> bill: mine was nice. getting the gears going again. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. everyone is back to work including us. president trump preparing to meet with senators today as he makes a final push to win support for his tax bill ahead of a possible vote as early as this week.