matter chapter planning a black christmas initiative urging people to only buy from black owned businesses throughout the holiday season in an effort to resist president trump. thanks for joining us this morning. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> lawmakers are back to work after the thanksgiving break. a lot to do before the end of the year. for instance, the tax plan. tremendous tax cut. the biggest in the history of our country. >> who is really running the government agency that regulates the u.s. financial industry. >> you have a president obama holdover going against president trump appointee. >> i still think it's an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong. i'm just learning about the powers i have as an acting director. they would frighten most of you. >> the president honoring code talkers at the white house. >> we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas.

>> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren's lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> tis the season to start decking the halls at the white house. the first lady welcomed some help. >> she really does look like an angel. ♪ wake me up before you go, go ♪ don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo ♪ wake me up before you go, go. steve: you don't hear much wham. brian: i never really liked them. wake you up. ainsley: brian never liked that song. brian: never liked wham [buzzer] brian: i knew it was going to be around forever. i don't know if i can share the same -- steve: that's just the 80s right there. ainsley: me too. if you know it's going to be a hit you don't like it

instantly. brian: i knew that song was going to haunt me. steve: speaking of haunting you i had many discussions about christmas trees. after the discussion here fake tree real tree. after this year i decided we are going to have two fake trees. i will tell you why. because my wife reminded me last year when i brought the great big beautiful tree from home depot and put it in the house. what happened? there were like three frogs in it. there were three frogs in it and then they jumped all over the house. brian: you wanted more or less? steve: i want a christmas tree. i don't want the everglades. brian: wear the same thing every year, too. and give each other the same gifts every year now your christmases are going to be exactly the same. it's the same tree, same garland, same ornaments. everything is the same. steve: it's safer. one of my kids has asthma. it's practical thing. i'm always worried burn down the house. ainsley: yesterday that's what you were all weighing in on. today i want to hear does it cause friction in your house

when the man or the woman has to put up the tree? because i called home yesterday. dad was trying to bring this huge tree because my mom insists on like a 9-foot tree and he was not in a good mood. i love you, dad. did it cause friction? steve: that's one of the things the guys do generally. i'm the one who is in charge historically until now of going and getting the real tree. ainsley: like putting together the ikea furniture. brian: i go in the woods with an action and come out with a tree. that's my tradition. three minutes after the hour. steve: taking a live look right now screen left of the nation's capitol where president trump is going to visit lawmakers in a couple of hours. brian: going to be a big week. putting pressure on senate republicans to pass tax reform before the end of the year. ainsley: griff jenkins is in washington with the latest for us. >> let me put this as simple as i can republicans have a real math problem right now.

g.o.p. leaders acknowledging they don't have the votes yet in 52-448 razor thin margin. same reason ron johnson of wisconsin opposed it they worry it favors large corporations over small businesses. you see there six other wild card senators we are watching. corker, flake, murkowski, mccain, lankford and collins. concerns increasing the nation's 20 trillion-dollar debt. collins oppose the repeal of the individual mandate. the plan would lead to deficit of $1.4 trillion over the next 10 years and the senate budget allows for 1.5 trillion. there is room to work and the president, who heads to capitol hill to join the g.o.p.'s policy lunch today is upbeat about it. >> i think it's going to benefit everybody. it's going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more

than anyone else. we are giving great incentives. >> democrats oppose the bill as orrin hatch expressed his frustration. >> i just hope that they will get off their did you haves and start working with us rather than just voting in block against everything we try and come up with. >> a positive development for republicans, senator rand paul, a that additional deficit hawk you know, guys, is signaling that he is a yes vote writing in foxnews.com that as long as it's a real cut he is on board. this is all headed probably for a vote hopefully republicans hope by the end of the week. we will see what happens. brian: as early as wednesday and as late as thursday we know they like to take off on friday. thanks, griff. ainsley: griff, really quickly though, what's the likelihood? you have 8 republicans on the fence. have you two definite nos. they can only afford to two nos. >> we will see. look, the senate budget committee meets today. deficit increase is really a

big way to pull the majority of those over. collins, i don't know what they are doing. but with danes and johnson it's a problem because if you cut bigger for small businesses you could add to the deficit. steve: that's right. >> they are in a tight spot for sure. steve: give something to one group, somebody else gets angry. griff, thank you very much. brian: there is no firm nos. except for every democrat. steve: until it's written on a paper it's up for negotiation. ainsley: daines and johnson are no, sir did he ever sit. brian: they are not out. steve: let's tell you about a fox news exclusive silencing a watchdog. the intel community's inspector general, that fellow by the name of charles mccullough iii who worked for years, he was an fbi agent. he worked in treasury. and the inspector general office. the year before the election of last year, he told top

republican leadership in the senate intel committee that hillary clinton's private email server had many beyond top secret documents in it, and that was a risk to the intel community, to the national security. it exposed lives and operations and put sources at risk. and after he did that, he took so much backlash. ainsley: yeah, he says that the top officials told him if hillary clinton gets elected, you are out of a job. listen to this exclusive interview he had yesterday with catherine herridge in d.c. >> all of a sudden i became al shill of the right. i was told by members of congress be careful, you're losing your credibility. there are people out to get you. i was told that we would be the first to be fired with her administration. that that was definitely going to happen. there was an effort on -- certainly on the part of the campaign to mislead people

into thinking there was nothing to see here. brian: he felt as though he was totally on his own. meanwhile, 8 minutes after the hour. let's talk about what the president did. he wanted to honor some real heroes of world war ii that are now in their 90's code talkers. native americans who used some of their native language in order to encode communication during the most heated times during world war ii. at which time when the president was ad-libbing he came up with this. >> you were here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. but you know what? i like you. because you are special. you are special people. brian: let the circus begin. steve: no reaction from the men right there. the reasonable donald trump nicknamed her pocahontas was

apparently when she was applying to be a professor at harvard she had said she was native american. after she was unable to document that she had any native american blood, she said, you know, those were just the stories we always heard that we had native americans in our family line. brian: that was before 23 and me. steve: in fact, i think her pongt for the senate seat up in massachusetts actually sent her a 23 and me d.n.a. test on her birthday and she did not take it. ainsley: she didn't take it of course, the media had a hay day with this one. they were asking sarah huckabee sanders at the white house all about this. listen to this. >> you refer to pocahontas being in the senate. why did he feel the need to say something that is offensive to many people? >> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> she said it was a racial slur. what is your response to that? >> i think that's a ridiculous response. >> the moment had many people online asking whether

the president lacks decency. >> the president certainly finds an extreme amount of value and respect for these individuals which is why he brought them and invited them to come to the white house. >> does he see political value in calling people out racially? >> senator warren was very offensive when she lied about something specifically to advance her career. brian: brit hume said last night i don't see any race in it. but in terms of grace that is not the president's strength. steve: the president of the navajo nation said the comments were insensitive. what do you think? email us friends@foxnews.com or tweet us or facebook us. ainsley: in the meantime hanged it over to jillian she has headlines for us. >> good morning to you guys and to you at home as well. a fox news alert. we meet at christmas in new york. that's disturbing new threat from isis targeting millions of americans at one of the biggest tourist spots in the world. the terror group posting this chilling picture of

santa next to a box of dynamite. propaganda poster named christmas markets across europe as potential targets hoping to mimic last year's truck attack in berlin. ivanka trump giving keynote speech in india at the entrepreneurship conference in india. bringing in 10,000 extra security forces for that trip. the white house advisor is focusing on women's empowerment in business. she is expected to host two panel discussions before leaving india tomorrow. leveling more allegations against congressman john conyers. former deputy chief of staff accusing the democrat of touching her inappropriately. this as mirpght leader nancy pelosi bac backtracks on accusations she made. >> is there one accusation or two? there has to be. john conyers is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women.

>> pelosi says she now believes conyers' -- disappointing. the countdown to the royal wedding is on and we are learning how prince harry popped the question. >> what were we doing? just roasting chicken? >> trying to roast a chicken. >> trying to roast a chicken. it was just an amazing surprise. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. jillian: in their first interview as engaged couple. showing off the ring. used two diamonds that once belonged to his mother princess diana. the couple revealing they actually met on a blind date. every girl's dream to get proposed to while roasting chicken. steve: who shows up? it's the prince. brian: who knew he was on tinder. do we lose her as an

american? ainsley: she has british accent in 10 years. steve: she is actress she could have one right now. ainsley: did sound like she kind of had one. she is already talking very gracefully. steve: that story was everywhere yesterday. ainsley: i know. steve: he is acting director and mick mulvaney says the consumer protection bureau is bureaucracy gone wrong. flex guest worked at the agency and he is about to go one step further. ainsley: do you remember when president trump made this promise? >> we are going to say merry christmas again merry christmas. ainsley: this christmas he's delivering. steve: there's the christmas card ♪ we need a little christmas ♪ right this very minute ♪ candle in the window ♪ carols ♪ yes we need a little christmas ♪ right this very minute ♪

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joining us now with more is former enforcement attorney at the consumer financial protection bureau, ronald l. reuben. ronald, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: what does it mean it seems to be operating as a wing of the democratic party? >> well, in a lot of ways it feels like the agency is run by press office by their media group. most of what they do for the last few years seems to have been for the purpose of generating headlines that would be good for elizabeth warren and the democratic party. steve: what does the bureau do exactly? >> well, it investigates and prosecutes violations of financial services laws. steve: okay. >> it writes new regulations. it exams financial businesses. steve: okay. very good. and mr. cordray left although he did wind up serving one year longer, i believe, than was initially intended. then on the way out he appointed this woman leann dr. english to take his place. that was the problem. mick mulvaney and she both

said whoa, we are running the place. according to your understanding of the law, who should run the place? >> in my mind there is no doubt that mr. mulvaney is correctly running the agency. actually, the cfpb general counsel agreed. ms. english is suing on her own behalf. steve: okay. to your earlier points about how it's just a wing of the democratic party, somebody dug up the number of political donations that have been made to democrats and to republicans and it turns out, this is laughable, 593 donations to democrats, 1 to a republican and that republican was mitt romney, i understanding. when you were working there, did you feel like -- because you're a republican, did you feel like you were just from the enemy side? >> i kept very quiet about that. you know, i didn't try to start debates with too many people. i felt like if people knew

that, that would not be good for me. but when we were doing the hiring, they would have this phrase that they would say, they would say well, we don't think the person believes in the mission. and that was kind of code for we think the person may not be a democrat. so. i was very early hire. but as the hiring process went on, there were more and more -- it was harder and harder to get through if you were not clearly a democrat. steve: these are stories we have never heard before. thank you very much ronald reuben former enforcement attorney at the bureau thank you for joining us from d.c. >> glad to be with you. steve: what do you think about that? email us at friends@foxnews.com. meanwhile he play as defense attorney in his latest movie. >> how do you get results using class action tactics? i'm talking about a return to using activist litigation creatively, defensively, counter offensively. steve: well now actor denzel washington has a message for young people in jail. don't blame the system, blame your parents. what's he going to talk

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ainsley: we have quick headlines for you. a russian fighter jet buzz ago spy plane over the black sea. pentagon officials say it crossed 50 pete in front of the surveillance plane cause go ahead violent turbulence, the pentagon says the u.s. was flying over international airspace and did nothing to provoke this unsafe incident which lasted 24 minutes. and it's a race against time to evacuate as a massive volcano could erupt at any moment now. officials on the island of bali are now preparing for

the worst. ash from mount egon shutting downtown airport for a second straight day where 60,000 people including americans are now stranded. brian? brian: all right he plays idealistic defense attorney in newest film. denzel washington has a message to young criminals in jail. the system is not to blame. >> father is not in the home the boy will find the father in the streets. i saw it in my generation and every generation before me and every one since. so it's in the home. brian: really? let's debate that. here to weigh in and build on this is david webb and richard fowler. richard to you, is denzel right? >> you can't one sound bite there. it's a larger more systematic problem. i grew up without a father in the home. what i benefited from is i had a mother who had a profession so i never worried about food and security. i never worried about the lights going off. i grew up in a good neighborhood that had a high quality public school. and so i benefited from all

of those things which made not having a father in the home not as big of an issue. if you took me and put me in a place where i didn't have those things i think yeah, it would have been -- my existence would have been problematic. that i think is what denzel is missing in his quote there. brian: david, to go on to his quote, just to finish his statement, so now we know we can't blame the system. it's unfortunate that we make it easy to work for them. >> yeah. and the fact that richard is actually right about this when it goes to the issues of the balanced families or different families. the father is needed in a lot of ways. while there are exceptions to the rule and there are people that are raised by single parents successfully, look at the broader scope of what's happened in the black community. the father being out of the home and you don't have a father to raise a goi become a man who-to-raise another boy breaks the parent cycle dynamic and can you born into disparity economically from an education point of view. i know people that have gone

through. this i went to high school through people that have been through that cycle, but athe parents made a difference. we have to bring the father back. we can't have a system that takes them out of it could we need to overcome that with really fixing the problems that exist in these communities. but without the father, without that parent dynamic, we're going to see this grow. it's just mouth in the black community. it's in the american community that we're seeing this lack of raising boys to become responsible men to understanding what it means to actually be a man. brian: i want to build on this conversation because you guys kind of agree. a legal scholar named michelle alexander said this the new jim crow mass incarceration age of colored blindness, criminal justice system used the war on drugs to oppress minorities and marginalize communities. do you see merit in that richard? >> i think there is absolute merit in that there is republicans and democrats that agree. there was a bill introduced a couple weeks ago by camilla harris and rand paul to tackle that issue. justice reform is an issue.

while david is right yes have you crack cocaine on your streets i don't care if you have a two family household or not you will be impacted by seeing a crack dealer on your street, period. i was lucky and privileged not to have a crack dealer on my corner. and i had a single mother who worked and gave me opportunity. but with that being said, there is a loft families both black, white, and hispanic that grow up in poor neighborhoods without a strong family structure that also have to deal with the systemic problems that we have from the lack of investment in community. from the lack of high quality public schools and from the lack of the fact that we're not dealing with the failed war on drugs. >> i would love to say i agree with you on that one, richard, but i really don't in this respect. it's what you do. your behavior when you start regardless of the reason you begin to use a drug or do whatever that leads to you incarceration, commit a crime. you've got to go back to that foundation. we are dealing with the after effects which i agree on the criminal justice reform issue it's worth taking a look. we have got to get down to

the core of this. go back to the foundation of why people commit that first crime. you know, lavar ball, let's use him as an example. he excuses his son stealing, shoplifting saying well, i'm from l.a. it's no big deal. you see this. i ask the question, brian, you heard me ask this before. should we then shoplift big baller sneakers? the problem is that message is being sent to the community by irresponsible and frankly unqualified fathers that it's okay to shoplift a little. that's the beginning of the problem. >> let me make one point on this real quick and prime a single family household and let me make this very clear. just because the mother in the house or just because the father in the house does not mean the family is broken. my family was not broken because my father wasn't there as long as there is love in the home. the home works. brian: all right. thanks, guys. we have a lot more to talk about when it comes to this and i hope we do it again. appreciate it meanwhile, straight ahead. should police be able to track you through your cell phone without a warrant? that question headed to the supreme court.

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brian: hey, we're back. 27 minutes before the top of the hour. who faster than i thought. president trump took time over the weekend to play golf with some of the top players in the world. ainsley: after the turkey call, i will be heading over to trump national golf club, jupiter to play golf quickly, quickly with tiger woods and dustin johnson. back to mar-a-lago talks bringing more jobs and companies back to the u.s.a. that's what the president tweeted. not mentioned in the tweet was somebody else who played golf whim. pro-golfer and fox sports golf analyst brad joins us now via skype. hey, brad, what's the deal? why didn't the president mention you in the tweet, yo? >> good morning. that's actually the first thing i said to him when he walked onto the driving range tying irand dustin was there i had gotten a call from david trout at the club. hey it's going to be me you, tiger and president trump do you want to play? i said of course. somehow dustin johnson got squeezed in the world's number one player. i said to the president

where's the love with the tweets he said how many followers do you have? i thought that was funny the president of the united states would. i need to get to 70,000. he said i get to 158 million. ainsley: set numbers guy. ratings and numbers and pretty competitive. was he competitive playing golf? >> i wanted to take advantage of the situation the best i could. he wanted tiger and dustin to play from the farthest back tees tough golf course jack knicks laws designed. i wanted no part of those guys. i said what tees do you play? blue tees which is up a little bit where i usually play. why don't you ride in the cart together and we will play the two young guys answered loved that. brian: good move for you by the way. you are a genius. first off, talk about the quality of the president. i was listening to "sports illustrated" golf reporter say that when he becomes president, he was president elect he would become the best golfer in american

history. best presidential golfer ever. did you sense a lot of skill out there? >> well, would you be surprised if he told me that by the second hole? [ laughter ] >> it was awesome. i have played golf with him before he was in office and couple. he is a single digits handicap. he drives the ball pretty straight. he has the draw that every player who plays this game wants to have. he probably hits it 230 or 240 yards. he says he is a 3 or 4 handicap. we gave him 4 aside. we gave him 8 shots. he's very good. steve: brad, when you are playing with the president, it's like playing with your boss. generally you let him win. and you guys are all professionals. did you let him win? who won? ainsley: no chance, right? >> well, you know, we made it cart against cart. he and i played those two guys. he got four shots aside like i said. weave came down the last hole all square. it's a neat tough hole i hit one of my best shots of the day had a 9-foot putt.

tiger and johnson missed their birdies. i left it on the edge like the color of money. i guess it's politically correct the right thing to do. brian: brad, i have got to ask you, everyone is wondering about tiger woods. the last time we saw him he looked out of it we know the problem with his -- he had a problem he was having with his. ainsley: medication. brian: his medication and his driving. and we wait to see if he is going to make a come back. all of a sudden we hear he is golfing with the president. whats watt quality of the golf you saw with tiger woods? >> >> well, it was so impressive to anything we have seen him do recently in the last couple years since he has been hurt. he has had four back surgeries. we got a little inkling rickie fowler guy in the world. lives right near tiger played him a few weeks ago and said he has had gang. his speed is back. dustin johnson is the best player in the world for a lot of the reasons. number one he is the longest hitter out there. tiger was with him. a few holes drove it by him.

i asked him what's going to be the toughest thing for you coming back because is he going to play the hero's challenge in the bahamas. actually controlling how far i'm hitting. i haven't hit the ball this far. i feel healthy finally. you got to seat big smile that we have all gotten to love from tiger woods. steve: that's awesome. brad, what is one thing about this golf outing with the foursome you have not told anybody about that you would like to share with our vast viewing audience right now? >> well, you know what? first time i have played with a sitting president and i have been fortunate to play with president bush 41 after office. i would say president trump, he is such a passionate sports fan. he was excited to be out there. he was competitive on the golf course. i have never had anything i have done in my golfing career i told gavin your producer that garnished this much attention. i wrote an article 120,000 hits shared. competing networks have called to get me on there i would think most of them want to talk about the president not about tiger. this is a pretty happy day.

it was a fun-filled day. tiger and dustin are great. it was awesome. brian: i understanding the president acted like he didn't have a care in the world. just loved it, right? >> he did. who wouldn't you? are playing with the most famous golfer in the world and number one player in the world and has been. steve: that's great. at any point did he ask you about what do you think about this north korea thing or what do you think about taxes? >> well, you know, the only thing really that came up -- i was asking questions because i'm curious and i was in the cart and lucky enough to be able to. you know, with the bombing in egypt happened while we were on the ninth hole and somebody, i don't know if it was a press secretary came out there and told us about it he brought us all together and said here is a terrible act of terrorism and he had to release a statement. so they talked about that alone. released a statement. we didn't have all the details obviously. but just the fact that this keeps happening and happening on holidays and mosques or churches is awful. ainsley: fascinating he

didn't get a text. his people came out and told him. reminds me after 9/11. >> exactly. it was really impressive how they handled it all so quickly, too. steve: they came out to golf cart 1. brian: i'm sure the president loves all the hits your article got. i'm sure he took hit of the 270,000 hits. ainsley: he might tweet about you. steve: brad, real nice meeting you. thank you for joining us today ferrari montreal. ainsley: really great stories. thanks, brad. steve: what a story. brian: now let's go over to jillian. she has more than one great story. jillian: i want to golf now. how simple is that we begin with a fox news alert. the marines and fbi joining a desperate search for a toddler who disappeared from her bedroom. >> please, bring her back. and i love her. i will do anything. that i can. whatever you want. ainsley: here is what happened. amber alert was issued for 3-year-old mariah woods of jacksonville, north

carolina. her mother noticed she was missing early monday morning. she told police there was no sign of forced entry but the family's back door was unlocked. there are no known suspects right now. we will keep you posted. a town could soon pull the plug on a christmas tradition that helps sick kids. nearly 50 neighborhoods in fairfield, connecticut filing a petition demanding the town help control the 30,000 visitors who come to see a family's christmas lights display. you can see it there. they say the home decked out with 350,000 lights causes major parking problems. now the family who has been putting on the show for 18 years fears that this could be their last. they collect donations for a local children's hospital. merry christmas america. president trump is keeping another campaign promise. >> we are going to say merry christmas again. [cheers and applause] jillian: the commander-in-chief revealing his christmas card reading, quote: merry christmas and a happy new year. it's signed by president trump, the first lady and

their 11-year-old son barron. the card is different than president obama's card that wished people happy holidays. the family also debuting their christmas decorations including 71 wreaths and 53 tree he is. isn't that beautiful? steve: stunning. ainsley: if you don't follow her on instagram. she posted the whole video. it's worth watching. it's mesmerizing. if you don't want to join instagram like if you don't have it, stay tuned because we are going to show the whole video for you. steve: plus can you go to the white house website. they have have it as well. ainsley: stunning. brian: 18 minutes before the top of the hour. ainsley: do you know what today is it's give back tuesday. first tuesday after thanksgiving. preserved as a day to pro-vote charityible giving. steve: janice dean is not in the studio today. she is about five blocks away from us in bryant park in midtown, manhattan along the ice skating rink. who are you with, janice? >> i am with the animals here with world vision. it's a pop-up shop today here in bryant park. look at these beautiful

alpacas. you want to do the weather today? okay. they are just a little bit shy. we have other animals here that people can come out to see. did you know that goats can provide up to 16 cups of milk a day. chicken, eggs for nutrition and sell them at markets with world vision. alpacas grow wool for making warm clothes and income from the animal products that you see here today can buy school supplies. we're going to be talking about that today world vision and how can you donate it is charitable tuesday, give tuesday. and also we have jennifer nettles coming, the country music star. she is going to be petting animals with me. we will be doing care kits to give out as well. we will be talking about what you can do to give back. because i think it's a great idea. a lot of us are wondering what are we going to give for christmas this year. can you give back with world vision. we will tell you how to do that and talk to the animals. look at these beautiful alpacas. how are you? do you want to talk to brian, steve and ainsley? ainsley: they are so cute.

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steve the privacy of your email icloud photos and watch at stake whether cops can obtain cell phone data without a warrant. ainsley: here to break down the landmark case and what it means for you is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. these are people who come here to from other countries who have ties to terror, correct? >> this is a case of a guy who burglarized a radio shack store. and before he burglarized the store he cased it he drove around it and drove around another store not realizing that his iphone on the front seat of his car was capturing the location of where the i phone went. steve: all the time. >> all the time.

so the police without getting a search warrant got the wireless signal from the i phone via the telephone company that was his service provider and they were able to show -- the prosecutors were able to show the jury where he was that he surrounded the place and it helped to convict him there was ample other evidence of his guilt as well. the question is can the government get the contents of an i phone without a search warrant? if the answer to that is yes, then there is no privacy whatsoever because there's no requirement that the government has to go through. right now before they can start an investigation, they have to have suspicion about you. they can't just say kilmeade looks guilty. they have to have some articulable suspicion. i'm just picking on brian. then in order to get information that is kept in here, they have to go to a judge and get a search warrant. why? because the constitution requires it. if they don't have to do that, then they could put out a dragnet and get everything and anything they want about everybody and we have no privacy left.

and the fourth amendment to the constitution will be meaningless. brian: two angles for you. electronically here's high challenge to you. can you shut off your tracking device in your cell phone. location supervisors number one. number two is what's the difference between let me see what your phone says and i have an eyewitness that saw you driving around the block. and number three there are no more radio shacks, sir. steve: the >> i know they went out of business. this happened a couple years ago. you cannot turn off the existence of a phone. it looks like it's off. it is not off. and it still emits signals. steve: you have to take the battery out. >> you can't do it without destroying it now. the police use a device to trick this. brian: what's the other one? >> the other one is the eyewitness. have you no privacy if an eyewitness observes what you do. but the constitution protects persons, houses, papers and effects. isn't the computer chip inside of this an effect? ainsley: it's frustrating when you see what happened

like the church shooting and got the guy's cell phone and can't break into it because they don't have the warrant. they don't have his password and it's frustrating because you could get answers. >> but the government does have that. the. in sa has it for national security and intelligence purposes. steve: right. >> we trust the nsa with it i might not trust them but the public does. steve: judge, real quick. are you surprised that this administration, the department of justice is just like the obama administration? >> there is another one for you, brian. this is the same position that loretta lynch and eric holder. why is jeff sessions. why is he justifiable department taking a position that is so dismissive personal liberty when the president of the united states before he was exand against this see himself victimized. brian: i rest my case. finality to that statement. steve: i guess the moral of the story is if you are going to rob some place don't take your cell phone. >> that's one of the morals. ainsley: or don't rob anything. >> the constitution should mean what it says.

brian: just get a job and save your own money and invest. >> giants still playing football. brian: really i watched them thursday that's not football. ainsley: one of the world's catholic leaders said is he surprised by christians that support president trump. pastor jeffress says he has many reasons. fast acting zzzquil liquicaps help you fall asleep fast,

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different views. on many of the issues he has raised. i don't understand it is the simple answer. ainsley: joining us now to react is fox news contributor pastor robert jeffress. pastor, he is right. we can believe in the same god. we can believe in jesus and have different opinions about politics. why do you, as a christian, why do you support the

president? >> >> it's not that hard to figure out why so many conservative christians support this president. beyond his superb leadership and reviving the economy, rebuilding the military, remaking the judiciary, this president, president trump has become the most pro-religious liberty, pro-life president in u.s. history. ainsley, earlier this year i was with the president in the rose garden when he signed that sweeping religious liberty executive order and at that time he said as long as i am president, no personal will ever have to choose between practicing his faith and obeying the law. no other president, bush, reagan, no one ever has ever said something like that. on the pro-life front, he has not only appointed a conservative justice to the supreme court, he is packing the federal courts with dozens of conservative judges who will protect life. that is why everywhere i travel around this country conservative christians are

saying we absolutely love this president. ainsley: those are some of the bigger issues for christians. there are many people of faith who support him for religious liberty, his pro-life stance and for the supreme court pick. but many people do have an issue with him name-calling. what is your response to that? >> look, this is who we elected as president. and, you know, when you listen to the archbishop and the comments that he made, what's behind his bafflement over president trump is he feels morally superior to president trump. and you know, jesus harshest condemnation religious leaders own self-righteousness and looked down at others. before we start throwing stones at the president, let's remember the bible says we're all sinners. we all need a savior. nobody is better than anybody else. and you would think the archbishop would understand that very heart of the christian message. ainsley: pastor jeffress,

thanks for welcom for being wit. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you. ainsley: the left is freaking out that president trump talked about elizabeth warren (♪) (♪) it all starts with a wish.

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going to be a tremendous tax cut. the biggest in the history of our country. >> the acting director of consumer financial protection bureau mick mulvaney standing by his criticism of the agency. >> i still think it's an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong. >> most of what they do seems to have been for the purpose of generating headlines that would be good for elizabeth warren and the democratic party. >> the president honored the surviving navajo code talkers at the white house and javits center in massachusetts. >> we have a representative in congress that they say was here a long time ago.

they call her pocahontas. >> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren's lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> here's the season to start decking the halls at the white house. the first lady welcomed some help. >> you seriously look like an angel. >> she really does look like an angel. ♪ ♪ good, good ♪ good to be alive ♪ right about now ♪ good, good. steve: live from the mezzanine level of studio f. the biggest darn studio in new york city is "fox & friends." a very influential television program. ainsley: did any of you shop yesterday cyber monday? steve: online, yes. ainsley: i took care of a lot of shopping yesterday. brian: i didn't. steve: i tried to order christmas card i thought i had a certain discount. i made a change and it all went away. ainsley: it's so hard -- it takes forever, you have to hit save and save and save when you do your cards.

steve: anyway, i will do it this weekend. brian: today is giving tuesday arguably more important than cyber monday. talk about where you should be giving your money and where janice dean is right now. let's go out to the capital. president trump will be visiting lawmakers in just a few hours having lunch with senators trying to urge them to do a certain thing. ainsley: he is putting pressure on senate republicans to pass the tax reform before the end of the year. steve: is that a possibility? let's go down to griff jenkins. he's our man on capitol hill and he joins us live where the sun is up and now some republicans are optimistic, aren't they? >> they are. cyber monday is over. welcome to tax tuesday and make no mistake republicans have a lot of work to do in this razor 52 to 48. steven danes says is he a no for the same reason ron johnson opposes it. they feel it favors large corporations over small businesses. both appear to be trying to get to yes. danes says in a statement, quote, i want to see changes

in the tax cut bill to ensure main street businesses are not put at competitive disadvantage against large corporations. we are watching six other senators on the fence. corker, flake, mur cow can i, lankford and collins. adding to the 20 trillion-dollar debt. the last holdout collins opposing the individual mandate repeal. now the cbo says the bill would increase the deficit by 1.4 trillion over the next 10 years which is over the senate budget cap which allows for 1.5 trillion. problem with competing demands. this as president trump heads to capitol hill for a policy lunch and he is optimistic. >> i think it's going to benefit everybody. it's going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more than anything else because we are giving great incentives. >> democrats they oppose it entirely. finance chair orrin hatch very frustrated. >> i just hope that they will get off their did you haves and start working with

us rather than just voting in block against everything we try and come up with. >> finally a positive development for republicans, senator rand paul, a traditional deficit hawk signaled that he is a yes vote. we will see, guys. it looks like possibly a vote mid to late week this week. steve: all right. griff, before you go. i was reading this morning that apparently one suggestion is if there's a short fall of money in the federal coffers, the taxes could actually go up a little bit to make due with the short fall? >> that's right, steve. they are calling it a trigger. it's the trigger idea. even that becomes a problem under the senate rules. this is being passed under budget reconciliation. so you will hear a lot of that. it's going to take you into the weeds. at the end of the day, they have to appease one to get to the other. i'm not sure they have the math to do it right now. brian: of course that's senator corker and flake and daines worried about the deficit go up. that would ameal united

states them. senator corker is going to be joining us for the first time in a long time. griff, i will give you a heads up so you can take notes and put in next report and claim the sound bite as your own. >> sounds good. thank you. brian: four minutes now after the hour. bizarre. there is nothing traditional about this presidency, including yesterday when two people showed up to do the same job. i thought it was hysterical on the lead editorial in the "wall street journal" they call it -- they call the acting director as appointed by the outgoing director leann dr. castanza. remember george castanza got fired and kept showing up for work. leann dr. was told not to show up and she showed up president said no she is democrat. i want my guy in there i want mick mulvaney to be in there he is going to take over. these two are both there they are sending out emails to everyone who worked saying i'm the director. don't listen to her. no, i'm the director.

don't listen to her. ainsley: mick mulvaney said come by my office i have donuts. i would love to sit down and meet you. steve: the question is who gets to appoint somebody to a federal agency? is it the president of the united states or is it the last person who was an obama holdover? according to the democrats, the obama holdover gets to do it, should stay there until the senate confirms somebody. mick mulvaney who showed up yesterday with donuts for the crew says, look, the problem with this particular watchdog group is it's dysfunctional. >> my opinion of the structure of this cfpb has not changed. i city think it's an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong. i still have the same fundamental principled misgivings about the way this bureau is structured. i think it is wrong to have a completely unaccountable federal bureaucracy. i'm just learning about the powers that i have as acting director. they would frighten most of you. they would probably worry you to think about how

little oversight congress has. ainsley: he said don't worry, i'm not going to blow things up. i'm not going to set fire to everything. there is a 30 day hiring freeze because he wants to get all his ducks in a row and has this under control. brian: extremely tough job especially with tax reform up there. and now he is going to do three days here. the question is when you -- when they came out with dodd frank they said we are going to create this office, right? and by the way the person when we -- when that person leaves, the outgoing director gets to appoint the other director. well, that's only in the case if there is an absence, there is an opening. what cordray did was leave a week earlier than he told everyone, leaving a vacancy, elevating leandra castanza. steve: english. brian: right, english. the president goes no, by the 1993 or '97 law i get to promote an open space. i get to promote the acting director until i nominate someone and it's going to be

mulvaney. steve: general counsel at this particular bureau said the president is right. he gets to do it. but here's the thing. weave actually had one the lawyers who worked there on the program and he said essentially it is being operated as a wing of the democratic party. in fact, if you look at the political donations made by people at that place. look at this. 593 donations went to democrats, 1 went to a republican by the name of mitt romney. the former attorney joined us live and said this about how political that federal bureau really is. >> a lot of ways it feels like the agency is run by the press office, by their media group. and most of what they do for the last few years seems to have been for the purpose of generating headlines that would be good for elizabeth warren and the democratic party. when we were doing the hiring, they would have this phrase that they would say. they would say well, we don't think the person believes in the mission. and that was kind of code

for we think the person may not be a democrat. note that mr. mulvaney is correctly running the agency. actually the cfpb's general counsel agreed. ainsley: doj did side with entrepreneurship. this president trump this goes to a judge. my question is he who is the judge is he a democrat or she a democrat? steve: appointed by president trump. brian: it looks like mulvaney might get to stay. just nominate someone quick. it's going to be not easy to pass. they will pass it if it's somebody that is, you know, acceptable to republicans. ainsley: you don't have to worry about that problem. brian: don't have worry. steve: democrats are dug in. they want this woman to continue as long as possible. this could wind up, stweal, in front of the supreme court. ainsley: really? brian: we know how that would likely break. ainsley: just like everything in government it will take years. steve: which means mick mulvaney on the three days a week he shows up will be bringing donuts from dunkin'

donuts for a long time. ainsley: always worked in college. free donuts and pizza. jillian: anything in college. brian: usually that story alone is enough to lead for weeks. between different comments the president made at the white house. different things going on with tax reform. ainsley: the guy said that hillary was going to fire him if she one was she was exposing emails. jillian: like a million stories every single day. steve: plus a fox news alert. jillian: couple more stories right now. we do begin with a fox news alert. one of president trump's sharpest critics is calling it quits after 25 years in congress. democratic representative luis gutierrez is expected to make the announcement today in chicago. the immigration advocate is reportedly considering running for governor of puerto rico. this coming just weeks after gutierrez filed new articles of impeachment against president trump. also breaking right now, first daughter ivanka trump wrapping up a keynote speech in india. she is at the global entrepreneurship summit which is a business conference there indian authorities bringing in

10,000 extra security forces for the trip. the white house advisor is focusing on women's empowerment in business. she is expected to host at least two panel discussions before leaving india tomorrow. how about this? a close call for hundreds of passengers as their planes collide just moments before take al-jaafari. egypt hair flight clipping the left wing of a virgin plane while attacking at new york's jfk airport. both planes returning to the capital as the crews had to clean up debris. you can see a pickup truck taking away the clip of the plane. no word on what caused that collision. one man's christmas speerd spirit has just gone overboard. massachusetts police pulling over a car with a massive christmas tree on top. do you see that thing? can you barely see the car. police posting this picture on facebook reminding the public to transport trees responsibly. now, people obviously quick to respond online. tony writing writes the

griswold mobile obviously a reference to the christmas vacation. let's watch it for a second. one of the best parts of the movie. i love that movie. it's one of those movies you have to watch this time of year. ainsley: my family was trying to find this movie over the holidays instead of the nfl. we could not find it down load it on to your computer and watch it we could not find it it's not on -- steve: google play. ainsley: i don't think my brother has apple tv. maybe he does. we senksd awful his programs on demand, everything. it's not there. we need to put it on there. jillian: i'm angry for you. ainsley: there was every other christmas movie and not that one. brian: why didn't you go to blockbuster and rent a dvd. jillian: i found my blockbuster card. brian: how does blockbuster tell you how to oat? see, there's the door. steve: just like that there you go. get out. high security.

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♪ >> my client was told by the fbi that high officials at the fbi were being told about it bob mueller, i assume, would have reported that to eric holder who was the attorney general and who sat on the body that made the decision to sell the uranium one. my client was told that president obama was being briefed on it. the fbi gave my client a check for over $50,000 in 2016, two years after he was so-called unreliable? steve: that's just some of the bombshell testimony an fbi informant will reveal on the uranium one deal according to his lawyer after reportedly gathering years of evidence tying hillary clinton and the clintons to the russian controversy. john solomon has been breaking the details on this story from the beginning from the hill. he joins us now live from

our d.c. bureau. john, good morning to you. >> hi, good morning to you. steve: victoria toensing there represents this fbi informant. you have some news regarding him, don't you? >> i do. i think later today or certainly later this week the justice department is going to be on capitol hill telling the committees that are investigating this what they know about the informant and then i think you are going to seat informant come up to capitol hill in the next few weeks and start talking on his own about what he witnessed when he was under cover. steve: when it was first revealed that there was this guy who could tie bribery with the uranium one deal, we had heard that apparently he was only going to talk to like one person on each committee. but now it sounds like he is going to be talking to everybody. >> yeah. i think. so the original letter releasing him from his confidentiality agreement had a very narrow thing. i think all members of congress are going to get a chance to interview and talk to this man and learn a lot from him, i think. steve: you mentioned the confidentiality agreement. that was something that initially during the obama administration the department of justice said to him because he was asking for the money that he used

out of his own pocket to pay the bribe, they said, look, if you pursue this, we're going to sue you because you're blabbing and you signed right here you wouldn't. >> yeah. he wanted to suit russians and try to get his money back. he filed a lawsuit for a couple days the justice department threatened him and he withdrew that lawsuit. i think that lawsuit, if it had come out in the middle of last year's election would have caused a lot of attention to what had done with on in the russian-uranium scandal. steve: regarding the russian uranium scandal because it's been talked about a lot but people don't understand the details. >> right. steve: he has videotape and audiotapes apparently that prove that bribery was going on to get this thing done. >> yeah. the bribery was compromising different contractors that were working for the russians. same company. a company that business uranium one. rossatom, the company that's making bribe payments and compromising one of the most

important things they did compromise the trucking company moving uranium around the united states. real national security threat. steve: i understand you are working on another development regarding the money trail, right? >> absolutely. one of the things you want doing a story like this particularly when people are trying to win influence in a government decision is it to follow the money. the next couple of days the hill will have a new story trace money to key political players. how the money was routed. what was done with it i think we will learn a lot more about the political influence game as a result of it. steve: if you are talking political influence, naturally we would think about the clinton foundation but you are probably not ready to tell us what that is, right? >> wait a couple days, i think i will have my reporting finished up. i like to have my facts lined up. steve: john solomon from the hill. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. steve: 7:20 in new york city. coming up, fans are leaving the stadiums as players keep protesting the national anthem. two dozen this past week. will the nfl finally get the message before it's too late? stay tuned.

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steve: time now for news by the numbers. first number 315. that's how many homicides there have been so far in baltimore, maryland this year accord together baltimore sun newspaper. the paper reports schools are now canceling field trips to the city because of the worry of escalating violence. next 265. that's how many customers were overcharged by wells fargo, according to the "wall street journal." bankers cheated clients in an attempt to get higher bonuses for themselves. this comes just a year after it was revealed that wells fargo employees opened millions of fake accounts.

finally, 25%, that's how many nfl fans drink more when their team loses. the study by detox.net also says nearly 19% of fans drink when their team wins. there is just a lot of drinking. ainsley: that's because the party continues. steve: i guess. ainsley: all right. speaking of football. the nfl continues to struggle as protests against the anthem rages on. 23 players choosing to protest the performance during sunday's game. brian: fans tweeting out empty stadiums. what message does this send to the league? steve: here to react comedian and blogger chad screen left along with the daily rants guy and u.s. army veteran graham allen. guys, welcome to the couch. >> thank you. >> curvey couch. steve: the curvey couch. you are down at that end of the curve. so, graham, what is going on with the nfl. >> oh my goodness.

well, i mean, from the veterans side of things, people ask me this all the time and what i like to tell everybody is the veteran community is very divided. much like the rest of the country on the protest and things all of the above. if you think veterans as a whole agree on, this you are not paying attention what i believe is happening is the same silent majority of america that elected donald trump and things like that we view this form of protest, whatever the original means that they were trying to get their point across in the first place. we view it as blatant disrespect to the men and women who fought and died for our country. 1.3 million veterans have died in wars and things of that nature. i believe america is speaking. we are not going to stand behind an organization that allows this to happen. and it is an organization. nfl is a job at the end of the day. so, if you were employed by a company that i pay your salaries. you wear their uniforms you are subject to whatever rules and regulations they

tell you to do. america wants the nfl to do something about this. ainsley: chad, how about your thoughts. >> i haven't seen stadiums that empty since the dixie chicks decided to get political. it's ridiculous. who knows? maybe the nfl needs to come away for a little while like the dixie chicks and make a come back people aren't watching. let's say i owned a restaurant across the street here and employee of mine came in started screaming at customers saying get out, get out, get out. i would fire that person. that's in essence what these players are doing. they are saying to people in spite the empty seats we don't care if you are here or not. these nfl owners have got to get control of the situation. as a business, it's going to continue to tank. brian: the problem is, graham, got a union. not like the military. union has to come to the table or embarrass the union which could fracture everything more on racial lines. >> exactly: again it just goes, in like you said, it's not the military. it is a union.

at the end of the day, it is a job. they are employed. brian: they have to see the revenue come down. >> they have to see it. that is what is happening from a business perspective, there are consequences to your public and national action that people see do you. ainsley: attendance was down 10% if you compare this past sunday to the sunday before. >> ratings across the board. people just tuning in on tv. ainsley: the two of you are blogging have you have your podcast. you met on social media. >> how you cannot. >> it was internet bromance for a while there. >> walk down the street in manhattan with this guy and people turn their heads, look how handsome he is. it's a bromance. brian: where do you see the relationship going? >> well, i'm already married so we can't go that route. i know all kinds of weird things are legal these days but no knows. i do the chad prater show podcast. we have a few lined up. we will do a podcast today. tomi lahren fox news contributor she was just on

with me we had a great conversation. all these things, things like the nfl. the stuff that's going on in the nfl, it's just a microcosm of a prime example of what put donald trump in office. brian: also a war on history we are having, too. >> exactly. brian: we are relitigating everything. >> you are trying to sell books. ainsley: it's a good one. worth reading. >> a great book. steve: chad and graham, thank you very much today on the curvey couch. >> thank you for having us. ainsley: first lady melania trump ripping the mainstream media after she claimed she didn't wants to be in the white house. her response next. steve: and today is giving tuesday, and janice is giving with a very special guest, aren't you? >> yes. look who is here? it's jennifer nettles. >> good morning. >> thank you for getting up so early for "fox & friends." >> it is giving tuesday and i would not miss it. janice: we are benefiting world vition today with jennifer nettles. the animals. we will be talking about it next on "fox & friends." you do not want to go away

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always thought of it and regretted. she never wanted to be first lady. in fact, here's the quote. this isn't something she wanted. and isn't something he ever thought he would win -- she-thousand-dollar thought he would win. one long time friend of the trumps said she didn't want this come hell or high water. i don't think she ever thought it was going to happen. that is unnamed source that said what melania was thinking. no one ever talked to melania. ainsley: first of all, do you think he didn't think he was going to win? he is so confident. brian: they said she thought he would never win. ainsley: so bogus. steve: after that hit vanity fair website melania trump's spokesperson put this out. this time vanity fair has written a store riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions. as a magazine tailored to women, it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean mrs. trump rather than focus on her positive work as first lady

as a supportive wife and mother. brian: remember when she decided not to go to the white house they wanted to say she doesn't want to go. the relationship is not a good relationship. no she wanted her son to go. no she is never actually going to go. no, when he was done with school she actually attended. see how she is engaged and what she is doing you see she likes it however the negative side is pretty apparent. they are mocking her accent. steve: they have. brian: making fun international public figure. everything she wears becomes a story. huge commitment. you give up all privacy for the rest of your life to. pretend that isn't a huge commitment and pretend some salacious story about their relationship is totally unfair. steve: it would be one thing if they spoke to her and she said that they talk to people. we don't even know who the people are, and that's the story they are spinning. ainsley: i remember talking to ivanka at the white house when i was interviewing her months ago there was an article, she was on the cover of us weekly or people or one of the magazines that

we pick up at the airport. she said they never even called me to ask me any of these questions. they just did the interview without a comment from me based on unnamed sources. steve: so anyway that's what vanity fair printed and that the reaction from the white house. all right it is 24 minutes now before the top of the hour. i think jillian has some news. jillian? jillian: yes i do. the war of words between president trump and democratic senator elizabeth warren intensifying. the president referring to her as pocahontas during a ceremony honoring native american veterans. >> we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. >> it is deeply unfortunate that the president of the united states cannot even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without having to throw out a racial slur. ainsley: the white house dismissing warren calling her offensive for lying to

advance her career. warren denies that claim. the v.a. failing our veterans again. a stunning new report finding 90% of potentially dangerous doctors who under perform are not being reported. the government accountability office adding that v.a. officials are slow to investigate the doctors who are reported. >> this is part of a deal to get them out of the v.a., paying them off. also include payoffs as well. the result of this is it was not only causing problems at the v.a. but it was threatening civilian medical system as well. jillian: the agency says it will comply with recommendations to improve operations. apparently christmas is just too white. black lives matter chapter is planning a black christmas initiative urging people to only buy from black-owned businesses throughout this holiday season. a los angeles group calling on people to boycott white-owned businesses and instead use their money to invest in the black community. organizers say president trump elm bodies white capitalism and the boycott is their way of resisting.

a man sleeping inside a dumb ter gets stuck inside a garbage truck it took firefighters over two hours to reach of the man who was buried under bags and loose trash in philadelphia. the ordeal happened outside of a group home that served as interim stop before prisoners are released. authorities say the man escaped from the home. prison officials say no one was miss from the role call. the man was taken to a hospital with leg, hip, and abdominal injuries. yickets. a look at your headlines, guys. steve: it's not a good place to fall asleep. jillian: it's not. steve: it's tuesday and it's garbage day. brian: despite popular opinion. ainsley: wouldn't the nasty smell wake you up? steve: he's homeless he could sleep almost anywhere. there is the danger of the garbage truck. giving tuesday first tuesday after thanksgiving annually observed as day to promote charitable given. ainsley: janice dean is in mid 'town manhattan along

with celebrity ambassador jennifer nettles. hey, janice. janice: here she is jennifer nettles is here. >> good morning. janice: how did you get involved with world vision. >> i start my christmas holiday tour tomorrow. i wanted to partner with a charity organization. my agent turned me on to world vision. turned me on to their vision and what they do and have done for so many years. they are fantastic. janice: tell us about world vision. >> first of all get online world vision.org. you can see so much of what it is that they do. what can you do on this giving tuesday is you can go online and get a gift and gift someone either a donkey or an alpaca or a sheep in their honor, in their name,. janice: right. >> we all have too much. do you know what i'm saying? we have too much around in our houses. if you want to give something that actually has meaning and give life and sustainability to other people in other countries who are in need get online and check it out. janice: these animals do that giving milk and wool all that can help world vision. >> anything from like $16 to $500. and if you do it today,

which is really fantastic, there is an organization -- what is it called 31 gifts. 31 gifts, thank you. 31 gifts and they will match everybody's gift today up to a million dollars. janice: giving tuesday. >> give two times just by giving one. janice: let's talk about the care packages that we're going to do right now. >> sure. if animals aren't your thing and you are not into that. janice: very well behaved by the way. >> very well behaved and so cute. janice: someone paid them well. let's take a look. >> other here we have basically our care packages. what this is for natural disasters. hurricane relief. and actually today, if you come by bryant park and you don't feel like money is not your thing you want to give and you feel like you want to be more hands on. come by here actually today and make these kids for people that will be sent. janice: people don't realize shampoo and tooth pas are necessities. we take them for granted. >> we take them for granted every day. and people who have unfortunately experienced natural disaster are in a position where they don't have them.

janice: people don't realize world vision also helps people in the u.s. from the natural disasters because we have had hurricanes very terrible season. and so these disaster kits will go to help them. >> as we all know. >> we will do this all morning. >> we are making kits. we have deodorant. we have shampoo, facial and body soap. come on down. janice: we have animals, too. jennifer is also going to teach me how to sing during the commercial break. >> i'm going to do my best. janice: all right, guys. jennifer neithers, "fox & friends" loves her. ainsley: we do. janice: we'll be talking about world vision.org where you can donate. we all think about what we can donate this christmas this is a great cause. steve: absolutely. really unique. >> yea. ainsley: give her our best. she has such a good pencht. both of them do. steve: my wife one year gave me a dairy cow through this program. ainsley: really can feed children. steve: it's a dairy cow. makes milk for the folks. ainsley: did she give you the cow or adopted the cow. steve: there was no cow out

under the tree that year. all done online. brian: squeeze your own you hadder. 15 minutes to the top of the hour. will chuck schumer and nancy pelosi want to lead democrats back in power in 2018. next guest democratic congressman says they are heading in a wrong direction. we'll explain. ainsley: capitol christmas tree headed 300 miles to get to washington. truck driver will joining us live. steve: trivia question of the day born this date in 1995, this nascar driver took the pole in 2016 daytona 500. who is he? he has got to be young. be the first to email us at foxandfriends.com and win either brian or ainsley or both of their books. ♪ but the prettiest sight to see ♪ is the holly that will be on your own front door ♪ can you fit in there?

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♪ ainsley: here's some quick headlines for you, desperate manhunt underway with inmate distinctive look corey hughes mugshot with skeleton tattoo on his face reported missing from work crew in california. hughes serving time for weapons charge he was set to be released in february. police officer bath robe burglar surveillance video showing him to squeeze through kitchen window in upstate new york. he eventually got through, took a few things and took off. brian? brian: all right. thanks, ainsley. hey, congressional democrats like house minority leader nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are gearing up to try to take back power in 2018 and 2020. and they could. but, is their focus in the right place? our next guest democrat in the house and he says in some of the party the most of the party is headed in the wrong direction. joining us now is former democratic congressman and author of this brand new book dead center jason

altmire. congressman, welcome back. >> thank you. brian: dead center they said if you are not right and not left you are nowhere. why do you think the center is the right place to be. >> most of the country graph states towards the center. the question i get asked why is there so many partisanship in washington? the answer is we elect partisans. system designed to elect and protect people on the extreme whereas most people would prefer congress that can work together and get along and compromise and actually get things done. brian: sometimes people compromise and they are called the squishy middle and they are primary. >> that's exactly the point. because we have a system with closed primaries where the extremes dominate the deck tore rat, if you are running for office in that scenario you have to appeal to those extremes. how are you going to govern when you are elected you will gravitate to the extremes. in washington today, compromise is a dirty word and you are actually punished for working with the other side. brian: you had 29 pieces of legislation put into law. >> right. brian: that's pretty impressive. right now democrats are no

doubt about it leaning more towards the left. bernie sanders way to the left. he has got a lot of the rock star status. and then you have nancy pelosi and chiewrnl way to the left. they don't know another place to be. they have never been any other place. are they wrong? >> well, again, this is because we are electing people from the fringe. and on the democratic party right now there is this internal debate about the future of the party. i think moving to the left would be going in exactly the wrong direction. it might appear to the democratic base, people who vote in those close primaries today. does not represent areas like i represented middle america in the midwestern region where trump voters came out. democrats but they have been voting republican because they are not happy with the direction of the democratic party. brian: interesting. do you think do you feel there was pressure on you jason altmire to vote in the house. >> your pressure comes from constituents people you represent. brian: did you feel it from your leadership. >> i do. i talked about it in the book. there are people in washington that are trying

to get you to support legislation that you know is going to be unpopular in your district. and you have to make a decision. brian: so what's going to change? how do things change? some people are at home nodding saying i agree whim. but what changes things? >> i advocate open primaries which is what they do in california, louisiana, where have you all of the candidates running for office in the same primary, republicans, democrats, independents, greens, libertarians and you are all running in the same primary. and if you are a candidate running in that scenario, you have to appeal not just to your own party but to voters from the other party and people in the middle. that totally changes your incentive when you are elected. brian bine also it might be liberating maybe a lot of the people feel like you do they just don't feel like they can keep their seat. now former congressman jason altmire. thank you so much. congratulations the book is called "dead center." senator bobble corker says he is still undecided about the republican tax bill. but, what will it take to get him on board? in fact, he is going to have a key committee vote today.

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congratulations. ainsley: congratulations. huge journey for a big tree. every year the u.s. parks service sends a giant christmas tree to our nation's capitol to kick off the holiday season. today we are learned more tanked with the completion of that 3500-mile journey. he says it is all about america. steve: joining us right now is that trucker, the owner and operator of white wood transport larry speaker myer joins us from our nation's capital. larry, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: i understand you have driven something like 3 million miles accident-free during your career. but tell us why this was the best trip you ever made. >> this is a crown jewel of a driving career right here. steve: why. >> 39 and a half years i have never had this publicity and fame this tree has brought us. ainsley: i know you made 21 stops along the way, one in missouri, kentucky, west virginia, virginia. we are looking at the map right now.

the national forest is way on the other side of the country. you had all these stops it took you two weeks. tell us some stories of what you experienced along the way. >> it was a joy on the people's faces, the children and it was nothing but a thumb's up journaly the entire way. the kootenai national forest people keeping me safe and making it a real easy drive. steve: yeah, the people's tree it's referred to. what does the christmas tree, the national christmas tree, larry, symbolize to you? >> it's for the people. it's the national forest. and we should enjoy it and this is a 77-year-old tree that we brought to the capital and it's for the people. ainsley: does it have a big sign on it that said this is the white house christmas tree? how did people know that was your intention of getting it to d.c. steve: to the capitol? >> we had banners on the side of the trailer for people to sign. and it said the capitol

tree. and every stop we made, there was always somebody that wanted to put their signature on our banner. steve: i bet. larry, i understand during your career driving trucks all across the country and, you know, it wasn't going to be your career until you realized how much you loved it. you've traveled to 49 states. the only state you haven't been to is hawaii. but that problem has been remedied. how did you wind up in hawaii? >> well, i got driver of the year twice in montana for the state of montana. and our company awarded my wife and i a gift certificate to go see the 50th state. so sometime this spring i will get it done. ainsley: you deserve it a hard-working american. larry is married and has three adult children. we wish you a merry christmas. i assume that's your wife in the picture that you sent us. >> that's correct. ainsley: she's beautiful. thank you so much, larry. steve: good job. ainsley: making christmas come to live for those folks in d.c. the lighting ceremony if you

want to go is next wednesday december 6th. steve: coming up, a former watchdog says he was threatened by the clintons for trying to sound the alarm on hillary's private email. the exclusive interview you need to hear coming up. ainsley: plus mike huckabee. el .

was supposed to be a wake reup call for our government?sh people all across the country lost their savings, their pensions and their jobs. i'm tom steyer and it turned out that the system that had benefited people like me who are well off, was, in fact, stacked against everyone else. it's why i left my investment firm and resolved to use my savings for the public good. but here we are nine years later and this president and the republican congress are making a bad situation even worse. they won't tell you that their so called "tax reform" plan is really for the wealthy and big corporations, while hurting the middle class. it blows up the deficit and that means fewer investments in education, health care and job creation. it's up to all of us to stand up to this president. not just for impeachable offenses,

but also to demand a country where everyone has a real chance to succeed. join us. your voice matters. steve: president trump is going to visit lawmakers in a couple of hours. >> it's going to be a tremendous tax cut p. the biggest in the history of our country. steve: mick mulvaney his criticism of the agency. >> i think it's an awful example of a bureaucracy that has gone wrong. >> the political donations made by people at that place. 5893 donations went to democrats. >> most of what they do have been for the purpose of generating headlines that would be good for elizabeth warren and the democratic party. >> the president having the

navajo. >> we have the. >> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> decking the halls at the white house. the first lady helping out. ♪ ♪ ♪ steve: welcome to the hometown of the world's number one cable news show fox and friends live from up here. ainsley: hi, everyone. good morning. that's a nice job. steve: good job. ted carrying the cable behind. brian: right. they could twitch if they had to. ainsley: sometimes they do.

brian: if dave turns an ankle or starts breaking out or had something bad. steve: starts breaking out? food poisoning? brian: no, skin. ainsley: oh, really? brian: yeah. by the way, i never heard of that. steve: scott cane? brian: yeah. steve: what about cane and able? ainsley: what about candy cane. brian: that's something -- steve: welcome back to free association television news. ainsley: all right. right to a live look at capitol hill where president trump will visit with lawmakers in just a few hours. steve: commander-in-chief pressuring senate republicans to get onboard and pass tax reform before the end of the year or everybody in that party is going to be in trouble. brian: key committee vote at 2:30 eastern time today. griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest. griff, lay it out. >> let me try to explain, guys, the mess the president is walking into when he heads up in there in a few hours. republicans can only spare two votes and now a second senator steve gains of montana he's a "no." for the same reason ron

johnson opposes it, they feel it favors large corporations over small businesses. although, they're trying to get to "yes" holding out for changes that would benefit main street. and six other senators are sitting on the fence. corker, mccain, langford, and collins all are concerned over adding to the nation's 20-trillion-dollar debt and collins, specifically opposing the individual mandate repeal. but the president, he remains optimistic. trump: benefit everybody. it's going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more than anything else because we're giving great incentives. >> here's the deal. the incentives bill would increase the deficit by $1.4 trillion, which is just under the senate's budget cap which fills out 1.5 trillion. but being tip the scale so a situation of competing commands. one solution is to put what's called triggers in the bill that would offset at a certain point. here's what senator corker coming up on this show shortly

had to say yesterday. >> taking a solution is that there is a trigger or a backstop, whatever you want to call it, in the event we don't achieve the revenue that are projected. >> one positive development, senator rand paul, a traditional deficit says he is a "yes" vote and, of course, that meeting this afternoon as you mention, brian. at the end of the day, it looks like the senate hopes to vote by the end of the week. but where those votes are is anybody's guess right now. brian: yeah, it got out of one committee. but the question is will it get out of the other committee with senator corker there? with health care, it seems like everyone's trying to get to a "yes" and being very honest about what they need to get there. to me, it's part of the process. i think a lot of people looking for panic. i don't think there should be any panic there. ainsley: running out of time. >> they're running out of time. and even if they do pass it in the senate, they still have to conference it with the house. steve: that's right. a lot of people in the house

don't like big parts of it. griff just mentioned that bob corker is going to be coming up shortly and brian's going to talk to him in the next segment right here on fox and friends. ainsley: meanwhile, catherine herridge our correspondent down in dc, she got an exclusive interview with this guy. let me tell you about him. his name is charles, he was the inspector general for the intel community, which meant he inspected everything. he made sure everything was above. i was your the watch dog. ainsley: he was appointed by president obama. now in this exclusive interview, he says that he was willing to expose hillary clinton's private e-mail server and the 22 top secret e-mails that he said were putting lives at stake or lives were at risk because of all of this information was on her private server. he went to the nsa director, and he said this is what i have found. this is a major problem, and this is what that conversation was like. >> read through these affidavits very thoroughly, and he said this is extremely

reckless. and he mentioned something about the campaign would have -- will have heartburn about that or something. all of a sudden, i became a shill of the right. i was told by members of congress be careful. you're losing your credibility. there are people out to get you. i was told that we would be the first two to be fired wit with the administration. that that was going to happen. there was an effort certainly on the part of the campaign to mislead people into thinking there was nothing to see here. steve: so there you've got the man who was the watch dog for the intel community saying that hillary clinton's e-mail server situation was jeopardizing national security. and he told dni director clapper, that's who he was alluding to at the beginning of the sound byte about it, it sounded like clapper was going that's going to give the campaign heartburn to make it seem like he was working with the campaign that i'm not sure what was going on; right? the larger thing certainly after that, he went to chief

republicans up on the senate committee and told them about the hillary clinton e-mail server thing just to give them a heads-up. this is breaking the law. and then he essentially became a pry a. they said he's a shill for the right. he's on the other side. brian: spoke for the first time. you're responding now. why doesn't this surprise me? hillary clinton, she thinks she's intouchable. this is the clinton way. shut down the truth. intel a bigger lie. so this person's coming out saying this now. but we don't even know what's in those e-mails. we know what he saw came to that conclusion, let alone the thousands that were deleted. so they're out there. ainsley: i think we have some video of him testifying. do you have that? because you might remember had me. because i saw the avow, and i was, like, oh, yeah, i remember him. and then when i watched the interview last night with katherine, i had to watch the entire thing because he did what he was expected to do. steve: right. ainsley: and then all of a sudden he became the enemy. he was just reporting that this was not good for the

american people. lives and sources and operations at risk. and he said his most disappointed moment was when president obama said, well, there's classified and then there's classified. steve: that's right. and he didn't like the fact that the campaign when they were trying to spin it according to wikileaks apparently, the campaign said, you know, that's quite common where you have something on your private -- you wind up with a private e-mail that is not classified and then is classified later. apparently there were 2,100 classified e-mails on her private server. there were 22 top secret e-mails and some place of those were the special access privilege, above top secret, which is really bad, and if something like that happened to you on your private e-mail server, and he said i would be sitting in leavenworth right now. ainsley: right. he would be behind bars. what gets me, though, is they told him if you come out with this, if you don't stay quiet, you're going to lose your job. this is what he said. steve: the year before the election. ainsley: you're going to lose

your job if hillary clinton's elected. brian: eight minutes after the hour. jillian has the other breaking news. >> that's right. we begin with a fox news alert right now. one of president trump's sharpest critics is calling it quits after 25 years in congress. democratic senate luis is calling it quits. he's considering running for another office, possibly governor of puerto rico or mayor of chicago. this comes just weeks after gutierrez filed new articles of impeachment against president trump. also breaking right now, first daughter ivanka trump wrapping up a keynote speech in india. at the global entrepreneurship summit. in that speech telling the business conference quote only when women are empowered to thrive will our families, our economies, and our societies reach their fullest potential. she is expected to host at least two panel discussions before leaving india tomorrow. and leveling more allegations against congressman john

conyers. a former deputy chief of staff accusing the michigan democrat of touching her inappropriately. this as house minority leader nancy pelosi backtracked on comments she made defending the congressman. >> one accusation. i think there has to be -- john conyers is an icon in our country. he's done a great deal to protect women. >> pelosi now says she believes conyou're's accuser saying in part quote i find the behavior unacceptable and disappointing. well, we can soon find out how the royal bells will be ringing. palace will reportedly release more details about prince harry's up coming wedding to american actress megan. a day after they announced their engagement in the first interview. revealing how harry popped the question and how he thinks his late mother would have reacted. >> trying to roast a chicken,

and just an amazing surprise. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. >> i hoped she would be over the moon jumping up and down so excited. but we've been probably best friends. >> roasting chicken. the reince and bride also showing off the ring. using diamonds that once belonged to his mother. also revealing they met on a blind date. so i think that gives hope to a lot of people out there. go on that blind date. steve: well, as it turns out, the have was the engagement chicken. how many times have you heard about the engagement chicken. >> that's right. you've mentioned that a time or two, though. all the girls who hope they've had a chance with them, it's over now. the glass slipper is on her foot. brian: everyone move on. >> i know but we wish them well. ainsley: wouldn't it be great to know her or him," well, she

is an american. maybe they'll be getting married in las vegas. ainsley: they should get married right here on fox business. steve: all rise. ainsley: that's not going to happen. steve: still a legal battle over who's the boss of the consumer protection bureau. and critics say that agency is another wing of the democratic party. ainsley: mike huckabee is fired up about that and is coming up. brian: and remember when president trump has made this promise? trump: we are going to say merry christmas again. merry christmas. brian: this christmas, he's delivering. there he is. ♪shostakovich playing ♪

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>> when it comes to the republican party and can you get taxes to every republican senator, the fate of the party's in our hands as well as that of the economy. the economy needs a tax cut and the republican party needs to deliver, so i think we'll get there. brian: state of the union. that was sunday. that was senator lindsey graham. the question is is that hyperbole? do most republicans feel that way?

lastly, let's factor in senator bob corker of tennessee. senator, was that hyperbole in your mind or is senator graham right? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on, brian. look, i think all of us want to get across the finish line, and we're trying to make this bill one that not only serves our immediate interest as a nation but also our long-term interest and everyone's working feverishly to try to get that in place. brian: you have $1.4 trillion added to the debt if this passes in the short-term. that bothers you. so how do you plan on attacking this issue? >> well, from the last it 13 days, brian, we've been working with finance committee and over the thanksgiving holiday as you and i were talking earlier very feverishly with the white house. both gary cohn but also steven mnuchin who was in my office yesterday, general kelly and others to try to create a backstop or a trigger mechanism that to the extent the growth estimates that have been laid out aren't achieved,

we don't pass on even greater debt to our children. and so we're working on that right now and hopefully we're going to be successful with that. brian: so the word is in layman's terms if the debt starts going up, and you guys are wrong that cutting deficit -- cutting taxes is not bringing the additional revenue that you were counting on, there's going to be an automatic trigger that ups taxes. do you know what taxes would be upped? >> yeah. now, that's very important. what you don't want to do is create uncertainty as businesses are making businesses down the road, and you don't want to do something that cycles growth. and so we're working on all of those things right now. again, very constructively with each other to try to solve it. but let me just start, brian. i don't think most people realize that this bill will automatically over the first two or three years generate far more deficits that we have today. that's when companies are investing, they're investing in capital and manufacturing

and all of that. and then beginning about the third year, hopefully revenue start to increase because of that investment. but what you want to make sure of is that these projections are right. i mean, these are all sort of made up, if you will. and if that's not the case, you want to make sure you've done something to ensure that you bring things back into alignment. >> so, senator, you're digging into the numbers and talking about the xs and os one which i think makes people feel you want to get to a "yes." some have speculated to a side, if your personal an mouse with the president is going to factor in. what you know? i'm leaving anyway. i don't get along with this president any longer, so i'm going to give him a win. what do you say to people who make this personal? >> i don't have any idea the tremendous interaction that is continued throughout all of this with most every principle at the white house and in the department. look, i would

never vote against something because of some disagreement i have with an individual. nor would i vote for something solely because i like someone. and let me tell you this: i think 98% of the senators here are in the same boat. but, look, we want to get to a good place. brian, i've been a deficit hawk for 11 years. what i don't want to do is lose my integrity and actually help hurt our nation and our children when we have 20 trillion in debt. i don't want on the way out the door support something that i know is going to damage our nation. and so we're trying to rectify that. i think everyone knows that. and it's going to be a fascinating period of time over the next several days. brian: 30 seconds left. put on your hat. will it pass your committee today at 2:30? will it pass overall the senate and then in conference? what do you think, senator. you've been around a while. >> so, you know, i'm going to put the odds at overall passage.

i think way too much has been placed on the committee today. the committee issue is not particularly important candidly. it just really determines what's germane on the floor and what is not. but we do need to have this trigger issue worked out before the vote today. brian: senator, thank you so much. senator bob corker. back in a moment be helps protect eyes from damaging blue light, filtering it out to help you continue enjoying your screens. or... you could just put your phones down and talk to each other. [laughing] nature's bounty lutein blue. because you're better off healthy. bp is taking safety to new heights. using drones and robots offshore so engineers can stop potential problems before they start. because safety is never being satisfied and always working to be better.

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new york's deadliest terror attack since 9/11 is due in court today. said to be arraigned on 22 charges, including murder and attempting to support isis. eight people were killed and dozens hurt after a truck mode down people on a bike path on the west side of new york near the world trade center on halloween. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. and that is some of the news. now here's ainsley. ainsley: two lo law professors have had enough to say they say the safe space mentality and the attack on free speechwriting in a new article quote college campuses are becoming the environments where among the most vulnerable of the student population can exercise a heckler's veto. silencing a speech that is offensive to the most sensitive student. the two professors offer solutions to saying the only way to get to -- get colleges back to standing for freedom of speech is to promote a culture of true grit. joining us now is one of those

professors, daniel of the university of arkansas school of law. danielle, thanks for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me this morning. ainsley: good morning. before we get into why you wrote this paper, i want to know what you're experiencing there in the college at the school of law. >> well, i've been fortunate. my students are always willing to jump into a robust dialogue in the classroom. but filled across the college campuses across the nation. and we're seeing this trend for students to more and more increasingly demand political correctness measures in the college classroom and on the campus quad. and our position is that the use of this -- of these political correctness measures is leading to an abandonment of the central meaning of the first amendment, which is, of course, the freedom to engage in wide open and robust debate on matters of public concern.

ainsley: so what is the solution? >> well, we suggest two solutions in our piece. speech narcissism. so first something that is really already happening across state legislatures all over the country. about 20 state legislatures have already adopted or have proposed state statutes that kind of reclaim the space on public university campuses as free speech zones that are subject to their traditional kind of time manner restriction that govern traditional public aura. and that's certainly a step in the right direction, and it relieves the university from playing this role as speech referee. but you know what? it really doesn't get at kind of what we see is the more deeply-rooted problem, which is the sensitive listeners perception for the need for these measures of political correctness. and so what we suggested you

said earlier is that we expect and perhaps train students to practice what we call true grit. and that's called -- that's defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals. there's a lot of research out there that said that there's a correlation between grit and skill or academic success. so if students engage course with an open mind and passion toward the speaker and then practice with perseverance, i think we can get back to a place where we can have the difficult conversations that i think we need to be having. ainsley: uh-huh. i think it's very important to getting back to standing up for free speech. danielle, thank you so much. if you want to read it, you can find it in the florida law review. you wrote it on october 11th, and it comes out soon. is that right? >> yeah. coming out speech

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>> we've been working with finance committee over the thanksgiving holiday as you and i were talking earlier very feverishly with the white house, both gary cohn. but also steven mnuchin who was in my office yesterday, general kelly, and others to try to create a backstop or a trigger mechanism that to the

extent the growth estimates that have been laid out aren't achieved, we don't pass on even greater debt to our children. and so we're working on that right now and hopefully we're going to be successful. brian: how does governor mike huckabee feel about that? because he cares about deficits too but building in a trigger to bet on the country to grow and not on hope. how do you feel about that, governor? do you like putting in a trigger? >> well, i think it's a game they're playing in order to try to provide for themselves an excuse as to why they're not really to say let's cut taxes. let's reform this thing. people want it done. they want it done now. i think when bob corker retires, i have it on good authority that larry "the cable guy" is going to run to replace him because he's going to get it done. and that's what people are expecting. they're retired of 535 people go into the kitchen with their spoons and spices. brian: but, governor, is it working? aren't they working on it by doing stuff like this rather than just sitting back and saying please me?

they're saying i want -- this is what would get me to a "yes." >> sure. i understand. and that's part of the process. and it is laborious, and it is tedious, and i guess i've been through it before. but while people are saying i'm trying to get to "yes," they're also trying to gum up the works by pretending in some way that the real efforts of tax reform aren't going to work and grow the economy. but it will. and if you don't believe that, you're not a republican. steve: you know, governor, after the election last november, a lot of people were hopeful that donald trump would be able to go to washington, d.c. and drain the swamp. as it turns out, there's still plenty of swamp there. >> well, what i've said is it's not a swamp. swamps have ecological value, what we're dealing with is a sewer. it's more about flushing the sewer than draining the swamp. and what we see he in washington every day is an attempt to do everything possible to prohibit and prevent this president from getting done the things that he went to washington to do.

and a big reason they're resisting it is because it involves blowing up some of the wonderful cushioned environment in which they live. but at the expense of american workers. and that's what has to change. ainsley: the president was at the navajo veterans -- well, he was introducing three navajo veterans. cotalkers in world war ii in saying they were very special people. we couldn't have gotten the job done without them and giving them awards and just honoring them. in the middle of that, he went off of his script, and he started talking about elizabeth warren is pocahontas. so the left has said that it was insensitive, it was racist, and your daughter who is the spokesperson at the white house, she had to answer a lot of questions. let's watch this and get your reaction. >> you referred to pocahontas being in the senate. why did he feel the need to say something that is offensive to many people.

>> i think what most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> she said it was a racial slur. what is your response to that. >> i think that's a ridiculous response. >> do you see political value in calling people out racially? >> senator warren was very offensive when she lied about something specifically to advance her career. steve: where did she learn how to do that? >> from her mother, that's where, of course. look, i think it's absurd that the press are trying to hammer the trump administration and specifically the president on his use of the term pocahontas. one of the people asking that question is employed by abc, which owns disney or maybe disney owns abc. they've made a billion dollars off the pocahontas franchise. let me ask you something. is that racist? have they made money off racism? because if so, then they need to apologize, and they need to discontinue all their merchandise and all their

movies regarding pocahontas. the bigger question, though, -- and i think sarah luted to this. elizabeth warren lied about our a ancestory in order to advance her that's correct. that should be outrageous to people and why isn't the left about culture appropriation? you can't culturally appropriate something. well, that's what she's done. so i'm just waiting for a little consistency from the left. that would be kind of nice to see. steve: well, i tell you, governor, your daughter has been taking the heat. if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. she was apparently in the kitchen on thanksgiving and then tweeted out an image of a chocolate pie to say, look, i just made this. and there are a number of people who said that pie is obviously not one that she made. there's the image right there. it's a stock photo, and she now has offered to make a pie for the pressroom. what do you make of this scandal? >> well, once they taste that pie, they're going to be the happiest people. i think she might win some of

them over. it's a wonderful pie. she's been making it for years. it's -- you know, it looks just like what that picture shows. but you know what? if they don't believe her, i think she ought to take the pie and put it in their face in a soupy sales kind of way. that would be a great visual that i think a lot of americans would love to see. ainsley: how far have we -- it's a pie. and they're calling her out for not really making it? they want to see it on the table. steve: you know what we're doing right now, governor? if your daughter is watching you, sarah, we would like you to come on fox and friends, cooking with friends, and make that pie. brian: with her dad. >> can i be there? steve: absolutely. >> just make sure that i can be there. because i know this pie, and it's good. brian: because you have your own show on the weekends, you know? which is phenomenal, by the way. and you're working six days a week, which you should be -- you should not be working six days a week at this point. >> well, i've got six grandkids, so i have to work six days a week just to make

sure that i can give them the christmas they're expecting. ainsley: is that what happens first? you put your kids through college, and then you have to worry about paying for the grandkids? you never get a break. >> yeah. never ends. never ends. steve: mike huckabee joining us from the panhandle of florida today. sir, thank you very much. >> thank you, guys. have a great day. ainsley: you too. steve: that pie looked delicious. ainsley: that's my favorite. is that your favorite? brian: you know who's antipie? jillian. >> i hate pie. i don't like anypy. there's not a pie that i like. steve: you like cake, though. ainsley: you are losing out. there's so many great ones. >> people tell me that all the time. i'm a sedgetarian, i don't like pie. marines and fbi joining a desperate search for a toddler who disappeared from her bedroom. >> please bring her back and i love her. i'll do anything that i can. whatever you want.

>> an amber alert issued for 3-year-old maria woods from jacksonville, indiana. she told police there was no sign of forced entry but the family's back door was unlocked. there are no known suspects. passengers as their planes collide moments before takeoff. and egypt's air flight clipping the left wing of a virgin atlantaic plane while taxiing at jfk international airport. you can see a pickup truck taking with a he the clipped wing as passengers were safely evacuated. no word on what caused that collision. merry christmas, america. president trump is keeping another campaign promise. >> we are going to say merry christmas again. >> the commander-in-chief revealing his christmas card reading merry christmas and a happy new year. it's signed by president trump, the first lady, and their 11-year-old son. the card is much different than obama cards that wishes

people happy holidays. in addition to the card, also revealing their christmas decorations including 71 wreaths and 53 trees. and president trump went golfing with top players. among them, tiger woods, dustin johnson, and brad, who is also a fox sports golf analyst. he joined us earlier to tell us how it all went. >> tiger and dustin to play from the farthest back tease. so i said, mr. president, what tease do you play? and i play the blue tease, which is up a little bit where i. why don't we ride the cart together, and. and said the president is a very good golfer. look at your headlines. brian: so is jillian. >> no, i'm okay. i'm learning. steve: coming up on this tuesday, one texas sheriff says his state's crack down on sanctuary cities should go nationwide. that sheriff joins us live from the lone star state to

explain why. ainsley: and it is a great day because it's give back tuesday. janice is live with a very special guest, as you can see. janice. >> yay. jennifer, how are you doing. >> i'm great. we're here with world vision.org having a blast in bryant park. bryant park is the place to be in this holiday. do you want to sing something to take us to break? >> let's do a duet. >> it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. ♪ everywhere you go. >> that's all i know. >> keep it here. stay tuned my experience with usaa has been excellent. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before

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and i'm taking world vision along with me. they're coming along to share with everyone because it is the holiday season. you want to give gifts that have meaning. we have so much stuff now that we've cumulated. people don't want to give an open presence and basically strayed trade money; right? so you can provide something in honor of a loved one or world vision, and they're coming to tell us about it. >> world vision.org. this is the season to donate. you know, we get so heared and hurried, and this is the meeting of christmas. >> it actually is. yeah. >> thank you, jennifer. we love you. and we will go out and buy your album too. >> i hope you believe. yeah, christmas record. >> next time a duet with janice dean the weather machine. >> you know it. ainsley: can you do that? brian: yeah, bon jovi out. >> another duet? ainsley: you know what i'm talking about? she goes. >> oh, ainsley's singing right now. singing all i want to do?

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>> basically laws, including the ones in texas are designed to protect our citizens. talking about the people here, who were here illegally and also who are suspected of committing crimes or who have committed crimes. steve: very good. a texas attorney general ken paxton this weekend defending his state's tough crack down on sanctuary cities. now in a new op-ed, one sheriff says that crack down should go nationwide. jackson county texas sheriff joins us right now live from austin. good morning to you, sheriff. >> good morning. steve: for the folks watching right now. why do you think that your texas state sanctuary ban

should go nationwide? >> first, it is amazing we have to have a conversation about law enforcement cooperating with one another. steve: right. >> the op-ed is pointing out. here in texas, we believe in cooperation. we believe that that's a public safety issue. we believe that that is also a key factor in securing this country. steve: hundred. sheriff, when you look at it, local law enforcement cooperates with the federal law enforcement on everything, it seems like, except immigration. how did we get to this stage where some localities, which are sanctuary cities, are flaunting the fact that we're not going to follow the laws. sorry. >> probably stems from the basic issues of our immigration laws and we have large groups that are very loud, very vocal about the fact that those need to be changed. and there are many of us, you know, here in the law enforcement that are caught in the middle, and we believe

that -- i personally believe there's some things that need to be done on immigration circuit. we need to secure the border, and we can work on the legalization part and the different aspects of our immigration process here in the united states. but currently right now, we need to honor and take care of our criminal aliens here in this country. steve: it does indeed. we've got a map. we're going to put up on the screen so people can see it. these are states here in the united states of america where there are sanctuary statewide bans. they include missouri, alabama, georgia, mississippi, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, and the state you're sitting in, sheriff. texas. have you received calls -- has the state received calls from people in other states saying how exactly is it working at the ground level? because we're thinking about it. >> yes. i have. i have. steve: and what is the reaction of the folks who were in the other states?

>> it's been positive, you know? there's a correlation here between following the law -- rule of law, and taking care of criminals. whether they're foreign born or not. that's where public safety comes in, and that's where the cooperation between law enforcement's critical. that -- not only benefits texas, that benefits the united states also. steve: all right. we'll see where it goes. if it does go nationwide, it would change many minds. we'll see what happens. sheriff, thank you very much for joining us today from austin, texas. >> thank you. steve: we've got more fox and friends just moments away another day of work. why do you do it? it's not just a pay check, you actually like what you do. even love it. and today, you can do things you never could before. ♪ ♪ you're developing ai applications on the cloud. finding insights hidden in decades of medical documents. and securing millions of iot sensors. so get back to it.

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>> we had the debate yesterday, real or fake. most of you say -- that's a real pink fake tree. that is in my daughter's room. she loves it. we turn off the lights and night and i had to be at work

but she woke up in the middle of the night. i went in to hold her and she said shhh, mama, tree sleeping. we turned off the lights. >> thanks for joining us today. we'll be back on the couch tomorrow. >> have a good one. >> bill: thank you guys, good morning, everybody. president trump meeting with republican senators today trying to circle the wagons on tax reform. a lot on the line. how are you doing, sandra? >> sandra: big question. i'm sandra smith. the president set to meet with senate republicans a few hours from now amid of flurry of negotiations as leaders try to put together the 50 votes needed to pass the bill. >> president trump: it will benefit everybody. it is going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more than anything else. we're giving great incentives. the tax bill is