love to singleness and childless status. i saw this going around on social media i thought that was hilarious. rob: humor. emily, call me. i will take you out sometime. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> north korea launched another intercontinental ballistic missile. this one with greater range than any fired by the communist north to date. >> i will take you we will take care of it. >> if you are a tin pot bully like the regime in north korea, little kim. then sooner or later you will pay for your threat. >> the so-called master mind behind the benghazi attacks was convicted today on terror charges. but he was cleared of murder charges. >> this is a total miscarriage of justice. an accessory to murder. also guilty of murder. >> president trump came a step closer to the goal line on tax reform today when the budget committee voted to send the bill to the full senate. >> i think it's going to pass and it's going to be very popular. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi boycott the white

house meeting charging the president is pushing the country towards a shut down. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi did not show up for our meeting today. they have been all talk and they have been no action. and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ feels like the first time ♪ feels like the very first time ♪ feels like the first time. brian: foreigner has been here allot. we don't call them foreigners. we call them internationalists? steve the group is foreigner. brian: no longer good vernacular to say foreigner, right? hey, there is a foreigner over there you don't say that anymore.

steve: they are italian. ainsley: illegal alien. brian: not supposed to say alien anymore. hey you are from you here? steve: first time yesterday at the behest of kim jong un he personally ordered that at 3:00 in the morning yesterday that they would launch a missile called a hasang 15. here's the bad news they joined the nuclear club. full nuclear status where it looks like they can hit anywhere in the united states. brian: that is if the nuclear war head was not hollow. they say the fact it went so far makes some say i don't think there is anything in the top of that. but it went 600 miles. peeked at the altitude of 2900 miles. here's the thing it landed very close to japan it was very straight up and very straight down. ainsley: think are saying that -- there was 620 miles i read and then there is

2800 miles in space? steve: it went straight up and then down. brian: altitude. steve: what they say is given the trajectory it could then statistically over nautical miles go 8,000 miles away it could essentially hit washington, d.c. ainsley: look at that, the international space station this went 10 times higher than the iss. flew for 50 minutes, landed off of japan in the water 600 miles away. brian: it actually is the first launch in two and a half months. thought maybe they were getting the message after the president's visit to the region. i guess not. well, when the president was addressing the press in a delayed tape, he looked over to mattis and said mr. secretary, general, do you want to say anything? and this is what he said. >> a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. i will only tell you that we will take care of it. >> north korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. it went higher, frankly than

any previous that they have taken. it's a research and development on their part build ballistic missiles that could threaten everywhere in the world. steve: that's what you want to hear. they are going to take care of it. the people of north korea are celebrating though because their leader said look, we have been trying to do this and we finally did it. the only silver lining, if there is one, is according to the japanese foreign minister they say that according to their data, it looks as if it fell apart on reentry, which means they're good at shooting things up in the sky and now they can go a long way but they don't adequately return to earth. ainsley: it's very scary to know this was successful. you have the house armed services committee chairman matt thorn berry. he is from texas. he said this is incredibly serious. this leader does what he says he is going to do. he was telling all of us this was what he was going to do. testing all of these icbms,

he tested it. he wants to put our entire country at risk and we must respond. brian: lindsey graham said we are getting closer to war. chinese envoy what did they show up with? show up with a light tore light the fuse. despite my urgings this launch took place and jeopardizing our relations in the region with the other super power in the world the united states of america. ainsley: nikki haley has requested u.n. security council meeting. there is emergency meeting today. she is asking ambassador to south korea as well as the embassy to japan to join her so they can figure out what the next step will be. steve: indeed. if you noticed when we just showed you the president of the united states he was flanked by two empty chairs. what was up with that? remember yesterday morning we told you the president was going to meet at the white house with the big four leaders. as you can see right there, nancy pelosi's chair and chuck schumer's chair not occupied by those people because they got steamed that the president sent out a tweet earlier in the day

that essentially said that, you know, we are coming up on this financial cliff thing and it doesn't look like the democrats are serious about showing up to the table to negotiate. and as it turns out, they didn't show up. here's the president right here. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi did not show up for our meeting today. they have been all talk and they have been no action. and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. so they're not showing up for the meeting. brian: the problem is not only did they not show up to talk about tax reform. december 8th shut down the government. need 60 votes in the senate. democratic votes. the government has to shut down unless they get together. i'm not in to who to blame. i want them to get together especially when it comes to funding the military. you have got to be kidding me. since when is chuck schumer so sensitive that he can't take a presidential tweet in the one thing about chuck schumer he is from new york. he knows the president. he has thick skin.

after the president went after him calling him crying chuck he weepsd after the travel ban went out. the nancy pelosi said the president always treated me with respect for. why are they all of a sudden so sensitive? >> president trump made sure that today's meeting is nothing but a photo op. these issues are far too serious for these kinds of games. mr. president, it's time to stop tweeting and start leading. steve: here's the thing. after that, nancy pelosi actually responded with a tweet. she said @ real donald trump now knows that his verbal abuse will you no longer be tolerated. his empty chair photo op., that's a talking point, it's just a photo op. shows he is more interested in stunts than addressing out needs of the american people. poor ryan and mcconnell relegated to props. see that last word right

there? sad with the explanation that means nancy pelosi has been reading the president's tweets. he says that a lot. now she has copied him. ainsley: so ridiculous. think about the people you realm. you represent people in middle america. you represent people all across the country that are just trying to put food on the table and they want something done. this we dick columbus. instead they are worried about photo op.s and taking the president's bait. they are not going to show up. empty chairs. the american people don't care about any of that. they just want this stuff done. brian: looking forward, they have a week to get something together. the president did, much to the delight of the republican leadership, dems didn't show up because last time the president was one-on-one with chuck and nancy they ended up with a daca delay. that means those kids stay for the period of time when they are negotiated. they probably would have made some progress because the president is not afraid of making a deal. other thing that's important to bring up, too. they are very close to tax reform. they got through committee yesterday. everyone is working towards

solving each other's problems in a way that we have not seen in about 8 years. ainsley: republicans, you mean? brian: yeah. republicans. i haven't seen -- the way they keep on trying to help each other out and get to a solution, we certainly didn't see that this in the first half of the year. ainsley: kellyanne was on with sean hannity and this is what she had to say. >> that's why they are the minority party. that's why they lost 1,000 seats in the state legislatures, the senate, the governorships and of course the biggest prize of all of the white house. the democratic party has been reduced to carrying around a stop sign. their code word is resistance. that's all they are doing, including today. the people see that i travel this country weekly for the white house. steve: so that's their play right now, not show up. i saw a message from one of our producers on capitol hill that said that mitch mcconnell said any time president obama invited him to the white house, he always showed up. this is the first time he could ever remember somebody not showing up for a presidential meeting, particularly something this

important because we're talking about financing the federal government of the united states for another year. they got to do that within a couple of days or else there could be a temporary -- brian: missile blawnch north korea, too. it's a national security interest. ainsley: remember when they got together the first time. everyone, the democrats and republicans, the polls showed everyone loved it looked like this were trying to work together like ronald reagan style. this is a bad move by the democrats. they should have showed up. brian: lead story would have been if jillian had her way eli manning is benched because he is the problem with the giants, obviously. jillian: wait, hold on, you are giving away my fourth story. brian: i wants it to be your first story. you eagles fan. jillian: saved the best for last. brian: it's terrible. jillian: we do have breaking news to get to. let's begin with a fox news alert. after nearly two months of terrorizing a community, an accused serial killer is behind bars. police expected to charge

howell donaldson the iii of four murders in tampa, florida. justice will be served and then the process will occur when this individual rots in hell. jillian: the 24-year-old taken into custody at his job at mcdonald's after he handed a gun to a manager who then alerted an officer in the building. they also found bloody clothes in his car. police say the gun matches shell casings found at four murder scenes in tampa. all of the victims shot and killed near bus stops. a possible break in a manhunt for a girl that went missing from her bedroom. asking for help identifying the woman in these surveillance videos in a wal-mart 50 miles from where she went missing. they have say the little girl could be mariah but they want your help. last seen on monday night when her mother's boyfriend told her. she was gone in the morning. the back door was unloblegd. keep you posted. overnight democratic

congressman flying coach banflying coachback to washingt. it comes as top democrats including nancy pelosi are ramping up pressure on the veteran lawmaker to resign. conyers is facing a congressional investigation into sexual harassment allegations. all right, brian. here's your story. a shocking move rocking the nfl this morning. the new york giants benching star quarterback eli manning after 14 seasons and 210 consecutive starts. manning holding back tears reacting to the news. >> it's been a hard, you know, hard day to handle this. handle this there and figure it out. jillian: back um geno smith. making a call after a 2-9 record start this season. macado also expected to lose his job at the end of the season. a lot of people not happy with him. a lot of people happy with

his move. brian: the only reasonable to watch is to keep the streak alive. jillian: right. brian: you bench him for somebody that's not going to be there next year. it's nonsensical. if the giant fans were smart they wouldn't show up. ainsley: how about the way they handled it? such a class act. steve: he was told -- thank you, jill i can't believe. keep the streak alive. it could be the end of an eli era. brian: they talk about him is going to be traded. ainsley: great player. not coached correctly? brian: i cannot reveal. steve: there you go. meanwhile, straight ahead on this wednesday, the master mind of the benghazi terror attack cleared four americans cleared of murder charges. coming up the families of the victims now lashing out at the obama administration. brian: boycott the white house christmas party. say it ain't so. the reaction of the white

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♪ brian: a fox news alert now. i don't want to give this news but too often we start the day like this. north korea testing the west again. escalating tensions as the rogue regime launches its highest icbm yet. what should the u.s. do? here to react senior fellow at the hudson institute

author of 1917 leonard wilson and the birth of the new world disorder. i read this book and it's awesome. arthur herman historian. welcome. you have a way to combat this. if the president wanted to get down to business, how we take care of this. >> the way to take care of this is to shoot those missiles down as they leave the launch pad. that's called boost phase intercept with ballistic missiles. every ballistic missile comes with a booster to get it up out of the -- out of the atmosphere. the boost face is the hottest and the slowest portion of the missile launch. so you have the possibility. brian: looking at it there in the file. >> that's right. you have the possibility then of being able to intercept that thing and debris field will fall over north korea or into the sea of japan. not over japan or closer to the target. brian: this flew for 50 minutes and went 600 miles. are you impressed with what they were able to do with this launch? did anything stand out about their capabilities?

>> what's clear is that they now have the range. what they lack is the ability to target and to deliver on target. that still alludes them. they are going to be there sooner than we think. brian: within a year some say. the boost phase intercept you briefed general mcmaster on, this right? >> he has seen my brief regarding boost phase intercept using unmanned aircraft drones and conventional intercept missiles. i talked to members of congress about it. don't be surprised if in the next few days congress begins to move towards taking some of that 4 billion supplemental budget that president trump has devoted to ballistic missile defense, taking some of that to develop this boost phase intercept with conventional missiles. brian: are you saying right now we are cair capable of knocking that missile out soon after it leaves the tarmac? >> we have the technology to do that now. brian: what would be the response to that, do you think, being that you

understand this are a jeenchts that is the danger. in order to do boost phase now what you would have to do is fly fighter aircraft close in to the launch site, which means they will be vulnerable to missile defense, that you're going to be violating north korean airspace. that's a dangerous situation to be in with the remotely pilot aircraft, the project i have been working on for the past two years you are in international airspace. you are 45 to 55,000 feet. you have a minute from the detecting the launch to deciding to shoot that thing down and you are able to do it when it can't make any kinds of counter measures, very different scenario. this is when the missile is launched. i mean, it's coming at you at that point. but we also need, brian, this is the thing i want to stretch, too. we need to have a new noe launch policy over north korea. starting now. brian: starting now that's why they started at 3:00 in the morning they didn't want us to get a look at it?

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heist in sin city. witnesses say he walked up to poker cage at the bellagio hotel and pulled out a gun on one of the workers. the suspect seen there on surveillance wearing a wig pulling off this stunt in a room full of gamblers. no one was injured. and in another gambling hot spot in reno, nevada, a man is dead after opening fire from the same condo complex where the las vegas gunman once lived.

the shooter firing for more than 20 minutes from the 8th floor. a swat team releasing a hostage and shooting the gunman dead. there is no known connection between this incident and the las vegas massacre. steve: liberal media taking aim at women in the white house. this week first attacking sarah huckabee sanders, her thanksgiving chocolate and pecan pie demanding she baked it. ainsley: pie gate. brian: saying it was stock footage. vanity fair article claiming she never wanted to be in the white house to begin with. ainsley: is the hostility just because they are conservative women? here to weigh in is fox news contributor tomi lahren. tommy, thanktomi thanks for beih us. >> absolutely. the explanation is because they are conservative women. brian: you don't know what that's like to be attacked? >> no, not me. are you kidding, brian?

everyone loves me, you know that. brian: we do. you seem like you are always underneath some pressure. in terms of the first lady in particular, i have heard first ladies before in the past like mrs. obama when she was a candidate. when barack obama was a candidate, she was looking forward to going to the white house. they did it in a nice way. when they went after melania, they acted like she didn't even want to be married or like the country. >> well, they go after melania for everything. they go after sarah huckabee sanders for everything. they go after kellyanne conway and ivanka trump for everything. i said it before but i will say it again. if any of these women and hope hicks is included in that list as well. if any of these women were on the left or campaigned for hillary clinton, they would being on the cover of every magazine in this country and around the world. they would be lauded as feminist icons. because they are conservatives, they are not given the same credit. they are also ridiculed attacks for pies, shoe choices. everything from their looks

to intelligence and it's sick. ainsley: doesn't it go against everything these women are preaching they are preaching acceptance and tolerance and women should make the same amount of money as men yet they are attacking women who are big leaders in the white house just because they don't agree with them politically. >> this is the hypocritical left showing their true colors once again. they're the party female empowerment. it's selective. on the left. if you are on the right, a conservative, if you are even an independent you don't get the same treatment and you are not the icon in which they seek because that is for a special group of women. so, if we aren't in that category, i'm sorry, they don't like us, they are going to attack us for every little thing. again, going after pies, i think that's really telling. steve: that is something. an icon on the left is elizabeth warren the senator from massachusetts. of course, a couple days ago the president of the united states mentioned herman kerr that he has given her, pocahontas, when he was having meeting in the oval room with some of the code

talkers from world war ii. she said that it was a racial slur and now she is fundraising off of what the president said, toim. >> what she is doing is using phony heritage once again. it's elizabeth warren not trump that is exploiting heritage and exploiting native americans and she should be ashamed of herrself. but, again, the mainstream media will always turn this back on donald trump and the name he has given her. don't be mistaken, he gave her that name for a reason. he didn't come up with that out of thin air she did that herself. steve: she apparently, it does appear, made up her family mystery to advance her career and get a big job at harvard. >> of course she did. and then afterwards when questioned about it, she started telling stories about how her family had high cheek bones. if we're going to talk becks plotting native american heritage, going back and telling stories and then trying to cover up for a lie

that she apparently told, that's just sick, it's sad, and it's wrong. now she is fundraising off of it guess what, if this is what the left has to offer in 2020, i really like our chances. brian: meanwhile, let's talk about liberty university. i have had a chance to speak there. it's a great experience. you are going to be speaking there with people like ray rice, former running back for the ravens, corey lungsd. why are some people calling for you to be uninvited? >> well, this is really the disease that is invecting college campuses around the country. and that is not wanting to hear things that they don't want to hear. not wanting to hear people speak with whom they disagree. that's a problem. i think we need to invite free speech on college campuses and i'm looking at someone like ray rice who i might not agree with who of course has a checkered history and checkered past. he of course should be allowed to speak. i should be allowed to speak. this is what we need to invite for on college campuses, differing viewpoints and differing opinions and have these college students be exposed

to things that they might thought be exposed to if they are watching other mainstream media networks. brian: liberty will like your message. i don't understand the push back at all. >> you know, this is just commonplace though. it's me, it's ben shapiro, any conservative that comes to campus. they're always going to have a fitted about it i even looked at some conservatives that are upset because of some of the opinions that i have had in the past that don't want me to speak. i say this to conservatives. if we are not going to be the side or the party that stands up for free speech, who will? no one will. so we have to maintain our integrity in that area and we have to invite, encourage, and we have to make sure that free speech is always welcomed on college campuses, especially. steve: all right. tomi, thank you very much for taking up our invitation to come and speak your mind right here on "fox & friends" this wednesday. ainsley: thanks, tomi. >> any time. see you soon. brian: i predicting a sell out 10,000 people in that arena. it's amazing. ainsley: the master mind of the benghazi terror attack killed four americans cleared of murder charges.

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the attacks. he helped them during the actual attack that killed four brave americans. they were able to tie cell phone data to him. he weighs convicted of terrorism regarding the death of those four americans though, he was acquitted. he was not. ainsley: not charged with murder. steve: not charged with murder. brian: he can get decades in jail not the death penalty. why he is even in civilian court i don't understand. why he is not at gitmo makes no sense to me same with the bike path killer why is he in civilian courts i don't understand. got a day in try. now would v. to pay for three or four decades for him to sit in jail. ainsley: he faces a mandatory minimum 10 years in prison for the firearms offense and could still receive a life sentence according to this article. now, one of the -- one of the men who lost his son. steve: yeah. ainsley: this is what he had to say about it. this is charles woods. >> this is a total miscarriage of justice. an accessory to murder is also guilty of murder.

administration granted this foreign terrorist american constitutional rights. and that should not have happened. the previous administration they were known for taking away from american citizens our constitutional rights. our due process rights, first amendment rights. second amendment rights. yet, they were willing, the previous administration, was willing to give constitutional rights to a terrorist who committed murder of american citizens outside the united states. brian: legal experts said they had trouble trying them to al qaeda. they wouldn't have had much trouble if they focused on different ties. they all have some type of link. ainsley: one of 22 people who stormed the mission killing his son tyrone with machine guns and with grenade launchers. he was party of this terrorist organization called the 17th february brigade. they were supposed to be there helping us. they had -- they told -- that's why we vetted them. we didn't vet them strongly

enough according to chris pronto. he said we should have vetted them and known they were attached to terrorism. we paid them actually to protect us and they didn't. they turned on us. brian: they are a rag tag irish group, believe it or not. here's the thing about this guy, he actually perpetrated this crime and then in the "new york times" wrote about him in a cocktail party bragging about it. took almost 8 months to find them from the cocktail party drinking mimosa is as to arrest them. take them on a slow boat back where we inteargated him. he ends up alluding murder charges. steve: i just don't get it they were able to prove that he helped orchestrate. had him on the cell phone complaining they didn't kill more americans yet he is walking on the murder charge. chris, one of the benghazi operators, contractors said. this there are only two options when dealing with terrorists. number one, you grab them, interrogate them until you get all the intel you can. and then throw them in

gitmo. number two, you put them to death. brian: here the thing. we caught another guy we put them in civilian court bike path bomber is in civilian court. we'll haven't learned anything from president obama for eight years going soft on terror. steve: this guy was libya, brought over here. and it doesn't look like. brian: that guy had a green card. steve: does not look as if this particular family, these families got justice. brian: doesn't look like it? they didn't. hey, jill i can't believe. jillian: good morning to you guys and to you at home as well. bombshell report revealing dozens of criminal convictions were not reported to the fbi. the inspector general reviewing more than 60,000 cases similar to the texas shooter devin kelly's violent history. many of them were simply left off the federal gun data base. that failure let kelly purchase the guns he used to massacre 26 people during a worship service. this as a family who lost nine relatives in that

shooting has filed the first lawsuit against the air force accusing them of negligence. the war on christmas is gaining speed and the force driving it has the big man on its side. the arch diocese of washington, d.c. is suing the metro authority for rejecting this ad it urges people to, quote, find the perfect gift with the picture of the three wise men. now, according to the metro the ad depickets a religious scene which is against their guidelines. the church says it's a violations of their first amendment. guess who is not coming to dinner. cnn is boycotting the white house christmas party this year. the network claims it would be inappropriate to celebrate with the president after continued attacks on the press. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders doesn't seem to mind tweeting, quote, christmas comes early finally good news from cnn. wow. it's the model's worst nightmare. we have that story for you a little bit later in the show. guys, i know you got to get to something a little bit important right now. right? steve: yes, we do.

it involves oreos. we will tell you about that in a minute. right now j.d. we will talk about the weather. janice: the oreo candy canes is sponsor of this weather report. steve was supposed to already try it. he took the wrapper off. talk about that in a second. current temperatures 50 in new york. a little weird. not going to lie. 10 to 20 degrees above average. but we have some pattern changes next week. tuesday, wednesday, we might be talking about a little bit of cold air coming from canada and some snow. the past 24 hours can you see a weak system across the central u.s. the northwest we still have some rain and mountain snow here. for the most part, a very quiet forecast. there's the mountain snow for the northwest. but they are used to it this time of year. all in all pretty good forecast. and as i said this forecast brought to you by oreo candy canes which we are going to try right now. let's move over to the curvey couch. i'm coming, steve. have you already tried. what do you think? ainsley: these just came out. what do you think?

brian: are scientists working on this around the clock? steve: it's good. i like it. ainsley: can you taste the oreo in it. steve: doesn't taste like pepper mints it tastes like oreo. janice: it's not bad. ainsley: reminds me at the fair. they always try to do something with a candy. they make it more interesting. steve: delicious. ainsley: that's good. janice: i was concerned sometimes oreos come out with weird flavors like fruity pebbles oreos. ainsley: i like them. looks like it's going to be licoricey. steve: but it taste like oreo. janice: passed the taste test. ainsley: can we eat this instead of oreo. janice: calories this time of year? steve: 45 calories. janice: i will take 10 of them. ainsley: is that better oreo. janice: i wonder if they are

okay with their name being on candy canes? ainsley: i think they have an agreement. you can't use their label without permission. brian: jillian you have been sucking on this for 10 minutes. how would you rate this? jillian: i'm not going to lie i like it. i really like it. ainsley: want something to make your breath smell good do red and white and something deserty. jillian: and only 45 calories. janice: "fox & friends" sponsored by candy cane. steve: still ahead on this wednesday, next guest running for congress as a republican with the simple promise he will vote how the voters want him to vote no matter what. he is going to poll the audience, essentially. brian: that's interesting. one says minutes have been indoctrinated. he is teaching his students to teach, not feel. that professor will join us

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♪ steve: putting voters in the driver's seat michael allman rung for congress in california's 52nd district to ensure direct ite democracy he calls it he will set up a website where his constituents can vote on major issues, he will then vote in congress the way his folks vote. joining us now is california congressional candidate michael allman. michael, good morning to you. >> good morning. my pleasure. steve: this is a crazy idea. how will it work? >> it's quite simple. direct democracy is where i vote with the people. i'm going to pose questions to the voters and however they want to vote, that's the way i'm going to vote in congress. ainsley: what if you don't agree with them. >> if i don't agree with them ultimately they win.

it changes the role of the congressman. right now instead of telling them this is the way i'm going to vote. i ask them how do you want me to vote? i become an advocate. i have a viewpoint but at the end of the day i'm going to go with them. steve: michael, how would you know it's an gal constituent voting on something and not somebody from another district. >> it's a great question. we have a technology that we built that does exactly that it looks and make sure that whoever signs on is a voter in my district. it goes against the voter registration database, the same one that the county uses to make sure that you are registered to vote. equally as important it's confidential, it makes sure all of the voted a up right, and it's based on a block chain technology so it's perfectly secure. people can be trusted that their votes are confidential and they are counted. ainsley: what about republicans in other parts of the country. if you vote, if your constituents want you to vote in a democratic way, and other people in the country are counting on to you be one of the voices for the republican party, you're in a bind there. >> look, i'm a republican. i believe in republican values.

free market capitalism and individual liberty. but, california is what it is. and there are republicans who live in southern california who are more moderate on social issues. they have no place to land now. when they vote and elect scott peters who is the democrat sitting there now. they get the entire democratic platform. every issue, even though the constituents are one third democrat and one third republican and one third independent. they really don't have a voice. i will give them a voice issue by issue. steve: this comes from something you worked at in private -- in private enterprise. tell us a little bit about yourself so that people can put it all together. >> in san diego for over 20 years. raised my family there with the energy industry. there for 15 years. the last five years have been in the computer software space. that's where i got exposed to the technology that will allow me for the first time in the country's history to bring direct democracy so that people can be heard. they are tired. they are not listened to by their representatives. that's the problem. representatives forgot what the word representative

means. it means listen to the people. they haven't been doing that. ainsley: your concept is great because i know so many congressman will say or you will hear on commercials if you don't like what this person is doing, call your congressman. every calling their office. you are talking to an intern. they are writing down what you say. if it ever gets to the congressman, i don't know. this way you have a direct link to the people. >> it is completely unsatisfactorying experience to call your congressman. you don't know if you are going to be heard. like you say, maybe they write your name down. have you no confidence they are going to listen to you. my system makes sure that everybody's voice is heard. steve: i have bad news for you, if this works people are going to go why do we need the d m. >> won't be able to go that far. there is a lot of work in committees. there is a lot of work you need to do with the party. here for the first time we can allow someone to land on an issue-by-issue basis. they don't have to get the entire party platform. right now the democrat sitting there votes with the democratic party all the time. he is obstructionist when it comes to tax reform.

people want tax reform. the majority of the people in san diego want tax reform. their congressman doesn't listen to them. ainsley: good luck in the swamp. you're a brave man. >> thank you. ainsley: what's your website. >> allman for congress.com. i'm against a well-funded opponents. please donate. steve: still ahead, chuck schumer and nancy pelosi bailed on their meeting with president trump yesterday as you can see right there. he put them to shame in front of the entire world. we have a sound bite coming up. ainsley: todd piro is in the magnolia state. is he having breakfast with friends in mississippi. can you spell it ♪ ♪ ♪ what i want, you've got,

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♪ steve: so what are the folks thinking on this wednesday morning? let's go down to the great state of mississippi. ainsley: mississippi. todd piro is eating breakfast with friends down there. hey, todd. todd: hey, guys. would you believe this is the first time that breakfast with friends has been in the great state of mississippi. how cool is that right? [cheers] todd: that's awesome, right? we are having a great time. we're talking the issues. even though we are here in mississippi. north korea is top of mind right now. i would like to begin with judy. judy is a professor and trump voter. she says she actually really likes the way that president trump is handling the north korea situation because she says it reminds her of cowboy ronald reagan. why do you say that? >> because he was a little crazy and russia never knew what he was going to do. it doesn't hurt to have a current president that's a little bit crazy sometimes also because we don't know what kim is going to do and

so they don't know what trump is going to do. and that's always a good thing. todd: you really think unpredictability is an advantage? >> i think. so i do. i really do. todd: understood. speaking of unpredictable. we go to t.k. a man with this hair who wears this odom beckham style hear on washington, d.c. what he wants for small business. trump voter small business in the medical field. he wants tax reform. he says i need that for my small business. why do you say that? >> everything is taxed too much. we can't expand because we don't have any idea what we're -- what the tax will be next year. if we had a tax system that was steady, i mean, i believe everybody would be happy. todd: you said something very interesting to me. you said you are not worried about the rich getting tax cuts because you say that money is going to go back into the system. why? >> it will go back into the economy.

pay dividends. go back in the economy. stock. somebody is going to pay taxes on that. they are going to reinvest. somebody is going to reinvest. it doesn't matter who is getting tax cuts. everybody is going to be spending money. right now, nobody can save money. what's the interest rate? half a percent? todd: t.k., thank you very much. we have a lot more to get to here in the great state of mississippi. we may talk football because it's been an interesting time here. eli manning had a situation with the giants. ole miss guy and mississippi state hired a new coach. they are also talking a lot about that here in new york. steve: a wide ranging conversation. all right. todd, thank you very much. brian: they do love their football there. we have two hours left. ainsley: we have breaking news overnight. serial killer behind bars after terrorizing his community for months. one tip that led police to their guy that's coming up next. brian: plus, newt gingrich is here. how is his voice? how is dana loesch? how is her voice? both are here live ♪ that's fine by me ♪ so wake me up

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>> they have been all talk and they have been no action. and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. steve: liberal media taking aim at women in the white house. >> if any of these women on the left or campaigned for hillary clinton, they would being on the cover of every magazine in this country and oaround the world. pause they are not conservative the -- because thet given the same credit ♪ brian: what a complicated studio we have. steve: no kidding. you should see the light bill. it's a killer. [laughter] brian: that's amazing. steve: hi, everybody. welcome to the big curvey couch mezzanine level in rockefeller center. thanks for joining us on this first wednesday after thanksgiving during the christmas -- brian: how do you pay your light bill? do you pay estimated? estimate what the bill would be. steve: bill comes and we give them that amount. we are not giving them

extra. brian: they discuss to estimate and we find out how we do. ainsley: some people do that because sometimes you pay less if you do it that way. brian: right. that's why we bought a lot of dimmers. a personal challenge. steve: put in those little pigtail lights they barely use a trickle of electricity. ainsley: do they really light your room well. steve: actually, they figured it out. [buzzing] ainsley: that sounds like a bug catcher. steve: let's tell you about our lead story. they fired it off yesterday at 3:00 a.m. north korea time. kim jong un apparently personally, as you take a look at some file of rockets flying off -- ordered that the icbm, which is called the mars in korean. this thing, here's the bad news, it could hit the united states. it could fly 8,000 miles, they think, given the trajectory. the good news is, it sounds like it fell apart on

reentry and if you're trying to be tactical and trying to be precise, you have got to be able to put it up and bring it down. doesn't look like they can do it this year. brian brian it went past the pace station, 10 times higher than it's done before. a couple things are going on. ainsley: higher than the international space station. brian: than the international space station. a couple things. we saw a lot of radio silence for the last two and a half months. we thought maybe rocket man means business this time the chinese envoy was going to last week to visit. they had a high level official from china visit. the president was kind of briefed on saying hey, mr. president, if we can keep the rhetoric down, we are starting to make some progress with this renegade regime. but it looks like that all blublew apart. ainsley: nikki haley having emergency meeting today. she is the u.n. ambassador. maybe she needs to include

the ambassador to china to figure out what's going on. the house armed services committee chairman matt thornberry said some remarks i agree with he said this is incredibly serious. kim jong un does exactly what he says is he going to do. he wants to put the entire country, our country he is talking about, at risk. we must respond. steve: sure. what are we going to do? well, we have a good idea what the president is thinking and the top defender of this country. the secretary of defense both in the roosevelt room yesterday. here's what they had to say about this launch. >> a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. i will only tell you that we will take care of it. nortit. >> north korea launched intercontinental ballistic missile. it went higher, frankly, than any previous thought they have taken. it's a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world. brian: take care of it one

of the ways to take care of it is to blow it up on the tarmac or blow it up as it leaves the tarmac. i understand our guest in first hour says there is technology out there called boost phase intercepts that would allow -- we have technology that would deploy a drone-like craft that would blow this rocket out of the sky before it reached -- left our atmosphere before it got to a high speed. and i think that would be the message. no one gets killed and we say that is enough. steve: the problem is though, if -- and i was listening to the interview because he was an interesting guy with an interesting concept but essentially we wouldn't be blowing it out of north korean airspace. brian: international space. steve: sounded like right above north korea. brian: international airspace among the people that are interested in it are general mcmaster and senator tom cotton, who will be joining us at some point. ainsley: the president was notified of this when it was in the air.

we can detect when they shoot these things off and intercept which is good news. the president was at the white house yesterday. we were talking about this yesterday morning saying he is going to sit down with the two top democrats and the two top senators. and the republicans showed up, but the democrats did not. so he kept their name plates in front of their chairs so that you would know at home that the two democrats that represent you, the people, didn't show up when the president invited them to talk about the issues that are facing our country. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were no shows. steve: yeah. while didn't they show up? because they didn't like one of the presidents tweets. he tweeted out something about keeping the government open and all the democrats want to do is keep illegal immigrants flooding into our country unchecked. they are weak on crime and want to substantially raise taxes. i don't see a deal. so they said well, if you don't see a deal, we're not going to show up. here's the president. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi did not show up for our meeting today. they have been all talk and they have been no action.

and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. so they're not showing up for the meeting. steve: i'm shocked they didn't show up. last time they got together with him, they got a great deal. brian: their message was simple. they don't like the president's tone. ainsley: what was so wrong with that? it's true though. they want illegal immigrants. they are weak on crime. they raise taxes they all would agree on that. their voting records prove that he says i don't see a deal. maybe we can get together and talk about it what's so offensive about that tweet? brian: it's provocative and part of the president negotiating. he is saying hey, this is what is on mile mind i'm going to shoat american people. chuck schumer, if nothing else, has thick skin. he also knows president trump as well as anyone in washington. i'm shocked he took this stance. listen. >> president trump made sure that today's meeting is nothing but a photo op. these issues are far too serious for these kinds of

games. mr. president, it's time to stop tweeting and start leading. steve: meanwhile, mrs. pelosi actually tweeted something out after that and it goes like this: @ real donald trump now knows that his verbal abuse will no longer be tolerated. ainsley: verbal abuse. steve: his empty chair photo op. that's what all the democrats called it a photo op. shows he is more interested in stunts than addressing the needs than the american people. poor ryan and mcconnell relegated to props. sad. brian: who is that like? they are imitating president trump. steve: yeah, using his language. brian: if marco rubio and jeb bush showed you anything it is to play the president's game is to lose. you can't outtrump trump. steve: but he is winning. brian: right. nancy pelosi is trying to outtrump trump. she has left her personality and trying to take trump on on his field. it's not going to work. you're playing his game now. steve: it's effective because now all the democrats are on the same

page look, it's just a photo op. just-like she said. brian: democrats are always on the same page. that's their greatest asset. ainsley: they are very loyal to each other. brian: vote this block. steve: they need to get together because we are headed for that financial cliff, the government is going to run out of money in less than 10 days so something is going to happen. we just don't know what. brian: jillian, running out of money december 8th. jillian: all right. brian: personally out of money. jillian: got to get a couple days left. get as much ascii. brian: please, be provincial. jillian: we begin with a fox news alert. after two months of terrorizing a communities an accused serial killer is behind bars. police expected to charge howell donaldson iii with four murders in tampa, florida. >> justice will be served and then the process will occur when this individual rots in hell. jillian: the 24-year-old taken into custody at his job at mcdonald's after he handed a gun to a manager who then alerted an officer who happened to be in the building. they also found bloody clothes in his car.

police say the gun matches shell casings found at four murder scenes in tampa. all of the victims shot and killed near bus stops. we have another fox news alert. a possible break in a frantic manhunt to find a 3-year-old girl who went missing from her north korea bedroom. the fbi now asking the public for help identifying the woman in these surveillance videos from a wal-mart just 50 miles from where she went missing. they say the little girl could be mariah. she was last seen on sunday night when her mother's boy friend told her to go back to bed. mariah was gone in the morning and the back door was unlocked. and just a few hours, the supreme court will hear arguments in a landmark case about privacy in your pocket. it's all over whether or not police can track your cell phone data without issuing a warrant. previously the supreme court ruled citizens waive their fourth amendment right to privacy when sharing information with third parties like a wireless provider. guys? ♪ ainsley: we have a fox news

alert. breaking right now in d.c. today show anchor matt lauer has been fired. brian: this is stunning. savanna guthrie and hold da addresseand hodaaddressed the n. >> we just learned this moments ago this morning. as i'm sure can you imagine we are devastated. we are still processing all of this. steve: the head of nbc news addressing it all in a company-wide internal email saying it comes after a detailed complaints from a coworker about inappropriate sexual workplace behavior. nbc says they believe this may not be an isolated incident. matt lauer fired at nbc. brian: wow. charlie rose two weeks ago. matt lauer now. unlike politics, there's no deliberation. it seems in broadcasting. ainsley: we'll learn more about this story as it unfolds. we will report that to you. steve: we will.

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acquitted of the most serious charges like murder. steve: well, he was convicted of terrorism and other things, including the things that led up to the death of those four men right there. but he did help orchestrate it. but what apparently in the jury's minds, what un -- the reason they couldn't convict him was there was surveillance video. it showed he actually arrived at the crime scene after the fighting stopped. they figured we can't really convict him of the murder. yet, he orchestrate t tyrone's father charles cannot believe this miscarriage of justice. watch this. >> this is a total miscarriage of justice. an accessory to murder is also guilty of murder. in the previous administration, they were known for taking away from american citizens our constitutional rights, our due process rights, first amendment rights u second amendment rights. yet, they were willing, the

previous administration was willing to give constitutional rights to a terrorist who committed murder of american citizens outside the united states. brian: go ahead. ainsley: he was one of 20 people who stormed the u.s. mission with machine guns and grenade launchers. he was parted of the 17th february brigade. he was supposed to help and protect the consulate. we were paying him to protect our consulate. they were not vetted enough. now as a result we have four individuals, four americans who are dead. brian: on top of that it's like saying bin laden should not be convicted of murder because it was his idea for the terror attack. he didn't actually shoot anybody or fly the planes into the buildings. kris pranto spent years in the military and co-authored a book on benghazi. two options when dealing with terrorists number one you grab them and interrogate them until you get all the intelligence out of them and throw them in gitmo. number two you put them to

death. that is what should be happening. ainsley: can't rehab them, you mean? brian: we can't rehab them. we shouldn't put them in our prison. they don't belong with getting constitutional rights. the same thing with the bike path bomber. the same thing with the other guy we just found in libya and we brought back here. again, we are putting them in civilian courts. steve: it's just the way things are set up right now. if there is any justifiable at all, and it looks like there isn't, he will wind up spending the rest of his life in a prison. we asked you what you thought. pam emailed this: she said, the man was a murderer. he was a big part of the killing of our ambassador and three other brave men. unbelievable, but not surprising. ainsley: tim on facebook said tired of clinton/obama appointees giving our enemies a slap on the wrist. should have received the death penalty. he took the lives of other people. i agree with that. brian: senseless loss of lives waste of taxpayer dollars keeping them alive. steve: richard emailed no death penalty there is no deterrence to crime. we can expect more because juries are political and

gutless. brian: attorney general sessions beautiful courtroom in gitmo. start giving these guys quick military trials. that's it. steve: i think the president would have to weigh in on that. it will be interesting to see what he has to say about it. brian: i would hope he would do it. steve: he is the top guy. 7:20 nea20 here in new york cit. millions of american jobs are apparently in danger. some people will be replaced by robot. ainsley: that is so scary. steve: are you one of them? ainsley: i have seen too many movies. brian: millennials have been indoctrinated. teaching his students to think not feel. that professor will join us live ♪ feel again ♪ ♪ how can you make your hair even stronger?

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sepulchre. i have never been able to say that word not very well. built i brian, can you say it? brian: right now i'm busy. a law professor has a message for millennials, think, don't feel. here is part of a speech that he delivered in a lesson to his students. i must first teach you how to rid yourself of unreason. for many of you have not yet been educated. have you been diseducated to put it bluntly. you have been indoctrinated to be direct. a professor at faulk ler law. contributor at new boston post. professor, what brought you to this moment? >> well, thanks for having me on this morning. i teach foundations of law course at faulkner, which is a course where we examine the big ideas about law. what is it? do we have an obligation to obey it? those sorts of questions. and i found over the last couple of years that students increasingly were

resistant to the wisdom in some of the particularly older texts that we read like the trial of socrates and john locks treatise on government. the essay is two parts provocative and hopefully one part humorous. the provocation seems to work because here we are talking about it. brian: so, adam, i noticed, too, you don't use the term snowflake. you don't use the term millennial. you want to list them as students. you also put some ground rules in place. here's one, if you use ism, or ist, you cannot continue speaking. what do you mean? >> well, what i reacted to there is the use of labels like racism or materialism or other labels that really foreclose thought. so labels can be helpful in classroom conversations. if we know what we're talking about. what i object to is the use of labels to end the conversation and to avoid

thinking critically about important questions. brian: if they say adam or professor, that's racist thought, the whole world stops and so does thought and you say that's not what we are doing here. we have to open up your minds. you also say if you use words fair, diversity and equality. you must explain that you understand the meaning to be able to use it. so have you had people throw that out and stop a class in its tracks as well? >> yeah. i mean, racist or equal or diverse. i'm open to hearing why it is that if you can make an argument. equality, for example, important principle. it's in our declaration of independence, the students read it in the gettysburg address and 14th amendment to the constitution. it's a contested idea. are we talking about formal equality? are we talking about equality of opportunity? are we talking about equality of result? these are interesting and controversial questions that i don't want the students to miss. my whole objective here is to get them to think critically about these

questions, to develop an appetite for the truth and to really learn how to pursue the truth on their own. so i don't want them to fall back on labels as a crutch or as a way of avoiding what really should be a tremendous opportunity to think alongside great thinkers about really interesting things. brian: yeah. stop being offended. if you begin a statement with i feel, club like a chicken. >> yeah. that was my little microaggression against cows and sheep. [laughter] >> i'm expecting a call from the equal barnyard employment commission any day now. a serious point there is that i'm training lawyers here. and lawyers make arguments. arguments consist of propositions and facts. or, in other words, reasons. and reasons don't always care about how we feel about them. reasons are what they are. so, if you're going to be a competent lawyer, often you actually need to set aside your feelings and it's not

that feelings aren't important, but we really need our first instinct to be to reach forever reason. brian: professor in the era of safe space and timeouts, what did you hear from maybe your supervising officers or deans about your philosophy? >> oh, my administration and my colleagues are very supportive. i understand there was some grumbling among the students which i suppose is to be expected. i never aspired to be the popular professor anyway. i mean, after all i teach texts that were written hundreds of years before prince harry was a twinkle in the prince of harry's eye. i'm not actually hippa with it. what i really want my students to do is to aspire to learn and to seek truth. and the students in the end -- by the end of the semester were really succeeding, really reaching for reasons. understanding the text. on that measure i think the message was a success. brian: getting them ready for the real world in their real profession.

for us you are very popular, adam. don't worry about it. you are the cool guy. thanks, professor. >> thanks for having me on, i appreciate it. brian: meanwhile straight ahead senator rand paul speaking on camera the very first time being assaulted by his neighbor. >> the real question should be are you allowed to attack someone from behind in their yard when they are out mowing their grass? it's cowardly and it's criminal. brian: more from this interview with dr. siegel, that will be next. plus, the war of christmas going off the rails literally. why this church and this ad just got banned from a city subway. and todd piro is having breakfast with friends in mississippi. todd. todd: good morning, brian. yes. the folks here in mississippi are ready to talk about the issues of the day. we have a lot of things to talk about. number one on the list right now? north korea. more "fox & friends" when we return ♪ california ♪ they don't understand ♪ they don't like it when i hold the door

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♪ steve: the coast is clear in front of our building as we look up avenue of the americas towards central park. ainsley: i think they are lighting the christmas tree today. wednesday night. yeah. steve: midtown manhattan. ainsley: i know, right. steve: meanwhile, todd piro is not here in new york. he is actually in olive branch, mississippi. ainsley: he got to avoid traffic. steve: time for breakfast with friends. good morning to you, todd. todd: good morning. i keep going back this is the first time breakfast with friends has been here in the great state of mississippi. that is awesome. we're having a great time. as you know, as you have been reporting all morning long a lot of major issues, not of least of auto which is north korea. we will begin with howard. he is a professor who voted

for president trump. and he says the president is really in a tight spot on north korea. but he really feels like he is handling it well. why? >> i think he is handling it as well as he can under the circumstances. again, the point made earlier that we really don't know anything about kim and what he might do and we're a little afraid of his craziness. but, let's face it, if he were to attack the u.s. then we would retaliate and wipe him out. but, we have a difficult problem with him. but i think president trump is acknowledging that we haven't done anything in the past that's worked, so let's try something different. i think that different may, you know, it certainly is not the same old thing. and i'm glad of that. todd: howard, thank you for your time. we now go from howard to harold an educator who also voted for president trump. i liked this phrase that you used. you like the way that he isage taghtd, why? >> i think it's time for change in the united states of america. i feel like our politicians are sitting in the house and

the senate not doing what they were elected to do. they do not represent the people. they need to get out, take their blinders off and look around. todd: you said to me it's about time the u.s. stood up. why do you say that? >> i'm thinking when ronald reagan was our last president that when he spoke, quote but he carried a big stick. everybody understood that right now donald trump is beginning to hit in that era the same way. people are starting to listen to him. he is a businessman, multi, multibillionaire. let him do what he knows how to do best, and that's the run the business of united states of america. listen to him. todd: harold, thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. todd: i want to go to cathy. you told me you are not a trump fan but you are sick and tired of the way that he seems to be disrespected in our country right now. why? >> yes. i'm not a big fan of trump but i do think the office of the president deserves respect and people should give him a chance and some

respect. and i think he doesn't get that from the get-go. and so i think he has had a hard time because of that. todd: cathy, thank you for your time. and with the balance of my time here in mississippi on this hit, i would like to go and introduce somebody. george, if you could please stand up. george is a marine and i know there is a lot of talk about other people in the news today. instead of using my time to talk about the events going on across the new york city i would like to use my time to honor a hero. george, thank you for your service to our great country. [applause] todd: and with that we are going to toss it on back to new york city. steve, anxiously and brian, back to you. steve: that is great. todd piro out there live in olive branch. did you see the business cutsee biscuits andgravy on the? ainsley: it made me hungry. brian: do you know who is not having biscuits and gravy on tv jillian.

jillian: that made me hungry and that oreo ceangsd cane didn't cut it. senator rand paul speaking on camera to fox news for the first time since being attacked in his own backyard. his kentucky neighbor rene boucher accused of tackling him from behind using paul with six broken ribs. boucher's lawyer says it stemmed over landscaping paul says the two haven't spoken in years. >> you don't really know what's in someone's mind. so it may may have some relevance but for the most part it should be are you allowed to attack someone in their yard when they are out mowing the grass. it's cowardly and it's criminal. jillian: boucher has pleaded not guilty. his lawyers claim it was not politically motivated. she pointed the blame at everything and everyone from the electoral college to president obama for her historic election loss. now hillary clinton is adding fox news to that list. the failed candidate telling

a crowd in boston, quote: fox sped conspiracy theories and enemies and dramatic coverage of events whether they are significant or not to its audience. clinton making the statement during her national tour promoting her book "what happened." take a look at this video heroic troopers putting their lives in danger to save a man trapped inside a burning car. you can see them pulling the driver to safety on a connecticut highway as flames shoot out. the driver was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the trooper also suffered minor cuts from a broken window. it's unclear what caused the man to crash. that's a look at your headlines. send it back to you guys. steve: the troopers were there and saved the guy in the nick of time. jillian, thank you. brian: no one is outside to save janice. she is all alone. janice: oh, no. i have my friends here. by the way did you know that fox sports is giving out free breakfast here on the plaza? ainsley: is that why there is a line out there? janice: don't you think we should do some cross promotion fox sports?

brian: that would be nice. they are using our old studio. janice: i will get you breakfast. ainsley: wonderful. janice: i want you to meet my friends. >> paul gaylord from batavia new york. and michelle from batavia. janice: how do you know each other. >> we have been married 43 years. janice: oh my gosh. thank you for your service. tell us about your service. >> i was stationed in mccord air force base in washington. new mexico and vietnam for 13 months. janice: i love it you are an american hero. thank you for joining us. by the way, the weather forecast looking great here in new york city. it's very mild and it's going to continue to be that way until really the weekend and then we will watch a pattern change. the only area i'm watching right now is the northwest where we have some rain and mountain snow. otherwise, a really good-looking forecast for everyone, including you guys. arare you enjoying new york city. >> yes, i am. janice: highlight being on "fox & friends" and getting free breakfast from stocks sports. >> absolutely. nowhere but "fox & friends" can you get a free

breakfast. janice: i love it bringing in breakfast from everyone from fox sports over there. ainsley: what's on her shirt? janice: tell me what your shirt says. >> see not a choice. see a child. janice: i love it you guys are amazing. thank you for coming to "fox & friends." we love you. brian: does fx have a promotion or anything going on? any other networks? ainsley: reach out to all our networks and promote it. steve: whoever gives us free food we'll put them on tv. ainsley: we love free stuff. brian: chris carter, this could be your big break. steve: president trump promised to make christmas great again. remember? >> they don't use the word christmas because it's not politically correct. well, guess what, we're saying merry christmas again. [cheers] steve: but now apparently the war on christmas, if that's what it is, is going off the rails literally. why this church ad just got banned from a city subway. brian: oh, no. ainsley: plus, cnn will boycott the white house christmas party. and wait until you hear how

the white house is responding. brian: why are we going to go there? but, first, our question of the day, born on this day in 1988, this nfl quarterback led the seattle seahawks to their first super bowl title. be first at friends@foxnews.com with the correct answer. i will give you the hint. he is the derek jeter of football ♪ merry christmas ♪ merry christmas ♪ happy holiday. because safety is never being satisfied and always working to be better. a heart attack doesn't or how healthy you look. no matter who you are, a heart attack can happen without warning. a bayer aspirin regimen can help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. bayer aspirin.

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♪ ainsley: the war on christmas is now going to court. the archdiocese in washington, d.c. is suing the transit authority there because it has banned this ad from all of their buses. the reason the ad includes, look to the right, three shepherds. and it says that it is promoting, -- they say it is promoting religion. joining us now to discuss is a former atheist and iranian born turned catholic and

senior writer at commentary his name is is a raw amary. thank you for being with us. >> good to be here. ainsley: tell us about your story you were an atheist for how many years. >> for most of my life. decided at 11 there was no good at 12 i moved to the u.s. very long process having to do with seeing pope benedicts in 2008 during his visit. my mass and catholicism, purely with the eightist i made it to the point where in december i was received in the church. ainsley: no one took to you church you just started going to mass on your own. >> yes. ainsley: what is your parents' reaction. >> my mother is a evangelical. she was thrilled. ainsley: merry christmas to you. >> thank you. ainsley: you are a reporter. what was your reaction when you saw that ad that just seems -- it looks beautiful to me. >> it's harmless. beneficial. ainsley: exactly. >> this is a policy that's

been in place since may 2015, where any sort of issues oriented or religious or antireligious advertise something banned by the metro authority. it's quite arbitrary and unreasonable imposition on the free speech rights of americans in the washington area, which is why the archdiocese is now bringing suit about it. because there are all sorts of other ads that under the current policy get approved. so, for example, ads for yoga based on hindu spiritual principles or salvation army protestant christian organization. and even the commercial aspect of christmas, if you put up those kinds of ads for commercial perspective that's okay. how come this message does not get through? in the u.s. we should not have a situation where local authorities have so much power over how americans express themselves. ainsley: if you look at this ad, it says that basically click on find the perfect gift.org. many people might click on it thinking they will be able to buy gifts.

seems to me it's talking about christianity and the perfect gift would be jesus christ. >> yes. ainsley: what happens when these types of ads. when we remove this type of -- these beautiful messages from society? >> well, i think we are going toward a situation it's reminisce -- i lived in europe for four years and recently moved back to a situation like europe where we have aggressive secularism which is not satisfied just to leave it as well. we don't have a state religion. it wants to go further than that. and strip the public square of any symbolism having to do with our je our judeo-christ. we want a public square in which all kinds of voices are in play and let people decide for themselves. that's not what we have now. ainsley: especially the majority of people living in the d.c. area are christians, many of them catholic. all right. so, thank you so much for coming on. nice to see you. and merry christmas. >> thank you. ainsley: accused serial killer now behind bars

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ainsley: now for our answer to our trivia question. his name is russell williams and our winner is william from oregon. you will be getting the book andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans. and my new book is called through your eyes. brian: yes. we will sign them and send them both. ainsley: we will. thank you for watching. steve: congratulations. meanwhile fox and trends as you can see right there. this morning cnn has announced its plan to boycott the white house holiday christmas party blaming the president's treatment of the press. but this morning it's the white house that's winding up with the last laugh. brian: here with the response is our own carley shimkus who is a christmas party reporter. >> i sure am. brian: has the latest information. will they have a christmas party if cnn doesn't go? >> that's the big question today. i think they will somehow squeak out a party. busy or not.

ainsley: what was cnn's response. >> cnn says they are not going to go. actually i have their exact response here. they say in light of president's continued attacks on freedom of the press and cnn, we do not feel it is appropriate to celebrate with him as invited guests. they also go on to say we will send a white house reporting team to the event and report on it if news warrants. ainsley: did they feel it was appropriate to go to president obama's party? >> sure. of course ongoing feud between president trump and fake news media. steve: just to be clear they were invited but they have chosen not to go. ainsley: they have chosen not to go. the most surprising part of this story is response from press secretary sarah sanders. take a look at this tweet. she says christmas comes early, finally good news from cnn. that's what she had to say. so a little dig a little burn from the press secretary. brian: most outrageous story. i'm not kidding. everybody was talking about it. non-football fans. say it ain't geno. here it is the giants having the worst most disappointing

season in their history. >> 2-9. brian: they evidently are blaming eli manning. steve: he is the quarterback. >> unbelievable. they benched eli they are going with geno the backup. i was shocked by this, social media was too. it sounds like eli manning was equally surprised. take a listen to his reaction. >> it's been a hard, hard, you know, hard day to handle this. but, you know, hang in there and figure it out. >> he looks like he is about to cry. new york city and giants fans weeping right with him. look at this tweet from pete he says in my 39 years i have literally never missed a giants game. i have woken up in the middle of the night business trips in asia to keep my streak alive. i have never been as disgusted in this organization as i am today. come sunday my streak ends, too. i'm done. pam tweets every minute eli manning spends on the bench at the giants is a minute i'll spend cheering against them. i know i are going to like

this tweet, brian. from owens you can't bench eli manning, that's my quarterback. brian: he cried one time when they got mad at his quarterback. this is 210 starts. at a time in which you are looking for class and durability, no matter through thick and thin he started every game for 14 years. ainsley: tom cock lynn responded to this saying he was totally disappointed by the decision to do. this. steve: one note from the emogi world google realized they put the cheese in the wrong place. ainsley: back in october somebody tweeted out this picture that showed that google put the cheese underneath the burger patty. this caused a total social media meltdown. they finall final fixed it. everybody can fall asleep tonight spacefully the cheese is in rightful place on top of the burger. ainsley: lettuce and tomato go together. ainsley: i don't think lettuce goes together at all. who likes warm lettuce.

brian: i live in emogi free world. i will not play the emogi game. ainsley: you should try hot lettuce. steve: meanwhile coming up newt gingrich, we'll talk about nancy, chuck schumer. ainsley: and hot lettuce ♪

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reform today. >> i think it's going to pass and be very popular. >> boycotting the president taking the country towards a shutdown. >> they've been all talk and no action and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. ♪ ♪ steve: our friend on the couch here. brian: yeah, coal singing for florida georgia line. how dare they do that. ainsley: mr. spheric, so we were yesterday sitting on the curvy couch talking about the big meeting that the president was going to have at the white house with the two republican and democrat leaders. they were mad him at that

tweet. i don't think a deal can get done. so he posted -- well, there was a lot of video. him sitting at the table with two empty chairs. chuck and nancy did not show up. >> the idea that you would trump this kind of an easy photo op, sit there and say i'm trying to solve it. i wonder where they are. i met with bill clinton lots of times. brian: have you ever turned down invitation to the white house? ainsley: you think that was genius on his part? >> it's not genius when somebody walks up to you and hands you a big, easy win. and you say okay. but he was smart. i like the way they set it up. happened to put mcconnell and ryan out here on the end, so you can be really clear who's there. steve: absolutely. brian: december 8th, we run out of money. the government doesn't get fund. so we have to come up with a deal there, and he needs democratic votes. >> well, here's a daring thought. mcconnell is very good at

gradually grinding down the filibuster. and the other day was talking about maybe will shrink from 30 hours. brian: for what? right now configuration? >> right now confirmation. you have 40 hours before you can vote. which makes it a pain in the. and mcconnell said. okay. enough of this. all of a sudden they approved 85 appointments. steve: amazing how that all works. >> i wouldn't be shocked. i think a lot of americans would say explain to me again why the democrats can cause the government to shut down because the senate has an artificial 60-vote requirement. why don't we just do to that what we did in the supreme court, make it a majority decision. and then they don't want to show up. fine. we'll just pass it without them. steve: and then when you look at that image, it looks like the republicans showed up to the table to get something done and the democrats not in the picture. not on that side. not on that side.

here's the president talking about how chuck and nancy didn't show. trump: chuck schumer and nancy pelosi did not show up for our meeting today. they've been all talk, and they've been no action. and now it's even worse. now it's not even talk. so they're not showing up for the meeting. steve: mr. speaker, i'm shocked they didn't show up because last time they met with the president, they got a great deal. >> yeah. i don't know what -- whether it is staff-driven or schumer and pelosi talking to each other. but go, oh, deal the president's going to tweet. we'll show him. steve: have a tweet tantrum. >> this is the easiest photo win trump has had in his presidency. brian: so here's schumer firing back. >> president trump made sure that today's meeting is nothing but a photo op.

these issues are far too serious for these kinds of games. mr. president, it's time to stop tweeting and start leading. brian: he says he's going to meet with congressional leaders in congress because the president doesn't want to get anything done. you think he realized this was probably a bad play? >> the president who inch by inch is moving to passing the biggest tax cut in 30 years, that strikes me as getting something done. you know, the president who just took over the consumer financial protection board and drove out elizabeth warren. as you say you have the president dealing with north korea, and it happened under secretary mattis. and he said, you know, we have things we can do. steve: they're working on it. brian: so the quick thing. the president, you talk about getting closer and closer to a tax cut. it seems the president has learned something from repeal and replace. he's so engaged. going all the time down to

capitol hill. in fact, said the president did a great job in the hill. it's nice to have a president who comes often and regularly and a vice president who comes as well. how important is that engagement? especially as your personality. >> enormous because, look, all of these politicians, including me back then, you run for office. you pay huge price getting beaten up in public. you finally win in office. you would like to think you're somebody. well, the president of the united states said, you know, brian, i've looked at your proposal, and i'm so impressed with how well you've done. you get all puffed up. i think i'll call my wife and tell her, you know? that kind of personal interaction makes a huge difference. exactly right but will drive our ideological allies crazy. he said, look, if i have to make a couple of these to make

the amendments pass, and he's talking about the -- steve: the trigger. >> the trigger. and trump said fine if i could get it without a trigger, i can do it without a trigger. but i would rather have a trigger than no bill. that's a lesson from obamacare. ainsley: you think they're going to get the votes out? >> yes. they're going to get the tax bill. ainsley: how? >> because they're doing it under reconciliation so they would do 50 votes plus the vice president. brian: which come up with a tax cut. >> but notice what they've been doing. they meet with senator collins who had several very serious concerns. they found some ways to satisfy her concern without blowing up her bill. so i think she has two bills on health reform. she's now saying i think i can do this. but she wants one more thing that's actually in the house bill, so they can probably find a way to do it. you then go to the next person, and you saw that dane, for example, is probably going to get a little bit of an improvement on the small business provision, which i supported johnson and dane in

the effort to make sure small business is treated well. one by one -- so one by one, they're finding a solution for each. ainsley: what about mccain. steve: yeah, that's the one left. >> what? steve: john mccain. >> john mccain is a force onto himself. he has to decide in the end is this good enough? i think john mccain is the least predictable. i think john's also -- he went to his daughter's wedding and pretty happy and he might say -- brian: he didn't vote for the bush tax butts he said i'm worried about the deficit. can lose that. what about the mandate? releasing the mandate people aren't going to get fined if they don't get insurance. that affects people that make under $30,000 a year more than anything else. it seems as though that has a shot. >> yeah. it does, and that's what they're working on from senator collins who want to make sure that there were a couple of provisions that protect the poor if they end

up repealing it. but she has gone a long way saying. okay. if i get these two provisions, i can tolerate living with this. ainsley: who were the two. >> continually a huge bill. >> republicans can afford to lose two. >> if i were mcconnell, the majority leader, i wouldn't want to lose anybody. i would run a full-court press, listen to everybody, let's have a cup of coffee, tell me what your concerns are. and of all of those the ones they found the hardest was mccain because, i mean, they talked to him up to the last minute on obamacare. steve: absolutely. well, if this does pass, it would be a gigantic win for the president and the republicans as well. >> by the way, it also makes schumer's point stupid. steve: absolutely. >> the president's passing the largest tax cut in over 30 years, and you think he's getting nothing done. brian: he didn't like the tone of the tweet. >> well, chuck has always been such a sensitive new yorker. new york is such a delicate

city. brian: if anybody who's going to be insulted by president trump, it's chuck schumer. >> this is role-playing. this is shakespearean drama 101. steve: and you know all about that drama because you have that great book out. it is called vengeance. folks looking for a great christmas gift. >> a great author who does american history as well as anybody i know. steve: with her great children book. >> you and my wife compare notes. ainsley: how is she doing? she loving italy? >> she's so honored to be the ambassador, it's just been amazing. i go with her occasionally as the trailing spouse. and you go into the vatican, and you're in some of these rooms you've never been in, it's amazing. brian: you know what? the 16th chapel is nice. >> good, brian. good catch. you ought to come some time once she gets settled in next year and do maybe a fox and friends tour of the vatican. ainsley: wouldn't that be

wonderful? steve: we could do the show from vatican. brian: or a college tour. ainsley: thanks so much. >> all right. steve: 8:10 in new york city. ainsley: and jillian has headlines for us. jillian. >> that's right. we're following a number of news stories. nbc today show matt has been fired for inappropriate behavior. cohosts addressing the news this morning. >> we just learned this moments ago just this morning, and i'm sure you can imagine we are devastated, and we are still processing all of this. we are heartbroken. i'm heartbroken for matt. he is my dear, dear friend and my partner, and he is beloved by many, many people here. and i'm heartbroken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story. >> the head of nbc news addressing it in a company-wide internal e-mail saying while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also

presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. so far, matt has not commented. the possible break in a frantic manhunt to find the 3-year-old girl who went missing from his north carolina bedroom asking for help identifying the woman in these surveillance videos in a walmart 50 miles from where the little girl went missing. they say the little girl could be mira but the father is considering whether she was abducted at all. >> if someone walked up in there and grabbed the 3-year-old out of the bed and nobody cried or screamed or nothing? >> when the boyfriend told her to go back to bed. the back door was unlocked. president trump battle one in the consumer financial agency top watch dog. the judge siding with the white house giving the legal green light to let mick

mulvaney take over the cfpb. holdover landra english's request to run the agency over fight of who's in charge. president trump tweeting the decision is quote a big win for the consumer. okay. she might have -- she might not have any big news, but this girl has a great sense of humor. did you see this? take a look. this family christmas card reading excited, engaged, expecting, and all by her lonesome there emily now going viral. the college student making fun of herself as her siblings and parents celebrate an up coming wedding and baby in the family. i love stuff like this when you can just have fun. it's, like, hey, i'm here by myself. i'm emily. what's up, guys? steve: i'm still emily. ainsley: everyone else has something good going on in their life. steve: all right. meanwhile, 8:13 here in new york city. an arrest has been made in the tampa serial killer case. how cops found their guy.

we are live with the breaking details coming up next. ainsley: and this is the most insane stunt you're ever going to see. those wing suit fliers are jumping into a plane. brian: what? wow. the real gift isn't what's inside the box. it's what's inside the person who opens it. give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com.

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alert. breaking developments overnight. the search is over now for that serial killer who has been terrorizing a florida neighborhood. brian: dan with our fox affiliate in tampa. >> hey, there, good morning. how donaldson the third, just 24 years old, no criminal record now accused of gunning down four people in tampa seminal heights neighborhood. and it appears a gun and a pistol in a packing bag could have brought all of this to an end. let's take you back to late yesterday afternoon. he works at mcdonald's and he hands a bag to an employee. inside, discovered a 40 caliber glock pistonnal. then goes to a tampa police officer who was eating at that restaurant and says this is

not right. you better take a look at this. donaldson was then questioned by police. the gun was a match to the bullets fired at the scene of the crime. they found the clothing he was also wearing in surveillance video with bloodstains and his cell phone was also pinged at each of the crime scenes. that was enough for them to charge him. we spoke to tampa mayor bob buckhorn talking about just how proud he is of the police department to end this after 51 days of searching. >> justice will be served. and then the process will occur when this individual rots in hell. >> the suspect has no criminal record, so the big question is why? what is the motive here? if he did, in fact, do this. that is what we are expecting to hear today. we'll send it back to you. steve: great questions. dan, thank you very much. and why did he just hand the

bag with the gun to the manager and say here. hold my gun. ainsley: almost like he wanted to get caught. he's smiling in a bunch of the pictures. steve: more details coming up. brian: this story. congressman john conyers spotted coach flying back from detroit from washington, d.c. steve: plus, now she's using the president's pocahontas comment to raise money. dana loesch fired up about that. she joins us live. next. it can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. it keeps your insights from prying eyes, so they're used by no one else but you. it. is. the cloud. the ibm cloud. the cloud that's designed for your data.

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hope you're dressed. now this. john conyers spotted flying coach back to detroit from washington, d.c. igniting rumors here on the couch and elsewhere that he may be heading home for good. it comes as top democrats including nancy pelosi are ramping up pressure on the veteran to for one minute him to resign. but keep in mind, also called him an icon. into a myriad of sexual harassment allegations. and today the supreme court will hear arguments on a landmark case about privacy in your pocket. it's all over whether or not police can track your cell phone data without issuing a warrant. we discussed that yesterday with our own judge. previous rulings found -- we wave for amendment rights for privacy when sharing information with third parties like wireless providers. and that's all i have. steve: from other news, two gun bills set to be taken up in congress today. one of them calling to allow gun owners with concealed carry permits from one state to be able to carry their

concealed permit as well into another state. that is being deemed a priority by the nra. ainsley: here to break it all down for us is the nra spokeswoman dana loesch. dana, thanks for joining us. i'm sure you've been following both of these stories. good morning so these two bills they're going to be looking at today, why are these so important? >> oh, ainsley, and that's such a great question. they're so important because this is basically reclaiming our rights and with national reciprocity, and i'm so pleased to see this. and this is why millions of law-abiding second amendment practitioners went to the polls in november because our rights should not end where a state line ends. and this is all about making sure that everyone has equal access to the -- to any ability to defend themselves, and that's what this is about. i go back to the story of shinene allen, and this was a young mother of three. she ended up getting put in jail because she went from one

state to another. she went in a new jersey. she's a law-abiding gun owner, had her concealed carry id card. she presented that during a traffic stop, what ended up happening is that you can't possess a firearm like that in new jersey. they through her in jail. she had to get a pardon from the governor. ainsley: she was trying to get to her daughter's birthday party that day. they put her in jail for more than a month. and she was just doing the right thing saying excuse me, sir, i do have a gun. steve: dana. >> right. exactly. millions of americans wanted this. we're happy about it. steve: i've got some friends down in florida who have concealed carry permits there, but then when they come up 95 and get to the jersey state line where i live and where my friends live, they have to put the gun in the trunk and take it off their person. >> yes. same way how it is for my family that lives in missouri if they travel to illinois. look, this solves a lot of problems. and it makes sure it is about

the equal access of your pro-choice defense. that's all it's about. ainsley: you have to know all the laws in all of the states. so if you're up, they have to know all the laws in all the states. sometimes it's, like, put it in your trunk. brian: put it in your holster. >> it can be incredibly difficult, almost purposefully so. brian: talk about difficult. that's what senator warren was having a difficult time with th the president's comments and those 90-year-old world war ii vets the fact that we have someone on the senate called pocahontas and twice she hopped on another network. but it didn't stop senator warren to use that as a fund rares am i correct? >> you are correct. and someone who tried to get

monetary gain and still getting funding off of it. elizabeth warren didn't just claim that she had cherokee an accessory. she listed herself on numerous documents. cherokee biologist, elizabeth warren repeatedly refused to meet with barns. also have done fantastic work documenting all of this. the evidence is out there and elizabeth warren has never answered why she was appropriating an ethnicity when she did nothing during her tenure so far as a senator to actually help indigenous americans including polluting the an mouse river or to actually help the people she's exploiting for gain. the president doesn't owe her an apology. steve: certainly not her personal history. thank you so much for joining us live from dallas, texas. >> thank you so much, steve. steve: you bet. >> yes, sir. ainsley: still ahead, take a look at this. dramatic new video showing the

extreme fire dangers of your christmas trees. steve: yeah, that is a problem. meanwhile, todd is having breakfast with friends in mississippi. we're going to check in with him coming up after a brief time out. good morning, folks,

ainsley: we have some amazing news this morning. we want to congratulate fox and friends weekend cohost abby huntsman to welcome

another girl into the family. steve: that's right. just after midnight gave birthed to i see beth grace, five pounds, ten ounces, 20 inches long. brian: and as always, we pay for the first baby to go to college. so we'll pay for all of it. looking for a second source in janice. congratulations to abby and jeff and their families, especially to a happy grandfather in russia. right? guys, what's your reaction. you think this is a good thing; right? >> i love abby so much. she's like a sister to me, and we've been texting all morning long while the show has been on, actually, from the hospital bed with the baby close by. i -- i love her. i love this new little girl. i'm so proud of her and jeff and her whole family, and she's going to make an amazing mom. steve: so you've been texting with her and that's why she keeps yelling at jeff. jeff, will you get the baby? i'm busy. i'm texting janice. >> she's doing great. and look at her.

she's so beautiful, and she's doing so well and abby is great. she said she hasn't slept at all but jeff is sleeping no problem. ainsley: i told abby this is going to be the best day of your life. she wrote me this morning and said you're absolutely right. brian: what do you guys think of the name? >> beautiful. brian: is there something short for isabelle? izzy? ainsley: we'll have to ask her. but i love grace because grace is as a christian, i think grace is such a beautiful word because that's what i feel like god does for us. brian: what do you think of todd? ainsley: i like todd. i like that name too. >> can we have more babies on the program? we just need to have a baby every day. steve: well, i wonder if there are any babies at attendance in the neighborhood grill in olive branch, mississippi where todd piro is having breakfast with friends. hey, todd. >> hey, guys. no babies here. but just let me say. abby couldn't have been nicer when i first arrived, and she's a sweetheart inside and out, so congratulations to her and jeff.

i got the chills watching that. we have to get down to business, though, guys, and we're going to talk about tax reform. jeff is an insurance appraiser who says he's not that worried about the $1.5 trillion reported deficit that's going to happen. why do you say that? >> well, i just think that if you bring the jobs back and the companies back into the country, that that will be taken care of over the long hall. i didn't see a lot of concern about the 10 trillion that was added to the deficit the last eight years, and it's just i think that just adding that 1 trillion or 1.5 trillion over the next ten years is not that significant. >> jeff, thank you very much for your time. now we're going to go to the north korea block. three gentlemen who want to talk about north korea. we're going to begin with danny, retired air traffic controller who says we need to counteract north korea's force with force. why do you say that? >> i think the only thing they understand is force. so when they fire a missile or threaten to fire a missile at

us, we have to retaliate. i would like to us us shoot them down as soon as they fire one at us. that's what i would like to see. >> and larry has the same view. why do you have the same view as danny? >> he's a bully and the only thing bully understands is force. a punch in the nose, and he'll back off. >> larry, thank you. we're now going to go to terry. the time for diplomacy is over. why? >> oh, yes. we've been diplomatic about this thing for the last 20 years. and this guy's a bully, and he needs to be handled accordingly. >> thank you. terry, you guys are so efficient with your answers. i was, like, if we want to get everybody, we have to be efficient with your answers. steve, you're awe lifelong republican. you've always been republican. everybody at this table voted for trump, and you say you are sick of the republicans in congress. why? >> i'm sick of all the obstructionists democrat or republican. we voted people in to do their job. they're not doing their job.

and the same machine, the same up swell in the country that elected president trump is the ones that can get rid of these obstructionists and can get people in and get the job done. >> so you're happy with the job president trump is doing. >> i'm ecstatic about the job he's doing. >> thank you very much. quickly, gentlemen, i would like to give is a shout out to sandy and steve for letting us be here in the grill. big fox and friends fans. thank you, all, for allowing us to be here. we're going to toss it to new york where congratulations, abby. we couldn't be happier. steve: that's right. todd reporting live from olive branch down in mississippi. i'm hungry. brian: right. ainsley: looks good. brian: where's jillian? ainsley: jillian is on the other side of january i say over there. >> i want to also pass along congrats to abby. such amazing news. she is so beautiful. let's get you guys caught up on your news. police hunting for a man in sin city.

witnesses say he walked up to a poker cage at the hotel. no one was hurt. another hot spot in reno, nevada a man is dead from opening fire the same complex where the las vegas gunman once lived. firing 20 minutes from the 8th floor before shot team shot him. there's no known connection between this incident and the las vegas massacre. social activities on hold at indiana university. students on the intrafraternity council unanimously voting on a three-month self-imposed suspension. they say it's not the result of a single incidents and that they will use the time. it comes as more dangerous incidents involving greek life around the country. this is why you have to water your christmas tree. okay? dramatic video showing the extreme fire dangers of dry

trees. this side by side comparison shows two trees on fire but the dry one burst into flames in under ten seconds while the flames in the water tree remain realitily contained. the tree released by the national institute of standards and technology. move over, evi evel knievel. two red suit winged fliers jump from one of the tallest peaks in switzerland and then land inside a moving airplane. they practiced for two months. one session ending in bruised ribs before pulling off the major seat. they didn't even have parachutes. guys, that's insane. brian: i think we're doing it. we're all going to do that. ainsley: brian says he's going to do it. right on 6th avenue. brian: if you don't mind dropping me. ainsley: you can just do it all in one take; right? brian: seems easy. just zip it up and jump. steve: if you're off five feet, you're in the propeller. brian: you know what's great about that?

it's a great place to fight crime. you jump out of a plane, flying for a while and see if anybody is breaking the law. ainsley: if you get bored jumping out of a plane, you say let's jump into the plane. the backs looked like they slammed into the plane. brian: if you've ever jumped back into the plane of a wing suit. steve: you would have to provide proof because we don't believe you. straight ahead holiday liberals are trying to paint president trump as a racist. look at this. >> not just african-american. it is gays, it is muslims, it is aladdins, so he clearly is a racist. steve: but our next guest says comments like that only makes racism worse. next. brian: plus, we're getting a sneak peak of the hottest cars that have never been seen before. don't be surprised if we give

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brian: all right. everybody, some quick headlines now. let's get started. we have a technical glitch causing headaches for southwest airline passengers. plus, no assigned seats, but i ad-lib. those issues starting on monday. southwest apologists for any inconveniences. it's unclear if the glitch has been resolved. fantastic. and russian spies hack as many as 500 million yahoo accounts. kareem is charged with identity theft and conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse for his role in the 2014 breach. he faces up to 20 years in prison. the same thing for terrorists. meanwhile, onto race. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, brian.

the latest hollywood actor attempting to paint president trump as a racist. watch this. >> it's not just african-american. it is gays, it is muslims, it is aladdins, so he clearly is a racist. donald trump is not bright, he is inarticulate, he is an embarrassment. steve: our next guest says language like that is only hurting race relations in the country. joining us right now, it's writer commentator and active duty u.s. army officer jeremy hunt. jeremy, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning. great to be here with you. steve: so what do you think of mr. hughly's comments are on the other channel? >> it's really how low racism has stooped in this country. when we flippantly hurl around the accusation of racism, it's not helping the most vulnerable americans among us. it's not leading to better policy for millions of

americans in our country. but really, what it does is it ends up, basically, allowing the actual races and the white supremacists to kind of blend in. and if everyone's a racist, no one's a racist. ainsley: jeremy, you wrote an op-ed on foxnews.com about this. why did you decide to do that and why are you speaking out now? >> because i want to send a message that prejudice is prejudice. it doesn't matter which group against which the prejudice is directed. all accounts and all contacts should be condemned. and we as people, we want to move forward and really do want to see progress in regards to race relations. we're going to have to elevate the conversation. i mean, we do have dialogue in this country. but it's this bickering back and forth. it's not meaningful dialogue. it's not productive conversations about what will lead to better outcomes for americans. so that's why i want to send

the message i want to send. i was raised in a home where i was taught to see people who they are and see their character and judge them on their character not based on their skin color. so we don't see hearts change in this country and if we don't have these prejudgments that we have about people, i don't think we will really see much progress in regards to race relations. steve: and, in fact, jeremy, your father was a minister. and he had a program back in the '90s. explain that to us. >> yeah. so my father, garland hunt who is my hero, he had a program called the gospel and the black and white. the pun is that he was there with a white pastor, and they were preaching reconciliation and the message took speed and a lot of people were catching on and believing that, hey, heart can change. if we really look at each of these individuals and forgive one another and move forward, then we can really see a lot that has changed our country. and i'm grateful and honored and so blessed that that was the kind of message that i was brought up to believe, and

it's the same message that i carry with me today. brian: such a beautiful message. you know, i always look at everyone, and i always say we're all god's children. he created us beautifully, and we're all beautifully and wonderfully made as the scripture said. what message do you have for people that are watching that might have bigotry in their hearts or racism in their hearts? >> well, the number one thing, and this is what my father taught me is that racism is a sin. and it's not a skin problem, it's a sin problem. and the only thing that can take that and heal us from that is god. and that's what i was led to believe, and i believe that wholeheartedly. even my own father, he shares testimony all the time how he was brought up, and he had these kind of prejudice towards white, and it was really him beginning his life to change him and change his heart on the issues. and if we don't see the change in history, we're going to be falling willfully behind as a nation in regards to these issues. >> well, your op-ed is terrific.

if folks haven't read it, they can go to foxnews.com. jeremy hunt joining us today from savannah. sir, thank you very much. real nice chatting with you. >> thank you so much. steve: all right. it's ten minutes now. 11 minutes before the top of the hour. one of the biggest car shows in the country. we're going to get a sneak peak of the cars that have never been shown before. ainsley: but first, bill hemmer coming up with what's on his show. >> the fall out from matt's firing coming up in moments. also, do we have a tax deal with conservatives? why are they not so crazy about this plan? sarah sanders and senator here to talk about that. and the benghazi burden, the mixed bag for those involved that deadly night. we're talking to one of them that day. see you in ten minutes top of the hour here on sandra and i's america's newsroom wakey! wakey! rise and shine! oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me?

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brian: this weekend car lovers from all around the world will head to los angeles for the auto show. ainsley: and this morning foxnews.com anfox and friends are getting a sneak peak. steve: mike is live on the floor with a first look. mike, take it away. ainsley: and there's a delay. steve: hello, mike. can you hear us? >> i can hear you. good morning. steve: well, tell us about the cars. >> a lot of news here at the l.a. auto show. a lot of stuff going on. steve: go ahead, mike. ainsley: mike, we can hear you. brian: don't quit on us, please. >> sorry, guys. i couldn't hear you guys. hey, there's a lot of news here at the auto show. right now we are in the genesis, and this is the genesis booth. a lot of good news for this company over the last year. number one jd power ranking all the way around, phenomenal vehicle. this is a g80 sports that

they're showcasing here at the auto show. also nissan showcasing the all new kicks. beautiful crossover vehicle for this brand coming to market right now in the very near future. beautiful exterior design meant for the minimal. it has these bose speakers built into the headrest, and this will be a sub $30,000 vehicle. i want to also jump back to the jeep wrangler. this is big news here at the auto show here yesterday. they're going with that retrodesign and this is all new both two and four doors for the jeep wrangler. a beautiful push button that retracts the entire roof. an 8.4 touch screen on the interior and then my fan favorite for this is a front that will flop down on the vehicle. subaru having a debut here. it is called the assent, and it has three rows in this vehicle. i love the exterior siding of this. perfect for the family. it's a dog-friendly vehicle. it's built here in the united

states in indiana. get things like available wi-fi in this vehicle and a lot of technology packed in with it as well. infinite showcasing its all new qx50 here. it's all about luxury with this mid-$50,000 vehicle. very sporty and aggressive wheels and look at the interior of this vehicle with a nice, big touch screen package on the interior. now, we've got two pieces of news with domestic automakers showcasing the all new police intercepter here at the l.a. auto show, and this is for the police captain or the fire chief. what i love about this vehicle is that it comes in a hybrid or electric version where you'll get 500 miles of combined mpg with that vehicle. now the show stopper, i'm calling this the brian mobile here. this is the all the new chevy corvette zr1 announced here at the l.a. auto show. 755 horse pyre. 715 pounds of torque,

supercharged v8, it's the fastest corvette ever at 210 miles per hour. so much news here at the auto show, guys. i can pick out news for you all day long. steve: mike could actually hear us there by the end. we thank you very much. that corvette, $120,000. brian: and plenty of torque because i demand torque. steve: there's a lot of that. all right. we're going to step aside. more fox and friends with some friends from north dakota on the other side of the break

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the air? >> it's called what's on your mind for a reason. these are god fearing freedom loving folks and talk about whatever is happening. >> great to have you back. we'll see you folks tomorrow. >> bill: good morning, everybody. breaking news now. an institution of morning television is out at the "today" show. matt lauer has been fired. the network announcing his firing for inappropriate sexual behavior after a complaint from a colleague right before air time today. yet again this is a stunner. good morning, i'm bill hemmer live inside "america's newsroom." >> sandra: good morning, i'm sandra smith. matt lauer has been a fixture at nbc since 1994. they received a complaint from a colleague that they saw as credible and possibly not isolated. >> bill: his former co-hosts breaking the news two hours ago on air.