>> the united states will remember this day as we will remember when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more. jillian: a stunning un vote led by a scathing response from the trump administration. time to put your own money where your mouth is as donald trump responding to nations that don't respect us. residents of sesame street shelling out big bucks to become social justice warriors. >> great escape day in roads and airports, expected to be wild, "fox and friends" first continues right now. ♪ ♪ a white christmas ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪ where the treetops glisten

♪ and children listen ♪ jillian: a few days away. are you enjoying the sun? rob: a lot of people. jillian: a white christmas, maybe people will see that. good morning, "fox and friends" first this friday. rob: thanks for starting the day with us. we we were will remember, nikki haley vowing to punish the countries who voted to condemn donald trump's jerusalem decision. jillian: the middle east renews their call for another day of rage. griff jenkins joining us with all the details. >> reporter: calls for protests across the palestinian territories and arab cities everywhere in the middle east following a vote, symbolic declaration condemning donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem and his relapse

capital. ambassador nikki haley blasted nations who voted for it and warned there will be a price to pay. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the united nations. >> 128 countries voted to condemn the us, only nine supported us with 35 abstentions, 121 of those 128 nations got a combined $21.8 billion in us economic aid in fiscal year 2016 which accounted for nearly half of all us foreign aid. the top five countries were all muslim arab nations, iraq, afghanistan, egypt, jordan and pakistan and in turkey, more than $55 million last year, the

president says he won't be threatened by donald trump's dollars. >> he is looking for decisions in the world he can buy with dollars. you cannot buy our democratic will with your dollars. >> reporter: we are monitoring the situation in this day of rage, protests in the middle east. so far there is no heightened activity. in malaysia earlier this morning the prime minister led a large rally to share solidarity with palestinians but it looks like this is largely symbolic and on we go to christmas. jillian: merry christmas, thank you. overwhelming majority of the un general assembly ignoring threats to cut funding to nations that condemned the decision to move the embassy to jerusalem. rob: steve hayes says that is a failure on the un's part to acknowledge un sovereignty

calling the vote a total jib. >> the united nations proved a joke. this is a joke resolution and is a symbolic vote but if it is a symbolic vote the trump administration is right to make it a symbolic vote, the argument they made. the united nations is a broken dysfunctional institution. look at the oil for food scandal and what the un did to prop up saddam hussein, so many examples like that. if you look at current membership of the human rights council people like saudi arabia, venezuela, cuba sitting in judgment of others on the human rights council. it is a joke. it is risky for the trump administration to target these countries the cast a symbolic vote that we wish they didn't cast. much better to apply this scrutiny and funding challenges to the united nations itself.

jillian: nation to the generals of the contribute $5.2 billion to peacekeeping missions compared to the $2.1 billion the us kicks in on its own. rob: companies attempting to bring the border wall to life are now feeling the resistance. jillian: democratic cities banding together to stop the president's promise from becoming reality. rob: anita vogel with more on that. >> reporter: companies competing for the chance to work on the multibillion-dollar project facing a wave of boycotts from local democratic lawmakers. coordinated efforts being launched in california, arizona, illinois, new york and rhode island that would prevent cities and towns from doing official business with the company. all of this part of a bigger resistance strategy to delay construction of the controversial wall. berkeley city council in california the most recent to

approve one of these ordinances, calling the border wall, quote, a highly impractical response to america's broken immigration system and a symbol of hatred that will only further demonize the people of mexican and latin american descent. the associated general contractors for america tell fox news, jeff sessions to sue states trying to deny contractors who are working or involved in the border wall. the spokesman says given this administration has been aggressively pursuing sanctuary cities, this seems like an easy slamdunk, nearly 100 companies instituted the border project bracing california which identifies as a sanctuary state, donald trump planning a trip to san diego to review prototypes in person. >> a great wall, we put up six different varieties of wall,

some wonderful prototypes to put up. i may be going there shortly to look at them in their final form. >> reporter: this by the president's ambitious timetable for construction it remains unclear when the wall might go up. jillian: fox news alert, after discovering north korean propaganda on multiple bases in south korea. us forces, korean servicemembers on the peninsula to be on the lookout for insider threats. the unit reporting a significant number circulated at us installations hours after north korean soldier defected in the demilitarized zone. rob: m manhunt for a shooter spraying bullets at drivers, police say one person is responsible for ten drive-by shootings in central california

a less than a month. he drives a large pickup truck taking aim at vehicles driving the opposite direction. one person has been hurt. cops 8 is only a matter of time before somebody gets killed. jillian: congress demanding that the promise of justice turn over any documents related to a possible obama scheme to nixon investigation into hezbollah following a bombshell political report claiming the administration interfered with the dea's investigation into hezbollah's massive drug network in an effort to ultimately secure the 2015 iran deal. jim jordan leading the charge calling for the doj to hand over all documents related to the case by january 8th. deputy director andrew mccabe grilled for 16 hours and two sessions on capitol hill this week in the house judiciary and oversight committee questioning him thursday about fbi

communications and agency handling the clinton email investigation, this comes in a call for him to be fired over allegations of conflict of interest and anti-trump prejudice at the fbi. rob: government shutdown narrowly avoided overnight, lawmakers passing a stopgap bill to keep the government open until january 19th, kicking the can down the road including funding for children's health insurance program, chip program and extends a government surveillance program. despite threats from democrats to force the shut down this bill does not -- the extension does not include a the aca deal to protect dreamers from deportation, congress will revisit the issue next year. jillian: legendary sports broadcaster dick enberg known for his catchphrase over my dead of a heart attack. he just retired last year after winning 13 emmy awards in the career spanning six decades. >> time for me to move on. i'm looking forward to that and calling another big league

baseball game tonight. jillian: he was one of a handful of announcers to call the super bowl olympics final four world series at wimbledon. dick enberg was 82 years old. rob: really impressive guy. donald trump paying a special holiday visit the injured american soldiers at walter reed. >> going to wish them a merry christmas, happy new year, we love those people. rob: also awarded the purple heart to victor fred, wounded by an ied. vice president mike pence making a surprise trip to afghanistan a few days before christmas, speaking with troops at bagram airfield telling soldiers the us is dedicated to defeating terror. >> the armed forces of the united states will remain engaged in afghanistan until we

eliminate the terrorist threat to our homeland, our people, once and for all. rob: donald trump has criticized involvement in afghanistan, since taking office will focus on defeating terrorist organizations in that country and many others as well. jillian: a chilling threat aimed at the vatican, times square targeted, isis is using santa claus to threaten an attack days before christmas. rob: donald trump's tax bill will be signed into law today. what does he need to do to get more cash in your pocket as early as february before these tax changes take affect? a guest coming up will break that down. jillian: a mad holiday rush is on as a record number of travelers, we are live at newark airport coming up. ♪ running on sunshine ♪

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rob: republicans promising bigger paychecks and fewer hassles once their massive tax overhaul kicks in. what can you do to cash in once this takes effect. jillian: certified public accountant and business analyst dan gilder, we are nearing the end of 2017, what do people need to know right now as time is running out? >> first thing to do is make sure you are maximizing your contributions to your retirement plan, specifically 401(k)s because you can have a match from your employer so you want to put money away for retirement because it is not taxable for federal purposes. that is one way of taking down your federal tax obligation. rob: people that are getting hit on this thing democrats have

harped on, people with the salt deduction, california, illinois, connecticut, new jersey, new york, blue states, high state taxes, that deduction is capped at $10,000. what can people do to minimize the effect a few days before takes effect. >> first thing we need to do is make sure you make all your state income tax payments before the end of the year. some people will make that fourth-quarter payment in january. you want to do that in december so you can maximize the deduction for this year. the other thing to consider is making a prepayment on your property tax before the end of the year. paying your first and second quarter for 2018 in 2017 before the deduction goes away. jillian: will that be a significant difference?

yesterday on "fox and friends," peter doocy said there was a line of people trying to do the same thing. >> we talked about that. there is a lot of confusion related to this and what you can do and how much benefit but look at it this way. if you pay that tax anyway and you prepay and get a tax benefit now, that will disappear down the line to make the payment. rob: i called my accountant in la, i have used him for years, what is this going to do to me? i gave my information. there is not a straight answer here. you said they don't know. a lot of accountants don't know. how can we have a plan, we know all the details, and still not know how it will affect a lot of people. >> this bill was written very

quickly. i had been reading it yesterday. there is a lot of confusing language, some things i looked at, this can't be right because it doesn't make sense. what is going to happen is over time people are going to realize there are things that are just not right and corrective language, corrective action. that is why people don't know. rob: even your accountant is confused, that is not a good thing. thank you so much. if it looks like a tax break right now it should get the economy stirring up and moving faster and that is the real gift for this country. >> the middle class will do okay. rob: 18 minutes after the hour, calling all radical islamic terrorist, canadian prime minister justin trudeau might want you. >> someone who has engaged and

turned away from that hateful ideology can be an extraordinarily powerful voice. rob: an interesting plan how to handle the threaded his own country. jillian: have you ever wanted to spend christmas like kevin mcallister? kevin mccarthy is getting a chance. >> they actually film home alone 2, lost in new york. bp is taking safety to new heights. using drones and robots offshore so engineers can stop potential problems before they start. because safety is never being satisfied and always working to be better.

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rob: home alone 2, lost in new york, celebrating 25 year

sentence release. jillian: the ultimate kevin mcallister experience, we sent kevin mccarthy to check it out. i love your suit. >> amazing, merry christmas to you guys. a huge adventure for me, the plan is a hotel, 25 years since home alone 2 and i prefer home alone 2 over home alone one, i'm a huge new york fan, i love the new york sitting. i love what kevin mcallister visited 25 years ago thanks to the plasma hotel, check this out. >> families in florida, i am in new york. >> i am here at the plasma hotel. we are going to give you an

amazing tour of home alone 2, lost in new york at the plasma hotel. people staring at me. ♪ >> how may i help you? >> mccarthy. >> we don't have a mccarthy. we have a mcallister. >> that works as well. >> $40,000 week at the plasma hotel where they filmed home alone 2, lost in new york. >> one of our finest suites, sir. >> the cool thing, home alone 2, lost in new york, experience for $8.95, this backpack with all

the drawings on it, a dvd for home alone 2, what kevin did throughout his adventures in home alone 2 and newspaper, i am wondering where my ice cream is at. >> make it 3. ♪ >> i cannot believe it has been 21 years since the release of home alone 2, lost in new york, and the experience at the plasma hotel, re-create the famous scenes in the film. all i have left to say is -- rob: we get some other cool things with a limousine where we re-created the entire shot with the limo and the guy opening the pizza.

hopefully have that on "fox and friends" later at 7:30 a.m.. i apologize to the plasma for jumping on that bed which is a $40,000 a night sweet and i had my chuck taylors on their. i apologize in advance for that. it was a cool event and i love home alone 2, lost in new york, merry christmas to you guys. >> you were the perfect man to send out on that mission. rob: a reasonable price of $800 a night. >> very reasonable, we all have that. i can't even afford that. rob: i'm glad i didn't wear that suit today. jillian: that was a shame. >> do you have this? rob: he doesn't have that. >> bring it to the show. rob: see you later. jillian: 26 minutes after the hour, papa john paid a price for taking a stand against the nfl.

>> better ingredients, better pizza, papa john's. jillian: a major company shakeup, the founder who criticized those protests. rob: millions of americans heading home for the holidays, todd biro live in the thick of it, very early. >> reporter: if you are going to fly home for the holidays next year do it at 5:30 a.m. the friday before christmas because it is not too bad but nevertheless we are live from the early stages, "fox and friends" first returns. oh, sorry i'm late, sir.

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rob: a fox news alert, sickening images released by isis promising christmas terror, one picture showing a decapitated santa claus, another has the word soon and christmas with a bloodstained knife. the group also threatening families inside their homes, posting a guidebook for lone wolf extremists. this is the third series of christmas related threats made by isis in recent weeks. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says he welcomes

reformed terrorists back into his country. he says they can be used to bring good into society. >> we know someone who has engaged and turned away from that hateful ideology can be extraordinarily powerful voice for preventing radicalization in future generations. rob: a lot of opinions on that, when canadian group thinks art and poetry candy radicalize jihadists. jillian: when susan rice lied about the benghazi attacks pinpointing the act of terror on a youto video. >> a full, offensive video, spontaneous reaction to a video sparked by the fateful video. there was a hateful video. heinous and offensive video. jillian: the former national security advisor blasting donald

trump on his america first strategy. in a new york times op-ed titled when america no longer is a global force for good, says, quote, relinquishing the nation's moral authority in these difficult times will only embolden rivals and weaken ourselves which it will make a mockery of the very idea of america first, after donald trump announced his national security policy this week. raul castro stepping down as cuba's president, the 86-year-old took over in 2006 after fidel stepped down for health reasons, castros are ruled the islands since overthrowing dictator batista in 1959. the current vice president will take over in april, castro will stay on as far from the communist party the next few years. rob: las vegas taking security to the next level, 800 new safety posts installed to protect pedestrians on the strip, they are connected

underground to withstand ahead on collision from a car driving 50 mph, will install 8000 more of these posts next year. jillian: 100 passengers on a united airlines jack, smoke in the cabin forcing the flight to make an emergency landing in texas. our lady passengers were put on another flight, no one was hurt. a mechanical issue is to blame but it is unclear where the smoke was coming from. >> millions of americans on the move. jillian: according to aaa this is the busiest travel period of the holiday season. todd biro joins us from newark airport, new jersey, a good time to head out but i see people behind you. >> reporter: the magic of television. all these people decided to show up, or it could be the fact the nice man upstairs says it is really busy, go down there. we ran as fast as our feet could

carry us. the actual nuts and bolts of this, at 4:00, talk about clichés, occupations, calm before the storm. now the fact doesn't it seem like every year when a reporter does this it is always the busiest travel year in the history of mankind? this year is no exception, look at this, we are expecting to be part of the busiest 48 hour period of the holiday season, more people will travel than ever before in the recorded history of mankind. aaa expect 107 million americans to be traveling including 61/2 million that are flying. for your drivers out there the worst time to hit the road 3:35 to 5:30 p.m. today. to places avoid that time if possible. at airports even though there is no specific terrorism threat, according to law enforcement expect increased security, bomb sniffing dogs and heavily armed officers, be prepared to remove any devices larger than a cell phone or carry ons with security

and some airports will have automated screening equipment to speed up the process but regardless come make sure you leave extra time. back to you. rob: we set it won't get busy until tonight because people get off work today and christmas isn't until monday, stick around for 12 hours when it really gets busy. >> reporter: because you asked i will do it for you. jillian: fake news at its finest. i love your attire, what -- >> i am mrs. clause. jillian: mrs. clause, what is the weather going to be? >> we don't know much about mrs. clause. santa needs help with the forecast, getting presentss of his wife should be a

meteorologist. current temperature cold across the northern plains and the northern rockies, 7 in rapid city, those are actual air temperatures, southeastward, we will get in on that this weekend on the east coast, past 24 hours, today not as bad as tomorrow. if you're traveling today you can see delays in the interior northeast, a lot of moisture in the gulf of mexico. mainly a rain event. the forecast temperatures, new england oblast of snow, rain, freezing rain, snow on the east coast. it will be the worst if you're traveling saturday, keep an eye on the travel plans and your airline, that kind of thing and roadways as well. there is friday. saturday will be a tricky one on the east coast. santa, i will be there for your forecast on christmas eve. naughty or nice, you guys.

i had to ask. >> why would you ask? >> i am mrs. santa claus. i will sugarcoat it. rob: thank you so much. 37 minutes after the hour. sesame street for syrian refugees. ♪ can you tell me how to get ♪ how to get to sesame street ♪ rob: the new mission in the middle east for big bird and the entire sesame street gains. jillian: do you have christmas tree syndrome? the new warning for doctor that might convince you to buy a fake one from now on. right, janice? rob: you guys and fake trees, countdown to christmas, ready to shop, stores gathering, catering, last-minute shoppers with extended hours. how to wrap those presents perfectly. jillian and i are going to face

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also in kids chewables. rob: hopefully you have finished your holiday shopping and ready to wrap because christmas is around the corner. jillian: we are putting our giftwrapping skills to the test. here to show us how to get it done is rap artist jaron newton. thanks for joining us. what do we need to know to make these presentable? >> keep in mind you want to have a good fold when doing these wrapping things. a lot of people anyway the want to do it because we are lazy, the way i explain it to people is think of it like writing,

like if you were to type up to this type up something it is one thing but writing it by hand is more special. jillian: that includes personal. rob: should we see the tips? let's get our hands dirty. wrapping presents in new york. >> a lot of good but we will show you what we have. would you like to start off? rob: when you meet somebody do tell him i'm a rap artist and what is the reaction? >> i call them rap stars. first thing is to see how big your package is and i've all that. to know that you have a little extra cut off, unnecessary.

very easy to eyeball. exactly, exactly, exactly. you want to make sure you have a good fold. a good fold, no raw edges. >> it is not shaking around. >> keeping the paper to the box? >> as long as it doesn't -- i am going -- >> it is like cheating but other times i feel you want to anchor the box and then i make sure i am going halfway. jillian: we start getting our paper together for the wrap off. freezing this? got to measure this thing.

>> going to a competition and you know you are going to be horrible at it. >> this is half of a box. >> you want me to do that? >> here you go. you need the tape. coming up for me. >> i am not ready. okay. what you got to do, look at that. >> hold on. they are telling me -- >> you always cheat. >> this is going to be so awful.

>> if you have any good tips, let us know. >> i want to meet the person who can wrap anything in 45 seconds. >> i don't think. >> first time has gone by. >> almost done. >> merry christmas. can you guess what it is? it is a box. you guys are the pro-plaps. take it to you guys and let you do it for a small fee and make it look good. that is not too bad. we are terrible at this. jillian: a gift for your wife. >> we use to put them in gift bags. they say please put it in a box and wrap it.

but not like. good job. coming up 13 minutes from now doctor mark siegel will tell you how to keep your family safe during the christmas holiday season. lieutenant colonel michael walsh on how susan rice lecturing donald trump about moral authority and telling the truth. kind of funny, isn't it? given what she is famous for. so much going on in the world, join us on our friday telecast, "fox and friends" first back in two minutes.

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jillian: papa john will no longer be the face of his own company. >> better ingredients, better

pizza, papa johns. >> john schneider stepping down as ceo of papa john's pizza, they have been under scrutiny after publicly blaming the league's handling of national anthem protests for his poor sales, he will remain as chairman of the board. interesting move. >> big bucks to make syrian refugee kids more comfortable. ♪ can you tell me how to get ♪ how to get to sesame street ♪ >> the nonprofit behind the children's tv show getting $100 million to create programming for syrian refugee kids, sesame workshop chosen is the program with the most promise of real progress for critical problem of our times, a big problem in europe, the show is expected to

reach 9 million kids throughout the middle east. outrage iphone users slamming apple with a lawsuit after the company admits purposely slowing older phones down. jillian: you told us the story yesterday. >> something we long suspected, a proposed class-action breach of contract suit, two iphone users with a los angeles lawyer suing apple, they never consented to let apple slow down their phones and they are demanding a jury trial here. this is for iphone 8 or older and it interesting thing because a lot of people are upset about this, we are finally hearing from apple that it is true. >> extended holiday hours for some stores. >> all those last-minute

shoppers can take advantage, kohl's open 24 hours through 6:00 pm on christmas eve and toys "r quote us starting, 63 our shopping spree at 6:00 this morning through christmas eve, 9:00 pm so take advantage of that if you have some gifts to buy. rob: i don't know what to say. wait till you see what is standing next to me. >> we talked about the meat sweats and difficult to get a visual of these meat sweats but we have a visual in person here, given out by arby's, for the meat lover in your life, you have to love arby's for this and you can earn this, you can't buy it. giving these away. >> they couldn't sell it. >> how do they feel? they are hot and sweaty and hot

and spicy, you never know what people might want for christmas. $25,000, wearing this thing. >> what do you say? >> thank you for bringing that up. >> you are as always the greatest team player ever known. >> 6 minutes until the top of the other, the military mother who couldn't hold back tears. [screaming] jillian: that homecoming going viral. >> too many christmas tunes could be bad for your health,

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rob: time for a the good,ed bad and the ugly. first the good airmen deployed two years in japan made it home for the holidays, his mom had no idea. [screams] rob: berserk you can tell by

mom's reaction better than anything under the christmas tree. jillian: mom makes a naughty list when finds 60 pounds of pot in the car. police busting them in traffic stop on their way from california to vermont. rob: they told cops the drugs were christmas presents. for who? that's unclear. a lot of christmas gifts though. finally the ugly. this isn't mine. your christmas tree could be making you sick. doctors say real trees can trigger allergic reactions thanks to mold, pollen or dust. known as christmas tree syndrome. jillian: get a fake tree. rob: bring it before you bring it in. hose it down. some say go with a fake tree. who knows? jillian: almost impossible to go anywhere without hearing trims music. rob: scientists say listening to christmas music could be bad for your health it could cause stress, trigger unhappy childhood memories and lose focus.

jillian: is christmas music driving you crazy. imro mind christmas songs as long as it's not in october or before thanksgiving. jillian: no christmas music is comforting. rob: only if you are the grinch. there you have it. we are dancing in the studio. jillian: let's let janice take it away. rob: bye. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. >> despite that sharp warning from nikki haley today, the u.n. overwhelmingly voted to condemn president trump's decision recognizing jerusalem officially as the capital of israel. >> president donald trump plans to sign both the continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government and the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill as soon as it gets to his desk. >> they're taking great accomplishment for accomplishment.