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. i call it a pier rick

victory because it's amount to frankenstein. >> once again giving sailors, marines and coast guard the resources and training you need to accomplish your meeting and come home safe. >> president trump left the white house to wish merry christmas to some of the heroes who keep this country safe. >> the president of the united states of america has awarded the purple heart to first lieutenant victor lee cato ♪ ♪ run, run rudolph ♪ santa has to make it in town ♪ santa make him hurry ♪ tell him he can take the freeway down. steve: yep, we have decked the halls with boughs of "fox & friends." it is the friday before christmas and we are soaks sighted you've joined us. brian: yeah. i think so. this is a great time, again, to start shopping because now that's when all the sales happen. ainsley: this is my new year's resolution. i'm going to finish, i mean

everything, everything last week. because this week has been like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. do you feel that way? steve: i only have to buy for my wife. ainsley: my gosh, what is that about? does your wife do everything else? steve: yes, she does. thank you, mrs. doocy. we start with this. the republican led congress avoiding a government shut down overnight. that is good news. ainsley: and as lawmakers prepare to head home for christmas, the president could sign that tax bill into law today. brian: griff jenkins is live in washington to make it down. chris, if they had just funded the government early, you you could have been home, right? >> that's right. i would have already been home and doing all of my shopping. you know, i need someone to do that for me. by the way, before i give you this report, let's just point out it wasn't that long ago that the president was saying i'm going to deliver the biggest tax cuts in history for christmas. and every critic out there was saying no way. well, guess what? it is likely to happen. first, the good news, the

deadline to shut the government down has been averted. congress passing that stop gap bill to fund us into late january. it's the last order of business before the members ran for the doors passed the house 231 to 188. in the senate 66-32. a few democrats actually supporting it there. now the president is expecting to sign it before heading off to mar-a-lago later this morning. but, congress has a lot to do when they come back as our chad pergram says that the new december is january here because they have got to tackle a permanent budget. they have got to tackle immigration, healthcare, and 81 billion-dollar disaster aid bill that was separated from this stop gap bill. it didn't pass the senate. so they have got to do that urgently when they get back. but, as you mentioned, the crowning legislative chiefment for this congress and administration tax reform is done. the president is probably going to sign it some time around 10:00 a.m. that's the tick tock not

exactly sure. there has been speculation he would wait until january. let me address that it was to avoid these automatic spending cuts. the issue was this pay as you go budgetary rule that would have triggered automatic cuts to medicare and other programs. but that was included, a waiver of that was included in the stop gap. so, we'll see what happens, guys. it's going to be, i guess as the president says, a big present of tax cuts. ainsley: we are expecting him to sign it today because if he said he is going to deliver it before christmas today is the day, right? >> that's right. we will see if he heads out. there is no reason if it's in the stop gap bill no reason to wait until january to offset those cost cuts to 2019. steve: all right, griff, thank you very much. there is a possibility that the president of the united states could have a press conference later today. that will be exciting because he will be so around up after a big wins a he heads down south to florida for the christmas holiday. brian: by the way he is doing that breast conference. ainsley: what time, do you know? steve: we don't know.

brian: watch the network. ainsley: keep it on fox 24/7 and you will see it. steve: now that he has that accomplished. anwr the repeal of the individual mandate. that's a long list of the items president trump has accomplished in 2017. what do you think the most important, the biggest one was? email us friends@foxnews.com. we will share some of your comments later on in the show. brian: yeah, there is really no wrong answer. i want your answers. there has been mistakes but rules of engagement when this comes to the military could that be it? destroying the caliphate? could that be it? moving the embassy to jerusalem could that be it? or formulating one of the best security teams in history, could that be it? or the travel ban finally okayed? ainsley: i'm glad you brought up the jerusalem deal because the president declared jerusalem as israel's capital.

121 countries voted against the united states in the u.n. hoping to shame the united states on the world stage. 128. they thought there were going to be 160 nos. but some of these countries were too scared to vote no so they didn't just show up. brian: or abstain which is similar. 60 plus. steve: here is the cover of the "new york post" this morning stop, got weasels. here is the whole thing we are paying most of the freight of the united nations and the president and ambassadors say look, if you come out against us, we might just cut you off. here she. >> 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. and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us as they so

often do to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. america will put our embassy in jerusalem. that is what the american people want us to do. and it is the right thing to do. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that. brian: the strength she showed and the directive in which she portrayed is exactly like the president. unbelievably strong. she has been great on her feet the way she confers with the president. the way that position has been elevated. i don't remember a higher profile u.s. ambassador to the united nations. however, i don't think it's a good idea to continue to hold the money over everybody's heads. take names, take numbers, look for loyalty. you can't say will i pay the freight? makes it seem as though any time people agree with us it's because we are paying most of the money. steve: which is absolutely true we are paying most of the mope. what are we getting out of them? we are simply saying jerusalem is the capital of israel. that's something the u.s. congress has said for

decades and this president has come out and said look, if you are not with us, why should would he be paying so much of the light bill. take a look. we have got the figures right here. the u.s. commitment to the united nations in 2017 was north of $10 billion. what could you do with that kind of money? well, you know, you could pay for half of the border wall because it looks like that's estimated a little north of 20 billion. ainsley: listen to this breakdown 128 countries that voted against it, right? of those 11, the majority of them, receive u.s. foreign aid last year. your tax dollars. the top recipients iraq, got 4.3 billion from the u.s. afghanistan 4.2 billion. egypt 1.3 billion. jordan, 1.2 billion. pakistan, 988 million. so they are taking billions of your tax dollars but they are not standing with our country. brian: you know what? a lot of it has unbelievable pressure from the muslim population to do it.

might be a wink and nod behind the scenes. one thing is clear if you abstained or stayed home, stayed in your hotel room and went to see a movie. you were invited to a reception after. hosted a good cocktail party. they don't make the choice for you beer or wine. they let you go to the open bar. steve: i think you give you a ticket one ticket one drink. brian: 65 plus were invited there and they appreciate it. steve: including australia. our greatest allies like france and germany and england they all voted against us. ainsley: the president said. steve: if you vote against us, we will save a lot of money. we don't care. brian: i don't know if the president can do this shay off 2 billion and just say i'm going to start the border wall. i'm going to punish the world. steve: i'm pretty sure coming has to reapportion it. ainsley: i didn't realize so many countries were anti-israel. brian: yes. steve: let us know what you think. what do you think about

that? should we cut them off? should we use the money to build the border wall if that's possible? the president of the united states, vice president of the united states and secretary of defense all made separate unannounced trips yesterday largely for security purposes. brian: general mattis go to gitmo vice president of the united states turn up in afghanistan and address the troops. the president of the united states went over to walter reed to not only meet some of those wounded in battle but also pin some purple hearts on. ainsley: he talked to some of those wounded service members and sarah huckabee sanders said it was one of the most powerful moments in her life. steve: man still in hospital bed screen left that the president is pinning that on to is first lieutenant victor prado he was wounded in afghanistan when an ied exploded and flipped over his vehicle. brian: meanwhile, the vice president of the united states whose son is serving in the marines, we don't know if he was there or not. in afghanistan is where the vice president turned up to let everybody know we support your mission.

>> before i left the oval office yesterday, i asked the president if he had a message for our troops here in afghanistan. and he looked at me without hesitation from behind the resolute desk and he said tell them i love them. on behalf of your commander-in-chief, and all of the american people to pay a debt of honor and respect and gratitude to each and every one of you for your service and your sacrifice. give yourselves a round of applause. we couldn't be more proud. of every one. brian: one tangible improvement, they have blown isis out of afghanistan because they were allowed to fight not stay on their base and train. steve: if somebody is interested in thinking about one of those biggest accomplish. s of the administration so far, that might be a good one. keep them coming. ainsley: if you are away from your family, you are serving our country, it has to be nice to see the vice president show up. steve: shows they care.

ainsley: love you. brian: does that bomber jacket have a zip-in lining? jillian: can i find out. i'm assuming it does. do you want to unzip it. brian: maybe i want to purchase it if it has the zipped in lining. jillian: if it has the lining it is two for one. more more your money. let's get to breaking news. let's get to a fox news alert. threat released by isis overnight promising christmas terror. one image we won't show you depicts decapitated santa. families inside their home. this is at least the third series of christmas related threats made by the killer jihaddist in recent weeks. a close call for nearly 100 passengers on united airlines jet. smoke in the cabin forcing the flight from houston to boitzy to make an emergency landing in college station, texas. all 80 pass years were put on another flight. no one was hurt. united says mechanical issue was to blame. still unclear where the smoke was coming from.

legendary sports broadcast dick endberg has died. >> get there. oh my. known for that two word catch frayed oh my enberg's wife thinks her husband suffered a heart attack. he retired as one of the handful of announcers to call the limps, final four, super bowl, and wimbledon. not many can say they did all that. brian: nothing he didn't do didn't make you feel exciting. field hockey he made it seem like the most important thing in the world. steve: a real gentleman. ainsley: legends you watch forever and right before christmas. steve: he was apparently about to make a trip. the bags were by his front door. meanwhile, on this friday, president trump is putting money back into your pocket and the stock market is soaring because of the tax cut. you wouldn't know it if you were watching one of those other channels. why? our next guest has a

feeling. brian: plus, building the northern border wall, turns out justin trudeau wants for christmas a whole bunch of terrorists. the canadian prime minister says he can rehab them. ainsley: send them all to him. brian: use your healthcare system ♪

>> we are rebuilding our nation. we are rebuilding our confidence.

and we're standing in the world as a different country. we are being respected again. today the entire world can see that america is coming back and america is coming back rapidly and strongly. brian: some people agree with that and some don't. record highs in the stock market. appointing enough in the supreme court. president trump has a pretty impressive list of accomplish. enemies 2017. here to break it down charlie kirk turning points u.s.a. represents the next generation of conservatives really 18 to 24. coming off the middle of a summit of conservatives about 2300 people. charlie, first off, why do you think that so many have different views of this presidency? >> well, look, i mean, the president has accomplished some absolutely historic things in the last year. you wouldn't know it if you watched, you know, some of the other mainstream media outlets and networks. if you look at the numbers. 1.5 million jobs created. 3% economic growth, which we were told was nearly impossible. manufacturing optimism at record high levels.

black unemployment at 15-year low. and not to mention the judges that have been appointed all up and down. it was the most amount of circuit judges ever confirmed in the first year of a presidency since the creation of circuit judges. and you almost have an operating different reality. it's as if the more of the other media networks refuse to tell the story of this presidency. if a democrat president achieved a fraction of what president trump has done, this last year, they would call it historic and they would call it breathtaking. brian: let's take a look at the net your. one thing is clear. many people thought hillary clinton was going to win. not over the fact she didn't. in terms of the network coverage, abc, nbc, and cbs, we just took a look what their coverage was sings the fall to today. in september 31 positive stories, 359 negative. in october 41 positive, 435 negative. and in november, 33 positive to 320 negative. the average american, it

wasn't as tapped in as charlie kirk would say wow, things are going pretty bad because of what they see, correct? >> right. and it's funny, it's how that ratio stays exactly the same. 90% negative, 10% positive ratio. i think the american people are going to realize coming into 2018 you know, our lives are actually pretty good. you look back at president obama the last four years i can't name a single achievement he had his last four years and not to mention the president also what he has done to deregulate this economy. billions of dollars of deregulation that has just unleashed in economic explosion. now we are going to get the biggest tax cut that in my lifetime that we have seen. that's going to get us to hopefully 4% and 5% economic growth. it's absolutely incredible. brian: you run an organization from 18 to 25-year-olds roughly. that number has grown of the next generation of would be conservatives where don jr. was probably the headline of the speakers. so, it's actually fueling

your manipulat membership with e negativity. charlie kirk turning points u.s.a. thank you so much, charlie. >> thank you so much. merry christmas. brian: are you stressed out? dr. marc siegel will tell you how to handle it. ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites.

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brian: some quick headlines, north korea's propaganda discovered on multiple basis in south korea. a significant number of leaflets and cds found hours after north korean soldier defected. the military instructing service members to be on the lookout for insider threats. casraúl castro pushing back retire. it continues to struggle after the hurricane irma. brother stepping down for health reasons, is he

finally dead. cuba's vice president is expected to take over in april. here's ainsley talking about stress. ainsley: how to combat stress, brian. so listen up. from politics of a dinner table to serious seasonal stress, the holidays, they are not always easy. we have a doctor in the house who is here to help you and your family stay safe and healthy this christmas. and put on the honorable so you can protect yourself. here to discuss seasonal woes and how to cope is fox news medical a team member dr. marc siegel. >> great to see you, ainsley. ainsley: very exciteful christmas is it's go go go, lack of sleep and stress. how do we tackle family matters. there are conversations at the dinner table, how do you prepare yourself going in to that situation? >> 8 out of 10 people during this season are suffering from stress. we can't ignore it you know what? there are going to be political battles, especially this year. here's what people have to do. they have to stay within their comfort zone. do not argue with brian kilmeade about andrew jackson. stay with something that you actually know and find someone who agrees with you.

don't have a liberal conservative argument across the table. find someone, take them in the kitchen and say do you believe what my brother-in-law just said? ainsley: find someone who is on your team. >> that will be real holiday cheer. ainsley: you say eat and drink be worried. >> beware of being hydrated. beware people don't only bring pies they bring viruses. people get together in close quarters watch out. wash your hands. janice dean was saying wipe down everything with clorox. i completely agree with that beware of this time of year especially there is a lot of hirespiratory violences. ainsley: you see heart related deaths go up this time of year. >> actually it's up 5 to 10% christmas day alone. ainsley: why is that? >> because of stress. people are doing things they shouldn't be doing. if you haven't shoveled snow. let your kid shovel snow on a white cripple christmas day. don't get up on a ladder if

you haven't been on a ladder in a year. that's the people who fall. exercise before and after my meal you take and stay well hydrated. don't say i'm going to the gym today because my day is a day for holiday christmas dinner. go to the gym that morning. ainsley: i hear the ers fill up because they are sad. >> very high incidence of depression and anxiety. buddy up with somebody. be with somebody who needs your help and christmas cheer and needs your hugging. if you go out on the roads, here is another thing. if you are out on the roads. even if you are okay, even when f. you haven't drunk or had any other alcohol. beware of the other guy zigzagging across the highway. ainsley: people go to holiday parties. they think they are okay. don't drink and drive. >> stay out of guy who is weaving. don't argue with brian over andrew jackson. ainsley: we never argue.

thank you so much, dr. siegel. she went on tv and lied about what happened in benghazi. you remember. watch. >> response to a hateful and offensive video. direct result of a heinous and offensive video. >> there was a hateful video. ainsley: isn't that unbelievable? gosh, susan rice blasting the president, blasting his morals. lieutenant michael waltz up next. it's been a wild year on "fox & friends." if you missed a second of it you will not want to miss what's next ♪ come on, it's lovely weather ♪ for a sleigh ride together with you ♪ outside the snow is falling ♪ and friends are calling yahoo

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light. ainsley: that is adorable. brian: no drummer boy? ainsley: how do they get to them it-to-sit still. brian: giving pause for nativity scene. ainsley: staging the iconic bible story with seven dogs including a newborn puppy in the manger playing the part of baby jesus. steve: photo shared by wags to riches which has all gone viral. ainsley: look at the one on the right. i lo them all. look at the black one in the back. look how cute. brian: they all look in character. ainsley: janice what's your favorite? janice: i like the little boy. brian: the animals kept them warm by breathing on them. [buzzer] ainsley: that is not in the bible. steve: i don't remember that story. ainsley: what bible are you reading. brian: the manger was really cold, winter.

and it's christmas season] angelic music] steve: no room at the inn. brian: very cold. animals came in to breathe on the baby in order to keep jesus wrong. ainsley: where did you hear that. brian: erin, do you think i'm right? ainsley: no. that is not in the bible. what else is coming up? brian: all right. that's a theory. i think it's true. millions of miners are on the move. according to a.a.a. this is the busiest travel day of the season. todd piro joins us live from newark airport which some people say is in new jersey. todd, what is it like there. what is everybody's names behind you? >> brian, before we get to that let's skip this hit. i just want to hear bible stories by brian kilmeade. [laughter] todd: it's what the people want. brian: that was my best bible story. todd: let me step out of the shot so you can see the crowds here. holiday travelers getting ready like you said. busiest 48 period of the holiday season.

more will travel this year than ever before in the history of mankind. aaa expects 107 million americans to be traveling including 6.5 million flying this holiday season. for you drivers out there, the absolute worse time to hit the roads. 330 to 5:30 p.m. today. avoid that if possible. at airports, even though there is no specific terrorism threat, according to law enforcement. do expect to see increased security, bomb sniffing dogs, heavily armed officers and the like. also, be preeptiond to remove any devices, larger than a cell phone from carry ons when you go through security. and some airports will have new automated screening equipment to speed up the process. but, no matter what you do, please make sure you leave extra time. it's only about 6:30 now. we already have a pretty hardy crowd behind us. like brian said, do i know all their names. steve: that's good. welcome to new jersey. all right. todd, thank you very much. meanwhile it's hard to believe this year is coming to an end from a new

president to a new studio. we have had a big year all around. let's take a look back. here it is 2017 "fox & friends" style. ♪ >> the gang is back together. hope had you a great new years. brian: mornings are better with friends. steve: thank you very much for spending your day with us. ♪ ainsley: the dooce is on the loose. today is national hug a news man day. brian: can i get a hug? >> there you go. brian: did i not know the name of your album was your 10th album you put x on there. i said new album x. >> be a sent when they had roman numeral day. bless his heart he has never watched a super bowl knowing which one it was. [laughter] ♪

>> we are here in the heart of houston. brian: we're thrilled to be here. steve: welcome to texas. ainsley: we are headed back to new york. steve: we will be down live in washington, d.c. the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states starts tomorrow. [chanting u.s.a.] >> what do you guys think about "fox & friends"? [cheers] ainsley: what's the first thing you're going to do when you walk into the white house? >> well, i'm going to go to work. steve: we are live from capitol hill tonight. the president of the united states is going to address a joint session of congress. ainsley: we got a tour of the oval office. a little bit of the white house. we sat down with the president of the united states. steve: thank you very much for the shout out you gave press conference. >> "fox & friends" in the morning, they are very honorable people. >> have you treated me very fairly and i appreciate it i have been a friend of your show for a long time. remember those call-s in, right? steve: for years. >> maybe without those call-ins somebody else is sitting here.

ainsley: we are glad to be joined by vice president mike pence. >> thank you very much. glad to be here. brian: are the trump kids going to compete with the other kids? ainsley: i asked them that question they said they are sick of winning they are not going to participate. steve: we can reveal now we are getting a new curvey couch. ainsley: we are moving studios. steve: studio f as in "fox & friends." this program, the program you are watching is, according to the "new york times," the most powerful tv show in america. ainsley: do you know why, steve? because we have the best viewers. you guys are so awesome. thank you so much for waking up with us. ♪ ♪ brian: i want to bring in to my immediate left the other kevin mccarthy. there is a problem, kevin. >> i think we need to sit down together, review a movie and review the tax code. steve: let's do it together. >> i don't know what all this green and white stuff is but it can't be good. steve: heather nauert once upon a time did the

headlines. ainsley: we have a new addition to the family jillian mele. jillian: hi. ainsley: jillian, the ball. steve: we have signed up our own rob schmitt. brian: todd piro is here. todd: it's great to be here. steve: todd piro is in hanover pancake house. todd: we have a surprise from mr. doocy i believe you know the gentleman behind me your seventh and eighth grade buddy. >> good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. by the way, brian, i told everyone breakfast son you. i hope you are okay with that. >> your opinion is not in the recipe. only fake news in the rolling pin cafe because there is a ton of opinion here. steve: author of andrew jackson and the miracle of

new orleans author brian kilmeade brian brian did andrew jackson do win? steve: janice dean in partly cloudy skiepunctuation towny. proceeds she made from the book go to hurricane relief. take a look at the check she just presented. $15,000. janice: what a lovely organization, when you have a serving heart, it means everything. steve: take a look at this. anxiously earhardt is donating $50,000 to folds of honor. ainsley: because some people out there have bought the book. it's called through your eyes because what we learn as parents through their eyes. i have learned so much. steve: wait until they are 20. this is my son peter doocy. >> hi. steve: say hi, everybody. >> hi, everybody. steve: here is peter doocy and mary doocy. >> thank you so much dad. we love you so much and hope you have the best day you deserve it. steve: these are my daughters. ainsley: what's he like at home is he funny? >> yeah he always tells

jokes. brian: it says steve on the prompter. wait, i don't have to read it. ainsley: what do you say at the end of the show that doesn't make sense? brian: stay within yourself. i kept florida georgia line together. they were in that corner. first national appearance. do you remember that day. >> yeah, man, it's been a while but we definitely remember "fox & friends." steve: they all started here. taylor swift when she was 13 years old was here ♪ every time you turn fox news on ♪ i hope it takes you back to that place. ainsley: she was going to quit music and do something else. you convinced her to stay involved? [buzzer] ♪ i still got fear inside of me >> the devil went down to georgia and looking for a soul to steal ♪ i've fallen even more in love with you ♪ do wop ♪ or nothing at all >> i think on "fox &

friends" we need to bring back friday dance parties. ainsley: yes. steve: when did we have friday dance parties? brian: i don't think we had one, yeah. steve: that was a really fast three hours of television u janice: what's your favorite morning show? >> "fox & friends." steve: thanks for loving "fox & friends." we will see you tomorrow, everybody. >> the show is over. steve: what a year. i'm exhausted. ainsley: i know. some of those scenes seem like years ago. steve: the inauguration seems like it was two years ago. ainsley: i know. steve: not even a year ago. ainsley: the access we have. we go to the white house. we interview our leaders u our president. we are all like from small town u.s.a. and these are our lives and y'all are watching us and keeping us on air. steve: dream come true. ainsley: we appreciate it. brian: what about the body on taylor swift's hair. janice: can we get her on the phone right now to come back. taylor, if you are watching us right now.

call us like how you got your hair like 1-g9s 80s. brian: probably pro. steve: from what i have read in the trades it looks as if "fox & friends" is on track to have its most watched year in the history of this channel. and it's thanks to you. ainsley: thank you thank you so much. tell your friends u tell everyone who doesn't watch fox during the holiday season to tune in so we definitely hit that goal. jillian: and fun. steve: and have a friday dance party later. jillian: real quick, thank you for welcoming me in. from the first day i got here. janice: it feels like have you been here the whole time. jillian: everybody asks me what it's like i said best job i have ever had. national level. it's crazy. janice: feels like small town home because we are such a family. steve: that's the kiwi are a family and you are a part of it as well. thank you very much. janice: i love you guys. steve: merry christmas, everybody. switching gears, she went on tv and lied about what

really happened in bengals, remember this? >> this is a response to a hateful and offensive video. direct result of a heinous, and offensive video. there was a hateful video. steve: now susan rice is blasting president trump's morals. seriously? lieutenant colonel michael waltz joins us live to talk about that next. brian: plus, think your iphone slows down when a new model comes out? do you know why you think that? because it does. apple admitted it. now we can all turn in our phones and get our money back. steve: no we can't. brian: i made that last part up ♪ silver bells ♪ it's christmas time in the city ♪

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jillian: good friday morning to you, back with headlines. a shocking investigation revealing the department of veteran affairs spent the last 15 years illegally hiring doctors whose medical licenses were revoked. according to "u.s.a. today," the department's national hiring policies contradicted federal law. secretary david shulkin ordering the guidelines to be rewritten as well as to review, identify anyone with a revoked license. president trump has vowed to fix the troubled department. president trump might want to think about a northern border wall if canadian prime minister justin trudeau gets his way. how about this? trudeau says he welcomes reformed terrorists back into his country. why? >> we know that actually someone who has engaged and turned away from that hateful ideology can be an extraordinarily powerful voice for appreciating radicalization in future generation. jillian: one ca canadian group

called project someone receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from federal funding to deradicallize jihaddist through alter and poetry, steve? steve: thank you very much, jillian. susan rice, president obama's former national security advisor has a lot to say about president trump's newly unveiled national security strategy this week. the "new york times" op-ed she writes, quote: relinquishing the nation's moral authority in these difficult times will only embolden rivals and weakible ourselves. it will make a mockery of the very idea of america first. fox news contributor lieutenant colonel michael waltz is a green beret and author of warrior diplomat. he joins us now from our nation's capital. colonel, for her to be talking about moral authority and president trump administration stretching the truth, that's delicious irony, isn't it? >> oh, steve, this is rich. i mean, you know, there is two issues here. one is susan rice, personal credibility to be making any criticism and then, two, the substance of the criticism. so, you know from, abandoning in iraq to the

iran deal to trading five taliban terrorists for a deserter in bowe bergdahl to walking away from afghanistan to the island building china was doing to letting north korea advance towards an icbm susan rice has zero credibility to be credit siding anyone's foreign policy, period. steve: don't you think part of it colonel though is the fact that during the trump administration now they are trying to undo a lot of the obama legacy items that the president just doesn't like? >> well, thank god they are. so, let's look at some of the criticism that she leveled and by the way i particularly find it rich that she is criticizing for human rights, given that she was on clinton's national security town staff when the rwanda genocide happened and then she presided as national security advisor over the worst massacre i think in modern history in syria with what's going on. but at the end of the day, i think the issue here that they have with america first

is that president trump is reasserting american leadership. he is acknowledging that we have to compete with our rivals, whether they are rogue states or pier competitors in russia or china or terrorist groups. there is just this, i think, backlash that she is having against american assertiveness. steve: ultimately this president's goal is america first whereas the last many, including you, said it was all about america is sorry with the apology tour. >> that's right. well, and if i can just say, too. steve: quickly. >> you know who doesn't regret this are our american soldiers down range who have the shackles taken off of them with the overrestrictive roe that susan rice put in place. steve: the rules of engagement. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. thanks so much. steve: straight ahead on this friday, dangers of illegal immigration at the top of the hour. do you think your iphone slows down when a new model comes out?

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brian: class action suit filed against one of the biggest names in tech. ainsley reads. ainsley: apple sued after admitting the slowing down older iphones when new models come out. brian: steve reads. steve: why do they slow them down in the first place here to break it down kurt the cyberguy. kurt, you know i had iphone 6 and i installed the new software. slowed so far down i had to buy the new x. >> it's a 10. have you had that before. ainsley: did he what everybody did. >> they may as rename the

phone that apple admitted yes indeed older i phones are being slowed down. wait a minute, it's not because we want you to buy a new phone. it's because, no one is buying that but it is because they want the battery life on phones to last a little bit longer. so if they slow the processing down so the phone isn't eroding the battery life it will last longer. steve: who is suing them? >> the guy out of los angeles, dan bagonivich is his name has done a class action suit. look, we never agree touted fact that you could slow the phone down. throttle it down and causing damage to plea in that my phone is not as valuable in the market for resale value. he may have a point there the fact is it's a very interesting idea that apple has actually admitted to the fact that they're indeed tweaking the inners of the phone so it does slow down. you have a 7. are you noticing anything slower? ainsley: i refuse to

download the update for a long time. because every time my friends download the update they are like it's changed everything. i hate it. don't do it. i just wait until the bulldogs, they work out the bugs. >> the burn thing about updating the phone it does protect you against problems such as hackers that have found their way in to the operating system. so whether have you an apple, samsung, doesn't matter what you have. you really should do the updates even though they are a pain in the rear end for a lot of people. one thing that's a pain in the rear end i hope is fixed in 2018 have to put in your password and user name all over again everywhere. ainsley: frustrated with parents can't figure out what's wrong with our phones. brian: kurt next time i will ask you a promise i promise. >> you look really pretty today that's good. steve: if you have more questions for kurt your website is. >> cyberguy.com. merry christmas. ainsley: brian needs more face time. steve: go ahead. brian: coming up my favorite song madonna, papa can't

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decision recognizing jerusalem officially as the capital of israel. steve: the republican-led congress avoiding a government shut down overnight. that is good news. ainsley: and as lawmakers prepare to head home for christmas, the president could sign that tax bill into law today. >> taking great credit for this accomplishment. well, i call it a piric victory because it's amount to frankenstein.

jillian: new threat from isis promising christmas terror. >> qui are giving our airmen, marines, and coast guard the air sources and training you need to accomplish your mission and come home safe. >> president trump left the white house to wish merry christmas to some of the his or hers who keep this country safe. >> united states of america has awarded the purple heart to first lieutenant vic at this lee prado ♪ brian: who is that? ainsley: santa is coming for us? coming for. brian: i just need to know that last word. write us, tell us santa is coming for us.

steve: is he coming for us. brian: from the forest. ainsley: like is he going to fight us? coming for you. steve: ho, ho, ho. here he comes. ainsley: if santa is listening don't forget the stocking stuffers. brian: not too many years ago right by central part where ed as member as santa his sleigh went down in central park because people didn't believe. we have to make sure to believe in santa. that from that documentary elf. steve: there is also a story out, apparently, this is going to shock you, according to one of the newspapers in the united kingdom, you are not supposed to open the presents until after lunch on christmas day. after lunch. ainsley: i read that story. steve: who does that what time do you open your presents? as soon as the kids come downstairs or do you wait until after lunch? brian: santa gets you a puppy that could be a problem. ainsley: we know what they do in steve's house. waking up up at like 5:00 in the morning.

steve: we are awake. ainsley: imagine asking your kids to wait until after lunch. steve: not going to harassment. brian: so glad i don't live in england and we fought for our freedom. steve: so are they. brian: glad not to have me? i have been there twice and they embrace me. they still have phone beets. republican led congress avoiding a government shut steve. ainsley: griff is in washington breaking it all down. do you think he dual it today? >> i do. because the white house officials tell us that the president intends to sign it before heading to mar-a-lago, hence delivering on that promise to the nation for biggest tax cuts in history there have been some speculation he would wait until january to avoid triggers automatic spending cuts this pay as you go law. last minute language in the bill defers that congress

was rejoicing as they aver averted that deadline to shut the government down admitted night. >> these are the last votes expected in the house for the day the week, the month and the year. [cheers] >> the president will also sign that continuing resolution and pass the house 231 to 188. in the senate it passed 66 to 32. which had some democrat support. congress has a lot to do when they get back. namely the budget immigration healthcare in that 81 billion-dollar disaster aid bill that was separated from this continuing resolution. they will have to deal that because it failed in the senate. a lot to do in january when they get back. and we're trying to find out for you, guys, whether or not they may be a signing ceremony. the schedule for the president says that he departs at 10:00 a.m. from marine one to mar-a-lago that's just a few hours from now. got to get that going quickly. brian: if he has that press conference before he leaves,

you know we'll get a ton of news that will carry us over the next week. i just have a hunch. because i have watched all the others. >> going to be busy. steve: we will stay tuned and we will have it for you. meanwhile because the tax bill was so gigantic for the push for president trump, his number one biggest legislative accomplishment we asked you what you thought the biggest thing he got done this year was. ainsley: got email from tim says trump's most important accomplishment has been turning washington and business as usual on its head. he has rocked the establishment. brian: all right. this is from daniel. he says i believe president trump's single greatest accomplishment this year by the way it's always good to use the question in a sentence this year is calling out the mainstream media on the liberal bias. steve: trisha emailed us greatest accomplishment he returned america to we the people. meanwhile, yesterday, at a number of military facilities, people were like, hey, who is that over there? well, as you look at the screen right there, screen left is the president of the

united states at walter reed. in the middle, i believe you've got mad dog mattis. he went to gitmo and he also went to -- he is going to go to camp lejeune later today. he went to the naval station nay port and then far screen right have you vice president mike pence and he was in afghanistan. ainsley: he had to keep that trip a secret for safety reasons. the president was there pinning purple heart on that patient right there thank youing that patient victor prado for valiant efforts in afghanistan. bless his heart. is he recovering this christmas at walter reed. the president is by his side saying we love you and thank you for your service. steve: i'm sure he wanted to sit up or stand up to the president of the united states. he simply could not. ainsley: sarah sarah huckabee sanders said it was one of the most powerful moments of her life. brian: one of the big issues i think we are going to tackle in january there is always a bipartisan senate commission who are meeting to put together some type of massive immigration reform which will include massive

building up at the border wall to control illegal immigration. judging by these numbers, this could save us a ton of money. steve: the department of justice and department of homeland security have released a study. as it tuns out, there are a lot of people in the federal prisons in this country who if there was a wall might not be here and would not be in jail. ainsley: so we have one in five federal prisoners, they were not born in the united states. and of those 94% of foreigners in doj custody entered our country illegally. steve: that's right. the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions said yesterday this prufs we need immigration reform. brian, to your point, he also said americans are being victimized by illegal aliens how commit crimes. the simple fact is that any offense committed by a criminal alien is u89 matily preventable. one victim is too many. ainsley: if they are not here legally why don't we send them back to their country. why are we housing them? steve: a variety of reasons.

ainsley: second question is how much on average is that costing us? steve: oh, a lot. ainsley: how much does each federal prisoner cost over the course of their time there. brian: jumpsuit costs and when they get dirty got to wash them. runs through the roof. got to get a lot of tide u meanwhile, a guy that never did any prison time that we know of and came here legally is mark steyn. he was on tucker. >> these statistics which, for political correctness reasons, we were prevented from knowing in recent years, show that this country is, in effect, importing a criminal class. and it does not check any aspect of the criminal class it imports. so we have a bifurcated system here in which law abiding people have to dot every i and cross every t and every single day we import drug gangs, money

launderers, murderers, drunk drivers because the professional lobby group your previous guest represented somehow thinks this is in the interest of the united states. it's not at all. ryan brian tucker gets such a kick out of mark steyn every time he has him on he laughs the whole time. let's talk about pizza. pappa johns pizza. we know peyton manning loves it all over the nfl. made a major investment years ago. for the longest time it paid off. when envelopers took a kneel crowds thinsd out rating went down. what about the sponsors. one the founders of pappa job, certainly the fails of papa john. ainsley: he is the john. brian: in november he spoke out. steve: talked about why the earnings were down you need to look at exactly how the ratings are going backwards regarding the nfl. last year ratings for the nfl went backwards because of the elections. this year the ratings are going backwards because of the controversy. the nfl has hurt ufers by not resofling the current debacle to the players and the owner's satisfaction.

nfl leadership has hurt pappa johns shareholders. so they said they were going to pull their ads from the games. now, as it turns out. he is going to step down. another guy is going to take over. brian: why? it makes no sense u. ainsley: do you remember when i first got to the national level and i would read the blog whals people would say about me. everyone has gone through this experience, jillian is shaking her head yes, you read it and you are like oh my gosh people hate me and i can't stand this. and them you are in the business for a while and you don't care with anyone thinks. you don't read it anymore because you are happy with yourself. steve: this was a business decision. ainsley: i think he is reading all the negative stuff. what about the positive stuff. a lot of people agree with him. a lot of people would spend money on pappa johns and aware of it before he stepped down. brian: something business wise wasn't adding up. maybe they started taking a hit or comments on the nfl and taking a position hurting themselves walls somehow skewed as racist. because now they have a new ceo stepping in.

the company forced to issue a policy after a neo nazi website dubbed pappa johns the pizza the at right. ainsley: nay sayers he thinks he has to apologize all he was saying our business is down. why is our business down. let's have a meeting? why are the revenues not the way they were. well maybe it's because most people order pizzas on sunday night. watching football. steve: some people agree with him. you know, he spoke truth to a lot of people. ultimately i think this is going to hurt pappa johns because a lot of people are going to go for a p.r. reason or whatever, that guy papa john had to step down. i'm not going to buy my pizza from them. ainsley: a lot of people might say i like what he said. i wish he hadn't stepped down and didn't take office to it i'm still going to buy my pizza from papa johns because i agree with elm. this it's the best pizza. it's so good. jillian: i say dominoes is where it at.

ainsley: i like dominoes because it's not greasy. jillian: i like the thin crust. ainsley: the crust is the best on papa johns. jillian: should we talk about headlines. headlines are more important including this fox news alert. new christmas threats released overnight promising christmas terror. one image we won't show you depicts a decapitated santa. santa inside their homes. third christmas threats made by jihaddists. smoke in the cabin forcing the flight from houston to boise to make an emergency landing in college station, texas. all 80 passengers were put on another flight and no one was hurt. united says mechanical issue is to blame. it's still unclear where the smoke was coming from. this story is amazing. an officer risks his life to save a dog trapped in a frozen pond. new jersey police officer robert voorhies strapping

himself to a rope crawling toward the frigid water and grabbing hold of netzel and pulling her to safety. >> oh, that's a girl. >> oh my goodness. you poor thing. jillian: she was reunited with her owner and is expected to be okay. that warms my heart. i saw that video yesterday and i couldn't get enough. amazing. ainsley: dog lovers because the men are out there on the ice, too. that could crash. jillian: he could go through. ainsley: so sweet. steve: turned out okay. good news. thanks, jillian. ainsley: brian? brian: stern warning to the world that the united nations condemns president trump's decision on jerusalem. >> the united states will remember this day and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more. brian: pete hegseth weighs in. we gave him that video. he wants to talk about it. ainsley: you know how home alone is a christmas classic. now you can be just like kevin. steve: really? >> mr. mcallister.

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♪ ♪ >> the united states will remember this day and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more. steve: u.s. u.n. ambassador nikki haley yesterday issuing a strong warning shortly before 128 member states, different countries, voted to condemn president trump's decision to finally officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. ainsley: here to react is "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth i have a feeling i know how you feel about this. pete: god bless nikki haley and the voice she brings to the u.n. which is president trump's voice as well to say all you are doing here is try to condemn the u.s. 128 countries, do you know what two of them were iraq and afghanistan. the very countries that we poured our blood and treasure into then vote against us, it's a demonstration of what the u.n. has become anti-american, anti-israeli, anti-semitic cesspool. it really is it used to have a function that served our

interest. now it only serves for other countries to condemn us and the west. i don't see -- i know we need to have a seat at the table. it rarely serves us and look to draw back. brian: 65 nations either abstained or didn't show up which is almost saying -- they were all invited cocktail party at ambassador's place. do you think the 65 should be saluted. israel took that almost as a victory. 128 was low. pete: expecting even more overwhelming vote. it's sort of a win. when you are too cowardly to actually cast a vote and stand up and be counted what kind of a friend are you really. steve: when it comes to our friends, have you got england. have you got germany. have you got france. they all voted against them. i get your point about, you know, we are paying most of the freight. pete: yes, 22% of the budget. steve: we should have a place at the table. why do we have to pay so much for the table? pete: we shouldn't have and to shouldn't also be the guarantor of the u.n. which they are. they pass resolutions all day long that have no enforcement mechanism and we have to pretend like they

have. the full credit of the u.n. is u.s. military. we fund that and the u.n. this administration has a great opportunity to rethink our entire relationship with the so-called international community that wants any lever against us as opposed to being a good faith member. ainsley: they don't want to vote a peace measure saying this isn't going to bring world peace. brian: that doesn't mean anything. ainsley: should we care? brian: they should care. it's t. doesn't mean anything. symbolic trap to president trump. i love the way they said it we will remember where you voted. brian: do you think we have to take some money back or do something besides that speech. >> i think we should pull out of the u.n. and form our own league of democracies of like minded countries and work together. steve: to your point about politics it looks like president trump is standing up against those bullies. brian: do something substantial. not just say it. ainsley: let them vote against us. we will save a lot. we don't care. pete: amen, he speaks for a lot of americans.

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steve: after president trump's tax bill was successfully passed through congress. companies began making big announcements about investment in their workers. ainsley: including boeing $300 billion in issue in tis. joining us is phil must err. thank you for what you are doing. you are investing back into your employees, what exactly are you doing specifically. >> thanks so much, guys. great to be with you. look at boeing our mission is to connect, protect and inspire the world through aerospace innovation. our first and most important

top bine message from the boeing company is to say thank you to president trump, speaker ryan, leader mcconnell and members of congress who passed this historic once in a generation tax reform bill that's going to allow us to make a lot more investments that will make us more competitive. that will allow to us compete more globally effectively. invest in research and development and invest most importantly into our people. the announcement today that our ceo dennis mullenberg made as the bill passed into law sends an important message to the american manufacturing and global community about the significance of this bill. so there are three pieces to it the first piece is that we are investing and making a commitment of $100 million to match our charitable giving, which goes to training of veterans, which goes to gift matching for our employees and which is focused on delivering dollars directly back to the things that matter most to us.

steve: great. >> the second is in our education and training of our workforce helping prepare our workforce for the technological advances of the future. $100 million there. and then finally we are investing in the infrastructure workplace at boeing. building the work place of our future so we can be more competitive with respect to attracting the workplace, building a workplace of the future that really will help us win and compete in the war on talent going forward. that's the core of the announcement, guys. steve: that's a great announcement. given the fact that the tax rate for big corporations such as yourself is going to go from 35 to 21, you will have some money to do that. phil, i'm a little confused because i heard a number of people from the political left who said this is just a big handout to rich people and big corporations. ainsley: armageddon. >> this is the single most important thing that could be done in our country. steve: it's a handout to big companies like boeing. >> no, let's just go back to. so investments we are making and announcing today.

think about the infrastructure investment we are going to make in our own workplace. that means we are buying more things. we are investing in more jobs. our suppliers will be beneficiaries of the trickle down growth and direct investment that we will be making as a result of the opportunity to invest more back into the american economy. remember, 90% of boeing's 140,000 plus workers are based in the united states. this will make us more globally competitive. this is like swimming. our tax code has been like swimming with lead boots. the boots are off. we will swim faster. faster swimming, more competition. more opportunity. we are going to be able to grow and win more effectively in the global economy and we compete against state subsidized competitors. brian: like air bus. >> like air bus and bombardea. we are competing in an environment extremely competitive. this bill will help us compete more effectively nut world and grow. ainsley: you are publishing

an ad in newspapers that read thank you mr. president and congress. chuck schumer was saying these companies, y'all these big corporations going to hoard a bunch of cash. yesterday we reported on at&t giving $1,000 bonus to 200,000 of their workers, comcast doing the same thing, wells fargo, goldman sachs and your company as well putting money back into veterans organizations and helping charities, which is just wonderful. what's your message to the president if he is watching today? >> my message to the president is thank you for this generation-changing opportunity. this is, you know, if you look at the growth in the american economy after the kennedy tax cuts and reagan tax cuts and now after the trump tax cut what i would say to those who might be skeptical is watch us. dennis mullenberg our ceo made decision to immediately inbeast in our people and economy. there is more to come. the opportunities that we have as a result of this reform to invest and grow and help build the american economy are manifest. we are really excited to be here to help tell that

story. ainsley: every time i fly into the charleston airport i see your big plant on the right. >> have you got to come for a tour. ainsley: i would love that. >> if you come open invite. steve: phil, before did you go, because some many of your folks are getting bonuses, what have they said to you? >> feedback has been really positive. we have gotten a lot of employee feedback about the excitement commitment we are making to our veterans. steve: it's money in their pocket before christmas. they have got to love that. >> yeah. so with -- we're focused on targeted investments in to training, philanthropy and infrastructure. and so i think you are going to see more announcements out of the boeing company over the course of the next year and excited to share them with you. ainsley: those organizations help the people down on their luck and military veterans coming back who need your help. >> building for veterans, yep. steve: phil muste musser. only 7:29 in the morning.

busiest travel day of the year. we're live ought newark airport across the river from where we are sitting as millions of americans feel the rush to hurry home. ainsley: home alone 2 lost in new york has been a christmas classic for the past 25 years. now you can experience new york just like kevin did. >> mr. mcallister. mr. mccarthy, your very own cheese pizza. steve: oh, come on. the highlights from when we sent our very own kevin, kevin mccarthy loose in new york. he's home alone coming up ♪

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from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. brian: millions of americans are on the move. in fact i have all their names. steve: let's hear them. brian: billie. ainsley: billie, bob, ann, sue. this is the busiest day of

the holiday season. steve: todd piro is in new jersey across the river from us. todd, i see a lot of people who want to be in airplanes right now behind you. todd: they want to be in airplanes. they will be in airplanes in about an hour or two. to brian's point, we asked billie for an interview. he declined. that said take a look at this. a lot of people. busiest period of the holiday season. more will travel this year than ever before. again, in the documented history of mankind. aa expects 107 million americans to be traveling. that includes 6.5 million that are flying this holiday season. first, let's start with the drivers. the worst time to hit the roads, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. today. so, if you can get out before or after that, please do so. at airports though, even though there is no specific threat right now, according to terrorism officials, expect to see increased security. that means things like bomb sniffing dogs and heavily

armed officers. we have already seen about 10 so far this morning here at newark. armed officers that is be prepared to remove any devices that you have in your carry on that is larger than a cell phone and, please, make sure, give yourself extra time because it is very crowded. i hate to use a cliche, guys, but you are required as a reporter to say pack your park rangers. it's required. it's in the journalism handbook. when you are on a travel story you have to pack your patience. steve: good to know. ainsley: you are never scot-free until that plane takes off. put my finger clear pass and go right through and get a cops year walk me to the gate. that's pretty cool they know who you are. ainsley: they don't want you to the gate. brian: walk tout person. steve: only like five american citizens. brian: i go to all five.

ainsley: most of our viewers probably don't fly home for the holidays. they don't know what you are talking about. steve: know that movie home alone two lost in new york it's been a christmas classic for 25 years as mccauley hull kin winds up in the plaza hotel. brian: he is 40 years old now. offering offering offering kevin mcallister experiences for $195 and up. brian: we asked our very own search mccarthy about the lost in new york package is all about. ainsley: is it true if you want to stay in his room it's $40,000 a night? >> yeah. the room i went in to was $40,000 a night. good morning to you, steve, brian, and ainsley. merry christmas to you guys. ainsley: you too. >> we did a cool event there we went there and did all the cool things that kevin mcallister did. president trump if you are watching right now. we have a special shoutout for you as well. watch this. >> my family's in florida. i'm in new york.

>> kevin! >> mom, it's okay. it's okay. i'm here at the plaza hotel enforcement i'm not kevin mcallister i'm kevin mccarthy. give you amazing tour of home alone two lost in new york was t. was filmed here at the plaza hotel. i'm wearing a ridiculous suit. people are staring at me so i'm going to get out of here. ♪ >> how may i help you? >> yes, reservation for mccarthy. >> we don't have a mccarthy. we do have a mcallister. >> that works as well. i will take that. >> welcome to the plaza. >> thanks for having me. ♪ ♪ >> this is insane. is a $40,000 a night suite at the plaza hotel. this is where they filmed home alone 2, lost in new york. >> this is one of our finest suites, sir. >> wow, huge bed just for

me. ♪ >> here's the cool thing. they are offering a home alone 2 lost in new york experience for 895 a night and up. here is some of the cool things you get with this. you get this backpack with all the drawings on it. paint can. dvd for home alone 2. a map of what kevin did throughout his ad ventures in home alone 2 and also a newspaper here. but, listen, i'm kind of wondering where my ice cream is at. >> two scoops, sir? >> two. make it three. i'm not driving. >> now this is a vacation. mr. mcallister. >> mr. mccarthy, your very own cheese pizza. >> all right. this is amazing. i'm in the limo now. this is the limo that comes with the package.

takes you around to locations where home alone 2 takes place. >> excuse me, i was looking for somebody i saw here 25 years ago, last name is trump? >> excuse me, where's the lobby? >> down the hall and to the left. >> thanks. >> you haven't been around here in a very long time, sir. >> could you let him know kevin is looking for him. >> i cannot believe it's been 25 years since the release of home alone 2 lost in new york. they have a huge experience down here at the basement of the plaza hotel. can you actually go over here to the photo booth and recreate. so famous scenes in the film. i think all i have left to say now is uh! [screams] [. steve: that is awesome. they allowed you to jump on the bed like you did? ainsley: no. >> no, steve, allow is a strange word to use. i don't know if they allowed me. i definitely did it in secret. it was funny because i was

like hiding. steve: it wasn't on the tour. >> no, no. i feel bad because my shoes were on and i will say because my mom raised me right, when i got off the bed, i did fix the sheets and i fixed the bed and made it nice again. so i apologize to the plaza. steve: that's funny. of course, donald trump used to own it and that's why he saw mccauley in the lobby. >> if you want to send me $40,000 to stay there for a night that would be nice. try it out. ainsley: remember at home alone 1 plaza staircase. steve: that was 2. one he was still in chicago. ages ages you are right. steve: i. just watched it last weekend. ainsley: that's the room with the staircase. >> home alone 2 i prefer home alone 1. gray up on both of those films. the music i watched it the other day still holds up. really great message at the end of both of those movies as well. brian: search, anything else to add? >> i want to say merry

christmas to you guys. i love you guys. thank you for having me on this year. i hope you have a wonderful holiday. enjoy your time with your family this holiday. brian: absolutely great job. ainsley: great job. merry christmas. >> thank you guys, i love you guys. ainsley: we love you too. steve: to get the kevin mccarthy experience go to plaza hotel.com. jab january are you guys nervous about being on tv. >> . janice: not at all? i have help with my weather forecast i have my elves back here. we will see what is happening in the northeast. what's happening in the northeast. what's the weather here in the northeast. >> cold. >> what's happening in the midwest? >> it's cold. janice: it's cold. what's going to happen in the south. >> it's going to get cold. janice: what is happening in the northwest? >> it's snowy. janice: all right. what do you say, everybody? should we look at the weather maps? real quick. i know we have a lot of folks traveling today. here is my advice. look at your local forecast, all right? because across the northeast

especially and have you that cold front going to move through across the south. that's where we will see the rain. it's going to be too warm for snow but behind this front that's when we potentially could get the snow here in the northwest. so there are your travel delays on saturday. just be aware. certainly check your airlines and there is current snow cover. will we have a white christmas? there is your white christmas forecast. what do you guys want to say? >> merry christmas, "fox & friends." ainsley: thank you. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: merry christmas. brian: 18 minutes before the top of the hour, almost a year since president trump has been in the white house. are you better off now than a year ago? we'll debate your life next. ainsley: plus, are you terrible at wrapping presents? we have the tips you need to know. plus, we are going to compete in a wrap off. i know who is going to lose. brian: who? ainsley: you. brian: i know ♪ when it comes to heartburn

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call police. brian? brian: thanks, jillian. remember the icon near president reagan 1980. >> next tuesday all of will you go to the polls, stand there in the polling place and make a decision i think when you make that decision it might be good are you better off than you were four years ago? brian: as we approach president trump's first year in office we will compare are you better off with president trump or better off at this time a year ago. here to debate is chris plante and former district of strategic communications adrienne elrod. welcome. >> thank you. brian: unemployment is down. g.d.p. is up. the stock market has hit 70 separate records in the past year. is it hard to argue that we're not better off than we were a year ago. >> no. absolutely not. first of all, the uncertainty that donald trump and republicans have created especially with this tax bill that they just

passside enormous. that's where americans are wondering what next year will look like. the packs cuts in the bill are not permanent where the corporate tax cuts are. so there is a lot of uncertainty there. of course, with the merck mandate, taken away there recall is question. brian: you bypassed those numbers that don't line. to adrienne's point only a third of americans polled are somewhat saved the way things are going chris plante. so the numbers look positive. but the sentiment goes with adrienne. >> well, listen, this year there are no christmas ornaments on white house christmas tree with chairman maos face or head of lettuce cross dresser face on the christmas tree. setting that aside. we have government and

president now that puts the rights of the citizen ahead of the prime is i of this state. we have a president in the white house, a government now that respects the military as an instrument of national defense and not as a petri dish for social experimentation. a government that respects the police and not the criminal. a government that respects our borders and not the people who violate our borders and our laws. we have as you mentioned brian, the economy taking off like a rocket ship. we just had tax cuts, the vast majority of us are going to pay less in taxes next year. we are resetting the united nations and our relationship with the united nations. we're resetting our place in the world. we are not sucking up to iran or hezbollah. we're not turning a blind eye to cocaine trafficking coming into the united states. we have restored the status quo ante to a very large extent. brian: i guess, adrienne, your push back would be on this: if the approval rating of the president is still in the 30's or maybe one poll had it at 41%, the

confidence in the economy is growing to almost something we haven't seen in about 20 years. how do you reconcile the two? >> that's the interesting dichotomy. have you an economy that is growing. that is by the way not all president trump. i will just put that out there. you are seeing an economy that's growing. you are also seeing the president's approval rating so low. it's very interesting to see, you know, people are obviously not giving him credit for that and they shouldn't. i want to go back. brian: why shouldn't they? >> because the economy is growing because of president obama's policies. brian: that makes sense. unfortunately, you make great points but i have to run right now. we are going to see. i bet you things are going to be different and calmer in 2018. i think we can agree on that. >> let's all hope for that. >> fewer riots. less cars burning. >> on both sides, yep. brian: should we cut off funding to the united nations. the tips you need to wrap your honor gifts perfectly. we are competing in a wrap off. believe me, there are no

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steve: well, we hope you finished your shopping and ready to start wrapping because christmas is a couple of days away. brian: this morning we are putting our gift wrapping to the test. we have gone to school for this at night for a year. ainsley: here to show us how it's done really done is the owner of it's a wrap nyc angel lee in the green sweater and then you have her wrap artist jerron newton. great to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: what your tips for us we are doing our wrapping this weekend. >> definitely eyeball your gift. make sure you get the right

amount of paper. need to make sure that you are anchoring your gift and that you are also putting it on tightly when you wrapping. steve: what does anchoring be. position gift and anchor it with the tape. brian: should you talk to people when you are doing this. >> only if you are a trained professional for a year. >> also weapons if you have someone by your side to back you up. steve: how do you make it special? you add extra stuff to it, right? >> yes. what i like to do is add ribbon to it. and i have a special technique that i like to do. >> i like to kind of go arm's length depend on the length of the pack pang. i like to start. steve: that's my present to brian. >> we are going to use it as something. ainsley: start us with our wrap off. >> you need something to

wrap. >> ainsley: will you give us each something? 30 seconds on the clock. steve: i'm going to watch these two. here you go, ainsley. ainsley: thank you. ainsley: brian, are you ready? where is your package? get your package, quick, quick, quick, here did you go. steve: action.steve: steve. ainsley: steve, are you not participating? steve: no, i'm supervising. >> she is good. ainsley: i have done this a time or two. my mom was the best wrapper, only use one piece of pain tape, right? >> she is very good if folks have nor questions web site or a phone call? ainsley: steal my tape. five seconds, ryan it's a wrap ncc.com. steve: okay, angel, who is the winner? >> probably this one. steve: i think that's that's

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♪ >> the united states will remember this day in which it was single the out for attack in the general assembly for the very act for exercising your right as a sovereign nation. >> the u.n. overwhelming voted to condemn president trump's decision recognizing jerusalem officially as the capital of israel. steve: republican led congress avoiding a government shutdown overnight that is good news. ainsley: the president could sign the tax bill into law today. >> 4hour period of holiday season, more travel this year than ever before. ainsley: isis overnight

promising christmas terror. >> we're giving our soldiers, airmen, sailors, marine and coast guard the training you need to accomplish your mission and come home safe. >> president trump left the white house to wish to merry christmas to some of of the heros to keep the united states safe. >> the purple heart is awarded to victor parda. ♪ s teach steve we are going to make the final hour of "fox & friends" quick because brian and i have to go shopping. brian: absolutely. now we had to wrap we can get gifts. >> you still have to work. steve: keep it up, if you see there is a man in sarasota,

florida, singing along. i think he goes by geraldo rivera. ainsley: happy holidays, geraldo. >> merry christmas. brian: here is the problem where you're saluting the song. like you're singing christmas in hawaii. have you done your shopping or do you have a professional shopper? >> i buy one present for erica, my wife and she takes all of the rest. i think it is fair to call erica a professional shopper. ainsley: what did you buy her? >> i like to say hermes bag. ainsley: fancy, fancy. >> went in with my savings account book. ainsley: i hear there are waiting lists for some of those? >> it is like buying bitcoin or gold bars. you have to go in the back, buddy you want to see this?

steve: you've already been celebrating. i saw on social media you were celebrating christmas and hanukkah with your mom and family down in florida. >> my mom, 98 years young. it is terrific. we are all together. soul is there our 12-year-old. my buddy tack. my sister sharon who takes care of my mom. my mom will live to 104. she looks great. she is very aware of everything. she watches the show. very proud. proud that i'm associated with the number one most important program on tv. >> celebrate hanukkah and christmas? >> i do. my dad was the late cruz rivera. he is catholic and my mom, interesting balancing act. i did ancestry.com, turns out i'm 10% native-american from the

puerto rican side. we have everything going on. we are very ecumenical you might say. brian: wouldwould you help me with something? >> what would you like me to do? brian: let's flash back years ago. jesus is born. he is in the manger. the animals gather around. true or false do the animals breathe on jesus because the heat is broken and they want to keep him warm. steve: is the furnace broken? brian: yes. >> is this theological question. brian: my mom told me that is true. >> like animals breathe and they say that is true. ainsley: geraldo no. your story is changing. making a little more sense. in first hour of the show, geraldo, he said in the bible it says that the animals were taught to hover over baby jesus to breathe bad breath on top of him. brian: not bad breath. ainsley: you said bad breath. i don't remember reading that in the bible. brian: you think i'm right,

geraldo? >> i want illustrated version. i have to check. i'm going through my movie inventory in my mind. i'm expert on other issues. not that one. brian: for example, the president's tax plan. >> like the tax plan. that is a good one. i'm a republican. i believe in the inbegin of free enterprise. i also think that if you hadn't seen his skill as a businessman, you saw president trump very skillfully negotiate to get this tax bill passed, this monumental tax bill passed in record time. he did a wonderful job. i have certain misgivings of certain provisions. good news you see companies like boeing, at&t, comcast, wells fargo all giving raises an bonuses to the workers that is it whole idea of trickle-down effect. i hope the corporate tax rate really spurs employers to hire more and to pay more. brian: that is great. >> that is a good thing.

on the downside i'm disappointed he kept the hedge fund billionaire tax break where they get to claim their income as capital gains. i was very disappointed in that. i don't know why he kept that break. he campaigned against it. steve: republican leadership in the congress. >> i think that's right, steve. i also am not crazy about the fact that he did away with the mandate for obamacare. but i think obamacare will survive in a reduced state. you can't have everything. it is disappointing to me. i think there will be 10 million more people without insurance but overall, i am excited. the stock market certainly is reflecting that ebullience and optimism. i hope it keeps going and everybody's 401(k) does better. yes? >> close to a 601-k, now. we're coming up on end of his first year. as you look back over the sweep of the first year of the tremendous presidency, what is the highlight? >> well i think the low light,

if i could start with that, this russia-gate. i really do believe at certain point people of goodwill and good conscience have to respond to the reality that after the smartest lawyers in washington, tons of them, unlimited funding, have been pouring over this whole alleged scandal, you know, so intensely, so profoundly, with such negative intent, and they have found zero evidence to implicate president donald trump as a person who colluded in a criminal way with russia. i just think at some point, you know, people of good conscience have to say you know something, even though i'm a special prosecutor, even though i have the mandate to do all of this, at some point you say there is no there there. let's move on. you know, it is okay for prosecutor not to find something sometimes. ainsley: right. >> if the person indeed is innocent of charge alleged. i think it really has been something that weighs down on

the country. in terms of the upside, i can't imagine you would have anything other than the tax bill or certainly as the prime runner of what the president has accomplished. i think that he had a dry spell. his attempt to replace and repeal obamacare lead balloon but i think this is good news. brian: i will chime in. neil gorsuch. 73 federal judges. economy growing at 3.3%. steve: isis. brian: destructionion of the caliphate. bringing back -- iraq ink rules of engagement changed. the spirit and confidence in the economy is through the roof. despite the weight and controversy and stunning election win, i think there is a lot of things have gone better than you could have imagined after year one. ainsley: a lot of people are pro-israel, including you, geraldo. you're celebrating hanukkah.

you're part jewish. president declared jerusalem capital of israel. 128 nations voted against the united states yesterday. nikki haley said we're taking names. the president said vote against us, we will save a lot of money, we don't care. we'll give so much to countries that didn't stand next to us. what are your thoughts? >> a lot. brian's recitation of the good news is spot-on. i am delighted the fact that isis basically on the run. i want them absolutely eliminated. ainsley, i think moving the capital to jerusalem was tremendous gamble. i wasn't sure what the upside was. the united nations always favors the palestinians over israel. it doesn't make the rest of the world wrong and the united states right to support israel in the way we are but, i fear, my fear is that it has removed an incentive for peace, not that the incentive has worked up until now. here's -- i have a suggestion.

rather than any negativity or pulling apart what the president did or even, by the way, i think ambassador nikki haley will be president of the united states at some point. steve: you're not only one that things that. >> very impressive person and i'm cheering for here is what i would do. i think you can still do it and give jared kushner or who have is doing, or vice president the doing next step of negotiations some ammo. we have taken a bold step. we will be moving the american embassy from tel aviv a modern city on the coast, to jerusalem, historic center of three of the world's great religion. why not set up a u.s. consulate in east jerusalem jerusalem, so the palestinians constantly complaining about the difficulty it is to travel abroad and other things, just throw them that concession? we is have embassy now. the american embassy will be in jerusalem, the old city, west

jerusalem. that will be israel's capital. but you have the wailing wall and the mount, dome of the rock and all. now in the east side of town, palestinian side of town, open a little consulate so they can get visas, they can have freedom. they can feel something positive is happening. steve: interesting idea. >> cost no money. you put some deputy ambassador in the east jerusalem consulate and you say, see, palestinians, we really care about you. we're not just empty talking about a palestinian state and jewish state living side by side in peace. we're going to show you by opening a consulate in east jerusalem, this eventually will be your capital and we respect you as people. you're not so nationless now. the united states is more, even, that would make the united nations go, oh, my god, israel is really doing something positive. brian: palestinians have to agree to talk to us to bring that to the table. just amazing too, for 30 years we said we would do this.

three presidents said we should do this. one president does it the world goes crazy for doing something congress already said we should have done decades ago. geraldo, see you on the radio. >> i've been covering 45 years, brian, the language has been the same. united states has stood alone unwavering support of israel. god bless them. i love you. ainsley: god bless you too, geraldo. brian: see you in an hour on the radio. steve: coming up, turns out papa can't preach. >> better ingredients, better pizza, papa john's. steve: the founder of papa john's stepping down after he criticized the nfl on their anthem stance. do you think that is coincidence? ainsley: one of the busiest travel days of the year. we're live in newark airport as millions of americans feel that travel rush. brian: what is your record? steve: dow on track to do something it hasn't done since

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now another is in sight, exclamation point? steve: 25,000, if it continues the upward trend, it will market ninth straight monthly rise, the longest since the streak that ended in 1959. ainsley: can the market do it? here so weigh in stuart varney, host of "varney & company" on fox business. we love your prediction. >> i don't predict the stock market. ainsley: i don't write the script. >> i say probably by end of the year it will hit 25,000. is that okay with you? brian: do we have sense of tax plan? >> market, investors like the tax plan because it gives enormous benefits to business. they will supposedly go out and reinvest their savings and boost the economy, grow the economy, hire more people. very good for the stock market. ainsley: here is prediction stuart, people said if donald trump was president of the united states in next term the stock market would go straight into the dumper. >> it didn't, now, did it?

i remember professor paul krugman at "the new york times," the market will never recover. it's a terrible thing. it will never recover. in fact we have gone up 30%, a cross the board. up never seen a rally like this. steve: 25,000. >> this is rally we've not seen before, in my lifetime, i'm a lot older than you are, you have never seen this before. don't tell me most americans don't share in this. they do. brian: how? >> tens of millions of people have a pension plan, whether it's a corporate plan a union plan, an ira, a 401(k). if that is in stocks, they have gone straight up. tens of millions of people. the overall economy, that's all americans, they benefit from a rising stock market because it is the nation's wealth. it is there, up over $6 trillion. look, you asked the question, a year ago, who saw this market doing this. well nobody saw it doing this. who saw the economy growing at 3%? nobody. who saw record profits?

nobody. who saw 4% unemployment going down maybe to three? nobody saw that this is why the stock market went up. this is why it is called the trump rally, like it or not. brian: friday's show nine to noon starting stuart varney will happen today on the fox business network s that correct. >> absolutely correct. brian: what a great year your show has had. congratulations. ainsley: number one rated show on the business channel. steve: right up there. >> thank you very much. i have will take that. >> meanwhile? ainsley: building border wall, turns out all justin trudeau wants for christmas, the can they'dian prime minister. steve: turns out papa can't creech. founder of papa john stepping down after criticizing the nfl. is that coincidence? we'll be right back. ♪

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♪ brian: the hit madonna song, papa can't preach, i was humming it on way in? papa john's ceo stepping down after criticism of nfl anthem because taking a knee and making his company looks bad. steve: it came from john scnatter. because of controversy, nfl hurt us not resolving the current debacle to player around owners satisfaction. nfl leadership hurt papa john's shareholders. he said they will pull their ads. ainsley: he is still the chairman but not the ceo.

we have chad prather. host of the chad prather show. >> merry christmas. ainsley: what do you think about the story? >> i don't know sales of papa john's are going down because of my household. i eat plenty of pizza. he says sales are down 13% during nfl games. people are not watching nfl games. they're not sitting down eating pizza. this sy ma be political correctness that they missed scale on this one. i don't know people watching nfl games. brian: i invested heavily in one thing, the nfl. what happened, the gate is down so the ratings is down. that is conclusion. that is not a racial statement. >> right. it is not, and that's the thing. everything these days, it seems to be is a racial statement. that's a problem. you have to start looking at the underlying foundation what is is really going on in these things, stop i said identity politics as they come along.

the nfl has an issue that has to be resolved, bottom line. you can't, if i am owning a restaurant you can't, if i have an employee that is coming in there telling my customers get out there i will fire that person. that is it what is happening with the kneelers, kneeling during the anthem. steve: ultimately i didn't realize until i read it, papa john is official pizza of the nfl. they're in lockstep together. so many people agree with him. anthem protests were hurting the nfl. for him to step downings looks like a pr move. >> well it is. steve: they will go what? i don't know need to buy papa john's anymore because of what they did to that guy. >> maybe so. you will see john as face of papa john's. maybe he has more time to sit on the couch with peyton manning these days. brian: i don't think he will see him as face. they will make money or lose money. talk about the border wall. ainsley: you have got these cities, these democrat-led cities, they're saying if you go out and try to get a contract to be part of the border wall, then

we're going to boycott you if you come into our city and try to get a government contract. obviously the border wall would be a bigger contract, more money, some people will hear no from them. if they lose out on democratic cities what do you think? >> if i read it right, seeing 100 contractors out of 600, potentially bidding on that are california companies. that is an issue. ainsley: right. >> i can tell you this. i don't understand the logic saying hey, we don't want to protect our national identity as americans. i don't understand that logic. everybody wants to open up the borders and just be nice, california assemblyman, we want to build bridges, we don't want to build walls. if i came to any of your houses tomorrow and set up a tent in your front yard, everyone would look out your window like cousin eddie out there with the thing and you would all be saying who is this guy on our lawn? why is this guy out here? why is he living on the lawn? steve: knock on the door. the thing is, if the federal,

the border wall is built, it will be done by the federal government, with federal fund. not like a political action group that leans one way or the other. it is the federal government. >> it is federal government. that is the thing. hypocrisy in the deal really runs deep. i don't understand, i really don't understand the logic of this thing. we're so afraid of offending everybody in the world. remember, america is very generous country. not like we're a mean group of people over here. i don't know anybody that doesn't love the legal immigration system and doesn't love immigrants. i don't know anybody that says, i'm anti-immigrant. steve: almost everybody wants it fixed. >> they want it fixed. even democrats, those on the left in california say it's a broken system. what are we going to do to fix the system? meantime i'm on kilmeade's lawn enjoying christmas. invite me in. steve: we'll watch you on his ring doorbell. brian: absolutely, which goes off during the show. >> lift the hat to see it was

me, brian. ainsley: can brian try on your hat? >> sure, put that thing on. brian says he doesn't look good in a hat. look at that boy. cowboy. drop him on the sight of the street. put on a little lipstick, brian. happy trails, everybody. brian: good job, chad. residents of "sesame street" are heading to syria. what? ainsley: elmo. ♪ brian: in a new mission in the middle east for big bird and "sesame street" gang. we'll give you details. a good idea. ainsley: millions of americans feel the travel rush, todd? reporter: ainsley, besides santa 's sleigh there are a whole lot of planes in the skies and whole bunch of cars on the road. we give you latest on one of the busiest days of year when next

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♪ ♪ i'll be home for christmas brian: former co-host, darius rucker, top of his resume'. ainsley: i love him. steve: people getting home, they will have to get, to hit the road right about -- ainsley: millions of americans are on the move. brian: yep, according to aaa. ainsley: this is the busiest two-day travel period of the holiday season. steve: todd piro from newark airport where they would like to be going but right now they're stuck at the airport. reporter: absolutely, guys. if you have ever done the travel, get out of dodge day, it is tough. when you get there one of the greatest feelings in the world. before we get to the nuts and

bolts i want to say, 20, 25 minutes ago there was huge armed response, 10 to 12, heavily armed port authority police and other first-responders came in. they took a guy out in cuffs. still waiting to find out exactly what happened. seems to be at this point, no harm, no foul. that said if you have question about response of first-responders they're working holiday season to keep you safe. get to the facts. busiest 48 hour period of the holiday season. like you said, more will travel this year than ever before, in life. i love that line. aaa expects 107 million americans to be traveling including six 1/2 million that are flying. for you drivers, the worst time to hit the roads, today, listen up to this, 3:30 to 5:30 today. that is east coast time. if you get out, you will have a little bit more time. that is 3:30 to 5:30 throughout the nation depending on time zone. airports, there is no specific terrorism threat expect to see increased security, bomb-sniffing dogs, heavily

armed officers like the ones we saw in newark just a few moments ago. when you're going through security be prepared to remove any devices larger than a cell phone from carry-ons. some airports will have new automated screening equipment to speed up the process. be sure no matter what you do, leave enough time for the airports. lines are not too bad here now, but throughout the course of the day they could get bad. steve, ainsley, brian, merry christmas to you. i hope there are many more. steve: great to have you as the part of the "fox & friends" family. brian: thank you, todd. steve: someone knew to the "fox & friends" family, jillian. jillian: we started couple weeks apart. let's get you caught up on the headlines on this friday. shocking investigation revealing the department of veterans affairs spent 15 years illegally hiring doctors whose licenses were revoked.

the hiring policies contributed federal law. david shulkin ordering guidelines be rewritten and review of anyone with a revokerred license. president trump has vowed to fix the troubled department. president trump might want to think about a northern border wall if canadian prime minister justin trudeau gets his way. get this. trudeau says he welcomes reformed terrorists back into his country. why? >> we know that actually someone who has engaged and turned away from that hateful ideology can be an extraordinarily powerful voice for preventing radicalization in future generations. >> one canadian group called project someone, received hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal funding to deradicalize jihadists through art and poetry. "sesame street" getting big bucks to make syrian refugees

for comfortable. ♪ the non-profit behind the children's tv show is getting a 100 million-dollar grant to create programing for syrian refugees children. sesame workshop, chosen as the program with the most promise of real progress towards solving a critical problem the our time. the show is expected to reach over nine million kids in the middle east. my favorite story of the day. these parents get a a-plus. jake summers mom and dad giving his teachers a personalized bottle of wine, replacing the label with a picture of his face, see? it says quote, our child might be the reason you drink. enjoy this bottle on us. the family from ohio usually gives teachers a candle or flowers. but decided to go with the booze instead. summer's mom saying 14-year-old jake knit a bad kid. he is just quote. that kid. steve: that kid. ainsley: that kid that beat up your honor student?

>> no beating up or bullying. ainsley: we needed that for my brother and his teacher. he was a challenge. he ising doing great now. brian: whiskey instead of wine. jillian: third child. they get more challenging as they progress. brian: more challenging. janice dean, are you the third child? >> no, i'm the sick and i am the first, oldest. are you guys ready to be on tv? [cheering] where y'all from? >> louisiana! >> i love every single state you're in. what is your name, where are you from? >> mia. i'm from florida. >> ready to weather with me? >> yes. >> what is the weather right now in new york city? >> 38 and cloudy. >> oh, my gosh, you're amazing! this is busy day. we have problems across the ohio valet, tennessee river valley, public delays from southern plains up through new england where they might get a little

snow. saturday is the big travel day. along the east coast where i am concerned about delays. check with the local forecast. anything to ainsley, steve, and brian. >> we love you! >> awesome! steve: merry christmas, everybody. brian: that is one huge crowd. and they're handsome. >> indeed. we have best audience in the world. year ago isis was a global threat. now almost wiped out. >> we're now chasing them wherever they flee. we will not let them into the united states. steve: well navy seal who killed osama bin laden rob o'neill will weigh in what is next or the terrorist group. brian: it has been a great year on "fox & friends." we have highlights you will never see anywhere else, unless someone is running our highlights.

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he ♪ >> we have dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. the coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100% of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and in syria. we're now chasing them wherever they flee, and we will not let them into the united states.

steve: isis a global threat a year ago, now nearly wiped out under president trump in some parts the world. here is the navy seal that killed osama bin laden, author of the great book, best-seller, the operator. >> good morning, steve. thanks for having me. steve: eradicating isises when he was candidate trump. are we closer? >> we're closer. the first terrorist group to have the islamic state. they moved it into iraq. had it in syria, capital of raqqa. this is kind of a quiet story, they were the worst thing in the world. only news they were talking about because of trump did with delegation of authority, general mattis secretary of defense, to take, to lift up some of the rules of engagement that were handcuffing our people, we need to go in there with a lot of military force and we did. we did have some allied support we needed. had some help. it will be strange bedfellows,

we have iranian-backed militias. they will use us when they can use our air power. isis, is realizing this is not the islamic state they were waiting for. steve: exactly. keep in mind, it wasn't that many years ago al qaeda was a big terrorist group. isis will never be as big as al qaeda. >> they are the jv team. the big thing, al qaeda is still around. they will let isis be big, loud, bully, what i always say, let isis stab you in the front. al qaeda will stab you in the back. they have fighters out there too now. with everybody spreading back, we have issues some fighters wanting to rehabilitate prime minister trudeau in canada. steve: how will that work out? >> art and poe threattry, they will be fine. give them a quick hug. people in sex slavery will forget about it. that is ridiculous. i'm worried about the cubs of caliphate. they're brainwashed, back in the uk. i mean i don't know if they will be able to be rehabilitated with

local -- they're not going to be okay if they were part of some of these beheading videos, burning alive videos. playing soccer with human heads they were doing. i don't know how to rehab a kid that age. got to start somewhere. steve: year in the trump administration your assessment is? >> he proved the islamic state was not what it was supposed to be. we always welcome coalition forces here. brits, aussies, crushed them. they wanted to meet us on the battlefield. they did. it is over, in isis, i'm sorry, syria. steve: rob o'neill. merry christmas. thanks for your service. >> thank you. steve: meanwhile, it is cold outside as you can see. then it's a little warmer. we're talking about the past year on "fox & friends." if you missed a little, you missed a lot! ♪ when it comes to heartburn

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steve: hard to believe this year is about to come to an end from a new president to the new sued yo. we had a great year all around. take a look back, 2017, "fox & friends" style. ♪ >> gangs is back together. hope you had a great new year's. brian: morning is better with friend. steve: thanks for spending your day with us. ♪ ainsley: the doos is on the loose this morning. today is national hug a newsman day. brian: can i get a hug? >> bring it in. oh. brian: i did not know the name of your album was 10th album. you put x. i said his new album. x. >> they were absent when they had roman numeral days. [laughter] never watched super bowl and

knowing which one it was. brian: right. ♪ steve: we are here in the heart of houston. thrilled to be here. welcome to texas. ainsley: giddyup. steve: we'll be down live in washington, d.c., see the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states starts tomorrow. >> usa! usa! brian: what do you think about "fox & friends"? [cheering] ainsley: what is the first thing you will do when you walk into the white house? >> well i want to go to work. steve: we are live from capitol hill. president of united states will address a joint session of congress. ainsley: we sat down with the president of the united states. steve: thanks for shoutout at the press conference. >> "fox & friends" in the morning, they're very honorable people. you have treated me very fairly. i appreciate that. i friend of the show a long

time. remember call-ins. steve: for years. >> maybe without the call-ins somebody else is sitting here. ainsley: we're honored to be joined by mr. vice president, mike pence. >> you're welcome answerly. welcome to the white house. brian: trump kids compete with the other kids. ainsley: i asked them that very question. they were sick of winning. so they're not going to participate. brian: too tired. steve: we reveal we'll get a new curvy couch. ainsley: new studio. steve: studio f, as in "fox & friends." this program, the program you're watching is, according to "the new york times" the most powerful tv show in america. brian: wow. ainsley: steve, because we have the best viewers. you guys are so awesome. thank you so much for waking up with us. ♪ brian: bring into my immediate left the other kevin mccarthy. there is a problem, kevin. >> i think we need to sit down together, review a movie and review the tax code. brian: let's do it together. >> i don't know what all the

green and white stuff is, but can't be good. steve: heather nauert once upon a time did headlines. now she is in the headlines. >> new edition to the fox family steve: jillian with the headlines. ainsley: jillian, be the ball. ♪ steve: we signed up our own rob schmitt. brian: todd piro is here. hey, todd. >> great to be here. steve: todd piro in pancake house in topeka, kansas. >> this is behind me, 7th and 8th grade buddy. >> junior high. >> hey, steve. >> i told everyone breakfast is on you. hope you're okay with that. >> your opinion is not in the recipe. only fake news in the rolling pin cafe. there is a ton of opinion here. ♪

steve: author of andrew jackson, miracle of new orleans, "fox & friends" own brian kilmeade. >> what is at stake? future of the country. what did andrew jackson do? win. steve: we're live in punxatawney phil, pennsylvania. she pledged every sent she make from the book will go to hurricane relief. look at the check she presented. $15,000. >> what a lovely organization, when you have a serving heart, it means everything. steve: look at this. ainsley earhardt is donating $50,000 to foileds of honor. ainsley: because so many people out there have bought the book, it is called through your eyes. what we learn as parents through their eyes, i learned so much. steve: wait until they're 20. >> this is my son peter doocy. say hi. >> hi, everybody. >> peter doocy and mary doocy. >> happy birthday, dad. we love you so much. hope you have the best day. you deserve it.

brian: these are my daughters. ainsley: what is he like at home? is he always funny. >> always tells jokes. steve: says steve on prompter. wait it out. brian: i don't have to read this go ahead. ainsley: what do you say at end of the show, that doesn't make sense. brian: stay within yourself. i kept florida georgia line together. first national appearance. you remember that day? >> yeah, man. it has been a while, we definitely remember "fox & friends." steve: they all started here. taylor swift 13 years old was here. ♪ ♪ every time you turn fox news on, i hope it takes you back to that place ♪ >> she was going to quit music, do something else. you convinced her to stay involved. [buzzer] ♪ ♪ the devil went down to georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal ♪ ♪

>> i think on "fox & friends" we need to bring back fried dance party. ainsley: yes. steve: when did we have friday dance party? that was really fast three hours of television. ♪ >> what's your favorite morning show? >> "fox & friends"! steve: thanks for loving "fox & friends." see you tomorrow, buddy. steve: what a year. ainsley: thank you so much. we're so honored to wake up every morning with you. brian: meghan mcdonald who put that together had to take notes entire year. steve: thank you, taylor swift, for singing our tune. ainsley: highlight of the whole thing. taylor swift. brian: too bad we made the decision not to keep in touch. ainsley: i think we made her career, absolutely. >> brian made the career. >> who didn't want to keep in touch, taylor swift or you. brian: we broke up with her.

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and be successful. >> andrew jackson, the miracle of new orleans. join me on the radio. a lot more to talk about. >> fox news alert here, shutdown averted as congress worked into the night passing a temporary funding bill to keep the government running into january. this is lawmakers and president trump are getting ready to get out of town for the christmas holiday. probably a lot of folks here getting ready to get out of town. good morning. nice to have you with us at home. i'm leland vittert inside "america's newsroom." >> president trump will sign that government funding bill we've heard today and expected to sign the republican tax reform bill before he travels to florida for christmas later this morning. >> fox team coverage.

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