♪ >> president trump gave a fist bump when he stepped off air force one palm beach the signature issue of the campaign now codified into law. >> everything in here is really tremendous things for businesses, for people, for the middle class. >> he called out democrats again for opposing the bill but he did project optimism that both sides will work together in the new year. >> democrat already regret it. you know, they have their typical thing it's for the rich. they know that's not true. i really do believe we will have a lot of bipartisan work done. >> eric jamison may have been planning a christmas attack on pier 39. >> the attorney general is

ordering a review, possible obama administration interfeerns iinterinterference n hezbollah terror group. >> rocketing from air force base. it's become talk of the town what was it that lit up the sky. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's crimes time again -- chre again ♪ ♪ it's christmas time again ♪ it's christmas time again. pete: back street boys. even they can't mess up christmas. >> important to note ed was going like this. because nobody saw it they needed to know. you are welcome, ed. ed: you know, there is nothing like christmas in new york.

in case you need to remind you two days. december 23rd eve eve. you are right. corporate america calls it super saturday. i don't like those names. they are kind of lame. you are probably going out and doing shopping today. ed: corporate america calls it tax cut weekend. lisa: big beautiful tax cuts. merry christmas. ed: do you like oatmeal? pete: you know i don't like oatmeal. ed: email us though at friends@foxnews.com. are you still shopping? what are your plans? have you done all your shopping? have you done none of your shopping have you gotten your shopping done? lisa: yes. only thing i need to do is cards. pete: i don't do cards. ed: email us at friends@foxnews.com. pete: yesterday in washington, d.c. as president trump delivered on his promise to deliver tax cuts for christmas. lawmakers were no longer in town he did his own signing ceremony at the resolute

desk. lisa: i have to say big, beautiful tax cuts. pete: big beautiful tax cuts. this is what he had to say. >> this is something republicans wanted for years and democrats wanted for years and it never got done. who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country. bottom line this is the biggest tax cuts and reform in the history of our country. this is bigger than actually president reagan's many years ago. i'm very honored by it democrats don't like tax cuts. they want to raise your taxes. they don't want to lower your taxes. they want to raise your taxes and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don't need in many cases. i really do believe and i said on social media today, i really do believe we're going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure because i really believe structure can be bipartisan. pete: remember, guys. they said he couldn't do it. they said especially after

obamacare repeal didn't happen. first year a disaster no, major accomplishments. he sort of sits at that desk yesterday and says done. ed: but he is far from done. pete: with this bill. ed: great step forward. there is a lot of the agenda undone. lisa: it's congress. there is always a lot to get done in the country. a massive country with a lot of problems needs solving. ed: big beautiful country. lisa: big beautiful country. huge win for the president. this is something they have been trying to get for 30 years. not to mention the fact glilg anwr, opening that up. something proponents have been trying to get done for 40 years. repealing the individual mandate trying to get done 8 years no. small feat. also with a small margin in the senate of 52 senators. this is a huge accomplishment. ed: it was. pete: before we talk about what hasn't been done it is worth marinating. lisa: let's marinate for a minute. ed is always onto the next.

ed: let's just marinate in the tax cuts. pete: more like basking. lisa: can you marinate. pete: we can marinate some food. i smell it on the plaza. ed: i have prime rib coming. pete: this first year from president trump and what it really meant. take a listen. >> donald trump is fighting a strategic daily ongoing war and battle against the american left. i don't care whether he thinks that he is taking out liberalism or whatever. in his mind, he's restoring greatness to america. and whoever is in the way is in the way and they are going to get taken care of. >> through it all, trump triumphs. through it all, at the end of every day, donald trump is still the focus of virtually everybody in the world of politics and most of the people in the country, every day. through it all, donald trump

doesn't cower in fear and through it all donald trump is never afraid of the media. the republicans are watching all. this at first it's making them nervous as they can be. now, and even before the tax cut bill passed, there has been a change. and the republican party is happily on donald trump's team. and it's genuine. and it is real. what they are realizing is that donald trump will win and they want to be part of a winner. pete: as much as this is a policy win this president has been a cultural presidency as well taking on political correctness. the nfl and the kneeling. the fake news media calling them out every single day. he has taught republicans how to fight. establishment republicans in washington forgot how to fight and how to win. president trump in many ways has restored their ability to fight. ed: how did that work in alabama and virginia. pete: we will see.

ed: i was with you for part of it and now you are turning him in to like reagan. list his couple points on that though. virginia has been a trending blue state. unsurprising for ralph northam to have won that race. then you take alabama, there was some very, very, very serious allegations against roy moore. so, unless democrats expect in every state that they want to win are red state where they have a democrat incumbent defending it. unless they expect the republican candidate or republican incumbent to have serious allegations against that. that's entirely unique scenario. you can't compare the alabama race to any other race coming up in 2018. ed: motivated to come out. pete: why what have they been motivated about? they have been leading the resistance and talking about impeachment. some have talked about prison for the president. is that going to change in 2018? are they going to be able to

turn. ed: so far i agree unlikely to change democrats have had very little of a message. that's why the tax code victory could be significant. two fold, the economy is really come back strong. that's very clear. this tax cut that democrats have been talking down may make the economy roar in 2018. that's going to make republicans a lot more formidable. but also the tax cut victory makes it like democrats, what have you got, you know, so i agree with you on that point. lisa: also important to point out regarding the impeachment part that nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have also tried to walk it back and said hey guys slow your roll because i think they are looking at some of thieves competitive districts for democrats. they know that's probably not going to play well with swing voters they need to win over. yes, it two play well with the left and during primaries but it's not necessarily going to play well general election. we have seen them try to walk back some of that rhetoric. listen to, this guys. >> his motives and his

actions are contemptible. and i will fight every day until he is impeached. impeach 45. >> i rise today, mr. speaker, to call for the impeachment of the president of the united states of america. >> are we getting closer and closer to the possibility of yet another impeachment process? >> after watching the clinton impeachment i thought i would never see another one. i think we are in impeachment territory for the first time. >> president trump did a tweet last night and a tweet this morning, not presidential. >> the president's fitness for office that is something that is being called into question. i'm very worried. pete: this is not academic exercise. if you are right and there is momentum for democrats and they do win a number of house seats. i'm not saying you were weighing in either way, "the washington post" is reporting that there would likely be a lot of energy behind pushing for impeachment in the house of representatives if they took back the house. lisa: it's not just the

house. it's if they win back the senate. if republicans still have the senate, i don't see the house even if under democratic control i don't see them moving forward with impeachment and making that an issue. they know it's going to run into a wall in the senate. so i think the only scenario where it actually gains ground is if for some reason the democratic party takes back the house and the senate which is pretty far fetched if you look at the senate map. ed: democrats will look ridiculous if they are all about impeachment in 2018. combined with the fact that not a single democrat in the house or senate voted for a tax cut. if these tax cuts help the economy take off not a single democrat can take credit. pete: big gamble. nancy pelosi, just the latest we broke out a list of some of the left's freak out. lisa: i thought we were already supposed to be dead by net neutrality. pete: we were told by the left there was the end of press freedom in 2017. end of the planet got out of climate accord.

end of the internet because of net neutrality. end of immigration rights because we uphold the rule of law. end of your bank account because of tax reform and fear of nuclear armageddon as well on the north korean peninsula. told all those things are going to happen. russia, russia, russia, russia, russia, russia. lisa: christmas eve eve. ed: we're alive and well with christmas coming. lisa: big beautiful tax cuts under your tree. pete: told we can't say merry christmas anymore and now we can. lisa: i love saying big beautiful tax cuts. so fun. pete: big beautiful tax cuts. ed: let pete marinate for four hours. ed: i'hours.he had. pete: exmarine turned muslim convert is accused of planning a christmas day terror attack. everett jamison arrested after the fbi caught wind of his intent to use explosives and guns pier 39.

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of whatever that atmospheric reaction. lisa: facebook founder elon musk it was nuclear alien ufo from north korea. i saw a lot of pictures on instagram of this. those are your medicin headline. especially with all the news of the ufo stuff. i don't know but guys on instagram people mosing what in the heck is this? ed: i didn't know it was coming. pete: i don't even know what's on the rest of the show. ed: let me tell you coming up. president ends the year by passing tax reform. peeft is marinating in the tax cuts. it wasn't the only accomplishment he had. we will have scott rasmussen break it down. lisa: he will break all these achievements coming in 2017. you won't want to miss it. we will want to see you right back ♪

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ed: enjoying his first big legislative victory. signing tax cuts into law yesterday. what else has he accomplished in his first year in office? joining me to break down editor-at-large fellow at the kings college scott rasmussen. good to see you. >> good to see you, ed. ed: let's walk through first year achievements. there is a lot of debate about what he has done and not done. >> biggest accomplish. got the left distracted by what he is doing they are missing some of these accomplishments. the economy is doing well. his challenge going into 2018 is going to connect his regulation reduction of the regulatory burden. ed: the ground work by removing these regulations, a lot of obama era one us. the economy seems primentd right now. this tax cut you think could bring it to the next level? >> it could. the challenge politically is the president has to connect the dots. he will have to sell this

and make sure the people understanding the economy is doing well. ed: yesterday, he said it will sell itself. we will see. what happened next. >> take what happened in the courts. lot of people up happy with both presidential candidates in 2016. many of them voted for president trump because of the supreme court. enough was a big win. getting him on the court. ed: had to change the rules to do it? >> that's right. democrats had changed the rule before. this has become a very ugly process to confirm judges. but i has 12 federal judges. this is going to have a big impact. and the senate races. can you imagine going in for the president going in to west virginia where joe manchin is going to be trying to keep his seat and talking about the importance of republican control to keep on dominating? ed: because there could be more supreme court nominee he is. domestic policy the bigst biggest obamacare repeal. at least repeal of the mandate there are 15 million americans who say they would drop their obamacare

coverage if they were allowed to. ed: now they have that chance. >> 6.5 million more paid a fine rather than getting it they will be happy. this will lead to more innovation. ed: border crossings down. something from the very beginning of the campaign something he delivered on. ed: foreign policy what do you say? >> foreign policy the most signature move was the event jerusalem. something that people had promised for 20 years. congress passed law. virtue signaling vote, they knew no president would let it happen. president trump did it. on the foreign policy side. all of these issues whether you are talking about the iran nuke deal or anything else, this is going to be a case where as long as nothing disastrous happens in the year, this will not be much of a factor. ed: tpp democrats are saying this is going to hurt us with our relationship with china. it gives china more influence. >> of course they are saying

that we don't really know what's going to happen. china's influence on the u.s. is much bigger than one transaction. they are the world's largest nation. they have a growing economy. and there's going to be a difficult relationship going forward. this is not. ed: going through this whole deal, last question, what else the biggest of all. is it the tax cut? >> i think it's the tanks cut and the obamacare mandate repeal. ed: good to see you, scott, merry christmas. canada's prime minister wants to bring terrorists to his country. can he rehab them? will that plan work? we will debate it fair and balanced. report has everyone talking on new year's eve. mariah carey is getting a second chance. will we see another foul up like this. ♪ i want a holiday, too. can i not have one?

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ed: good morning again, some headlines. one worker hospitalized overnight after massive fire and explosion site. the explosion was so loud it shook their house. no word on details. >> wildfire burning homes in southern california largest in state's history. the thomas fire has scorched more than 273,000 acres. that's 154 acres larger than a 2003 cedar fire in san diego. the thomas fire is now 65% contained. pete? pete: thank you, ed. well canada's prime minister justin trudeau from canada says he welcomes reformed terrorists, isis fighters back into his country.

>> 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 generation. pete: isis fighters as powerful voices. is that really the case? here to debate jim hanson president of the securities studies group and reuben deputy secretary of state. jim, i will start with you, the rationale that the prime minister has, the he welcoming isis fighters back to canada. what do you make of it. >> justin trudeau must have a pathological case of liberal guilt. i mean, this is cultural suicide. we are talking about adults who made a conscious choice to live a life of slaughtering infidels, raping sex slaves and burning people alive in cages, bringing them back and expecting them to become

productive citizens is absurd. pete: the prime minister went on to say, joel, there is a range of experiences when people come home. is he saying i will take a risk that hopefully some of these guys coming back have been reformed and then they can speak out against extremism? what if one of them isn't reform and still dedicated to jihad? >> yeah, pete. this is a high risk proposition. and these fighters should be coming back in shackles. but if there are fighters who are clearly capable of being reintegrating into society there may be ways to bring them is. in they have to be monitored and has to be verified. but this is a very high risk strategy. and there's a bigger picture here as well, which is the question of the politics around fighting isis in these countries, we have to in a sense drain the opportunity for fighters to want to go to places like iraq and syria to join isis. i work with a group.

iraqi national project. a sheikh who leads it continually talks about not allowing an isis 2.0 to form. they are already forming in syria. we have to be very careful of how to prevent that magnet from actually expanding. pete: jim, if you talk about draining that isis swamp. does it not include a killing them on the battlefield and b we revoke your citizenship and never come back because you clearly don't stand for our values. >> remember, these guys aren't coming home because they saw the error of their ways. they are coming home because they lost. there is a concept that we used to have for pirates on the high seas enemies of all mankind. if anyone should qualify as that it's isis. so, trudeau's job is to keep canadians safe, not to conduct some sort of sociological experiment to see if he can make these guys into productive citizens. they are not, they can't be, and he shouldn't do it. pete: such a great point,

joel. do you think justin's focus is on keeping canada safe or on a commitment to lift wing social justice causes? >> i have no doubt that it's about keeping canada safe. we have to keep perspective, for example, there are 40,000 roughly foreign fighters that have been known to migrate to syria and iraq. of those from the united states, potentially 200 went there, or tried to get there about 40 actually did. we tracked them. this is not a liberal fantasy. what this is trying to be hard headed and clear and realistic. that doesn't mean that we shouldn't keep our eyes on these people, that they shouldn't be treated as enemy combatants we should be. we have be to be vigilant. pretty pretty merry christmas. i appreciate it. >> staple to you,. pete: pete christmas present from the president. the left says something out of horror movie. >> amount to frankenstein. anyone who knows

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rick, you know that, thanks for showing up to work. rick: get my microphone on. pete: we have all finished our christmas shopping. we are asking americans have you finished yours? rick: no. pete: there you go. lisa: very honest. rick: i never approach it that way. like i just, you know, i shop when it moves me. lisa: feel inspired by it. rick: yeah. pete: 53% of americans according to the national retail federation have the spirit to move them to the mall today. ed: super saturday. pete: 60% will still wait until tomorrow. 5% will say i'm not going to be done until christmas. lisa: has this been a thing for forever. rick: no. lisa: i feel like every lead up to christmas has some sort of day. we have got, what, cyber monday, black friday, super saturday. it's whatever. you just make up names to try to make money.

rick: super saturday. pete: day of the final four in march. play each other in basketball. lisa: that's a holiday for you. ed: have you ever been in the line at cvs getting a gift card? lisa: i haven't gotten my gift cards. i'm not going to lie. or my cards. like i have got my presents squared away. away. rick: you haven't mailed your cards? lisa: prepared to be surprise. big beautiful presents. pete: we will find out when the spirit is going to move rick. everybody who knows rick. rick: bad part the weather is going to be really bad today across a lot of eastern part of the country. so, i -- because i ran out here, not knowing this. i didn't make any weather maps. fortunately this is still up from yesterday. [laughter] rick: the weather part of it automatically plots. the data is real.

pete: because you were shopping. lisa: he wasn't feeling inspired yet. ed: it's not fake. rick: this is not fake. it's real. see this coming across here. this is all rain today and snow behind it the colder air. it's an ice storm going on today across new england. rain behind it and then snow again behind that rain. so you get the idea. anywhere on the eastern third of the country, guys, it's bad. if you waited to do your shopping until today like some of us it's not going to be a good day to get outside. pete: ladies and gentlemen, yesterday's weather from rick reichmuth. rick: today's weather. last map i used on 4:00 neil cavuto show. lisa: the time is still shake changing behind you. rick: the data is real. lisa: what are time you want it to be. rick: i could have chosen to not give that you information and just gone with it. i overdisclosed. pete: rick, you are a good man. ed: have you headlines?

pete: just minutes ago. world powers. punishing north korea for its latest test missile by unanimously approving tough new sanctions, the u.n. security council now limiting the country's access to refined oil all to return to rogue nation. sanctions cracking down on shipping to and from the country. shocking we still have sanctions we can apply. federal appeals court ruling against president trump's travel ban on friday saying it violates the law. the court defers final ruling to the supreme court. so the restrictions will remain in effect during the appeals process. under the order, visas are limited for citizens of 8 countries, many of which are predominantly muslim. and singer mariah carey getting a second chance to ring in the new year after last year's epically awesome catastrophic disaster. take a watch. >>♪

>> i want a holiday, too. can i not have one? lisa: good for her though. get back out there. pete: singer confirmed on twitter she is performing on this year's dick clark's new york rocking eve. she says her audio failed during the fiasco of her performance even accusing dick clark productions of intentionally sabotaging her. pete: this is a good move. people will watch. lisa: some times things happen. ed: they will be watching fox news because lisa and i will be part of the team live from times square. 8 to 10:00 p.m., guys. pete: be there. ed: meanwhile tax reform is a christmas gift from the president according to pete. pete: according to the world. ed: something out of the horror movie. amount to frankenstein. anybody familiar with frankenstein monster created. the monster comes back. ed: monster is back.

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down sizin sizing forced to cloe a thousand stores declining sales. sapsd witcsandwich maker saw its revenue drop. ed: president trump finishing year with a victory on tax reform. lisa: no shortage of scare about it from the mainstream media. should you believe all of it. ed: joining us to weigh in is the president of nicholas wealth imaginement david nicholas. good to have you today to separate fact from fiction. >> absolutely. thank you for having me this morning. ed: we will play you a series of clips. i want you to hear this first one from rachel maddow. >> so when your family's taxes go up because of this bill, can you take comfort in knowing that's what you are paying for, you are giving telecom countries and biggest banks in the country a really embarrassing amount of money to have to explain

away. > lisa: is a what say you, david. >> i'm sorry, rachel, it's not true, most of america's families taxes are not going up. here is the fact. 80% of americans are going to get a tax cut next year. middle class family of four going to get a tax cut on average of $2,000. for americans living paycheck to paycheck that makes a real difference. unless you are a doctor or attorney who is single without kids living in d.c. unless you are in that 4% of americans, if that's not you, your taxes are going down next year. lisa: david, on top of saying it's armageddon, nancy pelosi says the bill is like frankenstein. listen. >> they are taking great credit for this accomplishment i call it a peer rick victory because it's amount of frankenstein. anybody familiar with franken stein knows it's a creation. a monster created. do you know the ending of the mary shellie's story in

the monster comes back to destroy. lisa: is this a monster? >> i just have to laugh at that nancy pelosi thinks this is going to haunt the republicans going into the mid terms next year it's not true flearl the incumbent party going to lose some seats. even reagan lost some seats in 1982. it comes down to the economy. if the economy is doing well that's what americans are going to be thinking about going into the elections next year. lisa: how will the americans feel those effects? >> i think you will feel them convictly companies like at&t, comcast and boeing front run. we will go ahead and pay our employees a thousand dollars bonus because of tax cuts. seeing companies step up immediately from a tax reform tax cut. you will feel it in the next first quarter of next year. ed: people might feel it early 2018. one more clip from chuck

schumer. >> tax breaks don't lead to job creation. they lead to big ceo salaries and money for the very, very wealthy. senator mcconnell, touted the repeal of the individual mandate. that's true. and now a republican friends will own premium increases on millions of middle class families. republicans will rouxth day they passed this bill. and you can bet democrats will make sure of that. ed: david part of that the beginning part where schumer has repeatedly said in recent weeks this kind of tax cut does not trick tell down to employ years. it sounds like in the first 48 hours, 72 hours that's not true. lisa: this is just a give away to the rich. >> you know, it's not true. a democrat president, jfk would disagree with chuck, right? jfk believed if you lower taxes on job creates, guess what? we create more jobs. jfk, we saw one of the most robust economic expansions

3 million jobs created. so it works. reagan cut taxes. almost 16 million jobs were created to we just need to look at history. we know what works. lowering taxes on the job creators works. ed: we have 30 seconds. i do want to ask you though, to be fair about it, what about the debt issue here which is how you are going to pay for this republicans talk a good game about reducing debt. i sat down with you, you told me to get my credit cards in order and deal with my debt. >> no question. we have doubled our national debt in the last decade. we have got to reduce our debt. how do we get there? we get there by improving economic growth, increasing economic growth. will increase revenue. i'm not as concerned about the debt. now that we have a stimulus to the u.s. economy, that will in turn help increase revenues which will help us start chipping away at that debt. lisa: a lot of people saying growth from the economy will help pay for the tax cut.

i guess we have to wait and see on that, right? >> i think it's gonna happen. we saw it under past administrations. jfk rev news went up. reagan, revenues went up. we have seen this work before. i think donald trump is the modern day jfk when it comes to tax reform. so i think we are going to see you an expansion of the u.s. economy. one we'll haven't senile in quite a while. ed: heard that before. modern day jfk. >> thank you, merry christmas. ed: first she wrote the book on what happened in 2016. now hillary clinton is taking on next literary challenge. editing, yes, teen vogue. you will want to hear about that. lisa: interesting. plus, winter is here. i'm sure you can feel it do you have everything you need to keep warm? kurt the cyberguy has the best winter tech. i like this mug that keeps your coffee hot for hours. ♪

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election campaign now codified into law. >> everything in here is really tremendous thing for businesses the people for the middle class. >> donald trump is fighting a strategic daily ongoing war and battle against the american left. >> democrats already regret it you know, they have their typical thing it's for the rich. they know that's not true. >> i really do believe we are going to have a lot of bipartisan work done. >> an exmarine turned muslim convert is accused of planning a christmas day terror attack. everett jamison arrested after the fbi caught wind of his plan to use explosives and guns at san francisco's

pier 39. >> the attorney general is ordering a review, possible obama interference energy drug investigation involving the hezbollah terror group. >> spacex launched the falcon 9 rocket from vanderberg air force base. >> that's really weird. >> there is another one coming out of it. [gasp] >> is that a ufo? ♪ ♪ ♪ jingle bell ring ♪ now the jingle has begun. >> we are getting in the christmas peter. lisa: we are dancing. ed: last hour i was trying to be nice to lisa because she overslept a little bit. i didn't want to tease her about it. be nice, christmas spirit. as soon as we go, she goes right at me in saying ed was flopping around. lisa: in my defense -- pete: she also just said before we came to air.

i know it's two days from christmas, you are waking up in the holiday spirit maybe you could turn on shawshank redemption one of the greatest movies of all time that lisa booth has never seen. never seen andy dufrene crawl out in the river clean. lisa: invokes strong reaction. let me hear it i'm sorry. guess i need to watch it now. pete: you reminded us it's the eve of christmas eve. december 23rd. >> waking up. might be doing shopping. hopefully you are wrapping presents having a if he has been day. lisa: matching family pajamas. pete: that's too far. if have you them send them to us. your emails have already been coming in this morning about what you are enjoying this day before christmas. paul sends this picture of little owen celebrating his first christmas this year. ed: that's awesome. lisa: crystal from kentucky says my favorite picture i took of my daughter christmas display in the lobby of the school in which i teach second great. such a little cutie.

ed: jeff says his daughter loves meeting mr. and mrs. claus this week. that never gets old. i love it keep them coming. in friends@foxnews.com. lisa: i love the pictures of little kids that are just terrified of santa. and they are everywhere. it's just so funny. cute little baby or cute little child and they are just freaked out by santa. pete: a lot of people will be visiting mall santas today and send us your mall santa photo if you have it and your christmas music request. ed: mall cop. another good movie you? haven't seen it. lisa: i haven't seen a lot of movies. pete: you will be watching a christmas story with the rest of america when it rolls for four straight hours as well. big day yesterday in washington as well. the president sitting behind the resolute desk in the oval office. ed: what happened? something happened? lisa: did we miss something? pete: very big deal that happened yesterday. members of congress already gone home. didn't do a big signing ceremony. it was him in the oval office marinating in the

success of a tax cut as we all should be. this is what the president had to say. >> this is something that republicans wanted for years and democrats wanted for years yet it never got done. who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country. bottom line this is the biggest tax cut and reform in the history of our country. this is bigger than actually president reagan's many years ago. i'm very honored by it democrats don't like tax kits. they want to raise your taxes. they don't want to lower your taxes. they want to raise your taxes and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don't need in many cases. i really do believe and i said on social media today i do believe we will have a lot of bipartisan work done. we start with structure because i believe infrastructure can be bipartisan. lisa: isn't this fitting for him to sign this alone.

it's been him against everyone in some respects. pete: great point. lisa: a lot of the republican party has been against him particularly in the campaign. the media is against him. we certainly know the left is against him. people already introducing articles of impeachment. sort of fitting for him to stand there sort of against all odds. having been able to accomplish it. and, of course he got it done with republicans as well. and his party. but it sort of has been him against the world. pete: not a single democratic vote on this bill. it has been unprecedented year of resistance from the opposition party. i'm not just talking about the democrats. i'm talking about as steve bannon calls the media opposition party. totally in co-hoots against this president. lisa: ed, what do you think about that. ed: totalfully cahoots. lisa: i will mix it up. pete: 95% of the news rooms in this city loathe president trump and doing everything they can to bring them down. that's a fact. ed: he faces resistance of his party and also failures by the republicans. repeal and replace was more about mitch mcconnell not

getting the job done. now he got it done on taxes. after the failure on healthcare, basically the president and mitch mcconnell were not even on speaking terms. the president was tweeting about the failure. he was openly talking to the media and the president about the idea that maybe somebody should replace mitch mcconnell. now they got tax cut victories and they are all smiles, mitch mcconnell had this to say. >> had you a pretty tense with the president. he publicly criticized you. how specifically has your relationship evolved from that point. >> regarding the president's tweeting habits i haven't been a fan until this week. [laughter] lisa: look, i think mitch mcconnell is seeing okay, we just got something done that we have been saying we want to get done for 30 years. what also doesn't get talked about and i mentioned this earlier on the show the drilling in anwr, opening that up. it's been 40 years that proponents have been trying to get this done. of the repeal of the individual mandate. something republicans have been talking about for 8 years. just this week we have three massive accomplishments for

the republican party. so i'm sure mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are, hmmm maybe there is something to this because, you know, we good some stuff done we wanted to get done. ed: anwr is something going back to president reagan we will open it up for oil and gas exploration, stop, symptom, stop. lisa: this president did it. ed: it wasn't even a stand alone bill. it was part of tax legislation. that's going to be big. pete: irony of him coming out saying i like the president's tweets. maybe an admission that mitch mcconnell and establishment republicans have tried to play the inside game in washington, d.c. forever. working with reporters and sources that secretly loathe them. now those reporters have come out and shown their loathing of conservatives in the way they treat president trump. his weapon is his twitter account. he sets the agenda every single day. if you look what he has accomplished in light of that resistance simply amazing including taking on the mueller probe when we have learned more and more there is democratic bias and potentially fbi and doj officials yoursing information weapon nitzed

against him and also the intelligence agency. lisa: you have to think about it from their perspective as well. everything that they have done and known for, you know, decades in politics has been turned on its head. and president trump has completely changed the game. we saw that in the campaign and we saw that with this tax reform bill. i mean, he has literally done it against all odds with very little help and as i mentioned just a very slim majority in the senate with just 52. and soon to be 51. ed: where i agree is that there are some in the media. lisa: you don't agree with 100 percent pete and i say all the time? ed: the entire media is against him. pete: i will put away my broad brush. ed: he has faced unprecedented resistance people in the media. no doubt about it. what's fascinating to me moving forward in 2018 you now have people in the mainstream media saying republicans are going down in 2018. look, any president, new president faces difficulty in their first midterm whether you are democrat,

republican. this tax cut very well may help. the president and it's fascinating because these are the same people who said donald trump was never going to win look what some of these same media situations are saying about the mid terms, vox saying that the latest 2018 midterm polling looks extremely good for democrats. mike, polling and history point to historic democratic wave and cnn democrats 2018 advantage expands. that's just in recent days. i would argument tax cut is going to help the republicans big time. lisa: also, part of the reason americans don't think they are getting a tax cut only 17% think they are getting a tax cut is the way that this has been covered by the media. because, if you watch a lot of these networks. if you read a lot of these publications you would have no idea that you as a middle class voter are receiving a tax cut. you would think it's just for the cowrptions. it's just for the rich in the way it's gotten covered. suspects republicans are able to get that message out and tell americans that 80% of you, if not more, because

that was the liberal think tank that came up with the 80% number are going to get a tax cut, you don't think those opinions are going to change? pete: i think they will. ultimately when people look at their paychecks and see more money and realize it was only republicans who advance that views are going to change. also be on republicans to fight back and say we are the party that wants to give you your money. the democrats are the ones that want to take it away from you. lisa: you don't think you deserve morph of your money. pete: fake news cnn. they are ramming the easiest narrative down people's throat to advance their reisis tans against this president. it is now 2018 doom for republicans. you better run from president trump. he is going to hurt you on the campaign trail. if teflon don has been this successful over the last year. ed: teflon don? pete: why we not be helpful to candidates say come to washington to gin my fight. if you still wants to drain the swamp. we don't have the wall built. we want to build it maybe part of the infrastructure bill. if you want to do more, come join knee. remember when they told

under the circumstances trump was going to lose time and time again. then he won. why should we believe them now? lisa: something for viewers after the home to know. every president has to pick and choose which campaigns, which congressional district, which states they go and campaign with. same thing with president obama. he wasn't on the trail with every congressional candidate and every senator running for re-election. of course, if there is a congressional district that hillary clinton won, of course president trump is not going to go out there. guess what? democrats are running for re-election in 10 states that he won. and he better believe that he is going to go to those states and campaign with the republican candidate. pete: do you think hillary will hit the trail? ed: i think she will go to district that she won. she wants back in. lisa: i think they should keep that -- give her a heisman, right? pete: don't give us the heisman. keep emailing us @foxnews.com. with your christmas photos. we are in the spirit and glad to have you. turning now to additional headlines, this one exmarine turned muslim convert is accused of planning a christmas day terror attack.

everett jameson arrested after the fbi caught wind of the plan to yeebletion explosives and guns at pier 29. hoping to create another attack like san bernardino president trump's recent decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. they were tipped off because of his love of isis on his facebook page. lisa: that will do it piatt pete jeff sessions ordering a review whether the obama administration hindered investigation into the tears organization hezbollah. the request follows a bombshell politico report claiming the administration interfeared with the dea's investigation into the radical islamic group's massive drug network all as an effort to ultimately secure the 2015 iran deal. the review could lead to new prosecutions of people affiliated with hezbollah, the iran backed militant group. and this is an that is not using reindeer. he is rolling in on a coast guard chopper all while getting a breathtaking view

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healthcare but saying he is a bad guy, let's remove him from office? >> well, i think it's the trump derangement syndrome. they still haven't been able to accept the fact that donald trump was elected president. and they, from the very beginning, the deep state, clinton obama foldovers in the agencies they are trying to delegitimize this president. they want to impeach him. make no mistake about it. ed: going forward. we just had this big tax cut victory to th for the president. >> i think democrats making a big mistake by just resisting, talking about impeachment. it's nonsense. this president has one of the best records i have ever seen and i have been around a long time, this tax cut is going to help tens of millions of people, going to put money in their pockets,

we have already seen the corporations announcing expansion, new jobs, bonuses. ed: all that. >> bonuses, the day after the bill passed they were giving bonuses. ed: chuck schumer talked a good game he can work with the president you know him as a new york democrat here. can you name any specific democrats, a schumer or someone else who will actually vote for an infrastructure package or will it be resist again in 2018? >> i think it would be a big mistake for the democrats to resist a good infrastructure bill. i think that's one of the things the president wants to roll out next. is a strong infrastructure bill. we have the airports crumbling, bridges crumbling. it would be a big mistake for the democrats having said that they want to work with him not to work with him. you knew donald trump for decades, you knew him long before he was a politician. you believe he has been miscast by the media as i have talked to you off the

air. over the last year going back to the campaign. you spent about a half an hour with the president in the oval office this past week. talk about his mood and talk about any adjustments you think as his friend he needs to make whether it's with the tweeting, with his own outreach to democrats. could he do a better job of working with democrats and reaching out? >> well, i think he has done a fantastic job with this tax bill. and the cutting regulations and he made a campaign promise he was going to recognize jerusalem. he did that he made a campaign promise he was going to crush raqqa, isis in the middle east. he has done that. so, i don't know of few presidents in first year who actually have a better record. i think he needs to do some fire side chats. really communicate with the people on a regular basis what he is going to do. ed: keep the tweeting. go around the media and talk to the american people. >> the media, ed, is so

unfair to this president. ed: you heard it from andrew stein. democrats for trump. merry christmas, sir. >> thank you, ed. ed: our child might be why you drink. we will hear more about these ohio parents who sent their teacher a bottle saying this may be why you drink ♪

ed: quick headlines again. unruly passenger accused of assaulting a flight pilot causing the plane to divert. the southwest plane stopping in birmingham, alabama so officers could remove the intoxicated man they say became disruptive. the flight attendant thankfully is okay. fished employee using his car as a battering ram in the green bay field. food worker after chasing down old coworker.

the two had a history of conflict. five cars were damaged. thankfully again, noble injured. lisa in. lisa: the somers family of dayton, ohio, was wondering what to get their son jake's teacher. well, their idea was bottles of wine with jake's face on them. pete: so awesome. the message to the teacher was simple. our child might be the reason that you drink. so enjoy this bottle on us. now this gift has gone viral. and here to talk about it are the somers family. we have got mother mary, sons dj and jake. jake is the 8th grader whose face is portrayed on the bottle itself. so, jake, let me start with you whose idea was it to put your face on the bolts and give the gift. >> it was one of my mom friend's ideas and she works for a printing company and my mom just picked up the idea and she thought it would be funny. lisa: jake, are you giving your teachers trouble?

>> no, not that much. [laughter] pete: mom, you must have good light ribbing for christmas is a lot of fun. are you like hey, i just as an insurance policy, you know, i don't know if my kid behaves that well. i'm going to run with it. >> well, it was an insurance policy. we have been associated with this school for 15 years. dj went there and my daughter sarah and jake has. this is sort of your last chance with a some's kid have. a drink on us. thanks for the 15 years. lisa: mary, what was the reaction from the teachers? >> oh, they all loved it overwhelmingly they just all loved it we have good relationships with. they the kids go through k through 8 school. so we know them all. we have spent 8, 9, 15 years with some of them. they all loved it. all in good fun. pete: d.j. you are a sophomore at ohio state. older brothers are speak truth about younger brothers.

break it all down for us. what did you think when you first saw this? >> well, the idea originated when i was home for thanksgiving break. my mom kind of casually mentioned it to me over the dinner table and i was kind of skeptical oh yeah, sure, mom, whatever. i'm sure you will. and then shy got a picture of it and i told her before you send that out i have got to put this on twitter. like my friends are going to think this is funny. like my friends did think it was funny. and then a lot of other people got ahold of it and blew up over the last couple days. pete: it sure did. lisa: it went viral. do you know how many people have viewed it so far? >> i think i checked in the car on the way up here it was like 1.7, 1.8 million people or something like that. i don't know. lisa: jake, you are famous. lisa: you are famous. [laughter] pete: we have about 1.7 million people watching this segment as well. you just doubled your total. jake, how are you going to feel going back to school? i presume you are out on break now. how is it going to feel

going back to school? >> yeah, i am out on break now. but i think that i will be treated a little different. little special when i go back to school. lisa: an important question, how does the wine taste for the mother mary, obviously? >> wonderful. wonderful. a good chardonnay. pete: great reminder in communities where families go through schools do you create great relationships with teachers and administrators. it's awesome to see a fun take on it from you guys froguysfrom somers family cincinnati, ohio. lisa: very funny. thanks for sharing this with us and merry christmas. >> thank you. happy holidays. >> happy holidays. lisa: merry christmas. she wrote the book in 2016 you know who i'm talking about. hillary clinton is taking on her next literary challenge editing teen vogue. pete: got to get my copy. forget the oven, how about a smoked christmas dinner this year instead. we are cooking up a dadgum

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presenting. >> i have presented a uniform. if you wear the same thing for me it was pants suits, pants and jackets. after a while people get bored talking about it everyone has a story and history is about our collective story. ed: hillary clinton got to edit an edition of teen vogue magazine. lisa: she is never going to go anywhere. we will keep seeing her a lot he had. pete: she wrote a whole book called what happened. answered the question on the cover what happened hillary rodham clinton happened. she lost the election. she stayed in the woods a couple of days she came out and part of that has been a book tour to relitigate and, you know, she has brought out every number of excuses as to why she lost. now as part of editing teen vogue what was so interesting that caught our eye about it every single article in that magazine is about hillary clinton. ed: she has kids with signs go hillary. lisa: so funny story, you know the uni don't think,

obviously it's fake, satire. they did a fake story saying her next book is what also happened where she blames her publisher, book tours for failure to present her book efficiently and where the public can see it and basically blaming everyone else for bad sales. pete: the most serious part about this and conservatives miss it is these women's magazines have become extremely liberal and partisan. teen vogue and cosmopolitan amongst them. extremely left wing and did endorsements in 2014. never endorse a pro-life candidate. all about women's issues. conservatives shouldn't forget these are places where young women, women, get a lot of their news and get a lot of their information and if you are not a part of it. lisa: avid reader of the publication. pete: of course, long timing subscriber. lisa: a lot of these women magazines do not feature republican women. s as a republican woman it's offensive.

you want -- what about all those young republican girls out there that want to hear about women like nikki haley, for instance. u.n. ambassador nikki haley. we have a lot of republican women. ed: kellyanne conway and sarah huckabee sanders. lisa: there is silence. pete: hold your breath long enough teen vogue might cover that. lisa: let us know. email us about pete's reading habits. brian: he was one green sock. candy canes. pete: two different pairs. tomorrow i will wear red over here and green over here. ed: we won't know. keep your emails coming. in who should be on the cover of teen vogue rather than, yes, hillary clinton again. we will turn now to additional headlines. ed: two pairs opposite. >> or just one green and one red? >> i have one green pair and one red pair. ed: you bought them that way? pete: i'm just in the holiday spirit.

he we will get you caught up to speed eventually, ed. we have a couple of head lines as we move on from that banter. ukraine providing the country antimissiles. the state department saying the resistance is for defensive purposes helping the military fight russian backed separatist. big move from there. national anthem protest, the kneelers are to blame for lower attendance. according to espn the team's owner making that acknowledgment in a letter to season ticket holders saying the ravens protest in london may have driven fans away from coming to the games. despite the winning record the team has struggled like many in the nfl to fill the stadium this year. real grinch spending christmas behind bars. this guy right here. kind of looks that he is crazy. caught on camera, stealing an 8-year-old little girl's presents after breaking in to a home in michigan. that is unbelievable. even distracting the dog

with treats before making off with the gifts and a television. police were able to, that's the last remember when the grinch was in the fridge and takes the last thing. to identify the crook they were able to use the video and make an arrest. lisa: i hope she got her presents back. what a jerk. ed: extreme weather coming in time for christmas. lisa: snow already piling up from montana to michigan and all the way upstate new york and new england. ed: rick tracking the latest. rick: all spots that want to see white christmas from montana to the northeast. that somewhere you should see white christmas. a lot of places out west dry. take a look at these temperatures by the way. it is really warm across the eastern part of the country that warm air is moving up towards the northeast. that is going to be bringing rain instead of snow. later on today. buff we have a freezing round of rain that we are going to see freezing rain round that we will see

across parts of new england. then rain moving in after that and then snow and a new coastal storm forms tomorrow. and that means we're going to be talking about some snow across interior sections for christmas eve and christmas day across parts of new england. that's good news, to get there now, we have big travel problems today all across really third ever the country. expect to see a lot of travel delays across airports. fast forward in towards your christmas day. things looking pretty good especially across the northeast. ideaidealic. pete: third of the country you you problem traveling 100 percent eat. rick: if they can eat john mac elmore's food coming out of the smoker and fryer. master built. what did you bring today. >> merry christmas. "fox & friends" has always been fantastic to our company and everybody back in columbus, georgia wanted to say they winner they could be here not for the

rain but for the food i'm about to cook. are you guys ready? pete: tell us about it. >> we want to talk about freeing up the oven for christmas and imagine new year's. we will do an oink and gobble. okay? gets a chuckle out of everybody. we will do a ham and turkey at the same time. we will smoke it on the master built smoker and show how easy it is. this recipe is in my cookbook dadgum that's good too. we injected. we deep fry turkeys, nice injection throughout the whole turkey the breast, the leg. pete: i injected the first time this year because of you was it good? pete: it's fantastic. >> take olive oil and put all over that turkey and completely coat it when you smoke it, that olive oil gives it a nice good brown coloring and you will season the outside with some cajun spice. we will put that on the smoker and put it on the bottom rack at 225 degrees

and smoke it for 30 minutes per pound. we're going to take this ham and you are going to score the ham like you see here about 3 inches deep and that will allow that smoke infused flavor to get throughout this ham. got some cloves in there. we got some hone, brown sugar and deo dee dee d dejon m. rick: done and john? >> done and john. we should have him out there somewhere. there is don. so you notice how we have got the smoke coming out of that smoker? pete: yeah. >> we have the turkey on the bottom. there is that ham. so it's going to baste that turkey throughout the whole process. you got a nice good golden brown turkey down on the bottom. and, again, we're smoking that on the master built electric smoker.

guys, this is. >> dadgum that does look good. that's my brother. he has been my partner in crime all my life. thank you, don. it's obviously an outdoor smoker. we are just showing this for everybody inside to see. great christmas present for everybody. this is the blue tooth electric smoker. it's got four racks. so he you can monitor the temperature. set it. you got a meat probe to put inside of that turkey so that you can have the perfect oink and gobble recipe it's not just for christmas. think about new year's. rick: where with k. people find these? >> go to master built.com or go to any retailer, basically lowe's home depot, sam's wal-mart has them. bass pro has them. still get it before christmas. and the best place for the recipes and more information there is my cookbook. we need to have you guys on

there. pete: dadgum that's good and dadgum that's good too now. rick: john mche will moore. >> we will do a smoked prime rib recipe in about an hour. pete: see threw. lisa: you guys can't smell it at home it smells so good. my stomach is growling now. ed: how did we get stuck over here? lisa: is it armageddon yet? democrats have been freaking throughout the year about donald trump all around. president trump. from the end of the paris climate accord to the net neutrality. left told you the trump presidency will be the end of days. up next, we break it down with all the top freakouts. ed: can't miss this reverend franklin graham will be joining us live with a very special christmas message next hour ♪ let your heart be light ♪ from now on ♪ our troubles will be out

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west palm beach he will be spending the christmas season there with his family at mar-a-lago. >> and before he left town or left washington he did not hold a year-end news conference. a lot of people in the media mad about that. trump bucks white house tradition by skipping end of year presser. and on msnbc they were a little angry about that. lisa: they didn't like this as you can imagine. >> he has been dodging questions from the press for months now really. >> yeah, can we show. >> he hasn't had a press conference since, what february? it's laughable, chris. the president can't stand in front of the press and take questions from the press.

>> all right, ed, so you have been a part of -- you have sat in the front row. ed: this is a tradition and people in the media raising it as a tradition are right that they do answer questions at the end of the year. have at it. go back and for the. what i would say that some people seem to be missing in this case we would go sometimes president obama weeks, weeks, weeks, with no news conference. and they may be right that i haven't looked at those stats that there has not been a formal news conference in the east room with president trump. however, what everybody is missing is. on a practically daily basis once a week he is going to the helicopter and stopping and talking to the media for -- in fact, talking to my colleagues in the white house press corps they say sometimes they want him to stop talking because. lisa: i was going to say. ed: have a quiet morning and all of a sudden i'm going to take 20 questions. lisa: i'm going to feel like chief of staff john kelly feels they have too much access to president trump. is he tweeting all the time. he has been very transparent and really, as you

mentioned, he is always stopping by saying things to the media when he meets with his cabinet. he will address the media. he is constantly, constantly giving them the sound bites that they like. pete: also common sense why would you i understand the year submitting yourselves to the fake news media. you just had a big win, okay, slammed it on the desk. delivered a tax cut to the american people. you got a lot of momentum why would you walk out into the hillary clinton press corps and submit yourself for an hour. there is no reason to. traditions are important when they are enshrined in our constitution. not when reporters tell us it's now a tradition that we must do every year. president trump won bucking the status quo. is he going to keep doing so. it makes common sense that he would not submit himself to this kind of grilling so the left can change the narrative over the christmas season other than tax cuts. lisa: waiting for him to say something so they don't have to talk about tax reform and talk about this massive legislative victory and can focus on the sound bite. we have seen a lot of freakouts and the folks at home, you know this. you've seen it. and let's go through a couple of them. we have got the end of press

freedom is one of them. the end of the planet with the paris climate accord when he pulled out of it the end of the internet with net neutrality, we were all supposed to die from that if i remember. the end of immigration rights. the end of your bank account with tax reform and a fear of nuclear war. so there has been a lot of freaking out by the left. it's got to be exhausting though. ed: this is like frankenstein the monster. lisa: shouldn't they be exhausted? gentleman imagine freaking out that much he had they had is it, donald trump has now gone too far you are all going to die. actually, my paycheck is looking pretty good. pete: i'm exhausted because there is so much winning. he said if you win this much you will be tired. lisa: do you know who we want to hear from? we want to hear from you all at home. you emailed us. we will read some of your emails. marcia you said news flash armageddon has been cancelled because of lack of interest. good one, martha. -- or march sexual

harassment. pete: if i would have listened to the media's warnings i think i would have had a heart attack from the stress. ed: glad you didn't have a heart attack. lisa tells us coming up -- oh, no that's another question. lisa: ed, stealing my tease. ed: normally give each of us something to read this time only you guys. i'm not mad about it. lisa: thought you could do better. > ed: i thought it was a viewer letter. pete: they are trying to tell us to move on. lisa: now the pressure. the lead up, coming up to the obama administration hinder an investigation about hezbollah to save the iran deal? now the doj is trying to figure that out. what a.g. sessions just announced. pete: plus a former navy seal is finding a way to honor troops overseas during the christmas season. and you can help. that he was coming up next. those are america trees ed: i'm still not reading anything. ♪ ♪ hello mom.

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♪ ed: i'm kidding. pete: steal my lead. you say holiday i say christmas. christmas time can be a lonely time for the men and women of our armed services and nobody knows that better than former navy seal ryan parrett. that's why he began making patriot red and blue christmas trees as a way to honor troops. he served three tours in iraq. ed: how these trees came about birds eye view project ryan parrett. thanks for being here. thank you for your service. why did you do this? what inspired you to do it. >> thank you for having me. you know, the interesting thing about these trees is i would go home every christmas. i was fortunate enough to go

home every christmas. my brother and i would go down to home depot every year and buy a big tree and ask if this was a patriotic pine they didn't have them we said let's spray paint it like a flag. that's big thing we miss at christmas, while we are enjoying our family fun there were men and women serving overseas. a reminder people doing it. pete: started out something did you individually. tell us about patriotic pines and how you support other veteran efforts. >> we partner with this amazing group called christmas decor out of texas. they helped us bring this to reality see the trees there. seven and a half footer. 4 footer and beautiful wreath flag. we put these out as a reality to not only tell america we love it and we love ouring in but also to support an organization called the birds eye view project. ed: how can people support it. >> go to birds eye view project.org to look at our charities. we have a passion to help their mission and grow their mission. awareness campaign. patriotic pine we can show

people who these charities are and what they're doing. pete: go to patriotic pine.com is that what it is. >> patriotic pine.com. pete: entrepreneur stepping tout remind people about our country. you brought a big tree. >> this special one right here is unique. only one that's a 10 footer. we designed this for the president of the united states. so, mr. president, if you are listening, how do we get this tree to you, okay? this is what we want to bring. pete: i do know his address. address.h ed: 1600 pennsylvania avenue or palm beach. pete: three tours in iraq you know what it means appreciate your service. love it coming up, white house communications advisor mercedes schlapp and dr. sebastian gorka both join us live. ed: i will read next hour. pete: maybe. maybe once. ed: maybe not ♪ i really can't stay

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the people for the middle class. >> donald trump is fighting a strategic daily ongoing war and battle against the american left. >> democrats already regret it you know, they have their you typical for the rich that's not true. we will get bipartisan work done. pete: exmarine turned muslim convert is accused of planning a christmas day terror attack. everett jamison arrested after the fbi caught wind of his plan to use explosives and guns at san francisco's pierre 39. >> rocket from have andberg air force base. >> that's really weird. >> there is another one

coming out of it. [gasp] >> is that a ufo. lisa: these parents get a plus for the gift they gave their son's teacher a bottle of wine with his picture on it. >> it's more sort of a this is your last chance with the somers kid, have a drink on us, thanks for the 15 years. you were troopers. ♪ ♪ jingl sing jingle noel ♪ noel ♪ sing noel ♪ noel ♪ sing noel ♪ sing noel ♪ noel, noel ♪ sing noel ♪ noel, noel ♪ sing noel ♪ sing noel ♪ noel, noel ♪ sing noel ♪ sing noel.

>> how far beautiful is that. >> those are the girl scouts of nassau county on long island here in new york. they are going to be performing for us here on the program. they already started a little bit of a warm-up gets you in the christmas spirit. lisa: what a gift they have. great job, girls, what an amazing job. >> puts you in the spirit very quickly. ed: how are you guys feeling? lisa: i'm so ready for christmas. family, presents help. i like giving gifts, too. pete: bury the lead h. ed: you are not going to be late for christmas though. she was a little late. pete: you are not in trouble. you are not in trouble at all. you are here and you made it. lisa: moving on, moving on. pete: you are getting richer in 018. more of your tax dollars going in your wallet. yesterday you saw behind the resolute desk in the oval office. president trump signed historic tax cut and tax

reform, a bill that was passed through the house and the senate this week. lisa: big beautiful tax cut. pete: big beautiful tax cut that i'm marinating all morning. just appreciate something historic happened before our eyes. this is what the president said yesterday. >> this is something republicans wanted for years and democrats wanted for years and yet it never got done. who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country. the bottom line is this is the biggest tax cuts and reform in the history of our country. this is bigger than actually president reagan's many years ago. i'm very honored by it. democrats don't like tax cuts. they want to raise your taxes. they don't want to lower your taxes. they want to raise your taxes and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don't need in many cases. i really do believe and i have said on social media today i really do believe we are going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with

infrastructure. because i really believe infrastructure can be bipartisan. lisa: you know what's so funny because we had just talked about an earlier segment about how the media is upset that he didn't do this formal end of the year press conference. here he is just free-talking to the media and answering questions about this historic tax reform law now and it truly is historic. they have been trying to get this done for 30 years and also this week was along with the bill drilling in anwr which they have been trying to do for 40 years. repeal of the individual mandate. republicans have been talking about 8 years. truly an accomplishment, ed, there is no grinches here. this is a big accomplishment. ed: i'm just trying to bring you a little bit of balance. lisa: i'm very balanced. ed: other side of the couch wants to say it's all over, game over. oh my god we won everything. lisa: i feel like a referee to some degree. pete: you would acknowledge we had the kind of resistance this president has faced from the media, from the democrats, from never trumpers.

lisa: good point. steve: from his own fbi, doj. it is unpress tent ited what he has faced and impound. yet he still has his own party to vote for it. lisa: ed, your response. >> ed: getting his pony party to talk about tax cuts is not a big deal. i'm not saying it's not impressive. lisa: president obama even talked about cutting the corporate tax rate. ed: it's not a big thing. republicans talk about it all the time. pete: they talk about. ed: they also talked about repealing obamacare it didn't happen. pete: at least they have the mandate taken out. lisa: facing resistance from the left complete obstructionist. not even helping with it tax reform they said in the past they agree upon some of the principles here. here is rush limbaugh on the president's first year. listen. >> donald trump is fighting a strategic daily ongoing war and battle against the american left.

i don't care whether he thinks that he is taking out liberalism or whatever, in his mind, he is restoring greatness to america. and whoever is in the way is who is in the way, and they are going to get taken care of. through it all, trump triumphs. through it all at the end of every day, donald trump is still the focus the virtually everywhere in the world of politics and most of the people in the country. every day. through it all, donald trump doesn't cower in fear and through it all donald trump is never afraid of the media. the republicans are watching all. this and at first it's making them nervous as they can be. now, and even before the tax cut bill was passed there has been a change. and the republican party is happily on donald trump's team. and it's genuine it is real. what they are realizing is that donald trump will win.

and they want to be part of a winner. pete: donald trump has given the republicans the best gift he can give them in 2017 which is to teach them how to fight and therefore team them thousand win saying end, are the republicans at large finally getting on board with this president. ed gillespie we're talking about virginia earlier. debate all day, what really went wrong there. ed: i get that gillespie never went all in with the president. he was half trump at best. he was like yeah, maybe, maybe, are republicans in the mid terms going to say they are in because "the washington post" already has a story out saying that democrats are getting ready, that if they can take back the house, they are going for impeachment. they recall going. in republicans have to figure out they r. they with this president or not? lisa: i mentioned this earlier on the show. the only way democrats move forward with anything with impeachment, they would have to win back the house and

the senate, because the reality is the senate map looks really tough for democrats. they are defending 25 states, republicans are only defending 8 in the senate. and also the state of nevada is the only state where g.o.p. incumbent is in a state that hillary clinton won. so they are facing an uphill battle. 10 senate democrats incumbents are running in re-election in states that president trump won so the senate looks very difficult for democrats. the house may be another question. pete: voters are wise to a lot of the it ed gillespie did the hedge. typical of so much of the political class. people can see that the authenticity of president trump comes out. he said he was going to do it. now he is going about doing it, which is the biggest sin you can commit in washington, d.c. actually do what you say you are going to do. ed: jeff flake as a republican said i'm not on board. he made his bed he will have to sleep in it as well are republicans going to get on board. democrats meanwhile, interesting because they have not wanted to get on board with this president. they have been resisting. last hour we had andrew stein on who leads democrats for trump. he said enough is enough.

watch. >> i think it's the trump derangement symptom. they still haven't been able to accept that donald trump was elected president. and they from the very beginning, the deep state, the clinton, obama holdovers in the agencies, they are trying to delegitimize this president. and they want to impeach him. make no mistake about it. lisa: it's kind of sad that a president who is actually doing what he says is somehow the problem. typically doesn't happen in washington, d.c. and maybe that's why everyone is so shocked. pete: that's why he is committing the biggest sin. ed: i finally can read something. that's great. i have been teasing you about that. look, andrew stein made another point. talking about the deep state. talking about people within the bureaucracy who do not want this president to succeed. we have seen that at the fbi how the narrative has changed in the last couple weeks. james baker reassigned. general counsel at the fbi. there are reports that he

might have been someone who leaked the trump dossier at the very beginning of all of this. trying to dump out all of that negative, unverified information about donald trump. james comey, who has been out there tweeting these deep thoughts. sewed sad, we are now at a point in our political life where anyone can be attacked for partisan gain. james bake his or her is stepping down as fbi general counsel served our country incredibly well for 25 years and deserves better. he is what we should want all our public servants to be. maybe, mr. comey, maybe not. maybe james baker was involved in getting dirty dossier out there. and maybe peter strzok one of the top agents for james comey who was fbi director and sending all of those anti-trump. you see them there, anti-trump, pro-clinton text messages. these were the people who were investigating hillary clinton bruce ohr, nellie ohr. pete: names have become household names in the last week. found out why they were let

go and how close the connections and dossier were to fusion gps within people investigating this president or letting hillary clinton off the hook for things she could have been convicted for. lisa: james comey someone acting holier than now also said misleading things under oath. not to mention the fact timing when he released the memos. if did you go back and look at "new york times" articles. it certainly looks like things were leaked prior to when he said he did. there is a variety of other things we don't have time to get into. interesting to see how is he playing this. pete: 2018 could be very interesting. i read these political news letters. you do, too. the so-called mainstream media is still obsess you had with the fact that bob mueller is going to bring down this presidency. really? we have seen so much evidence sea change in another direction. two worlds not talking to each other. ed: they say the president is going to fire robert mueller. there is no evidence he is going to do that his legal team has said again and again it's fake news.

lisa: we have seen a lot of fake news. we have seen stories miss the mark and completely inaccurate. your readers at home or viewers at home it's tough to know what to believe. that's really the media is doing themselves a great disservice by getting these stories wrong. pete: the president has said himself he is not going to fire bob mueller. we will see how that investigation unfolds. more russia, russia, russia. ed: let me say in advance thank you for finally giving me a chance to read. lisa: merry christmas, ed. ed: merry christmas. president trump finishing the year strong with historic tax cuts. what's next on the agenda? white house senior communication advisor, our old friend mercedes schlapp is on deck. lisa: who i am so excited to z the final spacex launch of the year is leaving the coast dazed and confused. the dramatic show in the sky just ahead ♪ i just need to catch my breath ♪ i saw the change in rich when we moved into the new house.

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♪ ♪ pete: welcome back to "fox & friends." president trump signing his first legislative triumph into law. really second. he did pass the v.a. reform bill as well. smaive overhaul expected to create tax cuts for most americans next year. ed: what's on the agenda for 018. here to weigh in senior advisor, old friend forme form. mercedes schlapp. >> i wish i could be with you in new york. merry christmas. ed: president said that he doesn't have to go out there and sell it because this tax cut is going to sell itself. how does that comport with nancy pelosi saying it's

frankenstein and going to scare people? >> isn't that insane? i think of the democrats and their message for next year being i stopped you, the american people, from receiving money and having paycheck increases. and president trump is right. i mean, is he standing strock on this economy. he understands that this tax cut is historic. it is going to benefit personal families and individuals and the benefits are going to be felt right away. wwe are already seeing companies investing in our country. we are seeing companies giving bonuses out before christmas. president trump made this commitment. i mean, you have to understanding. in washington it's about washington slow speed. when president trump is here, it's about trump speed. that means getting things done quickly, a result-driven president. someone who is sticking to his promises in a way that we have not seen in a very long time. and i think that for the american people, when you start seeing continued economic growth. job opportunity and the

president's willingness and ability to say we are going to invest in our most important resource, which is that of the american people that is such a strong message that i think that the american people will absolutely embrace. lisa: speaking of messaging, mercedes, part of this is getting the word out to voters and to americans. 80% of americans will get a tax cut. each according to liberal think tanks but, despite that the "wall street journal" had a poll showing that only 17% of americans believe that they are going to get a tax cut. what is the white house going to do? what is your plan to change that number? >> president trump obviously and his team will be continuing to talk about the benefits of tax cuts. i mean, we have seen, for example, his daughter ivanka trump on the road as well as several secretary cabinet members going out there and talking about doubling the child tax credit. the expansion of the 5299 for college plans. you start seeing these blefts of knows tax kits,

and come pen, february, there will be an immediate impact. you are going to seat majority of americans receiving paycheck increases. when you start seeing more of these companies investing in our local communities, and hiring people, i mean, it is critical that that is in itself is going to be incredibly helpful. president trump will continue talking about the successes of tax cuts and how this impacts american families. they are going to see tangible results and that is something that is called delivering on his promise and that's what the president has done even before christmas. pete: not a single democrat voted for the bill. they have been committed to resisting him. if they had the house of representatives they would probably try typicall impeach h. he alluded to working with democrats. what does 2018 look for democrats. >> infrastructure is going to be priority for administration and congress. president trump is a builder in chief. he understands that in order to keep this economy growing, it's not only about

cutting the red tape and deregulation, cutting taxes, but also investing in our roads and bridges. investing in the american people. how do you incentivize. on schedule, under budget. those are going to be critical components there in terms of working with both parties. i mean, it's a very popular issue amongst americans. it's something that helps improve their quality of life. i think that it would be an advantage for both parties to come together and push forward on infrastructure. pete: we shall see. tax cuts are popular too. not a single democrat. mercedes schlapp. thank you for your time. lisa: merry christmas. >> thank you, merry christmas. pete: president trump delivering on yet another promise proudly putting christ back in christmas. >> remember i told you two years ago when we started, only one thing missing, the words merry christmas.

they are using those words again. do you notice? >> yes. >> they are using those words again. ed: some people dismiss it but franklin graham says otherwise. pete: so true. was that your read i stole, ed? i tried hard to quit smoking. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. every great why needs a great how.

♪ ed: good morning again. quick headlines, exmarine turned muslim convert is accused of planning a christmas day terror attack. every yet jamison arrested after the fbi caught wind of his plan to use explosives and guns at san francisco's pier 39. the 26-year-old hoping to create, quote, another attack like new york or san bernardino. in response to president trump's recent decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. meanwhile attorney general jeff sessions now ordering a review into whether president obama hindered an

investigation into the terror group hezbollah. the request followed a bombshell report in politico claiming obama administration interfered with the dea's money into hezbollah's massive drug network all as an effort to help save the iran nuclear deal. that is a big story. lisa: since the beginning, president trump has promised to make christmas great again. listen. >> remember i told you two years ago when we started, only one thing missing the words merry christmas. they are using those words again. do you notice? >> yeah. >> do you notice? they're using those words again. pete: what does this mean to people of faith. here to weigh in president of samaritan's purse franklin graham. thank you for joining us. merry christmas and glad to have you. if you would share the power of stating the name and saying christmas has always been about something and we are going to make sure we say it. >> well, christmas is really about the birth of jesus

christ and that's what we are celebrating. you know, christmas we give gifts. but christmas is about god giving. giving his son jesus christ. the bible says that we have all sinned and entire human race sunday the death sentence because the wages of sin is death. sin is a disease of the human soul. he gave at christmas his only begotten son that whoever believe him him should not perishable but have everlasting life. jesus christ came to this earth gift from god. went to a cross and died and shed his blood on the cross for our sins. christmas is all about christ. god giving his son for each and every one of us and so i'm so excited that the president isn't afraid to mention the name of jesus christ. and that he boldly stands for not only christ but all religious freedom. and it's refreshing to have a president who is just not afraid and doesn't care what all the liberals think. he is just going to do what he thinks is right.

and everybody just get out of his way. i kind of like it. lisa: franklin, president trump has stood for religious freedom in this country. do you feel like religion has been under attack that christian yeants has been under attack over the years? >> no question. and they are still under attack there is plenty of court cases right now before the supreme court where people put out of business because they refused to bake a cake for somebody because of their religious freedoms and religious beliefs yes our faith is under attack. it's very, very critical. this is a nation that was born for religious freedom. people came from other countries so they could be free to worship god however they felt was right as christians and we are the majority, are under attack from the secularists. i think it's very important that people remember this and that we stand up for our religious freedoms and we do have a president who does care and i think he is going

to do all can he to stand with us. ed: reverend graham speaking of presidents there is man who guided both parties for a long time. i remember covering president obama on a trip to nortnorth carolina several years ago. he made a side trip to visit reverend graham. we know he has been aging and health challenges. he is such a powerful man. such a powerful message. can you give our viewers an idea of how he is doing these days? and what you want everyone to know about his life and legacy. >> well, you know, he is entering -- he has entered now his 100th year. he is 99. when he turned 99 in november that opened the door to his 100th year. he is at home. he is resting well. he is old. he doesn't see well and hear very well but his mind is still good. his mind is still clear. i'm going down with my wife on christmas day and we are going to have lunch with him. i'm looking forward to that my father, all of his life. never veered from the

calling that god gave him and that was to preach the gospel to tell men and women about a god that loves them. that's willing to forgive their sin if they are willing to repent, turn from their sin and by faith to believe on the name of jesus christ that god would save them and heal their heart and he will have that hope for eternity of being with him in heaven. my father never veered from that. so i'm very grateful for his falfulness of that message. lisa: reverend, we would be remiss if we didn't talk about the good work samaritan's purse does. obviously you were on the front lines, hurricane harvey, the hurricanes that reeked havoc on this country. you were there sending volunteers helping out. tell us about samaritan's purse christmas boxes. >> you know, we have select collected a little over 12 million boxes just like this is one of the 12 million that we have collected this year that's going to over 100 countries around the world. this has got a ball in it. it's has a slinky. it has toothbrush and toothpaste and things like that. i want the children of the world to know that god loves

them. and that they're not forgotten. we are taking gifts to rahingas in bangladesh. they have lost their homes and lost their parents. they are living in absolute squaller. it's one of the worst filthy refugee camps we have ever seen. we have got doctors. we have nurses. we are going to give outer gifts to these children in the next few weeks. we want them to know god hasn't turned his back on them. lisa: thank you, sir. merry christmas. ed: merry christmas to you and your father and who whole family merry christmas. >> thank you. god bless. pete: they have not forgotten the forgotten man ever at samaritan's purse that's for sure. remember when president trump said this about the north korean dictator kim jong un. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. pete: rocket man u.n. general assembly. how do voters feel about that we have the best and

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♪ silver bells ♪ ding, dong ♪ ding, dong ♪ ding, dong ♪ ding, dong ♪ words of good cheer ♪ everywhere filling the air ♪ raising the sound ♪ songs of good cheer of christmas is here ♪ merry, merry christmas ♪ ding, dingdong ♪ ed: yeah. ♪ ding, dong ♪ ding, dong ♪ ed: i love it. pete: so well done. ed: that is the girl scouts of nassau county chorus

right here in new york performing carol of the bells. not only do they have beautiful voices, they have senses of humor. during the break i had a team of people putting makeup on me because i need it. i looked over, i spied a couple of the girls they are doing it right now. they are giggling, laughing at me. this guy has people putting makeup on him. lisa: we all need makeup for tv. you did such a beautiful job. such amazing, amazing voices that was beautiful. put thi us all in the christmas spirit. pete: if you are not in the christmas spirit. ed: now you are. lisa: beautiful. thank you so much. pete: rick, i know you can't sing like that but you probably appreciate it. ed: how do you know? pete: i have never heard you sing. maybe later. lisa: rick, there is time to prove it. can you prove pete wrong by singing right now. rick: not happening. you have to be in the car with me or something. that's about the only time it will happen. here is your temps as you are waking up this morning. really warm air across the southeastern part of the country, moving towards the north bringing freezing rain today. unfortunately across parts

of new england, followed by some rain, then followed by some snow again. the big storm for sunday into monday that's going to bring more snow across interior sections. right now you get the idea a lot of moisture out here. eastern third of the country major travel problems today. big delays across the airports unfortunately, the roadways are going to be he did have difficult. able very careful as you are out there. if you waited to do your shopping until today unfortunately you will have some problems. this will be out of here tomorrow a little bit better and get ready for a white christmas across parts of the northeast. all right, pete, send it over to you. pete: thank you for dialing that up white christmas, rick. nice job. turning now to your headlines, world powers punishing north korea for latest missile test by unanimously approving tough new sanctions. the u.n. security council in a 15-0-volt now limiting the country's access to refined oil and forcing all north korean works abroad to return back to the rogue nation. sanctions also cracking down on shipping to and from the country as it should. and, a federal appeals court

ruling against president trump's travel ban on friday saying it violates the law. but the court defers final ruling to the supreme court. and so the restrictions will remain in effect during the appeals process. under the order, visas are limited for citizens of 8 countries, many of which are predom nangtsly muslim. anpredominantly muslim. site sending some of us for the hills but not for this fearless little terrier. >> doggy, doggy, doggy. oh. [laughter] pete: the dog whose name this is apparently a real name the name is dumb blonde. that's the name of the dog. it was in the prompter so i read it has been guarding this remote lodge in australia for years. the owner says the pup chases crocks on a daily basis, marking her territory and protecting her owner and those are your headlines. lisa: don't mess around, i guess. ed: any time you can make

pete say dumb blonde i like it. families across the country will soon be putting finishing touches on additional. what about if you ditch the oven, a lot of people like that and instead smoked your christmas meal. rick: author of dadgum that's good and dadgum that's good too joins us now to show us what's is going on. lisa: dadgum it is good. i had one of your sandwiches. stuffing my face. it was amazing. >> that's what we want everybody to do in christmas and for new year's. earlier in the segment we did the oink and gobble. the turkey and the ham. we smoked it on the smoker. now we are going to dial it up a notch and give you a smoked prime rib. everybody loves prime rib. i will swap with you right here. prime rib is one of those very expensive cuts of meat. so the last thing you want to do is mess it up. so you can put this in your master built smoker with the temperature gauge, set it at 225 degrees and smoke it for about 25 minutes per pound. this is a 6 to 8-pound prime

rib roast. and we will come together and put all of these spices in there we have got onion and garlic and white pepper. his litcsh rick, you are doing a great job. >> salt and red peppers and cayenne and put all that together and make our own little rub. lisa: do you have to let it sit with the rub or how long do you do that for? >> what i like to do is let it sit at room temperature 30 to 45 minutes and let it marinade. i know you have been wanting to rub it in. get in there, baby. lisa: we rub things in with pete. we like to make fun of him. rick: eat this, make sandwiches with did. >> we have a shot of don outside. are we going back outside to don? there he is. there he is don is smoking it. there is the smoked mac and cheese. there is the prime rib. folks, for christmas, go to

master built.com. you asked earlier. go to low's home depot, wal-mart. sporting good. cabella's and smoke your turkey, your ham and your prime rib. rick: great gift. get it still today and tomorrow. ed: thank you john mackell more we appreciate it merry christmas. ed: remember when senator jeff flake said. >> become the party of roy moore and donald trump, we are toast. ed: how do the voters feel about that ranking the best and worst messaging moments of the year next. lisa: final spacex launch of the year leaving the coast dazed and confused. the dramatic show in the sky just moments away ♪ wow ♪ jingle bell ♪ jingle bell ♪ jingle all the way ♪ oh what fun ♪ it is to ride ♪ in a once horse open sleigh

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ed: welcome back. quick headlines for you. astronaut bruce the first person to fry freely and unat the timerred in space has passed away on thursday. you may remember this very famous photo in him in 1984 flying alone in the cosmic blackness of a stunning blue earth. he traveled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle challenger during the space walk he was 80 years old and pioneer for sure. and our second story, spacex falcon 9 rocket launches leaving californians dazed and confused. >> you guys, that's really weird. >> there is another one coming out of it. [gasp] >> is that a ufo. pete: yansd just looking at it what it is. the rocket carrying 10 satellites toker bit left people puzzled including myself what they were

seeing. giving several warnings ahead of the launch. those were your space headlines. lisa, down to you. lisa: we appreciate you breaking that down for us. i have my friend lee here and from president trump's inauguration speech, to hillary clinton's what happened tour, we're ranking the best and worst messaging moments of 2017. as i mentioned, here my friend lee carter is with the results and she is the president and partner of maslansky and partners lee carter. i botched your company's name so my apologies. >> that's okay. lisa: let's get right to it president trump, we have the inaugural address returning to -- talking about returning the government to the people. let's take a listen. >> today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another. or from one party to another. but we are transferring power from washington, d.c. and giving it back to you, the people. [cheers and applause]

>> as a messaging expert, what do you think of that? >> this set the tone for his president. you know, he had a message about, you know, making america great again. this is all about giving the government back to the people. this theme has come up over and over and over again. all year long as i have been talking to voters when they had questions about him i said you know what though? he is fighting for me. he is all about the american people. that's why he is here. that's why he is president of the united states. it's a theme that worked. a lot of people talked about the controversy of the inaugural address. they didn't talk about this piece and it really resonated with the voters across the board. lisa: that was missed by many in the media. another one that got a lot of attention as well is the president calling kim jong un rocket man at the united nations. take a listen. >> the united states has great strength and patience but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide

mission for himself. and for his regime. >> lisa: so lee, yea or ney on rocket man. >> i will give it a nay. a lot of people say i hate it when he does this type of stuff. he lobs out these phrases and he changes the conversation, whether it's rocket man, fake news, you know, crooked hillary. these names, these things, they stick and people if he didn't say things like that we wouldn't be talking about it for days if not the rest of the year it is a strategy that works for him. lisa: good point. get to the worse of it senator jeff flake was caught on a hot mike moment. listen. >> become the party of roy moore and donald trump, we are toast. we are absolutely. >> not throwing smoke at you. but you are the guy who could just for fun, think how much fun it would be to be the foil and point out what an idiot this guy is. lisa: we see this time and time again with hot mike moments they never end well,

do they. >> no. what a nightmare. it's like when you check your phone a few times to make sure you are still not carrying over. this was one of those things flake could have gone out saying i have a moral compass and i'm standing strong. what this really did for him is make him seem petty and it's too bad for him but he should know better. let's be honest. lisa: another one of the worst. we have hillary clinton talking about president trump saying that he is obsessed with her. listen. >> apparently, you know, my former opponent is obsessed with my speaking out. [laughter] apparently there was another somebody told me tweet today. honestly, between tweeting and golfing, how does he get anything done? i don't understand it. [applause] so, maybe that's -- maybe that's the whole point. lisa: how do you think this went over with people at home? >> it didn't go well. the truth of the matter is after hillary lost the election, there is a lot of

humility, her speech was very, very well received. i think people started to like herbert than when she was running. then her book came out and she started talking about all of these things and it just weekend away at her popularity. you could see even this week her popularity has hit all-time low in part it's because she just won't let go. people want us to move forward. come up with solutions. her husband did an op-ed in the "new york times" that was very well received even though it was partisan. there is a right and wrong way to do it and she did it the wrong way. lisa: we appreciate your expertise. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. lisa: should we take the money from the united nations and use it to build the wall. we will ask sebastian gorka coming up. businesses say they are back in business and putting money in their employees' pockets. who else is paying? you are going to want to listen ♪ learn what christmas is for ♪ we have found out what

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> ed: the movie the greatest showman is in theaters now just in time for christmas. lisa: michael tammero got exclusive interview with one the movie stars. michael? >> love this movie. favorite movie of the year. sat down with hugh jackman himself who told me all about this fantastic film ♪ ladies and gentlemen this is the moment have you waited for. >> greatest showman i think probably the greatest movie of the year. >> thank you so much. >> love it, obsessed. >> i love obsessed. >> ran sound track this morning lends itself to it. >> prior to this i would never have listened to something i have roar

recorded. can i actually listen to this. i love it. i love what justin and binge have done. >> my husband says listen to it again? i said yes. >> and again, and again. >> i'm not a big musical fan that's the thing. >> really? >> i think i have an idea. >> this is sort of a passion projects for you. >> for sure. >> for several years. >> yeah. i'm super lucky, michael. i get to do passion projects. i mean, there was a bit at the beginning of our career i was like no i have got to pay the rent. greatest showman an original movie musical. that kind of thing hasn't been done in holiday for 23 years. i'm just so blessed to be able to do it. i pinch myself, honestly. >> so many great themes in this movie. is there one that resonates particularly with you. >> to thee the people incapsulated. not only is it about accepting other people it's

about accepting ourselves, this is who i am. i'm not going to spend my time or my life pretending to be something else. >> no one ever made a difference by being like everyone else. >> look out because here i come ♪ >> >> p.t. barnum once said art is peaking one happy. this will make a lot of people happy during the holiday season. lisa: that's a big interview. hugh jackman is a huge star. well done. >> lovely human being. pete: your fan came out a little bit. >> a little bit. he can say my name any time over and over. pete: nice job, michael. a fox news alert. police officers targeted in a shooting spree overnight. and there are signs it may have been a terror attack breaking details at the top of the hour. ed: dr. sebastian gorka here live on the controversy surrounding the u.n. you won't want to miss that knicks. next.

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>> the president ending the year bypassing tax reform. president trump: everything in here is really tremendous things for businesses, the people, for the middle class. >> washington is about washington slow speed, when president trump is here, it's about trump speed. that means getting things done quickly a result-driven president. >> an ex-marine is acused of planning a christmas day terror attack. he was arrested after the fbi caught wind of his plan to use explosives and guns at san francisco's pier39. >> spacex launched a falcon 9 rocket. >> this is really weird. >> there's another one coming out of it. >> ♪ ed: santa repelled down from the helicopter greeting people in oahu.

♪ in the meadow we can build a snowman, and pretend that he is brown. he will say are it married, we'll say no, man but you can do the job while you're in town, later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire, the plans that we made, walking in a winter wonderland ♪ in the meadow we can build a snowman, and pretend that he is a circus clown, we'll have lots of fun with mr. snowman, until the other kid is back in town, when it snows so you know it gets to chilling, we'll frollick and play the eksimo play, walking in

a winter wonderland ♪ >> [applause] lisa: beautiful. their parents must be so proud. ed: what a start. pete: the girl scouts rocking us out all morning. >> pete i don't want to hurt your feelings but i heard you singing as well while they're singing. pete: not good. lisa: i would much prefer to listen to them. don't quit your day job my friend. they're much better. pete: only a member of a chorus where nobody can hear my individual voice. lisa: sorry to burst your bubble pete: you guys were awesome. ed: girl scouts of nassau county on long island in new york. they're wonderful get you in the spirit we've also been asking how are you getting into the spirit send in your photos friends@fox news.com. laura sends this wonderful photo of her granddaughter natalie meeting mr. and mrs. clause. pete: very happy and well-behav ed we like to see that

and then marty shares this moment of his granddaughter waiting to see santa and loving santa' christmas tree. that might be the definition of the picture. lisa: such a beautiful picture and linda sends this picture of her daughter after they decorated their christmas tree. pete: people we talk about shopping on saturday. these are probably for most people family days. you wrap a gift. ed: more money in their pocket too. pete: why, ed? ed: i think there was a tax cut i heard about. its been marinating for a few hours. lisa: the big beautiful tax cut is that the one you're talking about? pete: i've been marinating? i do think in all serious merry christmas by the way. lisa: we did technically marinate earlier. pete: we did. ideologically and marinating in these historic tax cuts that hit the desk of president trump yesterday. he signed it at the desk in the oval office this tax cut. no members of congress were there because they had already gone back home and you said it

earlier lisa it's almost fitting he signed it alone. lisa: because it has been him against everyone. even during the election, during the general election everyone was against him. there's a lot of republicans not on board. the immediate was was certain certainly not on board so it was him against everyone so it's also important to note he did do that big press conference with the other republican members of congress behind him talking about tax reform so he did do that and give credit to all of the people. ed: democrats have been beating this thing to death and that may be why or likely why it's at 17-18% popularity in that wall street journal poll you mentioned. people don't think the tax cut is going to help them because they've heard these democratic talking points about it being for the rich. the president yesterday said i'm not going to have to go out on the road. those poll numbers turnaround because it's going to sell itself, watch. president trump: this is something that republicans wanted for years and democrats wanted for years and yet it never got done. who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country.

bottom line is this is the biggest tax cut and reform in the history of our country and bigger than actually president reagan's many years ago. i'm very honored by it. democrats don't like tax cuts. they want to raise your taxes they don't want to lower your taxes. they want to raise your taxes and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don't need in many cases. i really do believe and i've said on social media today, i really do believe we're going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure because i really believe infrastructure can be bipartisan. lisa: republicans do have their work cut out for them because as ed mentioned earlier only 17% of americans think they're getting a tax cut even though 80% of americans get a tax cut so they need to get that message out. pete: part of the reason this is more historic than ronald reagan but he had tip o'neill and good faith partners on the democrat side willing to work on a tax

cut and who stepped take credit for it. not a single democrat ever help ed or voted ended up voting for this bill. ed: in the house or the senate. pete: it also shows you how far the democrats have gone. this is a party of jfk that cut taxes and now they're against any tax cut because they're the party of tax and spend so the president gets the credit with this. ed: mitch mcconnell got beat around by this president after the failure of repealing and replacing obamacare there was pretty tough tweets. lisa: little back and forth. ed: whether mitch mcconnell should be replaced. lisa: late friendly banter, but mitch mcconnell is saying maybe he's coming around to the tweet ing a little bit. listen. >> he publicly criticized you. how specifically has your relationship evolved since that point. >> with regard to the president 's tweeting habits i haven't been a fan until this week. >> [laughter] ed: now he's a fan and look do you know what the republicans may really benefit from is low expectations. you talk about the 17% saying

i'm going to get a tax cut. hang on a second. now you have all these companies coming out, pnc, thousand dollar bonus to 90% of their employees. bank of america thousand dollar bonus. already, as the tax cut is being signed--lisa: comcast as well and it's not just the bonuses. we had comcast say they're going to dedicate $50 billion over the next few years to infrastructure and also at&t had promised before the tax reform bill became law that if they got it done they would invest 1 billion so it's also investment as well not just these. pete: think about the contrast that's happening because the democrats are yelling about armageddon and frankenstein saying the rich only get richer and middle class won't get a tax cut. wait until february when more money starts appearing in the bank account. ed: that's how the irs says it will change. pete: the middle class then has money coming into their pockets on february and march and the wealthy are yelling about how their taxes have gone up. think about that. a lot of the wealthiest

americans pay more tax under this bill so you'll have the wealthy yell yelling my taxes went up and middle class says i've got more money. lisa: i'm not into rating taxes for the wealthy. pete: all that is going to cause unintended consequences. ed: but that leads the media to say oh, wait a second the president they've been predicting he will lose on every battle he's had over the last year or last two years going back to the campaign. now the narrative is that republicans are going to get crushed in the midterms but it makes you wonder when you look at the headlines, talking about the 2018 midterms, polling looks extremely good for democrats. mike, polling in history point to a historic democratic wave coming in 2018 and cnn, democrat s 2018 advantage expands they say. look to be sure, the president whose in power, democrat or republican usually has a very tough midterm election; however to say the trouble is expanding as a tax cut, that's going to go to the middle class, is just about to be delivered.

that's a stretch. lisa: you'd know it was going to the middle class if you read a lot of the headlines even though the associated press tweeted after the house had passed the bill that it was going to corporations. it was going to the rich. there is no mention in the tweet about middle class families yet as i mentioned earlier 80% of americans are going to get a tax cut so you're not hearing that though if you're watching other networks. pete: i don't know if we can put those headlines back up but who in the media has so-called mainstream media the left wing media all these news rooms here in new york city no one buys it because they're all liberals and all hate the president so they use any moment even a moment of success for the president to say that democrats advantages going to expand in 2018. that's why cnn there the president calls him very fake news. lisa: does anyone think that's wishful thinking projected in the headlines there? ed: i don't buy into all of pete 's anti-media stuff i'm a journalist but a lot of those journalists were wrong. they said donald trump is going

to lose so now, why would you believe them when they say he will lose in the midterms republicans are going down. maybe let's see how it plays out but if you were the same people who predicted donald trump will never win not just the president but the nomination. lisa: they predicted he we never get any big legislative victor ies done either. pete: or that isis would be defeated this quickly because untie the hands of our war fighters. ed to your point they're imputing their credibility themselves and only fair reporting is what's going to dig these reporters out. ed: let's do it. merry christmas. lisa: [laughter] we have pete on the couch. ed: peace on earth. lisa: it's a christmas miracle. it's because i'm here. pete: well the headlines here, she's more than a moderator. we've got a fox news alert. police officers this is a tough one targeted in a shooting spree overnight. the fed's working to determine whether it was an act of terrorism. a man with ties to the middle east opening fire on officers in several locations in harrisburg,

pennsylvania. the 51 year old who also recently traveled to the middle east, another signal, was shot and killed by police during a gun fight. a female state trooper was wounded but is expected to be okay. we will continue following that story and bring developments when we have them. and an ex-marine turned muslim convert is acused of planning a christmas day terror attack. he was arrested after the fbi caught wind of his plan to use explosives and guns at season francisco's pier39. the 26-year-old hoping to create another attack like new york or san bernardino in response to president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israeli's capitol fed's tipped off when terrorists posted on facebook praising isis. ed: isis is good. pete: that will do it. well, the huge wildfire that burned hundreds of homes in southern california is the largest in the state's recorded history. state fire officials say the thomas fire has scorched more

than 273,000-acres. that's 154-acres larger than the 203 cedar fire in san diego. still, however the thomas fire is only 65% contained. and those are your headlines. ed henry is only 85% contained. lisa: and ed henry has a read which is grateful. ed: you can't stop me you can only hope to contain me. pete: they did say that. ed: coming up ambassador nikki haley slamming the u.n. after denouncing president trump's decision on jerusalem. >> we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more. ed: so should the u.s. take the money we give to the u.n. and use it to build the wall? dr. sebastian gorka is here. i have a feeling i know what he might say. pete: we'll see. plus we honor our service members year around here on fox & friends but today, we're helping this military family, they will skype with their son currently serving overseas in the navy. you won't want to miss this.

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>> and we will remember it, when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more. pete: well despite tough words from u.n. ambassador nikki haley this week the united nations denounced america's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capitol. ed: should the u.s. take the money and reallocate it to build a wall instead back home. some conservatives are suggesting that. here to weigh in former deputy assistant to president trump the one the only dr. sebastian gorka good to see you, sir. what say you about taking the money, the millions and millions

we give to the u.n. and saying we're going to build a wall back here at home. >> well merry christmas guys it would be a great christmas present for all americans. let's just look at the numbers. we have almost 200 nations in the u.n., 193 as a result, we should pay what? half a percent if this was a club where everybody was equally pulling their own weight we would be paying half a percent of u.n. costs. we are paying one nation, the greatest nation on god's earth i get it but we are paying more than 20% of the u.n.'s budget. if you look at the peace keeping activities, the ministry side of the house we are paying almost a third, 28% of the u.n.'s budget and what do we get in return? we are constantly attacked by great democracy such as venezuela, sucks as iran and our best buddy in the middle east, israel is constantly there by

the globalist leftist, the u.n. so yeah, it's time to do something. i don't know if it's taking our money and putting it towards a wall but nikki haley is doing an amazing job and we should keep on pushing against their agenda. pete: doctor a lot of people are looking at the funding and we pulled the top five countries who receive our aid that voted against the u.s. and voted against israel. those names at the top are very familiar. you've got iraq, 4.3 billion and afghanistan 4.2, egypt, jordan, and pakistan. you know as a veteran myself who served in iraq and afghanistan you look at all we've done for those countries all that we've given, all that we've sacrificed and bled and they turnaround and vote against us it's going to make a lot of people feel like are you grateful at all? >> right exactly. look at the last 16 years. look at those nations look at how much money not only have we spent in the middle east and had our troops people like yourself served there, bleed for the united states but also the

amount of money that we're giving these countries constantly, i mean we're talking about billions and billions and what do they do? when we take a decision as is our sovreign right, we decide where our embassy goes and then you have the way to tell us that we can't decide where we put our embassy, not right? ed: dr. sebastian gorka putting it as only he can, merry christmas. pete: merry christmas. coming up we honor our service members all year around here on fox & friends but today, we're helping this military family. they're going to skype for the first time in a long time with their son whose currently serving overseas in the navy. he's been in south china sea patrolling as well. you're not going to want to miss this. ed: plus if you haven't finished your christmas shopping we've got you covered we have the gifts you can buy from the drug store and gas station that will still be a hit. you won't want to miss it. ♪ run run rudolph

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ed: quick headlines the federal bureau's court rules against president trump's travel bannon friday this is the third version and it violates the law but the court defers final ruling to the supreme court and so the restrictions will remain in effect during the appeals process.

under the order as you'll remember visas are limited for citizens of eight countries, many of which are predominantly muslim. and border patrol police ceasing $1.3 million worth of drugs in texas. among them 109 pounds of cocaine seen here. officers using an x-ray system along with special canines to make those drug busts. pete? pete: thanks, ed. well tis the season for procrastination according to the national retail federation 53% of americans still need to finish their christmas shopping and that means one in two of you watching right now still have shopping to do, if you're one of those 126 million people our next guest has got you covered. lisa: you're in luck because joining us now with last minute gift buying tips consumer savings expert. so andrea, and it's not just procrastination. you've got people working a bunch of jobs super busy so what do they do online ordering, same day pick up delivery what can they do with that? >> you can still take advantage of the online deals and pick up same day in-store so a lot of

stores offer same day pick up like target, jc penney and macy's so not only are you saving the hassle of going in locating the product waiting in long lines but also saving money because a lot of those stores have online exclusive deals and you can get cash back. in fact there's a swag button that you add-on to your browser that alerts you to deals when you shop online so take for example, an apple watch you're looking at saving $70 off of the apple watch series one at target .com, 20% off and you can get 1% cash back at swag bucks and macy's over 50% off these slippers and even have same day delivery in select cities and you get 7% cash back. pete: you may wake up open up the laptop odor stuff couple hours later drive to the store. lisa: exactly and if you're really smart have someone drive you so you don't look for a parking spot. just run in. pete: but it's not just that you say grocery stores and other types of places you find great deals? >> exactly one stop shopping saves you a lot of hassle and warehouse stores like bj's make

it so it's not as hectic. you can find great value on the last minute grocery shopping you need for your guests like toilet paper or paper towels plus really great value on gifts so at bj's i found $15 off this steel 10 pisa aluminum cookware set so you get that for $75. pete: we've all seen the infomertials. >> exactly and $20 off this air conduction frier, so it's a healthy way to fry food and super easy you can order that on bj's as well, you run to the front of the store and pick up those items. lisa: what about drug store or gas station gift ideas things you can get real quick. >> right think beyond the mall when running errands go to a drug store like cvs pharmacy they have unique affordable unexpected gift ideas, find toys , electronics like wireless headphones and great stocking stuffers and if you need inspiration they have in-store

displays broken up by personalities so you can find stocking stuffers for fashionist a, for jet setter, for the fitness fan and if you order through their cvs pharmacy app you get it delivered to your car through the cashside pick up. lisa: unless you don't want to let it go. pete: what about lottery tickets >> if you're driving out of town to celebrate the holiday carve out a little extra time at the gas station because you'll have to fill up your car run in and get cold weather accessories a lot have gourmet foods and lottery tickets. pete: can i win the rudolph riches right now? >> yeah, of course. exactly! pete: 15%. lisa: we're negotiating. part of the deal right? ed: now but i love this. >> did andrea win anything? pete: it's a great idea. put it in a stocking for an adult maybe it's $5 or maybe 50,000. lisa: andrea we are lucky to have you. this is so helpful so thank you very much.

ed: we're about to find out how lucky we really are. awesome. thank you so much. and coming up it's happening again. a family told to take down a jesus sign from the crist miss display because one neighbor says it's offensive. pete: plus the navy sailor in the middle of this picture will be overseas for this christmas but we won't forget him. we're about to give you a taste of the home for the holidays his family will skype with him live here on fox & friends. you're not going to want to miss it. he's been out on a boat for a while and he's back in and we'll connect. lisa: this will be special, stay with us. they came out of nowhere, sir! how many of 'em? we don't know. dozens. all right! let's teach these freaks some manners! good luck out there, captain! thanks! but i don't need luck, i have skills... i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner.

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pete: merry christmas on a rainy day on the island of manhattan we hope it's snowing or sunny wherever you are, two days until christmas. lisa: that won't keep us down, because we've been celebrating christmas all morning long since 6:00 a.m. on and we are definitely in the christmas spirit here. ed: have you waited until last minute yet again? the national retail federation says 53% of you plan to shop today on super saturday. that's what they call it now. they come up with a name for all of this, black friday, super saturday. 6% will still be shopping on sunday christmas eve, 5% have final gifts that won't be bought until yes, after christmas. pete: yes so we asked all of you what you thought all morning long e-mail us at friends@fox news.com and have you done any of your shopping so lindsay admits in a confession all, i haven't done any christmas shopping yet and at this point there is no time for shopping. today i go hunting. lisa: but lindsay should not feel alone because 53% of

americans is a lot and we also have an e-mail from charlotte who says that i do have all of my shopping done. my problem is that i have problems waiting to give. i have that problem too because you get a really good gift and you want to give it away and see the person's reaction. ed: jim writes in, down to cards and small stocking stuffers. i feel him because you get the big thins out of the way and you've got those last minute things thinking the stocking too pete: we've got this picture from teri, she did her shopping far in advance and it's quite a bit. ed: not bad to wake up to. lisa: teri, do you want to be a relative of mine? can we come over? [laughter] ed: all those pictures whatever we don't used to we'll use tomorrow. pete: we'll be back. ed: and lisa will be on time tomorrow. pete: maybe. lisa: very nice. its been 14 days. ed: she's getting better. lisa: i'm never going to live

this down. ed: let's turn to serious headlines world power punishing north korea for the latest missile test but unanimously approving tough new sanctions and u.n. security council limiting the country's access to refined oil and forcing all workers abroad to return to the rogue nation. the sanctions also cracking down on shipping to and from the country. a family meanwhile is fighting back after their neighborhood homeowner's association demanded the removal of this jesus christmas display. the hoa saying a neighbor found their christmas decoration offensive and then a day later said their sign was just not allowed. >> we in this family believe that the reason for the season is to celebrate the birth of jesus. ed: and the family is standing their ground keeping their decorations up they say until january 15 when the rules say all displays must come down. meanwhile spacex, falcon 9 rocket launch leaves

californians dazzled and dazed, confused. >> you guys that's really weird. >> there's another one coming out of it. wow. >> is that a ufo? ed: some even pulling over their cars just to get a glimpse. >> what is that? ed: spacex founder elan musk joking it was a "nuclear alien u fo from north korea." i think he was just joking the rocket is carrying 10 satellites to orbit, meanwhile christmas should be very marry this year if you're mucky the powerball and mega millions have a combined jackpot totaling $546 million. nobody won last night's mega millions drawing making that jackpot grow to 277 million and powerball's jackpot is around $269 million and that is drawing today so you better get out there. lisa: that would be a very merry

christmas. ed: how awesome would that be? lisa: pretty awesome. ed: now extreme weather. winter here just in time for christmas and the travel rush. lisa: and the snow is already piling up for montana to michigan and all the way to up state new york as well as new england. ed: rick has been tracking it all morning rick? >> all the places where there should be snow right before christmas they have it. cold temperatures across the north but take a look at the warm aaron the eastern kind of now lower third of the country and that warm air is moving up towards the north a big storm though will cause major delays across the airports and make things slow on the roads today unfortunately the eastern third of the country, rain moving up, snow and freezing rain you'll see all that pink that's where we have freezing rain going on right now. that's falling on top of snow that fell below this so really dangerous conditions on the road s all across parts of new england. throughout the day today warmer air eventually moves in and it's going to transition over to primarily rain and then the cold air comes in quickly behind that and we'll see more snow and

another storm here developing later on tonight and into tomorrow that's going to bring more snow for christmas, airport delays are extreme across parts of the east so pack your patience as you're going along. pete over to you. pete: thanks a lot appreciate it well, super cool story here as christmas approaches, many of our military heros will not be with their families instead there will be thousands of miles away fighting for our country while we celebrate and enjoy freedoms of this christmas holiday. we honor our service members year around on fox & friends but today, we're helping one military family in particular, the mirandas talk to their son serving overseas in the u.s. navy. joining me now are elwin's parents nelson and winalynn, along with brothers and we thank you both all four of you for joining us this morning and first of all what does it mean as a family member to not have your son home and away with the navy during christmas? >> actually, honestly, it's hard we miss him a lot and the

communication is a little harder because of the different time zone between japan and the united states and we text each other and we just reply back whenever we get a chance and if we want to see each other we use skype to see each other to communicate and as a parent, it's a little kind of scary. i'm kind of scared because being in the military, there's a risk involved and. pete: especially in the navy but he helps patrol the south china sea correct? >> correct. pete: so it's a hot button part of the world right now. mommas you sit as a mother and look at this, first of all when is the last time you actually saw your son in person and how does it feel this christmas to not be with him? >> oh, it's really tough this christmas because it's going to be his third time that we won't

see him this christmas and considering we're only ones here because all of our family is in the philippines. pete: wow, as a brother, you probably love and admire your brother and what he's doing serving our country. what would your message be to hip as he's out there i don't know, he's not patrolling right now but he may be again soon or was most recently? >> yeah, he needs to stay strong what he's doing for our country is really good. pete: absolutely. so let me ask the last brother any additional comment? anything special your brother normally brings to christmas that you'll miss this year? >> just good luck. pete: good luck that's good well let's skype with him directly because that was the point is to connect this family and let everyone in their living room watch you have a chance to talk to your son oversees. elwin, we're able to dial you in on skype here. >> hello. pete: can you say hello? >> hi. how are you? >> can you hear me? >> yeah. pete: first of all dad what

would you like to say to your son? >> elwin, i'm really proud of you, you know, for stepping up to serve our country. keep it up. >> thank you. pete: how about you, mom? >> i really miss you. i hope to see you soon. when are you coming back home? pete: how about you guys, brothers what are your thoughts as you see him? >> we really miss you. we hope you come back safe. >> i miss you too. pete: well guys i don't know if you can tell but he's moving. >> why is he moving? pete: he's actually not in japan he's actually on 6th avenue with a motorcade right outside those doors. >> [laughter] >> really? pete: show that is him being led up the street on 6th avenue in a car. see that car right there in the middle? in the middle there? with the siren on it pulling up? if you recognize this building which all of us do pulling up for fox & friends that is the

studio. >> that's why he's laughing. pete: that's why he didn't know what to say to you is because he was moving and didn't really have an answer for the fact that you're going to ask him where he is and he's actually in the back of a car arranged by our producers so if you can that's him getting out of his car right there. we never open this door into this studio, but what do you think? did you expect this at all? >> i did not know you were going to do that. >> wow. pete: it's the type of thing we give so much in this program and love the troops and what they do on our holidays during christmas so much there he is, your son. >> oh, my god. pete: running by the planters outside on the plaza through those doors live and in the flesh. >> hi! pete: welcome how you doing? >> good how are you? thank you for having me. >> [applause] >> you knew about this? oh, my god. >> it's a big surprise. >> best christmas gift ever.

>> thank you. >> amazing. pete: this operation was so secret we didn't even know about it until today. how does it feel right now? >> oh, i'm so overwhelmed i'm so happy. this is the best christmas gift ever. pete: i love it. well, when was the last you told us? >> august but only for two days. it was so quick. pete: how long will the navy let you be here? >> eight days. pete: it's better than two right >> [laughter] >> all right pete: almost too many smiles to even talk. >> thank you so much. pete: so after that we're going to sit with the entire miranda family and ask them a few more questions as he is home for the christmas holiday thanks to fox & friends. god bless. ♪ david.

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pete: thank you very much. ♪ you can count on me ed: we are back with the reunited miranda family what a wonderful moment right here on fox & friends. how does it feel? >> [laughter] >> overwhelming. >> really happy. pete: if you missed it reunited by surprise the family thought you'd be skypeing with elwin, from japan and we said he was on 6th avenue. first of all when was this plan hatched? >> they just contacted me last week about it actually. pete: you had to keep the secret then? >> of course. >> do you live in new york? >> no we're from new jersey. ed: how did we get you here? >> somebody called us. four days ago i think, right? >> yes, picked us up. lisa: it was such a touching moment and we're so thankful for your service so what does it mean to be here with your family right now? >> it means everything. it's amazing finally being here for the holidays and my family.

trying to keep a secret. pete: while you were lying to them about where you were going. ed: well he wasn't really lying. pete: the ends justify the means for sure what do you do in the navy and out in japan? i'm a gse, gas turbine systems technician and i'm the electrical aspects of it. pete: so you work on a ship and those ships patrol where? >> like the south china sea. pete: nothing going on there right now right? >> [laughter] >> disputed waters very much so. pete: so an important job and important place. first of all, why did you sign up in the military in the first place? >> i wanted to see how it was joining the navy and serving our country. young first and probably going to school after. ed: for parents what does it mean to have your son serving the country? oh, we are so proud of him for doing this even though it's so

challenging for us, but i think it's still worth it. ed: dad you said earlier you were worried about him in japan? i was really scared i told elwin that being in the military there's a risk and as a parent, you know? but like what i said, i'm really respect and support his heroic decision and i'm proud of him for stepping up to serve our country. lisa: and there's a lot of families right now whose loved one is serving overseas, so what would your message be to them. you've been through some of these christmases so what would you tell them? >> i'm sorry? lisa: for the other families in the country who they don't have their loved ones with them right now who are serving overseas you'd mentioned you've been through these christmases before where he's serving, so what's your message to them? >> well i would say just keep in touch with them. they really need support from us

they're working hard for us out there protecting our country and skypeing, texting, just sending letters to them will be a big help. pete: guys your brother you look up to your brother in uniformities really cool. what does his service mean to you? >> it means a lot like we really miss him when he's not here, like a lot. lisa: he's a good brother. ed: but when he's here you guys are fighting all the time right? no, they're good kids then. pete: oh, okay so what are your plans now you're here with eight days before you head back any plans in particular? >> we're planning to go to florida. pete: nice and you coordinated that with them without coordinating it? lisa: how did you do that? tell us about that. >> hay what are you doing for the holidays because when we were planning this i asked them i said oh, wait i heard my family was going on vacation for christmas probably and i said let me ask them real quick. lisa: were you worried you'd give it away or trying to be

sneaky but nice? >> yes. pete: but you're going to florida then right? >> yes. ed: what does mom want now that you've got all three sons here? >> oh, just want to have fun and a merry christmas. pete: you're licensed to have fun. for eight days. lisa: now is such a touching moment we're so thankful for your service and thank you for sharing us. god bless and merry christmas. ed we want to thank special people who put all this together as well. heros welcome and warriors watch check them out from new jersey, they coordinated it we want to give them credit they got the profession for elwin right down 6th avenue and we want to thank them and of course thank you for your service. lisa: a hero's welcome which he deserved. pete: a lot of people involved. more fox & friends on the other side as we rev ellyn this united military family. ♪

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♪ it's christmastime in the city

soon it will be christmas day ♪ ♪ strings of street lights, see the stoplights, bright red and green, as the shoppers rush by with their treasures ♪ hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch, this is santa's big scene , and above all this you'll hear ♪ silver bells, silver bells, it's christmastime in the city, ring a ling, hear them ring, soon it will be christmas day ♪ soon it will be

christmas day ♪ >> [applause] lisa: if you're not in the christmas spirit i don't know what else would get you in it. ed: the girl scouts of nassau county. can you tell us how excited you are to be here? >> really excited. ed: what do you want for christmas? >> i don't know. pete: she's not going to tell us >> books. pete: where did you learn to sing so well? >> i didn't. pete: she didn't. just natural talent. lisa: some people just have it. you know my friend and she does. what's your name? >> isabella. lisa: how old are you? i'm 10. lisa: is it pretty cool to be here right now? >> it's amazing. pete: how many people do you think are watching you right now >> a bunch. >> a million. pete: okay good job. lisa: do you guys think that when you go back-to-school that people are going to be like that's pretty cool? >> yes. i hope so. ed: the girl scouts of nassau county they will sing us out

please take it away. merry christmas. pete: take it away. >> as we proceed to the holiday, they're telling us this is our christmas present, and do you know what they're doing with it? it's going to be christmas hangover debt and they're putting it on the credit card and adding $2.3 trillion to the federal debt. merry christmas. >> [applause] dagen: democrats saying the republicans christmas gift to america will only run up america 's debt. we'll get to that lawmaker's fuzzy mess in a second but first look at this. the actual cost of those tax cuts is 1.5 trillion bucks. that's what critics say they're worrying about. but they're not worrying about this, our deficits are set to rise by 10 trillion bucks without doing