jillian: wednesday, december 27th. making america great again donald trump working hard from the winter white house touting big business for next year and slapping new sanctions on north korea. how vladimir putin wants to play peacekeeper. >> the rules of engagement under the obama administration were onerous. >> donald from making good on his campaign promise obliterating isis. brand-new numbers showing how much the terror group has lost in the last year. jillian: bitter cold temperatures, the tightest security ever, ringing in the new year, "fox and friends" first continues right now.

>> the days aren't longer. good morning, a lot to talk about. we will get to that, watching "fox and friends" first this wednesday. rob: donald trump hard at work making america great again from the winter white house in mara lago. jillian: new sanctions, griff jenkins live in washington dc with what else the president is working on. >> reporter: he may be in the land of sunshine but no break

for north korea, the treasury department claiming sanctions on two individuals described as key figures, steve mnuchin, secretary of the treasury saying a statement treasury targeting leaders in north korea's ballistic with programs as part of the maximum pressure campaign achieving a fully denuclearize to korean peninsula. the move follows the un security council resolution imposing sanctions and the president's comments before he departed from mara lago. >> there is much more work to do. america and its allies will take all necessary steps to achieve a denuclearization to assure this regime cannot threaten the world. >> reporter: there are reports that vladimir putin is trying to play peacemaker to mediate between the us and north korea. that is not all the president is behind closed doors tweeting

yesterday it is good for next year, a great year for companies and jobs, stock market poised for another year of success, the president signaled he wants to tackle infrastructure early next year, something he believes he can get bipartisan support on and at least one democrat is open to it, debbie dingell. >> we have an aging infrastructure with potholes, highway start working and bridges that are in trouble, we need to do something to fix our infrastructure if we are going to stay competitive as a nation. >> we have the government shutdown looming until the president realizes it is back to work very quickly because it is going to be a busy january. in the winter white house the president will tweet for us. jillian: i am sure he will. donald trump taking to twitter to make business and a growing economy, things you won't hear from mainstream media.

rob: a former assistant to donald trump said the president has keyed republicans up for a successful year in 2018. >> looking at the economic signs, the unemployment rate, all of the great economic news we have consumer confidence, business confidence, stock markets, nancy pelosi's apocalypse, doing quite well and tax cuts of just been passed, this has proven in the past increase per capita income, across the marketplace, companies coming back, it is going to be a great year for the american economy and better in the years ahead, republicans aren't done yet, this president is not waiting around, he wants to push and infrastructure, push and on immigration, we will see if democrats want to partner with us but there is a lot of momentum, winds in our sales, the economy doing well and a good position to be in heading into 2018. rob: donald from winning on the

world stage keeping a key campaign promise obliterating isis. jillian: casey steagall here to break down the numbers the mainstream media won't show you. >> reporter: long before donald trump assumed office he vowed to eradicate the terror group and his message has not changed. >> we will find you, we will destroy you and we will win. >> i would bomb the [bleep] out of them. we did not get isis so violently and so fast. >> the plan appears to be working. according to the us military isis has lost 98% of the territory at once controlled. half of those losses have been under donald trump's watch. the drastic change compared to the previous administration once referred to the terror group as the jv team. listen to this. officials say isis once had 45,000 fires at its height, that number down to 1000.

this met with state department gives us some context, at one point isis control an area the size of ohio. today controls a small portion primarily along the border of syria and iraq. the white house crediting 30,000 us-led airstrikes and beefed-up presence on the ground killing 70,000 jihadists. military analysts say donald trump's hands off approach is what is winning here. >> the obama administration micromanaged the war and the trump administration did was allow execution decisions to be made in accordance with the guidance he provided. we could have accomplished our objectives the use of overwhelming power in three months, not three years. >> us backed forces have been credited with freeing

5.3 million people in that region. rob: fascinating numbers. illegal immigrant arrested again by border patrol agent for trying to illegally reenter the country. agent say franco or nellis previously served 15 years in jail for assaulting a peace officer, an officer who can write citations but may not carry a weapon. he was detained in the same area border patrol agent martinez was killed after suffering traumatic head injuries. jillian: a packed plane goes to turn around four hours into a strip to tokyo because a passenger got on the wrong plane, the flight took off landing eight hours later in the same place after pulling a u-turn over the pacific. john legend was on board, she broke the news on twitter saying for four hours into an 11 hour flight we are turning around

because we had a passenger who is not supposed to be on the plane. we all got to go back? i don't know. four people were detained. they are investigating what went wrong. a lot of angry people. rob: today's random drawing to determine the winner of a health sheet is postponed, asking the court to reconsider its ruling after last weekend's recount where it was determined she and republican david yancey were tied with the 608 votes each. simmons had the lead by one vote but the judges ruled one ballot was invalid. it would tip the balance of power in the legislature to the democrats. every vote matters. jillian: football scrapped for new year's eve, last time they held a game on new year's eve was in 2006 when chicago bears play the green bay packers bringing in 13.4 million viewers. a quarter lower than the seasons

greatest, this decision after the ratings are at an all-time low down 9% from last year. rob: crews installing new year's eve crystal ball in times square, happening as new york city police warned visitors of the tightest security ever during this big night. jillian: nypd closed times square, this year they are expanding after two recent terror attacks since halloween putting the city on high alert. 9 minutes after the are, the liberal media going out on a limb claiming first lady melania trump is chopping down to 200-year-old 3 at the white house. rob: what is next for donald trump in 2018? how about building the wall? or next guest breakdown what we can expect from the president's

agenda in the new year. jillian: hillary and's 2018 new year's resolutions, vanity fair has a few ideas. >> put away your james comey, we know you think he cost you the election and he might have but so did a handful of other things. it is a year later and time to move on. jillian: hilarious ideas to keep her from even thinking about running in 2020. ♪ that's why pampers swaddlers is the #1 choice of hospitals to wrap your baby in blanket-like softness so all they feel is love pampers swaddlers

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officers could be saving their lives. the president has been their biggest advocate in a year that has seen a decrease in line of duty death. the national paternal order of police as he has gone out of his way to support officers and set the stage for less violence, better equipment and less crime. 124 officers have died in the line of duty this year down from 148 last year. rob: text from, defeat of isis, repealing obamacare, rolling back regulations, the list from 2017 goes on and on, donald trump making good on several promises and hasn't been in office a full year yet. the big question, what is he looking to accomplish in 2018? thanks for being here. we hear infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure is the big thing in 2018. how do we pay for it and doesn't

get done? >> let's be clear, a very crowded legislative agenda but certainly infrastructure is the most medically appetizing, 90% of americans want to see money spent here, the president's original plan was to roll out $200 billion over ten years of federal spending and use that as seed money to attract private investment, something that europe has done a lot more. a very reasonable plan. democrats don't like it because a lot of issues including you end of making a profit but also possibly not paying labor as much as you would in a strict federal spending program but the president is not going to come up with $1 trillion over a decade so it has to leverage private financing. >> ever driven on a road, we needed. >> the alternative is to raise the gasoline tax or something

like that, democrats and republicans don't do that in an election year. this is a politically pleasing opportunity for the president but they have a finance, let's face it, when you have enormous dorms, $80 billion disaster spending congress has to approve, that is infrastructure spending, talking about rebuilding various community is so funding is a big issue. rob: let's get to one that is not as politically popular for half of the us, the democrats, the border wall, border security. to the diner segments, everybody wants tax reform, the same thing people ask for the most is the border wall. >> the president, sitting down with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, and something the media

hasn't talked about, keeping doctor in place, and very early on you are going to talk and immigration package including some funding for the border wall, and revision of the immigration policy like getting rid of chain migration and in return, democrats will see it will be kept and other things they once. this is a good place for a deal. rob: the president said he wants to handle the dac a issue compassionately. nevertheless the word a deal. making another deal. >> an incredible achievement for donald trump, and to actually be

a guideline on the immigration bill, numerous presidents, obama didn't get it done, the executive orders to create this dac a program, it was not popular because americans know this should be something congress works on together, if trump did that it would be huge. rob: we don't have 18 hours to talk about healthcare. thank you, great insight, appreciate it. jillian: 18 minutes after the are the british military being infiltrated by the pc police, gender-neutral rules of engagement you won't believe. 's and i missed the mark, the worst gifts you got this year. ♪ ♪

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rob: the work to make america great again continuing at the winter white house, putting pressure on north korea along with getting straight to his

agenda for 2018. jillian: what that means for the american people. >> no vacation from the threat of north korea, something the president addressed surely before the party for the winter white house. >> much more work to do. america and its allies will take all necessary steps to achieve a denuclearization and ensure this regime cannot threaten the world. >> now the treasury department imposing sanctions on two individuals described as major players in north korea's weapons program, steve mnuchin saying treasuries targeting leaders of north korea's ballistic missile programs as part of the maximum pressure campaign to achieve a deacon nuclear rise to the korean peninsula, the move follows a un security council resolution imposing sanctions as vladimir putin appears to be trying to play peacemaker according to reports between the us and north korea and that is

not all, working behind closed doors he also wants to tackle infrastructure early next year, something he can get bipartisan support on and one democrat, demi dingle, seems open to. >> we have an aging infrastructure with potholes and highways that are not working and bridges that are in trouble, we need to fix our infrastructure if we are going to stay competitive as a nation. >> the president was tweeting yesterday saying this is looking good for next year and it will be a great year for companies and jobs, stock market is pulling employees for another year of success and when he does come back and lawmakers, don't forget we have the government shutdown deadline coming, it will be very busy. griff jenkins, very busy indeed. jillian: thanks, griff. white house sanctions on north korea coming just weeks after

the rogue nation tested a long-range missile that flew higher and longer than any in history. >> former ambassador to the un john bolton says donald trump did not create this problem, he inherited it from former president obama. >> we are a critical point in terms of the 50 year effort to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction because if we fail to stop north korea, they are very close to the ability to hit targets in the united states with thermonuclear weapons, that effort will have crashed into complete failure, won't just be north korea but they will sillies with the buddy with hard currency to iran if they are not already doing work together on the nuclear side, terrorist groups, come up with money, other nuclear weapons states and then you see this proliferation worldwide, it will be a much more dangerous world. trump inherited this, didn't create the situation, it will be on his watch the we either stop

it in north korea or face a real expansion of nuclear and biological and chemical weapons as well all around the world. >> secretary of state rex tillerson said north korea must earn its way to the negotiation table started with halt on missile and nuclear test. jillian: donald trump weighing on the world stage keeping a key campaign promise to obliterate isis. >> we will find you, we will destroy you and we will win. >> i would bond [bleep] out of them. i would bomb those suckers, blowup every single inch, there would be nothing left. jillian: he has nearly wiped isis off the face of the earth, the us military reported isis has lost 98% of the territory one tells. half of those losses since donald trump took office. the decrease in the amount of land the extremist group

controls which at one point isis controlled an area the size of ohio. today it controls a small area on the syria and iraq border. rob: three us cities suing the pentagon, new york city to san francisco in philadelphia claim debarment of defense failed to report servicemember crimes to the federal gun background check database, the suit claims that helped gunmen in the deadly texas church massacre to kill 26 people despite his prior conviction. jeff sessions has launched his own investigation. one of donald trump's promises of voter fraud in the 2016 election can reasonably appeals court ruling the watchdog group electric privacy information center does not have legal standing to sue the voter fraud commission headed by mike pence sparking national outrage when it asked for voter information. the group plans to appeal the ruling. jillian: a giant meteor lighting

the night sky over several states in the us, people across the northeast and massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and maine reported sightings of the fireball. with this essay lasted four or five seconds with many it with fireworks or a flare, seen as far away as montréal. rob: rudolph the red nosed reindeer. jillian didn't watch rudolph. whatever movie did you not watch? jillian: i didn't watch a lot of them. people are probably stuck indoors trying to watch these movies because of the weather people are dealing with. rob: arctic blast gripping millions with 20 states, two fifth of the nation from colorado to maine a wind chill advisory. jillian: record-breaking snow, pennsylvania getting four feet of snow, new york bracing for six feet and a deep-freeze in the midwest, wisconsin waking up

to temperatures falling to 16 ° below 0. rob: this is bad. >> really bad. if you are one of those groups of people with three or four feet of snow in won't go anywhere because these frigid temperatures settling across the entire country. look at these numbers early this morning, this is all windchill. this is what it feels like when you step outside, we have frigid temperatures across the country, negative 8 in denver, negative 8 in kansas city, negative 20 in chicago, you can run into areas where they typically see temperatures much warmer at this point, feel like 27 in dallas, cooler across the entire country, negative one in boston. the bad news as we head into holiday weekend closer to new year's eve these temperatures are going to be sticking with 2 early new year. you need to bundle up during the week ahead.

jillian: that sounds wonderful. headlines going viral this morning starting with an army veteran reunited with his stolen dog in time for christmas. jeff's canine companion went missing when his home was burglarized in oklahoma. he has been searching for bridget for a week but on christmas eve in time to wake up christmas morning. rob: has been showing the true meaning of love. these photos, rearranging the living room furniture so mom could take the perfect instagram photo for her 29 followers. jillian: wonder what it looks like to see the video. rob: 29 followers. jillian: probably had a great day. dad doesn't seem thrilled to be

helping a. mom very happy with her finished product. 29 followers appreciated that. rob: this will put a smile on your face. a 90-year-old dance off with santa taking over the internet. work it, make it happen. ♪ jillian: i love this. the man behind the white part of a minister from dc who makes the trip to a local nursing home to spread christmas cheer but works with santa claus. rob: their dance moves getting 4 million views. i love the way he incorporated the walker. 37 minutes after the hour, major changes to the happiest place on

earth. what to expect if you have a reservation at disney. jillian: democrats have high hopes for 2018 after a shocking alabama senate victory but are they jumping the gun? it is an uphill battle, scott roberts breaks down the most-watched races of 2018. rob: what do new york city mayor bill diblasio and gandhi have in common? we will ask bill when we return. ♪ this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i'm telling strangers defense wins championships. -well, it does. -right? why is the door open? are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood? at least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents, but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. i mean, why would i replace this? it's not broken.

in >> welcome back, mahatma gandhi, thomas edison and will diblasio? the mayor comparing himself to political icons despite admitting his progressive policies have fallen short. >> every time someone tries something that doesn't work, tell thomas edison that and henry ford and tell mahatma gandhi, no leader who hasn't had setbacks. >> he joined the group because he failed on things. bill diblasio slamming hillary clinton saying if she followed

his advice she would be president. lots of impact. newsweek under fire for scaling headline blaming melania trump for a 200-year-old tree being cut down, it was the us national arboretum with removal of the historic jackson magnolia because it is dead, dangerous and falling down despite herculean efforts to keep it standing upright. and attempt to smear the first lady. kerrimac democrats sitting there site in 2018 after shocking upset in alabama. doug jones elected the first democratic senator and a quarter century. what will be the biggest races to keep your eye on next year? editor at large, at the king college. you have some races to watch.

>> big uphill battle. a net gain of two seats. in territory that donald trump won. >> looking right now at 3 of them and saying they have to win. >> if democrats want to win control of the senate they must when these 3 races and offering challenges. the first one, dean heller, the only republican senator running the state. >> will he have the toughest battle? >> absolutely. the most vulnerable senator in office. he would have been replaced by jeff flake but jeff flake resigns. this is a race democrats are counting on us they pick up one of the two they need, joe donnelly and indiana, generally a republican leaning state. donald trump won here by 19

points. the tax form bill being passed and other things on the trump agenda. jillian: how big is missouri? >> a huge race. claire mccaskill is a great campaigner, wouldn't expect to be here otherwise, you will hear a lot about when supreme court nominees come up do you want chuck schumer in charge? a lot of people in missouri say no, keep it in republican hands because of the supreme court. jillian: how big is it? attorney general josh holly backing up the president. >> not only the president but mitch mcconnell, quality candidate, unifying party, trump by 19 in missouri, a state claire mccaskill has to fight, democrats when all three of these states, probably to pick up arizona as well. on the other hand republicans pick up a couple seats, big surprise could be joe mansion in

west virginia, very popular in the state. jillian: how important, how big a deal do you think the tax reform bill is going to be for the gop and keep the senate? >> in these states it will be a big positive but more important from the tax reform bill will be the president's ability to connect that to a growing economy. the tax reform bill, the reason the economy is humming along if it is coming along, it becomes a powerful message not just there but across the country. jillian: how the house goes. >> 435 races. they are examples of the types of things we are looking for in 2018. illinois, a republican in a district mitt romney won by eight points, hillary clinton

won by 7 points. jillian: democrats giving ground here so this is an interesting one. >> in races like this, with 10 or 15, controlling is that. >> and selected a good candidate, the mayor of salt lake city. and they abandoned this race to run for the u.s. senate but assuming, this is the kind of race and the democrats get a wave election. and the democrats will have gained control of the house, 35 or 40. jillian: our last one is texas. >> a little bit of a surprise,

narrowly won, around for 18 years, in one election, 9 times, a lot of people think that is the danger as the ground shifts, he doesn't have a campaign manager at least that is what reports say. these are the seats, when the party picks up big gains in the house, because some guys do that. >> the republicans hold the house and senate? >> they hold the senate, 50/50. jillian: thanks for joining us. let's see what is coming up and "fox and friends". >> coming up, a new report that corruption will be revealed in the clinton email investigation, inspector general report, hidden

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>> a sign of hope are struggling resources is americans shell out big bucks this holiday season. jillian: tracy is here with the numbers. >> reporter: rick and mortar stores getting a boost this holiday season, 4.9% in holiday retail sales, and increase since

2011, the best year since then, online sales got a boost, 18.1%, so overall a pretty good year for holiday shopping. some things contributed to this, strong us economy and the fact that christmas fell on a monday giving people extra time to shop. stores pulled out all the stops to get these people into the stores. >> a serious underpinning behind, adding new security to new resorts, creepy image of goofy going to my room. >> in the last hour -- >> that won't happen but there are christmas rules for people staying at the resorts, the grand floridian, polynesian end the magic kingdom, switching out those do not disturb signs for room occupied signs.

disney employees enter, all these changes, disney isn't giving a specific reason why they're changing but people speculate this is following what happened. >> will he give us a hangover? >> i can't speak about the hangover. 20%, whole foods, best in class of their sparkling wine. these are chosen, hand-picked, rose, lots of different ones. 20% off. rob: tracy made tv history by using the words cheap and whole

foods. >> you may have missed the mark for some people. experts say $90 billion worth of unwanted gifts were opened this year. rob: stores can expect millions of returns, what was the worst gift you got with you. jack says i received a set of coffee cups. in my 50 years, i have never drank coffee. rob: after 45 years of marriage i woke up with no debt. my husband's excuse, he had been too busy, he is tired. rob: retired people say i am so busy. donald twitter says i got hillary clinton's new book what went wrong. i used it to start a fire. jillian: a shout out to someone on twitter, glen, i was given a recipe to make soup. rob: how do you keep hillary

clinton from running for president in 2020? jillian: vanity fair has ideas. >> take more photos. unsuspecting hikers, pick up a new hobby in the new year, volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy, literally anything that will keep you from running again. >> james comey doll. rob: magazine trashing the failed presidential candidate. jillian: liberals are quick to call for a boycott displayed vanity fair posting similar videos marking the trump administration. rob: a family pulled over for speeding but something else in mind. jillian: what happens next guaranteed to put a smile on their face. ients... ...from far away. but they only see his wrinkles. if only harry used some... ...bounce, to dry. he would be a less wrinkly, winning guy.

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rob: for the good, the bad and the ugly. first a tennessee family gets a christmas surprise after a cop pulls him over for speeding. >> you know what? you are going to pull over a black toyota today. they are going to have two younger boys in the car and i want you to give them that. >> todd: officer let the family off with a warning. >> christmas robbery thwarted with a chair. air force veteran slamming the would be bandit over the head at wendy's after he showed a knife and demanded money. the suspect escaped empty-handed. todd: finally the ugly, lindsey lohan owes uncle sam more than $100,000 in taxes. it's not her fault.

launching internal investigation into her financial management team to get answers. lindsey is going to find the real killer. it's going to happen. jillian: thank you for joining us on this wednesday morning. we appreciate it. todd: "fox & friends" begins right now. have a great one, everybody. >> president trump hard at work making america great again. tweeting yesterday business looking really good for next year. it will be a great year for companies. >> this president is not waiting around. it's a good position to be in heading into 2018. >> president launching a scathing new attack on twitter this morning. he called that infamous russian dossier bogus and a pile of garbage. >> if the fbi used this dossier in an affidavit in support of a search warrant to spy on the trump associate, it's a crime. >> the united states is sanctioning two, it describes as key leaders, of north korea's