passenger's bill sky high after he forgot to turn off air phone bill. at&t says the phone connected to the plane's antenna and used data outside the customer's plan and he has a big fat bill. carley: "fox & friends first" starts right now. rob: see you later. >> today on this national day of mourning we honor the life of george h.w. bush. >> what a powerful moment with senator bob dole a former political opponent at the age of 95 got out of his wheelchair and saluted the casket. >> and that moment said more about that generation, about respect, about honor, about integrity. >> breaking news about president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn. >> special counsel is recommending no jail time for flynn becaused on his substantial cooperation. >> there is no mention of collusion. i think it's good news for president trump.

>> french president emanuel macron is suspend ago fuel tax. protesters who rocked paris with the worst rioting in decades may not be appeased. >defending the mission. keeping the thousands of troops at the u.s.-mexico border until the end of january. >> 800 blank news with steve, ainsley and brian, fox blank, blank. >> what is and friends? correct. brian: you are looking live in washington, d.c. the site -- this is washington, d.c. but that is the logo on our floor. this is the view that most of america has been taken in all ages across the country and the lines for people to spend that moment with bush 41 before his funeral today have been astounding. even astounding to the family. >> he was beloved in

35-degree weather people waited three and a half hours to get in to pay their respects yesterday. steve: a very long line. only two hours to ellison barber. >> good morning to you. in 2011 president george h.w. bush was briefed on his funeral. the plans for this state funeral. according to his spokesperson the president then asked do you think anyone will come? people have come. they have come in droves from all over the united states. the line outside the capitol this morning started forming at least at 3:00 a.m. when we arrived here it was already a substantial, a very long line around 3:00 a.m. we have seen politicians come, athletes, as well as regular people all here at the u.s. capitol paying respects to the president who gave this country so much. >> president bush taught us that public service is a noble calling and it completely -- his guidance and leadership and example

totally changed my trajectory in life and brought me to d.c. >> something like 6,000 miles, we flew all night long from hawaii to pay our respects to president bush. >> yesterday president trump and the first lady visited the bush family at the blair house. they met there about 20 minutes. the 41st president has been lying in state at the capitol since monday. his casket will leave the capitol around 10:00 this morning. a motorcade will carry the president to the national cathedral. president trump is set to attend the funeral as is the prince of whales. prince charles angela merkel. president bush's son president george w. bush is expected to speak today. it's a national day of mourning and all federal offices are closed. steve, brian, anxiously. steve: all right, ellison barber live in front of the u.s. capitol. 34 degrees. people are standing in line. i talked to allen simpson

yesterday one of the guys who is going to be eulogizing former president bush today. he said that the family called him about five years ago when george herbert walker bush took a turn, looked like he might not make it he recovered and rallied completely. over the last five years about once a year they would call and just say now, in the event of a funeral would you be able to speak he? said absolutely. planning his comments today to be reflective of the man like allen simpson himself probably a little funny. brian: typical of the bushes always unscripted moments. i remember when barbara bush passed away, the president came out and greeted people. wanted to be there. the calm out again and started greeting people, grabbing babies. steve: last night. brian: jeb bush came out,. ainsley: neil bush.

brian: that sense he was our father and grand father but he was your president. ainsley: touching moments one that sticks out with us and we want to share with you in case you miss tud bob dole great senator from the great state of kansas being lifted up and helped up. he is 95 years old. he eventually lifts up his arm and salutes president bush. steve: what's extraordinary about this is they were one time political rivals. they twice competed to be president of the united states. at certain times they really apparently, you know, from public comments they really didn't like each other. but then after the races they became good friends and there he was frail, eyes fixed on the casket. jeb bush after that particular moment tweeted out just incredible. thank you, senator dole. brian: remember, he was a finalist to be the running made of george h.w. bush which dan quayle ultimately would get the job.

rush limbaugh was spell bound. >> the man literally cannot walk. is he glued to his wheelchair. and he willed himself to stand up. he had an aide propping him up under his arms. you could see the determination on his face. he was going to stand. he was going to defy the impossibility that he cannot do it. he defied impossibility and stood up for the barest of seconds and saluted with his left hand and collapsed back to his wheelchair. iand that moment said more about that generation, about respect, about honor, about integrity. that little piece. i hope everybody has a chance to see that because bob dole was totally incapable of doing what he did today and yet, he did it. and these two people were able to bury the hatchet and come together toward the end of their lives. steve: indeed. it was quite a striking

moment. i'm sure we will see more throughout the day. ainsley: we will show a lot of touching moments throughout the day. steve: lying in state until 8:30. they have a procession up past the naval on or about tore wherobservatorywhere he lis as vice president. brian: george w. bush the 43rd president of the united states will give his remarks. i imagine he will be the last to speak. ainsley: last full day in washington. he goes to houston tomorrow. brian: breaking news last night. we expected at some point. buff the michael flynn sentencing recommendations came out last night with about 7 pages, most of which was redacted but here's something you take away with. this is the recommendation from robert mueller, quote: give of given the defendant's substantial assistance and other set forth below, a sentence at the low end of the guideline range, including a sentence not impose a term of incarceration, i find is

appropriate and warranted. and i asked the what was he looked at. judging what they were looking at it wasn't five years. it wasn't. it was 0 to 6 months. steve: mueller asked for the low end. he completely cooperated. he did 19 different introduce. while there was, as you say brian, so much redacted. we don't know exactly what he did say. keep in mind, the whole hole ballou with mr. mueller has been to see if there was coordination with russia or the trump campaign sought help. and, indeed. and we heard this when he was convicted that he had contacted the russian ambassador during the transition all about that united nations resolution regarding israel. but, ultimately, it doesn't mention any of that in the sentencing memo. if flynn was co-including with the russians he wouldn't be getting zero

jail time. ainsley: within the doj have said they don't understanding that they don't think that he did lie. catherine herridge last night went through the whole memo and she said the false statements or communications with russia ambassador kislyak spoke about sanctions together. and then he also lied about his work with turkish government. but there are many within the doj no, i don't think he lied but maybe he did this and pleaded guilty to protect his son. but they go on in the memo to say to praise flynn's military commitment to our country. he defends military and public service. they are exemplary, he served our military over 33 years. including five years of combat duty. led the definition intelligence agency and retired as three star lieutenant general. brian: no one would ever convince he wouldn't be a advisor. he was getting $5,345,000 to help out turkey. and about write a column saying that we should throw out that cleric because of

his alleged raúl in some type of coup attempt. ainsley: given his doj experience and the fact that mueller said he cooperated and answered so many questions. he had 19 interviews with us and we don't recommend any jail time. i think most people would introduce with that, based on his military experience. brian: we don't know what that cooperation was. steve: exactly because there was so much redacaed. the whole thing has been about russian collusion. we heard oh, look at all these pictures of mr. flynn at all these events and look he is sitting next to putin and obviously he is the guy. yet, ultimately, after they have looked at everything, zero jail time. that should tell you a lot about the collusion. brian: here is rudy giuliani heading up the legal team. they are sick puppies. this started as orchestrated attempt to take the president of the united states out of office as insurance policy. mark meadows weighed in last night with sean hannity. >> but let's look at what is

not in there. there is no suggestion that michael flynn had anything to do with collusion. he was with the transition team. he was part of the campaign. and, yet, there is no mention of collusion. i think it's good news for president trump. steve: all right. brian: we don't know though. steve: we don't. because there is still a lot unknown. sounds like more is going to come out on friday. stay tuned. brian: by the way, if you want to know his view, general flynn's view of russia, read his book. he is not easy on russia. he knows they are an enemy and adversary. there is no way he would compromise america security for anybody. ainsley: let's happened it over to carley shimkus who has headlines for us. >> let's begin with a fox news alert. family members confirm the body found outside an air b and b is missing woman carley. under arrest after giving conflicting statements to investigators.

officials say the body has multiple stab wounds and head injuries. carla was in costa rica to celebrate her birthday. defense secretary james mattis ordering thousands of troops to stay at the u.s.-mexico border through the holidays. 6,000 service members will be posted across southern california, arizona and texas until at least the end of january. they will continue to install and repair wire barriers and bolster security as a response to the migrant caravan caravans frm central america and wall street shuts down for national day of mourning in honor of george h.w. bush. it comes one day after the dow jones industrial average sinks nearly 800 points. investors are nervous about the potential economic slow down and uncertainty of a tariff war with china. the downturn marks the market's worst sell off since october. and president trump is heading to america's game. the commander-in-chief will be at the annual army-navy football game on saturday in

philadelphia. he attended the game in 2016 as president-elect. this weekend he'll become just the 10th sitting president to go. i'm sure he will have a very good time. brian: stays on one side with army and go to the other side at halftime and goes to navy. carley: that's great. ainsley: that's a big rival. carley: absolutely. fun game to watch. brian: great job this morning. carley: thank you. brian: fuel tax hike is suspended in france but they say they will keep on rioting. charlie hurt says this could be a sign of things to come around the world. he joins us next. abby: did you happen to watch jeopardy last night? if not, this is what you missed. >> 800-blank news, with steve, ainsley and brian, fox blank blank. ainsley: so did they get it right? stick around ♪

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work for a living. is this a sign of a bigger movement around the globe. opinion editor at the "washington times" charlie hurt. charlie, these working class people don't want to pay $7 for a gallon of gas. they are burning cars and saying pay attention to us. what's the overall message here? >> really incredible. as much as anything, it's a protest against these people who think that higher taxes and more government are the solution to every problem. and the problem with that, of course, is that those sourcsorts of solution have deep impacts on average working people. especially people who work or people who don't make as much money as other people do. and that's what we're seeing right now in this. and, of course, the fallacy of it all is that places like paris, places like the united states where these big government high tax people wants to punish them most, the people who produce, the people who work, that's not where the polution problems are the pollution problems are in

countries where people aren't working. they are in places like china where they happen to be working but they also have absolutely no regard for the environment and they have no problem polluting everything around them and destroying the world around them. meanwhile, all these government, you know, these global plans are aimed to punish people like the french or the american workers. brian: all right. here is what the president tweeted out i'm glad my friend emmanuel macron have agreed with the conclusion i came to two years ago, the paris agreement is flawed because it raises prices of energy for responsible countries while white washing some of the worst polluters in the world. i want clean air and water and making great strides in improving america's ebb environment. but american taxpayers and american workers shouldn't pay to clean up other countries' pollution. don't fly in private jet to plead your clean clause. >> exactly. and it's so simple but it's so true. and when president trump

pulled out of the paris accord back two years ago, everybody was all amazed. they were aghast and couldn't believe it yet, what we are seeing in the streets of paris today are exactly the point that he is making. these protesters we're seeing right now, these are not, you know, antigovernment conservative right wing protesters. brian: they are not. >> by all accounts they're more left wing protesters. brian: charlie, macron caved and now they are in poll land thinking about ways to fine violating countries. good luck with that go slamming tickets on china for polluting the air, don't hold your breath waiting for them to pay. good luck implementing and finding people. >> this is paris. wait until you get to places as you point out like poll land and places like that. people are going to be even more outraged about this kind of thing. brian: right. be responsible but don't put it on the working class to clean up the planet. thanks so much, charlie hurt. appreciate it. >> you bet, brian. brian: this is a big story and watch it be ignored by so many others in the media.

one man blew the whistle on the shady uranium one deal then raided his house. this photo of president bush's dog service dog sull sully. one idiot writer said don't waste your on as you willy. show how important they are. keeping this tookus safe and protected... you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it.

steve: quick headlines for you. ceo meeting with leaders on capitol hill ted. speak with ohio senator sherrod brown and rob portman to discuss her company's plan to cut 15,000 jobs and production. senators are working to save their state's assembly plant in lords town in ohio. pay more at the post office.

heard this story before. trump administration recommending sweeping changes for the postal service including getting rid of price caps. market based price could say also be changed for both mail and package items not considered essential. and that is some of the news. ainsley: as you willy, the service dog, captured america's heart when he was laying down next tote casket of president george h.w. bush. and yesterday he visited the president's casket in the capitol rotunda. brian: a headline reads this don't spend your emotional headline on sully george h.w. bush's dog arguing sully was only the service dog six months and not his lifelong companion. steve: what the article is missing the importance of service dogs. so here to share we have liz, right down there. also she is an structure with canine companions for independence along with graduate emily and frank and their service dogs as well. good morning to all of you.

>> good morning. steve: frank, let's start with you, when you saw that tweet about yeah, that dog has only been with us for six months or whatever. >> that was so hard to hear. we bond with these dogs almost immediately. so well-trained. like i said the bond is just immediate. the training that we go through, the training that they go through, yeah, it was just so hard. steve: your dog is with you all the time? >> all the time. he can go with me wherever i go. ainsley: what did you think when you saw sully lying down next to president bush's casket? >> it was beautiful. it was sad. it just showed that the bond we have with these animals just doesn't matter if they are no longer with us. they are in spirit. he just knew that the president was there and the bond was there and the passion was there. it was very moving. brian: liz, can you build a bond in six months. >> oh, absolutely. the impact that these dogs

put on individuals with disabilities with limitless. our dogs at canine companions for independence, we learn over 40 commands. a lot of those commands are task based so the dogs can indoors and turn lights on and off. pick things up off the floor. which is small selection of the amazing things our dogs do. steve: i have seen service dogs actually anticipate what the person needs them to do. >> absolutely. that definitely happens very quickly for most of our graduates. canine companions is a nonprofit. steve: into the the same group as as you willy. >> different organization, but we do have very similar tasks with our dogs. we serve children, adults and veterans with disabilities free of charge. steve: amazing. >> we serve the entire country. we are a national organization. we have six locations across the united states. ainsley: frank, this location not only brought you a dog but brought you a wife, too. [laughter]

explain that. >> we had a mutual fund raiser we both volunteered with an did things with would you like to meet emily i said sure, that would be fantastic. it was all uphill or down hill from there i should say. ainsley: you even dress alike. steve: your dogs help the other person? >> they actually do yeah. we could be anywhere in the house and either one of them will help us out. brian: when you saw that headline does it anger you, sadden you or just show ignorance? >> all three. but i was in the hospital for 11 days, and she was by my side and she actually crawled on the bed and put her head on -- she put her head on my chest to give me comfort. so the the bond is really extraordinary and whether it's months or weeks the bond is still there. they realize who we are and how much we love them and really exceptional bond.

steve: liz, could you show us what the dogs do? >> absolutely. steve: you said there are like 45 commands. >> this is our most common task people ask for. muller get. he will pick up any item for me. and hold it as long as i need him to, until i give him the command to give it to me. >> give, good boy, buddy. good job. >> dogs are such eager workers and you can see wagging his tail and our dogs work for just our love and affection. just that kind of day in and day out. we also say dogs live in the moment. so, whether the dog has been with you for five minutes or the dog has been with you for six months to that dog that's his entire moment. steve: my wife has been talking for years being a puppy raiser she would love to do that. >> absolutely. steve: it is a big job to do it. what do you need from the folks watching right now do you need contributions, volunteers? what? >> we need everything. whatever everyone can give us we need it. if you are end to give end

of year donation to us that would be excellent. go to our website cci.org. give your time and volunteer as a volunteer puppy raiser. that's how i gout interested in service dogs was volunteering in college and raising puppies. as a puppy raiser myself, you will never have a more rewarding volunteer opportunity. steve: one final exit question. when we see a service dog like in the airport or on the street, should we pet them? >> really good question. so, i would always ask. try not to distract the dog from their handler because they do need to be focused. they are working. and it's really up to the individual handler that has the dog on whether their dog can or cannot be pet. it's best to ask. >> yeah, it's always best to ask because they are focused on us, if you pet them then they are distracted and that could be a problem. brian: thanks, guys. ainsley: thank you for being here. god bless you all. merry christmas. >> thank you. ainsley: revolutionary new test could detect cancer in just minutes.

major medical break through coming up. brian: christmas classic many of the so-called pc police say baby it's cold outside is too hot to handle. that's not the only thing that's getting banned these days. steve: first, happy birthday to frankie munoz the malcolm in the middle star. he is 33. >> when is he going to grow up? ready to get your feast on?

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veteran dave help ler got it right he won the show and be back on tonight. maybe they will ask the question again. ainsley: he works for the working warrior foundation which helps veterans find jobs and he has won $54,000 so far. congratulations to him. that's really cool. my phone was blowing up yesterday with friends all around the country. brian: it shows you have much more educated friends than i do. most of my friends watch repeat of the office or actual friends or something. no text messages. ainsley: you got one from me. i texted the whole crowd we were just on jeopardy. steve: we were on jeopardy tonight come on pay say jack. brian: i am going to watch the match game episode. steve: what channel is that. brian: game show network? steve: a long microphone. talk about what's going on in the world. good news and bad news. first up, some good news, after 100 years out in

severance, colorado, at the suggestion of 9-year-old dain best they have changed a law and we telling you about this yesterday. it has been illegal to show a snowball in that particular town but now he went to talk to the town council they agreed. that single snowball was made by the mayor the day before, he saved it so that he could throw -- dain could throw that snowball at his brother which he did and he is going to join us live this morning. that's good news. after 100 years they realized that was a dumb law. brian: nothing better to do if you want to make a child cry and hit them in the face with a snowball and now they can do it in colorado. steve: that's the one thing. you can throw it at your brother as long as you don't hit him in the head. ainsley: don't go to cause onto go to the hospital. only stitches i ever had in my life other than having a baby. right there in the head and i slammed into the wall. anyway. brian: wanted to bring it

up. steve: richard simmons did break my nose. threw me a christmas box. the stage manager was throwing it richard simmons saw it coming deflected it. ainsley: broke your nose? steve: i went over to hackensack regional medical center richard simmons broke my nose. [laughter] brian: in shorts? steve: they didn't ask about that. ainsley: geraldo has a story, too. went to city hall and wins how you can fight the pc police. he will be on our show at 7:20. brian: the song i have found offensive since day one. only being sa sarcastic. they think it sends the wrong message let's listen. >> i really can't stay. >> baby don't hold out. >> baby, it's cold outside. brian: you are offended like i am just give a chance to compose it all of a sudden

you feel better? good. that song is now having trouble getting aired anymore. ainsley: pc police was all over that song last year. this year it's a different song. it's this one. ♪ shalala la la ♪ kiss the girl ♪ do you have a problem with that one. ainsley: he is singing kiss the girl. because all the animals are excited that they are falling in love. steve: meanwhile. brian: what's the problem with that? should you not kiss the girl? ainsley: sends the wrong message to little kids? i mean, i don't have a problem with it i think when you are a little kid and watch something like that. you don't think that you think it's sweet people are falling in love. see your parents probably kissing don't see a problem with it a thing people normally do. you are asking me what the problem is? i don't have a problem with it. brian: i don't even know the premise of the problem? steve: listen, there is a lot going on in the world.

like you go to the movies sings 1964. ainsley: people kiss. steve: rudolph the red nosed reindeer has been a holiday classic some people are unhappy with that because they say that rudolph essentially is -- promotes bulling and was big gouted some have suggested. ainsley: it doesn't promote it shows you how you shouldn't do it because he was so beloved and used what they saw the other reindeer saw as a flaw as something to help santa. steve: verbal abuse by donner of his son's red nose. brian: blitzen was fine. steve: hermie is laughed at left by the other elves for wanting to be a dentist. the woman who-out voice of sue the doll corrine conley she told tmz all the problems are resolved by the end of the story and makes it a valuable lesson for those watching. so it's not a story of bullying. ainsley: played a million times during the holiday

season. sure find out if it's going to come on. i haven't seen it yet. i tried to actually find it yesterday and i couldn't on one of the programs i have. brian: one movie you can see this christmas, steve, do you know? steve: you can see all of the movies. ainsley: shot your eye out kid? brian: see a movie reminds you of christmas vince vaughn playing santa's clause's younger brother. ainsley: what about the straws? we didn't talk about the straws. pc police in california now in new york and d.c. a bunch of different cities around the country are banning the plastic straws now and using paper straws. steve: by the end of the drink are soggy. ainsley: so true. brian: everything sippy cups. steve: we know. we are familiar. cup right there. brian: i forgot my top today. ainsley: someone sent me a if you use straws same amount of wrinkles if you do

cigarettes. don't even use the straws. steve: that's a good reason right there. ainsley: think about it makes sense use a straw all the time doing the same things with your lips as you would if you smoke. do do that either and don't have wrinkles. brian: squeeze bottles or sippy cups. ainsley: don't drink water. okay? i think that's the solution. carley: important update to get to here. senator chuck grassley demanding answers on fbi raid whistleblower. agents showed up at dennis kaine's home after he reportedly turned over documents related to the clinton foundation and uranium one deal. as the chair of the senate judiciary committee, grassley wants to know why kaine was not protected as a whistleblower under federal law. scientists claim a new blood test can detect cancer in just 10 minutes. researchers in australia say it works by identifying a unique d.n.a. signature found in all types of the

disease. it has a 90% accuracy rate but only detects the presence of cancer not the type. the next step will be launching clinical studies. and i just love this guy 101-year-old world war ii vet credits long life to light beer. andrew sla vonic cracks open an ice cold coors light every day at 4:00. he reads the newspaper cover to cover. shoveling snow and mowing his lawn as recently as two years ago. and those are your headlines. ainsley: i like that. carley: he looks fantastic 101. steve: wife is he going with the light beer. >> carley: heavy beer too much. ainsley: 4:00. one hour earlier than most people. what's a party animal. steve: i love coors light. it's good. 18 minutes before the top of the hour.

ainsley: in god we trust does it belong in our schools? more and more states are saying yes. we will look at the growing nationwide movement coming up. steve: plus, don't kill two birds with one stone because peta wants you to feed two birds with one scone. and they are just getting started. you won't want to miss michael's reaction he is coming up live from l.a. next. ♪ ♪

steve: vegans aren't just coming after your burgers. they are coming after your words. phrases like killing two birds with one stone now considered offensive to some. not to worry, peta has some animal friendly alternatives. here now host of the michael knowles show. michael knowles joining us from l.a.

michael, good morning to you. >> good to see you. steve: we were just talking about. so pc police's latest things that they are going after. how about this one? there's apparently an academic at swanson university who said that idioms involving animal products could be obsolete they are out of touch with today's society. do you think that's right? >> well, peta is already suggesting. this they want to replace with beating a dead horse with feeding a fed horse. and it seems to me that the vegans are suggesting these things few fries away from a happy meal. veganism is on the rise in the last few years. up 360% in the uk up 500 percent in the u.s. that is not the problem. more veganism means more for me. the spread of the ideology. it's spreading. morally incoherent. we are told we can't eat eggs or milk or shell fish.

why stop there? an oyster is no more conscious than a carrot. irony too. peta is telling people to use new bizarre expressions. every vegan i know is in favor of the abortion. how many vegans are pro-life? why do we have to compare about the delta smelt but can't care about unborn human babies. it's inversion of the natural order. animals exist for our enjoyment. the environmentalists left want us to believe that we exist to serve animals which is not true. we like animals and want to curve animals and ultimately serve animals to each other on a dinner plant. steve: as you just said more veal for you. here is one of the other expressions. kill two birds with one stone that's is what is commonly said now. instead, according to peta you should instead say feed two birds with scone which is great for the scone industry. >> really scone is behind

this one. trouble with these expressions they don't make the point that the expressions are trying to make. it's very easy to feed two birds with one scone. you could feed 100 pirdz with one scone. birds don't each very much. the expression is kill two birds with one stone which means you are being very efficient in your tactic. same thing how do you feed a feds or? can you lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. they are really confused about their idioms. steve: i get look they are saying they don't eat meat. i respect that i think these are just suggestions going forward. i don't see people stopping saying i'm going to bring home the bacon instead saying i'm going to bring home the bagels. in fact, orrin hatch the utah senator from utah after he heard they want you to say bring home the bay con and instead use bagel he posted a video of him just eating a lot of bacon which is just kind of crazy.

>> got to love orrin hatch. this is the definition of political correctness. small fanatical cult minority trying to hoist their fantasies on the rest of us. the way the culture is going to react to this sitting right there and eating a bunch of bacon. every new expression is i think i will have another piece, please. steve: fry some up now, that looked delicious. michael knowles joining us from l.a., the city of angels. thank you, sir. >> good to see you, steve. steve: what do you think about that friends@foxnews.com. also on facebook. meanwhile does in god we trust belong in our schools? more and more states are saying yes. we are looking at the growing need movement coming up next. look at the guest log david bossie from citizens united kimberly strossel from the "wall street journal" editorial board and anthony scaramucci, the mooch is going to be with us live on this wednesday ♪ ♪ applause, applause ♪

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♪ ainsley: there is a national motto in god we trust belong in our schools? while critics say no more and more states are actually saying yes. according to the national conference of states legislatures and freedom of religion foundation at least 16 states allow or mandate the display of in god we trust in our public schools and buildings, with florida as one of those states let's bring in pastor from the river in tampa bay and church in tampa bay. thank you so much for being with us, pastor. >> good morning, how are you? ainsley: i'm great. thank you. your state is on the list. do you allow it in your public schools. how do you feel about that? >> i think it's great. as a matter of fact, i think it's a step in the right

direction. you know, look, if we look back at our history of our nation, and we look at that even before there was a constitution, before there was a declaration of independence, you had a group of people who came here and with an ideology of a city on a hill. and so the quote representative daniels when she said that god is light. and so to bring light into a dark place is a good thing. so, i think it's a great move in the right direction. i do think that a sign is going to change everything? no, i don't. however, i believe it is a good step towards a great change. ainsley: a step in the right direction. well, i was kind of shocked by. this there are 16 states that do allow it and three states actually just passed laws recently to allow it those states are tennessee, florida, louisiana and arkansas. actually four states. are you shocked by that because we have done all these stories on what the pc police and we note aclu doesn't want god and church and state combined. so, were you surprised by these recent four states

allowing it to happen? no, i'm not actually, at the end of the day we're told, i'm a christian, i'm a pastor, i'm a believer. i believe in religious equality. i believe if you want to worship who you want to worship, that's on you, no problem. at the end of the day, i believe that it comes down to if we are going to stand as a nation and give people religious freedoms or the ability of freedom of speech, that that same right should be afforded to any faith group. so, as a believer, as a pastor and one who works in the public school systems quite a bit, you know, look, we are seeing a lot of things happening and it's sad that we have to have such tragedy to see things like these happen. but, again, i don't think it's a bad thing. i'm not shocked that would going to get rebuttal on it, either. i think that's to be sort of par for the course. you know, that doesn't mean that we back down now and allow what we believe to be pushed to the side. i believe our nation was founded on these principles. so i'm not surprised at all. ainsley: yeah. you are absolutely right. critics say it's a violation

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flynn lied. steve: general motors meeting with lawmakers discussing her plan to cut 15,000 jobs and production. >> ebay is already e -- peta isy suggesting that feeding a dead horse instead of beating a dead horse. they are a few fries away from a happy meal. >> it's a high school prom ♪ it's a spring sting song ♪ it's a ride in a chevrolet. steve: live from new york city on this wednesday in december. it's "fox & friends" live from studio f. thank you very much for joining us. it is national day of mourning down in our nation's capital and, in fact, the federal government is going to be closed today. the market is closed all flags on public buildings will be at half-staff the next 30 days to honor the life and sometimes of the man who is in that casket george herbert walker bush in that casket.

ainsley: last full day in washington, d.c. they have a memorial service for him. national cathedral and he will be flown tomorrow to houston where there will also be a service for him there. brian: it was my sense that when ronald reagan passed away because we knew he was battling alzheimer and people knew it was imminent like we knew h.w. bush was suffering for from a form of parkinson's this day would come. the outpouring of support and respect that this president just like ronald reagan i think has caught people by surprise. a pleasant surprise. but, really has moved people in a way that i personally wasn't expecting. i always felt strongly about him, but i didn't know america felt this strongly about him. ainsley: he was such a leader and such a service man to our country. it was 35 degrees yesterday in washington and people were waiting three and a half hours to get to pay their respects. steve: they were, indeed. the extraordinary thing about the news coverage which has been afusive over

the last 48 hours or. so when he was president he did not get good coverage. usual i'm sure these families over the last couple of days. ainsley: touched. steve: finally the nation recognizes all the things this man has done. in washington, d.c. one of the highest points in washington where the funeral service today is at 11:00. mike? >> that's right, steve, ainsley, brian, good morning to you. it should be very powerful later this morning whether you have president trump and the living former presidents gathered together to pray and be together to say farewell to former president george h.w. bush. let's take you live inside the united states capitol rotunda where president bush continues to lie in state ahead of the funeral later today. there were long lines of people all night and overnight. many ordinary americans showing up waiting in the cold and it is cell for a couple hours for an opportunity to go in and pay formerespects to the former president. today is the national day of

mourning as ordered by president trump starting with the capitol rotunda here to the washington national cathedral. later the scene will shift to the saint martin's episcopal church, the home church of the bushes back in houston. former governor jeb bush is reflecting on his father's purpose. >> i say two things really drove, gave him purpose. one was giving back to others, family matter. this is a time to celebrate george h.w. bush, not it grieve his loss. that's what we are doing as a family right now. >> late yesterday, you had former president george h.w. bush and his wife laura showing up in the rotunda surprising some of the mourners, thanking them for turning out to pay their respects to his father. we will hear from the former president later today, one of four eulogists here at the washington national cathedral. steve, ainsley, brian? steve: all right, brian, thank you very much reporting from the national cathedral. brian: one of the things that stood out for me was

yoweknow president trump and bush were rivals. even made off hand remark about thousand points of light. they went out of their way last summer reportedly, did the bushes to say listen, if something happens to my dad, we are or my grandfather, we want you included. there will be no political. steve: to president trump. brian: to president trump and we want you a part of this. ainsley: and yesterday we saw that. brian: yesterday we saw that melania invited the bush family and now you are seeing the trumps arrive in front of the blair house where mr. and mrs. bush greeted melania and donald trump. what's significant is the trump and bush have never met face to face. ainsley: really, wow. melania, she showed mrs. bush around the white house because the first lady traditionally decorates or is in charge of the decorations at the white house. she gave her a walk-through.

brian: whole family, extended family and cousins posed in front of bush 41 at the white house. i sense. ainsley: a coming together. brian: i sense we have seen the past of any negativity between the families. ainsley: there were a lot of touching moments yesterday. something that out to us too this precious little boy scout. we have video of him standing there in want frost casket. took his hat off, put it back on and salutes the president. he stood there for a long time. steve: we do not know this kid's name. if you know it, email us at friends@foxnews.com. in one of the side shots, you can see that he is from troop 119 from the national capital area. look at him right there. ainsley: how precious is that is he taking his job seriously. steve: absolutely paying respect. that is something do you not see a lot of these days and god bless that little boy. ainsley: if parents are watching, good job. brian: expect that from a boy scout. they are taught respect, kindness, responsibility. that's what they do. ainsley: another touching

moment. bob dole, senator from the great state of kansas, he is 95 years old. look at that a man helps him stand up, which is something that is really difficult for him to do a and salutes the president. steve: let's just watch this, it is hard for him one time political rivals, to wait competed to be president of the united states there very frail eyes fixed on the casket. and after that salute, jeb, george herbert walker bush' son jus tweeted out just incredible. brian: this a tribute to my dad, not a sad occasion. i actually think the country is sad. i really do. there is a sadness even though he lived his life to 94. i believe there is a sadness. ainsley: whole story. the fact that he was stranded in the middle of the ocean. the submarine picked him up. those men don't know he is was going to go on to be

president. he was asking god in the water do you have something bigger for me clearly he did. to go on and serve his countrifully different ways to have political roles. have this thriving business a great love for the state of texas. the family is there and involved in the community. to go on to become president we all loved this man. and to know he lived such a full life, a rich life. steve: it's been very instructive the last couple of days or so since he passed because so many people now know what happened when he was president of the united states. ainsley: devoted family man. steve: absolutely. a lot of people are now saying you know, he could be the most consequential one term president in american history when you look at the fall of the soviet union. you look at all the things he did. how he was able to assemble a national coalition to try liberate kuwait. he was an extraordinary man. that's why some people have come out to honor the life and sometimes of george herbert walker bush. >> brian: about a year ago that michael flynn took a plea

and decided to cooperate with the mueller probe. you don't become rich when you are a general and he was being bled dry by legal fees. he was national security advisor for while. he got fired. ainsley: lost his house as a result. brian: got fired because he didn't tell the truth about his talk with ambassador kislyak of russia to vice president pence who went on national television and said that's the story. now we find out more of the story. when robert mueller 19 separate interviews with lieutenant general michael flynn has decided to recommend no jail time he was only looking at six months max but he recommended no jail time because of this. steve: i'm confused. i thought he is the guy who met with the russian ambassador and sounded like all involved in collusion yet, the very basis of this whole mueller investigation has been figure out how the trump administration, if they colluded with the russians. this was essentially the point person there during the transition. and if he is getting zero

jail time, that should tell you a lot about the collusion. brian: he got it because they claim that he is cooperating. so, what did he say? we don't know because most of this stuff is redacted. steve: where is the collusion part? there is no mention of that? there is no mention of collusion so far. ainsley: rudy kept saying there was no collusion. this is what the memo said given substantial assistance, apparently he helped out and answered all their questions and other considerations set forth below, a sentence at the low end of the guideline range, which was zero to six months, including a sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration. is appropriate and warranted u. brian: adam schiff writes the recommendation of jail time for flynn apart from the obvious irony of the man don't lock her up reflects significant of his help. details redacted signals far more than we or the president may know. that's the flip side of it does the redaction show that

he revealed something that we don't know. my sense is the guy that grew up and came of age in the cold war and if you read his book would never ever collude with the russians on anything against the united states. steve: it sounds as if, given some of the reporting in the "the washington post," a lot of the redactions regard other investigations he has been helpful in. we don't know the extent of that. ainsley: some in the media are saying oh it's just gearing up. it's going to keep going and maybe they will find out if there is collusion or figure out if there was collusion. but then have you others on the other side say this is winding up because additional sentencing memos are expected for michael cohen and paul manafort as well. maybe this is wrapping up as soon. brian: mike cat isikoff who wrote russian roulette says it's his indication it's wrapping up. we all need it to wrap up. steve: 7:11 in new york city and carley shimkus has the news. carley: family members confirm the body found outside the air b and b in

costa rica is missing woman cashly. guard under arrest after giving conflicting statements from investigators. he immigrated from nicaragua in june and staying in the room next to carla. the body has multiple stab wounds and head injuries. carley was in costa rica to celebrate her birthday. gang member executed overnight for his role in the murder of a police officer. joseph gather garcia put to deah by lethal injection. gang of inmates who escaped in the year 2,000. committed several rorks one on christmas eve where dallas officer aubrey was shot and killed. four of the gang members have been executed so far. russia is threatening to retaliate if the u.s. ditches their nuclear treaty. moments ago vladimir putin says if the u.s. starts developing intermediate range missiles, so will russia. yesterday, secretary of state mike pompeo announced that the u.s. will back out of the 1987 inf treaty

unless russia has a change of heart. u.s. officials have accused the russians of breaking the agreement which bans both countries have having certain mid range missiles. speculating that nobody wanted a job kevin hart will host the 2019 oscars. the comedian calling it the opportunity of a lifetime. just hours before the announcement the hollywood reporter called the gig the least wanted job in hollywood. ratings have slipped steadily including the last two shows hosted by there you see him jimmy kimmel. kevin hart is on deck. steve: movie star comedian. great. brian: i don't think so. he has already spent a lot of time insulting trump lately. he will probably use that venue again. steve: well, let's see. meanwhile -- thank you, carley. defense secretary james mattis issuing a new order at the border as democrats make new demands about a wall. we are live with the growing fight over the caravan in mexico coming up next.

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♪ steve: all right. the u.s. pentagon has extended the mission at our southern border. brian: thousands of troops will remain at the u.s.-mexico border until january. you know the troops we didn't need. ainsley apes todd piro is in the newsroom as democrats push a controversial security plan. todd, tell us about it? >> steve, ainsley and brian good morning. >> the caravan crisis keeping more of those who serve longer on the scenes of like this. continued breaches at the u.s. border prompting defense secretary jim mattis to issue this statement, quote: the secretary of defense has approved an extension of the ongoing department of defense support to the department of homeland security response to migrant caravan arrivals. dod support to dhs is authorized until january 31st, 2019. you can see here customs and border patrol holding a readiness drill ramping up its response to the crisis. democrats saying they would accept $1.6 billion for border security so long as the language makes clear the

money would not be used to build a wall. but the president is standing firm on his 5 billion-dollar request for the wall tweeting, could somebody please explain to the democrats parentheses, we need their votes, that our country loses $250 billion a year on illegal immigration not including the terrible drug flow. top border security, including a wall, is $25 billion. pays for itself in two months. get it done. and while there are reports of fewer migrants at local shelters in tijuana, an official with the local migrant council says 3,000 migrants are unaccounted for. some of those could have crossed the border into the u.s. back to you. steve: we just don't know. todd, thank you very much. as todd just said, you know, the president is looking for something north of $1.6 billion, which is what the senate, democrats in the senate want to give him. they are not going to give him another enrique kel. he can declare it a win if

he 5 billion that's not going to happen 1.6 isn't for the wall for border security. more than one problem. the president is not giving up on this. talking to democrats yesterday. he brought them over to the white house. steve: he is going to need their help to get it past during the lame duck and that doesn't look like it's going to happen. brian: if you don't mind, i will read the tease. brian: some democrats accused of being out of touch with american voters. one senator says there is a reason for that. >> we democrats know so much, that is true. we have to tell everybody how smart we are. >> exactly. david bossie here to react. >> this 9-year-old has everyone talking this morning. he fought his town's ban on snowball fights and he won. he's live with us. there he is. look how cute he is. steve: good morning dave best. ♪ aaaaaahhhhhhhh!

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brian brian time now for news by the numbers. let's get started. first 12 million pounds that's how much raw beef is being recalled over salmonella outbreak. arizona meat processor jbs makes the beef. affecting 246 people in 26 states have gotten sick. nearly $300,000, that's how much senator bernie sanders campaign spent to cross the country in a private jet. i thought he cared about the climate. that according to the fec with little dashes in between f and c. flew campaign candidates in nine states. that's not a good excuse. go to my third spot. finally $435. that's the price of a luxury

bag made from old amtrak train seats. the campaign teamin teeming up nonprofit group upcycle covers from it 20 retired trains. others start at $75. now to my colleagues. ainsley: joel, who does the walk better steve or brian? brian: it's me. ainsley: no, it's not. ainsley: brian says he inventinged the walk. steve: i think he says he inventinged walking. meanwhile in severance, colorado, snowball fights have been against the wall for nearly 100 years. but that 9-year-old boy vowed to fight for the right to have some winter fun and throw a snowball. ainsley: it's such a great story 3rd grader dane best start at snowball overturned the ban. he joins us to tell us about it. dane, why did you want to change the law. >> there because i thought it was outdated law and there is no reason you can't throw snowballs in colorado

or severance. steve: that's right. you are in colorado. dane, have you figured out why did they ban snowball fighting 100 years ago? >> they never knew why they did it they never said. steve: they never said. so, so you went to your mom and you asked her about this. and what did she say? >> she said i asked her if she could do it, and she said that i would have to do it. she would help me a little bit. steve: in changing the law. ainsley: you have a really good mom. what did you do? how did you prepare before you went in front of the lawmakers? >> we made pour point and we told them the definition of a snowball fight and what like how long it's been in the book law. -- the law. [laughter] steve: we know what you mean. it's been against the law for 100 years. so the whole town council agreed with you.

and it was unanimous and they said you are right. kids should be able to is a snowball fight. so, afterwards, to celebrate, where did you get that snowball? >> the mayor found some snow and he made a snowball and he put it in the freezer until i threw the snowball. ainsley: that is so cool. i love the fact that a kid can change the law. did you feel like in the very beginning you were going to be able to do that, that the adults were going to listen to you. >> kind of. ainsley: you knew they kind of would? >> yeah. and kind of wouldn't and kind of would. steve: yeah, you never know. ainsley: how did you celebrate. what did you do when you found out they are changing the law did the whole room go crazy? >> yeah. they all started clapping. ainsley: how did you feel? >> pretty excited. steve: yeah. so then you went outside, the mayor gave you the snowball that he had kept in the freer freezer after he shaks your hand and presents you

with that plaque. who did you throw the snowball at. >> he told me to throw it in the street. steve: okay. ainsley: i read you told your momma that you wanted to throw a snowball at your brother. is that true? and what was her advice? >> yeah. but, she didn't really want me to throw it at his face or that hard. ainsley: you have a good momma. steve: don't hit him in the face. you have changed the law out there in colorado. but now you have got your sights on another ordinance involving pets, right? >> yeah. steve: tell us about that. >> you can only have a cat and a dog and you can only have three of them and you can't have like a guinea pig or hamster or fish. steve: the law out there defines a pet as either a cat or dog and you want them to expand that right? >> yeah. steve: okay. i think you are going to win that one. ainsley: i think you are, too. why do you want to do that? do you want another pet? >> well, i have a guinea pig

right now. steve: that's right. ainsley: you do. but you are allowed to have it it's just not considered a pet, right? >> i don't think so. steve: i think you are going to win that one. hey, i have got a question for you, dave. what do you want to be when you grow up? >> be president like the whole white house to myself and i can make more changes. [laughter] steve: so let's say you are president. what's the first thing you would change? >> i don't know. ainsley: longer recess, maybe? steve: has a little while to think about it? >> yeah, longer recess. ainsley: you're so cute. we wish you all the best. thank you so much for coming on. you have quite a future. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. >> bye. steve: bye. 9-year-old dane best future president of the united states. ainsley: would you track your child using a g.p.s. bracelet? it could soon become a reality. steve: might be hand but then again maybe not.

plus, some democrats are accused of being out of touch with american voters. one u.s. senator says there's a reason to believe for that. >> we democrats know so much, that is true, and we have to tell everybody how smart we are. steve: okay. david bossie from citizens united here with reaction coming up next u reaction

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even ask for. >> the ideas that we campaigned on, which a few years ago were seemed to be radical ideas are now mainstream. steve: are they mainstream? to some they kind of sound out of touch with the american voters, but one democrat claims that's not why the left is having trouble winning over voters. listen to this one. >> we democrats have a really hard time connecting to people's hearts instead of here. we democrats know so much, that is true. we have to tell everybody how smart we are. steve: we have to tell people how smart we're. here with reaction former deputy trump campaign manager and co-author of trump's enemies david bossie. you need to tell people how smart you are. >> yeah. winning elections is about connecting to people. and that's the problem for the democrats. whether it's nancy pelosi years ago saying we have to pass this bill before you

know what's in it. john kerry, hillary clinton, you name the democratic leader or presidential nominee they are disconnected with the american people. one of the reasons why donald trump won he said what he meant and meant what he said. that is the difference-maker. he is not a traditional politician. you hear these democrats. they are -- they just -- they don't understand your average american, what their plight is. what they are going through. how they want to have a better schools, better healthcare for their children. to be able to put food on the table. buy the house. have that american dream. that's every american across every way that the democrats try to do their divisive politics and try segment people out. that's the -- that's fundamentally what americans want. and that's why donald trump really won in 2016 was his ability to talk directly to the american people.

ainsley: you were on the campaign trail with him and you worked with him. you saw how he interacts with his voters and with middle america. what exactly is that like for the people at home that haven't had a chance to meet him? how does he connect? >> you know, ainsley, i think folks can get a real sense through the rallies. if you look at the folks come in the tens of thousands to see this president rally after rally. it is like a rock concert. it's really the closest thing you could say -- compare it to. it's an event. people come and they spend hours and hours to get into the venue. they spend hours waiting. and then they have the time of their life. the preevent of donald trump is filled with entertainment and then the president comes and he speaks directly to you. he says the things that you want to hear, that you want other politicians to say but they are not courageous enough to say it. brian: two issues come to the president. number one he has always said the wall and border is

the problem. my goodness see the video every day tell the people of tijuana is he wrong. is he right. climate change. australia is joining us along with brazil we have a real problem with this. they are hosting the paris climate change meeting in poland which is fueled by pure coal and they said we are not going to leave coal behind we have 200 years worth of supply. however, he does not have the ear of the next generation and he does not have the minority community. how does he get it? >> i think he stays on track. look at what he is doing with criminal justice reform, what he is willing to do. whether i agree with him or not on making a deal on immigration reform. whether it's getting the wall in return for some of these daca recipients. whatever it might be. this president is a dealmaker. the democrats would only put america first like this president they would come to the table with deals that he would be willing to make on infrastructure and other things that maybe some republicans, conservatives would have a problem with.

they are going to find a friend in donald trump because he wants what's best for america he is willing. willingbrian you are a conservative and you just told him to cut a deal with democrats. you are okay with that? >> look, ronald are a reagan did it with tipp o'neal. steve: george herbert walker bush did it. >> george bush did it look, you have to do that as president. you have to take 70 or 80% of our loaf, in essence and then we can argue and debate that's 20% later. ainsley: compromise. the art of the deal, right? >> that's what this president is so good at. i will just end on this with that thought is the new congress coming in with an investigation after investigation after investigation is going to be out of control and unless nancy pelosi can get control over her caucus which i don't think she can. this president is not going to open to much surprise under their subpoena cannon which is their words. you will see democrats just want to impeach this president and investigate him at every turn which, in

turn, slows the entire administration down. ainsley: david bossie, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. steve: all right it is 22 minutes before the top of the hour on this very busy wednesday. carley joins us with some law enforcement news. carley: that's right. a scary story here. a south carolina woman after she defended herself against an escaped inmate who broke into her home. the woman firing a single shot killing the suspect. >> this was a big guy. if she hadn't had a weapon, no telling what would have happened. she saved her life and stopped the bad guy. carley: he and another inmate assaulted guards at the pickens county prison. the other inmate is back in custody. thousand of top republicans emails stolen in a mass attack during the memoirs. politico reports accounts four top aids at the national republican committee were breached after they hired crowd

strike. that's the same firm when dnc servers were tracked in 2016. new breach was discovered in april. the college dean wants students to call themselves freshmores not freshmen. introduced the term as a non-gender specific way to address first year students. it's mental to make the south carolina school more inclusive. the term is already starting to catch on. it is starting to look a lot like christmas at chipotle. the mexican grill unveiling holiday window display at one new york city store and completely he had dibleg. new scene is going up every day this week. using only greendz from the restaurant. a tree made with lettuce filled with lemons, limes and tomatoes as ornaments. edible decorations are better than nonedible. brian: have you never said

it. carley: every year. ainsley: eating your christmas tree? carley: that would actually be a pretty good idea. you don't have to haul it out of your house. ginger bread house can you eat that and now eat christmas tree. steve: living room into the dining room. ainsley: if you forget to put milk and cookies out santa can eat the tree. brian: santa loves lettuce. ainsley: proven fact. steve: janice dean is outside and it's cold. janice: oh my gosh it's cold. >> i don't feel my hands. from louisiana. janice: you are all dressed so appropriately and i am not. you are having so fun so far in new york? look how cute these hats are where did you get these hats? >> right down the corner. janice: that much mass my coat right here. you are going to have to get me one. all right. i'm going with you. is it indoors? we'ring going. >> no, it's outdoors. janice: of course. take a look at the maps while i start the hug with my new friends. feels like we are not even registering here in new york. it feels like 17 in boston.

it feels like 13 in buffalo. so it's cold u if there is any precipitation it's going to be in the form of ♪ great lakes, ohio valley. next big weathermaker is moving across the west rain and mountain snow. that will bring the potential for not only a winter storm across the south but we will see an icing potential and the threat for severe storms including tornadoes on friday. can you get close so we can all get together? >> sure. janice: okay. thank you. bye, steve, ainsley and brian. brian: all right, janice i looked it up wind chill is 24 where you are. ainsley: it's the wind that gets you. not even the cold. brian: shouldn't be surprising to her that it's cold out. steve: here is the thing she is the weather woman and she should be wearing some gloves. brian: exactly. zipsd in the liner. steve: meanwhile straight ahead on wednesday victory for free speech and conservatives, the university at calvary californit

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♪ ♪ steve: breaking overnight special counsel robert mueller recommending zero jail time for michael flynn claiming the former trump advisor is providing substantial help to the feds. ainsley: our next guest argues after 18 months it's hard to believe there is anything new out there from mueller's probe. what is the investigation moving forward? brian: is it wrapping up, "wall street journal" columnist kim strassel.

great to have you. >> great to be here. brian: seven pages, a lot of it is like this. what do you get from the trump haters say ah-ha what did he give up because very cooperative and the trump supporter saying he gave up nothing they are all salivating over the redaction. he helped with a number of investigations it didn't seem he gave up anything on trump and collusion. in fact there is direct reference to himself in a criminal investigation we have been told so far mueller hasn't found anything criminal on that front. ainsley: if you read it they are praising his military service. >> that's only way just by the way, too. unfortunate this guy got swept up in a special counsel probe anyway. even comey's own agents, including peter strzok came back and said that they didn't think he had lied. the turkey thing is a little bit different. on the question of his interactions with the

russian ambassador, there is still a lot of question of whether he did lie or copsd this plea to help out his son. steve: if you collude you don't get zero jail time. that's pretty clear. >> right. steve: you say real crime is leaking of conversation with the ambassador and unmasking going on by the obama administration. where is that? >> that's what's frustrating we keep hearing that special counsel well they have got to follow all these different crimes as they come across them. this has been the excuse. this is why he supposedly has gone after manafort, cohen, all these people that have nothing to do with collusion. very first crime that happened so farl and only crime related to russian collusion is the leaking of michael flynn's name which was a complete flown. you talk to people like devin nunes the head of the house committee worse leak he had ever seen in the history of the government in terms of the amount of information it gave to our adversaries about our collection efforts.

brian: let me clarify this. what you are say something kislyak tapping his phone, he knows it. if kislyak talks to flynn and flynn is on the other side flynn is an american, we should not have that name unmasked, correct? >> well, right. brian: how does "the washington post" get it. >> well, there is two aspects. what the obama administration was doing with the unmasking, which is there some ugly things going on there, we still don't have all the answers to those questions. but then someone leaks the name. that's just a flat out felony, punishable up to 10 years in jail. again, no interest in the special counsel's office as to that crime and how flynn's name got out there in the first place. ainsley: we are interested in fox nation and what you are doing with fox nation. tell the folks at home how they can see. >> it's really fun. we have a new show called deep dive, which my colleagues at the "wall street journal" editorial page are taking turns hosting. it's a neat format because we choose one topic every day and then you get a lot of time to dig into it. so yesterday we did one on

anatomy of a government shut down. what's it look like? how does it work? it's been a lot of fun. ainsley: on television we get two minutes on fox nation you can actually expand? steve: you can talk as long as people want to hear you. >> maybe too long. we got to talk for half an hour yesterday straight up about what shut downs look like and how this one might play. i think it's going to happen. brian: i think it's going to happen, too. i don't think the president is budging on this. >> i don't think so. he has his eye on 5 billion and ready for a rumble. steve: for unfortunately for him there are a lot who are not on board with that. >> there is a lot of democrats, including nancy pelosi who are under a lot of pressure not to play ball either. i think that also bode is for a shutdown. brian: kikimberley strassel earlier said she was happy to see us and i believe her now. ainsley: thank you. brian: major victory for free speech and conservatives. uc berkeley settling a late with college republicans.

one of the attorneys on the case here to react. ainsley: stock market plunging nearly 800 points. how concerned should you be? stuart varney says three things to keep in mind. he will be here next hour ♪ ♪ wear away your enamel. your tooth is going to look yellower, more dull. i recommend pronamel because it helps protect and strengthen your enamel. it's pro enamel. it's the positive thing. ♪

brian: a win for campus free speech. uc berkeley paying 70,000 to do so settle a free speech lawsuit. ainsley: they settled it out of court. the young america foundation and u.k. berkeley college republicans accused the university of bias towards the speakers after they cancelled an event with conservative commentator ann coulter last year and placed serious road blocks in the way for an event with ben

shapiro. harmeet dhillon is one of the attorneys on the case and she joins us now. great to see you harmeet. thank you for being with us. why did you sue? >> well, it was after a series of events where they stopped speakers from coming on campus or trying to prevent them by imposing unconstitutional fees and restrictions making it impossible for students to actually attend these events. since becker solid a public institution that's unconstitutional. the judge ruled, that janet napolitano ahead of the regions personally liable for violating first amendment rights. after fighting this case for a year and a half thrilled earlier this week we were able to file a settlement with the court. the fees are nice. more importantly what the university is agreeing to do is basically charge zero fees in almost every case and they are eliminating the policies, the two policies that we sued under. so we are thrilled on behalf of all students there. brian: unconstitutional high profile speaker policy. rescind the viewpoint

discrimination fee policy and protesters will no longer be able to shut down conservative expression as well as the 70,000 bucks. what does this mean not for berkeley. what does it mean for other institutions that show an intolerance? >> we are already getting phone calls from lawyers who are suing other public institutions of higher learning around the country saying they want to use this as a model. university of california itself has numerous campuses in california with hundreds of thousands of students going to help them as well. this is important not just for conservative students but for all students. one of the things that our clients try to do is bring important speakers to campus that they don't usually get to hear from on campus and liberal students benefit from that. i hope that the university will learn its lesson moving forward but if they don't, there are certainly conservative lawyers out there ready to take them on throughout the country. >> like you? >> thank you. ainsley: thank you so much. this is what the school said the does not require the university to concede any of the plaintiff's claims

previous viewpoint discrimination bias in fact for they did not. the settlement agreement confirms any and all efforts to prove viewpoint discrimination by the campus has been abandoned. so they are not admitting that they did anything wrong just settling it. >> that's a pretty churlish response. ainsley: we have to leave it there. brian: scaramucci and stein. log, get a ford. if you want waze and amazon alexa compatibility, get a ford. if you want a car that doesn't have any of that, get anything... but a ford. otherwise, you're gonna want a ford. . . . .

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steve: it's a national day of mourning. all flags on public buildings will be at half-staff to honor the work and times of president george h.w. bush. brian: robert mueller decided to recommend no jail time. >> pretty clear he helped with a number of investigations but didn't seem he gave you have anything on the question of trump and collusion. ainsley: defense secretary james mattis ordering thousands of troops to stay at u.s.-mexico border to the end of january. >> the democrats no so much.

we have to tell everybody how smart we are. >> name the democratic leader or presidential nominee, they're disconnected with the american people. ainsley: this nine-year-old fought his town's ban on snowball fights and he won. >> that is outdated law. no reason you can't throw snow because. >> what do you want to be when you grow up? >> president and in the white house and i can make more changes. ♪ steve: that is the view out our window, when we turn and and what we see. and when you turn around this is what you see on the morning show on a wednesday. ainsley: that is beautiful song. always love this. steve: thank you very much for joining us. it's a national day of mourning. ainsley: we honor the life and legacy of george herbert walker

bush on the national day of mourning. this is live look inside the capitol rotunda where his body lies in state. brian: thousands of people have paid their respects. as well at midnight last night the line was out the door. steve: couple hours long. that was last night. during this hour they will be starting to move his body toward the national cathedral in northwest washington and that is where mike emanuel is posted on this wednesday morning. reporter: steve, ainsley, brian, in a few hours, much of official washington will be hear at the washington national cathedral to pray and say farewell to president george herbert walker bush. his body remains in the united states capitol rotunda, where people spent hours for the opportunity to go in and pay their respects. the mood has been respectful and peaceful. president trump and first lady melania you had quality time with the bush family.

they went to visit with them at the blair house yesterday afternoon. the first lady showed mrs. bush the christmas decorations at the white house. last night former president george w. bush and his wife laura returned to the capitol rotunda. it was an opportunity pay their respects and thank people from all across the country who turned out for their prayers, compassion and kindness. former governor jeb bush talked about how his father respected everybody. >> the guy was, just the most generous, kind person that you would ever meet. decent. he treated everybody the same way. reporter: president trump has commented about the level of detail and the precision of these events over recent days, paying respects. expect to see plenty more of that on this national day of prayer and remembrance on behalf of the 41st president. steve, ainsley, brian. steve: mike, it is really going to be a bipartisan gathering

there because george herbert walker bush, remember when he was president he had divided congress. he had to work with people from across the aisle. reporter: no question about that. a lot of people commented how he put country ahead of his party. things not beneficial in term of his political benefit. a lot of people are admiring that now that he passed. brian: mike emanuel. you knew it up close and personal. you were covering his son when he was governor of texas. you got to know the bush family well. reporter: thanks very much. brian: a couple things stand out, your mentor is lbj, who then businessman george bush talked to about maybe running for senate. he was congressman then. should i run for senate in texas? you should do that. former president of the united states. he was president of the united states at the time. the other thing that stands out too, bill clinton and george bush became friends.

showing the whole country it is politics but we're still americans first. i cannot wait for among the eulogists will be george bush. it will be fantastic. simpson is always entertaining but the guy blew me away in barbara bush's funeral is john meacham. he spent so much quality time with bush 41 to get the last biography he wrote, he think he has perspective on his life. i look forward to giving his view. ainsley: the family are espicopalians and go to a church in kennebunkport. the body will be transthird there in houston and will be buried in the library in college station in texas. people waited 3 1/2 hours last night or yesterday in the cold weather, 35 degrees there in washington. people wanted to go to pay their respects. brian: a lot of sports celebrities showed up. peyton manning, phil mickelson. coach k.

hale irwin. ainsley: senator bob dole we saw him in the wheelchair standing up at 95 years old. >> greg norman was there. chris everett was there. jack nicklaus was there. bob dole, once herbert walker bush's political rival. they fought twice in public but later became friends. he sal lewded right there. ainsley: a lot strangers that didn't know him or loved him. the boy scout little boy saluting for a minute just like this. steve: indeed. he had a long life. there is the boycott right there. looks as if from troop 119. national capitol area. still don't know his name. but that is an image that really sums it up. brian: i think most impactful thing paying off politically we'll hear about, trumps and bushes put everything aside. they met everything to took a tour of blair house. took a tour of the white house.

i know the class of the bush family. they will not go after this president. i don't think president trump will do anything like that. i think the brett kavanaugh situation helped heal a rift between the two families. melania is probably making sure that the rift stays healed. i think it is really important for, for the country to see these guys get elected. steve: let's hope they buried the hatchet. ainsley: time of mourning and time of death. steve: president went up into the blair house. they meet for 23 minutes. he went back to work. let's talk a little bit this. we finally saw the sensing memo robert mueller's team put out for michael flynn. it has been close to a year. waiting to find out how much prison time a court at the time of sentencing, there was some suggestion would be zero time and six months. yesterday, the mueller team put this statement out. given the defendant's substantial assistance in and other considerations set forth below a sentence at the low end of the guideline range, which

was zero, including the sentence does not impose a term of incarceration is appropriate and warranted. what they say is because he was so helpful, he was interviewed 19 different times, despite the fact he was charged with lying, apparently they felt he was very cooperative, they say, no time in the jail. ainsley: could have gotten zero and six months and 9500-dollar fine. through that memo, you're seeing mueller is recommending no prison time. the false statements were about communications with the russian ambassador and his work with the turkish government but some within the doj don't even believe he lied. rudy says there is nothing to do with collusion. brian: we don't know a lot of it. it is redacted. something for everyone. democrat say ah-ha what he gave up to mueller's probe is redacted. others say this is it? no prison time. you bankrupted this guy. you strung him out for a year. you destroyed his career. had to sell his house, for what?

in the end what actually happened? i can't wait to see michael flynn's book what reality is behind what took place over the last year. kim strassel was with us on the couch a short time ago. she said this about what she ascertained from what she read. >> special counsels they have to fall all these different crimes as they come across them. this is the excuse. this is why he supposedly went after manafort. cohen all these people that have nothing to do with collusion. well the very first crime that ever happened here, so far as i know the only crime related to russia collusion was the leaking of michael flynn's name, which was a complete felony. you know, you talk to people bike devin nunez head of the house intelligence committee, he will say that was the worst leak he had ever seen in the history of the government. steve: that's right. are they going after leakers and people who did unmask his name? brian: no. steve: we'll see. maybe the special prosecutor is

looking at that. maybe inspector general of the department of justice, they should. but after it was announced that mueller wanted zero jail time, michael flynn, jr., tweeted out, god is good. to those who supported us throughout this process. thank you from the bottom of my heart. i will never forget you. ainsley: that family has been through it over the last year. additional sentencing memos expected for michael cohen and paul manafort. some are saying there is a signal that the investigation is winding down. brian: keep talking if you want. i have more to say after 70 plus hours. i wonder if carley shimkus has more to say. carley: i have more to say. don't test me. we begin with a fox news alert. the body found outside of an airbnb in costa rica is the missing florida woman, carla stefaniak. a guard is under arrest after

giving conflicting statements. the body had multiple wound and head injuries. she was in costa rica to celebrate her birthday. james mattis ordering troops to stay through the holidays. 6,000 members will be posted in arizona, california and texas until january. they will install and repair wire barriers and bolster security as response to the migrant caravan from central america. suspected mobsters arrested in a massive sweep across europe. police conducted raids in italy, germany, belgium. the italian mob group bought and sold restaurants as a front for laundering money making it hard for investigates to track them down. they are accused with tracking drugs along with bribery and violence. more parents getting baby names from the first family. first lady name melania surging

227% in popularity since 2015. according to data from the social security administration. president trump's daughter name ivanka jumped by 362 percent and the name of the president's youngest son barron grew 90% in popularity. ainsley: no way. brian: melania in dominate year three this year. she is starting to really emerge. ainsley: doing more interviews. steve: you mean the name. her individually? brian: her. ainsley: we want to hear from her. carley: we heard so much more from her. ainsley: she is the first lady. we want to hear from you. brian: i was talking to carley. you took over. thank you very much. ainsley: steve, we're not allowed to talk. this is the "brian kilmeade show". steve: great thing about the first lady, she went to, trumps visited the bushes over at blair house, she invited laura bush and entire bush family to go to

the white house. so many people involved in that administration still work at the white house. ainsley: all right. since it is the brian kilmeade, why don't you tell us. brian: if you don't mind, i might as well do this. steve: do we have a choice? we'll see you tomorrow. welcome back to the "brian kilmeade show." brian: meanwhile the migrant crisis crushing europe. one will country will send them to an island. mark steyn weighs in. steve: what else, brian? >> the stock market plunged 800 points. how concerned should you be. ainsley: the jeopardy question, brian kilmeade, and what are friends. ♪

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>> in my opinion, computer, algorithms made a large part in yesterday's drop. ainsley: what do you mean? >> let me explain. first thing in the morning we heard interest rates came way down, a sharp drop in interest rates. some people think that is signal of recession. you get that headline, re session, algorithms read it, then sell. a flury of tweets where president trump used the word "tariff man." the computers, algorithms read that expression, sell. you have possibility of two factors here, possibility of a recession which i think is nonsense, no recession signs at all, then you got the tweets from trump, interpreted as a very hard-line on china, they're we'll not get a deal. that is nonsense. it's a negotiate position. the computers read this stuff and sell. you have a spiraling down nearly 800 points. ainsley: that would make sense. seemed like the meeting with the chinese president there was a

cease-fire. steve: over the weekend. >> human beings on wall street should get a grip. i'm tired of being whipsawed like this of mathematicians creates a algorithm tells you toe sell when they read the words recession. steve: wall street is one great big computer. that is how they make money. >> it is. i don't know how you stop this. humans should get a grip, get back in control of what is going on. any rational human being would tell you there is no sign after recession on the horizon. it is not there. brian: to dig down a little bit deeper, the lack of a hardcore reason behind the truce and a road map over the next 90 days of what china and the united states actually agree to was the reason. in fact peter navarro said yesterday all the happened wringing going on right now maybe is the ault of us, not communicating more precisely about what exactly occurred in the 2 1/2 hour meeting in china. >> in peter navarro's interview with bret baier last night on a

"special report" -- brian: he was in the meet smooth he was in the meeting. he detailed the fact that xi xinping, china's leader outlined, what is it, 140 different items this he would take action. it was detailed, line by line reasoning from china's leader in that meeting about what they were going to do. now i thought that was positive. frankly flat-out positive. i'm not prepared to accept the view of the computers, the tariff man means we get no deal. steve: if gigantic selloff at 90 days. brian: get all kinds of maneuvering as we head up to the 90-day deadline. statement from here. statement from there. market reads this, market reads that. a lot of up and down. ainsley: good time to invest if you're in it for the long haul? steve: if you have an iron gut. >> that is a difficult question. a lot of people think this is

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♪ ainsley: here are some quick headlines for you. first an epic world record-setting moment. fans of appropriately named hershey bears minor league hockey team, look at that in pennsylvania, tossing nearly 35,000 stuffed teddy bears on the i.c.e. after, they will be donated to a local organization. steve: that is a lot to pick up.

ainsley: they're all different colors. how cool is that. this story, a nine-year-old boy in colorado we told you about his story yesterday to overturn a legal ban on snowball fights. is name is dane betts, he join the us on the show to explain how he got it all done. he sets his sights on a new ordinance. he wants to change the law outlawing pets. >> we made a power point. told them definition of a snowball fight. you can have a pet and dog only three of them. you can't have hamster or fish. ainsley: he wants to change the law. snowball fights were illegal in severance, in colorado, illegal nearly a century. he made the power point. got the to throw the first snowball. brian: thank goodness. threw it into the parking lot. steve: democrats are accuse of

being out of touch with some voters an one democratic senator from hawaii thinks she knows why. they're too smart. >> one of the things that which democrats have a really hard time is connecting to people's hearts instead of up here. we have a really hard time doing that, and one of the reasons told to me at one of our retreats, we democrats know so much that is true. we have to kind of tell everybody how smart we are. brian: exactly. here to react former white house communications director very smart guy in his own right, author of trump, the blue-collar president, anthony scaramucci. is that the problem with democrats, they are too smart? >> i do write about that in the book. the problem they think they're too smart, they disengage from a large group of people. they call people, deplorable,eth know send tivities, racists. the american people want a good job, aspiration for their

children. when she is sitting there in that sort of nonsense, acting in the limousine liberal sort of way, they opened up a very wide better -- berth for president trump the country has changed. ainsley: no longer the establishment necessarily will win. it could be an outsider who can connect with the people and who can relate. middle america found that in president trump. who can the democrats put up that can compete with him? >> well i actually don't think there is anybody that can compete with president trump. people say, jeez, come up with somebody. steve: joe biden says set most qualified. >> he is most qualifieded i like joe biden but he would have a tough time debate somebody like president trump. every time he goes into contact with the enemy, he fumbles the ball. brian: tom steyer had a big day yesterday. >> these guys are super untested. trust me. i was super untested.

you go into that arena with these guys, opposition research. the young kid with the brylcreem in his hair. he has not been opod yet. a guy like president trump is battle tested. he understands the base super well. that is a clear indication that they don't understand the base. beto o'rourke will come into this game but again he probably doesn't understand the fastballs coming at him. steve: he met with former president obama yesterday. the question is this, anthony. if the democrats got to the message so wrong, we're much smarter, why did they win the house? >> i think that has the way to do way historical things happen in the united states, in terms american electorate like as check on power. if you go back over 100 years, i think george w. bush during a war kept the house. most times presidents lose the house in situation like this. if you look president obama in 2010, he lost 63 seats.

president trump lost 38, 39 sheets, something like that. it wasn't really that stupid pend does. when you look in the senate, he picked up a few in the senate. at the end. day he is very well-positioned. he will have over billion 1/2, possibly two billion dollars. he will have air force one and his personality. going against people think they're smarter than the american people. here is something from president nixon, american people will vote for people they dislike. they gave richard nixon a landslide. they don't like people votes for people that dislike them. brian: paris climate change, whole global warming thing. more companies becoming trump-like, than non-trump-like. number two the caravan emphasized the need for border security to americans, not republicans or democrats, americans. >> no, no question on those fronts and the third leg of the stool the is economy is actually doing very well. had stuart on here five, ten

minutes ago. i'm a trained economist. you're still seeing large growth and wage improvements. stock markets is a little sloppy because we're in probably the toughest trade battle we've had in 70 years. so the volatility in the market is expressing that. but i predicted the president will cut a great deal for the american people. we'll be here in february or march, looking at a deal that frames up nicely. that will lead to increase in wages for the people that senator thinks she is lot smarter than. steve: all right. mooch, thank you very much. if you want to see him make a calzone, go to foxnation.com. >> he criticized me. only thing i was capable of sharpening a carrot. i did pour the vodka. brian: thanks, anthony. coming up the memorial service for president george h.w. bush begins in just hours. we're live in washington with that. steve: the migrant crisis is

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hour or so. thousands streamed past his casket as he lay in state. now he heads towards texas eventually. along the way he will go past the naval observatory where he lived for eight years as vice president. then on to the national cathedral in northwest washington. brian: the ceremony gets underway at 11:00. when the memorial service officially begins. we begin talking to mark steyn right now. the outstanding columnist he requests we introduce him as and commentator. see i am all around. great to see you. >> great to see you, brian. brian: how do you feel about the country's response to president bush 41? >> i am stunned by it. i think he deserved it but i didn't think americans responded like this. >> a lot to do how he lived his post-political life. he had a rich life. he had other interests. he wasn't consumed by politics. something actually bad and unfair happened to him in 1992 i

think but he took it very well. he adjusted to it. he lived a full post-political life, for the last 25 years. and i think that plays a large part. he is an object lesson, how to live life after you've been president. ainsley: what stands out the most to you? >> in what he did, i think actually a lot of the world of the last 30 years was defined by him. after the fall of the berlin wall, the germans wanted reunification. mrs. thatcher for example, objected to it very strenuously. in fact that george h.w. bush agreed with the germans on unification, created the map of the new europe. he was an influential person, consequential person. steve: absolutely was. brian: right guy at the right time. >> yeah. steve: having been in washington at the time he had such bad press coverage. >> no, no. came after ronald reagan. >> yeah.

steve: "newsweek" famously put the wimp factor on the cover. >> that is what i like about him. the reagan funeral, whatever it was, 12, 14 years ago, brian mulroney and mrs. thatcher gave very formal eulogies. there was sort of touching in that kind of slightly awkward goofy hay he -- way when he spoe in public what george h.w. bush spoke about president reagan made it seem genuine. he didn't speak like a smooth, glib politician. he was slightly awkward, geeky guy, the way he talked. people put words in his mouth. peggy noonan put that thousand points much light thing, i never knew what it meant, i wouldn't want to see 1000 points of light. he was genuine person who spoke

like a normal human being. brian: something else going on with immigration. ainsley: in denmark they're sending immigrants to an island. >> right. ainsley: what do you think about that? >> it is fascinating to me things five years ago would have you prosecuted for hate crimes, the mainstream parties in denmark, sweden, all over europe -- brian: hungary. >> interesting thing it start in hungary. it is moving west to as you tia, italy, now scandinavia. something is changing very fast on immigration in the last five years. slightly the same thing that donald trump did two years ago. it is like reframing the debate in terms of the interests of the people who are already in the country. brian: who put you in office in many cases. they say what is wrong with having your nation, putting your nation first, whether denmark or australia, brazil or america? >> yeah. australia does the same thing.

it takes them to, sleepy noru, a former british colony, which is basically an island, made of guano deposits. brian: asks us to take them, remember? >> no, no. if you did and this, this is where trump reframed the immigration debate here. and it is tragic to me that the republican -- i would like, to be honest, that kid who got the snowball ban overturned, brilliant guy, what is it? a month, six weeks left of the republican house. i would like paul ryan to resign and then to make that kid republican house majority leader and get the wall funded because that kid can do it. the republicans -- brian: your take on the paris riots, what is the big picture message? >> well the big picture message if you take environmental posturing seriously, it bankrupts your nation and turns the people against it. like kyoto, the only country

took the kyoto treaty seriously. then they realized it was bankrupting them. they pulled out. this is climate, these are climate change riots. you can afford it if you're leonardo dicaprio. if you're like a french guy living in the countryside, tough drive to work, you cannot afford seven bucks a gallon gas just because macron wants a gala dinner with leonardo dicaprio, al gore, prince of wales. it doesn't work for regular people. brian: why we have the riots. they won by the way. >> they won. and they are the worst riots in france since 1968. they are middle class, working people riots. brian: who speak french. >> don't hold that against them. brian: it's a tough language. >> [speaking french] ainsley: merci. >> merci. bonjor. we could keep this up for hours.

brian: i don't know german. >> i can do it all. brian: i don't know german. steve: there is carley with the headlines. carley: good morning, good to see you guys and an update on a big story we're following for weeks. the cia director briefing lawmakers, leaving them convinced that the saudi crown prince ordered jamal khashoggi's murder. >> there is not a smoking gun. there is a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs. carley: well the crown prince denies knowing about the columnist murder at the saudi consulate in is stan bull. president trump -- has cast cut whether the prince was involved. this is biggest hint beto o'rourke is running for president. according to "the washington post," the failed senate candidate from texas met with barack obama after the midterms. the reported meeting took place around the time obama called

o'rourke, a quote, impressive young man. did you catch this awesome "jeopardy" answer last night? >> 800 blank news. >> with steve, ainsley and brian, fox blank blank? dave? >> what is&friends? carley: he got it right. retired pennsylvania police officer and army veteran dave leller got it right and won the show. he works for the working warrior foundation which helps veterans find jobs. he won $54,000 so far. steve: back on tonight. ainsley: a patriot. steve: that was almost a trick question, fox blank blank. if he said "fox & friends" that would have been wrong. brian: too bad not one of those games they couldn't phone a friend. steve: they taped it four months ago. ainsley: give them your phone number. brian: you got it, 917.

carly thanks very much. ainsley: nation says good-bye to president george h.w. bush, we're honoring him with his one of secret servicemembers. ♪

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waited in 40-degree temperatures two hours in line to get a chance to say thank you and good-bye to the former president. >> president bush taught us public service is a noble calling, it completely, his guidance and leadership and example totally changes the trajectory in my life and brought me to d.c. >> we came from hawaii. 6,000 miles something like that. we flew all night long to pay our respects to president bush. reporter: roster of professional athletes an all-stars arrived to honor bush 41. nfl quarterback peyton manning, pro golfers, phil mickelson, jack nicklaus, greg norman came by. we saw sully, the yellow labbe loved by the bush family come by to say good-bye to his companion, he spent the last few months with and spending time with. today marks the national day of mourning. we have expecting the casket carrying the former president along with his family to arrive at the cathedral at 11:00 a.m.

we're getting word who will be sitting in the first row in front of the pulpit. president trump along with his wife melania, former presidents and their families, including george w. bush, bill and hillary clinton and barack obama and his wife as well. steve: day of remembrance at the national cathedral. ainsley: both sides coming together. steve: indeed. shaving his head in solidarity with a two-year-old battling cancer, to skydiving for the birthday, the secret service has been with president bush since he was inaugurated. one of the agents on the original detail joins to us remember bush 41 next. ( ♪ )

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♪ >> good morning from outside the national cathedral. our special coverage of the funeral for the 41st president of the united states starts at top of the hour. >> we are about to see a parade of some of the biggest names from around the world who will be here to honor the 41st president of the united states, george herbert walker bush, his family, friends, dignitaries from everywhere. we will come up at the top of the hour, looking forward to all of our coverage this morning. hope you join us. >> see you then. ainsley: among those paying tribute to president bush today are secret service agents who will remain by the president's side until he is laid to rest. steve: deputy assistant director of the u.s. secret service ron roe was on president george w. bush's detail. he joins us from the nation's capitol. >> good morning. steve: we know this man

appreciated your service. we heard stories in the last 48 hours or so, how they would stay at the white house on christmas day, for instance, so members of the secret service could have time with their families. tell us a story about when george herbert walker bush shaved his head. >> so, that was in 2013. we had a member of our detail, his son, had been diagnosed with a serious medical condition. the detail collectively made a decision to shave their heads bald in honor of the struggle our agent son was going through. and timberwolf as his call sign was, decided to join in, he shaved his head as well. it was touching tribute. we were certainly honored by that. ainsley: did you ever get to meet him? i know you were in detail with 43 but did you meet his dad? >> i did. as a young agent i spent time protecting and supporting the detail when they came to south florida where i started my

career. while i was assigned to the presidential detective division i spent more than one christmas at camp david and did have some interaction with both former mrs. bush and president bush. ainsley: can you share one of those stories? >> you know i wouldn't be a very good secret service agent. we have, we're allowed to be in the personal lives of our protectees and we respect their privacy. steve: one thing that is public, we saw an image, ron, when george herbert walker bush a couple times on his birthday would go skydiving. it is one thing to think, yeah, that guy is something like 80 something years old he is doing that what people don't understand, in attendance there in the sky are your agents, right? >> well, actually, it was the, it was the army, army golden knights that prepped him for that. we were there to receive and provide, be there to receive and, when he landed. he touched down twice with no issues.

ainsley: ron, i actually had the opportunity to jump with the golden knights. i remember to get prepared. how many times have you jumped. ainsley i jumped president h.w. bush a few times. i knew i was in good hands, but he would only jump with the most experienced. >> yes. ainsley: did he ever talk to you about that? did he ever talk about that experience, why he wanted to do that? >> no, he never shared that i'm aware of with me or any of our agents. steve: he had been a naval aviator, i'm sure that is in his dna. you know, ron, for the men and women who work for the secret service, protecting, protecting first family, it is not just a job, even though you're supposed to be in the background you become attached to these people. >> we do. so this is national special security event and something that we're prepared for, we're built for. we certainly hope we never receive this call but we did.

and so now, we have gone to mobilizing our plan. somebody is with us for 38 years you do develop that bond. we see them, after the lights, after the camera, after the glitz and camera of the presidency has left, they're in private life. we get to see them as, who they are. and their grandfathers and grandmothers and fathers and mothers. and for us, we're just honored to be allowed to be given access to their private lives. we certainly cherish it. we provide, not only protection for them physically but also to protect their private life and respect their own personal matters. ainsley: ron, thank you for your service. >> thank you. ainsley: thank you. more "fox & friends" just moments away. ♪

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>> today we remember the life and legacy of president bush. today will be his memorial service at the national cathedral. >> martha and bret will carry it throughout the morning. hope you keep it tuned to fox news. >> i think historians are going to say that we did pretty well and that's all right for me. i'm not in any rush. let them make that determination. >> bret: america saying a final farewell to our 41st president. on a day of mourning and reflection, thousands gather to pay their respects to george herbert walker bush as we await