with a caboose. todd: growing up in northern new jersey like we both did did you ever have that incident with a moose caboose in your doorbell? carley: did i not. that's the first time i have ever see anything like that take place. todd: we have "fox & friends." it starts right now. carley: happy friday. >> in just a few hours james comey will testify behind closed doors. >> there has never been an fbi interview ever done in public. so why jim comey wants to go back to a setting where he knows he cannot answer the questions is befuddling to me. >> sources telling fox news that president trump wants to nominate william barr to be his new attorney general. >> i think it would serve the country well if donald trump made this decision because i think it would give people confidence. >> minority leader nancy pelosi says she will not support border wall funding even if offered a solution for so-called dreamers. >> most of us, speaking for myself, consider the wall immoral, ineffective. >> thousands gathering in houston and all across texas

as the nation bid a final farewell to former president george h.w. bush. >> drive starts at the one and looking for a little grieving room and they get that and plenty more. derrick henry still going 99 yards for the touchdown. ♪ this is my town ♪ that, that na na na na na ♪ this is my town. brian: i know i say this a lot they sang that here. steve: don't think new york is montgomery gentry's town but they did sing it here. ainsley: it's your town, baby. steve: he reminds us. do you know what today is? december 7th. a day that will live in infamy. we are delighted that you would join us on this very, very busy friday after a very busy news week.

ainsley: james comey is set to testify behind closed doors. he wanted it out in the open. this is going to be in front of the house judiciary committee. he tried to challenge this but he dropped that challenge when republicans agreed to make the transcript public which will probably be redacted. steve: republicans wanted him behind closed doors because when the hearing is on tv, everybody gets to ask five minutes worth of questions, bing, time is up, next. republican, democrat, republican, democrat. behind closed doors. ainsley: like the kavanaugh thing, right? brian: right. steve: they can get into much more meat of the subject. republicans are divided why are we bringing him up again? he has been on television and written a book about this stuff. why don't we instead bring up rod rosenstein it has been two months since it was revealed nit "new york times" that reportedly he questioned the president and his authority and thought maybe i should wear a wire to catch him saying

something dumb. why not bring up the deputy attorney general instead of the guy who they have interviewed a million times? brian: there isn't a limit. we don't have a guest list with a finite amount of the lines on it but it looks like he was able to play a delay of game. ran out the clock four corn ares offense so to speak. james comey has a problem. since his book came out there has been further investigations and not only do people say your story doesn't add up, james comey. but your story doesn't add up with peter strzok's story and lisa page's story. people that are on your team. trey gowdy weighed in on why they want behind closed doors and what would have had they been front and center in the bright lights? >> not a single one of mueller's interviews was done in public. not a single one of the grand jury meetings was done in public. there has never been an fbi interview in the history of mankind that was done in public. so why jim comey who the last time i was in a public hearing with him over 100 times he said "i cannot answer in this setting.

counties why mr. transparency wants to go back to a setting where he knows he cannot answer the questions is befuddling to me and i don't think my fellow citizens buy that. ainsley: most of the questions are going to be about why he decided not to charge hillary clinton before interviewing her. the political bias amongst those top fbi officials with their text messages. and then why there was favorable treatment to some of hillary clinton's advisors like cheryl mills, her chief of staff. steve: what was going into the thinking. also, look for a lot of questions about the trump russia stuff. then again he might answer as did right there can't really talk about it. brian: he has to behind closed doors in front of the intelligence committee he has got to talk about it. steve: you would never know or i don't remember. look for i don't remember. anyway. ainsley: maybe another book? he has perms to tal permission k about it. brian: shot. ainsley: no more books? steve: we have a fox news

alert for you. president trump is expected to announce nikki haley's replacement at any moment. ainsley: he is also close to filling an opening at the justice department to replace jeff sessions. there are roorms about who that might be. peter doocy is at the white house with who the president is eyeing, peter? >> ainsley heather nauert is said to become the trump nominee to face a senate nominee hearing since brett kavanaugh. be on the lookout for any minute for a tweet about a official word about promoting the secretary of state mike pompeo heather nauert who previously worked here after the fox news. a big question now becomes if confirm would nauert serve as a cabinet level official like outgoing commissioner nikki haley did? officials don't necessarily want this to be a cabinet level position anymore the president also has a vacancy at the justice department left by jeff sessions and it's apparently looking to try to install former

president george h.w. bush's attorney general william barr. this is not somebody the president knows but somebody who does have a business background since the president sings he had a long career at verizon after the doj and barr is somebody who seems to sympathize with the president's problem with the fbi director that he fired. barr has said in recent interviews he likes james comey but that the president should get to pick hot fbi director is and both these moves represent slow but steady shakeup of the trump white house staff that was first assembled at trump tower and at mar-a-lago during the transition two years ago. back to you. steve: peter doocy up early at the white house. mr. barr is an interesting choice because in addition to working as the attorney general before, he also served at the department of justice at the same time that robert mueller was heading up the criminal division. so, you know, they have a history. brian: i watched the video it's amazing. ainsley: he was his boss?

steve: they were at the department of justice together. you have the component at the confirmation democrats would want to know those are some images of him historical. democrats want assurances that he would not interfere with mr. mueller's investigation. so that's the big question. ainsley: he went to columbia university. got a degree in government and chinese studies. he went to law school at g.w. george washington. 68 years old and works at a firm called kirk land and ellis. used to work for the cia 73 to 77. worked for a.g. and a.g. under h.w. bush. brian: he would be a brilliant choice. he goes by the book. he is as steady as a rock. karl rove also supportive. listen. >> i think he would be a very effective attorney general. remember, when he first became attorney general he was in his early 40s and approved by a very strong bipartisan vote. did a terrific job. he is now 68 years old. he would bring to a gravitas, he would bring to

it some maturity and balance. i think he would be a very effective attorney general. democrats would try and ask some tough questions in the confirmation hearing. no doubt about it some of them because they are running for president might throw mud his direction it would serve the country well if donald trump made this decision. give confidence somebody would be in there to serve the interest of the united states. brian: it seems to be readily applauded. i find it laughable democrats want to make sure you are not going to interfere with the mueller probe. no, you will be in charge of supervising. that's the job. you can't tell him not to do his job. i would say this about heather nauert. this is earned. she has been in there two years. people have had a chance to see her. the president has had a chance to talk to her behind closed doors. they see the depth in which she knows the issues. they watch her respond to the press. she has ivy league background after being here as well as abc. this is one of these things she has performed behind closed doors in a way that i

think made her a favorite for this job. ainsley: no doubt she is very smart. we know her personally. we wish her the best. she worked on this show for a long time. steve: she did, indeed. confirmation hearings upcoming for both if they are nominate you had. brian: i read that national security advisor john bolton says oh yeah i think i want to take that position and no longer put it at the cabinet level. that would be something that i find it hard to believe that she would agree to because that would be a step back from the prestige that nikki haley had. steve: well, stay tuned. in the meantime, we have been talking the last month or so about the trouble at our southern border. now the department of homeland security has released some numbers, and over the last month, when you look year over year, the number of border arrests at our southern burden has spiked. it's up more than 60% from 2017. ainsley: look at these numbers. in november of 2018, 51856.

compare that to last november 29,085. my question is it because there are more troops down on the border or because of these caravans more people are trying to get through? brian: somehow the central and south americans are getting the message it's okay to come here there will be an opportunity. i hope they are getting the opposite message now. that's why the president halls to spend millions of dollars to put our troops at the border which means you need an actual border. there is actually people there reporting from univision who are saying these people are leaving tijuana, walking down five miles and going through where the wall shrinks and then disappears. that doesn't stop nancy pelosi from weighing in and saying no wall. >> would you be willing to some form of wall founding if you got a permanent solution on daca. >> no. most of us, including myself consider the wall immoral, ineffective, expensive and

the president said he promise us -- he also promise you had mexico would pay for it even if they did it's immoral still and they are not going to pay for it that isn't how i would interpret a continuing resolution. ainsley: she is not willing to compromise even on the daca situation. the president wrote the art of the deal. i will give you. this you give me the wall. i will help the daca recipients she is saying no, no, no, no. i'm not willing to compromise. i'm not giving money for this wall. steve: talking about a continuing resolution fund the government through the 21st day of december and then a new fight. brian: nothing immoral about securing your border. that's called a country. israel is that i a imnortherly l your border. steve: people like it just the way it is. brian: wide open. okay. everyone is welcome. steve: carley shimkus is welcome on this friday. carley: we are following a developing story here. a police officer is shot in

the face and the suspect is killed with just one bullet. officer michael smith fighting for his life following the shooting at a georgia dentist office. it all started when employees called 11 to report an aggressive man. it is unclear who shot the officer's gun after the suspect lujed at him. right now officer smith is in critical condition. he is a 7 year department veteran. cnn giving the all clear overnight after new york city offices are evacuated for a bomb threat. police say an unidentified man called to report five explosive devices inside the building. nothing was found. earlier this year, a florida man allegedly sent a suspicious package to the same cnn offices. that suspect is behind bars. nobody was hurt. and in just a few hours, president trump will head to missouri to address hundreds of law enforcement officers. the president speaking at the project safe neighborhoods. national conference in kansas city. the three day event aims to

strengthen cooperation between federal prosecutors and local law enforcement agencies to reduce gun violence and other violent crimes. a busy day guys, those are your headlines. brian: can you handle it, carley. you have been handling two jobs all week. ainsley: she is a woman. carley: it's been fun. ainsley: we can handle a lot. that's what we do. brian: on behalf of men i will read the tieg tease. while you were sleeping there was a major shakeup for the oscars. kevin hart just stepped down as host two days after taking the job because of something he said seven years ago. ainsley: what should lawmakers ask james comey today. he has the top five questions they need to ask coming up next. ♪ send me on my way ♪ send me on my way ♪ on my way ♪ send me on my way ♪ ge

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brian: after much give and pull and give and take former fbi director james comey set to testify privately on capitol hill today about the decisions the doj made under his leadership in 2016. steve: what are the key questions that the house judiciary and oversight committee should ask him? ainsley: joining us now to discuss is fox news contributor and former republican congressman of utah jason chaffetz. jason, you have been in that

chair asking questions to actually comey before. what are the top five questions thank you they need to ask today? better forematt congressman gowdy and ratcliff they get an hour to ask questions to ask questions and then the democrats an hour. then the republicans get to go again for an hour. they are things start off by what comey said was -- comey said they didn't do sneaky things and didn't do leaks. yet we have an inspector general report that says they were doing a lot of sneaky stuff and doing a lot of leaking. there will be questions about that. real deep questions about fisa abuse. the noog is in the midst of his review. they were going to ask comey about that. comey just can't ignore it and say i can't say this in this setting. he can do it in a tribed view type of setting as well. questions about the timing of when the fbi started to look into the trump administration. they have this congress

didn't start until the end of july. there is a loft evidence to the chron temporary. you also have an fbi, the upper echelon in chaos. most all of these people have had to resign. they have been fired. how is it that mr. comey presided over one of the most inept fbi organizations in the history of the fbi? and why is it there was so much bias and animus going on there? that's just, you know, the first hour let alone the other hours. steve: exactly. it's going to go on and on. you say the questions are going to be asked by mr. gowdy and congressman ratcliff as well. i had heard a rumor in washington mr. ratcliff was being considered for attorney general. now we are hearing it might be bill barr who once upon a time was a.g. >> i hear good things about mr. barr. seems to be highly qualified. i think mr. trump would miss a real opportunity to put a john ratcliffe in there. a great background. great trust on both sides of the aisle. but john ratcliffe brings a

portfolio of experience and serve the president well and this nation well as the attorney general. i still hope that president trump picks john ratcliffe over mr. barr even though mr. barr is very accomplished. if he goes that direction, i think the senate will look upon that favorably. ainsley: ratcliff is a congressman from the great state of texas. >> former u.s. attorney. great guy. steve: why have democrats having trouble connecting with the public dnc chair tom perez blames the church. person on the pulpit is saying ignore everything else that this person has done and is doing. steve: talking about that person at the pulpit. diamond and silk are here with reaction straight ahead. ainsley: plus, secret emails reveal facebook might be putting profits over your privacy. why our next guest says mark

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controversial fuel tax hike. president macron scrapped those plans but protesters are now making more demands and i demand steve and ainsley talk now. steve: okay. ainsley: we will do whatever you say, brian. brian: thank you. ainsley: facebook ceo mark zuckerberg back in the hot seat. steve: british lawmakers releasing 250 pages you have email suggesting that facebook prioritize growth and profits over their users' privacy. ainsley: here to break down what these emails mean for you as a facebook participant national and cyber security contributor for the hill and senior fellow at the center for digital government morgan wright. morgan, thanks for being with us. >> you bet, ainsley. ainsley: they seized these emails from facebook, 250 different emails. u.k. parliament does this. what did they find in those emails? >> what they found out is that we are worth about 10 cents apiece to mark zuckerberg because that's the price he put on between you and me and steve we are

worth 30 cents to mark crerg. he said no we didn't consider it if your moral compass says we don't sell user data and we never will and you have had discussions you started down this slippery slope one day it selling our data. when it's free you are the product. so we are the product. steve: facebook famously has said morgan we don't sell your information although they did put a price of 10 cents per year on it so what? facebook is a private company. they can do whatever they want, can't they? >> you don't have the right to run a stop sign and hit the other guy's car either. at some point we have to put rules and restrictions to say look, you can only do so much with privacy. steve, the biggest problem is we don't know what's being done with our stuff. if we knew completely what was being done with our stuff and given to cambridge analytica and na addition to that data breaches not protecting our privacy that would be a different thing. this is not one of these things where we understand what is going on no way to.

buried under rules and regulations and legal stuff. until we have a clear bill of rights that tells consumers this is what we do exactly with your data like the eu is doing with the jpr. it means more and more of our information gets exposed. actually more dangerous to us the more information they collect on us. ainsley: we did reach out to facebook. they sent us a comment. documents gathered for their baseless case are only part of the story and presented in a very -- in a way that is very misleading without additional context. but the facts are clear: we have never sold people's data. what's your reaction to that? >> i think it was george orwell wrote a book called animal farm look some animals are more equal than others. some data is more equal than others. they weren't going to charge for that look, you advertisers if you spend more money with us, you are going to get more access to more user data. technically, maybe they aren't telling data. but, on the other hand there is definitely a quid pro quo, you advertise more, you get more access to our data.

they are collectorring it from us to free. look, here is what we are boiling down. to say at some point as much i don't like government regulation. it's going to end up like legislation like sarbanes oxley we will certify what they do with our data protecting it right. there ought to be penalties for misuse. steve: here is' the problem morgan have you seen some of these hearings on capitol hill where experts are grill by silicon valley many in their 70's have no idea how this stuff works. it's complicated business and d.c. doesn't have a handle on it? >> that was actually one of my articles i wrote for the hill about congress is clueless about facebook and that should scare us. we are asking people to regulate things they don't know anything about. again, what's the alternative? we tried self-regulation. that doesn't work. do we leave it to the courts and sue the pants off of people? at the end of the day, facebook, google, twitter what he they call fang, they will throw lawyers at it and we will get buried under

legal warfare, law fare. am at some point while i don't think it's the best solution once sarbanes oxley kicked in how many have we have had with the it's gone down to zero. ainsley: reminding us of animal farm. my mother made me read it was on her book shelf in my grand mother's house and i had to read it one surgeon. great to see you. thank you. the media using the funeral of president george h.w. bush to take shot at president trump. watch this. >> that modesty is in such contrast to trump's endless odyssey of narcissist self-discovery. ainsley: diamond and silk are here to react to that next. steve: plus a tie statue. is taking over the christmas season. we will discuss that.

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♪ >> yes, george herbert walker bush is the most gracious, most decent, most humble man that i will ever know. and it's the honor of a lifetime to share his name god bless you gampy, until we meet again, maybe out on that rock boat we built together. ♪ ainsley: president george h.w. bush's grandson delivering eulogy at his funeral in houston. steve: paying respects to 41st president as the train took him to his final resting spot in college

station, texas. people were lined up all along the railway. brian: how great is that? firefighters standing on their truck to salute the president and these kids spotted with a sign saying look at that thank you, 41. president bush sharing this photo on instagram writing thank you for making 41's last ride so special. steve: how great was that? that image right there, i think paul morris took that picture. former white house photographer. there you see the son see the hundreds, thousands of people lined up for the 70 miles across texas to salute his father. and the bushes were worried nobody was going to show up. ainsley: on social media yesterday were you flipping through and looking at all the pictures and liking everything. so people were posting sweet beautiful comments about him and his legacy. steve: let's bring in diamond and silk, social media stars. big trump supporters they join us from diamond and silk headquarters. ladies, what did you think of the coverage of the life and times of george herbert

walker bush this past week? >> well, first of all, i was glued to my television. i mean, when they honored his service, his legacy, everything that he has done for this country, listen, i was a teenager when he was president so i didn't vote for him. i didn't vote for any bush. but, i was so honored to know that. >> yeah. >> this man did some things in this country that really made me smile and made me proud. i looked at family and conservatism. >> yeah. >> it made me proud to be an american and to be conserving. did i have a problem with the left wing media on how they tried to take this and sperge our 41st president. they did that for ratings. you have to consider the source. the source is they are fake news and that's exactly why we don't look at them. i watched it all go down on fox. steve: ladies, i think we have a montage of some of the coverage you are talking about. watch. this president trump sitting with the former presidents paying tribute to a leader

whose humility and decency is so different from today's politics. >> that modesty is in sump contrast to trump's endless odyssey of narcissist self-discovery. >> to be on your best behavior when president trump was around pretty much means you can't engage with him too much. >> hillary is just staring straight ahead like, like he is on an elevator with a weirdo. >> donald trump is the only person in the world who can bring down a funeral. [laughter] steve: they are saluting the 41st president but they are taking shots at the 45th. >> very disrespectful. very, very disrespectful: the one thing i didn't vote for any of the bushes but we respected them. >> no. respected them. >> you were taught you respect the highest office in the land. i really appreciate the 45th president, you know. i was glad that he was there at the funeral and i think he handled himself very well.

>> when it comes down to the left and our president, our president is damned if he do and damned if he don't. so i want our president to keep doing a damn good job how about that? brian: i will say this. the bushes and trumps got along famously respectfully. they have buried the hatchet with any kind of tension that may have existed. yesterday he said this melania and i were honored to attend the state funeral national cathedral and pay our respects to the family. the memorial was beautiful u noble legacy to public service. he was a wonderful man. that doesn't sound like a guy that didn't understand how special he was. i think it's a perfect tone. >> it is a perfect tone. and i'm telling you, we were glued to the television. i have never seen anything like that play out on television. and i was at awe. i was like wow. >> it was a great celebration of his life. >> his life, his family. everybody should have been glued to the tv for that. ainsley: all the eulogies were beautiful. the minister did a great

job. we were watching these beautiful formal episcopal churches and the choirs singing. it was just unbelievable. now, to talk about church, the dnc chairperson, tom perez is he complaining to people listening to what is being said at the pulpit and why the democrats' message is not penetrating the american public. listen to this and we will get your reaction. >> i had someone in north wisconsin tell me you know what? for most of the people i know, their principle sources of information are fox news, their nra newsletter and the pulpit on sunday and it should come as a surprise to no one that our message doesn't penetrate that person on the pulpit is saying ignore everything else that this person has done and is doing. we have to focus on one issue of roe v. wade. and people buy it. because that's their only source. steve: so there he is saying that people are getting their information from fox

news, the nra newsletter and people in the pulpit. >> well, okay, first of all, the church is not going to pay the dnc and the democrats any attention, especially if the church does not believe in murder but the dnc believe in killing babies. >> that's right. >> the church does not believe in secular and socialized world but that's what the dnc and the democrats believe in. >> yes. >> the church does not believe in hate, but the dnc and the democrats want to hate a sitting president. so, listen, we're not going to go along with that maybe they should change their message. >> that's right. especially with one of the 10 commandments being and saying thou shall not kill and the democrats believe in killing babies. it do not resonate with the church. their message is a hot mess. steve: well, there you go. they come on once a week to give us their point of view and it's also crystal clear. diamond and silk, thank you very much. have a good weekend. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. brian: there is no mixed

message from carley you give her an assignment and you know exactly what she thinks. carley: i'm on it, brian. big entertainment news breaking overnight kevin hart's killing as oscar's host over two days after taking the job. the comedian bowing out overnight after controversial tweets about gay people resurfaced. hart says the academy gave him an apology to apologize or step down. hart tweeting in part, quote i'm sorry that i hopes people. i'm evolving and want to continue to do. so my goal is to bring people together, not tear us apart. a seemingly random attack of violence caught on camera. stop what you are doing and watch this. a homeless man shoving a stranger into oncoming traffic into los angeles. can you believe that? a truck pinning a man under its wheels as the suspect just walks away. the victim is in critical condition but expected to survive. the suspect is behind bars and could be charged with attempted murder. wow. and mark meadows revealing three clinton foundation

whistleblowers have come forward with hundreds of pages of evidence. the lowered of the house freedom caucus says it includes information about misuse of funds and allegations of false promises need donors while hillary clinton was secretary of state. the panel expected to hold a hearing on the status of these cases next week. and a police officer unveils his hidden talent just in time for christmas. ♪ all is calm ♪ all is bright ♪ carley: talent shows officer webb serenading the crowd in north carolina. the greenville police department serves lunch to senior citizens in their community every year. how about that? and those are your headlines, guys. steve: that is terrific. carley: fantastic. ainsley: i love that. carley: so do i. ainsley: sometimes guys are too macho.

brian: i think a lot of guys realize they can't sing and shouldn't. so they don't. janice dean has a wonderful voice. janice: i'm on the spot ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas janice: hi, you guys how are you? you have a birthday where from you. >> sandra i'm from jessup, georgia. janice: and an versz sear 25. >> burke and lisa from charlottesville, west virginia. janice: what's the key? >> patience. janice: i like it. take a look at the maps and maybe we will sing the forecast. okay, it is 36 here in new york. we have a cold air mass going to sink southward and big winter storm, my friends, going to effect the southern states, the central plains all coming out of the rockies and the southwest. we could see a mix, heavy rain, some ice in there and some snow. so, if you live across the southern plains, central u.s. ohio valley. mid-atlantic, you need to watch the potential for big

storm system that could cause a lot of travel problems. look at all of that rainfall and we could see some ice as well u all right. wave, everybody. look at this, it's 6:30 it's fantastic. steve: they are on tv. the number one show in the morning on cable. brian: get a crowd like at at 6:30. 8:30 they will close down sixth avenue. steve: orchestra in front of our building at 8:50. brian: need a permit. make a mental note. getting rid of a rule allowing congress to carry guns on capitol hill. one of their colleagues is here to respond just ahead. steve: one school principal ban candy cane saying the j means jesus. is political correctness taking over christmas? brian: that maxz total sense. ainsley: finally they ban those things ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ he knows when you are asleep ♪ he knows when you're

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steve: this year in the state of illinois in the capitol building they have handed satanic statue holiday display between a christmas tree and menorah. the sculpture founded by the satanic temple of chicago depicts a hand holding an apple with a snake wrapped around it. is it taking over the christmas season the host of the mike slay ter joins us from san diego. mike, what do you think about the fact that the satanic group has put this particular piece of art next to a christmas tree and menorah? >> you know, steve, with this story in particular, i used to get really outraged by this but right now i feel sad. i feel sad for them. they are so deceived. this is a sign of how prosperous we are here in america where these people don't think they need god and they get their kicks out

of mocking god. they get their kicks out of mocking this religion and mocking christmas in general. but i will tell you, it's not going to effect my walk with god. it's not going to affect what happens inside my house. it's not going to effect what i teach my kids and the bike. i just feebible. you i feel sad. a friend of mine got back from a middle eastern country and he had to go to underground churches where they had one bible and truly, if they got caught, they would be killed. so, people over there aren't worshiping satan openly but it's a shame that americans here are abusing the freedoms here when they could be worshiping god. steve: there in illinois the secretary of state spokesman dave drucker said this under the constitution the first amendment people have a right to express their feelings, their thoughts, this recognizes that so clearly this organization is trying to pro-protocol something provoke expressioni

expression. clearly it worked on you. oklahoma area a grade school principal has banned candy canes she said that j shape, forget about the fact that it was patterned after a shepherd's hook the j stand for jesus. you can't do that there. >> oh my gosh. steve, so here's the deal. the atheist progressive left, they will never stop, right? so it wasn't that long ago when they got rid of prayer in school. we got rid of the 10 commandments in courtrooms. we got rid of all religious songs from school plays and can't call it christmas anymore. it wasn't that long ago. they will never stop. they are now at the point gotten rid of other stuff they make stuff up. i don't know of a single christian who has ever thought of the candy cane as a religious symbol. in my church we do not replace the cross with a candy cane. i have never heard that they

will never stop. i'm amazed they still play the charlie brown christmas on tv. a matter of time before they remove everything from our daily life. steve: here is the statement from the school district the memo does not reflect the policy of elk horn public schools regarding holiday symbols in public schools. the principal is in hot water. thank you very much. have a nice weekend. >> thank you. steve: 10 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up, democrats getting started on their gun grab as some have referred it. may ban congressman from carrying guns on capitol hill. a republican here to respond with brian next. plus, john rich is riding into the studio, the country music mega star will be here live. ♪ save a horse ♪ ride a cowboy ♪ i don't give a dang about nothing ♪ i'm singing and bling blinging ♪ while the girls are drinking

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brian: house democrats are pushing a plan to take guns away from their fellow lawmakers. california congressman jared huffman backed by nancy pelosi looking roll back a decades old capitol hill regulation that allows members of congress to carry guns on capitol grounds. huffman says it's all about making the hill safer. is there something more behind it? here to weigh in caucus. congressman jeff duncan of south carolina. congressman, what's he up to? >> brian, first off, we have to look at the words of hawaiian senator hirono this week that democrats know and are smarter than their voters. they are trying to create a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. since 1967, members of congress have been able to

carry firearms on to this capitol hill campus. there hasn't been a problem in 50 years as you pointed out. and so the curtain has been pulled back on the progressive agenda. you look at who is pushing this jared hoffman but then you have the words of eric swalwell from california who debated tucker carlson on your show about his desire to have the government confiscate guns and do a government buy back program. it's all about gun control for the nancy pelosi democrats in this congress. >> what are you going to do about it. >> it's a rule change and what effect it will have. it's really up to a board of the capitol hill police and architect of the cha capitol sergeant at arms. this is all for show it does show the american people that if the democrats cannot trust their own colleagues, members of congress, law abiding gun owners, second amendment practitioners, then they probably don't trust the american people. they are probably going to come after your guns through this congress and bills passed through the house. brian: is this part of the incremental movement out

there you believe that has you on the second amendment caucus. >> absolutely it's incremental that's how they dual it slowly but surely that water about erode the bank. slowly but surely lose your second amendment rights. if gun laws keep america safe then illinois would be the safest place on earth. the second amendment works. it works for the history of our country. brian: thank you so much. i appreciate it we reached out to nancy pelosi and the democrats for comments on this. so far they have not gotten back to us. >> no. they are not going to. thanks, brian. merry christmas. brian: elizabeth warren's prospects for presidential run just took a big hit. we will tell you why. one of the guys you want to rich john rich. i don't want to make jonathan turley mad he is coming up. and geraldo and stuart varney is coming up. he is okay. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [upbeat music]

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ainsley: james comey so s. set to testify behind closed doors. >> how is it mr. comey presided over one of the most inept fbis in history of the fbi. steve: president trump is expected to announce nikki haley's nominee at any moment. >> heather fourth in confirmation hearing since brett kavanaugh. >> birthright citizenship reigniting. >> 19-year-old honduran hernandez crossed over the will border illegally and next day gave birth. >> firefighters standing on truck to salute the president and kids. spotted with a sign saying look at that, thank you, 41. carley: silent night no longer, a police officer unveiling his hidden talent and bringing down the house ♪ all is calm ♪ ♪ all is bright

♪ ♪ won't you let me know snovment oh♪ steve: welcome aboard it's friday december 7, 2018. thanks for joining us. two months ago when my wife and i came out with the cookbook, here at fox news, we did this contest opening it up, because the cookbook is all about our favorite, the foods that make us happy. we had a nationwide contest thousands of people entered. today is the first woman. this woman became an american citizen and every time she has this cake, it makes her happy. her story is amazing. she will be joining us live this hour. ainsley: she makes the cake for us, there will be cake. brian: how many winners. steve: three winners another where they come into the

studio and next week and two weeks from yesterday. ainsley: you are going to their house. steve: i'm going to their house to make them breakfast like the day they launched the happy cookbook which as you know a great stocking stuff. ainsley: does everyone that won know that they won? steve: you will discover a nugget of that information within the hour. ainsley: i like the tease. brian: meanwhile that's going to be great and look forward to meeting them they might be here already. let's talk about robert mueller and what is going on. the president is tweeting about it because the mueller probe has two people getting some very important documents today and reveals. it is going to be michael cohen as well as paul manafort. here is what the president just tweeted. ainsley: he said robert mueller and leaking lyin' james comey are best friends. just one of many mueller conflicts of interest and, by the way, wasn't the woman in charge of the prosecuting jerome corsi, who i don't know, in charge of legal at

the corrupt clinton foundation. total witch-hunt. brian: they are being looked at right now for their accounting practices. steve: sure, the president did three other tweets where he does talk about rod rosenstein, the conflicts of interest with mr. mueller and whether or not they will look at the clinton foundation jason chaffetz was with us 45 minutes ago. here have the questions he think capitol hill should ask the former fbi director behind closed doors. >> comey says fbi, they didn't do sneaky things and didn't do leaks, yet we have an inspector general report that says they were doing a lot of sneaky stuff and doing a lot of leaking. there will be questions about that. you also have the fbi, you were echelon that is in chaos. how is it that mr. comey presided over one of the most inept fbi organizations in the history of the fbi and why is it there was so much bias and animus that was going on there?

ainsley: today is a very important day for several reasons because many say it could be this collusion investigation, special counsel might be wrapping up their investigation based on what's going to happen. today james comey going behind closed doors and testify in front of the house judiciary committee. he tried to challenge that he wanted to drop. this he wanted to speak out in public. then the republicans agreed to make out transcript public and said he could talk about it after they hear from him. other things going on today too, right, brian? brian: we will get two revealing court filings. hopefully won't be so redacted we don't know what they mean like enemy cases happened with general michael film. the cohen sentencing, the government is going to recommend what kind of sentence michael cohen will have after he has been cooperating at least 70 hours, we understand with the mueller probe among other things. and paul manafort. we will get details on what went wrong with his plea deal that caused the government to pull it back and say he is lying? steve: and particularly regarding mr. manafort pictured right there, it should spell out some of the

lies. if they cratered on his special deal with the prosecutors. why, exactly? and tantalizing thing about michael cohen in the sentencing memo, officially it's going to be sentenced, i think, next wednesday. the sentencing memo should be revealing about what that man, who is the former personal attorney of the president of the united states shared with investigators in the russia case and also in the case in the southern district here in new york where he has admitted paying rim who allege that they had affairs with the man who is the president of the united states. so it's going to be a very newsy friday in the legal world. brian: i think i speak for democrats and republicans when i say wrap it up. wrap this thing up. ainsley: may 2017, brian, it's been more than a year and a half. brian: over a three month period or a four month period when the president got the nomination. steve: let's just get to the truth. everybody wants the truth, whether it is through the mueller investigation or

huber or inspector general we need all the dots connected. brian: i'm afraid we will have flee separate truths. huber my not get anything. horowitz might have a different conclusion than robert mueller. and then we are going to be sitting there debating the documents that we paid millions of dollars to research. steve: well then everybody would be skeptical. guy we do that? brian: i believe why did we do that? ainsley: the dnc chairman tom perez, is he speaking in washington about the strategies for the democratic party, what they need to do in order to get more votes. and then he was talking about how you, the voter, you are influenced by fox news and some other things, including what you hair on sunday in church. listen. >> i had someone in northwestern wisconsin tell me, you know what? for most of the people i know, their principle sources of information are fox news, their nra newsletter and the pulpit on sunday it should come as a surprise to no one that our message hasn't penetrated.

person on the pulpit is saying ignore everything else that this person has done and is doing. we have to focus on one issue of roe v. wade. and people buy it. because that's their only source. steve: there he is complaining about the fact that the voters are listening to fox news, the nra newsletter and people there in the pulpit. that video was released on twitter. i think on that same thread, one user said well, my pastor's opinion has more weight than a politician's opinion and somebody else wrote frightened by the word of god or just a little worried by the competition according to "the washington times." brian: isn't that a good campaign i don't know piece with senator hirono saying a couple days ago the problem with democrats we're just too smart. not good at telling everyone how smart we are, relaying a message which we idiots can understand. ainsley: deplorable comment about middle america or what they said about walmart customers. steve: if that's a preview

of 2020, i don't think that's going to work. just saying. brian: gogo back to madison avenue. fox news alert, president trump is expected to announce nikki haley's replacement at any moment. and. steve: is he close to filling an opening at the department of justice at the top to replace our attorney general jeff sessions. ainsley: peter doocy is live at the white house with who is under consideration. hey, peter. >> ainsley, the president is apparently looking to replace an attorney general he knew really well, jeff sessions with somebody he does not know at all that's william barr who has already been the attorney general for president george h.w. bush back in the early 1990s. and he stands out among former a.g.s because he shares president trump's opinion about firing fbi directors saying that he likes james comey but that ultimately the president should get to pick who runs the bureau. it is not clear if barr has been offered that position yet. but, white house officials have told us to be on the lookout for a tweet any minute now about a different

opening, u.n. ambassador heather nauert is set to become the president's pick to replace outgoing nikki haley now at work here at fox before becoming spokesperson for rex tillerson and mike pompeo. her specialty at state has been explaining or defending the trump administration's policies as opposed to shaping them. it's not clear if an ambassador nawrtd would be nauee searching iserving in the cabint level. there are some who don't want this to be a cabinet position anymore where she sometimes broke with the president. now, if nauert and barr both wind up being nominating they will have to start preparing soon to become the first trump nominees to face a senate confirmation hearing since brett kavanaugh. back to you. steve: we know how that went. peter, thank you very much. and, of course, we all know heather nauert she worked on this program for many years. we all like her a lot. so, we wish her the best. next stop, confirmation.

brian: the thing that's great about heather it's two years in. what she was able to do with secretary of state tillerson, who was -- shown the exit and then in comes mike pompeo clearly a better fit. able to show the president behind closed doors because the access she got was impressive enough for her to be a leading candidate and now be the likely contender to be the next u.n. ambassador. not a traditional way to go. if you watch her in these press outings, when she is taking every question under the sun and answering with authority which she has already done in two years. all these skeptics that seem to be lining up on the left about her, bring it on. when she goes in front of them for confirmation, she will knock it out of the park like she has been for two years. ainsley: she is very bright. she is a good person. and we know nikki haley. she was governor of south carolina. she is stepping down. she said she is going to stay in that position until the end of the year. and then we will find out hopefully today who that nominee is going to be. it looks like it will be heather nauert.

brian: we know after heather be carley shimkus. carley: i think the career trajectory might grow. the search for missing marines expanding off the coast of japan. rain storms complicating efforts after two american warplanes collided during a training exercise. two marines have been recovered so far. one is in fair condition. the other is dead. now on to a fox news alert. major -- former major league baseball players killed in a car crash. the athletes traveling in venezuela when their car hit a rock and swerved off the road. the driver, former infielder carlos rivera survived the crash. castillo played five years in the majors, buevena played 11 years. they were are in venezuela to play in a winter league. sad. senator elizabeth warren may be running for president in 2020 but her hometown newspaper is warning against

it the "boston globe" editorial board writing, quote: while warren is an effective and impactful senator with an important voice nationally. she has become a divisive figure. a unifying voice is what the country needs now after the polarizing politics of donald trump. the globe encouraged her to run in 2016. the board now says she missed her moment. and today marks 77 years since the surprising attack on pearl harbor. 2403 service members killed in assault in hawaii. a moment of silence at the pearl harbor museum in honolulu. american flags will be flown at half-staff until sundown. so, if you see a service member today, good day to say thank you, right? ainsley: every day. steve: december 7th, a day that will live in infamy and still does. thank you, carley. ainsley: this caravan story sparking a new debate over

birthright citizenship. a mother illegally entering the united states and having a baby on american soil. so what happens next? brian: plus, on a different note, you know john rich is a country mega star and now he is joining the world of whiskey to help our heroes. steve: are you drinking in that shot? brian: i do it for the country. steve: bring up the whiskey, johnny. ♪ ♪ the american dream isn't a handout it's something you work for when i couldn't afford college college of the ozarks gave me the chance to work for my degree i'll graduate debt free from a college where character is as important as class work and patriotic education is part of the curriculum we are hard work u and we are working for our american dream

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♪ ainsley: within 24 hours of this caravan family illegally scaling the southern border, a 19-year-old honduran mother gave birth on u.s. soil. steve: that's right. as the national debate over birthright citizenship escalates, what happens next to this family? brian: let's bring in immigration attorney linda vega let's put birthright citizenship and that debate aside for a second. bring us through the process of what they will do now because she is here illegally the baby is born here. >> hi, good morning, yes. steve: good morning. >> what happens now is she will be processed either to determine whether she has a credible fear to remain in the united states or a political asigh limb claim

which is the only claim she has at this point. now, it's discretionary with her deportation officer whether or not she is credible. if she is found not to be credible, she then goes before an immigration judge to determine whether she is credible to remain in the united states. but, even if she is determined credible, that could take months or years until they possibly get to her case. ainsley: what if they say she is not credible, does she have to go back to her country? what about her baby? >> well, if she is found not credible, then she has the option to argue that case before an immigration judge. and if the judge finds her not to be credible, she is deported at that point. now, even though the baby is born on u.s. soil, it's a u.s. citizen but the baby has to go back with her at that point. steve: right. >> unless the baby becomes a ward of the state. steve: of course, this could take a very long time, could take years, in fact. >> yes. steve: according to the reporting by the associated press that we looked at yesterday, it said that she

felt having a baby in the united states was a big reward for having made this large journey through mexico from honduras. she also wanted to be reunited with her family in columbus, ohio. that is not a reason for asylum. >> no. not at all. that's a misconception a lot of these people have. they have a fear. but whether or not they can provide evidence for that fear, whether they're persecuted for a political group, social group, national origin or religion is very difficult for them because they come to the united states without any evidence at all. but, because of the backlog in immigration court, they would be allowed to you stay in the united states until their case is pending. brian: she has a plan and this is the plan that's been executed over and over again and when that child becomes, let's say 14 or 15, he will have no problem coming to this country. he is forced back to central or south america, he have no

problem getting back to his country they will say you are an american citizen, correct? >> correct. yes. and it won't be until he is 21 years old where he can jusadjust his family. brian: through chain migration he can bring his family? >> corrects. through chain migration he can apply for his mother, his father, his brothers and sisters, correct. that is correct. steve: real briefly, if anybody -- there are people who don't like this aspect of the immigration law. you don't like it, you've got to change the law. that's just the way it is right now. >> correct. that under immigration law that is correct. you adjust your family if you are an american citizen or naturalized. brian: a lot of people think birthright citizenship is not being interpreted correctly. are you one of them? >> birthright citizenship, it's very broad under the 14th amendment of the first clause. and even if the immigration act i if you are born on u.s.

soil and subject to the jurisdiction. subject to the jurisdiction may mean you are born in an embassy or born on a military base. brian: we are going it talk about this again. meanwhile, coming up next john rich. ainsley: john rich. ♪ now here we are talking about winning the most jd power iqs and appeal awards. talking about driver-assist technology talking about cars that talk and listen. talking about the highest customer loyalty in the country. but that's enough talking. seriously. that was a lot of talking. back to building

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you are guaranteeing me a happy 85th birthday. ainsley: so cool. steve: we know it happened because it was on television. joining us to tell us was one half of the legendary country duo big and rich. it's rich. >> good morning fellows and lady. yeah, it was awesome. steve: tell us the back story. brian: what song means. >> that song is about i wrote about my granddad a tunnel rat, a little guy. they sent him into the caves. i wrote a song about him. then, knowing that president bush was also world war ii and it was his 85th birthday i missed sing it to him i lift it on his answering machine. he called me back and i played phone tag and missed him. i'm kind of glad i missed it because i have it. steve: on tape. >> you are not going to believe george bush. no he didn't. we have that i just think it's -- the song honors world war ii vets. the greatest generation. it says if it wasn't for the greatest generation and the ones still fighting for our

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ainsley: ains we are back with a fox news alert. u.s. china trade feud now threatening canada. steve: top chinese executive due in court today after getting arrested in an airport in canada. brian: her name is susan li,

and she is going to make sense of all of this. steve: from fox business. brian: susan, here we have a situation where we have a 90 day window to work out a trade truce with china. at the same time on sunday this arrest happens. why should we care? >> it's a big, big deal. did you see the reaction yesterday the dow dropped 700 points because everyone is scared about what happens to this 90 day trade truce. this is a big, big deal and also a diplomatic big deal as well. because let me explain what this is what is this company? it's one of china's largest technology companies. i would equate it to microsoft or del, steady stream of income. doesn't make a lot of noise. not that flashy. third largest mobile phone maker in the world. the cfo of the company more importantly the daughter of the founder of the company. that's a big deal in china. she was arrested saturday in vancouver while changing planes. this was reportedly directed by the u.s. justice department hospitalled to have mung extradited to the

u.s. on charges that may relate to breaking iran sanctions according to the "new york times." this is unauthorized sales of u.s. technology to iran. now, there is a bail hearing set for today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time in vancouver. this was thrown by u.s. china trade truce. a sharp rebuke from china against this arrest as can you imagine. very short statement as well. they were questioning whether or not you can just arrest somebody without any distinct charges. so markets reacted badly to this. we were down 700 points, a dramatic final hour rally because the fed may not be hiking interest rates as much next year. this throws into question also who knew what when? and the national security advisor john bolton told npr news that the justice department told him in advance that they were going to make this arrest we did have peter navarro tell us last nights no one knew apparently. brian: the president didn't know. >> the president did not know about this before the

g-20 dinner or even in advance. we did hear from the canadian prime minister justin trudeau who says he was given a few days heads up this is a justice department matter not diplomat i can. steve: what did this company do wrong? is this one of the outfits stealing american technology or the fact that they were selling things to iran? >> okay. i think in this particular case there are questions whether or not they were shifting u.s. technology to iran. again, this is unconfirmed. this is coming from the "new york times" we know it has been in focus many, many years whether it's a conduit for chinese spying. their main business selling mobile phones which by the way is not allowed anymore on u.s. defense bases but also they are a telecommunications equipment maker. they install telecom equipment for a lot of the big phone companies. brian: congressman jim banks of indiana says this. this is a state directed entity directly undermining america's national interest. china is trying to cheat its way to global dominance and we cannot let it happen.

president trump has basically said when he took over be aggressive. this is not going to stand anymore. he was aggressive in trade. they are moving on two separate paths. >> very good point exactly. one hand you are trying to sign a trade truce or trade deal on the other hand getting tough with people you think you are undermining national security. steve: china's reaction. >> a very sharp, short rebuke. nothing on the diplomatic front that i would say says anything about possibly questioning this china trade truce. they talked about human rights and humans having rights. brian: talk about human rights. ainsley: effects americans and stock market and what has happened as a result. are there -- is our information being shared now with iran through this company? >> we don't know anything specific. i don't want to make any guesses on that. but, that's something obviously to be delved into. steve: maybe you will hear about it at the arraignment.

susan, thank you very much. brian: how do you think the market will react. >> i think we will see a small recovery today. global stock markets come back. steve: because of interest rates. >> yes, all because of interest rates. brian: we would hold you to that. we are taping this segment. steve: interest in the headlines carley has those now. carley: good morning to you and to you at home. if you are just waking up kevin hart's gig as oscar host is o'er two days after taking the job. the comedian bowing out overnight about controversial tweets about gay people resurfaced. the academy gave him two options apologize or step down. hart tweeting in part, quote: i'm sorry that i hurt people. i am evolving and want to continue to do. so my goal is to bring people together not tear us apart. nine new cases of e.coli linked to romaine lettuce just announced. the cdc renewing its warning not to eat romaine if it comes from northern or central california or if the source is unknown. at least 52 people in 15 states have gotten sick.

most of the cases reportedly in new jersey and california. and a deputy teams up with a good samaritan to rescue a man trapped inside a burning truck. watch this. >> is the dash holding your leg in? >> yeah. >> please help me. >> helping free the dashboard pulling him to safety. the driver was air lifted to the hospital with serious injuries. and this may be the shot of the morning, santa claus gets down on bun knee to thank a veteran for his service. he says it's important to recognize heroes like 93-year-olds bob smiley. >> we owe a debt of gratitude to men like this that have made such a life changing decision to give up themselves, be willing to lay down their life, even for other people. carley: that is a very good

santa claus there. he met the world war ii veteran at a mall in delaware. we can get bob smiley is absolutely on the nice list this year. those are your headlines. steve: the greatest generation. steve: thank you very much. terrific. ainsley: turning now to extreme weather. millions in its path. heavy rain and intense flooding pounding southern california. steve: meanwhile, southwest airlines jet skidded off a wet runway at holiday's burbank airport. thankfully nobody was hurt. look at that. brian: janice dean has the forecast as the storm moves east. janice: let's talks about the weather and i will introduce you to some my friends. go to the maps first we have that potential winter storm going to affect areas across the south. start not guilty southwest and moving in the southern plains. the central u.s. this is going to be a big one not only for heavy rain and flooding across texas and louisiana. we will see the potential for ice. dispengsding on where that 32-degree line is, that freezing line that's where we will see the difference between the freezing rain and the sleet and the snow. just keep that in mind, we

will see is not impacting you it will effect much of the country. we will be keeping you up to date throughout the day today and this weekend. come on over here, we have a sweet 16 over here. wave, my love. mississippi and new york here. any -- mississippi, any birthdays? >> north carolina. janice: north carolina, birthdays? >> 16. any anniversaries? >> anniversary. janice: all right. we love "fox & friends." where is your anniversary. >> 30 years. janice: what's the secret? >> i don't know. [laughter] >> god first, that's it. janice: god first. and "fox & friends," right? >> that's right. janice: all right. keeping marriage happy across the country. all right. back inside, everybody. yea. steve: hard for janice to outdo yesterday. if you missed it there was a live proposal in the 8:00 hour. brian: those weren't actors those were real people. steve: they were. >> congratulations. brian: elizabeth warren took d.n.a. test to prove she is

native american. those results may be coming back to haunt her. ainsley: one viewer got the surprise of a lifetime a video called from steve. steve: yep. how would you like to make a trip to new york city because you are one of the winners in our contest? >> that would be such an honor and incredible. i would love it! ♪ ainsley: that lucky winner is here and she is making her happy recipe inspired by steve's cookbook coming up. steve: she is making a happy cake ♪ because i'm happy ♪ clap along ♪ if you know what happy is to you ♪ hey, hey ♪ billions of mouths.

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steve: senator elizabeth warren took a d.n.a. test to prove she is part native american and she released those results back in october. ainsley: but those results might be coming back to haunt her. brian: fox news chief news correspondent ed henry with why her hometown paper says she shouldn't run for president?

>> this is unbelievable. where the "boston globe" did a story i think at the beginning of september. big investigation. they said ethnicity was not a factor had when she joined the faculty at harvard law school and she did not use her native american history. they got panned wait a second there is all kinds of evidence that it seemed like she did use it fast forward she did the d.n.a. test i believe in october right before the midterms, got panned by democrats why are you taking the focus off the midterms to focus on the d.n.a. steve: because she was only a tiny fraction. ed: turned out to be a fraction. people saying this is six, ten generations ago. it's not clear you have very much heritage at all. the "boston globe" which had urged her to run for president previously is flipping. here's what they said. they said while warren is an effective and impactful senator with an important voice nationally, she has become a divisive figure. a unifying voice is what the country needs now after the polarizing politics of donald trump. so how ironic because donald trump branded her as

pocahontas. she got upset about that, understandably so. tried prove him wrong and it blew up in her case. she tried to play the president's game and her hometown paper said don't run. steve: she is thinking about perhaps apologizing. ed: she is playing defense. steve: i know. bernie sanders was on with stephen colbert last night and said this. >> a few years ago, when we said that healthcare is a right, not a privilege, i was told i'm crazy, it's extreme. 70% of the american people in the last polls that i have seen now support medicare for all. raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour widely supported. comprehensive immigration reform making sure we protect a woman's right to choose. steve: it sounds like he is running, doesn't it? >> sounds like he is running. he is also right about what he is saying.

you can disagree with his policies. when he say they called me crazy in 2016. i was there. i was covering him and hillary clinton. and he and hillary clinton were going at it and hillary clinton and much of the media were laughing at him saying this guy is nuts. you can't pay for any of this stuff. he wants medicare for all. you know what? i saw the crowds. his crowds were way bigger than hillary clinton. he fired up people. when you tell them you are going to give them free stuff. steve: you still can't pay for it. ed: you still can't pay for it, number one. number two, he was seen as crazy in 2016. now it's not crazy. it's the mainstream of the democratic party. owe casio-cortez and all the rest joining the new congress and all the candidates by the way only one guy out on the left all by his lonesome, now you will have 17, 18 leftist running because that's the senator of thcenter of the part. ainsley: who do you want to see on the democratic ticket biden number one and he was number two. ed: there is establishment guy at the top. then the socialist drawing the. and then there is going to be a whole bunch of people mimicking bernie sanders, why? that's where the energy is

on the democratic party. they don't want to admit it. ainsley: can he win? ed: i think it's unlikely they can win. brian: they are younger. he is 74 years old. took his message and came out with a younger person. ed: remember what donald trump said in 2016. people laughed at him about this as well. there are going to be bernie people who said who vote for me in the general election. i think he was right because there are some who are not necessarily socialists but they were antiestablishment. they didn't like hillary clinton. and they didn't vote for her in the general election. that may have helped him as well. on the trade message and the pro-worker message. steve: ed henry with the political roundup. thank you very much. ed: see you this weekend. brian: 8 hours of ed henry. ed: can you come in. brian: i can't hear you. one "fox & friends" viewer got the surprise of a lifetime. video call from steve doocy. steve: why not? how would you like to make a trip to new york city because you are one of the winners in our contest? >> that would be such an honor and incredible. i would love it! brian: that lucky winner is

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their happy recipe inspired by steve's cookbook the happy cookbook. tell us about your story. congratulations. and what did you think when steve called you. >> it was the surprise of a lifetime. i knew you would have tons of submissions just because it's a nationally watched show. steve: we got thousands. >> everyone loves your cookbook. steve: thank you very much. the whole idea of the contest was write to us and tell us about the recipes that make you happy. this cake recipe makes you happy, why? >> because this is the cake i make every year in march to celebrate my citizenship as an american. steve: because you were adopted by this woman when you were 3 days old. tell us your story about that. >> when i was three days old my mom and my father adopted me from costa rica. and it is such a special memory for me but what really means the most to me is that my mom helped me become an american citizen she got me through the naturalization process and i get to enjoy the blessings of this great country.

brian: you got a free trip it all paid off in the end. what did you decide to make? >> this is a cake which is a costa ricaen recipe. steve: three milks. >> that's right. you got your spanish down. steve: si. ainsley: what are the three milks. >> evaporated, condensed and heavy whipping cream. steve: you start with a white cake. >> white cake and crumble it so that can absorb all these three milks. do you want to combine the milk? >> she does this. this is her recipe. steve: you add all of these by the way the recipe will be at friends@foxnews.com. >> absolutely. not a guarded secret. steve: you marinade it for. >> 8 to 12 hours. ainsley: what do you do with the crumbs? >> the crumbs will congeal with all the liquid and it makes and then i decorate it to make it americana style. steve: that makes so you happy because that is the american flag. >> it's old glory on a

plate. ainsley: mom, i'm curious i wants to hear your story about how you found christina? how did that come to be? >> it was a miracle. it was a miracle. >> divine intervention. >> divine intervention that's what we call it. ainsley: that's what we call it. >> let's taste it and see how did i. steve: that is so good. ainsley: this is really good. steve: moist and delicious. >> this is the pg rated but you can add a little spice with some. steve: liquor. >> rumor liquor and make it for an adult party. brian: we have whiskey from john rich. >> that's right. steve: because you are one of the big winners we would like to present you from our friends at qui si qui cuisinartd processor. >> love to meet you all. brian: first time we have said the word congeal for a long time on this show.

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>> a police officer unveiling his hidden talent, bringing down the house. >> ♪ all is come, all is bright ♪ ♪ steve: it is pearl harbor day, december 7th. this is 2018. joining us on the curvy couch live from the pez seen level it is geraldo. >> delightful to see you. brian: that hurts my feelings. steve: pet has been up, tweeting this morning. there are big announcements coming down. we'll hear more about manafort. we'll hear what michael cohen gave the feds. this is unof the fed's many tweets this morning. ainsley: will robert mueller big time conflicts be listed on the

report. will andrew wise man vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the report. he wrongly destroyed people's lives, took down great companies, openly to be turned over 9-0 in the supreme court. doing the same thing now. will all the substantial contributions made by 17 angry democrats to the campaign of crooked hillary be listed in the top of the report. >> i understand his frustration. doing objective well in trade and in terms of the economy and how america is faring. he is frustrated he has this cancer, this special prosecutor mueller has been on his case from the very beginning since may of 2017. this week, steve as you referenced, we'll see the sentencing memo for paul manafort. how exactly did paul manafort lie, break his agreement with the special counsel.

we'll see michael cohen's sentencing report. you know, what did the snitch exactly tell. how much hot water will, he has created for the president. this is a big week. this is the day. it has to be by federal court order, by 5:00 today we must see those sentencing memos. we should get some clarity what he has, the special counsel has against the president. brian: i hope trey gowdy brings his "a" game. he has a lot of questions. he is read into two separate committees, intel, judiciary. he has details. behind chosed doors he could do follow-up questions. we could get to this. >> one thing about trey gowdy. trey gowdy is retiring. he has only three weeks, four weeks to do whatever he is going to do. he has holidays in between. what will he do in this very, very short amount of time? this is his last hurrah. brian: he can pin him to the ground, with a good prosecutor with series of follow-up questions he can finally get

answers. >> comey is way too slick for that. he will be very combative. has answer for everything. he is very schooled. he did the book tour. he has been -- brian: a lot of this stuff came out after his book. >> give me one example you think comey cannot answer. brian: either he is lying or struck is lying about hillary clinton emails when he was informed on anthony weiner's laptop. you told him three weeks ago and you said you didn't find out until two days before. >> congressman, my best recollection is i didn't see it -- brian: you called strzok a liar? >> i don't think james came my will hesitate to call peter strzok a liar, anyone a liar who disagrees with him. ainsley: what about preferential treatment to the hillary clinton staffers? >> we all know about that though, answer. we know hillary was given a pass before she was interviewed. ainsley: but why? how would he answer that? >> why? he will make up some reason.

did not appear to me was a significant case. did not appear there was substantial evidence. he can, when you playing out the clock, it is very easy for an articulate, experienced hand to just push it away push it away. brian: what is the insurance plan? either you're the worst cia director ever there was insurance plan, plotting and planning underneath you, or you were leading the charge, the conductor of the insurance plan? >> congressman, i must tell you again as i have testified previously, as i wrote in my book, i made the best decision based on the evidence i had at the time. he is too squirmy to nail comey. steve: that is one of the reasons jim jordan was on the program earlier this week. he is going to come in. i would rather see rod rosenstein. rod rosenstein is the guy who knows all the secrets. remember it was, coming on month

now ago, he was supposed to go up in front of at least two members of congress. it was going to be kind of off the record. he was going to answer questions. he balked at that. we still haven't heard from him. he knows how it all works. >> if i was in the charge of the president's legal strategy, what i would be focused on, none of the minutia, none of the side players. i would be focused on the special counsel himself, put up or shut up. this is two years. do you have any evidence that i colluded with russians or not? isn't it time for the american people finally to see what was the reason for this disruption really preoccupied our republic now the entire trump tenure. ainsley: sentencing documents. we saw that with michael flynn earlier this week, end of last week, what do they do with the sentencing document? >> it will say michael cohen was extremely cooperative. he rolled over. gave us more information than we need. we recommend no jail time

michael cohen. i believe paul manafort will get slammed again but he is already a convicted felon. ainsley: in terms of sentencing? >> a judge will make the decision strongly influenced by the recommendations of the special counsel. if the special counsel says, brian cooperated, he told us everything. we have no reason to believe he withholding any. we ask you not to bring him, not to sentence him to prison. judge will have to say, unless the judge is a real rebel, unless very, very rare i think cohen gets a pass. he succeeded ratting out his boss i think violated the lawyer client privilege in grotesque way. >> out to save his skin. >> to be a lawyer at same time is very, that's what i worry about. did anyone tape the president did anyone wear a wire, for these two years? during the campaign, michael flynn, for instance, heroic

military figure before he became national security analyst, did he wear a wire after he was nabbed, before the president knew that he was in trouble? did he have candid conversations with his boss? i think that is, that is a good representative of peril. i don't know what michael cohen turned over to the southern district of new york about trump's business deals. steve: and payoffs. 5:00 see it live on fox news fos channel. geraldo you've seen it. you commented on it on television. there is crisis at the southern border according to the white house. if you look at number of people arrested year-over-year in november, look at that, back in 2017 almost 30,000. look at november 2018. 52,000. that is close to 80% spike to people get here easily. >> real easy explanation. there is real fear south of the

border the wall will finally be constructed. they want to scramble over before it is too late. the second thing the economic disparity between central america and united states has grown in the last year. the united states economy continues to thrive. the central american economy in disarray, the government's dysfunctional. basically failed states in honduras, for example, in el salvador. so you have people trying to do their best to feed their families. they are desperate to get over. that is what caused the migrant caravan. it wasn't any insidious conspiracy. it was people trying to feed their families. they are desperate. they are economic refugees. they don't qualify for asylum, vast majority -- >> we don't know that. >> majority getting a hearing will be rejected. there is desperation we need to recognize. this is the time right now congress must get together, let president trump have his wall. he earned it. elections have consequences. that wall should be built, at

the same time the president can offer the democrats amnesty for the dreamers. ainsley: nancy pelosi doesn't care. >> she doesn't care anymore. >> they must care. the president should harp on that offering freedom and citizenship for a million odd youngsters brought here through no fault of her own. it is on tape. she has changed her mind several times. as chuck schumer changed his mind. this was deal they agreed to tacitly last year. now they have, now they're disagreeing because they're sticking it to the president. because they can. brian: court upended the president's push to kick out daca kids. >> that may be part of the reason she feels empowered. that decision in the lower court gets bumped up. i think president will epjoy same success he has in other migrant related issues in the supreme court. steve: meter is running. thank you very much for joining

us. you get the a piece of three milk case. >> i like the looks of it. steve: its is 8:11 here in new york city. carley has a story about ms-13. carley: good morning to you all. a ms-13 gang member here illegally will spend 30 years behind bar for a brutal machete murder. he and three other gang members being hacked a man nearly 150 times in virginia last summer. they were angry at the individual who said their gang doesn't make the rules. he is from el salvador and will be deported after released from prison. violent protests in france created a monster. that is the word from the french prime minister as the country braces for more riots this weekend. france deploying nearly 90,000 police officers across the country, closing major tourist sites like the eiffel tower. protesters started demonstrating weeks ago against a proposed tax

hike. that plan has been scrapped. rioters have more demands. have you ever gotten a cvs pharmacy receipt really long. he did, check out what he did with it. andrew nolan use the receipt and coupon to fix a broken blind. it worked surprisingly. that picture has gone on long. ainsley: we can relate to that. those are longest receipts. they are great, sometimes the five dollars coupon. a free lean cuisine that is what i wanted. or free pizza rolls. steve: thank you, carley. president trump is expected to tweet his pick to replace united nations ambassador nikki haley any moment now. we're live at white house with reaction. brian: pete hegseth here with a preview of his interview with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and stuart varney on the november jobs report. that is coming up as the jobs

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president trump to expected to announce via twitter nikki haley's replacement as ambassador to the united nations. ainsley: he is expected to fill an opening at at the justice department with jeff sessions we're told. brian: who is under consideration and who is on their way out. reporter: heather nauert is to be highest profile trump nominee facing a senate confirm nation hearing since brett kavanaugh. we're told be on the lookout with a tweet about official word promoting secretary of state mike pompeo's spokeswoman. if confirmed would nauert serve as a cabinet level official like outgoing ambassador nikki haley did? the worth outside the white house, officials don't want this to be a cabinet-level position anymore. so that they can avoid recreating some of the mistakes

that were perceived to have happen during the era of haley who sometimes broke with her boss, president trump. the president also has a vacancy at the justice department left by jeff sessions and is apparently looking to try to install former president george h.w. bush's attorney general, william barr. this is not somebody the president knows. he seems to sympathize with the president's problems with the fbi director that he fired. barr said in recent interviews he likes james comey but the president should get his choice of fbi director. both of these moves represent a slow but steady shake-up of the white house staff that was first assembled exactly two years ago during the transition at mar-a-lago and at trump tower. back to you in new york. steve: peter, north lawn of the white house. thank you very much. brian: pretty amazing heather nauert rocketing up as state department ladder. watched her as spokesperson last

two years, handling every question through every secretary of state. has ivy league education. behind closed doors, when the cameras are gone she impressed president. she is in on the policy meetings. mike pompeo gave her more responsibility on her depth of knowledge and contacts. this is a big thing. steve: she is seasoned reporter. she is very curious, and figured out how everything is working around the country and around the world. that obviously appealed to the white house. brian: can coming from columbia didn't hurt either. the university. ainsley: ivy league. we're waiting on announcement and the announcement about the ag we'll let you know as soon as we hear something. steve: meanwhile, brian -- brian: major shake-up at oscars, if you went to bed thought kevin hart was hosting he is out because of something he has done years ago. we're talking about his resignation. he doesn't want to apologize.

the reaction out of hollywood ahead. ainsley: pete hegseth sitting down one-on-one with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he is back here in the states. he just left israel, came straight to the set. hey. congratulations. ♪ ♪ we live like no one's watching, ♪ laugh like there's no tomorrow...

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kevin hart's gig as oscar host is over two days after he took the job. the comedian blowing out or bowing out i should say after controversial tweets about gay people surfaced. brian: five years ago. ainsley: academy gave him option of apologizing or step down. he apologized and stepped down. i am sorry i hurt people. i am evolving. want to continue to do so. my goal is to bring people together, not tear us apart. steve: meanwhile one week, this week marked the one-year anniversary of president trump recognizing jerusalem as israel's capitol city, moving the embassy there, as promised for decades by other presidents. brian: "fox & friends"'s weekend co-host pete hegseth recently sat down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu to talk about this and much more. ainsley: pete joins us with a sneak-peek.

he is back. >> fifth day of hanukkah with the prime minister bibi netanyahu. first time the menorah was lit at western wall. more symbolism how closely the two countries are linked. i asked netanyahu in one pores interview. one year later has it changed to the relationship. how hatch much has the last year meant after president trump's decision? >> our relations with united states are based on a deeper thing, the deepest of bonds. its the bond of values, of common heritage, a believe in a common destiny. of freedom and democracy and truth and this has been the basis of america's support for israel from day one when president trump man recognized as well. that was a historic decision. and president trump's proclamation is a historic

decision which carried the relationship to even higher ground. israel's relations with the united states have never been stronger. >> he says the relationships have never been stronger. you see that through the relationship on the ground with the you know ambassador and bibi netanyahu visited the president. there are investigations going on. steve: we asked you that yesterday. >> you asked me that yesterday. the fact there are investigations on him. why he fights. listen. if you go to the states today you read headlines about a president underinvestigation. you come here i see headlines of a president under investigation. how are you taking on the flood of that? >> well, look, i won't tell you it is the nicest thing in the world but i'm confident the truth will out. i'm confident about the truth. historical truth and present day truth. the truth will out. the good guys win. >> why do you fight the way you do? >> because i think my generation

has a special mission. it is different from my father's generation. they re-establish what was lost and the generation, my generation's mission is to protect what was, what was returned. to have the country grow, thrive, be strong, and never to face the fear of destruction again. >> this is certainly a man on a mission and if you ask him his supporters, they say, his critics in the media, they can't beat him at the ballot box so they're trying to beat him with trumped up witch-like investigations based on cigars, champagne, old investigations from the past they are bringing up. he is so popular. ten years as prime minister. that is portion of our interview. tomorrow on "fox and friends weekend" i asked him about a trip we took up to the northern part of israel to see new terror caves from hezbollah. we road in the great security

detail. he has a great security detail. we were able to interview him about that and see some briefings. some of this on "fox nation" too. the actually the largest part of that interview, actually minutes plus of it was about jerusalem, the battle tore jerusalem. that historic city, jews, christians, muslims see center of their faith. a lot of politics, a lot of excavation and a fingerpointing still in though lowscations holy sites for "fox nation." we'll have in depth documentary. that is my fourth time there. i love jerusalem and relationship we have with the jewish people. i think we get a chance to tell a deeper story why it is still so relevant today. on "fox nation." ainsley: you are anchoring this weekend? >> i'm here with ed. i'm stuck with him for eight hours. steve: see him in the green room. >> i will see him right now. thanks, guys. steve: straight ahead, we're couple hours away from james comey testimony behind closed doors behind capitol hill. new sentencing memos on

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steve: we are back with a fox news alert. the november jobs report has just been released two minutes ago. 155,000 jobs were added last month. that is less than was expected. brian: unemployment rate is 3.7%. that stays the same. the same from october. we thought it would be 200,000. let's bring in stuart varney, stuart, your first blush, first look. >> i have got to say disappointing. 155,000 jobs is good, but nowhere near what it should be bearing in mind the economy's

growth rate. we were expect, i was expecting north of 200,000 new jobs. so to come in at 155 is not what we were looking for. it's not that strong. disappointing. steve: we have heard a number of times that employers are looking really hard to find people to fill the jobs because could possibly be the labor market has shrunk so much, hard to find the people. i don't know. >> seems to be what is happening. i have to dig deeper into the report. could be wages ha not risen fast enough for people out of the retirement, or off the couch, whatever it is to bring them back into the labor force. i have not seen the full numbers. that could be one of the reasons. ainsley: what do we expect after seeing the arrest of the huawei executive? >> that is a story 1/2. that was a bombshell. now this executive with huawei which is china's biggest telecommunications company, it is an absolute giant. she is the daughter of the founder. like arresting the son of

steve jobs or something. it is that big of a deal. when that news broke, it was assumed that president trump knew about the arrest as he was going into dinner with xi xinping. in other words he was being very provocative. turns out he did not know about the arrest. peter navarro told fox business yesterday, no, we did not know about the arrest going into the dinner. therefore it's a separate event. it is separated out. there is the trade friction with china. then there is the legalistic arrest. china sees it connected. they see this as intimately connected. you have arrested our person because you want to put pressure on us over trade. we don't see it that way. they do see it that way. ainsley: she was arrested in canada though. >> she was. ainsley: why are they blaming america? >> because she was arrested at the request of the american authorities. we asked them to. steve: regarding china,

president of the united states tweeted out couple minutes ago, china talks going very well exclamation. >> he says that publicly very frequently. if you get into the detail what was actually said at that dinner, xi xinping, china's leader, i'm told went through 140 different items, where they're actually specifically cooperating and talking. that is a big deal. they are talking specifics. brian: buy the natural gas, buy soybeans. that will help farmers immediately? >> yes it is. steve: stuart we'll watch you in 25 minutes over on the business channel. >> glad to hear it. ainsley: thanks, stuart. whirlwind week in robert mueller's russia probe happening today. fired fbi director james comey to testify before house republicans. as senate files are expected any moment for paul manafort and michael cohen. brian: get reaction from jonathan turley to find out about the new ag nominee. constitutional law professor,

george washington university. we understand james comey today going behind closed doors. what progress can they make, john than? what questions would you ask? >> quite frankly, even before the russian investigation i wrote i was astonished how the fbi treated some of the clinton staff who were accused of making false statements. they were not cooperative. steve: they got off easy. >> forced all types of very lenient agreement as a criminal defense attorney i had not seen previously. likely to be pressure on that point. but the one that i would ask and drill down on, is his leaking of those memos after he left the fbi. he was tasked with finding leakers. the minute it became something to his advantage he became a leaker. there is still a lot that is not known how he carried that out. whether he understood that those were fbi memos, something the agency has repeatedly said. brian: jonathan the other thing

is the person he leaked memo too was not just a "new york times" columnist, a friend who had a role at the fbi we found out later. >> that's right. ainsley: jonathan we're hearing the prosecutors will finalize sentencing documents for manafort and paul manafort and michael cohen. what are your predictions. >> this is the big reveal people are waiting for. we only learned about the direction of this investigation through speaking indictments or filing in court. the question is where did the break occur with paul manafort? mueller had problem other witnesses, including most recently corsi, also before that papdopoulus. these people clearly did not give him what he wanted. the question whether he gives us a greater idea he did ask from manafort and what direction that, those questions were going in. steve: regarding the fact that his former personal attorney michael cohen in his sentencing

guideline memo that will come out later today, it will essentially say what he gave up on his client, right? >> that's right. cohen gets credit for cooperating but i wrote a column recently his request for leniency borders on-line that sy. cohen is an officer of the court who spent considerable effort violating law, violating his oath as a lawyer. judges don't usually look kindly on that. brian: he had his 83-year-old father, holocaust survivor. he is my oxygen. i will lose my oxygen if he goes to jail. do things like that matter? >> i think it will matter less to this federal judge as opposed to the scope of the alleged illegality. here he is talking about a false statement, but that false statement was to congress. it was a premeditated act by officer of the court, that will be focus of this judge.

steve: jonathan turley joining us from the nation's capitol. keep your seatbelt on, it will be busy today. ainsley: carly has headlines for us. >> take a look at this, teenagers ransack a home with a nine-year-old boy asleep on the couch. the terrifying moments caught on surveillance video in las vegas. the boy did not wake up and was not hurt. those crooks got away with a car and other valuables. they are still on the run. a federal judge orders more fact-finding in the clinton email investigation. the justice and state's must hand over information to help determine whether clinton deliberately tried to evade public record laws by using a private email server while secretary of state. the order comes in response to a freedom of information act request, filed by the conservative group, judicial watch. :said she used a personal server for convenience.

traffic stop turns into a circus. florida troopers trying to wrangle a lemur on the loose. the animal popping up to a horse trailer after they pulled over a drunk driver. it took them 15 minutes to catch the lemur. the driver had a tortoise, a goat, a parrot and a wallaby all in that one trailer. a lot to unpack. he was drunk. steve: traveling zoo? >> i guess. a drunk traveling zoo. those are the headlines. steve: carly, thank you very much. meanwhile a story renewing the debate on birthright citizenship. a mother illegally entered the united states and had a baby on american soil. our next guest is the daughter of political refugees. he says we need to fix a broken system now. brian: the circus is in town but you haven't seen anything like this. it's a holiday performance you cannot miss. live own the square. ♪

ainsley: within 24 hours of this caravan family illegally scaling the border wall a 19-year-old honduran mother gave birth on u.s. soil, renewing national debate over birthright citizenship. our next guest is the daughter of political refugees, her family escaping communist cuba before she was born. maria salazar was former house republican candidate. she was on our show. elvira, thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. ainsley: what are your thoughts about this? >> it's a very hard topic but fortunately every time the president or the white house trying to change immigration abuses, he has been branded as a racist and that is not true because, the previous administration es tried to do the same thing the president is trying to do, bring order to the immigration system, review not

only the birthright citizenship, first clause of the 14th amendment and review the 1965 family reunification law. clinton tried to do it. obama tried to do it, being afraid of liberal media or branded racist or international condemnation but at some point an administration we need to say stop. protect the system of the not allow for the constitution to be abused which is what is happening now or the system being be abused. ainsley: what is your story? tell us about your parents? >> my parents were benefited by the generous immigration laws that this country has had for 50 years. and we were able to come in legally because they were coming from communist cuba and, not only my parents but 50 million people, or immigrants have been able to come in the last 50 years because of the family reunification law. we're very grateful but at the

same time, we need to do it in a legal way, in anrd orderly fashion. ainsley: i keep hearing you say legal and law. yes, hard to see images of moms wanting to give their children a better life, who wouldn't want that. our country is great but there are law. >> there are laws and those laws are not working well. why we need to review them. i'm not saying that if you have a legal and a legitimate claim to ask for asylum, we are the most generous country in the world. i said it. the figures show it. but at the same time, not everybody that wants to come for economic reasons can come in. and those images, caravan images you're seeing right now, i don't think they're very pretty for the hispanic community. we're embarrassed. we're ashamed. that is not who we are. we are the largest minority in the country. we're law-abiding, god-fearing. we want to pay taxes, we're self-reliant. we want an opportunity in a legal way. how many people are waiting

outside of the united states to come in? millions. very hard, very difficult, but somebody had to come, an administration had to come let's review. let's fix it. has to be frustrating for people doing it the right way, on the list waiting for their turn. >> very frustrating. they say, hey, it is my turn, i need to be coming in. then at the same time, you see, while i was running for congress, i kept on saying to the, house of representative leadership that what the president need to do is nip it at the bud. go to the root of the problem. so we will not have anymore caravans. this is the first of many. because you know, hey, if you live across the street and my house is the prettiest one i want to go to the pretty house. ainsley: seeing more and more caravans. >> what we need to do? say it, go to honduras, guatemala, el salvador. those countries are exporting well mining number of majority

of the caravan, say, hey, how can we keep your boys home. i was central american bureau chief. i covered the war. i lived in el salvador during the first years when the civil war was going on. ainsley: we're giving them money. i would love to see how they're spending the money. >> we need to earmark it, ire mark it is for this. american companies would be welcome. the money should be spent in a wise way. definitely we can dwindle what is happening. ainsley: thank you so much. >> my pleasure. ainsley: thank you for being here. coming up next a holiday show unlike any other. can't miss performance live on fox square. it is coming up next. check in with bill hemmer. can you do that, bill? >> no, not a chance. good morning to you. have a great weekend, ainsley. this day holds a lot of intrigue, what does mueller know, what does he have. we expect to get major clues. stand by, mueller, manafort, comey, flynn. in one hour james comey sits

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lost in a book, goes back to the childhood and goes through whole new world with characters and doing crazy tricks and performances. ainsley: kid was love it? >> family show. it is about bringing families together for the holidays. steve: are you ready to see, "wonderland"? [cheering] steve: take a look, folks. here it is. ♪ ♪ there is a world for you and me, it is astounding ways to see where your wishes all come true ♪ ♪ search inside your heart, you can hear the pounding hearts and calling out to you ♪

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>> they're on a world tour. go to our website. we have all the dates. >> go to our "after the show show" on fox nation. >> have a great weekend. >> bill: breaking news, economy, potential deal with china seems more and more possible as the president gets ready to take questions at the white house. i'm bill hemmer live here. we could have a rocking morning. sandra. >> sandra: we could. put your seat belts on. another three hours coming up. markets set to open 30 minutes from now. the president sending a positive message on the trade talks with china as a crucial monthly jobs report shows the unemployment rate remains steady at 3.7% following another wild ride on wall street. >> this is a tough president and he has tough people working for him as a team. and this is good for america. what he has