$250,000. he was shot by police after he allegedly shot at them. because it technically happened in police custody, the city is required by law to pay. i'm sure there are a lot of angry people in that city. rob: what a system. way it goes. jillian: thanks for watching. have a good day. >> two police officers are hit and killed by a train looking for a shooting suspect in chicago. >> these brave young men were consumed with identifying a potential threat put the safety of others above their own. >> hours before michael flynn's sentencing new documents revealed giving insight into what led to his guilty plea. >> they asked him not to bring an attorney. trying in a sense to entrap him. >> fired fbi director james comey came out swinging. >> someone has to stand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base speak the truth. >> he has been the unethical fbi director in the history of the agency. i used to think he was a

tragic figure but is he becoming a comic figure. >> president trump refusing to budge on his threats to set down the government. >> democrats have long been the ones to protect illegal immigration. president trump has been focused on protecting immunity. >> one station in kentucky is taking a stand playing baby it's cold outside on repeat for two whole hours. steve: straight to a fox news alert in chicago where you are looking live at a procession for two police officers who were killed overnight in the line of duty. jill. ainsley: the officers were shaght a shooting suspect when they lost their lives in an instant when they were hit by a train. brian: todd piro is live. >> they were on the tracks looking for that shooting suspect when they were struck by the train and killed. police say they found a weapon and are questioning a person of interest right now. officers also found shell

casings near the scene of the original shots fired call. both officers served less than three years on the force. >> by doing the most dangerous thing any police officer can do and that is to chase an individual with a gun. these brave young men were consumed with identify ago potential threat to their community and put the safety of others above their own. >> both officers leave behind young children. this tragedy marks the first time in almost 30 years that two chicago police officers were killed in the line of duty during the same incident. steve, ainsley, brian, back to you. steve: alall right, todd, thank you very much. as we look live in chicago and you can see that line of police cars saluting the two young officers. apparently the train at the time of impact was going 60 miles per hour. the police say both men were killed instantly. ainsley: it's 5:02 there in the morning. they were killed last night

around 6:00 p.m. the passengers that were on the train they had to wait two and a half hours until they were placed into buses and taken to other train stations. you might wonder how this happened. some of the information that i was reading this morning the tracks were on an embankment, i'm not really sure, the investigation continues and we will learn more information why they didn't hear the train and get out of the way. all of that will unfold. brian: just days before christmas and now we have these two officers being led to -- their bodies being led to medical examiner's office the numbers are staggering. we are not actually done with 2018. already 145 officers have been killed in 2018. ainsley: chicago has seen the brunt of this. one of them was the father of three. had been on the force two and a half years. the other one had a baby at home. both of them were married. he had been with the force for 18 months. steve: look at that line. that's quite a salute to the

lives those two men led and we will keep you posted what's going on in chicago. meanwhile, later on today, mike flynn, who, as you know, got in trouble for not apparently telling the truth to the fbi wil is likely to be let out a free man because he was cooperated extensively with the feds. his lawyer according to the "the washington post" has insinuated that mr. flynn deserves credit for not rubbing in the fact that a couple of the fbi officials involved in his investigation were under scrutiny themselves. for instance andrew mccabe who arranged the interview that ultimately got him fired. he was fired himself. peter strzok, the agency who did the interview fired for anti-trump tweets. brian: by the way andy mccabe and fbi director comey, they disagree on some very important events. their problem is within the fbi. i don't know why they didn't make a big deal about it i don't think there is anything laudable about making a big deal about

people interviewing you having another agenda like hating the president you work for. today judge emit sullivan has ordered the fbi to produce documents and have them unsealed for the 302s to examine whether michael flynn was given a heads up on the gravity of the interview that he was undergoing and what was, indeed, at stake. what was indeed at stake, it turns out was maybe his freedom. he got 0 to 6 months. the stake would be financial ruin, reputation destroyed, and a year on the sidelines, unable to get a job and wondering where your -- how your family is going to survive. ainsley: 302s have been released heavily redacted that's the information they got after they interviewed him. if you look at the dates, it's very interesting because many have asked how they remembered what he said in january of 2017, if they didn't even write the 302 until february 15th. here are the dates. he was interviewed on

january 24th, 2017. february 13th he resigns and then 302 is full-timized on the 15th, a few days after he resigns. receive steve the whole reason these 302s came out because from flynn's attorneys had suggested look, he wound up being interviewed by the feds and realize the the gravity of the situation and nobody ever told him not to lie. so they put out the 302s that essentially showed that he had told a number of things to the federal agents that simply were not true and that is why he is in trouble. brian: i'm fascinated to see what happened. he was actually on vacation in the dominican republic getting set to join a brand new administration, key position to security of the country. got a call from ambassador kislyak. he takes would the call. they go over a few things. he said did you go over sanctions with kislyak. he said i don't remember if i went over the sanctions. also, i wasn't really intune

if anything was going on. if anyone has gone to the caribbean it's erratic. if you want to cool down and cut off you don't know what's happening in the news. that's what i told investigators. i wasn't up to date on what was happening. s that watt expulsion of 35 russian officials by the obama administration after it was found out, even though they knew about it a lot earlier, six months earlier that the russians meddled in our elections. ainsley: several were charged with illegally lobbying for turkey under the foreign registration act. because he pleaded guilty to this he will not be charged with that sara carter says those 302s reveal that the fbi lied to michael flynn. listen. >> if you look at the 302 itself, the lie is right up at the top of the 302. they said they notified him of the nature of this interview. and that is inaccurate. they never notified him of the nature of this interview because they asked him not

to bring an attorney. and they were looking at him for possible criminal purposes. they were trying, in a sense, to entrap him because they already knew what the conversation was that he had with ambassador kislyak and they were going to him. brian: they were listening in on his conversations. flynn will be sentenced at 11:00 a.m. today. you never know. could judge sullivan say i don't like the way the whole thing was conducted i'm throwing the whole things out. steve: did that with ted stephens in alaska. brian: that would be a brutal blow to the mueller investigation. steve: it's interesting. mr. flynn has not tried to retract his guilty plea. some have suggested there is every indication that the sentencing will go on today at 11:00 this morning. ainsley: he might just want this all to go away. steve: it mightable play to for a pardon. ainsley: he had to sell his house to pay for his attorney. i'm ready to be sentenced and get on with my life. we will see.

steve: exactly, right. how justice is going to come down on michael flynn we will know by noon. meanwhile, james comey was up on capitol hill once again yesterday. he sat for hours. he did not like it. he was asked a lot of questions. the people in the room all agreed they would not give any details until the transcript is released later on today. nonetheless, mr. comey came out and he was steamed. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of pat matter. the rule of law matters, and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone has to stand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for are the values of this country. >> i will ask a question from fox news, in fact. your handling of the flynn interview how is it

consistent with the investigation road map for agents. the domestic investigations operations guide? >> entirely consistent in my view. >> director comey the fbi's reputation has taken a big hit in the last year, do you share any responsibility for that. >> no. the fbi's reputation has taken a big hit because the president of the united states, with his ache lights has lied about it constantly. and in the face of those lies, a whole lot of people who watch your network believe that nonsense. that's a tragedy. brian: right, it is definitely donald trump's fault that lisa page and peter strzok were texting and having an affair out of their marriage and going back and forth on government phones about how much they hate the would-be candidate that turns out to be the president-elect that turned out to be the president. it is the president's fault that they talked about an insurance plan. it's the president's fault that mccabe walls found to have lied to the point where he is now under investigation and might be facing charges. it is the president's fault

that baker resigned and so many others lined up. that bruce ohr has been demoted two or three times. that's all the president's fault? steve: remember, it's people of both political parties who have been really angry at him. remember, before the republicans wanted him fired, the democrats wanted him fired because of what he did with the email investigation into hillary clinton where extraordinarily he went out and said, you know what? i'm going to say she should not be charged. mark meadows, the chairman of the powerful house freedom caucus tweeted this out all you need to about director comey's sanctimonious lecture to americans today is the fact that he takes no responsibility for the erosion of trust in the fbi and department of justice. the rampant process abuses and breaches of protocol occurred on his watch. he refuses to be transparent about it. ainsley: you forgot on that list you forgot anthony weiner who used his wife computer, remember? and that caused a big brouhaha before the election. we didn't know who he was

before, most americans didn't at least. the president is running begins hillary clinton. that one summer and then james comey is investigating her emails he comes out and does that press conference. steve: he decides. ainsley: he decides. days before the election he brought it up because he saw human i can't abedin computers and anthony weiner had been on there and you know the rest of that story. is he blaming the president who was not even in office at the time. he was running against hillary clinton. he has talked about his wife and daughter participating in all of those marches. he hates republicans. brian: i would love a popularity contest between fbi agents and fox news -- excuse me james comey and fox news. you tell me where the fbi is more popular. the fbi people i talk to have a lot of respect for fox news. ainsley: and we have a lot of respect for them. brian: offended by how james comey has sullied their image. let's do that popularity contest, james comey.

12 minutes after the hour. jillian? jillian: good morning. lots of news this morning. days after a texas judge ruled obamacare unconstitutional, democrats are firing back. 17 democratic state attorneys general filed a motion yesterday laying the groundwork to appeal. the group wants obamacare to remain active as the case goes through the appeals process. the judge ruled the law is unconstitutional because congress repealed the individual mandate. today, pittsburgh city leaders will introduce three proposed gun safety measures. it comes two months after the deadly attack at jewish synagogue. the measures include a ban on assault weapons, bump stocks and temporarily prohibiting people at risk from having guns. a grouch gun advocates is threatening to sue pittsburgh if the change is passed. 11 people killed at the tree of life synagogue in october. today nikki haley will sit down for one of her final u.n. meetings at u.n. ambassador. she is resigning at the end of the year. one of the greatest accomplishments is her work

toward peace with north korea. he will announce heather fourth in as her replacement. we know heather nauert from her days here. brian: i think she will do a great job. i think she will be fantastic. ainsley: ned ryun says president trump should shut down the government and shut down the border he will explain next. ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all... is one that brings us together. the lincoln wish list event is here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with $0 down, $0 due at signing,

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>> i voted numerous times when i was a senator to spend money to build a barrier to try to prevent illegal immigrants from coming in. >> we'll authorize some badly needed funding for better fences and better security along our borders. >> i will lyle immigrants higher g.d.p. more jobs reduce deficit. >> that was then. this is now. you remember democrats when they wanted to crack down on illegal immigration. but now they are changing their tune, forcing a potential government shut down over the funding for the border wall as of midnight friday. ned ryun, ceo of american majority thinks president trump should not only shut down the government. he should shut down the border as well. he joins us live from virginia. you are nodding. the idea the government could shut down how do you shut down the border? >> well, first of all, i mean, many people in d.c., republicans and democrats are fundamentally unserious

about immigration reform. welfare reform, spending reform. and i think now is as good as time as any, steve to force the conversation and trump can do that under the powers given to him by the immigration and nationality act the president can decide if it is detrimental to the interest of the united states the entry aliens into this country can he by proclamation suls spend the entry of all aliens. he has that right. obama used that right six times, bush six times and clinton six times. trump should by executive order say he is shutting down the southern border because he finds the entire situation detrimental to the interest of the united states and its people and detrimental for some reasons, steve. we talked about illegal aliens in this country costing us 116 to 134 billion a year. if you then throw in the drug issue. the violent criminals, we don't even really fully know who is coming into our southern border. the other thing that's just absolutely insane to me, steve, how does a sovereign, self-governing nation a republic thought have the

right and quite frankly the moral responsibility to decide who is coming and why into this country? steve: great question. ned, it looks as if right now republicans in the senate are looking to the president, so are the democrats. they are waiting on him to decide. ultimately, who is going to blink first? >> well, i certainly hope it's not trump. the whole immigration issue is one of the reasons that he got elected and fundamental to that issue walls the building of a southern border wall. and i think this is the time for trump to fight and say we have existential threats to this country that weaver facing if we do not deal with this issue right now. to further that point, i think he should shut down government, steve. we have to have that conversation as well. we have a government that is bloat you had. it is out of control. we are $22 trillion in debt. we're spending, you know, 13136 billion a year on 2 million federal government employees. we can't even agree on the size of our government. we know it's over 430 departments agencies, and subagencies. at some point we have to

have a conversation because now we are talking about annual deficits of a trillion. 20 years from now, we will be talking about potentially $40 trillion in deficits. steve: well, let's see what happens, because the time is near. ned ryun joining us from virginia. thank you very much. >> thanks, steve. steve: people netanyahu son post criticizing palestinians.

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brian: woman who climbed the senate do you of liberty on july 4th found guilty. >> america! brian: must be one proud attorney there, right? 4300 people had to evacuate when officers rescued her in july. she was protesting family separations at the border

and could now face 18 months in prison. and, the man who attacked senator paul ryan could spend 27 months in prison if federal prosecutors get their way. they are calling for a new sentencing hearing for boucher saying 30 days in jail is unreasonable. boucher pleaded guilty to attacking the kentucky lawmaker. steve: rand paul not paul ryan. brian: rand paul. ing telling. steve: apologize for that meanwhile, facebook banning the son israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a day over posts that facebook says included hate speech. ainsley: his posts were critical of palestinians and after he was banned he criticized facebook calling them the thought police. brian: joining us right now is the former mayor shiloh israel david reuben. david, are you surprised by

this? >> no, i'm actually not surprised at all. it could be that facebook was targeting him because is he a prime minister's son. but i say it's more likely that this is just part of the sick culture of the left which says that it's okay to harass people in restaurants. it's okay to shut people down on college campuses and it's okay to shut people down from facebook and social media. i'm, i myself have in h. my challenges with facebook they have prevented me from putting up political content saying i live in israel and i can't be posting about political content that has to do with america it's very problematic. and i -- you know, in fact, in my book, trump and the jews which is posted on amazon about two days after i was on tucker carlson's

show the entire trump and jew's page was shut down for 48 hours. no explanation of why. so i don't know if it's a policy. steve: right. >> of social media. sick mentality of the left to shut down free speech if people don't agree with you. steve: curious thing i believe hezbollah and hamas have social media pages that are not taken down and they deal with them every day. mr. mayor, one of the reasons we wanted to stalk to you, david, you know, in this country we are all wondering whether or not the president is going to shut down the government on friday if the democrats don't give him $5 billion for a border wall. democrats say that that is inin additioinefficient, expensd walls don't work. what is your message for democrats who say that walls don't work? >> well, they are wrong.

i mean, i can't state it any clearer than that. in israel, between the years 2010 and 2012, there were 55,000 illegal immigrants that slipped into israel from retria and sudan. they settled in south tel aviv. before long, south tel aviv had a skyrocketing amount of rapes and murders and things were very bad and massive residents by the folks of south tel aviv and towns where the illegal immigrants had settled. israel's government decided that it was time to set a physical barrier on the entire length of the egypt israel southern border. they built a steel high tech wall on that border. wall/fence, whatever you want to call it.

and the fact is within a year, 2016, only 11 immigrants entered. you have to remember 55,000 immigrants coming into a tiny country like israel which is smaller than the state of new jersey is a tremendous amount of people the social up heaval was intense. 2016 after the wall was build. 11 immigrants entered. 2017, after the height of the wall was raised, the illegal immigration was completely shut down it hasn't been a problem since then. look at the pragmatics. ainsley: if you look at the numbers. brian: real quick, mayor, how much was it? >> how much did it cost? brian: yeah. >> i don't remember how much it cost. admittedly it's a shorter border than the border in the united states, but the

principle is important the fact is that walls and fences work. you need that physical barrier along with the high tech. brian: got it. ainsley: david, thank you for being with us. >> you are welcome. thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. it's the military case making national headlines. a decorated war hero charged with murder and facing the death penalty for killing a taliban bombmaker. lieutenant colonel allen west faced interrogators to prevent an attack on u.s. soldiers. he says there is no reason to reopen this case and he joins us live next. brian: first, they cast a spell to run him out of office. now, actual witches are even angrier with president trump. you won't believe why ♪ ♪ must be the season of the witch, yeah ♪ must be the season of the witch ♪ ♪ [upbeat music] you wouldn't feel good not knowing the price here.

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♪ brian: it's your shot of the morning. a tennessee fire department welcoming six new babies in just nine months? ainsley: that's awesome. that is so great. look how precious that is. brian: was that a team goal? ainsley: oak ridge firefighters new dads posing with the babies in front of fire truck. steve: range in age from one month old to 9 months old. there has been a baby boom. ainsley: can i raise them all? send them to me. brian: i sense a calendar. jillian mele is here. tell us what's been happening. jillian: good morning. talk about the man facing terror charges for facing bomb making instructions online. he also voiced support for isis. terrorist propaganda from the middle east. he has been on the fbi's

radar since 2010 after claimed to be al qaeda soldier and threatened to blow up a homeless shelter. he will could face 20 years behind bars. a high speed police chase ends in horrific crash and it is all caught on camera. [screams] oh, no. jillian: show what happens in this video slams in another car in maine. the suspect was trying to avoid police spike strips. you saw him at the video when he lost control. he faces several charges. four people are seriously hurt. you won't believe who is now upset with president trump over. this. >> this is a pure and simple witch-hunt. >> actual witches are outrage at the president for calling witch-hunt. telling the daily beast it's quote a traumatic emotional

imprint. in the past witches have gathered to hex the president. they will probably hex me now for telling you that hero shot 13 times in iraq walks across the stage with fresh memories of his experience. >> it was like this is it. all i could do was roll over take the brunt of it there is no way i could be down on a situation like that when i have my limbs and have my life. jillian: graduating with a degree in exercise science. he wants to get a job with the v.a. to show other veterans that anything is possible. huge congrats to him. ainsley: that's awesome. thank you so much, jillian. jillian: if we can, with the permission of steve and ainsley, go out to weather. janice dean is outside. janice: that's very formal, brian. brian: i don't want to violate a premature toss. janice: it's cold out here today that didn't stop these amazing people to come and

be with me at 6:30 this morning. hi where from you, beautiful family. >> north carolina. >> north carolina. >> we are all a clan. >> do you know ainsley? >> yes. >> you do? >> we met her last year. >> we met you last year. janice: all the people from north carolina are beautiful. i want to say that. where are you from? >> buffalo. >> buffalo, new york. >> this is nothing to you? >> no. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> what's the number? >> 16. janice: oh, i remember 16, oh, yes, i do. let's take a look at the maps while i think about 16. it's 33 but you know what? with the wind it feels even colder than that we have to bundle up, my friends. the good news to this is this is seasonal temperatures for this time of year. we are going to remain around average for much of the country. across the northeast a little bit of snow. storm system brewing across the west going to bring some total rain and some snow for this region and this is the system that's going to kind of move across the central u.s. and we could see some travel delays wednesday through thursday and even into friday for the east

coast. all in all not too bad. anybody you want to say hi to at home? >> hello to donald trump. we love him. janice: he watches "fox & friends." >> yes, he does. >> president trump, we love you. [laughter] >> all right. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. janice: hi, guys. wave to the camera. next weather report 7:30. i expect you all to be here. back in to you. ainsley: tell them we said hello and welcome back. steve: janice dean thinking about 16 -- degrees cold outside. changing gears. a once decorated war hero who fought for our country overseas now a suspected war criminal, major matthew golsteyn charged with murder and now facing the possibility of a death penalty over a 2010 killing of a taliban terrorist. a bomb maker responsible for the deaths of two marines in his unit. brian: our next guest you are familiar with he faced army prosecutors back in 2003 over his interrogation tactics to prevent an attack

on u.s. soldiers and has no regrets. ainsley: his name is retired army lieutenant lieu colonel adam west. thanks for joining us. for the folks at home not familiar with your story, tell us what happened to you. >> what i did was i fired my service 9-millimeter beretta over a detainee's head because he was. >> referee: ing to provide information. that same evening i reported my actions to my commanding officer and then about a month or two months later there was an investigation that was brought down and i fully admitted to everything that i did. i went through an article 32 hearing. they found no need to take it toward a court martial and i was given nonjudicial punishment being fined $5,000 i retired from the army with full honorable discharge. steve: would have you done it again? >> well, as i said during that article 32 hearing, if it's about the safety and lives of my men, i will go through hell with a gasoline can and i will continue to

live by that statement. brian: that brings us to this story and i think i know where you stand. u.s. army special operations talked about matt golsteyn, he is an officer. looks like he was one of the finest in our country. a couple days before he would actually earn the silver star he would have an incident that caused him to kill a taliban bombmaker, now he is under charges he could be looking at the death penalty for doing it. >> what i find disingenuous and disconcerting, he has already gone through one investigation. there was nothing that found it to take this toward a court martial hearing. what he has already suffered through is his special forces tab was stripped from him and silver star was revoked. if you understand the heart of a warrior someone gone through the green beret

training that's very damning to him and for the army to now want to come back and retry this case over again, let me just let the listens and the viewers to include hopefully president trump know something. that you have bowe bergdahl walking around free. bowe bergdahl deserted his post during combat operations by the uniform code of military justice that is punishable by death but is he walking free. bradley manning divulged hundreds of thousands of information that is classified is he walking away free. but, yet, somebody who stands up to the taliban, a bombmaker just the same as army lieutenant lorance is serving time and army held w. held exculpatory evidence. something is going wrong in the army and that's what we need to be concerned about. ainsley: major matthew golsteyn's immediate commander sufficient evidence exists to warrant the referraprefederal of charges

against him. >> he has already been through a previous investigation there was no evidence to find even charging him and what he had to go through was administrative procedures which are stripping away his special forces tab and then also revoking his silver star. so, if that has already been adjudicated, why are we going back -- it's kind of like what yogi berra was saying it's deja vu all over again. if we're going to start charging the men and women in combat zones with premeditated murder. we should be writing speeding tickets at the daytona 500. we send them into combat to find and kill the enemy. this was a taliban bombmaker. no one is arguing about the fact he was a taliban

bombmaker. brian: name of the book is called hold a nation. lieutenant term allen west. thanks for your unique perspective on this. we all share your outrage. thank you. >> thank you. and merry christmas. ainsley: merry christmas to you. steve: there is a investigation. we have heard the president of the united stateof the unites reviewing the case himself. stay tuned. ainsley: bill bennett and lawrence jones all here live. steve: remember that dirty dossier used to spy on carter page. now the reporter who broke the news says there is no proof to back it up. what else the legal impact? judge napolitano, as you can see, is reporting for duty we have eggnog today. oh!

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jillian: good morning, back with a live fox news alert. back in chicago procession for two officers hit and killed by a train. lined up outside the cook county medical examiner's office. they were on the tracks looking for a shooting suspect when they were killed in an instant. police say they found a weapon and are questioning a person of interest. both officers served less than three years on the force. they leave behind wives and young children. brian? brian: thanks, jillian. so sad. 13 minutes before the top of the hour. the reporter who first broke the news about those shocking allegations in the anti-trump dossier he also co-wrote russian roulette making a surprising claim. >> when you actually get into the details of the steele dossier, the specific allegations, you know, we have not seen the evidence to support them. there is good grounds to think that some of the more

sensational allegations will never be proven and are likely false. brian: still used for the fisa application. here to break down the legal impact. fox news senior judicial analyst, first time in the circle, judge andrew napolitano. judge: something new down here. it's fabulous. brian: you deserve it because we merit advice. >> radio show and respect the dill jans of research and honesty. brian: rution roulette chronicled. steele wasn't there he used contacts in order to come up with conclusions used in the fisa application that james comey says i don't remember seeing into the fall of 2016. >> there is a couple of legal questions. if the beginning of the investigation was based on either falsehoods or misrepresentations or deception, and there is probably a little bit of each of that does that invalidate the investigation as it moves down the road?

two legal theories. one is called the fruit of the poisonous tree. if the beginning of the investigation is wrong, then the whole tree is poisonous and whatever they find has to be nullified. i don't think that's going to happen here because i think that the team that bob mueller has probably would have discovered a lot of things that he has discovered anyway. but, steele, christopher steele is a problem for the fbi that goes beyond whether or not he was truthful. he was mi-6 at the same time as he was a source for the fbi. that violates a written agreement between the five i's that's great britain, new zealand, canada, australia, and the united states. you don't recruit one another's agents. the fbi is humiliated. they recruited christopher steele while he was working for british intelligence and everybody knows it they will never give him up. they will never let him testify and they are ashamed everything he knows because they are behind it. brian: he was lobbying to to

get this story into the press in the fall of 2016? >> yes. >> hardly something a typical investigator does. >> why did they do all of this? they feared donald trump because they feared he would shake up the establishment. they wanted to stop him, embarrass him, slow him down. brian: james comey came out defingt. show courage. fox news should show courage. it's terrible, all these things, false things about the fbi. when five higher ups have been expunged, quit or been fired sings he left. >> you know, he really has to be careful what he says not in preferences and catherine herridge asked him great questions yesterday. he was smiling but i'm sure he wasn't happy to be there under oath. if he said something under oath yesterday that cop that districted his three other testimonies, two in public and one private, he is going to have an issue. brian: we need another two hours. you did a great job. the circle only allows us another 10 seconds. appreciate it, judge. judge: all the best. can i say go giants anymore?

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♪ i want to say no, no, no ♪ mind if i move in closer ♪ at least i can say i tried ♪ what's the accepts of hurting my pride ♪ baby don't hold out ♪ but it's cold outside. ainsley: that 1940s christmas classic was heard for two hours straight on sunday morning on a kentucky radio station amid all the backlash over the song's

controversial lyrics. joining us now the program director for that station waky 103.5 in louisville, joe p fedele. >> thanks for having me. ainsley: why did you decide to do this? >> we had heard about the controversy and felt that the song was being i guess you would say maligned because it's just a wonderful song of romance. a give and take between man and woman. that's all it is. nothing sinister about it at all. ainsley: can't we all relate to that where you know you are falling in love but dealing with devil on one shoulder and angel on the other. part of that falling in love? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. and if you notice in the song she is talking about her relatives are going to disprove but it sounds like

she wants to stay. ainsley: i know she is saying oh, you are right it is cold outside. what is the response? what are people saying? >> we are getting a good response. i have had calls from people as far as away as california saying that, you know, we appreciate you doing that now, i have other people saying well, you know, i'm a social worker and i work with women and and we really don't like what you have done. we really support the me too movement and we support the fact that they are trying to protect women and they are trying to get women out of abusive situations. ainsley: of course. of course of course. >> i don't think that this song has anything to do with it. ainsley: definitely a favorite. if they want oanalyze lyrics look at some of today's music. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. ainsley: all right. thank you so much, joe. >> ainsley, thank you. merry christmas to you. ainsley: to you, too. michael flynn will be sentenced in a few hours. president trump just tweeted

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>> fired fbi director james comey quite frustrated after being grilled on capitol hill. >> someone has to stand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base speak the truth. >> hours before sentencing michael flynn documents insight to what led to his guilty plea. >> during that interview flynn was discouraged from having an attorney present and was not informed it was a crime to lie. >> two police officers hit and killed by a train looking for a shooting suspect in chicago. >> these brave young men were consumed with protecting put the safety of others above their own. >> should shut down the

government and the border. >> trump should by executive order say he is shutting down the southern border because he finds the entire situation detrimental. brian: tennessee fire department welcoming six new babies in just nine months. steve: two girls and four boys range in one month old to nine months old. there has been a baby boom in the fire department. ♪ all i got to say ♪ say. ♪ the clock is ticking ♪ all you have to do is stay. steve: clock is ticking toward a friday shut down. clock is ticking toward christmas. the clock is ticking toward judgment day for michael flynn. brian: yeah. the president tweeted on it as well. fox news alert. it's sentencing day and 11:00 specifically in washington, d.c. the president just tweeted. this. ainsley: he said good luck today in court to general michael flynn will be interesting to see what he has to say despite tremendous pressure being

put on him about russian collusion and our great and obviously highly successful political campaign. there was no collusion. steve: that is what the president has said repeatedly. there is no collusion. this comes after new information about flynn's fbi interview. the 302s have been released though redacted. brian: anything we said did not catch griff jenkins by surprise. he has been given this story to tell us what's going to happen today and what's in those documents, griff? >> in four hours lying contact with ambassador. comes as robert mueller releases documents 302s led to flynn's guilty plea. we are all on the same page in layman's terms. 302 notes agent makes in the field ultimately finalized in document form. this one is evidencely redacted reveals peter strzok was among those comey sent to the white house outside of protocol and pole to interview flynn. flynn's lawyers argued

during the interview he was discouraged from having attorney present. prosecutors reject that notion. meanwhile, after former fbi director james comey finished that second grilling on capitol hill yesterday, he came out swinging at the president, republicans and fox news and asked if he bared any responsibility for the fbi's tarnished reputation, here is what he had to say. >> the fbi's reputation has taken a big hit because the president of the united states with his acolytes has lied about it constantly. a whole lot of good people who watch your network believe that nonsense. >> not expected that flynn will get any jail time because of what prosecutors call extensive cooperation, guys. steve: that's right. all right, griff. thank you very much. is he likely to walk free after the judge sentences him because of the cooperation regarding the 302s though, the reason they came out was to prove, you know, in the 11th hour flynn's attorneys have

suggested, you know, he was never told that he was being investigated when they went over to the white house and interviewed him and he was not told that he had to tell the truth. of course, they say he should have known better being a federal official for a long time. of the 302s prove mr. flynn said some things that simply were not accurate. brian: the fbi has taken a hit because of the president and his acolytes and our network. is that the president's fault? mccabe, page, baker, strzok and bruce ohr all sullied the reputation of the fbi and hurt those people, mental and women working in the field on a daily basis. james comey, it's uncredible to me that he doesn't see his role in this whole thing. ainsley: dan bongino was on with sean hannity last night and talking about the dossier. they would not have a case without that hoax document. watch this? >> despite mounds of resources. international intelligence operations trying to verify it. the press. this dossier is still

appears to be one big hoax. but, here's the problem. the investigation into donald trump, judge, would not exist without the dossier. don't take my word for it take the in former number two at the fbi andy mccabe's word for it who actually said they would not have had a case without the dossier. think about where we are. they spied on the trump team based on a hoax document that the number two at the fbi himself said they wouldn't have had a case without. how does that not bother everybody listening right now? brian: how does it not bother that you are james comey said he didn't know about the dossier until the fall. yet this investigation was launched in july. some say back in may. andy mccabe, the number two underneath james comey whose two stories clash to say least. he says i didn't know anything about it. he also said that while the republicans started with the dossier, which had nothing to do with the democratic supported and hillary

clinton funsdeds to yea that took shame that played a role in this investigation. steve: we will hear more about what mr. comey said later today when they released the transcript. i was talking with one of the lawyers who was in the room yesterday. he said every step of the investigation director comey did not follow protocol. he did not do what is generally perceived to be the way you are supposed to do it. could be because he got burned on the hillary clinton thing with coming out and say i'm not going to refer this case for charges, whatever, did he not follow the rules. and that will be abundantly clear when the transcripts comes out later today. ainsley: we read you the tweet that the president wrote about michael flynn. he also was tweeting about the shut down show down that could happen on friday. will he shut down the government or will the government be shut down because he is not getting that $5 billion for the wall. he tweeted. this any time you hear a democrat saying that can you have good border security without a wall. write them off as another politician following the party line. time for us to save billions a dollars a year and have at

the same time far greater safety and control. brian: the problem is would this would be shut down they are not even talking now. there is no buzz back and forth. ainsley: no compromise. brian: chad pergram says there is no buzz at all because republicans have no direction. and democrats don't seem to want to budge. i saw senator come forward yesterday and say nancy pelosi is not giving at all. if she gives at all she is not going to be any speaker. she can't show weakness. we saw schumer on sunday he says he is not getting one penny more than 1.3 billion and not one penny for the wall. where is the gift? steve: he is according to the "the washington post," politico this morning, trying to maximize the drama. is he going to stretch this out. he think he has better leverage that way. ned ryun, who, you know, is a republican strategist. he says not only should the government be shut down because they will not give him the money to build a

portion of the wall, but they should shut down the border. listen to this. >> under the powers given him by immigration and nationality act the president can decide if it is detrimental for the united states, entry of aliens into this country he can by proclamation suspend the entry of all aliens. he has that right obama used that right six times, bush six times clinton six times. he should say he is shutting down the southern border because he finds the entire situation detrimental to the interest of the united states. steve: i wonder if white house lawyers are looking into that. i heard yesterday white house counsel is looking into whether or not they could at that point military funds from the pentagon to build the southern wall. i wonder about that as well. ainsley: you hear from people safe shut down the government they have too much anyway. let us know what you think friends@foxnews.com. brian: i saw dan patrick yesterday.

he said it's a desperate situation. we have 2,000 illegal immigrants charged with a half a million crimes in a six year period they need some border security right away. steve: big question is who will blink first? we will know by midnight on friday. time for news. and jillian joins us. jillian: following this tragic news out of chicago. start with a fox news alert. two police officers are hit and killed by a train there new video showing officers lining up to salute eduardo and conrad gary outside the medical examiner's office. they were on the tracks looking for shooting suspect. looking for a weapon and person of interest. each officer spent less than three years on the force. they leave behind wives and young children. we have a live report from chicago in a few minutes. a brand new report warns the u.s. is unable to defend against modern russian and chinese weapons. the government accountability office says the two countries hyper sonic missiles can break through military defense

systems. the u.s. is also developing hypersonic missiles but admitted no way to stop them yet. the pentagon is working on an interceptor. turning to a fox business alert now. wall street is expected to rebound today. stock market futures pointing towards positive gains on the opening bell on the heels of another bad day. the dow jones industrial average plunging more than 500 points yesterday erasing all of the 2018 gains. the dow and s&p 500 are now back on track for the worst december performances since the great depression. how about this? carrie underwood says let's be nice after a "sports illustrated" producer says she hates sunday night football song ♪ it's sunday night ♪ game on ♪ the country music star writing quote today let's be positive, let's be nice to each other. let's do something nice for someone else. smile at a stranger's it's

the start of a new week. today is precious. don't waste it sending love and cheer to all. love wins. ainsley: that's a good message for all of us to remember. thank you, carrie. steve: we were talking about the dirty dossier and the investigation and the president refers to it all the time as a witch-hunt and now apparently some witches are see steamed that he keeps using that term. when you look at how much the investigation has cost so far, it is $25.2 million and some people are suggesting that's a lot of money to be spending on this. ainsley: many have wondered what else could you use that money for? and so we put together some facts of how much some other things could cost you. you could take 83 friends to outer space on jeff base zoe's blue origin for that a money, what else, brian? brian: 20 million in private island in key largo. steve: could probably buy

25-million-dollar for just saying. or a 20 million -- by the 25-million-dollar luxury yacht. that would be cool. ainsley: you could have a bigger yacht. also buy a 1 12 12 ca 12 carat k harry winston space diamond. >> or send 23 students to harvard. brian: majority want mueller to finish up his investigation. it's unbelievably expensive. ainsley: fine, light hearted way to look at the money. brian: i do hope most people believe is he going to finish up in early 2019. steve: then again after the mueller investigation you have also got the investigations plaintiff huber is investigating things and mr. horowitz at the department of justice. brian: nut spring, right? steve: so you have a bunch of stuff. we don't have the price tag for it. brian: what is huber doing?

went back to utah and sitting there? does he have a staff? does he have a typewriter? steve: i hope not. brian: can he send up a flag to tell us how is he doing? steve: how is the tell writer going to help him? ainsley: it's the government, brian. let us know what you would spend $25 million on. steve: a lot of typewriters. new michael flynn documents released by the mueller team last night. what does law professor jonathan turley make of these 302s? he joins brian live next. ainsley: plus, look who is in our green room. clayton morris he is back on "fox & friends." steve: clayton morris is back. ♪ big time ♪ there's no excuse for what they did to you. it's a hate crime. it's a miracle he survived. [ gasps ] i got your back. based on an inspirational true story. they knocked me down, but i've created a world where i can heal. hey, hey. lookin' good. welcome to marwen.

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brian: fox news alert now. hours, yes, 11:00 specifically before michael flynn's sentencing, robert mueller releasing heavily redacted documents as usual from his interview with the fbi that ultimately led to a guilty plea. fox news contributor jonathan temperature solid a constitutional law professor out of george washington university and joins us now to weigh in. so, i think the conventional wisdom is he is not going to take any jail time should he have been charged to begin with jonathan?

, that's a very good question. when you read 302s this is rather anemic crime border on pathetic. he gets a call on vacation. he talked to this russian ambassador. none of that was particularly strange or unprecedented and certainly not unlawful. he is then asked by these agents about these very specific things that might have uncovered in that call and in his discussions with the russians. he actually says repeatedly i'm not sure. i don't think i talked about that. when they reminded him of something, he said oh, i do remember that but, most importantly, he indicated that he assumed that it was all taped. and so he says very clearly, i'm sure you've read the transcript it creates this rather weird criminal theory that this guy believes that there is a transcript of everything that he said and, yet, he intentionally lied about what's on the transcript? it really doesn't track very well. >> let's just look at the time line january 24th 20rbgs 17, the interview takes place.

on february 13th, 2017, flynn resigns. the president said hey, you didn't tell the truth to the vice president. i got to push you out. 2017, the 302 report is finalized. seven months later, it is finalized. do you hold that out because you try to get information from him and from what you know so far, do you see where the substantial cooperation is? >> yeah, i don't. and the weird thing about -- i don't understand why flynn made the statements he did to the vice president, to the administration. those are all obviously issues of great concern. so he seems to have snowballed out of control on this one when you look at those 302s you can see why the original agents didn't believe he was intentionally lying. you know, so the question is a cases charged as a crime for being a church? because he goes to this meeting without a lawyer. they bypass the protocol to let the white house counsel be aware of this interview and this request. and it just snowballs out of

control that violation of protocol. i wrote a column recently is a very serious one that james comey did it because he figured he could get away with it. brian: do you want answers or do you want to catch somebody not telling the truth? you had the answers you are going there to see if you go k. get him to either tell you the truth or not tell you the truth there is no gaps needed to be filled, it seems. >> "the washington post" said today elaborate story to hide the details conversation with kislyak. that's not what i got from. that is that what you got from that? >> i don't see that i am concerned about the fact later he told the vice president that these things were not raised. i don't get that but, when i read these 302s, it seems to me the type of conversation you would expect with an incoming national security advisor who didn't have a clear recollection. brian: jonathan turley, the big news today, of course, the hearing at 11:00. the other big news is how

the bears have locked up the division. >> thank god. brian: congratulations. >> i knew that hawrtd. thank yohurt.thank you for sayi. brian: elizabeth warren offered these words to graduates at historically black university. >> government itself has systematically discriminated against black people in this country. brian: is that a good message? lawrence jones is next. 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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police department just prior to this incident unfolding here in the city last night we had two officers that were killed in the line of duty. now these two. that means four for the entire year. let's show you video from that procession that took place. the first ambulance that you see there carried the body of 31-year-old conrad gray, the second carried the body of 36-year-old marmolejo. both fathers and husbands: system known as shot spotter. we know that suspect fled to the metra tracks. the two officers were working together monday night and followed the suspect on foot. this is in the rose more neighborhood in the city's far south side. that's when they were hit by an outbound south shore train here at 103rd near the rose moore stop at 6:20 last night. marmolejo had more than two and a half years with the service and gary had just 18 months.

listen police isn't johnson did speak at police headquarters. the police superintendent eddy johnson very sad about this. telling the community to certainly send some prayers out to officers working in dangerous neighborhoods under dangerous conditions every single day. this is a constant in the city of chicago not just with a crime but overall, officers dealing with dangerous conditions. we do know, though, a person was taken into police custody last night. that person is being questioned by police this morning. lye from chicago, tia ewing, fox 32, news, brian, i will send it back to you in the studio. brian: all right, tee a thanks so much. meanwhile go over to steve and ainsley. steve: thank you, brian. senator elizabeth warren delivering commencement speech as historically black morgan state. she had message for graduates. the system is rigged against you. >> rules matter. the government itself has systematically discriminated

against black people in this country. ainsley: joining us now to react to this is editor and chief of campus reform lawrence jones. good morning to you, lawrence. >> hey, good morning. ainsley: what's your reaction? >> well, you know, she talks about rules being rigged against black folk but doesn't talk about the role that she has played into it. this is a woman against school choice meaning that black kids in neighborhoods can't get out of their neighborhoods that are failing zip codes in the education system. this is someone that wants to disarm black people by being against the second amendment. this is someone that advocates for a legal effect our community jobs being taken away. elizabeth warren is an tune in iglesias. she is talking about all these rules but this the same person taking a scholarship from a minority at harvard university by pretending to be a native american. so, you know, there is this complex with a lot of liberals, we talk about this at the leadership campus

reform where they believe they have to be the savior for black people. and this seems to be a common theme with the liberal left in the political class where they have to be the savior and black people can't succeed without them. steve: your first point how she is against school choice is ironic because she for a long time was a teacher and a professor. steve: why would she be against giving people a choice? >> well, because, again, many of the people on the left are in the back pockets of teacher's union. the teacher's unions are against school choice because it's a performance-based pay. a lot of these schools would be shut down and a lot of them would be out of jobs because of school choice. i mean, this is simple business. if something isn't working, then parents should be able to take those tax dollars or whatever school they want to. but a lot of these teacher's unions are against that which is why elizabeth warren because they give her so much money is against this as well. ainsley: lawrence, what do you think the black community?

what's their reaction to that? commencement speech is supposed to push you forward for the next stage of your life and be positive. when she is looking at them and saying the system is rigged against you. what's the reaction? >> well, you know what, ainsley. i'm kind of sick of this on both sides of the aisle of both parties feeling the need to save black people. i mean, how about we just get government out of way and undo some of the recklessness of these laws that have been enforced in my community. and maybe we should just let black people just live and fight their own battles. instead, we have both political parties, particularly the left saying oh, we will save you guys. just move out of the way and let us live. we have got this. steve: all right, lawrence jones, editor in chief campus reform joining us today from down in d.c. thank you. ainsley: thanks, lawrence. merry christmas if we don't talk to you before. >> merry christmas. see you soon. ainsley: bye. steve: a gang member charged with shooting several police officers. taxpayers are on the hook

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steve: i follow you on social media. i subscribe to your youtube channel. have you got this new book out right now as well. what are you trying to do? >> well, you know, a lot of people don't know this when i was here at "fox & friends" i wasn't good with finance. so i was about $75,000 in debt. credit card debt. student loan debt. this is most americans, right? i went downstairs one time to pay for coffee when i first got to fox and my debit card didn't work. i couldn't pay for coffee. i had a foreclosure that had gone through. something is not right here. i have got to get strong with finance. i started investigating in real estate. i started figuring all the this out. 500 credit score. i can't do this. is he on fox. he can do that no. i had horrible credit. iing if youd out a way to start getting really smart with financing. leveraging some of the tools that we all have access to. a 401(k). a military retirement plan. all of these tools to start to go after your primary mortgage and to cut it in half. and so that's what the book is really about. i go through in the book and

my wife we had con this done ths multiple times now helping people get financial intelligence by getting ahold of your finances, paying down your short damage in a short amount of time. ainsley: you watched one of your loved ones lose a job. i don't ever want to be bound to a contract i can lose my job at any time. >> we are blessed. we have amazing jobs. to be blessed and have this job and a lot of people looking at this watching this show blessed to have a job, right. at the end of the day, most people think that that w 2 job is a safety net or the house they live in is an asset. i'm sorry and don't get mad at me. it's not, right? the safety net comes from you putting passive income in your pockets every month from some sort of performing asset. a house you live in is not a performing asset. so buying a rental property. ainsley: you started buying rentals. >> i did while i was here. in addition to that buy businesses. so many viewers have small business us. right? if you can start to have monthly income coming in where you are building a safety net for your family.

you are getting smart with your finances. the stuff that we were not taught in high school. so, in the book we teach you step one is to educate yourself what's in this mortgage. i brought in a fake mortgage. this is most people's mortgage, right? it's got thousands of pages, it feels like in here that most people never read. the first step is to sit down with your spouse and loved one, grab a bottle of wine and figure out what's in that mortgage what fees are you paying. steve: sober. i'm just saying. >> you might need a drink after you look at this stuff. all the fees hidden inside this mortgage that you don't know about. once you get a handle on that and educate yourself then can you go down to step go. ainsley: the banks don't want you to know that they want to you pay over 30 years because they make more money. >> of course. if you have $300,000 home that you buy. by the time you are done paying it you are paying the back about 700, $800,000 for that house. so, what if you could slash it. that's what we teach you in the book the two biggest enemies are time and interest. time and interest. they are like punching you in the

face like every daytime and interest. steve: what do you do about it. >> you have these tools at your disposal. you may have a 401(k). most people think the 401(k) is a sacred cow you can't touch it that's hogwash. borrow with your 401(k). not withdraw and get a penalty. borrow it from the bank of you. ainsley: borrow $60,000 and then you have to pay it back with interest but that interest goes back to you, right? >> to you. the bank of you. you make the interest. ainsley: you are making money. >> exactly. so you can use that maybe just take 5,000 of that and fire it at your principle balance of your mortgage, you will save thousands and thousands of dollars by going after the principle of your mortgage. brian: make sure you are not just doing it different from paying an extra payment. walking in and doing principle. >> totally different point. if you just make an extra payment, again, you are giving -- you are paying interest payment. on that payment no, bank, this is going to the principle balance. call them up, too. a lot of times they will future toward your interest payment. this is going toward the

principal balance. in the book we give a amortization call calculator away. not just a 401(k), a home equity line of credit use. use other financial tools at your disposal. we have a lot of military members who watch our youtube channel, livable to our podcast. they use their version of the 401(k) and the military to do this strategy. this is the stuff we weren't taught in high school. that's what i'm doing now. ainsley: getting out of debt and paying off your mortgage is freedom. steve: youtube channel is. >> morris invest on youtube we have 81,000 friendly subscribers. steve: the book. clayton: the book is called how to pay off your mortgage in five years. on amazon right now. ainsley: congratulations. brian: explain it in a way even i can understand it. which is not easy. >> my wife is the smart one in the family. ainsley: try reading your mortgage. it's a whole different animal.

brian: for old time's sake can you tuesday jillian? >> i would love. to say and now do you have news? jillian: yes. steve: it's a news channels. ainsley: he doesn't walsh it. >> where i'm turning. jillian, great to see you. look at our news headlines this morning. jillian: so happy for you. i want to get that book and pay off my mortgage in five years. brian: you both love philadelphia. >> that's right. jillian: man behind a reign of terror in california was deported four years ago. garcia killed in high speed chase on monday after investigators say he went on a random shooting spree killing a man and wounding several others. according to the sheriff, garcia was deported in 2014 and faced three ice violations before that his current immigration status is unclear. a gang member accused of shooting at cops will have his medical bills paid for by the city. tax payrolls in omaha, nebraska, on the hook for almost $250,000. johnny zelle jr. shot by police after he allegedly shot at them.

he doesn't have health insurance and because it technically happened in police custody, the city is required by law to foot the bill. a serial deer poacher gets an interesting punishment. >> don't look back. keep running. >> mother. jillian: judge ordering a man who legally killed hundreds of deer in missouri to watch kiss disney classic bambi during jail sentence. bambi's mother is killed by hunters. i'm sorry if any kids are watching and haven't seen bambi. brian: here's the thing, jillian. if it was a documentary i can see it how do you show a guy who kills deer a cartoon? ainsley: we need to ask the "duck dynasty" crew. i want to see what our viewers think about that. write us friends@foxnews.com. steve: meanwhile, go outside. janice dean weather machine with a bunch of folks and

it's chilly. janice: i'm getting used to this. you must come after the new year, okay? any birthdays and celebrations here? [cheers] janice: lots of birthdays, get well, cheryl, we love you. congratulations mom and dad. >> honeymoon. >> honeymoon. congratulations. >> brandon mississippi. janice: all right. mississippi. any texas? north carolina? all right. that's the south. awesome. take a look at the maps real quick. so it's cold. i hear you, florida loud and clear. 32 right now. 51 in tampa. i mean, it's cool across much of the country. it feels like december. not too much. it's been a quiet forecast for now. we do have a system moving into the west that could bring some coastal rain and some snow. that's the storm that's going to bring potential for travel delays thursday and friday across the east coast. we will certainly keep you up to date. say hi to steve, ainsley and brian, my new found friends. [cheers] janice: thank you for

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2020. and, smoking pot as a teen could lead to mental illness later in life. john hopkins researchers finding marijuana increases inflammation in parts of the brain linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. brian? brian: thank you so much, jillian. in the grind of monday to friday 9 to 5 work days have got you down, take solace in the fact that it soon may be a thing of the past. steve: according to billionaire richard branson the idea of working five days a week with two days as weekends and a few weeks of holiday each year has become engrained in society. but it wasn't always the case and it won't be in the future. ainsley: said the man who has already made his billions. not only that more and more companies are making a four day workweek a reality. here to react is host of varney and company on the fox business network stuart varney. companies are probably making more money if they do four day workweek versus the lights on for five days. >> more appropriate is to say that they are attracting

the skilled talent that they like. if you have got full employment and we have got full employment big time you are short of skilled workers. you offer them attractive benefit. what better benefit than work life balance four day week. technology enables that to some degree. companies can use it as a major attraction to bring in the skill talent that they need. wouldn't you go for that if you could. brian: longer days what they usually mean four longer days. >> there are caveats here. suppose you go to a four day week, right? you have got friday, saturday, sunday off or whatever the combination is are you actually completely free of work on those three days? bear in mind that all of us have these things. all of us have to answer emails or texts or demands from somebody or other on the days that we have off. there is a caveat there. yes, better work life balance. i do believe it is coming. i believe branson is right

on this. at the same time, there are some caveats. these smart phones are everywhere and you really got to answer them. ainsley: it's a great way to keep your employees. at fox we have a lot of people start on the five day work day and then they have eventually gone to the four day and work longer hours and they love it they are happy. they stay. >> competitive global economy. if american corporations start offering four day workweek and don't get extra productivity we fall behind competitors. you can't let that happen. that's another caveat. tethered to smart phone so not completely off work and tethered to the competition you are competing with them. steve: stuart, before you go, as we talk about a four day workweek, or five day workweek as we have now, that's historical. >> as i understand it. the weekend. the concept of weekend saturday and sunday off was created in victorian england. queen if i can vallarta i victor

asking what is this thing they called a weekend? ainsley: only had one day off. >> six days a week. you went to church on sunday. then it became like a half day on saturday and then the weekend arrived in sick tore i can't, england five days a week. now branson an english man might want to make it a four day week. i'm with him. ainsley: time for change. >> on this one occasion i'm with him. steve: stuart, thank you very much. interesting stuff. former fbi director james comey lashing out after being grilled behind closed doors on capitol hill. his targets, president trump, republicans and the channel you are watching right now. brian: isn't that nice? plus one organization is helping children with disabilities by giving them a four-legged friend. they are here to tell us how you can help them and others this holiday season. ♪ stand by me ♪ oh stand ♪

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steve: during this week before christmas we are taking a special look at some worthy causes that you at home can help support this holiday season. ainsley: four paws for ability nonprofit with mission to enrich the live of children with disabilities with veterans by placing them with quality task trained service dogs. brian: joining us is jeremy, who service dog bee. welcome, guys. jeremy, great to see you. >> great to see. brian: have you hundred dogs and you raise them to do what. >> we raise our dogs to be service dogs. we work with children and veterans with disabilities. steve: how -- the training is intense. tell us a little bit about that. >> it is. we start as soon as the dogs are born. it takes about a year to a year and a half to raise and train and place each of the

dogs. ainsley: tell us about bee. who are you training bee to go to? >> bee has been training right now for a younger child. i won't say who it is a younger child with autism and epilepsy. she will be placed in later spring. brian: what roles do dogs have in enhancing their lifestyle? >> probably the easiest thing incorporate say what i hear again and again and again from our clients is the dogs give our clients their lives back. we had a veteran in class, jewels wrapped up friday at graduation. he gave a really emotional speech and what he said is he hadn't been to the mall since 2004. steve: wow. >> so he said typically if i go to the store he goes i rush, in i grab the milk. i grab some chips. i go home, i pull the blinds, i put the deadbolt on and i'm in there. by graduation day he was in the mall for over two hours. ainsley: wow. you gave him his life back like you said. what does this mean to you? why did you get involved? >> i get emotional. you know, this means so much to so many people.

we have placed over 1500 dogs. the way four paws started our executive director, our ceo karen church was denied service dogs from some agencies simply because she was too disabled. and that's where four paws really steps up. you know. we don't look at people and say you are too young. kids need help at any age. we look at the individual and we say how can we help them the most? steve: absolutely. the way that our viewers can help you is to donate. to donate just go to four, the number 4 paws for ability.org. or go to our website friends@foxnews.cowebfriends@fo. we will link to your website. it's a wonderful program. i have a feeling we have big-hearted viewers watching right now. they will open their wallets. ainsley: we all grew up with dogs. we have dogs. we love dogs. they are such a blessing. so cool to know that a child with a disability or a veteran can come back from

war and be placed with. anna: mall that can help them make their lives so much easier. brian: good job, jeremy, thanks. >> thank you. brian: tis the season for giving. believe in me foundation sending thousands of christmas gifts to gold star kids. how great is that? steve: that is great. we're going to step aside. more "fox & friends" ine. two minutes. flu symptoms fast. new theraflu powerpods. flu symptoms fast. press. sip. relief. . this is not a bed.

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the president tweeted this anytime you hear a democrat saying you could have good border security without a wall, write them off. >> walls and fences work. you need a physical barrier along with high-tech. >> one station in kentucky is taking a stand, playing, baby it's cold outside on repeat. >> this is a wonderful song of romans and nothing sinister about it. ♪ brian: that hair look is coming. steve: out the window. brian: glare look. that's the glare. it wasn't a mystery. i am saying i enjoyed it. ainsley: you love the glare. brian: if you have glare at home, write us. steve: things for joining us on this busy tuesday. we have a fox news alert,

11:00 this morning michael flynn will figure out what sort of justice the judge in his case is going to mete out. many suggest he will walk out a free man because he cooperated extensively with the feds despite the fact that they say he told the feds lies when he was interviewed in january of 2017. brian: in january 2017 when he got a phone call, excuse me, earlier than that, he got a phone call from ambassador kislyak from russia. steve: he got a text that he didn't respond. brian: he takes a call, on vacation in the dominican republic. he was not keeping up with the news. doesn't remember exactly what they talked about. evidently that was recorded. that conversation was recorded. he was confronted with the conversation. the fbi agents thought it was so important they waited seven months to write up the conversation. ainsley: when asked if he tried to convince the russian ambassador not to escalate a fight with the united states,

this was during the barack obama administration, according to that 302 he said not really and i don't remember. on february 13th, he decides to resign. on the 15th of february, weeks later, the 302 report is finalized. many say why did it take so long? they should have finalized that right after they interviewed him. steve: here is the thing. 302 only couple pages long. ainsley: heavily redacted. >> a lot we don't know. it is very clear that because the fbi operators have the transcript, they know what he said, they were trying to catch him. they would ask him a question, he would go i don't really remember that part. well, didn't you do this? and he said, you know what? exactly. i did something like that. so, jonathan turley was on with brian 45 minutes ago, he said these charges are tenuous at best. the fbi, well, the fbi has got some answering to do.

listen. >> i don't understand why flynn made the statements he did to the vice president, to the administration. those are all obviously issues of great concern but, when you look at those 302s, you can see why the original agents reportedly didn't believe he was intentionally lying. so, the question is, is this sort of a case, you know charged as a crime for being a chump. because he goes to this meeting without a lawyer. they bypass the protocol to let the white house counsel be aware of this interview and this request. and it just snowballs out of control. brian: "washington post" writes up the document shows that flynn spun an elaborate story to hide details of his conversation with kislyak. there is nothing -- steve: not very elaborate. brian: not elaborate. i don't know what they're talking about. interesting if judge sullivan has a history of this, judge emmett sullivan, who ordered the mueller probe to come back be forth coming with the documents. not only don't think he should

go to prison, i don't think he should have been charged. that is the first body blow mueller received. steve: he already has been charged. so he can throw it out of court. brian: yes. steve: ultimately does it set up the president of the united states pardoning michael flynn? there's a real good chance that is true. how many times we heard the president talk about how this witch-hunt has been unjust. he feels that an innocent man was caught up just in a web of things, although the president did fire michael flynn for lying to the vice president. ainsley: yes he did. brian: vice president went out and said, that mike flynn never talked to kislyak, when he did. ainsley: we'll see if he pardons. mike flynn would love that. i'm sure he would love to wrap up this investigation soon too. maybe he pleaded guilty for that. obviously he was sayings, they have the transcripts that say what he said to kislyak and what he is saying now. meanwhile the president just tweeted. he says, illegal immigration costs the united states $200 billion a year. how is this allowed to happen?

steve: because in addition to michael flynn, the deadline for him is 11:00 today, midnight on friday, when the federal government, about a quarter of it could actually shutdown because they're at a budget impasse. the president wants $5 billion to build his worder wall. democrats really don't want to give him the money. behind the scenes on capitol hill not much is going on. because senate republicans who have a lot on the line, they're waiting for guidance from the president. but the president is taking his time because he knows longer it goes he feels more leverage he has. according to one politician on the republican side who talked to "politico," the president wants to maximize the drama. good job because it is being maximized. brian: the house doesn't get back until tomorrow. they're looking to pass criminal justice reform as early as today. the senate could be voting on it. so there's a lot to do still. they have seven funding bills to go through. meanwhile i thought texas

lieutenant governor dan patrick put it best last night. when you talk about the need to get border security. it is not a sometimes thing, not a democrat thing, a republican thing, it is a necessity. it would save money. he knows what is going on in texas. listen. >> 25 to 30 million people here illegally. most are not criminals but a lot are. when i hear people on fox, whatever station, well, these people are law-abiding citizens, in texas alone we arrested over 200,000 illegal immigrants, charged them with half a million crimes in six-year period. those are real numbers. we apprehend people from the middle east. we apprehend people all over the world. not just people coming from central america that could be terrorists. we have to have a secure border. the president is right. i hope he holds the line, shuts down the government if we don't build the wall. we cannot absorb the criminals and cost taxpayers to pick it up. >> before we run out of time i want to say what beto --

brian: beto o'rourke has no position on this or has no position on anything. ainsley: did you want to say something about that? steve: i was reading a column today, one of the reasons beto o'rourke skyrocketed simply because of the fact that the democratic candidates who might be available, not very strong. brian: right. there is a lot of them available. 30 plus. steve: and not very strong. anyway. ainsley: we talk about our country and the direction of our country. there is a new "fox news poll" finds most of you, most americans are hopeful about the future of our country look at that 51% are very hopeful compared to 201741% were hopeful. steve: it has gone up 10%. has 2018 been a good for bad year for you, 53% of americans of registered voter say good

year. 28% bad year. i'm not sure what the missing 19%. couldn't be reached. brian: the year is not over yet. come back to me in two weeks. steve: email us at "fox & friends".com or facebook. has 2018 been a good year or bad year. jillian: if i get a christmas gift from brian that is really expensive it might be a good year. brian: last year i gave you cash. you seemed pretty happy. steve: you gave me cash? jillian: no. we are following the story out of chicago. tragic story overnight. let's get to the fox news alert. where two police officers were hit and killed by a train. firefighters raising an american flag as you see there to honor officers the two officers. they were on the tracks looking for a shooting suspect when they were killed instantly. police say they found a weapon and are questioning a person of

interest. officer m-armelo has a wife and three kids was on the force for 2 1/2 years. officer gary spent 18 months on the force and leaves behind a wife and infant. days after a texas judge viewed obamacare unconstitutional, democrats are filed back. 17 democrat state attorneys general filed a motion laying groundwork to appeal. they want obamacare to remain active as it goes through the appeals process. they ruled the law unconstitution because congress repealed the individual mandate. teachers parents and doctors are alerted about the dangers of new types of e-cigarettes. after the national institute of health found roughly 3 million high school students are using the devices. e-cigarette use doubled among high school seniors in just one year. okay the people have spoken. the port authority listened. the controversial christmas decorations at the new jersey holland tunnel were fixed overnight.

look here, the tree is now over the a. and the wreath removed from the u. more than 21,000 people voted for the change after a commuter started a petition saying the original decorations did not make sense. and really they didn't. who put the tree over the n? steve: o offer a u and a over an n. jillian: o over an o. we can sleep well tonight. brian: trust me if you trying to get in the holland tunnel you will stare that a long time. nothing moves. steve: that is the way it works. brian: would be easier to go to holland then get through the tunnel. ainsley: trying to get new york through the newark airport, it takes forever to get into the city that tunnel takes forever. brian: i like to use steve's helicopter. steve: not using that. using the jetpack. landing on the roof. brian: it is windy though.

steve: it sure was today. james comey lashing out after being grilled behind closed doors after being grilled on capitol hill. guess who he started. >> someone has to stand up in face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, mean tweets, stand up for values of this country. steve: our next guest spent 24 years in the fbi. he is here with a message for mr. comey. coming up next. ainsley: carlton from the fresh prince of bel-air going to court over his signature dance moves. ♪ not not unusual to have fun with anyone, it is not unusual to see me cry, i wanna die ♪

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frustrated after being grilled on capitol hill lashing out at the president and republicans and fox news channel after his second hearing on capitol hill. former fbi assistant director chris swecker, served 24 years as a fbi special agent. he joins us from charlotte with reaction. good morning, sir. >> good morning. steve: what did you make of mr. comey coming out after being grilled four or five hours and he was steamed? >> tell you what, steve, the last thing 38,000 dedicated professional men and women of the fbi, honest men and women of the fbi need jim comey using them as a shield for his misconduct and his bad acts while briefly director of the fbi. he has been a big disappointment and he has made the job of every fbi street agent harder because of his statements and obvious partisanship. steve: speaking to one of the lawyers who was in the deposition essentially yesterday of mr. comey and they said that every step of the investigation

director comey did not follow protocol. he is the director of the fbi, which is the law and order agency of the united states of america and he did not follow the rules. >> steve, i was assistant director when he was, of the fbi when he was the deputy attorney general. now if i had taken notes during meetings with him and then went back and prepared memos about those notes, those would become records of the fbi. if i had leaked those notes and lawn dered them through a third party, i would have been fired on the spot. furthermore, if i had gone out held a press conference and announced or exonerated the subject of an investigation publicly and played investigator, prosecutor, judge and jury all at same time, again i would have been fired. so i mean that is just a couple of the things that he did wrong during his time as director. and as i said, that makes it so much harder for the men and women of the fbi to do their job because that feeds the perception that they're

partisan. steve: mr. comey was cagey in so much as those memos that you just mentioned. he, he leaked them to friends of his, who he would later hire as his attorneys, and then when it is time to ask him questions, there is this thing called attorney/client privilege, i can't talk about that. >> he is tone deaf about this. it shows how unsuitable he was from the very beginning to be the fbi director, making up his own rules. here is the guy at top breaking every rule in the book. then you have, that explains why his inner circle, mccabe, strzok, page, felt justified in doing the same thing. they lied. they leaked. they're partisan. and again, it hurts the men and women of the fbi. it makes it more difficult for them to do their job. steve: what did you make of him lashing out at republicans and people who won't stand up to the president and fox news channel? >> what's ironic when he had the

opportunity to stand up to the president he didn't do it. he talks about, you know, courage and standing up. he didn't do that. allegedly the president asked him to go easy on flynn. he didn't do anything. he went back to his office, wrote a memo. demanded loyalty. he didn't say anything. just sort of waffled on it. by his own account. let's not talk about courage. i mean that is one thing he lacks. steve: exit question, real quick one, chris, how will director comey be remembered by history? >> i think he will go down as, probably the person that did the most damage to the fbi in its 120 year history. you know, there has been controversy over the years with the fbi but never has their objectivity been in question. he is single-handedly made that more difficult. steve: nobody knows more about it than you, having served there for decades. chris, thank you very much for joining us from north carolina.

>> thank you. steve: 8:20 here in new york city. a new movie tells the story about a planned parenthood clinic director who became pro-life after facilitating thousands of abortions. the actress who stars in it, learned a shocking family secret after landing the lead role. ashery broker is here to reveal that. your renters insurance. oh, geico helps with renters insurance? good to know. yeah, and they could save you a lot of money. wow, suddenly i feel so relieved. you guys are fired. get to know geico and see how much you could save on renters insurance.

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in scottsdale, arizona. it cost six bucks. it can do same day deliveries. it hopes the bottom will give an edge against amazon and walmart. puts people out of jobs. ainsley. ainsley: thanks so much. a movie set to be released next year focusing on the true story of a lady named abby johnson. she is a clinic director, was a clinic director at planned parenthood, who helped facilitate about 22,000 abortions before she left and became pro-life. after our next guest, the lead actress was cast in a movie called, "unplanned." her parents revealed a dark family secret that weighs was almost aborted. here to share more of her story, here is actress ashley bracher. congratulations getting this role. >> thank you, thank you. ainsley: tell me about the role how it changed your life. >> before i auditioned the for the role i had no idea who

ashley was. i considered myself pro-life. i had shades of gray in my opinion. i got the roll, learning who abby was, her experience was, details she shared working at planned parenthood. it opened my eyes to reality what abortion really is. ainsley: when you got the role you had to sit down with her and learn a lot about? >> you know i didn't have time for that. ainsley: tell me the story. >> i didn't find out i had the role the day they asked me to get on a plane, fly out to oklahoma for seven weeks. hey, can you get on a plane five hours, packed for seven weeks. they gave me the script six hours before. ainsley: why did they do that? >> the directors explained to me they went with less traditional casting process. they felt that whoever was going to have the roll would be someone overlooked by hollywood. that the person would need zero time to make a decision. ainsley: because they didn't want outside influence tell you not to get the role. >> they wanted me to make the

decision. ainsley: even though it is controversial subject. >> they warned me. you will probably get blacklisted. it could indyour career. i said it is worth it. i don't care. i know where i stand. ainsley: you're very brave. you had a conversation with your mom. tell me about that. >> i didn't have a lot of time to tell me where i was going. high must knew. my sister knew. when my mom called me on set, four days in oklahoma. i answered the phone, hey mom, i'm filming this movie and, cry every time i tell the story still. i knew she would be emotional hearing it because she had shared with me when i was younger she had an abortion when she was 16. this movie is not about judgment and condemnation. it is about mercy and forgiveness. i wanted to share with her abby's story let her know who i was doing and as i was portraying. as i started to tell her she broke down completely. she said i need to tell you

something i never told you before. when i was 19, i went to have an abortion with you. ainsley: wow. >> i was in the clinic on the table and, the nurse very pregnant, came in to examine me. and, i got really sick to my stomach. i knew i couldn't do it. i got up and i walked out and i chose you. i never knew that. it blows my mind that i never knew that about myself until after i had stepped into this role to play abby johnson, tell one of the greatest pro-life stories of all time. ainsley: came full circle. god is good, right? >> yes, amen. and, later i called my dad, to confirm the story. hey, dad, how did all this happen? he said we were really young and we didn't think we were ready for a baby. we thought abortion was our only option. your mom was adamant she would have one. we didn't have the money. i pawn ad family shotgun, that

is how they were going to pay for the abortion. it blue me away the value after human life was the price of a shotgun, a pawned shotgun, that is how cheap we consider life to be. ainsley: i'm a mom. they're so precious. our little ones. hard to understand. no judgment but it is hard to understand because they bring so much to our lives. you brought so much to your mom's life. you brought so much to all of our lives telling this story. what is the message you want america to hear? >> i want everyone to know this movie is not any specific genre. it is a film for the entire united states. it is funny. it is dramatic. it is truthful. it is graphic. it is a film of hope. it's a film of mercy, of grace. it is not judgmental. we're not seeking to attack planned parenthood but we are trying to open the eyes of the public to reveal what abortion really is. ainsley: thank you so much.

god bless you. we'll go see the movie. called, "unplanned." coming out in march. >> march 22nd. visit unplanned.com and get tickets. ainsley: god bless you. >> thank you. ainsley: fentanyl is one of the most dank dangerouses out. one headline says this would become a weapon of mass destruction. bill bennett was a drug czar and cut drug use by 50%. he tells us how we can fight back against the opioid crisis. she hasn't started in congress but alexandria ocasio-cortez already need as break? ♪ ♪ voice-command navigation with waze

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♪ ♪ do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart, how the music can free her whenever it starts, and it's magic, if the music is groovy and makes you feel happy like an old time movie ♪ steve: magic the week less than christmas. traffic in front of sixth avenue is not terrible. ainsley: not yet. steve: we are one block away from the rockefeller center tree which is where everybody wants to drive. ainsley: christmas spectacular happens back there in that theater. brian: talk about spectacular, bill bennett is here. spectacular bill bennett. fox news contributor. former education secretary under ronald reagan. he has a book called, "the true st. nicholas" so much going on "fox nation" as well. thanks forfeiting us into your schedule, bill. >> you're very welcome. brian: before we get to your new

book, americans feel pretty good about themselves much better than 2017 in 2018. what is your thought about that, despite a lot of the negative news, people feel good? >> well their circumstances are better. it is just a little embarassment in some quarters to say that publicly because people will then think you're praising trump which is not politically correct. you know the left used to say the political is personal. take your politics personally. now the personal is political. and friendships are affected. people's circumstances improve but they're a little worried about what to say. i have friends, at least they call themselves that, let's take a four-year hiatus in our friendship. maybe it will be eight years while the presidency is going. but the divisions are interesting, below that first number, brian, a lot of the divisions in this poll look like the divisions we see in the polling in the midterms. men are much more optimistic

than women. and young people are not so sure. steve: but the country is dug in. >> yep. steve: for president trump's core supporters, a lot of them are happy to anger their friends and reltis because they support him so much. it is like, i'm going to just tell you how i feel about the wall whether you want to hear it or not. >> some yes, some no. i think you get different reports on different thanksgiving dinners, steve, unless you served the meal according to your cookbook, i got that plug in, you will get different reports on this a lot of people decided with friends, even with family members, stay off politics. but the objective reality, not the fake news, not the fake reality, but the objective reality is good. people's lives are improving that has something to do with this president. ainsley: you were also the drug czar, the first drug czar under president george h.w. bush. >> yes. ainsley: you are an expert at this. we wanted to read you this headline this is bloomberg

op-ed, this killer opioid could become a weapon of mass destruction. what do you think about that? >> it already is, in some ways, ainsley, a weapon of mass destruction. 65,000 deaths. each year for the last three or four more people died from this opioid epidemic than were killed in all of the vietnam war. it is a very serious matter. it can be addressed. it is being addressed. the president cares about it. he is off to a good start but more attention has to be paid. that is the first thing, get the public to pay attention. i have to say even the press was helpful back then when i was the first drug czar. they put it on the covers of magazines t was all over tv. you may remember, may be too young, ainsley but the guys remember ads jumping off a diving board into empty swimming pool, this is your brain on drugs. public sector, private sector and there is a lot of dimensions to it. president is negotiating on china tariffs and trade.

this has to be a big part of it. because this fentanyl is deadly stuff. you guys have been great with the police, talking about the police. i saw one feature you did about people not entering police departments. i talked to some people in police departments who are terrified of this fentanyl as you probably know, if you get your hands on this it can be fatal. steve: right. >> this is the worst we've seen. cocaine was huge when i took the job this is a big and worse problem. brian: by the way i don't want to get too sidetracked i saw the "60 minutes" special, the guy sued big tobacco and won he is going after bilge pharma. he thinks they are complicit in this whole epidemic. >> some are, some outfits are. some people get into this from overdosing and misdiagnosing, that's for sure. but something that is more popular another route in, is marijuana. that is how most people get n we're going crazy legalizing

marijuana while we have opioid epidemic. doesn't make sense. steve: looks like new york state could be one. governor cuomo is talking about that. bill, we're right at a week away from christmas. >> right. steve: you have the brand new book, the true st. nicholas, why he mattered for christmas. tell us one of the stories about it as we sit back and relax your story telling. >> thanks, a great lead-in. this is the real st. nicholas, a real guy. he was a bishop of the church. as a young man, this is the seminal story. as a young man in patera a part of turkey. his parents died. he inherited some money. he took mercy on the poor. there was a family there, father one of his daughters to be married. in those days you need ad dowry in order for a young woman to be married. they were too poor. nicholas came to the house three times, through small bags of the

window where they landed in stockings or shoes. okay? got the story. there it is. 1800 years later we're still doing this irony, this man who came in the middle of the night to do this, did so anonymously, he became the most famous gift giver in the world. this is his story. the true story. how it moves through the ages. he gets called different things. the end of the story coca-cola discovers st. nicholas. steve: sold a lot of coke. absolutely. interesting stuff. check out the book, available everywhere. bill always a pleasure. >> thank you, guys. have a merry christmas. steve: merry christmas. brian: is this perfect stocking-stuffer? >> absolutely. two or three of them will fit in there. steve: perfect stocking tosser. >> that is good too. brian: watch bill's stuff on fox nation. that is fantastic.

talk about fantastic jillian is here. jillian: thank you very much. doj reveals the ex-senate intelligence staffer was at the fisa leak investigation. james wolf's role in leaking highly classified materials. he was never charged and later pleaded guilty into lying to the fbi. they allowed the fbi to spy on former trump aide, carter page. a ultralight aircraft was dropping drugs into the united states. agents watched as it flew back into mexican airspace. it left one million dollars worth of meth and a getaway bicycle. two people are under airs. alexandria ocasio-cortez hasn't been sworn in but she need as break. the new york congressional elect, quote, i'm taking a few days to take care of myself what is firm for the working poor and immigrants. self-care is not new congress

will be sworn in next month. remember the carlton dance from ""the fresh prince of bel-air""? ♪ not unusual to be loved by anyone ♪ jillian: how can we forget that? carlton, actor al response sew ribeiro is suing the company that crete the "fortnite." think said he is using the dance without his permission. it's a break dance. brian: but exactly like it he did it. ainsley: replace it with the elaine dance. steve: there is a lot going on there. jillian: that's it right there. steve: did he originate that dance. brian: fred astaire maybe did the same thing in 1930. steve: someone taught him that? brian: or graceful or gene

kelly. steve: or janice dean the dancing machine. not that unusual for janice to be dancing. janice: look at wonderful crowd today. we've got a birthday, happy birthday. foxy 50 and -- >> 73! janice: over here, birthday, birthday, birthday, birthday. 30 and flirty. where are you from. >> boston. janice: excited to be here in new york? >> so excited. janice: let's look at the maps. it is cold outside. we're warm on fox scare where everyone is hugging each other, loving each other and having some birthdays. we have the potential of a storm moving into the west coast. otherwise quiet for december. beautiful crowd, wave to everybody at home. come on over here.

whoo!. steve: that's great. every morning before christmas it is like new year's eve at midnight on fox square. brian: absolutely. janice, great job with that crowd. keep going or looking at difficult dance every time. ainsley: gets better and better. ♪ minimums and fees.

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american flag right there for the officers who died chasing a shooting suspect. steve: that's right. todd piro joins us live with breaking details. reporter: a horrible way to break up. officers eduardo marme l.j. o and conrad gary were looking for a suspect when they were struck by the train and were killed. they are questioning a person of interest. they found shell casings near the scene of the original shots fired call. both officers served less than three years on the force. >> by doing the most dangerous thing any police officer can do that is to chase an individual with a gun. these young men were consumed identifying a potential threat to their community and putting their safety. reporter: officer marmolejo had three years on the force. officer gary 18 months on the force and leaves behind a wife

and infant. this is the first time in 30 years two police officers were killed in the line of duty from the same incident. just a reminder what our men in blue go through. guys? steve: apparent experts say the train was going 60 miles per hour when the train hit them. they were killed instantly. ainsley: the tracks go up a steep embangment. maybe that is why they didn't see it coming. tragic. steve: we'll keep you posted throughout the day on the investigation. ainsley: we have the top picks for all ages like a virtual reality headset. that is coming up next. ♪ traveling lighter. getting settled. rewarded. learn more at the explorer card dot com.

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>> happy tuesday morning. big show coming up. great guests for you two hours

from now michael flynn will be sentenced. we will be gearing up for that. plus the battle over the border wall continues so where do things stand as of today? and another wild week on wall street. what is next for the u.s. economy? we have an all-star lineup for you this morning. carly fiorina, our headliner sarah sanders will join us from the white house, alan dershowitz, chairman bob goodlatte and more. all that live from "america's newsroom." join us in moments. brian: thanks, sandra. there is just one week to go until christmas day. steve: if you need help finding the perfect tech gift we have you covered for everybody from grandma to the pet lover in your family. we figured out what ainsley wants as well. ainsley: i slept wrong. the last two nights. joining us is lifestyle expert erica katz. this is amazing. massage yourself without anyone behind you, right? >> we have some great exists.

start with grand ma and grandpa. my mother always has a problem with face time. i'm getting her the portal from facebook. steve: i've seen the ad for that. >> this is really cool. you can actually have a conversation with somebody, the screen will move. if you walk around the room, it will follow you. it will augment your voice. you can even do bedtime stories. it has great augmented sounds. steve: it is terrific for people who are not technically savvy but still want to face time to talk to somebody. >> and it couldn't be easier. brian: now let's move over to mom and dad. steve: that is where that neck thing comes up. ainsley: this is great. >> we have the medic massager. we have a neck and massager. it has heat. ainsley: you want to try it? >> i tried it. >> this is great for somebody on your feet because you have a whole massager. steve: sit down in the chair. ainsley: that is for the person

who works retail in your life. >> exactly. this neck massager, can take it with you in the car. you can charge it for the long car trips. steve: for kids you have virtual reality. >> yes. when i came home from this, my teenage son and all his friends went crazy. this is the oculus go. you put it on. it can link to almost 1000 appears. you can watch fox sports in virtual reality. get really close to your team. isn't that neat. brian: you can put your own phone in there? >> you link it to the apps on the phone. you can do meditation, roller coasters. it is supercool. brian: next for your intragrammer. >> my daughter loves instagram. all the picktures are in the phone. you can hook the phone up and print out your pictures and do filters and do funny bunniers. ainsley: how much is that? >> this is 139 in amazon. ainsley: you just buy the photo paper?

>> it comes paper and ink and you can buy more. the best thing you can borrow it when kids are at school. steve: everybody in the house? >> everybody in the house you have to have the playstation from sony. the great thing about the playstation, i like to give this to everybody, you have the virtual reality as well. in the stocking you get every child in your family a different game. so that is a really nice thing to do. brian: for your pet. >> i just got a dog, a beautiful puppy in april. and so we got the furbo the best part about this, it is a dog camera. you can watch your dog and you can see these treats? you put the treats in the top like this. steve: so the dog walks over you get a good facial shot. >> you click on the app and it will toss treats to the dog. ainsley: really? >> you can get the highlights of your dog's day. steve: how much is that? >> this is 249 at amazon. brian: great ideas.

ainsley: brian's dogs are on the side of the box. brian: more "fox & friends" in a moment. ♪ y and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. while meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. like millions of others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b. meningitis b strikes quickly. be quick to talk to your teen's doctor about a meningitis b vaccine.

>> time now for the "after the show show". go to your fox nation app, push on it. we'll be with you in two minutes. >> i'll be with you on the radio from 9:00 to noon. >> stay within yourself, right? >> bill: good morning. in a matter of hours president trump's first national security advisor is sentenced today in the mueller matter as we get our first look at the interview that landed michael flynn in hot water. a lot to cover today. we'll get to all of it. i'm bill hemmer in new york. >> sandra: good tuesday morning. a big morning. i'm sandra smith. today's sentencing seen as a milestone in the special counsel's probe but new questions surround the investigation of michael flynn during that fateful white house interview last year when it was all over, michael flynn ended up lying to the f.b.i.