38-31. merry christmas to you and yours. carley: "fox and friends first" continues right now. rob: monday, december 24th, and on this christmas eve donald trump doubling down on his demand for a border wall. jillian: republicans take aim at democrats accusing them of putting politics over policy. >> this is all about trying to make sure donald trump does not secure the border. >> this is about democrats not wanting the president to follow through on his commitment to secure the southern border. jillian: live in washington with that. early dismissal sense thatis out the door earlier than planned. rob: brand-new marching orders overnight, pulling all troops out of syria. also a hero's welcome home in time for the holidays.

jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock ♪ snowing and blowing ♪ now the jingle rock has begun ♪ jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock ♪ jingle bell time and jingle bell time ♪ carley: it is so warm it is crazy. but it is, merry christmas eve to you and yours, getting your house already. you are watching "fox and friends first" monday morning. rob: thanks for getting up with us. the partial government shutdown expected to stretch into the new

year. republican slamming democrat claiming they are refusing to compromise on border security. jillian: jillian turner has reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: merry christmas to both of you. capitol hill has been buzzing all weekend long, despite the government shutdown the president weing from the white house the most important way to stop gangs, drugs, human trafficking and massive crime at the southern border, we need border security, everyone knows you can't have border security without a wall, the drones and technology are just bells and whistles, safety for america. we know from chuck schumer's meeting with mike pence the president made a counteroffer, $1.3 billion, that is the number earlier, $5 billion, the number he wants. they say the white house lowered their demand to $2.1 billion for the wall plus $400 million for other security measures.

schumer's office rejecting that proposal and issuing a terse statement, the vice president came in for discussion and made an offer but we are still very far apart, some senators in the president's own party put the blame squarely with him. >> now the government has shutdown over what ultimately will be $2 billion. this is a made up fight so the president can look like he is fighting. >> republicans question whether any number on the wall would satisfy democrats right now. they believe nancy pelosi is secretly calling the shots on this issue and there's little incentive for her to get to a resolution before she takes her seat as new speaker of the house in january. so the outlook remaining grim for the federal government. >> i don't think things will move quickly for the next couple days. is possible shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new congress.

>> congress returns thursday but there's increasing skepticism that they will make some headway on this issue. everyone in washington believes the likelier scenario is the shutdown continues well into the new year and the new congress. >> we will see, thanks, merry christmas. >> overnight defense attorney jim mattis signing the order to pull all troops out of syria. todd: this is humanity is being pushed out earlier than expected. todd pyro joins us with the latest on mad dog mattis. >> reporter: that order outlining the, quote, slow and highly coordinated process of withdrawing 2000 us troops from syria over the coming weeks, it comes hours after the president announced mattis will be out of the white house by the new year. mattis originally planned to stay through february, he resigned after the president announced plans to withdraw those 2000 troops from syria. incoming acting chief of staff mick mullaney defending the

move. >> we recognize it is not popular in the defense department but very popular with ordinary american people. do they know what the stakes are fully us troops out? they elect the president so he does and he has complete understanding of what you just laid out in the decision is his. >> donald from reassuring americans on twitter over the move, writing president erdogan strongly informed me he will eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria and he is a man who can do it plus turkey is right next door. our troops are coming home. than a minor leader whip dick devon slamming the president for working with turkey. >> after conversation he will make snap judgments and avoid the best advice he could from people like general mattis. that is the height of irresponsibility. there are thousands of kurds risking their lives to help us defeat isis who are now in jeopardy because of this impulsive decision by donald

trump. >> reporter: donald from announcing patrick shanahan will be acting defense secretary on january 1st. shanahan was confirmed as the beauty defense secretary in july 2017 before that he spent 3 decades working at boeing. >> thanks. >> american spent billions of dollars and many years fighting terrorism in the middle east. >> kentucky senator rand paul's is the president couldn't be more right, time to pull the us out of syria. >> the president promised our goal was to wipe out isis, we took 99% of the land, they are on the run. we spent trillions of dollars arming them, arming afghan army. can they not do anything? do we have to do everything? my question is why do american young men and women always have to lay our lives down. are they incapable of doing anything? muslims need to ultimately

police muslim lands. what americans are there and we kill someone who lives there they see it as a religious a friend and they see it as the pagans of come to take their land and for everyone we can we create and wondered more so it isn't working. we supplied them all with money and given them uniforms and weapons, they need to step up and eradicate these violent people from their midst. >> since 2001 congress has not passed a new authorization of military force for operations against terror groups in iraq, afghanistan or syria. >> fox news alert, 280 people are dead and more than 1000 hurt after a volcano triggers a tsunami off the coast of indonesia. hundreds of homes have been completely destroyed. authorities are warning more tsunami's could strike if the volcano remains active. donald trump weing and part, quote, we are praying for the recovery and healing america is with you. london police find a damaged

drone right next to gallic airport. we told you about this, the second busiest airport was shutdown over drone sightings, the chaos disrupted 100,000 holiday travelers. officials are now testing the damaged drone for evidence. two people were arrested in the case on friday but have been released, the airport and crimestoppers are offering 60,000 pounds for information that leads to those responsible. >> adam schiff warning democrats will subpoena the russia probe report if the president tries to keep it a secret. >> i'm prepared to make sure we do everything possible so the public has the advantage of as much information as it can. i think the special counsel should have the advantage of both the evidence we have accumulated and also the ability to prosecute that. >> incoming chairman of the house intelligence committee

says he whats the interview transcripts of senior advisor jared kushner and donald trump junior. he says that will determine their involvement with russians during the 2016 campaign. >> market futures point to a green christmas despite the government shutdown, the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 are looking up this morning after treasury secretary steve mnuchin called the ceos of 6 major banks reassuring them of the economy's ranks, something in house -- and coming chief of staff mcilvain he agreed with. >> fundamentals of the economy a great. the stock market is down, it goes up and down, an employment that historic lows, capital investment still high, business confidence is high, gdp, the fundamental still good. is going to be a rocky road to mix things up, to change washington? yes. carley: a market selloff pushed without to the worst drop in 10 years. after an interest rate hike.

rob: ruth bader ginsburg is working from her hospital bed. she recovered from surgery last week. doctors removed two malignant growth in her lungs. they were found when she was at the hospital last month after she fell and broke three ribs. no word when she believe the new york city hospital. jillian: santa claus is coming to town and you can watch him as he goes. norad will be tracking him this christmas eve as he delivers presents across the world. rob: 1500 volunteers keeping the tradition alive despite the government shutdown. jillian: milania trump will take calls from children all evening long and we will be keeping our i on santa throughout the morning. 10 minutes after the hour, day 3 or partial government shutdown, looking like no deal before the new year. the gop needs to stand firm on their promise to the american

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rob: government shutdown entering day free and could extend into the new year. jillian: is democrats resist the president's demands to secure the border, the president says he should stand firm in his promise to the american people to protect our border. joining us as republican strategist chris -- are you surprised how this is played out so far? >> know. this is what i was predicting, the president has been consistent about his campaign

commitment. this is when policy and budgets come into play. decisions have to be made or there will be interference. i predicted this would happen, and did not predict the press conference in the oval office but it is a sign. carley: the latest word is the president has come down quite a bit and they countered to the democrats, the white house offered $2.1 billion for the president to play within a slush fund. that gets closer to their number than his. >> they will try to negotiate. nancy pelosi said the president would not have the votes. that wasn't true. they got through that. they went to see congress's responsibility. and they need to have more of a

benefactor than the shutdown drink specials in washington. >> this reads, quote, the most important way to stop gangs, drugs, human trafficking is at the southern border. we need border security and as everyone knows you can't have border security without a wall. drones and technology are just bells and whistles, safety for america. so many democrats fighting the saying we need border security, that includes chuck schumer. i don't understand the 180 that has been done. >> the trump train would pick up chuck schumer, he wanted all the things the white house is trying to work on now and turned into resisting this. one secret people talk about is there are ways for the presidency is certain executive funds to shift things around and do something but it is congress's job. i would like to see congress not get paid but there is some

leverage, the president is trying to work this through. they need to come to agreement and it is that simple. rob: democrats have had two positions on immigration, one is securing the border, that has been the far left wing and moderates like schumer and others say they want border security and are willing to spend money on it, not $5 billion on a wobbly couple billion it looks like. we spent so much money trying to secure the border for many years, they say wall doesn't work, what do they think would work? >> they are playing silly kids games. speaker elect pelosi said there are equities to be weighed. whose equities? the american people or foreign constituencies? there are republicans who don't

support the president and obama appointees that frankly are causing problems and don't want to support the president's agenda. he's up against that too. he continues to implement his agenda when it comes to entrepreneurs not being paid, those were obama holdovers. the president needs to stick firm and continue to negotiate. it is that simple. jillian: appreciate it, merry christmas. 18 after the hour, the investigation is ramping up, brand-new arrests made overnight. rob: with all the rush to wrap the gifts and see the families lost in the commotion that surrounds christmas, father jonathan morris reminds us of the true meaning of the holidays. ♪ park the herald angels sing ♪ glory to the newborn king ♪ peace on earth ♪ god and sinners reconcile ♪ my name is jeff sheldon,

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rob: the federal government may be partially shut down but the statue of liberty remains open, new york governor using state funds to keep the monument open along with ellis island, it cost $65,000 a day to operate. and average of 10,000 people every single day visit the statue of liberty. ousted fbi director james comey taking shots at the president over the partial government shutdown tweeting fbi families will spend christmas without a paycheck. this president promised mexico would pay for the wall but innocent people are paying the price of another lie. our thoughts with public servants and their families with government employees will be paid for any work during the

shutdown after it ends. carley: the meaning of christmas can get lost in the chaotic holiday shopping and gift wrapping and everything going on with friends and family. joining the to discuss the reason for the season his father jonathan morris. thank you for being here. what do you say? nowadays everyone is so stressed-out this time of year. >> it is true no doubt. it is easy to forget what the meaning is. sometimes because we recognize in a diverse society everyone is celebrating on this day, we get into the habit of saying happy holidays which is totally fine. i would like during hanukkah for someone to say happy hanukkah and explain to me what they are celebrating with hanukkah. that is why i say merry

christmas and most people are not offended, just people trying to be so careful but what is the meaning of the season? let me try to explain. let's go to the bible, that is a good way to start. the nativity story. the story of birth from the gospel of luke, there were shepherds living in the field keeping watch over their flocks at night and an angel of the lord appeared to them in the glory of the lord shone around us and they were terrified. but the angel said to them, here it is, do not be afraid. i bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. in the town of david, a very specific pl. bethlehem, our savior has been born to you, he is the messiah, the lord. this will be a sign to you. you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. that's what christians believe is god made man.

it is very concrete. we are celebrating that god came to give us the chance at new life. we are all fallen, we are all sinners, and god says i once to reconcile with you. jillian: hearing those words it is important not just on christmas but often times throughout life, other things people can do besides read the bible that people can do as a family. >> let me tell you what my family did. i the third of 7. it is chaos at christmas. we did some simple things i will never forget. one is christmas morning, we are waiting at the top of the stairs. jillian: come down and see what santa got. >> my dad gave the word, we come running down and underneath the tree, my mom and dad brought us over to the nativity scene.

i will never forget my dad would kneel in front of the baby jesus and lead us in prayer. i don't remember what he would say but what he did. in that way or some other way. suddenly i would limit the number of presents and how many they are going to get. we used to get 3. the way my parents described it, they said gold, frankincense and murdyrrh were the gifts given b the wise men. instead of i hope i get 26, i might get 17. jillian: smaller than my sister's or whatever. >> the other thing they did is celebrations, family celebrations, there would always be somebody there who would

invite somebody they knew was very needy whether because they were lonely or hungry. somebody who didn't quite fit in what people normally say is the people at the table. i will never forget it. people smoking at the table saying they shouldn't be doing this. jillian: thank you very much. it is 27 after the hour. day 3 of the partial shutdown and democrats calling on donald trump to give up the border wall. >> donald trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall. jillian: what will it take to get the deal? do we debate that next. if you haven't finished shopping by now you have your work cut out for you but some stores are open, we will tell you coming up. ♪

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jillian: welcome back. there are 9 new arrests in connection to the terror mortars of two tourist in morocco totaling the total number of arrests to 13. two scandinavian women were beheaded in an act of terror. the suspect arrested in the case pledged allegiance to isis. the latest round of arrests, authorities say they for the another terror plot after finding bomb making materials in the raid. a car barrels into a church during sunday services. over 100 people were inside at the time. the ohio church showing resistance -- resilience, planning to hold a christmas eve service tonight. and what caused them to drive into that church. a man who appeared to be straight out of the walking dead tries to break into a south carolina home.

that is crazy. he slammed his body against the door several times. the woman inside was terrified and grabbed the gun. he disappeared and she called police, later found him lying in a ditch. police do not believe he had a malicious motive, but that is frightening. out sharpton accuses a wrapper for standing up for races, slamming travis scott for agreeing to perform during the nfl halftime show. sharpton telling tmc, quote, i think anyone that goes into the halftime show is violating those that went to raise the question the nfl should come to terms with, what they have done and continue to do to colin kaepernick and those who continue to protest on criminal justice issues. he called on travis not to back out of the performance. rob: donald trump working to hammer out a deal with lawmakers as the government remains partially shutdown.

democrats so not much sign of budging on stopping the border wall. >> it will never pass the senate, not today, not next week, not next year. mister president, donald trump, if you want to open the government, you must abandon the wall, plane and simple. rob: what will it take to strike a deal? here to weigh in, gop strategist ms. copeland and democratic political commentator jonathan harris, thanks for coming on this morning. i went to start with you. looks like the white house has come down quite a bit, offering to it a half instead of five for fencing and security. is that going to play for chuck schumer? >> i hope it doesn't. he said he -- trump is not getting the wall and i hope democrats stick to that. hopefully it won't. they are received millions of

dollars in the budget for border upgrades. they don't need this. it is not about border security, it is about a campaign promise. >> democrats and the wall does not work but they are willing to spend money on border security, what is it they want to try to secure the border that hasn't been tried before? >> i'm not quite sure. i don't know if anyone knows what is going on. most of this is the a tricks. you can think about in the past 40 years congress has only been able to pass the appropriations bill in four instances. the central government services continued on. democrats willing to shut down the government in the name of illegal immigration, doesn't make sense when you consider the people they are hurting, statistically, they are not republicans. >> the cost of illegal immigration in this country, the president was number $200 billion a year or $200 billion a

year, that is grossly inflated but even modest estimates are in the billions, democrats are really angry over spending $5 billion but they ignore the billions in illegal immigration cost this country. is an obvious to you this is not having a wall? >> in the 2016 budget they were giving billions of dollars and spent 6% to upgrade security at the border. i don't think his concern is security but going back to rural parts of the country, i told you i was going to get the wall, so strong i can negotiate but instead he's not wanting to upgrade what we are ready have with existing security measures we have so it is far more about that than anything else and the idea of blaming the shutdown on the democrats when trump clearly said earlier this month that he would be proud to shut down the

government and take for sponsored before it is absurd. rob: the democrats care about $5 billion or is it making a political point? >> it is making a political point. this must be wrong we should want candidates to uphold their campaign pledges, that is what donald trump said he would do. as far as i am concerned when democrats say this is good use of taxpayers time or money that is absurd. having strong borders is important. there are 11 million illegal immigrants in this country right now. the most imposing we can focus on is securing the 7 border. rob: what do you think a deal look like? >> we can expect us to carry on well into 2019. i'm thinking the third or fourth week of january, the president is going to hold strong and commit to funding for the border. rob: jonathan to you, last word. >> i hope the democrats stay

firm on this and trump is forced to back down. there are a lot of things we can do with $5 billion from education, infrastructure, it is not about border wall, it is about him trying to keep a promise to his voters that should never have been made to begin with. rob: there you have it, both sides, merry christmas. jillian: chaos for the christmas travel rush, snow and rain headed north, expected to make your commute a little messy. we are tracking what you need to know is you head home to the holidays. rob: a lot of great once for maxine waters this year. >> and with this type of inspiration, take trump out tonight. rob: always a fan favorite, stay tuned. ♪

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jillian: chaos for the christmas rush. the northwest bracing for winter measure the winter storm moves in. part of the region are covered with snow a lot of people expect more today. rob: we love that. even more rain coming to the region wednesday dumping as much as a foot of snow in some of those areas. adam fox tracking what you need to know. >> we want snow along the coastal areas in the northeast. a couple spots, a system moving through the area, this will not real big butt lights no running into new england but the larger system we are talking about out west, rounds of low-pressure, running into the pacific northwest, northern california stretching through oregon and

washington. all of this eventually hitting rain when it hits the coast, heavy downpours. higher elevations, it has been snow, winter weather warning stretching across this region. that will continue. here's what that looks like as we have watches, warnings, advisories, standing snow out west on christmas morning. santa has some place to land, otherwise we are looking at rain and clear conditions. if there's any good news in clear conditions and all the people -- i want to give good news forecast here. if you're traveling, things are looking good out west. rob: silverlining. rob: after spending several months in space gravity can present challenges. astronaut aj huskill with his struggle to walk in a straight

line with his eyes closed. jillian: this after he returned from the international space station. he was there for 197 days. space x makes its last launch of the year. >> ignition. rob: a nice rocket, final mission of 2018, the first on national security. space x launched a gps satellite for the u.s. air force from cape canaveral, it will boost navigation signals for military and civilian gps. how do you deal with politics at the dinner table especially right now? what about a kid who didn't get what they wanted for christmas? our etiquette expert breaks down the dues and don'ts. jillian: stay right there. many more are created in the community.

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rob: hope you dressed. for the next three hours, when rob and jillian are finally done, straight ahead. anthony scarmucci will talk about what the president plans on doing with his new staff. how do they plan on handling the messaging about the shutdown? dennis prager on fighting isis and extremism around the world as well as him being suppressed on the internet and this story. a 6-year-old girl with a special request to santa, for his dad to come home from serving in the army and santa came through big time. [applause]

>> there you go. this dad surprised the school. they both join us live in studio today. don't miss a minute of "fox and friends" are the last 13 minutes of these wonderful people. jillian: that story. i cannot wait. >> just reading the prompter. jillian: thank you. this next story is for all your christmas progressed and aiders out there. if you need to buy some gift, there is still time. several stores are open, this includes kohls, best buy, walmart, macy's, open until 6:00 tonight. target is open until 10:00. rob: not bad being a last-minuter. rand paul keeping the seinfeld festiva's tradition alive. >> gather family around and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you in the past year.

rob: my friend lindsey graham is mad right now, he has never seen a war end before. he had to console himself with the fact that we are still in eight more. it will be hard for him, but i think he will get by. he joked and compared him to the evil star wars character emperor palpatine. he talked about spending money on tourism and wasteful spending in tourism and egypt. jillian: christmas is time to enjoy with family and friends. rob: bringing tension and stress for many. jillian: joining us to discuss christmas dos and don'ts, thanks for joining us, political conversations at the table. lots of people experiencing that. what do they do?

>> it always comes up. if it is your party you better have a plan in place to keep the peace. in our political climate, you have to. it will come up. when it comes up it is okay. acknowledge the comments, then move on to topics you want to talk about. jillian: it is up to you to get the conversation going. >> make it light. what was your favorite commerce movie. how many times did you watch it's a wonderful life, then you get into the serious thankful for our trips abroad, friendship, family, etc.. acknowledge and move on. and have a list ready. rob: if it turns into a fist fight. >> always. our family plans on talking about president bush 41 run back and the fact that he practiced the golden rule. he lived it. wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all plant those seeds of kindness and civility and dignity moving forward? rob: a topic for the relative that won't get off the phone,

probably a teenager. >> it could be anyone. it is up to the host to set the rules for the party, to make it that way. it is easy, say to your family and guests, we are going to disconnect during the table, and i repeat the table. it is unrealistic to think someone won't be on their phone all day. emergency personnel at your table or member of congress will need to be talking on their phone, but the rule is if it is not at the table it doesn't belong there. hello to the place setting and the feast we are about to receive. jillian: what about dealing with kids who don't get what they want for christmas? >> someone i know told me they got coal when they were a child. when it comes to kids, you have

to acknowledge their disappointment, but do so in a gentle manner. we have all walked in their shoes and felt their disappointment but parents explain the meaning of christmas especially when they are little. they don't always get everything on their wish list. maybe next year. with teens you are more direct, mom and i are not atms, money doesn't grow on trees but for the little ones it is important to do that. rob: i never got a pony, still waiting. how about getting a gift, you don't get what you want but a gift you don't like? >> we have all experienced that but be gracious when you get it even if you are never going to use it. some people i know practice things like i always wanted that christmas -- so perfect on my tree. do it with a smile. it is very gracious. always follow it up with thank you, i love your gift.

or you can donate if you don't care for it but i prefer the latter because personally i don't like to give gifts away that i don't like. you can regift but you should never do in your same social -- jillian: of course not. thank you very much. merry christmas. 53 minutes after the hour. you heard a few outrageous comments from maxine waters this year. >> you get up and form a crowd and push back on them. with this kind of inspiration, i will go and takes trump out tonight. impeach 45. jillian: she is at it again. wait until you hear what she just said about the president. rob: the grinch not the only one that is green this christmas. the holiday is going to pot in many areas. ♪ let your heart be like

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rob: maxine waters is our christmas gift to you and she takes another shot at president. >> this president is not worthy. he should not be there. he cannot be trusted. he's a liar. he is despicable. we need to get rid of this president. rob: i'm starting to think maxine doesn't like the president. jillian: what gives that you idea. rob: waters will chair the financial committee when democrats take over the house in january. she has already vowed to launch aggressive investigations against trump. jillian: michael bloomberg slamming trump in his own media outlet. writing there are many reasons to be optimistic about 2019 the increasing isolated man in the oval office is not one of them. recklessly emotional and

senselessly kay out particular. he will announce if he is running for president soon. rob: time for the the good, the bad, and the ugly. start with the good. airman returning for the holidays gets a surprise welcome home. >> gives you hope. they still believe in military. rob: airmen first class dustin mcdone gal welcomed by maintained f-15s in england. completed deployment in the middle east. first time home since easter of last year. jillian: welcome home. next the bad, the woman wearing a stuffed reindeer head as she scrounges through a business. no word what she took. police trying to track her down. rob: finally the ugly. pot shops cashing in on christmas. what a great gift. shoppers are giving legal marijuana as holiday gift.

dispensaries are running promotions selling edible candies and rolled joints as stocking stuffers. imagine getting that wrapped up. jillian: scrounging scrooge. rob: from a good christmas. jillian: have a good day. >> possible this shutdown will go beyond 2018 and into new congress. >> shutdown entering day three. >> no deal in sight. >> democrats are not going to agree to if i funding. >> that's correct, none. >> there is no path to a big beautiful wall. >> it's on the democrats' side because they are not willing to do anything. >> defense secretary james mattis to order all remaining troops out of syria. mattis will be out of white house by the new year. the media melting down over the shutdown. >> who do you ask is the grinch who is forcing hundreds of thousands to work without pay this holiday? >> but seven of the last eight presidents have seen a shutdown. >> northwest bracing for