>> thank you very much. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. merry christmas to everybody an our great staff here at fox and friends. have a great day. >> good morning and welcome to this christmas day edition of "america's newsroom". president trump is finishing up a members of armed forces from the white house. the video conference call in which he think the troops for their service. we are going to bring you the full almost ten minutes of that conversation with troops stationed around the world in just a moment. >> very talented. >> they are raising interest rates to too fast is my opinion.

the reasoning too fast because they think that the economy is so good. i think that they will get it pretty soon. the fact is that the economy is doing so well that they raised interest rates and that's a goo form of safety and away. president obama didn't do much of that. we have a normalized interest rate which means it's good for lot of people. they have money in the bank. for many years and what he got interest on their money. i have great confidence and our companies. our companies are the greatest in the world and they're doing really well. they have record kinds of numbers. i think it's a tremendous opportunity i can tell you when the government going to be open. i can tell you it's not going t be open until we have a wall,

fence, i will call it whatever they want to call it. it's the same thing. it's a barrier of people pourin into our country. it's a barrier from drugs. there's a problem in this world today called human trafficking. human trafficking is one of the hard to believe problems. were not going to let that people are working so hard to catch these traffickers they ar bad people. we can't do it without a barrier . you have drugs, human trafficking. you have illegal people coming into our country. in the caravan, 618 people were very bad in some cases, criminals. one man said he was wanted for murder. i don't want them in the country . all i want to do is have a

physical barrier meaning a wall. if you don't have that, them were just not opening. yesterday i gave up 150 miles worth of law in texas. it's going to be built, hopefully rapidly at the end of january for the start of construction. we were talking about 500-550 miles. it is a 2,000-mile border, but much of it has been region we can't get across. were looking between 50550. we've gave we gave out 150 yesterday. we're going to have a great while there. we have other sections to give out. one other thing people don't understand or know what they might as well, we have renovate massive amounts of wall. wall that was good, but was in good shape. you don't have to replace it, but you have to renovate. we renovated a massive amount o

wall. in addition to that, and i thin very importantly, we built a lo of new wall. the new piece, the new section is very exciting what's going o there. it's probably the biggest section. so while were over funding, wer also over building, and it's my hope to have this done complete all 500-550 miles to have it either renovated or brand-new b election time. >> it is complicated. were getting 25 million.

that's already approved. that's for everything. that's for homeland security. we have a lot of drones, lots o everything. plus we have some wall money. we want the wall money to be increased because we want to finish it. but people have to understand i it's been strongly started, a lot of areas if you look at san diego, it's now almost complete. interestingly it's, california which has been difficult to dea with because of the governor. but the people of san diego cam and they wanted the well-built. i was going to build that last, but i determine that they reall wanted it built. the wall is beautiful. the job they've done is fantastic. san diego is largely built, it will be completed very shortly. they came to us, the people and they were asking for border

protection. people were walking through mexico right into san diego. right over people's front lawns. by the hundreds and by the thousands and they came to us and they ask for a while, the only thing that's going to stop that, the drone is an going to stop it. high-technology high technology isn't going to stop it. the only thing that stops it is when the in israel they had a big problem they put up a big wall. 99.99 percent of the people wer stopped from coming in. we have a long border, but wil have the exact same thing. it may be the case of the olympic champion can get over the wall, but for the most part in not able to do it. much of it is 30 feet high. some of it lower. it is like a three-story

building. were making great progress on renovations. or making great progress on building the wall and, most exciting me. we gave out the largest section yesterday and that work is starting next week. we will have it completed fairl quickly. i think they understand what's happening. they want border security. the people in this country want border security. it's not a question of hay, i'd rather not be doing shutdowns. i wasn't able to be with my family i thought it would be wrong for me to be with my family in florida and i just di want to go down and be there when other people are hurting. it's going to all work out. many of those people who've sai to me they have communicated stay out until you get the funding for the wall.

these federal workers want the walbergh the only one that doesn't want the wall as the democrats because they don't mind open borders. open borders mean massive amounts of crime. the democrats don't want it because they don't want open borders. and yet every one of those democrats approve the wall or offense are very substantial barriers. every single one. i don't think there's one that lets use the word almost everyone approved the wall or offense or exactly what were talking about. and that was three years ago. over the years, everyone of the and only time they went against it, the only time they went against it only one time when donald trump said we want to build the wall. as soon as i said we wanted to build the wall they were all against it. take another example. take comey. everybody hated comey and thought he did a horrible job.

the democrats hated him. they were going for his resignation, they were going fo his firing including nancy pelosi until i fired him. once i fired him, everybody sai oh, why did you fire him, why did you fire him? look at some of these people. this is what were doing now. take a look at some of these people. the day before i was fiery i fired him everything he should be fired. as soon as i fired him, it was terrible thing to do. it's a disgrace with happening in our country. other than that, i wish everybody a very merry christmas . thank you very much. thank you. take a plea were making progres on the funding. it's probably a presidential harassment and were not having

that. no collusion. after two years, no collusion. there has been collusion, but it's been by the democrats. you're talking about millions and millions and millions of dollars of wasted money. there's been absolutely no collusion. there has been a lot of collusion by the democrats with russia and a lot of other peopl that maybe they shouldn't have been dealing with including ver dishonest people. thank you very much, everybody. >> president trump working at the white house on this christmas day. good morning everyone,. >> merry christmas, everyone. >> that was a tape playback fro the press pool. we were told that he think the troops for his service in the lengthy phone call which he did which is about 20 minutes of time prior to what we just saw which was the ten minutes after that phone call when he covered a lot of ground there. >> he did. he spoke to troops all over the

world, all branches of the military then went into this conversation about a lot of things. he started out talking about interest rates rising too fast, but he thinks they're going to fix it. he went on to say he had great confidence in our companies he, barrier, so again, changing the words there. >> he talked about the government shutdown. talked about the comey situatio and the molar investigation. a lot to unpack and were going to do that for a of hours. >> lets go over to the white house with allison. , the president seems a little lonely over there. he's there all by himself, but he certainly has a lot to say o christmas. what more can you tell a spread. >> he has a lot to talk about i terms of the government shutdown . the thing so many of us are watching so closely to see if and when it could potentially end. he says he cannot tell us when the government is going to be open but that it will not be

open until we have some sort of barrier, a physical fence wall down at the border. he says he talked about there i already wall there, but they want the money to renovate it t build more, and eventually have between 50550 miles of a border wall. as far is negotiations between democrats and republicans, you can see right here this is president trump yesterday on christmas eve. the president and first lady made calls to children on christmas eve and asked if ther was any progress on the shutdow yesterday during these phone calls the president said nothin new and then added we need border security and of course more of what we heard today. we know the white house gave democratic senator chuck schume a counter offer reportedly around $2.5 million for border security, new fencing and then some sort of/fun for immigratio priorities for democrats is tha they feel like they are hearing so many different things from different people at the white house about what the president

will will not accept. they say it's difficult to know where the white house stands at this point. we've heard the white house tal about the $5 billion #be needed that. the big sticking point for the white house has been and remain to be wanting some sort of physical barrier at the u.s. mexico border. >> never a dull day at the whit house. thank you so much. >> qubit. >> the markets are closed for the holiday after the dhows worst christmas you drop ever which followed the presidents latest tweet storm attacking th federal reserve and questionabl moves by his treasury secretary. more on all of this commentary writer for the washington examiner merry christmas. >> merry christmas and thank yo for having me. >> we want to get to all of these things that the president just touched on moments ago. real quick, on that market slide . treasury secretary had some trouble today? >> so, obviously him coming out

with a press release saying tha he was trying to ensure that banks have enough liquidity was probably not the best call and sort of giving someone a warnin that they didn't even ask for, but ultimately, these markets lights are not his fault. it's a number of reasons stemming from leveraged loan bubbles to the trade word to monetary policy that's been to for too long. >> the president says they've raised interest rates too fast, but it's a tremendous opportunity to buy. maybe we will see some green in the week ahead. he's made they wall huge part o this battle with the budget, an he wants that ball field, the wall, the barrier, the fence, he's got some negotiating to do. >> is he does. specifically because democrats are just going to ride this out until they take back the house and they can effectively shut this whole thing down. i think trump would be wise to consider going back to that dea that we were discussing almost

year ago exchanging border security and exchange for some level of amnesty for daca recipients. i think right now on the table making changes to legal immigration isn't really going to be that effective. if trumps number one priority i to fill this key campaign promise of a barrier on the southern border, he will have t bring democrats to the table an make a deal. >> how optimistic should we be. and what is the sense of how long this negotiation might >> i wouldn't hold my breath on this simply because democrats have made it pretty clear that they are not willing to concede. trumps comment earlier in his meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer did not help them because now democrats can blame trump for the shutdown. however i think in this white house, anything is a possibility . i wouldn't be surprised both something actually did come through if he's willing to brin democrats to the table and make a deal burke a lot of pressure

on both sides. thank you for your time today. merry christmas. >> meanwhile, a federal judge ordering north korea to pay mor than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of the american college student. he died in june of 2017 shortly after being released from 17 months in captivity in north korea. rich, what a sad story. we all our member this one. >> it really is, and need to. the judge says he traveled to north korea a healthy athletic student of economics and business with big dreams, smart and people skills. when he returned to the united states in 2017 he was blind, deaf, and brain-dead. chief judge michael a howell writes north korea more likely than not are tortured auto to extract a false confession and

then after proceeding characterized by north korea as a trial used his lengthy sentence is leverage against th united states to further north korea's own foreign policy objectives. he traveled to pyongyang in january of 2016 for north korea authorities arrested him at the end of his tour accusing him of stealing a propaganda poster. nearly a year and a half later the u.s. learned he was in a coma and demanded his release. he returned to the unite states and died days later. it's unclear if they will pay any of that award. u.s. and north korea still have no official diplomatic relationship. >> he still plans to meet with next year. >> that's the plan. today is today at a meeting in the oval office with his north korean team including special representative steve egan. the president says the administration of the lower-level discussions appear

stuck. they've had trouble securing meetings with the north korean counterparts. secretary of state mike pompeo. analysts say north korea continues building its weapons infrastructure and last week north korea state media said pyongyang refuses to surrender its weapons until the u.s. eliminate its threat to north korea. >> we will see what happens there. thank you so much. >> democratic leadership blasting president trump on the partial government shutdown reaches a fourth day. more on the stalemate and when it might end just ahead. >> this is about trying to make sure that donald trump does not secure the border and it's really more out of their dislik for this president then really about the communities that they should be upholding to make sur that they are safe.

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>> from vatican said into bethlehem and thousands of cities and between people kicke up christmas of christmas by celebrating using traditional christmas time ceremonies. we saw that last night in bethlehem and also today and vatican city where the pope did lead an address before a crowd of thousands of people on the balcony of st. peter's basilica at the vatican monday night in st. peter's basilica. broke princess led the traditional christmas eve mass. focusing his remarks on consumers and asking how much o the material they buy is actually needed. meanwhile in the ancient city o bethlehem source and pilgrims gathered in major square christmas eve to watch the lati patriarch procession and hear christmas music at the birthplace of jesus christ. a representative representative of the vatican was joined by marching bands and boy scouts who paraded from jerusalem to bethlehem. later in the night the traditional a traditional midnight mass had in the basilica of the nativity.

while celebrations were occurring in both bethlehem and vatican city, meanwhile in the middle east in kabul, afghanistan 40 people were killed in an attack on a government building just on christmas eve. >> thank you. >> democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer rippin president trump yesterday as th partial government shutdown continues. the house and senate minority leader is releasing a joint statement saying quote it is christmas eve and president trump is plunging the country into chaos. the stock market is tanking and the president is waging a personal war on the federal reserve after he just fired the secretary of defense. okay, let's bring in our political panel.

merry christmas to both of you and thank you for joining us today. >> merry christmas. >> okay, some things to discuss here, some strong language from nancy pelosi and chuck schumer plunging the country into chaos. is that a fair statement and kelly jane, let's start with you . >> there is definitely some volatility going on, and need a i will say that. i thought it was striking that president trump almost echoed that statement and earlier toda when he said in a we talked about everything going on and said it's a disaster, but other than that, merry christmas. even the president recognizes this is a time of volatility that, but i think donald trump sometimes is his own worst enem and this may be one of those cases. the stock market has been going down. of course when it was going up president trump was happy to take credit solely for that whe i goes down, he is a little les likely to take that credit.

it was going down, but it was really i think one of the reasons it had that huge drop yesterday on christmas eve was donald trump tweets about the fed and there have been rumors going on for a few days now tha he is thinking of entering to see if he can fire fed chair derome pawel. i think that was one of the things that led to that drop yesterday. donald trump complains about what powell is doing to make stocks drop, but he can also to cause stocks to drop. >> robin, let me bring you in here. does it help when nancy pelosi talks about plunging the countr into chaos is that helpful language? >> honestly, and need up. i don't see that as being helpful. it's not dishonest, it's just not helping to move things forward. and that's what americans reall want to see right now. they want these jokers to get t work and get this done. it doesn't matter who is to blame.

i don't think anyone cares abou the blame game right now. they just want to see these guy get to work. anecdotally i love that the congressman who said that he would like to see the congressional gym and sauna als shut down. so those guys can feel some of the pain. as a reminder to the viewers, please be kind to your tsa agents this week and because they're all on furlough as well. >> so, we know now that congres said it's not coming back until the 22nd. so, how is this going to work. hill is going to discs send the all of branch? kelly, let me ask you. >> we can see the democrats put out the christmas eve message, not really a call to bring the country together. i'm not sure donald trump is doing that either, but i do think that the democrats have the upper hand. first donald trump said he woul be happy to shut down the government to secure funding fo

his wall. basically saying he will take credit for the shutdown. i think since then some of his advisers have told him that shutdowns aren't popular amongs the public. just last week the white house was willing to support a spending deal that only until the beginning of mid february, but that did not include a border wall funding. in fact, it was when some of th people who voted for donald trump because he said it at almost campaign stop that he wa going to build a wall and peopl said this was incredibly disappointing. only then did he change his min and say i'm not going to sign a spending bill without the borde wall funding. democrats are not willing to compromise because last week he was going to sign up bill without the wall. >> the president has foregone his vacation. he is back in washington stayin there, hunkering down trying to get some kind of a deal going. what do you see happening when

the senate reconvenes on thursday? >> we are going to have to be somewhere in the middle. we have offered multiple compromises. of course when .7 billion, that was two and half. the issue we were not exactly sure what exactly he wants because there are mixed messages . were very clear on what we want. not to spend 94 percent of the budget allocated in last four years breed we would like to have that going more because only one out of five get screened at the border and we like to see some of that money go towards the gnome that's coming through mexico and killing thousands of americans. i think were going to make some progress honestly. >> okay, thank you so much. were out of time. thank you so much for coming in on christmas. really appreciate it. >> merry christmas. >> indonesia in mourning after the tsunami hit with or warning killing hundreds and leaving thousands homeless.

we will have the latest on that just ahead. kevin spacey posting a bizarre video online shortly after his public announced he faces a sexual assault charge. >> some believed everything in just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess at all , they're dying to have me declared that everything said was true that i got what i deserved. ♪ unstopables in-wash scent booster ♪ downy unstopables little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream.

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>> the death toll is still climbing after a powerful tsunami hit indonesia saturday night. dramatic images showing the destruction after a massive wav struck two of the countries mos populated islands without warning. church leaders they're calling for prayers for the victims lef homeless and in morning. amy kellogg is joining the stor from milan italy. what is the latest? >> the death toll stands at ove 420. thousands have been rendered homeless. quite obviously, people are absolutely devastated and worried that there could be mor to come. another tsunami volcanic activity that set off this gian wave and the first place continues between the islands o java and sumatra. there is panic as the false alarm went off earlier today. people were trying to salvage some good to make a little mone in the markets today even thoug most residents are in shelters. some were obviously trying to g back to their homes and salvage

what they could. this admits worries of disease spreading and the conditions that you see and having enough medical supplies to keep people from getting sick. our celebration today is full o grief as you mentioned, it was really not a traditional christmas service but about praying for the victims. after the 2004 tsunami that killed 230,000 people, a lot ar asking why want better warning signals put in place so that people could have had time to escape. lots of theories about why that is the case. some say most salamis are set off by earthquakes and in this case there wasn't an earthquake rather the eruption of a volcano . that might have confused the sensors to make them not understand that there was this giant wave coming. others suggest it's vandalism i this warning system not working properly.

the bottom line, half an hour between the eruption of the volcano and the tsunami and the volcanic activity had been goin on for quite some time. people were used to it a false sense of security. scientists think one that volcano exploded, a whole lot o land and love it just slid down the side displacing water. 65 feet high. amy kellogg in milan, thank you so much. >> tweeting out a photo from th oval office on christmas eve getting an update from his team. the president think there's bee progress and looking forward order to pay half a billion dollars to the family last year

after 17 months in north korea in detention. the former senate thank you for being with us today. >> good morning. >> the federal judge orders north korea to pay $501 million in damage and then, the president tweets about this upcoming summit. i wonder if he was doing that t balance this news? >> i think that's what he's doing. in addition to the rather large court judgment, it probably wasn't enough money given the terrible things they did. president trump himself issued sanctions against three key officials who are close allies couple of weeks ago. the north koreans were very upset by that. while the president has been very effusive in his praise personally, the government has taken a very tough approach to north korea. does that judgment come part of the negotiations and what is th likelihood the family will see

any of that? >> i think it's unlikely they will see any of it. i certainly hope they do. they deserve that and more. if nothing else it shouldn't deter him from doing this to other americans and hopefully other will do similar things. i think it's good they're pursuing it. really the best thing that president trump can do to influence north korean behavior actually has nothing to do with north korea directly. what he should do is reverse hi decision on syria keep u.s. troops there. partnership with our allies and the syrian kurds. by doing that he will send. not sure what the koreas involvement is in syria. >> is not direct. it will send a message to pyongyang that they can't help it.

>> what's on the table now? >> it was successful in the sense that we have a new start with north korea. they have been tested any missiles. they haven't set off any nuclea explosion since the diplomacy began. that's a good thing. you recall that president trump had some very different rhetoric . he called him rocket man or little rocket man man. we are making progress i think this is a good thing that's going on. the president has a terrific envoy who if anyone can get something done on the ground, with the north korean, he shoul be doing a fine job for the united states. >> i've seen some suggestions. good news and bad news. he has and conducted any test.

some of the key elements of his program as he said he did. i don't think we should ever take the we should verify every single thing they say. what they're going to try to lie , cheat, and steal their way to a different and we should account for that. >> the top of the news and a lo of speculation and i'm told tha some were planning going on in regard to this rogue state. now, you don't really hear abou it too much. should we still worry about north korea? >> we should absolutely still b worried. the reason were in a did a good diplomatic position now is because the administration demonstrated strength and showe that it was willing to take extreme measures to solve the north korean problem. they are at the table now effectively and there is this kind of strange back and forth between the two leaders and the also with a working model between our diplomats and their team. it doesn't always go perfectly

but this is a conversation that has to happen. it could take many months or years to accomplish something. it's very much something worth doing. >> would do we know when this i going to happen? >> i don't think they've set a date for the second summit the administration says it wants to happen soon it's unclear whethe the north koreans are going to be willing to do that. they're kind of posturing for better position for themselves. they want u.s. troops out of south korea which is not something likely to happen so i think there still needs to be some posturing and some political hinzman ship, but hopefully we will see something soon. >> we appreciate your insight here today. >> merry christmas. >> same to you. >> after kevin spacey released house of cards inspired video after massachusetts police announced he faces a felony charge for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager. the former house of cards a sta has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least a dozen men in the past.

life and our new york city news room with more on this strange story. jackie. you give the former house of cards actor will go before a judge in about two weeks for allegedly assaulting the teenag boy in 2016. investigators say it happened a the club car restaurant on the island of nantucket on the victim was working is a bus boy the victim claims spacey bought him several drinks and molested him in the middle of a dark room . the accuser is the son of a former boston news anchor she spoke publicly about it last year. >> spacey stuck his hand inside my sons pants and grabbed his genitals. nothing could have prepared my son for how that sexual assault would make him feel as a man. to get the news of the charges broke, spacey shared a video of himself and his character frank underwood and the netflix serie house of cards.

his character was killed off. spacey has not said what the video is in reference to end hi videos did not return request for comment, but that video breaks a year-long silence from the actor. >> they are dying to have me declared that everything said i true that i got what i deserved. wouldn't it be easy if it was all so simple? even i know it's never that simple. jackie, spacey has also faced accusations from other men. >> yes, more than 30 men had accused him of sexual misconduct . his career spiral after his first accuser said he could fin on top of my app when he was 14 years old in 1986. number of other accusers came

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>> the fundamentals of the economy are still great. the stock market is down. unemployment is still at historic lows. business confidence is high. gdp is still solid. the fundamentals are still good. >> many investors are counting their losses after the dow dropped 653 points yesterday. it's the worst showing ever on christmas eve. that after president trump latest attack on the fed tweeting the only problem our economy has is the fed. they don't have a feel for the market. they don't understand necessary trade wars or even strong

dollars or even democrat shutdowns over borders. the fed is like a powerful who can't score because he has no touch. quite an analogy. gene marks is a cpa and president of the marks group of financial management firm. and at published colonists focusing on the market. >> thank you for having me. >> lets just put it plain. it's not a pretty picture out there. does it help though that the treasury secretary is calling t reassure them. or does that create a sense of panic? he particularly it wasn't helpful. on the more than 650-point. any day, this isn't really the economy.

gdp is forecasted to be between two and a half and 4 percent. unemployment at historical lows. confidence is very high. both consumers and small businesses. also were coming off of the strong retail season. retail sales for the holidays are expected to be at more than 5 percent over the last year, s i just want to be clear that this is not the economy that is driving the stock market drop. yes, the presidents comments don't help, the treasury secretaries moved to calm markets didn't help, but what's really going on is the rising interest rates. let me explain that further. back in the day, for the past ten years at least, you and i and most of your viewers didn't have a lot of choices of where to spend your money or investor money because interest rates have been so low. interest rates are near zero right after the recession. now they are the highest they have been in the past ten years that's what the federal funds rate is now.

so i think what is providing fo a lot of us is more options. before, where would you put money other than the stock market or under your mattress? now, we can save money. we can buy bonds, we could put money in money market accounts. and because of that, a lot of investors are pulling their money out of the stock market and using some of those options. particular the people that are older, facing retirement, looking for a little more security. for the past eight years, the market has been the only game i town. that is where we've seen the market increased so much. other factors also contributed. now i think you're seeing big adjustments. i think that investors are saying we would like to put our money elsewhere because we'd like a little bit of mix and a little more security with our savings. >> it's interesting you mention strong holiday shopping numbers. we haven't talked a lot about that but if you believe what yo

read, the holiday shopping numbers are strong this year. in fact the best ever. getting back to the stock marke for just a moment. we keep hearing rumors that the president may want president ma want to change the federal reserve chairman may be put somebody else in there. that doesn't help the stock market either, does it? >> it doesn't. the president has been told by his advisers that he really is unable to change he can't reall fire the head of the federal reserve and the signal that would give to the markets would be bad and cause even more volatility. but the market itself right now it has declined about 12 percen over the past few months. it is up almost 30 percent sinc 2016. we've all done pretty well. people who have had money and the markets are the past three years. the fact that it's declined so much and been in correction, that's not good, but my take on it is that wall street is givin the american public a christmas discount.

>> that's a positive way to loo at it. >> we have been in 25,000 already. one thing i've learned about th stock market is once you've bee there, you're eventually going to get back there again. i think a lot of smart investor take advantage of the prices where they are now. >> we got so used to seeing the stock market at 25,000, anythin less seems unsettling. you're right, good opportunity to buy. thank you for that tip, and merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. a heated battle to keep fossil fuels in the ground. any report shining a spotlight on how it's hurting the u.s. economy. plus, hundreds of surfing santo catching some ways to celebrate the holiday spirit.

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>> most of us prefer to be warm on christmas, but there are some who would rather celebrate with an ice cold plunge. dressed as santa and other christmas themed characters making a splash at cocoa beach, florida,. surfing santos has been a tradition in the city since 2009 . >> i've seen basically the even going on i want to do, never have. finally this year i decided to get up early. take in germany, it might be. a group of intrepid swimmers

braving 30 some degree temperatures for their annual christmas day polar plunge. i think they're braver in germany there than they were down and cocoa beach. >> there have been some good german beach beer. >> that make sense to me. >> a new report from the u.s. chamber of commerce and trade unions find efforts to limit that are costing america billions and most economic activity and boss job opportunities. explain, what is this keep it i the ground movement doing? >> their argument is this peer. climate change is is to stop burning fossil fuels. that means no oil exploration, no new natural gas drilling.

what is new here is the strategy . rather than fight every new oil well in west texas the choke points, pipelines. export terminals, nowhere to go. it stops. effectively oil, gas, coal, sta in the ground. just to keep fossil fuels in th ground so we don't burn so much that we exceed the amount that' going to lead it to ask climate catastrophe. >> the hypocrisy of courses on daily basis. they seem to deny everyone else. a lot of environmentalist used to see natural gas is the bridg fuel or a call to wind and sola but now many believe that globa warming the threat is too real, urgent to allow any more fossil fuel developments. >> thank you so much, william.

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>> day day four of the partial government shutdown. digging their heels on a short-term spending bill.

>> i can't tell you what the government is going to be open. i can tell you it's not going t be open until we have a longer fence. were getting $25 million. that's already approved, but that's for everything. that's for homeland security. that includes as we say, the bells and whistles. we have a lot of drones a lot o everything. plus we have some wall money. we want the wall money to be increased because i want to finish it. what people have to understand it has been strongly started. a lot of areas. >> hello, everyone. merry christmas, everyone. >> good morning and merry christmas. president trump calling on democrats to make a deal on border security in order to break the stalemate once and fo all. alyssa barber is live at the white house with more on all of this. it's already been a very busy

day at the white house today. >> it has been. as things normally go in dc the president says one thing pointing the finger at. democrats say that they are hearing different things from different people at the white house about what the president will or will not accept. in a statement released yesterday, incoming house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer said the president wanted the shutdown, but he seemed to not know how to get himself out of it. the white house gave schumer a counter offer this weekend reportedly around $5.02 for border security, new fencing, and it's being described as a slush fund for immigration priorities. >> i will always meet with them. hopefully were making progress on the funding of the wall, barrier, whatever you want to call it. >> seven republican lawmakers

were therefore the house caucus. no democrats attended. as far as we know, the presiden did not invite any democrats to attend at lunch. >> of course, the markets are closed today, they had a bad da yesterday, we all saw that tell us about what you're hearing about the fed chair job. is that safe? take the president said via his treasury secretary that he has not discussed firing jerome powell, there was an article in bloomberg news on friday citing for people familiar with the matter reporting that discussed firing federal reserve chairman as it intensified following thi weeks interest rate hike. and months of stock market losses. later treasury secretary tweete he had spoken with the presiden as the president told him i totally disagree with that policy. i think the increase of interes rates the shrinking of the fed portfolio is a terrible thing t do at this time.

especially in light of my major trade negotiations which are ongoing. i never suggested firing nor do i believe i have the right to d so. markets had one of the worst christmas eves ever buried the president attacking the federal reserve and a tweet saying the only problem u.s. economy has i the fed. here's what he said this morning . >> they're raising interest rates too fast. that's my opinion. there raising interest rates to fast because they think the economy is so good. i think that they will get it pretty soon. i really do. >> democrats say the president is plunging the country into chaos and they pointed to the stock market and the president attack on the federal reserve i just one example of how they believe he is doing that. >> the news continues that the white house even on christmas day. thank you so much for that.

>> overseas now to syria where turkish backed syrian fighters are preparing to replace u.s. forces there. lucas tomlinson is live in the pentagon with more on this. lucas, merry christmas to you first. >> merry christmas to you too. >> what is the big concern at the pentagon about u.s. forces leaving syria? take the concern is the turkish military will engage syria and link up with the turkish backed forces in syria and where there are less lush and oilfields by kurdish led forces in some u.s. military personnel. there is concern here. as he get things working, we don't want to pull everybody ou of there and risk what happened

in iraq. what would happen at the u.s. pulled out of the middle east altogether. >> it's not just the kurds i odds with the turks turks. animosity between the syrian government and the turkish government goes back decades. today it's turkey southernmost turkey southernmost province. syria has not forgotten. after speaking to turkish president someday. as i his second goal in ten days . >> what do we know about whethe the u.s. is still try striking targets in syria since the president announced he was pulling troops out there. >> just today the us-led coalition issued a statement saying that air strikes and artillery strikes are ongoing and eastern syria against isis. so video from iraq as short tim ago shows u.s. army artillery right on the border of the rack shelling isis positions in syria

. isis lost stronghold is in eastern syria located right nex to the border of those strikes continue at the last held town in syria not far from the border . they say syria doesn't help turkey but others in the region as well. >> withdrawing u.s. troops give a huge grin to iran and russia who have wanted nothing more than to have the united states withdraw and having a u.s. presence there has been an incredibly important component of our strategy to make sure th regime does not continue committing war crimes against the syrian people. >> an estimated 2,000 isis fighters remain in eastern syria . >> lucas tomlinson at the pentagon for us this morning. thank you so much. >> growing concerns about the presidents decision to pull u.s troops out of syria republican senator pat roberts on why he thinks the move is so risky. >> i think when you leave an area where it's very troublesom

in terms of our national security, you leave a voice, an bad people fill it. i'm worried about all the overall policy if all of a sudden we find out that we are taking half of our troops out o afghanistan, what signal does that send and is that a good signal? >> joining us now far in affair analyst, good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> do you agree with the senato that if you leave ovoid, that people fill it? >> debts and abstract basically but the reality is the commander-in-chief can move those troops from one area to another area, even pull them back, the real question is, you have to keep an eye on what the force is the enemy are trying t do and making sure that your allies are safe.

in this case, the kurds, and th christians. there are multiple or scenarios. if the president can ensure tha our forces would be replaced by allied forces, french or other arab forces, that would be fine. if we can instead also help the and their allies maintain the strength that would be fine. but if instead of our forces were going to see kurdish, turkish allies moving in or ira and the militia moving and then we will have that problem. >> what we've heard so far is that where i'm wondering if the president is had some kind of agreement that we don't know about. and what are not giving them th authority for them to go in and ask it all the way that benefit iran the critics have said burk get the white house did not com to the public and we know the president doesn't like to do

that in terms of sending messages of what he's going to do. we will have to wait and see what the next ages are. really the ground will tell us. before going to see a turkish backed militia attack on the kurds and their allies, that is not good. if we are going to see either president thanks to an american agreement with turkey, that is positive sign. >> have you got any indication that any of these things are actually happening? >> what we see, what we can analyze is based on facts. the turks are determined to mov in, but they're not telling us to what extent. they are going deep inside the kurdish area or are they going into the zone so they can connect in the areas were isis is very as soon as we move in, they would love to move in this

area spread. >> is lucas tomlinson has reported, there are forces in iraq they look like cannons firing shells. >> those guys are staying there. it's not like were leaving them completely. >> strategically speaking, they can help change in the control of the ground. isis is not surrounded by a force that is allied with us. that's a very important because if it is taken over for iranian nations, that is a negative. we were counting on the kurds and other arab allies to finish off the on the ground. when we leave an area it's crucial to understand who is going to seize it. that was the mistake in iraq, w didn't have strategic allies. >> now there's talk about leaving afghanistan. the press he might pull half of our troops out of there as well.

what is your reaction to that? >> when we leave anywhere we ar in charge militarily, we want t make sure the ones that replace are not the enemy. if we leave and see that other security forces. may be private, may be from you want to make sure that when we leave we have somebody who's no going to come and attack us again. the president has said there wa plenty of progress made in syri they basically wiped isis out. progress in afghanistan is much harder to measure. do you see any indication we've made progress there to the we made enough progress to deny the coming back and taking over, that's correct. all depends on what we leave behind us. if we leave behind is a very weak government, the we'll take over and that will b counterproductive to our many

years. that is where the christian resides. >> thank you very much, merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas to you. >> the biblical city of bethlehem is brimming with festivities as christmas around the world, christians around th world celebrate christmas day. >> mary chrisman from vatican city to bethlehem and thousands of cities in between. people kicked off christmas wit religious traditions and celebrations on monday night pope francis led the traditiona christmas eve mass at st. peter's basilica. the pope focusing his on wester consumerism asking how much of the material they buy is actually needed while they condemn the growing gap between the rich and the board. the pope addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 people from the balcony of st. peter's basilica.

the latin patriarch procession from the two representatives of the vatican in attendance they joined marching bands and boy scouts who paraded on that parade route later and made the traditional midnight mass was held in the basilica of the nativity. while the celebration did occur in both vatican city and in bethlehem, it's important to know that it was not all church bells and joint across joy across that middle east. 40 people were killed on christmas eve and an attack on government building. >> kevin spacey breaking his silence over sexual assault allegations.

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score because he doesn't have a touch brady can't putt. but. this coming after that to check the health of their businesses. apparently in a bid to ease market turmoil. let's bring in reporter for the washington examiner. good morning and merry christmas . >> good morning, thank you for having me. merry christmas. what about the notion of the to assure them that everything is functioning properly. does that help or does that sen even more panic and anxiety? it seems like what he was tryin to do in the first place was definitely ease concerns. now you have people scratching their heads and furling their eyebrows and wondering what doe the treasury know that the rest of us don't know. and made that have been better

for that for him deciding to call these ceos in the first place. critics out there about the presidents tweet and we have a tweet from senator jeff flake. he said i have lived in countries where the head of state has used the central bank for political purposes. this in relation to the britt presidents being critical of raising the interest rates. are those tweets helpful? >> look, jeff flake is the senator who is no stranger to criticizing president trump for a variety of his policies and economic policies and his tweets . it seems like at the same time, but we have to remember president trump is positioning himself to run for reelection i 2020. or heading into 2019 he's going

to have a democrat controlled congress. we have a government shutdown. he has taught with the economy is one of the foremost accomplishment of his presidenc so far. he needs the economy to continu to be strong. >> people always look to the stock market i wasn't that long ago we are at 25,000. you just listed off a number of things that are not so great right now. what you think it takes to get the stock market back on track? >> i think it will take a lot o analyst for the president to really stop tweeting that his problems with the bed, his problems with jerome powell who is the chairman that he himself installed of course raising questions about whether or not he is going to fire jerome powell in the first place. this week and we saw top

administration officials on the sunday shows seemingly trying t sort of some of the concerns about what the president could do about jerome powell. that could be some analyst i sa the place to start. >> what about the government shutdown? that is definitely impacting th market. hopefully there will be some sort of a resolution soon on what kind of effect do you thin that will have on the stock market? he has no qualms about keeping the government shutdown for not only days as we've seen so far, but really weeks. he has been completely firm tha he wants this $5 billion for border security and to build hi border wall. on the other side you have congressional democrats mainly chuck schumer and nancy pelosi who are really in their heels i saying no, we will not support

any legislation that provides that $5 billion for both sides of made it clear that yes, they want to keep negotiating and of course they want to get federal workers back to work and in thi government shutdown, but they'v also made it clear that this could be a prolonged fight and they are just fine with that. i think if that is the case, then yes you may continue to se the economy sort of reflect that . >> border security and the border wall, the president signature campaign issues, so w don't expect him to give up easily on that. we can all hope for some sort o a christmas compromise, right? >> or a christmas miracle depending on who you ask. >> thank you so much for coming in today. merry christmas to you. >> thank you. merry christmas. >> a new scare in tsunami ravaged. we are lie with the details. plus actor kevin spacey with a strange reaction to news that h

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>> welcome back, everyone. it is a somber christmas in indonesia as the death toll fro a tsunami rapidly rises. the massive wave slamming into the coastline on saturday without warning. now, blocked roads and heavy rains are hampering rescue efforts. at least 420 people are dead an thousands are homeless. survivors are worrying about another tsunami. amy kellogg is live in milan with the very latest. amy, good to see you. bring us up-to-date. take yes, obviously people are truly devastated and very much worried about another wave. it was even one false alarm today that send people into a terrible state of panic. it occurred between the on saturday night and there is still over 100 people missing. indonesia is made up of 17,000

islands and the spread over a field of volcanoes and fault lines. some people tried to create a little normalcy scrambling what they could to sell at markets today. it's not clear how many people would've been able to shop. the search continues for people trapped under rubble. in some cases, all has been lost . there is a lot of concern also the disease in these conditions. indonesia has the largest group of population. there are christians and others who live there. christmas mass went on today in some local churches, but it was grief filled and about brain fo the victims of this terrible disaster. after the 2004 asian tsunami that killed 230,000 people, there are so many questions being asked about why there isn't a better early warning system that could have been activated and saved people.

the most frightening thing was that there was just half an hou between the volcano that send this devastating tsunami off an when it actually took over thes areas and wiped out lives and livelihoods. so that is up for discussion. one of the issues that people are pointing to is there's a difference between an earthquak band what happened here which was a landslide. it went into the sea and displaced a massive amount of water and then set off a tsunam so that was something that perhaps hadn't been anticipated that is going to be the next thing being looked at as indonesia tries to get back on its feet and rebuild after this terrible event. >> no doubt. such a tragedy right before christmas. amy kellogg, thank you so much for that report. >> this has to be the strangest story of the day. kevin spacey posting a bizarre video after learning he will

face a tie to a sexual assault allegation more than two years ago. channeling his frank underwood character in a house of cards inspired monologue where he takes aim at the meat to movement. >> i know what you want. you trusted me. even though you knew you shouldn't. so were not done no matter what anyone says. besides, i know what you want. you want me back. >> joining us now, jesse weber. you said you watched it twice. >> i saw it on my newsfeed.

they would never be able to see this. i'm pretty sure i haven't seen them. is that the executives at netflix and the production company, no because they said n matter what they're never going to want him back. i really think this was for him. it's for him to become relevant because he hasn't spoken in about a year. the question that i have and were talking about early mornin christmas present, this was not for his attorneys and public relations department because they are having a field day probably. >> i was going to say there's n way his attorney approved this or had anything to do with the production of it. let alone wrote it. the bread attorney would never let client go on the record wit all the references to the case in sort of veiled denials about what he might have done. >> was this a trailer for seaso seven or a confession? >> i think he was auditioning and away to come back on the show. >> i don't understand this

because this is a serious charge . were talking he is facing five years in prison. why do it as frank underwood an what was interesting to note he didn't reference frank underwood . then you should've taken as a little more seriously. >> maybe he is trying to show that it's not legitimate. the charges are legitimate and that's why he can do this in character. >> that's a great point. nothing to be wrong with saying you're innocent until proven guilty. we've seen so many accusations thrown out with people not having the presentation of evidence. so he does make a point there, it's easy to accuse, it's much harder to convict so he does make a point. the problem is why would he do this now. is he worried about what the ultimate trial will show anyone

have an opportunity to speak up beforehand because my guess is one that arraignment comes in two weeks, he's most likely going to plead not guilty. if he were to plead guilty and say i'm just going to do this i the legal sphere, but really everybody we know the truth. we know i'm innocent. >> is that the jury wants yet, but the jury members might see it before they named to the jury . will that be a question during the election process? >> is going to be difficult to find a jury who doesn't know kevin spacey or house of cards. you're going to hope they didn' see this video. if they did see the video the question is will it influence their opinion. i'm pretty sure everybody looke at this today and said well tha was really bizarre what is goin on here. that's the problem. i don't know what the benefit o this was except for him he mayb feels somewhere down the line he's going to have a recurrence of his character at the end of the video he said you never saw my character die and then he is denying the accusations, but hasn't given them any evidence

of that. i'm confused with the point of this was. >> one thing that occurred is h didn't do this by himself. so somebody agreed with him tha it was a good idea. >> somebody thought it was a good idea and may be that perso not be working. there is a long way to go. we don't know the details of this obligation. it was an allegation right now. the criminal charge being brought, i know he's been accused. what i'm looking for is to see how this case plays out and how it will dictate other investigations including in los angeles. >> as an attorney or video says i want to put a note in character. i'm not going to talk about the case, but i want to make some veiled references to the case. you would tell the client what? >> what's going on here? have you been holed up too long? he said listen, i want to come forward. i know the way the system works.

allow me to present a compellin argument on camera to everybody. i wouldn't give a second thoughts at that but to give it as a character it's making ligh of the accusation because he's also talking about the show. what is the purpose of this, what is the point? now maybe there is something bu his attorney has not provided comment on this which said to m that they were not on the same page. >> appreciated. thank you. >> it as a present for somebody. >> 2018 was a year filled with lots of drama including major action on immigration on diplomatic realignment. the supreme court confirmation and even a royal wedding. fox news chief anchor shepard smith takes a look back on the events that shaped the last 12 months. >> 2018 brought an election tha shook up the major action on immigration. a showdown over supreme court

nominee. those stories and more dominating the headlines in 2018 . the year kicked off with a big mistake in hawaii. in emergency alert system warne of an incoming missile from north korea. the incident led to calls for changes in the alert system. president trump got into a trad war with china. he said it was payback for unfair treatment. washington and beijing later agreed to a temporary truce. to end the family separations. north korean leader kim jong un met south korea's president

setting the stage for president trumps on summit. the two leaders agreed to try t ease military tensions and work toward denuclearization. america's dad, bill cosby convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 3-10 years behind bars. his lawyer said they would appeal. the president also recognized jerusalem as the capital and move the embassy there. people around the world watched prince harry married the american actress meghan markle. our neighbors to the north made big news. canada became the second countr to legalize recreational marijuana. why was the first. supreme court justice anthony kennedy retired. president trump nominated judge rend kavanaugh to replace him. that lead to emotional hearings after decades-old accusations.

12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in thailand. they were stuck there for more than two weeks. convicted of tax and bank fraud. he also pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy. robert mueller later accused hi of violating that plea deal by lying to investigators. the deadliest anti- somatic attack in american history took place at a synagogue in pittsburgh the gunmen opened fire during saturday's services 11 people killed thousands of central americans headed toward the united states in a caravan through mexico. president trump deployed the military to the southern border a few weeks before the midterm elections. in those midterms, a split decision democrats want control of the house, but republicans gained ground in the senate.

in california this so-called campfire became the deadliest and most attractive wildfire in state history. family, friends, and colleagues gathered to. as the next presidential contes starts to take shape. of course we'll be here for it all. in new york, shepard smith fox news. >> did you watch the ball last night? the raiders breed the broncos 27 -14 on monday night football. the score mattered less than they can because last night gam might have been the last ever played in the oakland coliseum. the raiders are set to move to las vegas in 2020, but they don't have the home yet for nex

season. the team giving their fans a reason to celebrate in this potential swan song. i know you're a big raiders fan. >> is never been to a football game? >> a lot of sc games. that counts, right? >> they can play usc next year. >> you have to. >> they are pretty good. >> they are both good teams. as the strip the presidents christmas messag is coming up. >> plus, one super fan holiday surprise of a lifetime.

>> we are fighting over funding were also building. it is my hope to have this done completed, all 500-550 miles.

to have it either renovated or brand-new. democrats don't want it because they don't want open borders. yet every one of those democrat approve the wall or offense, or very substantial barriers. >> president trump speaking fro the oval office last hour on th need for a border wall and saying he doesn't know when the government will reopen. the former for the freeze campaign that kroos campaign an ceo of wpa and intelligence. he is a democratic strategist and former spokesman for obama for america. >> merry christmas to you. >> you just heard a snippet of that.

we thought they had risen to fast enough that we get that fixed and he also talked about the need for a border wall as you heard there. you heard him call it a wall, offense, and a barrier in the same sentence, does it make any difference to democrats what yo calls it? anzac, let me start with you. >> i don't really think so. i think one of the things that is interesting to . out is that the president has had the house and the senate fo the last couple of years i thin one of his real issues isn't with the democrats but with his own party is far as support for the wall offense. the democrats were willing to come to a deal last year in exchange for daca, and it was shot down, so i think there is deal to be worked on border security there probably is some sort of a deal that would allow the president to save face on this i think what it needs is a adult in the room. i think the only people to care about the blame game are people

in washington and not the american people. they just want the government reopened and they want a deal worked out sooner than later. >> who is the adult in the room? someone has to step forward and move some sort of a compromise forward. >> that the only way it's going to get done and i don't know right now there's anybody who's going to compromise that's acceptable to both sides. really with donald trump, he made his number one commitment while he is running for office to build the wall. i don't think he's in a situation where you get himself out of that. you also have what's going on between congress and the white house. several presidents now in a row have expanded the regulatory state without bringing congress into the realm there. and in elementary school congress is supposed to pass th laws at all they been passing lately is the buck. from that, to be able to bring that together.

if it's going to be a deal to b made, it's got to come from congress. i think they've got a couple more, but i don't see the president compromise on the wal at this point. >> democrats used to be in favo of some sort of a wall they use to be in favor of border security, but now it seems like things have really changed. let me ask you, what is wrong with border security, why is that all of a sudden become taboo with democrats? >> i don't think it has. i think the president outlined in his campaign that there woul be a wall, that is basically a little bit so to speak. they cannot negotiate out of that deal. have historically democrats hav voted in favor of some of the border security. if you draw a line in the sand

and say it lets you get five blame not going to open up the government, i think we all have a problem. i agree with chris about the fact that there's been a a remarkable abdication of responsibility and congress of the last decade. they fundamentally haven't passed a budget. they've been operating on continuing resolutions which really emboldened and empowers the executive branch in many respects dictate how the budget will be. i think this is the point for congress to really step up and re- exert their constitutional responsibility. i think the fact that they sent it back to washington, dc and have a. >> how about that. president obama hands up at executive orders. so, when does congress say we have a job to do too? >> it looks like this kind of what they're doing there. for them not to pass, not to agree to move forward on the stopgap measures this time is how congress is supposed to work

. i believe pushes us back to the point where congress and the executive branch article one an article two are the way the founding fathers originally intended. he should veto it. hopefully that does bring them together. someone can emerge. border security and the wall, you're right, democrats supported the wall with president obama in 2012. this is become more of a campaign issue. i think that's the unfortunate aspect of this. if there was a deal to be made on baca, i can tell you i was involved in a lot of those negotiations. >> we are going to have to interrupt and ended there. were out of time. thanks so much,

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>> the so-called keep it in the ground movement aims to stop th use of oil, coal, and natural gas. critics call that idea and economy killer. they will explain how this policy is supposed to work. >> the argument is this. climate change is here. the earth is warming and the only way to stop it to stop burning off fossil fuels.

well, coal plants are gas drilling for it what is new her is the strategy were other than fight every oil well in west texas the movement targets this trip once, the pipelines and export terminals and the production has nowhere to go it stops effectively keeping oil, gas, and call in coal in the ground. >> the goal is to keep it in th ground movement is to keep just that, keep fossil fuels in the ground so that we don't burn so much that we exceed the amount of that's going to lead us to a climate catastrophe. >> a lot lot of environmental issues to see and the wind and solar. now, many environmentalists tha global warming threat is too fa gone, too urgent, and you have to stop any new fossil fuel. how is this keep it in the ground strategy working out so far? >> good and bad. gasoline is very cheap right now

, see you would say no, on the other hand a new report fro the chamber of commerce labor union that say to keep the ground movement has caused the economy $91,000,000,000.20 billion in lost tax revenue. more than a half-million jobs s by killing or postponing these 15 major projects that we have map for including coal, natural gas terminals in oregon, washington, and california. pipelines along the east coast killed or delayed from protest, lawsuits, regulation and legislation. >> with the keep it in the ground movement has found is good environmental law and shut down energy projects. that was not the intent of the environmental movement in the 1970s. >> for all the success of this movement by looking at those projects that have been stopped or delayed, domestic and natura gas production here in the u.s. is burning.

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>> and aggressive christmas display. mariah carey christmas videos catching the attention of twitter this week. and the queen of christmas herself reaching out to the family behind the holiday display. >> how are you doing, merry christmas? >> merry christmas! speak of the batteries are dying! >> you look so great. >> you look beautiful. >> thank you so much, you guys look so good. you have the most festive christmas, you guys are so festive. and i had to call you to say merry christmas. if >> thank you so much. merry christmas, mariah. >> how exciting to have her call

you. >> yes, me of course. >> your home looks beautiful. not my home, but thank you, it has been so fun. >> we will do it again tomorrow. >> we will. "outnumbered" starts right now. merry christmas, everyone. >> merry christmas. ♪ >> harris: merry christmas, and thank you for joining us on this special day, this is "outnumbered," i am melissa francis, here is harris faulkner, katie pavlich, former director of strategic communications for the hillary clinton campaign adrian elrod and joining us on the couch today editor in chief or campusreform.org, lawrence jones. he has outnumbered. i love this look that you are bringing to us today. >> lawrence: i thought it would be in the christmas spirit. >> harris: the turtleneck is very dense l. [laughter] >> lawrence: i will take it.