tunes or google play or foxnews.com. like other facebook page. we post my daily columns there rob: happening at 4:00 a.m., treacherous travel, millions of americans trying to return as major winter storm marchs northeast. >> dumping heavy snow creating blizzard-like conditions, hundreds of flights canceled. rob: white house fires back, the president and his attorneys will not participate in this week's impeachment hearings. >> drama continues today as first impeachment draft is reviewed and republicans ramp up their call for adam schiff to testify. beginning to look like a whole

-- lot like christmas. rob: "fox & friends first" start right now. ♪ ♪ carley: good monday morning, i hope inch has digested their turkey, have you? >> still working on it. carley: working "fox & friends first" on this monday morning for heather childers. love that. rob: what day is it, i'm rob schmitt, thank you for starting your day was, we begin with wild

weather, storm hammering the northeast, moving the coastline, the storm leaving 7 people dead, the storm causing chaos for holiday travelers for hundreds of flights canceled and there have been thousands of delays. >> slick roads causing car to slide, no word on injuries there. heavy fog causing 60 piles to pile up in 29 separate crashes in maryland, massive deal happening across the country. rob: made a mess last week, that's for sure, other news, the president will not participate in house judiciary committee first impeachment hearing this week, the fiery response as intel panel prepares to vote on impeachment report and that will happen tomorrow. carley: griff jenkins live in washington to preview the packed

week on capitol hill, griff. >> good morning, it's going to be busy week, articles of impeachment would be, today expected to view a draft of the impeachment report, tomorrow they'll vote on it and send it to judiciary committee where on wednesday they will hold first public hearings, don't expect the president's team to play ball, white house pat denounced hearings late last night writing this in a letter, we cannot fairly to be expected to participate while witnesses yet to be renamed and remains unclear whether the judiciary committee will afford fair process through additional hearings, that isn't stopping democrats from pressing forward as the effort has felt to gardner any support from republicans. chris: clear there's nonof bipartisan support that speaker pelosi said that was essential to impeachment? >> our job to follow the fact,

be guided by the u.s. constitution and present the truth to the american people no matter where it leads because no one is above the law. >> republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for adam schiff to appear before them. >> it's easy to hide behind a report and easy to hide behind gavel and closed-door hearing, one to get up and answer questions, how he knew about whistleblower. >> who do we expect to appear on wednesday? well, probably four legal experts whether the case rises to level of impeachment, we will find out, guys. rob: interesting what they have to say and if they can make it exciteing. republicans believe the left are attempting to impeach the

president for simple reasons. >> have been looking to impeach him since inauguration day. >> they are attacking anout standing -- an outstanding president and even before he was elected they were ready to impeach him. as a teacher pta were pulled out of class to protest him in inauguration day, they were against him from the start. rob: the victims killed in the london bridge terror attack now identified, jack merris and jones, cambridge university graduates involved in rehabilitation program for exinmates, suspect convicted terrorist released from prison

and gathering a program on friday when he stabbed 5 people before shot and killed by police, manhunt intensifying for a group of teenager who is broke out of jail, two of the teens were accused of murder, they were on work detail in juvenile detention center, well, they use what had are called staff protocols to walk right out the door. police were not notified for 35 minutes, all team considered dangerous. >> 3 people detained in connection with massacre with american mormon family. rob: méxico announcing arrest after 21 people killed in cartel shootout. >> latest on the violence on the border, aisha. >> good morning, a few details about the arrest, 3 people in custody right now suspected of playing some kind of role in the

november massacre, 3 women and 6 children were slaughtered on november 4th, they are part of mormon community living in méxico, authorities say they were caught in the cross fires of a feud between two drug cartels, family members reacting to the news about the arrest, listen. [speaking in spanish] >> they want justice because the violence continues hours before that, 4 police officers and at least 17 others were killed in hour-long gun battle with mexican drug cartel, the cartel stormed the nice town of villa union on saturday, the city hall

riddled with bullet holes, the government of coahuila responding saying they cartels try to get in coahuila, today they got in by force and contingent that's not like anything we have seen in a long time. as méxico's murder rate reaches historic highs, doubts are growing whether the president can control the cartels there, on sunday the mexican president thanked president trump for his support and promised that méxico will fulfill its responsibility to get justice, carley, rob. carley: horrific story, thanks for the update. in a few hours president trump will leave for london, participating in 2-day summit, celebrating anniversary of nato alliance, expected to meet with several allies, including french president emanuel macron and angela merkel, not expected to

meet with boris johnson who is up for reelection in just over a week, at the nato meeting the president expected to discuss threats posed by china including's pursuit of dominance and 5g technology, kara davis editor at large said the administration is doing what needs to be done to end the trade abuses america has endured for years. >> what trump is doing is going to cause us discomfort for a while, i can accept this, buying chinese goods, i get it, watching the movies that they buy, not when they take out important elements that aren't going to sell well in china. that's fine. i'm willing to experience a little bit of discomfort right now to kick china to the curb,

this is a dangerous entity and we have done the electorate disservice. >> expect nato's relationship with russia will also come up at this week's meeting. >> okay, let's talk about sports, nfl week 13 the patriots slipping to second place in the afc, can you believe that falling to the texans 28-22, unbelievable. the new top dog is the buffalo keeping high streak alive as time expires, watch this. rob: 8 in a row. 49 field goal. carley: i remember that. rob: you remember that, the

redskins 14 to nothing deficit, the miami dolphins rally, they scored 23 points in the second half to stun philadelphia eagles 37-31 including, i saw one really weird play, maybe that was it right there. carley: hey, look at this, christmas on full display at the white house, check it out. ♪ ♪ rob: looks like a movie, the first lady showing off decorations on social media, she's been sending sneak peeks all week, she's thanking volunteers that helped her decorate. carley: that's stunning, remember when she got criticism for red decorations? they were beautiful then. rob: gorgeous place on christmas time. carley: i like them. the time now is 11 minutes after

the hour, the house intelligence committee plans to review a draft impeachment report today ahead of new public hearing this week, former federal prosecutor doug burns has been covering the inquiry since the beginning while he thinks there will not be a senate trial, he joins us live next. >> holiday kiss for good luck. there you go. nice little moment between j.j. watts and president bush's service dog sully. when we started our business

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>> a lot happening when impeachment inquiry goes to judiciary committee. how will things play out and what key things to look out for? >> the first thing was the factual part, this is the law part, so they are going to call in 4 professors and explain about what the treason, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors means and the only problem i saw rob make a point about how exciting that is going to to be and he's right, how exciting to have professors, not exactly the easiest thing to make exciting, but joking aside and here is the bad news, the reason it's bad in this toxic climate it's like a big test, one professor likely to say i believe this meets it and here is why because alexander hamilton pointed this that and the other and the other side will say exact think opposite.

[laughter] rob: jerry nadler obviously invited the president to take part this week, this is the white house's response, we just got yesterday, we cannot be fairly to participate in hearings while witnesses yet to be named and remain unclear whether the judiciary committee will afford the president a fair process through additional hearings, republicans are saying, the president is not being treated fairly in the process, do you agree with that? >> you have competing narratives back and forth and as a lawyer who sat in conference rooms for 34 years trying to figure out the best argument, what's the other side will argue, the president has said all along, no mistake about it, rock-solid consistent, you have not afforded me due process, haven't afforded me to correct opportunity to participate, jerry nadler did something smart, if you go baseball chess game, he invited them in, he could argue, what are you talking about we are not -- here is the inside part, knowing that the president would turn it down because he's so wedded to his

own narrative, it's a smart move by nadler and we will see how it plays out. carley: impeachment inquiry prediction, you said it's not going to go to the senate, why do you think that? >> starting 6 weeks ago i predicted that and everybody was looking at me like i was crazy, it came out sort of wrong, they are going to walk away, no, that's not it, they will do it in they realize the poll is slipping really badly, b, it'll hurt them politically in terms of the 31 or so seats in heavy trump districts and may really hurt them in 2020 presidential election if they do all of that and you've heard the little hints and nuances where people are starting to say, well, wait a minute maybe some type of sanctuary motion. rob: why doesn't it go to the senate? >> no, i think that's a great question, sheer the key, rob, two reasons, number one, the senate is like a horn nest, you're no longer in the -- maybe

that's the wrong word. if they impeach. carley: but if it doesn't go to the senate, how does it end? >> we don't want to put the country through this even though it's -- carley: moral high ground, interesting, doug, we will see what happens. thanks so much. >> my pleasure. carley: 19 minutes after the hour, the supreme court hearing a major gun race case that could actually expand rights and the second amendment showdown kicking off today. >> there's no reason for it. rob: tackle football is under fire again, the new effort to ban it in one state but is the move being made out of facts or

simply out of fear, thoughts on that coming up.

carley: back to fox business alert, this year's black friday shopping smashing records, $7.4 billion was spent online, the most ever for black friday, over a third of those transactions were made with the smartphone, black friday brick and mortar sales are also up 4%, likely to reach almost $10 billion, great news for the economy there. rob: and the shopping high did not end on black friday nor will it end today, thousands of people have been lining up to buy marijuana on the first day of recreational sales in

michigan, some people waiting 7 hours. [laughter] carley: oh my gosh. rob: michigan is the tenth state to legalize recreational marijuana, before long they'll be many, many more. carley: yeah. new york lawmakers pushing a bill that could ban tackle football for kids 12 and under. rob: fox news scott has more how it stems from alarm study linking youth football to brain damage. >> proposed legislation in new york aims to ban tackle football for kids 12 and under the bill comes nationwide concern, concussion damage among athletes, democratic assemblyman say it can permanently hurt the person's brain. >> the danger for developing brain, there's no reason for it. >> critics to have ban say kids

are too small to cause damage when hitting one another, they believe lawmakers aren't looking at the benefits of the sport. >> it takes away the discipline that comes with football, the sportsmanship. >> recent study from boston university school of medicine finds people who play tackle football can develop cognitive and behavioral issues over time, the risk for developing the neurodegenerative disease increased 30% for individual that played the sport. >> you're exposing to repetitive brain trauma. new york can follow california, governor gavin newsom signed legislation limiting practices to twice per week, youth coaches in new york considers similar alternatives. >> i think we should ensure that all coaches teach proper tackle and techniques as well as

conditioning the players to be strong and ready to play football, lawmakers are expected to look at the bill in january, fox news. carley: joe biden says he's not concerned about mayor pete's rise in iowa. >> we are still beating him significantly. >> former vp continues his no malarkey tour today, does he have a real reason to worry? we will debate it next. rob: pope francis defending christmas tradition why it should be displayed both public and private. next.

carley: snow, sleet and rain moving up the coast off pummeling several states leaving several people dead, causing chaos for travelers with hundreds of flights canceled and thousands delayed. rob: talking impeachment, president trump will not participate in house judiciary committee first impeachment hearing this week, intel panel prepares to vote tomorrow. >> finally in just a few hours, two astronauts will head out on space walk. [laughter] carley: adorable, that happening on earth and not space, today's mission to fiction the cosmic, will install new cooling pumps. rob: baby race in game, oddly

tease for you. former vice president joe biden is brushing off mayor pete buttigieg's lead in iowa. >> we are still beating him significantly but in terms of iowa he has had good organization if you've been around long enough you know that you still have over 65% of the people that haven't made up their mind and you still have them saying the single most important thing they need in next nominee is someone who can beat donald trump. rob: all right, but as the south bend mayor continue to climbs nationally in the polls should biden be worried because he's climbing those polls, sasha burns and mark meckler, sasha i want to start with you, pete buttigieg is the hot candidate but biden is still the leader, what do you make of all of this? >> pete buttigieg is really rising in you eye, he's a great

candidate, i think what is -- what shows with both of them with biden nationally and pete buttigieg in iowa and other places is they are both center left and that's what we need. i'd be happy with either one of them and their center-left policy. >> they are similar, mark, in a lot of ways, you're a tea-party kind of guy, you're more to the right, what do you make of the candidates and who do you think has a better shot against president trump? >> well, it's hard to say in the long run against president trump but we know that biden is floundering in iowa, we can see it because the numbers are down, pete buttigieg is way up wile biden still leading nationally, he wouldn't be focused on iowa so hard and doing no malarkey tour if he knew he wasn't in trouble right now. >> iowa democratic presidential caucus polling average, let's pull this up and you see, i mean, this is the first state, this is a very important start to the process and there's pete

buttigieg who has just come out of nowhere to take a commanding lead and then look at biden in fourth place in iowa, i think that surprises a lot of people, sasha, does it surprise you? are you iowa is such an anomaly of a state, in terms of who is going to win, iowa has a completely different caucuses are completely different from primaries and so you can vote again, if a candidate doesn't get to a certain percentage on the ballot, biden will do very well in the rural state or counties, if he were to lose iowa, it is important in terms of momentum and then you hit end of nevada, south carolina, he will likely win in super tuesday, howard dean won iowa,

barack obama didn't, so it doesn't have import at the end to have day. >> it's interesting to see how this works. >> i want to talk about biden's no malarkey bus tour in iowa tour, he's 77 year's old, does he seem like he's trying to embrace his age with no malarkey bus tour, that's just a weird name. >> i would certainly say he's certainly disconnected, connected digital candidate and you have the no malarkey bus tour, the last person i heard say it was my now deceased father, that was about 10 years ago, i don't know if biden is jumping on 1950's bus but that doesn't sound like a candidate made for this decade. rob: i guess that's fair, sasha,

let's talk about it and bring wider picture, one of the guys gets it let's presume who has better chance of winning rust belt that are important in 2020? >> i think senator biden does, i think his appeal to older voters but older voters are the ones who vote overwhelming and in terms of electability, he's right on in terms of that, i think he's the one that can defeat trump which is what we care about the most and in terms of malarkey, yeah, a little bit odd, what it is it's totally authentic joe biden, he's just -- he's a goof ball but he's straight, talk from the heart and, you know, that's a lot of his appeal. rob: no malarkey, thanks for comping on this morning. >> thank you.

carley: today students head back to class since the first time in deadly shooting in california, counselors would be at saugus high school to help grieving students for as long as they need, 16-year-old gunman made homemade and untraceable ghost gun when he opened fire last month, he shot 5 students and killed 2 before turning the gun on himself. today the supreme court will hear arguments in the case that could have major implications, centers around new york city city ordinance which forces residents to keep handguns, arguing that they we wanted to take their guns to shooting ranges and other places outed of the city, the supreme court has not heard a gun right's case in nearly a decade, that's surprising there. on the serious illness hit the cruise ship for a second time in a week, the norwegian joy ironically named docking early in los angeles after at least 19

people came down with flu-like symptoms, 6 passengers were treated for a similar illness just one week earlier, the ship was expected to sanitized before sailing again. rob: no, thank you. carley: watch. >> here they come. carley: not something that you see every day, more than 45,000 stuffed animals thrown on to the ice for the hershey bears teddy bear toss, that's 10,000 more than last year. rob: are you kidding me, 45,000? not only all bears donated to charity, for every toy elected 25 cents will be donated.

carley: amazing. keep them coming. >> is christianity in crisis, politics blurring where young people stand. >> confused. live next to clear up what it means to be a christian.

>> i didn't know exactly when i should come back to youtube but the reason for that is i'm not allowed to speak on anything going on right now. rob: she looks just like her mom, doesn't she? returning to youtube for the first time since college admission scandal broke out, 2 million followers posting first video in 8 months, prosecutors say parents made half a million bucks to get both of their daughters to usc.

any patron would not be allowed to enter and full refund, has the right to confiscate and destroy cameras, david has not responded on that. former secretary of state john kerry is calling on americans to battle climate change. >> we've got to treat this like a war, has to require decision-making and organization and efforts that are just not taking place. >> kerry launching a star-studded climate change initiative, to top is rise and carbon emissions by 2050, former president bill clinton and jimmy carter to push for action

against climate change, pope francis says the faithful shouldn't be afraid to show their faith this christmas season, calling for nativity scene to be displayed in workplaces, schools, hopes the beautiful tradition will never be lost believing that all people can find meaning in it. there you have it. carley, send it over to you. carley: all right, thanks, rob. is christianity in crisis, new article in the atlantic claims most people are confused and conflicted without the guiding framework of their faith, so is this a crisis we should be worried about? joining us now to discuss senior legal adviser for trump 2020 campaign, jenna ellis. jenna, the headline of the article is the crisis of american christianity viewed from great britain, they interviewed british, do you think christianity is in crisis in america? >> yeah, absolutely, carley, and the reason for that is that most

people don't understand that christianity is not nearly a religion, it's a world view, it is the fundamental foundation of everything that we understand of who we are as human beings made in the image of god and how we have to view the reality to which god presents us and christianity is about objective truth not just my truth versus your truth but rather a comprehensive world view, then we can understand that the truth of the god of the bible then tells us who we are, how we have purpose and we have to live our lives in accordance with that truth and the philosophy and understanding of world view, includes, church, family and our government and so our founding fathers also understood that when they created the declaration of independence and when they drew that up they

specifically said the christian world view statement, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, they are endowed by their creator and not their government with certain inalienable rights, the system of government, the government's only sole obligation to protect and we need to understand there isn't separation of church and state the liberal leftist media would like to tell us, the freedom of speech and freedom of association, it's our ability to understand how to live in society and make sure that we have the freedoms that god himself gives us. carley: that's cross section between founding on the country and christianity, recent polls show that christianity is down

across america, why do you they that is and do you think that will ever be reversed? >> yeah, because a lot of people don't understand the fundamental tenants of christian faith, not just a believe in god, i believe that christianity is the best explanation for the reality for which god presents us, we all have to answer the fundamental questions, why are we here, what's the purpose, the christian world view is the best explanation, a lot of young people today have the hodgepodge of their world view, they will the christian faith just as a supplement but then they have a very confusing conflicted world view on all other aspects of their life, what they don't understand is that the christian world view is the foundation of everything else that we do in our life. >> we have to get this in, i understand that you have partnered with pretty big people to fight attacks on jesus and the constitution, tell us about that. >> yes, the new center announced

on saturday and i'm excited to be able to partner president of liberty university and charlie kirk of turning point usa to champion the rights of christian truth and the rights of fundamentally of american freedom in our society today and so you can find the center on twitter, facebook and what we are doing is championing the truth of christian, of the bible and making sure to defend and protect liberty and fundamental triad of freedoms, freedom of speech and religion, carley, you and i just don't have fundamental first amendment right to freedom of speech, we have a fundamental god-giving unalienable and we want to teach through social media and take back america for truth. carley: i'm sure a lot of the

viewers will be interested in that, thank you very much, jenna. rob: 4:47 cybermonday, you go to work and sit on your computer and shop all day, the steals and deals that you can score right from your couch or your office, that everything you need to know. or car does that mean people don't do that every day? what are you doing back there, junior?

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app with select hotels, you can get great deals on packages, if you're a parent you probably know of lego land, more than 50% off their gold pass, for cybermonday it's 99.99 and your kids are going to love you and you will love the deal. carley: if you need a laptop, now is the time? >> staples has great gifts for clients, friends, loved ones or even for yourself, if you need to upgrade, it's the day to do that, intel core i7 processor, get this, it is 40% off the cybermonday, the retail on this 829.99. rob: all the stuff is getting so cheap. >> today is day to buy items for

yourself and holiday, if you go to macy's you can get beauty items, these are typically around $139 but for cybermonday, 60% off and these are so luxurious, these are from charter club, i love the animal print. >> look at the heavy blanket, what is this? weighs a ton. >> 139, they 49.99, this is a weighted blanket, you heard about these? carley: i haven't tried it. >> they are supposed to make you feel like you are being snuggled. carley: i'm getting a big hug. >> feels like you're getting a big hug. rob: ill be sweating bullets underneath this thing. proven to help with deeper sleep and help you feel a little bit better. [laughter] >> this is available at mattress, do you like it? >> i love it. never getting up.

>> how does the control feel about me doing the rest of the show in this position? >> cybermonday deals, $100 off, $69. >> this is really cozy, right? rob: thank you so much for your time, we have all the tips for cybermonday. carley: time for the good, the bad and the ugly, first we have the good, puppy love on the sidelines and sully the dog giving kisses to injured defensive jj watts, sully was vet dogs to surprise veterans can service dog. rob: every women in houston melts to see him kissing dog. we teased this earlier at new

orleans pelican. seems like no baby we wanted to win 250 bucks. >> who is it going to be? i just don't know if they can make up their minds. carley: amiaing. rob: took 3 minutes but the little girl eventually was named the winner. carley: finally the ugly, people spent running with carnival ride suddenly break. carley: that is really bad, no one was hurt on or off the ride, up and running if less than a day, who would want to go on it again. rob: rolling down the streets, all right, 56 minutes after the hour coming up on 5:00 a.m., the gift that keeps on giving, president trump's economy is

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