>> president trump will be getting a major talk to those in florida, racking up more victories. formation of the space force, new money for his wall on the southern border, as the stock market continues to rise, despite the fact that the house impeached him this week or did they? house speaker nancy pelosi is refusing to send the articles over to the senate, negotiations over the trial hit a wall. leaving the status of the entire trial in limbo until the new year. good afternoon, this is america's news headquarters, i'm ed henry.

four days until christmas and for the moment all is quiet in washington. lawmakers are out of town for the long holiday break and the president kicking off a two-week stay at mar-a-lago club. a showdown looms for the two most powerful on the hill. nancy pelosi says she wants to see mitch mcconnell set up a fair trial first and mcconnell on an i allowing. >> i think many of us would like to hear from witnesses that did know come forward. the president did not allow some witnesses to dom forward. that's important before we make a decision. i'm perplexed why the president doesn't want some of the witnesses to come forward. ed: this as ken starr who says that it's pelosi who is now guilty of abuse of power. >> i think there's abuse of

house power in the way this unfolded in the house and riding rough shod over minorities rights and ultimately the rights of the president and now she's essentially trying to tell the senate how to do business. and here is the deal, and it's wrong constitutionally. ed: and not far from the florida convention center where the president will be speaking in a few hours, rich, good afternoon. >> good afternoon, ed. the president as he was preparing to come down to palm beach yesterday, his attorneys were on the hill talking with and have been coordinating with senate majority lead are mitch mcconnell on a trial strategy to figure out exactly how they're going to proceed if and when the trial begins. democrats want to call witnesses. they want the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, former national security advisor john bolton to testify. the president has wanted to broaden any impeachment trial to include the bidens and their

conduct in ukraine and there are republicans that want this to be short and request i cannily vote to acquit the president based on what they say was a july call with the ukrainian president that does not meet the standard to remove the president. >> i think it's hard to argue that it was perfect. it's also harder to argue that it was impeachable and the delineation between perfection and impeachable, they're worlds apart and we should keep them that way. what we have to focus on is not really president trump. we should focus on a fact pattern that leads us to a conclusion as relates to it being impeachable. that is our responsibility not from a partisan perspective, but as leaders in america. >> house speaker nancy pelosi trying to exert some leverage over the senate, she's withholding those articles of impeachment and senate republicans say there's no leverage here,you're not going to tell us how to run our trial.

and that while congress is out. ed: and he has called them the do-nothing democrats, but he got some things signed into law. >> there will be no partial government shutdown avoiding a repeat of what we saw last year. the president signing a government funding bill. it includes about a trillion and a half dollars in government spending overall. democrats got money for gun violence research, the president secured funding and signed a $738 billion military policy bi bill. >> the 2020 ndaa is a watershed event in the truest sense of the word. before i came into office the military endured deep and devastating budget cuts. our military, quite frankly, was very depleted. >> that bill authorizes the

creation of a sixth branch of the military, the space force. and parental leave for workers. we'll see the president when he folks add 5:00 this afternoon around the corner at west palm beach at the annual turning point usa action committee. back to you. ed: the key hours ahead for the president. thank you for starting us off. new controversy among some in the president's political base after what was published what might seen as a scathing editorial, saying that trump should be removed from office. are an arguing that the nation faces this with the president. and radical left nonbeliever than him in office. graham's son franklin slammed the magazine for even invoking his father's name. >> my father knew donald trump, believed in donald trump and in

this last election, he voted for donald trump. and if he were here today, i'm sure he would tell you that himself. ed: let's get the president's view on this. let's bring in robert jeffers, senior pastor. afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, ed. ed: how do you react to this evangelical magazine not just calling out the president, but leaders like yourself and saying why are you supporting him. >> look, what your viewers immediate to know, ed, christianity today is a dying magazine whose influence even the new york times said friday, their influence diminished significantly over years past. they have been never-trump from the beginning, but most important, they are die metrically opposed in their news to millions of evangelical christians who support the president. you see the new fox poll that says that 67% of evangelicals approve of the job the president is doing. another poll said that 99% of

evangelical republicans oppose his impeachment and the reason for that support is very clear. i mean, record number of judicial picks, 182 by the end of next month. what he's done for israel. his stand for religious liberty ap the pro-life arena. this is why last week when i stood next to him in the east room of the white house, i said president trump is without doubt the most pro-faith president in history and there are millions of evangelicals who agree with me in that assessment. ed: pastor, there may be millions of evangelicals who agree with you and you may be right that this magazine is never-trumper, but that doesn't get to what i'm asking, it's fair of you to what you pointed out glad you did. they say this president dumbed down, and the tweets are

character slanders, a human being who is morally lost and confused. how do you answer the charge that evangelicals should be more critical of this president? >> look, just because you vote for a president doesn't mean you embrace everything that president does. i mean, for example, i voted for ronald reagan in 1980, the first divorced president in history. i wasn't endorsing divorce when i voted for reagan, i voted for him because of his policies. and look, you know, in 2016, it was a clear choice between donald trump and hillary clinton. ed, is anybody going to make the argument that hillary clinton was a more moral candidate than donald trump was? i mean, the fact is, the christian message is, we are all sinners, we've all fallen short of the glory of god. we all need a savior and that's what this christmas season is about p. jesus christ comes to offer forgiveness to anyone who asks that forgiveness, but we're not approving of everything the president does. i don't approve of everything i

do, but that's not the real issue, it's his policy. ed: pastor, brit hume, my colleague tweeted out something about how he says evangelicals do not necessarily approve of the president's personal conduct, but the president is willing to fight for what you believe in as you just noted and he's essentially your enemy's enemy, that he's taking on these issues and taking it right to speaker pelosi and others. >> last point. >> ed, let me talk about morality, to sanction the murder of 1.4 million children in the womb every year, that's immoral and every democrat candidate running for president believes in unrestricted abortion up until the time the child is in the birth canal of the mother. now, that is gross immorality and that's what so many christians who support president trump are railing against. ed: pastor jeffers, as you mentioned. we appreciate you coming in and merry christmas to you and we'll have you back soon. >> thank you. merry christmas to you, ed.

ed: let's turn to the democratic side. >> democrat three year long impeachment in search of articles found its way to the subject of ukraine. house democrats embarked on the most rushed, least thorough and most unfair impeachment inquiry in modern history. ed:. >> leader mcconnell is plotting the most rushed, unfair impeachment try in modern history. ed: the sparks are flying, both senators are accusing each other of a rush job regarding impeachment. all of this has come to a screeching halt. where do we go now? for some democratic perspective, former indiana-- i want you to talk about what the pastor was saying, a former democratic senator, and you

confronted these moral issues, what do you think about that? >> i think that the evangelical community is not monolithic, as the pastor was mentioning, a vast majority support the policies of this president particularly on abortion and judicial appointments, but i suspect there's another submarine set perhaps reflected by the article you mentioned that don't think-- it shouldn't be either/or. they're looking for a president who will not only be supportive of the policies that they want, but embody the character, the morality and christian teachings they've been raised to embrace, af he been raise today embrace, not either/or. what's you way forward here? nancy pelosi had been reluctant about impeachment. needs to be bipartisan. it wasn't bipartisan, we can argue about why forever and ever and she moved forward and now is holding back the articles. what happens next?

>> well, the one thing i'm sure of, that a lot of your viewers are ready for a break over the holidays, but once we get back after thanksgiving -- after new year's, i suspect that eventually the speaker is going to have to relength and she's trying to strengthen chuck schumer's hand in the search for witnesses and other evidence that was not allowed to be presented in the house, but eventually i think she's going to have to send it over and the senate will proceed to conduct the trial and that will be that, probably-- it will probably be shorter rather than longer. ed: shorter rather than longer. we decided as mentioned at the top, were you a key player, as i believe a freshman senator during bill clinton's impeachment trial and we brought from the archives. >> if you look at the house proceedings, seems the longer they went out and the more partisan and divisive it became and we don't want that to happen in the united states senate so that's another argument in favor of moving as quickly as

possible, consistent with having the facts and the law completely briefed. ed: partisan, divisive, more things change, the more they stay the same, i guess. >> unfortunately, ed, the country is even more polarized and divided today than it was 20 years ago. and that's a sad fact and i hope we can get beyond which is another reason to have a vote. ultimately, ed, you know what matters here is not what politicians in washington do what matters is the verdict ten months from now in the next general election. we should get the facts out there and let the voters decide. it's sad. this partisanship and divisiveness is hurting the company. i went to my son's graduation, graduated from the infantry training school and i wish every american could see that. they don't care about politics and this stuff. sure, we can find common ground for their sake. ed: no doubt. and senator, i seem to remember when you came into the senator,

the senators in both parties went to the old senate chamber and got the cameras and me and others out of there, let's figure this out. what is your advice to mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer to get this out of the way. >> it's harder because they're more polarizing. and more fussing during the four or five hours, we had ted kennedy as liberal as you can get and a republican, and we have a vote 100-0, maybe that can't happen, but for the sake of the republic they ought to have the frame work. the trial went off a hitch and it was along party line votes, but nobody could argue that wasn't a fair process that we adopted. ed: senator last thing, big picture as you've widened the lens, as you noted the voters

are having their say, and probably got to have this behind them. how do you look the field. you were running for vice-president back in the obama days. and there's some suspicion that democrats are concerned right now they don't have anyone to beat the president at the ballot box and that may have been why they moved forward on impeachment? >> i disagree with that. my concern is that it may end up hurting the democratic party in the fall. the 6% of voters, who are undecided what does it have do do with my life, cost of college, job security, and all that. if the democrats nominate a moderate and there are a few running, if they nominate a moderate the chances of a democrat winning of slightly over 50%. if we go hard left, socialism, passivism, that kind of thing, with the economy the way it is, the president's chances of getting reelected are pretty good. it's town my party to choose the past forward.

left i think is a losing strategy, down the middle a fighting chance the election would be very close. ed: smart analysis by senator bayh. and the most important things you said, your son graduated, and we want to thank his service for our nation, wonderful to celebrate headed into christmas. thank you. >> thank you. ed: a massive manhunt underway in new york city as police search for a 14-year-old suspect in the murder of tesa majors. she was stabbed in a park near the campus. they're turning to the public for help, with photos of the teenagers. >> hey there, ed, police began looking for the 14-year-old suspect after another middle schooler already charged in the murder implicated him in this investigation. in an unusual move, n.y.p.d. tweeted out these photos asking the public for help. they did not release his name

because he's a juvenile. they stabbed her to death in what was reportedly a robbery. one was reportedly questioned and released last week. 18-year-old victim from virginia had only been in the city for three months. she was a freshman at barnard college. and she was targeted as with she walked near campus, putting her in a chokehold, robbing her and stabbing her before running. and she was able to climb some stairs and the security guard called 911, she didn't make it. police arrested one of the teens and charged him with murder and they have said little about the third teen in a crime, saying in a press conference they're trying to preserve the integrity of the investigation. >> what we want, we want to bring closure to this case appropriately, working hand in hand with the prosecutors and any statement that's going to jeopardize that, unfortunately, will have to be held until a

further state in the investigation. >> according to 13-year-old testimony, majors fought back, and one said he didn't stab majors, but handed the knife back to the person who did. and majors was reportedly considering a career in journalism. police are emphasizing any tips on this remaining suspect will remain confidential, ed. ed: thank you. had a snag in a space mission for boeing after its starliner ends up in the wrong orbit. when it will land and what it means for the company's ventures in outer space. it comes as the president is signing a new branch of the military into law. a former astronaut on what we know about space force. >> made grave threats to our national security, american superiority in space is absolutely vital. phones down. we need a solution. introducing... smartdogs.

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>> australia issuing some brand new travel warnings due to what they're calling catastrophic wildfires. more than 100 burning right now. least one outside every single major city in the country. authorities urging travelers to delay their trips, and the fires fueled by record high temperatures. >> today also marks another landmark achievement as we officially inaugurate the newest branch of our military. this is a very big and important moment. it's called the space force. ed: you hear the president right there making it official, announcing the creation of the space force. it's part of the defense bill the president signed into law yesterday, making it the first

new military service in more than 70 years. joining me to talk about it, former nasa astronaut, tom jones. >> hi are you doing. ed: more than 70 years since we've had a new branch of the military. how significant is that? >> it's a big shake-up. i think it recognizes the importance of space to our defense, it recognizes we have critical satellites that helps us do reconnaissance and information about early warnings of enemies against us, missile launches, for example. they're under a threat from adversaries like russia and china. the space force is focused on protecting those satellites ap making sure other enemies know they can't get away with an attack like that without suffering themselves. ed: you're focusing on attacks for satellites. could space be used to attack the u.s. mainland? is that a concern as well, in your opinion, other places?

>> well, the missiles launched on the ground go through space to get to their targets and i don't see any change. there's a hypersonic missile that would come back through the atmosphere and go to its target at a high speed. we're deterring those weapons systems by having our own forces in being. this makes us realize we need to protect more for the space force and a talent of the all the military services to have other parts of the military. ed: and being a key part to offset some cost, we're told it will with at least initially $40 million. 200 new recruits. in comparison to give people an idea, the army, as you probably know, has a budget right now of $181 billion, 480,000 active duty soldiers. obviously, it has a long way to

grow. this is just the start. >> and average is $14 billion a year, the bump up is to establish the head quarters and get the organization running and it will pull in navy, army, air force personnel and put them under one roof and later we'll find out if they have new uniforms. that's not important of the what's important is to bring together the talent to do their job with less friction and less red tape and acquire this to put our assets back up if they are attacked. ed: and when president reagan talked about "star wars," he was mocked, and in years we were outspent by the soviets and they were obliterated. and in this, some mocked that this space force was necessary. look five, 10 years down the road, how important do you see

this to the u.s. mission ahead? >> i think it's important, i think we are going to move more and more importance into the space domain. more missions for our space satellites up there. you've got to protect them and new satellites that can hide or jam attackers or maneuver out of the way of a threat and at the same time maybe using directed energy weapons or lasers to the ground to threaten an adversaries's satellite. acquiring those and putting them in efficiently and quickly is the mission of the space force. i think it's a good recognition what the domain holds for future success in any conflict. ed: no doubt about it. the boeing starliner we heard a lot about that yesterday. didn't go quite as boeing planned. on the other hand, boeing is insisting they got some good information and there were other aspects of the mission that worked, but obviously, launching into the wrong orbit is not exactly what they wanted. talk about the significance of that. >> well, it's a delay, unfortunately, to nasa's efforts to get humans launching from the u.s., from florida, back to the

space station and get out from the russian monopoly so that's bad news. i'm not too worried about this because the boeing starliner got into orbit successfully, it's going to maneuver and come back to the landing site at white sands so that means it does most of the mission on the test flight successfully. had there been a crew aboard, they would have docked by manual control like we did with the shuttle for 15 or 20 years. i don't see that this missing part of the mission is failure. ed: we appreciate your insights today. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you as well. >> modern technology certainly makes us more connected than ever before. can it also make people feel lonier? that's coming up over the holidays. ♪ it's the loneliest number, the number one ♪

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>> some shocking new developments in the case of a missing texas mom and her newborn baby. police finding the body of heidi broussard in the trunk of a car in houston. her infant daughter found alive and unharmed in a nearby home. our christina coleman has more details this afternoon. >> good afternoon, ed. right now the baby believed to be baby margo is safe and in the care of child protective services, and the suspect is in custody, and 33-year-old was arrested yesterday on those charges. she appeared on court-- in court yesterday on unrelated traffic violations. austin american statesman says that she pretended to be pregnant at the same time as the victim and may have been plotting to take the baby.

fox news has not independently confirmed that information. 33-year-old heidi broussard and her daughter margo were reported missing on thursday, december 12th in their hometown of austin, texas after broussard had dropped her six-year-old son off at school. authorities found the woman's body in the trunk of a car at a house in jersey village 100 miles outside of austin and the baby safe inside the house. forensic sciences identified the woman as broussard on friday and determined the cause of death, strangulation. >> i want to express the heartfelt condolences of everyone you see standing here with me, our community, our department, that we did not have two rescues, but only one it appears and our hearts, and our minds are with heidi and her family. ed: additional charges could be filed against the wanl who was reportedly broussard's friend. ed: thank you. new reports on this holiday

season suggest that seniors are feeling more isolated and alone than ever. but what about our youth who seem to be more connected with others through smartphones and social media, but maybe not with one another. let's discuss with a psychotherapist. he's hosted a podcast known as reconnected parent and the upcoming book "disconnected, how to reconnect our digitally distracted kids" due out this summer. let's talk about the big picture. around the holidays on thanksgiving, it happens in my family, every family, get off the screens, kids, get off the iphones, let's talk. >> that's what the holidays are about, being with one another. we hear it all the time, see it all the time. families get together, some of the kid are on devices and some are playing video games and some are watching football, which is fine, but we need to sit around the table and talk and connect. ed: what about for seniors? we've got a survey that shows that 43% of seniors feel loneliness on a regular basis.

45% express an increased risk and those are the survey that recently came out. what is your sense about seniors in particular over the holiday. >> i'm glad the survey came out. when people read that, you know what? i need to see my mom or dad who is elderly more often if they're living by themselves. this time of year, a lot of seniors, close friends have died off and we need to keep that in mind as family members, sons and daughters to go out of our way and volunteer, go to a senior center, i used to do that has a kid and my father dressed up as a senior center and they loved it. ed: it's not just reconnecting with your family, but helping others. >> it is and connecting as a society. when i was coming in earlier today, very few people are doing what we're doing right now, on the streets. and looking at screens.

ed: you see them on the sidewalks of manhattan, they have three or four kids and they're on the phone. >> you can be lonely out on the streets when you're looking at your screen. ed: even with people around you. there's a story in the new york times that caught our eye, out in tulsa, oklahoma, there's a woman who took out an ad on christian list asking if anyone needs a grandma. anyone need a grandma for christmas, i have nobody and would like to be part of a family. i can cook dinner for you. you get the idea. in one way it's kind of sweet and somebody reaching out and another way sad that somebody had to go to this level who says i just want a connection. >> it's sad, but i commend her, one good thing about craigslist, i'm sure there were responses and you know what, ma'am, come over to our house for holidays and we'll let you do the cooking for us. ed: might be an example where social media could be a good they think. >> sure. ed: you put out on social media i'm looking for that connection

and maybe actually there's a family that doesn't have a grand mo grandma, a grandma who doesn't have a family. >> so there we have the social part of media and not the anti-social. ed: and ironic that the social part can make it anti-social. >> social media is far from social. the screen isn't going to cut it. human beings are supposed to be in the presence of others, and eye contact, and picking up responses. ed: your book is coming out this summer. where can you find the podcast. wherever you can get the podcast. the book is where you can see it. ed: my pleasure. and taking to the sky and fighting crime. where it's happening and where it's causing controversy coming up. so what are you working on?

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>> as if calorie counts on menus were not eye opening enough, british researchers are now considering foods with exactly how much physical activity it would take to burn those calories off. health experts have been pushing for clearer food labeling for years, but critics worry how this approach could impact those struggling with eating disord s disorders. baltimore, meanwhile, taking to the sky in a bid to fight crime. next year it will roll out three surveillance airplanes looking to gather information when criminal activity at its peak. not everyone is on board with the cried. garrett tenney has more details. this is a pilot program for now, right? >> yes, it's set to launch in may and run for six months. and during that time planes with cameras will fly over the city, 40, 50 hours a week and capturing one picture a second. during this pilot program, those images will only be used to investigate some of the most

serious crimes that have already happened, such as murders, shooting and armed robberies. by using the images of people, which are blurry dots where they came from and went to. and critics say things can go wrong. and at-- the a.c.l.u. says it would be with people of color. the data collected is not limited to those crimes or any crimes. but tracks everyone everywhere all the time. residents' private information is held by a completely unaccountable private for-profit company. baltimore's police chief says there will be strict policies in place to be sure everything is an aboveboard and he privacy is respected and he plans to hold a meeting before this program launches next summer. >> i've decided to proceed with this proposed pilot program because it could represent yet

another tool in the toolbox to solve and deter violent crimes in our city. i'm obviously well aware of the controversial history and the resistance it encountered here in baltimore so i'm looking forward to hearing from our community and to educate nem on what this is and what this is not. >> baltimore already has more than 700 street level cameras across the city and police plan to use the new pilot program in conjunction with those to help identify and track suspects down. ed: garrett, obviously baltimore has had a crime problem for a long time. has they used this technology before? >> three years ago under the previous police commissioner, the company worked with this same company, surveillance systems, and over seven months recorded 300 hours of images without anyone in the public knowing it was happening. that problem was ultimately shut down after it was revealed in a report by bloomberg, which is why the current police chief says this time they want to go

about doing it the right way. ed: i appreciate that report. let's stay in the mid atlantic region. multiple freight train cars sent plunging into the potomac river after derailing on a bridge at harpers ferry, west virginia. the train was carrying grain with only the conductor on board. no word what caused that derailment. 24 homes in 24 days. we highlight next how one foundation is giving back to america's heroes and their families. a new home every day leading up to christmas. going new places! going out for a bite! going anytime. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com.

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>> we're back. the c.d.c. reporting the flu was killed more than 2,000 people this season. new data showing this flu season is striking faster and earlier than usual. the virus widespread in puerto rico and 30 states, so far at least 3.7 million people have gotten sick since the official season began in late september. so watch that. the tunnel to towers foundation is something we've highlighted on fox, it's giving 24 mortgage-free homes to america's heroes in 24 days. marine sergeant brian johnson receiving one of those homes you see there in utah wednesday.

the 38-year-old lost an arm and leg in an ied attack in iraq in 2004. joining me now is the ceo and chairman of towers to tunnels. what made you think of this specific idea leading up to christmas and getting these homes out there. >> we're calling this the tunnels and season of hope. let's give back to the families that sacrificed so much for our country and our communities. we were able to take care of 24 mortgages, december 1st to the 24th. i think it's important that we don't forget the great heroes this time of the year. ed: some who served in the military, obviously, and also firefighters, police officers, killed in the line of duty, their families left behind and you want to make sure that they actually have these mortgage-free homes. there's one in worcester, massachusetts, for example, you just took care of. >> a firefighter, jason menard

gave his life and he went back into the building and saved a baby and he gave up his life and leaves behind a wife and three beautiful children. today is the day that we actually paid off his mortgage. every day you look at our tunnel to towers.org and you can read the stories of these great, great families and what we're hoping to do for christmas, for christmas eve is to pay off the mortgage for a detective joseph seals who just got killed in jersey city, that leaves behind a wife and five kids. we're going to get it done, i have no doubt and we're asking everyone to go to tunnel towers.org and donate $11 a month to make sure that we take care of these families. ed: $11 a month seems pretty basic, doesn't seem like a lot of money and yet, it's hoping so many people. >> exactly. most people can do $11 a month and we can sacrifice something. we should as a country or a community where the great heroes live have a contract with the

families. you go out and you protect us, and you don't come home, leave behind a wife and young kids, we're going to take care of you. tunnels to towers, we're trying to bring americans together and we'll take care of the families $11 a months. ed: in the case of jersey city, the case recently in the area, i understand that you also paid for funeral services. you were looking out for the family. >> we didn't pay for the funeral services, we were at the funeral and i met with the widow, and actually, it was the attorney general was there, the chief -- commissioner of n.y.p.d. was there, a tremendous turnout to let this family know that they're not left alone. ed: you've helped so many people and the people who don't know how the charity started, you had a big family and one of your brothers steven on 9/11 did so much to help so many other people and now the legacy that lived on. >> we're proud of that.

my brother gave up his life 18 years ago and ran with the brooklyn tunnel with 50 pounds of equipment on his back and got to ground zero and he gave up his life and saved others. and we honor our military and first responders in the country and he's not the only hero and we recognize that we want to recognize the heroes and take care of the families most importantly. ed: hard work you do all year and especially at christmas. merry christmas to you and your family. >> new, sir. ed: and impeachment trial, what's the hold up? this continues at the top of the hour. at's really important. so we're making it easier than ever to become part of our family. that's why our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. the chevy price you pay is what we pay. not a cent more. family is important to us. and we want you to be part of ours. so happy holidays. and welcome to the family.

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scout cookies, cup of noodles and halloween candy. >> all the number one requested with stuff, oreos, girl scout cookies, jerky. >> i hope this gives them something to look forward to, to remember that people care about what they do. ed: that is awesome. 2,000 care packages are now being shipped out. giving our service members a treat, some good cheer this holiday season. that does it for me for today. i'll see you tomorrow on "fox & friends," six a.m. to ten a.m. eastern, right back here at noon eastern as well. starting on january 20th, i'll be co-anchoring with sandra smith on america's news headquarters, next year, january 20th. we'll be giving you a lot of information about that between now and then. in the meantime, see you tomorrow. the news continues top of the hour. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ chris: the nypd is releasing photos of a 14-year-old suspect who's wanted in the fatal stabbing of college student tessa majors. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm kristin fisher. leland: such a sad story. so many more questions than answers, we'll try to get some of those throughout the hour. i'm leland vittert. two other teenagers have been tied to the stabbing, a 13-year-old superintendent is in police custody -- suspect is in police custody, another 14-year-old has been questioned and released.

jacqui heinrich following this from our new york newsroom. >> reporter: it is somewhat unusual for police to release photos of minors who have not yet been charged with a crime, but there is considerable pressure to find and arrest the killers after she was stabbed to death ten days ago near campus. only one teen's been charged, and police say they believe three middle schoolers are responsible. this is who police are looking for. his name is not being released because he's just 14 years old. police have not said what they think his role is, but "the new york times" is reporting he may be the one who delivered the fatal blows. tessa majors, an 18-year-old from virginia, was stabbed to death while walking in morningside park wednesday before last near her college campus, reportedly considering a career in journalism. police say she was killed in what began as a robbery. the 13-year-old already charged in the murder allegedly told police he and his two friends initially set their sights on a man but got spooked and targeted

majors instead. police say the teens attacked majors, putting her in a chokehold, robbing her and stabbing her before running. she was able to climb some stairs to where a school security guard saw her and called 911, but he did not make it. now only one 13-year-old is charged with her murder, although at this point he's not being tried as an adult. his lawyer says he's not responsible and only handed the knife to the other teen who killed her. police have not said much about the other two suspects' whereabouts, trying to preserve the integrity of the investigation. >> what we want is, we want to bring closure to this case, appropriately working together hand in hand with the prosecutors. and any statement that's going to jeopardize that, unfortunately, will have to be held until a further state in the investigation. >> reporter: according to that 13-year-old's testimony, majors fought back, biting one of her attacker's fingers. police have emphasized any tips they receive on the missing

suspect will remain confidential. leland, kristin? leland: that's often times such a difficult part of cracking these cases, is getting those tips from people in the community. thanks so much. kristin? kristin: another sad story, one potential now facing -- person facing charges after the body of a missing texas mom was found inside the home on the outskirts of houston. her infant daughter has been found safe. christina coleman is live with more. at least the little girl was found okay, but now she doesn't have a mom. >> reporter: i know, and just right before christmas. it's really a tragic story. kristin, right now the baby, who is believed to be baby margo, is in safe and in the care of child services and a suspect is in custody. the suspect is charged with two counts of kidnapping and one count of tampering with a corpse. police have not confirmed the suspect's identity, but a arrest records show that 33-year-old megan rose was arrested yesterday on those charges.

she appeared in court yesterday on up related traffic violations -- unrelated. now, a local cbs affiliate is reporting that the suspect was childhood friends with bruise ard and was present when she gave birth to baby margo. investigators allege she pretended to be pregnant at the same time as the victim and may have been noting to take broussard's baby, they were reported missing on thursday, december 12th in their hometown of austin, texas, after she had dropped her 6-year-old son off at school. a woman's body was found in the trng of a car just northwest of houston and about 130 miles outside of austin. they also found that baby girl safe inside the house. the constitute of forensic science has identified the woman as broussard on friday and determined the cause of death as

strangulation. >> i just want to express the heart felt condolences of everyone you see standing here with me, our community, our department that we did not have two rescues, but only one, it appears. and our hearts and our minds are with heidi and her family. >> reporter: additional charges could be filed. the fbi, the texas rangers and multiple police departments are all investigating this case, and they're going to be looking into multiple locations between houston and austin, texas. kristin? kristin: christina coleman, thank you the. leland has more. leland: yeah. we bring in former d.c. police detective, defense attorney, fox news contributor ted williams. we read your whole resumé, we won't have time for the segment. [laughter] let's get to the issue of the suspect in this case. we'll put heidi's picture back up, that christina had talked about. charged with kidnapping and tampering with a corpse but not charged with murder. why not? >> well, i think they're at the

preliminary stages of their investigation, leland, and so i suspect that by this time next week, in the near future she will be charged with the murder of heidi broussard. i've got to tell you, leland, this takes really a personal note. i'm from lake charles, louisiana, as you know, and heidi, this 33-year-old with this 3-month-old child was also from lake charles, louisiana. leland: this is a case that anyone can understand. there's a pathology and a sickness here that is almost hard to describe. obviously, everyone's innocent until proven guilty, but if the charges are proven true, pathological would be sort of the nicest thing you could say about this behavior. how unusual are cases like this? >> well, you know -- leland: kidnapping a baby by somebody who knows the family, etc. >> it happens quite often, unfortunately. through the years we've had

individuals go into hospitals, act as though they're nurses or health care providers and then steal children. we have had -- and i know of one case that i did many years ago where a woman's body was cut open, and a child was taken out of her body. these things are very troubling. when you look at the suspect here, there's no doubt about it, she planned this. she knew this woman if some bible study -- from some bible study years before. she then befriended the woman, heidi broussard considered her her best friend, and she was there at the birth of little baby margo, and now all of a sudden she, heidi is dead. leland: as you listened to the press conference from the texas rangers and others in the austin pd, did you get the sense that they were wondering whether or not there was another suspect? >> oh, yeah, absolutely -- leland: or an accomplice? >> this is only the beginning of

the investigation. i suspect that they're looking at a lot of surveillance tapes. they know and they've been able to track -- leland: like a -- they know a lot more than they're letting on, which may also be the case in tessa majors' murder in new york as we put her picture up. the police releasing the pictures of that 14-year-old suspect that they say they want to find and talk to. in murder cases it's not that unusual to release pictures of juveniles, is it just more unusual because the suspects are only 13 and 14? >> well, no. juvenile pictures are rarely shown to the public under these circumstances here. what is going on in new york, and i was up there last week when tessa majors was killed, and i can tell you they, there's an intense investigation going on, and they're trying to do it right. if you remember the central park five, those young men -- leland: railroaded, yeah. >> -- exonerated, and they're trying to get it right up there

in new york. leland: so you see some similarities in how these cases are playing out between the central park five and tessa majors? >> oh, absolutely. but try to remember, there's a 14-year-old who was about to turn himself in last monday, is and all of a sudden he bolted from a car. and there's this intense manhunt. now, everything is based upon the information that's been provided by a 13-year-old, so law enforcement has to try to corroborate that information -- leland: this is the 13-year-old whose attorney says he didn't stab her, he just handed the other kid the knife. does that make a difference? if you're involved in the robbery and you provide the murder weapon, that's not much of a defense. >> it's not much of a defense. he is an accomplice. i would have to believe that they are also looking for his dna on the weapon because i understand they found the knife. they're also looking at his clothes, i'm sure, to a forensic lab to be tested. leland: real quick as we put the tessa majors photo back up, and this is the person that you want

to be thinking about in cases like this and her family as well, jacqui mentioned that all tips remain confidential, the police keep stressing. how difficult in a tight-knit community in places like new york and some of these insular communities, the don't snitch culture affects the police's ability to find their suspect. >> tremendously. a lot of people don't want to talk about, but i can unequivocally tell you they're going to catch this 14-year-old, and they're going to get him soon because the manhunt there is so intense at this immediate time, leland. leland: as you noted, some lessons learned from the central park five where a lot of people said those kids were railroaded, and and now, as you said, this investigation has so many different overtones. ted williams, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. kristin: how about some good news? [laughter] the largest takedown of ms-13 gang members in new york history. after a two year investigation, suffolk county prosecutors have announced charges against nearly a hundred gang members.

authorities say the investigation was led by state and federal law enforcement officials. they monitored calls if more than 200 phone numbers using an expansive wiretap. the arrests, get this, they're said to have decimated the gang's leadership in the area and thwarted more than half a dozen murder plots. >> this is a huge blow. this is, this decimates the leadership on long island. i cannot underestimate the blow that this is. however, the fight continues. they will attempt to reconstitute, but the leadership in el salvador will undoubtedly try to send additional leaders to long island so that they can reconstitute, and we need to stay vigilant. kristin: ms-13 was founded in los angeles in the 1980s. it is now considered one of the largest transnational gangs in the united states. leland: and now to the issue of fighting crime in baltimore. next year there's going to be a pilot program aimed at monitoring violent crime using surveillance airplanes. the program was announced friday

and has stirred up a lot of controversy. civil liberties groups are voicing their opposition. garrett tenney on why. hi, garrett. >> reporter: well, leland, this year one of the most violent on record in baltimore, and the city's police chief hopes this program will be another tool in his department's toolbox to solve those crimes. starting in may, small planes will be flying over the city roughly 40-50 hours a week reporting almost everything that happens 8,000 feet below. police say the planes won't be used for realtime surveillance during this pilot program and that officers won't is have access to the live feeds. instead, the images will be used to investigate crimes that have already happened such as murders, shootings and armed robberies. the images are far from clear. you cannot make out faces, and people appear as little dots, but baltimore already has more than 700 street-level cameras across the city, and the hope is that together with these aerial images they'll be able to track down and identify suspects. the stir's police chief --

city's police chief said at this point no one knows if this technology will actually help reduce violent crime, but this trial run is important to find out. >> we will be the first american city to use this technology in an attempt to solve and deter violent crime. during this pilot program, it is important that we're transparent on how the program will and will not be used. >> reporter: the aclu is warning that the data collected will not be limited to specific crime and said the surveillance plane is putting every resident under permanent surveillance, creating a video record of everywhere everyone goes every time they walk outside. if the police did that in real life, in person on our streets we would never accept it. part of the controversy here or adding to it is that three years ago under the previous commissioner, the police department secretly worked with this same company, persistent surveillance systems, and over several months recorded roughly 300 hours of images without

anyone in the public knowing it. now, the chief is stressing that this program, if it does not show significant results, they will shut it down, and they are being very public about it because they want to do it the right way. and, again, this trial's going to run 4-6 months and at the end of that, see how successful it has been. leland? leland: as you point out, the police there can use all the help they can get. garrett, thanks so much. we'll follow the pilot program, see what happens. kristin? kristin: syrian officials are saying that three government-run oil and gas facilities have been attacked in possible drone strikes today. syrian state tv captured the aftermath of the strikes which, as you can see, damaged several production units. the company's oil ministry says repair teams are now working to try to restore output. syria's already facing a worsening fuel shortage amid those international sanctions. no one, though, is claiming responsibility for the attacks just yet. leland: iran did a similar thing to the saudis.

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extreme weather center. hi, adam. adam: merry christmas, guys, or happy merry early christmas as we're talking about this travel weather. not going to be too a bad over the next couple of days. here's your temperatures across the country, pay attention to where the 30s and 40s are, that's what you need for the white christmas. this is where the snow is currently stretching across the country, marley pay attention to here in the midwest. unfortunately, the temperatures going to be a little too warm over the next couple days, we do expect that to step back. here's our expectations for a a white christmas across the country, higher elevations out in the west, not very likely to see snow if you live in the eastern half of the country. instead, a big rainy mess that might be slowing down travel over the next couple of days. this is the system we're paying attention to, just really beginning to see the opening, initial rounds of this. but expect very heavy rain across the florida pan handle, lifting up into a alabama, eventually towards atlanta, georgia, and stretching all the way down florida. this is going to be the system

that we tart to see flights backing up over the next couple cays. unfortunately, it's with this one, and it drops a lot of rain. again, initially starting off towards the west where you can see some areas getting up to 3-4 inches, and as it shifts off towards the east, it gets windy, we start seeing areas getting 4-8 inches of rain now all the way into tuesday. as of right now, i know some people are beginning to travel, everything's green across the entire country, but as this system funnels in, we are beginning to see some delays, leland, on sunday. i think this intensifies on monday and tuesday as this whole system lifts up the coast. leland: on your first slide there, you had your instagram. @adam klotz fnc, right? ec check out some -- you can check out some of adam's celebrations with the "fox & friends" crew. adam: that was a christmas gift to me, i'm going to have so many followers.

[laughter] kristin: i'm sure more people care about what to deal with when you hit the roads, the air this, over the next few days, because aaa is saying it's going to be a record-breaking holiday travel season with 115 million people getting out of town. that's about a third of the country. and about 90% of those travelers are going to be driving. aaa spokesman doug shoop is here to talk about all this, and doug, i have to ask, i feel like every year when we do these kinds of segments, aaa says this is the record-breaking year. so is this it? this number, this 115 million americans, this is the most ever reported, correct? >> it is. it's the most ever recorded since aaa started tracking these travel forecasts in 2000, nearly 20 years ago. and the reason for this is, is we're continuing to see unemployment numbers at record low levels, we've also seen improvements in disposable income and household net worth, and that's really giving people the sense that they have the money to spend on a holiday vacation.

also this is a really special time of year where people make it a priority to budget travel so that they can get to their loved ones to spend christmas, hanukkah and the new year. kristin: and the good economy, definitely helping out those numbers. let's talk about driving. there was one stat that really stood out to me in the press release that aaa put out. you say the worst delay in the entire country going to be here in washington, d.c. the day after christmas from 4-6 p.m., we can expect three times the amount of normal traffic. why, why does d.c. get the worst traffic this time of year in. >> it's both d.c. as well as new york city. both of those major metro areas are expected to have the three times delay on the thursday, possibly the friday afterchristmas. this is a unique travel holiday period because it's the longest one of the year, so overall, you know, during this next 11-day travel period we don't anticipate to see the heavy congestion that we see at thanksgiving or some of the three-day summer weekends. but the traffic will be heavier,

it's just going to be spread out. now, for the people who are flying though told, tomorrow and monday are expected to be the very busiest times at airports. kristin: so give me your tips for driving. i mean, when woulding be the best case scenario, when would you recommend that folks hit the road? >> well, it's always best to try to leave as early in the day as you possibly and make sure that you've got that vehicle ready to go. you want to check your tire tread and inflation, your battery, make sure that it's fully charged. check your fluid levels and your belts and hoses for any cracking or fraying. over the next 11tys, aaa -- days, aaa anticipates coming to the roadside rescue of 853,000 stranded drivers all across america. the primary reasons why aaa members will call us for assistance will be for dead batteries, flat tires and then people locking themselves out of their vehicles. make sure you hold onto those keys when you're in the parking

lot. kristin: i hold the distinction of calling for roadside distinction because i ran out of gas. it was very embarrassing moment, but that, that did happen. [laughter] >> the most common call we receive. leland: he's a lot nicer than i am. kristin: i was going to say, thank you, makes me feel better. [laughter] doug, one more thing. when it comes to flying, how much do things like tsa screen tests, they're expensive, but would you really recommend that in. >> it really does help. you know, depending on how often you fly, if you're a frequent flier, that can help you get through these tsa security lines a lot faster. for those who are going through the standard screaming process, we really encourage -- screening process, we really encourage you to get to the airport early. we always say this, but especially during the holidays plan to be inside that terminal at least two hours before your domestic flight, at least three hours before your international flight. try to check in on line if you can. that's going to save you some time in the lines at the desks

and the kiosks in the terminal. and just plan to pack as much or check as much luggage as you can knowing that those overhead bins are going to be very limited on the plane. kristin: hey, if anybody needs advice or recommendations on a last minute christmas gift, i would recommend giving your loved ones clear are, because you can get through the airport really quickly. it fewly is the gift that keeps keeps -- truly is the gift that keeps on giving. doug, thank you so much. >> thank you. kristin: happy holdidays. leland: get this, a tsa whistleblower is putting agency officials on notice over lax security measures. this is the report. jay braynard is the highest ranking tsa official in kansas, says that policy changes, shorter wait times and disabled technology are creating a security risk and that the focus on speed is making u.s. airports unsafe. the head of the tsa has responded to the accusations

saying that a agency is not putting wait times above security. hmm. i mean, this is the agency that at one point had a 90 plus percent failure rate. kristin: yeah. leland: how could it get worse? kristin: well, it could get worse by, you know, some serious security breach. it could always get worse in the airports this time of year. but you're right, i mean, they don't have -- leland: a stellar record. kristin: -- too far further down to go. leland: i feel like i shouldn't be saying this given that i'm flying, and -- kristin: this guy right here, he needs extra screening, i can tell you right now. extra screening written all over you. all right. well, president trump is in florida for the holidays after a very busy week here in washington. we'll have more on what the president is up to right after the break. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ kristin: president trump is spending the loll days down south at the -- holidays down south at the winter white house. rich edson is live in west palm beach. rich, what is the president up to today? >> reporter: good afternoon, kristin. the president is at trump international right now. he arrives to mar-a-lago last evening, and he leaves washington where democrats and republicans are arguing over any type of potential process for an impeachment trial. the president saying on twitter, quote with: never did anything wrong, read the transcripts, a democrat hoax. democrats disagree. they say the president withheld security or assistance to ukraine to get ukraine's president to investigate the bidens. speaker pelosi has held the impeachment articles in the house because democrats want a senate trial to include witnesses. >> i think many of us would also like to hear from some of the witnesses, i would, witnesses that did not come forward. the president didn't allow certain witnesses to come forward. i think that's very important

for us to get the full picture before we make that decision. >> reporter: the president's attorneys were on the hill yesterday as senate republicans coordinate with the white house on a potential impeachment trial. in a week where he became the only, only the third president impeached, he also signed bipartisan agreements into law including a defense policy bill and a trillion-and-a-half dollars in spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown. the white house is highlighting the defense provisions, $22 billion pentagon increase, if.1% -- 3.1% pay raise for the troops, the establishment of the u.s. space force. now, the president will be coming to this neighborhood just a couple of hours from now. young conservatives are in town for the turning point usa student action summit. the president addresses that crowd at 5:00. back to you, kristin. kristin: rich edson live in west palm beach, thanks. leland?

leland: well, wonder whether the president is going to talk about this in his remarks at 5:00. the stock market on track for a record year, all three major indices closing at a new high on friday. the president tweeted about it saying broke all stock market record again today. 135 times since my 2016 election win. thank you. a look at wall street versus main street, visiting fellow from the heritage foundation's project for economic growth, steve moore. always good to see you. >> good to be with you. leland: been a big proponent of the president's economic policies. how much has the wall street record highs gone down through into main street? >> well, there's 150 million americans who have either 401(k) plans or retirement plans or own individual stock that benefit from a booming stock market. so, you know, it's amazing the dow jones -- leland: you say 150 million. >> roughly. leland: so there's 180 million who don't.

>> well, isn't that a shame? we need to get everybody to own things in america, and we need policy that expands stock ownership, no question about it. but, look, this means at least half of americans are benefiting from this. and by the way, when american companies do better, then they can hire -- leland: wages go up, etc. >> yeah. leland: you make an interesting point. of this half that has sort of participated in this incredible boom and this incredible bull market since 2009, and then you've got the people who pete buttigieg was talking to on the debate stage. let's take a listen to that. >> where i live, folks aren't measuring the economy by how the dow jones is looking. they're measuring the economy by how they're doing. when you're doing the bills at the end of the month on your kitchen table and you find it's not nearly growing as fast as the cost of health. and the house, the biggest problem in our economy is simple, people are not getting paid enough. leland: he says people are not

getting paid enough. >> this is a tough time to be a democrat. [laughter] argue against this economy, i mean, really. leland: you argue that the economy's left people behind. >> look, no economy's going to benefit every single american, but we're talking, you know, i had a piece in the "wall street journal" just about a month ago showing that for average, middle class, median income households -- i'm not talking about bill gates and warren buffett and tom brady, i'm talking about people in the middle -- their incomes have gone up $5,250 since trump came into office. why do you see shopping malls so filled with people? why are people spending like crazy? they have more money. this has been a middle class boom. you know, i was listening to my buddy larry kudlow the other day. he's talking about how, actually, the wage increases and increases in salaries for, you know, online workers are growing faster than their managers. so this -- leland: you and i both know you can split economic statistics any way you want -- >> well, show me one statistic on the economy that's not good.

leland: how people feel about it. the reason that so many democrats are talking about this is because it resonates with a group of voters. >> i know, but look, there was a poll by cnn just came out this week, you may have seen this, leland, and as you know, cnn is hardly friendly to donald trump. they found 76% of americans, three out of four americans, rate the economy as pretty good or great. that number is twice what it was under donald been i mean, under barack obama. those are very solid numbers. leland: if you talk to folks at the white house and part of trump's re-election campaign, as kristin has done a lot, they tell you one of the big things they're worried about is some kind of economic down turn between now and november. if we've been sitting here at the end of 2007, no one would have said, well, bear stearns and lehman brothers were going to go out of business because of the housing market bubble. is there anything on the horizon that has that kind of potential? >> i mean, it's a very fair

point. if the election were held today, i think trump would win a 40-state re-election land slide. people don't vote against prosperity. but you're also right, a lot can change in ten months. leland: there is the black swan. >> of course there is. people can me that all the time, what is the one thing that worries you most about the economy, and i can answer that in two words, elizabeth warren. and it's kind of -- leland: [inaudible] >> you know, because listen to what mayor peter is saying, listen to what bernie sanders is saying -- leland: it's interesting -- >> they're basically saying anti-growth, anti-business, anti-worker, and that policy is -- and, by the way, or anti-stock market as well. leland: it's interesting you say that because the fella who held the famous fundraiser now for pete buttigieg -- >> a poor person, right? leland: he was asked would you support elizabeth warren or bernie sanders, clearly a big democratic donor, he's given millions of dollars, and he had some very tough words about them that are worth reading in "the

new york times". >> by the way, there's not -- here's the problem, this is not that big a difference between what joe biden is saying and mayor pete, supposed moderates, and what bernie sanders is saying. listen to what joe biden said just the other day where he said i'm going to end fracking even if it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. you have states like pennsylvania and ohio, it just doesn't work. leland: yeah, it didn't work for hillary clinton. >> exactly. this system, leland, the bottom line, this is the best economy for workers and wages and jobs in probably 50 years. that's a pretty good record. leland: all right. a perspective to read about -- >> your skeptical -- you're skeptical. [laughter] leland: your job as the economist. there we go. thank you. >> merry christmas. kristin: ah, the stars were just not quite aligned for boeing's latest launch. what went wrong in this highly anticipated rocket test, coming up. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> my concern with my signature today, you will witness the birth of the space force, and that will be now officially the sixth branch of the united states armed forces. that is something. [applause] that's a big moment, and we're all here for it. leland: president trump launching the space force, the first new military branch in more than 70 or years. funding for the service is included in the 2020 ndaa, which is short for pending bill of $1.4 trillion that was signed on friday, and 16,000 active service members who are now in the air force space command become part of the space force. kristin: meanwhile, nasa is announcing a graduation date for its first crop of artemis astronaut candidates. the group includes 31 nasa

astronauts -- 11 nasa astronauts and 2 russian cosmonauts. the was selected for -- the pool was selected and set to graduate on january 10th. leland: congrats to them. kristin: what is cool about them is the next american astronauts on the moon could very well be one of those people in that photo. leland: if they had a way to get there, because yesterday boeing tested their new, what do they call it, the starliner? kristin: yes. leland: it didn't work out so well. kristin: this is part of nasa's commercial crew program which means it would be, along with spacex, they're competing to take american astronauts to the international space station. you can see the launch was very successful -- leland: oh, beautiful. kristin: -- yesterday morning, looks great, but the problem was it burned up too much fuel after it got into orbit and was not able to get high enough to dock

with the international space station. so they're going to have to try again. leland: you know, a little later next hour we're going to talk about sort of how americans are feeling, you at home are feeling about whether you had a good year or bad year, you feel better about this year than last year, better now than four years ago, or you could just be the ceo of boeing who has had an unqualifiedly bad year. kristin: he's had a very bad year. leland: ending with this. kristin: but space is a little bit of a different beast than what's happened with some of the planes that are supposed to stay in earth's atmosphere. but, yes, boeing has had a tough year, i'll give 'em that. leland: there we go. they did say had astronauts been on this thing that failed, they still would have been okay. kristin: and it may have actually been able to get up to orbit because the astronauts onboard would have been able to correct that fuel -- leland: i've often said i just wish i had an advocate who is, feels as strongly --

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♪ ♪ leland: well, this controversy continues right through the weekend up leading to christmas. president trump is at odds with a major evangelical christian magazine. its editor-in-chief wrote an op-ed calling for him to be removed from office. that didn't sit so well, as you might imagine, with the president. chief religion correspondent lauren green has more. >> christianity today says it usually prefers to stay above the political fray and let readers make their own choices, but editor-in-chief mark galloway calls trump's impeachment a moral issue that transcends politics and says he should be ousted. in an editorial thursday, he says trump's attempt to use his political power to coerce is

immoral. he writes: trump's evangelical supporters have is pointed to his supreme court nominees and his stewardship of the economy among other things as achievements that justify their support of the president. we believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear in a way the mueller investigation did not that president trump has abused his authority for personal gain, and betrayed his constitutional oath. none of the president's positives can balance the danger we face. a fox news poll shows white evangelicals still supporting trump 67% say he should not be inpeached. president trump tweeting friday morning about the editorial, calling christianity today a far-left magazine or very progressive, as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn't been involved with the billy graham family for many years. christianity today knows nothing about realizing a perfect transcript of a routine phone call. in a phone interview with fox,

franklin graham, the son of billy graham, confirmed that his family and his father have had nothing to do with ct for a while now. he also added that his father who died in 2018 was a trump supporter. >> well, my father knew donald trump, believed in donald trump, and in this last election, he voted for donald trump. and if he were here today, i'm sure he would, you know, tell you that himself. >> reporter: some evangelicals say trump sporters probably don't read -- supporters probably don't read christianity today and that the editorial will change few, if any, opinions. in new york, lauren green, fox news. kristin: well, north korea is warning the united states about some kind of surprise ahead of the holidays, and when north korea says something like that, it's usually not good. especially since this follows a string of recent rocket engine tests. mark meredith has more on what the surprise might be. mark? >> reporter: good afternoon, kristin.

north korea is threatening the u.s. after an american official reportedly raised concerns about north korea's human rights record. this is a statement we got from the min city of foreign affairs -- ministry. if the u.s. dares to impair our system by taking issues over human rights issue, it will be made to pay dearly for such an act, calling the u.s. a cress pool of human rights violations -- cesspool. the u.s. military braces for possible north korean missile tests over the christmas holiday. this month north korea said the u.s. was running out of time to work on a deal. the trump administration has long insisted it won't be bullied. senior pentagon officials addressed the north korean stalemate at a news conference friday. >> clearly, we think that the political solution is the best way forward to denuclearize the peninsula and to address north korea's programmings. i remain hopeful that we could, again, get the process started again and remain on the

diplomatic path. >> reporter: president trump has long said e the u.s. would like to see a deal reached with north korea. the president was asked about the situation this past week among concerns the north could conduct weapons tests. here's what the president had to say. >> we're watching it. we'll see. i'd be disappointed if the, something would be in the works. and if it is, we'll take care of it. but we'll see. we're watching it very closely. >> reporter: military leaders insist no matter what north korea may decide to do next, the u.s. is prepared for any possible action. kristin? kristin: mark meredith, thanks. police are now searching for a third teenager in connection to the murder of tessa majors. what we know about the boy on the run after the break. ♪ ♪ do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging?

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leland: a massive manhunt underway at this hour by the nypd for a 14-year-old suspected in the murder of barnard college student tessa majors. the boy, whose photo you see here, fled earlier this week before he could be questioned by police. welcome to "america's news headquarters" if washington, i'm leland vittert. boy, what ab incredibly sad story to think that you're dealing with suspects who are this their early teen years, not even in high school. kristin: sad for them if for this college student's family who has to spend the holidays without her. just an incredibly sad story. i'm kristin fisher. and the 14-year-old is just one of three teenagers police have connected to this brutal stabbing. jacqui heinrich tracking it all in new york. >> reporter: hey, kristin. police began looking for that 14-year-old suspect after another middle schooler already charged in the murder implicated him and also another boy in the investigation. in an unusual move, n