rob: the us is not letting its guard down, time to punish pyongyang. carley: a major winter storm warning threatening to make a pilot post holiday travel rush anything but mary. rob: millions prepared to hit the road and the skies. >> you are kidding, right? merry christmas. carley: heartwarming surprise for one special waitress. rob: the star behind this gift that will have you reaching for the tissues. "fox and friends first" this day after christmas continues right now. ♪ i want to wake up in this

city that never sleeps ♪ and find i am king of the hill ♪ top of the heap ♪ rob: you are listening to frank, looking live at the all-american christmas tree right there on fox square. jillian: hope you had a very merry christmas. rob: and the good morning day after christmas to all of you, you are watching "fox and friends first". carley: thanks for starting your day with us. donald trump slamming what he calls a slam impeachment while spending christmas in mara law go in florida. rob: holiday message calling for understanding and respect in the new year. here is the latest on the battle over impeachment. >> reporter: donald trump

released a christmas message with first lady milania in which he thanked troops serving overseas and hoped for peace among nations but it is clear he couldn't keep his mind off impeachment. donald trump on twitter, asked why nancy pelosi should be allowed to impeach him just because she has a slight majority in the house. he wrote got 0 republican votes, she said it must be bipartisan and overwhelming but this scam impeachment was neither. also very unfair with no due process, proper representation or witnesses. pelosi is demanding everything republicans weren't allowed to have in the house, hypocrites. here's what he told reporters. >> she is doing a tremendous disservice to the country and is not doing a good job. we lose one republican vote in the house, we had three democrats come over to our side. >> reporter: the impeachment process is stalled as we wait for nancy pelosi to appoint

impeachment managers and send articles to the senate for a trial. pelosi says she's waiting for fair process in the senate. mitch mcconnell said he is coordinating with the white house. lisa murkowski said mcconnell's comments made her feel disturbed. she said to me it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense and i heard what leader mcconnell had to say. i happen to think that is further confused the process. rob: thank you. a potential nightmare after christmas, traveling home. heavy snow in southern california causing a lot of problems for 104 million drivers hitting the road this week. jillian: it will trekkies causing more headaches for the 3 million americans flying home by the new year. travelers brace for delays and there are a lot of slick roads out there. >> most of us in the western

half of the country. yesterday we had record breakers in the midwest across the plains. here the current temperatures. 53 ° in chicago almost unheard of but look out west, a lot colder. and in northern minnesota, take you off to the west, this is southern california, this is a big one dropping heavy snow in higher elevations even along the coast, talking about heavy rain, watches and warnings across the region, even flood watches as you head farther in land into portions of arizona and other areas. that is one of the largest storms to pay attention to and it will happen across the west. mostly it will be warm again in the eastern half of the country, 60 ° in chicago, 64 louisville,

warm weather in the eastern half of the country. for folks that are traveling pay attention. rob: when it does snow in la they don't respond well to snow, not too good. >> fighter jet in response to rocket fire from gaza. according to the israeli military, combat jets and helicopters intercepted the rocket, the rocket fire forcing prime minister benjamin netanyahu to rush to a bomb shelter while campaigning for his party's primaries. there are no reported injuries. rob: christmas ends without a gift from north korea. we remain on high alert after the rogue regime threatened a missile test on christmas. kim jong un sending a warning demanding the us ease sanctions on north korea by the end of the year. washington and north korea remain at a standstill on negotiations. carley: the remains for

greenbrae returning to us, a casket carrying michael gobul arriving at dover air force base on christmas day. the new jersey native killed less than one month before completing his fourth and final tour of duty. the taliban claiming responsibility for the attack. he leaves behind a girlfriend and daughter, the 20th american killed in combat in afghanistan this year. rob: the man wanted in a stabbing is under arrest. the us marshall's office finding michael moseley at an abandoned home in tennessee. authorities say he surrendered, charged with stabbing and killing two people outside of a bar. one of them, clayton, his brother, cj plays for the san francisco 49ers. he made unwanted advances toward their friend. moseley behind bars without bail charged with homicide.

police searching for answers after finding a woman in two young children dead at a parking garage in boston. a car which investigators, found on top of the parking garage, investigating how they do it. >> the mother wanted in the disappearance of her children in idaho, a former friend who remained anonymous said she noticed red flags when the mother became obsessed with her new husband's beliefs. >> end of time, end of the world, you've got to prepare for the end of the world. carley: they are called persons of interest in their children's disappearance and police believe they are on the run. they have been missing since september but were never reported missing by their parents.

rob: a life-changing present for a pair of vietnam veterans. 50 years after they return from war they were given service dogs in time for christmas. >> make me feel good, make me care about things again. carley: both army vets larry keating and bill sub have battled ptsd. pause of war teamed up with sibling foundation to pay for the cost of training for midnight and lidia. that is so cool. rapper kanye west dropping a new gospel album as a christmas present to his fans. ♪ that's the good lord works

♪ that the good lord works ♪ that have the good lord works ♪ that's how he works ♪ carley: that album is the second by west's sunday service choir which performed with the singer across the nation. rob: west embraces faith this your easement hosting a service with pastor joe lost teen, those will meet again at yankee stadium. >> no sign of the promised christmas gift from north korea. is this the calm before the storm? let's stick to what we know is the worst way to deal with the regime next. >> that is the most precious thing i have ever seen in my life. >> you look like a deranged easter bunny. >> a majority, comments are

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>> 12 minutes after the hour christmas day has come and gone with no sign of north korea's christmas gift, many experts bracing for a missile launch but the us is not letting it guard down. >> the vice president of foreign-policy james carrafanoh, always quite on the korean peninsula but why was this thread made in the first place and what to the president's next move be? >> two rules, one is never deal with north korea thinking you know what they are going to do next, or thinking you know what they are thinking. it is a very opaque regime. they don't have a good track

record of sending signals, they try to play us. all the united states can do is be sufficient to negotiate, good for the us, over to asia. if you do something, let me tell you how the us will respond, more sanctions, possibly military demonstrations, you will gain nothing from being provocative. so far the north koreans have honored that but we don't know what will come next. rob: here's what the president had to say on this possible christmas gift, take a listen. >> we will find out what the surprise is and deal with it successfully and see what happens and everybody has surprises for me but let's see what happens. >> the president says he will handle as we go along. is there a solution? that really does satisfy both

sides? >> we have two concerns. north korea doesn't have the capacity to threaten us with nuclear black belt. the strategy of pressure which includes missile defense, conventional deterrence, heavy sanctions which keep from building out, that protect our interests. the diplomatic option is a way for kim to get out-of-the-box. it all does rest, he can live with the status quo or offer denuclearization or normalization. that is the us position. the single thing the us can do is remain consistent in that. >> national security adviser john bolton slammed the president saying he doesn't think the president is serious about denuclearization and the president isn't being tough enough on kim jong un. with that in mind do you think, one, is he right, has the united

states relationship with north korea gotten better since the president came into office? >> john has been to access cash. we can do more. the difference between him and the president is john wanted to crank that way. the united states a lot of pressure on. obviously does working or kim would be upset about it. now we have options. if they do something there is more pain we can inflict on the regime and they know that. rob: it is not just north korea and a lot of threat on top of the president's foreign-policy, what are they and what should we do? >> these are linked together. north korea, pressure on iran,

china remains ongoing competition, the wild parties putin and russia. he looks for opportunities and you never know when he will try something stupid. rob: and a drawdown of troops in afghanistan. he is going to be a busy year on so many fronts. thanks for getting up on the day after christmas. >> get vaccinated or stay out. the controversial move that could prevent thousands of students returning to class. rob: don't complain or explain, the christmas dos and don'ts if you didn't get what you want. ♪ i want it now ♪ i want it all ♪ i want it all ♪ and you'll be surprised at how easily starting small... ...can lead to something big.

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heather: donald trump threatening federal intervention on the homeless crisis, the president tweeting governor gavin newsom has done a good job taking care of the homeless population, and he can't fix the problem the federal government will get involved and their numbers continue to grow. rob: they cannot come back after christmas break. and 2000 students don't have their immunization paperwork, and philosophical exemptions. and a state of emergency. >> it was one of the biggest shopping deal is with your, the day after christmas, a few bargain seekers got you covered. rob: here are tips on how to get

those sales, lifestyle expert and our friend, the hardest working woman in show business the last few weeks. >> today is a big day to find those gift cards and the biggest deals. let's start with one of the ones that is pretty obvious, the wrapping paper. >> you could get $.50 at any drugstore right now. the christmas decor if you want to upgrade. this is a great time to buy it. 80% off. >> the shopping days stunning to me. >> more people are getting gift cards. if you don't use it. rob: beside the paper and holiday gift decor. >> this package literally the

day before christmas for $25. you could get them for 75% off today. rob: wanting to move the merchandise and get new stuff in. >> cold weather clothing is what you want. every holiday season buying boots for the following year. 50% off and other retailers as well. any story you see - jillian: a lot of cold months ahead. >> amazon devices, this is, you have the fire stick tv, the alexa voice remote, $15 off of $34.99, the brand-new one is

$79.89. rob: if you have not eaten enough baked goods over the season. >> this is a mixer, bed, bath and beyond has a ton of sales $100 off. a lot of times we cvs at the store, the makeup gift set. >> you think about giving them to someone else and have a great deal and keep it for yourself. these are one of the biggest deals. they have christmas packaging and they can't sell that anymore. the same product you would be using your self, you want to sit up on that. rob: i don't want to go to the store. >> all retailers are having deals. you could find users fitting the deal, uploading them.

you can see may be other supplies like that and retail me not, steel news.com. they have the best deal. and you can go there and see what they have. carley: thanks for maybe everything so festive continually. carley: time for 5:25. rob: we are counting down to the new year and following a few days of this year, your tax savings. carley: dan gilder has tips you might not have heard about to get the most for your return. rob: those shoes. ♪ drivers just wont put their phones down. we need a solution. introducing... smartdogs. the first dogs trained to train humans.

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headlines. potential nightmare after christmas for millions of americans traveling home. heavy snow causing problems for the 104 million drivers, the snow will track east causing more headaches for 3 million americans flying home on new year's day. >> donald trump slamming the scam impeachment, the president tweeting in part, quote, why should crazy the just because he has a slight majority in the house the allowed to impeach the president of the united states, got 0 republican votes, there was no crime, call with ukraine was perfect with no pressure. kim jong un green beret killed in combat in afghanistan back on us soil. the casket carrying sergeant michael goble arriving on christmas day, the new jersey native was killed just before completing his final tour of

duty. carley: christmas ends without a gift from north korea, the us monitoring the regime after threatened to launch a missile test on christmas. rob: the president is being urged to ramp up north korean sanctions. >> reporter: the president facing criticism how he is handling relations with the north and some are calling for the us to enforce maximum economic pressure. nothing has come of that ominous threat from north korea to deliver a christmas gift to the us, what some speculate to be a long-range missile chest but the us missing the follow-up, the us moved four surveillance planes over the korean peninsula on christmas day. this comes as denuclearization talks are at a stalemate and north korea spent the last year conducting more than a dozen

short range missile tests. donald trump shrugging this off but this week his former national security adviser john bolton criticize the president's approach saying the white house has made, quote, no visible progress in getting the rogue nation to stop pursuing nuclear weapons. others taking a step further suggesting it is now time for the president to punish the north. >> what the united states needs to do at this point is start to robustly enforce sanctions. it is time for donald trump to lower the boom not just on north korea but on north korea's sponsors. >> reporter: north korea has not made any hostile moves towards the us but military leaders and the president felt they are ready to respond if anything happens if it does happen. carley: the pentagon developing

information warfare tactics to counter election interference by the russians. according to the washington post the command called cyber, plans to target the elite including security services, military and possibly oligarchs. officials say vladimir putin would be spared since such a move would be considered too provocative. prosecutors claim michael avenatti was in $15 million debt while trying to extort nike. the celebrity lawyer quickly dismissed the accusation as bogus. he is accused of threatening to go public with information that nike improperly paid athletes if the sneaker company didn't pay him $25 million. he pleaded not guilty earlier this month. his trial begins next month. americans spending more online this christmas season, e-commerce sales hitting a

record high with an 18% boost from last year. overall holiday retail sales rose 3.4% because thanksgiving fell later this year. retailers started their sale earlier, the president praised the news on twitter. heather: new year will be here before we know it. it is time to cut your tax bill before the year is over. here are the tax moves you need to make, market analyst, always a pleasure having you on the show. get out of your food coma, get on your computer and do some things, what do they include? >> you are on top of this topic. it is not too late for 2019 but there is not a lot of time left. what we need to think about is how can we potentially lower income before the end of the year? one of the ways we can do that is putting money into your

retirement plan, maximize what you put away. you definitely want to contribute to your ira. if you have a 401(k) available do that as well. rob: let's show the maximum contributions for your ira or your 401(k). you get that additional 1000 if you are 15 and older, and 19,000, for your 401(k), 6000 if you are 50 and over. not just iras and 401(k)s. >> it is good to be charitable and you want to maximize charitable contributions. the new tax law, a lot of itemized deductions went away with how we file tax returns. charitable donations are deductible so you want to make sure if you are itemizing, get the maximum amount you can. rob: this one is controversial bringing in a little policy

moves to a lower tax state maybe hard to do in the next 7 days but something to think about in 2020. >> no doubt about it. the on the salt deduction was a killer from a tax standpoint for a lot of people in high tax states like new york or new jersey or connecticut. you may want to give some thought into thousand 22 hightailing it out for greener pastures, florida, texas where there is no income tax. rob: the states, you will see what happens. there is another big thing you say if you have a few more means than other people, start a gifting program to ensure your money goes to your heirs somewhat tax-free. >> that is right. right now the estate tax is

going to expire, the limitation is 11.4 million a person. that expires in 2025. i would anticipate that is going to go down that exemption. rob: more people get caught up when they add things. >> so you want to look at maximizing your gift if you have the means to get those dollars out of your estate as quickly as you can. rob: the time i have remaining check your withholdings. >> people should have done that last year. if they haven't you don't want to have any surprises. when you file tax returns and finding out that you owe money as opposed to getting it. rob: a serious discussion. i would if you can deduct your shoes as a casualty loss. >> i don't necessarily think these are a loss. rob: merry christmas and happy new year.

carley: 36 after the hour, washington has been talking about impeachment for months. one, 2020 campaign is turning the tables. >> it is a washington story. carley: more from mayor pete's campaign surrogate. >> you are kidding, right? merry christmas. carley: a heartwarming surprise for a special waitress. the story behind this gift that will have you reaching for the tissues. ♪

>> a surrogate for people to judge says unlike democrats,

voters are not locked in on impeachment. strategist jennifer holdsworth says the push to remove donald trump is overshadowing the campaign messages from candidates. >> the cable news media - it is important to have a really great ground game in the early days. jillian: democrats want to compete with the president in november they need to focus on the ground game and wrap up their digital presence. heather: president to run for their money, michael bloomberg and tom stier spent a pretty penny on political ads after their late entrances into the race. politico reporting bloomberg spent $120 million, stier dropping $83 million on ads so far, adding $200 million.

the committee to defend the president chair ted harvey weighed in when he joined "fox and friends first" earlier and it all depends on who the candidate is. bloomberg has potential to do damage during the primaries. >> nobody knows who tom sire is even in a democrat primary. he was before and has better name recognition regardless how much money he spent but when you get bloomberg spending that money but have a record he has as ceo of new york city for two terms has a track record to run on and his efforts will bring chaos into the primary come supertuesday. heather: iran bloomberg polling at 6% and 30% respectively. 42 after the hour. are you ringing in the new year or do you have holiday blues? carley: this time of year, what you need to know about them next. heather: the man who cheers us up whenever you see him, griff

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heather: potential nightmare after christmas for millions of americans traveling home. heavy snow in southern california causing problems for the drivers hitting the roads this week. that area is not an easy place to drive. carley: crazy that area is getting that much snow. storms are expected to track east causing even more headaches for the 3 million americans flying home on new year's day. so much travel this time of year and always seems around the holidays the weather is the worst, it affects so many people. heather: it is called winter. carley: travel headaches to actual ones. millions of americans will spend this week on break from every

day life, doctors working overtime to treat an annual spike of holiday related illnesses. todd: the biggest holiday threats, medical contributor doctor nicole safire. thanks for getting up with us. but there is something on this list i never heard of, christmas tree syndrome. >> people with mold allergies can be allergic to their christmas tree. they have an increase of symptoms, they have a cold or flu or allergies but it may be coming from their christmas tree. i'm not said get rid of christmas trees but they recommend washing christmas trees with a power hose before bringing it into your house or having an air purifier in the same room as the christmas tree. carley: get a quite at that point. >> i recommend an artificial christmas tree but don't stop getting christmas trees just because you are concerned about

this. speaking of symptoms like allergies we have a huge increase in upper respiratory infection which everyone has this time. it is because you have dry air and viruses spread in the cold dry air. runny nose or a headache. if you see signs of fever that can signal the flu. you want to differentiate between the two but wash your hands and try not to kiss every one. that is what we do during the holidays. carley: all those viruses wrapped up in one. you want to do a little house call. >> over reading can cause issues. >> it is the season to eat.

you eat three times the recommended calorie intake over the holidays, a lot of bad things, lethargic, increased risk of heart attack, stroke and feeling unwell and food poisoning. everything in moderation. >> seasonal affective disorder is a real thing and can cause problems. define what it is and how we solve it. >> people say i am so depressed, it is cold, seasonal affective disorder, people feel depressed during the winter season and there are physiological reasons, decreased son, less vitamin d, the holidays, they missed loved ones. make sure you are exercising, take vitamin d which i took last night from my husband, and infrared, decrease overall

inflammation. >> what happens with that? >> the most life-threatening on the list, and increase of heart attack on the holidays. >> my husband's specialties are strokes and aneurysm and he is on call this week. so many strokes already because the over reading, alcohol, stress and people don't seek medical treatment during this time. any sign of chest pain or neurological, please seek medical help because there is an increased incidence of these ovary the holiday. carley: everything is supposed to be perfect. >> if you take care of yourself early intervention is better for you and your family. todd: you don't want go for not

exercising - we are keeping it a week ahead. time now 51 minutes after the hour. is something not on your list? >> this is a good gift too. >> a black light? that is it? kim jong un sondland and geordie of americans making big returns coming up. carley: police are on the proud for the man caught doing this on christmas. it does that? ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ >> earlier in the show you referred to the beautiful christmas tree as the all-american christmas tree. is that the official name? rob: it's the official name that i just made up. it is the all-american christmas. if the tree is part of our all-american christmas. it itself is the all-american christmas tree.

carley: perfect name for the christmas tree. rob: mayb todd: maybe i will go into marketing. laker star anthony davis literally falling right into actor kevin hart's lap. watch this. >> stolen by davis. puts it up. as he goes crashing into the stands, into the seats courtside and kevin hart. what a way to finish. >> i love lebron. just going in there and trying to steal the spotlight there. he pretends to fall into the comedian after davis missed the shot. the laughs were short-lived, the lakers lost to the clippers 108 to 106. atheist group spreading its message. eighth iists and free think thinkers axial tilt is the reason for the jeefn.

play off the jesus is the reason to the decision. relation to the son. axial tilt. okay. i'm not going to go there if you received a gift, you do not like, you are not alone. >> this is a good gift, too. okay? >> a flashlight? that's it? why don't you love me, daddy? >> there was a $10 limit in that movie though. >> study by online platform oracle. 77% plan to return their gifts this year. get, this carley shimkus. 20% are expected to return more than half of the gifts. carley: more than half? that's a lot of work. this year retailers are bracing for the biggest ways of returns january 2nd. valuable information, you can avoid the mall then. todd: we asked you about whether you plan to return any of your gifts. your comments pouring.

in we can barely contain ourselves. paul on facebook says everything on facebook was wanted and will be treasured. carley: pau carley: yes not today. todd: next says buy gift cards, problem solved. carley: waitress receives incredible surprise when a table of 13 gave her a $1,300 tip. >> are you sure? [laughter] >> you are kidding, right? >> no. >> merry christmas. >> oh, merry christmas. >> oh my gosh. thank you so much. i am just -- >> the group making the wisconsin waitress' christmas brighter. the waitress battled cancer at the same time. >> next the bad. a 5 month old puppy taken out of a california yard on christmas morning. a man walking up, grabbing the dog and running away. police still trying to id whoever took that puppy rex.

carley: a man desperately holding on to a cable after falling down an elevator shaft from the fifth floor while rescue teams in china climbing down the shaft and pulling him to safety. that is crazy. "fox & friends" starts right now. todd: bye. ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ do you hear what i hear ♪ skies shepar shepherd boy. ed: we are back. can you still see the all-american christmas tree on fox square. griff: we wanted the christmas movie to keep playing. katie: i think it's appropriate to keep it going. ed: is that true? we did research and watched you on the five yesterday griff of griff and i heard you say you want christmas music cut off