no? jillian: breaking news. "fox & friends" is going to continue to follow. we have a lot going over in baghdad right now. the u.s. embassy has been stormed by iraqi michelle. this is in response to airstrikes that happened on sunday. rob: bye-bye. ♪ griff: breaking right now angry protesters are inside the compound in iraq. >> standing guard as chaos erupts. >> trey yingst is live in jerusalem with what sparked the protests. trey? >> dean, rachel, griff, good morning. hundreds of iraqi demonstrators have stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad. all of this in response to u.s. airstrikes on sunday that killed at least 25 militants of the iranian backed iraqi she a militia group hezbollah. this is very concerning to american forces in the region. there is more than 5,000 right now who are working along iraqi security forces to push back against the

islamic state remnants across the region. those demonstrators storming the embassy upset that the u.s. conducted those airstrikes on sunday. yesterday, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was on fox talking about really how all of this started on friday of last week. there was a rocket attack against an iraqi base that houses american troops. one american contractor was killed. and four u.s. service members injured. this was the reason that president trump decided to launch this operation within iraq. but it has been controversial with iraqi leadership. iraqi prime minister called it a violation of iraqi sovereignty. the iranian government who does back this militia group said this was support of terrorism by the united states. so the big question now is how is all of this going to affect future american-iraqi relations moving forward. what we know right now hundreds of iraqi demonstrators in baghdad have stormed the u.s. embassy there are some reports of rubber bullets and tear gas being fired. right now it does appear that those u.s. embassy

security guards are completely overwhelmed. this is set up to be a very difficult situation for u.s. forces. and moving forward, we are going to continue to monitor this story throughout the day to see what unfolds at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. back to you. griff: trey, i want to ask you a question, as we watch this unfold, reports that the u.s. ambassador and key staff have been evacuated. do we have any indication when that has happened and sort of what the u.s. response has been to security preparation? >> >> we are working to confirm that information at this hour. we do know back in may the united states put out an order from the state department to remove all nonessential personnel from iraq. this as demonstrations have rocked the country this entire year against the government. we actually sought prime minister resigning earlier this year and he stayed in that role really as a symbolic thing to try to keep the calm and keep some structure and order in the iraqi government. again at this hour, we can't confirm the evacuations that

have taken place. there are reports that all of the essential embassy staff has been ordered to leave the country. we are working at this hour to confirm that information that has been reported by reuters. as the a result of iraqi security officials who have spoken with that organization. one other point of note though, the united states has tried to maintain some presence there following what president trump has described as the defeat of the islamic state. all of this really has been ernesto twinsd because when you step back and look at the larger picture, this group hezbollah that was targeted in iraq and syria over the weekend by u.s. airstrikes has previously helped to liberate the iraqi city of mosul during the height of the fight against the islamic state. so moving forward this was a group that was supported by the iraqi government and, again did, have ties to senior leadership and still does today within the government in baghdad. certainly going to be a difficult situation for president trump and the administration to navigate in the days to come. griff: yeah. all right. trey yingst in jerusalem. thank you very much, trey.

rachel: thank you, trey. griff: trey, very good important point this larger picture issue. if our viewers are just watching, these are harrowing images and certainly we are going to see violent images this morning as we try to ring in the new year. what's important to note that trey hit on is the iran-backed group, hezbollah brigade, different than the one you are normally used to from the lebanese hezbollah still iran-backed has now been pushing control of the iraqi government and you had iraqis just weeks and months ago protesting that now the airstrikes, the administration send ago message after last week after an american contractor was killed. the administration saying no. we're not going to let that go unnoticed. we are not going to let that continue. sought administration, i think, we will see a statement at some points i hope this morning that says that that airstrike killing 25 hezbollah brigades was in response to attacking american contractor and a strong response says that we

will continue to respond in similar manner. this is about protecting american lives and about protecting iraqi lives. rachel: meanwhile, senator marco rubio just tweeted iran is directly responsible for orchestrating the storming of the u.s. embassy in iraq and must be held accountable for it and the safety of every american serving. there yesterday, dean, we had, you were here with us and we had secretary pompeo on saying that, you know, while this is backed by iran, the iranian people don't like seeing this. they are suffering right now. griff: the iraqi people. rachel: the iraqi people. the iranians backing, this thiraqi people aren't going to be happy to know this is where some of their money is going. dean: a horrible situation. brings back memories of benghazi and that whole situation with our consulate there being stormed. it's an awful situation. and i'm really interested to see how the administration is going to react. griff: it is interesting, dean, as americans wake up

and think perhaps about benghazi, we have to separate the difference. trey mentioned in the fight for mosul and i was showing some of the producers pictures in november 21, 2016 i sought iran revolutionary guard come into the east gate it. caused a standoff with iraqis who didn't want to let go. it was a power struggle now in the wake of americans withdrawing. even though we have 5,000 troops over there we have largely withdrawn our footprint. the iranians have really taken a strong hold it is no surprise for our viewers to wake up and see iran is fomenting protests because they want to shift the iraqi people's angst as you point out, rachel, on the u.s. not on iran's control within iraq. rachel: right. absolutely. there is other evil out there. right now evil exists so says the armed hero jack wilson who took down the killer or the shooter in that west texas church just recently.

listen to what he has to say as he recounts how he felt about what he had to do in order to save all those people. >> i don't feel like i killed an individual. i killed evil. i don't see myself as a hero. i see myself as doing what needed to be done to take out the evil threat. my training, you know, says that if i see a weapon, especially in that scenario because that is my job. i am the deacon in charge of security of the church. and the people that were on the security team, we have spent, you know, numerous hours training and working on, you know, just this type of scenario, hoping it never happens. dean: jack wilson doesn't want to call himself a hero that man is a hero. the situation that he was faced with and his -- the amount of training that he has done to reacted to that situation is amazing. we had dan bongino on yesterday morning. he was talking about how these guys reacted in that kind of pressure.

that gentleman is a hero and, to take that head shot at 50 yards or whatever that was, 50 feet, that's a really tough shot. and it's amazing under those sort of circumstances. griff: you are honorary law enforcement police officer. once you get that training, when you need it most it's there. ken paxton the texas attorney general says i hopes other states and other chunks elsewhere with l. take the lead here. we had an incident two years ago in shoulder springs where 20 people were killed. the legislature responded worked. we can't stop every incident. we need to be prepared as jack discussed. this church was prepared and they are an example of what can be done within six seconds they dealt with the issue and saved potential hundreds of people. i hope that other churches around the country will adopt policies like this and we can stop losing so many people when these incidents

occur. rachel: anyone who questions whether this works or not, to have an armed person inside of a church, inside of a school, this is on videotape, that's what is so amazing about. this they were livestreaming this service so this was caught on video. it's just incredible. again, he was well-trained as you said. he actually had a range that he trained the other security giewrdz on. definitely -- the model of what you want in a situation like this. >> we have tomi lahren coming up on this show today. she strong second amendment rights advocate and hear a lot more about that. meanwhile, says he would consider a republican for his vice president but he just can't think of one right now. listen. our 21-year-old is on the other need i wonder if joe biden would consider choosing a republican as a running mate? >> the answer is i would but i can't think of one now. [laughter] >> no, no, no, no, no.

listen. [applause] >> no, i'm serious. here's what i mean. let me say that there are some really decent republicans that are out there, still. but, here's the problem right now. the well-known ones. they have got to step up. [applause] >> do you know what i mean? [applause] >> i'm not being a wise guy. but, a lot of people. griff: i love by the way biden just walks off camera and the cameraman no knock on him or her oh wait, he moved. so what do you think? rachel: do you think he is serious? i don't. the fact that he can't name one person that he would be willing to work with. dean: it was the funniest line without trying to be fun yuvment it's hysterical. i just can't think of one right now. it's great that he is sort of reaching out. i like the fact that he would say it's a possibility and then come back, of

course, with the punch line. i think it's nice to see a little bit of unity and crossing lines but i don't think that's going to happen. rachel: i think what's interesting, too. there is an element of trump in there. you don't know what's going to come out of joe biden. i think the voters really want that you do feel like he is really telling you what he thinks. and i think that's a positive thing for him. although i don't think that he would really do that democrats wouldn't stand for it. griff: that moment the political reporter in me is telling he didn't have an answer. if you go back to mccain when he ran for president there was calls for unity. there was a consideration that he might pick jerome a bipartisan ticket. it would be remarkable thing to happen. now look at today. we are tremendously more politically divided. you would think that he would have an answer. mitt romney, i don't know, somebody at the tip of his tongue and is he walking all over the stage not able to think of anybody. there is 55 republican senators just pick one and

throw it out there. it's a little bit disingenuous he doesn't have a name ready to go. dick dick he threw out nothing. he didn't throw out a name. griff: toss to jillian. happy new year. jillian: happy new year. let's start with this. a police officer is hit by a car and killed killing a suspect in tennessee. master patrol officer spencer bristol running after a man on interstate in nashville when he was hit two. people under arrest. colleagues in the hendersonville police department are heart broken. >> i heard it on september the 12th of 2015, and i never saw anyone who wanted to be a police officer as much as he did. spencer bristols was an example of what an officer should be. jillian: he was a u.s. navy veteran. he leaves behind a wife and 3-year-old daughter. the man accused in the hanukkah stabbing attack is charged with several federal

hate crimes. the fbi says agents found disturbing google searches on his phone about hitler, along with anti-semitic journal entries at his home. he is accuse you had of stabbing five people with a machete at hanukkah party in new york earlier this week. now to extreme weather. major winter storm dumped snow from the townhouse new england. responding to nearly 200 crashes since monday morning. this trooper caught on dash cam sliding on an icy road. in north dakota, this police truck needed to be pulled out after getting caught in the snow. winter weather stretching all the way to the east coast. in new york city a wind turbine collapsed and fell on to a car. a live look at times square hours ahead of the new year. more than 1 million people are expected there today to watch the ball drop at midnight. the nypd says it will be the safest place on earth. thousands of officers will be on duty and every person in times square will be wanded with metal detectors,

1,000 security cameras along with drones will monitor the clouds. streets will be closed and blocked off by sand trucks. i have never been to new year's on times square. >> what? isn't that crazy? griff: last year carley shimkus were in the early parted and it was pouring rain. dean: it was awful. griff: thanks, jillian. dean: i got to talk to you there the year before i hosted the show and coldest day on record. it was awful. this one looks great. today is beautiful. griff: they are going to have a good time. talk more about it coming up. disgraced fbi agent peter strzok remember him accusing the federal government of violating his rife to free speech. he says those anti-trump texts are protected. are they? former prosecutor andrew mccarthy coming up. ♪ ♪ you are the one thing in my way ♪ you are the one thing in my way ♪ my way ♪ so the whole world looks different.

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all about. >> griff, happy new year. the court filing is about strzok trying to get his, you know, the attendant benefits of his being an fbi agent for such a long time restored. but, he said this is actually an easy one. he is simply wrong. you don't have a right, as a government employee, to use government facilities to do nongovernment work of any kind. and if you are investigating or if you are an investigator and you are investigating political corruption cases, you obviously don't have a right to talk politics, much less politics that connects to the people that you are investigating on your government-issued communication devices. that's like a no-brainer. griff: andy, strzok's attorneys argue though this leaves, quote, thousands of career federal employees without protections. >> no, it doesn't. look, i was a federal prosecutor for 20 years. this is really easy, griff.

you just don't use your government facilities in order to do nongovernment business of any kind. you know, we have had these, for example, under the hatch act we have had these secure measures in place, these precautions in place for years where people -- government officials whose jobs are closely connected with politics, know that they can't do politics, fund raise, talk politics on their government-issued communications devices. and they have to use their own time and they have to use private facilities to do it. and it worked for everyone. plus, strzok is particularly ill suited to be raising this claim on behalf of anyone because unlike most agent, he has a top level fbi official who was doing public corruption cases and his political chatter affected and undermind the investigation he was doing. so that puttin puts him in a vey

different category. griff: sounds like first 2020 peter strzok will not succeed in this lawsuit. >> he will strike out. griff: thank you, andy mccarthy. happy new year to you. hope you have a good one. >> thank you, griff. happy new year. griff: armed shooter stopped in six seconds. tomi lahren joins us live coming up. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's,

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the states that voted for president trump would gain a net 4 seats. and a democrat challenging president trump wants to give the oval office a makeover michael bloomberg tweeting this picture of his oval office plan quote i will use the oval office for some official functions never for tweeting but the rest of the time i will be where a leader should be with the team. interesting. griff? griff: thanks, jillian. gunman opening fire texas church ending six seconds after armed members of the congregation stopped him texas law that allows open carry in places of worship. >> they are going to protect their congregation and they are going to protect the pastors. look. jason part-time who don't know pastors personally don't know how many threats they get. camwatching him. you can't pull your gun first. tough react. jack wilson took him down. that's the law you can carry

if the church allows it. rachel: here to react is host on fox nation tomi lahren. >> happy new year. glad to be here. rachel: they can't be everywhere so that's why texas passed this law. how do you think people like joe biden, beto o'rourke, activists said it's a bad idea to allow people to arm themselves in churches and schools. what do you think they do now that they have it this footage? >> you have a lot of democrats and anti-gun rights advocates being very quiet because they don't want to talk about what happened in texas because they know it's a win for the second amendment and they know that it's exactly why gun rights advocates talk about the assessment and how important it is. it's not just for hunting. it's not just for recreation. it's for incidents just like this because we understand that when you have gun free zones whether you have gun control laws and legislations and you increase those all you are doing is neutering

law-abiding citizen like those very church goers in that church trained and ready to respond because is that true only way we are going to root out evil is for good people to stand up, to step up and do what they have been trained to do. that's what you saw in texas. the democrats don't want to fess up to that. they don't want to own that they know it doesn't do anything to their anti-gun narrative that they will be pushing all through this election cycle. dean: seems like common sense to have targets hardened targets. places of worship have unfortunately become targets it. seems like common sense to harden those targets. why is there so much push back from the other side? it's very idealistic. gun control advocates believe the measures they are propose something going to save lives. they are well-intentioned. they don't live in society. more gun laws is not going to solve the problem. good guys are always going to be the ones that stand up against bad guys. bad guys don't care about your law us.

if they cared about your laws they would respect the laws on the book to not carry a shotgun into the church and change lives. it's up to us to protect and defend ourselves and others. griff: tomi, quickly, you have a new episode of no interruption coming up. watch this clip. >> do you forgive the person that did this to you. >> me and god actually talked about it. i forgive him. i finally woke up one more. that was back when i was greed all the time. every morning at the same time about 7:00 in the morning it would just hit me. and i sat down and i started praying. and i told god i forgave him and from that day forward, the depression hasn't been here. griff: going to be a big episode. >> it's a great open sewed. i hope everyone will check it out on fox nation. he shot in the head. miraculously came out of his coma. he is 34r50e67ing a

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angry protesters are inside the u.s. embassy compound in iraq armed militia storming the embassy and setting fires outside the gate. >> this is a live look at the absolute chaos in baghdad. you can see white smoke over a huge crowd of people. rachel: the protests followed deadly american airstrikes which targeted 25 iran-backed fighters. jillian? >> we are following a number of other stories. so let's begin with this. thousands of people in australia told to evacuate their homes. some people escaping to the beachor boarding boats to get away from the deadly fires. in the seaside city in the southeast, the sky turning bright red. look at this as strong winds make the flames harder to control. 12 deaths have been link to the wildfire crisis. several people are missing. more than 900 homes have been destroyed. a police officer resigns after claiming a mcdonald's worker wrote pig on his coffee cup. we telling you about this story yesterday. this is the update. harrington police chief says

the former officer faked the incident thinking it would be a joke. >> i hope he understands the magnitude of the black eye that this gives the law enforcement profession from coast to coast. >> the mcdonald's owner proved that his workers didn't write the message by showing surveillance video to police. the chief says the former officer had only worked at the department for two months. and then there is this: a massive sinkhole swallows an suv in a split second. watch this insane video and can you see the 15-foot deep pit opening up look at that right under the car in pennsylvania. a fedex driver quickly hits the brakes hops out and rushes to help. the couple inside the suv escaped would you tell scratch. the sinkhole was caused by a water main break. lucky. hosting the cmas for 12 years with unforgettable performances. ♪ ♪ we should be drinking

alone ♪ yeah. jillian: carrie underwood is ending epic run writing on instagram hard topping what we have accomplished together so i have decided it's time pass the hosting torch. first 11 years of hosting duties she shared the reigns with brad painsly. he bowed out this year joined by dolly parton and reba mcentire. what a talent she is. rachel: i will miss having her there. dean: she is fantastic. her and paisley had a great chemistry. rachel: totally. griff: kicking into high gear times square. dean: adam klotz is outside and live where the action is. how is it out there? >> good morning, guys. it's wonderful. i'm on the roof of times square. i have the famous ball behind me we all know at midnight will come and we will be ringing in the new

year. everyone will be having a fantastic time expecting as many as a million or more people out here in times square. but, for all the people having fun, you also have to think about the safety that's involved in this. with that i now bring in brad bob string. is he the ceo of investigative management. you have been in the fbi and done counter-terrorism. you will be a part of what goes in tonight. it's a huge ordeal what all goes in being prepared for something like. this adam, it's not just tonight, right? it's every night during the year. it's the intelligence all the security and the private sector and government build up for a night like this. imagine, you know, the ball dropping. millions of people right here in midtown. millions of people around the world watching. this is one of the biggest events in security. because this is where all the eyes are at midnight. so you have to be prepared at midnight to take action if something were to happen. and by the way, all the intelligence information is that you gather is all year not just happening today. >> it's people on the ground. are there drones that are in

the sky? how big is technology getting involved in all of this? >> it's overwhelming. when you think about how we have advanced not just the last 20 years since new york has been a real target for terrorism, but just in terms of technology. we have drones. we are able to communicate with the people on the street through their iphones. we are going to have the harbor patrol. the ar patrol. critical response unit. there is going to be the heavy arms on the rooftops. this is the fbi. all the federal agencies, secret service, everybody is here today. so, if there is one place during the course of the year, especially 2020, it's right now. because this is where everybody is going to be looking. >> bob, you keep us safe. i appreciate that when you do that that allows to us have fun. speaking of fun, griff, i'm told you picked these out so i have to thank you for this portion of it. thank you for choosing these for me, griff. griff: thank you. the patriotic lens you look

great, klotz. rachel: looks like something griff would wear. griff: so much fun being down there and got to talk to dean. adam isn't the only one getting a preview of new year's eve prep? dean: ron gonekowski is one of fox's hosts tonight and i caught up with him as we prepared. take a look at the gronk. >> standing here with a very tall rob gronkowski you are co-hosting fox's new year's eve special. you are rookie at this. what in the heck am i standing in fronts of. >> this is new year's eve game that i am hosting live it's called slip. the contestants have to run upthe stairs. the stairs are slippery. most slippery stairs. baby oil, go. i will be throwing items down at them, too, to knock them down. i will tell you some action. tune in the winner gets a few tickets to come on stage new year's eve with us live.

and come celebrate with steve, maria and myself. it's going to be fun. dean: can i compete. >> you can compete i don't think you will last. dean: new year's do you have a new year's resolution. >> i do. first one ever. i am going to make it easy and attainable so i can achieve the goal i'm going to do no complaining for two days. two or three days. i'll going with three days no. complaining for three days. if there is something i don't like i can walk away and say no, i'm not going to explain about it. dean: complain right now because it's cold. dean: first new year's you are not playing and getting ready for a game. >> i'm getting ready for a game. pregame. it's a different game that's what i like. i like being involved. have that same mind set. and always bringing it. always getting prepared. you have to to prepare for

whatever have you coming up. that's what i'm learning. dean: were you always this tall or did you get shorter? >> no, man. i think i got tall are for real. ever since not playing football because i was getting pounded. taking the hits. now i'm getting stretched out. wherever i go. dude, do you play basketball? are you in the nba? the mood i'm in yeah i play for the nets. what's your name. i make up some crazy name or something. dean: get to the mets lost to miami. they don't have a in the first round. >> every year i was there we had a bye. this year they don't have a bye. what can i say? >> first time in 10 years they have got to play what do you think? >> going to be up in the air. i feel like new england is always going to come out on top. playing at home. home field advantage. anyone's game in the playoffs. have you got to be prepared to the t to win these games.

dean: played for buffalo for 15 minutes. >> 15 minutes. >> bills were in the playoffs. judging by your size and my size, the patriots are going to beat the bills. if you have to face them. let's get back to new year's because this is -- going to be a good time or like a gronk party or like a steve harvey party? >> i think it's going to be combined. i love steve harvey. is he so hilarious. so if you combine his game his party skills with my game, two different. i don't have -- it's different. you bring the energy, i bring the dancing. he sits there and common tates. that's the ultimate combo right there and maria. and with her in the mix, too? game over. that's the best party on new year's eve ever. >> i know it's going to be a party. appreciate it. a pleasure. go bills. >> go pats. rachel: that was fun.

dean: what a great guy. really great guy. he swear he looks like 6'9". maybe i shrunk a little. he is so tall. rachel: i didn't think it looked that different. i was expecting a bigger disparity. dean: gronk is a great guy. going to be a great party. griff: people say did you play basketball? yeah i'm bob from the nets. >> if you are going to a new year's eve party you want to go with gronk. it will be a lot of fun. rachel: looks like a good night and good new year's eve resolution. i don't think i could keep it. dean: not a chance. >> may be the democrats' secret weapon. our next guest actually agrees. stick around ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for members like kate.

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jillian: good morning and welcome back. nuradin abdi green lights new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. lynparza already used. the we'll be righjeopardy host s fighting the disease right now. his wife now sharing what she considers to be the hardest part about his diagnosis. >> for me it's when i see him in pain and i can't help him. >> trebek says the outpouring of support around the world makes him feel so good. we continue to wish him wel. rachel: absolutely. is he one of the president's outspoken critics that's not stopping michael moore from warning democrats about this. >> if the vote were today, i believe he would win the electoral states that he would need. because, living out there, i

will tell you, his level of support has not gone down one inch. bernie, he is fighting for -- is he willing to give up his final years to fight so that these 18 to 35-year-olds will have a future and they know that. that's why they are for him. rachel: in a new op-ed, our next guest agrees, bernie sanders could boost the democrats for one specific reason. fox news contributor and former wall street financial research analyst liz peek is here to explain. happy new year's. >> thank you. rachel: you say michael moore is right but not for the same reason that he says that. >> i think if run bernie sanders this time around come to their senses because he will be squashed by donald trump and nominate a middle of the road candidate next time. michael moore's contention is that hillary clinton lost in 2016 because she was too moderate. because she didn't push for the revolution that bernie sanders is pushing for. i think he is totally wrong

and history tells us this. every time the democrats run a far left candidate, george mcgovern in 1972, walter mondale in 1984, they lose in a landslide. walter mondale won 17 electoral votes in 1972. and mondale won his own state only his own state in 1984, when democrats run, a middle of the road candidate, a moderate, jimmy carter, bill clinton that is their hope of winning the oval office. and not these far left candidates. rachel: but then that would leave, say, someone like joe biden, correct? >> right. rachel: doesn't he look as flawed in many ways as hillary clinton? i mean a lot of people complain that she was corrupt. now because of impeachment tainted with corruption. >> and most amazing this judgment to me that the democrats went after donald trump on ukraine, knowing that the one name that would be raised every single time we talked about ukraine was

joe biden. their frontrunner. testimony almost an astonishing things. now, of course we are coming up to a senate trial witness probably should be joe biden. and he is saying he won't appear. which is kind of muddying the waters to future mildly. michael moore thinks that joe biden is hillary light. is he a moderate or he has positioned himself as a moderate. i don't think he is particularly a moderate candidate. i think is he still very left-leaning you have to be in today's democratic party. but that's his view. and i think he is wrong. i think joe biden probably has the best chance of beating donald trump. i don't think he has much of a chance. the economy is too strong. donald trump has followed through on his promises. michael moore said, the key issue is that donald trump's supporters have stuck with him through thick and thin. and they have absolutely no intention of moving away from him no matter. what so, i think that's a tough road.

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>> fox news alert breaking right now. protests inside the compound in iraq. dean: standing guard as chaos erupts. rachel: trey yingst is live in jerusalem with what sparked the protests. trey? >> dean, rachel, griff, good morning. as we speak, hundreds of iraqi demonstrators have stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad. these demonstrators are supporters of the iranian-backed iraqi she a militia group hezbollah that was attacked by the united states on sunday in both iraq and syria. that group says that at least 25 of its fighters were killed in this response by the united states to rocket fire on friday that left one american contractor dead and four u.s. service members injured. what we know right now about the embassy that is being stormed, there are hundreds outside. and according to reports, u.s. security guards are currently on the roof, firing tear gas, rubber

bullets and sound grenades in an effort to push back protesters. other reports from on the ground in baghdad indicate that iraqi security forces are being used right now to try to separate the crowds of people from the u.s. embassy compound. we have also seen video of fires being lit. glass being smashed. and also, people outside in military uniforms. it's unclear right now what military groups these demonstrators are from. likely against supporters of this organization. hezbollah. this as iraqi prime minister called the u.s. strikes on sunday in iraq a violation of iraqi sovereignty. the iranian government in tehran calling the u.s. action, quote: support of terrorism. but, again, today at this hour, hundreds of iraqi demonstrators on the ground in baghdad storming the u.s. embassy compound. we have not yet heard from the president. just one tweet this morning from president trump regarding u.s. elections and joe biden, but nothing yet on this u.s. embassy being stormed in baghdad. we'll certainly follow this story throughout the day. it's a very difficult

situation for u.s. forces on the ground. as embassies in the surrounding area are confirming that u.s. staff are still inside the embassy as hundreds of angry demonstrators do gather outside. back to you. griff: trey, a quick question. that is we are seeing out there some people saying that these are protesters, demonstrators reacting to the developments also seeing much of that crowd storming the embassy right now as we see are closely tied with the iran revolutionary guard quds force iran-backed militia. >> well, the very interesting thing group hezbollah iraqi she a militia group receives direct support from the iranian regime in tehran. additionally this group has ties to the iraqi government in baghdad. so, it's all part of this extremely complicated web which is why you actually saw iraqi prime minister speak out against this action by president trump and the u.s. administration to strike within iraqi

sovereign territory because hezbollah has ties to the iraqi government and also the iranians. so it puts the u.s. in a very difficult situation because, remember, there are more than 5,000 u.s. service members still on the ground in iraq, helping the iraqi security forces to fight the islamic state and remnants left of this organization. and moving forward, the big question is going to be what happens to the iraqi-american relationship because we have seen so many officials in the iraqi government speak out against president trump and the administration. the big question, will u.s. troops stay on the ground in iraq? will they continue to have this invitation by the iraqi government to stay there and fight isis? rachel: interesting. griff: trey yingst in baghdad. the bijerusalem. the administration clearly sending a signal with those airstrikes killing 25 of the

hezbollah brigades not related to the lebanese one but one iran backed militia in iraq and the administration saying that you will not endanger, harm americans or iraqis. remember it was the hezbollah brigades, iran-back you had michelle that fired missiles into an iraqi base where we had u.s. contractors with some troops now, some 5,000 in iraq. there is going to be decisions to be made, i am expecting at some point we will hear from the president. we will hear from the administration. i suspect that we will hear that they are not going to president actually treated american killed contractor wounding many. we strongly responded and always will. now iran is orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq. they will be held fully responsible. in addition, we expect iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy and so notified.

griff: there you have it. as we were saying. this is going to be something that is going to play out over the next several weeks and months because, the iran-backed militia that has sparked all of this has been there since 2016. this is years in the making. and they are trying to take control their there. it was just weeks and months ago that you saw the iraqi people not generated by the iranians pushing back pushed iran influence. now you see iran trying to push to turn this against the u.s. and certainly these are harrowing images. and pictures coming out. and we pray and hope for any american in that embassy or elsewhere inside the country. >> you were saying it's been going on since 2016. really been going on a lot lot longer than that iran, when we were in there fighting. when all those troops in there. so many iran munitions and things were come through.

they have been putting pressure on for so long. now that we have so few troops there, they are finding this to be an opportunity and certainly trying to make it them against -- it's iran against the u.s. rachel: challenge for donald trump, i think, he has been saying that he wants to pull us out of this area and here we see another complication and something that may keep us there longer than we probably wanted. griff: that tweet there saying he will not tolerate for americans or iraqis to be endangered by this iran-backed militia. rachel: an armed hero, jack wilson, who took down a man who opened fire inside his texas church says he doesn't consider himself a hero. he says i see myself as doing what needed to be done. take a look. >> i don't feel like i killed an individual. i killed evil. i don't see myself as a hero. i see myself as what needed to be done to take out an evil threat. my training says if i see a weapon, especially in that scenario, because that is my

job. i'm the deacon in charge of security of the church. and the people that were on the security team, we have spent, you know, numerous hours training and working on just this type of scenario, hoping it never happens. dean: that gentleman doesn't call himself a hero but he is the definition of a hero. most heroes say i'm not a hero. bless him. we had tomi lahren on earlier. listen to what she had to say. >> you have a lot of democrats and gun right advocates out there being very quiet right now because they don't want to talk about what happened in texas they know it's a win for the assessment. it's not just for hunting. it's not just for. we understand whether you have gun-free zones and have gun-control laws and legislation when you increase those neutering law-abiding citizen like those church goers in that

church trained and ready spo respond. good guys are always going to be the ones stand up against bad guys. bad guys don't care about your laws. they f. they cared about your laws they would respect about the laws on the book and not carry a shotgun into a church and destroy innocent lives. it's not going to change the mind set of a monster or killer or somebody who is mentally unstable. griff: you know, they say what defines a hero is what do you in a split second in a moment's notice. rachel: in six seconds. caught on video. i saw an earlier facebook post he basically thanks god that he was given this kind of training that he could certain his church in this manner. 240 people thank god he was there the most properly trained perfect model of what you want in a situation like this. with that training you don't know if you are going to react that way in those circumstances. and the shot he took was kind of brilliant. it's a very difficult thing to do and with a handgun at 50 feet. moving target. and all of that happening.

it was incredible. griff: ben carson addressing the homelessness in los angeles. what to do about it. whether the administration could get involved. well, secretary carson on fox last night here's what he had to say. >> i have been to california a number of times and i have seen those people. and first of all, i recognize that across the country, if you take the other 49 states and average it out, homelessness is going down. there is enough of an increase in california 16.4% to drive the entire equation up by 2.7% it. tells you how significant the problem is it should be recognized that this is a state and local government responsibility. it is not the responsibility of the federal government. federal government is quite willing to help, however. but it's going to require, you know, local authorities and the state to cooperate.

stop throwing fire bombs and wanting to actually get this thing done. the blame game. >> mayor de blasio came out and said it was trump's fault that this is happening. these things need to be taken care of within the states. i live in california. we see it every single day. we have -- there is a democratic super majority in california. and we're undergoing an economic boone boom but they are not taking care of this crisis. speaking of local. 30% of housing cost is because of regulations and ordinances and zoning. things in liberal states and cities they are really friendly toward those things. this is why ben carson is saying we will jump in, we will help. but y'all have to do your part. >> homelessness going down in lots of places except for cities where mayors are blaming the president i got it. rachel: he did say that if you take california out, actually the homeless rate is dropping. griff: turn it over to

jillian. jillian: following this story out of tennessee right now. a police officer is hit by a car and killed chasing a suspect in tennessee. master patrol officer spencer bristol was running after a man on an interstate near nashville when he was hit. two people under arrest. colleagues in the hendersonville police department are heart broken. >> i hired him on september the 12th of 2015. and i never saw anyone who wanted to be a police officer as much as he did. spencer bristols was an example of what an officer should be. jillian: officer bristol was a u.s. navy veteran. he leaves behind a wife and 3-year-old daughter. to extreme weather now. a major winter storm dumped snow from the midwest to new england. the minnesota state patrol responding to nearly 200 crashes since monday morning. in north dakota, this police truck needed to be pulled out after getting caught in the snow. winter weather stretching august the way to the east

coast. in new york city, a wind turbine collapsed and fell on to a car. 2020 hopeful pete buttigieg take as jab at joe biden criticizing his son's ties to a ukraine gas company. >> i would not have wanted to see that happen. in my administration, we'll have a very high standard around ethics. and making sure that we do everything we can to prevent even the appearance of a conflict. jillian: buttigieg making the comments to the associated press. he and biden are seen as democratic frontrunners in the 2020 race. now a live look in times square where we are still hours away from 2020. but, it's already a brand new decade in new zealand. 3, 2, 1. [cheers] >> there we have it. thousands of people ringing in the new year with fireworks outside of australia.

officially ending its live possum drop this year after a year's long battle with animal rights activists who said it was cruel to lower the possum in plexiglass box at the stroke of midnight. i didn't know that was a thing. >> now you learned when i heard possum drop i didn't know there was a box. jillian: griff, you should go ask them. dean: my son ithem.dean. rachel: only way to fix income inequality. >> it's not working so well for much of anyone else, that is corruption. >> we are going to make it easier for workers to join unions. griff: we have charles payne all ready to tell us what's going on happy new year.

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great for those with money, and is not working so well for much of anyone else, that is corruption. >> you need a union. >> our government is there to represent the working class. we are going to make it easier for workers to join unions. griff: democratic hopefuls bernie sanders and elizabeth warren claim the only way to increase wages for the working class is through bigger government and unions. dean: free market numbers tell a very different story. new wage growth numbers are off the charts and blue collar workers are the big winners. rachel: here to react host of making money on fox business charles payne. so what do you say? >> you know, i have been talking about this for over a year because september 2018 was the first month in decades where not supervisory workers, blue collar workers, wages went up faster than everyone else's. it's happened in 13 of the last 14 months. rachel: incredible. rocket ship right now. i have got to tell you it's really absolutely

remarkable. the idea of talking about it reunions when they have been rejected by the public. unfortunately people have been warming up to the idea of unions. unions i think it was a gallup poll. the opinion of unions are 50-year high. you get the story about the union guy, the uaw guy with the cigars and $6,000 villas. the money and so listen, the economy is working. america, the spirit of america is back. it's been unleashed. it's what we are all about. how does this young start up nation. griff: market is up. is it helping the people argument it's not reaching them. >> 55% of americans are in the market one way or another. 401(k)s. retirement plans, pension plans,directly in the markets. over a jowmplet you will can't say 55% of americans for almost anything. anything else. so, there is number one. one example i use is this year target stock is up 96%. also for the holidays target

hired 10,000 people. the same drivers that allowed them to hire 190,000 people is why their stock is up almost 100 percent this year. by the way that's called shared prosperity. rachel: you talk a lot about dirty fingernail job the dignity to work. and talk to us about what joe biden just said about coal miners. >> oh my goodness. rachel: actually, let's take a look at the clip. >> he asked me toward the end of our administration joe is going to determine what the jobs of the future are anybody can go down 300 to 300,000 feet in the mind sure the hell can learn how to brahm as well. anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program for god sake. >> there is a reason they don't want him to talk on the campaign trail. part of this discussion he talked about the reason he knows that coal miners can do this is in detroit, when detroit fell apart no one knew how to fix it. put a black women and put them in his liberal friends told him it wouldn't work. now they have the lights back on. the idea these black women

can do it anyone can do it. so insulting on so many levels. rachel: is this coal minor comment the new deplorable. >> worse and it's dumb. talk about facts beyond the emotions of this crazy thing he just said in this country the average minor job 200,000. folks that work with oil and gas roughnecks 165,000. average programming job 84 grand. take someone making 165,000 and we're going to just retrain them and teach them how to code. i mean, what are they going to do? it's just so far fetched it's crazy. by the way, those computer programming jobs, 250,000 of them. but the next ten years it's estimated we are going to need less. going to go down 7%. it's hurtful though. it's hurtful to dismiss the intellect of those miners. intellect of people of color. so despicable. glad he said it but it's hurtful he said it.

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after two weeks in theaters. dean? dean: from shutting down conservatives to removing mascots. it was a wild year on college campuses across the country. griff: here to break it down craziest stories of 2019. editor and chief of campus reform.org. cabot phillips. great clips. start with one where i live near d.c. >> i think that like the whole colonial thing is like a little white supremacisty. i would like to see a better moss scott. >> colonial is kind of a touchy word. >> did i sign the petition. i do understand that it is offensive to like other countries. i heard that you are not supposed to wear the colonial's name when you go abroad. griff: oh my goodness. cabot, why are you trying to get rid of the g.w. colonial. >> didn't you know colonial mascot sign of white supremacy and fascism. a giants petition at george washington to remove the colonial mascot which for

these students who don't know it it's just by definition someone that lives in a clone which everyone in north america was at the time of our founding. it's not some offensive term. but this is a growing trend of students doing everything in their power to remove anything that could offend them. and this is really the result of a culture that incentivizes people to be offended. people say when we say that something oppresses us or offends us the university will bow down. we saw other universe in wiping there was a push to remove the cowboy moss scott toxic mass can a lint. pioneer mascot a sign of racism. crusader in massachusetts removed because of a sign of religious violence a growing trend. something we saw all throughout 2019. i think a few more mascots will be on the chopping block in 2020 if we allow this pc craziness to go on. rachel: absolutely. the next one is really close to my heart. it involves conservative students on university campuses being taunted. take a look. >> i can't talk if you are on split screen. >> you want one at a time

then? [chanting pack it up] >> no justice, no peace no. racist police. >> tell us what's happening here and what conservative students face on campus in situations like. this there is a big difference between students confronting one another and having debates and meaningful dialogue and back and forth. that's certainly protected speech. we saw in this video and many others is things devolving into mob mentalities, threatening language being used. harassment in this video. students were forcibly removing tables, packing things up. get in students' faces. sadly that has become the norm. many times these things just aren't captured on video. when you are unaccustomed to hearing ideas that you haven't ever heard before and on a college campus that's conservative ideas. naturally you are not going to know how to respond to them. for some conservative students, they want to set up a conservative group and go out and ideas and often

met with intimidation peers have never met a conservative student. they don't know how to react. i don't want to have to hear this. this makes me uncomfortable and leads to tactics. rachel: groups self-sensors. don't set up the tables or wear the maga hat. dean: talk about this one that took place on berkeley. a conservative gets punched in the face, this was a clip that went viral, take a look. [bleep] [bleep] that. >> why my co-worker there at the leadership institute hayden williams and he was on campus helping conservative students spread their ideas and clearly was attacked there. it's not just a few bad apples either that are committing these violent acts against conservative people. one in three college students thinks violence is

an acceptable response to hate speech. the problem is they label everything hate speech so violence becomes a much more common response. we need to hold these people accountable our conservative students to spread ideas. rachel: the administration needs to hold these students accountable and kick them out if they are doing that. griff: campus reform.org. hold them accountable in the new year. >> thank you. griff: counting down to 2020 live in times square. adam klotz is there. adam? >> hey, good morning, guys. yeah, we have got all the activities, all the fun. part of it. we have really cool hats. there i am. attack a look at that move. we have great interviews and what else do we have? we have the real star of the show. the waterford crystal ball. updates happening this year to it. that will be coming up after the break. ♪ ♪

♪ rachel: a fox news alert breaking right now. angry protesters are inside the u.s. embassy compound in iraq. griff: you are looking live at the chaos in baghdad. see people climbing on structures. waiving flags with white smoke in the air. protesting after deadly u.s. airstrikes in the middle east. dean: president trump tweeting moments ago iran killed an american contractor, wounding many. we strong little responded and always will. now iran is orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq. they will be held fully responsible. in addition, we expect iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy, and so notified. griff: all right, jillian. turn it over to you for headlines. jillian: following that story and a number of other stories. prosecutors will soon be forced to give out victims' personal information to criminals. it's part of new york's criminal justice reforms which go into affect

tomorrow it. will require attorneys to hand over all evidence in a case within 15 days which includes names and contact information of the people involved. this is also applying to witnesses who want to remain anonymous. thousands of people in australia told to evacuate their homes. some people escaping to the beach or boarding boats to get away from the deadly fires. this new video shows the massive flames. in this seaside city in the southeast, the sky turning bright red as strong winds make the fires harder to control. 12 deaths have been linked to the wildfire crisis. several people are missing. more than 900 homes have been destroyed. mysterious drone sightings are stumping cops. neighbors in northeastern colorado have filed dozens of reports in the last month. authorities are trying to figure out who is flying the gadgets but they are left scratching their heads. agencies like the faa and norad as well as companies like amazon and google say the drones are not theirs. and this might be the best

customer service have you ever seen. cheerful chick-fil-a employee going viral for infectious personality. >> meal or just the entree by itself. >> just the entree. >> yes, ma'am, you are one awesome lunch deal. serve you at drive-thru menu two more things do you know what that is. >> you guys are awesome. >> jeremy annual employee in wilmington, north carolina, customers say he is the friendly -- is he this friendly every day. jeremy tells fox news he loves to help people and wants to own his own chick-fil-a franchise one day. i feel like with that attitude he can do whatever he wants. griff: absolutely. rachel: on his way to you were management right now. griff: new year's resolution be more like jeremiah. rachel: yes. that's a good one. great parenting by jeremiah's parents by the way. that doesn't happen without good parents. griff: all right. the big new year's eve celebration in times square

is just hours away. fox news meteorologist adam klotz is in the center of all of it. >> he is joined by one of the designers of the iconic new year's ball. dean: all about the ball, adam, what's going on out there? adam: you are absolutely right. it's all about the ball. master artisan at waterford i don't know what that means. can i tell you, the first time i came to new york city and every time i visited after i would go to times square and look and say it doesn't matter if it's july. >> it's the focal point. >> that's what it is. waterford crystal we are so crowd to be associated with crystal. master artisan second generation master crafter at waterford it. is essentially like the world is watching. 1.2 billion people around the world watching. incredible to think a million people on times square celebrating waterford compatible with achievement. and success. this year's theme one of the triangles from the panel

right there. beautiful pineapples. benevolence and generosity. taking stock and seeing the good in the situation which we sometimes don't always do. adam: when i was first walking around times square i don't think i necessarily knew what all went into it and glass blowing and everything. >> incredible. i'm a second generation master craftsman grew up in waterford, ireland learned the art of glass making from my father. little did i know as a young kid growing up in waterford, ireland, being young boy learning my craft could i be standing here on "fox & friends" no doubt with my buddies, because we see each other every single year. incredible to think we are here today, celebrating counts down on right now. immense testing going to go on today. even waterford crystal triangles 2688 of those waterford crystal triangles designed in waterford, ireland. adam: i can't wait to see this thing come down in a couple hours. this is the star of the show. this close it's beautiful

and i can't wait guys. back to you. griff: you are getting such a good insight there. thank you very much. as the clock strikes midnight people from around the world will ring nut new year with specific food for good luck. dean: here to walk us through is chef anthony scott. >> let's get into it. it's a pleasure. let's start with grapes 10 of them. everybody has to have 10. rachel: i thought it was 12. >> i have been reading about this i thought it was 10. i gave you in case you need it. then we are moving on to collard greens and black eyed peas. that is a southern tradition. tradition. griff: my mother i will eat black eyed peas makes me do it every year. >> throw italian into this and palenta and lentils. lentils for italians.

rachel: palentas and grits to him. >> circle of life. everybody has to have a piece of doughnut. as long as we got a circle in it. holland, i'm sorry, that's dutch, sorry. >> spiced wine from holland. so that's delicious. and will you will soba noodles. what's up with them? >> suppose you had to be a tradition bring you good luck for the following year. griff: will i get good luck. >> you will love it. i put shrimp in there for you. >> these are 12. rachel: are you going to do it? you have got to eat them one at a time. rachel: more online, right? >> all of this online. >> try this palenta. griff: thank you very much for being here. bringing us in for the new years. >> happy new year.

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phone it. tallies up your total and let's you know when you should not drive. doctoring, griff? griff: stabbing inside a rabbi's home last weekend. this as a texas parishioner is hailed a hero for stopping a sunday service of the state law former secret service agent tim miller is ceo of loin art international. happy new year to you. thanks for being here. we are seein seeing this trend d perhaps the take away most recently out of texas is maybe more houses of worship would like this sort of thing. what do you say? cialtion griff, first thanks for having me. it's great to be here. the culture in our society is changing. and churches and synagogues, we need to have plans, we need to have the ability to stop what we saw happen both

in texas and new york interesting thing is one was at home another at a church. those security concerns are not bound by traditional limits unfortunately it's a new world and we have to think about it in a different way. griff: chow churches and synagogues and many with little means that can't afford to just hire traditional security service how can they better protect themselves? >> that's a great question, griff. that's what we try help with there are basically three things that any church, regardless of size needs. that's a team that's focused on this. the right hearted team. training, good training. and then technology. and technology such as cameras used to be, you know, cost prohibitive. and now they are not. and what i found is that if we go in and we help organizations, churches, you know, find the right people. because what we don't want to do is we don't want to get in the way of the

mission of the church. the church is a place where you want hurting people to come. you want them to be able to come and not feel like it's a police state. but, you definitely need the ability to protect them. and that's one thing i think all churches across the country are waking up to. they need to have a plan. they need to have a team. and we saw mr. wilson illustrate that beautifully. griff: sure. >> beautifulfully texas. griff: he like you, years of training and fortunately kicked. in let me talk to you about the law though in texas. should other states be emulating this? are there lessons to learn from the texas law that provided the other key element aside from the personnel and that is the ability to have someone -- a good guy with a gun against a bad guy with a gun? >> yeah. you know, griff, as you know, my background as a marine in the secret service, i swore to uphold and support the constitution. and the constitution provides protection. you know, for citizens to defend themselves. i am a big advocate for the

state enabling churches and other organizations to protect themselves because can you imagine how this would have been different had they not had a trained team that was ready to act and respond and they had to wait several minutes for the police to come and i'm a big police supporter but that would have been a who are risk event and so it does rest now with churches to protect themselves. and i agree that having laws in place that enable them to do that is critical. griff: all right. tim miller, thanks very much for your insight. unfortunately, this is an era where, perhaps, we have to find our own solution. thank you for being here. happy new year. >> thank you, it's an honor to be here. happy new year to you. griff: all right. angry protesters are storming u.s. embassy compound in iraq. we are live top of the hour with the latest. and michael bloomberg hasn't even made a debate stage but he is already getting the oval office -- giving the oval office a makeover. look at you this right here.

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rachel: welcome back and happy new year. you can't ring in the new year out when a champagne toast. we have topics for your new year's he had celebration. deep dean here is hen hennessey moet.

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bottle. >> having a party magnum 12 glasses. standard bottle is 6 glasses. jillian: depends on how big your pour is. [laughter] griff: angela over here we have one i won't attempt to say veuve. rachel: i learned that this morning. dean: like love. i watched this morning. >> so it is america's favorite champagne and for a reason. do you like pinot noir? you will like it. it pairs perfect whether i french fries, pizza, friday chicken. tacos. everything. rachel: friday chicken? >> yes. rachel: this is a beautiful box. if you are feeling very he will gadget this new year's eve, you need to sip on ruinart. fresh and delicate. if you like chardonnay you will love ruinart. dean: that's me. rachel: did i not expect

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>> fox news alert breaking right now, angry protestors are inside the u.s. embassy compound in iraq, the crowds setting fire and flags with american soldiers standing guard inside. >> trey yngst live in jerusalem with what sparked the protest, trey. >> rachel, griff, good morning, as we speak hundreds of iraqi demonstrators have stormed american embassy in baghdad, multiple u.s. security troops in u.s. embassy compound trying to pushback protestors, so far we have seen images of fires being set outside and glass being smashed as iraqi security forces trying to calm the situation,

president trump did tweet blaming iran for orchestrating this attack on the u.s. embassy, we have no evidence at this time this was a direct orchestration by the iranian regime but there's evidence on the ground that this is a result iranian-backed groups in the area, one piece of graffiti sprayed says no to america, that's the leader of iran's revolutionary guard, remember all of this starting as a result of air strikes conducted by the united states on sunday against an iraqi shiite militia group, hezbollah, america killed at least 25 of its fighters in strikes over the weekend, those strikes were as a result of rocket attack on friday, one american contractor killed and four u.s. service members injured, all we have heard from president trump is that one tweet, let's be very clear here, there are american lives at risk as a result of this embassy being stormed and as we speak iraqi security forces are

working with those american security forces to try to push back demonstrators from the embassy and ensure that no one inside is hurt or killed. back to you. >> all right, thanks, trey, quick question as you continue to monitor this, do we have any more indication as to how american civilians are doing in and around the compound? >> according to reports, the ambassador is not in the embassy, he was on a previously scheduled vacation, but what we understand right now is there are u.s. forces inside the embassy, at each embassy you always have american troops to guard diplomats and ambassador, those taking part in the diplomacy of the united states abroad, right now, again according to report there are americans inside which complicates the situation further and only limited things that president trump will be able to do from the u.s., this is an operation that if there's

something done to try to save the americans inside will have to be done locally, it's very difficult and as we have seen in the past can be deadly when there are raids or different operations to try to save people from embassy that's being stormed, you can look back to late 70's in iran but right now it's important to note that there are iraqi security forces trying to push back the protestors and we have seen images of teargas, rubber bullets and other crowd controlled techniques being used. >> thank you very much, he's very right, trey, you have to look at this big picture, the president trying to look after american lives in and iraqi lives. we strongly responded and always will, iran is orchestrating attack on u.s. embassy in iraq, they'll will held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to protect embassy and so notified as trey was mentioning, iraqi

forces are doing that. >> he said also that someone spray painted -- >> remember it is head of iraqi revolutionary force, they are iranian-backed militia that were attacking security bases and the spray painting may be a very important thing to note because it's a telltale sign protestors maybe more largely a orchestrated effort by iranian backed militia, to put the onus on americans because it was just weeks and months ago that the iraqi people were protesting iran's influence on thinker own

government. >> marco rubio from florida tweeting it's beyond dispute that the shiite militia in iraq aren't just backed by iran, they are directed and controlled by them, any attacks by them, direct work of iran's irgc and government of iraq which has enjoyed billions of dollars of u.s. aid and health and protection of military, needs to be remember they have obligation to protect all diplomatic facilities. >> and, you know, i was pointing out earlier and i will say one more time, i was with oliver north in mosul, we watched iran's revolutionary guard corp., there was a standoff then and iran-backed militia, 3 plus years ago they were trying to exert influence and certainly seeing that manifest and play out now. >> pallets of unmarked bills over to iran, this is the kind of stuff that they are fomenting

in the middle east and against our troops, very troubling, indeed, we pray really for all those americans and everyone that's inside of that compound and inside of the embassy. >> real tough situation. >> absolutely. here back at home we are talking about that hero down in texas. >> jack wilson, he took down a man who opened fire inside texas church and he says he doesn't consider himself a hero, i don't know why because he is and he said, i see myself as doing what needed to be done, here he is. >> i don't feel like i killed an individual, i killed evil, i don't see myself as a hero, i see myself doing what needed to be done to take out the evil threat, my training, you know, says that if i see a weapon especially in that scenario because that's my job, i'm in charge of security at the church and the people that were on the security team, we have spent, you know, numerous hours training and working on, you know, just this type of

scenario, hoping it never happens. >> amazing man, complete hero, unbelievable reactions, you talked about it earlier, being a hero at the moment in time, 5 second, 6 second period time of life where you have to react, he certainly did and he's a tremendous hero. the thing about it, the targets being so soft. i think it's just -- it's so important to hardened these targets and that's why they had done and saved a whole lot of lives. >> you to think that a lot of people who are watching that go to church are thinking that maybe they are going to talk to their priest or pastor and say we need to do this. he was trained and trained other security people, so this is a really model example of what other churches can follow in order and synagogues to presenting themselves. >> he hopes other churches follow too. >> as you know, we had an

incident several years ago, 2 years ago, 20 people were killed and the legislature responded, it worked, we cannot stop every incident, we need to be prepared as jack discussed, this was church was prepared and they are an example of what can be done and within 6 second they dealt with the issue and saved potentially hundreds of people. i hope that other churches around the country will adopt policies like this and we can stop losing so many people when these incidents occur. >> i think he's completely, texas governor greg abbott signed a bill that allowed the people to carry inside the church even though the joe biden said it was -- i forgot the word he used. >> he said it was insane. >> the exact opposite taking place. >> interesting to see if this become an issue in 2020 campaign trail, i've certainly been there and continue to be there at the debates and out on the trail,

tulsi gabbard was once candidate but she's causing headache. >> she's not a candidate, is she? >> didn't qualify for debate statement but contributing to the discussion out there and she put out there sending alarm on democrats' impeachment obsession, here is what she said to say, listen. >> unfortunately the house impeachment of the president has greatly increased the likelihood that donald trump will remain the president for the next 5 years. now, first, we all know that trump is not going to be found guilty and removed from house by the u.s. senate, it's not going to happen. second, the impeachment in my view will actually increase the support amongst voters and make him harder to defeat, furthermore the house impeachment has increased the likelihood that republicans will

take over house of representatives. >> wow. this is what the democrat, fellow democrat candidates don't want to hear on the stage. >> it's why they don't like her. tulsi gabbard, there's no question, she's a liberal but marchs to her own trump. she's an independent thinker. i can't be on the debate stage, i will take a page out of donald trump. >> there he is. >> i will put on twitter, she's stirring the conversation and making democrats rethink the whole impeachment strategy and see what's really going to happen, she's a truth teller and the democrats don't like her for it, if you recall snl portrayed her literal as wicked witch. jillian: police officer hit by

car and killed chasing a suspect there, master patrol officer was running after a man in nashville when he was hit, two people are under arrest. colleagues in the hendersonville police department are heartbroken. >> on september the 12th of 2015 and i never saw anyone who wanted to be a police officer as much as he did, spencer was an example of what an officer should be. jillian: officer bristol was u.s. navy veteran. man accused in hanukkah stabbing attack is charged with several federal hate crimes, the fbi says agents found disturbing google searches on his phone about hitler along with antisemitic journalists at his home. weather now, major winter storm dumped storm all the way to new england, minnesota state patrol responding to nearly 200 crashes

since monday morning, in north dakota this police truck needed to be pulled out after getting caught in the snow, winter weather stretching all the way to the east coast, in new york city the wind turbine collapsed and fell onto a car. this 2020 hopeful is to confident he will beat president trump that he's already dreaming of a white house makeover, michael bloomberg tweeting this picture of open office plan, i will use oval office for official functions never for tweeting but the rest of the time i'll be where a leader should be, with the team. send it back to you. >> getting ahead of himself. [laughter] >> i just despise that open-floor plan, i just -- no. >> workers also hate that, maybe a lot of people that might work in the bloomberg white house that doesn't like that. >> e-mail us at

foxandfriends.com and let us known about the open office. >> well democrats finally get the message? we will ask a california conservative

>> bring state residents are run to go greener pastures, according to new census data, hardest-hit states like california, new york are seeing most mass peddous losing hundreds of residents. >> the south is seeing biggest surge, 1 million residents like texas, florida and the carolinas, what's behind the big move? >> let's ask the mayor of laguna hills, california. don, i'm a california resident; i know how expensive things are in the very blue state, i have considered moving out myself. what's going on? >> you hit it on the head? it's too darn expensive to live on the state, democrat liberal policies contribute today that, excess regulations an taxes have

made the same home in california 40% more expensive to build here than in other states, you can't blame people for moving out. >> don, let's show our viewers here the median prices for homes in california, 589,000, in texas 232,000, it's pretty clear with numbers like that you're going to have a lot more californians becoming texans. >> well, you know, as mayor of laguna hills i know that the number one job of government is to keep us safe. gasoline is $4 a gallon as you know, utility prices are high, income taxes are high and everybody, middle class and

upper are leaving the state and homelessness increased by 15% and rest of the country trending downward. >> we want to show viewers, 21,000 homeless population there, how much of a factor there it is 21,306 homeless population in california, how much of a factor is that alone for the driver of exodus? >> that's part of it, even middle class, there's good jobs in california, however, to be able to live near the good job might mean that you can't -- you can't pull it off, some people are driving 1 and a half to 2 hours commute to get to their jobs, 3 or 4 hours in a car and they are asking is this standard of living, quality of life worth it? i can't blame them. the top percent, many of them are fleeing, i was talking to a

guy, super wealthy guy that i know in orange county who was thinking of buying a home in wyoming, i can afford to buy a private jet and fly back and forth from california and still come out ahead of the taxes that i'd be saving from california, the homeless, you know, how can you afford a home that's over a half a million dollars when -- when you're just keeping on poverty. >> good luck in congressional race, thank you so much for being on this morning. >> thanks, don. it's already 2020 in some parts of the world, dean got a preview. >> i have to ask you, do you have a new year's resolution? >> i actually have a new year's resolution, any first one ever. >> what is it? >> we will find out coming up.

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>> dumps snow as far away as new england. >> parts of minnesota seeing up to 13-inches. >> bill from affiliate, live northwest of minneapolis where cleanup is underway, bill, good morning. >> good morning, guys, yeah, i tell you they have been very busy overnight, half an hour northwest of minneapolis and this is what some of the rural areas are dealing with, they may have gotten 5-inches of snow but the blowing and drifting making driving challenging, in fact, take a look at the video, a truck driver, this is one of the

snowplows, these are the guys that are supposed to be cleaning up the road, they ran into problems last night, tipped up somehow, smashed into an overheard, among the interstate there, broke that box right off of the truck, salt spilling all over the highway, i don't think that's going how they intended to spread the salt, thankfully nobody hurt and no structural damage to overpass and did take a couple of hours to get that cleaned up, though. the twin cities, across the state as well, one to have worst spots was a 40-mile stretch just each of fargo more head, on interstate 94, the area got hit, 13-inches of snow, that's where they got it, strong winds also causing blizzard and the whiteout conditions, i just saw a snow mobile drive by a moment ago, the good news is for folks who are getting out and about today, because of the new year's

eve holiday, the traffic a little lighter than normal, minneapolis and st. paul, they declared snow emergencies, so that means it's time to do the parking shuffle so they can get the roads plowed up. >> that's right, all right, bill keller, thank you very much. >> inside and warm this time, yesterday he was outside. >> he had a wind breaker. >> true mid western guy. >> i'm heading that way tomorrow so i'm hoping it all clears up. [laughter] all right, the countdown is onto fox new year's eve special. >> rob gronkowski who i had a chance to catch up with, i had a chance to hang out with the gronk, take a look. >> standing here with a very tal l gronkowski.

you're a rooky at this, what in the heck am i hanging in front of in. >> few year's eve game that i'm hosting live and it's called flip and the contestants have to run up the stairs and i'm telling you the stairs are slippery. the most slippery -- baby oil, i will be throwing items to knock them down, they'll be action, you have to tune in, the winner gets a few tickets to come on stage new year's eve and celebrate with steve, maria and myself. >> can i compete? >> yeah, you can compete. i don't think you're going to last. >> i hate this question but i have to ask you, new year's, do you have a new year's resolution >> my first one ever, i will make it obtainable to achieve a goal and i'm going to do no complaining for 2 days, 2 or 3 days, i will go with 3 days, if there's something i don't like, i have to walk away, no nope,

can't complain about it. >> i will complain. i will complain right now because it's cold. >> all right. >> first new year's that you're not playing. >> yes. not getting ready for a game. >> i'm kind of getting for a game. >> different game. >> it's a different game, that's what i like, i like being involved, you know, kind of have the same mind set and bringing it and prepared. you have to prepare for whatever you have coming up no matter what the occupation is and that's what i'm learning. >> were you always this tall or did you just get -- i just got shorter? >> no, i think i'm getting taller, do you play basketball? are you in the nba, depending on the mood, i play for the nets and what's your name, i make up crazy name or something. >> patriots lost to miami.

>> tough loss. >> they don't have a first -- >> what can i say? >> they have to play, what do you think? >> it's going to be up in the air. new england will always come out on top, they are playing at home, home field advantage, it's anyone's game in the playoffs and you have to be prepared to the t to win. >> i played in the buffalo for 15 minutes. >> 15 minutes. >> if judging by your size and my size the patriots will beat the bills if they have to face them. let's get back to new year's because this is -- >> yes, yes. >> a good time, like a gronk party or steve harvey party? >> i think it's combined, i love steve harvey, if you come by in

his game, party skills with my game, two different, i don't have what he has. it's different. the energy and i bring the dancing and he sits there, that's the ultimate combo. >> and maria -- >> with her in the mix too, game over, the best party on new year's eve. >> appreciate it. pleasure. go bills. >> oh, go pats. [laughter] >> go bills, great job, dean, just so viewers understand, you said you played for the bills you played free safety, gronk is tight end. i can see how difficult it is. i told him i would hold him and that's what buffalo did to me and he retaliated. it's gronk at a party. >> the best party ever. [laughter] >> it's going to work. >> good stuff, great job.

all right, joe biden vowing to go green no matter the cost. >> as president, would you be willing to sacrifice some of that growth even knowing potentially that it could displace thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers in the interest of transitioning to the greener economy? >> the answer is yes. >> he has a plan and we will tell you about it next [ gunshot ] they got him. [ panting ]

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embassy compound in iraq. >> live look at the chaos in baghdad, they are protesting after deadly u.s. air strike in the middle east. >> president trump tweeting in response this, iran killed an american contractor, wounded many, we strongly responded and always will, now iran is orchestrating an attack on trust embassy in iraq, they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use forces to protect embassy and so notified we are, indeed, seeing iraqi forces according to trey yngst that iraqi forces responding and story that we will be hearing a lot more about. there's a force there, you know, this is a telegraph punch, rachel, we have seen the iran-backed militia come in there and take control of the government, it was just a few weeks and months ago that the iraqi people were protesting.

now american response to protect americans and iraqi civilians, the shift focus moving towards, protesting against the u.s., very fluid situation, indeed. >> it's going to be confusing for people out there, for sure. switching gears, democrat joe biden takes a swipe at blue-collar workers, learn thousand program, he says listen to what the presidential candidate has to say? >> he asked me toward the end of our administration joe is going to determine what the job of the future are, anybody who goes down should learn how to program as well, anyone who can throw coal in a furnace can learn how to program for god sake. >> this was worst than hillary's deplorable moment, insult of the intelligence of so many of the coal miners, joe coming from an

administration that wanted to shut down coal mining industry and donald trump change all that, we are the number 1 producers of energy in the world. >> charles payne was on earlier and emphatic, listen to charles. >> part of this discussion also he talked about the reason he knows that coal miners can do this. they took a bunch of black women, community college, they got the lights back on, the idea -- and in joe biden's mind black women can do it, anybody can do it. it's so despicable. in 2017 the average miner job was 100,000, folks who work with oil and gas, 165,000, average computer pays 84 grand, essentially saying someone

making 165,000 and retrain them. >> you know an observation as a reporter who has been 4 miles down in the coal mine in west virginia and in the coal mine in ohio, it's not just the dollars, this is a way of life for many of these people, for generations in as coal trying to make comeback under president trump and foreign energy, they see an opportunity they don't want to be told yet again that what their families have done for generations is something dirty, something that shouldn't be respected and so vice president biden has to be very careful that he's on raw nerves. >> beautiful coal. >> they're not just shoveling coal into a purr -- furnace. >> it's more complicated than that. jillian: thousands of people in australia told to evacuate

homes, some people escape to go beach and boarding boats to get away from deadly fires, take a look at new video showing massive flames, seaside city in the southeast sky turning bright red as strong winds make fires harder to control, 12th deaths have been linked to wild fire crisis, several people missing, more than 900 homes have been destroyed. republican states could soon gain congressional seats, new census bureau data shows democrats losing seats which goes against previous report, states that voted for president trump would gain a net 4 seats. a little boy gets magnifying glass for christmas, take a look at the burned patch of grass, do you see that outside the family home in texas, mom says the adults didn't realize he went outside to burn holes in the newspaper with new magnifying glass, didn't take long for the grass to catch fire, no one was

hurt but christmas lights were melted. [laughter] >> scientist. [laughter] >> i never tried it. >> it works. it literally works, look at the backyard, that little boy might be in a little bit of trouble. >> i tell you who is not in trouble, adam klotz, he's out in times square. >> yes, i'm out with jeff strauss, the producer, sorry, jeff, i'm having a hard time seeing you, let me put these on, that's better, i have 2020 vision, i have 2020 hindsight -- you will do everything right. what kind of show people can expect? >> amazing show, over a million people in times square, joined

by 180 million americans, that's so magical, a billion people around the world watch us as we count final seconds of the year in unison, no other moment it. >> it's 2020, end of a decade, are more people going to be out here? >> because of the weather, they will be here earlier, that makes it more difficult for nypd, safely and fun. >> final yes, are you going to be stressed out, what's going on? >> i'm ready to celebrate. >> all right. [laughter] >> we are out here celebrating. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> you look great. the glasses, the hat. >> 2020 dallass look a lot better than 2019 glasses because the one and the 9 is weird, balanced. >> 2020 vision. all right, well, 2019 saw rise unfortunately of vicious attacks

on our brave men and women in blue, now there's calls in some places to abolish the police department, just how dangerous would that be? a warning for america coming up. . usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa

♪ ♪ >> today is the last trading day of the decade. >> stock futures are down right now but wall street will finish the year with record highs. >> dierdre bolton from fox business live at the new york stock exchange. >> good morning, last trading day of the year as you say, of the week, of the decade, let me show you what has happened to your money if you invested ten years ago, there you go. the dow in the past 10 years up almost 173%, s&p 500 close to 189% up and the nasdaq let's

round up, 300% gain, if you want to know the stand-out stock before the year end decade it's apple, apple we know selling iphones an most recently convincing investors that it has a lot of follow-up product, for example, streaming product, particularly music, we know apple tv plus and then the all too famous christmas gift this year that a lot of people are on hold, apple new airpods, i want to mention before i leave you guys, the standout really performing assets, bitcoin believe it or not, not something frequently traded but over the past 10 years a 9 million% gain, you have to have a strong stomach to be in digital currencies, probably beyond that note. >> 9 million percent. >> when did he get in, that's

the big question. >> pete has to invite us on his yacht. >> sounds like a good decade, dierdre. >> thanks, dierdre. >> abolish our nation's police mounting in cities across the country, in seattle one city council even campaigned on it. >> it's about the link between contemporary policing and historical racism. >> doesn't mean no police. >> what i'm actually talking about is the end of racist policing as currently constructed or something else, that's literally what i mean by it, it's not theoretical. >> in new op-ed next guest explains just how dangerous really is. >> christopher ruffo, welcome and happy new year. >> happy new year, looks like i missed out on the 9 million percent. [laughter] >> what did you think when you first heard about abolished movement?

>> you know at first i thought it was a figure of speech or metaphor, as i dug in academic literature n popular literature, like magazine progressive outlets, i was astonished, i realized that the folks actually mean abolishing the police, getting police officers off the beat and in their logic replacing it with what they're saying is either full political and economic equality that would eliminate crime or providing grants to poor communities under this idea that if you can solve the issues of poverty, you can actually eliminate the possibility of crimes. >> sounds like fantasy fairy tale stuff to be honest, what would we look like if we didn't have a police force? what would this look like? >> well, i think that this is really the contrasted vision, in this kind of progressive utopian vision, they envision the world of political equality, eliminate poverty and no need for the police because people are inherently good although there's

alternative vision that would happen in the real world, i think you would see in city like seattle, new york, san francisco, abolish local police, wealthy neighborhoods quickly organize force to maintain order and unfortunately you see poor neighborhoods organize around criminal gangs because in a vacuum of power whoever can dominate physical violence will rule, i think it really shows that even if the people who they purport to want to help would be most effective by even a reduction or total abolition of the police department. >> thank you for joining us, happy new year to you. >> happy new year. >> dean, this is partially why you joined the police. >> the rad rap -- the bad rap that police were getting. >> we are looking at the top moments to have last decade, do we have what it takes to beat

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>> as we get ready to ring in the new year we are take august look back at memorable events that happened in the last decade. here to put our knowledge to the test is host of fox nation tom. ♪ >> how are you? >> okay, get ready on the buzzards, guys. >> i'm ready. >> in 2014 the year of the ice bucket challenge, which charity were celebrities playing for when they did the ice bucket challenge? st. jude's researching hospital, als research or breast cancer awareness? >> i do know this. i did the ice bucket challenge. als. >> is she right? >> i'm accepting the als ice bucket challenge. >> wow.

>> a lot of celebrities there. >> do you have to wait until the question? >> let's buzz. which american fantasy television show is author martin and debut in 2011, game of thrones? >> i'm going say game of thrones. >> game of thrones. >> when you play the game of thrones you win or you die, there's no middle ground. >> never seen it. >> win or die. >> that's not the rules on the show. >> question number 3, which singer was the top selling album? [laughter] >> rachel, what do you have, drake, adell, beyonce. >> i always guess beyonce. what do we have?

♪ ♪ >> one more. ready. last one, here we go. griff wants in on this. >> no. [laughter] >> baby yoda. [laughter] >> all right. >> we have more "fox & friends" moments away, tom, thank you very much. [laughter] >> baby yoda. ♪

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>> happy new year as we ring in the new year. you guys ready? coming up after the show, a guy who's going to teach us how to savor. >> good-bye! >> sandra: fox news alert now from baghdad where i ran back to militia supporters have attacked the u.s. embassy in the iraqi capital. protesters see and they are smashing the main gate and storming inside with the sounds of gun fire and flames rising from inside the compound. president trump now calling on iraqi forces to protect the american embassy. good morning, i am sandra smith sandra smith. >> eric: good morning, i am eric shawn in for bill hemmer this morning. that violence erupting in baghdad two days after those u.s. air strikes against iranian backed militias i