>> happy new year. >> charles: speaking of on fire. less than hour to go in today's trading we were down. the market soared into the close. check me out on fox business 2 p.m. eastern. happy new year, everyone. >> ♪ >> i am dana perino with emily, marie hart, lawrence jones and it's 5 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five." >> happy new year's eve. fears gun control debate after an armed security guard took down the man whoa opened fire in a texas church. joe biden under fire to testify in the senate impeachment trial and how "the five" will ring in the new year.

first in baghdad, trace gallagher is there. this has been developing all day. >> a tense last day of 2019 in the middle east. hundreds of iraqis stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad. iraqi security forces intervened. the embassy is still on lock down with american citizens inside. the ambassador is out of town. embassy security forces were trying to push back demonstrators with teargas and rubber bullets. mike pompeo spoke to the iranian prime minister. the president took to twitter to call on the iraqis to protect the embassy saying this was orchestrated by iran.

on sunday a shi'ite militias group killed one american contractor. hezbollah vowed to respond against the united states. >> it's a flagrant aggression. this won't pass unpunished. >> the president just a few minutes ago tweeting that iran will be held responsible for its action in the middle east against u.s. facilities and personnel there. something to keep an eye on in the new year. tensions continue to rise between the united states and iran. >> thank you very much. our stop other story. a debate over gun control after an armed person stopped a massacre in texas. beto o'rourke criticizing the state for what happened. this was in white settlement next fort worth. clearly what we are doing with

guns is not working. texas officials are hitting back saying their laws save lives. >> hope that other churches across the country will adopt policies like this and we can stop losing so many people in these incidents. >> joe biden who criticized our law when we passed it to allow members to conceal carry in church, it's idiotic to stay to the american people we want to take your guns and that will make people be better. >> it was a horrific situation there. thankfully there was an armed person there that was able to stop the shooter. you are from nearby this area. that new law that texas signed was put in place a year ago. >> yes. if you watch the horrific video, there were multiple people with guns there. that's because the new law

allows congressations to have a volunteer police force. if you watch local news you will see the good guy with the gun stopping these shooters. it's idiotic of beto o'rourke who is from texas that witnessed this firsthand and he had to have seen this on the local news. we could be talking about a mass shooting. we are not because of the new law. no matter where you stand on the politics of this. at least say, that law saved lives. >> and tom, i don't think it's just for texas. across the board. you see this over and over again. if there is somebody there that lawfully has a weapon and can stop bad actors in soft targets. >> that's why i don't like slapping people down. after a shooting you want to

play it straight and not get political. with that political tweet, he is wrong. it's the opposite of what he should be saying. what they are doing is working in texas. i am confused. looked at the laws and the changes. we have a second amendment. i don't know why you had to change the law in the first place. we are glad this guy was able to defend himself and the rest of the congregation. >> one of the things that beto o'rourke was thinking about was the man who had the gun, the bad criminal whose 2 ex-wives said he was violent and somebody helped by this turn and then turned on it. maybe that's what he was thinking of that person should not be allowed to have a gun. but they do have them. shouldn't we be able to protect others that don't? >> we talked about this

yesterday and i gave credit to the man who had the gun and stopped a larger mass shooting. we are grateful for that. i don't think if should keep us from talking about widespread common sense gun reform. i don't want at my church want to rely on average citizens that are armed having to protect our church. that's not a solution. yes, this guy is well trained but not everybody with a gun is. >> you don't think is a solution? >> i do not think this was a solution. we are lucky this guy had it. we can't pass laws to prevent individual situations. we need to look at the overall cause of gun violence. some are mental health which democrats don't like talking about. >> but these people still get the guns. who protects us when bad guys

get the guns? >> i want fewer bad guys to get guns. that's done with common sense gun reform. >> but there are bad actors with guns. >> right. one of the state senators said it best evil people do evil things and legislation won't prevent them from doing so. what you are saying is valid. it's one of prescription versus protection. we have beto o'rourke talking about is he is saying a preventative approach without actual legislation that will work. what worked that day is the protection legislation. that was passed in texas and enabled the church goers to have a security force. that prohibits landlords from banning guns. until we have identified causes where we are seeing the eradication of it evil people

will continue to do evil things. i place my faith in the protection legislation. >> talk about the people of texas. those that go to church regularly. it was right during communion. we see it over and over again. texans come together. >> of course. it doesn't matter the political party. we rally wered each other. i also think is important to note what the difference was in texas.around each other. i also think is important to note what the difference was in texas. the law already allowed people to carry guns in church. you saw an active shooter drill they had already practiced. people talk about texas, they think the wild, wild west. that's not how it works. a lot of these people go to classes and train with their families. it's important to us. i will say: no cops were.

there i respect the law enforcement but there are not enough cops to protect every one of us. >> we are seeing this as a success story and beto o'rourke is seeing this as a failure but without a plan to prevent that again. you are talking about the success story. gun safety and training. in that moment within 6 seconds he was taken down. >> thankfully. coming up joe biden's surprising answer on who he might pick as his running mate and michael bloomberg is mocked. that's next. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it -

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>> ♪ >> ♪ >> 2020 democrats are making serious head scratching comments. first up look at who joe biden says he may pick as his running mate. >> i wonder if joe biden would consider choosing a republican for a running mate. >> the answer is, i would but i can't think of one now. there are some really descent republicans that are out there still. but here's the problem right now. the well known ones. they have to step up. >> michael bloomberg mocked over this idea. as president i will turn the east room into an open office where i will sit with our team and use it for official functions, never tweeting. the rest of the time i will be with a leader should be with the team. dana, you like this?

>> no. of all of the ideas i heard during the democratic primary, the craziest of the crazy, i think this might be the worst of the ideas. the open floor plan. no one in america, no human likes an open floor plan. maybe if you worked at a company where you had an open floor plan, you have to learn to get along with people. the white house is super tense. you need your space to think. fences make good neighbors. offices make good colleagues. and the east room is for ceremonies. there is a history to the white house and you need the oval office for the president to think and to know this is where decisions are made rather than on the open floor plan. >> i agree totally. something comes with the oval office and the president and the power of that's where they do

their thinking. with people come in for meetings it means something. the first question of the biden running mate. i think is why people like joe biden. that he says things like this. i am not just a partisan hack. i would consider a republican. my problem is his view of the republican party is shaped by years in the senate. made up of republicans who are no longer -- this is a different republican party than when joe biden was in the senate. >> and also, the progressive base already distrusts biden. when mccain said he would nominate lieberman and he backed off of that. >> emily, i take it different. i feel like it's pandering. he is trying to still come up as

the moderate joe. i am bring everyone together. >> right. i think it speaks to the fact he is archa ache. ---archaic. it annoyed everyone. you can't even name one. it's more like harkening back time. and the open floor plan, as a managing attorney in the federal government it was an open floor. but i was a manager and it was horrendous. it was breaking a lot of rules that i was in that situation. i can't imagine that open floor plan you dealing with super classified information. hey, what is on tap for today? that's a lack of knowledge.

>> i think it's out of touch and biden is out of touch when he says this about the coal miners. >> anybody can go down 3,000 feet in a mine with learn how to program. anybody that can throw coal into a furnace is learn to program. it takes 15 weeks to learn how to do it. >> will they win the miners? >> what is he doing? this was supposed to be brilliant lunch pail joe. >> they don't want to learn how to code. some 58-year-old looking forward to retirement. learn to go and work at google plus. he should stop doing open floor plan meetings and everybody time somebody asks him a question he gets in trouble. >> i think he figured out how to

talk to the voters about the changing economy. people need to be trained for new jobs. it's hard to figure out how to say that. >> enough with the coding, though. >> coastguard! everyone learn to code. it's an insult. >> it's saying i don't know what i can do for you. >> isn't this part of the larger problem with the democrats. they don't have a clear and concise message. >> here's how i might have answered that question: coal is an important part of our energy mix. that will continue as long as it can. however, let's be honest here, in the free market we have. even if you add in support from the government like the trump administration has done. coal mining jobs decreased because natural gas is less expensive and cleaner burning. that's where people are going. we want coal miners to have good

jobs. we might have to transitioning. but let's not make mistakes. it won't be forever. >> i don't know in that's a good one either if you are running for office. >> i am not running for office. i am just telling the truth. >> politicians have to be honest. >> president trump is honest. >> but he promises things that are not. he said to the coal miners all of your jobs are coming back. they are not coming back. gas, wind, solar, clean energy is more profitable for companies. people need to be honest about the changing economy without promising lies. >> the president would say his message is being energy independent. >> we are much more energy independent after 4 years. >> james comey continues to whine about president trump. what he said all next on "the five." i'm your 70lb st. bernard puppy,

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away. and won't stop complaining about president trump. the former fbi director described what it's like to be attacked by the president. it feels like a strange old guy is yelling at you to get off his lawn. echoed by younger people in red hats shouting get off his lawn. we need to fight through our fatigue and contempt for this shrunken, whithered figure." and peter strzok claims his anti-trump texts are protected by the first amendment. he is suing the justice department to get his job back. first to comey. dana, he is on his lawn. the president is saying get off my lawn. he wrote an anti-trump book.

>> he could go and do something else. he is not i guess. the thing that comey could do is ignore the president and move on. what do you teach your kids on the playground. walk away. can you mover on and go do something besides writing op-eds for the "washington post." >> i want to know about the civility thing. comey is talking about the president and he is uncivil and a bully. what is with this shrunken withered figure? >> they are worse! >> that and the red hat comment. we know what that means. this guy that is pretending to have this high moral high ground. can we stop pretending did the democrats like him as well.

hillary clinton would have fired him as well day 1. he could do something else but he is making money off of this. being that rallying cry. i was done wrong. you have reports coming out you damaged the fbi. >> well, i believe he did. i think most people believe he did. marie, he won't get on your good side no matter how many book tours he does. you are still angry for what he did to hillary clinton? >> i am not over it yet. i think he is right about president trump's behavior. it's unacceptable. it's bullying. >> isn't he just as bad? >> no, because he's not in the oval office tweeting about people who are dead and about widows.

>> one is illegal. >> [laughing]. >> let's be clear. he is not the right mess anger for this. i agree that democrats don't like him because of his behavior during the 2016 election. he has no friends. >> of course his texts are covered by the first amendment. he has a right to free speech. he got in trouble for what he did in his office. when he was canned, he didn't put up a fight. now he wants to turn things around. >> he sued the doj for reinstatement and back pay and damages. the doj filed a motion to dismiss. saying this doesn't even deserve to be litigateed in court. this is his response to that. he is reasserting what he said in august. i acknowledge my stuff was fbi

property. but that doesn't make it unprotected. are you fired me for the content of what i was saying when means the result of which every mid level manager that was having water cooler talk can be fired from now on out. he cited a prior history in the fbi and said i should have been suspended 60 days without pay but it doesn't rise to the low-level of termination. and lisa page said 1,000 yes! i don't want to hear about these victims because i would rather have an op-ed and that real estate given to a firefighter or anyone else besides those three. >> all of them destroyed the credibility of the fbi. >> that's not fair. >> yes, they were part of the

leadership of the fbi. >> [overlapping talking]. >> bias can still exist. i don't care if it was politics or because they didn't like donald trump. they had conversations about an insurance policy. the average americans seeing this, they don't want to be treated that way. >> peter strzok and lisa page text messages, were picked out by the doj and leaked for political purposes. i think page and strzok can say they only took a few that looked very bad. they cherry picked them and gave them to reporters. that's not appropriate. >> they gave information to them. >> next up a 2020 democrat warning the party about how impeachment will help trump win reelection. ♪ limu emu & doug

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>> ♪ >> joe biden under pressure to testify about his son hunter during an impeachment trial. he is coming under attack from likely places. >> in my administration, we will have a very high standard around ethices and making sure that we do everything we can to prevent even the appearance of a conflict. that's very important. it can create a lot of complications even when there is no wrongdoing. >> there is no evidence of any wrongdoing by vice-president biden or hunter biden broke any laws but it stinks that hunter biden got this contract with expertise in the energy sector. he said he probably got that money because of his connection with his father. >> the president weighing in

saying the democrats will do anything to avoid a trial in the senate in order to protect sleepy joe. dana, susan collins expressed witnesses in the impeachment trial. where do you see this headed? >> i put that thinking off until after the new year. what i think doesn't matter. what is mitch mcconnell thinking it. mitch mcconnell and schumer and pelosi have to think about what is in the best interest of their party in order to win as many seats as they can in 2020 during the presidential election year? i know that sounds political and we should just be talking about the constitution. that's what they are thinking about. schumer thinks he has the

possibility of flipping a few seats from republican to democrats on the senate side. republicans think they have a handle to keep this majority. but it's a slim one. mcconnell is thinking in those terms. the president weighed in. he wants this all aired out. i think biden should have said i won't answer a hypothetical. he opened this pandera's box. >> the seats that the republicans have to hold on. they are starting to hear some talk from constituents up to 70% of americans say they want witnesses. if it's going to be a fair trial we need to hear from witnesses. when bill clinton was impeached they were interviewed as part of

that. with mcconnell and schumer come to an agreement? >> they can. i think there won't be witnesses. i would prefer the witnesses to come out. it should all be put on the table. i know it's going to be a war and not best for some political parties. mcconnell -- i'm sorry schumer thinks it's beneficial for him to have witnesses testify. it's good for the country to put all of this on the table and duke it out in a civilized way. the american people want this to be finely put to bed. i am for the trial. >> i don't think the democrats want a trial. i think they know it's a loser. they know it was a mistake but they could not go back. they passed the point of no return. they have to act like they still want it. nobody wants it. if joe biden was smart, he would

running around whipping senators to vote to cut it off. the big loser in this will be joe biden. the hunter biden thing will stay alive as long as impeachment is alive. >> congresswoman gabbert weighed in on this. >> we all know that trump won't be found guilty and removed from office by the u.s. senate. the impeachment in my view will actually increase his support among voters. it will make him harder to defeat. further more the house impeachment has increased the likelihood that republicans will take over the house of representatives. >> when i watch her on video, all i can think about is "saturday night live." she is playing a weird spoiler role trying to warn democrats this may be a political loser. you hear from house members who voted for impeachment yes it might be. it was the right thing to do.

how do you handicap this politically? i am not sure we can. >> that's an interesting question. she doesn't provide a viable alternative. she is like the ref that points it out but doesn't give you a result. and the motion to dismiss or going through the trial. as we discuss the merits of having witnesses called. senate collins said i will wait and hear the evidence and then determine whether my analis is augmented with witnesses. as long as this keeps going, they have the viable argument about the hunter biden situation. we have mayor pete weighing in and jake tapper. it seems cloudy. even though they say nothing is

illegal. up until now the gop had not even had that. >> even the biden camp can't answer. what qualifications did hunter biden have get that job? >> donald trump impeachment is about what he did in office. hunter biden is not being impeached? >> but this is how it's all started. if the president was asking for an investigation and there is actual evidence that suggests that hunter biden did something illegal there, you should bring it out. you get the complete story. the democrats want to say he just targeted political opponents. they don't want to say if it was a legitimate investigation or not. >> but he pulled out aid. up next emily hits up times square as we get ready to ring

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no better place on earth to ring in the new year. we checked it out earlier. take a look. >> ♪ >> ♪ dc >> we are entering a whole n decade. do you have any resolutions for 2020? >> i would like to find a new job. >> eat more healthy. >> spend time with family. >> lose weight obviously. >> i want to be more motivated. >> more money! >> ♪ >> supporting my favorite tv show the golden girls. >> ♪ ♪ thank you ♪ for being a friend >> come to see the ball drop in times square? >> yes, it's a lifetime experience. >> it's on my bucket list >> this is the year? >> this is the year. >> i heard of this for several years. >> it's on our bucket list. >> i have been here since 8

o'clock. >> 1 p.m. yesterday. >> where you slept? >> we didn't sleep! >> 1, 2, 3! happy new year! >> ♪ dc it was so fun being in time square. you are ready to celebrate. tom, have you done reporting from times square on new year's eve. >> yes, i don't like celebrating new year's. it's at the end of too many holidays. thanksgiving and christmas which i like. for new year's i don't want to celebrate. i go to the o'brien's tonight. >> they are great. >> i love them. i didn't want to wear these glasses but the producers made me. >> they look good ou. frame your face well. >> remember devo. >> that's a nice '80s reference.

>> you wear those classes well. >> thanks. i will hang with friends that came from texas. we will have a good time at my place. i will make queso, texas-style. i won't go out and put a diaper on. >> no. >> are there no bathrooms out there? >> i have no idea. >> i am in new york all week. my husband came up to join me from d.c. we are going out to dinner tonight at a place everybody is raving about and be in bed about 11:30. >> what was so awesome about times square was hearing people's resolutions and one woman left cancer behind. >> i love that. >> and people left unhealthiness. was awesome. we have the top resolutions for

2020 among them: trying something new. eat more of my favorite foods. lose weight and diet and go to the gym. here are more. be happier. have better mental health. upgrade my technology and stay motivateed. >> how about get rid of my technology? >> a lot of contradictory stuff. >> one of my favorite resolutions in times square, a younger girl. she said to go to a concert. that's a popular korean band. >> i wrote for our 5 fans. "the five" is doing well. this is dedicated to our fans. >> you can't read that word? >> why? you are joking?

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but peter says he never really recognizes me on tv. jasper took his first flight, we went down to south carolina and visited all of our friends, this third one was our april fools' joke of him finally catching a fish. i can't believe he caught a shark. on july 4th last year we went on the harley and then the dog walker got him some dog pajamas and i put them on him. >> the shark was on the beach, he didn't really catch it. >> he got it and he dragged it and killed it, he's an amazing dog, he really is. >> as everyone knows, fireworks erupting around the world all day as we speak right now, bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for many things -- the rise of social media, the me too movement in the states, ending with president donald trump --

these are pictures from some amazing celebrations in dubai, taiwan, bangkok, bangalore, istanbul and even pyongyang. a few blocks from here, the ball dropping in times square. i almost answered you -- amazing photos, one of the great things about social media is watching new year's around the world. >> i like to celebrate british new year's and go to bed early. >> from our fox family here, have a great, happy, healthy 2020. >> if you still have your christmas trees up, i have a great organization to donate it to. a u.s. army veteran created this -- he's an army veteran and he says he does this so he doesn't sit home at all day --

every christmas tree he takes about one day to make into a cane that he donates to an army veteran. google him, jamie willis. >> that's so neat. >> one woman went missing while hiking in florida, how was she found? with her iphone flashlight. they shared this video of this night vision goggles, black-and-white -- of the park rangers were in the helicopter they saw the flashlight going back in the aviation unit located the hiker after a 911 call on sunday, she couldn't find her way out of the trail. her cell phone light pointed her out, the woman is now safe. always remember to be safe and bring your iphone. >> that he vision technology

helps a little bit too. >> tom, what do you have? >> this reminds me of my childhood, a 12-year-old boy got a magnifying glass for christm christmas. [laughter] >> this is my first choice. >> he wanted it for science, the science of lighting things on fire. he went out to his lawn, it was a sunny day in texas and he started burning the newspaper on his lawn and look at that lawn, it looks like pretty dry grass. the whole lawn went up and let the whole thing on fire. they went outside and through buckets of water and all joined in, they had a big christmas memory. it was the christmas there kid let the lawn on fire. >> he will dine out on that story for years. >> they are all in matching

pajamas putting out the fire. >> we got to keep our eye on this kid. >> i did this when i was a kid and they never knew until now. i covered it, with multiple rocks. i was playing around outside, i don't know if it's on tv and it caught fire and i freaked out and i started throwing stuff and it spread a little bit so i covered it with all these big rocks and they never knew until now. >> are the rock still there? >> my parents don't live in that house anymore. i should tweet out the address. >> what is your biggest hope for the decade? >> more of the same. >> you are the happiest guy i know. >> your beautiful daughters are ready? >> they are so excited. >> no drinking and driving, it's a serious thing. you can use uber.

>> or you can stay home and organize your closet. have a wonderful new year's eve, have a great night everybody. >> good evening and welcome to washington, i mike emanuel for bret baier. president trump is blaming iran for a stunning assault on the embassy in baghdad, we will speak live with secretary of state mike pompeo in a few minutes. u.s. marines are on their way to reinforce the embassy and up to 4,000 troops could deploy to the region. today in iraq, no one was hurt but dozens of protesters smashed the main door and set fire to the reception area amid cries of "death to america" and "death to israel." the attack comes after u.s. air strikes killed a 25 backed terrorists. kevin corke has more of the