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few weeks ago. the whole patriot awards thing. perfect weather perfect people. highly suggest check it out next year. rachel: surprised we're not doing christmas music already. will: every radio station has changed. driving around texas, all the country music stations are playing country christmas. so i like that. joey: rock candy christmas by dolly parton. will: sometimes you want a little george strait. i can do christmas music for a full month. rachel: telling me in my ear they played michael buble. i stand corrected. we say it has to wait for thanksgiving. let's bring on the christmas. will: the tree is up out there. the lights are up. the lights are up at my house. the tree is up at my house. rachel: i'm impressed, super impressed. will: should be impressed with kathleen. rachel: kathleen is like amazing. so somebody else who is still

celebrating thanksgiving, getting into the christmas spirit, joe biden is still in nantucket. he was asked whether he is considering a run in 2024 and here is what he said. >> mr. president, how are your 2024 conversations going? president biden: not having. celebrating. >> they're now in the donors 20 million-dollar mansion that is on the island of nantucket. and they were supposed to talk about whether they're going to run again. i suspect the biden family has been talking about a 2024 run. he is feeling very bolstered by the midterms because he didn't get creamed in it and, look they just came off this fancy wedding at the white house you know. that was like a "vogue" photo shoot. they're in the 20 million-dollar mansion. hunter is your son, there is a lot of reasons for the bidens to stay in power and in this position. will: two years is an etierney

in politics but it is amazing how in one month's time the momentum has completely shifted. a month ago i don't think just among political pundits on the right, there was a sense that joe biden had zero chance of running for president in 2024 but what is seen as less than a expected loss in the midterms, all of sudden joe biden has a bit of momentum. at the age what he would be, 82, he is expected to run for president in 2024, so much so that the field is kind of clearing for him. we often talked about gavin newsom, the governor of california told this to "politico." i told everyone in the white house from the chief of staff to the first lady i'm all in, count me in. not to the race for 2024 but all in on joe biden. he will not against joe biden. what he is saying to "politico." rachel: do you believe that? i don't believe. joey: don't believe the

doublespeak, right. i remember when joe biden told us transition president. one term -- rachel: forgot about that. joey: make people feel at peace again pave the way for the next generation. we let them off the hook whether they talk out of both sides of their mouth. as soon as their conversation started up, does anybody remember promising everyone one term president, purpose of transition trying to win the primary. they don't remember. that is our problem. we move on so quick. when you think about the democratic field back a couple years ago now who is lest with a good reputation? kamala harris probably couldn't do it. i think pete buttigieg sealed his fate in the near term anyway. gavin newsom was this, slick slick-backed hair, good-talking guy from california who weathered the storm after recount. i could see how he could be someone, it was a donor class that hand-picked kamala harris. i know one of them. i was told that way back in

2015. that was the plan for a long time. i can imagine they might do something similar with gavin newsom. rachel: gavin newsom says i'm not running but then he went to the white house looking very sexy with the rolled up sleeves, walking around so everyone can see, everyone could see, look at that, i look really good. i mean he is right out of central casting right there of what you know, i mean -- come on. will: in sports there is a thing known as the dreaded vote of confidence when owner says about a coach, i'm absolutely dedicated to xyz, being my coach of the future. means that coach has a week left on the job. he will usually gets fired. joey: if have to reassure there is a problem. i don't know if there is similar corollary in politics if gavin newsom says i'm all in on joe biden. give me a few months. joey: he is sharpening the knives. rachel: slicking back the hair. lifting a few more weights.

joey: you find that sexy? that is not my look. >> i'm saying he looks like he is auditioning for that job as he walked across you know, the rose garden lawn there and -- joey: [laughter] rachel: i have a sexy husband. i'm not looking at this guy but, yeah he looks good. let's be honest. he looks like the part. joey: he does. most presidents that look like that in the movies end up being a bad guy. rachel: i think a lot of people in california agree with you. will: watch this segue, united states of america is becoming the bad guy to europe. complaints, anonymous complaint from senior eu officials when it comes to america's energy policies and america's role in the war in ukraine a senior european official told that the company most profiting from this war is the united states because they are selling more natural gas at higher prices and because they are selling more weapons. we are really at an historic

juncture. america needs to realize that public opinion is shifting in many eu countries. you know, joey, we were talking about this before the show today, it is somewhat complicated. joey: absolutely. will: the european countries made themselves completely reliant on outside sources for energy. they went all-in on climate bills made themselves energy dependent, first on russia and now the united states of america. i will say it's a little bit rich for them to turn around go, just on energy policies, just on fossil fuel policies saying why are prices so high? we deserve to have lower prices. you shouldn't have put yourself in this position quite sometime ago. joey: i went on a deep life this, sounds almost america first at first glance. then you understand what they're taking objection to. in the inflation reduction act there are some things there, like, for example, we're spending big subsidies on electric cars which is hurting

their automotive industry which we need because we can't produce enough cars here for us. why we import so many. as a matter of fact some of our companies produce cars in other countries but the problem there is stifling innovation. what you do when you stifle competition in a market, what kind of innovation would those traditional gas car companies come up with if we are propping up the latest and greatest green car out there, electric car out there? another thing on the oil and gas side of it, oil and gas costs four times as much for them because there is not as much of it because they're not producing more of it. so the same problem they have americans have. and so there is kind of a correlation there where it really comes back to this biden administration pushing green policies while at the same time playing a role in how europe gets their energy and how prices are set there. rachel: yeah you know we're subsidizing ev vehicles which are going to make us more dependent on china.

that's a problem. but also just look at what europe has done. we're on the same road. if you want to know what we're going to look like, just look at where europe is now? we're on that road. we're begging other countries for oil and gas as we just talked about in the last hour. i ran venezuela, we're doing same thing and so i'm very concerned about this. will: so i agree. so three quick takeaways. first of all the inflation reduction act was as you know was not inflation reduction. rachel: it was green bill. will: europe is noticing. you diplomat told "politico" the inflation reduction act is everything. is washington still our ally or not? okay, they're pointing out, so number one, it is not inflation reduction act. it is a climate change bill. rachel: of course. will: i'm with you, 100%, rachel. warning to the united states of america do not make yourself energy dependent on other nations. europe, you should have been in control of your energy future.

rachel: some tried to warn them, you remember that? will: when it comes to ev vehicles subsidizing of climate change initiatives like electric vehicles i get that europe is upset about that they are all in on it. then they look at us -- joey: that the is linchpin on it. will: they're all in, look at biden administration, you're going all in on it, subsidizing it. you're undercutting our market. you know how they see us when it comes to climate change and evs, they look at us the way we look at china. you're subsidizing all the industry and undercutting that. i get that. america is going all-in on green energy. ultimately will hurt us to your point but i don't think europe is in the best position to point out how it is unfare to them. joey: the other side of this is the defense industry. the amount of money we're making off of weapons because of this war and the way we're doing it so part of it is, the defense industry is making money off our taxpayers because we are gifting

weapons and spending so much money in congress to arm ukraine the other side of it is, the european countries who have given arms to ukraine are now buying to replenish their stock from the u.s. certainly a profit here for the government. rachel: whether it's ukraine or this you know, the green energy technologies mark my words people at the top, the elites and their offsprings are making money off this. military industrial complex is making money off of it. we ought to be much more aware what they're doing in our name and with our tax dollars. spokesperson for the white house national security council, they say the rise in gas prices in europe is caused by putin's invasion of ukraine and putin's energy war against europe period. what they're not telling you from the biden administration. this was a preventible war, it truly was. there was a point it could have

been negotiated. the ukraine yang people are suffering right now. joey: certainly. rachel: not just because of this inflation from ukraine because our government and others even zelenskyy have blocked negotiations to stop this, this war, to halt it, to bring some sort of peace negotiation out of this. remember when joe biden said if there is just a small incursion. he invited this by his weakness in afghanistan and the words he said just before this war and people are suffering, not just in ukraine but now this is a problem for europe and their energy crisis. joey: you can't ignore the correlation what happened in afghanistan and what immediately followed in ukraine and the idea that this administration put a specific version of american defense out there that looked very weak. rachel: we don't talk enough about what's happened since this war started. i'm glad that we are. it has been two weeks since four university of idaho students were found stabbed to death

inside of their home. will: investigators are still searching for answers as they reveal a dog was in the home when police arrived on the scene. joey: ashley strohmier with the latest from the newsroom. reporter: good morning, guys. it has been two weeks since those four college students have been murdered. police still have not named a suspect. authorities have admitted they're keeping certain vital pieces of information out of the public eye justifying it is critical to finding out who is responsible. police are refusing to reveal which of the victims was targeted and y are not ruling out the idea that one of the girls could have had a stalker either. the father of one of the victims telling fox news private investigators are now involved in addition to local law enforcement and the fbi. on the night of the crime police found a dog inside of the house but they are not saying if the dog was there when the murders took place. >> was the dog present for the crime? >> so i don't have the information and we're not sure. we do know that the dog was taken to animal services and a

responsible person came and took the dog. >> is the dog any part of the investigation at this point right now? >> i mean, i don't have the answer for you. i'm not sure. reporter: kaylee gonsalves sister mentioned "the new york times" that she shared a dog with an ex-boyfriend. it is unclear if the dog found on scene was hers. >> why didn't the dog bark? if the dog didn't bark, that would be another indication that he was, the perpetrator was known to the assailant who comes in, seems to know the layout of the house. reporter: investigators have revisited the scene of the crime numerous times throughout the past week as the probe into these four mysterious debts drags on into now a second week. back to you guys. will: thanks, ashley. rachel: thank you, ashley. joey: such a sad story and i think the fact we're reporting

on whether or not the dog barked is, can't be a good sign, it just can't. turning now to your headlines one 18-year-old is dead and three others were shot after they allegedly tried to break into a georgia home on friday. police say the four suspects attempted a home invasion when a man inside opened fire. officials added the shooting appears to be justified and no charges are expected. the three surviving suspects have been taken into custody. it is sad but we have the right to defend ourselves. famous ice cream company salt and straw helped turn poland into a foodies -- rachel: portland. joey: i'm sorry, portland, much different than poland. politics might be similar, i don't know. foodie as paradise but they're threatening to leave the city entirely. a cofounder of the company says it may make the move because of skyrocketing crime and homeless encampments. after an employee was threatened with a gun while walking to work

and a homeless campfire force h a factory to close. the iconic company hope to find a solution working with elected leaders. good luck with that. to you a an awesome story, listen guys, i'm excited, i'm humbled, speechless to share. this is a vietnam veteran, dan, a fan of the show, he wrote us, his daughter actually wrote us, listen i know this guy joey jones is on there, he is kind of a hillbilly but i like him. he said something weather than that. with this incredible gesture, fought in vietnam, came back, was an airline pilot. he has done so many amazing things. owe brought the chess set he made by hand and brought it over and gave it to me. >> i made the box. most of the stuff in here. it's a chess set. joey: yes, sir. >> it was fun to do, primarily because i knew where it was going. i'm impressed with not what

happened to you but what you did afterwards and what you are is why you're getting this. joey: so his daughter, molly reached out to us as i said on his behalf but the few minutes i spent with him, talking about this chess set and how hoped that i would teach my kid how to place chess, listen my son will teach me how to play chess. i'm a checkers guy. so humbled. i want to show you guys a little bit of it. so this is the bottom platform. i have it here. taken it apart. it is really heavy. rachel: each piece is heavy, really heavy. joey: these are solid brass. he did all the woodwork. this is a piece of the old iron sides, no, this is a piece of, yes, the old ironsides and this is a piece from the missouri. which if you know world war ii history is huge. rachel: sure. joey: gave me a little piece of what was part of the parthenon.

his brother was over there in the '60s. you could walk up to grab a piece. they were not fixing it yet. he made a chessboard out of that. marble from the quarry where they made the coliseum. rachel: greece may be coming back to get that. joey: they can have it. they can't prove where it was. amazing thing. he had me in tears. rachel: it is beautiful and the woodwork is extraordinary. what craftsmanship. joey: no catalyst, that he respected the fact i'm a wounded veteran who has taken up this career and he likes the opinions and things i advocate for. this is not about me. this is about the vietnam, what is really important to share right now, i know i need to hurry, this is about how of those vietnam veterans that came back and were spit on and called traitors and treated so terribly, not welcomed home, they could have been bitter for the rest of their lives but in 2001, when this country decided

they went to war they decided they would make sure the country respected us, they never let us down. they're taking care of us today. that is what this is. i couldn't be more humbled. rachel: awesome story. thank you, joey,. joey: thank y'all. rachel: quick programing note, if you missed it live, catch highlights from "fox nation" patriot awards tonight at 10:00 p.m. right here on the fox news channel. will: watch the full two hour show right now on foxnation.com. coming up drill, baby, drill, just not in america. the white house green-lighting plans for chevron to tap into oil from venezuela. former white house advisor stephen moore is here to react. rachel: rob gronkowski testing out his talents in the middle of a grocery store. a must-see moment. ♪.

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♪. will: this morning growing backlash over president biden's energy agenda as it grant as license toe chevron to pump oil in venezuela, easing sanctions on the communist country over

human rights violations. the white house insisting quote, this action is not being taken in response to energy prices this is limited license as we have said in the past, this is about the regime taking to restore democracy in venezuela. former white house advisor stephen moore. great to see this morning. what is your reaction to white house granting license to chevron in venezuela? >> grill, wait to be with you, i saw this story first reported by "the wall street journal," little will i literally almost fell out of my chair reading headline we'll allow chevron to do drilling in venezuela. this is the same administration will not allows us to do drilling here h here in the united states, not in texas, not in oklahoma, not in west virginia but we can pump oil from venezuela. this makes absolutely no sense this is put america last energy

policy. as you know, will, when trump left office, and i helped trump on energy policy, our whole policy was to make america totally energy independent, so we wouldn't have to rely on countries like venezuela, iran and russia. somebody explain this one to me because it makes no sense. will: to the point of becoming reliant on unfriendly regimes for energy i do want to ask you about this. we were talking about it at the top of the show. >> i was listening. will: what do you make of the european union, it is a anonymous high level senior diplomat saying to "politico" they're unhappy with the oil and gas prices that america is shipping to europe? what are we supposed to make of this? >> well, first of all, we should be, you know, when trump was president we were exporting huge amounts of natural gas to the western european and northern european countries and it made a big difference both in terms of a economic pact between the two

continents but also in terms of our national security so these countries were not dependent, as you were talking about earlier on the show, it doesn't make any sense, that these countries have now become totally dependent on countries like russia, in this case an enemy of peace in europe. now we could easily be providing all of the energy that these countries need if we were drilling here at home. will, it is very simple, the united states has more oil, natural gas and coal than virtually any other country in the world. don't forget, will, we have the cleanest oil and gas in the world. so if you're boreried about the environment why would you get oil and gas from venezuela which has some of the dirtiest energy and not from the united states? so we have to become the energy powerhouse that we were. we have the capability of doing it. think about hundreds of thousands of jobs we would be creating.

we estimated adopting the trump policy we would be producing about $150 billion, $150 billion more oil and gas here at home. think of what that would mean for our trade deficit, reducing it. think of what it would mean for employment. think about what it would mean for the growth of our economy. so none of this makes any sense from an environmental, national security or an economic security standpoint. will: let me see if i add up exactly what you're saying, under the previous policies, living up to our capabilities, we could, a, not import oil from venezuela. we could be b, have cheap oil and gas here at home for american citizens. we could be able to export gas, c, to europe for lower prices. instead we have the opposite of all three of those. high prices at home. high prices in europe. having to drill in venezuela? >> that's a pretty good summary. i would just add one thing. let's remember this little factoid. when trump left office $2.50 for

gas, and diesel used for all the trucking in this country, diesel is $6, will. it was less than $3 when trump left office. these policies are causing what i call a pain at the pump for american consumers. will: apparently for europeans and everyone across the globe as well. >> exactly. will: stephen, great to talk with you this morning, thank you. >> okay, thanks. will: coming up millions traveling home from thanksgiving but a severe weather system is hitting the south. severe with meteorologist rick reichmuth tracking it. tunnel to towers getting a one million dollar donation. frank siller is with us, along with the people making it possible for this incredible gift this morning on "fox & friends". ♪.

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will: back with a fox weather alert. post-thanksgiving chaos in new orleans as the city is hit by a tornado. the powerful wind flipping a rv and damaging roofs. storms even tearing up a local church leaving about 10,000 residents without power. advisories set for millions of people in the southeast. that low pressure system is now moving towards boston, chicago and new york which could impact holiday travel. let's turn to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for a fox weather forecast. rick: a bit of a rough day for the storm moving towards the east coast. so far here in new york. the big cities along the i-95 corridor the rain has not started yet but by noontime when we see delays. look at map, temperaturewise not feeling like winter at all. colder air started to come into the northern plains. 20 in fargo. that is 15 degrees colder than we were yesterday. colder air will come into the west this week. that will bring a lot of snow. for travel, airports looking

pretty good. you see all the precipitation across the ohio valley, up towards the great lakes. it is all rain. southern side heading towards parts of florida, atlanta, i think you're in the clear behind it. you will see sun come out throughout the afternoon. northeast is problematic for us. we'll see some of these delays. those storms are not huge for us. while the delays will happen i don't think they will be complete ground stops at all. take a look at this. this is tuesday. i want to give you a big heads up. significant severe weather, including threat for large tornadoes on tuesdays where you see the hash mark. if you're in the area certainly be on the preps right now. all right, send it back to you inside. joey: thanks, rick. talking about tuesday being a tough day. you know what tuesday also is? giving tuesday. we celebrated a holiday that was all about being grateful and thanking god or the universe, or the family around you for what

you have been provided what has been provided for you, frank, we talk about all the time being thankful for our military. so i'm here with frank and casey. what we're here to celebrate, what really matters about this, we're here to celebrate military service and the sacrifices that comes with it. so joining us now the ceo of the george and melody, apologize. rogers foundation and we were just sitting talking, i got distracted because you're deciding to give money to frank's organization, tunnel to towers based on the fact of gratitude. we celebrated thanksgiving. tell me about that. >> i'm honored to be here representing the george and melody rogers foundation. my uncle george and aunt melody, hi, aunt melody. they're grateful to be here-loaf our country and first-responders and families and the sacrifices

they make. after seeing what tunnel to towers does through fox news, just grabbed our attention and tugged on our hearts. so did some homework. we're happy to partner with tunnel to towers and make this donation to take care of those who take care of us. so we're willing to do that. also pay some honor to my uncle george and keep his legacy alive. >> frank siller, your brother's sacrifice meant so much to so many people and his legacy, people, i don't know if you understand the impact that your brother sacrificed and legacy of it made. obviously your brother died, responding to, running through the brooklyn battery tunnel to respond to what happened on 9/11. comes from that organization you take care of military servicemembers, catastrophically injured, gold star wise, first-responders killed in the line of duty, what will this check matter and tell me how it will help?

>> well, first of all i can't thank you enough. >> yes. >> i want everyone to see it here. will: i have not sat next to, we'll let you do it. >> i want everyone to see this. this is a million dollars. so thank you so much. don't get this every day. will: a million dollar check. >> this will go towards two smart homes. they see the work we do for catastrophically injured servicemembers. we'll be able to build two extra homes. we put 93 new catastrophically injured servicemembers to build houses for. this will go a long way to do that. to do it in my brother's honor, including you, sir, for your service it is a great honor. will: i want to talk about this real quick, you do this, you make the commitments. you don't worry about inflation. you don't worry about the price of building materials. you don't worry about the price of things we're talk about, the reason you don't worry about

that, you know people like this giving family will step up to make this happen. >> 100%. we take on a big responsibility every year. we're going to be making announcement in the next couple day what is we're doing for season of hope, taking care of some different families. i know the generosity of your fox viewers, not everyone can do a million dollars. i wish they could. it would make it a little bit easier but everyone should be able to do $11 a month. that is what we ask. we count on that for sure, generosity of your viewers to get all of this. will: frank, you're a force to be reckoned with. casey, your family, your aunt, your uncle, god rest his soul, thank you for being good people that want to give to the betterment of this country and men and women who have served. thank you both so much. >> thank you, sir. will: all right, fox news alert, chaos in china overnight. more people protesting the communist party calling for xi xinping to step down. the latest on the uprising

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talk to me about these protests. they're calling for xi to step down. they're saying down with communism. is this a real threat to xi xinping or will they just squash this? >> well, both a real threat and they will squash it but there will be a debate at the very top how far to go. what usually happens in this kind of a case there is a split among the top communist party leaders. some will be ruthless and brutal. others will say maybe these people have a point we're being too extremes on the lockdown. this is a real shock. we've been told so long, rachel, china is a repressive state. everything is controlled. there couldn't possibly be demonstrations. here they are as you have shown. the real problem whether vice president kamala harris or president biden say anything about human rights in china or just ignore this? i have hope they say something. rachel: yeah, it is shocking they have said nothing so far. so talk a little bit about the lockdown. is this hockdown a way to expert

more social control, or as we said, we just, we know so little about covid that the virus, that they made in that lab, is there something that the chinese know about this covid virus that we don't know? the. >> yes. that's the number one question, rachel. they don't want to do too much about covid because of this bizarre treatment they gave, first to dr. fauci when he called a few days after the thing broke out here and then the world health organization, they basically shunned that team. they won't show the notes. they won't show what was going on. it looks very, very suspicious for china around the world. now their own zero lockdown approach looks like it works but only if people will accept it. rachel: right. >> now we have people in the streets, not wanting to accept this. the strange thing, rachel, why are million american dead and so very few chinese dead? the chinese won't even release the figure of those who died in

china from covid but apparently it is very, very small. rachel: what does that tell you? >> something extremely suspicious is going on. joe biden promised to have an intelligence study. remember he would get the answer? then he canceled the study. rachel: yeah. >> dr. fauci still refuses to talk about his own contacts. were we funding level 4 gain of function research? is that what caused this? do the chinese have anecdote for it? these are questions the chinese simply will not answer just for us but for their own people. i think some anger and frustration we're seeing is behind the chinese crackdown, not just on people. they're cracking down the secret what happened, where did this virus come from. rachel: it is so weird joe biden said nothing about getting to the bottom of covid but nothing about these protests? we've been talking all day, michael, about ev, our transition from fossil fuels to

you know, green energy here in america which is making us more dependent on china. joe biden is not dumb. he absolutely understands that we are making our economy dependent on china. why would joe biden do this with the communist country as brutal as china? >> well, as you raised the issue of coal and the environment, this is also something strange. the chinese are increasing reliance on coal. they refuse to be part of these environmental reparation movement things. you would think biden would be angry. this is, for him and john kerry, this is their number one issue. remember aoc the end of the world in 10 years? here is china getting worse on pollution. again silence from both john kerry and joe biden. the public beginning to think something funny, really fishy is going on. rachel: right. does that tell you joe biden is compromised by the chinese communist regime?

>> i my hope, i told it to kevin mccarthy directly, kevin mccarthy promised a new select committee on china, all the different committees in congress work together to investigate the hunter biden, laptop, other issues about china. they have to do that. they have not announced members of the committee just yet. this is the only hope as congress probes into this very, very aggressively, rachel, not just be nice guys but put people under oath and threaten jail sentences if you don't tell the truth to the committee. rachel: yeah. finding out if our leader is compromised by the chinese is probably the most important thing we can do in this new congress. it is certainly impacting american policy and some very strange, as you said, ways. michael pillsbury. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks, rachel. we want to win the 100 year marathon, right? not lose it. rachel: you've been warning about this thank you, mike challenge. >> thanks.

>> all right. turning now to your headlines, starting with the crisis at our southern border. texas dps agents stop a driver allegedly trying to smuggle 18 illegal immigrants inside of his tractor-trailer. authorities say the driver was from mississippi. he was allegedly moving the group of male migrants to san antonio. a trooper identifying him as human smuggler when he discovered the migrants hiding during a safety inspection of the truck in cole. twitter ceo elon musk shares slides show a drop in hate speech since his 44 billion-dollar takeover of the platform. internal data coming from musk's twitter company talk. it comes after the center for countering of digital hate claimed last month that racist, homophobic and anti-semitic slurs soared after musk took over.

musk teased the relaunch of the blue check verification program, new payment features coming to twitter. former nfl superstar rob gronkowski might be getting into a new sport. >> oh. rachel: the former patriot and buccaneer up loading these videos of himself trying to hit marshmellows into a crowd at a grocery store. gronk was using a loaf of bread as a bat. gronk is looking good with the swings. our turn to loosen up. a flexlab stretchologist with stretches to beat the holiday stress. ♪.

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aches an pains, physical ones not emotional ones. >> what do you have for us here? >> we have a couple of holiday themed stretches. i have you do a step up on to the yoga map. at stretch lab we are a one-on-one assisted stretching facility. we build awe program, you know. we do a little bit of movement analysis. rachel: why is stretching so important? >> there is, i mean, the list of reasons is forever but the biggest thing for the holiday season getting through holiday season without any pain. picking up grandkids without any discomfort. joey: okay. i like it. will: i'm in. tom brady is in so i'm in. rachel: is that what he does? >> we'll do a little wide stance on the yoga map. we've been returning around decorating the apartment, for christmas. put your hands on your head. open up the chest. rotate side to side, great.

rachel: that feels good. >> open up the two muscles in the chest, pec major and minor. a little relaxation. joey: i have the pec major. will has the pec minor. >> good. doing this at home. try to spend 30 seconds to a minute on each much these. see long-lasting benefit. right after that we just did the shopping. we have to wrap it all up. we're going to come out, with extension first. joey: my wrists are fused. that is all i can do. >> we'll bring that wrist down just like that. perfect. will: that is a good one, joey. joey: it is. >> i am right-handed so right hand gets more tired than my left. rachel: are you feeling like tom brady over there? will: a little more flexible. >> look over to that right. drop the chin. grab the back of your own head with that right arm.

perfect. great, you will look down into your own armpit. right there. joey: that's nice. >> same thing other side. joey: smells good. >> for the post-black friday, post-cyber monday shopping. rachel: good stuff. ready. feel for the rest of the show. will: stretch lab in new york city. check it out. is overwhelming. but i never just found my way; i made it. and did all i could to prevent recurrence. verzenio reduces the risk of recurrence of hr-positive, her2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer with a high chance of returning,... as determined by your doctor when added to hormone therapy. hormone therapy works outside the cell... ...while verzenio works inside to help stop the growth of cancer cells. diarrhea is common, may be severe, or cause dehydration or infection. at the first sign, call your doctor, start an antidiarrheal, and drink fluids. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor about any fever, chills, or other signs of infection. verzenio may cause low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infection

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