♪ ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas. ♪ everywhere you go. ♪ take a look at the five and ten. ♪ once again, candy. will: good morning. welcome to "fox & friends." the christmas he tree is p. it's christmas season, turn the page from the thanksgiving and so the question is, for all of

you this morning as it has been for us, real or fake. joey: or both. will: or both. we asked our instagram poll, is your christmas tree real or fake. 74 -- oh, my gosh, 74% -- rachel: i'm surprised by that. will: said fake. 26% said real and they're fantastic. joey: you know why they have so many fake trees? you can buy them already flocked. that's what i know a lot about. it's when the christmas tree has white stuff all over of it. will, explain what that means. will: you just owned that. i said earlier when you get a tree and it comes with the white snow on it, it's called flocking and a viewer sent that in and said flock you, will, and they did that to a picture of me. i said that i wasn't sure that's the right word. david e-mails in, you're correct, when you spray your tree with a white covering, it's called flocking. we've done ours in the past. it looks like a light snow covering on the tree.

keep up the great job. rachel: i didn't know what flocking -- i feel like i heard the word many i. i wasn't sure. it was your moment. will: you were trying to paint me as country club will again. i didn't know what crudete was. joey: is it like soup d du jour. will: is the word of flocking fancy. if you said look at that christmas tree indoors and it has snow on it. how did you do that? they say oh, it's flocked. rachel: i would say it has the spray on it. [laughter] rachel: that's how they get it on there, they use a spray. joey: i would say it's frosted. that picture of you, you knows who look like? martin shore in santa claus, you remember jack frost. that's a good look for you. will: that's will flocked. rachel: i have a real christmas he tree and couldn't be any other way than to be married to

sean duffy who is a lumber jack, world champion, he chops his own he tree down every. will: is was shocked that 74% opts for fake. joey: it's a plastic world. will: brand-new video from china shows protests erupting in shanghai. these are over harsh covid lockdowns. they seem to be happening across much of china and the he protests are calling for president xi to step down. rachel: protests breaking of out at college campuses in the communist country. this after 10 people were killed in an apartment fire last week. joey: alexandria hoff is following the developments and she's got more. >> reporter: good morning to you. people have just had enough there. they've reached a breaking point to a shocking he degree and are now showcasing extraordinary acts of defiance. the deaths of the 10 of people

have come to symbolize the choke hold the chinese government has forced through isolation. they say the covid restrictions caused a delay in putting out the fire. they have lived with lockdowns for more than 100 days. protests have erupted at clenche campuses are held throughout the country. blank white paper is being held up to show how people are censored. they're calls for an end to movement he restrictions and repeated covid tests. charvelings. tests.chants are reported that e asking that president xi but brought town. the strategy has been tested and critics point to social and economic toll of lockdown as being more costly than the benefit of trying to contain a virus that can not be contained.

shanghai residents are reeling from two months spent completely locked down in the spring. while there has been talk from officials about potentially easing covid r zero policies, it appears the communist government instead is doubling down. the national health commission is reporting a new record high case count, so lockdowns are once again being expanded. in the same city where iphone factory workers clashed with police last week a new order has been given to over 6.6 million people, could be closer to 12 million people that they must stay home through tuesday. guys. rachel: thank you so much. so very interesting developments. so hair saying down with xi jinping -- they're saying down with xi jinping, the protesters, down with communism. they're showing white signs, protesting the way they're being censored. i asked michael pillsbury about it earlier in the show. he had several things to say, one of them that he thought it

was surprising, curious, not a good sign, that joe biden has not yet commented on this. this is a huge development. the other thing i find interesting about what's happening there is that some of this is being -- some of the protests are with college students protesting restricted covid mandates, we didn't see it on american college campuses but we're seeing it in china with the conditions even stricter there but people are unhappy and wondering -- i asked, do you think this is going to be -- are these people going to be arrested, how harshly will they be punished and is this a breaking point and he said the chinese are having a conversation about how hard to crack down on this. will: it's been mysterious why the chinese adopted the zero covid policy and for so long, do they know something that we don't? are they using it as a tool of

suppression which seems to be backfiring if that's the case and it shows no matter where you live, no matter the conditions, no matter the government, at some point people do have a breaking point of. we will find out, to your point, how resilient this protest is in the face of that type of authoritarianism. but it is as you say remarkable to see this in china. rachel: totally. joey: i'm not so y puzzled by y they have the zero covid lockdown. because they can, that's why. there's a lot of government officials in this country that would have done the same if they could have. rachel: that's a great point, joe. joey: you can't do that here, for a lot of reasons, one of them is the resilience in the american spirit. i think they're doing it because they can do it. we had a lot of little mini wish we could be a tyrant people in our own government that would have loved to do something like that. will: it doesn't come without a cost. it comes at the cost of their economy. it may come at the cost of their

control. wee see how that story plays out. rachel: usually when these kinds of protests happen we have an american response and in some way, giving aid and comfort to those who are -- and support, just emotional support to those who are protesting. we t didn't see that in iran. we never saw that when the people in cuba were protesting against their oppressors and here again, no word. i asked michael pillsbury, does this mean that joe biden is compromised by the chinese. he said that's something we need to look into. because that's odd. will: another odd development. while we've had an a energy crisis at home in terps of rising costs, the biden administration sought a new outlook to pump oil into the global markets. that would be o o out of wedny

venezuela. they have given chevron permission to deal with president maduro. they are looking to support the restoration of democracy in venezuela. the biden administration is saying it's because maduro is willing to speak to political opponents. rachel: we don't know the terms of the agreement. we ought to know when our government is engaged with another government, one that is so evil and so repressive that it's repressing any dissent, starving their people, caused the gre gr greatest migration, e crisis in the world right now. we need to know what's going on. and again, just speaks to the hip pock consider a sigh. why would -- hypocrisy. why would we drill in venezuela when the process is dirtier and the human rights record is abysmal when we can get the oil here cleanly and employ and he

create great american jobs. joey: it's something my daddy used to say. i'm going to say it again. don't spilt in my face and tell me it's raining. it's months since news broke we were in talks with venezuela about combating our own oil crisis and here we are and we're going to strike a deal to get this permit going and the reasoning is, maduro will speak to his opponents. what you're telling me is the best foreign policy team joe biden could come up with in a matter of matter of six months, from where maduro's putting them in jail to now he'll speak to them, that's all they could get done and now they can slap that on and say that's why we're approving the permit, it's relieving sanctions. you're begging them to do something so you have an excuse to get more oil from them, this is what you got. rachel: we know that maduro jails opponents. those who owe pose his

government -- oppose is government are actually ineligible for office. he tortures detainees and family members, brutal attacks on demonstrators, there a are arbitrary killings. we know that the government is being basically managed by cuban special -- you know, their see considerate service has mass -- secret service has massive influence on this government because the government is dependent on cuba in many ways for help. this is the worst of all partners we could have. will: when we have clean energy, abundant energy right here at home. rachel: that's right. will: it's been two weeks since four university of idaho students were found stabbed to death. will: investigators are searching for answer as they reveal a dog was in the home when police first arrived on scene. rachel: ash ashley strohmier s

the latest. >> reporter: it's been two weeks since the four college students were murdered and police still haven't named a suspect. however, authorities have admitted they're keeping certain vital pieces of information out of the public eye, justifying it's critical to finding out who is responsible. police are refusing to reveal which of the victims was targeted and why. they aren't ruling out the idea that one of the girls could have had a stalker either. the father of one of the victims now telling fox news private investigators are now involved and in addition to local law enforcement and the fbi. on the night of the crime, police found a dog inside 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 know that the dog was taken to animal services and then a responsible person came and took the dog. >> is the dog any part of the investigation at this point right now? >> i mean, you i don't have the

answer for you. i'm not sure. >> reporter: a sister mentioned that she shared a dog with an ex-boyfriend. it's not clear if the dog was hers. >> consider didn't the dog bark if the dog didn't bark that would be another indication that he was not a big perpetrator, the perpetrator was known to the assailant who comes in, seems to know the layout of the house. >> reporter: investigators have revisited the scene numerous times throughout the past week as the probe into the four mysterious deaths drags on for a second week. back to you. will: thank you so much. joey: i guess for me, i understand the focus on the dog is a sense of, hey, if the person friendly with the dog, maybe they could dog who dog-sat or something like that. it feels like if hays where the

focus is, you don't have anything else and a that's wo worrisome. will: to your point, joey, seemingly looking for anything, they're asking everyone who might have fit into the time line in any way to come back, look at their phone and provide information. watch. >> we're the same family that found the original timeline, we're the same family that broke into the phones. we tried everything in our ability to try to get into this system because a court order is not the fastest thing so we broke in and we did what we did, we know that we have some family passwords that we all share. so we broke in and we helped them. so it's hard for me to give up as a father, my protective ability to other men. i just implore people to come forward, especially when you know you're even close to the

timeline because technology is the only thing that doesn't lie, really. it's just data. rachel: what do you think, will? you're obviously -- none of us know what it's like to be in this man's shoes but you are a father, you both are fathers. what must that feel like to feel so helpless that clearly he doesn't have much confidence in how things have been going because he's had to do so much as a dad and as a family to contribute to furthering this investigation. will: rachel, i couldn't possibly know. and i feel -- i mean, putting -- the closest i've ever come is having a child in the hospital and feeling so helpless and there's only one place in life to turn, to be honest. there's only one person to talk to at the end of that type of humility and i hope -- i just pray for him in this situation because i can't imagine being there. joey: he seems to have it together more than i think i

could have at this point and i respect him for it. i appreciate him for it, setting an example in that way. with your son, the idea for me anyway is to the raise him to be a protecter. with my daughter, i'll always want to be her protecter. and it's just difficult to think of my daughter being in this situation. obviously, very emotional. that's why so many people are tuned in and want answers and want to see it get solved and resolved and somebody put to justice. rachel: i really admire that problem for the same reasons you said, that feeling of protecprotectiveness has not lem even he though his daughter passed in a gruesome and unfair way, he's still there fight forge her and for justice and to protect. will: let's turn to a fewed additional headlines. mike pence will return to new hampshire has he builds toward a likely 2024 run for president. fox news learning that pence will stop in the granite state in two weeks to host two book signings for his auto guy auto g

gray city. -- buy offing gray at biograph. we talked about the pros and cons for each candidates' case going into 2024. download that on fox news pod casts. elon musk shares slides that show a drop in hate speech since his $44 billion takeover of the platform. the internal day a take coming from musk''s twitter company. it comes after claims that slurs soared after musk took over. he also teased the relaunch of the blue check v verification program. vietnam veteran, a fan of the show, wanted to express his a appreciation f for joey jones' journey. he stopped by the t stewed yowsa

special gift. >> i made the box and most of the stuff that was in here. it's a chess set. it was fun to do 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 ises why you're getting this. will: dan's daughter mollie reached out to us on his behalf. he said he made a similar chess set for his grandson and now he wants joey to carry the torch and play chess with his kids. joey said he needs his kids to teach him how to play chess. joey: my son is t the chess gu. i'm the checkers guy. i can't say enough about this. will: his sentiment is shared. rachel: his craftsmanship, the box and a everything about it is just amazing. it's hard to believe that the

people know how to do those things with their hands. joey: his daughter said he built a r replica -- he lives in cape cod. he built a replica of a famous white house on his property and it's 2 inches taller than the acactual lighthouse. rachel: thank you, joey. is still america still our alley, troubling questions -- ally, troubling questions from the eu. douglas murray just visited the war torn country. he's going to react next. joey: inflation won't stop is from counting down the days to christmas. the tips you need to pick the best tree on a budget. real or fake. we'll have to figure that out. ♪ ♪ the jolly man in the bright red suit. ♪ did you ever see santa in cowboy boots

joey: as putin's brutal war against ukraine enters its ninth p month, european allies now casting doubt on america's intentions. one senior european official telling politico, quote, the country that is most profiting from this war is the u.s., because they're selling more gas at a higher price and selling

more we upons. america -- weapons. america needs to realize public opinion is shifting in many european countries. another i diplomat calls out te tax and spend agenda saying the inflation reduction act has changed everything, is washington still our ally or not? those are tough words. douglas murray just returned from ukraine. he joins us now. douglas, your heard everything i just inproduced this with, -- introduced this with, the idea they eu is turning on the u.s., because of the war. give me your perspective on it. >> i think it's a lot of nonsense, frankly, to begin with. this is two sources and they're very hostile, very critical of america but this can go every way. basically, what we see here is a fracturing that everyone predicted anyway. ever since vladimir putin invaded ukraine in february of this year, there was always a feeling that one part of the

western alliance might come away from the rest. there was always a fear that germany with itses massive its e reliance on russian gas might stop holi holding the line. there's was a fear that france or italy would go for similar reasons. here we see eu diplomats trying to blame america for risking the western alliance and just -- i have to sort of have an hour to shoot down all of the points but let me shoot down one. the number of bullets that french arms manufacturers make roughly every year is about what ukrainian military are getting through every day or two at the moment. it is simply not surprising that american weaponry is being sold in larger quantities to ukraine because america produces such weaponry. joey: how does something like this affect putin's decision on the war?

if putin sees the eu turning on america in this way or saying we're taking advantage of the economic opportunity which i don't know if that's entirely true, what does that change in putin's mind? are we seeing a change on the ground? >> vladimir putin's aim has always been to pick apart the western alliance. i think he was blindsided by the fact there was such unity, such opposition to his war. understandably, because this is a 20th century style conflict. i just came back from there last week. it is literally 20th century style conflict, trench warfare, the pounding of cities into the dust he has desperately wanted to stop the unanimity that's existed in the west. he was hoping to pick off european powers. we're seeing some european diplomats turning on america. i hope this can change. in america we have our own problems, there are parts of the right and left who do not believe that we should support

our ukrainian allies, who don't believe we should do anything other than effectively sit back and watch vladimir putin being allowed to do this so there are all sorts of fractions and factions within our countries. the most important thing is that vladimir putin realizes that in the 21st century, unlike the 20th, you cannot just send your tanks into countries, you cannot dessimate cities and keep ggob belling up countries. we have to be united. joey: i think he learned just sending tanks in isn't an effective strategy in general, regardless of politics, especially in the us. most people are resolute in wanting the war to end and for the people of ukraine to survive it and hopefully thrive after it. douglas, thank you for bringing us the update. >> pleasure. joey: still ahead, a professor of pediatrics says no to tattoos

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rachel: when it comes to tattoos a woke of professor of pediatrics tells the new york times she doesn't believe minors have the, quote, agency to make a decision that sounds reasonable. but in 2018 that same doctor co-authored this study from the american academy of pediatrics which l recommends, quote, gender affirming healthcare to minors. here is to react is no left turn in education president, doctor alaina fishbein. you don't have the agency as a cas achild to get a tattoo, i a, but now you change your gender and mutilate your body? >> good morning, rachel. every common sense person who

identify that as outrageous and insane. you're talking about little kids, sometimes -- some people that believe that already in the womb they think they're going to be born in the wrong gender. unfortunately, yes, there is a serious problem of kids that are suffering from gender dysphoria or confusion about their identity or sexual identity. but to get doctors and physicians going and mutilating those children before they are actually checking other ways of intervention and treatment that are not i intrusive, are not gog to have consequences, physical as well as mental for the rest of their lives. this is really doctors who forgot their oath, do no harm. rachel: especially to innocent children. it just sounds so evil to me. talk to me about what's driving this. is it ideology or is it true that big pharma is making a lot

of money off of this, hospitals as well? >> there is no doubt there are several factors. first of all, we have been seeing a tremendous increase, exponential increase in the number of children that identify themselves as confused about their identity and, yes, anybody would question how come in the last 10 years we're seeing such a great increase and we know that cannot be a biological reason. it is really a combination of process of biological, psychological and social. we see what's happening in schools today. when kids are entering even kindergarten, the way their teacher is greeting them is by asking them what a their pronouns are, what are you today and in fact in classes, even in elementary schools, every class is starting by the teacher asking them. i visit schools. and i see on the doors of the teacher they're starting my pronouns, the teacher is introducing him or herself with

their he pronouns and turning to the kids what is their pronouns. there's a whole process in the schools that is definitely becoming the pipeline for that outrageous tran transgender and gender ideology. rachel: we saw the pronoun thing starting in universities and we didn't say anything and it made its way down into high school and now elementary schools. this kind of confusion i think is tantamount to child abuse, frankly. i really appreciate you taking a stand on this. we need more people, more professionals and more parents to stand up to this. we appreciate you joining us today, dr. fishbein, thank you. >> thank you very much. rachel: coming up, canada's prime minister jus justin trudeu facing backlash for using emergency powers to he defend the freedom convoy. >> we saw trucks used as potential weapons.

i am absolutely serene and confident that i made the right choice. rachel: my husband, sean duffy reacts to that, next. stay with us. ♪ you had to be a big shot, didn't you. ♪ you had to open up your mouth. ♪ you had to be a big shot, didn't you. ♪ all your friends were so knocked out. ♪ you had to have the last word last night. ♪

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potential weapons, certainly in ottawa with their presence and unknown interiors. there was no serious violence. i p am absolutely, absolutely serene and confident that i made the right choice. joey: that was canada's apparently serene prime minister justin trudeau, facing backlash for the use of emergency powers to end the protests. will: sean duffy is in for maria bartiromo this morning and he joins us now. good morning. we're approaching -- it will be in february one year from the disbursement of the freedom convoy and powers aveiled by the canadian government. what you're seeing is testimony by saying i'm 100% confident in

high actions. >> no apology. he was saying the protests were violent. we watched the protests from tvs in america and they were nothing but peaceful. they rallied against the covid lockdowns and mandates and vaccine mandates and they were there piecefuly expressing -- peacefully expressing displeasure with their government. novi lent at all. so one, he's lying. the extreme measure that trudeau and the canadian government went to freeze bank accounts not only of the truckers but also of those who supported the truckers, remember, we used those tools after 9/11 to go after al-qaida and terrorists and terrorist supporters. those same tools now being used against citizens of canada who are protesting the overreach of their government is outrageous and that trudeau would support it and if defend it, unacceptabe a. rachel: just as troubling is the fact that our president was pressuring justin trudeau to crack down on these peaceful

protesters who have every right under canadian constitution and their rules and their laws to protest their government. >> they do. you're right, the u.s. government was putting a lot of pressure on the canadian government to actually stop the protests and to that point, rachel, there's a lot of things you can do peacefully to stop a protest. but to take these measures to call them violent and criminal and also to the freeze their bank accounts, those steps have not been taken but for terrorists and when the rest of the world looks to canada, some pay think that looks well, maybe we should look at freezing bank accounts of our citizens who we don't agree with or protest our policies. joey: i love what you're pointing out here. i think americans need to understand you're from a part of the dthe country where you havee exposure to people in canada than maybe i do in georgia. there's an understanding of freedom. we almost have a shared culture

with people at the border. so this may be tough for people to see. >> you're right. sometimes we don't see that border. it's like we're the same people oftentimes but very different policies playing out during covid here. rachel: those truckers will always be freedom fighters in my mind. so sean, tell us what's coming up on sunday morning futures. >> i have the honor of silting of sittingin for maria bartirom. chrikristi noem is joaning us, d budd, ronnie jackson and we have the attorney general of florida, ashley moody coming on the program. stay tuned after "fox & friends" as i get to sit in maria's chai. it's going to be great. >> after sunday morning futures is over, you can go to fox news podcast and check out from the kitchen table podcast. rachel: this week we're talking -- we talked to the maclemores

and we talk about thanksgiving at the duffys. we interviewed our daughter. you get sean duffy on sunday morning futures. it's a lot of duffys. looking good, we can't wait to watch it. will: i think everybody wants to hear about the duffy family thanksgiving. it's football sunday. charissa thompson joins us next with her picks. ♪

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will: it's week 12 in the nfl, the game of the week is rams, chiefs but first the bears are taking on the jets. here with had her picks is fox l kickoff host, charissa thompson. it's the fourth day of five straight days of football, charissa. >> uh huh. we love every second of it. you don't love it if you're a bears fan. no justin fields, trevor simeon will get to start. the jets benched their quarterback after his shall we say lack of remorse at the

podium so mike white gets the start there and the jets as you know, will, being in new york right now, they are in the playoff hunt and they've had the longest active playoff drought of any team in the league since 2010 so looking to pick up ws but without the starting quarterback today so i like the jets by 7 just because the bears are decimated with injuries. will: the jets a decent team ooh, held back by their highly drafted quarterback. meanwhile -- >> number two overall. will: the falcons taking on the commanders. i've got marcus mariotta in atlanta. who is playing quarterback for washington? >> taylor hinekiy. not heineken. that's different. we're not drinking on the job. will: speak for yourself. >> the washington commanders, they've won five of the last six, on a roll, playing great football right now but i think that ends today.

they have been rolling behind that, you know, the touted effort by their quarterback but i think the falcons rally today. they are only half a game behind the bucs in the nfc south so i like them by 3. no kyle pitts, he's out which is a big loss for that. will: i knew it was heinekey. he's been playing pretty good. here's the big game of the week. >> carson wentz has had more of his fair share of time to prove himself in this league. >> will: the game of the week, rams, chiefs, which way are you going here? >> on paper, when the season started this game was going to be huge, you got the defending super bowl champs against patrick mahomes and the rest of the chiefs offense, the number one scoring of fence in the league, averaging over 30 points in the game the rams have not lived up for expectations, no matthew staffor again.

the chiefs are too much to handle so i like them by 14 today and don't forget, will, on thanksgiving we had not one, but two winners of fox bet super 6. so terry bradshaw just giving away money and giving away michael strahan's truck to mitch from kansas. pick all six, answer the questions correctly, you could win some cash, download the app for your chance to win. will: someone won a truck, mitch won a truck, that's awesome. >> mitch from kansas won a truck, who doesn't want a truck, you know? will will: everyone. i want a truck. >> michael strahan has a few extra to give away. make sure you download the app. you have a fantastic sunday. will: you too. see you later today on tv. we're decking the halls, the tips to make your christmas tree last all season long.

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nice, fresh tree. make sure the needs aren't falling off, right, they're nice and secure. obviously, go to a reputable guy like greg's trees -- [laughter] a fresh tree. and then the main thing is you have to cut the bottom. some places don't do that, and we do it, of course, at greg's trees. the reason is you want the water to go up into the tree. one of the biggest problems people make is they put it in, leave it alone, hey, two the weeks later, the water's dry. it's not there anymore. rachel: i'm obsessed with this. >> this product, you put it inside here, merchandise your stand, and the water turns to a gel. and it's safe as can be, and you put it in there and wait for a week, tush the lights off and -- will: the tree continues to suck up the water? >> it does, but it doesn't slap a rate. rachel: last year it was our teenage son's job to water the

tree, and of course, it died. will: greg, if you don't put the gel in, the tree sucks up that water pretty quickly. >> yes. the real key is it drinks a lot of water early. it might drink a gallon in one day, you put it in again and again. two or three days it's going to be to, drank most of the wart. rachel: i thought this was really special. >> this is from colorado -- oregon. [laughter] rachel: it's gorgeous. >> it's a gorgeous tree. we're one of the few places that have it. and, of course, we have noble back here which is, again, just a tremendous tree. the number one tree in the country is that beautiful tree right there, the frazier fir from my great friends in fcc mc. -- in north carolina. and we go right to the farms to buy the trees. we know how they're taken care of, we look for green farmers. we don't like a lot of chemicals. rachel: of course not. re rick is there any way to tell

if that tree was cut a month ago so -- >> i mean, the bottom of the tree the lighter the color, the better it is. you're looking for a nice, bright -- again, i'm in control of it because i'm working with the growers for 30 years, and they know cut greg's trees late. some trees are cut and left in the field, in the woods for a month. rachel: we don't want that. >> not at bring's trees. will: what do you call if somebody makes that tree white? >> flocking. will: thank you! thank you very much, greg. we're the only company in new york, i think, that can flock a tree for you with. we don't want to -- rachel: started a degate earlier this morning -- debate. it turns out it is a thing. this is nicole in minneapolis showing her dog in front of her flocked tree. and that's gorgeous. joey: just remember, you can flock it, but do not flock your tree up. [laughter] i don't have stockings, i have a

mitten on my -- will: what? joey: stockings don't do me any good. rachel: great with job. will: 35 years. rachel: can i have that, greg? >> sure, sure. will: that does it for us today. rachel: bye, everybody. will: go to church. ♪ ♪ sean: good sunday morning, everyone, and welcome to "sunday morning futures." i'm sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, paying much more for much less this holiday shopping season as inflation continues to hover around a 40-year high. meanwhile, companies across all sectors of the economy are beginning to shed jobs in massive numbers. kristi noem is here on how president biden's war on fossil fuels has impacted the economy and hurt america's energy independence. plus, the biden administration is on th