since we have our own issues here in the united states. congressman, fred keller, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. thank you. >> ashley: no problem. griff, it's always nice to have you in new york on set. >> griff: as kilmeade said i haven't caused trouble yet but there is still time. >> ashley: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> griff: the senate adjourning without a vote on a massive $1.7 trillion spending package. >> ashley: cutting it very close to avoiding a government shut down. >> 4155 page bill does nothing to protect the border. >> the fate of title # # hanging in the balance. >> local residents say migrants are showing up at their front door. >> this federal government is not defending our border. the only people capable of doing it would be texas. >> your money is not. >> as the u.s. pledges this new package of 1.85 billion. >> no congressional oversight

over these funds. we more than money going to this. we need leadership. >> americans could be in for a traveling nightmare. >> freezing cold temperatures are settling in. >> morphs into a bomb cyclone. >> so far so good. if this was tomorrow. >> the plan is to get there without bad weather. >> far and away the most dangerous thing we ever attempted. >> tom cruise taking fans behind the scenes to show how he pulled off the greatest stunt in sinema history. >> motorcycle jump off a cliff into a base jump. ♪ ♪ ♪ all night long i was singing my song ho, ho, ho as you climb along all night long i was singing my song ♪ ho ho ho as he's flying along ♪ ♪ [bells] ♪ [whistling] >> brian: that is amazing to get actual footage of santa and his

sleigh in front of our tree. i have never seen that before. two things stood out about that song. i never heard the oak ridge boys sing a christmas song and they are most likely watching us. they are big fans of this network and this show. it's good. my sense is i don't think they sleep together. the band still stays together. >> like in the same bed? >> is that how you picture it go home to bunk bedroom? >> i'm just saying that let's say they live in separate houses. >> will: theoretically. >> brian: did you hear? >> carley: yeah. the oak ridge boys were on imus allot when i was an assistant. i can attest to the fact that every singling gel one of them is very nice. >> will: not a one rotten apple in the bunch. >> carley: no. >> brian: tough being in a boy band getting early and having boys in your title when you become a man. >> will: i don't think the oak ridge boys were the boy ban.

are ains. >> carley: n snsync. they are boys and they are males. >> carley: there is a little bit of difference there. >> will: headed straight into a ditch right off the bat. >> brian: started high. >> carley: merry christmas. how many days until christmas? three? >> brian: yeah, three. >> carley: in the single digit territory. >> will: makes me nervous whether spending christmas in a hotel. severe weather symptom beginning to pummel the midwest bringing zero visibility in some spots. >> brian: once in a generation storm that could hit almost every state with 150 million americans facing subzero temperatures. >> carley: robert ray joins us live from chicago where today's low is expected to be about minus 5 degrees. robert? >> yeah. good morning. i wish i had better news here from the windy city as you see the lights of michigan avenue

behind me. >> this is all going to change the way this looks in the coming hours. about early afternoon we will start to see snow come in. within a six hour period from about 1:00 p.m. central to 7:00 p.m. the temperatures are going to drop about 30 degrees. and, indeed, the system will begin to come n earnest. but let's take a look at some of the video what we should expect here in chicago and other parts of the midwest. in south dakota, those whiteout conditions, blizzard conditions just an outrageous scene and that is what is expected here in chicago as plus 50 mile-per-hour winds, subzero temperatures with the wind chill looking at about minus 35 degrees at some point. that's going to continue overnight into friday morning. just dangerous temperatures, unfortunately. and, of course, if you are traveling here, just days before christmas if we look at chicago

o'hare international already this morning, 17% of the flights canceled and unbelievable number. that number will likely go up, unfortunately. as the hours go on. and that will look to be in many airports across the midwest and even to the northeast. this could historic as far as power outages as well. the city of chicago warning people to hunker down. this is a dangerous scene. lake shore drive, that famous road that swings around the city, they are expecting waters from lake michigan to be put on to the road because of the winds and they do not want a repeat of 2011 blizzard where dozen of motorists were stranded and had to be rescued by e.m.s. overall, a very serious situation about to ensue. back to you. >> will: all right, robert. thank you so much. >> brian: you can follow this story and the latest weather developments by down loading the fox weather app., if you haven't

yet. do it on all your devices. the g.o.p.'s push to preserve title 42 stalls the massive $1.7 trillion spending package in the senate. >> carley: that's right. the border security 'battle on capitol hill shut down just before christmas. >> will: our man kevin corke joins us live in washington with the latest. good morning, kevin. >> good morning, will, carley and b.k. the move to push title 42 begins here in the nation's capitol. that effort is at least for the time being stalling the massive $1.7 trillion omnibus bill in the senate and, of course, that's all happening as you know with the clock ticking. running down before a possible government shut down. now, this is all happening, i should also point this out on the heels of historic visit to the capitol by ukraine's president zelenskyy as you know came hat in hand asking congressional lawmakers to pony up, if you will, an additional

$45 billion of your taxpayer money to help fund ukraine's defense of its sovereignty in its war against russia. critics argue that's all, of course, while negating defending our own sovereignty along the u.s. southern border. however, more and more. even some congressional democrats are beginning to distance themselves a bit from the white house's border policies. >> take texas' henry cuellar. quote. the u.s., he says, should immediately implement a policy for asylum seekers where they request relief in an orderly pathway. and there should be strong consequences, including removal for those who don't follow proper procedures. let me take you quickly inside the numbers. they are stunning. when you look at what is happening in the el paso sector, 145,000 migrant encounters in fiscal 2023. look at the jump. >> up a whopping 248%. time for talk is over, say community leaders.

now's the time for action. and that means, they say, getting the president down to the border for a firsthand look at the crisis. >> i voted for joe biden. and i'm pleading with him to come down here and illustrate that he cares for the people of south texas. the democrats are going to make a republican out of me. >> wow, strong words indeed and a quick reminder dhs still hasn't released the encounter numbers for the month of november. here we are already late into december. they still haven't given those numbers. a statistical snapshot of unsettling picture for sure. don't forget this is happening as lawmakers continue to push to get the omnibus over the finish line. they are going to be back on the hill, guys, at 8:00 this morning. >> will: thank you, kevin. >> brian: pretty amazing. first off on that address last night i thought zelenskyy i whoever his speech writer we have watched him give' tapped into american history.

spoke english might be third or fourth language. i had no problem with the sweater. i think he is back in ukraine already. and he feels like he is at war. his people have no power. they have no running water. and if he wants to show up in battle and i think he gets it. that's the way he dresses. number two is, i thought he showed appreciation and he is at war. i do believe his message is succinct. he is at the bulwark, it's not necessarily a favor to stop an aggressive russia because russia went into georgia and stayed. they went into crimea and took it. then they wanted to take ukraine and they were stopped, if not he is stone i can't understand lithuania would fall. i did say why one patriot missile battery? it's a defense system. why one? just give him enough to defend themselves. these are innocent people. these are not even battle. this is defending the infrastructure of a city. these are women and children in hospitals. so, it's great to give him sophisticated defense system. 300 days later. why not just give them the

things they need to win and then sit back? >> will: i think that you and i can, should, and have in the past had a deeper conversation about the willingness with which we accept exactly the story that is sold when it comes to ukraine. in fact, you and i, brian, had that conversation on the will cain broadcast. not the depth that it deserves. i'm always a little bit september call when i see such bipartisan adoration meaning how is it, especially in the light of the last couple of years, everyone agrees on this one issue? is it because of the moral clarity or is it because of like so many other stories i'm being played? i want to set that aside for one moment. when you see what you just saw with ukraine or even it $1.7 trillion spending bill, it's impossible not to notice that oh, the united states government can do something when it really needs to do something. it can at the very least throw money at something. and it's hard not to put that against the other story hang in america right now which is the expiration of title 42 and the

absolute chaos at our southern border. so you say wow, look what you can do when you feel it's necessary and look what you don't do when you don't feel it's necessary. and if i might this is what senator mike lee is saying 'those two stories sitting there side by side. $1.7 trillion and how much is going to protect our border? watch. >> this 4,155 page bill, full of democratic priorities. does nothing to protect the border. quite to the contrary it. contains language undermining border security. so i insist that we have at least one amendment, up or down vote on whether to preserve title 42 because title 42 is the one thing standing between us and utter chaos. we already have mostly chaos. this would bring us to utter chaos if it expires which it is about to. all i want is an up or down vote. chuck schumer and the democrats are terrified of an up or down vote. why? because they want absolute pandemonium and chaos on the border. and, they're terrified of this vote because they will lose as

they should lose. and so i'm standing firm. i'm going to demand an up or down vote. if they don't give us the up or down vote, this is going to be very difficult for them and probably will cost them the omnibus. >> carley: what mike is doing is very interesting because there is not a single penny in this whole entire omnibus bill that goes to border security hold on for the united states. there is $410 million to reimburse jordan, lebanon, egypt, to tunisia and oman for their border security which is what you were talking about. the cbp funding the money should only go towards getting people into this country faster. used for processing. what mike lee is doing is saying listen, if you want to pass this bill and get home for the holidays then add title 42 on to it single up or down vote and that will get a lot of republican support. it didn't happen yesterday. now congress is going to open at 8:00 today, chuck schumer says that he's confident he will say that that the bill was pass some

time this morning. but they are really running out of time because then it has to go to the house and the government runs out of money on friday, which is tomorrow. >> brian: yeah. that might interfere with their holiday they need deadlines. >> carley: i know. >> brian: they don't do things anymore through committees and don't go up and debate things and bring it up. now they just throw it all together you don't know what's in it and they don't want you to know. to your point, it actually says in the bill you are prohibited, prohibited from putting money towards any type of barrier and security. but you can give pay raises and more border patrol. nobody wants to be border patrol. nobody wanted the job. the jobs are wide open because you actually insulted them on daily basis by not backing them and letting all hell break loose at the border and basically changing diapers for unaccompanied minors. i will say this. right now in arizona, they do -- agreed to take away the containers to put the wall instead, they will not agree to fill in the gaps in the wall because trump wanted it. how insane is this. >> carley: that's exactly what

this is all about. >> brian: i do think there is a foreign policy and domestic policy and separate budgets for that. this is costly. but i think there is great reason to support this interaction. i have no problem with zelenskyy shutting down tv stations that are pro-russians. that's what he did. there walls a problem with that christian church communicating directly back to russia. that's why he shut it down. and there's no doubt about it. it's not a perfect democracy. but it is an emerging democracy and man can they fight. they are fighting for their own freedom. all they want is ammo. they don't want luxury. i would want to make sure this money is going to the right people. make sure political factions are not robbing from another like the klitschko group doesn't talk to the zelenskyy group. that is an issue. you could do that and force our allies to do something. evidently our allies are still pushing us not to do more, let alone not providing tanks and

material for ukraine. car carcinoma when it comes to the $45 billion in this omnibus bill that would go to ukraine, there is oversight funding in it. i think it's $600 million. >> brian: that's a lot. >> carley: but it's to your point that there will be money in the bill that would allow americans to be confident that the weapons that we're sending over to ukraine are going to the right place. >> brian: that's a lot of money just oversight bill. i was shocked by that. >> will: a lot of money for everything. come up, pro-wrestling legend hacksaw stopped a home intruder at gunpoint. >> tucker, i'm old school wrestling before i go and you might want to do one with me let's go tough guy. ho. [chanting u.s.a.] >> will: epic take down. >> brian: plus, it's already being dubbed the great stunt -- greatest stunt cinema history. how his team pulled it off in

the upcoming mission impossible movie. that's next ♪ i got a feeling ♪ wohoo ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ that tonight's going to be a good, good, good night ♪ a feeling ♪ wohoo ♪ that

>> we're back with some headlines, the graced ftx founder arriving in the united states yesterday, sam bankman freed was handed over to federal authorities in new york after chaotic extradition process in the bahamas. his transfer to u.s. soil comes the same day that his ex-girlfriend and an ftx do founder both pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with to the firm's collapse. caroline ellison served as ceo of the hedge fundamental made da

research and played a key role in the collapse of the crypto exchange. she is now connected with authorities and expected to get a lighter sentence. four-time it super bowl champion rob gronkowski sends fans into a frenzy. i'm kind of bored. five time pro bowl tight end could be on the verge of yet another nfl come back. gronk first retired in 2019 before retiring join teammate tom brady. the tight ends retired again earlier this year after winning a fourth super bowl title. tom cruise taking fans behind the scenes to show how his team pulled off what is known as the greatest stunt in cinema history for mission impossible a dead reckoning part 1.

we have been working on this for years. into a base jump. >> touring during his training cruise performed over 500 sky dives and more than 16,000 motocross jumps. the latest installment of the mission impossible franchise due out next summer. i can't jump out of one plane let alone 500 times. >> brian: wait a second. so there is a rope on his back. a cable on his back? so he goes over and the cable keeps him flying. >> carley: is he stunt man and incredible actor. >> brian: how does he get insurance for this. >> along came paulie how do you get insurance for this guy? >> will: exactly. he put out a video jumped out a helicopter and talking to the camera. did you see that? >> carley: yeah. >> will: you played it on fox. he is consumer calm the entire time. tom cruise, and he has gone from -- you remember the matt lauer moment. i think his approval rating has got to be pretty high.

>> carley: how old is he? >> will: close to 60 wouldn't you guess? >> carley: he looks amazing. brian moist riser. opened up maverick yeah, i'm doing this movie for you. i know you want to see a good move. what is that about? he did give us something to look at. not much story line to maverick. all adrenaline, loud music and planes and shooting. >> will: what are you talking about a story of redemption. his son reconnecting. saving america again. >> brian: goose reconnected with his son? >> tom reconnecting with goose's son. >> brian: that took a little long. we knew where that was going. but i would say this. it was good to see a war movie where america looks good. >> will: yeah. >> brian: not that good. they don't want to make them look too good but we look good. >> carley: tom cruise is 60 years old which is incredible he is flying out of planes.

>> brian: i wish him all the best. >> will: i wonder how old tim duggan is you know him from wwe. he appeared on tucker carlson last night because he has a personal story that just took place where he absolutely owns the moment. he takes down a home intruder with his 44. watch. >> he climbed over the fence, he lost his shoes. broke into the house. thank goodness, tucker, i didn't have a gun when he first came through because i thought he was invasion. i went back to wrestling mode ah. i got him and threw him out of the house. then i grabbed that big 44 magnum. i got this guy spread eagle. i hear people yelling on this dark road. it was a terrifying ordeal. i'm waiting and waiting and waiting which probably wasn't that long. but all of the sudden you see those blue lights flickering like the cavalry coming. i'm old school wrestling before

i go you might want to do one with me let's go tough guy ho! [laughter] [chanting u.s.a.] >> carley: i have never been more jacked up to listen to somebody talk about heir home intrusion. the back story is interesting. he says he lives in a rural community is south carolina and his house is the only one with christmas lights. somebody knocked on the door. it alerted him to the front door and the guy just opens the door and comes into his house because, like i said, rural area. he leaves his door open to let the dogs in and out. he grabs a gun. takes the guy out of the home and then he is waiting for the police to come. his wife is on the phone with 911. she is really scared. and this whole thing is unfolding. and now he was on "fox & friends first" yesterday, too, talking about this. i mean, such an engaging guy. but, also, this is a story of how often how people need to defend themselves in their own homes. he said that it's lucky he

didn't have the gun in his hand when this guy first entered his home because things could have ended up differently. >> brian: the guy might have been dead. think twice before breaking into homes. he broke into two previous homes. >> carley: young girl one of his neighbors that had a restraining orderly against this guy. so he the woman's relatives tackled him. kicked him out of the house. and he was going from home to home trying to break in. >> brian: will, who wins this fight. >> will: that's hawk saw jim duggan there. >> will: do you know if he wins that? it doesn't seem fair that that guy is grabbing him by the back of the neck steve note the great kabuki. who is that? >> brian: this is the tag team here. blackjack mulligan and the blackjacks were the champions during most of my youth. there is not big into tag teams anymore. >> will: you said he is very engaging. there is a thing in wrestling

working the mic. it's a skill almost as much as what can you do in the ring. can you work the mic and get the crowd going. very famously rick flare great at working the mic. you can tell hacksaw jim duggan knew what he was doing last night doing in the ring working the mic. >> carley: smiley and fun. i love him. >> brian: you could work the mic george the animal eat the turn buckle. we have some video of that i would love to see it again. 27 minutes after the hour. come up. officers under siege, over # hundred killed in the line of duty last year. next guest union head who says pandering prosecutors are to blame. he's next. ♪ siness get a payroll tax refund, even if you got ppp and it only takes eight minutes to qualify. i went on their website, uploaded everything, and i was blown away by what they could do. getrefunds.com has helped businesses get over a billion dollars

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o. >> carley: to a fox weather alert. the western u.s. and great plains are being battered by what experts are warning could be a once in a generation winter storm. parts of the country already expecting whiteout conditions. the powerful system is expected to impact nearly every state and cripple christmas travel this weekend. over 1100 u.s. flights have already been canceled today. and nearly 5,000 delayed. adam klotz joins us live with more. adam, what a disaster. >> adam: you are absolutely right, carley. travel is going to be really difficult. even folks staying put are going to be dealing with wild weather. let's begin with that travel forecast. diving right into what we expect for forecast and airport delays

today. mainly in the middle of the country as you are seeing. so heaviest delays there in chicago and back in st. louis this does shift off to the east for friday's forecast and even busier travel day. the worst of that storm has moved up into canada. there still will be delays with it. this is what the storm looks like. heavy snow back off against the plplains. heavy rain east coast soaker for folks. as far as that blizzard goes the warnings are in place from iowa stretching back into the dakotas see whiteout conditions winds up to 50 miles per hour will make very for dangerous driving conditions. of course, the cold is going to be a major part of this story. right now, this morning, feels like negative 45 degrees in bismarck. feels like negative 30 degrees across much of the plains. frigid air only going to get deeper for folks on friday morning. those are your weather headlines, of course download the fox weather app. to continue to track this storm over the next couple of days.

cashly? >> carley: thank you so much. ashley, over to you. >> ashley: start with the latest on idaho and quadruple homicide. stepping up security for spring semester after four students were stabbed to death in a home near campus. the campus will also offer self-defense classes, a stalking awareness course. meanwhile homicide detective ted williams is advising the public not to rush to judgment on the investigation. police say they are tracking down each and every lead and the public may not know just how far along they actually are as threats overseas rage, the marine corps is considering ditching gender specific terms to avoid the risk of misgenderring drill instructors. the military branch is considering guidance from an academic report which recommends instead of saying ma'am or sir, recruits in these service refer to their drill instructors using their ranks or roles followed by their last names. university of pittsburgh report argues that gender neutral

language will bolster female instructors. and existing home sales following in november for the 10th consecutive month. the new data reveal sales dropped by 7.7% last month as elevated mortgage rates send the housing market back to levels not seen since the great recession. experts predict the housing market will continue to be one of the worst hit sectors of the economy. those are your headlines, will. back to you. >> will: misgendering marines. america, let's get our head screwed on straight. police, under siege in the ticbein statistics. 60 officers died. next guest blames pandering prosecutors for antipolice sentiment. bring in patrick national president for the national fraternal order of police. mr. president, patrick, thank you so much for being with us

this morning. let's talk about this horrendous statistic. tell me what you mean by pandering politicians and cynical prosecutors. >> well, what we're doing is looking at real consequences of a revolving door policies emboldening criminals, undermining the rule of law and respect for law enforcement. it's making our jobs and our communities less safe. you know, most violent crime is committed by a small handful of repeat offenders. and when we take them off the street we impact crime. beef criminalizing police, i mean decriminalizing criminals and depolicing police is under the guise of criminal justice reform really at variance with common sense. it's making the communities who need this help the most. it's making them more vulnerable. >> will: i changed up or transposed your specific choice of words. i think your specific choice of words are important. so you said pandering politicians. and cynical prosecutors. let's take on both of those independently. first of all, what do you think is driving politicians who are

emboldening these policies? >> well, look, i think we put things in two categories. i think we went through a path where we have had a lot of discussions in this country about criminal justice reform. but, a threefts failed policies we have seen them take shape and we have reversed course on a number of them. improving the criminal justice system along the way. at the same time what we have not done is reverse course on politicians or prosecutors to who are under the guise of criminal justice reform or depolicing the police at the same time emboldening criminals. and what we are seeing is the results of that. we have seen crime across this country increase. and law enforcement proportionately. one of the worst years we have had for attacks on law enforcement. we have 87 ambush attacks on law enforcement. 31 of them were killed. let's keep in mind, 31 were killed, but they tried to kill 323. this is a very dangerous time for law enforcement. and if they have that little

respect for law enforcement, where does our community stand? >> will: no doubt. so the role of the pandering politician in that is to continue to villainize as they have for years law enforcement. and as you point out, there has been no reversal of course on those politicians still holding office, and then finally there's the prosecutors. because you mentioned there is a revolving door and small population of criminals who continue to perpetuate this crime and violence. now we are talking about policies by these prosecutors that continue to put these guys back on the street. >> yeah. look. there's no question. ask anyone who has been in law enforcement for any period of time and they will tell you that a large percentage of the crime is committed by repeat offenders, violent crime by repeat offenders. what we have done is stopped taking them off the street and putting them back on the street where they can continue to do the carnage in communities and tear tries their own communities. >> will: yeah. 323 officers shot in the line of duty. there's a price to pay for all of this pandering. all right.

pat democratic yoes. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> will: the u.s. sending patriot defense missiles to ukraine after zelenskyy's historic visit to the white house. general jack keane on how this will impact russia's invasion. plus, job hunters have high hopes. setting a new record in salary expectations before taking that new position. personal finance expert dan roccato will crunch the numbers next. ♪ ♪your w when they got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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>> carley: a new federal reserve survey revealing the average u.s. worker won't take anything less than nearly $74,000. that is up for man $700 since july as inflation continues to hit cash-strapped americans. dan roccato is a professor

university of chicago and he joins us now. do the math $35 an hour that is the minimum or average americans will accept per hour, which is a lot of money. so why is this happening? are people being picky? is this inflation? what's going on here. >> good morning, carley. thanks for having me. where too i sign up for that job by the way? submit my application. listen, there's something called a reserve wage. that's the wage that americans say that they are willing to work for. willing to take a job for. but there's also, you know, a reality wage. and that's about 60 grand. that's actually the average wage that americans will take the job for versus what they think they should. as you said it's because of a couple things. number one, inflation. we have had 19 months, carley of inflation over 5%. do you remember they told us this was going to be temporary by the way. so, it's my -- need to understand why you and i and some of our fellow workers are feeling pinched. 48% of young adults are living with mom and dad.

living in the basement. drinking dad's beer and having mom do their laundry. that's not good. we need to get them out working. listen, you have heard me say this before, carley. america works when americans work and right now not enough of us are out there working. >> carley: i see walking around new york city i see so many, you know, we're willing to hire science. we need worker signs when it comes to the restaurant industry that's probably because they are not paying enough? >> so it's an interesting story. they are paying more than they paid ever before. wages are up but they still can't attract these workers. and in large part it's because workers still aren't feeling the pinch; in other words, they got this inflation problem out there but maybe living with mom and dad. maybe they have got some savings still from the pandemic. the generous benefits that we have had so they are still not ready to go out there and put food on the table no matter what, but at some point, carley, with the economy the way it is right now, some of those workers get drawn back in and if accept

reality and accept those jobs. >> carley: dan, it's the most wonderful time of the year. also the most expensive. people are buying a lot of gifts right now and credit card debt is getting more expensive. what can people do if they spend too much this christmas season? >> have you done your shopping by the way? >> carley: oh, i'm done. i'm all wrapped up ready to go. >> good job. so a couple of ideas. first, of the average balance right now for ciewrmings is about 6500 bucks. and with record interest rates on their credit cards, it's really expensive. so, let's focus on a few key things. number one prioritize the card with the highest rate first. studies show when you and i tackle that card with the highest rate, it then makes it easier to tackle the ones that come after. how about this? a brother percent strategy. if you have got decent credit. open a new credit card. i know that sounds dangerous. a new credit card. 0% rate. still get them out there maybe for say 18 month. that will allow you to pay down the balance after you transfer even fast herb. how much a cash diet. so many americans in americans

two weeks go on a diet. cash diet. they still make this stuff, carley. by using it consumers actually spend less. put yourself on a cash diet. and, finally, request a lower rate. you can actually call your credit card company and say you know what? i'm a good customer. how about a lower rate on my existing cashed. if they want to keep you, they will. >> carley: i like using cash. sometimes when you have a credit card it feels like fake money and comes back to bite you. if you are paying in cash it's the real deal. thank you so much for joining us appreciate it? >> thanks, carley. take care. >> carley: the great tony robbins will join us this morning. first, get your popcorn ready the long awaited "avatar" sequel is out and raked in nearly $400 million around the globe. we will tell you if it is worth your money and time coming up next. ♪ my my oh my ♪ kindly will you reply ♪ is that you santa claus?

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>> ashley: back with quick sports headlines, the new jersey devils snap six game losing

streak thanks -- period, come back against the florida panthers. >> the point for seeingen that you recall tip scores. he got a piece of it on the way by. >> new jersey once again tied for the metropolitan lead thanks in part to the two goal effort in last night's win. now to baseball. new details emerging about star infielder carlos' stunning deal with the new york mets. >> the san francisco giants backed out hours before they were set to officially welcome him to the team. can a rare are a's agent scott boris then text the worked out r $315 million contract adding to the spending spree. back to you. >> carley: thank you.

>> brian: at the last minute there was a problem with his physical and in come the mets to go steal him away. >> will: yeah. 12 years, 300 plus million dollars. >> brian: how do you live on that? a lot goes to taxes. >> will: you tell us. >> carley: should we talk about movies? because tis the season for new movies that you watch this christmas weekend including "avatar" the way of water. >> humans are returning. they are hunting us. >> what happens our plan? >> this is our home. this is our family. this is our fortress. >> this is where we make our stand. >> will: wow. >> carley: so is the new "avatar" living up to the hype and what other films should you view? >> will: let's ask movie critic kevin mccarthy. good morning to you, i have one son gone to the theater and "avatar" 2 he didn't see "avatar" 1 how does it hold up. >> good morning to all of you.

merry christmas, this is an honor to be on talking about movies. movies are back. obviously the box office has been incredible with top gun maverick and as you mentioned before going to break with "avatar" the way of water has already made $555 million in its first six days at the box office. i did not necessarily love the first "avatar." this one is a massive improvement in terms of visual and emotional elm persian. the first one was more of a technical marvel less on the story. to me this time the characters have kids. it actually makes it extremely relatable. also james cammeron changed my life when i was 8 years old. terminator 2 judgment day was the film that really awoken this idea of how much i love film-making and wanted to know how movies were made. and i felt like that same kid again watching this movie because of the technology. he has always pushed technology. you go back to the abyss, aliens, obviously terminator 2. true lies, titanic. he is one of the greatest

filmmakers of all time. this one, in particular, is the reason why you go to the movies. this some of the most immersive 3-d i have ever seen in my life and not 3-d that pops out at you the 3-d depth the of feel you can see into the screen. >>this is a little nerdy i will keep this quick. when you are watching the film, pretty much everything you are seeing when you are seeing these characters under water or out of water are done by real performances by actors wearing performance capture suits and then the dots on those suits are able to create a cgi character you see on screen which is why the facial expressions are so realistic. the underwater sequences are absolutely mind blowing. kate winslet learned who hold her breath for 7 minutes and 14 seconds while preparing for this film? >> will: seven minutes? >> brian: going to lose brain cells. >> i'm telling you james cammeron is pushing limits. this is one of the most incredible cinematic experiences you will ever have.

i gave it 4.5 out of 5. >> carley: thumbs up from you on "avatar." also a movie called babylon and we have a little bit of the trailer. watch this. >> yep. >> if you can go anywhere in the whole world where would you go. >> i always wanted to be part of something bigger. >> let's go you know when i first the signs on all the doors red? no actors or dogs allowed. i changed that. >> carley: what do you think? >> i love this movie so damion directed this who did la la land and whiplash and first man. this is about the 1920s the era of film making silent era to the talkies. how actors adjusted that. it is rated r. insanely deborn russ. a lot of things happening in this film brad pitt and -- delivered two of the it's not a

family film it is coming out on christmas and it's incredible. i absolutely loved it. the music is amazing. cinematography. shot on glorious 35-millimeter film and insane experience in the movie. >> brian: safe to say movies in the theater are not dead. you are not a streaming guy. you are a theater guy? >> oh, i will always be a theater guy but like, for example there is a great streaming option right now called spirited with ryan ren nadal and will farrell on apple tv plus a take on the christmas carol charles dickens that's great family oriented film another movie in theaters called the whale. i believe we were going to talk about that one as brendon frazier this is his comeback role he plays a character who is severely overweight. >> will: got to leave it right there, kevin. up against a hard commercial break. the whale, babylon, "avatar" 2. appreciate the reviews with yout more "fox & friends" coming up.

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