♪ ♪ >> at least five people are dead in a once in a generation winter storm. speak of more than 12,000 flight delays and cancellations creating a nightmare at the airport. >> actually contemplated driving. >> former crypto ceo back in the united states, they released him on $250 million bond. >> ordered to live with his parents. >> if he flees, it could be $10 trillion. nobody is putting up that money. >> migrant encounter since september 1st hitting more than

575,000. >> waiting for the administration to release the latest numbers. he doesn't understand what's going on at the border. he's never been to the border. >> $1.7 trillion spending bill. on his way to the house. the senate approved the measure and raced to get it pushed through. >> before christmas, that's not the right way to run the government. >> after one neighbor thought she saw some lewd behavior. >> collect, please. >> it was this cousin eddie-inspired mannequin. ♪ ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ ♪ you better watch out ♪ >> will: good morning. welcome to "fox & friends" on this third and final hour of the day before christmas eve. as carley described it. christmas eve to christmas eve. >> carley: yeah, christmas eve

eve. if you have one of those chalkboards, you only have one more day the scratch off. you know what i'm talking about? >> brian: and we will walk by a couple of gifts that would have worked for christmas. he thinks he can get them when he comes home to texas. >> carley: saks fifth avenue. steel and i knew in real time that i was making a mistake. you have to strike. >> brian: but you have to also understand what i'm going through. >> will: what? >> brian: my wife has a boutique, so any type of clothing purchase, i've been told by my children i should not be picking out jewelry. >> carley: so what's left? >> will: shoes? >> brian: i don't know, eye black? some type of uniform? >> will: a bike? >> brian: you should never get exercise equipment for someone. >> will: peloton. >> carley: that is a great gift. >> will: you can get them on good discount now. >> carley: i would love a peloton.

>> will: get them on facebook marketplace or whatever. >> carley: does your wife use it? >> will: yes, but she goes through phases. >> carley: that the thing, you get excited about it, use it for three weeks consistently, then it collects dust. >> brian: i got the mirror for my life last year, it went over big. but i have used more this year because one of our producers, he's not that good -- i'm kidding, he's great. but you do go through phases. you want to stop looking at yourself. >> carley: that's why tony robinson is so important. he motivates people to stick with their new year's resolutions. that was a guest we had on yesterday. just last block we had the united through reading ceo, tim farrell, on. he gave all of us this book, "make your bed with skipper of the seal." i'll be reading this to my baby when he is born. and he also said during the break, and wanted to make the special announcement, united

through reading has had a milestone. they collected 3 million families. that is so important. service members who are overseas this time of year, they don't get to see their kids and this is one way where they can at least share a story with them. >> will: we can help as well at unitedthroughreading.org. >> brian: is also a great message, get up and started publishing things. that's why the first thing you do is make your bed. we begin with a fox weather alert. it's a nightmare before christmas as a deadly once-in-a-storm impacts almost every state in the union. mountains of snow, granting travel to a halt just days before christmas. >> carley: 16,000 flight delays and cancellations create in chaos at airports large and small. six states already declaring a state of emergency as they braced for more life-threatening winter weather. >> will: 11 million people across the northern plains now experiencing blizzard conditions with near zero for his visibility and winds up to

80 miles an hour. live team coverage on this unprecedented storm this morning. robert ray is live on chicago fully begin with fox weather multimedia's mitti hicks. >> carley: you poor thing! >> good morning, guys. you can absolutely feel it. if it's one thing about the people here in minnesota, when it comes to winter, they are pretty tough. but when you walk outside, this is the kind of weather that just humbles you. it punches him in the face. as you just mentioned, it is currently negative 11 degrees. but when you factor in that windchill it feels like negative 30 degrees, and there are some areas here in the twin cities that will feel more like negative 40 degrees today. if you hear those numbers and you're saying to yourself, that's exactly what it feels like outside. they are urging people to stay off the roads today and it's mainly because we have several

winter weather advisories across the region. but the two most concerning is the blizzard warning and the windchill warning we are currently under. that means when you walk outside you can get frostbite in a matter of minutes if you have exposed skin. unfortunately for today we might not have much relief. it may not get over 0 degrees, i'm told, but we should see temperatures warming up throughout the weekend. christmas eve, we will get up to 4 degrees, and christmas day we should get up to 7 degrees. when you consider negative 11, that maybe a heat wave, guys. >> brian: think about this, the vikings used to play outdoors and always made the playoffs. and the allen page days. >> carley: is that supposed to make her feel better? >> will: all she is thinking is "stop talking so i can go back in the van." pt i genuinely love your scarf. you look beautiful! our hearts go out to you. >> will: it almost covers her entire face to get back in the

van! we will turn to robert ray at a balmy negative seven in chicago. robert, he got the better assignment between you and mitti hicks. >> yes, i feel privileged to have the better assignment, just to the south of minneapolis here in chi-town. negative seven, negative eight. merry christmas from the windy city, and you can see the snow on the ground here. it's fluffy. they didn't get a ton, because that's really not the story. the story is the temperatures in the winds. the bike path is cleared, you can see the roads looking pretty good this morning. but with the windchill, and we look at some of this video from last night of the snow coming in. with the windchill, negative 35 degrees here. we may not hit zero today as buses are going by and vehicles are dropping off goods. commuters trying to make it around last night. doing last-minute shopping. trying to be in the holiday spirit is much as they can and

in doing this unbelievable scenario. then, guys, if we look at the travel nightmare that is ensuing across the country, let me pulll up that full-screen here. the delays on the cancellations all around america. look at this, total delays right now approaching 10,000. cancellations just today approaching 6,000. and total cancellations within, into, or out of the u.s., well over 3,000. we look at o'hare international airport, and they are starting to see some major problems there. over 140 flights canceled and 15 flight delayed. i've got to take those delays and the flights are going to be even more than that. and back here live on the streets of chi-town, where i originally hailed from, i have to say, they've got a weekend ahead where it's going to be vey

low temperatures with windchill that is terrible, but that's nothing compared right now to what's happening over by you guys. rockaway beach in new york in the new york metro area. jeez, the system creating coastal flooding and some of the streets are being inundated by the water as people wake up and try to make their way to work, or perhaps last-minute shopping. we remember during super storm sandy, years ago, that area flooded terribly. we hope you don't see scenarios like that. it keeps tallying up. 750,000 people in 20 states right now in the u.s. are out of power. that's not good. and to think, there are parts of the country of greenland right now, parts of greenland that are warmer than chicago and minneapolis. unbelievable system, guys. >> brian: right, and we could have bought greenland. trump wanted to buy it.

that would expand the weather app. we would have to have somebody in greenland. >> carley: to stay updated on the intensifying winter storm, download the fox weather app or stream fox weather our new favorite connected tv device. >> brian: it did rain a lot last night but it was 55 degrees coming in. i expected it to be cold, now it's gradually getting colder. >> carley: but it's dropping by the minute. we woke up, it was 57. i think by tonight it's going to be what, 12 or something like that? >> will: meanwhile, sbf out on bond. at $250 million bond as we learned in our previous segment with cara frederick from heritage. it's not real, no one had to pay any significant amount of money. in fact, they put their home up and if you other guarantors. and sam bankman-fried is out. >> brian: they say the parents house is roughly worth that, and he might have bought it with the funds, they may space not be working for their son who has a possibly being the biggest

criminal of a generation. so if you think about this, $10 million was the bail for madoff. i had forgotten that he was on house arrest. $10 million. this guy, $250 million. it's a bond on his parents house. he gets sentenced, but he gets his bail in new york. out to california where he gets to spend christmas, but he's already got the cofounder and the former girlfriend who is head of alameda pleading guilty, looking to cut a deal right away. >> carley: that's right. >> brian: so he is screwed, you would think. >> carley: yeah, this is not going to be a very festive holiday season for him, by the way. some very interesting thoughts on the bail portion of what's going on with sbf right now. listen to this. >> the whole thing is a smoke screen, an optical illusion. why did they do it? because it makes the prosecutors look good. it makes them look like they are being tough, making the highest possible bond in american

history. guess what? if he flees, it could have been $10 trillion. nobody is putting up that money. the whole thing is a story of smoke screens, from the due-good smoke screen of sbf and the altruism and the scores, they are pretending like they are participating in the modern charles dickens novel where everyone is a caricature of themselves playing their own role, and this was all about the prosecutors puffing their test at something that was an optical illusion all the way down. >> carley: can you imagine if he does flee? is under house arrest, he's got an ankle monitor, he's at his parents house. what do you think it? one of the factors as he was in the bahamas where he could have left to a country without extradition, and he didn't. >> brian: he was in that rancid prison. >> will: is an optical illusion. sbf raised all this money through the optical illusion of -- which they call it? no, no, no. it was due-gooderrism.

affect of altruism is what they called it. he was going to give away everything he made. that's why he sold to potential investors. he called it a fact of altruism. it was all fake, because he was going to and did back to the money for luxury houses and things like that, but also donations to democratic politicians. now you have prosecutors doing the similar virtue signal, when it's actually not tough, and he gets out. nancy pelosi had this amazing moment when she said -- he is praising the press. i want you to listen to this really quickly from nancy nancy pelosi. >> this is my final weekly press conference and some of you have been covering congress for a long time. all of you are guardians of democracy. you have heard me say again and again, freedom of the press will

be the one that protects and defends all the other freedoms. >> will: here's what i think these are connected. guardians of democracy. democrats have said anything that basically opposes democratic platforms are a threat to democracy. the job of freedom of speech and, by extension, the press, is to poke through those verity signals in the optical illusion, through the smoke screen, and get to the truth. people like nancy pelosi and much of the press have been telling the truth "misinformation." you tend to look into a guy like sbf, you are guilty of misinformation. >> carley: and we learned that firsthand with this dump of twitter files, because we are seeing a lot of what twitter was doing at the behest of even the fbi, saying that all of this stuff is misinformation just because it went against their own political perspective. that's not misinformation, that's just calling you disagreeable. >> will: the press runs interference for that. >> brian: we are about to get

the misinformation of covid all turned on its head because the facts change. alternative facts. lastly on sbf, they say he's not going to go to trial. if he goes to trial, it's over for him. but we will find out if he really needs to set up a risk investment, a risk analysis. did he intentionally take that money and buy expensive real estate, take a million for mr. wonderful on shark tank and pretend he's investing it? we will find out the intent because he was painted for the last month to someone who "forgot to set up some guardrails." "i'll fix it." we'll find out behind the scenes if he really knew what he was doing and if you knew the risk of what was going to happen. >> carley: what is his future look like, face 110 years in prison? even if he cut the deal, what does that look like? 20 years is a long time. >> will: let's head over to ashley strohmier for additional headlines. >> ashley: good morning. beginning with a very shocking unprovoked attack on the chicago subway platform. the footage we are going to show you is graphic.

the surveillance video shows a man kicking a woman onto the tracks moments before a train speeds into the station. the victim flips headfirst under the tracks. luckily she was able to get up and get to safety, but after learning her attacker has a very long rap sheet, the victim is demanding to know, "why is he out still doing this to people he met" the suspect is charged with attempted murder and is being held without bail. and the u.s. census bureau reporting that florida once again is the fastest growing states in the nation. the sunshine state hitting that milestone for the first time in to my increasing the population by 1.9% since 2021. florida's population has grown each year since 1946. saw explosive growth during the covered pandemic as other states and fomented lockdowns. everyone loves holiday music, and in the spirit of christmas we are going to explore our state's favorite christmas songs. we will start with carley's in the north. her home state of new jersey,

the most popular song is "underneath the tree." carley likes it. >> carley: this is kelly clarkson, right? >> ashley: i have no idea. >> carley: it is. i love that song! >> ashley: bryan's home state new york -- >> will: it's not this one. they jumped the gun. >> ashley: this is will's in texas, "feliz navidad." at adam's home state of indiana says "it's the most wonderful time of the year." >> will: big flourish. >> ashley: i know. ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ >> carley: what about your state? >> ashley: finally, in my home state of missouri, "santa baby." but i think this is the worst one. i don't know, it's just kind of annoying to me. >> brian: it's sort of alluring. >> carley: it's provocative. >> ashley: it is.

>> will: do you think she's a gold digger? [laughter] just listen to her list of demands. >> carley: and she wants him to trim her christmas tree? just do everything for her. all right, lady. relax. >> bwhat was your favorite chris song? did we get to it? >> brian: new jersey and new york was the same. >> ashley: i wasn't good on the cues they are, sorry. [laughs] >> brian: janice is the one with vh1 experience. she was a d.j. >> will: a vj. >> carley: are you serious? huh. the many lives of janice dean. >> brian: we just took it from her. she never tossed it to us. stealing you the veteran here. >> brian: still ahead, the biden administration has still not released november border crossing numbers and we are into december. what could be the hold up? griff jenkins has new numbers to report.

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>> brian: border patrol sources have revealed to fox that this fiscal year the account has topped half a million, while the white house still has not officially released the latest numbers for november. why is that cannot griff jenkins broke the news this morning, and here he is with mark. griff? >> hey, brian. these numbers are jaw-dropping. consider this, and just the past 84 days in the new fiscal year began on october 1st with title 42 in mind, by the way,

border patrol hasn't had a more than 575,000 migrants. you see it here, of which nearly 170,000 were expelled under title 42. more than 397,000 were released. that's almost 400,000. if you look just at the el paso sector alone, we keep seeing these images of massive groups pouring across the border despite the frigid temperatures. they surpassed 150,000 encounters yesterday in just that sector. this is an extended crisis trajectory. look back at last year's record numbers, the first three months combined was roughly 518,000. finally, the number that bears out the real humanitarian tragedy of this crisis is there have been 86 migrant deaths so far this fiscal year. that's two more than the number of days it has been since october 1st. president biden, who reportedly got so angry behind closed doors

as the crisis began in 2021, he was cursing to aids. he had little to say about it at the white house yesterday, refusing to answer our peter doocy's question. watch. >> [inaudible question] stick it with the prospect of title 42 possibly lifting soon and the already out-of-control situation at the border, incoming house majority leader steve scalise is worried the latest spending bill doesn't do enough to address this, and they had this to say to you guys in the last hour. speak of this on the bus coming up today makes it harder to secure our border. no new funding for our border patrol agents, but they give money to foreign countries to secure their border. >> it is worth noting, cbp has yet to release the official november border numbers, 23 days into december. brian? >> brian: thanks so much, griff pay joining us with reaction to those very stats is the president of the national border patrol counsel, brandon judd. how unusual is it that we don't

have november numbers? >> it's all political. everything was it administration does has a political calculus. they didn't want to release the numbers because they knew the on the bus was coming up. if they would have released the numbers come he would have seen a larger push to get border security funding in that omnibus. that's what this demonstration does. they don't care about the american people, they care about politics. >> brian: what are the provisions for border patrol? >> there is none. let me take that back, there's a small hiring of 300 agents, but that doesn't matter, because he can't meet our hiring quota. last year we weren't able to meet the 1700 agents that we were supposed to hire. we hired about 200 less than that. so we can't even meet that quota as it is. that law enforcement across the board, throughout the entire nation. again, he comes back to politics. >> brian: it comes back to the politics, and the president of the united states losing his temper about the border? i can't even fathom that, because he did all this. he undid everything trumpeted.

he proved that when he said remain in venezuela was a program, its optimum coming in. 90% of them were stopped in mexico. so he knows what works. >> he does. what's really funny about that is, when we started sending venezuelans back to mexico under title 42, all that happened is the cartels replaced those venezuelans with the end of the population being released into the united states. these cartels are very adept at what they do. they know how to make money, they know what our policies are, and unless this administration actually steps to the plate to give us the proper policies and programs, these cartels are going to continue to generate a record profit. what that means is more united states citizens are going to die by fentanyl overdose, more migrants are going to die from crossing the rio grande river or in the deserts of arizona. all of this is bad, but this is administration doesn't care. that's why biden turns his back on peter doocy and walks away when a very pertinent question gets asked. >> brian: right, it must be

frustrating. 15 seconds, would you be part of a discussion when they talk about securing the border? if they were serious, would they call you in as union head? >> i have spoken with secretary mayorkas on multiple occasions. i won't speak to many more because there's nothing we will do about this. >> brian: unbelievable. brandon judd, thank you so much. still ahead, and massive storm wreaking havoc just two days before christmas. adam klotz will track it. plus, the deep-freeze could cost even more because of rising oil prices. it's going to impact your heating bill. we'll show you how.

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>> will: we are back with a fox weather alert. at least five people are dead as a once-in-a-generation winter storm intact nearly every state in the nation. granting travel to a halt just days before christmas. 11 million people across the northern plains now exchanging blizzard-like conditions. let's check in with adam klotz with our fox weather forecast. >> good morning. absolutely insane temperatures across the country, dipping deep down into the south spots, negative zero. that's a field-like temperature from atlanta stretching all the way across portions of texas early this morning. the coldest numbers out there, negative 30s, 40s, even some negative 50's. it's an absolutely frigid. where is the big storm system we've been tracking?

it is still on the move. if you're out in front of where the cold areas, this is been a so good for you. the heaviest rain continuing to lift into interior new england. on the backside of the system it continues to be nothing but big heavy snowfall. cleveland is still seeing it, pittsburgh, detroit. we are watching this still drift off towards the east. if you haven't seen that cold air yet, it is still going to come. winds and winter weather alerts continue to be high after the west of the system. 50 miles an hour. any snow on the ground is still going to be drifting, still going to lower visibility and make driving dangerous for the rest of the day. i do want to leave you with, maybe you felt like you live in new york city or anywhere along the east coast and you been dodging this really cold air. it's coming. it is about to change this afternoon by tomorrow morning. you wake up in the temperatures will be down in the teens or single digits. cold air is still on the way. those are your weather headlines. back to you. >> will: frozen solid coast-to-coast. thanks, adam. those frigid temperatures are

leading to bitter electric bills, as well. jumping up $2 a barrel head of the holiday weekend are the oil prices. here to break it down, fox business contributor phil flynn. i'm looking at the futures up over $2 a barrel in most cases. what does it mean for people at home as they buckle down for this freeze? >> they better buckle down their wallet, because they are going to be shelling out more money because of the storm. pretty much across the country, when you look at the cold temperatures we are seeing, it is increasing the demand dramatically. this is what happens when you get these record cold snaps. this comes at a time where supplies are already below average for heating fuels, just about in ma every major categor. you see the prices go up. when it gets cold, not only does it affect demand, it could affect production. when it gets too cold, pipelines start to freeze, and oil producers -- it's that perfect winter storm that really creates

a bomb cyclone in your wallet. >> will: sale, a problem in terms of expense is indeed a problem. the more immediate problem, what you begin to highlight right there, the freezing of pipelines and of supply as demand skyrockets. i'm from texas and i think everyone in the nation are members the story from two years ago at that electrical grid couldn't keep up with the freeze. here's what we see so far this morning, by the way. georgia is up over 100,000 power outages. connecticut, 100,000. north carolina, 91,000. texas, again, 82,000. those are the numbers we saw yet from two years ago. is this a concern for you as you look into the next couple of days, people not being able to turn the light in the heat on? >> i really am, will. if you have a shortsighted energy policy, instead of investing in traditional fuels that keep us warm that are reliable, we move to these unreliable sources like wind and solar. they are the first to fail in

this type of the situation. when we don't build pipelines, when we don't invest in our infrastructure, we are more susceptible to these power outages. and it really shouldn't be happening. this is america, we should be investing in things that work, not things that are theoretical. >> will: it's not theoretical right now. it's happening in reality for everyone. thanks for joining us this morning and highlighting this problem. actually, over to you. >> ashley: we will start with this, internal emails or the railing and plays at tiktok's parent company were accessing private data through user accounts including members of the media. this track multiple journalists covering the company and properly stomach improperly gaining access to their ip addresses and user data. a spokesperson for tiktok says they condemned this incident, which was a direct violation of the company code of conduct, and all employees involved are no longer with the company. and it was jolly old saint nick

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♪ ♪ >> carley: listen to this list, a hiking trail named after michelle obama, a hip-hop museum in the bronx, the covid-19 american history project, and border security in the middle east. >> will: those are just some of the initiatives inside the $1.7 trillion spending bill, which the senate just passed with the help of the few republicans. it hits the house this morning. >> brian: senator marsha blackburn was not one of them and she's up early to tell us why. senator, he did not sign off on this. why did you not get on the omnibus bus? >> [laughs] brian, this is too much spending for me. look how much they've already spent. when you look at cares, the inflation reduction act, the infrastructure bill that wasn't about infrastructure, and now they want to do this with another $1.7 trillion? of the american people deserve

better than this. you mentioned the money that was going to four countries in the middle east to secure their border, but then the language in this bill disallows our border patrol to use their funding to secure the border, to use it to mitigate some of the issues but not to build the wall, not to secure the border. >> will: senator, we understand why you voted against it. liked 18 of your colleagues on the republican side of the i'll vote for this bill? >> that's a good question to ask them. i know tennesseans expects me to go to d.c. and do my best to reduce what the federal government is spending. think about it like this, this is what washington, d.c., sees as a gift for the american people, driving up inflation, doing nothing to address illegal immigration, do nothing to address the drug crisis, crime

in the streets. but when it comes to special interests and pet projects, they've got plenty of money. >> carley: this process of waiting until the 11th hour to pass a massive bill that nobody has time to read is not good, but it also seems there's no motivation to change that on either side of the aisle. is that because it benefits the party in power? there's a time when this benefits republicans and a time when it benefits democrats, as well. >> there are some of us, and we need more conservatives up there to say, let's freeze federal spending, hiring, and salaries, and begin to get this under control. let's focus on the things the american people are focused on, like illegal immigration, and what we have happening in tennessee. what we see happening with crime, what we see happening with inflation. the price of groceries, the price at the pump. those are the issues that people want to see addressed, and as i

was flying home last night, talking to people, they were going, "why are we doing this? inflation is killing us." and it is affecting families' budgets, and all of this government spending is happening right here, right at christmas, and it shows you what washington, d.c., thinks of the american people. >> brian: right. senator, real quick, this year coming up with a budget is not going to be addressed once this passes the house until september of this year. what could you do in the clear minority in the senate? how do you plan on approaching it? >> yes, brian. one of the things we will do, we will do the authorization hearings, the budget hearings, for the various departments that are coming before us without committees. like the department of justice,

commerce, those different departments. what we will do is begin to review how they are spending their funds. many things we disagree with. you can look at homeland security. tennesseans have a big disagreement with them right n now. but also, what we are going to have to do is a better job of driving our message that we have to change the way we do budgeting. and we have to make certain that we freeze federal spending and begin to work this back down. and i'm going to renew my efforts for a balanced budget amendment. >> brian: it's going to be tough with 51-49. thank you so much. have a great christmas. don't go anywhere, our all-american concert series continues next, with rod and rose. ♪ ♪ what if there was a community of like minded

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rose falcon aren't just husband and wife, they are country music duo rod and rose, now they are bringing country to cousins with their singles, "mary had a little lamb" and "christmas hallelujah." they are here now. rod and rose, you sound amazing together. what is it like performing together as husband and wife? >> i personally love it. i've got my best friend here on stage, and actually the first place they ever performed together was at "fox & friends." >> carley: are you kidding me? when was that? >> back in 2012, i think. >> it was maybe a summer concert. >> carley: where you already married when that happened? >> i was just singing backup for rod. we were dating. >> carley: are you saying your love story started on "fox & friends"? this is breaking news! that's amazing. now you have formed your own country music duo, rod and rose, and singing christmas music. it has to be special to sing christmas songs. >> it is.

especially about jesus because that is so important to us. >> carley: and you have two little ones. what is christmas like in your household? >> it's a blast. it's fun. it's all about the kids. it's crazy, it's magic right now. we have a lot of f with it, with the little elf on the shelf. it's a blast. he makes christmas super special. >> carley: that's what it's all about. the kids, jesus, singing. i'm guessing your house is filled with music come as well. you have an ep out available for purchase, and you are singing christmas music. what song are you going to be singing for us today? >> it's called "mary had a little lamb, the christmas edition. >> carley: thank you for joining us. we are so excited to hear you. take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪ there was no room, only a

manger ♪ ♪ nothing but hay for a bed ♪ ♪ that's where she laid down his head ♪ ♪ no sleigh bells ringing ♪ ♪ no decorations ♪ ♪ just a mother and child ♪ ♪ so tender and mild ♪ ♪ that holy night in bethlehem ♪ ♪ all the angels sang ♪ ♪ mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ and jesus was his name ♪ ♪ that newborn baby ♪ ♪ our precious savior ♪ ♪ ♪ would someday wear a crown of

thorns ♪ ♪ we're redeemed 'cause he was born ♪ ♪ that holy night in bethlehem ♪ ♪ all the angels sang ♪ ♪ mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ and jesus was his name ♪ ♪ jesus, jesus ♪ ♪ that holy night in bethlehem ♪ ♪ all the angels sang ♪ ♪ mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ and jesus was his name ♪

♪ that holy night in the bethlehem ♪ ♪ the prince of peace, the great i am ♪ ♪ all the angels sang ♪ ♪ from the line of abraham ♪ ♪ mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ oh mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ and jesus was his name ♪ ♪ jesus was his name ♪ [cheers and applause] you get advice like... just stop. go for a run. go for ten runs. run a marathon. instead, start small with nicorette, which will lead to something big.

♪ >> that's rod and rose. you will hear them in weekend

called "christmas hallelujah" >> later on carley has more to say. she will be joining me on radio from 9:00 to noon. >> a different type of music. a theater of the radio ear. >> i'll have a band. all right, carley, great working with you. will, see you later. he just left. >> bye, everybody, merry christmas. >> why doesn't will answer us? >> julie: new border apprehension numbers, migrants continue to enter the country illegally. conditions for communities and authorities rapidly getting worse by the day. i'm julie banderas. bill and dana have some time off. >> i'm rich edson. this is "america's newsroom." vast majority of them still in the country. this with title 42s future hanging in the