>> alicia: fox weather alert on the deadly storms causing major headaches. all that snow snarling traffic, smashinging road rescues and even trapping first responders while also creating a nightmare at our nation's airports. welcome back to fox news live on this day after christmas, i'm alicia acuna. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. the damage has been done. this storm leaving behind massive snowdrifts and thousands of homes and businesses without power. according to the associated press the storm is blamed for at least 48 deaths nationwide and that number is expected to rise. also thousands of flight delays

and cancellations at airports across the country just as folks are trying to get home from the holidays. charles watson is live at the airport in atlanta. charles, you know, i don't know, was it one hour or two hours ago you were giving an offering the workers there a round of applause. did you go and shake their hands? i hope so. >> i haven't gotten around to that just yet. i will in just a short time. it is absolutely packed here at the atlanta airport. this is a taste of what we're seeing, long lines like this. folks have been lined up at these delta counters trying to check in and drop their bags off so they can make it onto their flights. with the massive crowds and the weather delays not only are these folks in for a busy day but they could be in for a miserable day. that is possibly the outlook at airports across the country. thousands are still facing

flight delays and cancellations as airline disruptions continue to build in large part due to the deadly arctic blast that put the freeze on most of the country. it is at least partially responsible for 42 storm-related deaths nationwide. there are more than 2700 delays and nearly 1700 flights have been canceled. newark liberty international, jfk, chicago o'hare and baltimore are feeling it the most. maybe not more than travelers who never made it home for the holidays. >> southwest website crashed. the ticket agents, their system crashed while we were at the airport. and then we couldn't get any reception at the actual airport. it was just complete chaos. so i was able to book a room. we stayed overnight and ended up

spending christmas in denver. >> tough go all over the place. buffalo, new york, officials say the airport there will now remain closed until tuesday. planes were grounded and the airport was closed friday after white-out conditions made it too dangerous for anyone to go anywhere. officials are urging people to stay off the roads as that city digs out of more than 40 inches of snow. it could be a life-saving decision. the arctic blast is responsible for at least eight people who were involved in -- eight deaths for people involved in icy crashes in places like ohio, missouri, kansas as conditions continue to deteriorate last week. back here live at the atlanta airport, the good news for some of these folks is that the lines seem to be shortening up some. folks are getting through pretty quickly. but again, it looks like it will

be a busy day for folks and we just checked a few moments ago. atlanta was at one point in the lead for cancellations. if you are coming here, you may want to pack your patience. you could be waiting around for some time, julie. >> julie: i saw a mom there with a daughter, a small child. i bet she is packing a roadie for this one. i would stay home. charles watson, thank you. pack your patience, too. that's what i meant to say. >> alicia: absolutely. for continuing coverage you can tune into fox weather by downloading the app for free at fox weather.com and also use your phone to scan the qr code on your screen. >> julie: all right. the ninth installment of the twitter files has been released. independent journalist matt taibbi dropping more bombshells christmas eve detailing

coordination between the tech giant and government agencies that went way beyond the f.b.i. complete coverage. our political panel sounds off in a minute. you have to stay tuned. we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy on the north lawn. >> ch christmas eve is when the latest installation of twitter files came out. a 30-tweet thread. part of it in the opinion of matt taibbi finds this. the files show the f.b.i. acting as a doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship encompassing agencies across the federal government from the state department, pentagon and cia and writes twitter had so much contact with so many agencies executives lost track. is today the d.o.d. and tomorrow the f.b.i.? the weekly call or monthly meeting? it was dizzying.

the f.b.i. doesn't deny the contact happened but trying to explain why it happened with this. the correspondence between the f.b.i. and twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional longstanding and ongoing federal government and private sector engagements which include numerous companies over multiple sectors and industries. as evidenced in the correspondence the f.b.i. provides critical information to the private sector in an effort to allow them to protect themselves and their customers. but there are critics who say there is a line and the f.b.i. crossed it. >> look, i was mayor of miami-dade and in charge of one of the largest police agencies in the united states. we did surveillance on twitter and social media all the time to look at gang activity and all that. we never tried to suppress anything. so censorship is the problem. >> white house officials have not had very much to say at all about these so-called twitter files and the official counts

here as well as staff accounts continue tweeting a lot. >> julie: all right, peter doocy. thank you. >> alicia: thanks, julie. let's bring in the panel now. ashley davis, former bush 43 white house official and a former communications director. thank you for being here. ashley, can congress and should congress do anything to stop federal agencies and places like twitter from coordinator? >> you see two sides of the argument happening. you do have a national security aspect of some of these tech executives are saying that you do need to coordinate with the f.b.i., c.i.a., department of defense to make sure they are identifying individuals trying to hurt our country. the other side of that especially because of a lot of these tech executives do identify as democrats and support democrats you have many american people believing that they are being censored, which

is a huge problem and giving us 100% lost confidence in the u.s. government. the other issue is that i think you'll see is when the republicans take over the house of representatives in january, one of their first issues that they've decided to take up is oversight of some of these tech industries on censorship. i also think even with the democrats now honing in on what is happening with twitter and with elon, that they will probably be more on board to take on some of these tough issues and regulations that need to happen with the tech industry. >> alicia: what is your take on this, brad, when you consider a lot of these executives were more on the democratic side? >> i remind folks they were working with a trump administration on this. i will shock a lot of viewers and give the trump administration credit in flattening potential harmful information that could harm our democracy. obviously the private sector and government should work together to reduce the impact of foreign

adversaries. i think where it gets complicated is when you have domestic actors, american citizens trying to disrupt an election, a free and fair election and that's where the gray area is and congress should, i agree with my republican friend here, congress, the house, republican-led house will look into this and their prerogative but i do think going back to reading the f.b.i. emails, all they did was flag potentially sensitive information that could hurt an election or spread misinformation and they gave that flagging it to twitter, they did not demand they act or require them and no censorship. it is twitter's prerogative to make the decision to pull down the tweets and it's a very big difference. >> alicia: we also find out there were so many government agencies involved that they lost track of who they were dealing with sometimes. on that note, since this was revolving around the 2020 election, at the time and ashley

knows this, too, former president trump was being called crazy when he was saying something is wrong here. his supporters were saying something is wrong. they have been now proven right. so then what happens when there is dangerous information out there and people don't know what to believe? do you follow me? >> yes, ma'am. i will backtrack a little bit. i don't think they were proven right. they saw tweets coming down. again at the prerogative of twitter, not the government. secondly i think what the files show more than anything is severe incompetence from the senior staff level at twitter company. elon musk is drawing attention to that and trying to fix it apparently. again, this was a private company and private companies work with government officials all the time to make sure that they are reducing the impact of foreign adversaries. my former boss was on the january 6th committee. there were indications of foreign constant attempts to

interfere in our elections and where the private sector and government have to work together to reduce and keep our elections safe and secure. >> alicia: ashley. >> i do agree, and brad you are right on a lot of those points. the underlying issue is that once again many people in this country are losing faith in the government. not only just the private sector, which i think you can argue for years there has been mistrust. but i think when you have these companies coordinating with f.b.i. and c.i.a. people at the end of the day just are not feeling comfortable that our country and our government is protecting us. >> alicia: you know who we're hearing from? >> that's a big problem. >> alicia: we're hearing from edward snow den here. the more things change, the more they stay the same. the only solution is taking platforms out of the moderation game. the content lair of the internet should be moved to neutral protocols. you should be the ones who decide what you can read, not a company, not a government. i'll start with you, brad, final

thoughts. >> well look, i think congress is not exactly the most technologically advanced body in the country at the moment. legislating in the area is very difficult and a lot of members are learning that. it makes a lot of sense for us to have congressional hearings about content moderation, the republican-led house and the democratic-led senate. there is an undertone of how to fix the current situation. it is very difficult to legislate. technology is constantly changing so it will require a lot of work. >> alicia: i have about 15 seconds left. fine at thoughts. >> i don't usually agree with snowden but i think individuals should not be regulating other individuals. i do think we need new laws in place and the tech industry would welcome them to make sure they aren't regulating themselves. >> alicia: thank you so much for being here today. >> thank you. >> julie: a barrage of russian missiles strike ukraine over the weekend. this christmas weekend,

including one attack that killed at least ten people. we're live in ukraine's capital later this hour. plus border officials are warning of an even greater migrant surge after the title 42 policy ends as soon as tomorrow. national border patrol council vice president joins me next. >> the plans should be secure the border. this administration hasn't done one thing to slow the flow.

>> alicia: with title 42 potentially ending as soon as tomorrow agents encountered more than 16,000 migrants over christmas weekend alone. more than 14,000 of them were released into the u.s. illegal border crossings were up 33% last month from november 2021. we've got complete coverage with national border patrol council vice president standing by. but first to jeff paul live with the latest. geoff. >> with title 42 set to expire last week many made the journey in the hopes of entering through the southern border with a chance to get in. a better one at that. with the supreme court announcing a hold until it hears the case, it is leaving thousands in the cold not

knowing what to do next. >> we turned ourselves into immigration authorities. immigration expelled us because what they told us is that everything from central america is closed off. we're waiting for title 42 to be nullified. >> even with the frigid weather this weekend the flow of people to the border isn't slowing down. from friday to sunday cbp sources tell fox news there were 16,476 encounters over the span of those three days. roughly 2100 were expelled under title 42. the remaining 14,000 were released. the busiest sector was del rio and el paso and yuma, arizona was the third busiest. now if title 42 finally does come to an end, law enforcement personnel at the border are bracing for more people trying to take advantage of them.

>> with the lifting of title 42 our concern is the criminal activity. more human smuggling and more gotaways and more drugs coming into our country. border patrol will be pulled off the line. all resources will be pulled off the line to process the massive flow of people coming across. >> the scene at vice president kamala harris's house this weekend. more than 100 people were bused from texas to d.c. christmas eve. 15 degrees at the time and some were only wearing t-shirts. local organizers were on hand with blankets trying to move them as fast as possible to a nearby church. alicia. >> alicia: jeff paul live in los angeles. thanks. >> julie: let's bring in national border patrol council vice president. thank you, john, for talking to us. first of all this is a humanitarian crisis, no other way to describe it. now with title 42 potentially ending tomorrow it will only get worse. the stream of illegal immigrants

will continue to flow in at even larger numbers. what are you feeling with this potential end looming tomorrow? >> it's frustrating because we've been here before with title 42 was about to go away and homeland security didn't have a plan. so now instead of changing the policies to maybe deter people from crossing or seeking asylum and abusing the process, now we're just worried about logistics trying to get better at processing more people in a faster time frame. completely sacrificing border security. >> julie: the record border number, you know, numbers released for the month of november and they were quite staggering. in fact, the month of november had over 200,000 illegal immigrants crossing into the border despite the cold weather, christmas weekend, all that. but el paso is now the u.s. epicenter of the border crisis.

what would you say for el paso, what are border officials there expecting ahead of title 42s end? >> it is not el paso. every sector is bracing for what's to come. every sector has been expelling people under title 42. thousands of people that are getting expected are waiting until the security makes the decision. it could be stopped tomorrow or the day after if there was a policy change. this is a humanitarian crisis. now we have people freezing on the streets in el paso like we had people drowning in the river in eagle pass earlier this year. the policies that are in place, they are creating a situation where people are risking everything to come here because they've been given the green light to cross the border. border patrol were left trying to do our job but it is practically impossible when we're stuck indoors processing paperwork to send people up for asylum interviews when they should be in the brush chasing

the people that are actively trying to get away from us every day. >> julie: i want to talk about the friday night news dump. we found the staggering numbers from the month of november. do you think the biden administration was maybe possibly trying to keep these new numbers under wraps as we await the end of title 42? >> it's possible. every month they try to quietly sneak them out there. i don't think this month was any different. the numbers were the highest we've seen. the numbers include the customs officers are dealing with as well. border patrol alone had something like 207,000 of those encounters, we're already on track to beat that number just with border patrol alone because i think we're averaging something like 7500 or so encounters per day. yesterday we had a brief reprieve. it was a slow day on the border with 3,000 or 4,000 that actually crossed. every other day over 7,000 or

8,000. so these numbers, the white house is clearly trying to not celebrate them but this is what we're dealing with. they can't acknowledge what the reality is at the border. >> julie: i want the talk about el paso airport. what a nightmare. the international airport and also on the street there is video of migrants being met by armed texas national guard. that's where these numbers have led us to. the latest numbers in el paso, the sector numbers on christmas weekend alone total encounters 16,476. the number i want to point out here. title 42 expulsions. that number should be much higher. this administration hasn't been properly enforcing title 42, which was working under the trump administration. what would you like to see done? >> at this point title 42 will

have to go away at some point whether it's tomorrow or six months doesn't matter. the problem is we don't have a replacement. we would go back to our authority that we normally have prior to the pandemic, to process people for removal. it doesn't matter what authority we're using if they will just be released. even with title 42 we have to make preparation for when it goes away. the white house asking for a delay of six days is a joke. it suggests that they had a plan that was ready to go starting on the 27th. we know that's not the case. so we're all bracing. at this point agents are like we need to rip off the band-aid and deal with it. this is the only way we might get people to acknowledge there truly is a problem at the border. >> julie: or like lindsey graham said.

biden needs to get his butt to the border. maybe the president should visit the border for the first time ever in his life. maybe that could be his new year's' resolution. thank you so much for joining me. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> alicia: new power problems across the country but they aren't weather related. the attacks raising major concerns about the safety of the entire country's electric grid. inflation at a 40-year high and interest rates on the rise. will things get better or worse in the coming year? the economic outlook for 2023 next. ♪ all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future.

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>> julie: at least three power stations in washington state have been vandalized turning off the lights for roughly 14,000 people early christmas morning coming as the f.b.i. is investigating similar power grid attacks across the country. alexis mcadams has more on this. >> this isn't the first time this has happened out in the pacific northwest. in november at least six power substation in southern washton and oregon were attacked. the latest ones highlight how vulnerable the electric nation's grid is. this is southeast of tack ohm yeah, washington over 14,000 customers were left in the dark on this holiday. someone broke into at least four substations on christmas and vandalized essential equipment. investigators say the criminals broke into the substations right through the fencing and no one has been arrested yet. this all comes weeks after a

similar power grid attack in north carolina. you remember that, julie. one county declared a state of emergency there after someone shot out at least two substations. the bullets destroyed the grid and left 45,000 people without power. washington authorities are looking at all the incidents. >> it does seem similar we've seen before where power substations were targeted by individuals or groups. >> right now utility companies are working to restore the most severe damage there. the energy companies have to replace some of the large pieces of equipment which are also stre expensive. there are still 650 homes without power in tacoma but expect them to have power by today. no one is raced in either case but they could face serious criminal charges.

>> julie: wow, thank you. >> alicia: a lot of economic uncertainty as we end the year. prices remain sky high and recession fears are growing. all that is leading to a tightening labor market and job losses. joining us now jean marx, the president of the marx group. a cpa and small business expert. thank you for being here. i want to put up some numbers here. we'll look at the number of layoffs that happened toward the end of the year. sad as we end into the holidays, up 127,000, 1.4 million overall. this one i found striking. bloomberg monthly does a survey with economists and right now in december those economists are saying we'll head into a recession, 70% are saying it. what are folks supposed to make of the upcoming year as we head into it? >> all i can say is that it will get a lot worse before it gets better. so if you are an individual with

a job or running a business, you really have to buckle your seat belts. the first six months of 2023 will be challenging. inflation is one of the biggest issues, obviously. even though the numbers seem to be plateauing i want to warn everybody the number you look at for inflation ahead is the producer price index. that's what it costs to make stuff now that will come on the market in the next few months. it is ranging between 7% and 8%. a lot of my clients around the country are core costs for building materials and steel piping and industrial materials and freight a labor are in the double digits. we'll look at products coming to the market that will have to absorb those cost increases which means more price increases for you and me. inflation will be around for a good six months or more and we have to be prepared for that. >> alicia: what do you suggest folks do if they try to plan out maybe some purchases for the year, maybe this past year they've been saying next year we

get the new refrigerator, next year we'll buy the car, here comes next year and looks like it is going to hurt. >> thank you for asking that because we all know we're in inflation times. the question is what do you do about this? let me give you advice. interest rates are not only going up, they will continue to go up next year. if you have credit card debt i beg you get rid of your credit card debt. the first vehicle that gets impacted by inflation and interest rates even if you can either pay it down or turn it into a home equity loan with much lower interest rates, you have to keep your overhead low whether you are personal or business. make sure you clear off as much debt as possible. make sure you are saving and also make sure if you haven't invested in any type of personal financial software, whether it's quicken or minute or things like that you should be investing in it. my smartest clients and the people that manage their money well are always looking ahead

and budgeting what their expenses will be over the next 30, 60, 90 days and how you navigate your way in a slower economy and higher inflation. that's what you have to do. >> alicia: in the middle of all this folks are hearing from the white house and the white house is seeing the same numbers we are. here is the message they have been delivering. listen. >> even as we look at this transition and navigating through this unique transition the united states looks better. >> the data that i just laid out we've seen the last couple months does not show a recession. >> i do continue to believe that there is a path to a softish landing. >> president biden: i'm optimistic. we continue to grow and at a rational pace. we are not anywhere near a recession. >> alicia: those messages are striking departure from the reality and numbers we've just been discussing. >> that is absolutely right. you really have to take with a grain of salt what the

government is reporting to you. a perfect example is for the quarter that ended in june of 2022, the government bureau of labor statistics reported the economy added a million jobs. they revised the numbers. two weeks ago the revision came out that no jobs were added at all during that quarter. the message that you take away from that as somebody who follows the economy, when the government is telling you what the numbers are they are based on surveys. when you hear from your political representatives, president biden or whoever that the economy is good and getting stronger, they always have their agenda. you have to take that with a grain of salt and that is not where the economy is going right now. we look at a rough next six months. we will be paying the price for the trillions of dollars in stimulus spending that's spent and the pandemic that added up the costs we need to recover them and we all need to make sure we're careful with

after that. >> alicia: right now at about the small businesses out there that are struggling, right? you see signs all the time. you show up at a store and says we're closed because of staffing shortages. inflation is hurting them trying to build up their supplies in the back room. what are your thoughts on small businesses heading forward? >> first of all, you look at actual numbers. the big payroll companies report on what increases are for compensation. hourly earnings have gone up 17% since 2020. salaried earnings have gone up as much as 15% for those switching jobs. there is an extraordinary pressure on businesses to pay their employees more and that really has an impact on a small business working on very narrow margins. they will continue to see that pressure throughout 2023. the labor market continues to remain tight. one of the weird things about this recession is there is still

a big demand for labor, that's a good thing for jobs. we've seen that you reported at the beginning of the segment it is starting to turn around. layoffs are happening. but small businesses themselves are going to have to be dealing with increased costs of labor in 2023 and find some way to pay for that or they will lose out on employees. >> alicia: thank you so much, good to talk to you even though it was kind of a bummer. thanks for the tip. >> hopefully better news next year. >> alicia: let's hope so. >> julie: ukraine marks its very first christmas since the war began with russian president vladimir putin claiming moscow wants to negotiate peace terms even as his missiles strike ukraine over christmas weekend. we're live on the ground in kiev straight ahead. and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clearchoice. [ forde ] replacing marcia's teeth with dental implants at clearchoice was going to afford her that permanent solution.

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>> julie: south korea's military launched fighter jets and attack helicopters after five north korean drones entered its

airspace today. this is the first such incursion by north korea in five years. one drone flew near the south koreaian capital of seoul. >> alicia: a mixed christmas message from russian president vladimir putin. he told state media yesterday he is ready to negotiate with everyone involved in his war on ukraine. russian strikes killed at least 16 people in the southern ukraine port of kherson christmas eve. nate foye is in kiev with the latest. how is ukraine reacting to this weekend's attacks? >> president zelensky calls the attack terrorism. you mentioned the 16 people who were killed. 64 more were hurt. but this morning in the early morning hours russia claims that ukraine is firing back deep into

russian territory killing three of its service members at an air base. take a look at this video that we're just seeing this morning. you see the flash here from an explosion. russia claims they shot the drone down but the falling debris from that drone resulted in the deaths of three russian soldiers. now ukraine not taking credit for this but they are providing hints. one military official calls it is consequence of russian aggression. keep in mind the same air base was targeted on december 5th. the result of that was a massive russian missile strike. the ukrainians are preparing for a possible invasion from belarus. this is new video of ukrainian drills over the weekend. russia has been running drills in belarus on the other side of the border. they did that last week. there are growing concerns here in kiev and elsewhere that russia may try to attack once more from the north. also here in kiev last night take a look at this. the train station here in the city turned into a christmas

party. the tree was lit up with a manually powered generator. big crowds on hand. they were singing and dancing to christmas songs. a priest that we spoke with said even though there is a war going on and so many people are suffering, christmas can hopefully inspire ukrainians this year. listen. >> looking at the fact that christ rose from the dead after all this tragedy of his life on earth, we believe that ukraine will be resurrected. it will renew itself and rise from the ashes of ruins. >> right now there are limits to how much power you can use in the kiev region as well as four other regions in the country. there are fears after that air base in russia was hit that vladimir putin may launch retaliatory air strikes that could make the situation on the ground a lot worse. a lot of people will be listening for air raid sirens tonight into tomorrow morning. >> alicia: frustrating thanks,

nate. >> julie: critics say one democrat-led county deserves a big lump of coal for banning workers displaying holiday decorations from nativity scenes and menorahs even on zoom calls from home. jason rantz who uncovered this joins us next.

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july i love that song. i don't like the next story. religious liberty group with a dubious honor or king county, washington, home to seattle has earned an ebenezer award for banning religious holiday decorations in common work areas and even virtual work spaces. that is correct. those guidelines are actually laid out in a memo obtained by seattle radio host jason rantz say county employees cannot display religious items such as nativity sets, menorahs, star of david or crucifix not even in zoom calls for those working from homes. these guidelines stipulated that county employees aren't allowed to display their religious items. bad enough in the workplace.

the fact that they can't do this at home almost seems like a joke at first to me. she likened -- it would be funny if he wasn't serious. >> i think you are absolutely right. folks working from home, get back to the office and you won't have to deal with this intrusion into your personal life. at the same time, let's be honest. it is government overreach. they don't have the right to tell you what you can't or cannot have in your home office. a religious symbol or otherwise. as long as it's appropriate for the workplace. you are allowed to have religious beliefs whether they are christian or jewish or whatever it happens to be. you are allowed to have those beliefs in the office. this is going one step too far. i think the reason behind this is they get some extra points. they think they earn some social currency because they go after christianity and to another extent judaism. i think that they see themselves

as woke and evolved and protecting people who are pretending to be offended by this. no one is offended by any of the images. they pretend to be because it gives them victim status. >> julie: in a memo it reads some employees may not share your religion, practice any religion or share your enthusiasm for holiday decorations. displays of religious symbols may only be displayed in an employee work space. they would be deeply offended by my home with my elves and transformed it into the north pole. how would a business have a right to tell me that if i'm on a zoom call. >> they don't. they try to intimidate you giving up your religious or spiritual beliefs. they know if i were to get

challenged it wouldn't go anywhere. the biggest point here is they are pretending folks care about this. most people, 99% of everyone, whether they work in king county or elsewhere, they are not offended by any of this. i have my hanukkah tie on and a christmas tie bar. if it is offensive to you, be miserable on your own. keep it to yourself and let other people have a little bit of joy this holiday season. >> julie: you know what they say. misery loves company. seriously. there is a statement from its decision. religious employees of king county will likely feel like this ransacked residents of whoville this christmas. the government has no right to rob employees of holiday cheer by forcing them to take down their nate nativity scenes. they are becoming ultra woke,

the new "it" thing these days. >> it is not woke. i don't think that. i think it's bigoted. showing a nasty message towards religious expression and non-religious expression. everyone who celebrates hanukkah or christmas doesn't -- there are hard core believers but like to be caught up in the spirit of things in addition to the religious aspect. for them to get in is ludicrous to me. >> julie: an understatement. merry christmas, jason rantz. thank you for coming on. >> happy hanukkah. >> julie: we'll be right back with more fox news lives after this short break. stay with us. ♪ hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right?

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♪ ♪ >> okay, every parent knows this one, stop talking come i want to go home, farm tug. and royal families are not immune. prince was pulling that move on kate middleton as she chatted outside at the church yesterday. this was the princess first christmas church service with his family.

but it is not the first time he saw in the show by expressing his impatience. >> yep, i know that all too well. also another story the police in south bend, indiana, saved chris for one family after stolen during a christmas eve break-in. the officers turned into santa's elves and make sure the three kids got their gifts anyway, watch. >> merry christmas! >> oh, my goodness, thank you! oh, my goodness, thank you! >> oh, my gosh, that the gifts were left over apparently from a recent toy drive and put to good use, but this is a real-life grinch story with a happy ending. i mean, how do they explain to these kids that santa took back their gifts and read deliver them? that is all i can think about. i would have to twist a web of stories to explain this one to

my children. good news. >> i'm with you, julie the first thing i thought about, talking to those little kids and these heroic cops coming to the rescue here and bringing all of that joy. they did everything, and it's so nice to see this time of year. and people who steal presence and take things off of the porch, the worst of the worst. >> absolutely, i would agree. at least it has been great working with you. "outnumbered" is up next. ♪ ♪ >> hello, everyone this "outnumbered" and i'm dagen mcdowell and joining me jackie deangelis, dr. nicole saphier, raymond arroyo. we look ahead to 2023 and set to take control of the house one week from tomorrow and preparing for a number of investigations as many as 40 or 50 by the oversight commit