joey: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a senior red cross official reportedly telling sky news he is not confident a third the round of hostage releases will happen today. however, an israeli diplomat says he expects hostages to be freed. rachel: 13 more israelis were released yesterday bringing the total so far to 26. todd: trey yingst on the ground in tel aviv with the very latest. trey? >> reporter: yeah, hey, guys, look, good morning. this is an incredibly delicate ceasefire and one that will have a lot of ups and downs. but system more good news to report from oversight, 13 additional israeli hostages release ared bringing the total to 26 since the ceasefire went into effect. i want to just show you hostage square here where so many have gathered to really bring attention to the situation and call for all of the hostages to come home. we do know that that report is out there indicating today there could be some more trouble, but israeli officials say this is going to move forward. i want to break down what

happened yesterday though. the red cross had some trouble getting the hostages initially. the egyptians and the qataris had to step in and put new pressure on hamas to insure those hostages were released. as you can see in this video, they were reunited with their family members last night, an opportunity after 50 days to see their loved ones once again. and you can see the relief on their faces as they came to the sheba medical center in central israel, one of those hostages taken for more immediate medical attention. in that group yesterday, there were no americans released, but we do know president biden is once again with calling for american citizens inside gaza to be part of that group. the white house releasing this statement saying, quote, we are disappointed that we haven't seen the americans on a list yet, but we are hopeful for the next couple of days. the u.s. is hopeful that we can keep the pause in place and the exchange in place because we want all of the hostages out. we're also getting new sound from the family members of some of the hostage as that were

released as part of the ceasefire deal. i do want you to listen to nephew of adina moshe released on that first day. here's what he had to say. >> the kibbutz, there were over 100 people that were kidnapped and some of them murdered, and there is no town to return to, no house to return to. and there are other shocking news. so it's a mix between joy and sadness. >> reporter: he describes the situation perfectly. the people here are feeling joy because loved ones are starting to come home, but there are still so many inside gaza being held by hamas. and there is an understanding that once this ceasefire is over, it could be extended according to the sources that we're talking to, but after that the war will continue. and it will be very difficult days of battle ahead with thousands of israeli forces still operating on the ground inside gaza. guys? todd: that report, that there there wouldn't necessarily be a are release today, do you know

the basis of that? why such a pessimistic report was released if the israelis are saying, no, that's not true, there is going to be a release today? >> reporter: yeah, i'm not sure, actually. my reporting does not align with that report from sky news. the officials we're talking to, reekal sources -- regional sources direct9ly involved in the negotiations say there have been some hiccups in the consideration, but they are still -- conversation but they are still moving forward, and the expectation is that this next group of hostages will be released tonight. again, there is pressure by ma ma that a mass, they are try -- by hamas, they are trying to do everything they can to stalls but the sources we are talking with indicate those hostages will be released tonight. they'll be first released into the hands of the red cross, once again go to that rafah crossing between gaza and egypt, met by israel reilly intelligence officials and then hopefully come back here to israel where they will be reunited with fair almostly -- families.

rachel: trey, who is participant of the negotiation process? i noticed there is no american so far that's been released. there's been a lot of criticism here stateside of the biden administration because of no americans. we also have donald trump saying, you know, art of the deal, this is a bad deal. who's negotiating on behalf of us as americans, and why have americans not been prioritized in these negotiations? >> reporter: yeah, it's a great question. look, the americans are part of this negotiation process, but it's being led by the qataris and the egyptians. and these are two parties that historically have cut deals between israel and hamas before the october 7th massacre. when it comes to aid going into gaza, they were part of those conversations. salaries, the money that was going into gaza before this war began with. and so they are leading the charge here. the messages are not going directly between israel and hamas, but between these intermediaries. and when we think about why the american citizens haven't been released yet, there are some indications there could be at least one u.s. dual national

released today. we haven't been able to independently confirm this, but these are our higher value to hamas. they understand hale be able to leverage the situation as they have been doing so far, and again, we're not even talking about the israel hi soldiers that are still being held, they're not even on the table as part of these conversations. rachel: yeah. one of those, trey, we had the mother peer -- here, this is an american citizen, all dual citizen, he is a soldier in the idf as a well. our hearts go out to them, but i can imagine those are going to be the hardest ones to get out. so thank you. joey: thanks, trey. well, and if you want to know how how this is affecting us here in the united states, not just americans that are held hostage that we don't know if we can get them back or even meshes killed on october -- americans killed on october 7th, what we're seeing now is americans here at home fighting each other over this. it's pretty amazing to see, but a teacher was basically held hostage by her own students in a riot. i think this was a high school. yeah, a queens high school.

basically, these kids organized on social media, decided to have a riot and go after this teacher simply if because this teacher was at a pro-israel rally. rachel: that's right. she was at a pro-israel rally, they saw it on facebook, and they decided to organize and and to basically chase her until she was locked in a room. by the way, this teacher, 23 years, 7 years at that school. she says she was taken to her core -- joey: of course. rachel: here's what the new york post has retweeted from mayor adams who's ripping into what he calls a vile show of anti-semitism. he says the vile show of anti-semitism was motivated by ignorance-fueled hatred, plain and simple, and it will not be tolerated in any of our schools, let alone anywhere else in our city. we are better than this. and this is the statement from the teacher who was targeted by the mob, she says i have been a

teacher for 23 years in the new york public school system, for the last 7 years at hillcrest high school. i've worked hard to be support i of our entire student body and an advocate for our community. i was shaken to the core by the calls of violence against me that occurred online and outside of my classroom last week. terrifying situation, donald. todd: the number one question i got asked during the thanksgiving holiday was with how did we get here, as a country, as a city, new york, and i think the answer lies in -- have you heard as far back as a decade ago, this was all a part of a movement by islamic radicals to infiltrate our systems; education, government. the list goes on and on. well, that's exactly what has happened. and that's why following october 7th there was so, there was no pause. the leadup to this anti-semitism was instant. you saw people protesting on the streets of new york city, well organized, ready to go. it wasn't like this took time to develop because it had been developing in our institutions

over the better part of a decade. and i look back at a 9/11. remember the unity, the national unity following 9/11? we were all rowing in the same direction. and i think it's a shock to the american people who weren't aware of necessarily what was happening in our institutions, this infiltration of them, to see, like, hey, 22 years later what happened to that national unity? rachel: i think it's -- we are so divided, but i think it's broader than just, clearly, they have infiltrated our schools just as the chinese have been funding universities and confucius centers. and one of the biggest funders of our universities comes from qatar, and there's definitely that influence. but i think it's broader, and i think conservatives have been feeling this kind of attacks on college campuses. what you saw, that teacher, that's certainly anti-semitism, that's certainly frightening. but remember, it wasn't but a few months ago that riley gaines was chased into a room like that. wait a minnesota, she was

chase -- wait a minute, she was chased by a bunch of liberal, marxist, indoctrinated students. so what the jewish community is sensing now, that sense of censorship, that sense of fear, it's something conservatives have been feeling. it's not just islamic influence. it's greater. it's a big, cultural marxist influence that has started at the university level and has poisoned our students all the way down to the elementary school level. joey: yeah. i see it as kind of the worst animation of thissing or you know, decades-old democrat lie of being a big tent party. because the whole premise of being a big tent party means you're in a subgroup. that's what you are. that's your identity. you're a subgroup, and we're going to throw our tent over you, find something that threads us all together. and it sounds really unifying, but really what it is is telling every american -- because we all fit into some subgroup -- that this country is out to get us, that it work against us. the colonization of america

makes us evil to the core. that's the word you hear so often now, this anti-colonizer. and, you know, caucasian americans are finding a way to work themselves into it. and the reason why i think is larger. you just interviewed a nurse. her and her husband can't make ends meet. so you have now a second generation of americans, because mine was the first, who were told go get a four-year degree, do it this way, and the prosperity will be laid out in front of you. and they're realizing this generation, even before they get there, that's not how it works anymore. they at some level, i'm not going to say that a 17-year-old is rotten to the core in politics, but at some level they feel betrayed, and this is the message that's reaching them. it's the wrong 34e7b8g -- message, it's an evil midge because it's saying you're a victim, hate the others, but that's who they're preying on and taking advantage of. these were high school kids that ran into a school to get their teacher for something they probably have very little understanding or personal

connection to. rachel: yeah. well, i think adding to the sense of division that we're seeing politically, the economics in america are really -- joey: absolutely. rachel: i interviewed a mom from pennsylvania, her name is mckenzie moan, a registered nurse. between her and or her husband, they have four jobs, and here is how they are experiencing america under joe biden. >> i feel like my husband and i have doing everything right -- are doing everything right. we both have good jobs. i'm a nurse, i'm a registered nurse, work full time, he works full time. we just got paid this past friday, right? we paid the mortgage, bought some groceries, put some gas in the car. and, guys, it is tuesday and we have, like, $2-300 to last us until next friday.

rachel: and here's the interview that i had with her to talk about this. by the way, this video has gone viral. 1.5 million views, mostly people saying, me too. i'm feeling the same thing. listen. >> just needed to vent in the moment. i needed to vent to my phone and just, i guess, get the words out of, how of my brain with all the a stress that i was feeling. i'm just glad that my voice was unintentionally, you know, empowering to people to speak out and say, me too. and, you know, share that we're all in the same situation with the economy and the price of groceries and gas and just the struggle of middle class america where we're working our butts off and we feel like we have nothing to show for it. rachel: she transitioned from being a corrections officers to -- officer to a nurse. she said, yeah, we expected to

have a hard time while i was in school and not making money, but when i graduated, i thought things were going to get better. but then she said the economy, inflation, the cost of her mortgage, etc., is just more than they expected, and they're really struggling. joey: i think that was the most interesting part of the interview. you scad her, has your -- asked her, has your family always be been in this struggle, and it sounded like when she was in nursing school and he was the only one working -- rachel: it was better. joey: yeah. rachel: that tells you about inflation eating your income. joey: i don't know if they had their mortgage already, but she said after they paid their mortgage and put gas in their car, they had no money left. what's happened? housing, the prices of homes have literally doubled, doubled. the price of a home. how can you pay a mortgage, especially if you're borrowing money now at 8% interest? todd: and i'm so glad you arrived at this point by talking about the divide in our country, because we do have to realize when you rook at money, the ric,

they make money whether ow economy's bad or good, because if you have these ridiculously high inflation rates, they're sitting on cash. they put that cash to work for them getting 5%. so when you hear joe biden saying, oh, we cropped inflatiod inflation, the rich get richer, a little dip allows them to buy more stock because they have more money at their disposal, and what happens? they make money. the common person, regular people like us that you saw in that tweet, when inflation -- when gas prices dropped 2%, they're still up 48% -- [laughter] rachel: that's right. todd: they're not celebrating and feeling like they're getting the american dream. rachel: and the other part is there was a story that came out about a bunch of homeless who went to go get thanksgiving, you know, food, you know, charity, and everything was gone because the illegal aliens had come through and had gotten everything before. there was a story about that. the point of that is that the social services network or

safety net, i should say, is strained beyond belief because we have millions of people who are here illegally and using that system. so there's that as well. so it is a tough time for people especially around the holidays. i'm glad we have her story. again, as i told her, i think it was really raw, what she put out there, but i think she speaks for a lot of people. all right. let's turn now to your headlines. overnight, six minors are in custody after officers say they played a part in a mall shooting just i outside of houston. according to police, three people were hurt after gunshots rang when the group began fighting in the parking lot. police also found a stolen car at the scene. the mall will be open today. a new report is revealing that amazon founder e jeff bezos' super yacht produces over 7,000 tons of carbon emissions per year. [laughter] he's not being a good climate warrior, and that's what he says he is.

that is according to iowa -- indiana university researchers, bezos facing backlash after recently pledging to pend $101 billion over the next -- $10 billion over the next decade to combat climate change. todd: how much does your super yacht -- rachel: listen, i have nine kids, i am officially an eco-terrorist. i do have an suv which people like bezos want to get rid of -- joey: god forbid you want to take your kids somewhere. rachel: yeah, exactly. former midden katharine mcphee and her husband don't always see eye to eye when it comes to disciplining their son. their difference in parenting styles is because they were raised in different generations. i think he's in the '70s -- 70s and she's in her 30s. [laughter] but he believes she should be more understanding with her 2-year-old son rather than giving him a timeout. he's from the timeout generation, and she's from the

feelings generation. joey: they must have skipped the spanking generation. rachel: yeah, i know, i was in that one. [laughter] i'm from the -- [speaking spanish] [laughter] todd: were you belt? [laughter] joey: mom, there was a wooden paddle, wooden -- my mom broke i it -- broke it on me, and my if uncle started crying. [laughter] grinning because i've got newspaper stuck in my pants and she doesn't know it. todd: you are a bright guy. joey: i'm telling you. todd: joe biden don'ting to -- continuing to shake off growing concern about his age ahead of 20 this. >> reporter: mr. president, are you too old to run for re-election? >> that's stupid. todd: former e governor mike huckabee reacts live. joey: but first, 11 israeli children have been freed from hamas captivity so far, but their struggle is far from over. straight ahead, we talk to a psychiatrist about the toll such a horrific ordeal can take on

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group after spending almost 50 # days in captivity. we are now learning irk e df forces have been instruct thed not to tell victims that their parents were killed until they are back in israel. this doctor has been in israel treating child victims, and he joins us now with insight on the physical and mental toll these incidents have had on the children. thank you for joining us today. so we understand some of these children are orphans, but the idf is instructed not to tell them until they get home to israel. but what are you expecting? i know you haven't spoken to any of these hostages yet or dealt with them or treated them, but what are your expectations of what will happen in the initial days and then over the long term? >> so from what we know from all the patients that we have

treated so far, we have treated many patients that came from the settlements around gaza, and we know that many of them, they didn't know what was happening. for example, some of them thought that what happened many their settlement happened all over israel. they thought this was, like, the end of israel. and we don't know what our hostages, what do they know during their that stay in cap at this time of the hamas. so we, we want to make sure that we have to deliver the news gradually. we had first the ask them what they know and only after that, after we establish connection with a family member, only then we're able to tell them exactly what happened. and, of course, for each child it has to be appropriate for his age and understanding. rachel: yeah. i mean, i just remember seeing that footage of the terrorists, you know, rocking babies. i mean, this is not just

traumatic for those children, but for the family members to know that they were, you know, there for 50 days and not knowing what was happening to them and what they saw. i will say, doctor, i was surprised at some of the condition of the children. they were running towards their parents, they seemed to be healthier than i would have expected. what are you also doing to, you know, prepare the parents for this reentry of their children? >> so if the parents are with us, for example, in this case the father was with us, so of course there's a special social worker and and a psychologist that works with the family and tries to explain to them how to react to the child. the children are mostly happy at the beginning, but we know that after a few hours and days they can ask questions. why didn't you come to rescue me. these are very problematic state, and we have to remember

that some of the kids, they don't have parents or one of the parents is still in gaza. so at this point in time, this is extremely sensitive and important, to make sure that they -- the family. usually when we treat children after traumatic events, the parents are very important. know that we cannot treat the children without -- some of the parents are traumatized themself. rachel: yeah. >> they were in the captivity of hamas themselves, and they can is have ptsd, and we have the treat the child with their participants, and some of the parents are missing or there are other tragedies in the families or close friends of the children are coming back. and we know that -- was done with these children, and now we are just another step with treating these children. lei ray -- rachel: is the ptsd symptoms

worse if you're younger or an older teen, in your experience? >> it's not always ptsd. sometimes it could be developmental delay, it could be that a child refuses to leave the room, for example. we had two girls refuse to leave the room for over a month, the hotels in tel aviv were evacuated, and they just arrive, and they refused to leave. we have sirens, some of them were panicked during the sirens. so it's not necessarily ptsd. they feel, you know, some traumatic things. it's not the regular ptsd that we see with adults. we see -- rachel: sure. >> -- a lot of situation anxiety. so this is a mixture of mental disorder that we want to prevent. we want to treat those children so they will not develop other things from ptsd.

rachel: yeah. there's no question this has to have disrupted their entire sense of security. it's so wonderful that there are people like you in a profession like yours that is so important for helping people get back on track and finding some sort of peace after a traumatic experience like this. so we're so grateful for the work that you do. thank you, dr. renana eitan. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. rachel: still ahead, a major truck bust near our southern border -- drug bust as agents seize more than $3 million worth of fentanyl. more on the danger to our nation, that's coming up. plus, trump on haley's home turf and getting loud cheers at the clemson, south carolina game. mike huckabee, boy, we like him too, he gives his postgame analysis on the former president's halftime performance, straight ahead. ♪ ♪

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muck. [cheers and applause] joey: fans in south carolina giving former president trump a rock star's welcome yesterday at the clemson-south carolina game in columbia with, south carolina. trump visiting nikki haley's alma mater and home state as she helds second place aahead of february's crucial primary. todd: governor mike huckabee joins us now to react. governor, great to see you. help you had a great holiday. look, this is quite a power move by 45. what them does this send to nikki haley and the rest of the republican field? >> i think it sends the message that donald trump is in total command of the republican primary. the never trumpers are doing their best to say that there's no way he can win. i look at things like this and

the poll numbers that have been consistent for the past, gosh, 12 months and say i don't know there's any way he can lose. i mean, nobody, if you added all the other candidates together, they're still double digit points behind him. i mean, that just says it all. and this reception that he got in nicki hale hi's home state -- haley's home state with her alma mater being one of the teams playing, that's stunning. you'd expect there'd be a little bit of hometown pride coming for one of the candidates, but donald trump has dominated. and when when there were two south carolinians, tim scott and nikki haley, he still had a commanding lead, and neither could cut into it. rachel: i think a lot of people are watching and saying this guy has 91 felonies against him, he's had everything drown against him, he guess -- thrown against him, he gets no good press except occasionally on this network, but why are people across the country -- we had a fight here, i'm going to get it

wrong -- joey: ufc. rachel: sports is not my thing, but he came here, he got the same sort of reception when he went to the mma fight. why are people so behind him? >> rachel, i think it's in part because for many americans he is us. let me explain that. donald trump represents the people who feel like that the government has stepped all over them, who abused their power to quench their lives and to try to dictate to them. and donald trump is the guy that takes it over and over again. he keeps getting punched by the deep state and the establishment. finish people watch what happens, and they look at the enemies that he has. who are they? well, they're the people who run the alphabet agencies in washington, but who run those agencies to go after 70-year-old grandmothers who protest at abortion clinics and do s.w.a.t. team raids on young fathers because somebody was after his kid. and yet they let antifa people burn down police stations and

beat up cops in cities all other the country, and they don't even get arrested. and people are sick of it. they remember when gas was cheaper, groceries were affordable. they remember when manufacturing jobs were coming back and the border was as close to secure as we've seen and we were exporting energy instead of importing it. and if they look at all of that and they say, how come people hate trump? because he hasn't sold out to china. he is the one president who instead of making money off being president has lost money off being president. that's why i say that in many ways he is us, the rest of america, who's sick of the way the government has trampled over every aspect of our lives. joey: governor, you talk about what we remember and then we wake up and look at reality, who the president is know now, joe biden, where we are now. the border, the economy, national security, what's happening in israel, what happened in afghanistan. our own lucas tomlinson had a chance to ask him maybe some of

this is going wrong because he's too old to run. let's listen. >> reporter: are you too old to run for re-election in. >> that's stupid. [laughter] >> [inaudible] joey: yeah. so what you see there is, you know, they ask him if he's too old, he says, no, that's stupid. then they ask him about the latest polls, and just to give you aned idea of what they look like, biden's at 46% -- biden's at # 4%, trump's at 46% in the latestest hypothetical follow. so trump is leading him. why do you think that is? >> well, it goes back to what i said before. i think people look at their lives under donald trump and their lives under joe biden, and joe biden continues to insult half the country. he continues to say that all of these maga republicans. well, that represents not just reflips, but a lot of independents who kind of liked it when donald trump was president. now, granted, donald trump still says things that cause people to go, ooh, i wish he hadn't said

that. [laughter] we all a understand that. the only person who can beat donald trump at this point is donald trump. otherwise i think he's not only going to win the nomination, but i don't see joe biden beating him. and i want to add quickly, look, this isn't about how many candles are on his cake, although joe biden had so many candles that it was a four-alarm fire in washington and smoky bear was called in to tell him not to ever do that again. [laughter] but all of that aside, it's not so much how many candles on his cake, it's how many candles are are burning inside his head and whether he's up to the cognitive job of doing this -- todd: you laugh but you cry. rachel: yeah. it's not about the age, it's about the cognition. you're right about that, governor. you're right about so many things. we love having you on. [laughter] thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. have a great sunday. joey: take care, governor. all right, coming up, a fox news alert, you're looking live at ofer prison in the west bank.

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joey: coming in with a fox news alert, a temporary ceasefire in gaza now in its third day as part of the deal to free more innocent hostages from hamas terrorists and bringing them back to israel today. 13 were finally freed in yesterday's second round, reuniting with their loved ones, and 13 the day before. but no americans yet. retired u.s. air force brigadier general rob spaulding joins us now. general, thank you for joining us. i really want to ask you, you know, as a member of the air force, you understand the surveillance side of things probably a little bit more than myself as a marine. i really want to ask you about the tactical side of this. we have talked about the diplomacy and the hostages a lot. what we haven't talked about is what israel gave up strategically and tactically on the battlefield in order to let this swap happen. the one thing i found incredibly interesting that we haven't talked much about is this idea that israel halted their aerial surveillance, that was a demand

from hamas that obviously was very important, but my question, does hamas have the ability to know if they're being surveilled, you know, with some of the assets that israel may have? >> well, i mean, that's a great question. i doubt they could tell you that, you know, satellites are observing them from space and that's part of the aerial surveillance. so it's not just aircraft, it's also from space. but, you know, i think these hostage returns have been designed to maximize anguish for the families and thereby increase the pressure on israel to pause this. and as a long as a it's paused, hamas is able to rebuild infrastructure and put themselves in position to, you know, make it even more deadly for idf troops. joey: you worked in the white house, first year of the trump administration. you understand the tensions that can be in an administration trying to do something like this, it's so sensitive. we've talked a lot about biden putting pressure probably on israel to get hostage as back,

to be a part of the ceasefire. what does that atmosphere look like in the white house? what kind of pressure is the white house feeling right now? >> well, think about it, what we've done, you know, not just from the government perspective, but now it's in our institutions, so if you go back all the way to the end of the cold war, you know, some of the leaders from eastern european countries that were liberated from the soviet union came to the united states, they went to voice of america, they went to radio-free europe, and they said thank you for speaking the truth. today our institutions are entirely the opposite. our university systems are supporting hamas. our social media's supporting hamas. and so as long as this drags on, you know, all of this pressure if is not just coming in terms of, hey, let's return the hostages, but let's support hamas because with, you know, they're under, you know, so much pressure and we need to, you know, be -- think of them. even chatgpt is supportive of hamas. so i think our a.i. is being

trained this way, this is a big problem. it's an ideological fight much more so than justified with hamas, and we need to get after it. joey: general, thank you for leading troops in your career and serving our cup. thank you for coming on today and sharing some of your expertise with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. joey: let's turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick rhode island hey, joey. we've got a big storm across the central part of the country causing travel problems and really cold air in behind it. kansas, a lot of places in kansas saw 6-8 inches of snow and temps only in the lower to mid 20s. so that cold air's settled in, be very careful especially kind of across i-70 for the most part, even towards i-80 farther towards the north. it's right around i-70 where that rain-snow line is across parts of southern illinois right now. temperatures to the north of this cold enough to be supporting of the snow, but to the south of this we've got a lot of rain. and some of that rain is going to be heavy today especially

right along the panhandle of florida, later on today along the florida-georgia line, so watch for significant showers around interstate 10. behind all of this, cold air moving across the great lakes and significant snow across the western side of michigan. upstate new york around the watertown area and just to the south of buffalo, some spots over the next few days maybe up towards 2 feet of snow. joey, back to you. joey: i'd take 2 feet of anything. thanks, rick. rick: you bet. [laughter] joey: still ahead, we've got our christmas tree up on fox square, but have you picked out yours? if our next guest has the tips and tricks to pick out a fantastic fir to spruce up your holiday decorations. ♪ ♪

todd: the countdown to christmas is on. rachel: and you might get what you want for christmas under the tree rather than later as our next guest says consumers could see shortages this season.

joey: greg walsh has been in the christmas tree business for 35 years, and and he joins us now with some tips the pick the perfect christmas tree. rick: you look like santa claus. rachel: he always has. rick: well done. rachel: so what's the trick to getting the best tree and the best decorated tree? >> the first thing with trees, you've got to make sure you get a nice fresh tree. rachel: yeah. >> you can tell by looking at the bottom, tell by the needles, by the weight of the tree. if you stick your hand straight in, you should have a hard time lifting it up. rick: moisture in it, so it'll be heavier. rachel: and what's the first thing to do when you get it home? >> water right away. have a bucket of water ready, walk in the door, so you've got a fresh cut. then get your space ready. joey: what's the ceiling height, tree ratio, 8-foot ceilings? >> 7.5 feet. 7 maybe a because of your star.

todd: i did a story earlier this week ab how on the one hand there is a christmas tree shortage but also to not be concerned. those two don't seem to go together to me, but the experts say it may just cost a little more this year. >> i mean, new york is always going to have the trees, because new york just attracts the quality. other places across the country may have trouble, some areas. and the real problem in new york is going to be tall trees. i guarantee you on december 5th, after that there's going to be a real shortage of big trees. there's a real shortage now -- rachel: what's your faith variety? >> i like them all, but frazier's the number one tree. it's not going to lose its needles, it's going to last the longest, it's beautiful. i love the color. rachel: so they're not wearing sweatshirts, so are they south pole elves? >> that could be it. [laughter] joey: they didn't have one big enough for me.

todd: wherever we could get messy, i try to get messy so i get fox to pay for my dry cleaning. it's part of a plan -- you guys were supposed to laugh. [laughter] thanks, john. rachel: all right, all right. so what are we going to do in. >> so decorating a tree, you should start, it's going to be tougher, hopefully we've got time. you start with lights on the bottom. you start on the bottom, you leave your plug there. you go inside the tree. try to get a lot of the lights inside the tree by the stem. if not, you don't see the tree. everybody puts the lights on the outside. you want lights on the inside and then come down, the tom -- top down. rachel: inside first -- >> inside up, outside down. joey: if you only had one minut- >> i'd wrap it around like this. [laughter] todd: joey, you and i have working together. >> we'll get you set up -- joey: we didn't have hooks op our ornaments, so we're going to start -- i think we start at the

top. right? there we go. >> so we're working you guys -- rachel: they're already losing because they didn't plug them in. [laughter] joey: you go that way, i'll go this way. rick: we're going to surprise and delight you with the nice -- [inaudible conversations] joey: look at that. there we go. >> all right, we're moving good here, we're moving good. joey: how are we doing on the ornaments over there? if. rachel: get a thing on the top -- todd: yeah, yeah, yeah. rachel: get the top. joey: now we've got to mug it in. rick: where's the topper? joey: do me a favor, don't hang any to them. >> 30 seconds! todd: this going to stretch? joey: you've got to hook it. >> 20 seconds. [inaudible] rick: is there tinsel or something? joey: looking for a real strong limb that can hold some weight. these aren't very heavy.

>> i've got a tree topper. joey: -- man, so much better. >> 3, 2! rick: come on. oh, man. >> all right -- rick: not going to lie, you did a good job. rachel: i'm just saying can -- are. rick: yeah, but that doesn't light up on yours. todd: electrocuted, the cord doesn't reach. rick: if you don't test before -- rachel: come up front. >> it takes longer than one minute to decorate a christmas tree. rachel: come up front. todd: tell us who wins. we only have 20 seconds -- rick: 10 seconds to -- look at this -- >> i've got to go with this one. >> yeah! todd: take that, boys. rick: bah humbug! todd: got a jam-packed two hours ahead, more, and -- more "fox & friends" moments ahead. ♪ ♪

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