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♪ it's the most wonderful time of of the year. ♪ when the kids jingle belling -- rachel: good morning, everybody. it's 6:00 a.m. here in new york city, just a few days away from thanksgiving. you're hearing andy williams, it's the most wonderful time of the year. it really is. i'm happy to be joined by brian brenberg and charlie hurt. good morning, you guys. brian: good morning. charlie: a happy thanksgiving. rachel: happy thanksgiving. brian: and happy tree lighting. i can see it, that's it right will behind me. rachel: i know. it's bigger and better than ever. i love that, like, liberals tried to burn the tree down, and

we just built it bigger and bet better. charlie: with an angel on top. brian: is that an angel or a dove? it kind of looks like an angelic cover. we lit that tree the up last night, counted it down. i think we've got some video. in case you missed it, you might want the to see it here. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, - [cheers and applause] >> merry christmas! merry christmas! ♪ ♪ rocking around the christmas tree at the christmas party hop ♪ [laughter] rachel: i love that. the kids couldn't contain themselves. brian: it's good when the tree lights up when you hit the

button to. you never want to hit the butto- rachel: oh, yeah. brian: like the clark griswold thing? rachel: they had the fake snow but really it was snowing in new jersey, charlie, believe where it or not, earlier today. charlie: yeah. it was snowing concern we got snow, my daughter said that they got snow in d.c. yesterday. rachel: yeah. charlie: and then it turned to cold rain, but it was snow at least -- brian: and steelers and browns this week -- charlie: what an amazing visual. brian: it was like a snow globe. charlie: yeah. and the dramatic ending to the game on top of all the -- it was like a storybook. brian: so we had snow. this is a week of snow -- rachel: we came in, brian and i, because as you all know before this tree lighting they had all of us here kind of bringing in the new year, we had had the which can late and music, and then this kid stole the show -- [laughter] who is this kid?

it's brian's son. charlie: move over brian. rachel: move over jessie. i mean, watch this. brian: i'm standing right next to larry kudlow, and he's standing right next to my son, timmy. >> hey. >> you got a band-aid here. how'd the other guy look? >> you don't want to see the other guy. >> wow, this kid's got talent. >> question are from virginia o., what do you want for christmas this year? >> well, i think i want money. [laughter] brian: he is the star of the show. rachel: i think he was larry kudlow's son. [laughter] brian: the money answer, i think, would give you that. he was chasing a leaf, and he ran into a sign and cut his chi- [laughter] but, you know, he likes to kind of play it up like there was another guy involved. charlie: i don't even see the

band-aid -- rachel: it's the on his chin. charlie: oh, there it is. rachel: such a beautiful thought, your child just chasing a leaf and losing track of everything around him, it's actually a beautiful story. charlie: kind of a free -- unstructured time. it's important for kids. it sparks the imagination. he's going to be a very imaginative kid. probably already is, obviously. brian: yeah. we have our kid who with said ir kid's not a little blood keyed and dirty at the end of the day, he had a good day. that's our philosophy. charlie: did your mom ever say rub some dirt in it, you'll be okay many in. brian: something like that, i think. maybe not exactly -- rachel: i'm definitely one of those parents i'm like, oh, you're all right. [laughter] charlie: dirt is the great disinfectant. rachel: i agree with you. we didn't just light up a tree, we also lit up hearts.

so some of our fox news hosts - trees to nursing homes. this is the also a beautiful with. take a look. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> merry christmas, everybody! >> well, i am so thrilled the death to meet you. >> i'm glad to meet you too. >> big movie star. >> oh, yeah, right. [laughter] one, two, three -- [cheers and applause] charlie: so will had the timing right too. brian: i know. everything worked. rachel: everything worked. that was so cute, the lady saying you just look like a movie star. i'm sure will -- [laughter] brian: he looked like the brawny towel guy. rachel: well, listen, it was a great event, great music, great fun and i think fox is

officially in the spirit of things. charlie: yeah, without a doubt. and in new york city which, you know, you can have your complaints about new york city, it's a pretty beautiful place -- rachel: at christmas time, it sure is. it's so cute. well,, president-elect trump's cabinet is starting to take shape after he made a series of really key appointments last night. charlie: this includes secretaries for the department of treasury, labor, housing and urban development and more. brian: madeleine rivera joins us to break it all down. >> reporter: that's right, a lot to unpack here. after days of uncertainty, president-elect trump made his choice for pressure -- treasury secretary. scott bessent worked for years at an investment firm run by george soros. he's served at yale university where he taught economic point trump chose republican congresswoman lori chavez from oregon to head the labor

department. she narrow row -- narrowly lost her house seat this month. scott turner served in the texas tatehouse from 2013-2017. trump made several announcements for health-related roles as well. he chose dr. marty makary as fda commissioner, dr. georgia net nesheiwat as surgeon general. after moving at a quick clip to fill out his administration, just four cabinet positions remain open. of we're still waiting for the decisions on the department of agriculture and small business administration. he also has to choose a u.s. trade representative and a council of economic advisers chair. brian, rachel and charlie. brian: thank, madeleine. rachel: so, or brian, you're on the business channel, what do you think of this scott bessent pick which people say, arguably, the treasury is the most

important. broip brynn we've been waiting on this one for a little while. it's felt like a slower one but, in fact, he got to this pretty quickly, and this is kind of, to me, the pick everyone thought was going to happen and now it finally has. bessent's your growth guy. we were talking about the 3-3-3 plan before the show. 3% economic growth, okay? he wants to grow the economy. 3% deficits, it's twice that right now, 3 of gdp -- rachel: you mean cuts. brian: cut it. he wants to cut the deaf sets way back. and then, and this is probably my favorite part, 3 million more barrels of oil produced every day. get your energy costs down. so that's his focus. and i know you talked with him last weekend -- rachel: i did. and you know what? listen,s this is really, as we mentioned, a very important secretary of treasury position, it's really important to the economy, to the direction. i think what i gathered from

him, one, is that there are a lot of heavy hitters that like him, art laffer, stephen moore. these are people who are, like, this is the right guy. he has a very successful record himself, you know, his own professional career is very successful. but he seemed to be really on page with donald trump. of and the idea is everybody -- we've got this wall here with all the nominees, all the nominations there. everybody's on page with what donald trump -- and so i think what donald trump's doing differently and, you know, i don't know, charlie, it seems what's different here than last time is everyone's paddling in the right correction, in the same direction. charlie: i think if you figure9 out the number one lesson that president trump learned from 2016, it is that you have to have a cabinet that is in step with you, and he is not going the make that mistake again. and scott bessent is a perfect example of it, as you were pointing out.

it's an acknowledgment that you're never going to get out of this massive debt hole we're in -- rachel: $36 trillion in debt. by way, when my husband sean first ran, he was doing speeches about $15 trillion. charlie: isn't it amazing? rachel: i know. brian: that was a big problem then. it's twice and more that now. he's also, i just want to point out, you know, tariffs are part of the trump agenda, and he had talked with you about that last weekend. we should listen to that, because it's important to see what he has to say. >> i've been in the investment business 35 years, and donald can trump is the most sophisticated leader on economics that i've met. and he's also the most open-minded. so the idea of bringing back tariffs, you know, alexander hamilton was the original tariff man, and why did he like tariffs? two reasons. one, to fund the treasury, two, to protect mace sent u.s -- nascent u.s. industries. and donald trumps has added a

third leg to the stool, and it's for negotiating leverage. president trump has such an open mind. imagine he's endorsing crypto that the -- he's pushing this agenda. i, iranians, we're putting maximum pressure if on the iranians. i say let's make america great again, let's make iran broke again. rachel: couple things. the crypto side of this really important. crypto going crazy ever since donald trump was elected. and -- but there's still a lot of questions about how that the will be regulated. so not a lot of signs out there, but people really hopeful that's really the future. and then, you know, there are a couple of seats that are, or agencies that have not been filled. notably, agriculture still has not been filled. a lot of people wishing, hoping that donald trump would think about representative massey who,

of course, is a farmer and would hand in glove with robert kennedy jr. in that -- charlie: that would be a fun -- rachel: that would be an amazing, amazing pick. but let's move on to this because we've governor kathy hochul here in new york, she's one of those democrats concern and there's a lot of them, by the way, guys, who is in denial about what just happened to the democrat party. she's digging her feet in, her heels in, and it doesn't look like she's going the make many changes after what just happened in the election. here's from the, here's a post that ritchie for rest posted. -- torres post toed. kathy hochul is the new joe biden. he may be in the -- in denial about the democratic incumbent who is in grave danger of losing to a republican in 2026, an outcome not seen in 30 years. waiting until it's too late gave

us a republican president in 2024. and could give us a republican governor in 2026. what do you guys make of that? charlie: so, you know, if growth, two of of the most important things for the trump, his objective right now, one is growth for the economy, the second is dealing with illegal immigration in this country. and in particular, migrant crime. and very few, you know, a lot of democrats in a lot of cities have been recalcitrant at a enforcing actual laws that are on the books against, you know, allow illegals the reside in the cities. kathy hochul is top among them. so rich hawaii torres is a -- ritchie torres, democrat congressman from new york, is recognizing in his own front yard that kathy hochul and the old school, the sort of democrat agenda of joe biden that we have sort of been under for the past four years is going to tank the party, and he's blowing the whistle on it. and i think that he's exactly

right about this. brian: right. charlie: the idea that that places like new york or virginia or to new jersey if, every time you have a president in the white house, usually the other team wins those off elections in the years right after the presidential election. but these policies that people like kathy hochul have embraced are so terrible and so obviously bad that it could sort of undo that trend. and he's exactly right, you could wind up with a republican in new york. brian: if well, you talk about what's happening in your front yard, and then there's what's happening in your backyard in new york. buffalo i.c.e. office director talking about how they're apprehending here and saying regardless of what the governor of new york says, we will not be deterred by politicians putting votes over protecting the citizens of this nation. and they just apprehended yesterday a brazilian national who is wanted on charges of strangulation and if child -- charlie: minor, a child --

rachel: yeah. brian: this is new york. so he's looking at that and saying that's what got joe biden in trouble. that's what's going to get kathy hochul in trouble. people don't want to see this anywhere. he's a democrat. he's not coming from the other side of the aisle, he's on her side of the aisle saying you're missing it on those big things here. rachel: no question about it. and lee zeldin did quite well, actually. he didn't do poorly at all in new york. and you see this trend happening. by the way, kathy hochul's a weirdo. you see i'm wearing this crucifix here? she had one that said vex. that that's what he puts around her neck. this is a woman that's completely out of touch. she was on the wrong side of history when it came to covid. she was a tyrant, and she's not reading the room -- brian: if i said she's coming after your appliances too, this would be another 5-minnesota segment -- rachel: oh, no, i might wrestle her. [laughter] i hate that.

charlie: there's nothing weirder than politicians who have weird agenda items like coming out of your appliances. stay out of my bathroom, my kitchennen -- brian: every room. out of the house. charlie: i think we've got headlines now. daniel penny's lawyer resting their case yesterday in the marine veteran's manslaughter trial. this came of after their final witness, a staffer in the court clerk's office, testified that jordan neely had an open bench warrant at the time of his death the defense says penny did not have to take the stand because jurors saw video of his nypd at the same time. closing statements will given on december 2nd. 9 if convicted, the 26-year-old faces up to 15 years in prison. a watch belonging to nfl superstar travis kelce was reportedly found in rhode island after his kansas mansion was broken into last month. thiss just a day after the nfl

warned players about a potential crime ring from south america targeting them. surprise, surprise. his teammate, chiefs' qb patrick mahomes, also had his missouri mansion burglarized last month. texas officials are giving elementary school students the option of learning the curriculum that emphasizes the bible with making texas the first state to do so. students from kindergartennen through fifth grade would learn lessons using the bible. schools opting for the optional curriculum will receive more funding. several more states are pushing for more bible-based curriculum including louisiana. a law blocked it earlier this month. now to some of your college football. unlv taking down jose state 27-16 last night thanks to two huge touchdown runs from their running back.

>> handoff to thomas. there's a gap on the left side, there he goes! chad thomas weaves his way through, 25 the yards, and the rebel -- >> a lot sharper here the finish this drive. james, finds some suppose and concern space and does! charlie: don't mids more college football action today including 5th- ranked indiana including ohio state at noon on fox, if those are your headlines. brian: all right. coming up next, a new migrant caravan is rushing to the southern or border trying the make it before trump takes office. rachel: former acting i.c.e. director ron vitiello is nexten that. busiest time of year. that's why we're offering savings on select whirlpool appliances that help you sleigh the holiday season. save at lowe's now during our black friday buildup event in store and online. ( ♪ ♪ )

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rachel: a new caravan of at least 1500 migrants are rushing to the southern border trying to make it before president-elect trump takes office as texas steps up to help trump's border agenda. >> we're working on deporting the people. we also have to be equally successful at denying illegal entry. that includes putting up the barriers and doing everything

possible to prevent might be from crossing between a port of entry. we are expanding those buoys in the river. they are completel denying illegal entry and by-product that costs less than building a border wall, which texas is doing also. rachel: this comes as the biden administration for quietly loosens immigration policies. former acting i.c.e. director ron vitiello joins us now. ron, thanks for joining us this morning. explain to us this quiet loosening. what exactly has the biden administration done under th, to loosen the rules? or what are these rules? >> thanks for inviting me, or rachel. this is another example where the biden-harris administration are going to bring down the rules for in-person check-ins for the 8 million people who are on the non-detained tonight at i.c.e. so under normal conditions people would go monthly or every other month or quarterly depending on what their immigration officer has determined is a successful way

for them to report in, to make sure they're on track for their supposed due process and immigration court whether or not they're going to be able to stay in the unite or not. so what we know -- in the united states or not. what i know from experience both at the border patrol and at i.c.e. are people not detained before they see an immigration judge are not likely to be removed. so when you pull down the in-person reporting to something that's virtual, you're telling the world just like this administration has told the world about the border, they don't really care about enforcing the immigration law. they're not too concerned about the people on the non-detain thed docket even though they're 1.5 million of that 8 million who have criminal records in the united states or in a foreign country. rachel: yeah, truly unbelievable to me. they really concern there was a message sent in this election that people didn't want this, and and before they leave office we're going to make sure as many of these illegals get in as possible with as little vetting as possible. it's remarkable to me that they

can't read the room. i want the talk about this, this is massachusetts governor maura healey. she's saying she's not going to cooperate with trump. listen. >> would the massachusetts state police assist in mass deportations? >> no, absolutely not. i think that the key here is that, you know, every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, to protect our residents and protect our states and, certainly, to hold the line on on democracy and the rule of law. rachel: ron, this is fascinating because this, of course, is on the heels of i.c.e. in boston arresting three illegal immigrants, a child sex predator, an ms-and gang member -- ms-13 gang member a drug trafficker as sanctuary states continue the harbor these criminals. what say you. >> it's bizarre. she talks about the rule of law, but then she doesn't want the assist in raising the quality of

life of her constituency in the state. think about it. who is she protecting? she's trying to protect people who have entered the country illegally. not been invited here, not been inspected, not been vetted, people who are in the country illegally and then are in massachusetts and break other laws in order to be arrested by local authoritys. but she doesn't want to the help i.c.e. or immigration enforcement in the united states. and the people who are affected the most by this are people in poor if communities and people who are in the working class, people who have to live amongst, you know, what we know now are criminals, these rah brazilians that you were just talking about. they did heinous things to children, and this is who she wants to protect? i'm not sure what the state of massachusetts cares about, but i think the quality of life in cities and townes all over the united states are being affect effected by the millions of -- affected by the millions of illegal aliens who are here and go on to commit crimes in these communities. that's not the rule of law. it's bizarre for her to say

those words out loud. it's crazy the me. rachel: e ray it's insane. and you're right, she sits in a governor's mansion with all kinds of security and protection, and these criminals, as you mentioned, one of them a child predator, are able to roam around in the neighborhoods of the most vulnerable communities, the poorest communities, and they're the ones who suffer the consequences. ron vitiello, thanks so much for joining us this morning, i appreciate it. >> thank you. rachel: all right. the defense has rested its case in daniel penny's new york city manslaughter trial, and the shocking revelation. we'll talk about that next. jordan neely had an open warrant at the time of his death. a former nypd lieutenant calling the case a miscarriage of justice. that's next. every note... every chord... every instrument... creates an incredible melody of power and possibility. but that energy needs to be reliable to have the same power. and affordable — to keep the melody.

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trial after new testimony friday revealed that at the time of his death in the subway jordan neely had an open warrant for his arrest. this comes as career criminals continue to terrorize new york's streets. this week an nypd officer and bystander were shot allegededly by a man with 17 priors. and three ohs were killed in a stabbing spree after the alleged suspect was let out just weeks ago. our next guest calls the penny trial a danger carriage of justice, dr. darren porcher joins us now. great to sew you. >> great to have you, charlie. charlie: just for viewers back home, why -- step back and give a big picture. why is this trial, explain why this daniel penny trial is such a miscarriage of justice. >> the reason is because crime is running rampant in the city of new york. the social contract is not being upheld. the the nypd is at a deficit in connection with the personnel, is they have yet to backfill the

personnel to have on the street to protect us as common citizens. so when we look at dan cell pen think's -- daniel penny's actions in protecting people that didn't have the ability the protect themselves, it really sets a bad precedent for us as the common citizen to step many and help individuals that are in fear of a lunatic that's on the subway off as this d such as this particular case. this case should not have come to true fruition in a courtroom. charlie: you mean actually vilifying the police and outing services might possibly lead to more crime in the city? that's just absolutely shocking to think about. but, you know, the whole concept of a guy trying to -- we have a god with given right to defend ourselves, and the idea that prosecutors would look at the situation and say, okay, this guy was trying to defend himself and other people on the subway, let's prosecute him instead of these other crime procrime, it's kind of mind-boggling, i think, for a lot of people who don'tly

in new york city. >> absolutely. you have to take into consideration the man at the hand -- manhattan d.a. is catering towardses the people he believes will elect him for another term. but this has become more of travesty for us as common new yorkers. we have a city council and a major that's to not pushing the appropriate agenda to put the appropriate number of officers on the street. so as a result, we had an individual who had a bench warrant, an open bench warrant, that wasn't taken into custody prior. had he been taken into custody prior, we would have never had this incident. to it manifested to a place where epic proportions of crime have been plaguing the city of new york, and we just don't have the personnel in the police department. and this is what we're looking at as it relates to mr. penny protecting our citizens in that subway car. charlie: in your decades of experience as an officer in new york, have you ever seen the situation quite as dire as it is in the city today? >> well, i was a cop back in the

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brian: president-elect trump making a crucial cabinet choice, nominating scott bessent as his new treasury secretary. if confirmed, bessent has a tough job ahead of him as u.s. national debt surpassed $36 trillion for the first time in the nation's history. former assistant treasury secretary monica crowley is a personal friend of bessent. she joins us nowment. monica, it's great to see you with. so this is a pick we've been waiting for, treasury. it's our money. it's a big deal. you served in treasury for two

years under trump. you know scott bessent personally. what do you think he's going to do in what's his prior deas the treasury secretary? -- priority as the treasury secretary? >> good morning to you, brian. i cannot be more thrilled to see scott bessent appointed by president trump to be treasury secretary. scott is absolutely brilliant. he knows capital markets better than anybody, and he's also fully supportive of president trump's pro-growth economic agenda as well as his tariff and trade agenda. which was a critical element in his selection. he's been a top adviser to president trump on economics now for quite a while. the president likes him. he trusts him. he has full confidence in him to be an outstanding steward of the u.s. economy. so remember, brian, president trump brought the u.s. economy back not once, but twice. first, after eight a long years of obama-biden and then, second, when we taliban to reopen after the unprecedented concern we began to reopen after the

unprecedented economic shutdowns of covid. and now with scott bessent by his side, president trump is going to restore the u.s. economy to strengthen and grow a third time. brian: one of the things he's going of deal with and you know this better than anybody is the national debt. $36 trillion. you know, he's got elon musk, he's got vivek ramaswamy. how does scott bessent fit into the story of getting that debt under control? >> yeah. i mean, we certainly are in , $n national debt, but we're also running annual deficits of about $2 trillion because of out of control spending. so there's going to be a two-track approach to this, brian. first is going to be the economic growth which president trump delivered once before through a pro-growth economic strategy of tax cuts, regulatory relief, unleashing our great energy sector and fairer trade deals. so all of hose things are going to kick in as well as his new and creative policies of no tax

on tips, no if tax on overtime, no if tax on benefits and other elements of this to-growth economic -- pro-growth economic approach. but the other track is going to be cutting government and reining in the size of government. so he will have doge with elon and vivek working on that, but he's also going to have somebody named russ vought at the omb, the office of management and budget. brian: yes. >> russ was his omb director in his e first term. that is with where most of the cost cutting is going to come, through o to mb. and as the president says reining in the deep state, there is nobody better than russ vought to work hand in glove with scott bessent and howard lutnick on the trade agenda but also reining in the size of government. brian: yeah. russ vought at omb is kind of the doge eye guy on -- doge guy on the inside, if you will. you mentioned tariffs. you know, the left is going

after president trump saying it's going to be the a national sales tax, but scott bessent has talked about it as well, and he says it's a negotiating tool. how to do you expect that whole thing to play out in. >> yeah. well, tariffs have three parts to it, all beneficial to the u.s. economy. number one, they can be a substantial revenue stream into treasury. number two, it's the all about protecting the american worker. and, three, as leverage which president trump demonstrated in his first term. he used tariffs to great effect to to bring the chinese communist party expect chinese leadership ott table -- and the chinese leadership to the table as well as mexico to agree to the remain in mexico policy and enforce their side of the border. brian: right. >> so tariffs have tremendous power in terms of actual economic, as an economic tool but also as leverage to bring our trading partners to the table to strike fairer trade deals for the american worker. brian: if you want to get a deal, you have got to get people to the table, and tariffs are

one way to do that. monica crowley, great to see you. thanks for being with us today. >> you too, brian. brian: all right. over to you, rachel, for some headlines, i think. rachel: thanks, brian. texas governor greg abbott is demanding state agencies divest from china. he called out the ccp in a letter earlier this week before saying, quote, i direct texas investing entities that you are prohibited from making any new investments of state funds in china. good for him. to the extent you have any current investments in china, you are required to divest at the first available opportunity. a major storm dropping record rain in northern california yesterday. system pars of the state seeing -- parts of the state seeing more than a foot of rain. state officials rescuing this driver after becoming trapped in flood waters. over on the east coast, more than a foot of snow falling in parts of new york, new jersey and pennsylvania. several airports in the region reporting delays as we head into

the thanksgiving travel season. a scholarship fund honoring slain nypd detective jonathan diller raised $700,000 at its -- 70,000 at its first fund raiser this week to help students at@mary's high school in new york -- st. mary's high school in new york. diller was killed earlier this year after approaching two suspects in a parked car at he. let's turn now to the chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. rick, you've got to come inside because there's chocolate merchandise the studio. rick: what? don't worry, i'm on my way. it's a short little walk. you were just talking about these storms. so we've gone almost 50 days without any real rain across parts of the northeast, and we finally got it, and it was so good. we've had fires across the northeast, and that's caused so many problems. look at the temperatures, 42 in new york city.

go interior hoe, and that's where temperatures were cold enough to get significant snow out of this. higher elevations, we saw some spots up to 202 inches of snow concern 20 inches of snow. this is the rain, the heaviest out on long island. great news for this, and those fires are falling across the border of new jersey and new york, and we've got a lot of snow right there. we have more systems, by the way, coming this week. this has kind of changed our weather pattern, rachel. rain monday, tuesday. another shot thursday, unfortunately on thanksgiving, but this weather9 pattern has changed with this, and we're going to get a much more active pattern. we're going to talk about all the travel trouble we're going to see as well. rachel: okay. get inside, rick. today is national espresso day. there's a latte to celebrate. we're going to get our caffeine if fix with the famous jacques torres flexion. ♪ ♪

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brian: all right. wake up and smell the caffeine, it's national espresso day. rachel: and master chocolatier

chef jacques torres joins us now to help us celebrate with. twenty years ago i was in brooklyn, i stopped in a little which can late shop when i was visiting my brother, and it was yours, and i had the most amazing chocolate i've ever had in my life. >> thank you. rachel: and then the i had it last night at the tree lighting. >> i was there last night, exactly, if the hot chocolates. rachel: oh, or my gosh, it's so good. you're going to teach us how to do a what? >> basically for the holidays if you want to do something with chocolate, i take some white chocolate, put it into those mold, or you can just take it and indo it in the white chocolate like that and pit on a piece of par. ment paper. when it's dry, you're going to get those little cups. brian: right out of there. >> you deflate it, and it will -- rachel: then you get a saucer. >> i put that on a piece of par if. ment -- parchment paper, and then i have these little cups. if you just want to do the

filling, the filling whipped cream, a little bit of mascarpone and a little bit of espresso. you want the stir it? brian: i do. rachel: this is espresso which can late? >> little bit -- yes. this is reduced espresso chocolates on stove -- brian: am i doing this right? >> that's fine. brian: is there a method? >> no. that's pretty much the movement. [laughter] nobs "money rocks". rachel: i love it. >> so we have -- charlie: he's being nice about it. brian: i know. >> so then you take the cream and put the cream into the cups. rachel: beautiful. >> that's all there is to it. a little bit of cacao on top, a little bit of cream. >> so that's done. >> that's cone. -- that's done. you just flavor it with coffeee?

charlie: you pour coffee on to -- brian: it's already in there. >> just a little bit. this is very strong. charlie: i feel like you're faking your accent. rachel: he's not. [laughter] charlie: your english is perfec- >> you're so nice. brian: did do you see his jacket? it says mr. chocolate. how many people in the world can be called mr. chocolate? is. >> you know, i have to tell you, i am the real thing. rachel: yeah, you are. your whole life is chocolate. tell us, what is it about chocolate? >> i really think every gender, every race, everybody, you know, everybody loves pretty much chocolate. rachel: it's unifying. >> it's something safe to give. chocolate is very safe to give. i think that's why. i think that's the reason. rachel: i agree with you. charlie: when you compare it the a cup of coffee, how much caffeine is in -- >> it really depend on how much of the extract. it's definitely a lot less than a cup of coffee.

charlie: and we also just solve one thing once and for all, a making hot chocolate with water is a crime, correct? >> look, it was original he made with water, but i think -- rachel: by the mayans. >> the mayans used to make it with water, but i think we're used to the milk and the creaminess and all that for the hot chocolate which is not the hot cocoa. cacao and chocolates are very different. that's made with real chocolate. brian: charlie, you didn't know your mayan -- charlie: apparently not. brian: can we find you online? >> yes. mr. chocolate.com. if. rachel: and, by the way, they have the most beautiful gifts of these lovely chocolates. you can get anything you need in the chocolate category from jacques torres. charlie: and little wild turkeys. and we do some big, giant turkey that are, like, ten times that size. they're really big on table.

point brian jack, you're the best. more "fox & friends" coming up next.

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