melissa, how are you going to top this next year? melissa? >> we're coming back to new york. we're going to have to make this an annual tradition now. i think the empire state building, i don't know, we need to keep adding now. >> todd: ryan? >> maybe they won't shut the blinds on me next year and let me in. >> he can hop in. >> i can hop on in. >> todd: i will make a story pitch right now in front of all of america and producers booting the show and listening. get you inside "studio m" where we do "fox & friends first." actually meet the real life buddy the elf in person. that would be awesome. stay tuned. that's a pretty deep tease into 2025. ryan and melissa buehrle. thank you so much. this is an awesome story for the christmas season. with that, "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪

>> steve: it's 6:00 on the east coast. we are moving kind of slow. we had our party yesterday and today is thursday, december 19th. >> brian: hi. >> steve: and it's "fox & friends." >> brian: all right. here's this. there is a fox news alert. right now the teamster's union launching historic strike against amazon, the impact with christmas less than a week away. >> ainsley: plus, a wild situation on a cruise ship, a royal caribbean passenger is dead after being detained for a chaotic incident. the fbi is now investigating lawrence lawrence radio silence. new york city's mayor says that the white house cut him off after he spoke out about biden's border crisis. >> it was a clear statement from the white house that they were -- they didn't appear to be happy that i was standing up for the city. >> steve: he was. and so are we. "fox & friends" starts right now and remember, mornings are better when you watch your

friends. ♪en here comes santa claus ♪ here comes santa claus right downs down. >> brian: there you go. looking live at steve's chimney. that is a shot inside his house. this is all you have a furnace. you don't have base board heating. a radiator. this is all you need. that's where you keep everything. right there right on the mantel. >> brian: that's steve's train. steve's bell. we are getting close to christmas according to reports. i need a second source. special shout-out you alluded to the christmas party yesterday which for a morning show is in the afternoon. starts at noon. >> steve: started right at noon. >> ainsley: it was our dinnertime. >> brian: used to be at caroline's. comedy club. it went defunct, now they have done much better with ping-pong.

>> steve: great big space. it's -- i would call it on the concourse level. did you go downstairs. it is great place. they call it spin because it's a ping-pong place. can you see right there. and a.j. and ari wound up with some spin ping-pong paddles. we played all day long. there is ted in the center of that picture. ted would not actually return the ball. he would just hit people in the head for two and a half hours. >> brian: he is a tennis player. probably the best one there. >> ainsley: ted came into to hair and makeup this morning he said i'm hurting. you are not going to see much of me today. are you okay? brian camera 2. >> ainsley: everyone is like take an alka-seltzer hair of the dog. get a beer. one beer whatever it takes. >> steve: for breakfast? >> ainsley: not me. ted. we were trying to give ted solutions. we weren't there that lock.

>> steve: i was there until almost the bitter end. i wound up. >> ainsley: leave and let everyone else have fun. >> steve: as i was leaving i realized there was a giant jenga over there. well, there is a picture. that's cool. a.j. and i played this. i thought it was going to take two minutes, t. it took an half an hour. we went back and forth. and if you never played it. these were jenga pieces essentially pieces of 2 by 4. and it was a lot of fun and that was it. back and forth. >> brian: take you through the game. we both knew for the last like 5 minutes it's going to come down. here is the thing about a.j. hall his family is in moving and storage. he has been moving things for decades. >> lawrence: is that your

excuse? >> lawrence: i know they pay us to spin. that may be the most creative spin. look, the kid grew up in a moving family. >> steve: is he good his hands moving stuff. lawrence lawrence and he is sticking with it. >> steve: speaking of spin if you would like to go sometime, if you are in midtown go to we are spin.com. we were at the spin midtown location and it was fun. >> ainsley: this room is full of men. i'm the only woman in this studio right now. >> lawrence: that's true. >> ainsley: you are so competitive. laughing at him because he lost a game of jenga. who cares? >> steve: i care. >> ainsley: i know. these guys are so competitive. girls would lose that all right i have to pick it up. >> brian: how does my hair look? >> ainsley: exactly. who is going to fix my lipstick? >> brian: we are saying that we like the place.

we didn't get a break on the price. we paid full price. that was us saying we like the place. >> lawrence: i love how you claim that disclaimer. >> ainsley: walk down those steps right here in midtown times square. you walk down the steps and you look into the room and he see all these ping-pong tadges and huge bar, it's preel really pretty. >> brian: brian i was playing with atlas financial for a while. why is that table open. you guys are over there excuse me sir, you don't belong here. all these guys at atlas, i think or was it axio -- they go to their christmas party financial guy suit and ties. relax a little. >> lawrence: that's explains why they recognized those faces. >> brian: what do you wear a tux to work? [inaudible] >> steve: it was great we were able to get together. a lot of us see everybody everyday because we are in a great big skyscraper. >> brian: lights in my case i'm

aloof. >> steve: we know that. lawrence ha ha ha. >> steve: we hope you had as much fun at your christmas or holiday party if you had one. >> brian: lawrence even knows how to dress casual. look how good you look casual. >> lawrence: dude, it was literally just a pullover and called it a day. i felt bad though because y'all were all dressed up. damn, did i not get the memo. >> steve: ainsley, to your point he is competitive about leash wear. >> brian: you know what i did i had to travel the other day. lawrence looks good casual. >> ainsley: are you wearing a cross body bag? >> lawrence: i got this idea from brian, actually. he started wearing these first. these little cross bodies. >> brian: i look pretty good. >> ainsley: a purse. >> lawrence: no, no, no; >> steve: brian 25 years ago started carrying a man bag. >> ainsley: i remember that. >> lawrence: let's not call it that. because if that's the case i got to get rid of it.

>> ainsley: it's nice. you have your keys in there, your phone and credit card. >> brian: a swaddle not like some illegal immigrant on a moped rip it off. >> ainsley: i do wear the cross bodies because of that. >> brian: i would rather be dragged than give up my ipad that's why i hold on to it. other thing is i travel casual should i tell people? lawyers lawrence please tell them. >> brian: game travel. jean short and pullover sweatshirt with a zip. i look pretty good t-shirt underneath because it was cold for the giants game. i say to myself i got to wear an outfit on monday casual. i'm like oh i like jean shirt and pullover. i realize i packed the same exact outfit for monday. i was with the same personal and i'm like i had -- should i tell them that this is a new same outfit because i packed same

exact thing? >> ainsley: you have two of everything? >> brian: if i like it why not get the same thing? >> steve: get a bunch. listen we have got some news. [off camera inaudible] >> steve: we are hoping the crew does not heckle us during the entire show. stop it. if you have ordered a man bag. it's there is a possibility it may be delivered late. a fox news alert. moments ago the teamster's unit kicked off historic strike against amazon. workers at seven facilities across four states are walking off the job at this hour. >> ainsley: yep. the rank and file are going to be walking the picket lines at hundreds ever amazon fulfillment centers nationwide. this will allow warehouse workers and drivers without collective bargaining agreements to join in. >> brian: i didn't even know they were unionized. here we go. if you are waiting on gift deliveries that could cause big problems. six days until christmas.

>> lawrence: so the teamster's union represents 10,000 workers at 10 amazon facilities. they say they are fighting for better benefits and safer working conditions at work. >> steve: that's right. those are live pictures right now portions of los angeles, new york, atlanta and chicago. and the union says if y your package is delayed. something you wanted for christmas and it doesn't show up, the union says blame amazon's greed because what they're trying to do is trying to get a settlement before christmas. >> ainsley: they want more money. they want to get paid more. teamster's organization only 10,000 people effected. and when you compare that how many people work at amazon, it's

a small, small portion. because 1.5 million people work at amazon. hopefully it's not going to effect your packages. but just beware if you are shopping, there could be a delay. >> lawrence: they are definitely using this as a negotiation tool. they are fully aware it's the holiday season and people want their packages. and they are using it to put some pressure on amazon. i'm not sure it's really going to work though considering the amount of people that are protesting. >> brian: do you know how the president likes to be hands on. jeff bezos having dinner with him last night. the teamster's president down at mar-a-lago. did he not endorse trump but he didn't endorse a democrat and they do get along. i think he could probably do -- still do party lines or facetime. you could facetime with your people or zoom call and president trump could end this. >> steve: president trump needs to work on what we are about to talk about. >> brian: that's a transition. to another fox news alert. the government shut down deadline is quickly approaching as president-elect trump and

doge leaders are rallying republicans against the 1500-plus page spending deal. >> ainsley: calling it pork fest. peter doocy is live in washington with all the details for us. hey, peter. '. >> peter: the vice president elect j.d. vance didn't leave the speaker's office until almost 10:00 p.m. late enough that vance's son who was with him was in his pajamas. working on a plan b to avoid a government shut down, saturday. >> this is a [bleep]. i don't know how else to say that we are being forced in this. they knew it would put members in this position to support it. we are damned if we do. damned if we don't. >> peter: pressure red like this on truth social. sounds like the ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive continuing resolution plus is dying fast. and one of the things that made it so expensive, raises for members of congress. >> members are giving themselves a pay raise. you guys deserve a pay raise.

>> that's news to me. it's good news. >> people look at the performance and say why should we give them more money. >> what about the media? think about that for a second. >> we're not paid by public money. >> i know you are not. half of your listeners are not there anymore. still getting the same paycheck? what's going on. >> the top house democrat hakeem jeffries wrote house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt the working class americans they claim to support. you break the bipartisan agreement, you own the consequences that follow. elon musk saw that and tweeted back x back you seem seem to think the public is dumb. they are not. with this a lot has changed since speaker johnson was on this program yesterday. >> remember, right now, we only control one half of 1/3 of the federal government. remember, democrats are still in charge of the senate and the white house. we decided even though we don't normally like short-term stop gap funding measures it made sense here. >>

>> peter: he was really pushing this continuing resolution for a few hours and then he pulled it and overnight we got an email from our capitol hill whisperer his sources are handy capping the chances of a government shut down now is high as 60-40 or 70-30. back to you. >> peter: peter. >> brian: don't you think part of the people people involved president trump is back and elon musk cares and has an actual role now. people say this reminds me of the answer reminds you of nothing. we have a president-elect who knows the job and we have elon musk whose job is to cut spending so, these are almost outsiders that were not -- these were outsiders not in the room but playing a role, right? >> peter: something so interesting about that. member of congress has x account. they can record a video with their phone and talk about how they individually are against all of these outrageous spending. but it's the x owner who says that if they ultimately go along

with the bill like this. he is going to bank roll a primary against them. it makes elon musk the center of the universe on capitol hill in a way that nope -- i get that we always have every christmastime we have these government shut down fights complain about it and there has never been an unelected official like elon musk at the center of it like this. >> steve: that's exactly right, peter. yesterday when we had speaker johnson on. we quoted to speaker johnson the fact that elon musk said this bill must i do. elon musk is saying that clearly donald trump is probably on the same page. it didn't take long before he came out on truth social and said, you got to get rid of that because there is too much stuff in it. and what it all came down to apparently was, you know, we -- when he was on, the speaker yesterday and he was talking about okay, there is going to be

disaster aid and there is going to be $100 million farm bill. well, the democrats said we will go for the farm bill. but we want all this other stuff. and that's the price of doing business if you wanted to pass. speaker johnson said okay to all that other stuff. all that other stuff is what hacked off all the republicans and those two men in that picture and that picture together didn't like it. after our interview with the speaker. i started working the sources talking to people about what is going on. where does the president stand on this. eventually i started getting the run around so i called the president. the president-elect is probably one of the first times put this on record. he goes we broked story on "fox & friends." i'm totally against the cr. he was not only upset with the pork. but that they hadn't gotten far along in the process. and that they weren't including some of the things essentially that he campaigned on. he did not like that it wasn't a clean bill and he said why are they we started' probably cause

a shutdown at that point in time. he has full control. he goes be i think the president made very clear is he sympathetic. he understands that he doesn't have full control right now. but he feels like they are kind of getting steam rolled right now. >> when you read the bill. when the speaker was on with us yesterday. it seemed like we need this disaster relief. 1500 page pork fest is what the doge leaders are calling it. 72 pages of it for pandemic preparedness and response. do we need that right now? dewould have to have that renewal of the much criticized renewal engagement center is that criticized? is that important do we need to fund that right now? we need a football stadium in d.c. >> being subsidized a new bridge in baltimore. a pay increase for congress. and here's the thing, the speaker's vote is on

january 3rd. with 434 members to start the new congress. johnson is going to need 218 of those votes. the spending package was too unpopular because of its size and then you had the grassroots effort by elon musk and then the 11th hour it was donald trump and j.d. vance, too. >> brian: your quote is here, lawrence, he told you on the phone the president acknowledged johnson challenging the situation but emphasized this approach is not an appropriate course of action. the only thing i could say the president is not wrong and elon musk is not wrong. johnson only has so much power. he has one half, barely, of raucous caucus and one half of one chamber. so he donald trump isn't there to help him. john thune is not the majority leader be says the things wrong, to get that i have to trade this. knowing that people in the republican party, don't want to do what he wants to do in terms

of spending and relief like thomas massie. so i would just -- i would say the only thing that i think the speaker could be faulted with is just be transparent. you are at the army navy game whim and traveling on the plane. guys, i got this 1500 page bill you are not going to like this but this is what i did. it's not going to become such a shock to elon musk. >> lawrence: to the members as well. the fact that they were giving the raises to congress and giving them the opt out of obamacare. all that type of stuff. >> brian: i don't mind the raise. ththey haven't got a raise since 2009. >> lawrence: american people don't want to see that when they are struggling right now. this is not the right thing to do before christmastime when people are struggling. the fact is this is the house version which we have control, the republicans have control of. when it goes over to the and you

lose the fiscal conservatives as well. and getting attacked from both sides. >> steve: ultimately, here is how the 11th hour stuff that donald trump has thrown into this he said i want to extend the debt limit. that's something nobody had heard about until yesterday. and here's the problem for a lot of republicans. there are dozens of republicans who have never, in their political lives, ever voted to raise the debt limit or extend the president trump is asking them to do it. maybe, just maybe we know how he operates. maybe donald trump threw that in as a negotiating ploy to try to get this thing across the finish line. >> according to the president-elect. he does not want to deal with the debt limit while he is president. he does not want that being used as a tool when they start doing the negotiation. >> most of our viewers have been on a cruise, right? this is a wild situation on. death of a passenger shortly

after detained for chaotic outburst caught on video. >> chaotic scene caught on video showing 35-year-old michael virgil trying to kick down a door on a cruise ship shortly after it left los angeles. he appeared drunk and allegedly attacked two royal caribbean crew members. the video goes on to show security attempting to restrain the passenger. fox 11 reporting security uses towels, zip ties and handcuffs and either bear or pepper spray in the. they believe virgil died within an hour of security injecting him with some sort of sedative. they say what happened was not characteristic of him. well, the fbi is investigating. but saying only, this quote: the fbi responded to a royal caribbean crews on monday when it docked in los angeles and is investigating an incident on board that resulted in death. royal caribbean releasing this statement, quote: we are saddened by the passing of one of our guest. we offered support to the family

and are working with authorities on their investigation. the man does leave behind a wife and 7-year-old son who were also on the crews with him. guys. >> cameras everywhere. that's why we saw the preamble to the actual brawl or the treatment so, chanley, thanks so much. lawrence. >> steve: there is a story fox 11 i believe in los angeles. they have a story on their website that said that the family claims that the security team injected him with some sort of a sedative. and he died within an hour. that's what they said. >> lawrence: nobody knows the full details. i mean, if you have been on a cruise or airplane and you see that unruly passenger. someone can get hurt. and you have no control. you are far away from land. i mean, i hate that the man died, but you can't have a situation like this. someone could have got seriously

hurt. >> ainsley: i wonder who is on the other side of that door? >> steve: it could have been his room. >> lawrence: that's not a small guy. >> he has a 7-year-old. 22 minutes after the top of the hour. congress preparing to crack down on the border chaos of the biden years. the action they could take on day one. [♪] looking for a moisturizer that does more than just moisturize? try olay regenerist for 10 benefits in every jar.

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>> ainsley: we are back with a fox news alert. a man in california is accused of plotting a coordinated attack with a madison, wisconsin school shooter. according to a gun violence restraining order, obtained by cbs. 8 in san diego -- sorry, that's the tv station cbs 8 in san diego, the man sent text messages to the 15-year-old school shooter about targeting a local government building while she opened fire on her school which she admitted during an fbi interview. a san diego court approved the order earlier this week giving the suspect 48 hours to hand over all the guns and ammunition. in wisconsin police are still investigating a motive for that shooting that left a 14-year-old student and substitute teacher dead. six others injured and teenage shooter also died from self-inflicted gunshot wound. now to another alert, accused

ceo killer luigi mangione is expected to waive extradition to new york today after he appears in a pennsylvania court. he could arrive back in new york as soon as today he also faces 11 charges in new york. including first degree murder but he could reportedly also get hit with federal charges, which could make him eligible for the death penalty. the faa issuing temporary flight restrictions overnight prohibiting drone flights over multiple sights in new jersey for at least the next month. meanwhile, one military base in the garden state says they have experienced drones attempting to smuggle i illicit items into a federal prison within its perimeter it. comes at "new york post" is reporting that at least 17 military bases near chinese owned farm land in the united states have experienced multiple drone sightings over the past few weeks. today, eric adams former chief adviser is expected to surrender to face her own criminal charges after resigning earlier this week. those charges do not involve

adams it. comes as the mayor says he believes the charges against him are politically motivated. >> i believe in fighting for what i believe is right. and, you know, the president said, the president of the united states said his justice department is politicized. donald trump stated, eric adams stated, the parents who are on fbi watch list standing up for their children are saying it. there is something wrong. did i nothing wrong. that is how i live my life and that is how i'm going to continue to live my life. >> ainsley: adams was federally indicted in september bribery, soliciting campaign cridgeszs from foreign nationals. wire fraud and conspiracy. he pleaded not guilty. and those are your headlines. brian, take it over. >> brian: it was great interview. good to see him on fox. thank you so much, ainsley. >> ainsley: you are welcome. >> brian: the house caucuses laying out priority as tom homan

look to hit the ground running on day one. >> the american people are fed up. outright rejected joe biden's america last agenda. instead of listening biden ducked be doubled down. >> long national nightmare of our open borders is almost done. the american people have spoken very cloud and clearly they want a secure border. >> they're going to take the shackles off ice and cbp and say enforce the law. they want to do expedited removal as well. you add those in there and that will actually slow down the flow at the bordered almost immediately. >> brian: well, our next guest is the mother of rachel morin the mother of five who was murdered by suspected illegal immigrant last year here illegally. patty morin joins us now. patty, your thoughts as the people -- as the group that told you that they would fight for border security is set to take power as they set up their agenda yesterday. what were you thinking? >> i was thinking thank god

somebody listened to the american people. 87% of the american people voted for donald trump. and the reason why they did was because he promised to take care of this invasion. and to know that they are targeting illegal criminal aliens as their first priority just helps the american people to feel safer and to be able to rest in their own homes. so i'm really pleased that they are moving so quickly. >> brian: i think the american people are there too, axios started secret talks in a bipartisan way to start cracking down on the border. do you get the sense that the country sees the problem or do you still think it's republicans who see the problem? >> no, it's americans across our nation. i've had the opportunity this past year to travel all over america. my daughter passed and that's

the reason why i had these opportunities. and i have talked to so many moms and dads and families. and it's the american people that see the problem with our immigration and laws and policies also the need for national security and for getting these criminals out of our country. and so, you know, the democrats are doing everything they can to stall and prevent this from going forward. and i think it's just because somehow they are profiting from this. >> brian: do you know what is interesting, president trump not only wants you with him when on the campaign trail. he wants to hear actually what you want to do same with laken riley family and laken riley act would require the department of homeland security to non-u.s. nationals arrested for burglary, theft and shoplifting and those here unlawfully. that's singing your some. that's what you want, right? >> yes.

we want criminal illegal immigrants removed from our country because they are the imminent danger. those that are associated with terrorist groups need to be removed from our country. we have tens of thousands of terrorists in our country. why would you do that? that makes no sense to me. so, yes, i'm very pleased with what is happening at the moment. >> brian: five more arrest aurora venezuela gang. they told us no gang problem just one apartment building. two days ago in brooklyn, a south african was picked up in brooklyn picked up on the fbi terror watch list. my hope is that people understand that this it is for america. it's not for trump and not for republicans and it's fighting to make sure that your family didn't lose rachel for no reason. it is a wake-up call to the country. patty, thanks so much. keep fighting.

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here is what we are dealing with. a lot of snow. heavy snow, blowing snow. that area of low pressure is going to transition off the coast and bring us a quick blast of snow for parts of the i-95 corridor. this is friday through saturday. and, yes, it's going to cause travel delays. look at this steve doocy. we could see one to three, three to five inches in some of these areas. that's the good news. the bad news is it's going to cause some travel delays. fox weather.com for all of your latest details and, of course, check with your carrier. over to you. >> steve: all right, j.d., thanks for the heads up on the weather. >> janice: sounds good. >> steve: republican lawmakers are calling for investigation of congresswoman liz cheney for potential criminal activity while working on the january 6th house select committee. the possible releasing a report saying in part, quote: numerous federal laws were likely broken by liz cheney and these violations should be investigated by the fbi.

>> steve: that comes from barry loudermilk. you looked at all this stuff. one of the things they say they say she broke a bunch of laws. one of the things they say she spoke via text or she was warned, liz cheney was warned don't talk to any of the witnesses. is it okay for members of congress to talk to witnesses? >> it is okay for them. it's not against the law. it is good advice that she should not have been speaking to the witness. i think that the -- some aspects of this account are very troubling. i have been one of cheney's loudest critic and a critic of the j-6 committee. i believe she did act improperly, unethical. i thought the committee itself engaged in dishonesty and unethical conduct. the question is whether all of that amounts to a crime and i'm highly skeptic. they are suggesting that this constitutes witness tampering. that's a crime.

and i don't think they could really stick this landing in showing this corrupt purpose to influence the testimony. she will be able to argue that she was pursuing a legislative agenda. that she was the vice chair of this committee. and she is getting the support of the witness who says that, you know, she had already decided to get rid of her lawyer to replace the lawyer, to change her testimony. now, keep in mind, that testimony changed in a way that many people believe was false, that is she ultimately gave testimony that has been debunked. you know, they included the argument that president trump tried to take control of the presidential vehicle and drive to the capitol. the mexico of that committee knew that that had been debunked by the very agent who was in a position to know. and they didn't tell the american people. >> steve: sure, liz cheney responded yesterday to the house report. she said new england other amon. loudermilk disregards the truth tremendous weight of evidence

instead fabricates lies and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what donald trump did. i know that you say that you are opposed, however, to her getting a pardon, right? >> >> i'm very much opposed. i think she is leakily to get one. >> these types you have preemptive pardons are very damaging to our system. there are people who are suggesting that joe biden give up the thousands of pardons of preemptive, what i call white knight pardons. and part of this is really designed for a political rather than a legal purpose. i don't think cheney is in serious threat of a prosecution. but we have a legal system to protect her rights and to protect the interest of the american people. so, if she is investigated they find something we don't know, then, perhaps there is a basis for prosecution. but at the moment, i'm very skeptic. when it comes it these preemptive pardons, it would change the pardon power in a dangerous way. we have gone through very

decisive -- divisive periods. thomas jefferson called the adams administration the reign of the witches. none of them engaged in this type of preemptive pardons. it would be a huge mistake for president biden. >> steve: well, would he have heard is he going to do some more. could come today. we are almost to christmastime. jonathan, thank you very much for joining us today from d.c. >> thanks, steve. >> steve: you bet. all right. meanwhile, it's our 12 days of giving. how one nonprofit is connecting military families through story time. look at those kids. love story time. plus, catch the hit series martin scorsese the saints available right now on fox nation. [horse neighing] >> do you believe you were sent by god? >> yes. >> rebent! repent, come and be baptizedin .

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♪ >> ainsley: it is day seven of our 12 days of giving and today we are highlighting through reading. they can't make it back for their child's bedtime stories, obviously. that is where united through reading steps. in the group's vice president of advancement, jenna lang joins us now hey, jenna. >> hi. >> ainsley: you know firsthand how this organization helped you. tell us what the organization does and how it impacted your life. >> sure. united through reading works to ensure that we save story time. story time is such an embedded part of our evidence routine for families. when service members are deployed they are not able to take part in it. we record service members reading to their children and watch it on demand while they are away from home. >> ainsley: gosh, that's great. the organization is 35 years old. >> yes, ma'am. >> your children are grown now. when they were little, you had three little ones at home by

yourself. he was deployed how many times? >> for seven christmases. >> ainsley: missed graduation, one of your children's graduation day. it's very hard. but how did this impact, tell us the story you were telling me during the commercial about your daughter and what she did when she saw her daddy. >> so, i think that we get wrapped up in the big moments and you miss the little moments. so my husband recorded the stories and sent them home. my daughter was 2 when i first put on the tv i wasn't sure her reaction. she would get up and walk behind the tv and look and go and sit back down and go and see him. i will tell you when he came home from deployment she immediately went to him, brought him home, wanted to see her room. and i think that ability to see him reading to her on a regular basis while gone really changed the dynamic not only for the deployment but for coming home as well. >> ainsley: right. you loved the organization so much you wanted to be a part of it.

>> yes. >> ainsley: now you are on national television telling others about it. we have a soundbite from a family, aaron and jesse. jesse was deployed and erin was able to bring them into the home every night to say a story to the kids. >> jesse did recording on app. fancy now we have an app. before they left for deployment they have two boys colton and maddox. erin was nervous at first how maddox was going to react seeing it. and he was having a really bad day one day and she showed the video and it made the day be better. >> ainsley: what a cute child. listen to what she said about the organization. >> jesse recorded all of the stories prior to him leaving on deployment. he hasn't had the opportunity to record any while he has been gone, but i think having the ones that we do have has been helpful for the kids to be able to have him around, per se, when

he is not physically here. and it's also been beneficial for me to see how much of an impact he has on their lives he's great dad. >> ainsley: i can't imagine missing story time for 10 months while you are deployed. god bless service members and families and moms who stayed home to keep everything running. to learn more about united through reading, you can scan the qr code to visit united through reading. you can go to their website. united through reading.org and donate money so that other families can be able to experience this. god bless you. thank you so much. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. thank you for having us. steve. >> ainsley: you are welcome. over to brian. >> brian: great job. hope everyone held their phone up to the qr code. turning to your headlines now. police in new jersey are searching for a couple of porch pirates caught taunting a homeowner on their ring doorbell. look at these idiots. two thieves seen stealing a

package. posted that video to the ring. neighbors app. to warn others. turns out the thieves saw the post and they returned to the scene of the crime calling out the victims for posting the video. the other bringing back a broken glass that was inside the stolen package. got to get those guys. pop star nic jonas is hitting back at critics who slammed him for exchange on x with elon musk. jonas posting a picture of musk writing, quote: take us to the year 3,000. this was in response to musk's post of an old jonas brother's people, okay? sources close to the singer telling "the daily mail" nic is not going to waiver against elon musk. he thinks things are taking overboard how they are reacting to it. nick, there are a lot more important things to dealing about than online trolls. trump's granddaughter which one

of them is better? >> i can't answer that one just because i respect my grandfather. i say pretty 50/50, i mean, depends on the day. i think we should do stroke play. i will challenge him on his home turf. >> brian: avid golf play golf at the university of miami and online sensation. that is a great story. meanwhile, more "fox & friends" in just a moment. we got two hours unless i got the schedule wrong. ♪ s

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