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♪ ♪ >> steve: it is 7:00 on the nose right here in new york city. on the couch it is friday, december 20th, 2024. welcome to "fox & friends." ainsley told us to wear this coat on our christmas party. >> ainsley: christmassy, if he has been. all in the spirit. >> steve: meanwhile, let's talks a little bit about this in d.c. lawmakers on the clock trying to reach a spending deal by midnight to avoid a shutdown. can they do it? a live report from capitol hill in 90 seconds plus day two of the steamster's strike amazon. possible impact on last minute christmas deliveries. >> plus with five days to go. we are in the christmas spirit. santa's reindeer in training have stopped by the fox square, get your kids. >> brian: they haven't started training yet. they are going to train with us. meanwhile, the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. so i urge you to get dressed. >> fox news alert, the deadline, the deadline to avert a

government shut down is midnight tonight eastern time. a spending deal still looks out of reach as democrats and republicans play the blame game. >> lawrence: aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill. hi, aishah. >> aishah: good morning, lawrence. i am keeping my eyes on the speaker's office down the hallway from me because there might be some activity in the next hour. i will tell you about that in just a second. first i want to get to what president-elect donald trump thinking right now. it's not moving from his position after the boo bill imploded last night. he actually up at 1:00 in the morning writing this on truth social. take a look. he writes congress must get rid of or extend out to, perhaps, 2029 that ridiculous debt ceiling. without, this we should never make a deal. remember, the pressure is on whoever is president. now, despite trump and elon musk endorsing this 100 page skinny cr 38 house republicans still voted against it. they said they did not offset raising the debt ceiling.

they were not happy with that johnson needed democratic voters but leader hakeem jeffries came out last night and he said he wasn't going to play ball. >> musk-johnson proposal is not serious. it's laughable. extreme maga republicans are driving to us a government shut down. >> now president-elect trump, j.d. vance, speaker johnson, pretty much every republican is trashing the democrats. >> the democrats just voted to shut down the government. even though we had a clean cr because they didn't want to give the president negotiating leverage during his first term -- or during the first year of his new term. and number two, because they would rather shut down the government and fight for global censorship [bleep]. they have asked for a shutdown and i think that's exactly what. >> ainsley: okay, so the question is what is next? apparently it is back to the drawing board for speaker

johnson. >> what's the plan. >> we keep hearing that are you going to run another bill tomorrow though? >> we will see. >> aishah: okay. so apparently punch bowl is reporting that the speaker and j.d. vance might be meeting with house freedom caucus members and one more person in the room is very interesting. would be trump's omb director, the nominee for that, ruffle vaught, he on the hill working the senators through his confirmation process. so he is here in washington, d.c. and apparently, again, according to punch bowl news. those four parties will be meeting in the speaker's office this hour. i will keep my eyes pealed, i will get over there right now and bring you any news at the top of the 8:00. >> steve: thank you, issue sexual harassment i was reading in punch bowl as well regarding the new many incoming omb guy. punch bowl has a note and talks

about how he will be arguing they have got to extend -- they from v. got to lift it. it was when kevin mccarthy in 2023 was speaker. he actually led the opposition. is he saying we kantz give them this. and now he is saying you got to give us this. and this is undoubtedly the house freedom caucus is going to bring that up with him. >> absolutely they are going to bring it up. in fact, kevin mccarthyens name has been brought up several times in the last be 24 hours. this is deja vu. people have been watching this and thinking this is exactly what happened to kevin mccarthy at the end of the day. he tried to throw things on the floor that didn't fly with his own conference. and eventually he didn't want to see the government shut down, so he put a clean cr on the floor. it passed with democratic votes, which is exactly what speaker johnson needs right now to avert a government shutdown. that's the what speaker johnson finds himself. in he doesn't want to lose his speakership. remember, that's the next thing that's coming up in less than a

month. he has to run for speaker again. he doesn't want to go through what kevin mccarthy went through. >> ainsley: what are the chances the government will shut down. a lot of conservatives now demanding three days. once they get the new bill they want three days to read it. >> aishah: that's not going to happen, ainsley. i think the 72 hour rule is out the window at this point and people are probably okay with that regular order is just out the window. i think the longer we wait the longer this goes. and it's looking to be probably a mini shut down. they can still get this done some time this afternoon. we don't have a floor schedule yet. we don't know when the first votes are going to be. so if they can crank something out speaker's this morning. then it's up to the senate to wiz this through as quickly as possible tonight. they will stay as as long as as it takes. >> brian: normally you get a sense who think ho thinks they benefit from a shutdown and who is going to get the blame. i get the sense that both sides

are just un -- >> aishah: no appetite for a shutdown. this is not good for any party. because, opposing party will blame you for it. and that's exactly what is happening right now. the only person that might be okay with a government shut down might be elon musk because this actually speaks to why you have heard the government shutdown speaks to why can i get rid of parts of the government that aren't very important with his work in doge his and vivek ramaswamy's. it's not good politically speaking for either party to see a government shutdown even for a few days. >> brian: do you enjoy getting up and doing this breaking news with us in the morning. >> aishah: i love you guys. >> ainsley: we bit of. steve. >> lawrence: we appreciate it, aishah. i find myself conflicted with this debate. i have been one advocated for regular order. i feel like we should have the 12 appropriation bills. but you are negotiating with half of the government. you only have the house and so, it gets to the point you have no

owe-you don't have that much leverage to say that you want regular order when you don't have full control. i think it's much different when you have the president and you have the senate and you promise that to the votes. so, i mean, you got to eventually say yes to something. >> brian: i'm going to give you a sports analogy that i think is going to benefit the country. >> lawrence: let's hear it. >> brian: byou might know football but you not in the huddle. elon musk is not in the huddle, vivek ramaswamy is not in the huddle. as they are calling the play and in opposition. it might be easy to sit on the outside and say this is so clear what play to call. do you not know what it is like actually doing the deal with so little power and leverage. you should say that shouldn't be in. do you know what is in this, this, and. this they came back and restructured at the last minute. the only criticism would be could you have not done this in october right after the

election? >> steve: because, just before we had speaker johnson on two days ago, elon musk at 4:15 in the morning said you can't pass this bill. that was the beginning of the end. >> brian: not in the huddle. >> steve: the question who was he huddling with? according to the speaker he was huddling with him. obviously, elon musk and donald trump can kill a bill. they said kill that bill today plan b from yesterday they could actually vote on that again today. it probably would fail again also speaker johnson could meet with jeffries okay. what is it going to take to get some buy in from the democrats on this? they could drop the debt ceiling requirement. that's the reason they lost 38 republicans yesterday or have a one or two week cr. just kick the can until the end

of the year. the first of january. after everybody goes and drinks a lot of eggnog. >> ainsley: there are about 30 -- my sources are delegate me 30 individuals never support a cu. 30 individuals never support getting rid of the debt ceiling. going to be very difficult to pass if you put those in. i love that picture that elon posted where have you got the big stack, 1500 pages, now 116 pages. but if you -- ralph norman was on "fox & friends first" earlier he said not enough time to read it, a. and then threw in the debt limit at the last minute. he had a problem with that he said we can't -- there's the picture. that's the first bill and now that's the revised one on the right. he said we can't have a limited shut down which means it wouldn't effect our military. it wouldn't effect tsa workers because a lot of people are traveling today. >> steve: they just don't get paid. >> ainsley: chip roy says it still spends too much money. he said it's $110 billion unpaid for.

and he has a problem with that too much pork. >> lawrence: i mean, let's shut it down then. i just hope that when they do have full power, that there is some sort of plan. i'm all for a fight. i'm all for giving the voters what you promised them. but, if they have full control and we are still at this same point, i mean, we were talking about the elon musk thing, but, there were the moderates and conservatives opposed to that bill that was originally -- the first cr. so, they got -- after elon got involved, there were more people that came to the table. now we have just a conservative wing of the party that is upset about the spending. while democrats are in control of half of the government. >> brian: the last thing elon musk put out is this: first of all, i'm not the author of this proposal. credit trump, vance, and speaker johnson. that was before it went down. i would say this. don't think that donald trump and elon musk are not on the same page so, they are not working against each other.

and that's what elizabeth warren. >> steve: they are in the huddle, brian. >> brian: thank you. wait, ainsley, will you accept my sports analogy? >> i got that one. i understand what that one means. kept it simple for me. didn't go into too much detail. you are welcome, thank you for speaking to everybody out there. >> steve: brian, continuing with the sports thing. let's talk about. every once in a while in soccer, your beloved soccer, a player is disqualified, right? well, yesterday, down in georgia. fani willis, the d.a. >> ainsley: they get a red card. >> steve: there you go. fani willis was disqualified, because there was a conflict of interest. remember, it all played out here on fox news. >> brian: i don't remember that at all. >> ainsley: she is fired. she is out. disqualified. >> steve: as it turns out. yesterday she was removed from the prosecution because of a conflict of interest. she was -- had a personal relationship with somebody she had hired, nathan wade, who was an investigator. and the legal system down in georgia said, this. >> lawrence: court of appeals.

>> steve: you can't do it, fab any, now what is going to happen the state of georgia could continue with it. >> ainsley: her office is disqualified. the entire office. >> steve: the case is going to be reassigned. lawrence. >> ainsley: to who a different office? >> lawrence: my favorite part is what the court said. i went through the whole document. this messiah favorite part here. the court is not under any obligation to ferret out every instance of potential dishonesty, from each witness or defendant ever presented in open court. they later said. this you have reasonable questions about whether the district attorney and her special prosecutor testified untruthfully about the timing of the relationship. further under pin the finding of appearance of impropriety and -- you have the court saying that the da as well as the chief prosecutor that she appointed were dishonest and they can't pick apart when they were honest or when they were dishonest. >> remember, a man is not a

plan. >> lawrence: is not a plan. that was ainsley's favorite. >> ainsley: i loved it. one of the other things she said a thousand g's. >> brian: i like to keep money in my house. >> ainsley: i have a lot of cash. my daddy told me to keep a lot of cash. do you have any cash now? i don't have any cash now. >> brian: testified kept cash around. took this all apart. unbelievable research and execution. there is other people on trial. right? co-conspirator. that's what the allegation is. who also need to know hopefully they are out of the woods. here is what she said this morning. >> i mean, it was something that you couldn't turn your eye away from. i think that's what the court of appeals said. it's one of those things that you know it when you see it. it's the appearance of impropriety. it's so great that it had to be enough to kick them off the case. i think it's really -- it's clear, you know, how fani willis has dug in from the beginning. she started this. she could have done the right thing early on, whenever we brought this to everyone's

attention and said hey, let's have a new central prosecutor handle this case. let's have someone else look at it. i think she was terrified because her case is so weak. she didn't want to have someone look at it. >> steve: can you really thank her for undoing this. here's the thing. >> lawrence: she not even trump's lawyer. >> steve: right. she wasn't. she was representing one of the other people in the georgia election interference case turns out that person was friends with nathan wade, text messages between the two of them that she brought forward and it's like, wait a minute, that disqualifies fani willis and, obviously, as of yesterday, it's official. she cracked the case. >> lawrence: got to think about the people who took the deals already. how they feel right now. the case is exploding, all these people were pressured to take deals and they still -- i mean. >> ainsley: donald trump said everybody should receive an apology, including those wonderful patriots who have been caught up in this for years. >> brian: do you guys have something to do for me? >> steve: we will take a

time-out as they say in sports. >> lawrence: so brian can read the headlines. >> brian: thank you very much lawrence and steve for the assist. the man accused of murdering two teenage girls in k delphi, indiana, will learn his fates. 130 years in prison after being found guilty in a trial last month. allen killed 14-year-old livey german and 13-year-old abby williams as they were hiking back in 2017. their throats slit and their bodies dumped. families expected to give impact statements which has been prevent you had by a gag order until now. ceo murder suspect luigi mangione arriving in new york city yesterday where he now faces state and federal charges. the new criminal complaint includes two counts of stalking, murder through the use of a firearm and federal firearm offenses for the december 4th killing of the united healthcare ceo brian thompson. the federal complaint alleges that mangione methodically planned his attack for months.

keeping a notebook. outlining details for wanting to whack an insurance ceo. and he did. the pentagon is sending counter drone equipment to two new jersey military installations. they are calling them drone busters. >> our commanders if they observe uas activity that they believe represents a threat, they have the authority to conduct. one of those capabilities could be the non-kinetic interruption of signals, for example. >> brian: only took a month. what urgency in the faa is issuing temporary drone flight restrictions across dozens of areas of new jersey and new york january. by the way we expect 40 million people to travel and weather could be an issue. >> janice: yes. >> brian: let's check in with senior meteorologist janice dean on fox weather forecast. janice, quite a crowd. >> janice: i have a great crowd.

are you ready for christmas? >> yes. >> janice: tell me shout your state where are you from. >> pa. carolina. >> janice: see if i can cover all of it. take a look at the maps. travel delays in the forecast especially across the northeast where we have this storm system that is going to develop the next 12 to 24 hours and bring some snow to the i-# 5 corridor. i wish it were a little bit more in philadelphia and up towards boston. we will take what we can get and going to be very cold. here are your delays especially for today through tomorrow across the northeast. the rest of the country pretty quiet. we have showers and thunderstorms for the west coast and snow for the northern plains, right over here ainsley we named our baby after you. are you ainsley. >> yes, i am. >> janice: congratulations what's your middle name? >> faith. >> ainsley: that's so beautiful. >> thank you. >> ainsley: do you have a strong faith in god? >> yes, i do. >> ainsley: is he watching out for you. merry christmas?

>> janice: is that like your dream come true? >> ainsley: yes. ainsley faith is beautiful. thank you, mom and dad. thank you. >> ainsley: come with me and see some reindeer. >> janice: i will make sure she gets out. come with me, ainsley. a real life reindeer in training. >> can how cool is that? >> steve: that's right. ainsley and ainsley. santa's sleigh has made a pit stop on fox square just in time for the big night. meet santa's reindeer in training. this is twinkle. back here we have tinsel and cowboy chris alongside reindeer farmer david huber of spruce run. >> ainsley: stay away from the antlers. >> ainsley: do you want to feed him or her? this is tinsel. >> steve: come along this side so can you feed him. is it true -- there you go right there. how cool is that?

>> ainsley: a real life reindeer. >> steve: david, is it true that actually you started a reindeer farm because a little girl ashley's age said these apartment real when you have a white tail. >> absolutely. walked up there. crossed her arm. she said that's not a reindeer. >> steve: david, maybe you should come around this side. how often do one of these things turn and poke you in the eye. >> i go about four pair of glasses a year. >> ainsley: wow. >> i just got new titanium ones. >> janice: are they friendly. >> very. this is twinkle. she is a 9-year-old. she is my girl. >> steve: there is a lot of sugar. >> she is featured on the florida lottery commercials. >> janice: wow. she is well trained. >> she is. she is a good gerbil. >> ainsley: what do the kids say when they come? even as an adult i'm standing new mexico a real life reindeer brings back so many memories. >> you saw the child on this girl's face it's worth a million

bucks. >> steve: i have a handful of reindeer slobber. so these are reindeer in training. does that mean they are building up to the flying part? >> building up to the big day. i'm not allowed to fly. can i only do takeoffs and landings. >> ainsley: david, when we cookies and milk should leave carrots, too. >> put out oatmeal raven cookies that way santa can enjoy and the reindeer can enjoy. >> steve: are you sure it's not your favorite? >> i didn't say that. >> steve: janice, these are so soft. >> janice: i'm amaze we have reindeer at 48th and sixth. has that ever happened on "fox & friends"? is this a first? >> steve: it could be. a little bit of history. >> two years ago we were here. >> steve: shhh shhh shhh. >> ainsley: have you ever met rudolph. >> is he making toys right now. got to keep going up there. there is no toys for anybody. >> steve: get a toy with hoof prints it could be made by

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particularly one could pull us in. restarted four star general jack keane we hear unnamed sources does your gut tell you this report is true? >> yeah. absolutely. i mean, the reality is, given what's happened to iran, hamas and hezbollah disseminated. they lost their major strategic platform in syria, which they needed to dominate and control the middle east and get all of their weapons. >> brian: looks like a freeze. >> completely defenseless from air defense systems. so, their exposure is extraordinary. and, think of this. there is no air defense systems to protect the regime in tehran whatsoever. there is no air defense systems

to protect their nuclear sites. so, prime minister netanyahu recognizes that and so does president trump. that there is an opportunity here to neutralize iran once and for all and deal with this situation. we haven't had this strategic opportunity in years and it would be absolutely shameful to pass it up. that's what the discussion is about. obviously, a kinetic attack is one option. you could issue an ultimatum and tell them to dismantle the system by a date certain and send in inspectors to include u.s. and regional inspectors to guarantee that. i think netanyahu would rather not do that because iran will delay it. and delay it. and delay it. and let's get it over with once and for all. so, yes, this is a good step forward. and as i said this, is a major strategic opportunity to shut these guys down once and for all. >> brian: i want to talk about that, because, and just to know there is a time limit on it,

because they are rapidly trying to get their nuclear program in line to prevent this type of attack. so, this might be a window that could close quickly. talking about a window that could be open. possible talks. putin talked for four and a half hours yesterday at which time he says i haven't talked to trump in four years. but essentially i'm open to talking about bringing an end to this war. your thoughts? >> yeah. well that's different from anything he said before. he has a tendency to be very expansive at these sessions he does at the end of the year because western reporters as well as russian reporters are asking him questions remains to be seen if that's true? fine. let's get on with it. why is putin saying that. people are not aware of the significant setbacks is he suffering he has been on osceola operation for ear year. he has moved a total of 25 miles forward in that time frame.

has taken 30,000 casualties a month. 57,000 in october. losing 100 to 150 tanks. only able to replace about 30 of them a month. so, in 2025, even the observers inside of russia recognize that russia is going to have a major problem in 2025. people will resist it and two major equipment problems. yes, recognizing that. this may be sincere on his part. and hopefully it is. >> brian: zelenskyy is also open to talks. we will see where this goes. as you see europe is having problems with their own government staying together while supporting the war. so this might be the perfect time to bring an end to all of this. and everybody hopes that, too. general, always great, educational to talk to you. thanks to everything leading up to christmas. i will talk to you again, soon.

>> yeah, yeah, you guys have a merry christmas. happy hanukkah by the way those two holidays christmas and hanukkah first time in over 100 years on the same day. take care, guys. >> brian: everybody celebrate together. thanks so much, general. coming up on saturday night. a huge show coming your way. hugh hewitt is going to be joining me to take off and talk about the changing landscape in the mass media. kellyanne conway the three things president trump is going to do right away and three problems he is going to have to handle. and we have the food babe coming on to tell us exactly what we should and shouldn't be eating and comedian adam hunt try to fit it all in saturday at 9:00. that's saturday night. what about this show? day two for thousands of workers on strike against amazon. just days before christmas. what does that mean for what is under your tree? it's lying dormant, waiting...

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♪ >> lawrence: so despite the holiday rush, teamster's workers still on strike at amazon fulfillment centers and they don't plan to stop until their demands are met. >> william dealing with this company and games and antics for two and a half years now. enough is enough. santa would be disgusted in the behavior that amazon has been engaging in over the last several years. we're going to hold them accountable. >> lawrence: the professor is here, brian brenberg. co-host of "the big money show" on fox business. so, professor, i hate to put you in the middle of this. but, who is in the right here? >> what the striking workers are trying to do is get some leverage to meet their demands. obviously and tough time of year, here is the problem though.

so what is happening you got parents at home who probably themselves haven't gotten a real wage increase in four years. trying to get gifts for their kids. trying to get them on time so they can have a great christmas. and they are looking at possibly their packages being delayed and the question is who are they going to blame? are they going to blame amazon. the guy is trying to actually get them the package or blame the striking workers, the ones standing in front of the trucks? i think the union here has kind of made a miscalculation. i don't think the average person is going to say amazon is in the wrong here. they are going to say why are you getting in the way of my triewks i'm trying to get gifts for my kids? people are use the to getting packages in record speed. is will so some time the same day only thing that has changed is the strike. >> i think a little bit of a miscalculation -- america is a place that's friendly to workers. right? they care about pay and workers rights. but they don't want to be held hostage at christmastime when they have to work in tough conditions, too. and their pay hasn't gone up.

we have all got the same complaints, right? but don't put the consumer under duress at this time of this the year. that i think is what is going on here. good news it doesn't look like the trucks are stopping. your stuff is probably going to get to your house so all might be well. i don't think there is a lot of tolerance right now at this time of year to be the ones to have their christmas held up. >> lawrence: some people want us to foot the bill. student cancellation another 55,000 public service workers bringing the relief to $180 billion for 4.9 million borrowers. the court said no, he said yes. >> brian: once again, it's one of these deals why does somebody else have to pay for -- somebody got the benefit of going to school, going to college. that's great. love that great investment for them. but why does the person who didn't go to college have to pay for that? we are in this moment right now

where it's like you have got it a lot of people who want other people to pay for their stuff. and to me, actually, what this election was about was kind of getting back to you pay for your stuff, and you pay for yours. you take your risks. and you deal with the consequences. and, frankly, that's how america works best when you get -- you bear the risks and you get the rewards if it pays off. quit with all the soft socialism everywhere w rk more on getting the price down. that's a conversation we can talk about. me paying for it. >> i tell you step one and getting the price down for college is get the government out of subsidizing all these costs. because that's the thing that drives it up. let's get down to basic economics. that's what i'm talking about. >> little thomas sowell. >> sprinkle it in like the christmas cookies. dolls it well.

>> lawrence: watch "the big money show." we got breaking news. we have new information about the spending deal as the government faces a possible government shut down at midnight. let's go straight to our correspondent on capitol hill, aishah hasnie. what have you got, aishah? >> hey, good morning to you, lawrence. it's been a busy, busy morning already. just the last couple of minutes here we have seen speaker johnson walk into his office. we saw trump's pick for omb ruffle vogt. we are hearing reportedly that j.d. vance is going to be walking into this meeting and you are seeing behind me these house freedom caucus members walking in. i have seen the likes of congressman luna, c cammack, beh van duyne, cloud, good, and also roy who has been vo outspoken about this. you are watching video here of johnson walking in. and when he walked in, he actually told reporters that they have a plan this morning. i am being told by a source that

they have worked out a temporary solution to keep the government open and then i was told by another lawmaker that this vote could come as early as 10:00 this morning. here is what speaker johnson told us. >> expected to vote this morning. stay tuned. >> reach an agreement. >> we'll see. >> how do you feel -- >> i don't know what we're going to do. >> aishah: okay, thank you, sir. some members don't know what they are walking into. others have told me they have heard there is going to be a 10:00 a.m. vote today going to be a temporary fix. sounds like a clean cr. don't really know exactly how long yet. get us into the new year go home for the holiday. we will see exactly what

happens. president-elect suspect making phone calls. that he has j.d. vance meeting with the freedom caucus. that there may be that they are not as hard lined as though they may have been played out for the press. there is some sort of agreement. it sounds like the agreement debt ceiling. that is what i'm hearing. it sounds like the one thing that the president-elect has demanded and asked for as recently as 1:00, you know, overnight, was that he wanted this debt ceiling to go away. either completely be blown up or be pushed off until after that sounds like it's not going to be included in this current package. again, we are talking about a temporary solution. this is not a one-year cr or three month cr. sounds like it's only going to get them through until they come back in the new year.

>> lawrence: ha! incredible. so they can go home to the holidays. >> a band-aid. >> lawrence: come back to get as they wanted a raise. aishah, excellent raise down there. thank you. >> aishah: got it. >> lawrence: so you know him from hit songs like rumor and hard to love. country star lee brice performing his brand new christmas single. that's next. ♪ i feel it ♪ don't you feel it, too. ♪ there's a rumor going around and around and around ♪ why don't you say we make it true ♪ and make it true ♪ oh, we make it true ♪ ♪

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♪ >> steve: our next guest is a country music star with billions of streams and nine number one hits. ♪ there's a rumor going around ♪ i belong to the drinking class ♪ you one of them girls that ain't trying to meet nobody. >> steve: lee brice has a new single out this season that is a tribute to the millions of americans spending christmas alone on their own. it's called single bells. and to tell us the story about that lee brice joins us in the

studio. lee, merry christmas. >> what's going on? christmas. >> steve: i have sang eli jingle bells million times where did single bells come from. >> man we just wrote this song today. it's a christmas song. i said oh, okay. sometimes christmas songs can be a little. >> steve: there is a million of them. >> okay. they played it and i thought wow. a whole new take on this thing. soulful. i fell in love with it. i immediately said guys, i'm going to record it right this second. they are like okay, great. i didn't want to pitch it to somebody else. >> steve: i got greedy and you wanted your name on it and i'm going to record it. where were you. >> i was on the tour bus. i have a studio on the bus that i built so can i get work done on the road. i said technically i just recorded it. >> steve: just like that. >> yeah. >> steve: how big is christmas at your house? >> it's big. i mean, we have been trying to teach the kids more about what christmas is really about rather than presents and that i understand could of stuff.

but we still, obviously, go there. but growing up it was humongous thing my mother and all of her sisters and whole family got around the piano and we sang. that's where i got all of this from. you know, and so huge part of my life. and so we love it. >> steve: do you have a performance of single bells up your sleeve? >> i believe so. i didn't bring reggie here for nothing. >> steve: reggie is the guy on the piano. ladies and gentlemen, performing single bells, here is lee brice. ♪ ♪ single bells ♪ single bells single all night

long drinking whiskey, mistletoe tipsy until the bottle gone ♪ single bells, single bells ♪ hey, y'all, that's my song ♪ it's fine to be alone like me ♪ if you're single, sing along ♪ ♪ everybody's got somebody this time of year ♪ to curl up by the fire with ♪ i just got me, myself and i ♪ the other half of jack beam ♪ that's all right ♪ that's okay ♪ hell, it's still the holiday ♪ that's the reason i celebrate that's what i'm going to say ♪ single bells, single bells ♪ single all night long

♪ drinking whiskey, mistletoe tipsy ♪ 'til the bottle's gone ♪ single bells ♪ single bells ♪ hey, y'all, that's my song ♪ it's fine to be alone like me ♪ if you're single, s sing alon. ♪ oh, the snow is falling and nobody's calling ♪ and you are waiting on santa's sleigh ♪ and everyone outside your window singing jingle all the way ♪ single bells, single bells

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