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morning. stay tuned. >> bill: this is the story and we're going to see whether or not this plan works this time. congress is on the clock. t minus 15 hours to avoid a government shutdown. republicans say they have another plan. could be plan c. we'll find out together. there might be a vote as early as 10:00 a.m. eastern time next hour. good morning, everybody on friday. i'm bill hemmer. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." yesterday morning i woke up the bill was out, nothing was going to happen. at "the five" yesterday everything was fine. i wake up this morning and here we are again. speaker mike john sson is tryin to rally. this after president-elect trump and doge co-chairs killed the first bill and the house failed to pass a second version of the

democrats are blaming trump and musk. vance thinks ooze. >> 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 year of his new term. they've asked for a shutdown and that's what they are getting. >> bill: if congress doesn't fund the government here is what could happen. you have 900,000 workers to be furloughed. most won't get if the government is shut down and get paid on the back end including the tsa. national parks and monuments could close. it would be up to the white house to control how the agencies operate. >> dana: aishah hasnie is following all of this from capitol hill. what will happen in the next two hours? >> good morning, dana and bill. welcome to congress. this is how it works here. back and forth a lot of it. the house floor is now open and members are starting to walk in.

there is still an ongoing huddle going on in speaker johnson's office between the house freedom caucus members that did not vote for the skinny pr last night. the trump-endorsed one last night. they are meeting also with president trump's nominee for omb director russell bot. he is in the room as well. we haven't seen j.d. vance enter the room but he is being represented by voss. i'm being told at this hour that there is a deal. a temporary fix to avert a government shutdown and a vote will happen as early as 10:00 a.m. today. it does not appear to include the debt ceiling provision that trump called for because again they weren't able to get the house freedom caucus members to agree to that. as of 1:00 a.m. last night president-elect trump wasn't moving from his position to

include the debt ceiling. truth socialed about it overnight saying it has to be part of the deal. he might be walking away from that at least for now to make sure the government continues to function and this would be kicked to the new year. they would have to come back and deal with it at the beginning of the year. now despite trump and musk endorsing the 100 page skinny cr34 house republicans voted against it saying it didn't off set raising the debt ceiling. johnson needed democratic votes last night and today as well. jeffries said he wouldn't play ball. we don't know what the democrats will do at this hour. they'll meet at 10:00 a.m. to discuss whatever comes out of speaker johnson's office. again, republicans and speaker johnson need democratic votes and they might get them. this is a clean cr. e actly what we're in right now and how the government is being funded. nothing attached it to. so that they can go home for christmas and come back and deal

with it in the new year. >> dana: just like everybody. oh, we'll do that in the new year, january will be something else. aishah thank you. >> charlie hurt got up early for us. as of 7:23 p.m. last night here we go. musk super fair and simple bill was put to a vote and only two democrats in congress were in favor. responsibility for the shutdown rests on the shoulders of jeffries. that was version 1.0. version 2.0 and this morning 3.0. what do you think now the pressure that vivek and elon did to lawmakers was profound. when companies don't experience that pressure they freak out and fold. we've seen it over the past four years. when lawmakers see that pressure, they kind of freaked out too a little bit. how is this new relationship

going to go and can we say whether or not the incoming president is happy with it or satisfied yet? >> it will be a rodeo starting early. but not only is it a freak-out for lawmakers who aren't used to that kind of pressure. to some degree it has to be weird for musk and ramaswamy to be dealing with this whole art of herding cats, not like running a company or where you can make changes. democrats are sitting on the sidelines laughing at all of it. i do think it is interesting that the best thing that republicans can do is the smallest temporary fix. it doesn't fix any of the massive problems in washington but gets them until the new year when they have a whole lot more -- not a whole lot more, a little more power and a little more room to maneuver. democrats are doing everything they can. they will vote almost

unanimously to prevent them from getting that one little soft kick to -- across the finish. >> dana: democrats can't find their footing or message. they can play politics and drive a wedge. here is call for number two, meeting of the democrats saying elon musk is in charge. >> shameful they allowed musk, now everybody is calling president musk, the blow up the deal. >> is musk going to decide the deal? president musk? >> we are in completely unprecedented times. the world's richest man, an unelected contractor reaping billions in government contracts is calling the shots in the republican party. who is in charge? >> dana: so you talk about the democrat signal went out this morning. what she said. the world's richest man. hillary clinton, if you are

catching up the republican party taking order friars the world's richest man is on course to shut down the government over the politics and stopping things just in time for christmas. word has gone out. this very rich woman will say the world's richest man is the one who is evil here. >> there is so much going on here. just to be clear, elon musk is operating in unison with donald trump. he is not -- donald trump is president. you know who is not president? hillary clinton? never been president, hillary clinton. you know who -- i was actually trying to go through the math. i don't think there is any person alive who has had more votes against her for president of the united states who has never been president. and obviously they are very good at playing these games. this is why republicans always get blamed for every one of these shutdowns no matter how much it should fall on both

houses. they always win. like you say they put up the signal and come up with a good line. however, i'm not sure this works this time long term. the problems are so huge and intractable and the mega phone has been passed around a little bit. donald trump has a good mega phone these days and why he won the presidency. and if you are willing to break things to fix things -- >> dana: and spend political capital. >> and spend political capital. he is willing to do that. i think long term this will be really ugly couple of weeks or months. we're here for it but i also think it is possible it could wind up ending differently. >> bill: a couple things we'll pick up on as themes throughout the day into the new year. voters voted for substantial change. 56% in our voter analysis. of the 56%, 70% voted for donald trump. let me finish here. biden nbc news, biden is on the

sidelines. just watch these stories throughout the day today and into the weekend until they figure something out eventually. charlie, thank you, sir. i know you want -- >> dana: the dissatisfaction is even higher than that and those people who are that dissatisfied. 80%, those people could be convinced they would be in favor of radical change. merry christmas. >> dana: the teamsters union strike against amazon entering the second day. the delivery drivers are returning to the picket lines at seven facilities across four states days before the holidays. madison is live in new york. hi, madison. >> yeah, day two of the strike and there have been strikers protestors out here 24/7 since yesterday morning. their goal is to stay until amazon meets their demands, which is for amazon to sit down with the teamsters union. so close to christmas. whether or not this will impact your deliveries getting to your house.

amazon has been firm this will not have an impact on deliveries. we've seen a little bit of slowdown in queens because as you can tell behind me these folks are marching in the driveway. no trucks here bust this is where amazon trucks come in and out with all their deliveries. when a truck comes up they hold them for a couple of minutes before they let them go. slight delays but that's why amazon is saying we won't see disruption ahead of christmas. they aren't recognizing this as a strike. these aren't actually amazon employees. that's also part of the reason why they don't think there will be any delay. listen to amazon. >> there is no strike because there are no amazon employees or drivers who are involved in this activity. what we have is a protest that has been created and manufactured by the teamsters to make a point. our network is built to be flexible. we're able to shift volume from one site to another. >> the workers that i've spoken to said they are contracted by

amazon through third parties and very much workers and want to be recognized as such and willing to be here as long as it takes include through christmas. >> dana: thank you. >> bill: thank you. 11 past now. >> want to send a clear, loud message that this act of terrorism and the violence that stems from it is something that will not be tolerated in this city. >> bill: first you have the state charges. now comes the federal charge. could that make the murder suspect luigi mangione eligible for the death penalty? we'll get into that come up here. >> dana: a cover-up at 1600 pennsylvania. a report revealing how white house aides hid biden's cognitive decline from the public. we'll talk to the wall street reporter who broke the story. >> bill: tens of millions taking to the skies and roads. severe whether is out there.

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>> dana: remember this scene from all -- el paso. only five of those people are still in custody today. >> remarkable. we'll get more on that story out of texas next hour. the f.a.a. banning drone flights over parts of new york and most

of new jersey for about 30 days after weeks of mysterious sightings across the northeast. they said believe your lying eyes, right? nate foye with more on what the folks in jersey are saying about all this now. nate, good morning. >> good morning to you. the f.a.a. is banning drone flights over 29 critical infrastructure sites in new york and 22 sites in new jersey. so what that means where we are this morning is a power station on the east side of downtown manhattan and drone pilots can't fly within one nautical mile of here. if they do they can be detained and drones shot down. look at this map showing the impacted sites in new york and new jersey. they include not only electrical power stations but a nuclear power plant in salem county, new jersey. you see long island heavily impacted. the new york governor said the action is precautionary. no threat to these sites. people keep seeing suspicious

aircraft. a woman in far hills, new jersey took this picture wednesday and phil murphy says there is nothing to be concerned about. >> there is no public threat here period, i can say that unequivocally. the f.a.a. today out of an abundance of caution said no drones flying over any critical infrastructure. >> now into the second month of this drone mystery the pentagon said yesterday that counter drone resources are still surging into new jersey. now regarding the flight restrictions here, bill, the department of homeland security says the operators of the critical infrastructure sites like this requested the protected status by the f.a.a. but continue to say that this is out of an abundance of caution and there is no threat to the public. send it back to you. >> bill: nate, thanks. you've been on it from the beginning. >> dana: bombshell new report from the "wall street journal" revealing how white house aides

went to unprecedented lengths to hide president biden's diminished state. months ago she was criticized for reporting on biden's decline. her new article provides much more evidence of an institutional cover-up. she joins us now. i don't imagine that you will get an apology from people at the white house who tried to crush you or even from morning joe who did the same. you are a dignified, wonderful person and you are not going to ask for that. i will ask for it on your behalf and that you answer this. was there anything in your reporting for this new article that you didn't know back in june when you first report evidence that? two weeks before the debate between trump and biden, which revealed everything. >> yeah, there is a lot in this piece that came to light after that debate, the initial story that came out and after the debate. we have found that over the past few weeks and months democrats have become much more willing to come forward and talk about

their experiences with the president and with this white house. you know, i'm grateful for that. it has helped us really understand more fully the situation that has been going on for the last four years. >> dana: here is some criticism of your reporting from that been. joe said i'm a cheerleader for the "wall street journal" and what makes this false biased story for disappointing. it is under mined by the massive weight on the record. another said editorial fail by the "wall street journal." makes you wonder who they are taking orders from? this is from the same people who want a return to norms and for democracy not to die in darkness. were there any -- was there anybody that you felt was not truthful to you back in june that was talking to you now? >> look, i think that the white house knew exactly what they

were doing in june. it was orchestrated by an operation. inside person described it to me as they operate as antibodies and this person backed off and realized it would make me the virus. the "wall street journal" wasn't cowed by this behavior. we expected it. we were still disappointed by it, i will say, even though we expected it. our job is to tell the truth and we are -- we're writing and reporting about the most powerful institution in the world. >> dana: do you think there is more investigation to come? because kamala harris did an interview with bret baier where she said joe biden is fine. everything is fine. it clearly wasn't fine. if you have to script your conversations from the president with his secretary of defense and secretary of treasury, the two most important issues on the

plate for the president and voters, should there be more of an investigation into what they were concealing? >> we're continuing to report on this story. we think it is incredibly important. my sense is others are, too. this is the story of this white house. every presidency has a legacy. this is a major part of this president's legacy. and i am certain i know that i have some -- some of my colleagues from other news organizations are out there working on it. >> dana: we have 30 days left for president biden to be the president. is he up to it? >> he certainly is not as sharp as he was when he was vice president. his aides are emphatic that his decision making capacity remains strong. but i think we ought to see his doctor's reports. we ought to be able to interview his doctor. something we're eager to do.

we ought to have the full information his physicals. the questions about his health are clearly very relevant and i think the white house ought to be more straight forward about that. and more transparent. >> dana: looking forward to all that you report in 2025. happy new year to you as well. >> thank you so much. >> dana: take care. >> the man charged with murdering united healthcare ceo brian thompson now in new york city as we get extraordinary new details in his own words allegedly about how he plotted this alleged assassination. it is extraordinary stuff and we'll bring it to you in moments. speaker johnson said an hour ago he has a plan to avoid the shutdown. elon musk said has anyone read this thing? donald trump one hour ago is putting the heat on yet again and calling out president biden. a lot of moving parts on this vote on the hill. you won't miss a moment as we continue next.

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>> bill: the suspect in new york accused of murdering thompson. luigi mangione is hit with murder and stalking also. he may face the death penalty in a state that doesn't have the death penalty. alexis mcadams outside federal court with more. >> good morning. luigi mangione is looking at a long list of charges here including those federal charges that they added. this comes as court documents say mangione was planning to whack a healthcare ceo talking about it for months writing all about it in his manifesto even back to august. because there are so many charges the law firm is saying his case is quote confusing saying that he shouldn't be charged state and federally and asking the state for more guidance as we try to get more information from them outside

court. they didn't have much to add. watch. >> we'll respectfully decline to make any comment at this time. mr. mangione appreciates everyone's support. >> what? in what looks like a scene from a movie check this out on your screen. he is walking out of that helicopter, bill. he was surrounded by several state and local authorities here and it is because this case went on for days. they were trying to track him down all across the area but he is there in shackles not just on his wrists but also on his feet in the jail jumpsuit. let's look at what he looked like when he went into that courtroom. he changed into a white button down sweater there. his feet were shackled but hands free. he answered yes when the judge asked him if he had seen and understood the charges. he is only facing four federal charges. not only those but also includes a murder through use of a firearm that makes him eligible for the death penalty. as he faces the 11 state charges

including first and second degree murder the state case will be coming first. there are concerns about double jeopardy and why his law firm has all these questions. police said mangione wrote that he was working alone explaining the whole thing was trivial. it took elementary basic engineering and a lot of patience. this is who this is all about, though. we talk all the time about mangione and see him walking with the police. ist is all about brian thompson. he was only in town for a couple of days. supposed to be here on business when he was shot and killed. his family is still grieving. mangione is behind bars and in the same place as sean diddy combs who is being held on racketeering and sex trafficking charges and has the same law firm as diddy. we'll get more information from that law firm. mangione will be back in court later this month. later next month. >> bill: the river is running deep already. thank you so much on that very intriguing story thus far. thank you. >> dana: prosecutors are releasing new details from the

suspect's notebook. one entry says this, the target is insurance because it checks every box. todd piro, and emily camp anio. there is so much disturbing about it. can we talk about the perp walk? it's the thing. this is going to be a big, high profile case anyone. seems like everyone wants to be a part of it. the 100 yards to walk and everyone had to be part of it? what do you think is happening? >> ridiculous. >> i think it was a reflection of the seriousness of the charges facing state and federal charges of terrorism. so to me it was the state, meaning the federal government, showing up to say it is patently unacceptable. in the face and landscape of what we've seen a shocking amount of public opinion that supports this individual especially among the youth. this is accountability and

responsibility not anything you should be supporting but i think it was an incredibly disproportionate show of force. >> bill: i thought it was entirely unnecessary. his legs were shackled and had to walk slowly but well overdone. the affidavit says this. the notebook describes the intent to whack a ceo as described by october 22, 2024. six weeks before the date of the murder. that was the entry into his notebook or diary. >> obviously that shows when the malice afor thought. new york, you have to tie it to a different crime. taking all of these together the perp walk and the notebook. here is my overall concern. i do not want any extra

publicity for this individual. i look at the jury pool. people who are protesting outthere in favor of this guy are not protesting his innocence. they are protesting because he is alleged to have committed this crime because they hate the people on the other end of that bullet. in in case the insurance industry, in this case brian thompson. that makes me so fearful the jury pool is not going to be clean that you will get at least one person who thinks that even if he did it, and he did, if they make that conclusion, that he was right in doing so. that's a miscarriage of justice right off the bat. >> in march of this year the boston marathon bomber that was returned to the lower courts to determine. the death penalty is upheld. two jurors on that jury are being questioned for extensive publicity exposure. you are right. there is lasting implications if

in any way the jury pool is tainted. yes, convicted and death sentences and all the things, there is a massive exposure risk if that jury pool is not clean. remember at the time the boston marathon judge said if we can't find an impartial jury in boston we won't find one anywhere. meaning the volume of the jury pool is how they escaped those initial motions. the end of the day 2024 they're still dealing with those allegations of juror bias. you are right. that's a huge risk here. >> bill: interesting. >> dana: i will leave everybody with this. dozens i twisted fans showing up outside courthouses for accused killer luigi mangione. thank you both. great guests. >> bill: i know you say you don't want the publicity but it will happen. it is. it is going to happen. todd, have a merry christmas. >> dana: brand-new special call deny, defend delay. murder of a ceo on fox nation on

monday. you might see me there. >> bill: you host it. on fox nation come monday. back to the hill right now. jd vance and johnson are meeting on the hill as we wait another spending bill vote. jd vance is still a united states senator. part of the reason why trump picked him to be on the ticket to be the intermediary between the white house and congress. that relationship is already well underway yet again during this period as we wait 30 days before the inauguration. let's get to this. last night's game between the broncos and chargers. they had a play that has not been run since 1976. didn't even know it was legal. you will find out about it when dana reads sports. [laughter] >> what did i do? . —here i'll take that.

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>> bill: the debt ceiling emerging as a key sticking point in a battle to fund the government. donald trump writing this. if there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now. under the biden administration, not after january 20th under trump. this is a biden problem to solve. republicans can help solve it. they will, end quote.

kevin o'leary. get you to weigh in. i know from a very good source even before the election what trump was asking a lot of finance people is whether or not as president he could solve the debt issue without forcing the country into a recession. i don't have the economic mind that is able to answer that. can you give it a shot? >> sure. it can be solved. you have to ask yourself one question. there are two ways the economy's engine runs, either the government funds it from the top down, or people by millions every day make economic decisions, people that run businesses or are investors. i would prefer the second to work. way to make that happen is cut spending. i will give you an example. there are still ballast unspent in the chips and science act. shut it down. a waste of money. billions left in the infrastructure act.

shut it down. the market is a better deal. i don't want to invest as intel. why should i have to invest in that company which is a loser amongst chip manufacturers as a taxpayer? so that's what trump is thinking. that's what he is asking these ceos and giving him the answer quietly without being public about it. we want less government and more market is what we want. that's the message. now there are 38 plus republican senators that also feel that way. that's why we are going to have some real watch the sausage being made on this whole spending and government shutdown stuff. >> bill: in a word, kevin. what is your sense. can they figure it out or not? >> i don't know. what happens is they'll punt for three weeks. no decision on the debt ceiling. this bill i doubt gets voted a ten, maybe later on in the day. these are lawmakers that want to go home for the holiday. we've seen this movie so many times before. punt for three weeks.

we'll deal with it on the other side of the new year. >> bill: "wall street journal" op-ed. how to avoid the coming federal debt avalanche. the nation will be snowed under unless we tackle the main cause of the problem, mandatory spending. mandatory spending is medicare, medicaid, social security, about 60% of the annual budget. i have yet to see the politicians who have the stones to solve it. that going to change? >> well, if there is ever a mandate for the next 24 months. mid-term is not for two years. trump has been elected with a platform that is a full popular majority at every level. this is his to do. if anybody is going to do it, it will be him and he said he would tackle this. so let's see him do it. i'm in the camp that says lower corporate taxes generate more tax revenue. i've seen that also. there is way to keep the tax cuts that trump put in place

years ago intact. maybe not down the 15 but actually energize the economy to grow out of this mess is the plan. >> bill: remember our voter analysis from election night. 56% of the people said they wanted substantial change in the way the country is run. 27% want a total upheaval. 70% voted for donald trump of those who wanted substantial change. have a terrific holiday and happy new year, see you in 2025. thank you, sir. >> take care. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: apparently this is going to shock you. you could call last night's chargers and broncos game a throwback thursday. it all started with a denver punt as the clock hit zero to halftime. >> trying to set up a return. he goes down, the ball is loose, whatever happens here there is a flag down. >> it is fair catch interference

and 15 yard penalty. get him on time down. l.a. can either snap the ball or do a free kick for a field goal, which we haven't seen in forever. >> dana: nfl rules state the half cannot end on a defensive penalty. i knew that. the chargers had a chance for a rare play called a fair catch kick. >> can he bang it through? on its way, it is -- yep. >> made history tonight. >> there you go. >> dana: it was the first successful fair kick since 1976. the extra three points helped propel the chargers come back to victory 34-27. what was so remarkable? >> i watch a lot of football and i had to read deep. the fair catch, since he called a fair catch, that made the kick

try legal. in other words, you can attempt it. what i don't get is why you are able to place it on a tee and have it without any sort of rush against that kick. >> dana: why don't you do it all the time? >> bill: correct. time had run out. a penalty on the other team and the fair catch apparently is what triggered all this. i'm telling you, dana, i had no idea this was possible, zero. i don't know if al michaels knew, either. >> dana: can you imagine doing analysis some crazy thing you haven't seen during the election since 1786 and say absolutely that is allowed. >> bill: chatgpt not around in 1976. chargers won the game, big comeback win. >> dana: broncos are still in the playoffs. lucas tomlinson told me that this morning. >> bill: bengals have a shot. they have to go 3-0. let's go. winter storm threatening weekend travel plans.

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>> bill: weather-wise a big storm. they've been getting snow up there. that's saying something. expected to disrupt travel for millions. see how that goes with fox weather and brandi campbell live in milwaukee at the mitchell international airport. how goes it? hello to you. >> oh, good afternoon i guess at this point to you. because of this clipper system, people in this region were finally able to get a good coating of snow in time for the holidays. something they haven't seen much this season. however, it could cause some disruptions for travel. take a look at this time lapse. of this airport showing the snow

coming down. they got just over 4 1/2 inches of snow because of this system and the state's top snowfall report had 11 inches of snow. half of wisconsin is still seeing roads fully or partially covered with snow calling for drivers to take it slow. when it comes to holiday travel aaa is predicting more than 119 million people will travel going at least 50 miles from home between saturday and new year's day. majority of those people are expected to drive to their destinations but they are still predicting nearly 8 million people to travel by plane. so right now we're seeing some disruptions at some airports. some of them spraying departing airplanes. boston logan international, pittsburgh, dallas/ft. worth and detroit and salt lake city. >> bill: you be well out there, okay? give the folks in milwaukee

hello. we spent a lot of time there. >> dana: a travel expert joins us now. what do we need to know? 119 million team travelers and 50 plus miles per average. 90% traveling by car. gas is down a little bit at 1.5%. airfare is up 4.7%. there you have it. that's the bottom line things of what people need to know. what else would you tell them? >> it seems every holiday that we have in the last year or two has set a new record. this is no different with christmas following wednesday. then you have the weekend before and after and with new year's it will be a ton of people. like always, be vigilant, get to the airport early. try not to check a bag if you don't have to. >> dana: really? isn't that annoying, though? jess watters and i believe in checking bags.

>> completely disagree but whatever works for you. you give the airline a chance to lose your bag. i travel light. i don't bring much stuff. don't need much. >> dana: you don't take six pair of jeans for a weekend? >> i hate waiting at the airport for my bag unless it's golf clubs. that's when i check a bag. >> dana: let's show everybody where the main holiday destinations are. orlando, fort lauderdale, south carolina, hawaii and new york and if we see all of them here as well. i did want to ask you this, too, which is there is a lot of hope that doge and vivek ramaswamy and elon musk working together with trump and congress can figure out a way to improve lots of things. everybody wants doge to be the answer to everything. is there anything that you think they could do that would help the traveler? the person trying to get from a to b. if you could tell them

something, what would it be? >> it will be really interesting to see what they end up doing. there are some issues within the f.a.a. with regulations and things like that. hopefully they can cut through some of that red tape and streamline things a little bit more. from my perspective, adding more air traffic controllers would be great because there is a nationwide shortage and has been for a couple of years now. and that could help with delays and things like that. also getting rid of some of the crazy security issues that we have at airports like taking your shoes off and things like that which is really annoying and can lead to delays. it will be interesting to see how they cut costs with things like dmos and cvbs and things that waste a little bit of money and like everything else that they are talking about doing, no one knows exactly what they will be cutting but interesting to see. >> dana: what is your -- which airport has the best and worst

airport security? >> obviously just depends. pick any major airport in new york or miami is probably actually the worst. i try to avoid like like the plague, to be honest. the best is some that get less traffic. a place like phoenix i find to be easy to get through. if you have clear and pre-check and things like that la scrags. i'm in los angeles. i get through security in a couple of minutes. not so bad if you take the necessary precautions. >> dana: lee, i will endeavor to travel in a carry-on. not happening. happy new year to you as well. thanks for joining our show. bye-bye. it is a hectic morning on the hill. house republicans preparing a new bill to prevent a shutdown. is the third time a charm? we'll see. i'm dana perino. >> bill: like that guy, checks his golf clubs. >> dana: