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carley: it is the 9:00 a.m. hour on "fox & friends weekend" starting with this. west virginia independent senator joe manchin torches democrats on the way out the door. >> it's so maligned from the standpoint of just it's toxic. >> also this, millions of americans in the midst of christmas travel but winter weather threatening travel plans. could we see a white christmas? >> plus, more americans hoping to ditch their christmas traditions for some unusual customs. i am going to hit the streets of midtown manhattan in a dues on n the loose, the final hours of fox and friends weeks end starts right now.

♪ carley: good morning, welcome to the final hour of "fox & friends weekend" on this sunday morning. it is december 22nd, three days to go until the big day, christmas morning. good morning to you both. it's been wonderful spending the weekend with you. >> good morning. carley: how feeling? are you guys ready to get your christmas morning on. >> i like peter's version, deuce on the loose. this is the first time you've done this. peter: this is the first time. when you don't see me on screen, they say i have one minute to get outside. one minute. carley: do you have your coat ready? peter: there's a coat somewhere. i don't know if they can hear us outside. we're coming outside in like five minutes. carley: i don't think they can hear. unless they're watching fox news on the fox news app. griff: which is a great thing to do. peter: or sirius. carley: your dad does such a

good job with deuce on the loose, peter's version, sounds like your version of the song. peter: like taylor twist. i'll start rerecording all the old deuce on the looses. carley: can you believe the year is coming to an end? griff: three days. i'm one day away from considering starting christmas shopping. carley: who do you have to shop for. griff: wife, two daughters and dog. peter: that's not a bit for the morning show? griff: no. i will be here on the couch for "fox & friends," waking people 7:0up on christmas morning. i have an edge, i have an extra day, i'll deliver presents after christmas. carley: doesn't your wife do shopping for the girls? griff: i'll do some. not really. carley: you haven't done it yet. griff: santa does. carley: when i was little, santa brought a majority of them but there's ones that say from

mom and dad on them as well. peter: we were done. i said this in the 6:00 hour. i texted my wife to confirm. we were done in november. carley: did she buy all the gifts black friday deals. peter: black friday and cyber monday and there was a stocking stuff we got after. we got excited. carley: there's a poll that shows when a majority of americans finish their holiday shopping. 39% say before december 18th. peter: that's me. carley: 6% say by december 18th they're done. 15% say by december 21st. peter: it's very specific. i stopped on december 19th. carley: i like the 5% and griff you can be included in that, after christmas. griff: that 1% on christmas, you are my heros. don't ever change, you. carley: i finished -- i completely finished on friday but i started early this year because i knew which be busy

with a couple -- i would be busy with a couple things so i started before black friday and i've been meticulously going through it. peter: it's not hard. we all have a phone and can buy something. i know amazon is on strike right now or parts of it. carley: there are people that are worried about that. peter: if you know what you're going to buy, it takes one second. carley: yeah. peter: one mississippi. carley: and amazon says even though the strikes are happening it won't affect packages getting to you on time. pe.griff: we got this e-mail saying i'm done shopping by halloween. carley: you go, girl. griff: i won't go near a store after that until the new year. peter: she's probably regifting candy. carley: john and sue say we begin shopping the day after christmas and finish by thanksgiving so they shop after christmas to be done for the next year. they shop early nor for the year

after. griff: that's what it sounds like. carley: they have so many kids in the family. peter: tom wrote in and said he starts and finishes on december 24th. he gives gift cards. carley: that is smart. griff: i need to give a shout-out to my daughter, madeleine, by 23-year-old daughter. she literally was looking yesterday, saying there's no gifts for mom under the tree. let me go out and get something for you. you didn't get anything. so thank you, madeleine, for saving me, getting me out of doing house. carley: goodness gracious. sounds like you've been done for a while. peter: yep, done. carley: you haven't started yet. but good for your daughter. griff: there's still work to do. carley: it could be a white christmas this year. parts of the northeast seeing snow already including boston which saw the heaviest snowfall in nearly three years over the weekend as a winter storm blankets the i-95 corridor. peter: triple a saying a record

119 million people plan to travel for christmas this year. weather could affect travel. this morning, 280 flights delayed. griff: let's turn to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for the fox weather forecast. let it snow. >> i think you're in doing house, you admitted there was no gift and your daughter got it. griff: i am definitely in doing house, no doubt. >> there will be a few problems across the country, not awful. we don't have blockbuster storm or anything which you can be thankful for. take a look at the map and we'll show you where the delays will be. most of the action will be across parts of the west, storms continue to pummel from san francisco to portland seattle. that's going to cause delays in those airports. get towards tomorrow, minneapolis st. paul, even chicago, although they're showing green on the map there, i think we could see a few problems. detroit, you'll see problems with a bit of a clipper system. you wer talking about the clippr yesterday, griff. that will bring snow across

areas of the northeast on tuesday, especially early day tuesday, maybe early day delays, later in the day a little better. dallas/fort worth h you're going to see problems because of the rain and some of that might be heavy, causing flooding. the next storm across parts of the west, christmas eve looking rainy towards lax. carley: could anybody see a white christmas this year? >> guess what, i think my ear piece is gone. it's so cold out there, the battery is gone. if you're talking to me, i don't know it. carley: even through a technical difficulty he turned spite a weather story. peter: -- turned it into a weather story. peter: download the fox weather app. griff: i think knows. i think he doesn't want to give out the secret. carley: that's right. that's right. more air time, gets to come back later. griff: alberta clipper will deliver some snow. peter: since we started the show, somebody who has been a grinch for democrats for years has a new sound bite.

it's joe manchin. he is an independent. he used to be a democrat. technically considered himself like caucusing with the democrats. now he's got some very bleak forecasting. if rick can't give us the forecast because the battery is dead, joe manchin can step in with a forecast that nobody in the democratic party is going to want to hear. >> i am not a democrat in the form of what the democratic party, what its turned itself into, the national brand, absolutely not. the brand got so bad, it's so maligned from the standpoint of just it's toxic. they have basically expanded upon thinking, well, we want to tell how to live your life. peter: i went to a couple dozen rallies this cycle for g joe bin and the kamala harris rallying

cry would be we're not going back and they would get the arena we're not going back, weshemeant we're not going backo trump. tusheturns out she was half rig. they're not going back to anything that was part of the platform we saw. carley: for someone who considered themself a democrat for years before becoming an independent and saying i don't have a political home anymore, to call the democratic party toxic in one of the final interviews before leaving office is a headline. they said they expanded upon thinking, well e we want to protect you there but we're going to tell how you should live your life from that far on. he's absolutely talking about covid-19 policies. if you weren't vaccinated, not only could you not come to work, you're also a bad person. meanwhile, all the person that were putting the rules in place were breaking them anyway. i think the toxic label that many people feel among the democrats started in 2020 during

the pandemic and then think about everything that happened during the black lives matter movement and turning against police officers and cancel culture and it really has come back to bite democrats. griff: listen, joe manchin is doing the democratic party a favor right now by saying the quiet part out loud. and if you really go back, when i first got to washington in the '90s, carley, pete, blue dog democrats had real power, particularly southern democrats. they were very conservative. they were advocates for gun rights and things that are only identified with conservative republicans now but yet the blue dog democrat is a fixture in the smithsonian museum now. it doesn't exist. you look back over the past four years, not only have we seen across the nation the progressive movement rise, you've seen in congress from ao c and others really begin to have an impact on the democrat leadership. how so? president biden being shifted on the war in israel and the

protests we saw rise from that so i think really the democrat party may want to listen to what joe manchin has to say and take the tough medicine. peter: and people will have different opinions about whether or not toxic is the right word to describe the platform but there's no debating that people in charge of the democratic party had blinders on and they missed the main themes of the election. they now are coming out and saying we never had the polling in battleground states but they had time to help their candidate. they missed it. carley: there was a time in the country where everybody was a democrat unless you were rich and the political evolution has gone a complete 180 where now the democrat party is for the rich college educated elites and the working class folks align themselves more with donald trump and republicans. i remember during the presidential election the teamsters president sean o'brien did a podcast and said i am a

democrat but the democratic party has bleeped us over for 40 years now and you see with rank and file union members shifting more to the republican party for a lot of reasons. the economy being the first and foremost one. peter: as we look ahead to the next two minutes, griff is going to read the headline and i'm going to go outside so stand by. carley: shall you take it away. griff: peter's version deuce on the loose. carley: get your coat on, it's cold. griff: during headlines, lieu i mangione will be arraigned tomorrow. the nypd used the spy plane to extradite him last week. he is currently held in a federal detention center in

brooklyn. the time for the arraignment has not been announced. over 1,000 workers joining the picket line saturday in san bernardino, california, adding to hundreds of amazon facilities affected by the strike. the union continues to say it will picket 24/7 until their demands are met. meanwhile, starbucks baristas expanding their strike in several states as well. workers shutting down dozens of stores across the country as the union says the company has yet to present them with a, quote, serious economic proposal. well, we told you earlier about a new christmas movie debate over whether or not harry potter is a christmas movie. we asked you what you think. leah is all for it, saying christmas break is the perfect time to do a harry potter movie marathon. carley: that sounds so nice. pe.griff: michael agrees, citig

the christmas tree and christmas sweater in the movement. this person disagrees. she says if the whole movie isn't based around christmas it's not a christmas movie. you've got a point there, terry. carley: fair points by all. griff: die hard is a c a chriss movie. carley: okay. i don't know. i simply don't know. i think both of them can be considered christmassy. is he ready? turns out nearly a third of americans are open to ditching christmas traditions for some unusual alternative customs. so what do the people on the streets of new york think? griff: peter is on fox square right new to find out today's special edition, the first ever deuce on the loose peter version. peter: we did this, the doocy family on thanksgiving, we had all the normal stuff for lunch and then for dinner my wife madeenmade enchiladas and theye

delicious, if she is watching. how important is christmas dinner, how important is it to walk into the kitchen and smell a ham cooking? >> yes, ham cooking, turkey roasting. peter: so that's important to you. so you're not part of the 31 social sec31 --31% that wants te tradition. >> the tradition i would like to ditch is decorating the christmas tree with your wife. peter: just with your wife or just in general? >> with my wife. peter: okay. what is your name? >> eva. peter: we've got 44% of people polled say they would rather have pizza on christmas than the traditional dinner. what do you think? >> i agree. i think that would be a great idea. peter: we've got the poll here. 44% for pizza, 38% for tacos. nitaers for tacos. look at this.

where are you from? >> slo?shreveport, louisiana. peter: at what point did it stop being important to walk in and smell christmas dinner cooking. >> after thanksgiving, we had enough turkey. i would rather something else besides that. peter: does anybody here want to stay with the traditions. somebody out here on the sidewalk. i'm going to cut through you guys. okay. so why is it important on christmas? what do you like so much that have you to have and that you can't have like 34% of people? >> we're doing the traditional style like -- the next day. definitely traditional. peter: it sounds like if i had to put it d all -- thank you vey much. is it the dishes you don't like? >> yes, yes. i always make the kids end up

cleaning the dishes. peter: no matter how old the kid is, the kid winds up doing the dishes. thank you all for being here. more "fox & friends" coming up. ♪ ♪

>> and allow a billionaire whose wealth quite frankly i believe has doubled since the election to run our government really has grave consequences. >> it's not donald trump asking for this. it's very clearly president elon musk asking for this. >> we negotiated. mike johnson agreed to it. and because as you said elon musk, a billionaire, tweeted about it, president musk tweeted about it -- griff: democrats hitting president-elect donald trump with petty jabs suggesting elon musk is the one calling the shot but our next guest says this is a lacey strategy to try get under trump's skin and it won't work. seattle radio host jason rants joins us now. jason, listen, this is clearly an attempt to get under trump's

skin but you know, calling elon musk president musk a bit far even though in fairness musk was the first to tweet about the problems with the original continuing resolution bill. >> sure. but for all we know he was tweeting because donald trump was the one who was upset about the direction that the bill was going. i think it's very clear that they're running off of the same script. if it's not saying president elon musk, it's the shadow president, it's all these talking points that clearly have been distributed and if it wasn't so obvious, perhaps it would work. right? i mean, if this was organic, if the american people were all of a sudden truly questioning whether or not donald trump is in charge or elon musk, it might cause some little bit of a riff but because it is so obvious what it is they're doing, i have to imagine donald trump looks at this and he kind of laughs because at the end of the day so long as he's getting his agenda to move forward when he's not even president yet, i think he considers it a win.

griff: and you know, we heard from caroline leavitt, the incoming white house press secretary saying, look, president trump is in charge full stop. but you know, you also have heard a few even republicans have suggested, well, wait a minute, maybe we should make elon musk speaker of the house, replacing mike johnson. what do you make of those suggestions? >> i think that is a bad idea. it is a handful of people who are pursuing this. i think clearly whether it's mike johnson or someone else who is currently a house member, that's the smartest move. you don't just put someone into that position who doesn't understand the position and has never worked within that kind of frastructure politically. i think it's incredibly difficult for anyone. you've got to wrangle together a whole bunch of folks who w froma principle standpoint may stand on the same side but they don't aims want the same thing. i don't think elon musk could easily step into a role like

that. griff: do you think the democrats fail to see or admit that, hey, for a moment it might be good to have this individual, not just any billionaire, but a man who revolutionized the auto industry by moving to a more energy efficient with tesla and cars, a man that rescued astronauts stranded in space because of his spacex private company that will now bring sunny and the other astronaut back from being stranded, the man that owns the largest information pipeline on the internet right now in owning x. do you think maybe we should be looking at that and say maybe that's good advice and a good person to get some counsel from for the commander in chief? >> well, when have progressives ever done the smart thing? right? i mean, this is a guy who used to be the sweetheart, the darling of the democratic party because of tesla and now all of

a sudden you've got liberals who are saying they're ashamed to own one and might want to resell it. i think at the end of the day this is just part of their, again, silly and lacey -- lazy attacks on billionaires despite the fact that you just had a candidate who raised a billion dollars and failed, you have a bunch of democrats who are raising money from millionaires and billionaires. griff: and raising investment in the u.s. because the economic center of the universe seems to be running through mar-a-lago, not wall street or silicon valley, based on the number of ceos coming there and as the wall street journal says, kitting the ring, bending the knee and cutting the check. thank you for spending time and have a merry christmas. >> merry christmas. griff: we have a big week of nfl including a rivalry matchup. jen hale has the match up. ♪

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peter: week 16 of the nfl season is here with several teams fighting for playoff spots with the eagles taking on the commanders who desperately need a win and a little extra help from around the league to clinch a playoff spot. here to break is down is nfl sideline reporter jen hale. jen, i work in d.c. nobody has cared about the washington football team, whatever they've been called for like a decade but now jay denden daniels has people talking. how do they match up with the eagles. >> they should be talking. the commander squad is so much fun to watch. today's game is going to be fantastic. the playoff quest, the gift keeps on giving. this game is critical for both teams. with a win, the eagles clinch a home playoff game. the commander, a win and a little bit of help and they're in. they matched a little over a month ago.

eagles won. several key differences today. number one, this game unfolds in d.c. so the commanders a huge home field advantage. one of the best in the nfl. when they're at home, number one in rushing yards, number two in total yards. that's hard for the eagles' defense toe keep up with. jayden daniels is healthy. in the first matchup he was battling bruised ribs. on defense, the commander added a cornerback. he is a shut-down guy. he is going to have the eagles' number today. so very key for the eagles. they've got to start fast. they have to not let the home crowd get into it. he had a 10 point first quarter last week, he needs to did you blue kate that effort -- duplicate that effort this week. peter: cardinals versus the panthers, cardinals have to win with a chance of making the playoffs and they're playing the panthers who aren't very good or are they? >> they have not been over the

season but bryce young has looked better. so this is a game where the panthers could play spoiler. that nfc west is crazy. it's wide open. and we have three weeks left to go. so yeah, the cardinals desperately need a win. kyler murray knows this. he wants the team to make a statement, get a post season push. the player i would circle for you, trey mcbride, one of the hottest names in the league right now. he has more passing yards, for receptions than any other tightened in the nfl without a touchdown. the cardinals want to get trey mcbride a td in the end zone. peter: vikings and seahawks in seattle where it will be real rainy. >> weather will be a huge factor here. these are two number twos right now. they want to hop up, grab the number one seed, capitalize on it. both of them have to win. going to be very rainy, very windy. that's bad news forgey know foro

smith. he's battling a knee injury. he will have to be smart. the air game will be tough in the wind. both quarterbacks, a ton of fun to watch, two of the best comeback stories in the nfl, gino smith for the seahawks and sam donald for the vikings, everybody had written him off. don't do that anymore. if the vikings can get a win today, he might be the comeback player of the year this year. peter: big game day. thanks, jen hale. >> thanks for having me. peter: griff and i will play football ourselves in a couple minutes. i'm going to go outside and pass it off to carley for headlines. i have my coat again. carley: i can't wait to see who wins the football battle. we have some news to get to. lara trump is removing herself from consideration for marco rubio's vacant senate seat. the former rnc co-chair

announcing the decision yesterday while teasing a big announcement for her future that could be coming next month. rubio's former seat remains open for the next two years. florida governor ron desantis says he hopes to have an appointee by january. president-elect trump announcing a series of new administration picks yesterday including apprentice producer mark brunette foreu.k. special envoy, burnett worked with trump in 2004 to launch the show which helped boost trump's fame ahead of his first presidential election. burnett is a 13 time emmy winner and has also led the production of many notable programs including survivor and the martha stewart show. this is my favorite story of the day. an owl making its way down a virginia family's chimney and replaced the star on top of their christmas tree. just look at that. much to the delight of the family's children.

watch. >> oh, man, look at the tree. [laughter] >> if he were were tr flying a little but lower you would see the door open. >> this is like the perfect spot. carley: with you believe that? it's like a real life tree topper and the family was very calm. it would have been chaos in my house. the owl was eventually captured and released back into the wild by a local animal rescue employee. got to love that owl. how great is that video? let us know if anything like that has ever happened to you. those are your headlines. all right. i hope they're ready for their big football battle. let's send it back outside to peter and griff. it is their turn for the "fox & friends weekend" football challenge. are you guys ready? peter: yes. griff: carley, for the first time today, i'm tied with a rope. okay. they started the clock.

we're just throwing. that's one, two, three. ahhhhh. come on. look at that. wait. hold on. i'm pl pulling against peter. good lord. ahhhh. come on, he can do it. hold on. ahhhh. here we go. yep, here we go. how many is that, griff? here we go. ya. hey, yes. he's pulling so hard. they're asking in my ear -- >> i have 20. 22. 23. >> 1,001, 1,002. >> 24, 25.

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carley: donald trump doubling down on his america first agenda, warning panama to stop ripping us off when it comes to the panama canal and fees they're charges, trump threatening if the (pells of this ges gesture of giving are t followed, we will demand the panama canal be returned to the u.s. in full and without question. maria bartiromo joins me now. i had no idea we would be talking about the panama canal this morning. donald trump is drawing attention to an issue that he thinks merits discussing. was do you think about that? maria: we didn't know. we don't know what else will come up. this shows president trump ambition and dedication to his goals and that is free trade, reciprocal trade and protecting the united states at all costs so these things are going to come up whether it's the panama canal or anything else domestic as well as international president trump is paying attention.

okay. he's paying attention to the way the united states is treated with regard to trade and reciprocity. this is just not the case with the last four years. president biden was not paying attention. we saw that in the article last week from the wall street journal about how his aids aides were trying to protect him. president trump knows that the u.s. is very, very appealing place to do business with and he's going to ensure that it's done fairly so i'm not surprised at this new-found protection and focus on the panama canal. he's going to get to the bottom of it and he's going to ensure that america is treated fairly with regard to trade and other economic issues. so let's see where this goes. i don't know. i don't hear a lot of people talking about it but i'm not surprised, carley. carley: if you think about it, this is what he did during the first term in office with nato. a lot of establishment folks didn't like it when he said other nato nations need to pay their fair share. they listened to him and now

many other countries that weren't before are now paying the 2%. a couple weeks ago he put canada and mexico on notice about the border and also trade policy and he's saying, listen, we're going to give you some time to work it out. you have about a month. but when i enter office i do mean business. maria: yeah. and he'll remember. he'll remember who is there listening to him and doing the right thing and who isn't and he will come back with punishment, economic punishment. so we'll see about that. the same thing with immigration. by the way, illegal immigration is an issue for everybody. it's not just america. he's doing something about it, but italy has cracked down, other countries in germany, around germany have cracked down so this is an issue that everybody is dealing with. president trump is actually doing something about it. carley: go ahead. i was going to ask what's coming up on sunday morning futures. maria: we have a big show. we'll be talking about president trump's agenda. the big issue now is how they're going to execute that agenda, it

is going to be two reconciliation packages, is it going to be one, and now i'm hearing from my phone calls over the weekend that the debt ceiling limit is also a major issue. you know, it wasn't in the last slimmed-down continuing resolution that passed and president biden signed into law but it likely will be part of one of these reconciliation packages coming up. probably the first one which means the tax extension is not going to be in the first one. it's going to be the second one. we're talking about that with senator rand paul. we've got incoming national security adviser michael waltz talking about the major issues that the u.s. faces in terms of threats like china. caroline leavitt is going to walk us through the agenda and perhaps tell us the number of executive orders that we'll see on day one and in the first 100 days. we had a great shoot with cardinal timothy dolan and saint patrick's cathedral, a beautiful message. we'll take you to the saint patrick's cathedral and show how beautiful it is. he talked to us about notre dame. you saw president trump at notre

dame when they had the big event there a week or so ago and newt gingrich, former speaker of the house will talk about the drama that went on over the weekend. you had critics of mike johnson circling the wagons trying to figure out what happens at the next speaker's vote which is happening january 3rd. we've got a lot coming up. we're looking ahead to the first 100 days and we'll give you a great message from cardinal dough lain from my shoot at -- dolan from my shoot and saint patrick's cathedral. carley: i hope i see you within the next three days, if i don't, have a very merry christmas. maria: and to you. merry christmas to you and your family. thanks so much. carley: you as well. our christmas concert series continues with chris janson live in studio. he's about five feet away from me, coming up next. ♪ come on in, how are you?

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peter: our all american christmas concert series continues with country star chchris janson. carley: recently he collaborated with alabama and remade the classic christmas in dixie which is out now. griff: here to perform it live in studio is chris janson.

chris, thanks for being here. this is a real treat, highlight of the day. >> thank you so much. griff: you have a christmas message, you have a christmas song. what's your message? >> it's really simple, jesus is the reason for the season. me being a christian, i have to tell you, i'm so excited. i want to say clearly i'm so excited for the next four years. we're bringing christianity and morals back to the country and i'm proud of that and that's the reason for me. now, second to that as a human, i stand here, i say i love food. i love my wife. i love my kids. and i love nothing more than my kids being excited and to be frankly honest we're happy to be in new york city. we've been shopping the last couple days, ice skating and itch been showing people the ropes on the ice. carley: nice. >> i'm kidding. carley: let's talk about the song really quickly because when you called up randy and the folks at alabama and said i've got an idea, and they said yes, what did that feel like? what was your reaction. >> we were talking about your

in-laws and where they live and i was trick or treating with my kids and kelly in the neighborhood ar and i goat the first demo back. it doesn't come home for me until i ask alabama to do it. whether they say yes or no, that's to be seen. i called randy on the phone and i said would you join me, he says absolutely. they said when do you want us in nashville. i said we'll come to you. we went down there monday. so halloween was friday. we went down monday, recorded it. tuesday we had the cut of it. randy said we respect you and we're in the jansen camp. that says a lot. i'm very grateful for that. it's a dream come true for me, really. peter: christmas in dixie is out now. chris janson take it away. >> thank you. carley: looking forward to it. ♪ by now in new york city. ♪ there's snow on the ground.

♪ and now to california. ♪ the sun shine's falling down. ♪ maybe down in memphis. ♪ graceland's all in lights. ♪ and in atlanta, georgia. ♪ there's peace on earth tonight. ♪ christmas in dixie. ♪ it's snowing in the pines. ♪ merry christmas from dixie. ♪ to everyone tonight.

♪ ♪ it's windy in chicago. ♪ the kids are out of school. ♪ there's magic down in motown. ♪ the city's on the move. ♪ down in jackson, mississippi.

♪ charlotte, caroline. ♪ and all across the nation. ♪ it's a peaceful christmas time. ♪ christmas in dixie. ♪ it's snowing in the pines. ♪ merry christmas from dixie. ♪ to everyone tonight. ♪ and from here in new york city. ♪ merry christmas tonight.

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♪ chestnuts roasting on an open fire. ♪ jack frost anything at your nose ♪ carley: we are ending the show with our all-american christmas tree outside in midtown manhattan. it's a cold one, but you know what they say? cold hands, warm hearts. griff: merry christmas, and don't forget to do your shopping. ♪ ♪