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congress narrowly avoids a shut down. setting up a new showdown for early in the new year. >> this is america first legislation. it allows us to be set up to deliver for the american people. >> after a chaotic few days in the house, it is good news at the bipartisan approach in the end prevailed. >> heading for a new era in 2025 , faultlines emerge. pointing to the political fights ahead of putting mike dalton speakership imperil. >> levo president -- >> i will vote for someone else. >> this is not for the president to fix. this is not for us to fix. >> reaction from senators on both sides of the aisle. plus, elon bus flexes his political muscle in a move to cut spending and shake up washington. >> no one elected elon musk.

>> our sunday panel, this is a change of voters called for on election day. holiday horror in germany. by people dead and more than 200 injured at a christmas market out the suspect pulses car into shoppers. security ramped up at christmas events now around the world including here in the u.s. all right now on fox news sunday ♪ hello. fox news in washington that last sunday of advent. christmas and the start of hanukkah just three days away. we begin with your headlines. makeshift memorials going this week and up the side of the deadly christmas market attack. for women in the nine euro boy were killed more than 200 people injured. dozens remained in critical condition. the suspect arrested on the

scene has been identified as a 50-year-old saudi arabia dr. who got to germany in 2006. he. before judge saturday evening and investigator say they're still trying to determine his motive for that attack. turning to the middle east. the u.s. military says two navy pilots have been recovered alive after having to eject from their super fighter jet and an apparent friendly fire incident in the red sea. two pilots had just taken off from the deck of the uss harry s truman aircraft carrier. now, in a moment we will get reaction to the budget deal just signed into law by president biden from senators work wayne mullen and ben cardin. first we turn to the white house on more on how the deal came together in not setting up another showdown will come early into president trumps new term. >> it was quite a deal. president biden remains at the white house today after deciding that to keep the government open the government is officially open right now. however, it really was close. a statement touting compromise. this agreement represents a compromise which means neither side got everything it wanted. but it rejects the accelerated pathway to a tax cut for

billionaires that republicans sought. continued to operate at full capacity. house speaker mike johnson torqued the original agreement with democrats once elon musk and president elect trump chimed in. the funding stays at current levels until mid-march. it includes $100 million in disaster rated 10 billion in economic aid for farmers. notably missing shannon is a debt limit increase something president elect trump demanded. >> we did what was basic to get us across this finish line, fund the government until president trump comes in with the republican trifecta and then we will go through. reducing spending and get our fiscal house in order. >> it exposed divisions among house republicans foreshadowing some challenges that may surface next year at the republican strike to implement the future president's agenda. an agenda closely watched by elon musk the world's richest man with growing influence in

the party. >> a bipartisan agreement had been reached among poor parties. the leaders of house republicans , house democrats, senate republicans and senate democrats. that was unveiled late tuesday night early wednesday morning. elon musk took to his social media platform. >> president elect trump will speak in arizona today at the conservative turning point usa conference where it is likely he will say something about this deal that was passed and signed into law by president biden. >> we will be watching. reporting from the white house, thank you. turning now oklahoma senator work may -- work wayne :. fresh out that late night boat to get this thing done. i've got to tell you, democrats are the ones taking a victory lap. mega republicans tried to put programs, working people and seniors rely on like social security medicare medicaid on the chopping block and paved the way for massive tax cuts for

billionaires but because of democrats, the american people one. your response. >> that is hilarious. they went from a 1572 page document that was full down to 117 page document and it was only because of president trump weighing in. you had biden who was completely absent as we face a shut down. you have the incoming 47th president, former 45th president that is already taken the role as president and was helping negotiate. here is what people may not understand on the democrat side. we as republicans and those that voted for him across america know that president trump is a negotiator because he is this very successful businessman. he put on the table what he wanted. in every negotiation you go and wanting 110%. you are willing to negotiate down to a certain level. mine is always 70% i walk away at 69%. he negotiated all the fact that the democrats put in there. still got a good bill. the success goes to president

trump and i appreciate him acting like the president since our former president is already missing in action. >> talking about the negotiations. not yet, president elect trump will be coming back. a lot of this is done on social media. some in the media are pouncing on that. here is what they say. trumpet brings chaos back to washington. cnn trumpet musk unleash a new kind of chaos on washington. as in government spending package after trumpet musk fueled chaos. you notice a theme there. a what does that say about how things will be legislated, how things will be tackled, the agenda, and legislatively into the new trump term when it starts in january? >> what we are going to do is exactly what the american people want. they want a different washington, d.c. they don't want things to be working like they were. they want washington, d.c. and the agencies to start working for the people. we start that by getting our

house in order. every business owner, this goes to the lack of people understanding business which is why we need more people in washington, d.c. fortune 500 companies, small businesses, fortune 100 companies and even the federal government can bring in consultants. think about this. the richest and most successful man in the united states. to the world. president trump has gotten him to come in to be the government 's consultant to show where we are having wasteful spending. showing where we can do things better for the people we serve. what is wrong with that? the approach we have right now washington, d.c. is broken and it is not working. we will bring in elon musk and allow him to help us see what we are not able to see. even as a small business owner like myself back in early 2000 when the company was just growing, i brought in a consultant and help us get on the right track. this is a perfect approach and this is why people elected president trump to come in and

be the 47th president of the united states. >> that is something we saw, more than 80% of people said that they want massive upheaval or significant change. we'll talk more about that a little later on in the show. he mentioned elon musk being part of that. democrats are raising their concerns. a congresswoman has written a letter to congressional leaders, democrats and republicans saying that he got this deal killed in part she thinks possibly because of a bipartisan measure that would scream u.s. investments in critical sectors in china. musk's investments in china and ties with its government has only grown over the back -- past few years. the shanghai plant and tesla, its largest our manufacturing facility, it produced about 50% of tesla's growing automobile output over the last year. our next guest, your colleague, express concerns about connections, about businesses where he has benefited, you know , at a foreign level, but also here at home.

what do you say about that potential conflict of interest or appearance of it? >> it is laughable. democrats turning a blind eye to the 27 shell companies at the biden family had with companies in europe, companies all over china who was buying ridiculous payments for access to the president when he was vice president through hunter biden and now when he was president through hunter by then. to the tunes of hundreds of millions of dollars. at is why hunter biden was parted for crime. these democrats turned a blind eye to an absent failing president and now they are pointing fingers at a president and his consultants around him. it is honestly, i wonder if they really think the american people are that stupid. it is angry, it makes me angry, but it actually says they do not care about actually changing america for the best. they are more interested in

dividing, driving a wedge between the american people rather than put this country back on track. i wonder if they forgot the november 5 election. they lost. they lost because they took us in the wrong direction people want change. that is what president trump and the people around him will bring to america. >> elon musk, chief among them it seems as the most influential at this point in time. with that in mind, when you look for tis potential influence, what do you make of those that say first of all he has a lot of power and money to primary republicans that don't go along with the plan. do you think they should face those primaries or do worry about the optics that you as a legislative body, congress, senators, congressmen, or in some way giving up some of your authority or your legislative responsibility if you were so influenced by somebody outside of an elective branch. >> the only people that are saying they are being influenced by elon musk or the democrats making accusations of that. at the end of the day, we will do our job.

we will listen to someone that is been very successful in life because that is what you do. you surround yourself with good people you will honestly make better choices. for them to start saying we will make our decisions based on elon , we will make informed decisions on what elon gives us. at the end of the day we will be representing those that elected us. for me, the great state of oklahoma and i will also the privilege of representing the united states at the same time. everybody around there will do the same thing. if elon wants to go out and take a personal shot at somebody, hey , he is a private citizen. look at my social media. why don't they take a look at their social media. there giving their opinion all the time on that. why are they just pointing to elon on it? you can look at the billionaire set up come after us all the time. he does not hide where he is that. that is why he has been very successful.

i really take a hard offense to the democrats even accusing us. they are the ones that have been corrupt over the last four years not republicans. they're saying somehow we will sell ourselves out. give me a break. >> do you think speaker johnson survives the speakership on january 3? >> i think that it will be a challenge, but i believe he can survive. at the end of the day i think he can only lose two boats. the house is very thoughtful but sometimes a chaotic body. they will work their will at the end of the day. speaker johnson has been a great speaker. he has worked very well with president trump. i hope he can stay but at the same time the body will make their decision. >> thoughtful but chaotic. maybe our quote of the morning so far. merry christmas to you. thank you for your time today. >> merry christmas to you, shannon fema joining me now as chair of the foreign relations committee. senator, always great to have you back. i want to ask you about this idea of this dysfunction in washington.

going on to new adventures. any of them have said it's because they feel like washington is falling apart. this places evolved into bickering and nonsense and not really doing the job for the american people. how have you seen capitol hill changed over the years had do you feel like it is broken as you leave? >> well, shannon, first, it is good to be with you. clearly, our nation is more divided and that is reflective in our legislative branches of government as well. it is been a real honor to serve in the united states senate. i have friends on both sides of the working together. we've gotten a lot of done i would not minimize the ability of senators to work together across party lines to get things accomplished. it is happening today. our nation is divided and we need to find ways that we can work together. we did that in passing the continuing resolution. it was a compromise. democrats and republicans work together. at the end of the day we got

something done that was good for the american people. we provided the disaster relief funds that were desperately needed throughout the country. that is working the way that we should. >> i want to try to get to some foreign hotspots while we have you. let's start with israel. you have been a strong defender. i want to ask if you agree with their fellow maryland senator who has written that he thinks that president biden has failed policies in the middle east. what is your assessment of where do you think we are getting to a cease-fire getting the hostages home? >> i think president biden hasn't done the right thing as far as america's involvement in the middle east. we are on the verge i hope on the return of the hostages. working to make it a safer country. they have been very actively engaged.

the cooperation and security in the region. >> i want to ask you about this. iran's supreme leader is resisting the new government. to be emerging. chaos in the country. what do you make or what is coming when there is a power vacuum that someone is toppled therefore i ran in that country as well. >> shannon, it is important for the syrians to select their own leaders. they need to respect the diversity of their own country. a lot of ethnic communities. they have to protect the rights of all the syrians and prevented terrorist organization. and then have peaceful relations with their neighbors. that is a u.s. objective. not to build a government. that is up to the syrians to

build their own government. we want a government that will respect darrell's priorities. >> russia's influence has been seen there in syria as well. they don't seem to be as involved are willing or maybe able at this point to get involved. it is another major foreign policy issue. biden has dealt with, trouble have to deal with. putin said he is ready to start talks again. i believe that russia has become much stronger over the past two or three years. why because we are becoming a true sovereign country. we are no longer dependent on anyone. how would you assess russia's strength at this point and how does that conflict end? >> first, i would recommend we do not believe what mr. putin says is accurate. he has shown over and over again his commitments being look at the assad regime. he was not there. he recognized that russia just was knocking on -- would not

invest any more in syria. the progress is around the world the trump administration taking the power here to the united states. he is our adversary and not a friend. bring in the final days as commander in chief. people like lawmakers say they could not get in touch with him. staffers were sometimes, it. to be making really important decisions. if the president was having an off day, meetings could be scrapped altogether. on what -- on one such occasion a national security official explained to another aide why meeting needed to be rescheduled he has good days and bad days and today was a bad day.

we will address this tomorrow. as chair of the foreign relations committee did you feel like you had access to the president when you needed it? what do you make about this very detailed picture of a commander-in-chief who was at times not able to do the job? >> the biden administration on foreign policy issues. it has been timely and everything you needed to get done. the biden administration, i know and continuing resolution the biden administrations were west on the disaster relief was held ready much intact so president biden is very much engaged. his team is engaged on not only the international issues. >> the number of the biden administration. that is what a lot of other folks have said, too. congressman adam smith talks about warnings and worries about

the withdrawal from afghanistan. are you confident that the messages, the work that is being done, you say staffers in administration, direct connections with the president are those happening? >> shannon, i was ranking democrat on senate foreign relations committee under president trump and chairman under president biden. more communications with president biden then i ever had with president trump. yes, i have been in communication with the president and i found his access available whenever i needed it. >> i want to ask you about the drones. i want to play something that your colleagues said about his confidence in what he's been told so far. >> we have received only minimal information. having no idea, no clue.

i am more and more concerned. >> more and more concerned every day. where are you on this? the information you been able to gather. what are your questions? >> in regards to the recent observations, we have been informed that there is no threat for our country. there are so many drones in the air today. there is aircraft that are identified as drones. in regards to laser beams. so, there is a desperate need for us to get a handle on drones and the regulation drones and where they can fly. of course, it is a criminal offense to use a laser. we need to get a better handle on it. obviously, it is a vulnerability that we have to make sure it never becomes one that could compromise america's national

security. >> senator, congratulations on your decades of service to this country and for all of the visits you made to fox news monday. we wish you all the best in your next chapter in a happy hanukkah as well. >> it is always good to be on your show. i appreciate it very much. have a merry christmas and a happy holiday season. >> this is a live look at capitol hill as we wrap up a chaotic week. i think that's the word we are using here in washington. congress narrowly avoiding another shutdown. weighing in on the impli

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process i think he is certainly happy about this outcome as well >> house democrats have successfully stopped extreme maga republicans from shutting down the government, crashing the economy and hurting working-class americans all across the land. >> republican and democrat leaders in the house with very different takes about how exactly the federal government got this thing funded just in the nick of time. that's talk about it with our sunday group. di benson, concerned women for america president and ceo and hans nichols and juan williams senior political analyst. good to see you. take it to the cliff every time. we do this before the holidays. setting up new battles for the spring. >> we will remember how this went down. we will just remember we passed

a short-term deal. the math is very tight for speaker mike johnson. we will play versions of this going forward. there will be another fight in march. a debt ceiling fight sometime over the summer. a fight about tax policy and the numbers will just be difficult for him and you have not just donald trump but elon musk kind of weighing in. they are most like the greek chorus. narrating these events and trying to push it one way or another. we are in for a ride so everyone has to buckle up. >> the winners are those who control the flow of information to the largest numbers of people or the right people at the right moment on the right topic and right now musk controls both for the incoming governing party. you heard my conversation with senator mullen about this, the optics that musk is the one calling the shots. >> i think he will have to be careful about that. he is a born leader. he certainly works for donald trump. there is no question about that.

i do think that there is a coordinated effort. as he goes into this time, he has been chosen by the president to run doj. he is a freethinker, he is a guy that is an innovator. i think every time that the left badmouthed him they just remind young people 10 points for the presidents from biden why they voted for donald trump. i think that this will be an interesting ride to your point. i cannot wait to see what happens. >> about this, michael. i think all of this is fair to say. the election is very much about change. the fox news analysis said 80% of people wanted total upheaval or substantial change. they are getting a change from the way washington is done business to this point. >> did they vote for chaos? did they vote for almost seeing the government shutdown for people in need of disaster aid?

not getting it or tsa military people, you know, farmers saying we don't know if we have the money to continue. i do not think they voted for that. i think they voted for change in the sense of wanting government to work, wanting more transparency. when you said musk now controls a lot of the way that we communicate because he is in control of x, formerly twitter. and a lot of that also speaks to the trump base. i think they follow him intensely there. when you hear democrats call him president musk i think it is done quite intentionally with the sting. we all know that donald trump can feel like he is being undermined and if he feels like he's being undermined, i think you will see elon musk gone in a moment. one final point on this, from people just looking, after think , now, is elon musk looking out for twitter or x, is he

looking out for tesla, is he looking out first basics? or is even on the trump bandwagon? we don't know. >> the great concern is what this episode suggests about how mr. trump and his social media enforcers will try to govern. it is a whole new way of doing things. trump has always been about doing things in a new way. he completely went around mainstream media. he used twitter to help himself get elected as president and it worked. >> around these funding clips and that sort of thing, i saw some buzz about speaker johnson, is his job secure in that position? trump has been pretty careful to not throw him under the bus at all. there been a few statements of positive support there. i saw an interesting vote of confidence from senator ted cruz on x just hours ago saying speaker mike johnson as the most conservative speaker of his lifetime and an alternative would be more liberal. i think you are seeing a rally around johnson.

republicans will have to do that next year, what we just saw, actually, the math gets harder for republicans. the majority gets smaller little bit and for a few months even smaller because of these vacancies. i think johnson will need a united team if they do some really important big things early in the next trump term. trump of course himself very invested in that. they want to put w's on the board very quickly. >> you want to do it early. elon musk voting in the house before he got to the senate. the speaker did a good job here given the circumstances. the circumstances wanting get tougher. you can stick around. the republican members are not so sure. congressman who shares the house freedom caucus, he talked about this in a statement friday night as well. he said since president trump's historic election and he put this republican led houses

initiated $300 billion in unpaid spending without even attempting offsets to prevent skyrocketing the deficit and debt. he ended by saying i am now undecided on what house leadership should look like in the 119 congress. there are other republicans will come out and said i'm not sure if i will vote for speaker johnson come. >> the argument is not necessarily about ideology, it is about competence. look at the last 48-72 hours. it took congress four different tries to get a three month short-term spending bill across the line. this is sort of the criticism that he made it more difficult than it should have been. he did not have the votes of first-time. he lost a vote on the democratic side. he just does not understand the procedural mechanisms and does not know where the party is. that is really driving a lot of criticism where he does not know how to do it especially with the thin margins. with that said, he can survive. there are real questions about

his ability to do the job. >> questions about who would come next and whether trump wants to walk into office with republicans having this, you know, civil war the last time they did this speaker thing. >> three weeks, 15 both in order to replace the former speaker and we know that, actually, i will tell you that mike johnson has a lot of sympathy on the hill and has a lot of respect because he is a man of great integrity. he has done some amazing things as speaker and also remember that we talk a lot about regular order. we grasp regular order. the house got five of their spending bills done where they got zero. he has a bad hand. he will not get better. there is no doubt about that but i think he stays. >> out to make sure we touch on this report. the wall street journal report with president biden. interactions between biden and many of his cabinet members were relatively infrequent and often tightly scripted. one cabinet members stopped requesting calls with the

president because it was clear that such were wes would not be welcomed. it is a devastating portrait. >> i might add that there was a similar story in the new york times. i think -- the neck too little too late? >> what do you mean? >> everyone is coming to the table now. they were not talking about this when they were talking about running for four more years. >> these stories make him look disengaged. i saw him in the last two days. both of them look a little elderly. they are elderly men. but, i think, you know, the portraits in the newspaper make it seemed like these people were protecting, buffering him. they were not allowing people engaged in senate and house

issues to contact the president. they were protecting him and they did a terrible job by putting him come i think he flew in the day of the debate versus donald trump when he looked terrible. that led to him leaving the race >> if they were protecting him, they did not do a good job. i think right now you have to say, he is on the defensive in this as he leaves office. >> on the bad days that they wrote about in the wall street journal, they would cancel meetings altogether. this started in 2021 in our colleague pointed out the day after the story broke, not one question at the white house briefing about it because a lot of the journalists frankly were part of this cover-up. i think for political reasons. >> panel, do not go far. a disturbing number of americans believe luigi mangione w

[inaudible] >> i'm not justifying his actions. >> supporters gathered outside the extradition hearing of the accused killer luigi mangione this week. the murder of united healthcare ceo, to some it is viewed as

acceptable. we are back now with the panel. i will read from the washington examiner care that says a plurality of young people will soon inherent positions of power across his country supporting political terrorism. all we can do now is wonder where nation where the sentiment becomes widespread can survive without tearing itself apart at the seams. some people are getting tattoos of him. he has celebrity status for killing someone, allegedly. >> it is appalling. he is not a hero in any way. he took a man's life. his name is brian thompson. he has two children who are very much of social media age. so they are seeing this glorification of the man the evidence suggests murder their dad by shooting him in the back in this cowardly fashion in cold blood. it turns my stomach to see some

of this, especially, unfortunately, from younger people. i would say there is something of a significant overlap if we use diagrams, i know the current vice president is fond of those. if you look at that running interference or making justification for hamas and its war against israel and the people celebrating this disturbed young man, unfortunately, a lot of similarities there. it goes towards moral and cultural rot. there something we have to do about it. a lot of this is all mine and it is a wild west. i'm not saying we should try to clamp down or control it, but obviously there's something really wrong and broken if you have nearly half of young people saying cold-blooded murder is accepted. >> i want to just push back a little bit. i do not know about the hamas part, i think that is an overreach but i think americans of a certain age that gen z cohort we are talking about are people that have lived through a lot of failure big institutions in this country. you go back to recession zero eight and thanks too big to fail

, we bail out the banks but we don't bail out the little guy you come forward to culvert. you think about the bank, not only the banks but the insurance companies in the health insurance, there are a lot of people that think these health insurance companies, they look out for themselves and their profits. they don't look out for my health or my family's health. you can say murder is absolutely wrong, and i totally agree with you there, i was a cowardly act, but you can also say we have a problem with profits over people and talk about it honestly. >> with all due respect, i do not like the but. >> i did not say but, i said murder is wrong but we can talk, talk. >> my point is we agree on the murder being wrong part. unfortunately, 41% of 18-29 -year-olds say murder is acceptable. that is what is so concerning. >> i think he gets away with a lot because he is good looking. he is a celebrity. >> i think we are living in a

time where moral relatives rules the day. good versus evil becomes what feels right versus what is right you know, we have realized him pulling that we have the highest number of people who are not affiliated with any faith, more than any time in u.s. history. 20%. that is a very large number. atheists are people that have no religion at all. maybe they believe in god or they don't have any affiliation. it is funny you said that because i was thinking the same thing. evil sometimes it's pretty. we saw this with ted bundy and we saw this and jeffrey dahmer using his looks to pick up young men and murder them and eat them this is a lot for sunday morning evil is real and we need to call it out and i completely agree with what you said about hamas who murdered jews and still we have at least three americans who are being held hostage today in gaza and you have over 100

israelis and kids all over college campuses celebrating them. it is wrong we need to say it. >> with the federal charges luigi mangione is facing there's a possibility of the death penalty. we got a report though that late friday that president biden is considering communing the sentences of most if not all of the 40 men on the federal government death row if their death sentences were commuted. they would serve life without parole. want to this quiet end of term kind of things. >> it will not be quiet. >> of president biden in subduing this, he is visiting the vatican to meet with the pope in january which, to me, is a suggestion is probably leaning in the direction of issuing these hardens. i hope they don't get full pardons. there are things that he telegraphs and wants to do and

this is one of them. clearly he has against the death penalty. one interesting fact, 46 of them are in that position now because of legislation that joe biden signed. joe biden's arc on crime and arc on the death penalty, like the abortion issue, he has shifted on this entity is now trying to kind of come back to really where the core of his party is which is against the death penalty. years ago, it was not there. >> some of the people talking about, the boston marathon bombing, robert bowers who killed 11 people in the 2018 attack on the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and dylan who killed nine peabody manual church. they could be exceptions to this we will report on it as it is happening. thank you very much. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. okay. a christmas movie making millions at the box office is just the latest example of hollywood embracing faith based

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herdman's and church. >> oh, boy. >> do you suggest i kick them out of the church? >> yes. >> the best christmas pageant ever. following the herdman children as they take on lead rolls in the town 75th annual pageant and teach the community the true meaning of christmas. i sat down with the director also the man behind the hit series the chosen to talk about his quest to provide high-quality faith based entertainment. >> dallas, welcome to the show. congratulations on the success of this movie. i know this has been a labor of

love for you. you wanted to get this movie made for decades. did it take the success of the chosen to open the store. >> that is what is funny. first of all, thank you for having me on. almost 20 years ago i read it to my kids and i was laughing and it was witty and i loved how great of a story it was. i get to the last chapter and i'm crying so hard i cannot even see the pages. every year for almost 20 years i was pursuing the rights and cap getting told with another studio another director. i do remind her my calendar to keep praying for this project that i would be able to do it someday. they just kept telling me know until a couple of years ago i reached out again and i said hey it's dallas, it is time for my yearly bugging so that i can see if the rights are available and i get a text back that says call me. i thought that's unique. now i get a chance to talk to you about the best christmas pageant ever based on this great book that i made. i am just so thrilled to be able to do this. it is a calling fulfilled in

many ways. >> people are responding. a wonderful thing to do with your family, friends over the holidays. it is such a redeeming message. you will laugh along the way. >> this is just one of the latest things we see coming through hollywood where there has been this real change over to looking for faith-based issues. in projects that they can promote. making sure the high quality stuff, wall street journal has a piece on this and said religious movies are sweeping hollywood and rich investors are pouring in millions. there trying to ditch the cheesy connotations of the faith genre and use terms such as faith to j smith to signal it is not for religious viewers only. they want to reach nonbelievers who just want more options for family movie night or to turn on something positive in the tradition of 8:00 o'clock television. what can you speak to as far as that bigger wave through

hollywood and their recognition of the value of these kinds of projects. >> it has been extraordinary to see, shannon. especially a project like the chosen which, you know, even though that article is about trying to also reach nonbelievers, you would think that to do that you have to change the story. you have to make it more palatable. whether it's the chosen of the best christmas pageant ever, i found that just by being true to the original story by being authentic in it and just trying to do as good of a job as possible, the audience, whether you are a believer or not is ready for something that is just good inauthentic. just like i am able to appreciate a movie like schindler's list. i don't sit there and think this not for me because i'm not jewish, i'm still able to appreciate the story. we are seeing that now. the success of the show in these movies causing them to go okay but maybe our resistance or our influence of these types of

projects in this audience is not actually good for business. i think that that tells you there is an audience out there, maybe they were not always aware of this. if you do these projects well which i hope we have you can reach an even larger audience, a mainstream audience that will be acceptable to this as well. it is been a very unique time that i've not seen in decades in hollywood. >> you have been at this a long time as others have as well. it is good to see the fruit coming to bear without the efforts being put out into the world. thank you for what you are putting out there for families of folks around the world to enjoy. congrats on the movie. >> thank you so much. yes, you can also see at home now, to. if you wanted gather the family for christmas now is the right time. >> with christmas just days away at the museum of the bible here in d.c. is giving visitors a one-of-a-kind look at how faith inspired this festive season. that is our sunday special, next >> there is really something for everyone. >> we just highlight those things that are powerful about

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millions around the globe, faith is a reason for the season. at the museum of the bible here washington christmas offers a unique opportunity for all visitors to learn the back stories of some of the most treasured artifacts in christian history. it is our sunday special. ♪ the christmas decor may drop visitors to the museum of the bible, but it is the exhibits that send them home with new insights into the history and for many the meaning of the holiday. >> at christmas there is so much to focus on. but will people see when they show up here at christmas time. >> there is a spirit of hope that is in what we displayed that just seems to capture by the people that come into the store. the hero of the story is being celebrated so it is powerful. >> a critical part of the museum 's mission from the earliest scrolls to the old testament to a rare first edition of the king james bible. >> thank you. >> according to the curator

there is one artifact that tells the story of early christians unlike any other. >> this is stunning to look at. also important. tell us what we have here. >> we have the earliest church ever discovered archaeology the. >> the table is dedicated to the god jesus christ. we also have the early archaeological mention. it began in bethlehem at the nativity. it comes full two centuries later. >> just as stunning as a gravity of these studies is where it was discovered. >> this mosaic floor was unearthed at a prison in the early 2000's. >> there was a prison on top of the church. >> correct. >> this was eventually discovered underneath. >> correct. not just the ancient artifacts, also display a remarkable piece of american history. the personal bible of president jimmy carter given as a

christmas gift from his brother. >> this place is full of so much information and it is fascinating. >> they don't know what to expect when they come and they find the kaleidoscope. an immersive experience of sound and movement. it is remarkable. >> what stands out to you? >> into the darkness comes this incredible light. it has changed the world. we are bringing traditions and cultures to say there is a light that is coming to the world. that is what we believe. >> the museum of the bible spotlights not only christian traditions but also next sunday we will show you how to celebrating hanukkah and introduce you to the on-site rabbi a got to me to specializes in a sacred ancient writing practice. you won't want to miss that. a couple weeks ago we got to enjoy christmas celebration on the other side of the country in california. the christmas around the world exhibit at the ronald reagan presidential library. displaying trees from many countries at reagan as it is as president.

despite his diplomatic efforts while in office. a goldstar tree in tribute to our fallen men and women in uniform. ♪ >> you have 26 christmas trees from every country that president reagan visited and each specifically reflecting the country. >> delights ornaments and decorations on each tree reflect the individual country that is represented. each country has its own work of art. >> what happened with the former soviet union. here he is. we can see the picture and this is their tree. >> absolutely. president reagan worked very closely. ultimately it led to the collapse of the soviet union and freedom going across the world. >> obviously, china a major player in the world. was in the 80s, is now. the reagan's visited there as well. >> it was a significant visit. as you pointed out had

implications for today. here you see this beautiful tree the lights, the ornaments the decorations speak to chinese culture in china more broadly. >> it includes something very, very meaningful. the goldstar tree. >> it is truly special. it is a tree where family members or anybody who has lost a loved one and paying the ultimate sacrifice to this country can leave an ornament or photo of their loved one and it becomes a permanent part of the tree. it is an incredibly powerful and special way to make sure that we never forget those who paid the ultimate -- who paid the ultimate price for freedom. >> that is it for today. thank you for joining us. have a merry christmas and a happy start to hanukkah. we will see you next fox news sunday. ♪ levin. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪