>> hey, trey peggy from indiana. what is your favorite holiday movi ge or story? >> trey: iri like "the grinch stole christmas." arts arei am told our parts aree size. i like christmas vacation and i like a christmasad move movie. a i would like to pick a christmas songg , o holy night and titledt is not his child by patricia yearwood. if you have a question find this social media @gowdyamerica.l thank you for spending part of your sunday with us.ha i hope you have a great week ahea >> carley: we begin with a fox news alert. an illegal migrant allegedly setting fire to a sleeping

subway passenger in new york city as president trump vows to battle the border crisis day one of his presidency. >> todd: and making a major foreign policy announcement that could have implication for global trade. >> carley: dangerous drone mishap in florida, drones collide and fall into the crowd during a christmas celebration injuring several people. you are watching "fox and friends first" on monday morning, i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. carley has more on that murder. >> carley: a migrant from guatemala was arrested on a new york city subway train. source telling fox news he entered the u.s. illegally in 2018. the video we are about to show is graphic. according to nypd around 7:30 a.m. yesterday morning suspect

mrooched a sleeping woman on stationary train and lit her clothes on fire with a lighter. video shows the suspect watching the unidentified woman burn to death inside the subway car. the suspect was apprehended after three recognized him and officers found a lighter in the suspect's pocket when he was arrested. >> i am pleased to announce a short time ago, nypd officers took a person of interest into custody. i want you to know this apprehension was another in what has become a series of joint efforts involving different crimes between the police and public we serve. >> carley: this comes as president-elect trump plans mas deportation starting his first day in office. >> on my favorite day back in the oval office, i will sign a slate of executive orders to

close our border to illegal aliens and stop the innovation of our country. [cheering] >> on that same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in american history. every single foreign gang and illegal alien member, all of this criminal network operating on american soil will be dismantled and destroyed. >> carley: the suspect has no prior arrests in new york and one prior arrest in arizona. charges are pending against him. hard to believe. >> todd: new york city governor kathy hochul getting backlash for this post just hours after that. i took action to make our subway safer for millions who take the train each day. since deploying national guard to support safety efforts and adding cameras, crime is going down and ridership is going up.

she did not read the room. arizona congressman biggs, a woman was lit on fire on the subway today, soft on crime policies do not work. and robert holden saying kathy hochul's inkocompetence is costg lives, she needs to leave public office before more new yorkers suffer. >> todd: and president biden announced commutation of 37 of 40 death row inmates, they will have sentences reclassified from execution to life without possibility of parole. biden saying, i condemn these murderers and ache for the families who suffered the loss but guided by my conscious and experience, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, vice president and now president, i am more convinced we must stop

use of death penalty at the federal level. boston marathon bomber, pittsburgh synagogue bomber and dillon ruff. >> carley: wow, suspected unitedhealthcare ceo killer luigi mangione will appear in a new york city courtroom on state criminal charges, he faces 11 state charges in new york, first and second-degree murder and a number of federal charges including murder with a gun and stalking. the 26-year-old is being held at federal detention center in brooklyn. amazon delivery drive everies remain on the picket line two days before christmas. the teamsters saying members continue to seek fair treatment from the online retailer when it comes to higher wages, better benefits and safer working conditions. the strike include staten island

and san bernardino, california. logistics warn some shipments could face minor delays as the strike enters fifth day. amazon insists the walkout is not affecting customers. >> todd: to n.f.l., dallas cowboys eliminated from the playoffs despite beating the bucs. this incredible interception by jordan lewis, what a nice catch. buffalo bills earning 12th win of the year taking down the patriots 24-21. nice run there, that is how carley runs from makeup room to her office everyday. minute vikings, top seed in nfc thanks to a wane over the seattle seahawks. game of the day, washington commanders jayden daniels delivering with six seconds left on the clock throwing a

touchdown pas to jamison crowder. commanders beat the eagles 36-33. to cincinnati, bengals dominate cleveland browns, keeping their playoff hopes align. a bengals fan won everyone, after a free pizza slice after kicking a 40-yard field goal. people love to eat. you would love a free pizza slice. i don't want to get to this next one. >> carley: rip the bandaid off. >> todd: falcons dominating giants 34-7. michael penix jr. making his first start in the n.f.l. for 34 points. what are you going to do? >> carley: people who kick the field goal, don't they usually

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powering possibilities™. >> todd: texas congresswoman kay granger has been living in a retirement home. she is retiring at end of this term and has not cast a vote in july, missing 50% of votes this year. granger saying my health challenges have progressed, making frequent travel difficult. she served texas 12th district since 1997. and donald trump threatening to take back control of the panama canal. >> carley: madeleine rivera is in washington with more. >> madeleine: good morning. president-elect trump says on truth social the u.s. is being ripped off and criticized jimmy

carter for ceding control of the panama canal. >> principles of this magnanimous giving are not followed we will demand panama canal be returned to the united states of america in full, quickly and without question. not going to stand for it. >> madeleine: united states is top user of panama canal. about 70% of shipping moving through go to or coming to u.s. ports of center of strategic study states china's influence around canal has made the waterway a flash point. the president of panama is firing back. >> i want to express square meter of panama canal belong to panama, it is not negotiable.

>> madeleine: trump is setting his sights on greenland, and announced his house for u.s. ambassador to denmark. trump says for purposes of national security and freedom throughout w0r8d the united states of america feels ownership and control of greenland is a necessity. trump was looking into it is u.s. buying greenland and danish officials rejected selling, it is part of denmark. >> carley: madeleine rivera live in washington. thank you. bring in executive director of center for secure free society, joseph fumeyer. interesting things to talk about today from panama to greenland, two countries we don't often talk about. what do you think about what president trump is saying and trying to plush? >> i think as usual president

trump is forecasting something that is strategic. panama canal is one of the seven strategic choke points, waterways throughout the world. not just a hub for u.s. commerce, it is transit hub for u.s. navy. panama canal has been diminished by having control over china. this is message for panama and china, who is controlling both sides of the operation of the canal and controlling port holding companies and slowly encroaching upon the western hemisphere. what president trump is trying to do, bring to attention of the united states public and partners of latin america. there will be new focused attention on this and when the canal was turned over by jimmy the carter, which i agree, was mistake, it was never sold with intention this would be operated

by other third-party countries. >> carley: we'll watch this play out and see if the president of panama hops to to a flight to mar-a-lago. president-elect trump said something interesting yesterday regarding keeping america safe during his speech in arizona. two words, iron dome, listen to this. >> the dea, fbi, intelligence community and sanctions to remove migrant gangs and criminals that are killing and raping and maiming citizens, we're going to get them out fast, we have no choice, by the way. >> carley: what do you think about that? >> i think this is again, president trump making campaign promises and policies that will be enacted by his administration. one big reason president trump got elected was lack of border

security and one of the first things he will do is start to deport not just criminals, but put law and order back into the united states. and biden administration, migrant gangs coming from venezuela, tren de aragua, president trump is keeping with promises made, promises kept and make sure that is big part of his administration. >> carley: thank you for sticking with us. little bit of sound bite issue, he said he's promising to make american-made iron dome to protex the country from projectile attacks. significant statement from him. how important is that? >> what we're seeing throughout the world is instability, what is happening in the united states, what is happening in russia and ukraine and conflicts

bubbling up. president trump is trying to ensure, we're going to be safe and we will be able to defend american sovereignty and this is one main reason he got elected and now is time he'll having to p project that throughout the world. everything from panama canal to border and the iron dome around the united states. >> carley: thank you. merry christmas to you, we appreciate you hopping on. have a great day. >> carley: it was a tough weekend on the slope at one colorado ski resort with 174 skiers and snowborders had to be rescued ever it took rescue workers five hours to get everyone down safely. rescuers had to enter the top of each gondola, and used a seat

attached to a rope. officials are investigating the crack. thank god everybody got down safe. >> todd: one of the main reasons i don't see, the other, i don't know how to ski. and predicting a record holiday travel with people traveling 50 miles from home. adam klotz is here. what is up? >> adam: did you feel this? it is cold outside. >> 7 degrees when i got in the car today. >> adam: it is ridiculous. that is what folks are dealing with this morning. feels like three degrees in new york city, negative three in chi chicago. warmer air drifts east if you are dealing with that cold air. weather wise across the country, great lakes and out west, the storm systems are. across great lakes causing a

problem. real problem this time of year, snow is always a problem, you start to see ice and things get dangerous. this is michigan and chicago area, as well. ultimately snow on top of that makes things really, really slick. snow across the northeast. what about travel for today? see all this green? things will be easy for now and more travel trouble by time you get into christmas eve. for today folks on the road in the sky and things like okay. >> todd: snow tires can plow through, on ice, useless, a big deal. even in summer. [laughter] >> todd: she's funny today. man, you're on. drone chaos continues, drones crash into a christmas show. the latest from faa investigation coming up. >> carley: plus holiday spending

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>> carley: president-elect trump continuing to build his upcoming administration. trump saying happily married to great newt gingrich, calista was my ambassador to the holy sea. he says the senate is working hard to confirm his nominees. >> republican senate committee is working to confirm my nominees with help of this dream team cabinet -- >> you'll have a half dozen approved in first week. i control one committee and we'll get through as quickly as

possible. >> carley: nominating mauricio clayverand the co-founder of paypal to kingdom of denmark. and joe manchin slamming his former party with this parting message. >> i am not a democrat in the form of what the democratic has turned into, national brand, absolutely not. brand got so bad, de-brand is so maligned from standpoint, it is toxic. >> carley: former democrat and leader of california state senate joins me now. gloria, welcome. joe manchin's parting message after being senate leader in democratic party, he says democratic party need to ask themselves how they lost

somebody like me, i'm sure you share a similar sentiment to that. >> absolutely, i walked away a while ago. welcome senator joe manchin to the walk away movement. it was lost because democratic the party lost its way. it is leaderless, chicken without the head. nobody knows who is running the country, harris and biden are in hiding and obama has gone into a missing person conundrum, as well. nancy pelosi is hospitalized. democratic party, whowere ever was running this paefrt forgot america first, liberty and freedom, faith, constitution and

rights of individuals. senator joe manchin said he hoped for a new american party, not realizing that the party today and tomorrow is the republican party under america first trump-led party. that is why i left the democratic party and i was loyal democracy in california. >> carley: you answered that question. w "wall street journal" published a fascinating piece a couple hours ago about how the democratic party is in crisis. they write, trump's victory triggered anxiety among democrats including if their party is too elite and fixated on identity politics.

so this is a moment in time, gloria, how long will it last until the party course corrects? >> i do not think it can and will correct. i think that in history we're saying complete collapsing of the democratic party. wig party does not exist. democratic party, there are no certainties in politics in america. this party refuses to recognize it his lost its way, it is a chapter gone with the wind and we're seeing end of this. whether new party emerges remains to be seen. senator joe manchin and senator kyrsten sinema, as well. leo terrell, bobby kennedy, even

donald j trump at one point. i think we're looking at the end is now of the democratic party. >> carley: do you think gavin newsom will run for president in four years and does kamala harris have a political future? >> he is running, running taxpayer expense, i do not believe he will be successful. we're waiting to see if kamala harris will run again, lessons have not been learned by either of them. they continue to cling to woke identity politics that american people have soundly rejected. >> carley: great talking to you, thank you for joining us. have a grath day. merry christmas. >> todd: with christmas just

days away, americans deal with holiday spending as prices continue to soar. rick /* dan ricotta joins me now. parents will spend $461 per child on christmas gifts, 49% of parents will put themselves in d debt. how do you have a great christmas without crippling yourself going into 2025? >> 28% of consumers are trying to pay off last year's bill for christmas on credit cards. we've been report ing last 3-1/ years and american people have been taxed by high inflation and

numbers are inflated because gifts are more expensive. that is first issue americans are grappling with. the key thing, if you have not by now, make a budget and stick to the budget and roll into the new year not with christmas card hangover, optimism and plan with what to do better with next year. >> carley: what moves do you want us to make end of twoer and what should we do for next year? >> there is time, contribute to an ira, individual retirement account, use your flexible spend ing account. do that if you can get it in before year-end, use those funds

up. if you can, push income, maybe you're a contractor or you get a bonus. go ahead and do it. throw into next year's tax bin instead of this year, that is for this year. looking ahead, make a budget, bump up your 401(k) contribution if you can. health savings account, these are unsung heroes in corporate america. if you have health savings account and you are not taking advantage of it, now is the time. prioritize plastic next year, get rid of some credit card balances and invest in yourself. forget bitcoin, invest in yourself. >> todd: there is general takeaway, keep more of your money and give less to uncle sam through the hsa, 401(k), take

short-term pain and uncle sam does not get as much as he acccould and you get to keep more. president trump vowing to cut more regulation. >> cut regulations four times more than any other president in history. some ridiculous regulations were put back on and hurting our country. that is why we had job numbers, because of what we did with regulation. >> todd: businesses benefit from fewer regulation, how does the average american watching at home now directly benefit from regulations going away? >> you and i benefit directly. there is ground swell of optimism, looking ahead to next year because that means businesses can cut through the red tape, then presumably those

prices can come down whether around your kitchen table or new car or that vacation, whatever, if business can deliver products and services for les money, that is good for all of us. there is optimism that is going to happen. >> todd: dan, looking ahead to 2025, people are excited. have a great christmas. president trump vowing to take on trans lunacy. >> it will be official policy of the united states government that there are only two genders, male and female. >> todd: governor mike huckabee here to react. >> carley: look at this elephant at milwaukee zoo eating their christmas tree. we have the full video. stick around to watch that coming up next. ♪ ♪

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show this weekend. my gosh, the child is recovering in the hospital after undergo ing heart surgery. the faa is investigating. president trumps he will take on the gender agenda on day one. >> with the stroke of my pen on day one, we'll stop the transgender lunacy. under trump administration it will be official policy of the united states government that there are only two genders, male and female. >> carley: mike huckabee, nominee for u.s. ambassador to israel and former arkansas governor joins us now. he will take this fight head on, he says he will sign executiverd order to end child mutilation. music to ears of many, but some

expect legal challenges. what do you think? >> i think it is pretty evident he'll take the play book thats follow the science, that is what we have. i feel for people that have gender dysphoria, there is need to help them and get them understanding. it is one thing for an adult to say i want to be a different gender, that is an adult decision. we don't let kids buy booze, or tobacco, pause they are not mature enough to make a decision. when anyone believes a child is mature enough to go through chemical castration that is irreversible, that is insanity and i'm grateful the president

had courage to say, we're not going to continue this game. it is one thing a lot of americans woke up and said, we're trying to are considerate and thoughtful, some things we have to say, that is crazy and that was crazy to say kids who couldn't do adult activities could make such decisions. >> todd: those voters said stop calling us fascist because we're not. fetterman condemning his party. watch. >> it is not a word i would use, you put a lot of democrats that i know and love that are not fascists. that is not a ward regular people use. >> todd: he nailed it, why do so many democrats don't think like

fetter fetterman say we're going to attack and call people fascist for voting for somebody. seems like a horrible way to get elected as november 5 showed. >> john fetterman has proven him himself. during confirmation, i hope i get a chance to visit with him, i want to say i apol geez for having misjudged him during the election when he beat dr. oz a few years back. i thought this guy was not together, but he is together. he is making more sense than most democrats and somes republicans. his comments are spot on and i owe him an apology for misjudging him and look forward

to making it. >> carley: i'm sure he would appreciate. cardinal dolan was on with maria yesterday and talked about he believes there is new found appreciation for faith and how donald trump has tapped into that, listen here. >> there seems to be a new-found appr appreciation for the role of faith in this country. i think president trump tapped into that and renewed in him, there is something beyond me that i think is watching over me and has a task for me. what he expressed seems to be expressed more and more throughout the world. >> carley: with christmas season in mind, what do you bethink abt that? >> you don't have to be catholic to love cardinal dolan. we're seeing a revival of faith,

not just evangelicals and catholics, people realize the world doesn't make a lot of sense. we're seeing in films that are becoming blockbusters, the best christmas pageant ever that dallas jenkins put together, it is wonderful faith-based film that is not preachy. it is refreshing. we are seeing resurgence of spiritual notion of knowing and believing in god and i find it encouraging and i think it shows that we may be on the cusp of what i hope is a real spiritual revival in this nation. >> todd: we'll see. governor mike huckabee, thank you for joining us on christmas week. with christmas two days away,

speaking of movies, new poll reveals most popular christmas movie. home alone number one, it is fine. taking 30% of vote slightly ahead of tv version of d dd dr. seuss, how grinch stole christmas. on the list charlie brown christmas. a christmas story and a wonderful life. all fine movies. a wonderful life is the best, should be number one. christmas vacation, don't get me started, carley and i will fight on the desk. offense to me. >> carley: it's a wonderful life is a great movie and i saw miracle on 34th street. >> todd: and fred claus for brian. christmas gift over 50 years in the making. daughter surprising her dad by

publishing the book he's been writing since college. guy benson has a look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." this is coming up on "fox and friends" with you. >> carley: i will be sitting left to right. >> guy: to my left, i am slap jawed you have not seen christmas vacation, it is fabulous. >> carley: todd has been trying to get me to. >> guy: we'll talk about it along with this, president-elect taking stage for first rally style speefrp since his election in arizona. vowing largest deport agsz port operation. and police arrest a man who allegedly set a woman on fire on the subway and waufrped her burn to death. tom homan on how he and president-elect trump will try to make america safe again.

o outgoing west virginia senator joe manchin torching the democratic party as research shows shows massive hole they put themselves in. kathy le and cardinal dolan share their message at top of the hour. e and cardinal dolan share their message at top of the hour.

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>> todd: let's start with the he will fast in the room. there are plenty of ways to enjoy your tree in the home. elephants eating them. video taken by zoo staff showing three of the zoo's elephants chowing down. activities like this provide the elephants with mental stimulation and entertainment. good for. they a man started writing a children christmas story over 50 years ago but never finished it. that is until his children found the tale, finished the story and published it for him. the new author was even able to have a public reading with his grandkids at a bookstore. jonathan speeldy is the co-writer of the book alexander the christmas butterfly. his daughter kia johnson helped finish it and publish the book. why did you write this book in the first place? i was involved with a creative

writing class in college and encouraged it. we was encouraged as assignments and what not to write stories and use our imagination so thats what i did. >> how did you take something found in a desk drawer to, surprise, published work? something always lived in my mind ever since i found it. i knew it was a magical story and actually was lost for about three years my dad found it this summer. i got to work. i never knew how big it was going to be. super exciting to see a now published book that has my dad's name on it and has his children's name on it, too. >> todd: how tough was it getting it across the finish line, kia? >> pretty tough. it was actually a pretty quick process and if anybody has ever

published a book they know it's not a quick process especially to get those illustrations that turned out so beautiful my brother and day lot of cross-country zoom calls to write the perfect ending for my dad's book and make it into the make story that we knew that it could be so we're so excited that it is finally out. >> take us to that moment when you first saw that moment at the bookstore thinking you are going for like a regular old read along? >> exactly. i spent a lot of time in that bookstore. it's just fun going in there take the grandkids every -- kaiya have three girls. i take them there every saturday. that's kind of our thing to do. and we just enjoy it. so, getting there. and, as i told the kids when i

got up on saturday morning, i didn't expect that i would be standing up here in front. i'm usually standing in back, watching you. but, it was just a lot of fun. and i love talking to kids. so, it kind of made my day when i walked into the bookstore and saw the book, i was blown away. >> todd: what a special moment to be able to read this story to your grandkids, a book that was 50 years in the making. just quickly, 10 seconds, what's the 10 seconds of the book jonathan? >> believe in yourself and i could do anything. dreams come true. grandkids too. jonathan, kia, got to leave it there. congrats on the book. "fox & friends" right now.