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it's 8:00 p.m. on the west coast, 11:00 here in washington. this is america's late news, fox news at night. breaking tonight, two very different holiday messages from two very different presidents. the one on his way out commuting the sentences of 37 people on death row. and posting on x, a call to kindness, compassion, dignity and decency what some believe to be a dig at the next person to take up residence in the white house, president-elect don't trump who spent his christmas day saying those same prisoners should go to hell and pushing the idea that the u.s. should expand its territory to include green land, canada and the panama canal. so mr. trump is making waves this christmas and biden is hitting the beach, something even members of the mainstream media think is not the best way to spend his final days in office. >> i do think what you've seen is a slow receding into the

bushes for biden. >> it does not seem like running to the beach, the white house and staff said he's approaching things with. >> we have live fox team coverage with all you need to know about how mr. biden is closing out his term. trump is signaling he'll start his second term. good evening. >> president-elect trump spending christmas with family and mar-a-lago. mr. trump posting a christmas message on truth social for the criminals just removed from death row by joe biden. he said i refuse to wish a merry christmas to those lucky souls but instead will say go to hell. we had greatest election in the history of our country. a bright light is shining over the usa and in 26 days we'll make america great again.

merry christmas. biden justifying his recent commutations, "make no mistake i condemn these murderers grieving for the victims of their despicable acts and aid for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss." the president saying he's "more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level. mr. trump also reiterating plans to expand u.s. territory in panama, posting this, merry christmas to all including to the wonderful soldiers of china, who are lovingly but illegally operating the panama canal where we lost 38,000 people in its building 110 years ago. always making certain the united states puts in billions of dollars in repair money [buzzer] will have absolutely nothing to say about anything. the president-elect once again promising to return control of the panama canal to the u.s. mike? >> starting us off live, maryanne, thanks very much. >> meanwhile, president biden is off to st. croix after celebrating his last white house

christmas. we're live with that side of the story tonight. >> good evening, mike. it's the annual biden new year's holiday trip to st. croix. he posted a holiday note saying, for the last time as your president it's my honor to wish you a very merry christmas. we continue to seek the light of dignity and decency. some seeing biden's words as a political dig at president elect don't trump but it's biden's free stay at the beach again this week making headlines. the "new york post" citing consistent freebies and failures to report the gifts as raising eyebrows including from a former white house ethics lawyer who says, "the problem is the not disclosing" when referring to democratic presidents as the party of the people yet frequently staying in the homes of millionaires. the post pointing to four biden

thanksgiving spent at a billionaire's nantucket compound among other free trips, over the years, all this on top of the mounting criticism aimed to target biden's legacy in his final days in office with many pointing to this viral "wall street journal" piece on biden's mental decline and to blow back from the president's in the building absence during last week's government shutdown drama. more on what the white house called leading by staying in the background. biden's trip to st. croix isn't his last trip as president before january 20. he's planning to travel to italy next month. mike? >> thanks so much. >> mike: let's take a deeper dive into what the current president and president-elect have been up to with the director of policy for the american principles project john, along with attorney and rnc surrogate cook. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> so let's start with the biden legacy. from that "wall street journal" piece, biden's legacy will be his mental decline, an epic

scandal whose scope we're only beginning to appreciate, when does partisan allegiance become elder abuse. john, what's your assessment? >> you have to wonder who has been running the country for four years and this is part of the problem with having all of these octogenarians in office. joe biden being the most public and obvious one but we have several examples on both sides. i think the parties have to trust the american people and know when to move on from some of these career politicians and allow new voices to step into the fray. >> all right. and allies kept telling us how sharp the president s. let's play that. >> joe biden is an extremely accomplished, experienced, and capable in every way that anyone would want as their president. >> this is a man who is sharp, who is on top of his game. >> he's the sharp as ever, as i

have known him to be in my engagement and in my experience with him and i know when i walk into the oval office or see him on air force one i have to be on top of my game. >> what's your read? >> mike, i think we have something that is occurring today that's going to be worse than watergate. we have to step back and really assess what's happening. we know there has been a shadow government that's been operating, and being co-president with joe biden. that's his staff. this is undemocratic. it's corrupt, and it's unconstitutional. and what's despicable is you had the doj's report specifically say that joe biden was in mental decline. nobody invoked the 25th amendment. we've been sitting here since february as joe biden has declined and we don't have anybody presidential that's running the white house. we should be very afraid and mark my words. we have at least 99 known terrorists in the united states of america, and they are waiting, and they are watching.

this is terrifying. >> mike: trump, of course, wants to hit the ground running on january 20 but if there is drama in a speaker next week, that would create a miss. >> it would. i think the american people want trump to get off and running with his agenda. he has a mandate. ultimately we have a lot of in-fighting in the republican party and house of representatives. you look at mike johnson he's like a coach that came in halfway through the season. it's a tough situation. you've got to give him a full term. >> mike: if there is no speaker there is no action in congress. your thoughts >> we have to sit back and watch trump do his work. he's already said he's behind speaker johnson. we need to make sure republicans unite because there is a lot of work to do on day one. we cannot bicker. we cannot let the american people down. buckle up. it's time to go. there is an agenda and promise. we need to make sure president trump delivers on day one. >> mike: there is a piece from the hill, congress has the power

to block trump from taking office but lawmakers must act now. john, asking congress to ignore the electoral college. >> look, i know democrats historically have had an issue with accepting election results. it's only recently this became a threat to democracy but this is pretty ridiculous. trump won in emphatic fashion. he won the popular vote, too, so they need to accept the results, move on, and try and figure out what went wrong for them. >> what's your take? >> i remember in 2016, these are the same democrats that tried to stop president trump. they spent $32 million jumping up and down and screaming russia-gate. we need to be vigilant. they will try and stop him again. they are the true insur insurre insurrectionists. you will see the inside of a jail if you try and stop this president, ensuring that you put the president first. >> thanks so much for your time. >> you're upset because the

president -- you're asking me -- >> how many more assassination attempts on donald trump until the president and the vice president and you pick a different word to describe trump other than threat? >> the question that you're asking, it is also incredibly dangerous in the way that you're asking it. because american people are watching. >> you asked about the president pardoning his son. it's a known. >> the fact is, when you think about how the president got to this decision, circumstances have changed. >> well, it's been quite a year in the white house briefing room. let's talk about how the mainstream media has covered the outgoing biden administration with independent women, features editor along with rnc creator and pro-israel activity emilee austin. welcome to both of you. >> so let's start with the top five absurd tips for surviving the holidays with trump voter family members. one, cancel christmas altogether. two, the view co-host agrees

with advice to cut off pro trump familial holidays. three, use therapy techniques to divert the conversation, four, take a break and potentially leave the gathering. five, ban the bad actors, meaning relatives who voted for trump. emilee what do you make of all of that? >> this sounds like the democrats are the grinch who is tried to ruin christmas. when i read that i audibly laughed. it's a true testament to their character. it's not surprising that the party who doesn't have family values are quick to cut off family members because of political disalignment. i mean, one of the suggestions is get up and walk away from the table. it seems that the party of inclusivity only preaches it when it caters to their agenda so if your namely member didn't vote for the same president as you which is the whole meaning of democracy it's okay to cut them off because they don't align with your agenda so it's fine. >> mike: callie, how do you assess that list? >> if you need to get up from the table to leave when you

disagree with a family member, if you need to cut off your family members or skip christmas you actually should do that because you're saving your own family members a lot of trouble. imagine spending christmas with whoopee goldberg. no one wants to spend christmas with her but discourse starts at home and this is something that conservatives do very well. i have never talked to a conservative family member who has an issue discussing politics with their like minded family and friends or even people who disagree with them. i only ever hear these complaints from liberals and i don't think that's a coincidence. >> bill mar is fed up with hyper sensitive liberals. let's play him. >> the worst thing you could ever do, be friends with a republican, call 911. this is what i hate about the left. just the idea that, you know, cut your family off for thanksgiving. if they voted for the wrong guy.

>> mike: do you respect him for saying that? >> of course i recognize that he can identify lou nancy when he sees it. over the last few years it's become normalized to cancel or completely walk away or just ignore the opinion of anyone who disagrees with the liberals and the problem is now coming into the next four years, that woke, identity politics, or playing the victim card to get a sense of superiority it's not going to work anymore but because it has worked and it's giving them the attention that they want and need, why should they stop that? >> if cutting off family members have become normalized or cancelling people on social media for disagreeing, it's been working for them but they will have a rough awakening when they see trump is getting rid of this madness. >> mike: what's your assessment, callie? >> i think it's important to keep in mind this is a problem among the left. there was a study earlier this year that found democrats were five times more likely to cut off family members over

political disagreements than republicans were. and again, i don't think this is a coincidence. i think that leftism especially in its most radical forms, it disconnects people from their communities and families and it's designed to breed loneliness in people so what you're seeing is adherence to radical leftism. >> a look at some of the top 10 moments from "the view." >> if anything, would you have done something differently than president biden during the past four years? >> there is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of -- and i've been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact. >> i was confident. i would beat trump. >> i'm just going to say it out loud because nobody says it out loud. i didn't like the way it was done publicly. >> mike: was that a safe place,

emilee? >> oh, my god, you know trump's slogan where he asked, are you guys sick of winning yet? are you sick of winning? when i look at "the view" panelists, are you guys ever sick of being wrong? you have to, at some point realize that everything you're supporting is wrong. you supported two presidential candidates that failed and you're sticking to the losing party. you publicly supported them with your identity politics that i just mentioned, and i can't help but think are they mad? i said this once earlier. i don't genuinely think they believe what they are saying. i truly believe they hate republicans so much that whatever stance they take, they will just spin it and take the opposite stance no matter how insane it is because that's the only way that they keep their liberals at home attention. >> mike: let me give you a chance for the last word. >> who would have guest the view would become the best surrogates for the trump campaign.

it wasn't just a kamala problem but it was a deeper problem within the democratic party that voters just became repulsed by. >> mike: ladies, thanks so much. ♪ >> do you think the government waste money? >> are you kidding? yes. >> i think a lot less than people think. >> do you think the government waste money? >> of course. >> the government is pretty amorphous as a term that some people in the government waste money as a whole. >> i don't know what kind of answers you're getting but it sounds like they are from lawyers. >> that's a load question. and i think -- yes. >> what do you think about the government recently spending $1.7 million for holograms for dead comedians, waste of money? >> i would have to have more context but that seems like an

odd spending. to make a hologram of the comedians. >> $1.7 million. >> that's a lot of money for a hologram. >> it depends on the comedians. >> waste of money? >> seriously. >> hologram of george -- >> what did they use it for? >> for a museum. >> that would be him rolling over in his grave talking about the government wasting money. >> a hundred 25k going to examining anti-racist healing and nature. >> you know, i think -- >> in nature? >> we're getting out of hand on society. >> racist healing, what is that? >> in nature. >> government spending goes to support a lot of academic things. >> are you serious right now? >> dead serious.

>> i mean. >> mike: our producer doing a heck of a job, as a new report reveals the biden administration spent more than $1 trillion on government waste this year. for more on this let's bring in author of rights and freedoms tom witten. >> thanks for having me. >> mike: senator rand paul said he was dozed before it was cool. >> ultimately it takes congress. he can point out the spending problems and the same ways that i've been pointing it out but the reason it's not eliminated is they don't have the votes to get rid of the spending. i'm very helpful that doge will draw attention to this. >> he welcomes him and hopes the attention to help to cut the waste in the government. >> this is money we don't have to spend and when you look at senator rand paul's list, what struck me about it is, a, how

needless the expenses are. and secondly, obsession with the dei. there is money being spent to segregate bird watchers, and president trump has to be -- we're broke. deficit spending increases debt, obviously. and that's why we have inflation. it's excessive government spending. so in d.c. practically speaking we can't cut enough money. and so we need to change the spending and it's easily doable and waist frustrating is it's still not being done. >> senator rand paul came out with a report. let's, a motion study sickness for kittens and more than $9 million for various magical projects. does anyone actually drive this stuff, tom? >> these are grants approved by the agencies and none of this happens without necessarily the

approval of congress one way or the other. senator rand paul is probably going to usaspending.gov and it's able to be found by congress. to allow this type of wasteful spending to occur. this is someone's tax dollars that's been confiscated or taken and not only are we paying for it through taxes today but our children and grandchildren will pay for it because that is being financed over generations. >> mike: there remains the huge controversy over the origins of covid and anyone who suggested it may have been a lab leak in china that caused all of this mess was really pushed back hard. was that to cover for embarrassment, tom? >> you know, when you look at gain of function in china you see a key fundser of it was fauci's nih. gain of function no a degree contributed to the emergence of covid-19. that would be a major scandal.

so they were interested in covering up the scandal. now we're seeing from the "wall street journal" and other reports that the fbi knew that there was something going on. pentagon key scientists had done their observe analysis and found it likely to be an engineered virus. certainly judicial watch, we uncovered documents, the fauci people knew that the mutant coronaviruses, that's the phrase they used, mutants were being created in china with our tax funding back in 2016. >> mike: to your point, former fbi scientists bran on to the fbi journal, on the fbi being asked not to attend the white house -- it was more likely in the agency that expressed the highest level of confidence in its analysis of the source of the pandemic, we anticipate the fbi would be asked to attend the briefing. i find it surprising that the white house didn't ask. what's your assessment of that? >> this is a presidential briefing so they weren't even allowed to talk to biden about it.

to me there, needs to be a serious criminal investigation as to what went on here because despite gain of function being funded, it wasn't supposed to be funded through this grant. and what was behind the fraudulent use of this money, it looks to me, there needs to be a serious investigation. the fbi began looking at this in 2020, by the way. what happened? >> tom fitten, thanks so much for your time. coming up, media outlets around the world once again taking gaza's word over israel reporting the idf killed five palestinian "journalists" but israel said those "journalists" were members of a terrorist group that took part in the october 7 attacks. and later in the night cap, the debate rages on, is it okay to regift holiday presents that you don't love? why or why not? let us know. we'll read your responses in the night cap. ♪

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sirens going off in several areas of central israel as a single missile launched from yemen was intercepted before crossing into u.s. israeli territory. rockets and missile sirens were sounded due to the possibility of debris falling. paramedics treated more than a dozen people on their way to shelter. meanwhile, talks between israel and hamas have been complicated once again by an israeli strike that reportedly killed several islamic operative jihadists posing as journalists. here's the latest from tell achieve. >> smoke rise from the yemen

capital. israel on the offensive striking multiple houthi linked targets. >> we will cut them off and persist until we complete the job. >> this wave of strikes reportedly included dozens of israelis jets and targeted an airport along with tower plants, with multiple missile attacks by the iran-backed group. >> this is our fourth strike in yemen and we're not finished yet. we have just seen a tangible demonstration of what we're capable of and we're capable of much more. >> with the war of attrition developing between israel and the hewitties the battle between israel and hamas has now reached day 447. overnight an israeli air strike targeted central gaza. the strike was the latest in a series of bombings that continued to target the gaza strip along with ground

oper operations. diplomatic effort have expanded as negotiators try to bring israel and hamas together to reach a cease-fire agreement. >> certainly at the heart of the cause, was most importantly the palestinian cause and the catastrophic conditions in the gaza strip and the efforts made by egypt in cooperation with qatar to quickly reach an agreement. >> there is hope in israel that under the incoming trump administration more pressure will be applied on hamas that will allow for the conditions to bring those israeli hostages home. mike. >> mike: thanks very much. let's get some insight into the ongoing conflicts in the middle east and in eastern europe from beth mandel and a former navy seal who trained with idf soldiers, karen hamilton. welcome to both of you. we have this israeli strike killing five people outside a hospital in the gaza strip. according to the gaza health

ministry the israeli military set it target add group of militants. what is your assessment? >> thank you, good evening, and thank you for having me. what we have found is that the islamic gi had has made partners with many different facets in the region. they have also made an unholy alliance with the palestinian authority. the palestinian liberation army, these are five known prop propag propagandaists. so unfortunately for israel, this is a very difficult tenuous public affairs mission but the reality is, these were not journalists, individuals engaging as a propaganda arm for the palestinian movement. >> bethany, i can see you are nodding. what is your take? >> they are one and the same. when the palestinians claim that these were just journalists, you have to keep in mind the associated press had journalists who rolled in with hamas on

october 7 and perpetrated massacres alongside full fledged members of hamas. you can't be a journalist in gaza and be a neutral body, and so all of these folks running around with press jackets on are almost all members of islamic jihad or one of these terrorist organizations or they wouldn't have the strength and protection to keep walking around gaza like that. >> mike: speaking with senior officials, lets play it. >> we're lighting a second hanukkah candle tonight. the modern generation of the maccabees. they attacked tar guests of the houthi organization. we're determined to cut this terrorist arm of iran's axis of evil. we'll persist until we complete the job. >> mike: what's your reaction, cameron?

>> i think it's absolutely appropriate. there is a lot of influx of fighters and weapons in this region. we see destabilization efforts going on in northern syria. we find that in lebanon as well. we're seeing even al qaeda operatives and those who were previously along with isis. there are these groups that are quite alarming and israel is claiming the offensive and trying to make sure they destruct their infrastructure capabilities. we have to remember the october 7 attack was postured to happen a year earlier but because of the some of the anti-terrorism activities of israel and the united states it was delayed a full calendar year. that shows the effort of what could be done when israel, the united states and many others engage in a more offensive measure to prevent these kinds of acts of terrorism. >> mike: how gop report blasts the biden administration and universities for failing to crack down on anti-semitism after the october 7 attack. bethany, how do you assess it?

>> this was an incredible report and i want to give cued does to mike johnson and their offices. they have sat down and spoken with so many students and administrators off the record, on the record, and they amassed a really damming report. i'm just thrilled that the trump administration is coming in now and republicans, who actually care about this issue, who will be coming in and looking at the fact that a lot of the things that happened on college campuses were civil rights violations. >> targeting the ukrainian power grid is this an example of more brutality from putin? >> it's an advantage that russia is trying use to degrade the capability that uindianians have. only 1/3 of the money is on far it woulding efforts. most of it is on the municipal

services. russia is trying to have them give up substantial portions of territory. so i think russia is trying this last-ditchest to play a strong card because the fact is their effort has not been successful according to their earlier metrics. i think this is an effort they are trying to do right before the trump administration comes to the table so they can hopefully negotiate from a greater position of strength. >> mike: i think bethany i know you a question next time. bethany and cameron, thank you so much. >> mike: coming up, a christmas day adoption ceremony that will warm your heart. (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking. unpack once, and get closer to iconic landmarks, local life, and cultural treasures. because when you experience europe on a viking longship, you'll spend less time getting there and more time being there.

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chairman and former nfl jack brewer. jack, welcome. >> it's great to be with you. >> so your foundation sponsored an adoption ceremony for christmas that had to be very emotional. will you tell us about it? >> we flew up to the panhandle to join our partners, led by my brother, mike watkins, and this is the only christmas day adoption in the country, and so we got a chance to support and witness three families celebrate the gift of adoption imagine having a judge who takes his time out on christmas day to bring this incredible joy to a family. that's what christmas is all about. in this country we have over 450,000 kids in our foster care system. right here in florida we have over 16,000 kids in our foster care system and so, you know, child welfare and child protection is so important, and

what better time to celebrate that than right during the christmas season. i just encourage everybody to remember all those kids, all the those children, that are in the foster care system, that need parents that need adoption. that's what christ told us to do. look after the orphans and the widows and those in prison and that's what our organization tries to do each and every day. >> mike: amen. your foundation delivered hundreds of toys to low income and fatherless families in broward county, florida. let's show the folks at home. >> his grandfather, robert, is one of our program participants. good program participants. in our fatherhood program. he shared the message to his 1-year-old grandbaby that he's so proud of. he talks about him all the time. dear grandson, i'm sorry for not being there for you and with you at your grandfather but i wish you a happy birthday and many, many more to come. i don't want you to ever forget

how much i love you and care about you. i also wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year. >> mike: they touching. what was the reaction from the children, and what did you get from that experience? >> it was incredible. we had hundreds of kids, that's just one of the stories, you know. i serve on the board of the go group and that's where this initiative was born, fatherhood initiative. so to go in and think we have 18.5 million fatherless kids in our nation, so every time we went up to one of these kids' doors they hadn't seen their dad or their granddad. imagine being a child, not just, you know, going flew the christmas season but missing your dad, and so to actually receive a gift from them, for many of them this is the first time they have ever received anything from their father in prison. it really was heartwarming. we did this for three or four days so to see the smiles on these kids' faces and to truly see what christ means when he

says go in and defend the fatherless, right? and we have 77 million americans that have been committed of a crime. committed a crime. there are over 19 million americans with felonies. this is a big population, and i think we just need to continue to do more. particularly for the children. the children should not have to suffer time behind bars with their bad. they are suffering just as much as their fathers are for crimes they had nothing to do with so i just encourage us all to continue to remember the fatherless because in our nation we're the most fatherless nation in the world. we have to uplift these kids and make sure that they have a bright future. a future in the best and greatest nation on effort. it was just a blessing to see the smiles and you can see from the pictures, just truly an incredible experience. >> mike: you're also awarding scholarships to the children whose fathers are in prison. you're doing god's work. jack brewer, i'm so grateful for your time. merry christmas, and god bless

you and your team. >> god bless you. god bless fox news for covering. this you guys have a great holiday and a happy new year. >> mike: thank you so much. with wintertime upon us it's time for our resident and senior congressional correspondent to join us, to help keep you warm for the winter months. >> mike, we're going to start in the northwest highlands. a distillery which is well known. it's called a mid winter night's drown. it's from the highlands. maybe some whacks, golden honey, loads of sugar, very orangey, that's the name. cloves and ginger, perfect spices for this time of year. my fate to pronounce is the tea chalk, it's on whiskey isle, a magical place on the edge of the atlantic. lots of smoke but maybe not as much smoke as you would find on

other -- aged in warehouses, it's youthful, there is sea air. next up is on a spit of land in the southwestern highlands. it's the mostly westerly point on the uk inland. not much out there for about 60 miles and this opaque bottle is reflective of the ancient volcanic rock that they have there. this is warm and powerful like a nice hug and a blanket over the winter and finally we have the winter storm 21. glen -- one of the two napa regions in scotland. this is aged in ice wine casks. like from narnia. catch a ride if you're drinking

and let's raise a glass to winter. mike? >> mike: thanks so much. and i just have to let the audience know, chad did not leave any samples of those beverages behind for his colleagues. that's okay, we're working. what do you do with holiday presents you get that you don't like? is it polite to regift them or return what you don't like? let us know. we'll back with the night cap crew including you, straight ahead.

♪ >> we're back with the night cap crew. tonight's hot topic, boxing day. as the giving season ends and the gift returns begin, our annual debate rages on. is it acceptable to regift holiday presents that you don't love? why or why not? maryanne, start us off. >> i have thought about this and if i give something that i don't like i don't think it would be very nice to give to it someone else because they probably aren't going to like it either. i would say just scrap it, put it on e-bay, don't regift. >> once you give someone a gift it's their possession and they

can do whatever they want with it. >> mike: all right. fair enough. short and sweet. cameron, how about you? >> i think regifting like a wine that keeps get spicier and spicier. it's the gift that keeps on giving so i say go for it movement month all right, and to your friends here in the washington studio, tom? your thoughts on regifting? >> i'm always happy to get gifts especially this year. the cat in our house got more gifts than i did for christmas. >> mike: all right. john what about you, you've got some little fellows at home? what about regifting? >> look, you've heard of d.o.g.e., the department of government efficiency. we need doggy, the department of gift giving efficiency. i'm pro regifting president don't let big christmas and big hanukkah get you down. >> mike: all right. i saved bethany for last because she brought a prop with her. regifting? >> whoever got me this gift obviously hates me and i'm going to give to it someone who i

hate. so i'm pro. but in a really vindictive way. merry christmas, everyone. >> mike: maryanne, do people get busted for regift something >> that's why i say if i don't like it and i give to it someone else especially if you give it to the person who gave it to you because you forgot that can create real issues, i don't know, for me i wouldn't do it. >> mike: i guess it's important to note that it's mono graphed? >> if it's personalized and the person expects to you wear it and maybe you don't want to regift that. but if it's something like maryanne said, if you didn't like it but if you like it and want to regift it, recycle it. >> mike: we asked folks at home what you think about this great important issue of our time, harold says sure, it's mine, isn't it? if i'm not going to use it maybe someone else might love it. mark says if it's from your late mother or family member,

definitely not. exactly. and x, yes, that's a good call, i can roll with that george, it's not okay to regift presents that someone has given you when that person has been thoughtful enough to give it. maybe they regifted it, though. chrissie, i once received a gift that was regifted. i gave that gift two years prior and every time the group gets together i wear has shirt with a smile. jake says, it's better to give than receive. there is some wisdom there. all right. well, to the night cap crew, cecil says just be sure you don't regift it to the person who bought it for you in the first place. yes, great wisdom there. night cap crew, thank you so much for staying up late. appreciate it and thank you all for watching fox news at night. i'm mike emmanuel in washington. i'll see you back here tomorrow night to gift or regift. we'll have some other hot topic tomorrow good night, everybody. so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, **

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