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>> katie: good morning, it's 8:00, friday, december 27. this is "fox and friends." today canadian diplomats meet with president-elect trump's team at mar-a-lago as trump threatens major tariffs on imports. >> joey: and mike johnson as speaker is up in the air. can it affect trump getting things done. >> we do not want a speaker battle like we went through with kevin mccarthy, we have to come together. >> todd: fox news alert. dangerous tornados sweeping through the south as millions travel home from christmas. final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> house speaker mike johnson future and leadership role could be at risk. >> todd: battle for the gavel could delay the certification of

president trump's victory. >> joey: >> madeleine: is live with more. >> madeleine: congress convenes january 3, first order of business is electing a speaker. without one house cannot swear in members or pass legislation and can't certify results of electoral college on january 6. house clocks in with one vacancy thanks to matt gaetz. 219 republican to 215 democrats. speaker of the house must win majority of all members of 218. and trouble is brewing for house speaker mike johnson with several republicans unhappy with the way he handled the fight to keep the government opened. >> before last couple weeks, i was in his corner. we should consider what is best fath forward. we need to consider whether

current leadership is what we need. >> madeleine: johnson relied ones it's00 when former house speaker kevin mccarthy worked with democrats to keep government open and aets aets triggered vote to oust him. hakeem jeffries will not be help ing johnson. >> there will be no democrats available to save him base on breaching of bi-partisan agreement. >> madeleine: one republican congressman, massie,s he will not spoert support johnson. >> katie: thank you. look at the majority, republicans 2 19 to 215. they have a slim lead when it

comes to electing a speaker. in terms of how speaker should work, speaker of the house has to win out right majority, has to get 218 votes. if they can't get a speaker, they cannot certify the presidential election results on january 3rd. last time they had a speaker race, kicked out kevin mccarthy, it took three weeks. there are two weeks until inauguration day. if they can't get it done in time, grassley will bottom become pro tem. republicans have to make a choice to get this done quickly, not do it at all, they want to make sure trump can get to work

and settle what they want to do immediately when he gets into office. >> joey: we had a clip of claudia tinney warning about the speakership battle. >> we do not want to go through a speaker battle like we did with kevin mccarthy. we ended up with mike johnson who is a super laative speaker. if we carry on and go past january 6, we will lose ability to certify president trump, and that is critical to advance america first agenda, which mike johnson will do. mike will have a real challenge. he's the right man for the job. we have wonderful members that serve with us, he is the right person for the job, he got us through this year and with slim majority outspent by everyone and raised good amount for

republicans. mike is ready to do the work everyday to meet needs of every member in our conference. >> i get what she's saying, let's keep the ship afloat. do not remodel and make the ship sink on the way down. kevin mccarthy lost his job because some republicans felt it necessary to take a stand. mike johnson did not make any promises, did not asked for this, he was asked to do it. how fundamentally flawed is it to get rid of one and keep him for doing the same. i talked to massie and he can raise a stink about something because a vote wasn't going to stop something.

are folks like thomas massie, do they become john mccain with thumbs down that does sink the ship over principles. i hope they figure it out before it is time to vote. >> katie: republicans have a choice to make, do they toss out speaker johnson risking certification of january 6 election and put in grassley instead of donald trump? all points valid on principles of how many get spent. this did happen under president joe biden, it is new chance republicans to start over and maybe timing is not the best. if they want to have this fight in march, when it comes up again, that is better time, getting house up and running is

probably a priority for the president-elect. >> joey: one caveat, talk about posturing and talk about trump thr throwing tariffs out. is there something that thomas massie or others saying they are h holding out want in writing or in a deal. mccarthy says there were deals made others did not stick to. they have to go by parliamentary procedure. >> todd: i have two points. one, mike johnson was backup to the backup, to the backup. >> joey: the walk-on. >> todd: who is this magical person? is it elon musk? no, he has a busy job giving information to these individuals

creating law. i hated the 1500 page bill, from optics, it was everything american people voted against. end of the day, this is coach you have, do you want to give him a chance to get in the game and coach when republicans have senate and presidency? let's not sacrifice good for perfect, see what johnson can do with unified republican party in charge of each of the three parts of government. then if you are not happy get rid of him then. see what he can do when republicans have d.c. canadian diplomats meeting with president trump's team at mar-a-lago. >> joey: canada finance minister and foreign minister will be on hand after arriving in south florida yesterday.

>> katie: the meeting will focus on fentanyl trafficking and illegal migration. it comes after president-elect raised idea of canada joining the u.s. saying if canada was to become 51st state taxes would be cut by 60%. >> todd: trump proposed a 25% tariff on all goods from canada. that is a big deal, u.s. and canada exchange 2.7 billion each day. that is a lot. look, we all can agree, and maybe we can't,ir think we can, canada will not be 51. we all know that is not happening and all know that wayne gretzky, despite trump's urging, will not be in charge of canada. this all goes back to the notion of why does trump say these things and put these threats out

there? because for the last four years, the united states has been abused on the world stage. donald trump is going out and saying i'm taking canal back, panama. i'm taking canada and making it 51st state. will these things happen? with the canal, i don't know. with canada, we know they are not going to. if we get better terms that protex the american consumer, this is how you negotiate and boggles the mind why joe biden and this administration took a knee to every other country in the world during his administration. some call it globalization, some call it stupidity. >> katie: you say 51 pvt state is not happening, what if they split canada in two. >> todd: like vancouver and --

>> katie: they are different politically. >> todd: that is an idea. >> joey: i do hear from canadians that watch our show and they do watch our show and like fox news and they are hungry for some of what we have in this american conservative movement there own country. things that happened during covid, truckers, a lot of things, they have their own immigration problem. maybe president trump is tapping into something. there is selfless interest between katie and i, ability to go hunt. >> katie: great hunting in canada, finance minister will meet with tom homan, incoming border czar to talk about the longest border in the world. they are talking about combating that, as well. >> todd: fentanyl is not just an issue on the southern border.

people are dying because of fentanyl pouring across the northern border, as well. way you said that, is interesting, finance minister meeting with tom homan, the border czar. those two things are linked and it is sad the biden administration viewed that as opportunity to create systemic change or whatever kamala harris was supposed to be doing in guatemala, root cause and nothing ultimately happened. biden did nothing. trump and tom homan presumably will do something. speaking of doing nothing. if you're on vacation, we're not attacking you right now. you worked hard all 2024 and you are taking time with friends and family. this guy is different. joe biden, he has spent 570 days on vacation last four years.

that is 40% of his presidency. that means four out of every 10 days for those not good at math, joe biden has spent on the beach or not working. >> joey: todd, did you do that math? >> todd: of course, got up early this morning. >> joey: that graphic, i was afraid to do the numbers. 40%, that's a lot, on vacation. only one person gets to be president, it is a gruelling job. you can't compare that job to any other occupation and you go and ask and beg for it, you have to be able to do it. you 40% on vacation tells me he migrant not have been up for that job. >> katie: the white house argues he can work from anywhere. if he's in delaware, he has everything, command center, etcetera, in st. croix until new

year, allegedly staying at a big donors house, they won't confirm that. this image of him laying on the beach, this happened when troops were under fire in middle east, wars breaking the out all over the place, timing of these vacations was a big problem and optics did not help him when running for reelection and getting kicked off his own party's ticket and the president is sprawled on the beach. >> todd: you said only one person can be president, that w "wall street journal" article implied multiple people have been for the last four years. getting serious, this story rocked the world because of horrificness. vigil held for unidentified woman burned alive on a subway

train here in new york city. the illegal migrant accused of killing her due in court today. mayor adams wants the feds to charge that individual. >> lighting another human being on fire reflects a level of evil that cannot be tolerated. in coordination with the police comm commissioner mayor adams will work to sfloer explore criminal charges against this person. >> katie: good for mayor adams stepping up and saying this is unacceptable and asking federal government to play a role. this is good way to set up d deterrence for get ting the fed

involved. there are consequences outside of what is happening in manhattan outside of alvin bragg, who has allowed a number of individuals to walk freely and trying to charge daniel penny when he stepped in on that train a year ago when there was a passenger threatening to kill other passengers. >> joey: most disturbing things are images that you can see and a lot of questions, police officers walking by and don't know the story yet. there is daniel penny effect that bystanders will not jump in, i hope that is not true. i hope that is not a reason to help someone in danger, we have to keep our humanity scomb it requires us sometimes to put ourselves in harm's way to upon had others. >> todd: joe borelli says this is a cry for help from mayor

adams. >> todd: and suspending flights to russian airports, russ kwlan air defense systems may have downed the passenger jet you see on the screen that left 38 dead. moscow insist theories blaming russia are premature. black boxes have been recovered and it will take two weeks to retrieve data. in washington, outgoing congresswoman and squad member democrat cori bush floating idea of running for office again. she says it is not off the table at all, i believe at some point i will run again, i will always be squad, not going far. bush has been in office since 2021, she lost democratic primary. on january 1, florida will implement new law restricting

kids under 14 from creating social media accounts. we asked what you think about the new law. jim agrees with todd, assuming me, social media has corrupted young minds and creates problems in everyday life. gary says everything in moderation is the best policy and adrian disagrees, i don't think the government should step in to parent our kids that is our job. those are your headlines. >> katie: dei controversy. course would require students to check their privilege. we will react next. >> joey: and bethel music stops by with a special performance. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas. ♪ let your heart be light.

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>> joey: more dei controversy on college campus, this time

indiana campus. the understanding diversity course teaches theories to understand diverse society among other woke ideas. here to react is fox news contributor and civil rights attorney, leo terrell. what are your thoughts on this ? >> continuation on of the attack on whiete christian americans. americans deny critical race theory. as civil rights attorney, where is this white boogie man. we have federal and state civil rights laws to prevent oshg

oppression. it does not exist. if you want to know who oppressors are, it is democrats. you have black governor in maryland, low proficiency scores. look at chicago, this country is diverse as you can imagine. this type of propaganda brainwashing continues by the far left. >> joey: you reference the white boogie man, they put out a chart of the suspects, racism, dominant group, whites. sexism, men, not women. religious oppression, christian. whieth boogie man is christian, biologically a man. do you think this sends any message on who can get accepted into universities?

i'm raising a young boy and i worry because of no fault of his own, being white and a young guy he can't get into a good college. >> it sends a horrible message. i hope trump administration, do you hear me education department and title six, i want letters sent to every university and say we're watching you and you will have your funds cut off and there will be civil rights lawsuits filed against you. white men should not be treated unfairly by socialist marxist, extremist, left-wing democrats. democrats need to look in the mirror, oakland, chicago, maryland, people are color are run the government and they are claiming there is oppression by people not in government.

there is no systemic racism in america, people hear this. that professor, i hope you are watching fox news, i would love to argue with you. come on this show, joey can moderate and tell me where systemic racism exist. >> joey: you have put in time and know the issues, thanks for bringing your expert ooes, thanks for joining us. we reached out to indiana university and asked for comment, they have not gotten back to us. and president trump looking to make best deal for america. could his proposed tariffs affect you? we'll find out. get free gifts to bring home, member deals to get more projects done and free standard shipping. start earning for free with mylowe's rewards today. the next mega millions drawing

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president-elect threatening tariffs on importses from mexico, china and canada, impacting technology, food, cars and everyday goods. what do consumers need to know? stephen moore joins us. "wall street journal" is warning saying trump's tariffs will refill the swamp when washington wants to impose new taxes including tariffs, companies rush to public relations firms and lobbyists for help. is that the correct analysis or do you have something else to say about tariff threats? >> hi, katie, happy holidays. it is unlikely we will see 25% tariff from mexico and canada. we do have a free trade agreement, afterall, negotiated by donald trump. i think what is going on here,

trump is using this tariff threat to get canada, mexico and china to cooperate in terms of stopping importation of deadly drugs into this counter and he's made it very clear these three countries should be and could be doing more to keep fentanyl and other drugs out of the united states. this is classic trump. he uses threat of ter tariffs to pursue american interests. that is likely outcome of this is that i think you'll get more cooperation on the border from mexico and canada. i can't say about china, because china is an enemy of the united states, unlike canada and mexico. >> katie: what about trade deficit issue here? there is fentanyl and border security, but trudea flew to mar-a-lago and president-elect trump joked about making canada

the 51st state. >> he wants wayne gretzky to be the next prime minister of canada, great by the president. it is true some countries are cheating against the united states, we don't have fair trade with some countries and trump is saying bring down your tariffs, stop discriminating against american products, something american workers want to see. i'm a free trade guy, all countries have to be lowering their tariffs. we have the lowest tariffs in the world. it comes to the country talking about negotiation, small businesses are feeling optimistic about the economy. optimism index has risen in anticipation of trump 2.0, do tariffs play into this? are they not concerned about them going through? what does this mean? >> i think these countries have

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ready to go, we like to organize things. the weekend is january 4-5. >> katie: right after new year's, starting fresh. joey, as wildlife conse conservationist, do you advocate for throwing your tree into a lake? >> joey: i like to fish and duck hunt, it floats to the bottom and becomes habitat, she had one up on me there. what i do with my christmas tree, i have two brothers in law that are fire chiefs and fire departments love for you to bring, if you have a real tree, bring your real tree, they can use them to start fires in their burning simulation houses. it is important to understand, they are huge fire hazard.

i don't know everything about it, you cut the tree and let it sit and dries out and becomes a fire hazard. if you have a fake tree, i don't care employees if you have a real tree, probably sooner rather than later. >> todd: you got serious there. >> katie: my favorite videos, when there are animals in real trees. they find a raccoon or pos poss hiding in the tree or spiders. >> todd: squirrel as in christmas vacation. >> joey: such a good movie and so many lessons. >> katie: people can choose when to take it down, we love christmas all year long. >> joey: debate is nowhere controversial as when you put it up, we're on the rhythm side. >> katie: not just the tree, do the tree and lights go or lights stay longer? sometimes lights are up and you

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>> one of the most popular christian music groups right now, bethel music. >> ainsley earhardt caught up with the group and they have a special performance just for us, watch. >> with a global reach that spans over 200 million listeners and 18 albums released, they're one of the most influential music collectives in the world. jen johnson with bethel music, started it with her husband, who is behind her, they are here to sing for us a live performance,

the group's grammy-nominated song holy forever that we all know and love and o come let us adore him to honor jesus christ this christmas season. it's wonderful to have you, your husband and band mates here in the studio this christmastime. y'all start had the ministry 25 years ago, right? >> we took over 25 years ago. >> part of bethel church in redding, california. you have how many children? >> five plus a son-in-law so six. >> ranging from four up to early 20s. >> it is a zoo, we love it. >> tell us why you decided to play this medley for us. >> it's christmas. so i love christmas songs especially, but the song that we chose to do today is called holy forever. it's been incredible to watch god take the song around the world and all the nations and churches singing it. it has an eternal message. gets eyes off us and focuses on who god is. >> i try to sing it at the top

of my lungs and it is so high. i do it but i sound terrible. >> especially early this morning. >> i want to talk about your new album that drops on january 10th. it's called we must respond. >> so i think 17 new songs and it's just a really powerful album that really just magnifies and glorifies god and talks about who we are through him and all of our artists are represented on this collective. we encourage people to take the ride. listen to it from start to finish. there are some beautiful songs. a few are out already but you are able to get it today. >> on behalf of all christians everywhere. if you aren't a christian. i find you on youtube, too. i listen to praise and worship music when i can't sleep in the middle of the night. god is using these gorgeous voices he gave you at birth to bless all of us. thank you for using that gift. we can't wait to hear you sing. >> okay. take it away. >> thank you.

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positions, your name stands above them all ♪ ♪ and the angels cry, holy ♪ ♪ all creation cries holy ♪ ♪ you are lifted high, holy ♪ ♪ holy forever ♪ ♪ and your people sing holy ♪ ♪ to the king of kings, holy ♪ ♪ you will always be holy, holy forever ♪ ♪ you will always be holy, holy

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♪ for you alone are worthy ♪ ♪ for you alone are worthy ♪ ♪ for you alone are worthy, christ the lord ♪ >> what a beautiful performance. >> what a special treat. amazing. good job, ainsley, love the music. >> which we could have christmas music all year round. i hope your christmas week was wonderful and we'll see you soon. >> see you next week. have a good weekend. >> power