about don lemon. how pretentious he is about i being stupid. at the two things calm togethere because he is without guile. thn e two things are a funny and he's a character in a film that you can laugh at and a lot less dangerous now that he got an internet show that you and i geo to laugh l at. speed when it is.bu we only have a few moments butta the worst, of course, we don'trg have time to play up at the garbage comment by joe biden and t he didn't learn with deplorabe with hillary clinton. >> you know he might have learned at that unfortunately, he forgosickt it. >> kayleigh: fet is a sick burn, chris bradford. thank you very much. that was wonderful. at that is it for us tonight and i'm kayleigh mcenany and for laura ingraham. a >> todd: president donald trump making a major speaker

endorsement ahead of battle for the gavel. debating which priorities to tackle first. >> ashley: and media never learns, more comments against trump supporters. >> todd: it is new year's eve, as many americans get ready to ring in 2025, time square with chanley painter later on this hour. you're watch ing "fox and friens first" on tuesday morning, final one to 2024. i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, carley has the day off. let's go to madeleine rivera with more on the speaker vote. >> madeleine: presidency trump supporting mike johnson. he said he will do the right thing and we will continue to

win. mike has my complete and total end endorsement. make america great again. here is johnson's reaction. >> i am honored to have president trump's endorsement again, we have big things to do. he recognizes what we need to do is approve and a true maga conservative and someone who can work with our diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line. that is ahead of us. >> madeleine: elon musk wanted to sink a deal johnson hammered out also threw his support against johnson. at the end of the day, on friday, he can only afford one republican defection and republican thomas massie is only house gop member to say he is

not voting for johnson, hes he is still a no on johnson. other hold-outs like victoria shorts and tim burchett. tim burchetts he will make up his mind on friday for an interesting day of congress. >> ashley: ice is shutting down two programs that provide services to illegal immigrants. the wrap-around stabilization service offered psychological and behavioral health services for migrants while young adult provided 18 and 19 year olds with legal evers ises, both are coming to an end. ices it was not cost effective enough, it did not help further its mission. the agency saying the young adult program does not align

with mission ero's. ice has 40,000 beds available at one time and nondetain docket of 7.7 million people. >> todd: biden administration says china intel agency hacked the u.s. department. unclear what chinese hackers were searching for, it appears to be n espionage operation. just last week they targeted a telecomprovider. china denies they are behind the security breach at treasury. >> ashley: and fani willis's last ditch effort to remain on the case against donald trump. she was dismissed earlier this month over her relationship with

the prosecution nathan wade. lawfare has become far too common in american politics and it must end. it is our hope they will focus on successful prosecution of violent criminals in fulton county. >> fani willis says he is more focused on the gubernatorial primary rather than the law. >> todd: for detroit fans who say you never show lions highlights. lions dipped into their bag early in a win over the 49ers. >> goff, lateral to williams and down the sideline and gone for a touchdown. he made the catch. he's done this before this year. and this time the lateral for the touchdown. >> todd: such creativity and play calling.

lions taking down san francisco 40-34 lifting their record to 14-2. including perfect 8-0 record on the road. lions have gone a full season without losing a road game. the match up for super bowl i'm pining for -- >> ashley: obviously the chiefs. >> todd: no, bills versus lions. it is on fox, the nation would love it. great game. make it happen. manifest it into the universe. sorry, she's a chiefs fan. she's going to hit me. former cnn host don lemon going on a wild be rant about maga supporters. >> you are in a cult and you don't realize it because you have stupid maga brain and you don't get it. how stupid and dumb are you.

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of the new year temperatures around 50 but raining nonstop. the future, i told you about that first cold blast of air beginning to see it across the west and that will funnel in over next couple days and several rounds of cold weather. first temperatures drop and another round of cold weather by january 6 and third round of cold weather on january 10th. everyone makes it colder and colder and by this point, a lot of folks seeing temperatures well below freezing. this big pattern change folks in the weather world are looking at and it could mean snow over next couple weeks. >> todd: can i put a positive spin on it. the guy who does my landscaping, he says if it is cold in the winter, we won't have bugs in

spring and summer. p polyanna pirrohere. you are not signing off on this? >> adam: it is. positive spin. >> ashley: americans and children are planning new year's resolutions with kids setting goals for the new year. how should parents help their little ones. a child psych ogs at akron children's hospital joins me now. i love the idea of entire families getting onboard with this. how would you suggest going about talking to your kids about this, especially when they are younger and don't quite understand and want to watch tv or have that snack they shouldn't be having. how do you talk to them about that? >> sure. i think the first step to this

is being able to recognize the new year is a fresh start and just how you're approaching it in terms of your view with january 1 or what the beginning of the year looks like for you. it is tricky because nobody loves making change. we like routine and like things to be consistent so encouraging your children to make positive charges is sometimes met with resistance. model for them, these are changes i'm going to be making for myself, what are good ones for you, or do yours align with me? we all appreciate a companion going through changes and help and accountability that comes with that. >> ashley: you talk about change, is there truth to create habit it takes like 21 days to create that habit, is that true

in people of all ages? >> absolutely, research shows around 21, could take up to two months depending how significant the habit is we're making. some are easier than others. more consistent we are, hopefully easier it is to implement and maintain it long-term. >> ashley: i think the healthy eating is something my family we stay onboard with, a lot of people have trouble with that. another thing people have trouble with is lower screen time and i know on here that was a suggestion to have like a game night or something that does not involve screens or tvs, how would you suggest telling a 13 or 14-year-old we're not going to look at our ipad or iphone, we're going to play chess today. how do you talk to an adolescent

about that? >> that's a great point. most teenagers in a sense are addicted to devices and phones. not much is more stimulating to communicating with your friends, it is tough to create separation there. and we know that humans are very motivated to work toward earning a reward. making it as fun as possible is not super enticing for a 13 year old, i admit. uno sparks fear battles in our house, anything they are motivated to continue doing again and again, let them pick the game, they have autonomy in it and there is a sense of control. anything you can do to make it as fun as possible and it probably won't be as fun as

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>> you're so -- stupid and you deserve it. you deserve it because you are so dumb. yes, i'm gloating over your stupidity, you are in a -- cult and you don't realize it because you have stupid maga brain and you don't get it. how stupid and dumb are you. >> todd: tis the season to be merry. don lemon goes on rant about trump and elon musk. political strategygist host joins me now. tiffany, people wonder why they have trump derange mment syndro. >> tell me about it, call us stupid, it is not a matter of contention at this point. >> todd: it is not just mr. lemon, we have two other folks

making their voices heard. jennifer reuben from "washington post" and rick wilson from lincoln project, those people that hate donald trump, take a listen. >> all those maga readers out there, notice contradiction in terms maga readers would pick up "washington post" and have more readers. what is logical falicy here? reader. >> guy with ged and fake oakley's and pickup truck, that guy is thinking, i could have been senior software engineer at google if it were not for dei? >> todd: condescension is reason they lost in 2024 and will continue to lose if they don't listen to what is now more than

half of the country. >> you know, i really think that because of the chokehold that the left has on propaganda press, fake news, massive media houses, they have to boil the right and boil any trump voter down into a character. that is only way they can try to maintain real estate in this new world. we can't be smart and vote conservative, you have to be stupid. the fact of the matter is they want to keep us stupid. they will not learn their lesson, this is beating a dead horse and you look at people saying this, what sore losers they have been and what that speaks to in terms of longevity of historic news houses that have become corrupted and basically arms of the

administrative state. >> todd: i'm glad you mentioned that, they almost brought about their own extinction this year, because of that, 2024 is being called the year of the podcast and thanks to donald trump sitting for multiple podcasts. watch. >> always got more publicity than other people and it wasn't like i was trying. i don't know exactly why, maybe you can tell me why. >> i can definitely tell you, you said a lot of wild -- come around or soften your views on networks you have not gotten along with in the past? >> no, they are fake news. you think biden does that? biden is sleeping. he has one ability i don't have, he sleeps, he can sleep. >> todd: everybody needs to do podcasts. in 2028, one big podcast from january 1 to election day, what do you expect from legacy

media in 2025 as they try to stave off their own extinction? >> yeah, i think what you really saw this year and throughout the 2024 election, conservatives and trump understood and people keep missing is truth. american people want truth. the everyone is sick of be ing filtered, tired of inau inauthenticity, you can no longer run and hide from this as legacy media. start competing and let us see the man behind the curtain and that is something trump did brilliantly. when you watch joe rogan, you see a full thought in three hours, you can understand what is going on behind a news clip.

legacy media is going to start being honest, which is a big problem. and have to start being honest with themselves and the american people and really reporting news without bias and understanding middle-class american is hard-working american and deserves them to really have the freedom of the press and what it is. this is a privilege to live in america, privilege no one should take lightly and to deliver news is a privilege and that is an honor and to see it corrupted with 2028, i love how j.d. vance handled media as vp. you see in him future of how future candidates like millennials understand this genre, and will be able to -- this is their world, if not digitally native, pretty close to it. >> todd: i wonder if 2025 is the

year when somebody raises a question about something, it is no longer branded a conspiracy theory by the left, maybe that is looking at things with rose-colored glasses. we can wish. happy new year. friday's house speaker vote mike johnson still fighting to unite undecided members of the republican party. >> i think this could be most consequential congress of the modern era and has to start day one, we cannot waste time, we have to start day one and bring about america first agenda quickly and see results early in the year. i i am confident we'll get it done. >> ashley: russell fry sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman, thanks for being

with us. where do you stand on this and what is the hang-up with some of your colleagues not throwing support behind johnson. >> i think johnson is right and i'm glad president trump supported him yesterday. we have to drive conservative policy that american people expect. they did not send a mandate to go to washington and shoot spit balls at each other. president trump is the coach and he wants johnson. >> todd: let's be clear, cory lewandowski said mike johnson will be the speaker when the vote happens on friday. there are number of hold-outs including congresswoman victoria sparts, here is what she had to say to "fox and friends". we will not be able to deliver on president trump's agenda if

we don't have speaker with courage, vision and a plan. if speaker johnson wants to be speaker, layout the plan and commit to the plan. i can give him a chance, piwould like to hear how he will deliver this agenda and what plan he has and he has not been doing that. >> todd: congressman, now that the train is rolling down the track, should members like sparts, perry and the like be concerned about a primary challenge if they stand in the way of president trump enacting his agenda as soon as possible by holding up the speakership and like cory said yesterday seems inevitable at this point. >> there is nobody else running for speaker on our side, that should be top of any member's mind. there is no one running that has a plan to deliver the american first agenda. i encourage any colleagues that are apprehensive to have

dialogue and discussions about what the plan is, at least from what i have seen, house intends to it's00 before president trump is sworn in getting legislation on the track and move through the house of representatives. for anybody concerned, have that dialogue, that is critical. end of the day, we should honor president trump's request, select mike johnson speaker and go about business of enacting his america first agenda. >> ashley: we'll see what happens, house ways and means committee chair, jason smith is pushing for an extension before moving on border funding. congress needs to act swiftly to take this threat of tax hike off the table and give american people assure

>> ainsley: relief has arrived. your thoughts on this and will it get pushed through? >> there are a lot of arguments on either side of this. tax first or border? to me, what is important is speed at which all of this is done and border is part of this, tax cut, extension of trump's tax cuts are important. house and senate need to collaborate and work together to come up with a blueprint that gives us all wins we possible can get to show the american people we're serious about governing. doesn't matter if the chicken or egg comes first. house and senate need to collaborate and there are thorny issues in the house we need to smooth out and i'm confident in chairman smith's ability to navigate the waters and see what the senate does. >> todd: that is the goal.

i look at this, congress has been trying to solve immigration for decades, if i'm you guys and i'm not, i would do tax cuts first and let trump do border and take up immigration after the other stuff is figured out. president biden announced 2 billion dollars in ukraine aid untils had term is over. do you support this use of taxpayer dollars, congressman? >> of course not, i've been critical of the president's handles of ukraine, we don't know what the strategic plan has been since the start and i have not voted for ukraine funding. people in norths carolina, south carolina and other states that are impacted by natural disasters and this president is so tone deaf from the halls of st. croix he is send ing out moe

money on his way out. this is parade of problems he continues to compound for next generation to fix. we need a plan in ukraine, american people deserve to hear what that looks like and biden administration has not given that. i oppose additional funding going to ukraine particularly in light of what is going on in carolinas and southeast. >> ashley: such a slap to americans who really need help. thank you so much. it is a busy day in new york city and chanley painter is in time square with a preview of all of today's new year's eve festivities. >> chanley: hi, ashley and todd. final preparations are underway in the heart of new york city at time square. pete, zoom in. this is what it looks like before 6:00 a.m. we are hours away from 2025 and

i'm on the roof of iconic one time square building with the star of tonight's show, check this out, the nearly 12,000 pound new year's eve ball. it is 12 feet in diameter and has 32,000 led lights and covers in 2600 crystals that can display billions of patterns and 11:59 tonight it will drop 70 feet in 60 seconds. tradition of 100 years in time square and tonight one million people are expected to be in the crowd below when the clock strikes midnight and confetti fill the air. there are revellers already out there. security is tight. watch. >> make sure each one of those who come here to visit and enjoy

the ball drop will be safe. we have plain-clothes teams, canine teams and officers on horseback, helicopters and boats. our police personnel will be here and closures will be in effect. >> chanley: and that was the mayor of new york city. i want to say, ashley and todd, i did reserve you guys 2025 glasses i will bring back to you so you are ready for celebration tonight. this is the final year this new year's eve ball will be used. i will tell you why later on "fox and friends" this morning. back to you. >> ashley: tease. >> todd: heck of a tease. >> ashley: i've got to know. >> todd: dad joke, save those classes, aaron judge has been preparing for game drop since game five of the world series.

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>> ashley: mike eric schmitt is looking to reduce sentences, one convicted of murdering anelderly woman in 1993 and other for assault and robbery inform 2021 state lawmakers in oregon passed a deal to jointly ask a judge to revisit a conviction or reduce a sentence. shmitt lost to vasquez who takes over on friday. and an investigation of boeing aircrafts after the fiery plane crash killed 179 people over the weekend.

investigators are looking at records of models similar. two flight attendants were the only survivors. one is awake and able to communicate. >> todd: two planes coming within near feet of colliding on the runway. one plane trying to take off, the delta plane. the smaller plane was a charter flight carrying the men's basketball team from gonzaga. that delta plane was traveling 150 miles per hour. delta says it is unwear of an investigation. we cannot have that happening. to this meeting of the minds yesterday on x. elon musk and rob rob gronkowski call for major tax reform saying current system is too

complicated. >> ashley: cheryl casone is here with the story. good morning. >> cheryl: good morning, we are talking taxes and it is not 2025 yet. elon musk posted this on x. it was pretty interesting. tax code needs drasticicism life outcomes, n.f.l. legend rob gronkowski responded, please do. drasticicism life outcomes. gronk simple, gronk wants simple tax codes and so does everyone else. he made over 70 million in the n.f.l., he knows about paying taxes. his net worth is 45 million, the estimate. he's had deals with nike, dunkin, tide, sells hot sauce. in massachusetts, former

patriots star before going to buccaneers, in that state you pay income tax rate of 5% and 4% surcharge on anyone making million and more. if he's filing in massachusetts, he's oup set about what he's paying in taxes. >> todd: he is engaged to -- >> cheryl: go to nashville, gronk, or vegas. >> todd: when he came to the green room here, couldn't have been nicer, one of the nicest guys, exactly how he is in person. staying in florida, throwing california into the mix, disney looking to offer free summer vacation packages. >> cheryl: interesting, they are offering a new meal plan if you buy a full package. this will take effect this summer for guests.

it is interesting, there is pushback about how expensive disney has gotten for american families. if you purchase a certain package for 2025, you get a free dining plan included, may 27, june 26, july 2, they took 4th of july out of the offer because of course they did. sorry, disney. three day, three night package, room and park ticket hopper option. there are 200 restaurants. if you want chicken fingers and fill fille filletmignon, this is for you. it could make sense. >> ashley: sweating to death in august in florida, sounds miserable to me. >> todd: go through 120 degrees

and humidity, apologies, cheryl, i said this included disneyland, this is only walt disney world, let's be clear. >> cheryl: nothing free in california. >> todd: don't miss cheryl on mornings with maria, thank you and happy new year. >> cheryl: happy new year, great to see you both. see you thursday after the new year. >> todd: 2025. don't blame me, producers wrote it, i will sing it. >> ashley: no singing. >> todd: if you're working late because you're a singer, no worry, serena carpenter is teaming up on the brown sugar shaken espresso. how mad at you are you at mackenzieshg for writing that

making me sing it. >> ashley: nobody made you. >> todd: not to be confused with dunkin-cino. >> ashley: banning dei, ohio senator jerry sereno is joining us next on his plan to rid the buckeye state colleges of the controversial diaper city push.

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>> so look at this. dramatic body cam footage of police responding to a trailer fire just days before christmas. you can see flames blazing from the back of the trailer before officers arrive to that scene and told a man was still inside but the door was blocked by flames. so officers had to breakthrough a window to rescue him. watch. >> hey. can you move over here? where are you? [coughing] >> ashley: remarkable. thankfully officers were able to get the man out with only minor injuries. the fire department desa portable propane heater is what caused that fire. >> todd: meantime ohio lawmakers are looking to crack down on dei policies and programs in ohio education by reviving a bill's passage this year. >> ashley: prohibit any

mandatory dei programs declare that the institution will ensure diversity and seek speakers with diverse ideological and political views. ohio state senator jerry serino introduced the bill and he joins us now. thanks for being with us this morning. i want to go right to this because, if you look at the number of universities who are walking away from these dei policies in 2024, it's places like florida, texas, ohio, iowa, utah, kansas, and idaho. they are all conservatively leaning states. do you think this is because they realize, hey, this is not working. the people do not want this? >> well, i think we're looking at education reform -- higher education reform in total and dei reform is one important part of that. i think people -- not only educational institutions but also companies are now beginning to see that they jumped on the dei band wagon because it was

the woke thing to do realizing today not only is not working and not producing the results anticipated. dei is inherently discriminatory we can't have that in the united states of america and certainly not in ohio. >> todd: like i mentioned in the introduction the bill failed to pass in 2024. to ashley's point why do you think 2025 will be different is it because america saw hey, donald trump's policies are pretty popular and one of those is eliminating dii basically everyone? passed in june before the trump train started coming down the pike it. failed to pass the house before we broke for the christmas holidays. i'm going to have to refile the

bill. it will be under a different number. but it's going to be largely as it was but strengthened in a number of areas and dei is going to be one of those areas that we will see when the bill is introduced in a couple of weeks that we are going to be challenging dei because, again, it is inherently discriminatory and it's not producing the results. and, millions of dollars are being spent by our higher education institutions that could be used for other programs for workforce development and for instruction in areas that are in high demand today. and that's what needs to happen. we need to get our focus on producing, programs and students who graduate with the skills that businesses that are hiring these students and graduates are looking to get. >> ashley: you know, you said that these companies that jumped on the dei bandwagon they can't really function. costco is doubling down on dei

policies. board of directors released a statement writing quote our efforts at diversity, equity and inclusion remind and reinforce with everyone at our company the importance of creating opportunities for all. we believe that these efforts enhance our capacity to attract and retain employees who will help our business succeed. what are your thoughts on that? >> look, we have federal and state laws in place that prevent discrimination and nobody should be discriminated against because of race, color, sexual orientation or whatever. we have those in place. we do not need these programs. and i think what companies are seeing today is that shareholders and customers and advertisers are looking at this and saying, hey, we don't think this is a good idea. we don't want to be associated with. this and that's why you are seeing more and more companies today either scale back significantly or eliminate entirely. and i think we're going to see that same thing happening in higher education. unfortunately, the reforms for

dei are not coming from the institutions of higher education. they're being forced upon from outside actors and ohio legislature is one of those outside factors going to make sure that we do things right in the state of ohio for higher education. >> todd: i think costco is running the risk of doing a full bud light there aren't a lot of costcos in r blue cities you see them in red suburbs. you could be alienating your base. do you know what today is? i looked at the calendar. it isen. >> ashley: new eaves day? >> todd: can you help me? >> ashley: last day of the year. >> todd: new zealand they are cowngtedding down. enjoy your new year's eve and new year's day. happy 2025, everybod