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>> we're watching. we're waiting. one of the most spectacular celebration of new year's coming your way from sydney, australia. one of the greatest shows on earth. it is remarkable to see in person. and even watching live on "fox and friends," a real treat. welcome, everybody, to 2025, who is watching from australia. we continue to countdown in new york to 2025, 16 hours to go. it is incredible. welcome, everybody, joey jones, kevin cork and >> katie: >> k cake /* nypd is preparing for a packed midtown

manhattan for the big celebration this new year's eve. >> katie: live look at time square courtesy of earth cam. >> joey: chanley painter has all the festivities. >> chanley: good morning, i'm still on the roof of one time square, where preparationings are underway for the biggest night of the year. we'll ring in 2025 in style. the star of tonight's show, this is a live look of time square, crossroads of the world, people are waiting to get in. this is 12,000 pound new year's eve ball. this is 12 feet in diameter and illuminated by 32,000 led lights, covered in 2600 krift cal al /* crystals and it will

drop 70 feet down, with this giant pull in the air in 60 seconds. we will ring in the new year, tradition of 100 years old. tonight one million people are expected in the crowd below us when the clock strikes midnight and 3000 tons of confetti will fill the air. security is tight, what you see and don't see are here, army of security to make sure people are safe as they celebrate the new year. it starts around 6:00, they'll light up this new year's eve ball and the party will get started, lots of entertainment. >> katie: retire mment party fo the ball, getting a new one next

year. >> kevin: let's talk resolutions. some of us want to do things differently in 2025 from 2024. a viewer earlier said her language got salty in 2024, her resolution was to clean up in 2025. joey, what issureionew year's resolution? >> joey: i can't change it now. my biggest resolution is get out and hunt more. i got some taken away this year. or spend more time with my family. maybe bring the familyun hunting more. >> katie: know even more. i can share the hunting resolution with you. i want to learn to play tennis and golf, both time-consuming. i will try. >> kevin: you will love tennis more than you realize. my goal is to spend more money

and live a little. sometimes we hang on to our dollars, i want to experience more and do more with my time. >> katie: lots of people writing in with resolutions. keith says, explore the united states with my family, make us memories while seeing and apprec appreciating wonders of our great nation. >> joey: doug wrote in, he will spend more time in the woods hunting. i appreciate it. let me know if you find a good spot. >> kevin: every year we make a resolution and break it. my resolution this year is to gain five pounds. >> katie: that has to be a man. >> kevin: that is great. >> katie: bill says my resolution is to buy and restore a classic muscle car. i just bought her yesterdays, here we go.

look at that picture, awesome. >> kevin: that looks like a chevelle? >> joey: i hope he keeps that color, looks like hunter green, i hate the bright colors. >> katie: write next year and let us know. >> kevin: i had a red chevelle, with a white top. >> joey: i had a truck. i would take a schevell. >> kevin: e-mail resolutions friends at fox news.com. >> katie: speaking of resolutions, 2024 was big for republicans from trump's win to taking control of congress. now d.c. progressive mayor, muriel bowser is latest democrat flocking to trump and meeting with him about how to make d.c.

great again. >> joey: in heroism sta, she said, today president tluchl and i had a meeting to discuss shared priority to make washington, d.c. be the best, most beautiful city in the world and want the capitol city to reflect strength of our nation. i i'm optimistic we will find common ground and look forward to supporting successful inauguration on january 20 and incoming press secretary said last night, everybody wants to be trump's friend. >> katie: hope she can work with president trump on this. washington, d.c. is the capital of the united states of america. families should come and be safe. washington, d.c. has been very violent, had a lot of crime and a lot of work to make it most beautiful city in the world. it could be with partnership.

first inauguration of trump got violents with riots. hope the mayor makes sure those criminals are not causing problems. >> kevin: can't just be talked, i was carjacked in d.c. a few years ago. that can happen anywhere, i understand that, the capital city should be reasonably safe and i think white house and obviously the mayor's office will come together to make that happen and congressional lawmakers may have a say in that. >> katie: may be an effort to revoke home rule. the city council tried to govern themselves and republicans and donald trump said they have not done a great job. >> joey: murder rate in 2023 up so high 273 murders, highest

since 1997. this year came down 35% on h hom homicide -- or violent crime and 32% on homicides. what happened there? tougher laws, tougher penalties. jails are swollen, they are keeping people in jail. there is correlation between amount of criminals not released and crime going down. mayor is out trying to take credit, it was d.c. city council and congressional legislation that made d.c. tighten up on criminals. maybe other cities have a big problem need to take note. >> kevin: we can talk about seattle problems or portland, keep it seriously, keep bad guys off the street and protect those that live in the city or those

that want to come to the city. if you want people to come enjoy america's city. >> katie: washington, d.c. has special status and should be made safe for everybody that wants to visit and talk about car jacking, awful. one point three car jackings were happening every single day. it is out of control and they need to change that. >> joey: remember the two teenage girls that tried to hijack uber driver and they e ended up killing him. i don't know what the final sentence was, the point is these kids grow up thinking you can do something. there is video of the two girls in orange county saying stealing is a felony? i did not know that. these cities have taught this generation that there is no consequence. maybe they are starting to turn the tide and president trump

ushered that in. >> katie: turn the tide on innocent hostages taken from their home in south of israel, including an american man who was taken hostage with his wife who was released. she shared her experience earlier on the show and as biden leaves office without a hostage deal or ceasefire deal she has hope her husband can come home. take a listen. >> keith is the most sweetest, loving person on earth. he is proud to be american. he is waiting to get out of gaza. he's suffering underneath the ground in the worst conditions anybody could handle. i've been doing everything i can to get keith and all the hostages out. there are 100 hostages still in gaza. we're treated like we were not

human beings, threatened with a gun. girls had to take a shower with the door open while they stared at their bodies, torturing kids, pushing me, pulling my hair, pouring hot water on one of the girls. they treated me like i was not a human being. to think about keith, 65 year old american hostage suffering under the ground for more than a y year, it breaks my heart. no human being should go through what i went through or thrown under ground for 450 days. they are americans, some of them, keith is an american and they need to get him out. they have suffered enough. i want keith home alive, i want him to come back alive. >> katie: i asked what she wants

to see changed, she said america is strongest country on face of the planet, it is time to exert that power and get hostages home. ministry of health submitted report to united nations about physical of the hostages. they talked to doctors and they experience physical and sexual violence against men, women and children. underage boys suffered de ation of water, branding, and she was saying it has been more than 400 days, going into year three now. october 7 was in 2023, we had one-year anniversary in 2024, going into 2025 and she is begging for the hostages to come home.

president donald trump at rnc convention in august said if they are not home before i take office, there will be a problem for hamas. >> kevin: it is denmonic to do o human beings what they are doing. these poor hostages. as an american, in particular, we have an obligation to do more than play around the edges and hopefully there is a new administration coming in, maybe they will get this person home. >> joey: dozens killed and dozens taken hostage, it seems tone and tenor from this government has been this is an israeli problem and those are american citizens. i don't know what doing more looked like that wouldn't spark us into war. i grew up thinking that if my time in marine corps, if

americans were in harm's way, somebody like me and the marine corps would go get them. wonder what the next administration, they will have their hands full, not easy solution. >> katie: trump's negotiation teams he's hired are working on this. we have hope they will come home. >> joey: nearing end of hanukkah, we hope those people come home alive. continue to remember life and legacy of the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter. >> kevin: dates and funeral arrange moons are being set as america honors the longest living president in our country's history. >> katie: steve harrigan, good morning. >> steve: a week's worth of events begin saturday, when the remains of former president carter will be taken from

georgia past his boyhood farm home and pause there before heading to georgia state capitol and remains will come to the carter center and lie in repose for three days allowing people to pay respects to the 39th president, something many geo georgians have begun to do. >> the duality of the man, simple peanut farmer type and brilliant nuclear fphysicist by trade, that will keep people intreegsed with character and the person for decades and decades. >> steve: from here, the body will be flown to washington and lie in state in the rotunda, honor given to 12 previous presidents. there will be a state funeral january 9, that will be with eulogy from president biden, after that a military jet will

fly remains back home to georgia. carter will be buried next to his wife rosalynn of 77 years. back to you. >> kevin: steve in atlanta, thank you. busy days ahead for you, be safe, my friend. i was watching video of the signing of the peace accord between israel and egypt. and you had an iconic moment in world history, one of the more positive memories a lot of americans will have of the late 39th president. turning to headlines, there were no safety issues flagged during the preflight chk before sunday's deadly plane crash in south korea. airline's ceos typical inspection showed nothing abnormal prior to taking off from thailand.

they are investigating whether the plane's landing gear was working properly. new "new york post" reporting tren de aragua gang members have been attacking border crossings in attempt to break into the united states before president trump takes office. texas dps says another attempt is expected tomorrow on new year's day. this comes after a mob of migrants rushed national guard in el paso back in march. look at the pictures there. ice at that point ended up freeing 124 migrants involved in that riot because they were not considered and air quotes, a security threat. meeting of minds on x as elon musk and gronrob gronkowski calr major tax reform saying current system is too complicated. musk posting, tax code needs drasticicism life outcomes.

the n.f.l. le legend say plea doicism life outcomes now, gronk simple, gronk want simple tax code and so does everyone else. love that. last hour we introduced you to baby pygmy hippo and here is a live look with her mom iris. the newborn is being called the next mudang. >> the viral aspect of this birth has been amazing, they are pygmy hippos from west africa, they get up to 5 or 600 pounds. he was 15 pounds when we did the check-up and she's growing rapidly. >> kevin: i know hippos are dangerous, i just want to pet it, so cute. the zoo is asking fans to help choose a name for the baby. here are options, poppy, flower

like her mom's name. juniper, evergreen shrub, hammy mae, or omi, meaning water in west african language. poll closes today and you can take part, get online and visit metro richmond zoo and weigh in. what is your favorite? >> katie: i like poppy. i had a dog named juniper so i could go either one, very cute. virginia thing, good news. there are two in the running. >> joey: i'm culturally obligated to say hammie mae. i like juwan howard per, too. we could only see the mom, i

thought that was the baby, that is small for what you think of a hippo. mom moved and tiny baby in the corner. it is amazing, the animals are amazing, the pygmies are -- >> katie: be if you see them, do not approach. >> kevin: go hammie mae. quick time out as we finish on "fox and friends." america's education system is in desperate need of massive reform. how president-elect trump plans to shake up the system in 2025, that is coming your way next. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a month. >> joey: president-elect trump and elon musk are making it clear they support house speaker mike johnson as he fights to keep his leadership role. madeleine rivera is live in washington, d.c. with more. >> madeleine: good morning. this is endorsement house speaker mike johnson had been waiting for. president-elect trump saying on truth social, speaker mike

johnson is a good man, he will do the right thing and we will continue to win. mike has my complete and total endorsement. make america great again. here is mike johnson reaction. >> i am humbled to have president trump's endorsement, we have big things to do. what we need right now is proven fighter and true maga conservative and someone who can work with our diverse house gop so that we can get president trump's priorities over the line. >> madeleine: johnson is receiving elon musk's endorsement. he and trump could help shore up support for johnson on friday. it is unclear if it is enough to avoid a fight over the gavel. johnson needs 218 votes to win

his job. he can only afford one republican defection. thomas massies he is definitely not voting for mike johnson. others uncommitted like victoria spartz and tim burchett say they are still undecided. >> katie: america's education system is in a crisis with average test scores among t13 year olds being down in reading and mathematics over the last decade. with favorability of the education system, president trump is planning major reform. former education secretary and fox news contributor bill bennett. bill, can we talk about stats, the kids are falling so far

behind, it is awful. >> bill: by the way, let's focus on that. 10 years. you can't blame it on covid, this was pre-covid, during covid and after covid, reading scores down seven points and math scores down 14 points. we are getting worse and worse, number one problem to address. we know how to teach reading and we know how to teach math. let's be sure states are doing that. >> katie: there has been controversy around eshgliminati department of education all together. what could happen if that were to come to fruition? e eliminating department of education would school choice and gain more control, educational programs would move to other federal departments, it is not necessarily a bad thing

given how much has been spent with the department of education and test scores are going down. >> it isn't. it is difficult to abolish the department, probably take 60 votes. i don't want our great new president focusing on this rather than border or china or the economy, but take some pieces and send them out. biggest piece is higher education. reprivatize higher education, loans coming from federal government, send back to private sector. government has been a mess. get that out of the department. second, block grant to the states, go ahead and do what we know how to do. you must have school choice and you must have accountability or we'll report your scores. three, title nine needs reform,

title nine was for women and girls to participate in sports, not for men and boys. when it comes to schools, let me say american people are very open-minded and tolerant, they are not so open-minded their brains fall out. >> katie: they have had it with mandates from washington on parents and taking choices, as well. certainly be watching difference between biden admin stlagz and trump administration when it comes to education. >> bill: thank you. happy new year. >> katie: speaking of new year, getting in shape is part of most new year's resolutions and half of you getting into financial shape. top ways to improve your wallets up next.

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>> welcome back to a beautiful day out here on fox square, last day of 2024. typically chillier. you enjoying the weather now? >> yes. >> adam: did you, you specifically, you were begging me, do you want to say hi to anybody? >> hi to my family and friends in tennessee. >> adam: high to family and friends in tennessee. very great. anybody going to the ball drop? yes? anyone going to wear adult diapers? no water rest of the day. dive right into the forecast at what we are looking at.

this is warmth that is going to lead to showers, not in new york city area yet but unfortunately for hours leading up to the ball drop and new year, we'll be seeing a little rain. temperatures hovering back to around 50 degrees. help me. back to you, joey. >> back to you, joey. >> joey: thank you so much, i'll take it. thanks, adam. when it comes to new year's resolutions, few are more common or complicated than financial resolutions. 43% of americans intend to have one resolution focused on their wallet and 59 percent of kitchened in their ability to make a budget. here is personal finance expert anthony neil. anthony, you have really good

tips, tell us about them. >> happy early new year to you and everybody watching. as we go into 2025, we have to create a vision. studies show 75% of people do not have a vision and if we write the vision down, we have 33% more likely to be successful. have a vision in 2025. understand this, money is tool that brings your vision to reality. five steps and i talk about this in my latest book. have zero base budget. have budget match your vision. zero base budget, list your income minus expenses and bottom is zero going into 2025. >> joey: when you talk about tips, one i found, find excess spending you can cut. for everyone that is different, how do you know, is it netflix, gas, what can we cut?

>> start with subscriptions, why do you have apple music and spotify, come down to one. your tv ones, amazon, we're through holidays, go back and step back from certain subscription purchases. key thing, look at your budget and last three months of bank statements and it will be amazing and you will see what you have and what you can take away from. >> joey: this helps saving money is a great idea. before you can get there, start to remove debt. you have tips on how to remove debt, take it and tell us about them. >> step two i talk about in my book, before we remove debts, make sure we don't have to go back into debt. sets aside 30 days in a high yield savings account and you have breathing room and if life happens while eliminating debt,

you have something to go back to. talk about how to eshgliminate debt. use debt snowball method from smallest to largest and make minimum payments and anything extra you get put on top of smallest one and pay that off and put on second one and third one. i want us to imagine what would it feel like to be end of 2025, executed our vision, eliminate our debt and have financial freedom because we aggressively attacked our debt. >> joey: some are technical, start with lowest and get rid of that interest and snowball up. get mad at your debt. it is about wanting to do it. anthony, your book "take your seat at the table," folks, check

that out. i will put these tips to practice. >> thank you, happy new year to everyone. >> joey: happy new year, out with the old and in with the new. 2025 is just hours away and the crowd is ready to ring in the new year in time square. we've got chanley painter live ahead of the ball drop. >> chanley: take one last look at this giant 12,000 pound new year's eve ball. this is last time it will descend down this ball 11:59 tonight. special guest is the man behind the plan. stay with us on "fox and friends" coming up. as the people you love get older, their risk of severe flu and covid goes up. last year, those viruses hospitalized nearly 1 million people 65 and older. so if someone you love is older, talk with them about vaccines.

>> kevin: 46 after the hour. almost time to say goodbye to 2024. the place everyone will have their eyes on tonight at 11:59 is here, time square in the heart of new york city. i say 11:59, few things more fun than doing countdown with friends, families and billions

across the globe. chanley painter has more. >> chanley: happy new year, kevin. i'm here with jeff strauss, president of countdown entertainment group. you planned the party, right? my hat is too big. >> we will all be celebrating today. >> what is your favorite part of bringing in every new year? >> it is so magical, best part, midnight, revellers, joined by a billion people around the world counting down in kwlun son. no other hope we have that many people doing same thing at same time with joy. >> chanley: i've wauctched my whole life on television. now to see it in person. what can we expect at 6:00 tonight? >> the star, we will flip the

switch and raise the ball and we have entertainment, from carrie underwood, jonas brothers, tls, mark amber, daysy, gray labetto and mickey guyton. it is eclectic, wonderful mix of entertainment with people from all over the world. make friends tonight. >> chanley: they are gathering to wait in line hours and hours. it is totally worth it, right? >> you will find out tonight, i'll be looking for you. >> chanley: i'll be looking for you. send it back to the studio. >> kevin: great stuff, i hope you save those shades. i saw 2025 shades, they look like fun. over to katie. >> katie: new year's eve celebrations are happening halfway around the world.

sydney, australia bringing in 2025 15 minutes ago. here is a fun fact. oshana was first country in the world to enter 2025. to football. lions dipping into their bag of tricks early in last night's win over the 49ers. >> goff, here is a little lateral to williams and down the sideline and gone for a touchdown. >> katie: straight into the endzone, taking down san francisco 40-34, lifting detroit record to 14-2. first time in franchise history gone a full season without a los on the road. college football playoffs pick up backup tonight with fiesta bowl boise state and penn state. and one rhiny has made his pick

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>> as we count down the hours to 2025, it's time to break out the bubbly. >> here to show us how to savor champagne. our guest is here. >> get a bottle of cham pain. find the seam and slide it. flatten your blade like this.

go for it. >> a pro. >> got it? >> i will chop down. all right, there. >> i don't know if those were pre-cut. >> no. >> pirates in another life. >> that's cool. >> the world record for most in a minute is. >> bill: 66 in one minute. we have 69 bottles on the table and hopefully in a minute i can do it. >> this is a skill that anybody can learn? >> god given talent. >> i love it. >> is there any tradition this comes from? does it come from some place? >> you see the champagne in fans. if they won they would drink the champagne, if they lost they

would still drink the champagne. >> let's see if you can break the record. go. awesome. do we have a clock? >> we have a clock. >> we have a clock. >> are we going to tell him when to start? >> hang on one second. >> count down from three, two, one, go. >> he's got it. >> he is smooth. >> easy, no effort. >> get him, brother. >> holy smokes. wooh. keep going. >> wooh. >> people lining up for champagne. >> the party is getting going. >> you've got it. you are cruising, whoo. >> we'll have to -- oh, wow. >> come on, he's got it. >> he is cruising.

>> keep it on the back side. [laughter] >> look out. >> keep going. yeah. wooh. >> seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> that was impressive. >> that's a warm-up for you, right? >> are you tired? >> ready to go again, let's go. >> that was amazing. >> how do we get advantage of all of this free bubbly? >> all these champagne bottles and no glasses. >> they can do mimosa.

>> you can do it. >> ready? >> do you have it? >> remember, flat, flat, flat. >> there you go. nice. >> how long have you been doing this? >> six or seven years. >> it's good. >> we'll say goodbye in a second. see if i can get this one real quick. >> there you go. >> happy new year, guys. >> happy new year. >> we're all professionals here. >> be safe tonight, happy new year. have fun, get a kiss, watch the ball drop and come back and see me tomorrow morning. >> happy new year, everybody. thank you for watching. see you in 2025. ♪ >> it is new year's eve and the i