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>> it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is a special edition of "the the five." ♪ ♪ >> happy new year, everyone. get ready because we have a fun-packed show. we have predictions for the year ahead and a look back at our best moments on "the five." let's start with the biggest stories a that happened in 2024. >> the dog -- door plug getting blown off mid-flight like jessie's toupee. >> if i were joe biden i'd be on the warpath. this guy's worried about junk fees? they're blowing holes in the airplane right now. >> it wasn't the usual, like, flight attendants are terrible or there's a crazy passenger who with's maybe on a con concoction

of whatever. this is the infrastructure. >> two nypd police officers getting outnumbered and savagely beaten by a large group of illegal immigrants near times square. >> what better sentence that sums up the biden administration than this one: illegal immigrant mob beats up officers, released immediately without bail. >> we ought to change the law. any violence inflected upon a law enforcement officer, there should be no bail, period, whether you're a migrant or you are a new york,er an american, whatever it may be. >> explosive testimony from the former special counsel who concluded this president biden is a, quote, elderly man with a poor memory, unquote and, therefore, not fit to stand trial in the classified docs probe today. >> to the dems, this was a cheap shot and it was unnecessary. to others, it was a reason that hur chose not to file charges. to me, it'ser relevant. >> hymn saying it's an -- him saying it's an elderly man with a poor memory is what 86% --

>> no, no, no, this is the truthment it is a lie. >> this is a combination of a real koma but also a soap opera -- courtroom but also a soap opera with characters and explosions you don't usually see in a courtroom. let me start by saying that fani willis is out of control. >> these are petty people that all of a sudden everyone's looking at, which their dirty land ily's totally exposed. >> total eclipse mania sweeps america. millions across the country putting on these funky paper sunglasses and looking up as the afternoon height plunged into darkness. >> what was most remarkable was looking at the sun, you could see -- and you realize the sun is, you learn in schoolst the powerful, but you learned today how powerful it was. >> total mayhem breaking out at columbia university, a mob of anti-israel students barricading themselves inside a building on campus and hunkering down for the long haul. >> we should be celebrating the monster turning on its creator.

we should almost be stepping away from this and just let the idiot-on-idiot action go to completion, let the colleges implode. >> trump going scorched earth on his guilty verdict, and joe biden doing a victory lap on the left's successful lawfare campaign. >> i've spent 32 years in the system, and i am totally disillusioned. you had a judge and you had a d.a. who literally campaigned on making sure that this president would be indicted. >> president biden telling terrified democrats from the safety of the teleprompter that he's not going anywhere. >> i wasn't shocked by this. i was disgusted by the people who are shocked by this. >> he failed miserably. he didn't convey that donald trump is unfit for office and, in fact, he conveyed in some ways that he may not be fit for the office. >> take a look at a what happened --

[gunfire] [inaudible conversations] >> this is a man who not only escaped an assassin's bullet, he has survived character assassination, he has survived them trying to strip him of his wealth, strip him of his civil liberties. he's coming right after off a supreme court immunity decision. he's steam rolling his way into this election. >> the most unbelievable, surreal moment in political history. i don't think there's any way to oversell it. i do find it funny watching people who call trump a threat the democracy now wishing for his speedy recovery. i mean, people who thought hitler, do they wish him a speed key recovery after they attempted to kill him? no. or could it be that that they never really meant it to begin with, and it was just words? >> president trump announced his version percent pick. jesse, it is the senator ohio, the junior senator, j.d. vance. he won in 2022, so he's been a senator just for a couple of

years. kind of reminds me of barack obama. >> three days after a would-be assassin tried to take him out, former president trump sporting a bandage and getting a rock star welcome at the rnc. >> as an american, i felt a strong sense of pride, a strong sense of patriotism and a civility and a pride in my country. >> she will now inherent, after president biden withdrew from the race. >> last month you guys said he was instein with great stamm a that. so what -- stamina. what's actually going on here? what's actually going on is they rigged the primary and then detonated the guy during the debate and then held a gun to his head while he was in bed and forced him to sign a resignation letter while he had the rona. and then all of a sudden kamala swoops in with a statement already ready? come on. she was in on it. >> harris has been rapidly consolidating power. >> if we're going to lose, we want to go down swinging. swinging from that coconut tree or whatever --

[laughter] like, we are unburdened, we are here living in the context of where, which we are, where we are. the passage of time. give it -- inject all of it into my veins at this moment p. >> this is, like, a sacrificial lamb pick. this is the pick you put up there to get crushed so you keep your better candidates ready for the next cycle. it's also a trick pick, because the guy's not minnesota nice, he's minnesota nuts. >> their the woke -- they're the woke bonnie and clyde. they're the left's laurel and hardy. it actually makes perfect sense. >> she has the hubris to talk about how great she was on the border, and she's a border prosecutor? she is everything but a prosecutor. because no one who's been a prosecutor would go on and and allow what has gone on in this country for the last three and a half years. >> donald trump and kamala harris scurrying all for their first debate. the night quickly turned into haymakerrings.

>> trump was emotional, he was undisciplined, but he still delivered powerful messages on the core issues that voters care about. >> the biggest political comeback in american history. president-elect trump is on his way back to the white house. earlier he flipped michigan, completing his sweep of the three blue wall states. >> what's great about last night is that it was definitive. no matter who wins, be happy that the it was kind of resolute and it was quick. there's really no gray area here. either, you know, where either side can call out one thin or another. the american people went from wanting something to deciding something. >> donald trump wins because he told the truth. and he listened to the american people. it's not that hard. >> when he came out on that stage, america was behind him. 77 million americans were behind him. >> he should have always said maybe though about in this. it was, you know, and i said -- you guys asked me, do you

believe him? i said i have no reason not the believe him. >> everybody knew he was going to pardon his son. even jessica knew. you didn't expect joe biden to lie. >> the man's lied his whole career, jessica. politicians lie. >> good samaritans can act now to protect themselves and others, and i think that across the country americans feel that we're back to law and order. >> it is so important that we have people like this that are willing to do that. he sat there, he said i'll take the court appearance over having to look myself in the mirror and know i could have done something and didn't. >> what a year. ahead, this year's wildest moments from "the five." ♪ you shoot me down but i won't fall -- if a1c. ♪ this is progress. learn more and try for free at freestylelibre.us ♪

just just let's take a look back at some of our most memorable moments of the year. >> did i say jesse watters? i'm so sorry, it's judge jeanine pirro. oh. jesse: time now for -- [laughter] harold harold welcome back. [laughter] >> i'm going to to surprise you a little, but then i'll revert to form. [laughter] >> sexy horse news. you want to watch a horse trying to to eat snowflakes? [laughter] >> would you like to switch seats? >> now, judge. >> hide your dogs!

[laughter] >> it's based on an increase in shark attacks. no it's an increase if people at the beach. the sharks isn't changed. they're like, ooh, it's nice weather, let's head over here. of it's the damn people going to the beach, you idiot! can we stop? >> that is the most insightful thing you've said in months. [laughter] i'm serious. >> great line, i have to give him that. >> do you have any great lines, harold ford jr.? >> no. [laughter] >> the guy has vanilla ice at his new year's eve party. >> stop! collaborate and listen. [laughter] >> my take would be probably what you'd predict my if take to be, and if you think maybe i'm buying time because i don't have a take -- [laughter] >> what was the movie with nicolas cage? con air. >> so while i was talking, harold, you were thinking about that. >> i kind of zoned out when you said air force one. [laughter] enter hello, everyone, i'm dana -- [laughter] my name. we've all been putting in a ton

of work, and after harold so generously helped me back at the debate back in september, if you remember that, i thought i could return the favor for jesse. primary day. >> oh, hi, jesse. >> we have a lot of material to study. i made it easier for you with some note cards. >> deign a gnashes you really expect me to memory rise all these notes? now, this is the what i'm talking about. >> i don't know, do you think we really have time for this? >> dana, the key to preparation is relaxation. i was in target the other day, and everything had been cleared off of the shelves by shoplifters except just stacks of that sweater greg's wearing. that was the one thing they didn't steal. >> first of all, happy easter, greg. [laughter] love that sweater. >> i feel -- >> buzzkill jesse watters. >> you know my co-hosts are always in need of a good sob session after i actually annihilate.

this actually, i read this and didn't think it was funny. >> jessica, are you prepared to ask for your flight seat to be changed for your condition? >> my condition, yes. my very plant, chonky condition. i'm pregnant! >> todd's dana perino's birthday. -- today. we'll celebrate with haikus. >> dana loves to the read. she has read so many books -- seven -- [laughter] where does she find time? >> what's your first thought when you wake up in the morning, harold? and done say me. [laughter] -- don't say me. >> i now have to think of the second thing -- [laughter] >> harold, that was going to destroy you, but when you played do you really want to hurt me, it caused me to self-reflect. i really don't want to hurt you. i don't want to the make you cry. in your face, harold. [laughter] enter in your face, harold, you're not even here. >> in your face, harold.

all right, tonight in in your face, harold's auto center was named a certified national landmark. >> i love this the segment. i'm taking my kids here. [laughter] >> this is the best news segment we've had in a long time. >> i was so distractedded, your hair is really high. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> i have great hair, okay? >> you do have great hair -- >> oh, my gosh. it's the all the way across. >> i am down for the struggle. >> and welcome to "the five" beach bash -- [cheers and applause] what a way to kick off this summer if with this amazing crowd. ♪ >> mike the situation. great to have you. thank you so much for meeting us. >> my gosh, you have got good hair. >> thank you very much. >> i'll be honest, you could probably be on the jersey shore. [laughter] >> if i get my haircut like you? [cheers and applause] >> what time is it? >> it's t-shirt time!

♪ >> greg gutfeld is hitting the big 6-0 today, so we are throwing him a roast that'll it him harder than his last colonoscopy. >> it was a lot like the way greg prepares for his shows. someone else writes the material, and then i stole it. >> you can tell greg is turning 60 because he can't hear the music he picks. [laughter] >> judge jeanine, if you really wanted to make me cry, you'd give me a ride if your car. to 60 more! >> every hour is happy hour are you -- with you. >> yeah. >> all right. you done? >> you? >> no. let's have a staring contest. >> we're done. welcome -- [cheers and applause] to the all-american christmas tree lighting. we're really excited to officially start the holiday season. it's cold and raining outside, but it's mice and toasty here -- nice and toasty. >> please, help us welcome multiplatinum recording artist

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revealing that kamala harris watches "the five." >> the reason that we talked about her initially on "the five" and maybe when she was watching then, we would try to give her really good advice. >> yes. >> i thought i gave her excellent advice that was totally ignoredded. >> i wish i hadn't learned. >> she watched because now, because i have so much humanity, i feel bad demonizing her. [laughter] i ooze humanity. >> you do. >> you use it it or lose it. [laughter] so i ooze it so much that now i feel bad for demonizing her. but i will say if she's anxious when she watch withs the show, the way to heal anxiety so to confront her fears, so she should one day sit between jesse and janine and experience what that's like. [laughter] that's the only way she can get through this. >> kamala digs me. [laughter] men come to dana for their high school crush, right? viewers come to the judge for

your no-nonsense perspective. everyone comes to harold for his, you know, gentle and reasoned persuasion. if -- others come to jesse hoping that he's dead. [laughter] but the majority, let's be honest, they come for my animal magnetism, but unbridled maas lin heat that emanates from every por of my body. >> personally clearing out several homeless camps in l. are a. county. looks like he's doing community service as punishment for destroying california. >> here's a guy that changed his mind on a policy he didn't think was working. i think you have to give people space to change. if what he was doing before was not working and he decided to do this, i applaud him. >> he's got to clean it up. and i'm not talking about the streets, i'm talking about cleaning up his own resumé, and that's the truth. [laughter] >> just amazing that the cameraman happened to be there while he was doing that. what are the chances? so random. >> he did look good. >> oh. >> down, boy. >> the harris campaign is trying

to capitalize on brat summer and coconut if tree kamala memes that have exploded online. are you a little coconut pilled at this point? >> sorry to the pee on your coconut parade, jessica? >> that's all right. that's what i expect from you. awkwardness is an asset on the internet, and you are seeing that. >> all right. i'm just saying if i was going to be the first woman president, i would really want to be taken seriously. i'm for memes, whatever, but if you're too online and if you're just focused on the too online audience on both sides, you're going to lose a whole bunch of people that are saying can we just have somebody normal? >> is kamala trying to copy the red maga hat? the harris campaign making a million bucks off harris-walz camo hats. >> i got white dudes for harris right here, and i'm not going to to put it on for one reason, i don't want to mess up my air but, two, i'm not for harris. >> i already own a camo speedo -- [laughter] so this would go perfect for my

beach activity. the liberals already have their maga hat, it was the covid face mask. >> donald trump putting on an apron and getting to work on the fries while disputing kamala's claims to have worked at the golden arches back in the '80s. >> there was no more powerful way to say kamala harris wasn't being truthful about working at macdonald's than donald trump putting on that apron and doing what he did best. >> i liked how his hair matched the fries -- [laughter] and how his tie matched the keep check up. with the apron, it was like a forman rockwell painting -- norman if rockwell painting. >> that's really what you're going for? >> political pop art. think about it. the mug if shot, fight, fight, fight and this, the three most iconic images of the campaign, and hones them all. and these images have been now baked into americans' brains very much like a warm apple pie. >> america ma star jon jones

performed the signature move right in front of donald trump. >> he portrayed this segment of society as racist, and then you look at the ufc moment, joyous, free and happy. not a hitler in sight. >> donald trump wants to take a victory lap, and he won and he should. and i think that liberals are to doing the the right thing, and they are thinking about how his coalition was formed, what part of our coalition was lost in order for him to make that win. >> south dakota governor kristi noem defending herself after revealing many if her upcoming memoir that she once killed a dog. >> she also managed to unite the right and the left are. [laughter] because, america, if nothing else, we are dog lovers. >> which animal have you snuffed out? north dakota governor doug burgum's explaining how to murder the rattlesnake. >> just when 20 this couldn't get any more bonkers, rfk jr. is confessing he dumped a dead bear

in central park a decade ago. >> this is the only story -- [laughter] that you'll ever hear that involves pal connery, peter luger's steakhouse, a kennedy and a dead bear in central park. this man needs to be our president. [laughter] >> and j.d. vance is weird. [laughter] >> kamala trying not to get burned by a candle controversy. >> this is what she's doing. >> she's selling mary kays cosmetics out of back of a pink cadillac. this is our vp making candles? >> so when you visit the president or the vice president, sometimes they'll give you a little memento that you bring home with you. this is all that is. and i wouldn't want to share my scent either. >> what is your scent? >> it's -- didn't i give you a scented candle? smell it. it should be in your office by now. >> harold, you said in the brea- [laughter] i wonder if her candle smells like failure. [laughter] it was just, like, wow, harold. what did she do to you? >> i don't recall saying that. it must be some candle.

[laughter] i don't quite get the story. >> -- smell that candle. >> got a side hustle. this shows just how unimportant the vice president's office is. it's not like we don't have international crises including a possible coup -- i think you should have a candle peach and and mint. >> still more to come. up next, the most viral videos of 2024 including in my face. ♪ ♪ celebrate good times, come on. ♪br let's celebrate. ♪ and her people are living in fear, and many of the elderly are alone and suffering. like the wise men or wise women. would you open your heart and give a special holiday food box to someone here

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♪ >> all right, everybody, to the right! ♪ hey -- >> left! ♪ hey. >> he was like, ah, they're gonna lo me. dude, they're not -- they think you're an idiot. >> you know what's a crazy? all the professors behind him got it. it's the students who weren't high. they were high. >> shocking video capturing the moment a wild bull goes rogue and leaps over the -- as spectators watch. ♪ and i'd gladly stand up next to you -- >> 50 people were killed. >> they were not. >> no. everybody has been released from the hospital, there were three injuries. you know, dana, they say that the music soothes the savage beast, but i guess animals hate country music. >> i think he was quite moved by lee greenwood's song there. that's a big beast. >> his name's party bus.

>> that's bigger than -- >> it's true. i wouldn't go that far. >> henny kravitz post a video of himself pumping iron while in full rock star the -- >> that is leather. i mean, he's sweating bullets under those leather pants. i mean, you know, all he's saying there is i am so cool, take my picture, as if i don't get enough attention. >> he looks great. he deserves everything. he even deserves to pay no income taxes, judge. >> it's supposed to be like lenny crave kravitz is hot. >> cops eventually had to the flush away the rolls. >> i was just going to say, i blame biden -- [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> all the toilet paper in the world won't clean up the crap in california. [laughter] >> what is it today, by the way? oh, we've got to go to

commercial. >> stoner reps. >> the mischief of new orleans if says reefer-loving row dents have been gobbling up all the marijuana in the evidence room. >> the rats eating our marijuana, they're all high. >> they're going out ahead of the story, okay? text thing in -- next thing, the cocaine's going to to be missing because the bears are going for it. >> it's a good thing they can't get into the room -- [laughter] because he's got a pop. he's been high 12 times. >> you really do think this is an accident? >> no, that's what i'm saying, it's a good thing -- [laughter] [inaudible conversations] >> we go back to the good old days where the only time anybody ran out on a field in a sport event was a crunk guy who lost a bet? i don't want to see any more protests. i just want to see hooligans naked getting tackled. >> you know what would stop this? if getting a life, you know? developing real concerns.

maybe getting a job. having a family. >> forget about earthquakes, you've got to watch out for wild raccoons. >> oh! it's a raccoon! >> oh, my god. >> i'm terrified of rabid raccoons -- [laughter] and if that was me, i would throw a pregnant woman like you right if front of the raccoon and run away. >> animals act strange before an earthquake. he was sensing -- he was trying to note firing he was trying to the alert these people, get out, get out an earthquake is coming. >> -- car company making history after conducting the world's first flight with a passenger. >> if traffic is getting outrageous, but obviously i don't think it would work in new york city. but in denver i'd be for it. >> like, i've driven a car once in an airport -- [laughter] >> you don't recommend it. >> a buck naked woman randomly attacking people at venice beach in california until another lady confronted her armed with a

spiked club. thankfully, nobody was hurt. >> put her face up there. i want everyone to see her. >> i do too. and her phone number. [laughter] >> i want to say this, i'm tired of the blurring people. >> i want her face -- my question -- [inaudible conversations] >> -- speech and blurring is censorshipment. >> rev your engines for some road rage nascar style, that is. >> tearing the rear bumper cover off his car and his timing and throw was with pretty impeccable here. >> he did a good job, boom, right at the windshield. >> in the previous block you talked about defining decency down. this is what's happening here. and i'm just shocked to to see what's happening to nascar. it's absolutely outrageous. >> judge, that time that you and i were riding together -- [laughter] you had me jump out of the car and do that. i was reminded of that. >> that loosening d -- looks like any finish. >> i'm not returning my shopping cart. and you can judge me all you want. i'm not getting my groceries

into my car, getting my children into the car and then leaving them in the car to go return the cart. so if if you're going to giveme a dirty look, [bleep] off. >> i think that we should blame biden for this because no to one's talking about the fact that she doesn't feel safe to leave her children in the car while she returns the cart because she's afraid her car's going to get stolen and his kids kidnapped. >> this is another example of child privilege. i can't do this certain respondent because i have kids and they need protection. i need an imaginary kid. >> john cena shocking the audience after appearing to the walk out buck naked to present, the best costume design award. would you come out in a loin cloth? >> i would, but i don't think fox would love it. i'd be proud to do it, and people would be surprised about how proud i'd be, judge. >> yeah, okay. >> working really hard. >> greg, would you come out with just the envelope in front? >> tomorrow. >> it'd have to be one big

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>> welcome back. from work earth hick to work weaklings, here's a look back at some of our feat office talk topics. >> helicopter parents are going to to the extreme. young job seekers are now, get this, bringing their parents to interviews. jesse, did the your mom come interview at fox? >> that's how i got the job. [laughter] my mother comes to the interview about 20 years ago. after 15 minutes, the guy goes you need to be reprogrammed, mr. >> it's sad for these generation z kids, but it's even sadder for the parents. i think it's really pathetic. >> well, my parents came with me, but then i retired from stripping. [laughter] we should be blaming the younger generation because they're the product of a system, and it's the adults who made that system. >> work is now invading our dreams. a new study revealing that 644%

of americans have -- 6 of americans -- 644% of americans -- 64% of americans have had a nightmare about their job. >> i have dreams that i can't find the studio, i don't know where i'm going. but i think it's a biological defense. >> i usually say that it's feminine for men to share their dreams in public. i'm about to graduate from college, and i don't really have enough credits -- >> you don't have the credits. >> -- and if i'm a late more my final exam, and i'm not going to be able to walk in ther is ceremony, and my parents are going to find out. >> all i do all weekend long is i binge on my favorite shows and i cook and i cook and i cook and i cook and then the i clean. >> you really work for greg -- [laughter] it's the scaries, a terrible guy to work for. i get it. >> 93% of young workers admit to not showing upper for an interview, and 87% couldn't even be bothered the grace the the office with their presence on day one of the job.

greg? >> these are employment heroes. can i tell you how many people that i've hired? if i wish i'd had the guts and forethought not to have shown up? it would have saved me so much time and suffering. do you think it's hard to hiresome it's way harder to the fire. the hardest people the fire are the incompetents because they're so bad, you just avoid them. why do you think kilmeade is on fox friends for 24 years? laugh. >> when you're going in for an interview, they're not interviewing you, you're interviewing them. that's how i approach interviews. i'm interviewing -- is this place a good place for me to work? what kind of people do they have here? if what is this interviewer all about? maybe i don't like this guy. maybe i do. >> i am wondering if generation x really screwed up raising these kids, because they can't even order at restaurants. it's a problem. i'm going to blame generation x and -- >> are they stupid?

[laughter] i mean, i don't get it. they -- first of all, they can't get anything accomplished. you say to someone in the store, young person, do you have this? yeah, it's over there. where? i don't know, it's over there. show me. and they're looking at their phone while they're talking to you. it's like they're doing you a favor, and then i feel like the bad guy because i want to give the place my money. >> when i was a boss, if i knew someone was gaming the system -- i.e., hangover toes -- i would ask for a doctor's note. and you could go online and buy stacks of doctors' notes. [laughter] >> that's ooh how you got your vaccination card, right? >> exactly. >> oh, boy. >> like finding random recorded zoom meetings on youtube to pretend the they are busy and avoid talking the their coworkers. whenever greg stops by my desk -- >> i'm too busy for this. if you're doing this where you work, you're ott not busy enough. so you either need the figure out more work to do, leave that job and get another job or just

go waste somebody else's time. don't waste your employer's time. don't waste the money. >> i was single in my 20s in a small apartment working on my if laptop all day. yeah, you're a loser. so in order to get 'em back, what would i do? offer them freebies? i don't know. i don't think that's the right kind of incentive, dana. i'd probably say something inappropriate about being in the office. that's where the action's at. maybe there's the after-hours drinks9 with the staff. >> you'd give 'em free drinks. >> i didn't say free drinks. [laughter] maybe two to for one. ladies' night. >> sad news for happy hour, gen-z doesn't even know what it is. grabbing a drink with colleagues is on the decline, and it's all thanks to how remote drinks blurred the lines of when the work day actually ends. >> can i just say i think this is ridiculous? >> yes. >> for the most part, people gen-z and younger are scrolling on their phone all day, even during office hours, scrolling on the phone all day, and then

if you go to a bar or happy hour or restaurant, they spend the whole time on their phone anyway, so why do they care that happy hour is dead? >> think about this, we've been doing "the five" at 5:00 for -- >> we've never gone -- >> i've never seen a happy hour -- i can't even remember what it's like. i do remember the old days, there were drink specials for women. >> yes. >> i don't know if you do that now. women, it's two for one -- get the chicks drunk was the whole point of happy hour. >> i don't think it's relevant anymore, but i just think a long time ago it was for people who really feeded a drink. and i also think -- needed a drink. and i also think it was for people who just didn't want to go home. i don't want to face her. let me go -- [laughter] but now -- >> where are you. >> i missed the train. enter straight ahead, what big events do we think will happen in 2025? our predictions for the new year are next. ♪ should i stay or should i go now? ♪ if muck -- should i stay or should i go now?

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome back to the five. it is time now to make our annual predictions for the new year. cookcuts one think that is predictable your annual calendar. >> yes. >> you can put your appointments on their mark off how many days in row the five is number one just mark them up, guys. my predictions i have for. i believe there'll be a supreme court vacancy this year. >> goodwin. >> i believe that a major discovery that will meet to the prevention and treatment of alzheimer's. i've been watching some news, i think it's happening. the third went kim kardashian will announce his running for some kind of office in california. and might fourth one is i believe taylor swift is going to write a broadway musical.

>> you have intel. >> no i don't speak that's actually my most wild. >> okay harold? >> i'm going to say i think they're going to get married travis and taylor. >> i said that. >> mine first about i love the mate picture this is my birthday month. i love it. they will be a subway series world series the metal by the yankees once over will regret leaving the yankees. the israelis and the saudi's, i think president trump it is team building on the work of the last few years will give historic agreement between israelis and saudi's. and michigan will beat ohio state once again. [laughter] >> extra good for me, branko berger will be convicted of quadruple homicide. all of them hopefully will happen this year. number two, 2025 is the year of the snake. jewelry makers will be making

bracelets and rings and that theme although both areas are bs headed that the vertigo speaking of snakes the iranian people will break free from the ayatollah. and, number three read ted stella probably g another rescue sibling. [laughter] >> it's a big one. >> is my july at month how about that? >> is pretty good but. >> better than march for. >> better than me. >> part of the may 2. pete hegseth will be confirmed as the next defense secretary. i say that because i do not have a dog in the fight at all. [laughter] and i know i make this production every single year but the eagles will win the super bowl. this time it's actually really, really possible come into the final two months. number three will have the duty listed. that duty list will come out. no it on the tables on the list we can all relax.

>> okay. >> everyone will be fine. that's wha what the next and the progression the way things are going. my baby is going to say his or her first word before gutfeld's baby does. he is going to pretend it happened already but he didn't tell me about it. which we all know mine will have been first and finally greg becomes a new spokesperson for balance of nature. [laughter] will have to change the commercial firm enough energy to play with my grandkids to enough energy to play with my kid. [laughter] >> nice, very good. >> happy new year everyone. see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> mike johnson overcoming challenges speakership with a little help from donald