years ago. from all of us here at hannity, merry christmas, have a happy new year and a great night. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, everyone, on saturday, december 24th. >>dave: christmas eve! holy cow. >> good to be here and the president starting the delayed vacation in hawaii. >> i look back and see mistakes. >> is he learning from the mistakes? does he have blame to go around? >> and it could be shaking up the 2012 race, donald trump opening up the door again for a possible presidential run. is he too late to the party?

rick: a true christmas miracle, a man wakes up right from a coma right before the family was going to let him go and now will be home in time for christmas. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> this is joe theisman and i send my best to all our troops for a happy holiday. merry christmas. >>dave: this is "fox & friends" and rick is making a debut for clayton. rick: don't worry, there is no hurricane. >> how does this happen? how did this happen? who did you pay off? rick: sometimes the benches gets ... not as deep on christmas holiday. here you go. >> we are excited. it should be fun. >>dave: coming up we will tell you why there are two g.o.p.

candidates on the virginia primary ballot. two. why newt is last off. president obama is waking up in hawaii. mid-70's, nice and sunny, starting a ten day vacation, but not before locking back. rick: he sat down this week for an interest with barbara walters and add meted he made a few mistakes. listen to what he said. >> probably once a day i say, i think that when i first came in to office, we made a decision not to scare the american people with how bad the economy might get but i think i could have done a better job preparing the american people to let them know, this is going to be a long haul. this is not your typical recession. >> this is really, really interesting interview.

we will show you clips from other things she asked. if you were a tree, what type of tree would you be? some really cool stuff. rick: but other types of question. >>dave: to the heart of what he did, he didn't adequately warn americans highway bad this recession was, did they know? did he and the people know? or is this suggesting that, you know, the policies which did not get us out of the recession is that just an excuse? this will be debated in the weeks ahead. rick: and he is not taking complete blame for what happened. so, he also has someone else who he is pointing the fingers at. >> there were times in my first couple of years where i kept on sitting there trying to see if we could get, we could negotiate some sort of compromise and there was a lot of refusal on the other side to compromise but as a consequence a last time was

lost. that frustrated a lot of people around the country and they want to see action on behalf of some of the issues. >> that is the same old sentiment that has been echoed since the day he took office, which was, i inherited a bad situation. and maybe i tried to compromise too much and the other side does not play ball. >>dave: you look at the first two years, the president had a filibuster proof majority with numbers in the house and the senate and he did not exactly lock for compromise. he said i'm going to pass health care whether you like it or not, i will ram through the $1 trillion stimulus, whether you like it or not. so was the effort right away compromised? or did this happen by nature of what happened in 2010 when congress went to the republicans, or, the house of representatives did. >> the idea of unity does not work out. in washington.

so you might as well not run on that. rick: and hope which is the thing everybody said, there is hope with this but throw years later are you still hanging on to that. romney yesterday in new hampshire firing back at what his ideas are to what the president had to say. >> i'm afraid the president and the vice president and their colleagues are living in fantasy land. the reason i am running is to help middle income members have god jobs and rising income. their record over the last three years has been abysmal, with 25 million americans can attest that the obama policies have not worked. this recession has taken too long to come out, the slowest recovery since hoover and for the vice president to be proud of their record is extraordinary. >>dave: what will emerge is romney's time at the capital; that a positive or negative testify? gingrich forced romney to find why that is a positive and why some businesses failing, some succeeding, is what you want.

that is american enterprise at its finest. we shell see. what are the other top g.o.p. candidates up to? for more on that we go to peter who is live in washington, dc. peter, two people are on the virginia ballot? two people? >>peter: everyone has gone home for christmas because they were done with their work. it does look like i am sitting in the dark. rick: maybe they didn't pay the bill at the capitol hill. >>peter: super tuesday on march 6 will not be so super for gingrich or rick perry because they failed to qualify for the virginia g.o.p. primary ballot. gingrich surged to the front of the pack and now considered a grant runner but this certainly does not help his cause. all the candidateds needed to

qualify was 10 thousand signatures in a state with eight million people, and governor perry's communications director points out his boss entered the race in mid-august and it will not affect qualifying for the ballot if other states because this is isolated instance. romney, and current congressman ron paul, they did make the 10,000 signature threshhold and they will be on the primary ballot. and paul is leading in iowa with 29 percent according to the american research group and he says that was not expected. >> i'm supposed to say i'm not surprised and i expected it. i'm surprised but very pleased. i was convinced the message would be popular and necessary. i was not sure i would be the messenger to deliver it. the crowds are getting bigger. >>peter: so, president obama won virginia in 2008 beating senator john mccain by a spread of 6 1/2 points and we are just talking about the

primary it could have a major impact in a future general election if rick perry or gingrich gets the g.o.p. nomination. because virginia has 13 electoral votes and you only need 270 to win. >>dave: this speaks to the problem with gingrich, the organization factor. karl rove tacked about that, a lack of organization there, and will this be what ultimate textually spills his fit? his doom? i don't. we will talk to karl about that. >> yesterday, you were saying what? rick: donald trump has been a democrat and a republican. no longer. now he is registered as an independent. is this possibly covering his bases. now maybe he is setting the stage for what could be an independent run which many have speculated and he nasa not ruled out. >> we talked about a lot of republicans and democrats have

decided to swarm the independence realm. >>dave: 2.5 million voters left the republican and democrat party for the independent. rick: and 50 percent of younger party are registered as independents. >>dave: and more democrats have left, and trip says he is registered as an independent saying for a year now if he is not satisfied with who the republican candidate is, he may elect to run as an independent. this change in party affiliation preserves his right to do so after the finale, will of "the apprentice," in may. it is maddening we continue to hear about this. maybe it, maybe he genuinely means this and he may run but if there is the wrong candidate who is nominated, who is it? stand up and say who you want to

be nominated. who is that person that with force him to run in is it ron paul? is it romney? we know he sports gingrich. who is the wrong candidate? >> give us a call. he watches our show. >>dave: he is always on, on monday. >> why don't we talk to him today, people? and now the headlines, 'tis the season for junior traveling headaches. snow and ice making for dangerous road conditions in wisconsin and you can see the highways there are barely visible. not fun to drive in. the snow piling up in parts of new mexico, colorado, california, and texas. and not good news for the millions people who will be hitting the roads to spend christmas with loved ones. as for air travel, well, there are in delays reported right new. right now. but, it is still early obviously and that could change. i will monitor american airlines today. after coming under fire the re-election campaign of

president obama is saying "thanks, but no thanks," to jon corzine's, cash facing criticism the minute from the former new jersey governor was tainted by his firm, and the mf global collapse so obama for america and the dnc have reindependenced the money, $70,000, to corzine and his wife. the justice department rejected south carolina's new voter i.d. law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. the feds say that makes it harder for minorities to vote. south carolina can challenge the decision or pass a new law. the attorney general vowing to fight this one. >> the 15-year-old girl who survived being swept away in the tsunami in indonesia has tracked down her parents and telling a very, very, very horrible story after being separated, the girl who was only eight, said she was like basically adopted by a woman and forced to beg on the

streets and she stopped bringing the money the woman said, fine, go find out who your real parents are and she did and she was reunited with them. we heard this story yesterday, and i thought it sounded weird. rick: seven years ago on christmas, it made for such a terrifying christmas. seven years ago when the tsunami happened and seven years ago a great christmas story for the family to find their daughter. you assumed she was gone along with half a million others. >> she could not remember who her parents were, but she talked to someone in a cafe and she explained her story and the cafe guy knew the grandfather. dave date end of 2012 is right around the corner, so what can you expect from the economy? peter is here to break it down. five easy indicators to look for.

>>juliet: there could be a financial nightmare coming after christmas. sorry. and we are not talking about your credit card bill. five warning signs could spell economic doom for the united states in 2012. and here is the grinch himself, no, just kidding, an economist and business professor at the university of maryland. joining us today. good morning, sir. >>peter: good morning. >>juliet: so president obama said, look, he feels that the recession is actually slowing down and we are over the worst part. you agree with that? >>guest: no, the 4th quarter will be very good, but the first half of next year does not look great because of five big factors. >>juliet: let's go through that. the fourth quarter is good because stronger car sales and holiday shopping and that is an

understood. but the first sign that consumes are slowing down, a sign. >>peter: look at last month's data. in the last several month consumer spending has been outrunning their income and the savings rate is falling. in february the credit card bills come and they can not borrow against their house and they will have to slow down. >>juliet: we have trouble in europe creating havoc in the united states. >>peter: not isolated fromup's banks. if europe fall interests a full-scale crisis and banks fail or require bailouts, that will feedback into u.s. banks, credits drying up in europe now, and it could dry up further in the united states. >>juliet: it is slowing down in china, as well? >>guest: they have their own property bubble but it is exchange. the government owns the big bans, and at the love the -- lot of the banks are underwater.

and brazil is concerned about china and protectionism. china is pushing down the currency again so the latin americans are throwing up tariffs to insulate their industries. >>juliet: we will see higher gas prices. >>peter: $100 a barrel is a big tax but president obama does not think we should drill for oil in the united states but it is environmentally sound to import it from nigeria. >>juliet: a lot of people are going in the job force but too many co-eds and social workers. >>peter: the engineering firms are filled with foreign student whose go home and the high schools do not produce the technical trades. big labor shortage in manufacturing where there has been a resurgence because the high schools, frankly, are not doing their job. >>juliet: well wrap this up, now, but this is christmas eve and we would like good news, can

you give us a little nugget. >>peter: the europeans will run the printing press to keep the committee going, the chinese have lots of tools to avoid the kind of bubble burt we had. and we may well get through this. right now we are forecasting for slower growth, and not a recession. >>juliet: peter, merry christmas and have a wonderful holiday. stopped at the gate for having a cup can cake. the t.s.a. called it a security threat, rather, a it should be a security treat. and the human christmas tree: well, got to do it somehow, one man's mission to save christmas. this is awesome, coming up.

>> quick headlines, terminally ill singer etta james is in the hospital admitted yesterday

after having trouble breathing. she is in bad shape. the 73-year-old is said to be in the end stage of cancer and would not undergo further treatment. and, wall groans, -- walgreens and k-mart pulling cans of newborn milk off the shelves afterren infant died from infection found in the formula. gentleman? rick: a christmas tradition for families is decorating a christmas tree. but have you wondered how it all got started? >>dave: many, many times. and now lauren looks at origins of the evergreen. >> the tradition for christmas trees, one year this man supplied the white house with the tree. >> this has been a family business since 1945 and we have grown over the years from what was a hobby.

>> 25 to 30 million new trees are sole, regardless of a christmas tree or holiday tree, but there is no bible ties to celebrating the second busiest holiday. all this is not an essential element of christianity or the birth of jesus of there is no association. from a bible point of view. >> however there is religious origins, egyptians and romans and celts celebrated around them, and some connected trees with god, and a monk chopped down an oak tree, a sacred tee ending a practice in place at times and he said if if you love the trees, look the at

evergreen, that is eternal, it never dies, it points to god. >> legend goes that germany's martin luther king found safe passage with the help of moonlight and stars when he was lost in a forest. >> this is important because it will be the germans would introduce the christmas tree into america. >> today, choosing the perfect tree is a family affair. >> we come out each year and get a tree and decorate it, and mom works second shift, so we surprise her when she gets home from work and the tree is decorated. >> and the trees are trimmed to hold the best part: the star. >> that is the most important part, the top. i pull all my effort in getting a nice top. >> and the star symbolizing the one from bethlehem that lit the way to a christmas tradition. in new york, for fox fuzz.

>>dave: the top. so crucial. last year ours was crooked and the whole tree looked off. rick: mine is always a charlie brown tree. >>dave: don't try to bring a cupcake on your next flight when you fly home for the holiday the t.s.a. could take that away, and it is called a "security threat." >> a young man spends christmas at home after waking up from a coma. and now he is speaking out for the first time. my name's jeff.

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rick: and now the shot of the morning. you have heard of a pine tree, a man is dressed in a christmas tree a way to protest a ban on holiday decorations at the staten island ferry terminal. >> this is another example of political correctness gone

crazy. just this whole agenda trying to destroy everything that is tradition. traditional about america. >>dave: great sound bite. rick: i wanted to see the mouth moving. >>juliet: he is an artist. >>dave: the first year staten island has banned the deck races and the tree tried to get on the ferry but he was too tall. rick: he could have taken the star off, the most important part of the tree. >>juliet: maybe --. >>dave: did anyone hanigan ornament -- hang, then, an ornament on the tree. >>juliet: i love this story.

>>dave: a wonderful christmas story to tell you about from the state of arizona. a young 21-year-old university of arizona college student whoth some thought would be taken off life support, there were no signs of life, there was no sign of brain function, and, yes, you are looking at this young man who emerged from a coma in late october and could be home for christmas. rick: he was in a car crash in october, they had to fly him to phoenix and they thought they would have to pull the plug. and they said there were a couple of signs of life, and they gave it one more week before they made that kind tough decision, and he moved a couple of his fingers. >> i don't remember much from the coma. but after that, i remember, i could see myself blinking, going

to school, and work, anything like that. >>juliet: he is getting ready to go home for christmas. his doctors, obviously, were thrilled. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. no question. the longer he stayed in this deep coe month without reaction of the pupils, the less likely hood he would emerge. but in medicine, we see things that obviously are the exception to the rule and he was one. rick: amazing for that mom worried about that kind of a decision and now, three months later to sit with this gift. >>dave: some might argue he had a guardian angel and a survey out this weekend says that nearly eight in ten americans, 77 percent, say they do, in fact, believe in angels.

it is nice stories like that we love to hear on christmas. we are happy for the family in arizona. great for them. >>juliet: so we will give you some headlines. we will start in florida chaos in florida playing out across the country. what makes memorial act like this? the new air jordan. >>dave: got to be the shoes. >>juliet: excitement is turn into violence from georgia to washington state, person spray was used on customer whose started a brawl. the shoe sells for $180. >>dave: remember that spike lee commercial, it has to be the shoes. >>juliet: health care for prince philip, the 90-year-old husband of queen elizabeth ii is recovering at a cambridge hospital after surgery for a blocked coronary artery. he was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering chest

pains. the palace will only say the blocked artery was causing pain. emotional ceremony in new york city. the partner of slain yypd officer was promoted to detective, he risked his life chasing down and arresting a gunman who kill him during a robbery this month, a big, big story in new york, and the partner and his boss was also promoted for helping his officers deal with such a tragic loss. >> my heart is living with the family, my heart is with the men and women of the precinct, so, i'm happy about the promotion but this is bittersweet. >>juliet: a 27-year-old is charged with the murder and could spend life in prison without parole. >> if you think airport security is overboard this is the icing on the cake. a massachusetts woman claiming a

t.s.a. agent confiscatessed her cupcake if las vegas. the agent said the frosting violated the t.s.a. policy against jill. what? what? what? >>dave: we need more information on that. a big day for cleveland. cleveland versus baltimore, and denver and buffalo and the giants and the jets, and now college basketball, first, a christmas miracle or just skill? wagner college, probably never heard of them, scoring a huge upset over number 13 last night, the panthers up for most of the first half and wagner held the lead and take it 59-54 the first win over a ranked team in 30 years, they were 5-26 when danny took over that program and pitt

is the alma martyr of clayton. forget the payroll tax cut, a senator focusing on another major issue: football. democrat from ohio is calling on the nfl to end the tv black out policy that blacks out local tv coverage of home games that are not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff. senator brown says many folks just can't afford nfl tickets right now, and the nfl not expected to budge. folks in buffalo know about this, they can't watch the bills and broncos game today. finally, the u.s. husband -- lsu tigers are warming up their voices. listen to this. ♪ reindeer ♪ had a shiny nose ♪ and if you ever saw it

♪ you would say it glows ♪ all of the other reindeer >>dave: keep their day job, is that what you thinking? leading the team in the festive "rudolph," and miles is the only coach to allow the team a few days off around christmas regardless of their post-season schedule. miles finds a way to loosen up the time, can you never criticize that guy for, always have the team loose and not overly nervous for a game. they are terrible but i love it. >>juliet: performing for the cameras or hanging out in the gym? rick: wondering if you have a white christmas? >>dave: i want a white christmas. rick: you will note -- not get

it. in denver you can. they have had very significant snow across denver. a picture here of colorado springs. >>dave: a friend of mine, kristen, sent me this picture, want to sit on the patio in denver? it may not work this weekend. rick: look at the weather maps you can see temperature-wise, it is cold out west. still warm out across the east and last over to maine, minus two. and, today, the northeast is cold, but sunny. no snow. it will not be a white christmas across the northeast. bad news for the ski resorts. in the southeast, miami is 81, and atlanta, 61 and plenty of sunshine and white on the map, in next next -- in texas.

43 in fargo. no snow. that is unheard of. in the west, texas getting the snow. if you want a white christmas, el paso, not just texas but southwest texas, on the mexico border, and people not used to snow. on the roads. they don't have the equipment and they have a rough go. >>dave: and the ski areas are desperate for snow especially out east. and we have snow in el paso? not good. no skiing in el paso. >>juliet: academy award winning actor has a lot to smile about this morning in a special christmas present. [ male announcer ] who fills their holidays with sawdust?

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>>juliet: best buy issuing a policy because it cannot fill online orders before christmas because they ran out stock. they are saying 1 percent of online orders were affected. bad, bad. 68-year-old robert denear is a dad. again. he and his wife announcing their daughter was born, and this is his second child with his wife, who is stunningly beautiful. he has four other kids from

previous relationships. congratulations. >>dave: there could be more fireworks over the past and furious scandal, house oversight committee chairman has made a request for attorney general holder to answer more questions next month, after declaring him a hostile witness. >> will you agree to turn over those communications in the march timeframe between brewer and his deputy? >>guest: march of what year? >> 2011. >> we not going to turn over materials after february. >> are you aware that you are, in fact, by doing so, in the far county that we already have issued a subpoena, you are standing in contempt of congress unless you have a valid reason? >>dave: our guest is one of the 90 lawmakers that signed a "no confidence," resolution

against holder. >>guest: merry christmas. >>dave: what do you hope to get out of the attorney general when you hope he testifies in front of the house next month? >>guest: well, honesty. first of all. i want to say i'm very proud of what issa and the committee are doing. they are doing their constitutional duty to oversight the executive branch of the government. we are not supposed to pass laws with our name but oversight the check and balance open the executive branch and we do just that in a very professional manner. >>dave: do you think holder survives this next couple of months? >>guest: i home he doesn't. not to be vindictive but he lost the confidence of members of congress, but of the millions of people that we represent. and it is not just "fast and furious," that could be the

crown jewel here but there is a pattern, now, a pattern of selectively enforcing the law. john adams said we are a country of laws not a country of men. and to man and his agency put his party, his ideology, and his boss above equal application of the law. that is the last thing you need in an attorney general. >>dave: and now his south carolina with the south carolina vote are i.d. law requiring i.d. to vote discriminates against minorities. and you have passed a law there in indiana that does require i.d.'s'. where is the attorney general going wrong there? >>guest: well, they passed a law here in indiana as indiana secretary of state formally i helped write it. we went to the united states supreme court, and it passed by a large margin from the judges there in 2008 and the reason the laws are constitutional, the reason the laws have hell --

held up, they are applied equally, they are applied reasonably, and the reason the lawsuits fail is because the plaintiffs can not find one person who is truly disenfranchised. another example of applying an ideology over equal application of the law. that is wrong. and meanwhile, he is trying to overturn state laws about elections in places like south carolina, and other places around the country and he won't go after known fraud like we have found in south bend, indiana, where his boss, president obama, may not have been, probably should not have been on the ballot in indiana because a petition fraud. >>dave: a bizarre pigs -- mission trying to strike down this. and now the payroll tax cut deal that speaker boehner brokered with the senate. many in your party are unhappy,

and many house republicans fear it. are you happy how this played out and confident in boehner's speakership going forward? >>guest: well, john boehner and the leadership team are doing a great job. we have to remember we are a third of a decision around that capitol. we have a democratic senate. we have a democratic president. and they are interested in politics over policy. the payroll tax cut extension which is not the correct term, it is really a social security nonpayment. that is what is happening. we are asking peoplement to pay into their social security and that will come out of future generations and come out, somewhere, later down the road, so it is bad policy. if we were to do it we want to pay for it honestly for a career. so you can account for it after. that is all we were talking about and that was the right thing to do. regardless of politics. >>dave: should be an interesting 60 days, congressman. merry christmas to you. thanks for being with it.

>>guest: appreciate fox taking up the issues even on a day like today.

rick: a little boy with a big mission. at eight, he salutes trips giving them a hero's welcome home. the regular trips to the airport to thank the returning service member earned him the nickname one boy u.s.o., and from atlanta is the 8-year-old cody and his parents. that you are forgetting up. how did you come up with this idea and when did you realize this was an important mission? >>guest: well, i don't know that because i really ... i

started when my mom told me about 9/11 and i learned to do that. rick: so you realized that our soldiers were out there defending us and fighting tore your freedom and that matters to you? >>guest: yes. it means a lot to me. rick: tell me your favorite memory out there meeting the soldiers. >>guest: when i met major craig and other soldiers. rick: why was that special? >>guest: because they are also nice. and they are friendly. rick: kelly i want to ask you how proud are you of your son? >>guest: absolutely very proud. he's got such a big heart and he

with all the teasing he gets from friends or ugly things that are said, and with all of the children and the youth out there tearing everybody down i am so proud my child is trying to build somebody up. rick: and how do you teach these kind of values to a four-year-old or to an 8-year-old? >>guest: just logic. you explain to them that you have a military and they fight for your freedom, fighting for your safety, and how does that make you feel and the four-year-olds will say, how great is that i have to tell them "thank you," and it went from there. wreck risk was it your idea to go to the airport or his idea? >>guest: well it started when we went on an airline trip and he wondered what the goes are there with guns, and why they are taking so long and we explained about 9/11 and what is going on, and what the soldiers

are going through and he said we need to tell them thank you and they need to know it is nice what you are doing, and we said there are some there go thank him and he asked can we go back to the airport to thank the soldiers. rick: you see this what does it mean to the soldiers? you are seeing it firsthand what the soldiers are experiencing, and when they see and meet your son? >>guest: you see them come in and they are in a hurry and they are serious, ready to get to where they are going and do what they have to do and they stop and see our son and they put down their bags and take the backpack off and get to his level and they talk to him and they give him a big hug and satan you for what he is doing and it makings their day and you see them we wipe their eye and it is special. rick: so you give them coins from some of the soldiers. tell me about the first. >>guest: this is a bomb squad

so the soldiers can go buy the bomb. rick: hold that up to the camera so we can see that. very cool. do you have a lot those? >>guest: yes, sir. and here is another one. it came from the office of the guy that was in charge of the war. rick: cody what do you want do do when you grow up? >>guest: i want to be a marine or a sniper. rick: outstanding. thank you for everything you are doing it means so much to the soldiers when they see you and kelly and k empty n congratulations on such a great kid. you have a very merry christmas. rick: a new survey says that deeps are running away from the party. could they be suffering a serious case of buyers' remorse? and where are they going?

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get help right away if you have swelling of the face or throat, or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion. >>juliet: saturday, december 24, and the president is starting the delayed vacation in hawaii but not before admitting

problems. >> i say, when i look back -- he had an interview with miss barbara walters. did he learn from the mistakes? a very interesting interview. >> the president passing on the campaign cash from jon corzine. is this a mistake he was referring to? rib rig imagine your boss says turn off the blackberry. you are working too hard. it happened for real, but could you actually turn it off? "fox & friends" starts right now. >> hello, this is the grinch and you are watching "fox & friends" right now. >>dave: had a voice in my ear and i note it was don king. what a beautiful morning it is, here in lower manhattan.

a one of christmas decorations outside the building, if you are the neighborhood, come down and see us. and look who is here! >>juliet: how are you, risk. rick: i am gaining respect for you guys, you are hoping i would have respect. i feel like the past hour has been ten minutes. >>juliet: what is the most challenging the last hour? rick: so much information and i have no idea where it is. there is paper everywhere. >>juliet: voices in your head. dave dave just wait my friend, this is hour two. >>juliet: three more to go, baby! >>dave: just two, just two, two people in the ballot in virginia. >>juliet: and now, rick perry and gingrich, disqualified from

the virginia primary, both candidates failed to submit 10,000 voter signatures needed for the ballot, a huge set back especially for gingrich who is leading in the virginia polls and was expected to secure that state's nomination, and romney and ron paul did get enough ballot signatures to qualify. we will hear more on that. and donald trump changing his voter registration from "republican" to "unafillated," and this paves the way for a late presidential bid. no word whether he will do that, his spokesman said mr. trump has said if he is not satisfied with who the republican candidate is, he may elect to run as an independent and this change in party afillation certainly preserves his right to do so and after the finale of "the apprentice." >>dave: plug.

plug. >>juliet: confusion over who is responsibility for the twin suicide bombings that killed 44 in the capital of syria. the muslim brotherhood denying claiming responsibility for the attack, and they say a statement claiming to be a muslim brotherhood sight is false and 166 others were wounded. the justice department rejecting south carolina's voter i.d. law that requires voters to show photo i.d. at the poll. the feds say that makes it harder for minorities to vote. south carolina can challenge the decision or pass a new law. and the state attorney general vowing to fight. if you video from wisconsin, the weather is frightful. the snow and ice making for a dangerous road condition. and millions of americans set out to visit loved ones on christmas much the snow also piling up in parts of north carolina, colorado, california, and texas, and el paso, texas, and as for air travel, things

are run, smoothly right now but it is 7:02 on the east coast and that will change later in the day. i am checking my plane every chance. rick: there has been no snow in the northern plains and the people want the snow. they have ski resorts and snow mobiling and they have nothing. they can handle it and they need something. >>dave: it is warm where the president will wake up later today, break out the tommy bahamas, mr. president. his vacation was shortened over the payroll tax cut. he sat down with a last interview looking back on the couple of years and the mistakes he made. listen. >>guest: probably once a day i look back and say, i think, that, when i first came in to

office, question made a decision not to scare the american people with how bad the economy might get but i think i could have done a better job prepares the men and women to let them know, this is going to be a long haul. this is not your typical recession. rick: he knew but he did not say figure. >>dave: he was protecting the voters is that what he was doing when roam are came out and we will keep unemployment below eight percent? i don't that is the right way to plain it that he knew but he would not sure you could handle it as a voter ... >>juliet: i was thinking about the next story. rick: president obama said it would be a long haul and people knew it would be a long haul but

obama got into office it was such an idea of hope that everyone got on to that thinking, well, this guy can help this situation. and he never, maybe now he is saying, didn't tell us how hard. >>juliet: i was not listening to you but i was thinking of the next topic, jon corzine is the foam democratic governor of new jersey and i run into him once in a while in my hour in new jersey. he does not look stressed when i have seen him but-global is his firm and missing $1 billion, and he has give money to the president. and that money is now being hightailed back. >>dave: this is a bundler for the president, and they raise over $500,000, so, now, the president is returning the money that came from jon corzine, a former new jersey governor and the man would ran mf global into the ground is giving the $70,000 back but that is nothing it is the $500,000 that he raised that

some are going to criticize now and the one thing he cannot take back is the president's appearances with jon corzine. you can see they are buddies. corzine and obama, you can see these two are linked. they are close. they have done campaign stops together. i bet not $10,000 romney, but i bet this is an issue as we continue on in the campaign. their link will certainly be an issue. rick: they say they will go back and see if they can figure out any other ugly ties in there to get the other parts of that money back but $70,000 to corzine, that goes back to him. >>juliet: but this stuff happens, not usually with someone who is so high profile. >>dave: the president wants to distance himself from those that caused the financial crisis but

he is lippinged with jon corzine as we look back on it, one of the roots of the problem. rick: and there are other things he said in the interview with barbara walters including being lays and this may not help the cause right now. listen. >> what is the trait you most deplore in yourself and the trait you most deplore in others? >>guest: laziness. >> are lazy? >>guest: it is interesting, there is a deep down underneath all the work i do, i think there is a laziness. it is probably from growing up in hawaii and sunny outside and sitting on the beach. >>juliet: she was asking questions based on personality questions and some of the other questions, she asked, what are the three words you use to describe the other and he said about his wife, beautiful,

smart, and none any and she says smart, partsman and father, and the biggest pet peeve, and he said i don't have one, and she said my list is too long. rick: talking about being lazy are having the best idea either. volkswagen is shutting off employee blackberrys during off hour, 30 minutes after they get off work and 30 minutes before they go back to work, because some of the their employees are working way too hard. >>juliet: what? >>dave: you thought they were trying to keep you away from using your blackberry but they are trying to protect your worker to separate your homelife from work life. a brilliant move. i don't know many companies that would do this and tell your employees you are working too much. >>juliet: this is the union guys, men and women working there so many there were

complaints. rick: and from studies that say if you, protect your private life and have that a safe time to relax and you are more focused and better to work. >>juliet: they can still use their phone. >>guest: but not for work. >>juliet: for personal use. >>dave: how many of you would love this? would you love it if your company shut off work e-mail after work? or would you be able to? >>juliet: we coin do that here. rick: can voters have buyers' remorse? thousands democrats and republicans walking away from the party. what will it mean? [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz,

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>>juliet: welcome back, there could be a troubling trend in the 2012 elections, voters are bolting the democratic and

republican parties according to analysis. check this out. 800,000 voters left the democratic party, and 350,000 republicans quit the g.o.p. and 325,000 -- what does it mean? joining us -- those are independents. joining us is former bush administration official and political strategist. fox news contributor and radio talk show host with i worked with years ago on "fox & friends" and good to have you here. so, first off, more democrats have left the party, so, what is the deal? >> i read the same study and it doesn't tuck about the young people. it sounds like the people that are leaving are young people and young don't really have in some respects that right or left, you ask them and they describe themselves as being in the

middle so i am not sure it mean as lot. a lost them do not join a party and consider themselves in the middle. >>guest: this was a hallmark of the obama campaign therapy about aprotecting new people to the party and the process and there is a lot of buyers' remorse, folks who bought four million new jobs and they bought hope and change and they will switch or stay home in 2012. >> maybe the college students are older adults now. >>guest: well, they are. and i tell you something, i don't think, look, i like to say, a third vote republican, a third for the democrats and they don't care what other did and the real vote is not middle and it always is. i don't see what is different. >>juliet: i make a practice of being annoying at bin we parties with my condition temporaries and i say, when we talk about politics, the typical answer that always seems to come up, what are are, republican and

democrat? they say socially liberal and fiscally conservative. if the late 20, 30's, 40's and 50's group. >>guest: this has been a trend in american politics a long time, in both parties. fewer single issue voters and more ticket splitters if the voting behavior but this is bad news for the president because where you look at where the democrats are taking a beating on registration they are all states that obama won in 2008 and some of them not by very much. florida --. >> you think romney or gingrich will get to the presidency given what is going on in this country? >> a lost people are saying they are mad as hell and will not take it. they used to be align with the party but they want choice and an opportunity to pick who they want and it will not be defined by party. >>juliet: are these the people that will show up at the polls? >>guest: i hope so.

you might be at a dinner party and describe yourself, because you don't want to make any waves at a dinner party but at a booth, how do you vote? that is the bottom line. >>guest: you vote for president obama. very clear to me. >> the vote for the person who puts to you work and that is why you see the frustration, they do not see results from this administration, you see a lot of people that the democrats deserve credit for bringing into the process. >> we just had a situation where the republicans looked so bad they had to vote for something by unanimous consent. >>juliet: do you think regular americans are going to sit there focus on this payroll tax cut? will they think of other things, like money? we are talking about $40. >> they are talking about jobs, education, tax cuts, money if their pockets. jobs are important but they want to keep the machine they have and that is something a lot of people are focused on. >> $40 is a lot of inen to

families. >> a tank of gas. we have been screaming and yelling over a tank of gas. >> a couple of pizzas. >> talk show hosts have done a morning and afternoon shift and they stayed active at the studio because of a tank of gas. >> we have not really seen the change. he roamed four million new jobs and people are not seeing that, they see gridlock in washington, and congress arguing over a program --. >>juliet: i will keep you around. we will take a quick break and be right back.

>>dave: and now the news. 70 million, that is amount of money general electric agreed to pay other allegations that the finance division engaged in anticompetitive practices. next, 1.4 million minimum wage workers receive a boost between 28 cents and 37 cents an hour. and five, the number of outfit changes kate middleton will make for the royal christmas. >>juliet: a roller coaster for congress over the payroll tax cut but can lawmakers learn anything from the bipartisan showdown? >> this congress has had a very good learning experience. especially those who are new to

the body. everything we do around here does not have to wind up in a fight. that is not the way things need to be. >>juliet: partisan showdown, of course, i misspoke. and now our panel. comments? >> survival of the fittest. people are saying i don't want to take it anymore, and the strategy right now, if i worked with those guys, and the party and not matter, blame the other party, first. if the president is with the other party, blame him, too. number two, if it is in your party say it is the other guy. can you not take blame for everything to survive. and if the american people hold your feet for the fire, guess what? you have to say you are sorry because a lost things have not been done. >> this will not get resolved as long as the republicans keep with the no new taxes pledge.

that americans for tax reform pledge. witness you have that, there is no movement. >> democrats want taxes. >>guest: we certainly want to increase taxes on people who can afford it. like during the kennedy era when america was at its most sotsful and wealthy paid people more taxes. >> here is the problem, there is a lot of infighting, the super committee, the debt ceiling and the americans don't have anything to show. we have a policy right now, talking about a tank of gas, we cannot pay for this. and there is no plan on the table to pay for this. americans particularly independents, and conservatives, want to see, listen, we want to see the tax cuts and we want do see the reduces government spending and to be able to pay for the programs. >>juliet: we talked how this would affect john boehner, the speaker, will he emerge unscathed? >>guest: yes, i do, that is

the story, the republicans know. >> he will remain speaker but heelen scathed. >> i agree with that. he will remain speaker but no one will be untouched. >>juliet: and donald trump has gone from republican, he breaks from that party and registers as an independence. is he setting the stage for a presidential run? >>guest: no. no. i don't think she. he knows it would be a bad invest lot and he is protective of his brand, but i like the idea that donald is out there talking about the issues because he is the personality, he is not seen as a politician and he can address some of the issues that in a way mainstream candidates can, and the rhetoric during the election cycle has been against this white house which he has big problems with. >>juliet: is this one big donald trump let me talk about "the arepublican tits," or what? ing he has nothing to look by

running. we all know his foibles and this could be month are to come out. >> he is obama's worst nightmare, he has the stage, good for a show, and there are many members that are listening to him, and, guess what, he is obama's worst nightmare on message from a national stage. >> if it would be like the clinton election in 1992. that is why he will not run. but, state, he can say whatever he wants however he wants to say it. >> what is your definition of "running." when he is getting the emergency out, isn't he running and having message that will affects someone else? >> it could impact the election. >> thank you very much for joining us today. >> you can get this check last at www.oldgoats.com, made by

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forgotten." great song. rick: so true. welcome back to friend friend at christmas eve, and, before you invite your family over for the big party you have to whip up christmas cocktail. and the world famous mixologist joining us live about cocktail time a this household. the first drink you will make for us? >> this is simple. a shaker. rick: when i go out to a bar or restaurant i order a drink that has a name like there and at home i take vodka and tonic and it never ends up the same. you have hot apple cider, scotch, port, and cinnamon. the idea is something really simple, you don't node when you are entertaining people at home you don't want to take time away

from the party, this can be shaken up. this makes a big difference when you shake you want a cold cocktail, you dilute the cocktail and it adds air to it. wreck risk at home we just pour. >>guest: when you measure, some people like to just taste all scotch or all port, but when you get the right balance you get the right flavors. this makes it look like it is professional and you is done it before, and there you go. cheers. rick: and next is holiday punch, a winter warmer, when it is cold outside, and you want something to warm you up when you come in from caroling or delivering gift dozen people, we

will take a little bit of punch, this is summitbly oranges, and lemons, and cinnamon and chefs combined with sugar and a lot of water and well added some hennessey. you are using eight cups of water to half a cup of sugar. there is ginger root in there. >>guest: if you have a cold you will get better. >>guest: in the mind of a hot toddy. rick: a couple more cocktails espn hour. but right now dave? >>juliet: dave is rushing over there. >>juliet: new video from the mall in new york, last minute christmas shoppers scooping up deals just in the nick of time.

a shopper says it was part of the plan. >> it is like after black friday. >>juliet: that shopper is not alone, the national retail federation says the last few days accounts for more than 15 percent of sales during the holiday season. we always put it off. chaos in florida playing out across the country, take a look. so, what would possess people to act like this? how about the new air jordan. it is out. excitement is turning into violence from georgia to washington state, in suburban seattle police use pepper tray on 20 customers who started a brawl to get their hands on those things that sell for $180. the daughters of slain nypd officer speaking out.

the girls told the "new york post," we have been trying to think of the funny things he used to document he always made you feel better. among the memories they say he would send them a text message saying "i love you," each night including when he was murdered by a thug at the scene of a robbery. calls "christmas miracle," this guy, 21-year-old, waning up from a coma days before doctors landed to take him off life support. the university of arizonast in a near vegetable state after a horrible car accident is walking, talking, about the ordeal. >> i remember not much from the coma but after that, i remember.

i see myself waking up, going to school, and work and figure like that. >>juliet: he is leaving the hospital for the first type -- first time since the accident. >> woman made famous for kissing elvis in the first onscreen kiss is now a nun and looking for a christmas miracle walking away from hollywood to become a nun, in bethlehem, connecticut, and she runs an abbey that needs renovation and she is going public and asking for help. and, you know, i have a feeting a lot of folks will donate to that cause. >>dave: and now experts. 13 nfl games today. they are saturday, folks. not sunday as usual. you have cleveland and baltimore and denver and buffalo and the giants and jets and we start

with college hoops. call it a christmas miracle or just plain old skill? wagner college, a human huge upt over number 13, pitt and wagner held the lead and the seahawks win the first win over a ranked opponent in 30 years. thanks to hurley. forget the payroll tax cuts, there is another major issue: football. democrat brown of ohio calling on the nfl to end the tv black out policy in place for 38 years blocking out local coverage of home games that are not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff. he says many folks can not afford nfl tickets and the nfl not expected to budge on this and many games blocked out

including the buffalo and denver game in buffalo. the lsu tigers are ready for the national championship but forget stretching your ham spring though warping up their vocal chords. ♪ had a very shiny nose ♪ and if you ever saw it ♪ you would even say it glows, it glows ♪ >> it is the echo. that guy is struggling, the coach leading "rudolph," and the coach is one of the only coaches who allows the team a few days off around christmas regardless of post-season schedule and now, alabama, it is on you. what can you do for christmas carols? we want to see a ballot brewing before the big game. rick: a way to describe it.

a bunch of 20-pound -- 260-pound athlete. >>juliet: this is a trend, kids go to friends' parties and there are t-shirts and articles of clothing and they come back on monday and the kids not invited are not wearing the clothing and they feel excluded. >>dave: in massachusetts, a suburb of boston, the school is telling kids, we want everyone to feel like they are included in the festivities and we don't want anyone to feel left out so the "celebration," clothing you cannot wear including t-shirts like those that could say we went to this birthday or get away, or football game, you name it. >>guest: continues the idea that all kids are qualify. everyone is a winner. and no one losses. >>dave: and my good friend, the producer, the wussification

of america. look, you are not all invited. suck it up. we have to prepare kids for a let down if life how do they handle the reeled world? if you can't take not being invited to a birthday party how do you handle failure in life? it happens. >>guest: look, you have to accept that other people have their lives going on and you cannot always be included in everything. i know it is little children but come on, keep your kids to be testifier. rick: the statement from the school, from the oak hills school counselors. we are concerned about unintentional messages conveyed when groups wear the same celebration clothing from weekend events. we respect friday ask that your children refrain from wearing clothing to school that identifies weekend celebration marked with the student's name. >>dave: what next, a kid wears

a letter jacket to school saying they are part of varsity football team. you are not good enough to be on the team, can you not wear it. >>guest: i went to a high school and they had a saying on va tine's day people get roses delivered to each other. i had zero roses and now did i go home and freak out? >>dave: you got roses. , rick: what do you think about this? you can e-mail us or follow us on tweeter. >>dave: and now, 8:45 will debate this with our doctor and from a mommy blogger. >> a big weekend in weather and everyone thinks it is white

christmas and you get home for christmas and now the weather maps, because, we are looking good, this is the christmas day forecast for tomorrow, temperatures looking fine, no one is extremely cold, and 41 degrees in fargo, and sunny on christmas derek can you -- on christmas day. can you believe that? and in texas, look at this video where the cars are having a river time on the roads. can you believe this is el paso texas and it is not new york or vermont, where there is no snow on the ground? el paso, texas, folk dozen -- folks do not have four wheel drive. if you want a white christmas head to texas that is where they get it right now and a lot of people in the northeast polanski trips between christmas and new years and you want to go out there? it will be a big economic problem across the country this year.

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rick: health scare for britain's prince philip, the 90-year-old husband of queen elizabeth ii is recovering at a

hospital this morning after surgery for a blocked artery. the queen visited her husband this morning and a spokesman says the prince is in "good spirits." and victoria secrets beauty is at the center of a lawsuit. the modeling agency that launched her career is suing her current agency for $7 million. saying they were treated out of chase when she hit it big. dave? >>dave: think you. big christmas gift for basketball fans tomorrow is the start of the nba season so who are the teams to watch? and nba title in store for lebron james? and now experts journalist, a go friend. good to see you. the nba season, the walk out could help? it is a shortened season, the importance of the games has increased but will the quality dekress? because they have not had a lot of time to work together, initially because they have not had an opportunity to work

together for a long period but when a few weeks kick in and they develop the chemistry, a lot of people and teams will be fine and the experienced teams, the miami heats, the san antonio spurs, the lakers, the teams that are used to playing together have a decisive advantage early on because of their familiarity with each other but, again, their work outs, that will come down to the fact that whoever canbly will play and those who cannot will be spoked. >>dave: who does los angeles belong to? the clippers have the best point guard and people are now taking about los angeles belonging to the clippers? to say it is not a a lakers town ... you simply cannot say that. kobe bryant, they will fine, but

when you have chris paul for the clippers, and you come boyne him with philips, you have a highlight and griffin and jordan who can rival in terms of highlight, clearly, that is a new version of show time arriving in los angeles. >>dave: anything short of a title, failure for lebron? >>guest: he is one of if not the greatest talent and wade has nothing to prove because he got the ring. but lebron has been starving. i pick them to win it because i see in reason why they should not if lebron does what he is supposed to do but chicago is tough and picking up someone like hamilton, that is a big time acquisition. >>imus: tomorrow, that is the nba, and today is nfl, and broncos and bill and tebow, and you have taken heat from critical comments about tebow,

calling him "garbage," and you apologiesed but you said that the quarterback, he is a quarterback because of popularity but he is not talented enough to be a started quaterback. are you standing by that? >>guest: yes, absolutely, without question but let me say he is my brother in christ, he is a wonderful kid, and he is an outstanding football player, and i should never have said that and i apologiesed the next day because she a good young man and his parents should be the mvp for the kid he is i was talking about his ability to throw the football not about his athleticism but throwing the football this year, he has completed 48 percent of the passes and i do not believe he is a good thrower. >>dave: is he a product of the religious right? >>guest: i don't think there is any question. there are a lot of people, and some of the things, actions

going on of a few professional athletes and how that taints the many and how we glorify and sensationalize those things this guy does everything right, so i don't say that in an insulting way, i don't blame them for standing up and supporting don't tell me because you love the kid this he can throw the football. i don't believe that. >>dave: let me end on this, 11 techs and two interceptings is better than elway or honor -- aaron rogers, hall of famers. >>guest: that is nice. i'm going to be consistent with my position. he is a good athlete but he cannot throw. >>dave: check out the show nationally 7:30 a.m., to 11 on christmas day. more ahead.

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rick: this holiday many stores offered layaway plans but many found themselves struggling and worrying about not having gifts for the families until a secret santa stepped in. walmart customers got calls that someone paid their bill. a secret santa, a spokesman from the nonprofit athletic club, and a lucky recipient. karen, start with you, so, you had a rough year, this has been a tough one, and you had to put stuff on layaway this year. tell me. >>guest: sure, good morning. well, first of all i started my company this year. so, this was the first time i had to put anything on layaway in 25 years and i did that and i got a call from a manager at walmart and they told me, you enjoy, your layaway has been paid pore and i thought it was a prank, so i started to hang up but i'm glad i didn't. rick: you have an 11-year-old

son and that is who the gets were for? >>guest: yes, 11-year-old. he is a pretty good student, and i needed to get a few things for him. rick: when did you realize this was for real, the layaway was paid for? >>guest: they were convincing. after i repeatedly asking them, if this was for real they finally told me, yes, this is for real, we are here at walmart, come get your layaway right now. rick: what does this mean? how this it change your christmas and the christmas of your boy? >>guest: well, it enabled us to get a little more this year. it has been real tight, we are okay, but it has been a struggle for us, with the company and everything, but this has been allowed to us do more and stretch the pennys further. rick: so you are sitting next, to a gentleman and this the first time you have met.

is that correct? >>guest: yes. rick: what is it like to realize he made christmas special for your boy? >>guest: it is to put a face with the name, and i'm just happy that i can say "thank you," in person. rick: how did you come up with this idea? >>guest: well, the south beach athletic club, a nonprofit organization, we started thinking about this in october, and we do a number of charity causes throughout the year and we started hearing about the layaway programs and we looked at layaway programs most last for two months and the individual goes into default, and there is upfront fee of $5, a cancellation fee of $10 to $15 depending on the store, and because of that we said, well, if someone has a $50 layaway they have $40 in, that $20 taken out and the cancellation for

them to get their money back is 50 percent take out for them to get the money back so we said, yes drop we come in and actually pay off the layaways, and it has a great effect in that sense. rick: you have been anonymous and she is the first recipient you are met is that correct? >>guest: yes the first recipient we have actually met. rick: why did you decide to come out and talk about this publicly now? >>guest: well, all of us have gone through tough economic times and i have personally myself in my past, so we wanted everyone to have their dignity and self respect but, also, to have the joy of the local day coming together. and one of the great things is her son is a recipient of honor roll, which is recognized by president obama, so an amazing individual will have an amazing holiday because of this. rick: i hear it will be more amazing you have another surprise for karen, i hear?

>>guest: we do, we think that karen should have an amazing holiday and we thing she will have a rock star year in 2012 so we came up with a couple of things, the first thing we came up, these are the electric picks, bracelets which the celebrities are wearing, and we have two our members that are restaurant tours, one from meat market at miami beach and the other is from georgia stone crab and they will get her and her son dinner here shortly and we have two members that are in the publishing media business, and what they are each going to do is they are going to get a mentoring session, each, so we think she will do really great in the club. >>guest: thank you! rick: outstanding. we thank you both forgiving up for us this morning and merry christmas to both of you. >>guest: think you, merry christmas to you, too.

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where is he? we will tell you. "fox & friends" starts right new. >> i wish all of the troops, the service men and women around the world, and your families, merry christmas, from billy ray cyrus and "fox & friends" today. >>dave: where is santa, folks? kids get on your parents' iphone or ipad, there is an initial tracking san that iphone app from norad, enter norad into the search, and you can touch this little button and track santa, it will take you to a little map and show you where santa is and how soon he is coming to your house, kids. >>juliet: it tells you where he is and tells you about the area. wait, aren't you rick, the guy that does the weather? you are filling in here.

rick: clayton is on vacation. lucky go. >>juliet: first time. are you good? rick: dave has been trying to tell me about the five hour energy and two coffees. >>dave: we start with where the president slept last night. in hawaii, folks he is on the vacation that was supposed to start a week ago but he is there after the long, drawn out payroll tax cut fight. he signed the deal on friday with a two month extension and then we fight it out all over again. >>juliet: you do not pull up to this, you walk down, you get delays and everything is wonderful. >>dave: you got to rock the tommy bahamas. rick: he seems to be relaxed, getting the payroll tax cut deduction.

>>juliet: and air force one is comfortable. >>dave: his family has been waiting for a week. the president sat down, and had an interview with barbara walters talking about last couple of years, and looking back on some things he can say, now, might have been mistakes. >> once a day i look back and i say, i think that when i first came into office we made a decision not to scare the american people with how bad the economy might get but i think i could have done a better job preparing the american people and let them know, this is going to be a long haul, this is not your typical recession. will you have anything to say? >>juliet: you play a strategy game, not necessarily lying to the public, but saying, we have

to were what what we say it could be blast at different way in the media and we have to carefully execute what we say. and i kind of understand what he is saying. rick: don't you want the full story? if you are going on know that this is going to take three years to get through i would rather know it will take three years. their than wondering why it is going on. >>juliet: well the theory of the advisors we will get this under control. >>dave: he thought the stimulus would have a greater impact: why not be honest about some regrets and some things and he is not taking blame for egg. mistakes are not completely his fault. >>guest: there were times in my first couple of years where i kept on sitting there trying to see if we could get, we could negotiate some sort of compromise, and there just was a lot of refusal on the other side

to compromise and as a consequence a lost time was lost. that frustrate add lot of people around the country. they want to see action on behalf of some of the issues. >>juliet: that is when i get anowed. the compromise, and your side did not want to compromise either, a whole lack of compromising. rick: it is more than frustrating to people. people are fed up. >>juliet: with congress. >>dave: and the issue of compromise, that is one thing romney is hitting on, saying he is the guy to actually bring the two parties together. is that possible? we don't have enough time to figure that out. but, romney also says they are living in fantasy land. the president and joe biden. >> the president and the vice president are living in fantasy land. the reason i am running is to help middle income americans have good jobs and rising income, and their record over the last though years has been

abysmal. we have 25 million americans who can attest that the obama policies have not worked and the recession has taken too long to come out of, the slowest recovery, and for the vice president to be proud of their record is extraordinary! >>dave: next well have karl rove to talk about where the race is headed. and the other candidates are busy, unfortunately, for them, they are not on the ballot in virginia. just two of them are: romney is one. peter is live in washington with what happened in a very key state. peter, the lights are on now. >>peter: across the river going rich and rick perry both failed to qualify for the virginia g.o.p. primary. all they needed was 10,000 signatures from registered voters in a state with eight million people but they each came up short. and now that primary will not be so super for the former speaker of the house or the texas

governor. perry's leader says this will not affect the team in the future and will look for a challenge. and gingrich is tied at the top of a new iowa poll by the american research group with governor romney and congressman paul and they all have 20 percent and paul has been hanging in there with the national front runner for much longer than many establishment republicans thought possible and now he says the people will surprise themselves. >> i am supposed to say i'm not surprised and i expected it all along but i am surpriseed but very pleased. i was always convinced the message would be popular and necessary but i was not sure i would be the messenger so it is going very well and the crowds are getting bigger. >> virginia has 13 electoral votes and you only need 270 to win and president obama won them

back in 2008 and although we are just talking about the primary and gingrich and rick perry's exclusion could have an impact on the election. if they become the nominee. >>dave: karl rove has said many times gip rich does not have the structure in place. some said he was running to sell books and dvd's and promote. and now he is the frontrunner. does he have the organizational skills? rick: and not prepared to go that deep. that is a criticism out there, not something i am saying is true but it is out there. >>juliet: will donald trump join? he broke from the republican party and registered as an minute and everyone says that is setting the stage for a 1212 we run. not necessarily. rick: he has been all three. he was a democrat. and then became a republican.

and now appear independent. people change their time. >>juliet: the quote from his spokesman, this is the kicker: he has said if he is not satisfied with who the republican candidate is, he may elect to run as an independent and this change in party affiliation preserves his right to do so. so look for the finale on "the apprentice," in may. >>dave: is he prepared to make a run as an independent and republic to challenge, say, romney? who is the wrong nominee to the donald? rick: if his favorite does in the get in he will toss his name? is that it? >>dave: my guess is he will not run. >>juliet: snow and ice making for dangerous road conditions in places like wisconsin, and look at that. you can see the highway is

fairly people are driving slowly. and the snow piling up in new mexico, colorado, california, and texas, and el passion -- el paso, texas, this is more snow. air travel has only slight delays with miami delays, and boston, and new york, and there are delays, expected to get longer as the day goes on so, obviously, if you are trying to fly call the carrier and log on and do what you need to do. president obama's re-election campaigncying, thanks but no thanks to jon corzine's cash and faced criticism that the money from the former new jersey governor was tainted by his firm mf global's collapse, that $1 billion that no one can find. so obama and the dnc refunding

the $70,000. and the justice department rejected south carolina requiring i.d. cards at polls. south carolina can challenge this or pass a new attorney. the state attorney general vowing to fight. >> okay, another t.s.a. whacky story. but this takes the cake. literally. a massachusetts woman claiming a t.s.a. agent confiscated her cupcakes. they have a frosting. that is a security risk. it happened in las vegas, the agent said the frosting violated the t.s.a.'s policy against gel. >>dave: makes sense, right? rick: let us know how you feel about that on twitter.

>>dave: after last week, u.s. forces are officially out of iraq. and next up, afghanistan. the president already beginning to draw down there. we are with drawing 10,000 troops already this year. but with the problems with pakistan is that smart? and joining us is lieutenant colonel schaefer.

tell us, 68,000 troops left, all to be out by 2014 but you say it is not about the numbers of troops but the strategy, are what we are doing, this, is our mission wrong? >>guest: our mission is wrong. right new we are still focused on this counterinsurgency concept which looks great on paper like communism, but much like communist, things do not work out. the current strategy is it is almost as if the obama administration is looking how we lost vietnam and following the script. it is much more important we fix the causes of the issue, which is the fact that the insurgents have established safe havens in pakistan and retaped their ability to launch operations in afghanistan. and, frankly, you don't need we 100,000 troops, you need 20 to 30 focused on the real issues and the afghanistan need to step up, create their own security, like the iraqis have, and most importantly, we have to get the

pakistanis to cooperate on the board which they have not continued to do, to this day. >>dave: the president's rating on foreign policy and the war on terror are relatively strong there has been a consistent criticism he is not listening to the leaders on the ground, our man on the we ground in charge of afghanistan, is he, again, listening to our leaders on the ground? >>guest: i think, and i cannot get into the details, there is a review done, and the general is doing the best he can with what he said, but commander allen has to understand this must be work with the pakistanis to resolve the issues in pakistan. one thing that the president said two years ago before the surge, pakistan is the issue. but we pretend otherwise. this is where he has to work more concertedly to get it right. >>dave: our troops are out of iraq as we mentioned but it was not a good week, 16 bombings on thursday and 68 have been

killed. and maliki is losing his grip defying the constitution. how concerned are you that our gains will be lost? >>guest: well, this is the thing everyone talked about. we don't know if we have a win or not in iraq column. we have the same forces we knew about, the sunni and shia and the kurds in the north doing different things, not trying to focus on the central government. this is where it could be noted that we could have pulled out too quickly not making sure that the current democracy was ready to bow and able to sustain. >>dave: we will know if that is a political issue in the campaign run up to 2012, it could be. lieutenant colonel, thank you for joining us from virginia beach and marry christmas to you and all of our troops serving overseas. students being told ahead, to leave shirts like these at home. the reason? they make other kids feel bad,

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>>dave: quick headlines. soul singer etta james if the hospital, admitted after having trouble breathing. last year doctors said the 73-year-old was in the end stage of cancer and would not undergo further treatment. super value walgreens and krogers, and safeway, the latest to join walmart in pulling cans of a formula for newborns off the shelves after an infant in missouri died from a bacteria infection that may have been connected to the formula.

rick? rick: if you missed it that was the champagne cork sound being popped. before you invite your family over, you have to whip up christmas cocktails we have a world famous mixologist. the house is all about cocktails and we have to figure how to do this. the cocktails at home are just vodka, and grapefruit percent. >>guest: you can do better. it is about having the ingredients. we have another one that is easy, sparkling wine, and this is a take on a classic congress tale that is vodka and ginger beer and lime juice and i use pink grape fruit just and a dash

of bitters. i will shape it up. i try to pass off work as much as possible. rick: you can feel the shamer getting cold. >>guest: you shake until it is uncomfortable to hold in your hand and then it is cold enough. rick: and you strain it. like champagne. it gets a little bit of flavor from the champagne. rick: in you want did stock your before at home, what are like three things you need to have? >>guest: basics such as scotch, cognac, vodka. that is a base. maybe sparkling wine for the holidays and with new years, that works well. rick: and now a "fox & friends" hock came, -- holiday

drink. >>guest: i have cranberry syrup with cranberries and we will add more hennessey, a take on a classic champagne cocktail which is sugar cube, and bitters and hennessey and champagne, this is mother simple and you have cranberries and when the party, you do not have to lobby the party. rick: it smells incredible. you can get the recipes on fox&friends.com. >>dave: what if your boss forced you to turn off your blackberry, iphone, whatever, over the holiday? could you do it? your e-mails and tweets have pouring in on this and we hope not your work mail, though. >>juliet: and, kids, stay with you are, if your kids, wait them

up, santa is on the move right now and we are tracking him, he was in japan and we will tell you where he is, coming up next. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach...

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>> i cannot believe how far ahead we get on the holidays. last night at the mall, the easter been any was -- easter bunny was there. >>dave: we just saw the folks from peeps and they were here. rick: no easter until ... peeps was wearing a santa hat. >>juliet: exploiting that holiday. >>dave: folks, if you could walk away from your work e-mail, would you find this a blessing? or would you be obsessed with getting to your work e-mail? volkswagen decided to disconnect their employees from work e-mail to keep them from working too darn hard. >>juliet: 30 minutes before the shift ends and 30 minutes we

-- 30 minutes before the shift starts and when the shift is over, 30 minutes after that they turn the senatorrer off. so you have in option. you are not getting e-mail. you can still use the company phone but you cannot check working e-mail. what do you think? >>dave: i am obsessed with checking 24 hours away. rick: this is why i like to go to the movies for two hours i shut off the phone, i do not engage in that. and then you go right back. i love it. i love planning a vacation where you can go where there is no cell service. so this is no option. >>dave: our producer was on an exotic island and she is here today and she had a satellite phone connection, she could not do it, could not disconnect.

she is not listening, she is checking her work e-mail. rick: that is why she is the producer. and a viewer says being connected 24/7 and disconnecting is a good way to recharge. i hope this concept spreads to other companies. cheers. >>dave: is it a way to cut down on overtime because people could be billing the company? and josh says "i dread the familiar children of my crack barry in the piddle of the night. what i wouldn't give to have it shut off after work. but you have to turn off the vibration, the remainder that you are getting e-mail, you have to go silent. up july -- >>juliet: just go silent so you can wake it up in the middle of the night. i have essential insomnia.

>> if there is an emergency people need to know. rick: what happened 20 year ago? we got by just fine. >>juliet: no, i knew i was missing. rick: and colorado says i am the worst, i get up in the middle of the night to return e-mails. vikki, stop it! >>dave: keep your comments coming. >>juliet: we have new video from the mall in new york, last minute christmas shoppers looking for bargains, believe it or not the international council of shopping centers say 30 percent of members wait until the last few days for holiday shopping and this is calm compared to this scene. well, you can guess they were

fighting over something. and that "something," was the new air jordan shoe. kitement is turning into violence from georgia to washington state, in suburban seattle police use pepper spray on customer whose start add brawl inside a mall and the shoe sells for $180. >>dave: got to the the shoes! >>juliet: and new video of queen elizabeth visiting her husband in the hospital spending time with her 90-year-old husband this morning and he is recovering at a cam bridge hospital after surgery for a blocked coronary artery and a spokesman says the spryness if good spirits and the palace will release more information later in the day on his situation. an emotional ceremony in new york, the partner of a slain nypd officer was program noted for detective after chasing down and arresting the gunman who killed his partner during a robbery this month.

we he and his boss, also was promoted for helping the officers deal with such a tragic loss. >> it is with a heavy heart. my heart is with the family, with the men and women of the precinct right now, so, i am happy about the promotion, but it is bittersweet. >>juliet: this is a picture on right of the 27-year-old man who could spend life in prison. 68-year-old robert difficult near is -- deniro is a dad agai. this is his second child with his wife and four our children from a previous relationship. >>dave: 68, robert? who has the energy to chase around a kid when heel be 71 or 72 and the kid will be four? rick: 88 when he is going to college. >>dave: i love robert

deniro, good luck, sir. tomorrow, the nba season begins. today, though, saturday, is nfl day. a full slate of games, 13 probably the big ones, jets and giants, everything on the line for both new york teams and we start with what is happening in college hoops. what happens? wagner got a win and early we had smith on the program, and he had the "fox & friends" predictions. >> the experienced teams, the boston celtics, the miami heats, the san antonio spurs, the lakers, and teams that are accustomed to playing together they have a decisive advantage early on because of their familiarity with each other. >>dave: and he said the prediction for the title, lebron james and the miami heat. everyone is picking the heat. and he has a special tomorrow from 7 to 11:30. and a senator is now focusing on

football. democrat brown from ohio is calling on the nfl to end the tv block out policy that blacks out local football games not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff the many folks can not afford the tickets. don't hold your breath. what do you think of this? if you don't sell out the game you cannot see locally, it makes sense for me. >>juliet: totally. >>dave: the lsu tigers ready for the national title game but forget stretching their hamstrings, they are warming up their vocal chords. ♪ the red nose reindeer ♪ had a very shiny nose ♪ and if you ever saw it ♪ you would say it glows ♪ all of the other reindeer

>>dave: big dude. >>juliet: neither all 700 pounds. >>dave: what do you have crimson tide? loosen up the team for the big game. >>juliet: i thought there would be harmony going on. rick: everyone wondering about the weather. is it white christmas? can you get home for christmas? well look at both maps. it is cold in the west and the east coast is looking nice. way too warm in the east to get snow. and there is not much going on in the northeast today, maybe a few lake effect snow flurries but a cold day across the northeast where you should be but colder than we have been with such a warm winter and the southeast, a cool day, but for florida, 81 degrees this miami, go to the beach. for christmas eve.

see that white across west texas and new mexico, who would think west texas is where you get snow? midland texas, 3" to 5" of snow in texas. and 43 in fargo and no snow on the ground. it is not good news. there will the no flooding across the mississippi river like the last couple of years. and in the west, another sunny day, get ready in seattle the rain is about for return the next few days. but, today, just snow across the new mexico and texas area. >>dave: christmas eve as you know, so santa is on his sleigh and delivering gifts to kids so, where is st. nich right now? >>juliet: we had the ipad up this, and near road and dave are tracking santa's trim and they have been doing it for 56 years. not dave. norad. doing it this morning. >>dave: we have norad

commander. good morning, sir. >>guest: good morning, dave, rick, merry christmas. >>dave: how do you do this? how do you traffic santa? >>guest: it is a busy day but what we have done, 365 day as year norad defends north american airspace but on this day we turn our capabilities on santa claus to make sure he gets his mission done and we are able to tell the kids around the world how he is going. >>juliet: general, i know you have been tracking for the last 56 years and santa visits the holes of children and other places, have there ever been any problems, rudolph gets crazy some sometimes, but everything been good? >>guest: well, everything is going great this time. he gets off every year right on

time and today he is on track, now, seconds away from australia, the capital, delivering 23 million gifts and is on track so the kids should be very, very happy and checking in on our website, and they can track him. rick: you have been doing this long enough you have been able to get some idea about what santa claus looks hike and how big he is. is that true? >>guest: well, santa shows up really well on our radar cross section. he is a big guy, and we talk to the elves and they want us to get some of the sugar out of the ginger snaps and other cookies but mrs. claus says on christmas put the right stuff out this for santa claus. >>juliet: what are they doing behind you right now? >>guest: i have 1,200

volunteers working today, the phones, the social media and giving children updates and we have over 800,000 hits on our facebook page and we have taken thousands of phone calls and it will pick up through the day and it would not be possible without volunteers from across the command and colorado springs community. >>dave: excellent information, at www.noradsanta.org. the general said santa is over australia and that is why my yap is, so, kids grab mom and dad's ipad or iphone. >>juliet: this is big stuff to get this information, very glad we were able to book the general. >>dave: well check next hour. rick: shirts like these no longer allowed at a school, students are told they make other kids feel bad. good idea or the wussification of america? >>juliet: no place like home

for the holidays. stay tuned.

>>dave: here are the top stories for your health, if you are craving salt, and i am, you may want to blame your parents. mom and dad, a study shows baby fed salty food like crackers, in

the first six months are more likely to enjoy the taste of salt as adults. and, preference in perfume, not just a matter of taste but it could be in your d.n.a., a study great switzerland shows people with the same version of a specific type like the same kind of scent. for more information visit foxnews.com/weekend. >>juliet: well, schools in massachusetts are telling students to leave celebration clothing at home. t-shirts your kids get at birthday parties over the weekend, are not allowed to be worn in school on monday. the school says that is because it makes the other children who were not there feel left out. is this a good idea? and now a debate our medical "a" team member and mommy blogger. great to have you both. and now what the folks at oak

hills school, wrote to parents: "as educators we are concerned about the unintentional messages conveyed when groups of students where the same celebration clothes drag weekend events and in order to reinforce practices that promote encollusion -- promotion inclusion we ask the weekend celebration clothing be left at home." keith, i don't agree with you, this is the wuss ex-of america. explain why you think this is a good idea? >>guest: well, this is the on of the wuss ex-of america, but building good character. it should not be that parents at home or kids going to school think of bringing celebration closing to class. it marginalizes skids not invite asked makes them feel bad and has nothing to do with lending and the viral infection of

school with celebrations over the weekend that have nothing to do with education. it is just good character. time we taught character in school. >>juliet: i not it would be good character to teach your kids so be accepting that others have lives that may not include you. elizabeth? >>guest: i agree with you on that, i actually believe that building good character means teaching your kids that disappointments happen in real life. this is a real life disappointment you did not get invited to the party and you don't whine about it. building good character --. >> well, have the gang members come in. >>guest: there are slings and arrows about not being invited to a birthday party and learning to be strong, courageous, not to

go whining and feeling sorry about yourself. real life is a slap in the face you do not learn about disappointments at a young age. >>guest: what a crazy argument. let the bullies lose. >>juliet: wait, wait, wait. >>guest: guess what? news flash, news flash, school is not real life. it's learning rupert by -- run a superintendent. we have standards and we should pledge allegiance to the flag, you don't have to do that at home this is not a free-for-all. edge indicators should take responsibility for building character. >> this is, by comparing it to gangsters and bullying you are degrading the, what is terrible about bullying by comparing it to the birthday party.

>>guest: they need to learn empathy. >>juliet: have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year, as well. >>guest: i'm not inviting you and i am celebrating. >>juliet: i am not sending you valentine's day cards, then. president obama talking about his softer side? >> i'm a softy. stuff can choke me up easy. >>juliet: what else the president inside a brand new information with barbara walters and many of our service member cannot make it home for the holidays but jack daniels, yes, changing all of that. a social's wish is coming true and we will talk to him and his family. they are here. next. [ male announcer ] the more you lose, the more you lose,

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rick: everyone wants to be home for the holidays but for some men and women it is impossible because of financial hardships and now because of a generous gift from january dark yells and "operation ride home," many troops' wishes are coming

true. we have specialist jonathan with his two children and his very happy mom. i tell you what, everyone, a lot of people have a reason to like jack daniels but you have an extra special reason. you came back from a three year deployment and were sent back at for the campbell. jonathan, how rough is spending three years abroad and coming home and thinking, i pay not be able to get home for christmas? >>guest: it is very difficult knowing that you are not going to be able to come home for the holidays to see family, friends, loved ones that are very close to you, and you have to be miles apart. it is a challenges. rick: some places around the country, that is where they are stationed, so home for christmas does not mean home in kentucky. >>guest: right. rick: so they have a promise

based off of need, did you have to apply? >>guest: i was told by my chain of command, the soldiers in the time to go home and be with loved ones for a while. come to fiend out on our journey home, we were told we could come home. rick: so a scholarship, in essence, to help you get home. >> i had in idea. i explained the whole program and i thought it was the most wonderful christmas gift we would have been given. rick: they are paying for air fare and giving you money for gas and lodging. >>guest: what we decided we would drive, and they gave us money to help us drive all the way home, give us a hotel on the way, and, gas expenses.

rick: so, kids, were you excited to see your grandma, how long had it been? >>guest: a day. rick: a day? a long day, because you were in germany nor threeees. you say your grandmother were you excited? >>guest: very excited. rick: a go christmas? >>guest: yes. rick: you decorate for christmas, and you are thinking that your family is not going to be able to come home, what does this mean for you? >>guest: well, actually, i have not decorated that much, but this year the house decorated. i cannot be happier. i can't. this is my christmas. rick: this is your christmas gift. >>guest: yes. rick: you go from here back to massachusetts, are other family gathered around. >>guest: christmas east tonight in massachusetts and we will have a big candlelight mass

there, and she will be with her mom and my son will be with me and we will meet up tomorrow and them all be at my house tomorrow, so ... >>guest: how long are you home? >> until january 2nd and then driving back to tennessee, for the campbell, kentucky. rick: what else do you want for christmas? beside being with your grandmother? >>guest: seeing my family. is that what christmas is all about? yes. yes. rick: are there people from who you serve with, also recipients of this? >>guest: not as far as i know, but my plans are to find out the other recipients much the program and i would like do work together with them to find other people who are in needic look us, so they can go home and see their family. rick: here is the deal, so, jack daniels started this with $101,000 we donation for the

101st airborne, and they are trying to make this an annual event and the website is up there. you can find it on "fox & friends" and people like you will have a chance to go home and be with your families. congratulations and enjoy the great christmas. merry christmas to all of you. we told you about it at top of the hour, newt gingrich and rick perry did not make it on the virginia ballot so what does this mean? karl rove will join us. and a family was about to say goodbye to their son trapped in a coe -- coma. and then a miracle.

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>> rick: a true miracle and a remarkable story is still ahead. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> a look at that, that's beautiful, that's manger square. look at that. >> rick: in bethlehem. the pope is going to give midnight mass at 10 a.m., 10 at italy time so the pope can get some sleep. >> dave: much needed rest. we will go there live. >> juliet: but look at this, we saw two camels walking down the streets and peeps dressed up as-- i guess. and that's, if you come here to new york city, this is the corn where our lovely building is and you see the beautiful things up and down the street on 6th avenue, the avenue of the americas and locals don't call it that. >> rick: it's so beautiful, but a crowd out there.

>> dave: 6th avenue is beautiful as well and we continue to track santa on the norad iphone app. he's in adelaide, australia if you want to zoom in on that camera. there is the map that the app takes you to. he's again in adelaide, australia. >> rick: macking good time. >> juliet: he was in japan an hour ago. >> dave: look up and we'll continue to track santa throughout the program. >> juliet: and welcome by mr. reichmuth first time here on the fox and friends-- >> how is your maiden voyage. >> rick: i've got to say it's the fourth quarter. four hours goes pretty fast. >> dave: extraordinarily fast. >> juliet: what are you talking about? >> it's gone very, very fast. >> juliet: that means you're having fun. and all right. so let's get to some headlines now, new video out of wisconsin and the weather there is definitely frightful and the snow and ice making for dangerous road conditions, obviously, look at that as

millions of americans set out to visit their loved ones and the snow piling piling up in parts of new mexico, colorado, texas and as rick was telling you earlier. as for air travel, okay, now, we're starting to get some delays or slight delays in boston, new york and miami at this hour. and after coming under criticism, president obama's reelection campaign saying thanks, but no thanks to john corzine's cash and obama's team faced backlash that money donated from the former new jersey governor was tainted by his firm, mf global collapse. remember, that billion dollars nobody seems to be able to locate? so, obama, for america and the dnc have refunded the money and it's about $70,000. and they've refunded it back to corzine. the daughters of a slain officer speaking out for the first time since the tragic loss. the girls christine, ka rin, kaitlin and caroline told the new york post, quote, we've been trying to think of the funny things we used to do. he was so understanding and

always made you feel bet ear pictures in them. one girl, looks so sad, heart breaking and among the good memories they say he used to send each of them a text message saying i love you, each and every night, including the night he was murdered by a thug trying to escape from the scene after rob if i. if you'd like to make a donation, n ych donation nyc police foundation.org. the doctors planned to take him off life support. a near vegetative state after a horrific car accident and now he's walking and talking. >> i don't remember much from the coma, but after that, i see myself looking--

work, and like that. >> schmidt is now leaving the hospital for the first time since his accident so he can spend christmas with his family. it's wonderful. that's a miracle. >> dave: a wonderful christmas story, isn't it? good stuff. let's bring it now, karl rove live with us in austin texas on this christmas eve. we're honored you joined us on this christmas eve, karl, good morning to you. >> i'm happy to do so, i'm nervous if you're the senior guy there and juliet and rick and. >> whoa! >> yeah. >> and you have to slam me, man. >> dave: rick is doing a great job, isn't he, karl. >> he is. not bad for a first timer, steady when he handled the weather, but he's been charming and personable just a fun guy on the set. >> juliet: have you been watching the show? >> i have been watching.

>> dave: hammers me and compliments you. >> rick: you can come on the show anytime, a personal forecast. >> thanks, buddy. what's the weather going to be on my birthday. >> tomorrow. >> a christmas baby. >> tomorrow. >> rick: you could have a little rain in austin texas and i bet you're happy about that. >> i'm happy we're in the drought. >> dave: karl, i want to ask you about what's going on in virginia and af talked about newt gingrich's perhaps lack of national organization and here is the proof. he's not on the ballot in virginia, neither is rick prry north is michele bachmann, john huntsman. but when you're the front runner and this is your home state. how big a problem for newt gingrich, how indicative is it of his lack of orangganization. >> he lives in virginia, but his home state-- >> yeah. >> and super tuesday i was critical of the former speaker for the lack of organization and they needed to step it up

and interestingly enough earlier this week he sent me a personal e-mail saying i've collected the signatures we're past 10,000 on the way to 15,000 to get on the ballot in virginia. if i were newt this morning i'd find the guy who told them mr. speaker we have the 15,000 signatures we're on the ballot in virginia and i'd find him and give him another sign in the campaign, maybe emptying out the trash cans and making certain that everybody had hot coffee and cold drinks. >> dave: what do you think happened? >> this is a real big-- obviously, i'm worried that the people around the speaker not telling him, look, they, he didn't go on the ballot in missouri, why? because there are no delegates at stake he says, well, he's the front runner, you can't pick and choose contests no delegates the at stake in the iowa caucuses those are settled later. he didn't filed delegates and alternatives for norton, new hampshire, give me 24 names for delegates and 24 nor alternates he turned in 14 and 13 respectively and previously didn't qualify in ohio thought

he qualified and campaign put out a statement, but i talked to the secretary of state's office only two candidates submitted the complete list of delegates and signatures required and his wasn't one of them and now we have got virginia, if you're the front runner and you can't run the campaign to meet the deadlines. it's fundamental, the fundamental thing you do. >> juliet: let's get your break down. donald trump as you know breaks from the g.o.p. party. is this setting the stage for 2012 run as an independent? >> it's setting a stage for about a seven month burst of ego, periodically he'll jump on to the scene and say, remember, me, i'm donald, i'm the donald and look, this is, this man's not the serious. we ought to give him respectful silence and pass on. >> juliet: okay then. well. >> dave: yeah, all right. so, karl, obama now is sitting down again about-- and maybe an easy interview with barbara walters and coming up and blaming congress.

let's listen to what obama is saying in this interview. >> thinks that there were times in my first couple of years where i kept on sitting there, trying to see if we could get, we could negotiate some sort of compromise and there just was a lot of refusal on the other side's part to compromise, but as a consequence i think a lot of time was lost that frustrated a lot of people around the country. they want to see action on behalf of some of these issues. >> dave: all right. what's your response to what he had to say there? >> my response is, if you took what he said and put it between these loaves of bread and put a little mustard on top of it, you would have a baloney sandwich. who is he kidding? this is infuriating. in the first two years, he had majority in congress. democrats, 278 in the house, huge majorities and he stiff arms the republicans on the stimulus bill and brings in the republicans and the house

republicans attempt to give him suggestion abouts what they'd like to see in the bill and cuts off eric cantor saying, quote, i won. he calls in the republicans ab democrats in february of 2009 and says i'm going to make a push to overhaul health care and his next meeting with republicans is nearly 12 months later in february of 2010. he went months without talking to the republican lead ner the senate and the house and had a huge democrat majority and could do anything he wanted to do and what didn't he get done? what did he offer that he didn't get done. he didn't get cap and trade done because democrats wouldn't vote for it. for him to now look back and say, oh in the the first two years, so many things i want today do, but the republicans obstructed me. i've got to tell you as an american, it shocked me he that he did not do what his predecessors, democrats and republicans alike did, have a regular meeting, a so-called by camera house and senate

bipartisan meeting in the white house on a regular basis, he didn't do that. who is he kidding? this is baloney sandwich. >> juliet: i was worried that karl, maybe was slacking off a little bit. christmas eve, that he didn't have his-- >> i thought that was going to be a chalkboard. >> juliet: he does have props. >> dave: i had no idea where you were doing. >> juliet: eat them afterwards, but he does have them. >> dave: be easy on him, as the president said he's a softy, listen. >> what's the biggest misconception about you? >> that i'm detached or spock-like or very analytical. i think that's a misconception. i'm a softy. stuff can choke he me up very easily. >> karl, enlightening or baloney sandwich? >> you know, probably an insight into the guy, aim not going to disagree with that. we know he's arrogant. on an interview with 60 minutes said legislative and foreign policy during the first two years rivaled nos--

exceeded any other president except for fdr and lincoln and geez, oops, i can't remember the third. you know, this guy has so much arrogance it's unbelievable. in the same interview with barbara walters he slanders the people of hawaii, says hawaii lazy. and i agree he's not getting dirty with the nitty-gritty of the president of the united states. outsource writing of the stimulus bill and to congress and he's arrogant and detached and aloof and uninvolved in the job of being president. >> juliet: okay. >> but i wouldn't say, he isn't a softy. >> juliet: i was going to ask him. barbara walters asked him three words to say michelle obama and the flee words she would describe for him. you said about ten. >> karl rove, baloney sandwich. >> all right. >> not up to the job, not up to the job.

>> juliet: he said three. that's four, anyway. >> isn't up to job, isn't up to job. >> dave: karl, stick around for us. one of the first to tell house g.o.p., karl was to make a deal on the payroll tax cut, and they stalled, so what does it mean for speaker boehner and his leadership forward as a 2012 issue for the public. and they ruined christmas and what does best buy have to say. >> and president obama went shopping at a best buy in virginia this week. >> while, while he was shopping at best buy out of force of habit president obama put it on layaway. don't worry about it, our grandkids will take it. that's fine. ♪

>> it's been quite a rollercoaster ride for congress over the payroll tax cut. now that the deal has been approved can lawmaker learn anything from this partisan shutdown. >> juliet: karl rove is back with us, thanks for staying with us during the commercial break and eating your sandwich. we want to talk to you. you were vocal about the payroll tax cut debacle, i think you could call it. you coincided with the wall street journal commentary and editorial. overall in the 24 hours after this thing has settled. what is your feeling about what happened there? >> well, i hope-- first of all, it's not a big deal. i love how everybody says, objection, this gives a purse of momentum to the president and the gallup poll. 42, the week before that averaged 43 and i bet you by

the end of next week his job approval is back down to 42 or 43 so it's not a big bump for the president, but inside washington gives him a little momentum and fortunately breaking for christmas and new years and by the time they get back in january a lot will be dissipated and hopefully people will look at this on the republican side and say let's not let ourselves be put in a place where the president and harry reid can jam us so easily. he wants an extension of i pail v payroll tax and they waited until the last minute and two month in the senate and president flip-flopped and tried to say that the republicans in favor of raising taxes because of the two month extension and republicans got out about as gracefully as you can. i was interested in the comments today and yesterday of some of the republican members of the congress, now what, we're recognizing when we only have control of the house, we don't have control

of the process and so we've got to put our-- we've got to keep if putting our self in a place where we get outmaneuvered by the president. it's all about politics and not the substantial of the policy and that's a sad commentary and the president and harry reid using unemployment compensation and tax cut for political reasons. >> dave: we'll be back at this in 60 days. the narrative is harmful if the president can position himself as a tax cutter and put the republicans on the opposite side of that. i want to ask you about speaker boehner, some suggested his leadership may be questioned here when we return. do you think he stays and misplayed it in terms much how he handled the freshman house republicans who didn't want this deal? >> yeah, look, he's got to give -- he's got it give the conference, the republican conference, while providing leadership and he allowed this to go forward and then he said, now what, we've got to cut our losses and get out of here. there will be no serious challenge to john boehner, he

has played his role with magnificent leadership in my opinion for the last year. everybody's expectations are way up here because the republicans control the house, but in reality his power and influence is down here and he's played his hand brilliantly in my opinion and also something good for our country happening here, i remember having tirn with boehner in march of 2010 he was talking philosophically about the congress, only five people matter, the speaker. majority leader, the majority whip, chairman of the rules committee and chairman of whatever committee has oversight on the issue of the moment. that's now how the constitution intended it to be. the house representatives have committees and people ought to have opinion and body ought to move and make its own decision not be run by five people and he's tried to do that and sometimes the republicans have lost votes as a matter and sometimes things have been unwieldy and he's returning power to the committees and house of representatives as envisioned under the constitution and we ought to compliment him.

>> we ought to say happy birthday and merry christmas and say a special hello to folks and sent pictures of them. who are they. >> well, i've got a knock on my door and three elves were there, we're here to deck kate your tree. i was worried how to decorate it and three elves decorated with, beautiful with red and silver balls and sophia and marie' claire and james, jr. and they said that frankly, "fox & friends" had something to do with it. i'd not been good enough to get a visit by santa, but appearing on saturday "fox & friends" and they got a visit from the elves and they put their finger on their nose and disappeared up the chimney or-- >> didn't have to do work to decorate the tree. >> and now you're going after me and now you're on the naughty list. >> i said not good enough for santa, but good enough or elves, merry christmas. >> dave: merry christmas and

happy birthday. >> juliet: happy birthday. >> well, thank you. >> dave: have a good one, sir. >> rick: still ahead a simple candy cane sparked a battle over revicious freedom at one elementary school. years later the fight is still not over and he we hear from the attorney on the case next. >> juliet: why everyone wants a piece of this beauty, but not -- but not in the way you're thinking or dave is, and this victoria secrets model is in the middle of an ugly battle. >> dave: how can i help? ♪ peace on earth and mercy mild ♪ ♪ god and sinners reconcile ♪ ♪ joyful all ye nations... and the end of a journey that began here, when the swipe of a visa card gave one man a chance to bring happiness to ten friends... and humiliation to one.

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>> quick headlines now, new video of britain's queen elizabeth visiting her husband prince phillip in the hospital. the 90-year-old recovering after surgery for a blocked coronary artery. the prince? good spirits and the palace will release more on his condition. and best buy issuing an apology, admitting it can't order some orders before christmas because it ron out

of stock. only 1% of online orders were affected. >> all righty, guys. 23 minutes past the hour. should students in elementary schools, little kids, have the right to free speech? that's always been the debate in a famous candy cane case. and this goes back to 2003. an 8-year-old was banned from handing out candy canes because they had religious messages on them and they also were handing out cards and other things, like pencils, and they had religious messages. now, earlier this year, an appeals court ruled in favor of the school and the principles. school and they had immunity and now that ruling is being appealed to the supreme court. joining us now is the president of the liberty institute, kelly shackleford, and the organization helps to represent the 8-year-old in this case. break this down for me. and just kind of bring us back to why this is all happening now and see if it's happening at this moment. >> well, what happened is, this start add number of years

ago, not only the eight-year-old jonathan morgan band from giving a pencil to other kids if it said god or jesus and writing notes to the soldier and prohibited from writing merry christmas to the soldiers. and that's in this country, if you can speak, engage in religious speech, we don't bad religious speech, we protect it. this has gone through the court system. a partial victory at the court of appeals and said the acts were violations of the constitution and they said, however, we think some of these principles-- >> what were the violations, specifically? >> violations of free speech and free exercise by discriminating by students because their speech is religious speech. and the case, religious viewpoint discriminations never allowed and we hope the supreme court really has an

opportunity to clarify this and this affects 45 million school children around the country, and it would protect all of those children for making sure this doesn't happen in the future. >> you say this would send a wrong message to millions of school children out there. explain that. >> well, if-- what we too much our children in school is, look, if you do something wrong, there are consequences and you can get through that, but we don't say, even though you violate rules, even though you violate the laws, that there's no accountability. and that's essentially what was said here at the court of appeals and said, yes, the first amendment does protect these kids and yes, these were violations of the constitution. and then they said, however, we're going to give the principals a pass here. >> they got immunity. >> yeah, and so that's not what should happen. what you want to send signal-wise nationwide is look, religious discrimination is not allowed and when you do it, there's accountability. and that will stop this from happening across the country. and it won't repeat itself over and over again. >> okay, we reached--

>> and the opposite-- we reach out to the school and the principals in this case and we didn't hear back. your final word on this? >> i would encourage people, encourage these kids and standing faithfully for our freedoms now for seven years and there's a case, candy cane taste.com and send a note of encouragement. >> i think that would be a good christmas gift. >> juliet: let us know. and we appreciate it. we'll keep an eye on the case. students told leave shirts like these at home. they're celebratory shirts and go away to parties the and some kids don't get some. is it wussification of america as some in the control room call it? and this man is a christmas tree at heart and body and

soul. look at that, and political correctness run amok. stick around. ♪

>> welcome back. time for your shot of the morning, it's a doozy. you've heard after pine tree, this is an o pining tree. and you're looking at a man dressed as a christmas tree and his protest of a ban on decorations at the staten island ferry terminal and let the tree talk for himself. >> just another example of political correctness going crazy and agenda that's trying to destroy everything that's traditional, traditional about america. >> juliet: you know, this is going to be-- >> and the mouth moving. >> juliet: this is going on the jon stewart and-- >>. >> dave: conan o'brien. and this is the first time they've banned the decorations at the terminal. the tree nighed to get on the ferry and was too fall. >> juliet: and rick, back to you. >> rick: should have been a shorter tree.

how could he get-- >> peanuts christmas tree. >> rick: the most joyful time of the the year, but for our troops, it can be tough because they have limited contact with families and video messages bring our heroes closer to home and joined by john lowe. you started a thing called keep tree for people in the future to record messages and last year, you started troop tree so people can communicate with family members who are overseas and send messages. such a great idea. give me an idea how this works. >> sure, people can record messages for friends and family, whether they're nearby or overseas and have the messages delivered now or sometime in the future maybe when you're not around to deliver them yourself. and a couple of months ago we decide that had there's a segment of our population that could really use this service and that's the members of armed fors and their families. >> if you've got somebody who is serving overseas and record

a message every day to their kid. and read a book to their child good night or hello, something like that? >> absolutely. a the lot of great technology for communication and many of them require live simultaneous internet connection and as you can imagine, people overseas in a war zone might not be able to find a live connection while the family is awake and we've set it up. men and women overseas can deliver a video and record it and send it, maybe even a year later. >> it's like a video text and read wh when they want to get up or put the child to bed. >> exactly. >> rick: jut standing. how do people log in to do this. >> the service is free for the members of the armed forces and their families. go to troop tree.com and set up an account for themselves and begin communication. they don't have to download any software.

they just need a web-cam and they're all set and something that we're offering during the holiday season which i hope that everybody watching today will take advantage of and they can go to troop tree.com right now. and record a thank you, a merry christmas, a happy new year, or welcome home to any of the troops overseas or who are coming home now. >> i tell you what, so many people just came home from iraq and gave messages of encouragement. troop tree.com, we'll put a link to it on "fox & friends" and thank you for your time. merry christmas, to you. >> thanks, rick. >> we'll send it over to you. >> troop tree.com. >> now to the stories making headlines now and an update by the way on the top story, moments ago, spokesman for governor rick perry confirming that perry did not make the ballot in virginia as we just talked about and both he and gingrich did not submit the signatures. perry is looking into why he didn't make the ballot.

quote, we will closely review the facts and law and determine whether it appeal or challenge is warranted. governor perry has the utmost respect for the strong place virginia holds in our economic and military strength and in american history and he will continue to work hard to bring strong support in virginia and earn the trust of conservative minded voters there. the justice department rejecting south carolina's i.d. law, requiring them to he show photo i.d. at the polls and to go so would make it harder for minorities to vote. earlier in the show we talked about what happened and about the role of the attorney general, eric holder. >> this is another example of applying ideology over equal application of the law and it's just wrong and meanwhile, he's trying to overturn state laws about pee lexes in places like south carolina, and other places around the country and he won't go after known fraud like we've found in south

bend, indiana where his boss, president obama probably shouldn't have been on the ballot in indiana because of petition fraud. >> juliet: the state's attorney general can challenge that decision. super value, walgreen's, kroger and safeway, the latest retailers joining wal-mart pulling cans of infamil form after off the shelves. an infant died and may have been connected to the formula. a little boy with a big mission. 8-year-old cody jackson salutes troops and giving them a hero's welcome and makes regular trips to the airport and parents take them there and earned him the nickname. one boy uso. eight-year-old cody joined us earlier on "fox & friends" and talked about why he decided to do this. >> my mom told me about 9/11 and i wanted to do that.

and ner he' all so nice and they're-- >> and he already knows what he wants to do. >> let's think about this. >> a marine when he grows up. and those are your headlines. >> dave: most kids are talking about the toys they want for christmas and what he wants, he just wants the troops safe home for christmas. >> rick: good wish, good kid. >> dave: indeed. and people wondering, can you gets home, about it be a white christmas at all? take a look at the weather maps. across the east coast, looking pretty good. a lake effect snow, a shower or two, but nothing that bad. the only weather going on across texas. rain and snow in texas, the video out of el paso, texas with cars sliding all over the place. tell you what, you don't expect to see el paso, texas, the video with the the worst of the weather and fargo, maybe, or maybe vermont. >> it looks look like--

el paso, texas, if you get snow i think you're happy, around christmas except that you can't get home. they're going to have more snow today. in fact, midland texas, three to five inches and go back to the maps quickly and the northeast, a cold day, cold compared to where we've been, maybe a knew flurries and we haven't had any across northeast and more the mountains, unfortunately. and down to the southeast, a cool day and northern plains and temps around, 39 in minneapolis, into the 40's in north dakota and no snow across the northwest and plenty of sunshine except for new mexico and texas. it's clear and sunny where you're going, i won't tell you where, but your flight is on time. >> thank you very much. >> meanwhile, a question for you folks. your kids' schools are they preparing your children for success or setting them up for a big fall once they learn what it's like to actually fail? we bring you to newton, massachusetts a suburb of boston and they are he'

telling kids not to wear what they call celebrity tri clothing. juliet, this is like if you had a birthday bash. >> juliet: let's say suzie, a girl who is popular and a party over the weekend and all the girls are showing up. you get the shirts and do the glitter and that business and they go to school on monday wearing the shirts, we are so popular and about like five kids and joni and they weren't invited. >> rick: i'm so glad i wasn't invited to that party. >> juliet: that's great. >> dave: and so the school says they're protecting the kids that weren't invited and want everyone to feel included and no one let down and excluded. we ask for your thoughts. from claudia in edmund, a former teacher and mother i've witnessed the hurt a child can feel when he or she has been left out and clothing emphasizes the hurt feelings. >> juliet: i went through that all the time as a kid and i turned out just fine.

well (laughter) >> and that's a matter of opinion. >> juliet: don't even know me. >> rick: paula from columbus, ohio, you can't win until you know wh it feels like to lose. >> dave: and includes losing with feeling, like you're not invited to everything, not getting a trophy for everything, so it goes together. >> juliet: right. a tweet. dennis, another example of cry baby mentality. we don't want anybody to get their feelings hurt. all winners syndrome. we don't want kids to feel upset. i in my opinion want to teach them everything in life, air never going to be disappointed and all going to be unicorns and rainbows. >> dave: my kids, they don't want to keep score and tell who won or lost and what karen says. it's a great idea. parents go overboard with parties who makes shirts saying i went to someone's party. that's another debate. >> rick: i never had one of those shirts.

>> dave: and a little older, those parties were a long time ago. and let us, keep them coming the at ff weekend on twitter, follow us. >> juliet: all righty. take it away, david. >> rick: the clock is ticking away and the g.o.p. rolled in last minute ads and will they help win over the voters? we report, you decide. >> juliet: plus, santa claus is coming to town and he's on the move. stick around we're going back to norad to talk to the the general who has been following santa's check and we know where he's going to be coming next. >> dave: first let's check with neil cavuto, a look at cost of freedom business block, neil? >> merry christmas. but it might not be so merry for job creators and it's not because the payroll tax cut is temporary. there's a permanent job threat from washington that no one is talking about, but should be. it's the official line of year that may be costing us for many years and i was the first to warn you about it.

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>> quick headlines for you. she's used to modeling swimsuit and now she's at the center of a lawsuit. the modeling agency that launched her career is suing her current agency for 7 million bucks claiming they cheated them out of commission. 7 million bucks in commissions. a lot of money. the woman made famous by elvis' first on screen kiss. dolores hart is a nun and the abby needs renovations and fire and safety codes.

taf, it's all yours. >> dave: thank you, juliet. the iowa caucus is only ten days away. can you believe it? they're making the last pitch to voters and released a slew of ads are any of them effective? joining us now is author and pollster of win. fox news contributor, frank luntz. how effective are the ads, start with mitt romney. >> we'll start there. s' using his wife to emphasize strong marriage and wants to draw a contrast between him and certain other candidates. >> dave: certain other candidates named newt? oh, that was just my take. go ahead. >> that's a legitimate take, let's take a look at the ad. >> you can never predict what kind of tough decisions are going to come in front of a president's desk, but if you can trust they will do the right thing and maybe the hard thing, and maybe not the-- and if you really want to know how a person will operate, look at how they've lived their life.

and i think that's why it's so important to understand the character of a person. to me, that makes a huge difference, maybe some voters it doesn't, but for me it makes a huge difference. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> dave: she used a powerful word character. >> dave: and trust. put my frank luntz cap on. >> yeah, these are words that work, very effective and does it in a conversational tone. i think she's a not so secret weapon. more he uses her in the campaign the better he'll do. >> dave: and humanizing mitt romney is what he desperately needs to make him like you and i. and some say it's to spotlight newt's inphi delts. what's he doing. >> in this ad he talks about shu solutions straight to camera and effective. >> these are challenging and important times for america,

we want and deserve solutions. others seem to be more focused on attacks rather than moving the country forward. that's up to them. i believe bold ideas and new solutions will unleash america's creative spirit. when i was speaker, our budget was balanced and 11 million jobs were created. we can do it again, and we build the america we love. i'm newt gingrich and i approve this message. >> he goes back to the contract with america, and he talks about the economy and achieved a lot in the mid 1990's against democratic opposition, very powerful. frankly i would have taken segments of mimm from the debates, because he's had the best debate performances of any of the candidates, just. >> dave: that's why he emerged. >> yes, exactly. >> dave: and do you think, to veer a little bit, how does he handle languaging now that he missed this virginia primary ballot, didn't get enough signatures to get on there. how does he come out and explain that to people. >> you've just informed me, i thought gingrich made it on. >> dave: he did not, abouterry nor gingrich made the ballot

in virginia. >> now what? they've got to get their act together the. that's pathetic, if they didn't-- let's be blunt if you can't figure out how the election rules work and organize that way, it's your own darn fault. >> dave: you have a rick perry ad? >> yeah, rick perry is running in iowa. and there are four candidates. gingrich. romney and is it santorum, bachman, perry. >> i'm a retired major general. >> governor perry, he's the best person to serve. >> anything that i needed help. >> governor perry one of the most honorable i've met. >> and ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states. >> washington's broke, and from one washington insider to the other. i'm the outsider who's willing

to step forward. and what is great about america. >> dave: outsider, how effective? >> you've got the, actually you almost froze he at the moment you had the cross on the steeple and the military we want to pay respect to. it's a powerful ad. the the question for voters is, they've looked at his performance in the debates and found it wanting. are they willing to focus on his record as governor or going to focus on the debate. that ad was good because it caused them to, reminded him how much he'd done in texas. >> dave: we'll look forward to your coverage, frank luntz from iowa and folks, he wants to remind you win, christmas present. >> it's 40% off on-- >> jo 40% off. >> see how long we can keep that picture up there. 40 percent off on amazon. >> dave: coming up, kids, you won't want to miss that. santa is on the move and we know exactly where he is. find out when he will be

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♪ rocking around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ rocking around the christmas tree ♪ >> this area should ab lot busier, people, the middle of 48th and 6th. >> everyone comes to new york to see it has gotten out of town. >> the tourists who come to see new york at christmas time and shopping. >> not until later. >> and do you think it's hard getting to the airport? >> i think you'll be all right. >> juliet: anyway, we heard an hour ago that santa was headed to the land down under, down under and he continues his trek through russia apparently we're getting word. >> dave: that's right, norad commander and u.s. army general charles jacob bye, jr. and james, they're back for the latest update, good morning to you, gentlemen. >> good morning, good to be back. >> dave: very lively again at

norad. tell us where is santa headed next? >> okay, right now santa is seconds away from landing in mongolia and he finished up the western pacific and starting-- seconds from mongolia and passed out 286 million gifts so far. >> juliet: here is my concern, we're talking about his location and now, i'm concerned that the children will be watching this and will be trying to look out the window and see santa. how do we prevent that type of thing from happening? >> well, that's a good question. what's happening in master sergeant mulhern was one of our call takers, as the calls come in, we remind children that santa's trying to shoot for lanning between nine and midnight, but he won't land if the children aren't asleep. >> okay. >> so if they're-- >> that makes sense. >> i always-- so go ahead. >> all right. i always wondered how santa could get around in a day or

kind of in one night, but he hear he doesn't travel on that same time frame that we work on. is that true? >> no, he's not doing anything on the same time frame we're working on. >> rick: all right, that explains it. so, how can people find out. norad,.com? >> yeah. www.noradsanta.org and that's our website, and from there, e-mail, twitter, facebook or 1-877 number sergeant mull learn and many others, 1200 volunteers are answering phones and you're not going to get a machine, you'll get a volunteer that's going to be able to update kids around the world on santa's location. >> juliet: of sergeant mulhern and general jacoby, thank you for joining us, you're both very busy and dealing with this trek. it's very specific and very important. >> big deal. >> juliet: please get back to work, thank you for are

service. >> thank you. >> dave: and again, santa is in mongolia as we speak. now, an update to our top story, rick perry and newt gingrich not making the ballot in virginia. moments ago the gingrich camp making this statement, quote, only a failed system excludes four off the six major candidates seeking access to the ballot. voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates. we will work with the republican party of virginia to pursue an aggressive write in campaign to make sure that all the voters of virginia are able to vote for the candidate of their choice. interesting, guys, because karl rove joined us less than an hour ago and said, newt gingrich personally e-mailed him and said, he has enough signatures and headed towards 15,000. what happened? were they fraudulent? hopefully we hear from the virginia g.o.p. today or tomorrow morning, we'd love to hear from you, folks. let us know. >> juliet: sorry. >> dave: excuse me. >> juliet: excuse me. when we come back, live to

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