ainsley? >> kelly wright live for us in the studio. >> new overnight a football player found dead. the body was found in a dumpster with a gun found near campus. police think he shot himself. he disappeared wednesday minutes after sending a text to his mother saying concussions was messing with his head. they gathered on the campus to share memories. >> everyone loved being around him. he had great stories always laughing. you sit down with i am had on the couch always something you are going to walk away remembering. great guy. >> god will be taking care of him. >> head coach you are syringe meijer tweeting this our thoughts and prayers ago out to the family. >> shane montgomery michiganing in philadelphia. montgomery was kicked out of an irish pub on thanksgiving eve after bumping into a dj table. friends say he was not drunk. they had the help of hundreds of volunteers. the reward now 15,000 dollars. he joins us live on fox and friends with the latest on the search. >> the administration fo

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day and ending your week with us. we have a deal, the house making an 1 # 1th hour vote on the $1.1 trillion deal. >> it is up to the senate to avoid a shut down. democrats waging a civil war could hirnd the deal. >> republicans are celebrating house package of the $1.1 trillion spending bill that goes through 2015 with one exception the department of homeland security which was funded separately for only two months. that sets up a fight with the vote in congress. one senator threatening to potentially hold up the bill. she vehemently opposes a provision in the house version that weakens a portion of the dodd frank banking law. that allows banks to easily trade some kind of derivatives. >> why in the last minute as you head out the door as a spending bill must be passed are you making it a priority to do wall street's bidding? who do you work for, wall street or the american people. >> that exposed a democratic rift with the white house. >> enormously disap

heather, ainsley?> john huddy, thank you. >> back at home support pouring in for a medal of honor recipient sending a strong message to isis. it is going viral after he said threats from the terror group are a dream come true. refusing to lay low when the fbi warned isis may be targeting service members on-line. one of the readings wonder if any isis members want to drop by and join my book club has already been retweeted more than a thousand times. myers will join us live next hour on "fox & friends." >> ravens on the defense after ray rice's wife claimed the teen told her to apologize earlier this year for her role in the elevator incident that left her unconscious. the ravens say they only gave talking points for the running back including, i take full responsibility for what happened that night. we will not let this one night define who we are and i was wrong. i made a mistake. rice has since been reinstateed by the league. >> reality getting too real for teresa giudice the real housewife suing her

ainsley? >>> thank you, doug.ngs us to "looks who is talking" that brings us to charles krauthammer. he said the administration needs to talk stronger. >> to hear josh talk about the violent tendencies for god's sakes are you not able to say islamic radicalism, the barbarism of islamic radicalism which will be connected to isis and the other groups. the discussion of extremism doesn't help the cause. >> we are hearing more from the man who water boarded the mastermind behind 9-11. dr. james mitchell in the kelly file about slamming the report saying how democrats had an agenda. >> the notion that i personally profited $81 million highlights the way they are trying to distort things. that was a commercial contract. it was led under government law. they put out a statement of work i thought it was going to be an open bid we bid on it as an open bid. it was evaluated to see whether the costs were reasonable. it involved providing a lot of people who were embedded into that organization under the command and control o

ainsley?new report out says a passenger plane almost collided with a drone near london's heathrow airport. it was given an a rating. >> do you need a haircut? a military jet coming a few feet away from this person's head. >> this crazy cat should clear up he has made $99 million richer for her. >> the cat earning more than celebrities like nicoleç kidma and matthew mcconaughey. grumpy cat right before the debut of her new movie. >> grumpy cat is so cute, though. >> is heed cueing snowden rushing plans to get the nsa whistleblower to spill more u.s. secrets. >> burning flags considered free speech? w where a judge says it's okay. >> new violence, now warnings. brand new protests indicting overnight over the eric garner case. now a chilling warning for new york city police about a targeted attack. >> rolling stones changes its tune after retracting a story now back pedalling on its honesty. >> a sky high ligift from the airlines in time for the busy travel season. why the most crowded travel da

ainsley? >> doug luzader live for us. >> three alabama inmates who broke out of prison are back behind bars this morning. >> all three of these guys recaptured without incident. one hiding in his grandmother's another at a movie theater parking lot. they over powered the guard and took the keys to the front door. >> more than 80 high school hockey players and fans sick with carbon monoxide poisoning. they felt dizzy had head takes during the game. it wasn't until hours later the rink was tested and had high levels of the gas. the fire department blameses an ice resurfacer. >> a suspect is in custody for the murder of auburn football player. they charged hart with felony murder 24-hours after the fatal shooting. mitchell was shot multiple times yesterday morning and died in the emergency room. his girlfriend saying he was arguing with someone in the parking lot before the shots range out. police are still investigating. but they say no other arrests are expected. >>> happening today a federal a

heather and ainsley? >> thank you. >>> rain and snow to start the weekend. molina has been tracking it all for us. >> i want to remind you all the official start of winter is coming. the calendar marking winter is already here. interior portions including portions and pennsylvania new york, also northeastern ohio. out there the concern really is we have freezing drizzle early this mother-in-law. ice will be a concern on roadways. it will be sticking around through the morning hours. by later today travel should be fine on roadways and also at the airports in cities like detroit, new york city and down south into portions of south florida. we have heavy rain pushing through in houston and new orleans. >> temperatures in the 30s in new york city. >> i am going to show you a very cool video out of australia. strong will picking up a lot of dust. regular tornadoes are are connected to the thunderstorm and are associated with that convecti convection. that's just wind picking up the dust. >> not to be confused with shark nayed doe. >> no sharks involved in that v

ainsley earhardt attended the vigil as she spoke to the family of officer ramos.he will join us live with the emotional one-on-one interview at 5:30. >> bill deblasio blasted for his anti police stants. >> i had to train them as families have all over this city for decades and how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers>> deblasio making those comments about his son in the wake of eric garner's death. now petitions growing calling for his resignation. kelly good morning. >> good morning to you as well. deblasio giving the cold shoulder to police officers tensions intensifying following the comments we just heard that he made after the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for the deaths of black manner rick garner. at the time deblasio said he was astonished by the decision and worried if his by racial son would have trouble with police officers due to his race. officers ramos and liu were being treated police officers turned they are backs on him. the nypd union president saying there is blood on many hands even pl

those are your headlines. >> ainsley, thank you. we'd like to thank our friends at 1-800-flowers for all the beautiful festivity. >> i made the move to be a member. i'm a one-touch guy. i click on it and all my stats are on there. all i have to do is use my credit card and it will go through. >> i sent flowers today. a friend's birthday is today. she's winding up with flowers from them. jeb bush testing the waters for a possible presidential run. >> anna kooiman is live in the studio. what will his announcement mean for the field of likely contender out there? >> former florida governor jeb bush takes the biggest step yet toward a presidential run in 2016 announcing this on facebook. as a result of these conversations and thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership i think america need, i have decided to actively explore the possibility of running for president of the united states. bush is the nation's first son and brother of president to pursue the white house himself. his fom, -- his mom, former first lady barbara

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gabrielle in for heather childersled -- ainsley earhardt. >> millions of people around the globe are getting ready to ring in the new year. more than a million of them right here in new york city. hard to belief another year has gone by. with the new year becomes a major chill. maria molina is life already getting the party started with the latest. good morning maria. >> hi good morning heather and leah. good morning to you. happy new year's eve. it is a chilly morning. behind me we have the new year's eve ball. the famous ball. you can see the waterford crystals on it. it is estimated it is 6 tons in weight. a billion people around the world will be tuning in to see the ball drop as we count down for 2015 begins in new york city. you mentioned very cold temperatures across the country. we have temperatures that are well below zero across portions of the rockies and also into the plains. current temperatures are frigid. when you factor in the wind it feels a lot colder than what the thermometer reads. the cold air has arrived into the northeast. we are looking at temperatures in new

ainsley, you were ready to step in. >> i was! pray everybody was okay. i was stuck at the exit for about an hour. >> you got in in the nick of time. you walked in at 47 minutes after the hour, which gave you 13 minutes to get ready. >> they performed a miracle. >> you wear that shirt to work? >> i sleep in around reagan t-shirt. okay? bill: immigration is front and center. congress gets back to work today. the white house is defending the move on immigration. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." good morning, martha. martha: i'm martha maccallum. busy morning. we take to you live pictures as everybody gets ready to roll. jeh johnson the homeland security chief.

ainsley will be out shortly.night and spoke to the families of officer ramos. she'll join us with the emotional interview coming up in 26 minutes. >>> donald trump joins us every monday morning. donald, over the weekend, all eyes on new york city. here in new york city, there have been all these protests over the last couple of months. it was very clear that what happened in new york was a revenge murder because of this guy who said they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs. referring to eric garner and michael brown as well. a number of police officers say that al sharpton, the mayor here, bill de blasio have blood on their hands. what do you say? >> i live in new york and i know al sharpton very well. i dealt with him many times over the years. and he is a guy who i don't believe really believes what he's saying. some people would call him a con man. you look at one case which was a disaster and a disgrace. it was somebody else other than sharpton that would have been jail time for those people. and he's

hello again janice. >> hello ainsley and heather. the storm is getting its act together showing light rain in philadelphia dc up towards new york just west. see that fink? it could be freezing rain and/or sleet. it will be causing problems as it heads in. winter weather advisories in the pink winter storm warnings where we could get a foot or more of snow. take a look in this darker shaded blue areas that's where we could see 12-18 inches of snow for parts of up state new york through western maine. this is a big deal. especially if you are flying or traveling today. there's your forecast temperature and radar. it will be with us through wednesday even thursday on the backside of this moving snow and wi wind gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour. >> ladies, go ahead and splurge on the new pair of shoes. >> there's a study that says women wearing high heels have power over men. the reason it makes you look fore attractive taller and more confident. they are twice as likely to help a woman in heels than a woman wearing plats. women in heels get

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. in an unprecedented move sony postponing the release of the movie. >> anna kooiman is here with the latest. good morning heather and ainsley. good morning to all of you at home. $42 million movie that will likely never be seen by the public. the christmas day release of "the interview" scrapped bison knee after major movie theaters hacked them. the world will be full of fear. her the 11th of september 2001 we recommend you to keep yourself distance from the places at that time. while some people are clamoring for sony to release the film on-line the temperature says it has no plans to do so a move that is being criticized. soment claim the most tonight ver shall hole meant of the film kim junk uncould be toned down to an eventual release. >> it would cave to the bin for the bad guy. >> there was a discussion internally about how graphic and strong to make the conclusion of the film the thing that is probably really angering the north korean government conceivable that they might pull

unrelated to ainsley. but you did ainsley's background?a family tree with 11,000 members and helped rewrite your history, proving your family did not come through ellis island. but now we're anxious to find out some secrets about you, brian. >> i am a real blond. >> you are a real blond. we confirmed that and also confirmed that there is a really lovely love story in your family, brian. >> okay. >> let me tell what you we found. your great grandparents, john and mary were born in ireland in the 1800s. they came to the u.s. and settled here in new york. john was very handy. avenues dock worker, but passed away. and then mary to pay the bills and also support her family, opened up a boarding house. one of the tenants was james kilmeade. he was 20 years old. he had come from ireland on a ship called the america. he fell in love with your grandmother, margaret, as they were living in the boarding house. your grandmother's desire to open the boarding house and support her family led -- >> what year was that roughly? >> this was in 1930. >> wow.

i'm ainsley earhart filling in for elisabeth hasselbeck this morning.y kicking off around the world as millions head to "new york times" square for the biggest party this year. we are live with a look behind the scenes. >> while it's still 2014, jonathan gruber strikes again. >> i wish people cared about the 50 million uninsured in america but they don't. and i think that's why once again, you know, i'm amazed politically we got this bill through. >> that's the latest from the man just named america's most influential economist. peter? >> and abraham lincoln is one of the most important presidents in american history but don't ask your average american about that. >> how did lincoln free the slaves? was lincoln republican or democrat? >> it gets worse from there. but it gets better here because mornings on this new year's eve are better with you, our friends. ♪ ♪ >> happy new year. this is new zealand where it is already 2015, about an hour ago. >> this is the north island. >> yes, it is. it's a great city. sky tower there. one of the great great specta

i'm ainsley. north korea is firing back at the united states with a very bizarre request this morning in the investigation into those sony hacks. their message to president obama straight ahead. and it's about time. five years after the fort hood massacre that the government called work-place violence, finally some recognition for the heroes who have tried to save the day. >> and how would you like to get a shiny new vacuum cleaner for christmas. >> no there is an expensive one a dyson. >> or a scale to see just how fat have you gotten. worst gifts for guys and girls alike coming up. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> hey this is chuck knap wishing you a merry christmas and a happy new year from "fox & friends." >> thanks, judge. >> judge, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, ainsley earhardt. >> i'm filling in for anna this morning. so fun to be with you guys. et cetera especially right before christmas. >> i love it here. our studios are decked out. >> our pillows are comfy. >> you can

in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us as always. they release a scathing report in the aftermath of 9-11. they save lives. >> peter, it seems there might be worries terrorists could use this report for propaganda. >> there are more than 6,000 marines abroad on high alert ready to respond from terror threats that stems from the release of this report. some elected officials are especially concerned for cia personnel who may not have participated or known about the harsh details. >> now you have this growing problem and now you have a taste officer who works in a dangerous place in the world who expects the united states will stand with them because we have asked them to do very hard and difficult things to protect america. do we have to turn around and look back and wonder if the united states is going to be with them? >> president obama joins many democrats who believe admitting to america's friends and enemies that methods used for gathering intelligence that methods were harsher h

. >> we're going to turn to ainsley earhardt who joins us. a big day today with another grand jury that could possibly break. >> we'll have to see about it. thanks for that introduction. the nypd preparing for potential riots at this very hour. that's because a grand jury is expected to decide on whether to indict an officer for the death of eric garner. this video shows the officer putting him in a choke hold after garner resisted arrest for selling cigarettes illegally. he later died. to indict the officer 12 of the 22 jurors would have to vote yes on that charge. 15 jurors are white. the others are hispanic or black. >> cops found the body of 21-year-old brook fowler. she is a college student. she was working in a restaurant. she was trapped inside a three foot by three foot dumb waiter. >> our heart goes out to the parents that have this beautiful daughter taken from them. >> police say that it's likely she was using that elevator to move food. >> the new secretary of defense could be named today. ashton carter, a former second in command

. >> i am leah gabrielle from ainsley earhardt. thank you your starting your day with us.ouble trouble, storms bearing down on both coasts creating nightmares for 90 million travelers hitting the roads and the skies two-days before christmas. >> in colorado whiteout conditions bringing traffic to a stand still. look at this deer passing dozens of cars through the snow and ice. >> that's the way to go. >> mix of heavy rain and thunderstorms will bring in wet not a white christmas. >> maria molina tracking the weather for us in the weather center. good morning maria. >> hello everyone. a busy weather pattern through out the day especially as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow the day before christmas looks to be the worst travel days across the country. coming up we have a storm system intensifying. expect to see a lot of rain windy conditions across portions of the east coast and thunderstorms. you mentioned the severe weather that will be a big concern through out the day today along the gulf coast. that includes the florida panhandle alabama, mississippi. we are watching out

here's a look at the high temperatures heather and ainsley across portions of the northern plains andarts of the southeast. also on the cool side highs in the 60's in atlanta and rale li. >> not too bad to finish off the shopping. we have a payoff for frequent flyers. loren simonetti is here to explain. american airlines customers buy the treatment yum seats. regular frequent flyers who fly first and business class on short hall flights will receive a bonus 250 miles. make it 3,000 miles for the longer flights. gold members will receive double that t. americans are trying to make sure the most profitable fliers aren't tempted by delta or united's programs. they provide greater rewards for more expensive travel. >> you can get money back if you bought the ticket for the hop on hop off bus tours operated gray line and city sites because the operators were charged with allegedly over charging customers. about 4 million people are eligible to collect a portion of the $19 million class action settlement if they file a claim. the deadline is january 19th. the company has denied wrong doing.

he just didn't. >> and ainsley joins us now to talk to us about what happened.e you have christmas week and officer liu was just married and then ramos' family. >> they're broken up about this but they're trying to forgive. the family very strong catholic family and they're really focusing on their faith right now. here we have a few days before christmas and he won't be home to open presents. he was a great man. he was in the bed side community. that is a rough neighborhood and he was there as a police presence and that's not even his precinct. they had lots of different police officers in that community and he was in there for that. neighbors are upset about the protests. the pigs in a protest, we want cops to die. what do we want? dead cops. and they want everybody to remember that people who are involved with these protests all had rap sheets. listen on the neighbor. >> we as children want there to be cops when they grow up. now, we have all these videos of them doing their job. we forget these are criminals they're throughout defending them. and the people

good morning ashley. >> good morning heather and ainsley.bout who and who is not a salaried employee. if president obama gets his way they will be forced to pay workers more over time by limiting which workers can be called managers. in february of administration is set to announce a proposed rule under the act. that role would designate who is an ex efrp tive employee who cannot work over time after working 40-hours a week. millions are being left without protection of over time say it is possible that some of the salaried workers are earning less than minimum wage. the president administration officials want to increase the 23,000 dollars minimum amount of workers must make before his or her employers for federal payee. all of this designed for income inequality across the country. the proposal is getting backing of liberal organizations which has close ties to the chiet house. they say the plan goes way too far and can lead to job losses and all of the businesses may be forced to close down. john boehner says it won't do anything to peopl

what do you think, ainsley? >> i love it. whatever it takes. they are so cute but they are very expensive. a new study showing a median income family will pay about $245,000 to raise a child from birth through high school graduation. that does not even include college. most of the money goes to paying for child care, for day care. parents in the northeast are paying an average of 16% of their combined yearly income. they are priceless. >>> the time is six minutes till the top of the hour. coming up, falling angels or display. satan's christmas present is a theme from hell next to a nativity. your comments next. >> the story behind the bond between a widow and a police officer. ♪ vo: you get used to pet odors in your car. you think it smells fine, but your passengers smell this... eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip. female passenger: wow. smells good in here. vo: so you and your passengers can breathe happy. hard it can be...how ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes c

. >> i am ainsley earhardt.in an unprecedented move sony postponing the release of the movie. >> anna kooiman is here with the latest. good morning heather and ainsley. good morning to all of you at home. $42 million movie that will likely never be seen by the public. the christmas day release of "the interview" scrapped bison knee after major movie theaters hacked them. the world will be full of fear. her the 11th of september 2001 we recommend you to keep yourself distance from the places at that time. while some people are clamoring for sony to release the film on-line the temperature says it

. >> ainsley, what do you think about the fines. the money doesn't matter.'t change the behavior. >> how much money does he make? >> he makes $75 million a year. >> no. >> he may not but -- >> his contract is $75 million. >> what did he get fined $70,000? >> a joke. >> that is not -- >> he wraps his real money with $70,000. he uses it as a wrap. >> bacon wrap. >> we actually have detroit quarterback's fiance posted something on instagram. thank you. pretty sure matthew's leg looks a lot worse when he got stepped on cleated in the same game. he is not suh. wasn't aaron rogers. people wouldn't think about it. >> what this think about that. >> that is fair. if aaron rogers was seriously injured we wouldn't report it this way. ndamukong suh would have been suspended for sure. >> maybe he was doing "the running man" or electric fly like you said. >> i mean, hitting somebody directly with your helmet, i'm not for that, but this, hey. little boy brush yourself off and stand up. >> i understand why rogers is a marquee player and makes a lot more money. if you crash

give it back, ainsley. finally, 450,000 bucks.d the bandit trans am sold at auction. it wasn't even used in the film. it was used in promos. >> a four-year-old's wish to deliver packages for ups comes true. watch. >> is this trick or treat again? >> it's a package. >> it's what day? >> package. >> package day. >> i love that. the little boy's fascination with ups started with mr. ernie, a delivery driver in his neighborhood and recently he got the surprise of his life, a brand-new made ups truck. joining us is carson, his mother, karen, and ups driver, ernest. we're so happy to have you here, mr. ernie. can i call you that? >> you sure can. >> what a great story. hi, carson. can i tell you, you're still delivering great packages because you brought me some little rice cookie treats and my own ups truck. high five for you. thank you for that. >> rice crispy treats. >> how could i mess that up? thank you for delivering these to me on time and in their package. you're a good ups driver yourself. so this is incredible. carson, we see

. >> aspen and ainsley jones love being identical twins and play jokes on others. >> sometimes we dress alike. >> and trade shirts. but after an ultrasound tom and michelle realized their twins were in danger. they developed twin twin transfusion supply. >> it allows the blood to go from the larger twin side. the smaller baby loses blood to the larger one and the larger one gets too high, they used to reduce the fluid in the sack around the bigger baby but with it came developmental problems now he operates in the womb to stop the lopsided blood flow. >> we identify this and use a laser to close them off, the incision is around a quarter inch. >> fortunately for michelle and tom it worked. >> they were born perfectly healthy and they came home from the hospital. >> the girls love dance and dolls and are great students. >> doctors are not sure why twin to twin transfusion develops and there is no way to prevent it, but with the new surgery survivoral rate is higher and clickations are lower. >>> david is here now with another check of the forecast. we are higher than normal. >> normal hi

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. thank you for starting your day wugs.et's start with a fox news alert. the star studded premiere of "the interview" new canceled. they are verifying the threat and the stars cancel all up coming ail peppearances. robert? >> the film's premiere was canceled by landmark theaters. it follows hackers threatening a 9-11 style attack. guardians of peace wrote the note. soon the world will see all the world what an awful movie sony pictures has made. this world will be full of fear remember 11th of september 2001 we recommend you keep yourself a distance from places

. >> and i am ainsley earhardt. we are going to start with a fox news alert. terrorist armed with a gun holding more than a dozen hostage in sydney, australia. >> the gunman demands an isis flag. joining us live in london with breaking details is gregg palkot. >> good morning. we have been tracking the story all through the night. it is 9:00 monday night in sydney, australia right now. now it is approaching 12-hours of the hostage situation going on with a link to or better described as an association with the isis islamist group. it happened in a busy cafe monday morning australia time. in the center of sydney. sydney is the biggest city in australia. the equivalent of new york city for australia. a middle aged man wearing some

>> well, ainsley, it is simple. race, he seems to somehow imply that there's a correlation with racism. that's not the same thing. because someone i'm interacting with has a different component to their skin doesn't have anything to do with my behavior towards them. i'm not saying the polices with blacks is far different. there are legitimate conversations there that should be had, but that's not what the president does. he jumps to conclusions as the leader of the free world and puts everyone under the bus in the investigation afterwards. >> what could he do to change race relations in this country? he has two more years in office and a grand opportunity to do that. >> well, this had to be done, it's too late for him now because he doesn't have any credibility. the way from my experience in policing, the way it's done is it's done in advance. the police are in the communities talking to affluent leaders in the community beforehand. so when incidents like this happen, the relationships are built and the calm is alre

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. we are going to get first to this fox news alert.troversial torture report filled with cia secrets set to be released hours from now. >> rapid response ready as they brace for backlash. chief intelligence correspondent katherine herridge has the latest. >> the program included kalid sheikh mohammed,al beau abizaid as well as the ladies and gentlemened planner of the u.s.s. cole bombing in 2000. they support democratic senator diane fine stein's decision to make the findings public. >> this is a cia that is completely out of control. it is outside of the system of checks and balances of the constitution. they have lied to the white house. they lied to the justice

. >> i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> breaking i don't ever night the mystery of the missing airasia flight coming to a devastating end. >> david piper is live in thailand with the latest. good morning david. >> good morning to you both. they have recovered 40 bodies from the sea. that number is growing. p indonesia officials say the items floating are from the aircraft. rescue chief was quoted as saying he was 95 percent certain the objects sited came from the plane. these pictures just releasing to show the aircraft. one shows an airplane exit door that is reported to be red and white the same colors of the missing airasia indonesian air bus. it shows an inflatable escape slide and a life jacket. the bodies recovered didn't have life jackets on. a search plane sited a shadow in the water which could be the body of the plane. the plane on the way from indonesia surabaya and singapore when it lost contact with they have sonar devices that can scan under water and has two helicopters on the ship searching. they broke down in tears on reports the wreckage has been sited. airasi

in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.or starting your day with us as always. they release a scathing report in the aftermath of 9-11. they save lives. >> peter, it seems there might be worries terrorists could use this report for propaganda. >> there are more than 6,000 marines abroad on high alert ready to respond from terror threats that stems from the release of this report. some elected officials are especially concerned for cia personnel who may not have participated or known

ainsley earhardt. we have the latest on the president's condition. >> the 41st president needed an ambulance to get to the hospital last night. we don't know a ton about his condition right now but the office passed this along. president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president age 90 will be held for observation as a precaution. the president is vacationing in hawaii. the president has been made aware president bush has been admitted to the hospital. president obama and first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire family during this holiday season. he had a bad case of bronchitis and other problems. he is 90 years old and needs a wheelchair to get around from a former parkinson's. that didn't stop him from sky diving in june for his birthday. we are hoping to get an update about his condition on christmas eve sometime this morning. >> peter doocy live in

i am lia gabriel in for ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.resident obama blasted by his own party by the cia. he holds some of the blame for p controversial interrogation tactics because he is protecting john brennan. >> doug luzader live in washington so are they trying to play both sides of the argument? >> the normally secretive central intelligence agency may not stay quiet much longer. we may hear from john brennan about the allegations meantime one of two psychologists who were together paid some $80 million to design the cia's interrogation program to question the morality of the kurr p rent approach using drones to kill suspected terrorists without ever questioning them. that is a tactic that also led to the death of bystanders. >> to me it seems completely insensible that slapping ksm but sending a hell fire missile into a family's picnic and killing children and children granny and killing everyone is okay for a lot of reasons. one of the reasons is, what about that collateral loss of life and the other one is, in you will yif you k

. >> i am leah gab yerielle in fo ainsley earhardt.he president's condition. >> the 41st president needed an ambulance to get to the hospital last night. we don't know a ton about his condition right now but the office passed this along. president bush was taken by ambulance to the houston methodist hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening. the former president age 90 will be held for observation as a precaution. the president is vacationing in hawaii. the president has been made aware president bush has been admitted to the hospital. president obama and first lady send their good wishes to the former president and the entire family during this holiday season. he had a bad case of bronchitis and other problems

. >> i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> a plane vanished off the indonesian coast. mysterious objects and oil spots have been seen in the water. let's get right to david piper. he has the latest details for us. >> indonesian officials say australian planes spotted octobers floating in the sea in the area they have been searching for the missing aircraft. indonesia's vice president says they could it could be debris from the planes. >> >> the search has been focusing about one hour into the airasia plane to singapore monday morning 160 people were on board. the pilot said he was

i am leah gabrielle in for ainsley earhardt. >> um heather childers. the plane vanishing from radar in route from indonesia to singapore on sunday. the president of indonesia expected to address the most recent findings in just a few minutes. let's get right to david kipper who has the latest. >> indonesian officials say search teams recovered several bodies from the sea close to where the plane went missioning. they seem certain objects seen floating in the sea are from the plane. indonesia search and rescue agency chief was quoted as saying he was 95 percent certain the objects were from the plane that went missing two-days ago. these pictures just released to show parts of an aircraft. one seems to show an aircraft exit door that is red white the colors of the air bus.

i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers.hank you for starting your day and your week with us. we begin with a serious story. fox news alert tear gas and shattered windows. more violence in berkley, california. protestors smashing windows setting fire lootling stores and even hurling explosives at officers. marches clogging up main highways and intersections. storming the disney store in times square terrifying the shoppers. >> it is the 5th night of protests since a new york city police officer was cleared ain the choke hold death of eric garner. members of the nypd now the target of a very serious threat. officers both on and off duty are ordered to take extra precautions after the department learns a militant group plans

you would want to be there in montana if you want to go past ainsley. >> it is the moment many had beenting for a sneak peak inside this year's victoria secret fashion show. >> taylor swift singing her song on the stage of lingerie as the angels strut their stuff next to her. arianna grand also performing at the london event. >> i don't have kids. you can catch the entire show on tv. >> the producer is saying you don't know who that is? >> i don't have any kids yet either. >> arianna grande. >> the time now is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. pregnancy policies live with the supreme court hearing that could change worker's rights for women. what santa did to make this little girl cry. but first brian kilmeade with what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> i know she is a girl with a very good voice. >> you have kids, though. >> the number one pop artist happens to be madonna who i do know. congressman mike mccall. will it lead to illegal immigrants streaming through our border where we have seen that movie before. great actors doing great things for our veterans on our couch. he will

. >> i am lia gabrielle in for heather childersled -- ainsley earhardt. >> millions of people aroundhe new year. more than a million of them right here in new york city. hard to belief another year has gone by. with the new year becomes a major chill. maria molina is life already getting the party started with the latest. good morning maria. >> hi good morning heather and leah. good morning to you. happy new year's eve. it is a chilly morning. behind me we have the new year's eve ball. the famous ball. you can see the waterford crystals on it. it is estimated it is 6 tons in weight. a billion people around the world will be tuning in to see the ball drop as we count down for 2015 begins in new york city. you mentioned

. >> i am leah gabrielle from ainsley earhardt. thank you your starting your day with us.ouble, storms bearing down on both coasts creating nightmares for 90 million travelers hitting the roads and the skies two-days before christmas. >> in colorado whiteout conditions bringing traffic to a stand still. look at this deer passing dozens of cars through the snow and ice. >> that's the way to go. >> mix of heavy rain and thunderstorms will bring in wet not a white christmas. >> maria molina tracking the weather for us in the weather center. good morning maria. >> hello everyone. a busy weather pattern through out the day especially as we head into tomorrow.

i am leah gabrielle is for ainsley earhardt. >> i amhead heather childers.tch what i am going to do. those words seconds before he ambushed two new york city police officers executing them as they sat in their patrol car. >> chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in brooklyn with new information about the hours leading up to the killings. jonathan? >>>> good morning. there is a makeshift memorial now a memorial for the two slaen offic slain officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos who were murdered assassinated by ishmael brins lee. this is where he shot his former girlfriend. she is in critical condition but is expected to survive. he took a bus from baltimore to new york and made his way to the streets of brooklyn on the way posting a prophetic warning

. >> reporter: ashly and ainsley like being identical twins and like to play tricks on eachothe. >> at an ultrasound they thought the twins were in danger. >> there are more connections that allow the blood to go from the smaller twin side to the larger twin side that are not compensated by vessels coming back. >> reporter: the smaller baby loses blood, dr. mark johnson said drlings used to reduce the fluid in the amniotic sack around the bigger baby, but there was a risk of premature delivery and with it developmental problems, now they operate in the womb to correct the blood flow. >> the procedure takes 20 minutes. >> reporter: for the parents it work and the girls were born full term. >> they were born perfectly healthy and came home with us from the hospital. >> reporter: the girls love dance, dolls and great students. doctors are not sure why twin to twin transfusion develop and there's no way to prevent, but with the laser surgery, survival rates are higher and complications are much lower. erin o'hern channel 6 "action news." home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswa

. >> we sent the co-host of fox & friends first ainsley earhart down to panama city beach florida, to's going on at spring break with your kids. this is what she found. >> when do people start drinking here? >> literally like right when we wake up. >> which is what time? >> we wake up at like 10:00. we wake up early. >> when will you guys stop drinking? >> when we pass out. >> are you drinking right now? >> what does it look like? >> and why were you arrested? >> public indecency. >> what about your parents? >> i don't know what they're momma and daddy think but i know what everybody else is thinking. >> we are in west monroe, louisiana. as you can see this is the duck commander warehouse. in a world where broadcast tv sex sells violence sells and all of a sudden comes "duck dynasty," family values end of the show you all hold hands and pray. and it becomes a hit. what does that tell you? >> still tells me that there's hope. that people still you know, believe in something -- want to believe in something. even if their family doesn't do that, i think there's families who want to be th

. >> thanks to ainsley earhardt who was here. i was listening. we had a christmas concert yesterday for the kids so my little guy was singing his heart out. he told me he'd save me a seat so i couldn't let him down. >> we missed you. >> he had a lively sweater on. >> was it an ugly sweater? >> i think it's cute. >> it was the brian kilmeade sweater from the other day. sounds like he wore my sweater. meanwhile, i don't know if you had a chance to read, 540-something pages or 6,000 pages of the c.i.a. report put forth by the democratic side of the intelligence committee led by dianne feinstein, at which time we have come to the conclusion, the world has, the c.i.a. tortured people and got no benefit from it, and in the end everyone should be condemned. >> it cost $40 million to do this report. it seems to be lacking the actual account of the top officials in the c.i.a. who then went into the "wall street journal" and said, look, there actually is evidence here that this questioning and interrogation did save american lives, but that it also lacks i

. >> i am ainsley earhardt. all of the christmas ornaments out on the streets.e are going to begin with parents planning to -- terrorists planning to blow up planes. >> evacuation at jfk airport. >> good morning heather and ainsley. some breaking news right now as well. we are getting a report from the daily news on-line in long done that 400 troops are around heathrow airport because of the threats. an article in london sunday express reports jihadists are planning to carry out this plot. here's the plot according to the christmas spectacular would include smuggling bombs on to five planes during the holidays. an attack on the u.k. is almost inevitable due to many british jihadists from their row of isis iraq. no chances being taken