as ainsley earhart reports, the united states is promising consequences for the gas is excused against the syrian people. >> reporter: it appears there has been an alarming escalation in the syrian civil war, the country's government preparing nerve gas bombs and awaiting the orders from president assad to use them. u.s. officials relying on surveillance said there was no evidence that this had begun. >> we have sent an up mistakeable message that this would cross a red line and those responsible would be held to account. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official telling fox the gas bombs must be used within 60 days in order to be viable inform deployed. the gas could till thousands instantly. some 40,000 syrians have already lost that you are lives in the 21 month long civil war. >> the world is watching. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences. >> reporter: there is no indication u.s. troops would cross into syrian territory but the pentagon saying it would require more than 75,000 soldiers. the united nations with a dose of reality for president a

and ainsley earhart and her husband, will. >> rick: they live up to form. >> clayton: yes. married up there. >> ainsley: he's much cuter than i am. this is with make-up. >> rick: we've seen you with make-up. >> clayton: not much difference. >> ainsley: merry christmas to everyone. >> clayton: i've never seen santa without make-up. there he is. he's got the rosie cheeks. >> merry christmas. >> ainsley: how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm feeling much better. i think i'm finally starting to wake up. >> clayton: we gave him some egg nog this morning. but he's been answering your e-mails and tweet from kids betweening them in. do you have any -- do you and mrs. santa have any kids? this comes from mike. >> yes, we do. we have three sons. >> rick: any more information about that? >> clayton: he doesn't want people bugging him. >> ainsley: do they help in the workshop? >> yes, they do. each has a special job to do because when i'm out visiting and seeing all the boys and girls, i had them back up at the north pole to make sure

. >> steve: ainsley earhart found one company that is trying to make a merry christmas for hundreds ofouch. >> every year, christmas decor is dem crayed family contest brings christmas cheer to dozens of military families and recently i had the opportunity to go to pittsburgh where the organization was surprising the jackson family. >> hey! how are you? >> it didn't take long for to us learn what makes jeremy and his family so special. >> we were looking for snipers, so i did. biknock collars, i'm looking up and off my left side side and there is a guy up on the roof top and he took a shot and he was aiming to go for underneath the side of my arm and just another about an inch down and it would have went clean through and i probably would have been finished off. >> he's a different person. he's so much better now. >> yeah. >> it does take time, but it's great. >> the first surprise alimo ride to their first destination, downtown pittsburgh where the children's museum is. let's get the children to come into the museum. while the jackson family explores the children's museum, christmas d

ainsley earhart joins us with disheartening answers to say the least. >> some of these responses ares going. >> brian: they're not watching the 5:00 a.m show? >> they need to be. i don't know why they're not. maybe they will now. it's their money, it's their bank account. so of course, they know all about the fiscal cliff. right? well, not so much. i went to times square to find out and here are some of the responses that will surprise you. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> honestly, we're from new mexico just helping out here to clean. >> no idea. >> cliff? >> how tall is it? >> i don't know. no idea. >> where is it? >> can i go? >> bad news. it's bad news. fiscal cliff, end of the world apparently. >> is it a dangerous cliff? >> it seems to be. >> how do you feel about it? >> i'm a middle class woman what, do you think? >> the economy pew. >> is embarrassing. >> that's what they're paid for. >> what's going to happen if they don't? >> we're going to lose some money. [ laughter ] >> it reminds me of like something i probably learned about in school. but i'm going to guess some type of

i'm ainsley earhart filling in for ali this morning and still no end in sight for the fiscal cliff hangerur economy and threatening jobs, and the white house has wasted another week. >> ainsley: why speaker john boehner says the president's my way or the highway approach is getting us nowhere. >> clayton: and washington state got high, but how the anti-drug program says it won't dare teach our middle schoolers about marijuana, it's not age appropriate. do they have a point? we report, you decide. >> eric: and super storm sandy couldn't wipe away his home, but something else did. >> she said are you sure your house is gone. miss, you misplace a pen or pencil, you don't misplace a house. >> clayton: vanished, that man will tell us how that house just vanished. "fox & friends" hour four starts right now. ♪ . [rooster crowing] >> welcome into "fox & friends" on this saturday morning, thanks so much for waking up with us. this is ainsley. >> ainsley: hi. >> clayton: in for ali and eric for dave and i'm the only one on the regular crew. >> ainsley: where did they go, to christmas parties and co