ashley ashley webster is in for stuart. ashley, take it away. ashley: merry christmas, gerri, and to everyone. thank you so much. good morning, everyone. i'm ashley webster in today for stu varney if on this christmas eve. can you believe it? guess what? if an early christmas gift. senator rand paul's annual festivus report on wasteful government spending is out and p oh, yes, there's some beauties this year. it reveals hat biden administration squandered more than $1 trillion on let's just say questionable projects including a drag cabaret show on ice, i kid you not, to promote climate change, a $12 million pickleball complex in las vegas, everyone needs one. a sesame desperate show in iraq -- street show in iraq and even border security for pair guy. are you kidding me? -- paraguay. american airlines issuing a ground stop for if flights nationwide because of a technical issue. the faa now says that ground stop has been canceled, but it lasted for about an hour, so you can imagine the domino effect. we'll have updates on that throughout the sho

ashley: yeah.anta rally has been a big belly flop, has it not? i've got one minute left, thomas. a record $1 trillion was invested into etfs this year with. do you expect that trend to continue? >> well, the last peak of passive et, f ifs inflows was 20 2021 which implies it often happens at the exact wrong time. i think what you're going to see see is the weights that make up those paifsz indices are going to the underperform the mag 7 versus the rest of the market broadening start to outperform. as a matter of fact, value has outperformed growth by 4.4% per year since 1927. the only exception, which is why we're stuck with -- was the zero interest rate policy decade since 2010. so unless you believe we're going back to zero interest rate policy, you want to add some cheaper value into your portfolio as the calendar turns, ash. ashley: terrific advice. we'll have to leave it there but, thomas, thank you so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. ashley: our pleasure. we just got a read

ashley. ashley: thank you very much. appreciate that. kaye granger hasn't cast a vote on the house floor since july, apparently she's moved into an assisted living facility. jason rants joins me now. jason, does this not beg the question that we need some kind of cognitive test for older politicians? >> look, i don't know if you need a test or can actually impose a test. i think the voters probably would say you should be. i think at the end of this, it's about communication. it's about making sure that your constituents actually know your health and unfort notely you can't real -- unfortunately you can't really force folks in congress to be honest about this kind of thing and then you hear a story like this that object obviouslycomes with consequence. we should have a better conversation nationally about age limitations, at least from e folks from running but we can say we're not going to support someone over the age of whatever that age may be. although at the same time, i also understand not everyone is the same. someone who is 84 yea

ashley: all right.eport. >>> now this, the state department's global engagement center which was accused of censoring u.s. citizens has shut its doors because of lack of money. elon musk had deemed the gec the worst offender in u.s. government censorship and media manipulation. david webb joins me now. i know david wants to jump in on this. david, is this the the beginning, perhaps, of some government agencies being terminated? >> yes, it is. and, you know, it's glad -- you know, it's nice to see president jill biden and her husband take a vacation -- [laughter] we're supposed the believe they're going to meet with their national security team. let's not buy that anymore, folks. let's get ready to move on. look, think about 61 million, what could be done with that at the state department rather than keeping 120 people who are literally in the business of cutting the first amendment, of making sure that they define misinformation and disinformation or anything that the leftist woke agenda doesn't like. i

ashley: yep.u see the market broadening out a bit, kenny, which would signal perhaps a healthier situation as opposed to just a few stocks carrying all the weight? >> no, no, i think the broader market is going to pull back in the new year after we get, you know, after we -- when we get into january. i think we're going to see a broader pullback in the market. not a -- not a disaster, but maybe a trend line tested a little bit, churn, see what's really there. look, there's a lot happening, right? a new president, new policies, new regulations or maybe less regulations which will be beneficial. then we have all the uncertainty around the fed and what heir going to do and when they're going to do it. and then we have inflation still potentially rearing its ugly head. there's a lot of conflicting issues at the moment that i think is going to cause people to just -- i say just be patient. you're going to get your opportunity. you're not going to miss this boat. ashley: patience is a virtue, andst it's

ashley: yeah.w or, bottom line is, you know what? stealing is wrong it's against the law, and it's now a felony in california can, and people did it with abandon and are now finding that out, and that's good news. california guy, leo terrell, is just waiting to sound off on that. >>> next week the house will hold their speakership vote. it didn't clear whether or not mike johnson has enough to keep his job. chad pergram will have the latest. plus, while you were opening your christmas gives -- gifts, president biden was signing 50 bills into new laws. the big change he just made to the bald eagle. what? we'll explain next. ♪ i want to fly like an eagle to the sea -- ♪ fly like an eagle, let my -- big news for mahomes! i'm switching to iphone 16 pro at t-mobile! it's built for apple intelligence. that's like peanut butter on jelly... on gold. get four iphone 16 pro on us, plus four lines for $25 bucks. what a deal. ya'll giving it away too fast t-mobile, slow down. ♪ oh in a valley, where the mounta

ashley? ashley: very interesting. great report, max.er: thanks, ashley. ashley:cars to homes, apparently more than 20 million homes could be available as older americans downsize. but according to zillow, those homes are not exactly where young people want to move. we're talking about pittsburgh, buffalo, cleveland, detroit, st. louis. apologies to those cities, but young people just don't want to go there. mitch roschelle joins me now. mitch, this one solves the housing crisis -- this won't solve the housing crisis, will it? >> no, i don't think so. and does anybody want to move to buffalo when they can live in florida, ash? come on. [laughter] but the whole housing conundrum is one of supply and demand, and if the report is correct that there are 20 million -- and i question that number -- folks that want to sort of downsize and not own anymore, then the simple answer is that they would have to lent. to rent. and the thing that everybody's sort of losing sight of is the fact that over the last decade the growth rate in rents has been

ashley: yeah.y believe in free speech as long as your speech is about things that they believe in. >> right, exactly. if it's the approved speech, they're good with it. [laughter] ashley: yes, exactly. want to get to to this one, brian. senator rand paul's annual fest us have report, which i love but it also makes you mad, he highlights areas of government waste. and god knows there's a lot of that. we're going to highlight just a few of the places where your hard-earned tax dollars went this year with. $20 million spent on a sesame street show in iraq. how much were the actors making? $12 million spent on a pickleball complex in las vegas. good for them. and $10,000 went to a drag cabaret act on ice. apparently, the focus of the show was climate change, so i wonder if the ice melted during the performance. but, look, the biden administration has spent a combined $1 trillion on these projects. i mean, what do you think the guys at doge would make of this, brian? >> like, if i was staring at a big s

ashley: now this. to end what he calls transgender lunacy on day one in office. >> with a stroke of my pen on day one, we're going to stop the transgender lunacy and i will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools. and we will keep men out of women's sports and that will likewise be done on day one. ashley: trump said this is just a small preview of the common sense revolution his administration will bring on january the 20th. all right. still ahead, steven smith says you know what, he regrets backing the democrats in the election. >> i voted democrat and i got to tell you something right now. i don't like the fact that i did. ashley: well, you know what? we've got more on his reasons why coming up. he's very pointed. donald trump floating a 280 trillion bitcoin reserve. what about that? we're going to ask bitcoin guy anthony pagliano what he thinks of that, next. ♪ santa baby, so hurr

ashley. ashley: all right, we'll see how it plays out.ax, thank you very much for the latest there from california. i want to bring in now jay rogers nifin, worldwide ceo, i want to talk about this. finances are tight this holiday season for many americans. for those with incomes of 40 to 100,000, they say they expect to spend 20% less on holiday gifts than they did last year while higher income families say they plan to spend an all time high of 5878 bucks on gifts. is the higher income bracket keeping retailers afloat right now? >> yeah, there's no question about it. the top two quinntiles are spending really well. looks like we won't raise taxes. we might cut taxes and we're seeing falling interest rates which means you'll see home mortgages refinance. you'll see home equity mortgages used so my guess is that's just going to get better for that group. but boy, people in the lower echelon, looking at 24% higher cost of living than they had in 2019 and haven't kept up with that on wages, they're strained and they're more selective in wha

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i'm todd piro. >> ashley: i'm ashley strohmier, carley has the day off. let's go to madeleine rivera with more on the speaker vote. >> madeleine: presidency trump supporting mike johnson. he said he will do the right thing and we will continue to win. mike has my complete and total end endorsement. make america great again. here is johnson's reaction. >> i am honored to have president trump's endorsement again, we have big things to do. he recognizes what we need to do is approve and a true maga conservative and someone who can work with our diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line. that is ahead of us. >> madeleine: elon musk wanted to sink a deal johnson hammered out also threw his support against johnson. at the end of the day, on friday, he can only afford one republican defection and republican thomas massie is only house gop member to say he is not voting for johnson, hes he is still a no on johnson. other hold-outs like victoria shorts and tim burchett. tim burchetts he will make up his mind on friday for an intere

ashley: yep. much more to be said on that, grady, grady trimble at the white house, thank you so much. now this, nypd is holding a news conference on the security that will be in for tomorrow's new year's eve celebrations of course in time square. we'll bring you the very latest updates as we have them. we're keeping an eye on that. still ahead, a federal judge blocking the biden administration from selling unused border wall steel. donald trump calls it a major and crucial win for america. we're all over that story. the pentagon said china is conducting the largest military buildup since the 1930s. is this meant to be an intimidation tactic? retired four-star general jack keane will be here to talk about that. we're staying locked in on the wall street trying to come back a little bit. more analysis and what's leading the markets lower coming up next. what will you do when the power goes out? power outages can be unpredictable and inconvenient, but with a generac home standby generator, your life

where's ashley at? and i'd say she'd be home shortly. >> and when law enforcement in cleveland capture predator ariel castro for abducting three local teens in a case that made national headlines. >> i was kind of waiting for the phone call. >> jennifer's hopes to find her daughter get crushed even more. >> it turned out not to be ashley. i was kind of mad that it wasn't her. there. >> so where's ashley summers? >> i never thought that that day would lead to this day. >> at the time ashley disappeared, jennifer says her daughter was going through some serious teenage problems. >> she was hanging with the wrong people and they were influencing her in the wrong way. >> ashley stopped going to school, got her new boyfriend's name tattooed on her arm, and moved into jennifer's uncle's house. >> we believe the last person that saw her was an uncle. >> he told jennifer her daughter left his house that day without saying a word. >> i called my uncle to check on ashley, and he said that she thought she went hom

ashley: the great one. think he would do anything he wanted in canada even though he ditched edmonton for los angeles. he is a legend by any measure. let's get back to the markets and we are moving lower this morning but still up for the week. santa hasn't abandoned us. don't worry about that. great to have you along. this is a bull market. you are a little more bearish. why? >> reporter: i'm concerned because i'm looking at the market, the indices are up but looking at most stocks the average stock is not doing well, 60% of stocks are below the short term moving average and you have a massive concentration, this is the big story. a relatively small bunch of stocks, actually make up 40% of the index. that's the highest ever since the dot.com era. stocks have been on such a roll. we will finish up 20%, the second year in a row. the market hasn't done that since 1998. be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy. people are too greedy in my book. ashley: what about inflation? could we

ashley: now this. starbucks workers strike is expected to expand to 300 floor today, 5,000 workers expected to walk off of the job. it is christmas eve. alicia, today is the last day of the strike. >> reporter: we have to wait and the see them at the bargaining table, negotiators are out a standstill, we are outside the closed starbucks in denver, one of the locations that is shut down and they are among with staff represent by starbucks workers, 10,000 but restarts and shift supervisors across the country. the goal was to get one done by low end of this year. $20 an hour and company paid healthcare, they want more predictable schedules which help workers eligible for benefits. one shift supervisor in burbank told us the job is demanding physically and can be emotionally grueling. >> starbucks takes an emotional toll. a lot of customers are difficult to deal with and hard not to go home at the end of the night at be playing over these interactions over and over. >> 97% of starbucks stores are not union

check on ashley, check on ashley in the upstairs bedroom. i'm like, ashley. ashley. get up there and it's like, i couldn't really see that. well. >> joe was about to reel back in horror at the sight of his beloved daughter lying dead in her bed after being brutally shot point blank in the face. >> all sudden i just see her face was just gone. i just started screaming. who would do something like this? >> a distraught tammy couldn't bring herself to look at her daughter's body. >> that would have made it real to me. it wasn't real. >> nobody in the house, including the two suns, heard the gunshot that killed ashley. fired by a masked intruder who had apparently broken into the house and then escaped through one of the doors. and tammy thinks he may have had an accomplice with him. >> i heard something like a flash on the side. i could see like somebody else running. >> police can't say if there was a second intruder. and while they were able to secure some clues from the crime scene, we recovered evidence. >> there is and has been evidence to the crime lab and back. >

♪ ashley: there you have it. welcome back. i am ashley webster in for stuart varney.n tokyo people ring the ganga. it is midnight in japan, australia and new zealand to welcome in 2025. it is very organized and sedate. it is 10:00 eastern on the east coast where times square making new year's preparations. there it is. more than a million people are expected to cram into that space but the forecast is for rain. a soggy one. let's get to your money, the final trading day of the year. the markets pretty much to the flat line. after the selloff we've seen the last couple days or market sessions, slightly higher on the dow, s&p and the nasdaq. take a look at the ten year treasury yield, off the highs we've seen at 4.6, down another half basis point. take a look at the price of oil hovering around $71. $71.47, up $0.48 and bitcoin on the rise. right now it is up $3300. for bitcoin. now this. sheldon whitehouse calling for a war machine to lead the democrat attacks against republicans. right into state party charity said democrats have no institutional and centralized the s

ashley: very good. this is when were talking about near congressman mike waller warning against an ongoing fight for the house speaker role, listen to this. >> yes, yes, the fact is that mike johnson inherited a disaster would not gates in several of my colleagues teamed up with 208 democrats to remove kevin mccarthy which will go down the singleseat kid stupidest thing i've ever seen a politics. removing mike johnson would equally be as stupid. the fact is these folks are playing with fire. and they think that somehow they're going to get a more conservative speaker they are kidding themselves. ashley: strong statements, do you support speaker johnson? >> i would say this is on the stupidest things i think my friend mr. lawler voted to reduce our majority by kicking a member of his own delegation who had not been convicted in the court. criticism goes around and is apt for every member, that having been said we can have the disaster but we had over the last year end a half of having more democrats voti

it's very evident that ashley acted to defend her life. we first heard from psychotherapist doctor barbara russell when true crime news showcased a series of photos and computer generated animations created by ashley's defense team. the purpose to reenact for jurors the events around doug's death. though the images were never presented at trial, russell took the stand then and during sentencing. since the shooting, she has become a confidante, even housing ashley for months. at one point, douglas benefield had a history of violent behavior. >> he behaved in a manner that made her feel as though her life was in danger. >> it isn't just that somebody would be handed a 20 year prison sentence for acting in self-defense, for taking action to protect herself, and she believes her life is in danger. >> russell met and evaluated both doug and ashley when they were involved in an ugly custody battle over their daughter. she has long held. ashley was simply defending herself and is concerned about the long sentence. she looked very, very sad. >> sh

i'm ashley strohmier, carley shimkus has the day off. madeleine rivera is live in washington on the potential speaker fight. good morning. >> madeleine: good morning. congress convenes on january 3, to elect a speaker. without one the house cannot pass legislation or certify results of the election on january 6. house clocks in with 434 members with one vas c -- vacancy left gaetz. a person does not win because they won the most votes, that was the problem kevin mccarthy kept running into in 2023. he won after 15 ballots. and trouble brewing for mike johnson with several republicans unhappy with how he handled the fight to keep the government open. >> before last couple weeks, i was in his corner. we should consider the best path forward. consider if we advance mr. trump's agenda, if current leadership is what we need. >> madeleine: magic number is 218 if all members vote. >> federal judge appointed by happening president biden could be way to block president trump. strongest barrier against what he does. i want to have major legislative

a virginia zoo got a hip pot that must for christmas. >> ashley: no more. >> todd: ashley was so madally mad. the endangered hippo born at the richmond zoo. staff holding a contest to name her. more than 14,000 people have voted on her name poppy, june father, hammy may, if you want to submit a suggestion 2:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. >> tammy may. so cute. you heard it here first. "fox & friends" begins right now. have great monday, everybody.

ashley: very good. you so much. i love the tie. have a great holiday. now this as we approach the new year we have a fox pull on people's feelings for the country's future. our americans feeling hopeful? >> the future of the country, 55% are extremely or very helpful with what's ahead in the latest fox news poll but 46% are not. the current numbers are driven by partisan divide, overwhelming majority of republicans are hopeful for the future. 86% will majority's of democrats and independents. 7254% are not. as you might expect in 2021 after joe biden was elected things were reversed with six and ten democrats saying they were hopeful and seven in ten republicans and six in ten saying they were not. my take away independents are pretty negative about how things are going to go. were not happy when the democrat or republican wins. hopefully chip the independent in your life is holiday season. >> is the nature of independence. thank you. donald trump promising to return to common sense when he takes the wh

ashley, why don't you go with that one. ashley: okay.t as another point of view, but i'd be a little leery. i'm not saying i'm smart, but i would certainly consider an opinion from ai. put it that way. stuart: lauren. lauren: in agreement with ashley today. i'd say the same. i'm a little scary about what sam altman told shannon bream that ai can think on its own for five seconds. stuart: that's worrying. from max, news seems like a pretty serious business. what's something that makes you laugh? lauren? lauren: you. he tells great jokes on breaks. you really dorks stuart. ashley: [ laughter ]. stuart: do i? i can't remember. what makes you laugh, ash? ashley: i have a weakness for sports teams mascots. i find them hysterically funny like the philadelphia philly, i could watch it all day and laugh. something weird with my brain but i love it. stuart: okay. that's a good one. moving on, rachel, stu, would you ever consider a position in government now or in the future? no. that's a very simple answer to that one. anybody else? lauren: you n

ashley: good morning i am ashley webster and for stuart varney on this monday december the 30th. 10:00 o'clock eastern let's get straight to your money. on the screen a lot of red the market is taking a dip in the last trading day of the year. we got to chicago pmi for december falling unexpectedly to a sudden month low that does not help the sentiment but the dow is up 650 points, down 1.5%, the s&p downward in half and the nasdaq down one and three quarters% let's take a look at the ten year treasury which itself was falling in his dance evident half basis points to 4.55% while under the 4.6 that we saw last week. let's take a look at oil and c were attended and all of this up 59 cents $71.19 a barrel and bitcoin let's see where bitcoin is it was slightly lower earlier and there it is slightly lower it's actually down $2700.91604. bitcoin with the economic data we got the latest read on pending home sales the number. >> in november of two-point to percent, to 79 your hire form into the room this is the best rating since february of 2023 and this is why the national association of rea

ashley: oh, boy.t really deep in my heart, i always love a real christmas tree. i lived in montana and went out and chopped one down and slid my car in a ditch and had to be pulled out. don't have a good history. stuart: firmly in favor of real christmas trees. that's the way i like it to be. that's my preference. from scott, inquiring minds want to know, when is it appropriate to stop putting umm christmas decor? when is it appropriate? depends on you. i mean, i don't mind putting up the day after thanksgiving. personally i'm more in favor of mid december so you compress the christmas season a bit. ashley: yeah, day after thanksgiving has become the tradition, stu. i'm really lazy and procrastinate when it comes to taking them down. i was living in london i left them up till april once. stuart: oh, you're terrible. that is terrible. you were younger there and less wise obviously. ashley: yes, exactly. a good question from anne marie and known to sing this on the air, who was king witness luisa last a

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ashley: we'll find out.econd longest serving mayor and won in 2021 and first candidate to announce gubernatorial bid to replace democrat governor gretchen whitmer who is term limited and excluded from seeking a third term. he's an independent. stuart: thanks, ash. getting to the market specifically looking at palantir. if you watch this program, it's been recommended by almost all the analysts that appear on this show. they like it and predict it goes to the moon and up over 280% in this calendar year. it's up again today. $2 at $71.94. alpalantir ceo on cla clammennen today. >> he was right in 2018 saying we have to spend more and seems on the european side we've increased our defense spending and this is thanks to donald trump. stuart: that was him telling msnbc how it really is. sounds like he's ready for trump to be back on the world stage. we have full comments coming up. trump team wants to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion on college campuses and asked chris ruffo to come up with a plan. ruffo

ashley, thank you.up, earlier on this program, border czar tom homan said the criminal cartels and migrant caravans won't stop till trump get into office office and stop this catch and release. border sheriff that had yous cleveland on that later on in the show. that hotel has ties to a foreign government. is that legit? should taxpayer money be going to a foreign government? we have the story next. ♪ at harbor freight, we do business differently from the other guys. we design and test our own tools... and sell them directly to you. no middleman. hurry in for black friday deals up to 70% off. hi, i'm damian clark. i'm here to help you understand how to get the most from medicare. if you're eligible for medicare, it's a good idea to have original medicare. it gives you coverage for doctor office visits and hospital stays. but if you want even more benefits, you can choose a medicare advantage plan like the ones offered at humana. our plans combine original medicare with extra benefits in a single, conven

why, ashley? ashley: to help them fight inflation, stuart, of course.apping into excess sales tax revenue and one time direct payment plan part of hochul's 2025 state of the state speech that will come up next month. if approved, those checks will start going out in thal of next year and estimated $500 to families making $3 million and $1,000 to individuals making $150,000 or less. unprecedented revenue for sales tax expects to return some of that cash back to middle class families and critics say hochul has done nothing to help new yorkers deal with sky high prices up to now and plan to send out checks, nothing more than a vote buying effort as unpopular governor will likely face a challenge come 2026. stu. stuart: that was the expression we heard right around the table here. vote buying. more varney after this. .. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth, they have to make a choice- one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white, it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are go

cheryl: ashley davis is on set with me.u, congressman? >> good, good. >> nice to see you. i was saying to cheryl before we started that i bet your number one thing would be pbm reform. i want to ask about 340b, what do you think about that? >> absolutely. 340b is a program that evolved into something it was never intended to be. what we need is transparency. that program was intended for federally qualified health centers and rural hospitals but it's evolved into something much more than that and, look, we get i we understand that there are needs in these hospitals but we're never going to be able to address healthcare cost unless we have transparency, unless we can see where the problem is and that's where the 340b program is used by larger healthcare centers to cover up the problems we v we need to identify those concerns and that's the way we can address them. cheryl: we're really looking forward to your work on that committee in particular. congressman buddy carter, great to see you, sir. >> good to see you all, thank y

so let me just ask what -- what the panelists view is and let me start with ashley? >> well, you heard my cue on the original meaning of the constitution. >> let me if i may interrupt, just because many of the people in the audience are lawyers or at least practically minded people who want to know kind of what do we scenario. so -- so in a situation where the courts might be willing to review one or another of its precedence but isn't going to review the incorporation doctrine. >> ly take that i'm right on principles and -- >> ly take that as a joke. >> children are in a special category. we always treated children in a different category for very good reason, they are children. the whole marketplace of ideas and coming to political and other truths, everything that we sort of presuppose infused into modern first amendment doctrine doesn't apply certainly to 10-year-olds and violent video game case notcan stand we can cabin back to its facts in modern era where there's proliferation of information in platforms would be reasonable thing for court to eventually get to

ashley, come back in again, please. what's he doing?ayor announced he's going to set up a taxpayer funded legal advocacy fund. why? to help defend immigrants from trump's deportation plans. listen to this. >> i'll be asking the city council to support a legal advocacy fund for the upcoming fiscal if you find. it'll provide resources to community partners for frederick residents that are harmed by policies from the new administration and ensuring they have the legal support they need to stand strong and remain in this community they've chosen to call home. >> plenty of reaction and federal -- frederick county judge responded calling the plan a very bad idea. >> i thought it was totally inappropriate and i don't think he has a right to make that decision unilaterally. i think he's going to anger the taxpayers, and there's already a number offe advocacy groups to provide legal council for people in removal proceedings. he's invited more problems by potentially saying we're going to protect you in frederick city and not going to cooperate.

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ash low if you stendz to me i tell ashley and ashley tells me i say, ashley look into this that is howof coursehere are budgetary, and priorities. and things that and sometimes things can be escalated or if you have an active friends of group. i think might have in the content of the communication. butow let's chat again and we will always do our best on the more critical needs. no promise but we do our best. >> thank you. >> and is there any anyone with their hand on web ex? so public comment suspect closed. >> thank you, y. we are now on items 5 the■5 cot take comment is there anything anyone would like to remove today? >> okay. any public comment on item 5? i don't have -- i sent you comments that we got in an e mail. seeing none public ment is closed >> can i have a motion and second on approving consent calendar items. >> second >> all in favor? >> aye >> opposition? >> none. approved. >> thank you. we are on item 7 the?bzoo. >> welcome san francisco zoo. >> happy holidays congratulations president and vice president. good wishes. thank you it has been a joy to work with you and a

ashley hayek.st: because your country is not as great as america isn't a reason for you to illegally enter into our country. that's just a fact. and we have seen from this current administration tens of thousands of criminals who are, because of the policies of this administration, caught and released into the country. so if there's anyone who is upset, if you're upset with what those rules are, it is this administration to blame as they are the ones who set forth those policies that have allowed rapist, murderers, criminals into the country, released with maybe a court date. so -- and by the way, it was taxpayer dollars that moved the murderer of laken riley from new york to georgia. so if you're upset with that, it is this administration that allowed for those policies. that's exactly what trump is going to address on day one of this administration. host: richard in savannah, georgia. a republican. caller: good morning. and thank you for taking my call. ashley, i would like for you to get to the

a slight recovery, ashley.shley: yeah, it's rising this morning, stu, after the company announced former ram ceo will be returning that's stellantis' pickup truck brand and comes a week after former ceo unexpectedly resigned and market responding by moving higher on stellantis up 2.13% and more so by the way if you have a sweet tooth and like this story, mondalese exploring a takeover of h hersheys and, two giants in the candy market and one of the largest conglomerates and hershey's surging on that and mondalese down around 2%. stuart: i was born and raised rd with cadbury. a person of interest in united healthcare ceo murder and police think he hopped in a taxi shortly after the shooting. telling you where he was heading or where we think he was heading. doge wants to cut $2 trillion worth of government waste and some critics think congress has -- doesn't have the guts to do it. we'll bring you a full report from capitol hill on that. even some democrat haves a problem with the idea of preemptive pardons. >>

ashley martin. hey, ashley. >> hi, there. hi. >> real quickly. what was the genesis of help a mother out? >> yes. you know, when i first learned about diaper need, i was shocked and horrified to find out that you couldn't use food stamps to buy diapers and that parents can't get diapers from wick either. so help a mother out started the san francisco diaper bank to distribute to parents in need. a healthy and reliable supply of clean diapers. >> i mean, i remember back in the day when my kids were littl, how expensive that box is, right? even at costco. and it does add up. so how do you go about facilitating getting those diapers and distributing them to moms in need? >> yes. so we have a contract with the city of san francisco and we also really rely on donations from the community to be able to purchase those diapers and distribute them through the diaper bank and through other partner organizations around the bay area. >> and i know you've done a lot in the past few years, and really the need has increased the last few years, right? i mean, i'

i'm dan ashley. investigators say they're looking into reports of a manifesto circulating on social media, but have not yet verified its authenticity. and this comes as a prayer service was held a short time ago in madison. to remember the victims from that k through 12 school. meanwhile, late tonight, the police chief providing new information about the shooting. here's abc news reporter melissa ardern. >> a massive police response as first responders rushed to a christian school in madison, wisconsin, where police say a shooter opened fire. >> three people, including the shooter, are dead. the shooter has now been identified as 15 year old natalie romano, who went by the name samantha. she was a student at the school, and evidence suggests she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. she was pronounced deceased while in transport to a local hospital. a teacher and a teenage student were pronounced dead at the scene at that school. >> witnesses describing a swarm of law enforcement descending at ab

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so, officer ashley, molly is a fourth generation first responder. yay! her mom was a firefighter in the presidio. her dad was a san francisco fire department. she grew up in san francisco, and the thing that i like the most is she has a gecko whose name is wayne, which is an excellent name for a gecko and or a dog or cat. she is an outstanding officer and an exceptional human being. officer molly is happy to take on a challenge and learn new things. this is how she is developing to become one of the future leaders of this department. and i believe that one day she will be sitting in that chair. so yay! officer molly really believes in safeguarding her community. the one of the most outstanding things about her is she is an advocate for domestic violence survivors. officer molly and some of her relatives are survivors. and even though this is a horrible thing, it enabled officer molly to recognize the situation, take proper action, and to help victims because that is why we have signed up to do this job is to help people. so why are we here today? so we h

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ashley moody joins me now.an you see any prosecutors in the state of georgia saying, yeah, i want to take over this case? >> this decision was not a surprise. i'm a former judge, when trial court judge says there is appearance of impropriety, we can remove that by removing ex-lover from the case, nobody thought that would stand. the decision who is charged, what the charges are, decision to bring charges, that fell down to that d.a. when she had an appearance of impropriety, so no shock this was holding of the appeals court. if not dead, it is in a coma and american people elected donald trump to serve as president and you cannot have a sitting president having to deal on a da daily basis with litigation all over the country. he need thes to be able on january 20 hit the ground running unencumbered by this unfounded litigation and i believe even though this will go to prosecuting attorney of georgia charges will be reconsidered. >> todd: "wall street journal" agrees, writing irony of fani willis is that conflic

ashley i hope you've been watching what's your answer? ashley: i have., i've been riveted. you think it be texas king size mattress that's 100 square feet. i'm going to go with number 3, 40 square feet. s's as opposed to rhode island. what do you say? >> stu i think the way this goes is the california king i believe is lodger, but more narrow than a king. i hope i've got that right. stuart: you know about this? did you just look? >> no i'm not using the google machine at all. i just came up with that on my own, buddy. i'll go with 42. stuart: i'm going with 40. i don't know why i'm doing that. the answer is 42 there you go. right again, tepper. 42 square feet is the largest common sized mattress that's according to casper. it's meant for people who are about seven feet tall. the largest bed is the alaskan king. you learn something everyday by watching the trivia question. is it rob does it, fine producer. fine selection of these trivia questions. i think that i better do a final quick check of the market because i want to confirm we're in the green all a

stuart: i think you're right, ashley are. we'll bring it back.ou. >> okay. thank you very much. [laughter] stuart: president-elect trump rang the opening bell at the new york exchange after being named time's person of the year. trump spoke on the trading floor. what did he say, rich? >> reporter: well, stuart, the president-elect said in his first administration he built a great economy, and he says he looks forward to doing so again in his second term, then he rang the bell. >> when we left, we didn't is any of these problems. we didn't have russia with ukraine, we didn't have israel, october 7th, we didn't have the afghanistan disaster, we didn't have inflation. we had no inflation, and we had a very strong economy. and we're going to do that again. but i think we're going to even up it, because now we have experience that we didn't have. >> reporter: a new fox poll finds 34% of voters say the economy is the most important issue facing the country followed by immigration. within that, 60 to % say it's extremely important president-elect trump

ashley: what's the significance of trump going to france?untries in the middle of a political crisis? >> it is. emmanuel macron received a significant rebuff earlier this year. his hand-picked prime minister is under pressure to redesign. i think the symbolism of this is about the cathedral itself. this is obviously one of the great cathedrals of the world. it has become, it has become, for conservative catholics or christians of any sort has become an important symbol. it was burned in 2019 and there's all kinds of talk about it being an icon of secular, almost the initial plans for its redevelopment didn't look very religious about the rebuilding of it has become a symbolic resurrection for christians, increasingly a secular europe of a really important sign of the endurance of the christian faith. stuart: made the biden should have gone. >> j.d. vance is a catholic. maybe he could too. during dinner at mar-a-lago trump told justin trudeau that canada should be america's 50 first state. we will explain that. the census euros to 25% of cons

ashley, why are they doing that? ashley: to rent them out, stu.e building business booming as more millennials are finding themselves basically priced out of the most prized neighborhoods with a top rated schools. can't afford it. from the realtors from 20 2021-2023, the building cost starts at 0% of single family housing industry and real estate broker redfin says for the first time in more than two years, both of u.s. rent has outpaced homeowner households for four straight quarters and as home prices remain near record highs, average monthly mortgage payment for a new home is about 348% more expensive than apartment rents and only downside or one of the big ones is of course as continuing to suffer and focused on renting and not putting them in for selling and there's a lack of supply and continues to be an issue. stu. >> stuart they're hoping to allow more new yorkers to rent out their homes and local law 18 by far the strictest rule when is it comes to short term rentals across the entire country. going to stay here from 2 up to 4. then would