clayton morris though is cool. >> oh, yeah. >> i believe you do. >> and is it still cool?> i think when you walk into the apple store it's hard to answer as a metric. when you see people waiting to get the hands on an ipad mini. but the past week, the number one requested item amongst teens this holiday season is an ipad, and you still have no other player in the mp3 space and apple is coming out with great new ipods. no one else, no one else makes mp3 players with kids. >> i'm jumping in, why is apple, the iphone, number 6 in the fastest growing and probably the biggest market in the world. that will be china, why? >> well, i think that apple isn't it rating as fast, we're seeing samsung phones coming out every week, like a new one, every week. every size, shape and color, so you've got a lot of competition in the space, apple wasn't doing anything in china a few short years ago and now they're going to the iphone in that debate. and falling-- >> fell two notches. you've got competition now from samsung and the mobile space and they're the gold standard when it comes to c

we're joined by clayton morris and rick reichmuth who is here as well. n an important day because as our chief meteorologist here at fox news channel, we need your expertise on the weather and everyone planning for what weather it's going to be a white, wet messy christmas. >> a little both and cold and snowy where it doesn't always snow, oklahoma, texas panhandle. >> gretchen: is that a cliff hanger for weather? you're going to get my joke in a minute because it's merry cliff mas. >> oh, okay. >> gretchen: i was trying. there is a little more than one week left before the country goes over the fiscal cliff. your taxes will soar if congress and the president can't reach a deal. so steve is live for us in washington with the very latest. all right, good morning to you, steve. >> good morning, gretchen. yeah, the house as you know, tried and failed to pass some kind of a compromise on that fiscal cliff. now the spotlight falls on the u.s. senate. some kind of deal could have a better chance there because the senate is not as bitterly divided as the house. s

i'm gretchen carlson joined by clayton morris and rick reichmuth from the weekend "fox & friends" teamf you here today. >> clayton: nice to be here. we hope you had a wonderful christmas and maybe you're out shopping this morning and you're dealing with getting out in the weather. is it going to be bad, rick? >> rick: it is. the eastern part of the country and western part, there is new storm out west again. it seems to be the coasts that are really getting it. although yet across parts of the southern plains. it's a rough day. it's been rough. maybe another three days that we'll be dealing with storms, unfortunately. >> clayton: more on that in just a moment. >> gretchen: let's say aloha and mahalo, hello again, washington. a change of plans for president obama. he's cutting his vacation short, coming back to the white house as the nation is just days away now from potentially going over that fiscal cliff. peter doocy live in washington with the details. good morning, peter. >> good morning. president obama is still going to be able to squeeze in one more day of vacation in hawaii bef

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i'm answering your tech questions about them at clayton morris on twitter.ng gifts to homes around the world. 4 million gallons of milk every hour. finally 38 million. that is how many calories santa ate last night all from the cookies you left out, the peanut butter blossoms. rick: man, he must be full. some people are busy trying to erase christmas from our culture. one church in the south is keeping christmas alive of, literally, with people singing fromits branches. fox news radio's todd starnes has more. bellview baptist church here in memphis has the reputation for doing big things. they have three big crosses. they have a big bible verse. they have a big congregation. and they have a really big christmas tree. ♪ . >> it is 44 feet tall, over 100,000 lights, all driven by a computer program. >> reporter: the singing christmas tree is a mid south holiday tradition. it has been around since 1976. a cast of more than 400 people and many not even old enough to drive. >> i think it is pretty amazing that just this church and how we have the opportunity to d

the singing clayton morris to my left, your right and juliet huddy. >> juliet: hi, guys. >> clayton:st clayton singing. coming up, we'll see who can wrap the best gift. my money is on huddy, we'll wait and see. >> juliet: because i'm a girl. >> clayton: yes, my wife, a perfect bow and mine looks like a four-year-old stapled it. >> dave: i know me. >> juliet: and let's get to headline before the wrapping. south korea responding to new reports that north korea will launch long range rockets in december, calling it a grave provocation that will have implications. and the news agency reporting between december 10th and 22nd to launch a satellite ap the company reportedly dried launching a long range rocket back in april and broke apart in lift-off. it's been criticized as a ballistics missile test which goes against a ban. like so many people in staten island, destroyed by hurricane sandy and met with president obama and he promised he would help fema to help him. moments later they're waiting. and demanded answers at a town hall this week and earlier on "fox & friends," the guy that you

our own gadget guru fox news alert clayton morris with the latest. >> he owns it.ttention because i have put together some great ones for you. start down with had you lieu plus. this is one that will run on most set top boxes these days. subscription service 7.99 a month. television partnerships with nickelodeon, sponge bob square pants. works with set top boxes. give a gift card. works on nintendo wii u brand new. kids consul the nintendo wii you in high definition. game pad. hulu plus and play games on the game pad or on the screen. new nintendo games and moreio games and nintendo land. theme park game from the folks from nintendo i have been testing it. it's a lot of fun. >> about 300 bucks. >> about $300. great for the small kids. get them involved in science. i loved science as a kid. i tykes a couple different programs and items. this is their microscope. put iphone or microphone. it has so it interact. put a tablet. see on the large screen a butterfly or zoom on different specimens play up and down with a real lenz as they look through here. >> mom and dad y

but don't worry, our own gadget guru clayton the geek morris has last minute ideas for us.eaking but i'm always getting a massage as we speak. >> alli is in one of the gadgets. >> fantastic. >> enjoy your massage. >> i am. >> you like to drink. >> while being massaged. yes. >> i love this. this is from brook stone new arrow aerator. i saw this a few months ago at a tech conference you light it up. put it in your wine bottle and air united states your wine and shows you the light going through it insert it into a bottle. you release the wine's full flavor in just 30 seconds. you don't have to wait for an hour. >> that's beautiful. what's it doing? pouring bubbles into the wine. >> exactly guys want this too. get over here. >> give me some. >> so this is great. what it does is putting some air through the wine and as you know any bottle of red wine you open you need to at least have it open for an hour to get the full flavor. >> doesn't work with the boxed wine. sorry, alli. >> i use the straw to air united states it into my mouth. >> next up is the massager. we have from bro

i am clayton morris . this is julia morris. >> happy merry christmas. guys have a nice christmas. >> family was here and we had a great time. >> frolic in the -- >> clayton: beautiful snow. >> you can't beat christmas in new york 73 unless you are manger square in bethlehem. >> clayton: we'll tell you about people stuck on the tarmac. five or six hours. if you were trapped or stuck in texas let us know. >> we have a folks news - fox news alert. former president bush's condition has worsened. he is 88 years old and he was formerally the president . he was hospitalized for a cough . and family spokesman admits things are not going well but doctors remain cautiously optmistic. >> he's in critical condition and in a bad way. the doctors believe there is a path for him to recover from this and if we can get him to rally a bit we will talk about a discharge date. >> he is alert and joking with the staff at methodist hospital. we'll have a live report from houston in the bottom of the hour. stay tuned for that . dozens of people singing "amazing grace" last nig

you can find me on twitter at clayton morris. what you feel on this. have a great holiday.ght without getting up. just the thought of not wondering what's going on with him. can anyone hurt him tonight. >> more from jon hammar's mother next. >>> we're putting twists on traditional eggnog. i had eggnog for the first time last week. it was delicious. i don't know. i've been living under a rock. we're going to make delicious eggnog with cocktails coming up. ai >> those two guys -- >> the guys behind them. >> what were they doing? >> keep an eye on your screens, folks. a salt lake city flash mob dancer popped the question in the middle of a flash mob to his fee fiance. >> this is the best flash mob ever. >> he pops the question to his girlfriend in the middle. she said yes and the two rejoined the flash mob and finished the dance to aly's favorite christmas song. >> this song makes me want to say yes. >> can we rerack from the start? if you watch it -- >> popping the question, two dudes jump at each other in midair. watch. just watch right behind them. two dudes -- there it is.

clayton morris said, maria molina. was saddened not to see a white new years, pre-new years. >> we didn't see it accumulate in new york, in manhattan. outside, hoboken saw snow on the cars, but not on the ground or the streets, but place ins connecticut and massachusetts actually saw close to a foot of snow. i even sawmill ford, massachusetts over a foot of snow and some people did get lucky and needed snow across portions of we haven't is that much snow so far this winter. it's early in the season and about to be 2013 here, coming up tomorrow and i'm excited for new year's eve. we have the snow pulling out of the northeast and heavy snow across maine, and behind the storm you'll notice it's going to get chillier and windy. the rest of the country very quiet across the southeast, the plains and out west. we have wind advisory because of the strong gusts over 40 mile per hour gusts across parts of the new york city up into the city of boston. >> thanks, maria, check with you in a little bit. let's get to headlines, how

>> clayton: let us know what you think about it, friends@foxnews.com and find me on twitter @clayton morrislks are back underway on the senate side. we'll have a live report coming up. ♪ wish me lover, wishing well, kiss and tell ♪ ♪ the wishing well ♪ ♪ wishing loving wish me well, kiss and tell ♪ >> welcome back to "fox & friends" on this saturday morning. you know what we're looking at now. that's capitol hill live in washington d.c., a little gloomy, a little overcast right now, how appropriate, right, as we're awaiting. >> dave: gloomy. >> clayton: gloomy, yeah, whether or not the storm is a-brewing on the fiscal cliff talks. right now staff discussions underway on the senate side trying to steer the country away from this fiscal cliff. >> dave: peter doocy is going to join us live from washington with the latest. peter from what we understand the house is initially left out of the discussion. so, something theoretically emerges from the senate and it's all on john boehner to find republican votes, is that where we are? >> reporter: where we are, we were told a few minutes ago discussi