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margaret hoover, here in the studio, gretchen carlson. miss cyrus says she does not have an obligation to tell kids how to act and she was hannah montana in the disney cycle and a lot of young girls know her. i think she's on a down side of her fame now. but her point is very -- look, parents are supposed to tell them. it's not my job. you and say? >> i say that's a disappointment. she could touch millions of young people in this nation if she so chose to do. the exact opposite of what taylor swift is doing. guess what she's quoted as saying? i wake up in the morning and think about millions of people i might affect based on my actions. >> bill: we'll get to her in a moment. but cyrus says, look, i'm still trying to figure this out myself. so don't put me in a position where i'm going to have to tell america's children how to behave because i guess she doesn't really know how to behave. >> that's what she said. she's still trying to figure out. that's honest. >> her parents are still trying to figure it out. billy ray cyrus has gone on re

extravagant speaking to man's have a tough time talking like a populist and the very very ugly gretchen carlson this morning g.o.p. t.v.'s favorite christmas warrior went on a tirade against rhode island governor lincoln chafee's decision to put up a holiday tree rather than a christmas tree not only was chafey ambushed by o'reilly's little sidekick jesse waters he was also but he also had to endure quite a tongue lashing by grouch. what is the debate. what's the debate december twenty fifth is christmas there's no debating that i don't get it that's just an easy way to try and push people aside and follow the p.c. mode that we have fallen into my the way the governor defended the exact argument that the people against him are using yeah back when you went to elementary school we said the lord's prayer in school and slowly but surely things have changed and maybe christmas more be a federal holiday coming up if it continues down this path is that more and maybe santa claus will be thrown in jail and maybe rahm rudolph will be turned into glue who could be the next casualty of the war on christm

i'm gretchen carlson. donald trump ready to make his endorsement for president and could it be, drum roll, himself? is he still thinking about jumping into the race? what? the donald here live bright and early this hour. >> herman cain out of the race. who is going to get his support? this morning, we have a good idea of where the cain train is going to pull up. >> it's not a thing of beauty. miss u.s.a. arrested. we'll tell you why. "fox & friends" begins right now.

i'm gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. president obama gets some bad news on his approval ratings but he says he's not surprised. >> i would be surprised if the american people felt satisfied right now. >> so will he need more time to satisfy the american people? more from his latest interview coming up on our show. >> meanwhile, only two candidates have rsvped to the trump debate two days after christmas. does that mean the donald will have to give the debate the axe? he joins us live this hour. we'll ask him. he's behind newt gingrich. >> 'tis the season to be jolly and tim

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your friday morning with us. mitt romney bypassing newt gingrich to focus on one man, one other man. >> the president thinks america is in decline. it is if he's president. it's not if i'm president. >> but newt didn't get a pass from the other candidates. all the debate highlights for you straight ahead. >> like this highlight. michelle bachmann. a special moment for her. >> we know that he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that's the best evidence that you can have. >> sometimes congresswoman bachmann doesn't get her facts very accurate. >> who was rit?

i'm gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sending your time with us this morning.ember when nancy pelosi said she was going to drain the swamp in washington get rid of all those corruption and ethics violations. apparently she's ready to dive in breaking the rules to attack newt gingrich, the presidential candidate says bring it on! >> meanwhile, so much for respectfully declining the invitation to donald trump's big tv debate. >> i'm not gonna kiss his king and i'm not gonna kiss any other part of his anatomy. >> what's he talking about? but mr. trump says john huntsman isn't telling the whole story. we got it straight ahead. >> and donald trump. hey, toothbrush check. shampoo, check. grenades, check.

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. stealing mitt romney's spot on the top right now. what does romney have to say about that? working to explain what sets them apart. >> they should have been treated like heroes. these world war ii vets say they were treated like zeros despite it being pearl harbor day and they say the producers of "hawaii 5-0" are to blame. you'll hear that story. >> plus he's making believers out of broncos fans. but not everyone is behind the nfl's most popular q.b. former nfl player and fellow gator danny weurfell gives his take on the media circus surrounding tim tebow. "fox & friends" hour two for a tuesday starts right now. >> hi, this is billy ray cyrus and you're watching the hottest news show in the world. thanks for waking up with "fox & friends." >> we feel new. >> hottest in the world! thank you very much. >> we'll take it on a cold tuesday morning here in new york. let's talk a little politics this morning and, of course, you have the two men at the top of the republican heap which is new

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today.d to clean up congress, but now it seems she's diving right in? could she be breaking the rules to attack newt gingrich? >> steve: she would never do that, would she? meanwhile, this is not your ordinary mug shot. this is the head of the faa. what got him grounded this morning could also end that man's career. details ahead. >> steve: first, it was christmas trees. now it's the christmas plant. that's under attack. you heard me. are poinsettias too religious for the classroom? "fox & friends" starts right now. >> it's "fox & fends". >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. hope you're gonna have a great tuesday and let's start off with some headlines before we talk a little politics with laura ingraham. these are live pictures out of athens, greece. listen to angry greek protesters clashing once again with police. >> gretchen: that violent con frontation going down in athens, hundreds of demonstrators fired gasoline bombs and threw rocks at police who responded with tear gas. greeks contin

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us.ublicans gave the president what he asked for, a bill to extend tax cuts but senate dems say that version is deadly? >> they have a tax literally because it will kill 8100 more people. >> is there really a deadly catch to the payroll tax cut extension? >> oh, those darn republicans. meanwhile, speaking of republicans, newt may be the front runner but new polls show he's got one major problem that could keep him from the oval office. what is it? we're going to explain straight ahead.

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us on this 1st day of december.ewt gingrich claims he's the most conservative republican candidate out there. >> when i was for ronald reagan long before people began just to quote him. >> plus he dishes on how he would chase president obama's campaign right across the u.s. and respond to everything he says. >> meanwhile, the republicans' not so secret weapon on the attack again. >> as i said before, it's a sad day in our country's history to have a bystander in the oval office. >>

december 8th, i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today.about the race for president. newt gingrich considering a running mate in the candidate running against him right now. >> new evidence shows extremists joining the military and plotting terror attacks but can we really stop them if we don't know what it is? >> the f.b.i. and al-qaida adherent. they come back with a letter to me saying this is just a criminal plot, they don't get it both ways. >> that father making sure his son didn't die

i'm gretchen carlson.resident interrupting a press conference to demand action on the payroll tax but members of congress might pack their bags and walk! so where do we stand on things right now? we're live in washington, d.c. to try to explain it all. >> meanwhile, the king of conservatives reportedly asked michelle bachmann to quit the race for the white house. will she back down? her reaction, we got it live coming up today. >> it's a tale that's been passed down for generations. santa and the elves making toys out of the north pole mostly out of wood. the government steps in. bob newhart was a member of that great movie when he was an elf. a schoo

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. forget a white christmas. it could be a full whiteout. threatening thousands of people's holiday travel plans. our own rick reichmuth live in oklahoma tracking this amazing storm. >> meanwhile, president obama's campaign manager says the payroll tax showdown on the hill is not about your taxes. >> you have to wonder whether some folks over there think somehow screwing up the economy, that that will hurt the president. >> but is that really about 2012 or could republicans actually be pushing for a more permanent fix instead? we'll talk about that. >> all right. a firefighter engulfed in flames and trapped high above the

i'm gretchen carlson. it's k078 down to this. no more mr. vice nice guy. obama says you think i'm soft on terror, just ask the terrorists. >> ask usama bin laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-qaida leaders who have been taken off the field. whether i engage in appeasement. >> can he bring back the obama bump before the election? >> why did herman cain quit the campaign? he reveals his reasoning in a one-on-one interview with fox news. you'll see that if moments. >> here we go again.

debbie wasserman-schultz was on with gretchen carlson on "fox and friends." said the economy is better off. she said this. i said no, they are not by any nature what debbie wasserman schultz said. it's false. they are doing that. the other thing is smearing and besmirching and character assassination. that is their strategy. they can't run on their record. can they be success to feel pull it off? i don't see how the strategy could work? >> no. core strategy for 2012. no candidate defended obamacare or said the stimulus was good. there is one important thing going on now. our candidates are getting vetted. i use this metaphor at the end of the last shore. you grimaceed but is it the right metaphor. you had eight and you sprayed them all with roach spray. herman cain couldn't handle it. somebody else dropped out. tim pawlenty dropped out. the one that will emerge, the one that will survive is the one that is immune. the one that can't be hit with negatives. >> sean: newt? >> newt or romney certainly and see who he decides the roach spray the best. that is what

i'm gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sharing part of your morning with us today.newt gingrich and mitt romney exchanging shots in new hampshire. look at how the crowd responds when newt calls for a cease-fire. whoo! >> are they playing nice or aren't they with each other? newt explains the rules coming up. >> but newt has more to worry about than mitt romney. one very famous conservative offering him $1 million to get out of the race. we'll tell you who it is and why they want newt kaput. >> all right. plus alec baldwin had his chance to go after american airlines on "saturday night live." now, flight attendants are returning

i'm juliet huddy in for gretchen carlson. gosh! the president reveals his new populous pitch. listen. >> this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot! when everyone does their fair share. competition is fair. everyone gets a fair chance. gets a fair shot at success. >> i think he's talking about fair. >> and balanced. >> there's a theme there. anyway, there's more. will his strategy of class warfare really work? >> meanwhile, he tried to grill chris christie but he didn't see this coming. >> answer mine! where did you get the understanding from? if i planted the question, why the hell did i call on you? give me the microphone back. >> love that guy! a governor putting the protester in his place in a town hall, mr. kilmeade. >> we'll find out if he knows the candy. he finally made it, actor alec baldwin arrived in new york after getting kicked off his first flight. was he just playing a game or was there more to this story? alec will bee

it is monday, december 19th, 2011, i'm gretchen carlson.hanks so much for your sharing your time with us this morning. we have breaking news to bring you, while you were sleeping a fox news alert. the death of kim jong il. the

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time. out smear campaign from governor mitt romney. >> palpably misleading. clearly false, and are politics in its worst form. >> gretchen: so what happened to not going negative? we'll ask governor romney moments from now. >> steve: that's good booking. nancy pelosi says she's figured out the republicans' dirty little secret. >> this year i'm really going to kick that football. ahhhh! >> steve: yes, the former speaker says congress is just like charlie brown and lucy, always taking the football. who is who, though? >> brian: that's treatment he was caught stealing u.s. government secrets, accuse evidence sharing them with the world and bradley manning's outrageous defense? it's the army's fault. now he would like to go home. >> steve: sure. >> brian: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> this is scotty north korea on camera 2. i want to wish everybody a happy hanukkah and merry christmas and you're watching "fox & friends." go, giants. >> gretchen: scotty! he operates my camera and little un

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing your time with us today. news polls. they show system for the republican presidential candidates and they show it's surging. how do they stack up to the commander in chief currently? we'll break it all down for you. >> accused of being soft on terror, president obama plays the card. >> ask usama bin laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-qaida leaders who have been taken off the field whether i engage in appeasement. >> so, can he bring back the bin laden bump before the election? >> meanwhile, their dog ran away from home eight years ago. that's right. eight years ago. but coming up right here on "fox & friends", we are going to reunite the family with their dog. their dog was just found 3,000 miles away. it is an incredible journey that dog has made and we're going to reunite the family with the dog right here on "fox & friends." hour two for friday starting right now. >> good morning, everyone. you can see over on the side we have our christmas tree up and decorated now. there's chris chulo, the one with the ha

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time.ost conservative republican candidate out there. >> i was for ronald reagan long before people began just to quote him. >> gretchen: michelle magazine kin knows something about being a conservative and not buying what he's saying. >> steve: meanwhile, he said she disappeared while snorkeling. now the main suspect in the case of that missing woman in aruba is blaming human trafficking. he spoke moments ago. we'll tell you his story now. >> brian: and they blew through billions of taxpayer dollars, then came crawling for more. why are mortgage monsters, fannie and freddie throwing lavish conferences for their employees while the rest of america is being foreclosed? think about that for a second. meanwhile, it's time for me to say "fox & friends" starts right now, so i will. >> i'm joe biden, you're back fox and "friends," and i tell you what, you'll enjoy it. >> gretchen: thank you, joe. >> brian: was that live? >> steve: no, that was from the last time he was on. >> gretchen: when i sta

i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing part of your day with us.'s take a look at what mother nature is doing, delivering an early christmas gift that you may not want. a massive snow storm threatening thousands of people's holiday travel plans. our own rick reichmuth live in oklahoma for us tracking the storm. >> congress' done deal is now undone? and your paycheck hangs in the balance so who's the grinch? >> it's just a radical tea party republican who are holding up this tax cut. >> somewhere in there is the answer. but wait, that spin is missing something like facts? >> oh, yeah. >> a lot more to this story. i'll explain and then help. >> meanwhile, the vice president says the taliban is not america's enemy and the white house standing by that statement so why are we fighting the taliban, then? "fox & friends" hour two for tuesday starts right now. >> you're watching "fox & friends" and all i can say is i give a big kiss and god bless to everyone out there. >> that's nice. >> who is giving us a kiss? >> who was that? >> peter chris. >> from kis