. >>> welcome to it west point holiday, i'm gretchen carlson. i'm on the military academy at west point, new york. tonight we will explore the rich history of west point, get a rare glimpse of the living traditions of the united states military and most of all get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. ♪ ♪ >> the west point band is one of america's finest military musical organizations. throughout the next hour, we're going to hear them on the fields, in the hall, and on stage as they perform for the public. ♪ giddy up, giddy up. >> because it wouldn't be the holi around here without the annual west point holiday concert in eisenhower hall. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> named for the class of 1915, graduate president dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. let's go inside and catch the opening number of a west point holiday. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it's the west point holiday show. ♪ are lots of yuletide throughout the year ♪ ♪ ♪ west point holiday ♪ west point holiday show ♪ it's the west poi

i'm gretchen carlson.ng to bring you some of the amazing music of the west point band. throughout history, cadets here have matched to the beat of the oldest unit on west point, the field music group. >> the pipe the drum and the bugle were very important to militaries during the time of the american revolution and even well beyond. bugles and drums to give out orders that the soldiers could hear over long distances. >> our field music group continues to provide the same support to the cadets as they always have done. they play the same music. they play the same instruments. >> the field musicians keep the cadets on the precise schedule that makes up life here at west point. >> every day, three times a day, the entire corps of cadet forms to the music of bugle and drums since they have done since the beginning of the academy. >> the whole corps has formation at the same time. all the regiments form up in their respective areas. >> at 12:05, the entire corps will form up. >> we take accountability. we repor

i'm gretchen carlson. in a truly west point fashion. not on a sleigh pulled by reindeer but jumping out of an army helicopter ♪ he knows if you've been bad or go good ♪ so be good for goodness sake. >> santa, his trusty elf and the army golden knight pair shoot team decided to drop in on mikey stadium for delivery of a game ball for the football game. game day at the united states military academy is a big deal. and it starts long before kickoff. >> it's just not only the football game. 's it's the parade of corps cadets. the sky diving team will jump in during the parade and jump in during the stadium. >> as the area around the stadiums fills with tailgaters the west point band is there ♪ up town funk you up. >> army bands have always provided newscast entertain soldiers and here that tradition is carried on by the benny havens band. they play popular music. the kind of music that our cadets will want to hear >> the hellcats join in the fun, stirring up the already lively crowd ♪ [cheers] >> home football

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gretchen carlson has the west point holiday schedule next.ve you now with a very special christmas message from bret baier and his family. >> everybody, merry christmas. every year for the past seven years i have brought my family here to wish you a merry christmas and happy new year. 8-year-old paul, a-year-old daniel, i'm not going to tell you how old my lovely wife amy is but, paul, what do you say? >> merry christmas and a happy new year. >> daniel? >> merry christmas. >> wishing you a beautiful christmas and a happy 2016. >> we have big plans for 2016. hopefully healthy as amy mentioned what are you planning for 2016. >> spend time with my family. >> good answer. >> to play ice hockey. >> play ice hockey. >> take a vacation and quality time with family. >> all right. so we're going to end it up here after seven years. we have got the tag line, right, guys? >> yep. >> happy new year, merry christmas, fair, balanced and unafraid. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to it west point holiday, i'm gretchen carlson. i'm on the military academy at west point, new

i'm julie banderas in for gretchen carlson. this is "the real story."rning much more about the married couple killed in a shootout with police. the feds have recovered a facebook post by the female attacker pledging allegiance to isis. police also revealing this crime was anything but spontaneous. originally, remember, they were talking about maybe it being a workplace violence situation? now they are saying the suspected killers had a huge assortment of weapons and a virtual bomb factory inside their home. all of this, combined with their use of tactical gear during the attack making it clearer every second these people were ready to clear and the carnage cou

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." bergdahl's case has been very controversial since he was swapped for the five taliban commanders in may of last year. national security correspondent general griffin is live with the breaking news. >> gretchen, the army is confirming that in fact bowe bergdahl will be charged with two issues, desertion before the enemy as well as i'm told the second charge will take him to a trial by court-martial. we expected this to happen. i think it's no coincidence that last week eugene fidel who represents bowe bergdahl put out a body podcast where we heard beau's side of the story so far. that was good work by his lawyer and i think it was because he knew that they were going to be moving forward in this potential court-martial process. so the trial will go forward through a military court, and that we've learned just now from the army, that they're confirming that is the case. >> just real quick, it's a big deal because i believe that the recommendation coming prior was that he would have no j

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i'm gretchen carlson. coming up on "the real story."weather making it difficult for a lot of you to get home for christmas. >>> plus, low gas prices putting more cash in your pockets this christmas. >>> and fascinating legal case. one man suing his ex-wife over what she's writing on the alimony checks she's sending to him. join me at the top of the hour. >>> a real life christmas story unfolding here in new york city after a newborn boy is found abandoned in a church nativity scene. chief religion correspondent lauren green has the story. ♪ >> reporter: at holy child jesus church in queens, new york, the nativity encompasses the very identity. the birth of another babe just a few weeks ago, had an updateded version of its namesake. a few days before thanksgiving, a baby boy barely two hours old was left in the church's manger. his single mother who told a reporter she was unable to care for him placed him here in god's hands. >> the manger was set. the doors were open. that there was no one in the church at that time so she could come a

i'm gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." bergdahl's case has been very controversial since he was swapped for the five taliban commanders in may of last year. national security correspondent general griffin is live with the breaking news. >> gretchen, the army is confirming that in fact bowe bergdahl will be charged with two issues, desertion before the

and gretchen carlson, his two favorite shows. republicans called it another example of obama being out of touch. and then it was gone. not a correction or anything. a statement saying the paragraph was, quote, trimmed for space in the print paper by a copied for in new york late last night. well, that settles it, right? rob, i am always saying there is not enough space in the paper. why don't they free up some room? >> they only have so many pixels. they took out words, but then had aed more words back. they didn't really trim it in a traditional sense of making it shorter. they just replaced stuff they didn't think was right. it was something like under fire from republican zellits. >> they were trying to clarify. >> they were trying to clarify at 3:00 in the morning. that's when it gets done in the middle of the night when no one is watching. >> nothing happens in the middle of the night, right, bonnie? >> i did get married in the middle of the night. >> how is that working out? >> not good. not good. we do have life insurance

thank you for your service and your sacrifice, we >>> welcome to it west point holiday, i'm gretchen carlsonint, get a rare glimpse of the living traditions of the united states military and most of all get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. ♪ ♪ >> the west point band is one of america's finest military musical organizations. throughout the next hour, we're going to hear them on the fields, in the hall, and on stage as they perform for the public. ♪ giddy up, giddy up.

. >> tune in to fox's west point holiday special hosted by gretchen carlson. christmas eve at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. eastern time. ♪ giddyup giddyup ♪ just hear those sleigh bells jingling ♪ ♪ ring ring tingling too ♪ come on ♪ it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you ♪ ♪ outside the snow is falling and friends are calling yoo-hoo ♪ ♪ come on it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you ♪ ♪ ♪ giddyup giddyup ♪ giddyup giddyup snets our cheeks are nice and rosy ♪ ♪ and comfy cozy are we ♪ we're snuggled up together like birds of a feather should be ♪ ♪ i built my business with passion. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? why is philips sonicare the most loved electric toothbrush brand by americans and their dentists? because it leaves

i'm patty ann brown in for gretchen carlson and this is "the real story." fire roaring at the address hotel next to the world's largest skyscraper, burj khalifa. debris raining down as firefighters battle those flames. so far we don't know if anyone was injured. the reports are no from officials. we also don't know if anybody is trapped inside. the fire is some 20 stories high, around 900 yards. 1.6 tons of fireworks set to be used in fireworks displays. john is live in jerusalem with the very latest for us. hi, john. >> patty ann and the major general you mentioned saying no one was injured. again, as you said, said the fireworks event would go on as planned. said earlier, inconcva

. >>> welcome to it west point holiday, i'm gretchen carlson.ry academy at west point, new york. tonight we will explore the rich history of west point, get a rare glimpse of the living traditions of the united states military and most of all get to enjoy the music of the army's oldest band. ♪ ♪ >> the west point band is one of america's finest military musical organizations. throughout the next hour, we're going to hear them on the fields, in the hall, and on stage as they perform for the public. ♪ giddy up,

>>> tune in tomorrow night for fox's west point holiday special hosted by gretchen carlson at 7:00 p.m.m. eastern time. thank you for watching. i'm sandra smith. merry christmas, everyone. this is "the kelly file." ♪ >>> and welcome to "hannity." the feud between 2016 front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton continues. i'm mark steyn in for sean tonight. in an interview with the des moines register, clinton went after trump yet again. take a look. >> i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people and his going after

. >> we have lawsuit by gretchen carlson, lou dobbs. directly individually.ight, gentlemen. that's it for some special edition of the factor. as always, thank you for watching. i'm bill o'reilly. and please always remember that the spin stops right here, because we are definitely looking out for you. >>>. >>> beaking tonight, federal and local law enforcement officials are preparing for extraordinary security measures for new year's eve celebrations across the country. and around the world. as we learn just hours ago, authorities overseas busted yet another new year's terror plot. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm sandra smith in for megyn kelly tonight. this is a live look at new york city's times square where some 6,000 nypd officers, incluting the city's new elite counterterrorism l

hosted by gretchen carlson at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. eastern time. thank you for watching. i'm sandra smith. merry christmas, everyone. this is "the kelly file." ♪ >>> and welcome to "hannity." the feud between 2016 front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton continues. i'm mark steyn in for sean tonight. in an interview with the des moines register, clinton went after trump yet again. take a look. >> i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people and his going after groups of people with hateful, incendiary rhetoric. his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. and he has to keep sort of upping the stakes and going even further. >> clinton also reiterated her widely discredited claim that isis is using trump as a recruiting tool. here with reaction, a fox news contributors joe trippi and deroy murdock and the author of "the amayous code" attorney david limbaugh. deroy, these feuds have been fun whether they're trump against republicans or trumps against hillary now, but it takes two to tango.

i'm patty ann brown in for gretchen carlson and this is "the real story." the fire roaring at the address hotel next to the world's largest skyscraper, burj khalifa. debris raining down as firefighters battle those flames. so far we don't know if anyone was injured. the reports are no from officials. we also don't know if anybody is trapped inside. the fire is some 20 stories high, around 900 yards. 1.6 tons of fireworks set to be used in fireworks displays. john is live in jerusalem with the very latest for us. hi, john. >> patty ann and the major general you mentioned saying no one was injured. again, as you said, said the fireworks event would go on as planned. said earlier, inconceivable when you think about the size and scope of the fire. also that area, tens of thousands of people packed in downtown dubai for that fireworks event. three different displays from the burj khalifa hotel. this building is really in the shadow of the burj khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper. there are already travel warnings and security warnings about that area. intern

i'm julie banderas in for gretchen carlson. this is "the real story." we're learning much more about the married couple killed in a shootout with police. the feds have recovered a facebook post by the female attacker pledging allegiance to isis. police also revealing this crime was anything but spontaneous. originally, remember, they were talking about maybe it being a workplace violence situation? now they are saying the suspected killers had a huge assortment of weapons and a virtual bomb factory inside their home. all of this, combined with their use of tactical gear during the attack making it clearer every second these people were ready to clear and the carnage could have been much worse. trace gallagher is live with the latest. >> even though federal authorities say there is no evidence that isis direct this attack, we know isis has been asking its followers to attack their homeland which is the very definition of direction. we also know that it now appears the wife tashfeen malik was and is an isis follower because she went online and pledged her

i'm gretchen carlson. now let's head over to the next studio to shep. >> ever tried dating online? it can be tough to figure out what to talk about in the first few conversations, right? but for the san bernardino killers, they connected with a mutual interest in terrorism. >> they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged. >> the fbi director revealing new information about the case, and the new technology that he says can make terror investigations so difficult. also, how the gunman's mother could soon find herself in some serious trouble. plus, if iraq's leader wants more help fighting the islamic state, all he has to do is ask. the u.s. defense secretary ash carter says we can send over attack helicopters to take out militants if requested. so what's the hold up? we'll look at the strategy, and how the fight is going. let's get to it. >>> now shepard smith reporting live from the fox news desk. >> begin with a fox urgent. thousands of protesters now on the streets of chicago. a live look. demonstrators demanding the city's mayor rahm emanue

gretchen carlson on that ♪ i built my business with passion.very dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? stuart: well, look at gopro. eighteen dollars a share, got two items of news for you. first one it's announced it will launch its own drone and gopro new features that will work with the apple watch, which is right now heavily discounted as of now, down 100 bucks. and new poll expressed fear of what donald trump would do if he was president. now look at the democrat side, 34 expressed fear if hillary clinton were the president. gretchen, what do you make of that? liz: i make if it's trump versus clinton in the election, that will become a nonissue. if they're both disliked like that, it's a nonmatter. stuart: that's true dislikes. >> well, many have said he can't win. there's no way

our thanks to ashley webster and gretchen carlson. our time is up. neil: seeing a lot of red going on here, we will detail what is getting it and why. and security alert which seems to be building premier entertainment across the country particularly disney which is beefing up security, following see world and others doing the same. increased security at disney theme parks, increased bomb sniffing dogs, and l.a. guns for a theme park with a great ploy story presents, it was odd that no one over 14 years old can wear a costume. they bought star wars, louis zoo but film, everyone is wearing costumes. the president will make a statement, his third in a few weeks, outlining securities. >> we will see what we have coming is interesting, the first speech was a big one, and the address from the oval office but monday at the pentagon, outlined successes, really nothing new in terms of plans going forward, at the national counterterrorism center which is more than publication but an organization, opposed 9/11 brings together intelligence gathering, the cia, f

my favorite, aside from gretchen, tucker carlson. nice hair. she's a democratic pollster and strategist, but we like her anyway, jessica karloff. co-founder and chairman of counterextremism organization. spent a lot of time of prison, egyptian prison. the co-author of islam. probably still drunk from last night, joining us, joann. national review reporter, catherine. to the monologue, everybody. before the republican debaters were tucked into their beds, the media already had their angle. what's with all this isis crap? >> we need to quit arming the -- >> destroy isis. >> destroy isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> the war against isis. >> if you drank every time you heard isis, you would be more pickled than lindsay graham at a benihana happy hour. shall if one of the goals of isis is to scare the american people, the gop did them a service. what happened to the real issues? not a single thing about unisex bathrooms, or the growing threat of the misogynist halloween costumes. pets with gluten allergies. pets with gluten allergies. ins

my favorite, aside from gretchen, tucker carlson. nice hair. she's a democratic pollster and strategist, but we like her anyway, jessica karloff. co-founder and chairman of counterextremism organization. spent a lot of time of prison, egyptian prison. the co-author of islam. probably still drunk from last night, joining us, joann. national review reporter, catherine. to the monologue, everybody. before the republican debaters were tucked into their beds, the media already had their angle. what's with all this isis crap? >> we need to quit arming the -- >> destroy isis. >> destroy isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> isis. >> the war against isis. >> if you drank every time you heard isis, you would be more pickled than lindsay graham at a benihana happy hour. shall if one of the goals of isis is to scare the american people, the gop did them a service. what happened to the real issues? not a single thing about unisex bathrooms, or the growing threat of the misogynist halloween costumes. pets with gluten allergies. pets with gluten allergies. ins

our thanks to ashley webster and gretchen carlson. our time is up.will detail what is getting it and why. and security alert which seems to be building premier entertainment across the country particularly disney which is beefing up security, following see world and others doing the same. increased security at disney theme parks, increased bomb sniffing dogs, and l.a. guns for a theme park with a great ploy

i'm gretchen carlson. we're keeping it real on "the real story" at 2:00.d on friday, in the afternoon at bowl-a-more in times square. >> the weekday and weekend combined. i had that christmas sweater just in case. >> he's working for "fox & friends" trivia, it was fantastic by all accounts. >> jen thought it would be a good idea to team with me because i've been here for so very long and we did come out victorious and did not get a prize. chris chulo distant last. >> i needed him on my team, we did okay. are you bragging? >> while adam bold, clbowled, clayton drank. >> we had a great moment and great night. >> where was steve? >> i was out of town, had to go to florida for some family business and it is unusual to be driving in a convertible, listening to "winter wonderland" in the land of palm trees. just saying, i love it, but i missed the bowling party. >> steve, i had a chance to go to florida as well, i started in tampa, went up to the villages and over to jacksonville. >> you were busy, a lot of driving. >> tampa was fantastic and everyone lined up f