katie pavlich, i cannot believe that you dethroned griff jenkin griff jenkins. >> congratulations.k the sling off, i was ready. i knew i was against a fierce competitor. congratulations. >> tucker: international house of pancakes is changing its name. people are upset about it, needless to say. what is ihop changing its name to? pancake zone, breakfast palace, ihob? >> ihob. >> tucker: is it ihob? >> the international house of pancakes is flipping the for ap >> this is stupid. i refuse to call it that. you literally cannot make me. >> it is a little hard to say. >> tucker: last week we talked about ihop changing its name. for limited time ihop will be called ihob. what does it stand for? >> international house of burgers. >> tucker: burgers? i don't believe you, for the record but we are going to find out if you are right. to the tape we go. >> you know what it stands for, not bacon, not breakfast, it's burgers. >> you can get pancakes with your burger at the same time so you don't even have to choose. >> people are confused about lunch, brunch, breakfast. >> tucker: there is a vir

rob: griff jenkins has the story. >> reporter: another closed-door marathon grilling, he came out swinging republicans and fox news. >> at some point someone has to stand up in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country, not slink away into retirement, stand up and speak the truth. >> reporter: those comments provoked a response from sarah sanders tweeting this. republicans should stand up to comey and his corruption, from the fake hillary clinton investigation to lying and a list too long, they did the country a service by firing him and exposing him for the shameless fraud he is. democrats said the testimony offered nothing new. >> they want to play defense counsel for the president and do everything in their power to bring doubt regarding the mueller investigation. the truth will come out and we will do our best. >> reporter: republicans blasted it as evidence of comey's partisanship. >> out-of-control corrupt, i repeat that, corrupt fbi director on a mission and forgot his number one mission was to protect national sec

we will continue with griff jenkins, chris stirewalt, and more. be right back with more on the president's visit to iraq >> dana: fox news alert, president trump and the first lady making a surprise visit to iraq. let's bring back daniel hoffman, sarah sanders thank them for their service, and you make a good point, you need to remember that the diplomatic staff, the nbc staff and beyond, all the different types of diplomacy that's being done, they need this visit for their morale, too. your thoughts? >> there is nothing more important to embassy staff and the president visiting and walking the ground, and receiving what i think everybody would concern to be the most valuable briefings. it's also important for the president's relationships. you will recall that president bush had a very strong relationship with prime minister malik e. this is an opportunity for president trump to engage with the prime minister. >> tell me more about that. in terms of the overall well-being of the country at this point, and have the american troops had an impact in

griff jenkins. >> tunnel. >> tucker: tunnels?el under l.a.?s check the tape.l. >> how about this? underground tunnels to beat traffic congestion. they ensure they don't run into each other, despite going speeds over 125 miles per hour. >> elon musk with bright ideas. >> tucker: because when you're near the san andreas fault, what you want is to drive underground. it's california, it won't even exist. question three -- congratulations on that. this week, a man in missouri was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally poaching hundreds of deer. the judge also mandated while the poacher is locked up, he is required to watch which classic disney movie once a month? lauren blanchard. c >> "bambi." >> tucker: that's cruel and unusual. is it "bambi?" >> a judge ordering a man who killed hundreds of deer to watch the disney classic "bambi" during his jail sentence. >> that is fantastic. >> tucker: that man has eaten a lot ofof venison. question four, another multiple-choice, so wait for each option. this week releasing the list of the richest celebr

emily: our own griff jenkins is embedded with the caravan and has the latest. griff?igrants setting up shop in the early morning hours they are part of the 6,000 now just a few hundred have remained here but let me just show you, you talk about conditions yesterday they were pulling trash, look at this pile of trash they pulled out of that area, it was intended originally for a thousand, there were more than 6,000 in there, more than 60% ended up with the flu all sorts of issues, you had chicken pox, along with tuberculosis and other things. now one of the news that came out o of here over the weekend was certainly within this caravan was a convicted murderer from honduras, his 46 year old miguel ramirez was released four months ago from prison and border patrol caught him about a mile from where i am standing and he was traveling with two other members of the caravan and also yesterday's big news across all of mexico was the new president, amlo, as he's known, being sworn in and he's known as a pro-migrant president and we asked yesterday while we were out here, one

brian: griff jenkins is in tijuana watching all this thing degenerate. hey, griff.. it's 10 miles south of the border. because the old one was in such bad condition. if you look at the new video shot inside. much more spacious. concrete floors. just a better all around situation. but just moments ago, an ambulance pulled up here and they took a pregnant woman out who had been throwing up. just a testament to how difficult conditions are. it's actually in the low -- high 40's here. very cold and very difficult. but it comes as mexico gnawing rates new mexican president. he said his foreign minister to washington to meet with secretary mike pompeo to try and work out new deals to keep the migrants here in mexico. we'll find out whether that gains any developments today when they continue to meet over that but i met with one of the organizers have pueblo yesterday. asked him if he had a message for president trump. and if he had any idea how many criminals might be in this caravan. here's what he had to say. >> let these people. in let them try. let them try. most of t

griff jenkins live in d.c. well the meter is running. solved it passing a short-term funding bill without border funding president threatened a veto. house republicans passed their own bill for a wall. 217. no democrats were for it. it was a defeat for democratic leader nancy pelosi who claimed they didn't have the votes. 45.7 billion for the border wall. 7.8 billion for disaster relief. it funds the government until february 8th. the bill goes to the senate where minority leader chuck schumer it is dead on arrival. republicans need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. in the last hour white house spokeswoman sarah sanders had this to say. >> we're very hopeful that the senate will come through and help protect the american people. we have to have an or the early process. we need a walls. we need border security. in order to have that we have to protect the people of this count i interest. the president will stand firm and make sure that happens one way or another. reporter: today in the senate if democrats refuse to come over there is pos

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griff jenkins live in washington with what to expect. we have been down this road before. >> here we go again. it is not the first time between the president and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. the deadline, december 21st to avoid a shutdown, the second point funding for border wall, the president wants $5 million, the democrats where we rejected that. democrats are on the cusp of taking back the house, nancy pelosi taking speakership again and they are feeling emboldened going into today's meeting. >> the only way to push a shutdown, and if donald trump refusals both of our proposals and demands $5 billion or more for a border wall. >> donald trump wants to throw a temper tantrum that is his decision. >> nancy pelosi and schumer with a joint statement saying this holiday season the president knows full well this does not have the votes to pass the house and senate and should not have bipartisan agreement. republicans are holding the line calling out democrats the rule of law. >> on the one day they lecture the president about rule of la

i want to give a shoutout to griff jenkins. griff, i'm wearing these today. border patrol agent are changing policy after an 8-year-old guatemalan boy died in their custody of customs and border protection. griff: i covered this every day. we have a second child tragically died while in custody of cpb. 8-year-old guatemalan boy. we had the girl just recently. now the cpb changing their policy to increase the medical checks on 10-year-olds in wake of it. kevin, the head of cpb and border patrol saying they will make this change. this is the next chapter certainly in the border battle, we look what to do about the border but one thing that is often left out, and i want to get to this, the fact when i came in and looked same places always go for my source on these things, i see things like the border patrol using the air and marine operations to do rescue someone the last 48 hours seriously injured. along with people. there were three 911 calls that resulted in 70 rescues. not all sides of this story is being told as we look clearly a tragic story. katie: one sp

a new shelter in tijuana with thousands facing unsanitary conditions and that's where we find griff jenkins have the latest for us, good morning, griff, how are you doing? griff: good morning, i'm outside of new shelter, 10 miles south of the border, remember the other shelter right on the border, this was about 10 miles south. let me show you inside with the video, much better arrangement, hard concrete floor as opposed to mud, a little bit of shelter, here is the thing, there's only 3,000, half of them appear to be in here, they were pulled out of old one, remember the old one conditions were unbelievably difficult and unsanitary after the rains had flooded, had become really one to have worse situations i've seen covering areas, after that one closed, many people took to streets and tried to camp out in local areas, that's going to account where some of the others went. the big news, of course, mÉxico got a new president amlo as he's known and marcelo travel to go meet with secretary of state pompeo, excuse me, to quote, talk about their shared commitment to address their common challeng

his stern warning during an explosive meeting with democrat leaders in the oval office, griff jenkins live in washington with what is at stake as the clock tick downpour deadline day. what a meeting it was. >> reporter: let's point out what we saw is traditionally known as a quick opportunity for powerbrokers sitting down to short meetings but in this case the president and top democratic leaders were seeking to avoid a government shutdown was what we got turned into a no holds barred brawl. >> 20 times you called i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> i will say yes. if we don't get what we want, one way or the other, whether it is through you or the military or anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> reporter: this was precipitated by disagreement over funding the border wall, the president wants $5 billion and not caring democrats are levering $1.3 billion in about a dollar more. afterwards it appears neither are closer to progress. >> if he sticks to his position for a $5 billion wall he will get no wall and he will get a shut down, this

stopgap spending bill to fund the government but the president's allies in the house pushing back, griff jenkinse with breaking news overnight. >> reporter: they worked late but it is not over. the senate passed the stopgap spending go kicking the deadline down the road until february 8th. mitch mcconnell says it keeps lights on and the debate going. >> faced with this intransigence with democrats failure to take our borders seriously, republicans will continue to fulfill our duty with a simple measure that will continue government funding into february so we will continue this line of debate after the new conference has convened. >> reporter: it has $1.3 billion for the wall but no new money which was the sticking point for donald trump. now it goes to the house for a vote where chuck schumer hopes it will follow suit. >> glad the leader does not think the government should shut down over the president's demands for a wall and democrats will support the cr. the president of the house should follow that lead because shutting down the government over christmas is a terrible idea. >> it is not cle

tijuana with thousands of people living in very unsanitary conditions and that's where we find griff jenkinsconsiders coverage, hey, griff. griff: rob, carley, good morning, yeah, we are about 10 miles south of the border and we are in the new shelter, take a look at video we shot yesterday, you'll see there's more space there. it's a better conditions, they have concrete floor and they are getting fed there but here is the thing, only about 3,000 of total 6,000 are in here meaning 3,000 may be unaaccounted for, they had to leave old shelter because of unsanitary conditions and because of the mud and widespread infection and lice infestation. mÉxico did inaugurate new president amlo as he's known, marcelo to meet secretary mike pompeo to discuss shared commitment to address common challenges according to state department spokesperson heather. bob goodlatte taking to the air. >> we need our laws changed, this is not a situation that's any better for mÉxico than it is for the united states, so they ought to work together to work it out. griff: one big concern is that whether or not this migran

griff jenkins live with the fallout. >> another marathon closed-door session with house republicans seeking from a witness who had been evasive the first time but the fbi director came out swinging afterwards in the hallway. >> at some point someone has to stand up in the face of the fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets. stand up for the values of this country and not blink away into retirement but stand up and speak the truth. >> that provoked a response from sarah sanders tweeting republicans should stand up to comey and his tremendous corruption from the fake hillary clinton investigation to lying and leaking to f isam abuse. the president of the country a service by firing him and the shameless fraud he is. democrats said the testimony offered nothing new yesterday but republicans said it is more evidence of partisanship. >> we are seeing an out-of-control corrupt and i repeat that corrupt fbi director who was on a mission and forgot his number one mission was to protect national security. >> this is the president's national security adviser michael flynn will be se

are getting a look at transcripts from james comey's second closed-door meeting with lawmakers, griff jenkins us with more on how it all went down. how are you doing? >> we all saw the directors outburst at the hearing but we are learning more about what happened behind closed doors, let's look at transcripts, the infamous dirty dossier that was the basis of the trump campaign comey saying i remember being told the work had been funded first by republicans opposed to trump and democrats opposed to trump. meadows, what you are saying is in part of your messaging you didn't care, it was funding christopher steele's work. are you saying it didn't matter to you? comey continues it was republicans opposed to trump. comey was asked about obama, hillary clinton's emails in exchange with trey gowdy who says president obama said i don't think opposed the national security problem. how would he have known that at the time? i can't answer that question, he said this is not a situation in which national security was endangered, how would he have known that at the time? comey, same answer, i can't answer

griff jenkins is in washington. any signs that people want to get in the game here? griff: i don't know. here we go again. look, let me lay it out for you. deadline a week from friday. sticking point is founding for the border wall. the president wants 5 billion in next year's budgets. democrats are offering 1.3 billion and not a dime more than fiscal year 2018. what is different this time? well, democrats are about to take the house back. and pelosi speakership again and they're feeling very emboldened going into today's meeting. issuing this statement saying this holiday season the president knows full well that his wall proposal does not have the votes to pass the house and senate and should not be on stack kel to bipartisan agreement and schumer had this to say. >> president trump wants to throw a temper tantrum and shut down the government over christmas, over the wall. that's his decision. >> but house majority whip steve scalise says the problem lies with the democrats. >> the president by the way was willing to put a lookout of things on the table to negotiate

the threat of a government shutdown hanging in the balance, griff jenkins live in washington with reactionth sides of the aisle but you always have a great day no matter what. >> house republicans, the deadline is a week from tomorrow, fast approaching and they are working seriously not only to keep the government over the holidays but the request for $5 billion for a border wall. a line in the sand, lawmakers on the hill realize is not a white house bluff. >> looks to me like he is as serious as four heart attacks and the stroke. playing poker with him, i fold. >> republicans are crafting a short-term spending bill to keep the government open with republican only votes, $5 billion in wall funding and other federal agencies into january and provide billions in aid after wildfires in the west. the house could vote on this as soon as today, but it is certainly uncertain as chuck schumer reiterates the president's plan will not work. >> donald trump will soon realize his position will not result in a wall, but will result in a trump shutdown. >> relishing the idea amazingly enough. >> reporte

rob: griff jenkins live in washington with what is at stake as the clock text toward deadline. >> reporterthis was supposed to be what we traditionally calling washington a pool spray, an opportunity to see powerbrokers at historic meetings but in this case it was the president anti-democratic leaders, and what happened next turned into a 13 minute no holds barred brawl. >> i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> i will say yes. if we don't get what we want one way or the other whether it is through you, the military, through anything you want to call i will shut down the government. >> reporter: this was pre-separate stated by disagreement over funding for a border wall. the president wants $5 billion settling for less as democrats offer $1.3 billion and about a dollar more. neither are closer to progress. >> reporter: if he sticks to his position for $5 billion wall he will get no wall and he will get a shut down. this trump shutdown, this temper tantrum he seems to throw, will not get him his wall. >> reporter: nancy pelosi seeking another term as speaker told fellow

griff jenkins live for us in washington and to sort all of this out for us including what month it isod morning chris how are you? >> happy december, back in the hot seat when former director sits down with house republicans there's no shortage of new things to talk about. starting with revelations the president trump former attorney michael cohen sentence to 36 months in jail on friday says president directed him to make payments to two women claiming they have affairs with him. a charge the president is repeatedly says is false and the president tweeted this in response saying remember, michael cohen only became a rat after the fbi did something which was absolutely unthinkable and unheard until witch hunt illegally started they broke into attorney's office why didn't they break into the dnc to get the the serve herb or crookeds office and comey fired back in a tweet of his own saying this is from the president of our country. lying about the lawful execution of a search warrant issued by federal judge shame on republicans, who don't speak up at this mommy for the fbi rule of law in

you see the faces on the screen right there, hosted by kennedy and pete hegseth, griff jenkins, carleys. starts at 8:00 o'clock. it is 11 minutes after the hour, illegal immigrant thrown behind bars on murder charges but you won't believe error that triggered release and what happened next and president trump delivering on promises like tax reform and combating isis in 2018 so what's in store for 2019, kayleigh mcenany joins us next with the president's political wish list. we will be right back. >> good monday morning and welcome back, president trump made promises and delivered on them. what is agenda of 2019 here to break it down kayleigh mcenany, good morning, happy new year to you. >> good morning, happy new year. jillian: let's start with immigration, what do you see happening in 2019? >> room for grand compromise on immigration. as you'll recall president trump offered a deal, he said, look, i will offer daca, legal emigration in exchange for wall and diversity lottery, 65% of americans support according to harvard harris poll, that deal is on the table. if democrats want to get

todd: griff jenkins live in washington, we get closer to a government shutdown. >> reporter: gettingg. 19 hours and counting. a different picture than yesterday when it seemed the senate had the problem solved. the spending bill delivers full funding for a border wall by 217-185 vote. tweet republicans voting against it. a significant victory for the president who wanted to hold the line. >> we need the wall, democrats know it, everybody knows it. you should always what your country first and they are not doing that, they are putting politics first. we have to build the wall. it will get built. we are going to complete it. a lot of progress has been made. watch what happens. todd: speaker ryan and leader mccarthy noting they have to do the impossible after the president threatened a veto. >> the president informed us he would not sign the bill that came up last evening because of legitimate concerns for border security. >> what the senate sent over, kicking the can down the road. we want to solve this problem. todd: here's what in the house bill, it has $5.7 billion for the border wa

. >> the threat of a government shutdown hangs in the balance on this wall, griff jenkins live with reaction from both sides of the aisle, shocking the democrats are going for this. >> they have a week from tomorrow, and house republicans not only keep the government open but fulfill the request for a $5 billion border wall. investment in bernie's sanders, a potential 2020 hopeful says it is a bad one. >> if you are asking me, when we have veteran sleeping on the streets, stu seniors making $12,000 years social security, to build a wall i don't think is a good investment. >> john kennedy says the president's line in the sand on the wall is not a bluff. >> looks to me like he was serious as four heart attacks and a stroke. he is not bluffing. if i were playing poker with them and didn't have a card i would fold. >> here's what republicans are crafting. they would have the $5 billion in wall funding but would also find federal agencies into january providing billions in aid from wildfires in the west, the house could vote as soon as today, possibly with republican only votes but the fate in th

jillian: griff jenkins in washington with what to expect. >> reporter: the deadline december 21st a weekiday. the second point, funding for the border wall, the president wants $5 million, democrats rejected that. this isn't the first time there was a meeting between the top two democrats. what is the difference? democrats are about to take back the house, nancy policy eyeing the speakership again and they are feeling emboldened going into today's meeting. >> the one and only way to approach a shutdown is if donald trump refuses both of our proposals and demands $5 billion or more for a border wall. >> donald trump wants to throw a temper tantrum that is his decision. >> reporter: this joint statement, this holiday season the president knows full well that his wall proposal does not have the votes to pass the house and senate and should not be an obstacle to a bipartisan agreement but house majority whip steve scalise says the problem lies with democrats. >> the president was willing to put a lot of people on the table to negotiate with democrats in return for wall funding and they walke

jillian: the president's allies are pushing back, griff jenkins live with news breaking overnight. >>ter: they took the first step, the senate passing a stopgap spending bill that kicks the deadline down the road until february 8th. mitch mcconnell says it keeps the lights on in the debate going. >> faced with this intransigence with democrats failure to take our borders seriously republicans will continue to fulfill our duty to govern by a simple measure that will continue government funding into february so we can continue this debate after the new congress has convened. rob: this bill has $1.3 billion for the wall but no new money which was a sticking point for donald trump. it goes to the house for a vote where chuck schumer hopes it will follow suit. >> i'm glad the leader think the government should not shutdown over the president's demand for a wall and democrats will support this cr. the president and the house should follow that lead because shutting down the government over christmas is a terrible idea. >> reporter: it is unclear if the compassion house or if the president w

ed: all right, griff jenkins. brian: how down was mitch mcconnell in his statement.itch mcconnell to be surprised now that the president is not getting what he wants is disingenuous. he allowed this to happen. he never went to bat and made fire rye speeches about it. jedediah: a lot of people who voted for president trump counted on him on this particular issue. i think their feet were to the fire. you sigh a lot of people around the country say hold on a second. you aren't afraid to shut down the government. what happened? ed: he had a bad hand. democrats not giving an inch. the border is more secure now than it was under president obama, right? it seems like it based on what happened. brian: seems like chaos. the amount of apprehensions has gone up. november, i think, was a record. among the people now fired up telling the president not to sign this bill as it goes to the house or the freedom caucus. i wonder, after the president's oval office confrontation, were the republicans rallying around him mr. president, might not have a strong hand but we have got your ba

griff jenkins. >> fbi director swinging at the president, republicans and fox news. >> at some pointstand up and in the face of fear of fox news, fear of their base, fear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country and not flink away into retirement but stand up and speak the truth. griff: comments provoked response from sarah sanders tweeting this. republicans should stand up to comey and tremendous corruption from fake hillary clinton investigation and fisa abuse and list too long to name. the president did country a service for firing him and exposing fraud he is. republicans blasted more evidence of partisanship. >> what we are seeing again is an out of control corrupt and i repeat that, corrupt fbi director who was on a mission and forgot that his number one mission was to protect national security. griff: this is the president's former national security adviser michael flynn will be sentenced for lying to fbi and counsel's office, led to flynn's guilty plea, revealing that disgraced fbi agent peter strzok was among those comey sent to the white house to interview fl

tomorrow night hosted by jeff -- griff jenkins and pete hegseth takeover at 10:00 p.m. eastern.ou're going to be in new york tomorrow night for new year's eve. times square you have stand there for hours to watch the ball drop. were they not the new horizon pro five. leland: only by virtue of the fact it's going to be raining in times square tomorrow night. the chance of rain is 100%. leland: you're going to go with the flyby. >> i'm going to go with the flyby. leland: i have been victorious. i persuaded you to watch the flyby. kristin: will text about it at midnight. that is all for us here in washington. we will see you sunday. leland: sandra smith is in there. great lineup including kellyanne conway who made a knowledge of steve scalise ab as well. we will see you in 2019. kristin: happy new year, everyone. sandra: i'm sandra smith in for chris wallace, day nine of the partial government shutdown. president trump doubled down on his border wall. >> how long do you think the you shutdown will last, mr. president? >> whatever it takes. we need safety for our country. sandra: ho

it's carly -- coincidence -- and griff jenkins. >> don't bring me into this. >> i spoke to management need to take something away from ad. i was really hoping you didn't see that. >> ed: i didn't, but people were literally texting me. >> i did say i love you, you are a great guy. i had to get a lump of coal to somebody. >> ed: in all seriousness, i am filling in for bret baier this year. tell me what is on the show. >> she didn't because of the blue light explosion. it could have been a lot worse. carly and i are going to be there from 8:00 until 2:00. then you have pete and kennedy and others take over. >> ed: never heard of him. >> there we are. i'm going to lose the glasses. carly and i are going to go into the crowd. i am going to teach carly how to crowd surf. >> that is going to be the goal. griff is an expert at that. what could happen? >> ed: people think he looks very serious. he's a surfer. >> real surfer, almost professional. >> crowd surfing, you've got to put it on your bucket list. put your life and your own hands. especially if there is no aliens. >> ed: no aliens and n

pete: jedediah, griff jenkins, we're excited it's christmas in two or three days. [sladays. bells] pete: no, that's santa in his workshop. [ho, ho, ho. griff: alert, the government shut down now underway. president trump is putting blame on democrats for not coming to bipartisan agreement to fund the border wall. jedediah: gillian turner is live in washington where talk also resume this afternoon. gillian? >> gillian: that is right. good morning, guys. the federal government here in washington is partially shut down after president trump failed to strike a deal with democrats on funding for the border wall. this is the third shut down of the year. president trump took to twitter to explain the situation to americans taking none of the blame. take a listen. >> our great country must have border security. we don't want people coming in that aren't supposed to be here. we need the democrats to give us their votes. let's work together. let's be bipartisan and let's get it done. the shut down hopefully will not last long. >> gillian: this comes exactly one week after the president

ainsley: griff jenkins is live with reaction from both sides of the aisle. >> that deadline is a weekrom tomorrow. house republicans working on multiple fronts to try to keep the government open and fulfill the government's request for $5 billion border wall package. lawmakers on the hill are realizing the president is very serious about this. >> it looks to me like he is serious as four heart attacks and a stroke he is not bluffing. in i were playing poker and i didn't have the cards i would fold. >> short-term spending bill. fund other federal agencies into january and provide billions in aid after the wildfires in the west. now, if they go this route, they could vote as early as today and pass with republican only votes. its fate in the senate chuck schumer blasting again the president's wall as a campaign pledge predicting failure. >> president trump will soon realize that his position will not result in a wall but will result in a trump shut down he seems to relish the idea meanwhile. >> on the hill telling senators they have arrested more than 800 gang members at the border this

griff: we officially have griff jenkins's family with a special christmas meal. o in that family is special to us, they are all special the convention i have. >> the youngest daughter is your goddaughter. >> that is right. my goddaughter lillian. they give us these wonderful things here. we have a photo, my goddaughter lily, there she is, merry christmas, lily. this is originally from lily's grandmother, amy, who delivers it, started in tennessee, makes a very simple recipe delivering to friends, we have been of beneficiaries of them. help me out over here, start warming that up. and do this the day before christmas, there is a specific reason i will explain later. you cut the croissants and ham and cheese and i want to get you started to stir the butter and get preparations going. it is simple to do. okay, come in here. >> you need help. >> take over and explain what we are doing. >> mix the onions with the butter. is there was to sure sauce? >> is it just butter or are you doing that? >> butter, and this goes -- >> mustard. >> you can make -- >> yes. and some sa

let's check in with griff jenkins and see what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> i came up from washingtonshutdown over the border and you have the president indicating on christmas he's not willing to give up that fight. and the media freaking about the president's call them a 7-year-old. you don't want to miss it. former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski, tom homan, republican congressman sean duffy and mike huckabee. jillian: you look like you need a haircut. >> this is new york city hair, a great job of getting new york hair so you are stuck with it, 3 hours coming up. jillian: looking forward to it, see you then. when we come back from heart attacks to depression there are serious health concerns to know about as we close the year. doctor nicole safire is here next. kayla: our dad was in the hospital. josh: because of smoking. but we still had to have a cigarette. had to. kayla: do you know how hard it is to smoke in a hospital? by the time we could, we were like... what are we doing? kayla: it was time for nicodermcq. the nicodermcq patch with unique extended release technolog

in washington, griff jenkins, fox news. >>> a vallejo man is due in court today to face extra chargesew mueller was already convicted in federal court of kidnapping the woman back in 2015 and was sentenced to 40 years in prison now in solano county he is facing state charges of rape, also present, and kidnapping for ransom. >>> former investigator with the san francisco district attorney's office has filed a lawsuit. he says he was fired for reporting that the da carried a gun while flying in violation of federal law. according to the chronicle he took a plate mcdonough on flight after becoming district attorney in january, 2012. an attorney for the former investigator says that he was not a police officer, he was not authorized to travel with the gun. the lawsuit states that after investigators in the das office notify the tsa about him carrying a gun on flights, many of them were fired. or forced to resign. >>> a homeowners association is turning to technology to increase safety which has experts raising questions about privacy. the neighborhood is using license plate readers to mon

griff jenkins is live in washington with the latest on the search. griff?> this all started on the south lawn of the white house and before heading to the army navy game president trump confirmed that his chief of staff, john kelly, is leaving at the end of the year. >> john kelly will be leaving at the end of the year. we will be announcing who is taking john's place it might be on interim waives. incident basis. i will be announcing that in the day or two. >> turned to ayers chief of staff for mike pence. he wants two year commitment. ayers and his family planning to leave d.c. ayers tweeted a note of gratitude thank you at real donald trump and vice president and migrate colleagues for the honor to serve our nation at the white house. i will be departing at the end of the year but will work with the maga team to advance the cause. #georgia. meanwhile the president that the search for a new chief is underway. i'm in the process of interviewing really great people for position of white house chief of staff. fake news has been saying with certain it was nic

brian: anything we said did not catch griff jenkins by surprise. uments, griff? >> in four hours lying contact with ambassador. comes as robert mueller releases documents 302s led to flynn's guilty plea. we are all on the same page in layman's terms. 302 notes agent makes in the field ultimately finalized in document form. this one is evidencely redacted reveals peter strzok was among those comey sent to the white house outside of protocol and pole to interview flynn. flynn's lawyers argued during the interview he was discouraged from having attorney present. prosecutors reject that notion. meanwhile, after former fbi director james comey finished that second grilling on capitol hill yesterday, he came out swinging at the president, republicans and fox news and asked if he bared any responsibility for the fbi's tarnished reputation, here is what he had to say. >> the fbi's reputation has taken a big hit because the president of the united states with his acolytes has lied about it constantly. a whole lot of good people who watch your network believe

griff jenkins has been following it all for us down there. what more are you learning? good morning. we're about 10 miles south of the border and this is the new shelter. let me have you take a look. the first time we've gotten in today people are starting to mill around. one of the big things is a concrete floor and more space. officials are telling us they estimate between 2500 to 3,000 of the original 6,000 migrants are in this spot meaning that there are some 3,000 unaccounted for because they had more than 6,000 in the old one where they had so many unsanitary problems. widespread sickness and lice infestations. the new president took office and the foreign minister is talking with mike pompeo and to work on a broad agreement on a deal that would keep the migrants in mexico while the asylum p applications play out. while we were here yesterday we talked to one of the organizers helping the group and i asked him if he had a message for president trump and if he could account for the number of criminal elements that we've seen with an ms-13 gang member arrested last

griff jenkins live from d.c. with the very latest. griff? >> good morning, guys.he money tap off. you are looking live now at the white house. where president trump is signaling he is open to a deal that does not require the full 5 billion. white house spokeswoman sarah sanders says they are disappointed that the senate has yet to pass anything. but, when do, they will consider signing it meanwhile she says they are looking at other ways to fund the wall. >> we are looking at every avenue available to us possible. the president has asked every one of his cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used to protect our borders and to give the president the ability to fulfill his constitutional obligation to protect the american people by having a secure border. >> this after senate minority leader chuck schumer shot down all republican offers on the table. >> we would not accept their 1 billion-dollar slush fund and that our offers to found the government remain. let me be clear, the republican offer today would not pass either chamber. >> to what will happe

brian: looks like it's up to me to toss to griff jenkins. stand back, issue. in washington to sort it all out. >> happy monday. due ling tweets. this all started when president trump lashed out when former attorney michael cohen sentenced to 36 weeks in jail. said the directed the president to make payment for fairs. >> remember michael cohen only became a rat after the fbi did something which was absolutely unthinkable and unheard of until the witch-hunt was illegally started. they broke into the attorney's office. why didn't they break into the dnc to get server or crooked's office? >> lawful execution of a search warrant issued by a federal judge, shame on republicans who don't speak up at this moment for the fbi, the rule of law and the truth. now, also, guys. coming up in questions likely will be allegations that comey sir couple ventinged protocol and procedures when he sent fbi agents to the white house to interview michael flynn. some republicans are calling it very troubling. >> in layman's terms, violated his miranda rights, tricked him into not havi

griff jenkins is in washington with what is at stake as the clock ticks towards deadline day. the votes of the republicans in the house. >> this reminds me of pre-fight brawls where they attack each other at the weigh-in. it was supposed to be a pool spray. nothing more than a quick opportunity to see power brokers before a big meeting in this case president and top democratic leaders trying to avert that government shut down. what happened was 13 minutes of no holds barred political bashing. watch. >> any time you will call for i will shut down the government if i don't get my wall. >> you know what i will stay in yes, if we don't get what we want whether it's through you, through military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay. >> this is caused by a fundamental disagreement over funding for the border wall. the president wants 5 billion and nothing less. democrats are offering 1.3 billion and not a dollar more. afterwards it appears they are not anywhere closer to agreement. >> if he sticks to his position for 5 billion-dollar wall, he

griff: jenkins and meally. jillian: we are following a fox news alert.fficer in northern california. nuland policeman shot multiple times during a traffic stop. the suspect's truck found nearby. is he still on the loose and considered armed and dangerous. originally from fe fiji was on the force seven years. he leaves behind a wife and 5 month old son. this marks the 47th officer shot and killed this year. president trump holding firm on the shutdown during his surprise trip overseas. >> we're going to have a wall. we're going to have safety. we need safety for our country. even from this standpoint. we have terrorists coming in through the southern burden flint firefighters union to have a wall. tough have protection. jillian: founding for border security still the sticking point between democrats and republicans. the shutdown is now in its sixth day. the white house plans to appeal the federal order blocking president trump's asylum policy. officials filing extension to file that appeal during the government shutdown. comes days after the supreme court

pete: the jenkins family taking new york city. griffe a little bit older so when the prospect came up that dad was going to be working in new york on christmas, i'll up here hosting christmas on christmas day, they said, great, can we come? a lot of fun. pete: and i hope they come join us on the show. they should. griff: they should. pete: okay that's a promise. but part of the reason you're here as well is you'll be hosting for fox news channel on new year's age from eight to ten people with carla and then i'm hosting with kennedy from ten to one. you've been in times square before, i never have, and you haven't hosted for and i've never hosted new year's eve before. we're not ready. it's a big thing to host new year's eve. kennedy has hosted before, jedediah; so she put griff and i and carly through a boot camp, a brutal hosting boot camp. watch. ♪ welcome to the fox news all american new year, new year's eve host boot camp! we are do mike drills, people. you are going to be interviewing machines. five, six, seven, eight. you, them, y

jenkins what is your major malfunction. >> my arm. it's tired. >> kennedy: of course it's tired you will an interviewing machine. i will rip it off. griffin the business. that's why i love it. >> kennedy: shimkus, what was the first times square ball drop. carley: 1907, ma'am. >> kennedy: very good. mr. jenkins how many supreme are expected to ring in the new year on times square. griff: 1 million, ma'am. >> kennedy: mr. hegseth how much does the new year's ball weigh? pete: ma'am. >> kennedy: hegseth drop and give me 289. 1, 2, you have a long way to go, boy. carley: i think i'm getting the hang of it. i'm a little worried about pete though. pete: i'm beginning to know that hosting new year's eve is going to be one of the hardest things i have ever done. and i'm a combat veteran. >> kennedy: they want you on that square. they need you on that square. new year's eve hosts are you ready? [weak cheers] >> kennedy: that's not enough. i need more. new year's eve hosts are you ready? [weak cheers] griff: yeah, i' ready. >> kennedy: too much. no, no. this group hit a lot of bumps in the road. i'm confident with my help they will be able to pu