they were heading to key west for a day trip when their plane burst into flames. 70-year-old john shannonlying his two daughters fiance and a friend. >> no one should have taken off at 7:15 from this airport this morning. the airport was totally socked in with fog. there was no chance for survival. when you take a look at the crash, the only thing you can say is nobody suffered. >> federal investigators are now trying to determine exactly what caused that crash. >>> turning now to a dramatic scene in the french alps. 200 skiers were stranded more than 80 feet in the air after gondolas broke down. dozens of cars just got stuck. helicopters were dispatched, and rescue crews tried to help those desperate skiers. everyone was back on the ground after about two hours with no injuries reported. still no word and what may have caused the malfunction, but not the way you want to get the holiday started. >> we have a ski trip coming up in february. i don't know what this is saying to me, because this is the second time it's happened in a matter of a couple weeks. >> it is saying >> i love to ski.

one of them was victoria's father john shannon. he was the pilot at the time, also a well-known attorney in the lakeland area. also killed was sister olivia shannon, right there. a student at southeastern university. a family friend, 32-year-old krista clayton, you can see right there. we are going to have larger photos online. she was a 32-year-old in lakeland as well. just an immensely sad event and hard to make sense of. >> thank you, evan. >>> the father who was the pilot is also an advocate in the community and a former marine. >>> montgomery county police are looking for suspects in a christmas eve murder in silver spring. an 18-year-old man was shot and killed last night around 6:30 on quebec. police searched the area but they came up empty. >> thank you. >>> no information about the deputies who were shot in the line of duty last night. this man, douglas johnson jr. is charged with two counts of attempted capital murder. the sheriff's office ss mound -- to the home because johnson was fighting with his 19-year-old daughter.

john shannon, president of the republican club in lakeland. and according to the sheriff, he was an accomplished pilot. also killed in the crash, his daughter, victoria, her husband, another one of shannon's daughters, and a family friend. >> hug your children today and your grandchildren a little tighter. and say prayers for the family of these folks on the airplane. >> absolutely tragic story. our thanks to maya rodriguez for that report. >>> this morning, the president and his family are spending the holiday at his private mar-a-lago resort. the president sharing a moment with the troops this weekend on wish them a merry christmas while still finding time to take aim at a familiar target, the media. still, it's revealing words the president made upon arriving at mar-a-lago that has him in hot water after he reportedly told friends, "you all just got a lot richer," hours after signing the tax overhaul bill, according to cbs news. kelly o'donnell has more on the president's christmas eve weekend and what has been dubbed as "the winter white h

the victims include 70-year-old john shannon, a prominent lawyer and accomplished pilot.o on the plane his two adult daughters, son-in-law and family friend. the ntsb and faa are investigating. >>> turning now to a scare near the home of a member of president trump's cabinet, authorities responded to a bel air mansion for the l.a.p.d. bomb skod examined a suspicious gift addressed to treasury secretary steve mnuchin delivered to his neighbor's house in the end they found a pile of horse manure inside. labeled as being from, quote, the american people. the secret service is now investigating. >>> and in case you missed it this weekend, there was a surprise show in the skies over southern california. and it generated all kinds of speculation over what exactly it was. the sudden burst of light there. nbc's steve patterson helps with some answers. >> oh, my god, it's a meteor. >> reporter: it lit up the night sky. >> so beautiful. >> reporter: from hollywood to san diego to phoenix. >> oh, my gosh, what is that? >> oh, my god! >> reporter: people wondering what in the world i

john shannon, president of the republican club in lakeland, and according to the sheriff he was an accomplished pilot. also killed in the crash, his daughter victoria, her husband, another one of shannon's daughters and a family friend. >> hug your children today and your grandchildren a little tighter. and say prayers for the family of these folks on the airplane. >> thanks to maya rodriguez for that report. >>> pope francis celebrated his fifth christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion roman catholics and moments ago he delivered his christmas message from the balcony. he drew parallels between mary and joseph's journey to bethlehem. he expressed hope that no one will feel there's no room for them on this earth. as families wake up this christmas morning there was a last minute scrambling going on especially if you did your holiday shopping online. shippers were working overtime to make sure your gifts made it under the tree in time. kristen dahlgren has more. >> reporter: when he ordered the lego set almost a week ago he knew how much son caleb wanted it under the tree for christmas. >>

people died when a small plane crashed after taking off in thick fog in the tampa area. 70-year-old john shannon was flying his two daughters, son-in-law and a friend. all five died. >>> let's get a closer look at your christmas day forecast. >>> good morning and merry christmas. snowfall potential throughout the northeast, at least three inches throughout portions of the northeast and up to a foot and a half throughout portions of maine. you combine that with the problem of gusty winds, 35 to 50 miles per hour winds from boston all the way down towards richmond, over towards cleveland as well. biting chill. isolated damage and power outages in the north central part of the country. arctic outbreak with bitter cold and snow in wyoming and ice and slick roads along the west coast. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> still ahead, what you need to do to stay healthy through the peak of the flu season. >>> and a frightening scene high up in the frenchal ps. rescuers taking extreme steps to bring skiers down to safety. >>> a peek inside how the white house got dressed up for the holidays

. >> reporter: the sheriff knew the pilot, 70-year-old john shannon, personally,' shannon, personally,' shannon, personally,' shannon, personally. shannon flying his two daughters, son-in-law and a family friend. all perished. >> there was no chance of survival. when you look at the crash the only thing you can say is that nobody suffered. >> reporter: that community heartbroken tonight. no definite cause for the crash has been given but the ntsb is investigating. >> tom? >> gloria, thank you. >>> we turn to parts of the country on edge after recent terror attacks. fears about an active shooter triggering panic at a local mall. this, as officials are urging vigilance. as christmas eve celebrations get under way. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: crowds running from this mall outside miami. a shooting scare causing panic, but authorities there say it was a false alarm. this, as across the country, law enforcement remains on edge. in california, court documents revealing 26-year-old everitt jameson, a former marine recruit was planning to attack one of san francisco's most popular spots,

john shannon, president of the republican club in lakeland and according to the sheriff, he was an accomplished pilot. also killed, his daughter, victoria, her husband, another one of shannon's daughters, and a family friend. >> hug your children today and your grandchildren a little tighter. and say prayers for the family of these folks on the airplane. >> reporter: this small town is reeling tonight. shannon's daughter and son-in-law were celebrating their first christmas as a married couple and before the group left on the plane, they had brought christmas cookies to the staff here at the airport. peter? >> all right, mya, -- maya, thank you very much for that. >>> high drama today, high above the french alps. more than 150 skiers left stranded in chair lifts when a gondola broke. it broke down near a resort. the rescue operation lasted three hours. helicopters swooping in to save them, about 80 feet off the ground. look at that. rescuers opening hatches in the roofs, then safely lowering the skiers to the ground. heck of an ending there. >>> across much of the world tonight, it's time for a

>> councillor yee: i want to -- for shannon way, i don't want to continue. john elberling, there's a question, not about whether we should waive or not waive, but more, about residency. so, number one, lets move shannon way forward. ms. cohen, supervisor cohen? through the president, when did we receive this? is this a letter floating around for a while or -- i don't have it in front of me. >> councillor cohen: i didn't hear your question. >> councillor yee: when did you receive this letter? has it been around for a while? >> councillor cohen: let me check with my staff. i don't know when we received it. supervisor tang said she received it via email a day or so ago. i will have my staff make a copy of it for your reference and make sure it's reflected in the board record as well. all i'm asking for -- i'm not saying yes or no. i just want to know if there's any truth to it. >> councillor yee: i am wondering about the timeline. i thought maybe i missed it during the rules committee. so it was after rules committee. and i guess, city attorney, are there -- let me

. >> shannon: fox news john roberts reports that the president's legal team has an excellent relationshipler's team and the democrats are manufacturing the idea that mr. trump is even thinking about firi firing foreli. -- mueller. sarah westwood, great to see you. we heard this from a number of lawmakers saying this is a rumor. the white house keeps knocking it down. >> exactly. republicans and white officials seldom mention removing mueller at all. the talk about removing mueller from the special counsel office is almost limited to democrats. they are happy to build-up speculation about removing the special counsel. what you have heard from president trump and his allies are criticism of the conduct of some of the agents below mueller like peter strzok who exchanged text messages bashing president trump and another fbi agent whose wife was linked to the company that produced the dossier at the heart of the russian investigation. it's important not to inflate that with criticism of the special counsel. president trump has been careful not to go after mueller the man. >> shannon: i want to

economic fee ability analysis and we currently have four seats and four applicants and john, whitney, fernando and shannon way who will require residency waiver. >> great. so unless there's any initial comments from committee members there's hear from our first speaker, mr. john eberling, please come forward. >> good after, i'm john, and i appreciate your support foray pointment to the second round of this committee to finish the job of updating our inclusionary ordinance to the city and i know the chair is familiar with the work and we want to get it done, thank you. >> thank you for your bev tee and your concise application. [laughter] forty years non-profit affordable housing professional. any questions for mr. eberling? no. i'm make mental against at the end so next speaker we'll call forward is mr. fernando marte. >> thank you, i am with the council of community housing organizations and thank you very much for your consideration for the technical advisory committee i did not serve on the first round but i attended most of the meetings so i feel almost as though i was already a part of it. i think it

john conyers is an icon in our country. congressman conyers should resign. zero-tolerance has consequences for everyone. >> shannon: more trouble for this between you and family, reports his son john conyers third was arrested this year for domestic abuse but didn't face criminal charges. conyers was endorsed by his dad but the congressman's great-nephew is also running. >> shannon: tuner around the christmas table could get interesting. ed henry, thank you. in a unanimous vote, the house passed legislation cosponsored by congressman barbara comstock that will require congress and staffers to do sexual harassment training. you have a hearing tomorrow and you said you don't know what you don't know about this problem. >> we are going to have witnesses in the equal employment opportunity commission in our office of compliance, the office that would review these cases, we are going to hear from them on best practices. they did a study last year where they looked at the whole problem of sexual harassment and found it still is very pervasive throughout the workplace. one of the things we know is that it's frequently no

and it's just nasty, grubby people being nasty and grubby. >> shannon: we are going to hear from john conyers tomorrow. apparently some decision about his future. as we wait for that come in the meantime, we are hearing from roy moore who's got new issues to deal with today. here is what he said today on american family radio. >> what they have done to me is not only unforgivable. it's just pure hatred and pure spite and pure evil and wrong, and they have made up stuff that i would never even consider doing. they've been successful. >> shannon: how well do think that plays in alabama? will he win? >> i think republicans in washington are seeing the writing on the wall in this. i think we could go, they were very much trying to undercut him and distanced themselves, stopped funding to him. and now we are seeing the polls, even though it hurt them for a while, they are starting to come back in favor of roy moore and that's why you so mitch mcconnell, the majority leader in the senate, do a 180 on this a couple weeks ago. he said roy moore should step aside. this weekend he said somethin

. >> shannon: has a clock ticks down to election day in alabama, secretary of state john merrill talkso us in a fox news at night exclusive. ♪ >> shannon: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." item shannon bream in washington. this is a fox news alert. new developments tonight on the port authority terror attack, where 27-year-old bangladeshi named akayed ullah allegedly tried to detonate a pipe bomb during a busy morning commute. he apparently watched her, instead severely injuring himself and causing a rush hour stampede. the drop administration moving quickly to identify ullah as a immigrant who benefited from chain migration, a major political target for the white house in his attempt to undo decades immigration policy. the department of homeland security weighing in late tonight. dha's tweeting, "we can confirm that the suspect benefited from extended family chain migration. the chain was initiated by the suspect's relatives who became a u.s. citizen after entering the country via a visa lottery program. he entered the u.s. in 2011 receiving a green card after the family-based

shannon bream. >> jo john voight. >> some on the internet say it looks like a bloated john voight.ing to speak to me again. >> tucker: look at that shannon bream, ladies and gentlemen. okay, so you win, this week we run out of prizes. this week very a small bottle of nonalcoholic champagne. >> i like it do i get to spray it. >> tucker: tastes like bubbly water but it's delicious. it's from france. >> i do get to go to the super bowl? >> tucker: stage manager saying no. >> thank you for walking me to the precipice of being slaughtered by shannon bream. >> tucker: pay attention to the news every week you can play along. another edition of final exam on thursday right here. ♪ ♪ ♪ when you have a cold, stuff happens. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. >> tucker: big tax bill heads to the p

with sexuality. >> shannon: will be tough talk sway the global body? john bolton joins us. where are doctors battling police? we will tell you next. [lance] monica, it is absolute chaos out here! gale force winds, accumulations up to 8 inches... ...don't know if you can hear me, but [monica] what's he doing? [lance] can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. winter has arrived. whooo! hahaha [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. brace yourself for the season of audi sales event. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. run, jthe power of in to tempur-pedic sleep with our 90-day trial and being the highest ranked mattress in customer satisfaction by jd power, it's easy to love. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com whcold sore.et you? grab lunch? cold sore. when a cold sore takes over, campho phenique's topical anesthetic plus anti-microbial action soothes pain fast. what's for dinner? meat loaf. campho-phenique on, cold sore pain gone. >> shannon: the united nations general assembly will hold

. >> john kingsdale, thank you for joining us. we'll go back to shannon and matthew. se he talked about the policy and the politics of it. republicans could do something, they probably one of the, and now republicans own this forever as even lindsey graham acknowledges. so how does that play out down the road? >> one approach would be this alexandria bill that would stabilize the marketplaces but -- >> i'm told by folks that that is not -- a nonstarter. dead, not happening. >> so yeah, i don't know where they go from here. i think we start returning to a situation where the rate of uninsured goes up, hospitals start seeing higher costs. we have more people coming into the emergency room without insurance. and when you look at the president's agenda to 2018 and talking to marc short, there is daca, there is infrastructure, there is border security, a wall on there. i don't enreally hear anybody talking about a new attempt at overhauling the health care system. >> so is this going to be as the president and others have said let it die, let it fail? >> i don't think so. i

with sexuality. >> shannon: will be tough talk sway the global body? john bolton joins us. where are doctors battling police? we will tell you next. these feet... loved every step of fatherhood... and made old cars good as new. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. common side effects: dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs, and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. those who've had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. now i have less diabetic nerve pain. ask your doctor about lyrica. >> shannon: the united nations general assembly will hold a rare emergency session this week at the request of arab

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john conyers and kihuen. this is off message. >> shannon: is interesting, we had this allegation against him, mollie.came up i was elected, the d triple c and nancy pelosi looked into it, they were satisfied with what they found, she went on to campaign for me and raise money and do those things. she says that's not accurate as to how that went down. we have a second woman tonight. here's what he said to the nevada independent, "during my ten years a legislator, i dated several different women out of respect for their privacy, i want to discuss my communications or any other details of those relationships." but this woman who presented the text messages and all those things said "we never dated, it was about kind of relationship." where do we go from here? >> it's a fine statement to make him had they been dating. there was no indication of this woman and as member dated. having said that, this is the second story based on a an anonymous source. the idea that someone would be forced to step down based on anonymous accusations that would really, i think, you can definitely find it to be boorish behavi

john elberling separately. on the remaining candidates, including the residency waiver for shannon way, colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without objection, those items are adopted unanimously. and on john elberling, madam clerk? colleagues, can we take that item same house, same call, without objection, the entire motion is adopted unanimously. let's go to items 53 and 54 together. >> clerk: both recommended as amended with new titles. item 53, resolution to authorize the mayor's office of housing and community development on behalf of the city to execute a grant application. the amended part, by striking out grant agreement and related documents under the department of housing and community development, affordable housing and sustainable communities program with 1950 mission street, associates lp, city to assume joint liability in completion of the projects. and item 54 to execute a grant application and amendment to the title again by striking grant agreement and related documents under the department of housing and community development affordable housing and sustainable communities progra

. >> shannon: will go live to jerusalem for the latest on the embassy announcement. ambassador johnn response to critics and

john voight is never going to speak to me again. >> tucker: look at that! shannonmen. okay, so you win, this week we run out of prizes. this week very a small bottle of nonalcoholic champagne. i like it. do i get to spray it? >> tucker: it tastes like bubbly water but it's delicious. it's from france. >> i do get to go to the super bowl?o >> tucker: stage manager saying no. >> tucker: thank you very much. >> thank you for walking me to the precipice of being slaughtered by shannon bream. >> tucker: pay attention to the news every week, you can play along. another edition of "final exam" on thursday right here. do you need the most trusted battery this holiday? maybe not. maybe, you could trust the world would be just as happy without them. (screaming) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ or, you could just t♪ust duracell. for every hour that you're idling in your car, you're sending about half a gallon of gasoline up in the air. that amounts, over the course of the week, to about 10 pounds of carbon dioxide. growth is g

. >> quickly, before we move on, shannon, what's the word out of the white house? yesterday, john dowd, trump's personal lawyer, was making the argument there can't be obstruction of justice around trump tweeting he fired michael flynn because he lied to the fbi. and then later we know he wanted to fire james comey. yesterday, john dowd said trump can't have obstruction of justice. then it sounded last night like ty cobb distanced himself from this. >> it certainly seemed like they were taking a much broader interpretation of executive powers by saying the president can't obstruction justice. before that, the line had been the president hadn't obstructed justice, he didn't tell flynn or comey to drop the flynn case. he didn't fire comey because of the russia investigation. now it's he can't. so there's an evolution of that. it's been a very odd 48 hours for the president's legal team. with the tweets, with the dowd comment, with the ty cobbs comment. they need to get on the same page here. there's a lot of inconsistency that's been going on. >> shannon's generous. it's been an odd