and carol voting for jolly don. >> ainsley: i like it. >> brian: i like jolly don. >> lawrence: good one. >> brian: salute to our graphics. >> carley: i don't think graphics department gets enough credit. shout out. >> ainsley: you can't touch them. >> carley: he flies away o overnight. >> brian: jolly don. >> ainsley: trumpet, that is what my friend named hers and donny. >> my vote is donner. >> ainsley: that is cute. >> brian: i made my choice and nobody cares, and -- >> going with jolly don. >> lawrence: more "fox and friends." >> ainsley: why does he get to choose, wait, carley! ♪ what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...but was designed differently to also give you blazing fast wifi where you are most of the time? reliable 5g, plus wifi speeds up to a gig where you need it most. xfinity mobile. now xfinity internet customers can buy one line of unlimited and get one free for a year. >> ainsley: fox news alert, u.s. launching strikes inside syria targeting isis after rebels overthrow the al-assad regime. president trumps we should stay out of it. greg

l >> brian: jolly don.e donald trump elf on a shelf. >> nicole: he doesn't look very jolly. >> brian: the elf is a challenge for parents in the household. >> todd: all i can say is you guys give jolly don a lot of credit for moving around and fidgeting and yet when i do it on the couch, i get letters from management. i'm sitting like an elf and have elf-like tendencies. >> nicole: maybe if you wore the whole suit, we'd be more forgiving. >> todd: is there a surprise for the remaining 40 minutes of the show. brian, you run the show. come on, tell us. will i be in a red suit by the end of the day? >> brian: i don't think so because there's one santa and we saw him in the sky in moscow before. >> todd: that's magic. dvr that for your resume reel, america. >> todd: it may be christmas eve but another holiday we can't forget. >> a new holiday we can't forget, a festivus for the rest of us. >> tell your family how they've disappointed you for the rest of the year. >> todd: late frank castan. rand paul joining us

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>> ainsley: you have our jolly don. >> kevin: awesome. what else do we got in here?pmendous. >> kevin: it's going to be huge this one. >> griff: i got the brian kilmeade bobble head. >> carley: ear plugs for the next time i sit next to todd. [laughter] todd, i love you. sometimes it's necessary. thank you so much, santa, for looking out. >> griff: i love it. >> quite welcome. kev cef thank you, santa. this is so great. >> griff: toys. specifically speaking what's the toughest. >> carley: barbie dream house? >> sometimes much larger. you have those big trucks, the power wheeled trucks. can't fit down the chimney. have to work extra hard to get it into the home. >> carley: that's so true. do you -- have you ever delivered a puppy before? extra special. >> in order to deliver a puppy, mom and dad have to write on christmas note and sign off and say it's okay to have a puppy. if santa brings a puppy everyone's home. >> really always appreciate. >> griff: two or three times. >> kevin: put together huffy bike. i would be up and the bike would be down there and blue and shi

. >> ainsley: you picked the name without us agreeing jolly don.ump. >> brian: big brain jigsaw puzzle. can you do that one. 12,000 pieces and it's all blue sky. you grandpa's per lap bag. there you go. >> all stuff it's fantastic. magnifying glass and tweezer included. >> steve: this could be a prank billed christmas, folks. >> ainsley: imagine if you had to do this puzzle all green grass. good luck. >> steve: step aside. more "fox & friends" brought to you by cat hat. ♪ winter wonderland ♪ think you're not at risk for shingles? it's time to wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about shingles prevention. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. ♪today my friend you did it, you did it♪ pursue a better you with centrum. ♪ it's a small win toward taking charge of your health. ♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪ wounded warrior project empowers post-9/11 vete

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. >>> well, the art of playing santa claus goes much deeper than donning a red suit. we found a jollys training program. here is cbs's skyler henry. >> reporter: if the saying seeing is believing means anything at christmas, rick rosenthal is a true believer. >> what makes a good santa? >> the very first thing is your heart. you have to like yourself. >> you have to be understood and logical to be believable. >> reporter: twice a year rosenthal, or santa rick as he likes to be called, is dean of students at the northern lights santa academy in atlanta. between 100 and 150 student santas and mrs. clauses from as far aways as germany and england enroll each session. they're not your typical mall santas. >> i'm working on becoming a professional christmas entertaining. but not just "a", and kpreert christmas entertainer. >> reporter: in the near decades since rosenthal founded it, northern lights has grown to the largest santa school in the southeast. >> we have a professionally train and and christmas performer. they look different. they have real santa suits, not costumes. so education

>> jericka: finally, tonight, the art of playing santa claus goes much deeper than donning a red suit. we found a jolly program. here is cbs's skyler henry. >> reporter: if the saying seeing is believing means anything at christmas, then rick rosenthal is a true believer. what makes a good santa? >> the very first thing is your heart. you have to like yourself. >> you have to be understood and logical to be believable. >> reporter: twice a year, rosenthal, or santa rick, as he likes to be called, is the dean of students at the northern lights santa academy in atlanta. between 100-150 student santas and mrs. clauses from as far away as england and germany enroll each session. these aren't your typical mall santas. >> i'm working on becoming a professional christmas entrtainer, but not just a, an extraordinary christmas entertainer. >> reporter: in the near decade since rosenthal founded it... ♪ must be santa ♪ ♪ must be santa ♪ >> reporter: northern lights has grown to the largest santa school in the southeast. >> we have a professionally trained and educated christmas performer. they look different. th

donning a red suit. skyler henry found a jolly but serious st.eporter: if the saying seeing is believing means anything at christmas, then rick rosenthal is a true believer. what makes a good santa? >> very first thing is your heart. you have to like yourself. >> you have to be understood and logical to be believable. >> reporter: twice a year, he or santa rick as he likes to be called is dean of students at the northern lights santa academy in atlanta. between 100 and 150 student santas and mrs. clauses from as far away as england and germany enroll each session and these aren't your typical mall santas. >> i'm working on becoming a -professional christmas entertainer but not just "a." extraordinary christmas entertainer. >> reporter: in the near decade since he founded it, northern lights has grown to the largest santa school in the southeast. >> we have a professionally trained and christmas performer. they look different and they have real santa suits not costumes. education is really important in every field. >> reporter: the training includ

>> well, joining me now, don callaway, democratic strategist and founder of national protection voter fund, susan del percio, msnbc political analyst and david jollyorida republican congressman and msnbc political analyst. i hope you had a great thanksgiving. the only thing missing from my thanksgiving table is having my son with me. here we go. don, does kash patel sound like swub who can win senate confirmation? >> unfortunately, he does sound like he can win senate confirmation. does he soupd like someone who should be in charge of our fbi? oh, god, no. i was prepared to come in with this canned response how these outlier candidate will be nominated but i forgot all about that when i listened to kash patel. these are the words out of his mouth. that wasn't some alarmist thing. it basically outside of the extremist politics of it, it ee vinces this fundamental lack of knowledge about how things actually work. to not understand what people in there are actually doing and how they're not only protecting global security but individual american household security every day, this is what these people want to come in and eliminate. it presents a real

don callaway the host of the caucus room podcast, and we also have republican strategist susan del percio and form republican congressman david jollysnbc political analysts. david, i want to start with you because my understanding is you have been to these syrian refugee camps in the past. i was at the border very early on in this conflict, 2011, 2012. it seems almost impossible that this war has been going on this whole time. what is your take on what you just heard from the president and your reaction to the events overnight? >> yeah, there are no easy answers. and i think the interesting thing about joe biden's comments, or what was left out, because there is so much left unknown. if hts, indeed, has kroelt. they are considered a terrorist organization. they are not an ally of the united states. and you have iran, in particular, still interested in propping up the assad regime, but you have turkey who has been funding and the biggest backer of hts and these rebels. so, when i say there's no easy answer for the united states, that is something that joe biden appreciates. donald trump, the incoming president, does foreign affairs