as you can see, we like playing with a big band. >> brian: here it is, jon pardi, give it up, the song home for christmas." we will get out of the way. show time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ choirs will be singing silent night ♪ christmas carols and candlelight ♪ ♪ please come home for chri christmas ♪ ♪ please come home for chri christmas ♪ ♪ if not for christmas, by new year's night ♪ ♪ friends and relations send salutations ♪ ♪ sure as the stars shine ab above ♪ ♪ but this is christmas, yes, christmas, my dear ♪ ♪ some time of year to be with the one you love ♪ ♪ so won't you tell me you'll never more rome? ♪ ♪ christmas and new year's will find you home ♪ ♪ there will be no more sorrow, no grief and pain ♪ ♪ and i'll be happy, happy once again ♪ ♪ oh, happy once again, baby ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, there will be no more sorrow, no grief and pain ♪ ♪ and i will be happy, christmas once again ♪ [cheers and applause] >> bill: check it out, the whole album. that was awesome. all right, hey, check the calendar. today is national ugly christmas sweater day. >> ainsley: you get the ugly sweater. >> steve: chris

. >> brian: i was hoping to leave with a jon pardi cd but i'm leaving with this. ainsley comeaux know you're off next week. >> ainsley: i love you all, merry christmas or whatever you celebrate, god bless you. i will get dressed every morning. >> brian: thank you very much for joining us on this friday. it was a great show. >> brian: jon pardi, thank you. >> ainsley: merry christmas. >> bill: the question for the moment as the white house wavering on the middle east. the vp kamala harris once the u.s. to get tougher on israel as anti-israel protest pop up seemingly everywhere across the country. good morning, everywhere it is friday and you almost made it. dana is off today, i'm bill hemmer live in new york and our friend is here with us today. >> this is amer "america's news" but i am glad that i get to join you at 5:00 a.m. the one you used to do it. you would say it is friday. spilling your client at that. >> and wendy examined the mic exemption pro-palestinian shutting down traffic in new york and los angeles. we have also seen them vandalize during hanukkah.

jon pardi and a 400 horsepower sleigh. that's a fast sleigh.st the border where biden is setting records. his approval is the worst of any modern day president. who's approval is very high, that's brian kilmeade and he's next. nicole. and the bizarre way kim carkardashian wraps her christms gifts. we'll try it. and more on your christmas gathering. meaux ♪ our future will demand more energy than ever. and with innovations in natural gas and oil, america can deliver. but washington keeps pushing extreme policies that limit america's energy. their plan? restrict oil and natural gas produced in america. government mandates for how we fuel our cars and cook our food. a future where energy could be less reliable and more expensive. tell washington - stop the extreme policies and let american energy deliver. will: new year, new low and latest gallop poll showing biden's rock bottom approval rating is making history at 39% it's worse than any modern day president in their first term. nicole: this is as voters are still worrying about the state of the

>> other highlights include the warren treaty, getting the crowd on its feet, and jon pardi's unusual. so tonight i'm leaving beer out for santa. >> yeah, i might stay up in heaven with him to meantime, the members of lady a are making their seventh appearance on cma country christmas with something fans have never seen from them before. >> dancers. we've got dancers. we do have first time, first time in lady history. we have dancers on stage. so this is something you do not want to miss. the amy sings and more. >> my baby. all these things and more. my baby christmas means to me my love. what christmas means to me. my love. yeah >> george pennacchio for abc news. >> the news at five is coming i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but aren't you linked to dangerous flu complications... ...like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations?” ...i just say, “but i'm just the flu.” [elevator dings] it's him! who? i'm just the flu. fight the flu with higher-dose flu vaccines from sanofi. they're proven to provide better flu protection than standard-dose flu shots in older adul