larry: on set. >> the goat, larry kudlow will join me. y: we'll talk about that more. >> see you at 9. >> we have a live report on even this -- more plagiarism accusations again harvard president claudine gay. republicans need to be trump tough on the border, and guess what, arizona senate san ksense candidate kari lake agrees, that is maybe why she is up in polls. >> and why is joe biden letting the houthis hum humiliate us? we ask john ratcliffe, all this when kudlow returns, trump tough, kudlow tough, conway tough, she knows th you got this. let's go. gobble gobble. i've seen bigger legs on a turkey! rude. who are you? i'm an investor in a fund that helps advance innovative sports tech like this smart fitness mirror. i'm also mr. leg day...1989! anyone can become an agent of innovation with invesco qqq, a fund that gives you access to nasdaq-100 innovations. i go through a lot of pants. before investing carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com. people are alwa

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bring in larry kudlow host of kudlow on fox business 4:00 fox business. er today, larry. there is good news in this report. how do you score it so far? >> there is some good news and there is some mediocre news in this report. 199 minus 35 lower revisions, so that's 164? but it was three categories. leisure and hospitality, government, and healthcare. retail sales and most of the private stuff was down. so it wasn't fabulous but it wasn't bad. the unemployment rate fell. that's good. 3.7%. in terms of wages, average hourly earnings up 0.4, up 4% the last year. the private work week was actually down, so wages up 3 1/2%. that's about the same as the inflation rate. so real wages a push. not rising, not falling. so come christmastime real wages should be rising but they're not. but -- >> bill: you're santa claus, how is kudlow scoring this. i'll read it and let you answer. majority of americans, 55%, report cutting back on their holiday shopping list because of high prices. that number apparently has steadily increased from 46% who said the same last year an

larry kudlow, thank you so much for joining me. ank you mestraight ahead, more e in the white house. a new report claims the president's patience behind the scenes is dwindling. joe so what is joe biden so upsetens about this time? we wil we'll tell you as this special y hannity continueou as. >> meet gold bond daily healing. a powerhouse lotioneal & that moisturizes heals and soothes dry skin with sevemn moisturizers and three vitamins and new gold bond healing and new gold bond healing sensitiv to heal and moisturize dry sensitive skin. gold bond. >> are you tired of that old worn out bath or shower. now you can have a new one installed in just one day with a new limited time offer from jacuzzi bath remodel. we're waiting all installation costs with no interest and no payments for one year. jacuzzi has been making water feel great for over 65 years, and now you can get a gorgeous custom bathroom model at a price. you can afford with no stress and no mess. i've been trying to get him remodel that bath for years. i called and they

>> far be it for me to ever disagree with my great friend larry kudlow.l say, since 2000, arbitrary starting point, spending is up -- i'm sorry, revenues up 170%. spending up 270% and over the same time frame, the amount of debt the u.s. has, from 5 trillion today to 26 trillion or so. that is unstainable. push back against the era of big taxes is here. i'm saying it as a nonpolitical actor, the facts of the math, we don't we spend more than we -- >> sandra: if taxes are going up faster than economic growth, tax revenues are are rising as a share of gdp, impact is outpassing economic growth, a growing government role in the economy. that many economies like larry kudlow would tell you is a problem. >> i agree. and the short-term as we discussed, a matter of economic growth more than tax rates going up. >> sandra: appreciate the discussion. thanks to both of you. john. >> john: sandra, pope francis approving a new vatican policy to allow same-sex couples to be blessed by roman catholic priests, should not be under an exhaustive moral analysis. lauren, a bi

neil: i will put you down as a maybe on the biden chances here, thank you very much larry kudlow. larry: as a may be. neil: the busiest travel day of the year. i don't know how they count these but this thursday before christmas is the one that will be for the record books. garrett tenney is at chicago's o'hare, on what he is seeing. >> reporter: airports will be busy for the next week. aaa expects this holiday travel season will be the busiest on record going back to 2000. today is expected to be the busiest in the skies with nearly 49,000 flights according to the faa followed by tomorrow at 44,000. the good news is so far today, things are working smoothly, some delays a few dozen cancellations and that's a huge relief for folks who were worried about a repeat of widespread cancellations we saw last year. >> absolutely. a holiday is waiting for us. >> get tsa pre-check. i'm not concert with united but get it. it makes everything easier. >> everybody is a little anxious and worried after last year's travel experience. everything going good for the most part. >> reporter: santa tol

here now with more is the host of kudlow on foxbusiness, larry kudlow.we have seen all the statistics, polling and economic statistics. people living paycheck to paycheck. 40 are high on interest rates and inflation. every day life is unaffordable and it showing up in the polls. we finally have try partisan agreement. republicans, independents and democrats agree the economy could be doing better. why don't you tell us how you as an economist would define bidenomics? what are the four or five main components of it? >> the problem is bidenomics as you just mentioned is affordability. because prices have gone up so much, grocery prices, home heating, electricity, gasoline, mortgage interest rates, credit card interest rates, automobile loan interest rates. all those prices have gone up so much, people can't afford it. wages, take-home pay, after inflation, after adjusting for taxes have been falling for three years. people are unhappy. many are living paycheck to paycheck. many have to work several jobs. this middle out, middle up business. low income peop

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applying to marketing [bleep] for weeks now, and the pay cut is insane. >> sandra: let's bring in larry kudlowudlow on fox business. who better to respond to tiktok. >> larry: why do these young kids always complain? seriously. >> sandra: i don't know if it's the case. >> larry: it was a whine, give it to me, i don't want to work for it. how about work for it, and you think you are working hard, six days a week, easily. i did that for so many years. i'm still doing it. i work on saturdays. and you think you are working harder, that just means you have to work harder still, and if you majored -- what did john say, major in greek history or greek philosophy, there's nothing wrong with that if it teaches you to think. but when you get a job, let them train you, you have to work your butt off constantly. that's my -- i don't know that it's true for all kids. you are right, you are 100% right but i hear it too much. i used to give talks to the white house interns, true story, a couple hundred of them, bless their little hearts, beautiful looking, scrubbed ties and every darn thing possible and the

larry: hello folks, welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow. well, our headline story tonight hunter biden defies congress by not appearing for his scheduled deposition in front of the oversight committee, makes a public statement and then gets out of dodge. but, we have late-breaking story. that is the dow is up 500 points at the close. we have the great charles payne to give us tips and advice. so, first, hunter biden saga, let's turn to grady trimble live at the white house. today was a lot of fun. reporter: the fun is not over, house could slow t vote on impeachment inquiry who president biden as early as 5:00 this evening that is expected to pass. and house republicans say, that if it does, it will give them more authority to enforce subpoenas as they investigate president biden and his son hunter biden's business dealings. they say, the white house is stonewalling their investigation, here is what the white house says. >> they have gotten 100,000 pages of documents and interviews witnesses for 4 40 hours, the documents and witnesses have

larry: hello folks, welcome to "kudlow", i'm larry kudlow. so the democratic colorado supreme court has disqualified former president trump from the 2024 ballot over something called insurrection. the former president plans to appeal the case as republicans are rallying behind him almost everywhere. let's turn to our own hilary vaughn on capitol hill for all the gory details. heli, hilary. >> reporter: hello, larry. this decision from the colorado supreme court already is helping trump. it has his 2024 gop rivals on the campaign trail taking a break from attacking him to now defending him. >> well if somebody is convicted or something of some of these things there was no trial on any of this. they basically just said, you can't be on the ballot? how does that work. >> they will not run a free and fair election from colorado and remove myself from the ballot and call on every republican to do the same thing. we cannot stand for this assault on our republic. >> reporter: the colorado republican party responded to ramaswamy's pledge the party wi

larry: hello folks, welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow. nobody puts out the economic growth message better than donald trump. nobody. last night in his interview with sean hannity he was asked about biden acquisition if elected he would be a d dictator, without batting an eye mr. trump said okay on day one i will dictate we close the border, then we will launch dr drill, baby, drill and unleash america's great oil and gas resources, which will power thetic the economy forward, who ill . >> listen to it. >> will choice the border, day one. border gets closed and day one and a half we drill, we drill, baby, drill. drill, drill, drill. and probably on day two, we'll get rid of this ridiculous electric car-mandate. larry: he said we gave you big tax cuts everyone was happy, and everyone was working. now, this is music to my ears, what mr. trump did was link economic growth with the value of work a that equals happiness that is right. when luk look at . today a polls, you see how unhappy people are, there is no confidence, but president trump d

larry kudlow is here now. good morning to you. "wall street journal" picks it up this way. u.s. steel sales industrial policy, boomerang. the backlog is at a 15-year high. because u.s. steel makers can't meet demand projects will be delayed or contractors will have to pay higher prices for foreign steel. that's bad for consumers. the pampered u.s. steel makers will benefit from higher prices and profits. good deal or not, larry? >> look, i'm okay with the deal. it's ironic or amusing that the 25% steel tariff put in in 2018 just didn't work. it was done as industrial policy to help the steel companies. it was done in the name of national security. many of us who -- i was still outside the administration, opposed it because we just said these kinds of tariffs are not going to work. they won't preserve the company and they are probably going to undermine competition and make the company less efficient. i think that's what happened. actually, between 2018 and 2022, u.s. steel lost 7,000 jobs, okay? go figure. the thing didn't work. now look, the japanese steel company is fine. they

larry: hello folks, welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow. all right, a bunch of big stories. joe biden says israel is losing support. oh, my gosh. chuck schumer and democrats still won't come to their senses on closing the border. even as thousands of illegal migrants are streaming into the u.s. on a daily basis. meanwhile donald trump appears to be fighting jack smith and the supreme court at the same time. we'll have live reports from capitol hill and the southern border. later on we'll go to israel, where idf is mopping up hamas left and right. but first. few quick points on my part. talk about why joe biden is so unpopular in economic terms, consumer inflation jumped slightly in november but that marks 32 ntnd straight month with annual percentage rising significantly faster than 2% federal reserve target. hat tip for breitbart john carney for nagging us about this. inflation is slowed, but still rising. and still well above the fed's target. here joe biden's problem. since february of 2021. his first month as president, consumer prices are up, 17%. but, average weekly ea

larry: hello folks welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow. in a few moments, fox's ace white house correspondent peter doocy will be here, report on john kirby's briefing in white house and hostage story and the possibility of a longer ceasefire between israel and hamas. waiting in the winds great laura ingram. talking about the big ron desantis and gavin newsom debate on sean hannity show 8 p.m. former national security advise rare robert o'brien will talk with me about henry kissinger later. but with all that, i would like to begin with a discuss about how donald trump's bankers blew up the letitia james, case against the former president. that is right. couple deutsche bank folks, who have been lending millions of dollars to trump and the trump organization, down through the years, absolutely destroyed the stupid left wing new york socialist attack on mr. trump. brilliant jonathan will be here later. but, in not legal terms, number of deutsche bank employees, the story, they told new york judge, they made millions of dollars from mr. trump

i'm david asman filling in for larry kudlow today. the supreme court rejected special council jack smith's request for justices to quickly take up the january 6 immunity case and he want it is before the election. and we have the former president's attorney lina habba on later to talk about this. first, a live look at crisis at the border where migrants continue pouring into the u.s. at a staggering rate and draining resources and moral. december is on track for another record breaking surge and bill is live in lukeville, arizona, with the very latest. bill. reporter: david, just a short time ago, cvp released official border novembers and show more than 242,000 migrant encounters at the boarder and third highest month of president biden's president seizure disorders and in lukeville, arizona and closed down for weeks now and all the ilices cross accident taking place and a lot of men from africa and ebbing wed oar and men from china here earlier as well. we had a chance yesterday to talk with guys from ecuador that crossed over and t

larry kudlow, you're terrific. love talking to you. larry: me too, have a great show. elizabeth: israel closing in on hamas' last stronghold and told to get out of the way. it's helping fund iran's attack on israel in a very backdoor way and we're just talking about it with larry kudlow, overpaid colleges literally have students fearing for their lives. these presidents should be fired and really incompetent performance as lawmakers hammered college presidents for not stopping anti-semitic campus protests. and we have a congressional hearing on the biden white house changing title 9 rules that will harm women student athletes. plus, democrat >> i ya paul widely tries to blame trump for campus rhetoric after down playing rapes by hamas and new time lines on the biden impeachment inquiry and just a moment, please comer takes on attacks against his latest aleses of biden family corruption. and senator ted cruz took on fbi director wray in a big way. can a simple at home blood test detect alzheimers, i'm elizabeth macdonald and the evening edit starts now. retired lieutena

(guns firing) (intense music) larry: hello u folks. welcome to kudlow. i'm larry kudlow. all right, the israeli idf is punishing hamas murders now throughout gaza. meanwhile iran terrorist proxies hit u.s. military assets in the middle east. our own edward lawrence is live at the white house. reporter: state department and white house briefing here and jake sullivan national security adviser and two big themes and the criticism of the u.s. and at min strait and about 90 minutes ago, the state department addressed what the u.s. shown about the atrocitied committed on weapon for october 7. >> we've been briefed on a number of findings and we don't of course have our own independent assessments to make and no people on the ground conducting the assessments and hamas has committed atrocities both on october 7 and since october 7 and we only condemn those atrocities and support israel's actions to hold hamas accountable for them. reporter: iran poking the eye of the united states again. uss kearney shot down -- uss carney shot down drones in the red sea and at least 75 times u

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his name is larry kudlow, and he's our guest this morning. billion, it's -- i think it's going to be going to the states, and that amounts to a bailout, doesn't it? >> well, yeah. it amounts to just more stimulus from federal spending that they don't need. i mean, that's -- i don't know if it's a bailout per se, but this administration loves to spend. this money goes back, by the way if i'm not mistaken, this money goes all the way back to the 2021, the march 2021 so-called american rescue fund which was unnecessary at the time. it was $1.9 trillion and which triggered the inflation which peaked at 9%, now it's down to about 4% with higher interest rates from the federal reserve. but, in fact, prices are so much higher than they were three years ago, the level of prices is going up even if the inflation rate has calmed down a bit. so this is called fiscal inflation, okay? the government spends money, they're literally putting it into your bank account directly. i guess they're going to use the states as a broker. but, no, we don't need any of

i'm larry kudlow, a new fox business poll shows a widening of former president's lead in iowae he is plus 34. and caucuses are dwie 25 days away, hillary vaughn is live at white house with details. reporter: good evening, happy to be here. new fox business polls give a great look at how 2024 race is shaking up. and former president trump is gaining ground despite the legal cases piling up, a new fox business poll shows trump with 34% lead over rest of hits g.o.p. rivals with 52% supporting him, up from 46% in september. governor ron desantis with 18% support, and former ambassador nikki haley with 16%, former president trump has most loyal supporters ahead to iowa caucuses. compare to desantis, 59 percent say, he is 100% their guy, but 39 percent of desantis fans say, they could change their mind, haley supporters 51% for sure she is the one but 43% could be swayed. with a break down of issues, economy is top of mind, 38% say most important that is down from 46% in september. immigration is a close second, it is the one that surged the most since september, now 27% say that is

(dramatic music) larry: hello folks welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow. in just a few moments, ace reporter give jenkins in texas will report on new daily record biden illegal migrant flows it is never ending. despite the illegal migrants, hillary vaughn will report on capitol hill that democrats are still preventing a deal to stop the plow in the border, we have news about special counsel jack smith who thinks he run the supreme court. that president biden, ag merrick garland and mr. smith, district judge chutkan and others are fighting against the, team biden thinks that mr. there ytrump does not have immunity and they will throw him in jail for 750 years,o he could not run for president. he could beat biden from jail. consider this, a poll, from des moines, iowa register with 35 days until caucuses shows that 73% of likely iowa g.o.p. caucus-goers, believe that trump beats biden despite legal issues. back in october it was 65%. and mr. trump has a 32 point lead over governor desantis and a 35 point lead over netflix. -- nikki haley and mr. biden has a

larry: hello folks, welcome to kudlow, i'm larry kudlow. breaking now, our top story, the senate has no border closing or a international security funding bill, in a few moments we'll speak with senator james lankford, but first to our white house correspondent, great peter doocy for a run down on today's always exciting white house briefing. peter, what can you tell us? reporter: larry, i can tell you something new. admiral john kirby does not usually step up on microphone for political messages he was political in calling out house republicans who will not sign off on new money for ukraine without changes to border policy. >> i sure hope that those house republicans who have for months held hostage assistance to ukraine, heard putin's message, instead, they are heading home for holidays, while ukrainians are heading back into the fight. fthey will face more shelling, more air da attacks and more cold dark nights. reporter: president biden said we have to address the situation in our southern border, i remember determined to fix the proble

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(gentle music) larry: hello folks welcome to kudlow i'm larry kudlow, two big stories today. biden's catastrophic at the southern border is worse than ever and senate continues to dither on border security talks, then the middle east, iranian backed houthis step up their attacks in red sea, we'll have senator tommy tuberville. to weigh in on this. but first up, our very own hillary vaughn and edward lawrence with some details. kids thank you. as i trip over the intro, i think you know what i'm getting at. reporter: good afternoon, all leader chuck schumer wants for christmas is a border deal, but does not seem he will get it, a vote on something is more likely after the new year, even though white house insists that president is eager to make a deal even if it means compromising and giving republicans a win. >> there were active discussions over the weekend. and we're here at the white house are involved in those. and as the president has said it is important to move this forward. he is willing to narybia negotiate in good faith and willing to make compromises on policy front

david: hello folks welcome to kudlow, i'm david asman, in for larry kudlow. new migrant scrai caravan of 8 thousand people is headed for america's southern border creating a bigger dilemma for biden administration, despite a official downplaying this situation. saying, these reported caravans generally travel very slowly and often splinter before they make progress moving northbound. all of those immigrants usually get their way and come in. and all this is as record number of illegal migrants flooded to southern border, already 250 thousand encounters this month. grady trimble is in dc with more. reporter: biden administration officials were in mexico, meeting with the president. and other officials there. we didn't get any specifics from homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. or secretary of state antony blinken. but most of the details we're getting about the meeting are coming from mexico's president obrador, saying two sides agree to open border crossings that were closed because of surge of migrant. he said, fentanyl hardly came up. two sides d

larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow. all right the israeli idf is punishing hamas murderers now throughout gaza but meanwhile iran terrorist proxies continue to hit u.s. military assets in the middle east. here with the latest our own edward lawrence, live at the white house, thank you, edward, what can you tell us? >> reporter: larry, two big briefings today, state department as well as white house briefing today with jake sullivan, the national security advisor. two big themes came out of that, u.s. criticism, criticism of u.s. administration about not standing for the fully enough behind women as hamas used rape as a form of warfare. about 90 minutes ago the state department spokesperson addressed what the israelis have shown the u.s. about those atrocities committed upon women on october 7th. >> we have been briefed extensively on a number of their findings. we don't of course have our own independent assessments to make right now, we don't have people on the ground conducting such assessments but we've seen hamas co

repo larry: hello, folks, welcome to cuddly, i am larry kudlow. . >> our own edward lawrence is live at white house. what do you have. reporter: biden administration has got coalition now of u.s. and 9 other countries to patrol the red sea, agreement with this coalition is that military ships would go up and down red sea and protect commercial vessels that are trying to tr transport goods back and forth through red sea, defense secretary austin made this announcement about operation prosperity guardian it could take several weeks for the shipping industry to say we're okay with it, told this operation is up and running right now. the delay, in all of this, could start snarling supply chains, shipments could be delayed for two weeks avoiding the red sea. and all of this adds to ep crise costs for everyone, white house administration arguing their action will be enough. >> the vessels will operate as part of a task force as one unit, but they w will be placed in the red sea. so, the great thing about ships they move around, as appropriate. reporter: this could add about 50% time round

larry: that's it for kudlow, thanks for watching, folks. maria: good wednesday morning

♪ ♪ larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow.ael intensifies its strike in southern gads a saw, and the state department -- gaza, and the state department now apparently believes hamas committed atrocities. good for them. our own edward lawrence live from the white house with more. edward, i don't mean to front-run you with, but that's the way i read it. you can straighten me out, please p as always. >> reporter: no, you hit it exactly on the head. , and in fact, president joe biden, he's not here. he's at two fund raising events, the second starting right now, in boston. meanwhile, the state department is walking that tight rope trying to support israel but also trying to get the israelis to slow down in gaza. the places where civilians are going are overcrowded. they need more humanitarian assistance, food and water, and in that respect, we don't think israel is doing enough. we think they need to do more to allow humanitarian assistance in. that's why i said we want the number of trucks to increase. 100 enough is not enough. 7

next is "can kudlow." ♪ larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow.ll right, hunter biden indicted again, nine new tax charges in california. could be facing up to 17 years in the poke key. fox news' jonathan hunt standing by for us with much more. jonathan, what can you tell us? as though we don't already know. [laughter] >> reporter: well, what we're all wondering, larry, right now is when hunter biden will make his initial appearance. we know that it will be in the federal courthouse behind me. in theory, it could be anytime now. in practice we believe most likely it will be early next week that he comes here to face those nine tax-related charges that include, by the way, three felonies. now, the bottom line according to the special prosecutor, david weiss, is that hunter or biden, quote, spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills. and where that money was going makes for fascinating reading mt. indictment. quote, between 2016 and october 15, 2020, the defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and gir

larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.ll right, a bunch of big stories today. joe biden says israel is losing support. oh, my gosh. meanwhile chuck schumer around the democrats still won't come to their senses closing the border even as tens of thousands of illegal migrants are streaming into the u.s. on a daily basis. meanwhile donald trump appears to be fighting jack smith and the supreme court at the same time. we'll have live reports from capitol hill and the southern border in just a few moments. later on in the show we're going to israel where the idf is mopping up hamas left and right. but first, a few quick point on my part. i want to talk about why joe biden is so unpopular in economic terms. consumer inflation jumped slightly in november but that marks the 32nd straight month with annual percentage rising significantly faster than the 2% federal reserve target. hat tip to "breitbart"'s john carney for nagging all of us about this key point. inflation has slowed but it is still rising and it's still well above the

larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.ur headline story tonight, hunter biden defies congress by not appearing for his scheduled deposition in front. oversight committee. instead he make as public statement in front of the capitol and then immediately gets out of dodge. we have a late-breaking story, the dow is up 500 points at the close. we have the great charles payne to give us plenty of tips and advice. first up the hunter biden saga, let's turn to fox business correspondent grady trimble live at the white house. grady, today was a lot of fun. what was cooking. >> reporter: it was and the fun is not over yet, larry because the house could vote on a impeachment inquiry into president biden as early as the 5:00 hour this evening. that is expected to pass and house republicans say that if it does it will give them more authority to enforce subpoenas as they investigate president biden and his son hunter's business dealings. they say the white house is stonewalling their investigation. here is what the white house says. >>

larry: hello, folks, and welcome to kudlow. i'm larry kudlow. all right, fox is exclusively reporting that there were ten ieds filled with black powder and shrapnel found at the southern border this past week. let me ask this: where is the wall? our own hillary vaughn live on capitol hill with a lot more. we're lucky nobody was injured. what's the intel behind this from your reporting? reporter: larry, this is coming from border patrol, but before i get to the sensorineural tails of that, i want to talk about the border negotiations and happening right now here on capitol hill. the senate did something that they almost never do, which is put off recess and stay here to try and work through some things. they're work at a fever pitch to try and get a deal on a border package, more money and changes in policies to make democrats stomach it and republicans happy with it. dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas is here right now and meeting with key senate negotiators for the second time today and democratic senators kirstin cinema and chris murphy and jame

♪ larry: hello or, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.srael's idf if continues to make strong gains in gaza is. meanwhile, the white house believes that iran is enabling houthi attacks. why is the administration not doing anything about that? and new record numbers of illegal migrants continue to pour across our southern border. we've got updates on all these stories from our ace reporters nate foy ed edward lawrence and bill melugin. let's go to fox news' nate foy live on the ground in israel with all the latest. nate, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, larry. so the idf is operating in the northern and southern gaza strip fighting hamas terrorists, and today an israeli civilian was killed here on the northern border after an attack by hezbollah terrorists coming from lebanon. so two months after the october 7th attack this entire country is feeling the effects of this war. but the focus remains in gaza. take a look at this video. today the idf confirms that they took out two senior hamas operatives that helped plan the october 7th

. ♪ larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.o israel intensifies its strike in southern gaza and the state department apparently now believes hamas committed atrocities. well good for them. our own edward lawrence live from the white house with more. edward i don't mean to front run you, that is the way i read i but you can straighten me out please as always. >> reporter: no, you hit it exactly on the head, president joe biden is not here. he is at two fund raising events. the second one is starting right now in boston. state department is walking a tightrope trying to support israel but trying to get the israelis to slow down in gaza. >> the places where civilians are going are overcrowded they need more humanitarian assistance, they need more food and water. in that respect we don't think israel is doing enough. they need to allow more humanitarian assistance. they need to increase more trucks. one you hundred a day is not enough. >> reporter: spokesman, matthew miller, hamas refusing to release all female hostages is the reas

larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.ow breaking, the senate still has no border closing or a completed national security funding bill. just a few moments we'll speak with senator james lankford, the lead republican negotiator but first up let's go straight to our white house correspondent, the great peter doocy for a run-down on today's always exciting white house briefing. peter, what can you tell us? >> reporter: larry, i can tell you something new today. admiral john kirby is not usually one to step up to the mining phone to deliver political, but he was political on house republicans who will not sign on to money for ukraine without changes to border policy. >> i sure those house republicans for months held hostage to critical assistance to ukraine heard putin's message loud and clear. instead they're heading home for the holidays while ukrainians head right back into the fight. they face more shelling, more air attacks, more dark nights. >> reporter: president biden found a border angle in a response to the impeachm

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larry: hello, folks, welcome to "kudlow," i'm larry kudlow.obody puts out the economic growth message better than donald trump, nobody. last night in his interview with sean hannity he was asked about the biden accusation that if elected he would be a dictator. without batting an eye mr. trump comes right back and says, okay, on day one, i will dictate that we close the border and then we will launch drill, baby, drill and unleash america's great oil and gas resources, which will power the economy forward. he calls it liquid gold. who else would think of a catchy phrase like that? anyway, take a listen to it all. >> going to close the border, day one, the border gets closed. [cheers and applause] day 1 1/2 we drill. you know we drill, baby, drill, drill, drill, drill. [cheers and applause] and probably on day, on day two we'll get rid of this ridiculous electric car mandate. larry: all right. terrific stuff. then he goes on to say, quote, we gave you the big tax cuts so everybody had incentive and everybody was happy and everybody was working.

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