he wanted us. >> mike: don't be so sure. i'm rarely. >> on this one, the power of logic has overwhelmed you, governor, you know you want these guys to come home and you know you don't want another ten year occupation somewhere and let's get them out of afghanistan, too, right? >> i never want today see this thing go ten years. >> gooed. >> mike: i would rather see as america would typically go in as colin powell would say overwhelming force and make it it quick and decisive. the fact that it's lasted ten years, there have been a lot of people that didn't come home to their families and the pain of this war is unquestionable. my point goes back, this is a president it wasn't just the war, we all support the troops, the president supported the troops i'm the not going to question his patriotism nor his support for the troops. i'm talking about his support for the mission of the war. >> wasn't the libya model better, we got in, did a piece of business and got out of there and in fact support from our allies. >> and he knew how

joe, good to see you. >> thank you, mike, it's all about discussion, god bless you. >> mike: god blessstmas to you, joe. when was the last time that you heard a rock star praise former president george w. bush. a long time? coming up, u2's bono gives the former president credit in his leadership fighting for the poor and hopes that example will be followed by heads of state all over the world. that's when we get back. if something is simply the color of gold, is it really worth more? we don't think so. chase sapphire preferred is a card of a different color. that's because you always get two times the points on travel, from taxis to trains, airfare to hotels, and all kinds of dining... from fast food to fine dining. and that's not all you get. there are expert advisors who answer immediately, whenever you call. and absolutely no foreign transaction fees. does your card do all that? apply today and earn 50,000 ultimate rewards bonus points when you spend $3,000 in the first 3 months. that's $625 toward your next trip when you redeem through ultimate rewards. so, why settle for gold when

ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee.applaus [applause] >> thank you, a great audience here tonight. thank you and and merry christmas everybody. welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. i don't usually talk about sports on this show, but it's kind of hard to ignore the talk of all sports casts and headlines across the country. tebow fever. tim tebow led the denver broncos out of obscurity and into the thick of the nfl playoff race and while many athletes give credit to higher power when their team wins a game. tebow has many asking if god is really rooting for his team. >> first and foremost i'd have to thank my lord and savior jesus christ. >> when he was winning in high school he he had doubters and winning in college he had doubters. they say he doesn't have the mechanics to be a successful quarterback and now that he's winning in the pros,'s doubters and never considered his heart and his faith. >> if you believe, you know, unbelievable things can sometimes be possible. >> since tim tebow took

a live report coming up. . >> mike: i'm mike in for dave and congress ending the year on a new low.e job that congress is doing, i'll explain. >> clayton: i've got my new year's eve bling on for you, mike. >> mike: pretty. >> clayton: i'm going to wear this until the end of the show. and andy sandburgade being creepy funny. looking at viral videos of 2011 that people couldn't keep their eyes off of. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> oh, boy. ♪ >> like flavor flave. flavor flave with a giant clock. hey, happy last day of 2011 and thanks for waking up with "fox & friends." >> mike: i was reading a tweet here. jeff holly 1969, mike, any chance i can swap seats with you, ainsley is amazing. >> ainsley: oh, oh, thank you so much. >> clayton: and write him back and say no chance. >> mike: i don't know where he's sitting right now. >> ainsley: depends, right. >> clayton: and mike jerrick in and ainsley in for alisyn as well. and he's been driving a car, self-belt car and in the passenger side and he's not driving, he's all over des moines and counting down the new year there, treeing to

mike, do you think this is recovery? >> i don't think it's the mikings of recovery, i think it's ongoing, it's been happening since 2009. look, it's not a boom by any means, i think that everybody would agree with that. look at this year and specifically some problems that jim mentioned, and i want to say hi to my buddy jim. haven't seen him in a while. and in spite of everything, the debt ceiling debacle in the summer and we've had all of this negative news about europe and we see sequential growth, first quarter, second quarter was faster than the first. third quarter faster than the second in spite of everything, i think the economy looks like it's picking up momentum and we're starting to see some positive, glimmer of hope from the housing market, with pending sales really shooting up, and we are creating jobs, it's certainly not where we'd like to have it right now, but, it's impressive to see the momentum and the growth despite everything that has happened so far. and there's still mine fields out there, no questio

. ♪ >> mike: welcome to huckabee.onight our special presidential fom live from fox news headquarters here in new york city. featuring the republican candidates for president who will face questions from three prominent attorneys general. good evening, i am mike huckabee. since fox held the first presidential debate in may, the candidates have debated the issues 14 times . everyone of the candidates that you will hear from tonight could become president. you as the voters will weigh them based on fair and balanced treatment. having been a candidate and experienced the frustration of an event that left some frustrated on the edges. we'll do everything that you need. each candidates that accepted our invitation will appear individually and answer questions from the panel and each panelle get len minutes and able to answer those questions in the time frame. candidates will be required to focus on the questions and they are asked not to mention or attack other candidates and the order in which you will see them tonight, de

i appreciate it, mike. >> mike: thank you very much.ou very much for come ogg of the campaign trail being here tonight and be with these attorneys. great to be with you. >> mike: thank you. we'll see senator santorum also at theened of the forum. coming up, texas governor rick perry, michele bachmann, ron paul and former massachusetts governor mitt romney. stay with us. ♪ >> mike: welcome back to huckabee and >> welcome back to huckabee and our special, republican presidential forum. joining us now is texas governor rick perry and the first question from ken cuccinelli. >> good morning, good to see you. >> yes. >> and you said if you were president, would you block the health care law, what is your authority to unvalidate a law passed by congress and-- >> in the agencies, also, there's a substantial amount of that bill that allowed for the agencies to put the rules in place. so, i'm going to put people in as the head of health and human services, for instance, that share my philosophy that obviously, medicaid, for instance, needs to be

mike? >> mike: well, the chicago bulls invested in their future with derrick rose. they signed him to a five-year, 90-plus million deal that kicks in after next year. the chicago-born young man led the team last year to 62 wins and he starts the section season with an exclamation point. 7-0 run to close. back for some final thoughts from los angeles on this bulls one-point win over the lakers. >> mike: pau gasol and josh mcroberts missed free throws as the bulls close with their run to win 88-87. that was worth the wait, basketball fans. it is great to have the nba back. this has been a presentation of espn, the worldwide leader in sports. coming up next, except out here on the west coast, here on abc, it's "dr. seuss how the clinch stole christmas." with heather cox, hubie brown, mike tirico. thank you for watching the nba on abc, home of the nba finals. merry christmas from los angeles. >> a life cut short by violence is extending the life of another. good evening and merry christmas. a man is recovering at a san francisco hospital after getting an organ transplan

andrea and mike? >> the redskins have one final chance to win their first home game since mid september. >>> plus, george mason will have to start a new winning streak after finally falling to an opponent in front of their patriot fans. >> we want to take another look at our question of the day. it is 55% of us hate it when our coworker does this. hums a song, calls out sick or interrupts us while we're trying to work. >> unless they bring cheesecake. here is a look at a response you posted on our facebook fan page. >> sherry whitfield wrote all of the above. >> if they crack their knuckles, ex-ww! log on to the facebook.com/wusa9 page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. we'll be back. >>> good thursday morning. we've got some fog in spots like fort belvoir down toward quantico and fredericksburg and over toward southern maryland. temperatures this morning in the 40s and low 50s. we'll see a good deal of clouds. some sunshine early even through 9:00, we'll be around

tyson: mike brown and david jewitt. back in the 1980s, david started a search that would put pluto in a new perspective. tyson: so you start looking in the outer solar system. that's kind of crazy because everyone knew the solar system ended at pluto. uh, it's a little crazy, but, you know, the flip side is, it didn't seem reasonable. it seemed peculiar that the outer solar system would be this really, really empty place, compared to the inner solar system, which we already knew was full of planets and comets and asteroids and all sorts of stuff. well, it's got to end somewhere, why not pluto? yeah, i mean maybe, but maybe not. tyson: despite what felt like impossible odds, david teamed up with jane luu, then a graduate student, and they started a search that would take a lot longer than either one of them expected. luu: why did it take so long? um, it was a matter of technology catching up with the problem. tyson: while it's easy to see distant stars because they radiate their own light, other celestial bodies are much

mike mccarthy mentioned was scott wells. here is graham, taking it to the 50 yard line at quarterback for green bay. >> i think the guy they're going to talk about next week is t.j. lang and the job that he's doing on the outside with this defensive line. this was a major question come into the game. no sacks in the ball game whatsoever from this packers offensive line. smith going in, newhouse a nice job. and then we just talked about scott wells. very impressive perform mans tonight. >> al: second and one. he played in the sunday night game after suffering a concussion the prior week in detroit. he turned in a pretty good performance that night in foxboro. that was a great game until the very end. he's the kind of guy he gets an awe tigs here anticipate teams around the league are going to look at this guy. he may wind up with a pretty good free agent contract at some point. >> cris: i think that was the last game the packers lost, right? >> al: it was. game here for the running back. >> cris: bowman took over for jennings

andrea and mike? >> some witnesses say d.c. police went too far when they confronted a suspect last night in northeast washington. >> the officers ended up shooting and killing the man who were reportedly high on pcp at the time. surae chinn is live at police headquarters in northwest with more on the story this morning. surae, good morning. >> good morning to you. police are expected to release the identity of the victim involved in this shooting. according to 911 calls, witnesses say this man was high on pcp and firing his gun at homes. it happened around 7:00 last night. and here is some video from last night. a very active scene starting from 7:00 all the way until about 4:00 this morning. bullets started flying when police say the man refused to drop his weapon. again, just before 7:00 last night on clay terrace near division avenue and northeast. check out this video, the evidence markers show they found quite a lot of shell casings. cathy lanier, chief of police says as many as three to four po

dionne, erin mcpike and mike. tone you have a lot of things to say to us. >>> and in "psycho talk" tonight, we're bringing you the top "psycho talkers" of the year. this is pretty tough. we had arguments in the office over this. the competition was tight. the top tier is only separated by just a few appearances. so we had to go by a number of appearances. in fifth place we have sean hannity and rick perry. who have each made five trips to the "zone." the kids on the curving couch over on fox and friends, they're in fourth place. they have seven appearances this year. third place, oh, i thought she was going to win it, but no. third place goes to congresswoman michele bachmann. she's an eight-time "psycho talker" on "the ed show." in second place, it's the pizza man, herman cain. his foreign policy gaffes and his 9-9-9 plan left him one entry shy of the top spot. >> oh, shucky duckie as the man would say. >> now it's time to crown the winner. the "psycho talker" of the year. it's the drugster, rush limbaugh, with t

erin, mike, e.j., stay with us. to talk some more. >>> coming up, sarah palin as secretary of energy. it could happen with newt gingrich in the white house. stay tuned. >>> up next, chris christie out of new jersey stumps for mitt romney in iowa. and newt gingrich speculates about this cabinet? our panel is back with reaction. >>> and later, i'll take a look back at the big events of 2011. >>> don't forget to tweet us using #edshow. try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first...it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. see how fast it works for you. get a coupon in this sunday's papers. metamucil uses super hard working psyllium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. dow

mike? >>> thanks monika. president obama paid his respects to the servicemen who died in the attack on pearl harbor which happened 70 years ago the month. the president laid a ceremonial wreath and observed a moment of silence at the memorial. >>> clean-up is underway in colorado after wind gusts topped 100 miles per hour in some cities. the wind was so powerful it knocked over tractor-trailers that were packed on -- parked on a highway. >>> new year's isn't here yet but confetti fell all over times square yesterday. they performed what they call an airworthiness test with the confetti they plan to use tomorrow night. on midnight at new year's eve a ton of confetti will rain down. >>> a republican presidential hopeful is starting to surge in the polls now. we'll preview tuesday's caucus in iowa at 5:23. >>> at 5:33 the redskins prepare for the final game of the season and next at 5:16. a seven day forecast shows a cold snap for the first week of 2012. we'll be right back. >>> okay, so ladies is it high heels

mike? >> thanks, monika. >>> a man suspected of killing two people and kidnapping a 2- year-old boy on christmas eve is in police custody in richmond. a police spokesman says 27- year-old jamal clemons surrendered yesterday afternoon. police believe clemons shot edward bowmer jr. and robin clapp saturday night and stole their suv trying to escape. however, there was a toddler sitting in that suv. kaden burnside. he was found unharmed hours later in the abandoned vehicle and returned to his family. detectives do not believe clemons discovered kaden was inside until after he stole the suv. he is facing a list of charges now. >>> he's been in a cuban prison for two years. family and friends of alan gross are calling on his jailers in havana to let him go. they gathered in d.c. to show for for him. tpwroáes is a u.s. government contractor held in cuba for over two years. he's accused of trying to undermine the government there. cuba recently announced plans to release 3,000 prisoners as an inte

>> thank you, mike.hich presents a choice to the american people about what kind of america we will have. historically, this has been what david brooks has called a merit-based society. individuals based on their education, risk taking and a little luck can have rewards based on success they achieve. that has lead us to be the strongest nation in the history of the earth. it is a nation of freedom and opportunity. president obama and his friends have a very different view for america. they want to see an entitled -based society where you take the rewards from some and spread it out to everybody else. and whereby the way the best rewards go to the people who do the spreading, the people in government. are we going to be a free society with free individuals pursuing their own course with free enterprises or a nation governed by the government. i am convinced this is a time where america will have to make that choice. i spent my life in the private sector. i know how to make this country strong and great by

mike is with us today.now you two will always have a special bond because of what you did last week. like i said to you, you played a special role, too. you did exactly what your mom told you to do. you state in the car so she could go out and do what she needed to do. a lot of people would not have done that. especially having your daughter in the car -- like the mayor said, you did not hesitate. it was instinctive. for that, all of us that where the uniform and have the training are in complete awe of what you did last week. at 22 years old with a 5-year- old daughter, it has got to make you feel good. i can tell what a special bond you have got. you have got your daughter here agree you have your mother, your grandmother, your aunt, and other relatives. i know mike had a chance to talk to you yesterday prove he probably wants to say a few words, as well. i know he loves you. the media will want to talk to you, as well. people were inspired by your story. it's incredible. thank you very much, on behalf of

mike. and the hearing is expected to last into next week. there will be large protests outside fort meade tomorrow. >> new information on the wild police chase that ended with the suspect being shot in baltimore county. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on what happened. >> the suspect remains in shock trauma, in stable condition. he'll be formally charged at a bail hearing. police say it all began in anne arundel county, where police began pursuing the suspect wanted for armed robbery. the chase went for nearly 30 miles, ending in baltimore highlands. the 19-year-old allegedly refused to drop a gun and officers shot him in the leg. tonight, they have linked suspect to an armed robbery wednesday night. an alert was put out for the suspect vehicle, which was spotted wednesday morning. and that started the chase. back to you. >> the 19-year-old suspect faces a number of charges for the robbery. >> graphic testimony at a hearing in the penn state sex abuse scandal. an assistant coac

mike? >> all right, thank you, olga. rockville pike is open again. it reopened overnight after a deadly crash involving a metrobus in bethesda yesterday. this bus collided with a pickup truck around 4:15 in the afternoon. the road was closed until almost midnight for accident reconstruction. the pickup truck driver died. ten others were taken to the hospital. so far, no word on the cause of the crash. as far as which driver is at fault in this. >> jewish leaders have released photos of their meeting with a u.s. government contractor alan gross, held in cuba for more than two years now after being accused of trying to undermine the communist government there. a member of the synagogue in havana took the pictures. gross is the person in the center here. he's being held in a military hospital right now. they say gross isn't too thin anymore. they believe he looks good as far as health is concerned. however, gross's wife disputes their claim that her husband is in good shape. gross denies the c

mike? >> the green bay packers won't lose two games in a row this season and the wizards tip off their nba season tonight. kristin berset has a preview in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. here is your first look at sports. while much of the nba spent the holiday on the court, the wizards had one extra day to prepare for tonight's season opener. they host the new jersey nets to kick off the shortened season. the last three seasons the wizards have missed the playoffs and finished at the bottom of the division. but with the season full of back to back and some to back games, the wizards feel their youth gives them an advantage. >> the people with young players, if you had a lot of them, you'll say they have young legs, they can recuperate pretty quick and bounce back. >> i think it can help us. we're a young team. playing five games in one day. it can be tough at times but i think it should help us as a younger team with younger legs. >> to yesterday's nba action. heat at ma

>> fine, how are you mike? >> fine.ll us about queenie. >> queenie is a little over four years, just about six pounds, a sweetie, shy at first, but it doesn't take her long to get past that. as a matter of fact, i just met her today for the first time and you can see it didn't take her long to warm up to me. >> i like the shy ones they become the loyal ones. >> they do. a wonderful couch potato or out for a walk. probably good for anybody except for really small children. >> they come at them too fast. >> yeah i didn't want to mention on behalf of queenie and all our other animals we have a program called home for the holidays. the first 250 who from us this month will get a $10 gift card from our friends at pet food express. we hope that's an extra incentive to have a cat or dog under the tree. >> there's a lot of them out there this time of the year. nice to see you and queenie. all them at the spca and check our website i'll have the information posted in a few minutes. >> queenie wanted to stay right there >> thanks

mike, back to you. >>> thank you, monika. 6:45 right now.hances are your christmas tree looks kind of nice right now. it is going to start getting brown in a few days, however and prince george's county is going to make it easy for residents to recycle those trees. to explain how, we're joined this morning by environmental planner from the county, bob renning. thanks for joining us. what do you need to do before you bring it to the curb? >> make sure it is an unadorned christmas tree. take off the stand, the lights, the ornaments, tinsel. >> that seems like common sense. do people put it on the curb? >> oh, yeah, we collect a lot of christmas lights. >> which can cause a problem. >> the trees get ground up and chipped at a facility. to go through there with the lights on, it would mess up the process. >> first and foremost, take everything off the tree before you put it out. there are several places where you can recycle it. do you have a curbside program. are there other things as well? >> we have two drop-off sites. one is located at 3501

>> fine, how are you mike? >> fine.l us about queenie. >> queenie is a little over four years, just about six pounds, a sweetie, shy at first, but it doesn't take her long to get past that. as a matter of fact, i just met her today for the first time and you can see it didn't take her long to warm up to me. >> i like the shy ones they become the loyal ones. >> they do. a wonderful couch potato or out for a walk. probably good for anybody except for really small children. >> they come at them too fast. >> yeah i didn't want to mention on behalf of queenie and all our other animals we have a program called home for the holidays. the first 250 who from us this month will get a $10 gift card from our friends at pet food express. we hope that's an extra incentive to have a cat or dog under the tree. >> there's a lot of them out there this time of the year. nice to see you and queenie. all them at the spca and check our website i'll have the information posted in a few minutes. >> queenie wanted to stay right there >> thanks

his name's mike zizzo. he graduated about 5 years ago. he's in his 20s, but he still hangs out with high school kids. he's got a group of them. they follow him everywhere. they all get high and listen to heavy metal. he calls them the lords of destruction. lod. how do you know this, cory it's all right, son. i've been there, where they hang out drinking beers. he talks about satan all the time. says he's the one true god. [sighs] where is this place? on the other side of the mountain. the old jenson house. it's out of my jurisdiction. not ours. sorry, dad. i'm not going on the raid. what's up? i don't know yet. [guarded by disturbed playing] fbi! don't move! fbi! freeze! where's zizzo?! back up against the wall! where's zizzo? where is he? where's zizzo?! get away! against the wall. we got him! shop kmart and get after christmas prices now... at the winter apparel blowout sale! take up to 60% off... outerwear for the whole family... and up to 60% off cozy sleepwear and robes! plus get thousands of gifts under $10. now that's kmart smart i

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mike took the business owners aside and talk about their original question.ow to boost sales when they sell a product that doesn't have repeat customers. >> you have to increase sales. i want you to ask for vendor referra referrals. it's unlikely customers are going to give you any. ask for vendors they like. if you go into common customers as a team. trade shows. they cost a lot of money and don't yield many results. other vendors are there. walk the trade shows. it costs nothing. you have the opportunity to meet other vendors. third tip is growing by saying no. you grow by saying no. say no to projects that are not your specialty. we have to stay in our sweet spot. okay. if we stay within the sweet spot, we can hit a concentric circle. people in the same community stay in the same circles. it's usually two or three spots. if you have a presence in those spots, they perceive you as being everywhere. the fifth and final tip, opportunity for additive sales. when you do a project, there's opportunity for maintenance. when they buy a $10,000 or $20,000 play set,

i'm sorry, mike. tavo: dr. mike, i need your help! tavo, actually i'm just leaving. rafe, this is dr. holt. oh. what happened to you? he shattered the backboard. i was showing off for the kids, trying to slam-dunk, and think i broke my arm. did you make the shot at least? (suppressed groan) ah! yeah, you dislocated your shoulder. tavo: come on, let dr. holt take care of your dad. tavo, honestly, i gotta... it's cool. i got donuts for him. (hiccups) i got these hiccups, too. oh, it's not uncommon after a shock to your system. now, what's going on here? let's take a look. right here. hold still. (hiccups) kind of old to being doing slam dunks. i run a youth league for troubled kids. i'm the only dad most of them got. (hiccups) boys like that will eat you alive if you don't walk the walk, right? how are you doing over there? it's done. clean up those cuts. (rafe hiccups) sorry, i was lancing a mother of a boil. about time. (rafe hiccups) michael: all right, finished. you're in good hands with dr. mike here. he's a top-notch surgeon. sedate him with some midazolam. we'll

we'll check the commute with mike in just a minute. good morning, it is 6:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marla tellez. we want to check the forecast with christina loren. good morning. zblood morning. you have time to bring in the sensitive plants. 28 in gilroy. 33 in livermore. we're at 37 in oakland. cold enough for frost. then we'll see the 60s later on. 6:00 a.m. we want to check your drive with mike. >> watching a couple of issues for folks getting out of san francisco. debris southbound 280 that had cleared from the road across a couple of lanes. as you're getting to the lower deck, the sky way has cleared from that area. so now we're left with pretty much a clear commute for the freeways through san francisco, but the build is on, even though it's a lighter volume, a lot of folks taking off on vacation. >> thank you very much, mike. what caused a power outage. the cameras caught what looked to be a transformer explosion before the start of the game around 5:0. you saw nit the lower left hand corner of the screen. the lights came back on 20 minut

jonas max ferris along with mike norman. welcome to everybody. gary b. time to toast to an economic turn around in 2012. >> what did pink say? let's get the party started, brenda. and i can come up with current-- >> oh, very good. [laughter] >> pink is still current, right? listen, i think the underpinnings are there as opposed to what most or many people think of a very good year in 2012. look, and let's kind of take them one by one, quickly. unemployment is not great, but at least leveled off. housing starts, the other big part of this equation was up almost 9% in november. households have a lot of cash onened had a. debt levels are compared to household net worth are the lowest they've been in like 20 years and companies have a lot of cash on hand. so, it's the green sprouts. i think we can finally start using that in reality are there for really a terrific 2012. >> todd. are you in such a celebrity tri mood? >> definitely not, brenda. look, if all of those things were actually true that gary b was talking about, the market would have been up 5,000 po