. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> well, a battle is raging inside the democratic partyep ode we recently published in "the wall street journal." two veteran operatives now with the think tank third way argue economic populism is a dead end for their party. and the agenda won't play well outside of massachusetts or new york. now the campaign is on to purge these infidels from the liberal ranks. so, james, they wrote in our paper these aren't conservatives by any stretch of the imagi imagination. they're liberals very well in order. what hearsay did they chit? >> first of all, saying voters across the country might not be as liberal as people in new york city and in massachusetts -- >> you think? >> think de blasio and warren. the greater sin may have been saying in public that social security is actually paying more out than it's taking in. you're not allowed to say that. i also think, you know, maybe a bit of the anger is the forum they chose. they were not exactly keeping this within the family of democratic discussion. so the fact it was in our pages probably rankled

what a relief it is. [ inhales deeply ] ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> well, a battleging inside the democratic party over an op-ed we published "wall street journal." two democratic veteran operative argue that economic populism is a dead end for their party and elizabeth warren, bill deblasio agenda willing not play well out of massachusetts and new york and now the campaign is on to purge these infidels from the liberal ranks. so, it was written in hour paper, these are not conservatives by any step of -- stretch of the imagination. what heresy did they commit? >> first of all saying that voters across the country might not be as liberal as people in new york city and massachusetts. depalacios -- >> do you think? >> the greater sin may have been saying in public, social secures is actually paying out more than it's taking in. you're not allowed to say that. i also think -- maybe a bit in the anger is the forum they chose. they were not exactly keeps this win the family of democratic discussion, so that's -- the fact it was in our pages rankled some people on the lef

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly christmas eve, and church is starring all across the nation right now, including at my church, where the church pageant is happening right now at the top of the hour, and these are my beautiful children, my daughter is mary this year, so she is holding the baby jesus. and my son is a king. one of the kings, i believe he is bringing in frankincense. so merry christmas to you all. thank you for sharing your time with me today. you're let us know what you think about the poll showing christmas has less religious meaning to more americans. we asked why? kevin says christmas is being lost because of the political correctness of our society, and richmond posting christmas is and always will be the celebration of the about of christ, period. we asked if you agree with the poll giving pope francis an 88% approval rating. amon say, yes, he is leading by example. thank you for being part of "the real story" on this christmas eve. merry christmas and happy new year. harris is up next. >> and we

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. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> friends the five will remember my husband and peterk a visit to africa to visit a charitable hospital ship on a mission to the congo. fox put this together when we got back. >> getting ready to leave on a trip. jasper gets a last pet and a shake. >> we were part of the first mercy mission to the congo. we flew to germany where the plane refueled and finally to our destination -- congo. shortly after we arrived we were greeted by don stevens and his wife deon. they launched their faith based organization in 1978 to help the forgotten poor. >> i just wanted to welcome her and thank her for -- for coming. over the past 35 years mercy ships have visited more than 575 ports in 72 nagsz but the first time -- nations but the first time to the congo and they will be there for ten months. many don't have access to medical care and many haven't seen a doctor. >> i met the man who steers the ship and took a tour of the bridge. i also met buck, the 180 pound training and drill exercise dummy. and i got a tour of the kitchen from head chef, ken hat

tideod ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah a single ember from a wildfire can travel over aer can ignite, and destroy your home or community. you can't control where that ember will land. only what happens before it does. visit fireadapted.org to learn how you can help protect your community from wildfires. >>> time to check in with gretchen carlsson. >> hi, guys, merry christmas, january 10th is the new dead line to pay for obama care on the exchange. california and vermont have earlier dow dates. that is mass chaos. and a new poll said that christmas has less religious meaning than ever. and guess who says fast-food makes you fat. mcdonald employee resource website. back to you guys. >> thank you very much. >> and an independent examination underway of a 13-year-old girl who fell, well, initially in a coma and brain dead december 7th and declared brain dead after a surgery. she has gotten worldwide attention as the family fought the california hospital who wanted to take her off of the ventilator after declaring her brain dead. she will be ventilated until at least decembe

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gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly. in october 2013 a remarkable event took place on washington's national mall. the park service had barricaded the open air world war ii memorial in a move they blamed on the partial government shutdown. the reaction from our vets, their families, and supporters was swift, and it was angry. in the time it took to find some bolt cutters we were suddenly seeing pictures of defiant soldiers, many on canes or in wheelchairs, crossing those barricades with the kind of determination that reminded many in america again of the

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollye day ♪ ♪ hah >>> back. we're talking about common core, the very controversial education initiative that i think has been cocoa cooperated by 'bureaucrats, some at the federal level and some at state and local. we talk about where the standards come from. the governors in and the chief state school officers collaborated to bring them so there would be consistency. the kid lived in oregon and went to school there in the fifth grade, then moved to georgia there would be a comparable standard by which he would be judged. so, how do we develop? what is the best way develop? i don't hear you've saying we shouldn't have them. >> no. i believe very much so in high standards. i always have. our school is known for its high standards. the problem with these particular standards, they were not developed by k to 1 -- 12 educatorr. >> who came up -- >> david coleman is most associated with the creation of the standards, another small group of university professors, and then they were very, very q

." ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> hello, i'm kimberly guilfoyle, along with bob beckel bolling, dana perino, and andrea tantaros. and this is "the five." is religion making a comeback in america? people are hungry beyond what is offered in the sexually charged culture of what dominates our lives. pope francis was named time magazine 2013 of the year. bill o'reilly's killing jesus is a best seller and duck dynasty has captured the hearts of tens of millions of americans. and the history

♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah test test katie couric launched a daytime show.week, her show was canceled. so, katie's show got pretty good ratings, but it was not a blockbuster. in the end, why didn't it work? >> you know, i like katie couric, first of all. i think ever since the "today" show, she's not been totally engaged. i got mad at her for not being more excited about being the managing editor of "cbs news." she's always said things like i have a life, i'm fought going to go overseaes and -- >> well, she did go to afghanistan. >> i think there was a tension between her desire to do more serious issues and what were afternoon syndicated -- >> but you know, if you remember, when she came in, people thought she could be the next oprah winfrey, which was a big, big pair of shoes to fill. she did do 2.2 million people a day. that's impressive. she didn't fail totally in this show. in baltimore, she was with the worst station. >> the local angle. >> and it was a mutual decision, they say, between abc and couric to end this show. >>> i want to turn to duck dynas

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> time now for a quick check of the headlines.eid was released from the hospital last night. reid's office said he was not feeling well. doctors diagnosed him with exhaustion. >>> a federal judge has overturned utah's ban on same-sex marriage. the judge calling the ban unconstitutional. now gay couples are rushing to get marriage licenses. utah's attorney general has already filed a notice of appeal. >>> two fishermen rescued in australia after their boat sank. they spent 15 hours clinging to a cooler in the ocean near new south wales. the men were later taken to a hospital. they say they're happy to be back on land. >>> two astronauts completing a spacewalk high above the earth during which they removed a broken cooling pump on the international space station. the damaged system has hampered operations aboard the orbitalant could be finished next week. here is tom jones, author of "sky walking, an astronaut's memoir." tom, it's good to see you. >> thanks, merry christmas to you. >> let's talk about this. this is a very critical m

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> someone is guilty of a media fail here when it comesgs out of the obama care website. yesterday's "washington post," house website to meet deadline. which is it? in our press picks, this was over the line. it was a serious story about breast cancer in israel and efforts to test for a gene that could lead to more mastectomies. but the front-page photo of "the new york times" was an eye opener, especially for the gray lady. a woman with a star of david tattoo, one of her breasts showing a surgical scar and the outer part of the nipple. many of the readers were upset, says the editor, because the jewish tattoo reminded them of the holocaust, others because of the exposed flesh. yes, the picture was relevant to the story, but this is "the new york times" we're talking about and you don't expect to see it grab some attention by showing cleavage on the front page. >>> up next, yahoo! lands katie couric as its global news anchor. that's next in our "digital downlo download." as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> the future of "duck dynasty" is up in the air.bertson's family saying they cannot imagine the show going forward without their patriarch. is that decision really up to the family or could they land in a legal mess. steve joins us. good evening, sir. >> happy holidays, thanks for having me. >> same to you. >> so i take it that there is probably something called a moral clause in this contract both ways. they usually in these entertainment contracts. how do you define morals. does it mean moral we don't like your opinion? >> not exactly. even though this is a bizarre situation, it's very simple. a&e's perspective is if they have a morals clause that is very broadly drafted, in which it is is, because if they want to get rid of him it's like an at-will contract, goodbye, phil, you are fired. versus if there is a reverse morals clause whereby phil has a morals clause in his agreement with a&e, that allows him to actually rip up up the contract if they do something bad. so, essentially, it's, you know, it's all contract as you know, it

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyy ♪ ♪ hah >>> in the factor follow-up segment tonight, an unexpected twist to the wave of knockout game assaults taking place around the country. >> 27-year-old conrad barrett hasn't been in a whole lot of trouble with the law. now he is charged with a federal hate crime. according to federal court documents, on november 24th, barrett approached a couple at a restaurant and asked if they had heard of the knockout game. the knockout game is an attack like this one. in which the attacker tries to knockout and unsuspect ising victim with one punch. the attacks are usually posted on line, barrett, according to federal prosecutors, showed the couple video of the knockout game he had played that day in katie. the 80-year-old victim had to undergo surgery to insert two metal plates in his jaw and remove three teeth. >> he wasn't doing good at all. he couldn't eat. he couldn't drink nothing. his jaw was all broke. >> another videos prosecutors say barrett uses the "n" word and states that afri

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly>>> mad as hell segment tonight where you guys sound off. we have five interesting letters. and here here to help us out with us gretchen carlson how you see at 2:00 p.m. every day. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> no one else has ever said it's great to see me ever. >> i do the real story so i'm telling you the truth. >> here is the first letter coming from judy haver texas. i'm going to be mad as hell if obamas go off to hawaii again. >> all the sources we he have right now at the white house a two week vacation will happen sometime between christmas and new years or so. his sister lives there, still. >> his sister does. >> he agree up -- grew up there. it will cost the taxpayer $4 million. >> that's what it cost last year 4 million bucks, right? >> that's what it costs. >> does that count the shorts he has on there. >> i don't know. are you saying you like them? here is the thing. i think all presidents need to take a break, especially this one right now with all the obamacar

pp ÷ó ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >> was santa good to you? >> very good.ghter. and that's what it's all about. >> the best time i had was shopping with my kids. togetherness and fun of all of that. >> it's great. >> that does it for us. thank you for watching. shepard smith reporting starts right now. >> i am harris faulkner in for shepard smith. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, ups, the company's motto is, what can brown do for you? well, you could deliver the christmas presents on time. disappointment and anger as thousands of gifts are late. ups and fedex promising they will be delivered today or tomorrow. ups says they brought to extra workers to south out the delayed packagings. both companies blame bad weather and overleadded systems. >> many of you are still waiting to get a package, and you're talking about it on social media. according to

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. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah jon: coverage you'll only see here on "happening now"rm that's dumped plenty of snow across parts of the midwest now setting sights on the northeast. your full forecast only moments away. jury selection begins today in the newlywed murder trial in montana. woman accused of pushing her husband off a cliff. she says it was an accident. and we'll look at a new request from the nation's top tech companies. they're teaming up to urge the n.s.a. to reign in the spying on america. >> plus continuing to monitor some dangerous weather across this country. snow and ice causing a 30 car pileup on a wisconsin highway on sunday. the slick conditions also blamed for a fatal rollover outside of milwaukee and the mid atlantic and northeast also getting slammed. that system is moving right into new england right now. more snowy weather is on the way but really, a lot of cold temperatures across the country. here is more. >> that's right. we do have the storm system we're tracking and this storm left behind a record 8.6 inches of snowfall across places li

we'll be right back ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah gregg: new developments in our topes and breaking news this hour. a 72-year-old american kidnapped by be al-qaeda more than two years ago is appearing in a new video appealing to president obama to negotiate his release. >>> wall street may be riding high right now, but as the fed pulls back from its massive stimulus program, what are the best bets for investors in the new year? fox business network's charles payne will weigh in. >>> and new details in the case of a girls' basketball coach fired for posting what they called an inappropriate photo on facebook. a grievance panel has just issued its ruling, we'll tell you about it and what it means for free speech on the internet. it is all "happening now." ♪ ♪ >> boy, does the year go by fast, we are just a couple of days away from january 1st when obamacare will go live for the first time. but as we've been talking about and reporting, there are many lingering questions about the massive law, and those questions are unanswered. good afternoon, i'm leland vittert in for

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah jenna: good run on wall street leading up to christmase at 1:00 p.m. today but there is still some movement happening ahead of that the so-called santa claus rally should be sending plenty of people home in good cheer but let's look what to expect when we ring in 2014 as well. jon hilsenrath, chief economics correspondent for "wall street journal" great to have you here on christmas eve. >> thanks, jenna for having me. jenna: talk about the santa claus rally, what exactly is that? >> well i mean in this case what we're seeing is investors are getting more confident about the economy as we go into 2014. we sometimes see year-end rallies like this. what is interesting, as you go into january, you sometimes also see something called the january effect. stocks can do very well in january, particularly small cap stocks. so i see a lot of reason to think that the positive gains we've seen in the last few months are going to continue into 2014. jenna: what does that tell us about the economy over all? >> you know i think this is a case where the

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah : harris: breaking news now.mer lebanese ambassador to the united states has been killed along with several others in a massive car bombing in beirut. it also left dozens of people hurt. it is the latest in a wave of violence over the past few months. fallout from the civil war in neighboring syria and it has been going on now for 33 months. we lose track but we're following the story today. conor powell is live for us in jerusalem. conor? >> reporter: harris, the target of today's attack appears to be convoy of mohammed chatah, and pro-western, anti-hezbollah politician in lebanon. this was a gigantic blast. it blew out windows for several city blocks and also destroyed several dozen cars in the area, more than 70 people injured and five people were killed. chatah was the important advisor to the hariri family one of the most important dynasties in lebanon. the former prime minister, rafik hariri was assassinated in 2005. it comes as week before trial of five hezbollah fighters accused of killing hariri in 2005.

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyjamie: fox news alert and an interesting development out of egypt. the military-backed interim government, declares that the muslim brotherhood is now a terrorist group. what does this mean? well it could mean they could make arrests of muslim brotherhood members, those who finance the muslim brotherhood. remember they were the ones that had gotten morsi out of office and taken over and now the military is in charge. declaring today that the muslim brotherhood is designate ad terrorist group. we'll keep an eye on any new protests or reaction out of the region coming up. leland: it is the bottom of the hour. here is your headlines. another last-minute change on obamacare. the white house again extending the deadline to sign up for coverage starting january 1st under the affordable care act. the feds say people can continue to complete applications about they can show they missed the latest deadline due to web site problems and there have been a lot of them. the administration calls it a