raymond arroyo is next, you will not believe it. give isotoner gloves for christmas because they keep getting better. there's smartouch for selfies, then there's four way stretch for flexibility. they even have smartdri. see? stays dry. so get isotoner gloves for the whole family. >> laura: it's friday so it's not just manafort and cohen, it's friday folly. kevin hart bowed out of the oscars. a classic disney song next at an ivy league university and some of the dash again the second installment of the grossest christmas toys of the season. joining us now, raymond arroyo, best-selling author of the will wilder series. all right, kevin hart was set to host the academy awards, what happened there? >> loretta, the academy and abc wanted just what they did in the case of roseanne barr, a larger-than-life edgy act that would draw a big audience. but when controversy followed they ran for the exits. going back to 2010, this is a bit of kevin hart's act. you knew what they knew what they were getting into. >> one of my biggest fears is my

raymond arroyo takes us behind the scenes of a special holiday trip for hundreds of gold star families and speaks to the catalyst behind it all. this is a heartwarming story that you won't want to miss takes us far away from politics. plus, my friend and former boss bill bennett is out with an update to his book you can quote the truth st. nicholas." he's here to explain it and why it must dumb like might be the most important part of the christmas story. and we share some of our best christmas memories ever. i'm talking about favorite meals, favorite presidents, favorite fights around the table and a family. joining me now is matt schlapp. shannon bream and chief national correspondent ed henry. we will go around the table but, ed, what's your best christmas memory? >> poignant or drawing might have been when i was six or seven when my sister thought it would be a good idea to get my sister colleen and i. you think you are going to get the latest "star wars" thing or something and they get the camera ready to open the box and this dog starts scratching me and jumps out. i didn't get o

joining us now with the details in a few outrageous toys, raymond arroyo. all right, raymond.re. ay>> they are here indeed. >> laura: what's the deal? oh, again! >> they keep coming back. what's the deal? shopping center erecting a gender-neutral santa claus? >> there was a poll where they ask peopleeu how would you likeo rebrand santa? 27% said they would like a gender neutral or female santa. well, a new zealand politician reacted. he said just as mary poppins is a woman, santa is a man. in response to the politician, a mall in auckland erected a statue called "santa poppins." it's santa claus as mary poppins, gender fluid psanta. the problem with this is -- and these silly polls, i'm sorry. i don't believe even 27%. this is like the ghostbusters reboot. sony lost $70 million when all the female ghostbusters came into the room. people like tradition, particular during christmas. it's a little bit -- as long as were talking about mary poppins. imagine if lin-manuel miranda was cast as manny poppins. i promise you there would be a female revoltin and there should be. leave san

fox news contributor raymond arroyo. and jennifer holdsworth. first of all, i want everyone to know that this is a safe space here. we won't censor you like some of the liberals. raymond, i want to start with you. there's a sense sense of phone and whimsy that seems to be missing in this whole political correctness moment we've been living in for some time. >> jokes are out the door. you can't kid. how do we get over difficult situations? how do we overcome and find connections with people we disagree with? we joke. we make fun of each other and ourselves. it's being pushed further and further out of society. you see it some of the clips you played. you can't do a racy or suggestive song. this is a way in the 1950s that people interacted. it was a way to suggest something without gratuitously hitting you over the head with it. now we are in a gratuitous age where you can't make the quiet sideswipe some of the fun jokes on the side. everything has to be very plain and black and white and frankly it's a lot uglier out there. >> laura: more divisiv

raymond arroyo takes us behind the scenes of a special holiday journey of joy and remembrance for hundreds of gold star families. he speaks to the catalyst behind it all, actor gary sinise. stay tuned for that incredibly moving report. it's going to bring tears to your eyes. it did when i first saw it. first, black robe resistance. that's the focus of tonight's angle.la if you are like most americans, you grew up with a special sense of reverence for judges. watching films or reading books, regular folks have seen countless portrayals of judges as consummate professionals who set their own personal opinions wnaside and objectively weigh te merits of each case. >> since there has been no previous violation of the statute, there's no precedent to guide the bench passing sentence. >> the witness will address this court as judge or your honor. i'm quite certain i've earned it. >> since the united states government declares this man to be santa claus, this court will not dispute it. case dismissed. >> laura: i get goose bumps every time. of course then there's the real world where certain judge

joining us now with all the details, raymond arroyo, fox news contributor, "new york times" best-selling the will wilder series. raymond, what an good lord's name is going on? >> laura, abc and others are trying to create their own index of prohibited christmas songs, starting with "it's beginning to look a lot like gender rigidity." watch. >> ♪ we'll go for a walk ♪ it's the hope of janice and jan ♪ >> that line is offensive because "it offers me no help in dispelling the myth that dolls are just more girls and guns for boys." now songs reflect an error. this was written -- in 1951. >> laura: it also reflects reality. my sons can find a gun and ne twig pile. >> and my sons were little, they could find sticks and turn them into guns. it's natural. >> laura: not all boys like that, but a lot of them do. >> abc is targeting the earth a kit hit "santa baby." ♪ think of all the fellows that i haven't guessed ♪ ♪ next year i could be oh, so, good ♪ ♪ if you just love my christmas list ♪ ♪ ♪ >> they say that song is full of -- >> laura: unlike everything else on abc. oh, my god! are you kiddin

raymond arroyo is next. you will not believe it! . >> laura: it's friday it's not just cohen, manafort, blah. it's friday follies. today's topic, kevin heart bowing out of the oscars. a classic disney song nixed at an eye have i league university and again the second installment of the grossest toys of the christmas season. joining us now, all the dee pales raymond arroyo. complet xheeld yen kevin heart was set to host the academy awards, what happened there? >> the academy wanted and abc wanted just what they did in the case of row san bar, row san bar. what controversy followed they ran for the exits. let's go back to 2010. this is a bit of kevin hart's act of the you see what abc knew they were getting into, watch. >> one of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay. if i can prevent my son from being gay, i would. every kid has a gay moment but when it happens you have to nip it in the bud, you have to stop it right there. hey, stop, that's gay. quit. no. >> heart also wrote similar tweets. over the years abc and the a

joining us for all the details, raymond arroyo. let's start with the tense oval office meeting yesterday. >> we will examine each of the players. let's start with nancy pelosi. like most italians, i'm guilty, her hands give her away. now watch this. i call this the back of the hand. watch. >> you have the white house. you have the senate. you have the house of representatives. >> laura, you see what she's doing. she doesn't need to fund a well. she has created her own wall between geo drum. >> laura: i thought she was going to do something. >> this is a kind of dismissive i'm blocking you out. i'm not even going to give you any signals. then she looks away at one point. later she literally turns her body and looks away from him. >> laura: who is she talking to? >> she is talking to the press. she is talking to chuck schumer but she won't talk to the president. later she suddenly became professor nancy and she started wielding a particular weapon at the end of her hand. watch this. >> you begin. you make your point, state your case.

raymond arroyo is here it break down the body language inside the oval office slug fest between nancy pelosi, chuck schumer and president trump. and a look at the outrageous new dick cheney movie coming up in seen and unseen. devin nunes will be here to tell you why the democrats ending corruption probe at the fbi is very bad news for the country and what we can do about it. first immigration truths the democrats deny. that's the focus of tonight's angle. congressmen and senators are supposed to be fighting for the american people. their constituents. but when nancy pelosi and chuck schumer pounced on the president in the oval office yesterday, for whom exactly were they fighting something >>> we have a disagreement about the wall whether it's effective or not. not on border security but on the wall. >> president trump: you can't have good border security without the wall >>> that is not true. border security is a promise >>> the experts say you can do border security without a wall which is wasteful and doesn't solve the problem. >> laura: who was chuck schumer looking at in that cli

all of that and more in friday follies with raymond arroyo.ut first, tonight, massive development or mass hysteria? when michael coyne pled guilty to lying to congress yesterday, you would've thought the conversation might kind of a center on what that development meant for cohen, the one who actually admitted to lying. instead, as is their track record, pundits and democrats made a herculean leap, suggesting wild things in the process. >> he has a good case for collusion. if this were a mafia investigation, trump would be indicted, no question about it. >> on his false statement charges, coming clean today. he is a much more dangerous witness. >> the president's right to be nervous right now, because it appears as time is running out. it has become very clear that the trump campaign colluded with the russians in trying to subvert the election. >> laura: is not necessarily the case? last night, we spoke to someone who might know a thing or two about this. this is former whitewater deputy, sol wisenberg, who is as honest as they come. watch. >>

and coming up, raymond arroyo and i are going to debate something that -- i love the hat. isn't that beautiful. >>> plus more gross toys to buy kids this holiday season. must we do this? that's next. >>> this is a fox news alert i'm robert gray. the government is officially in a partial shutdown. the white house budget chief instructed agencies to execute plans for an orderly shutdown. vice president mike pence and other white house officials were on capitol hill late friday trying to broker a compromise. president trump is calling it a, quote, democratic shutdown saying that the lawmakers need to work on a bipartisan basis. they kept alive a bill that would have provided billions of funding for the president's border wall. but that was only a procedural vote and the senate did not take up the bill amid the belief it was unlikely to pass. the house package included $5.7 billion for the wall. both packages would extend funding through february 8th. at that point, the democrats will have control of the house. senate leaders are blaming each other for the standoff. >> let's n

a new orleans christmas special and a touching moment at a national airport joining us now raymond arroyofox news contributor and "new york times" best-selling author, you would think your last moments of service to the nation would be gracious and magnanimous, i would think george washington's farewell address -- how are characters in capitol hill leaving us? >> they chose a more petty path, let's start with arizona senator jeff flake. >> to say our politics is not healthy is somewhat of an understatement. i believe we know this is not a normal time. the threats to our democracy from within and without our rea real. none of us can say the situation we find ourselves in -- >> laura: thank god of the establishment is giving us a kick to our stomach after the rise of china, open borders, foreign policy -- don't let the doorknob hit you. >> the clear inference is that donald trump is a problem to the republicans, this is what is so amazing about this. they did exit polls at the election in november. 26% favorable rating. >> laura: he's gone up, he used to be 19%. they were doing the elevatio

joining us raymond arroyo.ould think your last moments of service to the nation would be gracious. i would think george washington's farewell address. how are the characters on capitol hill leaving us? >> they chose a more petty path. let's start with arizona senator jeff flake. >> my colleagues, to say our politics is not healthy is somewhat of an understatement. i believe that we all know well that this is not a normal time and that the threats to our democracy from within and without are real. and none of us can say with confidence how the situation we now find ourselves in will turn out. >> laura: thank god the establishment is getting a kick in the stomach after the rise of china and open borders. don't let the doorknob hit you. >> the infreens is that trump is a problem to the democrats. they did exit polls at the last -- in the arizona election in november. 26% favorable rating, he had. jeff flake. so he's on the rise. >> laura: they have been doing the elevation tour. they -- and then there were bob cor

raymond arroyo takes us behind the scenes of a special holiday trip for hundreds of gold star families heartwarming story that you won't want to miss takes us far away from politics. plus, my friend and former boss bill bennett is out with an update to

raymond arroyo joins the gold star families, gary sinise and the snowball effect disney world for anive day experience. when that holds lessons for all americans. wash. >> you may have seen this video that went viral last week. the national airport came to a stand when travelers paused to sing the national anthem in the concourse. ♪ they were honoring children of fallen servicemen and women who were boarding a very special flight. this year as it has for the last 13, the snowball express sponsored by the gary sinise foundation and american airlines has taken more than 1,000 children of the fallen, from 87 cities on a christmas trip. it is filled with joy, family, and remembrance. their destination is disney world. >> everyone of these children has lost a parent of the military. want to focus on these kids, we want to bring them together in this healing environment and also allow them to have a lot of fun. >> it has been really fun. we've got to go on all the rides. it is my first time at disney world. ♪ >> it was amazing. it was super special. >> stephanie, herself a war veteran lost

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