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my next guest hosts "shepard smith reporting" on fox news. please welcome shep smith!od to see you. thanks for being on. come on up. ( applause ) >> merry christmas. >> stephen: merry christmas to you. >> thank you, thank you. >> stephen: merry christmas. donald trump has made it safe for us to say merry christmas again. >> bigley. >> stephen: i used to be so terrified to say merry christmas. >> really, you wouldn't be at our shop. you weren't around for the war. >> stephen: the war on christmas. you guys won the war on christmas. thank you, fox news. you are actually, and i mean this sin serious, are you my second favorite broadcaster on fox news. martha mccallum, one of my oldest friends in the world, martha mccallum is my favorite. you have some of the greatest teasers are ever on your show, and i think you might know what i'm about to play here. this is my favorite teaser. we got to play it on the old show all the time but i never got to play it to your face. i never got to celebrate this particular teaser with you. jim, this is my favorite clip, shep. >> kitty cat

i'm john scott in for shepard smith today. your world is next.sh regan in for neil cavuto. >>> president-elect donald trump set to omake a statement at any minute right now on the economy. you're looking at a live picture in palm beach florida. he will be speaking there at least coming to us in some way, shape or form and coming white house press secretary saying that the news should be very positive for american workers, so we'll see what it is he has to say. we've already heard him step in to help save some jobs at carrier, we saw him go and cut costs at boeing on the new air force one and of course pressure lockheed martin to reduce cuts for its fighter jets. what can we expect now? we're going to bring you that statement just as soon as we get it.

. >>> i'm john scott in for shepard smith. donald trump says there is no chance he would have lost the election to president obama. the president elect responding to the president's claim that he could have beaten trump in this past election. president obama making that comment in an interview with his former advisor and chief campaign strategist david ax axlerod. >> i'm confident if i had run again i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. i know in conversations that i've had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction, that you point towards is the right one. >> of course under the constitution the president cannot run for a third term so the matchup is purely hypothetical. in that same interview president obama said hillary clinton might have played it safe because she thought she was winning. he also said she performed wonderfully despite what he called unfair attacks and mistreatment in the media. obama claimed clinton

. >>> now, shepard smith reporting. >> and first from the fox news desk this afternoon, the suspect in the deadly attack in berlin is a man from the north african region of tunisia, a man who tried to get asylum in germany. he was under secret surveillance for months. all of that, according to german officials and german media reports. investigators have identified the suspect and. >> reporter: to be armed and dangerous. he's used six different aliases and claim to be different nationalities. they found his wallet inside the truck that mowed down dozens of people on monday at a christmas market outside the kaiser church. a document from germany's asylum office was in there as well. officials blocked an order to deport him. according to the british daily telegraph paper, they rejected the request for asylum and ordered him out of the country after investigating him in connection with a previous terror plot. but officials could not deport him because they didn't have any documents to prove he was from tunisia. tunisian officials initially denied that he was from there but eventually sent

. >>> shepard smith on the fox news desk. president-elect donald trump praising obama for giving him advice and helping him consider candidates for the administration. they have good chemistry he says. we'll talk about that and the other things when the associated press reporter, that's coming up at the top of the hour on "shepard smith reporting." >> look forward to that, thanks shep. >>> in the meantime, actress sophia vergara slapped with a lawsuit filed by her own frozen embryos. according to to the "new york post," the right to live suit was filed on behalf of two embryos, named emma and isabella. they were fertilized by the actress and her ex-fiance, nick lobe. he wants to bring them to term. she does not. she has moved on and married someone else. johnna spillbor is a former prosecutor and defense attorney. can't make it up, right? >> you can't. >> what's going on here? >> apparently for nick lobe breaking up was hard enough, breaking up with embryos is harder and he doesn't want to let this go. dropped the custod suit

he's in for shepard smith. >>> secretary of state john kerry defending the united states for refusing a u.n. resolution condemning israeli settlements. kerry explaining the obama administration's reasons and what he thinks it would take to bring about peace. ahead, analysis and reaction from washington and jerusalem and why the israeli prime minister says secretary kerry ignored a big part of the problem. >>> plus, donald trump tweeting today that israel's been treated with disrespect. and trump promises things are going to be different soon. the president-elect also ripping president obama for how he's handling the transition of power. ahead, more on what he said. >>> and trump's team staffers promising big news on the economy this afternoon. they

i'm shepard smith of the fox news channel and on fox television stations. programming to let you know that john glenn has died. bornin' 1921, john glenn passed away today at the age of 95. he was married -- they call her annie, anna margaret caster of new concord, ohio. two grown children two grandchildren. john glenn attended primary school and schools in ohio. he attended a college there as well, got a bachelor of science in engineering and then became a true american hero. he served in congress for more than 25 years, orbited the earth three times, went back to orbit the earth yet again to test age -- to see how space affects people who are aging. that was in 1998, 16 years ago. and today, john glenn, true american hero, has died. "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace has been with us and is joining us now on all our fox properties. it's not as if something -- he lived to be 95 years old. just a certain feeling that somebody john glenn might live forever. >> that's right. for folks who are too young or weren't born, this was an enormous event. two ameri

here is shepard smith. >> it's 3:00 in new york city where the president-elect is meeting with more potentialinet contenders today. among them, ambassador john bolton, who is getting some buzz as a possible secretary of state. he comes after trump dropped this last night. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. >> keeping it a secret. everything we know about the retired general, who would soon take the top spot at the pentagon. >> the top priority from the trump administration, from changing tax laws to health care and

i love to wear it and i saw shepard smith in elevator year ago and he said while coming above him. i said i do. i love him. i think people do a double take once in a while. there are more republicans and conservatives in big cities anything. they are just quiet about it. >> speaking of which, george w. bush has a new book coming out. >> guest: he has undertaken a project under the last couple years where he is finishing painting the portrait of 98 wounded warriors who served under his command. a very emotional and moving tribute to these men and women in a very personal way of that's not been done in the history of the world. that book will come out in february and i hope the tv is a chance to talk to him. >> host: linda and chesterton, indiana appeared no ahead with your question or comment for dana perino. >> caller: hi, dana. i love people on the side and mimic on how dog lover. i never miss your show and congratulations. you're never in size including mine. >> guest: thank you. you thank you. you have a question as well. >> caller: know, wanted to tell you how much we like you.

. >>> hello, i'm in for shepard smith. russian president vladimir putin blasting the obama administration for slapping sanctions on his country and kicking dozens of diplomats out of the united states. the white house announced the punishments yesterday in retaliation for russia's meddling in the presidential election. in a statement today, putin said, quote, we regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing u.s. administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the robert-u.s. relationship. the runs contrary to fundamental interests of both the russian and american people. consider the global security responsibilities of russia and the united states this is damming to international relations as a whole and said russia that the right to retaliate but he would not make trouble for u.s. diplomats dipld in russia. rich -- russia denies interfering but all 17 american intelligence agencies concluded the kremlin was behind the hacking. all of this hacking exposed thousands of e-mails, some containing rather

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the news continues with shepard smith right after this. [ gears stopping ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. try this. but just one aleve has the strength to stop pain for 12 hours. tylenol and advil can quit after 6. so live your whole day, not part... with 12 hour aleve. getting older shouldn't mean ♪ giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. >> in berlin a manhunt is on where authority bid the hundreds or on scene in the western side of berlin, outside the kaiser wilhelm church where a christmas market was set up, where a large truck plowed into the market at 8:00 local time. 2:00 p.m. eastern time in united states. that was the scene at the spot before this attack. christmas stalls set up outdoors in a market where you could go and shop. they sell sausages a

i'm john scott in for shepard smith today. your world is next. trish regan in for neil cavuto. >>> president-elect donald trump set to omake a statement at any minute right now on the economy. you're looking at a live picture in palm beach florida. he will be speaking there at least coming to us in some way, shape or form and coming white house press secretary saying that the news should be very positive for american workers, so we'll see what it is he has to say. we've already heard him step in to help save some jobs at carrier, we saw him go and cut costs at boeing on the new air force one and of course pressure lockheed martin to reduce cuts for its fighter jets. what can we expect now? we're going to bring you that statement just as soon as we get it. welcome everyone. this is your world. peter doocy is there with the president-elect and peter, what are you hearing? >> reporter: trish, the president-elect has already shown us these meetings have the ability to move markets because the ceo came here for a sit down with the next president and l

here is shepard smith. >> it's 3:00 in new york city where the president-elect is meeting with more potential cabinet contenders today. among them, ambassador john bolton, who is getting some buzz as a possible secretary of state. he comes after trump dropped this last night. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. >> keeping it a secret. everything we know about the retired general, who would soon take the top spot at the pentagon. >> the top priority from the trump administration, from changing tax laws to health care and administration. mike pence laying out what to expect. the trump team will have its hands full overseas, know, know, iran, china, all going to require different strategies. ahead, some of the biggest hot spots on the planet. >>> the remarkable story of the parents who ran into a school and disarmed their own son. let's get to it. >>> first, after getting a little secret about his choice for the secretary of defense, the president-elect let it fly. he is back at trump tower today, meeting with more potential cabinet picks. today's guest list in

of course, we will be here for all of it in new york, shepard smith fox news your >>> leading the creek walk in marin county, reviewing the return of the salmon, recent rains prompting him to start spawning in the creek, and the females will lay their eggs, and the creek watch will start at 10:30 am, or rather it started at 10:30 am. a $15 donation per person is requested. >>> tomorrow is the san francisco bird count, and they will spend their daylight hours looking for birds in the parks along the beaches, and flying above the city streets, the bird count does not involve many counters and they use the record more bird species than the big count done in oakland before christmas because san francisco has ocean birds that are not generally seen in the east bay.>>> amazon making it easier to donate to the goodwill, under the get back box program, use amazon box to ship donated items to the goodwill for free, into the old box and fill it up with items to donate, print the free shipping label and drop it at the post office, and we have posted links on ktvu.com for the free shipping label. >

a lot of people want to see the evidence at the same time shepard smith was reminding me a short time ago. you don't have to show that evidence. and if you do, you may be compromising what intelligence knows. >> that's right. meantime fox news has independently confirmed russian backed militias were targets as early as the summer of 2015. this operation involved interfere into the u.s. elections. these operations were sanctioned by the highest levels of the russian government. today a second republican chairman who has oversight with the intelligence community is back in washington and was here to meet with the homeland security nominee and told fox that when he asked for a briefing, the cia turned him down. i asked for a briefing are from the cia this morning. they refused the briefing. i don't know what's up with that. quite honestly, i don't know you can sigh assuassume with a high confidence what any actor's mow ti motivings are. >>> assessments into an already deeply policized election cycle. reviewed the techniques and procedures lempled and made the link to russia. the russian

shepard smith passing on interesting information on the truck.miles-per-hour when it veered off the roadway and crashed into this makeshift christmas market and these buildings. some looked like tents. i don't know in this if the was largely for passenger traffic. that's a pretty good clip, but again, going about 40 miles-per-hour when it rammed into people, killed nine, injured many, many more. more after this. no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence. test test test test test test test test test test test test test test test. test test test test test test test. test test test test test test test test test test test. >>> it is looking like as you look at austin, texas, won't be the texas electoral delegation that puts donald trump over the top. and one holdout who could make it 37, either way it would easily put trump over the

i'm john scott in for shepard smith. thanks for joining us today. your world is next, trish regan in for neil cavuto. >>> you are looking live at mar-a-lago where donald trump is spending the holiday week, but no holiday for democrats who are vowing to battle his nominees and pretty much his every move. one is even refusing to meet with him. >> no, i don't trust him, i don't believe him, i have no intentions of sitting down with him. i'm going to fight him every inch of the way. and i'm going to help show the american people that they, too, cannot trust him. >> so is this really how we'll start the new year, how we'll start a new administration? welcome, everyone. i'm trish regan and this is your world. so why is what maxine waters said is okay? >> if a president like donald trump is going to appoint individuals who will be bad on national security, bad on defense and especially bad on civil rights, i urge my party and leaders in the house and senate, the confirmations will go to the senate, but -- >> but maxine waters is not even talking about the

. >>> hello, i'm greg jarrett in for shepard smith. we begin with the fight over the president-elect's foundation and his plans to shut it down before taking office. president-elect trump says he's told his legal team to begin dissolving the foundation. he's also defending its work saying 100% of the money has gone to charity. he wrote this in a statement. "the foundation has done enormous good works over the years in contributing millions of dollars to count less worthy groups including supporting veterans, law enforcement officers and children. because i will be devoting so much time and energy to the presidency and solving the many problems facing our country and the world, i don't want to allow good work to be associated with a possible conflict of interest." well, democrats are saying that's not nearly enough. the new york attorney general's office has been investigating that foundation. there were reports that some charitable money went to trump's campaign. even for personal purchases like, well, a six-foot painting of himself. t

my dad shepard smith sr.ddy from the sand lot that day are now and forever our heros in holly springs and across the nation. dad will have another birthday this week, and we will separate during christmas time, and i will honor all from the greatest generations that learned that america has been attacked 75 years ago today. love i don't pop. proud to be your son. >>> wow, that's hard to top. try this on for size a 300 point rally and that's a record and that's two and a half percent now from 20,0460 pointsaway. now, let's take a look at what's been a big catalyst to all of this. yes, donald trump but small stocks to the russell 2000 populated by the small stocks has been running at about double the pace for the dow. just since the election up about

all of that coming up when i fill in for shep on "shepard smith reporting." >>> actress carrie fisher stable condition at a los angeles hospital. three days after having an apparent heart attack on a flight from london to los angeles. her mother, debby reynolds, giving the news on her daughter's condition, miss fisher has a history of bipolar disorder and addiction. there's no indication, we are told, that she had any heart problems in the past. >>> all right. here we are, the day after christmas. and now that all of those gifts have been unwrapped and you've done away with all that wrapping paper, i know you have, holiday return season is starting. millions of shoppers flocking to malls and big box stores this week to use those gift cards or try to exchange those gifts that just didn't work out. many stores expecting to see a steady stream of shoppers through the middle of january. lots of shopping to be had. rob smith live in new york. he's at harold square with more. repo all right, robert, are you seeing people going in with bags more than coming out with them? >> reporter: not a