taylor swift was in attendance of the game. i heard she showed up late and looked stunning. >> steve: our family thread, one kid said taylor justup, she's in the box. >> ainsley: she was trending, when i turned it on, they were not showing her, i flipped to another show. >> steve: fox news channel. >> lawrence: i came to see taylor. >> ainsley: sorry, being honest. >> steve: in kansas city this past weekend, guy driving me to this event says he takes people who had never gone to a game before to the game, it is bachelorette parties, they get seats and take a picture and point to the box over there. >> lawrence: i knew the n.f.l. had an outreach problem, i didn't think taylor swift would solve it. i don't like it. and brian is bias on this, because you want exclusive interview of her. you won't tell theed audience, you want taylor on your show. >> brian: everything you said is incorrects, you jumped to nine conclusions. >> steve: her name is part of your name? taylor swift, i'm kidding. taylor swift, though, what she's done for the n.f.l., more people interested, ratings have gone up and people are getting raises. >> ainsley: di

steve taylor, i'm the as a level of these really a tax on finding on the ground between the palestinian fighters and the use where the army have expanded and had getting much more tough on more complicated day by day. now, the st. paxis had been witnessing the same confrontations we are talking about the, the eastern areas of vitamin, where the occupation as it tried to advance more to move urban areas and along signed with the encircling the confrontations that are running on the outskirts of the to value of refuge account and be like yeah, town into fondles of the territory now they've used confrontations as we'll continue in the main central neighborhoods of gospel city and a subplot. a shift of one and she's yeah, yeah, neighborhood. but one of the most areas that they use for the occupation is facing a difficulty in terms of having a kind of notebook and remarkable advancements into which is con you in a city which till now the confrontations continue by using different onto tags besides by the palestinian fighters, who according to the announcements of the east valley military spo

: when she shows up -- >> ainsley: she's a big biden fan. >> lawrence: so is kelce. >> steve: congratulations taylor>> ainsley: brian wants a love story. >> lawrence: he just wants the interview. >> brian: i good tape for publicist. you are out, young man. >> steve: on the cover of a magazine, who still buys magazines? >> lawrence: i do. i get gq every month. >> brian: you like the free cologne. rub it on my neck, i smell like aramis. >> ainsley: do they still have that? >> brian: riley gaines doesn't back down from a far left squad member. >> we are likely going to be forced to listen to transphobic bigotry. >> then your opening monologue makes you misogynist. >> ainsley: riley's fight straight ahead. >> lawrence: speaker johnson no border, no reform, no funding for ukraine, tempers erupt yesterday. >> steve: we'll talk to benjamin hall coming up next on "fox and friki friends". spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product. there's value in buying american made it has a real life impact up and down the supply chain. we want our customers to feel how special this

steve: at the bottom of the charts >> jimmy: that should be up there. i like it. up at number 97, next is a a cover of kool and the gang's "celebration." this by james taylorll know taylor swift's "taylor's versions," are a huge hit and i think james taylor was trying to do a similar thing. so here's "celebration," james taylor's version ♪ we're going to celebrat celebrate the good times ♪ woo ho all right ♪ ♪ celebrate celebrate the good times jungle boogie ♪ [ light laughter ] ♪ jungle boogie ♪ >> jimmy: oh, it's a mix >> wow >> steve: he's doing a mash up there. >> jimmy: yeah that's nice. a mash up. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: next up at 98, we've got "my nose is red. you may recognize this song as the doja cat hit, "paint the town red." but this is actually a version by rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer check this out ♪ ♪ walk on b bitch, i said what i sai i don't care i my nose is red ♪ ♪ i want to lea santa instea all the ho's want to get in my bed ♪ [ laughter and applause ♪ she said i'm cute ♪ >> jimmy: stop this. stop this. [ cheers and applause filthy that is filthy that is filthy >> steve: awful. >> jimmy: awful. coming in at number 99, we have a so

biden's fundraisers yeah or as you can call it, taylor "biden's version." [ audience ohs ] [ rim shot ] thank you. well it was, because you see - >> stevee "taylor's version. >> jimmy: okay good, okay good well it was announced that uh, ron desantis, nikki haley, chris christie and vivek ramaswamy qualified for tomorrow night's fourth republican presidential debate yep, and the debate will air on the cw network and newsnation. so if you want to know how good a chance these candidates have, the debate is airing on the cw network and newsnation [ laughter and applause at this point watching these debates is like watching a a middle school play it doesn't really matter you just hope that they're having fun up there. [ laughter ] speaking of the debate once again former president trump will not participate and instead he attended a town hall tonight hosted by sean hannity yep. we haven't seen two old people that in love since "the golden bachelor" finale [ light laughter ] but there was some decent back and forth. hannity was like "welcome to --" and then trump spoke for three hours straight >> steve: aw >> jimmy: well, switching gears peop

suspicion that you don't know her music at all, you just googled taylor swift song titles right before this segment. >> well, "shake it off," steve's like i always say, "drops of jupiter live cover from the speak now world tour album." >> stephen: i apologize, glenn. you clearly know your stuff glenn eichler, everyone. thank you, glenn! [applause] taylor and travis aren't alone. there's also romance on capitol hill. because a senate staffer was caught having sex and filming it in a hearing room. well, certainly gives new meaning to the word staffer. the below the beltway activity allegedly took place in the same room where nominees to the supreme court are grilled by senators. yes, they were doin' it in the room where they pick the supreme court. so, in a way, we've all been screwed there. [cheering] but, really? that one/ i had my doubts on that one. in light of this congressional news, they're gonna have to update "schoolhouse rock": >> ♪ i'm just a bill ♪ ♪ yes, i'm only a bill, ♪ and i just got railed on capitol hill ♪ >> stephen: we got a great show for you tonight. my guest is "saturday night live's" kenan thompson, and we'

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tucker carlson, steve, big ten marjorie taylor greene.re just some of the far-right extremtsho could fill donald trump's cabit he is elected again in 2024. accordingo ios reports, there are two big requirements for these position. loyalty to trump and commitment to stretch the boundaries of the law and governance. trump plans to fill this cabinet it or this cabinet should he win with so-called true believers. those like stephen miller, jamie vance, anyone he deems willing to publish critics and take controversial legal and military action. a shock to the system just to hear tucker carlson. tucker is apparently melania's number one pick. cash patel who is reportedly being floated as the head of the wait for, its cia, said that if elected the former president will quote come after the conspirators in the media and the government whoelped joe biden rig presidential elections. patel said quote, we will prosecute anyone that broke the law and and weaponize two tier systems of justice. this comes weeks after the new york times revealed how the

. >> steve: the silver lining travis kelci still left with taylor swift. >> brian: showed up late.d have texted you. >> ainsley: i would have watched. >> lawrence: and then the show takes a turn because of taylor swift. >> brian: how tall is she by the way? >> steve: she is tall. >> ainsley: like joe biden bringing in hillary clinton. he needs the women vote. >> steve: what a good transition. that's how you do it ladies and gentlemen. >> ainsley: thank you. i have learned from the best. >> steve: let's go ahead and talk about hillary clinton. you know, keep in mind, hillary clinton is being called in to help save joe biden. joe biden and hillary clinton don't like each other. she he will body him out of running for president in 2016. yet, you know, the biden people would love to have obama campaign for him right now. >> ainsley: of course. >> steve: he is not going to do it until the end. the runner-up is the lady right there, hillary clinton being called in. >> ainsley: so she has been asked to -- she held a fundraiser at her house in georgetown. i guess she still owns property th

steve bannon. it's important to note the new york young republican club is nothing short of a donald trump superfan society, and during that same 2022 gala, marjorie taylor greene told the crowd, quote, if steve bannon and i organized that, meaning january 6th, we would have won. not to mention it would have been armed. "the new york times" also noted another key guest, hungry's ambassador to the u.s., who said he attended at orban's behest. at this year's gala, the guest of honor and america's own wanna be orban, donald trump, doubled down on this little gem. >> i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but "the new york times" said, and you know why i wanted to be a dictator, because i want a wall, right? i want a wall, and i want to drill, drill, drill. >> and one more note crowd of orban and trump fans who are working hard to destroy america's multiracial democracy from within, their followers have a shared set of goals with europe and also south america's far right. subordinating women and eliminating abortion, eliminating lgbtq rights, ending immigration, and getting their countries and ours as close as possible to being white ethno states, swhic

the new steve jobs, an incredibly brilliant ceo who was pushed out just as steve jobs k if then they brought him back and, taylorou not love taylor? maria: i think they've become an economic indicator. >> it's true. anytime she rolls into town, you there's going to be a ton of jobs and money moving through the economy. look, i think it was the easy choice but probably the right choice. she's obviously been a global phenomenon for a long time, but this year in particular has a really been making the rounds, and people are very excited. maria: well, they could have chosen donald trump -- >> no, never. [laughter] >> that's next year. maria: even though he's been indicted. >> they'll wait until next year when he wins the election and has the greatest american comeback -- maria: he won't be the person of the year. i don't think so. [laughter] >> good for taylor swif. she is the biggest superstar on the planet, and according to "forbes," she as passed into with billionaire territory, her e net worth is now $1.1 billion -- maria: wow. and she did it just through the sheer entertainment of, you know, no side hustle, she

taylor. we will raise a billion dollars. >> there's no way steve would let something this ridiculous happen atone. >> go on tour, like taylor swift? but a blackstone version? i love it. >> just this once, i hope people do confuse us with blackrock. ♪ ♪ >> all right. >> that's about as good as it gets. >> it was funny. it's a funny -- >> it is funny. >> -- well done. they really gave it their all. by the way, it is not just blac blackstone. we don't talk about them nearly as often as blackstone, apollo up 46%. a very strong leader they have over there. kkr, shares up 79%. >> remember, this is -- you talked about the business model changing? >> yeah. and then eric getty came on from aires and the gains in that stock extraordinary. >> incredible. >> it is worth talking about them more. blackstone by far the leader at a trillion dollars in assets under management. >> we have to pivot and talk about these firms much more. fred smith's note, the founder of fedex, he talked about how the money that these firms have, it's worse. >> it's enormous. brookfield is another one. we talked to them a few time

taylor swift gets that honor. time cites to quote steveomic impact of taylor swifts eras tour $2.2 billion just in north america. and that's just in ticket sales. cities around the world also benefiting from a surge in hotel bookings, restaurants, stores, movie theaters now hitting record sales because of her eras tour movie and craft stores are reporting record sales because of all those friendship bracelets. so taylor swift, time magazine's person of the year, how about that? making an impact around the world. it's incredible. yeah. thank you for joining us here on mornings on two. i'm pam cook. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. wednesday morning december 6th. let's get right to steve paulson in the forecast no rain yet just yet. >> no but the time has come for it to. >> i wish i'd say later. >> very nice. later, later. >> very good. >> 40s 50s on the temps here. some fog. let's not lose sight of that. there are some pockets of fog out there. not as much as yesterday. palo alto is down to 42. our system is on the way, but timing is a

taylor got a lot of texts on her birthday and we actually got a hold of some of them >> steve: reallyoh [ laughter ] >> jimmy: next up, ron desantis texted, "question for travis do cleats make you look taller asking for a friend. >> steve: wow. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: here's another, timothee chalamet, our guest tonight -- >> steve: really >> jimmy: texted, "hey, tee-tee, hapee birthadet!" [ laughter ] that's nice. next up, the store claire's texted, "happy birthday. thanks to your friendship bracelets, we can now afford a a second yacht." [ laughter ] after that, mitch mcconnell texted - >> steve: oh >> jimmy: it was just stuck on the three dots [ laughter ] then jeff bezos, bill gates and oprah texted, "welcome to the billionaire group chat, we meet every wednesday at applebee's for dollaritas." [ laughter and applause >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: and then finally, mariah carey texted, "happy birthday, girl if you write a new christmas song, i will end you." [ cheers and applause thank you. happy birthday, taylor switching gears. well, guys, some big news from washington today, house rep

taylor swift was spotted in the stands getting on a travels tra. >> steve, she is going to end her singing an nfl referee. that's just my 2024 prediction. >> brian: much more lucrative. >> steve: currently the world's most famous cheerleader just like that as they say. all right, steve, thank you. just a couple of days left before christmas and people out shopping. a new self-checkout method hailed as one even the haters will love. watch as customers make fashion purchases without even scanning the stuff. how cool is that, kurt the cyberguy joins us right now from the west coast. so the way this works at the uniglow store here in new york city. you put stuff into a bin and there is a reader in there that figures out what the tag says. because there is a little rfid chip, right? >> grossly shopping long serve lines are long. okay, i will use the self-checkout. how many times does it really work whether you have to sit there and scan the barcodes and you know what happens. you didn't put it in the right spot the light goes off and it takes longer. i hate self-checkout until now. this is actu

barbie, and hollywood strikers and i'll save you the suspense it's taylor swift. [ cheers and applause come on. come on. could be anybody >> steve hollywood strikers >> jimmy: could be anyone, yeah well, listen to this, guys oxford dictionary named rizz the 2023 word of the year. [ cheers ] and if you don't know rizz, it's short for charisma. if there's one person who absolutely does not have rizz, it's news anchors. >> oxford word of the year it goes to rizz. >> ah, do you have rizz? do you know what it is >> what does rizz mean inform me. >> it's like when guys are good with - >> okay. >> -- girls. >> we don't have any time now, but that will do it for us join us back here tomorrow >> all i know is jay is always using his rizz >> nice! [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: kids saw that and were like, "well, rizz is over." [ laughter ] you guys see this? on saturday night at madison square garden, kiss played their final concert and unveiled new digital avatars of the band that will continue to tour [ audience ohs ] that's pretty much what the white house is gonna do with biden during next year's campaign [ laughter ] "come on, ma

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steve. [laughter] >> okay. ashley: it's a look at the op-ed there from msnbc. it reads: taylor that's what the headline says. the op-ed claims that swift could use her monster influence to shift the political tide. what do you make of that? >> i, look, i think taylor swift was one of the greatest stimulus to the economy in 2023 -- ashley: yes. >> -- that we saw is. she was an inspired choice for the "time" person of the year. she's an incredible businesswoman. she's incredibly talented. you know what we really need, we need, like, a thousand taylor swifts. i don't know if you went to the movie or her concerts but, boy, what a phenomenon. she's an amazing, amazing entertainer and businesswoman. she is shrewd. she knows how to market. ashley: she does. and i think, you know, she was an economy, i think she's beating at least 50 countries just to put it in perspective. [laughter] it's remarkable. >> yeah, i think the estimates are that she added $4 billion to the u.s. economy when she did her con sort tour. [laughter] concert tour. ashley: remarkable and congratulations to her. al

taylor swift and britney spears wow, that's almost as bad as the time former president trump called tim cook tim apple, thought frederick douglass was alive, called second corinthians "two corinthians," called kevin mccarthy steve paul ryan ron, walked out of an executive order ceremony after forgetting to sign an executive order, and suggested injecting bleach to kill covid [ laughter and applause almost as bad. still, britney and taylor. in a newly released letter, former president trump's physician said his overall health is excellent and his physical exams are within normal range. but take that with a grain of salt because the letter also said his coat is shiny and he's negative for heartworms. [ laughter ] also, he wrote his -- scratched out "rex" and then his name. [ light laughter ] the white house celebrated president biden's birthday last night with an instagram post showing him blowing out a dozen -- dozens! dozens of candles. [ laughter ] dozens of candles on a cake. and just quick question for the democratic party is anybody in charge of pr [ laughter ] you want people to forget how old he is, you serve him up a birthday cake that looks like a garbage can fire at a hobo camp? hey, ever heard of thes

steve sweeney and rachel ripples talking through don earlier. well, mr. zalinski is visit to washington coincided with a republican push to formalize and impeachment inquiry into ju biden's presidency. congresswoman marjorie taylor green is among those who want the 81 year old house, a comfortable our department of defense is obsessed with 4 and worse. they can't get enough of them. so that's why we're in this war. and ukraine. washington loves the 4 and worse. you're is very profitable, it always has been, i'm not talking about just this more, but all wars or immensely profitable force, various people. so there are people who have a great incentive to continue the war in the bloodshed, but actually from reaching a point where they're just are not the more waves of ukrainians who can be drafted and thrown into the fraud. there is not a reason for optimism on the part of ukraine at this time. what has happened now? is that, you know, so, so lensky came here a year ago. aaron, a great deal has changed since that fact. and he was treated as a, as a conquering hero. but now the republicans have taken over the house of representatives. they have a great deal of power. skepticism has arisen about the war. why we're fi

steve alluded to a christmas miracle. and even next year, i just don't see it happening unless divided ministration of the democrats change their to the state of republican congresswoman, marjorie taylor green. last out at washington's forever war policies. let's take a listen to what you have to say. our department of defense is obsessed with 4 and worse. they can't get enough of them. so that's why we're in this war. and ukraine washington loves the 4 and worse steve. so so what are the pentagon's objectives when it comes to intervening in other countries affairs? well, i mean, supporting its not unique to the united states, other countries support other countries all the time. and the us is not alone in their support of ukraine, although they are certainly uh, putting the bulk of the bill of both side, you know, but monetary really speaking and weapon, speaking of weapons. but i think that's a blanket statement she made. i think she's trying to just, you know, get, getting some attention. i don't think we have a fascination with wars. i think what we did interact with justified, i'm not going to go into, we could debate that for hours. i think what we did in afghanistan was justifi

declared it— elon musk and steve jobs has not declared it the most important person— declared it the most important person in— declared it the most important person in the world is taylor swift to come and tour in _ begging taylor swift to come and tour in their countries to bring the economy— tour in their countries to bring the economy up— tour in their countries to bring the economy up and bring joy to their people _ economy up and bring joy to their people so — economy up and bring joy to their people. so i found it so interesting that that _ people. so i found it so interesting that that kind of comparison is now being _ that that kind of comparison is now being made and that honour is going to someone who is having such a cultural— to someone who is having such a cultural impact.— cultural impact. yes, and particularly _ cultural impact. yes, and particularly the _ cultural impact. yes, and particularly the kid - cultural impact. yes, and particularly the kid of - cultural impact. yes, and particularly the kid of the cultural impact. yes, and - particularly the kid of the cheese because appellant that she is of course dating travis kelce, the football star, appar

taylor greene, 1 of 2 republican lawmakers, who became the targets of swatting calls on christmas day. the false emergency calls to police run a high risk of danger to people inside their homes. steve is live in atlanta and steve, do police believe these two incidents are related? >> steve: at this point, local police as well as capital police are investigating whether there is a connection, brandon williams from new york, police there were falsely told there was an active shooting going on at his house, multiple officers were immediately dispatched to the scene. williams later posting on social media, thankful for law enforcement, working today and every day, five cars responded to our home. the deputies and troopers were polite, professional and prompt, god bless them. and also marjorie taylor greene, republican from here in georgia also swatted on christmas day, the eighth time greene's house has been targeted by a false call to the police. she expressed sympathy with the police who were disturbed, posting my local police are the greatest and shouldn't have to deal with this. a new york man was sentenced to three months in prison this summer for multiple threats against greene's

. >> steve: oh [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: this last one asks, "what are the two most powerful words in the english language? 5% said i do 5% said i'm sorry. 90% said taylor'show polls." we have a great show give it up for the roots, ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: i've been talking this week, i'm very excited about this i'm releasing my holiday record tomorrow with meghan trainor called "wrap me up." ♪ [ cheers and applause this is a big deal for me. >> steve: oh >> jimmy: i thought about this all week i'm very excited about this. and -- and -- and here's a a little taste of it if you want a little taste of it. ♪ honey you don't you get i wrap me up ♪ ♪ you already have it wrap me up ♪ ♪ i'm the whole damn package ♪ ♪ come on and wrap me u wrap me up ♪ >> jimmy: here's me. ♪ but what'd you get me come on ♪ ♪ is it a drone no ♪ ♪ a new razor nuh-uh ♪ >> jimmy: oh, yeah i'm guessing gifts so, anyway - [ cheers and applause i'm so excited about it. so, last night, i was talking about it with the roots. and i said that -- it would be my dream to have a record on the billboard chart. so, i don't know -- i don't kno

taylor carey, or britney rodrigo. [ laughter ] whoever this is, her hair smells like pantene, and i can't complain i ain't complaining. [ cheers and applause that's what he -- then -- then -- then mariah was thinking - >> steve >> jimmy: "i love his folksy charm. it makes me smile. [ light laughter ] while biden was thinking, "i love her christmas song, 'you're all i need for the holidays.' but that high note makes my hearing aids vibrate like my table's ready at fuddruckers." [ laughter and applause and finally, mariah thought, "#blessed. [ light laughter ] while biden thought, "blessed#. >> steve: aw [ laughter and applause >> jimmy: it was a lovely mee -- it was a really beautiful meeting. it's nice that they -- [ cheers and applause -- came together happy holidays speaking of biden, it just came out that young voters overwhelmingly support him over trump. >> steve: oh >> jimmy: yeah, young voters - [ cheers and applause yep, young voters are like, "basically we'd rather have president mid than president sus. [ laughter ] some - [ cheers and applause >> steve: come on. >> jimmy: no cap no cap some big entertainment news. i saw that warner bros. might merge with paramount [ audience oohs it's a massive dea

steve a womack republican from louisiana. we are fractured us as a member of this committee. represented from florida it is not a normal majority cyst representative tom cole republican of oklahoma. here is representative marjorie taylor greene talking about the republicans for this conference is absolute broken. here's kevin mccarthy who used to be speaker who was opposed by the republicans this is embarrassing for the republican party but it is embarrassing for the nation. here's represented david joyce from ohio who probably sums it up best, we are a party they cannot govern. >> it makes us look like a bunch of idiots. we are a ship that does not have a router right now. it would be great if we could actually get a speaker of the house in a functioning so we can deal with these issues. the implementation of i.r.a. chose providing adequate resources of the irs dramatically improved services with people and the effectiveness of the overall mission. in the 2023 filing season, i.r.a. investments allowed the irs to create and adopt digital tools to process tax returns more efficiently. the agency greatly improved in- person service, service over the telephone and online customer service. we know a lot more needs to be d

steve a womack republican from louisiana. we are fractured us as a member of this committee. represented from florida it is not a normal majority cyst representative tom cole republican of oklahoma. here is representative marjorie taylor greene talking about the republicans for this conference is absolute broken. here's kevin mccarthy who used to be speaker who was opposed by the republicans this is embarrassing for the republican party but it is embarrassing for the nation. here's represented david joyce from ohio who probably sums it up best, we are a party they cannot govern.now the implemente ira says that providing adequate resources dramatically improve services to people and the effectiveness of the overall mission. it allowed them to create and adopt digital tools to process tax returns more efficiently. the agency greatly improved in person service, service over the telephone and online customer service. but we know a lot more needs to be done. i have a constituent who came in to see us in august. he and his wife had filed their taxes in april. but they got their refund from the state of maryland in two weeks after five months and multiple attempts to get the irs to send their tax refund. they still couldn't

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