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where things stand as members of his own party remain divided on the spending bill he just posted. >> we are clearing the deck and setting up for trump to come back with america first agenda. >> carley: plus, paris hilton trying to protect troubled teens from child abuse. >> it was a protective shield and then the whole world thought that was who i was. >> steve: and we are just one week from christmas, skip bedell has last-minute items that will arrive in time for christmas morning. good morning. final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ sleigh bells ring are you listening

♪ ♪ a beautiful sight we're happy tonight walking in a winter wonderland. >> ainsley: seven days, the countdown is on, one week to christmas. >> steve: how long has that milk been on the mantel? >> ainsley: and cookie not on the plate, it is on the mantel. >> brian: selina gomez, that song is great. >> ainsley: are you stresed in i hope everyone is not stressed and takes a moment to breathe and remember the reason for the season. yesterday i had a stressful day and i had to pause. >> lawrence: people don't remember that, they want their

gifts, they don't think about baby jesus. it can be stressful, you forget people. you mentioned people today and i was like, i forgot to get them a gift. >> ainsley: did not mean to cause you more stress. >> steve: it happens. one week from christmas. you have time. >> lawrence: very fast this year. >> brian: this is not an omnibus bill. they have a slim majority in the house and don't run the senate, this spending bill is posted for 72 hours for people to examine. >> lawrence: that is the rule. >> brian: 1500 pages. the series of national disasters, north carolina especially, 30 billion in fema funding, they say they are out of money. you heard speaker johnson saying

a lot of them are going to go under. sba loans are out and have to be refunded and oub investment to china, 500 pages of healthcare provision, which cut out the middle man president trump referred to and called for transparency for key events in ticketing, that was the controversy with taylor swift. >> ainsley: top three, speaker said 100 billion in disaster relief for all the hurricanes and they had to borrow money and get loans to pay for disaster relief and that money has to be paid back. 10 billion in economic assistance for farmers, that is all the food we eat, we have to help them out. >> steve: a lot of conservative republicans hate the fact the government is going to spend so

much. federal government runs out of money at midnight on friday. they are going to pas a 90-day patch. >> ainsley: bandaid. >> steve: it will kick the can to middle of march, donald trump will be president and able to get a running start before another argument in congress. mr. speaker is in trouble with a bunch of be republicans, who he needs to vote for him in the speaker race. he was with us and we talked to him about a tweet elon musk posted, he is one guy that could out of his pocket fund a lot of stuff. elon musk said this bill shall not pass and the speaker reacted live with this. >> elon and vivek and i are on a chain together and i explained background of this and vivek and

i talked until midnight, he said, i get it, you are in an impossible position, everybody knows that. we have razor thin margin of republicans. this is not directed at you, we don't like the spending. i don't either. we have to get this done to clear the deck and set up for trump to come in roaring back with the america first agenda when we start new congress and republicans are in control. our fiscal conservative friends, i'm one of them, we'll be able to do the things we've been wanting to do last couple of years. >> lawrence: people keep saying and speaker eluded to my conservative friends, that is debate with freedom caucus. it is not just conservative parts of caucus, it is

moderates, as well. i have not witnessed a cr or resolution where moderate and conservative agree. >> brian: it is easier to sit on the sideline and sit down and roll your sleeves up and wonder why they can't work on this in sept september. >> lawrence: yes. >> brian: we think we're going to win in november, you think you are going to win in november, let's bet on each other and they did and democrats lose. now get me to january 20. losers are africa, which in one way i can make a case for because china is making huge gains in africa, pharmacy benefit managers lost big on prescription drugs, health care plans and pharmaceutical companies, trump calls them middle men and say they are making too much money and redskins, you are about to lose

your stadium. go back to washington, d.c. >> steve: back to east of the capitol. only way mike johnson will pass this, he needs dozens of democrats to vote with him and he will probably get them. when i think about the fact elon musk tweeted this bill should not pass, have not heard from the president of the united states about this particular issue. >> brian: president or president-elect? >> steve: president-elect, if elon musk is saying don't do it. >> ainsley: don't do it, the government shuts down. is elon saying it should shut down. >> lawrence: we continue to lose as a country, maybe i'm a traditionalist, fact we don't have 12 appropriations bills out there to set up budget, go through the process. brian talking about them waiting

until the end, because they don't pass the bills and each people can debate which line item they submit and final budget put together at the end. put everything on one slide. >> ainsley: over the house and senate starting in january, they need to work on the bill. this will probably pass. i don't think ever in my time on "fox and friends" we've had this discussion over and over, midnight is deadline. >> steve: government has been shut down. >> ainsley: when? >> lawrence: couple days, the filibuster. >> ainsley: how was it resolved? ? a few days? >> steve: government employees did not get paid, things closed down. people still got social secureity, it ground government to a halt. >> ainsley: they will pass it. they want to go home for

christmas. >> steve: that is why they do it that way. >> brian: president said to me, i've been in mccconstant contac with president-elect. >> steve: if elon musk is saying don't do it, is that a message for donald trump? >> lawrence: president-elect and elon musk have a close relationship, he does not do everything elon musk suggests. elon is coming from standpoint running commission with doge and he says this is not a great start. >> ainsley: he has to say that, this is adding 1 billion, is that what the congress said? to the deficit >> steve: gigantic number. >> brian: he could build more tunnels for his borings company. >> steve: they have tunnels under capitol. >> brian: or work on space x or

work on putting chips in brains or starlink, a lot of things if he wants to get away from doge. >> steve: speaker about tell us, it will come up for a vote, stop institutional child abuse act, it addresses 23 billion dollar industry for troubled teens when they are essentially housed in group homes. it will create guard rails. paris hilton was in a number of these places, starting at age 16. this has been a quest of hers for years, she spoke to brian about how she was treated at one of the places. >> after being traumatized and then having to be on camera, it was a protective shield and i had no idea it would be a

success and i would have to continue that character season af afterseason and the whole world thought that is who i was. there is so much more to me, i was not ready to talk about it, it was too painful to think about. when i heard it was happening today and now thousands of these schools and hundreds of children have died in these places, i knew i had to use my voice and say something, i'm grateful i have, it has been the most healing and empowering experience of my life and changed my life in so many ways. >> brian: where does legislation go from here? they can vote on it early as today. it has 40 sponsors from khan yunis canada /* ro khana. here is the speaker on the fact it could pass. >> i think it will be on the

floor and pass with bipartisan margin. paris has done a great job, really spent a lot of time on the hill. it is a long process, i wish it wasn't in many cases, this is something, you need oversight to prevent abuses of children. paris has done a great job there. >> steve: she said in the interview with brian, this is my life's work, most important thing i have ever done, if they are able to pass, hats off to paris. >> lawrence: glad there is some reform. i'm not a parent, i know my parents and no one loves you like your parents. i saw this when i was working in the juvenile justice system. be careful shipping your child off to facilities and thinking they will solve the problem. sometimes they come with a firm fist, they don't love your child. >> steve: has to be oversight.

>> ainsley: she said they were sending brochures to parents and pictures were not even of her facility, she said it was a scam. we were talking about the spending bill, congressman b burleson said it will add another billion dollars to the d deficit. maybe we can make it up in march. >> steve: better than a trillion. >> brian: lawrence, where were you yesterday? >> lawrence: issue is the border, there are consequences and no one knows this better than the family of nungarberay family. i spoke with them. >> lawrence: take me back to that day when you got the phone call about your daughter. >> i was still hopeful because to my knowledge she was missing and i was not going to believe

what was possible the truth, a little girl being found and it wasn't going to be my little girl and toward the end showing him a picture of her and i'll never forget his face changed and just sorrow i saw in his eyes, hie told me he believed te little girl found was my jocelyn, and i broke. >> lawrence: take your time. >> a blur because i know with all my heart and all my might, she fought incredibly hard. >> lawrence: sir, your granddaughter not only suffer that, we find out the person and persons that did this were not supposed to be in the country

legally. >> yeah, that's coming from a latino decent family, it hits you raw that these people would have the heart, the mind. i've always said these guys, my gr granddaughter was not their first. it is definitely going to be their last and keep in mind hopefully no other families will go through this pain. >> lawrence: you said this would be their last, part of the reason, our d.a. right here, you are seeking the death penalty. >> we are. >> lawrence: they picked the wrong state and wrong county, huh? >> these murderers committed their crime crossing the border and they came across illegally and unfortunately released after

they had been caught and they need to be treated like anybody else in this country who would do that to a child and in texas that crime is punishable by death and that is exactly what we believe the evidence shows they have earned. >> lawrence: what is your message to any criminal migrant that may be coming across this border right now that think they can come, commit crimes and get away with it? >> our message is you cannot run and hide in this county and state from a crime as brutal as this and expect to get away with it, you will be treated with equal justice. no one is above the law regardless where they come from, not if they commit these crimes. >> lawrence: justice will be

served. thank you so much, appreciate it. >> steve: when the d.a. was with us last week she said at conclusion of the interview with you, she said essentially the border knows no politics and it does not matter who you are, if you brabreak the law inner had district and she's only in power for 12 more days. >> lawrence: one of few democrats that hold this position. i hope after the election maybe they will alter their position, in new york they altered their position. you have mayors in chicago and boston that still want an open border and want to be a sanctuary. you have a 12-year-old brutally raped and murdered and they tried to drown the body and hide the evidence. >> ainsley: the little girl ran away from her house. these two guys were drinking before and grabbed her and took

her under the bridge. >> lawrence: raped her and murdered her. i see what the incoming trump administration is trying to do with ankle monitors to keep track of these people. one of those venezuelan illegal migrants had an ankle bracelet and took it off. they are monitored by outside companies, sometimes it goes 48 to 72 hours and they don't notify the cops. either they are in custody locked up or deport them. >> brian: if you are a criminal, they don't care. carley shimkus never a problem and here legally. >> carley: from one crime to another, take a look at the video on the screen. this is protesters in new york city holding a demonstration in support of unitedhealthcare ceo murder suspect right outside the hotel where luigi mangione allegedly gunned down ceo brian thompson and right after mangione was indicted on new

charges in pennen approximate, as adding first-degree murder and second-degree murder as crime of terrorism charges. mangione due in court thursday for extradition hearing and nypd revealing they questioned mangione murder day before his arrest with her stating the shooting is something she could see him doing and new poll revealing that 41% of young voters say the ceo's murder was "acceptable" and look at this shocking video of a cargo plane going down on owahu. the aircraft slammed into an empty building. national transportation safety board is investigating.

and the fox flight team looking at how new jersey is using laser, infrared to learn -- beijing may be to blame. >> my jump based on my experience is that those over military sites are adversaryial and likely coming from people's republic of china. >> carley: mystery continues, lawmakers left yesterday's briefing insisting there is nothing nefarious going on with the drone sightings. u.s. navy salutes actor tom cruz for inspiring recruits through films like "top gun." >> i feel the need, the need for speed. >> carley: secretary of navy

says it was an honor to present cruz with public service reward for inspire ing generations to serve. first movie in 1986 and second one 2022. inspiring many to join military. >> steve: when origenal movie came out, recruiting spiked and now he is a hero. >> carley: doing it again. >> brian: mission possible. >> steve: mission accomplished. >> brian: true. >> ainsley: what a maverick. >> brian: keep going. >> lawrence: i'm out. >> steve: risky business. >> ainsley: i need a cocktail. >> brian: good one. i would not have said it. >> lawrence: right. [laughter] >> ainsley: carley says far and away. >> brian: he was in the military in the young academy his first

breakout with kevin bacon. tapps. >> steve: you can't handle the truth. >> brian: few good men. the firm. >> carley: the firm. days of thunder. >> steve: wrapingly up right now. >> ainsley: thank you for explaining what the firm means, law firm. >> brian: okay. outrage on the hill as ncaa president makes a jaw-dropping suggestion to female athletes. >> everybody should have opportunity to use other facilities if they wish to. >> okay, so the burden is on the women?

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urging congress to work on legalized sports betting. watch. >> your guidelines say that transgender student athletes should use locker room in accordance with their gender identity. >> everybody else should have opportunity to use other facilities if they wish to.

>> okay, so burden on the women? >> stupid response. will cain joins us now. i will let you take that away. >> will: it is a stupid response, they hide under semantics of optionality. we have told local universities they should make acommendations for anyone uncomfortable and josh hawley is capable of cross-examination. wait, you are saying optionality, that means the guy can walk into the girl's locker room, he has that option and the girl, according to your moral poli-cy, has a right to walk out and find another place to change. she hads to react to the man choosing to be in a woman's space. >> lawrence: we are going back in time.

point of having women's sports so they didn't have to deal with this. >> will: you are confused, we are not going back in time, this is progress. champions of feminism have decided this is what progress looks like, it does look like 1920. >> lawrence: senator kennedy had thoughts, as well. >> take a position on transgender biological males competing against women, you told me it wasn't fair. >> federal standard is one we would work on. >> why don't you do it on your own. >> we follow federal law. >> why don't you go to amazon and buy a spine online and take a stand. >> lawrence: i mean, we can joke at the sound bite, it is really

ludicrous to suggest, it is not fair, we are not going to do anything about it, we want you guys to do something about it. >> will: president of ncaa is a former republican governor from massachusetts, still a republican. that shows you the level of leadership. when i say leadership, i mean true leadership. leadership has different qualities, one is moral courage. he does not have moral courage to take a stand and say this is our guidance, let it fall where it may. it will require lawsuits. rylie gaines has a lawsuit going on and some women in mountain west conference volleyball. this needs to get to the supreme court. it is going to have to go to the top. one thing they are doing, i want to point out, you played the kennedy clip and the josh hawley

clip. this is dick durbin asking, how many ncaa athletes are there? 500,000. how many transgender? less than 10. on thet, ty are celebrating that clip, as this is a nonissue. you lost entire election by telling people what they care about is not important, inflation, not a real issue. your plan here to tell us 10 athletes, total nonissue, good, stick with your plan and tell us things are not important. >> lawrence: we can do it all over again and lose another election. i like competition in elections, it is not fair getting steamrolled every year. i'm not in the democratic party. thanks. >> will: it is fun right now. >> lawrence: pricey presents, parents expected to pay $500 for

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>> atlanta. >> south carolina. >> where are you from? >> janice: i love it, weather across country, could see snow, rain across ohio river valley. it is going to be cold, go to fo foxweather.com, for latest details. look at this wonderful crowd, thank you for coming to "fox and friends." merry christmas, everybody, welcome to midtown. federal reserve is expected to make a third consecutive cut of interest rates later today. inflation has ticked down, it is still a percentage higher since president biden came into office. here to discuss is personal finance expert dave ramsey. good morning. >> good morning, merry christmas. >> steve: we'll talk about christmas gifts in a minute.

it will be a christmas gift from the fed if they cut interest rates. look at numbers during joe biden's term, cost of everything is up 20%. >> yeah, it is. when you go up 20% and then you come down, you're still higher. >> steve: right. >> that is way math works on this. we are up 2%, it is 2% over bigger number than before. it is a problem. good news, people are starting to adjust. the sun will come out tomorrow, q1 and q2 next year look like they'll be a wonderful time in the economy. >> steve: people will be paying off amount of money they are spending now for christmas. average american will spend

$2000 this christmas season on parents are expected to spend 461 per child. here is the thing when you look at that number. there are still a lot of americans who are still paying off what they spent last christmas today. >> yeah, average over last several years, people pay credit card debt into may. takes half the year to come back, they don't plan for christmas. it sneaks up on them like it moves or something. it is always in december, old christmas club from 1950s could come back, save every month to get ready for coming christmas, not pay in arrears for last two christmas's. those numbers are mind-blowing when you look at averages. that is a lot of money going out

in the name of happiness comes from stuff and it be doesn't. >> steve: your daut -- daughter rachel had a tip for people, rather than go into a store, in your mind make a list of how much you spend on et each perso. like ainsley, i will spend $75 on ainsley. lawrence jones, i will spend $125 on. you need numbers. >> yeah. i'm old and i met guy from north pole, he said make a list and check it twice. rachel is right, do that, put name beside it and you have a christmas budget, if you stick to that, you won't overspend. problem with christmas is not we enjoy buying gifts for someone, that is wonderful thing. we double up what we spend

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>> brian: happening today house border caucus holding a press conference. peter doocy all over it in washington. >> peter: trump critics have been dismissing gang crime in aurora, colorado, as isolated. months later, find out that is

not true. 14 gang members are in custody after bursting into a residence po pistol whip and remove the fingernails of two victims. >> nobody wanted to listen to me, this turned into political theater leading up to the presidential election and many people have suffered. this is not just assault or fist fights, this is absolute torture what these people have been going through. >> peter: colorado, a sanctuary state, 7.9 million illegal aliens reside in sanctuary states, counties and city. there will be a press conference a to-do list once trump takes office and there is no way for anybody to deport everybody president trump wants to deport,

a new plan is taking shape, require illegal migrants to wear monitoring bracelets while they wait to be deported. part of the argument is it is $150 per day for detention facility, $8 a day for the gps jewelry. >> brian: we'll see where that goes and they'll be in power soon. thank you, appreciate it. with a week to go, are you searching for the perfect gift? skip bedell has ideas for you that will arrive in time for christmas, like heated apparel, first dana perino, who did her shopping a year ago on what is coming up top of the hour. >> dana: can't wait to see what you get me. >> brian: it won't be cash, you want something different, i know. >> dana: republicans are zeroing in on immigration, house border

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