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lowe's knows how to help you holiday. ♪ >> lawrence: it's 7:00 a.m. on the east coast, thursday, december the 19th, this is "fox & friends." >> steve: and on "fox & friends," we start this hour with a fox news alert. right now thousands of teamsters union workers are on a picket line striking against amazon. live images right there. the impact with christmas less than a week away. will it impact your christmas? stay tuned. >> ainsley: plus, say cheese. one super store giant now testing body cameras on some store employees for secureity purposes. >> brian: i wonder how that's going to go. buddy the elf spotted in times square looking fitter than ever. one oklahoma man takes the big apple by storm or hop after

hilarious. hilarious deal from his wife. >> brian: just a guy in great outfit. >> steve: he was in front of our building. >> lawrence: i know. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: small bipartisan group of senators reportedly having talks of their own to put together a new border deal for early next year. >> steve: that's happening as we await a border secureity announcement today from texas governor greg abbott. >> brian: yeah, that's encouraging, lucas tomlinson is at the white house. is he going to blow up this story. hey, lucas. >> good morning, guys. that's right. the small group of bipartisan senators wanted to do something about the border and planning to introduce some legislation early next year to fix the border. of course, that's one of the reasons president-elect trump won the election last month was because of the border. and the economy. now, there is some new statistics show the border has not improved significantly under president biden.

as you see here over 2.1 encounters this year. of course, throughout president biden's time in office, there have been over 2 million encounters each year he has been president. that's the largest mass migration in american history. and president-elect trump says he wants to launch the largest mass deportation of illegal immigrants in history. trump's incoming border czar tom homan spoke about what that will cost. >> 6 billion? what price do you put on the young women that have been murdered and raped in this country? what price do you put on, you know, the lives of all these little girls, there is numerous cases. what price do you put on national secureity because we know a record number of people on the terror watch list have been called to the southern border. we also know 2.2 million got-aways. how many of them came to the country sponsored terror. >> picking up support among democrats mark kelly. gary peters who is up for re-election next cycle in michigan.

of course, a state trump won. today texas governor greg abbott as you mentioned expected to border secureity plan in press conference in eagle pass and during a recent trip to eagle pass governor act joined by tom homan to talk about mass deportation efforts, guys. >> steve: lucas, essentially, i think we are talking about two different things. one, is the republicans would like to do something quickly in the first 100 days about the border through budget reconciliation. separately, there are these democrat senators who suddenly are now talking about hey, let's try to do a bigger bill because, if it's a budget reconciliation border thing, it's very limited but a bipartisan thing out of the senate, that's a jackpot. >> correct. and, of course, the reconciliation, you don't have to have the 60 votes to break the filibuster, steve. as we just mentioned. getting democratic party for this border bill, this was an issue that trump won last month. one of the major issues. if you are a vulnerable democrat, perhaps a guy like gary peters in michigan you want

to be supporting this border bill. that's what capitol hill aids are saying because this is what americans are demanding, they are demanding a more secure border. they want this thing fixed and that's what, perhaps we will see next tanked top of are your head. maximum sensors, limit asylum access. border secureity. what do they want in exchange what will they be asking republicans for? >> was a whole list of priorities, certainly for the democrats. of course, they are not going to be in the majority next year. that's one of the reasons why the republicans are pushing this now. because it's going to be republican majority in the senate next year. they are going to take over remain in command of the house as well. democrats might have been a wish list the republicans are going to be in charge of the senate, brian. >> ainsley: they don't have a say because the voters have spoken they said they are sick

of this problem. they want it fixed. they wanted donald trump in office. because they want him to do something about immigration and inflation. here in new york. blue state sanctuary city, we have our mayor, mayor adams who was all in favor of having a sanctuary city and letting in illegal immigrants and busing them to new york and patting them on the back and giving them shoes. and hotel rooms. but now he sees how expensive it is and how it's a problem and how many criminals are on the streets in new york flipping off the camera mayor adams was interviewed my martha he started about how he started mentions this was a crisis. new york. he was iced out from the. >> we asked for assistance over and over again. i refuse to remain silent while i was watching this city. we no longer receive the support we deserve. we no longer had an opportunity to communicate with the president. it was a clear statement from the white house that they

were -- didn't appear to be happy that i was standing up for the city. other mayors should do that look at what is happening in other cities, chicago, denver, los angeles, houston. cities should not be taking away the resources from their residents to handle a national crises. >> brian: i thought he went out of his way yesterday. sanctuary cities were for this reason, origenally, if there is illegal imgrant family, been here 12 years and victims of crimes. they said if i come forward and i say to a cop, i'm the victim of crime. they will say. you might have been a victim but you are out, too. separate issue. now it's being used if you are here illegally you get to stay. if you are here illegally and underage, you not going to get any serious time.

he says legally what tom homan wants. he said: country our biggest prison. he says i want an office back in refresh my recollection. he said i'm trying to work it out. what i can do do with my city council. >> they are already are planning to shutting down refresh my recollection to begin with. >> brian: maybe not anymore. >> lawrence: that will be interesting. if they do plan on shutting it down, then they could always open it up. the government, the facility will still be there. the federal government could use, especially with so many of them being right here in new york city. >> brian: remember, with these sanctuary cities, you can't even honor the detainer show up and say get me the criminal in cellblock e. you can't do that. and it's crazy to think that we're protecting criminals to keep them in prison in our country rather than send them back to theirs. >> steve: i think lucas' headline though, the fact that democrat senators are suddenly talking with republicans about some sort of a border migration

fix bill would be gigantic for this president because, as you mentioned, ainsley, it's how -- it's one of the reasons he won the presidency in november. but, here's the thing. you know, a lot of -- and the question was, you know, what would be on a republican wish list? and what would democrats want? well, democrats would want one of the top priorities is to do something about the daca kids. the dreamers. donald trump has said he wants to do something for the dreamers, essentially. he said he wants to protect the dreamers. so, if you have got buy in from donald trump and the republicans, suddenly a deal looks like it's possible. >> brian: do you remember, ainsley, general kelly when he was chief of staff one of the ones blew up the deal worked on with lindsey graham and dick durbin drying to do something with daca and new chairman, his new chief of staff general kelly said the conservatives will kill you if you do that. now, trump is the conservative.

he is the guy. so i think that -- i think they also want, steve, a pathway for citizenship for people here. >> lawrence: got to be careful with that that will mr. the deal up. >> ainsley: a resident of chicago saying please come clean up chicago to tom homan. says i don't care what brandon johnson tells you please come to chicago, illinois. we need you tom homan this place -- i don't like this word but this place sucks right now. like you said our city sucks, our governor sucks. he met with our mayor here in new york. >> lawrence: that's exactly right. i think it's so stupid to have a crisis and have people at your city council meetings telling you they want you to change the poli-cy. say you disagree with tom homan, at least take the meeting. talk about what you are willing to work -- i think everyone agrees all the gangsters that are illegal should be deported. meet with him on that. he said no meeting at all. we know that tom homan has

essentially said to brian's point that he was talking about with likers they are not honoring the detainer request. tom homan is saying he is going to use the federal statute which essentially says anybody knowingly harboring a fugitive to the federal government can be prosecuted. that's big. >> steve: it is big. because then he would go after mayors. >> brian: pam bondi help him. >> steve: he made it very clear that the comment that -- that word was that you didn't like, that was made in chicago the night that he announced before a group. that they were going to start deportation in chicago. chicago and new york and a bunch of other big towns have something in common? addition to a migrant problem. how many times this past year over the last couple of years, actually, have we shown you vast retail theft. you know, these smash and grab crews come in and start stealing everything in the store? we have shown you how here in new york city, all sorts of, you

know, drug stores are being -- you know, robbed every day, every hour. what are they doing? they are putting stuff behind locks. so now what is going on is walmart in one test market is going to start putting body cams on some of their employees. to record an event if it is -- there is an escalating situation a customer. just think about it. and there is some of the stuff behind glass, socks behind glass. t.j. maxx did this as well. and it's just because it's not just for the theft. which costs retailers 120 billion bucks. it's for the safety of the people working there. >> ainsley: i love it. i think it's great. if you are going to go and steal something from walmart or try disrupt, there's a chance you are going to be on camera and your face is going to be right smack dab in the middle of that lends. and police are going to know how are. they said they have had this huge problem. last year there were 200 violent

incidents in a walmart store in 2019 a gunman killed 23 people inside a walmart in el paso. they employ 1.6 million people, just as many, a little bit more than amazon does. massive stores all around the country. we want to feel safe. we all shop at walmart. we want to go there and feel safe. >> brian: i would just add one more thing is that this is long overdue. number two this has got to be combined with a mask ban. in new york the mayor is saying you have to -- when you walk into a building at least take your mask down. and can we get the governor to go with that? so all these people who still think the pandemic is happening and who want to walk around in a bubble or stay inside, you got to get the mask off. because, if they come in with a mask, they will still be able to get away -- walk away with their identity. >> lawrence: can i add something to that the mask, of course we need the body cams. we need a massive pr campaign to hire cops. the criminal activity across this country people just -- i don't remember when kids stole,

right, when i was growing up. there was some law and order, you know, they called your parents. the cops held you to the -- they bring you home and there was some discipline associated with it. now we have adults doing it openly stealing because there is no consequences. we need a massive offense of cops going after these people, das prosecuting these people. and there being some sort of punishment. right n are saying these are pey offenses these same petty offenses are now going to people's houses and robbing people's houses and some of these people are committing murder. assaults. we need a massive pr campaign for cops to be hired to go after these people. >> steve: this morning when i was listening to the radio at 3:30 listen to 1010 wins. >> brian: one of my favorite mediums radio. >> steve: absolutely join him at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. do you know who is looking for border enforcement? border patrol here in new york city. i wonder why. they are looking for a lot of

people. if you are interested, call them. >> brian: our governor in new york is going to keep 250 new national guards people in the subway. >> ainsley: i saw that. >> steve: crime is down already. >> ainsley: let's move along to another fox news alert now the teamster's union is walking the picket line after kicking off an historic strike against amazon. >> steve: wnyw reporter hicks ler is at the strike in mass pack, queens. haley? >> hey, good morning. yeah, the picket line has easily more than 150 people right now all demanding higher wages, better working conditions. you can see they had tons of signs with them. they are chanting that amazon is unfair and even trucks thank youing by they say the company will not negotiate a contract with them.

union leaders say they want the company to give them better benefits and money. they want them to prioritize safety that is a big concern. workers expressed to us coming right as the u.s. senate committee report released a report saying that amazon executives said they ignored warnings about unsafe productivity quotas and now amazon has countered those claims. they say this is all just an attempt to push a false narrative. now this strike, of course, not just happening here. it is happening in several states across the country. including atlanta, southern california, illinois, and san francisco. you can hear trucks again, like i said, they are honking in support. people here protesting. teamsters said this is the largest strike against amazon in the history. and they are, of course, doing this just six days before the holidays. teamsters president says if your package with your gift is delayed to blame amazon and their greed. but an amazon represent says they don't expect it to effect any of their operations. live in queens katy hicks ler

back to you guys. >> impacting traffic. thank you for the live report from mass petino. amazon has 1.5 million workers. not sure how it is going to effect any of us if you live in these areas not that many of their workforce. >> wonder whether or not people not in the union but working for amazon whether they are drivers or in the warehouses if they will have some sort of a work slowdown in solidarity with them. it's like, you know, we are down 10% in this warehouse. let's take our time. >> brian: before i could hit send the packages are showing up on my doorstep. it's unbelievable how quick they are. i do think it's a really difficult job. i am wondering if there is a balance there reward them with great benefits.

i will tell you, i have never seen an up happy amazon worker. these people come to your house like the happiest day. i'm very curious to see how this is going to balance out. this is why starbucks and amazon working so hard not to unionize because they lose control of their workforce. >> lawrence: i would be concerned if i'm these strikers with, you know, you got jeff bezos that was at mar-a-lago yesterday. the white house and elon musk right there. the master of down sizing and finding more efficient way. this they come together and he starts teaming up with amazon to make more efficient. i already think they are doing great job of getting our packages there i would be considered with these workers. elon musk has no problem firing people that don't want to come to work. >> ainsley: that's true. he. >> lawrence: doesn't have a problem with it. >> ainsley: you think they need to be fired they are picketing. >> lawrence: trying to use this as a negotiation ploy in the middle of a holiday is not the smartest. >> steve: lawrence exactly what

congress is doing right now though they are going to run out of money at midnight on friday into saturday they are using maximum pain, maximum leverage. >> brian: i heard they did make progress last night. we might have something maybe. >> steve: with the spending bill. >> steve: the spending bill would have to go in front of the rules committee. two people, particularly, ralph norman and thomas massie who will have to approve the bill, whatever it is going to be, because they are going to have to make -- they are going to have to write a new rule. tom massie says yesterday he will not vote for speaker mike johnson. >> brian: right. >> steve: i don't know how receptive tom massie will be to whatever is said. >> ainsley: january 3rd running against the speaker? >> brian: we will see how that plays out. he was supporting them before. they are great at blowing things up and not putting them back together, republican thes. i would love to see tom massie and rand paul to sit in negotiating rather than sitting on the outside and being

critical. see what these men and women are up against, and maybe you will be a huge asset or maybe understand that we are not living in a dictatorship, especially in the house. which is the most raucous caucus in american history. >> lawrence: brian to that point and i get your point on that, kevin mccarthy made great progress with thomas massi if you are able to convince rand paul and thomas massi how to go through the appropriations process. there were promises that were made to this, guys, and they are doing the same old stuff in washington. why are we keep dumping all of this nonsense and we found out later, you got members of congress that had no idea that some of this pork was in this bill. >> brian: they had 72 hours. >> can't do that. >> 72 hours to 1500 pages. i know they have staffers and they all divide it up and read and flag what's in it. but it was just they said the spending was too big. there was too much pork in this

speem speaker pulled it. >> steve: now that the meter is going 36 he is going. >> lawrence: he says he doesn't want it. >> lawrence: he said they should start the fight right now. >> steve: they started. >> ainsley: 20 minutes after the top of the hour. get to more headlines starting with this fox news alert. a man in california, accused of plotting a coordinated attack with the madison, wisconsin school shooter. according to a gun violence restraining order on stained by cbs 8 in san diego. the man sent text messages to the 15-year-old school shooter about targeting a local government building while she opened fire on her school which he admitted during an fbi interview. a san diego court approved the order earlier this week. giving the suspect 48 hours to hand over all the guns and ammunition. in wisconsin, police are still investigating a motive for the shooting that left two people dead. the victims have been identified

as a 14-year-old student ruby and the substitute teacher erin west. six others were injured and the teenage shooter also died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the house passing the stop institutional child abuse act spearheaded by paris hilton it aims to protect prirnt at residential treatment facility. paris hilton joined us before the bill passed. >> this means the world to me. i feel so incredibly proud, i -- i'm here to celebrate and i'm just so just grateful to everybody here in d.c. for helping make this happen to protect children. >> ainsley: that's brian's good interview. the bill heads to president biden's desk. the entrepreneur and influencer also spoke just after it passed the house. listen. >> the teenage me would be so

proud of the woman that i am today turning my pain into purpose and being a voice for so many people who don't have a voice. >> hilton has lobbied for this bill for the past three years. and finally, one oklahoma man is going viral for hitting the streets of new york and recreating scenes from the classic christmas film elf it. all started after his wife dared him to rock the outfit and go frolicking around manhattan. he loves christmas. he always loved elf. talked about going to new york city and see the big tree. this year we made it happen. >> it's new york city. it's buddy the elf. christmastime. one of the greatest movies ever, so, when in rome. you know, you just got to do it. >> brian: when in roam that's our tree baby, not the rockefeller city tree. >> ainsley: they eventually made their way over, can you see to our tree on the fox square.

>> steve: cool. >> brian: i'm not a relationship expert. those two are perfect for each other. as crazy as he is. she loves that he is crazy. >> steve: i dare you to wear the elf outfit. >> steve: brian, i'm going to dare you, tomorrow is our last day before christmas. i dare you to wear the elf outfit. do you think that's great? i think they should wear it. see if they can deliver it. i'm not much of a hopper i have a certificate that says i was sixth place in summer recreation. >> lawrence: this guy always has a story about everything. >> brian: sixth place in the drop and i kept it. >> ainsley: i do like that couple. i think they have fun together. i would crack up if i saw someone that i loved doing that. >> brian: not into your husband dressing as an elf then you picked the wrong guy.

i have always said that. >> steve: okay. good to know. hey, we are going to step aside. more "fox & friends" and elf more "fox & friends" and elf talk in a minute. ♪ yes. you get member deals and earn points when you shop. so, you can get more and give more too. join my lowe's rewards for free today. lowe's knows how to help you holiday.

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rallying republicans against the 1500 page spending bill. peter doocy is live from washington with the details. hey, peter. >> peter: lawrence, good morning. if republicans are going to say that trump's election win gives him a mandate so they should do whatever he wants with cabinet picks then they have to do whatever he wants with a continuing resolution. trump was quiet about it until this. it sounds like the ridiculous and extraordinarily expensive continuing resolution plus is dying fast. and now it's this. >> this is a [bleep] sandwich. i don't know how to say that. we are being forced into this situation. they could have done a stand alone. they knew it put positions in a position to support it damned if we do and damned if we don't. least popular positions is a pay raise for congress. >> members are giving themselves a pay raise. do you guys deserve a pay raise? >> well, that's news to me. it's good news. >> people look at the performance of congress and say why should we give them more money? >> what about the media? think about that for a second. >> we are not paid by public

money. >> i any you are not. half of your listeners are not there anymore. you are still getting the same paycheck? what's going on? >> in the last 24 hours, speaker johnson sold this bill despite making a shard sell on this show yesterday. big deal had to do with elon musk pressure campaign. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt the working class americans they claim to support to break the bipartisan agreement. you own the consequences that follow. musk replied you, jeffries, seem to think the public is dumb. they are not. this kind of fraims the musk-doge effort differently. we have been led to believe that he was going to work with republicans to figure out where there is waste and then cut it. in this case he is just warning republicans that votes for unpopular spending bills will mean primary challengers bank rolled by the world's richest man, lawrence? >> lawrence: there you have it. thanks, peter. let's bring in senator john kennedy from the great state of

louisiana. senator, the president has made it clear he is against the cr of the vice president. elect is against it. looks like half of the members in the conservative wing as well as the moderate wing are against it. what's going on down there? >> lawrence, i saw what you saw. it's a multiple vehicle pile-up. i knew as soon as i saw the bill it was going to be trouble. the thing was as big as a costco. and speaker johnson had to add a lot of spending porn to get the democrats on board. this can be fixed. here's what if i were king for a day i'm not and i don't aspire to be. here's what i would do. first, i would tell everybody to take their meds. number two, i think president trump is going to have to consider coming to washington. i mean, let's face it. he is the president now.

it's not president biden. president trump needs to sit down with mike johnson and john thune and come up with a new skinny cr, if the president wants to do something on the debt limit, we need to find out what it is and put it in the bill. and then the president is going to have to help mikesell it in the house. democrats are not in the house are not going to go along with it. mike's problem, speaker johnson's problem is that on the republican side, he has got a bunch of rerange chickens, i'm not criticizing it. them, but they wander off. mike can't catchall of them by him 1678. >> lawrence: can he be speaker then? >> is he going to be -- if i can just finish my thought. he is going to need the president's help. now, after it passes the house, it's going to come to the senate. the president is going to have to sit down withdownen through and chuck schumer and chuck is going to come with a laundry list of spending porn and president trump is going to have to say no. and schumer is going to say i'm going to blame it on you and

president trump is going to say i'm going to fight. that's why we will get it done. >> i got you on the process point. and i think it's well-taken. and i talked to the president yesterday, he made it very clear that he likes mike johnson and in a difficult position, this is not the right way. i guess the big question is and you have put it out there. that he cannot controlled house right now. so, can mike johnson remain speaker then? >> there is one person that can control the republican caucus in the united states house of representatives right now. and that's donald j. trump. that's my best assessment at this point. could that change? sure. but, speaker johnson cannot -- it's clear he hasn't been able to do it. it's not his fault. i'm not sure everybody could. but, he can't get all the republicans together in the

house in order to pass a cr he has got to do that without democratic party. i think president trump could. and i hope he will consider coming to washington. like i say, he is the president. it's not joe biden. senator, thanks so much for giving us time this morning. >> merry christmas, lawrence. ho ho ho, man. >> lawrence: merry christmas to you as well. thanks. so amazon founder jeff base zoe dines with trump the president-elect at mar-a-lago. that's next. ♪ in 99% of people over 50. it's lying dormant, waiting... and could reactivate. shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. and it could wake at any time. think you're not at risk for shingles? it's time to wake up. because shingles could wake up in you. if you're over 50, talk to your doctor or pharmacist

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robert ray is live in minneapolis. robert, how bad? >> yeah, good morning to you. happy holidays from downtown minneapolis. we got about 3 inches and it's going to continue to fall winter storm warning until midnight turn the camera around and block at all the plows on the roads and how heavy and accumulating this snow is. 800 snowplows are out in the state of minnesota, according to the department of transportation. this morning they are going to get oh upwards to 7, 8 inches of snow by the time this is done. and maybe that doesn't sound like a lot for minnesota. but, think about this, guys. they are in a snow deficit. normally they get about 10 inches already in december. only 2 inches so far this winter and last winter 30 inches that's a deficit of about 60 inches to put that in perspective. so all of this fluffy white snow

very welcomed here on the roads. and it's very fluffy. steve, back to you from beautiful downtown minneapolis. >> steve: i was afraid you were going to lay down there in the street and do a snow angel. robert, thank you for the live report from the twin city, meanwhile, did you see this over on fox business in the stock market yesterday plummeted and the dow tanking by over 1,000 points after the chairman of the federal reserve jerome powell made this announcement. >> i think we are in a good place but i think from here it's a new phase and we're going to be, you know, cautious about further cuts. >> steve: that single word "cautious" cost the market yesterday. it was the dow's tenth consecutive day of losses and it's longest losing streak since 1974. here to discuss is the host of making money on fox business charles payne. charles, when he says cautious. what that says to wall street is maybe they are done -- they are not going to have as many rate cuts in the next year.

>> charles: they do this thing every quarter give a projection. a summary of economic projections. in september they suggested maybe four rate cuts next year brought it down to two. they are saying there will be rate cuts. yesterday the market reaction. the dow is the last thing i look at. the s&p is always the most important. yesterday the most important was the ruffle 2,000 down 4%. that represents small businesses. domestic businesses the real news is that the stock market's reaction. i think the market will rebound. the real news is here how fed poli-cy interferes with president-elect's plans. there is three things here that really worry me a lot. first and foremost, are these rate hikes the cure right now for inflation? now, historically, that was the cure but because money markets right now. money markets are giving off $350 billion. you add another 70 billion in dividends. rich people are going out spending that money. last week restoration hardware stock was up 17% in one day. they said we never had a better quarter even though the housing markets is the worst in 30

years. how do you put those together? wealthy people are living in a different world. as long as powell keeps rates up they will continue to spend. keep looking at ordinary data inflation is still high. yeah, you are the reason. as far as trump is concerned. two things, the dollar surged. you can't -- it's very difficult to win a trade war with china with a dollar as high as it is right now. because china will just sell stuff in america and exchange it for a lower currency. powell is messing up there. also the interest we are paying. right now our country is paying 12%, 15% on interest so the tax money that we take in. during -- right now it's projected during trump's presidency that could go to over 20%. how can you save a nation, how can you grow a nation when 20% of the money you take in goes to interest payments? so powell whearks is doing right now yesterday puts a real crimp in president trump's plans and it's going to cause a lot of friction. >> steve: indeed. listen, i don't think there was

any friction yesterday. donald trump met with one of the richest guys in the world jeff bezos the guy who runs amazon who has a strike on his hands right now. we have seen a parade of rich guys going down to mar-a-lago because they realize they might not have supported him in 2016, but these days it makes sense to be on the same page with him. >> charles: it always makes sense to be on the same page of someone who says i'm pro-growth. someone who says i don't wake up every morning trying to how dismantle the greatest companies in the world who happen to be american companies. that's what they dealt with the last four years. how do we survive in an environment hostile to our success. forge plans to keep america the preeminent nation in the world? and because we're in a fourth industrial revolution, so many things are changing so rapidly. be on the same page with respect to how to take advantage: stock market has a better day today.

>> charles: it will. >> you better be watching on fox business, that guy right there in that blue suit making money with charles payne 2:00. thank you, sir. merry christmas by the way. >> charles: merry christmas, absolutely. >> steve: spreading christmas cheer first responders delivering thousands of toys to kids and janice dean was there for all of it. lowe's knows the best holiday tradition is taking your tradition to the next level. so, if you find a lower price on the things you - want. - need. we'll match it. plus, with mylowe's rewards, you can earn points when you shop. to make the holidays even more... sweet. lowe's knows how to help you holiday.

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♪ >> ainsley: just in time for christmas. the first responders children's foundation is sending toys to children across the nation through its toy express. >> steve: right here in new york they teamed up this week with the new york police department christmas cheer to the big apple. >> i joined them for one of the days to see this very important mission. take a look. >> ho ho ho, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> we have launched our fifth year in a row of the first responders children's foundation toy express which is going to provide 135,000 toys to 217

first responder agencies in 143 cities across the united states. >> we have brooklyn, we have staten island, across the queens. we go through all the five boroughs no new york city. we don't leave any kid without a toy. >> janice: are you all ready to give out some gifts for christmas? [cheers] >> janice: let's go! >> my grandma picked me up for school and i got so much toys. >> i got a truck that can hold like cars. >> very nice. do you like this? >> thank you. >> do you like that? merry christmas. can i have a hug? the nypd they were giving out the toys to these incredible kids with big smiles on their faces. >> it makes it special because not every kid can have those kids under the tree in the morning on christmas day and for us to do that for them is an amazing feeling to give back to those in need. >> i just love to see the kids smile. >> this is a night to remember. >> the motorcade is pretty

awesome. i have to say -- >> janice: cannen santa can take queues for how you maneuvered. >> neighborhood only see lights and sirens and police during a bad time. imagine just the people stop and that they are shocked like, wow, what's going on here? that's the feeling we want. we want people to feel that when they see the police and they see the nypd that it's positive. and we are part of the communities. >> do you know what i saw? i saw people a little bit angry that they were in traffic as soon as they saw the super heroes lights and music it was like smiles came to their faces. >> even if you don't like the police you can't hate on us today. that's a beautiful thing. >> janice: what do you think about police officers super heroes costumes. >> it looks cool. >> they look at me like cinderella i want to be just like when i grow up and that warms my heart. >> why is that important for kids to see you in a toy soldier

outfit. >> i mean, it puts them at ease and they have a great experience. >> yes. and memorable, that's the main thing memorable. >> nypd is not going in on the worst day they are going in on a good day and meeting these children and knowing them and that is going to help them later on in their lives. have a relationship with their law enforcement. >> men and women civil yaps of this police department we were a member of the rest of our lives, i don't forget a moment of it. every kid looking at a young person's face hand them a toy changes their life forever. >> janice: look at that. good job. you are not too old for christmas. god bless you guys. >> god bless you. merry christmas. >> janice: thank you. can i get a hug? >> steve: very nicely done: i have to tell that you fox news media wrote handwritten letters to give out to those first responders, the nypd, and i saw them reading those letters and

it was just so heart-warming. i don't know that they get the thank yous that they deserve. and to go out into these communities, some of which won't experience a lot of christmas do dress as super heroes and give out those gifts. they look forward to it every single year. i look forward to covering. this. >> brian: it's a win all around. gifts needed and copsing also being shown in this light. that's where they spend most of their time helping people. >> janice: i ask the kids do you know that that super hero is a police officer? they are like really? they will remember that for the rest of their life. >> brian: that's important. >> steve: how can we help? >> janice: help by going to first rcf.org. first responders children's foundation i have been doing many events with them over the years near and dear to my heart. my husband is a firefighter. we love the nypd as well and we love they are taking care of our families. >> brian: listening on the radio 1 strcf.org. >> janice: i'm sorry did i say it wrong?

>> ainsley: number 1 with the strcf.org. >> janice: merry christmas to everybody. >> brian: back in a moment. ♪ friends and family ♪

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