: we always got to open one gift the night before. >> steve: you did. >> steve: yeah. but if we said we want to open the really big thing my parents would say not that one you can have this one right here, squeak squeak. >> brian: i remember christmas we used to quickly, we'd have to wait until the last minute to put the tree up and we had to take it out almost right after knew year's because we used to have the roots. >> steve: a live tree. >> brian: yeah, a live tree so we had a whole row of our past trees and then our aboveground pool one year collapsed into it and wiped out four years. aen then one year i remember we dug up, came out even better the next year so we thought why buy a new won we dug up last year's tree and rewrapped it and put it back in. >> steve: probably a foot taller. >>. >> brian: i think no one else has ever done that. >> steve: you only have a limited time to up root it. >> brian: yeah because it's live. you wrap the roots, can never get that big of a tree, you wrap it you put it in and the ball was cool because the bull on the bottom you put

>> rules don't apply to steve. he wouldn't care about laws. wa? take it off! >> rules don't apply to steve. he wouldn't care abowant a doll? take it off! >> rules don't apply to steve. he wouldn't care about laws. >> the lapd raided the place twice. >> steve banerjee realized that every time he got in the news for overcrowding, the club was even more packed the next night. so, rumor has it, he placed some of those complaints about overcrowding on himself with the cops. >> as the saying goes, no publicity is bad publicity. no fire code violations can keep chippendales down. >> i like to tell them how fantastic it is. >> in 1981, steve has his eye on expanding chippendales beyond the l.a. club scene. >> there enters on the scene a man who really changes the direction of chippendales. his name is nick de noia. >> the meeting of steve banerjee and nick de noia was the beginning of so much that nobody saw coming. it was an incredibly fateful meeting. >> nick comes out of the theater world of new york. and he is an emmy

. >> steve: over $25? >> will: in that video where you just saw randi weingarten talking to jill biden you could see behind her it said in festive writing thank you, educators. maybe that's the point when she compares the biden administration to fdr. the beneficiary of joe biden's policies were educators, not the concept of education and certainly not children because here is what has happened. while joe biden reflected the policies advocated by the american federation of teachers. grade schools grade 4 math down 5 points. reading down 3 points. jump up to grade 8 math down 8 points, reading down 3 points. it's clear that over the last several years the biden administration did whatever was asked, including craft covid policies by the american federation of teachers. that, i guess, should be no surprise. >> steve: they helped write it. >> will: i guess it's no surprise she walks out today and says best since fdr. >> steve: joe biden himself as the ultimate union president. there has been no more union frie

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. >> good morning, steve. good to be with you. thank you. >> steve: you bet. i don't know if you that pictures, those images from home depot where a guy with a cart full of stuff just pushed an old man out of the way who was working for home depot and he hit his head. next thing you know he is dead. it's not just -- and this is where it happens right there. that man would die a few days later. it is heart-breaking to watch. but that just goes to show you, it's not just retail theft, it's murder in a case. >> yeah. steve, it's request protect our associates not to interfere. not try to stop something like that that could result in that . very, very sad. let me ask you. this it will in the lower single digit. now elevated to the point where you have doug mcmillen talking about impacting earnings. this is another silent contributor to inflation. so theft used to be something, you know, we put in risk prevention and inflation control devices back then. we put in cameras. we put in other protective devices. rfids if you went through the exit and didn't bay you woul

steve: woke capital. that plays a role with the advertisers leaving twitter now talked about the pressure they put on the platforms to censor that's a big part of the story. >> a huge part. it is about the weaponization of capital. whether a democrat or republican democrats did not like the weaponization back in the citizens united era it's not left-wing or right-wing as 1776 issue living in a self-governing democracy were people decide what the right answers are two political questions or do we live in the autocratic autocracy with state pillow. when you hear the term book capitalism and it has been overused that is the issues separating the two to preserve the power of each. that is what the experiment is all about and the foundational issue of our time. making sure government coming government and business can be business and don't pollute the activities of the other. steve: you are the best. thank you for being with us. steve: just time for a couple of other stories tha time for a couple other stories

steve: a blackout. a news blackout. >> will: let's head over to carley with some news. >> carley: yes, exactly. staying with the crime crisis here, guys. a horrible story out of georgia. atlanta police arrest this suspect in connection with the deadly stabbing of a grandmother. this happened during a carjacking. the shocking crime happened in a gaited community in the wealthy suburb of buckhead, the area that wants to succeed from atlanta. eleanor bough's body discovered by her son coming home from the holidays. police believe the 77-year-old walked in on the suspect as he tried to steal her lexus suv. a go fund me has raised over 2 # thousand dollars for her funeral. firefighters in new jersey are still battling a big fire that flared unjust after midnight here on the east coast. thick smoke and flames can be seen from the commercial building's roof. temperatures are below freezing and water from the fire hoses are creating sheets of ice out on the roads in the area. so be careful if you are in the are

steve, it's already messy. by the way, good morning. >> steve: good morning. >> it is a cold morning here in mcallen. we have got the border just right behind me. and i can tell you that this morning the numbers are already ticking up. we have people coming across that border because they already know title 42 is going to end. it's obviously been advertised by the biden administration. so, what chris cabrera was saying in that piece that you just ran is accurate. we have people coming from cuba and venezuela that doesn't apply to them to title 42. they are still pouring in. but, when it comes to title 42, we have about 10,000 people right now in ray knows is a that are waiting to make it to this border. i have got to tell you border patrol agents, steve, as well as texas dps they have been doing the yeoman's work out here. they are pulling all the wait for the federal government. and they are expecting those people to start pouring through before the weekend. it's going to drop. temperatures are going to get do

steve: all right. thank you very much, griff. >> ainsley: congressman tim buck, i was reading these articles what he said sums it up. the government was directing private companies. the fbi wants meeting with them on a weekly basis, right? and they meet with twitter. they meet with facebook. they are telling them what they can and can't put on there. they are favoring liberals. a bias against conservatives. telling social media companies to change their algorithms it. could be covid vaccines, mask mandates or hunter biden. >> steve: we remember. and from what i have read and the matt taibbi's stuff. it was just a general it was vegas what the government was putting out there was vegas. vague.expect some sort of russin interveerns. we knew that because going back to 2016 it was all about donald trump and russia. >> ainsley: then they said it could involve hunter biden and it will be in the month of october. steve: it was always vague. they never had any specifics. i was reading andy mccarthy's article t

. >> steve: upside down world. anyway, it is a friday, it's going to be a big show at the end of today's telecast we will recap the past year. we have had a very busy 2022. >> ainsley: i read that we were doing that in the run down. i started laughing. i guarantee pickle ball is going to be in there. [laughter] >> steve: absolutely. >> brian: i see it in the elevator every day. unbelievable. >> ainsley: brian is a great athlete except that one day. that one day. anxiously it loves that you do great. all right. let's talk about this because elon musk is suspending the twitter accounts at least stove steve we know a couple days ago elon musk said dox somebody else put out somebody elsens location they will be suspended now we know he has used that rationale and we know how long people are suspended for. >> yes, we do i will tell you exactly how long and maybe he will change his mind we will all find out together. it was actually, believe it or not, steve, a series of tweets from elon musk in which he explained why a

i think i am going over to steve, hello, steve doocy. >> steve: i was just downloading the janice dean podcast. still ahead on december 1, is "die hard" a christmas movie? we were talking about that this week, we will debate it, part of new fox nation special with tom shillue. first bill hemmerjoins us now. >> steve, good morning, new twist on idaho college murders coming up in a moment on that, a lot happening around emails and twitter and new self-logging on the hunter biden laptop and u.s. is losing trust in military, look at that survey. if you lost billions for investors, would you do interviews in the bahamas? dana and i will see you at the top of the hour, see you then. find your potential then own it support your immune system with a potent blend of nutrients and emerge your best every day with emergen-c the ergo smart base from tempur-pedic® responds to snoring - automatically. so no hiding under your pillow. or opting for the couch. your best sleep. all night. every night. for a limited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic® adjustable mattress sets. >> biggest holid

let's head outside, steve. over to you. >> steve: thanks, carley. motor trend is out with the truck of the year. >> will: joining us to share the announcement is ed lowe. good morning, ed. >> steve: this is exciting, actual reveal. how do you want to do -- the vehicle is right here, we are not going to reveal the logo until ed pushes the button. >> will: there we do, the trophy right there. >> steve: motor trend truck of the year, and the logo belongs to, let's see -- it's a ford! >> ainsley: f-150 lightning. >> that's right, f-150 lightning, truck of the year, amazing vehicle, built for work. it's got 775 pounds feet of torque, it's a ton. you can use it for towing, hauling, 320 miles of ev driving range. >> steve: and i think it's back here, dave. where is the -- >> ainsley: look at the screen right here, steve, look at this. >> steve: it's beautiful in there. what makes it unique and is the fact that it essentially is a power station for your entire job site. >> it's very good, you have done your homework. a ton of power on board, if you get the

steve, rachel, and b.k. back to you. >> steve: hey, kevin, so the white house is asking congress for $3.5 billion to help with the southern border. if they said we need 3.5 billion to finish the wall or border security, the republicans would be on board with that, right? >> precaiaphasly. in particular, when you consider there was a great deal of material left right there on the ground along the border right when the biden administration assumed power. they feel like, a lot of republicans have said and i have talked to a couple on capitol hill if you simply do the basics, secure the wall, make sure that's constructed, put more people down along the border and make them wait in mexico and enter through ports of intreerks basic stuff which we have done in the past in our country, they feel like the problem would be a lot less severe right now. >> steve: chaotic. >> indeed. >> steve: thank you for a great report. >> brian: love to get the construction conditions we had the contracts with to pay to have this don

. >> steve: of course it is. if he gives one locality money he is going to have to give them all money. >> ainsley: el paso is getting flooded more than new york is they need the money. if he needs a billion dollars, take it from the -- remember they cut obillion out of the police budget. just use that money. >> brian: that's great. just think about this in the big picture, 30 trillion in debt. and now we are taking our money, our government money that the taxpayers will tax way too high for way too little and now our money is going to people from other countries who are not in dire straits for the most part. they are just choosing to come here because it's awesome. that's not a good reason. that's not the huddled masses story. so, jorge ventura was down at the border to see for himself from the daily caller to see for himself how bad this was. he was on with tucker last night. >> right now seeing an absolute disaster here in el paso. i have been spending time on the mexican side in juarez. it was a massive, righ

i'm saying this one's in the 1 -- >> steve: 15 >> jimmy: 130. >> steve: 130? >> jimmy: yeah >> tariq: i'mma go -- i'mma go -- i'mma go 115 >> steve: i'm with tariq 115. >> jimmy: let's see. the votes are in let's see the results. whoa 141. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: i was close to that one. all right. this one is pretty good. it says, "gifting someone a scented candle is the nicest way to say, 'hi, your house stinks.' [ laughter ] ♪ >> steve: yeah, this is going to be 180. >> jimmy: one of those big candles, has like three wicks in it. >> steve: right. here you go. >> jimmy: it's like an inferno >> steve: and glade. >> jimmy: how much candle do you want how much candle can you handle all right. let's see the results. oh - 171. ♪ there you go i think that might be the winner >> steve: do you think they have like "john wick" candles? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: they should. they should. >> steve: there's four wicks why don't you do that, man >> jimmy: you want me to do it >> steve: i think you should do it >> jimmy: with my money. >>

[sighs. >> steve: in other words, mrs. kilmeade wound up with something with her stocking. >> brian: this is going to be the year i don't forget. i didn't forget this year. but now i have help. i have three people that can drive and say to me do you know we have got remember, you better. and don't forget. steve: you are talking about your children. >> brian: theoretically, if this was my story. if anything really resonated with me. >> brian: main street u.s.a. >> rachel: all right. well something else that's happening. not just on main street u.s.a. but all over we're hearing more and more about twitter releasing files that are affecting the -- that has affected americans and elections. so even more files exposing exactly how the fbi worked with the tech giant before the 2020 election. >> brian: you know, this has happened with twitter. you know can you only imagine what has happened with facebook. this as the "new york post" calls out twitter and the fbi, the white house is dodging questions about its work to censors the

i hope he's okay >> steve: oh, my gosh. >> jimmy: i hope he's all right. >> steve: lucky he had a camera in there >> jimmy: thank goodness we had the video cameras there to catch his reaction >> steve: both his elbows went up >> jimmy: yeah, i know but he knocked both shelves there. he didn't know what to do. [ laughter ] >> steve: such a blinding light. >> jimmy: yeah, i know >> steve: yeah >> jimmy: meanwhile, though, tonight in washington, d.c., people were celebrating the 100th national christmas tree lighting with president biden. that's right [ cheers and applause we had a tree lighting in new york and a tree lighting in d.c and then one guy in philadelphia microwaved a cheesesteak, and the whole east coast went dark it's like, "wait, wait." [ laughter ] i read that the tree in d.c. is about 55 feet shorter than the one here in new york city. the national tree heard and said, "hey, it's colder here." [ laughter ] well, everyone is still talking about this the u.s. men's soccer team's big win over iran in the world cup. [ cheers and applause ♪ that's exciting. i don't know if anyo

steve sounds terrible. sounds aggressive. >> steve: we put the name up there for a couple of seconds. >> brian: disappeared quick. >> ainsley: santa was not offended. i talked to him over the weekend. the real santa at a christmas party for children. my daughter was front and center right at his leg. >> steve: how do you book the real santa, i wonder? >> ainsley: i didn't book the party. i just showed up. i will have to ask my friend. >> steve: hope you got ready for the season, because we are just about three weeks away from christmas. in the meantime, two more sets of the twitter files released on twitter over the weekend. >> carley: top biden administration officials in damage control mode now after the files revealed weekly meetings between twitter higher ups and government agencies, including the fbi. >> brian: here we go. alexandria hoff is live in washington to tell us more. hey, alexandria. >> good morning. the biden administration is standing by their message that twitter is a private company and,

>> steve: it is it's 92%. so congratulations, you got the gold cup but then again a hamburger is $97. >> they have some political problems in argentina. >> rachel: called social. brian: i and grift that's why people in argentina are happy to be here while still having pride if their country and to see the greatest players play the greatest at the greatest time in the most important game in the most popular sport was unbelievable. i couldn't believe how many people from other sports were weighing in before they played, because you watch this game. he scores this goal and quickly knows he's still trailing 2-1. 1:40 later they score and make it 2-2, brand new game. they go into overtime and messi scores in overtime and how just is that? the greatest player at 35 scores. right there. but guess what? the penalty kick france gets it they score to make it 3-3. minutes left to go into penalty kicks, there made it 3-3. and that's it. so now we've few minutes left they go into penalty kick to decide who's going to be th

>> steve: yeah >> jimmy: yeah i think, yeah, i think -- 'cause, you know, it's enough. >> steve: that's it. you're done. >> jimmy: let's see if miley will do it [ cheers and applause i'll do it if she's down, i'll do it tonight. i don't care, yeah, i love it. guys, today's friday, and that's usually when i catch up on some personal stuff i check my inbox, i return some emails, and, of course, i send out "thank you notes." [ cheers and applause and i was running a bit behind so, i thought if you guys wouldn't mind, just, thank you, i'd like to write out some james, can i get some "thank you note" writing music, please ♪ >> steve: he has, like, a goatee, just to mock you >> jimmy: yeah, it's kind of a a goatee >> steve: he didn't even grow a whole beard. [ light laughter ] wow. >> jimmy: yeah, he doesn't have a beard, really. it's more of a - >> steve: it's like a goatee or a van dyke [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's like a mitch miller type of vibe. >> steve: yeah, exactly. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, i can shave this thing i did it tariq dared me, i proved it. i -- you know, lush

steve: it was going to come in october. how the hell did they know that because the fbi had been secretly spying on rudy giuliani who is given the hunter biden laptop and working with miranda devine to get the content especially the shocking evidence of his corruption in the open the fbi's all text messages between rudy giuliani and miranda and knew when they were planning to publish the bomb self story but here's the most damning factor of all. the fbi had had the laptop for over a year, it was given to them by the by at the computer compare shop, the fbi knew the laptop was real they knew the contests were not hacked but still they told twitter and facebook to be on the lookout for hacked materials. the only way they could get twitter and facebook to justify censorship under the terms of service, hacked materials, involving hunter biden that would drop in october 2020 is part of russian disinformation campaign. they cook the whole thing up. the fbi, that is election interference, that is unconstitutional. it is illegal an

that's more for chris. >> rachel: steve? >> steve: buble. oh, cuter? >> rachel: did you not know what you were voting on? >> steve: i thought it was who you like better! >> brian: i'm sure there's a rivalry. >> rachel: jingle bells, merry christmas to everyone. this has been a fun extra week for me here! >> steve: it's been great to have you. ainsley is celebrating the holiday with her family. timothy cardinal dolan will sit down with us for two segments on the couch. >> brian: a little bit of controversy. i think it's cardinal timothy dolan and he does not. [angelic chorus] >> steve: they put the name they are born with in front of "cardinal" to be humble. >> brian: really? i don't think they should do that. >> rachel: the last time i saw cardinal dolan was during lent and he was getting his mic off and starting to walk off. there's always food on the weekend, there was a plate of cookies, and they went to reach for the cookies and he looked back and he said, "it is lent, rachel." >> brian: and? >> rachel: do you think i ate that cookie? no way! steel

. >> steve: nobody understands. >> brian: you probably do steve. i know i don't. i know scandal and this has got it all over it. this crypto creep is now in jail. evidently one of the worst jails around. full of maggots and pestilence and all horrible things. >> steve: it's in the bahamas. how bad could it be? >> ainsley: is he worried about vegan diet and add. >> brian: should not have to go prison if you have add even if you steal billions from people. i have been all over this before. people are talking about his parents and their possible role in this. also, his girlfriend, ex-girlfriend now, obviously going through rough times. caroline ellison in new york city, the word is, she has flipped and telling stories about alameda, ftx's sister hedge fund and the billion dollars that he gave without even finding out if it had any money to back it up. >> ainsley: co-ceo ryan salemi. he funneled customers talking about sam bankman-fried funneled the customer's money into his girlfriend's hedge fund just days before the company crashed. >> steve: right. exactly. so one

wow. [ audience ohs ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: wow. >> tariq: wow. [ laughter ] >> steve: yeah that's a littl - 93 to 90 >> jimmy: yeah i mean, very, very honest audience >> steve: yeah [ laughter ] i'm gonna say they did not care for it >> jimmy: they did not care for that one >> steve: not one bit. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that won't be the tweet, i don't think [ light laughter ] >> steve: i hope not >> jimmy: i know >> steve: it might be. >> jimmy: no, well, it actually might be [ laughter ] yeah, that's true. this next one here says, "the only time i get stage fright is when i'm asked to shuffle a deck of cards. ♪ i don't like that. >> steve: yeah, that's more -- >> jimmy: i don't want to do it i go -- 'cause some people can do the that. and the trick, and the thing i'm like, "i can't even do" -- even in uno, i'm like, "someone else shuffle, please." >> steve: automatic shufflers. >> jimmy: you buy an automatic shuffler >> steve: yeah like, 18 grand >> jimmy: mr. fancy pants. >> steve: oh, yeah [ light laughter ] 20, 30 grand you spend on a shuffler >> jimmy: exactly. all ri

steve? >> steve: and now i'm hungry for pizza. thanks, carley. all right. meanwhile, as you look at the mall right there, as inflation stores and many small businesses are just trying to get by, they are also being faced with some are calling friendly fraud. what is friendly fraud? that is when customers dispute a credit card charge they legitimately made and it's up to -- friendly fraud suspect between 20% and 30% this year according to the expert. ken coleman is a bestselling author and america's career contemporary with ramsey solutions. he joins us now in the studio. ken, you know, i will often get the credit card bill. and i will think i did not make that because i don't recognize that name. and then i will do a little digging and i will ask my wife or one of my kids. i said do you have any idea what that is? they go it's that. but this is not what we are talking about, is it? nrges a word, this is theft. this is online shoplifting. people are intentionally buying something and then disputing it with their credit card company and then the credit card c

>> steve: it is but you don't think about that when you are 7. >> ainsley: right. >> steve: welcome to hour two. we have a lot of news. and a lot of news broke at 10:30 in the east coast. >> ainsley: the polls were coming in, numbers were coming. in senator rafael warnock keeps his seat defeating walker in the run off election. >> steve: speech state in the race he won by 3 points almost. >> brian: connell mcshane from atlanta. >> good morning, brian. good morning from polk county, georgia which is where the city of atlanta was located. real there city and suburbs that surround it that was the key to victory for senator warnock last night. supporters coming out in a big way four points better than its margin in the race a month ago. similar in the surrounding counties. you look at those numbers you had up in the race overall. and it was close. what stands out is the turnout was very large for a runoff election. we have nearly as many voters as we had in the general election, over 3.5 million. you know, warnock in the closing days of his campaign had been talking about his biggest fear

say hi to steve, ainsley, brian. >> hi, steve, ainsley and brian. >> janice: pete. i'm sorry, pete. >> pete: i'm peter brian. anything works. >> steve: thank you very much. >> ainsley: thank you so much. republican lawmakers warning about the steps that they are going to take if president biden's military vaccine mandates remains in effect. >> you are saying in the. in daa, which will drop next week, the vaccine mandates for the military will be lifted? >> yes, it will. otherwise, the bill will not move. i have been very clear with the president. the president i want to work with me on this. this is the first sign of having divided government. one party rule would never allow that to go forward. and now we are going to have success. >> pete: house minority whip steve scalise joins us now on the couch. fir sir, how are you doing? >> doing good. good morning. good to be the person on the curvey couch. >> pete: good to have you in person. let's start with that. will this work? and is this indicative of the type of things republicans can do. >> this has been a problem f

>> steve: thank you. >> brian: looked a little like fonzie. >> steve: he has the collar that goes like that. >> rachel: remember he used to pop his collar like a frat boy back in the day. >> steve: he probably did it on purpose did i not. i'm in a hurry the cardinal is coming. >> rachel: it's going to feel a lot like christmas because there is a winter storm coming. unfortunately it's going to be a big one. it's a fox weather alert. a holiday travel nightmare is unfolding on the west coast right now. over 300 flights have been cab said or delayed because of heavy snow. high winds, terrible weather, in the pacific northwest. particularly seattle. >> brian: imagine being in an airport where you have to work in that and go outside and get the luggage out. >> steve: de-ice. >> brian: 70 million americans could face life-threatening low temperatures as powerful winter storm sweeps across the northern u.s. >> rachel: fox weather correspondent robert ray joins us from chicago with the latest. robert? >> good morning from downtown chicago. you see the magnificent mile here. very quiet before t

steve, tossing it back inside to you. >> steve: thank you very much, adam. all right, meanwhile, join me friday night, 7:00 eastern, for a coast-to-coast christmas cook along with the doocy family streaming live on fox nation. 1,000 viewers have already signed up to cook along as we make a favorite from america's number one simply happy cookbook. it's going to be a lot of fun. peter doocy is going to be moderating and taking your questions. there he is making a cookie right there. it will be friday night streaming live on fox nation. you're invited. i think he is 12 years old in that picture. it was the number one cookbook for thanksgiving and now it's the number one christmas gift for the person on your list who loves to cook. get your copy today at simply happy cookbook.com. all right. it's now 12 minutes better top of the hour. former football star tim tebow is sharing his faith with the rest of the world in mission possible. one year devotional. is he coming up next. and he is going to join us as you can see on the couch. he is going to shake some hands

>> steve: absolutely. it's not like somebody is going to say, "hey, hold still." >> ainsley: that is why your christmas tree lights don't work. >> steve: by the way, you have to point out, a guy watching the show heard me tell the story how i put in test at the lights and everything was fine and then come i plugged it back in and it went dead. he sent me an l.e.d. driver in the christmas tree is working again. so hats off to the guy, hr at christmas place in pigeon forge. >> brian: by the way i wrote my christmas tree in. bye. my dog is seven months old and looked at me like "thank you, finally something i can use." i have to explain to him. i don't think he understands not to treaty dimmick treat this tree like it's not outside appearance be two, no. spam we got to get a fence, events for sure. >> ainsley: you need a border wall. >> brian: a border wall because i think it will be trouble. >> steve: build that wall and make the north pole pay for it for it. >> brian: still had morehead dodging joe biden an

>> steve: no, never. because apparently on their app., they have one button that will open the garage door one time and then as soon as they are out, they push it again and closes. we have never had any problems. and the -- rather than get stolen, it's in the garage. >> all right. that's brave. i'm not yet there. i don't want someone in my house. >> i just don't want these strangers in my garage. >> brian: a guy running from a porch with a box tackle them. is that the answer? >> i would say nothing i'm ordering is worth that. >> ainsley: license plate. take a pink the license plate. >> brian: at least do something. >> even this guy. so we just showed you the video is getting his gift stolen, you can sign on to these apps like neighborhood and all of this, keep an eye on your neighborhood and people talk because, believe me, if your neighbors are experiencing suddenly this -- you have never had this in your neighborhood and suddenly your neighbors say hey we just watched. this watch out. it's a good idea.

. >> steve: i know. more details about that probably in the coming days. >> ainsley: i loved her rampsy voice. beautiful gorgeous eyes, pretty irharassment everything about her. she seemed like a fun person. >> steve: her family also acknowledged the incredible team at the moffitt cancer center which is located famously in tampa. >> ainsley: did she live in tampa or just went there for treatment? >> steve: i believe she just went there for the treatment. they have a really famous department there. >> brian: 16 minutes now after the hour. ashley strohmier has the latest. >> ashley: start with idaho. authorities in idaho addressing claims that university of idaho murder victim kaylee gone sastles had a stalker. incident involving kaylee at local business which may have been the stalker reference she made to friends and family. detectives believes this was an isolated incident and not an ongoing pattern of stock stalking. they continue to investigate every possible angle until the killer is caught. britney

you know, because -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, okay >> you know, steve is -- steve is whiter than a mormon golf team i mean, that's - [ laughter ] but you look great you look -- you look like the offspring if santa had sex with an elf >> jimmy: oh, thank you so much. [ laughter ] >> it makes you look like a cool youth minister [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, thank you. >> but honestly, i think -- i think you do look like -- you look like you bathed in testosterone >> yeah, you do. [ laughter ] >> and i'll tell you what, it's given you that buff marjorie taylor greene physique. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs >> jimmy: thank you so much. exactly what i wanted to hear. >> wow, what a compliment. yeah >> yeah. >> jimmy: yeah i'm excited that you guys are -- you're hosting "saturday night live" this weekend with musical guest brandi carlile >> that's right. >> that's right. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: it's a big deal. >> very big deal >> jimmy: this is a big deal >> she's a genius, you know. >> jimmy: steve, are you going to play the banjo on "saturday night live"? >> no, i'm not >> jimmy

steve, pete, ainsley. >> steve: as we all do. thank you. >> ainsley: to ashley who has more headlines. >> we're going to start with this with the chicago crime crisis, 14 people are robbed at gunpoint and three battered with handguns within a two-hour stretch overnight. the shocking crimes come as mayor lori lightfoot is blamed for violence in her city because of soft on crime policies. 2-4 suspects are still on the loose and police are warning residents in the area to be cautious >> amber heard demanding a new trial months after she lost her defamation case against ex-husband johnny dep. she filed a 68 page appeal claiming some of her therapy notes alleging dep abused her were not used in her trial. she also claimed the trial was held in the wrong state saying it should have taken place in california, dep p won more than $10 million after he successfully sued his ewife over abuse allegations in an op-ed she made in the washington post >> super star cristiano ronaldo will sign his massive contract to join the saudi club. spanish

it's so spectacular, steve, i don't even know how to describe it other than that. >> steve: listen, i have been there during the winter time. and it it is as close in this country as you can come to the north pole. take a look. >> although yellowstone's peak season august to september, christmas is when the park's calming and tranquil beauty truly comes alive. in fact, many of the national parks close on some of america's national holidays but during christmas, yellowstone is still open. showcasing the magic of the season. >> steve: i'm glad we showed that image of old faithful right there. abbyan.>> that steam is more prd than ever. and it's cool that it's open during christmas because you can do your typically christmas traditions and head over to the national park. meet santa claus, do the ice skating. snow shoeing. there is just so everywhere to do. ainsley and i were talking before. things for kids to do. there really are and the activities are abundant. >> steve: absolutely. the elk refuge up in grand teton. the buffalo, it's just so beautiful. if you have never been, you know,

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. >> steve: chris, can you look on craig's list to see if we can get a chorus. >> inspiration. >> steve: you call it a chorus. you just mean singers. you want some singers? >> brian: i want them in sync. >> that's different do you want n sink they are available. >> brian: not even more. even justin tim bore lake is affordable now. >> steve: budget. >> ainsley: take it out of your salary. that was a great suggestion. call them. will brian did take smallest coffees we have ever seen. >> brian: be preset. >> ainsley: look what he bought himself, the large. he got us a small. >> brian: chris, i got you a medium, too. >> ainsley: this is the bike trying to ride down the stairs with the training wheels. >> steve: we love dunkin' donuts we want the all size. all cups are not created equally. >> brian: someone worked on my pre-sets. there is a lot of people working behind the scenes. >> steve: we know people in law enforcement. we can get to the bottom of it. >> brian: who sells working phone is hacked. somebody else on msnbc phone was hacked. >> ainsley: anderson cooper a long time working out

steve, over to you. >> steve: thank you very much, carley. meanwhile gen zers heading over for the holidays only if their parents pay in a lot of instances. a new study finds 41% of young adults and be we are talking about people between the ages of 18 and 25, are traveling home and expect their parents or family members to pay for the travel. fox business anchor and host of american dream home sharyl casone whose parents said it when she went to college that's it not one more dime thinks this is a terrible idea. >> love you, mom. good luck, enjoy yourself. times have changed, i guess. yeah, you know, young generation. this is post covid roth of them graduated college remotely had to get remote jobs. inthis isn't this generation is getting a tough hand because rents are sky high is the oeverything is up weather it it's good. >> >> steve: going back-to-college back in the 1970s, my parents would actually pay for my gas money. it was only 5 pucks and they didn't have 5 bucks but it was the way they could ensure that i was going to come home. i

steve, ainsley and bk, back to you. >> steve: kevin thank you very much. and in the great state of arizona, governor doocy, before he goes out the door, is using their shipping containers to try and fill in the gaps in the border wall, but you know as soon as the new incoming democrat comes in. >> ainsley: will be gone. >> steve: going to pick them up and take them back to the shipping container department because ultimately democrats have decided this is their policy just as donald trump had a different policy where it was more of a, you're not going to get in. now it's like, hey, come on in. we have seating in cleveland, just come on in at alejandro mayorkas it's his job to actually facilitate them coming in as quickly as possible and he's found a way. >> brian: senator kelly is lying because he says the border's a problem we have to really do a better job on the border to get his six more years in office and she said that she -- what she a sends katie hobbs, she says border security's going to be one of her priorities. how can border security be one of

steve, rachel, and brian, back to you. >> steve: thank you very much. speaking of snoop dogg funny replace elon musk. a research scientist lex freidman offered to run twitter for a bit he said. elon tweeted to him you must like a lot of pain. one catch you have to invest your life savings into twitter and faster lane of bankruptcy since may you still want it? he said yes. i think -- so the poll is in. 57% atwitter users said he should stone down. >> i think he is going to step down. i think ultimately this was all part of his plan. i think, you know, when you are going to essentially rebuild a company, and there's a lot of pain involved, with what he did, firing half the staff changing a bunch of the rules. he did the dirty work. now he can bring in somebody else to run the company the way elon musk wants it run. keep in mind, he still owns the company. >> rachel: i know who wants the job. the fbi, the dnc. appears, they are already working there. the are twitter was a super pac for the dnc. the way it was being run and censored things and the working w

steve, ainsley and b.k. back to you. >> andy biggs said just saw in soundbite montage, introduced the articles of impeachment against mayorkas last year. he says the law is cheer. illegal aliens shall be detained. that's why they want to impeach him. but, you know what? it's going to be almost-oil it will be impossible. because, in the house, you can pass articles of impeachment by a simple majority. and they could do -- the republicans can do that come january. but, to remove him from office. you need. pause the democrats will continue to control the senate, it's going to be hard to get north of 60 senators to say yep, we got to boot him. he problem on our southern border. which a lot of people don't know about will they are watching other channels. >> ainsley: staggs gearing so far in face equal year 2023. october, november, a little bit of december, halfway through december, 505,000. okay? if you compare that to all of fiscal year 2020, 458,058. we already surpassed in two and a half months what we did in

steve: welcome back. listen to what california senator alex padilla said about ou r border crisis this morning. >> we know whether it's migrantw or whatever the republicans are afraid of. contraband, it comes primarily throug thrh ports of entry. e ntsteve: do only republicans cae about it? >> are only republicans dying of drug overdoses in greater numbers. are only republican southerned about the safety and security our nation's children?is i think this is a dumb and short-sighted thing for the senator to say.kn >> they live in an alternative parallel universe.ativ whether it was donald trump said there were good nazis and bad nazis. and whether he demeaned a disabled reporter. the u.s. civil rights commission found that the group most hurt economically are people living in the inner city with high school or less education. they put downward pressure of $2,000 per year on salary. they just don't care. steve: we showed the clip from sherrod brown. >> if we respond with the factual truth that it's only tht

>> steve: lawrence jones, not only has water but bacon. he's at louise's cafe in georgia. >> looking at the local newspaper and says election day has arrived in georgia and then it says state voters get the final say on the senate race and the balance of power. that's why we are here in georgia, a big race, it's a dead heat right now. we have been talking with walker voters, warnock voters, and the consensus is, it all comes down today because republican voters are known to vote on election day and not during early voting. a little fatigue, but people know it's deciding the balance of power in the senate and what they can do legislatively in the senate, guys. we'll be talking to people all morning, back to you guys. >> steve: thank you, lawrence. job well done. >> brian: best tease ever. wouldn't it be great if we could get a standing ovation for teases. >> ainsley: some sad news to tell you about. >> steve: indeed. remembering an icon, emmy award winning actress kirstie alley is dead at the age of 71 after a private and very quick, appare

. >> steve: and i'm here cleaning my stocking. just saying. it's a graphics thing. >> rachel: i am a mom, i'm used to getting -- you know, nothing on christmas. [laughs] >> brian: one of the best things about christmas growing up was the train on the tracks. you make the little tracks, you make in a circle, and the tree has -- everything starts dying on the tree and starts littering the tracks, and the trains start getting derailed all the time. it goes on to the back of the tree. >> steve: what a cheery christmas! >> rachel: who is going to put the grinch on their stocking? >> brian: i needed a train that could get through if a few needles fell. >> steve: but brian, what train track did you use nails for? all of ours always snapped together. >> brian: right, he snapped them together, and to get them flat on plywood you put them all down in a circle. >> steve: you had plywood in your living room? >> brian: that's what the tree went on. he spray-painted it green. steel and i've never heard of that... >> brian: and we put the tracks

steve: that's an important point. many people when you make these arguments they say what are you talkinpherg about.is christopher wray was appointed by donald trump.ffec but the point that's missed is there is an establishment, a swamp, a group of of people who e time during the trumpag aiadministration were working against him. >> there is an establishment mentality in washington. members of congress are not part of that establishment. e bureaucracy that says these guys come and go absolutely. they hate something like aut ronald t reagan and really hate something like a donald trump. steve: can i ask your broader reaction on what we have seen the past week with the twitters files? what have yocomeu been thinkingn i see the documents come out. m us>> elon musk has beenin brilliantlsuy insulating twitter from what is likely to be investigations and even charges against the other companies. too he said these are individual, it could not represent the company i bought and paid for. when you look at facebook and google.

>> steve: whatever it is it's less than that now. >> brian: i saw him at fridays waiting tables. >> steve: lost so much he is also working saturdays. >> ainsley: all the suspenders and the buttons? yeah he worked four days in a row. >> steve: he did. all four days he talked about this story because on friday, elon musk th through matt tiber. twitter worked with top biden campaign officials to keep the story -- the new york story about the hunter biden laptop out of the mainstream. and now, as it turns out, the guy who is going to probably be the chairman of the house oversight committee, james comer today is sending letters to three different twitter employees, big officials there, wants them to show up on capitol hill and they are going to ask them all sorts ever questions. the chief legal officer via jay a gowdy roth. the james baker the deputy general counsel all being called on the carpet, hey, they are going to say what exactly did you do and were you trying because it sure looks like it. to help joe biden? >> ainsley: one of those guys that yoel guy said yeah, we knew about this. we